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Lullaby of the Rivers Festival
The mission of the Lullaby of the Rivers Festival is to awaken and nurture connections to nature in gatherings of all ages by using music and stories that inspire environmental awareness and consciousness.
The annual Earth Day festival features top regional performers playing extraordinary music and telling fabulous tales, plus activities for everyone. It has all the regular festival trimmings including food trucks, vendors, exhibitors, children’s games, raffles, and a Tasting Tent with organic and sustainably-raised food.
One of the highlights of the Lullaby of the Rivers Festival is the Earth Day Fair, where organizations set up booths with information and activities that teach about the outdoors, the creatures that live there, and what we can do to preserve their habitat and ours. Hands-on activities show children — and adults — how to be involved in a way they will remember.
Richard Louv thinks Nature Deficit Disorder can be reversed, and we at Lullaby of the Rivers think so too. That’s why we create opportunities to gather people in outdoor settings, always with music and stories to entertain and inspire awareness.
The festival has a membership program, Lullaby Buddies. Lullabuddies help implement programs and offer ideas and assistance for carrying out the mission, such as the Lullaby Walk through the backstreets of Vilano Beach. There are many organizations that support community environmental actions. For instance, the Litter Gitter is a program of the Matanzas ... view more »
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Presenting beautiful music in beautiful St. Augustine at the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College! EMMA’s mission is to offer quality music and dance performances by national and international artists. They also aim to encourage interest in classical music and to provide opportunities for the youth of St. Johns County. EMMA accomplishes this by offering school concerts in local schools and funding requests from music teachers for instruments and equipment.
The Historic Florida Militia (HFM) is a non-profit umbrella organization supporting re-created historic interpretive units and representing a number of cultures and time periods. "We are not street performers, we are educators. We are not parades, we are historic programs. This is not an exercise in free speech, this is an opportunity to educate. We are not promoting a political agenda, we are promoting the city's history through a practical and factual teaching method".
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College
Built in honor of Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert and her husband, Dr. Robert Ellert, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum offers Flagler College students and the Northeast Florida community a venue for fostering knowledge and a deep appreciation of contemporary art. As an educational resource for the College, the Museum exhibits regional, national and international artists, and provides opportunities for critical engagement and exposure to a variety of exhibitions and personal interactions with visiting artists. The Museum challenges students, the Flagler community and the public to cultivate individual creativity, critical reflection, historical consciousness and respect for the free exchange of ideas. In this spirit, the Museum also hosts public programs, including artist talks, readings, panel discussions and film series that provide a platform for vital interdisciplinary dialogue.