Beautifully illustrated, “There’s a Day Out There,” by Sharon Goldman aims at taking children’s attention away from television, iPads and video games and toward exploring the outside. more

Usually, when people walk into a church, they notice the vaulted ceilings, candlelit alter and the colored lights filtering through ornately stained windows. Visually, churches are soft and warm. Audibly, they echo with hushed conversations and creaking floorboards. more

California-based artist Simon Bull’s work is collected by royalty, heads of state, museums and private collectors. Some of those collectors, along with art lovers from around the First Coast, came to meet Bull and admire an exhibition of his paintings Friday, Oct. 11 at Cutter & Cutter Fine Art in Sawgrass Village in Ponte Vedra Beach. more

The St. Augustine Orchestra will open its 58th season celebrating the melodious sounds of brass and woodwind instruments with classic pieces from the mid-1800s to a contemporary concerto for tuba written by a distinguished, Emmy Award-winning composer. more

Cutter & Cutter Fine Art presents a major art exhibition created by a dear and long-time friend of the gallery, Simon Bull. more

The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall welcomes John Medeski’s Mad Skillet on Saturday, Oct. 5. Mad Skillet was born of a late-night show in New Orleans during Jazz Fest 2015. more

A dozen men serve on a jury to decide the fate of a Puerto Rican teenager accused of murdering his abusive father. The jury must return a unanimous verdict. Only one juror thinks the boy might be innocent. Curious what happens? more

Admittedly, I don’t know very much about the inner workings of a 15-year-old boy’s mind, so “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” currently playing at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, offered some compelling — and hilarious — insight. more

First Coast Opera’s 20th Season kicks off with a festive evening of dinner theater from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 26 in the new community room at St. Anastasia Catholic Church for this special one-night-only event. Enjoy scenes from Puccini’s La Bohème performed by FCO guest artists along with a catered dinner by Moveable Feast. more

Local playwright, Olivia Gowan, will share her new work as a readers theater presentation at Players by the Sea at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 and Tuesday, Oct. 1. more