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Today at the Editor’s Glance:
World Cup: Host Qatar play Ecuador in the opening match of the month-long tournament. It is the only match of the day, 11 a.m. on FS1, Telemundo and Peacock (Spanish).
Pianist Michael Rickman in concert: Michael Rickman, who has performed in London, Paris and Carnegie Hall in New York City, will be in concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary of Lighthouse Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach. A $20 donation is requested at the door. For more information call 386-562-5423 or go online at daytonasolisti.com. The performance is part of Daytona Solisti’s 2022-23 concert season. Along with the lengthy, epic “Appassionata” Sonata, which Beethoven considered to be one of his finest, the program will include a Myra Hess transcription of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” the chorale setting from Cantata BWV 147, and Robert Schumann’s Carnaval Op. 9. See the detailed preview, “World-Renowned Pianist Michael Rickman Performs Bach, Beethoven and Schumann Nov. 20 in Ormond Beach.”
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from 1 to 4 p.m. The food pantry is organized by Pastor Charles Silano and Grace Community Food Pantry, a Disaster Relief Agency in Flagler County. Feeding Northeast Florida helps local children and families, seniors and active and retired military members who struggle to put food on the table. Working with local grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms we rescue high-quality food that would normally be wasted and transform it into meals for those in need. The Flagler County School District provides space for much of the food pantry storage and operations. Call 386-586-2653 to help, volunteer or donate.
Chamber Winds Concert, UCF’s Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, 2 p.m. Students from the UCF Wind Ensemble perform works for chamber wind ensembles. The UCF Wind Ensemble is comprised of approximately 50 of the finest wind and percussion students at the University of Central Florida. Performing literature of the highest caliber. the Wind Ensemble presents two to three concerts per semester at local, regional and national venues. Free admission.
Knights Trumpet Ensemble Concert, UCF’s Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, 5 p.m. Directed by Jesse Cook. Free admission, no ticket required.
Notably: As we watch the opening match of the World Cup from Qatar today, here are a few excerpts from Human Rights Watch’s 2022 report on that lovely country: “[A] migrant worker’s legal status in Qatar remains tied to a specific employer, where an employer can apply, renew, or cancel a worker’s residency permit, and that “absconding,” or leaving an employer without permission, remains a crime. Workers, especially low-paid laborers and domestic workers, often depend on their employer not just for their jobs, but for housing and food. Passport confiscations, high recruitment fees, and deceptive recruitment practices remain largely unpunished. Workers are banned from joining trade unions or exercising their right to strike. Such impunity and remaining aspects of the kafala system continue to drive abuse, exploitation, and forced labor practices.” In other words, workers in Qatar are being treated exactly as workers were treated in Europe and the United States 150 years ago. “In May, Qatari authorities forcibly disappeared a Kenyan security guard and labor activist, Malcolm Bidali, detaining him in solitary confinement for a month, after which they conditionally released him back to his company’s worker accommodations. […] Women in Qatar must obtain permission from their male guardians to marry, study abroad on government scholarships, work in many government jobs, travel abroad until certain ages, and receive some forms of reproductive health care. The discriminatory system also denies women the authority to act as their children’s primary guardian, even when they are divorced and have legal custody, without regard to the child’s best interests. […] Qatar’s Family Law also discriminates against women in marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance. Women are required to have a male guardian’s permission to marry.” More tomorrow. Here’s a special reminder to Qatar inspired by Flagler Pride:
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January 2026
Free For All Fridays With Host David Ayres on WNZF
Flagler County Cultural Council (FC3) Meeting
Friday Blue Forum
‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,’ the Billie Holiday Story, at City Rep Theatre
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Democratic Women’s Club
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
The Rainbow Bridge Dedication at Holland Park
‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,’ the Billie Holiday Story, at City Rep Theatre
Random Acts of Insanity’s Roundup of Standups from Around Central Florida
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On one level, the Qatar World Cup represents all that is wrong in hypercommodified megaevents: global consultancies, multinational corporations, government agencies, FIFA itself. And yet this year’s tournament also makes clear that the game is no longer the exclusive domain of European states and their erstwhile Latin American colonies. Football is a cultural force like no other. Its intricate history has transcended boundaries and captured the hearts of millions in the Middle East and beyond. It is something on which to project hopes and fears, anxieties and aspirations. As the teams representing 32 nations take to the field in the month ahead, those aspirations will take center stage.
–From Abdullah Al-Arian’s “Why the World Cup Belongs in the Middle East,” The New York Times, Nov. 18, 2022.
Pogo says
@On this Sunday
“…If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich…”
— Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/inaugural-address-19610120
Ray W. says
Thank you, Pogo.
I like the advice given by a now forgotten person: The best exercise is helping another person up.
R. S. says
I think that Quat’r also shows some positive signs: They had Morgan Freeman, an agnostic, take center stage; they had some housing for foreign workers [Saudi Arabia lets them fashion their own huts from blocks lying about]; and at least they paid some lip service to inclusivity, human equality and diversity. We shall see what they’ll do about the “One Love” armbands with the rainbow flag on the arms of the European teams, although FiFa is to be blamed more for an attempt to suppress the bands. I thought the presence of some women in public and the rudiments of a women’s team show some albeit tiny steps of progress. And most iqamas [work permits], which are standard in most of the Middle East for foreign workers, may be transferable in the future. So, the outlook for one who has experience the Middle East is not quite so bleak. Alone opening its borders to foreign visitors is a step forward. Now if they only can leap over their shadow on the beer issue . . .