By Ashley Wermick | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Most residents of St. Augustine are familiar with the First Friday Art Walk, when art galleries downtown stay open late and showcase local artists. However, less people are familiar with Uptown Saturday Night.

By Kaitlyn Teabo | kteabo@flagler.edu

St. Augustine native Pamela Geiger expressed her artistic style with local scenery at the fifth annual Crescent Beach Paint Out.

The Paint Out allows the public to watch as over 30 of Florida’s “plein air” artists capture local scenes and landscapes. Plein air is artwork painted outdoors with the subject directly in view.

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Josh Weaver

Next to the White Lion bar and grill, in a little blue historic house that used to be a toy store, three music lovers create music for the independent record label The Spot Records.

Founded in April 2009 by local punk rocker Joe Moody, producer Shaun Strong and self-described “numbers cruncher” Stephen Kussmaul, The Spot Records aims to organize local music, promote independence and reach out to artists all over the country.

By Ashley Wermick | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Director of YiTrinity Ray Eme had one mission in mind when he took office: provide St. Augustine with a place to start a music scene. Eme is a Flagler junior who became director December 2008.

YiTrinity is located at Trinity Church on the corner of St. George and King streets. The organization is a ‘music venue with a message.’

By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu

As music lovers everywhere download millions of songs per day, avoiding buying into the music industry, Saint Augustine’s Just Breathe Records, an independent, multi-genre record label, offers an escape from all things corporate. Its founders pledge to establish unity among musicans, producers and music lovers everywhere.

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu

A Flagler College student’s car was allegedly stolen on Wednesday.

JD Bray, a Communication major, said his black two-door 2000 Ford Explorer was stolen from where he parked it across the street from his off-campus house at 312 Saint George St.

By Kaitlyn Teabo | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Maggie Strassel

A new Baja Mexican style taco shop opened on Saint George Street early September.

The Taco Shop’s owner, Nicolas Kimball, said he learned most of the recipes featured on the menu in fourth grade on “bring your mom to work day.” He grew up with food and wanted to have a place where others could share his love for tacos.

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

As the economic recession takes its toll on St. Augustine, the local music scene is bouncing back. On Friday, Sept. 11, local band Geny Pigs united with international guitarist Dixie Duncan for a concert at Kulture Hookah Lounge on West King Street.