This weekend in Gulf and Franklin
It’s going to be a busy weekend in Gulf and Franklin Counties, rain or shine.
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Blues on Reid
In a little more than two weeks’ time, Reid Avenue will be transformed for one afternoon only into a foot traffic only celebration of blues music and local businesses.
An annual event drawing hundreds of visitors to the town, Blues on Reid will be set up by the Gulf County Chamber of Commerce in downtown Port St. Joe on March 25.
This year’s line-up features some of the most lucrative artists in the festival’s history
For more information, click here.
Apalachicola Farmers Market Saturday
The Apalachicola Farmers Market is this Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mill Pond Pavilion at the end of Market Street. For more info email farmersmarket@cityofapalachicola.com.
En Plein Air
Catch a live art demonstration or browse a gallery during this year’s Forgotten Coast En Plein Air event, which will run from March 17 to 26. Click here for more details
Hear acclaimed pianist Sunday at Trinity
The Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts will close out the 2023 season with a program by concert pianist Sasha Kasman Laude this Sunday, March 26 at 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 79 6th Street, Apalachicola.
Admission is $20 per person, with open seating. Tickets available in advance at www.inconcertapalachicola.org, or by a cash donation at the door. A reception will be held in Benedict Hall after the concert.
Free Christian movie night
Beach Baptist Church in St. Joe Beach will be hosting a free movie night on Friday at 5:30 p.m. EDT. The movie will be a Christian movie. The church is located at 311 Columbus Street.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.