A fabulous evening of art, food, wine and entertainment to benefit the Shands Jacksonville’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Bring your taste buds to enjoy a vast selection of wines and culinary delights. To further help raise funds a silent auction will be held featuring art, vacation packages, decorative furniture and more. All proceeds will go to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Shands Jacksonville.
Hyatt Regency Hotel 225 East Coastline Drive, Jacksonville. Call (904)244-1060 or visit the website for more information. Admission: $45.00 in advance $50.00 at the Door
Bruce Springsteen – Jacksonville, Florida
Bruce Springsteen and the famous E Street Band comes to Jacksonville on Friday August 15th. The concert is at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena and starts at 7:30 p.m.
For more information visit www.jaxevents.com
Free Tuesday at The Cummer Museum and Gardens – Jacksonville, Fl
AT&T sponsors Free Tuesdays at The Cummer Museum and Gardens. The Cummer is open to the public, free of charge, every Tuesday from 4 to 9 p.m. View the museum’s Masterworks collection, stroll the historic riverfront gardens and experience Art Connections.
For more information, visit the website.
American Idol Auditions – Jacksonville, Florida
American Idol comes to Jacksonville for auditions on August 11-13. The auditions take place at Veterans Memorial Arena. For more information visit American Idol.
Owners of Jacksonville Jaguars give $150,000 to help St. Johns River
Team owners Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver announced that they will donate as much as $150,000 to St. Johns Riverkeeper organization, reports Orlando Sentinel. St. Johns Riverkeeper is an environmental group working for clean and healthy water in the St. Johns River, its tributaries and its wetlands, through citizen-based advocacy. The large donation and the support from the Jacksonville Jaguars is a great boost for the organization. (click here to read the article)
To find out more about St. Johns Riverkeeper, click here to visit their website.