• “Hank & My Honky Tonk Heroes” opens Tuesday at Alhambra Theatre & Dining. Obie Award winner Jason Petty, backed by a live four-piece band, portrays country legend Hank Williams. The show runs through Aug. 19. Petty won an Obie Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Williams. Shows start at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, 1:15 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Doors open earlier for brunch or dinner. For information, call 641-1212 or visit www.alhambrajax.com.
• Duval Delegation Chair Lake Ray announced the delegation will host a discussion with health officials about the tuberculosis outbreak in Duval County. The discussion is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lynwood Roberts Room at City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.
• The Main Street America Group has completed making Minnesota-domiciled insurance carrier Austin Mutual Insurance Co. an affiliate of the Jacksonville-based super regional property/casualty insurance company. The affiliation has been approved by the Minnesota Insurance Commissioner’s Office and Austin Mutual policyholders. Austin Mutual is a regional carrier that writes personal lines and commercial lines in nine Midwest and Western States. “Our affiliation with Austin Mutual is another step in fulfilling our company’s long-term strategy of increasing scale through geographic diversification,” said Tom Van Berkel, chairman, president and CEO of The Main Street America Group.
• The protest by black City Council members over committee assignments continued Tuesday, the second day of meetings of the Council year. Members Denise Lee, Reggie Brown and Kimberly Daniels did not attend the 2 p.m. Recreation and Community Development meeting, while Lee and Council member Warren Jones were absent from the 5 p.m. Land Use and Zoning Committee. They resigned committee membership assignments to protest Council President Bill Bishop’s appointments. They want Bishop to add another black Council member to the influential Rules and Finance committees. They also asked Bishop to appoint a black Council member to chair a standing committee. He then appointed Daniels to chair the Public Health and Safety Committee, which he split from the Recreation and Community Health Committee. Daniels chaired the public health committee Monday.