If you’ve read this far, then you are probably a jazz fan. Lucky you, because I have two free tickets to give away for the Group du Jour Jazz Quintet. Be the 4th person to tweet this post and I’ll give you two free tickets to the performance on Friday, August 21st.

Jacksonville jazz professionals will break free and stretch out with interpretations of songs from the movies, followed by a jam session in the second set for guest musicians. Come swing with cool jazz by contemporary musicians.

Jazz Night: Hollywood Swings
Friday, August 21 • 7:30pm
Featuring Group du Jour Jazz Quintet
Cash bar and light fare available from Café Nola.

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Thanks to John Delaney, former Mayor and current UNF president for guesting on the show. Not only do we talk about how UNF will impact downtown development and economics, we also talk a little about leadership in Jacksonville and the 2011 Mayors race.

Tonight’s topic will be the UNF acquisition of MOCA, how it will effect our Museum of Contemporary Art and what role Delaney sees UNF playing in downtown development.

Tune in tonight at 5:30 to watch the live stream. Please leave a question in the comment area if you have one or chat with us live tonight. You can also send questions via Twitter, just use the hashtag #ujw.

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Topics

• Recap: Brooklyn Naming
• Recap: Riverside Arts Market
• Jacksonville’s Recycle Problem
• UNF + MOCA = Downtown Revival?
• Main Street: Retail Paradise or Disaster?

Recommendations

• Joey: The Handshake at Art Institute Friday January 30th
• Jonathan: Movies in the Park at Treaty Oak
• Tony: Movie Night at Zombie Bikes Coop: BombIt! Wednesday January 28th

This will be my first slide. Possibly my last.

The buzz has been building about this event, so they are expecting a huge turnout tonight. Here is the presentation order, saving the best for last. Bam! I was hoping to go first. Oh well.

• Marshall Adams – MOCA
• Greg Beere – Content Design Group
• Shaan Batten – Nest Living
• Melissa Hirschman – UNF
• Kim Heyde – Artist
• Ryan Price – Florida Creatives / Likemind
• Marc Rapp – Renaissance Creative
• Dustin Harewood – Artist
• Chris Noel – TTV Architects, AIA
• Joey Marchy – Urban Jacksonville

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I’ll be one of ten speakers giving a presentation at the inaugural Jacksonville Pecha Kucha (peh-chak-cha) night. It will be held at MOCA as part of the June Artwalk, this Wednesday June 4th. I should be able to post a full list of speakers and times later on Monday. I’ll be talking about where Urban Jacksonville comes from and where I see the city going in the next year.

Pecha Kucha (peh-chak-cha) Night is a presentation format in which work can be easily and informally shown. It originated in Tokyo in 2003 as a place for young creatives to meet, network and show their work in public. The name derives from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation “chitchat”. The presenters from a wide range of fields such as architecture, design, art, music, culinary arts, journalism and academia have 20 slides and 20 seconds to present each slide.

Attendance is limited to 125 and is first come, first served. Sorry, you can’t sign up in advance. The presentation begins at 8:20pm in the MOCA Theatre. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Future Pecha Kucha nights are scheduled during the Art Walks on July 2, August 6 and September 3.

In addition, there are lots of other things going on at MOCA this Wednesday for Artwalk: Paper Cuts: Contemporary Works on Paper. Included in this exhibition are And Further the Dew Drop Falls: Installations by Chris Natrop and Civitates Orbis Terrarum: Recent Drawings by John Bailly. And in the David A. Stein Family Gallery see Carly, So Far: Photographs by Francie Bishop Good. This will be the last chance at ArtWalk to see the First Coast Educators juried exhibition.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
MOCA Jacksonville – Downtown
7:00 pm – 8:20 pm Social
8:20 pm Presentations begin
Admission: Free
Cash bar available at Café Nola

Here are some sample slide from my presentation: