YOUR NEIGHBORS Showing pride

Flagler Pride hosted its annual Pride Festival at Central Park in Palm Coast’s Town Center on June 10 during a weekend of LGBT events.

The festival featured music and comedy performances and booths from local businesses and support organizations.

Coquina Coast Brewing Company in Flagler Beach was the site of an 18-and-older drag and burlesque show the evening of June 9; on June 11, Flagler Pride led a vigil at Veterans Park in Flagler Beach for the seven-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Forty-nine people were killed in the shooting, and more than 50 injured.

Crystal Rodriguez, owner of Creaturiffic Parties, was one of the supporters at the festival.

Rodriguez said events like the pride festival are important because it’s sometimes hard for LGBTQ individuals to remember that they have a large, supportive community, even in conservative areas.

“We have more support than I thought,” Rodriguez said.

Flagler Pride is an LGBTQ support organization that was founded in 2020. It provides diverse and inclusive safe spaces for Flagler County’s LGBTQ community and its allies.

–SIERRA WILLIAMS

Local Events

THURSDAY, JUNE 15

Ormond Beach Area

DEMOCRATIC CLUB

MEETING

When: 7 p.m.

Where: 56 N. Halifax Drive, Ormond Beach

Details: The June meeting of the Ormond Beach Area Democratic Club will feature social visiting beginning at 6:30 p.m. before the meeting starts. The focus of the meeting will be to promote awareness of local, state and national issues, as well as responsive ways to put American democratic values into action. Like-minded nonmembers are welcome to attend as guests. Visit ormondbeachdems.org for more information.

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

SCHOOL’S OUT FOR ART:

FUN FATHER’S DAY CARDS

When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Where: Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, 78 E. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach

Details: Enjoy a guided tour of OMAM’s summer art exhibit with Diamond Johnson, curator of youth and outreach programs, and then create an “origami” shirt-and-tie Father’s Day card. Open to ages 4 to 12. All supplies provided. Costs $12 for museum members; $15 for future members. Visit ormondartmuseum.org.

FREE MOVIE NIGHT: ‘THE

DRIVE TO SING’

When: 5:30 p.m.

Where: Ormond Beach Presbyterian Church, 105 Amsden Road, Ormond Beach

Details: The Daytona Beach Choral Society invites the community to a free showing of “The Drive to Sing,” a documentary about the importance of making music together through the lens of pandemic “car choirs,” featuring choirs in Massachu- setts, Virginia, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Alberta. RSVPs to info@daytonabeachchoralsociety.com are encouraged. Complimentary light refreshments will be served. Movie begins at 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 17

FATHER’S DAY PLANT SALE

When: 9 a.m. to noon

Where: Cattleman’s Hall at Flagler County Fairgrounds, 150 Sawgrass Road, Bunnell

Details: Flagler County

Master Gardener volunteers are holding a plant sale, which includes a limited number of sugar belle mandarin trees. This new variety of citrus tree, developed by the University of Florida, is resistant to citrus greening. For more information, email mgardener@ flaglercounty.gov.

Dance is open to ages 7-12. Tickets cost $20 and must be purchased in advance. Call 386-676-3216.

THE RAT PACK AND MARILYN MONROE

When: 7 p.m.

Where: Flagler Auditorium, 5500 State Road 100, Palm Coast Details: Kool 100.7 and the Flagler Auditorium are bringing the Rat Pack with a live six-piece Vegas-style band, along with Marilyn Monroe. This show supports arts education in Flagler Schools. Tickets start at $50. Visit flaglerauditorium.org.

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

FOOD TRUCK TUESDAY

When: 5-8 p.m.

Where: Central Park at Town Center, 975 Central Ave., Palm Coast Details: Enjoy a variety of foods from local food trucks as part of Food Truck Tuesday in Palm Coast, presented in partnership with the Palm Coast Observer

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

VOLUSIA-FLAGLER SIERRA CLUB MEETING

When: 12-5 p.m.

Where: African American Cultural Society and Museum, 4422 U.S. 1 North, Palm Coast

Details: Celebrate Juneteenth with the African American Cultural Society and Museum at this event featuring music, entertainment, games, vendors, food and more. Call 386-447-7030.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

When: 5-7 p.m.

Where: The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Details: The Casements and The Casements Guild are presenting this Roaring ’20s-themed father-daughter dinner and dance. All fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, uncles and guardians are invited to dance the night away with the little ladies in their lives.

When: 6-7:30 p.m.

Where: Natural Concepts Revisited, 142 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach Details: Join the Volusia-Flagler Sierra Club for a presentation on rain barrels, by Chris Rentz, “The Barrel Man” from DeLand. The meeting will also include updates on current group efforts and activities. Free and open to the public.

ONGOING INSPIRATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

When: June 4 through July 15

Where: Expressions Art Gallery, 2298 Colbert Lane, Palm Coast Details: See this exhibition featuring artists Suzanne Barrett and Louise Kennedy.