Daily Briefing

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad, Jason Mraz at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, your fuel consumption against a plane’s, Google’s AI efforts against contrails, reading a book in public in the United States.

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Gamble Jam, Steve McQueen and Cornel West in Conversation, Spottswood Rice’s letter, a shooting incident on Staten Island.

LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, celebrating Britt Hobo Days, also known as the National Hobo Convention, the John T. Davis documentary, Jack London’s The Road.

Flagler County schools are back in session for students today. The Flagler Beach City Commission meets. A few thoughts on going back to school from George Bernard Shaw and John Updike. And Sam Kinison, of course.

More dangerous heat today, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Johnny Cash’s greatest love affair, Christopher Niemann and Bach on coffee.

The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the Flagler County Planning Board decides whether to allow less rain to seep through at the Cornerstone strip mall, Donald Hall and thoughts of oblivion in the middle of the night.

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings, the Beverly Beach Town Commission just one, only in America, a Texas Supreme Court decision ridiculing the fanaticism of the Second Amendment.

“Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, how the bombing of Hiroshima was reported the day after, how Enrico Fermi experimented during the blast of the first atomic bomb.

Back to School Jam, “Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Monthly Volunteer Clean-Up Day at the Florida Agriculture Museum, Sunshine and Sandals Social at Cornerstone, Maupassant’s “Inheritance.”

“Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Superintendent LaShakia Moore on Free For All, First Friday in Flagler Beach, the future of abortion and a moment with Margaret Atwood.

The incorrigible L’Darius Smith is back in court on a plea, a status hearing is scheduled in the case of Reba Lynn Johnson, who assaulted a teacher, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lawrence Friedman on law.

Flagler Beach’s Margaritaville Hotel public meeting, the Flagler County Republican Club meets, Separation Chat’s open discussion, the ins and outs of juries and jury selection.

The Palm Coast City Council will consider the management contract for a new cell tower at Ralph Carter Park, remembering Charlie Ericksen, Jack Reacher solves the mystery behind why hookers always carry big purses.

Heat index again at dangerous levels, stormwater and the Flagler County Commission, a celebration of the American language on the cusp of Gulden Draak.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Shifted, at Limelight Theatre, Grace Community Food Pantry, A tribute to Jason Epstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers at Blues & Brews Bistro in Ormond, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, taking stock of our Barbie world.

Scenic A1A Pride meets, John Fogerty at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Bonkerz Comedy Night, the sound of a tank, what 3 degrees of warming looks like.

The Flagler Beach City Commission has a full agenda–new manager’s contract, impact fees, sales tax increase, and more. The Teron trial may conclude. Joan Didion on Charlie Rose.

Separation Chat, Day three of Monserrate Teron’s trial, The Flagler County Public Library Book Club takes on Kim Michele’s “Woman of Troublesome Creek,” Paul Robeson.

Monserrate Teron’s trial Day Two, the school board holds a pair of meetings, the Volusia-Flagler Sierra Club hosts a group social, taking on the multiverse.

Monserrate Teron again goes on trial on charges of raping his 7-year-old niece, the Bunnell City Commission meets, Delmore Schwartz On Marilyn Monroe, the Library of America does Virginia Hamilton.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Michael Franti & Spearhead at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, a world shrugs at the Women’s World Cup, Mary Wilson Thompson’s anti-suffrage letter to Woodrow Wilson.

Gamble Jam, Rolling Stones Tribute, Cat in the Hat, The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, celebrating Bernard Malamud through “The Mourners” and other works.

The Blue 22 Forum at the Beverly Beach Town Hall, Young the Giant in St. Augustine, the life and death of Ernest Hemingway, a Michael Lewis interview.

A public meeting about the planned resurfacing of State Road A1A in Flagler Beach from South 8th to North 18th streets, celebrating World Chess Day with Kasparov and Topalov, Charles Portis’s menopause.

The Palm Coast Planning Board talks about Coquina Shores, the planned 750-home subdivision off Old Kings Road, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, John Locke on clear writing.

The Palm Coast City Council considers adopting a franchise fee on your utility bill, the Flagler school board talks about hiring a new superintendent, Food Truck Tuesday, Ted Koppel and Nelson Mandela.

Nysean Giddens goes on trial on a first-degree murder charge in the overdose drug death of Shaun Callahan, the Flagler County Commission and the Flagler County Planning Board meet jointly, Disneyland turns 68.

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Barenaked Ladies at the St. Augustine Amphitheater, Bach’s wedding cantata, Whitman on the vanished the proud boasts.

The St. Augustine Craft Beer Festival, the Democratic Women’s Club meets, Men’s Fish Fry at First Church of Palm Coast, the barbarous practice of civilians bearing arms.

The second annual Food-a-Thon is today, a status hearing is scheduled in the case of Monserrate Teron, LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, a journalism festival in France kicking off on Bastille Day, Charles Portis.

Public Meet and Greet with finalists for Flagler Beach City Manager at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, the Palm Coast Democratic Club meets, remembering Milan Kundera.

Separation Chat, Open Discussion, a pre-trial for Brendan Depa, Social Security heists, did Paul Renner whitewash an allegation of sexual harassment against one of his freshman House members?

The Palm Coast City Council talks about a new franchise fee (or tax) on your utility bills, the Flagler County School Board meets (bring Dramamine), To Kill a Mockingbird’s birthday.

The County Commission sets its maximum property tax rate after a budget discussion, the Flagler Playhouse is holding auditions for Hello Dolly, Donna Tartt on Charles Portis, why people love their Donald.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Grace Community Food Pantry distribution, the debate over cluster bombs and the US refusal to sign a treaty against their use.

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Gamble Jam, The god-awful Ziegfeld follies, from the Narrative of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw.

The arm-wrestling challenge between Mayor David Alfin and Dr. Stephen Bickel, launching the Food-a-Thon, a growth moratorium in Zephyrhills, Roger Angell’s martinis.

Heat index values up to 109 today, a relatively quiet day on the local beat, thoughts on artificial intelligence and Night of the Living Dead.

The Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, the Flagler County Republican Club meets, Thoughts on God ordering Abraham to kill his son.

America’s birthday, but also Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, though the parade in Flagler Beach and the fireworks at the airport will celebrate only the former. Frederick Douglass on the 4th.

Warning: heat index will reach 109 today, most government offices (but not all) are closed, the EPA’s National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution.

The reprehensible Clarence Thomas, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, eulogy for America’s current direction, a few moments with Cornel West.

The Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, Sunshine and Sandals, the Supreme Court upends decades of civil rights progress, Lyndon Johnson on affirmative action.

Before the heat dome, Pastor Charles Silano on the new poverty class, the Blue 22 Forum, Einaudi in concert, the culmination of the backlash against affirmative action.

A dangerous dog appeal hearing in Palm Coast, the Flagler County Public Library Book Club meets, Elegy for Hill City, Kansas.

Jamier T. Lee-Bright, who shot his dog, is sentenced, Separation Chat’s Open discussion, chess club for teens, the Canadian fires devouring an area the size of Ireland.

Docket sounding for Damari Barnes, The Flagler Beach City Commission shortlists candidates for city manager, the Palm Coast council meets, John Reed, big Bill Haywood and the Wobblies.

The Flagler County Beekeepers Association meets, the Bunnell City Commission meets, trying to figure out Taylor Swift and her Swifties.

Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club Summer Open House Weekend continues, is the word “cracker” derogatory? Bach’s Partita No. 6, Ulysses Grant writes his father.