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Art
Hillsborough Commission rejects a call to defund the Arts Council
The Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners rejected a proposal to defund the Arts Council during a meeting Thursday.
MidPoint: Why Can’t We Have Nice Things? Hillsborough Arts Funding In Danger
My guests on MidPoint today, former Hillsborough Co. Comm’r Mariella Smith, Hillsborough Co. Arts Council Board Chair Theron Butler, and former Hillsborough Arts Council Program Dir. Jenny Carey explained why the arts are a driver...
Will the Hillsborough Arts Council be defunded Thursday?
Update 9/7: Hillsborough County Commissioners rejected the proposal to defund the Arts Council Hillsborough County Commissioner Patricia Kemp joined Art in Your Ear last Friday to talk about how another commissioner would like to reallocate...
A Surprise on the Civil Rights Trail in Birmingham
We are republishing a few posts that Dr. Julie Buckner Armstrong wrote for WMNF when she was researching her home town, Birmingham. She is a guest on Art in Your Ear on Friday, September 1,...
Episode 19: Earnest Coney Chief Executive of CDC of Tampa
CDC of Tampa is a social service organization that is responsible for making society better by providing skills for the modern workforce, real estate for low to affordable housing, and youth programs. This CDC organization...
Rebooting American Health Care. Unprecedented Behavior. Captivating Music.
Liran Einav & Amy Finkelstein – We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care Few of us need convincing that the American health insurance system needs reform. But many of the existing proposals focus on...
A Conversation With The 3 Clubmen
Setting up a Zoom conversation with three people you have not met before could be really daunting. Do they all have sound and lighting that works properly? Will we have to spend ages in edit...
Rosa Parks and The O Street Museum
H. H. Leonards, the author of the book, Rosa Parks: Life, Lessons and Leadership is touring florida and joins the show to discuss the iconic “mother of the civil rights movement” Rosa Parks. The O...
A Conversation With Steve Turner
Before I pressed record, I shared this true story with Steve Turner. Bruce and John of SubPop came to me and said, “You know John Peel, right? Could you send him some of our records?”...
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts joins growing arts scene in Ybor City
Two of the leaders of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts appeared on WMNF WaveMakers June 27 to discuss moving to the Kress Building in Ybor City after a decade in downtown Tampa.
Local artists capture WMNF vibe with T-shirt design contest. Congrats to the winning designers!
When we needed new T-shirt designs to use for upcoming fund drives, WMNF put the call out to creatives right here in our community. Showcasing and connecting talented artists in our listening area is part...
Students push back against anti-Semitism with new art exhibit
Students from across the Tampa Bay area are teaming up to raise awareness about anti-Semitism with art and creative expression. A new art gallery has opened in a municipal building in Downtown Tampa. Cora Bowen...
