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Heartfelt Review of Jason Woods Peter Pan Adaptation
Arts Philanthropist/activist Diane Kilpatrick Brunet-Garcia: I was transported to Neverland last night in a completely surprising venue for original theatre. And guess what? You can’t go. The last two performances of Jason Woods’ adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” are completely SOLD OUT....
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Phil Vassar coming to The Thrasher-Horne Center!
Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year Phil Vassar is bringing his American Soul Tour to The Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts in Northeast Florida, with a little help from emerging millennial superstar Russell Dickerson! Check out all the details after the jump!
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Melissa Ross: Jekyll Islands Whiskey Wine and Wildlife
Melissa chats with Kevin Baker, director of marketing for the The Westin Jekyll Island, when he joined First Coast Connect to give us a preview of the Inaugural Whiskey Wine & Wildlife event on April 22-24, 2016. Find out what the festival is about and what to expect after the jump!
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Melissa Ross and Stacey Goldring: Confederacy of Dunces
Melissa Ross speaks with First Coast Connect Book Club Blogger, Stacey Goldring, about the legendary novel, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Join us for the fascinating conversation (and petit theatre) after the jump!
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MJ and TVJax Partnership
We recently started a content partnership with the video on demand group, TVJax.com. We will be co posting daily video content designed for mobile consumption as well as longer more detailed and informative pieces. But what exactly is all this new content? Check out what TVJax is all about after the...
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Once The Musical premieres at The Thrasher-Horne!
In an impressive coup de grace, the Thrasher-Horne ends its inaugural Broadway season by hosting it's most auspicious performance to date - the Tony, Grammy, Olivier, and Drama Desk winning musical Once, adapted from the Glen Hansard/Markéta Irglová film of the same name. May 1st, 2016 at 2:00PM &...
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Gold Head: Finding peace in sandhills
The road past the ranger station leads to a 2,366-acre park positioned on the Central Florida Ridge, an area filled with rolling pine sandhills. The ridge is all that remains of dunes that were formed over thousands of years by the rise and fall of sea levels. In Mike Roess’ Gold Head Branch State...
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Arash Kamiar: Interview with Sabeen Perwaiz
Discussions on the "behind the scenes" process of the TEDxJacksonville conference.
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There is no Place in the World Like Okeefenokee Swamp
The glossy black water of the Okefenokee Swamp resembled oil – black and calm enough to create a mirror image of the Spanish-moss-draped cypress trees that surrounded the entire swamp. It is a place of subtle but breathtaking beauty and one that can only be fully explored by boat as a companion. Find...
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Jason Woods Creates New Peter Pan Performance
A deft and daring adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s seminal Peter Pan by Jason Woods, produced by Christ Episcopal Church and opening this week, is the latest high quality example of Northeast Florida's expanding catalog of originally produced theatre over the past three years. If a city’s cultural pulse...
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