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  Event Description Time / Location
1/4 - 12/5 First Wednesday Art Walk

First Wednesday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour that combines astounding visual and live art, engaging events and more in the core of Downtown Jacksonville.

Produced by Downtown Vision, Inc., First Wednesday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour that combines astounding visual and live art, engaging events and more in the core of Downtown Jacksonville.

Voted "Best Art Walk" in Folio Weekly's Best of Jax 2010, and "Most Creative Gathering", "Most Artistic Vanguard", and "Best Art Event" in Jacksonville Magazine's Best of Jax 2010, the First Wednesday Art Walk is an art extravaganza seven years and counting.

Held each month from 5-9 p.m. -- rain or shine -- Art Walk spans a 15-block radius within the Downtown core. With 30 to 40 galleries, museums, cultural venues, restaurants, bars and businesses participating each month and dozens of artists in the open air Hemming Plaza, Art Walk is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support Jacksonville's deep pool of creative talent. Click here to learn more about First Wednesday Art Walk!

Held each month from 5-9 p.m. -- rain or shine, at Jacksonville Core
1/6 - 12/28 Jacksonville Landing Market

Jacksonville Landing Market 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Vendors set up throughout The Landing selling locally-grown produce, baked goods, plants, pottery, arts and crafts and more.

Every Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at Jacksonville Landing
1/7 - 12/29 Riverside Arts Market

The weekly Riverside Arts Market features the work of up to 160 artists, musical entertainment, street performers, food vendors, and a fresh produce market! RAM offers a dependable and affordable marketplace for artists to sell their artwork in a delightful environment that serves as an inexpensive weekend storefront for their creative efforts. Come by foot, bike, car, boat, or Riverside Trolley. Admission and parking are free, and the fun is endless!

Starts at 10am, at Beneath the Sheltering Expanse of the Fuller Warren Bridge Structure
1/10 - 12/18 Explore Jacksonville from "Top to Bottom"

Explore Jacksonville from "Top to Bottom" on this entertaining walking tour. Professional tour guides take you along the river, through buildings, on a rooftop, and even inside the old bank tunnels below the streets. We talk about the history, architecture, and culture of the city along the way. Meet at the bottom of the Jacksonville Landing escalators. Rated Excellent by Trip Advisor. Distance walked about 1 mile. $15/p, children 5-12 years of age $5. Call 904-827-1845 to reserve. Departs every Tuesday.

10am-11:45am, at Meet at the bottom of the Jacksonville Landing escalators
1/28 - 2/5 26th Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire

The City of Gainesville presents the 26th Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire January 28th, 29th and February 3rd-5th at the Alachua County Fairgrounds.  Enjoy battling knights, dancing gypsies, and mystifying magicians.  Eight stages of live entertainment featuring acrobats, musicians, comedy and unbelievable magic acts.

 

For more details, contact Linda Piper at 352-393-8536 or go to www.gvlculturalaffairs.org

All Day, at Alachua County Fairgrounds
2/5 Blood Drive

Join the Blood Alliance for the Hispanic Blood Drive (open to everyone!) on Sunday Feb. 5 from 9a-5p sponsored by Pastor’s Jose and Lucy Bonfante At Iglesia Roca de Salvación at 2361 Cortez RD Jacksonville FL 32246

Every donor who registers to donate will be entered in a random drawing to WIN  a Kindle Fire, A $25.00 Spa Gift Card or even a 2012 Honda Civic with compliments of Lucas Honda of Jacksonville! Enjoy a FREE lunch catered by Ramirez Restaurant of Orange Park who will serve Arroz con Gandules, salad and Pernil ( Spanish yellow rice and Pork Spanish style). We will even have a massage therapist providing mini massages for adults and a clown /balloon maker and a face painter for the kids!

Anyone interested in donating please call Maria De Leon at 904-444-2831 today! 

9a-5p, at 2361 Cortez RD Jacksonville FL 32246
2/10 Valentine's Day Toy Drive

Valentine’s Day Toy Drive!

In need of a Valentine? I can think of 24 kids who are in need of your love this Valentine's Day. Please help WithLove as we gather toys for the children at Wolfson Children's Hospital...

The WithLove Team will be visiting and delivering toys to the patients at Wolfson Children’s Hospital on February 10th. The patients we will be visiting are from birth to age 21. Wolfson is need of more Ps3 games (under teen ratings) and extra controllers. They also need more DVDs for the rooms, none over pg13. Please note there are going to be at least 24 kids admitted on the day of the donation date and we would like to give something to everyone!

 

Toy Drop-Off Locations

Father’s Harbor Academy
4519 Beach Boulevard
Building 4200
Jacksonville, FL 32207
School Office (904) 647-9779

Infusions Hair Spa
1034 Hendricks Avenue
Jacksonville‎ FL‎ 32207

Sunrise Surf Shop
843 Beach Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32250

The mission of WithLove is to give children fighting cancer the opportunity to simply be kids! Toy drives should be year round, not just Christmas time, and we need your help!

1pm, at Wolfson Children's Hospital
2/13 National Career Fairs Job Fair!

Meet face-to-face with top employers at the National Career Fairs Job Fair! Attendance is free for job seekers! Register at www.nationalcareerfairs.com and you will receive the company list and our online job fair guide. Free RESUME REVIEWS will be available at the event from our two local career experts. See you at the job fair!

Monday, February 13 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Jacksonville Marriott 4670 Salisbury Road Jacksonville.

Price: FREE Phone: (877) 561-5627 Age Suitability: 18 and up

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at Jacksonville Marriott 4670 Salisbury Road Jacksonville
2/18 Southern Savers Couponing Workshop

On February 18, 2012, from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, North Jacksonville Baptist Church (8531 N. Main St) will host a Southern Savers Couponing Workshop. The workshop will teach people how to drastically cut their grocery budget by effectively using coupons and how to find the best deals possible on items they buy. For more details go to www.southernsavers.com

10:00 am - 3:00 pm, at North Jacksonville Baptist Church (8531 N. Main St)
2/25 Repticon - A Reptile & Exotic Animal Convention

Repticon - A Reptile & Exotic Animal Convention
Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 deom 10:00a to 5:00p
at Grand Banquet Hall at University Center at UNF, Jacksonville, FL

Price: Admission Adult = $10; Children (5-12) $5; Free for 4 & Under

Phone: (863) 268-4273

Repticon offers the opportunity to shop from a large mix of local and regional breeders and vendors offering reptiles, amphibians, other exotic animals, supplies and merchandise. Price are unbeatable and the health of the animals unmatched, while the breeders and professionals are accessible for immediate advice. Repticon features at the top of each hour presentations covering a broad range of exotic animal topics, which may include guest interactin with the animals.

10:00a to 5:00p, at Grand Banquet Hall at University Center at UNF
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