This year’s First Coast Cultural Center Beaches — A Celebration of the Arts annual fundraising event will be held from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. May 15 at The Surf Club Patio at Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, 200 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach. more

Susanne Schuenke's paintings fairly insist that the viewer navigate their layered meanings and interpret each new discovery. more

Word Revolt Art Gallery in Atlantic Beach will host a show of works from Duncan U. Fletcher High School's art-and-pottery program 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 26. more

A concert by The Sphinx Virtuosi will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 465 11th Ave. North, Jacksonville Beach. more

Writing is an activity that requires solitude, and most writers thrive in such an environment. more

Travel back to late 19th-century Europe as First Coast Opera presents “The Golden Age of Opera,” a concert of popular and important selections from Italian, French and German operas, at 7:30 p.m. March 31 at the Lightner Museum in downtown St. Augustine. more

The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series welcomed 3,000 people from across the country to Fort Mose State Park between Feb. 18 and 26. more

The Lightner Museum will welcome visitors this spring with two new exhibitions that open on April 1. more

The Florida Department of State released the ranked list of applications and scores for its African American Cultural and Historical Grants on Feb. 28, following three days of panel hearings and review. more

The Gamble Rogers Music Festival will take place May 6-8 at the Colonial Oak Music Park in downtown St. Augustine. more