I Love Music Foundation Holds Benefit Concert in Support of High School Music Programs

The I Love Music Foundation will host a benefit concert on June 4, 2011 at the Jacksonville Landing. The event will start at 3pm and run until 8pm. The Concert will feature 10 recording artist and special performances from 5 of our local high school bands. The concert is headlined by recording artist JONRA.  JONRA is currently on tour with American Idol winner Fantasia.

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First Wednesday Art Walk, Making Music

WHAT:  First Wednesday Art Walk, Making Music

WHERE: Downtown Jacksonville galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 1, 2011   5-9 p.m. Rain or Shine

Alvin Brown Stresses Unity in Victory Speech | FULL SPEECH

Alvin Brown Stresses Unity in Victory Speech | FULL SPEECH

MORE: Election results

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Alvin Brown, the winner of the mayoral election, said today that his victory is about the future of the city and stressed unity.

"My administration will be bipartisan," said Brown. "We are one city...it's going to take all of us to work together."

Brown was joined by his wife, Santhea, and sons on a trip earlier today to City Hall, where he visited with Mayor John Peyton then gave his victory speech.

Following a count of final provisional ballots Wednesday, Brown defeated opponent Republican Mike Hogan by about 1,500 votes. Wednesday night, Hogan conceded the race.

Brown thanked Hogan as well as his family and friends, campaign workers and volunteers. "This victory was about Jacksonville and its future," he said.

Does it Work? Home Edition: The Nook Color

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Harry Docteur is a video installer, a gadget geek and never would have considered the NOOK color until we gave him one to test.

"I had to reformat this a couple of times; once I got it right the way I wanted to, then it was actually easy," he said.

It was easy to use and easy to like, he said.

"Once I registered with Barnes & Noble, it provided me with these extra books to read," said Docteur.

The NOOK Color is first an e-reader, but it also has been updated and now it will do much more.

"I just surfed the web and saw what other people did with the NOOK, so I just followed their steps and personalized it the way I want to," he added.

Now his e-reader is a gaming machine, and he uses it to send e-mails and surf the web. "When I found out its potential, I was more interested in it," he said.

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3rd Annual Jacksonville VisionWalk Aims to Raise $65K for Blindness Research

The Foundation Fighting Blindness (www.FightBlindness.org) will host its 3rd Annual Jacksonville 5K VisionWalk on Saturday, May 21 at the University of North Florida’s Coxwell Amphitheater Field. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the VisionWalk will start at 9:00 a.m. The event will raise money for blindness research that will lead to preventions, treatments and cures for retinal degenerative diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, Stargardt disease, and numerous others. These sight-stealing diseases affect more than 10 million Americans of all races and ethnic groups, young and old.

 

Support Children's Health in Duval County, Keep PE in Our Schools

Support Children's Health in Duval County, Keep PE in Our Schools

On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, the Duval County Public School Board began making recommendations to Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals for the 2011-2012 budget. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association understands the school board is working with the best intentions and is in an unfortunate financial situation.

However, the American Heart Association is concerned increasing the class size in art, music, and PE would greatly reduce the quality of instruction.  In addition, it is possible afterschool sports and activities might be reduced or even eliminated and without afterschool transportation many students with working parents would be unable to participate. Students in the lowest family income brackets would be disproportionately impacted and we know these families are often vulnerable to both high rates of obesity and high dropout rates.

Alvin Brown Supporters Celebrate Impending Victory

Alvin Brown Supporters Celebrate Impending Victory

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After watching the votes tally up in Alvin Brown's favor for hours, supporters and campaign staff celebrated the Democrat's impending victory right inside the Supervisor of Elections center.

"I'm happy to be a part of history. I'm happy to be a part of African American history, this city's history. This is a momentous, momentous occasion right now," said one campaign worker.

Through tears, supporters who have been with Brown from the start talked about what his victory meant to them. "We have a vision now to work towards, a vision to make Jacksonville the greatest city in Florida," said Travis Bridges, Duval County Democratic Chair.

And for people in Alvin Brown's corner, that mission begins tonight. 

"We're going to follow, and he's going to lead. We're so proud of Alvin Brown," said Bridges