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EDITOR’S NOTE Are the holidays a good time to adopt a pet? p. 4 NEWS Theater owners with a long history in the film industry hope a historic building sparks Green Cove Springs’ nightlife. p. 7 BUZZ Portrait and Paw Prints calendars, Haven Hospice expansion in Palatka, a Veg-Friendly Dining Guide, a pregnant party and more. p. 7 BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS John Rutherford, Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library, Haven Horse Ranch and more. p. 8 SPORTSTALK UF administrators ground the cheer team. p. 10 ON THE COVER Artist Jordie Hudson creates at a prolific rate, despite her deteriorating health. p. 12 OUR PICKS Vince Gill and Darius Rucker, Community First Saturdays, Museums On Us, Everclear, “Olive and the Bitter Herbs” and Southern Culture on the Skids. p. 17 MOVIES “Silver Linings Playbook”: This zany romantic dramedy falters with abrasive characters and situational humor that misses the mark. p. 18

“Red Dawn”: Updated version of the 1984 classic bursts with ramped-up action. p. 19 MUSIC Jacksonville native Danny Wimmer brings The Big Ticket festival back to Metropolitan Park. p. 23 Cleveland duo Mr. Gnome takes its hometown’s blue-collar reputation into outer space. p. 24 ARTS Former ‘Laverne & Shirley’ star Cindy Williams is still going for laughs in a prolific career in film, TV and on stage. p. 30 BACKPAGE Local involvement creates true engagement and change. p. 47 MAIL p. 5 I ♥ TELEVISION p. 11 LIVE MUSIC LISTING p. 25 ARTS LISTING p. 31 HAPPENINGS p. 34 THE EYE p. 33 DINING GUIDE p. 36 NEWS OF THE WEIRD p. 41 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY p. 42 I SAW U p. 43 CLASSIFIEDS p. 44 Cover design by Chad Smith Photo by Walter Coker

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Adopting a New Idea

The holidays are a good time to take in a stranger

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child bursts out of bed Christmas morning, ecstatic to find an adorable kitten wearing a red bow and curled up in a ball under the tree.

This is the scene I have imagined for more than a year as my husband and I have discussed and debated when the right time is to adopt a pet for our animal-loving daughter.

It’s a big decision. We’re talking about a whole new member of the family who needs to be loved, fed and cleaned up after. The mom in me dreams about the fun she’ll have with a new buddy. The obsessive in me worries about the cat hair and litter box.

One thing that was holding us back was the impression that animal groups discouraged pet adoptions during the holidays. The idea of a cute new pet can quickly become an unwelcome reality if you’re not ready to deal with the care, cost and wear and tear that come with a new pet.

But the latest advice from many shelters is that adopting for the holidays is OK. Studies show that pet return rates after the holidays are no higher than at other times of the year, said Denise Deisler, Jacksonville Humane Society’s executive director.

The key is to use the same adoption process whether it’s a holiday or not. That means good communication with the shelter about your expectations and lifestyle so that you get the right pet for you.

“There’s something extra special about bringing home a new family member during the holidays,” Deisler said. Plus, people tend to have time off work and children are home from school, so there’s more time to bond with a pet.

At the Home for the Holidays Pet Adoption Event, between 1,100 and 1,200 dogs and cats will be available from more than a dozen Northeast Florida agencies. Each will be spayed or neutered, inoculated and treated for fleas, ticks and parasites. Each pet will also be implanted with a microchip or will come with a gift certificate to have it microchipped.

Adoptions from Jacksonville Humane Society, Jacksonville Animal Care & Protective Services and First Coast No More Homeless Pets will cost just $20, a deep discount from their usual fees, although donations will be accepted as well. The other groups might have different fees for their pets.

You will have the opportunity to spend some time with the animals and talk to a counselor who will ask you some questions: • What describes your ideal pet — calm and snuggly or energetic and rambunctious?

• Are you home during the day?

• Do you work long hours?

• Does your social life take you away from home often?

• Do you have other pets at home?

All the questions are meant to help you select a pet that’s right for you so that you can take one home that day.

Around 6,000 people are expected to attend the event, with a goal of at least 850 adoptions.

The Mega Adoption Event in July brought more than 10,000 people and 946 adoptions.

Events like these have helped promote the no-kill policy animal groups have been working toward. Through this work, the

save rate (the number of pets adopted out of shelters) is better than 70 percent in Duval County. Deisler is confident they will get to 90 percent in the next year.

If all the area animal groups work together, it’s not unrealistic that in three years, Nassau, Clay and St. Johns could all be no-kill, said Rick DuCharme, founder and director of First Coast No More Homeless Pets. His group has helped lower pet euthanasia in Duval Country from 23,000 in 2003 to slightly more than 5,000 in the last year. A major factor in that change is the number of spay and neuter surgeries FCNMHP performs in its high-volume clinic: 25,000 in the last year.

If you’ve been planning to adopt a new pet — and you’ve done the research about the kind of animal that would be a good fit — then the holidays are a wonderful time to introduce a new family member. If it seems more like a lastminute or impulsive idea, remember to factor in the time, money (food, supplies, veterinary care) and adjustment for you and the pet.

If the pet is for a child, Deisler advised that parents must still be primarily responsible for its care. But it is a wonderful opportunity to teach responsibility to a child with parts of the pet’s care, such as feeding or exercise.

And there are larger lessons such as how to be gentle, kind and thoughtful.

“What a great lesson for kids to rescue an animal, to do something generous and charitable,” Deisler said.

If you have doubts about the timing, buy a shelter gift certificate so that your family can pick out the right pet at the right time. Or you could create an adoption kit with all the supplies you’ll need for a pet. And you can still make a donation to your favorite shelter.

If the time is right for you to adopt a pet, this is a great opportunity to see a huge variety of cats and dogs in one place at one time.

DuCharme said that without adoption, the shelters remain full, eventually leading to the deaths of some homeless pets.

“If we don’t find homes,” DuCharme said, “they’re going to die.”

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

Home for the Holidays Pet Adoption Event Hundreds of animals will be available for adoption just in time for the holidays from the Jacksonville Humane Society, First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Jacksonville Animal Care & Protective Services, Safe Animal Shelter, Nassau County Animal Services, Flagler Humane Society, Mayport Cats, Humane Society of Northeast Florida, Clay County Animal Control, Cats Angels, Springfield Animal Care & Rescue Club, Lucky Cat Adoptions, Pit Sisters, Old Dog House, Wags & Whiskers and Ana’s Angels.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 2 Jacksonville Fairgrounds Free admission, free parking jaxhumane.org

More Examples of Name-calling

Your main concern [“Four More Years of Hyperbole,” Editor’s Note, Nov. 13] seemed to be conservatives calling Obama names, but liberals have never hesitated to call conservatives racists, fascists and night riders of the right (The New York Times, about James Buckley’s supporters).

For an even closer-to-home example, Joe Lyles, a host on Andy Johnson’s now-defunct progressive talk radio station, always said that all Republicans or conservatives were racists.

[Jacksonville union activist and liberal] Stan Swart used to regularly warn about “dangerous right wing extremism,” conveniently ignoring all of the campus and urban riots of the ’60s and ’70s and Rodney King riots, which in no way could be called right wing.

Yes, Tea Partiers criticized Obama, but many of us were just as critical of George W. Bush.

Yes, the University of Mississippi incident was ugly, but so was the beating up of a black anti-Obamacare demonstrator by some SEIU [Service Employees International Union] goons, and so were the intimidatory tactics of those New Black Panthers in Philadelphia in 2008. There are a lot of bad people in the world and people who allow themselves to get caught up in things of the moment.

Rush Limbaugh’s “I hope he fails” was an out-of-context quote. He went on to say, “I hope libralism fails.” Out-of-context quotation gets a student flunked in journalism school. I expected more from you.

But if you think hyperbole began with this election, you’re wrong. Check up on what was said about Thomas Jefferson and, more recently, by the left about Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

Roderick T. Beaman Jacksonville via email

Education for All?

In the Nov 13. issue of Folio Weekly, Chris Guerrieri wrote the Backpage Editorial, “Is It Time to Give Up on Reading?”

It was a thought-provoking article. I would extend the notion that for many, it is time to give up on everything — math, science, music, literature and the rest. There is a great division now between those who are called upon to read and write and do math and everyone else.

Every year, our schools graduate thousands of students who have no call for the skills they learned in school, and it is mounting.

Chris Guerrieri is correct in his criticism of reading. We are into an era where only a few have need of an education, despite all the hot air about how education is so important.

If workers at a retail store did write something or do any math, they would be fired rather than valued. Those acts are reserved and restricted to management, and even they are restricted and controlled. We need to think about what we are saying and doing, rather than just saying the correct thing.

Most of our kids are not in a global competition with students from other nations.

A handful of them are; the rest are lucky to find a job of any kind or a use for their intellectual self-improvement. We can do better than this, but not by pretending that this is not true.

Thomas Joseph Jacksonville via email

Every Student Needs Basics or Better

For a number of years, through letters to the editor, I have commented on aspects of the education system in Duval County. During

this time, I became acquainted with the writing of Chris Guerrieri, who was often published on the same topics. We were both high school teachers in different Duval public schools. I admired Guerrieri’s passion and his willingness to act when he ran for a School Board seat.

I have begun to change my view of Guerrieri’s continued advocacy. His Backpage Editorial [Nov. 13] shows me he has become a one-note samba. His campaign concerns the teaching of “trades” in public schools as an alternative to a college prep curriculum.

He trots out the same tired arguments about certain students never being college material and the need to steer them to vocational training and what he refers to as “honorable and, in many instances, high-paying jobs.”

He then defines his idea of high-paying jobs as those that pay $15 to $18 an hour. Yes, they are higher than minimum wage jobs at McDonald’s, but they are hardly high-paying.

I suppose if high school students could start at $19 an hour, they would feel pretty good.

If such a person worked 40 hours a week for 52 weeks, that would be $39,520 before taxes.

Realistically, not many could start at that level, but even if they could, where do they go from there? Such a job would have to be one with a need to stay current with changes in systems, processes and technology supporting this type of work. Staying current would be necessary simply to stay where you are.

Advancement would require moving into supervision and management roles. This again points to learning skills often very different from those that make you good at the technical aspects of a job.

Why can’t someone just stay in the area where they initially started and be happy?

First, companies are getting away from salary increases based solely on longevity. They can hire an entry-level replacement who is probably better-versed in the latest technology and costs them less. Second, in today’s economy, staying where you are is, in effect, falling behind.

For five years, I taught at the vocational magnet high school Frank H. Peterson Academy of Technology. This is a comprehensive high school that happens to offer the type of training Guerrieri favors, but with a difference. While studying in one of six vocational areas and often gaining various levels of professional certification, these students must successfully complete the same college prep course of study as any other high school student in Duval County Public Schools.

If they fell behind in their academic subjects, they lost vocational class opportunities.

I taught chemistry at Peterson at all levels.

Guerrieri doesn’t think chemistry has much application to a student not interested in college. I could not disagree more. All my students had to complete a 1,500-word research paper on a topic related to chemistry. This was not a curriculum requirement, by the way.

While the choice was ultimately theirs (I had to approve their topic), I strongly encouraged them to pick a topic related to their vocational area, and many did. In cosmetology, many of them were surprised to find the chemical basis for the procedures they learned.

One student was eager to tell me that hair relaxer (her topic) had the same pH as oven cleaner. Others learned about sulfide bonds in hair that they manipulated to achieve desired effects. The automotive students learned about the chemistry of lubrication, synthetic oils and fuel additives. Graphic art students explored

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the chemistry of ink jet printers. TV/media students explored the mysteries of LCD, plasma and LED TVs. Child care students learned about the chemistry of various baby formulas and pediatric medications.

These students were well-equipped to enter the workforce, but many still went on to college to extend their expertise in the field or to other majors. Others went on to advanced technical training that required more than just rudimentary reading, math and language skills.

So many times we talk about encouraging students to be life-long learners, but for that to happen, they need to be properly equipped to continue learning.

Some of the courses Guerrieri dismisses as unnecessary teach more than just factoring binomials or parsing poetry. Chemistry and other subjects teach various approaches to problem-solving and dealing with situations when you don’t have a lot of the information needed to reach a conclusion.

My problem with Guerrieri’s solution is that it is an either/or type of approach. I also don’t understand when he thinks the decision to track a student toward “learning a trade” should occur. Too often at Peterson, I saw parents making a decision for a 14-year-old child based on their own disappointing experience with public education. My colleagues and I saw our job was to prepare their students for both the workforce and continuing education.

We do need to do a better job teaching reading, no matter what the future holds for a student.

I’m sorry Guerrieri’s teaching experience leads him to what I view as giving up on some students. My experience often pointed out many of the problems we face, but I was also encouraged every day by students whose success defied the odds and the curse of low expectations.

Dennis Egan Jacksonville via email

Book Review Lacked Critique

I was puzzled by the review of the Bob Kealing bio on Gram Parsons [“Free Byrd,” Nov. 13].

I was an editorial consultant on “Calling Me Home,” so I am intimately familiar with this book. I was hoping for a review, but instead the reviewer provided a detailed synopsis of the book. I would have liked to see some comments that dealt with the book itself: Was it well written? Did it contain new, useful information?

Is it an important work? Is it worth buying?

What impact if any might this book have on the history of popular music?

Michael Ray Fitzgerald Jacksonville via email

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Correction Due to incorrect information provided by the studio, “Smashed” was included in the Nov. 20 film list.

The film is rescheduled for release Nov. 30 at Regal Beach Boulevard, Intracoastal West.

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Bark for the Camera The Portrait and Paw Prints calendars are now on sale to benefit homeless pets at the Jacksonville Humane Society. The calendar features photos of dogs and cats submitted by owners from across Northeast Florida. Humane Society supporters selected the pets featured in the calendar by voting, at $1 per vote.

“The photos are sure to make people smile, and sales contribute to a great cause, helping to fund the shelter and care of homeless animals,” said Denise Deisler, JHS executive director. Calendars are $15 each, $25 for two; available online at jaxhumane.org, or at JHS boutique, 8464 Beach Blvd., and JHS Thrift Store, 8328 Beach Blvd.

Hospice Expansion in Palatka A $1.7 million anonymous donation from a longtime supporter will allow Haven Hospice to expand The Roberts Center in Putnam County. Haven Hospice has been serving the Palatka and Putnam County area since 1979, opening Roberts Inpatient Hospice Care Center in 2003. The expansion, expected to begin early next year, will increase capacity to 18 beds in private rooms.

The historic Clay Theatre opened in 1916 as the Palace Opera House. In 1936, it was renamed and restructured into a film theater. Photos: Walter Coker

Feat of Revitalizing Clay

Theater owners with a long history in the film industry hope a historic building sparks Green Cove Springs nightlife

J Digitized Jacksonville The city of Jacksonville is being recognized by e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government & Digital Communities in its 12th annual Digital Cities Survey.

Jacksonville was ranked 10th nationwide among cities (it’s the only Florida one) with a population of 250,000 or more. The city’s Information Technologies Division saved $3.2 million for fiscal year 2013 by streamlining operations, renegotiating existing contracts and privatizing opportunities. The city will be honored at an awards ceremony at Boston’s National League of Cities convention Nov. 30.

Pregnant Party Thirty local moms-to-be whose spouses are deployed members of the U.S. Navy will be honored during a group baby shower 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse’s Sunset Room. The Babies of the Brave event is hosted by Amy Mickelson, wife of PGA Tour champ Phil Mickelson, and Cathy Justice, wife of Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, as part of the Birdies for the Brave fundraising weekend at TPC Sawgrass Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Sponsored by University of Phoenix, Operation Shower is held in partnership with Birdies for the Brave with support from Young America and Petunia Pickle Bottom.

erry Williams has lived in Green Cove Springs for all 80 years of her life. She recalls working at the Clay Theatre in 1947 as an usher, when the city was a naval hub and teemed with tourists.

“Green Cove was really booming then,” Williams said. “It was a big deal.”

The Clay Theatre is a historic building; it opened in 1916 as the Palace Opera House.

In 1936, it was renamed and restructured into a film theater. Williams said Clay Theatre was so busy in the 1950s that another movie house, the Cove Theatre, was built next door to accommodate an influx of customers.

Many customers, she said, were sailors stationed at Lee Field Naval Air Station.

Williams said Walnut Street was flooded with taxis shuttling sailors and pedestrians around the city’s many restaurants and bars, and especially to the theaters. She said the theaters would play two to three blockbusters a night and were quite busy during weekends. Despite her city’s changes, Williams said the Clay Theatre today looks very much like it did more than 60 years ago.

Clay Theatre had its grand reopening in September, after being closed since 2008.

Owners and brothers John and Charlie Watzke are third-generation film projectionists from New Orleans, whose goal is to reinvigorate the nightlife of Green Cove Springs by opening the quaint, two-story structure.

The single-ticket booth looks out across Walnut Street to City Hall, where Williams served as the town’s first woman mayor for 18 years. The Cove Theatre is now a vacant lot adjacent to the Clay Theatre and near NAS, which Williams said was once home to more than 500 ships. It’s now a Reynolds Industrial Park site.

The grand public reopening saw residents lining up to get their tickets for the premiere of Ole Bornedal’s horror film “The Possession”

and Peter Hedges’ “The Odd Life of Timothy Green.” John Watzke said the business will be family-oriented and will try to show as many G, PG and PG-13 movies as possible.

More than a month after the successful grand opening, John said business was going slow, and residents did not seem to be warming up to the theater as much as he had anticipated.

Williams said the nightlife is not how it was when she was a teenager, but there are still lots of visitors to the historic sulfur springs.

“The city is fortunate enough to be able to accommodate its tourists,” Williams said.

Williams lives close to the City Pier overlooking the St. Johns River, just to the

east of Clay Theatre. She said the theater’s family-friendly atmosphere is important to her, and she feels bringing it back is the right thing to do.

Younger residents, including students from Green Cove Springs Junior High, were in line getting tickets an hour before the shows started for the grand opening.

Jennifer Esposito, 12, said she lives on Fleming Island and was looking forward to seeing “The Possession.” She said she remembers going with her parents to the theater before it closed. Seventh-graders Serena White, 13, and Kyle Moody, 12, said they didn’t even know about the theater until rumors of its

Owners and brothers John and Charlie (pictured) Watzke are third-generation film projectionists from New Orleans, whose goal is to reinvigorate the nightlife of Green Cove Springs by opening the quaint, two-story structure.

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reopening, but were anxious to see the inside.

Green Cove Springs is no stranger to the film industry. Charlie Watzke said three movies were partially filmed in the city, including “Creature from the Black Lagoon” which premiered in 1954, the cult-classic “Zaat” filmed in 1972 and, more recently, “The General’s Daughter,” which premiered in 1999.

The Watzke brothers operate the business with friend and co-owner Chad Edwards, who said the nostalgia of the 96-year-old building is what drew them. The original balcony was remodeled in 1992 and converted into another screen. The theater features a full-sized, 228seat screening room downstairs and a smaller, 78-seat screening area upstairs. The two screens are important when booking films, because the older film can be moved to the smaller screen to make room for more revenue from new releases, John said. The main lobby is no bigger than an average living room, but the fully stocked concession stand offers prices that are more reasonable than mainstream theater venues. Tickets are $4.50 for children and $6 for adults. “Lowest prices in the county,” John said.

John said his brother discovered the theater in 1999 and said it needed renovation, like new carpet and paint. He said Bill Gause, the building’s former owner, renovated the building back in 2002 and put almost $2 million into it.

“He basically rebuilt it,” John said.

Charlie said he wished they could have connected a power cord from next door’s City Hall to the stopped clock at the top of the theater, in homage to 1985’s “Back to the Future.” However, there was not enough time as the building, which sat empty for four years, had to be cleaned from top to bottom before the premiere.

This is not the brothers’ induction into the movie theater business. The Watzke brothers were raised in New Orleans, where their father and grandfather were both film projectionists.

John said his grandfather, Charles Sr., started as a projectionist at age 12, for 25 cents a day,

to help support his family. John’s father, Charles Jr., began work as a projectionist in 1939, then taught John and Charlie how to operate the projection equipment at an early age. “As soon as we were tall enough to reach the projector,” John said, “we were able to run it.”

Charlie moved to Brevard County in 1985 and bought his first movie theater, Maxi’s Cinema Pub, in 1992. He said the term “pub” took away a lot of family business, so the name was changed to Maxi’s Family Cinema. In July 2011, he opened the Ocala Drive-In Theater.

Charlie said that venue was also brought back from a four-year hiatus and is doing steady business. The brothers said that by this time next year, they hope to own even more filmrelated businesses, including theaters.

Charlie’s son, Chuck, is a fourth-generation film projectionist. He works alongside his father and uncle, and helped organize the film for the theater’s opening. Chuck also has a son, 18-month-old James, whom Charlie hopes will learn the business, too. John said his grandson, 11-year-old Drake, is already learning how to operate the projector as the family’s fifthgeneration film projectionist.

The nightlife in Green Cove Springs is slow, but John hopes the theater draws more people to the downtown area. When a theater opens up in a small town, it anchors the nightlife, and he said the Clay Theatre will be no exception.

Lindsey Kraus, 29, is a former resident of Green Cove Springs. She lives in Jacksonville now but said she remembers going to the theater with her school and watching a lot of children’s movies. She said there wasn’t much to do in Green Cove Springs and said the theater would be successful if it were supported by the sparse retail options. She said a beer and wine license might also attract a larger crowd.

“It’s a beautiful area for families,” Kraus said. “I think the reopening will be great to revitalize Green Cove Springs.”

Bouquets to Haven Horse Ranch near St. Augustine and Ric and Stacey Lehman for operating a non-profit, licensed riding center that uses rescued horses to provide free therapy for special needs children, including those with autism, learning disabilities, MS, MD, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries and at-risk youth. To date, 48 children have taken their first steps and 68 people have spoken their first words after participating in the program.

Brickbats to Sheriff John Rutherford for wrongly asserting on Melissa Ross’ “First Coast Connect” program on WJCT Nov. 20 that Duval County doesn’t have the highest murder rate in the state. In raw numbers, Miami-Dade had 97 murders for the first six months of 2012; Duval County was second with 40. However, when you convert the rate to murders per 100,000, Jacksonville tops the list with a rate of 4.6 per 100,000, compared with 3.8 for Miami-Dade County.

Brickbats to Citizen Property Insurance Corp. for firing four employees responsible for keeping watch for internal wrongdoing at the state-backed insurer. Gov. Rick Scott has asked Inspector General Melinda Miguel to investigate the recent terminations. Scott noted in a letter that the employees were fired at a time they were investigating charges the insurer had mismanaged internal investigations and corporate funds.

Bouquets to Second Harvest North Florida food bank and its executive director Bruce Ganger for working to make sure that, with help from food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and churches, the hungry in 17 North Florida counties have food throughout the year, not just during the holidays.

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Where to Go Veg A new dining guide, listing 50 Northeast Florida restaurants, shows which have menus free of animal products or by-products. The restaurant guide, developed by The Girls Gone Green, is online at vegjax.com. Girls Gone Green says the guide makes it easier for diners to find healthier and more humane dining options. The restaurants are broken down by area and include St. Augustine, Riverside, Fernandina Beach, San Marco, Southside and the Beaches.

S.R. 207, Hastings, Nov. 20

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Cheer, Interrupted

UF administrators ground the cheer team

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mericans have a long, ambivalent relationship with the sport of cheerleading.

For example, some of you reading this right now assume that cheerleading is less of a sport than football, basketball or volleyball. Some think this, in part, because there’s no ball and no score. Others think it because they can’t see how cheerleading could be a competitive thing. Still others believe this because the sport is co-ed, and they have a perception of sports being a male endeavor.

I have to disagree. Cheerleading is an athletic endeavor of the highest level; just ask President George W. Bush, a great athlete to this day who famously (or infamously, if you prefer) was a cheerleader in college. It requires strength, dexterity, focus, agility, adaptability and teamwork every bit as much as the football and basketball games for which the teams mobilize support. If you need proof of that, watch the crews at any sporting event — from the next Jaguars home game to a local high school football team’s playoff game. There’s a level of teamwork evident that often exceeds what’s seen between the white lines.

And a level of risk, as well.

Consider what can happen on any cooperative stunt. Consider the distinct possibility of a cheerleader not being able to plant her leg on the shoulder of the person below her as she attempts to jump. Or consider the person below her, struggling to support her weight. It doesn’t take much for things to go seriously awry.

Mainstream sports commentators don’t consider the art, or the difficulty, of cheerleading enough. Ever since the 1970s, when the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders became pop-culture sensations, the focus has been on womanly pulchritude. The curves.

The daring hemlines. The low-cut outfits. The curves again.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

We are biologically driven to notice such things. It’s naïve to argue that cheerleading goes so well with sports like football and basketball because the cheerleaders represent, in some sense, a subtextual promise: If you perform well on the field or the court, women like these will notice. In warfare, in sports, in business, in entertainment — scoring an alpha female is linked with scoring in those material realms.

But still, it is a sport. And in sports, things go wrong.

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During the telecast of the Orlando Magic game on Nov. 13, the camera was focused on the cheer team when, suddenly, cheerleader Jamie Woode fell from the shoulders of the person below her and crumpled to the court floor, breaking a rib and fracturing three vertebrae.

I watch a lot of sports, so I see a lot of injuries. Some are of the “walk it off ” variety; others require a cart to transport the nonwalking wounded. The commentators did what protocol calls for — go to commercial while the mess is cleaned up. The show must go on.

The Magic finished the game without further incident, though I couldn’t tell you who won — they’re the NBA’s cure for sleep disorders. The most lasting moment was Woode’s injury, which surprisingly enough affected the Florida Gators football team’s walk-through against lightly regarded Jacksonville State.

The cheer team, according to members on Twitter, was prohibited from “stunts and tumbling” by the UF “marketing department” because of what happened at the Magic game.

An abundance of caution? Perhaps, though one wonders why such caution for cheerleaders at this late date.

For years and years, cheerleader stunts have become increasingly more complicated.

The athletes are more athletic now, and so the level of risk is necessarily increased. This is true beyond cheerleading. Watch a football game now and compare it to one 20 years ago, and you’ll see a lot more head shots than you would’ve in the bygone days of Emmitt Smith or Errict Rhett. We see a concussion every game or so, but don’t expect UF to shut down football because it’s too dangerous. This illustrates a double-standard.

Some have questioned if cheerleaders are properly insured. Folio Weekly contacted the University of Florida Athletic Department for comment but received no answer by press time.

What is clear, however, is that we see different standards for different sports, and no clear rationale as to why they’re being imposed now.

The sport of cheerleading must be allowed to flourish. And the athletes in cheerleading must be protected as they practice their skills. Title IX, gender equity and elemental notions of fairness all demand it.

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here’s nothing good on TV this week — other than the usual awesome stuff! So that’s why I’m going to spend this column recounting the story of “The Hobbit” — a book I’ve never read and know nothing about. Everybody’s superexcited about the upcoming “Hobbit” movie … especially the Denny’s chain of restaurants who inexplicably created an entire Hobbit menu. I ate there the other day, and — well, hell yeah, I’m gonna eat off the Hobbit menu!

Even though I haven’t read the book, I figured I’d just read the menu and learn everything I needed to know. (The “Gandalf Gobbler” was delicious, btw, even if it was a sandwich instead of a hungry wizard.)

Anyway, now that I’ve educated myself, here’s my plot synopsis of the book, based on everything I learned from the Denny’s menu. Enjoy!

“The Hobbit,” by R.R. Trollken (based on the animated cartoon “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”).

Long, long ago, before electricity and the Internet, there were short, stubby people who lived in a place called “middle earth.” OK, I need to stop and call “horsehockey” on this.

How can it be in the middle of the earth — you can see the sun shining? Gaw, this book is so stupid already!

Anyway, these short people were called “midgets” — but they considered that offensive,

government agents trying to kidnap their alien friend, so they escape on bicycl… no, that’s “E.T.” Anyway! They eventually reach Skeletor’s mountain, where the evil villain cackles wildly, taunting them with the ring — but decides Denny’s Ring Burger (three onion rings atop a pepper jack bacon cheeseburger) sounds freaking delicious, so they all go there instead.

Gandalf Gobbler gets his ring back, and treats everyone to whatever they want on the Denny’s menu. What a nice wizard!

The end. (Sorry if I spoiled it for you.)

Gandalf Gobbler TOTALLY FREAKS OUT, and sends two hobbits, Bilbo Berry Shake and Frodo Pot Roast Skillet on a quest to retrieve it.

8:00 NBC 30 ROCK Liz and Criss decide to go into full-tilt baby-making mode.

9:30 NBC PARKS AND RECREATION Tom gets help from the office to set up his “Renta-Swag” business, even though they’re the least swaggy people on Earth.

so it was changed to “hobbits.” Terrible with their hands, the hobbits were forced to live in “hobbit holes” (according to Denny’s menu) deep underground. (Underground? What do they call that then? “Middle-middle-earth”?

Sheesh.) These hobbits were also extremely hairy — so hairy, they’d actually eat the hair off their feet for sustenance. (Denny’s wasn’t invented yet.)

One day, sexy wizard Gandalf Gobbler visits the “shire” yelling, “All right, who wants some serious sustenance?” Suddenly, his magic ring falls off! And the evil Skeletor swoops down on his flying dinosaur and steals the ring! Gandalf Gobbler TOTALLY FREAKS OUT, and sends two hobbits, Bilbo Berry Shake and Frodo Pot Roast Skillet (thanks again, Denny’s), on a quest to retrieve it. On their journey, they meet Radagast’s Red Velvet Pancake Puppies (didn’t try that, but sounds yummy) as well as a beautiful princess (She-Ra, Princess of Power), a brave knight (Zamfir, master of the pan flute) and a grotesque little green creature that says the ring’s “precious” (Yoda).

Danger is around every corner! In one adventure, they meet a forest of apple-throwing trees, and an army of flying monkeys! (Wait … that’s “Wizard of Oz.”) Then they fight

TUESDAY, NOV. 27 8:00 ABC HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS And he would’ve gotten away with it, too — if it hadn’t been for a huge turnout of Latino, black and women voters.

8:00 FOX RAISING HOPE The Chances sign up for a charity run. (Don’t worry, it’s for “Angry Bowel Syndrome.”)

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 8:00 ABC A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Charlie learns the true meaning of Christmas after being crucified for buying a crappy tree.

10:00 FX AMERICAN HORROR STORY Sister Mary Eunice senses an evil presence … ummm … more evil than her? SHE’S SATAN!!

THURSDAY, NOV. 29

FRIDAY, NOV. 30 9:00 TRU KILLER KARAOKE Contestants try to sing songs while sticking their hands in live rattlesnake cages. This is a good idea for a show.

10:00 E! FASHION POLICE It’s the 100th episode of this delightfully bitchy fashion critique show hosted by Joan Rivers!

SATURDAY, DEC. 1 8:00 NBC IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Movie) (1946) Or it would be, if actual life ended like it does in this totally unrealistic movie. BOOO!! I HATE EVERYTHING!!

SUNDAY, DEC. 2 9:00 AMC THE WALKING DEAD An accident puts Blondie McGunnerson in charge of Woodbury. Seriously? They couldn’t find anyone else?

9:00 HBO BOARDWALK EMPIRE Season finale! Nucky has a plan to reclaim power in Atlantic City — and yup, blood will be spilled.

MONDAY, DEC. 3 9:00 A&E HOARDERS Tonight, a woman who keeps dead cats in her fridge. Nothing weird about that at all.

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his story will break your heart.

It will leave you contemplating mortality and the meaning of suffering. It will plumb the depths of the human spirit and the parent/child bond. And it will ask, a number of times, that age-old question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”

But Jordie Hudson doesn’t care about that schmaltzy nonsense. Though she is in what seems to be the closing chapter of a decade-long battle with meningitis, though her head and face are plagued with tumors, though her body has been ravaged by heavy doses of medication, she doesn’t want your pity. What Hudson wants you to know is that, in the throes of her illness, she is still making art. Big, bold, powerful art.

It’s just after 9 on a chilly November morning. The sky is clear and blue, and Lincolnville, that sleepy little St. Augustine village, is pleasantly silent. A blue jay squawks, a scooter zips by, but it’s mostly silent.

In the kitchen of a white two-story in the heart of Lincolnville, a different kind of silence falls. There, in a chair in her mom’s knickknack-laden kitchen, slumps Hudson. Eyes narrowed, shoulders hunched, head drooping, she lists to her right as she does her best to compose a few sentences. An army of prescription bottles litters a small table, their contents only partially responsible for her languorous state.

Hudson’s mother, diminutive but wide-eyed and energetic Judy Allen, says, “Jordie didn’t sleep at all last night.” She says Hudson fell a half-dozen times — probably more — during the restless evening.

Hudson is struggling to piece together her past, half-slurring, half-mumbling about her time at art schools in North Carolina and Boston. It’s a fuzzy chronology, a crazy-quilt of anecdotes about her devoted yet sexually abusive father, her gay and physically abusive art instructor, her careers as performance artist, model and visual artist. Then, as if a shroud has been lifted, she says with clarity and strength, “You can be as handicapped as you wanna be, and you can still draw like a motherfucker.”

And there, in one direct statement, resides the soul of Jordie Hudson.

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BROKEN BEAUTY, SUBLIME STRENGTH

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went to college at 15.” Six words roll out in a slow, slurry drawl, and with this simple, strenuous sentence, Hudson, now 43, begins what proves to a laborious account of her life’s journey. Surrounded by her mom’s antique plates and bottles, kitschy signs and memorabilia, framed photos of family and friends and Frank Zappa, she fidgets and squirms. Her legs, always crossed tightly like a pretzel, are thin and shaky. She twists them together to relieve the pain of chronic arthritis.

Hudson is an odd mix of broken beauty and sublime strength. People often mistake her as high, junked out of her mind on drugs, and it’s an unfair supposition, one that hurts her almost as deeply as the physical pain. Yes, she’s skinny, frail, prone to sudden tremors and unheralded falls, but her condition is a result of circumstances beyond her control.

Circumstances nearly untraceable through the haze of her personal history.

Allen says symptoms of her condition may have presented themselves as early as her mid-teens, while she was a freshman at North Carolina School of the Arts (now University of North Carolina School of the Arts). Meningitis, the swelling or inflammation of membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord, can manifest itself physically in a number of ways including vomiting, photophobia (light sensitivity), neck pain, headache or rashes. In other words, symptoms that could accompany a hundred other illnesses. But nearly three decades later, Allen is just coming to realize what might have been going on in those early stages.

“Later, just probing her, I said, ‘While you were at [North Carolina] School of the Arts, did you ever experience anything like [the symptoms of] this illness?’ She said, ‘Well, I passed out once or twice, but that was from not eating.’ So I don’t know how long this illness has been in Jordie,” Allen says.

But as Hudson’s symptoms worsened, sometime

in her early 30s, Allen decided to take action. “I took her to Mayo, I took her all over, and they felt it was definitely something neurological,” Allen says. “She was tested for 301 viruses. This should have been spotted right away. I don’t know. It wasn’t like we weren’t trying. It really does not make you fond of the medical world. Two spinal taps in two days, during which she was just manhandled.”

No one could pinpoint the cause of Hudson’s declining health.

Allen, frustrated with the lack of progress in her daughter’s diagnosis, sought help closer to their Georgia home. Their doctor in Milledgeville, Ga.,

Hudson is driven to create, to move into the future despite the many obstacles before her. Her quick wit and caustic sense of humor, her frequent têteà-têtes with her mom, her liberal deployment of F-bombs, all keep her rooted in the real world. referred them to celebrated neurologist Thomas H. Sachy. Sachy streamlined the diagnosis and narrowed her treatment. He currently sees Hudson every six weeks. Her next appointment is the Monday following her Dec. 7 opening at space:eight Gallery on West King Street in St. Augustine.

Hudson is currently on a regimen of what Allen calls “a helluvalot” of pills — 12 or 14 prescriptions, all balancing or battling one thing or another. It’s a

The tattooed teardrops falling from the corner of her right eye, however, illuminate a sad irony. Her tear duct has been destroyed by tumors, and now the only tears that fall from Hudson’s right eye are made of ink. regimen that has conspired with the meningitis to wear her down. Way down.

But shades of Hudson’s former self show through. A multitude of tattoos hearken to a rebellious youth — an elaborate “Honky Tonk Angel” stamp spans her shoulder blades — and her hair is mussed but styled with frosted blonde wisps framing her sunken hazel eyes. A gauzy shirt hangs from her bony frame. Her bell-bottomed jeans drape stocking feet. A pink-polished toenail peeks through a hole in her right sock.

That former self was a stunningly gorgeous creature, a comely punk-rock sprite. Hudson’s early modeling photographs emphasize her lost attributes — her chiseled jaw, her sensual pout, her piercing gaze. In truth, the gaze remains, weary but no less powerful. The tattooed teardrops falling from the corner of her right eye, however, illuminate a sad irony. Her tear duct has been destroyed by tumors, and now the only tears that fall from Hudson’s right eye are made of ink.

But to dwell on her condition, to give in to bitterness, is counter-productive. Hudson is driven to create, to move into the future despite the many obstacles before her. Her quick wit and caustic sense of humor, her frequent tête-à-têtes with her mom, her liberal deployment of F-bombs, all keep her rooted in the real world.

She brings the conversation back to her early arts education, when at 15 she was the youngest — and most talented — student in her class at North Carolina School of the Arts. There, she studied under a man who would become her mentor, a professor who was both revered and reviled by his students. Violent and prone to dramatic outbursts, Hudson’s teacher pushed her to her creative limit and won her heart.

“Clyde Fowler is the ultimate gay — to the meanest,” says Hudson, an outspoken bisexual herself. “He wasn’t cutesy gay. He was meeean.”

Hudson stretches “mean” with intent, clenching her teeth as she speaks. “He walked around with a stick and hit you on the back of the legs if you didn’t do a gesturally drawn foot.”

With much effort, Hudson pushes herself up from her chair and ambles to a small space in the middle of the kitchen. There she establishes solid footing and forces her hunching shoulders upright, grabs an imaginary stick and adopts the posture of her former instructor. “In his class [he’d say], ‘If I see Cro-Magnon feet again, I’m gonna beat the fucking shit outta you!’ And of course, the [students] were all devoured.”

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1. An army of bottles litters a small table – 12 or 14 prescriptions – a regimen that has conspired with the meningitis to wear down Jordie Hudson.

2. Hudson appears in a photo from about 10 years ago.

Photo: Provided by Jordie Hudson 3. Hudson works on a large canvas prepared with, among other items, a smashed beverage can, a mini Etch-A-Sketch, a Hello Kitty BandAid container, a classic image of Wonder Woman and a rubber duck. She named it “Once I Was a Punk Rocker.”

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Hudson then mellows and, a bit winded, intones, “He was an excellent teacher. He was incredible … He was my mentor. I was his star student.”

For her work at NCSA, Hudson was awarded a scholarship to School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, more affectionately known as Boston’s Museum School. There, entering her 20s, she nurtured her raw talent, creating new forms and even getting into avant-garde performance art.

“I wore a child’s christening gown,” Hudson says. “In the trash, I found red velvet shoes. And I took dead fish, and I surrounded myself and made people walk over me. And you know what else is really funny? They took this picture for a catalogue, because it was so beautiful. I had a cow bone, and I used real blood.” Some folks from the German underground saw the photograph and contacted her. Ever the proud offender of senses, Hudson says, “They loved me.”

THERE’S NO HIDING IT

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ou don’t paint,” Hudson says with a grimace. “You have to draw to do anything, you see what I’m saying?

Many people go in, and they paint — and they suck.” Hudson suggests — well, flat-out states — that you just don’t put brush to

canvas and expect miracles. You have to draw first. And you have to be good, very good, to make it work.

Indeed, Hudson’s paintings, organized along the walls and in stacks of boxes in her St. Augustine apartment as she prepares for her upcoming show, are more akin to drawings than paintings. Working in both large- and small-scale formats, Hudson combines pop art, found-object assemblage and post-modernism in her pieces. Blackoutlined figures and deformed faces, accompanied by lines upon lines of scribbled text, occupy the canvases. Demented cartoony characters and soup cans, broken dolls and rubber ducks, juxtaposed in strange ways, confound the viewer. Drips of glue obscure parts of the work, streak the paint and give the pieces a haunting, cloudy quality. It’s all very weird — and nightmarishly wonderful.

Hudson has built shrines, too. In her mom’s backyard, and in her own apartment, various religious and spiritual artifacts collude and commingle. Is this stuff happy and fun? Or is its subtext that of darkness and pain?

“I am one of those people who likes awkwardness,” she says, as if answering both questions with a “yes.”

If there is one piece that embodies Hudson’s affinity for awkwardness, it’s “Ugly Teddy Bear.”

Painted over one of her mother’s pieces — a

veritable act of vandalism with which Allen still takes issue — “Ugly Teddy Bear” is just that: A big, roly-poly, ugly teddy bear. From the bear’s mouth, two dingy, half-smoked cigarette butts protrude at an awkward angle. Hudson says her mother hates it.

“That was a painting my mom did,” Hudson says, “and I painted over it because the colors were horrific. It was green and this and that.

She said, ‘Do you want this?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ ” A few layers of paint and a couple of smokes later, “Ugly Teddy Bear” was born.

Hudson’s newest piece is less aggressive, more playful. A work in progress, it lies on the floor of her apartment, a large canvas prepared with, among other items, a smashed beverage can, a mini Etch-A-Sketch, a Hello Kitty Band-Aid container, a classic image of Wonder Woman and, yes, a rubber duck.

It has remained untitled until this very moment. Sitting in the mid-morning sunlight that sweeps over the Matanzas Bay and into her living room/workspace, Hudson casually tosses off the piece’s name: “Once I Was a Punk Rocker.”

Hinting at a work ethic that would exhaust even a healthy artist, Hudson says she is going to exhibit “as many [paintings] as I can” at her space:eight show, which means she likely won’t stop creating until the second the doors open. Her speed and prolificity are impressive,

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WARRIOR ARTIST and despite her deteriorating health, she has a rule that she insists on following. Though she’s exhibited her work in various galleries — from Atlanta, where she lived near Little Five Points, to New Orleans, where for a solo exhibition she claimed the entire top floor of the city’s contemporary art museum — she refuses to mount the same show twice.

So she’s working and drawing and composing, and suffering all the while. And she doesn’t care. This is all she knows. It feeds her, keeps her going, and when she stops creating, her life will have officially ended. “What else am I going to do?” she asks with chilling rhetoric. “You know what’s funny about having an illness? You get stronger, therefore, you go in as a warrior.”

Curator Rob DePiazza, who has brought countless international artists to his St. Augustine galleries — first Screen Arts and now space:eight — admits to knowing little of substance about Hudson until recently.

He was originally turned on to her work by George Long, an Atlanta artist whose work DePiazza had shown years ago. Long and Hudson had dated and collaborated in the past, and Long suggested DePiazza contact her about mounting an exhibit. But Hudson was hard to locate, as she followed her creative spirit where it moved her — to New Mexico, New York City and elsewhere. Many years and several failed attempts later, Theresa Segal, wife of local sculptor Joe Segal and friend of both Hudson and Allen, helped DePiazza get in touch with Hudson. For DePiazza, it was initially about taking the advice of respected friends and colleagues.

“I knew she was sick six, seven years ago, when George told me about her. But I didn’t know to what degree,” says DePiazza. “When you see her, it’s really heartbreaking, because she’s so physically affected by this illness.

There’s no hiding it.”

But since he’s come to know her and her art, DePiazza says, Hudson is the real deal, an artist worthy of the high praise heaped upon her by her peers. “Her work is original and compelling,” he says. “This isn’t about her illness. It’s about her creativity. It’s pretty moving that she would have the drive to do this. This show is hers.”

PASSION AND TENACITY

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llen’s family history runs deep. A descendant of the Solana/Sanchez family, which arrived in St. Augustine in 1565, Allen has found herself drawn to the area throughout her life. Her father built the first condominium in St. Augustine, the 11unit complex in which Hudson now lives. Allen originally bought her Lincolnville house as an investment, not intending to live there since she resided in Georgia. But it’s home now, a virtual art gallery itself. The structure houses Jordie’s first canvas, several of Allen’s paintings and those of Allen’s late husband, Peter Hudson, an award-winning photographer, documentary filmmaker, motorcycle enthusiast, educated aesthete and friend of reggae legend Peter Tosh.

Allen says he was also a pedophile.

Peter Hudson and Judy Allen divorced when Jordie was 6. He was, by Allen’s telling, a gifted, influential and troubled man who molested little Jordie even as he was nurturing her talent. “Some of it happened when we were married,” Allen says. “We’re talking about a brilliant man that you would find very intriguing. This was happening a long time before I knew what was going on. He was having affairs with women, too. He’s still loved … and hated.”

Jordie addresses the issue with equal ambivalence. Though he exploited the child in private and sometimes in his photography, he

If there is one piece that embodies Hudson’s affinity for awkwardness, it’s “Ugly Teddy Bear.” She painted over one of her mother’s pieces to create a big, roly-poly, ugly teddy bear. From the bear’s mouth, two dingy, half-smoked cigarette butts protrude at an awkward angle. Hudson says her mother hates it.

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WARRIOR ARTIST

Hudson slumps in a chair in her mom’s kitchen. She struggles to light a cigarette. Her doctor has advised her not to stop smoking, because it calms and stabilizes her.

also doted on his little girl and took the time to impart to her his vast knowledge of the visual arts. Jordie says he was her biggest influence as an artist. “My father sexually molested me because he was in love with me,” she says. “But I loved my father. Loved him.”

She also says her father died of AIDS. How he contracted the disease, Hudson says, is a mystery.

In passing, she mentions his gay lover, but makes no connection to her father’s death. Her mother is unspecific about the date of Peter’s death. As enigmatic as Peter Hudson might have been, he left an indelible mark on his family. Allen never remarried, never had another baby. “You don’t do anything after Peter Hudson,” she says with a melancholy chuckle. “He was flamboyant, absolutely brilliant. Jordie is definitely his child.”

Allen moved on, if not emotionally, at least physically. A former assistant art instructor at University of Georgia, she became a writer, an archaeologist and a cattle rancher. And she dedicated herself to her daughter’s well-being.

They traveled to places they thought Jordie’s art might find purchase. A trip to New York, to get a feel for the scene and possibly find representation, was a major disappointment. “We were very discouraged by what we saw there,” Allen says.

“Just crappy art. We saw some of the worst work I’ve ever seen in my life.”

But Hudson continued to create, and promote herself with passion and tenacity. “She’s something else,” Allen says. “She’ll be in your face, put on a gorgeous black suit. I would pace outside the galleries, and she’d just turn into this saleswoman in a suit and high heels like you’ve never seen. And I’d just pace.”

This mother’s concern — or, more specifically, her worry — for her child hasn’t waned. As Hudson’s condition worsens, Allen’s fears deepen. “She could go at any time,” Allen says. “At any time. Jordie can do weird things.

Like you walk in, and she’s passed out, and I have stopped and taken a deep breath and said, OK, she might be gone — and I know where she’s going; our faith is very important. And then she’ll open an eye and say, ‘Hey Mommy.’ ” “But I still think life is a glorious thing,” adds

Allen. “And Jordie is, too. She’s still alive, and look at her … producing.”

HER CHILDREN

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udson struggles to light a cigarette. This is how she measures time these days: the space between cigarettes. Her doctor has advised her not to stop smoking, because it calms and stabilizes her. Hudson has also been seeing a local plastic surgeon who’s been administering Botox to the right side of her face, the side most affected by the tumors. The treatments have helped to lift her drooping cheek and lips. She can speak more clearly now.

And when she speaks about her art, she lights up. Her eyes become clearer, her energy level increases, and she gesticulates with ease.

When it’s suggested that she get some rest, she says, “Actually, I would like to draw a picture.”

Clutching a pen in her right hand, a cigarette in her left, she begins to sketch. She must be exhausted, but the image on the page takes shape quickly. She’s absorbed in the process, silent, focused. Then she looks up and says, “This face, I’ve been drawing forever. I’ve been drawing it for years and years and years and years. And I don’t know who it is.” It’s a masculine visage, rendered in rough lines with full lips, a sleek neck and an obscured right eye. In just a few minutes, Hudson has completed a drawing that is strikingly original, eerie and elusive.

Here in her apartment, where she continues to create, she is surrounded by her children.

That’s what she calls her pieces. Her children. Yet unlike her mother’s child, these children will live on. Not forever, granted, but long after Hudson leaves this place.

But, again, she doesn’t have time for all that.

She has work to do.

“Basically, I will never stop making art,” Hudson says. “Even if it hurts my eyes, even if it hurts my arms, even if it hurts everything, I will not stop.”

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Reasons to leave the house this week ALTERNATIVE ROCK EVERCLEAR

Frontman Art Alexakis (center) maintains alt-rockers Everclear with a lineup revamped from the one that produced ’90s hits. California punk rockers Eve 6 join them on a tour that’s ever so clearly trying to rekindle that ’90s fire. For Everclear, that means bringing a California vibe with “Santa Monica” and “Santa Ana Wind” to Northeast Florida. 7 p.m.

Nov. 30 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. $25. 246-2473. freebirdlive.com

FAMILY FUN COMMUNITY FIRST SATURDAYS

With food trucks rallying to feed you and your dog, the monthly street party is back on the Riverwalk, shutting down Coastline Drive, with T’ai chi, Zumba and a three-hour bike tour of Springfield in the morning. The event, designed to complement Riverside Arts Market, features DJs, a bike valet, a bike shop, a spin class, an appearance by Santa, a surprise guest from the zoo, craft beer and dining. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 1, Northbank Riverwalk, Downtown Jacksonville.

Free. Reserve neighborhood tours at 945-1571. communityfirstsaturdays.com

ROCKABILLY SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS

A Chapel Hill-formed parody of white-trash, trailer-park culture, this Southern-fried band mixes rockabilly, surf guitar, Americana and swamp pop. SCOTS’ 2011 album “Zombified” was a tribute to horror exploitation movies of the ’60s and ’70s in the South. Now, the plucky band makes its way through the backwoods to play St. Augustine. 9 p.m. Dec. 6 at The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine. $15. 460-9311.

CULTURE MUSEUMS ON US

Three of the city’s most popular museums swing their doors open for free for Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders on the first weekend each month. Among many exhibits, the Museum of Science & History shines a light on the “Green Revolution” (through Jan. 6), the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens displays “Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color” (through Jan. 4) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville shows off Andy Warhol and more in “ReFocus: Art of the 1980s” (through Jan. 6). Museums On Us is held Dec. 1 and 2. Free. MOSH, 396-6674, themosh.org; Cummer, 899-6004, cummer.org; MOCA, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.org.

THEATER OLIVE AND THE BITTER HERBS

Elderly New Yorker Olive Fisher (Jeannie Lijoi), a cranky character actress still living off the glory (infamy?) of her iconic “Gimme the Sausage” commercials of the ’80s, can’t stand her neighbors. A ghostly male figure appears, shaking up the curmudgeon and reminding her it’s never too late to improve her life.

Billed as “a comedy with real bite,” the play was written by Charles Busch and directed by Stephen Pigman. Nov. 30Dec. 15 at Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. $20. 249-0289. playersbythesea.org Photo: Redgie Gutshall

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e’re supposed to be charmed by the kooky, oddball humor of “Silver Linings Playbook,” but the characters are such unlikeable miscreants, you can’t stand the sight of them. It’s hard to laugh when people you despise behave horribly.

After eight months in a mental institution, Pat (Bradley Cooper) leaves under dubious circumstances. Though he was in there because

For a plot like this to work – loose cannons Pat and Tiffany play off one another’s zaniness – we need to be able to root for to be happy. Yet we © 2012them FolioWeekly can’t stop asking if they deserve to be happy.

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his wife’s adultery sent him over the edge, he’s determined to fix the marriage. The problem is, he isn’t allowed to contact his wife, who wants nothing to do with him, and he knows his parents (Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver) are keeping something from him, which makes him more unstable.

Through a mutual friend, he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a reformed slut who claims she’ll get a message to Pat’s wife in exchange for a favor: Pat must take dance lessons with Tiffany. He naturally resists, then acquiesces, and writer/director David O. Russell’s (“The Fighter”) story plays out in predictable ways.

For a plot like this to work — loose cannons Pat and Tiffany play off one another’s

zaniness — we need to be able to root for them to be happy. Yet we can’t stop asking if they deserve to be happy. Pat is rude and says whatever he wants without regard to others’ feelings. Tiffany is a manipulator and opportunist who’s too abrasive for her own good. In a sense, they deserve each other. We don’t care if they work out.

Making matters worse are Pat’s unstable parents. His father is a diehard Eagles fan with a gambling problem, and his mother’s an enabler. It’s no wonder Pat’s on a constant emotional rollercoaster.

To be clear: I’m not in any way advocating intolerance for individuals with mental and emotional issues, which the characters clearly have. They need and deserve all the help they can get. But asking an audience to enjoy the company of people this callous, insensitive and discourteous is a tall order.

What’s more, with so many serious, deep emotional issues in play, it’s hard for the humor to emerge. What’s supposed to be funny are not necessarily the jokes or physical humor, but the situations the characters find themselves in. These too are unfunny.

We guess we’re supposed to laugh when Pat wakes the neighbors while having a meltdown because he can’t find an old heirloom, but it’s just sad. Really sad, when you think about it, considering everyone from the cops to his parole officer to the neighbor down the street are inconvenienced. No laughter there.

Sure, some things Pat and Tiffany say will let you crack a smile, but most of these moments are uncomfortable. Also, a logical question: If Pat wants to be back with his wife so much, why does he constantly sabotage himself? His mental plight isn’t inherently selfdefeating — he’s conscious of what he’s doing and ostensibly has control of his actions. If he’s not willing to help himself, it’s hard for us to give a damn.

Are there silver linings to the movie? Sure, and they’ll be different for each of us. There aren’t many, though.

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Josh Peck (left to right), Josh Hutcherson and Chris Hemsworth take on the North Koreans in “Red Dawn,” a remake of the 1984 classic. Photo: FilmDistrict

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oing into the new “Red Dawn,” I wondered why there was a need to remake the ’80s classic about a group of teens who hide out in the woods, when the United States is overrun by foreign invaders, and turn into a band of inspirational freedom fighters.

Coming out of the new “Red Dawn,” I had the same question.

Other than several pumped-up action sequences that benefit from improved direction and special effects over the last 25 years, there’s little to tout in this jingoistic battle yarn, which lacks the innocence and the heart of the original.

The action has been moved from small-town America to the more significant Spokane, Wash., and like the original, begins with a group of high school students jolted out of their blissful teen lives into the bitter reality of enemy invasion.

Unlike the original, these teens do not waste time hiding out in the hills learning how to live off the land and honing their skills. From Day 1, they decide to be guerillas, picking away at the North Koreans who have occupied their hometown (replacing the Cubans and Nicaraguans from the original film). In fact, the movie glosses over the group having any real difficulty acquiring food, shelter and supplies or dealing with homesickness.

One advantage to moving the action to a major city: It allows the boys to slip in and out of the city at will to develop their underground resistance and make their surprise attacks.

Another is that they can create a more diverse group of teens. Oddly, though, they build a resistance network without recruiting any more actual soldiers, just a supply and intelligence network.

One of the drawbacks of the bigger city is that they’re named after their high school football team, the Wolverines, something iconic for small-town America but not as significant in a city like Spokane, which has more than a dozen high schools.

Chris Hemsworth (Thor in “The Avengers”) stars as Jed Eckert, the leader of this ragtag group. As fate would have it, he was home from the Marines, visiting family, when the attack hit, making him the senior member and only one with any previous combat skills.

Hemsworth and co-star Josh Peck (Josh of Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh”), as brother Matt Eckert, deliver reliable but unimaginative performances. The phrase “adequate but

uninspired” sums up all the acting. It’s not that they aren’t believable; it’s just that we don’t care much about any of these guys. There are casualties in any war movie, but only one Wolverine death evoked any emotional reaction from the audience. Several of the original cast went on to be Hollywood stars, but this next generation does not seem to be poised for greatness.

The movie deviates from the original in the second half, to create the need for some major battle sequences. Unfortunately, that deviation requires viewers to not have even the most

to U.S. insurgent forces. One of the problems with this bit of hokum is that the Wolverines have been using battery-operated cellphones to take surveillance photos and trigger hidden explosives. Apparently, they can do this because no one told them the EMP would make it impossible. The Marines want to steal one of the special radios, and they enlist the Wolverines to help, creating an improbable showdown at the former police headquarters, headquarters of evil Capt. Lo, who’s been hunting the Wolverines since the invasion began.

If you choose to take your chances with the new “Red Dawn,” don’t pay too much attention to the illogical details or the bland characters; just go for the action sequences, which are the film’s only redeeming quality. rudimentary knowledge of the laws of physics.

Three members of the Marine Corps surface on a mission. (It takes three of them to replace Powers Booth from the original.) They bring knowledge that the North Koreans and their Russian allies have used some sort of longlasting electromagnetic pulse, to knock out the power and keep it knocked out. Supposedly, they’re using special radios immune to the pulse to have superior communications, compared

If you choose to take your chances with the new “Red Dawn,” don’t pay too much attention to the illogical details or the bland characters; just go for the action sequences, which are the film’s only redeeming quality. Fortunately, there are a lot of them within the modest 90-minute running time, so you never have to wait too long for the next one.

John Hoogesteger themail@folioweekly.com

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Best bad guy: Ron O’Neal’s Col. Bella was the enemy, but he had a certain grudging respect for the Wolverines. Capt. Lo is a strictly stereotypical bad guy.

EDGE: OLD DAWN Best get-out-of-town sequence: The original plays a lot more believably (as if anything in either film could be called believable), but the new one is much more high-octane action.

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NOW SHOWING ALEX CROSS **G@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square Tyler Perry does a respectable job as Cross, the hero of 19 bestselling thrillers by James Patterson. Cross matches wits with Picasso, a skillful paid assassin who’s killing a corporation’s top officers. Cross’ first encounter with Picasso, in a Detroit office tower, is a solid action sequence, but it’s standard cop fare after that.

ARGO ***G Rated R • Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Ben Affleck directs and stars as CIA operative Tony Mendez, acknowledged as the agency’s top agent when it comes to “exfiltration,” the art of extracting people caught in places they cannot escape. “Argo” succeeds because director Affleck focuses on the journey, not the outcome, to create a taut political thriller. Many familiar faces – John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, Bryan Cranston, Victor Garber – deliver strong performances in this ensemble effort.

CLOUD ATLAS ***G Rated R • Cinemark Tinseltown Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Hugo Weaving and based on British author David Mitchell’s award-winning 2004 novel, the film takes six different stories and builds them into a single experience. “Cloud Atlas” is a commitment, at almost three hours long, and complex plotting and storytelling demand constant attention, but it’s worth it.

FLIGHT ***@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., Sun-Ray Cinema The crash occurs early on here, and it’s riveting. When a jet malfunctions, Denzel Washington’s Capt. Whip Whitaker wakes from a nap and does an amazing job of bringing the plane down with limited loss of life. However, “Flight” is not a movie about flying or about crashing. It’s a movie about alcoholism. This engaging drama satisfies, but the Hollywood ending takes away from the overall impact.

HERE COMES THE BOOM **G@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square Biology teacher Scott Voss (Kevin James) begins moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter to raise money for his school’s music program and save the job of a fellow teacher (Henry Winkler). James’ charm and the inspirational tale will resonate with some, but that ridiculous yet predictable plot will slam others down for the count.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3D **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues The animated monster mash is too crude for kids and too crass for most adults. With Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler), Frankenstein (Kevin James), Jonathan (Andy Samberg) and Mavis (Selena Gomez), the comedy ultimately wastes the cast’s considerable talents.

JAB TAK HAI JAAN ***@ Not Rated • AMC Regency Square The Indian romance is the final film directed and written by Yash Chopra before his death on Oct. 21, just three weeks before its release. “Jab Tak Hai Jaan” means “Till my last breath,” and the romantic drama, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, features music from Academy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”).

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

KILLING THEM SOFTLY ***G Rated R • Opens Nov. 30 Hired enforcer Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) investigates a heist at a mob-protected poker game. He seeks to bring order in this crime drama directed by Andrew Dominik (“The Assassination of Jesse James”). The thriller offers a bleak look at U.S. capitalism, with a satirical edge and heavyweight cast including Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta.

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

A family from Pondicherry, India, hitches a ride on a freighter.

The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel, survives a disaster in the Pacific Ocean and forms a surprising and wondrous connection with a fearsome Bengal tiger – who goes by the name Richard Parker. At sea on a 26-foot lifeboat, Pi continues his journey in the magical adventure film directed

by Ang Lee and based on the novel by Yann Martel.

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

Daniel Day-Lewis is known for immersing himself in his characters, and this film is the latest in a line of successful transformations. “Lincoln” doesn’t try to capture the president’s entire life; instead, it focuses on the final four months of his administration as he struggles to conclude the Civil War and cement the concept of permanent freedom for slaves he began with the Emancipation Proclamation. The great cast also includes Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, James Spader and Joseph GordonLevitt. Despite all these superlatives, it seems it may have been produced more to win Oscars than to entertain.

THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS *G@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square Rapper RZA co-wrote, directed and starred in this mix of martial arts, historical fantasy and general mayhem. The barely coherent plot is little more than a pastiche of genres and special effects. Pulling out all the stops toward the end, RZA switches to split- and even tri-screen shots, highlighting the comic book nature of the climax (if that’s the right word).

Given the ingredients, the resulting mishmash is about what you might expect.

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER ***G Rated PG-13 • Regal Beach Blvd.

Director Stephen Chbosky adapts his novel of socially awkward high school freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman), who eventually makes friends with two seniors. Sam (Emma Watson) and her step-brother Patrick (Ezra Miller) take Charlie under their wing in a classic tale of growing up while dealing with love, death, fear, conformity and angst.

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

The latest animated feature from Dreamworks is based on author William Joyce’s “The Guardians of Childhood” book series, featuring a League of Extraordinary Mythical Characters. This reinvention of these classic characters wastes little time establishing its vision of old friends as a group of mythical avengers; it quickly jumps into the action of their battle with Pitch Black. Kids will definitely enjoy this movie, and adults will be entertained as well. But think twice about taking children 4 and younger, because much of the movie is a dark battle between Pitch and the Guardians. It’s a fun film, though, and well worth the time, checking in at a modest 90 minutes. We’ll be surprised if we don’t see more of the Guardians in future films.

THE SESSIONS ***G Rated R • AMC Orange Park, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Based on the autobiography “The Surrogate,” this drama about 38-year-old Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), who uses an iron lung after a bout with polio, and decides he no longer wants to be a virgin. Cheryl (Helen Hunt), the sex surrogate, is hired with the help of Father Brendan (William H. Macy).

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK **@@ Rated R • Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues Reviewed in this issue.

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

Like any good James Bond movie, “Skyfall” jumps off to a rip-roaring start with its opening gambit. Enjoy that extended action sequence while it lasts – it’s definitely the singular highlight of the latest installment in the series. In this one, James Bond is an aging and beat-up agent who may no longer be up to the task. That’s a bit jarring, because Daniel Craig’s Bond was a brand-new 007 in “Casino Royale,” promise of benefit where his inexperience as a spy was an issue. Bond is missing and presumed dead after being shot while on a failed mission. Meanwhile, MI6 and M (Judi Dench, in her seventh Bond film) are under attack. Craig has signed on for two more Bond films. Let’s hope the filmmakers can ratchet up the action in the future.

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SMASHED ***@ Rated R • Opens Nov. 30 Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie Hannah (Aaron Paul) have a marriage that’s built on alcoholism. Kate joins AA and finds sobriety isn’t as easy as she thought. Her new lifestyle unearths problems with the lies she’s told as a schoolteacher, the relationship with her mother and whether she can save her marriage.

SON OF SARDAAR Not rated • AMC Regency Square This Bollywood action comedy features Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Sonakshi Sinha and Salman Khan. Jassi, a peace-loving and happy-go-lucky Sardaar, lives in London and learns of his ancestral heritage with the Punjabs, and that leads him on a surprising journey.

TAKEN 2 *@@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues After saving his daughter (in the first “Taken”), retired government agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must use his skills again when he and his wife are taken hostage during a family vacation in Istanbul. Here’s guessing the Mills family might try a “staycation” next year.

TARANTINO XX: RESERVOIR DOGS Rated R • Screens 7 p.m. Dec. 4. AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues TARANTINO XX: PULP FICTION Rated R • Screens 7 p.m. Dec. 6. AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues These screenings celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Quentin Tarantino’s crime-thriller, “Reservoir Dogs.”

In the film, a simple jewelry heist goes awry, and the criminals try to figure out which one of them is a police informant. One of the criminals just wants to know why he has to be Mr. Pink.

In “Pulp Fiction” (1994), Tarantino cemented his cult-hero status with what many consider is the most infl uential film of that decade. The director spins four tales of mayhem and redemption; Tarantino lovers still debate what was in that briefcase. The screenings include trailers Tarantino selected as influences on his work, as well as new interviews.

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Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is now a vampire and a mom to Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy) in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.” Photo: Summit Entertainment TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 **G@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

The franchise ends on a high note. It’s still full of lame dialog, wooden acting, illogical plotlines and cheesy visual effects, but darn if this action-packed finale doesn’t find a way to work. The action is up-tempo and reasonably well done, even if the wolves still look fake. The picture also looks cleaner than in the past; colors pop, and some nifty post-production editing using slow motion, dissolves and visual effects make it a pleasant experience on the eyes.

WRECK-IT RALPH ***@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Clay Theater, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd.

Typecast as the villain, Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) has good reason to feel unappreciated. He’s still smarting from 30 years of being dropped off a building and into the mud by FixIt Felix. Ralph just wants to be the hero for once. Director Rich Moore (“Futurama”) balances gamer cool and kid-friendly fun. He delivers a film that resonates with a “Toy Story” premise for the arcade, but it’s not quite up to the standard of gamer classic “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.”

OTHER FILMS FILM COMPOSERS CONCERT Short films scored by student composers demonstrate the techniques for creating music in different genres 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 30 at Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington. Free. 256-7677.

FARRAGUT FEST A celebration of “Star Trek” and science-fiction is held 9 a.m.4 p.m. Dec. 8 at Farragut Films Studio, 516 W. William Ave., Kingsland, Ga. Farragut Fest begins with an open house at the studio, which includes free-standing “Star Trek” film sets of the bridge, transporter room, shuttlecraft interior, Romulan bridge, sick bay, briefing room and a full curving corridor.

Following the open house, Starship Farragut’s latest episode,

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“The Price of Anything,” is screened 6 p.m. at Camden County High School, 6300 Laurel Island Pkwy., Kingsland.

LATITUDE CINEGRILLE “Ice Age: Continental Drift” screens at Latitude 30 CineGrille, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside. Call for showtimes.

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POT BELLY’S CINEMA “Cold Light of Day,” “Looper,” “The Master,” “To Rome With Love” and “Searching for Sugarman” are shown at Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine. 829-3101.

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME IMAX THEATER “Skyfall: The IMAX Experience” is screened along with “Deep Sea 3D,” “Galapagos 3D” and “To The Arctic 3D” at World Golf Hall of Fame Village, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine.

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NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY THE APPARITION A college experiment unleashes a supernatural presence that haunts a couple. It stars Jacksonville’s own Ashley Greene, who gained fame as Alice Cullen in the “Twilight” movies.

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

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PARANORMAN A boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) doesn’t just see dead people – he also talks to them, in this beautifully animated stop-motion adventure-comedy. He takes on zombies, ghosts, witches and grownups to save his town from an old curse.

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Jacksonville native Danny Wimmer (left, in above photo with Monte Money of Escape the Fate) brought together Bush (top), fun. (right) and a host of other bands for the third edition of The Big Ticket.

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acksonville’s musical history is littered with hometown heroes who’ve started small and moved on to greener pastures. One Duval native who’s paid it back in a big way is Danny Wimmer. The one-time Milk Bar partner and 618 owner never forgot his roots, even as he latched onto Limp Bizkit’s rapid ascent and eventually rose to management positions with Epic and Atlantic Records. Since leaving those major labels and co-founding the Los Angelesbased outfits Right Arm Entertainment and Arms Division Records, Wimmer has organized wildly successful festivals like Rock on the Range, Carolina Rebellion and Epicenter Festival. But his biggest claim to hometown fame is The Big Ticket festival, which kicks off its third edition Dec. 2 at Metropolitan Park.

In addition to major national sponsors like Monster Energy Drink, MetroPCS, Miller Lite, Bubba Brands and Jägermeister, Wimmer credits Jacksonville alternative rock radio station X102.9 with being The Big Ticket’s prime local catalyst. “We put on 10 major festivals across the country each year, and

it’s really important to have a strong media driver,” Wimmer says. “X102.9 has really moved the needle with their audience, which created a real opportunity for us to produce something that was more alt [rock]-driven than anything else.”

Fans of alternative rock certainly won’t be disappointed by this year’s Big Ticket lineup.

The biggest treat comes from a rare U.S. headlining appearance by English rock band Bush, which sold more than 10 million records in the 1990s on the strength of mega-hits like “Everything Zen” and “Comedown.” But The Big Ticket isn’t just wallowing in nostalgia; political punk band Rise Against is the coheadliner, promising that multiple generations of music fans can coalesce at one event. “Bush has such a huge catalog, and [lead singer] Gavin Rossdale really cares about the future of his band,” Wimmer says. “They still write songs that are relevant today, so it really makes sense to pair them up with a band like Rise Against.

That means a father and a son can really come together at The Big Ticket.”

Other top Big Ticket draws include established national acts like Flogging Molly, Silversun Pickups and Anberlin, international upstarts like Of Monsters and Men and The Joy Formidable and young buzzworthy bands like Grouplove, Paper Tongues, Imagine Dragons and twenty | one | pilots. Wimmer’s most excited about New York indie pop darlings fun., which has rocketed to huge success in the last 12 months. “They played The Big Ticket last year after I got a call from Atlantic Records telling me about this

unknown band,” Wimmer says. “I think we paid ’em $250 in 2011 — and this year they’re one of the headliners. I love seeing an artist that was opening on the second stage going to the headlining stage in one year’s time.”

Wimmer says that kind of big-time media exposure is exactly what The Big Ticket is all about. Several battle-of-the-band-style qualifiers were held at Jack Rabbits throughout the fall, with the top 10 bands culled from each show performing Nov. 24 at Freebird Live for a chance to perform at the big shebang on Dec. 2.

“That’s a very important aspect of the festival,” Wimmer says. “I call it ‘feeding the machine’ — you have to keep finding new talent and give them the opportunity to play in front of a large audience with major record labels, radio representatives and managers in attendance.

You’d be surprised how many times a band opens a bill and gets discovered as a fluke.”

At the end of the day, Wimmer says The Big Ticket festival is just another way for him to stay connected to his hometown, where he hopes to return with his wife and kids in the near future. “The Big Ticket provides a great opportunity for me,” he finishes. “Between that and the Welcome To Rockville show I do in late April/early May, I can serve the alternative rock crowd in Jacksonville while exposing newer bands that might never come here to my hometown. This is our third year with The Big Ticket, and 2013 will be our third with Welcome To Rockville, so I hope they both continue to grow so I can stick around.”

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Mr. Gnome’s Nicole Barille and Sam Meister embrace the description of being genuine “art dorks.”

Art for Rock’s Sake

Cleveland duo Mr. Gnome takes its hometown’s blue-collar reputation into outer space MR. GNOME with HEY MANDIBLE and PILOTWAVE 8 p.m. Dec. 5 Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco Tickets are $8 398-7496, jaxlive.com

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leveland, Ohio, has always enjoyed a reputation as a true working-class city. As such, straight-up rock ’n’ roll is The Forest City’s bread and butter — hometown hero DJ Alan Freed actually coined the term “rock ’n’ roll” in the ’50s. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum is located on the city’s North Coast, and “The Drew Carey Show” made “Cleveland rocks!” an instantly recognizable tagline. But Nicole Barille and Sam Meister, the duo that makes up Mr. Gnome, have blasted their city’s blue-collar musical roots into outer space. Since forming in 2005, they’ve built a trippy, psychedelic blend of stoner rock, indie pop, art punk and trip-hop from scratch, self-recording, producing and releasing three full-length albums that sound more like the drug-influenced work of lunatic geniuses than two wholesome Midwesterners.

Folio Weekly: Mr. Gnome seems to always be on the road. How has the current tour been going so far?

Nicole Barille: Everything’s been great, although we sleep very little and drive, like, 10 hours a day, especially since it’s just the two of us. But this country is so beautiful.

F.W.: You make it down to Florida a lot, too.

N.B.: We’ve been playing Pensacola since we started touring, and the younger crowd there has always been really awesome. Florida has a lot of moshing [Laughs.], too — people get nuts at our shows, which we love. Orlando’s the same way.

F.W.: How did you and Sam originally form the band?

N.B.: We started playing together with a bunch of people, but Sam and I were the most focused. Originally, we were playing songs that Sam had written, and then I started bringing songs to him. So he got a drum set — at the time, he was singing and playing guitar — and helped me finish some ideas that I had.

Everything started happening organically, and we were having fun playing as a two-piece and figuring out how to be musicians in a stripped-down way.

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F.W.: Yet you create songs that are so epic and densely layered. Is that difficult?

N.B.: I picked up looping with pedals a couple of years ago, so we started to really layer the live sound. It’s been a growing process, and everything we do still has a punk rock element to it because it’s just the two of us. But I have way too many pedals at my feet now, so we try to bring everything up to the next level by building and building songs.

F.W.: What’s the music scene like at home in Cleveland? If there is a vibrant community there, it doesn’t get a lot of press.

N.B.: It’s very rock ’n’ roll-based, which is awesome, and a lot of really good bands have come out of here. But the problem is that people in Cleveland have to work, so most bands [consist of] really hardworking people with day jobs that might not necessarily get to tour much. We’ve been lucky enough to be touring ever since we first started; we felt like that was the main way to get out and grow as musicians. Plus, winter is a really interesting time to write in Cleveland, because it’s dark and gray and we can really hibernate, tweaking and messing around with our songs for hours.

F.W.: Are you and Sam happy with the level of success Mr. Gnome has attained so far?

N.B.: Really happy. We’ve never been a flavorof-the-month band or an overnight sensation, and I don’t know that that would have been the best-case scenario with the way that we write music. We tour our butts off and win fans over by playing shows, which I almost think is better nowadays than just getting some great review in Pitchfork, doing one tour and then having no one remember you after that.

F.W.: Maybe part of that can be attributed to the striking visual aspect of the band.

N.B.: We do all the artwork and videos ourselves, so really it’s just an added bonus.

Sam graduated with a degree in electronic media production, and I ended up graduating with a degree in art education, so we put a lot of time into the visual aspect, for sure.

F.W.: So calling Mr. Gnome an art rock band is actually accurate? Most of the time, that descriptor is woefully erroneous.

N.B.: Hell yeah, man — we’re art dorks! That’s fine with us.

Nick McGregor themail@folioweekly.com

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DAVID BAZAN Indie rock singer Bazan performs Nov. 27 at The Orginal CafĂŠ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine. $12. 460-9311.

DAVID NAIL & DRAKE WHITE CONCERT Wear your cowboy duds to see the country musicians take the stage 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at Whisky River, 4850 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Center. $12.50. 645-5571.

RODNEY ATKINS, SHOTGUN REDD The country musicians play 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Mavericks, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown. Free. 356-1110.

ULTIMATE GUITAR CROSSING: SAM PACETTI, JAMES HOGAN, ERNIE EVANS The fingerstyle guitarist-singers grab the mic 8 p.m. Nov. 29 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., San Marco. $12.50. 399-1740.

MUNICIPAL WASTE, NAPALM DEATH, SPEEDWOLF The thrash metal groups go on 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at Brewster’s Megaplex, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington. $15. 223-9850.

THE WHISKEY DICK BAND, MY AMENDS The duo combines acoustic country and metal music 8 p.m.

Nov. 29 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco. $8.

398-7496.

EVERCLEAR, EVE 6, NAMESAKE The alternative-rock band performs 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. $25. 246-2473.

NORTHE CD Release Party, THE DOG APOLLO, PERSONAL BOY The five-piece alternative-rock band celebrates a CD release 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco. $8. 398-7496.

SHANE DWIGHT Blues guitarist Dwight appears 10 p.m. Nov. 30 at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. $15. 247-6636.

ONE NIGHT IN THE TRAP: ZACH DUKE, HEROES X VILLAINS, GREENHOUSE LOUNGE, PHOENIX JAGGER, VLAD THE INHALER, TAYLOR WELLS, DJ ZERO, YUNG VIZZO The group from Atlanta mixes electronic tunes with dubstep 9 p.m. Nov. 30 at Brewster’s Megaplex, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington. 223-9850.

JOHN EDWARD BERRY The country musician sings Christmas tunes 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at Morocco Shrine Auditorium, 3800 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside. $35-$50. 642-5200.

THE WHISKEY DICK BAND, WHISKEY THROTTLE The whiskey-themed evening of music gets underway 8 p.m.

Nov. 30 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown. 353-4686.

PERPETUAL GROOVE, LUCKY COSTELLO The Savannah jam band plays 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. $15. 246-2473.

AYEDREN (A.D.), ALONZO, JAYEL & NIK THE KID The Filipino-American rapper goes on 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco. $8. 398-7496.

BIRDIES FOR THE BRAVE CONCERT: DARIUS RUCKER & VINCE GILL The Country Music Award winner and country music newcomer take the stage 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at T-U Center, 300 W. Water St., Downtown. $50-$107. 632-3373.

GAZA, CODE ORANGE KIDS, FULL OF HELL, RED BARON The hardcore band appears 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Phoenix Taproom, 325 W. Forsyth St., Downtown. 798-8222.

MANNA ZEN, IN WHISPERS, KILO-KAHN, SILENCE THE DOUBTFUL, SACRIFICE TO SURVIVE, TREE OF LIFE Manna Zen releases its album “The Balance of Things,� free with ticket stub, 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Brewster’s Megaplex, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington. $12. 223-9850.

THE ICARUS ACCOUNT, A CALL FOR KYLE, NOBODY ON LAND, ATTALUS, PAM AFFRONTI, SHANIAH McGLAUGHLIN The acoustic-pop twin brothers grab their guitars and their mics 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. $8. 388-3179.

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England in 1819’s Liam Callaway (left to right), Andy Callaway and Dan Callaway are coming back to the future Dec. 1 at Burro Bar in Downtown Jacksonville. Photo: Stephen Kinigopoulus ENGLAND IN 1819, THE WINTER SOUNDS The indie-rock band from Baton Rouge plays Dec. 1 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown. 353-4686. kLoB The blues-rock band performs Dec. 1 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach. 277-8010.

LARRY MANGUM, MIKE DENNEY The local singer-songwriters perform Harry Chapin and John Denver tunes 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at European Street CafĂŠ, 5500 Beach Blvd., Southside; admission is a food donation.

399-1740.

THE BIG TICKET: FUN., RISE AGAINST, BUSH, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, GROUPLOVE, OF MONSTERS AND MEN, ANBERLIN, THE JOY FORMIDABLE, IMAGINE DRAGONS The day of music spanning from rock to indie kicks off

noon Dec. 2 at Metropolitan Park, 1410 Gator Bowl Blvd., Downtown. $39-$105. 630-2489.

TOUBAB KREWE, JOHN BROWN’S BODY The quintet blends rock and world music 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. $15. 246-2473.

THE SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS The indie-rock band from Georgia appears 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown. 353-6067.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

GEOFF TATE of QUEENSRYCHE FRIDAY DECEMBER 7

A Benefit for Tony Sly’s Family

NO USE FOR A NAME TRIBUTE feat . members of I-12/His Name Was Iron/Whole Wheat Bread/ Hatrick/Whaleface/Hello Danger SATURDAY DECEMBER 8

BIG DADDY LOVE Dec. 5, Underbelly MR. GNOME, HEY MANDIBLE, PILOTWAVE Dec. 5, Jack Rabbits

PAPADOSIO GREENHOUSE LOUNGE MONDAY DECEMBER 10

Ace Hood Breeze Davinci & Jon Wilkes FRIDAY DECEMBER 14

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Bar Bingo/Karaoke KIDS EAT FREE FROM 5 P.M. TO 9 P.M. HAPPY HOUR ALL NIGHT BUY 10 WINGS GET 10 WINGS FREE 1/2 PRICED APPETIZERS (BAR ONLY) 5 P.M.-CLOSE DJ BG w/Cornhole Tournament Redneck Red Solo Cup Night!

1/2 PRICED DRINKS 10 P.M-12. A.M. Al Naturale 9:30pm 1/2 PRICE APPS-FRI (BAR ONLY) 4-7PM DECK MUSIC 5 P.M.-9 P.M.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 22

SWEET LU CD RELEASE

DJ Elofunk/James Cove/KuR, Simple Natural/Yung Lion/Mike D FRIDAY DECEMBER 28

THE WAITING (TOM PETTY TRIBUTE BAND) UPCOMING SHOWS 1-4:      Greensky Bluegrass, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine 1-5:      Bruised Grass

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1-17: Â Â Â Â Galactic feat Corey Glover

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THE ACACIA STRAIN, VEIL OF MAYA, UPON A BURNING BODY, VOLUMES, TWITCHING TONGUES, ABOLISH THE RELICS Dec. 5 at Brewster’s Megaplex GEOFF TATE (of QUEENSRYCHE) Dec. 5, Freebird Live SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Dec. 6, Orginal Café Eleven TINA & HER PONY Dec. 6, Underbelly IRIS DEMENT, FLAGSHIP ROMANCE Dec. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MATT POND Dec. 7, Anchor Boutique RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS Dec. 7, The Standard SHANA FALANA Dec. 7, Underbelly SUBTERRANEAN Dec. 7, Jack Rabbits STEREOFIDELICS Dec. 7, Dog Star Tavern PALM TREES & POWER LINES, A WAY WITHOUT, GOOD LUCK VARSITY, THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS, GARRETT ON ACOUSTIC Dec. 7, Murray Hill Theatre REMAINS, NISROCH, PANSPERMIA, FULL ON ASSAULT Dec. 7, Burro Bar FUTURE OF FORESTRY, PAS NEOS Dec. 8, Atlantic Theatres PHIL KEAGGY Dec. 8, Murray Hill Theatre ROD MACDONALD Dec. 8, European Street Southside PAPADOSIO, GREENHOUSE LOUNGE Dec. 8, Freebird Live LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES Dec. 8, Dog Star Tavern PRIDELESS, THE BODY RAMPANT Dec. 8, Jack Rabbits DUBLIN CITY RAMBLERS Dec. 9, Culhane’s Irish Pub TYRONE WELLS Dec. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DAN DEACON Dec. 9, Underbelly

JOE BONAMASSA Dec. 9, The Florida Theatre DENT MAY Dec. 9, Jack Rabbits ELECTRICIAN Dec. 9, Phoenix Taproom ACE HOOD Dec. 10, Freebird Live MUDTOWN Dec. 10, Burro Bar PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS with RICK BRAUN, MINDI ABAIR Dec. 12, Florida Theatre VALORIE MILLER Dec. 12, Underbelly TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 13, Veterans Memorial Arena EMILY KOPP, CONNOR ZWETSCH Dec. 13, Jack Rabbits STACEY EARLE, MARK STUART Dec. 13, European Street San Marco DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS Dec. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ERIC CHURCH Dec. 14, Veterans Memorial Arena ERIC CHURCH, JUSTIN MOORE, KIP MOORE Dec. 14, Veterans Memorial Arena PASSAFIRE Dec. 14, Freebird Live GINORMOUS J Dec. 14, Dog Star Tavern BURN SEASON, BOUND Dec. 15, Brewster’s Megaplex THE SKY CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY Dec. 15, Burro Bar ASKING ALEXANDRIA, AS I LAY DYING, MEMPHIS MAYFIRE, SUICIDE SILENCE Dec. 15, Brewster’s Megaplex TRUTH & ITS BURDEN, MERCIA Dec. 15, Burro Bar SEAHAVEN, RESCUERS, TRUST ISSUES Dec. 17, Brewster’s Megaplex YOU’LL LIVE, NATIONS, FOUR WORD LETTER Dec. 18, Nobby’s

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Guitarist Shane Dwight sings and strings the blues Nov. 30 at Mojo Kitchen in Jacksonville Beach.

JOSHUA BOWLUS Dec. 20, European Street San Marco KARL DAVIS & FRIENDS Dec. 21, Dog Star Tavern SAGE FRANCIS, B. DOLAN Dec. 21, Jack Rabbits SWEET LU CD Release Party Dec. 22, Freebird Live WRECKFEST: EVERGREEN TERRACE, THICK AS BLOOD Dec. 22, Brewster’s Megaplex ANDREW ALTMAN Dec. 22, Dog Star Tavern ALEX CULBRETH, EDDIE DICKERSON Dec. 23, Underbelly JJ GREY & MOFRO, SWAMP CABBAGE Dec. 27, Mavericks FLANNEL CHURCH Dec. 28, Burro Bar SOUL GRAVY Dec. 28, Dog Star Tavern THE WAITING (TOM PETTY TRIBUTE) Dec. 28, Freebird Live THE RIDE Dec. 28 & 29, Whitey’s Fish Camp SWAMP CABBAGE Dec. 29, Dog Star Tavern RIVERNECKS Dec. 29, Nobby’s VERSION CITY TOUR Jan. 1, Burro Bar JACK WILLIAMS Jan. 3, European Street San Marco GREENSKY BLUEGRASS Jan. 4, Freebird Live CHUBBY Jan. 4, Dog Star Tavern CLAY BENJAMIN Jan. 4, Jack Rabbits BRUISED GRASS, SOUTHERN FEATHER BAND Jan. 5, Freebird Live LARRY MANGUM, BOB PATTERSON, MICKEY CLARK Jan. 5, European Street Southside B.B. KING Jan. 6, The Florida Theatre THE MISERY JACKALS, MUDTOWN Jan. 6, Phoenix Taproom LIGHT YEARS Jan. 8, Phoenix Taproom JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Jan. 9, Orginal Café Eleven TOM RUSH Jan. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ROWAN CUNNINGAM BAND Jan. 10, European Street San Marco WINTER JAM Jan 11, Veterans Memorial Arena MARCIA BALL & HER BAND Jan. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

ZACH DEPUTY, CHRISTOPHER HAWLEY Jan. 12, Freebird Live STEVE GILLETT, CINDY MANGSEN Jan. 12, European Street Southside WE ARE MONUMENTS, 3RD CALIBUR DISEASE, ZOMBIE KILL OF THE WEEK Jan. 14, Jack Rabbits BLACK VEIL BRIDES Jan. 15, Brewster’s Megaplex SONNY LANDRETH, HONEY MILLER Jan. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DON WILLIAMS Jan. 17, The Florida Theatre JOE CROOKSTON Jan. 17, European Street San Marco GALACTIC, COREY GLOVER (of LIVING COLOUR) Jan. 17, Freebird Live PARKER URBAN BAND Jan. 18, Dog Star Tavern ERIC TAYLOR Jan. 19, European Street Southside SIMPLY SINATRA Jan. 19, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts ELVIS LIVES! Jan. 19, T-U Center GERRY WILLIAMS BAND Jan. 19, Dog Star Tavern FLAGSHIP ROMANCE Jan. 19, Jack Rabbits YOUNDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Jan. 20, Freebird Live RICHARD THOMPSON Jan. 22, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall HELIO SEQUENCE, SHABAZZ PALACES Jan. 22, Orginal Café Eleven RICHARD SMITH, JULIE ADAMS Jan. 24, European Street San Marco MARSHALL CRENSHAW & THE BOTTLE ROCKETS Jan. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MISSY RAINES Jan. 26, European Street San Marco HERD OF WATTS Jan. 26, Dog Star Tavern THE JAUNTEE Jan. 31, Dog Star Tavern RICKETT PASS, MUDTOWN Jan. 31, Phoenix Taproom G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, SWEAR AND SHAKE Jan. 31-Feb. 1, Freebird Live BEN “ONE MAN BAND” PRESTAGE Feb. 2, Dog Star Tavern CHARLIE HALL, DANIEL BASHTA, THE VESPERS Feb. 2, Murray Hill Theatre SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES Feb. 2, The Florida Theatre PAUL GEREMIA Feb. 2, European Street Southside CHARLIE HALL, DANIEL BASHTA Feb. 2, Murray Hill Theatre

THE XX Feb. 3, The Florida Theatre LEON REDBONE Feb. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JB SCOTT’S SWINGIN’ ALL-STARS Feb. 7, European Street San Marco CHRIS KAHL Feb. 10, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS Feb. 13, The Florida Theatre STEVE MILLER BAND Feb. 14, The Florida Theatre HARPETH RISING Feb. 14, European Street San Marco SCOTT COULTER Feb. 15 & 16, Thrasher-Horne Center AURA MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL: PAPADOSIO, CONSPIRATOR, PERPETUAL GROOVE, THE HEAVY PETS, DOPAPOD, RAQ, KUNG FU Feb. 15-17, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park BALANCE AND COMPOSURE, THE JEALOUS SOUND, DAYLIGHT, SACRED SUNS Feb. 16, Phoenix Taproom NIKKI TALLEY Feb. 16, European Street Southside JIM BRICKMAN Feb. 17, The Florida Theatre CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS Feb. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DAVID RUSSELL, JOHN PEYTON Feb. 21, European Street San Marco CELTIC CROSSROADS Feb. 23, The Florida Theatre WILLIE “BIG TOE� GREEN, LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES Feb. 23, European Street Southside LOTUS, MOON HOOCH Feb. 23, Freebird Live THE HIT MEN Feb. 24, The Florida Theatre LEO KOTTKE Feb. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DARK STAR ORCHESTRA Feb. 24, Freebird Live

JESSE COOK Feb. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SAM PACETTI Feb. 28, European Street San Marco LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III March 1, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Mar. 1, Dog Star Tavern GRANT PEEPLES, SARAH MAC March 2, European Street Southside BRUCE COCKBURN March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall HE’S MY BROTHER SHE’S MY SISTER March 3, Burro Bar DREW NELSON March 7, European Street San Marco BEATLES TRIBUTE “1964�

March 9, The Florida Theatre WIL MARING, ROBERT BOWLIN March 14, European Street San Marco MATCHBOX TWENTY March 17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JAKE SHIMABUKURO March 20, The Florida Theatre ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN: GARY MULLEN & THE WORKS March 22, The Florida Theatre JOHNNY MATHIS March 22, T-U Center

O’KANE’S IRISH PUB, 318 Centre St., 261-1000 Dan Voll 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Turner London Band 8:30 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. THE PALACE SALOON & SHEFFIELD’S, 117 Centre St., 491-3332 Buck Smith project 9 p.m. every Tue. & Sun. Wes Cobb every Wed. DJ Heavy Hess every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. DJ Miguel Alvarez in Sheffield’s every Fri. DJ Heavy Hess every Sat. Cason every Mon. PLAE, 80 Amelia Circle, Amelia Island Plantation, 277-2132 Gary Ross 7-11 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6990 Live music every night THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 The Fostones 6 p.m. every Wed. Live music Tue.-Sun. DJ Roc 5 p.m. every Wed.

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

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

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CAFE KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269 Live music in the courtyard 6 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., 5 p.m. every Sun. DOG STAR TAVERN, 10 N. Second St., 277-8010 Spade McQuade 9:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Incredible Honey 9:30 p.m.

Nov. 30. kLoB 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Working Class Stiff features real vinyl 8 p.m. every Tue. Karl W. Davis Showcase open mic every Wed. Spade McQuade every Thur. Live music every Thur. & Fri. GENNARO’S ITALIANO SOUTH, 5472 First Coast Hwy., 491-1999 Live jazz 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Dan Voll 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Live music every weekend

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BREWSTERS MEGAPLEX/PIT/ROC BAR/THE EDGE, 845 University Blvd. N., 223-9850 Municipal Waste, Napalm Death and Speedwolf Nov. 29. One Night in the Trap: Zach Duke, Heroes X Villains, Greenhouse Lounge, Phoenix Jagger, Vlad the Inhaler, Taylor Wells, DJ Zero, Yung Vizzo Nov. 30.

Manna Zen CD release with In Whispers, Kilo-Khan, Silence the Doubtful, Sacrifice to Survive and Tree of Life Dec. 1. The Acacia Strain, Twitching Tongues and Abolish the Relics Dec. 5. Live music every Wed.-Sat. MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. TONINO’S, 7001 Merrill Rd., 743-3848 Alaina Colding every Thur. W. Harvey Williams every Fri. Dino Saliba every Sat.

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BRICK RESTAURANT, 3585 St. Johns Ave., 387-0606 Bush Doctors every first Fri. & Sat. 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 Dave Thrash Wed. DJ 151 spins Thur. DJ Catharsis first & fourth Sat. Patrick Evan & CoAlition Industry every Sun. MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Daryl Hance Dec. 1 & 8. Live music every Fri. & Sat. TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Live music every Fri. Karaoke every Sat. YESTERDAY’S SOCIAL CLUB, 3628 Park St., 223-3822 One For the Kids benefit for Wolfson Children’s Hospital with Poor Richards, Whiskey Dogs, Shattermat, Self Employed, Gross Evolution, Thirteen 22 and Toe in the Trigger 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 8

BAYMEADOWS

COFFEE GRINDER, 9834 Old Baymeadows Rd., 642-7600 DJ Albert Adkins spins every Fri. DJs Adrian Sky, Alberto Diaz

& Chris Zachrich spin every Tue. DJ Michael Stumbaugh spins every Sat. MY PLACE, 9550 Baymeadows Rd., 737-5299 Out of Hand every Mon. Rotating bands every other Tue. & Wed. OASIS GRILL & CHILL, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., 748-9636 DJs Stan and Mike Bend spin every Feel Good Fri.

BEACHES

(All clubs & venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Live music every Fri. BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD, 120 S. Third St., 444-8862 Kurt Lanham sings island music every Fri.-Sun. BILLY’S BOATHOUSE GRILL, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Billy Bowers 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Dune Dogs 6 p.m. Nov. 30.

Live music Wed.-Sun. 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. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Cloud 9 8 p.m. Nov. 30. John Thomas Group Jazz 6-8 p.m. Tuesday. Live music every Fri. & Sat. EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1553 Third St. N., 241-6910 Wilfredo Lopez every Wed. & Sat. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337 Gaza Strip Club Nov. 29. Live music every Thur.

FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Chuck Nash Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Songwriters Nite every Tue. Ryan Campbell every Wed. Wes Cobb every Thur.

Live music every Fri. & Sat. Charlie Walker every Mon. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Everclear, Eve 6 and Namesake 7 p.m. Nov. 30. Perpetual Groove and Lucky Costello Dec. 1. Toubab Krewe and John Brown’s Body Dec. 4.

Geoff Tate (Queensryche) Dec. 5 GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 N. Third St., 201-9283 Firewater Tent Revival Nov. 30. Live music every Fri. & Sat. ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach, 372-0943 Lance Neely Nov. 28. Job Meiller Nov. 29. D-Lo Thompson Nov. 30. Live music every Wed.-Sat. KC CRAVE, 1161 Beach Blvd., 595-5660 Live music every Thur.-Sat.

Manna Zen hosts a release party for the album “The Balance of Things,” Dec. 1 at Brewster’s Megaplex in Arlington, then plays The Big Ticket Dec. 2 at Metropolitan Park.

LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Live music at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Who Rescued Who Nov. 29. Roger That Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Split Tone 10:30 p.m. every Tue. Uncommon Legends every Wed. Wits End every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. MAYPORT TAVERN, 2775 Old Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 270-0801 Black Creek Ri’zin 9 p.m. Dec. 15. Karaoke every Fri. & Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., Ste. 2, 246-1500 Mark O’Quinn Nov. 28. Catfish Alliance Nov. 29. Ginormous J Nov. 30. Whetherman Dec. 1. Live music every Wed.-Sun. MEZZA LUNA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon 6 p.m. every Tue. Gypsies Ginger 6 p.m. every Wed. Mike Shackelford & Rick Johnson 6 p.m. every Thur.

MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Shane Dwight 10 p.m. Nov. 30. Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones 10 p.m. Dec. 7 MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 Wes Cobb 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams Karaoke 9 p.m. every Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar 9 p.m. every Mon., Thur. & Fri. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Claiborne Shepherd Nov. 27. Cloud 9 Nov. 28. Les B. Fine Nov. 29. Barrett Jockers & DJ K.C. Nov. 30. Reggae on the deck every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sun. Live music every third Wed. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Live music every Fri. & Sat. OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Live music every Fri. & Sat. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637 Be Easy every Sat. RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Vinnie Kelleman Nov. 28. The Splinters Nov. 29.

The Company Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Fish Out of Water Dec. 2. Live music every Thur.-Sun. THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 Open mic with Chad Stidham Nov. 28. Evan Michael Nov. 30. Craig Oden Dec. 1. Live music every Fri. & Sat.

DOWNTOWN

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1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St., 1904jax.com Hip-hop every First Fri. Open mic every Mon. BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St., 353-4686 Whiskey Dick and Whiskey Throttle 7 p.m. Nov. 30. England in 1819 and The Winter Sounds 9 p.m. Dec. 1. Tiger! Tiger! Dec. 2. Unstoppable Death Machines, Black Taxi and Foreign Trade Dec. 5. Live music every weekend DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 DJ Synsonic spins every Tue. & Fri. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall Karaoke every Mon. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, 374-1247 Chuck Nash Band 7 p.m. Nov. 29.

Braxton Adamson 5 p.m., Something Distant 9 p.m. Nov. 30.

Live music every weekend THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 3531188 Spanky the Band 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nov. 30. Easton Corbin 6 p.m. Dec. 1. Live music every Fri. & Sat. KALA, 331 E. Bay St., 356-6455 Rock n Blunts DJs Jacob Smith & Wali Sadeq Nov. 30. DJ Robert Goodman spins alternative & indie dance Dec. 1. DJ Jay Cumbie spins old wave every Mon. MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Roy Luis spins house soulful, gospel, deep, acid, hip, Latin, tribal, Afrobeat, tech/electronic, disco, rarities 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. every Wed. DJ Vinn spins Top 40 every Thur. DJ 007 spins ultra house & top 40 dance every Fri. DJ Shotgun every Sat. MAVERICKS, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent

Dr., 356-1110 Rodney Atkins benefit for Daniel 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28; Shotgun Redd opens. Bobby Laredo spins every Thur. & Sat. DJs Bryan & Q45 spin every Fri. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 Open mic night 8:30-11:30 p.m. every Wed. DJ SwitchGear every Thur.

PHOENIX TAPROOM, 325 W. Forsyth St., 798-8222 Gaza, Code Orange Kids, Full of Hell and Red Baron 7 p.m. Dec. 1.

Live music every Fri. & Sat. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 353-6067 The Sexual Side Effects Dec. 4. Fjord Explorer & Screamin’ Eagle every Troubadour Thursday ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Chris Dudley Nov. 29. Wes Cobb Nov. 30. Pappa Crawdaddy Dec. 1. Live music Wed.-Sat. MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 DJ Ty spins every Thur. Buck Smith Project every Mon. Blistur unplugged every Wed. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Karaoke Nov. 28. DJ BG Nov. 29. Al Naturale 9:30 p.m. Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Live music Dec. 2. Deck music 5 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., 4 p.m. every Sun.

INTRACOASTAL WEST

BRUCCI’S PIZZA, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36, 223-6913 Mike Shackelford 6:30 p.m. every Sat. & Mon. CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Band on the Run Nov. 27. DJ Dave Jimenez Nov. 28. 5 Story Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Karaoke every Thur. & Sun. Live music Tue., Wed., Fri. & Sat. JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22, 220-6766 Karaoke Dude every Wed. Live music every Fri.

JULINGTON CREEK, NW ST. JOHNS

SHANNON’S IRISH PUB, 111 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-9670 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

MANDARIN

AW SHUCKS OYSTER BAR, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., 240-0368 Open mic with Diamond Dave every Wed. Live music every Sat. CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 11475 San Jose Blvd., 262-4337 Karaoke 9:30 p.m. every Wed. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Jazz 7-9 pm., Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mon.Thur. Dennis Klee & the World’s Most Talented Waitstaff Fri. & Sat. RACK EM UP, 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr., Ste. 205, 262-4030 Live music, DJs, Karaoke and open mic.

Call for details SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE, 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16, 538-0811 Live music 6-9 p.m. every Fri.

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

BLACK HORSE WINERY, 420 Kingsley Ave., 644-8480 Live music 6-9 p.m. every Fri., 2-6 p.m. every Sat. CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 1580 Wells Rd., 269-4855 Karaoke 9:30 p.m. every Wed. & Sat. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Live music every Thur.-Sat.

PALATKA

DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., (386) 325-5454 Lee Kelly Nov. 28. Garage Band open mic & jam with Sweet William 8 p.m. Nov. 30. Franc Robert & the Box Car Tourists Dec. 1. Local talent every Wed. Live music every Thur. Country music showcase every Fri. Blues jam every Sun.

PONTE VEDRA, PALM VALLEY

ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 820 A1A N., Ste. E-18, 834-2492 Jennifer Coscia Nov. 28. Jimmy Solari Nov. 29.

Shane & Matt Nov. 30. Live music every Wed.-Sat. LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE, 301 N. Roscoe Blvd., 285-0139 The Monster Fool 6 p.m. Dec. 1. Mike Shackelford & Rick Johnson 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Tony Novelly every Mon. PUSSER’S CARIBBEAN GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 280-7766 SoundStage on the upper deck every Sun. SUN DOG BREWING CO., 822 A1A N., Ste. 105, 686-1852 Live music every Wed.-Sat.

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

HJ’S BAR & GRILL, 8540 Argyle Forest Blvd., 317-2783 Karaoke with DJ Ron 8:30 p.m. every Tue. & DJ Richie every Fri. Live music every Sat. Open mic 8 p.m. every Wed. INTUITION ALE WORKS, 720 King St., 683-7720 Pam Affronti Nov. 27. Bill Rice Band Dec. 4. Live music every Taproom Tue. KICKBACKS, 910 King St., 388-9551 Ray & Taylor 9:30 p.m. every Thur. Robby Shenk every Sun. THE LOFT, 925 King St., loftthursdays.com DJs Wes Reed and Josh Kemp spin for PBR Party every Thur.

METRO/RAINBOW ROOM PIANO BAR, 859 Willowbranch Ave., 388-8719Karaoke Rob spins 10 p.m. Sun.-Wed. DJ Zeke Smith spins 10 p.m. Fri. DJ Michael Murphy spins 10 p.m. Sat. MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 Prodigal 15 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30. The Icarus Account, Nobody on Land, Attalus, A Call for Kylie, Pam Affronti and Shaniah McGlaughlin 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1

ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH

A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 Brent Byrd Nov. 29.

The Mix Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Live music every Thur.-Sat. AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1915 A1A S., 461-0102 Piano bar with Kenyon Dye 5-9:30 p.m. every Sun. ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Open mic Nov. 27. Root of All! 6:30 p.m. Nov. 28. Brett & Kathleen 8 p.m.

Nov. 3. Tony Paul Neal 8:30 p.m. Dec. 1 CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-9311 David Bazan Nov. 27. Southern Culture on the Skids 8 p.m. Dec. 6 CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 157 King St., 826-1594 Chillula 7-11 p.m. Nov. 30. Billy Buchanan 2 p.m.,

Flashback 7-11 p.m. Dec. 1. Vinny Jacobs 2-5 p.m. Dec. 2.

Live music every Fri.-Sun. 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 5:30 p.m. every Wed. Ty Cowell 5:30 p.m. every Sun. HARRY’S, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Nov. 30. Live music every Fri. JACK’S BARBECUE, 691 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-8100 Jim Essery 4 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Thur.-Sat. MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Open jam nite, house band 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 every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth 11 a.m. every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 Aaron Esposito 9 p.m. Nov. 29. Wild Shiners 9 p.m. Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Vinny Jacobs every Tue. Todd & Molly Jones every Wed. Colton McKenna every Thur. Will Pearsall every Mon. MOJO BBQ OLD CITY, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264 Live music every Fri. & Sat. NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 Live music every Fri. PIZZALLEY’S CHIANTI ROOM, 60 Charlotte St., 825-4100 Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar Band 4 p.m. every Mon. SCARLETT O’HARA’S, 70 Hypolita St., 824-6535 Jeremy Austin 8 p.m. Nov. 27 & DEC. 4. Chase Rideman 9 p.m. Nov. 28. Humanzee 9 p.m. Nov. 29. Jeremy Austin 4 p.m., Penguin Teeth 9 p.m. Nov. 30. Ken McAnlis noon, Chillula 9 p.m.

Dec. 1. John Winters noon, Colton McKenna 7 p.m. Dec. 2.

KARAOKE 9 P.M. DEC. 3.

TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210 W., 819-1554 Little Green Men Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Live music every Fri. THE TASTING ROOM, 25 Cuna St., 810-2400 Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar Band 7:30-11:30 p.m. every Sat. Bossa Nova with Monica da Silva and Chad Alger 5-8 p.m. every Sun. TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Rosco Caine Nov. 30 & Dec. 1. Mark Hart every Mon.-Wed. Open mic every Thur. Mark Hart & Jim Carrick every Fri. Elizabeth Roth 1 p.m., Mark Hart 5 p.m. every Sat. Keith Godwin 1 p.m., Wade 5 p.m. every Sun. Matanzas 9 p.m. Sun.-Thur.

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER

AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live jazz every Tue. Beer house rock every Wed. Live music every Thur. Will Hurley every Fri. Bill Rice every Sat.

BAHAMA BREEZE, 10205 River Coast Dr., 646-1031 Clarence Wears every Tue. Selwyn Toby every Wed. Barry O 4 p.m., Laree App 7:30 p.m. every Thur. Laree App 4 p.m., Selwyn Toby 8 p.m. every Fri. Barry O 4 p.m., Laree App 8 p.m. every Sat. Selwyn Toby 4 p.m., Laree App 7:30 p.m. every Sun. BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music 5-7 p.m. every Wed., 9 p.m.-mid. every Thur.-Sat. JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120, 997-9850 Harry & Sally 7 p.m. every Wed. Karaoke every Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 997-1955 Redbeard & Stinky E Nov. 28. Charlie Walker Nov. 29. Be Easy Nov. 30. Who Rescued Who Dec. 1. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Open mic every Sun. SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Pkwy.

N., 997-1999 Chuck Nash every Thur. Live music 10 p.m.

Fri. & Sat. SUITE, 4880 Big Island Dr., 493-9305 Live music from 9 p.m.-mid. every Thur. and 6-9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Drive, 645-5571 David Nail and Drake White 8 p.m. Nov. 28. A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Cowford County Band Nov. 30. Contraband Dec. 7. Live music every Fri. Karaoke every Wed.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

ENDO EXO, 1224 Kings Ave., 396-7733 DJ J-Money spins jazz, soul, R&B, house every Fri. DJ Manus spins top 40 & dance every Sat. Open mic with King Ron & T-Roy every Mon. EUROPEAN STREET, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 399-1740 Ultimate Guitar Crossing: Sam Pacetti, Ernie Evans and James Hogan 8 p.m. Nov. 29. Pierce Pettis and John William Davis Dec. 6. Jazz every second Tue. HAVANA-JAX CUBA LIBRE, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609 MVP Band 6-9 p.m., DJs No Fame & Dr. Doom every Wed. Jazz every Thur. American Top 40 every Fri. Salsa every Sat. JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Whiskey Dick Band and My Amends 8 p.m. Nov. 29. Northe CD release with The Dog Apollo and Personal Boy 8 p.m. Nov. 30. Ayedren (A.D.), Alonzo and Jayel & Nik the Kid 8 p.m. Dec. 1. Mr. Gnome, Hey Mandible and Pilotwave Dec. 5 MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922 Patrick Evan & Bert Mingea or Mark O’Quinn every Thur.

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

SOUTHSIDE

BOMBA’S, 8560 Beach Blvd., 997-2291 Open mic with The Foxes every Tue. & with George every Thur. Live music every Fri. CORNER BISTRO & Wine Bar, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 1, 619-1931 Matt “Pianoman” Hall every Fri. & Sat. DAVE & BUSTER’S, 7025 Salisbury Rd. S., 296-1525 A DJ spins every Fri. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 5500 Beach Blvd., 399-1740 Music for Food: Larry Mangum & Mike Denney sing Harry Chapin and John Denver 8 p.m. Dec. 1; admission is a food donation. Live music every Sat. ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Clayton Bush Nov. 28. Billy Buchanan Nov. 29. Matt Collins Nov. 30. Live music every Thur.-Sat. LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 DJ Jeff Bell 7 p.m. Nov. 27. DJ Didactic 8:30 p.m. Nov. 29.

Boogie Freaks 8:30 p.m., DJ Jeff Bell 11:30 p.m. Nov. 30.

Boogie Freaks 8:30 p.m. Dec. 1. DJ Jeff Bell every Tue. VJ Ginsu every Sat.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

DAMES POINT MARINA, 4542 Irving Rd., 751-3043 Open mic 6 p.m. every Wed. DJ Steve 6 p.m. every Thur.

SHANTY TOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Live music every Twin Peaks Fri. SKYLINE SPORTSBAR, 5611 Norwood Ave., 517-6973 Bigga Rankin & Cool Running DJs every Tue. & 1st Sun. Fusion Band & DJ every Thur. DJ Scar spins every Sun. THREE LAYERS CAFE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Al Poindexter for open mic 7 p.m. Nov. 29. Jacob Creel 7 p.m.

Nov. 30. Live music every Thur.-Sat. TUCKERS HWY. 17 TAVERN, 850532 U.S. 17, Yulee, 225-9211 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

The Whiskey Dick Band mixes country and metal music Nov. 29 in Jack Rabbits. Photo: Jim Brown

To get your musical group listed here, send the band name, time, date, venue location, street address, city, ticket price, and a contact number we can print, to David Johnson, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email events@folioweekly.com. Deadline is at 4 p.m. Tue. before the next Tue. publication

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Bambi Jones (left to right), Christine Mild, Stephanie Wahl, Jeanne Tinker, and Cindy Williams star in “Nunset Boulevard.” Photo: Courtesy of GM Artists

NUNSET BOULEVARD 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park Tickets range from $21-$58 276-6750, thcenter.org

K

nown for her role as Shirley Feeney in the TV series “Laverne & Shirley” from the late ’70s and early ’80s, Cindy Williams has had quite a career.

After starring in TV and film (including “American Graffiti,” which helped launch her career), she has produced movies and acted on stage. She stars in the touring show “Nunset Boulevard,” which plays Nov. 30 at the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts in Orange Park. Asked about her singing and dancing in the show, Williams jokes, “Yes, unfortunately for the audience, I do. The other four girls have

incredible voices.”

Williams credits her sense of humor in part to her father, who struggled with alcohol abuse throughout Williams’ childhood.

In “Nunset Boulevard,” the nuns are invited to the Hollywood Bowl to perform. Williams, who plays Reverend Mother, says “when they get to Hollywood, they find there’s a Hollywood Bowl-A-Rama and a lounge at the bowling alley. But the show must go on, so they perform anyway.”

Folio Weekly: What drew you to this particular show, and how does it compare to other stage productions you’ve done (“Grease,” “Deathtrap,” etc.)?

Cindy Williams: I’ve done “Nunsense” before, and Danny calls me — Danny Goggin’s the composer — and asks if I wanted to do this tour. The whole cast is incredible: Stephanie Wahl, Bambi Jones, Christine Mild and Jeanne Tinker. Those are the four girls, and they’re just wonderful. It’s just great fun and a great privilege and such a blessing to get to do it.

F.W.: Most people know you from your role as Shirley Feeney, first in “Happy Days” and then in “Laverne & Shirley.” In what ways did you connect with your character?

C.W.: I played Shirley for almost eight years.

When you do a television show, it’s almost like a personality play, so they write to your personality, and they just tighten the comedy.

You know, make fun of all your little quirks.

F.W.: So the character “Shirley” is very similar to you?

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C.W.: In a lot of ways, and in a lot of ways I was playing my cousin Mary, and my aunt and my mother and my dog. But she was very much like me.

F.W.: How was the transition to go from acting to co-producing both of the “Father of the Bride” movies?

C.W.: I was watching [the 1950 film] “Father of the Bride” one time. I thought, “Wow, that would be a great remake updated.” So I pitched it, and it just all fell into place perfectly. … It was just a miracle that it turned out the way it did. It was a situational comedy, and there was something for everyone in it. It didn’t matter what race, color or creed you were.

F.W.: Comedy seems to have always been your thing. Why do you think that is?

C.W.: It’s innate. It’s something I was born with.

It’s a rhythm in my head. Everything has always been funny to me. I had a difficult childhood; my father was an alcoholic, but he was an extremely funny man. When he was sober, he was this incredibly intelligent, funny, wonderful, loving, caring person. He would make fun of dire situations. It bordered on being sarcastic, but it was extremely funny. He would make fun of our financial situation, of where we lived, or my mother, or me, or my sister and himself. He was very funny and bright like that. It was not the happiest of childhoods except in that way with my father because he did have the problem with alcoholism, which overshadowed those formative years of my life. Anyone who has ever lived in a situation like that knows what I’m talking about. It was a shadow world. I grew

up seeing a world like that and taking a terrible situation and seeing it in a funny way. It was a childhood of extremes, but they were funny extremes. But also I think you’re born with a funny bone, and your environment colors in the rest.

F.W.: What play or part that you haven’t done would you enjoy being involved in next?

C.W.: I would love to do “Noises Off.” It was a movie with Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Christopher Reeve, Mark Linn-Baker. They’re all wonderful in it. … It started out as a play.

That’s a play I’d like to do. I would love to do more stage and certainly wouldn’t mind the fifth lead on a television series. I’d love to be the receptionist on something like “Homeland,” not that there is a receptionist, but maybe they should have one. I’ve always wanted to do a bloodless Sunday night murder mystery, like “Murder She Wrote.”

F.W.: How has your perspective changed as you’ve gotten older?

C.W.: I’ve become my mother. All that comes home to roost. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes not so good. … It used to be [all] “Alice in Wonderland” when you’re younger, but as you get older, you want to come above ground and sit under the tree and think and enjoy the tree, instead of what’s down the rabbit hole. I say that, then I think, “I’ve done the rabbit hole.”

Everybody should go down the rabbit hole and see what’s there. But I’m wiser, and I’m enjoying being wiser.

Cassidy Roddy themail@folioweekly.com

PERFORMANCE

WHITE CHRISTMAS The musical is staged Nov. 28-Dec. 24 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside. $42-$59. 641-1212. alhambrajax.com THE WIZARD OF OZ Bartram Trail High School Theatre Arts Department goes down the yellow brick road Generation Z style 7 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30 and Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. Dec. 1 and 2 at BTHS Auditorium, 7399 Longleaf Pine Parkway, St. Johns. $10.

547-8340.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE The inspirational holiday story is staged Nov. 29-Dec. 15 at Amelia Community Theatre, 207 Cedar St., Fernandina Beach. $10-$20. 261-6749. ameliacommunitytheatre.org NUNSET BOULEVARD Cindy Williams of “Laverne & Shirley” fame stars in the musical comedy 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, St. Johns River State College, 283 College Dr., Orange Park. $21-$58. 276-6750. thcenter.org READING OF ‘8’ UNF’s LGBT Resource Center presents a one-night reading of “8,” the landmark play about California’s Proposition 8, in association with the American Foundation for Equal Rights & Broadway Impact, 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, Bldg. 14A, 1 UNF Dr., Southside. $25 general admission, $35 VIP. 620-2878.

NIGHT OF ART AND DANCE FSCJ students’ choreography showcase is held Nov. 30 at Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside.

Gallery exhibit is free; dance showcase is $5-$10. 646-2222. fscj.edu/wilsoncenter OLIVE AND THE BITTER HERBS The comedy is staged Nov. 30-Dec. 15 at Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. $20. 249-0289. playersbythesea.org FORBIDDEN BROADWAY The musical revue runs Nov. 30-Dec. 15 at Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., San Marco. $25.

396-4425. theatrejax.com GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS The Chinese touring company combines elements of acrobatics and traditional dance Dec. 1 at FSCJ’s Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd. Southside $34.50.

632-3373. artistseriesjax.org A CHRISTMAS CAROL The tale of Christmas past, present and yet to come is staged Dec. 1-16 by A Classic Theatre at The Pioneer Barn at Fort Menendez, 259 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine. $20.

1-800-813-3208, 824-8874. aclassictheatre.org WEST SIDE STORY The Artist Series presents the 1950s musical version of “Romeo and Juliet” Dec. 4-9 at the T-U Center, 300 W. Water St., Downtown. $37-$77. 632-3373. artistseriesjax.org FOREVER PLAID: PLAID TIDINGS This family-friendly musical is staged Dec. 6-Jan. 6 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine. $10-$25. 825-1164. limelight-theatre.org COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT An evening of dance and film showcases Jacksonville artists 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8 at Lotus Yoga, 869 Stockton St., Riverside. $10 suggested donation. 571-5599.

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS The multicultural performance of Christmas songs, dance and poetry is staged Dec. 7, 8 and 9 at Stage Aurora Performance Hall, 5188 Norwood Ave., Northside. 765-7372. ticketleap.com THE NUTCRACKER The Florida Ballet and dancers from the Houston Ballet perform the holiday favorite Dec. 7, 8 and 9 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside. 620-2878, 353-7518. floridaballet.org THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre presents the family comedy Dec. 7-23 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. $15. 249-7177. abettheatre.com CLAY COUNTY CHRISTMAS The ensemble presentation of music and pageantry is performed 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at ThrasherHorne Center for the Arts, St. Johns River State College, 283 College Dr., Orange Park. $8. 276-6750. thcenter.org THE CHRISTMAS CAROLS Director Ron Kurtz reads from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and actors perform a comedic interpretation of the classic carol “Good King Wenceslas,” Dec. 8 and 9 and 14-16 at Fernandina Little Theatre, 1014 Beech St., Fernandina Beach. $10. 206-2607. ameliaflt.org

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

ARTIST CALL FOR VIVA FLORIDA! The St. Augustine Art Association calls for artists to submit works celebrating the sights and structures, beaches and byways, flora and fauna, and history and happenings of

Florida. Limited to two entries per artist; works received noon-7 p.m. Nov. 27 and noon-4 p.m. Nov. 28 at 22 Marine St., St. Augustine. 824-2310. staaa.org THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE A night of art, live music and discussion of Florida’s connection to the Harlem Renaissance serves as a celebration of the exhibit, “Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside. $35. 899-6004. cummer.org BEGINNER SALSA, BACHATA CLASSES The Dance Shack offers a beginner salsa class 6-7 p.m. Nov. 29 and a beginner bachata class 7-8 p.m. Nov. 30 at 3837 Southside Blvd., Southside. $60. 527-8694. thedanceshack.com BALLROOM COMMUNITY SHOWCASE A dance performance, group lesson and after-party are scheduled, Dec. 1 at Boleros Dance Center, 10131 Atlantic Blvd., Arlington. Admission is $15 for showcase only (6 p.m.), $50 for the day, including meal (served at 2 p.m.). 721-3399. boleros.cc BEN CAMERON The program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation discusses the arts, cultural philanthropy and sponsorship 6 p.m. Dec. 4 at WJCT Public Broadcasting Studios, 100 Festival Park Ave., Downtown. 808-7330.

NAZI ART LOOTING Chief Curator Holly Keris discusses the history of Nazi art looting 7-8 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Cummer Museum of Arts & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Free. 356-6857.

CALL FOR ART WALK 2013 Applications for the 2013 First Wednesday Art Walk are due Dec. 7 to be listed on the map for January. 634-0303, ext.

225. bit.ly/ZuYgyq AUDITIONS FOR LOST IN YONKERS Limelight Theatre auditions roles for the Neil Simon play for two teenaged boys, four adults in their 30s and 40s and one woman in her 70s. Auditions include cold readings of script, no monologues necessary, 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine. The play is staged Jan. 25-Feb. 25. 825-1164. limelight-theatre.org CELEBRATE ART JURIED EXHIBITION A members exhibition for “Celebrate Art 2013” receives entries through Dec. 10. Stellers Gallery owner Hillary Tuttle will jury the exhibition, on display Jan. 11-Feb. 16. 280-0614.

Guidelines and submission details at ccpvb.org ART TRADING CARDS Local Artists Coming Together seeks original works of art set to the theme of “Self Portraits.” Fifty submissions will be selected to create the third series of collectible artist trading cards. The deadline is Dec. 31; no entry fee. Submit to lact@notjustapen.net TRANSFORMATIONS IN HEALING CALL An art competition from Healogics, open to residents of Duval, Nassau, Clay, Baker and St. Johns counties, offers a $5,000 commission and an exhibit in the wound care business’s Jacksonville headquarters. As many as 10 finalists will each receive $500. Artists may submit more than one entry in all visual art media, except video and art forms requiring electricity, related to the theme of “Transformations in Healing.” The deadline is Jan. 4 for entries, and the art will be on display beginning Jan. 17. Guidelines and submission details at healogics.com/transformations NASSAU ART AT THE CALLAHAN DEPOT The West Nassau Historical Society accepts entries from Nassau County artists in oils, acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, pastels and drawing and printmaking through Jan. 7.

The show is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 26. 879-3406. wnhsfl.org CALL FOR ECOLOGY-THEMED ART Eco Arts announces its second annual ecology-themed competition with six creative categories. A cash prize pool of $12,500 is awarded. The deadline for entries is Jan. 15.

(828) 575-3979. ecoartsawards.com PONTE VEDRA CLASSES, WORKSHOPS The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach offers art classes and workshops through Dec. 21 at 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach. 280-0614 ext. 204.

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

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

The Empire Brass quintet joins vocalist Elisabeth Von Trapp for a night of brass music from Bach and Handel to jazz and Broadway music, as well as Christmas carols, for the Riverside Fines Arts Series concert Nov. 29 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.

DANCE CLASSES The Dance Shack offers classes in several styles for all ages and skill levels every Mon.-Fri., at 3837 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville. 527-8694. thedanceshack.com K.A.R.M.A. CLASS A Kindling Auras & Radiating Musical Awareness group vocal session, focusing on mental clarity, visualization, harmonizing and blending, breath and energy control, is held 6-7 p.m. every Fri. at The Performers Academy, 3674 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Registration is requested, but not required.

322-7672. elementsofonelove@gmail.com JAX CONTRA DANCE A live band and caller lead a night of folk dancing, starting at 8 and 11 p.m. every third Fri. of the month at Riverside Avenue Christian Church, 2841 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville. $7. 396-1997.

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STUDENT JAZZ CONCERT Jacksonville University’s student jazz ensembles and the faculty jazz combo perform original arrangements 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 28 at JU’s Swisher Theater, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington. Free. 256-7677.

MAKE WE JOY: SONGS OF THE SEASON The Jacksonville University Singers join the men’s and women’s choirs in a program of choral music for Advent and Christmas 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, and 6 p.m. Dec. 2 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside.

Free. 256-7677.

EMPIRE BRASS, ELISABETH VON TRAPP The quintet and the vocalist perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside. $25. 389-6222.

UNF PIANO STUDIO RECITAL The students perform 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside. Free. 620-2878.

CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra plays with guest violinist Elena Urioste 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at the T-U Center, 300 W. Water St., Downtown. $24-$45. 354-5547. jaxsymphony.org FEAST OF CAROLS The University of North Florida ensembles join school and community choirs for a holiday sing-along, 3 p.m. Dec. 1 at Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside. $10.

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FIRST COAST WIND ENSEMBLE The holiday concert Sounds of the Season with the Don Thompson Chorale is performed 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at The Bolles School’s Parker Auditorium, Bartram Campus, 2264 Bartram Road, Jacksonville. Free. fcwe.org THE POLAR EXPRESS The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the UNF Women’s Chorale perform 2 p.m. Dec. 2 at the T-U Center, 300 W. Water St., Downtown. $7-$22. 354-5547. jaxsymphony.org

ELIZABETH REED SMITH, SCOTT WATKINS The violinist and pianist share the stage 4 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside. Free. 355-7584. fridaymusicale.com MATTHEW COLEY The percussionist plays 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside. Free.

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SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT FSCJ students perform 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside. Free. 646-2222. fscj.edu/wilsoncenter WINTER BAND CONCERT Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Symphonic Band, Chamber Ensembles and Wind Symphony perform 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 4 at 2445 San Diego Road, Jacksonville. $10.

346-5620 ext. 151. da-arts.org JAZZ IN ARLINGTON Jazzland features live music 6-9 p.m. every Thur. and 8 p.m. every Fri. and Sat. at 1324 University Blvd. N. 240-1009. jazzlandcafe.com DINO SALIBA Tonino’s Trattoria hosts saxophonist Saliba 6 p.m. every Sat. at 7001 Merrill Rd., Arlington. 743-3848.

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

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

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

ART WALKS, MARKETS, FESTIVALS

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK “Art Under the Tree” is the featured theme 5-9 p.m. Dec. 5. First Wednesday Art Walk spans 15 blocks and 30 to 40 galleries, museums and businesses with the headquarters in Hemming Plaza in Downtown Jacksonville. Map available at downtownjacksonville.org/marketing ART ON AVILES A festive holiday trunk show showcases galleries with hand-crafted pieces 1-4 p.m. Dec. 8 on Aviles Street in St. Augustine. 825-0069.

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

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RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET The Arts Market is held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. beneath the Fuller Warren Bridge on Riverside Avenue. Also featured are local and regional artists, strolling performers, bands and a farmers market. 554-6865, 389-2449. riversideartsmarket.com NORTH BEACH ARTS MARKET Arts & crafts, produce, community services and kids’ activities are featured 3-7 p.m. every Sat. at North Beach Park, 3721 Coastal Highway A1A, Vilano Beach (where the wooden walkover crosses A1A). 910-8386.

ST. JOHNS RIVER FARMERS MARKET Local produce, arts and crafts are offered 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sat. at Alpine Groves Park, 2060 S.R. 13, Switzerland.

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MUSEUMS

AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378. The children’s exhibit, “Discovery Ship,” allows kids to pilot the ship, hoist flags and learn about the history of Fernandina’s harbor. Free.

CAMP BLANDING MUSEUM 5629 S.R. 16 W., Camp Blanding, Starke, 682-3196. Artwork, weapons, uniforms and other artifacts from the activities of Camp Blanding during World War II are displayed along with outdoor displays of vehicles from WWII, Vietnam and Desert Storm. Free.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 356-6857. “Cultural Fusion,” an exhibit of archival material about two vital community leaders, Eartha White and Ninah Cummer, opens Nov. 27 and runs through April 14. The Folio Weekly Invitational Artist Exhibit, a juried show of local artists’ works, runs through Dec. 2. “Histories in Africa,” an exhibit featuring 20 years of photography by Elizabeth Gilbert, is shown through Dec. 30.

“A Life in Vibrant Color,” an exhibit of works by painter Lois Mailou Jones, runs through Jan. 4.

FLAGLER COLLEGE’S CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530. The opening reception for the BFA/BA Senior Portfolio Exhibition is held 5-9 p.m. Dec. 6. The show runs through Dec. 8.

JACKSONVILLE MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER 2 Independent Drive, Ste. 162, Downtown, 355-1101. The

museum’s permanent collection includes steamboats, various nautical-themed art, books, documents and artifacts.

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY’S ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERY 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7371. JU’s annual juried student exhibit runs through Dec. 5. 256-7677.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Downtown, 356-2992. “The Adams Family” exhibit, featuring original letters pertaining to John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Samuel Adams, runs through Dec. 29. Prints, etchings and oils from the Avonlea Antique Mall are on display through Jan. 2. The permanent collection includes rare manuscripts.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911. Ian Bogost’s Project Atrium installation continues through March 10. “ReFocus: Art of the 1980s,” an exhibit highlighting major figures of contemporary art of the decade continues through Jan. 6.

The annual exhibit of UNF’s Art & Design Faculty continues through Jan. 6.

RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555. An exhibit celebrating local African-American athletes and sports figures, “More Than a Game: African-American Sports in Jacksonville, 1900-1975,” is currently on display. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children, students and seniors. Open Tue.-Sun.

GALLERIES

233 WEST KING 233 W. King St., St. Augustine, 217-7470. Shows change monthly and the gallery remains open late for First Friday Art Walks.

8TH STREET ART GALLERY 39 E. 8th St. N., Downtown. “Winter, Anew,” an exhibit of work by Ray Castro, opens 7-10 p.m. Dec. 1.

AMIRO ART AND FOUND 9C Aviles St., St. Augustine, 824-8460. The “Amiro=Abundance” exhibit displays artistic holiday gift items at the First Friday Art Walk 5-9 p.m. Dec. 7.

THE ART CENTER PREMIERE GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 355-1757. The TAC members show, “4 Elements,” focusing on earth, wind, fire and water, runs through Dec. 13.

THE ART GUILD OF ORANGE PARK 2054 Plainfield Ave., Orange Park Library, 215-9177. “What IS It?” – the guild’s fall exhibit of painting, assemblage, glass and other mediums – is on display through Nov. 30.

AVONDALE ARTWORKS GALLERY 3562 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 384-8797. “Secrets of the Deep,” an estate exhibit giving insight into the life of Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss), continues through Dec. 9.

BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, Riverside, 855-1181. “Chasing Nostalgia/Subconscious Assimilations,” an exhibit of works by Edison William, continues through Jan. 13.

CLAY & CANVAS STUDIO 2642 Rosselle St., Ste. 6, Riverside. Tiffany Whitfield Leach and Lily Kuonen host an exhibit, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 30, with live music from Lost in the Stacks.

THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-0614. “An Artistic Journey: Art from the Dordogne and Tuscany,” an exhibit of Ellen Diamond’s workshops abroad students, continues through Dec. 1. The exhibit of Brett Waller’s art runs through Dec. 1.

CYPRESS VILLAGE ART LEAGUE 4600 Middleton Park Circle, Southside, 223-6100. “Angels Unaware,” an exhibit of art

by Cypress Village retirement community members and guest Allison Watson’s “Florida Morning” is one of series of paintings representing artist Annabelle Usher, continues endangered wild places she sees while canoeing, kayaking and hiking. She is one through Jan. 4. of 50 artists featured in The Folio Weekly Invitational Artist Exhibit running through FIRST STREET GALLERY Dec. 2 at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.

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FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Road, Southside, 425-2845. “Ke Francis: Biloxi to Babylon,” featuring the work of the master printmaker, painter and sculptor, continues through Dec. 6.

HASKELL GALLERY Jax International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Rd., Northside, 741-3546. Works by Grant Ward are displayed in Connector Bridge cases, an exhibit of works by Robin Shepherd is in Haskell Gallery, and an exhibit of works by Jason John is in Concourse A & C display cases (after security), all through Jan. 9. The Sky Gallery exhibit, highlighting Historic Riverside Avondale, runs through December.

ISLAND ART ASSOCIATION 18 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7020. The juried show “Fantastic Florida” is held through November. islandart.org JACK MITCHELL GALLERY Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, St. Johns River State College, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750. An exhibit of works by Mary Atwood and John O’Conner runs through Dec. 9. thcenter.org JUICE, A JEN JONES GALLERY 1 Independent Drive, Wells Fargo Center, Downtown. Live jazz, a historic filmography and photography presentation, and paintings and sculptures are featured. jenjonesart.com LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES 4615 Philips Highway, Southside, 730-8235. The photography and mixed-media exhibit, “America: Visions of My New Country,” works by children attending the Summertime Express youth refugee camp, is displayed year-round in the main lobby.

MAYORS JEWELERS St. Johns Town Center, 4834 River City Dr., Southside.

Longines’ “Evolution of Time” exhibit celebrates the watchmaking tradition with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres 6-9 p.m.

Dec. 6.

METACUSP STUDIOS GALLERY 2650 Rosselle St., Riverside, (813) 223-6190. The exhibit “Two Fingered Turkeys” is on display through Jan. 16.

PALENCIA FINE ARTS ACADEMY 701 Market St., Ste. 107A, St. Augustine, 819-1584. The academy, a gallery and educational institution, showcases students’ creative process, as well as exhibits. Stacie Hernandez’s works are on display. palenciafineartsacademy.com ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Bldg., 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 808-7330. An exhibit of Ann McGlade’s oil paintings runs through Dec. 28.

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

STUDIO 121 121 W. Forsyth St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 292-9303. Jim Smith and Mary Atwood exhibit their “steampunk”-themed work through November. This working studio and gallery space features the work of Doug Eng, Joyce Gabiou, Bill Yates, Robert Leedy, Terese Muller, Mary St. Germain and Tony Wood.

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

SPACE:EIGHT GALLERY 228 W. King St., St. Augustine, 829-2838. “Blue or Nothing,” an exhibit of Bev Hogue’s work, continues through Nov. 30.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., St. Augustine, 824-2310. The “Collection by Candlelight” exhibit is displayed through November. The gallery’s permanent collection features 16th-century artifacts detailing Sir Francis Drake’s 1586 burning of St. Augustine.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-1000. Selections from the Wells Fargo donation exhibit runs through Dec. 14 in the UNF Gallery of Art, Bldg. 2. Jerry Domask’s “Reflections – Vietnam War 45 Years Later,” an exhibit of mixed-media paintings, is displayed through Dec. 7 at Student Union’s Lufrano Intercultural Gallery.

VANDROFF ART GALLERY Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 730-2100. An exhibit of art by Daniel Wynn continues through Dec. 26.

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

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

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GLOBAL ISSUES EVENINGS World Affairs Council of Jacksonville presents Burt Rutan, Virgin Galactic spacecraft engineer, at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at University of North Florida’s UNF Center, 12000 Alumni Dr., Southside. Rutan discusses “Inspiration for Innovation and the New Race for Space” 280-8162.

ONE SPARK TOWN HALL The first in a series at Jacksonville’s landmark downtown locations to discuss the progress of One Spark. A cash bar and On the Fly food truck available. 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 29 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown. beonespark.com ART & ANTIQUES SHOW The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital hosts its 35th annual show 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2 at Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., Downtown. Vicente Wolf presents “Getting Inspiration” 10 a.m. Nov. 30. Miller Gaffney presents “Passions: Collecting Art & Antiques” 10 a.m. Dec. 1. Martin Davis presents “Scotland: Golf’s Ancestral Home” 10 a.m. Dec. 2. Live music and a Scottish man cave are featured. Tickets are $15 each day; some events priced separately. 202-2886. womensboardwch.com BRITISH NIGHT WATCH The 38th annual British Night Watch opens with a concert by Father, Son & Friends, 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at Francis Field, 29 W. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine. Admission is $5, kids younger than 12 are free with a paying adult.

Colonial Market Days are held 10 a.m. Dec. 1 at Francis Field. Re-enactors, magicians, puppet shows and soldiers are featured. The Grande Illumination Parade and British Night Watch, 8 p.m. at Plaza de la Constitución. Carry a candle and follow the torch-lit parade from Government House around Old City and back to the Plaza where soldiers fire muskets saluting the season. Christmas carols are sung. Participation is free; candles are available for a donation. 829-5318. britishnightwatch.org WOMEN’S LUNCHEON Athena Cafe Luncheon presents Lightening Your Holiday Load with Pixie Larizza noon-1 p.m.

Nov. 29 at FSCJ’s Administrative Offices, 4th Floor Boardroom, 501 W. State St., Downtown. Brownbaggers are welcome; an optional catered lunch is $10. For reservations, call 256-6987.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS PET ADOPTION More than 1,200 cats and dogs need homes; adopt one (or more) 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2 at Jacksonville Fairgrounds, 501 Fairgrounds Place, Downtown. Pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped, vaccinated. Free admission. fcnmhp.org SPRINGFIELD MIXER The Historic Springfield Learning Center holds a mixer 5-9 p.m. Nov. 30 at 1601 N. Main St. Art, from statues to historic master works, food and live jazz, soul/neo and R&B by Akia Uwanda & Friends are featured. 355-2091.

A NIGHT OF HOPE Joel and Victoria Osteen, pastors of the largest church in America, appear 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown.

Tickets are $15. ticketmaster.com HOLIDAY MARKET The inaugural market is held 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 30, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 1 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 2 at Hyatt Regency Riverfront, Conf. Rooms A & B, 3rd Floor, 225 East Coastline Dr., Downtown. Cookies & Cocoa with the Clauses, a ticketed event, is held 1:30-4:30 p.m. Dec. 1; facepainting, balloon art and holiday craft stations are featured. Mr. & Mrs. Claus appear at a meet-and-greet 2:30-4:30 p.m., with a “make your own cocoa” toppings station. General admission is $5. Proceeds benefit Junior League of Jacksonville programs. jljacksonville.org WINTER CELEBRATION The 13th annual event is held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 1 at Walter Jones Historical Park, 11964 Mandarin Road, Mandarin. Music, hayrides, visits with Santa, train rides, kids’ crafts, food and historical re-enactors are featured. 268-0784. mandarinmuseum.net CHRISTMAS ON THE CREEK Julington Creek Prop Club holds its annual boat parade about 7 p.m. Dec. 1 starting on the west side of S.R. 13 Bridge over Julington Creek. The lighted vessels return to the Marina at Julington Creek, 12807 San Jose Blvd., for awards. 268-5117. facebook.com/jcpropclub GARDEN CLUB CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES The 44th

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annual self-guided tour is held noon-5 p.m. Dec. 2 at six homes dating from the 1800s in historic downtown St. Augustine. An afternoon tea and a boutique are featured.

Advance tickets are $20; $25 on the day of the tour.

Reservations are strongly suggested. 826-6004, 825-4614.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES The 11th annual Gingerbread House Extravaganza is on display 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 1-22, Mon.-Sat., at Jacksonville Historical Society, Old St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 317 Randolph Blvd., Downtown. The 30plus houses are created by local chefs, architects, culinary students, engineers and civic organizations. Proceeds benefit the Society. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for kids ages 3-16; free for kids under 2. The Victorian Merrill Museum House is open from 1:30-3:30 p.m. for tours. 665-0064. jaxhistory.com WINTER RECORD-O-RAMA Dealers from Northeast Florida and South Georgia offer vinyl LPs, CDs and music swag 4-9 p.m. Dec. 2 at Birdies Lounge, 1044 Park St., Riverside. DJs and cheap beer, too. Admission is free. 806-7131.

WILEY FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER The John Thomas Jazz Band performs 5-8 p.m. Dec. 4 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. A raffle and free domestic draft, house wine or cocktail are featured. Admission is $10. Proceeds benefit the J.L. Wiley Foundation for Stroke Awareness and Healthcare Advocacy. 249-9595. jlwileyfoundation.com FIFTY SHADES OF CRAVE The masquerade-themed food and wine tasting is held 7-10 p.m. Dec. 4 at KC Crave, 1161 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. General admission is $30; $40 for VIP, which allows early entry and access to Red Room for high-end wines and a selection of local craft brews. Proceeds benefit Children’s Home Society of Florida. For online tickets, go to 50shadesofcrave.com. 493-7739, 595-5660.

THE DRESSING OF THE PALMS Vilano Beach Main Street and North Shores Improvement Association offer the inaugural celebration through January. 910-8386. vilanobeachfl.com COSMIC CONCERTS Laser Holiday 7 p.m., Laser Jimmy Buffett 8 p.m., Laser Country 9 p.m. and Laser Beatles 10 p.m.

Nov. 30 in Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank. Online tickets are $5.

396-7062. moshplanetarium.org RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Cathedral Arts Project, Sweet Scarlett and Pine Forest School of the Arts perform Dec. 1.

Local and regional art, live music and a free farmers market are featured from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. through Dec. 15, under the Fuller Warren Bridge at Riverside Avenue, Riverside.

554-6865. riversideartsmarket.com

POLITICS, BUSINESS, ACTIVISM

SMALL BUSINESS & OBAMACARE IN 2014 A learning lunch seminar on rules and regulations of health care reform is 11:30 a.m. Nov. 28 at Lulu’s at Thompson House, 11 S. Seventh St., Fernandina. For reservations, call 729-4025.

OCCUPY JACKSONVILLE This nonprofit organization meets 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at Murray Hill Branch Library, 918 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. 955-8100.

SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB Ben Warner, of Jacksonville Community Council Inc., is the featured speaker 11:30 a.m. Nov. 28 at San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin. Admission is $20. 396-5559.

HOLIDAY FASTPITCH CoWork Jax presents this event 6 p.m.

Dec. 4 at 5 W. Forsyth St., Downtown. Five local entrepreneurs have 5 minutes to pitch a project, followed by a Q&A. To sign up or for more information, email events@coworkjax.com.

BOOKS & WRITING

JOEL OSTEEN International TV pastor Osteen signs copies of his new book, “I Declare,” 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Books-A-Million, 9400 Atlantic Blvd., Regency. 805-0004.

RON WHITTINGTON Local author Whittington signs copies of his mystery, “Dopplegänged,” with local author Jordan Logue (“One Fiddle Too Many”) 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at San Marco Bookstore, 1971 San Marco Blvd.. rpwhittington.com JANE WOOD Southern children’s author Wood signs copies of

her adventure mystery series 1 p.m. Dec. 1 at Barnes & Noble, 10280 Midtown Parkway, St. Johns Town Center. 928-2027.

ENNIS DAVIS, SARAH GOJEKIAN Local authors Davis and Gojekian sign copies of their new book, “Cohen Brothers: The Big Store,” 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach. 241-9026.

CHAMBER MUSIC BOOKFAIR Live music highlights the book fair held 4-9 p.m. Dec. 1 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 8, Jacksonville. Proceeds benefit San Marco Chamber Music Society. 886-9904.

WANYONYI KENDRICK Author Kendrick signs copies of her book, “The Girl: A Memoir of a Mother to Her Daughter,” 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 4 at University of North Florida Bookstore, 1 UNF Drive, Southside. 620-2665.

COMEDY

OWEN BENJAMIN All Stars 8 p.m. Nov. 27. You know Owen; he’s been on Leno more than 10 times. Benjamin appears 8 p.m. Nov. 28, 29 and 30 and at 8 and 10 p.m. Dec. 1 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Road (in Ramada Inn), Mandarin.

Tickets are $10, $15 and $17. 292-4242. comedyzone.com FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE The sketch comedy show featuring the Friday Night Live Band cracks up 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave., Murray Hill. $10. 388-7807. murrayhilltheatre.com DANNY JOHNSON He looks like your neighbor, but way funnier. Floridian Johnson appears 8 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside. 365-5555.

MAD COWFORD IMPROV The local comedy troupe performs 8:15 p.m. every Fri. and Sat. at Northstar Substation, 119 E. Bay St., Jacksonville. Admission is $5. 860-5451.

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

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

BUNNICULA Jan. 17, The Florida Theatre JERRY SEINFELD Jan. 18, T-U Center JOHN EDWARD Feb. 1, The Florida Theatre STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE WITH THE DOODLEBOPS Feb. 7, The Florida Theatre LEWIS BLACK: THE RANT IS DUE April 19, The Florida Theatre

NATURE, SPORTS, OUTDOORS

OYSTER BAGGING This’ll knock off some calories: Volunteers are needed for an oyster bagging 8:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 30 at GTM Reserve’s Middle Beach Access parking lot, A1A, Ponte Vedra Beach. Wear closed-toe shoes; they’ll have the gear you’ll need. RSVP by emailing Lauren.Flynn@dep.state.fl.us SHANNON MILLER’S WALK-FIT The 3-mile walk starts 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at Huguenot Park, 16th Ave. S. and First St. S., Jax Beach. Free; kids, strollers, pets OK. (887) 344-8502.

JAGUARS VS. JETS The Jacksonville Jaguars take on the New York Jets 1 p.m. Dec. 9 at EverBank Field, One EverBank Place, Downtown. Single-game tickets for home games start at $45.

633-2000. jaguars.com

KIDS

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Theatreworks presents this children’s program about a visit from St. Nicholas, 10 a.m.

Nov. 29 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown.

Tickets are $7.50 in advance, $8 at the door. 353-3500.

WINTERFEST 2012 The annual WinterFEST at Adventure Landing transforms the waterpark into an Alpine snow village with an outdoor ice-skating rink, a 130-foot ice slide, visits from Santa, cookie decorating, carnival and crafts, Santa’s workshop (and photo op), ornament decorating, s’more roasting, reindeer games, teddy bear factory and a nightly snowfall through Jan. 13. 1944 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach.

Proceeds benefit Seamark Ranch. Pricing by attraction; call for details. 246-4386. jaxwinterfest.com EARLY LITERACY SCREENINGS Preschoolers receive a free 10-minute early literacy screening courtesy of Nemours BrightStart 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at Ponte Vedra Library, 101 Library Blvd. 827-6950.

COMMUNITY INTEREST

MICHAEL STONE DANCE/LECTURE The dance instructor offers a workshop, “Cultivating Presence: Body, Heart and Mind” 7:30-10 p.m. Nov. 30, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 1 and 2 at Abella’s Studio of Dance, 1765 Tree Blvd., Ste. 3, St. Augustine.

810-5670. Fee is $225. arewelistening.net PARADE FOR PAWS The 13th annual half-mile walk is held 11 a.m. Dec. 1 at Old Railroad Depot, 102 Centre St., Fernandina. $10 per dog. Activities before and after the parade. Proceeds benefit Nassau Humane Society programs. 491-6146.

SPORT PILOT TRAINING A-Cent Aviation Inc. unveils the new Cessna 162 Skycatcher Aircraft at an open house, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 1 at Herlong Airport, 9300 Normandy Blvd., Jacksonville. 207-6502.

CHABAD FUNDRAISER This event, A Toast to Ganeinu, is held 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Chabad of Southside, 11271 Alumni Way, Jacksonville. A martini bar and hors d’oeuvres are featured.

Tickets are $25. Proceeds benefit Ganeinu-Chabad’s Early Childhood Development Center. 646-4434.

HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Community Hospice bereavement specialists lead free discussions on coping with grief at Acosta-Rua Center, 5450 Ramona Blvd., Jacksonville; McGraw Center, 4715 Worrall Way, Mayo Clinic campus, Jacksonville; 728 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 1, Orange Park; 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 112, St. Augustine; Baptist medical Center Nassau, 1250 S. 18th St., Fernandina Beach; and at Neviaser Educational Institute, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Bldg. 100, Jacksonville. For schedules, call 407-6500. For reservations, call 407-7001.

HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE The annual drive, now through Dec. 10, provides gifts to nearly 1,000 First Coast children and teens in foster care. The gifts should be new, unwrapped toys. Drop off your gift at Children’s Home Society, Buckner Division, 3027 San Diego Road, Jacksonville. Proceeds benefit Children’s Home Society programs. 493-7739.

FOOD DRIVE Bring non-perishable food items for Second Harvest North Florida now through Christmas to Cypress Point Family Dentistry, 8130 Baymeadows Circle W., Ste. 103, Jacksonville. Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; closed 1-2 p.m. Anyone who donates is entered in a drawing for free membership in Cypress Point’s Quality Dental Plan or may or receive a dental exam and X-ray for $10. 448-8688.

HOLIDAY BOOK DRIVE Give the gift of reading to children in need during the national Barnes & Noble annual drive, through PROMISE OF BENEFIT Jan. 1. Customers donate books to locally designated nonprofit organizations; this year, Barnes & Nobles St. Johns Town Center, 10280 Midtown Parkway, 928-2027 and Mandarin, 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 8, 886-9904, are collecting books for Nemours Children’s Clinic.

FOOD FOR FINES St. Johns County Public Libraries offer a chance to resolve overdue fines and help those in need with the “Food for Fines” program. Library staff accepts nonperishable food items in lieu of overdue library fines through Jan. 5. Donations go to St. Johns County Food Closet. Up to $1 in overdue fines are resolved for each sealed, non-expired, non-perishable food item donated. Folks who don’t have fines may drop off canned foods at any library branch or bookmobile stop. 827-6925. sjcpls.org SEA TURTLE ADOPTIONS For a tax-deductible donation of $30 or more, Sea Turtle Conservancy sends a personalized adoption certificate, Sea Turtle Conservation Guide, a sea turtle sticker and bookmark and a one-year subscription to the Conservancy’s publication, in a sea turtle folder. Order

by Dec. 7 for free, guaranteed delivery by Christmas. To adopt a turtle online, visit adoptaseaturtle.org or call 1-800-678-7853.

TM LECTURE A free introductory Transcendental Meditation talk is held 6:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Regency Square Library, 9900 Regency Square Blvd., Jacksonville. 375-9517. tm.org/ jacksonville MISTER ROGERS SWEATER DRIVE 10th annual drive is on.

Drop off clean, new and gently used sweaters, jackets, coats and blankets through Nov. 30 at WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Ave., Jacksonville; Two Men & A Truck, 8849 Arlington Expressway, and First Coast VyStar Credit Union locations.

Donations go to St. Vincent’s Mobile Outreach Ministry, Clara White Mission, I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. 358-6322. wjct.org

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JOB CLUB Hartwell Women’s Center offers a free workshop series for job seekers 2-3 p.m. every Wed. through Nov. 28 at FSCJ Deerwood Center, 9911 Old Baymeadows Rd., Room G-1708, Southside. 256-6982. bit.ly/TqpLm9 YOUNG SURVIVORS Young Survivors Group (those diagnosed with cancer at a young age) meets 7-8:30 p.m. on the first and third Mon. each month at the Women’s Center of Jacksonville, 5644 Colcord Ave., Arlington. 722-3000 ext. 224 or email mail@womenscenterofjax.org FREE YOGA ON THE RIVER Karen Roumillat, RYT, teaches free gentle yoga 9 a.m. on the fourth Sun. of the month on the boardwalk, weather permitting, at Walter Jones Historical Park, 11964 Mandarin Road, Mandarin. Bring a mat. 287-0452.

MARINE VETERANS GROUP The Oldest City Detachment 383 meets 7 p.m. the first Tue. of the month at Elks Lodge 829, 1420 A1A S., St. Augustine. 461-0139. mclfl383.org VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA The Duval County Chapter No. 1046 gathers 7 p.m. the first Wed. of every month at the Elks Lodge, 1855 West Road, Southside. 419-8821.

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DINING GUIDE KEY

Average Entrée Cost: $ = Less than $8 $$ = $8-$14 $$$ = $15-$22 $$$$ = $23 & up BW=Beer, Wine FB=Full Bar CM=Children’s Menu TO=Take Out B=Breakfast Br=Brunch L=Lunch D=Dinner F = Folio Weekly distribution point

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(In Fernandina Beach unless otherwise noted.)

BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ F At the foot of Centre Street, the upscale restaurant overlooks Harbor Marina. Daily specials, fresh Florida seafood and an extensive wine list. FB. L & D, daily. 1 S. Front St. 261-2660. $$$ BRIGHT MORNINGS The small café offers freshly baked goods. B & L daily. 105 S. Third St. 491-1771. $$ CAFÉ KARIBO F Eclectic cuisine, served under the oaks in historic Fernandina, features sandwiches and chef’s specials. Alfresco dining. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sat.; L, Sun. & Mon. 27 N. Third St. 277-5269. $$ CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY F European-style breads, pastries, croissants, muffins and pies baked daily. 1014 Atlantic Ave. 491-4663. $ 8TH STREET DINER F Familiar diner fare and specialties, including Italian Wedding Soup, teriyaki chicken wrap and The Best BLT. CM, D. 17 S. Eighth St. 491-0330. $$ GENNARO’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO F Southern Italian cuisine: pasta, gourmet ravioli, hand-tossed pizzas.

Specialties are margharita pizza and shrimp feast. Bread is baked on-site. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 5472 First Coast Highway, Amelia Island, 491-1999. $$ HALFTIME SPORTS BAR & GRILL Owner Jon Walker F Owners John and Bretta Walker offer sports bar fare including onion rings, spring rolls, burgers, wraps and wings. Plenty of TVs show nearly every sport imaginable. BW. L & D, Wed.-Mon. 320 S. Eighth St. 321-0303. $ HAPPY TOMATO COURTYARD CAFE & BBQ Pulled pork sandwich, chicken salad and walnut chocolate chunk cookie, served in a laid-back atmosphere. BW. CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7 S. Third St. 321-0707. $$ JACK & DIANE’S F The casual cafe offers steak & eggs, pancakes, Cajun scampi, etouffée, curry pizza, vegan black bean cakes, shrimp & grits, and hand-carved steaks. FB. B, L & D, daily. 708 Centre St. 321-1444. $$ KABUKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Teppanyaki masters create your meal. 37-item sushi bar. BW. D, Tue.-Sun. Amelia Plaza. 277-8782. $$ 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 offers 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 2012 winner. Northernstyle pizza by the pie or the slice. Choose from more than 20 toppings. Owner-selected wines and a large beer selection.

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

An extensive menu offers vegetarian, vegan items. Daily specials: local seafood, free-range chicken, fresh organic produce. CM. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 833 TJ Courson Rd. 277-3141. $$ PEPPER’S MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA F The family restaurant offers authentic Mexican cuisine. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 520 Centre St. 272-2011. $$ PLAE *Bite Club Certified! The cozy venue offers an innovative, PLAEful dining experience. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, nightly.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Spa & Shops. 277-2132. $$$ SALT, THE GRILL Best of Jax 2012 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. $$$$ THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL Chef T.J. Pelletier The cozy new spot offers waterfront views. Local seafood and produce create signature dishes, like broiled oysters and oyster po’boys.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 12 N. Front St. 277-3811. $$-$$$ SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL F Oceanfront dining; local seafood, shrimp, crab cakes, outdoor beachfront tiki & raw bar, covered deck and kids’ playground. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

1998 S. Fletcher Ave. 277-6652. $$

THE SURF F Dine inside or on the large oceanview deck.

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

FB. L & D, daily. 3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 261-5711. $$ TASTY’S FRESH BURGERS & FRIES F Tasty’s offers burgers (Angus beef, turkey or veggie) and fries (like cheese fries, sweet potato fries), along with dogs, shakes, floats and soup.

L & D, Mon.-Sat. CM, BW. 710 Centre St. 321-0409. $ TIMOTI’S FRY SHAK The casual seafood place features local wild-caught shrimp, fish and oysters, along with blackboard specials. L & D, daily. CM, BW. 21 N. Third St. 310-6550. $$ T-RAY’S BURGER STATION F Best of Jax 2012 winner. The favorite local spotserves grilled or blackened fish sandwiches, homemade burgers. BW, TO. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 202 S. Eighth St. 261-6310. $ 29 SOUTH EATS Chef/Owner Scott Schwartz F Part of historic Fernandina Beach’s downtown scene. Awardwinning Chef Scotty serves traditional world cuisine with a modern twist. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, Mon.-Sat.; Sun. brunch.

29 S. Third St. 277-7919. $$

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

CLEOTA’S SOUTHERN AMERICAN CUISINE F Locally owned and operated, Cleota’s offers authentic, homestyle Southern cuisine, like fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, shrimp & grits, mac & cheese. Gourmet desserts. L & D, Tue.-Sun. TO. 2111 University Blvd. N. 800-2102. $ THE STEAKHOUSE @ GOLD CLUB Chef Gregg Rothang F Best of Jax 2012 winner. The Steakhouse offers daily lunch and dinner specials, wings, wraps, sandwiches, burgers, steaks and seafood; happy hour buffets Thur. and Fri. FB. L & D, daily. 320 Gen. Doolittle Dr. 645-5500. $$ KABUTO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Steak & shrimp, filet mignon & lobster, shrimp & scallops, a sushi bar, teppanyaki grill and traditional Japanese cuisine. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10055 Atlantic Blvd. 724-8883. $$$ LA NOPALERA Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Intracoastal.

8818 Atlantic Blvd. 720-0106. $ NERO’S CAFE F Traditional Italian fare, including seafood, veal, beef, chicken and pasta dishes. Weekly specials are lasagna, 2-for-1 pizza and AYCE spaghetti. CM, FB. L, Sun.; D, daily. 3607 University Blvd. N. 743-3141. $$ REGENCY ALE HOUSE & RAW BAR Friendly service in a nautical setting. Fresh fish, oysters, clams, specialty pastas.

BW. L & D, daily. 9541 Regency Sq. Blvd. S. 720-0551. $$ UNIVERSITY DINER F The diner serves familiar breakfast fare and lunch like meatloaf, burgers, sandwiches: wraps, BLTs, clubs, melts. Daily specials. BW. B & L, Sat. & Sun.; B, L & D, Mon.-Fri. 5959 Merrill Rd. 762-3433. $

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BAGEL LOVE F This spot serves breakfast and lunch sandwiches, wraps, salads, gluten-free baked goods, freshsqueezed orange juice. CM. B & L, daily. 4114 Herschel St., Ste. 121. 634-7253. $ BISCOTTIS F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Mozzarella bruschetta, Avondale pizza, espresso, cappuccino. Daily specials. B, Tue.-Sun.; L & D, daily. 3556 St. Johns Ave. 387-2060. $$$ THE BLUE FISH RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR Fresh seafood, steaks and more are served in a casual atmosphere. Halfportions are available. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 3551 St. Johns Ave., Shoppes of Avondale. 387-0700. $$$ BRICK RESTAURANT F Creative all-American fare like tuna tartare, seaweed salad and Kobe burger. Outside dining. FB. L & D, daily. 3585 St. Johns Ave. 387-0606. $$$ THE CASBAH CAFE Owner Jason Bajalia F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Authentic Middle Eastern dishes – ryders, a variety of pita choices and wraps – are served in a friendly atmosphere. Hookahs available.

BW. L & D, daily. 3628 St. Johns Ave. 981-9966. $$ ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE F Gauchos carve the meat onto your plate from serving tables. FB. D, Tue.-Sun., closed Mon. 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40. 388-4884. $$$ THE FOX RESTAURANT F A local landmark 50+ years.

Ian & Mary Chase serve classic diner-style fare, homemade desserts. B & L daily. 3580 St. Johns Ave. 387-2669. $ GREEN MAN GOURMET Organic and natural products, spices, teas, salts, BW. Open daily. 3543 St. Johns Ave. 384-0002. $ MOJO NO. 4 F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Beaches. 3572 St. Johns Ave. 381-6670. $$ ORSAY Best of Jax 2012 winner. The French/American bistro focuses on craftsmanship and service. FB. D, Mon.-Sat.; Brunch & D, Sun. 3630 Park St. 381-0909. $$$ SAKE HOUSE #5 JAPANESE GRILL & SUSHI BAR New at Shoppes of Avondale. See Riverside. Sake, BW. L & D, daily.

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Eddie and Irene Sweda recently opened Tres Leches, a bakery/café serving artisan cheese, breads, empanadas, arepas, sandwiches and a variety of desserts and baked goods, at the corner of Stockton and Myra streets. Photo: Walter Coker 3620 St. Johns Ave. 388-5688. $$ TOM & BETTY’S F A Jacksonville tradition for more than 30 years, Tom & Betty’s serves hefty sandwiches with classic car themes, along with homemade-style dishes. CM, FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4409 Roosevelt Blvd. 387-3311. $$

BAYMEADOWS

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

Delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 10920 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 3. 519-8000. $$ DEERWOOD DELI & DINER F ’50s-style diner serves malts, shakes, Reubens, Cubans, burgers, traditional breakfast items.

CM. B & L, daily. 9934 Old Baymeadows Rd. 641-4877. $$ THE FIFTH ELEMENT F Authentic Indian, South Indian and Indochinese dishes made with artistic flair. Lunch buffet includes lamb, goat, chicken, tandoori and biryani items. CM. L & D, daily. 9485 Baymeadows Rd. 448-8265. $$ INDIA’S RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Extensive menu of entrées, clay-oven grilled Tandoori specialties and chicken tandoor, fish, seafood and korma. L, Mon.-Sat., D, daily. 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8. 620-0777. $$ LARRY’S GIANT SUBS General Manager Brian Williams F Best of Jax 2012 winner. With shops all over Northeast Florida, Larry’s piles subs with fresh fixins and serves ’em fast. Some Larry’s Subs offer B & W and/or breakfast. CM. L & D, daily. 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9 (Goodby’s Creek), 737-7740; 8616 Baymeadows Rd. 739-2498. $ LEMONGRASS F Upscale Thai cuisine in a metropolitan atmosphere. Chef Aphayasane’s innovative creations include roast duckling and fried snapper. BW. R. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.Sat. 9846 Old Baymeadows Rd. 645-9911. $$ MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE *Bite Club Certified! F The Lebanese restaurant offers authentic cuisine: lahm meshwe, kafta khoshkhas and baked filet of red snapper. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9862 Old Baymeadows Rd. 646-1881. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 2012 winner. The organic supermarket offers a full deli and a hot bar with fresh soups, quesadillas, rotisserie chicken and vegan sushi, as well as a fresh juice and smoothie bar. 11030 Baymeadows Rd. 260-2791. $ OMAHA STEAKHOUSE *Bite Club Certified! Center-cut beef, seafood, sandwiches served in an English tavern atmosphere. Signature dish is a 16-ounce bone-in ribeye.

Desserts include crème brûlée. FB. L & D, daily. 9300 Baymeadows Rd., Embassy Suites Hotel. 739-6633. $$

ORANGE TREE HOT DOGS Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Orange Park. 8380 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 4. 733-0588. $ PATTAYA THAI GRILLE F Traditional Thai and vegetarian items and a 40-plus item vegetarian menu served in a contemporary atmosphere. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1. 646-9506. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 3928 Baymeadows Rd. 527-8649. $$ SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Beaches. L & D, daily. 8133 Point Meadows Dr. 519-0509. $$ STICKY FINGERS F Memphis-style rib house specializes in barbecue ribs served several ways. FB. L & D, daily. 8129 Point Meadows Way. 493-7427. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 9910 Old Baymeadows Rd. 641-7171. $ VITO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

For more than 25 years, family-owned Vito’s has offered authentic Sicilian fare, like veal saltimbocca, shrimp BadaBing, hand-tossed gourmet pizzas, osso bucco, tiramisu and cannolis. FB, CM. L & D, Tue.-Fri.; D, Sat. & Sun. 3825 Baymeadows Rd. 737-9236. $$

BEACHES

(In Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

A LA CARTE Authentic New England fare like Maine lobster rolls, fried Ipswich clams, crab or clam cake sandwich, fried shrimp basket, haddock sandwich, clam chowdah, birch beer and blueberry soda. Dine inside or on the deck. TO. L, Fri.-Tue. 331 First Ave. N. 241-2005. $$ AL’S PIZZA Area Supervisor Gazmir Broci F Al’s has been serving handtossed gourmet pizzas, calzones and Italian entrees for more than 21 years. Voted Best Pizza by Folio Weekly readers from 1996-2011.

BW. L & D, daily. 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-0002. $ ANGIE’S SUBS F Subs are made-to-order fresh. Serious casual. Wicked good iced tea. 1436 Beach Blvd. 246-2519. $ BAGEL WORLD F Best of Jax 2012 winner. This cozy little place offers a breakfast special (eggs, ham and cheese) and a variety of cream cheeses, coffees and juices. B & L, daily.

2202 S. Third St. 246-9988. $ THE BEACH RESTAURANT F Shrimp, fresh fish, chicken, burgers, burritos, Chicago-style pizza are served at this new oceanfront place. L & D, daily. 320 N. First St. 270-8565. $$ BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & MARKET F The full fresh seafood market serves seafood baskets, fish tacos, oyster baskets, Philly cheesesteaks. Dine indoors or outside. Beach delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 120 S. Third St. 444-8862. $$ BONGIORNO’S PHILLY STEAK SHOP F South Philly’s Bongiorno clan imports Amoroso rolls for Real Deal cheese-steak, Original Gobbler, clubs, wraps, burgers, dogs.

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

246-3278. $$ BONO’S PIT BAR-B-Q F Baby back ribs, fried corn, sweet

potatoes, barbecue. BW. L & D, daily. 1307 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 270-2666. 1266 S. Third St. 249-8704. $ BREEZY COFFEE SHOP CAFE F Local coffee shop café has fresh, locally roasted Costa Rican organic coffee, espresso, and freshly-baked-in-house muffins, breads, scones and cakes. Breakfast, lunch and vegan options available. CM. B, L, Br., daily. 235 Eighth Ave. S. 241-2211. $ BUDDHA THAI BISTRO Owner/Chef Guy Boonsanong F Buddha Thai Bistro serves an authentic Thai menu offering dishes made with fresh ingredients, using tried-and-true recipes. Curries, kra pow, prix pow and Kalua ribs. FB, TO. L & D, daily. 301 10th Ave. N. 372-9149. $$ BURRITO GALLERY EXPRESS F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

The Gallery’s kid sister is mostly take-out; same great chow, fast service. 1333 N. Third St. 242-8226. $ CAMPECHE BAY CANTINA F Homemade-style Mexican items are fajitas, enchiladas and fried ice cream, plus margaritas. FB. D, nightly. 127 First Ave. N. 249-3322. $$ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Springfield.

2429 S. Third St. 372-9000. $ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2012 winner, serving burgers, sandwiches, tacos, quesadillas and killer cheese fries. 319 23rd Ave. S. 270-0356. $ CULHANE’S IRISH PUB *Bite Club Certified! Four sisters own and operate the authentic Irish pub, with faves Guinness stew, lamb sliders and fish pie. L, Fri.-Sun.; D, Tue.-Sun.; weekend brunch. FB, CM. 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-9595. $$ DICK’S WINGS F Casual NASCAR-themed place serves 365 wing varieties. The menu features half-pound burgers, ribs and salads. BW, TO. L & D daily. 2434 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, 372-0298. 311 N. Third St., 853-5004. $ DWIGHT’S The Mediterranean-style bistro features fresh local seafood, filet mignon, mixed grill and an extensive wine list. D, Tue.-Sat. 1527 Penman Rd. 241-4496. $$$$ ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY Head Chef Sam Scribner F Gastropub fare is served here: soups, salads, flatbreads and sandwiches, like BarBe-Cuban and beer dip. Craft beers made onsite, too. Daily specials. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217. 249-2337. $ EUROPEAN STREET CAFE F See San Marco. 992 Beach Blvd. 249-3001. $ THE FISH COMPANY *Bite Club Certified! F Fresh, local seafood is served, including Mayport shrimp, fish baskets and grilled tuna and there’s an oyster bar. L & D, daily. CM, FB. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, Atlantic Beach. 246-0123. $$ FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Call for hours and menu. D, Thur.-Sat.; L, Sat.; Br., Sun. 177 Sailfish Dr. E., Atlantic Beach. 246-4293. $$ HOT DOG HUT F All-beef hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers, crab cakes, beer-battered onion rings and French fries.

B. L, daily. 1439 S. Third St. 247-8886. $ ICHIBAN F Three dining areas: teppan or hibachi tables (watch a chef prepare your food), a sushi bar and Westernstyle seating offering tempura and teriyaki. FB, Japanese plum wine. L & D, daily. 675 N. Third St. 247-4688. $$ LYNCH’S IRISH PUB Full-service restaurant offers corned beef & cabbage, Shepherd’s pie, fish-n-chips. 30-plus beers on tap.

FB. L, Sat. & Sun., D, daily. 514 N. First St. 249-5181. $$ MAMBO’S CUBAN CAFE F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Authentic Cuban cuisine, including ropa vieja, picadillo and lechon asada … and mojitos. FB, CM, TO. L & D, daily. 311 N. Third St., Ste. 103. 853-6360. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS *Bite Club Certified! F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Southside.

1080 Third St. N. 241-5600. $ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See San Marco.

1534 Third St. N. 853-6817. $$ MEZZA LUNA F A Beaches tradition for 20-plus years.

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 Operations Manager Jackson Rust F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Traditional slow-cooked Southern barbecue served in a blues bar, like pulled pork, Texas brisket, slowcooked ribs. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

1500 Beach Blvd. 247-6636. $$ MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN Chef Mike Ayres F For 25-plus years, Monkey’s Uncle has been serving locals and visitors pub grub, burgers, sandwiches, seafood and wings. Dine inside or out on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1850 S. Third St. 246-1070. $

NEW SIAM THAI & WINE This new restaurant serves authentic Thai fare, including pad Thai, prog pow and ram Thai delight, along with an extensive wine selection. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, daily. 798 S. Third St. 372-4328. $$ NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE Chef Omar Collazo F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Chef O’s cuisine features local fare and innovative dishes, served in an island atmosphere. Dine inside or out on the waterfront tiki deck. FB, CM. L & D, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 2309 Beach Blvd. 247-3300. $$ NORTH BEACH BISTRO *Bite Club Certified! Casual dining with an elegant touch, like slow-cooked veal osso buco; calypso crusted mahi mahi with spiced plantain chips. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach.

372-4105. $$$ OCEAN 60 Best of Jax 2012 winner. A prix fixe menu is offered. Continental cuisine, with fresh seafood, nightly specials and a changing seasonal menu. Dine in a formal dining room or casual Martini Room. D, Mon.-Sat. 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 247-0060. $$$ PHILLY’S FINEST F Authentic Philly-style cheesesteaks made with imported Amorosa rolls. Hoagies, wings and pizza ... cold beer, too. FB. L & D, daily. 1527 N. Third St. 241-7188. $$ POE’S TAVERN F American gastropub offers 50-plus beers, craft and local/regional selections. Gourmet burgers, handcut fries, fish tacos, quesadillas, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. L & D, daily. FB, CM. 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7637. $$ RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD GRILL F The Beaches landmark serves grilled seafood with a Cajun/Creole accent.

Hand-crafted cold beer. FB. L & D, daily. 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7877. $$ ROYAL PALM VILLAGE WINE & TAPAS Locally owned and operated. Creative tapas selections: warm prosciutto dates, balsamic glaze; pork & black bean empanadas, salsa fresco.

200+ wines, 15 rotating draft microbrew beers. D, Mon.-Sat. 296 Royal Palms Dr., Atlantic Beach. 372-0052. $-$$ SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Specialty menu items include signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp.

Casual, trendy open-air space. FB, TO, CM. L & D, daily. 1018 N. Third St. 372-4456. $$ SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Burgers, sandwiches, quesadillas, wings, steak, prime rib and surf n turf. L & D, daily. FB. 111 Beach Blvd. 482-1000. $$ SOUP’S ON JACKSONVILLE Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Riverside. 645 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 247-0906. $ SUN DELI F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Classic deli fare and a build-your-own menu: corned beef, salami, pastrami, turkey and liverwurst, and signature creations like the Radical Side.

1101 S. Third St. Mon.-Sat. 270-1040. $ TACOLU BAJA MEXICANA F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Fresh, Baja-style Mexican fare, with a focus on fish tacos and tequila, plus fried cheese, bangin’ shrimp and verde chicken tacos. Valet parking. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1183 Beach Blvd. 249-8226. $$ THE WINE BAR The casual neighborhood place has a tapas-style menu, fire-baked flatbreads and a wine selection.

Tue.-Sun. 320 N. First St. 372-0211. $$

DOWNTOWN

(The Jacksonville Landing venues are at 2 Independent Drive) BURRITO GALLERY & BAR F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Southwest cuisine, traditional American salads. Burritos and more burritos. Onsite art gallery. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-2922. $ CAFÉ NOLA AT MOCA JAX Located on the first floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Cafe Nola serves shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos and homemade desserts. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Thur. 333 N. Laura St. 366-6911 ext. 231. $$ CASA DORA ITALIAN RESTAURANT F For 36 years, owner Freddy Ghobod and Chef Sam Hamidi have served genuine Italian fare: veal, ribeye steaks, seafood, pizza, sandwiches.

Homemade-style salad dressing is a specialty. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; D, Sat. 108 E. Forsyth St. 356-8282. $$ DE REAL TING CAFE Owner/Chef Hanif Kissoonlal F This casual spot serves an authentic Caribbean lunch buffet as well as a variety of favorite dishes inspired by the Islands. Tue.-Fri. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 128 W. Adams St. 633-9738. $$ FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Best of Jax 2012 winner. Casual dining with an uptown Irish flair. Fish & chips, Guinness beef stew, black-and-tan brownies. FB, CM. L & D, daily. Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176. 374-1247. $$ INDOCHINE Best of Jax 2012 winner. Serving Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine in the core of downtown. Signature dishes include favorites like chicken Satay, soft shell crab, and mango and sticky rice for dessert. BW, FB, TO. L, Mon.Fri., D, Tue.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-5303. $$

JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE Family-owned-and-operated.

Jenkins offers beef, pork, chicken, homemade desserts. L & D, daily. 830 N. Pearl St. 353-6388. $ KOJA SUSHI F Best of Jax 2012 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. $ OLIO MARKET F Fresh sandwiches, salads, soups, entrées.

In Churchwell Lofts building, Olio partners eclectic tastes with Old World ambiance in a casual renovated space. L, Mon.-Fri.; late Art Walk. 301 E. Bay St. 356-7100. $$ SKYLINE DINING & CONFERENCE CENTER Weekday lunch includes salad bar, hot meals and a carving station. L, Sun. upon request. FB. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 3550. 791-9797. $$ TRELLISES HYATT REGENCY American cuisine includes a breakfast buffet, made-to-order omelet station, a la carte items. Signature entrees: grouper salad, Angus burgers, Reubens, French onion grilled cheese, seafood, steaks. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 225 East Coast Line Dr. 634-4540. $$$ ZODIAC GRILL Owner/Chef Jeriees Ewais F This spot serves busy Downtowners a variety of Mediterranean cuisine choices and American favorites, as well as a popular lunch buffet. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 120 W. Adams St. 354-8283. $

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For questions, please call your advertising representative at 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100. 215-2223. $ MELLOW PIZZA BAKERS Best of Jax 2012 AT 268-3655 FAX MUSHROOM YOUR PROOF IF F POSSIBLE winner. See Southside. 1800 Town Center Pkwy. 541-1999. $ MOJO SMOKEHOUSE of Jax 2012 winner. FB. LSUPPORT & D, PROMISE F OFBest BENEFIT ASK FOR ACTION daily. 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd. 264-0636. $$ TAPS BAR & GRILL F See Julington. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

1605 C.R. 220, Ste. 145. 278-9421. $$ WHITEY’S FISH CAMP F The renowned seafood place, familyowned since 1963, offers AYCE freshwater catfish. Also steaks, pastas. Outdoor waterfront dining. And you can get there by car, boat or bike. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 2032 C.R. 220. 269-4198. $

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AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. 14286 Beach Blvd. (at San Pablo Rd.) 223-0991. $ AROY THAI FUSION Owner/Chef Vithoon Khamchareon The new restaurant offers a menu of authentic Thai cuisine, including pad Thai, Thai fried rice and a variety of traditional curry dishes.

Daily happy hour, FB, TO. L & D, daily. 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40.

374-0161. $$ BIG DAWG’S SPORTS RESTAURANT F The family-friendly casual sports place has wings, burgers, sandwiches, wraps and specialty salads. Kids get a Puppy Chow menu. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 12630 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 551-3059. $$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA, PASTA, PANINIS F Authentic New Yorkstyle pizza, Italian pastas, desserts; family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36. 223-6913. $ CASTILLO DE MEXICO F The authentic, extensive menu includes a weekday lunch buffet. FB. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 19, Kernan Square. 998-7006. $$ CLIFF’S ROCKIN’ BAR-N-GRILL F Cliff’s features 8-ounce burgers, wings, steak, seafood, homemade pizza and daily specials. FB. L & D, daily. Smoking permitted. 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, Cobblestone Plaza. 645-5162. $$ EL RANCHITO Latin American cuisine includes dishes from Colombia, Cuba and Mexico. BW, CM, TO. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 22. 992-4607. $$ GOLDEN CORRAL Best of Jax 2012 winner. Buffet features familiar faves. B, L & D, daily. 14035 Beach Blvd. 992-9294. $ iPHO This brand-new, family-owned spot offers curry dishes, noodle bowls and rare beef salad. Everything’s homemade-style. L & D, Thur.-Tue. 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1. 330-0309. $$ ISTANBUL MEDITERRANEAN & ITALIAN CUISINE F European cuisine: lamb, beef, chicken dishes, pizza, 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 Chef Jorge Camacho F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Family-owned-and-operated, serving authentic Mexican cuisine, like tamales, fajitas, pork tacos, in a casual family atmosphere. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd.

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

NAME: Sam Efron RESTAURANT: Taverna, 1986 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville BIRTHPLACE: Cleveland, Ohio

YEARS IN THE BIZ: 18

FAVORITE RESTAURANT (besides mine): Cyrus, in Healdsburg, Calif. Sadly, I’ve read it’s closing.

FAVORITE COOKING STYLE: Asian FAVORITE INGREDIENTS: Salt, garlic, lemon, bacon and fresh herbs.

IDEAL MEAL: Any meal I get to share with my family.

WOULDN’T EAT IF YOU PAID ME: Balut (fertilized duck egg) or roadkill.

INSIDER’S SECRET: Salt makes everything taste better.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING AT TAVERNA: Bernie Williams (New York Yankees), Kevin Gillespie (Top Chef) CULINARY GUILTY PLEASURE: Hot Pockets, Choco Taco 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. $$ SHANE’S RIB SHACK F Shane’s serves Southern barbecue: ribs, chopped pork, beef brisket, chicken tenders – all made fresh daily. Sides, too. CM. L & D, daily. 13546 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1. 992-0130. $$ THAI ORCHID F Authentic Thai cuisine made with fresh ingredients, including pad Thai, curry dishes and rice dishes.

BW. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 683-1286. $$ TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL F Wings, gourmet pizza, fresh seafood and specialty wraps. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5. 223-6999. $$

JULINGTON, NW ST. JOHNS

BLACKSTONE GRILLE The menu blends flavors from a variety of cultures and influences for modern American fusion cuisine, served in a bistro-style setting. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri., D, Sat.; Sun. brunch. 112 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 102. 287-0766. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F See Intracoastal. 540 S.R. 13, Ste. 10, Fruit Cove. 287-8317. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 116 Bartram Oaks Walk.

230-2171. $ TAPS BAR & GRILL Chef J.P. Roberts F Taps’ chefs prepare every dish: beef, chicken and shrimp, with the freshest ingredients. Large selection of premium beers on tap.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 2220 C.R. 210 W., St. Johns. 819-1554. $$ VINO’S PIZZA With four locations, Vino’s makes all their Italian and American dishes with fresh ingredients. L & D, daily. 605 S.R. 13, Ste. 103. 230-6966. $ WAKAME JAPANESE & THAI CUISINE F The fine dining restaurant offers authentic Japanese and Thai cuisine, a full sushi menu, curries and pad dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

104 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 108. 230-6688. $$

MANDARIN

AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. 11190 San Jose Blvd.

260-4115. $ AW SHUCKS F The seafood place offers an oyster bar, steaks, seafood, wings, pasta. Faves: ahi tuna, shrimp & grits, oysters Rockefeller. Sweet potato puffs are the signature side.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd. 240-0368. $$ THE BLUE CRAB CRABHOUSE Chef/Owner Tom Blanke F A Maryland-style crabhouse featuring fresh blue crabs, garlic crabs, and king, snow and Dungeness crab legs. FB, CM. D, Tue.-Sat.; L & D, Sun. 3057 Julington Creek Rd. 260-2722. $$ BRAZILIAN JAX CAFE Authentic Brazilian dishes include steaks, sausages, chicken, fish, burgers and hot sandwiches made with fresh ingredients. Traditional feijoada (black beans and pork stew with rice, collards, orange salad and toasted yucca flour with bacon) is served every Sat. TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 20. 880-3313. $$ BROOKLYN PIZZA F The traditional pizzeria serves New York-style pizza, specialty pies, and subs, strombolis and calzones. BW. L & D, daily. 11406 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Rd., 880-0020. $

CLARK’S FISH CAMP F Clark’s has steak, ribs, AYCE catfish dinners, 3-pound prime rib. Dine in, out or in a creek-view glass-enclosed room. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 12903 Hood Landing Rd. 268-3474. $$ DON JUAN’S RESTAURANT F Authentic Mexican dishes prepared daily from scratch, served in a casual atmosphere.

FB, CM. L & D, daily. 12373 San Jose Blvd. 268-8722. $$ ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Family-owned, Enza’s offers fine Italian dining, featuring veal and seafood dishes. Daily specials. FB, CM, TO. D, Tue.-Sun. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin Landing. 268-4458. $$$ GIGI’S RESTAURANT Breakfast buffet daily, lunch buffet weekdays. The Comedy Zone (Best of Jax winner) has an appetizer menu. FB. B, L & D, daily. I-295 & San Jose Blvd.

(Ramada Inn). 268-8080. $$ (Fri. & Sat. buffet, $$$) GOLDEN CORRAL See Intracoastal. 11470 San Jose. 886-9699.

HALA CAFE & BAKERY F See Southside. 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd. 288-8890. $$ HARMONIOUS MONKS American-style steakhouse features a 9-oz. choice Angus center-cut filet topped with gorgonzola shiitake mushroom cream sauce, 8-oz. gourmet burgers, falloff-the-bone ribs, wraps, sandwiches. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30. 880-3040. $$ LeGRAND’S THE STEAK & SEAFOOD PLACE F Locally owned and operated, LeGrand’s offers aged beef cured onsite in the dry aging room and cut in-house, as well as seafood, chicken and a variety of sides. FB, CM. L & D, daily; Br. Sun. 11290 Old St. Augustine Rd. 268-3663. $$$ MAMA FU’S ASIAN HOUSE MSG-free pan-Asian cuisine prepared to order in woks using fresh ingredients. Authentic Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 11105 San Jose Blvd. 260-1727. $$ MANDARIN ALE HOUSE 30-plus beers on tap. FB. L & D, daily. 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 19. 292-0003. $$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See San Marco.

12807 San Jose Blvd. 638-6185. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Organic supermarket with full deli and salad bar serving wraps, quesadillas, chopped salads, vegetarian dishes. Fresh juice and smoothie bar. Indoor and outdoor seating. Mon.-Sat. 10000 San Jose Blvd. 260-6950. $ PICASSO’S PIZZERIA F Specializes in hand-tossed gourmet pizza, calzones, homemade New York-style cheesecake and handmade pasta. Fresh local seafood and steaks. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 10503 San Jose Blvd. 880-0811. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F See Orange Park. 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 24, Outback Plaza. 503-2230. $$ RACK ’EM UP SPORTS BAR F This cigar & hookah lounge offers bar food and more than 200 beers, imported and domestic. D, nightly. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 262-4030. $ THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL This casual, familyfriendly eatery serves pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials and pasta dishes. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12. 683-3773. $$ TANK’S FAMILY BAR-B-Q Owned and operated by the Tankersley family, this place offers made-from-scratch Southern-style fare, featuring their own sauces. CM, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 11701 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 23. 351-8265. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 268-6660. $ WHOLE FOODS MARKET F 100+ prepared items at a fullservice and self-service hot bar, soup bar, dessert bar. Madeto-order Italian specialties from a brick oven pizza hearth. L & D, daily. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22. 288-1100. $$

ORANGE PARK

ARON’S PIZZA F The family-owned restaurant offers eggplant dishes, manicotti and New York-style pizza. BW, CM,

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TO. L & D daily. 650 Park Ave. 269-1007. $$ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F For 18-plus years, the sports-themed family restaurant has served wings, ribs, entrees, sandwiches.

FB. L & D, daily. 9680 Argyle Forest Blvd. 425-6466. $$ GOLDEN CORRAL Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Intracoastal.

582 Blanding Blvd. 272-0755. $ THE HILLTOP CLUB She-crab soup, scallops, prime beef, wagyu beef, chicken Florentine and stuffed grouper. Chef Nick’s salmon is a favorite. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. 2030 Wells Rd. 272-5959. $$ JOEY MOZARELLAS The Italian restaurant’s specialty is a 24-slice pizza: 18˝x26˝ of fresh ingredients and sauces made daily. CM, TO. L & D, daily. 930 Blanding Blvd. 579-4748. $$ ORANGE TREE HOT DOGS Best of Jax 2012 winner. Known since 1968 for their Orange Frost drink, Orange Tree serves hot dogs – topped with slaw, chili, cheese, onion sauce or sauerkraut – plus personal pizzas. 1910 Wells Rd., O.P. Mall, Ste. H06. 269-1164. $ PASTA MARKET & CLAM BAR F Family-owned-andoperated. Gourmet pizza, veal, chicken, mussels, shrimp, grouper. The pastas: spaghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, calzones, linguini, ravioli, made with fresh ingredients, homemade-style.

CM, BW, sangria. 1930 Kingsley Ave. 276-9551. D, nightly. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F Pizzas are baked in coal-fired ovens. Popular pizzas include Health Choice and Mozzarella. Coal-fired sandwiches and wings, too. BW. L & D, daily. 2134 Park Ave. 264-6116. $$ THE ROADHOUSE F Burgers, wings, deli sandwiches and popular lunches are served. FB. L & D, daily. 231 Blanding Blvd. 264-0611. $ THAI GARDEN Chef Thongthine Aphayasane F Authentic traditional Thai fare made with fresh ingredients, served in a relaxed atmosphere. Curry dishes and specialty items include crispy duck, pra-ram, pad Thai, seafood.

BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Sat. & Sun. 10 Blanding Blvd., Ste. A. 272-8434. $$

PONTE VEDRA, NE ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. BW. L & D, daily. 635 A1A. 543-1494. $ AQUA GRILL Upscale cuisine: fresh seafood, Angus steaks, Maine lobster, vegetarian dishes. Outdoor patio seating. FB. L, Mon.-Sat.; D, nightly. 950 Sawgrass Village Dr. 285-3017. $$$ THE AUGUSTINE GRILLE *Bite Club Certified! Chef Brett Smith’s global cuisine is seasonal and local. Selections include prime steaks, New York strip, lamb and lobster Napoleon. FB, CM. D, nightly. 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., Sawgrass Marriott. 285-7777. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F Authentic New York-style pizza, Italian pastas, paninis, desserts. Family atmosphere. CM. L & D, daily. 880 A1A, Ste. 8. 280-7677. $$ CAFFE ANDIAMO Traditional Italian cuisine: fresh seafood, veal, homemade pastas and wood-fired pizza prepared in a copper clad oven. An extensive wine list is offered in a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Dine indoors or out on the terrace.

L & D, daily. 500 Sawgrass Village. 280-2299. $$$ LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE F On the Intracoastal Waterway, LuLu’s can be reached by car or by boat. Seafood, steaks and pasta dishes with a sophisticated flair. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 301 N. Roscoe Blvd. 285-0139. $$ MULLIGAN’S PUB F The new Irish gastropub, at Hilton Garden Inn, offers a variety of favorites and Irish dishes. FB. D, daily. 45 PGA Tour Blvd. 280-1661. $$ NINETEEN AT TPC SAWGRASS In Sawgrass’ Tournament Players Club, Nineteen features more than 230 wines and freshly prepared American and Continental cuisine, including local seafood, served inside or al fresco on the verandah. L & D, daily. 110 Championship Way. 273-3235. $$$ PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE *Bite Club Certified! F Freshly prepared Caribbean cuisine, including red snapper Ponte Vedra Jamaican grilled pork ribs and barbecued salmon tower. Tropical rum drinks include Pusser’s Painkiller. FB. L & D, daily. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100. 280-7766. L, $$; D, $$ RESTAURANT MEDURE Chef Matthew Medure offers eclectic cuisine of local and imported seafood with Southern and Asian influences. F/B. D, Mon.-Sat. 818 A1A N. 543-3797. $$$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Best of Jax 2012 winner. See San Marco. 8141 A1A. 285-0014. $$$$ 619 OCEAN VIEW Dining with a Mediterranean touch; fresh seafood, steaks and nightly specials. FB, CM. D, Wed.-Sun. 619 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Cabana Beach Club. 285-6198. $$$ TABLE 1 This new upscale, casual restaurant has a variety of items, from appetizers to entrées to salads, as well as a wine bar featuring an extensive list of wines by the glass. FB. L & D, daily. 330 A1A N. 280-5549. $$$

RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE

AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. 1620 Margaret St. 388-8384. $ BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Artisan-crafted, small-batch roasted specialty coffees from its certified organic roastery and brew bar, including lattes,

local pastries, craft beers. BW. 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2.

855-1181. $ CARMINE’S PIE HOUSE F The Italian eatery offers pizza by the slice, gourmet pizzas, appetizers, classic Italian dishes (calzone, stromboli, subs, panini) and microbrews served in a casual atmosphere. BW, CM, TO. 2677 Forbes St. 387-1400. $$ COOL MOOSE F Classic sandwiches, eclectic wraps and desserts. An extensive gourmet coffee menu with Green Mountain coffees and frozen coffee drinks. B & L, daily. Sun. Br. 2708 Park St. 381-4242. $ EDGEWOOD BAKERY F Best of Jax 2012 winner. For nearly 65 years, the espresso and pastry café has served fresh breakfast pastries, petit fours and pies, sandwiches, smoothies and soups. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 1012 S. Edgewood Ave., Murray Hill. 389-8054. $ EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ F See San Marco. 2753 Park St. 384-9999. $ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET Deli Manager Dalton Trigg F Organic and natural market with juice & smoothie bar. Wide selection of organic produce, gourmet cheeses, humanely raised meats. Grab-and-go sandwiches, wraps, salads and sides.

Craft beers, organic wines. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 2007 Park St. 384-4474. $ HOVAN MEDITERRANEAN GOURMET F Dine inside or on the patio. Mediterranean entrées include lamb, and beef gyros. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 2005-1 Park St. 381-9394. $ JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILL F A Riverside tradition, serving 60+ fresh deli and grill items, including hot sandwiches.

L, Mon.-Fri. 474 Riverside Ave. 356-8055. $ KICKBACKS GASTROPUB F Best of Jax 2012 winner. This neighborhood spot serves favorites 20 hours a day, every day.

655+ bottled beers, 84 on tap. CM. 910 King St. 388-9551. $$ MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Smoked meats include wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey and ribs. Homemade-style sides include green beans, baked beans, red cole slaw, collards. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551. $$ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Amelia Island. 1176 Edgewood Ave. S. 389-4442. $ MOSSFIRE GRILL F Southwestern menu with ahi tuna tacos, goat cheese enchiladas and gouda quesadillas. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1537 Margaret St. 355-4434. $$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT See St. Johns Town Center.

1661 Riverside Ave., Ste. 128. 900-1955. $ O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB F Innovative Irish fare and traditional faves are offered, like lambburger with Stilton crust, Guinness mac & cheese, Shepherd’s pie and fish-nchips – plus 18 beers on tap. L, daily except Mon.; D, daily.

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

Large selection of gourmet pizza toppings. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 11043 Crystal Springs Rd., Ste. 2. 378-8131. $ PERFECT RACK BILLIARDS F Upscale billiards hall has burgers, steak, deli sandwiches, wings. Family-friendly, non-smoking. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 1186 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. 738-7645. $ SAKE HOUSE #1 JAPANESE GRILL & SUSHI BAR 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. $$ SOUP’S ON JACKSONVILLE Best of Jax 2012 winner.

This casual place offers good-for-you soups, sandwiches and salads without the usual fat and salt – hot and cold gourmet seafood and meat dishes, vegetarian, vegan dishes.

Take-out fresh/frozen soups. L & D, daily. 1526 King St. 387-9394. $ SUMO SUSHI F Authentic Japanese fare, traditional to entrees and sushi rolls, spicy sashimi salad, tobiko (flying fish roe), Rainbow roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, California roll).

BW, CM. L & D, daily. 2726 Park St. 388-8838. $$ SUSHI CAFÉ Sushi Chef Leo Lin F A variety of sushi, including popular Monster Roll and Jimmy Smith Roll, along with faves like Rock-n-Roll and Dynamite Roll. Sushi Café also offers hibachi, tempura, katsu and teriyaki. BW. Dine indoors or on the patio. L & D, daily. 2025 Riverside Ave. Publix Plaza. 384-2888. $$ TAPA THAT This place puts a modern spin on traditional tapas-style service, using locally/organically grown items as much as possible. Specialties include duck confit spring rolls and Cuban rice & beans cake. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 820 Lomax St. 376-9911. $$ 13 GYPSIES Best of Jax 2012 winner. This intimate bistro serves authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine, specializing in tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day and coconut mango curry chicken. BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 887 Stockton St. 389-0330. $$ TWO DOORS DOWN F Traditional faves: hotcakes, omelets,

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ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH

A1A ALE WORKS F The Ancient City’s only brew pub taps seven hand-crafted ales and lagers. A1A specializes in innovative New World cuisine. FB. L & D, daily. 1 King St. 829-2977. $$ AL’S PIZZA F Brand-new location offering a balcony view overlooking Matanzas Bay. See Beaches. BW. L & D, daily. 1 St. George St. 824-4383. $ AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT F A family-owned-andoperated Italian restaurant offers traditional pasta, veal, steak and seafood dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1915B A1A S., St. Augustine Beach. 461-0102. $$ ANN O’MALLEY’S F Fresh handmade sandwiches, soups, salads and perfectly poured Guinness. Favorites include Reubens and chicken salad. CM, BW, Irish beers on tap. L & D, daily. 23 Orange St. 825-4040. $$ BARLEY REPUBLIC IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE This new Irish bar and pub in historic downtown offers burgers, sandwiches, shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash. BW. L & D, daily. 48 Spanish St. 547-2023. $$ BARNACLE BILL’S F For 30-plus years, this family restaurant has served seafood, oysters, gator tail, steak and fried shrimp. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily; 14 Castillo Drive, 824-3663. $$ THE BLACK MOLLY BAR & GRILL Fresh, local seafood, steaks and pasta dishes in a casual atmosphere. FB, CM. L & D daily.

504 Geoffrey St., Cobblestone Plaza. 547-2723. $$ BORRILLO’S PIZZA & SUBS F Specialty pizzas are Borrillo’s Supreme (extra cheese, pepperoni, sausage), white and vegetarian pizzas. Subs and pasta dinners. L & D, daily.

88 San Marco Ave. 829-1133. $ CAFÉ ATLANTICO Traditional and new Italian dishes served in an intimate space. Master Chef Paolo Pece prepares risotto alla pescatora, with shrimp, scallops and seasonal shellfish, in a parmesan cheese basket. BW. D, nightly. 647 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-7332. $$$ CAFÉ ELEVEN F Serving eclectic cuisine like feta spinach egg croissant, apple turkey sandwich, pear-berry salad. Daily chef creations. BW. B, L & D, daily. 501 A1A Beach Blvd.

460-9311. B, $; L & D, $$ CAP’S ON THE WATER F The Vilano Beach mainstay offers coastal cuisine – tapas platters, cioppino, fresh local shrimp, raw oyster bar – indoors or on an oak-shaded deck. Boat access. FB. L, Fri.-Sun., D, nightly. 4325 Myrtle St., Vilano Beach. 824-8794. $$ CARMELO’S MARKETPLACE F Authentic New York style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh baked sub rolls, Boars Head meats & cheeses, salads, calzones, strombolis and sliced pizza specials. BW. L & D, daily. 146 King St. 494-6658. $$ CELLAR 6 ART GALLERY & WINE BAR *Bite Club Certified!

Wolfgang Puck coffees, handmade desserts, light bistro-style fare amid local art. BW. Mon.-Sat. 6 Aviles St. 827-9055. $$ CREEKSIDE DINERY Beef, chicken and seafood, with an emphasis on low-country cooking. Outdoor deck with a fire pit. FB. D, nightly. 160 Nix Boatyard Rd. 829-6113. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax 2012 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. $$ GYPSY CAB COMPANY F International menu features large portions, reasonable prices. FB. L & D, daily. 828 Anastasia Blvd. 824-8244. $$ 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. $$ HOT SHOT BAKERY & CAFE Freshly baked items, coffees and hand-crafted breakfast and lunch sandwiches; Datil B. Good hot sauces and pepper products. B & L, daily. 8 Granada St. 824-7898. $ KINGS HEAD BRITISH PUB F Authentic Brit pub serves fish & chips, Cornish pastie and steak & kidney pie. Tap beers are Guinness, Newcastle and Bass. BW. L & D, Wed.-Sun. 6460 U.S. 1 (4 miles N. of St. Augustine Airport.) 823-9787. $$ THE MANATEE CAFÉ F Serving healthful cuisine using organically grown fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes. B & L, daily. 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 106, Westgate Plaza. 826-0210. $ MANGO MANGO’S BEACHSIDE BAR & GRILL F Caribbean kitchen has comfort food with a tropical twist: coconut shrimp and fried plantains. BW, CM. Outdoor dining. 700 A1A Beach Blvd., (A Street access) St. Augustine Beach. 461-1077. $$ MILL TOP TAVERN F A St. Auggie institution housed in an 1884 building, serving nachos, soups, sandwiches and daily specials. Dine inside or on open-air decks. At the big mill

wheel. FB. L & D, daily. 19 1/2 St. George St. 829-2329. $$ OASIS RESTAURANT & DECK F Just a block from the ocean, with a tropical atmosphere and open-air deck. Steamed oysters, crab legs, burgers. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 4000 A1A & Ocean Trace Rd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-3424. $ PACIFIC ASIAN BISTRO F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Fresh, OFMasBENEFIT artfully crafted sushi, sashimi and classicPROMISE rolls. Best Chef Liu creates authentic sushi – Crazy Girl (shrimp tempura, asparagus, salmon); Mango Tango (salmon, crab, tuna, flying fish egg, mango sauce). Traditional dishes, too. Sake, BW. L & D, daily. 159 Palencia Village Dr., Ste. 111. 808-1818. $$-$$$ PIZZALLEY’S PIZZERIA F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Fresh, prepared onsite, gourmet pizza is offered by the pie or the slice at this restaurant in the historic district. Hot subs, wings and salads, too. L & D, daily. BW. 117 St. George St. 825-2627. $$ THE PRESENT MOMENT CAFÉ Best of Jax 2012 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. $$ RAINTREE In a Victorian home, Raintree offers fare with contemporary and traditional international influences. Extensive wine list. FB. D, daily. 102 San Marco Ave. 824-7211. $$$ THE REEF RESTAURANT F Casual oceanfront place with a view from every table. Fresh local seafood, steak, pasta dishes and daily chef specials. Outdoor dining. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily. 4100 Coastal Hwy. A1A, Vilano Beach. 824-8008. $$ SARA’S CREPE CAFE Crêpes, both traditional European style and with innovative twists, are served along with Belgian waffles in the historic district. Dine indoors or out in the openair courtyard. B, L & D, daily. 100 St. George St. 810-5800. $$ SOUTH BEACH GRILL Located off A1A, 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. $$$ SUNSET GRILLE Seafood-heavy menu, consistent Great Chowder Debate winner. Specialties are baby back ribs, lobster ravioli, coconut shrimp, datil pepper wings. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 421 A1A Beach Blvd. 471-5555. $$$ THE TASTING ROOM, WINE & TAPAS Owned by Michael Lugo, the upscale contemporary Spanish restaurant fuses innovative tapas with an extensive wine list. L, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 25 Cuna St. 810-2400. $$

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BAHAMA BREEZE ISLAND GRILLE Fresh seafood, chicken, flame-grilled steaks and hand-crafted tropical drinks made with flavorful ingredients inspired by the Caribbean. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10205 River Coast Dr. 646-1031. $$$ 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. $$$ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Burgers are made with fresh ground beef; wide selection of toppings, including fried onions, jalapeños or sautéed mushrooms. Fries, kosher hot dogs and soft drinks, too. L & D, daily. 4413 Town Center Pkwy., Ste. 401. 996-6900. $ LIBRETTO’S PIZZERIA & ITALIAN KITCHEN F Authentic NYC pizzeria serves Big Apple crust, cheese and sauce, and third-generation family-style Italian classics, fresh-fromthe-oven calzones, and desserts in a casual, comfy setting.

L & D, daily. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1. 402-8888. $$ MITCHELL’S FISH MARKET F A changing menu of more than 180 items includes cedar-roasted Atlantic salmon and seared salt-and-pepper tuna. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 5205 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Ctr. 645-3474. $$$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT 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. $ P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Traditional chicken, duck, pork, beef and lamb dishes, plus vegetarian plates and gluten-free selections. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10281 Midtown Parkway, Ste. 137. 641-3392. $$ RENNA’S PIZZA F Renna’s serves New York-style pizza, calzones, subs and lasagna made from authentic Italian recipes. Delivery, CM, BW. 4624 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 125, St. Johns Town Center. 565-1299. rennaspizza.com $$ SAKE HOUSE #3 JAPANESE GRILL & SUSHI BAR New location. See Riverside. 10281 Midtown Parkway, Ste. 119.

996-2288. $$ WASABI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Authentic cuisine, teppanyaki shows and a full sushi menu.

CM. L & D, daily. 10206 River Coast Dr. 997-6528. $$ WHISKY RIVER F Best of Jax 2012 winner. At St. Johns

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Andy and Rhonna Rockwell at Ancient City Subs serve gourmet subs, salads and sandwiches in their St. Augustine-themed restaurant at the intersection of Philips Highway and Baymeadows Road. Photo: Walter Coker 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. $$

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 2012 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 2012 winner. Pulled pork, brisket and North Carolina-style barbecue. TO, BW. L & D, daily. 1607 University Blvd. W. 732-7200. $$

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

BASIL THAI & SUSHI Owner Melanie Goh F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Authentic Thai cuisine at Basil Thai includes pad Thai, a variety of curry dishes and sushi, served in a relaxing atmosphere. L & D, Mon.-Sat. BW. 1004 Hendricks Ave. 674-0190. $$ bb’s F A bistro menu is served in an upscale atmosphere, featuring almond-crusted calamari, tuna tartare and wild mushroom pizza. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; Br. & D, Sat. 1019 Hendricks Ave. 306-0100. $$$ BISTRO AIX Chef Tom Gray F The menu features French, Mediterranean-inspired fare, award-winning wines, wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas, steaks, seafood. Dine indoor or out. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly. 1440 San Marco Blvd. 398-1949. $$$ CHECKER BBQ & SEAFOOD F Chef Art Jennette serves barbecue, seafood and comfort food, including pulled-pork, fried white shrimp and fried green tomatoes. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 3566 St. Augustine Rd. 398-9206. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Big sandwiches, soups, desserts and more than 100 bottled and on-tap beers. BW. L & D, daily.

1704 San Marco Blvd. 398-9500. $ THE GROTTO Chef Scott Houser F Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Wine by the glass. The innovative tapas-style menu at The Grotto offers a cheese plate, empanadas bruschetta and chocolate fondue.

BW. 2012 San Marco Blvd.

398-0726. $$ HAVANA-JAX CAFÉ/CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE *Bite Club Certified! 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. $

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. $$$$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Historic 1930s diner offers award-winning breakfast and lunch. Fresh seafood and Southern cooking. Bring your own wine. B & L, daily. 3302 Hendricks Ave. 398-3701. $$ THE OLIVE TREE MEDITERRANEAN GRILLE F Homestyle healthy plates: hummus, tebouleh, grape leaves, gyros, potato salad, kibbeh, spinach pie and Greek salad, along with daily specials. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 1705 Hendricks Ave. 396-2250. $$ PIZZA PALACE Dino F All of the Pizza Palace locations feature a variety of homemade dishes made from Mama’s awardwinning recipes, including spinach pizza and chicken-spinach calzones.

BW. L & D, daily. 1959 San Marco Blvd. 399-8815. $$ PULP F The juice bar has fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas and coffees; 30 smoothies, with flavored soy milks, organic frozen yogurt and granola. Daily. 1962 San Marco Blvd.

396-9222. $ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Best of Jax 2012 winner.

Serving Midwestern prime beef, fresh seafood, in an upscale atmosphere. FB. D, daily. 1201 Riverplace Blvd.

396-6200. $$$$ SAKE HOUSE #2 JAPANESE GRILL & SUSHI BAR See Riverside. 1478 Riverplace Blvd. 306-2188. $$ 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 woodfired pizzas and entrées are served in a rustic yet upscale interior. BW, TO. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 1986 San Marco Blvd.

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

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AROMAS BEER HOUSE Faves include 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 – 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. $$ BUCA DI BEPPO Italian dishes are served family-style in an eclectic, vintage setting. Half-pound meatballs are a specialty. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10334 Southside Blvd.

363-9090. $$$ 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. $$$ EUROPEAN STREET F See San Marco. 5500 Beach Blvd.

398-1717. $ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax 2012 winner. See

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St. Johns Town Center. 9039 Southside Blvd. 538-9100. $ THE FLAME BROILER Manager Paula Hulett F Serving food with no transfat, MSG, frying, or skin on meat. Fresh veggies, brown or white rice, with grilled beef, chicken, Korean short ribs. CM, TO. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 103.

619-2786. New location: 7159 Philips Hwy., Ste. 104. 337-0007. $ GREEK ISLES CAFE Authentic Greek, American and Italian fare, including gyros, spinach pie and Greek meatballs.

Homemade breads, desserts. House specialties are eggs benedict and baklava. BW, CM., TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7860 Gate Parkway, Ste. 116. 564-2290. $ HALA CAFE & BAKERY F 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. $ 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. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Intracoastal.

8206 Philips Hwy. 732-9433. $ 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. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS *Bite Club Certified! F Best of Jax 2012 winner. Tossed spring water dough, lean meats, veggies, vegetarian choices for specialty pizzas, hoagies, calzones. FB. L & D, daily. 9734 Deer Lake Ct. 997-1955. $ OTAKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE F Family-owned with an open sushi bar, hibachi grill tables and an open kitchen. Dine indoor or out. FB, CM, TO. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly. 7860 Gate Parkway, Stes. 119-122. 854-0485. $$$ SAKE SUSHI F Sushi, hibachi, teriyaki, tempura, katsu, soups. Popular rolls include Fuji Yama, Ocean Blue, Fat Boy. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 8206 Philips Hwy., Ste. 31.

647-6000. $$ SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY F Innovative menu of fresh local grilled seafood, sesame tuna, grouper Oscar, chicken, steak and pizza. Microbrewed ales and lagers. FB. L & D, daily. 9735 Gate Pkwy. N., Tinseltown. 997-1999. $$ SOUTHSIDE ALE HOUSE F Steaks, seafood, sandwiches.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9711 Deer Lake Court. 565-2882. $$ SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE F This gastropub serves Southern-style fare; dishes are paired with international wines and beers, including a large selection of craft , IPA brews. FB. L & D, daily. 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16. 538-0811. $$ SUNSET 30 TAVERN & GRILL Chef Eric Searles F Located in Latitude 30, Sunset 30 serves familiar favorites, including seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta and pizza. Dine inside or on the patio.

FB. L & D, daily. 10370 Philips Hwy. 365-5555. $$ TAVERNA YAMAS Chef Kalli Rapanakis Best of Jax 2012 winner. *Bite Club Certified! The Greek restaurant serves char-broiled kabobs, seafood and traditional Greek wines and desserts. FB. L & D daily. 9753 Deer Lake Court. 854-0426. $$

TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA F Premium New York-style pizza from a brick-oven – the area’s original gluten-free pizzeria. Calzones, soups, salads; Thumann’s no-MSG meats, Grande cheeses, Boylan soda. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2. 565-1999. $$ URBAN ORGANICS The local organic produce co-op offers seasonal fresh organic vegetables and fruit, as well as greenhouse and gardening supplies. Mon.-Sat. 5325 Fairmont St. 398-8012. $ WATAMI ASIAN FUSION F AYCE sushi, as well as teppanyaki grill items. Rolls include the Jaguar, dynamite, lobster and soft-shell crab. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138C. 363-9888. $$ WILD WING CAFÉ F 33 flavors of wings, as well as soups, sandwiches, wraps, ribs, platters and burgers. FB. 4555 Southside Blvd. 998-9464. $$ YUMMY SUSHI F Serving teriyaki, tempura, hibachi-style dinners, sushi and sashimi. Sushi lunch roll special. BW, sake. L & D, daily. 4372 Southside Blvd. 998-8806. $$

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BOSTON’S RESTAURANT & SPORTSBAR *Bite Club Certified! F A full menu of sportsbar faves is served; 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 Chef Jorge Luis F Best of Jax 2012 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. $$ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax 2012 winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 13249 City Square Dr., 751-9711. $ GOLDEN CORRAL Best of Jax 2012 winner. See Intracoastal. 7043 Normandy Blvd. 378-3688. $ 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. $$ MILLHOUSE STEAKHOUSE F Locally-owned-and-operated steakhouse with choice steaks from the signature broiler, and seafood, pasta, Millhouse gorgonzola, homemade desserts. CM, FB. D, nightly. 1341 Airport Rd. 741-8722. $$ ORANGE TREE HOT DOGS Best of Jax 2012. See Orange Park. 840 Nautica Dr., River City Mrkt, Ste. 125. 714-0813. $ 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. $ THE SAVANNAH BISTRO Chef Arthur White The Bistro offers a varied menu featuring Low Country fare that’s Mediterranean and French inspired, including crab cakes, New York strip steak, she crab soup and mahi mahi. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 14670 Duval Rd. Crowne Plaza Airport.

741-4404. $-$$$ THREE LAYERS CAFE F This cozy palce serves lunch, bagels, desserts. Adjacent Cellar serves fine wines. Inside and courtyard dining. BW. B, L & D, daily. 1602 Walnut St., Springfield. 355-9791. $ UPTOWN MARKET *Bite Club Certified! F At corner of Third & Main, serving fresh fare made with the same élan that rules Burrito Gallery. Innovative breakfast, lunch and deli selections. BW, TO. 1303 Main St. N. 355-0734. $$

WINE TASTINGS NEW SIAM THAI & WINE RESTAURANT 7 p.m. Nov. 21. $15.

798 S. Third St., Jax Beach, 372-4328.

ANJO LIQUORS 5 p.m. every Thur. 9928 Old Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-2656 AROMAS CIGAR & WINE BAR Call for schedule.

4372 Southside Blvd., 928-0515 BLACK HORSE WINERY 3-7 p.m. Mon.-Thur., 2-10 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 2-6 p.m. Sun. 420 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, 644-8480 BLUE BAMBOO 5:30 p.m. every first Thur. 3820 Southside Blvd., 646-1478 THE GIFTED CORK Daily. 64 Hypolita St., St. Augustine, 810-1083 THE GROTTO 6 p.m. every Thur. 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726 MONKEY’S UNCLE LIQUORS 5 p.m. every Fri. 1850 S. Third St., Jax Beach, 246-1070 OCEAN 60 6 p.m every Mon. 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 PUSSERS CARIBBEAN GRILL 6 p.m. every second Fri. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-7766 RIVERSIDE LIQUORS 5 p.m. every Fri. 1035 Park St., Five Points, 356-4517

ROYAL PALM VILLAGE WINES & TAPAS 5 p.m. every Mon., Wed. & Fri. 296 Royal Palms Drive, Atlantic Beach, 372-0052 THE TASTING ROOM 6 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 TIM’S WINE MARKET 5-7 p.m. every Fri., noon-5 every Sat. 278 Solana Rd., Ponte Vedra, 686-1741 128 Seagrove Main St., St. Augustine Beach, 461-0060 III FORKS PRIME STEAKHOUSE 5 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 THE WINE BAR 6 p.m. every Thur. 320 First St. N., Jax Beach, 372-0211 WINE WAREHOUSE 4 p.m. every Fri. 665 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 246-6450 4434 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 448-6782 W90+ 4 p.m. every Thur. 1112 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 413-0027.

5 p.m. every Fri. 3548 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 413-0025

Did I Say That Out Loud?

• No Do-Overs: By 2009, James Washington believed he’d gotten away with a 1995 murder, but then he had a heart attack, and on his deathbed, in a fit of remorse, he confessed to a confidant. “I have to get something off my conscience,” he told a guard in the jailhouse where he was serving time for a lesser, unrelated offense. However, Washington miraculously recovered from the heart attack and tried to take back his confession, but prosecutors in Nashville, Tenn., were unfazed. They used it to augment sparse evidence from 1995, and in October 2012 the now-healthier Washington was convicted of the murder and sentenced to 51 more years in prison.

Government in Action

• Among federally funded projects highlighted in U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s “2012 Waste Book” were a $325,000 grant to develop a “robosquirrel” (to help study the somehow-confusing interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes) and a National Science Foundation $700,000 grant for a New York theater company to create a musical about climate change and biodiversity (which opened this year, in Kansas City and included among its concepts, according to one critic, “flying monkey poop”). Food stamp program abuses were also detailed, such as by one exotic dancer who, while earning $85,000, drew food stamps totaling roughly equivalent to what she spent on “cosmetic enhancements.”

• While the Department of Veterans Affairs remains under criticism for inadequate funding for personnel disabled in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, in 2010 it spent more than $5 million on training conferences to teach bureaucrats how to administer parts of its latest collective-bargaining contract, according to an October Washington Examiner report. In fact, said the Examiner, $34 million in payroll goes to department officials who work mainly on unionrelated activities.

Great Art!

• “I wanted to create a self-portrait that was completely stripped of ... visual prejudice,” said Polish-born New York artist Martynka Wawrzyniak, who thus chose the medium of “smell” for her gallery showing in New York City (running through mid-November). For starters, she “scientifically extracted” her hair oils, armpit perspiration and tears (to protest humans’ cloaking themselves in deodorant soaps and laundry powders), and blasted visitors with whiffs of it as they entered the gallery.

• Because We Can: The Tate Liverpool museum in England was host on Oct. 19 to artist Kerry Morrison’s Bird Sheet music project in which she laid down a giant blank musical score sheet under a tree and waited for birds to make “deposits” on it, which she took to represent “notes” that composer Jon Hering plans to play straight, as the “sound” of the blackbirds.

Democracy in Action

• Getting Out the Vote: Just before a June primary election, Albuquerque, N.M., TV station KOB apparently caught, on camera, a poll worker for two county government candidates offering potential voters miniature bottles of whiskey to sip during free rides to early voting centers.

• In October, Los Angeles’ KCBS-TV reported leaflets sponsored by the Progress and Collaboration Slate for its local candidates in Eagle Rock, Calif., also mentioned an offer of $40 worth of “medical-grade marijuana” as incentive to vote.

• Carme Cristina Lima, 32, running for town councillor in Itacoatiara, Brazil, was arrested in October for allegedly attaching cocaine packets to campaign leaflets.

• Colleen Lachowicz won her contest for a Maine state senate seat in November despite opponents’ ridicule for her admitted devotion to the “World of Warcraft” online game.

“Certainly,” said an opposing-party official, “the fact that she spends so much time on a video game says something about her work ethic and ... immaturity.” Her WoW character is Santiaga, an “orc (Level 85) assassination rogue” with green skin, fangs, a Mohawk and pointy ears.

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Least Competent Criminals

• Rookie Mistakes: Arthur Bundrage, 28, was arrested in Syracuse, N.Y., in October after he returned to Alliance Bank — which he’d just robbed minutes before — because he discovered the employee had given him less than the $20,000 his demand note ordered.

Officers arrived to find Bundrage by the front doors, trying to get back in.

• A September theft from a sofa superstore in Northampton, England, ended badly for two men, who’d just loaded two couches (worth about $650 each) into their truck and were about to drive off. The store manager rushed out, though, and, noticing the truck’s unfastened back door, pulled the sofas out — the men drove away empty-handed. The sequence was captured on surveillance video, leading store owner Mark Kypta to liken it to “something out of a Benny Hill film.”

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• In October, a 2-foot-long shark fell from the sky and landed near the 12th tee at San Juan Hills Golf Club in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. A security guard saw it happen, and an attendant placed the shark in a bucket of water (with some salt) and drove it four miles to the Pacific Ocean. Best guess among observers: An osprey or peregrine falcon had snatched it from the ocean but eventually lost its grip.

• In October, a major fire mysteriously started inside Red Lion Liquors (in, coincidentally, Burnsville, Minn.). Since nothing sparkproducing was found, fire officials guessed that sunlight, magnified through vodka bottles, had ignited surrounding paper signs, and the heat eventually pressured the vodka bottles’ tops to burst, exacerbating the flames. Even firefighters appeared amazed, with one quoted as saying, “This is so cool!”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “They are trying to make me into a fixed star,” complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago. “I am an irregular planet.” Use that declaration as your own in the weeks ahead. You have every right to avoid being pinned down, pigeonholed and forced to be consistent. According to my astrological omen-reading, you need abundant freedom to mutate your identity.

You deserve poetic license to play a variety of roles and explore the pleasures of unpredictable self-expression.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The StarSpangled Banner” is America’s national anthem.

It has the lyrics of Francis Scott Key’s patriotic poem, but the melody’s entirely lifted from a bawdy old song that celebrates Bacchus, ancient god of wine and ecstatic dancing. I love it when things are repurposed as dramatically as that. Do you? The weeks ahead are prime time to repurpose with creative abandon. Make the past useful for the future. Turn good old ideas into fantastic new ones. Don’t just recycle; transform.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the weeks ahead, you’ll be getting a multitude of inquiries, invitations and temptations – probably more than you feel capable of responding to, and certainly more than you should respond to. A few of these may be appealing and lead to interesting adventures, but some are useless, diversionary or trivial. Can you tell the difference? That’s the big challenge. If you want help dodging unwanted solicitations, give out this phone number as your own: 212-479-7990. It’s a free service from “The Rejection Line” at Rejectionline.com. Folks calling it are politely told you aren’t available.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): For millennia, the plant yellow avalanche lily has thrived on mountain slopes and meadows throughout Western North America. It blooms early in the spring, in time for broad-tailed hummingbirds migrating from Central America to sip the flower’s nectar. Now there’s a problem with that ancient arrangement. Due to global warming, the lily now blossoms 17 days earlier, but hummingbirds haven’t made a schedule adjustment, so they’re showing up barely in time to get their full nectar allotment. This is a metaphor for a shift you may be facing in your life rhythm. Good thing you’ve been warned – you can adjust better than hummingbirds.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In our calendar, there’s no special holiday devoted to honoring the joy 2012 and power of rebellion. This oversight confounds me. My experience tells me the urge to revolt is a fundamental human need. Each of us has a sacred duty to regularly rise up and overthrow a stale oppressive status quo — whether it’s an organized group effort we’re part of or our own deadening routine. It’s an excellent time to celebrate your Rebellion Jubilee. Vitality soars as you shed numbing habits and decaying traditions.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Recently you’ve resembled an eight-year-old kid wearing the jammies you loved when you were five. Your bare arms jut out beyond where the sleeves end, and your legs stick out. The fabric is ripped in places because it can’t accommodate how much you’ve grown. You’re feeling discomfort in places where the overly tight fit is squeezing your flesh. It’s sort of cute, but mostly, it’s alarming. I wish you’d wean yourself of the past and update your approach.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A lot of leopard frogs live on Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs. Most of them make a sound like a long 42 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 3, 2012

snore or a rapid chuckle, but over time, biologists detected a third type of frogly expression: a clipped, repetitive croak.

Just this year, they finally figured out this belonged to an entirely distinct species of leopard frog they’d never identified. It’s still so new it doesn’t have a name. I expect a metaphorically similar development in your life. You become aware of a secret that’s been hiding in plain sight.

You “find” something that revealed itself some time ago.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Tom Tolbert is a sports talk show host on San Francisco radio station KNBR. I’m amazingly neutral about him.

Nothing he says fascinates me or mirrors my thoughts.

On the other hand, he never makes me mad and he’s not boring. I neither nor dislike him. I simply see him for who he is, without any regard for what he can do for me. He’s become a symbol of the possibility that I’m able to look at a human being with complete impartiality, having no wish for him to be different from what he is. Next week, try to achieve this enlightened state of mind on a regular basis.

It’s prime time, astrologically speaking, to ripen your mastery of the art of objectivity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you say “rabbit rabbit rabbit” when you wake up on the first day of the month, you’ll have good luck for the next 30 to 31 days. At least that’s how reality works, according to a British superstition. Judging from your astrological omens, I don’t think you’ll have to resort to magic tricks to stimulate good fortune. In the next four weeks, I suspect you’ll benefit from a flood of cosmic mojo, a surge of divine woowoo and an upwelling of universal googoo gaga. If it would give you even more confidence to invoke your favorite superstitions, though, go right ahead. Even scientists say that kind of thing works: tinyurl.com/SuperstitiousBoost.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to Greek myth, Perseus cut off the head of Medusa., the creature whose hair was composed of snakes and whose gaze could turn a person into stone. The immortal winged horse Pegasus was instantaneously born from Medusa’s blood. He ultimately became an ally of the nine Muses, and Zeus relied on him to carry thunder and lightning. I predict that while you’re sleeping, you have a dream with elements of this myth.

Here’s a preliminary interpretation: You’re undergoing a transition that could in a sense give you the power of flight and more abundant access to a muse.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to be leader of the pack, take your gang to the next level, make sure the group mind isn’t suppressing innovation and enforcing peer pressure, but is instead inspiring every tribe member to be as creative as they dare.

If it’s not realistic for you to wield that much power, do whatever you can to synergize the alliances holding your posse together. Build team morale. Gossip constructively.

Conspire to animate an influx of fresh magic.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re a food company wanting to sell chicken shaped like a chicken wing, it must have actual chicken wing meat in it. Otherwise, the law says you’ve got to call the product “wyngz.” I’ve always thought there’s a lot of information the media presents as “news” that’s really as fake as wyngz. That’s why I advocate calling the bogus stuff “newzak” (rhymes with “muzak”). Your assignment in the weeks ahead? Make sure you’re not putting out any wyngz- or newzak-like stuff in your chosen field. The fates help rather dramatically if you put a high premium on authenticity.

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TIJUANA... DON’T CHA WANNA You always come in on Taco Tuesdaze with 3-4 others, always so well dressed, you always drink Orange Fanta. You used to talk about my favorite show “Eastbound & Down.”

I’m the one with the ponytail if you wanna PRACTICE making little Tobys. When: Nov. 13. Where: Tijuana Flats @ Old Baymeadows. #1158-1127 DUMB ME @ WINN-DIXIE We were in checkout line together, I was wearing an Allen Iverson T-shirt, we talked about you having been a military brat who moved around a lot. We separated to different lines.

I should’ve gone with you but I wasn’t thinking. Care for lunch? When: Nov. 5. Where: Winn Dixie @ Beach & St. Johns Bluff. #1157-1127 BREATHTAKING You: Manly beer salesman, mesmerized. Me: New to town, amused. You said I was “breathtaking.” I still am. Let me take your breath away again. Find me? When: Sept. 9, 2011. Where: Whole Foods/San Jose. #1156-1127 IT’S UR LUV ISU, there, in our special place, on that special day. U, who are my sunshine, my rain. I want to be with you always for you are my dream come true. It’s ur luv, it just does something to me... You: Sexy, tattooed, bandanawearing bad boy. Me: Hopelessly in luv <3 <3 When: Every day. Where: Willowbranch Park. #1155-1127 CUTIE WITH THE COFFEE COOZIE You: Cute guy with dark hair, bit of facial hair, coozie for your hot coffee. Me: Friendly, adorable girl with long reddish-brown hair. We bonded over the affordability of $1 coffee in the campus vending machine.

You showed me the way to the lids! I was bummed you didn’t get my number. Let’s chat over coffee again, pretty please!

When: Nov. 15. Where: UNF. #1154-1127 BLUE CIVIC BY THE CUMMER Girl in blue two-door Civic. We locked eyes while you were turning onto Post. I was on my bike in a blue sweatshirt. What was the stare for? You must’ve liked what you saw. Your smile was so noticeable behind that tint. Let’s chat it up sometime over a drink. When: Nov. 14. Where: The Cummer. #1153-1127 GIRL IN BLACK I saw you at Omni Parking lot on Bay Street. You wore a black shirt, held a gray flag that said 22D. Me: Wearing longsleeved tan shirt. Our eyes locked a few times. When ISU, I thought of the Hall & Oates song, “Private Eyes.” Looking to meet up somewhere. Please respond! When: Nov. 14. Where: Omni Parking Lot. #1152-1127 GREEK GOD AT MOJO I came in for my Mojo BBQ fix and ordered the Whole Hawg while you were working the bar. Seeing your Greek god physique made me wish I had just gotten a salad. I don’t know if I enjoyed the food or watching you slowly stretch by the kitchen door more. You, me and sweet sauce? When: Nov. 13. Where: Mojo Kitchen. #1151-1113 HOT LATTE Hi, brown-haired venti latte. Me: Hunk of a man (6’1”, 215 lbs.) waiting for pumpkin latte with friends. Spied you at register. You: Tall, long brown hair, blue jeans, grey sweater, high heels, ordering venti coffee in 2:45. You had my blood rushing like a triple espresso shot. Wish I’d gotten name/number. Will you be my next pumpkin latte? When: Nov. 7. Where: Starbucks @ Town Center. #1150-1113

I DON’T EVEN KNOW HIS LAST NAME I met you at the Loft night of FL/GA game. We danced, I let you kiss me but forgot to get your number. When: Oct. 27. Where: Riverside. #1446-1106

your kiss was amazing! Remember what I wrote you on my iPhone? I’m sending vibes so you know to read this; we’ll fulfill our destiny together. When: Oct. 10. Where: St. Augustine. #1438-1023

ELI YOUNG CONCERT AT MAVERICKS You saved my spot during the concert while I went to the bathroom and I thanked you with a couple of Yuenglings. I wanted to get your number but you left in kind of a hurry. Let’s try this again. When: Oct. 28. Where: Mavericks. #1445-1106

INTO WISHIN’ We picked up Folio Weekly and looked at ISAWU at the same time. Thanks for noticing. You’re an amazing person. I enjoy every time we hang out! Thank you for remembering smaller things! I look forward to more beach sunrise and future dance adventures with you. My No. 1 late night friend! Keep on dancing! When: Sept. 29. Where: Jax Beach. #1437-1016

WISH YOU KNEW ME! You: Distinguished salt-and-pepper hair, sparkling blue eyes, jeans, with young boy, shopping dairy aisle. Me: Pretty brown hair, brown-eyed petite lady, jeans, white T-shirt. Eyes met, we shared a smile and hello.

The boy saw our attraction and asked if you knew me. When: Oct. 21. Where: Walmart, U.S. 1, St. Augustine. #1444-1030 103RD PLANET FITNESS STUDMUFFIN There’s something about the way you look at me, want to know you, but neither one of us has the courage to say anything. You sure do pump that iron. lol. Short, light-skinned, always with friend. Me: Your height, caramel complexion, curly hair. Let’s stop the stares and say the words :) When: Oct. 17. Where: Planet Fitness. #1443-1030 LOVELY @ LATITUDE 30 You: Crazy DOPE chick from my hometown; cute dimples made me speak. Wish I could’ve said more. Maybe we can go bowling or play skee ball one day. Me: Wu-Tang fan, you kept me smiling as I kept y’all laughing. When: Oct. 20. Where: Latitude 30. #1442-1030 GINGER GODDESS BY RIVERSIDE PARK Saucy little redhead, cheetah tattoo walking a big brown dog by Five Points! Passed you in my car and couldn’t help but stare.

You looked at me and smiled. You’ve been running through my mind ever since. When: Oct. 11. Where: Five Points. #1441-1030 BEAUTIFUL SOULED TATTOOED GODDESS You: Beanie, blue V-neck, tight khakis, vans, left arm full of color. Me: Long dark hair, full sleeves, yellow dress. I asked about your writing but I was too lost in your deep blue eyes and unworldly smile to catch every word. I need to know you.

When: Oct. 19. Where: Bold Bean Riverside. #1440-1030 JUST FITNESS 4 U HUNK Your stunning smile and sense of humor made my day. I was on a guest pass; you explained the gym to me; then you were play-fighting with the cutest 3-4 year old, which shows how much of a real man you are.

You got my number in the computer; please call :-) When: Oct. 15. Where: Just Fitness 4 U Baymeadows. #1439-1023 BEAUTIFUL O.A.R. DREAM GIRL You and GF dancing in the row in front of me and my friend. You fed me nachos;

THIS ONE’S FOR YOU You caught my eye bowling an almost, if not perfect, score. You wore florescent green shirt. My friend’s boyfriend sized you up. You told me “this one’s for you” and bowled a strike to irritate him. Me: Playing horribly, wishing you were serious. Want to teach me how to bowl?

When: Oct. 7. Where: Beaches Bowling Alley. #1436-1016

BLUE EYED BARISTA You: Standing strong. Beautiful blueeyed, black-haired, San Marco barista. Me: Brown-haired, blue-eyed, free spirit – I’ve hungered for these games. I’ve seen you for almost a year. You’re more than I can think about. I think you know who I am. Let’s connect again. When: Aug. 1. Where: San Marco. #1429-1002 GYPSY NOVA – ISU We both grabbed Folio Weekly on the way to the table, at once flipped to back, then simultaneously looked for an ‘ISU’ about ourselves; one day, someone may notice. Maybe not what you had in mind, but I ‘Saw You’ for the hopeless romantic like me you are in that moment. Never stop looking When: Sept. 1. Where: Denny’s @ Atlantic/9A. #1428-1002

“WHITE” HAIRED “MAN” I was in beer line, you sat next to bar. You watched my every move, wanted to speak, but the company you keep wouldn’t allow it. How do we fix this?

Lovers come and go, but true love comes once. Is that what this is? I still believe love transcends all! When: Sept. 14.

Where: FL Blues Fest. #1435-1016 THIRSTY FOR ZEPHYRHILLS You: Selling Zephyrhills water coolers; can’t get you out of my head. You: Long curly black hair, wore very complimenting black pants. You look like Kim Kardashian. Me: Brown hair, muscular build. I’m naturally an introvert but you’re so easy to talk to. When: Sept. 26. Where: Jacksonville. #1434-1009 EMT TRANSPORT You: Cute blonde EMT who works for Century ambulance company. Me: Stressed nurse caught off guard. You picked up my patient Monday night for transport. You got my heart racing. Second chance for a first impression? When: Oct. 1. Where: Memorial. #1433-1009 SUNDAY BEACH WALKING BABE ISU often Sundays in South Jax Beach, always alone. You: long dark ponytail, sunglasses, ball cap, bikini, long board shorts: Today they were white; you went by PV poles. Me: bright blue tank, black shorts, barefoot running. I ran past twice wondering if you’d like company?

When: Sept. 23. Where: Ponte Vedra. #1432-1009 BLACK JEANS, BLACK BOOT, BLACK HAIR… TIMEBOMB ISU while you were working at Willowbranch Library. You remind me of a grown-up Wednesday Addams, in all black looking amazing as always. Me in black shorts and a blue shirt. Maybe we could have coffee and talk about books.

When: Sept. 27. Where: Willowbranch Library. #1431-1009

THE BEST PATIENT OF THE DAY I was the day’s best patient; you can take the credit! You assisted the neurosurgeon who stuck me with a needle. Consequently, you were stuck in my head the rest of the day. You: Cute medical asst. in scrubs with salt’n’pepper hair. Me: Tough blonde, plaid skirt. When: Sept. 19. Where: Injury Care Center Lenox Ave. #1427-1002 I FELT LIKE CHICKEN LITTLE I thought the sky was falling but it was just a floral Febreeze can. I looked to the sky and saw something sparkle. It wasn’t a star, it was your smile.

I’d take the time to smell your roses. When: Sept. 15. Where: Riverside. #1426-0925 ARLINGTON SALVATION ARMY FRIDAYS 2X I’ve seen you and I know you’ve seen me. Haven’t seen you for 3 weeks!

Hope you’re OK! You’re handsome & dangerous to me, I know from deep within. You: Aviators. Me: Jackieå O’s. Sparks fly! When: Aug. 17 & 24. Where: Salvation Army Arlington. #1425-0925 LIL EXOTIC BEAUTY ON THE BEACH You were down from the pier hangin’ solo, think we both sprained our necks checking each other out(; You: Cute dark skin lil’ hottie; Me: Sexy surfer guy...came back & you were gone?! See ya again soon?

When: Sept. 14. Where: Jax Beach. #1424-0925 WORLD MARKET CUTE SHOES I commented about your shoes and you commented on my scooter. You were very pleasant and attractive. I’d like to see you again. When: Sept.

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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, freerange chicken and fresh organic produce. Salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups are available — all prepared with Stephanie Christopher’s impeccable style. Popular items are chicken or veggie quesadillas, grilled mahi, or salmon over mixed greens and tuna melt with Swiss cheese and tomato. 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

Halftime Sports Bar and Grill

The place to be on the island for sports TV — NCAA, MLB, NFL and all your favorites. Starters feature pulled pork cheese fries and soon-to-be-famous wings.

The roster includes our famous All-star fish tacos, an impressive Angus burger and Gourmet quarter-pound hot dog. Try out our draft beer line-up of the best domestic and craft selections. Stop by, hang out & click halftimeameliaisland.com.

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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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Why I Can’t Quit Politics

Local involvement creates true engagement and change “We were all born into something larger than ourselves, which also depends upon us to exist, a society. We each have a role in this community, at some level. If we are fortunate, we are shown or discover that role early in our lives. For the rest of us, there must be some dawning, revelation or inescapable necessity that reveals our calling, requires our response and commits us to the larger purpose.”

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was fine and, therefore, more likely to believe that everything else was, too. I was sitting pretty with a house in Riverside, my own sign business, an amazing wife and a wonderful daughter. What did I have to be concerned about other than hearth and home? It all just worked. But when one important thing didn’t work, a crisis hit home. The general election of 2000 hit this city like a tornado without warning. Regardless of opinion about the outcome of the election, it was an electoral crisis. When the U.S. Supreme Court gets involved in your state or local election, something has gone terribly wrong. What did go wrong? Why didn’t we see it coming? The answer to both questions is apathy. I chose to address these issues with one response: action.

We are often surprised by disasters that happen to us because we are unprepared.

Our unpreparedness is more acutely exposed when the parts of our lives that “just work,” like government and elections, suddenly don’t. Overwhelming forces of nature always reveal our strengths and vulnerabilities, and how we respond defines us thereafter.

We are also defined by how we respond to manmade disasters. The 2000 election and the subsequent breaking of our political process has been a significant manmade disaster that has led to many others, from the war in Iraq to the financial collapse of 2008. Today, that fracturing continues, and our capacity to respond to crisis as a community through government hasn’t worked like we expect it to.

Or, perhaps, it is working in accordance with our new, low expectations.

So what do we do? Even in this country, where we have the right to vote and to publicly dissent our government, progress is a 236-yearold, 200-ton block of stone set on a slightly uphill grade. And it doesn’t move unless you push it! In response to our manmade political disasters, I chose to apply my shoulder to the inert bulk of the status quo and lean into it.

But one person alone cannot move it. It takes the concerted effort of thousands of citizens pushing at once just to gain an inch of progress and avert backslide.

As U.S. citizens, we are charged with the responsibility of vigilance to maintain our free society. Apathy is the antithesis of vigilance and has been epidemic in our country and in our city. Apathy can result from a lack of choice, whether perceived or actual. It can result from the belief that the choices available result in the

same outcome. Apathy can also result from the perception of barriers that one does not have the skills or the inclination to overcome, like “the block.” Apathy is the harbinger of crisis, which slid out of Pandora’s Box like a worm.

We can’t put apathy back in the box, but we can crush it, together.

All politics actually are local. And home is where you get involved. Mayors, city councilmembers and state legislators do most of government’s heavy lifting, and most of us interact with government in our own cities.

However, the campaign money and effort that comes from the national level is spent to “nationalize” state and local elections. The farther down the ballot, the closer to home, but the more local the election, the lower the turnout. Media attention works. And almost all of the election money is spent to draw your focus to the top of the ballot, which is the most disconnected from you and where you live.

Somewhere around 30 to 45 percent of people who vote in the presidential election do not vote in local elections, where the rubber meets the road and government can be held more accountable. (Duval County turnout in 2008 election: 78 percent. Turnout in Jacksonville 2011 mayor’s race: 33 percent.)

Local, political involvement is the cure to apathy. When I got into it, I knew the struggle would be uphill and I would need some help.

I would have to join with others, maybe not of like minds, but of like goals. Joining with the local political party was the first step. Once involved, I came to realize that I was not alone and that there was a chance to push the political process forward, but that it would be slow.

What I also learned was that the more involved I became, the more choices I had. Choosing what to do, which candidate to work for, if any, and how much time I could or should invest, was the newfound empowerment. That worm of apathy began to shrivel.

There began the journey back to engagement. This citizen vigil would take work, like walking neighborhoods in the August heat, while suffering all the perils of a partisan postman. Calling strangers to talk about the toxic topic of politics doesn’t sound like work, but it feels like work if you do it like you mean it. Then there’s the planting of yard signs near the voting precincts at 4 in the morning — you know, so your opponents don’t rip them up before polls open.

All of these activities are what a political organization does, but that isn’t all it does, and it’s not enough. After all, politics is about people. Precinct organizing is what connects you with your neighbors and it’s what people need from their political system. Organizing also teaches the political system, including the party, what people respond to and what they need from candidates and elected officials.

Knowing what your neighbors want and need makes you a better neighbor. When you inform the political process, the party and the

candidate of those needs, you become a better citizen and the political system becomes more responsive. The neighborhood is where you learn the skills to turn needs into policy, which moves “the block” and crushes the worm.

I promise you will get thrills and rewards from your involvement. You will feel more empowered, and you’ll be more empowered. It is gratifying when something or someone you pushed for succeeds. And it matters. What I also promise is that you will be disappointed.

The campaign you work for may not win. The issue you wrote your councilmember and spoke about at that long meeting may not pass. You’ll discover candidates and elected officials aren’t evil villains or superheroes. They are limited individuals, just like you. Elected officials need your involvement, and the best of them will freely admit it.

You can’t let short-term disappointment derail your involvement. I’ve made vows to the darkness that I’d fight no more at the end of a difficult election that didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped. But one-and-done is not a formula for success. No matter how deep the disappointment, the connection you’ve made with your community doesn’t go away. You’ll go to the grocery store and run into someone who knows your involvement. They’ll ask you what’s going on. They will tell you they’re glad you’re involved. Your neighbors need your involvement, and the best of them will freely admit it. This will cure your disappointment.

My involvement led me to run for office and, yes, I was disappointed. The point is, though, I wasn’t the only one who was. It is to those others that I owe something. Vigilance and involvement, right here at home, is what I owe. My neighborhood is larger than I am.

My city is larger than that, then my state and country. You can’t really plug into your country until you are plugged into your city. When we recognize our value to each other, and respond to it, we create an environment where apathy fails to thrive and where that 200-ton block becomes manageable. If crisis becomes the only catalyst for our involvement, we’ll be stuck in constant recovery, and we cannot progress. If national elections are all we respond to, then we give up ownership of our city.

The potential that Jacksonville possesses has been a topic of fascination for decades. That inert block of potential will continue to sit still if we don’t move it or deploy it ourselves. And think about it: When only 30 to 45 percent of your neighbors vote in our local elections, your vote has weight. Vote in the next local election.

Get involved in local issues and campaigns.

Don’t let “the block” stop you. My neighbors and I will help you push it.

Jim Minion

Minion is a Fletcher High School graduate and a local businessman who got involved in local politics because he says our quality of life depends on it. He and his wife Juli and daughter Gwen have lived in Riverside for 20 years.

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