Luminaria in Memorial Park

Help light up Memorial Park for RAP’s annual Luminaria event! Activities begin at 1pm with setting up the luminaries. After the luminaries are set up, enjoy the park! Santa and Mrs. Claus will be stopping by, West Riverside Elementary Chorus will be performing, train rides, Read More …

Save Them All: Free Pet Adoptions

Find your new furever friend at the Save Them All adoption event, hosted by Animal Care and Protective Services and the Jacksonville Humane Society, and sponsored by the Petco Foundation. To see the available animals, visit coj.net/pets and jaxhumane.org. Saturday at 10 AM – 4 Read More …

Venardos Circus returns to the Saint Augustine Amphitheater

This unique, family-oriented traveling circus troupe has been touring the country for the past five years. Created by former Ringling Bros. Ringmaster Kevin Venardos, the show features a cast of aerialists, acrobats, comedians, juggling, balancing, daredevilry and performers hailing from around the world. The Broadway-style Read More …

TD Green Space celebration

Join Groundwork Jacksonville and City of Jacksonville Urban Foresters as they celebrate the completion of several projects along the biodiversity corridor and work to create a more inclusive and sustainable community. RSVP Here. Friday, December 13th S-Line Urban Trail 2429 Davis St. Jacksonville, FL 32209

Hurricane Matthew help is still available

Home damaged by Hurricane Matthew? Help is still available for Duval County homeowners through the City’s Hurricane Matthew Housing Repair Program. The Housing and Community Development Division will begin accepting applications Monday. Funding is limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-qualified, first-served basis. Read More …

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens ZOOLights

At the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, the holidays are a time for magic! Thousands of LED lights will transform the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens into a luminous winter wonderland filled with moving sculptures, forests of lighted trees and animal silhouettes. In addition to walking among Read More …

Local food banks and food pantries

Feeding Northeast Florida 1116 Edgewood Ave N Jacksonville, FL – 32254 (904) 513-1333 Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) is our community’s newest effort to establish food security across 17 counties in Northeast Florida. Formed through a collaborative partnership between Feeding America and Second Harvest Food Bank Read More …

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Tune into ABC on Wednesday, November 27 at 8 p.m. EST to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. In the Thanksgiving Day special, Charlie Brown hosts the first recorded Friendsgiving with Snoopy, Woodstock, Peppermint Patty, Franklin and the rest of the gang. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Read More …

City Offices And Facilities Closed For Thanksgiving Holiday

In observance of Thanksgiving, the following City government offices and facilities will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29. Closures include: City Hall at St. James, 117 W. Duval St. Ed Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St. Jake M. Godbold City Hall Annex, Read More …

Murray Hill businesses need your help

The sinister shenanigans started by Sleiman Enterprises’s fence fiasco seem to be behind them, and Perfect Rack Billiards, Buchner’s Bierhalle, Blackhat Vapor, and Beautifully Divine DIY Woodcraft Studio & Custom Gift Boutique will all be open for business soon. Once again, a big shout out to Goin Read More …

Sleiman Enterprises has Perfect Rack Billiards behind the eight ball

Most of the Murray Hill neighborhood on Jacksonville’s westside has heard that Perfect Rack Billiards, 1186 Edgewood Ave. S will be forced to stop serving food tomorrow, after Sleiman Enterprises put up a fence blocking access to their dumpster, to their grease holding tank, and Read More …

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival 2019

Wander between the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Jacksonville Public Library to hear poets, novelists, short-story writers, memoirists and student-writers read from their work highlighting Jacksonville stories and settings. Chamblin’s Uptown Bookstore is at 215 N. Laura Street, in the block next to the Jacksonville Public Read More …

Norman Studios Panel Discussion

Norman Studios was among the nation’s first studios to produce “race films” starring African American characters in positive, non-stereotypical roles. Today, Norman’s five-building studio complex survives in Jacksonville’s Old Arlington neighborhood. Join JPL for a panel discussion and learn why Norman Studios is a national Read More …

The Cabaret Hour Punk Rock Burlesque Takeover

Miss Parker Presents : The Cabaret Hour PRB takeover! Hosted by Chlora De Formme and Big Daddy Round Round Musical Performances by Mudtown Forsaken Profit$  The Chrome Fangs Burlesque Performances by Chlora De Formme Anita Nightcap Lyla Jay Blu  Miss Veronica LePeige Autumn Josette Fauna Read More …

Give Them Their Flowers

Erin Kendrick is a visual artist and arts educator from Jacksonville, Florida. Her color-rich, acrylic ink-stained works of art and transformative installations seek to inspire a dialogue about contemporary spectatorship and the power of language as it relates to perceptions of and about black women. Read More …

Holley’s Bar-B-Q

Holley’s Bar-B-Q is Jacksonville’s oldest and longest continuously operating barbecue restaurant. Holley’s was opened by Jack Holley in 1937 at 3604 Moncrief Rd Jacksonville, FL 32209. 83 years later, Holley’s is still standing, and still serving the community from that same beloved building. It may Read More …