Sarah McNamara, who appears at Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City, Florida on April 9, 2025. Credit: Courtesy photo

Two years after she helped Tampa artist Michelle Sawyer bring an antifascist mural to life in the district, Sarah McNamara returns to Ybor City for something of a revival of her talk highlighting the past and present of the neighborhood.

Now an expat who’s now Associate Professor of History at the Texas A&M University, McNamara will undoubtedly draw from her award-winning book, “Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South”—and talk labor, political radicalism, urban renewal and gentrification—at this event moderated by Carmen Alvarez, Latina book influencer and founder of the Instagram and Tik Tok platform @tomesandtextiles.

A Q&A and signing will follow.

There’s no cover for Ybor City of Past and Present—A Conversation with Sarah McNamara happening Wednesday, April 9 at Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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