Ed Martin's INSIDE VENICE FLORIDA Blog          These are all the Blogs posted on Saturday, 20, 2008. Free Jazz Concert, Lectures and Photo Exhibit in Venice, along with Dick Hyman and Friends Hightest level "Classic Jazz" comes to Venice. The Venice Jazz festival, in its second year, is providing more than some of the nation's best players, led by Venice's own Dick Hyman. There will be a free, outdoor, Jazz concert in West Blalock Park on Sept. 27th from 1 to 4:30 p.m., and local fans of the Venice Indians will have the chance to see the Venice High School band open the event with some classic jazz. Three terrific bands, known to area Read more | 0 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 8:25 PM in Category:Inside Venice Interesting and Important Meetings of City Council on Monday and Tuesday, Sept 22,23. City Council Meetings Monday and Tuesday present citizens with an opportunity to take part in some interesting and significant city happenings. Monday morning at 9 the Council will interview the Slavin firm for the job of finding candidates for City Manager. Slavin has helped Northport find their city manager and also helped Venice choose Police Chief Julie Williams. The regular bi-weekly city council meeting will begin at 9:30 Tuesday morning. The afternoon session T Read more | 0 comments Posted By Ed Martin at 8:44 PM in Category:Inside Venice