Experience Pen"woman"ship at it's finest! Mar 21- May 5, 2014

The city of Tavares, FL will be hosting an Art exhibit featuring fine Pen work by women from all over the country at Tavares City Hall 

March 21- May 5, 2014

Released from the city of Tavares:

Art, music, and words can transport you to new and amazing places – whether a beautiful poem, a favorite song, or a few lines of thought-provoking poetry. Come and be transported by the art, music, and prose created by the women of the Orlando Winter Park branch of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) during the exhibit presented by the City of Tavares, Tavares City Hall, 201 E. Main Street. Artwork and poetry created by these talented ladies will be on display through May 5.

The public is also invited to a reception to be held on Friday, March 21 from 5:30 until 7:30 PM. The evening will be filled with music, art and poetry, including demonstrations by the artists. Refreshments will be served.

The NLAPW (or Pen Women, as they are often called), was formed in 1897 by a group of professional women writers as a means for them to connect and support one another in their field. The National Press Club provided a forum for male writers and journalists to connect, but at the time women members were not permitted, so the ladies created their own organization. It quickly grew to include professional artists and composers. Past members include several influential and well known women including Eleanor Roosevelt and Pearl S. Buck.

The Orlando Winter Park branch of NLAPW was formed in 1957 and currently includes many award winning central Florida artists, writers and composers.

For more information, contact Tamara Rogers, Tavares Community Services Director, 352.742.6338 or TRogers@Tavares.org

Post Holiday Blues? The Fun's not over yet!

Get the kids all bundled up in their long pants and put on your socks. 

Its time for the WINTER CARNIVAL- FLORIDA STYLE! 

The Thanksgiving turkey is gone, Christmas presents are unwrapped, stacked neatly in the closet and ready for re-gifting. The champagne headache from bringing in the New Year with strangers who became temporary besties has subsided and all the twinkling holiday lights are gone for the season. The hustle is done. The bustle is gone.

January is the time of year when everyone gets the post holiday blues. It's a gray month of resolutions to be more fit, more sincere and perhaps a bit more serious about the future.

That's why the City of Tavares brings WINTER CARNIVAL! Come out with the family for a good old fashioned day of face painting, games and bounce house-ing and let the good times roll just a little bit longer.   :)

Come out to the Tavares Civic Center at 100 E. Caroline Street in Tavares, FL 

on Saturday January 25, 2014 from 1-3PM with the whole family.  

It'll be a fun way to stretch out that holiday feeling just a little bit longer. 

Father-Daughter Dance February 7th at the Tavares Civic Center

The annual Father Daughter dance is almost here already! 

I remember when I was a little girl and my Dad would lift me up onto his shoes and we would waltz around the kitchen floor in perfect tempo just like in a fairy tale cartoon.
We would swirl around and my sister would giggle wildly waiting for her turn on the "dance floor" with the dashing prince. My mom would smile and clap her hands and all the world was good.

What a joy it was to look up at his smiling face, all the worries and cares of the world gone for just that moment.
Sure we were scolded. Sure we had arguments. Sure we had problems over the years. No family is perfect
but it is those short moments that last a lifetime.
Today as I approach 50 and my father creeps up on 80, the memory is still fresh like it was yesterday and I am propelled back to a silly 5 year old.
Tavares, FL hosts an annual Father-Daughter dance Friday February 7, 2014 and it's the perfect time to create a memory of  a lifetime. Dust off those dancing shoes and celebrate Valentine's Day early with your little princess. She's only going to be a little girl for a little time!

Tavares Civic Center, 6pm - 8pm. TICKETS NOW ON SALE. Limited tickets, so first come, first served at the Tavares Parks & Rec office on St. Clair Abrams - $10 per couple. For more info call 352.742.6370

Taste the MYSTERY meat. Spooky stuff Oct 26.

As if Halloween isn't SCARY enough, the Tavares Waterfront Entertainment District has conjured up another spooky event.
As part of the annual HOWL FEST sponsored by the Tavares Chamber of Commerce at the end of October which will feature a costume contest, $5 Hayrides, Trunk or treat, and entertainment,
a Hot Dog Tasting contest will be happening downtown Tavares on Sat Oct 26 from 4PM-7PM.

You can taste versions of Hot Dogs and special fixins made by ALS Landing, Pressed For Time, Ruby Street Grille, O'Keefes, Pastore's Pizza, lake Dora Sushi and Sake and Tasso Cajun Kitchen.

Sushi Hot Dogs? Crawfish wieners? Who knows what the businesses will prepare. 

DARE to venture beyond the mysterious meat of the plain hot dog.

Tickets to taste and Vote are on sale for $10 at Hoity Toity, Ruby Street and O'Keefe's.