Coastal Companion

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Fall Film Series MOCA – Jacksonville, Florida 2009

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Hosted by Café Nola@MOCA
All films start at 8:30pm

Café Nola hosts a special series of films hand picked by its staff. Every month has a special theme and each night features a special menu and drink specials.

$5 MOCA members/ $7 non-members; $2 discount for dining in Café Nola @ MOCA before the show

Thursday, September 24
Zeitgeist: Addendum
Peter Joseph 2008
Run time: 123 min. USA

Thursday, October 15
Gogol Bordello Non Stop
Margarita Jimeno 2008
Run time: 90 min. USA

Thursday, October 29
RiseUP
Luciano Blotta 2009
Run time: 88 min. USA

Thursday, November 12
Roadsworth: Crossing the Line
Alan Kohl 2008
Run time: 72 min. Canada

Thursday, November 19
RIP: A Remix Manifesto
Brett Gaylor 2009
Run time: 80 min. Canada

Pre-theater dinner at Café Nola, 5pm-7:00pm. Reservations are strongly suggested for dining at Café Nola. For reservations, call 904-366-6911, x231

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Folly Beach Fishing Pier Tournament Sept 26th, Charleston

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Folly Beach Fishing Pier is said to be one of the best destinations in the Lowcountry for pier fishing. So why not make a trip out to Folly Beach and try it out for yourself?

On Saturday, September 26 you can participate in the monthly Pier Tournament at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier. This is the last pier tournament of the summer so you don’t want to miss your chance to win! Prizes will be awarded for Big Fish 1, 2, and 3, and King Mackerel categories.

Registration fee is $12 ages 13 and up, $7 ages 3-12, and $14 for King Mackerel. Registration for all tournaments begins at 6:00am and takes place on-site only. Tournaments end at 4:00pm and prizes are awarded at 4:15pm.

For information call the Folly Beach Fishing Pier at (843) 588-FISH (3474) or visit www.follyfishingpier.com.

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Is Fernadina Farmers Market the third in the US?

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Forget voting for your favorite “American Idol”, or Americas most popular dancer in “So You Think You Can Dance”, now there’s a more important question on the world wide web — where is the most popular Farmers Market in the country?

This popularity contest is sponsored by Care2.com and Local Harvest. Over the weekend, Fernandina Farmers Market climbed the list and is now Number Three with 3,744 votes, which even made the local news in Knoxville TN, run out and do a special report from Market Square, Knoxville, their favorite local farmers market, currently in fourth place with 3,070 votes.
(Here is the link to the complete Tennessee story)

Are we going to let Tennessee win?Let get our people in and vote.

Go Fernandina!
Make sure to visit this website right now and place your vote
and help them win $5,000.

Also, Riverside Arts Market from Jacksonville is in spot 33.
You can also add your favorite market to the contest. There are lots of markets in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina who are not yet on the list.

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5th Annual Fashion Forward: Destination – Jacksonville, Florida

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Put your best fashion-foot forward and come to an Up & Cummer event on Friday, September 18th at 7.00 pm.

It’s the 5th Annual Fashion Forward: Destination at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Fl. The event is a tribute to the designs of featured local fashion designer Caroline Long who has been designing high-end ready to wear collections for eight years. Her fashions have been displayed in luxury boutiques in the United States, including Kate Spade boutiques in the US and in Asia. Her designs have also been featured in a wide variety of publications, including Lucky Magazine, Palm Beach Illustrated, Luxury Living, Quest, Skirt, Jacksonville Magazine and The Resident, and were seen at the 2005 Emmy Awards Show.

During Destination, fashion from Anomaly, Carla Shoes, Clover, Crave Boutique, Edge City, Jaffi’s, Leila’s, Linda Cunningham, modelcitizen, Olive, Private Gallery, Red Boutique, Reve, Rosie True, Violet, and Wardrobe Therapy will also be on display.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (904) 899-6018 or visit the website for more information.

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Dickens Show and Festival in Myrtle Beach, 2009

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The 28th Annual Dickens Christmas Show and Festival takes place in an 18th Century, Victorian Marketplace Setting complete with period clad vendors, hawking fine arts and crafts, gifts, Christmas Decor, toys and much, much more.

The event takes place November 12 -15, 2009.

For more information call 843-448-9483 or visit www.dickenschristmasshow.com
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