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Educational Clean Up at Blue Cypress Park

July 3, 2024

Charitable·Community·Environmental·Learning·Lifestyle·Outdoors

Educational Cleanup – 7.17.24 (11 AM – 3 PM) Blue Cypress Park 4012 University Blvd. N. Jacksonville, FL 32277 YOU’RE INVITED! A Fun Event for All Ages! Help Keep Our Beautiful River Clean! Special Guest Appearance by Johnnie the St. Johns River Monster! Delicious Pizza & Beverages for Registered Participants! Email: ambar@folioweekly.com

Feature·Learning

Florida Once Upon a Time… Prohibition, Rum-Runners and Shady Characters

Words by Ted Hunt The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors was ratified in 1919 and went into effect in January of 1920. The often-called Prohibition Amendment, aimed at curbing alcohol consumption, forced the closing of hundreds of breweries

Tapping into Nature’s Liquid Gold

By Ted Hunt Florida is renowned for its picturesque beaches, tropical climate,

Teachers wanted: How politics has infiltrated Florida classrooms

Words by Mallory Pace School is back in session for Florida

Black History Matters: Mural Project Brings Awareness to Jacksonville’s Historic Eastside

June 19, 2020

Art News·Attraction·Community·Eastside·Feature·History·Learning·Outdoors·Public Art·Urban Planning·Visual Art

This article was originally published April 5, 2018 THE HOPE & HISTORY MURAL PROJECT DEBUTS AT PUBLIC ART WEEK Public Art Week, an annual event hosted by the , is an opportunity for the city to celebrate local art and to reassert the ‘public’ aspect of public art. Not only

Scholastics Award entry, Skeletons in the Closet

Scholastics Awards Awake Joy in Student Creative Imagination

February 2, 2020

Art Exhibitions·Learning·Visual Art

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.” – Albert Einstein Imagination. Say it out loud. Imagination! Even just the phonetic makeup of the word itself is somewhat magical sounding, isn’t it? Einstein,

2020 Jacksonville Television, Digital Media & Music Forum

February 2, 2020

Downtown·Events·Learning·Movies·Music·On Screen·Photos + Video·TV

The Jacksonville Film & Television Office is hosting the Jacksonville Television, Digital Media & Music Forum on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 12:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium (303 N. Laura St. – 32202.) This free event includes the following panels of television and music industry professionals: • A

The Toxic Avenger: St. Johns Riverkeeper and Players by the Sea Theatre Team Up for a Musical

October 25, 2019

Community·Events·Feature·Holidays·Jacksonville Beach·Learning·On Stage·On the River·The Beaches·Theatre

The Toxic Avenger opens Friday October 25 on the Studio Stage at and runs through November 10. In partnership with the , the story follows an unlikely superhero who sets off on a mission to save New Jersey, end global warming and charm the town’s blind librarian. If it sounds

Documentary Honoring a Generous Supporter: The Legacy of Joseph A. Strasser

October 24, 2019

Charitable·Community·Events·Feature·History·Intracoastal·Learning·Movies·On Screen·Special Showings

For , life is a numbers game. The successful financier and philanthropist budgeted many years of his life to building a career in finance and public administration. He’s now the subject of a 13-minute documentary that details and preserves the legacy of an unusual life well-lived. Directed by Ana Paula

Yellow House Gallery on a Random Friday: Mission and Meaning in Riverside

September 24, 2019

Art Exhibitions·Community·Feature·Learning·Local Galleries·Riverside·Visual Art

Yellow House: Friday Night at Hope McMath’s extraordinary space I think people will look back at this era and remember as one of its most extraordinary and interesting figures. Like Bobi Johnson McGinnis or Blair Woolverton. One of the women who create an envelope of head space for other people

Legacy of Lynchings exhibit at MOSH unlocks Jacksonville’s hidden racial history

August 23, 2019

Art Exhibitions·Attraction·Community·Downtown·Feature·History·Learning·Southbank·Travel & Tourism

The Equal Justice Initiative and Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project Brings Legacy of Lynchings to Jacksonville Knowledge is the key to understanding. The , in partnership with the Jacksonville Remembrance Project, unlocks the city’s often hidden racial history in a compelling new exhibit. Legacy of Lynchings opens Aug. 24 and will run

Creative Community Building at the Beaches: Atlantic Pottery Supply

July 27, 2019

Atlantic Beach·Business·Creative Spaces·Feature·Learning·Local Galleries·Perennial·The Beaches·Visual Art

Jacksonville’s growing art scene isn’t only taking place downtown. While Art Walks and exhibition openings ‘across the ditch’ may often steal the limelight, there is an up and coming art scene at the beaches that is on the verge of erupting in the best way and all of us are

Meet Your Favorite Wrestling Icons: Jacksonville Gets Its First Wrestling Con

June 25, 2019

Community·Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Learning·Networking

Wrestling fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite personalities up close and personal at an inaugural convention centered around the sport. River City Wrestling Con is a daylong event that features meet and greets, autograph sessions, Q&A panels and photo ops with wrestling legends and current stars. Events

Peach State Summer Theatre, Mamma Mia, Behind the Scenes, Valdosta State University

Peach State Summer Theatre is Back! Since 1990 Theatre Professionals Head to Valdosta for a 10-Week Summer Season

June 6, 2019

Feature·Get Away·Learning·On Stage·Theatre·Travel & Tourism

A few hours down the road you’ll find , Valdosta, Georgia’s premiere professional summer stock theatre. Each summer, a company of some 60 actor-singers, dancers, technicians, managers, and creators will reside in Valdosta for a ten-week season. During that time, they will rehearse, build and present three musicals in rotating