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♦ August 17: The Inspired Mic, Palm Coast's most daring and unpredictable open mic event, is scheduled for its monthly edition at The New Europa, European Village. 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, Unit 101, Palm Coast. Doors open at 6 p.m. and presenters begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.50 advance, available at theinspiredmicus.com, or $15 at the door. Tickets include one drink (beer, wine, soda, tea, water). The Inspired Mic is a production of Michael Ray King. The monthly event is scheduled for every third Thursday of the month.
♦ August 18-20: Seventh Annual Fall Home and Garden Show at the Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach (http://www.oceancenter.com/). The Volusia County Fall Home and Garden Show offers thousands of square feet of exhibits where you’ll find the latest in products and services, materials, decks, pools, spas, entertainment systems, storage, plants, landscape displays/materials, kitchenware and much more. Visitors can meet celebrity guest Skip Bedell, cohost of Spike TV's "Catch a Contractor." Other event highlights include landscape, gardening and water features; a complete selection of home improvement items; a new product zone; a kids' zone; a pet zone where you can adopt pets; and other fun activities. Show hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 18, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 19, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 20. Admission is by cash or check only. Adults (17 and older) are $7, seniors are $6, and children age 16 and under are free. Active duty military are $6 with valid ID. For more information, visit www.volusiacountyhomeandgardenshow.com.
♦August 19: Enrollment Day at Daytona State College from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the college’s Daytona Beach Campus gives students an opportunity to join the Falcon community and complete everything from admission to registration. Students start by completing a Daytona State application, then meet with an Admissions Advisor and Financial Aid Counselor, take an assessment test (if applicable), meet with an Academic Advisor, and then lock in their schedule. Daytona Beach Campus, Wetherell Center (Bldg. 100), 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach. Students unable to attend Enrollment Day can take advantage of DSC’s extended registration hours for summer and fall classes, Aug. 7 through Sept. 1 at the Flagler/Palm Coast Campus from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, and at the Daytona Beach Campus from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday. For more information about the Enrollment Saturday event, e-mail Admissions@DaytonaState.edu or call (386) 506-4471. Details here.
♦ August 19: The Columbian Club of Palm Coast, a distant cousin of the Knights of Columbus, hosts its Midsummer Night's Dream evening, featuring Captain Kirk, with cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., $22 a person. Tickets available at the club 51 Old Kings Rd North Palm Coast, or call 386-446-5632.
♦ August 19: The Flagler County Republican Club is kicking off the 2018 electoral campaign with an 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. barbecue party at Princess Place Preserve, for $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Visit www.flaglergop.org for more information. Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, the Republican Party of Florida Chairman, will cut the ribbon on the 2018 Election Season at 2 p.m. The event is emcee'd by Flagler County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin, with tours of the historic Princess Place House by retired Flagler Clerk of Courts Gail Wadsworth. Bring your best cake or pie and compete for a chance to take home top honors in the inaugural Blue Ribbon Cake & Pie Contest. Tickets here.
♦ August 19: Academy Day at Spruce Creek High School, 801 Taylor Road, Port Orange, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., where middle and high school students are encouraged to attend to learn about enrolling in any of the armed services.
♦ August 21: The East Flagler Mosquito Control District board meets at 10 a.m. at the district's offices, 210 Airport Executive Drive. It is the first board meeting since the district revealed that it had a $1.1 million deficit in its $1.8 million budget. The district's three board members are expected to hear a plan on closing the gap, including the sale of district assets, layoffs and other cutbacks. They are also expected to decide how to handle the retirement of Director Joe Cash, who has been at the agency since 1978. See: "Flagler Mosquito Control District In Crisis as It Faces $1.1 Million Deficit in $1.8 Million Budget, Weeks After Dedicating New HQ."
♦ August 21: For the first time since 1979, a total eclipse of the sun will cut a path across the center of the contiguous United States. In Florida, you can see the eclipse beginning at 1:18 p.m., peaking at 2:49 p.m., and ending at 4:13 p.m. (Thank you Dennis C. for the correction of our earlier times, and for the precision.) The next such eclipse will be in 2024 and 2044. Details of the eclipse here.
♦ August 22: The Flagler Sheriff's Domestic Violence Task Force meets at 10 a.m. at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Operations, 901 E Moody Blvd. Bunnell, Fl. 32110. The task force, chaired by Undersheriff Jack Bisland, is hoping to complete a draft report by October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The task force is working on a definition of domestic violence, which currently reads as follows: "Domestic Violence: Physical, emotional, sexual, psychological, verbal, digital and economic violence and the threat of same to include: stalking, false imprisonment, assault, battery, intimidation, power, control, estrangement and abuse involving families and encompassing persons relationally involved, dating and living in the same household." The definition is a work in progress.
♦ August 22: Town hall meeting featuring Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly, School Board member Janet McDonald, and County Commissioner Greg Hansen, at the Portuguese American Cultural Center, 1200 Palm Harbor Parkway, Palm Coast, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
♦ August 24: Flagler School Superintendent James Tager is the featured speaker at the Common Ground breakfast presented by the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce at 8 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 55 Town Center Blvd., Palm Coast. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Members can preregister for $25, day of is $30, Guests can attend for $35.
♦ August 25: Happy 101St Birthday National Park Service! Celebrate the anniversary of the National Park Service with free admission to the Castillo de San Marcos. Location: 1 S Castillo Dr., St. Augustine, 32084. For more information, call (904) 829-6506 or visit www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm.
♦ August 26: First Aid and CPR/AED class all day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Palm Coast Fire Station 25, 1250 Belle Terre Pkwy., Palm Coast. This class is a 7-hour course (one hour for lunch) designed to meet OSHA regulations and teach administering CPR to children and adults, using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), using a mask or barrier device, assisting with bleeding, broken bones. $5/person with pre-registration required by 9 a.m. Aug. 24. Sign up at www.palmcoastgov.com/cpr. More info: cprcertification@palmcoastgov.com or 386-986-2300.
♦ August 26: The Columbian Club of Palm Coast, a distant cousin of the Knights of Columbus, hosts a Roaring Twenties dinner and dance party, with music by Debbie Owen and Tony T, with cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., $25 a person. Tickets available by calling Maria Laurent at 904/430-3381.
♦ August 26: Wine Walk and Art Walk, 10 to 5 p.m., New Smyrna Beach: Starting at 1 p.m., explore over 100 interesting wines inside local pubs, galleries and restaurants during this monthly progressive wine tasting event. Wine tasting passports are $25 and are available at Exit Realty (Flagler & Peninsula), at the tent at Flagler Avenue and Cooper Street, or at the corner of Peninsula Drive and Flagler Avenue. Passports include 20 tasting tickets and a keepsake wine glass. Some locations feature both one- and multi-ticket wines to sample. Those who want to share their 20 tasting tickets with a friend may get an additional wine glass for $5. Flagler Avenue will NOT be closed for this event, which takes place inside sponsor locations. Starting at 10 a.m.,
nearly a dozen local and Florida artists scatter along Flagler Avenue at 12 retail locations. Artists change each month to offer a unique variety of fine art and crafts. Sponsored by for more information, please call (386) 428-1770.
♦ August 26: Kick International hosts a Florida State Championship at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. The event is devoted to youth and features a complete circuit of tournaments, camps and seminars designed to provide young martial artists with a safe, fair and motivating environment in which to test their skills. For event details, visit www.kickusa.com.
♦ August 28: The Flagler County Stamp and Coin Club holds it monthly meeting. Doors open at 4:30 pm. The first 90 minutes are set aside for buying, selling and trading stamps and coins. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:30 pm. There is a live auction of stamps and coins at the end of the meeting. The club is open for members, the general public, and all who are interested in stamp and coin collecting and investing. Free stamps and coin evaluations at all meetings. FCS&CC is the only non-profit Stamp and Coin Club, Inc., in Flagler County. For more information please visit the club’s web site http://www.stampandcoinclub.com or email the president at stampandcoin@hotmail.com.
♦ August 30: ElderSource facilitates a senior focus group to discuss the development of additional programs for seniors in Flagler County and the function of an expanded community center in Palm Coast. As the city looks to its future and plans for a new facility, the City Council thought it would be in the best interest of the project to seek feedback, questions and commentary from the community before the project progressed any further. Any interested persons or parties are invited to attend and participate in this discussion. ElderSource is a non-profit agency designated by the state as the Area Agency on Aging and Aging & Disability Resource Center for Northeast Florida. The focus group is scheduled for 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the community wing of Palm Coast City Hall, 160 Lake Avenue, in Town Center. If you are unable to attend and would like to submit comments, please email nancy.tufts@myeldersource.org and these will be shared at the meeting.
♦ August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day. An event to mark the occasion is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Flagler Beach's Veterans Park, including a memorial service.
♦ Sept. 8-10: Spanish Wine Festival in St. Augustine. Drink and eat your way through St. Augustine’s Spanish Heritage. The Spanish Wine Festival offers an array of events throughout the weekend. The Festival kicks the weekend off with a Cava Reception and Dinner with fireworks ending the evening. Saturday will hold a traditional pig roast with fine Spanish wines and beers along with a Batalla, where participants will dress in white and decorate their friends and strangers with red wine. All proceeds go to local charities. For more information, visit https://cityspin.com/staugustine/e/st-augustine-spanish-wine-festival. Location: St. Augustine Shipyard, 117 Dockside Drive, St. Augustine.
♦ Sept. 9: 10th Annual Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup: This special event will pull together community volunteers to remove trash in and along the Intracoastal Waterway, its walkways and canals. Walkers can clean Palm Coast’s paths and trails, and boaters can work in saltwater canals and Intracoastal waters. The clean-up adventure will begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 9, at Holland Park, 18 Florida Park Drive, Palm Coast, where supplies will be distributed to commence the morning activities. Following the cleanup and trash drop-off, volunteers are invited back to Holland Park for refreshments and a special awards ceremony to recognize those who found the most unique trash. Pre-registration is available until Saturday, Aug. 19, on the Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup website, www.palmcoastgov.com/icwc, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at Palm Coast City Hall, 160 Lake Ave, and at Frieda Zamba Swimming Pool, 339 Parkview Drive, Palm Coast. Registration is also welcomed on event day at Holland Park, and on the website through noon Sept. 8, but supplies will be limited; volunteer packages with supplies are guaranteed only for those who pre-register by Aug. 19.
♦ Sept. 9-14: The Annual Palm Coast Senior Games: Adults ages 50+ can now sign up for this year’s Senior Games, offering competition in 11 sports. Registration is $15 and includes a T-shirt and participation in one sports event; participation in each additional sports event is $15. Competition is offered in nine different age categories. To see the schedule and learn more, visit www.palmcoastgov.com/seniorgames. Registration can be accessed from the Senior Games website or directly at www.palmcoastgov.com/register. Athletes may also register in person at the Palm Coast Tennis Center, 1290 Belle Terre Pkwy., or at Parks & Recreation Department offices at Frieda Zamba Swimming Pool, 339 Parkview Drive, Palm Coast.
♦ Sept. 9: The Founding of St. Augustine: Florida Living History, Inc., Mission Nombre de Dios and the Diocese of St. Augustine present the free, annual, historical re-enactment of the Admiral Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles landing and founding of the city of St. Augustine in the year 1565. Location: Mission Nombre de Dios, 27 Ocean Ave., St. Augustine. For more information, call (877) 352-4478 or visit www.floridalivinghistory.org.
♦ Sept. 10: Florida Chamber Music Concerts. Join the Florida Chamber Music Project for a remarkable fifth season of the finest chamber music at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach. General Admission Seating, $25 a ticket. Contact: 904/209-0399. Time of the concert: 3 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. Today's concert program: Webern’s “Langsamer Satz” and Schubert’s String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden.”
♦ Sept. 13: FlaglerCares, a coalition of health care and social service agencies in the county, presents its findings on mental health and suicide prevention at a 6 p.m. meeting in Training Room 3 on the third floor of the Government Services Building, Bunnell.
♦ Sept. 16-17: A celebration of the historic Lincolnville community through live music, food and drink. This year’s festival will include free live music and dancing, and fun activities for children. Location: 399 Riberia St., St. Augustine. For more information, call (904) 829-3918 or visit https://www.visitstaugustine.com/event/lincolnville-festival.
♦ Sept. 23: Florida Heritage Book Festival: Each year The Florida Heritage Book Festival showcases Florida’s rich and diverse literary legacy with author presentations which promise to delight book lovers and provide inspiration for aspiring authors. Location: Flagler College, Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St., St. Augustine. For more information, visit www.fhbookfest.com.
♦ September 26: David Williamson, founder and President of the Central Florida Freethought Community and a plaintiff suing the Brevard County Commission for its overtly religious invocation policy, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Atlantic Coast Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Flagler County Public Library Main Branch, 2500 Palm Coast Pkwy NW, Palm Coast. The meeting is open to the public, all are welcome. There is no charge and no advance arrangements need be made. For further information call 804-914-4460. (See the full complaint in the case, 6:15-cv-01098, and exhibits. The commission's answer is here. See the Brevard prayer policy here. See the transcript of the motion for summary judgment from March 17, 2017. See briefs by the plaintiff here and here, and by Brevard here.
♦ Sept. 27: A re-hearing is scheduled before Circuit Judge Scott DuPont in the case of the Flagler Beach Marina v. the City of Flagler Beach (2010 CA 000456), brought by Howard Sklar, owner of the Marina. The two sides were close to a settlement until a breakdown in talks over a building Sklar no longer wanted to build on the property. He is seeking the court's clarification from a 2016 order. Absent a renegotiation or settlement, the hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 301 at the Flagler County Courthouse.
♦ Sept. 29: The Young Professional Group of Flagler County, an organization under the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce, hosts a Farm-to-Table Dinner, presented by the Florida Farm Bureau of Flagler County. Produce and proteins from our local farms will be artfully prepared by local chefs. The event will take place at WP Rawl & Jankowski Farms in Bunnell starting at 6:30 p.m. The event is a fundraiser for youth programs in Flagler County, divvied up between the YPG’s own Youth Leadership Flagler program, the local Future Farmers of America and 4-H Youth Development programs and the high school culinary programs. All are invited. Tickets are $100 per person. Price includes five-course meal, open bar and live entertainment. There are a limited number of seats being sold. Please register online at www.flaglerchamber.org.
♦ Oct. 4-Jan. 7: Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times: See the costumes of Award-winning TV series Downton Abbey. Displayed inside the Grand Ballroom Gallery, The Lightner Museum will hold an exquisite exhibition of 36 costumes and accessories, some of which are being restored and seen for the very first time as part of the exhibition. For more information, call 904-824-2874 or visit http://lightnermuseum.org. Location: 75 King Street, St. Augustine. Complement your visit to ​Dressing Downton with an elegant afternoon English tea and a screening of the film Gosford Park, a British mystery about the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at an English country home in 1932 as they investigate a murder. For more information, call 904-679-5736 or visit www.historiccoastculture.com/event/afternoon-tea-film-corazon. Location: 36 Granada Street, St. Augustine.
♦ Oct. 7: Founding of the Castillo Celebration and Re-enactment: Join National Park Service rangers and 17th-century Spanish re-enactors as St. Augustine celebrates the history of the Castillo de San Marcos. Established on Oct. 2, 1672, the fort was the guardian of colonial San Agustín. Today, this National Park Monument is the oldest masonry fortress in the continental United States. On its anniversary, families can participate in activities and watch a historical re-enactment from Florida Living History of the fort’s groundbreaking on the Castillo lawn for free. Admission inside the Castillo is $10 for adults and free for children under 15. Location: 1 S Castillo Dr., St. Augustine. For more information, email info@floridalivinghistory.org or visit www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm.
♦ Oct. 8: The Flagler County League Of Cities, a gathering of the county's mayors, meets at noon at Palm Coast City Hall in Town Center.
♦ Oct. 9: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting several goliath grouper public workshops throughout the state starting July 31 to gather input on goliath grouper management, including the possibility of a limited harvest in Florida state waters. Fifteen workshops were scheduled between July and September, with the one closest to Flagler today in Jacksonville, from 5 to 8 p.m., Pablo Creek Regional Library, 13295 Beach Blvd. If you can't attend, you may comment online here. More details on the workshops here.
♦ Oct. 11: Elizabeth Kolbert, author of "The Sixth Extinction," is the featured speaker at the Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series, and will deliver a lecture, "On The Fate Of The Earth," commemorating the 25-year anniversary of the publication of Schell's book by that name, on the consequences of nuclear war. Presented by The New School, at the 12th Street Auditorium, New York City. Watch the previous lecture in the series, by Bill McKibben, here.
♦ Oct. 15: Pink Army 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk, raising Money for Breast Cancer Awareness, Education and Screening. Race starts at Florida Hospital Pink Army 5K start - 7:45 a.m. One mile pet friendly walk also available. Information and registration here.
♦ Oct. 22: Florida Chamber Music Concerts. Join the Florida Chamber Music Project for a remarkable fifth season of the finest chamber music at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach. General Admission Seating, $25 a ticket. Contact: 904/209-0399. Time of the concert: 3 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. Today's concert program: Weber’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat, “Fantasia” Adagio ma non troppo, “Rondo” Allegro giocoso and Brahm’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, “Opus 115” with guest artist Peter Wright, clarinet.
♦ Nov. 2: Town hall meeting featuring Flagler County School Board member Andy Dance, Superintendent James Tager and County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin, at 5:30 p.m. at the Hidden Trails Community Center, 6108 Mahogany Blvd., Bunnell.
♦ Jan. 7: Florida Chamber Music Concerts. Join the Florida Chamber Music Project for a remarkable fifth season of the finest chamber music at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach. General Admission Seating, $25 a ticket. Contact: 904/209-0399. Time of the concert: 3 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. Today's concert program: Boccherini’s Quartet “Opus 58”, No. 4 G245 in B minor, Puccini’s “Crisantemi”, Nino Rota’s String Quartet and Wolf’s Italian Serenade.
♦ April 8: Florida Chamber Music Concerts. Join the Florida Chamber Music Project for a remarkable fifth season of the finest chamber music at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach. General Admission Seating, $25 a ticket. Contact: 904/209-0399. Time of the concert: 3 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. Today's concert program: Schubert’s String Trio in B flat, D. 471 and Quintet for Piano and Strings in A, D. 667 “The Trout” with guest artists Hyunsoon Whang, piano and Jason Lindsay, double bass.
♦ May 6: Florida Chamber Music Concerts. Join the Florida Chamber Music Project for a remarkable fifth season of the finest chamber music at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra Beach. General Admission Seating, $25 a ticket. Contact: 904/209-0399. Time of the concert: 3 p.m. Gates open at 2 p.m. Today's concert program: Mozart’s String Quartet in A Major, K. 464 and Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “From My Life.”