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/.

Spaghetti dinner to benefit scholarship fund.

Come out and play board games at the library! Bring your own games or play games provided by the library. Bring your own friends or make new ones today!

Today is Read for the Record! Join us for the 11th anniversary of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record®, as we sing songs, play games, and read The Bear Ate Your Sandwich to add our numbers to the global total. Can we break the record? Only with your help!

This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, fingerplays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building, and comprehension.

This is an ongoing class that meets every Friday for all artists levels. The class will focus on pastels, materials and techniques.

Students will work from a live model and still life setups on a rotating basis using various types of soft pastels and supports. Check our website for the recommended supply list.

Questions can be directed to Kevin Arthur @ 904-327-7439

This Florida-Georgia weekend, Power 106.1FM and Hybrid Marketing invite you to their Inaugural Beer, Bass and BBQ Festival in Downtown Jacksonville at Hemming Park Friday, Oct. 28 from 4pm – 12am and Saturday, Oct. 29 from 12pm – 12am.

This family-friendly event will include local and regional music talent, a barbeque competition, craft beer, Florida & Georgia pep rallies, a Kids Zone, $1,000 Halloween costume contest and more culminating in high energy concerts both nights.

This Florida-Georgia weekend, Power 106.1FM and Hybrid Marketing invite you to their Inaugural Beer, Bass and BBQ Festival in Downtown Jacksonville at Hemming Park Friday, Oct. 28 from 4pm – 12am and Saturday, Oct. 29 from 12pm – 12am.

This family-friendly event will include local and regional music talent, a barbeque competition, craft beer, Florida & Georgia pep rallies, a Kids Zone, $1,000 Halloween costume contest and more culminating in high energy concerts both nights.

No experience needed. Space will be limited. Registration will be available on the Art League Website

If you want to know how to get started in silk painting, you are in the right place!

Even if you can’t draw or paint you can create a beautiful silk scarf.

The basic traditional silk painting uses a resist to outline a design of your choice on the silk and it is then filled in with paint or dye. Despite being so simple sounding there are lots of variations and additional techniques to add texture and dimension to your work.

We provide some design examples to get you started that can easily be traced on to the scarf.

We also encourage students to bring some design ideas themselves.  Simple black and white line images work best for tracing.

Students will bring home with them a beautiful 72 inch silk scarf.that can be worn or used as a wall hanging.  These scarves make great couture gifts.