Arts & Culture

The aroma of gingerbread fills the air inside the historic sanctuary of Old St. Andrews Church as Paisley Engram looks at the intricately built Santa’s cottage she built out of gingerbread, icing and candy. This is the 9-year-old girl’s first entry into the annual Gingerbread Extravaganza, a 20-year holiday tradition that raises funds for the Jacksonville Historical Society’s educational programs, which

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Milagros: Flutter Zone Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville | Downtown Jacksonville Florida-bred arts collective Milagros returns to Jacksonville to celebrate the installation of the latest Project Atrium exhibit, Flutter Zone. Made up of artists Felici Asteinza and Joey Fillastre, the New

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Thursday-Friday Champagne & Shopping  Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens | Riverside  The Cummer’s two-day holiday market features art-inspired and artisan-made gifts from assorted trunk shows, including Italian resin jewelry, Venetian crystal glass, children’s books and distinctive stationery and wearables, among

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Randall Bramblett Blue Jay Listening Room | Jacksonville Beach Over the five decades of his career — which includes solo work and collaborations with Greg Allman, Levon Helm, Steve Winwood and others — singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett has pushed

Every week, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday and Saturday  Brahms’ German Requiem and Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer Jacoby Symphony Hall | Downtown Jacksonville Jax Symphony Music Director Courtney Lewis and co. take on the tender melodies of two famous romantics, German composers Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler.

Every week, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday & Saturday  The Paul Simon Songbook  Jacoby Symphony Hall | Downtown Jacksonville  Just slip out the back, Jack. And make a new plan, Stan, to take advantage of one of three opportunities to see the Jacksonville Symphony celebrate the music

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Tonight Southern Soul Music Festival  Moran Theater | Downtown Jacksonville A showcase of celebrated soul, gospel and R&B acts hailing from the Southeastern U.S., including Tucka (Louisiana), Calvin Richardson (North Carolina) and more makes a stop at the Jacksonville Center for

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday, Oct. 21 W.I.T.C.H.  JME Soundstage | Downtown Jacksonville  In the 1970s, the band W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc) was as big as The Beatles in their native Zambia. Pioneers of a sound that fuses American rock and

It’s one thing to know something. It’s an entirely different experience to be immersed in your knowledge, feel it with your heart, and see it reflected back at you. That is exactly how local curator, writer, wife and mother Shawanna Brooks wants you to feel when you experience her visual and literary art exhibition, Magic, Mirth, & Mortality: Musings on

The Duval County Courthouse is certainly a sight to behold. With its precast concrete and steel facade, the 800,000-square-foot, seven-story structure occupies two city blocks between Broad and Pearl streets in Downtown Jacksonville.  Since its completion in June of 2012, the courthouse has stuck out like a sore thumb, its massive scale and new-construction sheen offering a contrast to the