Join us in welcoming these new DOP members!

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Greenery Creamery
Harvard Jolly Architecture
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida
Jewish Family Services Orlando
Nancy Schwalb PR
Sunrise Bank
YMCA Downtown Orlando

• FEBRUARY 8: Harriet
• FEBRUARY 15: Ray
• FEBRUARY 22: Hidden Figures

African American History Exhibit at Orange County Regional History Center
This permanent exhibit at downtown Orlando’s Orange County Regional History Center invites you to explore the triumphs and tragedies of African Americans in Central Florida. It also features numerous paintings by The Highwaymen, a group of acclaimed African American landscape artists from Florida. Additionally, the center will offer free film screenings of Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story, which details the first racially integrated Little League game played in the South, on Feb. 13 and Feb. 17.

Special Events at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando is hosting numerous Black History Month-related events in February, including performances featuring and inspired by legendary African American artists.

• FEBRUARY 4: Gladys Knight 
• FEBRUARY 11: Voices of Freedom & Justice: An Evening of Spoken Word Poetry 
• FEBRUARY 12: A Night of Love: Featuring Ben Tankard
• FEBRUARY 22 and 23: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• FEBRUARY 27: The 7th Annual MLK Concert: Promised Land, A Gospel/Spiritual Spectacular presented by the Orlando Mayor’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission

Quilts, Photography, & Folk Art: Intergenerational Stories Art Exhibit
Join Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orlando City Commissioners, and our community Tuesday, February 22nd from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM to celebrate Black History Month through art at the “Intergenerational Stories” art exhibition. The exhibition displays local folk artists, a Quilt exhibition by Crealdé School of Art, and photographs from Parramore Storytellers, which highlight downtown Orlando's historically Black community. The photographs are from participants of the New Image Youth Center’s after-school program. Registration through Eventbrite can be accessed HERE.

Parking is available at the Library Garage on 112 East Central Boulevard, Orlando, 32801. The first 50 people who arrive at the event will receive a free parking pass.

Uprooting Prejudice: Conversations for Change
The City of Orlando Public Art Program is proud to announce the documented experience by renowned photographer John Noltner as part of Uprooting Prejudice: Conversations for Change, organized by and in collaboration with the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida as part of their yearlong project of the same name. The exhibit documents his exchange with a community illustrated through a series of brilliant portraits unveiling a steadiness of reverence, pain, frustration and hope in their own voice. The exhibit will be on view at the The Terrace Gallery located in Orlando City Hall on February 4th and closes on April 29th.