Daily Briefing

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.

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.