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Today at a Glance:
In Court: Docket sounding before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins includes the case of Marcus Chamblin. Though Chamblin was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Deon Jenkins outside a Circle K in 2019, he also faces a charge of battery of another inmate. That’s the case set for docket sounding today. Also on the docket: the case of Kim Zaheer, who faces an aggravated manslaughter charge, a first degree felony, in the death of her mother, Frances Hildegard King, 86. (See: “Manslaughter Charge for Daughter Accused of Leaving Mom to Die Like a ‘Prisoner in a Concentration Camp’“); the case of Derek Jordan, who faces charges of kidnapping and aggravated battery in a case involving the alleged kidnapping of his children (see: “Father Arrested After Taking Children, 3 and 4, Without Custody“); and the case of Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan, on an armed robbery charge in Flagler County, a case that bled into Jordan getting shot eight times at another convenience store he was allegedly robbing, in Georgia (see: “Suspected Gas Station Armed Robber Who Was Shot By a Store Clerk in 2nd Incident Returns to Flagler to Face Charge.’). Perkins begins the day with an 8:30 hearing on motions in the upcoming trial of Joshua Sevin, a 28 year old facing charges of molestation of a teen.
‘First Date,’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. 7:30 p.m., except on Sundays, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $32.50, including fees. Book tickets here. The 2012 musical takes the audience through the first meeting of Casey and Aaron, two 30-ish New York City singles set up by friends and family. The two have nothing in common: Aaron is a conservative banker, Jewish, and looking for a meaningful relationship, while Casey is an artist and a little too funky for Wall Street. With the influences of their friends and family (played out in their imaginations) as well as the effects of social media (Google, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube personified), this first date seems to be doomed. But with the help of a meddling but well-meaning waiter, Casey and Aaron might make a connection after all. With a contemporary rock score, FIRST DATE gleefully pokes fun at the mishaps and mistakes of blind dates and gives hope that there could be that one perfect moment.
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy, 8 p.m. at Cinematique Theater, 242 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach. General admission is $8.50. Every Tuesday and on the first Saturday of every month the Random Acts of Insanity Comedy Improv Troupe specializes in performing fast-paced improvised comedy.
| In Coming Days: May 2: National Day of Prayer Protest: Members of the Atlantic Coast Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (www.au.org) will gather to protest the National Day of Prayer from noon until 1 p.m. at the northwest corner of Belle Terre and Pine Lake Parkways in Palm Coast. They object to the National Day of Prayer because it involves the government, by Presidential Proclamation and Congressional Action, suggesting when Americans should pray. This event will last an hour and is open to the public: all are welcome. Participants are invited to bring their own signs promoting religious freedom, separation of church and state, and reproductive rights. For further information email [email protected] or call 804-914-4460. Starting May 2: The Palm Coast Songwriters Festival is scheduled for May 2-5 at the Daytona State College Amphitheater, 545 Colbert Lane, Palm Coast, and other venues, including JT’s Seafood Shack at 5224 North Oceanshore Boulevard. Check the schedule for details. Starting at 5 p.m. May 2, midday or earlier on May 3, 4 and 5, with nearly 40 HIT Songwriters with over 125 #1 HITS and hundreds of additional charted songs to their credit performing. Single-day tickets start at $25 per day. These great songwriters give the attendees the ability to peek behind the curtain and learn the story behind the songs, along with hearing the writers perform them as well. May 6: Hammock Community Association Meeting with Sheriff Staly and Cmdr. Ryan Emry, 6 p.m. at Hammock Community Center, 79 Malacompra Road. Semnd your questions in advance to [email protected]. May 23: The Flagler County Association of Realtors hosts its 16th annual Meet the Mayors Q&A at 11:30 p.m. at the FCAR building, 4101 East Moody Boulevard. The session will include, by order of seniority in office, Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson, Beverly Beach Mayor Steve Emmett, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, and Flagler Beach Mayor Patti King. The session will also likely include a county representative. The invitation is open to the public, seats are limited register through eventbrite. Register Here. |
Byblos: The Library of America’s monthly garland, just delivered, is the fifth and final volume of John Updike’s novels, this one including two of his last novels, In the Beauty of the Lilies (1996) and Gertrude and Claudius (2000), plus the novella, Rabbit Remembered (2001), originally published with the somewhat pruriently titled Licks of Love short story collection, closing his Rabbit tetralogy. I remember those late 1990s when I waited for Updike novels the way Swifties wait for a drop from their godess. In the Beauty of the Lilies paid off, though my Knopf edition contains a note from Marcia Judson, the assistant features editor at the Times, who, after I must’ve lent her the volume, wrote: “I couldn’t get through the long sentences. But my husband read it. Thanks.” The novel is a story of the 20th century through three generations of a family of semi-quirks, the last of Updike’s very good ones. (A sampling: “They hadn’t slept together since the Armistice,” “I try to be dispassionate about it, but I love this crazy, wasteful, self-hating country in spite itself,” and this line more apt for Trumpist American “with the wry triumph of the negatively confirmed”). I had not remembered getting through Gertrude and Claudius, but I did, though it left no impression: the rereading in the new edition will give it another chance. More curious to me is how, and why, the Library of America decided not to issue a good many of Updike’s novels, when it didn’t hesitate to issue every Howells and every Portis and way too much Mailer and even three volumes of Philip Dick. None of the Bech books made it into the LOA collection, though it’s easy to argue that Updike’s latter batch–Seek My Face, Villages, Terrorist–outdid each other in badness. Let’s hope it’s not the end: some of Updike’s best was his literary criticism. If LOA gave Edmund Wilson two volumes for his, surely it can give Updike a few.
—P.T.
Now This: John Updike on In the Beauty of the Lilies, on Charlie Rose, 1996:
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October 2021
Sunday, Oct 10 – Wednesday, Jul 10
Public Safety Coordinating Council Meeting
Emergency Operations Center
April 2024
Tuesday, Apr 30
‘First Date,’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre
Tuesday, Apr 30
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Cinematique of Daytona Beach
May 2024
Wednesday, May 01
Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 01
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
Wednesday, May 01
Flagler Beach Library Book Club
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Wednesday, May 01
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Wednesday, May 01
Brendan Depa Sentencing
Flagler County courthouse
Wednesday, May 01
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Flagler County Public Library
Wednesday, May 01
Flagler County Republican Club Meeting
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