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In today's newsletter:
🎭 IRSC cutting its Performing Arts program
💼 Florida unemployment holds steady at 4.8% in May
🚨 Dangerous by Design 2026 report tracks pedestrian deaths
🔥 Florida wildfire season unusually active
🥭 Florida Mango Festival 2026 this weekend in West Palm Beach
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Ja'Min Devon
Founder, Sunland News
IRSC is cutting its Performing Arts program
This story first came across my feed through a post from the Pineapple Playhouse earlier this week. Alex Yahn, President of the Pineapple Playhouse, shared a heartfelt response to the news that IRSC is discontinuing the Performing Arts and Visual Arts tracks within its Associate of Arts degree program 🎭.
I reached out to IRSC for comment. Lindsay Skully, Associate Vice President of Brand Experience, confirmed the change. Following a strategic review of enrollment trends, resource sustainability and institutional priorities the college is discontinuing the Performing and Visual Arts tracks within the A.A. degree program. Students currently in those tracks will not have their degree progress or graduation timelines disrupted.
The college also sent a message directly to McAlpin patrons this week confirming that the McAlpin Performing Arts Series will no longer feature student performers going forward. The McAlpin Fine Arts Center itself is not closing. IRSC says it plans to deepen partnerships with Treasure Coast community arts organizations through co-productions and continue hosting college programming.
The 47th season announcement is still coming 📅.
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🥳 Out-of-Towner: Events Worth the Drive!
Friday, June 26
🌙 Nights in Northwood Village – Northwood Rd, West Palm Beach. | 6 PM – 9 PM | Free | 50+ vendors, art, food, live music | Details
🎵 80s and 90s Night: Mixtape Kids at Lou's Blues – Lou's Blues Bar & Grill, Melbourne. | 9 PM | Details
🎨 Art After Dark at the Norton Museum of Art – Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach. | 5 PM | Details
🎵 Tributes to Filter, Days of the New, Oasis and Coldplay at Pineapples – 1434 Pineapple Ave, Melbourne. | 6:30 PM | 18+ | $15 | Details
Saturday, June 27
🥭 Florida Mango Festival 2026 – West Palm Beach Convention Center. | 9 AM | Over 200 varieties, tastings, workshops | Details
🎵 Better 4 Brevard Bash – Eau Gallie Arts District, Melbourne. | 5 PM – 8 PM | Live music, food trucks, face paint, free | Details
🎵 Rock the Plaza at One Boynton – 1351 S Federal Hwy, Boynton Beach. | 5 PM – 9 PM | Free | Details
🌺 Midsommar Flower Crown and Wellness Event – Johan's Joe, West Palm Beach. | 5 PM | Ticketed | Details
Sunday, June 28
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💧 The Last Drop: Jobs, Pedestrian Safety, Wildfires
💼 Florida unemployment holds steady at 4.8% in May – Rate unchanged from April. Small business hiring flat. Miami-Fort Lauderdale lowest at 3.6%. State has 531,000 unemployed. Small businesses citing rising labor costs and difficulty finding qualified workers. Report
🚨 Dangerous by Design 2026 report tracks pedestrian deaths – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports 39,254 killed on U.S. roads in 2024, including 7,080 pedestrians. Disparities disproportionately impact communities of color and low-income neighborhoods. Study ranks states and metro areas by fatality rates. Read
🔥 Florida wildfire season unusually active – Severe months-long drought and early-summer heat fueling blazes across state. Risk level remains high despite late June typically seeing drops. Live map tracking all active fires, sizes, and containment levels. Map
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