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Hasidic rapper Matisyahu drops some new knowledge on old school music lovers. p. 22

City parking enforcement employees say they were told to drive around and not issue tickets. p. 7

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32 GUEST EDITORIAL p. 4 NEWS City parking enforcement employees say they were told to drive around and not issue tickets. p. 7 BUZZ, BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS Tony Boselli unleashes on hackers, Jack Del Rio says no to phallic hairstyles. p. 8 SPORTSTALK Does Jax love its Lax? All signs point to maybe. p. 11 ON THE COVER The author of “Tomatoland” dishes the dirt on Florida’s agricultural aberration. p. 13 OUR PICKS Our reasons to leave the house this week. p. 17 MOVIES Reviews of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “The Change-Up.” p. 18

MUSIC Hasidic rapper Matisyahu drops some new knowledge on old school music lovers. p. 22 The dynamic duo Tammerlin celebrates a decade-plus of tapping into the source of traditional tunes. p. 23 ARTS Douglas Anderson alumni celebrate a quarter-century of artistic excellence. p. 32 BACKPAGE Marching Toward Plutocracy: The failure of meritocracy and the standardization of inequality. p. 47 MAIL p. 5 I ♥ TELEVISION p. 12 HAPPENINGS p. 34 DINING GUIDE p. 35 NEWS OF THE WEIRD p.42 I SAW U p. 43 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY p. 44 CLASSIFIEDS p. 45 AUGUST 16-22, 2011 | folio weekly | 3

Guest Editorial Paper or Plastic?

The fate of Northeast Florida’s largest daily is inextricably linked to the city’s own

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ack in my newspaper editing days in St. Paul, Minn., I doubled as a graduate MBA student at a local college. My instructor was a business writer at the Twin Cities’ largest daily. That time in the print business is now known as the good ol’ days.

Some 20 years ago, this Midwestern market boasted two daily papers packed with so much advertising, their Sunday editions would crack like gunshots as they hit our driveway. There were also competing alt-newsweeklies and enough local niche products to fill a dozen shelves on the neighborhood newsstand.

Still, my teacher and I shared an uncomfortable feeling that the world of crowded newsrooms, lifelong employment and generous retirement packages was coming to an end. So he gave me an assignment: Predict what journalism will look like in the post-print era.

In the days before smart phones and e-readers, it was hard to imagine a world without the morning paper. How could anyone conceive of a device more convenient than the hand-held newspaper? — easy to hold, quick

big-city dailies have gone under (remember the Jacksonville Journal?), they’ve always been their city’s second- or third-string paper.

As far as we can tell, the demise of the T-U would make Jacksonville the only top-50 metropolitan area in the United States without a printed daily newspaper.

Let’s start by admitting the loss of the T-U would be a huge blow to journalism in Northeast Florida. Local TV does a fine job tracking afternoon thunderstorms, and Folio Weekly pitches in with investigative reporting on politics and government. But neither TV nor your favorite alt-weekly has the resources to pick up the T-U’s’ slack. Like it or not, the T-U sets the agenda for coverage of local issues.

(Just listen as local radio reads you the paper every morning.) And when the T-U uncorks one of its occasional blockbusters, the entire city (particularly the ruling class) takes notice.

The T-U’s demise would create an information vacuum that no current player (certainly not j-ville.com) would be able to fill. If this had happened 15 year ago, a media

How could anyone conceive of a device more convenient than the hand-held newspaper? — easy to hold, quick to scan and with a search engine so efficient, a reader could go from stocks to jocks in the blink of an eye.

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to scan and with a search engine so efficient, a reader could go from stocks to jocks in the blink of an eye. My final paper that term concluded that the daily newspaper was an irreplaceable part of urban life. No technology imaginable, I wrote, could deliver the news of the day in a package so convenient.

Looking back, it’s clear I was a dinosaur who couldn’t see the meteor streaking across the sky.

Today, thanks to the iPad, Craigslist and other factors too numerous to mention, the daily newspaper shares the endangered species list with home phones and moderate Republicans.

In cities from New York to L.A., Chicago to Houston, dailies are fighting the twin tsunamis of declining (and aging) readership and a precipitous loss in advertising revenue.

And then there’s Jacksonville, where the seemingly endless string of high-profile defections has the Times-Union’s editorial product gasping for air (“The Daily Show,” News, Aug. 9, bit.ly/mS0JEK).

The purpose of this column is not to pile on a struggling competitor (every print product, including this one, has been battered by the Great Recession). We aren’t privy to the T-U’s internal finances, but the signs are ominous: The T-U’s parent company sought bankruptcy protection in 2009, has implemented a series of layoffs and pay freezes and, most recently, tried to save money with a dramatic trimming of its page size. No matter how you measure it, 2011’s T-U carries far less advertising than it did just five years ago.

So let’s speculate: What if the T-U stopped publishing a print edition and instead directed its readers to jacksonville.com? While many

giant like Gannett or Post/Newsweek may have tried to gobble up an underserved market.

But no one is investing in mid-sized markets these days. And is there anyone locally with the resources to, as the saying goes, buy paper by the roll and ink by the barrel?

If the T-U ceased to exist, the hardest hit would be those who (through age, poverty or stubbornness) are unable to find their way to the web. City and school officials would suddenly operate in an environment of anonymity that would foster arrogance and corruption. And with police actions reduced to 30-second bites on the TV evening news, it would be nearly impossible to put crime and punishment into any meaningful context.

Who would fill the journalistic void if the T-U ceased to print? If technology is a guide, the future would probably lie with dozens of informational entrepreneurs who would try to make money covering pieces of the former whole. Imagine an online crime rag (or maybe a dozen) covering various communities. Politics could suddenly get the old muckraker treatment, with local webzines fighting to make a name for themselves by uncovering sensational scandals.

The truth is, no one can predict what will happen if the print version of the T-U ceases to exist. If I were writing that MBA class paper today, however, I would conclude that the future is dim for print daily newspapers — in St. Paul, Jacksonville and beyond. And inkstained wretches like me will certainly lament their passing.

Bob Snell

Snell is a former editor of Folio Weekly.

Walter Coker

Legal Bias

I am writing with regard to the article “The Good Fight” (News, Aug. 2). What prompted me to write is that the heading of the article so clearly reflects the journalistic bent of Folio Weekly, which is a dislike or distrust of the criminal justice system. Why was it necessary to refer to the criminal justice system as “a land of foul play”? There is nothing whatsoever in the article itself that points to any foul play. Also, I have never met Alison Graham and have no reason to believe that she is anything but a fine attorney who approaches her work with passion.

However, with all the good work attorneys in Jacksonville do for their clients, the community and even the nation as a whole, why select an attorney to feature whose stated accomplishment was having a serial criminal play a guitar in court so as to establish his humanity?

Arthur Rubin Jacksonville via email

years ago. Reading one of the letters — it was about the [Backpage, June 14] people “Going Hungry” (“Empathy Scale,” Mail, July 5) — I really felt responsible to write.

One of the replies was about the lady who wanted to help and Micheal Tomsik from Jacksonville said that our government doesn’t care for the people who are starving to death. But on the other hand, they want to help illegal immigrants who just passed the border. Let me say that not all immigrants get help. Some are rejected from their country for different reasons such as politics, war and poverty. I had opportunity to come to USA, like most of the immigrants, legally by visa. Since I got here, everything for me was hard.

I couldn’t speak English at all, couldn’t drive, didn’t have car and I had debt to pay back in my country. So I started to work hard. I was working two jobs. I was struggling with my life. Nobody helped me.

It is not only the government helping immigrants. It is all of us, by paying little

“Everyone should be aware that the ACLU did have sinister origins. It was founded to defend communists against prosecution.” taxes for them and by creating foundations that help people. We can’t stop [immigration] but we can prevent catastrophe from the people getting hungry. I believe we will. So may God bless America and all the world.

Gentian Manati Jacksonville via email

Over Compensating

Mr. Hull (Money Jungle, Aug. 2): I do not wish to dispute your views on the governor or politics in general, only to comment on your concern about students “who had to spend their precious summertime … begging on the streets for money.” Sir, I am a mother of two, both working their way through school. Do you honestly think that most students would spend their summers studying if everything was provided for them? They have plenty of time to hang with their friends. The last two generations, for the most part, have been spoiled, and few have any concept how tough life really is. Working hard to achieve a goal makes it all the more precious and valuable.

The days of “handouts” are over. There is no money left. No one will ever be happy with the tax cuts. If we cut our government spending in half today, we would probably never recover.

My bottom line: Only the strong, determined and hard-working youth will have any chance of success from now on, by God’s grace. That’s all. Thank you so much for your time. I look forward to reading more from you.

Debbie Upchurch via email

Immigrant’s Tale

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Divine Retribution

I decided to wait to see what the reaction would be to Norman Dunn’s calling us a “Christian nation” (Mail, July 12). I am glad I waited. David Markert wishes there were an amendment mandating freedom FROM religion. Well, Mr. Markert, there isn’t one.

Perhaps the Founders desired to have a religious spirit infuse our society. Though many were deists, there were Christians among them and there’s little evidence that many were atheists. George Washington assured the members of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., that they had nothing to fear from America’s being a Christian country.

Keith Myers invokes the ACLU. Everyone should be aware that the ACLU did have sinister origins. It was founded to defend communists against prosecution by the progressive Woodrow Wilson Administration, using the Constitution. ACLU wanted to replace our government with a communist one. It was diabolically clever of them to use our country’s basic governing document to defend people whose goal was to destroy us.

Roger Baldwin, ACLU’s main founder and driving force, was a lifelong communist and stated this!

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Finally, our most basic document, The Declaration of Independence, uses “God,” “created,” “Creator,” “Supreme Judge of the World” and “divine Providence,” not to mention “solemnly,” all of which leave anyone with the feeling that signers had a religious

“I am not afraid of those who hate me for speaking up about the oppressions of the poor. We also need to be heard. We have a right to be heard. And we deserve to be heard.” spirit. The Declaration states our philosophy with the Constitution merely a blueprint for it.

Perhaps, Markert, Myers and ACLU want the Declaration to be declared unconstitutional!

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This is in response to letter writer, Mr. John Travis Fletcher, who wrote under the heading “Empathy Scale” referring to my June 14 Backpage Editorial: “Let’s write up a story about her daughter and the father who was not mentioned, see how flattering it reads” (Mail, July 5).

First of all, my grandson’s father was murdered in cold blood by a psycho stranger when my grandson was 11 years old.

As for my daughter, she has worked her butt off ever since she was 16. She has a seventh-degree black belt in karate, and is a nurse. You do not know what my life was like.

I only hope you never fall into hardship and have to defend yourself from self-righteous citizens who resent those who are struggling in a decaying economy.

I did receive a $25 check as a gift from a kindhearted woman. There are still caring and compassionate people who do not “assume and judge” the poor without knowing the whole story.

I am not afraid of those who hate me for speaking up about the oppressions of the poor. We also need to be heard. We have a right to be heard. And we deserve to be heard. We are human beings and deserve to be treated as such.

Simonne Liberty Jacksonville via email

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By focusing its patrols on parking meters downtown, the city of Jacksonville loses millions of dollars in parking ticket fines that could be issued in the rest of the 800-square-mile municipality.

Meter Made

City parking enforcement employees say they were told to drive around and not issue tickets

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ne of the most persistent stereotypes about public employees is that they laze about on the public’s dime, like freeloaders on the dole.

Now a group of four city parking employees allege they were actually told not to do their jobs in order to sabotage a test parking program.

According to four employees in the city’s Public Parking Division, a fledgling effort to patrol areas outside Jacksonville’s urban core in June and July 2010 was doomed after they were told to merely drive around, and to limit the number of tickets they actually wrote. The allegations surfaced during the employees’ annual reviews, in which three of the four employees assigned to the pilot program were criticized for not issuing more citations. In response to the criticism, Parking Enforcement Specialist Roger Hidalgo wrote, “[W]e were going to the outskirts of the city and we were told, ‘Not to write any citations.’” Specialist Carl Dean Hoskins also noted, “We were told, ‘Not to write any citations.’ ” As anyone who parks downtown knows, the city’s 11-member Parking Division has traditionally focused on watching the parking meters for the red “expired” flag.

It’s a lucrative watch. The Parking Division generates about $894,000 annually. But in 2007, one of the city’s own parking officers submitted a five-page plan that he claimed could generate as much as $2.5 million in additional revenue. Instead of assigning all parking officers to downtown, Bobby Thigpen suggested reassigning a select group to patrol commercial areas in the city’s outskirts. At that time, Thigpen patrolled the city at large for handicapped parking violations. Thigpen met with key staffers in Mayor Peyton’s administration, and they were interested in trying out his idea.

The pilot project apparently skirted the office of Derek Igou, former parking division chief and Peyton’s deputy chief administrative officer, who says the idea has been tried a number of times and it never works. According to Igou, the real mission of the parking patrol is to keep cars parked at downtown meters from overstaying their welcome, and he noted it’s far easier to keep an eye on parking division employees when they are assigned to a small geographical area.

When he was chief of the division, Igou pulled all the officers into downtown, making it the

focus of enforcement.

“When we had people going out there [beyond the urban core], it was hard to account for their time and production,” says Igou, who is still employed by the city but doesn’t yet have a title in the Brown Administration. “There’s a temptation to do things other than the job — to run a few errands.”

Still, for eight weeks in June and July 2010, the Parking Division assigned four officers to outskirts patrol. When the trial was finished, Parking Division Chief Division Chief Robert Carle concluded it was a failure: Officers wrote fewer tickets, required more gas, drove longer distances and actually cost the city $1,880 more.

But three of the four parking officers who participated in the experiment contend their ticket production was low because they’d been told to not write tickets. “Management didn’t want the plan to succeed and told officers not to write too many tickets,” Robert Hidalgo wrote in the employee comments section of his annual evaluation, dated June 2, 2011, “and [parking supervisor Robert Bradley] took me off the plan after four days because I was averaging 45 tickets a day, and that was too many.” Specialist Steven Lawing noted in his evaluation, “I was told to take it easy.”

When he wrote 30 tickets on the first day, he says that Bradley “looked at me like I did something wrong.” Parking enforcement officer Gloria Cuevas, who’s since left the city, told Folio Weekly she’d also been instructed to not write tickets during the experiment.

Carle denies he ever told anyone to not write tickets, and says he didn’t read the employees’ evaluations and never heard about the allegations. Bradley could not be located for comment. Carle says he learned of the allegations only when Folio Weekly asked about it. “I am unaware of it,” Carle told us.

“I never heard that, Ma’am.”

Asked why anyone in the city would turn away a source of revenue, one parking enforcement officer speculated that Igou didn’t want the pilot program to work because he’d disbanded a similar patrol years ago, and he would look bad if it did prove to be a money generator.

While that’s only speculation, the employees’ allegations are bolstered by the results of a new pilot project, implemented

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Wiped Out “Toilet paper. This is a case about toilet paper.”

— United States Seventh District Court of Appeals Judge Terence C. Evans’ deadpan opening sentence in a ruling on a dispute between Georgia-Pacific and fellow toilet paper manufacturer Kimberly-Clark. The case generated much pulp — 675,000 pages of documents and dozens of witnesses — by the time the Court of Appeals ruled. At issue was whether KimberlyClark violated Georgia-Pacific’s trademark when it used a diamond quilting pattern on its Cottonelle brand. The Court of Appeals ultimately ruled against G-P, a company which ironically accuses others — particularly environmentalists worried about the impact of the company’s pollution — as “overly litigious.”

by new Parking Supervisor Nancy Kirts, who replaced Bradley. Kirts assigned two officers to patrol commercial areas in Southside starting June 27. Since then, enforcement officers patrolling there have written twice the number of tickets as written in the same period during the 2010 pilot program. For the week of July 15, the two officers wrote 1,404 tickets in the outskirts, compared to 799 tickets four officers produced in 2010. And revenues are up for that same week, from $19,245 in ’10 to $35,620 in ’11.

Several parking enforcement officers told Folio Weekly they have heard that Carle, who allegedly tried to sabotage the initial project, told Kirts to stop the 2011 pilot project and limit parking enforcement to downtown, but Folio Weekly could not confirm it. The officers also have cast Kirts as something of a parking

maverick or parking superhero.

Kirts did not return calls seeking comment.

But recent emails suggest she is gung-ho about the most recent pilot. “We are blazing an enforcement trail,” she wrote in a June 29 email to Carle. On Aug. 2, Kirts informed Carle that her officers had written 545 citations on Aug. 1, compared to 237 on July 1.

But Carle wasn’t impressed. The goal of parking enforcement isn’t to generate revenue, he contends, but ensure greater compliance with parking laws. “The overwhelming majority of citations were for expired tag registrations, which is not our mission,” he observed. “On the surface, the trial may appear as successful.

[But] that would only be considering the element of generating revenue … .”

Once Bitten Jacksonville Sharks got a little help from their “friends” during an Arena Football League conference title game last Monday night. An audience member and apparent Sharks fan grabbed Georgia Force player C.J. Johnson from behind as he prepared to catch a Sharks kickoff, and refused to let go. The Sharks, in a winning display of poor sportsmanship, high-fived the audience member. The ref awarded Georgia the ball, but the Sharks won the game. Check out the video at bit.ly/njOKko.

World Baton Twirling competition, Veterans Memorial Arena, August 5

Bouquets to Springfield residents John Fabiano and Christopher Cahill for conducting a guerilla beautification campaign.

The two have taken it upon themselves to landscape empty lots and street corners around the westside of Springfield, arranging rocks and planting foliage to create small oases of green in otherwise desolate and neglected places.

Hazing Comes to a Head Jack Del Rio put the kibosh on rookie hazing this year, one year after fellow Jag Uche Nwaneri memorably shaved a giant phallic symbol into the hair of Jacksonville Jaguars rookie offensive lineman Kevin Haslam. Well done, Jack. Now back to “chopping wood.”

Baller, Shotcaller “Some days I wonder why I even do social media with idiots out there who hack in to post a bunch of crap.

You talk about some cowards.”

— Tony Boselli, in a Facebook post last week. When someone asked the former Jag what he was angry about, Boselli responded, “Some jack@@ hacked my account and put a link to porn.”

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Brickbats to City Councilmember Kimberly Daniels for using a national tragedy as a platform for local political gain. Daniels used the council communications office last week to issue a press release announcing her “profound sorrow for the tragic deaths” of 31 military personnel in Afghanistan and “urg[ing] Jacksonville’s citizens to keep those personnel and their grieving families in their thoughts and prayers.” Daniels, whose homophobic rants became a hallmark of her bid for office, seems the unlikeliest of the 19-member legislative body to offer counsel on the parameters of empathy.

Bouquets to Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland for making his website easily usable to Spanish speakers. At the top of the page, a button reads “En Español.” Holland’s accommodation makes the Supervisor of Elections website accessible to the city’s growing Hispanic community, and is one of the few local government sites that offers truly bilingual information.

Susan Cooper Eastman themail@folioweekly.com

NewsBuzz Truly Tapped Out The city of Jacksonville can’t afford its own employees. With a city deficit predicted to balloon from $65 million to $175 million over the next four years, the citizen board of Taxation, Revenue and Utilization of Expenditures (TRUE) Commission, voted 11-0 to recommend changing the city’s pension system from a fixed benefit to a fixed contribution plan (i.e., from a traditional pension to something more like a 401K). According to the declaration, the unfunded liabilities of the city’s three pension plans — money the city owes retired employees, but does not have — “exceeds $1.6 billion and that liability has doubled in three years.” Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s transition team supports the recommendation.

Unearthing St. Augustine The St. Augustine City Commission passed a resolution last week that will open the city’s historic archives to the Internet. With a $331,652 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities, University of Florida will begin to catalog and digitize the large collection of historic documents currently stored in the Government House downtown to make them accessible online.

Give It Away 27.5 — Percentage of Jacksonville residents who do some sort of volunteer work, according to a Volunteering in America report released last week.

The report ranked Jacksonville first in the state and 22nd among large U.S. cities for its volunteer spirit.

Jacksonville residents donate 34 million hours and contribute $733,000 annually in projects that include hosting fundraisers (37.2 percent of volunteers) and distributing food (24.5 percent of volunteers). Read the full report at volunteeringinamerica.gov.

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Playwright Steve Bailey presents his satire on educational testing at Vault Gallery + Artspace on Aug. 19.

Tragic Farce

Local comedy challenges the legitimacy of standardized tests, while Duval County struggles to master them

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teve Bailey left teaching when the focus on high-stakes testing began to kill his passion for the work. Ironically, his next job was as a scorer in the nation’s $3 billion testing industry.

260-9770. rUn dAte: 081611 But rather than letting the narrow focus of his new position get him down, Bailey used it as inspiration. He took lots of notes, and Produced by JW Checked by eventually Sales Rep turnedfm it into a two-act comedy.

“Testing: A Week in the Life of an ExTeacher” is taken directly from Bailey’s own experience grading FCAT essays for NCS Pearson, a national testing company. Bailey is not the first — or only — test-grader to blow the whistle on the test’s arbitrary and narrow rubrics. The Minneapolis alt-weekly City Pages ran an exposé earlier on NCS Pearson, which administers Florida’s FCAT (bit.ly/ CityPagesTesting). Reporter Jessica Lussenhop found test-graders pressured to “rescore” tests when the results didn’t please schools, and in at least one case found a scorer who simply changed the results without bothering to take a second look. Another test supervisor acknowledged that the goal was to create a “nice bell curve” of scores — a troubling notion, since the very idea of Pearson’s proficiency tests is criterion-based, or noncomparative, scoring.

Bailey has similar complaints from his time in the test-grading biz. “The stuff that gets high scores on FCAT would rarely get a high grade in class,” he says, “because it’s senseless what they’re looking for.”

He recalls with dismay an ebullient essay his daughter wrote about a trip to Washington, D.C. — an essay he judged excellent. Her teacher, however, sent the piece back, admonishing her to pull in tangential facts to fit the FCAT template. “[They] drain all the spontaneity and boil it down to some boring facts to fit their formula,” says Bailey of the new FCAT-centric teaching.

Duval County School Board Chairman W.C. Gentry concurs. “We’re not educating children to think. To me that’s the failure of the testing model. We’re producing a generation of automatons.”

High-stakes testing is under the magnifying glass in the wake of a cheating scandal in Atlanta’s public schools. Citing the “pressure to meet targets” in a high-stakes, test-driven system, a state investigation report released

last month found 44 Atlanta schools and 178 teachers involved in the cheating. At least three other states have had similar problems. Duval County itself was recently asked by the state to investigate test documents with “extremely unusual levels of erasures” at one school, a case still under investigation. Florida has also had significant problems getting on-time test results from vendor NCS Pearson, which was fined $14.7 million for late delivery of Florida reading, math and science test scores in 2010.

Bailey, who first staged “Testing” in January 2009, believes that the current controversy surrounding FCAT scores and Jacksonville’s “intervene” schools has given the issue new urgency. On July 23, The Florida Times-Union reported that three more of Jacksonville’s high schools will join the “failing schools” list, bringing the total to seven — six high schools and one K-8. All seven are considered socioeconomically poor, just as the middle school was where Bailey taught. In a struggling urban school where pep rallies devolved into riots, a school where he once cleaned human feces from the stairs, Bailey says the focus on testing, at the expense of teacher autonomy and professional judgment, is nothing short of farcical. “The school was supposed to be at the level of all these other schools,” Bailey says of the pressure to improve FCAT-based school grades, “and when it wasn’t, they blamed the teachers.”

The elephant in the room, according to Gentry, is poverty — a verboten topic since Pres. George W. Bush accused educators of practicing “the soft bigotry of low expectations” at the outset of No Child Left Behind. While being born poor isn’t a self-fulfilling prophecy, “The greatest correlation to potential failure is poverty,” Gentry says. “And with that comes a lot of additional demands.”

Unfortunately, school districts have fewer resources than ever. For that reason, Gentry notes, while standardized testing makes for great farce on the stage, reality is considerably more tragic.

Julie Delegal themail@folioweekly.com

“Testing: A Week in the Life of an Ex-Teacher” is presented at Vault Gallery + Artspace, 121 W. Forsyth St., downtown on Aug. 19, 20, 26 and 27. 608-1590. See Bailey’s video at bit.ly/ SBTestingPromo.

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Does Jax love its Lax? All signs point to maybe

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iche sports come and go historically in Jacksonville, but we’re seeing success among sports that may have seemed unlikely at the beginning of this decade. Roller derby, for example, was not even on the radar in 2000; now there’s a thriving fanbase and at least two competitive teams — and more to come in the future, undoubtedly.

Rugby, similarly, has seen an exponential level of growth locally — augmented by support from the electronic media. Now, however, a new professional sport comes to Jacksonville. Time will tell if it’s a hit here or not, but its launch is encouraging for local sports fans whose appetites aren’t satisfied by heavy doses of the Jags and the Suns … or even the para-professional college teams in Gainesville and Tallahassee.

In January 2012, the North American Lacrosse League will launch with five teams.

In what is considered a mild upset by denizens of the lacrosse scene, Jacksonville landed a team along with two other named cities — Charlotte and Scranton. While it remains to be seen whether Charlotte’s Ric Flair or Scranton’s Dwight Schrute will be at any NALL games, we know who was in attendance for the official ceremony recently that announced Jacksonville’s team. None other than Mayor Alvin Brown, who has made it at least a talking point of his administration to upgrade local sports options.

Brown has pledged to work toward getting an NBA team here and proponents of the idea undoubtedly will move on it as aggressively as economic exigencies will allow. Just the other week, he spoke of it yet again.

“We are a sports city and I believe this is one way to bring Jacksonville to the next level,” said Brown, who added, “Lacrosse is here. Who would’ve thought several years ago that we could have a professional lacrosse team here? One thing you keep hearing me say, time and time again, one day we are going to have an NBA team. That’s how you get to the next level, having a vision and looking to the future.”

To be sure, much of this league rests in the idea of vision — at press time, not even all franchises are official yet, so it’s still an open question whether lacrosse will happen as advertised. That said, what is clear is that the 904’s NALL team has been conceived as a partnership, in many key aspects, between

team, league and city. This essential symbiosis is nothing new for Jacksonville; we’ve seen it for decades.

Think back to the ’70s and ’80s, when Jacksonville attempted to land an NFL team, getting 50,000 people in the stadium to convince Baltimore Colts owner Bob Irsay that a team was viable here, and going so far as to develop an identity campaign for the “Jacksonville Oilers.” In those efforts, which culminated in Touchdown Jacksonville and the eventual establishment of the Jaguars, we saw a civic unity that rarely asserts itself on any issue beside the placement of military bases or the lowering of property taxes. Perhaps it’s the ol’ Dirty Duval identity crisis asserting itself again, but big-time sports galvanizes this city like few other issues.

Professional lacrosse? Big time? Not yet. But stay tuned.

There are connections between the NALL and the NBA, too, however tenuous. NALL Commish Phil Evans headed up the NBA developmental league for five years not too long ago. Could we call it kismet? Perhaps — we’ve seen before, in sports and in life, how these connections advance themselves, and drive the direction of the narrative. If lacrosse takes off here, we may see the NBA take a closer look at this market than many — including me — think is possible.

We have seen Jacksonville University’s herculean efforts to create enthusiasm for lacrosse, starting a program for nothing and, just a few months ago, hosting a tournament featuring lacrosse powerhouses from Duke, Georgetown and Notre Dame. JU announced a new men’s coach recently, poaching Guy Van Arsdale from Division II Colorado College. Van Arsdale has assistant experience at Notre Dame and Penn State, establishing that he has learned from some of the best minds in the sport.

Could Van Arsdale be the lacrosse equivalent of Will Muschamp? Bobby Bowden? Time will tell. But what happens in Jax, on both the college and pro level, will determine whether and how lacrosse gets bigger and better.

AG Gancarski themail@folioweekly.com

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K, let me start out by saying that I have never — not even once — “enjoyed myself ” in a movie theater. This is a point of pride for me, because I’m sure many of my readers can’t say the same. The way I see it, a movie theater is a sacred place; one filled with people who came to watch a movie and not necessarily someone (not even me) masturbating. Besides, they build actual “masturbation theaters” (primarily used by unhappily married men, Republicans, etc.) — so if you want to “enjoy yourself ” while watching a movie? I’d suggest going there.

HOWEVER! This is NOT to say I’ve never been tempted to masturbate during a movie at a theater. For example, 1997’s “Spice World,” starring the Spice Girls. (I kind of had a “thing” for Posh.) I was also tempted during “Schindler’s List” not because I was sexually excited, but because then I could say I was the only person in the world to ever do that during

While I’d happily agree to spend the rest of my life watching Brittany strangle baby ducklings, I can’t really recommend seeing “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.”

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“Schindler’s List.” (As you can probably tell, my attempts to get into the Guinness Book of World Records have been unsuccessful so far.)

That being said, I had a very close call the other night when I went to see “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.” As you may have heard, the Glee kids went on a summer concert tour, singing all the hits from their show and filmed the entire thing. AND … IT … IS …

TERRIBLE!! Mostly.

In its favor, they didn’t invite Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) along — probably because he’s older, white and likes to rap too much. In its disfavor, and much like a regular episode of “Glee,” Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) were marginalized while big-nose Rachel (Lea Michele) and not-reallyhandicapable Artie (Kevin McHale) hogged the stage like a bunch of stage hogs. SHUT UP ALREADY, HOGS! But here’s the part where I nearly “handled myself.” First, super-dreamy Blaine (Darren Criss) and the almost-as-dreamy Warblers performed two awesome songs, and I was like, “OK … I can do this … I can not have to masturbate.” AND I DIDN’T. Which made me proud. BUT THEN! The insanely — and I mean insanely — hot Brittany (Heather Morris) reprised her scantily clad Britney Spears’ “Slave 4 U” number from last season … and OH. MY. GOD. I was mesmerized, staring at the screen and murmuring, “never stop, never stop, never stop,” while simultaneously thinking, “Oh crap … .”

Believe you me, I would’ve, too! I would have masturbated like a monkey hooked up to a Viagra IV drip! But THANK GOD the scene ended, immediately followed by a cameo

from the world’s most notorious buzz kill … GWYNETH PALTROW. I think she was singing some stupid Cee Lo song — but that’s not the point! The mere sight of Gwyneth Paltrow has the same effect on sexual arousal as your nude grandfather dumping a bucket of ice water on you. IT’S… GROSS. ANYway, while I’d happily agree to spend the rest of my life watching Brittany strangle baby ducklings, I can’t recommend “Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.” Ultimately, it’s unmasturbatable. And it’s no “Schindler’s List.”

Wm.™ Steven Humphrey steve@portlandmercury.com

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16 8:00 ANI THE GORILLA WHISPERER I’m not so sure gorillas require any “whispering.”

9:00 TLC WHAT NOT TO WEAR Season premiere! Jenny McCarthy asks the hosts to make over her ugly personal assistant. (Can they do mine next?)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 9:00 VH1 TON OF CASH Debut! To keep an actual ton of cash, contestants must move the ton of cash from L.A. to Vegas!

9:30 TLC I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS PREGNANT A woman fails to realize she’s in labor, while also failing to realize there’s a deadly tornado outside. WHOOPS.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 10:00 A&E BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT Season premiere! This “behind bars” reality show spotlights the realities of prison, because apparently we need a reminder to stay out of it.

11:00 FX LOUIE Louie takes his kids “trick-or-treating” or, in his case, “trick-or-humiliating.”

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 8:30 TOON THUNDERCATS The triumphant return of Panthro! (Yes, I realize a grown man shouldn’t be so excited about this.)

10:00 IFC RHETT & LINK: COMMERCIAL KINGS The guys shoot a commercial where gang members scare kids off the street and into skating rinks. It could work.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 9:00 BBCA THE BEST OF DOCTOR WHO Another “Best of” episode, this time featuring the best of the Doctor’s most hilarious/fakey monsters!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 9:00 OXY THE GLEE PROJECT Season finale! Who will win a walk-on role on “Glee”? It’s like asking, “Who will win a walk-on role into a concentration camp shower?”

10:00 AMC BREAKING BAD Walt’s wife Skyler makes a shocking discovery — the meth distribution industry is sort of dangerous!

MONDAY, AUGUST 22 8:30 TOON MAD Tonight a parody of “Unstoppable”: “Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine.”

9:00 NBC AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR Season finale! Check out the honky version of the most awesome obstacle course race ever!

Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

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nyone who has ever bitten into a sandwich and, on second thought, removed that sad, pink, watery slice of tomato will appreciate “Tomatoland,” Barry Estabrook’s new book about Florida’s tomato trade. Estabrook’s detective work started years ago on the road in South Florida. As he was driving behind a produce truck, he saw a bright green fruit break free, strike the highway and emerge intact. The food writer was shocked to see that this was a tomato, usually a soft, red fruit that splits and oozes at the slightest rough handling.

The mysterious tomato led Estabrook from South Florida farms to rural Peru in search of answers. In his travels, Estabrook discovered that year-round demand for the summer fruit has created a troubled tomato industry in Florida.

Farmers pump the soil full of pesticides to combat the challenges of our inhospitably humid climate and, since vine-ripened tomatoes are too delicate to withstand cross-country shipment, they’re picked well before they’re ripe and gassed with ethylene to turn them red. In “Tomatoland,” Estabrook uncovers a trade fueled by low prices and, alarmingly, incidents of slave labor — all here in the Sunshine State. We called Estabrook at his Vermont home for some answers of our own.

I’ve been reading interviews that you’ve done for the book and reviews of the book, and you’ve likened your relationship to tomatoes to Proust and his madeleine. Can you describe that association?

“Well, I’m talking about a good tomato, a real garden-ripe tomato — not a winter tomato.

Proust tasted a madeleine, and it brought back all these memories to him. Tomatoes are a thing that I really do associate with pleasant memories from when I was younger. My father was a businessman who spent a lot of time traveling around the country, and I wasn’t a great athlete or anything, but the one thing we sort of bonded over were tomatoes. Wherever we lived and whatever the circumstances were, he’d plant a few tomatoes — half a dozen tomato plants. I can remember their smell.

I remember the leaves, and their little white roots when he took them out of the container to transplant them. I remember in the heat of summer pulling a few tomatoes off the vine and eating them, and then bringing some in and serving them with a little salt and pepper.

And mayonnaise.”

The way you talk about it, about how you can taste all the elements in the tomato, sounds like drinking wine.

“A good tomato, to me, is like a good red wine.

Its flavors are very, very complex. That’s what I like. The sweetness and the tartness play off of each other, and all the other elements that are in a good-tasting tomato are very similar to drinking a good burgundy.”

In 2009, you published “The Price of Tomatoes,” an article about migrant slavery in South Florida tomato fields, in Gourmet magazine. The book is equally concerned with the taste of the tomatoes themselves. How did this interest come about?

“I first got interested in tomatoes because there were issues around the flavor. Years ago, that tomato came flying at me off the truck. It hit I-75 at 60 miles per hour and I thought, ‘My god! These are the things that grow at home in my garden … but here they’re these rock-hard things that are hitting me at 60 miles an hour without suffering any harm!’ So that’s the way that I came into it, and it was doing that that brought my attention to the labor issues.

Before I realized all the labor practices existed, I [wondered] what has industrial farming done to this thing, from a flavor point of view, from a gastronomical point of view?”

If Florida is such a hostile environment for growing tomatoes, why are we growing them here? And what are Florida farmers doing to enable these tomato crops?

“The reason you’re growing them there has nothing to do with horticulture and botany, and everything to do with commerce. You load a trailer up and in two days that’ll be in a supermarket or warehouse in two-thirds of the country — from the East to the Midwest. That’s the only reason they’d ever grow tomatoes in a place like Florida. The problems start with the weather — the humidity.

The tomato’s wild ancestors are a desert plant. They love dry, sunny weather. They hate humidity, as anyone trying to grow them in the garden in Florida will know. They’re susceptible to all sorts of funguses and wilts and rusts. There are blights and all manner of insects all year round. So from that point of view, Florida is the wrong place to grow tomatoes. In the parts of the state that tomatoes are grown, they’re grown in the sand, which has no more nutrients than the sand on Daytona Beach. Everything the plant needs, all the nutrients, have to be put in the sand and sealed under plastic.

So they plant the tomatoes in this hostile

sand, which doesn’t have very many nutrients, and then they cover it with plastic.

Well, before the growers do anything, they go along and create the rows in the sand, and then they inject methyl bromide, which is a fumigant which kills every living organism in the soil — every germ, every bug, every bacteria. Then they put the plastic over the plants at that point to keep the bromide in there for a couple of weeks to do its job. They also put fertilizer in. After a couple of weeks, when the soil is sterile — dead — they poke holes in the plastic and put seedlings in.”

If they’re putting all these deadly chemicals into the ground to kill everything in the soil, is there any chance that the tomato plants will pick up traces of those chemicals?

“The USDA has found … traces of more than 30 different agricultural chemicals — I’m talking about pesticides — in supermarket tomatoes. So there are more than 30 pesticides on slightly more than half the tomatoes tested by the FDA. They have residues on them. They say that it’s not a level that’s going to hurt you.”

So these pesticides are found on the skin of the tomatoes, and we can at least get the comfort that we’re washing part of that off. But are we really washing all of it off?

“According to the officials, [the chemicals] are in quantities that are below those which would hurt you. They’re there, but in quantities below the threshold of being toxic … to consumers.

It’s a different story if you’re in the fields picking the tomatoes.”

Fresh tomatoes have to be picked by hand.

Machines can pick canning tomatoes, but that bruises the fruit. What kind of lifestyle are these pickers facing?

“The people who pick tomatoes are at the very, very bottom of the last rung of the working poor in the U.S. You may be able to get a crummierpaying job, although I can’t think of one offhand, or you can get a harder or more dangerous job, but you’re not going to find one that combines all three in the way that tomato harvesting does.

They average about $10,000 to $12,000 a year.”

For a lot of hours.

“Yeah, but they never know. They have to be on call every day, but they might not be called. If it rains, they’re sunk, and if there’s been heavy dew, they’ll keep them out in the fields until the dew dries. Also, it seems to happen almost every year now — you get a freeze, and that puts them out of work for six weeks. And on and on.

So it’s erratic work that comes in fits and starts.

They have to be there. They have to be available for when tomatoes need to be picked.”

You cited incomes of $10,000 to $12,000 a year, but you write in the book that many pickers in Immokalee, an impoverished town near Miami, were actually working themselves into debt in a form of slavery.

“It’s not a form of slavery — it’s abject slavery.

During the harvest season, migrant workers are hired to hand-pick fresh tomatoes. The National Farmworkers Association estimates that 70 percent of these same workers are undocumented, working in conditions that Estabrook likens to “abject slavery.”

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… These people were bought and sold. They were kept shackled in chains at night and were beaten if they didn’t work hard enough or if they tried to get away. It was just like 1850 slavery. The debts were totally bogus.

Then there are workers who are sort of one rung over slavery, who are in debt to somebody who provided them with transportation to Immokalee from Mexico. So they may not be legally slaves, but they’re working to pay off a transportation fee. There are others who are simply forced to live in horrible shacks or trailers and pay exorbitant rent. Sometimes all they can do is meet the rent.”

It seems like pickers are mostly migrant workers. While out researching this book, did you get an idea of how many of the workers are here without documents?

“The National Farmworkers Association has an official figure of 70 percent as undocumented.

That’s farmworkers overall. The whole industry is dependent on workers who are not properly documented. It’s intentional. If you don’t have the proper documentation, you’re not going

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“The reason you’re growing tomatoes in Florida has nothing to do with horticulture and botany, and everything to do with commerce.” to go running to the cops or screaming about somebody shorting you on your hours. And if you are documented, why are you working in the tomato industry? You can get any other job.

You can get a job at McDonald’s — a minimumwage job where you know you’re going to get minimum wage every day. You could work in landscaping. So it’s really a business built on people who are desperate for work.”

Our governor, Rick Scott, ran on a hard-line anti-immigration stance. He’s since taken heat for backing down. Might this have anything to do with agriculture companies and migrant workers?

“He may have taken a look across the border at what’s happening in Georgia. Florida’s agricultural sector is huge. [In Georgia] you have a situation where they had enacted one of these crazy laws, and right now there’s $300 million lost so far, with crops rotting in the fields because the workers simply — well, they are nothing if not migrant.”

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So the workers just skipped Georgia. Do you know the specifics of those laws?

“Well, it’s very similar — I haven’t read the bill — but it’s modeled after the one in Arizona, which means that if a police officer stops someone for whatever reason, and suspects they may not be a legal resident, the officer is supposed to ask for proof that they’re a legal resident. That’s one of the main thrusts [of the law]. It would also hold employers accountable if people were working on their farms without proper documentation.

But the thorniest issue is the traffic-stop issue.

The police can demand that you prove your status. I don’t think it would happen to me if I got pulled over — I don’t think I’d have to prove my status as 59-year-old Caucasian. If I was a 30-year-old Hispanic man …”

[Editor’s note: As of press time, the

STRANGE FRUIT provisions of Georgia’s House Bill 87 calling for police-operated immigration checks and employer penalties, originally set to pass July 1, were being disputed in court.]

“Tomatoland” describes the push by Coalition of Immokalee Workers for a 1-cent increase in the price of tomatoes. Can you explain the economics of that?

“Years ago when the CIW first started, they first tried to get the farmers to pay [the pickers] more. The farmers said, ‘We can’t, we’re getting clobbered by the people buying from us, they want lower and lower prices.’ … One tomato grower suggested, ‘OK, so what if we were to go to the end buyer and say to them, “You pay something directly to the workers.” It doesn’t cost the farmer anything more, and it costs the buyer an extra penny [per pound].’ After years of demonstrations, Taco Bell finally agreed. More and more, one by one, all the big fast-food chains came aboard and agreed to pay an extra penny a pound. However, it wasn’t until last November that the tomato growers agreed as an organization to be a conduit for these extra pennies. It’s not costing the farmer anything, but until last November, there was no way to get the money to the workers because the farmers wouldn’t cooperate. Now they’ve come aboard and it’s really changing. They’re adversaries that are working together with the coalition people and the harvesters. The supermarkets aren’t playing along. Whole Foods is the only supermarket that has played along — all the others won’t. None of the other chains have signed on. It’s the difference between $50 and $80 a day for a picker. One penny a pound. So it’s huge money to them.”

Why can’t big agriculture afford to pay more for labor? “[The] Florida tomato industry has been engaged in market-share war for decades. The farms are smaller than the big billion-dollar corporations they sell to. The Walmart buyer wants cheap tomatoes. The only real place they can cut costs is with the workers. The pay for farmworkers hasn’t changed since the ’80s.”

You wrote in “Tomatoland” about Immokalee workers suffering health problems and birth defects possibly connected to pesticide exposure. How did you discover what was going on at Lake Apopka in Orlando?

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Can migrant workers get any kind of visas?

“There are [H-2A] guest visas, which are like tickets to exploitation. Some of the worst exploitation and slavery cases in the country have been with people on these guest worker visas. Remember that huge case in Hawaii?

People from Thailand — all guest workers. The problem is that you can’t leave the farmer who hired you. So it’s not like you can leave Farmer Joe, who underpays and doesn’t house you properly, to work for Farmer Smith. So that’s not a solution. [The guest worker visa] ties you to one person, and if he chooses to be abusive, what are you going to do?”

[Ed. note: The Hawaii case to which Estabrook refers involved a modern-day slavery ring operating from 2004-’05 by six people working for Global Horizons Manpower. Some 400 guest workers from Thailand paid recruitment fees and went into debt in pursuit of steady, well-paying jobs in Hawaii. A Hawaii News Now report from Sept.

3, 2010, states that the indictment, released on Sept. 1, 2010, “alleges that the recruiters paid less than what they promised, did not honor their employment contracts, and took away the workers’ passports so they couldn’t escape.”]

In November of 2009, local protestors joined Coalition of Immokalee Workers picketing a St. Augustine Publix store in support of a living wage for tomato pickers.

“I was talking with Jeannie Economos at the Farmworker Association of Florida in Apopka.

She is their pesticide specialist. I was talking to her generally about pesticides and how they affected farmworkers in Florida. She suggested I come up and take what she calls a ‘pesticide tour.’ There was a group of students from one of the local colleges, and Jeannie took us on a tour of the area and explained what’s happened.”

Have the workers been affected by pesticides?

“The trouble is … the government spent millions of dollars researching the pesticides’ effect on alligators and birds. In the case of the birds, they would die upon landing in the water.

Alligators had severe reproductive changes. But the government, to date, hasn’t spent a cent to determine [pesticide effects on] the farmworkers.

They’re suffering a host of illnesses — endocrine effects and birth defects traced to pesticide exposure. No one has studied the workers. There’s no proof, because they haven’t done studies. Birth defect rates are four times higher [in farmworkers] than the rest of Florida birth defects. [Farmworkers] suffer from diseases caused by the pesticides they were exposed to over the decades. The thing that is different about Apopka is, well, most farmworkers are migrant or temporarily in the workforce. The turnover in the workforce is 30 or 40 percent a year. So there’s no way to ascertain the long-term, chronic effects of pesticide exposure — what’s going to happen in 20 years. In Apopka, there’s a primarily African-American community who have stayed after the farming ended. So here you have one case where you do have the possibility to get the whole pesticide story.”

Have there been any studies since you completed your book?

“The Farmworker Association commissioned a study — a survey — that showed information on how they’re experiencing problems. There was going to be half a million [dollars] set aside in your state budget for a clinical study — less than a third of what was spent on the alligators — but Gov. Scott vetoed it a couple months ago.”

Lake Apopka used to be an attraction, right?

“At one point, it was nationally renowned.

There were more than 20 resorts on the edge of the lake for fishermen because it was legendary for largemouth bass. During World War II, they built a dike across a portion of the lake and drained a chunk of it for muck farms. They would farm the stuff on the former bottom of

the lake. When growing season was over, they’d open the floodgates and flood the lake, and the water picked up the pesticide residues. Then they’d pump the lake dry again. They’d have another growing season and repeat the process.

Fertilizers caused the water to lose all its oxygen. Pesticides built up over time and killed everything except these gnarly little minnows.”

What are some practical steps people can take to change the way they eat for the better?

“The closer your tomato is raised to your kitchen counter, the better it’s going to be. It’s not as easy in Florida, but there are small farms … [or] grow your own tomatoes. When fresh, good tomatoes are available, make pasta sauces and freeze them. I live in Vermont. We have fresh tomatoes six weeks a year if we’re lucky — from August until it freezes some time in September. And I usually make a pig of myself eating fresh tomatoes three times a day.”

But in America, we have a way of thinking that we can get all produce at all times.

“That’s the root of the problem — of a lot of problems. It’s very key. So many of the problems of the Florida tomato industry are because it’s a business designed to provide us in the North with a year-round supply of tomatoes. [As] consumers, we keep buying them, but survey after survey that I came across showed that we’re very dissatisfied with them.

Out-of-season tomatoes are at the bottom of produce items in terms of satisfaction.”

What about farmers markets? You recently wrote in The Atlantic that “it’s getting harder and harder to be an elitist these days about food.” You found that farmers markets are less expensive than many think.

“I focused on one study, but in fact there were at least two other studies that I had looked at saying the same thing. One was in Iowa and the other in Seattle. What they did was go to a farmers market and compare prices on a dozen items, and then walk over to a nearby supermarket and compare the same items. In many, many cases, the farmers markets were cheaper. I’ve not seen the opposite studies done. It’s a myth that’s been fostered somehow.

I’m not really sure [how]. It’s not really based on financial reality, as far as I can see.”

Thanks so much for your time, Barry.

“Don’t go swimming in Lake Apopka.”

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Reasons to leave the house this week ART REV. FINSTER AND ST. EOM @ MOCA

Folio Weekly and the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville present Dr. Wayne Wood, discussing “Visionary Artists from Paradise Garden to Pasaquan — Howard Finster meets St. EOM,” on Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. at 333 N. Laura St., downtown. Through anecdotes and images, Dr. Wood highlights the similarities in the lives and creative legacies of Rev. Howard Finster (pictured) and Edward Owens Martin (aka St. EOM), two Georgia-based artists inspired by otherworldly visions. The event celebrates MOCA’s ongoing exhibit, “Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster,” which is on display through Aug. 28. Admission is free. 366-6911.

MUSIC ALISON KRAUSS

Bluegrass and country singer-songwriter and fiddling phenom Alison Krauss’ career shows she plays second string to none. Over the course of a dozen successful albums, countless tours, choice collaborations with folks like Robert Plant, Brad Paisley and Phish, not to mention her soundtrack work for films like “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Cold Mountain,” 40-year-old Krauss has helped reinvigorate traditional music with both vision and respect. She’s also won a whopping 26 Grammys, making this Illinois native the most awarded singer, female artist and third-most awarded in history. Alison Krauss and Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas, perform along with SoCal indie rockers Dawes on Friday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets are $49.50 and $69.50.

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JAGS VS. FALCONS

There are two signs we Northeast Floridians (NorFlors) look for to let us know when the brutality of our local summers is gradually fading to a nice, less-heatstroke-inducing autumn. One is the sudden absence of out-of-town relatives “stopping by” on their way to and from Orlando amusements parks, Miami and The Keys. Most telling is our sudden donning of gold and teal face paint, mass consumption of wings and beer, and a fervor for football that hangs somewhere between zeal, loyalty and flat-out psychosis. People, break out the ice-cold suds and war paint; the Jacksonville Jaguars face off against the Atlanta Falcons for a pre-season game on Friday, Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. at EverBank Field, 1 EverBank Field Drive, Jacksonville. Tickets range from $45-$260. 633-6100.

THEATER DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

FETE FOR FIDO TOAST TO THE ANIMALS

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Alhambra Theatre & Dining presents the musical “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16 through Sunday, Aug. 21 and Tuesday, Aug. 23; at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 12000 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Based on the hit film, this dark comedy follows the hijinks of two crafty con artists preying on wealthy women on the French Rivera. Tickets range from $42-$49. Doors open at 6 p.m. for 8 p.m. performances; 11:15 a.m. for 1 p.m. shows and noon for 2 p.m.

The production runs through Sept. 18. 641-1212.

GLAM JAM PAPERCUTT

Rockers who like a little humor mixed into their tribute rock need look no further when pseudo-glam metalheads Papercutt perform with openers Hornit on Friday, Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. In the tradition of such mascara-slathered rockers like Mötley Crüe and Poison, the four-man wrecking crew of the Beaches-based rock machine Papercutt delivers a razor-sharp show, featuring plenty of Spandex, hairspray and loud-ass albeit humorously original ’80s-style rock.

“We might wear lipstick and makeup,” promises Papercutt, “but we can totally kick your ass!” Advance tickets are $8. 246-2473.

The Jacksonville Humane Society’s 13th annual Toast to the Animals fundraiser is held at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 at Omni Jacksonville Hotel, 245 Water St., downtown. Animal lovers enjoy libations and culinary creations along with live and silent auctions. Proceeds benefit JHS services. Tickets range from $30-$65. 725-8766. jaxhumane.org

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Northeast Florida sports fans hankering for a soccer fix get two days of kickass women’s soccer when Jacksonville University’s Dolphins take on Coastal Carolina University’s Chanticleers on Aug. 19 at 5 p.m., followed by a game between University of North Florida’s Ospreys and University of North Carolina Charlotte’s 49ers at 7 p.m. The action continues at noon on Sunday, Aug. 21 when the Dolphins play the 49ers and at 2 p.m., it’s the Ospreys vs. the Chanticleers. All games are held at UNF’s Hodges Stadium, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. Tickets for each game are $5; $3 for seniors, students and military.

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Sales RE images in modern ne of the Rep truly iconic science fiction films comes at the end of the original “Planet of the Apes” (1968), as Charlton Heston stumbles upon the half-buried Statue of Liberty and realizes the true identity of the planet now ruled by intelligent simians. That was a real shocker, intellectually as well as cinematically.

A huge hit at the box office, the film was also well-received by the critics and even earned an honorary Oscar for its make-up design.

Quick to smell a buck, between 1970 and ’73, the producers churned out one sequel and three prequels. Even then, the concept defied exhaustion, eventually spawning two TV series and the worst film of Tim Burton’s career, the 2001 “re-imagining” of the original “Planet of the Apes.”

Apart from the first sequel (“Beneath the Planet of the Apes”), the others in the series were increasingly repetitive and dull, so when “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was announced, I wasn’t too hopeful. However, such low expectations make the dynamic nature of the new film even more surprising and delightful.

Everything works in this new origin tale, beginning with a clever and intelligent script

by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, whose last screenplay was 1997’s horror film “The Relic.”

Discarding most of the narrative baggage 2011 associated with the original film’s three prequels, the writers begin with an entirely new concept to explain the evolution of the apes. Instead of relying on the unlikely gimmick of time travel, this time the animals’ intelligence boost is the result of genetic experimentation, yet another variation of the Frankenstein theme, but with a complexity of motive and theme to match Mary Shelley’s original concept.

Dr. Will Rodman (James Franco) is employed at Gene Sys, an experimental pharmaceutical company whose corporate boss, Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo), is primarily interested in results which can be translated into financial gain. Will, however, has a more personal agenda. His field of research is Alzheimer’s, the disease ravaging his father Charles (John Lithgow), and Will believes he may have developed a new drug to combat and

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even reverse the disease. But the initial tests on a female chimpanzee, while at first remarkable, lead to a disastrous outcome, resulting in the cancellation of the project. Undeterred, Will brings the chimp’s baby home and proceeds to initiate some tests on his father.

His father improves dramatically, the chimp (now named Caesar) demonstrates remarkable intelligence, and Will finds a girlfriend. Some years pass in promise and happiness, and then the curse of Frankenstein comes home with a vengeance as the scientific experiments begin to go awry.

James Franco is solid as the well-intentioned scientist, and he receives able support from the film’s live actors, including the alwaysreliable Brian Cox (underused here) and Harry Potter’s Malfoy (Tom Felton) as vicious animal handler Dodge Landon. The real star of the film, though, is Andy Serkis as Caesar, merging fluidly and magically with the CGI animation just like he did as Gollum in the LOTR films and King Kong for director Peter Jackson.

Caesar is really the central character in the film in terms of development and change, and the f/x people (along with Serkis) give him an extraordinary range of emotion and feeling, most of it conveyed without speech. It really is a remarkable accomplishment.

For a genre film, “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” has more than its share of tender moments. A pervading motif throughout is the relationship between parents and children, even if your “child” may sometimes be of a different species. When the cards are dealt, though, director Rupert Wyatt revs the action into high gear, generating some compelling action sequences on both minor and major scales.

Of all the talent involved in the making of the film, Wyatt is perhaps the most unlikely. The co-founder of Picture Farm, a London- and New York-based production collective, Wyatt’s only other feature was “The Escapist” (2008), a prison break movie. Now on a far more massive canvas, Wyatt integrates both action and character in a focused narrative flow that includes some truly stunning visual images.

Fans of the original will also appreciate the subtle references in the new movie to the space flight which initiated the Apes saga back in 1968.

This time, the “re-imagining” of the myth proves worthy of its inspiration, as this upgrade of the popular story ascends to stellar heights.

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he body-switching comedy (“Freaky Friday,” “Vice Versa”) is a subgenre we don’t see often, largely because these movies have limited potential for creativity. “The Change-Up” is no different from the rest: It features the standard mystical transformation, awkward moments as one person tries to be another, and a predictable ending.

But you know what? It’s funny. Raunchier than expected — baby poop flies in Jason Bateman’s face in the opening scene —but never too crass or disgusting. This is a film that easily could’ve been terrible and is actually a fun night out at the multiplex.

Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Bateman) have been friends since third grade, but now their lives couldn’t be more different. Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband to Jamie (Leslie Mann) and father of three. In contrast, Mitch is a single, quasi-employed “actor” who’s never met a bong he wouldn’t hit. For each, the grass is greener on the other side. Understandable.

After a drunken night out together, they urinate in a park fountain and each man wakes the next morning inside the other’s body. Now Mitch, in Dave’s body, has to pick up the kids and close an important deal at work, whereas Dave, in Mitch’s body, needs to act in a soft-core porno and maintain Mitch’s delinquent image.

Of course, they discover that the other’s life isn’t as great as they’d imagined: Dave learns Mitch isn’t quite the playboy he thinks he is, and the joys of marriage to Jamie, a steady salary and fatherhood aren’t as satisfying for Dave as Mitch believed.

What makes the movie work is the chemistry between Bateman and Reynolds.

The pair co-starred in 2006’s cameo-rich crime flick, “Smokin’ Aces,” but casting them together again for “The Change-Up” pays off. Their characters bicker, as old friends do, making it appropriately creepy that they now so intimately know the other’s body. Bateman, who usually plays a buttoned-up, know-it-all square, lets loose nicely and has a lot of fun inhabiting the freewheelin’ “Mitch.” Reynolds, who wowed us with a stellar dramatic turn in “Buried” last year and easily shifts between romantic comedies (“The Proposal”) and action (“Green Lantern”), is more foul-mouthed and despicable as Mitch than we’ve ever seen him before. Mitch may use the f-word repeatedly, but Reynolds makes him likeable and vulnerable, particularly when Mitch visits his disapproving dad (Alan Arkin).

Director David Dobkin (“Wedding Crashers”) paces the film well, and makes the most of the script by “The Hangover” scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Most importantly, the story grows organically, making sense and never feeling forced. For example, knowing that Dave has a crush on co-worker Sabrina (Olivia Wilde) means it would’ve been very easy for Mitch, while in Dave’s body, to try to seduce her. At least Dave’s body could sleep with her even if he can’t.

Instead, Dave (as Mitch) gets to take Sabrina on a date, and thereby fulfill the wild oats he desires to sow by being away from the responsibility of family. It’s a nice scene that comes late in the story and feels genuine, something that many comedies struggle to achieve.

“The Change-Up” may not set the gold standard for body-switching comedies, but it is smart and funny and warm, which is all it needs to be.

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“Dude! I told you! Put the baby in the bassinet and cook the ham at 350 degrees!” Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds are bum tripping on an urban myth now made real in the comedy “The Change-Up.”

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The Aug. 17 screening of Arthur Penn’s 1967 true-crime classic, “Bonnie and Clyde,” features a 6 p.m. personal appearance by Estelle Parsons, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow. The landmark film, starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty as the legendary bank-robbing duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, screens at 7 p.m. at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Admission is $5; any amount more than $5 will be matched by an anonymous donor to WJCT, to support arts in the community.

209-0367. pvconcerthall.com

FILM RATINGS **** ON THE WAGON ***@ ON THE CORNER **@@ ON THE BORDER *@@@ ON THE FLOOR

Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., San Marco Theatre Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in this insane little rom-com about a group of lonely hearts navigating the dating world of 21st-century Los Angeles.

FINAL DESTINATION 5

NOW SHOWING *G@@

Rated R • San Marco Theatre This vapid, unholy marriage of bad jokes and a weak cast stars Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph.

Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Fifth time’s the charm (?) in this latest go-round of the morbid franchise about some silly teens who think they can outrun The Grim Reaper. Foolish mortals!

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

GLEE THE 3-D CONCERT MOVIE

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CARS 2

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BRIDESMAIDS

Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Chris Evans stars in this excellent big screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics Universe about a WWII-era patriotic soldier-turned-superhero who battles evil leader Red Skull and Hydra, his renegade faction of Nazis. ***@

Rated G • AMC Orange Park This animated flick pits Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) against foe Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro) in the World Grand Prix. Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt and Michael Caine co-star.

© 2011 FolioWeekly THE CHANGE-UP

Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

OMG! This film catches the “Glee”-lightful cast of the immensely popular TV show in live performance like during their like recent summer like tour and stuff, you know.

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Let the Justin Timberlake backlash begin! This silly, romcom puts JT and costar Mila Kunis as buds trying to sustain a friendship based on a “no strings attached” carnality that benefits no one.

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Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Reviewed in this issue.

FRIGHT NIGHT 3D Rated R • Opens on Aug. 19 Fans of the ’80s classic horror film can nibble on this terrifying tale about high school senior Charley (Anton Yelchin) and neighbor Jerry Dandridge (Colin Farrell), a suave playboy who acts suspiciously like a bloodsucking vampire!

COWBOYS & ALIENS

HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2

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Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., San Marco Theatre Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”) directs this sci-fi-meets-oateraction-yarn, starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, about an outlaw and sheriff who join forces to battle a gaggle of intergalactic varmints plum near ready for global domination!

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE ***@

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Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., WGHoF IMAX The final installment of this immensely popular series delivers a spellbinding farewell through flashback scenes, solid storytelling and powerful battle sequences, with solid curtain-call performances by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Ralph Fiennes, as the malevolent Lord Voldemort.

THE HELP **G@

Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square,

Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Emma Stone and Viola Davis star in this tale set in 1960s Mississippi, about a young writer who chronicles the stories of the African-American women who have spent their lives working for white families.

HORRIBLE BOSSES ***G

Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

This fun comedy about offing your superior in the workplace surely earns its “R” rating with a clever plot and vulgar-rich performances from Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jamie Foxx and a nearly unrecognizable Colin Farrell.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES ***G

Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Reviewed in this issue.

THE SMURFS ***G

Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Katy Perry, Hank Azaria, Jeff Foxworthy, George Lopez, Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson, B.J. Novak (Ryan on “The Office”) and Jonathan Winters (yay!) lend their voices to the big-screen debut of these beloved little blue dudes and dudette. When archenemy Gargamel (Azaria) chases them from their home, The Smurfs are transported to our world, where they meet Patrick (Neil Patrick Harris).

30 MINUTES OR LESS **@@

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Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari and Fred Ward star in director Ruben Fleischer’s (“Zombieland”) comedy about a gang of bank robbers who kidnap a hapless pizza-delivery dude and make him abet their criminal capers.

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Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Director Michael Bay’s latest addition to this cinematic traffic jam moves along like a 20-car pile-up of mandatory special effects, bad acting and a slippery story.

OTHER FILMS THE AFRICAN QUEEN Summer Movie Classics series continues with this 1951 adventure film, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 21 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville.

Tickets are $7.50. 355-2787.

ON GOLDEN POND Would you rather just suck face? Movies at Main screens this award-winning rom-drama starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda, at 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 25 at Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium, 303 N. Laura St., Jacksonville. Admission is free. 630-1741.

POT BELLY’S CINEMA “Midnight in Paris,” “The Hangover 2” and “Water for Elephants” are shown at Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine. 829-3101.

5 POINTS THEATRE “Beginners” screens at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. on Aug. 16, 17 and 18 at 5 Points Theatre, 1028 Park St., Jacksonville. Check 5pointstheatre.com for showtimes. “Repo: The Genetic Opera” is screened at 11 p.m. on Aug. 19 and at 7 p.m. on Aug. 21. “SXSW: Myth of the American Sleepover” runs at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. through Aug. 18. “Life in a Day” opens Aug. 19. 359-0047.

WGHOF IMAX THEATER “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2, An IMAX 3D Experience” is screened along with “Born To Be Wild 3D,” “The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D” (featuring Kelly Slater), “Hubble 3D” and “Under The Sea 3D,” at World Golf Hall of Fame Village, 1 World Golf Place, Exit 323 off I-95, St. Augustine. 940-IMAX. worldgolfimax.com

NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY THE BEAVER Mel “Mad Dog” Gibson makes a tentative, quirky return to the big screen in director-star Jodie Foster’s drama about a depressed toy executive who begins communicating with his family (Foster, Anton Yelchin and Riley Thomas Stewart) with a hand puppet.

BLITZ Jason Statham, Paddy Considine and Aidan Gillen star in this high-octane police thriller about a tough cop trying to catch a serial killer who’s aiming at law enforcement officers.

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HENRY’S CRIME Even the presence of James Caan can’t save this lackluster indie crime comedy about wrongly accused bank robber Henry (Keanu Reeves) who decides to live up to his fake criminal record, and fall in love with the actress Julie, played by Vera Farmiga.

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BLUES AND THE ALLIGATOR: THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF ALLIGATOR RECORDS This documentary covers two decades of Bruce Iglauer’s indie Chicago-based blues label with interviews and performance footage of artists like Koko Taylor, Kenny Neal and Lucky Peterson.

WINNIE THE POOH Rated G • Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Disney’s latest update on A.A. Milne’s beloved children’s story about a honey-guzzling bear named Pooh and the rest of the gang in Hundred Acre Wood who play detective when one of their own goes missing. *G@@

Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

This goofy comedy stars Kevin James as Griffin, a lonelyhearted zookeeper who learns the ways of courtship from the caged animals in his care; still a felony in most states.

Co-starring Rosario Dawson, Donnie Wahlberg and the voices of Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Cher, Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love and Don Rickles.

DALAI LAMA: A PRACTICAL WAY OF DIRECTING LOVE AND COMPASSION Believing that our true nature is one of compassionate understanding, H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama gives practical and reasonable suggestions to practice principles of loving wisdom, in lieu of delivering Russell Crowe-style head butts, even when the entire Folio Weekly staff wants to!

Namasté, dude!

AREA THEATERS AMELIA ISLAND Carmike Amelia Island 7, 1132 S. 14th St., 261-9867 ARLINGTON & REGENCY AMC Regency 24, 9451 Regency Square Blvd., 264-3888 BAYMEADOWS & MANDARIN Regal Avenues 20, 9525 Philips Highway, 538-3889 BEACHES Regal Beach Blvd. 18, 14051 Beach Blvd., 992-4398 FIVE POINTS 5 Points Theatre, 1028 Park St., 359-0047 NORTHSIDE Hollywood River City 14, River City Marketplace, 12884 City Center Blvd., 757-9880

ORANGE PARK AMC Orange Park 24, 1910 Wells Road, (888) AMC-4FUN Carmike Fleming Island 12, 1820 Town Center Blvd., 621-0221 SAN MARCO San Marco Theatre, 1996 San Marco Blvd., 396-4845 SOUTHSIDE Cinemark Tinseltown, 4535 Southside Blvd., 998-2122 ST. AUGUSTINE Epic Theatres, 112 Theatre Drive, 797-5757 IMAX Theater, World Golf Village, 940-IMAX Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., 829-3101

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Hip Hop of the Holy: Grammy-nominated rapper Matisyahu performs on Aug. 23 at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall.

Hasidic rapper Matisyahu drops some new knowledge on music lovers that’s way old school MATISYAHU with TREVOR HALL Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

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he list of popular Hasidic Jewish musicians operating in the United States is short — and Matisyahu is no doubt at the top.

Blending reggae, dub, ska, jam band and hip-hop stylings, the man otherwise known as Matthew Paul Miller has elevated a normally white-boy trustafarian genre to mystical heights via his use of Hebrew imagery and spiritual lyrics. Surprisingly, the secular-religious cocktail has worked, too, as Matisyahu has sold more than two million records, topped the Billboard charts multiple times, earned a Grammy nomination and even had his 2009 hit, “One Day,” chosen as the official theme song for NBC’s 2010 Winter Olympics broadcast.

Folio Weekly caught up with the 32-yearold righteous rapper to talk pop influences, the Old Testament and the power of performing in Florida.

Folio Weekly: Did Hebrew music inspire you as a child?

Matisyahu: Honestly, I was never really inspired by Hebrew music. I grew up Jewish but not religious — I would say I actually grew up pretty much like any other kid in America. My parents listened to The Grateful Dead, Smokey Robinson, Quincy Jones, Tracy Chapman, Paul Simon and Neil Young. I loved pop music on the radio: Michael Jackson in the ’80s and hip hop in the ’90s. I started

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banging on my dad’s drum set at some point, before beat boxing became my method for musical expression.

F.W.: How did you translate that into a successful career as a singer?

M: As a kid, I loved performing: being on stage, acting and singing in choruses, although I never really found my place until I was a teenager when I started listening to reggae. That’s when I knew music was what I wanted to do — I just didn’t know how I was going to go about it. So I started writing lyrics and rhymes and singing melodies, and it all just developed from there.

F.W.: You’ve taken that pop music background and married it with a decidedly religious viewpoint. Was there a moment when the two clicked?

M: There was definitely a moment when everything changed. When I was 16, I went to Israel, and I started to really question my identity, while trying to figure out who I was. Somewhere along the line, being Jewish gave me a real sense of intrigue, and became something that was relevant to me.

Having listened to Bob Marley and the way he incorporated the Old Testament into his music gave me license to do that, because my religious soul was bound up with the Old Testament.

F.W.: Quite a far cry from most contemporary reggae artists, who sing more about marijuana and the beach than anything else.

M: My lyrics have always been grounded in a spiritual search for God, because when I was in my early 20s, I changed my lifestyle,

pretty much divorcing myself from secular culture and moving to an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn. I stopped listening to music altogether, other than niggunims, which are Hasidic songs that came out of Eastern Europe in the 1800s. I began to incorporate what I had learned about that music, and obviously my lyrical content became much more in-depth in terms of what I was reading: Jewish texts, Old Testament scriptures, the Kaballah, Jewish philosophy … When I was studying, I started pulling out words and lines and ideas that spoke to me from that wealth and depth of spiritual, mystical knowledge.

F.W.: How do you maintain your religious life while on tour?

M: Religion has been my way to stay focused and connected to something. I always come back to it; when I’m on the road, every Sabbath day, I get off the tour bus and go do things in the local Jewish community wherever I am, just to get away from it all. I think it’s a cool balance.

F.W.: Florida has a substantial Jewish community. Do you get a lot of love when you tour here?

M: In the last year, I’ve played full band shows at amphitheaters in Florida, club shows with DJs in South Beach hotels and acoustic shows with just a guitar player at the Arsht Performing Arts Center in Miami. Florida’s a big market where I’ve been able to tap into the different aspects of who I am musically, and I’m excited to get back there.

Nick McGregor themail@folioweekly.com

Madrigals, Reels and Ancient Blues

The dynamic duo Tammerlin celebrates a decade-plus of tapping into the source of traditional tunes TAMMERLIN Thursday, Aug. 25 at 8:30 p.m.

European Street Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville Tickets are $10 399-1740 tammerlin.com

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ortheast Florida musical duo Tammerlin is notable for its knowledge of arcane, traditional European and American folk music, but the story behind the actual band name is a little less esoteric. Multi-instrumentalists Arvid Smith and Lee Hunter first began playing together as Tory Voodoo in 1994, but like any good coin-operated musicians, the pair had the humility to know when to reinvent themselves — or at least their name. “We started doing more gigs that were relegated to fine arts events, folk society festivals and schools,” Smith explains, “and since a lot of these shows were in various churches, the name Tory Voodoo became a real liability.” The band’s name had already garnered positive notice in the UK press, leaving the pair nonplussed in their new title search. In 1998, they finally settled on the name “Tammerlin” as a winking tribute to the Edgar Allan Poe poem “Tamerlane.” The band’s reasons for slightly altering the spelling of Poe’s poem were equally pragmatic. “We found out there was a hardcore punk band in Ohio that had that [Tamerlane] name,” Smith laughs.

Originally credited to “A Bostonian,” Poe’s 1827 epic threnody captures the deathbed confession of a conqueror who realizes a little too late that he’s made a fatal error in trading his love life for the sake of worldly powers. The poem’s themes of loss, exile and longing for love seemed like the appropriate match for this pair’s take on traditional music, much of which spoke of the same universal blues.

The two originally met when they were recruited to create a “soundscape” of incidental music for an outdoor production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” at downtown Jacksonville’s Metropolitan Park. They quickly discovered they shared a love of music ranging from medieval ballads and ’60s rock to Appalachian folk and Delta country blues. “There’s something truly compelling about any music that’s survived this long that still touches people,” Hunter believes, “and we all love a good story.”

Five albums and 17 years after that reluctant name change, Tammerlin is still going strong with its vision of blending British Isle folk with American blues and country music, creating a sound acclaimed folk music rag Dirty Linen Music described as “captivating … one of the best kept secrets in America.” The two are fascinated not only by a song’s longevity, but how that same material can change as it’s interpreted over the years. “As a musician,“ says Hunter, “the challenge is to update the material

Pickin’ on your friends: Arvid Smith and Lee Hunter are Tammerlin.

and still make it work.”

The duo Tammerlin has been active on the folk music festival since inception, sharing the stage with players like Doc Watson and Emmylou Harris, performing in the last few years from Asheville, N.C. to St. Augustine’s ever-popular Gamble Rogers Festival. And while Smith’s and Hunter’s decade-plus romantic relationship ended amicably a few years back, their love of creating music together has remain unchanged. “She is an amazing writer,” says Smith of his musical partner. “She can create a great song every week.” Strong words coming from journeyman player Smith, a Folio Weekly contributor and a strong presence on

the majority of popular music is centered around technology and electronics — with even contemporary country artists bleating out embarrassing attempts at rap — the pair’s decision to focus on a traditional approach is as defiant as it is anachronistic. “I just think the purpose is different,” says Hunter. “These old songs all come from a kind of ballad tradition; they are simply telling a story.” Embellished and passed on over time, the universal themes (love, loss, regret and joy) have survived through diligent study and work by artists like Smith and Hunter. For their upcoming performance at European Street Café, the pair is joined by an equally adept line-up featuring drummer Darren

Once could argue that in a day when the majority of popular music is centered around technology and electronics — with even contemporary country artists bleating out embarrassing attempts at rap — the pair’s decision to focus on a traditional approach is as defiant as it is anachronistic.

Northeast Florida’s music scene for decades.

Smith is adept on a literal army of stringed instruments. He plays with local rockers The 1911s (featuring Shawn Lightfoot), and his ongoing (and successful) study of the sitar has given him entrée into kirtans and other yogarelated events. “I just think of them as one big guitar,” says Smith of his mastery of myriad stringed instruments. Along with penning songs and playing guitar, Hunter is an accomplished marimbist and percussionist who studied under teacher and now-collaborator Charlotte Mabrey.

The talented pair never lets their obvious musical chops blur their focus on delivering a song. Once could argue that in a day when

Ronan, bassist Trey Andrews and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra violinist Philip Pan. “These guys can play anything,” promises Smith.

While Tammerlin navigates the folk scene’s outer realms, Hunter acknowledges the folk audience can be a prickly bunch when it comes to their reels and rags — whether it’s Jon Jacob Niles or Maybelle Carter. “There’s always going to be that certain element of the crowd that thinks [a song] should be done a certain way.”

Yet she is equally confident in the audience’s tastes, allowing that “most people come to listen with open ears.”

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CONCERTS THIS WEEK

MICHAEL SHACKELFORD This local favorite performs at 5 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

CHIP VANDIVER Blues artist Vandiver plays at 6 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Downtown Blues Bar & Grille, 714 St. Johns Ave., Palatka.

(386) 325-5454.

THE DEAR HUNTER The prog rockers appear at 6 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $13. 223-9850.

DERRYCK LAWRENCE PROJECT These local funk rockers perform at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Casa Marina Hotel & Restaurant, 691 N. First St., Jax Beach. 270-0025.

JUSTIN MOORE Up-and-coming country fave Moore plays at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Whisky River, 4850 Big Island Drive, Jacksonville. Advance tickets are $15; $20 day of show.

645-5571.

FAREWELL FLIGHT These rockers hit the stage at 8 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville.

Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

KHANN, HALLELUJAH, REMAINS The metal and drone rock kick off at 9 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Club TSI, 333 Bay St., Jacksonville.

KURT LANHAM This local troubadour performs at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18 at Pusser’s Bar and Grille, 816 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. 280-7766.

THE GRAPES OF ROTH Concerts in the Plaza presents these favored folkies at 7 p.m. on Aug. 18 under the oaks of the Plaza de la Constitución, located between Cathedral Place and King St., St. Augustine. The free concerts continue every Thurs. through Sept 5. Bring lounge chairs. Alcohol is prohibited. staugustinegovernment.com/sites/concerts-plaza PSYCHO ENHANCER, TAKE IT TO THE GRAVE These rockers play at 7 p.m. on Aug. 18 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

DAVID RUSSELL The singer-songwriter appears at 8 p.m. on Aug. 18 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. Advance tickets are $10. 399-1740.

JIMMY SOLARI Solo artist Solari performs at 8 p.m. on Aug. 18 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville.

854-6060.

SUEX EFFECT The contemporary jam rockers perform at 9 p.m. on Aug. 18 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach. 277-8010.

BIG ENGINE These rockers rev up onstage at 9 p.m. on Aug. 18 at Hammerheads Grill, 12400 Yellow Bluff Road S., Jacksonville.

240-0373.

PERMISSION Music in the Courtyard presents these blues rockers at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19 at 200 First St., Neptune Beach.

249-2922.

DEADLY BIZARRE, TYRANNY, INDORPHINE, FROM US CAME KNOWLEDGE, BOBOFLEX, THRESHOLD The area rockers hit the stage at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION, JERRY DOUGLASS Bluegrass phenomenons Alison Krauss & Union Station appear at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets are $49.50 and $69.50. 209-0367.

RED AFTERNOON BAND The rockers play at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

MICHAEL GARRETT Solo artist Garrett performs at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Pusser’s Bar and Grille, 816 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. 280-7766.

PAPERCUTT, HORNIT Glam rockers Papercutt perform at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach.

Advance tickets are $8. 246-2473.

EVAN BARBER & THE DEAD GAMBLERS Place your bets that these rockers appear at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach. 277-8010.

CHROME HEART The area rockers show a little heart at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 and 20 at Hammerheads Grill, 12400 Yellow Bluff Road S., Jacksonville. 240-0373.

ROGER THAT These locals get the “OK� to rock at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 and 20 at The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park. 246-0611.

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT The local band appears at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville. 854-6060.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET David Russell appears at 11:45 a.m. and Rabbit! perform at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Riverside Arts Market, held under the Fuller Warren Bridge at Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville. 554-6865.

MIKE McCUE BENEFIT CONCERT with LIFT, BLISTUR, BITE THE BULLET, CAT FIVE, RUCKUS, GRIMM WHITE STEED, CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE, FOXFIRE, SUN JAMMER, SPANKY THE BAND These local bands honor the late beaches resident Mike McCue at noon on Aug. 20 at Cliff’s Bar & Grill, 3033

Monument Rd., Jacksonville. The funds raised will help create the Mike McCue Park and Boat Ramp in Jax Beach. 645-5162. mccuepark.org CATALEPSY, THE WORLD WE KNEW, TRANSPOSE, TREE OF LIFE, CARNIVOROUS CARNIVAL, SILENCE THE DOUBTFUL Orlando metal heads Catalepsy perform at 6 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

SPANDEX SUPERHEROES The ’80s-centric band (Neil Freestone, Kevin Schrader, Daniel Hughes, Robert Hunter) plays from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. on Aug. 20 at Mardi Gras Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine. Wear your ’80s outfits for prizes.

Admission is $3. 823-8806.

LAUREN FINCHAM Singer-songwriter Fincham appears at 7 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Three Layers CafĂŠ, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville. 355-9791.

PAUL GARFINKLE CD Release Party This singer-songwriter celebrates his latest release at 8 p.m. on Aug. 20 at European Street CafĂŠ, 5500 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Advance tickets are $10. 399-1740.

HARRY & SALLY This musical duo performs at 8 p.m. on Aug. 20 at the Copper Top Restaurant, 1712 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach.

249-4776.

C4MANN This local musician plays at 8 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Pusser’s Bar & Grille, 816 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. 280-7766.

BLUE SMOKE & THE SMOKIN’ BLUE HORNS This blues combo appears at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Downtown Blues Bar & Grille, 714 St. Johns Ave., Palatka. (386) 325-5454.

ST. VAYNE These area rockers perform at 9 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Park Avenue Billiards, 714 Park Ave., Orange Park. 215-1557.

THE BAND 3 The local jammers play at 9 p.m. on Aug. 20 at The Pier Restaurant & Lounge, 412 N. First St., Jax Beach.

246-6454.

BETSY FRANCK & THE BARE KNUCKLE BAND These Athens, Ga.-based bluesy rockers appear at 9 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, 277-8010.

The band also performs at 9 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Tickets are $8. 247-6636.

COLTON McKENNA Singer-songwriter McKenna is on at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville. 854-6060.

GOLIATH FLORES This multi-instrumentalist performs at 1 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Three Layers CafĂŠ, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville.

355-9791.

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August 18 Billy Buchanan August 19 & 20 Billy Buchanan & Free Avenue

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Electro Tuesdays FRIDAY AUGUST 19

PaPercutt Hornit

(performing the 80’s Hair Hits) SATURDAY AUGUST 20

JAH ELECT Rachael WaRfield WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24

ELLIOT LIPP feat: Colby buCkler of Two fresh and guesTs VirTual boy FRIDAY AUGUST 26

HILLvalley CD Release Party

Hello Danger/ Speaking CurSive SATURDAY AUGUST 27

Ivan CD Release PaRty Koffi / Reco SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3

Bobby Lee Rodgers Bonnie Blue/Chroma SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17

Blackwater fest pre-party with

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The Best Live Music in St. Augustine!

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flight risk/lucky costello Vlad the Inhaler TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20

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TuesWed-

Mens Night Out Beer Pong 7pm $1 Draft $5 Pitchers Free Pool ALL U CAN EAT CRABLEGS Texas Hold ’Em STARTS AT 7 P.M. Bar Bingo/Karaoke ALL U CAN EAT WINGS KIDS EAT FREE FROM 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT

Thurs- Cat Five - 9pm

BASS TOURNAMENT WEIGH IN 8:30 P.M.

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Boogie Freaks - 9:30pm 1/2 PRICE APPS-FRI (BAR ONLY) 4-7PM DECK MUSIC 5 P.M.-9 P.M.

Sat-

Boogie Freaks - 9:30pm ACOUSTIC AFTERNOONS 5-9 P.M.

Sun-

Reggae Sunday 5-9 P.M.

The Family Vacation Tour feat:

ATMOSPHERE EvidEncE/BluEprint FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30

Appetite for Destruction (Guns N Roses Trib) FRIDAY OCTOBER 7

GLITCH MOB SATURDAY OCTOBER 8

IRATION

Tomorrows Bad seeds Through The rooTs SATURDAY OCTOBER 15

The People & Things Tour feat:

JACK’S MANNEQUIN

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK Company of Thieves SUNDAY OCTOBER 16

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS UPCOMING SHOWS

10-17: Â Â Reverend Horton Heat/ Supersuckers 10-19: Â Â Underoath/Comeback Kid/ The Chariot 10-21: Â Â U2 by UV 10-23: Â Â Tribal Seeds/E.N. Young 10-29: Â Â Mommies Little Monsters (Social D trib) 11-8: Â Â Â All Time Low/The Ready Set 12-11: Â Â Skrillex/12th Planet/Two Fresh

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ROOT REDEMPTION The blues jam begins at 4 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Downtown Blues Bar & Grille, 714 St. Johns Ave., Palatka.

(386) 325-5454.

EVANS DUO The acoustic duo performs at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21 at European Street CafĂŠ, 992 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville.

399-1740.

SLIGHTLY STOOPID, REBELUTION, SHWAYZE, CISCO ADLER This evening of dank-ass rock and reggae begins promptly at 6 p.m. on Aug. 21 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Advance tickets are $35; $40 day of show. 209-0367.

MICHAEL FUNGE This Irish music performer appears at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

MATISYAHU, TREVOR HALL Hasidic hip-hop king Matisyahu performs at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Advance tickets are $27.50; $30 day of show. 209-0399.

PILI PILI Area reggae kings play at 8 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Pusser’s Bar & Grille, 816 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. 280-7766.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

THE CHOP TOPS, THE ROCKETZ, THE STRIKERS Aug. 24, Jack Rabbits ELLIOT LIPP, VIRTUAL BOY Aug. 24, Freebird Live STEEL MAGNOLIA Aug. 25, Mavericks Rock N’ Honky Tonk Concert Hall TAMMERLIN Aug. 25, European Street CafÊ ALLELE, BLEEDING IN STEREO, STAYNE THEE ANGEL, DAILISS, A NEW DECREE Aug. 26, Brewster’s Pit kLoB Aug. 26, Dog Star Tavern THE EMPEDIMENTS Aug. 26, The Groove CafÊ HILLVALLEY CD Release Aug. 26, Freebird Live APPLESEED CAST Aug. 26, Jack Rabbits THE PEYTON BROTHERS Aug. 27, European Street IVAN CD Release Party with KOFFI, RECO Aug. 27, Freebird Live CONNECTED HOUSES Aug. 27, Dog Star Tavern GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Aug. 27, Copper Top Restaurant DARYL HANCE Aug. 28, Landshark CafÊ TIM KASHER, AFICIONADO Aug. 30, CafÊ Eleven FOURPLAY Sept. 2, The Florida Theatre

MIRANDA COSGROVE Sept. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre POLYGONS CD Release Party Sept. 3, Jack Rabbits JOHN VANDERSLICE Sept. 3, CafÊ Eleven HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS Sept. 4, Jack Rabbits GUTTERMOUTH, TNT, SYNCODESTROYO, POOR RICHARDS Sept. 8, Jack Rabbits JERROD NIEMAN Sept. 8, Mavericks Rock N’ Honky Tonk Concert Hall BETH McKEE BAND Sept. 8, European Street CafÊ DAYS OF THE NEW Sept. 9, Brewster’s Pit DELBERT McCLINTON Sept. 10, The Florida Theatre WISHING WELL, CHRIS MILLAM Sept. 15, European Street CafÊ PAT TRAVERS Sept. 16, Brewster’s Pit DAN ANDRIANO (ALKALINE TRIO) Sept. 16, CafÊ Eleven AMELIA ISLAND BLUES FESTIVAL Sept. 16 & 17, Fernandina Beach ERYKAH BADU, THE O’JAYS, RICKY SMILEY Sept. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena QUIET RIOT Sept. 17, Brewster’s Pit FLEET FOXES, THE WALKMEN Sept. 20, The Florida Theatre ATMOSPHERE Sept. 20, Freebird Live ELVIS COSTELLO Sept. 21, The Florida Theatre INCUBUS Sept. 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JJ GREY SOLO ACOUSTIC Sept. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MATT POND PA, ROCKY VOLOLATO Sept. 24, CafÊ Eleven LANGHORNE SLIM, WOBBLY TOMS Sept. 27, CafÊ Eleven ENTER THE HAGGIS Sept. 28, CafÊ Eleven LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM Oct. 3, The Florida Theatre TAPES ’N TAPES, HOWLER, SUNBEARS! Oct. 5, CafÊ Eleven JUNIOR BOYS Oct. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PETER FRAMPTON Oct. 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GLITCH MOB Oct. 7, Freebird Live RALPH STANLEY Oct. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall IRATION, TOMORROWS BAD SEEDS Oct. 8, Freebird Live DURAN DURAN, NEON TREES Oct. 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre AN HORSE Oct. 15, Underbelly JACK’S MANNEQUIN Oct. 15, Freebird Live NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Oct. 16, Freebird Live REV. HORTON HEAT, SUPERSUCKERS Oct. 17, Freebird Live ELECTRIC SIX, KITTEN Oct. 19, Jack Rabbits UNDEROATH, COMEBACK KID Oct. 19, Freebird Live REGINA CARTER Oct. 20, The Florida Theatre BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE Oct. 21, Jack Rabbits

EASTON CORBIN Oct. 27, Mavericks Rock N’ Honky Tonk Concert Hall THE GIN BLOSSOMS Oct. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MOMMIES LITTLE MONSTERS Oct. 29, Freebird Live YOUTH BRIGADE, OLD MAN MARKLEY Oct. 31, CafÊ Eleven NIGHT RANGER Nov. 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall QUEENSRYCHE Nov. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TAYLOR SWIFT Nov. 11, Veterans Memorial Arena NNENNA FREELON & EARL KLUGH Nov. 11, Church of the Good Shepherd JOHN FOGERTY Nov. 12, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RIDERS IN THE SKY Nov. 18, The Florida Theatre MAC MILLER, PAC DIV, CASEY VEGGIES Nov. 23, The Florida Theatre SKILLREX, 12th PLANET, TWO FRESH Dec. 11, Freebird Live JJ GREY & MOFRO, YANKEE SLICKERS Dec. 29, Mavericks Rock N’ Honky Tonk Concert Hall

• CLUBS • AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH

BEECH STREET GRILL, 801 Beech St., 277-3662 John Springer every Fri. & Sat., every other Thur. Barry Randolph every Sun. CAFE KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269 Live music in the courtyard at 6 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., at 5 p.m. every Sun. DOG STAR TAVERN, 10 N. Second St., 277-8010 Suex Effect on Aug. 18. Evan Barber & the Dead Gamblers on Aug. 19.

Betsy Franck & the Bare Knuckle Band at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 20.

Live music every weekend GENNARO’S ITALIANO SOUTH, 5472 First Coast Hwy., 491-1999 Live jazz from 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Dan Voll from 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Live music every weekend INDIGO ALLEY, 316 Centre St., 261-7222 Dan Voll & the Alley Cats at 8 p.m. every Sat. Frankie’s Jazz Jam at 7:30 p.m. every Tue. Open mic at 7 p.m. every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. O’KANE’S IRISH PUB, 318 Centre St., 261-1000 Dan Voll at 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Turner London Band at 8:30 p.m. every Thur., Fri. & Sat. THE PALACE SALOON & SHEFFIELD’S, 117 Centre St., 491-3332 BSP Unplugged every Tue. & Sun. Wes Cobb every

Wed. DJ Heavy Hess, Hupp & Rob every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. DJ Miguel Alvarez in Sheffield’s every Fri. DJ Heavy Hess every Sat. Cason every Mon. PLAE, 80 Amelia Circle, Amelia Island Plantation, 277-2132 Gary Ross from 7-11 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6990 Cason at 2 p.m. at the tiki bar every Sat. & Sun. THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Brian Linski on Aug. 16. Early McCall on Aug. 18. Andy Haney on Aug. 19 & 22. Richard Stratton on Aug. 20. Gary Stewart at noon, Gary Keniston at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21. Kent Kirby on Aug. 23. DJ Roc at 5 p.m. every Wed.

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AJ’S BAR & GRILLE, 10244 Atlantic Blvd., 805-9060 DJ Sheryl every Thur., Fri. & Sat. DJ Mike every Tue. & Wed. Karaoke every Thur.

MEEHAN’S TAVERN, 9119 Merrill Rd., Ste. 5, 551-7076 Karaoke every Wed. Live music every Fri. Open mic every Wed. MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music at 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. PLUSH, RAIN, LAVA, 845 University Blvd. N., 745-1845 DJ Massive spins top 40 in Rain every Wed., DJs spin Latin every Fri.; house & techno in Z-Bar every Fri. TONINO’S TRATTORIA & MARTINI BAR, 7001 Merrill Rd., Ste. 45, 743-3848 Alaina Colding every Thur. W. Harvey Williams at 6 p.m. every Fri. Signature String Quartet every Sat. VIP LOUNGE, 7707 Arlington Expressway, 619-8198 Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Tue. Live music every Wed. Reggae every Thur. Live music from 9-11 p.m. every Fri. Old school jams every Sat. A DJ spins from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. every Sun.

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Red Afternoon at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. Johnston Duo at 6 p.m., at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Tickets are $8. 247-6636. The four-piece tours in support of its latest Karaoke with Hal at 10 p.m. on Aug. 20. Michael Funge at 6:30 release, “Still Waiting.� p.m. on Aug. 21. Indigo Blue Jazz Band at 7 p.m. on Aug. 16 DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 311 Third St. N., 853-5004 Live music at 9 p.m. on Aug. 21. Open mic every Thur. Live music R&B, old-school every Thur. DJ Catharsis spins lounge beats TONY D’S NEW YORK PIZZA & RESTAURANT, 8358 Point every Fri. & Sat. Reggae every Sun. Karaoke every Mon. every 1st & 4th Sat. Patrick Evan & CoAlition every Industry Sun. Meadows Dr., 322-7051 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. For please call your representative at 260-9770. RUN217,DATE: MOJOquestions, NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Shawn advertising Lightfoot 249-2337 Live music every Thur.

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LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, DOWNTOWN BURRO BAR, 228 E. Forsyth St., 353-4692 DJ Tin Man spins 249-2922 Jazz at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. reggae & dub every Tue. Devin Balara, Jack Diablo & Carrie LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 The Wits End Location every Thur. Live music every Fri. $Big Bucks DJ Crew$ Band on Aug. 19 & 20. Split Tone at 10:30 p.m. every Tue. Nate every Sat. Bert No Shirt & Uncle Jesse every Sun. DJ Chef Rocc Holley Band every Wed. Ryan Campbell every Thur. Video DJ & spins hip hop & soul every Sun. Karaoke every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. CITY HALL PUB, 234 Randolph Blvd., 356-6750 DJ Skillz MAYPORT TAVERN, 2775 Old Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, spins Motown, hip hop & R&B every Wed. Live music every Tue. 270-0801 Live music at 3 p.m. every Sun. Open mic at 5 p.m. & Thur. Smooth Jazz Lunch at 11 a.m., Latin music at 9 p.m. every Wed. DJ Jason hosts Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. every first Fri.; Ol’ Skool every last Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., Ste. 2, 246-1500 CLUB TSI, 333 E. Bay St. Khann, Hallelujah and Remains on Delta Dave on Aug. 16. Bread & Butter on Aug. 17. Wits End on Aug. 17. Live music every weekend Aug. 18. Groovy Dog on Aug. 20. Yankee Slickers on Aug. 21. Ryan DE REAL TING CAFE, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738 DJs Mix Crary on Aug. 21. The Fritz on Aug. 23. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Master Prince, Pete, Stylish, Big Bodie play reggae, calypso, MEZZA LUNA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil R&B, hip hop and top 40 every Fri. & Sat. Dixon at 6 p.m. every Tue. Mike Shackelford and Rick Johnson DIVE BAR, 331 E. Bay St., 359-9090 Live music every weekend at 6 p.m. every Thur.

DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 DJ Synsonic spins MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Betsy Franck every Tue. & Fri. DJ Rockin’ Bones spins every Wed. DJ & the Bare Knuckle Band at 9 p.m. on Aug. 21 Scandalous spins every Sat. DJ Randall Karaoke every Mon. MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Wes Cobb at 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams spins dance Party Train from 7 p.m.-mid. on Aug. 19. Little green Men at 7 & for Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar p.m. on Aug. 20. First Coast Opry from 5-8 pm. on Aug. 21 spins dance music at 9 p.m. every Mon., Thur. & Fri. THE IVY ULTRA BAR, 113 E. Bay St., 356-9200 DJs 151 The NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Experience & C-Lo spin every Rush Hour Wed. DJ E.L. spins top Live music nightly 40, South Beach & dance classics every Pure Sat. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Vinn Beach, 372-4105 Live music every Thur.-Sat. spins top 40 for ladies nite every Thur. Ritmo y Sabor every OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Live Fiesta Fri. BayStreet mega party with DJ Shotgun every Sat. music every weekend MAVERICKS ROCK N’HONKY TONK, The Jacksonville THE PIER RESTAURANT, 445 Eighth Ave. N., 246-6454 Produced of& 19. benefit Ask Action Landing, 356-1110 Steelfor Magnolia on Aug. 25. Bobby Laredo John promise Earle on Aug. 18 DJ Dave Jimenez and 3 thesUpport Band spins every Thur. & Sat. Saddle Up every Sat. on Aug. 20. Darren Corlew from 2-7 p.m. every Sun. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, Open mic night from 8:30-11:30 p.m. every Wed. 241-7877 Kurt Lanham on Aug. 17. Rick Arcusa on Aug. 18.

THE PEARL, 1101 N. Main St., 791-4499 DJs Tom P. & Ian S. Str8Up on Aug. 19 & 20. Matt Still on Aug. 21 spin ’80s & indie dance every Fri. DJ Ricky spins indie rock, hip RITZ LOUNGE, 139 Third Ave. N., 246-2255 DJ Jenn Azana hop & electro every Sat. every Wed.-Sat. DJ Ibay every Sun. ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283 Live music RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 320 N. every Fri. & Sat. First St., 270-8565 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. SUN DOG, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 241-8221 Open mic on Aug. 16. Billy & Trevor on Aug. 17. Live music on FLEMING ISLAND Aug. 18. Swerved on Aug. 19 & 20. Bread & Butter on Aug. 21.

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Ron Perry on Aug. 22. Live music every Wed.-Mon. Rebecca Day on Aug. 17. Barrett Jockers on Aug. 18. Chillula on THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 Live music every Aug. 19. Nate Holley on Aug. 20. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Fri. & Sat.

MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 DJ Ty spins for ladies’ nite every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Buck Smith Project every Mon. Blistur unplugged every Wed. RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 406 Old Hard Rd., Ste. 106, 213-7779 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Karaoke on Aug. 17. Cat 5 on Country Night at 9 p.m. on Aug. 18.

Reeves Brothers at 5 p.m., Boogie Freaks at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. Mr. & Mrs. Smith at 5:30 p.m., Boogie Freaks at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 20. Reggae on the deck at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21. DJ BG every Mon.

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BREWSTER’S PIT, 14003 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 223-9850 The Dear Hunter on Aug. 17. Psycho Enhancer and Take It to the Grave on Aug. 18. Deadly Bizarre, Tyranny, Indorphine, From Us Came Knowledge, Boboflex and Threshold on Aug. 19. The World We Knew, Catalepsy, Transpose, Tree of Life, Carnivorous Carnival and Silence the Doubtful on Aug. 20 BREWSTER’S PUB, 14003 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 223-9850 Open mic every Wed. Karaoke with DJ Randal & live music every Thur., Fri. & Sat. A DJ spins every Mon. BRUCCI’S PIZZA, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36, 223-6913 Mike Shackelford at 6:30 p.m. every Sat. and Mon. CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Cat 5 on Aug. 19 & 20. Mike McCue benefit concert with Lift, by ab Checked

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HJ’S BAR & GRILL, 8540 Argyle Forest Blvd., 317-2783 Karaoke with DJ Ron at 8:30 p.m. every Tue. & DJ Richie at every Fri. Live music every Sat. Open mic at 8 p.m. every Wed. KICKBACKS, 910 King St., 388-9551 Ray & Taylor every Thur.

Robby Shenk every Sun. LOMAX LODGE, 822 Lomax St., 634-8813 DJ Dots every Tue. Milan da Tin Man every Wed. DJ Christian every Sat. DJ Spencer every Sun. DJ Luminous every Mon. METRO, 2929 Plum St., 388-8719 DJ Chadpole every Fri. & Sat. Karaoke with KJ Rob every Sun., Mon. & Tue. THE MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Benefit Show with The Sophomore Attempt, Samuel Sanders, Corey Kilgannon, Nobody on Land and Neon Niteclub at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19. Gideon, All’s Quiet, I Drive a Station Wagon, Seizing the Final Victory, Virtues and Returners at 7 p.m. on Aug. 20 WALKERS, 2692 Post St., 894-7465 Jax Arts Collaborative every Tue. Patrick & Burt every Wed. DJ Jeremiah every Thur.

Acoustic every Thur.-Sat. Dr. Bill & His Solo Practice of Music at 5 p.m. every Fri.

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Gone but not forgotten: Cliff’s Bar & Grill hosts the Mike McCue Benefit Concert on Aug. 20 beginning at noon at 3033 Monument Road, Jacksonville. Featuring live music by a dozen bands, the event celebrates the life of muchloved Beaches resident Mike McCue, who was murdered last February at the age of 42. The goal is to raise funds to create the Mike McCue Park and Boat Ramp in Jax Beach. 645-5162. mccuepark.org SHANNON’S IRISH PUB, 111 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-9670 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

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AW SHUCKS OYSTER BAR & GRILL, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., 240-0368 Open mic with John O’Connor from 7-10 p.m. every Wed. Cafe Groove Duo, Jay Terry & John O’Connor, from 8-11 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Sat. BLUE CRAB CRABHOUSE, 3057 Julington Creek Rd., 260-2722 Live music on the deck every Sun. afternoon CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 11475 San Jose Blvd., 262-4337 Karaoke at 9:30 p.m. every Wed. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Karaoke from 9 p.m.-1 p.m. Mon.-Thur. Dennis Klee & the World’s Most Talented Waitstaff every Fri. & Sat. THE NEW ORLEANS CAFE, 12760 San Jose Blvd., 880-5155 Jazz on the Deck 7-10 p.m. with Sleepy’s Connection every Tue. Open mic with Biker Bob at 7:30 p.m. every Thur. Les B. Fine at 1 p.m. every Reggae Sun. Creekside Songwriters Showcase at 7 p.m. on the last Wed. each month RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 4268 Oldfield Crossing, 262-4030 Craig Hand every Sat. Karaoke at 7 p.m. every Sun. SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE, 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16, 538-0811 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri.

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CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 1580 Wells Rd., 269-4855 Karaoke at 9:30 p.m. every Wed. & Sat. CRACKERS LOUNGE, 1282 Blanding Blvd., 272-4620 Karaoke every Fri. & Sat. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Roger That on Aug. 19 & 20. DJ Waldo every Tue. DJ Papa Sugar every Wed. Buck Smith Project every Mon.

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DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., (386) 325-5454 Chip VanDiver from 6-9 p.m. on Aug. 17. Gong Karaoke with Buffalo at 8 p.m. on Aug. 18. Chrome Diva’s benefit & DJ at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19. Blue Smoke & the Smokin’ Blue Horns at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 20. Roots Redemption live jam at 4 p.m. on Aug. 21. Karaoke at 8 p.m. every Thur. Garage Band at 8 p.m. every Fri. Jam & open mic at 4 p.m. every Biker Sunday.

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NINETEEN at SAWGRASS, 110 Championship Way, 273-3235 Time2Swing at 6 p.m. every Thur. Strings of Fire every Sat. PUSSER’S CARIBBEAN GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 280-7766 Kurt Lanham at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18. Michael Garrett at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19. Chris C4Mann at 8 p.m. on Aug. 20. Pili Pili at 4 p.m. on Aug. 21. Live music every Thur.-Sun. URBAN FLATS, 330 A1A N., 280-5515 High Tides of Jazz at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 18. Mark O’Quinn at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19.

Darren Corlew Band on Aug. 20. Darren Corlew every Tue. Soulo & Deron Baker at 6 p.m. every Wed.

A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 Billy Buchanan on Aug. 18. Billy Buchanan and Free Avenue on Aug. 19 & 20 AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1915 A1A S., 461-0102 Fermin Spanish guitar from 6-8 p.m. every Thur.

ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Smokin Joe on Aug. 16. Kenny Gilliam at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 17. SMG at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. Fear Buile at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 20. Karaoke at 8 p.m. on Aug. 21 THE BRITISH PUB, 213 Anastasia Blvd., 810-5111 Karaoke with Jimmy Jamez at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 & 20. A DJ spins on Aug. 21. Open mic night with TJ on Aug. 22 CAFE ELEVEN, 540 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Tim Kasher and Aficionado at 8 p.m. on Aug. 30 CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 157 King St., 826-1594 Ain’t Too Proud 2 Beg at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19. Will Montgomery Duo at 2 p.m., Ain’t Too Proud 2 Beg at 7 p.m. on Aug. 20. Vinny Jacobs at 2 p.m. on Aug. 21 CHICAGO PIZZA & BAKERY, 107 Natures Walk Pkwy., Ste. 101, 230-9700 Greg Flowers hosts open-mic and jazz piano from 7-10 p.m. every Tue. Live music every Fri. CONCH HOUSE LOUNGE, 57 Comares Ave., 829-8646 Brad Newman at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18. LoriAnn at 3, Jerry Melfi at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. Badman Emery Llaneza at 3, Alex Austin at 8 p.m. on Aug. 20. Jah Creations from 3-7 p.m. on Aug. 21. Brad Newman every Thur. Live music at 3 p.m. every Sat. CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Chelsea Saddler every Sun. FLORIDA CRACKER CAFE, 81 St. George St., 829-0397 Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizard at 5:30 p.m. every Wed. HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765 Stu Weaver every Mon. JACK’S BARBECUE, 691 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-8100 Jim Essery at 4 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Thur.-Sat. KING’S HEAD BRITISH PUB, 6460 U.S. 1, 823-9787 Mike Sweet from 6-8 p.m. every Thur.

KOZMIC BLUZ PIZZA CAFE & ALE, 48 Spanish St., 825-4805 Live music every Fri., Sat. & Sun. MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Spandex Superheroes from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. on Aug. 20. Open jam nite with house band at 8 p.m. every Wed. Battle of the DJs with Josh Frazetta & Mardi Gras Mike every last Sun. MEEHAN’S IRISH PUB, 20 Avenida Menendez, 810-1923 Live music every Fri. & Sat. MI CASA CAFE, 69 St. George St., 824-9317 Chelsea Saddler noon-4 p.m. every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth at noon every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 David Russell at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 & 20. John Winters at 1 p.m. on Aug. 21. Vinny Jacobs every Tue. Todd & Molly Jones every Wed. Colton McKenna at 9 p.m. every Thur.

Will Pearsall at 9 p.m. every Mon. THE REEF, 4100 Coastal Hwy., Vilano Beach, 824-8008 Richard Kuncicky from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. every Sun. SANGRIAS PIANO BAR, 35 Hypolita St., 827-1947 Soul Searchers every Wed. Jim Asalta every Thur. Jazz every Fri. The Housecats every Sat. Sunny & the Flashbacks every Sun. SCARLETT O’HARA’S, 70 Hypolita St., 824-6535 Lil Blaze & DJ Alex hosts Karaoke every Mon. THE TASTING ROOM, 25 Cuna St., 810-2400 Bossa nova with Monica da Silva & Chad Alger from 5-8 p.m. every Sun. TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Spanky at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 & 20. Mark Hart every Mon.-Wed. Open mic every Thur. Mark Hart & Jim Carrick every Fri. Elizabeth Roth at 1 p.m., Mark Hart at 5 p.m. every Sat. Keith Godwin at 1 p.m., Wade at 5 p.m. every Sun. Matanzas at 9 p.m. Sun.-Thur.

ZHANRAS, 108 Anastasia Blvd., 823-3367 Deron Baker & Soulo every Tue. DJ Cep spins ’80s & disco every Sun. Vinny Jacobs open mic every Mon.

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AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live jazz from 8-11 p.m. every Tue. & Wed. Live music every College Nite Thur. Piano bar with Will Hurley from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. in Main Lounge; DJ in Ice Bar every Fri. Guitarist

Bill Rice at 9 p.m. every Sat. Salsa every Sun. BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music from 2-7 p.m. every Sun. THE GRAPE, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-7111 Live music every Fri. & Sat. John Earle every Mon. DJ Mikeology every Thur.

JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120, 997-9850 Karaoke from 7-10 p.m. every Sat. with Gimme the Mike DJs ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Brian Ripper on Aug. 17. Jimmy Solari at 8 p.m. on Aug. 18. Hidden in Plain Sight at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. Colton McKenna at 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 997-1955 Ron Rodriguez on Aug. 17. Charlie Walker on Aug. 18. Nate Holley on Aug. 19. Brown Bag Special on Aug. 20. Tim O’Shea on Aug. 21. Open mic nite every Tue. SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Parkway N., 997-1999 Chuck Nash every Thur. Live music at 10 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. SUITE, 4880 Big Island Dr., 493-9305 Marvel on Aug. 18.

Skip on Aug. 19 & 20. Live music every Tue.-Sat. URBAN FLATS, 9726 Touchton Rd., 642-1488 Live music every Fri. & Sat. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Drive, 645-5571 Justin Moore on Aug. 17. A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Karaoke every Mon.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

ENDO EXO, 1224 Kings Ave., 396-7733 DJ J-Money spins jazz, soul, R&B, house every Fri. DJ Manus spins top 40 & dance every Sat. Open mic with King Ron & T-Roy every Mon. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 399-1740 David Russell at 8 p.m. on Aug. 18. Jazz every 2nd Tue. HAVANA-JAX CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609 MVP Band from 6-9 p.m., DJs No Fame & Dr. Doom every Wed. Jazz every Thur. DJ Omar spins dance every Fri. DJs Harry, Rico & Nestor spin salsa every Sat. JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Shirock and Junior Doctor on Aug. 16. Farewell Flight on Aug. 17. Armor For a Broken Heart, Ghostwitch and Spongecake & The Fluff Ramblers on Aug. 18. The Dangerous Summer, I Call Fives, 10 West and The Scenic on Aug. 19 MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922 Bossa nova with Monica da Silva & Chad Alger at 7 p.m. every Thur.

SQUARE ONE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 306-9004 Soul on the Square & Band of Destiny at 8 p.m. every Mon. John Earle Band every Tue. DJs Wes Reed & Matt Caulder spin indie dance & electro every Wed. Split Tone & DJ Comic every Thur.

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AROMAS, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live jazz from 8-11 p.m. every Tue. & Wed. Live music from 8-11 p.m. every Thur. Piano Bar with Will Hurley from 9 p.m.-1 a.m., a DJ spins till close every Fri. Bill Rice at 9 p.m. every Sat. Salsa every Sun. BOMBA’S, 8560 Beach Blvd., 997-2291 Open mic from 7-11 p.m. with Chris Hall every Tue. & every first Sun. Live music at 8 p.m. every Fri., at 6 p.m. every Sat. & at 5 p.m. every Sun. CORNER BISTRO & Wine Bar, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 1, 619-1931 Matt “Pianoman” Hall at 8 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717 Paul Garfinkel CD release party at 8 p.m. on Aug. 20 LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 Your Jax Music open mic every Wed. Whyte Python every Flashback Fri. Live music every Thur., Fri. & Sat.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

BOOTS-N-BOTTLES, 12405 N. Main St., Ste. 7, Oceanway, 647-7798 Karaoke every Tue., Thur. & Sun. with DJ Dave. Open mic every Wed. A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. FLIGHT 747 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4073 Big Engine every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. ’70s every Tue. HAMMERHEADS GRILL, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., 240-0373 Big Engine on Aug. 18. Chrome Heart at 9 p.m. on Aug. 19 & 20. Live music every Fri. & Sat. RIVERCITY ISLAND GRILL & CHILL, 13141 City Station Drive, 696-0802 The Bush Doctors at 6 p.m. on Aug. 19 SKYLINE SPORTSBAR & LOUNGE, 5611 Norwood Ave., 517-6973 Bigga Rankin & Cool Running DJs every Tue. & 1st Sun. Fusion Band & DJ every Thur. DJ Scar spins every Sun. THREE LAYERS CAFE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Lauren Fincham on Aug. 20. Goliath Flores at 1 p.m. on Aug. 21 3 LIONS SPORTS PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 647-8625 Open mic at 8 p.m. every Thur. Woodie & Wyatt C. every Fri. Live music at 8 p.m. every Sat. To be included in the live music listing, send all the vitals — time, date, location with street address, city, admission price and contact number — to Dan Brown, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email events@folioweekly.com.

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The alumni of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts celebrate a quarter-century of artistic excellence SHOWTIME 25 Friday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

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or a quarter-century, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts has been churning out some of Northeast Florida’s best dancers, actors, artists, musicians, writers and film directors. To celebrate 25 years of graduates, the Douglas Anderson Alumni Association is presenting “Showtime 25,” an alumni reunion performance benefiting the school’s scholarship fund.

Krysten Bennett, DA class of ’94, is a current board member of the Alumni Association.

She explains, “We hope to use this event as the jumping-off point to engage the nearly 5,000 graduates of DA and develop programs related to arts education advocacy, supporting local arts non-profits and developing a network of DA alumni around the country.”

The history begins in 1986, when Douglas Anderson School of the Arts became an arts magnet school. The Class of 2011 marks the school’s 25th graduating class, and Showtime 25 pays homage to the early history of DA, when a monthly student showcase called Showtime, the equivalent of a high school pep rally, was held in the school’s modest gymnasium, before construction of the school’s current theater.

The event is directed by Lee Hamby (’93), whose recent projects include “Sweeney Todd” and “Hair” at Players by the Sea in Jacksonville Beach. Hamby, a professional theater performer, costume designer and director, directs the show and performs with Rhythm Junction, the school’s former vocal and instrumental jazz group now performing specialty events.

“Being involved as an alumni allows me to see how far the school has come over the years,” Hamby says. “The amount of talent and passion that pours out of the doors of Douglas Anderson into the artistic world is quite amazing and it makes me proud to be a part of the history as well as the future.”

Staci Cobb (’89) is currently Director of Development for NPR’s State of the Re:Union (a locally produced show with host Al Letson).

For Showtime 25, Cobb performs a scene from a new play, “Gruesome Playground Injuries” by Rajiv Joseph, with Seth Langner, DA class of ’91.

After graduating from DA, Cobb lived in New York City for eight years, but decided to return to Jacksonville and build a life. “There is

While in high school, Calise was hit with a barrage of personal problems, including the deaths of his father and several friends. Calise was eventually asked to leave the school for not performing academically. “When I was kicked out, my fellow classmates came quickly to my defense and pleaded along with me to let me have a second chance — over 50 students at my side.”

DA gave Calise another chance and it seems to be paying off. He says, “Douglas Anderson provided me with a community that chose not to breed hate, but to bask in the idea of acceptance.” Calise compares the camaraderie among some alumni to be like that of a family, fraternity or even the military. “Every time

“Being involved as an alumni allows me to see how far the school has come over the years,” Hamby says.

“The amount of talent and passion that pours out of the doors of Douglas Anderson into the artistic world is quite amazing and it makes me proud to be a part of the history as well as the future.” tremendous talent in this city thanks to schools like Douglas Anderson,” she explains. “I want future DA grads to see staying or coming back as one of their options. By staying involved with DA and DA alumni, it helps further that sense, for me, of artistic community right here and now.”

For recent graduate Matthew Calise (’07), being the technical director — including lighting, sound and deck movement — for Showtime 25 is personal. A full-time student at Florida State University, Calise says his time at Douglas Anderson is “a huge part of the person I have become today.”

we host an event,” explains Calise, “we share stories with such ferocity that we sound like soldiers telling war stories.”

The main ambition of Showtime 25 is to raise funds for DA’s annual scholarship, but for a quarter-century‘s count of alumni, it’s way more than that. The event is also being held to recognize Jane Condon, principal at DA for 10 years. For former Douglas Anderson students like Bennett, Hamby, Cobb and Calise, DA is their family and they continue to return home for love and support.

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PERFORMANCE

TESTING: A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AN EX-TEACHER Steve Bailey debuts his comedy about the trials of teachers dealing with standardized testing at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 at Vault Gallery + Artspace, 121 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Admission is $10. 608-1590.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Alhambra Theatre & Dining presents this hilarious dark comedy, about a pair of con men who get a little comeuppance, at 8 p.m. Aug. 16, 21 and 23, at 1:15 p.m. on Aug. 20 and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 21 at 12000 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets range from $42-$49.

641-1212.

SECOND SAMUEL The Limelight Theatre presents this touching Southern comedy at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 18, 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 21 at 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine.

Tickets are $25; $22 for seniors; $20 for military and students.

825-1164.

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATER St. Augustine Murder Mystery Dinner Theater stages nightly performances of “Murder at Café Noir” at 6:30 p.m. at Ramada in Historic Downtown, 116 San Marco Ave. Tickets are $43.15; $35.15 for children. 671-2508.

MURDER IN THE OLDE CITY The Limelight Theatre presents this dinner theater whodunit at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 and 28 at The Raintree Restaurant, 102 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine.

Tickets are $39.95. 825-1164.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

“5 X 500”: COMMUNITY CAMERA PHONE PROJECT PHOTOJAX 2011 is accepting entries for inclusion in “5 x 500,” a community-response art project showcasing camera phone imagery. Submit images taken locally from a cell phone utilizing the theme “River City, Sand and Sea.” 500 winning entries are to be projected for five seconds, beginning at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 16, on the façade of the Museum of Contemporary Art, 333 N. Laura St., Jacksonville. Submissions include image title, type of cell phone used, name, address and phone number. Images must be 72 dpi. Send to photojax5x500@gmail.com CALL TO ARTISTS The Jacksonville Fine Arts Festival seeks original poster artwork for its festival to be held in Avondale’s Boone Park on March 24 and 25, 2012. The winning submission gets a free 10x10 exhibitor’s space. Send 300 dpi submissions, including name and media, to cookied@ix.netcom.com ABET FALL CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre offers dramatic classes “Story-Makers” (Grades 1 & 2) from 9:15-10:45 a.m. on Aug. 20 and every Sat. through Oct. 22. Class fee is $200. “Drama Dreamers” (Grades 3-7) is held from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 and every Sat. through Nov. 19. Class fee is $250. Both classes culminate in videotaped performances held on Nov. 19 and 20. Classes are held at 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-7177. Register at abettheatre.com ORANGE PARK THEATRE AUDITIONS Orange Park Community Theatre auditions for its production of Katherine DiSavino’s comedy “Nana’s Naughty Knickers” at 2 p.m. on Aug. 28 and 7 p.m. on Aug. 29 at 2900 Moody Ave., Orange Park. The cast calls for 10 men and women (ages 20-80). The play runs Oct. 28-Nov. 19. 443-2633.

NUTCRACKER AUDITIONS The St. Augustine Ballet auditions for its production of the holiday classic “The Nutcracker” at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 27 at Abella’s School of Dance, 1765 Tree Blvd., St. Augustine. Dancers ages 8 and older may audition in proper attire: black leotard, pink tights with hair pulled back in a bun for females, black pants and a white shirt for males.

Bring a photo. Non-refundable $25 audition fee. Performances are held Dec. 17 and 18. 810-5670. staugustineballet.com “THE CHILDREN’S HOUR” AUDITIONS ABET auditions for its production of Lillian Hellman’s drama about a scandal at a girl’s boarding school at 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 and 1 p.m. on Aug. 27 at 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. The cast calls for five females (ages 25-65), seven females (12-14) and two males (ages 20-35.) The play is staged Oct. 28-Nov. 12. 249-7177. abettheatre.com CALL FOR YOUTH AND ADULT ARTISTS The Cyprian Center for Expressive Arts requests submissions from young (12-17) and adult artists in various media for its inaugural Celebrate Peace art exhibit. Work should reflect a peace theme. Mail or drop off entries: 130 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Augustine FL 32084. Entry fee is $10 per piece (maximum three per artist.) Deadline is 3 p.m. on Aug. 31. Show opens Sept. 21.

829-8828. cypriancenter.org AMATEUR NIGHT AUDITIONS AT THE RITZ The Ritz Theatre and Museum auditions for its Amateur Night at 5 p.m. on Aug. 18 at 829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville. 632-5555.

PLAYERS BY THE SEA AUDITIONS The beaches-based theater seeks actors for its production of Tracy Letts’ dark comedy “Superior Donuts.” Auditions for six males (20-60) and two females (50) are held at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21 at 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. 249-0289.

CALLING ALL SHAG DANCERS The First Coast Shag Club meets every Wed. at 7 p.m. at River City Brewing Company,

The Limelight Theatre stages Pamela Parker’s comedy “Second Samuel” on Aug. 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and on Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. at 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine. The play is a humorous chronicle of the friendships in a small Southern town. Tickets are $25; $22 for seniors; $20 for military and students. 825-1164.

835 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Intermediate and beginners are welcome. 398-2299. firstcoastshagclub.com

CLASSICAL & JAZZ

INDIGO BLUE JAZZ BAND This jazz combo performs at 7 p.m. on Aug. 16 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

CLASSICAL AT UNITARIAN Soprano Jaime Sanborn and pianist Sharon Scholl perform at 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 21 at Unitarian Universalist Church, 7405 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville. 725-8133.

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF GOOD SHEPHERD This local ensemble performs works by Molter, Telemann and Bach at 6 p.m. on Aug. 21 at 1100 Stockton St., Jacksonville. 387-5691.

EVANS ACOUSTIC The jazz swings into gear at 7 p.m. on Aug. 22 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

VON BARLOW’S JAZZ JOURNEY Drummer Barlow leads his combo at 8 p.m. on Aug. 23 at European Street Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. Advance tickets are $10. 399-1740.

JAZZ IN RIVERSIDE Trumpeter Ray Callendar and guitarist Taylor Roberts perform at 7 p.m. every Thur. at Kickbacks Gastropub, 910 King St., Jacksonville. 388-9551.

JAZZ AT TREE STEAKHOUSE Boril Ivanov Trio performs at 7 p.m. every Thur. and pianist David Gum performs at 7 p.m. every Fri. at Tree Steakhouse, 11362 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville. 262-0006.

JAZZ AT GENNARO’S Gennaro’s Ristorante Italiano features live jazz at 7:30 p.m. every Fri. and Sat. at 5472 First Coast Highway, Fernandina Beach. 491-1999.

JAZZ IN ST. AUGUSTINE Rhett’s Piano Bar & Brasserie features live jazz nightly at 7 p.m. at 66 Hypolita St., St. Augustine. 825-0502.

JAZZ VESPERS St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church holds candlelight jazz vespers at 5:30 p.m. on the third Sun. of each month, including Aug. 21, at 37 Lovett St., St. Augustine.

829-8828.

ART WALKS & FESTIVALS

NORTH BEACHES ART WALK Galleries of Atlantic and Neptune beaches are open late, from 5-9 p.m., on the third Thur. of each month at various venues from Sailfish Drive in Atlantic Beach to Neptune Beach and Town Center. For a list of participating galleries, call 249-2222.

DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts & crafts and local produce are offered every Fri. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive. 353-1188.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET The Arts Market is held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. beneath the Fuller Warren Bridge on Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville and features local and regional artists, strolling performers, bands and a farmers market.

Admission is free. 554-6865, 389-2449. riversideartsmarket.com

MUSEUMS

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, 356-6857. The Talks & Teas lecture series offers a seated gallery talk with tea and refreshments at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 17. Cost is $6; reservations required. 355-0630.

Drop-In Art, a weekly art class held from 5-6 p.m. on Aug. 16, gives kids ages 4-10 the chance to explore the galleries and create their own art. Fee is $5 per child. The class Art for Two offers kids ages 3-5 and their favorite adult the opportunity to create their own artistic masterpieces. The fee is $15 per pair; $10 for members. The class “Painting Fundamentals” is held from 1:30-5 p.m. on Aug. 17 and every Wed. through Sept.

7. All levels welcome. Class fee is $188; $168 for members.

The exhibit, “Ralph H. & Constance I. Wark Collection of Early

Meissen Porcelain,” is displayed through Dec. 31. The restored Tudor Room gallery is open through Dec. 31.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Jacksonville, 356-2992. Jim Smith’s “Eureka! Steampunk at the Karpeles” is on display through Sept. 30 and features 20 surreal assemblages. “Spiritualism,” featuring manuscripts of Harry Houdini’s and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s, is on display through Aug. 27. The permanent collection features a variety of rare manuscripts. Open Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 366-6911. Dr. Wayne Wood presents a lecture/slide show, “Visionary Artists from Paradise Garden to Pasaquan – Howard Finster Meets St. EOM,” at 7 p.m. on Aug. 18. Admission is free. Photographer Melanie Pullen’s exhibit “High Fashion Crime Scenes” is featured in Project Atrium through Nov. 6. Christina West’s exhibit, “What a Doll: The Human Object as Toy,” runs through Aug. 28. “Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster” runs through Aug. 28. Family Fun Free Day is held from noon-4 p.m. every Sun. Open Tue.-Sun. mocajacksonville.org RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville, 632-5555. The theater holds auditions for its upcoming Amateur Night at 5 p.m. on Aug. 18. An exhibit celebrating local African-American athletes and sports figures, “More Than a Game: African-American Sports in Jacksonville, 1900-1975,” is currently on display. “Lift Ev’ry Voice in LaVilla,” an exhibit of African-American history in Jacksonville, is on permanent display. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children, students and seniors. Open Tue.-Sun.

GALLERIES

ANCHOR BOUTIQUE 210 St. George St., C2, St. Augustine, 808-7078. Britt VanderSchouw’s exhibit, “Toy Camera Projekt,” runs through Aug. ARCHWAY GALLERY & FRAMING 363 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 2, Atlantic Beach, 249-2222. Terese Marie Muller is the featured artist from 5-9 p.m. on Aug. 18 during North Beaches Art Walk.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. The exhibit “Birdsong Brothers,” featuring works by Jeff and John Birdsong, is the featured exhibit from 5-9 p.m. on Aug. 18 during North Beaches Art Walk.

GALLERY 725 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 5, Atlantic Beach, 345-9320. The gallery celebrates North Beaches Art Walk from 5-9 p.m. on Aug. 18 with Tonsenia Yonn’s “Oceans of Dharma – the Remix.”

ISLAND ART ASSOCIATION 18 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7020. The juried theme show “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere” is on display through Sept.

JAXPORT GALLERY 2831 Talleyrand Ave., Jacksonville, 357-3052. “Painting with Light: The Missionary Diaries of Tom Baggs” runs through Aug. 26.

SIMPLE GESTURES GALLERY 4 White St. E., St. Augustine, 827-9997. This eclectic gallery presents a Student Art Show, featuring work by five local students, created from elementary school age to college freshman, through Sept. 2.

VAULT GALLERY + ARTSPACE 121 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville, 608-1590. Steve Bailey debuts his comedy “Testing: A Week in the Life of an Ex-Teacher” at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19. Admission is $10. The exhibit “Blackboard Variations,” featuring works by Northeast Florida art teachers in various media, is featured through Aug. Proceeds from all work sold replace funds lost during this year’s budget cuts.

For a complete list of galleries, log on to folioweekly.com. To list your event, send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price and contact number to print to Dan Brown, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email dbrown@folioweekly.com. Events are included on a spaceavailable basis.

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MCCUE PARK BENEFIT CONCERT Cliff’s Bar & Grill hosts the Mike McCue Benefit Concert on Aug. 20 beginning at noon at 3033 Monument Road, Jacksonville. Featuring live music by Lift, Blistur, Bite The Bullet, Cat Five, Ruckus, Grimm White Steed, Circle of Influence, Foxfire, Sun Jammer and Spanky the Band, the event celebrates the life of muchloved Beaches resident Mike McCue, who was murdered in February at the age of 42. The goal is to raise funds to create the Mike McCue Park and Boat Ramp in Jax Beach.

645-5162. mccuepark.org MUSIC BY THE SEA The free concert series continues with Jimmy Parrish & the Ocean Waves Band from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 17 at the Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. Each week, an area restaurant offers meals for less than $10. The series runs each Wed. through Sept. 28.

471-1686. staugbchcivicassoc.com CONCERTS IN THE PLAZA Elizabeth & The Grapes of Roth plays at 7 p.m. on Aug. 18 under the oaks at Plaza de la Constitución, located between Cathedral Place and King Street, St. Augustine.

The free concerts continue through Sept. 5. Bring lounge chairs. staugustinegovernment.com/sites/concerts-plaza COSMIC CONCERTS Laser shows are Laseropolis at 5 p.m., Laser Retro at 6 p.m., The Beatles at 7 p.m. and Led Zeppelin at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 in Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Online tickets are $5. 396-7062. moshplanetarium.org RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET David Russell and Rabbitt! perform on Aug. 20 at Riverside Arts Market, held under the Fuller Warren Bridge on Riverside Avenue, downtown. Local and regional artists, a water taxi and a farmers market from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. Admission is free. 554-6865. riversideartsmarket.com

POLITICS & ACTIVISM

LEGAL AID FREE CLINICS Jacksonville Area Legal Aid offers free clinics, with no appointment necessary, at 126 W. Adams St., Jacksonville. Topics are: Bankruptcy at 5 p.m. on the first Thur. each month; Consumer Rights at 5 p.m. on the first Wed. each month; Emancipation at 5 p.m. on the first Wed. each month; Child Support Modification at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thur. of each month; Dissolution of Marriage at 5:30 p.m. on the fourth Thur. of each month. Small Claims Court at 5:30 p.m. on the second Tue. of each month at Duval County Courthouse, 330 E. Bay St., Room 505, Jacksonville. The Foreclosure and Home Ownership clinic requires a sign-up, call 356-8371 ext.

362. In Nassau County, a Consumer Law Clinic is offered at the Nassau County Courthouse in Yulee. A sign-up is required; call (904) 356-8371, ext. 307. jaxlegalaid.org JACKSONVILLE JOURNEY The oversight committee of this crime-fighting initiative meets at 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 in Suite 400, Mayor’s Large Conference Room, City Hall at St. James, 17 W. Duval St., Jacksonville. 630-1273.

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COMMUNITY INTEREST

GONE FISHIN’ TOURNAMENT The annual tournament is held Aug. 19, 20 and 21 at Beach Marine, 2315 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Entry fee is $150 per boat, $100 per boat with anglers 16 or younger aboard. A weigh-in raffle drawing is featured. proceeds benefit the Hook the Future Foundation. 465-4552. takeakidfishing.org ENERGY EFFICIENCY EDUCATION SERIES St. Johns County holds workshops on how to save money and energy from 4-5 p.m. every Thur. at Wind Mitigation Bldg., University of Florida IFAS Extension, 3111 Ag Center Dr., St. Augustine. 827-6806. sjcfl.us TOILETRY DRIVE The annual toiletry drive is held through the summer at the Sulzbacher Center, 611 E. Adams St., Jacksonville. The center is in need of soap, shampoo, deodorant, body lotion, bug spray, sunscreen, toothpaste and toothbrushes, and lip balm. Volunteers are also needed to conduct toiletry drives at businesses and/or civic groups.

359-0457. sulzbachercenter.org

BOOKS & WRITING

WARREN ST. JOHN The Undergraduate Studies Council at UNF has selected Warren St. John’s “Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference” for its UNF Reads program. The author appears at 4 p.m. on Aug. 21 at UNF’s Robinson Theater, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. 620-1000.

FRIDAY 5 O’CLOCK WHISTLE TALKS Author Joan Hubbard (“The Grieving Self”) appears from 5-6:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 at Beaches Museum & History Center, 380 Pablo Ave., Jax Beach.

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LATITUDE 30 COMEDY Comedians are featured at 8 p.m. on Aug. 18, 19 and 20 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway,

Southside. Tickets are $13. 365-5555.

SHAUN JONES, SHERYL UNDERWOOD The Comedy Zone features All Stars at 8 p.m. on Aug. 16. Shaun Jones appears at 8 p.m. on Aug. 17 and 18; tickets are $6 and $8. Sheryl Underwood appears on Aug. 19 and 20 at 3130 Hartley Road, Ramada Inn, Jacksonville. Tickets are $25 and $30. 292-4242.

JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB Kenny Smith and Mike Hurlihey appear on Aug. 19 and 20 at 3009 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine. Tickets are $12. 461-8843.

UPCOMING

JACKSONVILLE TATTOO CONVENTION Sept. 2, 3 & 4, WGV Renaissance Resort SESAME STREET LIVE “ELMO’S SUPER HEROES” Sept. 16, 17 & 18, T-U Center FOLIO WEEKLY’S OKTOBERFEST Oct. 15 28TH ANNUAL CARING CHEFS Oct. 23, The Avenues Mall A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS Nov. 30, The Florida Theatre

The Comedy Zone presents Sheryl Underwood on Aug. 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. at 3130 Hartley Road, Ramada Inn, Jacksonville. Underwood is a regular on-air radio personality on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” has appeared on shows ranging from Def Comedy Jam and The View and also hosts “The Sheryl Underwood Show” on Jamie Foxx’s Sirius Radio channel. Tickets are $25 and $30. 292-4242.

NATURE, SPORTS, OUTDOORS

JACKSONVILLE SUNS The 2010 Southern League Champs kick off a homestand against the Mobile Baybears at 7:05 p.m. on Aug. 16 (Folio Weekly 50¢ Family Feast Night), Aug. 17 ((Wicked Wednesday & Military Night), Aug. 18 (Thursday Night Throwdown), Aug. 19 (Family Fireworks) and Aug. 20 (last ZOOperstars appearance) at the Baseball Grounds, 301 Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville. Come on out and cheer for your hometown team! Tickets are $7.50-$22.50. 358-2846. jaxsuns.com JAGUARS VS ATLANTA FALCONS The Jacksonville Jaguars play their first home preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 at EverBank Stadium, 1 Stadium Place, Jacksonville. Call for details and ticket information.

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TALBOT BARRIER ISLANDS A ranger discusses the natural history of sea islands and their important role in coastal ecology, including beach erosion, island migration, island formation and natural communities at 2 p.m. on Aug. 20 at the multi-use trail pavilion, south beach area on Little Talbot Island, 12157 Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville. No reservations are necessary and the program is free with regular park admission.

251-2320. floridastateparks.org SAVAGE ANCIENT SEAS This exhibit features fossils of marine animals from the collection of paleontologist Mike Triebold at Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. 396-7062. themosh.org WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME The Slammer & Squire and King & Bear golf courses, located off I-95, exit 323, St. Augustine, are offering several special golf programs through August.

Special twilight pricing will also be available at both courses.

For details and pricing, call 940-4123 or visit WorldGolfHallofFame.org.

ROWING The Jacksonville Rowing Club offers adult and youth rowing programs; no experience or equipment is necessary.

Monthly learn-to-row classes are offered. Coxswain training is also offered. 304-8500. jaxrow.org 92 AT THE ZOO When the temperature is predicted to be higher than 92 degrees, guests can get half-off admission with a coupon from jacksonvillezoo.org, through Aug. 31, at The Jacksonville Zoo, 370 Zoo Parkway, Jacksonville. If two of the three local weather authorities predict the weather to be a high of 92 degrees or more, a coupon is posted.

BIKE RIDE ON THE BEACH This fundraiser is held at 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 17 and every other Wed. departing from Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, ending back at the pier for the free concert. Proceeds benefit the Gratitude Leadership Program. 347-5301. gratitudetraining.com

BUSINESS

SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB The Blood Alliance’s Odette Struys appears at noon on Aug. 17 at San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville. Admission is $20. For reservations, call 396-5559.

KIDS

JAX ZOO The Zoo’s friendly, huggable lion mascot Jazoo celebrates a Birthday Bash and the Back to School Summer Bash from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Aug. 20 at Jacksonville Zoo’s Play Park, 370 Zoo Parkway, Jacksonville. Games, animal encounters, cupcakes, kid-friendly music and a Child I.D. Kit day in the Great Lawn are featured. Rescued penguins are

housed in the Tuxedo Coast exhibit, and endangered wood storks’ nests are alive with chicks this month. Open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 757-4463. jacksonvillezoo.org ABELLA’S SCHOOL OF DANCE The fundamentals of ballet, jazz tumbling, conditioning, choreography, and musical and dance history are offered at the school, 1765 Tree Blvd., St. Augustine.

For details and a schedule, call 810-5670.

ICE SKATING CAMPS & CLASSES Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, 3605 Philips Highway, Southside, offers Hockey Camp for ages 6-14, Summer Learn to Skate Camp for kids ages 6-14, and Figure Skating Academy Level for ages 8-16.

A lunch program and extended care are available. Public sessions are half-price while students are enrolled in Learn to Skate & Learn to Play Classes. 399-3223. For dates and prices, go to jaxiceandsportsplex.com AMELIA ARTS ACADEMY Camps and summer workshops for kids 4-11 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays, through Aug. 12 at 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina Beach. Painting, storytelling, band, clay working, art, music. 277-1225. ameliaartsacademy.org

CLASSES & GROUPS

BELLY DANCING CLASS Kawakeb offers classes in belly dancing from 6-7:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Ponce de Leon Mall, 2121 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine. Fee is $30. (917) 293-0503.

FREE MEDITATION Simple guided meditations to rejuvenate inner and outer self with Buddhist teacher Joanna Ching are held from 12:15-12:45 p.m. on Aug. 16 at Southeast Regional Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd., Jacksonville. 222-8531. meditationinjacksonville.org YOGA ON THE RIVER Karen Roumillat teaches gentle yoga on the fourth Sun. of each month. Sessions are free and are held on the boardwalk, at the Walter Jones Historical Park, 11964 Mandarin Road, beginning at 9 a.m. Bring a mat or blanket. karenroumillat.com DEPRESSION/BI-POLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE This support group meets every Thur. from 6-7:30 p.m. at Baptist Medical Center, 800 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville. For more information, call 616-6264.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Do you have a drug problem?

Maybe they can help. 358-6262, 723-5683. serenitycoastna. org, firstcoastna.org NAR-A-NON This group meets at 8 p.m. every Tue. and Thur. at 4172 Shirley Ave., Avondale. 945-7168.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RE-STORE The new store is located at 2745 Industry Center Road, Ste. 8, St. Augustine, just off S.R. 16, west of Four Mile Road. The store is packed with great bargains such as furniture, building materials, appliances and all kinds of household items. Proceeds benefit the building of decent, affordable homes for families in need in St. Johns County. Open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Thur., Fri. and Sat. 829-6916.

SCRABBLE CLUB This Jacksonville group gathers at 1 p.m. every Wed. at Golden Corral, 11470 San Jose Blvd., and every Thur. at Barnes & Noble, 11112 San Jose Blvd. For times, email curtlee59@aol.com. All levels are welcome. 733-1565.

HUMANE SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS The St. Augustine Humane Society recruits and trains volunteers 17 or older for a variety of services including spay shuttle operations, fundraising and building renovations. The necessary forms are found at staughumane.org. 827-8817.

YOGA AT THE GRANARY A yoga class with certified professional level kripalu teacher Anita Sanci, E-RYT500, is held at 10:30 a.m. every Tue. at The Granary, 1738 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park. Classes are $12 each. 264-5443.

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THE BEECH STREET GRILL Fine dining in a casual atmosphere. The menu includes fresh local seafood, steaks and pasta dishes created with a variety of ethnic influences.

Award-winning wine list. FB. L, Wed.-Fri.; D, nightly; Sun. brunch. 801 Beech St. 277-3662. $$$ BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ F At the foot of Centre Street, the upscale restaurant overlooks the Harbor Marina. The menu includes daily specials, fresh Florida seafood and an extensive wine list. FB. L & D, daily. 1 S. Front St. 261-2660. $$$ BRIGHT MORNINGS The small café offers freshly baked goods. B & L daily. 105 S. Third St. 491-1771. $$ CAFÉ 4750 At the Italian kitchen and wine bar, Chef de Cuisine Garrett Gooch offers roasted sea bass, frutti di mare soup, clam linguini, panatela bruschetta and fresh gelatos. Dine indoors or on the terrace. FB. B, L & D, daily. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island. 277-1100. $$$ CAFÉ KARIBO F Eclectic cuisine, served under the oaks in historic Fernandina, features sandwiches and chef’s specials.

Alfresco dining. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sat.; L, Sun. & Mon. 27 N. Third St. 277-5269. $$ CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY F European-style breads, pastries, croissants, muffins and pies baked daily. 1014 Atlantic Ave. 491-4663. $ EIGHT Contemporary sports lounge offers burgers, sandwiches, wings and nachos. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Fri. & Sat. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy. , Amelia Island. 277-1100. $$ ESPAÑA RESTAURANT & TAPAS Traditional Spanish and Portuguese dishes, tapas and paella served in a cozy atmosphere. BW, CM. D nightly. 22 S. Fourth St. 261-7700. $$$ FERNANDELI F Classics with a Southern touch, like a onethird-pound devil dog, Reubens and pulled pork. Sandwiches and wraps built to order from fresh cold cuts, tuna, egg and turkey salads. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 17B S. Eighth St. 261-0008. $ GENERAL STORE F This store has a little bit of everything.

Breakfast includes hot rope sausage, lunch features the Redneck Reuben. Deli meats, cheeses, chicken, fish, pizzas and pasta. BW. B, L & D, daily. 520 Centre St. 310-6080. $ GENNARO’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO F Southern Italian cuisine: pasta, gourmet ravioli, hand-tossed pizzas. Specialties are margharita pizza and shrimp feast. Bread is baked on-site.

CM, BW. L & D, daily. 5 S. Second St., 261-9400. 5472 First Coast Highway, Amelia Island, 491-1999. $$ HAPPY TOMATO COURTYARD CAFE & BBQ Pulled pork sandwich, chicken salad and walnut chocolate chunk cookie, served in a laid-back atmosphere. BW. CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7 S. Third St. 321-0707. $$ JACK & DIANE’S F Casual cafe offers steak & eggs, pancakes, Cajun scampi, etouffée, curry pizza, vegan black bean cakes, shrimp & grits, hand-carved steaks. FB. B, L & D, daily. 708 Centre St. 321-1444. $$ JOE’S 2ND STREET BISTRO Elegant island atmosphere. NY strip steak with sauces, Maine crab cakes, seafood fricassee and roast chicken penne pasta. BW. CM. D, nightly. 14 S. Second St. 321-2558. $$$ KABUKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Teppanyaki masters create your meal; plus a 37-item sushi bar. BW. D, Tue.-Sun. Amelia Plaza. 277-8782. $$ KELLEY’S COURTYARD CAFE F She crab soup, salads, fried green tomatoes, sandwiches and wraps are served indoors or out on the patio. Vegetarian dishes are also offered. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 19 S. Third St. 432-8213. $ LULU’S AT THE THOMPSON HOUSE F An innovative lunch menu includes po’boys, salads and seafood “little plates” served in a historic house. Dinner features fresh local seafood (Fernandina shrimp every Thur.); nightly specials. BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat., brunch on Sun. Reservations recommended. 11 S. Seventh St. 432-8394. $$ MONTEGO BAY COFFEE CAFE Locally owned and operated, with specialty coffees, fruit smoothies. Dine in or hit the drivethru. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 463363 S.R. 200, Yulee. 225-3600. $ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Northernstyle pizza by the pie or the slice. Choose from more than 20 toppings. Owner-selected wines and a large beer selection.

BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 925 S. 14th St. 321-3400. $ THE MUSTARD SEED CAFE Organic eatery and juice bar.

Extensive, eclectic menu featuring vegetarian and vegan items. Daily specials: local seafood, free-range chicken and fresh organic produce. Wraps, sandwiches, soups. CM. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 833 T.J. Courson Rd. 277-3141. $$ O’KANE’S IRISH PUB F Rustic, genuine Irish pub up front, eatery in back, featuring daily specials, fish-n-chips, and soups served in a sourdough bread bowl. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sun. 318 Centre St. 261-1000. $$

PEPPER’S MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA F The family restaurant offers authentic Mexican cuisine. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 520 Centre St. 272-2011. $$ PICANTE GRILL ROTISSERIE BAR F Picante offers flavors of Peru and Latin America, served in a contemporary atmosphere. The menu includes authentic Peruvian cebiche promise of benefit and homestyle empanadas. BW, CM, TO. B, L & D daily.

464073 S.R. 200, Ste. 2, Yulee. 310-9222. $$ PLAE In Spa & Shops at Omni Amelia Island Plantation, the cozy venue offers an innovative and PLAEful dining experience. D, nightly. 277-2132. $$$ SALT, THE GRILL Best of Jax 2010 winner. Elegant dining featuring local seafood and produce, served in a contemporary coastal setting. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island. 491-6746. $$$$ SANDOLLAR RESTAURANT & MARINA F Dine inside or on the deck. Snow crab legs, fresh fish, shellfish dishes. FB. L & D, daily. 9716 Heckscher Dr., Ft. George Island. 251-2449. $$ SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL F Oceanfront dining; local seafood, shrimp, crab cakes, outdoor beachfront tiki & raw bar, covered deck and kids’ playground. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. 277-6652. $$ SNAPPER’S BAR & SEAFOOD GRILL The Amelia Island restaurant offers traditional bar-and-grill fare, including tacos, wraps, sandwiches, soups and burgers, as well as fish, shellfish and steaks. L & D, daily. FB, CM. 960062 Gateway Blvd. 491-6888. $$ THE SURF F Dine inside or on large oceanview deck. Steaks, fresh fish, shrimp and nightly specials. Late-night menu. FB. L & D, daily. 3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 261-5711. $$ T-RAY’S BURGER STATION F A favorite local spot; Best of Jax 2010 winner. Grilled or blackened fish sandwiches, homemade burgers. BW, TO. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 202 S. Eighth St. 261-6310. $ 29 SOUTH EATS F Part of historic Fernandina Beach’s downtown scene. Award-winning Chef Scotty serves traditional world cuisine with a modern twist. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, Mon.-Sat.; Sun. brunch. 29 S. Third St. 277-7919. $$

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8818 Atlantic Blvd. 720-0106. $$ MEEHAN’S TAVERN F This Irish pub and restaurant serves beef and Guinness stew, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, traditional lamb stew and jalapeño poppers, made fresh onsite, in a comfy atmosphere. Wifi, HDTVs, non-smoking. BW. L & D, Wed.-Sun. 9119 Merrill Rd., Ste. 5. 551-7076. $$ NERO’S CAFE F Nero’s serves traditional Italian fare, including seafood, veal, beef, chicken and pasta dishes. Weekly specials are lasagna, 2-for-1 pizza and AYCE spaghetti. CM, FB. L, Sun.; D, daily. 3607 University Blvd. N. 743-3141. $$ REGENCY ALE HOUSE & RAW BAR Generous portions and friendly service in a nautical atmosphere. Fresh fish, specialty pastas, fresh oysters and clams. BW. L & D, daily. 9541 Regency Square Blvd. S. 720-0551. $$ TREY’S DELI & GRILL F Fresh food served in a relaxed atmosphere. Burgers, Trey’s Reuben, deli sandwiches, pork, steaks, seafood, pies. Prime rib specials every Fri. night. CM, BW. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 2044 Rogero Rd. 744-3690. $$ UNIVERSITY DINERF The popular diner serves familiar breakfast fare and lunch items like meatloaf, burgers, sandwiches: wraps, BLTs, clubs, melts. Daily specials. BW. B & L, Sat. & Sun.; B, L & D, Mon.-Fri. 5959 Merrill Rd. 762-3433. $

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BISCOTTIS F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Mozzarella bruschetta, Avondale pizza, sandwiches, espresso, cappuccino. Revolving daily specials. B, Tue.-Sun.; L & D, daily.

3556 St. Johns Ave. 387-2060. $$$ THE BLUE FISH RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR Fresh seafood, steaks and more are served in a casual atmosphere. Halfportions are available. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 3551 St. Johns Ave., Shoppes of Avondale. 387-0700. $$$ BRICK RESTAURANT F Creative all-American fare like tuna tartare, seaweed salad and Kobe burger. Outside dining. FB. L & D, daily. 3585 St. Johns Ave. 387-0606. $$$ THE CASBAH F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Middle Eastern cuisine is served in a friendly atmosphere. BW. L & D, daily.

3628 St. Johns Ave. 981-9966. $$ ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE F Gauchos carve the meat onto your plate from serving tables. FB. D, Tue.-Sun., closed Mon. 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40. 388-4884. $$$ THE FOX RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2010 winner. The Fox has been a Jacksonville landmark for 50-plus years. Owners Ian & Mary Chase serve classic diner-style fare, homemade desserts. B & L daily. 3580 St. Johns Ave. 387-2669. $ GREEN MAN GOURMET Organic and natural products, spices, teas, salts, BW. Open daily. 3543 St. Johns Ave. 384-0002. $

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THE AddISON ON AmElIA ISlANd The Addison is a disinctive historic property in the heart of Fernandina. The original 1870s antebellum house features sunny en-suite rooms, the majority overlooking a private fountain courtyard. Many have spacious whirlpools and several feature individual private porches. This intimate retreat caters to your every need, whether it be a gourmet breakfast, an individually prepared picnic or afternoon refreshment, or the simple luxury of allowing you to sit back, relax, and watch the world go by slowly on your own porch.

614 Ash Street • (904) 277-1604 www.addisononamelia.com

THE FAIRBANKS HOUSE

Elegant 1885 Italianate villa. Luxury-class inn with upscale amenities. Large rooms, suites, private cottages, Jacuzzis, fireplaces. Gourmet breakfast, evening social hour. Romance Packages, Girls Getaway. Smoke-free!

227 South 7th Street • (904) 277-0500 www.fairbankshouse.com

ElIZABETH POINTE lOdGE Oceanfront, charming rooms, soaking tubs, country breakfast, short bike ride to historic seaport. Porches, rockers and sitting by the fireplace. Treat yourself!

98 South Fletcher Avenue (904) 277-4851 www.elizabethpointelodge.com

AmElIA ISlANd WIllIAmS HOUSE

Beautiful antebellum Inn with spacious guest rooms boasting the modern amenities guests love while safekeeping the old world charm. Romantic working fireplaces, antiques from around the world, private baths, whirlpool tubs, spa robes and fresh flowers are a few of the luxuries you may expect. Enjoy our beautifully landscaped gardens, fountains and our sweeping verandahs. Feast on a delicious gourmet breakfast each morning and sip wine ‘neath 500-year-old oak trees. All your worries will drift away.

103 S. 9th Street • (904) 277-2328 www.williamshouse.com

MOJO NO. 4 F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches. 3572 St. Johns Ave. 381-6670. $$ ORSAY Best of Jax 2010 winner. The French/American bistro focuses on craftsmanship and service. FB. D, Tues.-Sat.; Brunch & D, Sun. 3630 Park St. 381-0909. $$$ TOM & BETTY’S F A Jacksonville tradition for more than 30 years, Tom & Betty’s serves hefty sandwiches with classic car themes, along with homemade-style dishes. CM, FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4409 Roosevelt Blvd. 387-3311. $$ ’town F Owner Meghan Purcell and Executive Chef Scott Ostrander bring farm-to-table to Northeast Florida, offering American fare with an emphasis on sustainability. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 3611 St. Johns Ave. 345-2596. $$

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AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches. 8060 Philips Hwy. 731-4300. $ BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA F Family-owned-andoperated New York-style pizzeria serves hand-tossed, brickoven-baked pizza, and traditional Italian dinners, wings, subs.

Dine-in or delivered. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 10920 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 3. 519-8000. $$ CAFE CONFLUENCE F This European coffeehouse serves Italian specialty coffees and smoothies, along with paninis, salads and European chocolates. Outdoor dining. BW. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 8612 Baymeadows Rd. 733-7840. $ CHA-CHA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT F Owner Celso Alvarado offers authentic Mexican fare with 26 combo dinners and specialty dishes including chalupas, enchiladas, burritos.

FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 Baymeadows Rd. 737-9903. $$ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F Chicago-style deepdish pizzas, hot dogs, Italian beef dishes from the Comastro family, serving authentic Windy City favorites for 25+ years.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 8206 Philips Hwy. 731-9797. $$ DEERWOOD DELI & DINER F The ’50s-style diner serves malts, shakes, Reubens, Cubans, burgers, and traditional breakfast items. CM. B & L, daily. 9934 Old Baymeadows Rd. 641-4877. $$ THE FIFTH ELEMENT F The first four elements are earth, water, air and fire — but here they prepare authentic Indian, South Indian and Indochinese dishes with artistic flair. Lunch buffet includes lamb, goat, chicken, tandoori and biryani items.

CM. L & D, daily. 9485 Baymeadows Rd. 448-8265. $$ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 8650 Baymeadows Rd. 448-0500. $$ INDIA RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Extensive menu of entrées, clay-oven grilled Tandoori specialties and chicken tandoor, fish, seafood and korma. L, Mon.-Sat., D, daily. 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8. 620-0777. $$ LARRY’S GIANT SUBS F With locations all over Northeast Florida, Larry’s piles subs up with fresh fixins and serves ’em fast. Some Larry’s Subs offer B & W and/or serve breakfast.

CM. L & D, daily. 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9 (Goodby’s Creek), 737-7740; 8616 Baymeadows Rd. 739-2498. larryssubs.com $ LEMONGRASS F Upscale Thai cuisine in a metropolitan atmosphere. Chef Aphayasane’s innovative creations include roast duckling and fried snapper. BW. R. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.Sat. 9846 Old Baymeadows Rd. 645-9911. $$ MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE F This Lebanese restaurant offers authentic Mediterranean cuisine: lahm meshwe, kafta khoshkhas and baked filet of red snapper. CM,

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804 Atlantic Avenue • (904) 277-4300 www.hoythouse.com

Amelia Island is 13 miles of unspoiled beaches, quaint shops, antique treasures and superb dining in a 50-block historic district less than one hour north of Jacksonville.

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HOYT HOUSE

Hoyt House Bed & Breakfast Inn, built in 1905, is an intimate, elegant and luxurious boutique hotel that will exceed your expectations with five-star amenities, top-shelf breakfast and exceptional customer service. We offer: • 10 En-Suite Guest Chambers • Located in the Historic District • 3-Course Gourmet Breakfast • English Tea Wed.-Sun. 12:30-3p.m. • Heated Pool & Spa • Amelia Lounge & Bar • Complimentary Bicycles • Complimentary Cocktail Hour • Secure off-street Parking • Weddings & Meetings Welcome

FB. L & D, daily. 9862 Old Baymeadows Rd. 646-1881. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 2010 winner. The organic supermarket offers a full deli and a hot bar with fresh soups, quesadillas, rotisserie chicken and vegan sushi, as well as a fresh juice and smoothie bar. 11030 Baymeadows Rd. 260-2791. $ OMAHA STEAKHOUSE Center-cut beef, fresh seafood and sandwiches served in an English tavern atmosphere. The signature dish is a 16-ounce bone-in ribeye. Desserts include crème brûlée. FB. L & D, daily. 9300 Baymeadows Rd., Embassy Suites Hotel. 739-6633. $$ ORANGE TREE HOT DOGS F The menu includes hot dogs with slaw, chili cheese, sauerkraut; and small pizzas. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 8380 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 4. 733-0588. orangetreehotdogs.com $ PATTAYA THAI GRILLE F Traditional Thai and vegetarian items and a 40-plus item vegetarian menu served in a contemporary atmosphere. B/W. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1. 646-9506. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 3928 Baymeadows Rd. 527-8649. $$ STICKY FINGERS F Memphis-style rib house specializes in barbecue ribs served several ways. FB. L & D, daily. 8129 Point Meadows Way. 493-7427. $$ UDIPI CAFE Authentic South Indian vegetarian cuisine. L & D, Tue.-Fri. 8642 Baymeadows Rd. 402-8084. $ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 9910 Old Baymeadows Rd. 641-7171. $

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(In Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

A LA CARTE Authentic New England fare like Maine lobster rolls, fried Ipswich clams, crab or clam cake sandwich, fried shrimp basket, haddock sandwich, clam chowdah, birch beer and blueberry soda. Dine inside or on the deck. TO. L, Fri.-Tue. 331 First Ave. N. 241-2005. $$ AL’S PIZZA F Serving hand-tossed gourmet pizzas, calzones and Italian entrees for more than 21 years. Voted Best Pizza by Folio Weekly readers from 1996-2010. BW. L & D, daily. 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-0002. $ ANGIE’S SUBS F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Subs are madeto-order fresh. Serious casual. Wicked good iced tea. 1436 Beach Blvd. 246-2519. $ BEACH BUDS CHICKEN F The family-owned place serves marinated fried or baked chicken: family meals (kids like Peruvian nuggets), giant tenders, in box lunches and as MiniMe sandwiches, along with gizzards, livers, 15 sides and fried or blackened shrimp, fish, conch fritters, deviled crabs. TO. L & D, daily. 1289 Penman Road. 247-2828. $ BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & MARKET F The full fresh seafood market serves seafood baskets, fish tacos, oyster baskets and Philly cheesesteaks. Dine indoors or outside. Beach delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 120 S. Third St. 444-8862. $$ BLUES ROCK CAFE This blues rock venue offers an oceanfront dining experience, featuring an all-American menu, including crab cakes and wings, served in a relaxed atmosphere in the heart of the Beaches. L & D, daily. CM, FB. 831 N. First St. 249-0007. $$ BONGIORNO’S PHILLY STEAK SHOP F South Philly’s Bongiorno clan imports Amoroso rolls for Real Deal cheesesteak, Original Gobbler, clubs, wraps, burgers, dogs. BW, NAME: T-Ray Mullis RESTAURANT: T-Ray’s Burger Station 202 S. Eighth St., Fernandina Beach BIRTHPLACE: Augusta, Georgia YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 14 FAVORITE RESTAURANT (other than my own): Chowder Ted’s, Heckscher Drive FAVORITE COOKING STYLE: Barbecue, homestyle smoking.

FAVORITE INGREDIENTS: Garlic, salt, pepper and a secret mix.

IDEAL MEAL: Rare filet mignon with homemade bearnaise sauce and steamed asparagus; homemade chocolate cake with ice cream, of course!

IF YOU• PAID ME: Boiled okra, • 10 En-Suite Guest Chambers • Located in theWOULDN’T Historic EAT District 3-Course Gourmet green peppers.

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• Complimentary Bicycles • Complimentary Cocktail Hour • Secure off-street Parking tell yours.

• Weddings & Meetings Welcome

CELEBRITY SIGHTING: Kyle Petty, Geoff Bodine,

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CULINARY GUILTY PLEASURE: Homemade banana pudding with real custard.

CM. L & D, daily. 2294 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach.

246-3278. $$ BONO’S PIT BAR-B-Q F Baby back ribs, fried corn, sweet potatoes. BW. L & D, daily. 1307 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach.

270-2666. 1266 S. Third St. 249-8704. bonosbarbq.com $ THE BRASSERIE & BAR French/European-style bistro and bar offers coq au vin, French onion soup, fritto misto, Moroccan-style lamb shank. FB. D, Tue.-Sun. 1312 Beach Blvd. 249-5800. $$$ BUDDHA’S BELLY F Authentic Thai dishes made with fresh ingredients using tried-and-true recipes. FB, TO. L & D, daily.

301 10th Ave. N. 372-9149. $$ BURRITO GALLERY EXPRESS F Best of Jax 2010 winner.

The Gallery’s kid sister at the beach each is mostly take-out; same great chow, fast service. 1333 Third St. N. 242-8226. $ CAMPECHE BAY CANTINA F Homemade-style Mexican items are fajitas, enchiladas and fried ice cream, plus margaritas. FB. D, nightly. 127 First Ave. N. 249-3322. $$ CARIBBEE KEY F Best of Jax 2010 winner. AmerCaribbean cuisine includes seafood, steaks and sandwiches. Open-air deck bar upstairs; outdoor dining downstairs. FB. L & D, daily.

100 N. First St., Neptune Beach. 270-8940. $$ CASA MARIA F See Springfield. 2429 S. 3rd St. 372-9000. $ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows. 320 N. First St. 270-8565. $$ COPPER TOP SOUTHERN AMERICAN CUISINE F (Formerly The Homestead) The menu features Southern favorites like fried chicken, collards, biscuits and cornbread, as well as fresh seafood, steaks, burgers and chops, served in a family atmosphere inside a cozy log cabin. CM, FB. Sunday brunch; L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1712 Beach Blvd. 249-4776. $$ CRAB CAKE FACTORY JAX F Chef Kahn Vongdara presents an innovative menu of seafood dishes and seasonal favorites.

FB. L & D daily. The Factory’s Ashley Hayek is a 2010 Best of Jax winner for Best Bartender. 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza.

247-9880. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2010 winner, serving burgers, sandwiches, nachos, tacos, quesadillas and cheese fries. 319 23rd Ave. S. 270-0356. $ CULHANE’S IRISH PUB Four Culhane sisters own and operate the authentic Irish pub, featuring Guy Fieri’s (“Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives”) fave items — Guinness stew, lamb sliders and fish pie. L, Fri.-Sun.; D, Tue.-Sun.; weekend brunch. FB, CM. 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-9595. $$ CYCLONES TEX-MEX CANTINAF This new place offers freshly made Tex-Mex favorites, including fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, burritos, tamales and taco salad. Lunch combos include Mexican rice and beans. FB. L & D, daily. 1222 Third St. S. 694-0488. $$ DICK’S WINGSF This NASCAR-themed place serves 365 varieties of wings. The menu also features half-pound burgers, ribs and salads. BW, TO. L & D daily. 2010 Best of Jax winner for Best Chicken Wings. 2434 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, 372-0298. 311 N. Third St., 853-5004. $ DWIGHT’S The Mediterranean-style bistro features fresh local seafood, filet mignon, mixed grill and an extensive wine list. D, Tue.-Sat. 1527 Penman Rd. 241-4496. $$$$ ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY F This Jax Beach restaurant serves gastropub fare like soups, salads, flatbreads and specialty sandwiches, including BarBe-Cuban and beer dip. Daily specials, too. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217. 249-2337. $ EUROPEAN STREET F See San Marco. 992 Beach Blvd.

249-3001. $ FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Casual dining with uptown Irish flair, including fish and chips, Guinness beef stew and black-and-tan brownies. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 333 N. First St. 242-9499. $$ THE FISH COMPANY F Fresh, local seafood is served, including Mayport shrimp, fish baskets, grilled tuna and an oyster bar. L & D, daily. CM, FB. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, Atlantic Beach. 246-0123. $$ HALA SANDWICH SHOP & BAKERY Authentic Middle Eastern favorites include gyros, shwarma, pita bread, made fresh daily.

BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 1451 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach.

249-2212. $$ HOT DOG HUT F Best of Jax 2010 winner. All-beef hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers, crab cakes, beer-battered onion rings and French fries. B. L, daily. 1439 Third St. S. 247-8886. $ ICHIBAN F Three dining areas: teppan or hibachi tables (watch a chef prepare your food), a sushi bar and Westernstyle seating offering tempura and teriyaki. FB, Japanese plum wine. L & D, daily. 675 N. Third St. 247-4688. $$ IGUANA’S CANTINA This new Mexican place offers traditional favorites at moderate prices. CM, FB. Free Wifi and outdoor dining. L & D, daily. 1266 Beach Blvd. 853-6356. $$ LYNCH’S IRISH PUB Best of Jax 2010 winner. The full-service restaurant offers corned beef and cabbage, Shepherd’s pie and fish-n-chips. 30+ beers on tap. FB. L, Sat. & Sun., D, daily.

514 N. First St. 249-5181. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 1080 Third St. N. 241-5600. $ MEZZA LUNA RISTORANTE F A Beaches tradition for 20+ years. Favorites are Szechwan ahi tuna, lasagna Bolognese and wood-fired pizza. Inside or patio. Extensive wine list. CM, FB. D, Mon.-Sat. 110 First St., Neptune Beach. 249-5573. $$$ MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR F Best of Jax 2010

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247-6636. $$ MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN F For 25 years, Monkey’s has served pub grub, burgers, sandwiches, seafood and wings.

Dine inside or out on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1850 S. Third St. 246-1070. $ NORTH BEACH BISTRO Casual dining with an elegant touch, like slow-cooked veal osso buco; calypso crusted mahi mahi with spiced plantain chips. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach. 372-4105. $$$ OCEAN 60 Best of Jax 2010 winner. A prix fixe menu is offered. Continental cuisine, with fresh seafood, nightly specials and a changing seasonal menu. Dine in a formal dining room or casual Martini Room. D, Mon.-Sat. 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 247-0060. $$$ PACO’S MEXICAN GRILL Serving Baja-style Mexican cuisine, featuring carne asada, tacos, burritos, fish tacos and shrimp burritos. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 333 First St. N. 208-5097. $ PARSONS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT F The family-style restaurant has an outdoor patio and an extensive menu, including the mariner’s platter and the Original Dreamboat.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 904 Sixth Ave. S. 249-0608. $$ THE PIER RESTAURANT This new oceanfront restaurant offers fresh, local fare served on two floors — upstairs, it’s Chef’s Menu, with stuffed flounder, pork tenderloin and appetizers.

The downstairs bar and patio offer casual lunch and dinner items and daily drink specials. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 412 First St. N. 246-6454. $$ PHILLY’S FINEST F Authentic Philly-style cheesesteaks are made with imported Amorosa rolls. Hoagies, wings and pizza ... cold beer, too. FB. L & D, daily. 1527 N. Third St. 241-7188. $$ RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD GRILL F The Beaches landmark serves grilled seafood with a Cajun/Creole accent.

Hand-crafted cold beer. FB. L & D, daily. 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7877. $$ SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK An array of specialty menu items, including signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos and local fried shrimp, in a casual, trendy space. FB, TO,by CM. L & Sales D, daily. 1018 St. N. by open-air jw Checked RepThirddb 372-4456. $$ SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE F Best of Jax 2010 winner. 111 Beach Blvd. 482-1000. $$ SUN DOG STEAK & SEAFOOD F Eclectic American fare, art deco décor with an authentic diner feel. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 241-8221. $$ TACOLU BAJA MEXICANA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Fresh, Baja-style Mexican fare, with a focus on fish tacos and tequila, as well as fried cheese, bangin’ shrimp and verde chicken tacos. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1183 Beach Blvd. 249-8226. $$ THAI ROOM RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Dine in an intimate setting as Chef Thepsouvanh prepares Thai cuisine like crispy duck or pan-seared Chilean sea bass. BW. L, Mon.-Fri. D, Mon.-Sat. 1286 S. Third St. 249-8444. $$$ TWO DUDES SEAFOOD PLACE F Up-to-the-minute-fresh Mayport seafood, like shrimp, scallops, snapper and oysters in sandwiches or baskets, grilled, blackened or fried. B, TO. L & D daily. 22 Seminole Rd., Atlantic Beach. 246-2000. $ THE WINE BAR The casual neighborhood place has a tapasstyle menu, fire-baked flatbreads and a wine selection. Tue.Sun. 320 N. First St. 372-0211. $$

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(The Jacksonville Landing venues are at 2 Independent Drive) ADAMS STREET DELI & GRILL The lunch spot serves wraps, including grilled chicken, and salads, including Greek salad. L, Mon.-Fri. 126 W. Adams St. 475-1400. $$ BURRITO GALLERY & BAR F Best of Jax 2010 winner.

Southwest cuisine, traditional American salads. Burritos and more burritos. Onsite art gallery. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-2922. $ CAFÉ NOLA AT MOCA JAX On the first floor of Museum of Contemporary Art, Cafe Nola serves shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos, homemade desserts. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Thur. 333 N. Laura St. 366-6911 ext. 231. $$ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows. The Jacksonville Landing. 354-7747. $$$ CITY HALL PUB A sports bar vibe: 16 big-screen HDTVs. Angus burgers, dogs, sandwiches, AYCE wings buffet. FB. Free downtown area lunch delivery. L & D, daily. 234 Randolph Blvd. 356-6750. $$ DE REAL TING CAFE F The popular restaurant offers a Caribbean lunch buffet Tue.-Fri. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 128 W. Adams St. 633-9738. $ INDOCHINE Serving Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine in the core of downtown. Signature dishes include favorites like chicken Satay, soft shell crab, and mango and sticky rice for dessert. BW, FB, TO. L, Mon.-Fri., D, Tue.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-5303. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE Family-owned-and-operated.

Jenkins offers beef, pork, chicken, homemade desserts. L & D, daily. 830 N. Pearl St. 353-6388. $ JULIETTE’S & J-BAR Serving dinner before (or dessert after) a show. Breakfast buffet. J-Bar serves bistro-inspired small plates. FB. Daily. Omni Hotel, 245 W. Water St. 355-6664. $$$

The newly-renovated Carmelo’s Marketplace and Pizzeria serves its popular New York-style brick-oven-baked pizza, as well as other Italian favorites, on King Street in St. Augustine.

KOJA SUSHIF Sushi, Japanese, Asian and Korean cuisine.

Indoor and outdoor dining and bar. FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing. 350-9911. $$ OLIO MARKET F The newest addition to the downtown scene offers freshly prepared sandwiches, salads, soups and entrées in an open contemporary environment. Located at the bottom of the Churchwell Lofts building, Olio partners eclectic tastes with Old World ambiance in the casual renovated space. L, Mon.-Fri.; late nite for Art Walk. 301 E. Bay St. 356-7100. $$ THE SKYLINE DINING & CONFERENCE CENTER Weekday lunch includes salad bar, hot meals and a carving station. L, Mon.-Fri.; L, Sun. upon request. FB. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 3550.

791-9797. $$ ZODIAC GRILLF Serving Mediterranean cuisine and American favorites, with a popular lunch buffet. FB. L & D, daily. 120 W. Adams St. 354-8283. $

FLEMING ISLAND

CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows. 406 Old Hard Road, Ste. 106. 213-7779. $$ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET F See Riverside. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.; L, Sun. 1915 East West Pkwy., 541-0009. $ HONEY B’S CAFE Breakfast includes omelets, pancakes, French toast. Lunch offers entrée salads, quiches, build-yourown burgers. Peanut butter pie is a favorite. Tea parties every Sat. B & L, daily. 3535 U.S. 17, Ste. 8. 264-7325. $$ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Intracoastal.

1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100. 215-2223. $ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 1800 Town Center Pkwy.

541-1999. $ MOJO SMOKEHOUSE F Best of Jax 2010 winner. FB. L & D, daily. 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd. 264-0636. $$ WHITEY’S FISH CAMP F The renowned seafood place, family-owned since 1963, specializes in AYCE freshwater catfish. Also steaks, pastas. Outdoor waterfront dining. Come by car, boat or bike. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 2032 C.R. 220.

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AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches. 14286 Beach Blvd. (at San Pablo Rd.) 223-0991. $ BRUCCI’S PIZZA, PASTA, PANINIS F Brucci’s offers authentic New York-style pizza, Italian pastas and desserts in a family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36. 223-6913. $ CLIFF’S ROCKIN’ BAR-N-GRILL F Cliff’s features 8-ounce burgers, wings, steak, seafood, homemade pizza and daily specials. FB. L & D, daily. Smoking permitted. 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, Cobblestone Plaza. 645-5162. $$ GOLDEN CORRAL See Mandarin. 14035 Beach Blvd.

992-9294. $$ ISTANBUL MEDITERRANEAN & ITALIAN CUISINE F A varied menu offers European cuisine including lamb, beef and chicken dishes, as well as pizza and wraps. BW. L & D, daily.

13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 26. 220-9192. $$

JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE F The menu includes wings, hamburgers, Ahi tuna and handcut steaks. CM, FB. Daily. 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22. 220-6766. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Family-ownedand-operated, serving authentic Mexican cuisine, like tamales, fajitas, pork tacos, in a casual family atmosphere. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd. 992-1666. $ MILANO’S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA Homemade Italian cuisine, breads, pizzas, calzones and specialty dishes. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 646-9119. $$ TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL F Wings, gourmet pizza, fresh seafood and specialty wraps. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5. 223-6999. $$ TKO’S THAI HUT F The menu offers Thai fusion dishes, curry dishes, chef’s specials, healthy options and sushi. Dine inside or on the covered patio. FB. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 46. 647-7546. $$ ZAITOON MEDITERRANEAN GRILL Traditional Mediterranean family recipes blend in Spanish, French, Italian and Middle Eastern inspired dishes. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40, Harbour Village. 221-7066. $$

JULINGTON, NW ST. JOHNS

BLACKSTONE GRILLE The menu blends flavors from a variety of cultures and influences for modern American fusion cuisine, served in a bistro-style setting. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri., D, Sat.; Sun. brunch. 112 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 102. 287-0766. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F See Intracoastal. 540 S.R. 13, Ste. 10, Fruit Cove. 287-8317. $$ HAPPY OURS SPORTS GRILLE F Wings, big salads, burgers, wraps and sandwiches. Sports events on HDTVs. CM, FB. 116 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 101. 683-1964. $ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 116 Bartram Oaks Walk.

230-2171. $ VINO’S PIZZA Vino’s Pizza – with four Jacksonville locations – makes all their Italian and American dishes with fresh ingredients. L & D, daily. 605 S.R. 13, Ste. 103. 230-6966. $ WAKAME JAPANESE & THAI CUISINE F The fine dining restaurant offers authentic Japanese and Thai cuisine, including a full sushi menu, curries and pad dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 108. 230-6688. $$

MANDARIN

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches. 11190 San Jose Blvd. 260-4115. $ AW SHUCKS F This seafood place features an oyster bar, steaks, seafood, wings and pasta. Favorites are ahi tuna, shrimp & grits, oysters Rockefeller, pitas and kabobs. Sweet potato puffs are the signature side. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd. 240-0368. $$ THE BLUE CRAB CRABHOUSE F A Maryland-style crabhouse featuring fresh blue crabs, garlic crabs, and king, snow and Dungeness crab legs. FB, CM. D, Tue.-Sat.; L & D, Sun. 3057 Julington Creek Rd. 260-2722. $$ BROOKLYN PIZZA F The traditional pizzeria serves New York-style pizza, specialty pies, and subs, strombolis and

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13820 St. Augustine Rd. 880-0020. $ CASA MARIA F See Springfield. L & D, daily. 14965 Old St. Augustine Rd. 619-8186. $$ CLARK’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Clark’s has steak, ribs, AYCE catfish dinners, 3-pound prime rib. Dine in, out or in a creek-view glass-enclosed room. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 12903 Hood Landing Rd. 268-3474. $$ DON JUAN’S RESTAURANT F Authentic Mexican dishes prepared daily from scratch, served in a casual atmosphere.

FB, CM. L & D, daily. 12373 San Jose Blvd. 268-8722. $$ GIGI’S RESTAURANT Breakfast buffet daily, lunch buffet weekdays. The Comedy Zone (Best of Jax 2010 winner) has an appetizer menu. FB. B, L & D, daily. I-295 & San Jose Blvd.

(Ramada Inn). 268-8080. $$ (Fri. & Sat. buffet, $$$) GOLDEN CORRAL Family-friendly place offers a legendary buffet featuring a variety of familiar favorites as well as new items. B, L & D, daily. 11470 San Jose Blvd. 886-9699. $$ HALA CAFE & BAKERY F See Southside. 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd. 288-8890. $$ HARMONIOUS MONKS The American-style steakhouse features a 9-oz. choice Angus center-cut filet topped with gorgonzola shiitake mushroom cream sauce, 8-oz. gourmet burgers, fall-off-the-bone ribs, wraps, sandwiches. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30. 880-3040. $$ KOBE JAPANESE RESTAURANT The fusion-style sushi restaurant offers oyster shooters, kobe beef shabu-shabu, Chilean sea bass and filet mignon. BW & sake. L & D, daily.

11362 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 8. 288-7999. $$ LET’S NOSH F The authentic Jewish deli offers a full breakfast, lunch, brunch and full-service deli counter. Real New York water bagels, bread baked on site and desserts. CM. B & L, daily. 9850 San Jose Blvd. 683-8346. $ MAMA FU’S ASIAN HOUSE MSG-free pan-Asian cuisine prepared to order in woks using fresh ingredients. Authentic Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 11105 San Jose Blvd. 260-1727. $$ MANDARIN ALE HOUSE Laid-back atmosphere; 30-plus beers on tap. FB. L & D, daily. 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 19.

292-0003. $$ METRO DINER F See San Marco. 12807 San Jose Blvd.

638-6185. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Organic supermarket with full deli and salad bar serving wraps, quesadillas, chopped salads, vegetarian dishes.

Fresh juice and smoothie bar. Indoor and outdoor seating.

Mon.-Sat. 10000 San Jose Blvd. 260-6950. $ PICASSO’S PIZZERIA F Specializes in hand-tossed gourmet pizza, calzones, homemade New York-style cheesecake and handmade pasta. Fresh local seafood and steaks. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 10503 San Jose Blvd. 880-0811. $$ SIMPLE FAIRE F Breakfast and lunch favorites, featuring Boar’s Head meats and cheeses served on fresh bread. Daily specials. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 3020 Hartley Rd. 683-2542. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 268-6660. $ WHOLE FOODS MARKET F 100+ prepared items at a fullservice and self-service hot bar, soup bar, dessert bar. Madeto-order Italian specialties from a brick oven pizza hearth. L & D, daily. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22. 288-1100. $$

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ARON’S PIZZA F This family-owned restaurant offers eggplant dishes, manicotti and New York-style pizza. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 650 Park Ave. 269-1007. $$ BLU TAVERN F This restaurant has an upscale feel with a casual atmosphere. Favorites include bread pudding and Orange Park salad. Blu also serves pasta dishes, burgers, seafood, pork, beef and steaks. CM, FB. L & D, daily; B, Sat. & Sun. only. 1635 Wells Rd. 644-7731. $$ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F For 18-plus years, the sports-themed family restaurant has served wings, ribs, entrees, sandwiches.

FB. L & D, daily. 9680 Argyle Forest Blvd. 425-6466. $$ GOLDEN CORRAL See Mandarin. 582 Blanding Blvd.

272-0755. $$ THE HILLTOP CLUB She-crab soup, scallops, prime beef, wagyu beef, chicken Florentine, stuffed grouper. Chef Nick’s salmon is a favorite. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. 2030 Wells Rd. 272-5959. $$ JOEY MOZARELLAS This Italian restaurant’s specialty is a 24-slice pizza: 18”x26” of fresh ingredients and sauces made daily. CM, TO. L & D, daily. 930 Blanding Blvd. 579-4748. $$ PASTA MARKET & CLAM BAR F This family-owned-andoperated restaurant offers gourmet pizzas, veal, chicken, mussels, shrimp, grouper and (of course) pastas: spaghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, ziti, calzones, linguini, tortellini, ravioli, all made with fresh ingredients, homemade-style. Daily specials.

CM, BW, sangria. 1930 Kingsley Ave. 276-9551. D, nightly. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F Pizzas are baked in coal-fired ovens. Popular pizzas include Health Choice and Mozzarella. Coal-fired sandwiches and wings, too. BW. L & D, daily. 2134 Park Ave. 264-6116. $$ THE ROADHOUSE F Burgers, wings, deli sandwiches and popular lunches are served. FB. L & D, daily. 231 Blanding Blvd. 264-0611. $ THAI GARDEN F Traditional Thai cuisine made with fresh

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AL’S PIZZA F Homemade breads, pizza, white pizza, Homemade breads, pizza, white pizza, calzones and Italian entrees. Voted Best Pizza in Jax by Folio Weekly readers from 1996-2010. BW. L & D, daily. 635 A1A. 543-1494. $ AQUA GRILL Upscale cuisine includes fresh seafood, Angus steaks, Maine lobster and vegetarian dishes. Outdoor patio seating. FB. L, Mon.-Sat.; D, nightly. 950 Sawgrass Village Dr. 285-3017. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F Authentic New York-style pizza, Italian pastas, paninis, desserts. Family atmosphere. CM. L & D, daily.

880 A1A, Ste. 8. 280-7677. $$ CAFFE ANDIAMO Traditional Italian cuisine features fresh seafood, veal, homemade pastas and wood-fired pizza prepared in a copper clad oven. An extensive wine list is offered in a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Dine indoors or Out on the terrace. L & D, daily. 500 Sawgrass Village. 280-2299. $$$ LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE F On the Intracoastal Waterway, LuLu’s can be reached by car or by boat. Seafood, steaks and pasta dishes with a sophisticated flair. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 301 N. Roscoe Blvd. 285-0139. $$ NINETEEN AT TPC SAWGRASS In Sawgrass’ Tournament Players Club, Nineteen features more than 230 wines and freshly prepared American and Continental cuisine, including local seafood, served inside or al fresco on the verandah. L & D, daily. 110 Championship Way. 273-3235. $$$ PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE F Freshly prepared Caribbean cuisine, including red snapper Ponte Vedra Jamaican grilled pork ribs and barbecued salmon tower. Tropical rum drinks feature Pusser’s Painkiller. FB. L & D, daily. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100. 280-7766. L, $$; D, $$ RESTAURANT MEDURE Chef Matthew Medure offers his eclectic cuisine featuring local and imported seafood with Southern and Asian influences. F/B. D, Mon.-Sat. 818 A1A promise of N.benefit 543-3797. $$$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Best of Jax 2010 winner. See San Marco. 8141 A1A. 285-0014. $$$$ 619 OCEAN VIEW Dining with a Mediterranean touch, featuring fresh seafood, steaks and nightly specials. FB, CM. D, Wed.-Sun. 619 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Cabana Beach Club.

285-6198. $$$ URBAN FLATS Ancient world-style flatbread is paired with fresh regional and seasonal ingredients in wraps, flatwiches and entrées, served in a casual, urban atmosphere. An international wine list is offered. FB. L & D, daily. 330 A1A N. 280-5515. $$

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RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE AJ’S ON PARK STREET F AJ’s is a casual barbecue spot serving smoked St. Louis-style ribs, pulled pork, smoked brisket, seafood and dishes made with a Latin touch. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 630 Park St. 359-0035. $$ AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches. 1620 Margaret St. 388-8384. $ BAKERY MODERNE F The neighborhood bakery offers classic pastries, artisanal breads, seasonal favorites, all made from scratch, including popular petit fours and custom cakes.

B & L, daily. 869 Stockton St., Ste. 6, Riverside. 389-7117. $ CARMINE’S PIE HOUSE F The Italian eatery serves pizza by the slice, gourmet pizzas, appetizers, classic Italian dishes — calzone, stromboli, subs, panini — wings, and microbrews in a casual atmosphere. BW, CM, TO. 2677 Forbes St. 387-1400. $$ COOL MOOSE F Classic sandwiches, eclectic wraps and desserts. An extensive gourmet coffee menu with Green Mountain coffees and frozen coffee drinks. B & L, daily.

Brunch, Sun. 2708 Park St. 381-4242. $ CROSS CREEK See Springfield. 850 S. Lane Ave. 783-9579. $$ EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ F See San Marco. 2753 Park St. 384-9999. $ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 6677 103rd St., Westside, 777-6135. $$ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET F A deli, organic and natural grocery, and juice & smoothie bar offers teas, coffees, gourmet cheeses; natural, organic and raw items. Grab-andgo sandwiches, salads and sides. Craft beers, organic wines.

B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.; L, Sun. 2007 Park St. 384-4474. $ HJ’S BAR & GRILL Traditional American fare: burgers, sandwiches, wraps and platters of ribs, shrimp and fish. CM, FB. L & D, Sat. & Sun., D, Mon.-Fri. 8540 Argyle Forest Blvd., Ste. 1. 317-2783. $$ HOVAN MEDITERRANEAN GOURMET F Dine inside or on the patio. Mediterranean entrées include lamb, and beef gyros. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 2005-1 Park St. 381-9394. $ JACKSONS GRILL The locally owned spot’s original menu has fried pickle chips, Rockin’ Ranch burgers, gumbo, sandwiches.

BW, TO. B, L & D, daily. 1522 King St. 384-8984. $$ JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILL F A Riverside tradition, serving 60+

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A1A ALE WORKS F The Ancient City’s only brew pub taps seven hand-crafted ales and lagers. A1A specializes in innovative New World cuisine. FB. L & D, daily. 1 King St. 829-2977. $$ AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT F A family-owned-andoperated Italian restaurant offers traditional pasta, veal, steak and seafood dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1915B A1A S., St. Augustine Beach. 461-0102. $$ ANN O’MALLEY’S F Fresh handmade sandwiches, soups, salads and perfectly poured Guinness. Favorites include Reubens and chicken salad. CM, BW, Irish beers on tap. L & D, daily. 23 Orange St. 825-4040. $$ BARNACLE BILL’S F For 30 years, this family restaurant has served seafood, oysters, gator tail, steak, and popular fried shrimp. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily; beach location, 14 Castillo Drive, 824-3663. $$ THE BLACK MOLLY BAR & GRILL Fresh, local seafood, steaks and pasta dishes in a casual atmosphere. FB, CM. L & D daily.

504 Geoffrey St., Cobblestone Plaza. 547-2723. $$ BORRILLO’S PIZZA & SUBS F Specialty pizzas are Borrillo’s Supreme (extra cheese, pepperoni, sausage), white and vegetarian pizzas. Subs and pasta dinners. L & D, daily. 88 San Marco Ave. 829-1133. $ CAFÉ ATLANTICO Traditional and new Italian dishes served in an intimate space. Master Chef Paolo Pece prepares risotto alla pescatora, with shrimp, scallops and seasonal shellfish, in a parmesan cheese basket. BW. D, nightly. 647 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-7332. $$$ CAFÉ ELEVEN F Serving eclectic cuisine like feta spinach egg croissant, apple turkey sandwich, pear-berry salad. Daily chef creations. BW. B, L & D, daily. 501 A1A Beach Blvd.

460-9311. B, $; L & D, $$ CAP’S ON THE WATER F This Vilano Beach mainstay offers coastal cuisine – tapas platters, cioppino, fresh local shrimp, raw oyster bar – indoors or on an oak-shaded deck. Boat access. FB. L, Fri.-Sun., D, nightly. 4325 Myrtle St., Vilano Beach. 824-8794. $$ CARMELO’S PIZZERIA F Authentic New York style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh baked sub rolls, Boars Head meats and cheeses, fresh salads, calzones, strombolis and sliced pizza specials. BW. L & D, daily. 146 King St. 494-6658. $$ CELLAR 6 ART GALLERY & WINE BAR Wolfgang Puck coffees, handmade desserts and light bistro-style fare amid local art. BW. Mon.-Sat. 6 Aviles St. 827-9055. $$

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CREEKSIDE DINERY Creekside serves beef, chicken and seafood, with an emphasis on low-country cooking. Outdoor deck with a fire pit. FB. D, nightly. 160 Nix Boatyard Rd. 829-6113. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches. 3 St. George St. 824-6993. $ THE FLORIDIAN The downtown restaurant serves innovative Southern fare, made with local farmers’ local food. Signature items: fried green tomato bruschetta, ’N’grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. L & D, Wed.-Mon. 39 Cordova St. 829-0655. $$ GYPSY CAB COMPANY F Best of Jax 2010 winner.

International menu features large portions, reasonable prices.

FB. L & D, daily. 828 Anastasia Blvd. 824-8244. $$ HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE F In a historic, two-story house, the New Orleans-style eatery has fresh seafood, steaks, jambalaya, etouffée and shrimp. FB. L & D, daily. 46 Avenida Menendez. 824-7765. $$ KINGFISH GRILL At Vilano Bridge’s west end, Kingfish Grill offers casual waterside dining indoors and on the deck, featuring fresh daily catch, house specialties and sushi. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 252 Yacht Club Drive. 824-2111. $$ KINGS HEAD BRITISH PUB F Authentic Brit pub serves fish & chips, Cornish pastie and steak & kidney pie. Tap beers are Guinness, Newcastle and Bass. BW. L & D, Wed.-Sun. 6460 U.S. 1 (4 miles N. of St. Augustine Airport.) 823-9787. $$ THE MANATEE CAFÉ F Serving healthful cuisine using organically grown fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. B & L, daily. 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 106, Westgate Plaza. 826-0210. $ MANGO MANGO’S BEACHSIDE BAR & GRILL F Caribbean kitchen has comfort food with a tropical twist: coconut shrimp and fried plantains. BW, CM. Outdoor dining. 700 A1A Beach Blvd., (A Street access) St. Augustine Beach. 461-1077. $$ MILL TOP TAVERN F A St. Auggie institution housed in an 1884 building, serving nachos, soups, sandwiches and daily specials. Dine inside or on open-air decks. At the big mill wheel. FB. L & D, daily. 19 1/2 St. George St. 829-2329. $$ OASIS RESTAURANT & DECK F Just a block from the ocean, with a tropical atmosphere and open-air deck. Steamed oysters, crab legs, burgers. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 4000 A1A & Ocean Trace Rd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-3424. $ PURPLE OLIVE INTERNATIONAL BISTRO F Family-ownedand-operated, offering specials, fresh artisan breads. Soups, salad dressings and desserts made from scratch. BW. D, Tue.Sat. 4255 A1A S., Ste. 6, St. Augustine Beach. 461-1250. $$ RAINTREE Located in a Victorian home, Raintree offers a menu with contemporary and traditional international influences. Extensive wine list. FB. D, daily. 102 San Marco Ave. 824-7211. $$$ THE REEF RESTAURANT F Casual oceanfront restaurant has an ocean view from every table. Fresh local seafood, steak, pasta dishes and daily chef specials. Outdoor dining.

FB, CM, TO. L & D daily. 4100 Coastal Hwy. A1A, Vilano Beach.

824-8008. $$ SOUTH BEACH GRILL Located off A1A, south of the S.R. 206 bridge, this two-story beachy destination offers casual oceanfront dining and fresh local seafood. Dine indoors or out on a beachfront deck. FB. B, L & D daily. 45 Cubbedge Road, Crescent Beach. 471-8700. $ SUNSET GRILLE Casual Key West style and a seafood-heavy menu — it’s a consistent Great Chowder Debate winner.

Specialties include baby back ribs, lobster ravioli, coconut shrimp and datil pepper wings with bleu cheese dressing. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 421 A1A Beach Blvd. 471-5555. $$$ THE TASTING ROOM, WINE AND TAPAS Owned by Michael Lugo, this upscale contemporary Spanish restaurant fuses innovative tapas with an extensive wine list. L, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 25 Cuna St. 810-2400. $$ ZHANRAS F Art-themed tapas-style place has small plate items in a casual, contemporary space. Entrée portions available. CM, FB. D, daily; Sun. brunch. 108 Anastasia Blvd.

823-3367. $$

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER, TINSELTOWN BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE With four dining rooms, BlackFinn offers classic American fare: beef, seafood, pasta, chicken, flatbread sandwiches. Dine indoors or on the patio.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 4840 Big Island Dr. 345-3466. $$ CORNER BISTRO & WINE BAR F Casual fine dining.

The menu blends modern American favorites served with international flair. The Fresh Bar offers fine wine, cocktails, martinis. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 9823 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 1. 619-1931. $$$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches.

9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 11. 646-2874. $ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax 2010 winner.

13249 City Square Dr. 751-9711. 9039 Southside Blvd., 538-9100. 4413 Town Center Pkwy., Ste. 401. 996-6900. fiveguys.com $ THE FLAME BROILER Serving food with no transfat, MSG, frying, or skin on meat. Fresh veggies, steamed brown or white rice along with grilled beef, chicken and Korean short ribs are featured. CM, TO. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 103. 619-2786. $ THE GRAPE BISTRO & WINE BAR F More than 145 wines, along with a tapas menu of gourmet fare to pair with the wine

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fresh deli and grill items, including hot sandwiches. L, Mon.Fri. 474 Riverside Ave. 356-8055. $ MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Smoked meats include wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey and ribs. Homemade-style sides include green beans, baked beans, red cole slaw, collards. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551. $$ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Amelia Island. 1176 Edgewood Ave. S. 389-4442. $ MOSSFIRE GRILL F Southwestern menu with ahi tuna tacos, goat cheese enchiladas and gouda quesadillas. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1537 Margaret St. 355-4434. $$ O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB F Innovative Irish fare and traditional faves are offered, like lambburger with Stilton crust, Guinness mac & cheese, Shepherd’s pie and fish-n-chips — plus 18 beers on tap. L, daily except Mon.; D, daily. CM, FB. 1521 Margaret St. 854-9300. $$ PERARD’S PIZZA & ITALIAN CUISINE F Traditional Italian fare is prepared with fresh sauces and dough made from scratch daily, along with a large selection of gourmet pizza toppings. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 11043 Crystal Springs Rd., Ste. 2. 378-8131. $ PERFECT RACK BILLIARDS F Upscale billiards hall has burgers, steak, deli sandwiches, wings. Family-friendly, non-smoking. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 1186 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. 738-7645. $ PIZZA PALACE ON THE PARK F See San Marco. Outdoor seating. 920 Margaret St., 5 Points. 598-1212. $$ SAKE HOUSE F Japanese grill and sushi bar features sushi, sashimi, katsu, tempura, hibachi and specialty rolls. CM, BW, sake. L & D, daily. 824 Lomax St. 301-1188. $$ SUMO SUSHI F Authentic Japanese fare, traditional to entrees and sushi rolls, spicy sashimi salad, gyoza (pork dumpling), tobiko (flying fish roe), Rainbow roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, Calif. roll). BW, CM. L & D, daily. 2726 Park St. 388-8838. $$ TASTI D-LITE Health-conscious desserts include smoothies, shakes, sundaes, cakes and pies, made with fresh ingredients with fewer calories and less fat. More than 100 flavors. Open daily. 1024 Park St. 900-3040. $ TWO DOORS DOWN F Former Tad’s owner offers traditional faves: hotcakes, omelets, burgers, pork chops, liver & onions, fried chicken, sides and desserts. CM, TO. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 436 Park St. 598-0032. $ WALKERS This nightspot has a tapas menu plus a wide variety of wines, served in a rustic, intimate atmosphere. BW. Tue.-Sat. 2692 Post St. 894-7465. $ WASABI JAPANESE BUFFET F AYCE buffet. Sushi bar, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, tempura, steak, seafood. BW. L & D, daily. 1014 Margaret St., Ste. 1, 5 Points. 301-1199. $$

Bistro Aix features Chef Tom Gray’s French and Mediterranean-inspired cuisine in an upscale, urban-chic environment, on San Marco Boulevard in Jacksonville. list. A wide selection of beer is also served. L & D, daily. 10281 Midtown Parkway, Ste. 119. 642-7111. $$ ISLAND GIRL WINE & CIGAR BAR F Upscale tropical vibe.

Walk-in humidor, pairing apps and desserts with 25 wines, ports by the glass. 220+ wines by the bottle; draft, bottled beer. L & D, daily. 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115. 854-6060. $$ JOHNNY ANGELS F The menu reflects its ’50s-style décor, including Blueberry Hill pancakes, Fats Domino omelet, Elvis special combo platter. Shakes, malts. B, L & D, daily. 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120. 997-9850. $ LIBRETTO’S PIZZERIA & ITALIAN KITCHEN F Authentic NYC pizzeria serves Big Apple crust, cheese and sauce, along with third-generation family-style Italian classics, fresh-from-theoven calzones, and desserts in a casual, comfy setting. L & D, daily. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1. 402-8888. $$ LIME LEAF F Authentic Thai cuisine: fresh papaya salad, pad Thai, mango sweet rice. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.-Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Cir., Stes. 108 & 109. 645-8568. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Tossed spring water dough, lean meats, veggies and vegetarian choices make up specialty pizzas, hoagies and calzones. FB. L & D, daily. 9734 Deer Lake Court (at Tinseltown). 997-1955. mellowmushroom.com $ MITCHELL’S FISH MARKET F Featuring seafood, an everchanging menu of more than 180 items includes cedarroasted Atlantic salmon and seared salt-and-pepper tuna.

FB, CM. L & D, daily. 5205 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Ctr. 645-3474. $$$ THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE F The recipes, unique to the Pancake House, call for only the freshest ingredients. CM. B, L & D, daily. 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr. 997-6088. $$ OTAKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE F Family-owned steakhouse has an open sushi bar, hibachi grill tables and an open kitchen.

Dine indoor or out. FB, CM, TO. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly. 7860 Gate Parkway, Stes. 119-122. 854-0485. $$$ RENNA’S PIZZA F Renna’s serves up New York-style pizza, calzones, subs and lasagna made from authentic Italian recipes. Delivery, CM, BW. 4624 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 125, St. Johns Town Center. 565-1299. rennaspizza.com $$ SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY F Innovative menu of fresh local grilled seafood, sesame tuna, grouper Oscar, chicken, steak and pizza. Microbrewed ales and lagers. FB. L & D, daily. 9735 Gate Pkwy. N. 997-1999. $$ SOUTHSIDE ALE HOUSE F Steaks, fresh seafood, sandwiches and desserts. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9711 Deer Lake Court. 565-2882. $$ STEAMERS CAFE F Steamers’ menu has all-natural and organic items, including wraps, sandwiches, subs, soups, steamer bowls, smoothies and fresh juices. Daily lunch specials. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4320 Deerwood Lake Parkway, Ste. 106. 646-4527. $ SUITE The St. Johns Town Center premium lounge and restaurant offers chef-driven small plates and an extensive list of specialty cocktails, served in a sophisticated atmosphere. FB. D & late-nite, nightly. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1. 493-9305. $$ TAVERNA YAMAS This Greek restaurant serves char-broiled kabobs, seafood and traditional Greek wines and desserts. FB. L & D daily. 9753 Deer Lake Court. 854-0426. $$ URBAN FLATS F See Ponte Vedra. CM. FB. L & D, daily. 9726 Touchton Road. 642-1488. $$ WASABI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Authentic Japanese cuisine, teppanyaki shows and a full sushi menu. CM. L & D, daily. 10206 River Coast Dr. 997-6528. $$ WHISKY RIVER F Best of Jax 2010 winner. At St. Johns Town

Center’s Plaza, Whisky River features wings, pizza, wraps, sandwiches and burgers served in a lively car racing-themed atmosphere (Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s the owner). FB. CM. L & D, daily. 4850 Big Island Drive. 645-5571. $$ WILD WING CAFÉ F Serving up 33 flavors of wings, as well as soups, sandwiches, wraps, ribs, platters and burgers. FB. 4555 Southside Blvd. 998-WING (9464). $$ YUMMY SUSHI F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Teriyaki, tempura, hibachi-style dinners, sushi & sashimi. Sushi lunch roll special.

BW, sake. L & D, daily. 4372 Southside Blvd. 998-8806. $$

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ATHENS CAFÉ F Serving authentic Greek cuisine: lamb, seafood, veal and pasta dishes. BW. L & D, daily. 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7. 733-1199. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Beaches.

5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 1. 737-2874. $ DICK’S WINGS F Best of Jax 2010 winner. NASCAR-themed family style sports place serves wings, buffalo tenders, burgers and chicken sandwiches. CM. BW. L & D, daily. 1610 University Blvd. W. 448-2110. dickswingsandgrill.com $ MOJO BAR-B-QUE F Best of Jax 2010 winner. The Southern Blues kitchen serves pulled pork, brisket and North Carolinastyle barbecue. TO, BW. L & D, daily. 1607 University Blvd. W. 732-7200. $$

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BASIL THAI & SUSHI F Offering Thai cuisine, including pad Thai and curry dishes, and sushi in a relaxing atmosphere. L & D, Mon.-Sat. BW. 1004 Hendricks Ave. 674-0190. $$ b.b.’s F A bistro menu is served in an upscale atmosphere, featuring almond-crusted calamari, tuna tartare and wild mushroom pizza. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; brunch & D, Sat. 1019 Hendricks Ave. 306-0100. $$$ BISTRO AIX F Best of Jax 2010 winner. French, Mediterranean-inspired fare, award-winning wines, wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas, steaks, seafood. Indoor, outdoor dining. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly. 1440 San Marco Blvd.

398-1949. $$$ CHECKER BBQ & SEAFOOD F Chef Art Jennette serves barbecue, seafood and comfort food, including pulled-pork, fried white shrimp and fried green tomatoes. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 3566 St. Augustine Rd. 398-9206. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Big sandwiches, soups, desserts and more than 100 bottled and on-tap beers. BW. L & D, daily.

1704 San Marco Blvd. 398-9500. $ THE GROTTO F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Wine by the glass. Tapas-style menu offers a cheese plate, empanadas bruschetta, chocolate fondue. BW. 2012 San Marco Blvd.

398-0726. $$ HAVANA-JAX CAFÉ/CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE F Authentic Latin American fine dining: picadillo, ropa vieja, churrasco tenderloin steak, Cuban sandwiches. L & D, Mon.-Sat. CM, FB. 2578 Atlantic Blvd. 399-0609. $ LAYLA’S OF SAN MARCO Fine dining in the heart of San Marco. Traditional Middle Eastern cuisine, served inside or outside on the hookah and cigar patio. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat.; D, Sun. 2016 Hendricks Ave. 398-4610. $$ MATTHEW’S Chef’s tasting menu or seasonal à la carte menu featuring an eclectic mix of Mediterranean ingredients. Dress is business casual, jackets optional. FB. D, Mon.-Sat. 2107 Hendricks Ave. 396-9922. $$$$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2010 winner. Historic 1930s diner offers award-winning breakfast and lunch. Fresh seafood

and Southern cooking. Bring your own wine. B & L, daily. 3302 Hendricks Ave. 398-3701. $$ THE OLIVE TREE MEDITERRANEAN GRILL F Mediterranean homestyle healthy plates, including hummus, tebouleh, grape leaves, gyros, Mediterranean potato salad, kibbeh, spinach pie, Greek salad and daily specials. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 1705 Hendricks Ave. 396-2250. $$ PIZZA PALACE F At Pizza Palace, it’s all homemade from Mama’s award-winning recipes: spinach pizza and chickenspinach calzones. BW. L & D, daily. 1959 San Marco Blvd.

399-8815. $$ PULP F The juice bar offers fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas, coffees; 30 kinds of smoothies, some blended with flavored soy milks and organic frozen yogurts and granola. B, L & D, daily. 1962 San Marco Blvd. 396-9222. $ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Consistent Best of Jax winner.

Midwestern prime beef, fresh seafood, upscale atmosphere.

FB. D, daily. 1201 Riverplace Blvd. 396-6200. $$$$ SAKE HOUSE See Riverside. 1478 Riverplace Blvd.

306-2188. $$ SAN MARCO DELI F The independently owned & operated classic diner serves grilled fish, turkey burgers and lunch meats roasted daily in-house. Vegetarian options, including tempeh, too. Mon.-Sat. 1965 San Marco Blvd. 399-1306. $ TAVERNA Tapas, small-plate items, Neapolitan-style woodfired pizzas and entrées are served in a rustic yet upscale interior. BW, TO. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 1986 San Marco Blvd.

398-3005. $$$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. This newest San Marco location offers a lunch buffet. L & D, daily. 1430 San Marco Blvd. 683-2444. $

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AROMAS BEER HOUSE Aromas offers customer favorites like ahi tuna with a sweet soy sauce reduction, backyard burger, and triple-meat French dip. FB. L & D, daily. 4372 Southside Blvd. 928-0515. $$ BISTRO 41° F Casual dining features fresh, homemade breakfast and lunch dishes in a relaxing atmosphere. TO. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 3563 Philips Hwy., Ste. 104. 446-9738. $ BLUE BAMBOO Contemporary Asian-inspired cuisine includes rice-flour calamari, seared Ahi tuna, pad Thai. Street eats: barbecue duck, wonton crisps. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.-Sat. 3820 Southside Blvd. 646-1478. $$ BOMBA’S SOUTHERN HOME COOKING F The neighborhood comfort spot offers Southern homestyle fare, featuring fresh veggies. Outside dining is available. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 8560 Beach Blvd. 997-2291. $$ BUCA DI BEPPO Italian dishes served family-style in an eclectic, vintage setting. Half-pound meatballs are a specialty.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10334 Southside Blvd. 363-9090. $$$ CITY BUFFET CHINESE RESTAURANT F An extensive selection of Chinese fare, including beef, fish, crabs, chicken, pork, desserts, ice cream, at its all-you-can-eat buffet. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 5601 Beach Blvd. 345-3507. $ EL POTRO F Family-friendly, casual, El Potro cooks it fresh, made-to-order – fast, hot, simple. Daily specials and buffet at most locations. BW. L & D, daily. 5871 University Blvd. W., 7330844. 11380 Beach Blvd., 564-9977. elpotrorestaurant.com $ EUROPEAN STREET F See San Marco. 5500 Beach Blvd.

398-1717. $ GENE’S SEAFOOD F Serving fresh Mayport shrimp, fish, oysters, scallops, gator tail, steaks and combos. L & D, daily.

11702 Beach Blvd. 997-9738. $$ GOLDEN CORRAL See Mandarin. 4250 Southside. 620-0600. $$ HALA CAFE & BAKERY F A local institution since 1975 serves house-baked pita bread, kabobs, falafel and daily lunch

buffet. Best of Jax 2010 winner. TO, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4323 University Blvd. S. 733-5141. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE See Downtown. 2025 Emerson St. 346-3770. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2010 winner. See Intracoastal.

8206 Philips Hwy. 732-9433. $ SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE F This stylish gastropub has Southern-style cuisine made with a modern twist: Dishes are paired with international wines and beers,OF including a PROMISE BENEFIT large selection of craft and IPA brews. FB. L & D, daily. 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16. 538-0811. $$ SUNSET 30 TAVERN & GRILL F Located in Latitude 30, Sunset 30 serves familiar favorites, including seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta and pizza. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 10370 Philips Hwy. 365-5555. $$ TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA F Premium New York-style pizza from a brick-oven — the area’s original gluten-free pizzeria. Plus calzones, soups and salads; Thumann’s no-MSG meats, Grande cheeses and Boylan soda. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2. 565-1999. $$ URBAN ORGANICS The local produce co-op offers seasonal fresh organic vegetables and fruit. Open Mon.-Sat. 5325 Fairmont St. 398-8012.

WASABI JAPANESE BUFFET F Best of Jax 2010 winner.

AYCE sushi and two teppanyaki grill items are included in buffet price. FB. L & D, daily. 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138C. 363-9888. $$

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BOSTON’S RESTAURANT & SPORTSBAR F A full menu of sportsbar faves; pizzas till 2 a.m. Dine inside or on the patio. FB, TO. L & D, daily. 13070 City Station Dr., River City Marketplace. 751-7499. $$ CASA MARIA F The family-owned restaurant serves authentic Mexican fare, including fajitas and seafood. The specialty is tacos de azada. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104. 757-6411. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE See Downtown. 5945 New Kings Rd. 765-8515. $ JOSEPH’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT F Gourmet pizzas, pastas. Authentic Italian entrees like eggplant parmigiana, shrimp scampi. BW. L & D, daily. 7316 N. Main St. 765-0335. $$ MILLHOUSE STEAKHOUSE F A locally-owned-and-operated steakhouse with choice steaks from the signature broiler, and seafood, pasta, Millhouse gorgonzola, homemade desserts.

CM, FB. D, nightly. 1341 Airport Rd. 741-8722. $$ RIVERCITY ISLAND GRILL & CHILL F This new Northside place offers casual fare: seafood, wings, burgers. 10 high-def TVs, drink specials and club nights complete the cool vibe. L & D, daily. 13141 City Station Dr. 696-0802. $$ SALSARITA’S FRESH CANTINA F Southwest cuisine made from scratch; family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 840 Nautica Dr., Ste. 131, River City Marketplace. 696-4001. $ THREE LAYERS CAFE F Lunch, bagels, desserts, and the adjacent Cellar serves fine wines. Inside and courtyard dining.

BW. B, L & D, daily. 1602 Walnut St., Springfield. 355-9791. $ 3 LIONS SPORTS PUB & GRILL F The menu features popular favorites: salads, sandwiches and pizza, as well as fine European cuisine. Nightly specials. 2467 Faye Rd., Northside. 647-8625. $$ UPTOWN MARKET F In the 1300 Building at the corner of Third & Main, Uptown serves fresh fare made with the same élan that rules Burrito Gallery. Innovative breakfast, lunch and deli selections. BW, TO. 1303 Main St. N. 355-0734. $$

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The “Fun” in Funeral

For years, many traditional funerals in Taiwan — especially in rural areas or among working classes — have included pop singers and bikinied dancers, supposedly to entertain ghosts protecting the deceased in the afterlife.

According to a recent documentary by anthropologist Marc Moskowitz, until 20 years ago, some dancers were strippers, who did lap dances with funeral guests, until the government made such behavior illegal.

Contemporary song-and-dance shows, like the traveling Electric Flower Car, are said to appeal to “lower” gods who help cleanse the deceased of mundane vices like gambling and prostitution (compared to “higher” gods who focus on morality and righteousness).

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California’s state and local governments are rarely discussed these days without the pall of budget cuts looming, but apparently the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is safe: It’s spending a reported $1.5 million to move a big rock in from Riverside, about 60 miles away. It’s a 340-ton boulder the museum means to display over a sidewalk (“Levitated Mass”). The move requires a 200-foot-long trailer with 200 tires, one semi-tractor pulling and one pushing, at night. Max speed: 8 mph.

Tennessee State Rep. Julia Hurley 2011 apologized in July, saying she’d pay for the refinishing of her desk in the legislative chamber after it was revealed she’d carved her initials in it during a January session. “It was like one in the morning on the last day of the session,” she told WSMV-TV. “I wasn’t thinking straight.” Rep. Hurley, 29, who has a daughter, 14, unseated a nine-term incumbent legislator in 2010 with a campaign that touted her time as a Hooters waitress. “If I could make it at Hooters,” she wrote in the restaurant’s magazine, “I could make it anywhere.”

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Unclear on the Concept

Georges Marciano, co-founder of the clothing company Guess? Inc. and ostensibly in no trouble with IRS, nonetheless demanded in 2009 that the agency audit him over the previous several years. IRS turned him down, and he sued the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., but in July, a judge rejected the case, declaring federal law and the U.S. Constitution do not give anyone a “right” to demand that IRS collect more taxes from them. (Maybe Marciano hoped for IRS to uncover cheating by his former employees and accountants, whom he thought were stealing from him. Paying higher taxes might’ve been worth it if the agency had made it easier for him to sue cheaters.)

A Singaporean army draftee caused a public stir in March when he was photographed by a visitor as he underwent physical training in army fatigues but with his maid following behind him carrying his backpack on her shoulders. Army officials told reporters the draftee had since been “counsel[ed].”

Helping Disaster Victims: In May, following near-record floods in fields south of Montreal, Quebec, farmer Martin Reid made sure to apply for his fishing license: He‘d learned the hard way that when his land gets flooded, he 42 | folio weekly | august 16-22, 2011

can’t remove the washed-up fish unless he’s a licensed fisherman. After flooding in 1993, Reid and his father failed to secure a license and were fined $1,000. A second offense brings a fine of $100,000.

Two weeks after the catastrophic April tornadoes hit Alabama and neighboring states, Bailey Brothers Music Co. of Birmingham offered help: To soothe those suffering depression and grief from devastating property losses, Bailey Brothers sponsored weekly drum circles.

Police Blotter

Must Be Guilty: Arrested in Woodbridge, Va., in July for burglary after being discovered by police inside the MVC Late Night adult store: U.S. Army officer Justin Dale Little Jim, 28 (who was found physically engaged with a “blow-up doll”). Little Jim’s chances for acquittal are slim under NOTW’s insightful theory of criminal culpability known as the “Three First Names” hypothesis.

In June in Alvin, Texas, a Houston suburb, a petite, 42-year-old Walmart customer encountered three men running out of the store with shoplifted beer. She decided it was up to her to take a stand because, as she said later, she was “sick of the lawlessness.”

The woman (whose name, coincidentally, is Monique Lawless) chased the men, climbed onto the hood of their getaway car, even jumping up and down on it, to delay their escape. The three were eventually arrested: Sylvester Andre Thompson and his brothers Sylvester Durlentren Thompson and Sylvester Primitivo Thompson.

Recent Confusing Headlines

If Yogi Berra Wrote the Headline: “Woman Missing Since She Got Lost” (Chicago SunTimes, 5-17-2011) Please Explain: “Teen Dies of Shaken Baby Syndrome” (Chicago Tribune, 3-9-’11) “Man with Clown Nose in New Cumberland Poses No Serious Threat” (Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa., 7-3-’11) Run for the Hills: “Return of the Giant Carnivorous Hermaphrodite Snails” (Yahoo News-LiveScience.com, 6-3-’11) Not What You Think: “Showboat Casino Hotel to Become First Dog-Friendly Casino in Atlantic City” (Press of Atlantic City, 2-3-’11) (Guests’ dogs can be admitted to the floor, but dogs are still forbidden to play poker.)

People With Issues

The usual furtive restroom photographer is male, but sheriff ’s deputies in Plantation, Fla., arrested Rhonda Hollander, 47, in July, charging her with several misdemeanors and a felony. She allegedly followed a man inside the men’s room at the West Regional Courthouse and snapped photos of him at a urinal. Hollander insisted she’d broken no law, and indeed the charges against her were only for conduct after she was confronted by deputies (she continued to take pictures as they led her away). Hollander is actually Judge Hollander, who works in the building as a traffic magistrate.

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HANDSOME GUY IN OHIO HAT We caught an elevator together at the Downtown Library. You told me my daughter reminded you of your niece. What a great way to break the ice. You said you were new in town from Ohio and I would love to show you the city. When: August 2011. Where: Downtown Library. #1171-0816 BEER DELIVERY GUY Me: Hot blonde in red Jeep. You: Hot guy in Budweiser truck. We locked eyes at the light in River City Market Place, it was love at first sight for me. Was it for you?

Let’s meet and have a beer. When: August 8, 2011. Where: River City Market Place. #1170-0816 THORNTON PARK HOTTIE You were walking past my friends and I as we were headed toward the pool. You were wearing a pink shirt and shorts on the second floor of building seven of Thornton Park. We smiled at each other and I wish we could get to know each other more. When: August 8, 2011. Where: Thornton Park, Building 7. #1169-0816 ADAM LEVINE LOOK ALIKE Everyone made me feel awful about not talking to you after you left because you’re “so my type.” You were in on Saturday with your family wearing a black tee and a tattoo sleeve, I was the shy brunette server with a nose-ring running around. Let’s get matching tattoos?

Would love to see you again. When: August 6, 2011. Where: Al’s Pizza Ponte Vedra. #1168-0816 10 RANDOM ITEMS OR LESS You were behind me in line in the express checkout. You had on a blue shirt and glasses with a sub, potato salad, red bull and ice cream. I had corn, a Kit Kat, cookie dough and my tic tac fix. Let’s go grocery shopping again sometime soon. When: August 6, 2011. Where: Publix on Roosevelt. #1167-0816 WILD HAIRED BLONDE Wild, sexy blonde hair and a huge smile. Saw you at GC with guy, but not sure if you were together or not? In passing, I said how you put the girls that work there to shame. I would love for you to work for me??

When: July 26, 2011. Where: Towncenter. #1166-0809 WAITRESS I CAN’T WAIT FOR ME: Gray shirt, black shorts, black Irish golf hat. YOU: Blonde curly hair, silky legs with three tattoos. I could not keep my eyes off you. Let me show you what life on the Island is really like. :) When: July 29, 2011.

Where: Hurricane’s at Fleming Island. #1165-0809 DANCING OR SEIZING? I couldn’t tell what you were doing, but I liked it. I see you all the time in 5 Points. You: dark-haired party queen. Me: don’t know what to say. Maybe you can show me some moves? When: July 26, 2011. Where: Lomax Lodge, Birdies. #1164-0809 IN THE SHOE ROOM!! I saw you in the shoe room at my work, you’re so sweet and sexy that I can’t ever stop thinking about you. Let me in, you won’t regret it! Love you … me! When: July 15, 2011. Where: Jacksonville Beach. #1162-0726 POOLSIDE CHRISTINA COX LOOKALIKE Me, polka dot shirt and aviator sunglasses. You, board shorts and awesome shoes.

Our eyes met & in case you were wondering, yes, I like girls. I would have tried to talk to you but I was working. You reminded me of Kim from Better Than Chocolate. Let me be your Maggie.

When: July 17, 2011. Where: Pablo Bay Pool. #1161-0726 LUNCHTIME MEDITATION … OH MAN! I was in the back row, red shirt, cargo shorts, black hair; you sat to my right, light brown skin, skinny jeans, beautiful smile. I couldn’t pay attention to my breath! I promised I’d talk to you but I’m way too shy. I left, came back, passed you in the spirituality section and you smiled but I still wussed out! When: July 12, 2011. Where: Jacksonville Public Library Southeast Region. #1160-0719 THE ATLANTIC ATLANTA BRAVES HAT Let’s just say fireworks were not just going off in the sky. I gave you my 15 second intro in a minute and a half. I think we were making googly eyes, but never made it to the beach as planned. You: Tall, cute smile, Braves Hat. Me: Pink dress, light brown hair, fast talker.

Want to go down to the beach? When: July 4, 2011. Where: The Atlantic. #1159-0712 FIREWORKS ON INTRACOASTAL You: Sexy, bald speed demon pedaling over the intracoastal on your beach cruiser. Me: Ginger with a soul. Fireworks exploded when my eyes met your sweaty bod. Can a girl get a tow? When: July 4, 2011. Where: Atlantic Blvd. Intracoastal. #1158-0712

WE SHOULD HAVE WALKED TOGETHER You were paying as I was walking in the store. You gave me a smile that made me forget to talk. I asked the cashier if I could use the restroom because I had a couple of miles to walk to get where I was going. You said you had to do the same. Me: black hat/tattoo sleeve. When: June 28, 2011. Where: Best Choice Store at Oak and Stockton. #1157-0712 BEARDED BRITISH GUY WITH GREAT SMILE At Kickbacks.

You in black tee and jeans. Me in yellow shirt and jeans.

You were discussing with your friends why you can’t tip in British strip clubs (the pound is a coin, not $ bill). I asked you to hold my table while I went inside. You smiled and I just couldn’t muster the strength to say anything else. Another chance? When: July 1, 2011. Where: Kickbacks Gastropub. #1156-0712 MY HERO You came marching in as dozens of families waited anxiously to be reunited. I waited nervously for the first time.

I saw you standing tall and handsome. Tan and well built. I walked to you in a coral dress and when our eyes met my heart fluttered. When you smile it jumped, and when you told me I was beautiful it melted. When: June 12, 2011. Where: AFB Moody. #1155-0712 FSCJ CAMPUS AMAZING GIRL You: Blonde haired lady at FSCJ. Your hair is always straight and you wear sexy flats. Me: Guy at FSCJ, always sitting with water jug. Maybe one day you can hydrate my lips. When: Every day. Where: FSCJ Campus. #1154-0712 TURKISH DELIGHT You: Sexy Turkish man with cowlick making pizza. I was looking at your nose when you said, “Hey honey, why you make face?” Will you be my white horse? Ya Rock!

Me: Filipino who wants to be your girlfriend. When: June 9, 2011. Where: Al’s Pizza. #1153-0712 HERE IS YOUR CHANCE … We talked in front of the Bargain Outlet store on Dunn Avenue and you asked me to give you a chance and I told you that I was spoken for. Well, not now.

So if you still want the chance, then pay the $5 and get the chance to be my Romeo. I just may be your Juliet. Let’s see …

When: March 23, 2011. Where: Dunn Avenue Bargain Outlet. #1152-0705 MISSING VEST, WORKING THE STRIPES You: Server at Biscottis, blk shirt & making stripes look better than ever.

Medium to long hair. Me: sat in corner table, ordered a pizza.

You gazed in my eyes while refilling my water. I want more pizza and stripes in my life. When: June 28, 2011. Where: Biscottis. #1151-0705 PETITE BLONDE HAIRDRESSER You were a beautiful blonde hairdresser from Orange Park. I was a retired Navy diver and we played a game of who was what. I can’t get you out of my

thoughts. I would love to take you out on a date. When: May. Where: The Metro. #1150-0705 GIRAFFE TONGUED BLONDE LASS I do so enjoy our stare-offs, although I have to confess to getting lost in those gorgeous Irish eyes of yours. While I know you have a thing for older men, I must admit to becoming intoxicated by your loveliness, or maybe it’s just those Mirrer Rites. When: Always. Where: Birdies. #1149-0705 KNIGHT RIDER GIDDY UP! Me: Chocolate Thunder across the bar. You: Blue-eyed, sexy white boy serving up drinks and all the jokes. And yes, I smoked with cigarettes. Settling for your sandwich was just not enough. Let’s get together and see what you’re having tonight... When: June 17, 2011. Where: Ritz. #1148-0628 TALL BLONDE DREAD HEAD HOTTIE I first noticed your beautiful blonde dread locks tied in a ponytail. You wore cute black square glasses. You came in with your parents maybe? I sat you and took small glances of you, casually walking by. You were busy talking and I’m too shy, but maybe we could talk and even make some pancakes together sometime? ;) When: June 21, 2011. Where: Original Pancake House at Town Center. #1147-0628 BROKEN FOOT? SHORT BLONDE DREDS I see you once in a while when I do the morning jog thing while visiting St. Augustine. I haven’t really seen your face. Curiosity rises...

When: June 20, 2011. Where: St. Augustine Beach. #1146-0628 5 POINTS CORNER SATURDAY NIGHT You were tallish with blondish hair wearing a colorful sundress standing on the corner of 5 Points with a friend. I crossed the street, tall with long hair wearing black jean jacket. I checked you out, we exchanged smiles. I should have turned around. Want to have a smile contest? When: June 18, 2011. Where: 5 Points in front of the Derby restaurant. #1145-0628 SALESMAN THAT CAUGHT MY EYE Tall, handsome, and a gorgeous smile with green eyes. Kia of Orange Park. I test drove a car. You shook my hand and we gazed into each other’s eyes. Best moment of my life. You know who you are. Thanks for the business card. I’ll be keeping in touch. When: March 4, 2011. Where: Kia of Orange Park. #1144-0621 MISSING INGREDIENT FROM BURRITO GALLERY You are more interesting than most. Always with a determined demeanor, pleasant smile, and generous tip. You order the same thing every day for months on end. I admire your consistency, but am full of various recipes that could spice up your life. I hope you’ll come back soon and try something new. Perhaps a fish taco? When: June 1, 2011. Where: Burrito Gallery. #1143-0621

HOT AND SULTRY You: sweaty, sexy, and sultry with nice moves! Me: can’t keep my eyes off you, you pull me to the dance floor. End the night with a romantic walk to the beach.

I just have to find you! When: June 10, 2011. Where: Sun Dog. #1142-0621 YOUR SMART DOG IS A BONUS! :-) June 14: Four P.M., at ATM behind Publix on Baymeadows Rd. You: next in line.

Gray SUV, originally from Ohio via California, new to Jax. We discussed smoky air, heat and your intelligent dog. Any chance we could continue over dinner? drinks? (I’ll try to untie my tongue, if you’ll give me a chance!) When: June 14, 2011. Where: ATM behind Publix on Baymeadows Rd. #1141-0621 AN ELEGANT TOMBOY You: friendly smile, brunette, 40ish in golf shirt and black slacks. Me: portly and buttoned-down in khakis, Oxford and topsiders. I winked, you smiled. “Do you date immature men?” I asked. “Almost exclusively,” you responded. Can you love a fool? I never got your number.

When: June 13, 2011. Where: Doctors Express Urgent Care. #1140-0621 HOTTIE IN THE VILLAGE She was tall, long dark hair, beautiful smile and awesome laugh. She was working and looking o so beautiful. I was there with the kids having some pie; love that pie. When: June 13, 2011. Where: Village Inn. #1139-0621 TATTOOED You were at the bar with a buddy; you were drinking red bull and wearing a blue t-shirt. I couldn’t help but notice all the tattoos. I was on business lunch and couldn’t stop to chat... When: June 13, 2011. Where: Benny’s at the Landing. #1138-0621 MY GREEN-EYED EVERYTHING I saw you at the Bagel shop on Beach Blvd. eating an everything bagel, your wavy brown hair, beautiful green eyes; it looked like you were eating with your brother, he had eggs and a bagel. Me: tall, bald and slim, getting coffee and smiling at you; you said good morning.

Would love to meet you. When: June 5, 2011. Where: Bagel Shop. #1137-0614 WALLY WORLD CUTIE Walking out of Walmart with my family, I ran into you and yours. You have nice dark hair and you were wearing a JU (Jacksonville University) shirt. I felt something when we locked eye contact. AMAZING... When: June 8, 2011.

Where: Walmart on Hodges. #1136-0614 STRONG SOUTHERN MAN WANTED Workout at the gym.

You: popular appearing man talkative (hottie), with a Southern drawl, sounded ignorant, brown hair, workout gloves. We spoke of anti-religion and anti-politics, both topics you should never mention to a hottie. But u didn’t mind. I’d like to meet again. man on man. You can spot me ; ) I spotted you. When: June 1, 2011. Where: Just Fitness in Mandarin. #1135-0614

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FreeWill Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Time magazine asked Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough why he started writing a biography of Pablo Picasso but never finished it. McCullough said it was because the famous artist turned out to be boring. He attracted a steady flow of lovers, and he made hundreds of paintings, but he didn’t really have an interesting life. Be the anti-Picasso in the weeks ahead, emphasizing the quality of your adventures more than your production. Regard your life as your most important work of art.

slammed with a spill as extensive as the one from Exxon Valdez, the second biggest U.S. oil catastrophe. “Large purple slicks cover once fertile fields,” said Newsweek, “and rivers are clogged with oil leaked decades ago.”

I bring this to your attention not to depress you, but to inspire you. In the weeks ahead, I hope you make it your passion to uncover injustices you’re unaware of, including those close to home. You’ll be amazed how much this buoys your spirits. And you’ll get extra credit if you address the unfairness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Let’s celebrate the first time you cried naked in someone else’s bed,” is a message on an e-card I found at Someecards.com. You may want to send that proposal to yourself. It’s an excellent time to commemorate the rousing catharses of the past. You may see revisiting yesteryear’s breakthrough epiphanies helps put you in the right frame of mind (and heart) to cook up a fresh batch.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the song “Fantasy World,” the lead singer of the band Pissed Jeans imagines himself in his happy place. “It’s Friday night and Saturday morning in my fantasy world / Sitting near piles of clothes and drinking a soda / with a slice of pizza in my fantasy world.”

He’s not describing some unrealistic paradise where he can fly like an eagle, seduce anyone he wants and find gold bars under his pillow in the morning. Rather, he’s content with simple, familiar pleasures. Follow his lead as you imagine and create your fantasy world this week. Love what you’ve got.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Why is it so hard for Westerners of the last two centuries to feel the intimate presence of divine intelligences? Every other culture in the history of the world has had a more vital connection with the realm of spirit. According to poet Gary Snyder, California’s Yana Indians explained it this way: The gods have retreated to the volcanic recesses of Mt. Lassen, passing the time playing gambling games with magic sticks. They’re waiting for a time when humans will “reform themselves and become ‘real people’ spirits might want to associate with once again.” I bring this up because I think now is a special time in your life: You have the power to become a “real person” with whom the spirits will want to more closely commune.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I strongly advise against purchasing and reading what some observers called “the saddest book in the universe.” It’s Sonia Allison’s recipe book, “Microwave for One” (bit.ly/SadBook). No matter how inclined you may be to choose excessive self-sufficiency now, no matter how peeved you are at the human race for being so clumsy and ignorant, you must keep trying to reach out and touch those who are touchable, even if barely so. You need what people have to offer, even if it’s sloppy, wimpy or kooky.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Science writer K.C. Cole asks: “How would you hold 100 tons of water in thin air with no visible means of support?” Her answer: “Build a cloud.”

What you have before you now is a comparable scenario.

Your assignment? Materialize a phenomenon that, from a certain viewpoint, appears laughably impossible. Yet, with the proper attitude from you and nature’s help, the project is eminently achievable. It won’t necessarily be fast and easy, though — but you wouldn’t want it to be, because then it wouldn’t be able to teach its precious wisdom.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Astrology Guy: Thank you kindly for your assistance. One of your horoscopes gave me a kick in the butt that propelled me free of a trap I’d stupidly agreed to stay stuck in. At the same time, I have to tell you to go to hell, because no one, including me, likes hearing the awful, embarrassing truth. As much healing as your words brought me, they also stung my pride. Love and hate, Virgo.” Dear Virgo: You’re welcome and I’m sorry.

It’s good to hear you’re able to appreciate the gifts of paradox. I hope that keeps you creatively humble as you slip into an expansive building phase when your ego may be understandably prone to a bit of inflation.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The highest unclimbed mountain in the world is Gangkhar Puensum, an almost 25,000-foot-high beauty in Bhutan. It’ll stay free of human influence indefinitely, since local authorities are keen on preventing the environmental degradation that’s occurred on popular peaks like Mt. Everest, where climbers have left lots of trash. What’s the equivalent in your sphere? The most prominent unconquered prize? The still-elusive Grail? The virgin treasure your quest has not yet won? According to my analysis, you have the potential to make tangible progress toward that goal. Unlike the Gangkhar Puensum situation, there are no rules or laws stopping you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Mommy, are scientists real?” the boy asked his mother. “Yes, son, they are,” she replied. “Do they make stuff that is dangerous?” continued the boy. “Sometimes they do,” said the mom. “Then I want to be one when I grow up,” concluded the boy. In the weeks ahead, I see you as being like the boy. You’ll be in the mood to brainstorm about what you may like to evolve into, and your fantasies tend to move toward what’s most adventurous and exciting. Fully indulge in those flights of fancy. It’s time to dream really big and really free.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I got expelled from college for cheating during my metaphysics final,” joked Woody Allen. “I got caught looking into the soul of the guy next to me.” Even if you’re not taking a big test for a metaphysics class, I urge you to do a lot of what Allen claimed he did: Gaze into the souls of those around you.

It’s an excellent time, astrologically speaking, to escape the enclosed container of your inner world and survey the raw truths and deep feelings others hold dear.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine,” said pioneering geneticist J.B.S. Haldane. I share that view, and it’s good to keep in mind whenever we’re tempted to rearrange our lives in accordance with the visions of those who predict the future, whether they be New Age prophets, indigenous elders, scientific experts or political pundits. Nobody knows much of anything about how it’s all going to unfold! The future isn’t set in stone — it’s totally up for grabs. The sooner you make that an everyday reminder, the more aggressive you’ll be about creating the life you want. Now’s an excellent time to get the hang of it.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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Marching Toward Plutocracy

The Failure of Meritocracy and the Standardization of Inequality

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f ever there was any doubt about the inordinate political power that wealth brings with it, recent statistics on inequities in wealth (and with it who controls Congress, corporations and the media) should serve to squelch debate (http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/ income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph).

Recent statistics clearly demonstrate the extreme degree to which our nation has become divided economically. The poor and the middle class — the latter a demographic quickly disappearing — have paid a hefty price for the wealthy to become exponentially wealthier. The working classes have not only been robbed of economic opportunity, they’ve been robbed of what little political power they once had. Today, the über-wealthy — the real power brokers in America — use the concept of meritocracy as subterfuge while they lead the nation consistently, silently and intractably toward a plutocracy.

We should all be troubled by the fact that a tiny minority of America’s most privileged citizens have seen their personal wealth expand dramatically while their fellow citizens have seen average family wages (when adjusted for inflation) remain flat since the early 1970s. We should be troubled that the wealthy go to great length to hoard their wealth while millions of their neighbors live in extreme poverty.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the official poverty rate, which amounts to just $22,250 annually for a family of four, recently hit a 15-year high. We should be troubled that, for many, accumulating wealth for oneself and one’s family seems to have supplanted the idea that when the least among us suffers, we as a community all suffer. And in what may be the most bitter of ironies, we should also be troubled that the wealthy are willing to spend copious amounts of money during election season to support candidates who, like they, argue the fallacy that it would be an unfair “burden” on the wealthy to pay taxes at a rate even remotely compensatory to their wealth and privilege.

What we should be most troubled about, though, is that now, more than ever, wealth brings with it the power to manipulate and thus control the very political and economic apparatuses and media outlets that, combined, shape public policy and exert a great influence on what and how Americans think. Not only are average Americans being economically abused, they’re sold the false promise that — with hard work and a little luck — they too can join the oligarchy club. The idea of meritocracy, which we’ve long promoted in official school curricula and dominant political discourse and from all major media outlets, has such an egalitarian ring, it long ago became “common sense” in American culture — despite the prevalence of poverty among tens of millions of people who “followed the rules.”

The seldom-examined dark side to this so-called meritocratic promise is reality itself; opportunities are far from evenly distributed here. Currently, the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans control 35 percent of the nation’s total wealth, while the top 10 percent control

66 percent of the nation’s total wealth. And they’re not about to share. Those with the power money provides diligently hold onto that power.

Innumerable and unquestionable data show that the wealthy hoard and protect their wealth (and insist it grow even larger) while supporting economic policies harmful to the average worker.

And related statistics show that the vast majority of those exceptionally wealthy — a relative term — create trusts and promote the dissolution of the estate tax to ensure their economic and political power trickles down solely to their progeny (cleverly, they’ve largely succeeded in renaming estate taxes “the death tax”).

The wealthiest among us pays the lowest top marginal tax rate — 35 percent since the Great

the ever-more-extreme right Republican Party still extol faith in “supply side” economics, using the meritocracy notion to justify their failed policies while, at the same time, blaming poverty on those who suffer from it.

Meritocracy as a guiding economic paradigm conveniently provides the successful people ways to legitimize their wealth (the result of hard work) while simultaneously giving them a way to exculpate themselves from any responsibility for the plight of those less fortunate; it lets them blame the poor for being poor. When Americans fail to find wealth or even economic stability in this “land of opportunity,” it’s their own fault.

Poor healthcare, poor nutrition, inadequate

The injustice of the extreme economic disparity today proves that the very ideal of meritocracy is dependent upon hegemony (read: pervasive brainwashing). Why else would the poor — a group fast becoming the majority — tolerate such a punitive economic policy?

Depression — when they pay taxes at all. With the monies that would’ve otherwise gone to taxes, they invest in the private market so they can grow even wealthier.

Companies, in turn, desperate to make a profit to appease the ever-greater greed of shareholders, attempt to produce great returns at the cost of consumers and workers who produce their products. Insurance companies make greater profits by denying claims, not by paying them. Oil and gas companies make record profits by raising the price of their products during heavy travel seasons (while also getting tax breaks). Pharmaceutical companies cite research and development costs to charge exorbitant prices for medicines while far outspending such costs on marketing. The “profit motive above all else” mentality is even more problematic for manufacturing workers and middle management. The desire to produce more profit for shareholders has led to a record outsourcing of jobs overseas and payroll cuts, layoffs and reduced employee benefits here.

Yet among those with power, a belief in market infallibility holds. Despite high unemployment, no health insurance for 47 million Americans and millions of families literally one or two paychecks away from homelessness (thanks in part to a hardly livable minimum wage), the Dow Jones remains the arbiter by which the wealthy — and thus politicians and media in their control — measure the economy’s health.

It would be clear to anyone who actually examines the data with even a modicum of objectivity that the “trickle down” economic policy so vaunted by the wealthy for 30 years has trickled out. Pres. George H.W. Bush was right in 1980 (before losing the primary to Reagan) when he called reckless economic policies “voodoo economics.” Yet despite the obvious failure of this economic policy, those in

and poorly funded schools, absent parents, unemployment and ultimately a loss of hope are all, according to those who espouse the meritocracy fallacy, easily overcome with a tenacity and faith in the system. They maintain laziness is the only barrier to success. Offering rare examples of those who do “rise above” poor backgrounds to succeed, fiscal conservatives celebrate the exception while ignoring the rule.

What’s worse — but again convenient for those whose economic portfolios reside largely in the stock market — poor Americans are inculcated with the belief that, while waiting patiently for a chance to join the oligarchy, they can satisfy immediate needs and find solace for pain by spending what little money they do have on things they don’t need (feeding the system and confining them to a life lived on the economic margins). The injustice of the extreme economic disparity today proves that the very ideal of meritocracy is dependent upon hegemony (read: pervasive brainwashing). Why else would the poor — a group fast becoming the majority — tolerate such a punitive economic policy?

The current system is so entrenched that, were the majority of Americans to wake up to these economic injustices and stand up for economic reform, there’s myriad evidence that their efforts would be for naught. Our political system is, increasingly, geared to ensure it’s immutable. A small number of the nation’s wealthiest people not only control the vast majority of the nation’s collective wealth, they control the political system.

Thanks in large part to the Supreme Court’s 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, equating personal expenditure of money to free speech (which thus cannot be curtailed), the wealthy have the power — being able to “purchase” voice in major media outlets — to overwhelm

opposing voices and viewpoints. Those with economic capital can promote laissez-faire consumerism (thus promoting corporations in which they have large parts of their portfolios invested) while vilifying calls for things like universal healthcare, public education funding, environmental protections, financial regulations and some control of the airwaves.

No surprise: All the major media outlets — save Public Broadcasting, the funding for which was just slashed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives — are owned by a handful of increasingly giant corporations and media moguls à la Rupert Murdoch (yet the right has the temerity to bemoan a supposed liberal media). The power of the wealthy and their corporations grew even more, with 2010’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v.

Federal Election Commission. The court ruled (5-4) to eliminate corporate spending limits on campaigns and political interest groups.

Businesses now have an even greater right to freedom of speech than individuals, with the money that shapes the message and control of the airwaves through which to send that message. Though proponents of this laissez-faire economic system love to say every American has the power of her or his vote, they ignore the reality: The freedom to cast one’s vote is perverted when information is controlled, edited and distorted. When repeated often enough from many “official” sources (like the news media), lies and half-truths easily become “common sense.”

The nation is at a crossroads. Its leaders can choose to seek rational and fair economic policies that advantage all Americans or they can stay the course to satisfy the wealthy and powerful while the poor be damned. The recent fight over the raising of the debt ceiling (to cover costs the nation incurred due to eight years of Republican fiscal mismanagement) shows which direction the GOP wants to go. While their policy of laissez faire tax policy may prove prudent for those Congressmembers willing to kowtow to the radical right, it’s a policy that’s unethical and harmful to the poor (and ultimately to the wealthy). A refusal to invest in the infrastructure of a nation — via public works, schools, its citizens’ health — will result in the collapse of that infrastructure, harming all who rely on it, regardless of economic status.

What’s more, radically disproportionate distributions of wealth and power have never been sustainable. The disenfranchised eventually wake up to the injustices governing and limiting them. With demographic and population shifts and more people entering poverty or financial distress, more join the cadres that make up a “sleeping giant,” whose wrath could — and should — be great. Today’s unapologetic advocates of unbridled greed had better hope the leaders who emerge from the inevitable future minority majority (who are disproportionately poor) act more fairly toward them than they now do toward the less privileged.

John White johnwesleywhite@att.net

John W. White, Ph.D., is an educator in Northeast Florida.

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