Gordon Lightfoot at the Plaza Theater, ‘My Illustrious Wasteland,’ the rock musical, returns to Orlando, the Glee-like Power Chords at the Orlando Repertory Theatre, the Orlando Philharmonic’ shows off its brass, and more.
All Else
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 23
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 23: Sold; Royal Comparisons; Jim Gets Home-sick; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Mystery Scarring Unsolved, Malacompra Trail Policing Is Turned Over to Biking Group
The Malacompra mountain bike trail, for years a somewhat anarchic free-for-all recently torn up by bikers, will now, in an unusual arrangement, be policed by a mountain biking group and supervised by county authorities in cooperation with Hammock conservationists.
Florida Slush Funds, Radioactive Coulter, Corrupt Editors, Bullies and Body-Slammers: The Live Wire
The Australian anti-bully body-slammer talks, Ben Stiller on manchild syndrome, Ann Coulter thinks radiation is good for you, acts and pictures worse than Abu Ghraib, Willem de Kooning and more.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 21
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 21: Sword Exercise; Hamlet’s Soliloquy; They Loafed Around Town; A Lazy Town; Old Boggs; Dead; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Murder-Suicide Shakes Community on Barkwood Lane in Northern Palm Coast
A middle-aged couple was found dead in their home on Barkwood Lane, off of Belle Terre Parkway, late Sunday afternoon. A shotgun was found at the scene next to the man.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 20
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 20: Huck Explains; Laying Out a Campaign; Working the Camp; meeting; A
Pirate at the Camp-meeting; The Duke as a Printer; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 19
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 19: Tying Up Day-times; An Astronomical Theory; Running a Temperance
Revival; The Duke of Bridgewater; The Troubles of Royalty; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 18
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 18: Col. Grangerford; Aristocracy; Feuds; The Testament; Recovering the
Raft; The Wood-pile; Pork and Cabbage; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Census 2010: Flagler’s Population Climbs to 95,696, Florida’s to 18.8 Million
Flagler County’s population increased 92 percent since 2000. Florida’s population is 18.8 million, up 17.7 percent from a population of 16 million a decade ago.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 17
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 17: An Evening Call; The Farm in Arkansaw; Interior Decorations; Stephen
Dowling Bots; Poetical Effusions; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
School Board Member Salaries By County, 2010-2011
Complete list of Florida school board members’ salaries, county by county, as set by state law. Salaries are set by population–or according to the starting pay of a teacher, whichever is less.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 16
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 16: Expectation; A White Lie; Floating Currency; Running by Cairo; Swimming Ashore; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Theatrical Premieres and a Unique View of the White House: Culture Worth the Miles
A new comedy about five would-be actors at the Mad Cow Theater, “Greater Tuna,” the critically acclaimed comedy, at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, “Charm” at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, and more.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 15
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 15: Huck Loses the Raft; In the Fog; Huck Finds the Raft; Trash; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Disaster Ready? 5 Nuclear Reactors in Florida, 3 Of Them Within 180 Miles of Palm Coast
Progress Energy’s Crystal River Plant in west Florida is exactly the same distance–140 miles–separating Tokyo from the exploding Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Two reactors in Jensen Beach are 180 miles south.
King Scott’s Nepotism, Tsunami Creeps, Kerouac Dreams, A Flash Mob in Beirut: The Live Wire
Why Bob Graham fears Rick Scott, the new pessimism in American culture, Bahrain imports repression, Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, dental floss imports, and more.
Sex-Ed in Flagler: School District Prepares to Move Away from Abstinence Only
Flagler’s sex-ed curriculum is abstinence only. But it’s barely taught and it appears not to address rising STD rates, though Flagler’s teen-pregnancy rate is lower than that of Florida or the United States. School board members are exploring a change.
Flagler County at the Heart of a Mortgage Fraud Investigation That Nets 11 Arrests, $9m Losses
Eighteen of the 23 homes at the heart of the fraud scheme were in Flagler County as fraudsters focused their attention here because it was out of the way. The scheme totaled some $9 million in losses, mostly to banks.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 14
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 14: A General Good Time; The Harem; French; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 13
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 13: Escaping from the Wreck; The Watchman; Sinking; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 42-43
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 42-43, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: Tom Sawyer Wounded.—The Doctor’s Story.—Tom Confesses.—Aunt Polly Arrives.—Hand Out Them Letters– Out of Bondage.—Paying the Captive.—Yours Truly, Huck Finn.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 41
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 41, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: The Doctor.—Uncle Silas.—Sister Hotchkiss.—Aunt Sally in Trouble.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 40
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 40, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: Fishing.—The Vigilance Committee.—A Lively Run.—Jim Advises a Doctor.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 39
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 39, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: Rats.—Lively Bed—fellows.—The Straw Dummy.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 38
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 38, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: The Coat of Arms.—A Skilled Superintendent.—Unpleasant Glory.—A Tearful Subject.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 37
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 37, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: The Last Shirt.—Mooning Around.—Sailing Orders.—The Witch Pie.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 36
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 36, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: The Lightning Rod.—His Level Best.—A Bequest to Posterity.—A High Figure.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 35
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 35, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: Escaping Properly.—Dark Schemes.—Discrimination in Stealing.—A Deep Hole.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 34
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 34, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: The Hut by the Ash Hopper.—Outrageous.—Climbing the Lightning Rod.—Troubled with Witches.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 33
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 33, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: A Nigger Stealer.—Southern Hospitality.—A Pretty Long Blessing.—Tar and Feathers.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 32
Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 32, full text, With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations: Still and Sunday-like.—Mistaken Identity.—Up a Stump.—In a Dilemma.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 12
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 12: Slow Navigation; Borrowing Things; Boarding the Wreck; The Plotters; Hunting for the Boat; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Inspired By Chagall: The Art of Whimsy Reinvented, at Hollingsworth Gallery
Every square inch an inspiration, Marc Chagall is the point of departure for a couple of dozen artists at the Hollingsworth Gallery’s latest show, an adventure in rediscovery and reinterpretation of one of the 20th century’s greatest artists.
New Flagler Beach Commission Is Seated–and Pier Restaurant Deal Almost Unravels
Unexpected discussion about breaking the bait and tackle shop at the pier out of the restaurant lease, and inviting others to bid for running it, almost demolished months of negotiations over the restaurant lease.
Peter King’s Muslim McCarthyism
U.S. Rep. Peter King’s homeland security hearings about Muslims and “radicalization” recall, beyond McCarthyism, a long American tradition of xenophobia and prejudice on the lunatic fringe. It’s not more broadly representative.
John Rogers Certified as Bunnell City Commissioner after Provisional Ballot Count
John Rogers will be sworn in with Jenny Crain Brady on March 14. For Bill Baxley, who lost by just three votes, the election is a learning experience. He says he will run again at the next election.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 11
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 11: Huck and the Woman; The Search; Prevarication; Going to Goshen; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
More Questions Than Answers As Palm Coast Desalination Project Scouts Locations
The public got its first chance to weigh in on Palm Coast’s $200 million seawater desalination project. Opinions were not friendly, and concerns over environmental issues specific.
Flagler and US Diverge as Unemployment Here Climbs Again to 16%
Flagler County’s January unemployment rate in January rose again to 16% percent, remaining in the same high range it’s been stuck in for a year and a half and bucking the national trend. Florida’s rate is 11.9%.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 10
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 10: The Find; Old Hank Bunker; In Disguise; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 9
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 9: The Cave; The Floating House; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
“Waiting in the Wings” at the Flagler Playhouse: Old Age in Wit and Drink
Set in a retirement home for aging actresses, Noel Coward’s play is an often funny, at times heartbreaking comedy-drama pulled off beautifully by an ensemble cast at the Flagler Playhouse: every weekend through the end of March.
Ex-Neo-Nazi White Supremacist Recruiter Lectures on “Turning Away from Hate” At Stetson March 21
TJ Leyden is the author of Skinhead Confessions and an adviser and trainer to state and federal panels, the military and law enforcement. Jason Alexander, the Seinfeld star, wrote the Foreword to Leyden’s memoir.
Election Winners: Carney and Shupe in Flagler Beach, Crain-Brady and Rogers in Bunnell
Kim Carney and Marshall Shupe replace Ron Vath and Joy McGrew in Flagler Beach, beating out Phil Busch. Incumbent Jenny Crain-Brady is re-elected, and John Rogers replaces fellow-wrecker and nine-year incumbent Jimmy Flynt.
Oxycodone Central, James Bond in Drag, Placenta-Eating and Georgia O’Keeffe at 92: The Live Wire
The 100th International Women’s Day, islamophobe Brigitte Gabriel, Mike Huckabee’s bigotries, Duke Ellington’s wonders, a Palm Coast company on TLC, pretend abortions in Oklahoma, and more.
In Your Backyard: Public Discussion on Where to Plunk Desalination Plant Wednesday
The $200 million, Palm Coast-led desalination project is holding an open house and public comment period on the project’s location beginning at 6 p.m. at the Whitney Laboratory in Marineland on March 9.
Room for Debate: Do You Let Your Teen Drink At Home?
A new study shows that 5.9 percent of adolescents 12 to 14 drank at home in the past month, almost half of them getting their drink from family. Do you let your teen drink in hopes of teaching responsibility?
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 8
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 8: Sleeping in the Woods, Raising the Dead, Exploring the Island, Finding Jim; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 7
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 7: Laying for Him; Locked in the Cabin; Sinking the Body; Resting; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.