Daily Briefing

The Cold Weather Shelter is open tonight, it’s the last night for the Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center, next-to-last-day of BachFest 2025, Tennessee Williams’s “Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore.”

Next-to-last night for Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center, what Charlie Sheen and Casanova have in common, and a few lines from The Book of Sheen and Reggie Jackson.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, WKCR’s BachFest continues, Grace Community Food Pantry, the wonders of and slanders against Wikipedia and the end of the physical dictionary, a few words from Philip Roth on Wikipedia and “The Human Stain.”

Clay Jones on the reactionary fondness for the Great Replacement Theory, Kwanzaa Celebration at AACS, Gamble Jam, Rajah Shehadeh, author of “Palestinian Walks,” in a great interview with the Times’s David Marchese.

Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, Rotary’s Fantasy Lights, BachFest 2025, the disappointment of Edith Wharton’s “Angel at the Grave,” a little Bach, how to bring the gods into a musical instrument.

“Living in the Promised Land” on Christmas Day, a profile of Willie Nelson, who’s still writing songs, still recording, still performing, still smoking weed.

WKCR’s universally accessible BachFest 2025 kicks off at midnight, a cool nigh in Palm Coast for Fantasy Lights, and “Together For Palestine,” the fundraising lullaby by Peter Gabriel and Mahmoud Darwish for the people of Gaza.

Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, one last session in felony court, a Scarlet Letter time warp reaction to Mike Chitwood’s latest performative excess, why being poor is not a matter of personal responsibility.

Bunnell considers adopting a resolution opting the city out of the property tax exemption afforded rental properties under the Live Local Act, Clay Jones takes stock of Donald Trump’s cultish takeover of anything with his name on it.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, remembering the Swingle Singers from John Updike’s adulterous post-coital bliss to Beirut to a department store.

Gamble Jam, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County meeting, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre, when shaving and bathing on Sunday became a matter for court.

Palm Coast City Council member Theresa Pontieri and County Commission Chair Leann Pennington on Free For All, the Flagler County Cultural Council meets, George Carlin does Hamlet, so does King Charles.

Town of Marineland Commission meeting, Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, the Palm Coast Democratic Club holds its “After Dark” Recap, Texas feels up women at rest room doors, Mo Amer on Houston, Molly Ivins on Texas.

The Flagler County Contractor Review Board meets, Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center, Paul Duginski on the president’s reaction to Rob Reiner’s death, the impressive response by the president and lawmakers to the week’s catastrophes.

Christopher Weyant on the GOP’s non-existent health care plan, the Palm Coast City Council meets for the last time this year, Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, the dismal state of press freedom in the United States and elsewhere.

Jermaine Williams and Kristopher Henriqson in court, the East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board meets without Jules Kwiatkowski, The Flagler County Commission meets, how the Trump administration is deploying a Sedition Act against visitors to the United States.

Marco Rubio’s fount of distractions, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Greetings,’ A Christmas Comedy, Daytona Playhouse, Phillis Wheatley and the risks of presentism.

Santa in Bunnell, Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens, Peps Art Walk in Flagler Beach, American Association of University Women meeting, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre, Gamble Jam, the Scissors Silhouette.

The Bronx Wanderers at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center, Paul Renner on Free for All Fridays, the imagined Byzantine genesis of Alexander Calder’s sculptures.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series, ‘Greetings,’ A Christmas Comedy at Daytona Playhouse, chorales and Van Loon on the human voice.

Clay Jones on the latest Kennedy Center medal recipients, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, at Athens Theatre, Tig Notaro, a pair of opera glasses tumble, journalists’ arrogance.

The Flagler County School Board, with newly selected Chair Christy Chong and Supreme Vice Chair Will Furry, meets, the Flagler County Planning Board meets, Ex-Firefighter James Melady in the second day of trial, David Rousset.

The Bunnell commission is set to approve, on second reading, one of the largest-ever rezoning of agricultural land to industrial in Florida–a 1,259-acre switch, the groundbreaking for Flagler County Fire Station 51, a message to Augie March.

Handel’s Messiah at Palm Coast United Methodist Church, ‘Greetings,’ A Christmas Comedy, Daytona Playhouse, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, at Athens Theatre, Sophocles’s Ajax and Andrew Dice Clay.

Flagler Beach’s Holiday at the Beach Parade, Palm Coast’s Starlight Parade in Town Center, John’s Towing Celebrates 35 Years in Bunnell, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre, Holiday Sale to Benefit Area Homeless, Roger’s Version and AI.

Incoming Palm Coast City Manager Michael McGlothlin on Free For All, Santa in Bunnel, the Florida Ethics Commission meets, First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, First Friday in Flagler Beach, “Alice Doane’s Appeal.”

Nexus Center Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting and Gala, Model Yacht Club Races, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, the similarities between a Trump cabinet meeting and an SS’s self-esteem.

Ex-Firefighter James Melady is scheduled for docket sounding, so is Kristopher Henriqson, the Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, Elio Vittorini and Robert Antelme on the human race, Lee Greenwood.

The Palm Coast City Council meets this evening, the Bunnell Planning board meets, Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry holds evening hours, Nixon, Kissinger, Trump, Cambodia and Venezuela.

The Palm Coast Charter Review Committee meets, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets, the Flagler County Commission meets, Holiday Plant Class Series at UF/IFAS Extension Flagler County at the county fairgrounds, Peter Taylor’s “Allegiance.”

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, at Athens Theatre, books that try to predict the future, Philip Roth’s “Plot Against America,” the Knights of Liberty vigilantes.

Tree-lighting ceremony in Palm Coast’s Central Park, Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, artificial intelligence in a 1940 tank, Richard Powers, Don DeLillo.

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, at Athens Theatre, finishing up with Henry James’s “Traveling Companions” and its calvary through museums as Traveling Willburys go to the end of the line. ,

Are you kidding? Nothing’s going on today! Happy Thanksgiving. Packers and Lions at 1 p.m., Cowboys and Chiefs at 4:30, Bengals and Ravens at 8:20, and right now, a little traveling companionship with Henry James.  

Not much happening today as the country shuts down for Thanksgiving. A look at Kingsport, Tennessee, and the old Kingsport Press, which used to bound and print some of the country’s leading authors’ works.

Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Keep the Holiday Lights On, a fond look back at City Repertory Theatre’s “Around the World in 80 Days,” and a full-length look at the miniseries.

The Bunnell City Commission meets at its new City Hall on Commerce Parkway, Donors Wanted to ‘Keep the Holiday Lights On’, a man’s message to ICE, Dostoevsky at 59, explaining the Cloudflare outage.

Clay Jones returns, “Around the World in 80 Days” at City Rep Theatre, Gamble Jam, Patrick Chappatte reports on the American resistance.

‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at City Rep Theatre in Palm Coast, City Manager Dale Martin is the special guest at Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley, Peps Art Walk, the selected letters of John Updike.

Free For All Fridays with Host David Ayres talks Keep the Holidays Lights on with Flagler Cares, ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at City Rep Theatre, Voltaire’s birthday and night thoughts.

Town of Marineland Commission Meeting, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond, Scott DuPont at the Flagler County courthouse, Al Pacino at the Criminal Courts Building in Baltimore Bertrand Russell on human impulses.

Leigha Mumby in court, Jean Stafford’s “The Echo and the Nemesis,” Flagler Tiger Bay’s monthly lunch, The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, a 1969 Dick Cavett monologue.

The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall. It is voting on a new city manager, groundbreaking for SMA Healthcare’s new facility on Justice Lane in Bunnell, Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Elsa Morante on Mussolini, and ICE.

Palm Coast Charter Review Committee meets, the Mosquito Control Board meets, the Flagler County Commission meets, Voltaire and Casanova meet and talk Trump, Christopher Weyant on a distant return to normal.

‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at City Rep Theatre, 3 p.m., Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, Grace Community Food Pantry from noon to 3 p.m., John Cheever’s first story in The New Yorker.

‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at City Rep Theatre, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Democratic Women’s Club meeting, a confederacy of crocodile tears, Casanova on what to keep private.

‘Around the World in 80 Days’ at City Rep Theatre, Flagler Schools College and Career Fair, Flagler Outreach Brings Social Service Providers to Cattleman’s Hall, Long Island City then and now.

The Flagler Beach City Commission considers the annexation of Veranda Bay and Summertown, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series, rich and miserable, a snapshot of SNAP.

A hearing in the bankruptcy sale of Marineland Dolphin Adventure is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Delaware federal bankruptcy court, TPO committee meeting, on matters of Augustine and the soul, a Schubert Impromptu.

Joint Veterans Day Ceremony and Parade, 10 a.m. in Bunnell, Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Democrats cave, Nina Simone’s Mississippi Goddamn, Balzac on cowardice.