Health Caring podcast: Fighting breast cancer through music
Today's topic: Husband-and-wife team Shelly and Gordon Brock are in their sixth year of organizing Upbeat Pink, a musical tribute to breast cancer survivors.Our guests: Shelly is a nurse practitioner...
View Article'Extreme Makeover' looking for local families who need homes renovated
ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is looking for deserving families who need a home and has asked HandsOn Jacksonville to help. The network television show that renovates and rebuilds the homes...
View ArticleMaking a micro business
Krista Kraynak loved hanging out with her dog, Ozzy, but never thought they could make a living together. Then she was laid off from her 10-year job as a visual display manager for a large watch...
View ArticleBada Bing Babes bring burlesque back to Jacksonville stages
A few women in Jacksonville are trying to bring old-fashioned burlesque to the city — one sequin, fishnet stocking and schoolgirl dress at a time. The burlesque revival, after all, has been a fixture...
View ArticleMiss Jacksonville scholarship pageants to be held Sunday at Ritz Theatre
Eleven contestants from the Jacksonville area will compete Sunday in the 2012 Miss Jacksonville USA and Miss Jacksonville Teen USA Pageant. The pageant, with a "Glitz, Glamour & Gown" Hollywood red...
View ArticlePerez will receive 2011 EVE Lifetime Achievement Award
It took one patient early in Edith Perez's life to change the course of her career. Perez was training to become a physician, doing her rounds as a resident at a California hospital. In the middle of...
View ArticleSan Marco arts fest seeking vendors
A call has gone out for vendors and bands to participate in the Festival di San Marco, an inaugural arts festival to be held Sept. 24. The San Marco Merchants Association, which is hosting the event,...
View ArticleWatch: The Drumming Queen
Bea Gayle, also known as BB Queen, is one of a rare breed in this area, a female drummer. Gayle, who is in the midst of recording her third CD, says being a drummer is what she was born to do and plans...
View ArticleIn praise of Sisters Weekend
Every few months, I leave my Orange Park home, get on I-95 and head north. One of my two sisters, who lives near Easley, S.C. gets on I-26 and heads south. We meet in Beaufort, S.C., at the home of my...
View ArticleJacksonville's Ray McKelvey through the years
Ray McKelvey, the hard-living punk pioneer known to many as Stevie Ray Stiletto, died Sunday morning, March 24, 2013, at his home on Westside, which he shared much of his life with his mother,...
View ArticleRick Pitino meets with Jaguars, makes impression
Jaguars coach Bradley welcomed Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino to the stadium last week to speak to the team.Pitino talked and answered questions for 75 minutes, met with the coaching staff and...
View ArticleTOP 10 JAGUARS: They can't live without
The Jaguars are down to their 53-man roster with Sunday’s regular-season opener at Philadelphia quickly approaching. But, who are the 10 most indispensable players on the team? Looking at talent as...
View ArticleRIVER CITY PRIDE PARADE 2014 - Take 3
The River City Pride Parade was celebrated with this year's with the theme: Show your pride, loud and proud! The parade followed a route from Boone Park to Five Points on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, and...
View ArticleONE SPARK CREATOR MEETUP AND FOOD FUN(D): Last night near the Jacksonville...
One Spark Creator Meetup + Food Fun(d) was held on Hogan Street by the Jacksonville Landing on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. One Spark Creators pitched ideas to attendees while everyone enjoyed food and...
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