In Beethoven We Trust
june 16th “You have to be a little crazy to play string quartets professionally. Working as a professional string quartet is one of the toughest businesses,” says Yinzi Kong, violist in The Vega Quartet. String quartets are commonly described as “a marriage of four.” Imagine twice the friction in personalities and agendas, and only half of the benefits. Quartet members still have to do taxes separately and have no shared...
The St. Augustine Music Festival
jun 16 – 18 & 23 – 25 The St. Augustine Music Festival – the USA’s largest free classical music festival, is celebrating its 10th season in June. Hailed as “a gift to the city,” it has gained national acclaim for world-class concerts in the acoustically superb Cathedral Basilica. Music by Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Copland, Beethoven and other classical composers are on the programs this year, along with the...
14th Annual Sea Turtle Show
may 26 – jul 4 Local, regional and national artists create sea turtle themed art with a portion of the proceeds going to The Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol. This is the patrol’s largest fund-raiser with First Street Gallery’s donation last year close to $500. This year’s artists include Melinda Bradshaw, JoAnne Adams, Cheryl Wencel and Maureen Buik. Sea turtles created in glass, clay, jewelry, paintings, photography and metal will be on...
Arlington Mod & More Home Tour
saturday, may 7 Old Arlington, Inc. and the American Institute of Architects-Jacksonville Chapter are hosting the fourth annual Arlington Mod & More Home Tour on Saturday, May 7. The tour features homes built in the 1950s, ’60s and early ’70s. This year’s home tour symposium and ticket sales will be held at the beautiful St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 2961 University Blvd. N., across from Jacksonville University. This...
Anne Oliver: Universal Connections
thru jun 30 “To be human is to feel, to love passionately, to regret, to mourn, to celebrate, to partake in life, to fight with everything in our being to simply be able to breathe the air of freedom,” says Anne Oliver. “For so many of us, to be human presents itself through the constant fight every day to simply exist. It is the perennial struggle to matter, to be heard … the lone voice in the cacophony of life. Each of us has our...
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