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Wasabi Con

WasabiCon is Wasabi Anime‘s convention for fans of cosplay, anime, gaming and

Join the Revolution

October 5, 2013
by ERIN THURSBY In 2011, three friends gathered in a coffee shop and began to talk about the problem of connecting amazing creators and their ideas with the resources to execute those ideas. From that conversation, Elton Rivas, Dennis Eusbio and Varick Rosete began to think about a way to

Jaguars vs. Chiefs Recap

September 9, 2013
by Richard David Smith III “Meet the #Jaguars, same as the old Jaguars,” tweeted Jacksonville’s Abel Harding, playing upon the famous lyrics by The Who. That pretty much summed it up, as the 2013 regular season game one Jaguars looked very similar to last year’s edition. At times, you’d even

ART at large

July 3, 2013
by HEATHER LOVEJOY “The wall screams out for a mural,” says chef and co-owner Jeff Stanford of The Salty Fig in Riverside, “It’s a glaring, blank space. People obviously want to see something filling it, because we’ve had to paint over a lot of graffiti. I don’t know how many times.” So graffiti

Discovery House

July 3, 2013
by KELLIE ABRAHAMSON When it comes to kids, we live in a very hands-off world. At stores, museums and sometimes even in our own backyards, we encourage them to “look, but don’t touch.” At Jacksonville’s new play studio, Discovery House, children are given the chance to explore using all of

Downtown Residents

May 4, 2013
Downtown Jacksonville has often gotten a bum rap from the city’s residents. Lifelong locals lovingly–or not so lovingly–refer to their city as a “fake city” or a “pseudo-city” since the majority of the population has grown up on the outskirts of Downtown-proper, only venturing to the city’s center for the

The State 0f Downtown

May 3, 2013
by KATIE GILE Downtown Jacksonville’s streets and paths, made nearly impassable by thousands of One Spark visitors who enjoyed the food, tunes and fun of the festival, are again nearly desolate. The throbbing pain of a Spark-over seems inevitable. But something is not as it was before. As enough residual

Art in Public Places

May 3, 2013
by Katie Gile Upon the once-barren exteriors of seemingly forsaken buildings and unassuming stretches of fence around Jacksonville, bursts of color have begun to appear like the first buds of spring with one vivid message in common: the artistic presence highlighted during One Spark is here to stay. From Shaun

Riverside Arts Market Profile

April 5, 2013
by ERIN THURSBY The Riverside Arts Market is more than just a market; it’s part of our community. Vendors serve the community, and they are the community. This month we’re profiling Down to Earth Farm, an all organic, family-run farm that has been with RAM since its inception five years

One Spark Lights Up Downtown April 17-21

April 3, 2013
One Spark is coming to town! The world’s crowdfunding festival celebrates its inaugural five-day event this month, bringing creative people with ideas from Jacksonville and around the world to showcase their projects and get funding to bring them to life. Since One Spark is a new event, the likes of

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