Annual 5K run to benefit Sanctuary on 8th Street, sponsored by the Shoppes of Avondale Merchants Association.

5th Annual Festival of Flight will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2015, at the Riverside Arts Market (RAM).

The Festival of Flight is presented by Fidelity Information Services Global (FIS).  The Festival will begin with a service of remembrance and will feature live music from Canary in the Coalmine, Jordyn Stoddard and Faze Wave throughout the day.  There will be food, a Kid Zone, a Beer Garden, as well as crafts for children and their families, and all the other exciting things that RAM has to offer.

Tickets are $70 per person or $120 per couple. Price includes unlimited food, 2 drink tickets (to be used for liquor, beer, or wine), entertainment, and access to the swankiest Speakeasy party of the year! Purchase your ticket here.

Additional drink tickets are $5 and can be used for liquor, beer, or wine.

VIP Tables – Very Limited

High Rollers – $1500

▪ A VIP Whiskey tasting (beginning at 6pm)

▪ Entry for 10 guests in a unique and exclusive upstairs reserved table

▪ Mini growlers for each guest with a coupon for a fill-up at Intuition Ale Works

▪ An unlimited drink mug for classic cocktails mixed by Mojo no. 4!

▪ A Gatsby worthy array of hors d’oeuvres

▪ Live music, dancing, and fun for all!

Gangsters – $1000

▪ Entry for 8 guests

▪ Exclusive reserved table on main floor

▪ 6 drink tickets for each guest to enjoy libations

▪ A Gatsby worthy array of hors d’oeuvres

Please call (904) 389.2449 if you are interested in a VIP table.▪ Live music, dancing, and fun for all!

The Happy Hound Dog Resorts Social Hour — Every Wednesday, 7-9pm, no charge, only need to provide vaccination records, otherwise free to use and socialize your dog(s). 4603 Shirley Avenue, (904) 800-8800

Hashrocket software developers host Coffee and Code in Riverside at 7:30 a.m. each Thursday at Bold Bean Coffee Roasters, 869 Stockton St. Suite 1-2 in Riverside.  Free to attend. For information, call Shaun Hubbard at 904-339-7047 or RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/jax-code-and-coffee/.

St. Vincent’s HealthCare is offering free skin cancer screenings on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to noon. The 15-minute screening is offered by reservation to anyone 18 or older. Visit www.jaxhealth.com/freescreening or call (904)308-7787 to reserve your place. The screenings will be held at Family Medicine Center, 2627 Riverside Ave. across the street from St. Vincent’s Hospital.

The Riverside Fine Arts Association will host the second annual Run for the Arts 5k on Saturday, September 26, 2015.   Accompanying the 5k will be a 1 Mile Kids Fun Run as well as a post race party with food, beer, live music, and a silent auction at the Bold City Brewery.

Funds from this event will help support RFAA’s mission to provide the community with musical presentations featuring diverse artists of national and international acclaim. Funds also enable outreach to Jacksonville area youth through the Project Listen program.

5:00pm to 6:15pm Packet Pickup and Day of Race Registration
6:10pm – 1 Mile Fun Run
6:30pm – 5k Start
7:45pm – Awards

Register at http://www.prsracetiming.com/92615—rfaa—run-for-the-arts-5k.html

Mayse-Turner Hymn Festival — The late Marilyn Mayse and her husband, Glenn Turner, generously created the Mayse-Turner Foundation to support this event and chose Good Shepherd to carry out its mission. A lover of the Anglican music tradition and proponent of its ability to both teach and inspire, the Reverend Mayse intended that the foundation be used to promote this magnificent style of music and worship through an annual hymn festival.

In that spirit, this year’s festival is based on a program that she left us as a model for her vision of the Hymn Festival bearing her name. That program centers its theme on the Nicene Creed and so, our singing will be interspersed with excerpts from the Creed with scripture readings and hymns supporting each excerpt.

Reception follows festival in Craig Lounge

This young, award-winning pianist is on the cutting-edge of new music for solo pianists and has performed extensively throughout the country, Europe, and China. Works include favorite solos by Mozart and Debussy, along with newly-composed works by contemporary composers. Free admission. Call 904-737-8488 or visit allsaintsjax.org for more information. You may learn more about her at http://arielartists.com/artists/jenny-q-chai/