Cultural events through September 2nd

St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

The Lincolnville Summer Music Series
85 Martin Luther King Ave, St. Augustine
Event Pricing: Free
Come out every from 2-4 PM to the newest Free Summer Music Series in St Augustine. Located in the breezy, shady field, across from St Paul AME Church in Lincolnville. Bring a chair or rent one for a $1.00 donation. Pop Terry will be cooking his famous Bar-B-Que each week, plus refreshments and homemade cakes will be offered for sale.ALL money raised will go to the rebuilding of Historic Echo House into the St Paul School of Excellence.
Sunday, July 25, 2010 to Sunday, September 05, 2010
2-4p.m.

“Blancos” from the Artist Royo
Brilliance In Color Gallery, 25 King Street, St. Augustine Phone: 904-810-0460

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Event Pricing: free
“Blancos” (Whites), an exhibition of paintings by contemporary Spanish figurative painter, Royo. This exhibition comprises 35 new oil paintings on canvas together with a selection of drawings, bronze sculptures and serigraphs. In this collection of Royo’s paintings, subjects are depicted by avast range of different whites, applied with a broken-color technique used to create a dramatic light across the painting. The “whites are composed of a thousand whites”, as Royo notes.
Through Tuesday, August 31, 2010
11:00am – 6:00pm Sun-Thur. | 11:00am – 10:00pm Fri. & Sat.

Toots Lorraine & The Traffic
St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion, 350 Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach
Phone: 904-347-8007
http://www.thecivicassociation.com
Event Pricing: Free
Toots Lorraine & The Traffic play rock and roll, jazz, blues, and swing music.Dinner from Napoli’s available at 6p.m.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
7p.m

Rob Peck and Friends Play for Concerts in the Plaza
Downtown Plaza, St. Augustine Phone: 904-825-1004
http://www.plazaconcerts.com
Event Pricing: Free
Rob Peck and Friends play acoustic rhythm and blues and classic rock. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
7p.m.

House Concert – Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Neo impressionist folk music
2911 Usina Ed Ext , Saint Augustine
Phone: 904 501 1589

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Event Pricing: 15$ Donation
For 23 years Modern folk musicians Paul and Eleanore have independently produced 9 albums of original music, receiving critical acclaim worldwide. Music from these CDs are played on NPR, and many other stations the world over. They’ve been featured in Sing Out! Magazine, Air America, Democracy Now!… They’ve been seen on PBS performing episodes of the ‘California Heartland’ series. Their song ‘ Calling on Love’ was used in a PBS ‘Visionaries’ segment. Recently a new song ‘The Dark Seed’ is featured in a upcoming documentary film by Aaron Lucich, ‘We Are What We Eat’.
Friday, August 27, 2010
7:30-9:30p.m.

Movie Night: “The Language of Spirituality”
Center for Spiritual Living, 1795 Old Moultrie Rd., St. Augustine
Phone: (904) 825.3600
http://www.CSLstaugustine.org
Event Pricing: Donation
This film explores the intersection of Native American Wisdom and Western Physics. Cost: Donation. For more information go to www.CSLstaugustine.org or call (904) 825.3600.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
7:00 pm

Party at the Pier
St. Johns County Pier Pavilion
Phone: 904:461-0119
350 A1A Beach Blvd.
Free
The party features local crafts, food and drink, a dunking tank and music by Slip Disc, Sublime cover band 32 OZ. to Freedom and hair metal cover band, Paper Cutt. Bring lawn chairs.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
4-9p.m.

Ending ‘Partipulation’ Workshop
Center for Spiritual Living, 1795 Old Moultrie Rd., St. Augustine
Phone: (904) 825.3600
http://www.CSLstaugustine.org
Event Pricing: $25.00 Members, $30.00 Non-Members.
This 3-hour workshop will explore ways to prevent and end self manipulation, and identify and learn communication skills to prevent and handle others who are manipulating. For more information go to www.CSLstaugustine.org or call (904) 825.3600.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Spoken Word – Reunion
City Coffee, 1280-A North Ponce De Leon Blvd, St. Augustine, Florida Phone: 904.501.0043
http://wwww.bodor.org
Event Pricing: free
First Anniversary event to celebrate 12 months of the Heart Pour Sunday Matinee, an open microphone poetry happening that occurs on the last Sunday of every month. The theme is “Reunions and Memories of Summer”. Featured readers from the first year are invited to share their new words. Presented by Ancient City Poets and hosted by Chris Bodor from the Outsider Writers Collective. A sign-up sheet will be available 15 minute before start time for all those who wish to share a poem or two during the open mic portion. For more info or to sign-up anytime online check out the group’s web site: www.bodor.org
Sunday, August 29, 2010
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Fall Candlemaking Class
12 Cuna Street (across from the Fort), St. Augustine Phone: 904-826-1728
http://Candlesmith.com
Event Pricing: $35 for 2-2hr classes + $10 materials fee
Get ready for fall.Bring wax to be recycled and containers to fill and learn how to make lovely gift & Holiday candles.Class limit 4-6 students.Call for info & to reserve space. 826-1728
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 to Thursday, September 02, 2010
6-8 p.m.

Shell Game at SJC Pier Pavilion
350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Phone: 904-347-8007
http://www.thecivicassociation.com
Event Pricing: Free
Shell Game plays easy listening rock and roll. Dinner will be available from the Raintree Restaurant at 6p.m.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
7p.m.

Skin ‘n Bonz & The Big Hungry Boys with Birthday Cake!
Downtown Plaza, St. Augustine Phone: 904-825-1004
http://www.plazaconcerts.com
Event Pricing: Free
Skin ‘n Bonz and The Big Hungry Boys play old-time and bluegrass music with a squaredance thrown in! Bring a chair or blanket to sit on along with your dancing shoes. A traditional part of the St. Augustine’s commemoration of the anniversary of its founding is the ceremonial cutting of the community birthday cake with the opportunity to serve hundreds of pieces of cake to the public. The cake cutting will be held at the start of the Concerts in the Plaza performance by Skin ‘n Bonz & The Big Hungry Boys as a kick off for a weekend of birthday related activities.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
7:00p.m.

For information on the local music scene visit: http://oldcity.com/musicnews

For additional details on the cultural events reported to Historic City News by St. Johns Cultural Council, visit their website at www.stjohnsculturalcouncil.org