In Any Event:
by Barbi Bauman, Special to the Herald
June 17 2009 at 0905 | 60 views | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend | print
• Cinemaniacs! Get ready for an adventure with Iron Man on Friday at Park on Park at 8 p.m. After an accident, billionaire industrialist Tony Stark creates a suit that sustains his life.

When he heals, he decides to use his technology to fight crime and leads a double life as Iron Man in this comic book adventure. This film is rated PG-13. .

• It was June 19, 1865, that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his Union army troops landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

This was 2½ years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and the celebration that followed was named Juneteenth.

• On Saturday, the Juneteenth Multicultural Celebration will offer a variety of fun for the family in Fort Mellon Park: free kids games and face painting, informational vendors, community-based entertainment, guest speakers, free health screenings, military recruiters, NASCAR, the United Black Drag Racers Association and more. Event time is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the opening ceremony at 11 a.m.

• This week at Little Fish Huge Pond: Friday is a book signing and reading of The Love Junkie Cowboy, by Joseph Pasquale 7-9 p.m.

• On Saturday, celebrate San Juan Day. Dance to the sound of a full Caribbean band complete with Puerto Rican folk dancers.

The fun begins at 9 p.m. And on June 21, help Little Fish celebrate two years in business. The fun starts at 4 p.m. with free draft beer while it lasts and a $2 hotdog bar.



• On Tuesday, the South Seminole Women’s Advisory Council will host the GLOW Project premiere to help raise funds needed for the purchase of a breast biopsy machine. Held at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, the event will begin with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and a program and movie beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $25 and will include hors d’oeuvres, beverages, networking, door prizes and chance drawing baskets and the Glow movie premier.

Stop by Susan’s Treasure Chest on Park Avenue to purchase tickets or call 407-302-5042.

• Wednesday is Sanford Idol/Open Mic Acoustic Night at the Sanford Wine Company, hosted by Sherri Strange starting at 8 p.m. Week 4 of the competition is tonight.

To see other activities around town, check out “Events” on www.sanfordfl.gov. Barbi Bauman, one of Sanford’s special events coordinators, can be reached at 407-688-5004, or baumanb@sanfordfl.gov.