Editing The Villages, Florida (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Entertainment===
[[File:Prime Time Twirlers 2023 Outside.jpg|thumb|One of multiple baton twirling groups in The Villages, the Prime Time Twirlers.]]

In 2015, the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, a venue with over 1,000 seats, opened.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 17, 2015|title= Opening night at The Sharon a bit of Villages' history in the making |newspaper=Villages-News |url= http://www.villages-news.com/opening-night-at-the-sharon-a-bit-of-villages-history-in-the-making/|access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref> The Studio Tierra Del Sol, a [[black box theatre]] with seating for 100, opened in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/orlando/article/NEXT-TO-NORMAL-PROOF-and-More-Set-for-The-Studio-Theatre-in-2016-17-20160627 |title=NEXT TO NORMAL, PROOF and More Set for The Studio Theatre in 2016-17 |website=Broadway World |access-date=2018-01-27 }}</ref>

Fictitious historical markers and architectural details provide an atmosphere for the residents.  One historian wrote, "The Villages' faux history gives a patina of stability and continuity to a highly volatile region and stage of life."<ref name="muse.jhu.edu">{{cite journal |last1=Brian |first1=Amanda M. |title=The faux history of The Villages, Florida |journal=Southern Cultures |date=2014 |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=58–71 |doi=10.1353/scu.2014.0037 |s2cid=144634061 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/558947 |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Brianp60>Brian, p. 60.</ref> Many plaques represent the "downtown areas" as if events derived from notions of an idyllic small town in the 1800s had occurred there.<ref name=Brianp65>Brian, p. 65.</ref> Such "American myths" feature in the designs for Brownwood, Lake Sumter Landing, and Spanish Springs.<ref name=Brianp66>Brian, p. 66.</ref>

===Other activities===
The Villages operates golf courses, recreation centers, softball fields, a polo stadium called The Villages Polo Stadium,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thevillages.com/Recreation/polo.asp |title=Recreation |publisher=The Villages |access-date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> a woodworking shop, and a lifelong learning college.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thevillages.com/lifestyle/LLLearning.htm |title=Lifestyle |publisher=The Villages |access-date=February 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113045341/http://thevillages.com/lifestyle/LLLearning.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> There are also outdoor target archery ranges.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}