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Editor’s Note Street Smart

Drivers and pedestrians should approach the roads with a healthy dose of fear

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raffic on Southside Boulevard is nothing new. It backs up often and barely crawls at morning and evening rush hours, as drivers stifle the urge to let their road rage escape or distract themselves digitally — some more successfully than others.

But one recent morning, more than a dozen cars waited patiently for about 20 pedestrians to cross from The Avenues mall to a large wooded area hiding a retention pond across the street.

They were short, no more than 3 1/2 feet.

They weren’t using a crosswalk — not that one exists there, not even several yards north at the Deer Creek Club Road light. And they weren’t in a particular hurry.

Yet no drivers leaned on their horns to hurry them across. Some even smiled at the sight of this flock of Canada geese waddling across the four-lane divided boulevard, seemingly oblivious to the drivers’ busy schedules or the danger lurking within those roaring, metal giants.

I wonder how patient those drivers would have been if it had been humans disrupting their routes.

Jacksonville doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to vehicle-pedestrian relationships.

In fact, a 53-year-old man died in nearly the same spot on April 22, 2004, according to a database on Transportation for America as part of its 2011 “Dangerous by Design” report. Jacksonville ranked third in the nation’s most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians.

Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and MiamiFort Lauderdale took first, second and fourth on the list.

Nearly every day, police report pedestrians hit by vehicles in Northeast Florida. Many of the crashes are fatal. I’ve had a few close calls in my low-traffic neighborhood with distracted drivers who didn’t look for a runner facing traffic even though there are no sidewalks.

Some pedestrians don’t use crosswalks: They either find them inconvenient detours from their destinations, or they don’t realize the added danger they face without them. I often encounter students on their way to school who dart across five lanes of Fort Caroline Road rather than walk a block or two to a light.

But even those who take precautions are not safe from drivers who aren’t paying attention or who see a green light as a signal to go without using their eyes to see what’s in front of them.

On Yom Kippur Sept. 13, Esther Ohayon, 57, and her 16-year-old daughter, Orly, were struck by a driver at the intersection of Haley Road and San Jose Boulevard. The mother was killed; the daughter lived.

Orthodox Jews usually live close to their synagogue so they can walk on the Sabbath.

Because the Torah says after creating the Earth in six days, God rested on the seventh day, Jews are told they cannot work or create energy after sunset on Friday. That meant that the Ohayons could not push the crosswalk button that would extend the time from 11 seconds to 49.5 seconds to cross eight lanes of Friday night Mandarin traffic and a median.

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The 66-year-old driver who hit the Ohayons, Michael Fortunato, had about 20 Duval County traffic citations. He hit and killed a 6-year-old girl a half-mile away a few years earlier.

Sprawling Northeast Florida — built on a backbone of car-dependent strip malls and suburban cul-de-sacs — is filled with dangerous intersections like these. Even in newer communities and shopping districts that should know better, pedestrian needs are often ignored. And if you ride the bus, assuming you can get where you want to go, you often face a daunting walk from the bus stop to your destination.

Our older core neighborhoods — Downtown Jacksonville, San Marco, Riverside-Avondale, Springfield — are easily walkable and include a mix of residential and commercial that should be emulated in newer areas. Imagine if the St. Johns Town Center and surrounding development had been envisioned as a pedestrian-friendly destination, where apartments and condominiums were built above stores and restaurants and structured around pedestrian-only roads with parking structures placed at the outside borders.

Jacksonville approved a mobility plan in 2011 that provides a framework for land development that takes all modes of transport — pedestrians, bicycles, transit and roads — into account and gives incentives to developers who embrace smart growth principles. It includes a mobility fee developers must pay: Projects further from the core that put more stress on infrastructure pay higher fees; infill and adaptive reuse projects could reduce or eliminate fees. The development community lobbied City Council to place a one-year moratorium on the collection of the mobility fee to help spur development. When that expired, a new compromise waiver was put in place in April that doesn’t fund the mobility plan as it should.

So Jacksonville, like much of Florida, continues to be pedestrian-unfriendly.

Meanwhile, pedestrians should be aware they are walking some mean streets. And drivers: Even if a light is green, you must yield to pedestrians who are in the middle of crossing the street. It’s the law, but it’s also just common sense.

Back at Southside Boulevard, not all of those geese make it across safely. A few yards south lay a deadly reminder of what can happen when crossing the street: a goose carcass smeared on the asphalt.

It was a sad, sickening sight. But there’s hope when that many people are willing to brake for a few geese.

Now if we can just get drivers to treat human pedestrians as well they treated those geese.

Denise M. Reagan dreagan@folioweekly.com twitter.com/denisereagan

A Different View of ‘City Center’

Denise Reagan’s Editor’s Note in response to a letter-writer’s praise of the St. Johns Town Center points out several things [“Town Center Cannot Be Town Square,” Sept. 11].

First, the letter-writer finds much to like and to do at the Town Center, and it’s not just shopping. Reagan sees the Town Center as a place to shop, not a destination for other activities.

Second, both writers have a different view of the great city concept. The letter-writer seems to think of a “city center” as a place where he and his friends are attracted to what such a center has to offer on a repetitive basis. He is thinking locally and not what might attract visitors to the city.

Reagan also wants a “city center” that is attractive to locals but also to visitors from outside Jacksonville. In this, she seems to me to be somewhat confused. She talks about attractions that might make Jacksonville a destination for visitors; things like a world-class aquarium or the proposed USS Charles F. Adams museum ship. They may very well attract some outsiders to Jacksonville (though I am opposed to the USS Adams project, and I am a retired Navy officer), but something else must keep them here.

She also talks about our museums and the Main Library. Such things are unlikely to make Jacksonville a destination for travellers and they have limited function as city centerpieces for locals. I enjoy the Cummer, MOCA and the Karpeles whenever I visit, but they are not attractions that bring people back every week or even every month. They are not draws to the core because, with the exception of MOCA, once you are done, another attraction, restaurant or nice place to walk is a car drive away. Even MOCA’s surroundings, although there are other things to do within walking distance, require a walk you may not want to do in the dark.

A city center is someplace you can go to on any day of the week, day or night and find some enjoyment even if it’s just walking around, getting a quick bite and enjoying the peoplewatching. Downtown Jacksonville has a long way to go in that regard.

Reagan especially should think more about what she sees as a vibrant city center. If you are going for a destination for travellers to stop and then find more to do than what drew them initially, you need the big-ticket attraction like an aquarium but lots of other things surrounding it.

The Baltimore Inner Harbor comes to mind. It’s a world-class aquarium with dozens and dozens of other things to do, all within walking distance.

Also, remember that a world-class aquarium is not something locals visit frequently, but in Baltimore there are lots of things that draw locals day and night, weekdays and weekends to the Inner Harbor.

Dennis Egan Jacksonville

Don’t Move Andrew Jackson Statue

In regard to the Backpage Editorial, “A Better Home Needed for Andrew Jackson” [Aug. 28], I cannot disagree more.

The Andrew Jackson statue is currently in the center of Downtown activity where it should remain. For Downtown to succeed as a destination, we must have a core of activity, and the Laura Street beautification project has

Photo: Dennis Ho

given us a renewed start. From The Jacksonville Landing to Hemming Plaza, this corridor is the middle of activity for Art Walk and regular events at The Landing, such as weekly walking tours and concerts. Yearly events including Jazz Fest, One Spark and football games all take advantage of the Laura Street core from Independent Drive to Duval Street. The statue is proudly displayed for all to see in its current core location across from The Landing.

The editorial opinion stated that the new Duval County Courthouse should be considered as a new location for the statue. This proposed placement is several blocks from the main visitor core. The costly suggestion of relocating Andrew Jackson inside the secure building would certainly diminish it as a landmark. If any money was allocated for the courthouse property, a better consideration may be to put in sidewalks to make it pedestrian-friendly.

The opinion also offered the alternative to move the Andrew Jackson statue to Hemming Plaza. In one respect, it’s a good point if you were to consider the history of the park. Hemming Plaza was our first city park and was donated by the city founder, Isaiah Hart, in 1857. However, Hemming Plaza already has a large Confederate Memorial statue with a fountain dominating the center of the park. There is also a statue of U.S. Rep. Charles Bennett, several historical placards and a particular group of residents who deter visitors from walking into the park. So spending money to move the Andrew Jackson statue to a corner of Hemming Plaza is also less than optimal. If there was money to be spent on the park, it should be applied to creating public events in the park, not adding a statue. If we wanted to tie Andrew Jackson to our most historic park, consider placing a small identifier next to the magnolia tree, which is a descendant of the Andrew Jackson Southern Magnolia tree on the White House lawn.

The Andrew Jackson statue should clearly remain a visible landmark to be enjoyed by the largest number of locals and visitors. The current location of our statue in the center of a traffic circle is consistent with the placement of many statues in Washington, D.C., and other cities to visit. It is an honor for the statue to be in the center of Downtown activity and be a part of our growing heritage tourism.

Gary Sass Ponte Vedra Correction A cutline on page 31 of the Sept. 18 issue gave the wrong city for Athens Café. It should have read St. Augustine Road in Jacksonville.

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n Duval County and across the state, media specialists in high schools and middle schools are going the way of the dinosaurs, and school libraries might not be far behind.

During the budget process, Duval County secondary school principals were given an option to hire a testing coach or a media specialist (formerly known as a librarian). Most chose testing coaches because of the heavy test schedule.

Janie Jones, who is now a reading teacher, has seen the cuts first-hand.

“I am the former media specialist at Lee High School,” Jones said in an email. “Lee High School opened a media center in February, and now it is closed because there is not enough money in the budget to hire a media specialist and hire enough teachers to meet the class size requirements at Lee.” Marsha Oliver, a school district spokeswoman, said she has been assured that the media center at Lee is open for students before and after regular school hours.

In Duval County, the situation seems acute.

According to teacher Chris Guerrieri’s blog, Education Matters (jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com), “There are 28 schools that had librarians last year that don’t have them this year. There are two schools that didn’t have librarians that have them this year. There is a slight uptick in elementary schools, though many just have them half time, but in middle schools and high schools, they have been gutted.”

Among the county’s high schools, only Paxon School for Advanced Studies gained a media specialist, going from one media specialist in the 2012-’13 school year to two in the current school year.

Andrew Jackson, Atlantic Coast, Baldwin, Englewood, First Coast, Fletcher, Forrest, Lee, Raines, Sandalwood, Stanton, Terry Parker and Wolfson each lost its lone media specialist.

Ed White and Mandarin high schools have no media specialists this year, nor did they last year.

Among middle schools, only Twin Lakes Academy and LaVilla School of the Arts each added one media specialist.

Middle schools losing media specialists include DuPont, Fort Caroline, James W. Johnson, Kernan, Kirby-Smith, Lake Shore, Matthew Gilbert, Mayport, Oceanway, J.E.B. Stuart and John Stilwell.

Arlington, Jefferson Davis, John Ford, Ribault and Westview K-8 did not change and retain one media specialist each. Middle schools that did not have a media specialist either this year or last are Fletcher, Landon, Mandarin, Northwestern and Southside.

Oliver said media centers continue to operate in schools where there is no media specialist. Although she conceded that 28 schools is a large number, she said principals have had the option for several years.

School Board Chairman Fred E. Lee wrote in an email that he didn’t think the changes would hurt the secondary schools.

“Most of our secondary schools chose a staff position to support testing over media.

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The choice, I believe, stems from the fact that for the first time, every school in this county has a reading coach, a resource to enhance and improve literacy,” Lee said.

“At the high school level, there are fewer trips to the library. Technology advancements and electronic tools have taken center stage.

However, the lights are still on and learning is still on in our high school libraries. There are media clerks, teachers and staff who are using and enhancing library use,” Lee wrote.

He said the number of media specialists is up in elementary schools.

“There is no doubt that we value media specialists and the role they play in building enthusiasm for reading,” Lee continued. “In our elementary schools, where we really want to start fostering a greater appreciation and love of reading, we have seen a recent, first-time increase in media specialists.”

Trey Csar, Jacksonville Public Education Fund president, said the School Board had to balance needs for principals, their assistants, guidance counselors, security guards and core teachers as well as meeting the class-size amendment. Duval County had to pay $1.56 million for violating class-size rules earlier this year.

“Given the penalties they faced in the past, they were going to try to get much closer, if not fully reach the requirement,” he said.

“It is important to have a media center. You might be able to staff those facilities at lunch or after school with volunteers or staff additions,” Csar said.

Guerrieri has posted several times on his blog about the situation with media specialists.

“Duval County’s librarians were right, the sky was falling. Last spring, librarians were saying they were being forced out and the super [superintendent Nikolai Vitti] assured them this was not true,” he wrote.

At Lee, where the media center is being used as a classroom, “Kids can’t check out books, do research. I don’t know if they can stay after school to study any longer, but we also wasted a lot [of] money setting up a brand new media center,” he wrote.

A media specialist, who asked that her name not be used, said earlier that the district is marginalizing her job and the district’s media specialists play a vital role in a student’s success.

“If we want to create a nation of readers, this is not how we do it,” she said.

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Lee said the School Board was faced with the problems of limited dollars.

“While there was an original plan submitted by our superintendent to fund media specialists in every school in 2013-’14, budget realities did not afford us an opportunity to adopt that plan,” Lee said.

Guerrieri also wrote about what he called the recent hypocrisy of the school system to invite parents to the Downtown Public Library for a tour demonstrating how to help their children use the library’s academic services.

“This just days after Jacksonville announced they were closing the downtown library on Saturdays to save money and the district has purged its library core,” he said.

Jones believes the emphasis on testing is behind many of the budget problems.

“We are constantly testing our students, and this costs money to purchase tests and hire firms to score, report and analyze results and pay people to coordinate all the testing at the district and school levels,” Jones said.

St. Johns County high schools have media specialists and testing specialists in all high schools, said Christina Langston, a spokeswoman for that district. Clay County Schools personnel did not return multiple emails about its policy on media specialists.

In Sarasota County, all high school and middle school media specialists have been cut for the new school year, while Marion County cut 15 of its 30 elementary school library positions, though 11 had been vacant due to a hiring freeze, according to Library Hotline, a library news blog.

In Pasco County, the district has done away with media specialists, renaming the positions “information communication technology literary coaches,” while Citrus County calls its media professionals “teachers on special assignment/ media,” according to Library Hotline.

The former Lee High School media specialist believes the changes are hurting students.

“I think it is a sad critique of education that schools must choose between having a test coordinator or a school librarian,” Jones said.

Ron Word rword@folioweekly.com

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to the post in 2011, replacing Rick Mullaney, who’d stepped down to run for mayor. When her term was expiring in mid-2011, Mayor Alvin Brown reappointed her to a new four-year term, which the City Council approved.

At a Sept. 15 news conference, Concerned Taxpayers President John Winkler said the city charter’s guidelines were not followed. He would like to see Laquidara removed from office and for the proper procedure to be put in place. The mayor’s office issued a statement saying it supports Laquidara and wants her to stay in office.

Read more about Laquidara at bit.ly/LambastedLawyer.

A proposed ordinance banning the sale of electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine to anyone under the age of 18 is before the Orange Park Town Council at its 7 p.m. Oct. 1 meeting. After a public hearing, the Council will vote on the ordinance, which would ban the use of electronic cigarettes in areas where regular smoking is banned. Violators could face a $500 fine or 60 days in jail.

Read more about e-cigarettes at bit.ly/CloudOfConfusion.

Southlight Gallery Finds a Home

I Believed in Yesterdays

Drug Free Duval will receive $125,000 a year for the next five years to prevent youth substance abuse. The grant comes under the Drug Free Communities Support Program, awarded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Susan Pitman, executive director of Drug Free Duval, said “there is a solid data link between alcohol use/abuse and poor academic performance in both middle and high school students.”

After almost three decades in business, Yesterday’s Social Club, at the corner of Park and Dancy streets, will close its doors for good Sept. 29. Olivia Irvine, who owns the Avondale bar with her sisters, Heather Yongue and Audra Irvine, took over the place after their father’s death in May 2012. They are in the process of selling the 63-year-old building.

She’s Back – on Channel 4 In early 2013, anchorwoman Joy Purdy left First Coast News to spend more time with her husband, stepdaughter and two young daughters after six years at WTLV-WJXX. Now, she’s returning to the airwaves and her first Jacksonville television home at Channel 4 News. She will anchor weeknights at 5:30, 6:30 and 11 p.m. along with Rob Sweeting. Purdy was a weekend anchor and reporter for WJXT from 1995 to 2000. She left to anchor newscasts at Miami’s WFOR, returning here in 2007.

Laquidara Lawsuit A lawsuit filed by Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County is asking a court to determine if the appointment of Cindy Laquidara as the city of Jacksonville’s general counsel was legal. Mayor John Peyton first appointed Laquidara

Southlight Gallery has moved – and it’ll be easy to find during the Oct. 2 Art Walk in Downtown Jacksonville.

The new location, in the historic Levy Building at 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, is just steps from Hemming Park, said Pam Zambetti, director of marketing. The gallery was forced to move after its former site was leased.

Federal Funding for Substance Abuse Program

Education Commissioner Has Northeast Florida Roots Pam Stewart, the fourth education commissioner to be appointed under Gov. Rick Scott, worked under St. Johns County Superintendent Joseph Joyner for more than two years as the county’s deputy superintendent for curriculum and learning. The 60-year-old educator left the district to become the state’s K-12 chancellor, and she’s been serving as interim superintendent since the abrupt resignation of Tony Bennett in August.

Joyner said the governor’s selection of Stewart is an excellent one, because she understands the challenges of local school districts. Duval County Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said Stewart understands how Tallahassee works and has superintendents’ respect, The Florida Times-Union reported.

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Q: The other day, I received a direct message on Twitter from a colleague that said, “Is this what you were talking about?” and a link to a Web page. Like a dummy, I clicked the link. It took me to some random Web page that didn’t have anything to do with me. I messaged him back, and he had no idea what I was talking about. Then, I started getting messages from other friends on Twitter asking what I was talking about. Somebody hacked our Twitter accounts! What can we do to fix it?

A: Ouch! You’re not alone, though. In fact, Amanda Bynes, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, Donald Trump, Burger King, Jeep, NBC News, the Associated Press, The New York Times and even President Barack Obama have all had their Twitter accounts hacked.

Anthony Weiner, MTV, BET and Chipotle all lied about their Twitter accounts being hacked, each for their own reasons.

So what’s the fix? There’s a lot to do, and we’ll help you get your Twitter account straightened out and secure.

Check out our blog at folioweekly.com/deemable for all the details.

Chances are you’ve at least heard of TED. No, I’m not referring to JFK’s brother or the guy who sang “Cat Scratch Fever” or the Unabomber or the foul-mouthed, beer-guzzling stuffed bear from that movie with Mark Wahlberg. I’m talking about TED, the global nonprofit that brings together some of the most creative, accomplished and fascinating thinkers and doers to speak on topics as diverse as the participants themselves. Founded in 1984 as a conference to unite leaders and visionaries in the fields of technology, entertainment and design, TED has expanded to include topics as broad as psychology and race and as specific as origami and cyborgs. (Not to name-drop, but Bill Gates, Bono, Colin Powell and T. Boone Pickens are a few of the “remarkable people” who’ve delivered “riveting talks” at TED events.) TEDx Jacksonville, an independently organized program, hosts its own conference, “Connecting Currents,” on Oct. 26.

The one-day event aims to “deconstruct, decipher and explore challenges, innovation and realities that shape and are shaped by the currents flowing through our city.”

It’s all about promise … well, except for the part where no one is promised an invitation to attend. To learn more about the application process and details about the event, visit folioweekly.com/specktator. I’d say I’ll see you there, but I might not make the cut.

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READ THE SPECKTATOR BLOG Kerry Speckman shares her unique perspective and observations on people, places and events around the First Coast and beyond. She’s also the 2012 winner of Jacksonville Dancing with the Stars, so she’s got that going for her. Contact her at thespecktator@aol.com.

Bouquets & Brickbats Bouquets to Linda Bevan of St. Augustine for her efforts to save a 200-year-old oak tree scheduled to be removed during construction. Bevan, whose home is next to the huge tree, began a neighborhood rally last month to save the tree, rooted on a lot owned by Lennar Homes. She has suggested exchanging the lot for a small section of Mission Trace Park.

“This tree has seen all three Seminole Indian wars, the Civil War and has been under the guardianship of the Seminole Nation, the British, the Second Spanish Period and the United States,” she wrote in a letter to the Lennar board of directors. The tree, 54 feet tall with a circumference of 299 inches, has been declared a Florida Specimen Tree. The issue goes before the city’s Planning and Zoning Agency next.

Brickbats to the Florida Department of Health for barring navigators from trying to help people sign up for federally subsidized health insurance at county health departments.

C. Meade Grigg, the Department of Health’s deputy secretary for statewide services, sent an order out on Sept. 14, saying navigators could not conduct activities on the grounds of health departments. Fabien Levy, a Health & Human Services spokesman, called the directive “a blatant and shameful attempt to intimidate groups who will be working to inform Americans about their new health insurance options and help them enroll in coverage, just like Medicare counselors have been doing for years.”

Bouquets to Heather Neville, Ann Breidenstein and the VeloFest volunteers for running a great bike valet service and parking system during the two-day Gentlemen of the Road concert in St. Augustine. Bicycles were a great way to get around some of the heavy traffic associated with the festival.

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Crime City

Dunn’s Done

The man who shot Jordan Davis has little defense

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atching a man cheerfully and unwittingly confess to first-degree murder is like watching a circus clown leave the ring, then walk to a guillotine, stick his noggin under the lunette, and drop the blade. It’s fascinating, in the way that bullfights and beheadings are fascinating.

Michael David Dunn, 45, foredoomed himself by an indirect confession, made on video and without presence of counsel, the day after he shot Jordan Davis, 17, at a Southside Boulevard convenience store.

Here’s how it went down: On Nov. 23, 2012 — Black Friday — Dunn, in town for a wedding, drove into the convenience store.

Across the parking lot was a Dodge Durango, from which four teenaged boys boomed a Chief Keefe rap about bitches and snitches and acted annoying in that special manner reserved for youth.

Dunn asked them to turn down the music. He stated that one of the kids shouted, “You’re dead, bitch!” He said he thought he saw a shotgun.

Dunn opened the glove box, grabbed a Taurus nine, racked in a round and fired — bang, bang, bang, bang. The Durango drove away. Dunn fired again, four more.

“As they were fleeing?” asked the detective.

“Yeah,” Dunn replied.

That’s a confession; that’s murder one; that’s game over.

The reason? Under Florida’s self-defense laws, you cannot — repeat not — pursue, and shoot, an attacker who is fleeing. When an attacker flees, you no longer are in danger of “imminent death or great bodily harm,” the statutory requirement for self-defense.

The shotgun? When the kids pulled away in the Durango and realized Davis was dead or dying, they stopped several hundred yards away and returned to the store. Cops arrived within minutes, searched for the shotgun, and found nothing. Even in my neighborhood, where guns have wings, the jits can’t grab a boo-yaa that fast.

The detective conducting the interrogation is masterful. Unlike TV cops, he doesn’t bully or shout. He’s trained, and he’s crafty. He oozes empathy, just what a man needs when he’s just blasted a kid and is racked by guilt. His tone indicates that this is a conversation, routine really. It isn’t.

The cop says, “Keep walking me through it,” to encourage Dunn to continue talking.

Of course, Dunn isn’t leading, he’s being led, systematically, to make statements that destroy his assertion of self-defense.

The detective says, “So, you … they pull out, you … as you said, you shoot to kinda keep their heads down, as their … that’s kinda

your intention … ” Let’s parse. The detective suddenly speaks in fragments in a low voice. This indicates to Dunn that the words are not important. In fact, they’re kill shots. Dunn indirectly agrees, a second time, that the kids were pulling out, i.e. fleeing. Next, he indirectly agrees that shooting while the kids were fleeing was his intention.

Intentionality, ladies and gentlemen, is standard English for malice aforethought, aka premeditation, the mother’s milk of murder one.

Later in the interrogation, Dunn makes two more statements: “What I shouldda done is put it in reverse” and “I shouldn’t even have left the scene.” Dunn is saying that he knew the right things to do, and he didn’t do them.

Ay, Chihuahua!

You can practically hear the squeaky wheels of the intravenous drips being rolled down to the Death House.

Rolling Stone magazine, with its usual ignorance in matters non-musical, is whaling on Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, a familiar punching bag. They think she’s incompetent to prosecute Dunn because her staff lost the case against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting.

The Stoners don’t get it. The detective who led the interrogation is the star of this case. With the admissions he obtained, a robot could get a conviction. Will this interrogation video find its way into the police academy curriculum?

That’s a slam dunk.

This case is a cautionary tale. From the tape, you can see that Dunn is an ordinary guy. He’s middle class, educated and gainfully employed. He has children and a girlfriend, Rhonda Rouer, whom he describes as “the love of my life.” (Lovey-dovey later scampered, also lawyerless, into another interrogation room and was led to spit out damning statements, one after another, like nails for a coffin.)

Rule No. 1 for anyone being interrogated by police is this: Shut the fuck up! After you shut up, you lawyer up. No matter how heinous your crime, you have no duty to assist the state in convicting you. You do have a constitutional right, that supersedes even the law, to defend yourself. This precious freedom has been defended, at great cost, for more than 200 years. Use it or lose it.

Like Dunn, you and I, in a moment of rage, can destroy our lives and those of others. That’s because all of us live partly, and always, in a place of darkness and violence, Called Crime City.

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Denham is the author of “Arrested,” “What to Do When Your Loved One’s in Jail” and “ArrestProof Yourself ” by Chicago Review Press. You can reach him at wesdenham.com.

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It would be great if I were writing about a team that fulfilled my preseason hopes — one which the defense catalyzed changes in game momentum, one which the quarterback took advantage of his top-of-the-first-round tackles to make reads of the defense and to spread the ball around to receivers, one which the running backs hit holes hard and broke free into the secondary with reckless abandon, one which fans hoped would bring it for 60 minutes every week.

If that were the case, I’d be writing about the Jacksonville Sharks or the Jacksonville Dixie Blues. I’m writing about the Jaguars, however, and apologizing, much like the Orlando CBS affiliate did for showing Jaguars vs. Raiders instead of the Manning Bowl (Eli’s New York Giants vs. Peyton’s Denver Broncos).

Apologizing. Like the Jags should, for drafting a punter instead of Russell Wilson, the Seattle signal-caller who was still on the board when punter Bryan Anger was picked in 2012. And how did you like that Seattle game, by the way (Seahawks 29, 49ers 3)?

Apologizing. Like Shad Khan should, for putting this pitiful product on display in Jacksonville. Jack Del Rio, Mike Mularkey, Gene Smith and the rest of the gang are gone like the wind; but frankly, we don’t give a damn, since the product looks the same.

The team looks like an expansion team. Like they’re Happy To Be There. Like they expect fans to derive some psychic benefit at this late date, almost two decades into the franchise’s existence, from some gauzily defined notions of “progress.”

What is progress? Watch a Patriots game and see Tom Brady light his receivers up for running the wrong routes. No chance of that happening in Jacksonville. Not when two scrubs battle for a starting job and seem so intent on not messing up that they don’t take risks, instead throwing pitiful little swing passes and bubble screens, trying to get

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easy completions in lieu of taking the chances like the greats — even the not-so-greats — take.

Everyone talked a lot of smack about Byron Leftwich when he was here, and how much he got hit. Say what you will about B-Left, whose career is now over — at least he got the ball downfield.

Maybe we’ll see better results, now that the Jaguars are back home this week, albeit at 0-3 after their 45-17 loss on Sept. 22 in Seattle.

What’s more likely, however, is that we’ll see plenty of parking in the asphalt jungle around EverBank Field, shorter lines at concession stands and room to stretch out in the stands.

Sort of like a Florida Marlins game. Except at least at the Marlins Park, you get those groovy art deco flourishes that Marlins owner Jeff Loria digs. At EverBank Field, there are other perks. Jaxson de Ville is arguably the most kinetic mascot in the league. And there’s a Burrito Gallery in the building. And the bacchanalia of the Bud Zone — a necessary venue, indeed, as Gabbert and Henne on offense make sense after enough beers. Or so I’m told.

Much of the talk of late is whether the Jaguars can run the table this year — a perfect season at 0-16. To be sure, other teams in the league will compete with them for that honor, giving them the No. 1 draft pick. I’d be more excited by that myself, were I not convinced of the absolutely subjective nature of the drafting process. E.J. Manuel, who’s blowing up in Buffalo, was picked at No. 16 when he came out of Florida State University. The conversation up until midway through the preseason revolved around the Bills reaching for him. Then it became clear that Manuel was the real thing — raising the question of why he never quite showed that in Tallahassee.

There are some who want the Jaguars to tank — for Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater or for Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina. Tanking and rebuilding — seems to be the Jaguars’ default mode since Tom Coughlin was run out of town. Three coaches and more than a decade later, we’re still waiting for next year, like Samuel Beckett’s characters waiting for Godot. Trouble is, most Jaguars fans don’t have the patience for a 40-minute traffic jam, much less for the building of a contender that for some reason takes longer than the 40 Years War. AG Gancarski themail@folioweekly.com twitter.com/aggancarski SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1, 2013 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11

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2013 Florida n January 2012, the© Northeast technology startup community was just getting started.

CoWork Jax, a membership-based co-working space in Downtown Jacksonville and a hub for entrepreneurs in Northeast Florida, had just opened. UNF played host that same month to the first Startup Weekend Jacksonville. While The Bungalow co-working space in Jacksonville Beach had been in motion for almost a year, St. Augustine-based accelerator The Factory opened two months later that March.

In that same month, CoWork Jax launched Fast Pitch, a monthly event © 2013 organized by Paige Calvert that gave presenters five minutes to crystallize their ideas to an audience of potential investors, designers, developers and others interested in innovation. After their speeches, the pitchers took questions from the audience: “Does this have revenue?” “Is this good for college students?” “Have you researched HIPAA laws?”

Then, One Spark crowdfunding festival in April of this year gave a platform for many creators to test ideas in front of an audience.

Though it’s been percolating for a while, the scene is now gaining steam. Success stories, such as Restroom Alert — a mobile app that allows users to anonymously send feedback about businesses’ restrooms — and personally funded apps like Dunzo — a Web-based platform for making lists — show the community is growing.

Pete Cochrane was the president of Path.to, a website that connected employmentseekers with careers that announced its closure in July, and is the co-founder of

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Aurora, a mobile app that tracks users’ GPS coordinates to play music assigned to that location. He said Jacksonville’s startup culture from a year ago — or even six months ago — has changed, especially the activity Downtown.

“Pretty much everybody knows everybody, and we all help each other out.”

In addition to Downtown, other communities have sprouted in Jacksonville Beach and St. Augustine.

One Spark had a huge impact on spotlighting Northeast Florida’s entrepreneurs. Angel Torres, who co-created Aurora with Cochrane and heads up CoWork Jax-based Web design company The Logica, pointed to the crowdsourcing festival as a means to showcase budding entrepreneurs.

“I think people started to believe what Jacksonville can do for their ideas,” he said.

But Jeremy Vaughan, co-founder of St. Augustine incubator The Factory, said Jacksonville’s startup scene has been growing longer than the plotting of One Spark. Elton Rivas, a co-creator of One Spark, said he was involved in a couple of tech startups that fell through, prior to getting together with other entrepreneurs to start CoWork Jax and One Spark.

Rivas said it was hard to find a space for tech startups in Jacksonville where entrepreneurs could focus on starting an idea and building it into a business. Then, in January 2012, CoWork Jax opened its doors.

UNF alumnus Conrad Decker, inspired by the Washington, D.C., tech scene, decided to leave the cold behind and started The Bungalow in Jacksonville Beach in March 2011.

He said The Bungalow gives co-workers

AURORA Creators: Pete Cochrane and Angel Torres website: auroraapp.com Created: 2013 Pitch: The iOS app provides users with a unique listening experience in regard to their GPS location. Artists choose from which areas they want the app to broadcast a specific track. Users in Jacksonville can hear songs by Four Families and Fjord Explorer.

Reception: The Aurora team received $1,627.61 from One Spark.

Where it stands: Cochrane said the team is looking to release the second version in November. a space in which to learn from others. The space has about a dozen members, including technologists, creatives and marketers.

Around the same time CoWork Jax launched, Startup Weekend Jacksonville hosted its inaugural event. All Startup Weekend events around the country follow the same basic model: Attendees pitch their ideas and receive feedback from their peers; teams form around the top ideas, spending 54 hours creating business models, coding and designing; and end the weekend with presentations and critical feedback. The event helped budding entrepreneurs such as Liz Pierce find partners in the tech community.

Now, she works virtually with her team on their mobile app, MomentStrong, which

ROCK MY IMAGE Creators: Jen DeVore (pictured), Manny Torres and Kenny Harper website: rockmyimage.com Created: 2012 Pitch: Rock My Image is a consulting agency that aids businesses in their digital marketing efforts. Its clients range from roofers and water damage professionals to physicians and inventors.

Reception and where it stands: Received enough business to move out of CoWork Jax in May 2013 to an office in San Marco, from where it currently operates.

allows companies the opportunity to monitor their employees’ health and gives employees built-in and external content to keep them motivated as they work for better overall wellness. Pierce met MJ Charmani, the founder and former chairman of accelerator iStartJax, at the January 2012 event.

Charmani said his team began iStartJax and Startup Weekend because the resources for someone with great ideas were sparse.

After his team attended Tallahassee’s Startup Weekend, they were inspired to bring the event to Northeast Florida.

He said Startup Weekend has helped gather Northeast Florida entrepreneurs and give their ideas validation. Then, they learn how investors assess a startup’s potential.

He said once the companies start building customers and delivering services, growth will come. The second Startup Weekend took place in January this year.

Two months after that first Startup Weekend in 2012, Vaughan and Mike Potts opened The Factory to house Potts’ software developing company, feature[23], and to

provide mentorship for entrepreneurs in an alternative space to CoWork Jax. Meanwhile, Calvert, the managing director at CoWork Jax, organized the first Fast Pitch, inspired by a local entrepreneur who held similar events in 2011 which Calvert said were really popular but didn’t recur regularly. Calvert estimated 15 people attended the first event, and the number has risen to about 100 a month. The June and July events were so well-attended, many had to stand during the presentations.

At the June event, two of the five presenters, Marco Ignacio and Corey Grusden, pitched strictly tech ideas.

Ignacio pitched GratSee, an app that would allow users to communicate with their servers at restaurants and help them figure out how much to tip, based on the service they received.

Grusden, who moved back to Jacksonville in May by way of San Francisco and New York City, pitched five different ideas he’s created, including a digital weekly newsletter that lists Northeast Florida tech events.

After his success with findmeapet.org, among other entrepreneurial endeavors, Grusden returned to Jacksonville because of his family, friends and network here — and a desire to make things happen in the tech community. He said the newsletter will help the tech community network.

Entrepreneurs said success would draw attention to Northeast Florida and define it as a place where tech startups can flourish.

When Cochrane’s Path.to announced its closure, 14 of the 16 employees — the other two live in Chicago — moved to Downtown idea-incubator Ignite, a natural transition since hiring giant Adecco owned Path.to and Ignite.

“My hope is that the majority of us stay and keep fighting toward what we want to do,” Cochrane said.

Path.to won’t die completely, though.

It stopped taking new job listings in July, but Ignite accelerator startups Oppify and Wicked Smart are absorbing elements of it. Oppify connects job-seekers with a narrower list of potential employers.

Wicked Smart gives college students and recent grads a direct line to paid internship experience. Both made Fast Pitch presentations in July.

Cochrane said Path.to could have limited its features and focused on the single problem their customers wanted to solve — finding the one person through one résumé who was perfect for a certain company — in order to remain open. When he explained to Adecco and Ignite that he wanted to shut down, he pointed to Path.to’s success in

PROFILE GORILLA Creator: Ed Baldwin website: profilegorilla.com Created: 2013 Pitch: Profile Gorilla is management software marketed to the property insurance and property management industries. The software is an alternative for businesses that would otherwise purchase niche management software, build their own management software or manage their businesses manually.

Reception: Profile Gorilla took home $376.39 at One Spark.

Where it stands: After beta testing and a $150,000 loan from the Small Business Development Center at UNF, Profile Gorilla launched in June.

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RESTROOM ALERT Creators: Rod Dornsife (pictured) and Max Leaver website: restroomalert.com Created: 2012 Pitch: Signage posted in businesses’ restrooms prompt customers to anonymously text their reviews of the facilities’ cleanliness.

Alerts prompt employees to clean or restock restrooms, and companies pay Restroom Alert to manage customer complaints and employee response times.

Reception: At One Spark, Restroom Alert earned $577.05.

Where it stands: More than 30 companies, including Applebee’s, Goodyear Tires, Quiznos, Pita Pit and McDonald’s, use the service. inspiring other entrepreneurs to create their own products.

“It’s the lessons learned; it’s what I want to be able to share with people that’s important,” he said.

For Cochrane, not monetizing quickly enough was the main contributor to Path.to’s closing. And even though Aurora is available for free, the 10,000 downloads and 200 musicians waiting to join the app show the potential for profit, he said.

While outsiders may not be able to name big startups that come from Northeast Florida, success here is possible. Marketing strategist Jen DeVore started the digital marketing company Rock My Image from CoWork Jax. She had an office at the beach for her personal marketing consulting business before she joined one of her partners, digital strategist Kenny Harper, at the Downtown hub.

DeVore said CoWork Jax’s atmosphere helped perfect their business pitch, a result of people approaching her daily, asking about her business. Calvert said some of her daily CoWork Jax duties are listening to people pitch their ideas and giving feedback. Rock My Image outgrew the space at CoWork Jax in May and moved to its own office in San Marco.

DeVore said co-working space helps build a network “grassroots style” and build a fan base. She said Fast Pitch was a great opportunity to get feedback and showcase their project, and she encourages entrepreneurs to attend and pitch their ideas.

“Just start somewhere,” DeVore said.

“Launch something.”

One Fast Pitch success is Restroom Alert

by Dornsife and Max Leaver. The team said the app allows users to text in negative — or positive — restroom experiences at restaurants or businesses. If a stall is running low on toilet paper or the restroom is unclean, the app sends a text to the business that a complaint has been filed and should be addressed.

Dornsife and Leaver have attended many Fast Pitch events; Dornsife said he goes religiously.

“The Jacksonville startup scene is still really, really young. It’s a year or two years old since it really started to build it,” Leaver said. “It’s been interesting at Fast Pitch, because I think the audience has grown faster than the pitchers.”

Leaver lives in Washington, D.C., but has had a hands in many Northeast Florida startup

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efforts, such as being a part of the team that launched CoWork Jax and One Spark.

But not all area tech startups are active in the tech startup social scene. Ed Baldwin, the CEO of management system Profile Gorilla, works from an office in his house and said he doesn’t get out to many events.

That doesn’t mean Baldwin hasn’t used the services in the area to launch his business.

Profile Gorilla, along with Restroom Alert, is a leader in The Factory’s accelerator program. As an accelerator, The Factory helps startups prepare for conversations with investors. Baldwin uses the space to meet with his business partners to access feature[23]’s developers.

Baldwin launched Profile Gorilla in mid-June with a $150,000 grant from the University of North Florida Small Business Development Center. The center offers its clients accelerator-like services and advising. Kevin Monahan, a certified business analyst and the center’s special projects director, said the loan environment is tough.

For tech-specific startups, UNF SBDC certified business analyst Jared Bailey said they have a handle on the tech side of their business, but they still need help presenting themselves and networking. Monahan said

all business owners have to wear several hats, and the center looks for which hat isn’t fitting quite right.

Bailey lauded Jacksonville Startup Weekend for being the first event to bring technologyminded people together, even though it earned praise from all different sectors in the startup sphere. It brought some momentum to entrepreneurs who are no longer afraid to

WHATA.TV Creator: Jose Fermin website: whatatv.launchrock.com Created: 2012 Pitch: Whata.TV is an app that allows users to watch international television from anywhere in the world as if they were there. Users who live away from their birth countries can keep up with their home programming in real time.

Reception: Fermin said Stache Investments Corporation took an interest in the app.

Whata.TV earned $942.79 at One Spark.

Where it stands: Whata.TV is in development.

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ALERT THE BOSS

DUNZO

Creator: Evan Diamond

Creators: Sean Taylor (pictured) and

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Created: 2013

website: dunzoapp.com

Pitch: This mobile app is a completely

Created: 2013

anonymous service in which users provide

Pitch: Dunzo is a Web-based app that

feedback of their experiences at businesses

allows its users to create and manage lists

through text messages. Businesses will pay a

in a user-friendly way. Mobile users can

monthly subscription to have access to a Web dashboard, and their employees can use the app’s commands through text messages.

Reception: Currently funded through Diamond alone, Alert the Boss drew $558.17 at One Spark.

Where it stands: Alert the Boss is currently in beta testing.

access lists through Internet browsers on their phones.

Reception: Dunzo drew in $422.15 at this year’s One Spark festival.

Where it stands: Dunzo is available for use at dunzoapp.com and does not require downloading.

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MOMENT STRONG Creator: Liz Pierce website: momentstrong.com Created: 2012 Pitch: Moment Strong is a patent-pending mobile health and wellness app that focuses on diet, exercise, smoking, drinking and stress. It’s marketed toward companies’ human resources departments to offer to their employees at no cost, so their employees can improve their health through inspirational content, deterrents, tips or distractions.

Reception: MomentStrong received $365.86 in crowdsourced funding at One Spark.

Where it stands: Pierce said Stache Investments Corporation took an interest in the app, and it’s working with UNF graduate-level nursing students to build its expert content library. showcase themselves and their ideas.

“The growth period is in full swing,” he said.

Excitement is high, but businesses need to make money to survive. Many entrepreneurs, such as Pierce, said it will take Jacksonville launching enough successful startups before more investors willing to fund tech startups come to the area. But Vaughan, who meets with investors for his various projects and for the accelerators in The Factory, said the money is here. So did Grusden, who said it may take reaching out to area investors in the real estate industry to see why it’s worth investing in tech.

Pierce and Jose Fermin said they spoke with Stache Investments Corporation during One Spark. The firm, led by Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, promised $1 million worth of investments to One Spark creators.

Fermin said Whata.TV was one of 30 businesses Stache met with during the April convention. Whata.TV is an app in development that gives users the ability to watch live international television from their countries of origin. Fermin said he hopes to become a Jacksonville startup investor, if Whata.TV is the success he projects it to be, so that he can give back to the community that supported him during One Spark.

However, Stache investors funded Heritage Farms (which also received a $280,000 mortgage from Stache Investments), Pure Treats, Original Fuzz,

Hatchware and Floppy Entertainment through an accelerator program called KYN and led by Rivas.

Through KYN, the businesses receive $35,000, plus office and meeting space, mentoring and pitch opportunities with potential investors and venture capitalists.

Two of the businesses are tech-related.

Hatchware designs digital menus for restaurants, and Floppy Entertainment develops user-friendly games.

Cochrane said health care-focused incubator Healthbox selected one of his startups, Rostr, a collaboration with Torres that keeps track of high school athletes’ health, for its first class of startups in Jacksonville. Healthbox Florida mentors its startups at CoWork Jax. According to its website, Healthbox has locations in Boston, Chicago, Nashville and London.

For now, the financial investment hasn’t matched the energy of the tech community’s networking events.

“It’s been a rolling ride, and I know it’s only the beginning,” Calvert said. “And if it moved this fast this year, it’s gonna move even faster next year.”

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EXTRAVAGANZA SHOW & TELL

Reasons to leave the house this week

Braided Light Dance Project (pictured), JacksonVegas and Squeedlepuss show all they’ve got in the “Show & Tell” three-year anniversary.

The night of art, music and performance, spoken word, poetry and comedy features Cringe, Matt Nunn & Friends, Jimmy Locksmith and DJ Dr. Vernon during and after First Wednesday Art Walk. 5 p.m.-midnight Oct. 2 at Club TSI Discotheque, 333 E. Bay St., Downtown, free, facebook.com/showandtelljax. Photo: Bekkah Clifford

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THEATER FREUD’S LAST SESSION

Imagine outspoken devout Christian C.S. Lewis stopping by to visit nihilist psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud two weeks before Freud’s death in 1943 in London. The 5 & Dime Theatre Company and director Kelby Siddons present Mark St. Germain’s hour-long one-act play “Freud’s Last Session.” The brilliant men – Robert Arleigh White as Freud and Seth Langner as Lewis – spar over love, sex, the meaning of life and whether God exists.

7 p.m. cocktail hour, 8 p.m. curtain, Sept. 2728, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, $50 (advance tickets only, includes champagne and dessert reception after the show), the5anddime.org.

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK OKTOBERFEST

The annual celebration includes a biergarten block party on Laura Street (from Monroe to Duval), oompah band Dan Witulcki & Mein Heimatland Musikanten, German-style food, a yodeling contest, a public participation art mural and extended hours. That’s two bonus hours of art walkin’! 5-11 p.m. Oct. 2, headquarters at Hemming Plaza, spanning more than 15 blocks in Downtown Jacksonville, free, 634-0303 ext.

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MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

“Transylvania Mania” continues with “Eye-Gore,” sexy yodeling lab assistant Inga and creepy Frau Blucher welcoming “Fronkensteen.” That’s Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, of course, who’s inherited the castle after the death of Dr. Victor von Frankenstein in this musical take on Mel Brooks’ comedy, directed by Players by the Sea’s Shirley Sacks. The experiments must go on! Sept. 27-Oct. 12 (8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday), on Players by the Sea’s main stage, 106 Sixth St. N., Jacksonville Beach, $16-$28, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org. Photo: Jocelyn Geronimo

CITY PRIDE #WELOVEJAX

Lovers of Jacksonville share their passion and ideas for the city. Speakers include Jax Chamber Director of Downtown Engagement Tony Allegretti, author and activist Dr. Wayne Wood, Jen Jones of Unity Plaza Jax and JCCI President and CEO Ben Warner, also of JAX2025. #WeLoveJax organizers Somewhere in the City, Outside the Den and Jesse Wilson want attendees to bring open minds and big ideas. 6-9 p.m.

Sept. 27, Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, free, 353-6067, facebook.com/underbellylive.

SCIENCE GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

The Museum of Science & History’s newest traveling exhibit is “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors” (pictured), examining those fireballs in popular culture and science. MOSH is also among several Northeast Florida museums celebrating Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28. Download a free ticket for two to any of the participating museums at smithsonian. com/museumday (see website or Folio Weekly Arts Guide on Page 34 for local participants). “Great Balls of Fire” on display through Dec. 31, MOSH, 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org.

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CLASSIC ROCK JEFF BECK & BRIAN WILSON

Jeff Beck (left) – pegged as the fifth greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone – arrives with Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson – heralded as one of the greatest music producers of all time – for the fourth of 22 planned North American concert dates. Fellow original Beach Boys Al Jardine and David Marks join them. 7 p.m. Oct. 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., St. Augustine, $40-$80, 209-0367, staugamphitheatre.com. Photo: Mr. Bonzai

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Chris Hemsworth (left), still buff after playing Thor, promised director Ron Howard he’d drop 30 pounds to play charismatic Englishman James Hunt, whose rivalry with disciplined driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) takes center stage in “Rush.” “Thor couldn’t even fit into a Formula One car,” Hemsworth said. Photo: Universal Pictures

Character-driven Drama

Wildly different approaches to winning fuel this story, more about the men than the cars RUSH

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ven if you despise racecar driving, “Rush” is utterly captivating from start to finish.

The story of archrivals on the Formula One racing scene in 1976, director Ron Howard’s latest film is a fascinating character study of two polar opposites in a dangerous sport who have only one thing in common: winning.

Their approaches to that end couldn’t be more different. Based on a true story, James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) is reckless and selfcentered, a man who loves the high life off the track as much as he loves the adrenaline rush on it. Accordingly, his relationships with both his track managers and the women in his life, including his marriage to model Suzy Miller (Olivia Wilde), are fleeting, because he’s such a loose cannon. Conversely, archrival Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) is grounded and super-serious; he comes from money, and uses it, along with his vast knowledge of the sport, as his greatest assets in building the fastest car possible. Whereas James celebrates after winning a big race, Niki goes to bed at his regular time, to get up early the next day, striving to be even better.

Howard, working from a script by Peter Morgan (“The Queen”), succeeds in making the film about the men rather than their sport. This means Formula One racing is not specifically showcased, and anything we learn about it comes from the experiences of James and Niki. The stark contrast between the journeys of James and Niki are chronicled, allowing the performances and character arcs to take center stage.

That’s a smart move by Howard — not as many viewers will be drawn to a racing movie

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as they will to this compelling drama of two men striving for the same goal in drastically opposing ways.

The performances are fantastic.

Hemsworth, who’s Australian, is well-suited to portray a bon vivant playboy living on the edge. James lives like he drives: bold, brash, arrogant and a legitimate danger to others.

Since most of us know Hemsworth as Thor in the Marvel movies, this role is a nice change of pace that allows him to show some range and still be believable.

The best performance, however, is from to Brühl, and it should earn him a supporting actor Oscar nomination. Niki is just as full of himself and arrogant as James, but in an altogether different way: He wins with cunning strategy and execution, with an intellectual approach that values his brains over James’ brawn. Brühl, with his short delivery, quick wit and determination, is both abrasive and endearing, a complex character we can’t get enough of.

In addition to the stellar performances, it’s nice that a pseudo-friendship does not manifest during the rivalry. They hate each other, and it stays that way. Niki views James with contempt. James calls Niki a “rat.” It’s intriguing to watch the hatred fuel them; for each driver, it becomes just as much about not letting the other guy win as it does winning for himself.

Drama that takes this perspective — and does it so well — is not often revealed in movies today, which makes “Rush” a must-see.

Dan Hudak themail@folioweekly.com

Movies

Sam Sparks (left, voiced by Anna Faris) introduces Barry (Cody Cameron) to Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” co-directed by Cameron and Kris Pearn. Photo: Sony Pictures

Repeat Forecast

The plot’s predictable, but the characters are lovable CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 **G@

Rated PG • Opens Sept. 27

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ome sequels try to take the characters to new places and new adventures.

Others play it safe and put the characters back into what amounts to a new version of the same problem they had last time.

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” chose the latter route, sending our hero Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader), his dad Tim (James Caan), girlfriend Samantha Sparks (Anna Faris), and friends Officer Earl Devereaux (Terry Crews replaces Mr. T), Baby Brent McHale (Andy Samberg), cameraman Manny (Benjamin Bratt) and monkey Steve (Neil Patrick Harris) back to the food-infested island of Swallow Falls.

The sequel picks up minutes after the original ends, with Flint having successfully shut down his out-of-control food-making machine, the FLDSMDFR. Flint meets his childhood hero, inventor Chester V (Will Forte), who now runs the wildly successful LIVE Corp., when he’s called in to clean up the island.

He offers Flint a job at LIVE Corp., in San Fran Jose, Calif., so Flint and his friends relocate there. Flint has visions of creating a new invention that will make him one of Chester V’s elite thinkers. It doesn’t take long for Flint to end up as an outcast once again, mocked by his peers.

Chester V offers him a shot at redemption: Return to Swallow Falls to recover the FLDSMDFR, which has apparently sprung back to life and is now producing food animals, or foodimals.

The good news is that a return to an island of food opens up the dialog for lots of fun food puns, as Flint and the gang encounter a strawberry they name Barry, as well as shrimpanzees, flamangos and a tacodile, among others. Swallow Falls has essentially become a Jurassic Park of food creatures.

But we’ve seen this before, as Flint and his

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ragtag team of misfits wind their way through food to the center of the island to shut down the FLDSMDFR. The new, but not at all surprising twist is that Chester V is not nearly as benevolent as Flint believed; as his motives become clear, the gang’s true mission is revealed.

If you were a fan of the original “Cloudy,” then the sequel is worth your time, even though it’s not on a par with the original; it’s fun to see these characters again. Steve once again steals the show with his one-word exclamations.

Kids will love the food creatures, unconcerned about the rehash of the first “Cloudy” or the many clichéd plot points.

Don’t leave the theater when the closing credits begin — you won’t want to miss gags such as Flint appearing on “Late Night with Cornan.”

John Hoogesteger themail@folioweekly.com

FUN WITH FOOD Here are some other food-oriented movies for kids you should sample: “Ratatouille” (2007): Remy (Patton Oswalt) loves to cook and wants to be a chef. There’s just one little problem: He’s a rat and rats aren’t allowed anywhere near kitchens.

“Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (1971) and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005): Regardless of whether you choose the original Gene Wilder version or the remade Johnny Depp one, kids will enjoy the story of a poor boy getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to tour a magical candy factory.

“Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie” (2002) and “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie” (2008): The popular food characters, including Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, are the stars who will delight preschoolers.

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Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) seek true intimacy while fighting cultural attitudes learned through the media in “Don Jon,” written and directed by Gordon-Levitt. Photo: Relativity Media

Porn Prince

Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut takes aim at relationship delusions of men and women DON JON ***@

Rated R • Opens Sept. 27

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an we all admit we’re at least a little fascinated by porn?

If you’re a prude or in denial (or both), you’ve already stopped reading. For the 99 percent of us who can at least admit it to ourselves, “Don Jon” is a movie offering brutally honest truths that will strike a chord for men and women alike.

Among Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his buddies Bobby (Rob Brown) and Danny (Jeremy Luke), Jon has the most success with the ladies and, of course, by “success,” I mean “one-night stands.” One conquest after another is fine with Jon, but the reality is this: He prefers porn. He has valid reasons why this is his preference, reasons most women will not like but men will acknowledge as true. For sex-addict Jon, who goes to confession, works as a bartender, spends time with his family and takes care of his apartment, life is good.

Then, Jon meets alpha-girl knockout Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), and everything changes. Not in the sense that he falls head-over-heels in love, has a crisis of conscience and realizes the error of his ways (though there is some of that), but rather in Jon’s desire to be with just one person instead of a new girl every weekend. Jon’s family (headed by a hilarious Tony Danza as his dad, Glenne Headly as his mom and Brie Larson as his sister) also likes her, and Barbara seems to love Jon in return. At least at first.

What’s fascinating about Jon and Barbara’s relationship is that each has

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different views about love, sex and dating, and each is completely delusional. Jon has never truly made love because, to him, it’s all about the act rather than the connection, and Barbara is so enamored with the idea of a fairy-tale prince and the drama of sappy rom-coms that she doesn’t allow for the hardships love can bring. Each has an ideal the other couldn’t possibly meet, no matter how hard they try.

This is where Esther (Julianne Moore) comes in. As the older, experienced woman Jon meets while taking the night classes Barbara forced him to take, he slowly begins to understand what a real connection of love should feel like. It’s a small part for Moore but an essential one for the movie, as it requires an actress with the talent and screen presence to stop this playboy in his tracks and force him to grow up. The role could not be better cast.

During pre-production, Gordon-Levitt considered having Channing Tatum play Jon; Tatum does appear in a small cameo as a movie star opposite Anne Hathaway.

Appropriately lighthearted and serious when it wants/needs to be, this is an impressive directorial debut for GordonLevitt, who also wrote the script. Yes, it’s a bit repetitive at times, but the conclusion and blunt honesty throughout suggest that Gordon-Levitt had an original idea and saw it through. More movies should be this bold.

Dan Hudak themail@folioweekly.com

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2 GUNS **G@ Rated R Marcus Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) and Bobby Trench (Denzel Washington), working for the government to infiltrate a dangerous drug cartel, are forced to team up when their mission goes awry.

20 FEET FROM STARDOM **** Rated PG-13 • Opens Sept. 27 at Sun-Ray Cinema You know their voices, but not their names. Director Morgan Neville puts the spotlight on the backup singers of some of the most well-known performers in this documentary that examines their sacrifices and hard work. Co-starring Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Lisa Fischer.

2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILMS Opens Sept. 27 at Sun-Ray Cinema Eight short films are featured, including fiction, documentary and animation, with five award-winners. “The Date,” Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction, Jenni Toivoniemi, Finland; “Whiplash,” Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction, Damien Chazelle, USA; “Skinningrove,” Short Film Jury Award: Non-Fiction, Michael Almereyda, USA; “Until the Quiet Comes,” Short Film Special Jury Award, Kahlil Joseph, USA; “Irish Folk Furniture,” Short Film Jury Award: Animation, Tony Donoghue, Ireland; “The Event,” Julia Pott, USA/ United Kingdom; “Jonah,” Kibwe Tavares, Tanzania/United Kingdom, and “K.I.T.,” Michelle Morgan, USA. Check with Sun-Ray for times and dates.

AUSTENLAND *G@@ Rated PG-13 A little Jane Austen goes a long way for most folks, but Jane Hayes (Keri Russell) is just plain obsessed. There’s a Jane Austen theme park in England, where she goes to find some version of Mr. Darcy, the hero of “Pride and Prejudice,” a fictional character who holds the yardstick by which she measures all beaus. Co-starring JJ Feild, the outrageous Jennifer Coolidge and Bret McKenzie.

BAGGAGE CLAIM Rated PG-13 • Opens Sept. 27 Flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton), a successful career woman, is feeling the pressure: Her little sister’s getting married, and she’s still single. She’s got 30 days to get hitched, so she starts culling through the dregs of past loves. Never a good plan. They’re exes for a reason, Montana.

BATTLE OF THE YEAR G@@@ Rated PG-13 The battle referred to is for dancing, as gutsy and talented Americans dance against the best dancers in the world. This is almost as pointless as that yachtracing thing everybody salivates about every winter.

BLUE JASMINE ***@ Rated PG-13 Director Woody Allen elicits a stellar performance from Cate Blanchett in his drama showcasing characters bent on self-destruction. Co-starring Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins and Andrew Dice Clay, who’s gotten some positive reviews for his turn in this much-ballyhooed film.

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 **G@ Rated PG • Opens Sept. 27 Reviewed in this issue.

DESPICABLE ME 2 **G@ Rated PG Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) is a heinous villain who becomes a spy, from bad guy to dad to raise three adopted daughters. The Minions (voiced by co-director Pierre Coffin) steal the whole thing.

DON JON ***@ Rated R • Opens Sept. 27 Reviewed in this issue.

ELYSIUM ***@ Rated R It’s 2154, and Earth, where the 99 percenters live, is a mess. The air’s polluted, garbage is everywhere. The aristocrats live on Elysium, a circular spaceship oasis just outside Earth’s atmosphere. It’s an idyllic structure, made to look like the paradises of yesteryear. Max (Matt Damon) is planning to take down Elysium and bring equality to Earth in the dystopian sci-fi from director Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”).

THE FAMILY **G@ Rated R Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer play Fred and Maggie, a Mafia couple in the witness protection program. They’re living in France with their two kids, Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo), trying to fit in. This dark comedy, directed by Luc Besson, has its moments, and De Niro is clearly in his element.

GENERATION IRON ***G Rated PG-13 This documentary, produced by the same folks who made “Pumping Iron” way back in 1977, covers much of the same territory, following really big men as they train for the Mr. Olympia competition. Bodybuilders of old (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno) and new (Phil Heath, Kai Greene) are featured.

presidents over three decades, witnessing many of the 20th century’s biggest moments. The all-star cast runs deep with James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy, Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, John Cusack as Richard Nixon and Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower. Also starring Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and Liev Schreiber.

GETAWAY *G@@ Rated PG-13 Brent (Ethan Hawke), a former racecar driver, is forced into a mission to save his kidnapped wife. The Kid (Selena Gomez), a young hacker, is along for the ride while Brent takes orders from the unknown criminal (Jon Voight), who is watching all the action through cameras mounted on the car.

METALLICA: THROUGH THE NEVER Rated R • Opens Sept. 27 Not your average behind-thescenes music doc. Dane DeHaan plays Trip, a roadie for Metallica who’s tasked with a do-or-die assignment during a concert. Easy, right? Wrong. But the special effects are said to be awesome. With James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo.

GRACE UNPLUGGED Rated PG • Opens Oct. 3 The inspirational drama stars AJ Michalka as Gracie, a young singer who hopes her faith is strong enough to take her to the top.

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES **@@ Rated PG-13 This fantasy-adventure film costars Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jemima West and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

THE GRANDMASTER **G@ Rated PG-13 This lush, beautifully filmed (by cinematographer Philipe Le Sourd) movie is based on the true story of Ip Man (Tony Leung), a Chinese martial arts wizard who excelled at his craft – so much so, he was Bruce Lee’s mentor and teacher. Co-starring Zhang Ziyi and directed by Wong Kar Wai. In Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese.

ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US G@@@ Rated PG OMG! Niall, Zayn, Liam, Louis and that scamp Harry sing to a massive crowd on the edge of hysteria at the O2 Arena in London. We see their incredible leap from unknowns into the white-hot spotlight as the lads succeed beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

GRAND MASTI *G@@ Not Rated This college reunion comedy, costarring Ritesh Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani, is not up to Bollywood’s usual standards.

GROWN UPS 2 G@@@ Rated PG-13 Lenny (Adam Sandler) learns crazy follows everywhere when he moves his family back to his hometown to be with friends Marcus (David Spade), Kurt (Chris Rock) and Eric (Kevin James). The four adults relive the last day of school through their kids’ experiences.

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 **G@ Rated PG-13 A possessed Josh (Patrick Wilson) has just killed psychic Elise (Lin Shaye) and Josh’s wife Renai (Rose Byrne) is in shock. Demons have followed Josh and Renai’s son Dalton (Ty Simkins) back from the Further (a purgatory-type place where demons latch onto humans and rejoin the living), and a move to Grandma Lorraine’s (Barbara Hershey) house doesn’t help.

INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED **@@ Rated PG-13 A Mexican ladies’ man finds the product of a fling on his doorstep and the child changes his carefree life. Settled in LA working as a stunt man, Valentín (Eugenio Derbez) and daughter Maggie (Loreto Peralta) have their family threatened when the child’s mother shows up.

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER **@@ Rated PG-13 Forest Whitaker plays Cecil Gaines, a character based on the White House butler who served U.S.

AREA THEATERS AMELIA ISLAND Carmike 7, 1132 S. 14th St., Fernandina Beach, 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, 1028 Park St., 359-0047 GREEN COVE SPRINGS Clay Theatre, 326 Walnut St., 284-9012 NORTHSIDE Regal River City 14, River City Marketplace, 12884 City Center Blvd., 757-9880

A jazz orchestra teacher (J.K. Simmons) unloads on a novice drummer in director Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” a Sundance jury winner. It’s one of eight short films in the “Sundance Film Festival Short Films” program opening Sept. 27 at Sun-Ray Cinema. Photo: Sundance Institute

ORANGE PARK AMC Orange Park 24, 1910 Wells Road, (888) AMC-4FUN Carmike 12, 1820 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island, 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

PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS **@@ Rated PG The sequel opens with Percy (Logan Lerman), Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) at Camp Half-Blood, the only place where demigods can live in peace. Or so they think. They’re forced to recover the Golden Fleece, which is located in – you guessed it – the Sea of Monsters (aka the Bermuda Triangle).

PHATA POSTER NIKLA HERO **@@ Not Rated The Bollywood film, co-starring Shahid Kapoor and Ileana, is in Hindi.

PLANES **@@ Rated PG Watching this Disney movie, you realize you liked it better the first and second times you saw it when it was called “Cars,” then “Cars 2.” The film, only moderately and occasionally funny, does offer a nice message of believing you can do more than what you think you’re capable of, but “Planes” sputters when it needs to soar.

PRISONERS ***G Rated R This crime thriller stars Hugh Jackman as a father desperate to find his daughter and her friend, missing under mysterious and potentially terrifying circumstances. Costarring Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Maria Bello.

RIDDICK **G@ Rated R Escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) is left for dead – you know how that usually goes – and faces an alien race of predators and bounty hunters who want him dead in the franchise that started with 2000’s “Pitch Black.” Costarring Karl Urban and Jordi Molla. Directed by David Twohy.

RUSH ***G Rated R • Opens Sept. 27 Reviewed in this issue.

SHORT TERM 12 ***G Rated R • Sun-Ray Cinema At a foster-care facility, Grace (Brie Larson) helps troubled kids; she and her boyfriend, who also works there, counsel and guide kids who have nowhere else to go. Co-starring John Gallagher Jr., Frantz Turner and Kaitlyn Deaver.

(Hank Azaria). Gargamel created the Naughties to help him harness the Smurf-essence, but he learns the only way to get it is with a spell only Smurfette knows.

STILL MINE ***G Rated PG-13 • Opens Sept. 27 at Sun-Ray Cinema Based on a true story. Craig Morrison (James Cromwell’s first lead role) plans to build a suitable house for his ill wife Irene (Genevieve Bujold). Building codes, officials and jail deter him, as he takes a stand in this drama, directed by Michael McGowan.

THIS IS THE END **G@ Rated R It’s a wild party at James Franco’s house as his friends drink and ingest substances. Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and Franco play themselves in the crazy comedy. As a party is in full swing, the apocalypse dawns.

THE ULTIMATE LIFE **@@ Rated PG Jason Stevens (Logan Bartholomew) faces lawsuits from his extended family while running his grandfather’s foundation. He finds his grandfather’s journal and is transported to 1941, where he’s reminded what’s important in life. Co-starring Peter Fonda and Bill Cobbs.

WE’RE THE MILLERS ***@ Rated R Small-time drug dealer David (Jason Sudeikis) uses the “perfect family” façade when he’s offered $100,000 to bring back “a little bit” of weed from Mexico.

The family includes stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), latchkey teenager Kenny (Will Poulter) and homeless teen Casey (Emma Roberts). Sudeikis has great one-liners, Aniston unfurls a edgy/ sexy/funny performance like her role in “Horrible Bosses.”

THE WIZARD OF OZ ***G Rated PG The classic 1939 black-and-white – and fabulous Technicolor, once we get to Oz – fantasy gets the IMAX treatment. Starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West, it’s based on L. Frank Baum’s stories of a young farm girl who travels to a faraway land only to learn there’s no place like home. Click your heels and repeat after me …

THE WOLVERINE ***@ Rated PG-13 Logan (Hugh Jackman) learns being a warrior without a cause isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.

Called to Japan, he begins a journey to face his own mortality.

THE WORLD’S END **@@ Rated R In this British comedy, one man fondly recalls a pub crawl his mates hold in considerably less esteem.

Twenty years ago, Gary (Simon Pegg), Ollie (Martin Freeman), Pete (Eddie Marsan), Steve (Paddy Considine) and Andy (Nick Frost) tried to down a pint of ale at 12 pubs in a one-mile stretch of town. They didn’t finish the run and now Gary wants to make it right. The problem? Alien robots have taken over the bodies of the townspeople.

YOU’RE NEXT ***G Rated R A happy family reunion becomes a violent crime and then a case of serious counterattack in this thriller, directed by Adam Wingard.

OTHER FILMS

DEF LEPPARD VIVA HYSTERIA CONCERT The enduring hair band kills it over nine concerts at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Café last spring. 8 p.m. Oct. 2.

SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE **G@ Not Rated No matter the language or location, love is a challenge around the world. In Hindi.

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME IMAX THEATRE “The Wizard of Oz,” “Great White Shark 3D” and “Tornado Alley 3D” are screened along with “The Last Reef 3D” and “Flight of the Butterflies 3D” at World Golf Hall of Fame Village IMAX Theatre, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine, 940-IMAX, worldgolfimax.com.

SMURFS 2 *G@@ Rated PG At it again, the Smurfs enter the humans’ world to help Smurfette (Katy Perry) escape Gargamel

LATITUDE CINEGRILLE “World War Z” is currently screened at Latitude 30 CineGrille, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside, 365-5555.

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Music The Man Behind the Songs

With a ‘lack of confidence’ and an abundance of talent, Dallas Green wants fans to focus on the music, not the man CITY AND COLOUR with THE PAPER KITES 8 p.m. Oct. 4 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach Tickets: $32 in advance, $35 day of show (general admission, standing) 209-0399, pvconcerthall.com

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hen Dallas Green started releasing his solo music in 2005, the idea of people sporting T-shirts bearing his name made him sick to his stomach. Shirts for singer-songwriters like Bob Dylan or Neil Young — sure, those made sense. Not for Dallas Green. He even hated the thought of someone picking up a CD and seeing it labeled with his name. Hence, the recording alias City and Colour, a simple reference to Dallas — a city — and green — a color.

“It stems from a lack of confidence,” Green said during a phone interview. “City and Colour is something I can hide behind.”

For about 10 years, he played in the posthardcore band Alexisonfire. Perhaps it was easier for him to hide amid the noisy screams of his old band, but with the folk-oriented City and Colour, it’s nearly impossible. He tours with a full band, but half of the sets feature just him, front and center with a guitar, his high tenor voice slipping occasionally into a falsetto.

His hope is that the performances always remain focused on the songs.

“I’ve always wanted it to be more about the song than it is about the person,” he said.

“It’s not the applause that moves me. It’s the feeling of the song, and hoping that people feel something from it.”

He understands that as he has become more successful — winning three Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy) and topping the Canadian charts — the attention of listeners might inevitably shift away from the songs and more toward him as an individual. That reality seems to make him uneasy, but recent creative decisions have shown that he’s not paralyzed by the idea. On stage with a band, he now stands in the middle, instead of off to the side. And the cover of his latest album, “The Hurry and The Harm,” is the first to show his face — well, half of it.

“I’m a little bit more comfortable with myself now at 33 than I was at 23,” he said.

As a confessional songwriter with a cathartic, autobiographical approach, his lyrics are intensely personal.

“I can’t help but write about things in my own life or about the way I’m feeling at the time. It’s a little selfish in a way,” he said.

In the song “Two Coins” from “The Hurry and The Harm,” the line, “I’ve always been dark, with light somewhere in the distance,”

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stands out. When asked if he is, indeed, a dark person, he said, “Yeah, I think so. …

I’m never really overly happy. I think I have moments of happiness, but the rest of them are kind of spent celebrating the negative. I work to hopefully not be that way someday.”

His songs aren’t completely filled with despair, though, and he pointed out that not only does it provide an outlet, it’s also fun to sing sad songs. “I do think that there’s always a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel in most of my songs,” he added.

He’s never tried to write a happy-go-lucky song, mainly because he learned a long time ago that forcing lyrics never turns out well.

“I’m sure that if I sat down and decided to write a song about my puppy dog that I love so much, which is the truth, I’m sure I could write a song about her,” he said.

Despite loving his 4-pound Maltese/Yorkie mix named Alabama, he doesn’t think he would like such a song, or that it would be any good. He clarified that he is not a dog lover; he

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just adores his tiny Morkie.

For fans of the loud, aggressive Alexisonfire, all of this emphasis on intimacy might seem strange. “Our goal was to try to get everyone in the crowd moving and as energetic as humanly possible,” he said of his former band. “[Now], if I can get everyone to be pin-drop quiet, that’s my goal.”

He claimed it hasn’t sunk in for him that he deserves the accolades he’s received from fans and critics. He said he surrounds himself with people who keep him grounded to keep his ego in check.

“Every time I make a fuss about any little thing,” he said, “I get told to take the trash out.”

Heather Lovejoy themail@folioweekly.com

CONCERTS THIS WEEK

O’BROTHER, NATIVE, DAYLIGHT, R-DENT, CHIEF KEEF Experimental rock, ambient music, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Brewster’s Megaplex, 845 University Blvd., Arlington, $10, 223-9850.

MUSIC BY THE SEA: Navy Dixieland Jazz The free concert series continues 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at St. Johns County Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, free, 347-8007.

JACUZZI BOYS, QUEEN BEEF Psychedelic Miami rock group, Sept. 25 at Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 825-4959.

THE PRETTY RECKLESS, HEAVEN’S BASEMENT, LOUNA Taylor Momsen’s dark rock band promotes a new album, 8 p.m. Sept.

25 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $15-$50, 398-7496.

THE MOBROS, DR. SIRBROTHER Soulful indie rock, 8 p.m. Sept.

25 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977.

GOLDROOM LIVE BAND, T3AM Electro-pop and indie dance, 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, $10.

COLIN HAY Singer-songwriter and Men at Work’s lead singer appears 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach, $29.50-$39.50, 209-0399.

RICK SPRINGFIELD, GARRETT ON ACOUSTIC Grammy-winning “Jessie’s Girl� singer is still looking for a woman like that, 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $28.50-$78.50, 355-2787.

CLAUDE BOURBON, DON CASPER Medieval and Spanish blues guitarist, Sept. 26 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008.

BLACKBERRY SMOKE, LEVI LOWERY Southern rockers perform the single “Pretty Little Lie,� 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at Mavericks at the Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Downtown, $15-$25, 356-1110.

STRFKR, CHROME SPARKS Indie and electronica acts own the night, 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $15, 398-7496.

GHOST TOWN, HER BRIGHT SKIES, MODERN DAY ESCAPE Hollywood’s new electro rock act, 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at Brewster’s Pit, 845 University Blvd. N., Southside, $12, 743-1845.

GRAMATIK, COYOTE KISSES, EX-MAG Producer known for releasing free music arrives 8 p.m. Sept. 26 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $20, 246-2473.

THE PEOPLE’S BLUES OF RICHMOND, THE CROWKEEPERS Psychedelic rock band brings the energy, 9 p.m. Sept. 26 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977.

ENTER THE HAGGIS Indie roots-rockers play 9 p.m. Sept. 26 at Original CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, $12, 460-9311.

SPADE McQUADE Irishman plays Celtic rock, 9 p.m. Sept. 26 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina, free, 277-8010.

KATE AND COREY, PETE BERWICK, ARVID SMITH Indie folkies with an Americana bluesy feel, 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, $5, 353-6067.

DEREK MINOR Southern hip-hop artist formerly known as

Pro is still eligible, 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside, $8-$12, 388-7807.

IAMDYNAMITE, HONEY CHAMBER, WEEKEND ATLAS Pop duo comes with a warning label, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $10, 398-7496.

RALPH E. & THE JAMMERS Motown act boogies on, 7 p.m.

Sept. 27 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

CANARY IN THE COALMINE, FJORD EXPLORER, THE JOHN CARVER BAND Harmonious Americana group performs 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $8, 246-2473.

CONFLUENT O.P. jammers, 9:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, free, 277-8010.

ANNIE SELLICK, JOSHUA BOWLUS TRIO Soulful jazz singer delivers, 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008.

ROAD LESS TRAVELED Tampa rock band plays 7:30 p.m. Sept.

27 at Town Center Courtyard, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, free.

BLUES LIGHTNING Three-piece Southern rock band, 10 p.m.

Sept. 27 at Mojo Old City BBQ, 5 Cordova St., St. Augustine, 342-5264.

DEFUNK Brunswick band appears, 10 p.m. Sept. 27 at Mojo No. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 381-6670.

YOUNG RODDY, CORNER BOY P, FIEND Jet Life recording artists perform, 10 p.m. Sept. 27 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, $15-$30, 1904jax.com.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE LANDING Local acts compete weekly (for a chance to be in the final competition Oct. 4), 8 p.m. Sept. 27 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, $10, 353-1188.

LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES Little Mike has the blues 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, $5, 277-8010.

LAUREN FINCHAM, MIKE PEARSON, FOUR FAMILIES Local acts perform on the river, Sept. 28 on Riverside Arts Market’s River Stage, 715 Riverside Ave., free.

PATRICK EVAN Local talent 8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Blue Fish/ Elevated Avondale, 3551 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 387-0700.

MITCH KUHMAN BAND Singer-songwriter performs with his guitar, 2-6 p.m. Sept. 28 at Sangrias, 35 Hypolita St., St. Augustine, 827-1947.

SOUTHBOUND FEARING, RANDOM HERO Three-piece rock band from Toledo is on 8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside, $10, 388-7807.

MISHKA Reggae artist, 9 p.m. Sept. 28 at CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, $12, 460-9311.

CARPADIUM, HELIOS HAND, THE STRANGE, TREES SETTING FIRES Florida-based rock acts perform, 8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $8, 398-7496.

DEWEY VIA, CHRIS McVIE Blues singer-songwriter appears 10 p.m. Sept. 28 at Mojo Old City BBQ, 5 Cordova St., St. Augustine, 342-5264.

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TESLA BOY, GEORGE STEVENS Russian pop artist offers detente, 9 p.m. Sept. 28 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, $10, 1904jax.com.

NAIA KETE, NATE ENGEL, JENNI REID Soulful singersongwriter offers reggae-influenced pop, 8 p.m. Sept. 29 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $8, 398-7496.

CHROME PONY, LIFEFORMS, HONEY CHAMBER Nashville rock, 8 p.m. Sept. 29, Underbelly, 113 E. Bay, Downtown, $5.

ITCHY HEARTS, SINNERS AND SAINTS Folk-influenced garage band from Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Sept. 29 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977.

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SICK PUPPIES, REDLIGHT KING, CHARMING LIARS Aussie alt-rockers appear, 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $22, 246-2473.

CYANIDE SUNSET, SCATTERED HAMLET Australian rock band headlines, 7 p.m. Sept. 30 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $5, 398-7496.

PSYCHO ADORABLE Folk-rock duo, 9 p.m. Oct. 1 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977.

BLACK TAXI NYC electro-pop band 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, $5.

THE ICARUS ACCOUNT, LANDON AUSTIN, RAQUEL CABRERA, JENNI REID Twins share acoustic pop flavor, 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $8, 398-7496.

JOHN LUMPKIN QUARTET Jazz 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008.

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, FRUITION Five-piece bluegrass band from Michigan, 8 p.m. Oct. 2 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $15, 246-2473.

THE MANTRAS Prog rock jam band, 6 p.m. Oct. 2 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, free, 1904musichall.com.

REHAB Band blends Southern rock and hip hop, 10 p.m. Oct. 2 at The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, $12, 460-9311.

SAVES THE DAY, INTO IT. OVER IT. New Jersey power-pop rockers 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at Brewster’s Roc Bar, 845 University Blvd., Arlington, $15, 223-9850.

QUEEN BEEF, DJ DOTS, TRAILER PARK PRINCESS St. Auggie punk rock, 9 p.m. Oct. 2 at Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, $5, 547-2188.

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One such concoction is the tequila pickle-juice shot: that’s right – tequila first, then pickle juice. Don’t pucker; it’s surprisingly smooth. Park Place also has a fantastic “sand bar” in the back where folks can relax and stick their feet in the sand. Inside are two bars, pool tables and a dartboard.

DJs spin most nights for the dancers who move to impress on the floor. Daytime specials bring the night owls out early, and Weiner Wednesdays mean hot dog days.

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BRIAN WILSON, JEFF BECK, AL JARDINE, DAVID MARKS Oct. 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BASTARD SONS Oct. 3, Jack Rabbits END OF SUMMER BEACH BASH: PARKER URBAN BAND Oct. 3, Hampton Inn Oceanfront WILLY PORTER Oct. 3, The Original Café Eleven REBECCA DAY & JEN THOMPSON Oct. 3, Pusser’s Bar & Grille YOUNGBLOOD BRASS BAND Oct. 3, 1904 Music Hall JULIE DURDEN Oct. 3, Mudville Music Room EILEN JEWELL Oct. 4, Underbelly HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL Oct. 4, Burro Bar CITY & COLOUR Oct. 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CRAIG CAMPBELL Oct. 4, Mavericks at the Landing SIMPLE NATURAL, MR2THEP, KENYON, DRAZZAH HAZZERD, YOUNG LION & YOUNG PRINCE Oct. 4, Freebird Live CLAY BENJAMIN BAND Oct. 4, Jack Rabbits SOUNDS ON CENTRE: Ben Prestage Oct. 4, Centre Street, Fernandina Beach UP UNTIL NOW Oct. 4, 1904 Music Hall LAUREN FINCHAM DUO Oct. 4, 200 First Street Courtyard YELLOWMAN, SAGITTARIUS BAND Oct. 5, The Standard THE BLACK CROWES Oct. 5, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MOLLY HATCHET, JAMIE DAVIS Oct. 5, Whitey’s Fish Camp THE LEE BOYS, PARKER URBAN BAND, SPRED THE DUB Oct. 5, Buccaneer Field at Central Park CONNOR BLACKLEY, BLUE MUSE JAZZ, TEDDY WASHINGTON, TAMBOR, UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE III Oct. 5, Riverside Arts Market TAPROOT, RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA Oct. 5, Jack Rabbits KIM WATERS Oct. 5, Ritz Theatre ILL NINO Oct. 5, Brewster’s Roc Bar PARKER URBAN BAND Oct. 5, Dog Star Tavern JACKSONVILLE ORIGINAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Oct. 5, The Landing, 1904 Music Hall, Underbelly JAAP BLONK, JEB BISHOP Oct. 7, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville WOLVES AT THE GATE Oct. 9, Brewster’s Roc Bar DAVID RUSSELL, JOHN PEYTON, ERIC BOWDEN Oct. 9, Mudville Music Room FRIGHTENED RABBIT, AUGUSTINES Oct. 10, Freebird Live TWITCHING TOUNGES, TURNSTILE, DOWNPRESSER Oct. 10, Atticus Bar LAUREN MANN & THE FAIRLY ODD FOLK Oct. 10, Jack Rabbits JOSHUA BOWLUS TRIO Oct. 10, Mudville Music Room A LOSS FOR WORDS, HANDGUNS Oct. 10, Brewster’s Roc Bar MAYDAY PARADE, MAN OVERBOARD, THE CARTEL, STAGES AND STEREOS Oct. 11, Freebird Live BRETT ELDREDGE Oct. 11, Mavericks at the Landing JONNY CRAIG, SECRETS, KYLE LUCAS, HEARTS & HANDS, BLEACH BLONDE Oct. 11, Jack Rabbits BONNIE BLUE Oct. 11, Dog Star Tavern MARK WILLIAMS Oct. 11, 200 First Street Courtyard MOUNT KIMBIE Oct. 12, Jack Rabbits BRYCE ALASTAIR BAND, RUSTY SHINE, DARYL HANCE Oct. 12, Freebird Live RUSKO, TONN PIPER, RONI SIZE, DYNAMITE MC Oct. 12, Brewster’s Megaplex REBECCA DAY Oct. 12, The Surf GASLIGHT STREET Oct. 12, Dog Star Tavern SUGAR BEAR Oct. 12, Blue Fish/Elevated Avondale THE SUPERVILLAINS, THE MOVEMENT Oct. 12, Brewster’s BATHS Oct. 13, The Original Café Eleven THE BROWNING, THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE, HONOUR CREST, TEAR OUT THE HEART, MYKA RELOCATE Oct. 13, Jack Rabbits AARON CARTER, THE RED HOOKS, BRIE GOLDSOBEL, BETHANY & THE TROUBADOURS Oct. 14, Jack Rabbits GIVING UP Oct. 14, Burro Bar BARRY GREENE, TAYLOR ROBERTS, JAMES HOGAN Oct. 16, Mudville Music Room LAKE STREET DIVE Oct. 16, Underbelly MUSHROOMHEAD, RAZORZ EDGE, ONE-EYED DOLL Oct. 17, Brewster’s Roc Bar INDIA.ARIE Oct. 17, The Florida Theatre BETH WOOD Oct. 17, Mudville Music Room

MAGNOLIA FEST: Willie Nelson & Family, John Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen “Ragga� Marley, Mavis Staples, Railroad Earth, Drive-By Truckers, Donna the Buffalo, Dawes, Keller Williams & The Travelin’ McCourys, The Duhks, Jim Lauderdale, Col. Bruce Hampton & Friends, Jeff Mosier, Rev. Peyton’s Old Time Gospel Hour: Jimbo Mathus & Alvin Youngblood Hart, Grayson Capps, Tornado Rider, Seth Walker, The Heavy Pets, Nikki Talley, Honey Island Swamp Band, The Stacks, Beebs & Her Money Makers, Jon Stickley Trio: Lyndsay Pruett, Billy Iuso & Restless Natives, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, Sloppy Joe, Quartermoon, Big Cosmo, Habanero Honeys, Back from the Brink, kLoB, Corbitt Brothers, Stephen Kellogg, Flagship Romance, S.P.O.R.E, Canary in the Coalmine, Tropic of Cancer, Bonnie Blue, JacksonVegas, Sentropolis, Jason Lamar, Alien Carnival Oct. 17-20, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park DIZZY WRIGHT, EMILIO ROJAS, MARCUS MOODY Oct. 18, Jack Rabbits THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, MOON HOOCH Oct. 18, Freebird Live TOWER OF POWER Oct. 18, The Florida Theatre HINDER, CANDLEBOX, DEVOUR THE DAY, OPEN AIR STEREO Oct. 18, Mavericks at the Landing JOSH MILLER’S BLUES REVUE Oct. 18, Dog Star Tavern CHILLAKAYA CHILLA REGGAE Oct. 18, Blue Fish DON MINIARD Oct. 18, 200 First Street Courtyard THE LUMINEERS, DR. DOG, NATHANIEL RATELIFF Oct. 18, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LARRY MANGUM, CHARLEY SIMMONS, JACK MENTZEL Oct. 18, Mudville Music Room SIR CHARLES 0ct. 18, 1904 Music Hall ADAM SAMS, MOONRISE COLLECTIVE Oct. 18, Murray Hill Theatre YANKEE SLICKERS Oct. 19, Dog Star Tavern SMILE EMPTY SOUL Oct. 19, Brewster’s Roc Bar PARKRIDGE, MYTH OF MYSELF Oct. 19, Freebird Live ACRASSICAUDA Oct. 21, Jack Rabbits GARY STARLING JAZZ GROUP Oct. 22, Mudville Music Room BILL KIRCHEN Oct. 23, Jack Rabbits THE DEER TRACKS Oct. 23, 1904 Music Hall REVERAND HORTON HEAT, WAYNE “THE TRAIN� HANCOCK Oct. 24, Jack Rabbits SWITCHFOOT Oct. 24, The Florida Theatre ALYCAT Oct. 24, 1904 Music Hall WE CAME AS ROMANS, CHUNK? NO! CAPTAIN CHUNK!, THE COLOR MORALE, DANGERKIDS Oct. 24, Brewster’s THE MAIN SQUEEZE Oct. 25, 1904 Music Hall NEKO CASE Oct. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PEACH KELLI POP, COLLEEN GREEN, THE MEMORIES, WHITE FANG, GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, QUEEN BEEF, THE MOLD, THE PREMADONNASAURS Oct. 25, Nobby’s BUILT TO SPILL, SLAM DUNK, GENDERS Oct. 25, Freebird Live SOUL GRAVY Oct. 25, Dog Star Tavern UNDERHILL ROSE, JOHN SHAIN Oct. 25, Mudville Music Room

LINDA GRENVILLE & THE FOOT SERVANTS Oct. 25, 200 First Street Courtyard MIKE STUD Oct. 26, 1904 Music Hall JOHN FOGERTY Oct. 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Oct. 26, Freebird Live CROCODILES Oct. 26, Jack Rabbits FREEDY JOHNSTON Oct. 26, Underbelly TENT CITY Oct. 26, Dog Star Tavern SALIVA Oct. 26, Brewster’s Roc Bar MICHAEL RAY Oct. 26, Mavericks at the Landing OTEP, NEW YEAR’S DAY, STOLEN BABIES Oct. 27, Brewster’s WEEK OF WONDERS, ASCETIC, GLITTERPISS Oct. 27, Burro Bar MELISSA FERRICK Oct. 27, The Original CafÊ Eleven THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE Oct. 28, Burro Bar LARRY AND HIS FLASK, ONWARD Oct. 28, Jack Rabbits MICHAEL BUBLE Oct. 29, Veterans Memorial Arena ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Oct. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ALICE COOPER Oct. 29, The Florida Theatre THE JOINT CHIEFS OF MATH, 1994! Oct. 30, Burro Bar DANNY AVILA Oct. 30, Pure SLEIGH BELLS, DOLDRUMS Oct. 30, Freebird Live STEPDAD, MVSCLES, NORTHE Oct. 30, 1904 Music Hall KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS, BEACH FOSSILS Oct. 31, Jack Rabbits GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD Oct. 31, CafÊ Eleven SENSES FAIL Oct. 31, Brewster’s Roc Bar THOMAS RHETT Oct. 31, Mavericks at the Landing STRONG CITY Oct. 31, Burro Bar SPACE CAPONE, HERD OF WATTS Oct. 31, 1904 Music Hall THOMAS RHETT Oct. 31, Mavericks at the Landing DE FUNK Oct. 31, Dog Star Tavern MIKE AND RUTHY Oct. 31, Mudville Music Room SUWANEE HULAWEEN: The String Cheese Incident, Emancipator, Conspirator, Steve Kimock & Friends, Suwannee Bluegrass Surprise, Future Rock, Brock Butler, Jennifer Hartswick, Van Ghost, Moon Taxi, Applebutter Express Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Suwannee Music Park AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR, THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS, MYLETS Nov. 1, Jack Rabbits PARKER URBAN BAND Nov. 1, Dog Star Tavern ANNE McCUE BAND Nov. 1, Mudville Music Room I ANTHEM, A CALL FOR KYLIE, THEZSPEAKER Nov. 1, Murray Hill Theatre MAYSA Nov. 2, Ritz Theatre BARENAKED LADIES Nov. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre EIGHT STORIES HIGH Nov. 2, Dog Star Tavern HUGH LAURIE & COPPER BOTTOM BAND Nov. 2, Florida Theatre THE GREEN, SHWAYZE, KIMIE Nov. 2, Freebird Live JAKE MILLER, ACTION ITEM, AIR DUBAI Nov. 3, Murray Hill Theatre REEL BIG FISH Nov. 3, Freebird Live PAINT FUMES Nov. 4; THE OARSMEN Nov. 5, Burro Bar

NIKKI TALLEY Nov. 5, Mudville Music Room IN THIS MOMENT, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Nov. 5, Brewster’s WIDESPREAD PANIC Nov. 6, Times-Union Center CURSE Nov. 6, Burro Bar EOTO Nov. 6, Freebird Live THE DIGITAL AGE, BELLARIVE Nov. 6, Murray Hill Theatre LEA BERTUCCI Nov. 6, Karpeles Manuscript Museum FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS Nov. 6, Jack Rabbits COPE, THE APPLEBUTTER EXPRESS Nov. 6, 1904 Music Hall ANDY WARD KING Nov. 6, Mudville Music Room TATSUYA NAKATANI, EUGENE CHADBOURNE Nov. 7, Sun-Ray Cinema MICHAEL FRANTI, SPEARHEAD Nov. 7, Freebird Live JB SCOTT’S SWINGIN’ ALLSTARS Nov. 7, Mudville Music Room THE PIANO GUYS Nov. 7, The Florida Theatre CHRIS KNIGHT Nov. 8, Jack Rabbits CARAVAN OF THIEVES Nov. 8, The Original CafÊ Eleven GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Nov. 8, Dog Star Tavern THREE DOG NIGHT Nov. 8, The Florida Theatre VANNA, ALPHA & OMEGA, BETRAYAL, THE GREENERY Nov. 8, Brewster’s Roc Bar PASSION PIT, THE TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, THE JOY FORMIDABLE, ST. LUCIA Nov. 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PASSAFIRE, BALLYHOO, SIDEREAL Nov. 8, Freebird Live MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER, MARTINA McBRIDE Nov. 9, Veterans Memorial Arena BUFFALO RODEO Nov. 9, Burro Bar PETER ROWAN’S BLUEGRASS BAND, BACK FROM THE BRINK Nov. 9, 1904 Music Hall THE CULT REVOLUTION Nov. 9, Freebird Live OLD CITY MUSIC FEST: Kansas, Uncle Kracker, John Anderson, Bush Hawg Nov. 10, St. Augustine Flea Market BADFISH Nov. 10, Freebird Live ATHEL, ALL THINGS DONE Nov. 10, Jack Rabbits ATILLA, UPON A BURNING BODY, THE PLOT IN YOU Nov. 10, Brewster’s Roc Bar KEVIN DEVINE & THE GODDAMN BAND, NOW NOW, HARRISON HUDSON Nov. 11, Jack Rabbits JOHN VANDERSLICE Nov. 11, The Original CafÊ Eleven GUNGOR Nov. 12, Murray Hill Theatre GOITSE BAND Nov. 12, Culhane's Irish Pub BEAR CREEK MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL: Break Science, Cope, Jans Ingber, Space Capone, Lettuce, The Werks, Pee Wee Ellis, Natalie Cressman Nov. 13, Suwannee Music Park THE CHARIOT, GLASSCLOUD, BIRDS IN A ROW, TO THE WIND, REBUKER Nov. 13, Jack Rabbits AMERICAN AQUARIUM, HILLVALLEY, BEAU CRUM, BARSTOOL WISDOM Nov. 14, Jack Rabbits GREG TROOPER Nov. 14, Mudville Music Room CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Nov. 15, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts SPYRO GYRA Nov. 15, The Florida Theatre PETE DONNELLY, JUSTON STENS Nov. 15, Underbelly

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THE STORY SO FAR, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, SUCH GOLD, ROTTING OUT Nov. 15, Brewster’s Roc Bar LIS & LON WILLIAMSON, JAMIE DEFRATES, SUSAN BROWN Nov. 15, Mudville Music Room THE AVETT BROTHERS Nov. 15, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ADVENTURE CLUB, DVBBS, DALLAS K, HUNTER SIEGEL Nov. 16, Aqua Nightclub O.A.R. Nov. 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BAAUER, ARAABMUZIK Nov. 17, Freebird Live TOBYMAC Nov. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena BAAUER Nov. 17, Freebird Live JOHN DENVER: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Nov. 19, The Florida Theatre TWENTY ONE PILOTS, ROBERT DELONG Nov. 19, Freebird Live STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 20, The Florida Theatre JULIE DURDEN, LAURIE McCLAIN, KAREN MAL Nov. 21, Mudville Music Room RING OF FIRE: Music of Johnny Cash Nov. 22, Florida Theatre CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC Nov. 22, Jack Rabbits SHEBA “THE MISSISSIPPI QUEEN,” LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES Nov. 22, Mudville Music Room HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL Nov. 22, Underbelly DEVILDRIVER, TRIVIUM, AFTER THE BURIAL, THY WILL BE DONE Nov. 22, Freebird Live HONKY SUCKLE Nov. 22-23, Dog Star Tavern MAN ON EARTH Nov. 23, Jack Rabbits JOHNNY MARR Nov. 24, Freebird Live LISA KELLY Nov. 26, Mudville Music Room SOUL GRAVY Nov. 27, Dog Star Tavern BONNIE RAITT Nov. 29, The Florida Theatre OF FORTUME & FAME, THE TRADITIONAL Nov. 30, Burro Bar PEYTON MANGUM BAND Nov. 30, Mudville Music Room ELISHA PARRIS Nov. 30, The Parlour THE IRISH TENORS: Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan Dec. 1, The Florida Theatre JB SCOTT’S SWINGIN’ ALLSTARS Dec. 3, Mudville Music Room ZOOGMA, GHOST OWL, S.P.O.R.E., TRILLUCINATION, VLAD THE INHALER Dec. 3, 1904 Music Hall NATE WOOLEY, CHRIS CORSANO Dec. 4, Karpeles Museum AUGUST BURNS RED, BLESS THE FALL, DEFEATER, BEARTOOTH Dec. 5, Brewster’s Roc Bar JULIE DURDEN Dec. 5, Mudville Music Room CHEAP TRICK Dec. 6, The Florida Theatre BELLARIVE Dec. 6, Murray Hill Theatre STEREOFIDELICS Dec. 7, Dog Star Tavern ALABAMA SHAKES Dec. 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRIAN DAVIS Dec. 7, Jack Rabbits SHEMEKIA COPELAND Dec. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BIG TICKET: Stone Temple Pilots, Chester Bennington, Thirty Seconds to Mars, A Day to Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Dirty Heads, Pepper, Manchester Orchestra, Twenty One Pilots, Sleeping With Sirens, Frank Turner, The 1975, Saints of Valory, Breaking Through Dec. 8, Metropolitan Park

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JOHN MAYER Dec. 10, Veterans Memorial Arena PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 12, Mudville Music Room MERCY GIRL Dec. 14, Murray Hill Theatre NEW DAY, THE SENSES, JUG OR NOT, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP Dec. 14, Jack Rabbits PAPADISIO Dec. 14, Freebird Live JEFF MOSIER, MICHAEL JOHNATHON Dec. 14, Mudville Music MISFITS Dec. 15, Brewster’s Roc Bar MICHAEL McDONALD: This Christmas Dec. 17, Florida Theatre PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS with RICK BRAUN, MINDI ABAIR Dec. 18, The Florida Theatre JOHN THOMAS GROUP Dec. 19, Mudville Music Room ANDREW ALTMAN CHRISTMAS JAM Dec. 21, Dog Star Tavern GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE, CORBITT BROTHERS BAND Dec. 31, Freebird Live PARKER URBAN BAND Dec. 31, Dog Star Tavern GREGG ALLMAN, JJ GREY & MOFRO Dec. 31, Florida Theatre GRANT PEEPLES, REBECCA ZAPEN Jan. 2, Mudville JACK WILLIAMS Jan. 4, Mudville Music Room CLUTCH, THE SWORD, CROBOTS Jan. 5, Jack Rabbits JOHN WESLEY HARDING, JOE PERNICE Jan. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MALCOLM HOLCOMBE Jan. 9, Mudville Music Room NATALIE MERCHANT Jan. 11, The Florida Theatre ABBA THE CONCERT Jan. 16, The Florida Theatre JOSHUA BOWLUS TRIO Jan. 16, Mudville Music Room TAB BENOIT Jan. 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GURF MORLIX Jan. 18, Mudville Music Room MARCIA BALL & HER BAND Jan. 18, P.V. Concert Hall RICHARD SMITH, JULIE ADAMS Jan. 20, Mudville Music Room ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK Jan. 21, The Florida Theatre RONNY COX Jan. 23, Mudville Music Room SHAWN COLVIN Jan. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall REBECCA LOEBE, ROBBY HECHT Jan. 30, Mudville Music Room MERLE HAGGARD Feb. 1, The Florida Theatre TIM GRIMM Feb. 6, Mudville Music Room LADY ANTEBELLUM, DARIUS RUCKER, THOMSPON SQUARE, KIP MOORE, KACEY MUSGRAVES Feb. 8, Veterans Mem. Arena LARRY MANGUM, BARRY DRAKE, MICKEY CLARK Feb. 8, Mudville Music Room DARLENE LOVE Feb. 13, The Florida Theatre KENNY LOGGINS Feb. 14, The Florida Theatre THE IRISH ROVERS Feb. 15, The Florida Theatre TIM DAISY, MIKOAJ TRZASKA Feb. 17, Karpeles Museum THE TEMPTATIONS, THE FOUR TOPS Feb. 20, Florida Theatre THE KENNEDYS March 6, Mudville Music Room MICHAEL BOLTON March 14, The Florida Theatre MICHAEL RENO HARRELL March 15, Mudville Music Room THE BAND PERRY March 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO March 22, Florida Theatre MOORS & McCUMBER March 22, Mudville Music Room GET THE LED OUT March 27, The Florida Theatre THE BRONX WANDERERS March 28, Thrasher-Horne Center STILL ON THE HILL March 29, Mudville Music Room

CLUBS AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH

CAFE KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269 Live music in the courtyard 6 p.m. every Fri.-Sat., 5 p.m. every Sun. DAVID’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 802 Ash St., 310-6049 John Springer every Tue.-Wed. Aaron Bing every Fri.-Sat. DOG STAR TAVERN, 10 N. Second St., 277-8010 Spade McQuade 9 p.m. Sept. 26. Rebecca Day 5 p.m., Confluent 9:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Little Mike & The Tornadoes 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28.

Working Class Stiff with real vinyl 8 p.m. every Tue. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Dan Voll 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Live music every weekend HAMMERHEAD TAVERN, 2045 S. Fletcher Rd., 491-7783 Buck Smith, Jim Barcaro every Thur. A DJ every Sun. MERMAID BAR, Florida House Inn, 22 S. Third St., 491-3322 Open mic, 7:30-10:30 p.m. every Thur.

O’KANE’S IRISH PUB, 318 Centre St., 261-1000 Dan Voll 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Turner London Band every Thur.-Sat. THE PALACE SALOON, 117 Centre St., 491-3332 Wes Cobb 9:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Schnockered 9:30 p.m. Sept. 26 & 29. The Fostones 9:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Chuck & Ken 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28.

JC Hornsby 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Buck Smith 9:30 p.m. Oct. 1.

Buck Smith Project Band every Tue. PLAE, 80 Amelia Circle, Amelia Island Plantation, 277-2132 Gary Ross 7-11 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Live music 5-9 p.m. daily; 1-5 p.m. & 6-10 p.m. every weekend

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

BREWSTER’S MEGAPLEX/PIT/ROC BAR/THE EDGE, 845 University Blvd. N., 223-9850 O’Brother, Native, Daylight, R-Dent, Chief Keef 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Ghost Town, Her Bright Skies, Modern Day Escape Sept. 26. Saves The Day, Into It Over It 7 p.m. Oct. 2 MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat.

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BLUE FISH, 3551 St. Johns Ave., 387-0700 Patrick Evan 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Paul Haftel 8 p.m. every other Fri. upstairs in Elevated Avondale BRICK RESTAURANT, 3585 St. Johns Ave., 387-0606 Bush Doctors every first Fri. & Sat. Jazz every Fri. & Sat. CASBAH CAFE, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 DJ Keith Karaoke every Tue. DJ Free every Fri. DJ SuZi-Rok every Mon. MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Defunk 10 p.m.

Sept. 27. Rhythm Remedy 10 p.m. Sept. 28.

TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Live music every Fri. Karaoke every Sat.

BAYMEADOWS

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

BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

200 FIRST STREET, Courtyard, Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Road Less Traveled 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Misha Frayman 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 BILLY’S BOATHOUSE GRILL, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Billy Bowers Sept. 26. Sho Nuff Sept. 28 BRIX TAPHOUSE, 300 N. Second St., 241-4668 Live music, DJs every weekend.

CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Ralph E. & the Jammers 7 p.m. Sept. 27. DJ Vito every Thur. Karaoke with Hal 8 p.m. Sat. Irish music every Sun. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337 Bread & Butter 7 p.m. Sept. 26 FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Songwriters every Tue. Ryan Campbell every Wed. Wes Cobb every Thur. Charlie Walker 10:30 p.m. every Mon. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Gramatik, Coyote Kisses, Ex-Mag Sept. 26. John Carver Band CD release: Fjord Explorer, Canary in the Coalmine Sept. 27. Zach Deputy, Big Something 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Sick Puppies, RedLight King, Charming Liars 8 p.m. Sept. 30. Greensky Bluegrass, Fruition Oct. 2. Simple Natural EP release with Mr2theP, Kenyon, Drazzah Hazzerd, Young Lion & Young Prince Oct. 4 ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach, 372-0943 John Austill Sept. 27. Live music every Thur.-Sat. KC CRAVE, 1161 Beach Blvd., 595-5660 Pierre 8 p.m.

Sept. 27 LANDSHARK CAFE, 1728 Third St. N., 246-6024 Master Radical 8 p.m. Sept. 27. The Rip Currents Sept. 28. Open mic every Wed. Matt Still every Thur.

LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Live music Fri. & Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Something Distant Sept. 27-28. Dirty Pete Sept. 29. Uncommon Legends every Wed. Wits End every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., 246-1500 Paul Miller Sept. 25. Red Beard & Stinky E Sept. 26. Barrett Jockers Sept. 27 MEZZA LUNA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon 6 p.m. every Tue. Gypsies Ginger 6 p.m. every Wed. Mike Shackelford & Rick Johnson 6 p.m. every Thur.

MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 Wes Cobb 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams Karaoke 9 p.m.

Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar every Mon., Thur. & Fri. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Darren Corlew Sept. 25. Skytrain, Drivin’ South Sept. 26. Aaron Kroener Sept. 27. Don Miniard Sept. 29. Les B. Fine Sept. 30

NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Katie Fair Sept. 26. Neil Dixon Sept. 27.

Terry Whitehead Sept. 28. Live music every Thur.-Sat. OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Javier Perez every Thur.

PIER CANTINA, 412 N. First St., 246-6454 Charlie Walker Sept. 27. Charlie Walker 3 p.m., Split Tone 8 p.m. Sept. 29 POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637 Be Easy every Sat. RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Live music Thur.-Sun. THE TAVERN ON 1ST, 401 N. First St., 435-4124 Live music 10 p.m. every Thur.

THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 DiCarlo Thompson 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28. Billy Buchanan 2 p.m. Sept. 29 WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1585 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 247-4508 Live music every Thur.-Sat.

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 1904jax.com Young Roddy, Corner Boy P, Fiend 10 p.m. Sept. 27. Tesla Boy, George Stevens 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Billy Buchanan 9 p.m. Oct. 1. The Mantras 6 p.m. Oct. 2. Open mic every Tue. BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St., 677-2977 The Mobros, Dr. Sirbrother 8 p.m. Sept. 25. The People’s Blues of Richmond, The Crowkeepers 9 p.m. Sept. 26. Plague of Pilgrims Sept.

28. Itchy Hearts, Sinners & Saints Sept. 29. Psycho Adorable 9 p.m. Oct. 1 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 DJ Synsonic spins Tue. & Fri. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall Karaoke Mon. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, 374-1247 Braxton Adamson 5-8 p.m. and live band 9 p.m. Sept. 27. Spade McQuade 5-8 p.m., Seven Nations 9 p.m.

Sept. 28 THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 The Pinz 8 p.m. Sept. 27. Local bands for Firestock 2, 5 p.m.

Sept. 28. Steve & Ken 5 p.m. Sept. 29 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Roy Luis spins 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. every Wed. DJ Vinn spins Top 40 every Thur. DJ 007 spins every Fri. DJ Shotgun every Sat. MAVERICKS, The Landing, 2 Independent Dr., 356-1110 Blackberry Smoke, Levi Lowery 6 p.m. Sept. 26. Craig Campbell Oct. 4. Joe Buck, Big Tasty spin every Thur.-Sat. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 Open mic night every Wed. DJ SwitchGear every Thur.

UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 353-6067 Goldroom Live Band, T3AM 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Kate & Corey, Pete Berwick 7 p.m.

Sept. 26. Chrome Pony, Lifeforms, Honey Chamber 8 p.m.

Sept. 29. Shantel Leitner 8 p.m. Sept. 30. Black Taxi 8 p.m.

Oct. 1. Fjord Explorer & Screamin’ Eagle every Thur. Old Time Jam every Tue.

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Megan Dimond 10 p.m. Sept. 26. 7 Street Band 10 p.m. Sept.

27. Wes Cobb 10 p.m. Sept. 28. Live music Wed.-Sat. MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 DJ Ty every Thur.

Buck Smith every Mon. Blistur every Wed. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Open mic 9 p.m. Sept. 26. Pierce in Harmony 5 p.m., Supernatural 9:30 p.m. Sept. 27-28. Deck music 5 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 4:30 p.m. every Sun.

INTRACOASTAL WEST

BRUCCI’S PIZZA, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36, 223-6913 Mike Shackelford 6:30 p.m. every Sat. & Mon. CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Live music every Wed. Karaoke every Thur. & Sun. JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22, 220-6766 Karaoke Dude every Wed. Live music every Fri. & Sat. SALSA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 46, 992-8402 Live guitar music 6-9 p.m. every Tue. & Sat.

MANDARIN, JULINGTON

HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Jazz 7 pm., Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Thur.

Dennis Klee & the World’s Most Talented Waitstaff Fri. & Sat. JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 997-9850 Karaoke 7 p.m. every Sat. RACK EM UP, 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr., Ste. 205, 262-4030 DJ Randall Karaoke Sun., Wed. Live music every Sat.

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 Live music every Wed., Fri.-Sat. Karaoke with Ms. T 9:30 p.m. every Thur.

THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 2620 Blanding Blvd., 282-1564 Live music every Thur.-Sat.

PALATKA

DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., 386-325-5454 Pat Murphy 9 p.m. Sept. 28

PONTE VEDRA, PALM VALLEY

ALICE & PETE’S PUB, 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., 285-7777 Live music 5 p.m. every Wed., 8 p.m. every Sat. ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 820 A1A N., Ste. E-18, 834-2492 Billy Buchanan Sept. 27. Live music every Fri.-Sat. PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A N., 280-7766 Rebecca Day, Jen Thompson 6 p.m. Oct. 3. Live music Fri.-Sat. SoundStage Sun. SAUCY TACO, 450 S.R. 13, Ste. 113, 287-7226 Live music Thur.-Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515 Brady 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 25. Gary Starling Group 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26. The Rubies 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Ryan Campbell & Escar 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

KICKBACKS, 910 King St., 388-9551 Ray & Taylor 8:30 p.m. every Thur. Robby Shenk every Sun. METRO/RAINBOW ROOM, 859 Willowbranch Ave., 388-8719 Karaoke Rob spins 10 p.m. Sun.-Wed. DJ Zeke Smith spins Fri. DJ Michael Murphy spins 10 p.m. Sat. MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 Caledonia String Band 6 p.m., Derek Minor, Uncle Reece, Brinson, Rkitect 8 p.m. Sept. 27. Southbound Fearing, Random Hero, All Things Done 8 p.m. Sept. 28 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 554-6865 Lauren Fincham, Mike Pearson, Four Families Sept. 28

ST. AUGUSTINE

ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Scuttered the Bruce 8:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Smokin’ Joe open mic 7 p.m. Tue. CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 826-1594 Mojo Roux 7-11 p.m. Sept. 27-28. Vinny Jacobs 2-5 p.m. Sept. 29 CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Chelsea Saddler every Sun. DOS COFFEE, 300 San Marco Ave., 342-2421 Taylor Roberts & Co. every Fri. The Residents spin every Sat. MI CASA CAFE, 69 St. George St., 824-9317 Chelsea Saddler every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth 11 a.m. every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 Go Get Gone 9 p.m. Sept. 27. 2/3rds Band 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Brian Smalley 1 p.m. Sept. 29. Todd & Molly Jones every Wed. Aaron Esposito every Thur. Donny Brazile Tue. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264 Blues Lightning 10 p.m. Sept. 27. Dewey Via, Chris McVie 10 p.m.

Sept. 28 THE ORIGINAL CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-9311 Enter the Haggis 9 p.m. Sept. 26. Mishka 9 p.m.

Sept. 28. Rehab 9 p.m. Oct. 2 PIZZALLEY’S CHIANTI ROOM, 60 Charlotte St., 825-4100 Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar 3-6 p.m. every Mon. SANGRIAS, 35 Hypolita St., 827-1947 Mitch Kuhman Band 2-6 p.m. Sept. 28 NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 825-4959 Jacuzzi Boyz, Queen Beef Sept. 25. Queen Beef, DJ Dots, Trailer Park Princess 9 p.m. Oct. 2 THE TASTING ROOM, 25 Cuna St., 810-2400 Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar Band every Sat. TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Red River Band 9 p.m. Sept. 27-28. Matanzas Sun.-Thur. Elizabeth Roth every Sat.

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER

BAHAMA BREEZE, 10205 River Coast Dr., 646-1031 Live music every Tue.-Sun. BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music 5 p.m. every Wed., 9 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Dr., 645-5571 A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

HURRICANE GRILL & WINGS, 1615 Hendricks Ave., 393-7933 Open mic with Job Meiller 8-11 p.m. every Tue. JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 The Pretty Reckless, Heaven’s Basement, Louna Sept. 25. Strfkr, Chrome Sparks 8 p.m. Sept. 26. Iamdynamite, Honey Chamber, Weekend Atlas 8 p.m. Sept. 27. Carpadium, Helios Hand, The Strange, Trees Setting Fires 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Naia Kete, Nate Engel, Jenni Reid 8 p.m. Sept. 29. Cyanide Sunset, Scattered Hamlet 7 p.m. Sept. 30. he Icarus Account, Landon Austin, Raquel Cabrera, Jenni Reid 7 p.m. Oct. 1. Bastard Sons Oct. 3.

Clay Benjamin Band Oct. 4 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Claude Bourbon, Don Casper 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26. Annie Sellick, Joshua Bowlus Trio 8 p.m. Sept. 27. John Lumpkin Quartet 8 p.m. Oct. 1. Julie Durden Oct. 3 RIVER CITY BREWING CO., 835 Museum Cir., 398-2299 Clark Hill 9 p.m. Sept. 28. DJs spin every Thur. Live music every Fri.

SOUTHSIDE

AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Will Hurley every Fri. Bill Rice every Sat. CORNER BISTRO, 9823 Tapestry Park Circle, 619-1931 Matt Hall every Tue. & Sat. Bill Rice & Dave every Wed. ISLAND GIRL, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Lance Neely Sept. 27. Live music Fri.-Sat. LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Highway, 365-5555 VJ Didactic 9 p.m. Sept. 26. The Ride 9 p.m. Sept. 27. Dance Express 9 p.m. Sept. 28 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 997-1955 Aaron Koerner Sept. 26. Wes Cobb Sept. 27. Jameyal Sept. 28 PURE NIGHTCLUB, 8206 Philips Highway, 800-694-1253 Live music Fri.-Sat. SEVEN BRIDGES, 9735 Gate Pkwy. N., 997-1999 Chuck Nash every Thur. Live music 10 p.m. every Fri. TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426 A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Dave Luthra, The Gootch Sept. 27. Live music every Fri.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

DAMES POINT MARINA, 4542 Irving Rd., 751-3043 Black Creek Rizin Sept. 28. Mr. Natural Sept. 29 THREE LAYERS CAFE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Kelsey Johnson Sept. 27. Cesar Cardona Sept. 28 To get listed: send band name, time, date, venue, address, city, admission price, and a contact number to print, to events@folioweekly.com. Deadline is 4 p.m. Tue., eight days before publication.

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Folio Weekly chatted with Queen Beef about Hannah Montana and Lux Interior, re-releasing their self-titled debut album on California label Lolipop Records and the close-knit nature of the Oldest City music community.

Folio Weekly: How did Queen Beef come together?

Mikey O’Hara: Ryan, Matt and I were in a small, little local band that didn’t really work out. And Nick was playing Ramones covers in Teenage Lobotomy but was interested in doing something original. We all got together last December and realized it was going to be an awesome band. And now we’re kind of doing it.

Nick Commoditie: We’re kicking some ass!

F.W.: Did any particular artists influence you?

M.O.: Seeing Hunx & His Punx from Oakland, which is also a gay punk band, really inspired me. Seth [Bogart], the lead singer, has such an awesome aura around him, and living in St. Augustine, I knew I was in the right place to start a band like that. Stage-presence-wise, to be honest, I also relate to Hannah Montana and Lux Interior from The Cramps.

Ryan Palm: We also share a similar spirit and style of playing shows with Florida bands like Wet Nurse, Golden Pelicans and Cretin Girls.

F.W.: Mikey, do you feel like your homosexuality represents the main thrust of Queen Beef?

M.O.: For me, being gay represents everything that I bring to this band. But with my bandmates all being heterosexual, it just goes 30 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1, 2013

to show that you can be the most flamboyant person on stage and still be respected by genuine people who may not agree with you sexually. Too many gay people today make a big deal out of being gay, so with Queen Beef, I want to show people that they should man up and not take shit from anyone because of their sexual preference.

F.W.: You released your self-titled album in March and will reissue it on Lolipop Records in October. How was it written and recorded?

N.C.: We started playing in December but didn’t play our first show until March, so we wanted to have a tape at that show, which was with Peach Kelli Pop. So, right before that show, we spent five days recording and mixing it with Lenny Rutland, who’s in local bands like Telepathic Lines and Solid Pony. I think I hand-dubbed, like, 40 tapes for that show.

Wyatt Blair, who’s in Peach Kelli Pop, also owns Lolipop Records, and he dug the tape and wanted to reissue it. So we’re stoked.

F.W.: Are you already writing new songs?

M.O.: We are. And since we wrote our first album pretty quickly, we’re taking a little more time and digging into the process more this time around. So far, we have three new songs: “Tranny Tranny Boom Boom,” “At The Mall” and “Fag Reputation.”

F.W.: Is that type of tongue-in-cheek subject matter going over well here in St. Augustine?

M.O.: I think so. We have such a close-knit music community here.

Matty Pius: I grew up in St. Augustine and have been doing nothing but playing music for years. As an older guy who remembers when all we had was a punk house off South U.S. 1, we’re also very thankful to have a place like Nobby’s that supports the punk-rock community. And people keep moving to town and starting bands, which is a beautiful thing.

R.P.: I moved here about four years ago out of the Central Florida hardcore scene which, when I left, was getting increasingly violent and angry. In St. Augustine, it’s just so much more positive — everyone’s happy to play music, happy to have fun and happy to help each other out. That supportive nature is really cool.

Nick McGregor themail@folioweekly.com

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The work of the British painter and sculptor shows the joy he found through art MACKENZIE THORPE Previews begin Oct. 1, free exhibit runs through Oct. 31; meet-the-artist receptions 6-9 p.m. Oct. 4, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 5 Avondale Artworks, 3562 St. Johns Ave., Avondale RSVP: 384-8797 or avondaleartworks.com

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ackenzie Thorpe is as unassuming and ordinary as his art is powerful and extraordinary. He is a man of the people who happens to be a world-class artist. Fast-talking and quick-witted with a cheerful countenance and Northern English brogue, he’s the sort of chap who can be found drinking pints and watching football in pubs throughout England.

The son of a laborer and an auxiliary nurse, Thorpe was raised in post-war Middlesbrough, a world where a promising future was defined as a steady job that paid a living wage.

Undiagnosed dyslexia rendered him inept at academics but, early on, Thorpe was compelled to express himself through art, drawing and painting on anything he could get his hands on, even cigarette packs. Rolf Harris’ televised art program held the young Thorpe spellbound week after week, providing bits of light and hope in an otherwise dreary existence.

At 15, Thorpe left school to work the local shipyards, but soon left to pursue a career in art. Encouraged by a teacher, he received his first big break at 21 when he won a place in the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.

Much of Thorpe’s body of work depicts images inspired by his early years in Middlesbrough. Arthaus, his gallery and studio, is located in nearby Richmond, which is where Thorpe first displayed a painting depicting the square sheep for which he’s now well known, a piece he referred to as “a self-portrait.” In some paintings, he contrasts dark industrial scenes with striking skylines; in others, jubilant children — often without faces — tote gigantic hearts or play with puppies. Thorpe has said the faceless children represent the way he felt in his youth. Rudimentary, yet highly texturized and vibrant paintings, such as “In Mist,” reveal the beauty he sees in the mundane. Others, like “Through Shadows,” fixate on a singular beacon of love in the darkest place in the world.

“I try to put everything in each piece,” Thorpe said. “The sun’s not out, it’s always grey, but the kid sits there with a smile on their face.”

In addition to his painting, over the past 12 years, Thorpe has created a large body of threedimensional art using bronze and resin. Rather than beginning a sculpture with an image in mind, he works with the material until it reveals the piece within.

“It’s a bit dark, but … you’re moving the clay, and the boy’s face turns around and comes alive,” he said.

Now at the top of his career, Thorpe maintains his accessibility and down-to-

Mackenzie Thorpe’s “Superstar” demonstrates the smiling, childish whimsy in all humankind he often features in his pieces. Thorpe has worked extensively with disadvantaged children, often through the Mackenzie Thorpe Foundation.

Photo: Courtesy Mackenzie Thorpe

earth nature, although these days he travels the world and rubs elbows with the likes of celebrities and queens. He was the only artist commissioned to create a piece, which he titled “Stockton Celebrates,” for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Asked what it was like to meet Queen Elizabeth II during the Jubilee festivities, he said, “It really was just like meeting a woman.” It’s obvious he also considers himself just another person, albeit one who off-handedly mentions getting advice from an international superstar.

“Elton John … he said to me, ‘Mackenzie, when you get to the top, make sure you’re not alone, because it’s the loneliest, scariest place in the world.’ ” Throughout his career, Thorpe has worked extensively with disadvantaged children, often through the Mackenzie Thorpe Foundation, which his website says he created based on a piece titled “No One to Catch Me.” Thorpe recalled the raw emotion he experienced working to put on an art show with inner-city children in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. “The majority have witnessed one of their family shot and to see them with white shoes and white socks, and almost dressed

up like a wedding to see their work that they worked really hard for. It’s amazingly rewarding.”

“Why do we do bad things to the most innocent people on the planet?” he asked. “It’s our job to keep the smile on their face.”

Through his work, Thorpe tries to rekindle the smiling, childish whimsy in all humankind. “When they’re 25, I want them skipping down the market aisle,” he said.

It’s a safe bet that he will be skipping along beside them.

The sculpture “The Lock Picker” will premiere along with a large collection at Avondale Artworks beginning Oct. 1. Asked what he is most looking forward to about his visit, Thorpe, who has been showing in Jacksonville for more than a decade, laughed, “The popcorn shop. It sells chocolate popcorn and we can’t get anything like that in Britain.”

Claire Goforth themail@folioweekly.com

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Peggy (Cindy Williams, from left) tries to ignite the passion in her marriage to Frank (Tom McElroy), despite his best efforts and the unexpected arrival of Jill and Tony (Kelsey Clifford and Dominic Windsor), who claim to have booked the same cabin. Photo: Tiara Photography

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Cindy Williams headlines a two-act comedy about two couples crowded into one cabin WEEKEND COMEDY 6 p.m. Sept. 25-Oct. 20 with matinees Saturdays, Sundays and Oct. 3 Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside Tickets: $46-$53 641-1212, alhambrajax.com

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lassic struggles of old versus young and passion versus stability are delightfully and hilariously highlighted by “Weekend Comedy” opening at Alhambra Theatre & Dining. Set in a two-room upstate New York vacation cabin on Memorial Day weekend, the show is a two-act romp with enough gut-busters to keep the audience laughing.

Headliner Cindy Williams of “Laverne & Shirley” fame perfectly embodies the role of Peggy, a likable, lusty middle-aged wife looking to add romance to her marriage during a weekend trip to a secluded cabin. Peggy’s amusing quest for passion is touched with a layer of sadness in her relationship with her clueless husband, Frank, who is deftly played by another veteran performer, Tom McElroy.

As the utterly unromantic but lovable Frank, McElroy shines, delivering explosive one-liners that often leave the audience gasping for air — and at least once has them blushing to the roots — as he cavorts and mutters and fends off Peggy’s attempts to create an air of intimacy. Williams and McElroy, who recently played these roles together in Kansas City, could not be better cast.

Just as things are heating up between Peggy and Frank, a younger couple flounces in, claiming to have rented the same cabin.

Played by Alhambra newcomer Kelsey Clifford and Dominic Windsor, Jill and Tony have good looks, money and passion to spare, but their relationship is not as solid as it initially appears. Windsor, as Tony, perfectly portrays the quintessential spoiled little rich kid all grown up, and the audience delights in rolling their eyes at his inflated ego and delusions of grandeur. Windsor, who has a mostly forgivable tendency to shout, practically oozes arrogance. However — though clearly no fault of Windsor’s — writers Jeanne and Sam Bobrick’s efforts to redeem Tony result in a slightly less-believable character.

As Jill, Clifford is a sweet and charming counterpoint to the cavalier Tony. Early in the first act, Clifford’s timing occasionally missed by a fraction of a second and there were a

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few moments that her performance was a bit shaky. But by the second act, she was right on cue and seamlessly in character. There is little doubt that Clifford, who’s making her Alhambra debut with this performance, will continue to grow into the role and hone her stage presence.

Much of the weekend’s boldest action in “Weekend Comedy” is narrated by Williams and takes place in the audience’s imagination, but enough happens on stage to keep the show from being reduced to a series of monologues and quips. Under the direction of producer and director Tod Booth, all four actors — but particularly Williams and McElroy — are endearing and wry and bring greater depth to their characters than the script alone seems to have provided. The set design also merits mention, for it’s difficult to imagine Dave Dionne doing a better job of staging the scenes.

The laughs grow more raucous and bold as the show works toward to an admittedly predictable end. The old-versus-young conflict between Frank and Tony grows ever more outrageous and childish as Frank quite literally reaches his bottom and finally turns a corner in his development as a character. In the subsequent scenes, Williams also gives her best and hits a few home runs of her own.

Overall, the show doesn’t suffer from its lack of surprising plot twists or unexpected developments. It’s light-hearted and funny with occasional glimpses at more meaningful truths.

By the end, both couples win over the audience with laughter and accessibility. It’s hard to pick a clear favorite, though Frank might be ours, for undergoing the greatest transformation and delivering the best jokes.

Over the past four years, new owners have recreated Alhambra Theatre & Dining into a vibrant performance space. With nightly menu changes and full service from an ever-circling fleet of staff, long gone are the days of the sneeze-guard buffet that formerly characterized the nation’s longest-running professional dinner theater. Arrive early and mingle in the lounge, then linger over a dinner prepared by Chef DeJuan Roy, formerly of 95 Cordova in St. Augustine.

Claire Goforth themail@folioweekly.com

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AMELIA ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Oct. 6-13 Several locations, stages and venues stages throughout Fernandina Beach Several events are free; schedule subject to change 504-4772, ameliaislandjazzfestival.com

OCT. 6 Mardi Gras-style street parade and Dixieland Jazz Brunch featuring the Spare Rib Six – New Orleans-style jazz band with Les DeMerle with Bonnie Eisele and special guests, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for first seating, 1-2:30 p.m. for second seating, David’s Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., Amelia Island, $60.

Jazz in the Park, featuring TGIF U.S. Navy Jazz Band, 4-6 p.m., Amelia Park, Park Street near the YMCA, Fernandina Beach, free.

OCT. 7 Jazz Festival sponsor party with Les DeMerle Jazz All-Stars with Bonnie Eisele and special guests, 7-10 p.m. (by invitation only for bronze saxophone sponsors and above), Omni Amelia Plantation Racquet Park’s Heron Room.

OCT. 8 Jazz at the Movies, featuring “Chops” documentary of Douglas Anderson High School’s Jazz Band, 7-10 p.m., Omni Amelia Plantation Racquet Park’s Heron Room, $15 for adults, free for students with valid ID.

OCT. 9 Red, White & Blues Concert and wine tasting featuring DieDra & the RuffPro Band, 7-10 p.m., Sandy Bottoms Beach Bar & Grill, 2910 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach, $35.

OCT. 10 Latin Jazz Concert & Dance featuring El Niño & the Latin Jazz Knights, 7-10 p.m., Sandy Bottoms Beach Bar & Grill, $25.

OCT. 11 Jazz at 6, 2012 AUF scholarship-winning saxophonist Boyce Griffith with the Next Generation Jazz Band 6-7 p.m., Feelin’ Good, featuring The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band & Bonnie Eisele with guest saxophonist Jesse Jones Jr. 7-8 p.m., Royal Crown Revue 8:30-10 p.m., Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort Racquet Park AUF Concert Pavilion and Birdland Stage, 39 Marsh Lagoon Road, Amelia Island.

Late Night Super Jam Session “Bebop, Blues and Beyond,” featuring “jazztet” with Mike Levine and headlining musicians of AIJF, 10 p.m., Veranda Restaurant, 6800 First Coast Highway, Fernandina Beach.

Tickets for all Oct. 11 shows: $45 general admission, $65 VIP, $100 front section.

OCT. 12 Drum Clinic Spectacular, tribute to Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, featuring drum masters Daniel Glass and Les DeMerle; drum clinic, noon-1 p.m. ($25); master class, noon-2 p.m. ($50) at Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort Racquet Park’s Heron Room.

Jazz at 6, featuring AUF 2013 scholarship winner Richard Roberts on trumpet with saxophonist Boyce Griffith & the Next Generation Jazz Band 6-7 p.m., Tribute to Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson featuring The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band & Bonnie Eisele and guests Jesse Jones Jr., Bobby Pickwood and Mike Levine 7-8 p.m., Mindy Abair 8:30-10 p.m., Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort Racquet Park’s AUF Concert Pavilion and Birdland Stage.

Late Night Super Jam Session, “Back to the Chicken Shack Jazz and Blues” featuring Don Zentz, Bobby Pickwood and headlining musicians of the AIJF, 10 p.m., Veranda Restaurant.

Tickets for all Oct. 12 shows: $45 general admission, $65 VIP, $100 front section.

OCT. 13 Smooth Jazz Brunch, featuring Mike Levine, piano; Dennis Marks, bass; Les DeMerle, drums, and guests; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. for first seating, 1-3 p.m. for second seating at Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resorts Sunrise Café at the Inn, $50.

Photo: Courtesy Chapman & Co.

Sax, Jazz and Rock ’n’ Roll

Contemporary chart-topping crossover saxophonist Mindi Abair brings her rock and R&B roots to the jazz stage

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Florida native who spent her freshman year at UNF’s jazz program under Rich Matteson, saxophonist Mindi Abair makes her debut performance at the 10th annual Amelia Island Jazz Festival next week. As one of America’s most recognizable female saxophonists, Abair has sold a half-million records as a solo artist, but many know her primarily as the featured saxophonist on “American Idol” for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

While topping the contemporary jazz charts, Abair readily admits to being a rocker and R&B fan at heart. Last year, she sat in for a night with Bruce Springsteen at the famed Beacon Theater. She even sat in the saxophone chair for two shows with Paul Shaffer on “Late Show with David Letterman.”

Abair brings a rock ‘n’ roll energy to the stage as a powerhouse on the saxophone, harking back to the days of Junior Walker or King Curtis. Her solo career has produced 10 No. 1 radio singles and six major-label solo releases that have topped the contemporary jazz charts. Abair has hosted the internationally syndicated radio show “Chill with Mindi Abair” for eight years.

Folio Weekly: When you moved out to LA upon graduating from Boston’s Berklee College of Music, did you ever harbor any doubts you’d be able to break into the music scene? Reading your bio, I get that you were destined to become successful in the music industry.

Mindi Abair: Nearly everyone at 21 thinks they’re invincible to some degree. We get out of college thinking, “There’s going to be career that’s going to be perfect for me.” So I went in with all hope in the world that I was going to take LA by storm. But, of course, it’s an amazing music scene and you do have to pay your dues. And I really ended up on quite a

journey. I played on the street to make a living because I really wanted to play. I didn’t want to say, “Do you want fries with that?” I had attended one of the best music schools in the world and I really want to make a go of it. So I booked myself and my band anywhere and everywhere I could. We played all sorts of gigs.

On the streets for festivals, for marathons, at Macy’s for their sales, in hotel lobbies, wherever I could. And I started my career as a sideman, playing for The Backstreet Boys, Duran Duran. Everything from jazz to rock to R&B. I got a great education, probably better than my college education [laughs] by playing with all these incredibly diverse artists. It was a real trip that I got to do that because it added to where I was. So I’m glad I didn’t take LA by storm; it turned out better this way.

F.W.: You’re well-established as a solo artist, so now you have the luxury of choosing the cream-of-the-crop gigs to tour or record as a sideperson.

M.A.: Every once in a while, something comes up that you just can’t say no to. And throughout my career I’ve been asked to work with different artists. Last year, Steven Tyler from Aerosmith called me and asked if I’d tour with his band. So of course I said yes. They hadn’t toured with a saxophonist since 1973. It wasn’t a horn section, it was just me. Pretty unbelievable. So I put my own career on the side for a couple of months and hit the road with one of the biggest rock bands in the world.

F.W.: How is the vibe different when touring with a group like Aerosmith versus your own band?

M.A.: First, I fashioned my career on being a solo artist. That was always my dream. I always wanted to write my own songs and perform

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them. There’s such a high from doing that — the energy and dynamics of playing in front of an audience that knows your music that purchased a ticket specifically to see you perform. That’s the greatest sensation in the world. It’s such a beautiful relationship you have with that particular audience. They paid money to come see your show and hear your music. On the other hand, you go out with Aerosmith, it’s generally a much larger audience [laughs], and tens of thousands of people know every song.

But they didn’t come to see me, they came to see Steven Tyler and Joe Perry and the rest of the band. And I’m not playing my songs, I’m playing their songs, so it’s a different vibe. That’s not to say one’s better, however. I actually played the Hollywood Bowl last year, two weeks apart.

I played it with Aerosmith and then two weeks later, I played it with my band for a jazz gig.

F.W.: Same capacity crowd?

M.A.: I think we were only two or three thousand less.

F.W.: Cool.

M.A.: Aerosmith was just amazing, and it was fun, extravagant, full-tilt rock ’n’ roll and it was just amazing. But then I got in front of that crowd with my guys and I got all choked up because it meant so much to me because they were there to see me. And that was a stronger experience emotionally. So I’ll choose to be on stage playing my music. But every once in a while, it’s fun to moonlight.

[Laughs.] But for the long haul, I’ll always be a solo artist.

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Arts PERFORMANCE

RED American writer John Logan’s play is set in artist Mark Rothko’s late-’50s New York studio. Northeast Florida director Ian Mairs’ adaptation is staged 7 pm. Sept. 25-27 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, with a three-course dinner featuring a menu inspired by Rothko’s work, offered before each performance at Café Nola at MOCA, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com.

WEEKEND COMEDY Cindy Williams (“Laverne & Shirley”) stars in this show about two couples accidentally booked in the same room for a weekend, Sept. 25-Oct. 20 (doors 6 p.m.

Tue.-Sun.; 11 a.m. Sat.; noon and 6 p.m. Sun.) at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, dinner and a show $43-$49, reservations required, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.

SPAMALOT The three-time Tony-winning musical by Eric Idle (“lovingly ripped off from” “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”) runs through Oct. 13 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, $10-$25, 825-1164, limelight-theatre.org.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN A musical performance of Mel Brooks’ classic film continues on the main stage through Oct. 12 (8 p.m. Thur.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun.) at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, $16-$28, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org.

HOTBED HOTEL A couple schemes to sell their struggling Florida Keys hotel. Michael Parker’s farce is staged through Oct. 6 – with proceeds from the Sept. 26 performance benefiting Voices for Children of the First Coast nonprofit – at Orange Park Community Theatre, 2900 Moody Ave., Orange Park, $15, 276-2599, opct.org.

SYLVIA A.R. Gurney’s romantic comedy about a middle-aged couple and a dog – appropriate for middle-school students and older, with some adult content – is staged 5:30 and 8 p.m. Sept. 26 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27-28 at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, 2445 San Diego Road, San Marco, $10-$12, 346-5620 ext. 122, da-arts.org.

FREUD’S LAST SESSION Writer C.S. Lewis challenges psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, in what could be Freud’s last session, in The 5 & Dime Theatre Company production, 7 p.m.

Sept. 27-28 at Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, $50, 387-5691, the5anddime.org.

CHECK, PLEASE A play set in a restaurant within a restaurant, written by Jacksonville native Jonathan Rand, is staged Sept. 29 and Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 27 at Raintree Restaurant Dinner Theater, 102 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, $39.95, 824-7211, raintreerestaurant.com.

DANZAS PERU JAX The group performs Peruvian folklore dances to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, 6:307:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at Clay County Headquarters Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island, 278-3722.

BLUES, BREWS & BBQ The Florida Theatre celebrates the 30th anniversary of its restoration and grand reopening, honoring civic leaders who worked to save it. Ben Steadman, Toots Lorraine & The Traffic and Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, craft brews, hors d’oeuvres and mini-desserts are featured, 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 1 at the theater, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com.

SHOW & TELL The three-year anniversary show includes art, music and performance, spoken word, poetry and comedy with Braided Light Dance Project, JacksonVegas, Squeedlepuss, Cringe, Matt Nunn & Friends, Jimmy Lockswith, DJ Dr. Vernon during and after First Wednesday Art Walk, 5 p.m.-midnight Oct. 2 at Club TSI Discotheque,333 E. Bay St., Downtown, facebook.com/showandtelljax.

SPOKEN WORD Local poets and wordsmiths sound off 7 p.m. Oct. 2 and every first Thur. of the month at The Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville.com.

FIRST COAST CLASSIC DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Ballroom and Latin dancers compete in the 23rd annual event; day sessions are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 3-5; doors open for evening shows 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-5 at Renaissance World Golf Village, 500 S. Legacy Trail, St. Augustine. Tickets: $25 for day sessions, $40-$55 for night shows, $95-$205 for dinner/ show/VIP packages, 338-9219, firstcoastclassic.com.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

NASSAU COMMUNITY BAND The Nassau Community Band seeks new members for its 11th season as a multigenerational ensemble, holding rehearsals 6 p.m. Sept. 26 and every Thur. in Yulee Middle School band room, 85439 Miner Road. 277-1257, contactinfo@nassaucommunityband.com, nassaucommunityband.com.

ATTACK DANCE TEAM AUDITIONS The Jacksonville Sharks hold preliminary auditions Sept. 27; semifinals Sept. 28 at First Class Athletics, 6026 Bowdendale Ave., Southside. Final auditions are 2 p.m. Oct. 5 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside; audition fee $60, attack@jaxsharks.com, jaxsharks.com/danceteam/auditions.

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS Jennie Szaltis offers workshops for novices in two weekend series, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, 10 a.m. p.m. Sept. 28 and 1 p.m. Sept. 29 at 3921 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 10 a.m. p.m. Oct. 5 and 1 p.m.

Oct. 6 at 1 Fleet Landing Blvd., Atlantic Beach; $155 for one series (plus $15 rental for supplies), 525-3959.

CALL FOR CHILDREN’S ART Artists 17 years old and younger

may submit as many as three pieces through Sept. 28 for a Children’s Art Exhibit, on display Oct. 2-31 at the Art Center II, 229 N. Hogan St., Downtown, 655-7239.

CULTIVATE CREATIVITY Interdisciplinary artist Joy Leverette, aka “Sister Feathertoe,” holds a workshop on discovering or inspiring the inner creator, with exercises in free writing, drawing and active listening. Bring sketchbook/notepad, water, light snacks, mat/blanket, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 28 at The Peaceful Living Center, 1250 McDuff Ave. S., Jacksonville, $25-$45, advanced registration preferred, 917-239-3772, sisterfeathertoe@gmail.com, 4creativity.eventbrite.com, sisterfeathertoe.com, peacefulproductions.org.

CALL FOR TACTILE ART The St. Augustine Art Association accepts touchable art that’s visually appealing and engaging for the blind for its 12th annual Tactile Art Show, noon-6 p.m.

Oct. 1 and noon-4 p.m. Oct. 2 at 22 Marine St., St. Augustine.

The show opens Oct. 4, 824-2310, staaa.org.

OPEN MEDIA JURIED SHOW Artists may submit as many as three pieces through Oct. 1 for a “Creatures” exhibit, on display starting Oct. 3 at Art Center Premier Gallery, 51 N. Laura St., Downtown, $25 for three entries; $5 per each additional entry, 655-7239.

STATE OF THE ARTS GRANT DEADLINE Nonprofit organizations, artists and St. Johns County teachers may apply for a State of the Arts Grant from St. Johns Cultural Council through Oct. 1. 808-7330, stjohnscultural@bellsouth.net, bit. ly/SJCCArts2013.

AUDITIONS FOR INDIE FILM Cultivate Films auditions for lead, supporting and background roles in an indie film, Oct. 5-6, to begin shooting here in December or January.

For more information, send headshots and résumés to christmasweddingbaby@gmail.com.

ST. AUGUSTINE COMMUNITY CHORUS Rehearsals for “A Celtic Christmas Celebration” are held 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Memorial Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship Hall, 36 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 808-1904, staugustinecommunitychorus.org.

SONGWRITER RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS The Jacksonville Songwriter Residency, a Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville grant project, accepts applications for residency opportunities in the Spark District through Oct. 15. As many as 12 residencies are available for 2013-’14 with durations of 1-4 weeks and performance opportunities at Downtown Jacksonville venues. Applications can be completed online at jacksonvillesongwriter.org.

FREE KIDS’ DANCE CLASS For ages 7-11, held 4:30-5:15 p.m. every Wed. at Dance Trance, 214 Orange St., Neptune Beach, free, 246-4600, dancetrancefitness.com/dtkidz.

BEGINNERS’ DANCE CLASSES These classes are held 7:308:30 p.m. every Mon. and Wed. at Dance Trance, 1515 San Marco Blvd., San Marco, 390-0939, dancetrancefitness.com.

BELLY DANCING Belly Dance with Margarita 4 p.m. every Thur. and 10:30 a.m. every Sat. at Boleros Dance Center, 10131 Atlantic Blvd., Arlington, 721-3399.

K.A.R.M.A. CLASS A Kindling Auras & Radiating Musical Awareness group vocal session, focusing on mental clarity, visualization, harmonizing and blending, breath and energy control, is held 6-7 p.m. every Fri. at The Performers Academy, 3674 Beach Blvd., Spring Park. Registration is requested; 3227672, elementsofonelove@gmail.com.

ART THERAPY CLASSES Art classes are held 6-9 p.m. every Tue. at Diversions, 210 N. Laura St., Downtown, $30 includes supplies, 586-2088, email daniel@diversionsjax.com.

CLASSICAL & JAZZ

JU MUSIC STUDENT RECITAL The first of five faculty-selected Jacksonville University student recitals is held 7:30 p.m. Sept.

26 at Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd., Arlington, free, 256-7677, ju.edu.

JACKSONVILLE SINGS! UNF’s showcase concert is 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 27 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Southside, free, 620-2878, unf.edu.

SATURDAY EVENING JAZZ The series is held 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Sat. with performances by Misha Frayman on Sept. 28, the John Shaffer Band Oct. 5, Just Jazz Oct. 12, Jarell Harris & Sweet Inspiration Oct. 19 and The Session Oct. 26 at 200 First Street, Neptune Beach, free, 249-2922, 200firststreet.com.

JACKSONVILLE SINGS FINALE UNF’s showcase concert featuring the High School Invitational Honor Chorus, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 28 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Southside, free, 620-2878, unf.edu.

THE JOSE LEBRON TRIO 8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Jazzland Café, 1324 University Blvd. N., Arlington, $10, 240-1009, jazzlandcafe.com.

EVENSONG Sung by the Choir of St. John’s Cathedral, 6 p.m.

Sept. 29 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, free, 387-5691, goodshepherd23.org.

PRIMA TRIO A pianist, violinist and clarinetist perform 2 p.m.

Sept. 29 at Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine, $25, 797-2800, emmaconcerts.com.

UNF FACULTY VIOLIN & PIANO DUO The recital features sonatas by Schubert and Smart and Dvorak’s romantic pieces, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Bldg. 45, Southside, free, 620-2878, unf.edu.

UNF FACULTY VOICE RECITAL The recital features baritone Dr. Krzysztof Biernacki, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Bldg. 45, Southside, free, 620-2878, unf.edu.

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Melinda Bradshaw’s “Queen Trigger Chart” (pictured) is among the pieces on display through Oct. 15 at First Street Gallery in Neptune Beach.

NAVY BAND SOUTHEAST TGIF The concert is held 7 p.m.

Oct. 2 at Main Library Promenade Gallery, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, free,630-2665, jplmusic.blogspot.com.

JAZZ IN PONTE VEDRA The Gary Starling Group, featuring Carol Sheehan, Billy Thornton and Peter Miles, performs 7:3010:30 p.m. every Thur. at Table 1, 330 A1A N., Ponte Vedra, 280-5515.

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

JAZZ IN MANDARIN Boril Ivanov Trio plays 7 p.m. every Thur. and pianist David Gum plays 7 p.m. every Fri. at Tree Steakhouse, 11362 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 262-0006.

JAX BEACH JAZZ Live jazz is presented 6-9 p.m. every Fri. at Landshark Café, 1728 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 246-6024.

JAZZ IN NEPTUNE BEACH Live jazz is featured 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Sat. at Lillie’s Coffee Bar, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922.

JAZZ IN ST. AUGUSTINE The House Cats play 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. every Sat. at Stogies Club & Listening Room, 36 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 826-4008.

JAZZ IN ARLINGTON Jazzland Café features live music 8 p.m. every Sat. and 6-9 p.m. every Tue. at 1324 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 240-1009, jazzlandcafe.com.

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

ART WALKS, FESTIVALS & MARKETS

MID-WEEK MARKET Arts and crafts, local produce and live music are featured 3-6 p.m. Sept. 25 and every Wed. at Bull Memorial Park, corner of East Coast Drive and Seventh Street, Atlantic Beach, 247-5800.

DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts and crafts and local produce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 27 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Downtown, 353-1188.

VIVA FLORIDA Celebrating 500 years of people, culture and achievements in Florida. J. Michael Francis discusses “Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida,” Sept. 27 at Amelia Island Museum of History, 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach. Sept.

28 events: “Viva Fernandina,” family festivities 10 a.m.-3 p.m., a historical play, live music, Spanish Dance Troupe Fuego Flamenco and food presentations at Plaza San Carlos, Old Town, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional artists, strolling performers, bands and a farmers market are featured 10 a.m.4 p.m. Sept. 28 and every Sat. at 715 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 554-6865, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT The self-guided tour features galleries, antique stores and shops open 5-9 p.m. Sept. 28 and every last Sat. in St. Augustine’s San Marco District, 824-3152.

NORTHSIDE LOVE ARTS & VENDORS MARKET The market, “Lifting Our Various Enterprises,” has kids’ activities, arts, produce, food trucks and Zumba lessons, 2 p.m. Sept. 29 and every last Sun. at Lonnie Miller Park, 5054 Soutel Drive, Northside, 755-5281, northsidelove.com.

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK Featuring 30-40 galleries, museums and businesses, spanning 15 blocks, is held 5-9 p.m. Oct. 2 and every first Wed. in Downtown Jacksonville. downtownjacksonville.org/marketing; iloveartwalk.com.

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK The tour of Art Galleries of St. Augustine is held Oct. 4 and every first Fri., with more than 15 galleries participating, 829-0065.

JAX BEACH ART WALK More than 30 local artists display their works, 5-9 p.m. Oct. 8 and every second Tue., along First Street between Beach Boulevard and Fifth Avenue North, Jax Beach. For a list of artists and businesses, go to betterjaxbeach.com/jax-beach-art-walk.html.

SECOND SATURDAY ARTREAGOUS ART WALK The galleries of downtown Fernandina Beach are open for self-guided tours, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and every second Sat., 277-0717, ameliaisland.com.

ARTOBER FEST The festival includes an arts and craft show, business expo, haunted maze and kids’ zone, recycling regatta, car show, Poker Run & Battle of the Bars Biker Rodeo, barbecue and live entertainment, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 12 at Palatka Memorial Park on the St. Johns Riverfront, 386-325-9598, keepputnambeautiful.org.

MUSEUMS

AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. “My Feet, Our Path” through September. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (download a free ticket at smithsonian.com/museumday).

BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. “A Painter and a Potter: Mary Ann Bryan and Charlie Brown,” featuring artists from Mayport Village, is on display through Dec. 1.

CAMP BLANDING MUSEUM 5629 S.R. 16 W., Camp Blanding, Starke, 682-3196, campblanding-museum.org.

Artwork, weapons, uniforms and other artifacts from the activities of Camp Blanding during World War II are displayed along with outdoor displays of vehicles from WWII, Vietnam and Desert Storm.

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/crispellert. “Clockwise” – an exhibit by multimedia artist Liz Rodda, who often examines fate, personal control and the future through sculpture and video – continues through Oct. 18.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 356-6857, cummer.org. “La Florida,” presenting native and Spanish colonial artifacts celebrating 500 years of Florida art, runs through Oct. 6. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (free ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumday).

JACKSONVILLE MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER 2 Independent Drive, Ste. 162, Downtown, 355-1101, jacksonvillemaritimeheritagecenter.org. The museum’s permanent collection includes steamboats, various nauticalthemed art, books, documents and artifacts. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (free ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumday).

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/jaxfrm.html.

“Better Left Unsaid,” an exhibit of sculpture and steampunk art by Jim Smith and black-and-white photography by Mary Atwood, is on display through Nov. 1 with an opening reception 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 27. “Russia,” a quick history of Russia from Peter the Great to the first conquest of space, is on display through Dec. 28. The permanent collection includes other rare manuscripts.

LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 824-2874, lightnermuseum.org. The permanent collection features relics from America’s Gilded Age, exhibited on three floors.

Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (free ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumday).

Arts MANDARIN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 11964 Mandarin Road, Mandarin, 268-0784, mandarinmuseum. net. Exhibits regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Civil War vessel Maple Leaf are on display, as well as works by Mandarin artists. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (free ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumday).

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com.

“Kept Time: Photographs by Joseph D. Jachna” is on display through Oct. 20. “Crush,” an exhibit of works by Heather Cox, explores the distillation of the human figure; it continues through Oct. 27 as part of Project Atrium.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors,” developed by The Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning, examines risk related to an asteroid hitting Earth and what scientists can learn from the objects. The exhibit is displayed through Dec. 31. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (free ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumday).

RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville.com. The exhibit “Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner, Connecting Communities Through Language” continues through Dec. 31. Modeled after Harlem’s “Amateur Night at the Apollo,” host searches are held 7:30-10:30 p.m. every first Fri. of the month, $5.50. Participating in Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live Sept. 28 (free ticket can be downloaded at smithsonian.com/museumday).

GALLERIES

ABSOLUTE AMERICANA ART GALLERY 77 Bridge St., St. Augustine, 824-5545, absoluteamericana.com. Romero Britto’s sculptures and limited-edition prints are featured.

AMIRO ART & FOUND GALLERY 9C Aviles St., St. Augustine, 824-8460, amiroartandfound.com. Works by Ginny Bullard, Estella Fransbergen, Deane Kellogg, Wendy Mandel McDaniel, Jan Tomlinson Master and Marcia Myrick Siany are featured.

THE ART CENTER MAIN GALLERY 31 W. Adams St., Downtown, 355-1757. Artists Christian Gonzales, Steve Miller and Pablo Rivera are featured through Sept. 30.

THE ART CENTER PREMIERE GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 150, Downtown, 355-1757, tacjacksonville.org/premier.html. “Concepts,” a juried exhibit of abstract art, is on display through Oct. 1.

AVONDALE ARTWORKS 3562 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 3848797, avondaleartworks.com. British artist and philanthropist Mackenzie Thorpe exhibits his work; previews begin Oct. 1.

Reservations are required for meet-the-artist receptions, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 4-5; the exhibit runs through Oct. 31.

AVONLEA ANTIQUE MALL 8101 Philips Hwy., Southside, 636-8785. Florida landscape painters and Florida Highwaymen artists James Gibson, Issac Knight and Mary Ann Carroll exhibit their work 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 28.

CLAY & CANVAS STUDIO 2642 Rosselle St., Ste. 6, Riverside, 501-766-1266. Works by Tiffany Whitfield Leach, Lily Kuonen and Rachel Evans may be viewed by appointment.

CORK ARTS DISTRICT 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside, corkartsdistrict.tumblr.com. AIGA Jacksonville’s fifth annual “Always Summer Poster + Mix Tape” show is 7-10:30 p.m. Sept. 28. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, benefitting AIGA. “Through the Fire: Glass, Clay & Metal,” an exhibit of materials manipulated through fire or heat, is on display through Sept. 29.

CORSE GALLERY & ATELIER 4144 Herschel St., Riverside, 388-8205, corsegalleryatelier.com. Permanent works on display feature those by Kevin Beilfuss, Eileen Corse, Miro Sinovcic, Maggie Siner, Alice Williams and Luana Luconi Winner.

CYPRESS VILLAGE ART LEAGUE 4600 Middleton Park Circle, Southside, 223-6100. “Coastal Atlantic,” an exhibit of Gordon Russell’s landscape paintings, is on display through Oct. 17.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. Atlantic Beach artist Melinda Bradshaw’s work is on display through Oct. 15.

GALLERY725 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 5, Atlantic Beach, 345-9320, gallery725.com. “The Elements: Metal” – a multimedia exhibit featuring work by Ken Daga, “Flew” (Frank Lewis), Kelly Meagher, Linda Olsen, Shayna Raymond, Matthew Winghart and Tonsenia Yonn – opens with a reception 6-10 p.m. Sept. 27 and continues through Nov. 10.

HASKELL GALLERY & DISPLAY CASES Jacksonville International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Road, Northside, 741-3546. The “Rotating Exhibition Program,” featuring works

by Gordon Meggison, Virginia Cantore, Jeffrey Edelson and Claire Kendrick, runs through Sept. 30 at the Haskell Gallery (located before security). Diane Fraser and Mary Atwood’s work is on display Oct. 1-Dec. 31 at Haskell Gallery. Jim Smith’s work is on display at Connector Bridge Art display case before security; Chris Moore’s work is on display in Concourse A and C display cases after security, Oct. 1-Dec. 31.

HIGHWAY GALLERY floridamininggallery.com/exhibitions/

the-highway-gallery. Nine artists – Nathaniel Artkart Price, Ken Daga, Ashley C. Waldvogel, Brianna Angelakis, Christina Foard, Linda Olsen, Sara Pedigo, Zach Fitchner and Russell Maycumber – will be featured on digital billboards throughout the city in collaboration with Clear Channel of Jacksonville through July 2014.

ISLAND LIFE GRILL 2245 Plantation Center Drive, Fleming Island, 215-4522, artguildoforangepark.com. “Art on Wheels,” the Art Guild of Orange Park’s car and motorcycle show, is held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 27.

THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING 2 Independent Drive, Downtown, cavendishprojects.com. “Hot-N-Fresh,” an original street exhibit organized by Michael and Michele Cavendish, is on display through Dec. 15 in the upstairs food court.

J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 435-3200. “Paint Techtonics,” an exhibit of works by painter Leslie Wayne (who uses oils in a sculptural manner to build 3-D compositions), continues through Nov. 1.

JUICE, A JEN JONES GALLERY 1 Independent Drive, Wells Fargo Center, Downtown, jenjonesart.com. The Florida Highwaymen art show, sale and benefit for North Florida Land Trust, featuring artists James Gibson and A.J. Brown, is held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 2-6, including a reception on First Wednesday Art Walk, 5:30-9 p.m. Oct. 2, featuring a short film on Highwaymen.

KENT GALLERY FSCJ Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd., Northside, 381-3674. “UKIYO – Floating World,” an exhibit by paper cut artist Hiromi Moneyhun, opens with a reception 6-8 p.m. Oct. 1 and continues through Oct. 22.

METACUSP GALLERY 2650 Rosselle St., Riverside, 813-223-6190, metacusp.com. “Still Lifes,” paintings of objects on color fields by Jeff Whipple, is on display through Oct. 5.

REDDI ARTS 1037 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-3161, reddiarts.com. Works by local artists are featured, with a focus on “emerging artists for emerging collectors.”

Collections change monthly.

REMAX COAST 2 COAST 93 King St., St. Augustine, 886-9077.

“Eclectic Collection,” an exhibit of works by Laura Dagnillo, continues through September.

REMBRANDTZ GALLERY 131 King St., St. Augustine, 829-0065, rembrandtz.com. “A New Light,” an exhibit of paintings and mosaics, opens for First Friday Art Walk, 5-8 p.m. Oct. 4, and continues through October. The gallery features work by more than 50 artists.

ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Administration Building, 500 San Sebastian Way, St. Augustine, 808-7330, stjohnsculture.com. Roger Bansemer’s “La Florida,” an exhibit featuring vanishing Florida landscapes, continues through Oct. 24.

SEVENTH STREET GALLERY 14 S. Seventh St., Fernandina Beach, 432-8330. An exhibit of works by Susan Henderson, Susie Sax, Jim Widerman, Paul Massing, Bill Birdsong, Joe Winston, Beverly Hansen, Lea Gallardo and Wayne Howard is on display 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 28.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 553-6361, southlightgallery.com. The gallery, featuring works by more than 30 local artists, including MacTruque, Tayloe McDonald, Pablo Rivera, Jane Shirek and Grant Ward, celebrates its new location during First Wednesday Art Walk, 5-9 p.m. Oct. 2.

SPACE:EIGHT 228 W. King St., St. Augustine, 829-2838, spaceeight.com. “Ignorance Is a Choice,” an exhibit of works

by LA artist Donny Miller, is on display through Sept. 27. “Art Dorks Rise,” an exhibit of the Art Dorks Collective, opens with a reception held 5-11 p.m. Oct. 4 and continues through Nov. 30.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., St. Augustine, 824-2310, staaa.org. The annual Fall Members Show continues through Sept. 29. The 12th annual Tactile Art Show, featuring touchable art that’s visually appealing and engaging for the blind, opens with a reception during First Friday Art Walk, 5-9 p.m. Oct. 4, and runs through Oct. 27.

STELLERS GALLERY AT PONTE VEDRA 240 A1A N., Ste. 13, Ponte Vedra Beach, 273-6065, stellersgallery.com. “Synergy,” an exhibit featuring works by painters Jennifer J.L. Jones, Laura Lacambra Shubert, Enrique Mora and Henry Von Genk III, opens with a reception held 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 18.

VANDROFF GALLERY Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, jcajax.org. Ponte Vedra Beach-based photographer Lloyd Roberts’ work is on display through Oct. 2.

VILLAGE ART GALLERY 1520 Sawgrass Village Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, 273-4925. “Wildlife,” an exhibit of oil paintings

by Laurel Dagnillo, is displayed through September.

WELLS FARGO LOBBY GALLERY 1 Independent Drive, Downtown, 880-9595, michaelnye.org/hunger. “About Hunger & Resilience,” a photo and audio exhibit intended to bring awareness to September as Hunger Action Month presented by photographer Michael Nye and Second Harvest North Florida, is on display through Sept. 26, Mon.-Fri. For a complete list of galleries, log on to folioweekly.com. To list your event, send info – time, date, location (street address, city), admission price and contact number to print – to David Johnson, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email events@folioweekly.com. The deadline is 4 p.m.

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GIVING BACK Do you know of a charitable event, volunteer opportunity or services available for the needy during the upcoming holiday season? If so, fill out the form at folioweekly.com by Oct. 23, and we’ll include it in our Nov. 13 issue.

EVENTS

A NIGHT IN CANDY LAND The Donna Foundation partners with Kenny Leigh & Associates for this fundraiser, featuring cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres and games, including a throw-a-pie-in-theface booth, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 26 at 301 W. Bay St., Downtown; tickets are $75, 345-3915, thedonnafoundation.org.

MOSH AFTER DARK “Fight Science,” a team of experts and instructors discuss and demonstrate mixed martial arts, its parallels to the scientific method and its impacts on the human body, both good and bad, 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Downtown; general admission is $5; free for MOSH members, 396-6674 ext. 226, themosh.org.

FALL FASHION SHOW/BENEFIT A Red Haute Night showcases the latest styles, 9 p.m. Sept.

27 at Suite, 4880 Big Island Drive, Ste. 1, St. Johns Town Center, proceeds benefit Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida, 493-9305, party@suitejacksonville.com.

TEACH BETTER TOGETHER Barnett Berry and Ron Clark are the featured speakers for this teacher-developed event, featuring breakout sessions, held 8 a.m. Sept. 28 at Hyatt Regency Riverfront, 225 East Coastline Dr., Downtown, $25, 358-6329, wjct.org.

WALK NOW FOR AUTISM SPEAKS The fifth annual Jacksonville Walk Now for Autism Speaks fundraising and awareness event is held 9:30 a.m.

Sept. 28 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent dr., Downtown, proceeds benefit Autism Speaks’ work to increase awareness about the growing autism health crisis; walknowforautismspeaks.org.

COSMIC CONCERTS Laser shows are iPop 7 p.m., Laser Beatles 8 p.m., Laser Motown 9 p.m., Laser Queen 10 p.m. Sept. 27; online tickets $5, Bryan Gooding Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-7062, moshplanetarium.org.

PURPLE STRIDE The fifth annual 5K run and 1-mile walk to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer are held 8:30 a.m. Sept. 28 at SeaWalk Pavilion, 75 N. First St., Jax Beach. Music, food, kids’ activities and awards are featured. purplestride.org.

PGA MS 150 BIKE TOUR The annual Cycle To The Shore is held Sept. 28-29, with a start and finish at the St. Augustine/St. Johns County airport, U.S. 1, St. Augustine. Riding options vary. Proceeds benefit National Multiple Sclerosis Society programs. Call for times and options, 332-6810 or 1-800-FIGHTMS. OBAMACARE DISCUSSION A panel of industry experts, including Howard Gleckman, John Rother and Joseph Gordy, discusses “What’s Next for Obamacare? – Bonanza, Blockade or Boondoggle,” 7 p.m.

Oct. 1 at Flagler College, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine, free, 819-6400, flagler.edu.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE The new exhibit, “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors,” runs through Dec. at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org.

BOOKS & WRITING

CHRIS McCHESNEY Business author McChesney discusses “The 4 Disciplines of Execution,” 9 a.m. Sept. 26 at University of North Florida’s University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Southside, $99, events.franklincovey.com.

IRA SUKRUNGRUANG The Flagler College Writers in Residence lecture series begins with author and poet Sukrungruang 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 in the college’s Gamache-Koger Theater, Ringhaver Student Center, 50 Sevilla St., St. Augustine.

Admission is free; seating is on a fi rst-come, first-served basis. 819-6339.

FLORIDA HERITAGE BOOK FESTIVAL & WRITERS CONFERENCE New York Times best-selling author Andrew Gross is the featured speaker Sept. 26 at St. Johns County Convention Center, Renaissance World Golf Village Resort, 500 S. Legacy Trail, St. Augustine. John Jake, author of The North and South Trilogy, is honored at the Literary Legends Banquet Sept.

27. The festival is held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 28 at Ringhaver Student Center, Flagler College, 50 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, fhbookfest.org.

LOCAL AUTHORS MARKETPLACE Authors Wendy Wax and Sandra Page, writers’ workshops

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Comedian Tom Wilson – best known for playing Biff (and Griff and “Mad Dog”) Tannen in the “Back to the Future” trilogy – takes the stage Sept. 26-28 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville. and an authors’ luncheon are featured 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept.

28 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Campus, 801 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach; proceeds benefit Big Brothers, Big Sisters, The Boys & Girls Club, Head Start and The Peck Center’s Library kids’ area, localauthorsmarketplace.org.

TRACY AND ROSS ALLOWAY The Alloways discuss and sign copies of their new book, “The Working Memory: Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster,” 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach, 241-9026.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOKSTORE Hard-back, soft-cover, audio, large-print and children’s books and much more are available 9 a.m.-noon Tue., Thur. and Sat at University Park Branch Library, 3435 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 630-2304, fjpl.org.

bring a camera, supplies, bug spray, sunscreen and water; wear comfy shoes; 10 a.m. Sept. 28. A ranger discusses the secrets of the salt marsh during a hike at 2 p.m. Sept. 28 at Ribault Club, Fort George Island Cultural State Park, 11241 Fort George Road; free; 251-2320, floridastateparks.org.

NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY The 20th annual day is marked at area state parks, featuring exhibits, activities and cleanups; go to floridastateparks.org.

FAMILY SEINING ACTIVITY Pull a seine net through Guana Lake, collecting fish, crabs and more, and learn about the animals’ roles in the habitat, 8:3010:30 a.m. Sept. 27 and every fourth Sat. at GTM Research Reserve Environmental Education Center, 505 Guana River Rd., Ponte Vedra. Free with paid entrance.

823-4500. gtmnerr.org

COMEDY

POLITICS, ACTIVISM & BUSINESS

TOM WILSON You know this guy — it’s Biff, from “Back to the Future” — here 8:04 p.m. Sept. 26, and 8:04 and 10:10 p.m. Sept. 27-28 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Ste. 8, Southside, $15-$20; 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com.

SHAWN BANKS The comic is on 8 p.m. Sept. 27-28 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, $10, 365-5555, latthirty.com.

MARK CURRY Hang with Curry, 8 p.m. Sept. 26, and 8 and 10 p.m. Sept.

27-28 at The Comedy Zone, Ramada Inn, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin; $15-$18; 292-4242, comedyzone.com.

IMPROV WORKSHOP Mad Cowford’s instructors teach improv techniques 6:308:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at Arlington Congregational Church, 431 University Blvd. N., Arlington, $100, info@madcowford.com.

MIND, BODY & SOUL

DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE This group meets 6 p.m. every Tue. at Baptist Medical Center, 800 Prudential Drive, Pavilion Building, Southbank; free; 322-4040 or 294-5720.

PRACTICE WORLD PEACE Brenda Star Walker leads a group 11 a.m.-noon every first Sun. at Memorial Park, 1620 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Bring a ground cover. Practice suitable for all ages and abilities.

NATURE, SPORTS & OUTDOORS

WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP The final event of the tournament – with 50 PGA Tour cards at stake – continues with the Boselli Foundation Am-Am Sept.

25 and round 1 Sept. 26 at TPC Sawgrass, 110 Championship Way, Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets are $17.90 and $106 Thur.Sun. webtourchampionship.com.

TALBOT ISLANDS A nature photographer leads a stroll on Fairway Loop Trail;

BUILD A BETTER BUSINESS Buster Lancaster, of Strategic Employee Benefi t Services, discusses “Healthcare Reform & Your Business Insurance,” 8 a.m. Sept. 27 at AIFBY Chamber of Commerce, 961687 Gateway Blvd., Fernandina Beach, $25 for nonmembers; free for members, islandchamber.com.

JACKSONVILLE JOURNEY The oversight committee of this crime-fighting initiative meets 4 p.m. Oct. 17, Eighth Floor Conference Room 851, Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St., Downtown, 630-7306, coj.net.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY The group needs volunteers for its programs in St. Johns County, 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed.-Sat., building or improving area homes. To register and get details, go to habitatstjohns.org.

CREATIVE BUSINESS PLANNING The class “Business Planning for Creatives: Artists, Writers, Healers, Coaches, & Independent Practitioners” is held 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Oct. 4 and 18, Nov. 1 and 15 and Dec. 6 in Atlantic Beach. To reserve a spot and get details, email yvette@narratives4change.com or call 800-913-8611 ext. 1.

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ust off bustling Beach and St. Johns Bluff boulevards lies a new Vietnamese restaurant, Q-Cup Boba Tea. Upon entering the Southside spot, which formerly housed a Mexican restaurant, you’ll notice a tidy interior with bright pastels, natural lighting and friendly staff. The owner is no stranger to the restaurant business — he owned nearby Vietnamese restaurant P.K. Noodles for seven years before opening Q-Cup earlier this year.

The menu is broken into specials, bahn mi sandwiches, snacks, desserts and a lengthy selection of beverages — flavored milk teas, smoothies, slushies, specialty drinks, mocha blasts and flavored teas. Color photographs help guide you through the various options.

We started with the simple shrimp and pork spring rolls, which were perfect for sharing.

Accompanied by a hoisin dipping sauce, peanuts and shredded carrots, four pliable rice

The com thit xa xiu (grilled red barbecue-charred pork with a fried egg, steamed white rice and crisp pickled vegetables) from the specials menu was full of flavor.

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wrapper rolls were carefully filled with shrimp, pork, crisp lettuce, rice vermicelli noodles, cilantro and crunchy bean sprouts.

From the specials, a photo of the com thit xa xiu caught my eye: grilled red barbecuecharred pork with a fried egg, steamed white rice, crisp pickled vegetables and a slightly salty dipping sauce. Upon arriving at our table, the owner politely explained that the egg was to be broken on top of the rice, then the sauce poured over the egg-and-rice mixture. The bite-sized grilled pork pieces were tender, and the overall portion size was generous.

From the 15 different bahn mi sandwiches, I selected the bo xao cay (stir-fried spicy beef).

A good bahn mi is measured by the quality of the French bread. After carefully unwrapping the paper from my sandwich, I bit into a perfect light, golden, crackly crust — and was immediately impressed. Inside the warm, fresh baguette, which was not too dense but didn’t get soggy from the fillings, were pieces of spicy stir-fried beef, raw jalapeños, pickled vegetables and several sprigs of cilantro. To turn up the heat even more, I drizzled a bit of Sriracha inside.

A fan of tapioca pearl boba milk teas, I opted for the taro che 5 mau, or five-color bean dessert: icy and sweet with a purplish hue from the taro, various beans, boba and tapioca jelly. I preferred the coconut boba smoothie, which was thick and coconutty, with lots of tapioca pearls perfect for slurping through the oversized straw.

If you’ve never tried Vietnamese cuisine, you’re missing out. With practically everything priced less than $10, Q-Cup offers a great bargain for quality food.

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AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH, YULEE

BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Rd., 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240. F Specializing in Southwestern made-to-order fresh favorites: burritos, tacos, quesadillas, nachos, salads. Salsa’s handcrafted with fresh tomatoes, cilantro, onions, peppers. $$ C L D Daily BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660.

F On the water at historic Centre Street’s end, it’s Southern hospitality in an upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ C L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269. F In a historic building, family-owned spot has eclectic cuisine: homemade veggie burgers, fresh seafood, salads, made-from-scratch desserts. Dine inside or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub has beer brewed onsite. $$ C L D Tue.-Sat.; L Daily HALFTIME SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 320 S. Eighth St., 321-0303. Sports bar fare: onion rings, spring rolls, burgers, wraps, wings. $ L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444. F In a renovated 1887 shotgun home. Favorites: jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan and vegetarian selections. Dine inside or out on the porch. $$ C B L D Daily LULU’S AT THE THOMPSON HOUSE, 11 S. Seventh St., 432-8394. F Innovative lunch menu: po’boys, salads and seafood little plates served in a historic house. Dinner features fresh local seafood, Fernandina shrimp. Reservations recommended. $$$ C R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400. F See Riverside. 2012 BOJ winner. $ L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFE, 833 TJ Courson Road, 277-3141. Awarded Slow Food First Coast’s Snail of Approval, the casual organic eatery and juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods, offers all-natural, organic items, smoothies, juices, coffees, herbal teas. $$ B L Mon.-Sat. PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132. Bite Club certified. In Omni Amelia Island Plantation’s Spa & Shops, the bistro-style venue has an innovative menu: whole fried fish and duck breast. Outdoor dining. $$$ D Mon.-Sat. THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811. F Killer sunset view over the ICW from secondstory outdoor bar. Owners T.J. and Al offer local seafood, Mayport shrimp, fish tacos, po’boys and the original broiled cheese oysters. $$ C L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652.

F Oceanfront restaurant serves award-winning handmade crab cakes, fresh seafood, fried pickles. Outdoor dining, open-air second floor and balcony. $$ C L D Daily THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711. F Oceanview dining, inside or on the deck. Steaks, fresh fish, nightly specials, Sun. lobster special. $$ B Sat.-Sun.; L D Daily TIMOTI’S FRY SHAK, 21 N. Third St., 310-6550. F Casual seafood spot has fresh, local wild-caught shrimp, fish, oysters, blackboard specials, seafood baskets. $ C L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310.

F 2012 BOJ winner. This spot in an old gas station is known for its blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ B L Mon.-Sat.

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 8818 Atlantic Blvd., 720-0106. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd. F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 1825 University Blvd. N., 745-0335. F Cigar and hookah lounge has billiards tables, a full kitchen, a variety of subs for late-nighters. 200-plus imported, domestic beers. $ R Sat.-Sun.; D Nightly

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

THE CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966.

F 2012 BOJ winner. Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine on the patio or in a hookah lounge. Wi-Fi, belly dancers, hookah pipes. $$ L D Daily ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE, 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40, 388-4884. F Celebrating five years, this

churrascaria has gauchos who carve the meat onto your plate from their serving tables. $$$ D Tue.-Sun. FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386.

Premium ice cream, fresh waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes and Nathan’s grilled hot dogs, served in Florida-centric décor.

Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ C L Mon.-Sat. THE FOX RESTAURANT, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669.

F Owners Ian and Mary Chase offer fresh diner fare and homemade desserts. Breakfast all day. Signature items: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes. A Jacksonville landmark for more than 50 years. $$ C L D Daily GREEN MAN GOURMET, 3543 St. Johns Ave., 384-0002.

F This market features organic and natural products, spices, teas and salts. $ Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 4530 St. Johns Ave., 388-8828. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LET THEM EAT CAKE! 3604 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 2, 389-2122. Artisan bakery serves coffee, croissants, muffins, cupcakes (The Fat Elvis!), pastries, individual desserts. Whole cakes made-to-order. $ Tue.-Sat. MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F 2012 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chicken-fried steak, Delta fried catfish, hummus, shrimp and grits, specialty cocktails. $$ C B L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #5 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 3620 St. Johns Ave., 388-5688. F See Riverside. $$ L D Daily SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., Ortega, 387-1000.

F Down-home cooking from scratch like Grandma’s: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, fried chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings. BYOB. $$ C L D Mon.-Sat. TERRA, 4260 Herschel St., 388-9124. Owner Michael Thomas’ comfy spot serves local, sustainable and world cuisine in a simple, creative style. Small plates: chorizo stuffed mushrooms, pork belly skewers; entrées: lamb chops, seared tuna, ribeye. Lunch features sandwiches. Craft beers.

Onsite organic garden. $$ D Mon.-Sat.

BAYMEADOWS

AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Highway, 731-4300. F See Beaches. $ C L D Daily BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA, 10920 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 3, 519-8000. F Family-owned-and-operated Italian pizzeria serves calzones, strombolis, wings, brick-oven-baked pizza, subs, desserts. Delivery. $$ C L D Daily INDIA’S RESTAURANT, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777. F 2012 BOJ winner. Authentic Indian cuisine, lunch buffet. Curry and vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 8206 Philips Highway, 732-9433. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740.

8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F 2012 BOJ winner.

With locations all over Northeast Florida, Larry’s piles subs high and serves ’em fast. Natural meats and cheeses are hormone-, antibiotic- and gluten-free; the sub rolls are gluten-free, too. $ C B L D Daily MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN LEBANESE CUISINE, 9862 Old Baymeadows Rd., 646-1881. F Bite Club certified.

Owner Pierre Barakat offers authentic Lebanese cuisine, charcoal-grilled lamb kebab. Belly dancing Fri.-Sat. Monthly dinner parties. Outdoor seating. $$ L D Tue.-Sun. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506. F The area’s original authentic Thai restaurant has an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian and new-Thai, including curries, seafood, noodles, soups. In business since 1990, family-owned place has low-sodium and gluten-free dishes, too. $$$ L D Tue.-Sun. PIZZA PALACE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 527-8649. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily STICKY FINGERS, 8129 Point Meadows Way, 493-7427.

F Memphis-style rib house slow-smokes meats over aged hickory wood. Award-winning ribs, barbecue, rotisseriesmoked chicken, five signature sauces. Dine indoors or on screened patio. $$ C L D Daily

BEACHES

(Locations are Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 249-0002. F Celebrating more than 20 years and seven locations, Al’s offers a selection of New Yorkstyle and gourmet pizzas. $ C L D Daily BUDDHA THAI BISTRO, 301 10th Ave. N., 712-4444. F The proprietors here are from Thailand, and every dish is made with fresh ingredients from tried-and-true recipes, beautifully presented. $$ L D Daily CAMPECHE BAY CANTINA, 127 First Ave. N., 249-3322. F 2012 BOJ winner. Chili rellenos, tamales, fajitas, enchiladas, fish tacos, fried ice cream, margaritas. $$ C D Nightly CASA MARIA, 2429 S. Third St., 372-9000. F See Springfield. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily CULHANE’S IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595. Bite Club certified. Upscale Irish pub owned and managed by four sisters from County Limerick. Shepherd’s pie, corned beef; gastro pub menu soars to culinary heights. $$ C R Sat. & Sun.; D Tue.-Sun.

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Rebekah Fletcher and Annette Wright offer a variety of flavors, like this cup of chocolate and espresso frozen yogurt with fruit and chocolate sauce, at Island Time Froyo in downtown Fernandina Beach. Photo: Dennis Ho ENGINE 15 BREWING CO., 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337. F Gastropub fare: soups, salads, flatbreads, specialty sandwiches, including BarBe-Cuban and beer dip.

Craft beers. $ C L D Daily GREGORY PAUL’S, 215 Fourth Ave. S., 372-4367. Greg Rider offers freshly prepared meals and experienced catering services. $$ Mon.-Fri. LANDSHARK CAFE, 1728 Third St. N., 246-6024. F Locally owned and operated. Fresh, right-off-the-boat local seafood, fish tacos, houseground burgers, wings, handcut fries, tater tots; daily specials. $$ C L D Daily; R Sun. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1222 Third St. S., 372-4495. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 N. Third St., 247-9620. F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 249-2922. F Beaches landmark. Locally roasted coffee, eggs and bagels, flatbreads, sandwiches, salads and desserts. Dine indoors or out; patio and courtyard seating. $$ B L D Daily M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 241-2599. F David and Matthew Medure are flippin’ burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes and familiar fare at moderate prices. Dine indoors or out. $$ L D Daily MARLIN MOON GRILLE, 1183 Beach Blvd., 372-4438.

F This sportfishing-themed casual place features fresh crab cakes – owner Gary Beach’s from Maryland’s Eastern Shore – and burgers, daily specials, craft beers, Orange Crushes, fresh-cut fries. $$ C R Sun.; D Wed.-Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600. F Bite Club certified. 2012 BOJ winner. The psychedelic spot serves gourmet pizzas, hoagies, salads. Pies range from Mighty Meaty to vegetarian like Kosmic Karma. $ C L D Daily MEZZA LUNA PIZZERIA RISTORANTE, 110 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 249-5573.

F Near-the-ocean eatery serves casual bistro fare (for 20+ years) like gourmet wood-fired pizzas, herb-crusted mahi mahi. Dine indoors or on the patio. $$$ C D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. F 2012 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chickenfried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637. F Named for the poet, American gastropub offers gourmet hamburgers, ground in-house and cooked to order, hand-cut French fries, fish tacos, entree-size salads, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ C L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 F For 30 years, the popular seafood place has nabbed lots of awards in our Best of Jax readers poll. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. $$ L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 592 Marsh Landing Parkway, 273-3113.

F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456.

F 2012 BOJ winner. Specialty items, signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in a contemporary open-air space. $$ C L D Daily SHIM SHAM ROOM, 333 First St. N., Ste. 150, 372-0781.

F New joint offers a seasonal menu of “cheap eats”: bar bites, chicken & waffles, badass fries, tacos. $$ D Nightly WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1585 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 247-4508. F Casual, beachy sports place serves burgers, wings, fish tacos in a chill atmosphere. $ C L D Daily

DOWNTOWN

CAFÉ NOLA AT MOCAJAX, 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911. On the first floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville Café. Shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos, homemade desserts. $$ L Mon.-Fri.; D Thur. & ArtWalk CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Owner/chef Sam Hamidi has been serving genuine Italian fare 35-plus years: veal, seafood, pizza. Homemade salad dressing is a specialty. $$ C L D Mon.-Sat. CHOMP CHOMP, 106 E. Adams St., 762-4667. F This spot has eats at moderate prices – most under $10. Chef-inspired street food: panko-crusted chicken, burgers, chinois tacos, bahn mi, barbecue. $ L Tue.-Sat.; D Fri. & Sat. DE REAL TING CAFÉ, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738.

F Caribbean spot features jerk or curried chicken, conch fritters, curried goat, oxtail. $ L Tue.-Fri.; D Fri.-Sat. FIONN MACCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, Ste. 176, Jacksonville Landing, 374-1547. F BOJ winner. Casual dining, uptown Irish atmosphere. Fish & chips, Guinness lamb stew, black-and-tan brownies. $$ C L D Daily ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283. F Mediterranean cuisine and American favorites in a casual atmosphere. Panini, vegetarian dishes, daily lunch buffet.

Espressos, hookahs. $ L Mon.-Fri.

FLEMING ISLAND

BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA & GASTROPUB, 1811 Town Center Blvd., 278-1770. F Family-owned-and-operated; offers freshly made brick-oven pizzas, specialty burgers, melts, wraps, craft beers. Gluten-free items. $$ C L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100, 215-2223. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999. F See Beaches. Bite Club certified.

2012 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2012 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chickenfried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198.

F Authentic fish camp serves gator tail, fresh-water river catfish, traditional meals, daily specials on the banks of Swimming Pen Creek. Outdoor Tiki bar. Come by boat, motorcycle or car. $ C L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly YOUR PIE, 1545 C.R. 220, Ste. 125, 379-9771. F Owner Mike Sims has a fast, casual pizza concept: Choose from three doughs, nine sauces, seven cheeses and 40-plus toppings and create your own pizza pie. Subs, sandwiches, gelato. $$ C L D Daily

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F See Beaches. $ C L D Daily CASTILLO DE MEXICO, 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 19, 998-7006. F This spot, in business for 15-plus years, has an extensive menu served in authentic Mexican décor.

Weekday lunch buffet. $$ L D Daily EPIK BURGER, 12740 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 105, 374-7326.

F More than 34 burgers made from grass-fed beef, ahi tuna, all-natural chicken; vegan items from innovative recipes; gluten-free options. $ L D Mon.-Sat. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN, 14333 Beach Blvd., 992-1666.

F See San Marco. BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 642-6980.

Dining Directory F See Baymeadows. BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily MAHARLIKA HALL & SPORTS GRILL, 14255 Beach Blvd., Ste. E, 699-0759. Filipino-American restaurant and market features pancit bami, lumpia, turon strudle, halo halo with ice cream. $-$$ C R L D Daily MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT, 13546 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1A, 821-9880. See St. Johns Town Center. $ Daily TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999. F Locally-owned-and-operated grill serves hand-tossed pizzas, wings, specialty wraps in a clean, sporty atmosphere. Late-night menu. $$ L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly

JULINGTON CREEK

PIZZA PALACE, 116 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-2171. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily SAUCY TACO, 450 S.R. 13 N., Ste. 113, 287-8226. F The menu is light Mexican with American influences – and there are 40 beers on draft. $$ C B, Sat.-Sun.; L D Daily

MANDARIN

AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F See Beaches. $ C L D Daily ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199.

Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), all the favorites. Greek beers. $$ L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. BRAZILIAN JAX CAFE, 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 20, 880-3313. F Authentic dishes: steaks, sausages, chicken, fish, burgers, hot sandwiches made with fresh ingredients.

Traditional feijoada – black beans and pork stew with rice, collards, orange salad, toasted yucca flour with bacon – every Sat. $$ B L D Mon.-Sat. BROOKLYN PIZZA, 11406 San Jose Blvd., 288-9211.

13820 St. Augustine Rd., Bartram Park, 880-0020. F The Brooklyn Special Pizza is a customer favorite. Also calzones, white pizza, homestyle lasagna. $$ L D Daily GIGI’S RESTAURANT, 3130 Hartley Rd. (Ramada Inn), 694-4300. F Prime rib and crab leg buffet Fri.-Sat., bluejean brunch Sun., daily breakfast buffet and lunch and dinner buffets. $$$ B R L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 11700 San Jose Blvd., 288-0175. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S, 11365 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 674-2945. F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr., 262-4030. See Arlington. $ R Sat.-Sun.; D Nightly RENNA’S PIZZA, 11111 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 292-2300.

F Casual New York-style pizzeria serves calzones, antipasto, parmigiana, homemade breads. Buy by the slice – they’re humongous – or full pie. Delivery. $$ C L D Daily

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

ARON’S PIZZA, 650 Park Ave., 269-1007. F Family-owned restaurant has eggplant dishes, manicotti, New York-style pizza. $$ C L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959. Specialties at this upscale restaurant include New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup. Homemade desserts. $$$ D Tue.-Sat. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1930 Kingsley Ave., 276-2776. F See San Marco. 2012 BOJ winner. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 700 Blanding, Ste. 15, 272-3553.

1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 1330 Blanding, 276-7370. 1404 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, 284-7789. F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 2620 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 17, Middleburg, 282-1564. F What a neighborhood sportsbar should be: Familiar fare, all the spirits you’d want. $$ C L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 6001 Argyle Forest Blvd., Ste. 16, 771-7677. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily TED’S MONTANA GRILL, 8635 Blanding Blvd., 771-1964.

See St. Johns Town Center. $$$ C L D Daily THAI GARDEN, 10 Blanding Blvd., Ste. B, 272-8434.

Traditional Thai: pad kraw powh with roasted duck, kaeng kari (yellow curry, potatoes, choice of meat). Fine wines, imported, domestic beers. $$ L Mon.-Fri.; D Nightly

PONTE VEDRA, NW ST. JOHNS

ALICE & PETE’S PUB, 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., Sawgrass Marriott, 285-7777. Inspired by TPC Sawgrass course designers Alice and Pete Dye, the new pub serves Northeast Florida flavors along with Alice & Pete’s favorites: Dominican black bean soup, Pete’s Designer club sandwich.

Outside dining. $$$ L D Daily AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F See Beaches. $ C L D Daily JJ’S LIBERTY BISTRO, 330 A1A N., Ste. 209, 273-7980.

Traditional French cuisine: escargot, brie, paté, steak frites, crêpes. Daily specials, specialty pastries; French wines. $$ L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily RESTAURANT MEDURE, 818 A1A N., 543-3797. Chef David

Medure creates dishes with international flavors. The lounge offers small plates, creative drinks. $$$ D Mon.-Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515. Upscale, casual restaurant offers appetizers, salads, sandwiches, flatbreads, burgers, entrées. Extensive wine list. $$$ L D Daily

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AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F See Beaches. $ C L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes.

1-2, 855-1181. F 2012 BOJ winner. Bold Bean brings a small-batch, artisanal approach to roasting coffee. Organic and fair trade coffees. $ B L Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET Deli Supervisor Daniel Dillingham 2007 Park St., 384-4474. F Juice bar uses certified organic fruits and vegetables. The store has three dozen artisanal cheeses, 300-plus craft and imported beers, 50 organic wines, organic produce, meats, vitamins, herbs. Organic wraps, sides, sandwiches, salads to go; raw, vegan items. $ B L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794.

7859 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 8102 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 1, 779-1933. F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill, 389-4442. F 2012 BOJ winner. Northern-style pizzas, more than 20 toppings, by the pie or the slice. $ L D Mon.-Sat. THE MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., Riverside, 355-4434. Southwestern menu with ahi tuna tacos, goat cheese enchiladas, gouda quesadillas, chicken enchiladas.

Indoor or patio dining. $$ C L D Daily O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB, 1521 Margaret St., 854-9300.

F Traditional Irish fare: shepherd’s pie with Stilton crust, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Outdoor patio dining. $$ C L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #1 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 824 Lomax St., 301-1188. F Traditional Japanese cuisine, fresh sushi, sashimi, kiatsu, teriyaki, hibachi in an authentic atmosphere.

Sake. A bonafide tatami room, with outside seating. $$ L D Daily SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0049. F Beer (Bold City, Intuition Ale Works), wine, pizza, hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888.

F Sushi: popular Monster Roll, Jimmy Smith Roll, Rock-nRoll and Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Dine indoors or on the patio. $$ L D Daily

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AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F See Beaches. $ C L D Daily BACK 40 URBAN CAFÉ, 40 S. Dixie Highway, 824-0227.

F Owner Brian Harmon serves Caribbean-flavored items – wraps, upside-down chicken potpie, fresh, local seafood – in an 1896 building. Wi-Fi. $ C L Sun.; L D Mon.-Sat. CARMELO’S MARKETPLACE & PIZZERIA, 146 King St., 494-6658. F 2012 BOJ winner. New York-style brickoven-baked pizza, freshly baked sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, stromboli, garlic herb wings. Outdoor seating, Wi-Fi. $$ L D Daily THE FLORIDIAN, 39 Cordova St., 829-0655. Updated Southern fare, with fresh, local ingredients from area farms.

Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature items: fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish, cornbread stack, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ C L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., Anastasia Island, 824-8244. F 2012 BOJ winner. A mainstay for 25 years; menu changes daily. Signature dish is Gypsy chicken.

Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ R Sun.; L D Daily THE HYPPO, 15 Hypolita St., 217-7853 (popsicles only).

1765 Tree Blvd., Ste. 5, 342-7816. F Popsicles of unique flavors, of premium ingredients. Coffee pour-overs, cold-brew coffees. Handcrafted sandwiches, salads. $ Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F See Beaches. Bite Club certified.

2012 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264. F 2012 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chicken-fried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily THE ORIGINAL CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311. F Coffee drinks, vegetarian meals, meaty Southern comfort dishes. $ B L D Daily

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FAVORITE RESTAURANT (other than mine): Bistro Aix FAVORITE COOKING STYLE: French, Asian, Italian FAVORITE INGREDIENTS: The fresher, the better.

IDEAL MEAL: A 10-course tasting menu at a three-star restaurant, with Miller High Life served in a champagne flute.

WOULDN’T EAT IF YOU PAID ME: Sweet potatoes INSIDER’S SECRET: Fat is flavor.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING @ Restaurant Medure: Franco Harris CULINARY GUILTY PLEASURE: The three essential Bs: Bacon, butter, beer.

BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE, 4910 Big Island Drive, 807-9960.

Upscale Northern Italian restaurant offers wood-grilled, ovenroasted steaks, chops, seafood. Dine indoors or al fresco on the terrace. $$$ C R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT, 4860 Big Island Drive, Ste. 2, 807-9292. Non-fat, low-calorie, cholesterol-free frozen yogurts. More than 40 toppings. $ Daily OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Drive, 900-7730. New comfortable, chic place features tapas, small plates of Spanish and Italian flavors: ceviche fresco, pappardelle bolognese, lobster ravioli. 240-bottle wine list, 75 by the glass; craft spirits. Outdoor dining. $$ R, Sun.; D Nightly RENNA’S PIZZA, 4624 Town Crossing Drive, Ste. 125, 565-1299. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #3 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 10281 Midtown Parkway, 996-2288. F See Riverside. $$ L D Daily SEASONS OF JAPAN, 4413 Town Center Pkwy., 329-1067.

Casual-style restaurant serves Japanese and hibachi-style fare, sushi, quick-as-a-wink. $$ C L D Daily TED’S MONTANA GRILL, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 998-0010.

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W., Lakewood, 739-6966. Upscale steakhouse features steaks, burgers, seafood and wings. $$ L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., Lakewood, 636-8688. F New upscale sushi spot serves fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ C L D Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., San Jose, 732-7200. F 2012 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chicken-fried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily URBAN ORGANICS, 5325 Fairmont St., Spring Park, 398-8012. Weekly coop every Monday that offers local, fresh fruits and vegetables in bags of 10, 20 or 30 pounds.

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THE GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. 2012 BOJ winner. Varied tapas menu of artisanal cheese plates, empanadas, bruschettas, homestyle cheesecake. More than 60 wines by the glass. $$$ Tue.-Sun. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1631 Hendricks Ave., 399-1768. F 2012 BOJ winner. Tamales, fajitas and pork tacos are customer favorites. Some La Nops offer a full bar. $$ C L D Daily MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922. Chef Matthew Medure’s flagship restaurant offers fine dining in a refined, European-style atmosphere. Artfully presented cuisine, small plates, extensive martini and wine lists.

Reservations recommended. $$$$ D Mon.-Sat. PIZZA PALACE GM Hala Demetree 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815.

F Relaxed, family-owned place serves homestyle cuisine: spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones.

Ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana.

Outside dining. $$ C L D Daily PULP, 1962 San Marco Blvd., 396-9222. Juice bar offers fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas, coffees made one cup at a time. 3 0 kinds of smoothies, some blended with fl avored soy milks, organic frozen yogurts, granola. $ B L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #2 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 1478 Riverplace Blvd., 306-2188. F See Riverside. $$ L D Daily

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Latitude 30. Familiar sportsbar favorites: seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta, pizza. Dine inside or on the patio. $$ L D Daily ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212. America’s longest continuously running dinner theater features Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s menus coordinated with stage productions. Reservations suggested. $$ D Tue.-Sun. BUCA DI BEPPO, 10334 Southside Blvd., 363-9090.

Popular chain restaurant has fresh Italian cooking: lasagna, garlic mashed potatoes; three portion sizes (half-pound meatballs!) served family-style. $$$ C L D Daily CASA MARIA, 14965 Old St. Augustine Rd., 619-8186.

F See Springfield. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily FARAH’S PITA STOP CAFÉ, 3980 Southside Blvd., Ste. 201, 928-4322. Middle Eastern cuisine: fresh sandwiches, soups, entrées, desserts, pastries and mazas (appetizers). $ C B L D Mon.-Sat. THE FLAME BROILER THE RICE BOWL KING, 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 103, 619-2786. 7159 Philips Highway, Ste. 104, 337-0007. F West Coast fave has healthy, inexpensive fast food with no transfats, MSG, frying, or skin on meat. Fresh veggies, steamed brown or white rice, grilled beef, chicken, Korean short ribs. $ C L D Mon.-Sat. JJ’S BISTRO DE PARIS, 7643 Gate Parkway, Ste. 105, 996-7557. Authentic French cuisine served in a comfortable, charming setting. The scratch kitchen has fresh soups, stocks, sauces, pastries. $$ C L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Parkway, 425-4060.

F See Baymeadows. BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, Tinseltown, 997-1955. F See Beaches.

Bite Club certified. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily OISHII, 4375 Southside Blvd., Ste. 4, 928-3223.

Manhattan-style Japanese fusion cuisine: fresh, high-grade sushi, a variety of lunch specials, hibachi items. $$ C L D Daily SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Parkway N., Tinseltown, 9 97-1999. F Grill and brewery features local seafood, steaks, pizzas, award-winning freshly brewed ales and lagers. Dine indoors or outdoors. $$ L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Court, 854-0426.

Bite Club certified. 2012 BOJ winner. Greek restaurant serves char-broiled kabobs, seafood, traditional Greek wines and desserts. Nightly belly dancing. $$ C L D Daily TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA, 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2, 565-1999. F New York-style thin crust, brickoven-cooked pizzas – gluten-free – as well as calzones, salads, sandwiches made fresh to order, using Thumann’s no-MSG meats, Grande cheeses. Boylan’s soda. Curbside pick-up. $$ L D Mon.-Sat.

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CASA MARIA, 12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104, 757-6411.

F 2012 BOJ winner. Family-owned-and-operated restaurant offers authentic Mexican food: fajitas, seafood dishes, a variety of hot sauces made in-house. Specialty is tacos de asada. $ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999.

F See Baymeadows. 2012 BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 840 Nautica Drive, Ste. 117, River City Marketplace, 714-9210. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily SAVANNAH BISTRO, 14670 Duval Rd., 741-4404. F Low Country Southern fare, with a twist of Mediterranean and French, in a relaxing atmosphere at Crowne Plaza Airport. Crab cakes, New York strip, she crab soup, mahi mahi. Rainforest Lounge. $$$ C B L D Daily STICKY FINGERS, 13150 City Station Drive, River City Marketplace, 309-7427. F See Baymeadows. $$ C L D Daily

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DRIFTWOOD BBQ, 412-4559, driftwoodbbq.com, facebook.com/DriftwoodBBQ Southern soul barbecue, sandwiches, subs at Pitmaster Patrick O’Grady’s truck.

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NewsNews of theof the Weird Weird Checking Out Porn in the Library

In the public libraries of Seattle (as in most public libraries), patrons are not allowed to eat or sleep (or even appear to be sleeping) or be shirtless or barefoot or have bad body odor or talk too loudly — because other patrons might be disturbed. However, in Seattle, as the Post-Intelligencer reported in September, librarians do permit patrons to watch hard-core pornography on public computers, without apparent restriction, no matter who (adult or child) is walking by or sitting inches away at the next screen (though librarians politely ask porn-watchers to consider their neighbors). Said a library spokesperson: “[P]atrons have a right to view constitutionally protected material no matter where they are in the building, and the library does not censor.”

The Beauty of Snails

Japan and Korea seem to be the birthplaces in the quest for youthful and beautiful skin, with the latest “elixir” (as usual, based on traditional, centuries-old beliefs) being snail mucus — applied by specially bred live snails that slither across customers’ faces. The Clinical Salon in central Tokyo sells the 60-minute Celebrity Escargot Course session for the equivalent of about $250 and even convinced a London Daily Telegraph reporter to try one in July. (Previously, NOTW has reported Asian nightingale-feces facials and live-fish pedicures.)

Greasing Doctor’s Palms

Among people earnestly devoted to palmistry (the foretelling of the future by “expert” examination of the hand’s inner surface), a few in Japan have resorted to what seems like cheating: altering their palm lines with cosmetic surgery. According to a July Daily Beast dispatch from Tokyo, Takaaki Matsuoka is a leading practitioner, preferring an electric scalpel over laser surgery; the latter more often eventually heals over, obviously defeating the purpose. He must be careful to add or move only the lines requested by the patient (e.g., lines of “marriage,” “romance,” “money-luck” and “financial” success).

Mean, Clean Finger-slicing Machine

Iran’s INSA news service reported in January that officials in Shiraz had acquired a fingeramputation machine to perhaps streamline the gruesome punishment often meted out to convicted thieves. (A masked enforcer turns a guillotine-like wheel to slice off the finger, rotary saw-style.) Iran is already known for its reliance on extreme Islamic Sharia, which prescribes amputations, public lashings and death by stoning, and Middle East commentators believe the government will now step up its amputating of fingers, even for the crime of adultery.

Church Members Ignore Measles ‘Facts’

Measles, despite being highly contagious, was virtually eradicated in America until a small number of skeptics, using now-discredited “research,” tied childhood vaccinations with the rise of autism, and now the disease is returning.

About half the members of Eagle Mountain International Church near Dallas have declined to vaccinate their children, and as of late August, at least 20 church members have experienced the disease. The head pastor denied he preaches against the immunizations, though he did tell NPR, cryptically, “[T]he [medical] facts are

facts, but then we know the truth. That always overcomes facts.”

Turning Someone Gay After the Grave?

Outraged Jewish leaders complain periodically about Mormons who, in the name of their church, posthumously baptize deceased Jews (even Holocaust victims) — beneficently, of course, to help them qualify for heaven. Church officials promised to stop, but in 2012, reports still surfaced that not all Mormons got the memo. Thus inspired, a “religious” order called the Satanic Temple conducted a July “pink mass” over the Meridian, Miss., grave of the mother of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, Rev. Fred Phelps Jr. — posthumously “turning” her gay. (Westboro infamously stages small, hate-saturated demonstrations denouncing homosexuals and American tolerance.) Ten days later, Meridian prosecutors charged a Satanic Temple official with misdemeanor desecration of a grave.

Diplomatic Dog Dilemma

Australia’s chief diplomat in Taipei, Taiwan, said in August that he was suing local veterinarian Yang Dong-sheng for fraud because Yang backed out of euthanizing diplomat Kevin Magee’s sick, 10-year-old dog. Instead, Yang “rescued” the dog, now thriving after he patiently treated her. Magee’s lawsuit claims, in essence, that his family vet recommended euthanization, that he’d paid for euthanization and that “Benji” should have been put down.

Yang said the fee Magee paid was for “medical care” and not necessarily euthanization. (Benji, frolicking outside when a reporter visited, was not available for comment.)

Squirrels Gone Wild

Smithsonian magazine detailed in August the exhaustive measures military officials have taken to finally block relentless Richardson’s ground squirrels from tunneling underneath Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base and interfering with the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles on 24/7 standby. For example, officials had to use trial-and-error to plant underground screens deeper in the ground than the squirrels cared to dig. A day after that report broke, a bus driver in Gothenburg, Sweden, crashed into a tree (with six passengers requiring hospital treatment) after swerving to avoid a squirrel in the road. On the same day, a New York Times reporter disclosed that his own news monitoring for 2013 revealed squirrels have caused 50 power outages in 24 states in the U.S. since Memorial Day, after invading electric company substations.

10-year-old Girl Charged with Rape

In August, a Houston prosecutor filed aggravated rape charges against a 10-year-old girl (“Ashley”) who’d been arrested in June and held for four days in a juvenile detention center. A neighbor had seen Ashley touching a 4-year-old boy “in his private area,” according to a KRIV-TV report — in other words, apparently playing the time-honored, rite-of-passage game of “doctor.”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I’ve got a good feeling about your relationship with intimacy in the weeks ahead. Judging from astrological Sales Rep ll omens, you have a good instinct how to drum up interesting fun with your most important allies. You just naturally know what to do to make collaborative efforts synergistic. Cash in. Don’t sit back and hope for the best – ask your imagination to provide original ideas on how to make it all happen.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Would you be willing to go to extraordinary lengths to transform aspects of your life you’ve felt are hard to transform? Now’s a good time. Luck flows your way if you work on healing your No. 1 wound.

Unexpected help and inspiration appear if you administer tough love to the part of you that’s addicted, immature or unconscious. Barriers crumple if you brainstorm new ways to satisfy frustrated yearnings.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I bet your usual paranoia levels ebb in the weeks ahead. Fears you take for granted won’t make nearly as much sense as they usually do. As a result, you’ll be tempted to wriggle free from defense mechanisms. Useful ideas your mind’s been closed to may suddenly tantalize your curiosity. You start tuning into catalysts previously invisible. Can you deal with losing the motivational force fear gives you? Will you be able to be inspired by grace and pleasure instead of anxiety and agitation? Work hard on raising trust levels.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too empty,” writes author Yasmin Mogahed, “and sometimes people have nothing to say because they’re too full.” By my reckoning, you’ll soon be in the second category. A big silence is settling over you as new amusements and amazements rise up. It’ll be understandable if you’re reluctant to blab about them.

They need more time to ripen. Trust the impulse to keep a secret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Insight is not a light bulb that goes off inside our heads,” says author Malcolm Gladwell. “It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.” That’s a constructive warning. On one hand, you soon glimpse new understandings how the world works and what you can do to make it serve you better. On the other, be extra alert for these new understandings and committed to capturing them the moment they pop up. Articulate them immediately. If you’re alone, talk to yourself. Maybe write them down. Don’t assume you’ll be able to remember them perfectly later when it’s more convenient.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): After a storm, British wildlife lover Gary Zammit found a baby heron cowering in a broken nest. Its parents 2006 were dead.folioweekly Zammit took the orphan under his wing, naming it Dude and caring for it as it grew. Eventually he realized Dude was never going to learn to fly unless he helped. Filling his pockets full of food Dude loved, Zammit began flying lessons – waving his arms and squawking as he ran along a flat meadow that served as a runway.

Dude imitated his human dad, and soon mastered the art of flight. See how this story might have metaphorical resemblances to your life? It’s time for your mind to teach your body an instinctual skill or self-care habit it’s never gotten quite right.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For four days twice a year, the East China Sea recedes to create a narrow strip of land between two Korean

islands, Jindo and Modo. People celebrate the SeaParting Festival by strolling up and down the temporary path. It’s been called the “Korean version of Moses’ miracle,” though it’s more reasonably explained by tidal action. I foresee a sweet marvel like this in your life soon.

Be ready to take advantage of a special dispensation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The desire for revenge is one of the entertainment industry’s favorite themes, presented as being glamorous, stirring – even noble. How many action films build plots around the hero seeking payback against his enemies? I see revenge among the top three worst emotions. In real life, it rarely has redeeming value. People who actively express it often wreak pain and ruin on others and themselves. Even those who merely stew in it may wound themselves doing so. Now’s a great time to shed desires for revenge. Dissolve them, get rid of them, talk yourself out of indulging. The reward will be a great liberation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Just for a few days, are you willing to pay attention to the needs of others more than your own? The weird thing is, your selfish interests are best served by being as unselfish, empathetic and compassionate as you can stand to be. Don’t let yourself be abused or taken advantage of; your job is to express an abundance of creative generosity as you bestow unique blessings in ways to make you feel powerful. In the words of theologian Frederick Buechner, go “to the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Imagine this: The CEOs of five crazy-rich U.S. corporations, including a major defense contractor, hold a press conference to announce that in the future they’ll turn down massive welfare benefits and tax breaks the federal government has been doling out for years. Now picture this: The Pope issues a statement declaring that since Jesus Christ never had a single bad word to say about homosexuals, the Catholic Church is withdrawing its resistance to gay rights. I see a comparable reversal in your life – a flip-flop that seems equally improbable. But unlike these, yours really does happen in the next eight months. If it hasn’t already started, it will soon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) worked as a missionary in China for his last 28 years.

Corresponding with friends and family back home required a lot of patience. News traveled very slowly.

When he sent a letter, he knew there’d be no response for seven years. What would you express about your life now if you knew your dear ones wouldn’t know it until 2017?

Imagine describing in an old-fashioned letter what your plans will be between now and then … what you hope to accomplish and how you’ll change. Right now’s a great time to inventory of your long-term future.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The cosmos is granting you poetic license to practice the art of apodyopsis with great zeal. You know what apodyopsis is, right? It refers to the act of envisioning people naked – mentally undressing them, picturing them in the raw. Enjoy this creative use of your imagination with no apology. It may generate fine ramifications, like, prime you to penetrate beneath the surface, encourage you to see through social masks and tune in to what’s really going on. You need to do that right now.

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PLAYING WITH SARAN WRAP You: Half-Asian? Beauty in your green apron, wrapping containers fi lled with coffee goodies. Me: Wearing a Boston hat, joking about the I Saw U’s. Hey girl. There’s a first and a half for everything.

When: Sept. 18. Where: Starbucks @ Baymeadows. #1296-0925 BLONDE WITH A FEDORA I walked up to the sub line not knowing that a tall, beautiful blonde would be finishing her order before me. We briefly made eye contact; you walked away. I ordered my sub without toppings, hoping I’d run into you at checkout. Maybe next time. When: Sept. 1. Where: Publix Subs @ Atlantic Blvd. #1295-0918 WILD CHILD You: Brown-eyed brunette wearing black at the Wild Child show. Me: Checkered shirt and jeans, with a PBR, trying to pay attention to the music and failing. The songs were good, but your dancing was better. Maybe next time I can join? When: Sept. 15. Where: Jack Rabbits. #1294-0918 BLEND MY SMOOTHIE CENTURY EMT You: Big thing in a small package. Wearing an EMT shirt, getting into a sexy beige Chevy. Me: Cute brunette hottie behind the counter at Smoothie King. Let’s get together and blend our juices.

When: Sept. 11. Where: Smoothie King @ Fleming Island. #1293-0918 CUTE GUY ALONE AT CPK You: Blonde guy, reddish button-down, jeans, eating alone at CPK. Me: Brunette girl, black top, jeans, picking up to-go order. Waitresses surrounded you; I couldn’t say hi or give you my number.

But my sister dared me to; you must reply. Every ’80s baby knows a dare’s a dare! When: Sept. 14. Where: California Pizza Kitchen, Town Center. #1292-0918 BEAUTIFUL BLONDE ON FOOTBALL FIELD Me: Tall guy jogging around a football field who stopped dead in his tracks. You: Beautiful woman leaving football practice with a Miami bag and a maroon SU. I have to see you again; would love to buy you lunch, dinner or anything you want! When: Aug. 10. Where: Police Athletic League. #1291-0918 ASKED ABOUT MY VISOR You asked me if my visor had broken yet. I replied I was just thinking about that same thing the day before … you lald, me red pixie. I’d just left volunteer work; was a bit flustered. Should have gotten better instructions on fixing it. Might need your help! When: Sept. 7. Where: Corner Store off Lakeshore Boulevard. #1290-0918 MELLOW MUSHROOM BAR I saw you at the bar and you spoke to me, asking if I was having a party. Your male friend walked away and we had a little conversation.

We told each other where we lived, generally. Need to see that smile again. When: Aug. 19. Where: Mellow Mushroom St. Augustine. #1289-0918 CHECK YOU OUT With all that attitude, elegance and the ability to read, I’ve got to say Freckles … you’re perfect.

Keep turning pages and heads. When: Sept. 4. Where: Main Street Library. #1288-0911 HANSEN LOOK-A-LIKE You: Long-haired beautiful man-child sitting alone at Poe’s complaining about life.

You ordered 3 shots of Fireball and chili cheese fries. We started talking about UFOs and government conspiracy.

Let’s meet again. This time it’ll be out of this world.

I’ll show you my Area 51. When: Sept. 4. Where: Poe’s Tavern. #1287-0911 ATLANTA AIRPORT 10:40 TO JAX You: Looked great in your orange Adidas hat. Me: Rambling on in green plaid shirt. Let’s share a pleasant moment. When: Sept. 2.

Where: Atlanta Airport. #1286-0911 SENDING UP SMOKE SIGNALS Put out my fire! You commented on my nails, then had to rush out. But YAY you came back. You: Tall and beyond handsome. Me: Can’t make small talk. Us: Surrounded by prying ears and eyes. I know what you are and where to fi nd you; do I dare? When: Aug. 29. Where: Cotten’s BBQ. #1285-0911 CHILDREN OKAY I lost your phone number! Have you been on vacation? I miss seeing you! Hope you are OK … You are my air! I miss you and those brown corduroy Levis that make your butt look fantastic! When: Regularly.

Where: Arlington. #1284-0911 BEAUTY FROM THE YMCA You: Just out of the Y, just finished Yoga. Me: Wearing a hat, T-shirt, big smile. We shared a little coffee, talked about yoga classes a while. I should’ve gotten your number but let you go. Had a great time chatting; would like to buy you dinner. When: Aug. 31. Where: Panera, Blanding & Argyle. #1283-0911 SEXY SMOOTHIE MAGICIAN You: Long curly blonde hair, pulled back, tucked in work hat. Me: Short in height and of time to get your name; in awe of your charm, good looks. You made a smoothie; I needed to cool down from the sight of you. Smoothie personally delivered to my place? (; Let’s make a date, cutie! When: Aug. 23. Where: Tropical Smoothie, San Marco. #1282-0911 DRUNKEN BEE STING Me: Cute tiny brunette. You: Gorgeous bearded man. A bee stung your lip as you drank Coors Light trying to look suave, leading to drunken skinny-dipping night. You broke my hand after I dropped it like it was hot. Love at first sight. At O’Bros every night waiting for you. When: Aug. 21, 2011. Where: Villas on St. Johns. #1278-0828 BLONDE BEETHOVEN BEAUTY! You: Beautiful blonde shimmering in sunlight reading a book. Me: Picnicking with my daughter, teaching her how to ride a bike. I was impressed; you were reading Beethoven autobiography.

We had great conversation. I regret not telling you how I really feel. Oh the music we could make together ...

When: July 2013. Where: Memorial Park Riverside. #1277-0828 THE VOODOO THAT YOU DO I saw you at the Tattoo Convention. We discussed the website ToySoldiersUnite and shared our interests. Maybe even meeting at Comic-Con. You were wearing a Voodoo Doll shirt. I was wearing yellow and black. Let’s get back together and build a Utopian playground. When: Sept. 14, 2012. Where: Jacksonville Tattoo Convention. #1276-0821 YOU LEFT SUN DELI SMILING Me: Hot mess brunette, pink/white dress. You: Brown beard, black Titleist hat, going golfing? Table by the wall by mine, with Jags fan friend. You smiled at me as you left; I couldn’t smile back with a mouthful! Par for the course. Tee time for two? A hole in one? When: Aug. 10. Where: Sun Deli. #1275-0821

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Backpage Editorial

Unjust for All

Duval County has an exemplary program for convicting anyone arrested – regardless of guilt or innocence

T

he Angela Corey “overcharging” flap in the George Zimmerman case is only one segment of the well-designed Duval County system for giving no one who has been arrested a chance to escape without being convicted. In Duval, we have a highly efficient “convict all at all costs” approach toward criminal justice. Corey found out the hard way that her blunderbuss conduct does not work in the sunshine of national media as it does here in Duval County.

Our system makes arrest and charging by the State Attorney’s office almost the equivalent of trial and conviction. And most private citizens are absolutely unaware that this is going on. We are sold on ignoring the possibility of anyone innocent being wrongfully convicted and call this being “tough on crime.”

That it is also tough on the ideal of justice that Americans assume is our standard is ignored.

In Duval, that ideal is sold down the river under the guise of protecting us from crime.

Perhaps the publicity brought on by the Corey debacle on national TV will convince us to examine our local system of criminal justice.

Upon arrest, the screws of this system are applied consistently to the accused — innocent, guilty or those somewhere in between. The intent is to convince an arrested person to admit to a crime and become a criminal and be incarcerated or, failing that, to suffer far worse consequences. The greater the numbers of the convicted and imprisoned, and even the number of years to serve plus being on probation, are substance for job performance evaluations for all those employed in criminal justice. Every position, from arresting officer to judge and every job in between, for selfperpetuation, requires moving bodies through and into the prisons.

By the way, the TV image of the judge as an impartial evaluator and enforcer of laws for fair trial needs to be critically examined in the real world. Is this truly the case (which it should be), or is the judge frequently acting as a part of the prosecution team? A local defense attorney told me that an impartial judge in Duval County who is interested in “only the facts” is labeled a “liberal judge,” and apparently there are few of those.

How often is there a cozy relationship between the prosecutor and the judge during depositions or trials? All one has to do to see if this bias is at work is watch the “objection” and “overrule” process at trial. In other words, chillingly, we

should ask if a trial in Duval County is for the purpose of justice or for sheer conviction at any moral cost. Is judicial bias the norm, or is it rare?

If it’s the norm, that’s truly a tragedy for us all.

We perhaps need to look at our judges.

Let’s put names to the three interconnected segments of brutality used locally to obtain a near-perfect conviction record. First, overcharging: tacking on multiple charges higher than the actual facts would support to an informed person. Second, harsh jailing: mental torture and physical discomfort while awaiting trial. Third, fair trial deprivation: punishing the accused for not accepting a “plea bargain,” which is basically a confession, and forcing the county to go to the trouble of trial preparation and conducting court. If you’re offered a plea bargain and you refuse, you won’t get off so lightly when you’re convicted at trial.

You have to pay for their inconvenience.

The process starts when a person is arrested and hauled off to jail in the most intimidating, degrading manner possible. Then bail is set so high to keep the accused person from escaping the brutality and dehumanization needed to force the person to confess to something less than the drastic overcharge. The arrested, now a “prisoner,” goes into the stark gray, windowless Duval County Pre-trial Detention Center. This dungeon includes sensory deprivation with plain concrete surroundings, no bed or normal mattress, rare sunlight and dehumanization including limited, uncomfortable and intimidating visitation privileges. You think prisoners sit around, eat and watch TV all day?

There is no TV. A prisoner isn’t even allowed a picture of his loved ones. Sleep and exercise deprivation, part of the regimen, are an assault on a prisoner’s mental health.

Intentional or necessary? If a prisoner is being driven crazy by stress and injustice, he or she is deprived medication unless it was prescribed before incarceration. You’re intentionally being driven out of your mind? Oh, well, tough. Suffer!

(Or accept your plea bargain.)

The key to this efficient three-part system is the fear and active threat to the arrested person that if he or she does not admit guilt and agree to the offer submitted, he or she stands to be convicted not only of whatever this person may have done, but also the harshest, most unrealistic charge the State Attorney’s office prosecutors think they can sell to a dumb

jury. The thinking is that multiple charges may influence the jury that this person must be guilty of something. The threat of a long-term prison sentence if the person doesn’t admit guilt is enough to send most to prison under an agreed sentence — the infamous plea bargain.

And almost anyone would confess to something just to be moved out of the confines of the Duval County Pre-trial Detention Center and into the relative comfort of prison.

Almost 90 percent of those charged elect not to tempt fate and take plea bargains. The sooner you accept that you’re caught in a trap and accept your plea, the sooner you get out of the Duval dungeon and into a prison. If you don’t confess, it may be up to two years before you even get a trial. Of course, by law, you may elect a “speedy trial,” right? Well, if you do, and you expect to win, you’re so dumb you deserve to be confined. What you are doing with a “speedy trial” is tantamount to giving up and accepting that you’re going to be convicted.

You’ll get to the relative freedom of prison quicker that way, but you’ll be punished with a harsher sentence for making the county go to the trouble of trying you.

And convicted at trial you will be. Electing to go to trial in Duval County is almost as foolish as admitting guilt to the most ridiculously exaggerated overcharge; the outcomes are frequently the same.

Make sure you understand. As a rule, in Duval County, you don’t win at trial. All the heavy resources are on the prosecution’s side. You are given a possibly inexperienced, poorly paid “public defender” who’s overloaded with other cases, while the prosecution has all the resources of the local office and the state to take you down.

For the prosecution, there’s a team of investigators, detectives, prosecutors, assistant prosecutors and administrative assistants. They can hire (perhaps biased and unqualified) “expert” witnesses. By contrast, the defendant has lost his job and income and has only one person at his table — either a public defender, who may not even want the case, or a court-appointed attorney who may be a judge’s personal pick.

The defense can’t afford to do investigations and has little or no money to pay expenses for any witnesses. You face insurmountable odds that are purposely stacked against you.

Go watch a criminal trial sometime.

There is no such thing as a “fair trial” unless a defendant is wealthy or it’s a high-profile case with intense media coverage. This is where Corey went way wrong in her big case. She wasn’t expecting to have to face a competent defense on equal footing.

In Duval and commonly throughout the South, innocence is of no concern when the basis for performance evaluation of criminal justice operatives is bulk convictions and posturing for local political elections. These professionals absolutely know what they’re doing, and the system is slick, with interlocking strategies with other departments, especially the Sheriff ’s Office, which runs the local dungeon for those awaiting trial. There, confinees are treated as if all persons awaiting trial are dangerous, armed psychopaths, not “innocent until proven guilty.”

The procedures are well-honed and politically approved. What does it matter if a few innocent people are convicted, as long as we sweep all criminals into this net?

This is called the American “adversarial” system of criminal justice. But how does one get a fair trial if one side is loaded with 300-pound NFL linemen, and the other side has 70-pound kids from Pop Warner? If this is the meaning of being “tough on crime,” and Corey is the type of person we want to represent justice in our system, then no wonder Duval is considered backward in other parts of the country.

We are not this backward, and we deserve better.

Robert Pace

Pace retired with 40 years experience in teaching and educational leadership. He studied the workings of the Duval County judicial system through reading and while following the case of a person — now serving two life sentences — he believes was convicted without evidence for the overcharging portion of his offense. He learned from working closely with the defense attorney in this case.

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