Jacksonville, Florida
The Orchid is both refined and wild, full of mystery and stories, some we believe, some we want to believe. The Orchid herself is not always an honest story teller. Orchid mimicry is one of her favorite stories, as well as her most important. She Read More …
Want to work for JaxParks Aquatics as a lifeguard this Summer? Check out the upcoming training schedule. JaxParks is now looking for Summer Pool lifeguards. So if you are looking for a job for the summer check out the upcoming training dates through our Read More …
Local event organizers, especially bands and clubs need to remember 1st grade, when we learned about the the five Ws (and sometimes H). Back then we were diagramming sentences and would later use those same five Ws (and sometimes H) when we learned how to Read More …
Ten years after the Great Fire Jacksonville’s population had nearly doubled to 57,699. 29,293 were black, 28,329 were white. Churches, schools, businesses, a new city hall, a new library, skyscrapers, and many other buildings had been built with more going up every day. The city’s Read More …
Today is the birthday of Ansel Adams. Adams was a legendary American photographer, known for his love of nature, technical innovations in photography, and his dramatic photographs of Western landscapes. He was a pioneer in the movement to preserve the wilderness and one of the Read More …
Join the Jacksonville Historical Society on Monday February 25 as Brittany Cohill of the Beaches Museum reveals the history of Manhattan Beach, the early twentieth century African American beach resort. Registration available at Eventbrite. JHS Members free. Non-members suggested donation $10.6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Old Read More …
11th annual MUSE Art, Body Art & Fashion Show at ARTpool Gallery Saturday February 23, 2019 from 8pm-11pm Bringing it to an entire new level with their biggest and best BODY ART show to date, this years event will knock your socks off with the Read More …
Jacksonville’s literary event of the year will return on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019! The Jax Book Fest is back for its third year in a row. The event—held at the Main Library in Downtown Jacksonville—features presentations and signings by authors of both national and local Read More …
The second annual Jacksonville Lantern Parade presented by VyStar Credit Union is set for Saturday, February 16. The parade route runs from the Riverside Artist Square under the Fuller Warren Bridge and continues down the St. Johns River to the Jacksonville Landing. The Parade itself begins Read More …
TRASH PANDA FLEA MARKET “Always different. Always rad” Sunday February 10 Noon to 4PM at Rain Dogs Art Works Gallery $10 Bottomless Mimosas Food by DOS VATOS TACOS If you mixed a Mimosa of; vintage finds, art, crafts, local small businesses and flea market treasures you’d Read More …
The FBI Jacksonville along with the Duval County Schools Parent Academy are hosting an event Tuesday night to show parents how to keep their children safe as they use their smartphone. The FBI says there will be agents on hand to show how offenders are Read More …
Ray Charles Robinson, who had attended the Deaf and Blind School in St. Augustine, moved to LaVilla to stay with friends of his mother after she passed. He stayed for just over a year, earning $4 a night. He then moved to Seattle as he Read More …
Alfred L. Cralle was an African American inventor and businessman. While working as a porter in Markell Brothers drugstore and St. Charles Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa, he noticed that ice cream stuck to the spoons and ladles the servers used, and they usually had to Read More …
Brewster Hospital was founded by the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. The hospital’s name came from Mrs. George A. Brewster, an early financial contributor to it. Brewster opened in 1901, becoming the first to serve African Americans on the First Coast and Read More …
The Justice Pub is hosting a Super Bowl Day Chili Cook Off, Super Bowl Sunday. All contestants are welcome. To sign up message Ian Ranne, Jessica Lee Miller, or J Juan Durango Judged contest by the crowd, $50 bar tab for first place. $20 bar tab Read More …
The Salvation Army will open its cold night shelter at 900 West Adams Street on Wednesday and Thursday,. The shelter will be every night that overnight lows drop below 42 degrees. The shelter will be open to men, women and families. A hot meal will Read More …
Now is the time to visit the City’s animal shelter! All pet adoptions are just $19 at Animal Care and Protective Services. Visit the website to view adoptable animals.
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi-run concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau where more than one million people died or were killed by Nazis. January 27 was later officially commemorated when the United Nations designated it International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The idea behind Read More …