Leighton Davis

Curtain call: A final farewell to the San Marco Theatre

Curtain call: A final farewell to the San Marco Theatre

The San Marco Theatre — a nationally-recognized theater and community icon — permanently closed its doors on Jan. 1. The announcement was made on the theater’s Facebook page on Dec. 28 in a series of posts sharing the reasons behind the difficult decision to close, citing a national decline in theater attendance following COVID-19 as […]

Piper Davis, fourth grader, leads Afghan relief effort

Piper Davis, fourth grader, leads Afghan relief effort

Piper Davis, fourth grader at Hendricks Avenue Elementary, led an Afghan relief effort. She collected monetary donations from classmates to buy personal and household items for refugee families who are resettling in Jacksonville. At the beginning of the school year, Davis was assigned the role of “Community Outreach Leader.” Many of her ideas for leading […]