Florida Theatre Restoration Sets Stage for Next Century
By Lorrie DeFrank Photos by Lily Snowden it’s showtime again at the Florida Theatre and competing for top billing is the building itself. Restored to its original magnificence, it’s set for a 50-year encore—at the very least. In preparation for the historic landmark’s 100th anniversary in 2027, a major—but not final—phase of the renovation was completed while it was closed from July to October this year. Patrons...
The Milestone at Marker 32
Celebrating Ben and Liza Groshell and their restaurant endeavor By Laura Riggs More than half of all restaurants will fail in their first year of business, and roughly 80 percent close within three to five years after opening. The ones that make it past the five-year mark will often stay open for at least a decade, but restaurants that stay open longer than 10 years are a rare gem. For independently owned restaurants, the hill is a...
30th Anniversary Publishers Note
Arbus Magazine’s. 30th Anniversary A little over 30 years ago, the desire to explore the impact of art and culture on our daily lives and business success became part of my personal journey. As a professional stockbroker with a Series 7 license, I found myself broke and unemployed after the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987. I needed to reinvent myself, and thus the idea for Arbus was born. Why An Arts and Business...
David Ponsler
Blacksmith Photo: Laird You’ve had a long career working with metal. Tell us how that all began and when you first became interested in metalwork. My parents were from Indiana, and my father had wanderlust which is why at 17 he volunteered to serve overseas in WW2. In 1950 he was lured down to Jacksonville to partner with a man making playground equipment out of steel. The company was called Wonderland Products. My mother...
Posing Beauty in African American Culture at the Harn
By Jade Powers Harn Museum of Art, Curator of Contemporary Art The nationally touring exhibition “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” opened at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville on January 31. More than a hundred works of art by more than 45 artists and photographers explore the ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts....
MILAGROS : Flutter ZoneMILAGROS
MOCA Jacksonville’S Project Atrium Edited by Amber Sesnick Director of Communications & Marketing at MOCA Jacksonville Photos by Laura Evans The most recent installation in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Jacksonville’s Project Atrium series was created by MILAGROS. Cofounded by Florida artists Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre, MILAGROS creates site-specific works that are interactive, multi media, and...
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