Live Music in our Oceanfront Courtyard. Kurt Johnston, toured with Bon Jovi, plays electric & acoustic guitar, steel guitar, banjo and keyboard. Debrann Johnston, vocalist playing electric & acoustic guitar and percussion.

Join us to have fun on summer nights at MOSH Cosmic Concert Series!These concerts combine a full-color laser projection system and hundreds of special effects on the planetarium's 60-foot dome with an 18,000 watt sound system to immerse you in a total visual and auditory music experience. Featuring soundtracks of Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Beatles and more!

Meet Seymour Krelbourn, a poor young man working at a run-down flower shop. After discovering an alien plant, he becomes endowed with fame, fortune and love. Unfortunately, the plant feeds on human blood. Journey on with Seymour as he makes a deal with the plant in order to keep his good fortune.

This class is for beginning and intermediate painters at varying levels of skill. Allison Watson will offer demonstrations on technique and teach fundamentals of color, composition and contrast. Ages 13 to adult.

This class is designed for painting students who have taken at least one session of Painting Basics and want to advance into more intensive study of techniques. For adults.

This blockbuster summer exhibit will feature enormous insects found in your own backyard. But don’t worry, you won’t have to watch your step around these bugs…they’re up to 600 times their actual size! You’ll learn everything you ever wanted to know about the critters in your backyard. The exhibits main attraction is a Praying Mantis 60 times bigger than the ones you would normally find in Florida! You’ll learn so much more about the bugs that inhabit our planet, including beetles, locusts, caterpillars and the many varieties of stick insects. Get a bug’s eye view of the life of insects with interactive vision displays including mosquito, honeybee and dragonfly heads that are 600 times bigger than real life! You’ll be able to see how a bug with compounded eyes sees, just by looking through giant lenses. Insect Giants will be exterminated later this summer. Don’t miss your chance to see these critters, up close and personal.

MOSH’s newest, temporary exhibit will feature music memorabilia and various other historic items from some of the most iconic and legendary musicians to ever visit The River City. Many of the items that will be on display are on loan from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Some of the items include a pair of Ray Charles’ Calvin Klein sunglasses, Slim Whitman’s guitar, a photo autographed by all four members of The Beatles, and a working jukebox.

Jacksonville’s musical history is the main attraction of this exhibit, and it showcases local legends such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, The Allman Brothers, and Slim Whitman, as well as contemporary recording artists Limp Bizkit, Yellowcard, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

For more informaiton, call (904) 356-6857.

An exhibit that features depictions of ancient ships on coins from the Greek, Roman and Phoenician eras, along with detailed models of early modern ships and manuscripts related to famous sea battles. Admission is Free.

Jacksonville Suns vs. Birmingham Barons

Info: (904) 633-6100

“The subjects of John Bunker’s paintings are” simmering with energy, saturated with fragments of color and wonderfully alive”.

Beyond creating an extensive and varied body of work over his 40 year career as a professional artist, John has also sustained an impressive museum career. He is a graduate of both the Smithsonian Institute’s Fundamentals of Museum Management and the JP Getty’s Museum Management Institute at the University of California at Berkeley.

As an active volunteer in the Jacksonville community, John has served as President of the Riverside Fine Arts Association Concert series, a member of JaxPride and Chairman of the Koger Gallery of Art and Gardens.

Last year John received the much deserved 2007 Individual Arts Award from the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville in recognition of three decades of leadership in the community.

Saturday matinees at 1:15 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Thru August 31.

This class is for beginning and intermediate painters at varying levels of skill. Allison Watson will offer demonstrations on technique and teach fundamentals of color, composition and contrast. Ages 13 to adult. Members $168, Non-members $188, Active Docents $84. For more information or to register, please call (904) 355-0630.

The Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library present this weekly program for caretakers and preschool children, 3 – 5 years old.

This program is free and open to the public.

With the future uncertain for Centre St.’s Post Office, the time is good to document the historical relevance of our city’s oldest post office building. This exhibit will feature archival photos, artifacts, and oral histories from people who hold the building’s history in their experiences.

In addition to recorded interviews for viewing and artifacts, the Amelia island Museum of History has a series of 38 photographs documenting the construction of the building dating from April 6, 1908 when the land was an olive orchard owned by the Lesesne family.

This exhibit will help preserve an era that will soon be changed forever. This temporary exhibit is included in regular admission of $7 for adults, and $4 for students and active military. AIMH is open Mon-Sat 10-4, and Sundays 1-4pm.

This exhibition examines the vital role that medical artists and their illustrations occupy in advancing the study and practice of medicine. Medical illustrations are used by physicians to share their techniques, by researchers to find answers, by medical students to learn and by patients to understand.

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest collections of medical illustration in the world with more than 60,000 pieces; about 150 of which are on display. The exhibition features original medical art rendered in a variety of media such as carbon dust, pen and ink, watercolor, airbrush and digital media. The illustrations range from interpretations of the human form to animated voyages inside the human body, studies of the brain, molecules and gene clusters, skeletons, and a rare look at the unique anatomy of conjoined twins. For more information, please call (904) 356-6857.

More to See. More to Zoo.

It’s here: your chance to see, touch and feed some of the sea’s most charming creatures.

Stop in soon, before this once-in-a-lifetime experience swims away! (Thru Sept. 2008)

There is an admission charge, in addition to regular zoo admission, of $3 for children, adults and seniors and $2.50 for members to enter Stingray Bay. Food for the stingrays is $1.

Adults $12; Children (Ages 3 -12) $7.50; Children under three FREE.

Purchase tickets online

Free admission from 5-9pm generously sponsored by Target.

It is filled with toys, it is filled with joy and it is filled with learning moments. A large and state of the art facility filled with toys, books and entertainment. Our play facilitators guide the tots through playing, fun and enriching moments. Nothing describes the Free Play Area better than fun, fun and fun! Meanwhile, caregivers can access the Internet with our free Wi-Fi system, or just talk to friends, while hanging out in the Tot Café. Check out the website for a full photo of the play area and all the fun classes and activities we have to offer! Call us at (904) 730-2625 for more information!

This blockbuster summer exhibit will feature enormous insects found in your own backyard. But don’t worry, you won’t have to watch your step around these bugs…they’re up to 600 times their actual size! You’ll learn everything you ever wanted to know about the critters in your backyard. The exhibits main attraction is a Praying Mantis 60 times bigger than the ones you would normally find in Florida! You’ll learn so much more about the bugs that inhabit our planet, including beetles, locusts, caterpillars and the many varieties of stick insects. Get a bug’s eye view of the life of insects with interactive vision displays including mosquito, honeybee and dragonfly heads that are 600 times bigger than real life! You’ll be able to see how a bug with compounded eyes sees, just by looking through giant lenses. Insect Giants will be exterminated later this summer. Don’t miss your chance to see these critters, up close and personal.

MOSH’s newest, temporary exhibit will feature music memorabilia and various other historic items from some of the most iconic and legendary musicians to ever visit The River City. Many of the items that will be on display are on loan from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Some of the items include a pair of Ray Charles’ Calvin Klein sunglasses, Slim Whitman’s guitar, a photo autographed by all four members of The Beatles, and a working jukebox.

Jacksonville’s musical history is the main attraction of this exhibit, and it showcases local legends such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, The Allman Brothers, and Slim Whitman, as well as contemporary recording artists Limp Bizkit, Yellowcard, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

This class is designed for painting students who have taken at least one session of Painting Basics and want to advance into more intensive study of techniques. For adults. Members $168, Non-members $188, Active Docents $84. For more information or to register, please call (904) 355-0630.

For more informaiton, call (904) 356-6857.

An exhibit that features depictions of ancient ships on coins from the Greek, Roman and Phoenician eras, along with detailed models of early modern ships and manuscripts related to famous sea battles. Admission is Free.

Tickets are $10. Featuring Penny 4 Your Thought, Dirty Shannon, Mystic Dino, Swerv, As Daylight Burns and others. For information please call 398-7496.

Tickets

Aromas has remodeled and expanded to create a new dueling piano bar experience. In addition to the new location, Crazy 88s Dueling Pianos will be performing an extra day of the week. All of your favorite piano players will be performing each and every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Enjoy a night full of your favorite songs and have an great time, while visiting the new and improved Crazy 88s Dueling Pianos at Aromas Southside. The cover charge is $5 starting at 8:00 p.m. and the dueling piano show will start at 9:00 p.m.

Make A Scene Downtown!

Every Thursday in August stop by your favorite downtown bars for drink specials, live entertainment, giveaways and more!

No cover and FREE parking.

1. Burrito Gallery (21 E. Adams St.)

2. Dive Bar (331 E. Bay St.)

3. The Florida Theatre Bar (128 E. Forsyth St.)

4. Jessie B. Smith Memorial Plaza (Corner of Newnan St. & Forsyth St. across from the Florida Theatre) LIVE MUSIC

5. London Bridge (100 E. Adams St.) LIVE MUSIC

6. Mark’s (315 E. Bay St.)

7. The Tobacco Shop (19 N. Ocean St.) LIVE MUSIC

FREE PARKING Jax Center Parking Garage after 5 p.m. (corner of Bay St. & Ocean St.) Courthouse West Lot after 6 p.m. (behind the courthouse off Liberty St. & Coastline Dr.) Parking meters are free after 6 p.m.

INFO: 630-3690

The season’s 24 concerts, held in the Gazebo in the historic Plaza de la Constitución, will offer great musical entertainment. Concerts in the Plaza, has become one of the community’s favorite annual events and is certainly the best way to spend a Thursday night in St. Augustine. Those attending may wish to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. For more information please call(904)825-1004.

“The subjects of John Bunker’s paintings are” simmering with energy, saturated with fragments of color and wonderfully alive”.

Beyond creating an extensive and varied body of work over his 40 year career as a professional artist, John has also sustained an impressive museum career. He is a graduate of both the Smithsonian Institute’s Fundamentals of Museum Management and the JP Getty’s Museum Management Institute at the University of California at Berkeley.

As an active volunteer in the Jacksonville community, John has served as President of the Riverside Fine Arts Association Concert series, a member of JaxPride and Chairman of the Koger Gallery of Art and Gardens.

Last year John received the much deserved 2007 Individual Arts Award from the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville in recognition of three decades of leadership in the community.

Saturday matinees at 1:15 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Thru August 31.

Live entertainment in the courtyard with Ritmo y Sabor: “Rhythm and Taste”!

A professional networking after-hours event sponsored by NetWorth. Sales professionals and companies are invited to network with other businesses to grow their business through quality referrals. The cost is $10 which includes heavy appetizers. A cash bar is available. Pay at the door or visit our website at www.NetWorthJax.com. Bring several business cards and get ready to meet your next BIG client.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE—August 28th “I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don’t tell truths. I tell what ought to be truth. . . . ” Elia Kazan directed Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, and Kim Hunter. 1951. 122 minutes. Not Rated.

With the future uncertain for Centre St.’s Post Office, the time is good to document the historical relevance of our city’s oldest post office building. This exhibit will feature archival photos, artifacts, and oral histories from people who hold the building’s history in their experiences.

In addition to recorded interviews for viewing and artifacts, the Amelia island Museum of History has a series of 38 photographs documenting the construction of the building dating from April 6, 1908 when the land was an olive orchard owned by the Lesesne family.

This exhibit will help preserve an era that will soon be changed forever. This temporary exhibit is included in regular admission of $7 for adults, and $4 for students and active military. AIMH is open Mon-Sat 10-4, and Sundays 1-4pm.

This exhibition examines the vital role that medical artists and their illustrations occupy in advancing the study and practice of medicine. Medical illustrations are used by physicians to share their techniques, by researchers to find answers, by medical students to learn and by patients to understand.

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest collections of medical illustration in the world with more than 60,000 pieces; about 150 of which are on display. The exhibition features original medical art rendered in a variety of media such as carbon dust, pen and ink, watercolor, airbrush and digital media. The illustrations range from interpretations of the human form to animated voyages inside the human body, studies of the brain, molecules and gene clusters, skeletons, and a rare look at the unique anatomy of conjoined twins. For more information, please call (904) 356-6857.

More to See. More to Zoo.

It’s here: your chance to see, touch and feed some of the sea’s most charming creatures.

Stop in soon, before this once-in-a-lifetime experience swims away! (Thru Sept. 2008)

There is an admission charge, in addition to regular zoo admission, of $3 for children, adults and seniors and $2.50 for members to enter Stingray Bay. Food for the stingrays is $1.

Adults $12; Children (Ages 3 -12) $7.50; Children under three FREE.

Purchase tickets online

It is filled with toys, it is filled with joy and it is filled with learning moments. A large and state of the art facility filled with toys, books and entertainment. Our play facilitators guide the tots through playing, fun and enriching moments. Nothing describes the Free Play Area better than fun, fun and fun! Meanwhile, caregivers can access the Internet with our free Wi-Fi system, or just talk to friends, while hanging out in the Tot Café. Check out the website for a full photo of the play area and all the fun classes and activities we have to offer! Call us at (904) 730-2625 for more information!

MOSH’s newest, temporary exhibit will feature music memorabilia and various other historic items from some of the most iconic and legendary musicians to ever visit The River City. Many of the items that will be on display are on loan from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Some of the items include a pair of Ray Charles’ Calvin Klein sunglasses, Slim Whitman’s guitar, a photo autographed by all four members of The Beatles, and a working jukebox.

Jacksonville’s musical history is the main attraction of this exhibit, and it showcases local legends such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, The Allman Brothers, and Slim Whitman, as well as contemporary recording artists Limp Bizkit, Yellowcard, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

For more informaiton, call (904) 356-6857.

FIRE is a thought provoking dramatic performance presented by First Coast Theatre Arts. Tickets are $10. For reservations or more information, please call (904) 387-5276.

Labor Day Golf Getaway! Friday 8/29, 5-8pm Boardwalk Bash, $2 Guinness and Smithwick’s Irish Ale, Irish entertainment, food & drink specials Saturday 8/30, 10am Shotgun Golf Tournament ($85/person) followed by Awards & After Party at Falcon’s Nest! Participants are entered to Win a trip to Ireland!

“The subjects of John Bunker’s paintings are” simmering with energy, saturated with fragments of color and wonderfully alive”.

Beyond creating an extensive and varied body of work over his 40 year career as a professional artist, John has also sustained an impressive museum career. He is a graduate of both the Smithsonian Institute’s Fundamentals of Museum Management and the JP Getty’s Museum Management Institute at the University of California at Berkeley.

As an active volunteer in the Jacksonville community, John has served as President of the Riverside Fine Arts Association Concert series, a member of JaxPride and Chairman of the Koger Gallery of Art and Gardens.

Last year John received the much deserved 2007 Individual Arts Award from the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville in recognition of three decades of leadership in the community.

Saturday matinees at 1:15 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Thru August 31.

Live entertainment in the courtyard with Freeze Frame!

Take in the beautiful view of downtown St. Augustine while enjoying live jazz, blues, oldies, and contemporary rock at our rooftop bar, The Cellar Upstairs. All San Sebastian wines, along with a wide selection of import and domestic bottled beers are available for purchase. Light appetizer platters to accompany beverages are available. WEATHER PERMITTING.

Mad Cowford is back!!!

Mad Cowford, Jacksonville’s Premier Improv Troupe, will be performing at 9th and Main (1850 N. Main St. Jacksonville, FL) every Friday at 8pm.

The show will cost $5 (best bang for your entertainment buck).

Do you like the following TV shows: “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and “Thank God You’re Here”? Then, you will love us.

Come laugh with us and play with us. Every show is different because the show is based upon your suggestions.

If you have any questions or need directions, check out www.madcowford.com or send an email to info@madcowford.com

Come join us for a great night of laughter and comedy and the food is really good at 9th and Main, also.

With the future uncertain for Centre St.’s Post Office, the time is good to document the historical relevance of our city’s oldest post office building. This exhibit will feature archival photos, artifacts, and oral histories from people who hold the building’s history in their experiences.

In addition to recorded interviews for viewing and artifacts, the Amelia island Museum of History has a series of 38 photographs documenting the construction of the building dating from April 6, 1908 when the land was an olive orchard owned by the Lesesne family.

This exhibit will help preserve an era that will soon be changed forever. This temporary exhibit is included in regular admission of $7 for adults, and $4 for students and active military. AIMH is open Mon-Sat 10-4, and Sundays 1-4pm.

Vandroff Art Gallery - Rodolfo Diaz - Aug. 29 to Sept. 24 Rodolfo was born in Colombia, South America, and attended the National University of Colombia, receiving his master’s degree in drawing and sculpture. He accepted a professorship in Venezuela where he spent the next eight years. He has been the subject of radio, television and documentary coverage on three continents. Collections of his work are in Colombia, Venezuela, England and the United States. His current show, entitled “Multiscapes,” consists of oil paintings that feature landscapes, seascapes and spacescapes.

An introduction to true Japanese Sake. Try our featured Sakes for free to get an idea of what good Sake is all about then move on to our Sake available for purchase by the “Masu Cup.” When you learn what you like you can select from over 40 varieties to take home. Circle Japan is a Japanese Grocery/Cafe, so you can also learn about food pairings or just check out all of our Japanese goods.

INFO: (904) 642-7799

This exhibition examines the vital role that medical artists and their illustrations occupy in advancing the study and practice of medicine. Medical illustrations are used by physicians to share their techniques, by researchers to find answers, by medical students to learn and by patients to understand.

Mayo Clinic has one of the largest collections of medical illustration in the world with more than 60,000 pieces; about 150 of which are on display. The exhibition features original medical art rendered in a variety of media such as carbon dust, pen and ink, watercolor, airbrush and digital media. The illustrations range from interpretations of the human form to animated voyages inside the human body, studies of the brain, molecules and gene clusters, skeletons, and a rare look at the unique anatomy of conjoined twins. For more information, please call (904) 356-6857.

Tickets

For information please call 904-246-BIRD.

More to See. More to Zoo.

It’s here: your chance to see, touch and feed some of the sea’s most charming creatures.

Stop in soon, before this once-in-a-lifetime experience swims away! (Thru Sept. 2008)

There is an admission charge, in addition to regular zoo admission, of $3 for children, adults and seniors and $2.50 for members to enter Stingray Bay. Food for the stingrays is $1.

Adults $12; Children (Ages 3 -12) $7.50; Children under three FREE.

Purchase tickets online

It is filled with toys, it is filled with joy and it is filled with learning moments. A large and state of the art facility filled with toys, books and entertainment. Our play facilitators guide the tots through playing, fun and enriching moments. Nothing describes the Free Play Area better than fun, fun and fun! Meanwhile, caregivers can access the Internet with our free Wi-Fi system, or just talk to friends, while hanging out in the Tot Café. Check out the website for a full photo of the play area and all the fun classes and activities we have to offer! Call us at (904) 730-2625 for more information!

Join us Friday nights from 6-8 PM to enjoy a free glass of wine and custom design consultation.

Bring floorplans, measurements or just your ideas and BoConcept’s consultants will work with you to create a full-color, 3-D rendering of your space with our Furnish® software. No appointments necessary, just stop by the store or call us for more details.

We hope to see you soon. Cheers!

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Enjoy live music, medical illustration, drawing demonstrations, and science inspired activities for kids of all ages. Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. For more information, please call (904) 355-0630.

Enjoy live music, medical illustration, drawing demonstrations, and science inspired activities for kids of all ages. Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.

With resident DJ Miguelito and special guests The Hottest Latin Sounds in Jax. INFO: 399-3179

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Jacksonville’s own premier modern dance company Braided Light Dance Project is having open company classes for the summer of 2008. The cost of these classes are 5 dollars per class. Class occurs every Saturday unless notified. Please visit our website for more information on Braided Light Dance Project and contact Glenn Morgan, Administrative Director if you plan to attend.

The Limelight Theatre KIDZfACTory is kicking off their 2008/2009 season with fun acting workshops for students in grades 3-12. Saturday workshops begin August 30.Workshop hours are 10:00am-11:00am for grades 3-5, 11:00am-12:00pm for grades 6-8 and 12:00-1:30 for grades 9-12. Saturday workshops are $15 each or $80 for a six week package. Financial aid is available. Call 825-1164 to enroll.

Aine Healy-Richardson, owner of ‘The First Act’ Drama School for Kids, is the featured Storyteller on Saturday August 30th at 11.00a.m. Come along and bring your friends. The stories being shared are some that Aine uses with the children attending class to help them with character identification, plot etc. The children learn and then internalize the stories, before dressing up and acting them out.

The Row Restaurant and The Riverdale Inn is pleased offer afternoon high tea.

Afternoon tea is served from 1 to 3 on Friday and Saturday. For ten or more, the afternoon tea can also be served Monday through Thursday. Afternoon tea is $15 per person plus tax and gratuity. A reservation is required in all cases to allow us to properly prepare for a delightful afternoon.

Unlimited English Afternoon tea

One sandwich assortment…chicken salad, egg salad, cucumber

One scone with clotted cream and jam

Four petite desserts

Tickets

Create a kite and practice your flying skills on the beach.

Event is FREE with park admission.

Call to sign up as participation is limited – (904) 277-7274

The Lee Boys are one of America’s finest African-American sacred steel ensembles. This family group consists of three brothers, Alvin Lee (guitar), Derrick Lee and Keith Lee (vocals) along with their three nephews, Roosevelt Collier (pedal steel guitar), Alvin Cordy Jr. (7-string bass) and Earl Walker (drums). Each member began making music at the ages of 7 and 8 in the House of God church they attended in Perrine, FL. Here they underwent a rigorous course of training in a variety of musical instruments, including lap and pedal steel guitars. Born and raised in Miami, each of The Lee Boys grew up in the church where their father and grandfather, Rev. Robert E. Lee, was the pastor and a steel player himself. For information please call (904)460-9311

Saturday matinees at 1:15 p.m. Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Thru August 31.

Live entertainment in the courtyard with Little Green Men!

Join us for a specialized day of specialized instruction and a peek into a little-known career track. Taught by Mayo Clinic medical illustrator. Catered lunch included.

Join us for a specialized day of specialized instruction and a peek into a little-known career track. Taught by Mayo Clinic medical illustrator. Catered lunch included. Members $70, Non-members $85, Active Docents $55. For more information or to register, please call (904) 355-0630.

(904) 277-7274

The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach offers studio space for artists to create independent of instruction. Open studio sessions are designed to allow artists the opportunity to work on their own projects in a creative environment with space perhaps not available to them at home. The studios are open for independent work on Saturday’s from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Members free, Non-members $10. Nude model is available-participants will split model fee.