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EDITOR’S NOTE Jacksonville’s mayor may yet accomplish what the president cannot. p. 4 NEWS Competing death penalty proposals reanimate the debate over capital punishment in Florida. p. 6 BUZZ, BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS Blaine Gabbert has a potty mouth, Occupy Jacksonville chooses not to occupy downtown, and Councilmember Bill Bishop throws his weight behind the Godfather of pizza. p. 7 ON THE COVER Author Paul Kendel’s spiritual awakening came in the crosshairs of a combat zone. p. 12 OUR PICKS Reasons to leave the house this week. p. 17 MOVIES Reviews of “In Time” and “Puss In Boots” p. 18 MUSIC The indie folk group Canary in the Coalmine take flight onto the Northeast Florida music scene. p. 22

12 32 Whether in the spotlight or as a sideman, songwriter Randall Bramblett finds his rhythm at home. p. 24 ARTS Scott Abrams’ Shipwreck Theatre plots a course for Northeast Florida fans of live performance. p. 32 NEWS OF THE WEIRD Saddam Hussein’s not so private parts, and “approximately 10-minutes” of depression as the basis for a lawsuit. p. 41 BACKPAGE Sexual minorities continue to be scorned, punished and damned by the religious establishment. p. 46 MAIL p. 4 SPORTS p. 10 I ♥ TELEVISION p. 11 HAPPENINGS p. 34 DINING GUIDE p. 36 I SAW U p. 42 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY p. 43 CLASSIFIEDS p. 44

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I am writing to express our support for your coverage of the resistance to Florida-Friendly practices from some HOAs (News, “Turf Wars,” Nov. 1). As I expressed to you, I am sympathetic to the concerns of homeowners who want to protect their property values and the visual appearance of their neighborhoods.

However, Jennifer Zambrano’s plan does not appear to be radically different from the rest of the neighborhood and seems very reasonable. Jennifer also went to great lengths to demonstrate how her plan conforms with

Florida Friendly practices can be successfully incorporated and blended into existing landscapes, but it will require some measure of change and tolerance to accommodate different design practices, a more diverse plant palate and even possibly a few more weeds here and there in our yards.

Florida Friendly Landscaping principles, complies with the law and will blend in with her neighbors’ yards. She is using many common plants that are frequently used in traditional landscapes throughout Northeast Florida, and apparently in Jennifer’s own community, as well.

If HOAs won’t approve plans that still include 50 percent turfgrass and commonly used nonnative plants, then it doesn’t bode well for the more beneficial native plants or environmentally responsible stormwater management practices like bioswales and rain gardens.

Unfortunately, many homeowners have embraced an aesthetic preference that is unsustainable, resulting in yards that require significant irrigation, fertilizer and toxic chemicals. Florida Friendly practices can be successfully incorporated and blended into existing landscapes, but it will require some measure of change and tolerance to accommodate different design practices, a more diverse plant palate and even possibly a few more weeds here and there in our yards. I just hope that more awareness of the adverse impacts of traditional landscaping and lawn maintenance practices and more people like Jennifer standing up to challenge the status quo will result in the necessary changes that must take place.

If we don’t do so voluntarily, it will probably eventually be mandated, as we run out of water and local governments are faced with the need to clean up waterways being poisoned by fertilizers and other sources of nutrient pollution. Some people will continue to knowingly sacrifice the health of our waterways, environment and children’s future for lush, expansive weed-free lawns. However, I am confident that through education, awareness and citizen action, we can transition 4 | folio weekly | November 8-14, 2011

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Jimmy Orth, Executive Director St. Johns Riverkeeper Jacksonville via email

License to Ill

Regarding the Backpage Editorial, “Class warfare and the Big C” (Oct. 18), Mrs. Norma Sherry wrote an excellent piece. It is mindboggling to see how technology has become so advanced that a tiny chip can hold an entire library of books. We build spaceships that can go to the moon, and doctors can operate without being with the patient.

Unfortunately, we live in a world that worships money over the love for humanity. We all know that if cancer were cured, the huge, greedy corporations that make medications would go out of business.

Only the very wealthy can afford the treatments available. All others become collateral damage in the fight for profits. The Occupy protesters are lifting the veil of greed to expose the evils that control the masses. It’s way overdue. Saving lives should be a priority over destroying them.

Simonne Liberty Jacksonville

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I have always felt that Publix combined corporate standards of excellence with a strong support of locally popular participation. Girl Scouts selling cookies, veterans collecting for disabled soldiers, football players and cheerleaders collecting for important athletic trips are among the first that come to mind as groups that have been accommodated. No profit for Publix, but supporting local causes and taking a stand to be the local focal point.

Although Folio Weekly isn’t the same kind of “local cause,” it serves a very important

Not in 45 years, until this year, have I ever shopped at other groceries, but now I am. This is an important issue to me because of the value that I feel Folio Weekly is to Northeast Florida. community function. Articles about Water Hogs, keeping our St. Johns River clean, tolls on roads, contracts with the state, our City Council representatives’ records, lists of restaurants in all areas of town, excellent letters to the editor about local concerns, movie reviews, features about local artists, schools, teachers — this paper fills a niche left wide open by both The Florida Times-Union and nationally recognized papers for sale at your customer service stations.

If you cannot find a way to continue to provide this free magazine without a stranglehold by a Dominion Publications contract, I will truly be disappointed. I am feeling that Publix bureaucrats who see profit above participation, standardizations, conformity, customer service, contracts, money and vaguely anticipatory litigious thinking, have stifled the responsiveness that local Publix stores have consistently demonstrated.

Fortunately, Folio Weekly is available in many other places around town, as I’m discovering, and it’s important enough to me to seek it out and to support those vendors with my shopping dollars while I’m there. Not in 45 years, until this year, have I ever shopped at other groceries, but now I am. This is an important issue to me because of the value that I feel Folio Weekly is to Northeast Florida. There should be a way to take a stand to reverse the unfortunate situation in which we currently find ourselves.

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Guest Editorial Yes, We Can

Jacksonville’s mayor may yet accomplish what the president cannot

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s President Obama’s approval rating continues to mirror the nation’s mood (depressed), the heady days of his 2008 presidential campaign seem like a distant memory. Three years ago, a standing-room-only crowd packed Metro Park to hear an inspirational stemwinder from the Man of Hope. People lined up in the dawn’s early light to hear Obama’s optimistic vision of national and global renewal. At the time, we were just wading into the economic morass and had little idea of the seemingly endless troubles to come. Still, those gathered were among the millions who believed (at least for a moment) that one man could heal both an economy and a nation.

Today, the conventional wisdom is that Obama has not lived up to the hype. And there’s some truth to that. The president’s soaring rhetoric, which was pitch-perfect during the campaign, was ill-suited to the numbing bump-and-grind of modern politics.

He campaigned as a bridge-builder, and came to Washington with a genuine belief that warring parties must come together in a time of national crisis. What he found was a disciplined herd of opponents whose only interest was

rooted in profit. They learned long ago that a growing, vibrant city is good for the bottom line. But personal experience tells me there is more to it.

In the years I edited this paper, I was always heartened (and somewhat surprised) by the passion these leaders had for their city. They routinely left their boardrooms and mansions to seek a common approach to the issues that vexed the community.

They were the driving forces behind citizen groups — notably Jacksonville Community Council Inc. (JCCI), Leadership Jacksonville and Volunteer Jacksonville — that sought creative and comprehensive solutions to the city’s problems. They routinely broke the lines of race and class to bring folks together with a common agenda: How can we improve Jacksonville’s quality of life?

The process wasn’t always smooth or above-board. There were plenty of secret meetings and personal agendas. But more often than not, people like Preston Haskell, Peter Rummell, Fred Schultz, Bill Mason, Bill Scheu, Bob Shircliff and others understood the

Yes, Mayor Brown deserves kudos for leading this unlikely interest group. But the real credit goes to members of the city’s business elite who have reached out to a mayor with whom they seemed to have little in common. in driving the president and his party out of power and into oblivion as quickly as possible.

Sadly, they appear to be succeeding.

All of which brings us to Jacksonville and the nascent administration of Alvin Brown. The Democrat’s stunning victory last spring mimicked Obama’s surprising General Election performance in Duval County.

Both men benefited from the frightening incompetence of their opponents, as well as monolithic support from the urban core.

Brown and Obama also share a common view of governance founded on the notion that cooperation with one’s opponents is the key to substantive success. Both are coalition builders. But while Obama has failed to move his competition, Brown is building a powerful, working coalition of urban Democrats and establishment Republicans, pushing an aggressive agenda of municipal restructuring and business promotion that few saw coming.

Yes, Mayor Brown deserves kudos for leading this unlikely interest group. But the real credit goes to members of the city’s business elite who have reached out to a mayor with whom they seemed to have little in common.

(Local business leaders have built stronger ties to this black, working-class Democrat than they ever had with his predecessor — a white Republican scion of industry.)

That says something about the genuine love and concern these men and women have for their city. Much of their concern is, of course,

key was grassroots engagement in charting the city’s future. For whatever reason (turf wars, personality conflicts), their influence often languished at the Mayor’s Office. They now appear to have a partner in Alvin Brown, a man who is open to their bold ideas for altering Jacksonville’s course.

So while Pres. Obama battles an army of partisan zombies from Capitol Hill and K Street who care little for the general welfare, Mayor Brown is going to war with some of the city’s most powerful Republicans and business leaders by his side. They share a common goal: saving the city from the lethal consequences of prolonged economic decline.

They have taken on the enormous challenge of reforming city government so it can more effectively deal with the challenges. And they are forming a plan to fix the institutional problems (education, transportation, crime) that continue to hamper the region’s growth and innovation.

If Mayor Brown can maintain this unlikely coalition, Jacksonville may have a critical advantage over its Southern peers as it emerges from recession. Ground that business and community leaders have been tilling for some 35 years may finally produce a sustainable crop.

It’s a story a certain president might find a bit wistful.

Bob Snell

Snell is a former editor of and occasional contributor to Folio Weekly.

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Competing death penalty proposals reanimate debate over the death penalty in Florida

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ep. Brad Drake, a Republican from the small Panhandle town of Eucheena, is “sick and tired of this sensitivity movement for criminals” — and weary of death penalty protests. While the nation’s appetite for statesponsored killings© has2011 diminished in recent years — particularly following the execution of Troy Davis, whom many believed was wrongly convicted, Rep. Drake feels no such compunction.

In fact, he’d like to add some literal firepower to the state’s Death Row options, implementing firing squads — or what he calls “a 45-caliber lead cocktail” — as an alternate method. He’d also like to fire up Old Sparky, the electric chair at Florida State Prison, which fell into disuse after it caused flames to shoot out of the condemned’s head on occasion.

But Drake’s bill, which would eliminate lethal injection as a means of execution, is just one side of an always heated debate. On the other side of the aisle is Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, a Democrat from Tallahassee, who wants Florida to do away with the death penalty altogether, and commute the sentences of those on Death Row to life in prison, saving the state millions of dollars each year.

“I’m not in the business of dispensing vengeance,” she says. “As a state representative, I am in the business of making decisions to keep Floridians safe from crime while spending taxpayer money prudently.”

Cost concerns are one issue that both sides of the death penalty debate often agree on.

Just to feed, clothe, house and provide medical care for the 390 men and four women on Florida’s Death Row, it costs the Department of Corrections about $6.51 million a year. And a study several years ago by the Palm Beach Post found that, including legal bills, it costs the state about $51 million a year to have a death penalty — an expense above and beyond what

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it would cost to punish crime with life in prison Tiffany Cole. Four of the first five inmates without the possibility of parole. Rehwinkel to die in Florida’s electric chair were from Vasilinda says that money would fund about Duval County. And its last use, on July 8, 1999, was for another Jacksonville killer. Allen 850 law enforcement officers annually.

Lee “Tiny” Davis was executed for the 1982 “We could do crime prevention much murder of a pregnant Jacksonville woman, better,” she says, “if we took the money and Nancy Weiler, and her two young daughters. spent it in a better way.”

Davis bled profusely during his execution, An attorney and college professor in a grisly end that followed two incidents Tallahassee, Rehwinkel Vasilinda is pushing in which flames erupted near or from the her bill, and recently sent Gov. Rick Scott a letter urging him to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in Florida. But neither effort appears likely to succeed anytime soon. Rehwinkel Vasilinda introduced a similar bill last year; it failed 117-2.

And on Oct. 10, Scott signed the second death warrant of his administration, setting a Nov. 15 execution date for Oba Chandler, convicted in the 1994 rape-murders of an Ohio woman and her two daughters.

There’s also no sign that death penalty convictions are slowing — particularly in Northeast Florida. In the Fourth Judicial District, which includes Duval, Clay Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda says lawmakers should “not be in the business of dispensing vengence.” and Nassau counties, State Attorney Angela Corey has made aggressive prosecution heads of inmates. But less than a month a centerpiece of her tenure, and earlier this later, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the year blasted a judge who overturned a jury’s recommendation, saying “The people of Florida constitutionality of the electric chair. were deprived of a proper death penalty.”

Alan Chipperfield, a death penalty certified The Fourth District is well represented on lawyer who served in the Duval County Public death row. There are currently 394 people on Defender’s Office for more than 26 years and death row — 53 from Duval County alone, currently works in the Public Defender’s Office including the youngest inmate, 23 year-old in Gainesville, noted there have been problems Alan Wade, and one of just four women, with all the methods of executions. But he

suggests that Drake’s proposal wouldn’t solve them, and would likely create others.

“To be logical about it, he shouldn’t propose legislation unless he believes there is an improvement to the system, understand why he is doing it and whether it squares with the Constitution,” says Chipperfield, who opposes the death penalty. He says Drake also should consider “the evolving standards of decency.”

Those evolving standards, along with growing concerns over the particularly awful deaths produced by the state’s electric chair, prompted the Florida Legislature in 2000 to change the method of execution to lethal injection, claiming it was more humane. But there have been problems with the deadly three-chemical cocktail as well, including the Dec. 13, 2006, execution of Angel Diaz. After an executioner pushed the plunger injecting the first of three chemicals into Diaz’s arm through an IV tube, it took 34 minutes for the condemned man to die. Later, Medical

Rep. Drake, who wants to replace lethal injection with firing squads, is the first to acknowledge his proposal is less about political expediency than pure, old fashioned vengeance.

Examiner William Hamilton discovered that the needles inserted into his arm had punched through the veins, causing the chemicals to go into his muscles. That resulted in a change of protocol, but there have also been questions about the effect of changing one of the chemicals in the cocktail to pentobarbital, and whether it would cause extreme suffering.

That drug was used in the September 2011 execution of Manuel Valle for killing a police officer in 1978, but has since been withdrawn by the manufacturer for use in executions.

Firing squads, first used for military executions, is perhaps best known for the Jan. 17, 1977, death of Gary Gilmore at Utah State Prison. His case was immortalized by Norman Mailer’s 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Executioner’s Song,” and a television movie in 1982, starring Tommy Lee Jones.

Utah has since outlawed death by firing squad.

Currently, Oklahoma is the only state that permits it.

Whether Florida might be next is at best uncertain. But Drake, who was inspired to introduce the bill after a conversation with constituents at the Waffle House in DeFuniak Springs, is the first to acknowledge his proposal is less about political expediency than pure, old fashioned vengeance.

As he noted in his news release, “I have no desire to humanely respect those that are inhumane.”

Shut Your Mouth!

“Whoa there, motherf*cker” — Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert to Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing, in comments very much captured on live TV by sideline mics at the Jags recent game at Reliant Stadium. Although the Federal Communications Commission can punish “fleeting expletives,” experts agreed it was unlikely Gabbert’s language would draw a fine.

Death Wish “Kill this proposal, put a silver bullet between its eyes and drive a wooden stake through its heart.”

— How the St. Augustine and St. Johns County Tea Party proposed dispensing of an idea by activistslash-rabble rouser Ed Slavin to combine all public land in the county into a national park and seashore.

Slavin, who presented his idea to the St. Johns County Commission last week, initially laughed at about conspiracy theories that his goal was massive land grab. “Yeah, we take their underwear, too,” he quipped. “Their toasters and their cars.” But at a meeting at which opponents compared Slavin to Adolph Hitler and Hitler’s minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels, County Commissioners did the Tea Party’s bidding, voting the proposal down 5-0.

Bought & Sold www.hubbygear.com — Website started by the marriedand-McLovin’-it hubby Anthony Jay of Jacksonville, who sells T-shirts, underwear and stickers featuring happy-to-bemarried mottos like “Respect the ring” and “M4L” which stands for “Married For Life.” “It’s great for a man to wear these shirts,” he told First Coast News, “because it lets your wife know she’s on your mind.”

Herman’s Humans Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain confirmed he’ll be in Jacksonville Nov. 18 to attend the “Stand Up for America” event featuring right wing talk-show hosts Neal Boortz and GOP strategist Karl Rove. Cain, who was dogged last week by revelations of old sexual harassment claims, also announced his statewide co-chairs in Florida, a group that includes Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Bishop.

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Jacksonville native and Southern swamp-soul singer J.J. Grey was nominated for a Maple Blues Award in the B.B. King International Artist of the Year category. The Maple Blues Awards are Canada’s only national blues award. The nomination was for the album “Brighter Days” – the sixth by JJ Grey & Mofro.

Stay, Just a Little Bit Longer “These are very big issues. And I feel like we’re not doing our part.”

— Taylor Hilsabeck, 21, at a recent meeting of Occupy Jacksonville.

Hilsabeck wanted the group to truly occupy Hemming Plaza and refuse to leave. While people around the country have been arrested at similar demonstrations, Occupy Jacksonville members saw no reason to push law enforcement to action.

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“You have been made aware of criminal violations committed by your employees and have refused to act; however, you have repeatedly attacked me with frivolous internal investigations which serve no other purpose but to target me.”

— Resignation letter of Nassau County narcotics detective Brandon Smith, in which he claimed he was punished for making secret recordings of the sheriff and his administrative staff while working as a confidential informant on behalf of the FBI. Nassau Sheriff Tommy Seagraves responded that he never tried to retaliate against Smith or create a hostile environment, although “you have provided more than ample justification to do so.”

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Bouquets to Clay County School Board attorney Bruce Bickner for having the will to make a politically dicey, but Constitutionally correct decision. Bickner issued a legal opinion to the School Board and Superintendent Ben Wortham last week explaining that the morning prayers that have been staged by a Baptist preacher around school flagpoles at four Clay County schools are a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and an official endorsement by the schools of Christianity over other religions.

Brickbats to the city of St. Augustine for continuing to transform their once welcoming anchorage into an exclusive club. Having visually marred the bayfront with acres of mooring balls, and implemented a $20 a day fee for boaters who use them, the city now wants to limit to 10 days the amount of time boaters who choose not to use the mooring balls can spend in the city. Although the city says it wants to improve water quality, not simply cash in, officials have provided no specific goals or any means of benchmarking success.

They have, however, incited a boater boycott of the city.

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Bouquets to Jacksonville artist and University of North Florida student Dimelza Broche for winning the top prize and $20,000 in a VSA, formerly known as Very Special Arts, competition that will be on display at the Smithsonian’s S. Dillon Ripley Center on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Broche’s oil painting “Soul Reader” won the top prize in the contest for emerging artists with disabilities. Broche has a rare genetic disorder, osteogenisis imperfecta, that causes her bones to be brittle.

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Two For the Road

Lessons from the Jags’ first half season

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n educational theory, there’s a concept called the “learning curve,” a notion that might be helpful for apologists of the current Jacksonville Jaguars’ brain trust to employ.

The idea is that it takes people a while to assimilate concepts presented to them. The learning curve is often used to argue that immediately measurable gains should not be the primary measure of success. It may take a student in freshman composition a couple of years to fully understand what it is that he or she has been taught; ergo, real measurable gains may not manifest until the student has largely forgotten he even took the class.

Perhaps that’s the case with the Jaguars, who sat during their past bye week at 2-6, with neither of those two home wins being especially convincing. They sneaked by a Tennessee squad breaking in a new

Gabbert was just as ready to go as Newton.

Gabbert has many of the same flaws as Tim Tebow, that incessantly scrutinized Denver Bronco signal-caller. He was bred on the shotgun spread, and therefore failed to learn certain things vital to NFL quarterbacking.

Gabbert seems to have little sense of when the blindside rush is coming; too often, he meanders inside the pocket, counting “one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four …” as if it’s just the polite thing to do to wait until some bullrushing end comes through there, like Nikita Koloff giving him the Russian sickle.

This team was not built for Gabbert’s deficiencies.

Another issue Gabbert has is that he can’t seem to hand off the ball to the running back.

MJD is 5’7”; he is not Eddie George. Half of Gabbert’s handoffs look like they were

The thing about David Garrard was (wherever he may roam), he had a decent sense of what to do when protection faltered and the pocket collapsed. Gabbert?

Below average in that department.

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quarterback, and got handed the last one by the refs to juice the home crowd and spike attendance in the short term. The Jags got lucky, twice; their wins have been nail-biters.

Their losses? Another matter.

They have gotten slapped, chopped, chewed up and spat out, rode hard and put up wet.

The defense, with most of its key components healthy again, has more or less looked as advertised in tough games against the Texans, Ravens and Steelers, doing enough to keep the team in it if the team had a better quarterback.

Just sayin’, but people are going to look back on the “Newton vs Gabbert” debate of their respective pre-draft seasons kind of like they look back on the “Manning vs Leaf ” debate. People talked seriously about them like they were equal. People acted as if there were a universe in which Gabbert was as NFLready as Cam. Of course, there were people who wanted Cam to be punished by the NFL because of the shadiness that went along with so much of his college career — that sort of casually racist sports fan whose husky-voiced enthusiasm for his team is really a cover-up for his deep-seated fears of the ravages of time, of getting fat and floppy, getting old and sloppy, of becoming, year by year, less and less of a man than he was during that glorious prime that never really was. Those fools, rubes and yokels — those were the folks who thought

devised by Marie Antoinette. No wonder Drew fumbles! He spends the first second with the ball lowering it to where it should be carried, cheating him out of an opportunity to get out of traffic and into open space.

The play-calling is still the same garbage from the last 182 years of the Del Rio regime.

Off-tackle left, off-tackle right, slant, punt. No matter who’s QB or Offensive Coordinator, the offense is more buttoned-up than a winter coat in the Arctic Circle. But they tell us it’s a rebuilding year, hope for the future, all of that crap.

My experience is that the future can’t be counted on, not in the way it is eternally promised by people trying to get us to take raw deals rather than treat us fairly. That will be your experience soon enough, if it isn’t already.

If we get another year of this mediocre-at-best team leadership, I’d hope that fans would do something proactive. Maybe take a tip from Occupy ______ and wave some signs down by the stadium. Because, year after year, it’s the same old garbage in different packaging, and it never quite works.

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’ve spoken at annoying lengths about how Aquaman is the worst superhero in the universe. [Short version? A) Talking to fish serves absolutely no purpose unless I’m able to talk them into my mouth. B) With the small exception of Somali pirates, 98 percent of all crime happens on LAND. And C) Aquaman’s Boooooring!! End of short version.] HOWEVER! I rarely if ever talk about the second-most worst superhero in the universe, Green Lantern — I’ll now correct this grievous error.

While not nearly as terrible as Aquaman, Green Lantern is moderately-to-mostly terrible. Long version: A) He gets his powers from a ring. Why not a butterfly hairclip?

B) His weakness is the color “yellow.”

My weakness is the color “chartreuse” — especially when paired with white loafers and

Aquaman doesn’t get any tail. Because he smells like fish. (Whale tail or blowholes don’t count.) a floral scarf around my neck. In other words, Green Lantern can use his ring to move the moon out of orbit, but he can’t capture the Gorton’s Fisherman? THAT’S BULL-POOP, MY FRIENDS! C) There are 50,000 other “Green Lanterns” scattered across the galaxy as well — because obviously the writers of this comic needed to make him even less special. And D) He’s Booooooooring!! (Which made boooooooring Ryan Reynolds the best choice to star in the boooooooring Green Lantern movie.)

On the upside, Green Lantern has a kick-ass costume, and I bet it gets him plenty of tail.

And even if said tail doesn’t like his costume, he can be, like, “Whatever, baby!” and, with his ring, conjure up a tail look-alike who’d say stuff like, “Oooh, baby! You look so sexy in that costume! And your ring doesn’t strike me as feminine at all!”

Aquaman doesn’t get any tail. Because he smells like fish. (Whale tail or blowholes don’t count.)

Anyway! Green Lantern’s been having a tough time of it lately thanks to that piece of crap movie starring booooooring Ryan Reynolds, so he’s due for something good to happen that doesn’t necessarily involve any sex. That “something good” is a brand-new animated series appropriately called “Green Lantern: The Animated Series”! It won’t start officially until Spring 2012, but Cartoon Network is giving us a special one-hour sneaky peek/series premiere on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. And for a show that features the second-worst superhero in the universe? It ain’t half bad!

It’s produced by cartoony genius Bruce Timm (the mastermind behind “Batman: The Animated Series” and its Superman counterpart), but unlike the traditional animation Timm used in earlier toons, “Green Lantern” is all CGI — with a similar visual style to Pixar’s “The Incredibles.”

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Another plus? Snappy writing. Gone are the days of Green Lantern’s boring honky talk; here GL is brash, cracking wise and flirting with any tail in sight (even if that tail belongs to a computer).

As far as “Green Lantern” updates go, “The Animated Series” is a fun, often exciting addition, which means his status as “secondworst superhero” has been upgraded to No. 3 on my list. (Aqualad? That means you’re No. 2.

Go find a blowhole.)

TUESDAY, NOV. 8 8:00 FOX GLEE The Gleetards stage their version of “West Side Story” (get the whiskey shots and your loaded gun ready).

9:30 FOX RAISING HOPE Burt devises a cunning/disgusting way to retrieve Maw-Maw’s gold tooth — after she swallows it.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 9:00 PBS NOVA A physicist theorizes that past, present and future exist simultaneously. OK, then … where’s my damn jetpack?!?

10:00 FX AMERICAN HORROR STORY Crazy neighbor Constance dreams up a new plan to get rid of Tate (which doesn’t involve “killing him with kindness”).

THURSDAY, NOV. 10 9:00 NBC THE OFFICE Pam goes on maternity leave, and her replacement temp is ha-ha-HAWT! 10:00 FX IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA The gang decides to “extract” an “artifact” from a “residence” (aka “breaking,” “entering” and “robbing”).

FRIDAY, NOV. 11 7:00 TOON GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Debut! Green Lantern rushes across space to save his fellow Lanterns (and score some tail).

9:00 NBC GRIMM A flash mob goes extremely wrong — but when has a flash mob ever gone extremely right?

SATURDAY, NOV. 12 9:00 SYFY RAGE OF THE YETI — Movie (2011) I’m not exactly sure what would enrage a Yeti … maybe misplacing its mittens?

11:30 NBC SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Hosted by Emma Stone (aka Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Man’s smooch pal)!

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SUNDAY, NOV. 13 9:00 AMC THE WALKING DEAD While searching for clues, Daryl is injured and attacked by walkers! (Activate crazy redneck powers!)

10:00 AMC HELL ON WHEELS Lily fights for survival in the wilderness. (Just checking … still no zombies on this show, right? Right.)

MONDAY, NOV. 14 10:00 ABC ABC NEWS: GABY GIFFORD’S STORY Diane Sawyer interviews the Arizona representative who survived being gunned down by an assassin.

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Author Paul Kendel’s spiritual awakening came in the crosshairs of a combat zone

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taff Sgt. Paul M. Kendel was deployed to Iraq in May 2005. Within months of his arrival, he experienced the horror of losing eight of his fellow National Guardsmen to IEDs. He witnessed the insanity of religious intolerance, as Sunni and Shi’ite civilians urged American infantrymen to shoot their rival neighbors on the streets. But nothing prepared Kendel for the decree from the high command: an order to shoot and kill all dogs on sight.

The family dog is the equivalent of a home security system for many Iraqis, and soldiers’ attempts to catch suspected insurgents offguard were invariably quelled by the sounds of barking. Hence the order.

“I wasn’t really into that,” admits Kendel, of his company’s task of killing these literal dogs of war. “I didn’t even take it that seriously. Except for that one time with the grenade launcher.”

That particular incident is part of Kendel’s new memoir, “Walking the Tiger’s Path — A Soldier’s Spiritual Journey in Iraq,” in which the Jacksonville-based special education teacher chronicles a year that changed every aspect of his life. In that particular account, some fellow soldiers unsuccessfully took aim at a mangy

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hound absentmindedly sniffing its way along the desert floor. As the dog fled the M16 fire, Kendel — in a moment born of boredom as much as duty — raised the barrel of a highexplosive launcher skyward. Failing to factor the difference in elevation between him and his target, Kendel watched in horror as the round exploded in the front yard of a family home, mere feet away from a group of children.

The soldiers climbed back into their vehicles and sped away. Writes Kendel, “That was the last time I made any pretense of attempting to shoot a dog.”

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spiritual awakening can take many forms, yet by definition implies being stirred from slumber. A pampered Indian prince, fed up with the hollowness of existence, embarked on a lengthy meditation only to awaken as The Buddha — literally, “awakened one.” Theologians argue whether Christ was born of divinity or was somehow “awakened” after 40 days spent in isolation in the desert.

A devout atheist, Paul Kendel doesn’t believe in God and is openly skeptical of organized religion. Speaking to him at a Mandarin-based sports bar, it’s clear that the 43-year-old California native would cringe at being compared to any religious figure. And he’s no self-abnegating Buddhist.

When I suggested conducting the interview at a nearby bookstore, Kendel opted for this particular location for other spirit-based reasons. When he sits down for dinner, he orders steak.

But Kendel isn’t a typical soldier, either.

When readying for deployment, he packed several books: “The Iliad,” “The Koran,” Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain” — and one slender volume that was almost an afterthought: “Turning the Mind into an Ally”

by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. The 49-yearold Rinpoche (or “precious one” in Tibetan) is the head of the Shambhala branch of Buddhism, as well as Shambhala International, a global network that includes dozens of meditation centers, retreats and, most famously, Naropa University in Boulder, Colo. — the first Buddhist-inspired academic institution to

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receive national accreditation. Sakyong is the son of the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a celebrated and controversial teacher who galvanized the West by combining Tibetan Buddhist practices with what he called “crazy wisdom.” A notorious alcoholic who was also a sage-like teacher, Rinpoche Senior drew equally radical followers, including beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

Kendel was drawn to the secular approach to the Shambhala tradition; he is openly skeptical of what he calls “some God running the show.”

“When I was a kid, my mom vacillated from Catholicism to the Protestant church,”

duty in Iraq, Kendel says, he was ready.

“I was actually looking forward to meeting the people and seeing some cool stuff,” he says.

“I had already traveled extensively on my own to places like Syria, for the culture. So all of the Arabs I had always met were totally friendly and cool. Granted, all of my travels took place pre-9/11.”

The Middle East that Kendel found himself in was not one that encouraged much sightseeing, nor were the locals greeting soldiers with open arms. But if Kendel was surprised by that reception, he was also caught off-guard by the impact Sakyong Mipham’s book had on him as he read on his military-

What read like spiritual niceties on paper were translated by the language of actual war, where karma is delivered in the form of exploding ammunition shells. Sgt. Kendel found himself trying to approach a frequently hostile citizenry with a helmeted head filled with Buddhist principles. he explains. “The Catholic churches were prettier, so she liked that, but the Protestants were nicer.”

Kendel grew up in the Huntington Beach area of California, eventually enlisting in the Army for three years. After getting his BA in history at California State Long Beach in 1994 (“Where Kevin Costner graduated,” Kendel jokes), he signed up for the National Guard to help finance his education. While earning masters degrees in anthropology and history, with an emphasis on the Middle East, Kendel traveled in some of the areas where he’d later serve. “I guess I wanted to be Indiana Jones,” says Kendel, with a roll of his eyes. Amid his travels and academic pursuits, he also found time to marry his sweetheart Robin, a union that produced two sons, Alex and Sean.

After 9/11, Kendel was deployed to Saudi Arabia. He moved to Northeast Florida in 2003 to commute to his National Guard’s infantry unit in Valdosta. Four months after arriving in Jacksonville, Kendel was informed that he would be serving in the combat zone. By the time he was sent in ’05 for an active tour of

issued cot. The Shambhala teaching is layered in warrior and battle imagery, with a key teaching about the “Tiger’s Path,” which urges controlling one’s mind like a tiger in the jungle, by practicing mindful awareness. The belief is that this practice leads to compassion and wisdom and, eventually, enlightenment. Key to this is the recognition that “every decision we make has repercussions.”

What read like spiritual niceties on paper were translated by the language of actual war, where karma is delivered in the form of exploding ammunition shells. Sgt. Kendel found himself trying to approach a frequently hostile citizenry with a helmeted head filled with Buddhist principles.

This personal journey became the basis for his narrative, which combines unflinching reports from the battlefield with Kendel’s hitor-miss attempts at spirituality. Some scenes in the book roll by with dark humor and surreal gore: A widowed Iraqi woman wails over her dead husband, as soldiers snicker at the fact that the man’s testicle was blown off in the gunfire. An alleged WMD factory is saved from

Kendel in a Humvee on a routine convoy mission north of Baghdad. “As crappy as that year was,” he says, “it may have been the best year of my life.”

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1. Kendel says he made a conscious attempt to reach out to the children of Iraq, based on his teacher’s advice: “The greater the force you have to apply, the greater your compassion should be.”

2. Spiritual leader Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche blesses Kendel at the Shambhala center in Boulder, Co. Since returning to the states, Kendel has been presenting his book on the Shambhala Buddhist circuit.

annihilation after Kendel and his fellow soldiers discover it’s actually a funeral home. One sequence describes Kendel and his men stuck with the unsavory task of moving the corpses of two men they dub “Chico and Esteban.”

“The men were fat, clearly well-fed. In fact, they had to be the fattest Iraqis in the whole country,” he writes. It takes four men to drag the bodies to the Humvee, where they discover that Chico has somehow developed an erection during rigor mortis. “’There’s no way I’m riding in the gunner’s seat near a dead Iraqi with a hard-on!’” hollers one exasperated soldier.

Yet for every grotesque field report, Kendel balances the story with his burgeoning sense of compassion. In one poignant segment, Kendel carries a child with Down syndrome, after he sees another soldier verbally and physically abusing the confused Iraqi boy.

While it is doubtful Kendel’s experiments with empathy softened the hearts of either his enemies or allies, his book is a compelling spiritual travelogue.

“Over there, you had to find amusement in so much of this craziness, because you really had no other choice.”

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fter finishing reading Sakyong’s book, Kendel fired off an email back home to Shambhala International, explaining his frustration over trying to balance his newfound spirituality with his combat duties.

He received a response from a representative of the center, and soon after was in contact with Sakyong himself.

“Since the purpose of your being there is wrathful compassion,” wrote the teacher, “the more force you have to apply, the greater your compassion should be.”

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of soft drinks and candies, Kendel was a loyal repeat customer. And he consciously tried to counter the military’s indoctrinated indifference to different cultures. “It wasn’t like we ever had a class on the difference between the Shi’ites and the Sunnis,” he says.

“I mean, George W. Bush himself invaded Iraq and he had absolutely no knowledge of what was going on. He didn’t even read a 50-page ‘Islam 101’ before he invades an ancient culture.” Kendel was equally disturbed by the “Kill for Christ” mentality of some soldiers, who looked at their active service as a religious campaign. “It’s all black and white,” he says by way of characterizing their perspective. “They are the bad guys — let’s get them.”

Yet Kendel’s attempts at practicing Sakyong’s lessons — even with those people who would love to see him blown to bits — managed to diffuse some heated moments among the troops and even between locals.

One instance of “wrathful compassion” was his habit of having tea with the local villagers.

He and a fellow soldier would approach a home and knock on the door and essentially demand, or at least strongly suggest, that the U.S. military would be open to enjoying a respite of bread and hot tea.

“It’s not like they worked,” he laughs. “They were basically squatters. But they took our visits almost like we were dignitaries. They’re really hospitable.”

In the book, Kendel describes kicking his feet up on coffee tables and firing up a cigar as his hosts bring him tea and sweets. “I did pretty much invite myself in.”

Throughout “Walking the Tiger’s Path,” it’s clear Kendel is no Dalai Lama. He’s involved in near-fistfights with other soldiers, makes near-fatal errors in judgment and displays a tacit understanding that he would kill anyone who committed an act of aggression. “I never forgot that I was in a war,” he says. Kendel also immortalizes the eight soldiers from his

battalion who were killed just a week apart, their names and faces on the overleaf of his book the strongest reminder of the reality of his own perilous journey. Yet even within this tornado of bloodshed, the Shambhala teachings changed Kendel, opening his mind as it softened his heart.

By the end of Kendel’s tour of duty, he had survived many proverbial and literal bullets.

Two of the most profound moments in his story, however, involve the changes in his family. After 10 months in the desert, Kendel was given leave to return to the bedside of his dying mother. His description of those last days spent with her, as he self-medicates with beer and Xanax, argues with the medical staff and watches her die before his very eyes, are some of the more gripping scenes in the book.

Not long after his mother’s passing, Kendel’s wife Robin informed him she was dissolving their decade-long marriage and taking their two sons.

“There were issues in the marriage before the break-up,” says Kendel. “But either way, it was painful.”

Throughout his experience, Kendel gives credit to the direct encouragement and guidance given by Shambhala International.

And in a powerful sense of closure, within a year of traveling the serpentine path from combat to the dharma, Kendel eventually finds an audience with Sakyong Mipham in person at the Shambhala center in Boulder. Since the publication of the memoir, Shambhala has been directly encouraging Kendel in his meditation practice and even booking him as a lecturer for their teachings at various centers. Richard Reoch, the president of Shambhala, tells Folio Weekly that he believes Paul Kendel’s story is ultimately one of amazing transformation.

“The story of Paul’s spiritual journey in Iraq shows that there is timeless wisdom that can be accessed even in the most extreme conditions.” Rather than seeing a

paradox in Kendel’s practicing the dharma in war, Reoch sees symmetric and almost poetic possibilities. The Buddha taught of meditating on death by literal example, sitting among decaying corpses at the charnel grounds. Reoch sees a similarity in Kendel’s experience and finds it most apropos that the author had this awakening in the middle of a sea of death.

“Any valid spiritual path has to be able to embrace the totality of human existence,” Reoch says. “It has to make sense both in peace and in war.”

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uddhism has become a decidedly 21st-century trend and pop-cultural phenomenon. “Namaste” and “Free Tibet” bumper stickers are as ubiquitous as Starbucks and Wi-Fi connections. Yet the essential teachings of the Buddha, those same principles of mindfulness and compassion that somehow found Paul Kendel in wartorn Iraq, have permeated Western thought in weirdly roundabout ways. Eckhart Tolle’s best-selling book, “The Power of Now,” is essentially Buddhist principles directed at an Oprah-enlightened audience. Progressive religious scholars Thomas Merton, Karen Armstrong and Richard Rohr are but three well-known theologians who find obvious parallels between Buddha and that other radical spiritual misfit, Jesus Christ. The acclaimed psychologist Jon Kabat-Zinn has turned the Buddha’s basic teachings into a practical method of reducing stress, illness and even physical pain — no burning incense or chanting required. Buddhism has even slipped into the world of 12-step programs, with recovery authors like Kevin Griffin and Tom Catton guiding souls from the methadone clinics to the meditation halls.

Nearly six years after his initial glimpse of the Buddha, Paul Kendel has now found a new

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path as a teacher of Combat Veteran Dharma.

He’s actively involved with the Veterans Peace of Mind Project, an organization that helps veterans and their families deal with post-traumatic stress disorder. And barely six months after publication, “Walking the Tiger’s Path” is being gradually embraced by the greater Buddhist community, with internationally known dharma teachers Pema Chödrön, Susan Piver and Khadro Chagdud praising Kendel’s curious journey from violence to compassion. Kendel recently

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He’s involved in near fistfights with other soldiers, makes nearfatal errors in judgment and displays a tacit understanding that he would kill anyone who committed an act of aggression.

“I never forgot that I was in a war,” he says. returned home from yet another tour of duty — this time, from a lecture at the Shambhala center in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He has not, however, embraced Northeast Florida Buddhist groups, disparaging what he half-jokingly describes as “strip mall Buddhism.”

“I guess I just feel more at home in a Shambhala meditation hall.” While the Shambhala mandala, or network, is a global web with dozens of centers the world over, those centers are conspicuously absent in Northeast Florida.

Kendel says he has found some semblance of peace with his now ex-wife, and is still involved in the lives of his sons. He has started dating a woman who also practices the Shambhala teachings, and is finishing his second book, a prequel of sorts to his war story.

“As crappy as that year was,” Kendel concedes of his tour in Iraq, “it may have been the best year of my life.”

Out of much suffering, Kendel discovered a sense of peace and acceptance that, earlier in his life, would have seemed as foreign as the most tongue-tying esoteric mantra. “You have to learn to practice loving kindness and realize you are a good person, all of this shitty stuff that happens isn’t always your fault, and from there you can find true self-discovery.”

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Paul Kendel has a book signing on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 2-4 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 11112 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville. 886-9904, and again on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 2-4 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at St. Johns Town Center, 10280 Midtown Parkway, Jacksonville. 928-2027. More at walkingthetigerspath.com NOVEMBER 8-14, 2011 | FOLIO WEEKLY | 15

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Reasons to leave the house this week The Second Harvest North Florida holds its 27th annual Empty Bowls Luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at noon at Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 W. Water St., Jacksonville. You can choose one of 2,000 bowls handcrafted by local school children and enjoy a simple meal served by local politicos and celebrities — intended to symbolize the meals served by area soup kitchens. Last year’s event raised more than $75,000 for Second Harvest’s efforts to feed the less fortunate and draw attention to the fight against hunger. Tickets are $25. 739-7074. wenourishhope.org

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Folio Weekly’s Bite Club offers free tastings at area restaurants to select Bite Club members. The next event is a battle of the baked goods, showcasing amazing desserts. It’s held Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Valencia Condominiums, 4300 South Beach Parkway, Jax Beach. To sign up for Bite Club’s future tastings, or just to learn what Bite Club is all about, check out fwbiteclub.com. 273-9891.

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JAZZ DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL-STARS

Northeast Florida jazz fans might be craving some “Salt Peanuts” when The Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, featuring The Heath Brothers and Cyrus Chestnut (pictured), perform on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. Saxophonist Jimmy Heath, joined by brother Albert “Tootie” Heath at this show, was a former sideman with legendary bop trumpeter Gillespie. Time Magazine has called the 48-year-old Chestnut “the best jazz pianist of his generation.” The superlative trio joins the UNF Jazz Ensemble I for what’s surely to be a night of primo jazz delights. Tickets are $27 and $35; $8 for students. 620-2878.

MUSIC FOLKFEST

The Florida Agricultural Museum and the North Florida Folk Network have joined forces to present the inaugural North Florida Folkfest on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. at 7900 Old Kings Road N., Palm Coast. This event honors folksinger-songwriter Frank Thomas, with performances by 25 local and touring folk acts including Grant Peeples (pictured), Larry Mangum, Lis & Lon Williamson, Sam Pacetti and Mindy Simmons. Tickets are $20.

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SPORTS HOCKEY

Admit it: When you think about living La Vida Swampy here in Northeast Florida, the words “ice hockey” don’t exactly leap to mind. But when Folio Weekly staffers aren’t chasing each other around the water/vodka cooler, wearing hockey masks à la “Friday the 13th: Easter at Gov. Rick Scott’s House,” we are front and center for local collegiate “puck”-raking.

University of North Florida Ospreys attempt to give a swift kick in the “ice” to Kennesaw State University Owls on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, 3605 Philips Highway, Southside. Tickets are $10. 399-3223.

TAYLOR SWIFT

Hey, y’all! At the ripe old age of 21, country superstar Taylor Swift has turned clever songwriting skills, sassy good looks and some savvy business skills into corn-pone gold! After selling millions of albums, snagging multiple Grammys and making Kanye West look like a total choad on the ’09 MTV VMA awards when he tried to “bum rush” her acceptance speech, the pride of Reading, Pa., has now set her sights on the big screen: She appeared in last year’s rom-com “Valentine’s Day” and lends her voice to the upcoming animated feature, Dr. Seuss’ classic, “The Lorax.” All this makes Folio Weekly ask: Shania who?! Taylor Swift performs on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets range from $25-$69.50. 630-3900.

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Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried learn you can’t outrun the clicking hands of the Clock of Mediocre Filmmaking in the sci-fi snoozer, “In Time.”

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he most interesting thing about the new science-fiction thriller “In Time” (starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried) is the lawsuit it prompted. Early this fall, iconic sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison sued to have distribution of the film stopped and for him to be financially reimbursed (with an appropriately astronomical sum), on the grounds that the film was a blatant ripoff of Ellison’s prize-winning 1965 story, “’Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktockman.”

Obviously, the lawsuit was at least partially unsuccessful (since the movie is now out), but who knows if Ellison got any satisfaction on the © 2006 folioweekly other front? It isn’t the first time that he’s sued on similar grounds. The original “Terminator” was similarly targeted, with Ellison eventually settling out of court for an undisclosed sum.

On Ellison’s side is the fact that Andrew Niccol, the director of “In Time,” clearly knows his science fiction, having written “The Truman Show,” “Gattaca” and “S1mOne.” Any serious fan of the genre will certainly have read Ellison’s classic story somewhere along the line. On the other hand, it is notoriously difficult (if not impossible) to prove a ripoff, especially in Hollywood lawsuits.

More to the point, you who are reading this review are well advised to save your money, skip the movie and check out Ellison’s story. You can even find it free online.

2011 Regardless of its genesis, “In Time” is an exercise in mediocrity at best — weakly nourished by bad writing, indifferent performances and lackluster direction. Since Niccol was both writer and director this time, he’s an obvious target on at least two counts. Because Timberlake and his co-star have also been much better in other films, it’s not unreasonable to also blame their director (at least in part) for their ineptness in this particular movie.

The story posits a future in which everyone is biogenetically engineered to physically age no more than 25 years, at which time an internal timepiece starts ticking like a bank account balance. Time is the new currency. The richer you are, the longer you live — and vice-versa. If your balance hits zero in the digital imprint on your arm, you die.

Timberlake plays Will Salas, a nice guy

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who, unfortunately, lives quite literally day-today, replenishing his time account as best he can. After playing the good samaritan to a guy rich in time, Will suddenly finds himself with a century on his arm; i.e., time to spare. So he takes off for the big city, home of the privileged, and there strikes up with Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried), a rebellious rich girl. Through an utterly improbable sequence of events, the two soon become Robin & Ms. Hood of the future, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

On their handsome and pretty tails, respectively, are the Timekeeper (Cillian Murphy, the Scarecrow in “Batman Begins”) and the usual thugs. Like “Real Steel,” the futuristic aspects of “In Time” are minimal: In this case, it’s the digital tattoos on the arm instead of pugilistic robots. (Thus the producers save a load on budgetary costs).

The movie’s worst flaw is perhaps its most surprising, when you consider that Niccol’s scripts for “Gattaca” and “The Truman Show” were superb. Nonetheless, in terms of plot and character development, “In Time” is woefully weak. The feeble fleshing out of characters is screamingly obvious, particularly in regard to big-eyed Sylvia and Murphy’s Timekeeper, who are either good or bad, at the whim of the screenwriter. Murphy’s character, especially, could’ve been complex and credible, since the Timekeeper has risen to his position from the masses, but his motivation is utterly undermined by the simplistic argument that “he has dedicated too much of his life to this job to change.” Given the fact that immortality is a real possibility in this future, the rationale is ridiculous, making Murphy (who also gives the best performance in the film) a cardboard villain.

Then there’s the scene where Sylvia, who’s never fired a weapon in her life, hits the Timekeeper from a distance of 30 to 40 yards … and later gets a shooting lesson from Will.

Meanwhile, the wounded Timekeeper seems miraculously cured; we never know how. I guess it must’ve been the proverbial flesh wound, like in old Westerns, even though Hopalong Cassidy never packed the kind of cannon Sylvia shoots.

“What the heck!” someone must have thought, “We can’t have the Timekeeper clock out yet.

He’s still got to chase Will and Sylvia through a few more scenes!”

So it goes throughout “In Time.” No wonder Harlan Ellison sued the filmmakers. It’s one thing to plagiarize; it’s even worse to do it so badly.

Pat McLeod themail@folioweekly.com

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The animated “Shrek” spin-off “Puss in Boots” hacks up a cinematic fur ball Puss In Boots **@@

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he latest from the DreamWorks gang, “Puss in Boots,” takes arguably the best part of the last two “Shrek” movies, stretches it as thin as possible, and leaves us hating cats in the process.

Well, maybe not hating cats. But this movie plays like one of Puss’ tired, well-worn boots — with a few good kicks left, but still on its last leg.

An origin story that doesn’t directly connect to the “Shrek” movies (why would it, when the prospect of making more prequels and tie-ins beckons?), “Puss” follows the title character

kitty,” and shows what a cad of a cat he is with the ladies, it’s fun to believe it. That said, Banderas doesn’t have much help: The script and Chris Miller’s directing do no favors for Hayek, Thornton and the rest of the ensemble, and the story sputters instead of thrusting forward. The Puss/Humpty backstory should have come at the beginning rather than the middle, and dance fights between Puss and Kitty are just silly. Worse, the flat, forced jokes serve no one, including Galifianakis, who finds a way to turn Humpty Dumpty into Alan from “The Hangover.” How he does this is hard to explain, but obvious once you see the movie. Which I’m not recommending you do.

The 3D certainly isn’t worth the extra money, but the animation is crisp, solid and professional. One thing the filmmakers do well is add little “cat-isms” throughout, thereby allowing cat owners to take special delight in

Galifianakis finds a way to turn Humpty Dumpty into Alan from “The Hangover.” How he does this is hard to explain, but obvious once you see the movie.

Which I’m not recommending you do. on a quest for the proverbial golden eggs. To find them, our valiant feline must locate a giant beanstalk, climb it and track down the Golden Goose, from whom the eggs emanate.

Along the way, he encounters characters such as Jack (voiced by Billy Bob Thornton) and Jill (Amy Sedaris), Puss’ old friend and bad egg Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), and a cat named Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek). We also meet Puss as an orphan kitten (he’s very cute), see how he got his name and achieved his tough-guy persona in spite of his diminutive stature, and watch him execute a number of stunts that no real cat would ever consider doing.

Antonio Banderas continues to thrive as the voice of Puss, and the match between Puss’ animation and Banderas’ voice is still a great fit — when Puss calls himself a “bad

some of the humor. You have to be made of stone to not find romping felines cute, and jokes about catnip, “cat people,” purring, birds and more succeed in eliciting at least a smile.

All of this is well and good, but a movie needs to be more than cute to be appealing.

One effective aspect of the first “Shrek” was its ability to tell jokes that appealed equally to children and adults. In “Puss in Boots,” there’s a reference to “Fight Club” that isn’t funny for children or adults. In other words, it’s clear that everything about this franchise has run its course. The film was originally planned to go straight to DVD. It should have. Instead, we’re left with the perfect resting place for it: the litter box. Sorry, Puss, but your nine lives are up.

Dan Hudak themail@folioweekly.com

One Bad Egg: Zach Galifinakis lends his voice to Humpty Dumpty and Antonio Banderas stars as the furry feline hero in the fairly rotten “Puss In Boots.”

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Rated PG-13 • Carmike Fleming Island, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues Teen hunk Taylor Lautner tries his adorable hand at an adult action thriller about a young man thrown into a world of intrigue and danger, after he learns he may have been kidnapped as a child.

THE BIG YEAR **@@ Rated PG • Carmike Fleming Island Based on Mark Obmascik’s 2004 bestseller, “The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession,” this film will delight birders the way “Sideways” tickled sommeliers.

But unlike that engaging wine dramedy, “The Big Year” offers little substance to boost any mass appeal. With Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black.

Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Brett Ratner, Casey Affleck and Eddie Murphy do some freaky sightseeing in the crime caper comedy, “Tower Heist.”

CONTAGION **** Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square Steven Soderbergh’s film stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and (briefly) Gwyneth Paltrow in a winning thriller about a deadly airborne pandemic sweeping the globe.

film is about an idealistic campaign manager (Ryan Gosling) who gets a reality check while working for a Democratic presidential hopeful, played by Clooney.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti deliver ballotstuffing performances.

COURAGEOUS **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

A faith-based film about four police officers navigating different stages of fatherhood.

IN TIME *@@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Reviewed in this issue.

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

This family-geared tale, starring Harry Connick Jr., Morgan Freeman and Nathan Gamble, is about a young dolphin named Winter and her search for a life with “porpoise.”

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Beach Blvd.

The Brit comedy series about fumbling secret agent Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) brings him out of retirement from a Tibetan Buddhist monastery to help foil an evil plot threatening the entire planet — at least it’s a trifling menace to England.

DREAM HOUSE ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square This creepy thriller stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz as a family who learn their new crib may not be all it’s cracked up to be. Naomi Watts co-stars in director Jim Sheridan’s inventive take on the haunted house tale.

50/50 ***@ Rated R • AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt give ace performances in this sweetly endearing comedy about two best pals who find their friendship tested when one of them is diagnosed with cancer.

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

This remake of the ’80s film stars Kenny Wormald as a Boston teen who moves to the Deep South only to discover — egads! — that dancing is not only frowned upon but nay … dare we say it? … banned by the local killjoy clergyman Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid). We miss Kevin Bacon.

THE HELP **G@ Rated PG-13 • Regal Avenues Emma Stone and Viola Davis star in this tale set in 1960s Mississippi, about a young woman who collects the stories of African-American women in her town who’ve spent their lives working for white families — and publishes them in a sensational book.

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THE IDES OF MARCH ***@ Rated R • Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Director and costar George Clooney’s Oscar-buzzworthy

KILLER ELITE ***@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Beach Blvd.

Jason Statham and Robert De Niro star in this unoriginal film about a Special Ops agent forced out of retirement when his friend is kidnapped by a group of international bad guys. Co-starring Clive Owen and Dominic Purcell.

MONEYBALL ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

This sports biopic, based on the true life story of Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane, hits a grand slam on the strength of an all-star script and trophy-worthy performance by Brad Pitt.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 **@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal

Beach Blvd.

Third offering from this popular series about one pesky and persistent demon. In this prequel, we discover how sisters Katie and Kristi first came into contact with the evil presence, delivered with the expected surveillance-style footage that made the other films such spooky hits.

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

Reviewed in this issue.

RA. ONE ***G Not Rated • AMC Regency Square, Regal Avenues Shah Rukh Kah and Kareena Kapoor star in this Bollywood sci-fi thriller about a game designer who is thrown into the world he created.

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

Hugh Jackman stars in this silly sci-fi story about boxing robots that should’ve been KO’d on the cutting-room floor.

THE RUM DIARY ***@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., San Marco Theatre Based on Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, “The Rum Diary” stars Johnny Depp as a journalist who encounters treachery, intrigue and — spoiler alert! — lots of rum during a freelance writing gig in Puerto Rico. With Giovanni Ribisi and Aaron Eckhart.

SARAH’S KEY ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Beach Blvd.

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

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

Kristin Scott Thomas stars in this engaging drama about a modern-day journalist who investigates the story of a young girl’s experiences in occupied Europe during WWII. THE THING ***@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square A remake of John Carpenter’s 1982 remake of the 1951 Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks classic, “The Thing from Another World,” this pre-prequel is no embarrassment, but it won’t make us forget the two that came before — or the old pros who made them.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues There’s nothing heroic about director Paul W.S. Anderson’s take on Dumas’ classic adventure tale. Instead, we get a plot featuring watery conspiracy theories with a steampunk twist and dull acting from the likes of Milla Jovovich and Orlando Bloom that puts the “buckle” in swashbuckling. How does one say “yawn” in French? Oh, that’s right: yawn.

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

Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick and Eddie Murphy star in this caper comedy about a group of NYC condo residents who hire a petty thief (Murphy) to steal $2 billion from their neighbor, a slimy investment broker currently under house arrest. Téa Leoni, Casey Affleck and Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”) also star.

A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS **@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Six years after their last cinematic joint, America’s favorite stoners fire up the holiday season. Buds-for-life Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) are reunited after a mysterious package shows up and they’re forced to spend Christmas Eve in a red-eyed adventure across NYC. THE WAY ***G Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Beach Blvd.

Martin Sheen stars as Tom, a grieving father whose son Daniel (Emilio Estevez, who also wrote and directed) was killed on a pilgrimage — hiking from France to Spain. To honor Daniel, Tom continues the trek and meets some interesting characters along the way. And no, the other Sheen/Estevez man is not on the trail.

OTHER FILMS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES The documentary “Forks Over Knives” is screened at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2487 A1A S., St. Augustine. $5 donation. 461-3541.

LAUREL & HARDY FILMS 1927’s “Duck Soup” and “The Second Hundred Years” are screened at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Pablo Creek branch library, 13295 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. “Two Tars” and “Wrong Again” are also shown. Admission is free. 314-5801.

POT BELLY’S CINEMA “Straw Dogs,” “The Guard,” “Sarah’s Key” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love” are shown at Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine. 829-3101.

WGHOF IMAX THEATER “Puss In Boots 3D,” Space Station,” “Rescue 3D,” “Legends of Flight 3D,” “Born To Be Wild 3D,” “Hubble 3D” and “Under The Sea 3D” are shown at World Golf Hall of Fame Village, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine. 940-IMAX. worldgolfimax.com

NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY A BETTER LIFE Director Chris Weitz (“About a Boy”) delivers a haunting yet touching story about East L.A. illegal immigrant Carlos (Demián Bichir) and his attempts to keep his son Luis (José Julián) out of the gravity-like pull of gang life. Weitz’s predominately Hispanic cast and crew was also guided by former gang members he hired as consultants to keep his drama as realistic as possible. It’s an inventive and decidedly American film.

BEGINNERS Based on the true-life story of writer-director Mike Mills, “Beginners” follows the relationship of a young man (Ewan MacGregor) and his father (Christopher Plummer), who decides to come out of the closet during the last years of his life, in a winning and heart-touching film that was a critical smash on its release.

FATHER OF INVENTION Kevin Spacey stars in this comedy about a successful and arrogant entrepreneur who discovers what humble pie tastes like (oddly enough, humility) when he must rebuild his personal and professional lives from the ground up.

Heather Graham and Johnny Knoxville also star in this goofy yarn.

LARRY CROWNE Tom Hanks stars and directs this story about a middle-aged man who finds an education in romance with an instructor (Julia Roberts) after enrolling at the local community college. Cedric the Entertainer and George Takei (!) co-star in this “back to school” rom-com that, despite its starpowered top billing, barely gets a passing grade.

The inaugural Fernandina Beach International Film Festival is held Nov. 11-20 at various venues and includes “An Afternoon with Peter Ford” on Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. at Fernandina Little Theatre, 1014 Beech St. Author Ford (seen here with his dad in 1968 on the set of “Heaven with a Gun”) — son of cinema legends Glenn Ford and Eleanor Powell — signs copies of his book, “Glenn Ford, A Life,” and introduces a screening of the classic 1957 Western, “3:10 to Yuma.”

Admission is $10. Passes for the festival, which includes screenings, seminars and parties, range from $75-$125.

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Chillin’ on the fly: Jessica Pounds (left) and Sandy Wicker lead the Northeast Florida Americana group Canary in the Coalmine.

The indie folk group Canary in the Coalmine takes flight in the Northeast Florida music scene CANARY IN THE COALMINE Saturday, Nov. 12 at 10 p.m.

Mojo No. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville 381-6670

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essica Pounds and Sandy Wicker may be young, but they have storied pasts of which many musicians could only dream.

Pounds, a 26-year-old Jacksonville native, spent her teens performing in an all-girl Christian rock band and opening for genre heavyweights like Jars of Clay, Relient K and Skillet. Wicker, a 19-year-old who grew up on the Florida/Georgia border, was raised in a Southern gospel-style family band.

“Every time I write a ‘woman scorned out in the pines song’, that’s where it comes from,” Wicker says.

Today, the two are the centerpiece (vocals, guitar and ukulele) of local roots quintet Canary in the Coalmine, along with Chris Buck (banjo/drums), Jonathan Plant (upright bass) and Folio Weekly contributor and multiinstrumentalist Arvid Smith (dobro, 12-string guitar and lapsteel).

Canary in the Coalmine is an allusion to the old coal mining days when miners would use the birds as an early-warning system for the presence of deadly gases. “Imagery is a big part of why we chose the band name,” Pounds explains. “There is a certain sadness to our songs, but as long as the canary is still singing, you know you’re OK.” Pounds and Wicker met a few years ago while busking on the streets of Asheville, N.C. Pounds says the two had an instant connection. “The sound, the look — it just clicked,” she says. The girls spent the next

few days writing songs together and playing their first gig at a coffee shop before Pounds returned home to Jacksonville.

The two felt musically lost without each other, however, and eventually Pounds convinced Wicker to move down to Northeast Florida to start a band. Canary in the Coalmine is a fusion of country, folk, bluegrass and Americana, layered with sweet

Wicker is obvious. Former roomies, the girls now have their respective apartments across town — Wicker in Springfield and Pounds in Murray Hill — but are always able to find time to collaborate. That is, when they’re not at work hawking tea, vending burritos or doling out movie tickets at their day jobs.

“Our level of dedication to this band and to each other is very strong,” Pounds

“Songwriting is cathartic. It’s a way to deal with the bad things that happen in life. It’s also a way to create a connection with another person.” vocal harmonies. The girls look the part, too — a mixture of red lips, lace mini-dresses and cowboy boots.

Over the past six months, the quintet has played their dozen or so original songs (written by Pounds and Wicker) at local venues like Vault Gallery + Artspace, Fly’s Tie Irish Pub in Atlantic Beach, The Loft, Jack Rabbits (as openers for Speaking Cursive) and Sirens in St. Augustine Beach.

Their show this Saturday night is at Mojo No. 4 in Avondale.

The girls name Hank Williams, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Peter Davis among their influences. “When you start writing music, it’s a whole ’nother level,” says Pounds, a lifelong instrumentalist. “Songwriting is cathartic. It’s a way to deal with the bad things that happen in life. It’s also a way to create a connection with another person.”

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admits. “As far as this new folk and bluegrass movement is concerned, I feel like music is coming back to its roots – it’s coming back around full circle.” She names bands Mumford & Sons and Fleet Foxes among those who would not have been able to find the same success a decade ago.

The band is currently in the studio recording new music. For now, they have a four-song promo EP (check out “Black Hole,” “Boat Man,” “Hush Your Mouth” and “Man I Wanna Kill” at canaryinthecoalminemusic.com) with plans to record a full-length in the near future. “We want to flesh it out with the current lineup before recording,” Pounds explains.

Until then, local music lovers have a chance to nestle in the sound of these Americana up-and-comers at their Nov. 12 Avondale gig.

Kara Pound themail@folioweekly.com

Five the Hard Way: NYHC kings Agnostic Front perform at Brewster’s Pit on Nov. 17.

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New York hardcore legend Agnostic Front brings three decades of body slammin’ rock to Northeast Florida AGNOSTIC FRONT Thursday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m.

Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville Tickets are $15 223-9850

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unk rock might be the only musical genre that values continuity. And that goes double for the hardcore end of the spectrum, where even the slightest deviation in sound can alienate an entire fan base. Since the early 1980s, Agnostic Front has pretty much defined and owned the NYHC genre, thanks to a relentlessly aggressive, high-caliber sound; their official bio even states that they’ve “stay[ed] true to themselves in the face of faux hardcore, metalcore and other pretenders to the throne.”

Lead singer Roger Miret spoke to Folio Weekly about growing up in 1980s New York, the evolution of Agnostic Front’s hard-edged political viewpoints and his own Cuban roots.

Folio Weekly: You are the third lead singer for Agnostic Front. How did you end up in the band? And how have you endured so many lineup changes since?

Roger Miret: John Watson was the first singer, but [founding guitarist] Vinnie Stigma approached me after I met him in the pit. Thirty years later, here we are, still traveling the world and spreading our message. We’re a hardcore band, and there’s honestly not much money in this. A lot of sacrifice, but not much money.

F.W.: What kind of music were you listening to when you formed Agnostic Front?

R.M.: The Ramones, Black Flag, Sex Pistols.

We just sped it up and made it harder, but more positive.

F.W.: Your debut full-length, 1984’s “Victim In Pain,” is widely regarded as standing alone in its own genre, though.

R.M.: “VIP” put NYHC on the map. There’s no doubt it’s up there as one of the top 10 hardcore classics. Almost 30 years later, kids 18 and up are still screaming the lyrics back to me at every show.

F.W.: What was life like in the Big Apple then?

R.M.: The streets contributed to the hard edge of our music. It was a crazy time back in the early ’80s on the Lower East Side. We sang about staying strong, fighting for our rights and strength through unity. Being from a Latin community helped me out, too, because I was wise to both languages — always an advantage to survive in NYC. F.W.: What motivated you to add thrash metal

influences on 1986’s “Cause For Alarm”?

R.M.: We had a lot of friends in the thrash scene, and I always liked the energy. Bands like Metallica, Slayer and Nuclear Assault were like fast punk to me.

F.W.: The band broke up in the early ’90s, but came back four years later. Any particular reasons?

R.M.: Unfortunately, I did a two-year bid in prison, and I needed to make up time I missed spending with my daughter, Nadia. After that, we decided to get back together because of the high demand, so we gave it another shot and have never stopped since.

F.W.: How have your political and religious views changed over the years?

R.M.: The world changes, so sometimes my view does as well. But I do believe I still have the same values as I did back then. I’m not a politician, I’m a musician, and I love that I can voice my opinion about making a difference in this world.

F.W.: Right now the big story is Occupy Wall Street, which originated in NYC. What’s your take on that?

R.M.: People are pissed! It’s about time we stand up to corruption. It’s a disgrace how so many people have lost their homes, lives and security to all these government agencies. Our country has been lying to us with fake money, dreams and security by these crooked CEOs and politicians. The government has continued to bail out these corporations, but what about the people? What ever happened to the people having a say? We don’t! We hold that power in the Constitution to impeach insufficient rulers, so let’s do it. America needs to start caring about Americans first and foremost.

F.W.: You were born in Cuba, right? Have you ever made it back? Do you still feel a connection with the country and its people?

R.M.: I never made it back; I’ve been in this country since I was five and am now an American citizen. I’m proud of my heritage and have always spoken for those oppressed and overcoming oppression. My family left Cuba for a reason. I respect my parents’ choice for freedom and a better life for their children.

F.W.: You probably have a lot of fans in Florida then?

R.M.: Florida is always good to us. I get to see my family every time I play there, and for me that’s most important.

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any musicians spend their whole career trying to edge their way into the spotlight.

But Randall Bramblett has been equally comfortable at center stage and as sideman for heavyweights like The Allman Brothers, Traffic, Robbie Robertson and Bonnie Raitt. Raised in Athens, Ga., Bramblett studied religion in college at UNC, with ultimate goal of joining the seminary. After hearing the music of artists like Bob Dylan and Carole King, however, he surrendered to the higher calling of playing rock music. A top-shelf multi-instrumentalist, he now plays everything from keyboards and saxophone to guitar and mandolin. He appeared on albums and onstage with artists like Sea Level, Cowboy, Gregg Allman and blues-rock belter Bonnie Bramlett. He also released his own solo albums, which revealed a soulful and gospel-based songwriting style. In the ’80s, Bramblett cooled his activities after making the decision to get clean and sober. Since then, he has released a half-dozen well-received albums, including his latest “The Meantime,” (randallbramblett.com) an enjoyable 12-song affair featuring laid-back cuts like the Civil Rights tale of “Driving to Montgomery.” Truly a musician’s musician, Bramblett remains an on-call player for cohorts like Steve Winwood, Widespread Panic and fellow Georgia boy and longtime Rolling Stones keyboardist, Chuck Leavell.

Randall Bramblett recently spoke with Folio Weekly as he drove back to Georgia from Chicago, with tour mate, singer-songwriter and longtime friend Tommy Talton in the passenger seat.

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Folio Weekly: How often are you out on the road these days?

Randall Bramblett: It’s mostly weekends, and I still play predominately in the South. I think the economy is also somewhat hurting professional players and clubs don’t pay much anymore, so I have been doing more and more solo things. But I like doing the solo thing, since it gives me a chance to present the material in a very intimate way, where people can hear the words and respond to them.

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F.W.: You’ve been an on-call player for so many artists. Have you ever felt that your own songwriting skills were overlooked?

R.B.: Well, most people know me from playing with Gregg Allman, Sea Level and Traffic. I think the reason that I’m not better known is simply because I never had a big hit record. When you have a few hits, you’re almost instantly known as a solo artist. So if people just know me from my playing with Steve Winwood, I could do a lot worse. I’ve been blessed by playing with some really good people.

F.W.: Do you have different approaches to leading your own band and being a backing musician?

R.B.: It’s different when you’re hired on as sideman, since you’re really just learning their songs and making sure you can perform their music as well as you possibly can. Doing your own thing, you really have to put your heart and soul into it. You’re out there on a limb and that can be a very vulnerable place. As a sideman, the guy out front is feeling all of the pressure. It’s much easier to be a sideman.

F.W.: I’m wondering how this one-time Southern seminary student wound up playing with Gregg Allman and Traffic.

R.B.: Well, I moved to Athens after college, rather than going to grad school and the seminary, because I was getting more into songwriting and that really captured me.

Eventually I hooked up with some Macon folks like the “Cowboy” people … Tommy Talton and his wife Patti are sitting here in the car with me. I want a big mention of them in this article.

[Laughs.] Tommy says his favorite color is blue and he’s quit doing most of the heavy drugs.

Strike all that. [More laughter.]

F.W.: You’ve had the benefit of some really long-term collaborative relationships. Do you ever find yourself honing your material with a certain vocalist in mind?

R.B.: I don’t ever think that way. It’s all I can do just to come up with one song [Laughs.] and something that grabs my attention. And that’s all I’m really looking for — something that feels right.

Dan Brown dbrown@folioweekly.com

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The Mustard Seed Cafe

Located inside Nassau Health Foods,The Mustard Seed is Amelia Island’s only organic eatery and juice bar, with an extensive, eclectic menu featuring vegetarian and vegan items. Daily specials include local seafood, free-range chicken and fresh organic produce. Salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups are available — all prepared with Lisa Harter’s impeccable style. Popular items are ginger chicken salad, falafel pitas, black bean burgers and Asian noodles with tuna. Open for breakfast and lunch, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Mon.-Sat. nassauhealthfoods.net 833 T.J. Courson Road 904-277-3141

Lulu’s at The Thompson House

Lulu’s owners, Brian and Melanie Grimley, offer an innovative lunch menu, including po’boys, salads and seafood “little plates” served in the gardens of the historic Thompson House. Dinner features fresh local seafood (Fernandina shrimp is the focus every Thursday), and nightly specials.

An extensive wine list and beer are available. Open for lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch on Sun. Reservations are recommended.

11 S. Seventh Street 904-432-8394

PLAE Restaurant & Lounge

Located in the Spa & Shops at Amelia Island Plantation, PLAE serves bistro style cuisine. The full bar lounge at PLAE has become an instant classic, with artistic décor and live entertainment nightly. Now you can PLAE during the day, too! Open for lunch Tue.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2:30p.m. Open at 5:30 p.m. for dinner daily; reservations accepted.

80 Amelia Village Cir. 904-277-2132

Moon River Pizza

Moon River Pizza treats customers like family. Cooked in a brick oven, the pizza is custom-made by the slice (or, of course, by the pie). Set up like an Atlanta-style pizza joint, Moon River also offers an eclectic selection of wine and beers. Open for lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Dine in or take it with you.

925 S. 14th Street 904-321-3400

The Surf

Enjoy a casual beach atmosphere in the full-service restaurant, bar and huge oceanview deck. Extensive menu features delicious steaks, fresh seafood and nightly specials.

Also featuring salads, wraps, burgers, seafood baskets and our famous all-you-can-eat wing specials (Wed. & Sun.).

Take-out available. Open at 11 a.m. daily for lunch, dinner and late-night menu. Entertainment nightly and 29 TVs throughout.

3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 904-261-5711

The Palace Saloon

It’s been the cornerstone of downtown Fernandina Beach since 1903. Florida’s oldest continually operating bar serves great bar food, including 10-oz. burgers, gourmet hot dogs, New York-style pizza and our famous Fernandina Fish & Chips. And you never know when Uncle Charlie’s ghost will join you for lunch and a cocktail! Pirates Punch, full liquor bar and over 100 craft beers to choose. Catch all the games on 13 giant screens every Sunday. Open daily noon-2. thepalacesaloon.com 117 Centre Street 904-491-3332

Cafe Karibo

Homemade sandwiches, salads and soups are served in a relaxed atmosphere in this charming building in the historic district. Delicious fresh fish specials and theme nights (Pad Thai and curry), plus vegetarian dishes, are also featured. Karibrew Brew Pub & Grub — the only one on the island — offers on-site beers and great burgers and sandwiches.

27 N. Third Street 904-277-5269

29 South Eats

This chic, neighborhood bistro has it all — great ambience, fantastic food, an extensive wine list and reasonable prices.The eclectic menu offers traditional world cuisine with a modern whimsical twist and Chef Scotty Schwartz won Best Chef in Folio Weekly’s 2007 Best of Jax readers poll. Open for lunch Tues.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., for dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mon.-Thur., till 10 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Brunch is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun. 29southrestaurant.com 29 S. Third Street 904-277-7919

Brett’s Waterway Café

Overlooking Fernandina Harbor Marina, Brett’s offers an upscale atmosphere with outstanding food.The extensive luncheon and dinner menus feature daily specials, fresh Florida seafood, chicken and aged beef. Cocktails, beer and wine.

Casual resort wear. Open at 11:30 a.m. daily.

Fernandina Harbor Marina at the foot of Centre Street 904-261-2660

T-Ray’s Burger Station

T-Ray’s offers a variety of breakfast and lunch items. In addition to an outstanding breakfast menu, you’ll find some of the best burgers you’ve ever put in your mouth.

The Burger Station offers a grilled portabello mushroom burger, grilled or fried chicken salad and much more. The spot where locals grab a bite and go! Now serving Beer & Wine. Open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed Sundays.

202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310

Jack & Diane’s

The locals’ favorite hangout! Dine inside or on the patio of this cozy, renovated 1887 shotgun home in historic downtown Fernandina. From the crab & shrimp omelet to the steak & tomato pie, “The tastiest spot on Centre” offers food with attitude and unexpected flair. Live music elevates your dining experience to a new level. Come for breakfast, stay for dinner! You’ll love every bite!

708 Centre Street 904-321-1444

Sliders Seaside Grill

Oceanfront dining at its finest. Award-winning crab cakes, fresh daily seafood specials and homemade desserts. Sliders has Amelia Island’s only waterfront Tiki Bar, as well as a children’s playground and live music every weekend. The dining experience is complete with brand-new second-story banquet facilities, bar and verandah. Open at 11 a.m. daily, with happy hour from 4-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Make Sliders Seaside Grill your place to be for friends and family, entertainment and the best food on the East Coast. Call for your next special event.

1998 S. Fletcher Ave. 904-277-6652

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CONCERTS THIS WEEK

EYE EMPIRE, A NEW DECREE, FROM WITHIN, IN WHISPERS These local heavy hitters play at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

MISTER HEAVENLY, MR. DREAM, BRETT GELMAN These bands play at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 at CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. Tickets are $14. 460-9311.

ALL TIME LOW, THE READY SET, HE IS WE, PARADISE FEARS The Baltimore-based pop-punkers All Time Low hit the stage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach.

Tickets are $21. 246-2473.

SHANNON WHITWORTH & THE REFUGEES Singer-songwriter Whitworth & The Refugees play at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15.

398-9500.

DOWN THEORY, BUBBLY JOE, FIX, PILOTWAVE These local bands compete at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. The final winner performs at The Big Ticket in December. Tickets are $10. 398-7496.

BEAR CREEK MUSIC FEST: TREY ANASTASIO BAND, MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD, ANDERS OSBORNE TRIO, CHROMA, JOHN SCOFIELD & PIETY STREET The five-day jam band fest runs Nov. 9-13 at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park, 3076 95th Drive, Live Oak. Tickets range from $165-$450. (386) 3641683. bearcreekmusicfestival.com BANE, DEFEATER The Boston hardcore punk kicks off at 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville.

Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, KLOB Jump swing rockers Big Bad Voodoo Daddy perform at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets are $25.50. 209-0399.

3 BAD JACKS, HANK E DIABLO, HOLLOWBODY, HELLRAISERS These bands hit the stage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15. 398-7496.

D-LO THOMPSON The singer-songwriter plays at 9 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville.

854-6060.

QUEENSRYCHE Progressive metal heads Queensryche perform at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra. Advance tickets are $33; $37 day of the show.

209-0399.

KAKI KING Indie chanteuse King appears at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10 at

CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. Tickets are $12. 460-9311.

LOS LONELY BOYS These Texas rockers perform at 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $20 in advance. 246-2473.

T-MINUS 9, SADLY MISTAKEN, SHOTGUN HARBOUR, QUASI MOJO, JUST LIKE GENTLEMEN The local bands compete at 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. The final winner performs at The Big Ticket in December. Tickets are $10. 398-7496.

ALAN REID, ROB VAN SANTE The original music kicks off at 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15. 398-9500.

BRYAN RIPPER The singer-songwriter plays at 9 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville.

854-6060.

ST. JOHNS RIVER BLUES FEST: TINSLEY ELLIS, WILLIE GREEN, FRAN ROBERT The blues jamboree is held from 4:30-8 p.m. on Nov. 11, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Nov. 12 and noon-6 p.m. on Nov. 13 in downtown Palatka. (386) 325-5454. For the schedule, go to stjohnsriverbluesfestival.com RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Shoni performs at 10:30 a.m., Robbie Hazen plays at 11:45 a.m. and Foot Servants appear at 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the free market, held under the Fuller Warren Bridge at Riverside Avenue, downtown. 554-6865. riversideartsmarket.com PRAIZE IN THE MAIZE with GOD SPEED 3 Christian rock in a cornfield (!) kicks off at 6 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Conner’s A-Maizeing Acres, 19856 C.R. 121, Hilliard. Advance tickets $10; $15 at the gate. 879-5453. connerscornfieldmaze.com HED PE, TOO PHUCKS, STAYNE THEE ANGEL, PROGREST, SLAINE, YOUNG MANIK This evening of sensual rap and metal delights starts at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

TAYLOR SWIFT Country/crossover superstar Swift performs at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets range from $25-$69.50. 630-3900.

JUST LIKE GENTLEMEN, WAKE THE LIVING, FOREVER OUR WAR, STD These metal bands hit the stage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $8 in advance. 246-2473.

MELT BANANA, YIP YAP, BLAST & THE DETERGENTS Japanese spazz kings Melt Banana appear at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are

$12. 398-7496.

TIM O’SHEA Singer-songwriter O’Shea performs at 9 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville.

854-6060.

THE NIGHTHAWKS These electric blues birds fly onstage at 10 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach.

Tickets are $10. 247-6636.

SALUTE Veterans Day Picnic & AMERICANA MUSICFEST The inaugural free event, held after the parade on Nov. 11, features Will Pearsall, The OC Band, Back from the Brink, Feral Swine Experiment, Laurel Lee & the Escapees, The CO2 Band, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine and Amy Hendrickson & the Prime Directive, all at Metropolitan Park, 4110 Gator Bowl Blvd., Jacksonville.

Proceeds benefit Wounded Warriors Project. 419-3205. southsidebusinessmensclub.com LADY DAISEY & BATSAUCE, PATEN LOCKE, CHOP, WAX, MAL, ARSUN F!ST, PATRICK EVAN The progressive hip-hop faves perform at 10 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Phoenix Taproom, 325 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Admission is $7. 798-8222.

SHAWN LIGHTFOOT & THE BRIGADE Singer-songwriter Lightfoot plays at 10 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Mojo No. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville. 381-6670.

NORTH FLORIDA FOLKFEST: FRANK THOMAS, GRANT PEEPLES, SAM PACETTI, MINDY SIMMONS This folkie festival features 25 local and national artists from 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Florida Agricultural Museum, 7900 Old Kings Road N., Palm Coast. Tickets are $20. (386) 446-7630. nffolk.com WILL PEARSALL Singer-songwriter Pearsall performs at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Three Layers CafĂŠ, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville.

355-9791.

ATOM SMASH, ACCORDING TO CADENCE, QUASI MOJO, SKEWD Area rockers bring the noise at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Brewster’s Pit, 14003 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10 and $12. 223-9850.

TOMMY CASTRO BAND Award-winning bluesman Castro performs at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 at CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. Tickets are $19.50. 460-9311.

JOHN FOGERTY Legendary CCR frontman Fogerty plays at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets range from $39-$79.50. 209-0367.

SOUTHERN METAL FEST: BLOODSOAKED, ICKIS, PATH TO PREVAIL, ARBALEST, ORION, LOKYATA, DEVOUT THE DEAD, EXTREMELY ROTTEN The music kicks off at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 at Phoenix Taproom, 325 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Advance

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AMERICAN ATTITUDE, LEO & THE SUN, BREAK RED These punkers perform at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

RANDALL BRAMBLETT Legendary singer-songwriter Bramblett is onstage at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 at European Street CafĂŠ, 5500 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15. 398-1717.

DESPERATE MEASURES The acoustic duo performs at 9 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Island Girl Cigar Bar, 7860 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville. 854-6060.

CANARY IN THE COALMINE These Americana rockers play at 10 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Mojo No. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville. 381-6670.

GOLIATH FLORES The instrumentalist is on at 1 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Three Layers CafĂŠ, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville. 355-9791.

LAWRENCE APP Singer-songwriter App entertains at 5 p.m. on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 at European Street CafĂŠ, 992 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. 399-1740.

ROY ZIMMERMAN Political satirist/folkie Zimmerman performs at 6 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Unitarian Universalist Church, 7405 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville. Admission is $15. 725-8133.

PETER MURPHY, SHE WANTS REVENGE, GO AWAY GHOST Former Bauhaus frontman and Goth rock legend Murphy performs at 8 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $25 in advance. 246-2473.

SON OF A BAD MAN, LUCKY COSTELLO These local bands compete at 8 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 398-7496.

BUTCH HANCOCK Texas-born singer-songwriter Hancock appears at 8 p.m. on Nov. 14 at European Street CafĂŠ, 5500 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15. 398-1717.

WAYLAY, BLEEDING IN STEREO, SAMUEL SANDERS, WESTERLIES, DON’T SIGH DAISY These local bands compete at 8 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 398-7496.

NOUVEAUX HONKIES Americana artists perform at 8 p.m. on Nov. 15 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15. 399-1740.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES Nov. 16, T-U Center’s Moran Theater JOSH RITTER, SARAH HARMER Nov. 16, CafÊ Eleven

THE FAB FOUR Nov. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE KNUX, JORDY TOWERS & EVIL Nov. 17, CafÊ Eleven THE QUEERS, KNOCKOUT, CAFFEINDS, POOR RICHARDS, THE RESONA Nov. 17, Nobby’s AGNOSTIC FRONT Nov. 17, Brewster’s Pit RIDERS IN THE SKY Nov. 18, The Florida Theatre DEEPWATER SOUL SOCIETY Nov. 18, Burro Bar SHE’S COUNTRY TOUR with HEIDI NEWFIELD, BRIDGETTE TATUM Nov. 18, Mavericks FUSEBOX FUNK Nov. 19, Mojo Kitchen Kids Rock the Nation Bandfest Nov. 19, St. Aug. Amphitheatre CRO-MAGS Nov. 19, Brewster’s Pit UNDERHILL ROSE Nov. 19, Bold City Brewery NATURAL LIFE MUSIC FESTIVAL with GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE, TIM EASTON, LERA LYNN, SHOVELS & ROPE, MODERN SKIRTS, RIVER WHYLESS Nov. 20, Metropolitan Park SKANKSGIVING 2011 with KONAMI CODE, WON’T BE ARSED, WAYLAY Nov. 21, Phoenix Tap Room TRAPPED UNDER ICE Nov. 22, Brewster’s Pit MAC MILLER, PAC DIV, CASEY VEGGIES Nov. 23, Florida Theatre RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS, BURN HALO Nov. 23, Freebird COL. BRUCE HAMPTON Nov. 23, Mojo Kitchen UNDERHILL FAMILY ORCHESTRA Nov. 24, Burro Bar AVENGED SEVENFOLD, A7X, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, BLACK VEIL BRIDES Nov. 25, Vets Mem. Arena STEVE BRANCH & MARLON DEAN, ANDY GRIGGS Nov. 25, Mavericks SCREAMIN’ EAGLE Nov. 25, Burro Bar PEYTON BROTHERS Nov. 26, European Street Southside CHIMAIRA Nov. 27, Freebird Live GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS Nov. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PRINCE RAMA Nov. 28, Burro Bar DAVID BAZAN Nov. 29, CafÊ Eleven THIN LIZZY Nov. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOE LOUIS WALKER Dec. 1, Mojo Kitchen ANTHONY HAMILTON Dec. 2, T-U Center THE WAILERS Dec. 2, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ALEX BUGNON Dec. 3, Ritz Theatre THE BIG TICKET: SUBLIME with ROME, A DAY TO REMEMBER, SURFER BLOOD Dec. 4, Metropolitan Park WILL PEARSALL Dec. 4, European Street Jax Beach DANCE GAVIN DANCE Dec. 4, Freebird Live COTTON JONES, QUIET LIFE, WETLANDS Dec. 4, CafÊ Eleven

MIDNIGHT CLEAR Dec. 6, European Street San Marco TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 8, Veterans Mem. Arena PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 8, European Street San Marco LEE BRICE Dec. 9, Mavericks THE WOOD BROTHERS Dec. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JIMMY THACKERY Dec. 10, Mojo Kitchen SKILLREX, 12th PLANET, TWO FRESH Dec. 11, Freebird Live HOLIDAY SOUL with RICHARD STREET Dec. 11, T-U Center A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS with MINDI ABAIR & KIRK WHALUM Dec. 14, The Florida Theatre JAVIER COLON Dec. 20, The Florida Theatre STRAIGHT NO CHASER Dec. 21, The Florida Theatre TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Dec. 28, The Florida Theatre JJ GREY & MOFRO, YANKEE SLICKERS Dec. 29, Mavericks CHERYL WHEELER Jan. 4, CafĂŠ Eleven WINTER JAM TOUR with SKILLET, NEWSONG, SANCTUS REAL, KARI JOBE Jan. 13, Veterans Memorial Arena GREGG ALLMAN Jan. 13, The Florida Theatre RAT PACK REVUE Jan. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TRAVIS TRITT Jan. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JIMMY BUFFETT Jan. 31, Veterans Memorial Arena THE CIVIL WARS Feb. 1, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Feb. 2, The Florida Theatre WILLIE NELSON & FAMILYFeb. 8, The Florida Theatre THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Feb. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE AHN TRIO Feb. 10, The Florida Theatre THE SAW DOCTORS Feb. 22, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PABLO CRUISE Feb. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DARK STAR ORCHESTRA Feb. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall WYNTON MARSALIS March 4, The Florida Theatre TONY BENNETT March 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ANOUSHKA SHANKAR March 22, The Florida Theatre SUWANNEE SPRINGFEST with YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, PETER ROWAN & TONY RICE, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE March 23-25, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park EDGAR WINTER BAND May 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

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ARLINGTON, REGENCY

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

JAZZLAND CAFE, 1324 University Blvd. N., 924-2324 Calvin Newborn and Carole Freeman from 8 p.m.-mid. on Nov. 11. The Divine Harmony Trio from 8 p.m.-mid. on Nov. 12 MEEHAN’S TAVERN, 9119 Merrill Rd., Ste. 5, 551-7076 Karaoke every Wed. Live music every Fri. Open mic every Wed. MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music at 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. PLUSH, RAIN, LAVA, 845 University Blvd. N., 745-1845 DJ Massive spins top 40 in Rain every Wed., DJs spin Latin every Fri. STARBUCKS, 9301 Atlantic Blvd., 724-4554 Open mic with Starbucks Trio from 8-11 p.m. every other Fri. TONINO’S TRATTORIA, 7001 Merrill Rd., 743-3848 Alaina Colding every Thur. W. Harvey Williams at 6 p.m. every Fri. Signature String Quartet every Sat. VIP LOUNGE, 7707 Arlington Expressway, 619-8198 Karaoke

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MY PLACE BAR-N-GRILL, 9550 Baymeadows Rd., 737-5299 Out of Hand every Mon. Rotating bands every other Tue. & Wed. OASIS GRILL & CHILL, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., 748-9636 DJs Stan and Mike Bend spin every Feel Good Fri. TONY D’S NEW YORK PIZZA & RESTAURANT, 8358 Point Meadows Dr., 322-7051 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri.

BEACHES

“Don’t blow a fuse, brah.� Medeski, Martin & Wood (pictured) join the likes of The Trey Anastasio Band, Anders Osborne Trio, Pee Wee Ellis, John Scofield & Piety Street, Chroma and others for the jam band overload that is the Bear Creek Music Fest, happening from Nov. 9-13 at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park, 3076 95th Drive, Live Oak. Tickets range from $165-$450. (386) 364-1683. bearcreekmusicfestival.com at 9 p.m. every Tue. Live music every Wed. Reggae every Thur.

Live music every Fri. Old school jams every Sat. A DJ spins every Sun.

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BRICK RESTAURANT, 3585 St. Johns Ave., 387-0606 Duet every Wed. Goliath Flores and Sam Rodriguez every Thur. Bush Doctors every 1st Fri. & Sat. Live jazz every Fri. & Sat. THE CASBAH CAFE, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. 3rd Bass every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 DJ Keith spins for Karaoke every Tue. DJ Free spins vintage every Fri. DJs SuZi-Rok, LowKill & Mowgli spin for Chillwave Madness every Mon. ELEVATED AVONDALE, 3551 St. Johns Ave., 387-0700

Karaoke with Dave Thrash every Wed. DJ 151 spins hip hop, R&B, old-school every Thur. DJ Catharsis spins lounge beats every 1st & 4th Sat. Patrick Evan & CoAlition every Industry Sun. MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Shawn Lightfoot & the Brigade on Nov. 11. Canary in the Coalmine on Nov. 12 TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Live music every Fri. Karaoke at 8 p.m. every Sat.

BAYMEADOWS

THE COFFEE GRINDER, 9834 Old Baymeadows Rd., 642-7600 DJ Roy Luis spins new & vintage original house at 9 p.m. every Thur.

GATOR’S DOCKSIDE, 8650 Baymeadows Rd., 448-0500 Comfort Zone Band at 9 p.m. every Fri.

(In Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) THE ATLANTIC, 333 N. First St., 249-3338 The Infader spins every Wed. DJ Wes Reed spins every Thur. DJ Jade spins old wave & ’80s retro, SilverStar spins hip hop every Fri. DJ Wes Reed spins ’80s, old school, remixes & mashups, Capone spins top 40 & dance faves every Sat. BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD, 120 S. Third St., 444-8862 Kurt Lanham sings classical island music every Fri.-Sun. BILLY’S BOATHOUSE, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Billy Bowers at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. 4Play at 6 p.m. on Nov. 11. Tony Novelly at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. Incognito at noon on Nov. 13 BLUES ROCK CAFE, 831 N. First St., 249-0007 Live music every weekend BRIX TAPHOUSE, 300 N. Second St., 241-4668 DJ IBay every Tue., Fri. & Sat. DJ Ginsu every Wed. DJ Jade every Thur. Charlie Walker every Sun. CARIBBEE KEY, 100 N. First St., Neptune Beach, 270-8940 Mark O’Quinn on Nov. 9. Alex Seier on Nov. 10. Pili Pili on Nov. 11 & 12 CASA MARINA, 691 First St. N., 270-0025 Live music on Nov. 9 COPPER TOP, 1712 Beach Blvd., 249-4776 Karaoke with Billy McMahan, 7-10 p.m. every Tue. Open mic every Wed. CRAB CAKE FACTORY, 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza, 247-9880 The Kelly/Scott Quintet from 7-11 p.m. on Nov. 12.

Live jazz with Pierre & Co. every Wed. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Don’t Call Me Shirley at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11. Get Permission at 6 p.m. on Nov. 12. Keith Harkin at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1553 Third St. N., 241-6910 Wilfredo Lopez every Wed. & Sat. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337 Live music every Thur.

EUROPEAN STREET, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001 Lawrence App from 5-8 p.m. on Nov. 13

MOJO

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Tues: All U Can Drink Draft 1 Person $15, 2 people $20/Karaoke Wed: Bike Night, Happy Hour All Day Thurs: Karaoke, Free Draft for Ladies 9pm-1am, Mix Drinks 2 for $5 Fri & Sat: DJ Dave Ladies $5 All U Can Drink Draft. Starts at 9pm Sun: Happy Hour All Day/Karaoke Come Knock Your Boots Off 12405-7 N. Main St. | 647-7798

Wednesday Will Pearsall Thursday Rick Arcusa Band Friday & Saturday Boogie Freaks Sunday The Splinters

ISLAND GIRL

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FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Nate Holley every Mon. Wes Cobb every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. King Eddie reggae every Sun. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 All Time Low, The Ready Set, He Is We and Paradise Fears on Nov. 8. Los Lonely Boys on Nov. 10. Just Like Gentlemen, Wake the Living, Forever Our War and STD on Nov. 11. Peter Murphy, She Wants Revenge and Go Away Ghost on Nov. 13 GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 N. Third St., 201-9283 Paul Ivey at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach, 372-0943 Aaron Sheeks on Nov. 9. Mark O’Quinn on Nov. 10.

Matt Collins on Nov. 11. Billy Buchanan on Nov. 12 LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Jazz at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Live music on Nov. 11 & 12. Split Tone at 10:30 p.m. every Tue. Nate Holley Band every Wed. Ryan Campbell every Thur. Wits End every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. MAYPORT TAVERN, 2775 Old Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 270-0801 Live music at 3 p.m. every Sun. Open mic at 5 p.m. every Wed. DJ Jason hosts Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., Ste. 2, 246-1500 Red Beard on Nov. 9. Wits End on Nov. 10. Danka on Nov. 11.

Live music every Wed.-Sat. MEZZA LUNA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon at 6 p.m. every Tue. Mike Shackelford and Rick Johnson at 6 p.m. every Thur.

MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 The Nighthawks at 10 p.m. on Nov. 11 MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 Wes Cobb at 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams spins dance & for Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar spins dance music at 9 p.m. every Mon., Thur. & Fri. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Live music nightly NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Live music every Thur.-Sat. OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Live music every weekend THE PIER RESTAURANT, 445 Eighth Ave. N., 246-6454 Darren Corlew from 2-7 p.m. every Sun. RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Will Pearsall on Nov. 9. Rick Arcusa Band on Nov. 10.

Boogie Freaks on Nov. 11 & 12. The Splinters on Nov. 13.

RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 320 N. First St., 270-8565 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. SUN DOG, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 241-8221 Billy & Trevor on Nov. 9. Mr. Natural on Nov. 10. Cloud 9 on Nov. 11 & 12. Bread & Butter on Nov. 13. Live music every Wed.-Mon. SWAY GRILLE & MARTINI BAR, 1312 Beach Blvd., 249-5800 Cloud 9 on Nov. 9 THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

DOWNTOWN

BURRO BAR, 228 E. Forsyth St., 353-4692 DJ Tin Man spins reggae & dub every Tue. DJ SuZi-Rok spins a variety every Thur. $Big Bucks DJ Crew$ every Sat. Bert No Shirt & Uncle Jesse every Sun. CITY HALL PUB, 234 Randolph Blvd., 356-6750 DJ Skillz spins Motown, hip hop & R&B every Wed. Live music every Tue. & Thur. Smooth Jazz Lunch at 11 a.m., Latin music at 9 p.m. every first Fri.; Ol’ Skool every last Fri. CLUB TSI, 333 E. Bay St. Live music every weekend DIVE BAR, 331 E. Bay St., 359-9090 Live music every weekend DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 DJ Synsonic spins every Tue. & Fri. DJ Rockin’ Bones spins every Wed. DJ Scandalous spins every Sat. DJ Randall Karaoke every Mon. THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Liberty University Marching Band at 6 p.m. on Nov. 11. Lyons at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12. George Aspinall on Nov. 13 THE IVY ULTRA BAR, 113 E. Bay St., 356-9200 DJs 151 The Experience & C-Lo spin every Rush Hour Wed. DJ E.L. spins top 40, South Beach & dance classics every Pure Sat. MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Vinn spins top 40 for ladies nite every Thur. Ritmo y Sabor every Fiesta Fri. BayStreet mega party with DJ Shotgun every Sat. MAVERICKS, The Jacksonville Landing, 356-1110 Bobby Laredo spins every Thur. & Sat. Saddle Up every Sat. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 Open mic night from 8:30-11:30 p.m. every Wed. THE PEARL, 1101 N. Main St., 791-4499 DJs Tom P. & Ian S. spin ’80s & indie dance every Fri. DJ Ricky spins indie rock, hip hop & electro every Sat. ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Braxton on Nov. 9. Alex Affronti on Nov. 10. Rebecca Day on Nov. 11. Open mic every Tue. Live music every Fri. & Sat. MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 DJ Ty spins for ladies’ nite every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Buck Smith Project every Mon. Blistur unplugged every Wed. RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 406 Old Hard Rd., Ste. 106, 213-7779 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Karaoke on Nov. 9. DJ BG at 9 p.m. on Nov. 10. Tony Neal at 5 p.m., Freeze Frame at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 11. All About Me at 5 p.m., Freeze Frame at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. Reggae on the deck with Morai Vibe at 5 p.m. on Nov. 13. DJ BG every Mon.

INTRACOASTAL WEST

BREWSTER’S PIT, 14003 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 223-9850 Eye Empire, A New Decree, From Within and In Whispers on Nov. 8.

Bane and Defeater on Nov. 9. Too Phucks, Stayne Thee Angel, Progrest, Slaine and Young Manik on Nov. 11. Atom Smash, According To Cadence, Quasi Mojo and Skewd on Nov. 12 BREWSTER’S PUB, 14003 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 223-9850 Open mic every Wed. Karaoke with DJ Randal & live music every Thur., Fri. & Sat. A DJ spins every Mon. BRUCCI’S PIZZA, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36, 223-6913 Mike Shackelford at 6:30 p.m. every Sat. and Mon. CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Big Engine at 9 p.m. on Nov. 11 & 12. DJ Jack spins for Karaoke dance party every Tue. & Sun. DJ Two3 spins for ladies nite every Wed. DJ Two4 spins every Thur.

JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22, 220-6766 Live music every Fri.

JULINGTON CREEK, NW ST. JOHNS

HAPPY OURS SPORTS GRILLE, 116 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 101, 683-1964 Live music at 7:30 p.m. every Fri. SHANNON’S IRISH PUB, 111 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-9670 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

MANDARIN

AW SHUCKS OYSTER BAR & GRILL, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., 240-0368 Open mic with John O’Connor from 7-10 p.m. every Wed. Cafe Groove Duo, Jay Terry & John O’Connor, from

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Fair and Balanced Sarcasm: Political satirist turned folkie Roy Zimmerman performs on Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at University Unitarian Church, 7405 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville. Zimmerman, whom the L.A. Times compared to Tom Lehrer and Phil Ochs, has made a “campaign promise” to perform in all 50 states before the 2012 election.

Florida is state No. 14. Admission is $15. 725-8133.

8-11 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Sat. CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 11475 San Jose Blvd., 262-4337 Karaoke at 9:30 p.m. every Wed. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Karaoke from 9 p.m.-1 p.m. Mon.-Thur. Dennis Klee & the World’s Most Talented Waitstaff every Fri. & Sat. RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 4268 Oldfield Crossing, 262-4030 Craig Hand every Sat. Karaoke at 7 p.m. every Sun. SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE, 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16, 538-0811 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri. TREE STEAKHOUSE, 11362 San Jose Blvd., 262-0006 Boril Ivanov Trio at 7 p.m. every Thur. David Gum at 7 p.m. every Fri.

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 1580 Wells Rd., 269-4855 Karaoke at 9:30 p.m. every Wed. & Sat. CRACKERS LOUNGE, 1282 Blanding Blvd., 272-4620 Karaoke every Fri. & Sat. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. PARK AVENUE BILLIARDS, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Random Act from 7:30-11:30 p.m. every Mon. Bike Nite THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Smoke & Mirrors on Nov. 10. Driven on Nov. 11 & 12. DJ Waldo every Tue. DJ Papa Sugar every Wed. Buck Smith Project every Mon.

PALATKA

DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., (386) 325-5454 Local talent nite every Wed. Karaoke at 8 p.m. every Thur. Garage Band at 8 p.m. every Fri. Jam & open mic at 4 p.m. every Biker Sunday.

PONTE VEDRA

LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE, 301 N. Roscoe Blvd., 285-0139 Mike Shackelford & Rick Johnson from 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Tony Novelly from 6-10 p.m. every Mon. NINETEEN at Sawgrass, 110 Championship Way, 273-3235 Time2Swing at 6 p.m. every Thur. Strings of Fire every Sat. PUSSER’S CARIBBEAN GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 2807766 Bucksmith Project from 8 p.m.-mid. on Nov. 11. Live music every Thur.-Sun. URBAN FLATS, 330 A1A N., 280-5515 High Tides of Jazz at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. Be Easy at 4 p.m., Evans Bros. at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11. Barrett Jockers Band at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. Be Easy at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 14. Darren Corlew every Tue. Soulo & Deron Baker at 6 p.m. every Wed.

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

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

Robby Shenk every Sun. LOMAX LODGE, 822 Lomax St., 634-8813 DJ Dots every Tue. Milan da Tin Man every Wed. DJ Christian every Sat. DJ Spencer every Sun. DJ Luminous every Mon. THE MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Spangler, Ocean is Theory, A Love Not Lost, Rest for the Weary and Formatta on Nov. 11. King of the Hill semi-finals with The Invocation, The Highest, Vagrant Undertow, A Call for Kylie and I Drive a Station Wagon on Nov. 12. Oh Sleeper, Greeley Estates, Ten After Two, At The Skylines, Secrets and Convalesce on Nov. 13 PIZZA PALACE, 920 Margaret St., 598-1212 Jennifer Chase at 6:30 p.m. every Fri.

ST. AUGUSTINE

A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 The Committee on Nov. 10, 11 & 12 AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1915 A1A S., 461-0102 Fermin

Spanish guitar from 6-8 p.m. every Thur.

ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Smokin Joe on Nov. 8. Live music on Nov. 11. Pickled Beats on Nov. 12. Karaoke at 8 p.m. on Nov. 13 THE BRITISH PUB, 213 Anastasia Blvd., 810-5111 Karaoke with Jimmy Jamez at 9 p.m. on Nov. 11. Songwriters open mic night with TJ Ward every Mon. CAFE ELEVEN, 540 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Mr. Heavenly, Mr. Dream and Brett Gelman at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8. Kaki King on Nov. 10. Tommy Castro Band on Nov. 12 CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 157 King St., 826-1594 Chillula at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11. Kenny & Tony at 2 p.m., Rick Levy & the Falling Bones at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12. Vinny Jacobs at 2 p.m. on Nov. 13 CHICAGO PIZZA & BAKERY, 107 Natures Walk Pkwy., Ste. 101, 230-9700 Greg Flowers hosts open-mic and jazz piano from 7-10 p.m. every Tue. Live music every Fri. CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Chelsea Saddler every Sun. FLORIDA CRACKER CAFE, 81 St. George St., 829-0397 Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizard at 5:30 p.m. every Wed. HARRY’S, Billy Bowers from 6-10 p.m. on Nov. 9 JACK’S BARBECUE, 691 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-8100 Jim Essery at 4 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Thur.-Sat. KING’S HEAD BRITISH PUB, 6460 U.S. 1, 823-9787 Mike Sweet from 6-8 p.m. every Thur.

KOZMIC BLUZ PIZZA CAFE & ALE, 48 Spanish St., 825-4805 Live music every Fri., Sat. & Sun. MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Open jam nite with house band at 8 p.m. every Wed. Battle of the DJs with Josh Frazetta & Mardi Gras Mike every last Sun. MEEHAN’S IRISH PUB, 20 Avenida Menendez, 810-1923 Live music every Fri. & Sat. MI CASA CAFE, 69 St. George St., 824-9317 Chelsea Saddler noon-4 p.m. every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth at noon every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 Martha’s Trouble at 9 p.m. on Nov. 11 & 12.

Colton McKenna at 1 p.m. on Nov. 13. Vinny Jacobs every Tue. Todd & Molly Jones every Wed. Colton McKenna at 9 p.m. every Thur. Will Pearsall at 9 p.m. every Mon. THE REEF, 4100 Coastal Hwy., Vilano Beach, 824-8008 Richard Kuncicky from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. every Sun. SANGRIAS PIANO BAR, 35 Hypolita St., 827-1947 Soul Searchers every Wed. Jim Asalta every Thur. Jazz every Fri. The Housecats every Sat. Sunny & the Flashbacks every Sun. SCARLETT O’HARA’S, 70 Hypolita St., 824-6535 Lil Blaze & DJ Alex hosts Karaoke every Mon. SIRENS, 113 Anastasia Blvd., 460-2641 Austin Lucas at 9 p.m. on Nov. 11. Chillula on Nov. 12. Obituary, Groynoodle, Stand Tall and Denial Friend on Nov. 14. DJ Rob every Indie Monday SPY GLOBAL CUISINE, 21 Hypolita St., 819-5637 Live music every weekend THE TASTING ROOM, 25 Cuna St., 810-2400 Bossa nova with Monica da Silva & Chad Alger from 5-8 p.m. every Sun. TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Rosco Caine on Nov. 11 & 12. Mark Hart every Mon.-Wed. Open mic every Thur.

Mark Hart & Jim Carrick every Fri. Elizabeth Roth at 1 p.m., Mark Hart at 5 p.m. every Sat. Keith Godwin at 1 p.m., Wade at 5 p.m. every Sun. Matanzas at 9 p.m. Sun.-Thur.

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER, TINSELTOWN

AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live jazz from 8-11 p.m. every Tue. Beer house rock every Wed. Live music every Thur. Bill Rice at 9 p.m. every Sat. Salsa every Sun. BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music from 2-7 p.m. every Sun. THE GRAPE, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-7111 Live music every Fri. & Sat. John Earle every Mon. DJ Mikeology every Thur.

JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120, 997-9850 Karaoke from 7-10 p.m. every Sat. with Gimme the Mike DJs ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 D-Lo Thompson on Nov. 9. Bryan Ripper on Nov. 10.

Tim O’Shea on Nov. 11. Desperate Measures on Nov. 12 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 997-1955 Bryan Ripper on Nov. 9. Tim O’Shea on Nov. 12. Open mic nite every Tue. SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Parkway N., 997-1999 Chuck Nash every Thur. Live music at 10 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. SUITE, 4880 Big Island Dr., 493-9305 Dave Luthra at 6 p.m. on Nov. 11. Live music from 9 p.m.-mid. every Thur. and 6-9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. URBAN FLATS, 9726 Touchton Rd., 642-1488 Live music every Fri. & Sat. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Drive, 645-5571 A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Karaoke every Mon.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

ENDO EXO, 1224 Kings Ave., 396-7733 DJ J-Money spins jazz, soul, R&B, house every Fri. DJ Manus spins top 40 & dance every Sat. Open mic with King Ron & T-Roy every Mon. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500 Shannon Whitworth at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9. Alan Reid and Rob van Sante on Nov. 10. Nouveaux Honkies on Nov. 15. Jazz every 2nd Tue. HAVANA-JAX CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609 MVP Band from 6-9 p.m., DJs No Fame & Dr. Doom every Wed. Jazz every Thur. DJ Omar spins dance every Fri. DJs Harry, Rico & Nestor spin salsa every Sat. JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Down Theory, Bubbly Joe, Fix, Pilotwave on Nov. 8. 3 Bad Jacks, Hank El Diablo, Hollowbody, Hellraisers on Nov. 9. T-Minus 9, Sadly Mistaken, Shotgun Harbour, Quasi Mojo, Just Like Gentlemen on Nov. 10. Melt Banana, Yip Yap and Blast & The Detergents on Nov. 11. American Attitude, Leo & The Sun, Break Red on Nov. 12.

Son of a Bad Man, Lucky Costello on Nov. 13. Waylay, Bleeding In Stereo, Samuel Sanders, Westerlies, Don’t Sigh Daisy on Nov. 14 MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922 Bossa nova with Monica da Silva & Chad Alger at 7 p.m. every Thur.

PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815 Jennifer Chase at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. SQUARE ONE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 306-9004 Soul on the Square & Band of Destiny at 8 p.m. every Mon. John Earle Band every Tue. DJs Wes Reed & Matt Caulder spin indie dance & electro every Wed. Split Tone & DJ Comic every Thur.

SOUTHSIDE

AROMAS, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live music from 8-11 p.m. every Tue., Wed. & Thur. Piano Bar with Will Hurley from 9 p.m.-1 a.m., a DJ spins till close every Fri. BOMBA’S, 8560 Beach Blvd., 997-2291 Open mic from 7-11 p.m. with Chris Hall every Tue. & every first Sun. Live music at 8 p.m. every Fri., at 6 p.m. every Sat. & at 5 p.m. every Sun. CORNER BISTRO & Wine Bar, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 1, 619-1931 Matt “Pianoman” Hall at 8 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. DAVE & BUSTER’S, 7025 Salisbury Rd. S., 296-1525 A DJ spins every Fri. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717 Randall Bramblett at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12. Butch Hancock on Nov. 14 LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 Krista Farabee & the Groove Band at 7 p.m., VJ Shotgun at 11 p.m. on Nov. 11.

VJ Josh Franzetta at 11 p.m. on Nov. 12. Rockinaroake at 8 p.m. every Thur.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

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

BOOTS-N-BOTTLES, 12405 N. Main St., Ste. 7, Oceanway, 647-7798 DJ Dave on Nov. 11 & 12. Karaoke every Tue., Thur. & Sun. with DJ Dave. Open mic every Wed. A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. DAMES POINT MARINA, 4518 Irving Rd., 751-3043 Robert James project at 6 p.m. on Nov. 10. Mile Train from 7-11 p.m. on Nov. 11. John Emil at 3 p.m., Black Creek Risin’ from 8 p.m.-mid. on Nov. 12. Mr. Natural at 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 FLIGHT 747 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4073 Big Engine every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. ’70s every Tue. RIVERCITY ISLAND GRILL & CHILL, 13141 City Station Drive, 696-0802 Live music every weekend SKYLINE SPORTSBAR & LOUNGE, 5611 Norwood Ave., 517-6973 Bigga Rankin & Cool Running DJs every Tue. & 1st Sun. Fusion Band & DJ every Thur. DJ Scar spins every Sun. THREE LAYERS CAFE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Will Pearsall at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12. Goliath Flores at 1 p.m. on Nov. 13 3 LIONS SPORTS PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 647-8625 Open mic at 8 p.m. every Thur. Woodie & Wyatt C. every Fri. Live music at 8 p.m. every Sat. To be listed here, send all the vitals — time, date, location with street address, city, admission price and contact number — to Dan Brown, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email events@folioweekly.com.

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1) Shipwreck Theatre director Scott Abrams hopes to feature weekly improv sessions and spoken-word performance. The group has taken a decidedly DIY approach, renovating an old building on St. Augustine’s Vilano Road (top, right).

Anchored in Drama

Scott Abrams plots a course for fans of live performance with his nascent Shipwreck Theatre COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED] is staged beginning in December.

Shipwreck Theatre Co. & Conservatory, 200 Vilano Road, St. Augustine For a full listing of the Shipwreck Theatre Co. & Conservatory’s upcoming season and ticket information visit shipwrecktheatre.com or call their box office at 274-1565.

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or 12 years, Florida native Scott Abrams spent virtually every waking moment making a name for himself in the Northeast Florida theater community. He spent seven years as director of ImprovJacksonville, took part in productions for Theatre Jacksonville and Orange Park Community Theatre and hosted a show on WJCT for two years, among other things.

“I don’t actually think there’s a stage in Jacksonville that I haven’t been on,” says the 36-year-old. “Not to shoot myself in the proverbial foot, but I’d always assumed I was building a résumé in Jacksonville and that I would go on to a big city to work in TV, film or live theater.”

Like most well-laid plans, Abrams’ didn’t pan out exactly as anticipated. About three years ago, Abrams was in a new relationship, looking to make some changes. “When we moved here, it was, like, ‘Wow! This is exactly where I want to be’,” he explains of his move to a small cottage in Vilano Beach in St. Augustine.

“When I got here, I had to rebuild my entire reputation,” Abrams says, of his becoming a part of the St. Johns County theater community. So he joined the Limelight Theatre off San Marco Avenue and started teaching acting and improv classes, forming an improv group called The Exploding Bishops and directing youth productions.

“It reminded me how amazing theater can be,” Abrams says of getting back in the saddle. “It’s not just about me. It’s not just about my role. It really revived my need to do a production.”

When Abrams approached Limelight Theatre about putting on some of his own shows, they offered what they could — a weekend here, a weekend there. “Not even enough to make my money back,” Abrams says.

“Limelight has such high demand for their

“We’re the Oldest City in the country and we have, like, four stages,” Abrams says of St. Augustine. “I’m here to help change that.” space and there really isn’t anywhere else to stage productions.”

After talking to people in the community, the consensus was: “If you want to do something of the caliber that you want, you’re going to have to build your own show.” This past summer, Abrams, who is newly married and has a year-old daughter, started organizing Shipwreck Theatre Co. & Conservatory.

Since August, the group has been completely renovating an old building on Vilano Road with the hope of opening by Thanksgiving or the first week in December.

Shipwreck Theatre’s interior — as the name indicates — will look like it was built from the wood of a wrecked pirate ship that washed ashore. Abrams made up the new group’s backstory, which involves being

“auspiciously waylaid by winds and rains o’ thee 1565 Fist o’ God” and “subsequently marooned on t’shores affore thee city o’ light where they chose t’hoist their flag under t’banner of The Shipwreck Theatre.”

Despite all that, the theater isn’t, strictly speaking, a pirate theater endeavor. The Shipwreck Theatre group plans to kick off its inaugural season with “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” a comedy by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield that features all 37 Shakespearean plays in 97 minutes. The play is touted as “a highspeed roller-coaster-type condensation of all of Shakespeare’s plays,” delivering even the tragedies with comedic flair.

Abrams, director of the theater, along with Amy MacKay (technical director) and Sarah Nichols (marketing), have run into a lot of roadblocks on their mission to debut the 2011-’12 season by early November. But they’ve planned the remainder of the season, which will include “Death Defying Acts” (comedies by David Mamet, Elaine May and Woody Allen), “The Woman in Black” (a thriller by Stephen Malatratt), “Zombies From the Beyond” (a musical comedy by James Valcq) and Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Abrams says most ticket prices will be kept around $15, with weekday night improv and spoken word performance admission going for around $5.

“We’re the Oldest City in the country and we have, like, four stages,” Abrams says of St. Augustine. “I’m here to help change that.

We have the chance to make a name for ourselves in the theater community and do some really fantastic stuff that’s never been done around here.”

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ENDGAME Flagler College Theatre Arts presents Samuel Beckett’s dark comedy at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9-12 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the school’s auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine. Tickets are $10. 826-8600.

BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE The Jacksonville Urban League presents Layon Gray’s story of the celebrated African-American pilots of WWII at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. A Salute to Veterans is held at 6:30 p.m. Tickets range from $50-$70; $20 for students.

620-2878.

SUPERIOR DONUTS Chicago playwright Tracy Letts’ comedy about a young man intent on success is staged at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 13 on the Studio Stage, Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $20; $17 for students, seniors and military. The play runs at 8 p.m. on Nov. 17-19. 249-0289.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST The Artist Series presents this classic favorite at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12, at 2 p.m. on Nov. 12 and at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, 300 W. Water St., Jacksonville. Tickets range from $43-$70. 632-3373. artistseriesjax.org NANA’S NAUGHTY KNICKERS Orange Park Community Theatre stages Katherine DiSavino’s raucous comedy about a lingerie business at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11, 12, 18 and 19 and at 3 p.m. on Nov. 13 at 2900 Moody Ave., Orange Park.

Tickets are $15. 276-2599.

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre and Jacksonville University present Lillian Hellman’s drama about a scandal at a girls’ school at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. Tickets are $15; $12 for seniors, military and students. 249-7177.

LETTERS HOME The Artist Series presents the play, about actual letters written by soldiers serving in the Middle East and their families, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $36. 632-3373. artistseriesjax.org MY FAIR LADY This classic musical about the importance of enunciation is staged at 8 p.m. Nov. 8-13, at 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. The show runs through Nov. 27. Tickets range from $42-$49. 641-1212.

DEARLY DEPARTED The Limelight Theatre stages this black comedy about a Southern family’s tribulations trying to pay for their father’s funeral at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, 10, 11 and 12 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 13 at 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine. Tickets are $20. 825-1164.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

EVERGLADES TALK AT CUMMER Dr. Jack E. Davis, University of Florida professor of history, discusses his book, “An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century,” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville. A book signing follows the talk. 899-6007, 356-6857.

NAME A JIA ART GALLERY Jacksonville International Airport central courtyard gallery is accepting submissions (18 letters max, including spaces) through Nov. 1. Entries can be mailed to 2400 Yankee Clipper Drive, Jacksonville FL 32218. ATTN: JAX Gallery Name. Submissions can also be sent via Twitter (@JAXairport), Facebook (Facebook. com/goflyjax) and e-mail (Greg.Willis@Flyjacksonville.com).

525-3368.

HASTINGS FEST SEEKS ARTISTS The Historic Hastings Art Festival is accepting paintings in all mediums representing the artist’s view on the life and work of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings for a jury show during the Dec. 3 event. No entry fee. 692-2031.

NORTH FLORIDA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC This school invites musicians of all skill levels and any instrument to join the community orchestra every Mon. at 6:30 p.m. and concert band every Tue. at 6:30 p.m. at 11363 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville. 374-8639.

CALL TO ARTISTS Jacksonville Fine Arts Festival seeks original poster artwork for its festival held in Avondale’s Boone Park on March 24 and 25. The winning submission gets a free 10x10 exhibitor’s space. Send 300 dpi submissions, including name and media, to cookied@ ix.netcom.com HAND DRUMMING CLASSES Midnight Sun offers classes from 7:30-8:30 p.m. every Fri. at 1055 Park St., Jacksonville. Class fee is $10. 358-3869.

CLASSICAL & JAZZ

SERAFINI BRILLANTI This eclectic trio performs works from the 18th, 19th and 21st centuries at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Flagler College’s Flagler Room, 74 King St., St. Augustine.

Tickets are $6. 797-2800.

RAGTIME CONCERT Dr. Marc Dickman and Dr. Gary Smart present “Ragtime Ramblings: Past, Present & Future” at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. 620-2878.

JAZZ AT JU The JU Student Jazz Concert is featured at 7:30 p.m. at Nov. 9 at Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theater, 2800 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville. 256-7677.

RITZ CHAMBER PLAYERS ANNIVERSARY CONCERT This celebrated chamber ensemble presents its 10th anniversary concert at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Jacoby Hall, 300 W. Water St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $20. 354-5547.

THE DIZZY GILLESPIE ALLSTARS The Heath Brothers and Cyrus Chestnut join the UNF Jazz Ensemble I for a musical celebration of famed jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. Tickets are $27 and $35; $8 for students. 620-2878.

JAZZ AT JAZZLAND Jazz guitarist Calvin Newborn and vocalist Carole Freeman appear at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Jazzland Cafe, 1324 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville.

Admission is $10. 924-2324.

CELEBRATE AMERICA The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra is joined by the Soldier’s Chorus of the United States Army Field Band for this patriotic concert at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Jacoby Hall, 300 W. Water St., Jacksonville.

Tickets range from $10-$70. 354-5547.

JAX JAZZ FEST TRIBUTE The Jazzland Cafe celebrates Jacksonville Jazz Festival Hall of Fame inductees with a performance by The Divine Harmony Trio at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 at 1324 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville. 924-2324.

SAN MARCO CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY This classical ensemble performs at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 at St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3976 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. 731-1310.

TRIO FLORIDA Pianist Dr. Gary Smart, violinist Dr. Simon Shiao and cellist Dr. Nick Curry perform at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville. 620-2878.

PHILIP GLASS RECITAL AND DISCUSSION Peter and Helen Morin discuss the works of late-20th-century composers and present a performance of a Philip Glass concerto at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 in Flagler College’s Flagler Room, 74 King St., St. Augustine. Tickets are $6. 797-2800.

INTERCOLLEGIATE JAZZ FESTIVAL College jazz bands compete at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville.

646-2222.

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

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

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

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

ART WALKS & FESTIVALS

SECOND SATURDAY ARTRAGEOUS ART WALK The galleries of downtown Fernandina Beach are open from 5:30-8 p.m. on Nov. 12 during this self-guided tour.

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FAMILY ART FEST AND SALUTE TO THE TROOPS This daylong event features arts and crafts vendors, health information booths, a kids’ zone, food, and military exhibits and demonstrations from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Midtown Centre Office Park, 4417 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. midtownfest.org DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts & crafts and local produce are offered every Fri. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive. 353-1188.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET The Arts Market is held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. beneath the Fuller Warren Bridge on Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville and features local and regional artists, strolling performers, bands and a farmers market. Admission is free. 554-6865, 389-2449. riversideartsmarket.com

MUSEUMS

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530. Julie Lequin’s installation “Top 30” is on display through Nov. 24.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, 356-6857. The museum holds its 50th annual celebration from noon-8 p.m. on Nov. 12 with demonstrations, gallery tours and family activities, including

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PERFORMANCE

Players by the Sea presents “Superior Donuts” on Nov. 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. and on Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. at 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $20; $17 for students, seniors and military. The play runs at 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, 18 and 19. Set in a Chicago donut shop, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ comedy-drama follows the offbeat relationship of unlikely friends Franco (Steven Anderson Jr.) and Max (Roger Lowe). 249-0289.

a concert by the UNF Jazz Ensemble I at 6:30 p.m. on the lawn of the gardens. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Admission is free. The education-themed exhibit “One in Three: Let’s Solve Our Dropout Crisis” is displayed through Dec. 20.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Jacksonville, 356-2992. “Darwin: The Origin of Species” is on display through Dec. 27. The permanent collection includes a variety of rare manuscripts. Open Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 366-6911. The 200-piece photographic collection “Shared Vision: The Sondra and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography” and “Larry Clark: The Tulsa Series” are displayed through Jan. 8. mocajacksonville.org RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville, 632-5555. An exhibit of works by African-American photographer E.L. Weems is on display through Dec. 30.

An exhibit celebrating local African-American athletes and sports figures, “More Than a Game: African-American Sports in Jacksonville, 1900-1975,” is currently on display.

Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children, students and seniors. Open Tue.-Sun.

GALLERIES

ALEXANDER BREAST MUSEUM & GALLERYJacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville, 256-7677.

The Annual Juried Student Exhibition runs through Dec. 7.

AMELIA SANJON GALLERY 218A Ash St., Fernandina Beach, 491-8040. The opening reception for the exhibit of “Wild Bird Paintings” by Anthony Whiting is held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. The exhibit is on display through Dec. 30.

ARCHWAY GALLERY AND FRAMING 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-2222. The steampunk art of Jim Smith is featured through Nov. 11.

THE ART CENTER PREMIER GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 355-1757. An Abstract Art Exhibit by TAC members is on display through Nov. 29.

AVONDALE ARTWORKS 3568 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville, 384-8797. Milt Shirley’s exhibit, “Florida Wetlands,” is featured through Nov. 17.

BEE GALLERY & DESIGN STUDIO The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 108, 419-8016. The erotic photography of Neal Rue is featured through Nov. BETHEL GALLERY Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church, 4510 Palm Valley Road, Ponte Vedra, 285-7241. Acrylic artist Ellen Jones’ religious-themed exhibit, “Nehemiah, Servant & Leader,” is on display through Jan. 3.

DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 2445 San Diego Road, Jacksonville, 346-5620. Students’ work, in various media, is featured in the exhibit “New Beginnings” on display through Dec. 2.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. Photographer Mark Kowal’s exhibit, “Say It With

Photography,” runs through Jan. 3.

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Road, Jacksonville.

535-7252. The opening reception for the exhibit “Tonya Lee: All Smiles,” featuring works by the multimedia artist, is held from 7-10 p.m. on Nov. 11. The exhibit is on display through Dec. 6.

GALLERY 1037 Reddi-Arts, 1037 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville, 398-3161. The Jacksonville Artists Guild presents the juried exhibit “Presence” through Dec. An artists’ reception is held from 2-4 p.m. on Nov. 13.

HASKELL GALLERY Jax International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Road, 741-3546. Recent paintings by Ginny Elliot and Suzi Berg are on display through Jan. 9.

JAXPORT GALLERY 2831 Talleyrand Ave., Jacksonville, 357-3052. Nadine Terk’s exhibit, “Gilded Landscapes,” is displayed through Nov. 18.

MATTHEW’S RESTAURANT 2107 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville, 396-9922. The Avondale eatery hosts the artist’s reception for the exhibit, “Album: A Collection of Paintings by Megan Cosby,” from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 10.

NULLSPACE GALLERY 109 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, 716-4202. Tony Rodrigues’ exhibit, “The Sweet Mundane,” is on display through Nov. 13.

P.A.ST.A FINE ARTS GALLERY 214 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 824-0251. Oil painter Sandra Pierce shows her work, in the exhibit “Color Encounter,” through Nov. PLUM ART & DESIGN 9 Aviles St., St. Augustine, 825-0069.

Mary Lou Gibson, Robert Renwick, Sara Pedigo and David Engdahl are the featured artists through Dec. 31.

SOUTH GALLERY FSCJ’s South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, 646-2023. The exhibit “The Sherwin Series: Works by Joelle Dietrick” runs through Nov. 23.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 6 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, 438-4358. The gallery celebrates its second anniversary throughout November.

SPACE:EIGHT GALLERY Screen Arts, 228 W. King St., St. Augustine. 829-2838. An exhibit of painter Scott Dupree’s work is on display through Dec. 2.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., St. Augustine, 824-2310. The Jacksonville Watercolor Society Exhibit runs through Nov. 27.

STUDIO 121 121 W. Forsyth St., Ste. 100, Jacksonville, 292-9303. This artist-run gallery features works by Joyce Gabiou, Paul Ladnier, Robert Leedy and others.

VANDROFF ART GALLERY Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, 730-2100. Paintings by Ann McGlade are on display through Nov. 23.

W.B. TATTER STUDIO GALLERY 76 A San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 823-9263. Wendy Tatter’s works are featured.

For a complete list of galleries, log on to folioweekly.com.

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

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ST. JOHNS RIVERKEEPER PINT NIGHT Got beer? This benefit for the St. Johns Riverkeeper is held from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Black Creek Outfitters, 10051 Skinner Lake Drive, Jacksonville. Score a pint glass for $10 and fill it with beer from Intuition Brewery (first one’s free). Live music, hors d’oeuvres and special shop sales are also featured. Proceeds benefit St. Johns Riverkeeper programs. 645-7003. stjohnsriverkeeper.org

EVENTS EMPTY BOWLS LUNCHEON The 27th annual Empty Bowls Luncheon is held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., Jacksonville. Participants pick from bowls made by area schoolchildren and senior citizens. Tickets are $25. Proceeds benefit Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida’s Second Harvest Food Bank. 630-4000. wenourishhope.org FAMILY NIGHT ON BROADWAY The 10th annual Family Night on Broadway is held at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, with the opening of “Beauty and the Beast,” at the Times-Union Performing Arts Center, 300 W. Water St., Jacksonville. The event includes kid-friendly foods and a chat-back with the cast after the show. Tickets start at $27.

Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 10; at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12; at 2 p.m. on Nov. 12; and at 1:30 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 13. 632-3373. artistseriesjax.org COMMUNITY LECTURE SERIES The Flagler College Community Lecture Series “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Glory: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of War” presents Dr. Wayne Riggs and Jeanette Vigliotti at 10 a.m. on Nov. 8 in the college’s Flagler Room, 74 King St., St. Augustine. They discuss “The Echo Effect: World War One, Modernism and Social Media.” Tickets are $5. For reservations, call 819-6282. flagler.edu VETERANS DAY AT MOSH Veterans Day is commemorated from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Activities include military re-enactors and vehicles, a patriotic Cosmic Concert in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium and “Prisoners of War: Stolen Freedom,” a production of Florida Veterans Programs & Projects Inc. themosh.org GREATER JACKSONVILLE AGRICULTURAL FAIR Arts and crafts, culinary contests, quilts, racing pigs, clowns shows, dogs, dairy and beef shows – what more could you want? There’s also a chocolate championship, Brahman and Brangus cattle rides and lots of various fried foods at the fair, held through Nov. 13 at the Fairgrounds, 510 Fairgrounds Place, downtown. Live music by The JaneDear Girls, Little Big Town, Phil Vassar, James Wesley, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, Josh Kelly, The Georgia Satellites and more than 30 local bands are scheduled, too. Ticket prices vary.

353-0535. jacksonvillefair.com KOSHERFEST 2011 Chabad @ the Beaches’ third annual Kosher Food Festival is held from 12:30-3 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Ribault Garden Club, 705 Second Ave. N., Jax Beach. Kosher foods, including traditional favorites like knishes, latkes, matzah ball soup and deli sandwiches. Admission is $1; free with registration on KosherFoodFest.com. There is a charge for food. Music, face painting for children and a free raffle are also featured.

543-9301. ChabadBeaches.com DIGITAL BOOKMOBILE NATIONAL TOUR Learn how easy it is to download books and more to e-readers, smartphones and other portable devices when

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the Digital Bookmobile National Tour stops in town from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 9 in front of the Main Library, 303 Laura St. N., downtown. 630-2665. jaxpubliclibrary.org COSMIC CONCERTS Laser shows are Laser Spirit at 5 p.m., The Laser Beatles Collection at 6 p.m., Laser Jimmy Buffett at 7 p.m. and Laser Vinyl at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Online tickets are $5 for non-members, $2.50 for members. 396-7062. moshplanetarium.org DIALOGUE DINNER The Amity Turkish Cultural Center holds its sixth annual dialogue dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury Road, Southside. The featured speakers, Audrey Moran and Emre Celik, discuss “One Billion Hungry in the World. What is Your Role?” For reservations, call 290-1877. atccenter.org RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Shoni performs at 10:30 a.m., Robbie Hazen plays at 11:45 a.m. and Foot Servants appear at 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the market, held under the Fuller Warren Bridge at Riverside Avenue, downtown. Local and regional art and a farmers market are also featured from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. Admission is free. 554-6865. riversideartsmarket.com FLAGLER TOURS The tours are offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily at Flagler College, located in downtown St. Augustine. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for St. Augustine residents and $1 for children younger than 12. 819-6400.

FLORIDA WWII EXHIBIT The exhibit “Victory Begins at Home: Florida During World War II” shows Floridians in service, military recruitment and training, the German U-boat threat and rationing, at Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville.

The exhibit runs through Jan. 1. 396-7062. themosh.org

POLITICS & ACTIVISM INTERVENE SCHOOLS COMMUNITY MEETING Duval County Public Schools and Florida Department of Education hold public meetings to review models for improved student learning, from 6-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Andrew Jackson High School, 3816 Main St. and on Dec. 8 at Ribault High School, 3701 Winton Dr., Jacksonville.

924-3722. duvalschools.org/intervene JACKSONVILLE JOURNEY The oversight committee of this crime-fighting initiative meets at 4 p.m. on Nov. 17 in Eighth Floor Conference Room 851, Ed Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St., Jacksonville.

630-1273.

BOOKS & WRITING TIM DORSEY Florida writer Dorsey signs copies of his book, “When Elves

Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Nutbars in the Sunshine State” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 10 at The Bookmark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach. 241-9026.

WRITER WORKSHOP Market Your Work as a Freelance Writer workshop is offered from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, at a fee of $49, at UNF University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville. 6204200. unf.edu/ce BOOK FESTIVAL The 15th annual Jewish Book Festival continues at noon on Nov. 9 at Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville. Kenneth Ginsburg, author of “Letting Go with Love and Confidence, Raising Responsible, Resilient, Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st Century,” is the featured speaker. Admission is free. Authors Jenny Anderson and Paula Szuchman (“Spousonomics”) are on hand at 6 p.m. on Nov. 13 for the Patrons’ Event. To become a Patron, call 730-2100 ext. 227. jcajax.org SUPER SATURDAY MASTER CLASS Registration for First Coast Romance Writers’ class, “Empowering Characters’ Emotions” (held on Nov. 19) is required before Nov. 12. Call (352) 575-3503 or visit firstcoastromancewriters CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP Local freelance writer Nancy Lee Bethea hosts a creative writing workshop from 6:15-8 p.m. every Tue. at Callahan Branch Library, 450077 S.R. 200, Ste. 15, Callahan.

879-5337.

THE OVERDUE BOOK CLUB Less James Patterson and more Jonathan Safran Foer, this free meeting is held every third Thur. of the month at Willowbranch Library, 2875 Park Ave., Jacksonville.

A veg-friendly potluck is featured. 381-8490.

COMEDY GREG MORTON All Stars appear at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8. Greg Morton appears at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9, 10 and 11 and at 8 and 10 p.m. on Nov. 12 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Road, Ramada Inn, Jacksonville. Tickets are $10-$17. 292-4242.

JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB Roy Haber and Greg Kahmaian appear at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12 at 3009 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine.

Tickets are $12. 461-8843.

LATITUDE 30 COMEDY Ken Miller and Alex U are featured at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 and 12 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside. Tickets are $13. 365-5555.

ORLANDO SADSARIN Sadsarin appears at 9 p.m. every Sun. at The Norm, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., Jacksonville. 384-9929.

UPCOMING FOLIO WEEKLY’S MARTINIFEST Nov. 18, Touchdown Club West RIVERKEEPER OYSTER ROAST Nov. 18, Garden Club JAGS VS. TEXANS Nov. 27, EverBank Field BEARDS OF COMEDY TOUR Dec. 2, Jack Rabbits GARRISON KEILLOR Dec. 6, T-U Moran Theater COMMUNITY NUTCRACKER BALLET Dec. 9 & 10, The Florida Theatre TIM CONWAY & FRIENDS Jan. 19, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts RON WHITE: MORAL COMPASS TOUR Jan. 26, T-U Moran Theater SECOND CITY TOURING COMPANY Feb. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JEFF DUNHAM CONTROLLED CHAOS Feb. 10, Veterans Memorial Arena LACROSSE CLASSIC Feb. 19, EverBank Field HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS March 2, Veterans Memorial Arena PEKING ACROBATS March 24, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts

NATURE, SPORTS, OUTDOORS HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Fort Clinch State Park hosts a full day event to salute our Armed Forces from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the park, 2601 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach. Review military displays

from the Revolutionary War to present day and interact with living historians from each major U.S. Military conflict. Period music and firing demonstrations are also featured. Regular park admission applies. In addition, fort admission is one canned food item per person, which will be donated to the Barnabas Food Pantry. Veterans and active duty military may dress in uniform. 277-7274. FloridaStateParks.org SIERRA CLUB Sierra Club, Northeast Group gathers at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 at Lakewood Presbyterian Church, 2001 University Blvd.

W., Jacksonville. Tony Vecchio, Executive Director of the Jacksonville Zoo, is the featured speaker. Admission is free.

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UNF OSPREYS VOLLEYBALL University of North Florida women’s volleyball team hosts A-Sun Conference rival Stetson University Lady Hatters at 3 p.m. on Nov. 12 at UNF Arena, 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road S., Jacksonville. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for youth, seniors, military, UNF staff. UNF students are admitted free with Osprey 1Card. The UNF men’s basketball team makes its home debut against the Savannah State Tigers at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14. Admission is $12 for reserved, $10 for adults, $8 for youth, seniors, military, UNF staff. UNF students are admitted free with Osprey 1Card. 620-2125. unf.edu/calendar SECRETS OF THE SALTMARSH A park ranger leads a guided hike along the saltmarsh, one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth, and discusses the many roles the salt marsh plays, the plant and animal life found in this natural community and the impacts humans have on this system, at 2 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Ft. George Island Cultural State Park, 11241 Ft. George Road, Ft. George Island. The program is free. 251-2320. floridastateparks.org PLAY PETANQUE Play the popular European game (pronounced “paytonk”) from 1-4 p.m. every Sun. at J. Edward “Red” Cox Recreational Facility, on Red Cox Drive near the lighthouse, St. Augustine. All equipment and instructions provided.

537-1999. boulesdeleon@yahoo.com

BUSINESS CHAMBER AFTER HOURS Ponte Vedra Chamber After Hours is held at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Pusser’s Bar & Grille, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, Ponte Vedra. Admission is $15 for members with reservations, $20 for nonmembers, plus a food item or Thanksgiving basket for B.E.A.M. 285-2004.

SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP Where’s the Money? And How Do I Get It? is offered from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 8 at a fee of $40 in advance, $50 day of workshop. How to S-T-A-R-T-U-P Your Own Business is held from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 15 at UNF University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville. Cost is $40 in advance or $50 at the door. 620-2476. sbdc.unf.edu SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD The Ponte Vedra Beach Chamber of Commerce holds its annual award luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 16 at Sawgrass Country Club, in the Sawgrass Room, 10034 Golf Club Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach. Richard Willich, president and CEO of MDI Holdings Inc., is the featured speaker. Admission is $25 for members; $30 for non-members; plus a food item or Thanksgiving basket for B.E.A.M. Reservations are required; call 285-2004.

SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB John Hamel is the featured speaker at noon on Nov. 9 at San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville.

Admission is $20. For reservations, call 396-5559.

KIDS MATERIALS SCIENCE EXHIBIT The hands-on exhibit, “Strange Matter,” is presented Nov. 11-May 13 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. It displays the world of materials science, or the study of “stuff.” A blend of physics, chemistry and engineering, this field of research studies how things are put together, how they could be better, or how they can change to create new materials. From metals to crystals to magnets to glass, “Strange Matter” lets us to dig into the science behind the materials we use every day. 396-6674. themosh.org STORY HOUR Kidgits Club story hour is held at 10 a.m. on Nov. 15 and Dec. 13 at Orange Park Mall, 1910 Wells Road, Orange Park.

Activities and raffle drawings are featured. Admission is free.

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TEEN FASHION A DIY fashion series for teens continues with a braided bracelet class at 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Main Library’s teen study room, 303 N. Laura St., downtown. Check out more fashion DIY classes through Dec. 3 at jaxpubliclibrary.org.

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Register by calling 630-0673.

DANCE CLASSES Kidz Street Dance (8-12) classes are held at Dance Trance Studio, 214 Orange St., Neptune Beach, 246-4600. Call for fees and schedules. dancetrancefitness.com

COMMUNITY INTEREST SIGNATURE CHEFS AUCTION The 21st annual Signature Chefs Auction is held at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Florida Yacht Club, 5210 Florida Yacht Club Drive, Jacksonville. Local chefs present their signature dishes and a live and silent auction are held. Proceeds benefit March of Dimes. 398-2821. marchofdimes.com/florida HUNGER BANQUET Flagler College Human Rights Advocates hold their second annual banquet at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the college’s Ringhaver Student Center’s Virginia Room, 50 Sevilla St., St. Augustine. The focus is on women’s hunger and poverty; participants are sorted into three socio-economic levels and fed accordingly. Tickets are $5. 631-505-7790. flagler.edu RIVERKEEPER PINT NIGHT This benefit is held from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Black Creek Outfitters, 10051 Skinner Lake Drive, Jacksonville. Score a pint glass for $10 and fill it with beer (first pint is free) from Intuition Brewery. Live music, hors d’oeuvres and special shop sales are also featured. Proceeds benefit St. Johns Riverkeeper. 645-7003. stjohnsriverkeeper.org STRINGS FOR FOOD The annual event is held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Discount Music of Jacksonville, 1711 Blanding Blvd., Jacksonville. In exchange for food donations, Discount Music will restring guitars at no cost; each person who brings $3 cash or five canned goods to be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank will receive free guitar strings installed on their electric or acoustic six-string guitars (no Floyd Rose).

737-7111. stringsforfood.org discountmusicofjax.com AUTISM SEMINAR A free seminar on a new integrative treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders is held at 6 p.m. on Nov. 8 at 6653 Powers Ave., Ste. 133, Jacksonville. 524-1752.

CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT The fourth annual Knights of Columbus tourney is held at 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 11 at Golf Club at North Hampton, 22680 North Hampton Club Way, Fernandina Beach. Registration is $85. Proceeds benefit KofC programs. 765-7060.

LUNG CANCER SCREENING To mark November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month, low-dose helical CT lung scans are offered for $99, by appointment, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 19 at Orange Park Cancer Center, 2161 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park; Southside Cancer Center, 5742 Booth Road, Ste. 2, Jacksonville and Cancer Center of Putnam, 600 Zeagler Drive, Palatka. Schedule online at curinglungcancer.com or call 571-2008.

KEEP JAX BEAUTIFUL Keep Jacksonville Beautiful and Solid Waste are at Normandy Park, 1728 Lindsey Road, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 12 for the Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection. Duval County residents only may bring televisions, computer monitors, computer terminals, CPUs, keyboards, printers, scanners, stereo equipment, radios, VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, desk and mobile phones and pagers. America Recycles Day is held from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Prime Osborn Convention Center parking lot, 1000 Water St., Jacksonville. 630-3420. coj.net

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BIKE 26.2 WITH DONNA This cycling event is held from 7 a.m.-noon on Nov. 13 at Hanna Park, Atlantic Beach. Everyone from beginners to advanced riders may participate. The post ride celebration includes food, drinks and live entertainment. Cyclists participating in the 26.2 Ride or 2 Loop Challenge must be a minimum of 13 years old. Helmets are mandatory. 3557465. breastcancermarathon.com RITZ RUMMAGE SALE Memorabilia, posters, banners, T-shirts — all kinds of Ritz items are offered at this rummage sale held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Nov. 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 at 829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville. 632-5555.

YAPPY HOUR The dog-friendly event “Yappy Hour Gives Back” is held from 2-5 p.m. on Nov. 13 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Jacksonville. Bring unopened pet food, pet items or monetary donations to be distributed among local animal organizations. Music by The George Aspinall Band, prizes, a pet expo, contests and drink specials are featured. 353-1188. JacksonvilleLanding.com

CLASSES & GROUPS TRANSFORMING ADVERSITY The workshop is offered from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Discovery Yoga, 3 Davis St., St. Augustine. A $35 donation ($20 for students) is suggested. 222-8531.

INVESTMENT BASICS The two-hour class is offered from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, at a fee of $29, at UNF University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville. 620-4200. unf.edu/ce Q-GROUP ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS This free, open discussion is held at 5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. at Quality Life Center, 11265 Alumni Way, Jacksonville. alcoholicanonymous.org HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING Making Tinctures and Syrups with Herbs is held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Maggie’s Herb Farm, 11400 C.R. 13, St. Augustine. The $35 fee includes all materials.

Bring a sack lunch. Plating an herbal dish garden is held from 10 a.m.-noon on Nov. 13; class fee is $30. 829-0722. maggiesherbfarm.com URBAN BALLET FITNESS A free community class is held at 5:45 p.m. on the first Fri. of the month at Dance Trance Studio, 214 Orange St., Neptune Beach, 246-4600. dancetrancefitness.com DEPRESSION/BI-POLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE This support group meets from 6-7:30 p.m. every Tue. at Baptist Medical Center, 800 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville.

For more information, call 616-6264 or 356-6081.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Do you have a drug problem? Maybe they can help. 3586262, 723-5683. serenitycoastna.org, firstcoastna.org NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (NIC-A) Want to quit smoking or using other forms of nicotine? Nic-A is free, and you don’t have to quit to attend the meetings, held at 6:30 p.m. every Tue. at Quality Life Center, 11265 Alumni Way, Southside. 378-6849. nicotineanonymous.org NAR-A-NON This group meets at 8 p.m. every Tue. and Thur. at 4172 Shirley Ave., Avondale. 945-7168.

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Like a wayward Santa for the Christmas obsessed, John Waters - legendary filmmaker and author - cruises into town on his sleigh full of smut this November spreading yuletide cheer and lunacy with his critically acclaimed one-man show, “A John Waters Christmas”. Putting the “X” back in Xmas, Waters’ rapid-fire monologue explores and explodes the traditional holiday rituals and traditions as he shares his compulsive desire to give and receive perverted gifts, a religious fanaticism for Santa Claus, and an unhealthy love of real life holiday horror stories. Delving into his passion for lunatic exploitation, Christmas movies and the unhealthy urge to remake all his own films into seasonal children’s classics, “The Pope of Trash” will give you a Joyeaux Noel like no other.

Stars and Stripes and Laser Lights! Museum of Science & History honors Veterans Day on Nov. 11 from 10 a.m.5 p.m. at 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Events include military re-enactors and vehicles, a patriotic Cosmic Concert in Bryan-Gooding Planetarium and “Prisoners of War: Stolen Freedom,” a production of Florida Veterans Programs & Projects Inc. Admission is $5; free for active/retired military and veterans. 396-6674. themosh.org November 8-14, 2011 | folio weekly | 35

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

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

Alfresco dining. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sat.; L, Sun. & Mon. 27 N. Third St. 277-5269. $$ CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY F European-style breads, pastries, croissants, muffins and pies baked daily. 1014 Atlantic Ave. 491-4663. $ EIGHT Contemporary sports lounge offers burgers, sandwiches, wings and nachos. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Fri. & Sat. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island.

277-1100. $$ ESPAÑA RESTAURANT & TAPAS Traditional Spanish and Portuguese dishes, tapas and paella served in a cozy atmosphere. BW, CM. D nightly. 22 S. Fourth St. 261-7700. $$$ FERNANDELI F Classics with a Southern touch, like a onethird-pound devil dog, Reubens and pulled pork. Sandwiches and wraps built to order from fresh cold cuts, tuna, egg and turkey salads. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 17B S. Eighth St. 261-0008. $ GENNARO’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO F Southern Italian cuisine: pasta, gourmet ravioli, hand-tossed pizzas. Specialties are margharita pizza and shrimp feast. Bread is baked on-site.

CM, BW. L & D, daily. 5 S. Second St., 261-9400. 5472 First Coast Highway, Amelia Island, 491-1999. $$ HAPPY TOMATO COURTYARD CAFE & BBQ Pulled pork sandwich, chicken salad and walnut chocolate chunk cookie, served in a laid-back atmosphere. BW. CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7 S. Third St. 321-0707. $$ JACK & DIANE’S F Casual cafe offers steak & eggs, pancakes, Cajun scampi, etouffée, curry pizza, vegan black bean cakes, shrimp & grits, hand-carved steaks. FB. B, L & D, daily. 708 Centre St. 321-1444. $$ JOE’S 2ND STREET BISTRO Elegant island atmosphere. NY strip steak with sauces, Maine crab cakes, seafood fricassee and roast chicken penne pasta. BW. CM. D, nightly. 14 S. Second St. 321-2558. $$$ KABUKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Teppanyaki masters create your meal; plus a 37-item sushi bar. BW. D, Tue.-Sun. Amelia Plaza. 277-8782. $$ KELLEY’S COURTYARD CAFE F She crab soup, salads, fried green tomatoes, sandwiches and wraps are served indoors or out on the patio. Vegetarian dishes are also offered. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 19 S. Third St. 432-8213. $ LULU’S AT THE THOMPSON HOUSE F An innovative lunch menu includes po’boys and seafood “little plates” served in a historic house. Dinner features fresh local seafood. Nightly specials. BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat., brunch on Sun. Reservations recommended. 11 S. Seventh St. 432-8394. $$ MONTEGO BAY COFFEE CAFE Locally owned and operated, with specialty coffees, fruit smoothies. Dine in or hit the drivethru. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 463363 S.R. 200, Yulee. 225-3600. $ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Northernstyle pizza by the pie or the slice. Choose from more than 20 toppings. Owner-selected wines and a large beer selection.

BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 925 S. 14th St. 321-3400. $ THE MUSTARD SEED CAFE Organic eatery, juice bar. Extensive menu features vegetarian, vegan items. Daily specials: local seafood, free-range chicken, fresh organic produce. CM. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 833 TJ Courson Rd. 277-3141. $$ O’KANE’S IRISH PUB F Rustic, genuine Irish pub up front, eatery in back, featuring daily specials, fish-n-chips, and soups served in a sourdough bread bowl. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sun. 318 Centre St. 261-1000. $$ PEPPER’S MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA F The family restaurant offers authentic Mexican cuisine. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 520 Centre St. 272-2011. $$ PICANTE GRILL ROTISSERIE BAR F Flavors of Peru and Latin America, served in a modern atmosphere. The menu offers authentic Peruvian cebiche and homestyle empanadas.

BW, CM, TO. B, L & D daily. 464073 S.R. 200, Ste. 2, Yulee. 310-9222. $$ PLAE In Spa & Shops at Omni Amelia Island Plantation, the cozy venue offers an innovative and PLAEful dining experience.

L, Tue.-Sat.; D, nightly. 277-2132. $$$ SALT, THE GRILL Best of Jax 2011 winner.

Elegant dining featuring local seafood and produce, served in a contemporary coastal setting. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island.

491-6746. $$$$ SANDOLLAR RESTAURANT & MARINA F Dine inside or on the deck. Snow crab legs, fresh fish, shellfish dishes. FB. L & D, daily.

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251-2449. $$ SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL F Oceanfront dining; local seafood, shrimp, crab cakes, outdoor beachfront tiki & raw bar, covered deck and kids’ playground. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. 277-6652. $$ THE SURF F Dine inside or on large oceanview deck. Steaks, fresh fish, shrimp and nightly specials. Late-night menu.

FB. L & D, daily. 3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 261-5711. $$ T-RAY’S BURGER STATION F A favorite local spot; Best of Jax 2011 winner. Grilled or blackened fish sandwiches, homemade burgers. BW, TO. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 202 S. Eighth St. 261-6310. $ 29 SOUTH EATS F Part of historic Best of Jax-winning tamales, fajitas, pork tacos and other Mexican favorites grace the menu at La Nopalera on the corner of Beach Fernandina Beach’s downtown scene.

Boulevard and San Pablo Road in the Intracoastal West area.

Award-winning Chef Scotty serves traditional world cuisine with a modern twist. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, Mon.-Sat.; Sun. ORSAY Best of Jax 2011 winner. The French/American bistro NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax brunch. 29 S. Third St. 277-7919. $$ focuses on craftsmanship and service. FB. D, Tues.-Sat.; 2011 winner. The organic supermarket offers a full deli and a Brunch & D, Sun. 3630 Park St. 381-0909. $$$ hot bar with fresh soups, quesadillas, rotisserie chicken and TOM & BETTY’S F A Jacksonville tradition for more than 30 vegan sushi, as well as a fresh juice and smoothie bar. 11030 EAST COAST BUFFET F A 160+ item Chinese, Japanese, years, Tom & Betty’s serves hefty sandwiches with classic car Baymeadows Rd. 260-2791. $ American and Italian buffet. Dine in, take out. FB. L & D, Mon.themes, along with homemade-style dishes. CM, FB. L & D, OMAHA STEAKHOUSE Center-cut beef, seafood, sandwiches Sat.; Sun. brunch. 9569 Regency Sq. Blvd. N. 726-9888. $$ Mon.-Sat. 4409 Roosevelt Blvd. 387-3311. $$ served in an English tavern atmosphere. The signature dish KABUTO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Steak & ’town F Owner Meghan Purcell and Executive Chef Scott is a 16-ounce bone-in ribeye. Desserts include crème brûlée. shrimp, filet mignon & lobster, shrimp & scallops, a sushi bar, Ostrander bring farm-to-table to Northeast Florida, offering FB. L & D, daily. 9300 Baymeadows Rd., Embassy Suites Hotel. teppanyaki grill and traditional Japanese cuisine. CM, FB. L & American fare with an emphasis on sustainability. FB. L & D, 739-6633. $$ D, daily. 10055 Atlantic Blvd. 724-8883. $$$ Mon.-Sat. 3611 St. Johns Ave. 345-2596. $$ ORANGE TREE HOT DOGS F Hot dogs with slaw, chili LA NOPALERA Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Intracoastal. cheese, sauerkraut; and small pizzas. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 8380 8818 Atlantic Blvd. 720-0106. $$ Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 4. 733-0588. orangetreehotdogs.com $ MEEHAN’S TAVERN F The Irish pub and restaurant serves PATTAYA THAI GRILLE F Traditional Thai and vegetarian AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches. 8060 beef and Guinness stew, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, items and a 40-plus item vegetarian menu served in a Philips Hwy. 731-4300. $ traditional lamb stew, jalapeño poppers, in a comfy contemporary atmosphere. B/W. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA F Family-ownedatmosphere. BW. L & D, Wed.-Sun. 9119 Merrill Rd., Ste. 5.

Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1. 646-9506. $$ &-operated New York-style pizzeria serves hand-tossed, 551-7076. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 3928 Baymeadows Rd. brick-oven-baked pizza, traditional Italian dinners, wings, subs.

NERO’S CAFE F Traditional Italian fare, including seafood, 527-8649. $$ Delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 10920 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 3. veal, beef, chicken and pasta dishes. Weekly specials are STICKY FINGERS F Memphis-style rib house specializes in 519-8000. $$ lasagna, 2-for-1 pizza and AYCE spaghetti. CM, FB. L, Sun.; D, barbecue ribs served several ways. FB. L & D, daily. 8129 Point CAFE CONFLUENCE F The European coffeehouse serves daily. 3607 University Blvd. N. 743-3141. $$ Meadows Way. 493-7427. $$ REGENCY ALE HOUSE & RAW BAR Generous portions and Italian specialty coffees and smoothies, along with paninis, UDIPI CAFE Authentic South Indian vegetarian cuisine. L & D, friendly service in a nautical atmosphere. Fresh fish, specialty salads and European chocolates. Outdoor dining. BW. L & D, Tue.-Fri. 8642 Baymeadows Rd. 402-8084. $ pastas, fresh oysters and clams. BW. L & D, daily. 9541 Tue.-Sun. 8612 Baymeadows Rd. 733-7840. $ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 9910 Old Regency Square Blvd. S. 720-0551. $$ CHA-CHA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT F Owner Celso Baymeadows Rd. 641-7171. $ TREY’S DELI & GRILL F Fresh food served in a relaxed Alvarado offers authentic Mexican fare with 26 combo dinners atmosphere. Burgers, Trey’s Reuben, deli sandwiches, pork, and specialty dishes including chalupas, enchiladas, burritos. steaks, seafood, pies. Prime rib specials every Fri. night. CM, FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 Baymeadows Rd. 737-9903. $$ (In Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

BW. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 2044 Rogero Rd. 744-3690. $$ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F Chicago-style deepdish pizzas, hot dogs, Italian beef dishes from the Comastro A LA CARTE Authentic New England fare like Maine lobster UNIVERSITY DINER F The popular diner serves familiar family, serving authentic Windy City favorites for 25+ years. rolls, fried Ipswich clams, crab or clam cake sandwich, fried breakfast fare and lunch like meatloaf, burgers, sandwiches: CM, FB. L & D, daily. 8206 Philips Hwy. 731-9797. $$ shrimp basket, haddock sandwich, clam chowdah, birch beer wraps, BLTs, clubs, melts. Daily specials. BW. B & L, Sat. & DEERWOOD DELI & DINER F The ’50s-style diner serves and blueberry soda. Dine inside or on the deck. TO. L, Fri.-Tue. Sun.; B, L & D, Mon.-Fri. 5959 Merrill Rd. 762-3433. $ malts, shakes, Reubens, Cubans, burgers, and traditional 331 First Ave. N. 241-2005. $$ breakfast items. CM. B & L, daily. 9934 Old Baymeadows Rd. AL’S PIZZA F Serving hand-tossed gourmet pizzas, calzones 641-4877. $$ and Italian entrees for more than 21 years. Voted Best Pizza by BISCOTTIS F Mozzarella bruschetta, Avondale pizza, THE FIFTH ELEMENT F Authentic Indian, South Indian and Folio Weekly readers from 1996-2011. BW. L & D, daily. 303 sandwiches, espresso, cappuccino. Revolving daily specials. B, Indochinese dishes made with artistic flair. Lunch buffet Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-0002. $ Tue.-Sun.; L & D, daily. 3556 St. Johns Ave. 387-2060. $$$ includes lamb, goat, chicken, tandoori and biryani items. CM. L ANGIE’S SUBS F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Subs are madeTHE BLUE FISH RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR Fresh seafood, & D, daily. 9485 Baymeadows Rd. 448-8265. $$ to-order fresh. Serious casual. Wicked good iced tea. 1436 steaks and more are served in a casual atmosphere. HalfGATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 8650 Baymeadows Beach Blvd. 246-2519. $ portions are available. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 3551 St. Johns Rd. 448-0500. $$ BEACH BUDS CHICKEN F The family-owned place serves Ave., Shoppes of Avondale. 387-0700. $$$ INDIA RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Extensive marinated fried or baked chicken: family meals (kids like BRICK RESTAURANT F Creative all-American fare like tuna menu of entrées, clay-oven grilled Tandoori specialties and Peruvian nuggets), giant tenders, in box lunches and as MiniMe sandwiches, along with gizzards, livers, 15 sides and fried tartare, seaweed salad and Kobe burger. Outside dining. FB. L chicken tandoor, fish, seafood and korma. L, Mon.-Sat., D, or blackened shrimp, fish, conch fritters, deviled crabs. TO. L & & D, daily. 3585 St. Johns Ave. 387-0606. $$$ daily. 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8. 620-0777. $$ D, daily. 1289 Penman Road. 247-2828. $ THE CASBAH F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Middle Eastern LARRY’S GIANT SUBS F With locations all over Northeast BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & MARKET F The cuisine is served in a friendly atmosphere. BW. L & D, daily.

Florida, Larry’s piles subs up with fresh fixins and serves ’em full fresh seafood market serves seafood baskets, fish tacos, 3628 St. Johns Ave. 981-9966. $$ fast. Some Larry’s Subs offer B & W and/or serve breakfast. oyster baskets and Philly cheesesteaks. Dine indoors or ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE F Gauchos carve the CM. L & D, daily. 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9 (Goodby’s outside. Beach delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 120 S. Third St. meat onto your plate from serving tables. FB. D, Tue.-Sun., Creek), 737-7740; 8616 Baymeadows Rd. 739-2498.

444-8862. $$ closed Mon. 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40. 388-4884. $$$ larryssubs.com $ BLUES ROCK CAFE Oceanfront dining experience, featuring an THE FOX RESTAURANT F The Fox has been a Jacksonville LEMONGRASS F Upscale Thai cuisine in a metropolitan all-American menu, including crab cakes and wings, served in landmark for 50-plus years. Owners Ian & Mary Chase serve atmosphere. Chef Aphayasane’s innovative creations include a relaxed atmosphere in the heart of the Beaches. L & D, daily. classic diner-style fare, homemade desserts. B & L daily. 3580 roast duckling and fried snapper. BW. R. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.CM, FB. 831 N. First St. 249-0007. $$ St. Johns Ave. 387-2669. $ Sat. 9846 Old Baymeadows Rd. 645-9911. $$ BONGIORNO’S PHILLY STEAK SHOP F South Philly’s GREEN MAN GOURMET Organic and natural products, spices, MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE F The Lebanese Bongiorno clan imports Amoroso rolls for Real Deal cheeseteas, salts, BW. Open daily. 3543 St. Johns Ave. 384-0002. $ restaurant offers authentic cuisine: lahm meshwe, kafta steak, Original Gobbler, clubs, wraps, burgers, dogs. BW, CM. L MOJO NO. 4 F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches. 3572 khoshkhas and baked filet of red snapper. CM, FB. L & D, daily. & D, daily. 2294 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach. 246-3278. $$ St. Johns Ave. 381-6670. $$ 9862 Old Baymeadows Rd. 646-1881. $$

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270-2666. 1266 S. Third St. 249-8704. bonosbarbq.com $ BUDDHA’S BELLY F Authentic Thai dishes made with fresh ingredients using tried-and-true recipes. FB, TO. L & D, daily.

301 10th Ave. N. 372-9149. $$ BURRITO GALLERY EXPRESS F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

The Gallery’s kid sister at the beach each is mostly take-out; same great chow, fast service. 1333 Third St. N. 242-8226. $ CAMPECHE BAY CANTINA F Homemade-style Mexican items are fajitas, enchiladas and fried ice cream, plus margaritas. FB. D, nightly. 127 First Ave. N. 249-3322. $$ CARIBBEE KEY F The island-themed menu of tasty AmeriCaribbean cuisine includes seafood, steaks and sandwiches.

Open-air deck bar upstairs; outdoor dining downstairs. FB. L & D, daily. 100 N. First St., Neptune Beach. 270-8940. $$ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Springfield.

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

FB. L & D daily. 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza. 247-9880. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner, serving burgers, sandwiches, nachos, tacos, quesadillas and cheese fries. 319 23rd Ave. S. 270-0356. $ CULHANE’S IRISH PUB Four Culhane sisters own and operate the authentic Irish pub, with faves Guinness stew, lamb sliders and fish pie. L, Fri.-Sun.; D, Tue.-Sun.; weekend brunch. FB, CM. 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-9595. $$ CYCLONES TEX-MEX CANTINA F The place has freshly made Tex-Mex favorites, including fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, burritos, tamales and taco salad. Lunch combos include Mexican rice and beans. FB. L & D, daily. 1222 Third St. S. 694-0488. $$ DICK’S WINGS F The NASCAR-themed place serves 365 varieties of wings. The menu also features half-pound burgers, ribs and salads. BW, TO. L & D daily. 2434 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, 372-0298. 311 N. Third St., 853-5004. $ DWIGHT’S The Mediterranean-style bistro features fresh local seafood, filet mignon, mixed grill and an extensive wine list. D, Tue.-Sat. 1527 Penman Rd. 241-4496. $$$$ ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The Jax Beach restaurant serves gastropub fare like soups, salads, flatbreads and specialty sandwiches, including BarBe-Cuban and beer dip. Daily specials, too. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217. 249-2337. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See San Marco. 992 Beach Blvd. 249-3001. $ FIONN MACCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Casual dining with uptown Irish flair, including fish and chips, Guinness beef stew and black-and-tan brownies. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 333 N. First St. 242-9499. $$ THE FISH COMPANY F Fresh, local seafood is served, including Mayport shrimp, fish baskets, grilled tuna and an oyster bar. L & D, daily. CM, FB. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, Atlantic Beach. 246-0123. $$ HALA SANDWICH SHOP & BAKERY Authentic Middle Eastern favorites include gyros, shwarma, pita bread, made fresh daily.

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

249-2212. $$ HOT DOG HUT F Best of Jax 2011 winner. All-beef hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers, crab cakes, beer-battered onion rings and French fries. B. L, daily. 1439 Third St. S. 247-8886. $ ICHIBAN F Three dining areas: teppan or hibachi tables (watch a chef prepare your food), a sushi bar and Westernstyle seating offering tempura and teriyaki. FB, Japanese plum wine. L & D, daily. 675 N. Third St. 247-4688. $$ LYNCH’S IRISH PUB The full-service restaurant offers corned beef and cabbage, Shepherd’s pie and fish-n-chips. 30+ beers on tap. FB. L, Sat. & Sun., D, daily. 514 N. First St. 249-5181. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 1080 Third St. N. 241-5600. $ MEZZA LUNA F A Beaches tradition for 20-plus years.

Great food, from gourmet wood-fired pizzas to contemporary American cuisine. Inside or patio dining. Extensive wine list.

CM, FB. D, Mon.-Sat. 110 First St., Neptune Beach.

249-5573. $$$ MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Traditional slow-cooked Southern barbecue served in a blues bar atmosphere. Favorites are pulled pork, Texas brisket and slow-cooked ribs. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1500 Beach Blvd.

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

Dine inside or out on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1850 S. Third St. 246-1070. $ NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

Executive Chef Kenny Gilbert’s cuisine features local fare and innovative dishes, served in an island atmosphere. Dine inside

or out on the tiki deck. FB. L & D, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 2309 Beach Blvd. 247-3300. $$ NORTH BEACH BISTRO Casual dining with an elegant touch, like slow-cooked veal osso buco; calypso crusted mahi mahi with spiced plantain chips. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach. 372-4105. $$$ of benefit promise OCEAN 60 A prix fixe menu is offered. Continental cuisine, with fresh seafood, nightly specials and a changing seasonal menu.

Dine in a formal dining room or casual Martini Room. D, Mon.Sat. 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 247-0060. $$$ PACO’S MEXICAN GRILL Serving Baja-style Mexican cuisine, featuring carne asada, tacos, burritos, fish tacos and shrimp burritos. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 333 First St. N. 208-5097. $ PARSONS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT F The family-style restaurant has an outdoor patio and an extensive menu, including the mariner’s platter and the Original Dreamboat.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 904 Sixth Ave. S. 249-0608. $$ THE PIER RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The oceanfront restaurant offers fresh, local fare served on two floors — upstairs, it’s Chef’s Menu, with stuffed flounder, pork tenderloin, appetizers. Downstairs bar and patio offer casual items, daily drink specials. CM, FB. D, daily; L & D, weekends; brunch, Sun. 412 First St. N. 246-6454. $$ PHILLY’S FINEST F Authentic Philly-style cheesesteaks made with imported Amorosa rolls. Hoagies, wings and pizza ... cold beer, too. FB. L & D, daily. 1527 N. Third St. 241-7188. $$ RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The Beaches landmark serves grilled seafood with a Cajun/Creole accent. Hand-crafted cold beer. FB. L & D, daily.

207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7877. $$ SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK F Best of Jax 2011 winner. An array of specialty menu items, including signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos and local fried shrimp, in a casual, trendy open-air space. FB, TO, CM. L & D, daily. 1018 Third St. N. 372-4456. $$ SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE F Best of Jax 2011 winner. 111 Beach Blvd. 482-1000. $$ SUN DOG STEAK & SEAFOOD F Eclectic American fare, art deco décor with an authentic diner feel. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 241-8221. $$ TACOLU BAJA MEXICANA F Fresh, Baja-style Mexican fare, with a focus on fish tacos and tequila, as well as fried cheese, bangin’ shrimp and verde chicken tacos. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1183 Beach Blvd. 249-8226. $$ TROPICAL SMOOTHIE F Best of Jax 2011 winner. With 12 locations in Northeast Florida, Tropical Smoothie’s got us covered. Serving breakfast, wraps, sandwiches, flatbreads and smoothies — lowfat, fruity, coffees, supplements. CM. Open daily. 1230 Beach Blvd., 242-4940. 251 Third St., Neptune Beach, 247-8323. $ THE WINE BAR The casual neighborhood place has a tapasstyle menu, fire-baked flatbreads and a wine selection. Tue.Sun. 320 N. First St. 372-0211. $$

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(The Jacksonville Landing venues are at 2 Independent Drive) ADAMS STREET DELI & GRILL The lunch spot serves wraps, including grilled chicken, and salads, including Greek salad. L, Mon.-Fri. 126 W. Adams St. 475-1400. $$ BURRITO GALLERY & BAR F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

Southwest cuisine, traditional American salads. Burritos and more burritos. Onsite art gallery. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-2922. $ CAFÉ NOLA AT MOCA JAX On the first floor of Museum of Contemporary Art, Cafe Nola serves shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos, homemade desserts. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Thur. 333 N. Laura St. 366-6911 ext. 231. $$ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows. The Jacksonville Landing. 354-7747. $$$ CITY HALL PUB A sports bar vibe: 16 big-screen HDTVs. Angus burgers, dogs, sandwiches, AYCE wings buffet. FB. Free downtown area lunch delivery. L & D, daily. 234 Randolph Blvd.

356-6750. $$ DE REAL TING CAFE F The popular restaurant offers a Caribbean lunch buffet Tue.-Fri. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 128 W. Adams St. 633-9738. $ FIONN MACCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Brand new location. See Beaches. FB, CM. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176. 374-1247. $$ INDOCHINE Best of Jax 2011 winner. Serving Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine in the core of downtown. Signature dishes include favorites like chicken Satay, soft shell crab, and mango and sticky rice for dessert. BW, FB, TO. L, Mon.-Fri., D, Tue.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-5303. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE Family-owned-and-operated.

Jenkins offers beef, pork, chicken, homemade desserts. L & D, daily. 830 N. Pearl St. 353-6388. $ JULIETTE’S & J-BAR Serving dinner before (or dessert after) a show. Breakfast buffet. J-Bar serves bistro-inspired small plates. FB. Daily. Omni Hotel, 245 W. Water St. 355-6664. $$$ KOJA SUSHI F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Sushi, Japanese, Asian and Korean cuisine. Indoor and outdoor dining and bar.

FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing. 350-9911. $$ NORTHSTAR SUBSTATION F This place features brick-ovenbaked pizzas, grinders, wings, Philly cheesesteaks, custom sandwiches and fries served in a laid-back setting. FB, 27 beers on draft. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 119 E. Bay St. 860-5451. $

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CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows. 406 Old Hard Road, Ste. 106. 213-7779. $$ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET F See Riverside. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.; L, Sun. 1915 East West Pkwy., 541-0009. $ HONEY B’S CAFE Breakfast includes omelets, pancakes, French toast. Lunch offers entrée salads, quiches, build-yourown burgers. Peanut butter pie is a favorite. Tea parties every Sat. B & L, daily. 3535 U.S. 17, Ste. 8. 264-7325. $$ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Intracoastal.

1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100. 215-2223. $ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 1800 Town Center Pkwy.

541-1999. $ MOJO SMOKEHOUSE F Best of Jax 2011 winner. FB. L & D, daily. 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd. 264-0636. $$ WHITEY’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

The renowned seafood place, family-owned since 1963, specializes in AYCE freshwater catfish. Also steaks, pastas.

Outdoor waterfront dining. Come by car, boat or bike. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 2032 C.R. 220. 269-4198. $

INTRACOASTAL

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches. 14286 Beach Blvd. (at San Pablo Rd.) 223-0991. $ BRUCCI’S PIZZA, PASTA, PANINIS F Brucci’s offers authentic New York-style pizza, Italian pastas and desserts in a family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36. 223-6913. $ CLIFF’S ROCKIN’ BAR-N-GRILL F Cliff’s features 8-ounce burgers, wings, steak, seafood, homemade pizza and daily specials. FB. L & D, daily. Smoking permitted. 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, Cobblestone Plaza. 645-5162. $$ ISTANBUL MEDITERRANEAN & ITALIAN CUISINE F A varied menu offers European cuisine including lamb, beef and chicken dishes, as well as pizza and wraps. BW. L & D, daily.

13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 26. 220-9192. $$ JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE F The menu includes wings, hamburgers, Ahi tuna and handcut steaks. CM, FB. Daily. 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22. 220-6766. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Family-ownedand-operated, serving authentic Mexican cuisine, like tamales, fajitas, pork tacos, in a casual family atmosphere. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd. 992-1666. $ MILANO’S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA Homemade Italian cuisine, breads, pizzas, calzones and specialty dishes. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 646-9119. $$ THAI ORCHID F The restaurant serves authentic Thai cuisine made with fresh ingredients, including pad Thai, Thai curry dishes and rice dishes. BW. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 683-1286. $$ TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL F Wings, gourmet pizza, fresh seafood and specialty wraps. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5. 223-6999. $$ TKO’S THAI HUT F The menu offers Thai fusion dishes, curry dishes, chef’s specials, healthy options and sushi. Dine inside or on the covered patio. FB. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 46. 647-7546. $$

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

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

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AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches. 11190 San Jose Blvd. 260-4115. $ AW SHUCKS F The seafood place features an oyster bar, steaks, seafood, wings and pasta. Favorites are ahi tuna, shrimp & grits, oysters Rockefeller, pitas and kabobs. Sweet potato puffs are the signature side. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd. 240-0368. $$ THE BLUE CRAB CRABHOUSE F A Maryland-style crabhouse featuring fresh blue crabs, garlic crabs, and king, snow and Dungeness crab legs. FB, CM. D, Tue.-Sat.; L & D, Sun. 3057 Julington Creek Rd. 260-2722. $$ BROOKLYN PIZZA F The traditional pizzeria serves New Yorkstyle pizza, specialty pies, and subs, strombolis and calzones.

BW. L & D, daily. 11406 San Jose Blvd. 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Rd. 880-0020. $ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Springfield. L & D, daily. 14965 Old St. Augustine Rd. 619-8186. $$ CLARK’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Clark’s has steak, ribs, AYCE catfish dinners, 3-pound prime rib. Dine in, out or in a creek-view glass-enclosed room. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 12903 Hood Landing Rd. 268-3474. $$ DON JUAN’S RESTAURANT F Authentic Mexican dishes prepared daily from scratch, served in a casual atmosphere.

FB, CM. L & D, daily. 12373 San Jose Blvd. 268-8722. $$ GIGI’S RESTAURANT Breakfast buffet daily, lunch buffet weekdays. The Comedy Zone (Best of Jax 2011 winner) has an appetizer menu. FB. B, L & D, daily. I-295 & San Jose Blvd.

(Ramada Inn). 268-8080. $$ (Fri. & Sat. buffet, $$$) GOLDEN CORRAL Family-friendly place; legendary buffet featuring familiar favorites and new items. B, L & D, daily.

11470 San Jose Blvd. 886-9699. $$ HALA CAFE & BAKERY F See Southside. 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd. 288-8890. $$ HARMONIOUS MONKS The American-style steakhouse features a 9-oz. choice Angus center-cut filet topped with gorgonzola shiitake mushroom cream sauce, 8-oz. gourmet burgers, fall-off-the-bone ribs, wraps, sandwiches. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30. 880-3040. $$ KOBE JAPANESE RESTAURANT The fusion-style sushi restaurant offers oyster shooters, kobe beef shabu-shabu, Chilean sea bass and filet mignon. BW & sake. L & D, daily.

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

292-0003. $$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See San Marco.

12807 San Jose Blvd. 638-6185. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Organic supermarket with full deli and salad bar serving wraps, quesadillas, chopped salads, vegetarian dishes.

Fresh juice and smoothie bar. Indoor and outdoor seating.

Mon.-Sat. 10000 San Jose Blvd. 260-6950. $ PICASSO’S PIZZERIA F Specializes in hand-tossed gourmet pizza, calzones, homemade New York-style cheesecake and handmade pasta. Fresh local seafood and steaks. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 10503 San Jose Blvd. 880-0811. $$ SIMPLE FAIRE F Breakfast and lunch favorites, featuring Boar’s Head meats and cheeses served on fresh bread. Daily specials. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 3020 Hartley Rd. 683-2542. $$ TANK’S FAMILY BAR-B-Q Owned and operated by the Tankersley family, the barbecue place offers made-fromscratch Southern-style fare, featuring their own sauces.

CM, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 11701 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 23.

351-8265. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 268-6660. $ WHOLE FOODS MARKET F 100+ prepared items at a fullservice and self-service hot bar, soup bar, dessert bar. Madeto-order Italian specialties from a brick oven pizza hearth. L & D, daily. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22. 288-1100. $$

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

FB. L & D, daily. 9680 Argyle Forest Blvd. 425-6466. $$ THE HILLTOP CLUB She-crab soup, scallops, prime beef, wagyu beef, chicken Florentine, stuffed grouper. Chef Nick’s salmon is a favorite. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. 2030 Wells Rd. 272-5959. $$

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OLIO MARKET F Freshly prepared sandwiches, salads, soups and entrées. In the Churchwell Lofts building, Olio partners eclectic tastes with Old World ambiance in a casual renovated space. L, Mon.-Fri.; late Art Walk. 301 E. Bay St. 356-7100. $$ THE SKYLINE DINING & CONFERENCE CENTER Weekday lunch includes salad bar, hot meals and a carving station. L, Mon.-Fri.; L, Sun. upon request. FB. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 3550.

791-9797. $$ VITO’S ITALIAN CAFE F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Vito’s serves authentic Italian oven-baked pasta dishes, pizza, veal, chicken and seafood items made with fresh ingredients.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 174.

355-0064. $$ ZODIAC GRILL F Serving Mediterranean cuisine and American favorites, with a popular lunch buffet. FB. L & D, daily. 120 W. Adams St. 354-8283. $

Sushi Café serves a mix of sushis and other popular Japanese cuisines, including hibachi, tempura, katsu and teriyaki, in the Riverside Publix Plaza near Five Points.

JOEY MOZARELLAS The Italian restaurant’s specialty is a 24-slice pizza: 18”x26” of fresh ingredients and sauces made daily. CM, TO. L & D, daily. 930 Blanding Blvd. 579-4748. $$ PASTA MARKET & CLAM BAR F Family-owned-andoperated. Gourmet pizza, veal, chicken, mussels, shrimp, grouper. The pastas: spaghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, calzones, linguini, ravioli, made with fresh ingredients, homemade-style.

Daily specials. CM, BW, sangria. 1930 Kingsley Ave. 276-9551.

D, nightly. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F Pizzas are baked in coal-fired ovens. Popular pizzas include Health Choice and Mozzarella. Coal-fired sandwiches and wings, too. BW. L & D, daily. 2134 Park Ave. 264-6116. $$ THE ROADHOUSE F Burgers, wings, deli sandwiches and popular lunches are served. FB. L & D, daily. 231 Blanding Blvd. 264-0611. $ THAI GARDEN F Traditional Thai cuisine made with fresh ingredients, served in a relaxed atmosphere. Curry dishes and specialty selections with authentic Thai flavors. BW. L, Mon.Fri.; D, nightly. 10 Blanding Blvd., Ste. A. 272-8434. $$

PONTE VEDRA, NE ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. BW. L & D, daily. 635 A1A. 543-1494. $ AQUA GRILL Upscale cuisine includes fresh seafood, Angus steaks, Maine lobster and vegetarian dishes. Outdoor patio seating. FB. L, Mon.-Sat.; D, nightly. 950 Sawgrass Village Dr. 285-3017. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F Authentic New York-style pizza, Italian pastas, paninis, desserts. Family atmosphere. CM. L & D, daily.

880 A1A, Ste. 8. 280-7677. $$ CAFFE ANDIAMO Traditional Italian cuisine features fresh seafood, veal, homemade pastas and wood-fired pizza prepared in a copper clad oven. An extensive wine list is offered in a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Dine indoors or Out on the terrace. L & D, daily. 500 Sawgrass Village. 280-2299. $$$ LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE F On the Intracoastal Waterway, LuLu’s can be reached by car or by boat. Seafood, steaks and pasta dishes with a sophisticated flair. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 301 N. Roscoe Blvd. 285-0139. $$ NINETEEN AT TPC SAWGRASS In Sawgrass’ Tournament Players Club, Nineteen features more than 230 wines and freshly prepared American and Continental cuisine, including local seafood, served inside or al fresco on the verandah. L & D, daily. 110 Championship Way. 273-3235. $$$ PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE F Freshly prepared Caribbean cuisine, including red snapper Ponte Vedra Jamaican grilled pork ribs and barbecued salmon tower. Tropical rum drinks feature Pusser’s Painkiller. FB. L & D, daily. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100. 280-7766. L, $$; D, $$ RESTAURANT MEDURE Chef Matthew Medure offers his eclectic cuisine featuring local and imported seafood with Southern and Asian influences. F/B. D, Mon.-Sat. 818 A1A N. 543-3797. $$$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Best of Jax 2011 winner. See San Marco. 8141 A1A. 285-0014. $$$$ 619 OCEAN VIEW Dining with a Mediterranean touch, featuring fresh seafood, steaks and nightly specials. FB, CM. D, Wed.-Sun. 619 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Cabana Beach Club.

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

RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE

AJ’S ON PARK STREET F AJ’s is a casual barbecue spot serving smoked St. Louis-style ribs, pulled pork, smoked brisket, seafood and dishes made with a Latin touch. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 630 Park St. 359-0035. $$ AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches. 1620 Margaret St. 388-8384. $ BAKERY MODERNE F The neighborhood bakery offers classic pastries, artisanal breads, seasonal favorites, all made from scratch, including popular petit fours and custom cakes.

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

Brunch, Sun. 2708 Park St. 381-4242. $ CROSS CREEK See Springfield. 850 S. Lane Ave. 783-9579. $$ EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See San Marco. 2753 Park St. 384-9999. $ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 6677 103rd St., Westside, 777-6135. $$ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET F A deli, organic and natural grocery, and juice & smoothie bar offers teas, coffees, gourmet cheeses; natural, organic and raw items. Grab-andgo sandwiches, salads and sides. Craft beers, organic wines.

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

BW, TO. B, L & D, daily. 1522 King St. 384-8984. $$ JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILL F A Riverside tradition, serving 60+ fresh deli and grill items, including hot sandwiches. L, Mon.Fri. 474 Riverside Ave. 356-8055. $ KICKBACKS GASTROPUB F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The neighborhood hot spot serves pub favorites 20 hours a day, every day. The full bar has over 655 bottled beers, 84 on tap.

Outdoor seating. CM. 910 King St. 388-9551. $$ MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Smoked meats include wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey and ribs. Homemade-style sides

include green beans, baked beans, red cole slaw, collards. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551. $$ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Amelia Island. 1176 Edgewood Ave. S. 389-4442. $ MOSSFIRE GRILL F Southwestern menu with ahi tuna tacos, goat cheese enchiladas and gouda quesadillas. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1537 Margaret St. 355-4434. $$ O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB F Innovative Irish fare and traditional faves are offered, like lambburger with Stilton crust, Guinness mac & cheese, Shepherd’s pie and fish-n-chips — plus 18 beers on tap. L, daily except Mon.; D, daily. CM, FB. 1521 Margaret St. 854-9300. $$ PERARD’S PIZZA & ITALIAN CUISINE F Traditional Italian fare is prepared with fresh sauces and dough made from scratch daily, along with a large selection of gourmet pizza toppings. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 11043 Crystal Springs Rd., Ste. 2. 378-8131. $ PERFECT RACK BILLIARDS F Upscale billiards hall has burgers, steak, deli sandwiches, wings. Family-friendly, nonsmoking. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 1186 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. 738-7645. $ PIZZA PALACE ON PARK F See San Marco. Outdoor seating.

920 Margaret St., 5 Points. 598-1212. $$ SAKE HOUSE F Japanese grill and sushi bar features sushi, sashimi, katsu, tempura, hibachi and specialty rolls. CM, BW, sake. L & D, daily. 824 Lomax St. 301-1188. $$ SUMO SUSHI F Authentic Japanese fare, traditional to entrees and sushi rolls, spicy sashimi salad, gyoza (pork dumpling), tobiko (flying fish roe), Rainbow roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, Calif. roll). BW, CM. L & D, daily. 2726 Park St. 388-8838. $$ SUSHI CAFÉ The café in Riverside Publix Plaza features a variety of sushi, including the popular Monster Roll and the Jimmy Smith Roll, along with faves like Rock-n-Roll and Dynamite Roll. Sushi Café also offers hibachi, tempura, katsu and teriyaki. BW. Dine indoors or on the patio. L & D, daily.

2025 Riverside Ave. 384-2888. $$ TASTI D-LITE Health-conscious desserts include smoothies, shakes, sundaes, cakes and pies, made with fresh ingredients with fewer calories and less fat. More than 100 flavors. Open daily. 1024 Park St. 900-3040. $ 13 GYPSIES F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The neighborhood eatery is intimate and casual, serving tapas, shrimp dishes, salads and pressed sandwiches made from scratch. BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 887 Stockton St. 389-0330. $$ TWO DOORS DOWN F Former Tad’s owner offers traditional faves: hotcakes, omelets, burgers, pork chops, liver & onions, fried chicken, sides and desserts. CM, TO. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 436 Park St. 598-0032. $ WALKERS The nightspot has a tapas menu plus a wide variety of wines, served in a rustic, intimate atmosphere. BW. Tue.Sat. 2692 Post St. 894-7465. $ WASABI JAPANESE BUFFET F AYCE buffet. Sushi bar, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, tempura, steak, seafood. BW. L & D, daily. 1014 Margaret St., Ste. 1, 5 Points. 301-1199. $$

ST. AUGUSTINE

A1A ALE WORKS F The Ancient City’s only brew pub taps seven hand-crafted ales and lagers. A1A specializes in innovative New World cuisine. FB. L & D, daily. 1 King St. 829-2977. $$ AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT F A family-owned-andoperated Italian restaurant offers traditional pasta, veal, steak and seafood dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1915B A1A S., St.

Augustine Beach. 461-0102. $$ ANN O’MALLEY’S F Fresh handmade sandwiches, soups, salads and perfectly poured Guinness. Favorites include Reubens and chicken salad. CM, BW, Irish beers on tap. L & D, daily. 23 Orange St. 825-4040. $$ BARNACLE BILL’S F For 30 years, the family restaurant has served seafood, oysters, gator tail, steak and the popular fried shrimp. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily; 14 Castillo Drive, 824-3663. $$ THE BLACK MOLLY BAR & GRILL Fresh, local seafood, steaks and pasta dishes in a casual atmosphere. FB, CM. L & D daily.

504 Geoffrey St., Cobblestone Plaza. 547-2723. $$ BORRILLO’S PIZZA & SUBS F Specialty pizzas are Borrillo’s Supreme (extra cheese, pepperoni, sausage), white and vegetarian pizzas. Subs and pasta dinners. L & D, daily. 88 San Marco Ave. 829-1133. $ CAFÉ ATLANTICO Traditional and new Italian dishes served in an intimate space. Master Chef Paolo Pece prepares risotto alla pescatora, with shrimp, scallops and seasonal shellfish, in a parmesan cheese basket. BW. D, nightly. 647 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-7332. $$$ CAFÉ ELEVEN F Serving eclectic cuisine like feta spinach egg croissant, apple turkey sandwich, pear-berry salad. Daily chef creations. BW. B, L & D, daily. 501 A1A Beach Blvd. 4609311. B, $; L & D, $$ CAP’S ON THE WATER F The Vilano Beach mainstay offers coastal cuisine – tapas platters, cioppino, fresh local shrimp, raw oyster bar – indoors or on an oak-shaded deck. Boat access. FB. L, Fri.-Sun., D, nightly. 4325 Myrtle St., Vilano Beach. 824-8794. $$ CARMELO’S PIZZERIA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Authentic New York style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh baked sub rolls, Boars Head meats and cheeses, fresh salads, calzones, strombolis and sliced pizza specials. BW. L & D, daily. 146 King St. 494-6658. $$ CELLAR 6 ART GALLERY & WINE BAR Wolfgang Puck coffees, handmade desserts and light bistro-style fare amid local art.

BW. Mon.-Sat. 6 Aviles St. 827-9055. $$ CREEKSIDE DINERY Creekside serves beef, chicken and PROMISE OF BENEFIT seafood, with an emphasis on low-country cooking. Outdoor deck with a fire pit. FB. D, nightly. 160 Nix Boatyard Rd. 829-6113. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches. 3 St. George St. 824-6993. $ THE FLORIDIAN The downtown restaurant serves innovative Southern fare, made with local farmers’ local food. Signature items: fried green tomato bruschetta, ’N’grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. L & D, Wed.-Mon. 39 Cordova St. 829-0655. $$ GYPSY CAB COMPANY F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

International menu features large portions, reasonable prices.

FB. L & D, daily. 828 Anastasia Blvd. 824-8244. $$ HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE F In a historic, two-story house, the New Orleans-style eatery has fresh seafood, steaks, jambalaya, etouffée and shrimp. FB. L & D, daily. 46 Avenida Menendez. 824-7765. $$ KINGFISH GRILL At Vilano Bridge’s west end, Kingfish Grill offers casual waterside dining indoors and on the deck, featuring fresh daily catch, house specialties and sushi. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 252 Yacht Club Drive. 824-2111. $$ KINGS HEAD BRITISH PUB F Authentic Brit pub serves fish & chips, Cornish pastie and steak & kidney pie. Tap beers are Guinness, Newcastle and Bass. BW. L & D, Wed.-Sun. 6460 U.S. 1 (4 miles N. of St. Augustine Airport.) 823-9787. $$ THE MANATEE CAFÉ F Serving healthful cuisine using organically grown fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. B &

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O’KANE’S IRISH PUB 6:30 p.m. every 3rd Tue. 318 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, 261-1000 PUSSERS CARIBBEAN GRILL 6 p.m. every second Fri. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-7766 RIVERSIDE LIQUORS 5-8 p.m. every Fri. 1035 Park St., Five Points, 356-4517 THE TASTING ROOM 6-8 p.m. every first Tue. 25 Cuna St., St. Augustine, 810-2400 TASTE OF WINE Daily. 363 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 9, Atlantic Beach, 246-5080 III FORKS PRIME STEAKHOUSE 5-6:30 p.m. every Mon. 9822 Tapestry Circle, Ste. 111, SJTC, 928-9277 TOTAL WINE & MORE Noon-6 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. 4413 Town Center Pkwy., Ste. 300, 998-1740 URBAN FLATS 5-8 p.m. every Wed. 330 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-5515 WHOLE FOODS MARKET 6 p.m. every Thur. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 288-1100 THE WINE BAR 6-8 p.m. every Thur. 320 First St. N., Jax Beach, 372-0211 WINE WAREHOUSE 4-7 p.m. every Fri. 665 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 246-6450 4434 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 448-6782 1188 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside, 389-9997 4085 A1A S., St. Augustine Beach, 471-9900

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NAME: Kevin Gaston

Walter Coker

RESTAURANT: Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, 2 Independent Drive, The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, downtown BIRTHPLACE: Clearwater, Florida YEARS IN THE BUSINESS: 6 FAVORITE RESTAURANT (OTHER THAN MY OWN): The Fish House, Pensacola FAVORITE COOKING STYLE: Southern and French.

FAVORITE INGREDIENTS: Bacon.

IDEAL MEAL: Good steak, fresh veggies, any kind of potato and a cold beer.

WOULDN’T EAT IF YOU PAID ME: Tofu.

CRAZIEST RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE: Had to cook by candlelight during a power outage.

INSIDER’S SECRET: Restaurants get all the best produce.

CULINARY GUILTY PLEASURE: Key lime pie.

L, daily. 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 106, Westgate Plaza. 826-0210. $ MANGO MANGO’S BEACHSIDE BAR & GRILL F Caribbean kitchen has comfort food with a tropical twist: coconut shrimp and fried plantains. BW, CM. Outdoor dining. 700 A1A Beach Blvd., (A Street access) St. Augustine Beach. 461-1077. $$ MILL TOP TAVERN F A St. Auggie institution housed in an 1884 building, serving nachos, soups, sandwiches and daily specials. Dine inside or on open-air decks. At the big mill wheel. FB. L & D, daily. 19 1/2 St. George St. 829-2329. $$ OASIS RESTAURANT & DECK F Just a block from the ocean, with a tropical atmosphere and open-air deck. Steamed oysters, crab legs, burgers. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 4000 A1A & Ocean Trace Rd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-3424. $ THE PRESENT MOMENT CAFÉ Best of Jax 2011 winner. The cozy café serves organic, vegan and vegetarian dishes, pizza, pastas, hummus and milkshakes — all prepared without meat, dairy, wheat or an oven. Organic BW. TO. B, L & D, Mon.Sat. 224 W. King St. 827-4499. $ PURPLE OLIVE INTERNATIONAL BISTRO F Family-ownedand-operated, offering specials, fresh artisan breads. Soups, salad dressings and desserts made from scratch. BW. D, Tue.Sat. 4255 A1A S., Ste. 6, St. Augustine Beach. 461-1250. $$ RAINTREE Located in a Victorian home, Raintree offers a menu with contemporary and traditional international influences. Extensive wine list. FB. D, daily. 102 San Marco Ave. 824-7211. $$$ THE REEF RESTAURANT F Casual oceanfront place with a view from every table. Fresh local seafood, steak, pasta dishes and daily chef specials. Outdoor dining. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily. 4100 Coastal Hwy. A1A, Vilano Beach. 824-8008. $$ SOUTH BEACH GRILL Located off A1A, south of the S.R. 206 bridge, the two-story beachy destination offers casual oceanfront dining and fresh local seafood. Dine indoors or out on a beachfront deck. FB. B, L & D daily. 45 Cubbedge Road, Crescent Beach. 471-8700. $ SPY GLOBAL CUISINE & LOUNGE In the historic district, Spy features James Bond-themed sushi and Mediterraneaninfluenced global cuisine on the seasonal menu, including fresh — never frozen — Hawaiian seafood. Dine indoors or out on the patio. Upstairs lounge, too. Great selection of chilled sakes. BW, CM. D, nightly. 21 Hypolita St. 819-5637. $$$ SUNSET GRILLE Casual Key West style, seafood-heavy menu — it’s a consistent Great Chowder Debate winner. Specialties include baby back ribs, lobster ravioli, coconut shrimp and datil pepper wings with bleu cheese dressing. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 421 A1A Beach Blvd. 471-5555. $$$ THE TASTING ROOM, WINE & TAPAS Owned by Michael Lugo, the upscale contemporary Spanish restaurant fuses innovative tapas with an extensive wine list. L, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 25 Cuna St. 810-2400. $$

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER, TINSELTOWN

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

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

The menu blends modern American favorites served with international flair. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 9823 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 1. 619-1931. $$$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches.

9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 11. 646-2874. $ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax 2011 winner.

13249 City Square Dr., 751-9711. 9039 Southside Blvd., 538-

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9100. 4413 Town Center Pkwy., Ste. 401, 996-6900. $ THE FLAME BROILER Serving food with no transfat, MSG, frying, or skin on meat. Fresh veggies, steamed brown or white rice along with grilled beef, chicken and Korean short ribs are featured. CM, TO. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 103. 619-2786. $ THE GRAPE BISTRO & WINE BAR F More than 145 wines, and gourmet tapas for pairing. Wide beer selection. L & D, daily. 10281 Midtown Parkway, Ste. 119. 642-7111. $$ ISLAND GIRL WINE & CIGAR BAR F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Upscale tropical vibe. Walk-in humidor, pairing apps and desserts with 25 wines, ports by the glass. 220+ wines by the bottle; draft, bottled beer. L & D, daily. 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115. 854-6060. $$ JOHNNY ANGELS F The menu reflects its ’50s-style décor, including Blueberry Hill pancakes, Fats Domino omelet, Elvis special combo platter. Shakes, malts. B, L & D, daily. 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120. 997-9850. $ LIBRETTO’S PIZZERIA & ITALIAN KITCHEN F Authentic NYC pizzeria serves Big Apple crust, cheese and sauce, along with third-generation family-style Italian classics, fresh-from-theoven calzones, and desserts in a casual, comfy setting. L & D, daily. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1. 402-8888. $$ LIME LEAF F Authentic Thai cuisine: fresh papaya salad, pad Thai, mango sweet rice. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.-Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Cir., Stes. 108 & 109. 645-8568. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Tossed spring water dough, lean meats, veggies and vegetarian choices make up specialty pizzas, hoagies and calzones. FB. L & D, daily. 9734 Deer Lake Court (at Tinseltown). 997-1955. mellowmushroom.com $ MITCHELL’S FISH MARKET F A changing menu of more than 180 items includes cedar-roasted Atlantic salmon and seared salt-and-pepper tuna. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 5205 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Ctr. 645-3474. $$$ MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT Best of Jax 2011 winner. Non-fat, low-calorie, cholesterol-free frozen yogurt is served in flavors that change weekly. Toppings include a variety of fruit and nuts. 4860 Big Island Dr. 807-9292. $ THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE F The recipes, unique to the Pancake House, call for only the freshest ingredients. CM. B, L & D, daily. 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr. 997-6088. $$ OTAKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE F Family-owned with an open sushi bar, hibachi grill tables and an open kitchen. Dine indoor or out. FB, CM, TO. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly. 7860 Gate Parkway, Stes. 119-122. 854-0485. $$$ RENNA’S PIZZA F Renna’s serves up New York-style pizza, calzones, subs and lasagna made from authentic Italian recipes. Delivery, CM, BW. 4624 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 125, St. Johns Town Center. 565-1299. rennaspizza.com $$ SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY F Innovative menu of fresh local grilled seafood, sesame tuna, grouper Oscar, chicken, steak and pizza. Microbrewed ales and lagers. FB. L & D, daily. 9735 Gate Pkwy. N. 997-1999. $$ SOUTHSIDE ALE HOUSE F Steaks, seafood, sandwiches. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9711 Deer Lake Court. 565-2882. $$ STEAMERS CAFE F Steamers’ menu has all-natural and organic items, including wraps, sandwiches, subs, soups, steamer bowls, smoothies and fresh juices. Daily lunch specials. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4320 Deerwood Lake Parkway, Ste. 106. 646-4527. $ SUITE Best of Jax 2011 winner. St. Johns Town Center premium lounge and restaurant offer chef-driven small plates and an extensive list of specialty cocktails, served in a sophisticated atmosphere. FB. D & late-nite, nightly. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1. 493-9305. $$ TAVERNA YAMAS The Greek restaurant serves char-broiled

kabobs, seafood and traditional Greek wines and desserts. FB. L & D daily. 9753 Deer Lake Court. 854-0426. $$ URBAN FLATS F See Ponte Vedra. CM. FB. L & D, daily. 9726 Touchton Road. 642-1488. $$ WASABI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Authentic Japanese cuisine, teppanyaki shows and a full sushi menu.

CM. L & D, daily. 10206 River Coast Dr. 997-6528. $$ WHISKY RIVER F Best of Jax 2011 winner. At St. Johns Town Center’s Plaza, Whisky River features wings, pizza, wraps, sandwiches and burgers served in a lively car racing-themed atmosphere (Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s the owner). FB. CM. L & D, daily. 4850 Big Island Drive. 645-5571. $$ WILD WING CAFÉ F Serving up 33 flavors of wings, as well as soups, sandwiches, wraps, ribs, platters and burgers. FB. 4555 Southside Blvd. 998-9464. $$ YUMMY SUSHI F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Teriyaki, tempura, hibachi-style dinners, sushi & sashimi. Sushi lunch roll special.

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

SAN JOSE

ATHENS CAFÉ F Serving authentic Greek cuisine: lamb, seafood, veal and pasta dishes. BW. L & D, daily. 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7. 733-1199. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Beaches.

5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 1. 737-2874. $ DICK’S WINGS F NASCAR-themed family style sports place serves wings, buffalo tenders, burgers and chicken sandwiches. CM. BW. L & D, daily. 1610 University Blvd. W. 448-2110. dickswingsandgrill.com $ MOJO BAR-B-QUE F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The Southern Blues kitchen serves pulled pork, brisket and North Carolinastyle barbecue. TO, BW. L & D, daily. 1607 University Blvd. W. 732-7200. $$

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

BASIL THAI & SUSHI F Offering Thai cuisine, including pad Thai and curry dishes, and sushi in a relaxing atmosphere. L & D, Mon.-Sat. BW. 1004 Hendricks Ave. 674-0190. $$ b.b.’s F Best of Jax 2011 winner. A bistro menu is served in an upscale atmosphere, featuring almond-crusted calamari, tuna tartare and wild mushroom pizza. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; brunch & D, Sat. 1019 Hendricks Ave. 306-0100. $$$ BISTRO AIX F French, Mediterranean-inspired fare, awardwinning wines, wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas, steaks, seafood. Indoor, outdoor dining. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly.

1440 San Marco Blvd. 398-1949. $$$ CHECKER BBQ & SEAFOOD F Chef Art Jennette serves barbecue, seafood and comfort food, including pulled-pork, fried white shrimp and fried green tomatoes. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 3566 St. Augustine Rd. 398-9206. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Big sandwiches, soups, desserts and more than 100 bottled and ontap beers. BW. L & D, daily. 1704 San Marco Blvd. 398-9500. $ THE GROTTO F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Wine by the glass.

Tapas-style menu offers a cheese plate, empanadas bruschetta, chocolate fondue. BW. 2012 San Marco Blvd. 398-0726. $$ HAVANA-JAX CAFÉ/CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE F Authentic Latin American fine dining: picadillo, ropa vieja, churrasco tenderloin steak, Cuban sandwiches. L & D, Mon.-Sat. CM, FB. 2578 Atlantic Blvd. 399-0609. $ LAYLA’S OF SAN MARCO Fine dining in the heart of San Marco. Traditional Middle Eastern cuisine, served inside or outside on the hookah and cigar patio. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat.; D, Sun. 2016 Hendricks Ave. 398-4610. $$ MATTHEW’S Chef’s tasting menu or seasonal à la carte menu featuring an eclectic mix of Mediterranean ingredients. Dress is business casual, jackets optional. FB. D, Mon.-Sat. 2107 Hendricks Ave. 396-9922. $$$$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Historic 1930s diner offers award-winning breakfast and lunch. Fresh seafood and Southern cooking. Bring your own wine. B & L, daily. 3302 Hendricks Ave. 398-3701. $$ MORTON’S, THE STEAKHOUSE Morton’s specializes in generous portions of USDA prime aged beef as well as fresh fish and lobster. The tableside menu presentation features every item described by the server. FB, TO. D, nightly. 1510 Riverplace Blvd. 399-3933. $$$ THE OLIVE TREE MEDITERRANEAN GRILL F Mediterranean homestyle healthy plates: hummus, tebouleh, grape leaves, gyros, potato salad, kibbeh, spinach pie, Greek salad, daily specials. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 1705 Hendricks Ave. 396-2250. $$ PIZZA PALACE F All homemade from Mama’s award-winning recipes: spinach pizza and chicken-spinach calzones. BW. L & D, daily. 1959 San Marco Blvd. 399-8815. $$ PULP F The juice bar offers fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas, coffees; 30 kinds of smoothies, with flavored soy milks, organic frozen yogurt, granola. Daily. 1962 San Marco Blvd. 396-9222. $ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Consistent Best of Jax winner.

Midwestern prime beef, fresh seafood, upscale atmosphere.

FB. D, daily. 1201 Riverplace Blvd. 396-6200. $$$$ SAKE HOUSE See Riverside. 1478 Riverplace Blvd. 306-2188. $$ SAN MARCO DELI F Independently owned & operated classic diner serves grilled fish, turkey burgers. Vegetarian options.

Mon.-Sat. 1965 San Marco Blvd. 399-1306. $ TAVERNA Tapas, small-plate items, Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizzas and entrées are served in a rustic yet upscale interior.

BW, TO. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 1986 San Marco Blvd. 398-3005. $$$

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

SOUTHSIDE

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

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10334 Southside Blvd. 363-9090. $$$ CITY BUFFET CHINESE RESTAURANT F An extensive selection of Chinese fare, including beef, fish, crabs, chicken, pork, desserts, ice cream, at its all-you-can-eat buffet. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 5601 Beach Blvd. 345-2507. $ EL POTRO F Family-friendly, casual, El Potro cooks it fresh, made-to-order – fast, hot, simple. Daily specials and buffet at most locations. BW. L & D, daily. 5871 University Blvd. W., 7330844. 11380 Beach Blvd., 564-9977. elpotrorestaurant.com $ EUROPEAN STREET F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See San Marco. 5500 Beach Blvd. 398-1717. $ GENE’S SEAFOOD F Serving fresh Mayport shrimp, fish, oysters, scallops, gator tail, steaks and combos. L & D, daily.

11702 Beach Blvd. 997-9738. $$ HALA CAFE & BAKERY F A local institution since 1975 serving house-baked pita bread, kabobs, falafel and daily lunch buffet.

TO, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4323 University Blvd. S. 733-5141. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE See Downtown. 2025 Emerson St. 346-3770. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See Intracoastal.

8206 Philips Hwy. 732-9433. $ SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE F The stylish gastropub has Southern-style cuisine made with a modern twist: Dishes are paired with international wines and beers, including a large selection of craft and IPA brews. FB. L & D, daily. 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16. 538-0811. $$ SUNSET 30 TAVERN & GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

Located in Latitude 30, Sunset 30 serves familiar favorites, including seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta and pizza. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 10370 Philips Hwy. 365-5555. $$ TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA F Premium New York-style pizza from a brick-oven — the area’s original gluten-free pizzeria. Plus calzones, soups and salads; Thumann’s no-MSG meats, Grande cheeses and Boylan soda. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2. 565-1999. $$ URBAN ORGANICS The local produce co-op offers seasonal fresh organic vegetables and fruit. Open Mon.-Sat. 5325 Fairmont St. 398-8012.

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

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

BOSTON’S RESTAURANT & SPORTSBAR F A full menu of sportsbar faves; pizzas till 2 a.m. Dine inside or on the patio. FB, TO. L & D, daily. 13070 City Station Dr., River City Marketplace. 751-7499. $$ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The family-owned restaurant serves authentic Mexican fare, including fajitas and seafood. The specialty is tacos de azada. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104. 757-6411. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE See Downtown. 5945 New Kings Rd. 765-8515. $ JOSEPH’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT F Gourmet pizzas, pastas. Authentic Italian entrees. BW. L & D, daily. 7316 N. Main St. 765-0335. $$ MILLHOUSE STEAKHOUSE F A locally-owned-and-operated steakhouse with choice steaks from the signature broiler, and seafood, pasta, Millhouse gorgonzola, homemade desserts.

CM, FB. D, nightly. 1341 Airport Rd. 741-8722. $$ RIVERCITY ISLAND GRILL & CHILL F Casual fare: seafood, wings, burgers. 10 hi-def TVs, drink specials, club nights. L & D, daily. 13141 City Station Dr. 696-0802. $$ SALSARITA’S FRESH CANTINA F Southwest cuisine made from scratch; family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 840 Nautica Dr., Ste. 131, River City Marketplace. 696-4001. $ THREE LAYERS CAFE F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Lunch, bagels, desserts, and the adjacent Cellar serves fine wines.

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

promise of benefit

Putting the Dic Back in Dictator

Saddam Hussein Back in the News: Mohamed Bishr, an Egyptian man bearing a remarkable resemblance to the late Iraqi dictator, claimed in October he’d been briefly kidnapped after spurning an offer to portray Saddam in a porn video. Bishr’s adult sons told the al-Ahram newspaper in Alexandria that their dad had been offered $330,000. (In 2002, according to a 2010 Washington Post report, the CIA briefly contemplated using a Saddam impersonator in a porn video as a tool to publicly embarrass Saddam into relinquishing power prior to the U.S. invasion.)

In October, former British soldier Nigel Ely offered at auction in Derby, England, a twofoot-square piece of metal he said came from the iconic Baghdad statue of Saddam toppled by U.S. Marines in April 2003. Ely said he’d grabbed the piece indiscriminately, but remembers that it was part of Saddam’s buttocks.

Can’t Possibly Be True

Apparently, officials at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport felt the need for professional guidance on rebranding the facility to (as one put it) “carry it into the modern era,” and so hired the creative talents of Big Communications of Birmingham, Ala., to help. Big’s suggested name for the airport, announced to great fanfare in September: “Chattanooga Airport.”

Justice! … Now! Elsie Pawlow, a senior citizen of Edmonton, Alberta, fi led a $100,000 lawsuit in September against Kraft Canada Inc., parent company of the makers of Stride Gum, which brags that it’s “ridiculously long-lasting.”

Pawlow complained she’d to scrub her dentures after using Stride, to “dig out” specks of gum — a condition causing her to experience “depression for approximately 10 minutes.”

Colleen O’Neal filed a lawsuit recently against United/Continental airlines over the “post traumatic stress disorder” she said she’s suffered since a 20-minute flight in October 2009 in which, during turbulent weather, the plane “banked” from side to side and lost altitude.

In August, a state court in Frankfurt, Germany, awarded 3,000 euros to Magnus Gaefgen, 36, on his claim that during a 2002 police interrogation, officers “threat[ened] … violence” against him if he didn’t disclose what he knew about a missing 11-year-old boy, later found dead. In 2003, Gaefgen was convicted of the boy’s murder and is serving a life sentence, but the court nevertheless thought he should be compensated for his “pain and suffering.”

Names in the News:

The man stabbed to death in Calgary, Alberta, in August: 29-year-old Mr. Brent Stabbed Last.

Among family members of Jared Loughner (charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January) interviewed by authorities regarding mental illnesses in the family: Loughner’s distant cousin Judy Wackt. Charged with murder in Decatur, Ill., in September: a (predictably underrespected) 15-year-old boy named Shitavious Cook.

Hey, It Could’ve Happened:

In August, British recreation firm UK Paintball announced a female customer was injured after a paintball shot hit her in the chest, causing her silicone breast implant to “explode.” The company recommended

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The Moscow, Russia, newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets reported in October that a local woman’s life had been saved by her “state-ofthe-art” silicone breast implant. Her husband had stabbed her repeatedly in the chest during a domestic argument, but the implant’s gel supposedly deflected the blade.

Ultimate Catfighting

In Charlotte, N.C., in October, a female motorist was arrested for ramming another woman’s car after that woman said “Good morning” to the motorist’s boyfriend as the women dropped kids off at school.

In Arbutus, Md., in October, a woman was arrested for throwing bleach and disinfectant at another woman in a Walmart (an incident in which at least 19 bystanders sought medical assistance). Police learned the arrestee’s child’s father had become the boyfriend of the bleachtargeted woman.

In a hospital in Upland, Pa., in October, two pregnant women (ages 21 and 22) were arrested after injuring a woman, 36, and a girl, 15, in a brawl inside a patient’s room.

Unclear on the Concept

The North Koreans called it a “cruise ship” and tried to establish a business model to attract wealthy tourists from China, but to a New York Times reporter on board in September, the 40-year-old boat was more like a “tramp steamer” on which “vacationers” paid $470 to “enjoy” five days and nights at sea. More than 200 people boarded the “dim” and “musty” vessel, “sometimes eight to a room with floor mattresses” and iffy bathrooms. The onboard “entertainment” consisted of “decks of cards” and Karaoke. Dinner “resembled a mess hall at an American Army base” and leftovers thrown overboard were often blown back on deck. The trip was capped, wrote the Times, by the boat’s crashing into the pier as it docked, knocking a corner of the structure “into a pile of rubble.”

The thief who made off with a valuable lamp from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Winson Green, England, in October may return to the building soon, for confession. Clearly visible on the surveillance video inside was the man, as he was just about to snatch up the lamp, making the sign of the cross.

Sally Stricker was angry that Nebraska troopers patrolling state fairgrounds in September told her she had an “illegal” message on her T-shirt and if she wished to remain at the fair, she’d have to either change shirts or wear hers inside out. The “message” was a marijuana leaf with the slogan “Don’t panic, It’s organic.” Stricker was at the fair to attend the night’s live concert starring (marijuanafriendly) Willie Nelson.

Boise State University’s highly rated football team suspended three players for several games at the start of the season for violating eligibility rules by receiving impermissible financial benefits. According to an October news release by the school, the most prominent player sanctioned was Geraldo Boldewijn, the team’s fastest wide receiver, who’d improperly received the use of a car. However, it was a 1990 Toyota Camry with 177,000 miles on it.

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WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT It was Halloween and you were dressed as the most beautiful woman in the world. I saw your radiant eyes and fell in love all over again. Nurse, you give me fever that’s so hard to bear. I hope you know CPR, because you take my breath away. Let me treat you right?

When: October 31, 2011. Where: Wall Street. #1219-1108 SEA SHELL Dear Sir, I put a seashell into your hand... Nearly 2 months later, I chanced upon your newspaper gesture (was charmed and surprised). Responded back to your listing, but to no avail. Alas! Curiosity may have killed the cat? ...Consider this take two. When: September 3, 2011. Where: The Floridian Restaurant. #1218-1108 BODACIOUS BURRO BARTENDER You: Model-looking chick workin’ the bar, slender like a traffic light, wondering if you could show me the red-light special? Me: mesmerized, Burro is now my favorite Jax bar. When: October 24, 2011. Where: Burro Bar. #1217-1108 SIR, I’M A CATCH I was dancing with friends, you were too.

You spilled your drink down my back and bought me one to make up for it. I wish I had concocted a business proposal sooner! You: Fearless and full of bravado. Me: A fine catch, sir.

Sign that business proposal! When: August 6, 2011?. Where: Lit/ Downtown. #1216-1108 HANDSOME MAN ON HIS BMW You were pumping gas for your motorcycle at the Shell station off Gate Parkway on 9/30/2011, Jacksonville. I watched you thinking.....wow! You: Long pony tail, shades and cute dimples. Me: Tall brunette, jeans and t-shirt. I’ve been thinking about you and would love a ride on your bike. Call me. When: September 30, 2011.

Where: Shell Gas Station @ Gate Parkway. #1215-1108 BEAUTIFUL BALLERINA IN BLACK You: Extremely hot, petite blonde; the kind you want to take home to mom. You were walking around helping anyone who raised their hand. Me: Too scared to raise my hand to get your number. Let’s do drinks or dinner sometime. When: October 24, 2011. Where: The Trading Floor. #1214-1108 AUBURN BEAUTY You: short cut-off jean shorts and black shirt with the shoulder straps. Beautiful auburn hair. You came into my work and got a sub. Me: Dark hair with eyebrow pierced. I was making your sub. You are a true beauty and I would like to take you out and see if there’s a spark.

Hope to hear from you ;) When: Oct. 25, 2011. Where: Fleming Island. #1213-1101 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP & PATRON SHOTS We met at Whitey’s and had some shots and then I lost you and never got your number. I guess the shots got to me, but not as much as you got to me. Hope you find this; I would like to see you again. When: Oct. 24, 2011. Where: Whitey’s Fish Camp. #1212-1101 MY BROWN EYE GIRL… It was that special night I cannot forget. Looking into your soft brown eyes it made my heart skip a beat and wanted to freeze time so I could forever cherish that moment. When: Oct. 20, 2011. Where: Fresh Off The Bus. #1211-1101 QUIET HANDSOME BARTENDER You: Polite, no frills bartender, working in the front taproom. Just want you to know that you have a nice smile. When: Oct. 20, 2011. Where: Ragtime. #1210-1101 NINJA WENCH… You approached with a hello, several adult beverages later, a misguided GPS, and a night I’ll never forget. Breakfast again soon? And many convos... You know how to find me :) When: Oct. 7, 2011. Where: United States. #1209-1025 WATER BOY! You: Hard-working Zephyr Water boy with light eyes carrying empty water barrels to your truck with a handy sidekick. Me: Blue eyes, dressed up in all black, completely in your way, making light jokes with the older receptionist. We made eye contact more than once in halls. Special delivery!

You could be my water boy anytime... :) When: Oct. 18, 2011.

Where: C. Serv. Off St. Johns. #1208-1025 SPEED RACER We were running a 5k prediction race. I was with a friend and he was talking a lot during the beginning of the race. He was talking to you and asking you questions. I

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was standing next to him just listening. You sound like a cool girl. Let’s get dinner some time. When: Sept. 20, 2011. Where: Starbucks parking lot. #1207-1025 LOOKING PRETTY IN THE LIBRARY You were carrying your toddler, looking for a book with a boot on the cover. Things seemed to click with us. I hope I get a chance to see a lot more of you. When: Friday. Where: Library north of JU. #1206-1025 BREW AT THE ZOO You were sampling a piece of aged sirloin as I was saying that “I highly recommended it.” Me: Blonde hair, was wearing a blue polo w/ orange horse, jeans, flip flops. You, Beautiful/natural blonde, brown leg boots and dark jeans. Would love to meet you for real instead of just passing.

When: Oct. 7, 2011. Where: Brew at the Zoo. #1205-1018 HOTTIE IN BLUE NIRVANA SHIRT Saw you there, the row behind me singing the words to every song. Smiled at you but was too nervous to do anything. I was in the dark pink tank top the row in front and to your right. When: Oct. 7, 2011.

Where: Florida Theatre Death Cab Concert. #1204-1018 GRAY SWEATPANTS AT LIFESTYLE FITNESS To the short buff guy in a black “gym life” tank top and gray shorts at Lifestyle Fitness. You were looking so hot. You were on the treadmill next to me talking about your time in the Navy, I hope next time you will ask me out. When: Oct. 6, 2011.

Where: Lifestyle Fitness. #1203-1018 INSANELY ATTRACTIVE BARTENDER You were the bartender at Burro Bar. I had no idea what to order but you found me something tasty! Then I saw you at ShantyTown once again tending bar but this time I knew what was up and got a root beer. P.S. I liked your glasses! When: Oct. 5, 2011. Where: Burro Bar/ ShantyTown. #1202-1018 DARK & STORMY IN BLACK APRON Was that whiskey on your lips? How delectable. I saw a smile under that beard.

Feeling invincible? I’ll introduce myself next time. You: menacing. Me: caught in the storm. When: Sept. 2011. Where: Mojo. #1201-1011 GORGEOUS DUDE LONG CURLY HAIR I see you only once in a while, you hardly ever shop there. You’re usually with friends but you were alone the last time I saw you. You’re so gorgeous, EXACTLY my type. Hoping you notice me one day. You: handsome, long, curly haired, lean, fit customer at Publix. Me: tall, thin, model chick CASHIER at Publix. When: Sept. 2011.

Where: Publix at Southside and Touchton Rd. #1200-1011 BEAUTIFUL LASS IN A 350Z I saw U driving that silver 350Z like it should be driven! Very impressed with your semi-aggressive driving and impressive looks! You turned off Baymeadows onto Western Way around 8 am. I was behind

you in a blue Chevy Silverado. When: Sept. 27, 2011. Where: Baymeadows & Western Way. #1199-1004

atoms and bond! Sincerely yours, nomadic pastry chef. When: Last winter. Where: With my ex-girlfriend. #1192-0927

PRETTIEST GIRL AT THE WEDDING You: Wearing black and white dress, brown hair and hazel eyes. Me: Working event, with brown hair. You caught my eye when you walked in the door. Later we shared a smile as you walked by me. I wish the setting was different. Wasn’t the right time to talk. I wish it was different. So badly wanted to say hi. When: Sept. 24, 2011. Where: Ponte Vedra. #1198-1004

ACHOO AND LOLA Sexy Asian and a monkey with a mohawk, you two drove me crazy. Can’t wait to see you again, lol.

When: Sept. 14, 2011. Where: Beach. #1191-0927

MY FAVORITE BARKEEP You approached me outside Cool Moose. Long time no see. I thought you were gone forever.

I have been anxiously waiting your return. Let us drink beer in the park sometime. You pour the beers and I will bring the goblets. You are the man of my daydreams. When: Sept. 14, 2011. Where: Cool Moose Café. #1197-1004 OH OFFICER SCRUMPTIOUS, THANK YOU! Officer B, you took us seriously and we love you for it! Us: Porch-sittin’ women in fear of scary misinformed repo man. You: Pretty blue-eyed MIU who responded and resolved it all. Feel free to stop and share stories anytime. We know we can’t have you but we feel safe and all goosepimply just knowing you’re nearby... When: Sept. 18, 2011. Where: Curbside in my ‘hood. #1196-0927

U.S. COAST GUARD HOTTIE You were waiting patiently, dressed in uniform looking mighty fine, your half-sleeve tattoo slightly visible. I was with my co-workers learning the iPad2, and I couldn’t focus because you gave me butterflies.

I am not sure if you are down with the ladies but I would let you rescue me any day. When: Sept. 9, 2011. Where: Apple Store, St. Johns Town Center. #1190-0920 123 HOTTIE SUPREME! U tattooed my bf, felt an instant connection & been watchin’ longingly from afar ever since. Me: avid gun collector, amateur stalker, want to spend the rest of my life searchin’ for manatees with you! I heart u 747! When: Sept. 11, 2011. Where: Black Anchor Tattoo. #1189-0920 NASCAR CHICK SEEKS EMEDIA NERD You: blond sweet smart shy. Me: brunette bombastic smart fun... can I meet u at DD sometime? I know it is closed but that shouldn’t matter. When: Dec. 2010. Where: That sports-tech company. #1188-0920

BE MY PIANO MAN! Me: Working behind the bar. You: Sexy one going to fire school. We talked about me studying religion and you said I should study you while your GF was in the bathroom. Came back to your house and sang Billy Joel all night. Should have tried to kiss you when your GF wasn’t looking. Maybe next time I won’t be scared. When: July 9, 2011. Where: Jax Sports Bar & Grill. #1195-0927

SHELL PENDANT GIFT, FLORIDIAN RESTAURANT We were at the Floridian restaurant anniversary show. You: curly blond bob hairdo, vintage floral cottage dress, I couldn’t see your shoes, are you Swedish? I’m the tall long hair.. You gave me a shell necklace and left, I tried to look but you had vanished. I want to see you again and talk... When: Sept. 3, 2011. Where: The Floridian Restaurant. #1187-0920

4-RUNNER HOTTIE In the parking lot at work getting out of your old body 4-Runner but that wasn’t the body I was looking at! You: Blonde curly hair. Me: Guy in white truck.

You make me want to come to work early just so I can see you walk up. Maybe one day I will actually walk up with you.

When: Sept. 12, 2011. Where: At work. #1194-0927

THE MEXICAN CUISINE SLANGIN’ QUEEN I see the way you treat people in the friendliest ways while you work. I asked you if that was a dinosaur necklace. I had one too but I didn’t have the balls see if you wanted to trade. You are a true beauty. When: Sept. 4, 2011. Where: Downtown. #1186-0920

COMEDIAN WITH TATTOOS You: light-eyed, brown-haired gorgeous server at Biscottis, covered in tattoos. I was with my parents so I was too shy to ask for your number. Me: Petite Redhead with a tattoo sleeve. Love that Mario tattoo :) Let’s get together and maybe it will be less awkward without my parents there. When: Sept. 12, 2011. Where: Biscottis. #1193-0927 JERSEY SHORE ROBBERY La première fois! When: Last Winter. Where: UNF library with my ex-girlfriend. So sorry it didn’t work out with her, but so happy it’s working with me! You are a walking piece of artwork, a real Greek Goddess. The best part is that you have the brains to match. Let’s make like

BABY, IT’S NOT MY CHILD You kept looking at me holding my best friend’s baby, as if it were mine, grey shirt with a beard that I don’t normally have. You... the perfect combination of dark hair and blue eyes, nothing but smiles... I couldn’t dare ask for your number while you were working. Maybe next time ;) When: Sept. 9, 2011. Where: Salt Life. #1185-0920 THIS DAMSEL SAVED BY HERO You came out of nowhere.

I wasn’t sure if you were a second mugger trying to take my purse after you floored the first one, but you ran off immediately. Was that a sword on your back? Maybe next time you save me you can leave a number. I thought you were pretty cute ;) When: August 22, 2011. Where: Downtown St. Augustine. #1184-0913

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The title of this week’s movie is “Uproar of Love,” starring the Fantasy Kid and The Most Feeling Machine in the World. It blends romance and sci-fi, with overtones of espionage and undertones of revolution for the hell of it. Comic touches slip in at unexpectedly. When you’re not up to your jowls in archetypes, you may be able to muster the clarity to gorge on earthly delights spread from here to the edge of the abyss.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How’s your relationship with your muse? Don’t tell me you’re not an artist so you don’t have a muse. Even garbage collectors need muses.

Even farmers. Even politicians. All of us need to be in touch with a mysterious, tantalizing source of inspiration to tease our sense of wonder and goad us on to the next adventure. I ask again: What have you and your muse been up to lately? It’s high time to infuse your connection with a dose of raw mojo. If for some sad reason you don’t have a muse, go out in quest of new candidates. (P.S. A muse isn’t necessarily a person; he or she may be an animal, ancestor, spirit or hero.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Funky pagan scientists at Zen State University have found the regular consumption of Free Will Astrology is effective in smoothing unsightly wrinkles on your attitude, scouring away stains on your courage and disposing of old garbage stuck to your karma. They’ve also gathered testimony from folks who claim to have experienced spontaneous healings of nagging ailments and chronic suffering while under the influence of these oracles. If I were you, I’d try to take advantage of such benefits now. You could use some healing. Luckily, there’ll be an array of other curative options available, as well. Aggressively seek them out.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Given the lush and exotic astrological factors now coming to bear on your destiny, and due to the possibility that something resembling actual magic may soon appear, I’m taking a leap of faith with this week’s horoscope. Are you game? There’s a hypothetical scene described by English poet Samuel Coleridge (1772-1834) that would normally be too outlandish to take seriously, but I think it’s a match for your adventures ahead. “What if you slept,” he wrote, “and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dream you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I was musing on how slow I am to learn lessons I need to master — how hard it can be to see the obvious secrets right in front of me.

But I felt better after I found the logo for San Francisco’s Jung Institute, dedicated to the study of psychology and psychotherapy. The symbol it chose to embody its ruling spirit has four snails creeping around a center point — a witty acknowledgment of the plodding nature of the human psyche. I bring this to your attention because it’s important to give yourself credit for how much you’ve grown since the old days — even if your progress seems intolerably gradual.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’ll be a good week to have nice long talks with yourself — the more, the better.

The different sub-personalities dwelling within you need to engage in vigorous dialogues to get all their various viewpoints out in the open. I even recommend coaxing some of those inner voices to manifest themselves outside the confines of your head — you know, by speaking out loud. If you feel inhibited about giving them full expression where they might be overheard by others, find a private place to allow them to feel free to be themselves.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): During the reign of Pres.

George W. Bush, many Americans viewed France as insufficiently sympathetic with American military might. So enraged were some conservatives, they tried to change the name of French fries to freedom fries and French toast to freedom toast. The culminating moment in this surrealistic exercise came when Bush told UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, “The French don’t even have a word for entrepreneur” — unaware that “entrepreneur” is a word the English language borrowed from the French. The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned: Make sure you know the origins of everyone and everything you engage with, especially as they affect your ability to benefit from entrepreneurial influences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Cunnilinguistic Dicktionary defines the newly coined word “mutinyversal” as “rebellion against the whole universe.” I think it’s an excellent time for you to engage in a playful, vivacious version of that approach to life. This is one of those rare times when you have so many unique gifts to offer and so many invigorating insights to unleash, you really should act as if you’re mostly right and everyone else is at least halfwrong. Just one caution: As you embark on your crusade to make the world over in your image, do it with as much humility and compassion as you can muster.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Mongolia, there’s a famous fossil of two dinosaurs locked in mortal combat. Forever frozen in time, a Velociraptor is clawing a Protoceratops, which in turn is biting its enemy’s arm.

They’ve been holding that pose now for, oh, 80 million years or so. I’m shoving this image in your face to dare and encourage you to withdraw from your old feuds and disputes. It’s a perfect time, astrologically speaking, to give up any struggle that’s not going to matter 80 million years from now. (More info: tinyurl.com/DinosaurFight.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “In your experience, who is the best-smelling actor you’ve worked with?” TV host Jon Stewart asked his guest Tom Hanks. “Kevin Bacon,” replied Hanks. Why? Not because of the bacon-as-a-deliciousfood angle, although that would be funny. “He smells like a mix of baby powder and Listerine,” Hanks said. Keep this perspective in mind. I think you should be engaged in a great ongoing quest to put yourself in situations with pleasing aromas. I mean this in both the metaphorical and literal sense. To set yourself up for meaningful experiences to provide exactly what you need, follow your nose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my reading of the omens, you can finally take advantage of a longstanding invitation or opportunity you’ve always felt unworthy of or unready for. Congratulations on being so doggedly persistent about ripening the immature parts of yourself. Here’s an extra bonus: This breakthrough may in turn lead to you finding a lost piece to the puzzle of your identity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My acquaintance Bob takes a variety of meds for his bipolar disorder. They work fairly well to keep him out of the troughs, but he misses the peaks. Last time he saw his psychiatrist, he told her he wished he could stop taking the complicated brew of drugs and just take a happy pill every day. The psychiatrist told him that if he ever found such a thing, she’d love to take it herself. Wouldn’t we all? I’m pleased to report you’re now close to locating the next best thing to a happy pill. It may require you to at least partially give up your addiction to one of your customary forms of suffering, though. Are you prepared?

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All Things Being Equal

Justice isn’t just about power and punishment; it’s about fairness

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here’s an interesting choice of words in Micah 6:8. “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God?” I find the translation and emphatic differences fascinating: We are to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God. I pretty much understand the requirement to walk humbly with God. Humility means acknowledging that we don’t have all the answers. We walk humbly with God because we know that we may well be wrong … even about the things we’re most surely convinced we’re right about. I’m not always good at it but, conceptually at least, I think I understand humility, of walking humbly with God. Similarly, I believe that many of our hearts are filled with compassion and love for the hurts of others. We want to help: Food for the hungry, clothing to those without, our time and resources to support the basic needs of others, especially those in causes that particularly touch us personally.

While it’s our compassion and love of God that prompt us to mercy, it seems that being merciful is something we do more than we love.

Curious, isn’t it?

The Scripture doesn’t say to “do mercy,” which we all can understand; nor does it say to be merciful, something we also can comprehend.

Yet God very clearly commands us to do justice.

Why? What’s the real difference — if any — between justice and mercy? Where does one end and the other begin?

For me, that used to be an easy distinction: The Old Testament was filled with God’s judgment and justice, I believed; the New Covenant, instead, focused on God’s grace, love and mercy. But I no longer believe it’s as simple or clear cut as that, especially because both the Old Testament and New give evidence of God’s mercy and God’s justice.

Asked about the most important commandment, Jesus said that the first commandment, to “Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and soul, and mind, and might,” along with the second commandment, to “love your neighbor as yourself,” accurately summed up all of the Law and the Prophets.

Loving God with all my heart and soul speaks to me of mercy … while loving God with all of my mind and my might refers more to justice.

Add loving your neighbor as yourself to this mix and we’ve got a potent formula for both mercy and justice. Ahh … but, again, what’s the difference between them? And, in terms of the heart of Christianity, what does it mean that we are to do justice?

You know, a really simple way of looking at the distinction is captured in an old saying that’s more rational than Scriptural: “Give a man a fish and you’ve fed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” Give him and you’re showing mercy; teach him and you’re practicing justice.

“Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table,” said Bill Moyers, “while faith-based justice offers a place at the table.”

Unfortunately, too often we tend to substitute mercy for justice. Justice — as I’ve alluded to

several times in this series about the heart of Christianity — is what our world would be like if God were our King and the world’s rulers, governments and principalities weren’t.

The New Covenant and the heart of Christianity, inherently, are about two primary changes: one personal, the other political. I’d like to look briefly at the political changes that come about, as Jesus said, in the “Kingdom of God.” Not family of God or people of God. Not churches of God or pastors and priests, elders and laypersons of God. But the Kingdom of God! Jesus purposefully chooses political terminology in allegories to which the people of His time could relate.

They were hungry, so He fed them; they hurt, so He healed them; as serfs and servants, they owed great debts to their masters, so Jesus asked that their debts be forgiven; they were in bondage, so Jesus set them free. Interesting, isn’t it, that there’s at once such a practical and prayerful dimension to Jesus?

God hates injustice, especially when it’s “systemic” — embedded in the system itself, against which we have little recourse but to find ourselves or others being victimized or marginalized, and taken advantage of.

Unfortunately, this great country of ours has a history of injustices: Our forefathers stole the land we’re living on from Native Americans, forcing them into concentration camps called “reservations.” These shtetls, as they’d be referred to in Yiddish, come up pitifully short when compared to our own gated communities. And to compensate them for these inequities, what do we give the Indian people? The right to make tax-free money from gambling and drinking on their premises!

African Americans and people of color suffered horribly at the hands of their slavedriven masters and mistresses. The U.S. Constitution deemed black people to be worth just three-fifths of a white person! That battle for equal rights still hasn’t ended. Just listen to what’s whispered when certain “good, Christian folks” talk among themselves.

Women, too, were denied essential rights.

While it wasn’t until 1920 that females were finally “granted” the right to vote, let’s not forget that our friend, the Apostle Paul, urged women to be quiet and submissive, and to ask their husbands — or other men — when they needed or wanted to say something on their own behalf.

Whether mentally or physically challenged, the handicapped suffered grave injustices by an unwelcoming, unaccommodating system of physical barriers and unforgiving expectations until the ADA was enacted.

The poor. Ten years ago, our socioeconomics divided this country according to our riches: We were upper class, middle class and lower class … with derogatory implications about our social worth as well as our finances. Today, that’s no longer the case. We’re still a three-class country: the haves, the used-to-haves and the have-nots!

Immigrants, whom we used to welcome with outstretched hands and a beacon of liberty, arrived on our shores to be greeted by these words from “The New Colossus,” a sonnet by Emma Lazarus, engraved in 1903 on a bronze plaque mounted inside the Statue of Liberty:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

a society that treats all of its members with the same degree of fairness.

God’s justice calls for the fair treatment of all creation — not just of mankind, but of the earth and sea and skies above, and everything that lives among us. “It is good,” said the Lord, when considering each and every act of creation. If only we could say and believe as well.

“Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering and injustice, when He could do something about it. But I’m afraid that He would ask me the same question.”

I wish I could identify the author of this statement, to give credit where it’s due. Since

Sexual minorities are the last socially acceptable targets of bias and bigotry, still scorned, punished and damned by the religious establishment.

You doubt me? Look at our Human Rights Ordinance: It categorically excludes LGBT people.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

And today? Do we still believe and echo these words? E Pluribus Unum. Out of many, one?

And then, of course, there’s us: sexual minorities. The last socially acceptable bias and bigotry, still scorned, punished and damned by the religious establishment and civil authorities.

Inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Yeah, right! Tell me about it. Not only, for the most part, are we still treated as secondclass citizens in this country … but right here in Jacksonville, we don’t even count or matter at all!

You doubt me? Look at our existing Human Rights Ordinance: It categorically excludes LGBT people from discriminatory prejudice and practices against which, yes, everyone else is protected!

Today, as the largest sovereign superpower, we employ our resources to strike, preemptively, against those we suppose could challenge us … while withholding food, humanitarian help, aid and justice to punish people and places that reject our vision or values in building their nations according to our self-serving goals or expectations.

In our own homeland, people are starving, dying without roofs over their heads, losing their last shreds of dignity as Atlas shrugs and looks beyond them, to fund pork for its favored sons and daughters, while we waste precious resources denying truths and jockeying for yet more power.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace,” said American singer-songwriter Jimi Hendrix. But justice isn’t just about power and punishment; it’s about fairness.

A just society is a society that treats all of its citizens alike. Historically, we in the United States have treated one segment of our population differently than another. That, dear readers, is social injustice. What’s worse, we continue to do so.

Look around you: The struggle for civil rights has become a quest for human rights, for

I can’t, here are two that I can: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” warned Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu, while the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

The heart of Christianity is passionate about social issues. Many of the earliest prophets — Isaiah, Ezekiel and Amos, among others — called loudly and often for the fair treatment of the disadvantaged.

Righteousness was one of the primary themes woven throughout the gospel of Matthew. Among the Beatitudes which form the heart of Jesus’ powerful Sermon on the Mount, we find, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” That puts righteousness — an outrage and indignation over injustice — squarely in the center of Jesus’ enduring message.

Perhaps nowhere does Jesus speak as forcefully on human rights and relations as He does in the familiar parable of the sheep and the goats.

The sheep on the right will be invited to inherit God’s kingdom because they fed the hungry, gave drink to the thirsty, welcomed the stranger, clothed the naked and visited the imprisoned. Conversely, the goats on the left will hear, “Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”

So what would Jesus say about the injustice that continues to surround us … even 2,000 years after He founded His Church?

Honestly, I’m not really sure.

But I suppose He would remind us of the powerful words He taught us to earnestly beseech God whenever we pray: “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it already is in heaven!”

The Rev. Dr. Bruce H. Joffe

Joffe is pastor at Christ Church of Peace in Riverside, a welcoming and inclusive congregation.

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