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BEFORE THE MUSIC DIED: LaVilla – ”The Great Black Way”

May 13, 2015

Downtown·Feature·History·LaVilla·Neighborhoods·Perennial·Photos + Video·Videos

“West Ashley Street,” sang the in 1927, was the only place you could “ever lose these awful Jacksonville Blues.” That same year, recorded a mysterious ragtime blues guitarist named playing “Ashley Street Blues,” with singing, “I’m a heartbroken woman with the Ashley Street Blues.” recorded another version of “Jacksonville Blues” in 1928. She was “red hot” in Atlanta, she sang,

Downtown·Feature·Food + Drink·Neighborhoods·Restaurants

6 Restaurants Opening Downtown

Article by Kristen Pickrell, courtesy of Metro Jacksonville is in the midst of a culinary boom. Here’s six new restaurants that will be opening over the next few months. 1. Black Sheep Hemming Park Black Sheep partners Jon Insetta and Allan DeVault plan to extend their restaurant business to the .

The Lark, a New Creative Space for Downtown Jacksonville

Our great city is home to dozens of iconic buildings Downtown that

Art Republic, Jacksonville, Florida, Downtown Art District, Jessica Santiago, Art (Re)Public, Downtown Jacksonville

ART REPUBLIC: The Creative Intervention invading Jacksonville’s Urban Core

THE WALLS Guest artists will begin to invade Jacksonville November 1 and 2,

Strand of Oaks to Play in Downtown’s Hemming Park

March 23, 2016

Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Music·Neighborhoods

Event: Strand of Oaks concert Venue: Hemming Park Date/Time: March 26, 8pm Tickets: FREE Contact: www.hemmingpark.org Folk and rock project , a.k.a. , will be the first to play at ’s inaugural concert series presented by the nonprofit group , on Saturday, March 26 at 8pm. EU recently spoke with

GastroFest 2016 – Celebrating Local Food, March 19 in Hemming Park

March 12, 2016

Community·Downtown·Drink·Family·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Hemming Park·Learning·Lectures·Local Musicians·Music·Outdoors·Shopping

Mark your calendars for March 19, 2016, because GastroFest is back and better than ever! Taking place in at from 11am to 7pm, with GastroFest After Dark happening from 7-10:30pm on Laura St. This year GastroFest will be a cash based festival – so please make sure to bring CASH!

Blue Trees in Jacksonville

January 20, 2016

Art News·Community·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Outdoors·Photos·Photos + Video·Public Art·Visual Art

International Artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos, Paints Trees Blue in Hemming Park This past Saturday, Jan 16, Greenscape of Jacksonville, Inc. invited North Florida families to meet internationally-respected artist Konstantin Dimopoulos in to help launch his project THE BLUE TREES in . [tie_slideshow][tie_slide] Photo by Fran Ruchalski Jamie Can (from left), Peter Valaer, Soo

Downtown Developments in 2016

January 6, 2016

Business·Community·Downtown·Feature·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·Urban Planning

Downtown Jacksonville is no longer on the verge, but is actually undergoing a transformation. This transformation is not a rapid one, but rather the thoughtful type of renewal that it has long needed. It’s understandable if you’re cynical about it. Jacksonvillians have long heard mayoral campaign promises about downtown, but

Jaxsons Night Market at Hemming Park

September 14, 2015

Business·Community·Downtown·Family·Feature·Food + Drink·Health & Wellness·Hemming Park·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods

It was a significant milestone for the downtown core. An outdoor marketplace held one night a month has drawn 50,000 visitors to the downtown area since it began last spring. presented by , celebrated its return to on Thursday, September 17th with fresh, sustainably grown and artisan food producers, food

Making History: Ebb and Flow on the Northbank

September 7, 2015

Downtown·Feature·History·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·Northbank·Perennial

The incorporated in 1859, two short years before the Civil War began and destroyed much of its nascent commercial district. Development was a long and slow process for the remainder of the century, often driven more by outside capital than the local sawmill and lumber trade. In 1868, local citizens

#JaxOutings: Why the Cummer Museum is Taking its Art to the Streets

July 8, 2015

Art Exhibitions·Community·Downtown·Family·Feature·Lifestyle·Local Galleries·Public Art·Visual Art

If you’ve been downtown at all over the past few weeks, you may have spotted them suddenly gazing down at you on Forsyth Street during your ride into work, sneaking up on you from the side of a building as you have lunch in , or maybe one caught you

summertime and the livin’s busy for Herd of Watts

June 13, 2015

Downtown·Feature·Local Musicians·Music·Musician Interviews·The Elbow

It’s summertime and the livin’s busy for . The bluesy Jacksonville-based quartet has a full plate this month with a supporting performance in under their belt and shows June 20 at the and June 26 at . Brothers Matthew and talked with EU Jacksonville about playing music together, new directions,

Pogopalooza, Hemming Park, Jacksonville, FL

HOP TO IT! Pogopalooza June 5-6 at Hemming Park

June 4, 2015

Downtown·Family·Feature·Hemming Park·Neighborhoods·Outdoors

Hemming Park has played host to thousands during and transformed into a live music stage for the . On June 5-6, Hemming Park welcomes , the largest pogo stick competition in the world, to the downtown core. , the global governing body for the sport of extreme pogo, selected as

Jacksonville Jazz Fest – map & schedule

May 22, 2015

Downtown·Jacksonville Jazz Festival·Music·Neighborhoods

Memorial Day weekend will spotlight Downtown Jacksonville and bring entertainment lovers to enjoy the tunes and happening that is the . There are events happening throughout Downtown over the three day event, May 22-24, from to the Shipyards, and and you’ll need to plan your fun-crawl to catch your favorite