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Weather: Partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Today at a Glance:
The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall. For agendas, minutes, and audio access to the meetings, go here. For meeting agendas, audio and video, go here.
The Flagler County School Board meets at 1 p.m. for a workshop at the Government Services Building’s third floor conference room, and at 6 p.m. for a business meeting, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell.
Food Truck Tuesdays is presented by the City of Palm Coast on the third Tuesday of every month from March to October. Held at Central Park in Town Center, visitors can enjoy gourmet food served out of trucks from 5 to 8 p.m.–mobile kitchens, canteens and catering trucks that offer up appetizers, main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Foods to be featured change monthly but have included lobster rolls, Portuguese cuisine, fish and chips, regional American, Latin food, ice cream, barbecue and much more. Many menus are kid-friendly. Proceeds from each Food Truck Tuesday event benefits a local charity.
The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club meets at 5 p.m. at the library, 315 South Seventh Street, Flagler Beach.
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: June 22: “Crows and Ravens: Birds of Myth and Magic,” a workshop by author and FlaglerLive culture writer Rick de Yampert, 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday June 22 at Vedic Moons – Ayurvedic Wellness, Metaphysical Shop & Herbal Apothecary, 4984 Palm Coast Pkwy NW, Unit 4-6, Palm Coast. Cost of the workshop (which does not include a book) is $20. The workshop will include a PowerPoint slide show featuring de Yampert’s crow photography and Mr. Crow art, and the handout “Five Ways to Forge Communion with Crows – both Practical and Magical.” The workshop also will feature de Yampert’s Mr. Crow art for sale, as well as his other book “Mr. Crow Haiku and Other Zen-y Writings.” A book signing (separate from the workshop and with free attendance) will be held 1-2 p.m. Saturday June 22, prior to the workshop. For information, call Vedic Moons at 386-585-5167 or go online at vedicmoons.com. Through June 22: Three Exceptional Artists: Art Show presented by Expressions Art Gallery on Colbert at Expressions Art Gallery inside Grand Living Realty, 2298 Colbert Lane, Palm Coast. Artwork created by three exceptional artists. Each with her own unique style and each using different materials: Kathy Duffy, Gina-Marie Hammer and Deborah Hildinger. The show is on display from May 9 through June 22, 2024. June 22-23: Local Ham Radio Clubs Test Emergency Capabilities and you’re invited! The local effort will include Hams associated with the Flagler Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club, Flagler Emergency Communications Association, and Flagler County ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) who will gather at Hammock Community Center, 79 Mala Compra Road, Palm Coast to operate multiple Ham Radio stations for 24 hours beginning at 2 pm. Saturday, June 22nd. Local Amateur Radio operators will be representing our community in American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. The public is welcome to visit this local Field Day site to learn more about Ham Radio, local clubs and hams in our own neighborhoods. Opportunities will be available to operate radios under the supervision of Federal Communications Commission licensed Radio Amateurs. This event is free of charge, no advance arrangements are necessary. |
Notably: This might have a better place down below, but I couldn’t wait. It’s from Rushdiee’s Knife: “There were probably exceptions to this principle, but very few of the people who ought to regret their lives—Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Adolf Eichmann, Harvey Weinstein—ever do so.” What I like about the line is the company. Rushdie here has created a Dantesque Circle of Hell of his own. Note that he doesn;t include the Stalins, the Maows, the Pol-Pots and the Hitlers of the 20th century, but does include the more recent vernacular vulgarians of horror, throwing in Eichmann in there as if to certify the validity of the group: putrid, murderous, horrible, but not just quite yet down in that hell of hells that the other ones inhabit. No one can really claim that, other than Eichmann–the guy drew the blueprint of the Holocaust, for heaven’s sake–the other three horrors come close to having their hands on the blade. But still. A lovely line in an otherwise often disappointing book too rich in cliches (the surprising thing about Rushdie, that master of language who so easily slouches and lazes into sentences he knows should not make it into his books). Rushdie was featured here yesterday, He’s featured again. And why not. Below you’ll see him talk about The Moor’s Last Sigh, my favorite of all the books of his I’ve read, including The Satanic Verses, which I found to be a greatly, hilariously enjoyable romp, but which, alas, I don’t think I understood ninety percent of the time. The Moor’s Last Sigh was different.
—P.T.
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June 2024
Tuesday, Jun 18
Palm Coast City Council Meeting
Tuesday, Jun 18
Food Truck Tuesday
Central Park in Town Center
Tuesday, Jun 18
Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Tuesday, Jun 18
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Cinematique of Daytona Beach
Wednesday, Jun 19
Contractor Review Board Meeting
Government Services Building
Wednesday, Jun 19
Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee Meeting
Government Services Building
Wednesday, Jun 19
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
Wednesday, Jun 19
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Wednesday, Jun 19
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Flagler County Public Library
Wednesday, Jun 19
Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board
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we look up and we hope the stars look down, we pray that there may be stars for us to follow, stars moving across the heavens and leading us to our destiny, but it’s only our vanity. We look at the galaxy and fall in love, but the universe cares less about us than we do about it, and the stars stay in their courses however much we may wish upon them to do otherwise. It’s true that if you watch the sky-wheel turn for a while you’ll see a meteor fall, flame and die. That’s not a star worth following; it’s just an unlucky rock. Our fates are here on earth. There are no guiding stars.
–From Salman Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh (1995).
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