Making a Splash
After three years, the Friendship Fountain along downtown’s Southbank has finally reopened. The city unveiled the updated, state-of-the-art entertainment fountain during the Sip and Stroll on Feb. 15. The 500,000-gallon fountain features a programmed light and water show with the river and city skyline as its backdrop. “When you picture Jacksonville in your mind, it’s […]
A Smokin’ New Business for Hendricks Corridor
Where there’s smoke, there’s premium cigars, as Second Wind Cigars has now joined the ranks of the small businesses along the Hendricks Avenue corridor in San Marco. The cigar lounge opened Jan. 1, though owner Peter Jaghab said his team is still planning its official grand opening celebration. At Second Wind Cigars, in addition to […]
Loyal to Local: Laurel Dagnillo
The Riverside Arts Market (RAM), now in its 15th year, is a weekly makers and farmers market hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. Each week, more than 100 small business owners gather under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge to sell their products […]
10 Artists Receive Art Ventures Grants
Ten Northeast Florida artists recently received grants of $5,000 each as part of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida’s Art Ventures initiative, now in its 34th year. The awards provide a springboard for the artists to advance their artistic practices, pursue new projects and bring their work to new audiences. “I hope this year’s Art […]
Championing a Legacy
How one man’s impact inspired a timeless tribute Leon Barrett studied, played football and graduated from then-named Robert E. Lee High School in 1961. Just five years later, upon graduating from University of Georgia – with a little help from his former Lee football coach – he, his wife and one-month-old baby returned to his […]
New AI Policy Changes Address the Good, Bad
Episcopal School of Jacksonville’s (ESJ) division heads and Student Life office recently worked to develop a new policy for grades six through 12 regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom, balancing its frequent misuse with the need for graduates to work within technological advancements such as AI. ESJ’s new policy reads: “Our […]
Artbeat: February 2024
Tina Turner’s famous song asks, “What’s love got to do with it?” According to Robert Lester Folsom, Darren Ronan and Laura Evans, love has everything to do with that passionate compulsion to create. Ronan met Evans when he was hired to record Evans’ punk band, then they kept “running into each other around town.” That […]
Local Collector’s Works on Display at MOCA
MOCA Jacksonville opened A Walk on the Wild Side: ‘70s New York in the Norman E. Fisher Collection at MOCA Jacksonville on Jan. 18. The exhibition explores the dynamic culture of New York in the 1970s that spurred a decade of collaboration and innovation between artists working in a variety of genres. It features a […]
Water Improvement Projects Underway in Murray Hill, Riverside
Murray Hill residents can expect to see more construction on some of its residential streets as JEA continues work for the Melba Street Water Improvement Project. The project, which launched late last summer, is estimated to cost $4 million and has an anticipated completion date of Aug. 31 of this year. The project’s objective is […]
