Downtown Dwellers taking active role on Riverwalks
The Downtown Dwellers sipped wine and mingled, saw their new website, heard about what’s going on downtown and asked lots of questions at the first membership meeting of the year at the Museum of Science and History. A year ago, the group representing Riverwalk residents disbanded, only to reconstitute itself and try again. It is […]
Riverside Avondale Preservation reveals luminaria plans for lighting up historic district
From one man’s simple idea to raise funds for a community organization, the annual Riverside Avondale Preservation luminaria night tradition has grown into an anticipated – some would say dreaded – neighborhood event. This year the event will be held Sunday, Dec. 17, at dusk. Yes, luminaria night has, over the years, grown into a […]
World War I serviceman rubs elbows with aviation pioneers
Airplanes first caught Bernard “Toby” Overby’s eye during World War I and when he came back to the States he decided he was going to learn to fly one. He already knew how to drive a car. He told his son, Robert, that as a teenager he worked in the afternoons parking cars in Richmond, […]
Civic Orchestra opens second season at St. John’s Cathedral
When pipe organ soloist Timothy Tuller played his opening chords from Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor at the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville’s season opening performance, goosebumps rose. Even the orchestra members who had not done a full rehearsal with the pipe organ were thrilled. “This is an extremely difficult piece. I was […]
Cowford Chophouse opens downtown, restaurant group bullish on undertaking
Once a building that was home to three banks (First National Bank, Guaranty Trust and Savings Bank, and Brotherhood State Bank), after the start of the Great Depression the Bostwick Building was converted to office space and from mid-1940s to 1960 the home of Henry J. Klutho’s architectural office. It then sat vacant for five […]
Carlucci returns to politics, announces campaign goals
Friends and family gathered on the Southbank Oct. 25 at the home of Michael and Gayle Balanky in support of Matt Carlucci’s campaign for City Council At-Large representative. Carlucci, who has spent nearly four decades in the insurance industry, has followed in the footsteps of his father Joe, who held positions in City Council and […]
Hurricane-damaged medical equipment replaced through local nonprofit
Hurricane evacuations and the subsequent return to normality can be difficult in the best of circumstances, but add a disability into the mix and the challenge becomes even greater. Thanks to the Brooks Temporary Loan Closet (TLC) at the Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC), 2709 Art Museum Dr., people requiring Durable Medical Equipment (DME), such […]
Friday Musicale honors past presidents at 128th season opener
It was fitting, indeed, that the 128th season opening concert at Friday Musicale, starring Elena Doubovitskaya and Svetlana Belsky of the EStralla Piano Duo, was dedicated to the original Ladies of Friday Musicale. Friday Musicale began in 1890 in the living room of Claudia L’Engle. Traditionally the president of the nonprofit has been a woman. […]
