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The OutEast community in Jacksonville, Florida, has a rich and vibrant history. We are happy to partner with organizations like @jaxmelaninmarket that are working to ensure this neighborhood has a thriving business corridor.

A special thank-you to the OutEast community for contributing oral history testimonies.

Photographs and maps courtesy of @ritzjax and @jaxdotcom.

#jacksonville #history #outeast #duval #florida

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🖤 BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL 🏛️ Learn more about Jacksonville’s Black history with Visit Jacksonville’s Black Heritage Trail! From historic landmarks and cultural institutions to powerful civil rights stories and influential community leaders, this self guided experience highlights the people and places that helped shape our city! ✨

A few stops along the trail include:

🎭 Ritz Theatre & Museum
🎶 Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park
🏛️ Eartha M.M. White Museum
🎓 Edward Waters University
🎨 Jessie Ball duPont Center
🌳 James Weldon Johnson Park

📲 The trail features 25 stops throughout Jacksonville and is available through the Visit Jax app, where you can access a self guided audio tour and explore at your own pace.

👉 Download the Visit Jax app and start exploring!

🔗 itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1446077836

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✨ A beautiful evening at @ritzjax by @expohistoriaarteyculturapr ! 💃❤️

So grateful for the opportunity to share our passion, celebrate our culture, and create unforgettable memories through dance.

Thank you for welcoming MARKA Foundation and allowing our dancers to shine! ✨

❤️ Grateful hearts, unforgettable moments.

#MARKAFoundation #TheRitz #JacksonvilleArts #CulturalHeritage #flamenco

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🇯🇲 Welcome to Jamaica! 🇯🇲

What an incredible weekend at the Ritz! 💚💛🖤

It was such a pleasure sharing the beauty of Jamaican culture, our rich traditions, vibrant energy, and delicious cuisine with you all!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to celebrate, connect, and experience a little piece of our beautiful island. 🇯🇲✨

One Love, One Heart, Jamaica! ❤️

#Jamaica #OneLove #JamaicanCulture #VisitJamaica #JamaicanPride CulturalCelebration Ritz

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Don't miss Will Downing live at The Ritz Theatre & Museum on November 6! 🎙️✨

Experience an incredible night of soulful vocals and classic hits. Grab your tickets now before they sell out!

🎟️ theritz.jaxevents.com

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Este domingo 18 de unirá la comunidad hispana de Jacksonville para celebrar el Mes de la Hispanidad y exaltar su cultura, historia y gastronomía.

Arlene Ortiz, llama a la comunidad a participar en esta evento que mantiene viva las raíces hispanas en Jacksonville.

La cita es este domingo 18, a partir de las 2PM en @ritzjax

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It was a Bazaar Downtown Artwalk this Month ☔️🎨🙃

Thank you all for having me 🙏

@placeyourprintontheworld_ @bazaar_47 @feedtheville

‘Feeding the Ville’ Collection in Progress - Show and Limited Prints Coming Soon 🤗

#livePainter #foodart #portrait #artbyamyi #culinaryart

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“We The People” — Building Our Community Together. ✊🏾
Join the Freedom Fund for two powerful days of history, culture, community, and purpose!
🎬 Film Screening & Reception
Featuring TILL
📅 Tuesday, October 27 | 5 PM
📍 Ritz Theatre & Museum
🎟️ $25 per person
🏆 Freedom Fund Awards Luncheon
📅 Wednesday, October 28 | 12 PM
📍 Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
🎟️ $100 Individual | $1,000 Table of 10
We’re also honored to welcome Keith Beauchamp, filmmaker and civil rights advocate behind TILL, as our special guest and keynote speaker.
🎟 JaxNaacp.org (Link In Bio)
This is more than an event—it’s an opportunity to remember our history, celebrate those making a difference, and continue building our community together.
We The People. We Remember. We Honor. We Build.
#WeThePeople #FreedomFund #BuildingOurCommunityTogether #Jacksonville #Till CivilRights CommunityMatters BlackHistory JacksonvilleEvents

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Jacksonville, your invitation has arrived. 🥀🎭

For one night only, @theravenjax transforms for Midnight at The Raven: A Masquerade Affair.

Think candlelight, masks, curated cocktails, elevated bites, live entertainment, immersive experiences, and a few surprises waiting behind closed doors.

And the best part? The evening is in support of the Ritz Theatre & Museum, making a night out feel even better.

🗝️ Friday, October 30 | 8 PM–12 AM
📍 The Raven | 525 W Beaver St, Jacksonville
🥂 Full bar + curated cocktails
🍽️ Elevated bites throughout the evening
🎶 Live entertainment
🎭 Cocktail attire + masks encouraged

Tickets are limited, and once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Grab yours, choose your mask, and meet us at The Raven.

Enter the night as someone else. Leave remembered.

#MidnightAtTheRaven #TheRavenJax #JacksonvilleEvents #JacksonvilleHalloween #JaxEvents JaxNightlife MasqueradeBall RitzTheatre DowntownJacksonville HalloweenJacksonville

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I looked at the seating chart this morning and had a moment. ❤️ More than half of the seats for October 29 are already spoken for.

Dear Jacksonville started with a simple idea. My longtime friend Cicely Hill Hendricks said, “Why don’t you do a one-woman show?”
I thought, No way! 😂 But I could do a community show.

A celebration of 50, yes, but also a chance to tell the story of the city that has helped shape so much of my life.

Yesterday my MIL asked me, “When did this get so big?”
I said, “When people started saying yes.”

The Ritz. My producer Traci Henderson Smith. PRI. Akia Uwanda. Comedian A-Train. Meachum Lamar Clarke. Kezia Rolle and JCA dancers. Douglas Anderson Theatre students. And there are still more yeses I haven’t told you about yet. ❤️

Now more than 200 of you have said yes too.

Thank you, Jacksonville. I would love for you to be in the room.

Dear Jacksonville: A Love Letter, 21 Years in the Making
October 29 | Ritz Theatre & Museum
🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio

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There’s a poem hiding on the page—come uncover it with us! 🖊️📖
Join Hope at Hand for a free blackout poetry workshop and transform an existing book page into an original poem. Simply find the words you want to keep, black out everything else, and see what emerges. No poetry or art experience is needed, and all materials are provided.
Remaining October workshops:
▪️ Sunday, October 11 | Chamblin’s Uptown
▪️ Sunday, October 18 | Ritz Theatre & Museum
▪️ Sunday, October 25 | Chamblin’s Uptown
All workshops take place from 3:00–4:30 PM and are best suited for participants at a middle-school reading level and above.
Reserve your spot now; link in our bio!

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