Mae, We Remember
Murray Hill residents honor Mae Boren Axton It started off as rumors and urban legends for homeowners Artur and Jessica Nistra, whispers that their Murray Hill home at 3239 Dellwood Ave. had historical significance in Jacksonville’s musical past and had once been home to Mae Boren Axton, the “Queen Mother of Nashville” and the woman […]
Local Folks: Kathryn D. McAvoy
Kathryn McAvoy has always had a love for the arts and helping others find their passion. Fifteen years ago, she had been driving her three daughters – Ava, Jessica and Kendall – all over the city to different art programs when she decided to combine those loves through the opening of The Performers Academy (TPA), […]
All Things Are Possible
Nonprofit, community bring awareness to developmental disabilities George Liam Kohl Austin is an active, vivacious youngster who loves Rubik’s cubes, collecting Pokémon cards, ziplining, basketball, hockey, golfing and running in the Junior Gate River Run. Austin also has spina bifida. When he was in utero, four out of five specialists advised Austin’s mother to end […]
$2.2M Raised for American Heart Association
The 2024 Heart of the First Coast Heart Ball, made possible by Life is Why sponsor Florida Blue, raised a record-breaking $2.2 million to fuel the American Heart Association’s (AHA) mission advancements across Northeast Florida. Pat and Inger Geraghty served as the chairpersons for the March 2, 2024, event, alongside the AHA’s Executive Leadership Cabinet […]
Colonial Dames Celebrate Continued Operation of Centuries-Old Ximenez-Fatio House
When the Florida Society of the Colonial Dames of America gathers May 1 for its annual fundraiser, it will celebrate 85 years of owning and managing the 226-year-old Ximenez-Fatio House Museum in St. Augustine. The house, one of the few coquina-and-tabby houses remaining in St. Augustine, is on the National Register of Historic Places and […]
Shakespeare is “To Be” at Bolles
Eighth grade students on the Bolles Middle School Bartram Campus donned their best period costumes on March 7 for Shakespeare Day, an annual rite of passage filled with on-stage prose and friendly competitions between bitter rivals House Capulet and House Montague. English teachers Deborah Carney, Tim Creter and Morgan Teichert organized the event, which, in […]
Flip Flop Shop’s Giving Soul
Flip Flop Shop Jacksonville in 5 Points hosted the latest edition of its charity series, Celebrity Cashier for Charity, Feb. 29 to benefit the Allison Brundick Haramis Foundation, commonly known as Angels for Allison. Drew Haramis, board president for Angels for Allison, appeared as the celebrity cashier at the fundraising event, where patrons “sip and […]
Symphony Brings Music in Vogue
Music was the new fashion at the 2024 Jacksonville Symphony Gala, Music in VOGUE, an evening celebrating music education and community engagement, with music by artists who have graced the cover of the iconic VOGUE magazine. The March 2 event kicked off with a cocktail reception, followed by dinner, a live auction and performance, before […]
