| Centre Street marks 3 decades of restored glory
Construction to transform and restore downtown Fernandina's main thoroughfare began in 1977. Thirty years later, the revitalization is seen as a success. What was then Atlantic Avenue from Eighth to Front streets became Centre Street again - the name it had at the turn of the 20th century - and most of the street's historic buildings were stripped of their facades to uncover their Victorian-era glory. "The reason why it's worked so well is because it is still the hometown of the island. Locals still shop here and visitors who've come to our town find it homey, too," said Melba Whitaker, who, with her husband Bob, owned Robison's Jewelery Co. on Centre Street and were among the original supporters of the restoration. The straight, treeless Atlantic Avenue of the mid-1970s, lined with telephone and electric lines, had shop fronts with 1950s and 1960s facades with plastic awnings.
Mat Kearney With Special Guests The Feeling and Rocco Deluca & The ...
Kearney's sound incorporates wide-ranging influences that paint his songs with strength and passion fusing poetic hymns with melodic choruses and acoustic folk/pop. Mat is currently on the road promoting his Columbia debut, Nothing Left To Lose, headlining shows throughout the country and opening for bands such as The Fray, Sheryl Crow and John Mayer, among others. The U.K. band The Feeling delivers an amalgam of harmonic melodies and catchy choruses that reaches full fruition on its Cherrytree/Interscope debut, Twelve Stops and Home, which has already produced a pair of Top 10 international hit singles in "Sewn" and "Fill My Little World." The quintet's sonic touchstones range from the classic (the Beatles, the Stones, the Kinks, Queen, The Carpenters and the Beach Boys) to the more esoteric (10cc, Abba, the Human League and the Pet Shop Boys) to the timeless (Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen).
Book sale: Braden River Branch Library, 4915 53rd Ave. E., Bradenton
The Friends of the Braden River Library will have a book sale 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 26 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 27. Proceeds will benefit the library's programs. Information: 727-6079. Suncoast Gun Show: Manatee Convention and Civic Center, One Haben Blvd., Palmetto The Suncoast Gun Show will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 27 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 28. Dealers and private collectors from across the state of Florida exhibit at this show. Find a huge selection of guns, accessories, and many hard to find items. Concealed weapons classes offered both days. Admission is $7, free for 12 and under. For more information, visit www.suncoastgunshows.com. Celebrate the Circus: Little Bookworms, 8111 Main Street, Lakewood Ranch Children will have a chance to interact with circus performers and learn exciting circus skills such as tight rope walking, juggling, stilt walking, face painting, and plate spinning 3-5 p.m.
Norman Rockwell works coming to Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
WHAT: "Norman Rockwell, Images of America: 'Home for the Holidays,' and 'A Tribute to Boy Scouts.'"
ART SPECIFIC: Forty tearsheets from The Saturday Evening Post covers from the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., and four original paintings from the National Scouting Museum, Irving, Texas.
WHERE: Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, 3015 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.
OPENING RECEPTION: 2 to 4 p.m. today with a 2:30 p.m. program given by Boy Scouts of America, Norwela Council. The exhibit continues through April 22.
Admission: free.
REGULAR HOURS: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
ADMISSION: free.
INFORMATION: 632-2020. .
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