Panama Canal Centennial Weekend Celebration
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Events and Exhibitions
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014
Lecture: Health Issues During Canal Construction Dr. Richard Cheville Health Science Center, Communicore, lecture hall C1-7 noon - 12:50 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra, Summerfest 2014 Produced by Symphony of the Americas Featuring Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15. Call the box office at 352-392-2787 or order online at http://performingarts.ufl.edu/events/chamber-orchestra-summerfest-2014/.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014
Panama Canal Zone Day Entertainment, dancing, storytelling, butterflies and more Exhibits of new fossil discoveries along the Canal and the fauna and flora of Panama, featuring research by the Panama Canal Project Partnerships for International Research and Education Florida Museum of Natural History, 10 a.m. 3 p.m.
Centennial Celebration Banquet A special evening of Panamanian food with good friends Cosponsors: Friends of the Panama Canal Museum Collection, Panama Canal Society, Space Coast Panazonians Paramount Plaza Hotel, 6 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014
Exhibit Open House with Curators: Voices from the Panama Canal Bigger, Better, Best: The Panama Canal Through American Children's Literature Revealing the Right Route: Cartographic Evidence of Early Canal Plans Canal Model and select items in Room 100 Smathers Library 10 a.m.-noon
Exhibit: Patterns Past and Present: Arts of Panama Lecture: The Mola: Traditional Kuna Textile Art By author Edith Crouch Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. (reception and book signing to follow)
View http://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/PanamaCanalCentennial/Schedule for more information.