Nashville Company Set to Open Music Venue in Rail Yard District
The latest piece of the Rail Yard District development puzzle has fallen into place, with a Nashville company committing to creating a music and event venue on the Dennis + Ives site. Marathon Live, which offers full-service venue management, will build and operate an as-yet-unnamed space for concerts, weddings, galas, parties, and other functions. “We’re […]
Jacksonville Women in the Arts: A timeline
We have all come to recognize March as Women’s History Month. It began, however, as a local celebration created and executed in 1978 by an educational task force in northern California and rather than a month, it lasted only a week. The first National Women’s History Week was designated by President Jimmy Carter in 1980. […]
Easter: A season of revival for area churches
Churches are celebrating the resurrection this Easter season, but they are celebrating something else – a revival. Churches of all denominations have seen their membership and attendance decline in the last decade because younger generations are less inclined to identify with established religion. And that was before the pandemic shutdown group activities. As we emerge […]
Local organizations launch campaigns to support Ukraine
Local charities and organizations in Jacksonville have joined the global rally to support the people of Ukraine. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February, millions of Ukrainians have fled the country with little more than whatever they could carry — or, in some cases, nothing at all — seeking safety […]
HISTORY in pen & ink: Jacksonville’s Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a problem many writers can relate to at one point or another in their career: He could not figure out the title for the story he was working on. After writing a working title down in a strong, confident hand, Doyle eventually struck it out with his pen, scrawling another […]
Space: The Duval Frontier
Leaders are vying for a piece of the astronomical economic pie It’s a sight as Floridian as an alligator: a massive rocket steaming away on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, ready to depart on another journey into the vast darkness of space. We’ve all cheered the triumph of a successful launch, and felt the […]
Wolfson NICU – 50 Years
New tower features world-class technology In the five decades since Wolfson Children’s Hospital opened its first dedicated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, technology and medical interventions have advanced so remarkably that premature infants are surviving at much lower birth weights than would have been possible in its early years. With the opening this year of the […]
RAP hosts annual meeting, presents awards to community stewards
The local neighborhood preservation and advocacy group, Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP), welcomed guests and award winners to Riverside Church at Park and King, formerly known as the Riverside Baptist Church, Feb. 17, for its annual meeting. The historic structure and courtyards set the perfect backdrop the evening festivities, where a collective of passionate locals rallied […]
