Three Layers Wine Bar, The Cellar

I toured the new wine bar at Three Layers Coffee House in Springfield and you’re gonna love it. Owners Jeff and Shawn aren’t known for skimping on the details and it shows. Small, but cozy the wine bar opens this weekend with three Bold City brews on tap.

Saturday night at Three Layers also features an art exhibition from the Deepressionists, Overstreet Ducasse, Adrian Rhodes and Roosevelt Watson. See above photo.

Laura Street, credit Metro Jacksonville

Downtown Digs!

Saturday the 16th from 9:00 a.m. to noon people will be cleaning, weeding and mulching Downtown tree beds. If you want to clean up, green up downtown contact Cheryl Mott at (904) 634-0303 x 221 or via email at cheryl@downtownjacksonville.org.

We’re rolling up our sleeves to clean up the tree beds in Downtown Jacksonville! More than 100 Downtown tree beds will be cleaned, weeded and mulched on key pedestrian streets that include portions of Bay, Newnan, Adams, Market, and Duval Streets. Community service hours for school credit will be offered upon request.

Meet at 33 W. Duval St, free parking for all volunteers along with bagged mulch, trash bags, latex gloves, coffee, juice, water and donuts. Mmmmm latex.

Cancer Survivers Park at FCSJ, credit: jaxlass

SAMBA Meet and Greet with FCSJ Dean of Student Success

This month’s Springfield Area Merchants & Business Association general meeting will be held Thursday, May 14, 2009 from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Sandra Willis, the Dean of Student Success at FSCJ’s Downtown Campus will be the guest speaker.

She will discuss the integration of FSCJ’s faculty and students into the community and the things they are looking for from the Springfield business community to serve their needs. The meeting will be held at SPAR Council’s office at 1321 Main Street. To RSVP, call 219-7499 or e-mail Ennis Davis at urbansouth@hotmail.com or visit SAMBA’s new website at www.sambajax.org.

Jazz on Main Street

What seems like prelude to this month’s Jazz Festival, Pianist-Composer Earl R. Johnson Jr. will perform two shows with Violinist Michael Ward Friday, May 15 at Carl’s Main St. Restaurant and Lounge in Jacksonville.