From weekend events to in-depth reporting on the region’s cultural life, Jacksonville Today highlights the arts and entertainment that define Northeast Florida. Our coverage includes What to Do guides, artist spotlights, event previews, and stories about music, theater, visual arts, and local traditions. Whether you are looking for something fun this weekend or insight into Jacksonville’s creative community, you will find it here.
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As evidenced by the streaming numbers for his music, Beaches-based singer-songwriter Corey Kilgannon is one of the most popular independent artists working in Jacksonville today. He plays Blue Jay Listening Room on Sunday. Credit: Jacob Cummings, courtesy of the artist
January 5, 2023

ARTS PICKS | Jan. 6-8

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend.…

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Credit: Courtesy of the Jacksonville Symphony
December 14, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 16-18

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Print…

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More than 40 gingerbread and icing creations, from local landmarks to Christmas fantasy scenes, decorate the interior of the Old St. Andrew's Church during the 20th annual Gingerbread Extravaganza. | Dan Scanlan
December 7, 2022

20th annual Jacksonville Gingerbread Extravaganza brings builders from far and wide

The aroma of gingerbread fills the air inside the historic sanctuary of Old St. Andrews Church as Paisley Engram looks…

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December 7, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 9-11

Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday Milagros:…

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Courtesy of the artist
December 1, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Dec. 1-4

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Thursday-Friday…

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Credit: Courtesy of CoRK Arts District
November 17, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Nov. 18-20

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday…

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Credit: Courtesy of Jacksonville Dance Theatre
November 10, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Nov. 11-13

Every week, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday…

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November 2, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Nov. 4-6

Every week, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Friday…

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Don’t Blame it on ZEN: The Way of John Cage & Friends, Installation view. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Curated by Jade Dellinger, Director of the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW September 2021-January 2022.
October 27, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 28-30

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the weekend. Tonight…

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October 21, 2022

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 21-23

Every Friday, Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his top 3 arts and culture picks for the…

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October 18, 2022

2022 State of the River Report

Join Dr. Gretchen Bielmeyer-Fraser and a panel of experts as they present the 2022 State of the River Report for…

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July 13, 2022

Northeast Florida Regional Conservation Efforts

This is the fourth webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

June 3, 2022

Undercurrents: Cultures of Climate Change

On June 2nd, ADAPT partnered with Flagler College and the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum for “Undercurrents: Cultures of Climate Change,” an…

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April 11, 2022

Capturing the magic of Black motherhood despite the maternal mortality crisis

It’s one thing to know something. It’s an entirely different experience to be immersed in your knowledge, feel it with…

April 4, 2022

The Northeast Florida Focus Area of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Coastal Study

This is the third webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

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February 15, 2022

Building Flood Resilience Into Urban Systems

This is the second installment of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

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"Reliquario De Santi Cosmos (Medici, 1691)," 2020 by Richard Heipp courtesy of the artist
January 26, 2022

Painter Richard Heipp forces us to see the world, and his art, anew

In Wes Anderson’s new film, The French Dispatch, Julian Cadazio (a huckster of substantial means played by Adrien Brody) is…

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Long Roads Project booth at Untitled Art in Miami featuring works by Jax-based artists Dustin Harewood, Mark Creegan, Tony Rodrigues and Hiromi Moneyhun | Credit: Photograph courtesy of Long Road Projects
December 16, 2021

How 4 Jacksonville artists made it to Miami Art Week

It’s just after 5 p.m. on the Monday before Thanksgiving. Artist and Professor Dustin Harewood dons a paint-splattered denim apron…

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"Blue" by Malcolm Jackson is on view at the Lark as part of the group show of photography Last Coast. The image was inspired by the movie Moonlight, says Malcolm Jackson. "I chose to shoot it near the Talbot Islands off Heckscher Drive because of the the area's ties to the Atlantic slave trade. I felt a Black woman was best subject for this because nobody has a better combination of power, grace and resilience." | Photograph courtesy of the artist
November 30, 2021

3 local photojournalists frame up the First Coast in ‘Last Coast’

The term First Coast is synonymous with Jacksonville and its four surrounding counties: Clay, Nassau, Baker and St. Johns. A…

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November 30, 2021

Site-Scale Green Infrastructure Solutions For Shoreline Management

This is the first event of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…

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A composite image of Ricder Ricardo, Mimi Tran and Kirsten Williams for the show 'Age of Cognizance' on view at the Yellow House | Art by Ricder Ricardo
November 22, 2021

In ‘Age of Cognizance’ 3 Jacksonville artists explore their individual identities through collective consciousness

The Age of Cognizance, which opened this month, is the Yellow House’s first in-person exhibit in nearly two years. A…

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November 1, 2021

ADAPT: The State of the St. Johns River

Following the release on October 15 of the 14th annual State of the St. Johns River report, WJCT Public Media…

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August 26, 2021

Climate Change & National Security in Northeast Florida

On August 24, WJCT Public Media and the American Security Project hosted an in-person and on-line discussion on how rising…

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April 20, 2021

ADAPT: Using Parks & Green Space In The Fight Against Climate Change

On April 20th, WJCT Public Media hosted a virtual panel discussion on the varied roles that parks and green space…