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Duval Ditty Catchy and Fun about Jax.
Ok. The Jacksonville Tourism Council just got punked by a very cute little girl and some Paxon High School kids who managed to put together a better ad for Jacksonville than million dollar budgets annually. Lots of Fun! Angel McLaughlin is the performer and she is the daughter of Potter's House minister,...
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Robb Tabone's Art for the Sasses
A Monthly Look at The Good The Bad and The Ugly of the Jacksonville Art Scene.
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Planetarium Grows A New Set of Next Gen Projectors
Jacksonville will soon be home to the next-generation in planetarium technology thanks to The Bryan Family Trustees of The Henry & Lucy Gooding Endowment along with other individual members of the Bryan Family. With the $465,000 lead gift, the Museum of Science & History will purchase a state-of-the-art...
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Jacksonville Jazz Festival 2010
Sights and scenes from Downtown's 2010 Jacksonville Jazz Festival. There is no doubt that this year's Jazz Festival an unqualified success, one of several for the City, and its vivacious Special Events Office. More than that, it was also solid proof that a properly planned urban festival creates the...
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Cage The Elephant
Cage the Elephant's radio debut began with 'Ain't No Rest for the Wicked,' that was soon followed by 'Back Against the Wall.' Recently, 'In One Ear,' started playing on the radio in heavy rotation. The group has had several Billboard hits, proving that this band is more than a one-hit wonder. The music...
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Quirky, Angsty Greenberg at Five Points Theater
Ben Stiller's new film "Greenberg" casts him in one of his most challenging and mature roles yet. It's the kind of quirky and tense film that you sit and squirm while watching because of the lead characters extreme discomfort and alienation, while rooting for him all at the same time. The film also...
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Fanfare of Firsts at Symphony. April 17th Preview
There is a lot of excitement about this weekend's symphony performance, and it isn't focused on the mammoth concerto for piano and orchestra that will close out the evening. Instead, the fanfare goes to all the firsts. Violinist and composer Piotr Szewczyk will premiere his Fanfare for the First Coast,...
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Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Latin Fusion Show
April 9th, The Latin Fusion Concert of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra was a rare performance. Not only did the evening feature the work of Peter Soave on the Bandoneon, but also a delightful original arrangement by Fabio Mechetti. MetroJacksonville reviewer, Beth Slater was there for the evening...
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Rob Clare Leads Theatre Workshop with Backlight Group
BackLight Theatre Group, helmed by Devlin Mann and Christina Teague Mann is hard at work bringing global quality theatre work here to Jacksonville. This month they bring longtime associate, Rob Clare to lead workshops on theatre.
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Ingrid Michaelson: Sweet pop energy at Florida Theatre
How much excitement can an indie-pop Internet sensation from New York generate in Jacksonville? Quite a bit of rambunctious energy, as Ingrid Michaelson discovered March 24 at the Florida Theatre. The engagement wasn't Michaelson's first trip to the First Coast, although the crowd was bigger the second...
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