Arbus :: North Florida's Arts & Business Magazine
Jacksonville: Hot Tips, Events, Places to Go
North Florida's only arts and business magazine that contains substance with a cultural twist, and a heart for promoting arts education in the community. Arbus is the recipient of the prestigious North Florida Cultural Council’s 2002 Award for Excellence in the Arts. 28,000 copies of Arbus are distributed and available free throughout North Florida. Subscriptions are also available.This Issue’s Feature Stories
Publisher’s Note
byKudos to all those groups and individuals who arranged and supported the many amazing farm-to-table dinner events that have raised funds for a variety of worthy causes over the past few months. How fortunate we are to have so much culinary talent and so many interested participants in our area. We've recorded it all in pictures: Take a look, beginning on page 62.
Virginia Cantore at Haskell Gallery at JIA
Of her work, Virginia Cantore says: “My work reflects the rhythms of nature–water, air, life forms. It is about music, poetry, and paint.The Conservation Center at White Oak
byImagine meeting globally renowned wildlife professionals where the topic revolves around conservation, genetics, and sex. All the while a white rhino matriarch is nursing her baby with her herd in the pasture just beyond the fence, and giraffes wander in a field around the corner. Arbus July/August 2013 Page14
b•SQUARED2: The Next Generation
byArt has always been an integral part of the Biscottis equation for a great dining experience. “Ever since Patrick Gabriel slipped an envelope under my door back in 1993 offering to help me develop an art program, we knew we wanted art included in our vision for the business,” says Karin Tucker, who, along with business partner Barbara Bredehoeft, has owned Biscottis in Avondale for two decades now. Arbus July/August 2013 Page22
JAX2025 Vision
byJAX2025, the vision for Jacksonville, has been released to the community. The Jacksonville Community Council Inc. (JCCI) facilitated the vision – a working document to help us reach quality of life, community enhancements and improvements by the year 2025. The twelve-year, grassroots implementation process is now the focus of JAX2025 and arts and culture is one of the Top 10 Vision Targets for our community. Arbus July/August 2013 Page30
The Ice Plant
byThe nation’s oldest city has always been rumored to have inhabitants from the past, popularizing ghost tours and the like for decades. With centuries-old buildings, the city does indeed carry a deep sense of the past, but it also has a vibrant local community that keeps the city creative, innovative, and energetic. Arbus July/August 2013 Page38

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