You can make a big impact on the community this holiday season by volunteering to ring a bell at a Salvation Army red kettle at Publix and Winn Dixie locations across Jacksonville. Funds raised through the kettles stay local and help those in the most need with food, shelter, clothing, and emotional/spiritual support. Contact Kettle Coordinator Kathy DeSiena at (904) 301-4852, [email protected], or text JaxKettle to 41444 to sign up.

Rides, games, food and fun make for a great day on the campus in Riverside. Open to the public!

2-3 p.m. Student Showcase at Il Desco Italian Restaurant

3-6 p.m. 25 featured writers at 12 venues around Park and King Streets.

6:30-9 p.m. After-party, book market, and signing at CoRK Arts District, 2689 Rosselle St., $10 at the door

JaxbyJax celebrates the local literary arts, coalesces a community of writers, and provides a venue through which this city can hear its own voice. The full schedule is available at jaxbyjax.com

We will learn about Timucuan culture, focusing on ways that local prehistoric people used fire to meet their daily needs. A hands-on experiment provides a bang as we use balloons (and water balloons!) to explore how prehistoric people could cook prior to the advent of pottery.  For school-age kids and teens.

The difference between a tool and a weapon is a matter of intent. While this can be difficult to ascribe archaeologically, humans have used tools as weapons for hundreds of thousands of years. This presentation looks at the tool kits of prehistoric Timucuans and focuses on the atl-atl as the weapon of choice. Hands-on atl-atl demonstration available depending on time and outdoor space requirements.  For teens and adults.

After touring all the new Art (Re)Public murals in Downtown Jacksonville, stop by the park to see local artists painting free-standing mural walls in Hemming Park. Enjoy music, food trucks, drinks and more.

In this exciting, hands-on workshop students will experiment with color and decoration while learning techniques for layering the ceramic surface. Screen printing, stamping, carving, sprigs, and underglaze application will all be explored. Students will have time to try the techniques on leather hard clay tiles in the morning before beginning an individual tile triptych in the afternoon. Some experience with clay is helpful, but not necessary.
Morning – Introduction and Overview
Demo – Preparing clay tiles, carving, texturing
Demo – surface techniques: screen printing, slips, stamps, underglazes, oh my!
Experiment with the various techniques demonstrated
Afternoon –
Design ideas for individual triptychs
Work on triptychs
Discussion – Glazing options and ideas for installing your creation post-firing.

Instructor: Meagan Chaney Gumpert

The Fall Fling benefits Best Buddies Jacksonville, dedicated to creating opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Live music provided by Cain’t Never Could, food by Best Burgers Jax Food Truck, and free beer.

You can make a big impact on the community this holiday season by volunteering to ring a bell at a Salvation Army red kettle at Publix and Winn Dixie locations across Jacksonville. Funds raised through the kettles stay local and help those in the most need with food, shelter, clothing, and emotional/spiritual support. Contact Kettle Coordinator Kathy DeSiena at (904) 301-4852, [email protected], or text JaxKettle to 41444 to sign up.

Through Dec. 15 at a variety of drop-off locations, including:

The Law Offices of John M. Phillips, 4230 Ortega Blvd.; Edible Arrangements, 3651 St. Johns Ave.; Duval Motor Company, 1616 Casset Ave.; Hassell Commercial Insurance, 4250 Lakeside Dr.; Edward Jones Investments, 4466 Hendricks Ave.; Hardage-Giddens Oaklawn Cemetery and Funeral Home, 4801 San Jose Blvd.; Sherwood’s, 1105 San Marco Blvd.; Thigpen Heating & Cooling, 2801 Dawn Rd.

Join the U.S. Marine Corps in the annual Toys for Tots drive to collect new, unwrapped toys for needy children. Last year toys were given to more than 15,000 Jacksonville-area children. Visit jacksonville-fl.toysfortots.org for more information or additional drop-off locations.