Coming eVENTS

WHAT: 

Casa Feliz May Parlor Series

WHEN: 

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 (6:30-8:00pm)

Reception at 6:30 p.m., Program at 7:00 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.

HOW: 

RSVP required for this event.

Email to rsvp@casafeliz.us by Sunday, May 12, 2024

Casa Feliz welcomes Scot French to the parlor as he shares on:

"Allies for Education: How Rollins Faculty Rallied to Save Eatonville's Hungerford School from the Great Depression through the Early Civil Rights Era"

Scot French is an Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History at the University of Central Florida. His research on the intertwined histories of Eatonville, Maitland, and Winter Park has been featured in curated exhibits at Maitland Art & History and Eatonville's Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts, as well as Winter Park Magazine, WUCF's Central Florida Road Trip, and CBS Sunday Morning. His peer-reviewed essay, "Social Preservation and Moral Capitalism in the Historic Black Township of Eatonville, Florida," appears in Change Over Time: A Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment.

HISTORY

Casa Feliz Parlor Series includes lectures and performances. The name dervies from the home’s historic role as "Winter Park's Parlor."

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce Barbour, the original owners of the home, were heavily involved in cultural organizations, and frequently opened their doors to the community. Archived copies of "Winter Park Topics." a society newspaper from the 1930s through the1950s, have the Barbours hosting a fundraiser for the Cervantes Society, a garden tour, a dance performance to benefit European Orphans, and archaeology lectures.

THE PARLOR

Our present-day Parlor Series events take place in the Polly and Thaddeus Seymour Parlor, the main living room within Casa Feliz.

In 2008, the parlor was dedicated to the couple who tirelessly worked for Casa Feliz's move and restoration, and continue to lend their considerable talents to the Friends of Casa Feliz organization. The goal of the series is to engage the community in discussions and performances relating to the organization's core values: appreciation of the area's unique history and the importance of preserving our rich architectural and cultural heritage.