Daily Briefing

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., a conversation with Bertrand Russell and the problem with teleology: Aristotle was wrong, Walt Whitman was right.

Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord and Rabbi Merrill Shapiro on WNZF’s Free For All talking about hurricanes and communications, the Friday Blue Forum, North Carolina legislators lose their marbles with a constitutional amendment declaring to be murder any destruction of a fertilized human egg.

Spotlight on Flagler Youth Talent Show this evening, the Flagler Beach City Commission meets, an Israeli colonists beats a Palestinian family’s dog almost to death, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park.

The meaning of and indifference to Eid el Adha, one of Islam’s two high holidays, Conversations in Democracy, reflections on Abraham’s sacrifice, Marian Kamensky on the alleged end of the war with Iran.

Artificial intelligence’s problems, the Flagler County Affordable Housing Committee meets this afternoon, the NAACP Flagler Branch’s General Membership meeting, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 10-18, at the Flagler County Public Library.

Palm Coast’s Memorial Day commemoration is at 8 a.m. at Heroes Park, Flagler County’s is at 10 a.m. at the Government Services Building., Riccardo Muti loses it at the Chicago Symphony, Casanova on temper, Saint-Georges’ Overture to L’amant anonyme.

Ed Wexler on insurrectionists’ payday, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, “Once on This Island,” a musical, at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, the tales an ash tray tells, memories of Tell Zaatar.

West of the Tracks: A Story of the Past Before Palm Coast: A Palm Coast Historical Society Lecture, Fire Station 26 Grand Opening and Hose Uncoupling Ceremony, the end of Stephen Colbert and the limits of satire.

Bunnell City Manager Alvin Jackson and City Commissioner John Rogers on Free For All on WNZF, the Friday Blue Forum, Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, “Once on This Island,” a musical, at Limelight Theatre, Camus and Olivia Rodrigo.

Third Thursday Together in Flagler Beach, with the focus on the city manager’s office, Town of Marineland Commission Meeting, “Once on This Island,” a musical, at Limelight Theatre, The New Yorker, and a New York State of Mind.

AdventHealth Palm Coast is offering free sports physicals and ECG screenings today, Conversations in Democracy at Pine Lakes Golf Club, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, Randy Fine tele-town hall.

The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall, “Once on This Island,” a musical, at Limelight Theatre, an illustration of thinking always in crisis, the trouble with scholasticism.

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings, discussing the lost colony of Flagler Estates in one and the future creation of the enormous Bulow Headwaters county park, a few words about personhood and Wendell Berry.

‘The Curious Savage” at Daytona Playhouse, “Once on This Island,” a musical, at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, when Steinbeck’s Lonesome Harry met Albert Camus’ Harry in Prague and Simone de Beauvoir wondered what the hell she was doing in Rochester.

Unity in the Community, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Edward Johnson City Park in Bunnell, Chess Meet-Up for at all ages at the Flagler Beach Public Library, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ an FPC Production, two shows at the Fitz, Trump’s diminishing fortunes.

A Disaster Preparedness Expo at the Palm Coast Community Center, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ an FPC Production, at the Fitz, Superintendent LaSjakia Moore on Free For All Friday, foreign language learning.

Palm Coast’s Loop Road Groundbreaking on Matanzas Woods Parkway, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ an FPC Production at the Fitz, The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, a Maupassant story anticipates Trump’s bloodlust at a UFC fight.

Conversations in Democracy at Pine Lakes Golf Club, Jonathan Brown on the cognitive test Trump failed, on being part of something bigger than oneself, David Foster Wallace on Charlie Rose.

Day two of Gary Durso’s trial, the Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the Community Traffic Safety Team meet as does the school board, for a workshop, catching up with Robert Caro at 90, as he continues his biography of LBJ.

The Bunnell City Commission meets, Flagler County’s Land Acquisition Committee, Francis Fukuyama on the future of democracy, a few words from the Philippines.

‘The Curious Savage” at Daytona Playhouse, the maimed run in Gaza, Shell’s obscene war profiteering, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, when corporations were survivalists.

Palm Coast Spring Arts Festival in Central Park, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, AAUW Monthly Meeting, Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, William Maxwell’s “A Final Report.”

Coffee and Conversation with Palm Coast City Manager Michael McGlothlin at the Jacked-up Bean, ‘The Curious Savage” at Daytona Playhouse, more sappy reflections on “As Time Goes By.”

Disingenuously bemoaning the days when Liszt and Brahms were celebrities, Philippe Lancon on Bach, Model Yacht Club races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, Story Time with Miss Kim at Flagler Beach Public Library.

The Flagler Beach Library Book Club and the Flagler County Republican Club meet, but quite separately, Bingo Night at Palm Coast Elks Lodge, a church declares the end of hell, and a few thoughts about eternity.

The Palm Coast City Council meets, Flagler Beach’s Planning Board meets to celebrate Chair Suzie Johnston’s 45th birthday, The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Group meets at the Flagler Beach library, another Jim Thompson excerpt.

The Palm Coast City Council holds a “retreat” at the Southern Recreation Center, the County Commission meets, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets, crime novelist Jim Thompson’s Library of America volume.

Last performance of ‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ and last performance of the season at City Rep Theatre Simenon’s existentialism, Bill Murray’s energy, “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre.

Paws For Music: Community Cats Fundraiser at 1405 Saloon, Palm Coast Library Bookfest, ‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ At City Rep Theatre, when a Texas school board banned a textbook over a paragraph on capitalism.

‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ enters its final weekend at City Rep Theatre, First Friday in Flagler Beach, “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre, consumer confidence at an all-time low.

Satchel Walton, an imminent graduate in journalism from UNC, worries about his industry and the truth, “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre, John Oliver on journalism.

Clay Jones on Kash Patel’s frat boy acts, Conversations in Democracy, noon to 1 p.m. at Pine Lakes Golf Club Clubhouse, 10 of Blaise Pascal’s Pensées if Trump were tweeting them.

It’s school board day, with the 1 p.m. workshop and 6 p.m. meeting, the Flagler County Affordable Housing Committee, the Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Group meets, a few thoughts about Pascal.

The Bunnell City Commission meets, John Darkow’s take on artificial intelligence, that creepy half-marathon with robots in Beijing, when Gary Kasparov won and lost to Deep Blue.

‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ At City Rep Theatre, Dead Men Tell No Tales at the Palm Coast Community Center, deporting Afghan collaborators to Congo, David Ignatius on the Iran war.

‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ At City Rep Theatre, Gamble Jam, Dead Men Tell No Tales…. Or Do They? Murder Mystery Dinner Show at the Palm Coast Community Center, “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre.

‘Line’ and ‘All In the Timing’ At City Rep Theatre, the Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets, Dead Men Tell No Tales…. Or Do They? Murder Mystery Dinner Show, at Palm Coast Community Center, bulldozing Walden Pond.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, FPCHS Starlets Spring Dance at the Fitz, model yacht club races in Town Center, the dangerous, authoritarian slide of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket.”

Developer’s public meeting on western expansion, 6 p.m. at Palm Coast Community Center, the River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization meets, Conversations in Democracy, three arches to remind us that the triumphal kind are usually the ugliest, least necessary, and nowhere near the majesty of the real thing.

The Palm Coast City Council meets, Echoes of Earth: Flutes in Concert, a performance by the Daytona State College music program students, Community Preparedness Workshop, Chicago’s message to ICE.

The Flagler County Commission meets, the East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board meets, reading Red Smith in a one-armed hash house, calming down with the Persian Santur.

The Gallery of Local Art’s Bloom and Sip English Tea Party, remembering Jon Netts, “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre, “Godspell,” Limelight Theatre.

Job fair for prospective teachers at the GSB, Chess Meet-Up At the Flagler Beach Public Library, “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre, a maga version of the Beatitudes, a few words from Camus.

The Flagler County Cultural Council meets, “Godspell” at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, confusing Fox News and the Washington Times with The Onion.

Clay Jones on Trump’s surrender, the Marineland Town Commission meets, Story Time with Miss Kim at Flagler Beach Public Library, why the average Flagler County fourth grader writes better English than the president.

The Flagler County Tourist Development Council meets, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, Henriqson trial day 3, Eternal Darkness in Lebanon and the faces and lives obliterated by Israel’s war crimes.

The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the school board meets, Tuesday Book Talk at the Flagler Beach Public Library, Trump thinks he’s God, the pope thinks he’s a bully, Florida to Russia.

The Kristopher Henriqson trail begins with jury selection, the Bunnell City Commission meets, when Ronald Reagan could order Israel to a ceasefire, and memories of April 13, 1975.

Get theatrical: “My Fair Lady,” at Daytona Playhouse, “Godspell,” Limelight Theatre, “The Sound of Music” at Athens Theatre, and when “normal people don’t know that everything is possible.”

The 18th annual Turtle Fest is all day today at Veterans Park in Flagler Beach, Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks, Gamble Jam, “My Fair Lady,” at Daytona Playhouse, a few words from Brune Bettelheim on disbelief of and disassociation from horrors we experience.