VERO BEACH — The Emerson Center Florida Humanities Series, in partnership with the Florida Humanities Council and sponsored in part by Marine Bank & Trust, continues with Vero Beach resident who will present “Sea Cows, Seaweed and Spanish Moss: How Floridians Coped when Times were Hard” on Thursday March 6 at 7 p.m.
Sea cows now are more commonly known as manatees and are a protected species, just as the city we call home was once wetlands and would never have come into existence under today’s regulations. Gould is a journalist and public radio personality who is known throughout the state for her award-winning Floridays, oral histories about early Florida. She has recorded interviews with more than 250 people, about everything from manatee hunting to frog gigging in rural Florida.
In addition to Floridays, Gould has produced many radio programs and documentaries for WQCS Radio from where she recently retired. She has earned awards for her work from the state and from the Associated Press. She also writes book reviews and features for Indian River Magazine in her spare time. Gould is a fifth generation Floridian and a University of Florida journalism graduate.
The Florida Humanities Series is presented by The Emerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vero Beach. Six acclaimed speakers or performers have been presenting at the Center since October 2013, with presentations relating to Florida history and issues. Admission to each is complimentary and all performances begin at 7 p.m.
Concluding the six-performance series on April 3 is St. Augustine’s city archaeologist Carl Halbirt presenting “St. Augustine’s Unseen Heritage: The Archaeology of early Colonial Life in America’s Oldest European Community.”
Funding for these programs is provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of the Florida Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The capacity of the Emerson Center is more than 800; free admission will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. The Emerson Center is handicap accessible and is conveniently located at 1590 27th Avenue, on the SE corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue in Vero Beach. For more information, contact 772-778-5249.