Daily Briefing

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series explores conservation bright spots, AI reduces some of the great works of literature to haikus, a hoot of a top-10 list.

Free tax preparation services in Flagler County, the husband who does the grocery shopping, Janis Ian’s “At Seventeen,” Neil Postman’s technopoly.

The school boar, the county planning board and the traffic safety team all meet (separately), the weekly Chess Club for Teens meets at the library, where the ICE detention facilities are located, Darin Strauss.

The Bunnell City Commission meets, the library board meets, free tax preparation services in Flagler County, the Washington Post dies in darkness, Conrad Aiken’s Three Star Final.

Clay Jones on the detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” At Limelight Theatre, crude old men from Peter Attia to John Updike, Tina Brown interviews Philip Roth.

Creekside Music and Arts Festival, Debbie Boone: A Song for You, at the Fitz, the Friends of the Library host a book sale, AAUW hosts Dr. Michael Butler with a lecture on “A Lesson From Reconstruction,” a Scott Fitzgerald Story on “The Smilers,” Stevie Wonder.

The School Board’s Janie Ruddy is on Free For All, First Friday in Flagler Beach, ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,’ At Limelight Theatre, The Library of America’s forthcoming titles.

The Flagler County Republican Executive Committee hosts a forum for Republican candidates only, Model Yacht Club at the Central Park pond, Mme de Sévigné’s 400th birthday.

Joint workshop of local governments to discuss lifeguards, beach protection, fireworks and other topics, free tax preparation services, reflections on the Florida/Ronald Reagan Turnpike.

The Flagler Woman’s Club hosts Candidates’ Night for the Flagler Beach election, the Palm Coast City Council meets, Charlie Hebdo and The Economist’s take on American ICE-bound streets.

Ex-paramedic James Melady is sentenced, the Beverly Beach town commission meet, free tax preparation services in Flagler County, Gail Wadsworth’s birthday, Al Green’s change.

The cold-weather shelter opens yet again, ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,’ At Limelight Theatre, reflections on that lucky old sun, plus Ray Charles and Black Elks speaks on the cold.

The shelter opens again tonight as temperatures fall into the low 20s with wind chills in the teens, Kava Kula Palm Coast Grand Opening, the Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever, Sartre on the choice for life.

The Jane Gentile-Youd Memorial at the Palm Coast Community Center, Branson Illusionist REZA at Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center, Donald O’Brien talks Charter Review Committee on Free For All Friday, Bruce Springsteen sings Minnesota.

The cold-weather shelter opens again, joint workshop between the County Commission and Palm Coast Council on animal sheltering and animal control options, Pamela Hemphill refuses a pardon, and what heroic acts are made of, even when we are no heroes.

The cold-weather shelter is open tonight, with night temperatures in the 20s, the Flagler County Commission talks about suing Flagler Beach, Fitnan O’Toole on the normalization of outrage.

The School Board holds its pair of workshop and evening meeting, the Flagler County Affordable Housing Committee meets, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Evan Shinners’s WTF Bach podcast and the killing of classical music.

The Cold-Weather Shelter opens tonight, Temple Beth Shalom Blessing of the Pets, the Bunnell City Commission, Du Souhait’s 1612 short story about a man who jus can’t stop getting cuckolded even after death.

The Stetson University Concert Choir in concert with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Jules Verne on Greenland.

Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, a few words about the Song of Songs, Neil Postman’s Technopoly.

Free For All Fridays welcomes Palm Coast City Manager Michael McGlothlin, Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, remembering Andrei Amalrik and IF Stone’s tribute.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets and discusses annexation, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond, rethinking Eugene O’Neill’s “Dreamy Kid” and the politics of cultural appropriation.

Dave Whamond on our fake Ubu Roi, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board holds a workshop on the Land Development Code, juxtaposing WH Auden’s famous funrela poem with one from the Thousand and One Nights, Mme de Sévigné ponders decline and death.

Michael de Adder on ICE training, the sentencing of Angel Marie Sexton is scheduled for 9 a.m., the Palm Coast City Council meets, Samuel Barber’s Adagio to mark the occasion: it’s only been a year.

Reflections on Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project, still banned from Florida classrooms even as they pretend to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander on the difference between white “revolts” and Black “riots.”

The cold-weather shelter is open tonight, ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,’ the Billie Holiday Story, at City Rep Theatre, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, a few words about Clooney, Sandler and Jay Kelly.

Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience, ICE shootings, The Rainbow Bridge Dedication at Holland Park, ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,’ the Billie Holiday Story, at City Rep Theatre.

‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,’ the Billie Holiday Story, at City Rep Theatre, Ken Belshe, the Veranda Bay and Summertown developer, on Free For All Friday, the Flagler County Cultural Council meets, Peter Arnett.

The Cold-Weather Shelter known as the Sheltering Tree will open tonight, Marineland Town Commission meeting, Model Yacht Club Races, Israel’s continuing demolition of houses in Gaza.

The Public Safety Coordinating Council meets, Randy Fine’s eyes on Iceland, the Svalbard Islands, Nunavut and Madagascar, Louis Jordan wonders what’s the use of getting sober, Separation Chat, Open Discussion.

The Palm Coast City Council meets for a lengthy in workshop, the Community Traffic Safety Team meets, as does the School Board, on things concluding themselves, John Cleese on religion, Gide on a lost note.

Clay Jones on Steven Miller’s Goebbels gene. A Flagler County Commission Workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. with a slew of topics. The commission meets again at 5 p.m. The Bunnell City Commission meets, Socrates and Meno discuss Texas A&M’s decision to ban Plato.

Opening reception for “Turtle Trail Artists of Flagler County,” at Expressions Art Gallery, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, back with Hans and Franz and when cigarettes were a front-page crisis.

“Lady Day” at City Repertory Theatre, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monthly Meeting, and a few words about Mehmet Oz’s new booze guidance.

Free For All Friday’s media editors’ roundtable looks back on 2025, Rick Belhumeur’s moon shot, Sasha Baron Cohen encourages Americans to embrace dictatorship, a few words about poetry’s lost place in society.

The Flagler Beach City Commission takes up the possible annexation of Summertown/Veranda Bay, Model Yacht Club Races, the annual “52 Places to Go” feature that makes you feel like a poor worm, a few lines from Oran.

From Tennessee Williams to Greenland’s Icy Mountains and Clay Jones correcting the record on what liberals want for Venezuela, the Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, as does the Republican Club, plus a Voltaire pick-me-up on bad health.

Flagler Beach’s Planning and Architectural Review Board meets, the Palm Coast City Council meets, the zoning board meets, a tally of America’s imperialism in Central and Latin America, remembering, not fondly, Henry Kissinger.

The Beverly Beach Town Commission is first to get back into the swing of things with a meeting this evening, the Chief Justice, like Herbert Hoover after the Great Crash, thinks America is dandy, an observation from the Thousand and One Nights.

Florida: A History in Pictures, a Palm Coast Historical Society Speaker Series, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market, the beauty and romance of Teresa Carreno, the Venezuelan composer and pianist you’ve not yet heard, but should.

Kuper on price inflation, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market in front of City Hall, the Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, Johnny Cash on what is truth.

The year’s first First Friday in Flagler Beach this evening from 6 to 9, with Madam for entertainment, memories of the Aral Sea, and where the Dead Sea is headed next, with a Palestinian Walk.

The Cold-Weather Shelter known as the Sheltering Tree opens yet again tonight as the temperatures scrape the 30s, reflections on the new year, a Mozart piano concerto and a few words from Edward Abbey.

The Cold-Weather Shelter known as the Sheltering Tree will open tonight, the last day of BachFest, hurrying home “before the usual manifestations of insanity had begin in the streets,” and how we were the world.

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.