Florida News (Page 103)

www.freshbookfestivals.net – Welcome to the Fresh Book Festival in Daytona Beach Florida, with Donna M. Gray-Banks the Founder and Director of the F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival (Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Spiritual, and Health.). This three-day international Book and Film event is one of the largest in Florida, and for the last 13Continue Reading

JACKSONVILLE (Feb. 13, 2024) – The Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) announced today that it successfully raised $41 million in its first-ever general revenue bond offering. Proceeds from the sale will be used to acquire and renovate the 256-unit Westwood Apartments. Located at 1171 Lane Avenue South, Westwood sits on 25.3 acresContinue Reading

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2024) – During Mardi Gras in New Orleans – home to Princess Tiana and her big dreams – they say “laissez les bons temps rouler!” And the good times will roll this summer when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens in Magic Kingdom Park at Walt DisneyContinue Reading

By Bobby R. Henry, Sr. – Oh, how could we ever sing God’s song in this wasteland? If I ever forget you, Jerusalem, let my fingers wither and fall off like leaves. Let my tongue swell and turn black if I fail to remember you, If I fail, O dearContinue Reading

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 9, 2024) – Broadway star and Orlando native Michael James Scott kicked off Walt Disney World Resort’s Black History Month celebration this week as the grand marshal in a magical parade at Magic Kingdom Park. Scott, who dazzled theatre audiences with his performance as Genie inContinue Reading

News broke this week that O.J. Simpson, the former NFL player turned actor, who was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife and her friend in the ‘Trial of the Century’ in 1995, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy to treat it. But that diagnosis alsoContinue Reading

Culinary Powerhouse Resort on the Shores of Fernandina Beach Unveils This Year’s Most Buzzed About Ingredients to be Featured in its Beloved Dinner Series AMELIA ISLAND, Fla., February 8, 2024 – Since 2014, Omni Amelia Island Resort has been creating a unique array of themes for its annual Sprouting Project dinner series, and nowContinue Reading

By Anthony Barlow – Death Row Records artist October London mounted Jacksonville’s Florida Theatre stage for a soulful concert in front of a packed audience swaying to his R&B beats. London’s voice is reminiscent of Motown artist, crooner and songwriter Marvin Gaye, “He reminded me of Marvin Gaye so much,Continue Reading