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

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/.

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

About Riverside Arts Market

A Program of Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) the Riverside Arts Market celebrates the arts and our Northeast Florida community. The weekly market features live music, food, art, fresh produce under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge. For more information, including directions and a calendar of events, visit riversideartsmarket.com.

Jonathan Leonard will talk about owning Vanity Furs, a local pet grooming shop.

Think outside the box!  Round boxes, oval boxes. Boxes with lids to hold precious objects, boxes with roofs that become a bird house or a cookie jar.

In this workshop you will learn how to plan and make a template that you will use to construct a box of your very own design.  All this will be done with slab construction ( No wheel work ).  You will learn how to incorporate texture and carvings to elaborate your design.

Students are encouraged to come to the first class with some idea of shape and size of the box they have in mind.  Experience with clay not necessary but helpful.

Saturday from 2:30 to 4:30  we will discuss design ideas and make a template for our box.

The following day ( Sunday ) from noon to 4:30 we will roll out our clay.  Patti will give a demo on basic box construction while our clay firms up enough for us to be able to construct our boxes.

Our pieces will need the week to dry enough for the first ( Bisque ) firing.

The following Sunday from noon to 4:30 we will use glazes or underglazes to paint our pieces.

Geared toward tween-agers