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32 19 EDITOR’S NOTE If you can read this you should be grateful. p. 5 NEWS Battles over early voting could shape the election in November. p. 7 BUZZ Moving money around in the city of Jacksonville’s budget, dumping toxins in the St. Johns River, Florida colleges ranking “least vigorous,” Sarah Palin endorsing Ted Yoho, mapping beach access, giving bonuses to FSCJ cabinet members, imitating Folio Weekly’s sign contest. p. 8 BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS Paul Mitchell The School – Jacksonville, Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee and the Fernandina Beach Fire Department. p. 8 SPORTSTALK Maurice Jones-Drew’s goal-line stand. p. 11 ON THE COVER Atlantic Beach trio Grandpa’s Cough Medicine walks the line between traditional bluegrass and hell-raising outlaw music. p. 12 OUR PICKS Pet Walk, Sublime with Rome, Mic Skillz 2012, Carlos Mencia, Against Me! and “Is He Dead?” p. 17 MOVIES “ParaNorman”: Creature feature in claymation delivers for audiences young and old. p. 19

11 MUSIC Citizen Cope had to overcome stage fright after a 2002 hit jump-started his career. p. 22 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears deliver sultry, snarling and sexualized sound, while searching for “next level.” p. 23 Two-day Electric Sun Fest brings Grammy-nominated Tiësto to town. p. 26 ARTS “Sordid Lives”: Players by the Sea presents a contemporary campy comedy with a timely message. p. 32 BACKPAGE One group is jumping in to save the St. Johns River. p. 46 MAIL p. 6 I ♥ TELEVISION p. 10 LIVE MUSIC LISTING p. 27 ARTS LISTING p. 33 HAPPENINGS p. 34 THE EYE p. 35 DINING GUIDE p. 36 NEWS OF THE WEIRD p. 41 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY p. 42 I SAW U p. 43 CLASSIFIEDS p. 44 Cover design by Aaron Bromirski mirski Cover photos by Walter Coker er

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Can You Read This?

If so, consider yourself lucky

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n a family of readers, I have always been the least well-read. I consumed a lot of fiction as a student, but I don’t read as many books as I’d like anymore. Perhaps it’s because I spend my whole day reading and re-reading stories as I edit them, then reading dozens of news stories on websites around the world to stay current and get ideas for Folio Weekly.

My mother is a voracious reader. My father is, too. No one reads as much as my husband — you almost never see him without a book or, more recently, the Kindle Fire I gave him last Christmas.

I attribute much of my daughter’s advanced reading skills to him. She has been acutely interested in reading since she was 1, when she could recite her favorite books wordfor-word before she could even read those words. Recently, she has become enamored of the Magic Tree House series. These “chapter books,” as she likes to call them, follow the adventures of Annie and Jack as they travel through time to learn firsthand about the history written in books.

In my previous job, I rarely got home early enough to read bedtime stories with my daughter, making me keenly jealous of my husband and parents who routinely did this with her. Now I’m home most nights to read with her, my jaw gaping as she speeds through the words with almost no hesitation. I’m awestruck with a sense of pride, amazement and gratitude.

How many kids in her class, her school or her school system enjoy those same advantages? Two parents with college educations and good jobs that allow them the time to spend reading with her, a house full of books and digital devices at her disposal, extended family members actively involved in her education, teachers who recognize her skills. It’s the best-case scenario. But that’s far from the case for many students out there.

More than 40 percent of Florida’s public school students cannot read at minimally proficient levels, according to the latest FCAT scores. Those children are much more likely to drop out of high school. Students must score a Level 3 or above in reading to be considered performing at a satisfactory, proficient or advanced level. In Duval County, between 45 and 58 percent score a 3 or above, depending on the grade level. In St. Johns County, those percentages are in the 70s. In Clay and Nassau counties, it’s the 60s. None of these percentages is good.

Jacksonville ranked 52 out of 75 cities in literacy in 2011, according to the annual assessment by Central Connecticut State University. The highest Jacksonville has ranked in the last seven years is 44.5.

Florida is one of the nation’s three worst states in school funding equity, according to a 2009 ranking by the Educational Law Center and Rutgers University. The inequities are connected to concentrated poverty areas in Florida, Missouri and North Carolina, meaning they simply do not receive the resources they need.

Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Public Library — an essential no-cost resource to help children’s literacy — has seen more cuts in materials and loss of hours.

My daughter’s teachers recognized her reading abilities from an early age and worked to challenge her. Last year, they sent my firstgrader to a second-grade class for reading. She took pride in checking off each item on the reading list after tackling the book-in-the-bag her teacher sent home with her every day.

But what about the kids who are struggling? There have been some programs aimed at helping.

In Mayor John Peyton’s Book Club, all 4-year-old Duval County pre-kindergarteners were eligible to receive a bookbag filled with reading tools and a series of Jacksonvillethemed books.

Duval County Public Schools launched Read It Forward Jax! (duvalschools.org/ readitforwardjax) last year. Through donations from organizations and individuals, it raised $76,000 to purchase a total of 130 classroom libraries and 27,000 books to distribute to 16 schools throughout the district. DCPS also trained more than 260 volunteers to work with students on key reading strategies and comprehension skills. The program has held multiple school events, produced various TV and radio ads to engage the community in reading, provided backpacks and tools to students in need and developed brochures with tips for parents to help improve literacy skills.

Recently, The Children’s Movement of Florida (childrensmovementflorida.org) launched ReadingPals, a 3-year initiative to recruit, train and deploy volunteer “reading pals” in 10 Florida regions, including Duval County. It will focus on improving the reading abilities of students from pre-kindergarten to third grade in lower-performing schools.

Volunteers will dedicate an hour a week (for at least 25 weeks) to read in individual or small group settings.

Too many kids can’t read at their grade level. And no single program can fix it. It’s going to take every parent recognizing the importance of reading. And every lawmaker.

And everyone else.

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Pension Solution Not So Simple

I share Bruce Fouraker’s concern with the burden that the city’s pension obligations places on its budget. Unfortunately, Mr. Fouraker’s Backpage Editorial [“The Elephant in the Room,” Aug. 21] contains two fundamental errors that impair a reader’s ability to understand the options that are open to the city.

The first error is that Mr. Fouraker refers throughout his editorial to “the pension fund.”

In fact, the city has three pension funds: the Police & Fire Pension Fund, the Corrections Officers Pension Fund and the General Employees Pension Fund. Of the three, only the Police & Fire Pension Fund has a funding deficit large enough to threaten the city’s solvency.

The second error is that Mr. Fouraker implies throughout his editorial that the city can modify the pension benefits of all former and current city employees in any way that it wants to. Perhaps the clearest example of this error is in this sentence: “The third step is to cap all existing and future pensions to 150 percent of median income.” This is beyond the city’s power, regardless of whether one agrees with it philosophically or not.

For pension purposes, there are four classes of city employees. They are: new employees, current employees who have not yet vested pension rights, current employees who have vested pension rights and retirees who have left city service with vested pension rights.

The city has broad latitude in structuring the pension benefits of new hires and current employees who have not vested pension rights.

However, the city can modify the pension benefits of current employees who have vested pension rights only in a prospective manner. For example, the city could convert from a “defined benefit” plan to a “defined contribution” plan for the remainder of those individuals’ employment, but would have to maintain the “defined benefit” structure for the years that those individuals have already served under a “defined benefit” plan. The result of such a prospective change would create what is sometimes referred to as a “hybrid” plan.

Most important, contrary to what Mr. Fouraker implies, the city cannot modify the pension benefits of those who have already retired from city service. Any attempt to do so in the ways that Mr. Fouraker suggests, such as eliminating all COLA benefits and/or capping all existing and future benefits to a certain percentage of median income, would provoke immediate lawsuits that the city would lose.

Mr. Fouraker is correct in recognizing the urgency of dealing with the city’s pension crisis.

However, any modifications the city makes must be limited to those which are legally permissible.

(Full Disclosure: I am a retired former city employee and I am currently receiving a pension, which includes a COLA benefit, from the General Employees Pension Fund.

Unfortunately, my pension does not approach 150 percent of median income.)

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Pastor R.L. Gundy says get-out-the-vote efforts in the city’s African-American community focus on voting early on the Sunday before Election Day. Taking away that day eliminates voters. Photo: Walter Coker

Voter Wars

Battles over early voting could shape the election in November

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s the country hurls toward another presidential election, some are saying a battle over early voting has become the 2012 version of the literacy tests and poll taxes once used to keep African Americans away from the polls.

“That is exactly what the effect is,” said Jacksonville attorney Neil Henrichsen, “if you know that a population is using that time period to vote and without any rational justification you cut it short.”

Henrichsen is representing U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (R-Jacksonville), the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee and nine individual plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed July 27 alleging changes to early voting in 2011 violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the First, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

The lawsuit is one of several challenging changes to early voting laws in place since 2004. The Republican-led legislature and Gov. Rick Scott cut the number of days for early voting in 2011 as one of 80 changes made to state voting laws. The new law reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to 8 and eliminated early voting on the Sunday before Election Day. In a hearing on Sept. 19, Jacksonville plaintiffs will ask U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan to require Duval County and the state’s other 66 counties to follow the old voting law for the Nov. 6 presidential election.

The lawsuit states that the changes target African-American voters, with the goal of reducing their voting power. In the 2008 presidential election, 54 percent of African Americans voted early; that’s twice as often as white voters, according to research by University of Florida political science professor Daniel Smith. Cutting the number of early voting days or the number of hours available for early voting blocks AfricanAmerican voters’ access to the polls, the lawsuit says.

A tribunal of three federal judges agreed when it ruled on Aug. 16 that the changes discriminate against black voters, but their decision affected only five Florida counties.

Since 1975, Collier, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough and Monroe counties have been

under federal jurisdiction because of past discrimination. Before any changes to voting laws can be implemented, the Department of Justice or a federal court must rule on whether or not the modifications violate minority voter rights.

The judges stated plainly that the new revisions violate African Americans’ voting rights. “We find that minority voters will be disproportionately affected by the changes in early voting procedures because they disproportionately use early in-person voting.”

The ruling did offer a possible fix. If the counties offered voting 12 hours a day on the eight early-voting days, the judges said that that access would be adequate. Last week, officials in four of the five counties said they make that accommodation. Harry Sawyer, a Monroe County Republican elections supervisor, said he plans to offer 12 days of early voting, prompting Gov. Scott to suggest he might suspend Sawyer.

Even though Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland said that he will staff 16 early voting sites (one more than in the 2008 election) and that they will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for all eight days of early voting, plaintiffs in the Jacksonville lawsuit say it’s not enough. The 2011 voting law amendments eliminated early voting on the Sunday before Election Day. In large urban counties like Duval, Henrichsen said there is a tradition of a big drive in the African-American community to vote on that Sunday in what is known as “Souls to the Polls.”

“He’s trying to take the pain out of the punch,” said Pastor R.L. Gundy of Holland’s extended hours. Gundy is a plaintiff in the Jacksonville lawsuit as both an individual and as president of the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

He’s also the senior pastor at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. Elder Lee Harris of Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church and Bishop Lorenzo Hall of Reach Out Apostolic Tabernacle Church are also plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

“It’s critical for us to have early voting on that Sunday. That is the last push we have to get people to the polls,” said Gundy Holland said he added early voting sites and

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Dollar Watch “That’s a lot of money to move around.”

— City Councilmember Matt Schellenberg explains why he’s introduced legislation that will require the mayor’s office to obtain City Council approval before moving more than $50,000 appropriated in the budget for one thing to spend it on something else. Currently the mayor can shuffle around up to $750,000, as long as quarterly reports are made to the Finance Committee. Folio Weekly has asked Mayor Brown’s office for those quarterly reports for the past year, but they hadn’t been provided by deadline.

Dumping Toxins 324,000 pounds — That’s the number of pounds of chemicals dumped annually into the Lower St. Johns River.

Between 2001 and 2010, the amount of chemicals dumped into the river increased by 7 percent while the quantity dumped into other bodies of water in Florida and the rest of the U.S. dropped by 10 percent, according to the recently released State of the River 2012. Waste from the U.S. Department of Defense and paper mills account for 68 percent of chemicals dumped into the St. Johns River.

A Breeze Once they factored in the “It’s too nice outside to study today” allowance that Florida colleges must give students, Newsweek named five Florida colleges as the “least rigorous” in the country in its 2012 rankings. Those on the list: University of Florida (21), Florida Atlantic University (14), University of South Florida (4), Florida State University (2) and University of Central Florida (1).

decided on the 12-hour span each day because of the number of residents he expected to vote in the presidential election, not in response to the lawsuit.

In an amended motion for an injunction in the case, Henrichsen asked Corrigan to restore early voting in Duval County and the rest of the state until the lawsuit can be heard. Henrichsen cited both the ruling of the federal tribunal and testimony that former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer gave in a civil lawsuit in May. Greer testified under oath that in December 2009, he was at a meeting during which party officials talked about preventing blacks from voting. In an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC, Greer said that Republican strategists talked about changing early-voting laws to reduce the black vote. “The GOP can’t control what happens in the voting booth,” Greer told Sharpton, “but they can certainly try to control them ever getting to the voting booth.”

(Greer resigned, facing felony charges that he funneled money from the party to a private company he owned.)

In an interview with Folio Weekly, Greer said Republican consultants advocated changing voting laws to make it more difficult to register voters and to cut early-voting days because of the strong voter turnout among black and young voters in the 2008 presidential election. Statistics show that early voters lean Democratic or Independent. If they could do away with early voting completely, Greer said, the Republican leadership would. “I was in the meetings,” he said. “They hate early voting, and they don’t win on early voting.”

The current chairman of the Republican Party of Florida Lenny Curry said that Greer isn’t credible. “It’s a damn disgrace what he is saying,” Curry said. “He was chairman of the party. Why didn’t he alarm anyone then?”

Greer said he and then-governor Charlie Crist rejected the changes. He said Gov. Scott embraced the changes.

Curry said the only reason that the Legislature cut out the last Sunday of early voting was because the state’s 67 supervisors of elections wanted that day to prepare for Election Day. “I have heard no one say that there was any intent to suppress the minority vote,” he said. “That’s nonsense.”

The Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections said early voting had been a “tremendous success” and that the longer early-voting period under the old law “best serves the voting public.” Holland said he did recommend that early voting end a day earlier and the last Sunday of early voting be cut. He said his staff needed that time to prepare for Election Day. If Corrigan rules in favor of the Jacksonville plaintiffs, at least the state would have one set of voting regulations. As of last week, Florida had two different early-voting plans. Voters in four of the five Florida counties under federal jurisdiction would have 96 hours of early voting, but elections supervisors in other counties could have as little as 48 hours.

Richard Hasen, author of “The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown,” told PBS talk show host Diane Rehm on Aug. 21 that the state can’t offer one set of voters more time to vote than another.

He said that would violate the Supreme Court’s 2000 ruling in the Bush v. Gore case.

Hasen also said that the battles over voter identification laws and early voting taking place in key states like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania got their start in the hanging chads of the 2000 presidential election.

Changes in voting laws can decide elections, he said. “The rules really matter, and if you can manipulate the rules at the margins, whether it has to do with who registers to vote or how votes are counted or whether you require identification, [it] could make a difference,” he told Rehm.

Susan Cooper Eastman sceastman@folioweekly.com

Bouquets to Melissa Jenkins, director of Paul Mitchell The School — Jacksonville and the school’s staff and students for raising $54,391 for charities this year. The local campus ranked seventh out of all Paul Mitchell schools in the U.S., raising much more than this year’s $15,000 goal. The Paul Mitchell Schools raised a total of $2.5 million in 2012. The money will be donated to 10 charities, including the Magic Johnson Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, Children’s Miracle Network and Paul Mitchell Schools’ own Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation.

Alaska to Gainesville Calling “Tired of watching career politicians spend us into debt and tax us to death, Ted decided to run for Congress in Florida’s new 3rd Congressional District.”

— 2008 vice-presidential candidate and Alaskan glam conservative Sarah Palin gave her endorsement last week to Ted Yoho, the Gainesville veterinarian who beat longtime U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns in the primary. For those who don’t know the political newcomer, Palin’s stamp of approval makes sense.

The Tea Party candidate would do away with federal income taxes and believes life begins at conception.

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Brickbats to Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee vice chairman Greg Anderson and the five other members of the committee who voted to restore $6 million cut from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office budget. Finance Committee chair John Crescimbeni cast the lone nay vote. By choosing to give JSO the money, the Finance Committee ceded to Sheriff John Rutherford’s doomsday predictions without considering restoring other services slashed in the 2012-’13 budget. Jacksonville doesn’t have the money to build five needed new fire stations, and the Jacksonville Public Library will shutter most branches on Sundays and Mondays. Those things may not seem important when the decision is framed as a life-or-death choice, as Rutherford often does when faced with budget cuts.

Bouquets to the 30 members of the Fernandina Beach Fire Department and Local 2836 union president Lloyd Anderson for raising $4,930 to fight neuromuscular diseases in children. As part of the national Fill the Boot Campaign to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Fernandina Beach firefighters took donations for three days at the intersection of Sadler Road and 14th Street. The money raised can fund six MDA summer camperships, 33 physical therapy consultations or 163 flu shots.

Beach In The state Department of Environmental Protection created an online handbook, “Coastal Access,” that maps every public beach access point on Florida’s 825 miles of sandy beach (bit.ly/O6WY8x).

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery In Folio Weekly’s Bite by Bite issue published Aug. 7, the magazine tested readers’ knowledge of restaurant sign typography in a contest called “Signs That You’re Hungry.” With only a couple of letters shown of 16 different restaurant signs, we asked readers to name the restaurants (bit.ly/PsDg7k). Perhaps Financial News & Daily Record liked the idea so much, it ran a similar feature asking its readers to ID downtown restaurants from sign bits, calling the feature “Hungry Eyes: Look for the Signs.”

Payout $12,000 — The average 2009 bonus (the most recent bonuses) that each of the 12 cabinet members of Florida State College at Jacksonville received from President Steven Wallace would pay for five terms of schooling toward a Bachelor of Science degree at the college.

West Adams Street, Jacksonville, July 19

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Happy Self-Induced Coma Week!

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uys! So here’s the deal (regarding what’s on TV this week): Wednesday. The third day of the Republican National Convention. SNOOOORRRRE! Sunday. Mini-season finale of “Breaking Bad.” YAAYYYY! Tuesday. The first day of the Democratic National Convention. SNOOOORRRRE! And that’s it. WAIT! One more …

Tuesday. That TLC reality show about conjoined twins. YAAAYYYY! SNOOOORRRRE! Ew. And that’s it, for real. Then the new fall TV season starts in earnest, which will be superexciting, and you’re gonna have to hook up seven DVRs just to record it all. But this week is as bare as a newborn baby’s butt. So if you ask me, this could be the perfect time for a …

SELF-INDUCED COMA! Yes, self-induced comas get a bad rap — but before you condemn it/me, answer a few simple questions: 1) Do you get enough sleep? NO, YOU DO NOT. 2) Do you return from vacations more tired than when you left? YES, YOU DO. 3) Do you have a naggy wife or husband or boy/girlfriend or mom or dad or boss? YES, YOU DO. 4) Do you often wish you could do household chores from the comfort of your bed?

YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES, YES. Sounds to me like you’re the perfect candidate for a self-induced coma. Like any illegal medical procedure, there are pros and cons.

PROS: Catch up on all the sleep you’ve missed for the past year. Alleviate boredom.

Beats going to work. Avoid a fight with your spouse (after a week, they’ll forget why they were mad in the first place). Lose weight.

CONS: If you accidentally don’t wake up, people will tease you by calling you “Rip Van Winkle.” Remember him? Me neither.

OH! One more big “con”! Evil surgeons may

It’s a needed reminder that self-induced comas have downsides, and that someone may screw around with you – if not by harvesting your organs, then by drawing obscene cartoons on your forehead with a Sharpie.

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take you to a warehouse filled with other coma victims and harvest your organs in the name of “scientific research” (but they’re selling them on the black market). At least that’s the plot of Robin Cook’s 1977 novel “Coma,” which has been adapted into a two-episode mini-series showing this week on A&E (Monday, Sept. 3, 9 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 4, 9 p.m.).

“Coma” stars Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”) as a young medical student who declares “Shenanigans!” when her hospital’s patients begin slipping into comas at an alarming rate. After some snoopy Veronica Mars-style investigation, she discovers some of her most trusted medical mentors (including

Geena Davis, James Woods, Richard Dreyfuss and Ellen Burstyn, all of whom must’ve really needed the money) have concocted an evil scheme to harvest the comatose victims’ organs to finance their ever-inflating bar tabs. (At least that’s why I’d do it.)

This is probably not a great movie.

HOWEVER! It’s a needed reminder that self-induced comas have downsides, and that someone may screw around with you — if not by harvesting your organs, then by drawing obscene cartoons on your forehead with a Sharpie. OK! Ready for your coma? Let’s start looking for an appropriate doctor who can put us under. I’ll check Craigslist!

Wm.™ Steven Humphrey steve@portlandmercury.com

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 10:00 TLC ABBY & BRITTANY Debut! A new reality series about … CONJOINED TWINS. Oh, TLC! You’re “learning” me so good.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 10:00 ABC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Coverage of day three. Today’s topic: “Is Losing American Jobs Enough? How Can We Ruin Everything for Everybody?”

10:00 TLC HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO You know, this show would be so much more awesomer if Honey Boo Boo had a conjoined twin.

Work on that, TLC!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 9:00 All Nets REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Tonight: Mitt Romney defends being a rich white guy with a stick up his butt.

10:30 FX LOUIE Louie’s attempts to get on a late-night talk show go horribly (and hilariously) awry.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 7:00 MTV THE HILLS MARATHON 10 FREAKING HOURS of MTV’s greatest creation ever, “The Hills.” I’m buying two new DVRs for this one!

8:00 CW AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL The models pose as taxidermy. HAHAHAHAAAA! Perfect.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 6:00 A&E HATFIELDS & McCOYS A repeat broadcast of the popular three-part miniseries about the ultimate hillbilly haterz! Pew! Pew!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 7:00 ABC ABC’S PRIMETIME FALL PREVIEW SPECIAL Clips and previews for ABC’s not-very-interesting lineup of new shows. GET EXCITED! 10:00 AMC BREAKING BAD Mini-season finale! Part one of the two-part final season comes to a close with Walt making a dangerous (and extremely stupid) move.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 8:00 NBC STARS EARN STRIPES Season finale! The celebs are peeved to learn their final war exercise will involve actual bullets.

9:00 A&E COMA (Movie) (2012) A young doctor discovers her hospital is in cahoots with a creepy coma factory. All I want to know is, where do I sign up?

Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who won the rushing title with 1,606 yards last season, is holding out for a better deal. Photo: Jaguars Media Relations

Move the Needle

Maurice Jones-Drew’s goal-line stand

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he Jaguars’ preseason is coming to a close in the next few days, and there are reasons for optimism. The team seems to be coalescing behind the new coaching staff, and players like Justin Blackmon and Rashad Jennings look to play prominent roles in the offense this year. In this transitional year, however, the biggest star in the Jaguars’ constellation is still missing.

Maurice Jones-Drew’s contract situation lingers like a summer cold. We’re told he could be subject to $30,000 a day in fines for his absence from training camp and preseason activities. At this writing, Jones-Drew is still out, with no anticipated return on the horizon.

Although MJD was in town last week and making noises about wanting back on the field, nothing was official at press time.

At a local bar the other night, a fellow patron initiated a discussion on the perfidy of the Jones-Drew holdout. He mentioned MJD’s deal was top-of-the-market when it was signed a couple of years ago. He added that it was greedy of him to want a new deal, given how the economy is and how many people would be thankful just for a chance to make a living wage.

I will never fully understand these arguments, in which people who live check-tocheck reflexively advocate for the interests of capital over labor. In the topsy-turvy world of NFL labor relations, people root for billionaires over millionaires. Why? Perhaps they resent athletes for having transcended economic insecurity by getting paid. Whatever the case, when fans pull for players over management, it’s a rare occasion.

Part of that mentality stems from the perception that certain players have seen their time in Jacksonville as an excuse to collect one last fat deal, even as their skills erode.

Consider the example of former defensive end Hugh Douglas, who came here from Philly with great fanfare, only to disappoint fans with his half-hearted efforts while wearing the teal-and-black.

The word, even while Big Hugh was here, was that he was dogging it. Douglas stoked the flames earlier this year when his Twitter profile said, “flourished with Eagles, vacationed in Jacksonville.” This led Jaguars fans to attack the man for “stealing” money from the team, to which he responded, “You guys really don’t bother me. You wish you were in a position to

steal like I did. Now what?”

Those of us who’ve seen MJD run into the ground the last few years know that he can’t be accused of “stealing” money. He won the rushing title last year behind one of the lesser offensive lines in the league. Yet almost to a man, members of the sports media castigate him for attempting to renegotiate his deal with Shad Khan.

Even our area’s longest-tenured columnist, The Florida Times-Union’s Gene Frenette, is catching the wave. In a column posted after the Jaguars faced the defensively challenged Saints in a preseason game, in which all running backs performed at a Pro Bowl level, Frenette crystallized the case against No. 32.

“Now maybe if the team’s offense struggled in preseason, like it did in 2002 when the Jaguars ultimately compromised on a new contract for holdout Jimmy Smith, you might gain some leverage. So far, that’s not happening,” Frenette wrote. He added that “the team you refused to join in any capacity in 2012 is learning to move forward without you. ...”

That may or may not be true if the third preseason game is a real indication. Contrary to Khan’s rhetorical flourish that MJD’s absence didn’t “move the needle,” the offense looked as moribund as it did last year.

MJD was used like Earl Campbell during the Del Rio era, especially once Fred Taylor was sent packing. He was the offense last year, because an unprepared Gabbert was thrown out there behind a makeshift line with an exhausted coaching staff. There was no contingency plan for his absence and inevitable obsolescence. Yet he is replaceable. They all are.

Even Jimmy Smith might finally have been replaced, if the eye-popping effort of Justin Blackmon against the Saints is any indication.

Of course, that took a decade in which we debated the merits of Matt Jones, Reggie Williams, Jerry Porter, Mike Thomas and other pretenders to the throne.

The fact is, the Jaguars are not better off without No. 32. That said, MJD’s expectations of how the Jags do business are dated, set in the Weaver/Del Rio era. This is a new day, and he’s an old back. What will “move the needle”?

Stay tuned.

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“[Bluegrass] is Scottish bagpipes and ol’-time fiddlin’. It’s Methodist and Holiness and Baptist.

It’s blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound. It’s plain music, and it tells a good story. I want it to go from my heart to your heart, and I want us both to hear it.”

— Bill Monroe ost modern bluegrass bands take that definition, laid out decades ago by Bill Monroe, the father of the genre, in one of two directions. Either they strictly adhere to it, pleasing bluegrass purists in the process, or they cheekily reinterpret it for jam-bandloving hippies. Atlantic Beach trio Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, however, doles out its own twisted version of the bluegrass truth. On one hand, they honor tradition with top-notch instrumental chops and a clear-eyed take on the music’s acoustic purity. But with the other hand, they rip that tradition to shreds, pummeling it into submission and burying it deep in the Northeast Florida earth.

Just cop a look at the art direction for the band’s sophomore album, “The Murder Chord,” which they self-released on Aug. 25. The cover depicts guitarist Brett Bass’ bloody hand stretched out across a fretboard; the liner notes show three shovels resting in a pile of dirt; the CD backing features Bass, bassist Jon Murphy and banjoist Mike Coker lowering a body into the ground; and the back illustrates the three finishing up the gruesome job.

Jacksonville musician and graphic designer Grant Nielsen, who performs with area bands Fusebox Funk and JacksonVegas, helped Grandpa’s Cough Medicine execute the photo shoot with his photographer wife, Jenny Basalmo. “Originally, the idea was a Depression-era, ‘Grapes of Wrath’ vibe,” Nielsen says. “But Brett was like, ‘What if we give it a death metal vibe? We want to do something that separates us from every other band out there.’

And that’s awesome. I respect their ability to say ‘Screw you’ to what everyone thinks.”

As for bluegrass’ “high lonesome sound,” which Monroe so aptly described? Grandpa’s Cough Medicine puts a modern spin on that, too. Check out “Substance Abuse Problem,” off their

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2009 debut album, “Jailbird Blues”: “Lord knows I’m sleepdeprived when I’m on cocaine/And I sure don’t like to think about what acid does to my brain.” And when it comes to that “Methodist, Holiness and Baptist” trinity, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine takes an even more aggressive stance. “I grew up in a Christian cult, so all that religious, gospel stuff turns me off,” Bass says. “The tradition of picking as good the best people out there? That’s important to me.”

Bass believes that Grandpa’s Cough Medicine fits better within a loose “outlaw bluegrass” vein, similar to that taken by country pariahs Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr. All three sang fervently about alcohol and drug abuse, and Cash even fantasized about committing a few murders of his own. But none gleefully glorified the homicidal act the way Bass, Coker and Murphy do on songs like “Chainsaw Crescendo” or “Bullet For a Thief.” Similarly, very few musicians have had the balls to sing about politicians “snorting cocaine off a hooker’s ass,” as they do on “Political Scandal,” or inquire of the homeless, “Why don’t you go get a job/You smelly piece of trash?” as they do on “Hobo Hater.”

Understandably, that lyrical content has placed Grandpa’s Cough Medicine at odds with local bluegrass purists, several of whom wrote Folio Weekly after the band was featured in 2011 to say “they are not a true bluegrass band” and “no matter how great their chops ... if their lyrical themes center around such

negativity and filth ... it has no attraction.”

The band reveled in that hate mail, reasoning that all press equals good press. That sneering attitude has probably endeared them to more fans who regularly pack venues like Mojo No. 4 BBQ & Whiskey Bar in Avondale, St. Augustine’s A1A Ale Works and Fly’s Tie Irish Pub in Atlantic Beach.

A recent Saturday night gig at Fly’s Tie was wall-to-wall with listeners of all ages, sexes, colors and economic levels, perhaps because the band considers the bar their de facto home base. Bass and Coker live around the corner and Murphy has an apartment less than a block away. And Fly’s Tie owner Ralph Tiernan says, “I’m so blessed to have Grandpa’s Cough Medicine playing a regular gig here. I treat my bands like baseball players, keeping stats on them, and they’re my clean-up hitters.”

But even in those cozy confines, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine were consummate professionals, loading in their gear in minutes and starting their set at 10 p.m. sharp. They opened with a blazingly fast mix of originals and standards, the breakneck pace getting everyone from middle-aged couples to young hipsters to crusty Beaches regulars stomping their feet and clapping their hands to some of the fiercest licks ever laid down in Duval County. Whenever Coker or Bass launched into a blitzkrieg instrumental breakdown, the diverse crowd whooped up a storm like they were at a backwoods barn-raising.

More impressive is how each member of the band arrived at bluegrass. Bass, 25, grew up in South Florida and moved to Jacksonville eight years ago, by which time he was already a devout, Ozzy Osbourne-obsessed, heavy-metal worshiper.

Murphy, 40, studied music and voice at the University of Arizona and spent time singing in the Arizona Opera Company. And Coker, 21, who doesn’t sing and maintains a modest presence onstage, chalks up his love of the banjo to hearing Earl Scruggs perform “The Beverly Hillbillies” theme song on television.

Bass gigged in grungy garages for years, but at age 17, he took inspiration from Lester Flatt’s flat-picking style and

Johnny Cash’s booming baritone, forming Grandpa’s Cough Medicine as “the first serious band” of his life. “That technical proficiency was one of the things that drew me to bluegrass as a metal player,” he says. “[And my vocals] are a point of pride. Metal’s all screaming — I could never decipher what the hell [the singers] were saying. As a kid, I overlooked that because I liked the riff s, but as I started getting more mature, it really wasn’t enjoyable any longer.”

Murphy performed as a solo act and with rock bands in California and Florida before answering Bass’ Craigslist ad for “outlaw country band seeking members.” He played electric bass in the six-piece honky-tonk iteration of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine that didn’t last long; with a straight face, Bass says, “The fiddle player moved away, we fired our electric guitar player, our drummer eventually bowed out and we had to kick our mandolin

him to the dark side. The trio performed its first show together at Fly’s Tie around 2008, and in 2009, they recorded their debut album, “Jailbird Blues,” at St. Augustine’s Eclipse Studios.

All 15 songs on that record — along with the 15 that make up “The Murder Chord” — are entirely original compositions, another point of pride for the band. But unlike many acts that have lost money touring the country too soon, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine happily gigged close to home and racked up appearances at the numerous festivals held throughout the year at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. “If we had the opportunity to do those festivals every weekend, we’d be all over it,” Bass says. “But monetarily, playing local is good — we make the same amount doing two nights at Fly’s Tie as if we drove up to Georgia.”

Many bands claim to play strictly for the love, but making a good living is integral to the

“I wrote that because I was pissed and had to let it out somewhere. Songwriting’s a healthy way to deal with anger, which is the emotion I feel the most, in a harmless way. I might have written a violent song, but no one got hurt. It’s just telling a story.” player out because he was a drunk.” So Murphy bought a banged-up 1958 upright Kay bass, Bass recruited a banjo player and the acoustic three-piece version of GCM was born.

But Bass and Murphy kept bumping into Coker, nicknamed “Banjo Boy” by almost everyone in Jacksonville, at impromptu area jams. They were impressed — not just with his technical skill, but with his original riffs, and though he was in a respected area gospel band at the time, Bass and Murphy quickly recruited

existence of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine. Bass and Coker both pick full-time, while Murphy says his freelance media work has decreased as the band has become more popular. Bass emphasizes that they’ve self-financed every project they’ve undertaken, including the recording of their new album, which was completed in a stunning 30 hours spread out over four days in Nashville with acclaimed bluegrass producer Randy Kohrs. “For a local band from Florida, they came in with a

Brett Bass, left, Mike Coker and Jon Murphy rehearse in the den of Bass’ and Coker’s Atlantic Beach home. Bass wrote “A Boy and His Dog” about his pitbull/mixed-breed Beans, who’s always in attendance.

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Bass and Coker play at The Fly’s Tie on a recent Saturday night. GCM considers the Atlantic Beach pub their de facto home base, and pack the place with fans on a regular basis.

very professional attitude,” says Kohrs, who’s recorded with Hank Williams III, toured with John Fogerty and produced all of cult bluegrass star Jim Lauderdale’s work. “They’re all fine pickers, and Brett is a powerful singer with a © 2012 lot of attitude and stage presence. But it was fun to get them out of their element; I think I pushed them vocally farther than they’ve ever gone before.”

Bass, Murphy and Coker all agree that Kohrs helped make their songs “infinitely better.” “If you want to be taken seriously, you have to take yourself and your craft seriously,” Bass says.

“That’s why we went where there was expertise in our genre. Obviously, we have fun with our songs, but we want to put out a product that we would actually listen to as a fan.”

Another vast improvement between “The Murder Chord” and “Jailbird Blues” comes from the fact that each song alternates between Bass’ vocally aggressive songs and Murphy’s smoother, more honey-voiced tracks. “It’s a nice mixture of being fun and serious, which is a hard thing to balance,” says Grant Nielsen.

“If you get tired of one style, they have a whole ’nother one on offer. They’re so theatrical yet totally nonchalant, which comes from the gravity of their personalities.”

Grandpa’s Cough Medicine is also known for its charitable performances, cheering up sick patients at Wolfson Children’s Hospital and giving demonstrations to local elementary school kids. Murphy laughs, “Obviously, we don’t play the vulgar stuff for kids,” and Bass adds, “I like kids, and I’m certainly not trying to make music that will terrorize children.”

But Grandpa’s Cough Medicine is happy to keep up its hell-raising reputation, which is precisely what caught Randy Kohrs’ ear. “I see them as an acoustic Hank [Williams] III,” he says. “They’re afraid of nothing — true outlaws in every sense of the word. And I think they have a bright future ahead of them.” Bass,

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Coker and Murphy obviously want increased success in the future. They’ve performed at Disney World for a railroad convention, have appeared on Michael Feldman’s NPR show “Whad’Ya Know?” and have opened for progressive bluegrass stars Yonder Mountain String Band and Larry Keel.

But their “screw it all” attitude really can’t be suppressed. “We’re not trying to be marketable or mainstream,” Bass says. “More traditional people might not like us for it, but that’s their prerogative. We’re not going to censor ourselves because of what people think bluegrass should be. If that means some people are going to get offended and say we’re not bluegrass, so be it.”

One song that’s potentially offensive is “Rachel’s Revenge,” off the band’s first album.

The narrative plays out with “Three black boys/ [who] wore their pants down past their ass” mugging a female friend of Bass,’ before the singer dreams of “Western justice in South Jax Beach.”

“They don’t know what they set in motion/ That girl she is my friend/I’ll leave their bodies in the ocean/When they meet their gruesome end.” Bass shrugs off any perceived controversy, though, saying it’s the band’s most requested original tune. “I wrote that because I was pissed and had to let it out somewhere. Songwriting’s a healthy way to deal with anger, which is the emotion I feel the most, in a harmless way. I might have written a violent song, but no one got hurt. It’s just telling a story.”

No matter how much they flout bluegrass tradition, the genre’s narrative history still suits them best. Southwest Florida guitar maker Ken Bailey, who built both of Bass’ current six-strings, credits the band with helping move bluegrass into the future. “They’re like heavymetal bluegrass, which is great,” Bailey says.

“The new material that they write is really good.

And like anything, if bluegrass isn’t growing or

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changing, it’s dying. If everybody sounds like Bill Monroe, the music will disappear.”

Bass credits Bailey not only for his instrumental help, but for loosening up bluegrass’ notoriously tight strictures. “Ken’s in the bluegrass association down [in Plant City], and they had no-drinking rules at jams, so as a result, no one would show up,” Bass says. “You have to let people come and have a good time!

Why try to regulate fun? Bluegrass isn’t church.

Hank III made me see that you could play this hillbilly music and still be a badass without going to church.”

Again, Bass rails against bluegrass’ gospel tradition, saying, “We’ll totally take that stand; I’m not going to pretend to be Christian to appease Christian people. It just seems hypocritical.” But he saves his most vituperative fury for popular American bands like Old Crow Medicine Show and Mumford & Sons, which he decisively describes as “not bluegrass.” “Those bands don’t chase that tradition of being badass at your instrument,” he says. “They’re slackers. You have to put in the time and learn the strict things that serve as the foundation of bluegrass. I wouldn’t call myself a flat-picker if I couldn’t flat-pick a bunch of fiddle tunes.”

Grandpa’s Cough Medicine does aspire to perform at traditional bluegrass gatherings like MerleFest or the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, while also understanding the possibly controversial role they’d play there. “There’d certainly be people there who’d be offended by the things we play,” Murphy says. “But there’d be just as many who’d love it.” Bass says that their numerous performances at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park’s Magnolia Fest and Spring Fest have resulted in their moving up from small, outdoor stages to indoor halls. And Nielsen says that should come as no surprise.

“Brett, Mike and Jon are all top-tier musicians,” he says. “And Brett, even as young as he is, is the best flat-picker I’ve ever seen in my life.

When he goes to Suwannee, larger acts and national touring bands will invite him up to play. And when he starts playing, every head on stage turns toward him.”

Back at Fly’s Tie, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine takes only a few breaks in their four-hour bar set, all three musicians wringing the cramps out of their hands after nonstop picking. They mingle with the audience, shaking hands with old friends, inviting fellow musicians up for a jam and working the room like true professionals. Kohrs, Bailey, Nielsen and Tiernan all agree that the band could easily raise their profile to regional or national status.

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Tiernan even says, “I tease them that they’re a lottery ticket away from me flying them over to Ireland, because they’d kill it in Europe.”

But Murphy says that the band understands the importance of its local bar gigs. “We’ve never played a show here in Jacksonville that wasn’t for at least one new person,” he says.

Bass agrees, saying, “Playing in a bar, you never know what random f*cker’s going to walk in, dig what you’re doing and, hopefully, buy a CD. That’s why we keep the majority of our songs fast tempo with hot picking. We only play slow songs every once in a while to give ourselves a break. And then we get right back at it.”

And while Bass, with his imposing physical presence and broad facial features, is the band’s de facto frontman, he also understands the importance of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine operating as a whole. “I can pluck around on the banjo, but I can’t approach what Mike does with it,” Bass says. “And neither he nor Jon can do what I do on guitar. In a very real sense, we are a unit.”

Even if a label never comes calling, even if national stardom never arrives and even if their brand of outlaw bluegrass continues attracting fans and pissing off purists in equal measure, Bass, Murphy and Coker will still passionately ply their dark, sinister and singular trade. “So many bands are keeping the strict bluegrass tradition alive,” Bass says. “But that’s not our job. There’s so much cookie-cutter shit out there — why try to be that?”

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Reasons to leave the house this week THEATER IS HE DEAD?

The only rich painter is a dead one. It’s on that premise that poor artist Jean-Francois Millet stages his own death to avoid debtor’s prison, then pretends to be his own sister in “Is He Dead?” Millet must unravel his own schemes to try to come back to life and marry his love Marie in a farcical script adapted from Mark Twain’s work. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 and at 8 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 at Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., San Marco. Tickets are $15.

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Duval’s best freestylers battle on the mic for $1,000 in prizes, including $300 in cash, and a performing spot at Freebird Live. Winners are decided by crowd response and judges Swordz and D.A.R.Y.L. Hosted by Mr. Low. 9 p.m. Sept.

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In May, singer-guitarist Tom Gabel revealed plans to begin living as a woman as the punk band continued work on its sixth album, “Transgender Dysphoria Blues.” Gabel then performed as Laura Jane Grace for the first time that same month. Now, the frontwoman brings the band to St. Augustine. 9 p.m. Aug. 31 at Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine. Tickets are $15. 460-9311. originalcafe11.com Photo: Ryan Russell

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The star of “Mind of Mencia,” which ran on Comedy Central for four seasons, has also appeared on “In Living Color,” “The Arsenio Hall Show” and “An Evening at the Improv.” His controversial act often takes aim at issues of race, social class and politics. 7 and 9 p.m. Aug. 29 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Road (inside Ramada Inn), Mandarin. Tickets are $30.

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Sublime’s Eric Wilson teams with Rome Ramirez and drummer Josh Freese to play reggae, punk and alternative. Cypress Hill, Pepper and The Manic Low also perform. 5:15 p.m. (gates open at 4 p.m.)

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Grandma Babcock (Elaine Stritch), Sandra Babcock (Leslie Mann), Perry Babcock (Jeff Garlin), Norman (Kodi SmitMcPhee), and Courtney (Anna Kendrick) get together for a family meeting in the 3D stop-motion comedy thriller, “ParaNorman.” Photo: Focus Features

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nlike most PG-rated animated films (Disney or not), “ParaNorman” is probably not aimed primarily at an audience of young kids.

Don’t get me wrong. I think most kids will love it, relishing the chuckles as well as more than a few creepy moments. In this regard, anyway, the younger viewers are probably like Norman, the title character, a preteen boy who likes to watch creature features on television. In fact, “ParaNorman” opens with him (and us) doing just that.

In other ways, however, Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee from “Let Me In”) is decidedly not normal. Like Haley Joel Osment in “The Sixth Sense,” Norman sees dead people.

For instance, his deceased grandmother is happily watching the horror movie with him.

Norman’s problem is not dead people; he gets along with them just fine. It’s the living — his parents, his teen sister and classmates — who give him all the grief he can handle.

Like “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Coraline,” the new film is a delightfully twisted valentine to monster movies of the past. It’s no coincidence that, like its two predecessors, “ParaNorman” also utilizes stop-motion claymation rather than the more familiar and vastly more flexible digital computerization that is virtually the trademark of contemporary animation.

Written and co-directed by Chris Butler, who also worked as storyboard artist on “Coraline” and “The Corpse Bride,” “ParaNorman” is a quirky take on a familiar subject — the problem of fitting in. Because Norman is gifted with the sixth sense, everyone else treats him like a weirdo. His dad is constantly irritated with him, the class bully (a big dumb guy with gauges in his ears) thinks he’s a freak, and his older sister Courtney (like most older sisters) finds him a constant embarrassment. Norman’s only

friend is the other outsider in his school, a fat kid named Neil (Tucker Albrizzi) who is just about as lonely as Norman and as desperate for a friend.

Norman and Neil live in Blithe Hollow, the town center of which is marked by the statue of an ugly witch hanged centuries ago by the town’s forefathers. On the eve of that event’s anniversary, Norman suddenly hears from the other family outcast, his Uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman), that it is up to Norman to save Blithe Hollow from the witch’s curse.

Norman gets the news only after his uncle’s death, but of course talking with the dead is no problem for him. Just how he is supposed to stop the witch and her seven elected zombies, however, is something else.

Eventually Norman is supported not only by the loyal Neil, but by his erstwhile enemy as well, the doltish Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse from “Kick-Ass”). Courtney also backs him up in company with Neil’s older hunk of a brother Mitch (Casey Affleck), whose deltoids and abs utterly flabbergast the besotted Courtney. Fighting the zombies might spark new friendships and respect, but the little army is no match for the witch.

Assisting as co-director is Sam Fell who, unlike Chris Butler, had already helmed some features, including “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Flushed Away.” It’s not too surprising that the major strengths of the new film are in the action sequences and the truly stunning animation work. By contrast, the film’s minor weaknesses are occasional sluggishness and spotty characterizations — products of the script rather than execution. For the most part, however, “ParaNorman” is just fine — quirky and unpredictable when most animated films are not.

Not everyone will agree, of course, and “ParaNorman” has attracted a vocal minority who have found the film offensive for all kinds of absurd reasons.

You get the picture. Now go see “ParaNorman” and take your kids. They will like it, too.

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Avenues Andrew Garfield is geeky, yet aggressive as Peter Parker, Emma Stone plays Gwen Stacy, his strong, self-sufficient gal pal. Rhys Ifans is bad guy Dr. Curt Connors, an expert in cross-species genetic splicing.

THE APPARITION **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues A college experiment unleashes a supernatural presence that haunts a couple. It stars Jacksonville’s own Ashley Greene, who gained fame as Alice Cullen in the “Twilight” movies.

THE BOURNE LEGACY **G@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Much like Jason Bourne in the original, agent Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is at odds with a government that’s suddenly trying to kill him. This action thriller entertains, but it doesn’t top its predecessors.

BRAVE ***@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Avenues Set in enchanted ancient Scotland, the PIXAR/Disney animated film features voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly and Craig Ferguson, giving life to a fairytale about red-headed heroine Princess Merida, on a quest to destroy an ancient curse.

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THE CAMPAIGN **G@ 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., San Marco Theatre (through Aug. 30) Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) and Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) pull out every dirty old trick and some new ones in fighting for a seat in Congress. As political satire, it’s not substantive, but as a ridiculous Ferrell comedy, it delivers.

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES **** 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, WGHoF IMAX Theater The film has it all: great storytelling, well-edited action, solid performances, a rousing score and a thematic depth perfectly reflecting society’s concerns in 2012. Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) is a recluse and Batman is blamed for the death of former district attorney Harvey Dent. His butler Alfred (Michael Caine) still cares for him, but with Gotham City crime-free, Wayne feels he has no purpose. Enter Catwoman Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) stealing pearls from Wayne Manor, and madman Bane (Tom Hardy), hellbent on leveling the city. Co-stars Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Rising eighth-grader Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) is on summer break and he’s booored. So he resorts to his usual activities: fight with his brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick), lie to his parents (Steve Zahn, Rachel Harris) and hang with his best pal Rowley (Robert Capron). And have a near-fatal crush on Holly Hills (Peyton List), a crush so bad he’ll go to any lengths to impress her. Does he?

EK THA TIGER **@@ Not Rated • AMC Regency The Indian government sends an agent, code-named Tiger, to track a scientist suspected of selling missile technology to Pakistan in this Bollywood romantic thriller.

THE EXPENDABLES 2 *@@@ 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.

Sylvester Stallone’s havoc-wreaking all-stars – including Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture and Jason Statham – return and get help from Chuck Norris and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

They’re trying to stop Jean-Claude Van-Damme – who plays a bad guy aptly named Jean Vilain – after he stole some plutonium. But the action flick is derailed by the director’s misguided visual choices.

HIT & RUN *G@@ 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 A young couple (Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard) risk it all when they go on a road trip toward a big opportunity. Things get complicated and hilarious when they’re chased by a friend from the past (Bradley Cooper), a federal marshal (Tom Arnold) and a band of misfits.

HOPE SPRINGS ***@ 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, San Marco Theatre (on Aug. 31) Married 31 years, Kay and Arnold (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) are just going through the motions. They turn to renowned marriage counselor Dr. Feld (Steve Carell) in a film that takes an insightful look at the subtle easy-to-miss ways that a marriage can disintegrate.

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT **G@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Those prehistoric pals are back – Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and Sid (John Leguizamo) – this time

going through some heavy changes, as in icebergs and Continental shelf shifts. Co-starring the voices of Queen Latifah, JLo, Peter Dinklage, Aziz Ansari and Simon Pegg.

Wahlberg) is still best friends with Ted the bear (voiced by McFarlane). The problem? John has a girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis), and Ted is coming between them.

KILLER JOE ***@ Rated NC-17 • Regal Beach Blvd.

Texas drug dealer Chris (Emile Hirsch) is deep in debt and decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. He and his father (Thomas Haden Church) hire Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a contract killer who also happens to be a police detective.

TOTAL RECALL **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.

This remake stars Colin Farrell as Doug, a discontented factory worker stuck in a rut. He learns of the Rekall program, where clients are implanted with false memories of a life they choose, one they might have had. Doug asks for the memory of a spy, but before the implant goes through, he’s attacked by security guards and must go on the run. He now believes he’s a brainwashed resistance fighter, and with the help of Melina (Jessica Biel), he strives to get to the bottom of who’s manipulating him and why.

MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Regency Square Tyler Perry’s dramedy stars Eugene Levy as George Needleman, a nebbish Wall Streeter wrongfully accused of a Ponzi scheme, who goes into the federal witness protection program. Hilarity ensues.

THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN **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.

After being told they’re unable to conceive, a couple (Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton) dreams up their ideal child. Then, a 10-year-old named Timothy (CJ Adams) arrives at their doorstep, but he’s even more special than he first seems to be. Starting with those vines on his legs.

PARANORMAN ***@ 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., Sun-Ray Cinema This boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) doesn’t just see dead people — he also talks to them, in this beautifully animated stopmotion adventure-comedy. He takes on zombies, ghosts, witches and grown-ups to save his town from an old curse.

PREMIUM RUSH **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.

A Manhattan bike messenger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) picks up an envelope that puts him on the radar of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout New York City.

SPARKLE *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.

Set in 1968, at the height of Motown’s glory, sisters Delores (Tike Sumpter), Sister (Carmen Ejogo) and Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) are the girl group on top, with all the highs and lows fame and success bring. Too much attention will be paid to the fact that this is the late Whitney Houston’s last film, and even though she’s good as the trio’s mother, the real accolades should go to Sparks. Like a songbird she is.

STEP UP REVOLUTION **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square The franchise continues with this street-dancing movie about incredibly talented young men and women who seem to naturally populate the streets of Miami. Everybody looks good, dances really well and eventually it ends well, even if the whole premise is highly unlikely. Just try some of these moves on Stockton Street, right?

TED **@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Seth McFarlane’s live-action debut is a stupid raunch-fest that’s a hit. A lonely little boy gets a teddy bear for Christmas and wishes on a shooting star that the bear could really talk. It comes true: The bear walks and talks. Jump ahead 30 years or so, and the grown-up boy, John Bennett (Mark

OTHER FILMS SURVIVING MOMMIE DEAREST Christina Crawford screens her new documentary at 7 p.m.

Aug. 29 at The Metro, 859 Willowbranch Ave., Jacksonville.

Admission is $15, which includes a meet-and-greet and a Q&A after the film. “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” is screened at 7 p.m. Aug. 31, with a Q&A with Lady Chablis after the film. Tickets are $15. 388-8719.

SUN-RAY CINEMA Sun-Ray Cinema screens “ParaNorman” at 1028 Park St., Jacksonville. “Queen of Versailles” and “Bill W.” start Aug. 31.

A free screening of “Breaking Bad” is held at 10 p.m. every Sun. Call 359-0047 for showtimes. sunraycinema.com ON THE TOWN The Summer Movie Classics series wraps up with this dance musical starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Ann Miller at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $7.50. 355-2787.

POT BELLY’S CINEMA “To Rome With Love,” “Darling Companion,” “Hysteria” and “Safe” are shown at Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine. 829-3101.

LATITUDE 30 CINEGRILLE “Men in Black 3” and “Magic Mike” are screened at CineGrille, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside. Call for showtimes. 365-5555.

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME IMAX THEATER “The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience” is screened along with “To The Arctic 3D,” “Legends of Flight 3D,” “Born To Be Wild 3D,” “Rescue 3D,” “Hubble 3D,” “Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West” and “Deep Sea 3D” (opens Aug. 31.) at World Golf Hall of Fame Village, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine. 940-IMAX. worldgolfimax.com

NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY SAFE The rapid-fire shoot-’em-up stars British action megahunk Jason Statham as Luke Wright, a disgraced MMA fighter with a heart of gold trying to protect a young girl genius from Chinese and Russian mobs and the NYC police department. And you thought your babysitting gigs were tough! This film from writer-director Boaz Yakin doesn’t really mess with expected plot turns, but what “Safe” lacks in originality it makes up in thrills and body count.

MONSIEUR LAZHAR A teacher commits suicide right in front of her grade-school students and the guy they hire to replace her is not only a recent immigrant from Algeria, he’s also suffered a life-altering event. In French with English subtitles.

LIFE HAPPENS Just when you think life’s a breeze, you get pregnant. Single women livin’ the dream in L.A. get a wakeup call when Kim (Krysten Ritter) gets PG. Co-starring Kate Bosworth Rachel Bilson and Jason Biggs.

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 Sun-Ray Cinema@5Points, 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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Citizen Cope mixes blues, soul, folk and rock in a performance at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on Sept. 12. Photo: Danny Clinch

A Songwriter Finds His Voice

Greenwood had to overcome stage fright after a 2002 hit jump-started his career CITIZEN COPE 8 p.m. Sept. 12 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach Tickets are $32 in advance, $35 day of show for standing room only 209-0399 pvconcerthall.com

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ased on the vast musical terrain he covers, Citizen Cope should be one of the most famous artists in the country. His achingly personal narratives hark back to the grand storytelling traditions of blues and folk. His self-produced beats and urban rhythms point to a lifetime as a hip-hop lover. And his laidback vocals and streetwise lyrical approach call to mind everything from reggae to soul to go-go music. Few artists operating today can claim a sound so instantly recognizable yet so eccentrically uncommon.

Reflecting that panoply of sounds, Cope, born Clarence Greenwood, grew up bouncing between Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, D.C., and New York. He served as DJ and keyboardist for experimental electronic outfit Basehead in the ’90s, but started writing songs on acoustic guitar in the early 2000s. In 2002, one of his first creations, “Sideways,” became a hit in Carlos Santana’s hands; contributing vocals to the track, Cope, a hesitant frontman prior, realized he had a new career as a singer/songwriter waiting for him.

Cope’s first three albums were released on major labels like DreamWorks and Arista, but after building a dedicated fan base thanks to hardcore touring and honest, incorruptible artistic integrity, he founded his own label, Rainwater Recordings, in 2010. Cope talks about playing for his fans, writing his new album, “One Lovely Day,” and discovering his own voice.

Folio Weekly: Your new album charted higher than any of your previous ones. Do you consider it your best work to date?

Citizen Cope: Well, it’s my fifth record, but

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people are still getting turned on to all of the older ones. I’ve never been a mainstream pop artist, so it’s cool to still have people so excited.

F.W.: What personal experiences inspired this batch of songs?

C.C.: It’s just a further quest toward putting some love and joy into my music. As life goes on, I’ve learned and felt certain things that inspire me to write.

F.W.: You’ve got a hell of a tour planned this fall — 41 shows in three months.

F.W.: When you were a DJ in the 1990s, what made you want to write stripped-down songs on acoustic guitar?

C.C.: I just wanted to write about the human condition and my own personal stuff. We all have our own things to say, so I just put some music to it.

F.W.: At the beginning, you were writing songs for other people and not singing. Did you not have confidence in your own voice?

C.C.: I just didn’t see myself as an artist going out and performing onstage. That wasn’t

I just wanted to write about the human condition and my own personal stuff. We all have our own things to say, so I just put some music to it.

C.C.: I’ve been touring like that for a long time — since about 2003. I used to dread it because I’d get bad stage fright, but it’s something that’s important, since I don’t get radio play or press in any of these markets. There’s such a big word-of-mouth for my records, so I have to go out there and play them for the people buying them.

F.W.: You’ve got a nice mix of small clubs and bigger halls planned, too.

C.C.: Sometimes you want to underplay just to keep that energy. I did a lot of that on the last record, playing four or five nights in a city when I could have just done one bigger show. You always want to play bigger places, but sometimes the smaller rooms can be more intense.

F.W.: As a fiercely independent artist, how important was it to start your own record label in 2010?

C.C.: Very important. Luckily, I’ve always had artistic freedom — I came into this writing and producing my own music. But it was a battle just to get my first record released. It’s nice to feel like I now have ownership of my music for a lifetime.

my forte — I was into the production and songwriting aspect of it. Once I had to go out and perform my songs live, it was exciting, even if it was nerve-wracking.

F.W.: What made you want to incorporate hip-hop beats into those songs?

C.C.: As a listener, I always loved hip-hop and how it used past music, pre-recorded music and samples along with drum machines. I also loved the fact that it was the music of our generation — it had spirit, a point of view and poetry. I guess I had to embrace my individuality. But the point of my music has always been the songs. I just wanted them to fit into a musical template that suited what I liked.

F.W.: Why’d you decide to perform under Citizen Cope and not your real name, Clarence Greenwood?

C.C.: Citizen Cope is just my stage name — but Citizen Cope is also what makes Clarence Greenwood able to write.

Nick McGregor themail@folioweekly.com

Black Joe Lewis and his band The Honeybears channel the blues of Howlin’ Wolf and the soul of Marvin Gaye on Sept.

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Wild Man Faces Transformation Sultry blues band delivers sexualized sound, while searching for “next level” BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS with DIKES OF HOLLAND 8 p.m. Sept. 6 Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville Tickets are $12 398-7496

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hink old-school African-American music — blues, soul, funk and R&B in particular — is all about wizened old journeymen pickin’ and grinnin’ their way through clichéd takes on women, wine and wistful reminisces on days gone by? Well, Black Joe Lewis and his band The Honeybears have got news for you.

It’s just that Lewis, a 30-year-old Texas native who comes across as more indie slacker than traditional bluesman, isn’t too fond of breaking down the nuts and bolts of his band’s sound. When asked what specific influences go in to his music, Lewis says, “You gotta learn from somewhere and have a point of reference.

But I didn’t get into music until late in high school or start playing guitar until my early 20s. So I just try to do what works for me.”

Of course, it’s not hard to spot the primitive early blues influences — Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Muddy Waters and Elmore James — on Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears’ first two albums, 2009’s “Tell ’Em What Your Name Is!” and 2011’s “Scandalous.”

But the band also channels crackling horndriven soul à la Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding, rowdy Detroit garage rock like The Stooges and MC5, and gritty funk in the vein of ParliamentFunkadelic and James Brown. Suffice it to say that if you like your music sweaty, snarling, sultry and sexualized, attending a Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears concert is the closest you can get to auditory heaven.

But it didn’t take loads of hard work for the band to get to this point. Lewis bought his first guitar off the wall of the Austin pawn shop he worked in, citing friends and neighbors in what Lewis describes as “the ultimate slacker city” who all had bands, went on tour and “never had to go to day jobs,” he laughs. “That was most of the reason I started playing music — I hated going to my day job every day.”

From there, Lewis says he took things organically, playing late-night open mics

and dive bars, where he developed his nowtrademark wild-man stage presence. After leading several acts that didn’t go anywhere, however, Lewis was considering giving up on music — until he met University of Texas student Zach Ernst. Ernst booked Lewis to open for Little Richard in 2007, eventually becoming The Honeybears’ second guitarist and de facto business manager. “Zach set me up with Bill [Stevenson] and Matt [Strmiska], and we just started rehearsing, writing and improving where we could,” Lewis says. “That led us to a few different members who brought in some fresh sounds.”

An early Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears show at Austin’s Beauty Bar caught the attention of Britt Daniel, former frontman for indie favorites Spoon; that band’s drummer/producer, Jim Eno, even engineered “Tell ’Em What Your Name Is!” and “Scandalous,” both of which came out on Lost Highway Records. Further success quickly followed: a gig kicking off a fundraiser for Barack Obama in 2008, star turns at SXSW and other music festivals in 2009, an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” in 2011. But Lewis & The Honeybears haven’t been immune to change: Ernst and Strmiska mysteriously left the band earlier this year, and Lewis says his tight relationship with Daniel and Eno is kaput, as is the band’s relationship with Lost Highway Records.

Lewis offers little explanation for any of those transformations, preferring to talk about the band’s famed live show. Lewis says the group performs different set lists every night, shrugging off questions about older favorites that fans might want to hear.

If this all sounds supremely off the cuff, that’s just the way Lewis likes it. Studied adherents of blues, soul and other traditional American art forms might scoff at that hipster vibe, but there’s something to be said for an artist who doesn’t overthink his musical philosophy, yet can still put on one hell of a blistering live performance. “I definitely want to take the band to the next level,” Lewis says.

“But right now, I’m just having fun doing what I’m doing.”

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The Grammy-nominated, Dutch-born Tijs Michiel Verwest, better known as DJ Tiësto, has worked with everyone from Sarah McLachlan to Suzanne Palmer to Junkie XL. He’s been ranked No. 1 three consecutive times in DJ Magazine’s Top 100 Popularity Poll in 2002, ’03 and ’04. Tiësto is also the first DJ to play live on stage at the Olympics — during the opening ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens — and currently hosts the YouTube series “In The Booth.”

Two-day electronic dance music festival brings Grammy-nominated Tiësto to town ELECTRIC SUN FEST 1-10 p.m. Sept. 1 & 2 (gates open at 11 a.m.); indoor after-party at 10 p.m., Morocco Shrine Auditorium grounds, 3800 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Jacksonville Tickets are $59 for single day, $100 for both; VIP tickets are $85 for single day, $160 for both (VIP ticket includes 10 p.m.-2 a.m. after-party).

1-888-715-8044 electricsunfest.com

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his Labor Day weekend, Northeast Floridians have the chance to don their best neon sunglasses, rainbow tutus, candy necklaces and Care Bear mini-backpacks packed full of glow sticks, pacifiers and earplugs. That’s right, people. Northeast Florida is again home to the twoday outdoor electronic dance and music event called the Electric Sun Fest.

DJs from around the world make their way to the Morocco Shrine Auditorium grounds to play on five stages. Headliner Tiësto joins Cedric Gervais, Robbie Rivera, Mat Zo, John Dahlback, Gabriel & Dresden, 12th Planet, Deerline, DJ Icey and Sneaky Sound System, along with local and regional acts such as eLLofunk, Josh Binzack, Toxey Ashmore and DJ Dave Berg.

Berg, who helped put on the festival, said it will be Tiësto’s first time gigging in Jacksonville. “It was a big deal trying to get him to play here,” Berg said. “He is playing Miami that night [Saturday], too. He has his own private jet and he’ll be playing a set in two different cities in one day.”

Aside from “the draw” of Tiësto, Electric Sun also features a foam party stage, waterslides, bikini bull-riding, food stands and a full cash bar.

This young, Swedish-born DJ and house music producer grew up in a small village near Stockholm and landed his first record deal at the ripe old age of 15. Currently based in London, Dahlback spends his nights playing clubs and festivals all over the globe. He’s also done remixes for Lady Gaga and Skylar Gray.

Cedric Gervais

Baby Anne

Originally from Marseille, France, Cedric Gervais has been resident DJ at some of the world’s most exclusive dance clubs, including Paris’ Le Queen Club, Marquee, Nikki Beach, Papa Gaio and Liv. He’s worked with everyone from Lenny Kravitz to Deep Dish; his biggest hit, “Molly,” entered the UK charts at No. 26.

Robbie Rivera

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Roberto “Robbie” Rivera is a house music producer and DJ who mixes tribal, progressive house, garbage and Latin elements in his tracks. Several of his songs have hit No. 1 on U.S. dance charts. Over the years, Rivera has used dozens of aliases, including “D-Monsta,” “Loopman,” “Eighties Phunk Masters” and “The Freak.”

John Dahlback

DJ Baby Anne (born Marianne Breslin) is known as The Bass Queen. Her inspiration is “working the crowd into a frenzy on the dance floor with her bag full of tunes from exclusive remixes and edits to her original compositions,” according to her website. She’s an Orlando-based DJ and producer who fuses electro with Miami bass. She is one of the few top female DJs in the world.

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CONCERTS THIS WEEK AIN’T 2 PROUD 2 BEG Music by the Sea Summer Concerts presents this local band at 7 p.m. Aug. 29 at St. Johns County Pier Park, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. The family-friendly event is held every Wed. through Sept. 26 and features food from a different local eatery each week; Maui Grill is this week’s pick. Bring coolers, blankets and beach chairs. 347-8807.

MATISYAHU, THE DIRTY HEADS, MOON TAXI Reggae artist Matisyahu performs at 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown. Tickets are $35 and $45. 355-2787. floridatheatre.com

LONESOME BERT & THE SKINNY LIZARDS Concerts in the Plaza celebrates its 22nd season of free concerts with local musicians Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizards, at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 in Plaza de la ConstituciĂłn, located between Cathedral Place and King Street, historic downtown St. Augustine. The series wraps up with The John Thomas Group ET Swing & Friends at 7 p.m. Sept. 3. Bring lounge chairs. staugustinegovernment.com/sites/concerts-plaza CANARY IN THE COALMINE, THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES The bands are on at 9 p.m. Aug. 30 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown. 353-6067.

JAMISON WILLIAMS The soprano saxophonist plays at 9 p.m. Aug. 29 and every Wed. at +Solo Gallery, 107 E. Bay St., Downtown.

DAVID DONDERO, SCREAMIN’ EAGLE and WETLANDS Songwriter Dondero plays with local musicians at 9 p.m. Aug. 30 at Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine. Admission is $8. 825-4959.

WHO RESCUED WHO The renamed local band (remember John Earle?) appears at 10:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Lynch’s Irish Pub, 514 N. First St., Jax Beach. 249-5181.

EASTER ISLAND, MILO and KOKO BEWARE The innovative Athens, Ga., dream pop band Easter Island is on at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown.

353-4686.

SUBLIME WITH ROME, CYPRESS HILL, PEPPER and THE MANIC LOW Eric Wilson, one of the founders of Sublime, performs with Rome Ramirez and Josh Freese at 5:15 p.m. Aug. 30 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine.

Tickets are $29.50, $39.50 and $49.50. 209-0367. staugamphitheatre.com

WHO RESCUED WHO The former John Earle Band appears at 10 p.m. Aug. 31 at Taps Bar & Grill, 2220 C.R. 210 W., St. Augustine. 819-1554.

PARMALEE & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE The country music band Parmalee is aiming to deliver a good time at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Whisky River, 4850 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Center. And Florida Georgia Line? C’mon, it’s so local! Admission is $5 in advance, $10 at door. 645-5571.

J.B. SCOTT & THE SWINGIN ALLSTARS This Nawlins-centric band appears at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., San Marco.

Tickets are $10. 399-1740.

BUSH DOCTORS This popular local band performs jazzy instrumentals, old Top 40 favorites and the latest new tunes from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 at Ragtime Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7877.

AGAINST ME! The punk band, currently working on the new album “Transgender Dysphoria Blues,â€? performs at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 at CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine. Tickets are $15. 460-9311.

JON WALKER, MARK ROSE, LUCAS CARPENTER and SAMUEL SANDERS Walker (ex-Panic at the Disco) and Rose (ex-Spitalfield) perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 31 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco. Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

COWBOYS & INDIANS FROM THE FUTURE These progressive local musicians play it all — rock, country, funk, punk, metal, jazz and ugh — at 10 p.m. Aug. 31 at Poe’s Tavern, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7637.

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GREENHOUSE LOUNGE Heavy Pets/The Fuzz THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6

IN THIS MOMENT Allele/Primitive Hard Drive

CATFISH ALLIANCE and SENTROPOLIS Their Facebook page says they play “Sex Rock.� Go see what the hell Catfish Alliance is talking about at 8 p.m. Aug. 31 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $5 in advance. 246-2473.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7

CORBITT BROTHERS Rusty Shine/Bonnie Blue

LONESOME BERT & THE SKINNY LIZARDS These experienced musicians play original tunes with a decidedly local flavor at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 at A1A Ale Works, 1 King St., St. Augustine. 829-2977.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8

ARS PHOENIX, AVOXBLUE, ANDRE OBIN and OS OVNI This band that’s part Vero Beach, part Gainesville, plays darkwave postpunk at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 at +SoLo Gallery, 107 E. Bay St., Downtown.

COWFORD COUNTY BAND The Jax-based band plays Southern rock/country at 9 p.m.

Aug. 31 at Wild Wing CafĂŠ, 4555 Southside Blvd., Southside.

998-9464.

JANA KRAMER The actress (you know, Alex on “One Tree Hill�) and country singer appears at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Mavericks, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown. Tickets range from $7.50-$15. 356-1110.

BAD CAT The popular local cover band plays stuff by Journey, Bon Jovi, Steely Dan and more at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 at Cliff’s Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Road, East Arlington. 645-5162.

GREENHOUSE LOUNGE, THE HEAVY PETS and THE FUZZ Jacksonville’s Greenhouse Lounge starts pumping electronica beats at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $5 in advance. 246-2473.

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“Alice in Chains Tribute�

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Self Employed/Madison Fadeout SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT MAMA BLUE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16

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FRIDAY AUGUST 31

The Swellers/Such Gold TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 FIREPOWER TOUR FEAT

Mon-

Men’s Night Out Beer Pong 7pm $1 Draft $5 Pitchers Free Pool DJ BG ALL U CAN EAT CRABLEGS

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Texas Hold ’Em STARTS AT 7 P.M.

Wed-

Bar Bingo/Karaoke ALL U CAN EAT WINGS KIDS EAT FREE FROM 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT

Thurs-

DJ BG w/Cornhole Tournament Bass Tournament 2 FOR 1 DOMESTIC DRAFTS, WELLS AND HOUSE WINE

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

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SuperNatural 9:30pm DECK MUSIC 5 P.M.-9 P.M.

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Tony Neal Open Mic 5pm-9pm

DATSIK DELTA HEAVY/BARE NOIZE/AFK THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20

The Slumamerican Tour feat

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Riitz/Trouble Andrew/DJ Vajra FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21

KEYLOW MR. WHITTY, Dictator/D.A.R.Y.L. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23

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(KEITH MORRIS OF THE CIRCLE JERKS ON VOCALS, DIMITRI COATS OF BURNING BRIDES ON GUITAR, STEVEN MCDONALD OF REDD KROSS ON BASS, & MARIO RUBALCABA OF ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT ON DRUMS)

NEGATIVE APPROACH/DOUBLE NEGATIVE UPCOMING SHOWS 9-25: 9-26: 9-28: 10-5: 10-6: 10-8: 10-9: 10-20: 10-28: 11-7: 11-9: 11-14: 12-1: 12-8:

Adam Ant The Green/Stick Figure Zach Deputy Band of Skulls EOTO Trampled by Turtles Beats Antique Blood on the Dance Floor/ Jeffree Star The Expendables/Iration Dr. Dog All Time Low Donavon Frankenreiter Perpetual Groove Papadosio

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TRAVERSER, FAR FROM AFAR and CAREY MURDOCK Singer/songwriter Murdock’s from North Augusta, S.C., so you know his roots/Americana music is the real deal. He’s on at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

TURNCOAT COLLECTIVE and MICKEY SCHILLINGS This North Georgia band describes the music they play as folk punk. Check them out for yourselves at 9 p.m. Sept. 1 at + SoLo Gallery, 107 E. Bay St., downtown.

OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY These homegrown boys — Daniel Lewis, Eric Boyd and Adam Shaw — play rock Southern-style at 9 p.m. Sept. 1 at Mayport Tavern, 2775 Old Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach. 270-0801. kLoB “Soul music for the upside-down blues man” or woman is performed at 10 p.m. Sept. 1 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach.

ELECTRIC SUN FESTIVAL: TIESTO, JOHN DAHLBACH, ROBBIE RIVIERA, CEDRIC GERVAIS, GABRIEL & DRESDON, OSCAR G, GEORGE ACOSTA Check out our feature story on this event on page 26. It’s held from 1-10 p.m. Sept. 1 & 2 at Morocco Shrine Auditorium, 3800 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside. 1-888-715-8044. electricsunfest.com RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Jenni Reid plays at 10:30 a.m., Carey Murdock performs at 11:45 a.m. and This Frontier Needs Heroes is on at 2:45 p.m. Sept. 1 at the weekly arts market, held under the Fuller Warren Bridge at Riverside Avenue, Downtown. 554-6865. riversideartsmarket.com COWBOYS & INDIANS FROM THE FUTURE The versatile local musicians perform at 10 p.m. Sept. 1 at Brewster’s Megaplex, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington.

223-9850. Tickets are $10.

MICHAEL PETER SMITH The guitarist plays at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at European Street Café, 5500 Beach Blvd., Southside. Tickets are $15. 399-1740.

ROAD LESS TRAVELED The acoustic duo performs from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Parkway, Amelia Island.

277-1100.

TEEN LABOR DAY BASH: HYDROMATIC ON THE WHEELS This event is held at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Fat Kat Night Club, 1187 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside. Tickets are $10 and $15.

SCREAMIN’ EAGLE The local band plays Sept. 4 at Intuition Ale Works, 720 King St., Riverside. 683-7720.

UPCOMING CONCERTS ANDY D, TEENAGE LOBOTOMY, UNCLE MARTY and SLOUGH LORIA Sept. 5, Nobby’s NOT A PLANET, SON OF A BAD MAN, CHASING JONAH and CRASHING BROADWAY Sept. 5, Jack Rabbits MID-LIFE CRISISSept. 6, Ragtime Tavern IN THIS MOMENT, ALLELE and PRIMITIVE HARD DRIVE Sept. 6, Freebird Live USELESS EATERS, TIGHT GENES and THE 2416 Sept. 6, Nobby’s BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS, DIKES OF HOLLAND, JACKIE STRANGER and CHRIS THOMAS & THE GET DOWN Sept. 6, Jack Rabbits TRAIN, MAT KEARNEY and ANDY GRAMMER Sept. 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE PAUSES, GREAT DECEIVERS, CRASH THE SATELLITES Sept. 6, Underbelly JOY DENNIS, CECE TENEAL & SOUL KAMOTION Sept. 6, Cuba Libre Lounge VON BARLOW’S JAZZ JOURNEY Sept. 6, European St. San Marco JUSTIN JAMES Sept. 7 & 8, Ocean 60 ONE-EYED DOLL, OTEP, BUTCHER BABIES Sept. 7, Brewster’s Roc Bar REMEDY DRIVE, OCTOBER GLORY and PATRICK & BRITTANY Sept. 7, Murray Hill Theatre TASTE BUDS CD Release Party with 20 WEIGHT Sept. 7, Jack Rabbits CORBITT BROTHERS, BONNIE BLUE, RUSTY SHINE and

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Matisyahu (pictured) performs reggae fusion and alternative rock in a show with The Dirty Heads and Moon Taxi at 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown. 355-2787. Photo: Mark Squires JACKSONVEGAS Sept. 7, Freebird Live BEAU CRUM, DEVON STUART, JOEL WILTGEN and THE SWEETEST PUNCH Sept. 7, Burro Bar BASS IN THE CITY Sept. 8, 1904 Bar JULIE DURDEN, DOUG SPEARS Sept. 8, European Street Southside kLoB Sept. 8, Poe’s Tavern CHEAP TIME, THE MOLD and SEXCAPADES Sept. 8, Nobby’s CHRISTOPHER BELL and GARRETT Sept. 8, Burro Bar BLUER THAN BLACK (Alice in Chains Tribute) Sept. 8, Freebird Live HOMEMADE THE BAND and THE SUPERFUZZ Sept. 8, Jack Rabbits BREAD & BUTTER Sept. 9, Ragtime Tavern BUILT TO SPILL, HELVETIA and SISTER CRAYON Sept. 9, Jack Rabbits THE PINZ and MANTAS KESMINAS Sept. 9, Kona Skate Park ANTHONY HAMILTON Sept. 9, T-U Center CITIZEN COPE Sept. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MAN ON EARTH Sept. 12, Jack Rabbits CHRIS ISAAK Sept. 13, The Florida Theatre BRANTLEY GILBERT and BIG SMO Sept. 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE SPLINTERS Sept. 13, Ragtime Tavern FAUN FABLES, PILOTWAVE and JACOB HUDSON Sept. 13, Jack Rabbits THE BARRY GREENE TRIO Sept. 13, European Street San Marco MAN AND MACHINES Sept. 13, Brewsters GREYMARKET, JUICY PONY Sept. 13, 1904 Bar BRANTLEY GILBERT and TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN Sept. 14, St. Augustine Amphitheatre HUNTER VALENTINE, GET OUT DRIVER Sept. 14, Jack Rabbits SHOTGUN REDD Sept. 14, Wild Wing Cafe THERE FOR TOMORROW, SET IT OFF, DIVIDED BY FRIDAY, COMING THIS FALL and NOBODY ON LAND Sept. 15, Murray Hill Theatre ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR with MAMA BLUE Sept. 15, Freebird Live SINCERELY, IRIS Sept. 15, Riverside Arts Market FRESH FEST: MsMUZIC Mixtape Release Party Sept. 15, Phoenix Taproom ALEX, THESE HEARTS, BROADWAY and US FROM OUTSIDE Sept. 15, Brewsters S.P.O.R.E. CD Release Party with RAWMYST, MAD RELATIVITY Sept. 15, Underbelly STRUNG OUT, THE SWELLERS and SUCH GOLD Sept. 16, Freebird Live GUTTERMOUTH, THE NEW THREAT and SHATTERMAT Sept.

17, Jack Rabbits DATSIK Sept. 18, Freebird Live DUBLIN CITY RAMBLERS Sept. 18, Culhane’s Irish Pub SUPERSUCKERS, WHISKEY DOGS and DARKHORSE SALOON Sept. 18, Jack Rabbits BIG TICKET BATTLE 20212: SONS NOT BEGGARS Sept. 19, Jack Rabbits BARD and MUSTACHE Sept. 19, Burro Bar HERITAGE BAND Sept. 20, Sliders Seaside Grill SLUMAMERICAN TOUR: YELAWOLF, RITTZ, TROUBLE ANDREW and DJ VAJRA Sept. 20, Freebird Live

FISH OUT OF WATER Sept. 20, Ragtime Tavern MARC DOUGLAS BERARDO and MARC BLACK Sept. 20, European Street San Marco MISS SHEVAUGHN & YUMA WRAY Sept. 20, Underbelly IAN ANDERSON Sept. 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre NAMELESS GUARDIAN CD Release Party with OSCAR MIKE and ASHLEIGH DAVIS Sept. 21, Jack Rabbits kLoB Sept. 21 & Nov. 2, Prevatts Sports Bar & Grill IMAGINATION MOVERS Sept. 21, The Florida Theatre FUSEBOX FUNK Sept. 21, Mojo Kitchen MR. AL PETE CD Release Party Sept. 21, 1904 KEYLOW, MR. WHITTY, DICTATOR & D.A.R.Y.L. Sept. 21, Freebird Live BERES HAMMOND Sept. 21, Brewster’s Megaplex ERNIE & DEBI EVANS Sept. 22, Mojo No. 4 Urban Whiskey Bar DARRYL WORLEY, DAVID LEE MURPHY and BO BICE Sept.

22, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts BLONDIE and DEVO Sept. 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BLACK CREEK RIZIN’ Sept. 22 & Dec. 15, Mayport Tavern PETER FURLER Sept. 22, Murray Hill Theatre ERNIE & DEBI EVANS Sept. 22, Mojo No. 4 RAWMYST, H20 and S.P.O.R.E. Sept. 22, Underbelly VICTOR MANUELLE Sept. 22, Brewster’s Megaplex OFF!: KEITH MORRIS (Circle Jerks), DIMITRI COATS (Burning Brides), STEVEN MCDONALD (Redd Kross) and MARIO RUBALCABA (Rocket from the Crypt), NEGATIVE APPROACH and DOUBLE NEGATIVE Sept. 23, Freebird Live MID-LIFE CRISIS Sept. 23, Nippers STEVIE NICKS Sept. 25, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BEN SOLLEE Sept. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ADAM ANT, BROTHERS OF BRAZIL Sept. 25, Freebird Live WEAVING THE FATE Sept. 25, Jack Rabbits COLT FORD Sept. 26, Whisky River WILL PEARSALL Sept. 26, Ragtime Tavern THE GREEN, STICK FIGURE and TASTE BUDS Sept. 26, Freebird Live BRAD PAISLEY, THE BAND PERRY, SCOTTY McCREERY and JANA KRAMER Sept. 27, Veterans Memorial Arena SARAH McQUAID Sept. 27, European Street San Marco AER, YONAS and DAVID DALLAS Sept. 27, Jack Rabbits KEIKO MATSUI Sept. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ZACH DEPUTY Sept. 28, Freebird Live HED PE Sept. 28, Brewster’s Roc Bar MAC DEMARCO, UNCLE MARTY & FRIENDS and SLOUGH LORIS Sept. 28, Present Moment Café CLOUD 9 Sept. 28 & 29, Ragtime Tavern WADE WILLIAMS Sept. 29, Riverside Arts Market JOE COCKER and DAVE MASON Sept. 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre NEAL MORSE, MIKE PORTNOY Oct. 3, Murray Hill Theatre ARPETRIO Oct. 4, 1904 Bar SKELETONWITCH, HAVOK, HOWL Oct. 5, Blues Rock Cafe 12 STONES Oct. 5, Murray Hill Theatre CHARLIE WALKER Oct. 5, Music in the Courtyard, Neptune Beach THE EARLY GRAVES Oct. 5, Brewster’s Pit EOTO Oct. 6, Freebird Live CHROMA Oct. 6, Riverside Arts Market TEENANGER, THE SOUPCANS and HUNGRY GAZE Oct. 7, Nobby’s

RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS and COBRA SKULLS Oct. 7, Jack Rabbits TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, HONEYHONEY Oct. 8, Freebird Live BEATS ANTIQUE Oct. 9, Freebird Live DEATH ANGEL, THREAT SIGNAL, BONDED BY BLOOD, WRETCHED Oct. 11, Brewster’s Roc Bar LANGHORNE SLIM Oct. 11, Underbelly HOLLOW LEG, SHROUD EATER, HOLLY HUNT, PORTER and NISROCH Oct. 12, Burro Bar O.A.R. Oct. 12, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DEAN DEMERRIT JAZZ TRIBE Oct. 12, Dog Star Tavern THOSE GUYS Oct. 12 & 13, Tradewinds Lounge FLOBOTS and ASTRONAUTALIS Oct. 13, Jack Rabbits D5, NEW DAY, FACE4RADIO, DYSTIL Oct. 13, Freebird Live ANI DIFRANCO Oct. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GIN BLOSSOMS Oct. 17, Whisky River THE TOASTERS and HOLIDAZED Oct. 18, Jack Rabbits JOHN HIATT & THE COMBO Oct. 19 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE WOBBLY TOMS Oct. 19, Fly’s Tie Irish Pub MONO Oct. 19, Jack Rabbits FOLIO WEEKLY’S OKTOBERFEST: PAPERCUTT Oct. 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: ABBEY ROAD Oct. 20, ThrasherHorne Center for the Arts DEVILDRIVER, CANCER BATS and KILO KAHN Oct. 21, Burro Bar ESPERANZA SPALDING Oct. 21, Florida Theatre BRONCHO Oct. 22, Burro Bar ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Oct. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PENNYWISE Oct. 24, Brewster’s The Edge BLACKBERRY SMOKE Oct. 25, Mavericks ZAC BROWN BAND Oct. 26, Veterans Memorial Arena ARTURO SANDOVAL Oct. 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE FRITZ Oct. 26 & 27, Dog Star Tavern KING TUFF, THE INTELLIGENCE, FOUR LETTER WORD and THEE HOLY GHOSTS Oct. 26, Nobby’s WHY? Oct. 26, Jack Rabbits BLUES TRAVELER Oct. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DAMIEN JURADO and RICKOLUS Oct. 29, Jack Rabbits HEART, SHAWN COLVIN Nov. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre KINGS OF HELL Nov. 2, Fly’s Tie Irish Pub JEALOUSY MOUNTAIN DUO Nov. 5, Burro Bar DR. DOG and COTTON JONES Nov. 7, Freebird Live ALL TIME LOW, THE SUMMER SET, THE DOWNTOWN

FICTION and HIT THE LIGHTS Nov. 9, Freebird Live STEVE FORBERT and CARRIE RODRIGUEZ Nov. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall NEEDTOBREATHE Nov. 10, The Florida Theatre BUDDY GUY and JONNY LANG Nov. 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PETRA (CLASSIC LINEUP) and OCTOBER GLORY Nov. 10, Murray Hill Theatre CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE Nov. 10, Mayport Tavern DR. DOG Nov. 11, Freebird Live DONAVON FRANKENREITER Nov. 14, Freebird Live ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Nov. 16, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts THOSE GUYS Nov. 23 & 24, Tradewinds Lounge EDDIE VEDDER Nov. 24 & 25, T-U Center MEN WITHOUT HATS Nov. 24, Jack Rabbits PERPETUAL GROOVE Dec. 1, Freebird Live PAPADASIO and GREENHOUSE LOUNGE Dec. 8, Freebird Live TYRONE WELLS Dec. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOE BONAMASSA Dec. 9, The Florida Theatre PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS with RICK BRAUN, MINDI ABAIR Dec. 12, Florida Theatre SWEET LU CD Release Party Dec. 22, Freebird Live FLANNEL CHURCH Dec. 28, Burro Bar DON WILLIAMS Jan. 17, The Florida Theatre

• CLUBS • AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH

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 kLoB at 10 p.m. Sept. 1. DJs J.G. World & Jim spin actual vinyl at 8 p.m. every Tue. for Working Class Stiffs 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 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 Live music every night THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Ernie & Debi Evans at 6 p.m. Sept. 4. Live music Tue.-Sun. DJ Roc at 5 p.m. every Wed.

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

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

BREWSTER’S MEGAPLEX/PIT/ROC BAR/THE EDGE, 845 University Blvd. N., 223-9850 Cowboys & Indians From the Future at 10 p.m. Sept. 1.

MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music at 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. STARBUCKS, 9301 Atlantic Blvd., 724-4554 Open mic with Starbucks Trio from 8-11 p.m. every other Fri. TONINO’S TRATTORIA, 7001 Merrill Rd., 743-3848 Alaina Colding every Thur. W. Harvey Williams every Fri. Dino Saliba every Sat. VIP LOUNGE, 7707 Arlington Expressway, 619-8198 Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Tue. Live music every Wed. & Fri. Reggae every Thur. A DJ spins Old School every Sat. A DJ spins every Sun.

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BRICK RESTAURANT, 3585 St. Johns Ave., 387-0606 Duet every Wed. Bush Doctors every first Fri. & Sat. Live jazz every Fri. & Sat. THE CASBAH CAFE, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. 3rd Bass every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 DJ Keith spins for Karaoke every Tue. DJ Free spins vintage every Fri. DJs SuZiRok, LowKill & Mowgli spin for Chillwave Madness every Mon. ELEVATED AVONDALE, 3551 St. Johns Ave., 387-0700 Karaoke with Dave Thrash every Wed. DJ 151 spins hip-hop, R&B, old-skool every Thur. DJ Catharsis spins lounge beats every first & fourth Sat. Patrick Evan & CoAlition Industry every Sun.

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Actress and country singer Jana Kramer performs at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 at Mavericks, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown. 356-1110. Photo: Kristin Barlowe MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 77Ds Band Aug. 31. Mama Blue Sept. 1 TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Live music every Fri. Karaoke at 8 p.m. every Sat.

BAYMEADOWS

THE COFFEE GRINDER, 9834 Old Baymeadows Rd., 642-7600 DJ Albert Adkins spins house every Fri. DJs Adrian Sky, Alberto Diaz & Chris Zachrich spin dance every Tue. DJ Michael Stumbaugh spins every Sat.

GATOR’S DOCKSIDE, 8650 Baymeadows Rd., 448-0500 Comfort Zone Band at 9 p.m. every Fri. MY PLACE BAR-N-GRILL, 9550 Baymeadows Rd., 737-5299 Out of Hand every Mon. Rotating bands every other Tue. & Wed. OASIS GRILL & CHILL, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., 748-9636 DJs Stan and Mike Bend spin every Feel Good Fri.

BEACHES

(All clubs & venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Don Miniard from 7-10 p.m. Aug. 31 BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD, 120 S. Third St., 444-8862 Kurt Lanham sings island music every Fri.-Sun. BILLY’S BOATHOUSE GRILL, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Incognito at 5 p.m. Aug. 29. Craig Odem at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 30.

Sho Nuff at 6 p.m. Aug. 31. 4Play at 6 p.m. Sept. 1. Incognito at noon, Slick Water at 4:45 p.m. Sept. 2 BLUE BAR/SAKANA, 333 N. First St., 595-5355 Who Rescued Who from 7-10 p.m. Aug. 29. Live music nightly BLUES ROCK CAFE, 821 First St. N., 388-7111 Hot Shock at 9 p.m. Sept. 1 BRIX TAPHOUSE, 300 N. Second St., 241-4668 DJ IBay every Tue., Fri. & Sat. DJ Ginsu every Wed. DJ Jade every Thur.

Charlie Walker every Sun. CRAB CAKE FACTORY, 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza, 247-9880 Live jazz with Pierre & Co. every Wed. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Bite the Bullet at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 DICK’S WINGS, 311 N. Third St., Ste. 107, 853-5004 Big Jeff at 8 p.m. every Thur. Live music at 9 p.m. every Sat. EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1553 Third St. N., 241-6910 Wilfredo Lopez every Wed. & Sat. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337 Live music every Thur.

FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB, 410 N. Third St., 242-9499 Live music every Tue.-Sat. FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Chuck Nash at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1.

Songwriters Nite every Tue. Ryan Campbell every Wed. Wes Cobb every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Charlie Walker every Mon. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Catfish Alliance and Sentropolis Aug. 31. The Heavy Pets, The Fuzz and Greenhouse Lounge at 9 p.m. Sept. 1 ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach, 372-0943 Clayton Bush Aug. 29. Jimmy Solari Aug. 30. Brady Reich Aug. 31. Live music every Wed.-Sat. LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Live music at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Who Rescued Who at 10:30 p.m. Aug. 30. Retro Katz Aug. 31. Split Tone at 10:30 p.m. every Tue. Uncommon Legends every Wed. Ryan Campbell every Thur. Wits End every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. MAYPORT TAVERN, 2775 Old Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 270-0801 Old Dixie Highway at 9 p.m. Sept. 1. DJ D Amazn1 spins every Wed.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., Ste. 2, 246-1500 Aaron Moews Aug. 29. Ginormous Aug. 30. Yankee Slickers Aug. 31. Wes Cobb Sept. 1. Live music every Wed.-Sun. MEZZA LUNA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon at 6 p.m. every Tue. Gypsies Ginger at 6 p.m. every Wed.

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Mike Shackelford and Rick Johnson at 6 p.m. every Thur.

MOJO KICTHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Tullie Brae & the Medicine Man Revue Sept. 7 MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 Wes Cobb at 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams spins dance & for Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar spins dance music at 9 p.m. every Mon., Thur. & Fri. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Who Rescued Who Sept. 1. Billy Bowers at 6 p.m. Sept. 4.

Reggae on the deck every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sun. Live music every third Wed. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Billy Bowers at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1. Live music every Thur.-Sat. THE PIER CANTINA & SANDBAR, 445 Eighth Ave. N., 246-6454 Darren Corlew and Johnny Flood at 7 p.m. every Thur. DJ Infader every Fri. Nate Holley every Sat. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637 Red Beard & Stinky E Aug. 30. Cowboys & Indians From the Future Aug. 31 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Kurt Lanham at 7 p.m. Aug. 29. Rick Arcusa Band Aug. 30. Bush Doctors at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1. Common Ground Sept. 2. Live music every Wed.-Sun. RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 320 N. First St., 270-8565 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. SUN DOG, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 241-8221 Live music every Tue.-Sun. TIDES TIKI BEACH BAR, Hampton Inn, 1515 First St. N., 241-2311 Sweet Scarlett at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 2. Live music every Thur. & Sun. THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 Billy Buchanan Sept. 1. Live music every Fri. & Sat.

DOWNTOWN

1904 BAR, 19 Ocean St., 356-0213 Mama’s Love Aug. 29.

DJ Logic and Mindphuk Sept. 4. Chroma & Friends Sept. 5.

Open mic every Mon. BURRO BAR, 228 E. Forsyth St., 353-4692 Easter Island, Milo and Koko Beware at 8 p.m. Aug. 30. Live music every weekend.

CITY HALL PUB, 234 Randolph Blvd., 356-6750 DJ Skillz spins Motown, hip-hop & R&B every Wed. Jazz at 11 a.m., Latin music at 9 p.m. every first Fri.; Ol’ Skool every last Fri. DIVE BAR, 331 E. Bay St., 359-9090 Live music every weekend DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 DJ Synsonic spins every Tue. & Fri. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall Karaoke every Mon. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, 374-1247 Braxton Adamson from 5-8 p.m., C4X Band from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Aug. 31. Bad Assets from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Sept. 1. Live music every Fri. & Sat. THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Lisa & the Madhatters for Friday Night Live! from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Aug. 31. Paper Tongues at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Roy Luis spins house: soulful, gospel, deep, acid, hip, Latin, tribal, Afrobeat and tech/electronic, disco and rarities from 9:30 p.m.1:30 a.m. every Wed. DJ Vinn spins top 40 for ladies nite every Thur. Ritmo y Sabor every Fiesta Fri. BayStreet mega party with DJ Shotgun every Sat. MAVERICKS, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., 356-1110 Bobby Laredo spins every Thur. & Sat. DJs Bryan & Q45 spin every Fri. Country party every Sat. MIDTOWN DELI & CAFE, 100 N. Laura St., 350-2600

Fedora Blue at 8 p.m. every first & third Fri. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 Open mic night from 8:30-11:30 p.m. every Wed. DJ SwitchGear every Thur. Karaoke every Fri. THE PEARL, 1101 N. Main St., 791-4499 DJs Tom P. & Ian S. spin ’80s & indie dance every Fri. DJ Ricky spins indie rock, hip-hop & electro every Sat. THE PHOENIX TAPROOM, 325 W. Forsyth St., 798-8222 Mic Skillz with Swordz and D.A.R.Y.L. at 9 p.m. Sept. 1 +SoLo, 107 E. Bay St. Jamison Williams Aug. 29. Ars Phoenix, Avoxblue, Andre Obin and Os Ovni Aug. 31. Turncoat Collective and Mickey Schillings Sept. 1 UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 353-6067 Canary in the Coalmine and This Frontier Needs Heroes Aug. 30. Confluent Aug. 31. Troubadour Thursdays with Fjord Explorer and Screamin’ Eagle every Thur.

ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Rebecca Day Aug. 31. Simply Righteous Sept. 1. Live music every 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 Aug. 29. DJ BG Aug. 30. SuperNatural at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1. Tony Neal at 5 p.m. Sept. 2. Deck music at 5 p.m. every Fri. & Sat.

INTRACOASTAL WEST

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 Medicine Bowl Aug. 29. Bad Cat Aug. 30. Chrome Heart Sept.

1. Karaoke every Thur. & Sun. Live music every Tue. & Wed. JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22, 220-6766 Live music every Fri. YOUR PLACE BAR & GRILL, 13245 Atlantic Blvd., 221-9994 Live music every weekend

JULINGTON CREEK, NW ST. JOHNS

HURRICANE GRILL & WINGS, 12796 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 16, 260-8338 Sweet Scarlett at 7 p.m. Sept. 1 SHANNON’S IRISH PUB, 111 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-9670 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

MANDARIN

AW SHUCKS OYSTER BAR & GRILL, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., 240-0368 Open mic with Diamond Dave from 7:30-11 p.m. every Wed. Live music from 7-11 p.m. every Sat. 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 Jazz from 7-9 pm., Karaoke from 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Mon.-Thur. Dennis Klee & the World’s Most Talented Waitstaff every Fri. & Sat. RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 4268 Oldfield Crossing, 262-4030 Open mic night with Randy Jagers from 9 p.m.-1

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mat Kearney (pictured) and Andy Grammer will open for Train at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. 209-0367.

a.m. every Wed. 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. SUNBURST STUDIOS, 12641 San Jose Blvd., 485-0946 Open mic with My Friendz Band at 8:30 p.m. every Mon. Karaoke at 8:30 p.m. DJ Tom Turner every Tue.

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

BLACK HORSE WINERY, 420 Kingsley Ave., 644-8480 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri., from 2-6 p.m. every Sat. 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. PARK AVENUE BILLIARDS, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Random Act from 7:30-11:30 p.m. every Mon. Bike Nite THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Live music every Thur.-Sat. DJ Jason spins every Tue. DJ Israel spins every Wed.

PALATKA

DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., (386) 325-5454 Garage Band Aug. 31. Elizabeth Roth & the Grapes of Roth at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1. Local talent every Wed. Live music every Thur. Country music showcase every Fri. Blues jam every Sun.

PONTE VEDRA, PALM VALLEY

ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 820 A1A N., Ste. E-18, 834-2492 Domenic Patruno Aug. 29. Billy Buchanan Aug. 30.

Shane Platten & Matt Lytkowski Aug. 31. Live music every Wed.-Sat. LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE, 301 N. Roscoe Blvd., 285-0139 The Monster Fool at 6 p.m. Sept. 1. Mike Shackelford & Rick Johnson from 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Tony Novelly from 6-10 p.m. every Mon. PUSSER’S CARIBBEAN GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 280-7766 SoundStage on the upper deck every Sun. Live music every Thur.-Sun. URBAN FLATS, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515 Darren Corlew every Tue. Soulo & Deron Baker every Wed.

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

FLA RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, 243 S. Edgewood Ave. DJ DreOne spins every Wed. for open mic nite 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 at 9:30 p.m. every Thur. Robby Shenk every Sun. METRO/RAINBOW ROOM PIANO BAR, 859 Willowbranch Ave., 388-8719 Karaoke Rob spins from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Sun.Wed. DJ Zeke Smith spins at 10 p.m. every Platinum Fri. DJ Michael Murphy spins at 10 p.m. every Spectacular Sat. THE MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Eviction, Out of the Invisible, Love Cunningham, Jadee Lamez and Captive at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1 YESTERDAYS SOCIAL CLUB, 3638 Park St., 387-0502 Open mic for ladies nite at 8 p.m. every Thur. Rotating DJs spin for Pro Bono electronic music party from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. every Sun.

ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH

A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 Brent Byrd Aug. 30.

Lonesome Bert & The Skinny Lizards Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 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 Open mic with Smokin’ Joe Aug. 28. TJ Ward at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31. Chelsea Saddler at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1. Colton McKenna at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 BARLEY REPUBLIC IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, 48 Spanish St., 547-2023 Live music Fri. & Sat. THE BRITISH PUB, 213 Anastasia Blvd., 810-5111 Karaoke with Jimmy Jamez at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Against Me! at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 157 King St., 826-1594 Pili Pili from 7-11 p.m. Aug. 31. SMG from 2-5 p.m., Mojo Roux from 7-11 p.m. Sept. 1. Vinny Jacobs at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 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. Ty Cowell at 5:30 p.m. every Sun. HARRY’S, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765 Billy Bowers from 6-10 p.m. Aug. 29. Live music every Fri. JACK’S BARBECUE, 691 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-8100 Jim Essery at 4 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Thur.-Sat. MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 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. of the month MEEHAN’S IRISH PUB, 20 Avenida Menendez, 810-1923 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

Jacksonville blues-rock band kLoB plays at 10 p.m. Sept. 1 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach.

MI CASA CAFE, 69 St. George St., 824-9317 Chelsea Saddler from noon-4 p.m. every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth at 11 a.m. every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 Don Oja-Dunaway at 1 p.m., Back From the Brink at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1. David Dowling at 1 p.m., John Dickie at 5:30, Vinny Jacobs at 9 p.m. every Tue. Don Oja-Dunaway at 1 p.m., Aaron Esposito at 5:30, Todd & Molly Jones at 9 p.m. every Wed. Don Oja-Dunaway at 1 p.m., David Dowling at 5:30, Colton McKenna at 9 p.m. every Thur.

Don Oja-Dunaway at 1 p.m., Katherine Archer at 5:30, Aaron Esposito at 9 p.m. every Mon. NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 David Dondero at 9 p.m. Aug. 30 SCARLETT O’HARA’S, 70 Hypolita St., 824-6535 Lil Blaze & DJ Alex are in for Karaoke every Mon. SPY GLOBAL CUISINE & LOUNGE, 21 Hypolita St., 819-5637 Live music every Fri.-Sun. TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210 W., 819-1554 Who Rescued Who from 9:30-11:59 p.m. Aug. 31. Live music every Fri. & Sat. 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 Rosco Caine at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1. 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.

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER

AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live jazz from 8-11 p.m. every Tue. Beer house rock every Wed. Live music every Thur. Will Hurley every Fri. Bill Rice at 9 p.m. every Sat. BAHAMA BREEZE, 10205 River Coast Dr., 646-1031 Clarence Wears every Tue. Selwyn Toby every Wed. Barry O at 4 p.m., Laree App at 7:30 p.m. every Thur. Laree App at 4 p.m., Selwyn Toby at 8 p.m. every Fri. Barry O at 4 p.m., Laree App at 8 p.m. every Sat. Selwyn Toby at 4 p.m., Laree App at 7:30 p.m. every Sun. Clarence Wears at 4 p.m., Selwyn Toby at 7:30 p.m. every Mon. Caribbean music on the patio nightly BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music from 5-7 p.m. every Wed., 9 p.m.-mid. every Thur.-Sat. JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120, 997-9850 Harry & Sally from 7-9 p.m. every Wed. Karaoke 7-10 p.m. every Sat. with Gimme the Mike DJs ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Brady Reich Aug. 29. Randy Jagers Aug. 30. Jimmy Solari Aug. 31. Live music at 8 p.m. every Wed.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 997-1955 Bryan Ripper Aug. 29. Charlie Walker Aug. 30. Papa Crawdaddy Aug. 31. Conga Junkies Sept. 1. Open mic every Sun. SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Pkwy.

N., 997-1999 Chuck Nash every Thur. Live music at 10 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. URBAN FLATS, 9726 Touchton Rd., 642-1488 Live music every Fri. & Sat. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Drive, 645-5571 Parmalee and Florida Georgia Line Aug. 30. A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Cowford County Band at 9 p.m. Aug. 31. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Karaoke every Wed.

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 JB Scott’s Swingin’ Allstars Aug. 30. Jazz every second 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. American Top 40 every Fri. Salsa every Sat. JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Jon Walker, Mark Rose, Lucas Carpenter and Samuel Sanders Aug. 31. Traverser, Far From Afar and Carey Murdock at 8 p.m.

Sept. 1 MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922 Patrick Evan & Bert Mingea or Mark O’Quinn every Thur.

PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815 Jennifer Chase at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. SQUARE ONE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 306-9004 Soul on the Square with MVP Band & Special Formula at 8 p.m.; DJ Dr. Doom at 10:30 p.m. every Mon. DJs Wes Reed & Josh Kemp spin underground dance at 9 p.m. every Wed. DJ Hal spins for Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Thur. Mitch Kuhman & Friends of Blake at 6 p.m. every other Fri. DJs Rogue and Mickey Shadow spin every Factory Sat.

SOUTHSIDE

BOMBA’S, 8560 Beach Blvd., 997-2291 Open mic with The Foxes from 7-11 p.m. every Tue. & with George every Thur.

Live music every Fri. CORNER BISTRO & Wine Bar, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 1, 619-1931 Matt “Pianoman” Hall every Fri. & Sat. DAVE & BUSTER’S, 7025 Salisbury Rd. S., 296-1525 A DJ spins every Fri. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 5500 Beach Blvd., 399-1740 Michael Peter Smith at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 DJ Jeff Bell at 7 p.m. Aug. 28. VJ Frazetta at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 30. ME Band at 8:30 p.m., DJ Fellin at 11:30 p.m. Aug. 31. Boogie Freaks at 8:30 p.m., VJ Ginsu at 11:30 p.m. Sept. 1

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

BLUE DINER CAFE, 5868 Norwood Ave., 766-7774 Jazz from 7-9 p.m. every first Thur.

BOOTS-N-BOTTLES, 12405 N. Main St., 647-7798 Karaoke every Tue., Thur. & Sun. Open mic every Wed. DAMES POINT MARINA, 4542 Irving Road, 751-3043 Mr. Natural at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 and at 5 p.m. Sept. 2. Open mic every Wed. DJ Steve spins every Thur. for ladies night FLIGHT 747 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4073 Live music every Fri. & Sat. ’70s every Tue. SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. 6th St., 798-8222 No More Stinky Dreads Tour: Shady People, BlessEd, The Hoveround, Gross Evolution at 9 p.m. Aug. 30 SKYLINE SPORTSBAR, 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 Open mic with Al Poindexter at 7 p.m. Aug. 30. Will Pearsall at 7 p.m.

Aug. 31.

3 LIONS SPORTS PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 647-8625 Open mic every Thur. Woodie & Wyatt C. every Fri. Live music every Sat. To get listed, send band name, show time, date, venue location, street address, city, admission price and a contact number to print to David Johnson, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email events@ folioweekly.com. Our deadline is 4 p.m. every Tuesday.

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Earl “Brother Boy” (Bill Ratliff, left), Latrelle (Holly Gutshall), Noleta (Ashley Augustyniak) and Sissy (Brooks Anne Hayes) try to sort out their wacky relationships in “Sordid Lives” at Players by the Sea in Jax Beach. Photos: Jeremy McTiernan

Players by the Sea presents a contemporary campy comedy with a timely message SORDID LIVES The play is staged at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 & 31 and Sept. 1, 6, 7 & 8 Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach Tickets are $20; $17 for seniors, military and students © 2012 249-0289

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laywrights like to keep it close to home. Most tellingly, the story of the dysfunctional family has been a recurring refrain from the earliest days of theater. The ancient Greek playwright Sophocles raised the bar pretty damn high with “Oedipus the King” (c. 429 B.C.), which featured such sick family-themed topics as infanticide, patricide and incest. In the year 1600, William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” resolved aberrant upbringing in medieval Denmark in the dark walls of Kronberg Castle with murder, suicide and possible madness. In modern theater, Tennessee Williams was the veritable master of conveying domestic lunacy. “The Glass Menagerie” (1944) elevates denial and codependency to dazzling new heights.

Del Shores’ play “Sordid Lives” is a madcap comedy about one bona fide nutty family in a small Texas town. They must contend with their own wacky relationships and warped sense of love for one another while trying to bury the clan matriarch, who has died suddenly under scandalous circumstances. Since its debut in 2000, “Sordid Lives” has won 14 Drama League Awards and been adapted to both the big screen and as a television series. “Sordid Lives” has also garnered a cult following among lovers of dark comedy as well as the LGBT community, ostensibly for addressing some of the sheer absurdity that can stem from intolerance. Locals have a chance to check out Shores’ handiwork at Players by the Sea, which features a dozen local theater favorites including Bill Ratliff, Brooks Studier, Ashley Augustyniak, Holly Gutshall, Seth Lagner and Barbara Colaciello.

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show’s production could not have been more auspicious. “I had been watching the DVDs of the TV show, and I swear to you, 10 minutes after we finished the last episode, Joe [Schwarz, executive director of PBTS] calls me and asks me to direct. I took that as some kind of sign!” Facing only a two-week timeframe for rehearsals, both director and cast avoided any “dysfunctional” behaviors by focusing on their shared love of Shores’ story.

“It is such a talented and professional cast,” Branch says, “and they deliver some really amazingly touching moments on that stage.”

One of the more poignant undercurrents that guides the action of “Sordid Lives” is the way it playfully yet sensitively addresses how people come out to their families.

Studier plays Ty, a 20-something gay man who had left his native Texas to move to West Hollywood and pursue his calling as an actor.

Now returning home for the imminent family funeral, Ty decides to reveal his sexuality to his conservative mother Latrelle (played by Gutshall), a woman primarily concerned with keeping up appearances, however fragile and porous.

“The show has such a huge heart,” says Studier, who personally feels that what he calls the “gay theme” of the play is merely a facet of a greater idea. “I think Shores’ ultimate message that ‘love conquers all’ could hopefully appeal to everyone.” Shores also addresses the lingering yet dying belief that sexuality can somehow be “cured” with the character of Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram, whose parents had placed him in a mental hospital for 20 years of unsuccessful “Dehomosexualization Therapy.” In a story filled with already colorful characters, Brother Boy, who overcomes his nightmarish treatment and continues to follow his bliss as a crossdressing Tammy Wynette impersonator, is perhaps the most vibrant and greatest survivor of this onstage saga.

“It’s been kind of a different role for me and I’m probably playing against type,” laughs Ratliff, who at 6 feet, 4 inches tall and 200-plus pounds cuts a striking figure as the blonde-wigged and lipstick-sporting honky tonk chanteuse. Ratliff believes that playwright Shores uses the play’s narratives as a kind of funhouse mirror that reflects the ridiculousness of social intolerances. “In the same way that a television show like ‘All in the Family’ helped show how silly and fearbased prejudices can be, I think that if people can take a look at their own hang-ups and fears, they can eventually let those things go and change.”

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Invitation to City Council Much of the cast of “Sordid Lives” was disappointed that the Jacksonville City Council voted down the ordinance that would have assured gays and lesbians certain legal protection from discrimination.

Executive director Joe Schwarz has a unique proposition: Players by the Sea is issuing the open offer of a free ticket to every member of the City Council for any upcoming performance of “Sordid Lives,” regardless of how they voted during last week’s decision.

The comedy “Check, Please,” written by Jacksonville native Jonathan Rand, follows a series of blind dates that can’t get any worse — until they do. Dinner theater performances are at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31, and Sept. 7 and 14 at Raintree Restaurant, 102 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine. 824-7211.

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IS HE DEAD? A gifted but penniless painter fakes his own death in a scheme to outwit an evil arts dealer in this comedy staged at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 and at 8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville.

Tickets are $15. 396-4425. theatrejax.com SORDID LIVES Players by the Sea presents the story of a small-town Texas family coming to grips with their recently deceased matriarch’s apparent indiscretions (younger man, motel room, etc.) at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31, and Sept. 1, 6, 7, 8 on the Studio Stage, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $20.

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THIS MAGIC MOMENT A singing and dancing ensemble and a live band bring energy to this four-day event, featuring music from the ’50s and ’60s, including “Sixteen Candles,” “Let the Good Times Roll” and “Yesterday,” with performances at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31 and Sept. 1, at 1:15 p.m. Sept. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville.

Tickets are $42. 641-1212. alhambrajax.com CHECK, PLEASE What if your blind date turned out to be a raging kleptomaniac? This dinner theater comedy, written by Jacksonville native Jonathan Rand, follows a series of blind dates that keep getting worse, is staged at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30-31, and Sept. 7 and 14 at Raintree Restaurant, 102 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine. Tickets are $39.95. 824-7211. raintreerestaurant.com MAD COWFORD IMPROV The local comedy troupe performs at 8:15 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 and every Fri. and Sat. at Northstar Substation, 119 E. Bay St., Jacksonville. Admission is $5. 860-5451.

BIG RIVER Limelight Theatre presents a bluegrass and country musical performance of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6, 8, 11, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 and Oct. 4-6, at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7 and at 2 p.m. Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30 and Oct. 7 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine.

Tickets range from $10-$25. 825-1164. limelight-theatre.org JERRY’S GIRLS Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre performs “Jerry’s Girls,” featuring the best songs for women from the musicals “Mame,” “Milk and Honey,” “Hello Dolly!” and more, at 8 p.m. Sept. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, and at 2 p.m. Sept.

16 and 23 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. Tickets are $20. 249-7177. abettheatre.com

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

AUDITIONS FOR GOD OF CARNAGE Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre seeks four actors (two males, two females) for “God of Carnage.” Prepare to present a one-minute comedic monologue of your choice with cold reads to follow after the first round of auditions. Auditions are held at 7 p.m. Aug. 29. 249-7177. abettheatre.com YOUTH VARIETY SHOW AUDITIONS The Northeast Florida Conservatory seeks young singers, actors and dancers of all ages, for a new kids’ program, at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7 and at 1 p.m. Sept. 8 at The Conservatory, 11363 San Jose Blvd., Bldg. 200, Jacksonville. Accompaniment CD, MP3 or sheet music, headshot and bio/résumé are required. “The Song Café” begins in 2013. 374-8639.

CHILDREN’S DRAMA WORKSHOPS Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre offers workshops in music, theater games and story-telling. For first- and secondgraders, the 10-week session starts Sept. 8, at a fee of $200.

For third- through seventh-graders, 14-week sessions start on Sept. 7 or 8, at a fee of $250. 509-1472.

PONTE VEDRA CLASSES, WORKSHOPS The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach offers art classes and workshops in the fall. The first session runs Sept. 12-Oct. 28, and the second session Oct. 31-Dec. 16. 280-0614 ext. 204.

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY EXHIBITION The university announces a call to artists for a curated exhibit Nov. 16. Each artist selected will mount three to five works.

The deadline is Oct. 1; no entry fee. 256-7345. cfasoiree.ju.edu LIMELIGHT SEEKS INSTRUCTORS Limelight Theatre seeks dance instructors for children, teens and adults, and vocal coaches, yoga instructors, aerobics instructors and acting coaches to fill its education calendar.

825-1164 ext. 16.

THEATRICAL ARTS Classes in theatrical performance, including song and dance, are held Mon.-Fri. at The Performers Academy, 3674 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Fees vary. 322-7672. theperformersacademy.com DANCE CLASSES The Dance Shack offers classes in several styles for all ages and skill levels every Mon.-Fri. at 3837 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville. 527-8694. thedanceshack.com MURRAY HILL ART CLASSES Six-week art classes for adults and children are offered at Murray Hill Art Center, 4327 Kerle St., Jacksonville. Adult class fee is $80; $50 for kids’ classes. 677-2787. artsjax.org DRAMATIC ARTS AT BEACHES Classes and workshops in theatrical performance for all ages and skill levels are held Mon.-Fri. at Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. Fees vary. 249-0289.

JAZZ MUSICIANS The Jazzland Café seeks musicians who play piano, bass or drums, for a new ensemble being formed. For details, email info@jazzlandcafe.com

CLASSICAL & JAZZ

NAVY BAND SOUTHEAST The Fairwinds Woodwind Quintet of Navy Bands Southeast plays classical music from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 28 at Clay County Headquarters Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island. Admission is free. 278-3722.

JAZZ ON THE SOUTHSIDE A jam session with session leader Scott Mariash, drums, Jack Pierson, piano and Larry Nader, upright bass, is held from 7-10 p.m. Aug. 28. Tickets are $5. The performance “Carole Freeman Remembers” is presented from 9 p.m.-midnight Aug. 31. Tickets are $10. Jazzland features live music every Thur. from 6-9 p.m. and every Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. 249-1009.

DINO SALIBA Tonino’s Trattoria hosts saxophonist Saliba at 6 p.m. every Sat. at 7001 Merrill Rd., Jacksonville. 743-3848.

JAZZ IN RIVERSIDE Trumpeter Ray Callendar and guitarist Taylor Roberts are featured at 9:30 p.m. every Thur. at Kickbacks Gastropub, 910 King St., Jacksonville. 388-9551.

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

JAZZ IN ST. AUGUSTINE Live jazz is featured nightly at Rhett’s Piano Bar & Brasserie, 66 Hypolita St., St. Augustine. 825-0502.

ART WALKS, MARKETS, FESTIVALS

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK The self-guided tour, themed “Pet Walk,” is held from 5-9 p.m. Sept. 5 in downtown Jacksonville, spanning a 15-block radius of galleries, museums, bars and eateries.

634-0303 ext. 230.

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK The tour of Art Galleries of St. Augustine is held 5-9 p.m.

Sept. 7. A free art walk trolley begins pickup at 6 p.m. at AGOSA member galleries. 829-0065.

MID-WEEK MARKET

Arts & crafts, local produce and live music are featured from 3-6 p.m. every Wed. at Bull Memorial Park, corner of East Coast Drive and Seventh Street, Atlantic Beach. 247-5800.

DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts & crafts and local produce are offered from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Fri. 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 NORTH BEACH ARTS MARKET The market features arts & crafts, produce, community services and kids’ activities from 3-7 p.m. every Sat. at North Beach Park, 3721 Coastal Highway A1A, Vilano Beach (where the wooden walkover crosses A1A). 910-8386.

MUSEUMS

AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378. The interactive “Kid’s Construct! Architecture for Children” is on display through August. The permanent collection includes artifacts from Nassau County’s Spanish Mission period.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, 356-6857. The Folio Weekly Invitational Artist Exhibit, a juried show of local artists’ works, runs through Dec. 2. The exhibit “Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art” is on display through Sept. 16. “Leonard Baskin: Works on Paper,” an exhibit of prints and watercolors, continues through Nov. 11.

FLAGLER COLLEGE’S CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine. A panel discussion with artist Harrell Fletcher and participating students is held at 4 p.m.

Aug. 31 for the collaborative exhibit “Before and After 1565: A Participatory Exploration of St. Augustine’s Native American History.” The opening reception follows from 5-9 p.m. The project runs through Oct. 19. 826-8530.

JACKSONVILLE MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER 2 Independent Drive, Ste. 162, downtown, 355-1101. The museum’s permanent collection includes steamboats and various nautical-themed art.

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY’S ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERY 2800 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville, 256-7371. The opening reception for the exhibit “Work of Varick Rosete and Ed Smith” is held from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 30. The exhibit of Rosete’s traditional print media and web design and Smith’s media drawings and etchings runs through Sept. 26.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Jacksonville, 356-2992. The exhibit “The Final Days of the American Civil War” is on display through Aug. 28. The permanent collection includes rare manuscripts.

The opening reception for the exhibit “To the Hawks Lend Your Heart: Reflections of Alan Justiss,” featuring readings of Justiss’ poems, is held from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 7. The exhibit is on display through Sept. 29.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 366-6911. “Project Atrium: Tristin Lowe” is on display through Oct. 28. Cathedral Arts Project’s exhibit, “Best of the Best,” is featured through Aug. 31.

RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville, 632-5555. 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. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children, students and seniors. Open Tue.-Sun.

GALLERIES

233 WEST KING 233 W. King St., St. Augustine, 217-7470. The exhibit “Frank Monaco Pieces,” featuring the large-scale originals and one-of-a-kind works by award-winning artist Monaco, runs through August. Shows change monthly and the gallery remains open late for First Friday Art Walks.

THE ART CENTER PREMIERE GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 355-1757. The “Still Life” members show runs through Sept.

18. The opening reception for the juried show, “Patterns,” is held 5-7 p.m. Sept. 20. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 13.

BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, Jacksonville, 855-1181.

“Entangled,” an installation of mixed media and found objects

by Courtney McCracken, is on display through Sept. 23.

CROSBY DESIGNS 4000-4 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville, 683-8683. The opening for “Display,” Megan Cosby’s exhibit of figurative paintings, is scheduled for 5-9 p.m. Sept. 27.

THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-0614. The exhibit

“Slightly Left of Center,” featuring works by the Society of Mixed Media Artists (SoMMA), is on display through Sept. 1.

“Color and Form,” an exhibit by S. Barre Barrett and Khamil Ojoyo, opens on Sept. 7.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. The exhibit “Alternative Views” continues through Oct. 22.

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Road, Jacksonville, 425-2845. The opening reception for Betsy Cain’s exhibit “Selections” is held at 7 p.m. Sept. 7. The exhibit continues through Oct. 31. Artist Lily Kuonen is the featured artist for Sept. on the Highway Gallery, a public art project on digital billboards throughout the city.

HASKELL GALLERY Jax International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Rd., 741-3546.

Recent works by Thomas Hager and Christina Foard are on display through September. Works by Louise Freshman Brown and Dustin Harewood are in the Concourse art display cases.

JUICE, A JEN JONES GALLERY 1 Independent Drive, Wells Fargo Center, Jacksonville. Live jazz, a historic filmography and photography presentation, and paintings and sculptures are featured. jenjonesart.com LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES 4615 Philips Highway, Jacksonville, 730-8235. The photography and mixed-media exhibit “America: Visions of My New Country,” works by children attending the Summertime Express youth refugee camp, is displayed year-round in the main lobby. Moises Ramos, an art and photography teacher in Duval County schools, worked with the children.

METACUSP STUDIOS 2650 Rosselle St., Jacksonville, (813) 223-6190. Exhibitions, performance and video by Liz Gibson and Jeff Whipple.

OCEAN ART GALLERY 200 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach, (386) 517-1600. The opening reception for Bob Carlsen’s photographic art, Richard Hausen’s oil paintings, Krystyna Madejczyk’s photographic art and Robert Carlton’s stained glass art is held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 7.

ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Bldg., 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 471-9980. The exhibit “Creative Visions: Art by the Youth of St. Johns County” is on display through Sept. 21.

SEVENTH STREET GALLERY 14 S. Seventh St., Fernandina Beach, 491-5269. The opening reception for a show of colorist/painter Kerry Stamatin and potter Lynn Merhige is held 5-8 p.m. Sept. 8.

SIMPLE GESTURES GALLERY 4 E. White St., St. Augustine, 827-9997. Eclectic works by Steve Marrazzo are featured.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 6 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, 553-6361. The gallery features works by 29 local artists in various media.

SPACE:EIGHT GALLERY 228 W. King St., St. Augustine, 829-2838. Doug Waterfield’s exhibit, “Doomtown,” runs through September.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., St. Augustine, 824-2310. The gallery’s permanent collection features 16th-century artifacts detailing Sir Francis Drake’s 1586 burning of St. Augustine.

STELLER’S GALLERY AT PONTE VEDRA 240 A1A N., Ste. 13, Ponte Vedra Beach, 273-6065. The opening reception for an exhibit of work from painters Jennifer J.L. Jones and Enrique Mora is held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 7.

STUDIO 121 121 W. Forsyth St., Ste. 100, Jacksonville, 292-9303. This working studio and gallery space features the work of Doug Eng, Joyce Gabiou, Bill Yates, Robert Leedy, Terese Muller, Mary St. Germain and Tony Wood.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, 620-1000. The recently completed Wellspring Sculpture by St. Augustine sculptor and glassblower Thomas Long is on display in the new Biological Sciences building. Jerry Domask’s “Vietnam War 45 Years Later,” an exhibit of mixed-media paintings, has its opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 7. The exhibit is on display through Dec. 7 at the Lufrano Intercultural Gallery in the UNF Student Union. 620-2475.

WHITE PEONY 216 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 819-9770. This gallery boutique features a variety of handcrafted jewelry, wearable art and recycled/upcycled items.

WORLEY FAVER GALLERY 11A Aviles St., St. Augustine, 304-2310. This artist-owned studio features pottery and works by Dena and Worley Faver.

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KIDS

Lego Duplo Read! Build! Play! is tailored for kids younger than 5 and held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 28 at Hands On Children’s Museum, 8580 Beach Blvd., Southside.

Admission is $4 and $5.50 (ages 4 and older and adults).

642-2688.

EVENTS

VETERANS PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE The third annual conference, providing Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses the opportunity to learn, network and market their businesses, is held from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 29 at University of North Florida’s University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Southside. Registration is $40. 620-2476. sbdc.unf.edu RUN FOR FUNDS This fun-run fundraiser for Jenoa Alford, son of Jax Sharks player Bill Alford, is held at 11:30 a.m. (registration at 10:30 a.m.) at Whisky River, 4850 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Center. Jenoa is in treatment, recovering from a car accident. A raffle is featured. Donations are $10.

Whisky River is giving all runners with a race number a free beer. 645-5571.

MUSIC BY THE SEA The free concert series continues with Ain’t Too Proud to Beg from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. Each week, an area restaurant offers its fare; this week it’s Maui Grill. 347-8007. thecivicassociation.org CONCERTS IN THE PLAZA The 22nd annual series continues with Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizards performing from 1-5 p.m. Aug. 30 at Plaza de la Constitución, downtown St. Augustine. Bring a chair or blanket. The series wraps up with The John Thomas Group ET Swing & Friends at 7 p.m. Sept. 3.

Bring lounge chairs. 824-1004. staugustinegovernment.com/ sites/concerts-plaza COSMIC CONCERTS Laser shows include Laser Beach Boys at 7 p.m., Laser Country at 8 p.m., LaserRetro at 9 p.m. and Laser Jimmy Buffett at 10 p.m. Aug. 31 in BryanGooding Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Downtown. Online tickets are $5. 396-7062. moshplanetarium.org JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET Northeast Florida’s largest farmers’ market is also its oldest. Nearly 200 yearround vendors and farmers offer everything from live chickens and homemade honey to lemongrass and locally grown blueberries. There’s a restaurant, Andy’s Farmers Market Grill, onsite. Navigable aisles, indoor and outdoor stalls, parking; open dawn to dusk, daily, year-round. 1810 W. Beaver St., Jacksonville. 354-2821. jaxfarmersmarket.com FARMERS MARKET OF SAN MARCO Fresh local and regional produce, homemade chai tea and San Marco local honey are offered from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sat. at 1620 Naldo Ave., near the corner of LaSalle Street and Hendricks Avenue, in Swaims United Methodist Church parking lot. 607-9935.

ST. JOHNS RIVER FARMERS MARKET The new community market is open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sat. at Alpine Groves Park, 2060 S.R. 13, Switzerland. Local produce, arts & crafts are featured. facebook.com/st.johnsriverfamersmarket 92 AT THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO Hot enough? When the temperature is predicted to be higher than 92 degrees – if two of the three local weather authorities say the heat’s gonna hit 92 or more – a half-off general admission coupon is posted on jacksonvillezoo.org, through Aug. 31. Zoo officials determine if a coupon is posted the day prior, based on a 92 degrees or higher prediction made by two of the three local weather authority websites. The coupon, updated after 4 p.m. daily, is good for the day indicated only. Determinations for Sat.-Mon. are made the Fri. before. Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens, 370 Zoo Parkway, has won national acclaim for its South American

Range of the Jaguar exhibit and has the largest botanical garden in Northeast Florida. It’s open daily year-round, 9 a.m.5 p.m., except Christmas day. jacksonvillezoo.org

POLITICS, BUSINESS, ACTIVISM

SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB Ron Sholes, of the Jacksonville Giants ABA basketball team, is the featured speaker at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 29 at San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin. Admission is $20. 396-5559.

SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOPS Government Contracting 101 workshop is held from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at University of North Florida’s Small Business Development Center, 12000 Alumni Dr., Southside. Cost is $40. 620-2476. sbdc.unf.edu JACKSONVILLE JOURNEY The oversight committee of this crime-fighting initiative meets at 4 p.m. Sept. 20 in Eighth Floor Conference Room 851, Ed Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St., Downtown. 630-7306.

BOOKS & WRITING

RON WHITTINGTON Local author Whittington signs copies of his new Parker Glynn mystery, “Dopplegänged,” from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 31 at Monkey’s Uncle Tavern, 1850 S. Third St., Jax Beach. 246-1070. Whittington is also on hand from noon-4 p.m. Sept. 3 at American Legion Post 129, 1151 Fourth St. S., Jax Beach, where book sale proceeds benefit the legion’s building fund. rpwhittington.com FICTION WRITERS WORKSHOP The Bard Society holds this workshop from 7-9:30 p.m. every Wed. at 1358 Tiber Ave., St. Nicholas. Those willing to share their insight into the craft of fiction are welcome. Egos are checked at the door. 250-6045.

BOOK CONTEST Entries for the 2012 Florida Book Awards contest for Florida authors are being accepted. For details, go to floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP The Callahan Creative Writing Workshop is held at 6:15 p.m. every Tue. at Nassau County Library branch, 450077 S.R. 200, Ste. 15, Callahan.

Nancy Lee Bethea is group moderator. 403-4360.

BOOK GROUP The reading group gathers at 7 p.m. every second Tue. of the month at Books Plus, 107 Centre St., Fernandina Beach. 261-0303.

COMEDY

CARLOS MENCIA, DON “DC” CURRY Comedy Zone All Stars appear at 8 p.m. Aug. 28. Tickets are $6 and $8. Standup superstar Carlos Mencia appears at 7 and 9 p.m. Aug. 29 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Road, Ramada Inn, Mandarin.

Tickets are $30. The versatile star of film and TV Don “DC” Curry appears at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and Sep. 2, and at 8 and 10 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Tickets are $20 and $25. 292-4242.

JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB Dean Napolitano and Chris Gay appear at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at 3009 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine. Tickets are $8 and $12.

461-8843.

CARMEN VALLONE Carmen Vallone appears with Austin Mann at 8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside. 365-5555.

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THREE LAYERS COFFEEHOUSE Brian Foley hosts various comedians from 7-8 p.m. every Sun. at Three Layers Coffeehouse, 1602 Walnut St., Springfield. 355-9791.

SQUARE ONE STANDUP Moses West and Herman Nazworth host standup and spoken word at 9 p.m. every Tue. at Square One, 1974 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. 306-9004.

UPCOMING EVENTS

OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE OPEN HOUSE Sept. 12, UNF’s University Center FIGHT NIGHT IN DUVAL PRO BOXING Sept. 15, Brewster’s MegaPlex JAX BULLIES VS. CHARLOTTE COPPERHEADS Sept. 15, Veterans Memorial Arena JAGUARS VS. TEXANS Sept. 16, EverBank Field IMAGINATION MOVERS Sept. 21, The Florida Theatre THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE Sept. 25, T-U Center SESAME STREET LIVE: ELMO MAKES MUSIC Sept. 29, T-U Center Moran Theater JAGUARS VS. BENGALS Sept. 30, EverBank Field FLORIDA FORUM WITH WALTER ISAACSON Oct. 2, T-U Center KEVIN HART LET ME EXPLAIN TOUR Oct. 12, T-U Center JOHN HIATT & THE COMBO Oct. 19, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall FOLIO WEEKLY’S 4TH ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST Oct. 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

NATURE, SPORTS, OUTDOORS

FT. CLINCH UNION GARRISON Living history interpreters recreate Civil War life Sept. 1 and 2 at Ft. Clinch State Park, 2601 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach. Artillery demos, marching drills and everyday chores are featured. A selfguided candlelight tour is held after sundown Sept. 1.

277-7274. floridastateparks.org/fortclinch JAGUARS VS. FALCONS The Jacksonville Jaguars play their last home preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at EverBank Stadium, 1 Stadium Place, Jacksonville. Tickets range from $60-$260. 633-2000.

TALBOT ISLANDS STATE PARK Test your knowledge to see how much you know about the Talbot Islands State Parks at the Talbot Discovery Table, at the end of Boardwalk No. 1 in the north beach area, open at 2 p.m. Sept. 1 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 GUIDED KAYAK EVENTS Kayak Amelia offers various guided kayak events, including firefly paddles, full moon paddles, bike tours and yoga kayak, held throughout the area, with expert instruction and supervision. Or rent a canoe or kayak and explore the marshes on your own. Kayak Amelia, 13030 Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville, 251-0016. kayakamelia.com PADDLE BOARD EVENTS Black Creek Outfitters offer standup paddle board mini-lessons every other Tue., as well as stand-up paddle board yoga, kayak trips to Northeast Florida’s waterways and SUP demos on the ocean. Call for times, dates and fees. Black Creek Outfitters, 10051 Skinner Lake Drive, Southside. 645-7003. blackcreekoutfitters.com

LEGO DUPLO READ! BUILD! PLAY! This event, tailored for kids younger than 5, is held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 28 at Hands On Children’s Museum, 8580 Beach Blvd., Southside.

Admission is $4 and $5.50 (ages 4 and older and adults).

642-2688.

PERFORMERS ACADEMY Fall classes include Recording Made Easy (14 and older), Acting for Tots, Young Performers Theatre, Fundamentals of Acting for Teens, Acting Without Agony with Dwight Cenac, as well as workshops, mini-courses and dropin courses. 3674 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. For class fees and details, call 322-7672.

STORYTIME A Children’s Storytime is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wed. at Barnes & Noble, 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 8, Mandarin, featuring stories and songs. 886-9904.

KAYAK LESSONS Black Creek Outfitters offers kayak sessions throughout the summer. Classes are primarily for beginners, and kayakers must know how to swim. Call 645-7003.

T. REX EXHIBIT AT MOSH The traveling exhibit, A T. Rex Named Sue from Chicago’s Field Museum, is open at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Downtown. It features a cast skeleton of the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered: 42 feet long and 12 feet tall. 396-6674. themosh.org

COMMUNITY INTEREST

PADDLE FOR DAISY This Christian Surfers fundraiser is held at 9 a.m. Sept. 1 at Jax Beach Pier’s south side, Fifth Street North, Jax Beach. Proceeds benefit Daisy Love Merrick, the granddaughter of surfer Al Merrick, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. christiansurfers.com MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SEMINAR Dr. Brian Steingo discusses “Emerging MS Therapies and Symptom Management” and Dr. Ali Kasraeian discusses “Urologic Dysfunction with MS” at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 8 at Marriott Southpoint, 4670 Salisbury Road, Southside. Admission is free. Registration is required before Sept. 3; call (954) 684-1683 or email stuart@msviewsandnews.org

CLASSES & GROUPS

CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES Wine Essentials Focus: Classic Wine & Cheese Pairings is held from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 29 at UNF’s University Center, Bldg. 43, 12000 Alumni Dr., Southside. Registration is $79. 620-4200. ce.unf.edu FREE YOGA ON THE RIVER Karen Roumillat, RYT, teaches free gentle yoga at 9 a.m. on the fourth Sun. of the month on the boardwalk, weather permitting, at Walter Jones Historical Park, 11964 Mandarin Road, Mandarin. Bring a mat. 287-0452.

MARINE VETERANS GROUP The Oldest City Detachment 383 gathers at 7 p.m. the first Tue. of each month at Elks Lodge 829, 1420 A1A S., St. Augustine. The organization supports Toys For Tots, Canes for Veterans and other community programs. 461-0139. mclfl383.org SALSA DANCE CLASS Free salsa classes are held at 8 p.m. every Tue. at Castillo de Mexico, 12620 Beach Blvd., Southside. 998-7006.

AMPUTEES TALK SHOP The group meets at 1 p.m. the second Sat. of the month at various locations throughout Northeast Florida. mysupportjax.com VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA The Duval County Chapter No. 1046 gathers at 7 p.m. the first Wed. of every month at the Elks Lodge, 1855 West Road, Southside. 419-8821.

NAMI SUPPORT GROUP National Alliance on Mental Illness meets from 7-8:30 p.m. every first and third Thur. each month at Ortega United Methodist Church, 4807 Roosevelt Blvd., Westside. Admission is free. 389-5556. ortegaumc.org NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (NIC-A) Want to quit smoking or using other forms of nicotine? Nic-A is free, and you don’t have to quit to attend the meetings, held at 6:30 p.m. every Wed. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1415 S. McDuff Ave., Westside. 404-6044. nicotineanonymous.org Q-GROUP ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS This free, open discussion is held at 5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. at Quality Life Center, 11265 Alumni Way, Southside. alcoholicanonymous.org 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.

DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE This support group meets from 6-7:30 p.m. every Tue. at Baptist Medical Center, 800 Prudential Drive, Downtown. For more information, call 322-4040.

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(In Fernandina Beach unless otherwise noted.)

BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ F At the foot of Centre Street, the upscale restaurant overlooks Harbor Marina. 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 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. $$ CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY F European-style breads, pastries, croissants, muffins and pies baked daily. 1014 Atlantic Ave. 491-4663. $ 8TH STREET DINER F Familiar diner fare and specialties, including Italian Wedding Soup, teriyaki chicken wrap and The Best BLT. CM, D. 17 S. Eighth St. 491-0330. $$ 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. 5472 First Coast Highway, Amelia Island, 491-1999. $$ HALFTIME SPORTS BAR & GRILL F Owners John and Bretta Walker offer sports bar fare including onion rings, spring rolls, burgers, wraps and wings. Plenty of TVs show nearly every sport imaginable. BW. L & D, Wed.-Mon. 320 S. Eighth St. 321-0303. $ HAPPY TOMATO COURTYARD CAFE & BBQ Pulled pork sandwich, chicken salad and walnut chocolate chunk cookie, served in a laid-back atmosphere. BW. CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7 S. Third St. 321-0707. $$ 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. $$ KABUKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Teppanyaki masters create your meal; plus a 37-item sushi bar. BW. D, Tue.-Sun. Amelia Plaza. 277-8782. $$ 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 and seafood “little plates” served in a historic house. Dinner features fresh local seafood. 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 drive-thru. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 463363 S.R. 200, Yulee.

225-3600. $ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. Northern-style 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. An extensive menu offers vegetarian, vegan items. Daily specials: local seafood, free-range chicken, fresh organic produce. CM. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 833 TJ Courson Rd. 277-3141. $$ PEPPER’S MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA F The family restaurant offers authentic Mexican cuisine. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 520 Centre St. 272-2011. $$ PLAE *Bite Club Certified! In Omni Amelia Island Plantation’s Spa & Shops, the cozy venue offers an innovative and PLAEful dining experience. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, nightly. 277-2132. $$$ SALT, THE GRILL Best of Jax winner. Elegant dining featuring local seafood and produce, served in a contemporary coastal setting. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island. 491-6746. $$$$ 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. $$ THE SURF F Dine inside or on the large oceanview deck.

Steaks, fresh fish, shrimp, nightly specials. Late-night menu.

FB. L & D, daily. 3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 261-5711. $$ TASTY’S FRESH BURGERS & FRIES F The name pretty much says it all. Tasty’s offers burgers (Angus beef, turkey or veggie) and fries (like cheese fries, sweet potato fries), along with dogs, shakes, floats and soup. L & D, Mon.-Sat. CM, BW. 710 Centre St. 321-0409. $ TIMOTI’S FRY SHAK This new casual seafood restaurant features local wild-caught shrimp, fish and oysters, along

with blackboard specials. L & D, daily. CM, BW. 21 N. Third St. 310-6550. $$ T-RAY’S BURGER STATION F A favorite local spot; Best of Jax winner. Grilled or blackened fish sandwiches, homemade burgers. BW, TO. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 202 S. Eighth St. 261-6310. $ 29 SOUTH EATS F Part of historic Fernandina Beach’s downtown scene. Award-winning Chef Scotty serves traditional world cuisine with a modern twist. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, Mon.-Sat.; Sun. brunch. 29 S. Third St. 277-7919. $$

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

CLEOTA’S SOUTHERN AMERICAN CUISINE F Locally owned and operated, Cleota’s offers authentic, homestyle Southern cuisine, like fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, shrimp & grits, mac & cheese. Gourmet desserts. L & D, Tue.-Sun. TO. 2111 University Blvd. N. 800-2102. $ KABUTO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Steak & shrimp, filet mignon & lobster, shrimp & scallops, a sushi bar, teppanyaki grill and traditional Japanese cuisine. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10055 Atlantic Blvd. 724-8883. $$$ LA NOPALERA Best of Jax winner. See Intracoastal. 8818 Atlantic Blvd. 720-0106. $ NERO’S CAFE F Traditional Italian fare, including seafood, veal, beef, chicken and pasta dishes. Weekly specials are lasagna, 2-for-1 pizza and AYCE spaghetti. CM, FB. L, Sun.; D, daily. 3607 University Blvd. N. 743-3141. $$ 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. $$ UNIVERSITY DINER F The popular diner serves familiar breakfast fare and lunch 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. $

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BISCOTTIS F 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. Half-portions 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 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 A local landmark 50+ years.

Ian & Mary Chase serve classic diner-style fare, homemade desserts. B & L daily. 3580 St. Johns Ave. 387-2669. $ GINJO SUSHI JAPANESE RESTAURANT New at Shoppes of Avondale, Ginjo serves traditional Japanese fare and sushi.

Sake, BW. L & D, daily. 3620 St. Johns Ave. 388-5688. $$ GREEN MAN GOURMET Organic and natural products, spices, teas, salts, BW. Open daily. 3543 St. Johns Ave. 384-0002. $ MOJO NO. 4 F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 3572 St. Johns Ave. 381-6670. $$ ORSAY Best of Jax winner. The French/American bistro focuses on craftsmanship and service. FB. D, Mon.-Sat.; Brunch & D, Sun. 3630 Park St. 381-0909. $$$ TOM & BETTY’S F A Jacksonville tradition for more than 30 years, Tom & Betty’s serves hefty sandwiches with classic car themes, along with homemade-style dishes. CM, FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4409 Roosevelt Blvd. 387-3311. $$

BAYMEADOWS

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 8060 Philips Hwy. 731-4300. $ ANCIENT CITY SUBS Locally owned-and-operated by Andy and Rhonna Rockwell, the St. Augustine-themed sandwich shop, now in Baymeadows, serves gourmet subs – toasted, pressed or cold – and salads. CM, TO. Mon.-Sat. 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 207 (at Baymeadows Rd.). 446-9988. $ BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA F Family-owned&-operated NYC-style pizzeria serves hand-tossed, brickoven-baked pizza, traditional Italian dinners, wings, subs.

Delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 10920 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 3. 519-8000. $$ CAFE CONFLUENCE F The 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. $ 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. $$

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The waiters bring authentic Mexican fare and amazing balancing skills to your table at Casa Maria, on Jacksonville’s North Main Street near the River City Marketplace. Casa Maria also has a Beaches location. Photo: Walter Coker 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. $$ THE FIFTH ELEMENT F Authentic Indian, South Indian and Indochinese dishes made with artistic flair. Lunch buffet includes lamb, goat, chicken, tandoori and biryani items. CM. L & D, daily. 9485 Baymeadows Rd. 448-8265. $$ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 8650 Baymeadows Rd. 448-0500. $$ INDIA RESTAURANT F Best of Jax winner. Extensive menu of entrées, clay-oven grilled Tandoori specialties and chicken tandoor, fish, seafood and korma. L, Mon.-Sat., D, daily. 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8. 620-0777. $$ 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. $ 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. $$ MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE *Bite Club Certified! F The Lebanese restaurant offers authentic cuisine: lahm meshwe, kafta khoshkhas and baked filet of red snapper. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9862 Old Baymeadows Rd. 646-1881. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 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 *Bite Club Certified! Center-cut beef, seafood, sandwiches served in an English tavern atmosphere. 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. $$ PATTAYA THAI GRILLE F Traditional Thai and vegetarian items and a 40-plus item vegetarian menu served in a contemporary atmosphere. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1. 646-9506. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 3928 Baymeadows Rd. 527-8649. $$ STICKY FINGERS F Memphis-style rib house specializes in barbecue ribs served several ways. FB. L & D, daily. 8129 Point Meadows Way. 493-7427. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 9910 Old Baymeadows Rd. 641-7171. $

BEACHES

(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 1996-2011. BW. L & D, daily. 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-0002. $

ANGIE’S SUBS F Best of Jax winner. Subs are made-toorder fresh. Serious casual. Wicked good iced tea. 1436 Beach Blvd. 246-2519. $ BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & MARKET F The full fresh seafood market serves seafood baskets, fish tacos, oyster baskets, Philly cheesesteaks. Dine indoors or outside. Beach delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 120 S. Third St. 444-8862. $$ BONGIORNO’S PHILLY STEAK SHOP F South Philly’s Bongiorno clan imports Amoroso rolls for Real Deal cheese-steak, Original Gobbler, clubs, wraps, burgers, dogs.

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

246-3278. $$ BONO’S PIT BAR-B-Q F Baby back ribs, fried corn, sweet potatoes, wide varieties of barbecue. BW. L & D, daily. 1307 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 270-2666. 1266 S. Third St. 249-8704. bonosbarbq.com $ BREEZY COFFEE SHOP CAFE F This new local coffee shop café features fresh, locally roasted Costa Rican organic coffee and espresso, as well as freshly-baked-in-house muffins, breads, scones and cakes. Breakfast, lunch and vegan options available. CM. B, L, Br., daily. 235 Eighth Ave. S. 241-2211. $ BUDDHA THAI BISTRO F Authentic Thai dishes made with fresh ingredients using tried-and-true recipes. FB, TO. L & D, daily. 301 10th Ave. N. 372-9149. $$ BURRITO GALLERY EXPRESS F Best of Jax winner. The Gallery’s kid sister at the beach each is mostly take-out; same great chow, fast service. 1333 N. Third St. 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. $$ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax winner. See Springfield. 2429 S. Third St. 372-9000. $ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows.

320 N. First St. 270-8565. $$ CRAB CAKE FACTORY JAX *Bite Club Certified! F Chef Khan Vongdara presents an innovative menu of seafood dishes and seasonal favorites. FB. L & D daily. 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza. 247-9880. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax winner, serving burgers, sandwiches, tacos, quesadillas and cheese fries. 319 23rd Ave. S. 270-0356. $ CULHANE’S IRISH PUB *Bite Club Certified! Four sisters own and operate the authentic Irish pub, with faves Guinness stew, lamb sliders and fish pie. L, Fri.-Sun.; D, Tue.-Sun.; weekend brunch. FB, CM. 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-9595. $$ DICK’S WINGS F The casual NASCAR-themed place serves 365 varieties of wings. The menu also features halfpound burgers, ribs and salads. BW, TO. L & D daily. 2434 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, 372-0298. 311 N. Third St., 853-5004. $ DWIGHT’S The Mediterranean-style bistro features fresh local seafood, filet mignon, mixed grill and an extensive wine list. D, Tue.-Sat. 1527 Penman Rd. 241-4496. $$$$ ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY F The Best of Jax winner serves gastropub fare: soups, salads, flatbreads and sandwiches, like BarBe-Cuban and beer dip. Craft beers made onsite, too. Daily specials. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217. 249-2337. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Best of Jax winner. 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. 410 N. Third St. 242-9499. $$ THE FISH COMPANY *Bite Club Certified! F Fresh, local seafood is served, including Mayport shrimp, fish baskets and grilled tuna and there’s an oyster bar. L & D, daily. CM, FB. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, Atlantic Beach.

246-0123. $$ HOT DOG HUT F Best of Jax winner. All-beef hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers, crab cakes, beer-battered onion rings and French fries. B. L, daily. 1439 S. Third St. 247-8886. $ ICHIBAN F Three dining areas: teppan or hibachi tables (watch a chef prepare your food), a sushi bar and Western-style seating offering tempura and teriyaki. FB, Japanese plum wine. L & D, daily. 675 N. Third St. 247-4688. $$ LYNCH’S IRISH PUB The full-service restaurant offers corned beef & cabbage, Shepherd’s pie, fish-n-chips. 30plus beers on tap. FB. L, Sat. & Sun., D, daily. 514 N. First St. 249-5181. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS *Bite Club Certified! F Best of Jax winner. See Southside. 1080 Third St. N. 241-5600. $ METRO DINER F Best of Jax winner. See San Marco. 1534 N. Third St. 853-6817. $$ MEZZA LUNA F A Beaches tradition for 20-plus years. Great food, from gourmet wood-fired pizzas to contemporary American cuisine. Inside or patio dining.

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 winner. Traditional slow-cooked Southern barbecue served in a blues bar. Faves are pulled pork, Texas brisket, slow-cooked ribs. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1500 Beach Blvd.

247-6636. $$ MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN F For 25-plus years, Monkey’s has served pub grub, burgers, sandwiches, seafood and wings. Dine inside or out on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1850 S. Third St. 246-1070. $ NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE F Best of Jax winner. Executive Chef Kenny Gilbert’s cuisine features local fare and innovative dishes, served in an island atmosphere. Dine inside or out on the tiki deck. FB. L & D, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 2309 Beach Blvd. 247-3300. $$ NORTH BEACH BISTRO *Bite Club Certified! 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 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. $$$ THE PIER CANTINA F Best of Jax winner. The new oceanfront place offers a Mexican menu. Downstairs Sandbar bar & patio. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 412 N. First St. 246-6454. $$ PHILLY’S FINEST F Authentic Philly-style cheesesteaks made with imported Amorosa rolls. Hoagies, wings and pizza ... cold beer, too. FB. L & D, daily. 1527 N. Third St. 241-7188. $$ POE’S TAVERN F An American gastropub that offers 50-plus beers, craft and local/regional selections. Gourmet hamburgers, handcut fries, fish tacos, quesadillas, Edgar’s Drunken Chili and daily fish sandwich special. L & D, daily.

FB, CM. 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7637. $$ RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD GRILL F Best of Jax winner.

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. $$ SAKANA F Eclectic contemporary Pan Asian dishes and signature sushi. Dine indoors, on an oceanfront patio, or in Blue Bar Lounge. FB. L, Sat. & Sun.; D, nightly. 111 Third Ave. N. 595-5355. $$ SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK F Best of Jax winner. Specialty menu items include signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp. Casual, trendy open-air space. FB, TO, CM. L & D, daily. 1018 N. Third St. 372-4456. $$ SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE F Best of Jax winner. 111 Beach Blvd. 482-1000. $$ SUN DOG STEAK & SEAFOOD *Bite Club Certified! 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 Fresh, Baja-style Mexican fare, with a focus on fish tacos and tequila, as well as fried cheese, bangin’ shrimp and verde chicken tacos.

Valet parking. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1183 Beach Blvd.

249-8226. $$ URBAN FLATS See Southside. FB. L & D, daily. 131 First Ave. N. 595-5263. $$ THE WINE BAR The casual neighborhood place has a tapas-style menu, fire-baked flatbreads and a wine selection. Tue.-Sun. 320 N. First St. 372-0211. $$

DOWNTOWN

(The Jacksonville Landing venues are at 2 Independent Drive) BENNY’S STEAK & SEAFOOD Continental cuisine features fresh fish, lobster, crab, chops, Midwestern beef. Signature dishes include chef’s tuna, Benny’s crab cake, rack of lamb.

Dine inside or on the riverview patio. CM, FB. L & D daily.

The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 175. 301-1014. $$$ BURRITO GALLERY & BAR F Best of Jax 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 Located on the first floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Cafe Nola serves shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos and homemade desserts. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Thur. 333 N. Laura St. 366-6911 ext. 231. $$ CASA DORA ITALIAN RESTAURANT F For 36 years, owner Freddy Ghobod and Chef Sam Hamidi have been serving genuine Italian fare, including veal, ribeye steaks, seafood, pizza and sandwiches. Homemade-style salad dressing is a specialty. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; D, Sat. 108 E. Forsyth St. 356-8282. $$ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows.

The Jacksonville Landing. 354-7747. $$$ DE REAL TING CAFE F Authentic Caribbean lunch buffet Tue.-Fri. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 128 W. Adams St. 633-9738. $$ FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT New location. Casual dining with an uptown Irish flair, including fish & chips, Guinness beef stew and black-and-tan brownies. FB, CM. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176. 374-1247. $$ INDOCHINE Best of Jax winner. 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., For questions, please call your advertising representative at 260-9770.

D, Tue.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-5303. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE Family-owned-and-operated.

FAX YOUR PROOF IF POSSIBLE AT 268-3655 Jenkins offers beef, pork, chicken, homemade desserts.

L & D, daily. 830 N. Pearl St. 353-6388. $ PROMISE BENEFIT SUPPORT ASK FOR ACTION Produced by ab KOJA SUSHI F Best of Jax winner. Sushi, Japanese,OF Asian and Korean cuisine. Indoor and outdoor dining and bar. FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing. 350-9911. $$ NORTHSTAR SUBSTATION F This place features brick-ovenbaked pizzas, grinders, wings, Philly cheesesteaks, custom sandwiches and fries served in a laid-back setting. FB, 27 beers on draft. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 119 E. Bay St. 860-5451. $ OLIO MARKET F Fresh sandwiches, salads, soups, entrées.

In Churchwell Lofts building, Olio partners eclectic tastes with Old World ambiance in a casual renovated space.

L, Mon.-Fri.; late Art Walk. 301 E. Bay St. 356-7100. $$ SKYLINE DINING & CONFERENCE CENTER Weekday lunch includes salad bar, hot meals and a carving station. L, Sun. upon request. FB. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 3550. 791-9797. $$ TRELLISES HYATT REGENCY American cuisine includes a breakfast buffet with a made-to-order omelet station, a la carte items. Signature lunch and dinner entrees: grouper salad, Angus burgers, Reubens, French onion grilled cheese, seafood, steaks. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 225 East Coast Line Dr. 634-4540. $$$ VITO’S ITALIAN CAFE F Best of Jax winner. Authentic Italian oven-baked pasta dishes, pizza, veal, chicken and seafood items made with fresh ingredients. CM, FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 174. 355-0064. $$ ZODIAC GRILL F Serving Mediterranean cuisine and American favorites, with a popular lunch buffet. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 120 W. Adams St. 354-8283. $

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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. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax winner. See Intracoastal. 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100. 215-2223. $ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax winner. See Southside. 1800 Town Center Pkwy. 541-1999. $ MOJO SMOKEHOUSE F Best of Jax winner. FB. L & D, daily.

1810 Town Ctr. Blvd. 264-0636. $$ WHITEY’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax winner. The renowned seafood place, family-owned since 1963, offers AYCE freshwater catfish. Also steaks, pastas. Outdoor waterfront dining. And you can get there by car, boat or bike. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 2032 C.R. 220. 269-4198. $

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 14286 Beach Blvd. (at San Pablo Rd.) 223-0991. $ AROY THAI FUSION The new restaurant offers authentic Thai cuisine, including pad Thai, Thai fried rice and traditional curry dishes. Daily happy hour, FB, TO. L & D, daily. 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40. 374-0161. $$ BIG DAWG’S SPORTS RESTAURANT F The family-friendly casual sports place has wings, burgers, sandwiches, wraps and specialty salads. Kids get a Puppy Chow menu. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 12630 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 551-3059. $$

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GRILL ME! A WEEKLY Q&A WITH PEOPLE IN THE FOOD BIZ

NAME: Richard Grenamyer RESTAURANT: The Blue Fish Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 3551 St. Johns Ave., Avondale BIRTHPLACE: Long Island, N.Y.

YEARS IN THE BIZ: 49

FAVORITE RESTAURANT (besides mine): Union Square Café, NYC FAVORITE COOKING STYLE: All types.

FAVORITE INGREDIENTS: All kinds of seafood.

IDEAL MEAL: Lots of small plates with a variety of tastes, and great wine.

WOULDN’T EAT IF YOU PAID ME: There’s nothing I wouldn’t try.

MOST MEMORABLE RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE: A waiter doing a tableside dessert set my pants on fire, along with the table, carpet and cart!

INSIDER’S SECRET: Spare no expense on quality ingredients.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING AT BLUE FISH: Tim Tebow.

CULINARY GUILTY PLEASURE: Ice cream!

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BRUCCI’S PIZZA, PASTA, PANINIS F Authentic New Yorkstyle pizza, Italian pastas, desserts; family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36. 223-6913. $ CASTILLO DE MEXICO F The authentic, extensive menu includes a weekday lunch buffet. FB. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 19, Kernan Square. 998-7006. $$ 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. $$ EL RANCHITO Latin American cuisine includes dishes from Colombia, Cuba and Mexico. BW, CM, TO. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 22. 992-4607. $$ 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 winner. Family-owned-andoperated, 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. $$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT See St. Johns Town Center.

13546 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1A. 821-9880. $ THAI ORCHID F The restaurant serves authentic Thai cuisine made with fresh ingredients, including pad Thai, Thai curry dishes and rice dishes. BW. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 683-1286. $$ TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL F Wings, gourmet pizza, fresh seafood and specialty wraps. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5. 223-6999. $$

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. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F See Intracoastal. 540 S.R. 13, Ste. 10, Fruit Cove. 287-8317. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 116 Bartram Oaks Walk.

230-2171. $ VINO’S PIZZA With four Jacksonville locations, Vino’s 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, 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 winner. See Beaches. 11190 San Jose Blvd. 260-4115. $ AW SHUCKS F The seafood place offers an oyster bar,

steaks, seafood, wings, pasta. Faves: ahi tuna, shrimp & grits, oysters Rockefeller. Sweet potato puffs are the signature side. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd. 240-0368. $$ THE BLUE CRAB CRABHOUSE F A Maryland-style crabhouse featuring fresh blue crabs, garlic crabs, and king, snow and Dungeness crab legs. FB, CM. D, Tue.-Sat.; L & D, Sun. 3057 Julington Creek Rd. 260-2722. $$ BRAZILIAN JAX CAFE Authentic Brazilian dishes include steaks, sausages, chicken, fish, burgers and hot sandwiches made with fresh ingredients. Traditional feijoada (black beans and pork stew with rice, collards, orange salad and toasted yucca flour with bacon) is served every Sat. TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 20. 880-3313. $$ BROOKLYN PIZZA F The traditional pizzeria serves New York-style pizza, specialty pies, and subs, strombolis and calzones. BW. L & D, daily. 11406 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Rd., 880-0020. $ CLARK’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax winner. Clark’s has steak, ribs, AYCE catfish dinners, 3-pound prime rib. Dine in, out or in a creek-view glass-enclosed room. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 12903 Hood Landing Rd. 268-3474. $$ 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. $$ ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Family-owned, Enza’s offers fine Italian dining, featuring veal and seafood dishes. Daily specials. FB, CM, TO. D, Tue.-Sun. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin Landing. 268-4458. $$$ GIGI’S RESTAURANT Breakfast buffet daily, lunch buffet weekdays. The Comedy Zone (Best of Jax winner) has an appetizer menu. FB. B, L & D, daily. I-295 & San Jose Blvd.

(Ramada Inn). 268-8080. $$ (Fri. & Sat. buffet, $$$) HALA CAFE & BAKERY F See Southside. 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd. 288-8890. $$ HARMONIOUS MONKS American-style steakhouse features a 9-oz. choice Angus center-cut filet topped with gorgonzola shiitake mushroom cream sauce, 8-oz. gourmet burgers, fall-off-the-bone ribs, wraps, sandwiches. FB. L & D, Mon.Sat. 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30. 880-3040. $$ 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 Best of Jax winner. See San Marco.

12807 San Jose Blvd. 638-6185. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 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. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F See Orange Park. 9825

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San Jose Blvd., Ste. 24, Outback Plaza. 503-2230. $$ RACK ’EM UP SPORTS BAR F This cigar & hookah lounge offers bar food and more than 200 beers, imported and domestic. D, nightly. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 262-4030. $ THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL This casual, familyfriendly eatery serves pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials and pasta dishes. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12. 683-3773. $$ 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. $$ TANK’S FAMILY BAR-B-Q Owned and operated by the Tankersley family, this place offers made-from-scratch Southern-style fare, featuring their own sauces. CM, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 11701 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 23. 351-8265. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 268-6660. $ WHOLE FOODS MARKET F Offering 100+ prepared items at a full-service and self-service hot bar, soup bar, dessert bar. Made-to-order Italian specialties from a brick oven pizza hearth. L & D, daily. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22.

288-1100. $$

ORANGE PARK

ARON’S PIZZA F The family-owned restaurant offers eggplant dishes, manicotti and New York-style pizza. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 650 Park Ave. 269-1007. $$ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F For 18-plus years, the sportsthemed family restaurant has served wings, ribs, entrees, sandwiches. FB. L & D, daily. 9680 Argyle Forest Blvd.

425-6466. $$ THE HILLTOP CLUB She-crab soup, scallops, prime beef, wagyu beef, chicken Florentine and stuffed grouper. Chef Nick’s salmon is a favorite. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. 2030 Wells Rd. 272-5959. $$ JOEY MOZARELLAS The 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 Family-owned-andoperated. Gourmet pizza, veal, chicken, mussels, shrimp, grouper. The pastas: spaghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, calzones, linguini, ravioli, made with fresh ingredients, homemade-style.

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 Authentic traditional Thai fare made with fresh ingredients, served in a relaxed atmosphere. Curry dishes and specialty selections include crispy duck, pra-ram, pad Thai and seafood. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Sat. & Sun. 10 Blanding Blvd., Ste. A. 272-8434. $$

PONTE VEDRA, NE ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. BW. L & D, daily. 635 A1A. 543-1494. $ AQUA GRILL Upscale cuisine: fresh seafood, Angus steaks, Maine lobster, vegetarian dishes. Outdoor patio seating. FB. L, Mon.-Sat.; D, nightly. 950 Sawgrass Village Dr. 285-3017. $$$ THE AUGUSTINE GRILLE *Bite Club Certified! Chef Brett Smith’s global cuisine is seasonal and local. Selections include prime steaks, New York strip, lamb and lobster Napoleon. FB, CM. D, nightly. 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., Sawgrass Marriott. 285-7777. $$$ 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. $$ CAFFE ANDIAMO Traditional Italian cuisine: fresh seafood, veal, homemade pastas and wood-fired pizza prepared in a copper clad oven. An extensive wine list is offered in a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Dine indoors or out on the terrace. L & D, daily. 500 Sawgrass Village. 280-2299. $$$ 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. $$ MULLIGAN’S PUB F The new Irish gastropub, at Hilton Garden Inn, offers a variety of favorites and Irish dishes. FB. D, daily. 45 PGA Tour Blvd. 280-1661. $$ 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. $$$ PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE *Bite Club Certified! F Freshly prepared Caribbean cuisine, including red snapper Ponte Vedra Jamaican grilled pork ribs and barbecued salmon tower. Tropical rum drinks include Pusser’s Painkiller. FB. L & D, daily. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100. 280-7766. L, $$; D, $$ RESTAURANT MEDURE Chef Matthew Medure offers

eclectic cuisine of local and imported seafood with Southern and Asian influences. F/B. D, Mon.-Sat. 818 A1A N. 543-3797. $$$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Best of Jax winner. See San Marco. 8141 A1A. 285-0014. $$$$ 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 See St. Johns Town Center. FB. L & D, daily.

330 A1A N. 280-5515. $$

RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS,WESTSIDE

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 1620 Margaret St. 388-8384. $ BAKERY MODERNE F The neighborhood bakery has classic pastries, artisanal breads, seasonal favorites, made from scratch, including petit fours, custom cakes. B & L, daily. 869 Stockton St., Ste. 6. 389-7117. $ BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS Artisan-crafted, smallbatch roasted specialty coffees from its certified organic roastery and brew bar, including lattes, local pastries, craft beers. BW. 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2. 855-1181. $ CARMINE’S PIE HOUSE F The Italian eatery offers pizza by the slice, gourmet pizzas, appetizers, classic Italian dishes (calzone, stromboli, subs, panini) and microbrews served 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.

Sun. Br. 2708 Park St. 381-4242. $ EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ F Best of Jax winner. 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-and-go sandwiches, salads and sides. Craft beers, organic wines. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.; L, Sun. 2007 Park St. 384-4474. $ 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. $ JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILL F A Riverside tradition, serving 60+ fresh deli and grill items, including hot sandwiches. L, Mon.-Fri. 474 Riverside Ave. 356-8055. $ KICKBACKS GASTROPUB F Best of Jax winner.

Neighborhood spot serves favorites 20 hours a day, every day. 655+ bottled beers, 84 on tap. CM. 910 King St. 388-9551. $$ MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Smoked meats include wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey and ribs. Homemade-style sides include green beans, baked beans, red cole slaw, collards. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551. $$ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax 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. $$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT See St. Johns Town Center.

1661 Riverside Ave., Ste. 128. 900-1955. $ 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-nchips — plus 18 beers on tap. L, daily except Mon.; D, daily.

CM, FB. 1521 Margaret St. 854-9300. $$ PELE’S WOOD FIRE At this new restaurant, Chef Micah Windham uses a wood-fired oven to create traditional, authentic Italian fare with a modern twist. CM, FB, TO. L & D, daily; Br., weekend. 2665 Park St. 232-8545. $$ PERARD’S PIZZA & ITALIAN CUISINE F Traditional Italian fare with fresh sauces and dough made from scratch daily.

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. $ 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. $$ SUMO SUSHI F Authentic Japanese fare, traditional to entrees and sushi rolls, spicy sashimi salad, gyoza (pork dumpling), tobiko (flying fish roe), Rainbow roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, Calif. roll). BW, CM. L & D, daily. 2726 Park St. 388-8838. $$ SUSHI CAFÉ A variety of sushi, including popular Monster Roll and Jimmy Smith Roll, along with faves like Rock-n-Roll and Dynamite Roll. Sushi Café also offers hibachi, tempura, katsu and teriyaki. BW. Dine indoors or on the patio. L & D,

daily. 2025 Riverside Ave. Publix Plaza. 384-2888. $$ TAPA THAT This new place puts a modern spin on traditional tapas-style service, using locally/organically grown items as much as possible. Specialties include duck confit spring rolls and Cuban rice & beans cake. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 820 Lomax St. 376-9911. $$ TWO DOORS DOWN F 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. $

ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH

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. $$ BARLEY REPUBLIC IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE This new Irish bar and pub in historic downtown offers burgers, sandwiches, shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash. BW. L & D, daily. 48 Spanish St. 547-2023. $$ BARNACLE BILL’S F For 30-plus years, this family restaurant has served seafood, oysters, gator tail, steak and fried shrimp. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily; 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, $$ CAP’S ON THE WATER F The Vilano Beach mainstay offers coastal cuisine – tapas platters, cioppino, fresh local shrimp, raw oyster bar – indoors or on an oak-shaded deck. Boat access. FB. L, Fri.-Sun., D, nightly. 4325 Myrtle St., Vilano Beach. 824-8794. $$ CARMELO’S MARKETPLACE F Best of Jax winner.

Authentic New York style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh baked sub rolls, Boars Head meats & cheeses, salads, calzones, strombolis and sliced pizza specials. BW. L & D, daily. 146 King St. 494-6658. $$ CELLAR 6 ART GALLERY & WINE BAR *Bite Club Certified! Wolfgang Puck coffees, handmade desserts and light bistro-style fare amid local art. BW. Mon.-Sat. 6 Aviles St. 827-9055. $$ 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. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 3 St. George St. 824-6993. $ THE FLORIDIAN The downtown restaurant serves innovative Southern fare, made with local farmers’ local food. Signature items: fried green tomato bruschetta, ’N’grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. L & D, Wed.-Mon. 39 Cordova St. 829-0655. $$ GYPSY CAB COMPANY F Best of Jax winner. International menu features large portions, reasonable prices. FB. L & D, daily. 828 Anastasia Blvd. 824-8244. $$ HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE F In a historic, twostory house, the New Orleans-style eatery has fresh seafood, steaks, jambalaya, etouffée and shrimp. FB. L & D, daily. 46 Avenida Menendez. 824-7765. $$ HOT SHOT BAKERY & CAFE Freshly baked items, coffees and hand-crafted breakfast and lunch sandwiches; Datil B. Good hot sauces and pepper products. B & L, daily. 8 Granada St. 824-7898. $ 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, 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. $ THE PRESENT MOMENT CAFÉ Best of Jax winner. The cozy café serves organic, vegan and vegetarian dishes, pizza, pastas, hummus and milkshakes – all prepared without meat, dairy, wheat or an oven. Organic BW. TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 224 W. King St. 827-4499. $ 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 place with a 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. $$ SARA’S CREPE CAFE Crêpes, both traditional European style and with innovative twists, are served along with Belgian waffles in the historic district. Dine indoors or out in the open-air courtyard. B, L & D, daily. 100 St. George St. 810-5800. $$ SOUTH BEACH GRILL Located off A1A, the two-story beachy destination offers casualFor oceanfront dining and questions, please call your advertising representative at fresh local seafood. Dine indoors or out on a beachfront FAXRoad, YOUR PROOF IF POSSIBLE AT 268-3655 deck. FB. B, L & D daily. 45 Cubbedge Crescent Beach. 471-8700. $ SPY GLOBAL CUISINE & LOUNGE In the historic of benefit promise sUpport Ask for Action district, Spy features James Bond-themed sushi and Mediterranean-influenced global cuisine on the seasonal menu, including fresh – never frozen – Hawaiian seafood.

Dine indoors or out on the patio. Upstairs lounge, too. Great selection of chilled sakes. BW, CM. D, nightly. 21 Hypolita St. 819-5637. $$$ SUNSET GRILLE Seafood-heavy menu, consistent Great Chowder Debate winner. Specialties are baby back ribs, lobster ravioli, coconut shrimp, datil pepper wings. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 421 A1A Beach Blvd. 471-5555. $$$ THE TASTING ROOM, WINE & TAPAS Owned by Michael Lugo, the upscale contemporary Spanish restaurant fuses innovative tapas with an extensive wine list. L, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 25 Cuna St. 810-2400. $$

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CM, FB. L & D, daily. 4840 Big Island Dr. 345-3466. $$ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax winner for Best Burger in St. Augustine and OP/Fleming Island. Burgers made with fresh ground beef and there’s a wide selection of toppings, including fried onions, jalapeños or sautéed mushrooms. Fries, Kosher hot dogs and soft drinks, too. L & D, daily. 4413 Town Center Pkwy., Ste. 401. 996-6900. $ 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-the-oven calzones, and desserts in a casual, comfy setting. L & D, daily. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1.

402-8888. $$ MITCHELL’S FISH MARKET F A changing menu of more than 180 items includes cedar-roasted Atlantic salmon and seared salt-and-pepper tuna. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 5205 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Ctr. 645-3474. $$$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT Best of Jax winner. Non-fat, low-calorie, cholesterol-free frozen yogurt is served in flavors that change weekly. Toppings include a variety of fruit and nuts. 4860 Big Island Dr. 807-9292. $ RENNA’S PIZZA F Renna’s serves 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 $$ WASABI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Authentic cuisine, teppanyaki shows and a full sushi menu.

CM. L & D, daily. 10206 River Coast Dr. 997-6528. $$ WHISKY RIVER F Best of Jax winner. At St. Johns Town Center’s Plaza, Whisky River features wings, pizza, wraps, sandwiches and burgers served in a lively car racingthemed atmosphere (Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s the owner). FB. CM. L & D, daily. 4850 Big Island Drive. 645-5571. $$

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