Florida Talks – Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids at West Hernando Library

Hernando County Public Library 
 

(Brooksville, FL) – Lu Vickers will join Hernando County Public Library for a presentation on Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids. The program takes place Thursday, May 8, 2025, at West Hernando Branch Library. It is a partnership between Florida Humanities and Hernando County Public Library as part of the organization’s redesigned Florida Talks program.

Lu Vickers was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for fiction as well as two Florida Book Awards and three Florida Individuals Artists Fellowships. In addition to writing Remembering Paradise Park with C. Graham, she has written Breathing Underwater, a novel, and three other Florida history books: Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids, Cypress Gardens, America’s Tropical Wonderland, and Weeki Wachee, Thirty Years of Underwater Photography.

Florida Talks is one of Florida Humanities’ longest-running public programs. The organization’s speakers’ bureau features more than 30 exceptional scholars, journalists, authors, and humanities experts and over 60 brand new and returning programs.

Florida Talks offers nonprofit organizations across the state an accessible way to host engaging speakers who present Florida’s history, heritage, and culture through historical and contemporary lenses.

This event is free and open to the public.

WHO: Florida Talks – Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids at West Hernando Library

WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 5 p.m.- 7 p.m.

WHERE: West Hernando Branch Library 6335 Blackbird Ave. Brooksville, FL 34613