Polk’s Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Underway, Events Include Exhibits, Movie, Fiesta
Polk State College’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration is underway, with a busy schedule of events that includes art exhibits, a movie night, and the always-popular Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fiesta. Hispanic Heritage Month is one…
Polk State Lake Wales Hosting New Country Artist John Miller for Lunchtime Concert
Polk State Lake Wales will host a lunchtime concert by new country artist John Miller from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. on Sept. 3 at the Polk State JD Alexander Center, 152 E. Central Ave. in…
Polk State Lake Wales to Host Guitarist, Singer ‘The Acoustic Gangster’
Polk State Lake Wales will present a lunchtime concert by Minneapolis-based singer and guitarist Brian Alexander, aka The Acoustic Gangster. The event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the…
Polk State Hosting Free Events on Possibilities of 3-D Printing
The possibilities of 3-D printing will be the topic of three special events this month at Polk State College. In 3-D printing, digital files are “printed” into three-dimensional objects — anything from rocket engine parts for…
From Practical to Inspirational: Current Students Share Advice for Incoming Freshmen
The start of Polk State’s fall semester is just a few weeks away, and across the county, members of the incoming freshmen class are waiting, wondering, and maybe even worrying … what is college really…
First Time in Florida: Exhibit of Work Created in Life’s Direst Circumstances to Open at Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center on July 21
There are paintings that had been stuffed under a bed in a homeless shelter, ink drawings created in the back of an abandoned gas station, other pieces that had been thumbtacked to the walls of…
Student Share Their “Fave” Parts of Polk State
Fall registration is underway, and we know that there are lots of people out there, contemplating applying to Polk State, but worried that it won’t be right for them. To find out what real-life Polk…
Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center’s “Up Close & Personal Series” to Feature Country, Gospel Caribbean; Free Concerts Start June 13
The Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center will host its Up Close & Personal Summer Concert Series beginning June 13, giving patrons the opportunity to enjoy rising talents in genres from country to gospel — and…
Internationally Acclaimed Musicians to Descend on Lake Wales During Polk State’s First Jazz Festival
During its first-ever Jewel of the Ridge Jazz Festival, the Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center will host musicians whose performance schedules typically send them to New York or Los Angeles. But for three days,…
Arts Incubator Series: Actress Libby Skala Inspires Students, Will Stage Final Show on March 22
On a recent afternoon at Polk State Lakeland, students in an Acting II class put the syllabus aside and the notebooks away, all to learn about show business from someone who’s made it her life…