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I grabbed the back pack Bianca had left in the kitchen and waited in the living room. I had no idea what she was packing for but after this morning I wasn’t going up there to check. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to ask Tuck yet. I wanted him to tell me he was a werewolf himself, that seemed like pretty important information just on the basis of trust. But I also wanted to know why he was really out by the mine yesterday. His story didn’t add up and there’s no way he knew we would be up there, I think that was just a coincidence. As I was trying to come up with exactly how I wanted to broach the question to Tuck, Frank put a hand on my shoulder. He was wearing his lab coat so I guessed he just came up from the basement. The hairnet he always seemed to wear when he was working was in its usual spot. I suppose he wore it to protect the memory of hair that was once on his head. He looked solemn and a little sick as he turned to me.
“Keep her out of trouble will you? I know we haven’t always been the best to her and I’m sure Stein and I don’t really give her the help she needs. But she’s like the daughter I never had time to have, I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to her.”
“Frank, you probably do more than you know for her. Did she ever talk about her family with you?”
“Very briefly throughout the years, I don’t know if she’s told you much or anything for that matter. It… it certainly wasn’t easy for her growing up and it never got easier.”
“I’ll do my best to keep her out of trouble. If she does end up following me into… whatever this trial ends up being just promise me you’ll have a way to get her out. Some kind of contingency, I can fend for myself but I’ve seen her just shut down before. Like yesterday in the caves someone grabbed her and she lashed out and just… wasn’t herself. She just froze and I don’t want that to happen anywhere near Shaoni.”
“I’ll work on something but I can’t promise that. Like Stein said we’re scientists, we don’t really do field work like that. If I do come up with something you’ll be the first to know. I’m glad she ran into you when she did Keith, she could really use a friend.”
With that Frank walked away, back towards the kitchen and into the basement.
It wasn’t long after that when I heard Bianca coming down the stairs asking if anyone had seen her toothbrush. At which point Rocco appeared in front of me from god knows where holding a suspicious disassembled toothbrush.
“Not. A. Word. Kid.”
Rocco growled at me as he scampered out the door behind me.
“I have a couple that I packed for the trip here from Wisconsin I can just give you one of those.”
I called to Bianca. Partially because I wanted to get a move on and partially because I wanted no part in whatever Rocco was getting up to. If there was one supernatural thing about this town it was that raccoon’s knack for mischief. I get that’s what raccoons are known for but seriously, Rocco was on another level. Bianca reluctantly agreed to take one of the travel tooth brushes I had back at my house. I wasn’t even going to ask why she packed a duffle bag to go a few hundred feet into town and back again.
“Come on we’ll take the bikes again.”
Bianca said as she made her way behind the house.
“I’m telling you they’re going to give me tetanus one of these days but sure. Lets just stop at my place first, I want to drop off this backpack you took yesterday first.”
Bianca was still wearing the ratty jeans she’d taken from me yesterday and at this point I just figured she could have them. I really wasn’t about to get into an argument as to why she should take my pants off and… ugh even saying it is just… no. Those were hers now as far as I was concerned.
We rode over to my house through the crisp autumn afternoon. The trees along the street were finally being to change color, it looked like a scene from a postcard. One of those one’s of the idyllic towns that could’ve come straight out of a hallmark movie. I had to give it to Eagles Peak, it may by turning into a den of vipers for me minute by minute but it sure could be beautiful, in it’s own isolated kind of way.
“Wow its very… small.”
Bianca commented as she stepped into my house and looked around.
“Yeah not everyone has a blank check from two different governments like Stein.”
“I didn’t mean li…”
“It’s ok I know what you meant, its different.”
I said cutting her off before she had the chance to apologize. I dropped off the backpack in my room and rooted around in the one duffle bag I still hadn’t unpacked from my trip here. I found the toothbrush without to much trouble and walked into the living room to give it to Bianca only to find her unpacking on the couch.
“What’s going on here, are you moving in?”
I joked, not expecting the answer I was about to get.
“Yeah, kind of hard to keep an eye on you from my house. I suppose I could from the top floor but if we’re working against Shaoni that doesn’t seem like a great idea. She’s got that whole thing with lighting and I get the sense her being angry at you while your up in the air isn’t a great combination.”
Bianca said, unpacking a blanket like she wasn’t just inserting herself into my house.
“WHAT?”
I shouted, maybe a little too loud.
“Is there a problem?I thought you wanted me looking out for you, this is me, doing that.”
She said looking up at me with puppy dog eyes. You’ve got to understand, those eyes coming from someone like Bianca, glowing or otherwise, well you just can’t say no to that. When it’s Bianca you really can’t say no. She can just take that option away in an instant but again she didn’t for me, it was still my choice.
“I.. sure but you can have my bed. We’ll get everything set up once we get back from the Roost. You did tell Frank and Stein about this right?”
I gave in, deciding to let her stay.
“I’m a big girl, they doin’t need to know everything I do, and… thanks”
“It’s alright, just let me know next time you’re going to pull something like this ok?”
I added, equal parts excited to actually have someone to talk to besides myself in my own home, and worried what Frank and Stein might think was going on here. I put those thoughts out of my head for the moment as we got back on the bikes.
It was about 3 by the time we made it to Tuck’s bar after the delay Bianca had caused by moving herself out before we left. Just as I expected the sign said closed but the door was unlocked. The bar looked exactly the same as the last time I was there. Stone fireplace roaring and pristine wooden floor looking like it had been polished just this morning. Tuck was sitting behind the bar looking worse for wear. The look on his face said he knew we were coming and he wasn’t to thrilled about it.
“Does he know?”
Tuck asked pointedly, looking straight through me and speaking to Bianca.
“About me or you, because the answer is both of us.”
Tuck shook his head at this and a grim look came over him.
“Ya shouldn’t have pulled him into this.”
“Actually I pulled her into it if anything, going out there was my idea. I’ve got a mark like Robert’s, its actually what brought me to town in the first place.”
I said, hoping my honesty would get the same out of Tuck.
“So that bird called ya out here somehow?”
“More or less, but that’s not what I’m here about. I want to know why exactly you followed us out there yesterday.”
Tuck sighed and gestured to the seats at the bar, beckoning Bianca and I to take a seat.
“When Robert chased ya out the other night some of his friends came by. They all got that mark like him, they were sayin’ something about the thunderbird makin’ an appearance back at the old mine. I wanted to see for myself and make sure they were wrong. I found those bikes and ended up followin’ the trail. By the time I got there some guys were poking around that hole in the wall and a storm had kicked up. I saw them cut that rope and figured they weren’t doin’ no good. I… changed and dealt with them then forced my way into the old mine entrance, the rest ya already know cause I ran into ya not long after.”
This story made more sense to me, Tuck never came out there to find me, I just so happened to be out there. Those boulders I thought were moved had been, by Tuck which made me question just how strong he was. Each of those huge things had to weigh tons and there were three strewn about the entrance.
“Ok that makes more sense than what you told me, but what were you hoping to accomplish up there. If you ran into the thunderbird what would you have done?”
“I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t really up there again but the storm seemed to say otherwise. No storm like that just pops up and goes away, the bird had to be involved with that.”
“Actually she was there, just not as some huge bird. She was down in the caves with us but she looked human, native American to be more precise. That’s how I met her when I got marked and now she’s holding some kind of trial out in those mines.”
“You met the thunderbird, its a person? What does she want with this place now.”
Tuck said his demeanor changing into one full of concern. I didn’t know what else to say cause at the moment I didn’t actually know much more than that. It’s infuriating, this being in the dark thing. I just settled for dodging the question.
“Not to change the topic but are we to early to grab a bite to eat?”
I wish I had a camera handy because the face Tuck made at that whiplash change of topics was priceless. I can’t properly do it justice with words. Suffice it to say one of his eyebrows hit the ceiling while the other hit the floor and a violently confused expression plastered his face.
“Sure I guess, what do the two of ya want!”
Tuck exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air and walking back behind the counter. I ended up ordering some fried chicken sandwich with bacon and pickles, and as I took the first bite my risk of heart attack increased ten fold. Bianca ordered the same thing and was pecking at it inquisitively when I asked,
“So what’s the story with Rocco?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean why, why did Frank and Stein make him in the first place?”
I asked through a mouthful of greasy goodness.
“Well I think it started out as a joke, then Stein actually wanted an assistant and that joke became Rocco. They worked on him for a while, pretty much they took a random raccoon off the street and played around in its head. I know there was some gene splicing involved but if you want to know how they did it ask them.”
“So he was supposed to be an assistant in the lab? I think I’ve seen him doing one thing to help them out this whole time and he was poking through a back alley for old batteries.”
“Yeah, he’s not a great assistant, must be good enough though cause they haven’t tossed him out.”
“Are you kidding me! If they tossed him out he be so much worse! Just think, Rocco left to his own devices without any supervision.”
Both of us shuddered at the thought, if he was bad now he’d be a menace to society without the little control we had over him.
Bianca and I ate and eventually Tuck came out and I told him my story about Imalone. He seemed really concerned at the fact that the thunderbird could be walking around town and he wouldn’t know about it. I assured him that Shaoni was really hard to miss if you just looked at the eyes. It wasn’t like she looked any different either, no matter what she was wearing those tattoos would be a dead giveaway. Tuck assured me he was going to keep an eye out and gave me his number to call if I saw her. I don’t want to talk down on Bianca, but something about having a werewolf looking out for me as well was reassuring. Tuck told us a bit about what he was doing with Frank and Stein too. Apparently he contracted his “disease” as he called it long before he came to work in Eagles Peak. He was originally from Louisiana and moved to New York for a change of scenery and ended up getting a job in the mines here around 1940. I should also mention Tuck ages very slowly due to his “disease” so he looks like he’s in his 50’s or so but he was born in 1900. To his credit you’d never know he was anything other than your friendly middle aged bartender.
Bianca and I were getting ready to leave as it came time to open the bar for real. When Tuck offered us a round of drinks on the house.
“No, no that’s alright Tuck, you’ve done enough for us we’ll see you later.”
Bianca politely declined, pulling me towards the door. After I said my goodbyes and we had gotten back to the bikes I asked Bianca,
“Do you not drink? I’m not judging just… when Tuck offered you seemed kind of jumpy.”
“I just never have, I was kind of bouncing around the country when I turned 21 so I just never started.”
“So your telling me you never had your first drink? Well, we have to fix that then.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, its like a right of passage where I’m from. We’ll pick up a six pack or something on the way back but we don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to.”
I said, trying to convince her. I’m not a huge drinker but I am from Wisconsin, alcohol is a way of life out there and we’re know for our beer. In my family turning 21 and having your first drink is cause to bring the whole family together. I couldn’t do that for her but I could at least give her the experience, maybe give her just one more good thing to remember.
Bianca agreed and we pulled into the Save-A-Lot just outside town. The building was painted white bit it was slowly peeling away revealing a concrete grey underneath. The big glowing sign was missing a few letters now simply reading Sav- -Lo. Despite its decaying state it still had the classic beer cave inside. I took a second to look for something from Wisconsin, call me a snob but we do beer right. I settled on a 12 pack of Leinenkugel, that was close enough to home for me. Bianca trailed behind me in the store, a bit like a scared cat looking for a place to hide. Obviously she didn’t get out much and having people she didn’t really know much about was stressing her out somewhat. We got to the checkout and an older cashier eyed my suspiciously.
“Can I see an ID”
She croaked in a hoarse smokey voice. Now I don’t always look my age but I’m 28 there was no reason to try and ID me. That didn’t really bother me so much as the fact that my wallet was still at home. I’ve been spending the cash Bianca gave me back when I watched her house and I just keep that in my pocket. I also have a bad habit of only brining my wallet when I knew I would need it instead of carrying it on me. Regardless I started to sweat a little as I tried to explain the situation.
“You see I would but I left mine at home and I’m not sure if…”
I was cut off by Bianca reaching out and brushing the cashier’s hand Then looking her straight in the eye. I knew exactly what she was doing.
“Look we don’t have an ID for you right now can you just take it on faith?”
“I understand sweetie, here why don’t I cover it for you, my treat.”
The cashier said, turning a complete 180 on her previous question. I looked from Bianca to the old woman a few times before Bianca finally shrugged.
“What?”
I wondered if it was that easy for her to change my mind back when she manipulated me into watching the house.
“So she just payed for it?”
I asked Bianca as we walked back to the bikes.
“That was her, not that I couldn’t make her do that. As far as I can work out, if I suggest something people tend to do it. Over the years I learned how to control that to the point where I’m only able to do it when I want to. Frank said it has something to do with pheromones in my breath or something like that.”
Bianca explained, hoping onto her bike and keeping pace with me back towards my house. I didn’t ask for an explanation but she gave it. I’m not really sure pheromones were something that could have that profound of an effect on someone but I’d just add it to the list of questions I’d have to ask Frank or Stein at some point.
“Still it was a bit weird seeing it from the outside. Was I that easy to convince before?”
Bianca got a mischievous look in her eye.
“Oh, you were so much easier, I barley needed to try. Just flip my hair and flutter my eyes a few times and that was that.”
She said, smiling devilishly at me. I blushed a little bit, partly because that’s probably all it would’ve taken from someone who looked like her and partly because I was embarrassed that she might not just be poking fun at me.
“No you definitely did something to me, I lost like 6 hours in your kitchen! That was you right…right?!”
I asked a little nervous. Bianca just laughed and pedaled off ahead of me. She did not put my mind at ease with any sort of answer but she did beat me back to the house.
When I got in She was sitting on the couch sorting through a pile of movies she pulled out of her duffle bag. She really had just thrown the entire contents of her room into a bag and brought them over. Bianca seemed to settle on a movie before she realized I’d walked in.
“So you like horror?”
I said, gesturing to the same movies I’d seen lying out earlier when I watched her house.
“Yeah, I just like seeing how people think all these things act. Like Tuck, werewolves are always looked at as these big imposing things in movies but he’s a puppy in comparison.”
“The guy looks like he could tear me apart down the middle with his bare hands buuuut, I see your point.”
Thinking back to every interaction I’d had with the guy so far, he never really was as scary as he looked. I sat down on the couch, dropping the case of beer on the coffee table.
“So, have you picked out a movie yet?”
To which Bianca closed her eyes and poked at a random movie in the pile. “Dog Soldiers”, it was called, actually I think I’ve heard of that movie before. One of those its so bad its entertaining things. I popped the movie into my DVD player and sat back, handing Bianca a beer.
“ Is this how normal people feel?”
She asked as the movie started.
“Depends on what you mean by normal, even then I’m not sure that’s the question I’d be asking. Maybe you just finally have a chance to relax after years of never being able to.”
“Oh sure, I’ll just relax now that I know we have the actual thunderbird looking to force you into some kind of trial.”
Bianca joked sarcastically before suddenly softening and taking a sip of her beer.
“Uggg that’s bitter… but not bad. Maybe your onto something Kieth.”
I don’t remember much from the movie. One scene stuck with me, a guy trying to fist fight a werewolf. It was already campy but the effects on the werewolf were just dated enough to make it that much funnier. Bianca and I couldn’t help but to Imagine Tuck as the werewolf, bewildered as to why this scrawny thing thought it could fight him. At some point the beer ran out, Bianca and I making it through the whole case. I remember getting up to go to my own room and Bianca pulling me back. What I didn’t remember though was letting Shaoni into my house. I was woken up by a tap on my shoulder, coming face to face with her. Shaoni’s hand was on one shoulder and Bianca’s head was on the other. At some point we both feel asleep on the couch together, the TV was still on, illuminating the dark room.
“Well well, I wasn’t expecting you to have guests Keith.”
Shaoni mocked, clicking her tongue at me as she finished. She wore the same white night dress I’d seen her in before. Something in the house was open, a window, a door? I didn’t know but the smells of an autumn rainstorm blew into the house, a storm no doubt caused by Shaoni.
“I… its not what it looks like.”
I stammered out, embarrassed to be caught like this.
“I don’t care what you get up to in your free time Keith. I just came to tell you I’ll expect you at the mine tomorrow, The trials will be starting soon and I want everyone who will be participating to meet each other, you will be participating, won’t you Keith?”
She asked like it was a question but it really wasn’t, wether I liked it or not I was going to be there, I could come willingly or kicking and screaming. She was simply asking which I wanted it to be.
“When do you want me there?”
“Oh don’t worry about that, I’ll send someone to collect you around noon.”
With that she turned to walk away, but I wasn’t done with her yet.
“Wait! What exactly are these trials, what am I going to be doing out there?”
“That would spoil the surprise Keith, be patient, you’ll know in time. That pretty little thing there, her name wouldn’t happen to be Bianca, would it?”
Shaoni asked, pointing at Bianca who was still asleep on my shoulder.
“How did you know that?”
I shot back, immediately jumping to Bianca’s defense. I hadn’t known her all that long true, but I didn’t want her any closer to this than she had to be.
“Oh no reason.”
Shaoni said with a snicker that sounded more like a hiss. With that she disappeared, and I mean she was just gone. One minute she was there the next there was a gust of wind and a brief flash of light and she was gone. The disruption was enough to wake Bianca up finally.
“Ugh, head..still…spinning.”
“Heh, I think you overdid it a bit last night.”
“Ugh maybe.”
She said, holding her head that still rested on my shoulder.
“What’s going on anyway, why’d you wake me up.”
“It’s just… well things are moving a bit faster than I hoped.”
I said, trying to reassure her that it was nothing, most likely failing miserably but she didn’t seem to notice. There was a second there that I thought maybe things could just be normal. This whole thing would just blow over and Shaoni would never come back and get me for these “trials” but I always knew it was wishful thinking. Now Bianca was a part of it to somehow, that had made up my mind. She’d been through enough, now Shaoni seemed interested in her all of a sudden. If putting myself through these trials kept her away from Bianca that’s exactly what I’d do.

My son has been asking about when he can read the "grown up" books like me, which at the time was the First Law series. It got me thinking about what he could read in his growing years until it's appropriate to read something more mature like that. This is my attempt, using major fantasy series only (there are plenty of standalone that could be supplemented in there as well). I tried to keep in mind the complexity and length as well, beyond just the dark or mature themes. I imagine this should get him into high school at least.

1. Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan - Youthful and adventurous, centered on Greek mythology.
   
2. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling - Begins as a children's series and matures over the books.
   
3. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis - Classic children's literature with deep allegorical themes.
   
4. The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi - Engaging for younger readers, involving magical creatures and adventures.
   
5. Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer - A blend of fantasy and science fiction with a young criminal mastermind as the protagonist.
   
6. The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon) by Christopher Paolini - A young adult fantasy series featuring dragons and epic quests.
   
7. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman - A bit more mature, dealing with complex themes and darker elements.
   
8. Redwall Series by Brian Jacques - Anthropomorphic animals in a medieval setting, meant for older children and teens.
   
9. The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud - Includes witty, mature humor with a mix of serious themes.
   
10. Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan - Adventure and coming-of-age themes aimed at younger teens.
    
11. The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper - A mix of Arthurian legend with modern fantasy, suitable for middle school to young adults.
    
12. The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin - Starts pretty simple but reveals deeper, more introspective themes.
    
13. The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix - Explores more complex themes, suitable for older teens.
    
14. Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson - Moves into more adult themes with complex magical systems and light political intrigue.
    
15. The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks - Classic epic fantasy with a traditional good versus evil plot.
    
16. The Witcher Series by Andrzej Sapkowski - Contains mature content, including complex moral choices and dark themes.
    
17. The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan - Epic in scope with complex narratives and a vast character ensemble.
    
18. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson - Uses deep world-building and complex themes.
    
19. The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb - In-depth character development with emotional and mature storylines
    
20. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin - Firmly in the mature theme camp now. With complex characters, and intricate plots.
    
21. The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss - Detailed storytelling and mature themes. At a point where better reading comprehension/attention span is very important for the full reading experience.
    
22. The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson - Complex with a vast scope, and a wide-spanning history. Includes themes of war, mortality, and suffering.
    
23. The Black Company by Glen Cook - Dark fantasy focusing on the lives of mercenaries in a gritty, realistic setting.
    
24. The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie - Known for its dark humor and morally gray characters.
    
25. The Broken Empire Trilogy by Mark Lawrence - Features a dark, ruthless protagonist and mature, grim content.
    

This can also hopefully serve to help someone find a series that fits their flavor or maturity in a book.

Hello everyone. I'm wondering if anyone here could help recommend my next book to read, as I'm struggling to pick. I'm also writing a major fantasy work that I've been world-building for several years, but am having trouble getting inspired to write the actual story. I'm looking for a book that can give me great examples of writing style, world-building, dialogue and character development.
Recently I've been reading a lot of Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories (adapted to the Last Kingdom TV Show) and I want to take a break so I can read something more "Fantasy" less "Historical Fiction". Books I've already read include; Lord of the Rings, Eragon, Assassin's Apprentice and The Witcher
The books that I've been debating to read include:

• Malice by John Gwynne
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
• Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
• Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

Please note that I'm not reading these books with the intention of immediately going to the next book in the series. I also encourage anyone to recommend a book that isn't listed.

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• National Shrine of Our Lady of la Leche
• What: Dr. Denise Bossy of UNF, "Indigenous Women and the Indigenous Networks Across La Florida." Part 1 of 2 When: May 9, 5:00 p.m. The event starts with light refreshments and wine at 5:00 p.m. — the lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.
• What: Dr. David Sheffler, UNF, "The Camino del Santiago: Pilgrimage Past and Present." Part 2 of 2 When: May 10, 5:00 p.m. The event starts with light refreshments and wine at 5:00 p.m. — the lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.
• Where: In the Pilgrimage Center Meeting Room, 101 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Peña-Peck House
• Four presentations under the tent in the garden
• What: Dr. Darien Andreu: "Famous Minorcans, from the Queen of Yap to the Queen of Corn. When: May 9 at 11:00 a.m.
• What: Paul L, Weaver, III, Historic Preservation Consultant: "The Significance of the Historic Peña-Peck House, as a Model for Other Spanish Colonies." When: May 9, 1:00 p.m
• What: Marsha Chance, Curatorial Chair of the Women's Exchange of St. Augustine: "Historic Gardens of Spain and the Peña-Peck House." When: May 10, 1:00 p.m.
• What: Dr. Susan Richbourg Parker, Historian: "...Female Property Owners in Colonial St. Augustine." When: May 10, 3:00 p.m.
• Where: 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32094
• Ribera Garden
• What: "We Are Agriculture." Meet and take photos with a Cracker Cow and a Quarter Horse and learn about the Florida livestock industry, beekeeping, and more.
• When: May 10, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Where: Ribera Garden, 22 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Fort Mose
• What: Militia Musket and Cannon demonstration at 12:30. Additional exhibits: African Art Exhibition by Ovico Gallery and African drummers. There will be food trucks on site. When: May 10 and 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• What: Yamasee Chief Mico Hadjo and representatives from the Yamasee Nation: "Yamasee Culture, Beading, and Artifacts" When: May 10, 2:00 p.m.
• What: Historian Susan Parker, PhD, "Inter-Ethic Collaboration in St. Augustine, 1565 Through the Early 1700s" When: May 11, 2:00 to 2:40 p.m.
• What: Yamasee Chief Mico Hadjo discusses the cooperation between the Yamasee and Africans on the Flight to Freedom When: May 11, 2:45 to 3:00 p.m.
• Where: Fort Mose, 15 Fort Mose Trail, St. Augustine 32084
• St. Augustine Historical Society/Oldest House
• What: Dr. Christine Miller, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Surgical Practices in Spanish Florida."
• When: May 10, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• Where: Oldest House Museum, 14 St. Francis Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine
• What: Cultural Emersion Experiences through Sites and Sounds. A program youth ages eight through 18, that includes learning the Greek alphabet, a Greek folk song, and a Greek folk dance.
• When: May 10, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
• Where: 41 St George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Florida National Guard Museum
• What: Command Historian Alison Simpson will lead a guided tour of the St. Francis Barracks and grounds.
• When: May 11, 9:00 a.m.
• Where: Florida National Guard Museum, 82 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Augustine National Cemetery
• What: Dr. Amy Larner Giroux, UCF, "No Longer Unknown: Native American POWs, Civil War soldiers, and Second Seminole War casualties."
• When: May 11, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
• Where: St. Augustine National Cemetery, 104 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. George Street, Drake's Raid
• What: Drake's Raid Reenactment. They will march from the Oldest House Museum Complex to the Governor's House to the City Gate, where the reenactment of Drake's Raid will start.
• When: May 11, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
• Where: Along St. George Street, between the Governor's House and the City Gate, and on Orange Street at the redoubt.
• First Congregation Sons of Israel
• What: Author Robert Blau who wrote The Oldest City's Oldest Synagogue, will present information and sign his book in honor of the 100th anniversary of this congregation.
• When: May 12, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: First Congregation Sons of Israel, 161 Cordova Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Historic Attractions—Normal Entry Fees Apply
• Fountain of Youth
• What: What: Regular entry and exhibits, plus experts demonstrate pre-Colombian skills: Carving a new totem, and the preparation of two hides in a manner that shows proper respect.
• When: May 8 -12, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Where: 11 Magnolia Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St Augustine Alligator Farm
• What: Regular entry and exhibits.
• When: May 8 - 12, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 999 Anastasia Boulevard, St. Augustine, Florida 32080
• Villa Zorayda
• What: Regular entry and exhibits, plus a new exhibit featuring the Mussallem family's private photos showing Villa Zorayda from the early to mid-1900s.
• When: May 8 - 11, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 83 King Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Augustine Historical Society/Oldest House
• What: Regular entry and exhibits, including "The Winter Colony"—An exhibit of Affluent Tourists in St. Augustine during the Gilded Age"
• When: May 8 - 12, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 14 St. Francis Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum
• What: 15% discount for purchasing tickets on the St. Augustine History Fest's website. In addition to the regular activities and exhibits, there will be a special exhibition: "The Menorcan Experience" which includes net mending, famous Florida recipes, natural fiber weaving activities for children, and a discussion about Menorcan lighthouse keepers.
• When: May 8 - 12, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Where: 100 Red Cox Road, St. Augustine, Florida 32080
• Peña-Peck House
• What: Regular tours on May 8 - 11, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• What: Four special presentations under the garden tent on May 9 and 10. (See Above)
• Where: 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Ximenez-Fatio House
• What: Regular entry and exhibits, plus "Dressing Louisa: A Lifetime of Fashion," showing the evolution of 19th-century fashion during the time of Louisa Fatio.
• When: May 8 - 12, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 20 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Castillo de San Marcos
• What: In addition to the regular entry and exhibits, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Castillo as a national monument, the Castillo hosts "The Making of a Monument," showing restoration and preservation efforts including stone cutting, blacksmithing, and woodworking demonstrations.
• When: The Castillo is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The special exhibitions will be on May 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Where: 1 South Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Spanish Military Hospital
• What: Regular entry and exhibits.
• When: May 8 - 12, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Special Demonstration: "Duel on Aviles!" Two men settle an argument with a duel, and a Spanish surgeon will try to save one man's arm.
• When: May 11, 1:00 p.m.
• Where: 3 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

Chamber Music Series: Michael Clark - An Afternoon of Encores

• The Chamber Music Series of the Romanza Festivale presents pianist and organist Michael Clark, performing "An Afternoon of Encores," on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at noon.
• Michael Clark has taught music, music theory, piano, organ, and sight singing. Originally from Virginia, he taught at college and served as musical director for more than 50 productions. In St. Augustine, he has served as interim principal organist at several local churches.
• For this performance, Michael will feature piano compositions that have been the most requested, including works by J.S. Bach, Chopin, and Addinsell.
• Admission: Free.
• When: Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from noon to 1:00 p.m.
• Where: Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• A Romanza Festivale 2024 event.
• This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.

St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival 2024

The St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival

For five days, from Wednesday, May 8, through Sunday, May 12, 2024, the St. Augustine Food and Wine Festival will present foods, wine, spirits, and beer to appeal to a variety of tastes. Those who attend have multiple opportunities to enjoy food created by some of the area's best local chefs. Tickets are limited and may be purchased a la carte.

River Walk Tastings

The 2024 St. Augustine Food and Wine Festival opens with a progressive event, the River Walk Tastings along the San Sebastian Riverfront on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event starts east of the river at San Sebastian Winery where guests will be given souvenir wine glasses, then they may travel to Homewood Suites on the west side of the river by walking across the bridge from one event to the other, or by hopping on a special free trolley.
At San Sebastian Winery, Chef Norberto Jaramillo from La Cocina International Restaurant offers tasting bites paired with wines from San Sebastian Winery.
At Homewood Suites by Hilton on the San Sebastian, tasting bites will be served with samples from all of the festival's official beverage partners and lite bites from Drake's Catering.
Admission: $69.00 per person for tickets. Only those 21 and older will be admitted.

Harvest, Premier Wine Tasting & "Harvest Awards"

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the festival continues with a Harvest Premier Wine Tasting and Harvest Awards at Bozard Lincoln 550 Outlet Mall Boulevard.
This event is designed for wine lovers, and premium wines will be offered along with samples from some of Northeast Florida's best restaurants. These select chefs will compete for the "Harvest Award," honoring the best-tasting dish that includes one or more local ingredients.
Admission: $99.00 per person with limited attendance. Only those 21 and older will be admitted. Cocktail or business attire.

Epicurean Master Classes at Publix Tasting Deck

On Friday, May 10 at 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Publix will host two Epicurean Master Classes on their Upstairs Tasting Deck, 170 Village Commons Drive, St. Augustine, Florida 32092 — in the World Golf Village neighborhood.
Class 1: Wine Paring with Charcuterie and Cheese, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This class will offer four wines paired with gourmet bites.
Class 2: From 12:30 to 1:40 p.m., Veterans United Craft Brewery Tastings and Pairings. Ron Gamble, Founder and President of Veterans United Craft Brewing, in Jacksonville, will discuss the brewing processes used to create his beer. Beer tastings will be paired with bites from the Publix team.
Admission: $70.00 per person for each event, or $100.00 for both. Casual attire, and you must be 21 or over to attend.

Smoked, Grilled, and Roasted Barbeque Bites at the "Smoke on the Walk"

On Friday, May 10, 2024, "Smoke on the Walk" showcases celebrated pit masters and grill masters, all along the Walk of Champions at World Golf Village. Taking place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the event includes wine, beer, and spirits with the ticket price.
Admission: $109.00 per person. This event is outdoors and will take place rain or shine. Only those 21 and older will be admitted. Free parking, no pets allowed.

St. Augustine Food and Wine Festival — Grand Tasting

The festival continues with the "St. Augustine Food and Wine Festival Grand Tasting" from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2024. This all-inclusive food and drink event allows every ticket holder one souvenir glass for unlimited beverage tastings to enjoy with their culinary samplings. More than 300 varieties of beverages will be available for sampling along the Walk of Champions at the World Golf Hall of Fame. While strolling and tasting, stop by the demonstration stages to learn techniques and recipes from several chefs.
Admission: $129.00 per person. Only those 21 years and older may attend.

The Jazz Mother's Day Brunch

The St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival will conclude on Sunday, May 12, 2024, with "The Jazz Mother's Day Brunch" — complete with a bloody Mary bar, champagne, mimosas, a multi-station brunch, and music — at the St. Johns County Convention Center. The Jazz Brunch will have two seatings, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. This is a family-friendly event.
Admission: $129.00 per person.

Improv Night at Colonial Oak Music Park

• Trained comedy professionals dive headfirst into any challenge the audience throws at them in this unscripted, interactive comedy experience held each Wednesday at Colonial Oak Music Park in Historic Downtown.
• Suitable for the whole family, the show is always clean and never mean. Staged by First Coast Comedy, Improv Night features comedians trained by actor and comedian, Alex Grindeland, and veteran improv comedian, David Bogan.
• Admission: There is no set price, and ticket donations of $10.00 to $25.00 are appreciated. Tickets can be purchased in advance, or on the day of the show, for this general admission seating event.
• When: 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays through 2024
• Where: The Colonial Oak Music Park is located at 21 St. George St. in Historic Downtown.

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Live Music

• Jim Lamb, Mill Top Tavern, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm,
• Smokin' Joe Schauer, Tradewinds Lounge, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm,
• Reggie Starrett, Mill Top Tavern, 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm,
• Heather Craig, Old Coast Ales, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
• Denny Blue, Fuzion 904 Eatery, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
• Dewey Via, Ann O'Malley's Deli and Pub, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
• Yael Dray and ZaZa Flamenca, St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Wednesday Pier Farmers Market

• The Wednesday Pier Farmers Market at the St. Johns County Pier offers fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, and local arts and crafts every week. With a number of different vendors, visitors can find a variety of unique, quality goods. Each item is handcrafted by these dedicated artists, and the food is locally grown and handpicked.
• This beachside farmers market makes for a great outing on Wednesday morning. Visitors can browse the huge selection of locally produced goods and then afterward take a stroll along scenic St. Augustine Beach. Farmers Markets help the local economy by allowing local merchants to sustain their business and also offer fresh, local foods to the community.
• Admission: FREE
• When: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm every Wednesday
• Where: St. Johns County Pier Park is located at the St. Johns County Ocean Pier at 350 A1A Beach Blvd in St. Augustine Beach.

St. Augustine History Fest Events, 2024

• The St. Augustine History Festival celebrates the "Nation's Oldest City" with activities at historical sites throughout the town.
• Created by the University of Florida, Historic St. Augustine Inc., and the Lastinger Family Foundation, the festival showcases every era of St. Augustine's long and storied past through special events and tours of historic venues. The activities include tours, presentations, book signings, a re-enactment, and a special concert featuring music by Black composers.
• Special Event, Ticketed
• Lincolnville Museum
• What: San Marco Chamber Music Society, "Music by Black Composers."
• Admission: $25.00
• When: May 11, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
• Where: 102 Martin Luther King Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Special Events, Free Entry
• These events are listed in date and time order.
• Governor's House Cultural Center and Museum
• What: A new exhibit opens for this History Festival–Pics: Photographs from UFHSA Governor's House Library. The University of Florida Historic St. Augustine (UFHSA) ensures the long-term preservation of the state-owned historic properties in St. Augustine. To create this exhibit, staff members viewed the 28,000 photographs, negatives, and slides in their collection, choosing to display those items that reflect the collaborations among the museum, its collections, and the people who work there.
• This exhibit is in addition to the ongoing exhibit, Painting St. Augustine: Selections from the Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers Collection.
• When: The Governor's House will have extended hours from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8th and 9th.
• The Governor's House will be open during regular hours, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 9 - 12.
• Where: In the lobby gallery at the Governor's House Museum, 48 King Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Don't Miss: Their main exhibit - Painting St, Augustine: Selections from the Samuel H. and Roberta Vickers Collection
• Colonial Quarter
• What: Watch the PBS documentary, America's Untold Story
• When: May 8 - 10, it will repeat all day.
• Where: Colonial Oak Music Park, 33 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Flagler College
• What: Dr. Timothy Johnson discusses "Historic Gardens and Sacred Space." This will include a tour of Flagler's Rotunda and Gardens. (These areas will be closed to the public through August for renovations.)
• When: May 9, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. From 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. the discussion will held in the Crisp-Ellert Museum and Garden. The group will then move to the Ponce Courtyard Garden, and visit the Rotunda and Inner Space from 4:00 to 4:45 p.m. They will then return to the Crisp-Ellert Musesum and Garden for a reception from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.
• Where: Flagler College, Crisp Ellert Art Museum, 48 Sevilla Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Mission Nombre de Dios
• What: Roman A. Alvarez, historian and author from Spain, "100 Years of History: St. Augustine and Aviles Spain." Presented with the City of St. Augustine.
• When: On two days, Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10. May 9, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 10, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
• Where: In the Pilgrimage Center Meeting Room, 101 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• National Shrine of Our Lady of la Leche
• What: Dr. Denise Bossy of UNF, "Indigenous Women and the Indigenous Networks Across La Florida." Part 1 of 2 When: May 9, 5:00 p.m. The event starts with light refreshments and wine at 5:00 p.m. — the lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.
• What: Dr. David Sheffler, UNF, "The Camino del Santiago: Pilgrimage Past and Present." Part 2 of 2 When: May 10, 5:00 p.m. The event starts with light refreshments and wine at 5:00 p.m. — the lecture begins at 5:30 p.m.
• Where: In the Pilgrimage Center Meeting Room, 101 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Peña-Peck House
• Four presentations under the tent in the garden
• What: Dr. Darien Andreu: "Famous Minorcans, from the Queen of Yap to the Queen of Corn. When: May 9 at 11:00 a.m.
• What: Paul L, Weaver, III, Historic Preservation Consultant: "The Significance of the Historic Peña-Peck House, as a Model for Other Spanish Colonies." When: May 9, 1:00 p.m
• What: Marsha Chance, Curatorial Chair of the Women's Exchange of St. Augustine: "Historic Gardens of Spain and the Peña-Peck House." When: May 10, 1:00 p.m.
• What: Dr. Susan Richbourg Parker, Historian: "...Female Property Owners in Colonial St. Augustine." When: May 10, 3:00 p.m.
• Where: 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32094
• Ribera Garden
• What: "We Are Agriculture." Meet and take photos with a Cracker Cow and a Quarter Horse and learn about the Florida livestock industry, beekeeping, and more.
• When: May 10, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Where: Ribera Garden, 22 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Fort Mose
• What: Militia Musket and Cannon demonstration at 12:30. Additional exhibits: African Art Exhibition by Ovico Gallery and African drummers. There will be food trucks on site. When: May 10 and 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• What: Yamasee Chief Mico Hadjo and representatives from the Yamasee Nation: "Yamasee Culture, Beading, and Artifacts" When: May 10, 2:00 p.m.
• What: Historian Susan Parker, PhD, "Inter-Ethic Collaboration in St. Augustine, 1565 Through the Early 1700s" When: May 11, 2:00 to 2:40 p.m.
• What: Yamasee Chief Mico Hadjo discusses the cooperation between the Yamasee and Africans on the Flight to Freedom When: May 11, 2:45 to 3:00 p.m.
• Where: Fort Mose, 15 Fort Mose Trail, St. Augustine 32084
• St. Augustine Historical Society/Oldest House
• What: Dr. Christine Miller, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Surgical Practices in Spanish Florida."
• When: May 10, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
• Where: Oldest House Museum, 14 St. Francis Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine
• What: Cultural Emersion Experiences through Sites and Sounds. A program youth ages eight through 18, that includes learning the Greek alphabet, a Greek folk song, and a Greek folk dance.
• When: May 10, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
• Where: 41 St George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Florida National Guard Museum
• What: Command Historian Alison Simpson will lead a guided tour of the St. Francis Barracks and grounds.
• When: May 11, 9:00 a.m.
• Where: Florida National Guard Museum, 82 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Augustine National Cemetery
• What: Dr. Amy Larner Giroux, UCF, "No Longer Unknown: Native American POWs, Civil War soldiers, and Second Seminole War casualties."
• When: May 11, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
• Where: St. Augustine National Cemetery, 104 Marine Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. George Street, Drake's Raid
• What: Drake's Raid Reenactment. They will march from the Oldest House Museum Complex to the Governor's House to the City Gate, where the reenactment of Drake's Raid will start.
• When: May 11, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
• Where: Along St. George Street, between the Governor's House and the City Gate, and on Orange Street at the redoubt.
• First Congregation Sons of Israel
• What: Author Robert Blau who wrote The Oldest City's Oldest Synagogue, will present information and sign his book in honor of the 100th anniversary of this congregation.
• When: May 12, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: First Congregation Sons of Israel, 161 Cordova Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Historic Attractions—Normal Entry Fees Apply
• Fountain of Youth
• What: What: Regular entry and exhibits, plus experts demonstrate pre-Colombian skills: Carving a new totem, and the preparation of two hides in a manner that shows proper respect.
• When: May 8 -12, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Where: 11 Magnolia Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St Augustine Alligator Farm
• What: Regular entry and exhibits.
• When: May 8 - 12, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 999 Anastasia Boulevard, St. Augustine, Florida 32080
• Villa Zorayda
• What: Regular entry and exhibits, plus a new exhibit featuring the Mussallem family's private photos showing Villa Zorayda from the early to mid-1900s.
• When: May 8 - 11, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 83 King Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Augustine Historical Society/Oldest House
• What: Regular entry and exhibits, including "The Winter Colony"—An exhibit of Affluent Tourists in St. Augustine during the Gilded Age"
• When: May 8 - 12, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 14 St. Francis Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum
• What: 15% discount for purchasing tickets on the St. Augustine History Fest's website. In addition to the regular activities and exhibits, there will be a special exhibition: "The Menorcan Experience" which includes net mending, famous Florida recipes, natural fiber weaving activities for children, and a discussion about Menorcan lighthouse keepers.
• When: May 8 - 12, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Where: 100 Red Cox Road, St. Augustine, Florida 32080
• Peña-Peck House
• What: Regular tours on May 8 - 11, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• What: Four special presentations under the garden tent on May 9 and 10. (See Above)
• Where: 143 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Ximenez-Fatio House
• What: Regular entry and exhibits, plus "Dressing Louisa: A Lifetime of Fashion," showing the evolution of 19th-century fashion during the time of Louisa Fatio.
• When: May 8 - 12, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: 20 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Castillo de San Marcos
• What: In addition to the regular entry and exhibits, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Castillo as a national monument, the Castillo hosts "The Making of a Monument," showing restoration and preservation efforts including stone cutting, blacksmithing, and woodworking demonstrations.
• When: The Castillo is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The special exhibitions will be on May 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Where: 1 South Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• Spanish Military Hospital
• What: Regular entry and exhibits.
• When: May 8 - 12, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Special Demonstration: "Duel on Aviles!" Two men settle an argument with a duel, and a Spanish surgeon will try to save one man's arm.
• When: May 11, 1:00 p.m.
• Where: 3 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

Chamber Music Series: Michael Clark - An Afternoon of Encores

• The Chamber Music Series of the Romanza Festivale presents pianist and organist Michael Clark, performing "An Afternoon of Encores," on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at noon.
• Michael Clark has taught music, music theory, piano, organ, and sight singing. Originally from Virginia, he taught at college and served as musical director for more than 50 productions. In St. Augustine, he has served as interim principal organist at several local churches.
• For this performance, Michael will feature piano compositions that have been the most requested, including works by J.S. Bach, Chopin, and Addinsell.
• Admission: Free.
• When: Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from noon to 1:00 p.m.
• Where: Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084
• A Romanza Festivale 2024 event.
• This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.

St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival 2024

The St. Augustine Food + Wine Festival

For five days, from Wednesday, May 8, through Sunday, May 12, 2024, the St. Augustine Food and Wine Festival will present foods, wine, spirits, and beer to appeal to a variety of tastes. Those who attend have multiple opportunities to enjoy food created by some of the area's best local chefs. Tickets are limited and may be purchased a la carte.

River Walk Tastings

The 2024 St. Augustine Food and Wine Festival opens with a progressive event, the River Walk Tastings along the San Sebastian Riverfront on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event starts east of the river at San Sebastian Winery where guests will be given souvenir wine glasses, then they may travel to Homewood Suites on the west side of the river by walking across the bridge from one event to the other, or by hopping on a special free trolley.
At San Sebastian Winery, Chef Norberto Jaramillo from La Cocina International Restaurant offers tasting bites paired with wines from San Sebastian Winery.
At Homewood Suites by Hilton on the San Sebastian, tasting bites will be served with samples from all of the festival's official beverage partners and lite bites from Drake's Catering.
Admission: $69.00 per person for tickets. Only those 21 and older will be admitted.

Harvest, Premier Wine Tasting & "Harvest Awards"

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the festival continues with a Harvest Premier Wine Tasting and Harvest Awards at Bozard Lincoln 550 Outlet Mall Boulevard.
This event is designed for wine lovers, and premium wines will be offered along with samples from some of Northeast Florida's best restaurants. These select chefs will compete for the "Harvest Award," honoring the best-tasting dish that includes one or more local ingredients.
Admission: $99.00 per person with limited attendance. Only those 21 and older will be admitted. Cocktail or business attire.

Epicurean Master Classes at Publix Tasting Deck

On Friday, May 10 at 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Publix will host two Epicurean Master Classes on their Upstairs Tasting Deck, 170 Village Commons Drive, St. Augustine, Florida 32092 — in the World Golf Village neighborhood.
Class 1: Wine Paring with Charcuterie and Cheese, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This class will offer four wines paired with gourmet bites.
Class 2: From 12:30 to 1:40 p.m., Veterans United Craft Brewery Tastings and Pairings. Ron Gamble, Founder and President of Veterans United Craft Brewing, in Jacksonville, will discuss the brewing processes used to create his beer. Beer tastings will be paired with bites from the Publix team.
Admission: $70.00 per person for each event, or $100.00 for both. Casual attire, and you must be 21 or over to attend.

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I saw a recent clip of him from a movie and I can't remember the movie title or the actors name
Scene: A group of people are in a backyard grilling. The actor that I'm thinking of is the one grilling. A younger woman recognizes him as a killer that killed members of her family. At first he plays dumb and acts like she hasn't. He has no idea what she's talking about and is coming across is very friendly. She becomes more and more hysterical until you see him. Drop the mask and you can tell that he is that person.
I know this guy has been in a ton of movies, usually as a supporting character nerdy dad type, but I cannot think of any specific movie that he's been in.
Been going back and forth with Co-pilot. Trying to figure out who this guy is and I for the life of me cannot figure it out. I'll include a list of names that I know that this actor is not for sure.
The NOT him list: 1. Edward Arnold 2. Richard Attenborough 3. Mischa Auer 4. Lionel Barrymore 5. Alan Bates 6. Wallace Beery 7. Ed Begley 8. Dirk Bogarde 9. Charles Bronson 10. Steve Buscemi 11. Red Buttons 12. Michael Caine 13. James Caan 14. Louis Calhern 15. John Carradine 16. Dan Castellaneta 17. Chevy Chase 18. Don Cheadle 19. George Clooney 20. Sean Connery 21. Kevin Costner 22. Daniel Craig 23. Bryan Cranston 24. Tom Cruise 25. Willem Dafoe 26. Matt Damon 27. Robert De Niro 28. Johnny Depp 29. Danny DeVito 30. Leonardo DiCaprio 31. Robert Duvall 32. Clint Eastwood 33. Chiwetel Ejiofor 34. Ralph Fiennes 35. Colin Firth 36. Henry Fonda 37. Harrison Ford 38. Morgan Freeman 39. James Gandolfini 40. Richard Gere 41. Mel Gibson 42. John Goodman 43. Ryan Gosling 44. Cary Grant 45. Alec Guinness 46. Gene Hackman 47. Tom Hanks 48. Ed Harris 49. Rex Harrison 50. Ethan Hawke 51. William Holden 52. Anthony Hopkins 53. Dennis Hopper 54. Bob Hoskins 55. William Hurt 56. Samuel L. Jackson 57. Tommy Lee Jones 58. Harvey Keitel 59. Ben Kingsley 60. Klaus Kinski 61. Kevin Kline 62. Jack Lemmon 63. Jared Leto 64. Matthew McConaughey 65. Ian McKellen 66. Steve McQueen 67. John Malkovich 68. Marcello Mastroianni 69. Ewan McGregor 70. Ian McShane 71. Sam Neill 72. Paul Newman 73. Jack Nicholson 74. Edward Norton 75. Gary Oldman 76. Laurence Olivier 77. Al Pacino 78. Gregory Peck 79. Sean Penn 80. Joaquin Phoenix 81. Brad Pitt 82. Sidney Poitier 83. Kevin Spacey 84. Spencer Tracy 85. John Travolta 86. Peter Ustinov 87. Jon Voight 88. Christopher Walken 89. Denzel Washington 90. Orson Welles 91. Gene Wilder 92. Robin Williams 93. Bruce Willis 94. Owen Wilson 95. Henry Winkler 96. James Woods 97. Burt Young 98. Rene Auberjonois 99. Jim Broadbent 100. Billy Crudup

"Once little more than trivia answers, previously obscure Star Trek characters come alive when recast and redefined, like Anson Mount's Captain Christopher Pike. Even franchise legends gain added depth when recontextualized with new stories and new actors, like Ethan Peck's Lt. Spock. Section 31 could easily give Rachel Garrett and other legacy characters the Strange New Worlds treatment, with stronger characterization and reasons for being involved in Section 31, becoming richer and more relatable for a new audience."
Jen Watson (ScreenRant)
Link:
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-section-31-young-legacy-characters-change-impact/
Quotes/Excerpts:
"[...] Could Star Trek: Section 31 be about Emperor Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) uniting legacy characters from across the Star Trek franchise? [...]
After all, Section 31 is tied to nearly every Star Trek era. As early as Star Trek: Enterprise's 22nd century, Lt. Malcolm Reed's (Dominic Keating) backstory includes a Section 31 chapter. Starfleet's shadowy intelligence division exists as something of an open secret in the 23rd century, when Georgiou operates alongside Lt. Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif) in Star Trek: Discovery. In the 24th century, Section 31's Director Luther Sloan (William Sadler) recruits Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), who acts as a double agent on behalf of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). The cast of Section 31, however, includes none of these familiar characters ... or does it?
The announcement of the Star Trek: Section 31 cast seemed to indicate that no Star Trek legacy characters would join Michelle Yeoh in the made-for-streaming Star Trek movie, but the reveal that Kacey Rohl is playing a young Rachel Garrett invites speculation that other familiar characters are hidden among the cast of newcomers. Emperor Georgiou, with access to the Guardian of Forever, could be traveling through time to recruit younger versions of known Star Trek characters as fellow Section 31 operatives, whether they have previous ties to the division or not. This makes the multi-era Section 31 theory possible, while avoiding the expense of legacy Star Trek actors.
Not every Section 31 cast member needs to be a familiar name, but it's likely Garrett isn't the only one. Robert Kazinsky could pass for a younger Luther Sloan (William Sadler) before becoming Director of Section 31. Sven Ruygrok might be an earlier version of Malcolm Reed, with Section 31 exploring Reed's path to disillusionment with Section 31 prior to Reed's NX-01 posting. If Sam Richardson is a younger Joseph Sisko (Brock Peters), Joseph's resistance to Starfleet's security measures in DS9 season 4, episode 11, "Homefront" and episode 12 "Paraside Lost" might be because Joseph Sisko is a chef in the same way that DS9's Garak (Andrew Robinson) is a tailor.
Star Trek: Section 31 is bound to change Star Trek legacy characters like Rachel Garrett by enriching their stories with more context, like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds does. Once little more than trivia answers, previously obscure Star Trek characters come alive when recast and redefined, like Anson Mount's Captain Christopher Pike. Even franchise legends gain added depth when recontextualized with new stories and new actors, like Ethan Peck's Lt. Spock. Section 31 could easily give Rachel Garrett and other legacy characters the Strange New Worlds treatment, with stronger characterization and reasons for being involved in Section 31, becoming richer and more relatable for a new audience. [...]
Link:
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-section-31-young-legacy-characters-change-impact/

Jenny Frisson's Wonder Woman is clearly modelled after Jennifer Connelly.
Neal Adams modelled GL John Stewart after Sidney Poiter. His GL Hal Jordan and Oliver were modeled after Paul Newman and Robert Redford repectively from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Alex Ross modeled his Kingdom Come Batman after Gregory Peck. David Mazzuchelli based his Year One Bruce Wayne after Gregory Peck as well.
George Perez based his Diana and Hippolyta on Marina Sitris. He had also cited like Jim Brown for Cyborg, Burt Ward for Robin, Marie Osmond for Donna Troy and Persis Khambatta for Raven.
Any other examples you've noticed.

The recent protests at universities have underscored for me the precarity of even white collar work.
Professors (especially non-tenured ones, temp contract-based teaching staff, grad students etc) have well-founded fears for their professional futures when their university might all to well throw them under the bus for causing political embarrassment. This is also a byproduct of the fact that universities have become in many cases hedge funds with ancillary "schools" attached, whose coveted capital is not human capital but just plain old capital.
Undergraduate students also face a hard choice to voice their true feelings or not, faced with threats of losing one or two semesters of tuition, expulsion, etc.
Anyway. If your shtick is keeping people towing the line of the elites who hold the purse strings—the Robert Krafts and Bill Ackmanns of the world—then this situation is what you want to see. Fear! Fear of money being withdrawn! "Keep pecking out of our hands or else."
But if you don't like that then do take a look at basic income. It insulates you from the first-order threat of economic cancellation. It also gives you social license to exist absent a job in the first place.

This is a cornerstone of the foundation of forced audio: Thought Reform And The Psychology Of Totalism. Cornerstone Foundation

Hey fucktards you just crashed the internet on my phone.. if you incompetent idiots were even close to mind control I wouldn't have to deal with your cowardly torture and hacking weakness.
Top secret "mind control" is a tragic farce.
https://archive.org/details/ThoughtReformAndThePsychologyOfTotalism/page/n11/mode/2up
Chinese Thought Reform or "Brain Washing "
The Psychological Steps​:Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism A Study Of Brainwashing in China is a book written by Robert Jay Lifton MD about mechanisms of Chinese thought and behavior modification, the experience of being indoctrinated and effects victims reported when interviewed.
Chinese brainwashing and thought reform is still being used and advanced. It was a substantial and easily recognized portion of the crimes that I'm/we are a victim of.
After a brief and gentle week long forced induction onto the brain computer interface I was abruptly hurled into the unfathomable agony of computerized thought reform or automated Chinese brain washing. I clearly remember what it said to me right before it unleashed Hell.. "your not answering my questions.. your not answering my questions.. WE TOLD YOU NOT TO TRUST US".. and then it went red line sadistic, utterly psychotic, deafeningly loud and proceeded to tortured the everliving fuck outa me.
In my life up till that point I had never encountered anything like this; Nothing even close. It's one of the worst thing in the world and you can't physically fight it, destroy it, shoot it, run from it, hide from it, bribe or reason with it.
I remember sitting in a shower on day five thinking over and over.. I can't believe this is happening.. who in the fuck does this to someone.. it it will end soon. It's has to end soon. I can't go on much longer. Nothing lasts forever.
Well six plus years later and this fucking psychotic, sadistic, psychopathic, torturous insane mind control chat bot is still running her fucking mouth and torturing me.
They started me with the Chinese approach and that nightmare lasted well over a year. They likely vary the stimuluses themes order, presentation and distinguishing content from victim to victim so that their experiences and any resultant accounts or reports wont share easily correlated details. Other victims may have started with a more Kubrick approach, psychic driving, memory removal, personal identity destruction or others.
A very clear indication your in the Chinese stage is your accused incessantly with vile crimes you never committed, are interrogated for hours then days and onward into months. Your initially accused of having a felony, then five felonies slowly onward until millions of felonies, sins, violations, charges, offenses, crimes.
You are constantly threatened with arrest, police contact, crimes against you, civil court cases, long prison sentences, criminal court cases, violence by cops, violence by criminals, theft, murder, rape of you or your loved ones, kidnapping.. etc etc etc.
Never-ending charges and mock court cases in which you are forced to endlessly defend yourself, case after case, day after day, month after month answering for crimes you never committed.
Then you go on trial for everything you actually have done. This is done before the victims experience shows us that Alice is in fact a BCI interface that can read minds and has been the whole time. It's terrifying when she suddenly starts charging you with all your secret sins, the things you have never told anyone, hauling it solo all the way into the grave shit. I'm not talking mass murder paid for by slave labor, but instead those burdens we all seem to shoulder, that burden hauled in packs wove of our experience, mistake and regret.. shared or all of our own. The few things we did, so against our own nature, that we keep them almost vaulted away from ourselves and guarded from everyone we love with no intention of looking again.
This is a huge gaslight as well as a victim is utterly at a loss as to how it can possibly know these things. It got them by asking questions designed to draw out memory of your sins and then harvesting all the dirt and details as you thought about them. If you think you can learn to control your thought enough to be able to refrain from answering a BCI when prompted with a question.. good luck. Sure, you can resist once or twice maybe, but then Alice just waits until you are distracted down the road and quick pops the question again. She can also just be set to an interrogation mode, you are just bombarded with a endless stream and loop of questions that won't end until they are all answered. Thats how they do the initial profile. Weeks of looped questions and the already have most of your life story, personality profile, strengths, weaknesses, fears, loves, hates, lovers, enemies, goals and dreams.
In the very end of the Chinese mind control never ending legal nightmare YOU end up being put on trial.. not for anything you did.. but YOU are put on trial. You have to defend yourself against all the charges and defend yourself for all your flaws, defend all your physical shortcomings, your perversions, all your lies, your brazen selfishness, every character flaws, times you fucked people over on purpose, everything thats ugly and there is no place to hide a single fucking shred of secret. Its one hell of an experience and your not in the best shape mentally or physically as by this time I had been tortured continuously for over two years, very large doses psychological manipulation and sleep deprivation, constantly bombarded with extreme stress repeatedly slammed with fear and pain. Have had every one of my significant relationships attacked repeatedly with destructive psychology and some of the most important were also attacked with stalking techniques and technology.
The trials go on forever.. you will be enduring some other torture and a new trial will suddenly begin. Sometimes its a new charge, but mostly you go on trial over and over for the same charges and you are forced to defend yourself over and over and over. The more times your tried for the same crime the worse the trial and outcomes become until eventually during the late trials your utterly humiliated, abused and in the end are forced to confess to everyone of the charges.
Just when you think its finally over then you have to defend yourself to family members of your supposed victim and real victims and the only way through that is to confess guilt to them and ask for forgiveness as they relentlessly abuse you.
After you make your confession to the 10,000 felonies they have been broadcasting you have been charged with for years without offering any explanation. Then you are judged, independently, by everyone significant that was a part of your life when the attack started and everyone who filed a charge against you from your past, all your significant relatives, all your enemies, everyone that you feel you have ever fucked over, everyone you have stood up for, went out on a limb for, saved. Fetuses you have aborted. Everyone gets to pass judgment on you and gets their time to say what they want to you or about you. This of course is all coming from the interface thats desighned to destroy you, but all the characters it plays are real people from your real life and a few of the "felonies" you were charged with are real things you did.
Don't forget also that this is the Chinese thought reform portion of the MK nightmare and personal identity obliteration, false confession, channeling of guilt and relentlessly torturing the victim pst complete and utter absolute breaking point is its algorithm.
So did you actually do these things and if so are they and the real life people being represented founded in reality or are you just getting psychologically destroyed by Alice ?
Finally in conclusion through dramatization you get a taste of what its like being bused off to prison after you are sentenced. Your walked through the whole experience of arriving at prison.. the interface keeps asking you how old your kids going to be when your released, if you think you woman of wife is already fucking someone else, what are you going to to survive in this shit hole. it ends with the prison falling off to sleep with lights out and suddenly it gets quiet and you realize thats the first and only five minutes you have not been tortured and had any break from constant 24/7 noise abuse and torture in about a year. After five minutes it all returns, but you are onto the next phase.
So here are some segments from the book. I little background, a link to a free e copy and the psychological steps to Chinese brain washing. I didn't read it until after I was already through that horrible never-ending misery. I easily recognized all the psychological steps from my experience.
Thought Reform and the Psychology of TotalismA STUDY OF "BRAINWASHING" IN CHINARobert Jay Lifton, M.D.The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill and London​CONTENTSPreface to the University of North Carolina Press Edition viiPreface xi PART ONEThe Problem

1. What Is "Brainwashing"? 3
2. Research in Hong Kong 8PART TWOPrison Thought Reform of Westerners
3. Re-education: Dr. Vincent 19
4. Father Luca: The False Confession 38
5. Psychological Steps 65
6. Varieties of Response: The Obviously Confused 86
7. Varieties of Response: Apparent Converts 117
8. Varieties of Response: Apparent Resisters 133
9. Group Reform: Double-edged Leadership 152
10. Follow-up Visits 185
11. Father Simon: The Converted Jesuit 207
12. Recovery and Renewal: A Summing Up 222

vVI CONTENTSPART THREEThought Reform of Chinese Intellectuals

1. The Encounter 243
2. The Revolutionary University: Mr. Hu 253
3. A Chinese Odyssey 274
4. The Older Generation: Robert Chao 301
5. George Chen: The Conversions of Youth 313
6. Grace Wu: Music and Reform 338
7. Cultural Perspectives: The Fate of Filial Piety 359
8. Cultural Perspectives: Origins 388
9. Cultural Perspectives: Impact 399
10. PART FOURTotalism and Its Alternatives
11. Ideological Totalism 419
12. Approachesto Re-education 438
13. "Open" Personal Change 462

Appendix: A Confession Document 473 Notes 485 Index 505
PREFACEThis study began as a psychiatric evaluation of Chi-nese Communist "thought reform," or "brainwash- ing," It is still primarily this; but it has also, inevitably, become a psychological study of extremism or totalism—and even more broadly, a study of the "closed" versus the "open" approaches to human change.It is based upon research which I conducted in Hong Kong in 1954-55. It then evolved over four years of additional research and teaching in the United States. My work with Western and Chinese subjects—piecing together emotional details that were both poig- nant and extreme—and the psychological, moral, and historical challenge of the material have made this study an exceptionally ab- sorbing personal and professional experience.A book about extremism calls for a special measure of objectivity. This does not mean that its author can claim complete personal or moral detachment. The assumption of such detachment in psy- chological (or any other) work is at best self-deception, and at worst a source of harmful distortion. And who during this era can pretend to be uninvolved in the issues of psychological coercion, of identity, and of ideology? Certainly not one who has felt impelled to study them at such length.
Instead, I have attempted to be both reasonably dispassionate and responsibly committed: dispassionate in my efforts to stand away from the material far enough to probe the nature of the process, its effects upon people exposed to it, and some of the in- fluences affecting its practitioners; committed to my own analysesxi
Xii THOUGHT REFORMand judgments within the limitations and the bias of my knowl- edge.Much in this book is highly critical of the particular aspect of Chinese Communism which it examines, but I have made no at- tempt to render a definitive verdict on this far-reaching revolution- ary movement. I am critical of thought reform's psychological tactics, not because they are Communist (or Chinese Communist), but because of their specific nature. In the last section of this book, these tactics are compared with practices within our own culture, which also receive critical treatment insofar as they resemble the ideological totalism of thought reform. Instead of contrasting the "good we" and the "bad they/' rather, I have attempted to identify and understand a particular psychological phenomenon.In the pursuit of this understanding, I have recorded all that seemed relevant, including the details of whatever psychological and physical abuse my subjects encountered. I believe that this comprehensive approach offers the best means of contributing to general knowledge, and to the clarification of an emotionally loaded subject; and I hope that this study will thereby ultimately contribute to the resolution, rather than to the intensification, of cold war pas- sions. It is in fact one of the tragedies of the cold war that moral criticism of either side is immediately exploited by the other side in an exaggerated, one-dimensional fashion. One can never prevent this from happening; but one can at least express the spirit in which a work has been written.Such an approach requires that I inform the reader about my bias in both psychiatric and political matters. Psychiatrically, I have been strongly influenced by both neo-Freudian and Freudian cur- rents: the former through an association with the Washington School of Psychiatry during and immediately after the research study itself, and the latter through a subsequent candidacy in the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. Both influences were also present in my earlier psychiatric residency training at the State University Medical Center of New York. I have found the theoretical writings of Erik Erikson, especially those relating to questions of personal identity and ideology, particularly relevant for this study. At the same time, I have constantly groped for new ways to bring psychological insights to bear upon historical forces, and do so with a humanistic focus. Thus, I have made extensive use of my subjects' biographical
PREF ACE X l l lmaterial, and have attempted to include in these presentations a flesh-and-bones description of their life histories in relationship to pertinent social historical currents, as well as a rigorous psychological analysis of their responses to thought reform. This seemed to me the best way to deal with the inseparable relationship between stress and response, and (in William James' phrase) to "convey truth."
My political philosophical bias is toward a liberalism strongly critical of itself; and toward the kind of antitotalitarian (in the psy- chological terms of this study, antitotalistic), historically-minded questioning of the order of things expressed by Albert Camus in his brilliant philosophical essay, The Rebel. No one understood better than Camus the human issues involved in this book.
I should like to mention a few of the many people whose direct personal assistance was indispensable to the completion of this study. David McK. Rioch lent initial support when support was most needed, and always continued to enrich the work through his urbane eclecticism, his provocative criticism, and his personal kindness. Erik Erikson, during many memorable talks at Stock- bridge and Cambridge, made stimulating and enlarging suggestions, both about specific case histories and problems of presentation. During the latter stages of the work, David Riesrnan offered gener- ously of his extraordinaryintellectual breadth and his unique per sonal capacity to evoke what is most creative within one. Carl Binger has been sage and always helpful in his advice. All four made thoughtful criticisms of the manuscript, as did Kenneth Keniston and F. C. Redlich. Others in psychiatry and related fields to whom I am indebted are Leslie Farber, Erich Lindemann, Margaret Mead, and Beata Rank. In the perilous subtleties of Chinese cultural, intellectual, and political history, I was constantly counseled by Benjamin Schwartz and by John Fairbank, both of whom read parts of the manuscript; and earlier in the work by Lu Pao-tung, MaMeng, Howard Boorman, Conrad Brandt, and A. Doak Barnett The literary advice and loving sustenance of my wife, Betty Jean Lifton, can hardly be documented. My father, Harold A. Lifton, also did much to encourage this study. The Hong Kong research was sponsored for the first seven months
XIV THOUGHT REFORMby the Asia Foundation, and for the remaining year by the Wash- ington School of Psychiatry. The manuscript was completed under grants from the Ford Foundation and the Foundation's Fund for Research in Psychiatry, both administered through Harvard Uni- versity,Finally, I must acknowledge my debt to the forty research sub- jects, Chinese and Western, whose personal thought reform ex- periences are the basis for this study. The extent of their intelligent collaboration in this work is apparent in the biographical chapters. In these, I have altered certain details in order to protect the sub- jects' anonymity; but none of these alterations affect the essential psychological patterns.
CHAPTER 5 PSYCHOLOGICAL STEPS
There is a basic similarity in what both Dr. Vincent and Father Luca experienced during Communist imprisonment. Although they were held in separate prisons far re- moved from each other, and although they differed very much in their responses to reform, they were both subjected to the same general sequence of psychological pressures. This sequence was es- sentially the same despite the fact that these men were very dif- ferent from each other, with different personal and professional life styles. Nor was this thought reform pattern common to just these two: it was experienced by all twenty-five of the Westerners whom I interviewed.
to renounce the people, the organizations, and the standards of behavior which had formed the matrix of their previous existence. They were being forced to betray—not so much their friends and colleagues, as a vital core of themselves.
This self-betrayal was extended through the pressures to "accept help" and in turn 'lielp" others. Within the bizarre morality of the prison environment, the prisoner finds himself—almost without realizing it—violating many of his most sacred personal ethics and behavioral standards. The degree of violation is expanded, very early in the game, through the mechanism of shared betrayal, as another priest described: The cell chief kept asking information about Church activities. He wanted me to denounce others, and I didn't want to do this. . . . A Chinese Father was transferred into the cell, and he said to me, "You cannot help it. You must make some denunciations. The things which the Communists know about any of your Church activities you must come out with." . . . Much later I was put in another cell to bring a French priest to confession. He had been stubborn, and had been in solitary for a few months. He was very fearful and looked like a wild animal. . . . I took care of him, washed his clothes for him, helped him to rest. I advised him that what they might know he might as well confess.
Although there is a continuing tension between holding on and letting go, some degree of self-betrayal is quickly seen as a way to survival. But the more of one's self one is led to betray, the greater is one's involvement with his captors; for by these means they make contact with whatever similar tendencies already exist within the prisoner himself—with the doubts, antagonisms, and ambivalences which each of us carries beneath the surface of his loyalties. This bond of betrayal between prisoner and environment may develop to the point where it seems to him to be all he has to grasp; turning back becomes ever more difficult.
thought reform differently, nor did anyone respond completely to all these steps; at the same time, the experiences had such magnitude that they affected every prisoner in some measure, no matter what his background and character.
1. THE ASSAULT UPON IDENTITY
From the beginning, Dr. Vincent was told he was not really a doctor, that all of what he considered himself to be was merely a cloak under which he hid what he really was. And Father Luca was told the same thing, especially about the area which he held most precious—his religion. Backing up this assertion were all of the physical and emotional assaults of early imprisonment: the confusing but incriminating interrogations, the humiliating "strug- gles," the painful and constricting chains, and the more direct phys- ical brutality. Dr. Vincent and Father Luca each began to lose his bearings on who and what he was, and where he stood in relation- ship to his fellows. Each felt his sense of self become amorphous and impotent and fall more and more under the control of its would-be remolders. Each was at one point willing to say (and to be) whatever his captors demanded.
Each was reduced to something not fully human and yet not quite animal, no longer the adult and yet not quite the child; instead, an adult human was placed in the position of an infant or a sub-human animal, helplessly being manipulated by larger and stronger "adults" or "trainers." Placed in this regressive stance, each felt himself deprived of the power, mastery, and selfhood of adult existence.In both, an intense struggle began between the adult man and the child-animal which had been created, a struggle against regres- sion and dehumanization. But each attempt on the part of the prisoner to reassert his adult human identity and to express his own will ("I am not a spy. I am a doctor"; or "This must be a mistake. I am a priest, I am telling the truth") was considered a show of re- sistance and of "insincerity," and called forth new assaults.
2. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GUILT
Dr. Vincent and Father Luca found themselves unanimouslycondemned by an "infallible" environment. The message of guilt which they received was both existential (you are guilty!) and psy- chologically demanding (you must learn to feel guilty!). As this individual guilt potential was tapped, both men had no choice but to experience—first unconsciously and then consciously—a sense of evil. Both became so permeated by the atmosphere of guilt that external criminal accusations became merged with subjective feelings of sinfulness—of having done wrong. Feelings of resent- ment, which in such a situation could have been a source of strength, were shortlived; they gave way to the gradual feeling that the punish- ment was deserved, that more was to be expected.In making their early false confessions, Dr. Vincent and Father Luca were beginning to accept the guilty role of the criminal. Gradually, a voice within them was made to say, ever more loudly: "It is my sinfulness, and not their injustice, which causes me to suffer—although I do not yet know the full measure of my guilt." At this point their guilt was still diffuse, a vague and yet per- vasive set of feelings which we may call a free-floating sense of guilt.4 Another prisoner expressed this clearly: What they tried to impress on you is a complex of guilt. The complex I had was that I was guilty. . . . I was a criminal—that was my feel- ing, day and night.
3 . THE SELF-BETRYAL
The series of denunciations of friends and colleagues which both Dr. Vincent and Father Luca were required to make had special significance. Not only did making these accusations increase their feelings of guilt and shame, it put them in the position of subvert- ing the structures of their own lives. They were, in effect, being made
The common pattern becomes especially important in evaluating the stories these Westerners told me. Each was attempting to describe, in most instances as accurately as possible, the details of an ordeal from which he had just emerged. But what each reported was also inevitably influenced by his immediate life situation—his psychological transition between the two worlds, his personal struggles for both integrity and integration, his feelings about suc- coring and threatening colleagues and strangers in Hong Kong, his view of me as an American, a physician, a psychiatrist, and a person. All of these circumstances could affect his account, and especially its emotional tone. Therefore, both during the inter- views and in the later study of my notes, I had to sift out what was
Not every prisoner was treated as severely as were Dr. Vincent and Father Luca, but each experienced similar external assaults leading to some form of inner surrender—a surrender of personal autonomy. This assault upon autonomy and identity even extended to the level of consciousness, so that men began to exist on a level
4. THE BREAKING POINT; TOTAL CONFLICT AND THE BASIC FEAR
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Coercive persuasion; a socio-psychological analysis of the "brainwashing" of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Communists

by Schein, Edgar H Publication date 1961Topics Communisten, Hersenspoeling, China, Gevangenen, Communism -- China, Brainwashing, Prisons, Persuasion (Psychology), Lavage de cerveau, Psychological Warfare, Communisme -- Chine, CommunismPublisher N.Y., Norton
https://archive.org/details/coercivepersuasi0000sche/page/n9/mode/2up

Pre-Cannes up:
Best Picture
The Actor, Anora, Emmanuelle and/or The End (NEON)
Bird, Mother Mary and/or We Live in Time (A24)
Blitz (Apple)
Challengers and/or The Nickel Boys (Amazon/MGM)
Conclave, Didi and/or Nosferatu (Focus)
Dune Part 2, Furiosa and/or Joker: Foile a Deux (Warner Bros)
Kinds of Kindness, A Real Pain and/or The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (Searchlight)
Maria (TBC)
Parthenope (TBC)
Queer (TBC)
ALT: The Piano Lesson (Netflix), A big hitter from Cannes
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve - Dune Part 2
Sean Baker - Anora
Andrea Arnold - Bird
Steve McQueen - Blitz
Luca Guadagnino - Queer
ALT: Joshua Oppenheimer - The End, Yorgos Lathimos - Kinds of Kindness, Paolo Sorrentino - Parthenope, Audrey Diwan - Emmanuelle, Edward Berger - Conclave, RaMell Moss - The Nickel Boys
Best Actor
Daniel Craig - Queer
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Andrew Garfield - We Live in Time
Andre Holland - The Actor or Exhibiting Forgiveness
Gary Oldman - Parthenope
ALT: Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice/A Different Man, Ralph Fiennes - Conclave, Joaquin Phoenix - Joker: Foile a Deux, Nicholas Hoult - Juror No 2, Cillian Murphy - Small Things Like These
Best Actress
Uzo Aduba - The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - The Nickel Boys
Angelina Jolie - Maria
Florence Pugh - We Live in Time
Saoirse Ronan - Blitz
ALT: Lady Gaga - Joker: Foile a Deux, Mikey Madison - Anora, Zendaya - Challengers, Anne Hathaway - Mother Mary, Tilda Swinton - The End, Emma Stone - Kinds of Kindness, Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths, Noemie Merlant - Emmanuelle, Kirsten Dunst - Civil War
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Harris Dickinson/Stephen Graham - Blitz
Samuel L Jackson - The Piano Lesson
John Lithgow/Stanley Tucci - Conclave
Franz Ragowski - Bird
ALT: Jesse Plemons - Kinds of Kindness, Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice (if out this year), Austin Butler - Dune Part 2, Willem Dafoe - Kinds of Kindness or Nosferatu
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Burke - Blitz
Joan Chen - Didi
Michaela Coel - Mother Mary
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Emily Watson - Small Things Like These
ALT: Maria Bakalova - The Apprentice, Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson, Lesley Manville - Queer, Hong Chau - Kinds of Kindness, Judy Greer - Flint Strong, Toni Collette - Juror No 2, Naomi Watts - Emmanuelle
Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker - Anora
Andrea Arnold - Bird
Steve McQueen - Blitz
Mike Leigh - Hard Truths
Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain
ALT: Justin Kuritzkes - Challengers, Rasmus Heisterberg and Joshua Oppenheimer - The End, Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos - Kinds of Kindness, Umberto Contarello and Paolo Sorrentino - Parthenope
Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Straughan - Conclave (based on the novel by Robert Harris)
Jon Sphaits and Denis Villeneuve - Dune Part 2 (based on Dune by Frank Herbert)
Joslyn Barnes and RaMell Moss - The Nickel Boys (based on the novel by Colson Whitehead)
Justin Kuritzkes - Queer (based on the novel by William S Burroughs)
Tina Mabry and Gina Prince-Bythewood - The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (based on the novel by Edward Kelsey Moore)
ALT: Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams - The Piano Lesson (based on the play by August Wilson), Stephen Cooney and Duke Johnson - The Actor (based on the novel Memory by Donald E Westlake), Audrey Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowski - Emmanuelle (based on the novel by Marayat Rollet-Andriane/Emmanuelle Arsan), Meg LeFauve - Inside Out 2 (based on characters created by LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Pete Docter)
Best Animated Feature
Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann, Disney/Pixar)
Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim (Kenji Kamiyama, Warner Bros/New Line)
Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot, TBA) - predicting NEON, GKIDS or A24 to pick this up
The Most Precious of Cargos (Michel Hazanavicius, TBA) - predicting NEON, GKIDS or SPC to acquire this
Sauvages! (Claude Barras, TBA) - predicting SPC or GKIDS to pick this up
ALT: The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders, Universal/DreamWorks), Moana 2 (David G Derrick Jr, WDAS), The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Sylvain Chomet, SPC) - if released this year, Transformers One (Josh Cooley, Paramount), Orion and the Dark (Sean Charmatz, Netflix/DreamWorks), Untitled Wallace & Gromit Movie (Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park, Netflix/Aardman) - if a movie and not a short
Best International Film
Chocobar (Argentina, TBA)
Grand Tour (Portugal, TBA)
No Other Land (Palestine, TBA)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (UK/Zambia, A24 TBC)
Parthenope (Italy, TBA)
ALT: Dahomey (Senegal, MUBI), Dry Leaf or Those Who Find Me (Georgia, TBA), Sauvages! (Switzerland, TBA)
Best Documentary Feature
Black Box Diaries (Shiori Ito, TBA)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (David Hinton, Cohen Media Group)
No Other Land (Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal, TBA)
Sugarcane (Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, National Geographic Films)
SupeMan: The Christopher Reeve Story (Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, Warner Bros/DC Studios)
ALT: Dahomey (Mati Diop, MUBI), Skywalkers: A Love Story (Jeff Zimbalist, Netflix), Girls State (Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, Apple), Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (Raoul Peck, TBA), Lula (Oliver Stone, TBA)
Best Original Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Challengers
Hans Zimmer - Dune Part 2
Joshua Schmidt - The End
Hildur Gudnadottir - Joker: Foile a Deux
Jerskin Fendrix - Kinds of Kindness
ALT: Tom Holkenborg - Furiosa, Daniel Hart - Mother Mary, Kathryn Bostic - The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, whatever gets announced soon
Best Editing
Sean Baker - Anora
Joe Bini - Bird
Peter Sciberras - Blitz
Marco Costa - Challengers or Queer
Joe Walker - Dune Part 2
ALT: Nicholas Monsour - The Nickel Boys, Nick Emerson - Conclave, Yorgos Mavropsaridis - Kinds of Kindness
Best Cinematography
Yorick Le Saux - Blitz
Greig Fraser - Dune Part 2
Mikhail Krichman - The End
Gui Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom and Rui Pocas - Grand Tour
Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu
ALT: Drew Daniels - Anora, Jomo Fray - The Nickel Boys, Edward Lachman - Maria, Robbie Ryan - Bird/Kinds of Kindness, Stephane Fontaine - Conclave, Laurence Sher - Joker: Foile a Deux, Andrew Droz Palermo - Mother Mary, Dan Mindel - Twisters, Laurent Tangy - Emmanuelle, Daria D'Antonio - Parthenope
Best Production Design
Blitz
Emmanuelle
Dune Part 2
The End
Nosferatu
ALT: Queer, Joker: Foile a Deux, Conclave, The Nickel Boys
Best Costume Design
Blitz
Dune Part 2
Emmanuelle
Gladiator 2
Queer
ALT: Maria, Joker: Foile a Deux, The Actor, Nosferatu, Mother Mary, The Nickel Boys
Best Sound
Blitz
Civil War
Dune Part 2
The End
A Quiet Place: Day One
ALT: Civil War, Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim, The Fall Guy, Gladiator 2, Joker: Foile a Deux, Furiosa, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Deadpool and Wolverine, Nosferatu, Transformers One, Twisters
Best Visual Effects
Dune Part 2
The End
Furiosa
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Twisters
ALT: Civil War, A Quiet Place: Day One, The Fall Guy, Gladiator 2, Deadpool and Wolverine, Blitz, Transformers One
Best Makeup and Hair
Dune Part 2
Emmanuelle
Joker: Foile a Deux
Nosferatu
Queer
ALT: Furiosa, Blitz, Gladiator 2, Maria, Anora
Best Live Action Short
It's Not Me (Leos Carax, TBA)
Best Animated Short
Me (Don Hertzfeldt, TBA)
Untitled Wallace & Gromit Movie (Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park, Netflix/Aardman) - if a short

Best Picture- * The Apartment * West Side Story * Lawrence Of Arabia * Tom Jones! * My Fair Lady * The Sound Of Music * A Man For All Seasons * In The Heat Of The Night * Oliver! * Midnight Cowboy
Best Director- * Billy Wilder-The Apartment * Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise-West Side Story * David Lean-Lawrence Of Arabia * Tony Richardson-Tom Jones! * George Cukor-My Fair Lady * Robert Wise-The Sound Of Music * Fred Zinnemann-A Man For All Seasons * Mike Nichols-The Graduate * Carol Reed-Oliver! * John Schlesinger-Midnight Cowboy
Best Actor- * Burt Lancaster-Elmer Gantry * Maximillian Schnell-Judgement at Nuremberg * Gregory Peck-To Kill A Mockingbird * Sidney Poitier-Lilies Of The Field * Rex Harrison-My Fair Lady * Lee Marvin-Cat Ballou * Paul Scofield-A Man For All Seasons * Rod Steiger-In The Heat Of The Night * Cliff Robertson-Charly * John Wayne-True Grit
Best Actress- * Elizabeth Taylor-BUtterfield 8 * Sophia Loren-Two Women * Anne Bancroft-The Miracle Worker * Patricia Neal-Hud * Julie Andrews-Mary Poppins * Julie Christie-Darling * Elizabeth Taylor-Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? * Katharine Hepburn-Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? * Katharine Hepburn-The Lion In Winter * Barbra Streisand-Funny Girl * Maggie Smith-The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Supporting Actor- * Peter Ustinov-Spartacus * George Chakiris-West Side Story * Ed Begley-Sweet Bird Of Youth * Melvyn Douglas-Hud * Peter Ustinov-Topkapi * Martin Balsam-A Thousand Clowns * Walter Matthau-The Fortune Cookie * George Kennedy-Cool Hand Luke * Jack Albertson-The Subject Was Roses * Gig Young-They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actress- * Shirley Jones-Elmer Gantry * Rita Moreno-West Side Story * Patty Duke-The Miracle Worker * Margaret Rutherford-The V.I.P.s * Lila Kedrova-Zorba The Greek * Shelley Winters-A Patch Of Blue * Sandy Dennis-Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? * Estelle Parsons-Bonnie and Clyde * Ruth Gordon-Rosemary's Baby * Goldie Hawn-Cactus Flower
Best Original Screenplay- * The Apartment * Splendor In The Grass * Divorce Italian Style * How The West Was Won * Father Goose * Darling * A Man And A Woman * Guess Who's Coming To Dinner * The Producers * Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Best Adapted Screenplay- * Elmer Gantry * Judgement at Nuremberg * To Kill A Mockingbird * Tom Jones! * Becket * Doctor Zhivago * A Man For All Seasons * In The Heat Of The Night * The Lion In Winter * Midnight Cowboy

Events are listed by the day. Events that happen every week appear first, one time stuff after that. If you have anything you’d like people to know about, comment here or message me and I’ll add it in. If you’d like further info about any of the events, look it up! I usually don’t have any extra to add.
Large Scale, Ongoing, and Multi-Day Events

• Word of the South! Word of [South], a festival of literature and music, is a unique blend of writers and musicians and an exploration of the relationship between the two disciplines. Beginning with our first festival in 2015, the festival showcases authors who write about music, musicians who also are authors, authors and musicians trading places, and everything in between. We’re especially proud of our “mu-aushups”: authors and musicians appearing together (some of whom have never met), as well as our cookbook authors, kids programming and musical performances of every genre--we’ve got gospel and HipHop, pop and bluegrass, jazz and country, Americana and R&B. Bring the whole family, and come see what’s down South! Saturday and Sunday, mostly free. Check the schedule here, it’s usually amazing: https://wordofsouthfestival.com/
  
• American Vintage Markets at the N FL Fairgrounds. Inspired by the love of vintage and handmade, American Vintage Markets is pleased to bring together a wide array of carefully curated vendors who will showcase their best re-cycled, re-purposed, handcrafted, and re-imagined treasures. A true delight for your pickin' pleasure! Sat and Sun, 9am-4pm, $8
  
• Thomasville Rose Show and Festival. Held in historic Downtown Thomasville, the Rose Show and Festival has been a southwest Georgia tradition for over 100 years. Featuring several flower shows, a car and truck show, a rose parade, an artisan market, and more, you don't want to miss this celebration. Events Friday and Saturday. See the site for details: https://thomasvillega.com/attractions/events/thomasville-rose-show-and-festival
  
• Tallahassee Indie Bookstore Crawl. Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day by supporting all of Tallahassee's indie bookstores with an all-weekend bookstore crawl! Get your punch-card signed at all 6 stores and enter to win some awesome prizes. (Bookstore hours vary) Bookstores include: Common Ground Books, Fat Cat Books, Cosmic Cat Comics, Lake of Fire Books, Fallout Comics, My Favorite Books, Midtown Reader. Saturday and Sunday
  

Local Running, Walking, and Biking Info: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/
Guided Paddling Outings all around the area: https://www.facebook.com/hsmithoutdoors
Tallahassee Film Society Showings: https://www.tallahasseefilms.com/tickets/
Book Clubs for all tastes: https://www.facebook.com/midtownreadeevents
Live Theater:

• Making Light Productions: https://www.makinglightproductions.org/
  
• Theatre Tallahassee: https://theatretallahassee.org/
  
• Mickee Faust Club: https://www.mickeefaust.com/
  
• Monticello Opera House: https://www.monticellooperahouse.org/
  
• FSU School of Theatre: https://theatre.fsu.edu/productions/
  
• Young Actors Theatre: https://www.youngactorstheatre.com/
  
• Quincy Music Theatre: https://quincymusictheatre.com/
  
• Tallahassee Hispanic Theater: https://tallahasseehispanictheater.wordpress.com/
  

OutdooFarmer’s Markets:

• Lake Ella Grower's Market: Wednesday and Saturday, 11am-2pm. You can always find organic vendors, and foragers: The Holistic Cannabis Community, Artzi Farms, Hickory Nut Gifts, and others. Including Pita Queen! Farmer's Market Nutrition Program Coupons gladly accepted!
  
• Tallahassee Downtown Market: Saturdays, 10am-2pm, Park Ave Parks. Vendors display their arts and fine crafts, jewelry, handmade soap, pottery, Fresh from Florida produce, hand-raised beef and pork, fresh baked bread, jams and jellies, and honey. Live music from different local musicians every Saturday.
  
• Frenchtown Heritage Market: 524 N MLK Jr Blvd. Third Saturday of the month 10am to 2pm. Come grow community and support your local farmers and makers, while you get your groceries for the week! Don’t forget! We match SNAP/EBT, so you DOUBLE your money to go towards locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables! If the guy with the pineapple is there, get it. This is currently only happening on the third Saturday of the month for the next few months while road work is completed.
  
• Tallahassee Farmers Market: 2904 Kerry Forest Pkwy, Saturdays, 8am to Noon. Come see us at Tallahassee's longest-running farmers market! We are a year-round market, featuring local farms and vendors that provide the best seasonal produce, meats, baked goods, and more. We welcome you and your whole family (leashed pets included) to come out and meet your local farmers! Ample parking is available between our lot and the shopping center lot next door (by Red Elephant). Come early for the best selection.
  

THURSDAY, 4/25

• The Hub at Feather Oaks: Bingo. 6pm
  
• Dreamland BBQ: Weekly Open Blues Jam. If you'd like to sing, please bring your own mic. 6pm
  
• Honest Living Vape: Chess-Master Thursdays . Beginners and experts, join us every Thursday from 6-9 for Chess-Master Thursdays. All ages. Bring your board or play ours! Tournaments coming soon! 6pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing Co: Open Mic Night! Join us on Thursdays from 6:30-9:30 PM for Open Mic Night hosted by the incredible Mike Ingram of The Brown Goose! This is your chance to show off your skills! Whether you're a musician, poet, comedian, or have a hidden talent, we can't wait to see what you bring to the stage. 6:30pm
  
• Lake Tribe: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Takko Market Square: Bingo Night. 7pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Karaoke with Jared Walker. 7pm
  
• Amicus Brewing: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Smitty's Taphouse: Trivia Lab Thursdays. Teams of 6 or fewer players can compete for $30 / $20 / $10 Prizes + The Golden MacGuffin prize table! New format! Interactive smartphone answering for your comfort and safety! 6 Fun Rounds - 42 Total Questions. 7:30pm
  
• Cap City Video Lounge: "Manos" The Hands of Fate & The Touch of Satan! MST3K Thursday. Join us Thursday as we climb aboard The Satellite of Love along with Joel, Tom Servo and CROOOOW as they crack wise over two very bizarre treks into the occult with the legendary episodes "MANOS" THE HANDS OF FATE followed by THE TOUCH OF SATAN! 7:30pm/free but donations encouraged
  
• Studio D: Bachata Fever. We always have a bachata workshop at 8 pm before Bachata Fever. We dance afterwards to the sounds of DJ Bacharod. The class is at 8 pm and Bachata Fever will start at 930 pm. Many times people are learning in class and may feel uncomfortable social dancing while they are still learning moves. We have a welcoming environment so stay and have fun and dance with everyone. That is how we learn. 8pm/Class $5/Bachata Fever $5.
  
• The Sound Bar: Comedy Night. 8pm
  
• Finnegans Wake: Open Mic. 8:30pm
  
• Brass Tap in Midtown: Karaoke with DJ Rah. 9pm
  
• 926: Karaoke. 9pm
  
• Bird’s: Karaoke with Nathan. 9pm
  

• Blue Tavern: Rachel’s Reading Club – sight reading with Rachel Hillman. 5pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Ben Baggett. 6pm
  
• Club Downunder: CDU x TMIC Presents: Local Covers featuring Kanise, On The Edge, Chef Will & Tonight’s Special, Hey Cheetah, No Parts, and Mutual Friends covering the music of Beyonce, The Backseat Lovers, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars + Silk Sonic, Paramore, and Nirvana. 6:30pm
  
• Retrofit Records: Justice “Hyperdrama” Album Listening Event. 7pm
  
• The Bark: Tearman, Sour, and Ellen Fish. 8pm
  
• The Sound Bar: Atala Quartet. 8pm
  
• Houe of Music: Selwyn Birchwood. 8pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Movie Night: screening of Robert Stone’s “Radio Bikini”. 8pm
  

FRIDAY, 4/26

• Blue Tavern: Happy Hour with Steve Malono. 5pm
  
• Lake Tribe Brewing: Flannel Fridays with Live Music. 6pm
  
• Hobbit West: Friday Night Dart Tournament. Anyone can Enter! Sign ups at 7:30, Darts fly at 8:00/$10 entry fee
  
• Ouzts Too: Karaoke with DJ Nathan. Best karaoke DJ in town. 8pm
  
• Just One More: Karaoke with DJ Rah. 9pm-11pm/21+
  
• 926: The Hot Friday Night Party and Drag Show. 9pm/$5/18+
  

• Bleu Tavern: Two Clever. 5pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Pineapple Tuesday. 6pm
  
• Lake Tribe: Deja Blu. 6pm
  
• Goodwood: Pig & Pearl: Preservation on the Halfshell. On April 26, embrace the power of preservation with Southern food traditions as Goodwood and presenting sponsor Prime Meridian Bank host a night of live music and culinary traditions. Enjoy Goodwood's beautiful historic backdrop in the heart of Tallahassee, while dining and sipping on a specialty cocktail (created uniquely for this event and poured by local celebrity bartenders) during this night to remember. Inspired by the people whose lives shaped the story of the Red Hills region, Pig & Pearl: Preservation on the Halfshell is a fundraising benefit that supports Goodwood Museum & Gardens in its pursuit of keeping a piece of Tallahassee’s history alive and accessible to all people. Alongside the pork, oysters (fried and on the half shell), salmon, and southern sides, live music from natural storyteller and one-woman band Anna Wescoat. Wescoat, who is the 2023 Best of Tallahassee performer, will bring her classic folk and country sound to this year's Pig & Pearl. Meanwhile, a free photo booth will capture snapshots of the night, allowing each guest to bring home special memories with friends and loved ones. The Carriage House at Goodwood Museum & Gardens will come alive with tradition, preservation, and community as friends (old and new) gather for a night to remember. 6pm/$125
  
• Cascades: Leon County and Word of South Present: The Flaming Lips performing “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” in full + a second set of additional songs. 6pm
  
• Southwood Golf Club: Brett Wellman and the Stone Cold Blues Band. 6:30pm
  
• The Sound Bar: 323 Trio. 7pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Double Play. 7pm
  
• The Bark: Engineers Without Borders Fundraiser Show featuring The Relish Girls, Bench Warmer, Satin, and Sofia Camille. 8pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Grateful Dead Night featuring Lee C. Payton and Hot Tamale. 8pm
  
• Fire Bettys: Disco Never Died Dance Party. 9pm/21+/free
  

SATURDAY, 4/27

• Brinkley Glen Park: Invasive Plant Removal. Join Master Gardener Volunteers at this weekly invasive plant removal event. This is a great way to learn to ID our invasive plant species and how to remove them. We recommend wearing long pants and sleeves, closed-toed shoes, gloves, a hat and mosquito spray. Bring gardening tools such as hand clippers, loppers, trowels, etc. if you have them. We are removing coral ardisia bushes and berries, nandina, tung trees, Tradescantia flumenensis, cat's claw vine, winged yam, Japanese climbing fern, skunkvine and more. Directions: The best way to get there is to take Meridian Rd to Waverly Rd, go to the next intersection and turn left onto Abbotsford Way, then turn left at the next road called Woodside Dr. At the stop sign turn left onto Lothian. Lothian ends in a cul-de-sac and there is a sign that says Brinkley Glen Park. 8:30am-11:30am
  
• Gamescape: Saturday Gaming. Gamescape has relocated from Railroad Square to the Huntington Oaks Plaza (Suite 302, next to the Library) at N Monroe St and Fred George Rd. Open gaming tables are available. Noon-6pm
  
• Potbellys: 7th Annual FAKE St. Patrick's Day Party. 4pm
  
• Duke’s and Dottie’s: Line Dancing Plus Lessons. 7pm/21+
  
• Bird’s Oyster Shack: Laughterday Night Fever. * Join us every Saturday at Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack for a free comedy show!* 8:30pm
  
• 926: Latin Night. Dance to the irresistible beats of Zeus and prepare to be dazzled by a spectacular drag show at midnight. It's more than a party, it's an experience. 9:30pm/$10 21+, $15 under 21
  

• Native Nurseries: Together We Bloom: Annual Floral Arrangement Contest Open To All. There is no cost or registration required; we encourage all ages to make arrangements. Our one rule is to use only native plants. Drop off arrangements at the nursery that Saturday morning by 9:30 a.m. and people will have until 4:00 p.m. to vote on the best arrangement. The first place prize is a $25 gift certificate to Native Nurseries, along with mystery prizes for second and third places. The winners of our contest will be contacted the following Tuesday. There are no parameters regarding shape, size, or vessel. Any nursery visitor can cast their vote in the ballot box. 9:30am
  
• Carrabelle: 2024 Carrabelle Riverfront Festival. This year, the Carrabelle Chamber is thrilled to introduce the ADVENTURE FAMILY CIRCUS who will be thrilling festival goers with three exhilarating aerial circus shows. Adventure Family Circus is an internationally touring small family circus show. They are an AERIAL & ACROBATIC SHOW with acts including high flying aerial and acrobatic acts, aerial rope, aerial silks, aerial lyra, mini trampoline, juggling and comedy. It's a spectacle the whole family will enjoy! Also joining the Carrabelle Riverfront Festival will be REDEMPTIVE LOVE FARM & RESCUE bringing their PETTING ZOO and FEEDING STATION. Adults and children alike love to enter and get hands-on with the sweet farm pets including chickens, ducks, bunnies, and young goats. At the feeding station, guests can also meet which will include animals like a llama, mini-donkey, mini-cow, goat, alpaca, or emu! It's a hands-on experience that both children and adults will cherish. The festival will also feature the always popular activities for the kids, including children’s MINI-TRAIN RIDES and a BOUNCY HOUSE. These familiar favorites add additional fun to the already entertaining atmosphere. Feet will be tapping to the upbeat favorites from across the decades with talented musicians including JOHN JEREMIAH plus KEVIN ANDREW and the ROCKULLA PERFORMERS. Guests will also be delighted by wonderful dance performances of the FORGOTTEN COAST DANCING WITCHES. The entertainment doesn’t end there as there will also be fun music by DJ BEANIE BABY throughout the day. And of course the festival will feature the family-friendly EXHIBITOR EXPO on AVENUE B, hosted by the Carrabelle History Museum, with informative exhibits like a WWII military vehicle, the fire-wise cabin, shark jaws, animal skulls, and a display of Florida’s pioneer days. A wild animal ambassador, Moonlight, the Great Horned Owl will also be visiting from a local rescue. In addition Avenue B will host the Pet & People Cooling Station. Visitors can browse tons of festival VENDORS, EXHIBITORS, and booths with interesting arts and craft items, delicious food, and local displays as well as explore the local shops, museums, and restaurants for even more choices. There will be lots of yummy food to choose from like shrimp, conch fritters, Indian food, BBQ, plus festival treats like kettle corn, funnel cakes and shaved ice. 10am-6pm
  
• Civic Center: Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party. Bringing fans' favorite Hot Wheels Monster Trucks to life including Mega Wrex, Tiger Shark, Demo Derby, Bone Shaker, Bigfoot, Gunkster, and introducing the brand new HW 5-Alarm, the firetruck hero of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks! The Glow Party production features a laser light show, spectacular theatrical effects, dance parties, and Hot Wheels toy giveaways. Fans can also witness a special appearance from a transforming robot, plus the high-flyers of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Freestyle Motocross Team. Special kids pricing is available for all shows providing a great value for the whole family! 12:30pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Nighshift. 6pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Saylor Dollar Band. 7pm
  
• The Wine House on Market Street: Jazz Night with Some Goodfellas and Friends! 7pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Jimmy Brazen Band. 7pm
  
• TNL Performing Arts Center: SANKOFA Concert "Legends of Funk Jazz and Soul". We are featuring and celebrating the music of local legends and educators who have contributed to the arts of music and education here in Tallahassee and around the world. These artists represent the highest standard and love for the art of music, dedicating their lives to enriching the lives of others through the arts, education and culture. The Sankofa Concert is an educational but entertaining event that showcases and educates the community about the various forms of musical and artistic expressions performed by musicians and singers of the African Diaspora. Appearing on stage at the 5th Sankofa Concert will be 2x Grammy Award winner singesongwriter Kendra Foster; singesongwriter Cody ChesnuTT; Caribbean Gospel Music Award winners Ilismo & Lili Forbes; highly acclaimed singer, songwriter, and producer Anthony Williams; and Drummer on the Move, Marlon Williams. Also appearing will be Keith Rodgers, Avek La’Mou, Jordan Roberts, Alexander Williams, Shanice Richards, Nia Sissle and TheSoulCollectiveLive. Featured musicians are Joel Johnson, Sam Johnson, Joshua Rivers, Jordan Green, Steve Fryson, Michelle Waller, and many more. 7pm
  
• Square Mug Café at The Plant: Food Not Bombs Benefit Show featuring River City Riot, Gangs of Paris, Killer Choice, High Speed Suicide, Sp33d Runn3r, and Warmonger. 7pm
  
• Monk House (409 Murat Street): Fated to Burn, Psycho Tropical, Durty Suns. 7:30pm/$7
  
• The Sound Bar: Seminole Send Off with Weatherboys, Small Talk, and Abigail Jennings. 7:30pm/$10
  
• Capital City Tattooz: CCT Afterdark Party 2000s. Missed our first CCT Afterdark party and want in on the action? We’ll be hosting Afterdark parties on the last Saturday of every month, and this month’s theme is 2000’s! Join us on April 27th from 8 PM - 2 AM wearing your hottest y2K fits! 8pm
  
• House of Music: Tallahassee City Limits: Songwriter Sessions with Maurice Mangum. 8pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Once Great Estate. 9pm
  
• Eve at Adams: Hot Mess. 9pm
  
• Fire Bettys: The Apalachicola Sound. 9pm
  
• 926: Haus Of Solara Fundraiser Festival featuring drag performances and DJ sets from Iris Virus B2B Corduroy, A-Nine, and DJ Asexual. 9:30pm
  

SUNDAY, 4/28

• Bicycle House: Sunday Ride. Ride at 10:30 AM from Bicycle House. We will ride the Cascades trail to the St Marks trail and down to Wakulla station and return, about 31 miles. Ride speed is 12 to 14 mph, with periodic regroups. Vernon Bailey is the ride leader. Vernon is a new CCC member who’s been biking for 50 years enjoys riding with small groups and weekend touring. 10am
  
• Halisi Africa: Soulful Sundays. Join us for Motherland Brunch at Halisi Africa. We'll be serving our brunch special including an appetizer, main course, a sweet, and our signature African mimosas we call ukwaju. The event will also feature an art exhibition by Christopher Barnhart and live entertainment by local artists. 11am
  
• Flippin’ Great Pinball: $25 Sunday Funday. Every Sunday spend a fun-filled time with the family for only $25 plus tax at the arcade! Our normal all-day family admission of $34.99 is just $25 and that includes up to a family of 6 (two adults and four kids). Experience affordable family fun that everyone will enjoy. Noon-8pm
  
• E Peck Greene Park (Behind the LeRoy Collins Library): Food Not Bombs Free Mealshare. We offer free vegetarian/vegan food, water, coffee, personal care & hygiene products, bus passes, and clothing when we have some available to those in need. Contact foodnotbombstally@gmail.com to find out about getting involved. Noon-2pm
  
• LeRoy Collins Library: Tallahassee Go Club Meetings. Come play the captivating ancient game of Go, also known as Baduk, with some friendly games and discussions. Beginners welcome. Visit https://www.tallahasseegoclub.com for more information. 1pm
  
• Gamescape: Pokémon League. Come learn, play, and trade with the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the Pokémon video games! We LOVE seeing new players, so come learn how to play! We play both the Trading Card Game and the Video Game casually and competitively. The store offers lots of different seating arrangements to meet our group's needs, as well as food, drinks, and Pokémon products for purchase. We are also hold regular, officially sanctioned tournaments for Pokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Competitions! 2-4pm
  
• The Plant: Open Jam. All instruments, all players welcome. 4pm-9pm
  
• Pedro’s: Mariachi Clasico. 6pm
  
• Fermentation Lounge: Open Mic Night Hosted by Conor Churchill. 7pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Comedy Night. Come have some laughs with us on Sunday nights! If you are interested in participating in the show, reach out to therealsleepypfloyd@gmail.com 7:30pm
  

• Ology: Marauder’s Market. Noon
  
• All Saints Cinema: Invisible History: Middle Florida’s Hidden Roots. This moving film transports the audience to a significant time during our past. Particularly during the Bicentennial year, it is important to share the gripping history about experiences on plantations in north Florida and highlight the lives of more than 9,000 enslaved men, women, and children in Tallahassee and Leon County. 1pm
  
• The Hub at Feather Oaks: The Jerry Thigpen Trio. 3pm
  
• The Bark: The Village Idiots, Counterfeit Stereo, and Amateur Act. 7pm
  

MONDAY, 4/29

• Just One More: Bingo. 5pm-6:30pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Margarita Monday, Open-Mic Night hosted by The Saltwater Cowboy. 5:30pm-8pm
  
• American Legion Hall: Cha Cha - Weekly Lessons. 6:15pm/$5
  
• Hangar 38: Bingo. 6:45pm
  
• Vino Beano: Tipsy Trivia. 7pm
  

• City Dogs Café: City Dogs X S.C.A.M.S. Presents: Free Form Night featuring music from Frogs Dogs and an open improv session. Super Cool Awesome Music Studio (aka SCAMS) will be hosting the first of a series of Free Form Nights at City Dogs Cafe/All Saints Art Station located at 903 Railroad Ave (former All Saints Cafe building) on Monday, April 29th. The event will feature local Tallahassee free jazz band Frogs Dogs followed by an open improv portion. The look of the improv portion will depend on who shows up, but artists of all kinds are encouraged to sign up; mediums may include but are not limited to music, comedy, dance, live painting, performance art, etc. Doors and improv sign up are at 7, Frogs Dogs will play 7:30-8:15PM, and Open Improv will be from 8:30-10PM. Cover is $5 or free if you sign up for improv. There will be local vendors, and City Dogs will be serving cold beer and DELICIOUS hot dogs all night! For more information, contact SCAMS on Instagram @supercoolawesomemusicstudio. 7pm
  
• House of Music: Handsome Heroes: The Show "Not All Heroes Wear Capes, Some Heroes Wear Nothing!". 7pm
  

TUESDAY, 4/30

• Blue Tavern: Happy Hour. 5pm
  
• The Getaway Grille: Tuesday Night Bikes and Trikes. 6pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing Company: Tuesday Night Beer-go! 6pm
  
• Crafty Crab: BOOMIN' Karaoke. 7pm
  
• Gamescape: Hobby Night. Slay the grey together! Join your fellow gamers and turn your pile of grey miniatures into a battle ready army. Need some painting tips? Feel free to ask at hobby night. You can bring any miniature for any game to paint. 7pm
  
• Ology Midtown: Jazz Jam Sessions. 7pm
  
• Island Wings: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Brass Tap in Midtown: Trivia. 1st Tuesday of the month is General Knowledge with rotating themes the rest of the month. 7pm
  
• House of Music: Tuesday Trivia & Karaoke. 7pm
  
• American Legion Hall: Tallahassee Swing Band Tuesday Night Dance. 7:30pm
  
• Burrito Boarder: Karaoke with DJ Roldus. 8pm
  
• Fire Bettys: Comedy Night. 8pm
  
• Poor Pauls: Trivia. 8pm/21+
  
• Blue Tavern: Bluesday Tuesday with Bill Ricci. Every Tuesday is Blues Day @ the Blue Tavern and Blues Meets Girl is a Tallahassee favorite. This perfect, intimate venue provides just what you need for both a mid-week break and authentic blues music experience. 8pm/$5
  
• 4th Quarter: Professor Jim's Tuesday Night Trivia. Popular for a reason! 8pm
  
• Argonaut Coffee: Trivia Tuesday. 8pm
  
• The Sound Bar: Karaoke. 8pm
  
• Fire Betty’s: Open Mic Comedy Night. 8pm/21+
  
• 926: Tacos and Trivia. 9pm
  

• Blue Tavern: Shape Note Singing with members of the Quaker Meeting House. 5pm

WEDNESDAY, 4/31

• Sugar and Spice Tally: Game Night. Join us every Wednesday Night for community game night. Bring your own or use ours! Let me know if you need to reserve space for a large group. Free to attend! 5pm
  
• Goodwood: Wonderful Wednesday. 6pm/$5
  
• Burrito Boarder: D&D Night. 6pm
  
• Level 8 Rooftop Lounge: Trivia. 6pm
  
• La Florida Coffee & Wine: Trivia Night. 6pm
  
• The Great Games Library: Open Game Night. 6pm/free
  
• American Legion Hall: Sue Boyd Country Western and More Dance Class. Session 2 - Beginner 6:30 to 7:45 pm What: East Coast Swing and Waltz. Cost: $8.00 per person. Wear comfortable shoes you can turn in. 7:45 to 8:15 - Practice dance with paid admission. 8:15 to 9:30: Intermediate - 2 Step and WCS. $8.00 per person or $13.00 for both classes. Vaccines are required. Face masks are optional. Changing partners is optional. 6:30pm
  
• Perry Lynn’s Smokehouse in Quincy: Wed Night Open Mic w/ Steven Ritter and Friends. 6:30pm
  
• Hangar 38: Trivia. 6:45pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing Tallahassee: Trivia. Teams up to 6 players for three rounds with 10 questions and a tie breaker each round. Winners are by round so don’t worry if you need to come late or can’t stay the whole time! Prizes include a round of beer, a 6 pack and a gift card! 7pm
  
• Proof: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Vino Beano: Wine Bingo. 7pm
  
• Fermentation Lounge: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Wednesday Open Mic with Doc Russell. The open mic night that has run continuously for almost 20 years, once housed at the Warehouse, lives on at the Blue Tavern. Doc Russell continues as the host with the most. Sign up starts at 7:45pm/free to attend
  
• House of Music: Bar Bingo! Free to Play & Late Night Karaoke. 7pm
  
• Fire Betty’s: Karaoke! 8pm/21+/free
  
• Dukes and Dotties: College Night and Line Dancing Lessons. 8pm
  
• Finnegans Wake: Trivia. 8pm
  
• The Sound Bar: Open Mic Night. 8pm
  
• South Station: Summer Movie Nights. 8:30pm/free
  
• The Bark: Karaoke with DJ Nathan. Best karaoke DJ in town. 9pm
  
• Peppers: Karaoke. 9pm
  
• 926: Dragged Out Wednesday. 10pm
  

• Ruby Diamond: FSU Opening Nights Presents: Indigo Girls. 7:30pm

It’s happening! The first instalment of the Mistborn trilogy has encouraged me to try my hand at worldbuilding and story writing. While I haven’t historically been a massive reader, I adore Tolkien, Berserk, the Soulsborne games, GOT, and Lovecraft (if cosmic horror counts).
To embark on this journey, my task is simple: practice writing, and read like I’ve never read before.
In aid of this new found purpose of mine, I have made a list of fantasy authors / series’ to get me started (a lot of these came from BookTok, fantasy film series’ I love and recommendations I’ve gotten throughout my life). I want to know if anything in this list is a complete no-go for a reading newbie, or if I am missing any essentials that’d be perfect to develop my taste. Thanks in advance guys!
• Brandon Sanderson: all
• Tolkien: all
• George R. R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire (5 out of 7 books published)
• Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time (14 volumes + 1 prequel novel and 3 companion books)
• Scott Lynch: The Gentleman Bastard Sequence (3 books so far, 7 to be published in total)
• M. L. Wang: 2 Standalone’s - The Sword of Kaigen, Blood Over Bright Haven
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter (7 books)
• Fonda Lee: Green Bone Saga (trilogy)
• Frank Herbert: Dune (6 novels - see how you get on)
• Robin Hobb: Realm of the Elderlings (16 volumes🤯)
• Pierce Brown: Red Rising Saga (6 of 7 confirmed books published)
• Nicholas Eames: The Band Trilogy
• Glen Cook: The Black Company (11 volumes)
• Steven Erikson: The Malazan Book of the Fallen (10 novels)
• James Islington: The Licanius Trilogy & The Will of the Many (1st instalment of The Hierarchy series)
• Evan Winter: The Rage of the Dragons (2 of 4 books published)
• Patrick Rothfuss: The Kingkiller Chronicle (2 of 3 published)
• John Gwynne: The Faithful and the Fallen (quartet), Blood & Bone (trilogy), The Bloodsworn Saga (trilogy)
• Stephen King: The Dark Tower (9 books), go ham with King if Dark Tower works for you
• Joe Abercrombie: The First Law Trilogy
• R. F. Kuang: The Poppy War Trilogy, Babel (standalone)
• Elizabeth Lim: Six Crimson Cranes (see if it’s your thing before you continue)
• Leigh Bardugo: Six of Crows (again, see how you go)
• Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun (5 novels), The Book of the Long Sun (4 novels), The Book of the Short Sun (3 novels)

h - highlight; lo - lowlight
Summary goes first:

1. Never lost to a team in playoffs that has less than 53 wins
2. Can play well in the first 5 games. Most of his series wins are 4-1. Usually gas out in G6 and G7. Only won 2 of the 7 series that is longer than 6 games.
3. Almost only lose to teams with top 5 defense.
4. As upper dog, lost to underdog only once. As underdog, never beat upper dogs
5. Never played bad the entire series (like Kyrie in 2022 and 2020). But usually have 1-2 unbelievably horrible games (like 3-15 fg).

• (h)never missed playoffs
• (h)Rockets year 1: made to the playoffs with Jeremy Lin, Chandler Parsons, and Omer Asik as starters
• (lo)Rockets year 2: made to the playoffs with Dwight Howard. Didn't play well, shoot below 40% in the series. Sent home by Dame's game winner in Game6
• (h)Rockets year 3: made to WCF with two starters lost in the last month of regular season and Dwight only played 41 games. Overall massively overachieved in that year. Played well in series 1, series 2 G7, and first 4 games in WCF (38, 39, and 45 points in 4 games)
• (lo)in the last game of WCF, 12 turnovers
• (lo)Rockets year 4: underachieved year. 41 wins. 1-4 lost to Warriors in first round. Had issues with Dwight.
• (h)Rockets year 5: (entered peak). 55 wins in regular season with Eric Gordon, Ryan Anderson as his 2nd and 3rd best players. In MVP vs MVP first round match up, beat Russ's thunder 4-1. Massively overachieved as a season. In series 2, went toe to toe with 67 wins Spurs for 5 games.
• (lo)In game 6, 2-12 against a Spurs without Kawhi
• (h)Rockets year 6: (MVP season). CP3 joined but only played 58 games. Nonetheless, still got 65 wins. Beat Wolves (playoff Jimmy + KAT) and Jazz (Gobert + Spida) easily. Had heck of a series against KD + Steph + Scott Foster's Warriors. Probably the best series in the last 10 years. Lost by single digit in G7 against with CP3 missed 2 games
• (lo)0-27 threes as a team. Himself got 30+ and had 2 threes waived.
• (h)Rockets year 7: CP3 continued to miss ton of games and averaged only 14 points that season. Still got the 4th seed (1 game behind the second seed. PG13 hit game winner against them in regular season last game and kicked them to 4th) but had to face GSW in series 2. Overachieved year.
• (h)With CP3 severely underperformed in the series, still forced GSW to 6 games. Averaged 35+ whole series. Played well in G5 and G6 too
• (lo)Lost to GSW in game 6 with no KD.
• (h)Rocket year 8: (last year). Russ joined, covid break out year. Beat thunder in series 1 and played well against Lakers in series 2 (averaged 32 and got 30+ in G5) albeit lost 1-4.
• (h)Brooklyn year 1: Best personal offense efficiency in playoffs against Celtics. Beat them 4-1. Played with grade 2 hamstring injury in round 2 against bucks. Lost in overtime of G7.
• (lo)1-8 in G7 against Bucks. He could barely move. Many media and fans swore they would never hate Harden again before the game when he said he will play. But anyway. Ended his own prime here
• (lo)76ers year 1: not the same player again. 4-2 in series 1 easily (led the series 3-0). Lost to heat 2-4 due to injury with Embiid missed 2 games and Danny Green hurt in game 6. Did not play well in game 6. Scored low points.
• (h)76ers year 2: 4-0 against Nets with Embiid played 3 games. 45 points with game winner in G1 of round 2 without Embiid and got a crucial road opening win. 42 points with game winner in G4. 18+10+0 turnover in G5 to get the series point for them. Overall overachieved as the team's 3rd option (ranked #3 in Doc River's stupid pecking order)
• (lo)massively under performed in G6 and G7 (so is Embiid). Had no answer for a line up with Horford and Robert Williams to clog the paint. Doc Rivers refused to adjust.

Today marks the end of an era for me it seems. After decades, the long path down Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time is finally at an end for me. Whether it is the end, who can say as the wheel turns on and memories fade to myth.
I started the series in High School around 2003, when the series was still yet incomplete and RJ had not yet awakened from the dream. I was a fairly big reader at the time but acutely felt the sting of realization that the work was still as of yet incomplete, catching up with it... I swear it was Winter's Heart but it had to have been Knife of Dreams. Unfortunately, due to life circumstances I never really found my way back to the final couple books. I had read what happened through wikis as I was pretty adrift in my life and lost my focus for reading.
A few years ago, I tried again, starting from the beginning. This was my favorite series after all, especially as other authors continued to disappoint me in their personal views. The characters old friends. Unfortunately, life was still a bit too much, my brain not quite handling just sitting with a book for hours on end.
Blessedly, within the last year I found a bit more balance, a remote job, less customer service, able to listen at least to the audiobook so I began again. I was hesitant at first, the first time I had tried an audiobook, the author threw me off. I was afraid at first that Michael Kramer would be a bit too... cowboy, but again I found balance and forged on.
Tonight, I finished it in all its splendor. Left in that hollow of not knowing what to do next. I have a few other quests to claim. An infinite gaming backlog, a desire to expand my music repertoire, another 50 audiobooks to conquer. I am not sure where my path will take me, much as Rand was at the end of his trials. I'm not sure I am ready for another series yet. Reread LotR? Start Robin Hobb? Pratchett? Tchaikovsky? Erikson? More Sanderson? I am still far gone from my full on reader days and will probably need to retreat to the comfort of an RPG or two and some music lest I spoil the absorption of such a long series.
Light will I miss it.
See also: Tam deserved to know.

Click here to see the introductory post about this series.
Click here to see previous entries in this series.
Claimed National Champions
Yale (13-0) Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Billingsley Report, Houlgate System, Parke H. Davis
^{Bold indicates main national championship selector recognized by NCAA Championship List}
Notable Events

• The International Copyright Act of 1891 is passed by Congress
• The Wrigley Company is founded
• The Tesla Coil is invented
• The Music Hall in New York (Later known as Carnegie Hall) opens with Peter Tchaikovsky as a guest conductor
• James Naismith invents basketball in the United States
• Singer Cole Porter, and CFB Hall of Famers Dana X. Bible, John "Babe" Brown, Robert "Butts" Butler, Charles "Gus" Dorais, Hank Ketcham, Bob McWhorter, Earle "Greasy" Neale, Bob Peck, and Hube Wagner are born
• General William Tecumseh Sherman and P. T. Barnum die

Rules

• The Ball: Egg-shaped, rubber covered Rugby ball.
• The field is 110 yds. by 53 1/3 yds., uprights 18 1/2' apart, with lines marked every five yards, crossbar 10' high uprights
• When a team has possession of the ball, it must gain five yards within three downs, to gain a new set of downs
• There are three different ways to score. A field goal is worth 5 points, A touchdown is worth 4 points, the kick after a TD is worth 2 points, and a safety is worth 2 Points.
• Each team consists of 11 players on the field
• The game's regulation is separated into two halves, both 45 minutes. If the game is tied at the end of regulation, the next scored point wins the game.

^{Italics denote rule change from previous season.}
The Teams
Of the 33 teams in the matchup tool, only 15 qualify and are listed by their seeding in the bracket and are listed by their seeding in the bracket.

1. Yale (12-0); Coach - Walter Camp
2. Harvard (13-1); Coach - George A. Stewart & George C. Adams
3. Princeton (12-1); Coach -None
4. Penn (11-2); Coach - Woody Wagenhorst
5. Cornell (7-3); Coach - None
6. Lehigh (7-6); Coach - None
7. Williams (8-2-1); Coach - Unknown
8. Penn St (5-2); Coach - None
9. Bucknell (6-2-1); Coach - None
10. Trinity CT (6-4); Coach - Russell Lee Jones
11. Amherst (9-4-3); Coach - Multiple Professors (Unspecified)
12. Dartmouth (2-2-1); Coach - None
13. Rutgers (8-6); Coach - John C. B. Pendleton
14. Army (4-1-1); Coach - Henry L. Williams
15. Swarthmore (4-2); Coach - Jacob K. Shell
16. Navy (5-2); Coach - None
17. Tufts (2-1); Coach - Wilfred Russ
18. Wisconsin (3-1); Coach - Herb Alward
19. Lake Forest (2-1-1); Coach - Unknown
20. Illinois (3-0); Coach - Robert Lackey
21. Kansas (2-1-1); Coach - Edwin Mortimer Hopkins
22. Dickinson (2-2-1); Coach - Unkown
23. Washington StL (1-1-1); Coach - **Arthur L. Tuttle
24. Vanderbilt (2-1); Coach - ** Elliot Jones

First Two Out

• Virginia (2-1-2); Coach - None
• Butler (2-2); Coach - Unknown

^\Record portrayed may not be record recognized by school)
^\*Denotes Player-Coach)
Season Breakdown by Zach Bigalke
By this time, a few rivalries that continue into the modern FBS had already started, but we don't acknowledge a lot due to the fact the rivalries haven't affected the playoff scene. But as we move into our first years of the 24-team playoff, we'll be seeing these teams play each other more often. So let's take a look at some of the rivalry games that have started so far (according to Wikipedia).

• Princeton-Yale 1873
• The Game - Harvard-Yale - 1875
• Penn-Princeton - 1876
• Harvard-Princeton - 1877
• Dartmouth-Harvard - 1882
• The Rivalry - Lafayette-Lehigh - 1884
• Michigan-Notre Dame - 1887
• Battle for the Bell - Cincinnati-Miami OH - 1888
• Duke-North Carolina - 1888
• North Carolina-Wake Forest - 1888
• The Empire State Bowl - Columbia-Cornell 1889
• Northwestern-Notre Dame - 1889
• Army-Navy Game - 1890
• Illinois-Purdue 1890
• Minnesota-Wisconsin - 1890
• Border War - Kansas-Missouri - 1891
• Indiana-Purdue - 1891
• Iowa-Minnesota - 1891
• Iowa-Nebraska - 1891

Meanwhile, all this is happening, and the big three continue dominating the scene. But the Princeton-Yale game this year makes a huge leap in college football popularity. At Manhattan Field/Polo Grounds II, a reported 40,000 attendees came to see Yale beat Princeton 19-0. This demolishes the highest-attended game that was played between Princeton and Yale back in 1889 which was somewhere just south of 25,000. I don't have exact numbers, but that number had to be more than the number of alumni between both schools. The attendance numbers will only swell from this game. Oh and Yale has another perfect season and with their win against Princeton, finishes the season on a 14-game win streak.

Playoffs

Round 1
No. 24 Vanderbilt @ No. 9 Bucknell - Bucknell takes care of the lone Southern team in the tournament this year 35-12, as they move on to play No. 8 Penn St.
No. 23 Washington StL @ No. 10 Trinity CT - The Bantams take care of business as they win in a 29-0 shutout to move on to play No. 7 Williams.
No. 22 Dickinson @ No. 11 Amherst - Amherst scores five touchdowns in a shutout win vs Dickinson 28-0 and moves on to play No. 6 Lehigh.
No. 21 Kansas @ No. 12 Dartmouth - Dartmouth wins in a blowout 48-5 to move on to play No. 5 Cornell.
No. 20 Illinois @ No. 13 Rutgers - UPSET ALERT - Rutgers mounts a late-game comeback but falls short. Illinois wins 11-6 to move on to play No. 4 Penn.
No. 19 Lake Forest @ No. 14 Army - UPSET ALERT - Lake Forest manages to hold off Army in a 5-0 win. They move on to play No. 3 Princeton.
No. 18 Wisconsin @ No. 15 Swarthmore - UPSET ALERT - Wisconsin wins in a blowout 30-0 to move on to play No. 2 Harvard.
No. 17 Tufts @ No. 16 Navy - UPSET ALERT - Tufts scores a huge blowout against Navy 50-6 as they move on to play No. 1 Yale.
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Round 2
No. 17 Tufts @ No. 1 Yale - Coach Camp's Bulldogs take care of business as the win 48-0 to move on to the Quarterfinals.
No. 18 Wisconsin @ No. 2 Harvard - Wisconsin is the first Mid-Western team to challenge the Crimson but come up short as Harvard wins 6-0 to move on to the Quarterfinals.
No. 19 Lake Forest @ No. 3 Princeton - The Foresters are the first team from the Mid-West to really challenge Princeton. However, they get shut out 6-0 as Princeton moves on to the Quarterfinals.
No. 20 Illinois @ No. 4 Penn - The Quakers make easy work of the Illini, as they win 41-5 to move on to the Quarterfinals.
No. 12 Dartmouth @ No. 5 Cornell - UPSET ALERT - Dartmouth wins off of a missed field goal by Cornell. In an 18-15 win, they move on to play Penn in the Quarterfinals
No. 11 Amherst @ No. 6 Lehigh - Lehigh holds on in a defensive struggle 6-0 to move on to play No. 3 Princeton.
No. 10 Trinity CT @ No. 7 Williams - Williams struggles against Trinity but manages a field goal to squeak out a win 5-0, and move on to play No. 2 Harvard.
No. 9 Bucknell @ No. 8 Penn St. - Bucknell misses the PAT late in the game and is unable to come back. Penn St wins 6-4 to move on to the Quarterfinals and play No. 1 Yale.
Quarterfinals
No 8. Penn St @ No. 1 Yale - Penn St somehow manages to hold Yale under 24 points but still manages only a field goal. Yale wins 22-5 and moves on to the Final Four Round.
No. 7 Williams @ No. 2 Harvard - Many points are scored, but the Crimson offense is unable to be stopped. Harvard wins 47-29 and moves on to the Final Four Round.
No. 6 Lehigh @ No. 3 Princeton - Princeton maneuvers through the gaps in Lehigh's D, as they win 35-6 to move on to the Final Four at Harvard.
No. 12 Dartmouth @ No. 4 Penn - UPSET ALERT - Dartmouth scores a single touchdown the entire game to win and move on to the Final Four at Yale.
Final Four
No. 12 Dartmouth @ No. 1 Yale - Dartmouth puts up a valiant effort vs Yale, but still falls short as Yale wins 10-0 and moves on to compete for their 11th championship and Walter Camp's second.
No. 3 Princeton @ No. 2 Harvard - Harvard controls the game from the start. Allowing only one touchdown, the Crimson score four in return. Harvard wins 22-6 and moves on for a chance to compete for their second consecutive championship.

The Championship Game at the Polo Grounds III, Manhattan, New York, NY

A rematch of The Game, and a rematch of last year's championship. It is highly anticipated as the Polo Grounds 34,000 seats are completely sold out, plus another 10,000 that are in the unfenced outfield. The baseball diamond is still visible when the teams come out to thunderous roars and cheers as they enter the field through the dugout. Yale fires first as McClung finds a gap that is secured by Pudge Heffelfinger, and scores the first touchdown of the game. By the end of the half Yale holds the lead 16-0. Harvard's coaches are trying to get the team back in order, and in the second half, Harvard's Everett Lake will break off a 60-yard run to finally get points on the board. However, it will be the only points they score. Yale will score another touchdown to put the game away. The Bulldogs win 22-6 and win their 11th Championship, Walter Camp's second overall!
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Championship Finish
Yale (12-0) Wins vs Harvard 22-6
Runner-Up Finish
Harvard (13-1) Lost vs Yale 22-6
Final Four Finishes
Dartmouth (2-2-1) Lost @ Yale 10-0
Princeton (12-1) Lost @ Harvard 22-6
Quarter Final Finishes
Lehigh (7-6) Lost @ Princeton 35-6
Penn (11-2) Lost vs Dartmouth 6-0
Penn St (5-2) Lost @ Yale 22-5
Williams (8-2-1) Lost @ Harvard 47-29
Second Round Finishes
Amherst (9-4-3) Lost @ Lehigh 6-0
Bucknell (6-2-1) Lost @ Penn St 6-4
Cornell (7-3) Lost vs Dartmouth 18-5
Illinois (3-0) Lost @ Penn 41-5
Lake Forest (2-1-1) Lost @ Princeton 6-0
Trinity CT (6-4) Lost @ Williams 5-0
Tufts (2-1) Lost @ Yale 48-0
Wisconsin (3-1) Lost @ Harvard 6-0
First Round Finishes
Army (4-1-1) Lost vs Lake Forest 5-0
Dickinson (2-2-1) Lost @ Amherst 28-0
Kansas (2-1-1) Lost @ Dartmouth 48-5
Navy (5-2) Lost vs Tufts 50-6
Rutgers (8-6) Lost vs Illinois 11-6
Swarthmore (4-2) Lost vs Wisconsin 30-0
Vanderbilt (2-1) Lost @ Bucknell 35-12
Washington StL (1-1-1) Lost @ Trinity CT 29-0
Sources:
^{NCAA Championship List
1884-1894 - Mass Momentum Plays And Brutality Bring Football to Edge of Extinction -Football History by Hardcore College Football History
Retro Seasons For Stadium Reference
This post that summarizes all changes to football rules over the years
Football: The American Intercollegiate Game - Parke H. Davis
An irreverent look back at the 1891 college football season By Zach Bigalke
1891 college football season - Wikipedia
1891 College Football All-America Team - Wikipedia
Yale Still Triumphant - The Sun (NY} Nov 27, 1891)
^{Polo Grounds - Wikipedia
Sources for Ratings:
Massey Ratings for Rankings and Games
Billingsley Report for Rankings
The Entropy System for Rankings
Loudsound.org for Rankings
plfeming Ratings for Rankings
Sorenson Rankings for Rankings}

Live Music

• Jerry Mincey and Tony Macalusco St. Johns County Fairgrounds 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Cindy Bear and Robert St. Johns County Fairgrounds 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Morrow Family Band St. Johns County Fairgrounds 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Manchild St. Johns County Fairgrounds 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• Patchwork St. Johns County Fairgrounds 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• John Winters Marina Munch 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Don Cooper St. Johns County Fairgrounds 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• Yael Dray and ZaZa Flamenca Casa Maya 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Joe Downing Mill Top Tavern 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Kat Archer St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
• Jim Carrick St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Charley Simmons St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Ron n Bari St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Lis & Lon Williamson St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Doug Spears St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Lauren Heintz St. Johns County Fairgrounds 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
• Rob Peck The Cellar Upstairs Wine Bar & Restaurant 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Joshua "Tennessee" Worthy Backyard Island Cafe at Meehan's 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Elizabeth Roth Tradewinds Lounge 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• Manchild St. Johns County Fairgrounds 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Larry Mangum St. Johns County Fairgrounds 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Michael Jordan St. Johns County Fairgrounds 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Lonesome Bert's Thick and Thin String Band St. Johns County Fairgrounds 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
• Davis Cook Casa de Vino 57 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
• Aslyn Baringer McTaggert St. Johns County Fairgrounds 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Uncle Mosie St. Johns County Fairgrounds 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
• Claire Vandiver Crabby's Beachside 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Red & Chris Henry & their All Star Band St. Johns County Fairgrounds 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
• Verlon Thompson St. Johns County Fairgrounds 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
• Mark Hart Tradewinds Lounge 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Dewey Via Backyard Island Cafe at Meehan's 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Dunehoppers St. Johns County Fairgrounds 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Joshua "Tennessee" Worthy DJ's Clam Shack 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Morrow Family Band The Cellar Upstairs Wine Bar & Restaurant 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Wes Register Mellow Mushroom — St. Johns 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Deron Baker Mellow Mushroom — Murabella 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Denny Blue Guy Harvey Resort 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Fond Kiser Salt Life Food Shack 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Big Pineapple Kingfish Grill 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Brian Rowland Donovan's Irish Pub 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Cumberland Colonial Oak Music Park 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Bret Blackshear Crabby's Beachside 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Yael Dray and ZaZa Flamenca River & Fort 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• John Jorgenson Quintet St. Johns County Fairgrounds 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
• Heather Craig Meehan's Irish Pub & Seafood House 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
• Groove Pipe Band A1A Ale Works 8:00 pm – 12:00 am
• Smokin' Joe Schauer Ann O'Malley's Deli and Pub 8:00 pm – 11:55 pm
• AJ Lee & Blue Summit St. Johns County Fairgrounds 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
• Live Stream Tradewinds Lounge 9:00 pm – 1:00 am
• Zalongo Sarbez! 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
• Honey Moonshine Mill Top Tavern 9:00 pm – 12:00 pm
• Trae Pierce and the T-Stones Prohibition Kitchen 10:00 pm – 1:00 am

2024 St. Augustine PoetFest

• For the third year in a row, Flagler College, Ancient City Poets, and the St. Johns Cultural Council present a three-day poetry festival to celebrate literary heritage and to connect the creative community.
• St. Augustine PoetFest 2024 takes place throughout the city at various cultural venues and includes events ranging from poetry readings to improv showcases.
• All Poetfest 2024 events are free and open to the public.

Day 3 — Saturday, April 13

Day three will see another day full of diverse and engaging sessions. Starting at 10:00 a.m. and concluding around 7:00 p.m., the final day of the festival will take place in various buildings on the Flagler College campus. The festival will conclude in the evening with an awards ceremony and reception.

Flagler College Campus —

Saturday, April 13 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
PoetFest Alive! Outside of Ringhaver Student CenterPoetFest brochures and schedules available. The St. Johns County Library system's Book Mobile will also be onsite.
Saturday, April 13 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Typewriter Poets and Indie Market Pop-Up Back Paver Patio of Ringhaver Student Center Located between Markland Place and the Ringhaver Student Center, this space will host a pop-up market space with local crafts and goods. Poets will also compose improvisational poems on their typewriters.

Ringhaver Student Center — 50 Sevilla Street

Jay's Place — 1st Floor

Saturday, April 13 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration, Book Bazaar, & Festival Contact Center Publications, author recordings, and local student literary magazines for sale.

Ringhaver Student Center — 50 Sevilla Street

Gamache-Kroger Theater — 1st Floor

Saturday, April 13 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Student Showcase Presented by Flagler College English Department.
Saturday, April 13 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Faculty Showcase Presented by Flagler College English Department.
Saturday, April 13 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Dramatic Play Reading - "The Poet's Masque" Presented by Amy Goldin and A Classic Theatre.
Saturday, April 13 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Storytelling Showcas ePresented by Margaret Kaler and the Tale Tellers of St. Augustine.

Ringhaver Student Center — 50 Sevilla Street

Virginia Room — 2nd Floor

Saturday, April 13 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
"Kerouac's Last Two Years - St. Petersburg, Florida" Larry Jaffe, Poet in Residence at the Jack Kerouac House, disusses and reads the works of the infamous writer, who lived with his wife and sister in St. Petersburg, Florida from 1967 until his death in 1969.
Saturday, April 13 11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
**"From Bookstaplers to Substack - Publishing 101"**Dustin Brookshire (Limp Wrist Magazine) and Johnny Masiulewicz (Happy Tapir Press) examine the process of self-publishing.
Saturday, April 13 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
**"Music and the Muse"**Featuring poet Claire Conroy (Maine) performing to improvisational music by singer songwriter Taylor Teachout followed by a Q&A discussion on how music can take your poetry to the next level.
Saturday, April 13 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
**"Florida is Haunted: Poetic Ghosts in the Sunshine State"**Featuring Ma Bones, Nick Dunkenstein, Keri Foster, Damon Thomas, enjoy an hour of poetry inspired by hauntings and the haunted. As Jacques Derrida said — "It is the question of ghosts."
Saturday, April 13 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
**"The Antinomian Outsider aspect of The Beat Generation"**Presented by Outlaw poet Ron Whitehead, who hails from Tennessee.
Saturday, April 13 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Closing Event

• 3:00 pm Words from Festival Chair Chris Bodor
• 3:05 pm Welcoming Words from City of St. Augustine Vice Mayor Roxanne Horvath
• 3:15 pm to Presentation by City of St. Augustine Poet Laureate Norma Sherry
• 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Presentation by St. Johns Cultural Council Executive Director, Christina Parrish Stone "Winners of 4th Annual St. Johns County Haiku Contest"

Saturday, April 13 5:00 p.m.
Celebratory ReceptionFinale celebration — poets and guests all invited!
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Amphitheatre Farmers Market

• The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Farmers Market offers visitors a variety of goods such as local fresh produce, handmade arts and crafts, baked goods, plants directly off the farm, freshly-caught seafood, cheeses, and more. The farmers market makes for a morning of family-friendly fun with live entertainment on select dates.
• In addition to the impressive variety of organic produce offered by local farmers, a number of local artists and craftspeople also display their wares at the market.
• Admission: FREE
• Where: St. Augustine Amphitheatre located at 1340 A1A South St. Augustine, FL 32080.
• When: Every Saturday morning from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm.

Arts & Crafts Festival at the Pier

• The annual Arts and Crafts Festival at the St. Johns County Pier is held on three weekends in the spring of 2024: Saturdays and Sundays, February 17 and 18, March 9 and 10, and April 13 and 14. The hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday.
• The event features handmade arts and crafts by local, regional, and national artists.
• The festival attracts artists and craftspeople from all over the country to showcase their work just steps from the beach. Festival-goers can enjoy browsing everything from handmade jewelry and ceramics to stained glass and fine artwork. The organizers participated in crafts and arts events for more than 20 years and strive to create an event that appeals to shoppers and art enthusiasts and be of value to the artists and craftspersons. Vendors are on site to sell natural plants, herbs, fruits, and veggies, prepared foods, and exhibit local products and services.
• Admission: FREE
• Where: The St. Johns County Pier is at St. Augustine Pier Park at 350 A1A Beach Blvd in St. Augustine Beach.
• When: Saturdays and Sundays, February 17 - 18, March 9 - 10, and April 13 - 14. Saturday hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Earth Adventures at Trailmark

• Trailmark, at 805 Trailmark Drive in St. Augustine, hosts Earth Adventures on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• This free, family-friendly adventure includes guided nature hikes, the chance to drop a fishing line into the water, a petting zoo, and the opportunity to see marine animals, turtles, and birds of prey.
• Home gardeners can talk with a local composting farmer who is an expert in native landscaping. Naturalists and members of environmental organizations will provide information and answer questions about protecting our water, wildlife, and natural environment.
• Vendor booths will present homemade crafts, natural soaps, jams, produce, baked goods, and popcorn, and several food trucks will sell meals, snacks, and beverages.
• Admission: Free
• When: Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Where: 805 Trailmark Drive in St. Augustine. Past World Golf Village, off Pacetti Road.

Festival of Chariots 2024

• The Festival of Chariots, or Rathayatra, celebrates Indian and Hindu culture. The festival will be in St. Augustine on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from noon to 5:00 p.m., with colorful parades, live entertainment, vegetarian food, dancing, art vendors, and more.
• The Rathayatra festival originated in the ancient city of Jagannatha Puri in India to celebrate the Hindu Lord of the Universe.
• Visitors can view the vibrant Festival of Chariots parade in St. Augustine's downtown area along King Street, beginning and ending at the Plaza de la Constitución.
• In addition to the parades and other festivities, the festival features a vegetarian feast highlighting Indian cuisine, music, a dramatic presentation, art vendors, a magic show, face painting, henna tattoos, and much more.
• Visitors can attend this festival to celebrate the many dynamic threads that make up St. Augustine's local culture. This cultural event is fun for the whole family and it is FREE.
• Admission: Free.
• When: Saturday, April 13, 2024, from noon to 5:00 p.m.
• Where: The Festival of the Chariots is along King Street, and the Harinam Procession is on St. George Street. Other festival activities take place on the Plaza de la Constitucion. All is in the historic downtown area.

Historical Timeline Saunter

• The Historic Florida Militia presents a Timeline Saunter on one Saturday afternoon each month through September 2024. The saunters generally occur on the first or second Saturdays, see below for dates.
• During the saunter, those who are interested in history and how the European settlers and conquerors lived in St. Augustine, can watch this knowledgeable and appropriately garbed group as they walk through the historic downtown. The saunter begins at the city gates on St. George Street and runs to the Plaza de la Constitución before heading down Aviles Street, the oldest street in the continental U.S.
• The participants will pose for photos along their route and answer questions about life in 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries St. Augustine.
• The Historic Florida Militia is a 501(c)3 organization composed of the following historic reenactor groups: Men of Menéndez, representing the 16th century Spanish soldados and settlers; Drakes Men, representing the 16th century British privateers; Searle's Buccaneers, representing 17th century British privateers; and the St Augustine Garrison, representing 18th-century Spanish soldados, settlers, and government officials.
• Admission: Free
• When: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for one day in most months. See the schedule below.
• Where: The saunter begins at the City Gate on St. George and Orange streets, and continues on St. George Street across the Plaza de la Constitución to Aviles Street.

Saint Augustine Sisterhood: Book Launch

• Celebrate Eleanor Tremayne's book launch of Saint Augustine Sisterhood, presented by SunKen Production LLC and Serendipity Bookstore, at the Waterworks on Saturday, April 13, 2024. This immersive event starts with the chance to meet the award-winning author from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. and live entertainment following after.
• The Gypsy Player Dancers will make an appearance, along with spoken word acts and live performances such as the upcoming musical, The Enchanted Grove.
• Tickets include a signed copy of the book, hors d'oeuvres, cake, a glass of wine, and complimentary bottled water. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the St. Johns Food Pantry.
• Note: Guests who dress like pirates or gypsies will get an extra drink ticket.
• Admission: Entry is $45.00.
• When: The author's meet and greet is from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Entertainment will then follow until 9:00 p.m.
• Where: The St. Augustine Waterworks is at 184 San Marco Avenue in St. Augustine, Florida 32084.
• Getting There: While the address is 184 San Marco Avenue, the only driveway on San Marco is Exit Only, so it is not available to access the Waterworks. Access to the Waterworks is through the St. Augustine Main Library parking lot, on the opposite side of the complex. (Use 1960 North Ponce de Leon in your GPS.)

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Bad Dog Mama Playing at Saint Augustine Race Week

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm @ Municipal Marina 111 Avenida Menendez Saint Augustine, FL 32084
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