• New java option on the way. Sunrise Cafe has leased the space at the corner of Adams and Laura in the Elks Building. Expect construction of the coffee shop to begin soon.
• A slight relocation. The Capital Partners management office at Independent Square is no longer in the lobby. Its new home is Suite 1850.
• The folks in San Diego will be getting a glimpse of Mayor John Peyton next month. Seems Peyton recently filmed a spot for the Pepsi Bottling Group of North Florida and South Georgia. The group is a finalist for PepsiCo’s Donald M. Kendall Bottler of the Year Award and shot a piece as part of their submission. That piece — with Peyton in it — will be shown late next month at the National Bottlers Meeting in San Diego.
• Darla Wilson, coordinator of the Duval County Legislative Delegation Office, will be back in her office at City Hall this week after her trip to London. She flew out of Jacksonville Aug. 11, the day after the terrorist plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic was foiled and will likely have some interesting stories to tell.
• From Sept. 1-Oct. 31 the show “Dreamscapes” will be on display at Reddi-Arts Gallery 1037 on Hendricks Avenue. Artists include Princess Rashid, Elaine Bedell and Natacha K. Jones. The medium is acrylic on canvas and mixed media.
• Yoga Fusion of San Marco just opened on Hendricks Avenue and not only are they offering a variety of yoga classes to their customers, but they are also giving back to the community. Owner Jennifer Watson will be holding a “Solid Citizen Yoga” class every Friday. It is a donation-based class and 100 percent of the donations will be given to a nonprofit organization like Hospice, the American Cancer Society and others.
• The Art Walk on Sept. 6 is themed “Back to School” to celebrate Jacksonville’s youth. Some performances include an improv show by students at the LaVilla School of the Arts at JMOMA and “Back to Old School” by the Soul Pit break dancers also at JMOMA. For more information visit www.downtownjacksonville.org.
• Speaking of Art Walk, one of the first Big Cats for Kids will be unveiled at TTV Architects on Forsyth Street at 6 p.m. during the Art Walk. Their cat is themed “Close Encounters of the Cat Kind.” Big Cats for Kids is a fundraiser for the Otis Smith Kids Foundation and follows the very successful manatees campaign from two years ago.
• The Museum of Science and History will be holding their primary fundraising event, the X Benefit at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at MOSH. Guests will be transported around the globe where they will be able to “eXamine the past, eXplore the future and eXerience the present.” There will also be a silent auction. Proceeds from the event will help fund MOSH’s fall exhibit, “Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body.” For tickets to the X Benefit call 396-7062, ext. 223.
• More information has been released about this year’s “Taste the Music 2006” on Sept. 21 from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the Aetna Building. The St. Johns River City Band presents “Satin Swing.” TV-4 Sports Director Sam Kouvaris will be a special guest and Arthur Crofton of FM-96.1 will serve as emcee. For tickets call 335-4700.
• Better than a gold star: 480 middle school teachers from Baker, Clay, Flagler, Nassau and St. Johns counties will be in the stands with a guest for the Jaguars vs. Buccaneers game Saturday night at Alltel Stadium. They earned the tickets through Winn-Dixie’s A-Team program that rewards teachers and students for their performance. Last week, 480 Duval County middle school teachers received tickets for the Jaguars vs. Panthers game. 240 Duval County middle school students will get a family four-pack of tickets for the regular-season opener vs. the Cowboys on Sept. 10.
• Theatre Jacksonville’s first show of the 2006-07 season, Sheakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” opens Sept. 15 and runs through Oct. 7. Jason Chimonides, Shakespeare in San Marco director, returns from New York City to direct Theatre Jacksonville’s show. For tickets call 396-4425.
• The Housing and Neighborhoods Department has announced the appointment of William Arce, a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute HOGAR Fellow. One of his tasks will be to develop programs for the city’s Latino/minority community, including bilingual guides to provide information about local opportunities to help Hispanics build wealth.
• The new Downtown This Week is out and the cover story reveals who paints all those paw prints on Bay Street every year about this time. The magazine is free and available all over Downtown.