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Dec
6
Wed
The Garden Club of Jacksonville Fun With Flowers Program @ The Garden Club of Jacksonville
Dec 6 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Get into the spirit of the season with Fun With Flowers Guest Designer Randolph Weedman, The Singing Florist of St. Augustine.

Randolph has served as a Florist and Floral Design Instructor in Northeast Florida for more than 25 years. His programs are both informative and festive.

Randolph will demonstrate current floral design trends and provide you with hands-on design instruction for a beautiful floral arrangement that you can make and take home with you that day. 

The $25 fee includes workshop and materials for the hands-on portion.

Space is limited! Reserve your place in advance with Judy at (904) 355-4224.

Guests may audit this class without a reservation for an $8.00 fee.

BRING CLIPPERS FOR THE HANDS-ON PORTION
Arrangements will be raffled off the day of the event.

15th Annual Gingerbread House Extravaganza @ Old St. Andrews Church/Jacksonville Historical Society
Dec 6 @ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Enjoy dozens of delightful gingerbread creations at the annual show, sponsored by the Jacksonville Historical Society. For more information, call (904) 665-004.

The Gingerbread House Extravaganza runs through December 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sundays, at Jacksonville Historical Society’s Old St. Andrews, 317 A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, across from the Veterans Memorial Arena. It opens at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.

A  donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children over three is suggested for this charity event. The Jacksonville Historical Society’s Merrill Museum House, highlighting 1903 Jacksonville life, is open from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. during the Extravaganza and is located on adjoining property. Parking for both events is free.

Ebie: One Dickens of an Adaptation @ Riverside Avenue Christian Church
Dec 6 @ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

An original Christmas drama performed by the Riverside Drama Company, an after-school theater arts education program. Ebie Neiser is a young girl who finds she has some out-of-academics lessons to learn.

Books for the Bold @ Bold Bean Coffee
Dec 6 @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Books for the Bold is a monthly read-your-own-books discussion group hosted by staff from the Willowbranch Library. Read a book that fits the monthly theme and then come talk about it over coffee at Bold Bean!

June theme: Books by or about LGBT+ people

Parents and Paws
Dec 6 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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

Dec
7
Thu
Coffee and Code @ Bold Bean Coffee
Dec 7 @ 7:30 AM

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/.

15th Annual Gingerbread House Extravaganza @ Old St. Andrews Church/Jacksonville Historical Society
Dec 7 @ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Enjoy dozens of delightful gingerbread creations at the annual show, sponsored by the Jacksonville Historical Society. For more information, call (904) 665-004.

The Gingerbread House Extravaganza runs through December 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sundays, at Jacksonville Historical Society’s Old St. Andrews, 317 A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, across from the Veterans Memorial Arena. It opens at 10 a.m. on Saturdays.

A  donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children over three is suggested for this charity event. The Jacksonville Historical Society’s Merrill Museum House, highlighting 1903 Jacksonville life, is open from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. during the Extravaganza and is located on adjoining property. Parking for both events is free.

Public Garden Tours at The Cummer @ The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Dec 7 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Free with Paid Admission, No registration required

Join the Museum every Tuesday and Thursday for a guided tour of the historic Cummer Gardens, beginning in the Museum lobby.

Teen Art Club: Ozobots @ San Marco Library
Dec 7 @ 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Creativity goes beyond paper and canvas. Teens ages 12 – 18 will learn the art of coding and how to design a world for robots to explore at this STEM program.

Tree of Life Remembrance Service @ Community Hospice & Palliative Care
Dec 7 @ 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM

The 27th annual Tree of Life and Candlelight Service of Remembrance includes refreshments, children’s activities and a musical performance prior to the service of remembrance.