Daily Briefing

The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, then again in a special workshop with its planning board to talk about Imagine 2050, the next comprehensive plan, Donna Tartt’s Goldfinch, swimming in the Seine.

The Flagler County Commission meets behind closed doors to talk litigation, the Bunnell City Commission meets, debating Columbus.

Palm Coast’s and AdventHealth’s Pink on Parade 5k Run/Walk in Town Center, Creekside Music and Arts Festival, the determinism of 2+2=4, Daniel Boorstin on Charlie Rose and pseudo-events.

Creekside Music and Arts Festival today and tomorrow, Monthly Volunteer Clean-Up Day at the Florida Agriculture Museum, Maze Dayz Fall Festival, Stetson Choral Festival, housing prices, Víkingur Ólafsson’s new Goldberg Variations.

First Friday in Flagler Beach, the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, Stetson Choral Festival, the John Marchi-John Lindsey mayoral race and that Lloyd Bentsen-Dan Quayle moment.

The Nobel Prize for Literature is announced this morning, making this the most important day of the year. No drug court today. Bach’s Toccata in C Minor, and a few words from the late Alan Siegal on good writing.

Bridge and Games at Flagler Woman’s Club, James Taylor is back in court, battling his life term, the Flagler County Republican Club meets, Weekly Chess Club for teens, more Gatsby and the 7 Train in snow.

The school board meets in secret and meets again in the open, the Palm Coast City Council holds an evening meeting, the Nobel Prize in Physics is announced, Adam Nagourney on the New York Times.

Nysean Giddens is sentenced, the Beverly Beach Town Commission and the Astronomy Club meet (separately), the U.S. Supreme Court begins its 2023-24 term, and what are we to make of the Sphere in Vegas?

St. Augustine Songwriters Festival, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” at City Repertory Theatre, a celebration of Amin Maalouf.