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The 26.2: A View from the Starting Line at Mayo Clinic

By Jeannie Greenwald on Feb 13, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Atlantic Beach, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Off the Island, Our Beach Towns, Sports

We were at Mayo Clinic for the start of the coldest 26.2 yet. As the runners kept themselves wrapped in blankets or thermal wrap, or simply bounced about in the pre-dawn darkness to keep warm, Donna Deegan address the massive crowd with her inspiring rallying remarks just moments before the race began. She was followed […]

Happening Last Week at TBO…

By Jeannie Greenwald on Jan 22, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Atlantic Beach, Featured, Jacksonville Beach, Off the Island, Our Beach Towns, Uncategorized

The Beaches Online (TBO) had a busy and exciting last week. Hydrotion/Beach Bum’s Jacksonville Beach showroom On Monday we surprised Hydrotion / Beach Bum with an impromptu birthday party. The local, growing, and awesome skin care and body products company just celebrated its first year in business. Hydrotion is a line of quality facial products […]

Players By The Sea to Put On Pulitzer Prize Winning Musical

By Nick Lulli on Jan 17, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Happening at the Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Off the Island, Our Beach Towns

Following a successful Broadway and touring run, Players By The Sea will be producing a version of the musical Next to Normal this month and next, across the Intracoastal at the FSCJ Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts. Next to Normal is the story of Diana, a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect […]

Want to To Meet the Cast of Wicked…

By Jeannie Greenwald on Jan 09, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Off the Island

Here’s a Beaches Online exclusive tip: It’s easy to meet the actors of Wicked right now. Their run at the Times Union Center’s Moran Theater continues through January 22. After the performance you should exit the theater promptly and go to the exterior stage door outside the building. Do not stop to use the […]

Want to See Wicked? Try the Lottery!

By Jeannie Greenwald on Jan 07, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Off the Island

The Broadway smash hit Wicked ‘s national tour opened in Jacksonville January 4 at the Times-Union Center Moran Theatre. A tremendously popular show with an intensely loyal fan base, Wicked is generally sold out. It runs through January 22, and you can order your tickets through The Artist Series by clicking here … and / […]

WICKED: Behind the Scenes of the Jacksonville Tour Stop

By Nick Lulli on Jan 04, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Off the Island

The Beaches Online got the rare opportunity to go behind the scenes at a touring Broadway show. WICKED, often considered one of Broadway’s “biggest blockbusters” is returning to the area for a 3 week limited engagement. So how does it all work? Find out in our report.

‘Wicked’ Flies Back to Jacksonville for a Limited Engagement

By Nick Lulli on Dec 16, 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Off the Island

Broadway’s “biggest blockbuster” musical WICKED is returning to Jacksonville for a limited engagement next month at the Times Union Center for the Performing Arts. WICKED tells the “untold story of the witches” of OZ, and offers a sort of prequel, and then alternative view to The Wizard of Oz. America’s fascination with the land of […]

Local Girls Raise Money for Charity

By Nick Lulli on Dec 14, 2011 in Atlantic Beach, Featured, Off the Island, Our Beach Towns

Many residents of the beaches – the Atlantic Beach area in particular – have been aware of and supporting the neighborhood bake sales put on by young baker Lily Greenwald and her sister and assistant Maggie. Lily came up with the idea of raising money for the Jacksonville Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic in Wolfson Children’s […]

A Trendy Coat for a Bargain Price

By Nick Lulli on Oct 16, 2011 in Featured, Off the Island

Lugging my two daughters, and young associate, I just had to go shopping the other evening and check out the new TJ Maxx at Atlantic and Kernan. It was a quick, off-the-island impulse trip on a Saturday night, where I found a sweet sweater dress by Max Studio for $39.99 and a Calvin Klein black […]

Volusia Blue Springs Brings Fun and Laughs in the Waning Summer Days

By Nick Lulli on Oct 16, 2011 in Off the Island

This is… The Beaches Online!

By Jeannie Greenwald on Aug 16, 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Off the Island

Welcome to The Beaches Online, your online lifestyle magazine that celebrates our beach life on this island east of Jacksonville – from histoic Mayport to Vilano beach, we are 27 miles of coastline most heavily populated from Atlantic Beach to Ponte Vedra Beach, and we love the little town we’ve chosen to live in. We […]