Seeking DESC Defenders, a call to action
Downtown Ecumenical Services Council is having a party, a party with a purpose on Aug. 23 at WJCT Studios. The organization has been helping on the front lines during the most severe impacts of COVID-19 on the job market and the ravaging impacts on public health. They need more superheroes, more locals to step up […]
Local lawyer secures appellate court reversal for Joe Exotic
On July 14, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit released an opinion that vacated Joe Maldonado-Passage’s sentence and remanded his case for resentencing for his role in a murder-for-hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws. Maldonado-Passage is better known as Joe Exotic, the zookeeper who was featured in the popular Netflix […]
Pretty as a princess… or a Marvel hero
GATE Hospitality goes all out for annual Character Ball Members and their guests were treated to the annual Character Ball at the River Club, one of GATE hospitality’s favorite outings among the staff and membership alike. Familiar faces were transformed from staff to elaborate characters from across the spectrum from Disney to Marvel, and others […]
Holy Trinity Anglican Church celebrates 10-year anniversary
A lot can happen in a decade, especially when a group of dedicated people feel led by a mission. In the summer of 2009, a few couples and individuals met to pursue a common vision of forming an Anglican Church in the Venetia, Ortega, Avondale area. Under the leadership of Father Dave Austell, the small […]
Local couple shares a passion for the arts, marriage
Exhibit on display through mid-September Now through September 19, see displayed the artwork of Alice and Dan Hadwin in Taliaferro Hall at St. John’s Cathedral on East Church Street. The exhibition is entitled ALICE AND DAN: A Marriage of True Minds, harkening back to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116. It features the talents of the late Alice […]
Hyde Park grandmother takes on jet skiing
As Percy Jones Russell approached her eighty-second birthday, COVID-19 and her husband’s health had kept her confined for the past couple of years, and the family felt it was time for her to get out and enjoy herself. “My sister, Kathy, encouraged our mother to do something totally different for her birthday,” said Terry Russell […]
DAR recognizes Cochran’s 50 years of volunteer service
50-year commitment to volunteering is unusual, and the Jacksonville Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution recently took the opportunity to recognize Avondale resident Carol Cochran’s half-century of service. Since 1971, when Cochran became a member of Shawnee Mission Chapter, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, to today, she has been an active volunteer […]
Festival celebrates the power of performing arts for teens
The Performers Academy, located in the St. Nicholas area, kicked off its tenth year of Camp Just Like Me on June 1 with TPA Fest 2021, the nonprofit’s first-ever mural festival. More than 12 local and visiting artists participated, with some murals created collaboratively and some done independently. The artists completed their murals over the […]
Local Folks: Elaine Wheeler
“All you need is love…and a carrot dog.” Paul McCartney may have written the first part of that line, but Elaine Wheeler created the now famous carrot dog at her vegetarian café and art gallery, Heartworks, which until 2007 was the heart and soul of 5 Points and one of the only vegetarian cafes in […]
