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We recently visited the Riverside Arts Market in Jacksonville, Florida.
Here is the video from the popular arts market downtown. You can find interesting arts and crafts items, vegetables and fruit, and even great organic coffee!
The bridge above the market will keep you cool in the summer, and protect you from the rain. This market takes place every Saturday, so if you’re looking for something to do – come visit!
Joe makes another pick of the week for South Carolina. This time he’s headed for Myrtle Beach.
Savannah is turning up the heat when Fiesta Latina returns to Rousakis Plaza on Saturday June 20th.
Many of the 20 different countries that make up Latin America are represented at this event. First and foremost, there will be lots of music. Live DJ’s and bands will bring salsa, merengüe, cumbia, norteño, bachata, reggaetón and more to the river front. Featured artists include the popular “Serenata Band†from Atlanta, who visited last year, as well as many other local and regional artists. Besides music and dance, the festival also offers arts, crafts and food from different countries.
Click here for more information about Fiesta Latina, 2009
During the week of April 27 – May 3, 2009 there is free admission at the Telfair Academy.
In 1886 the Telfair family home opened to the public as an art museum and school. It now boasts three diverse sites — the original building, the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, a National Historic Landmark building; the Owens-Thomas House, also a National Historic Landmark; and the Jepson Center for the Arts, a contemporary building which houses 20th- and 21st-century art.
Visitors can view the elegant nineteenth-century period rooms in this former Telfair family mansion, as well as the exhibitions Reframing a Perceptual Paradigm: A Jerome Meadows, Installation and Gaming Tables for Whist, Chess, and Other Amusements, at no charge.
The 2009 North Charleston Arts Festival is scheduled for May 1-May 9. The nine day art celebration draws more than 30,000 visitors every year. Individual Events begin on Friday, May 1, and continue through Saturday, May 9. The North Charleston Arts Festival is an action-packed event filled with theater and dance performances, concerts, programs for children, literary events, and multi-cultural block parties just tom mention a few.
The Performing Arts Center and the Charleston Area Convention Center host the Main Event Weekend, Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Events include the eighth annual SC Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Exhibition, the Lowcountry Gem & Mineral Show, music, theater, and dance performances, exhibitions of fine art, photography, and youth art, free children’s art activities and performances, Arts & Craft vendors and a Festival Food Court.
The Grand Finale will take place right at Riverfront Park with a exceptional variety of concerts and activities. Festival week culminates with a fantastic fireworks display.