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Join Lu Vickers for this vibrant talk on the history of Weeki Wachee Springs and its mermaids!
When Newt Perry sank a theater into the edge of Weeki Wachee Springs in 1947, he had no idea his mermaids would become world-famous Florida icons. This presentation, based on Weeki Wachee Mermaids: Thirty Years of Underwater Photography, covers the fascinating history of Weeki Wachee Springs told through vintage photographs of the resident ‘mermaids’ from their earliest days performing silent ballets to their pinnacle of popularity. |
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Lu Vickers lives in Tallahassee, Florida. She was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for fiction as well as two Florida Book Awards and three Florida Individual Artist Fellowships. In addition to writing Remembering Paradise Park: Tourism and Segregation at Silver Springs with Cynthia Graham, she published Breathing Underwater, a novel, and three other Florida history books: Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids; Cypress Gardens, America’s Tropical Wonderland, and Weeki Wachee, Thirty Years of Underwater Photography. |
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Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
AGE GROUP: | New Adults | Families | Everyone | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Summer Learning Program | Discussion/Lecture | Arts & Cultural |
| Mon, Jun 23 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, Jun 24 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Jun 25 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, Jun 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Jun 27 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jun 28 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jun 29 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
