On Thursday’s First Coast Connect we looked at the races to fill open Duval County School Board seats and teacher pay.
Joining us was Rachel Tutwiler Fortune, the interim president of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund.
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- A Look At Each Of The School Board Candidates And The Amount Of Money They’ve Raised
- Election News And Voter's Guide
Politics And The Arts
With Election Day less than a week away we also looked at how politics affects the arts.
Our Art Attack panelists for the discussion were:
- Shavone Steele, Project Catalyst with New Company and Director of Communications, Northside Coalition of Jacksonville
- Nationally syndicated, award-winning political cartoonist Ed Hall
- Shawana Brooks with the Jacksonville Public Library
- Freelance writer, musician & entrepreneur Josué Cruz
Storytelling Mixed With Medicine
The power of storytelling in medicine is on the agenda at the Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville campus later this month.
Hope McMath, the director of Yellow House, and Chrys Yates with Mayo Clinic told us about the Mayo Clinic Humanities in Medicine Symposium on November 10 and 11.
Traveling The World On A Scooter
Film producer Clare Fog is based on Amelia Island, but her latest project is based on the world-renowned Vespa traveler, Giorgio Bettinelli, who has visited more than a hundred countries on his scooter.
She gave us a preview of her project and a look ahead to the opening of her photo exhibit in Jacksonville at Intuition Ale Works at 929 East Bay Street this weekend.
The Spectator’s Entertainment Picks
The Spectator, Kerry Speckman, joined us with her weekly look at Jacksonville’s entertainment scene.
Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org, 904-358-6349 or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.
