JaxParks Movie Night in the Park, featuring “Coming 2 America” tonight
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.
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New Town Success Zone Back to School Bash Giveaway
Join the Mayor’s Community Based Crime Reduction Program at the Annual New Town Success Zone Back to School Bash Giveaway next Saturday, July 24th from 9am to Noon at 1401 Grunthal Street. This community engagement extravaganza will include free groceries, school supplies, and bookbag giveaways Read More …
Duval County Preparedness and Response Guide
The Duval County Preparedness and Response Guide highlights life-saving information for residents in all times of disaster. PDF Version Download PDF version of the 2021-2022 by clicking on this link. Public Safety Information Basic First Aid Active Shooter Response Important Alert Systems Disease Outbreak Cleaning Read More …
Duval County Health Department offers Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for free
For those interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, the Duval County Health Department offers Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson for free at their immunization centers: South Jacksonville: 3225 University Blvd. S. Pearl: 5322 N. Pearl St. For times and more information, please visit: http://duval.floridahealth.gov/…/COVID-19/index.html
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
It was 121 years ago that Jacksonville brothers James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson created and performed the anthem, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” Lift Every Voice and Sing – often called “The Black National Anthem” – was written as a poem by NAACP leader Read More …
July 4th is coming up! Celebrate at 6 different fireworks locations around Jax
Fireworks will launch at 9:45 p.m. at the following locations: Downtown Jacksonville, St. Johns Town Center, Ed Austin Regional Park, Trinity Baptist Church, The Avenues Mall and FSCJ North Campus.
City Council makes history
For the first time in Jacksonville history, our City Council will be led by two African-American members. Congratulations to new Council President Sam Newby and new Vice President Terrance Freeman. We are looking forward to your leadership and guidance in the coming year.
Things to do for 4th of July Weekend in Downtown Jacksonville 2021
Searching for fun things to do for this year’s Fourth of July? Here are some exciting things happening in #DTJax this 2021 Fourth of July Weekend! Independence Day Celebration with The Jumbo Shrimp July 3, 2021: 6 – 9 p.m. at 121 Financial Ballpark Join Read More …
Did Jax City Council reallocate $19.9 million, or misappropriate $19.9 million
If you ask Sheriff Mike Williams, whose department is set to split $16.8 million with JFRD, I’m sure he would say it was clearly a reallocation. This is the same Sheriff Mike Williams who recently submitted a $513 million dollar budget proposal to that Read More …
James Weldon Johnson was born today in 1871
1871 – James Weldon Johnson, African American author, composer, lawyer, teacher and civil rights activist, was born in Jacksonville on June 17, 1871. In his early years in Jacksonville, Johnson was educated first by his mother, but later graduated from the Edwin M. Stanton School Read More …
Historical facts about Jacksonville’s official logo and flag
On October 1, 1968, the government of the City of Jacksonville and the government of Duval County were replaced with a new government called the Consolidated City of Jacksonville. On that same day, Jacksonville’s new City Council passed an ordinance declaring the official seal of Read More …
World Turtle Day at MOSH
The Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville is celebrating World Turtle Day on Sunday and invites you to join them Join MOSH for a Turtlely Awesome Shellebration for World Turtle Day! Learn all about our native turtle species found in Northeast Florida during our Turtles, Read More …
Duke Ellington celebrated Jacksonville’s 150th birthday with the Jacksonville Symphony
Today in 1972, the Jacksonville Symphony held a sesquicentennial concert that featured an original composition by Duke Ellington entitled “Celebration”, written specifically for Jacksonville’s 150th birthday. Ellington himself was on hand at Jacksonville’s Civic Auditorium for the special evening and the performance received rave reviews. Read More …
DCPS supervises a possibly rigged election for the renaming of Robert E. Lee High School
Voting begins today on whether to rename Lee High School or not, and what a day DCPS chose to begin on, April 26, Confederate Memorial Day. Confederate Memorial Day. is a state-sanctioned holiday in Florida. You may be reading those lines and be thinking, what? Read More …
Urban Rest Stop storage facility
Many homeless people carry their lives with them in backpacks. These bags often contain identification, clothing, hygiene items, photos, and perhaps a few personal treasures. That’s why today, thanks to the generosity of the Weaver Family Foundation, Sulzbacher celebrated the opening of the new Urban Read More …
Jax River Jams coming in April to Riverfront Plaza announces lineup
Jax River Jams coming in April to Riverfront Plaza – Check out the lineup just announced by Downtown Vision, Inc. April 8 – Chase Rice with Local Opener The Firewater Tent Revival April 15 – New Found Glory with Local Opener Universal Green April 22 Read More …
Black businesses rise from the ashes of the Great Fire while battling the flames of racism
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 …
Art by Maiya Elaine
Our Black History Month celebration continues by celebrating Black Artists in Jacksonville. Art by Maiya Elaine is a rising artist in Jacksonville. She attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts where she learned theatre tech, set design, lighting, sound, costume and prop making, and focused Read More …