Daily Briefing

A pair of school-based committees decide the fate of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” and Ellen Hopkins’s “Tilt,” a sex offender pleads out, another seeks a modification to his probation, how Florida doesn’t trust its teachers.

Separation Chat, Open Discussion, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the public library, an excerpt from Patricia McCormick’s “Sold.”

The Flagler County School Board decides the fate of “Sold,” a novel book-burners want banned, and also the fate of Wadsworth Principal Paul Peacock’s grievance over $7,500. The Palm Coast City Council talks stormwater, Duane Weeks Jr. pleads out, Dany Laferriere, and Denmark’s wind energy.

The Bunnell City Commission meets, the “Song of the birds” in Sufism and in music, walking as the solution to all your problems.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, “Scapino”‘s last performance at CRT, Amin Maalouf’s unexpected brothers and whether humanity can be saved.

Cracker Day at the Flagler County Fairgrounds, Wellness Expo at Flagler Palm Coast High School, “Scapino,” at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Norman Borlaug far more than Gutzon Borglum.

“Scapino” is back at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, the Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Kissinger and Argentina’s disappeared.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, the defamation suit against Ken Bryan gets a hearing on a motion to dismiss, the origins of OK, and Lebanon’s pick-up artist.

Flagler Reads Together Book Discussion at the public library, Separation Chat at noon, chess club in the afternoon, our decrepit airports, Jimmy carter on Charlie Rose, Kafka’s diaries.

The Palm Coast council is in workshop, the transportation department holds the latest public meeting on A1A’s future in Flagler Beach, The New York Bee Gees at the Flagler Auditorium, Bach’s birthday.

Another Louis Gaskin hearing this morning, the County Commission has a pair of meetings, the mosquito control board meets, the Lviv orchestra raises funds for musicians in Ukraine, a “Looking for Alaska” excerpt.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, “Scapino,” at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Matthew Dallek’s Birchers, John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row.

Fun Coast Down Syndrome Association’s Annual Ride, Palm Coast Rational Liberals and Humanists meet, “Scapino,” at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Dutch television’s “Rita.”

“Scapino,” at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Louis Gaskin in court, Russell Baker’s few words at the end, social security retirement threshold.

Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: An Educational Program by the Alzheimer’s Association, drug court and a hearing on Louis Gaskin, Freedom of Information day.

The Palm Coast Planning board has an extensive agenda, Separation Chat at Pine Lakes Golf Club, Chess Club at the library, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sally Hunt.

The Palm Coast City Council considers adopting an invocation policy, a judge decides whether a man who shot his dog gets to keep his guns, the Flagler County and Flagler Beach planning boards meet, Joseph Conrad.

A Flagler County School District Review Committee judges “The Nowhere Girls,” the Bunnell City Commission meets, Bach’s forth piano partita, banning Jack Kerouac.

Swingtime: The Jive Aces at the Auditorium, another day of the Strawberry Festival, Trinity Handbell Choir and Friends in Concert, when the good times were over at The Ledger.

The Annual Strawberry festival in Palm Coast’s Central Park, Gamble Jam, a bounty of pandemics, Tucker Carlson’s shtick, Yankees v. Southerners in the trenches.

LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, the Blue 22 Forum, a dissent on cheerleaders, Matt Friend.

Rick Belhumeur and Scott Spradley are sworn-in at the Flagler Beach City Commission for three-year terms, the Palm Coast Democratic Club discusses the Legislature’s planned expansion of funding private education with public dollars, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series. 

Separation Chat, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the public library, Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire speech, Amy Reed’s Nowhere Girls.

The school board and the Palm Coast Council meet, another school-level book-review committee meets, trigger warnings on trigger warnings, Massimo Vignelli’s subway map, Joan Didion’s Salvador.

A district appeals committee meets to review “Sold,” a novel two residents want banned from high school libraries. The Flagler County Commission discusses its own procedures. The Astronomy and Garden Clubs meet. The Zapruder film’s odyssey.

The Chambers Players of Palm Coast and members of the Flagler Youth Orchestra at the Methodist Church, Farmers’ Market at European Village, David Brooks on himself, The Road Back.

Poetry open mic at the county library, Meet Your District 4 Commissioner, Leann Pennington, Sunshine and Sandals social, free SunRail all afternoon and evening, annual Global Day of Unplugging, Erich Maria Remarque.

When Florida Man was born, First Friday in Flagler Beach, Pennington and Furry on Free For All, a few words from Jonathan Schell.

Drug court, the Young Turks on the catastrophe of Scott Adams, drug court, the rise in internet shutdowns around the world.

Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board, Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles at the Auditorium, Patricia McCormick on “Sold,” Bill Bryson on French.

The Freedom Readers Club at the Flagler County Public Library takes on For Whom The Bells Toll, The NAACP Flagler Branch’s General Membership Meeting, droning over America, the diversity of Congress, Rachel Carson’s Under the Sea-Wind.

Mosquito control, Life Skills program, Chinese Auction by the Ladies Auxiliary of Palm Coast, how NYPD Blue can teach the governor a lesson, Joan Didion’s Salvador, Hugo Black’s birthday.

The 8th Annual Princess Place Preserve Pow Wow, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, The Hit men, at Flagler Auditorium, a Johnny Cash trio, and from the Journals of John Cheever.

The Flagler Woman’s Club’s Casino Night at the Italian American Social Club, Friends of the Library book sale, remembering Anthony Burgess on his birthday.

The Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets, the killing of Orlando journalists, the essential work of journalists and other media workers, Ernie Pyle on war’s peculiar sounds.

The Flagler Beach City Commission decides on an interim manager, drug court, Anne Applebaum on the war in Ukraine, a poem by Taras Shevchenko.

The school board meets today (not yesterday), the Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has its weekly chat group, a little Astor Piazzolla, a little Didion.

The Palm Coast City Council meets, the Flagler County School Board yet again talks about arming staffers, a few words from Malcolm X.

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Final day for the Near Disaster of Jasper and Casper at CRT, Thibault Cauvin and Bach’s great prelude in C major, Joan Didion’s multiple sclerosis.

Farmer’s market in Flagler Beach, Jasper and Casper at City Repertory Theatre, Nat Hentoff and Judge Stephen Reinhardt on a seminal court decision against book-banning.

Gabriella Alo is again before a judge this morning, this time on a state motion to have her bond revoked, The Near Disaster of Jasper and Casper, at City Repertory Theatre, John McWhorter gives DeSantis some credit.

The Flagler Youth Orchestra Winter Concert celebrates Black composers, at the Auditorium, high school committee review “The Black Flamingo,” Jeff Terrell at Tiger Bay, The Near Disaster of Jasper and Casper, at CRT.

Brennan Hill in court, the Palm Coast Planning talks about a new 110-home subdivision, Armenian composer Stephan Elmas, another excerpt from From Dean Atta’s Black Flamingo.

The annual Valentine’s Day mass wedding at the Flagler County courthouse, the Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, a poem from The Black Flamingo.

The Flagler County Library Board discusses sending a member to the district’s book-ban committees, the Macon dirigible disaster, Bill McKibben on the national culture’s small minds.

The final of Palm Coast’s tennis open, the Farmers’ Market at European Village, Super Bowl versus World Cup, Robert E. Lee’s worry about Yankees’ effects on Southern women.

The Annual Jazz Brunch and fund-raiser at AACS, Unique Boutique Event at Santa Maria del Mar Church, Palm Coast Tennis Open, the first robots, Mohsin Hamid.

The Flagler Woman’s Club’s Annual Rummage Sale, tennis in Palm Coast, LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company, the day Nelson Mendela was released.

A panel discussion on book-banning at AACS, State of the City in Palm Coast this evening, The Flagler Beach City Commission once again takes up the fate of City Manager William Whitson, Ludovico Einaudi and Don DeLillo.