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12 Community News Ponte Vedra Recorder ·September 24, 2015 SHORT TAKES Lightner Museum Joins Smithsonian magazine’s 11th Annual Museum Day Live! HALE BOB FALL 2015 1049 Kings Avenue, 32207 399-4864 M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m www.lindacunningham.com 95N to Prudential Dr. East, 2 blocks to Kings Ave. Lightner Museum will open its doors free of charge on Saturday Sept. 26, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 11th annual Museum Day Live! On this day only, participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission everyday, and open their doors for free to those who download a Museum Day Live! ticket. The Museum Day Live! Ticket is available to download at Smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. For more information about Museum Day Live! 2015 and a list of participating museums and cultural institutions, please visit Smithsonian. com/museumday. For more information, please visit Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. ‘Art in Bloom’ at Lightner Museum The Garden Club of St. Augustine will host “Art in Bloom,” a floral design presentation inspired by Lightner Museum fine art pieces during St. Augustine’s First Friday Art Walk held from 5-9 p.m. on Oct. 2. This event is free and open to the public. Imaginative floral artistry pairs with world-class art in the Lightner Museum’s Grand Ballroom Gallery for this first-time event. Eighteen unique floral designs will highlight the talents of the members of the Garden Club of St. Augustine. Many of the artists will be present to speak about their creations placed near the museum pieces that inspired them. The floral creations will remain on display for the remainder of the weekend and can be viewed with general admission to the museum. St. Johns County residents always enjoy free admission to the museum with proper identification Attend this free event and enjoy the social setting of the museum after dark. Listen to musician Alex Roach play the Lightner Museum’s Grand Chickering piano. Donations to the Lightner Museum are appreciated. The museum is located at 75 King St., St. Augustine. For more information, call (904) 824-2874 or visit www.lightnermuseum.org.