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Addiction v. Redemption in City Repertory Theatre’s Production of Clifford Odets’s ‘Country Girl’

December 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The cast of City Repertory Theatre’s production of the Clifford Odets drama “The Country Girl” stars, from left: Jack Rose, Julia Truilo, Annie Gaybis, John Sbordone and Peter Gutierrez. Photo by Mike Kitaif

Clifford Odets’s play, opening at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Thursday and running as a staged reading through Sunday, tells the story of Frank Elgin, a once-lauded actor who’s become mired in booze even as he’s hoping to return to his past glory, while his ever-faithful wife, Georgie, struggles to keep him from tumbling into an alcoholic abyss. CRT is staging some of its leading stars and veterans, including Director John Sbordone.

Flagler Youth Orchestra’s 17th-Year Roller Coaster Ride in Season-Ending Concert Monday, and Away from the Stage

April 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Flagler Youth Orchestra’s 200 performers are on stage at the Flagler Auditorium Monday evening for the 47th all-ensembles concert in the organization’s 17-year history, with surprise solo performances in the season-ending event, and a wide range of musical offerings.

Reflections on a Bobcat Sighting on Palm Coast’s Squadron Place

June 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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“This is the first bobcat I’ve seen during my 31 years in Florida,” writes Rick de Yampert of his sighting outside his Seminole Woods home this morning. “At my hermitage beside the wilderness in Palm Coast, there are wild woods to the south and flatwoods to the east and southeast. Bob sat at the east edge of my backyard for a full 20 minutes.”

Flagler Playhouse Emerges Financially Solid from Covid Darkness with 2 Flagler Theatre Workshop Productions

May 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler Playhouse production of “Talking With . . .” includes six cast members performing various titled monologues. Clockwise from left are: Evelyn Lynam (“Lamps”), Ally Perkins (“Audition”), Jerri Berry (“Rodeo”), April Whaley (“Clear Glass Marbles”), Brittney Tellis (“Twirler”) and Madeleine Borth (“French Fries”). (© FlaglerLive)

With $243,000 in cash and savings and $1.4 million in assets, the Flagler Playhouse begins to light up its stage again in Bunnell with workshops and, come September, a new season starting with Neil Simon’s “Rumors.”

How Garry Lubi and Friends Scored the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival as it Rebounds from Covid Year

April 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Husband-and-wife duo Thom Shepherd and Coley McCabe Shepherd will perform from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Bloody Mary Brunch Bash, Oceanside Bar and Grill, 1848 S. Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach. The performance is part of the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. Admission for the brunch is free. Photo from thomandcoley.com

The festival is now in its fourth year, has grown from nine songwriters and an attendance of 275 in its first year to some 30 songwriters this year, and hopes to exceed the 700-some who attended when it was last held in person. The festival is the brainchild of Garry Lubi, the Palm Coast banker.

Outta’ Sight: Flagler Auditorium Celebrates Community with Covid-Conscious Concert Series

February 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Cherry Drops include, from left: Jimmy Mason, drums, backing vocals; Josh Cobb, guitar, backing vocals; Vern Shank, lead vocals, percussion; James Markowski, bass. (Vern Shank)

The Cherry Drops’s Feb. 27 show will be Flagler Auditorium’s second in its Community Celebration Series, a multi-artist, multi-media string of spring performances that lives up to its title. Along with concerts by mostly area music artists, each event will include presentations and activities by area civic and cultural groups such as the Flagler County Historical Society, and the Palm Coast Cruisers with their car show.

Gargiulo Arts Foundation Presents Non-Covid Talks at Flagler County Art League

September 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Artist Tom Gargiulo, cofounder of the Gargiulo Arts Foundation, stands beside his multimedia installation “Wear a Mask!” at the Flagler County Art League. Gargiulo will present a talk Saturday, Sept. 19, at the venue. (© FlaglerLive)

Artist Tom Gargiulo, cofounder of the Gargiulo Arts Foundation, along with his partner Arlene Volpe, will present an artist talk from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 19, Rick de Yampert, whose photographic digital art is included in a current exhibit at the Art League, will present talks from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at FCAL.

FlaglerLive’s Rick de Yampert Lands in New York Times as a Palm Coast Book Lover

January 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Rick de Yampert with a copy of The New York Times opened to the Sunday Review page with his mini-essay on the book that changed his life. (© FlaglerLive)

FlaglerLive Culture Writer Rick de Yampert’s written response was one of just 14 out of more than 1,300 that The New York Times published Sunday in answer to the question: “Was Your Life Changed by a Book?”

Lisa McDevitt, Flagler Auditorium’s Vigor and Champion, Remembered as ‘Mama Lisa’ Of the Performing Arts

February 4, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Alana Fitzgerald performing a prelude at the opening of a celebration of the life of Lisa McDevitt, the Flagler Auditorium's long-time executive director, at the auditorium Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Paying tribute to Lisa McDevitt, the Flagler Auditorium’s long-time executive director, were some 300 people Saturday, including family, friends, and performers she’d shepherded through the stage over the years.

For Palm Coast’s Boldest Stage in New Season, “Rocky Horror,” Satanic Puppet, and a Shrew

August 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The unflagging John Sbordone, the force behind Palm Coast's City Repertory Theatre. (City Rep)

Palm Coast-based City Rep, always willing to do a Capt. Kirk and boldly go where few community theaters have gone before, will offer six productions in the coming season.

City Rep’s ‘Songs for a New World’ Takes Columbus and Betsy Ross to Abstract Edge

January 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The cast of the City Repertory Theatre production of “Songs for a New World” includes, from left: Laniece Fagundes, Everett Clark, Chelsea Jo Conard and Aladdin Demps. At right is pianist Ben Beck, the musical’s accompanist and music director. (© FlaglerLive)

The newest production at Palm Coast’s City Rep Theatre brings together Columbus, Betsy Ross, a suicidal woman and Mrs. Claus in a non-traditional, abstract song cycle.

An Evening of Bardic Folk With Guitarist Mama Gina, Plus Rick de Yampert’s East-West Sitar Fusion

September 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Gina LaMonte, whose stage name is Mama Gina, will sing the saga of Nine Toes when she performs Saturday Sept. 3 during a concert at Salvo Art Project in Bunnell. Palm Coast sitar player Rick de Yampert will open the show.

Goodbye News-Journal

July 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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Rick de Yampert, the former arts writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal, explains why he cancelled his newspaper subscription for the first time in 43 years.

Divided Palm Coast Council Buries
Home-Based Baking Start-Ups For Good

July 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

For a Palm Coast City Council that has been preaching the virtues of entrepreneurship and small business, the 3-2 vote reasserted council members’ priority for residential neighborhoods and freedom from the risks of new business.

Cup Cakes Get Their Day in Court as Palm Coast Agrees to a Hearing on Home Bakeries

May 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Where van Gogh's starry night and small-business frosting meet. (photolaugher)

A split Palm Coast City Council has been wrestling with a proposal to allow small home-based commercial bakery operations, as long as the bakeries don’t sell products from the home. Food safety has been a hang-up.

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