Coastal Companion

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Designers’ Showcase – The Historic Chadwick House – Fernandina, Florida

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Local designers and decorators have worked on The Chadwick House on 6th St in downtown Fernandina to help raise fund for the Barnabas’s crisis programs and medical/dental clinic. The Designers’ Showcase is now open. Visit The Chadwick House, 121 North 6th Street, Fernandina Beach, Florida. This event continues until November 4. Monday – Saturday: 10 am – 4 pm Sunday: 1 – 4 pm. $20 at the door of the Showcase. For more information please call 904-261-7000

Emma Concert Series; American Brass Quartet – St. Augustine, Florida

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Hear the best in brass on Sunday, Nov. 4, when the American Brass Quintet comes to town! The Quintet has performed in major concerts in all fifty states and throughout the world. The performance takes place at the Flagler Auditorium on Granada Street in St. Augustine at 2 p.m.
Flagler College Auditorium, Granada Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084
Hours: 2 p.m. E-mail: emmainfo@bellsouth.net
Please call for ticket information,904.797.2800

Savannah Film Festival honored John Sayles

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John Sayles Honored on Oct. 29 Followed by Screening of the Movie “Honeydripper”

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The 10th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design and sponsored by Memorial Health, the Savannah Morning News, the City of Savannah and The Talking Phone Book, presented John Sayles with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing Oct. 29, 7 p.m., at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.

Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper, a friend of Sayles’ known for his roles in “Seabiscuit” (2005),“American Beauty” (1999) and “Lone Star” (1996), presented Sayles with the award.

“He’s telling the stories no one else is telling,” said Cooper. “And he does it with intelligence and heart.”

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