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Flagler Beach Centennial Community Dinner’s Ticket Deadline Is Friday

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Centennial Community Dinner will be held at Veterans Park, seen here from the balcony of a room at Compass by Margaritaville, one of the Centennial's sponsors. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach continues to host a series of monthly events to mark its centennial, highlighted by a 300-seat Community Dinner at Veterans Park that will be catered by 15 city restaurants, but tickets are limited and the deadline to buy them is Friday. 

Dallas String Quartet Unleashes Bach ’n’ Roll Classical Crossover at Palm Coast Concert

April 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Dallas String Quartet includes, from left: guitarist Joel White, violinist Melissa Priller, violinist Valory Hight, bassist Young Heo, violist and founder Ion Zanca, and drummer-percussionist Efren Guzman Jr. Photo by Kathy Tran Photography

The Dallas String Quartet has continued to invigorate the so-called “classical crossover” genre with seven albums that find them infusing elements from Bach, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius and other classical composers into their arrangements of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir,” Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” AC/DC’s “Back in Black” and “Thunderstruck,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” and many more. They’re in concert at the Flagler Auditorium,/Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center Friday.

Palm Coast Songwriters Festival Set for April 30

March 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Michael Ray is among the performers at the 2025 Palm Coast Soongwriters Festival starting April 30. (DCS)

Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches, the City of Palm Coast and the Flagler County Cultural Council are teaming up to kick off the 2025 Palm Coast Songwriters Festival – and celebrate the grand reopening of Daytona State College’s Flagler/Palm Coast Campus Amphitheater – with a special charity show on Wednesday, April 30.

Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra to Perform Music of Mendelssohn and Dvorak at March 23 Concert

March 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Violinist Olga Kolpakova will be featured during “Romancing the Strings,” a March 23 concert by the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra. Photo provided by Daytona Solisti

Composer Felix Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto in E Minor, performed by violinist Olga Kolpakova, will be featured during “Romancing the Strings,” a concert by the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra. The concert, which is the final performance of Daytona Solisti’s 2025 Winter Festival celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary, also will include Mendelssohn’s lively String Sinfonia No. 2 and Antonin Dvorak’s famous Serenade for Strings, Op. 22.

Daytona Solisti String Quartet Will Feature Mozart, Irish Tunes and Guest Guitar Soloist Miles McConnell

January 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Guitarist Miles McConnell will perform classical works and Irish tunes at Daytona Solisti’s Feb. 16 concert, “Chamber Music Masterpieces.” (Miles McConnell)

A work Mozart wrote for a king, but which the cash-strapped composer sold “for a song” to a music publisher, will be featured during “Chamber Music Masterpieces,” a concert by the Daytona Solisti String Quartet. The concert, the second in Daytona Solisti’s Winter Festival celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary, also will include a Mozart serenade featured in the 1984 Oscar-winning biopic “Amadeus,” and Orlando-based guitarist Miles McConnell will perform classical works and Irish tunes.

Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra Opens 20th Concert Season Jan. 19 with ‘Baroque and Classical Gems’

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra includes Susan Pitard Acree, founder and music director, front row second from right. The orchestra also includes violinist Olga Kolpakova, front left; pianist Dr. Michael Rickman, front second from left; and cellist Joseph Corporon, immediately behind Acree. Photo by Anthony Scaggs

The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra will open their Winter Festival – the group’s 20th concert season – with “Baroque and Classical Gems,” featuring Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, a work by his youngest son Johann Christian Bach, and an original piece, based on a 17th-century Lutheran hymn, by Solisti principal cellist Joseph Corporon.

Bob Dylan’s Creative Leap

December 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Dylan and singer-songwriter Mimi Farina relax at the Viking Hotel in Newport, R.I., in July 1964.

The Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter. Sixty years ago, on Halloween Night 1964, a 23-year-old Dylan took the stage at New York City’s Philharmonic Hall. He had become a star within the niche genre of revivalist folk music.

Holiday Concert Featuring Ashley Estevez at The Stage in Palm Coast’s Town Center

November 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Get ready to kick off the holiday season with free live music as the City of Palm Coast presents The Holiday Concert at The Stage at Town Center, at 1500 Central Ave, Palm Coast. The concert will take place on Thursday, December 5, from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring singer-songwriter Ashley Estevez performing beloved holiday classics in a cozy, outdoor setting.

Quincy Jones, Epic Transformer of America’s Sounds

November 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Quincy Jones left his indelible touch on some of the 20th century’s most iconic albums.

Quincy Jones transformed our understanding of musical arrangement. His work spanned decades and genres, from jazz and pop to hip-hop and film scoring. He worked with pop icons like Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, and also collaborated with lesser-known artists such as Lesley Gore and Tevin Campbell.

Flagler Auditorium’s New Season Launches with St. Augustine Orchestra, and a Special Violinist, Sunday

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

St. Augustine Orchestra conductor and artistic director Scott Gregg with trumpeter Andrea Albritton. (St. Augustine Orchestra)

When the SAO, which lacks its own permanent performing space in St. Augustine and plays at high schools, churches and other venues across Northeast Florida, reached out to the Fitzgerald to rent its theater for a concert, Fulmer and the performing arts center governing board saw an opportunity they didn’t want to slip away: to bring back classical music performances to the local stage.

Echoing Air’s Free Baroque Concert at DSC Saturday

June 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Echoing Air, the Indianapolis-based Baroque chamber ensemble, presents a free concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Jeanne M. Goddard Center on the campus of Daytona State College, at 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. in Daytona Beach.

Beethoven’s Ninth at 200

May 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven’s remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY

Symphony No. 9, sometimes referred to as the Choral Symphony, was the capstone to Beethoven’s extraordinary career. In the 200 years since its debut, the symphony has become an essential composition in the orchestral repertoire and is often cited as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.

No Back-Up Plan: Palm Coast Hip-Hop Artist Devante Collins Is Working for His Big Break

March 1, 2024 | Michael Lewis | 3 Comments

Devante Collins

Devante Collins, whose stage name is Devante, The Artist, graduated from Flagler Palm Coast High School in 2015 and has been on a trek to breakthrough as a hip hop artist, writer and producer since in Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio, Philadelphia and now back in Florida. He performs tonight at a Justice for Hip Hop music festival in Jacksonville, at the Justice Pub at 315 East Bay St.

Daytona Solisti Takes On Schubert’s Romantic Realms in January Concert

December 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Daytona Solisti concert “Romantic Realms – Music of Schubert” will feature the Rickman-Acree-Corporon Piano Trio performing a Franz Schubert work that was never played publicly during the Austrian composer’s brief lifetime. “Romantic Realms – Music of Schubert” will be presented at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach, where Solisti is in residence again this concert season.

Gamble Rogers Folk Festival’s Monthly Concert Series at Waterworks

November 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Gamble Rogers, in a detail from the plaque in his honor at Gamble Rogers State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach. The plaque would be the only remnant to his memory if the area's name is changed in accordance with the city's wishes. (© FlaglerLive)

For over 25 years, the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival has celebrated the indelible mark he left on folk music. Now in its second year, the “Live From The Waterworks” Concert Series celebrates Rogers’ legacy by showcasing musicians that echo his hallmark talents – fingerstyle guitar artistry and storytelling.

How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Became Halloween’s Theme Song

October 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

In Bach’s era, the pipe organ was one of the world’s most technologically advanced instruments.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is an organ work composed in the early 18th century. Most people today recognize it as a sonic icon of a certain type of fear: haunting and archaic, the kind of thing likely to be manufactured by someone – a ghost, perhaps – wearing a tuxedo and lurking in an abandoned mansion.

Nat Adderley Jr. Performs for NEFJA’s Scholarship Concert Supper on Oct. 29

October 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A screenshot from a video of the Natt Adderley Jr. Quartet in concert in April 2022. See the full video below.

The North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) is proud to announce that the Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet featuring internationally acclaimed Jazz pianist, bandleader, producer and arranger Nat Adderley, Jr. will be performing a concert at NEFJA’s 20th annual Jeep McCoy Memorial Scholarship Concert Supper, Sunday, October 29 at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach.

All-Beethoven Concert Opens Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra’s New Season

September 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Rickman-Acree-Corporon Piano Trio will perform “Romantic Realms – Music of Schubert” on Jan. 14 at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church in Ormond Beach. The trio includes, from left: violinist and Solisti founder Susan Pitard Acree, pianist Michael Rickman, and cellist Joseph Corporon. Photo provided by Daytona Solisti.

The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra will open its 2023-24 season with “Beethovenfest,” an all-Beethoven concert, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church in Ormond Beach, with pianist Michael Rickman, violinist and Solisti founder Susan Pitard Acree, and cellist Joseph Corporon.

How a Palm Coast Organization Is Keeping Jazz Alive in Northeast Florida

March 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Longineu Parsons. (Tribal Records)

Established in Palm Coast in 1986 by Eugene (Jeep) and Muriel McCoy, the North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) has been celebrating and promoting Jazz for more than 35 years. It’s marking Jazz Appreciation Month with an April 1 concert featuring trumpetist Longineu Parsons II.

Michael Rickman Performs Beethoven’s 2nd Piano Concerto in Daytona Solisti’s Final Concert

March 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra’s annual Beethovenfest concert on March 26 will celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven with the first full-length orchestral piece the composer ever wrote: Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring pianist Dr. Michael Rickman, an internationally acclaimed pianist.

Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Romancing the Strings’ Concert Sunday

February 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Joseph Corporon's arrangement of J.S. Bach's Chaconne from the second partita will be one of the featured works at the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra’s “Romancing the Strings” concert on Sunday. (© FlaglerLive)

The Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra’s annual “Romancing the Strings” concert will feature a work that one music scholar called an “Everest” – Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chaconne in D minor.

World-Renowned Pianist Michael Rickman Performs Bach, Beethoven and Schumann Nov. 20 in Ormond Beach

November 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Pianist Michael Rickman, who has played internationally and has been lauded by the New York Times, will perform a solo concert Nov. 20 in Ormond Beach. (Daytona Solisti)

Michael Rickman, who has performed in London, Paris and Carnegie Hall in New York City, will be in concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary of Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach, performing Beethoven’s “Appassionata” and Schumann’s Carnaval.

Was There Anything Real About Elvis Presley?

July 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Pinpointing Elvis Presley’s true persona can depend on when and whom you ask. Don Cravens/Getty Images

Presley never wrote a memoir. Nor did he keep a diary. Once, when informed of a potential biography in the works, he expressed doubt that there was even a story to tell. Over the years, he had submitted to numerous interviews and press conferences, but the quality of these exchanges was erratic, frequently characterized by superficial answers to even shallower questions.

Palatka Blue Crab Festival Features 34 Musical Acts Memorial Day Weekend

April 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Palatka Blue Crab Festival will be held on Friday, May 27th from 6pm to 11pm, Saturday, May 28th from 9am to 11pm, and Sunday, May 29th from 8am to 11pm in downtown Palatka, 210 St. Johns Avenue. Admission and parking is free.

Palm Coast Songwriters Festival Is Set for April 29-May 1

April 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Paul Overstreet (PCSF)

The Palm Coast Songwriters Festival returns in 2022 with nearly 40 HIT songwriters performing over 125 #1 HITS during the three-day ticketed festival, April 28 thru May 1 at Daytona State College Palm Coast Amphitheater.

For the Flagler Youth Orchestra, an Unsettling and Emotional Moving Day

March 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

All the stage is a whirl: Friday was moving day for the Flagler Youth Orchestra. (© FlaglerLive)

After 13 years in one location, Friday was moving day for the Flagler Youth Orchestra, which has been providing string-music instruction to hundreds of students every year for 17 years. Its director reflects on a transformative day amid anxious and enduring uncertainties.

Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra Presents ‘Romancing the Strings’ March 6

February 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Violinist and concertmaster Olga Kolpakova will perform Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor when the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra presents its annual “Romancing the Strings” concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church in Ormond Beach. Photo provided by Susan Pitard Acree

A Franz Schubert sonata originally composed for piano and arpeggione, a now-rare, almost forgotten instrument, will be featured in an arrangement for viola solo and strings, when the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra presents its annual “Romancing the Strings” concert March 6 in Ormond Beach. The concert also will feature music of Vivaldi, Bach and Holst.

Creekside Festival Returns in October Under New Management and Powered Up Entertainment

October 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Creekside Festival has always drawn throngs at Princess Place Preserve. (© FlaglerLive)

The annual two-day Creekside Music and Arts Festival at Princess Place Preserve returns for its 16th year under new management, but with the same feel, sound and taste. The Creekside Festival on Oct. 9 and 10 is a charity event. A portion of revenue from this year’s event will help stock up area food banks for the coming holiday season.

How Palm Coast’s Rugrat Group and The Ned Brought a ‘Do It Together’ Vibe to the Local Music Scene

June 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Pictured in The Ned’s recording studio and rehearsal space in Palm Coast are, from left: Marissa LiCausi of the band Flora LiCrame, The Ned drummer Joe Gardella, The Ned PR/booking manager Justyn Perry, The Ned singer-guitarist Trace George, and The Ned manager Artie “Papa Ned” Gardella. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Rugrat Music Group began small as The Ned, a band, and turned into “full-service music community for the independent artist” that lists 21 area music makers under the “Rugrat Family” roster who continue to influence the the local music scene.

Palm Coast Songwriters Festival’s Reprise Brings a Dozen Musicians and Their Stories For 3 Days at 2 Venues

April 29, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Country music artists Coley McCabe and Thom Shepherd will perform Saturday May 4 and Sunday May 5 at the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. The husband-and-wife duo write music together and separately. (Thom Shepherd)

The Palm Coast Songwriters Festival’s innumerable live acts and workshops runs Friday through Sunday at the Daytona State College Palm Coast Amphitheater, and the Palm Coast Arts Foundation stage.

Australian Singer-Songwriter Kylie Sackley Will Perform at Palm Coast Songwriters Festival in May

March 27, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Kylie Sackley

Tickets are on sale now to the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Daytona State College Foundation and the Palm Coast Arts Foundation. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Palm Coast Arts Foundation stage.

Exult, Rejoice: Flagler Youth Orchestra’s 30 Top Musicians Showcased In Their Newest Concert Venue Saturday

February 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler Youth Orchestra Artistic Director and Conductor Sue Cryan during Wednesday's rehearsal for the FYO's top orchestra's performance on Saturday, with Evan Hernandez, right, the concertmaster, performing a baroque duet. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Youth Orchestra’s top ensemble, the Harmony Chamber Orchestra, performs a concert to benefit the FYO at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at a new venue for the musicians: First Baptist Church in Bunnell, 2301 Commerce Parkway.

An Evening of Bardic Folk With Guitarist Mama Gina, Plus Rick de Yampert’s East-West Sitar Fusion

September 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Mama Gina.

Gina LaMonte, whose stage name is Mama Gina, will sing the saga of Nine Toes when she performs Saturday Sept. 3 during a concert at Salvo Art Project in Bunnell. Palm Coast sitar player Rick de Yampert will open the show.

Rain Forces Palm Coast Arts Foundation to Move Jax Symphony Pops Concert to Destination Daytona at I-95 and US1

April 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The concert venue for the April 19 Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Picnic and Pops event is the Coca-Cola Pavilion at Rossemeyer’s Destination Daytona, Exit 273 off I-95 at U.S. 1, a few miles south of Palm Coast.

Flagler Beach’s Dishonorable Ploy: Don’t Remove Gamble Rogers’ Name From Rec Area

September 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler Beach is terribly misguided and short-sighted in its attempt to remove Gamble Rogers from the state recreation area’s name, a reflection of the tourism industry’s faddish obsession with “branding” at the expense of fostering more substantive cultural attractions.

Jacksonville Symphony Returns for Sunday Picnics and Pops Concert, With a Prayer to the Rain Gods

April 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Last year’s Picnics and Pops concert in Palm Coast’s Central Park had to be cancelled because of rain. The Jacksonville Symphony is bringing essentially the same program that was rained out, under the direction of Morihiko Nakahara.

Putting Bach Back in Christmas

December 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rather than cheat Christmas by limiting it to December 25, WKCR’s annual BachFest is a 240-hour celebration of the holiday through the music of Johan Sebastian Bach. It’s also a front seat at the Creation.

Loretta Lynn, Just Named Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient, at Peabody on Sept. 13

September 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Last month President Obama named Loretta Lynn, alongside Gloria Steinem and Bill Clinton, among others, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient. The 81-year-old country star will be at Daytona Beach’s Peabody Auditorium for one show on Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Stetson University’s Concert Choir Belts Out Year’s Last Performance April 26

April 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The final performance of the Stetson University Concert Choir in this academic year will be on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on the DeLand campus.

Ben Webster’s Danny Boy

January 23, 2013 | Pierre Tristam | 3 Comments

Ben Webster played with Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, and was overshadowed by the likes of Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, but only in his lifetime.

So Long, Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)

December 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Dave Brubeck died on Dec. 5, a day shy of his 92nd birthday, after helping to repopularize jazz at a time when younger listeners had been trained to the sonic dimensions of the three-minute pop single.

“An Evening With…” Saturday At City Repertory Theatre: The Manic, the Jazzy and the Stately

May 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Manic comic Jonathan Haglund, the Island Duet (Caren and Paul Umbarger) and the Flagler Youth Strings Quartet are combining for “An Evening With…” Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the City Repertory Theatre at Hollingsworth Gallery in palm Coast. It’s the CRT’s last event of the season.

Jacksonville Symphony in Palm Coast Sunday For Its Annual Pilgrimage to Rhythm of Pops

April 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Jacksonville Symphony’s pops concert at Town Center is the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s annual gift–well, at $35 a pop–and fund-raiser for an eventual arts center. Some 52 musicians will play works by Copland, Mozart, and Broadway and movie tunes.

Happy 50th: Stetson Celebrates Its Beckerath Organ’s Half Century With 2 Days of Recitals

October 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Stetson University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Beckerath Organ on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5, with a series of guest recitals, receptions and talks to be held on Stetson’s DeLand campus.

When the New York Philharmonic Played the Star Spangled Banner in North Korea

July 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In February 2008, the New York Philharmonic was invited to play in the North Korean capital. It was a remarkable concert. The rendition of the American national Anthem was one of its most moving moments.

On Unexpectedly Historic Night, Jacksonville Symphony Celebrates America in Palm Coast

May 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra lit up the night at Palm Coast’s Town Center Sunday with a tribute to Irving Berlin, John Williams, Aaron Copland and Scott Joplin, among other American greats, in the fifth annual picnic and pops concert produced by the Palm Coast Arts Foundation.

Jacksonville Symphony Pops “Americana Under the Stars” at Palm Coast Concert

April 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Featuring a slew of favorites from Gershwin to Berlin (Irving, that is) to Strauss, the Jacksonville Symphony’s annual pilgrimage to Flagler is the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s signature event and fund-raiser.

Gumbo Humanitarian: Sauce Boss
Crusade for the Poor Blues Up Flagler

February 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Sauce Boss Bill Wharton: a blues-singing, gumbo-cooking humanitarian for the needy feeds the homeless Friday and performs at the Florida Agricultural Museum Saturday in a fundraiser for the museum and the needy. A profile.

The Live Wire Weekend: Kent Sharples’ Latest Folly, Scott Sinking and Panthers Rising

September 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Kent Sharples raids Daytona College fund to pay rock stars, Alex Sink is beating Scott, Obama is not as anti-business as he appears, Dali on “What’s My Line,” and much more.

Smetana’s Fatherland: “The Moldau”

May 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

For your Sunday fix: “The Moldau” evokes the power of nature and nationalism as if flows through Smetana’s Czech fatherland.

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