We’ve gathered a list of some of the ways Tampa Bay celebrates Black History Month, from art exhibits to festivals and some nifty stuff in between. Want more info? Click on the event name and you’ll get it in a new tab.

Family Pictures and Steven Locke at HCC in Tampa Throughout February Steve Locke, Untitled (Remember this day, blue), from the series Family Pictures, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist and Samsøn.
Dreams Deferred at the MIZE Gallery in St. Petersburg Feb. 8 Artwork by Valincy-Jean Patelle
Cora Marshall’s work on exhibit in Gulfport Throughout February Photo via Cora Marshall
Examine our perceptions of black female culture at Princess Smith’s The Evolution of Self at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg Through Feb. 22. Photo via Princess Smith
Select Stories in American History with Rick Rhodes focuses on Harriet Tubman — in Palm Harbor and St. Petersburg Palm Harbor: Feb. 28, Mar. 7 and Mar. 14; St. Petersburg: Mar. 1, Mar. 8 and Mar. 15 Photo via The New England Magazine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Salute to African Americans in Films at the Sulphur Springs Museum in Tampa Feb. 9 Photo via Federal Theatre Project [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Florida Conversations: Caribbean Slavery and the Rise of American Music at the Tampa Bay History Center Feb. 20 Photo via Johann Moritz Rugendas [Public domain]
Learn about the American Gullah at this St. Petersburg exhibit at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum Throughout February; artist reception Feb. 15 Photo attributed to John Rose [Public domain]
Visit the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum in St. Petersburg during the Second Saturday ArtWalk Tues.-Fri., 12-5 p.m. or by appointment Photo via Rossie Newson via Woodson Museum
Black Heritage Expo at USF Tampa Feb. 23 Photo via unknown member of the Cuzco School [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Feb. 18-22 Photo via Public domain
Learn about Arthur Ashe at the Mirror Lake Library in St. Petersburg Feb. 11 Photo via Rob Bogaerts / Anefo [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Othello at Jobsite in Tampa Through Feb. 9 Photo via Pritchard Photography ? Jobsite Theater
Voices of a Dream at St. Petersburg-based Creative Clay Feb. 9 Photo via Facebook/Creative Clay
Meet cookbook author and cultural historian Sallie Ann Robinson (aka “the Gullah Diva”) at the second annual Collard Green Festival at Carter Woodson Museum in St. Petersburg Feb. 16 Photo via Sallie Ann Robinson
Lessons from Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming at USF Tampa Feb. 28 Photo via EJ Hersom/U.S. Department of Defense
Walk Tampa: Central Avenue Black History Tour Feb. 23 Photo via City of Tampa