St. Augustine Guest Houses

Acclaimed Designer Thomas Jayne at the Lightner Museum
2019-02-04 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Lightner Museum, 75 King Street, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
The Lightner Museum is pleased to invite the public to a one day only special event featuring award-winning designer and author, Thomas Jayne. Join Museum Executive Director Robert W. Harper and Curator Barry Myers for a Question and Answer session with Thomas Jayne for a discussion of the renowned designer’s latest book, Classical Principles for Modern Design. The event will take place on Monday, February 4, 2019 at the Lightner Museum. The presentation begins at 4:00 pm with a book signing and reception following from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Tickets are only $15.00 and can be purchased on the Museum website. For more information, please call the Museum at (904) 824-2874.

Butterfield Gallery February 2019 Feature Artist, Sydney McKenna’s Atmospheric Oil Paintings
2019-02-04 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-02-03 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-02-02 11:00 - 17:00, 2019-02-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, 137 King Street, St. Augustine FL, 32084
An Artist Talk, First Friday February 1st, at 6pm is an opportunity to hear Sydney explain her motivation behind the magnificent cloud paintings she is recognized for.
To stand in front of one of Sydney’s paintings, the viewer is connected back to every moment he/she has been awed by the sky above. Her inspiration becomes ours, to contemplate and appreciate anew. Sydney McKenna’s Florida landscape paintings express the state’s atmosphere in a unique and poignant way. Especially sensitive to the subtle color shifts that occur in the vaporous skies of the South, these original oil paintings are created in the classic technique of the Old World; using thin layers of oil paint to build up a subtle luminosity, unifying classical style with contemporary themes.
Sydney explains her fascination this way, “Over the years of painting clouds I have grown to see quite a bit of symbolism in the water cycle. The fact that it can transform itself, rise into the heavens and move around the world through the skies, is somewhat miraculous; as if the clouds are the ‘spirit form’ of water. They have come to remind me of the spark of life; a lifting of the physical, into the spiritual…. I was recently intrigued by an article describing life systems in cloud formations. This thought makes me aware that the world we experience is really a collision of a multitude of worlds.”
Sydney began her painting career in the Sarasota area in the mid- eighties as a mostly self-taught watercolor artist and gained quick success, winning awards and exhibiting in Sarasota Art Galleries. After obtaining a degree in Visual Arts from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida and making the switch to oil painting in 1996, she attended a semester of graduate studies in fine art at Cortona, Italy through the University of Georgia. Sydney then returned to the United States, where she relocated to St. Augustine and operated the Sydney McKenna Gallery from 1997 to 2013, and is one of the original founding members of Butterfield Gallery. She sees St. Augustine as the perfect combination of her two favorite locales: European architecture combined with the lush Florida environment.
Sydney McKenna’s paintings are widely held in both corporate and private collections, have been featured on many magazine covers, and have awards and recognitions to numerous to mention. She has grown to become one of St. Augustine’s premier artists.

An Enemy of the People
2019-02-03 14:00, 2019-02-02 19:30, 2019-02-01 19:30, 2019-01-31 19:30 | Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine, 32084
A small Norwegian town has just begun to win fame and wealth through its medicinal spring waters – until the resident physician in charge discovers that the waters are poisoned. After public outcry against his previous play Ghosts, this classic tale by Henrik Ibsen tells the story of a man who dares to speak an unpalatable truth and is punished for it. The shows will take place Thursday-Sunday with matinees on Sunday. Tickets are $26.

Salt Air Farmers Market
2019-02-03 10:00 - 14:00 | The Town of Marineland Marina, 101 Tolstoy Lane, St. Augustine, FL, 32080, United States
Something good has sprouted! Fresh seasonal produce ALL year long. At Marineland, just south of St. Augustine, Florida. Salt Air Farmer’s Market offers the freshest local produce and gourmet foods and artisan crafts. Whether you are looking for homegrown tomatoes, juicy watermelons, or creative local art, they have a wide assortment to choose from.

Salt Air Farmers Market
2019-02-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Salt Air Farmers Market, 101 Tolstoy Lane, Marineland, 32080
This is a frendly market along A1A in Marineland with fresh seafood, local produce, sauces & dips, honey, empanadas, artisan bread & pastries, local artists and more. This is every Sunday 10-2:00.

St. Augustine Flea Market
2019-02-03 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-02 09:00 - 16:00 | St. Augustine Flea Market, 2495 FL-207, St. Augustine, FL, 32086, United States
Come shop and enjoy yourself with an array of booths and vendors, fun things to do, fresh food, and plenty more at the weekly St. Augustine Flea Market.

Nights of Lights
2019-02-03, 2019-02-02, 2019-02-01, 2019-01-31 | Downtown St. Augustine, 29 West Castillo Drive, St. Augustine
It draws thousands of people to the city every year, but even as a local, Nights of Lights is not something you want to miss out on. Light up night happens on November 17 with music in the Plaza de la Constitucion and the proverbial “flipping of the switch” by city officials. Any spot downtown will give you a beautiful view of the sudden illumination of 2 million white lights

Models & Movie Mayhem
2019-02-02 18:00 - 22:00 | Bokeh Bar Gallery, 137 King St #103, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Saint Augustine has never seen anything like this!!! At 6:30PM Fashion Speaks as part of St Augustine fashion week will have a panel with female cosplay outfits highlighted followed by an exclusive screening of the brand new, award-winning feature, Once Upon a Superhero with filmmakers on hand!

St. Augustine Fashion Week // Season 5 Fashion Speaks // Panel Discussion
2019-02-02 17:00 - 20:00 | Bokeh Bar Gallery, 137 King St #103, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Join the STAFW board and Guest Speakers in an industry discussion regarding Fashion and the impact it makes on economy, the influence global Fashion Weeks make on consumers, sustainable fashion and how the industry is evolving. Meet local industry leaders and guest speakers for a fashionably intimate conversation.
Special guest appearances by North Florida’s “Super” designers of local Comic-Con Super Hero Costume Designs prior to the Film Release of ” Once Upon a Super Hero”.
TO be held at Bokeh bar gallery located at 137 King Street St. Augustine, FL. 5pm – 8pm – FREE ENTRY
“Once upon a Super Hero” Film release follows “STAFW Season 5 Fashion Speaks” and is $15 at the door made payable to our “Road to Season 5 ” Partners Bokeh Bar / Gallery
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Park Photo Scavenger Hunt
2019-02-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Anastasia State Park, 300 Anastasia Park Rd, St. Augustine, 32080
This is a self guided program so bring your smartphone or digital camera and have fun taking pictures to complete a photo scavenger hunt while exploring Anastasia State Park. You can work alone or as a team to complete the lists you’ll be given at the beginning of the event. Some of the items will be easy, and some may be more challenging. Bring a refillable water bottle, bug spray, sunscreen, appropriate clothing, and wear comfortable shoes.This event will begin at the Island Beach Grill in the park at the start of the program, and return to the same meeting spot at the end of the program. This event is free with regular park entry fees.

2nd Annual Conquer the Trails 5K Run/Walk
2019-02-02 09:00 - 10:00 | TrailMark, 805 TrailMark Drive, St. Augustine, FL, 32092, United States
TrailMark is hosting the 2nd Annual Conquer the Trails 5K on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. The race will benefit SAFE Pet Rescue.
The 5K will start and finish at the TrailMark Welcome Center, winding through the community’s paved trail system.

7th Annual Character Counts 6K/3K
2019-02-02 09:00 | Palencia Elementary School, 355 Palencia Village Drive St., St. Augustine, 32095, United States
Show that the six pillars of character count in St. Johns County by strapping on your running shoes and joining the race (or if it’s more your style, you can strap on your walking shoes and join the walk!). Both the 6K and the 3K may receive awards in the Overall Male and Female finishers, Male and Female Masters winners, and top 3 runners in a variety of age groups. Race day registration for the 7th Annual Character Counts Race is $35 for the 6K and $30 for the 3K.

St. Augustine Amphitheatre Farmers Market
2019-02-02 08:30 - 12:30 | St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine
Fresh food, artisan goods, local arts and music, and community from vendors that set up each Saturday outside of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Come out to do your weekly shopping or just to explore everything that’s offered by area artisans and growers. No pets please.

Neko Case with guest Kimya Dawson
2019-01-31 20:00 | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra, 32082
“Hell-On is one of [Case’s] best… her voice remains a force all its own.” [Rolling Stone] … “Soaring” [Entertainment Weekly] … “Gutting” [New York Magazine] … “A pitch-perfect roar of female defiance” [The Guardian]. These are just a few of the peerless reviews of Hell-On, Neko Case’s 8th and latest studio album. In the midst of her US fall headlining tour, Case performed three songs from the record on CBS This Morning: Saturday.
When Neko Case returned to the US and walked through the ruins of her home, the fire that had blazed after these songs were written became part of the record. For the cover, she made a warrior’s helmet out of cigarettes. Interior and exterior shots of her incinerated house appear on the gatefold and booklet. And a tiny pop-open charred Brothers-Grimm cottage serves as the set for the video of “Bad Luck.”
It was as if nature invented a landscape for Hell-On after the fact: a melted ladder, seared insulation dangling in ribbons, the internal organs of pianos. She thought it should all be included in solidarity with those who had lost so much in the past year.
All the living creatures present at the time of the fire were found alive, and so Case was able see beauty in the bleak scene. “It felt like this out-of-time Jacques Cousteau undersea expedition through a sunken World War II ship. Of course there’s some shit I miss,” she says, citing family photographs and a favorite sweater. “But none of it matters.”
And as for those fairy tales she’s writing and the history she’s remembering: “We need them now more than ever. We need stories from all sectors. Stories without endings. Stories with multiple endings. Stories that don’t end happily, cautionary tales, everything. We don’t need Disneyfied stories anymore.”
The record was born at the hands of some three dozen performers in all, from k.d. Lang, Laura Veirs, Beth Ditto, and Robert Forster on backing vocals, to Joey Burns of Calexico and Doug Gillard of Guided by Voices on guitars, and Barbara Gruska and Matt Chamberlain on drums. The sidelong perspective is part of the known Neko galaxy, but the production is more expansive and edgier, moving into new universes. These are songs that can swallow you.
A force of nature, an act of a mercurial, forgotten god, Hell-On is a record sealed by fire, filled with love and rage and dangers that might lay waste to everything at any moment. So if you wake up dazed in a smoking landscape, walking through the detritus of your own lost civilization with the smell of ash in your hair, your favorite sweater gone and a new song in your head, don’t say you weren’t warned.
Neko Case has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket will go to Peer Solutions and support their positive youth leadership and development program designed to prevent harm before it begins and engage lifetime ambassadors of positive change. For more information on Peer Solutions, please visit www.peersolutions.org.

Ideas & Images Series
2019-01-31 19:00 | Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada Street, St. Augustine, 32084
Specifically designed this year to celebrate Flagler College’s 50th Anniversary celebration, the Ideas & Images Series offers free public lectures on a wide range of locally-relevant topics. January’s installment of the series will focus on sea level rise. Professor Elizabeth A. Andrews will present on “Sea Level Rise: Policy Challenges for Historic Coastal Communities,” and Dr. Marcus DuBois King will present on “Climate Justice: Sea-Level Rise and Sinking States.”

Lightner After Hours
2019-01-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Lightner Museum, 75 King Street, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Guests are invited to enjoy live music, hors d’oeuvres, and wine, while they browse the fine art on display at this supremely elegant museum. This free monthly social event is open to the public. Donations are appreciated. Visitors may enter the beautiful and unique historic Lightner Museum at the Granada Street entrance (with blue and white awnings, located across from the Corazon Cinema).

2018 SOUPer Bowl
2019-01-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Allen D. Nease High School, 10550 Ray Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, 32081
The SOUPer Bowl event was created by a group of Nease parents in 2015 to bring the community together, raise awareness of student hunger in St. Johns County, and raise funds to provide nutrition to hungry students. This epic soup-tasting even brings together the community and over 20 local chefs. In addition to enjoying a large selection of gourmet soups, guests select a handmade pottery bowl crafted by a St. Johns County student. Event tickets are only $25! The SOUPer Bowl has raised over $80,000 for First Coast Blessings in a Backpack through the 2016-2018 events. Blessings supplies weekend food for students that rely on free and reduced breakfast and lunch during the week at school. All the money raised at the SOUPer Bowl is for St. Johns County students. Blessings currently serves over 800 students in St. Johns County. It costs $100 per student per year. Please join us this year as we continue the fight to end student hunger in St. Johns County!

Toddler Story Time at the Main Library
2019-01-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Main Library, 1960 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Let your littles explore the library and be captivated by creative storytelling. Toddler storytime is held in the large meeting room at Main Library. Join Mr. Andy and Mrs. Marcia for singing, dancing and great stories. Toddler storytime is aimed at children ages 1-3, but all are welcome to come and join in the fun. Free.
Every Thursday, 11am, 11:30am

Deep Creek Kayak Trip
2019-01-31 10:00 - 13:00 | Deep Creek Soft Launch, 7975 S.R. 207, Hastings, FL, 32145, United States
Join the St. Johns County Park Naturalists for a beautiful guided trip of Deep Creek. Participants will enjoy a scenic kayak trip surrounded by conservation land. St. Johns County Residents with their own boat are $20 and $30 without their own boat. Non-residents are $40 with their own boat and $50 without their own boat. For more info and to register, contact Kelly Ussia at kussia@sjcfl.us or 904-209-0335. When setting a reservation, please supply your phone number, email address, date of the trip you would like to attend, residency status, and if you will be using a county boat.

Saltwater Fishing 101
2019-01-30 09:00 - 11:00 | Usina Boat Ramp, 603 Euclid Avenue, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Learn the ins and outs of saltwater fishing in Florida. Ever wonder what to put in your tackle box, how to measure your catch, or how to clean what you’ve caught? Please note that all participants must have a Saltwater Shoreline License. This is a free license from FWC. This program is free, but you must RSVP on Eventbrite to attend. The January 23rd class focuses on knot tying and the January 30 class focuses on tackle box essentials.
