Jacksonville, Florida
The Hope and History Mural Project commemorates the sit-ins and Ax Handle Saturday which began in Hemming Park August 27, 1960. The day when a mob of whites beat a group of students trying to integrate a whites-only lunch counter in downtown Jacksonville. The stunning Read More …
Thursday night at Shantytown Pub, Miss Parker and the boys from Mudtown kick off their latest tour with one for Jax before they hit the open rode. Head on over and show them some love. • 8/23 Shanty Town (Jacksonville send off show) 8/23 Mudtown, Master Read More …
Tim Gilmore will launch, read from, and sign his newest book, Goat Island Hermit: The State of Florida vs. Rollians Christopher. “In 1955, Rollians Christopher, an illiterate goatherd who’d long claimed squatter’s rights on Goat Island, across from the fishing village of New Berlin in Read More …
Your GPS can’t tell you how to get to Shakedown Street but this Sunday, August 5th at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum and adjacent grounds you will find the closest thing to it that Jacksonville has to offer. That’s right folks it’s time for the annual China Read More …
Faced with a $62 million budget shortfall Duval County Public Schools had proposed changes to the frequency of arts, music and PE classes. The backlash from concerned parents, the arts community, educators and citizens throughout Jacksonville was immediate. Faced with such widespread opposition DCPS now says Read More …
You may notice that we are not sharing any Super Bowl watch party type events. The Jax Examiner said all we have to say about the NFL for this season in our Patriots get by with a little help from their officials article. Sunday Disney Presents Read More …
February 2, 2018 Celebrate Life, All Lives Matter event, VIP meet and greet, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; celebration, 6:30-8 p.m.; The Salem Center, 7235 Bonneval Road. Speakers are the Rev. Alveda King, a niece of Martin Luther King Jr.; and Niger Innis, Congress with Racial Equality. $25, with Read More …
Sunday Royal Rumble At GLHF Game Bar 7 PM · GLHF Game Bar DigDog / The Forum / Terrain 8 PM · Rain dogs. Laugh Lounge 8 PM · Dos Gatos · Thе Rоttеn Mаngоs Fеrnwау & Віllу Аnd Веllа Іn Jасksоnvіllе 8 PM Sunday Read More …
Gingerbread Extravaganza Ongoing through December 23, 2017 Downtown Dazzle Ongoing through New Years Eve 5:30 PM · Jacksonville Children’s Chorus The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus (JCC) is proud to present its third annual downtown holiday celebration by illuminating the outside of its downtown office, located at 225 Read More …
Seventeen days ago, 09/28/17, the White House announced, to much fanfare, that President Trump had agreed to waive the Jones Act, which would lift shipping restrictions on Puerto Rico and enable the hurricane-ravaged island to receive necessary aid from any ship flying any country’s flag, Read More …
I live in the Riverside Community of Jacksonville, Florida. We have a wonderful parks system in Jacksonville, the largest urban park system in the United States. We also have a top shelf Library in the Jacksonville Public Library, consistently ranked as one of the best Read More …