I just saw that local band 'Fit For Rivals' started a Kickstarter page to help fund the production for their next album. While I am new to their music, I can say they sound good and that it's awesome they took the web to keep it alive.

'SUNBEARS!' as you may know did and overreached their pledged goal of $8,000 with $9,555. I would love this idea to be applied to other local bands or projects that maybe aren't even well known. Embrace what resources you can!

If you wanted to help back the album you have about a month to do so in this way.

Marsha Stevens-Pino scheduled to appear her in Jacksonville Saturday, April 23 at 7:00 PM at Riverside United Church of Christ.  Riverside UCC is located at 2858 Post St. 

Marsha Stevens-Pino is the famed composer of For Those Tears I Died (Come To The Water), a standard of Christian hymnals since 1972.  She is listed in the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ (ASCAP), Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music and Who’s Who in American Music.  Come join us for an evening of inspiration and worship.  Marsha Stevens-Pino will perform a concert at 7:00 pm. Marsha has recorded 11 solo albums and one concert video. 

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is hosting the 16th annual VSA Arts Festival from April 26 to April 29, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This festival provides an opportunity for more than 2,300 students from the surrounding four counties’ public school’s Exceptional Student Education (ESE) programs to experience the beauty of art and to demonstrate their own artistic abilities. Students and teachers will tour though eight ArtStops in the Museum’s galleries, gardens, studios and Art Connections to create hands-on art projects, view The Cummer’s art collection and learn about art appreciation.