“The mission of the GrayÃs Reef Ocean Film Festival is to educate, inspire and enlighten coastal Georgia residents about the world’s oceans and the issues facing them. We use films to explore the beauty of the sea, the complexity of the marine ecosystem, the creatures that inhabit it, our maritime heritage and humankindÃs relationship with the oceans and the environment in a positive, healthy, family-oriented format.”
Four Days, 50 Films
September 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2008
For more information visit Gray’s Reef website
Archives for September 2008
Florida Heritage Book Festival – St Augustine
This festival on Sept 12-13 celebrates the books that bring Florida alive and offers a great opportunity to meet and learn from dozens of authors.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Sept. 2) A September 12 Meet the Authors reception at the beautiful Markland House in St. Augustine will provide an outstanding opportunity for attendees to meet forty award-winning and bestselling authors from throughout Florida. The reception provides the perfect ending to a day filled with informative workshops for aspiring writers – key events in the Florida Heritage Book Festival scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 12-13 in St. Augustine.
Meet the Authors reception at the beautiful Markland House in St. Augustine will provide an outstanding opportunity for attendees to meet forty award-winning and bestselling authors from throughout Florida. The reception provides the perfect ending to a day filled with informative workshops for aspiring writers – key events in the Florida Heritage Book Festival scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 12-13 in St. Augustine.
The Meet the Authors reception will be held on Friday from 6-9 p.m. at the historic Markland House on the campus of Flagler College. In addition to mixing and mingling with festival authors, the event will feature a heavy hors d’oeuvre buffet, wines, entertainment (including historical portrayals) and music blended with literary company and conversation. Tickets are $25 each and reservations are a must.—no tickets will be sold at the door. For reservations, call Marie Cashat at 904.940.0890. (For profiles of the participating authors, go to: http://www.fhbookfest.com/PDFs/saturday0812.pdf ).
The festival’s Craft of Writing workshops will be conducted on Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Presented by distinguished writing and publishing professionals, the 14 workshops provide aspiring authors with the ideal opportunity to learn about topics such as scene structuring, pacing, marketing, working with an editor, overcoming writer’s block – even the intricacies of entertainment law. The fee for the full day of workshops is only $45 and includes lunch, breaks and all conference materials. For a complete listing of workshops, go to: ttp://www.fhbookfest.com/PDFs/workshop_descriptions0819.pdf . For reservations and more information, contact Dianne Ell at 904) 825-0861 or email dnell328@comcast.net .
The Florida Heritage Book Festival will feature a wide array of events and activities promoting reading and literacy. These will include workshops, readings and book signings by popular authors, as well as hands-on programs to be conducted in local schools. All genres will be featured including history, nature, mystery, culture and children’s interest. Except for a few ticketed events, including a motorized tour of the city’s literary landmarks to be conducted on Saturday at noon and 11 a.m., all of the festival’s events will be open to the public and provided free of charge.
All proceeds from the Florida Heritage Book Festival will benefit the Friends of the Libraries of St. Johns County and Newspaper In Education which provides free newspapers each day to local teachers and students. Key festival supporters include Artists by Timothy Priano; The St. Augustine Record; Flagler College; Anastasia Books; Casa Monica Hotel; Herbie Wiles Insurance Agency; Hilton St. Augustine Historic Bayfront Hotel; Historic Tours of America; Inns of Elegance; Jalaram Hotels Inc.; Sagaponack Books; Northrop Grumman; Pierre and Shirley Thompson; Pineapple Press; PIP Printing; St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau; Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village; Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach; St. Johns Art Council; St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce; Stetson Kennedy Foundation; Winn-Dixie; WJCT and WSOS 94.1 FM.
For more information on the Florida Heritage Book Festival, go to www.fhbookfest.com or call Kathy Dvornick: 904.940.0194.
The Curious Mister Catesby – Documentary Film Screening
Members of the Charleston Museum and the Coastal Conservation League are invited to a special screening of The Curious Mister Catesby, a new documentary which examines the life and the legacy of pioneering naturalist, Mark Catesby (1682-1749). Catesby’s two-volume Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands was the first extensively illustrated work on the natural history of any region in North America. Catesby’s work influenced Linnaeus and his system of classification of plants and animals, and predates Audubon’s The Birds of America by almost a century. The film will be introduced by one of the documentary’s producers, David Elliott. The Charleston Museum will display its first edition copy (one of only approximately 80 remaining copies) of Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands. Please note reservation arrangements. Reservations are required as space is limited. Priority registration will be given to Charleston Museum and SCCCL members. After September 15, registration will be opened up to the general public, so please register early!
Click here to register online or call 722-2996 x264.
Watts Up…? Mad Science Saturday in Charleston
Explore the wonderful world of electricity. Experiment with static electricity, grounding, and a Van de Graaf generator! Beware – we may turn a good hair day into a bad hair day! Every month The Charleston Museum offers a special Saturday program dedicated to providing an educational as well as exciting experience for the whole family. Join us each month for a different themed event including presentations and craft projects for children of all ages.
Free with general admission – FREE for Museum members; $10/adults, $5/children, under 3 FREE
photo credit: Peter Kaminski
Summerville D.R.E.A.M. Seeks Photographs for New History Book
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a photographic history book coming out about Summerville should be priceless. With a little help from generous townspeople, the book surely will be.
Summerville D.R.E.A.M. (Downtown Restoration, Enhancement and Management) is looking for old photographs that might be used in Summerville, a pictorial history to be published by Arcadia Publishing in its Images of America series, for the 2009 Golden Age of Summerville Festival.
The importance of family collections cannot be overemphasized. Vintage photographs become increasingly fragile and by scanning and reproducing them in a book, they become available for all to see.
Anyone having photographs to be considered for Images of America: Summerville may contact the Summerville D.R.E.A.M. office at jami@summervilledream.org or 843-821-7260.