Weather: Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Heat index values up to 105. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then clear after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Today at the Editor’s Glance:
Auditions for the award-winning musical “Oliver!” will be held at the Flagler Playhouse, 301 E Moody Blvd, Bunnell, on July 9, 10 and 11 at 6:30 pm. The audition schedule is as follows:
Saturday, July 9th – Auditions for children AGES 8-15
Sunday, July 10th – Auditions for those AGES 16+
Monday, July 11th – Auditions for those AGES 16+ and callbacks as needed
All those auditioning should prepare a song from the show. An accompanist is available as well as a CD player. If you plan to use music from your phone, please bring your own speaker. All actors will be asked to read from provided scripts. There will be a brief movement audition, so please dress accordingly. Show dates are Sept. 23-25, 30, Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 7-9. Rehearsals will typically be held Sunday through Thursday at 6:30 pm beginning Thursday, July 14th. “Oliver!” is a large cast musical with many roles for all ages. The production will be directed by Les Ober with musical direction by Jens Oliva and choreography by Terri Williams. Please direct any questions to [email protected]
Notably: It is Mary McLeod Bethune’s birthday (1875). She was born in Mayesville, South Carolina, became a teacher, founded her own school, the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls, which in 1931 merged with the Cookman Institute, when it was renamed Bethune-Cookman College, and eventually Bethune-Cookman University. It is also Marcel Proust’s birthday (1871). “Walter Benjamin,” Larry McMurtry once wrote, “said Proust was the Nile of language; in the same spirit one could call Faulkner — fittingly — its Mississippi; the Mississippi, at least, of the American language.”
Now this:
Flagler Beach Webcam:
The Live Calendar is a compendium of local and regional political, civic and cultural events. You can input your own calendar events directly onto the site as you wish them to appear (pending approval of course). To include your event in the Live Calendar, please fill out this form.
August 2026
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Primary Election Early Voting in Flagler County
Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Meeting
Randy Fine Press Conference/Campaign Stop at Beverly Beach Town Hall
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Primary Election Early Voting in Flagler County
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
For the full calendar, go here.
But all around the country, as the midterms unfold, Republican voters are embracing candidates who profess unalloyed allegiance to Trump, candidates who promote the myth that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, candidates who either can’t recognize or aren’t concerned about the autocratic path that Trump and his enablers would take us down. Those voters and those candidates are America. America is the prime-time hours on Fox News, which commands a bigger audience during that stretch than either CNN or MSNBC does. America is the viewers who thrill to Tucker Carlson’s rants and echo Sean Hannity’s resentments. They’re not all of America, obviously. And the midterms have provided some solace, such as Georgia primaries in which Republicans who refused to do Trump’s bidding — and were then targeted by him — prevailed over ultra-MAGA foot soldiers. But this country is a mix of truth and lie, of generosity and selfishness, of order and chaos. What Hutchinson saw on Jan. 6, 2021, wasn’t un-American. It was just an especially sad and scary version of America.
–From Frank Bruni’s “Was Jan. 6 Really ‘Un-American’?” The New York Times, June 30, 2022.
Ray W. says
Thank you, Mr. Tristam, for highlighting Frank Bruni’s thoughts.
Was Portugal’s former Europe minister, Bruno Maceas, correct when he observed in his History Has Begun that “perhaps alone among all contemporary civilizations, America regards reality as an enemy to be defeated”?