Jacksonville, Florida
The Miami Seaquarium opened its doors on this date in 1955. The 38-acre facility, located on Virginia Key in Miami, is the oldest oceanarium in the United States. The Seaquarium is home to fish, sharks, sea turtles, birds, and manatees, as well as other marine Read More …
The City of Jacksonville released the following statement on August 16, 2021, “The State of Florida, in partnership with the City of Jacksonville, will be shifting the Regeneron Antibody Treatment Site to the Main Library Conference Center, 304 North Main Street via the Main Street Read More …
Open Books is a non-profit, volunteer-run bookstore. Proceeds from the sale of books and donations support the Prison Book Project, operating since 2000. The Prison Book Project currently sends around 10,000 books each year to indigent inmates in Florida prisons, one of the largest prison Read More …
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Begun in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson, the observation was expanded Read More …
Willow Branch Library sits in a corner of Willow Branch Park, a popular location for local musicians during the late 1960s to develop and expand their audience. Named after the “Human Be-In,” San Francisco’s 1967 counterculture celebration, Jacksonville’s “be-ins” spawned several notable acts, including the Read More …
Timucuan Parks Foundation will be leading two cleanups on Saturday, Sept. 18 for the 2021 Florida Coastal Cleanup, part of the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. Volunteers can join TPF from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Reddie Point Preserve or 8 a.m. to 10 Read More …
Crews from the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department have been asked to go to Louisiana and assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Mayor Lenny Curry released the following statement: “As I said earlier this week, our Jax Fire & Rescue has been ready to respond Read More …
The upgrades to the Splash Pad at Hanna Park 500 Wonderwood Dr, 32233 are complete and open through Labor Day weekend. Other Splash Pads are located at Bruce Park 6549 Arlington Road, Jax, FL 32211 Beverly Hills Park 4511 Portsmouth, Jax, FL 32208 Flossie Brunson Read More …
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the Beaches Museum will host Author and Florida Times-Union Columnist Mark Wood at its Boardwalk Talk at TPF’s “Celebrate & Explore Our Wilderness Parks” exhibition on Thursday, Aug. 19. The event will be held both in-person and virtually starting at 6:30 p.m. Read More …
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Florida’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born in Washington, D.C., on this date in 1896. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for her best-selling novel, “The Yearling.” Rawlings lived in Cross Creek, Florida, where she wrote six novels, a volume of short Read More …
August 6th is National Root Beer Float Day. Some root beer history: Sassafras root beverages were made by indigenous peoples of the Americas for culinary and medicinal reasons before the arrival of Europeans in North America, and European culinary techniques have been applied to making Read More …
With COVID-19 infections surging in Florida, this week’s events will be drive-thru only to minimize close contact. Face masks are required and attendees must bring a vehicle with a trunk or cargo bed. Greater El-Beth-El Divine Holiness Church Date: Wednesday, Aug. 4, from noon until supplies Read More …
Timucuan Parks Foundation and JaxParks will be hosting a park workday at Reddie Point Preserve on Wednesday, August 4. Volunteers should meet at 9 a.m. at the picnic pavilion at the preserve at 4499 Yachtsman Way in Arlington. Volunteers will be cleaning up throughout the Read More …
NSFW Forsaken Profits, the guys with jello shots in their pockets, they skate fast, eat ass and punk rock! They’re out of Atlanta. I first caught a performance when they played during the PIZZA FEST 4 Pre Party, here in Jax, at Shantytown Pub back Read More …
North Florida Land Trust has acquired approximately 28 acres within the Intracoastal Waterway at J. Turner Butler Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach which is a portion of the properties known as the Small Islands. The nonprofit land conservation organization purchased the land in the first phase Read More …
It is okay to not like the sculpture. Parisians originally hated the Eiffel Tower. New Yorkers hated the Empire State Building, Auguste Rodin’s Monument to Balzac as well as art by Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, and Duchamp were all considered to be worthless at one Read More …
JaxParks Movie Night in the Park, featuring “Coming 2 America” starts tonight at 8:30pm at Emmett Reed Park (1093 W. 6th St.). Free admission and popcorn.
Join Don’t Miss A Beat, Inc. this Saturday, July 24th, for their inaugural Jazz Festival at Woodstock Park at 2839 W. Beaver St. Local artists, local vendors, and so much more, all for FREE! Artists and performance times are listed below, or go to https://www.dontmissabeat.org/our-events/jazz-festival Read More …