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The Rolling Stone Years
(Photo credit: Lynn Lown) The Florida Holocaust Museum presents a special program "The Rolling Stone Years" with Baron Wolman on Wednesday, October 24th at the Museum. Wolman was Rolling Stone's Chief Photographer when the magazine was first published 50 years ago. This is a unique opportunity for the public to view his iconic photos and listen to him speak about his memorable encounters with Bill Graham and rock stars of his time. In 1967, Baron Wolman became Rolling Stone's first chief photographer.…
Find out more »“In the Lion’s Shadow” Author Dr. Fariborz Mokhtari to Speak at USF Tampa
The Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies (CSDS) at the University of South Florida will host Dr. Fariborz Mokhtari, whose book In the Lion’s Shadow chronicles the dramatic story of a courageous Iranian diplomat who saved thousands of Iranian Jews from the hands of the Nazis during World War II. The free event, co-sponsored by The Florida Holocaust Museum, will be held October 25th at 6:00 p.m. at the Patel Building on the USF Tampa campus, featuring a conversation between Dr. Mohsen…
Find out more »Kristallnacht Commemoration and Free Museum Admission
This year's Kristallnacht commemoration will include free Museum admission from 10am-4pm. Additionally, there will be a commemoration service and candle-lighting with Holocaust Survivors beginning at 4pm. Included in the commemoration service, musical themes will be played from A Child of Our Time. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »“A Child of Our Time” at the Straz Center
A Child of Our Time Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. - at the Straz Center Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. - at the Mahaffey Theater Sunday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. - at Ruth Eckerd Hall The Florida Orchestra presents A Child of Our Time, in partnership with The Florida Holocaust Museum. Written decades ago in the era of Nazi Germany, Michael Tippett’s oratorio is a powerful call for unity in a divided world. TFO’s debut…
Find out more »“A Child of Our Time” at the Mahaffey Theater
A Child of Our Time Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. – at the Straz Center Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. – at the Mahaffey Theater Sunday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. – at Ruth Eckerd Hall The Florida Orchestra presents A Child of Our Time, in partnership with The Florida Holocaust Museum. Written decades ago in the era of Nazi Germany, Michael Tippett’s oratorio is a powerful call for unity in a divided world. TFO’s debut features…
Find out more »“A Child of Our Time” at Ruth Eckerd Hall
A Child of Our Time Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. – at the Straz Center Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. – at the Mahaffey Theater Sunday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. – at Ruth Eckerd Hall The Florida Orchestra presents A Child of Our Time, in partnership with The Florida Holocaust Museum. Written decades ago in the era of Nazi Germany, Michael Tippett’s oratorio is a powerful call for unity in a divided world. TFO’s debut features…
Find out more »Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Centennial
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Centennial December 4, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at USF St. Petersburg - Harbor Hall Community Room In commemoration of the 100th year anniversary of the birth of the great Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, this event explores his magisterial multi-volume work, The Gulag Archipelago. Dr. Golfo Alexopoulos, who has written extensively on the Soviet forced labor camp system or Gulag, will discuss the importance of Solzhenitsyn’s analysis of Stalin’s Gulag. The talk will also reflect on Solzhenitsyn’s comparison between the…
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