Weekend: Mild, highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s throughout. 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 Index121
The OED’s Word of the Day: Lentiner, 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 Last 24 Hours of Incident 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
“It is easier to be original and foolish than to be original and wise; there are a thousand possible errors for every truth, and mankind, with all its efforts, has not yet exhausted the possibilities.”
–From Will Durant’s “The Age of Louis XIV” (1963).
Previously:
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.
Friday: The Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets at 9 a.m. at the Hammock Community Center, 79 Malacompra Road.
Friday: Rymfire Elementary School hosts a Career Day, all day, at the school, 1425 Rymfire Dr, Palm Coast.
Friday: Flagler County Job Fair, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Daytona State College’s Palm Coast Campus, 3000 Palm Coast Parkway. Last year 50+ businesses & over 500 job seekers participated in the Flagler County Job Fair, which was hosted by the Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity, CareerSourceFV, Daytona State College and the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce.
Friday: The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) holds a Truck Parking Stakeholder Meeting for the FDOT District Five Truck Parking Study. Flagler County is part of District 5. The study purpose is to address the shortage of available truck parking spaces, identify solutions that will support truck drivers and plan for the anticipated need over the next 10 to 20 years. The Stakeholder Meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon at the FDOT Urban Office at 133 S. Semoran Boulevard, Orlando. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in group discussion and provide input following the presentation of existing truck parking conditions and preliminary study findings.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Shakespeare In the Park: A co-production of City Repertory Theatre and the Palm Coast Arts Foundation: Join both as they present the Foundation’s first Shakespeare in the Park with Macbeth, Friday at 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, $25/$30, 7 p.m. start, and Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Students with ID get in for $10. Call 386/225-4394 or go here to book tickets.
Friday, Saturday: The Flagler Palm Coast High Thespians present “Leading ladies,” by Ken Ludwig, at 7 p.m. at the Flagler Auditorium on Friday, and both 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students, not including an Auditorium ticketing fee. Buy tickets online at flaglerauditorium.org.
Friday: Staatskapelle Weimar Orchestra, with Vadym Kholodenko, Piano and conductor Kirill Karabits, in Concert at the Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, 7 p.m. Tickets range from $39 to $60. In their first tour in North America, this will be your chance to hear an orchestra with a glorious history, including close associations with Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. Founded in 1491, the world renowned Staatskapelle (which means “Court Chapel”) Weimar Orchestra is the oldest in Germany. Piano soloist, Vadym Kholodenko is the 2013 winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Leading the orchestra will be the 2013 Royal Philharmonic Music Awards “Conductor of the Year,” Maestro Kirill Karabits, who will bring his energizing presence to the podium. The Peabody Auditorium is at 600 Auditorium Boulevard, Daytona Beach. Reach the box office from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Fruday and Saturdays from 10 to 2 at 386/671-3462. Details and tickets here.
Friday, Saturday: Pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs with the Jacksonville Symphony under the direction of Nathan Aspinall in performances of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, widely regarded as one of the most fiendishly difficult in the repertoire, and Shostakovich’s first great, clandestinely subversive anti-Soviet work, the powerful Fifth Symphony. at 8 p.m. both evenings, Jacoby Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, 300 Water Street, Suite 200, Jacksonville. Tickets here.
Saturday: Flagler Volunteer Services’ annual gala fundraising event is at the Hilton Garden Inn at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “Carnival in Venice.” Tickets are $50 per person and $45 per person for FVS Volunteers. The evening will feature performances by the talented members of the Flagler Youth Orchestra as well as the Flagler Palm Coast High School Dance Group. The emcee for the evening is School Board Member Andy Dance. Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland will once again be the Auctioneer. Come and bid on some of the amazing auction items featuring restaurants, hotels, theater tickets, golf courses, theme parks and many more. Two unique items include a ride-along with Sheriff Rick Staly himself, and a ride-along with storm chaser Ed Siarkowicz of The Scud Buster Diaries. For additional information please contact us at (386) 597-2950. Buy your tickets here or call 386/597-2950 and ask for Josephine, or email her here.
Saturday: Flagler County Schools host their 4th annual classroom-to-careers Flagship Showcase, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wasdworth Elementary and Buddy Taylor Middle’s cafeteria, off Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast.
Saturday: Flagler County is hosting its 4th Annual Native American Festival at Princess Place Preserve complete with dancing, wildlife exhibits, weapons demonstrations, encampments and displays. The festival will run Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is organized by the Flager County Parks & Recreation Department and by the Deep Forest Native American Experience. General admission is $5 per car load, up to four, and $1 for each additional passenger. Event Contact: 386-313-4020.
Photography Workshop with Ed Siarkowicz at Marineland: Join award-winning photographer Ed Siarkowicz on a photographic tour of Flagler County’s barrier island. Exploring Marineland and the nearby beach will allow participants to photograph intriguing coquina rock outcrops, dunes, and beach in classic seascape, landscape, abstract, and macro photographic styles to capture the natural beauty of Marineland. Our photographic workshops are designed to advance beginning and more experienced photographers, even those who only use their cellphones for picture-taking. 9 a.m. at Marineland Dolphin Adventure 9600 N Ocean Shore Blvd, Marineland, $99 plus tax per artist. Event Website: http://www.flagleroceanartgallery.com/mdaworkshops.html Event Contact: 386-693-4882.
Saturday: Flagler County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin, born in 1961, is 57
Saturday: George Winston: One of the world’s most recognized contemporary solo pianists — and former Stetson student — George Winston performs a benefit concert in support of Stetson University’s School of Music Scholarship Fund. Winston won the distinguished Alumni Award in 1997 and was awarded a Doctor of Arts and Letters Honorary Degree in 2004. This exceptional event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Lee Chapel in Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32723. General admission tickets are $40 per person. A limited number of tickets are available for VIP seating and a post-concert reception with George Winston. Both can be purchased at www.stetson.edu/music-tickets.
Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:
- Saturday: Epic Theaters, Town Center, Palm Coast, from noon to 6 p.m.
- Sunday: Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours' Incidents in Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell
Jail Bookings, June 19-22 Sheriff's night shift incident reports, June 21 Sheriff's day shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's night shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's day shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's night shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's day shift incident reports, June 21 |
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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.
MARIJUANA PESTICIDE USE AT ISSUE: The Florida Department of Health will hold a hearing about a proposed rule dealing with pesticide use on marijuana. (Friday, 10 a.m., Betty Easley Conference Center, 4075 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee.)
—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive
In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and the Occasional Beyond:
https://twitter.com/elainejgodfrey/status/966825571991900165
An armed deputy was outside Florida school when rampage took place but chose not to confront the shooter https://t.co/WiWHUW8R4l pic.twitter.com/MpJGMXjNjG
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 23, 2018
The history of anti-literature: Whether Plato's denouncing literary fantasy or Oscar Wilde's labeling art useless, they are unintentional tributes: The history of anti-literature: Whether Plato's denouncing literary fantasy or Oscar Wilde's… https://t.co/SmWjQJ8TJ1 #News pic.twitter.com/mK9Yyu1yYv
— Philosophy News (@philosophynws) February 23, 2018
Brazil: President Temer Deploys Military to Police Rio de Janeiro https://t.co/SvxcySSWGZ
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) February 23, 2018
Inside Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir’s rise from Olympic figure skaters to beloved commentators https://t.co/apv63dN1Jx
— TIME (@TIME) February 23, 2018
This 392-Year-Old Bonsai Tree Survived the Hiroshima Atomic Blast & Still Flourishes Today https://t.co/f2n2kCZ6L3 pic.twitter.com/e4WD3M1Flt
— Open Culture (@openculture) February 23, 2018
Keep Up with Donald Trump’s attacks on the press through the ACLU’s running tab here.
Keep Up with mass shootings in a running database here.
Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports
Here’s a summary of the latest city developments as of Feb. 16, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.
Click to access week-in-review-palm-coast-feb-16-20181.pdf
Road and Interstate Construction:
Albert Camus’ Historic Lecture, “The Human Crisis,” Performed by Actor Viggo Mortensen
Previous Codas:
- Swinging Bach
- Keith Jarrett Standards Trio
- Anoushka Shankar Ensemble
- Jacques Loussier Play Bach Trio: a 2007 Concert
- Abdel Rahman el Bacha Plays Two Nocturnes by Chopin
- Edith Mathis’s Creations
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason: No Woman No Cry, Cello Version
- Viotti’s Violin Concerto No 23 in G Major, Performed by Jennifer Jeon
- Bruckner’s Symphony Nr. 7 at the Lucerne Frestival
- Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in the style of Chopin: Syd R Duke
- Nikolai Kapustin performing Prelude, op. 53, no. 11
- Ray Chen, Sarabande from Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor
- It’s A Small World: Ken Kubota and Friends
- Maria Callas: The Mike Wallace Interview
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Wq 164
- The Cranberries: Linger
- Martha Argerich Performs Liszt’s Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major
- Vivaldi’s Winter in a Wintry Performance By Milan Řehák
- Bach: Musical Offering BWV 1079, Concert des Nations Jordi Savall
- Bach: Sonata for Gamba and Harpsichord in G minor, BWV 1029
- Claude Debussy, La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Préludes
- Bach’s Complete Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Bach Soloists
- Angels in Heaven: Chris Rodrigues and the Spoon Lady
- Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
- Brendel Performs Schubert’s A Major Sonata No. 22, D. 959
- The New York Philharmonic in a 2016 Performance of Dvorak’s New World Symphony
- Alexander Gavrylyuk Plays Bach İtalian Concerto
Pogo says
“It is easier to be original and foolish than to be original and wise; there are a thousand possible errors for every truth, and mankind, with all its efforts, has not yet exhausted the possibilities.”
–From Will Durant’s “The Age of Louis XIV” (1963).
Amen.
Now, a few words in praise of optimism’s occasional triumph over experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9uM6BBKfO8
10,000 year clock gets lowered into Texan mountain
“Conceived by US engineer and entrepreneur Danny Hills, the Clock of the Long Now aims to shift humanity’s thinking away from the immediate, inspiring a more long-term view of the world and our place in it…”
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/10000-year-clock-texan-mountain/
Pogo says
@Forgot to say: I think Camus, and Viggo, would admire the absurdity of the clock.