Join the Tampa Bay History Center’s curator of Black history, Fred Hearns, and local historian E.J. Salcines to learn more about Tampa’s past. This free lecture takes place at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 10, at Old City Hall, Council Chambers (315 E. Kennedy Boulevard, 3rd floor). Free, and no registration is required.

Bootleggers flooded Florida with illegal booze, flappers danced to jazz, and workers erected the first elaborate Art Deco buildings in Florida in the 1920s. At the same time, Mediterranean fruit flies attacked citrus groves, and the state’s brutal convict-leasing program ensnared thousands. Join the Tampa Bay History Center's Brad Massey, Ph.D., for a look at …

Fred Hearns, curator of Black history at the Tampa Bay History Center, will join a panel discussion about 1924. The event will be held Monday, July 15, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the City of Tampa's Old City Hall, Council Chambers, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd. The program is free, and registration is not required. …