Christopher Stone has released his first effort as a novelist, “Murder At The 17th,” a murder mystery centered around the world of professional golf set in Ponte Vedra Beach and along the First Coast. more

Discover, learn, listen and create from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Lightner Museum for Smithsonian’s “Year of Music” Museum Day Celebration. more

EMMA Concert Association recently announced the schedule for the EMMA Concert Series’ 41st season in the Oldest City. EMMA is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that features high-quality music and dance performances such as the Gainesville Orchestra and Dance Alive National Ballet at Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium. more

The Beaches Museum will host its 39th Beach Legends gala at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse. The fun event includes a cocktail hour, a seated dinner, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds will benefit educational programs and operational needs of the Beaches Museum. more

All Beaches Experimental Theatre presents “Violet,” a journey toward a miracle, with music that will lift spirits and stir the soul. Tony-nominated, and winner of the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical the show will be presents at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays, Sept. 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29. more

French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950, at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is on exhibit through Sept. 8. The exhibition features more than 60 works of art from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European collection and positions France as the artistic center of international modernism from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. more

Discover, learn, listen and create from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Lightner Museum for Smithsonian’s “Year of Music” Museum Day Celebration. more

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum will serve as a unique venue during the Sing Out Loud Festival, Florida’s largest free live entertainment festival and benefit concert returning to St. Augustine in September. more

MOCA Jacksonville continues its nine-year partnership with Art with a Heart in Healthcare and the current exhibit, “Animal-Gamation,” a special exhibition of artwork by pediatric patients from Wolfson Children’s Hospital on display until Sunday, Dec. 8. The program is sponsored by Black Knight Financial Services. more

Featured artist Dee Roberts will present a talk about her processes during St. Augustine’s First Friday Art Walk at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at Butterfield Garage. more