Daily Briefing

Flagler County and the City of Palm Coast host Veterans Day ceremonies at the Flagler Auditorium, Funeral arrangements for Palm Coast Firefighter-Paramedic Brant Gammon, “Driving Miss Daisy” at Flagler Playhouse, Dostoevsky and Kurt Vonnegut, plus Bill Burr.

Tropical Storm Nicole’s effects will peak today, as most government offices, schools and many businesses remain closed. Happy birthday, Ennio Morricone. And the ungodliness of Ron DeSantis.

The day after the election, Flagler County is mostly closed in anticipation of Tropical Storm Nicole’s effects, Iran’s women, remembering Spiro Agnew, that hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

It’s Election Day, and Flagler needs 21,000 votes to have a higher turnout than in 2018, recalling the “Astounding Triumph of Republicanism…” in 1860, a total lunar eclipse, James Howard Kunstler on the ugliness of America’s urban landscapes.

The Flagler County Commission honors Dana Morris, who is retiring after flying Flagler County FireFlight for two decades, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets, Bill Bryson’s cruel words about Iowa women.

Kiwanis Club’s Fantastic Musical Comedy Show, “Charley’s Aunt,” at City Repertory Theatre, “Driving Miss Daisy” at Flagler Playhouse, how Trump is still damaging America, the wonder of books.

Last day for early voting, 5th Annual Hidden Treasures at Hidden Trails Community Sale, Flagler Beach Farmers Market, “Charley’s Aunt,” at City Repertory Theatre, and how American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class.

“Charley’s Aunt,” at City Repertory Theatre, First Friday in Flagler Beach, “Driving Miss Daisy” at Flagler Playhouse, other media catch up to Will Fury’s sleaze, extremists and political violence.

Three days left for early voting, open registration for spring 2023 classes at all DSC campuses, the Pegasus String Quartet in recital, Beppe Severgnini on shopping in America.

The county’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee talks building incentives, early voting continues, an explanation of Magritte’s treachery of images, the rise of juvenile delinquency, circa 1921.

The school board rehearses saying good bye to Trevor Tucker, Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald, early voting continues, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, How To Build a Semi-Fascist Party.

The Halloween Hall of Terror is back at Palm Coast Fire Station 21, giving books for treats instead of candy, Lake Okeechobee in memoriam.

The Halloween Hall of Terror is back at Palm Coast Fire Station 21, “Charley’s Aunt,” at City Repertory Theatre, Steinbeck’s East of Eden, a word from M*A*S*H.

Witches of Flagler Beach Bike Ride, “Charley’s Aunt,” at City Repertory Theatre, Halloween Scavenger Hunt in Flagler Beach, Northeast Florida Jazz Association, Boswell, Vaclav Havel.

Early voting, the Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets, Theatre UCF’s ‘Working,’ the Volstead Act and Erasmus’s Praise of Folly, and a happy birthday to Andy Sipowicz.

Early voting, The Flagler Beach City Commission talks pier and utility rates, The Flagler Education Foundation hosts a tour of Flagler Palm Coast High School’s Classrooms to Career programs, Teddy Roosevelt’s racism, Ross Douthat on California’s extremism.

Early voting continues, so does Carlos Dupree’s trial for home invasion, Hurricane Ian Information Forum in Flagler Beach, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Domenico Scarlatti’s birthday.

Carlos Dupree, 36, goes on trial for a home invasion in Palm Coast’s P Section, the Flagler County Public Library’s Freedom Readers Club, new music concerts at Stetson and UCF, watch today’s eclipse of the sun, old age, a beginner’s guide.

The Bunnell City Commission tries for the third time to dispose of its Charter Review discussion, many trials in felony court but none high-profile, the disunited States, Annie Edson Taylor goes over in a barrel.

St Elizabeth Ann Seton Community Fall Festival, DragQueen Halloween, William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” Theatre UCF’s “Working,” remembering Johnny Carson.

The first Palm Coast Arts Festival in Town center, St Elizabeth Ann Seton Community Fall Festival, Teens-In-Flight Inc. hosts the grand opening of its new digs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, John Reed shakes the world.

A Stetson University Symphonic Band and Concert Band Concert, “For Whom the Bell Tolls” at 82, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms at the Jacksonville Symphony, and lots of theater, including William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” but you’ll have to travel a little out of town.

Drug Court, Barack Obama on the midterms and other late-empire issues, the History of the Fairchild Family, Theatre UCF’s “Working.”

Democrat Dave Aronberg, the State Attorney for the 15th Circuit, at Tiger Bay, The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meeting, Alaska Day without snow crabs. Can’t happen here? It already has.

The Palm Coast City Council makes appointments to its planning board, The Flagler Woman’s Club hosts Candidates’ Night, Community Cats of Palm Coast hosts Cat-Oberfest, the pleas of College Mariste de Champville.

The County Commission takes up another development at the south end of Old Kings Road, a trip to the center of the universe, the non-ideological Ron DeSantis in Flagler Beach.

Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, Sun-A Park and Esther Park at the piano, celebrating William O/ Douglas in a reactionary age.

Pink: A Salute to Women, at Flagler Auditorium, Island Festival in Palm Coast’s Central Park, Stetson Choral Festival, Bridge Day, Knopf rejects Jorge Luis Borges.

Rise Up, the second annual Conference on Domestic Violence, Swearing in of Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berry Hill, Stetson University Symphony Orchestra in concert, The Battle of Hastings, Eisenhower, and the punishing of children’s mental health problems.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Alexander Heffner at Flagler College, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series, “Turning News Into Art,” Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, Lenny Bruce in full, Sacha Baron Cohen on saving democracy from conspiracies.

Public Safety Coordinating Council meeting, death penalty in decline, but not in the United States, wrapping your head around the size of the universe, Woodrow Wilson’s lusty racism.

The Flagler County Planning Board takes up a new subdivision south of Eagle Lakes, avoiding the big eight food allergens, sandbags, Americans as peaceful peoples, but with a question mark.

The Bunnell City Commission talks Charter review, the Flagler Beach City Commission renews its state of emergency, Columbus Day and Lewis and Clark, Robert Levin on playing Mozart’s own piano.

Pink on Parade, the Annual Pink Army 5K in Palm Coast’s Town center, the Creekside Music and Arts Festival’s final day, John Field’s nocturne, Orwell on leftism.

A farewell party for Karen Barchowski and family at Sally’s Ice Cream in Flagler Beach this afternoon, Bats: Myth and Reality at the Palm Coast Community Center, Imagine.

First Friday in Flagler Beach is cancelled, Renner on the homeowner insurance disaster, “Oliver!” at the Playhouse, Annie Ernaux, Ferdinand Ries and Christian Walker.

The Nobel Prize for Literature is announced at 7 this morning, the Flagler Beach Historical Museum celebrates its 21st Anniversary, the wonderful Alice Munro.

Code enforcement board, chess club at the library, the face-palming absurdity of the Hershel Walker Senate race, the Nobels continue.

The Nobel Prize in Physics is announced at 5: 45 a.m., the school board and the Palm Coast City Council will look back on Ian, Neanderthal Man, Robert Graves.

Flagler schools and courts reopen, the Flagler County Commission recognizes Ryan Belhumeur, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets, the two Paul Renners: Policy Paul and Ideological Paul.

“Oliver!” the musical, at Flagler Playhouse and “Assassins” at City Rep. It’s Gandhi’s birthday and it’s World Communion Sunday, which lends itself to a few reflections about the eucharist.

It’s back to life for life’s sake: “Assassins” at City Rep Theatre, “Oliver!”” at the Flagler Playhouse, Americans spending like drunken sailors despite inflation, Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter.

Post-Ian recovery in earnest as schools and courts remain closed, but a breezy, cool fall day ahead. The vaporization of Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam, Nina Totenberg’s name-droppings.

Your windiest, rainiest, floodiest day of the year, Louis C.K. before his issues, H.L. Mencken on art.

Schools, courts, government offices and many businesses are closed or closing today in anticipation of the increasing intensity of Hurricane Ian’s local impacts. Stormy antidote: the Berlin Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the Pastorale, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test video.

Eight people, including Brennan Hill (attempted second degree murder) are scheduled for trial starting today but Hurricane Ian may have different ideas for them. A startling view into our limited water resources, Mo Amer at the airport.

The Bunnell City Commission considers its Charter Review Committee’s recommendations, Richard Dawkins tells us why we’re lucky to die, Yeol Eum Son reminds us that when all is gloom, there’s always a Mozart piano concerto.

Matinee day at local theaters, with Sondheim’s “Assassins,” at City Repertory Theatre, “Oliver!” at Flagler Playhouse, marking William Faulkner’s birthday and keeping an eye on Ian.

Free Health Clinic at Hidden Trails Community Center, keeping an eye on Hermine, a weekend of theater and disaster preparation continues, George Orwell at the public library, the John Marshall legacy.

It’s a weekend of theater: Sondheim’s “Assassins,” at City Repertory Theatre, “Oliver!” the musical, at Flagler Playhouse, “Pippin,” at the Daytona Playhouse, Brahms v. Radiohead, and The Inside Joke That Became Trump’s Big Lie.