Jacksonville, Florida
Earlier today in Willow Branch Park the Aids Memorial Mural was unveiled. The mural is located facing into the park, on the side of the Park Street bridge, which crosses Willow Branch creek. The 45 names featured on this mural represent local Riverside/Avondale residents lost Read More …
Five years ago this past Tuesday evening (September 29, 2015) the cargo ship El Faro departed JAXPORT on a routine round-trip voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, just north of the Bahamas, Tropical Storm Joaquin was brewing. Joaquin intensified to a Category 4 hurricane Read More …
Banned Books Week (September 27- October 3, 2020) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community Read More …
Tuesday, September 22nd, Bridge The Gap INC. and Feeding Northeast Florida are hosting a free food and clothes distribution: at 561 West 25th Street 11am to 1pm First come, first served
The Columbia Restaurant opened its doors on this date in 1905. The Columbia Restaurant is the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Florida, and the oldest Spanish restaurant in the United States. The restaurant, which began in Ybor City as a small sixty-seat corner café, now Read More …
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day, a national holiday celebrating our democracy. It was first observed in 2012 and has been growing in popularity every year since. Held on the fourth Tuesday of September, National Voter Registration Day will take place on September 22, 2020. Read More …
Happy Rosh Hashanah to all of those who are celebrating the Jewish New Year – We hope that it brings peace, love and good health to all. L’Shanah Tovah.
Please join the Sanctuary on 8th Street virtually for the Swingin’ SHINDIG to hear some great music, participate in an online raffle and consider making a donation which will benefit the Sanctuary on 8th Street: A place of hope for the children of Springfield since Read More …
With the COVID-19’s global spread continuing and resulting in ongoing and widespread bar and restaurant closures, and with countries and communities implementing different sets of rules and restrictions, Negroni Week 2020 has shifted its focus accordingly. This year, Negroni Week (September 14-20) will be a Read More …
The City of Jacksonville’s Keep Jacksonville Beautiful invites residents to participate in the 2020 Florida Coastal Cleanup event. This event, which will provide volunteers with an opportunity to help beautify the city’s shorelines, is part of the Ocean Conservancy’s Annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). Read More …
Here’s what you need to know before heading to the game, tomorrow against the Colts.
Climate It’s warm year-round. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south. The average temperature in Florida ranges from 65 to 70 degrees in the north, and from 74 to 77 degrees in the south. Ocean and Gulf temperatures can Read More …
Hurricane Dora, the first hurricane on record to make landfall on the extreme northeast coast of Florida, struck just north of St. Augustine on this date in 1964. The storm had sustained winds of 120 mph and caused five deaths and $200 million in damage. Read More …
LGBT Books to Prisoners is a trans-affirming, racial justice-focused, prison abolitionist project. They are a donation-funded, volunteer-run organization based in Madison, Wisconsin that sends books and other educational materials, free of charge, to incarcerated LGBTQ people across the United States. Each package contains 3-5 books, Read More …
Jacksonville Public Library is reopening twelve branch library locations for inside service during September and October. The locations include Beaches, Bill Brinton Murray Hill, Bradham and Brooks, Brentwood, Mandarin, San Marco, Regency Square, South Mandarin, West, Willowbranch and University Park Branch. Hours for these locations are Read More …
The Duval County Department of Health is hosting free, walk-up COVID-19 testing at two locations all week long: Town & Country Pharmacy, 939 University Blvd. N. 32211 Central Health Plaza, 515 W. 6th St. 32206 These mobile testing sites are open from 9am until 3pm. Read More …
Free and reduced-price meal applications are now available online. Visit here to complete the application.
StoryWalk® is a fun and educational tool for children and adults to enjoy literacy, physical activity and the outdoors all at the same time. A StoryWalk® is a series of signs featuring sequential spreads from a children’s picture book. Those pages are spread throughout the Read More …