Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival’s Board of Directors named Robyn Lamp the festival’s new executive director. The festival is one of the nation's most prestigious chamber music …

Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them . ~ Marc Jacobs Blue Fire Theatre presents "Love, Loss and What I Wore," written by  Nora and Delia Ephron. This poignant staged reading …

By Linda McLane Amelia Community Theatre invites you to the romantic musical comedy “First Date,” opening on June 7. Audiences will have the fun of watching a first date/blind date unfold in real …

With Nassau County and Fernandina Beach bicentennial celebrations now in full swing, I found it amusing to learn what city commissioners were up to when the first centennial ended 100 …

Amelia Musical Playhouse is known for its fun productions of Broadway musicals, but this month, it’s going just for the laughs with “The Odd Couple.”

By Wilma Allen The Wild Amelia Nature Festival’s signature event, Eco-Expo, will take place May 18 at Main Beach Park this year, alongside Nassau County’s special “Opening of the Beaches” …

By Lauri deGaris The mission of the Florida Native Plant Society is to promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida. The …

Troubadour Blue at Heymann Williams Realty Meet Christian Denmark, a 24-year-old photographer who has been capturing the dynamic world of live music since 2015. With a keen eye for …

Christopher Durang’s award-winning comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” opens April 18 at Amelia Community Theatre at 207 Cedar St. Vanya and Sonia are siblings, living on the family …

James G. Cusick, the curator for the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History in the George A. Smathers Library, University of Florida, will present a talk about George J.F. Clarke Monday, Apr. 8 at 7 …

Amelia Island Writers presents a special event – When Crime Meets Truth and Imagination – March 26 with four local writers. The event is 4-6 p.m. at the Amelia Island Museum of History. From …

  Mocktails. Photo by Betsy Harris By Lauri deGaris This time of year, there is no surer sign of spring than wildflowers. And I am ready for spring in every sense of the word. The renewal, the …

Right whale mother and calf mosaic, done in 2018. By Lauri deGaris I am grateful to have known The Beach Lady of American Beach, MaVynne Betsch . I met MaVynne in the late 1990s and knew immediately …

  By Dylan Bailey In the realm of photography, there are those who capture moments, and then there are those who capture the essence of life itself. Bill Birdsong belongs to the latter category. …

Has anyone ever said to you, “You should write a book about that?” Is 2024 your year to make that happen? Attend the "Inspiration to Motivation - Shifting a Notion into Motion" workshop at 9 a.m. …

The Amelia Island Writers are presenting a free workshop on pitching an idea for a novel. It will be hosted by Rachel Glover on Feb. 27, 2024, from 3 to 5 p.m. The workshop will take place at Story …

Julia Taylor is appearing as Billy in "Billy Elliot the Musical" (BETM) in Fernandina Beach, presented by the Amelia Community Theatre (ACT), from Feb 9-25. Fifteen years old and a sophomore in high …

The Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library’s Spring Book Sale will be held March 20-23 at the Peck Center Gym, 510 S. 10th St, Fernandina Beach. Thousands of books will be on sale, all sorted into …

Amelia Community Theatre opens “Billy Elliot: The Musical ” on Feb. 9 at 207 Cedar St. With music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, this heartwarming coming-of-age story of a boy …

By Wilma Allen Release of the new book, “Life on American Beach: Voices from Within,” is sure to be a highlight of next month’s first annual Festival of Stories & Songs. This tribute to one …