Weekend Briefing: Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Weimar Berlin at CRT, Evita at Playhouse, Paul Renner, Free Museum, J.S. Bach

Weekend: Cloudy, unsettled, chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout, highs in the mid-80s, lows in the mid-70s. Details here.
Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Drought Index is at 63.
The OED’s Word of the Day: obeliscolychny, n..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

Today’s Briefing: Quick Links

• First Light
• In Flagler and Palm Coast
• Flagler Jail Bookings and Sheriff’s Crime Reports
• Announcements
• In State Government
• In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
• The Day’s Best Reads
• Editor’s Tweets
• Fact-Checking the Knaves
• Palm Coast Construction and Development
• Local Road and Interstate Construction
• Cultural Coda

“Many young Puerto Rican-born designers who study and work on the United States mainland or abroad are giving up jobs there with prestigious firms to work on the island, which has a population of 3.5 million. For some, moving back means an opportunity to build on the island’s strong Modernist tradition; for others, it is a chance to address polemical issues of nationalism and identity in design. Most agree that it is simply easier to hang out their shingles in a place where they have friends and family. Whatever the motivation, there’s something profoundly comforting about coming home. […] Old San Juan is an almost perfectly preserved enclave of 16th-century architecture. Other parts of the capital have leafy neighborhoods with a mix of historic and contemporary homes that, regardless of period, best capture island living: generous outdoor living and dining rooms with natural light and ventilation. […] The clean, blocky volumes say high Modernist; the muted green and ochre paint scheme suggests Spanish colonial; the tiny punched openings in the guest wing are vaguely Arab. The wave-patterned patio paving is a traditional Puerto Rican technique called arcamása, a chunky mix of concrete, smashed clay roof tiles and bits of broken glass typically used to pave outdoor plazas. It is also a nod to the wavy patterns of the seaside promenade in Rio de Janeiro of the Brazilian landscape master Roberto Burle-Marx.”

–Raul Barreneche, from “Puerto Rican Architects Return to Green Pastures,” April 20, 2000 New York Times.

Previously:

Alt-right | King on Trump | Ground Zero | Parkman’s hurricane | Walter Lippmann on unions | Teflon Reagan | Millicent Fenwick | Rushdie on an immigrant | Gilgamesh | Birch Bayh on politicians | Uncomfortable books | Are there Nazis? | Bigotry in Niceville, Fla. | Steinbeck on Florida | Bellow | Reagan’s government fallacies | Wedding bells | Right-wing terrorism | McCain’s Watergate | Point of no return | Unseemly soccer | Make America White Again | Nixon’s weak men | Calvin Coolidge | Secession of the successful | Gaming video | Stephen King in disbelief | Renner’s Politics | McCain’s No | Kinsley’s old age | Weird Carlin | McCarthy’s Blivet | Frost on the Novel Justice’s Double-standards | Conklin’s Gab | Nuance | No Americans in America | Cold War’s end | Heresies | Mass and mob | Thoreau’s prose

In Flagler and Palm Coast:

Note: all government meetings noticed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Many can be heard or seen live through each agency’s website.

The Sheriff’s daily incident reports and jail bookings are posted here.

All Flagler County schools are offering free meals to all students today and the rest of the week, by order of the United States Department of Agriculture, and as a consequence of Hurricane Irma.

Free For All Friday on WNZF: Host David Ayres welcomes Flagler Health Department Director Bob Snyder who’ll discuss health and mosquito effects of Irma, Flagler Economic Development Direector Helga van Eckert, who’ll talk about the storm’s economic impact, and Nikki Gaskins, a spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with CareerSource’s Robin King, starting with a commentary by FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam on how government saves lives, all a little after 9 a.m. on WNZF radio.

Friday: Rep. Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican, will be joining Speaker Pro Tempore Jeanette Nuñez, the Miami Republican, on a tour of Flagler and St. Johns Counties to survey the damage from Hurricane Irma and meet with officials to discuss hurricane preparedness and response efforts. He holds a press conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Bunnell at 3:30 p.m. ( 1769 E Moody Blvd., Building 3).

Friday, Saturday, Sunday: City Repertory Theatre opens its 2017-18 season with a staged reading of John Van Druten’s exciting drama, I Am A Camera. An in-depth look at the underbelly of life in pre-World War II Berlin, this is the play on which the award winning musical, “Cabaret,” is based. Annie Gaybis plays Sally Bowles, the role that won Julie Harris her first Tony in 1952. Gaybis, a perennial CRT favorite, is joined by Tyler Adcock as Christopher, a young writer who worships her and Robert O. Dimsey as Clive, a rich American who would buy her affection. Rounding out the cast are Earl Levine, Victoria Page and Leigh Ann Singleton. Audience members have a chance to enter the world of the Weimar Republic before the show in CRT’s newly refurbished lobby with live performances of music from the period. Buy tickets here or call 386-585-9415. Adults, $20, students, $15. See: “From ‘I Am Camera’ To Macbeth, City Repertory Launches Seventh Season Of Razor-Edged Theater.”

Friday through Sunday: Evita, the musical, at the Flagler Playhouse: Evita tells of the life of charismatic political leader Eva Peron, who became the second wife of 1950s Argentine President, Juan Peron. With powerful music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and lyrics by Tim Rice, this wonderful musical follows Evita’s early life, her rise to power, and her death at age 33. The show features that most magnificent showstopper, Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Sunday performance begins at 2 pm. Doors open at 1:30 pm.
Tickets are $25. 301 E. Moody Blvd. Bunnell. Box Office: 386-586-0773 or see the website, www.flaglerplayhouse.com.

Saturday: 2017 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, in Flagler Beach, starting at Veterans Park, registration at 8 a.m., ceremony at 9 a.m., walk at 9:30 a.m., the route is 3 miles. The goal is to raise $85,000. Contact Carly Wille if you’;d like to add your team. See the website. Over 5.3 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s disease. In Florida, over half-a-million people are currently diagnosed; in Flagler County, there are nearly 4,000 people living with Alzheimer’s. An estimated $236 billion will be spent – in America – on care for those with Alzheimer’s and dementia this year alone. And not only are the Alzheimer’s cases growing but the costs are as well; by the year 2050, cost of care for Alzheimer’s and dementia is projected to reach over $1 trillion.

Saturday: 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.

Saturday: Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day At the Agriculture Museum: In the spirit of Smithsonian Museums, who offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to any one presenting a Museum Day Ticket….for free. The Florida Agricultural Museum will participate in this event again this year. Only an official Museum Day Live! Ticket is eligible for free entry. Official tickets can be found on the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! web site. One ticket per household will be available to download for two people. A ticket will provide entry to only one of the participating museums. Please join us for an introduction to your state agricultural museum with its historic structures, heritage livestock, antique farm equipment, and much more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 7900 Old Kings Road North, Palm Coast, Florida 32137.

Saturday: Jacqueline A. Browne Memorial Golf Tournament: The 16th Annual Jacqueline A. Browne Memorial Golf Tournament, originally set for Aug.12 at the Cypress Knoll Golf and Country Club, has been rescheduled for Sept. 23 at the same course. The tournament was rescheduled due to heavy downpours of rain that caused the course to be unplayable. In addition, players who have already paid their entry fee, as of Aug. 25, are entitled to a free round of golf at the course. The free round must be played prior to Sept. 30, 2017. Moreover, other players are still needed for the tournament. And so, please make your $75 check payable to the Flagler County NAACP, located at One Florida Park Drive, Suite 305, Palm Coast, FL 32137. The tournament is at Cypress Knoll Golf and County Club (53 Easthampton Boulevard, Palm Coast, FL), starting at 7 a.m.

The Palm Coast Senior Games are on all week click here for details.

Announcements:

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel. Most legislative proceedings can be followed through the Senate or House websites.

Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, will speak at the Space Coast Symposium, hosted by the Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce. (8 a.m., with Hukill panel discussion at 11 a.m., Space Coast Convention Center, 301 Tucker Lane, Cocoa.)

In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and the Occasional Beyond:

The Day’s Best Reads:

Editor’s Tweets

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Updates of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast usually run here, along with a link to the city’s Week in Review. But the Week in Review, under the guise of being modernized, has become flashier and power-point like while becoming less substantive and dumbed down. We may or may not link to it in future.

Road and Interstate Construction:

• Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda:

Andras Schiff Performs the whole of Bach’s Overture in the French Style in B minor, BWV 831

Previous Codas:

• Alexander Dunn plays Studies by Fernando Sor
• Fandango, by Antonio Soler
• Frescobaldi: Toccata in G, Magdalena Baczewska, harpsichord
• Willie Nelson: Full Concert, Woodstock, 1999
• How playing an instrument benefits your brain
• Mozart’s Requiem: Camerata Salzburg, Arsys Bourgogne, Cond.
• Repairing Willie Nelson’s guitar
• 100 Year Old Self-Playing Violin
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony B minor, Christophe Coin Ensemble Baroque, Limoges
• Wynton Marsalis Septet: Sunflowers (From The Marciac Suite Album)
• Nikolai Kedrov: Otche Nash (Our Father)
• Ludovico Einaudi, “Elegy for the Arctic”
• Black Violin at Apollo Amateur Night
• Bach’s Beer Bottles: The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 1
• Mozart’s Only String Trio, K563
• Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, Ida Haendel, Violin
• Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue: Marcus Roberts Trio, Seiji Ozawa, Cond. (2003)
• Wynton Marsalis takes the Horn Challenge
• Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, Afiara Quartet
• K.D. Lang: The Mind of Love
• World’s Oldest Violin: Marco Rizzi Performs Schumann’s Sonata No. 2 on a 1566 Amati Violin
• Mark Knopfler on Guitars
• Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor, Performed by the Canadian Brass
• The Adventures of Henry Thoreau: A Young Man’s Unlikely Path to Walden Pond
• Macklemore Feat Skylar Grey: Glorious
• Edward Luce On the Retreat of Western Liberalism in the Trump Era
• Why Don’t All Instruments Sound The Same?
• Joachim Horsley’s “Beethoven in Havana”: What the Piano Can Do
• Bojan Cicic and Richard Egarr: Giovanni Carbonelli’s Violin Sonata No. 1
• Voyager: The 116 images NASA wants aliens to see
• Bohemian Rhapsody: Brooklyn Duo and Ft. Dover Quartet
• Down in the River to Pray: University of Texas Tuba/Euphonium Studio
• Brahms : Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Mohsin Hamid in Conversation with Akhil Sharma
• “The Day After” (1983)
• Rui Arayama Performs Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonatas K.427 & K.455
• Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras
• Angelina Jordan, 10 Years Old Norwegian, Sings the Blues: I Put A Spell On You
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755), Concerto in B Minor for five Recorders Op. 15 Nr. 4, Abateva
• Introduction to Bullshit
• Alike: The Best Short Film Ever
• Fauré’s Requiem, Performed by the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Choeur Accentus
• Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, Reformation: Jérémie Rhorer Conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra