Daily Briefing

Brass Transit: The Musical Legacy of Chicago, 7 p.m. at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center tonight, or if you want more excitement, the Flagler Beach City Commission meets, jingoism on a Spectrum truck, the end of America.

River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) meeting, Conversations in Democracy addressing migrants at the Flagler jail, art and legacy of Hittite civilization from the heart of Anatolia.

The School Board meets at 1 and 6 p.m., AdventHealth’s Rob Deininger is the featured speaker at Flagler Tiger Bay, The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Group meets, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Bunnell City Commission meets, The AARP Foundation’s Tax Aide provides free tax preparation services, remembering William Maxwell from the way “They Came Like Swallows” to “The Man in the Moon.”

Yasmina Reza’s “Art,” at City Repertory Theatre, Caribbean IslandFest at The Stage in Palm Coast’s Town Center, when Hermann Göring comes off better than either Truman or Trump, Fawlty Towers’ war.

Bunnell City Manager Alvin Jackson’s 65th, Chess Meet-Up At the Flagler Beach Public Library, all ages, all skill levels, Yasmina Reza’s “Art,” at City Repertory Theatre, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Vernon Parrington on John C. Calhoun.

Yasmina Reza’s “Art,” at City Repertory Theatre, this time with an all-female cast, “Steel Magnolias” at Athens Theatre, Tax Collector Shelley Edmonson and Clerk of Court Tom Bexley on Free For All Friday, covering up Israel’s Sde Teiman scandal.

Town of Marineland commission meets and chats about its marina, Community Preparedness Workshop at EOC, “Steel Magnolias” at Athens Theatre, a review of recent Iran war covers from around the world.

The Flagler County Contractor Review Board meets, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, the FCC takes its cues from Dubai to censor the networks, the death of Richard Nixon.

The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m., County Commissioner Leann Pennington hosts a Town Hall, 6 to 8 p., at Haw Creek Community Center, The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club meets, Hannah Arendt’s prediction for maga.

It’s possible that it may not try to fire County Administrator Heidi Petito when the County Commission meets this evening. The Mosquito Control District board meets. Memories of Janet Reno, the anti-Bondi.

Daytona Solisti Concert, Strengthening Your Bond with Your Pets, a community lecture at Trinity Presbyterian, The Seeking Insights for Solutions (SIS) book club hosts a virtual guest and discussion, Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” at Limelight Theatre.

Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, three de-commissioned amigos, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monthly Meeting, “Steel Magnolias” at Athens Theatre in DeLand, Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine.

Leann Pennington and R.J. Santore on Free for All Friday on WNZF, Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, “Steel Magnolias” at Athens Theatre in DeLand, the next oil shock.

Swan Lake Ballet, Dance Alive Company at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center, R.J. Santore is sworn in at the Flagler Beach City Commission, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series, Israel’s bombing of a hotel filled with refugees in Beirut.

The River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) Bicycle/Pedestrian committee meets, Separation Chat, with the Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Albert Camus’ Mediterranean and his Algeria.

The Flagler County Commission meets at 9 a.m. for a business meeting and again at 1 p.m. for a workshop, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets, storytime with Thomas Mann’s “Little Lizzy,” a study in humiliation.

The Bunnell City Commission meets, the Library Board of Trustees meets, Al Hadeed’s birthday and a few words from Raja Shehadeh and Ramallah.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” at Limelight Theatre, Christo Komarnitski on Netanyahu, waking up to Hezbollah’s horrors.

SpringFest 2026 returns to Palm Coast’s Central Park all day, with vendors and play, the Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, the Library of America’s reissue of Hannah Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism.”

The first edition of Coffee and Conversation with Palm Coast City Manager Michael McGlothlin, First Friday in Flagler Beach, Free Family Art Night at Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, sanitizing Israeli apartheid.

A few pictures of the disappearing Flagler Beach pier, a brief history of piers and one of their secret histories, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, a few more days of free tax preparation.

A Neil Diamond tribute show at the Fitz, the Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, free tax preparation services, Bingo Night at Palm Coast Elks Lodge, the Flagler County Republican Club meets, Osama, Khamenei, Trump and Lucifer have coffee at Starbucks’s hell branch.

Flagler Beach elects its next two city commissioners, polls open from 7 to 7, the Palm Coast City Council meets this evening, the State of the Union is at 9, Patricia Lockwood on New Hampshire.

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings, one of them to discuss Administrator Heidi Petito’s resignation, the Beverly Beach town commission meets, how the Jerusalem Post glorified Donald Trump, a few words from Siegfried Sassoon.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Valeria Luiselli’s “Predictions and Presentiment” and the place of sounds in prose, Grace Community Food Pantry.

Gamble Jam, Feline Friendship Art Class and Wine, “The Colored Museum” at CRT, Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley, experiencing Joe Rogan with David Remnick, Hugh Thomas on wizardry.

“The Colored Museum” in its final weekend at CRT, Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, Scenic A1A Pride Committee meeting, Darius the Great and Donald Trump.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, Ian McEwan’s “What We Can Know,” and McEwan spends an hour with David Remnick.

The River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization meets, free tax preparation, Separation Chat, Marco Rubio’s manufactured humanitarian crisis in Cuba, images from Havana and a DeLillo snapshot.

The school board holds a pair of meetings, County Commissioner Kim Carney’s town hall meeting at the Wickline Center in Flagler Beach, Barack Obama’s too-controlled answer to Bryan Tyler Cohen.

Cold-weather shelter opens tonight. Community Preparedness Workshop at the Emergency Operations Center, the Bunnell City Commission meets, Thomas Mann’s “Little Lizzy” as a study in humiliation, Jacques Brel’s “Ne me quitte pas.”

“The Colored Museum” at City Repertory Theatre, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, favorites and not so favorites of Milan Cortina, what curling looked like in 1902.

“The Colored Museum,” at City Repertory Theatre, ‘Social Security,’ At the Daytona Playhouse, Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley, The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, John Updike’s Couples and The Doors.

“The Colored Museum,” at City Repertory Theatre, the Flagler County Cultural Council meets, free tax preparation services, a magazine with an “intelligent, well-educated, discriminating, well-informed” readership celebrates itself, Social Security,’ At the Daytona Playhouse.

Marineland Commission meeting, Model Yacht Club in Palm Coast’s Town Center, the Olympic moment occasionally regained, when the queen of England jumped out of a helicopter, Reagan at the 1984 Olympics.

The Tourist Development Council meets, the Palm Coast Planning Board meets, the county’s industrial development board meets, Bingo Night at Palm Coast Elks Lodge, Jesse Jackson.

The Palm Coast City Council meets, Adam Shatz’s Another Country, a worrisome power shift between job openings and the unemployed.

Today is Presidents’ Day. Schools, courts, and some government offices are closed. John Updike’s thrill at Obama’s election and his warning about what it took, and what was ahead, plus memories of Grant Park and Patricia Lockwood.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,’ At Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, ‘Social Security,’ At the Daytona Playhouse, getting to know Margaret Fuller.

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, ‘Social Security,’ At the Daytona Playhouse, Gamble Jam, Israel’s continuing land grabs in the West Bank.

Free tax preparation services by volunteers should you need them, the Friday Blue Forum, opening night for “Social Security” at the Daytona Playhouse, Cheryl’s birthday, a Thoreau poem flies us to the moon.

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.