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Many cities on the coast have an self-guided art walk during the first week of the month, and Jacksonville, Florida is no different. The event takes place downtown Jacksonville in about a six block radius. This is a great opportunity to explore the local art scene, to people watch and have a great time out on the town. The Art Walk in Jacksonville happens on the first Wednesday of the month.
For more details about the Artwalk in Jacksonville Florida click here.
The world’s largest specialized motor sports event comes to the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 when it’s again time for Monster Jam®. Tickets are still available, but the organizers are anticipating tickets to sell out with over 70,000 fans attending the event. Fans are encouraged to buy tickets early. Remaining tickets will also be available at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium on Saturday for those wanting to wait.
Schedule for Saturday, February 28, 2008
9:00 a.m. Stadium Box Office Opens
12:00 pm Stadium Parking Lots Open $20.00
1:00 pm – 7:00pm Monster Truck Ride (Lot J) $5.00
(Free ride pass available Advance Auto Parts while supplies last)
2:00 pm – 5:00pm Pit Party (Lot D) $ 10.00
(Free pit party passes available at Southern Ford Dealers while supplies last.)
4:00 p.m. JTA Shuttle Bus Service begins $ 5.00 per person / round trip
5:30 p.m. Stadium Gates Open
5:45 – 6:45 p.m. Pre-show racing and entertainment
6:45 p.m. Opening Ceremonies begin
7:30 p.m. Monster Jam Racing begins
There will be Shuttle Bus Service from the Court House Garage to the Stadium. Parking for the bus shuttle service is located at the corner of North Broad Street and West Monroe Street. The shuttle will begin at 4:00pm and continue until one hour after the conclusion of the event. The shuttle service will be $5.00 per person / round trip.
Jacksonville Film Events, the presenters of the Jacksonville International Film Festival is proud to announce it’s 3rd annual Oscar Viewing Party taking place February 22nd 2009 at the newly renovated FIVE POINTS Theatre – 1028 Park Street in Jacksonville Florida. Doors open at 7:00pm. The telecast begins at 8:00pm. Celebrate with us the most important night of the film industry as we watch the Oscars on a giant movie screen!
Walk down the red carpet as the search lights hit the sky and you are greeted by giant Oscar statues. Enjoy complimentary popcorn and soft drinks courtesy of The Five Points Theatre, special cocktails by Bacardi products, beer from Bold City Brewery and great food! Live entertainment by Dance Works with a very special Bollywood performance choreographed by by Rujuta Vaidya (choreographer of the two Slum Dog Millionaire dance performances at the actual Oscars)
Join us and our sponsors, Jacksonville.com / The Florida Times-Union, The Five Points Theatre, Bacardi Products, Brands and Events, Havana-Jax Café, PRI, Toe Photo, Bold City Brewery, and Dance Works.
Advance tickets are available for $25.00 on line at filmfestival.jacksonville.com or by telephone at 904.633.9399. Tickets at the door on the day of the event are $35.00. Five special VIP tables of ten are also available for $35.00 per person or $350.00 a table. Each table will be decorated based on the five nominated films; Milk, Slum Dog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, The Reader and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. (Proceeds will support the Jacksonville International Film Festival).
Prizes will be given for the Most Glamorous Couple, Best Bollywoodcostume, Most Fabulously Dressed Gay and Lesbian Couples, Sexiest Seniors and Best Celebrity Look- Alike. Win DVD’s of Oscar nominated and winning films from the past and the present.
Much Ado About Books is The Jacksonville Public Library’s annual literary and fundraising event coming up on Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28. The book festival takes place downtown Jacksonville at the Main Library, 303 N. Laura Street. Workshops, luncheons and panel discussions are part of the event. Many of the events are free, but some require tickets. Call (904) 630-2665 or visit www.muchadoaboutbooks.com for more info.
Here is a list of participating authors.
– David Baldacci has published 15 suspense thrillers and two young adult novels. His latest title is Divine Justice.
– Janet Cheatham Bell’s latest book is The Time and Place That Gave Me Life. She has published 10 books, including Victory of the Spirit, Stretch Your Wings and Till Victory Is Won.
– Steve Berry has 7 million copies of his books currently in print worldwide. Berry has earned spots on the best-seller lists of The New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly and BookSense. Berry’s seventh novel, The Charlemagne Pursuit, came out in December.
– C.J. Box is the author of nine novels, including the award-winning Joe Pickett series. St. Martin’s Press will publish his latest stand-alone thriller, Three Weeks to Say Goodbye, by the end of the month.
– Tracy Brown has written five novels, a few short stories and numerous poems. Her novels include White Lines, Criminal Minded, Black and Dime Piece. Her latest book, Twisted, is a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.
– Diane deGroat has done illustrations for more than 120 children’s books. Her picture books about Gilbert the opossum include New York Times best-seller Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink and Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet.
– Marisa Carbone Finotti is a journalist and former teacher who lives in Atlantic Beach. The author’s first middle-grade novel, The Treasure of Amelia Island, is published by Pineapple Press. It is about the Kingsley family and plantation and is set in 1813, when Florida was still a Spanish colony.
– Alex Flinn’s novels, Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose, Fade to Black and Diva (a companion novel to Breathing Underwater) have received numerous honors. Her latest book, Beastly, has been optioned for a feature film.
– Anne D. LeClaire is a former actress, radio news reporter and op-ed columnist. Her work has appeared in Redbook, the Boston Sunday Globe, Yankee and the Sunday New York Times. LeClaire’s memoir, Listening Below the Noise: A Meditation on the Practice of Silence, will be published by HarperCollins in early 2009.
– Paul Malmont is a copy director at an interactive advertising agency in New York. He has written for the Cartoon Network, VH1.com, Pfizer and Microsoft. His second novel, Jack London in Paradise, will be published in early 2009.
– Carla Neggers is the author of more than 50 novels, including The Angel, The Widow and Cold Pursuit.
– Lois Simon is a professional artist. Simon formerly owned an interior design company and served as curator of the Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra Beach. The artist and designer-turned-author has written three children’s books. The most recent, Mac (The Story of A Happy Apple), was co-illustrated with her grandson.
– John Stauffer is chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English at Harvard University. His first book, The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race won numerous awards. Stauffer is also the co-author of Meteor of War: The John Brown Story and the editor of the Modern Library edition of the Frederick Douglass book My Bondage and My Freedom.
-Â Â Â Adriana Trigiani is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright, producer, director, actor, documentary filmmaker and comedian. She adapted her own novel, Big Stone Gap, for the screen. Trigiani will direct the film version, which went into production in the fall of 2008.
About Much Ado About Books
Much Ado About Books is Jacksonville’s largest literary event, bringing national, regional and local authors together with book lovers. The program supports reading for all community members regardless of age and highlights local resources supporting the City’s literacy initiative.
Do you have a hard time explaining how the heart works, or the blood flows or the million other things kids will ask about the human body? For most parents, this is a bit of a struggle.
On February 13th, MOSH opens a new permanent exhibit, called The Body Within. It sounds like this fun and interesting exhibit will become a new favorite for both curious kids and parents. The best way to learn is to experience, and The Body Within let’s you almost take a fascinating journey through the human body.
Visitors will enter through a mouth and then be able to see the skeletal system above, and organs and body systems below.This realistic, and humorous look at the human body, will help visitors gain knowledge about how different organs, for example the heart, function within the body. We can’t wait to experience this one ourselves.