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Ready for Be My Neighbor Day on Saturday, Feb. 21?

🪿 INTERACTIVE GAME
Join WUCF's Goosechase game for the chance to win prizes!

🅿️ PARKING
There are two parking options for this event.
1. AdventHealth Alden Parking Garage

2. Orlando Science Center Garage (There is a fee)

WUCF Jazz is proud to be part of this year’s UCF Jazz Fest, hosted by UCF! The festival will be emceed by WUCF Jazz afternoon host Saylove, bringing her signature smooth voice and love of jazz to the stage throughout the evening.

🎁 Tickets here: https://cah.ucf.edu/jazzfestival/

Alonzo Bodden talks about how jazz and comedy are united through creative energy and improv.

WUCF Jazz host Alex Diaz scooped this interview on the McBride's World at Sea cruise.

Follow Florida Road Trip on YouTube for weekly Florida history videos! www.youtube.com/@Florida_Roa...

Splashdown came 800 miles from Bermuda after a nearly five hour mission.

Glenn used a 35mm camera he bought at a Cocoa Beach drug store.

He orbited Earth three times, snapped the first handheld photo of our planet from space.

Before the Moon, before Apollo... there was Friendship 7. On February 20, 1962, John Glenn climbed into his Mercury capsule and made history.

In just two days, 400 of Florida’s top high school jazz musicians gathered at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts to learn, connect with fellow musicians, and perform on a professional stage inside Steinmetz Hall. 🎺

The future of Florida jazz is in very good hands.

Today, we had the pleasure of meeting some of the most talented young jazz players at the 2026 Essentially Ellington Regional High School Jazz Band Festival at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. 🎶

Roses are red, violets are blue… we made some public media valentines just for you 💕🎶 Tap, save, and send one of our WUCF valentines to your favorite person!

In honor of #ValentinesDay, WUCF Jazz is exploring the sentimental in a special holiday episode of Jazz Most Wanted. Join host Joseph Dallas for an hour of tunes that'll get your heart racing!

♥️ Friday, February 13 at 7 p.m.
♥️ Sunday, February 15 at 3 p.m.
📣 WUCF.org/listen

A listener recently told us she heard "Jazz and the American Spirit" while visiting Santa Fe... 1,700+ miles from where the show is made at WUCF Jazz in Orlando. Thanks to public radio and PRX, our jazzy educational spark travels far and wide.

🎷 You can listen too at WUCF.org/podcasts

On WUCF's #America250 page, you’ll find the most-watched PBS history programs, WUCF Jazz podcasts, educational resources, and a calendar of events happening across Central Florida.

📲 Bookmark WUCF.org/america250

"You're ours now in Africa." Angélique Kidjo talks about collaborating with Peter Gabriel of Genesis and how jazz culture has no boundaries when it comes to race.

WUCF Jazz host, Alex Diaz, spoke with Angélique on the McBride's World at Sea cruise.

🎧✨ NEW: Live From Studio A 🎧✨
There’s nothing like hearing new jazz talent stretch out in Studio A. These are the winners of the Central Florida Jazz Society’s 2025 Scholarship Competition, recorded right here at WUCF Jazz.

📺 Watch Thursday, February 12 at 8:30 p.m. on WUCF TV

Watch the latest episode of Global Perspectives from UCF on WUCF or stream on the PBS app. ➡️ https://video.wucftv.org/show/global-perspectives/

WUCF Passport brings PBS shows from many places around the world right to your home!
For only 5 dollars a month, binge the mysterious and suspenseful German crime drama, "Murder in the Mountains."

Not a Passport member? It's easy to join. 🔗 wucf.org/passport

It sure is a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Before he became Mister Rogers, Fred Rogers was a student at Rollins College in Winter Park. He carried with him a photo that read “Life is for service” — a message that would shape his lifelong mission to create quality children's media.

Bundled up for the #WinterOlympics Opening Ceremony 🏅🍩

Commentary: Carry on Mister Rogers’ legacy of kindness on Be My Neighbor Day Fred Rogers’ lesson: Kindness shows up in listening. In inclusion. In recognizing that every person has value, and that communities grow stronger when people feel seen and supported.

Check out this wonderful #BeMyNeighborDay op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel from WUCF Executive Director Jen Cook: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/01/commentary-carry-on-mister-rogers-legacy-of-kindness-on-be-my-neighbor-day/?share=w0eyanoe6tsginlromeh

Did you catch Jazz and America featuring Orlando-based drummer and composer Gerald Law II? He shared the influences that shaped his sound and why jazz feels so deeply American.

▶️ Listen to Jazz and America wherever you listen to podcasts!

🎉 Phoebe & Jay officially launches on PBS KIDS today.

Fun fact: late last year, our WUCF's own Executive Director, Jen Cook, joined a discussion panel at an education conference alongside the series creator, Genie Deez!

🦴 Florida is packed with fossils... but why are so many found near the shoreline?
Fossilized shark teeth are the most common finds around the Sunshine State, but they’re just the beginning.

🚗💨 Head to the Florida Road Trip YouTube for full episodes and bite-sized fact videos!

Orlando-based composter and drummer Gerald Law II is thinking deeply about sound, listening, and purpose... and it all shows up in his new album "Who We Are". He joins our weekly show "Jazz and America" to talk what influences drive his music.

#America250

Secure your spot before February 1! 🍷

Join travel expert Rick Steves for an unforgettable wine tasting adventure! Support WUCF by purchasing a ticket to this entertaining evening with Rick Steves. Learn more at wucf.org/virtual

Your legacy isn’t just what you leave behind, it’s the values you carry forward. WUCF invites you to create your will for free with Giving Docs. You’ll protect the people you love and, if you choose, include a gift that supports trusted public media.

Learn more at https://www.givingdocs.com/wucf/

Huge thanks to the UCF College of Sciences for welcoming WUCF to explore the Exolith Lab right here on campus. Our team got a firsthand look at how extraterrestrial soil simulants are developed for NASA.

And yes... we touched the lunar “dust.” Imagine baking powder mixed with sugar! 🌕✨

In "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History," Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces how Black and Jewish Americans built deep civic and cultural bonds and faced divisions that tested that alliance.

📌 Watch the four-part series on WUCF TV starting Feb. 3 at 9 PM.
📱 Stream on the PBS app .

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden gets its name from botanist Dr. David Fairchild.

Fairchild helped introduce many non-native plants and fruits to the United States including...
Mangoes: 🥭
Avocados: 🥑
Citrus: 🍊🍋
Date palms: 🌴

...shaping what we grow and eat today!