Learn about the historical friendship between Martin Luther King Jr and Mahalia Jackson and make a bracelet to share with your own friend.

To celebrate American Heart Month, the Westside Senior Enrichment Council will be hosting a free, community heart health fair for all seniors in the community on Tuesday, February 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. Heart healthy vendors along with free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings will be offered.

In addition, heart wellness presentations will be given on nutrition, mental health and fitness. A VA representative will be on site from 1 to 2:45 p.m. Red Event Raffle: Attendees wearing red to the event will be entered in a raffle to win prizes.

Meditation 101 with Jickie Yocum, This guided meditation is suitable for all skill levels but is aimed towards teaching people new to meditation. This group will meet to meditate on inner peace and love and converse about their experiences. Seventh Wonder Day Spa is very proud to offer this love offering style service to bring a more peace, love, and harmony to the community. 4236 St. Johns Avenue, Jacksonville, FL, 32210, (904)381-8686.

This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building and comprehension.
Arts & Crafts or Open Play following program. Early literacy toys ranging from building blocks to dinosaurs will be made available.

Call (904) 858-2907 for more information.

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/.

Intuition Ale Works will host a Pint Night on Thursday, Feb. 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to raise funds for the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida’s (EFOF) outreach program, “Heads Up for Epilepsy.”

The free event will feature a Beer Basket Giveaway donated by European Street Café and a food truck. The first 20 people to enter will receive a one of a kind, limited edition pint glass, provided by Renaissance Pools & Spas. Intuition Ale Works will donate $1 of each pint sold from the events proceeds to the EFOF.

To obtain more information on the prevention and education programs, please contact the local EFOF office at (904) 731-3752 or visit www.efof.org.

This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building and comprehension.
Arts & Crafts or Open Play following program. Early literacy toys ranging from building blocks to dinosaurs will be made available.

Call (904) 858-2907 for more information.

Sponsored by Westside Relay For Life, the event benefits American Cancer Society. Tickets are $20/person, includes bowling shoes and two games. For information, call (904) 391-3618 or email [email protected]

For complete Festival information and to purchase tickets, go to www.aicmf.com.
Chris Thile, a mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist, is a multiple Grammy Award-winner, MacArthur Fellow and member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. His broad outlook encompasses classical, rock, jazz, and bluegrass, creating a distinctly American canon. Set to replace Garrison Keillor as host of A Prairie Home Companion in 2016, Keillor has said, “He is, I think, the greatest bluegrass performer of our time and he is a beautiful jazz player. There just isn’t anything he can’t do.”