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Is Gen Z Falling Behind or Are They Ahead of Their Time?

June 26, 2024

Words by Mallory Pace As I get older and enter my “real world” era, I’ve become increasingly aware of the stark differences between my generation and my parents’ demographic in more ways than our outlooks on life and fashion sense. With a few exceptions, the majority of my peers are ways away from settling down, buying a home or even

Editorial Opinion·Lifestyle·Technology

Reverse-Normalizing

Words by Mallory Pace We have reached a tipping point in society and pop culture where labels and buzzwords dominate reality. Forget everything you thought you knew, including what you believed to be normal and not. Social media has changed the game again, putting a spotlight on the objectively not

Chat GPT: The Artificially Intelligent Friend You Never Knew You Needed!

By Carmen Macri and Open AI Chat GPT Chat GPT is an

Why is Jacksonville, FL a Cryptocurrency Hotspot?

Jacksonville, FL has become something of a cryptocurrency hotspot over the last

Art Republic’s Two Weeks to Change the World

November 9, 2018

Art Exhibitions·Art News·Attraction·Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Public Art·Technology·Travel & Tourism·Urban Planning·Visual Art

Art and industry collide as Art Republic 2018, a communal celebration of public art changes the face of downtown Jacksonville again. is known for infusing the city with bold outdoor murals that define an area’s character. Exhibitions, which are curated by industry experts, showcase the top artists in their field

Science Fiction, Science Future Opens At MOSH

March 9, 2018

Downtown·Family·Feature·Learning·Southbank·Technology

The Museum of Science and History’s newest exhibition engages both kids and adults, using highly interactive demo stations highlighting technology just beyond the horizon, using actual science and science fiction as the inspiration. All around the exhibition, you’ll find images from various sci-fi movies and franchises. You might not recognize

Dourone and David Petroni, Photo by Jason Infader Moale, Art Republic, Downtown Jacksonville, ArtRepublic

ArtRepublic: International Art Expo Brings More Murals To Downtown Jacksonville, Florida

August 24, 2017

Art Exhibitions·Art News·Attraction·Business·Downtown·Fashion·Feature·Festivals·Lifestyle·Public Art·Technology·Travel & Tourism·Urban Planning·Visual Art

ARTREPUBLIC RETURNS TO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE FOR YEAR 2 At the surface, street art is about filling an empty space with something beautiful. But the beating heart of the movement is centered around transformation. Street art invokes inspiration. Concepts develop in technicolor, ideas that stimulate growth and inspire change one bold

Saturn, THE FARTHEST – VOYAGER IN SPACE, PBS, NASA

THE FARTHEST – VOYAGER IN SPACE Will Premiere August 23 on PBS

August 15, 2017

Feature·Learning·On Screen·Technology·TV

IN CELEBRATION OF40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOYAGER LAUNCH NEW YORK, NY – PBS announced today that THE FARTHEST –VOYAGER IN SPACE, a two-hour special about NASA’s historic Voyager mission to explore our solar system and beyond, will premiere nationally on August 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS stations, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the first Voyager launch. The documentary

Jacksonville Participates in the March for Science on Earth Day

April 19, 2017

Community·Downtown·Feature·Northbank·Outdoors·Southbank·Technology

JACKSONVILLE, FL – On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, hundreds of advocates for science including scientists, educators and citizens will gather to March for Science, a public demonstration in support of science. The Jacksonville March for Science will begin at 10 a.m. at where speakers from diverse disciplines in science

Mark McCombs’ Robots in Renaissance

November 4, 2016

Community·Feature·Learning·Lifestyle·Technology

Helping. Educating. Creating. Inspiring. These motivating words usually describe our society’s virtues, but these words are surprisingly descriptive of robots, too. Not robots in some distant future or another hemisphere, but right here, right now in Jacksonville, Florida. Robots are usually shown as monsters, cute characters, or strange cold creatures

“Drawing in a Crowd” JACKSONVILLE COMIC SCENE-THE COMICS ARE ALIVE

August 18, 2016

Books·Downtown·Festivals·Lifestyle·Shopping·Southbank·Technology

If you put the greatest writer in the world and the greatest artist in the world in the same room, there is a good chance they will make a work of transformed images and magnified words. A comic book, to be exact. Jacksonville, Florida, is the home of a slew

IgersJax_Downtown Jax iphone_photo by @mr_brileyx

The 21 Most Instagrammed Places in Jacksonville

May 5, 2016

Community·Feature·Hemming Park·Learning·Networking·Outdoors·Perennial·Photos·Technology·Visual Art

The Instagram app, without a doubt, has been the driving force behind the revival of photography over the past 5 years. Sure, there’s the rise of the smartphone camera giving us the ability to take photos at any moment—nowadays, everyone has a camera in their pocket—but the inspiration among today’s

Calm Listening: Relax Radio

April 6, 2016

Feature·Lifestyle·Music·Technology

is filling the late night frequencies on with an eclectic hybrid of oldies, light jazz, and favorites from the Great American songbook. It’s a cool, Mad Men-esque mix, each hand-selected from a vast collection of albums and 45’s in the station library. As the architect of this unique listening experience, WJCT

Collective Con- Home Of Heroes

April 5, 2016

Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Jacksonville's Sports Complex·Lifestyle·Technology

PHOTOS BY: FRAN RUCHALSKI The is an event overflowing with curiosity and talent. The word “Con” is an abbreviation for the word convention. However it could just as easily stand for the word constellation. Gathered in one building were stars, a galaxy of fans and a solar system of