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First Wednesday Art Walk’s “Cheers to 10 Years” on Nov. 6 celebrates the decade anniversary of the monthly Downtown Jacksonville event that began with only four venues. Photo: Rob Futrell
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A Rampant Ripple
How to turn the stream of ideas from TEDxJacksonville into a surge of support
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lthough a few hundred people packed a WJCT studio to see 10 mostly local speakers at the tops of their fields, any number of attendees could have delivered impressive speeches themselves. CEOs and heads of nonprofits, artists and entrepreneurs, musicians and physicians, students and merchants, MBAs and actors, journalists and philanthropists: They all sat shoulder-to-shoulder soaking in words of wisdom and calls to action. That’s a sign of both the success and the shortcomings of TEDxJacksonville: Preaching to the converted. The crowd was a who’s who of Northeast Florida — the people who have been making things happen here for years. At my lunch table — where everyone happened to be a woman — we heard tales of an entrepreneur who sold her company to go back to school, a Girl Scouts employee who quit to teach high school, a woman who as a teenager saved the boy she was babysitting from a swarm of bees and many other fascinating stories. The people who attended the Oct. 26 event already “get it” (bit.ly/TEDxJAX). But how do you get the uninitiated to attend a day of thought-provoking presentations and comfortstretching discussions? The talks were ripped from the headlines: Attorney Hank Coxe and Lawanda Ravoira of the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center shed light on the incarceration of juveniles; Patricia Siemen, a Dominican Sister and attorney, questioned why nature, such as the St. Johns River, does not have the same rights as people; Nancy Soderberg, a University of North Florida professor and former U.S. ambassador, connected world conflict such as the violence in Congo to our interests in the United States; Bruce Ganger, executive director of Second Harvest North Florida, calculated that hunger could be solved by simply moving the food that already exists, much of it wasted, to where it is needed. These talks and others on climate change (Robert Inglis), civic engagement (Ben Warner), improvisation as a gateway to better interaction (Barbara Colaciello) and the art of connecting communities (Chevara Orrin) entreated action from the audience — action that many of them have already taken. I’d guess the level of volunteerism, donation and participation from that group is fairly high. The trick is how to translate those messages exponentially throughout Northeast Florida and beyond. The videos that TEDxJacksonville. com will post are a start.
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But each of these topics could inspire action. You could donate money or time to Second Harvest North Florida, the St. Johns Riverkeeper, the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center, the Guardian Ad Litem program, The Girls Gone Green or many other worthy organizations. You could volunteer for the Florida Coastal Cleanup. Heck, you could take Colaciello’s advice and take an improv class (Mad Cowford, anyone?) and see how it might open up the pathways in your mind. It won’t be easy. Not everyone will agree about the path forward. “Some of what is said at #TEDxJax frustrates me deeply, but that is great because ideas worth spreading should cause friction,” Andrew Rush (@IPInSpace) tweeted at the event. Indeed. Ideas as big as this cannot be contained to one room, one event, one day — or one perspective. They should be discussed, debated and developed. “Today I learned about plastics in the ocean, incarcerating our youth, climate change, the rights of nature, hunger right here in our city, and more,” Erin Salem Cohen wrote on Facebook. “I am overwhelmed, inspired, and damnit if I don’t feel like I have so much to do.” It’s easy to feel frustrated when faced with such daunting problems. But each speaker focused on the power of one — to change hearts, to change minds, to change policy, to change communities. The theme for the event was “Connecting Currents,” and the stream of topics, the speakers and the audience created many connections large and small. It’s time to turn that trickle into a tidal wave. In a video created by Dripsblack for the event (bit.ly/TEDxJAXvideo), slick images of Northeast Florida are intermingled with these words: Every drop, when it flows, becomes an ocean. A butterfly’s wings can set off tornadoes. Jacksonville is at a crossroads. Our environment connects us. Our actions drive us. Together we will generate our own currents. Harness the power of participation. We can shape the future of our city. Now, which way will the currents take us? Denise M. Reagan dreagan@folioweekly.com twitter.com/denisereagan
Florida Needs a Gaming Commission
Any problems with gambling in Florida are simple to solve [“The Sting,” Oct. 16]. Start a Gaming Commission, such as the state of Nevada has, to include a Gaming Control Board. The commission issues licenses within state guidelines; the control board makes sure the games are fair and legal and investigates complaints. The reason the state doesn’t do what I recommend above is politics. With a Gaming Commission, our representatives can’t peddle influence at election time, and/or allow the racing industry to run our state’s gambling via racetracks and card rooms. Until those changes are made, gambling/gaming in Florida will continue to be discombobulated.
Another Name Change?
Re: S. Duane England’s letter. Let us know when you change your name from England, that wretched colonizer which we had to go to war with to get rid of. Perhaps S. Duane Noname. John Earhart Orange Park
Differences Between Medicine and Law
REALLY! I grew up in Milwaukee during Lombardi’s reign, and I think this play is nothing more than historical revisionism [“Pride of the Packers,” Oct. 16]. Lombardi was so disliked by Packers fans and the Board of Directors (the Pack is the only publicly owned NFL team) that they stripped him of his head coach position and left him as general manager that final year. When he left for the Washington Redskins, we fans were happy to see him go. Reason: He was a big bully who maltreated most of his players. When it was his favorites, he treated them very well, but the average player was bullied. On his faith, what a joke! The Bible says “By your fruits you will know them.” St. James says “faith without works is dead.” Where, oh where, was Lombardi’s mercy? We in Wisconsin did not see any.
Wes Denham’s column is long on invective and short on suggestions [“Practice a More Perfect Law,” Oct. 16], but the most astonishing thing is how he strides right past the overwhelming difference between medical and legal education, which renders his analogy utterly nonsensical. The indigent who receive care in a teaching hospital are being treated by newly minted doctors (they have passed the medical exam), but those doctors are supervised by more senior residents, by attending physicians and ultimately by professors of medicine. Nothing even remotely similar exists in the legal profession. If you graduate from an accredited law school and pass the state’s bar exam, you can immediately practice any kind of law you can get your hands on. You cannot claim to be “board certified” in a specialty area, such as real-estate law, unless you have been so certified, but you can practice real-estate law all you like. A physician, by contrast, will be unlikely to get admitting privileges, let alone surgical privileges, in any hospital without having completed a residency. And incidentally: How does Denham propose to get wealthy clients on whom the new attorney may train? Deny them the right to retain their own counsel?
Steve Miller Jacksonville
Joque H. Soskis Jacksonville
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No Love for Lombardi
Letter Writer Needs Empathy
I just read S. Duane England’s letter about more name change proposals [Mail, Oct. 16]. I don’t understand why he feels the need to disrespect the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or Trayvon Martin. But if he thinks that it is funny that a teenager was killed in a fight with a man who was stalking him, then I truly hope something like this happens to someone he loves. Then, maybe he’ll learn some empathy and not make jokes about young men being murdered. Malcolm Meeks Jacksonville
Correction The time for the After Hours Paranormal Tour is 9 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Florida Theatre. A story on page 29 and listings on page 30 of the Oct. 23 issue were incorrect.
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News The Math Behind Arts Funding
How the Cultural Council allocates $2.4 million in tax money to 21 organizations
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ope McMath, the director of The Cummer Museum of Arts & Gardens, said she’s grateful the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville awarded the museum a $322,200 grant and knows it could have been much less. The grant to the Cummer was the largest of 21 approved by the Cultural Council as it distributed $2,416,453 in city tax money under the Cultural Services Grant Program for fiscal year 2013-’14. This year’s grants are $48,797 less than last year’s grants of $2,465,250. “We are always grateful for what we get,” said McMath. The museum’s allocation was cut $19,510 this year, but McMath knows it could have been a bigger reduction. When a City Council committee first looked at the program back in August, it appeared the cultural organizations would face a 14 percent, or $345,000 cut in funding, when compared with this year. When the city finalized its budget in October, the cut was only about 2 percent less than last year The grants help fund a variety of organizations from fine arts and music to children and history. A total of 21 of the 22 entities receiving funds this fiscal year also received money in the last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. Only one organization, the Florida Ballet, which received $2,354 last year, did not seek funding this year, said Amy Palmer, director of grants administration, for the Cultural Council. If the total had been decreased 14 percent, McMath estimates it would have cost the Cummer about $50,000, resulting in a loss of some employees. She said the Cultural Council grant now represents about 8 percent of her total budget. She said the money is primarily used for programming and its arts education programs. “It is a very rigorous process. Since we are receiving tax dollars, we must meet high expectations, measuring the impact of those dollars and producing high quality arts,” McMath said. “I’m still raising the other 92 percent of the budget,” she said. Lynette Woods Young, executive director of the City Kids Art Factory, received a small bump in this year’s funding, increasing from $6,542 to $6,789, the smallest grant awarded by the Cultural Council. The money represents about 9 to 10 percent of her budget and is used for everything from supplies to administration. “There is no dedicated source for the money. We are small. When we get it, we spend it,” Young said. “It is extremely helpful. We are a micro-nonprofit trying to grow into a medium nonprofit,” Young said of the out-of-school fine arts program for students aged 8 to 17. The grant allows Young’s organization, formed in 1999, to leverage that money to raise more money, Young said, noting that many foundations supporting the arts and nonprofits want organizations to prove they have money to match a grant. The funding from the Cultural Council “is a stamp of approval from the city. We are pleased and thrilled,” Young said. Mandie McKenzie, executive director of Friday Musicale, said city dollars are important. “It represents a commitment by the city and its leaders,” she said. “Without it, you can’t produce the programs and provide scholarships,” McKenzie said. “The organization is able to produce so much more with the funding.” The organization, which puts on 25 free concerts each year and has other music outreach program, has seen its city grants go 6 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013
The City Kids Art Factory is one of 21 city organizations receiving grants of tax money from the Cultural Council. Lynette Woods Young, executive director, said she is pleased to receive support from the city. Photo: Dennis Ho
up and down, depending on its other funding, she said. This year, the Cultural Council grant of $37,671 is $2,073 more than it received last year. Friday Musicale uses its grant primarily to fund administrative salaries, McKenzie said. She said it represents about 15 percent of the total budget. Organizations wanting grants must apply in the spring and undergo a rigorous review from the 10-member Cultural Services Grant Review Committee, which includes five Cultural Council board members and five community volunteers. The review committee scores eligible grant applications, and each applicant organization also is assigned to a committee member who makes an on-site visit and writes an evaluation report. The reports are shared with other members prior to public grant hearings, Palmer said. The committee looks at the quality of programs, the exploration of innovative ideas and programming, the community impact, the need for the organization in the community, community service to culturally diverse populations, and management capability of board and staff, she said. The money is designed to support general operations, Palmer said. The requests may not exceed 24 percent of the average of three years of actual operating revenues of an agency, which must match the remaining 76 percent from other funding sources. The Cultural Council was founded in 1971 as the Arts Assembly and serves as the local arts agency for Duval County, Palmer said. Since 1979, the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville has served as the official regranting administrative agency for the city. It added the Cultural Service Grant program to its responsibilities in 1990, Palmer said. Setting the amount of grants is a complicated process using humans and a computer model based on the one used by the Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs. The organizations are divided into three funding pools based on the size of their annual budgets. Level One is for organization of more than $1 million. Level Two is for those with an annual budget between $250,000 to $1 million, and Level Three is for those with a budget of $250,000 or less, Palmer said. The amount of funding from year to year varies because of information determined by the computer iteration model, which factors in average score, requested amount and the total amount of funding available for each level, Palmer said. “Changes in awards are usually due to score, especially relative to other scores in the funding level group, or growth/ decrease in an applicant’s budget and therefore the eligible request amount,” she wrote in an email. In the case of Don’t Miss A Beat, which increased from $2,624 to $10,663, the additional money was based on the fact that it was a first-time applicant last year and those applications are capped at $5,000. “We need to do our due diligence throughout the process because we are the stewards of the taxpayers’ dollar,” she said. In addition to the Cummer, six other Level One organizations received funding: The Museum of Science and History, $321,274; WJCT Public Broadcasting, $304,373; The Florida Theatre, $299,195; the Jacksonville Symphony Association, $285,791; the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, $206,607; and the Cathedral
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Arts Project, $147,296. Theatre Jacksonville received the largest Level Two grant at $92,541, followed by Players by the Sea, $73,592; Jacksonville Children’s Chorus, $65,803; Theatreworks, $49,523; Beaches Museum & History Park, $43,834; Jacksonville Historical Society, $40,739; and Ritz Chamber Players, $25,547. Friday Musicale received the largest Level Three grant at $37,671, followed by Riverside Fine Arts Association, $33,721; Beaches Fine Arts Series, $29,955; Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, $11,931; Don’t Miss A Beat, $10,662; Mandarin Museum & Historical Society, $7,389; and City Kids Art Factory $6,789. McMath said having a committee separate from the City Council deciding the granting of the arts dollars “de-politicizes the process.” “I am a believer in the process,” she said. Art dollars go a long way in Jacksonville. In a recent study, the Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives at the University of North Florida found that the economic impact of organizations receiving grants through the program during the fiscal year 2011-’12 was $58 million. “We are very pleased with the city leadership’s commitment to art in the community,” McKenzie said. Ron Word rword@folioweekly.com
PROGRAM
2013-’14
2012-’13
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre
$11,931
$9,401
Beaches Fine Arts Series
$29,955
$39,664
Beaches Museum & History Park
$43,834
$38,933
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
$322,220
$341,730
Cathedral Arts Project
$147,296
$157,672
$6,789
$6,542
$10,662
$2,624
City Kids Art Factory Don’t Miss A Beat Florida Ballet
$0
$2,354
$299,195
$285,155
Friday Musicale
$37,671
$35,598
Jacksonville Children’s Chorus
$65,803
$58,723
Jacksonville Historical Society
$40,739
$41,469
$285,791
$327,380
The Florida Theatre
Jacksonville Symphony Association Mandarin Museum & Historical Society
$7,389
$4,542
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
$206,607
$174,736
Museum of Science and History
$321,274
$349,226
Players by the Sea
$73,592
$72,958
Ritz Chamber Players
$25,547
$37,249
Riverside Fine Arts Association
$33,721
$27,060
Theatre Jacksonville
$92,541
$95,436
Theatreworks
$49,523
$49,142
$304,373
$307,656
$2,416,453
$2,465,250
WJCT Public Broadcasting Total
NewsBuzz
Photo: Dennis Ho
Where’s the Duval County Courthouse? It’s been about 18 months since the new Duval County Courthouse opened, but a sign on the Main Street Bridge directs motorists getting off the bridge toward the old courthouse. Mike Goldman, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation, said the department was not aware of the problem until it was pointed out by Jacksonville television station WJXT. He said the department will work to correct it.
What’s in a Name? It’s the nightmare of every reporter – that the information being given is incorrect, or in the case of former Folio Weekly editor Anne Schindler, a fake name with a sexual connotation. During the media frenzy following the July 13 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Schindler – now an executive producer at First Coast News – interviewed a man outside the courthouse who gave his name as “Howie Felterbush.” The name was used by more than a dozen Gannett-owned media properties. “Maybe I need a seventh-grader to approve my copy – to pick up the boner jokes. I missed it,” Schindler told iMediaEthics. Gannett has been unable to locate the man.
Honey, Did You See My Passport? When Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown couldn’t find his passport, it put a kink in his plans to travel to England on Oct. 21 with the Jacksonville Jaguars. As a result, he flew to Miami to get a replacement passport on Oct. 22 and then flew to London from there. The Jaguars played the San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 27, and team owner Shad Khan arranged for a trade mission for Brown, City Council President Bill Gulliford and Jax Chamber officials to meet with officials in London. According to The Florida Times-Union, the city is footing the bill for Brown’s $1,473 flight overseas and paying the Jaguars another $1,416 for the flight home. Brown paid for his own trip from Jacksonville to Miami.
of the Affordable Care Act. Those impacted will be notified by mail. Mark Wright, a spokesperson for the Jacksonville-based insurance company, said the customers will be provided new plan options. Florida Blue told The Florida Times-Union the move is to offset new health-care requirements for things like maternity and newborn care, mental health, substance abuse services and emergency services.
Uber Car Service Approved The Jacksonville City Council approved an ordinance clearing the way for Uber car service to begin operating in Jacksonville. The measure, which allows customers to use a smartphone app to request car service, was approved by a 15-2 vote. Jacksonville cab companies opposed the measure, saying it would cut into their business. Most Council members said they thought the service, which is available in many other cities across the country, would be good for the city.
1.6 Million Eligible for Medical Marijuana If supporters get medical marijuana on the ballot and voters approve it, officials estimate that more than 1.6 million Floridians could be eligible for the treatment, according to the New Service of Florida. State health department officials estimated it will cost about $900,000 to regulate the drug in the first year, but costs would go down after the start-up year and would be offset by fees and taxes. If approved, doctors could certify patients meet the criteria for medical marijuana to treat the symptoms of several diseases including cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS and hepatitis C.
Trying to Get Into Deep Water Congresswoman Corrine Brown said she is deeply disappointed that an amendment that would have allowed St. Johns River dredging was not accepted. On Oct. 22, the House Rules Committee voted against allowing the full House to consider an amendment to authorize the 47-footdeep channel in the river. Jacksonville wants to increase the river’s depth so larger ships can use the port.
Mathis Seeking New Trial Jacksonville attorney Kelly Mathis said he will seek a new trial after being convicted of gambling charges in the Allied Veterans of the World scandal. Mathis’ attorney filed the appeal on Oct. 16, the Associated Press reported. Mathis was convicted of 103 out of 104 charges, including possessing slot machines, helping operate a lottery and racketeering. He could face dozens of years in prison when he is sentenced next February. Mathis’ motion for a new trial said he was prevented from presenting evidence that his legal advice was sound.
Bye-bye to 300,000 Florida Blue Policies Florida Blue, the state’s largest health insurer, plans to cancel 300,000 policies in response to requirements
Blue Angels Returning to Sky The roar of the U.S. Navy’s aerobatic flying team, the Blue Angels, will be returning to the skies at air shows nationwide in 2014. The team, based in Pensacola, suspended its schedule last spring because of federal spending cuts. Several air shows, including one in April at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, were canceled because the Blue Angels were not available. Adm. John Kirby told the Associated Press that the Blue Angeles and other Navy outreach groups would return in 2014. OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 7
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DEEMABLE TECH Black Cat in the Windows
Q: My cat walked on my computer one day, and now my Dell laptop boots upside down. That is, the screen is upside down. To get it right I have to press the Windows key and the “P” button to duplicate the screen. Then, when I press it again, the screen reverts back to normal. How can I get it to boot up correctly? A: I know cats can be pranksters, but yours has taken it to new extremes. Fortunately, as easy as it was for your cat to screw up your computer, it is just as easy to fix. You can change the orientation of the monitor on most Windows laptops by pressing Ctrl-Alt and an arrow key at the same time. Ctrl-Alt-Up will return the screen to normal. Ctrl-Alt-Down will flip it upside down, and CtrlAlt-Left and Ctrl-Alt-Right will flip the screen sideways. If that doesn’t work, there is another way that will definitely fix it for you. Check out our blog at folioweekly.com/ deemable, and we’ll show you how to do it.
ASK DEEMABLE TECH A QUESTION Ray Hollister and Tom Braun answer technology questions on their blog at folioweekly.com/deemable, on their podcast at deemable.com and on WJCT 89.9 FM Thursdays during “Morning Edition.” Have a question for Deemable Tech? Call 1-888-972-9868 or email them at questions@deemable.com.
THE SPECKTATOR
A ‘Hair-Brained’ Idea Grows into Global Phenomenon Ten years ago, 30 Australian friends decided to do something to raise awareness and funding for men’s health issues, including testicular cancer, prostate cancer and mental illness. Their bright idea was to start November clean shaven and grow (or attempt to grow) a moustache (or reasonable fascimile thereof) for 30 days. Serving as walking billboards to promote the cause, they would also raise money in the process. Today, Movember has more than 1.1 million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, their non-hirsute supporters, around the world, including a local chapter (movemberjax.com). To help promote the cause locally, as well as recognize some of the city’s most famous moustaches, I am officially announcing the Jacksonville Moustache Hall of Fame. From athletes and attorneys to politicians and a pussy cat, they wear their lip sweaters proudly – most likely, without even realizing it – supporting the Movember cause year-round, while encouraging others to do the same. Check out my blog at folioweekly.com/specktator to see the inaugural inductees and find out how you can get involved with Movember. My moustache wax is at the ready.
READ THE SPECKTATOR BLOG Kerry Speckman shares her unique perspective and observations on people, places and events around the First Coast and beyond. She’s the 2012 winner of Jacksonville Dancing with the Stars, so she’s got that going for her. Contact her at thespecktator@aol.com.
Bouquets & Brickbats Brickbats to U.S. Rep. Andrew Crenshaw, a Jacksonville Republican, who used $32,000 of his PAC’s money to host a tour of California wineries for a group of contributors from the defense industry. Crenshaw’s actions were discussed Oct. 20 on the CBS show “60 Minutes” and in Peter Schweizer’s book “Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes and Line Their Own Pockets.” Schweizer did not respond to a question about the Crenshaw trip in an email sent to his public relations representative, and his book does not contain any information about the date of the outing. Crenshaw did not respond to a message seeking comment. Bouquets to Clay County resident David McEwen, who saved a woman’s life when she had a medical emergency on Aug. 22 and drove her car into a retention pond. He helped the woman from her sinking car and then went back to work at an Orange Park motorcycle shop. He received the Clay County Sheriff’s Citizens Commendation Award on Oct. 23. Brickbats to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Gov. Rick Scott for the plan to sell conservation land. Supposedly, the $50 million from the sale of the land will go toward buying more valuable land. While some of the tracts in our area might be considered small and insignificant, they might provide a valuable buffer between the conservation land and development. That’s the situation on a small tract on Anastasia Island. Information on the list of parcels can be found at the Audubon Society’s website at audubonoffloridanews.org. 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013
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Farm Fresh ingredients from Moxie Kitchen + Cocktails (clockwise from top left), grilled hangar steak with truffled bordelaise herb butter and parmesan truffle fries from Taverna, fried green tomato BLT with goat cheese and fried egg from 29 South, and mussels poached in white wine, fresh garlic, basil and asiago from The Fish Company.
With abundant local produce nearly all year ’round from nearby farms and seafood straight from the ocean, Northeast Florida chefs have the tools to concoct creative cuisine. Most diners never know what it takes to mold the menus in their hands. Chefs spend hours, days and weeks creating their selections of appetizers and entrées. Most are inspired by their family, friends and environment. Here’s a peek inside the imaginations of four local chefs. 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013
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Chef Tom Gray, along with his wife and partner Sarah Marie Johnston, know something about crafting menus. The founders of Bistro Aix helped make the San Marco restaurant one of Northeast Florida’s best. After 13 years, they left Bistro Aix to launch Moxie Kitchen + Cocktails in the St. Johns Town Center, due to open in late November. Moxie‘s modern, angled exterior and urban rustic dining room differ from Bistro Aix’s appearance, but the menus differ as well. While Bistro Aix was built on international cuisine, Moxie will have an “American flavors from coast-to-coast” theme. Gray’s travels from New York City to Napa Valley and from Seattle to Maine combine with his artistry as a cook to become his version of the “American flavor story” one plate at a time. “The menu is a personal expression of the flavors Chef Tom and his team find most inspiring, with craft cocktails, local brews and a Cal-centric wine list to complement the offerings,” Johnston said. The Moxie crew has invented some of their favorite meals quite by accident. Leftover party beers? No problem — use them in your pancake batter the next morning. A recipe for the tasty cakes is even being added to a cookbook from Intuition Ale Works, due out later this year. Gray blends his personal tastes with seasonal produce to make innovative dishes. He described his method of invention as artful, sensible and effective. “When I set out to make a menu or a new dish, I don’t necessarily look at the protein on the plate first,” Gray said. “I choose the produce first always.” He’s got the right idea: Produce changes, proteins usually not. Everything on the plate counts.
“I prefer a big flavor — with focus,” Gray said. He bases a lot of his ideas for Moxie’s menu on simple, home-cooked meals. “I think of something I make at home and then look up to see other ways to make it interesting, or different techniques folks have tried.” He experiments with different concepts, replacing some key ingredients, making sure the dish is delicious no matter what dietary needs a diner has. Vegetarian? No problem. Beef stock can be easily replaced with mushroom stock, resulting in the same hearty flavors. He and his team taste-test multiple versions of each dish before it’s added to a menu. Gray brought Executive Sous Chef Al Fuentes with him from Bistro Aix to Moxie, as well as Sous Chef Scott Bevis (Woodfire Grill in Atlanta), Sous Chef Dean Marcel Dowda (Cyrus in Healdsburg, Calif.) and Pastry Chef Sylvia Gould (Kool Beanz in Tallahassee).
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Chef Sam Efron of Taverna in San Marco assembles his seasonal European cuisine menu with a specific goal in mind. “When making menu items for Taverna, my personal tastes and styles are definitely reflected to some degree because it is my food, but most important, I focus on what is the style of the restaurant that my wife and I have created and stay true to that,” Efron said. “I have other styles of food and cuisine that I enjoy to cook very much, but they would feel out of place at Taverna.” Some of his most popular dishes are lamb meatballs with herbed ricota ravioli, ratatouille
and kale; salmon with white beans, kale and warm olive vinaigrette; and cheese and charcuterie plates with selections of sheeps milk, triple crème, goats milk, prosciutto, capocollo, chorizo and more. His approach has proved successful for Taverna. Construction on a next-door expansion began in August, and Efron plans to complete the work by mid-November. The plans include a private dining room that can accommodate parties of up to 40 people. A new bar will offer handcrafted cocktails. A quickservice lunch section will allow guests to order from the same lunch menu at a counter and take a seat in a special section while they wait for their food to come to them. Or guests may choose to be seated at a table and be waited on by a server. Dinner as well as Saturday and Sunday brunch will remain full service. Taverna’s menu has made it a favorite on the square for four years. Efron meticulously searches for items online, in books and at cooking shows, asking opinions of friends and family, to perfect a specific vision for his restaurant. And like Gray, Efron buys local, seasonal produce for dishes such as the butternut squash soup with apples, bacon, pomegranate molasses, crème fraiche and sage. Chef Sam Efron of Taverna in San Marco stays true to his European cuisine, such as fresh salmon and Brussels sprouts.
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AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH, YULEE
BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Road, 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240. F Specializing in Southwestern made-to-order fresh favorites: burritos, tacos, quesadillas, nachos, salads. Salsa’s handcrafted with fresh tomatoes, cilantro, onions, peppers. $$ C L D Daily BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F On the water at historic Centre Street’s end, it’s Southern hospitality in an upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ C L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269. F In a historic building, family-owned spot has eclectic cuisine: homemade veggie burgers, fresh seafood, salads, made-from-scratch desserts. Dine inside or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub has beer brewed onsite. $$ C L D Tue.-Sat.; L Daily HALFTIME SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 320 S. Eighth St., 321-0303. Sports bar fare: onion rings, spring rolls, burgers, wraps, wings. $ L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444. F In a renovated 1887 shotgun home. Favorites: jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan and vegetarian selections. Dine inside or out on the porch. $$ C B L D Daily LULU’S AT THE THOMPSON HOUSE, 11 S. Seventh St., 432-8394. F Innovative lunch menu: po’boys, salads and seafood little plates served in a historic house. Dinner features fresh local seafood, Fernandina shrimp. Reservations recommended. $$$ C R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400. F See Riverside. 2013 BOJ winner. $ L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFE, 833 TJ Courson Road, 277-3141. Awarded Slow Food First Coast’s Snail of Approval, the casual organic eatery and juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods, offers all-natural, organic items, smoothies, juices, coffees, herbal teas. $$ B L Mon.-Sat. PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132. Bite Club certified. In Omni Amelia Island Plantation’s Spa & Shops, the bistro-style venue has an innovative menu: whole fried fish and duck breast. Outdoor dining. $$$ D Mon.-Sat. THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811. F Killer sunset view over the ICW from secondstory outdoor bar. Owners T.J. and Al offer local seafood, Mayport shrimp, fish tacos, po’boys and the original broiled cheese oysters. $$ C L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652. F 2013 BOJ winner. Oceanfront restaurant serves award-winning handmade crab cakes, fresh seafood, fried pickles. Outdoor dining, open-air second fl oor and balcony. $$ C L D Daily THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711. F Oceanview dining, inside or on the deck. Steaks, fresh fish, nightly specials, Sun. lobster special. $$ B Sat.-Sun.; L D Daily TIMOTI’S FRY SHAK, 21 N. Third St., 310-6550. F Casual seafood spot has fresh, local wild-caught shrimp, fish, oysters, blackboard specials, seafood baskets. $ C L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F This spot in an old gas station is known for its blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ B L Mon.-Sat.
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 8818 Atlantic Blvd., 720-0106. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Road F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 1825 University Blvd. N., 745-0335. F Cigar and hookah lounge has billiards tables, a full kitchen, a variety of subs for late-nighters. 200-plus imported, domestic beers. $ R Sat.-Sun.; D Nightly
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
BAGEL LOVE, 4114 Herschel St., Ste. 121, 634-7253 2013 BOJ winner. Northern-style bagels, sandwiches,
wraps, salads, soups, bakery items, sides, fresh-squeezed orange juice and lemonade, coffees, smoothies and tea. Homecooked turkey, chicken and roast beef. Catering available. Free Wi-Fi. Locally owned and operated. Outdoor dining on patio. $ C B L Daily THE CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966. F 2013 BOJ winner. Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine on the patio or in a hookah lounge. Wi-Fi, belly dancers, hookah pipes. $$ L D Daily ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE, 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40, 388-4884. F Celebrating five years, this churrascaria has gauchos who carve the meat onto your plate from their serving tables. $$$ D Tue.-Sun. FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386. Premium ice cream, fresh waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes and Nathan’s grilled hot dogs, served in Florida-centric décor. Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ C L Mon.-Sat. THE FOX RESTAURANT, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669. F Owners Ian and Mary Chase offer fresh diner fare and homemade desserts. Breakfast all day. Signature items: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes. A Jacksonville landmark for more than 50 years. $$ C L D Daily GREEN MAN GOURMET, 3543 St. Johns Ave., 384-0002. F This market features organic and natural products, spices, teas and salts. $ Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 4530 St. Johns Ave., 388-8828. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LET THEM EAT CAKE! 3604 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 2, 389-2122. Artisan bakery serves coffee, croissants, muffins, cupcakes (The Fat Elvis!), pastries, individual desserts. Whole cakes made-to-order. $ Tue.-Sat. MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F 2013 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chicken-fried steak, Delta fried catfish, hummus, shrimp and grits, specialty cocktails. $$ C B L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #5 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 3620 St. Johns Ave., 388-5688. F See Riverside. $$ L D Daily SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., Ortega, 387-1000. F Down-home cooking from scratch like Grandma’s: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, fried chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings. BYOB. $$ C L D Mon.-Sat. TERRA, 4260 Herschel St., 388-9124. Owner Michael Thomas’ comfy spot serves local, sustainable and world cuisine in a simple, creative style. Small plates: chorizo stuffed mushrooms, pork belly skewers; entrées: lamb chops, seared tuna, ribeye. Lunch features sandwiches. Craft beers. Onsite organic garden. $$ D Mon.-Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Highway, 731-4300. F 2013 BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ C L D Daily BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA, 10920 Baymeadows Road, Ste. 3, 519-8000. F Family-ownedand-operated Italian pizzeria serves calzones, strombolis, wings, brick-oven-baked pizza, subs, desserts. Delivery. $$ C L D Daily INDIA’S RESTAURANT, 9802 Baymeadows Road, Ste. 8, 620-0777. F Authentic Indian cuisine, lunch buffet. Curry and vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 8206 Philips Highway, 732-9433. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3928 Baymeadows Road, 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Road, 739-2498. F With locations all over Northeast Florida, Larry’s piles subs high and serves ’em fast. Natural meats and cheeses are hormone-, antibiotic- and gluten-free; the sub rolls are gluten-free, too. $ C B L D Daily MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN LEBANESE CUISINE, 9862 Old Baymeadows Road, 646-1881. F Bite Club certified. Owner Pierre Barakat offers authentic Lebanese cuisine, charcoal-grilled lamb kebab. Belly dancing Fri.-Sat. Monthly dinner parties. Outdoor seating. $$ L D Tue.-Sun. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Road, Ste. 1, 646-9506. F The area’s original authentic Thai restaurant has an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian and new-Thai, including curries, seafood, noodles, soups. In business since 1990, family-owned place has low-sodium and gluten-free dishes, too. $$$ L D Tue.-Sun. PIZZA PALACE, 3928 Baymeadows Road, 527-8649. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily STICKY FINGERS, 8129 Point Meadows Way, 493-7427. F Memphis-style rib house slow-smokes meats over aged hickory wood. Award-winning ribs, barbecue, rotisseriesmoked chicken, five signature sauces. Dine indoors or on screened patio. $$ C L D Daily
BEACHES
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AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 249-0002. F 2013 BOJ winner. Celebrating more than 20 years and seven locations, Al’s offers a selection of New York-style and gourmet pizzas. $ C L D Daily BUDDHA THAI BISTRO, 301 10th Ave. N., 712-4444. F The proprietors here are from Thailand, and every dish
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is made with fresh ingredients from tried-and-true recipes, beautifully presented. $$ L D Daily CAMPECHE BAY CANTINA, 127 First Ave. N., 249-3322. F Chili rellenos, tamales, fajitas, enchiladas, fish tacos, fried ice cream, margaritas. $$ C D Nightly CASA MARIA, 2429 S. Third St., 372-9000. F See Springfield. $ C L D Daily CULHANE’S IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595. Bite Club certified. Upscale Irish pub owned and managed by four sisters from County Limerick. Shepherd’s pie, corned beef; gastro pub menu soars to culinary heights. $$ C R Sat. & Sun.; D Tue.-Sun. ENGINE 15 BREWING CO., 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337. F 2013 BOJ winner. Gastropub fare: soups, salads, flatbreads, specialty sandwiches, including BarBeCuban and beer dip. Craft beers. $ C L D Daily GREGORY PAUL’S, 215 Fourth Ave. S., 372-4367. Greg Rider offers freshly prepared meals and experienced catering services. $$ Mon.-Fri. LANDSHARK CAFE, 1728 Third St. N., 246-6024. F Locally owned and operated. Fresh, right-off-the-boat local seafood, fish tacos, houseground burgers, wings, handcut fries, tater tots; daily specials. $$ C L D Daily; R Sun. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1222 Third St. S., 372-4495. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 N. Third St., 247-9620. F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 249-2922. F Beaches landmark. Locally roasted coffee, eggs and bagels, flatbreads, sandwiches, salads and desserts. Dine indoors or out; patio and courtyard seating. $$ B L D Daily M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 241-2599. F 2013 BOJ winner. David and Matthew Medure are flippin’ burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes and familiar fare at moderate prices. Dine indoors or out. $$ L D Daily MARLIN MOON GRILLE, 1183 Beach Blvd., 372-4438. F This sportfishing-themed casual place features fresh crab cakes – owner Gary Beach’s from Maryland’s Eastern Shore – and burgers, daily specials, craft beers, Orange Crushes, fresh-cut fries. $$ C R Sun.; D Wed.-Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600. F Bite Club certified. 2013 BOJ winner. The psychedelic spot serves gourmet pizzas, hoagies, salads. Pies range from Mighty Meaty to vegetarian like Kosmic Karma. $ C L D Daily MEZZA LUNA PIZZERIA RISTORANTE, 110 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 249-5573. F Near-the-ocean eatery serves casual bistro fare (for 20+ years) like gourmet wood-fired pizzas, herb-crusted mahi mahi. Dine indoors or on the patio. $$$ C D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. F 2013 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chickenfried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637. F Named for the poet, American gastropub offers gourmet hamburgers, ground in-house and cooked to order, hand-cut French fries, fish tacos, entree-size salads, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ C L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 F For 30 years, the popular seafood place has nabbed lots of awards in our Best of Jax readers poll. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. $$ L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 592 Marsh Landing Parkway, 273-3113. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456. F 2013 BOJ winner. Specialty items, signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in a contemporary open-air space. $$ C L D Daily SHIM SHAM ROOM, 333 First St. N., Ste. 150, 372-0781. F 2013 BOJ winner. New joint has a seasonal menu of “cheap eats”: bar bites, chicken & waffles, badass fries, tacos. $$ D Nightly WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1585 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 247-4508. F Casual, beachy sports place serves burgers, wings, fish tacos in a chill atmosphere. $ C L D Daily
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CAFÉ NOLA AT MOCAJAX, 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911. On the first fl oor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville Café. Shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos, homemade desserts. $$ L Mon.-Fri.; D Thur. & ArtWalk CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Owner/ chef Sam Hamidi has been serving genuine Italian fare 35-plus years: veal, seafood, pizza. Homemade salad dressing is a specialty. $$ C L D Mon.-Sat. CHOMP CHOMP, 106 E. Adams St., 762-4667. F This spot has eats at moderate prices – most under $10. Chef-inspired street food: panko-crusted chicken, burgers, chinois tacos, bahn mi, barbecue. $ L Tue.-Sat.; D Fri. & Sat. DE REAL TING CAFÉ, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738. F Caribbean spot features jerk or curried chicken, conch
fritters, curried goat, oxtail. $ L Tue.-Fri.; D Fri.-Sat. FIONN MACCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, Ste. 176, Jacksonville Landing, 374-1547. F 2013 BOJ winner. Casual dining, uptown Irish atmosphere. Fish & chips, Guinness lamb stew, black-and-tan brownies. $$ C L D Daily ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283. F Mediterranean cuisine and American favorites in a casual atmosphere. Panini, vegetarian dishes, daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. $ L Mon.-Fri.
FLEMING ISLAND
BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA & GASTROPUB, 1811 Town Center Blvd., 278-1770. F Family-owned-and-operated; offers freshly made brick-oven pizzas, specialty burgers, melts, wraps, craft beers. Gluten-free items. $$ C L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100, 215-2223. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999. F See Beaches. Bite Club certified. 2013 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2013 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chickenfried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198. F Authentic fish camp serves gator tail, fresh-water river catfish, traditional meals, daily specials on the banks of Swimming Pen Creek. Outdoor Tiki bar. Come by boat, motorcycle or car. $ C L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly YOUR PIE, 1545 C.R. 220, Ste. 125, 379-9771. F Bite Club certified. Owner Mike Sims has a fast, casual pizza concept: Choose from three doughs, nine sauces, seven cheeses and 40-plus toppings and create your own pizza pie. Subs, sandwiches, gelato. $$ C L D Daily
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AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2013 BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ C L D Daily CASTILLO DE MEXICO, 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 19, 998-7006. F This spot, in business for 15-plus years, has an extensive menu served in authentic Mexican décor. Weekday lunch buffet. $$ L D Daily EPIK BURGER, 12740 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 105, 374-7326. F More than 34 burgers made from grass-fed beef, ahi tuna, all-natural chicken; vegan items from innovative recipes; gluten-free options. $ L D Mon.-Sat. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN, 14333 Beach Blvd., 992-1666. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 642-6980. F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily MAHARLIKA HALL & SPORTS GRILL, 14255 Beach Blvd., Ste. E, 699-0759. Filipino-American restaurant and market features pancit bami, lumpia, turon strudle, halo halo with ice cream. $-$$ C R L D Daily MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT, 13546 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1A, 821-9880. See St. Johns Town Center. $ Daily TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999. F Locally-owned-and-operated grill serves hand-tossed pizzas, wings, specialty wraps in a clean, sporty atmosphere. Late-night menu. $$ L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
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PIZZA PALACE, 116 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-2171. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily SAUCY TACO, 450 S.R. 13 N., Ste. 113, 287-8226. F The menu is light Mexican with American influences – and there are 40 beers on draft. $$ C B, Sat.-Sun.; L D Daily
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AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2013 BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ C L D Daily ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Road, Ste. 7, 733-1199. Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), all the favorites. Greek beers. $$ L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. BRAZILIAN JAX CAFE, 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 20, 880-3313. F Authentic dishes: steaks, sausages, chicken, fish, burgers, hot sandwiches made with fresh ingredients. Traditional feijoada – black beans and pork stew with rice, collards, orange salad, toasted yucca flour with bacon – every Sat. $$ B L D Mon.-Sat. BROOKLYN PIZZA, 11406 San Jose Blvd., 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Road, Bartram Park, 880-0020. F The Brooklyn Special Pizza is a customer favorite. Also calzones, white pizza, homestyle lasagna. $$ L D Daily GIGI’S RESTAURANT, 3130 Hartley Road (Ramada Inn), 694-4300. F Prime rib and crab leg buffet Fri.-Sat., bluejean brunch Sun., daily breakfast buffet and lunch and dinner buffets. $$$ B R L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 11700 San Jose Blvd., 288-0175. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S, 11365 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 674-2945. F See
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The ground in-house burger offerings run the gamut from simple to complex, and portions are modest. Photos: Caron Streibich
Burgers and Fries and Everything Nice Atlantic Beach burger boutique also offers healthier options MSHACK 299 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach 251-2599, mshackburgers.com
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he “M” in MShack is for Medure — the last name of brothers Matthew and David, who own high-end restaurants Matthews in San Marco and Medure in Ponte Vedra. In 2011, the siblings opened the fast-casual boutique burger spot in Atlantic Beach; a second MShack will open in St. Johns Town Center by the end of the year. For minimalists there’s the simple but tasty M Burger topped with melted American cheese, crisp lettuce, tomato, pickles and Shack Sauce. At $5.50, it is small but fresh — the Black Angus beef is 100 percent all-natural and ground in-house. For the uber-fancy, the specialty Medurable burger boasts savory foie gras and caramelized onions, carrying a hefty $18.95 price tag. Even if you’re not a burger lover, MShack’s menu has an assortment of topped hot dogs, a grilled cheese sandwich (add applewood smoked bacon for an extra dollar), a fish sandwich, a marinated chicken breast sandwich and homemade Italian sausage topped with sautéed onions, peppers, mushrooms and melted provolone cheese. Craving something healthy and pleasantly filling? Try the ginger-sesame dressed Super Kale Salad chock full of crisp diced apples, creamy cubes of avocado, shreds of carrots, onion, pecans and raisins. A fresh roasted beet salad comes with creamy goat cheese and raisins atop peppery arugula. From the carb column, the house fries, queso-topped fries, sweet potato tots, truffle
The creamy hand-spun pecan pie milkshake tastes like fall in a cup.
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parmesean fries and even onion rings beg to be paired with your meaty burger or hot dog. To complete the experience, a thick handspun milkshake is an absolute must. Available in small and large sizes, the pecan pie shake with chopped pecans reminded me of fall in a cup. Go simple — strawberry, vanilla or chocolate — or step it up with funky flavors like bananas foster, marshmallow brulee or peanut butter. The separate relaxed bar area hosts happy hour 3:30-5:30 p.m. weekdays with $1 Pabst Blue Ribbon beers, $2 drafts or $3 glasses of house wine. Several craft beer are also on the menu. MShack’s beach proximity makes it perfect for pairing lunch or dinner with a stroll along the Atlantic Ocean. Caron Streibich Folio Weekly Bite Club host biteclub@folioweekly.com
Although MShack specializes in burgers, the menu includes options for vegetarians and health-conscious eaters.
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Sales Rep Baymeadows. $ C Re B L D Daily RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr., 262-4030. See Arlington. $ R Sat.-Sun.; D Nightly RENNA’S PIZZA, 11111 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 292-2300. F Casual New York-style pizzeria serves calzones, antipasto, parmigiana, homemade breads. Buy by the slice – they’ re humongous – or full pie. Delivery. $$ C L D Daily
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
ARON’S PIZZA, 650 Park Ave., 269-1007. F Family-owned restaurant has eggplant dishes, manicotti, New York-style pizza. $$ C L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Road, 272-5959. Specialties at this upscale restaurant include New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup. Homemade desserts. $$$ D Tue.-Sat. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1930 Kingsley Ave., 276-2776. F See San Marco. $$ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 700 Blanding, Ste. 15, 272-3553. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 1330 Blanding, 276-7370. 1404 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, 284-7789. F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 2620 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 17, Middleburg, 282-1564. F What a neighborhood sportsbar should be: Familiar fare, all the spirits you’d want. $$ C L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 6001 Argyle Forest Blvd., Ste. 16, 771-7677. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily TED’S MONTANA GRILL, 8635 Blanding Blvd., 771-1964. See St. Johns Town Center. $$$ C L D Daily THAI GARDEN, 10 Blanding Blvd., Ste. B, 272-8434. Traditional Thai: pad kraw powh with roasted duck, kaeng kari (yellow curry, potatoes, choice of meat). Fine wines, imported, domestic beers. $$ L Mon.-Fri.; D Nightly
PONTE VEDRA, NW ST. JOHNS
ALICE & PETE’S PUB, 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., Sawgrass Marriott, 285-7777. Inspired by TPC Sawgrass course designers Alice and Pete Dye, the new pub serves Northeast Florida flavors along with Alice & Pete’s favorites: Dominican black bean soup, Pete’s Designer club sandwich. Outside dining. $$$ L D Daily AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2013 BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ C L D Daily JJ’S LIBERTY BISTRO, 330 A1A N., Ste. 209, 273-7980. Traditional French cuisine: escargot, brie, paté, steak frites, crêpes. Daily specials, specialt y pastries; French wines. $ $ L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily RESTAURANT MEDURE, 818 A1A N., 543-3797. Chef David Medure creates dishes with international flavors. The lounge offers small plates, creative drinks. $$$ D Mon.-Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515. Upscale, casual restaurant offers appetizers, salads, sandwiches, flatbreads, burgers, entrées. Extensive wine list. $$$ L D Daily
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RIVERSIDE, FIVE POINTS, WESTSIDE
AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2013 BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ C L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1-2, 855-1181. F 2013 BOJ winner. Bold Bean brings a small-batch, artisanal approach to roasting coffee. Organic and fair trade coffees. $ B L Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET 2007 Park St., 384-4474. F 2013 BOJ winner. Juice bar uses certified organic fruits and vegetables. The store has three dozen artisanal cheeses, 300-plus craft and imported beers, 50 organic wines, organic produce, meats, vitamins, herbs. Organic wraps, sides, sandwiches, salads to go; raw, vegan items. $ B L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7859 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 8102 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 1, 779-1933. F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill, 389-4442. F Northern-style pizzas, more than 20 toppings, by the pie or the slice. $ L D Mon.-Sat. THE MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., Riverside, 355-4434. Southwestern menu with ahi tuna tacos, goat cheese enchiladas, gouda quesadillas, chicken enchiladas. Indoor or patio dining. $$ C L D Daily O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB, 1521 Margaret St., 854-9300. F Traditional Irish fare: shepherd’s pie with Stilton crust, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Outdoor patio dining. $$ C L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #1 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 824 Lomax St., 301-1188. F Traditional Japanese cuisine, fresh sushi, sashimi, kiatsu, teriyaki, hibachi in an authentic atmosphere. Sake. A real tatami room; outside seating. $$ L D Daily SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0049. F Beer (Bold City, Intuition Ale Works), wine, pizza, hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888. F Sushi: popular Monster Roll, Jimmy Smith Roll, Rock-nRoll and Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Dine indoors or on the patio. $$ L D Daily
ST. AUGUSTINE
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2013 BOJ winner. See Beaches. $ C L D Daily BACK 40 URBAN CAFÉ, 40 S. Dixie Highway, 824-0227. F Owner Brian Harmon serves Caribbean-flavored items – wraps, upside-down chicken potpie, fresh, local seafood – in an 1896 building. Wi-Fi. $ C L Sun.; L D Mon.-Sat. CARMELO’S MARKETPLACE & PIZZERIA, 146 King St., 494-6658. F New York-style brick-oven-baked pizza, freshly baked sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats and cheeses, stromboli, garlic herb wings. Outdoor seating, Wi-Fi. $$ L D Daily THE FLORIDIAN, 39 Cordova St., 829-0655. Updated Southern fare, with fresh, local ingredients from area farms. Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature items: fried green
APPETIZERS Calamari ............................ $8.00 (Fried Calamari Ringers seasoned with Italian breading and served with a side of Marinara)
SALADS
Mediterranean Bread & Dip SM .......... $9.00 LG ......... $12.00
Greek* SM ............ $6.50 LG ...........$8.90
(Dip our own Fresh Baked Bread into our tangy & flavorful Mediterranean Dip of Feta Cheese, Fresh Diced Tomatoes & Black Olives in Olive Oil)
(Romaine Lettuce, Tomatoes, Black Olives, Greek Peppers, & Feta Cheese)
* Greek and Antipasto Salads served with our homemade Italian style dressing.
Antipasto* SM ...........$6.50 LG ...........$8.90 (Lettuce, Tomatoes, Black Olives, Greek Peppers, Ham, Salami, & Mozzarella Cheese. Served with Garlic Bread)
$6.00 Subs, Wraps and Pastas
The Boss Salad ....................$6.50
Everyday from 11am-4pm
(Romaine Lettuce, Black Olives, Tomatoes, Homemade Croutons, Lite Feta. Imported Olive Oil with Lemon Juice for the dressing)
GOURMET PIZZAS
10”
12”
16”
Pizza Palace Chicken Rosotto
$11.00
$16.50
$21.00
(Homemade Risotto Sauce, Juicy Diced Grilled Chicken, Fresh Tomatoes & Plenty of Mozzarella Cheese)
NEW Boss’s Pizza
$10.50
$16.50
$20.00
(Loaded with Fresh Tomatoes, Feta & Mozzarella Cheese served with a side of Marinara Sauce)
Hawaiian Pizza
$9.00
$13.00
$18.00
$10.50
$16.00
$18.00
$18.00
$21.00
(Pineapple, Ham & Plenty of Mozzarella Cheese)
Pizza Margherita
(Olive Oil, Fresh Tomatoes, lots of Fresh Basil & Plenty of Mozzarella)
$11.00
The Greek Pizza
(Feta Cheese, Fresh Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Green & Black Olives, Fresh Basil & Plenty of Mozzarella)
Pizza Palace Original Spinach Pizza
$11.00
$18.00
$21.00
(Our Homemade Creamy Spinach mixed with Fresh Garlic, Ricotta & Plenty of Mozzarella)
Chicken Pesto Pizza
$11.00
$18.00
$22.00
(Fresh Pesto Sauce, Juicy Diced Grilled Chicken & Plenty of Mozzarella Cheese)
Pizza Bianca
$10.00
$16.50
$20.00
$10.50
$16.50
$20.00
$16.50
$20.00
(Fresh Garlic, Ricotta & Plenty of Mozzarella Cheese)
FrankFest
(Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, Bacon & Plenty of Extra Mozzarella Cheese)
NEW B.B.Q. Pizza
$10.50
(Zesty B.B.Q Sauce, Juicy Diced Grilled Chicken & Plenty of Mozzarella Cheese)
SPECIALTY ITEMS
Served with a side of Marinara / Add a Dinner Salad for $2.00
Stromboli ............................$9.50
Steak Calzone .................... $10.50
(Pizza Crust loaded with Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Ham, Peppers & Mozzarella Cheese)
(Pizza Crust loaded with thin sliced Steak, Mushrooms, Onions & Mozzarella Cheese)
Cheese Calzone ...................$8.50
Greek Calzone .....................$9.50
(Pizza Crust loaded with Mozzarella & Ricotta Cheese)
Meat Calzone ......................$9.50 (Pizza Crust loaded with Ricotta Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Sausage & Ham)
(Pizza Crust loaded with Tomatoes, Green & Black Olives, Fresh Basil, Olive Oil, Plenty of Feta & Mozzarella Cheese)
Hawaiian Calzone ...............$9.50
Chicken Calzone ............... $10.50 (Pizza Crust loaded with Grilled Chicken, Ricotta Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese & Fresh Garlic)
Chicken & Spinach Calzone ............................. $10.50
(Pizza Crust loaded with Pineapple, Ham & Plenty of Mozzarella Cheese)
Spinach Calzone .................$9.50 (Pizza Crust loaded with Spinach, Ricotta Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese & Fresh Garlic)
(Pizza Crust loaded with Grilled Chicken, Spinach, Ricotta Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese & Fresh Garlic)
ENTREES
Served with Garlic Bread and a Dinner Salad
Meat Lasagna .....................$11.50 Spinach Lasagna ...............$10.00 Whole Wheat Spaghetti & Marinara Sauce.................$10.00 Chicken Parmigiana with Spaghetti ........................... $13.50
Eggplant Parmigiana with Spaghetti ............................$11.50 Meat Ravioli ...................... $11.00 Ravioli Florentine ............. $11.00 Cheese or Meat Tortellini ..$10.00 Cheese Manicotti............... $10.50
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entrees and platters
Loaded Potato Spring Rolls
Crab Parmesan Crusted Catch of the Day
Handmade and served with sour cream.................$7
Citrus Butter Sauce...........................................$18
Calamari with Banana Peppers Served with sweet n’ spicy chili sauce....................$8
Po’Boy
OYSTERS Raw on the Half Shell Served with Cocktail Sauce and lemon
Broiled
Sandwiches
1/2 dozen.............$6 1 dozen...............$11 1/2 dozen.............$9 1 dozen................$17
Prepared in your choice of: Pelican Original: Horseradish Butter, Parmesan Bleu: Bacon, Bleu Cheese, Garlic Butter Salsalito: Cilantro Butter, Pico de Gallo, Jack Cheese
Spicy Slaw, Tomatoes, and Pelican Sauce
Oyster.................$11 Shrimp................$11
Catch of the Day Blackened or Grilled...........................................$18 with lettuce, tomato, and Pelican Sauce
“The Burger” Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Mayo...........................$10 (American, Swiss, Cheddar or Bleu) Add Bacon or Caramelized Onions........................$1
tacos Fish
Shrimp
Blackened........................................................$12
Fresh Local Shrimp............................................$12
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tomato bruschetta, blackened fish, cornbread stack, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ C L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., Anastasia Island, 824-8244. F A mainstay for 25 years; menu changes daily. Signature dish is Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ R Sun.; L D Daily THE HYPPO, 15 Hypolita St., 217-7853 (popsicles only). 1765 Tree Blvd., Ste. 5, 342-7816. F Popsicles of unique flavors, of premium ingredients. Coffee pour-overs, cold-brew coffees. Handcrafted sandwiches, salads. $ Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F See Beaches. Bite Club certified. 2013 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264. F 2013 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chicken-fried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily THE ORIGINAL CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311. F Coffee drinks, vegetarian meals, meaty Southern comfort dishes. $ B L D Daily PACIFIC ASIAN BISTRO, 159 Palencia Village Dr., 305-2515. F 2013 BOJ winner. Chef Mas created 30+ unique sushi rolls; fresh sea scallops, Hawaiian-style poke tuna salad. $$ L D Daily
ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER
BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Drive, 345-3466. Classic American fare: beef, seafood, pasta, flatbread sandwiches. Dine indoors or on the patio. $$$ C R L D Daily BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE, 4910 Big Island Drive, 807-9960. Upscale Northern Italian restaurant offers wood-grilled, ovenroasted steaks, chops, seafood. Dine indoors or al fresco on the terrace. $$$ C R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT, 4860 Big Island Drive, Ste. 2, 807-9292. Non-fat, low-calorie, cholesterol-free frozen yogurts. More than 40 toppings. $ Daily OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Drive, 900-7730. 2013 BOJ winner. Comfortable, chic place features tapas, small plates of Spanish and Italian flavors: ceviche fresco, pappardelle bolognese, lobster ravioli. 240-bottle wine list, 75 by the glass; craft spirits. Outdoor dining. $$ R, Sun.; D Nightly RENNA’S PIZZA, 4624 Town Crossing Drive, Ste. 125, 565-1299. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #3 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 10281 Midtown Parkway, 996-2288. F See Riverside. $$ L D Daily SEASONS OF JAPAN, 4413 Town Center Parkway., 329-1067. Casual-style restaurant serves Japanese and hibachi-style fare, sushi, quick-as-a-wink. $$ C L D Daily TED’S MONTANA GRILL, 10281 Midtown Parkway., 998-0010. Modern classic comfort food featuring finest cuts of bison, including signature steaks and award-winning gourmet burgers, served with timeless, genuine hospitality. Crab cakes, cedar-plank salmon, fresh vegetables, signature desserts and private label Bison Ridge wines complete the unique menu. $$$ C L D Daily
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EMPEROR’S GENTLEMAN’S CLUB 4923 University Blvd. W., Lakewood, 739-6966. Upscale steakhouse features steaks, burgers, seafood and wings. $$ L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., Lakewood, 636-8688. F New upscale sushi spot serves fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ C L D Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., San Jose, 732-7200. F 2013 BOJ winner. Funky Southern blues kitchen offers pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, chickenfried steak, Delta fried catfish. $$ C B L D Daily URBAN ORGANICS, 5325 Fairmont St., Spring Park, 398-8012. Weekly coop every Monday that offers local, fresh fruits and vegetables in bags of 10, 20 or 30 pounds.
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THE GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. Varied tapas menu of artisanal cheese plates, empanadas, bruschettas, homestyle cheesecake. More than 60 wines by the glass. $$$ Tue.-Sun. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1631 Hendricks Ave., 399-1768. F Tamales, fajitas and pork tacos are customer favorites. Some La Nops offer a full bar. $$ C L D Daily PIZZA PALACE GM Hala Demetree 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815. F Relaxed, family-owned place serves homestyle cuisine: spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones. Ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana. Outside dining. $$ C L D Daily MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922. Chef Matthew Medure’s flagship restaurant offers fine dining in a refined, European-style atmosphere. Artfully presented
cuisine, small plates, extensive martini and wine lists. Reservations recommended. $$$$ D Mon.-Sat. PULP, 1962 San Marco Blvd., 396-9222. Juice bar offers fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas, coffees made one cup at a time. 30 kinds of smoothies, some blended with flavored soy milks, organic frozen yogurts, granola. $ B L D Daily SAKE HOUSE #2 JAPANESE GRILL SUSHI BAR, 1478 Riverplace Blvd., 306-2188. F See Riverside. $$ L D Daily
SOUTHSIDE
360° GRILLE, 10370 Philips Highway, 365-5555. F In Latitude 30. Familiar sportsbar favorites: seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta, pizza. Dine inside or on the patio. $$ L D Daily ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212. America’s longest continuously running dinner theater features Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s menus coordinated with stage productions. Reservations suggested. $$ D Tue.-Sun. BUCA DI BEPPO, 10334 Southside Blvd., 363-9090. Popular chain restaurant has fresh Italian cooking: lasagna, garlic mashed potatoes; three portion sizes (half-pound meatballs!) served family-style. $$$ C L D Daily CASA MARIA, 14965 Old St. Augustine Road, 619-8186. F See Springfield. $ C L D Daily FARAH’S PITA STOP CAFÉ, 3980 Southside Blvd., Ste. 201, 928-4322. Middle Eastern cuisine: fresh sandwiches, soups, entrées, desserts, pastries and mazas (appetizers). $ C B L D Mon.-Sat. THE FLAME BROILER THE RICE BOWL KING, 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 103, 619-2786. 7159 Philips Highway, Ste. 104, 337-0007. F West Coast fave has healthy, inexpensive fast food with no transfats, MSG, frying, or skin on meat. Fresh veggies, steamed brown or white rice, grilled beef, chicken, Korean short ribs. $ C L D Mon.-Sat. JJ’S BISTRO DE PARIS, 7643 Gate Parkway, Ste. 105, 996-7557. Authentic French cuisine served in a comfortable, charming setting. The scratch kitchen has fresh soups, stocks, sauces, pastries. $$ C L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Parkway, 425-4060. F See Baymeadows. BOJ winner. $ C B L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, Tinseltown, 997-1955. F See Beaches. Bite Club certified. 2013 BOJ winner. $ C L D Daily OISHII, 4375 Southside Blvd., Ste. 4, 928-3223. Manhattan-style Japanese fusion cuisine: fresh, high-grade sushi, a variety of lunch specials, hibachi items. $$ C L D Daily SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Parkway N., Tinseltown, 9 97-1999. F Grill and brewery features local seafood, steaks, pizzas, award-winning freshly brewed ales and lagers. Dine indoors or outdoors. $$ L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Court, 854-0426. Bite Club certified. 2013 BOJ winner. Greek restaurant serves char-broiled kabobs, seafood, traditional Greek wines and desserts. Nightly belly dancing. $$ C L D Daily TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA, 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2, 565-1999. F New York-style thin crust, brick-ovencooked pizzas – gluten-free – as well as calzones, salads, sandwiches made fresh to order, using Thumann’s no-MSG meats, Grande cheeses. Boylan’s soda. Curbside pick-up. $$ L D Mon.-Sat.
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
CASA MARIA, 12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104, 757-6411. F Family-owned-and-operated restaurant offers authentic Mexican food: fajitas, seafood dishes, a variety of hot sauces made in-house. Specialty is tacos de asada. $ C L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Road, 7649999. F See Baymeadows. $ C B L D Daily RENNA’S PIZZA, 840 Nautica Drive, Ste. 117, River City Marketplace, 714-9210. F See Mandarin. $$ C L D Daily SAVANNAH BISTRO, 14670 Duval Road, 741-4404. F Low Country Southern fare, with a twist of Mediterranean and French, in a relaxing atmosphere at Crowne Plaza Airport. Crab cakes, New York strip, she crab soup, mahi mahi. Rainforest Lounge. $$$ C B L D Daily STICKY FINGERS, 13150 City Station Drive, River City Marketplace, 309-7427. F See Baymeadows. $$ C L D Daily
FOOD TRUCKS
DRIFTWOOD BBQ, 412-4559, driftwoodbbq.com, facebook.com/DriftwoodBBQ Southern soul barbecue, sandwiches, subs at Pitmaster Patrick O’Grady’s truck. Pudding, pulled pork, sides, sliders, chicken. $ L D
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’ve interviewed several dopers who were proclaimed triumphantly in headlines and breathlessly on television to be masterminds of international narcotics smuggling. They weren’t. I interview these guys in Spanish, which usually is their second language. Their first is Otomí or Nahuatl, which are dialects of Aztec, or Quechua or Aymara, which are dialects of Inca. Invariably these masterminds turn out to be mules hired on a one-time basis to haul dope from Miami or the Rio Grande valley to Jacksonville for a fee of $3,000-$5,000, half down, half C.O.D. All they know about the drug biz is that some guy named Pedro or Juancho gave them the down stroke and a burner phone and told them to drive a rusted heap to our fair city and await a call. Hola, Jacksonville! The dope they carry is not insignificant. In one case, it was 60 kilos of methamphetamine “de primera,” which means 100 percent, fryyour-neurons pure. Sixty bricks are enough to explode the heads of every tweaker from the Jesse Street ’jects to the Georgia line. The feds grab these guys periodically, usually with some Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office blue suits along to do chores. The resulting soundbite, with smiling lawmen and law ladies flanking the dope, has become a media staple that appears reliably each year, like Christmas and Halloween. The perfidy of the FBI, DEA and police in trumpeting such seizures is not small. It gives the impression that the drug business has been disrupted, when it hasn’t. By my calculation, the quantity of weed, pills, crystal, crack and black tar that it takes to buzz the 10 percent of Jacksonville that wants buzzing would fill a 40-foot shipping container — every day. The loss of 60 keys is retail shrinkage, like a few hams and a six-pack walking out the back door of a Walmart. The FBI has been a publicity whore ever since J. Edgar Hoover got in cahoots with Hollywood to produce “G Men” with James Cagney. In the ’60s TV series “The F.B.I.,” the bureau had actual casting control and, under the tutelage of J. Edgar himself, elevated actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. into the avatar of the bespoke-suited, handsomely tanned and immaculately barbered crime buster. This flackery distracts from the excruciating and often boring work required to disrupt local distribution. So allow me to explain, ladies and gentlemen, how to bust local dope kings. I know how much cops and G-men like being told how to do their jobs, especially by an Ivy League literature puke, and I’m glad to do it. So, badge buddies, next time you grab mules with a load, let ’em go. The mules can’t ID the big guys, who are invariably outside the
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U.S. Ditto for their henchmen who receive the dope in containers rolling through the ports or over the Rio Grande, or in smaller loads from go-fast boats and semi-submersibles. Mules are just drivers. The ones I interviewed took the job because they had wives with babies, worked crapola jobs like picking watermelons, and had never seen three large in one place except on TV. They’re “fulanos,” nobodies, and the only information they possess at the time of their arrests are a destination and a delivery time. That intel has the shelf-life of a flayed mullet in the July sun, but it’s not valueless. Next time you stop a dope-mobile driven by nervous Hispanic males at exactly the speed limit, don’t dash for the TV cameras. Instead, sweat them for delivery time and place by threatening to leak that the drivers ratted, which would get their wives and children killed back in Miami, McAllen or Laredo. Maybe, you extract the numbers from their burner phone then slap a GPS tracker onto that jalopy. No, there’s no warrant for the GPS, but, of course, the mules consented. Wouldn’t you with cops standing on your toes and shoving a baton into your balls? Sign here, “hijo de puta. Now let ’em run, and quick like a bunny put watchers on the delivery spot. When the load drops, snap pics and note license plate numbers. Then follow, and follow … Over time, you will discover dope holes, corners, re-up guys and the check-cashing shops, used-car lots and banks that move the money. You’ll discover the bent clerks who rent out the delivery vehicles. Shed no tears for letting the dope roll. The next load is already on the road, and the load after that is cooking in the vats or ripening in the Sinaloa, Mexico, sun. In six months or so, you can map out the operation, then bust the local big cheese, his lieutenants, their women and their money movers. The jits will scatter, but they’re bullshit busts, and who needs them? The result, with periodic repetitions? The price of dope will go up slightly, the consumption will go down slightly, and civilization will improve slightly, right here, In Crime City. Wes Denham themail@folioweekly.com
Denham is the author of “Arrested,” “What to Do When Your Loved One’s in Jail” and “ArrestProof Yourself ” by Chicago Review Press. You can reach him at wesdenham.com.
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POST-HARDCORE SENSES FAIL
The New Jersey quintet’s fifth studio album, “Renacer,” dropped in March. Spanish for “to be reborn,” the album represented Senses Fail’s evolution since the departure in 2011 of songwriter and guitarist Garrett Zablocki. The new lineup – Buddy Nielsen (from left), Zach Roach, Dan Trapp, Matt Smith and Jason Black (not pictured) – claims a collaborative songwriting approach producing a sound “less pop-driven and heavier and more exploratory,” Neilsen said on the band’s website. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Brewster’s Roc Bar, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington, $14, 223-9850, brewstersmegaplex.com. Photo: Jonathan Weiner
THEATER YANKEE TAVERN
You know how it starts: A guy walks into a bar, but this isn’t a joke. It’s a thriller, taking aim at the conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11, written by playwright Steven Dietz. Amelia Community Theatre sets the stage in the drama set in New York City, starring Michael Flynn (left) and Geoffrey King (right) as well as Ted Kurkhardt and Rachel Miller (not pictured). 8 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1-2, 8-9 and 2 p.m. Nov. 3, at Studio 209, 207 Cedar St., Fernandina Beach, $10-$20, 261-6749, ameliacommunitytheatre.org.
BLUES HUGH LAURIE & THE COPPER BOTTOM BAND
Perhaps best known for playing the title character on “House,” Hugh Laurie possesses talents that put most others to shame — comedian, writer, director and musician. On his latest album, “Didn’t It Rain” (released in May), the Englishman plays piano and guitar, but he’s also known to play the harmonica and drums. 8 p.m. Nov. 2, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $43-$78.50, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com. Photo: Mary McCartney
PREGAME FESTIVITIES FLORIDA-GEORGIA BLOCK PARTY
The IveyWest Band, Firewater Tent Revival and Something Distant perform during the third annual kickoff party for Florida-Georgia weekend. At least eight food trucks park with sales benefiting Daniel Kids Foundation. The block party also includes a cornhole tournament and a barbecue contest. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 1, outside Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown, free. Then, Cousin Catfish’s Pigskin Jamboree keeps the party going with live music from Corey Smith and Sister Hazel, more food trucks and cash bars with some proceeds also going to charity. 8 p.m. Nov. 1, Jacksonville Shipyards, 750 E. Bay St., Downtown, $35-$100, facebook.com/jaxtruckies, cousincatfish.eventbrite.com, jaxevents.com.
ALTERNATIVE ROCK BARENAKED LADIES
Four years after lead singer Steven Page went solo, Barenaked Ladies has been holding its own as a quartet with its 11th studio album, “Grinning Streak,” dropping in June. In an October interview in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, BNL co-founder Ed Robertson admitted it was “daunting and scary at first” after Page left. The Canadians arrive while celebrating their 25th anniversary and attracting new fans for writing the theme song to the hit TV show “The Big Bang Theory.” White Horse rides in for support. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., $39.50-$49.50, 209-0367, staugamphitheatre.com.
FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK THANKSGIVING
FOR HOMELESS PETS
High Tide Gallery hangs the work of whimsical pet artist Mark Durham (“Elvis,” pictured) to kickoff Thanksgiving for Homeless Pets. The benefit for S.A.F.E. Pets Rescue, Wags & Whiskers, Ayla’s Acres and Second Chance Rescue begins during First Friday Art Walk, which features more than 15 galleries. The band Salt Driven Ride performs at High Tide. 5-9 p.m. Nov. 1, High Tide Gallery, 51 Cordova St., St. Augustine, 829-6831, www.staugustineart.net. 26 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013
FILM WITH LIVE SCORE SANGUIVOROUS
The first silent Japanese vampire movie, “Sanguivorous” screens for one showing with percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani (pictured), guitarist and banjo player Eugene Chadbourne and Northeast Florida soprano saxophonist Jamison Williams performing a live score in the Experimental Arts Union of Florida event. In the film, a woman learns she is descended from a line of European vampires – obviously the best kind. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., Five Points, $12, 359-0047, sunraycinema.com.
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NOW SHOWING BAD GRANDPA **@@ Rated R Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville), a signature “Jackass” character, and his impressionable grandson, Billy (Jackson Nicoll), go on a wild hidden-camera road trip across America, placing real citizens in some unreal, over-the-top situations. BAGGAGE CLAIM *G@@ Rated PG-13 Attractive flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton), a successful career woman, is feeling the pressure: Her little sister’s getting married, and she’s still single. She’s got 30 days to get hitched, so she starts culling through the dregs of past loves. Never a good plan. BATTLE OF THE YEAR G@@@ Rated PG-13 The battle referred to is for dancing, as gutsy and talented Americans dance against the best dancers in the world. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS ***G Rated PG-13 This real-life drama is based on the book “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS and Dangerous Days at Sea” by Captain Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty. Tom Hanks plays Phillips, a sea captain whose cargo ship is boarded by Somali pirates – Muse (Barkhad Abdi), Bilal (Barkhad Abdirahman), Najee (Faysal Ahmed) and Elmi (Mahat M. Ali) – in April 2009. CARRIE **G@ Rated R Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), pushed to the edge by a prank at her senior prom, unleashes her telekinetic powers in the remake of the 1976 horror classic, based on a Stephen King novel. Also starring Julianne Moore and Judy Greer; directed by Kimberly Peirce. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 **G@ Rated PG This sequel is merely a rehash of the first one: same problems, different version. Kids will love the food creatures, though. Co-starring the voices of Bill Hader, James Caan, Anna Faris, Terry Crews, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt and the delightful Neal Patrick Harris. THE COUNSELOR ***@ Rated R Hoping to make a one-time deal that would secure his financial future, a lawyer (Michael Fassbender) takes a dip into the drug trafficking world and soon finds that it can be harder to exit than he imagined. Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz and Brad Pitt fill out an all-star cast. Directed by Ridley Scott, “The Counselor” is the screenwriting debut of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormack McCarthy (“The Road”). DON JON ***@ Rated R The much-acclaimed film, written, directed and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt offers brutally honest truths that will strike a chord in us all. Jon (Gordon-Levitt) is a single young man who play the field – none more successfully than the blasé Jon. Then, he meets babe Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), and everything changes. ENDER’S GAME ***@ Rated PG-13 • Opens Nov. 1 In the not-so-distant future, the International Military is in search of a young soldier to lead troops into a battle against an alien foe. Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) chooses bright young mind Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) to lead the fight that will determine the future of Earth. ESCAPE PLAN ***@ Rated R Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone), an expert on high-tech security, is wrongly imprisoned and must recruit Emil Rottmayer (Stallone’s “Expendables” co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger) to make a plan to escape “The Tomb” – the most impenetrable prison ever built. THE FIFTH ESTATE ***@ Rated R Events surrounding the first three years of WikiLeaks, the modern journalism website founded by Australian internet activist Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), and leading up to the site’s 2010 release of the Afghan War Documents are recounted. These documents chronicled the U.S. government’s mistakes, deaths of civilians, Taliban attacks and more over a six-year period. Not surprisingly, the government wasn’t happy.
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FREE BIRDS **@@ Rated PG • Opens Nov. 1 Reviewed in this issue. GRACE UNPLUGGED **G@ Rated PG The drama stars AJ Michalka as Gracie, a young singer who hopes her faith is strong enough to take her to the top. GRAVITY **** Rated PG-13 The mind-blowing, out-of-this-world survival story from director Alfonso Cuaron stars Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone, a greenhorn medical engineer, and George Clooney as experienced astronaut Matt Kowalsky. While outside the ship making repairs, debris from an exploding satellite severs the astronauts’ communication with Houston (it’s Ed Harris’ voice we hear at NASA – who else?), leaving them tethered together and floating 375 miles above a stark blue Earth far below. They must work together to survive in the most unsuitable environment imaginable for human beings. I’M IN LOVE WITH A CHURCH GIRL *@@@ Rated PG Ja Rule (aka Jeff Atkins) plays Miles Montego, a wealthy playa who’s a retired drug trafficker. He falls for Vanessa (Adrienne Bailon) who’s squeaky clean. INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 **G@ Rated PG-13 A possessed Josh (Patrick Wilson) has just killed psychic Elise (Lin Shaye) and Josh’s wife Renai (Rose Byrne) is in shock. Demons have followed Josh and Renai’s son Dalton (Ty Simkins) back from the Further (a purgatory-type place where demons latch onto humans and rejoin the living). LAST VEGAS **@@ Rated PG-13 • Opens Nov. 1 Sixty-something-year-olds Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline) get together in Las Vegas to throw a bachelor party for their last remaining single friend, Billy (Michael Douglas), who is getting married to his much younger girlfriend. The friends attempt to quit acting their age in this geriatric version of the “Hangover.” LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER **@@ Rated PG-13 Forest Whitaker plays Cecil Gaines, a character based on the White House butler who served U.S. presidents over three decades, witnessing many of the 20th century’s biggest moments. MACHETE KILLS **G@ Rated R The sequel to “Machete” – well-received by action fans and critics alike – must up the ante on the camp, blood and body count. The antihero Machete (Danny Trejo) tries to take down billionaire arms dealer Luther Voz (Mel Gibson), who’s planning to launch weapons in space to ignite a war. Machete is recruited by the President of the United States – played by Charlie Sheen – we’re not kidding – for the mission, because it “would be impossible for any mortal man.” Directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-starring Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Alba, Vanessa Hudgens, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Lady Gaga. METALLICA: THROUGH THE NEVER ***G Rated R Not your average behind-the-scenes music doc. Dane DeHaan plays Trip, a roadie for Metallica who’s tasked with a do-or-die assignment during a concert. With original members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo. PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS **@@ Rated PG The sequel opens with Percy (Logan Lerman), Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) at Camp Half-Blood, the only place where demigods can live in peace. Or so they think. They’re forced to recover the Golden Fleece, which is located in – you guessed it – the Sea of Monsters (aka the Bermuda Triangle).
PRISONERS ***G Rated R This crime thriller stars Hugh Jackman as a father desperate to find his daughter and her friend, missing under mysterious and potentially terrifying circumstances. Co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Maria Bello. RIDDICK **G@ Rated R Escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) is left for dead – you know how that usually goes – and faces an alien race of predators and bounty hunters who want him dead in the franchise that started with 2000’s “Pitch Black.” RUNNER RUNNER **@@ Rated R Richie Furst’s (Justin Timberlake) success at online poker pays for grad school at Princeton – for a while. When he loses, he goes to Costa Rica to meet offshore businessman Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). RUSH ***G Rated R The story of Formula One racing archrivals in 1976, director Ron Howard’s latest film is a fascinating character study of polar opposites with one thing in common: winning. Adrenaline junkie James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) is reckless and selfcentered, living the high life on and off the track. Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) is grounded and super-serious. WADJDA **** Rated PG Wadjda, 10, yearns for a bicycle so she can beat a neighborhood boy in a race; her mother won’t allow it because of the notion that a bicycle is hazardous to a girl’s virtue. The determined Wadjda has no choice but to raise the money herself. This, the first feature film to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, is also the first feature film to be made by a female Saudi filmmaker. WE’RE THE MILLERS ***@ Rated R Small-time drug dealer David (Jason Sudeikis) uses the “perfect family” façade when he’s offered $100,000 to bring back “a little bit” of weed from Mexico. The family includes stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), latchkey teenager Kenny (Will Poulter) and homeless teen Casey (Emma Roberts).
OTHER FILMS
SANGUIVOROUS Accompanied by a live score from Tatsuya Nakatani and Eugene Chadbourne comes the first silent Japanese vampire movie, “Sanguivorous,” screens 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, SunRay Cinema, 1028 Park St., Five Points, $12, 359-0047, sunraycinema.com. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY In support of its newest exhibit, “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors,” MOSH screens “Deep Impact” on the rooftop, 7:15 p.m. Nov. 9, Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, $8, 396-7062, themosh.org. LATITUDE 30 MOVIES “Elysium” and “Despicable Me 2” screen, CineGrille, Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside. Call for showtimes. 365-5555. WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME IMAX THEATER “Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience,” “Great White Shark 3D,” “Tornado Alley 3D” and “The Last Reef 3D” are screened, World Golf Hall of Fame Village IMAX Theater, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine, 940-IMAX, worldgolfimax.com. For a complete list of film events or to submit your own, go to folioweekly.com/calendar. For step-by-step submission instructions, go to folioweekly.com/eventhowto.html. Folio Weekly does not accept emails for events to appear in print listings. The submission deadline for print publication is 4 p.m. Monday, 10 days before publication. Due to space constraints, not all events will appear in print.
AREA THEATERS
AMELIA ISLAND Carmike 7, 1132 S. 14th St., Fernandina Beach, 261-9867 ARLINGTON & REGENCY AMC Regency 24, 9451 Regency Square Blvd., 264-3888 BAYMEADOWS & MANDARIN Regal Avenues 20, 9525 Philips Highway, 538-3889 BEACHES Regal Beach Blvd. 18, 14051 Beach Blvd., 992-4398 FIVE POINTS Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., 359-0047 GREEN COVE SPRINGS Clay Theatre, 326 Walnut St., 284-9012
NORTHSIDE Regal River City 14, River City Marketplace, 12884 City Center Blvd., 757-9880 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
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Blue-headed turkey Reggie (Owen Wilson) and Jake (Woody Harrelson) look to change the future and the past while taking turkeys off the Thanksgiving menu in “Free Birds,” directed by Jimy Hayward. Photo: Relativity Media
Turkeys in Time
Thanks to crisp animation and a superb comic cast, ‘Free Birds’ flies FREE BIRDS ***@
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t’s as fair a question as any: Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving rather than, say, chicken or pork? Tofurkey, turducken and other alternatives aside, it seems like turkeys get a raw deal on an annual basis. At long last, “Free Birds” is here to give voice (literally) to turkeys that want to live, and with any luck these turkeys will get their kind off the Thanksgiving menu forever. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration. But “Free Birds,” nicely animated by Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed through Relativity Media, does present an enjoyable hypothetical scenario with good laughs and a good heart. Blue-headed turkey Reggie (Owen Wilson) is different from the mindless redheads in his flock, and he knows it. He’s also lucky enough to be presidentially pardoned during Thanksgiving season, which leads him to Camp David to watch telenovelas and eat pizza. That is, until he’s kidnapped by Jake (Woody Harrelson), a wild turkey with a crazy idea: He wants to travel back in time to the first Thanksgiving — Plymouth Colony, 1621 — and change history so turkeys aren’t on the menu. After a cool time-travel sequence in a machine called S.T.E.V.E. (voiced by George Takei), they meet the leader of the local flock, Broadbeak (Keith David), his son, Ranger (Jimmy Hayward, who is also the director), and his daughter, Jenny (Amy Poehler). Predictably, alpha males Jake and Ranger battle for leadership roles while Reggie and Jenny fall in love. Although the premise is clever and fun, “Free Birds” isn’t winning any awards for originality in terms of story arcs.
The animation is crisp and clear with vivid 3D, and the images range from present day to outer space to the distant past. There are enjoyable moments throughout, particularly when Poehler comes on and is able to provide her impeccable timing and wit. Wilson does well in the lead role, Harrelson is solid as the flashier-but-less-grounded co-lead, and kudos to Colm Meaney (best known for his role as Miles o’Brien in various “Star Trek” TV shows) for nicely snarling his way along as the villain, Captain Standish. Watching the film, you quickly become curious as to how it will end. Convention dictates that the heroes, the turkeys, achieve their goal at the end of the 91-minute running time. But for them to do that would mean turkeys are no longer eaten at Thanksgiving, which defies a 150 year-old American tradition. How it all plays out works for the movie, if not reality. Speaking of reality, although the PG-rated film is perfectly fine for youngsters, there might be some little ones who have trouble differentiating reality from fantasy, and if so, those children might not want to eat turkey this Thanksgiving. That’s the risk facing parents who take their impressionable kids to “Free Birds”: Although it’s very enjoyable and good for a smile, there’s a clear message that it doesn’t have to be turkey on Thanksgiving Day, so adults should be prepared to address this after the film. Dan Hudak themail@folioweekly.com
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Massachusetts synthpop band needs an elaborate setup on tour to play ‘electronic music like a rock band’ PASSION PIT with TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, JOY FORMIDABLE and ST. LUCIA 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., St. Augustine Tickets: $33-$42.50 staugamphitheatre.com
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week after the synthpop band Passion Pit posted a lengthy note on its website titled, “Why bands cancel shows (and why it sucks for everyone,)” frontman Michael Angelakos had bronchitis. “I might cough,” he said at the start of a phone interview with Folio Weekly. Uh-oh. The No. 1 reason for cancellations that was listed in the post was general illness. Fortunately for ticketholders, though, the show that night in Boulder, Co., was still happening. Surely it wasn’t their intention, but the note has caused some nail-biting, so let’s be clear: As of the printing of this article, the Nov. 8 concert in St. Augustine is still on the books. The confusion comes in light of the band’s highly publicized cancellations during the summer of 2012 after Angelakos sought medical treatment for bipolar disorder. More cancellations followed in February, September and October due to illnesses, scheduling conflicts and weather. During the writing of this article, a Portland, Ore., show was canceled despite a follow-up note from the Massachusetts band saying, “No shows on our current tour are up for any type of cancellation.” It wouldn’t be fair just yet to compare them to Morrissey — the king of canceled concerts — but whether the band likes it or not, people are going to start taking bets on whether Passion Pit shows up. At this point, the band’s music seems almost doomed to be overshadowed by non-music headlines like, “Passion Pit singer deactivates Twitter account.” But what of the songs? Several paragraphs in and all that has been written of the music is that it’s “synthpop.” What does that even mean? For Passion Pit, it simply means they make pop music that is largely defined by synthesizers. Just don’t go thinking they’re the next OMD or Eurythmics. “With each show,” Angelakos said, “you’re going to look at the stage area and say, ‘Why are there so many keyboards?’ We’re big
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audiophiles. It’s a very, very well-constructed, complex set-up. On top of that, we try to make it experiential.” Listen to the latest album, “Gossamer,” and Passion Pit’s need for an elaborate display of electronics is understandable. Layers upon layers of sounds are paired with layers upon layers of vocals. Often, what keeps the songs from coming across as a towering, overwhelming wall of sound is Angelakos’ high-pitched voice breaking through with a surprising intensity. “We play electronic music like a rock band,” he said. Even more surprising against a backdrop of unabashedly pop hooks and pounding, dance-inducing beats are the words he sings. Get wrapped up in the euphoric sounds of a song like, “Take a Walk,” and he’ll suddenly shove you back into real life with a line like, “I watch my little children play some board game in the kitchen, and I sit and pray they never feel my strife.” Angelakos brought up that the juxtaposition of happy music and sad lyrics has led people to use the phrase, “Passion Pit’s bipolar music,” which he clearly doesn’t appreciate. His reaction: “I just think that’s pretty reductive. Thanks. It’s a lot more than that.” “I love the prettiness of Passion Pit,” he said. “This is about winning, above all. Taking that pain and anguish and turning into … something beautiful and momentous. That’s always something I’ve strived to do.” He called vulnerability a “crucial element of art,” and sharing his own with thousands of audience members does not daunt him. The brightest part of the conversation came when he talked about fans singing along to his songs. “I’ve always loved that,” he said. “The one thing that still clicks is that communal aspect. … It’s really an exciting thing for us to feel like we’re not just sitting there performing for people, but we’re performing with people.” So what’s your bet? Five bucks says they show or $5 says they don’t? All jokes aside, let’s hope the show goes on. Heather Lovejoy themail@folioweekly.com
CONCERTS THIS WEEK
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF MATH, 1994! 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977. DANNY AVILA 9 p.m. Oct. 30 at Pure, 8206 Philips Highway, Southside, 694-1253. SLEIGH BELLS, DOLDRUMS 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $20, 246-2473. STEPDAD, MVSCLES, DANKA, NORTHE, RAQUEL CABRERA 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, $10. LIONIZE, PRIMITIVE HARD DRIVE, TOMMY HARRISON GROUP 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $8, 398-7496. WHETHERMAN 6 p.m. Oct. 30 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008. JAHMAN BRAHMAN 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, $5, 353-6067. CITIZEN, WE STILL DREAM 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Atticus Bar, 325 W. Forsyth St., Downtown, $10, 634-8813. AUDACITYOct. 30 at Shanghai Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 825-4959. KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS, BEACH FOSSILS 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $17, 398-7496. GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD 9 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Original CafÊ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, $12, 460-9311. SENSES FAIL 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at Brewster’s Roc Bar, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington, $14, 223-9850. THOMAS RHETT 6 p.m. Oct. 31 at Mavericks at the Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Downtown, $15, 356-1110. STRONG CITY 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977. SPACE CAPONE, HERD OF WATTS 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, $8. DE FUNK Oct. 31 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, $, 277-8010. UNIVERSAL GREEN, THE AIDS 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 353-6067. MIKE & RUTHY 6 p.m. Oct. 31 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008. SUWANNEE HULAWEEN: The String Cheese Incident, Emancipator, Conspirator, Steve Kimock & Friends, Suwannee Bluegrass Surprise, Future Rock, Brock Butler, Jennifer Hartswick, Van Ghost, Moon Taxi, Applebutter Express Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Suwannee Music Park, 3076 95th Dr., Live Oak, 364-1683. AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR, THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS, MYLETS 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $10, 398-7496. FORTUNATE YOUTH 9 p.m. Nov. 1 at The Original CafÊ Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, $12, 460-9311. PARKER URBAN BAND 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, free, 277-8010. ANNE McCUE BAND 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008. I ANTHEM, A CALL FOR KYLIE, THEZSPEAKER 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside, $8-$10, 388-7807. DARK SIDE OF THE DEAD 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $10, 246-2473. THE CONGRESS, HAILER, JERRY CASTLE 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 353-6067. MAYSA 7 p.m. & 10 p.m., Nov. 2 at Ritz Theatre, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, $25, 632-5555. BARENAKED LADIES, WHITE HORSE 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., $39.50-$49.50, 209-0367. EIGHT STORIES HIGH 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach, free, 277-8010. BLOODKIN, THE SH-BOOMS 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 353-6067. MONDO MIKE AND THE PO BOYS Nov. 2 at The Parlour, 2000 San Marco Blvd., Riverside, 396-4455. HUGH LAURIE & THE COPPER BOTTOM BAND 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $39.50-$75, 355-2787. THE GREEN, SHWAYZE, KIMIE 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $15, 246-2473.
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Southern rockers Widespread Panic (pictured) of Athens, Ga., won’t run for the exits Nov. 6 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Jacksonville. Roosevelt Collier & Friends join JJ Grey for an aftershow that same night at Underbelly. Photo: Andy Tennille KEITH LONERGAN 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $8, 398-7496. JAKE MILLER, ACTION ITEM, AIR DUBAI 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside, $16$30, 388-7807. REEL BIG FISH, BEAUTIFUL BODIES, BEEBS & HER MONEY MAKERS 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $27, 246-2473. CAUGHT A GHOST 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, $8, 353-6067. PAINT FUMES 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977. THE OARSMEN 8 p.m. Nov. 5 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $5, 677-2977.
NIKKI TALLEY 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008. LESS THAN JAKE, ANTI-FLAG, MASKED INTRUDER, GET DEAD 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $22, 246-2473. IN THIS MOMENT, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE 6 p.m. Nov. 5 at Brewster’s Roc Bar, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington, $20, 223-9850. WIDESPREAD PANIC 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Times-Union Center, 300 W. Water St., Downtown, $40-$45, 633-6110. ROOSEVELT COLLIER & FRIENDS, JJ GREY 11 p.m. Nov. 6 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, $15 ($10 with Widespread Panic ticket stub), 353-6067. CURSE 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St.,
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PASSAFIRE/BALLYHOO SIDEREAL SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9
THE CULT REVOLUTION
THE STRANGE/STONE BONE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10
BADFISH (SUBLIME TRIBUTE) PRIME TREES
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THE GLASS CAMELS UPCOMING
11-17: Baauer/araabMUZIK/s-type 11-19: Twenty One Pilots/Robert Delong 11-22: Trivium/DevilDriver 11-24: Johnny Marr 11-29: Sentropolis 11-30: Appetite for Destruction (GNR) 12-7: Sacrifice to Survive CD Release 12-14: Papadosio 12-21: Inspection 12 12-31: Grandpa’s Cough Medicine/Corbitt Bros 1-5: Clutch/The Sword 1-16: Galactic
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Downtown, $5, 677-2977. EOTO, ETC! ETC!, S.P.O.R.E. 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, $20, 246-2473. THE DIGITAL AGE, BELLARIVE 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Riverside, $12-$16, 388-7807. LEA BERTUCCI Nov. 6 at Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 101 W. First St., Downtown, 356-2992. FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, $16, 398-7496. LYDIA, FROM INDIAN LAKES, MYTH OF MYSELF 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Brewster’s Megaplex, 845 University Blvd. N., Arlington, $12, 223-9850. COPE, THE APPLEBUTTER EXPRESS, HERD OF WATTS, JACKSONVEGAS, WHETHERMAN 5 p.m. Nov. 6 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, free. ANDY WARD KING 6 p.m. Nov. 6 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008.
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TATSUYA NAKATANI, EUGENE CHADBOURNE Nov. 7, Sun-Ray Cinema THE RAILERS Nov. 7, Jack Rabbits MICHAEL FRANTI, SPEARHEAD, SERENA RYDER Nov. 7, Freebird Live JB SCOTT’S SWINGIN’ ALLSTARS Nov. 7, Mudville Music Room THE PIANO GUYS Nov. 7, Florida Theatre CHRIS KNIGHT Nov. 8, Jack Rabbits CAT POWER Nov. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CARAVAN OF THIEVES Nov. 8, The Original Café Eleven GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Nov. 8, Dog Star Tavern WAR OF AGES, THOSE WHO FEAR, PHINEHAS, COLOSSUS, I AM THE WITNESS, CITY IN PERIL Nov. 8, Murray Hill Theatre THREE DOG NIGHT Nov. 8, Florida Theatre DELLA MAE Nov. 8, Underbelly ERIC PASLAY, MAGGIE ROSE Nov. 8, Mavericks at the Landing VANNA, ALPHA & OMEGA, BETRAYAL, THE GREENERY Nov. 8, Brewster’s Roc Bar PASSION PIT, THE TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, THE JOY FORMIDABLE, ST. LUCIA Nov. 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PASSAFIRE, BALLYHOO, SIDEREAL Nov. 8, Freebird Live NORTH FLORIDA ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL: Al Poindexter, Bob Patterson, Canary in the Coalmine, Charley Simmons, Cindy Bear, Dale Crider, Don Casper, David Russell, Flagship Romance, Florida State Bluegrass Band, Jackson Creek, Jamie DeFrates & Susan Brown, Jim Carrick, Julie Durden, Lis & Lon Williamson, Mike Shackelford & Steve Shanholtzer, Peyton Mangum Band, Red Afternoon, Sam Pacetti, Scortino-Garfinkel Trio, Scott & Michelle Daziel, Stu Weaver Nov. 8-9, Flaming Lake RV Resort MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER, MARTINA McBRIDE Nov. 9, Veterans Memorial Arena BUFFALO RODEO, RUFFIANS Nov. 9, Burro Bar PETER ROWAN’S BLUEGRASS BAND, BACK FROM THE BRINK Nov. 9, 1904 Music Hall DIRT FLOOR KRACKERS Nov. 9, Jack Rabbits THE CULT REVOLUTION Nov. 9, Freebird Live JUSTIN MOORE, RANDY HOUSER, JOSH THOMPSON Nov. 9, St. Augustine Amphitheatre OLD CITY MUSIC FEST: Kansas, Uncle Kracker, John Anderson, Morgan Frazier, Bush Hawg Nov. 10, St. Augustine Flea Market WILL DOWNING Nov. 10, Florida Theatre BADFISH Nov. 10, Freebird Live CELTIC THUNDER Nov. 10, T-U Center ATHEL, ALL THINGS DONE Nov. 10, Jack Rabbits ATILLA, UPON A BURNING BODY, THE PLOT IN YOU Nov. 10, Brewster’s Roc Bar COL. BRUCE HAMPTON, BUFFALO RODEO, NORTHE Nov. 10, Underbelly TIM McGRAW Nov. 10, Mayport Naval Station KEVIN DEVINE & THE GODDAMN BAND, NOW NOW, HARRISON HUDSON Nov. 11, Jack Rabbits JOHN VANDERSLICE Nov. 11, The Original Café Eleven GUNGOR Nov. 12, Murray Hill Theatre GOITSE BAND Nov. 12, Culhane’s Irish Pub BLACK UHURU, MIKE PINTO Nov. 12, Freebird Live BEAR CREEK MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL: Break Science, Cope, Jans Ingber, Space Capone, Lettuce, The Werks, Pee Wee Ellis, Natalie Cressman Nov. 13, Suwannee Music Park THE CHARIOT, GLASSCLOUD, BIRDS IN A ROW, TO THE WIND, REBUKER Nov. 13, Jack Rabbits AMERICAN AQUARIUM, HILLVALLEY, BEAU CRUM, BARSTOOL WISDOM Nov. 14, Jack Rabbits GREG TROOPER Nov. 14, Mudville Music Room LIL SCRAPPY Nov. 14, Brewster’s Megaplex D.A.N.K.A., SPRED THE DUB, BLOWHOLE, MIKE FORGETTE Nov. 14, Freebird Live MIKE MARTIN, TONY SMOTHERMAN Nov. 14, 1904 Music Hall TRAVIS TRITT Nov. 15, T-U Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Nov. 15, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts SPYRO GYRA Nov. 15, Florida Theatre PETE DONNELLY, JUSTON STENS Nov. 15, Underbelly MATT STILLWELL, JORDYN STODDARD, 309C Nov. 15, The Standard THE STORY SO FAR, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, SUCH GOLD, ROTTING OUT Nov. 15, Brewster’s Roc Bar KIP MOORE Nov. 15, Mavericks at the Landing LIS & LON WILLIAMSON, JAMIE DEFRATES, SUSAN BROWN Nov. 15, Mudville Music Room THE AVETT BROTHERS Nov. 15, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DESSA Nov. 15, Jack Rabbits ADVENTURE CLUB, DVBBS, DALLAS K, HUNTER SIEGEL Nov. 16, Aqua Nightclub DIRTY BOURBON RIVER SHOW Nov. 16, Underbelly CYANIDE SUNRISE, 100 WATT VIPERS Nov. 16, Jack Rabbits THE GLASS CAMELS Nov. 16, Freebird Live
O.A.R. Nov. 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BLEEDING THROUGH, WINDS OF PLAGUE, OCEANO, GIDEON, SWORN IN Nov. 16, Brewster’s Megaplex BAAUER, ARAABMUZIK Nov. 17, Freebird Live TOBYMAC Nov. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR: A Tribute to The Beatles Nov. 17, The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts NEW KINGSTON, SIDEREAL Nov. 17, The Standard JOHN DENVER: A Rocky Mountain High Concert Nov. 19, Florida Theatre TWENTY ONE PILOTS, ROBERT DELONG, SIRAH Nov. 19, Freebird Live CONEY ISLAND ROADSHOW, MUDTOWN Nov. 19, Burro Bar JD WILKES & THE DIRTY DAUBERS Nov. 19, Underbelly STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 20, Florida Theatre MIKE SHACKELFORD Nov. 20, Mudville Music Room JULIE DURDEN, LAURIE McCLAIN, KAREN MAL Nov. 21, Mudville Music Room SANDRA COLLINGS Nov. 21, Underbelly CHRIS CAGLE, BIG SMO Nov. 21, Mavericks at the Landing RING OF FIRE: The Music of Johnny Cash Nov. 22, Florida Theatre CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC Nov. 22, Jack Rabbits SHEBA “THE MISSISSIPPI QUEEN,� LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES Nov. 22, Mudville Music Room HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL, JAMES MAPLE, REALJOB Nov. 22, Underbelly DEVILDRIVER, TRIVIUM, AFTER THE BURIAL, THY WILL BE DONE Nov. 22, Freebird Live SOUNDUO, DAMBALLA Nov. 22, 1904 Music Hall MIDNITE, KANA KIEHM, JAH ELECT & THE I QUALITY BAND, AIMA MOSES, DJ RAGAMUFFIN Nov. 22, The Standard HONKY SUCKLE Nov. 22-23, Dog Star Tavern MAN ON EARTH, THUNDERBIRD, EVICTION Nov. 23, Jack Rabbits SAVING ABEL Nov. 23, Brewster’s Megaplex SOULFIRE REVOLUTION Nov. 23, Murray Hill Theatre SCOTT BIRAM Nov. 23, Underbelly JOHNNY MARR Nov. 24, Freebird Live LISA KELLY CD RELEASE Nov. 26, Mudville Music Room SOUL GRAVY Nov. 27, Dog Star Tavern KOFFIN KATS Nov. 27, Burro Bar BONNIE RAITT Nov. 29, Florida Theatre ANGEL OLSEN Nov. 29, Jack Rabbits SENTROPOLIS, CLAY BENJAMIN BAND Nov. 29, Freebird Live OF FORTUME & FAME, THE TRADITIONAL Nov. 30, Burro Bar PEYTON MANGUM BAND Nov. 30, Mudville Music Room ELISHA PARRIS Nov. 30, The Parlour APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Nov. 30, Freebird Live ARTILECT, HEPHYSTUS, TRAVERSER, A MATTER OF HONOR Nov. 30, Jack Rabbits THE IRISH TENORS: Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan Dec. 1, Florida Theatre ANTHONY GREEN, DAVE DAVISON, PSYCHIC BABBLE Dec. 1, Jack Rabbits BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY Dec. 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JB SCOTT’S SWINGING ALLSTARS Dec. 3, Mudville Music Room ZOOGMA, GHOST OWL, S.P.O.R.E., TRILLUCINATION, VLAD THE INHALER Dec. 3, 1904 Music Hall NATE WOOLEY, CHRIS CORSANO Dec. 4, Karpeles Manuscript Museum AUGUST BURNS RED, BLESS THE FALL, DEFEATER, BEARTOOTH Dec. 5, Brewster’s Roc Bar JULIE DURDEN Dec. 5, Mudville Music Room CHEAP TRICK Dec. 6, Florida Theatre BELLARIVE Dec. 6, Murray Hill Theatre NONPOINT Dec. 6, Brewster’s Megaplex STEREOFIDELICS Dec. 7, Dog Star Tavern ALABAMA SHAKES Dec. 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRIAN DAVIS Dec. 7, Jack Rabbits SHEMEKIA COPELAND Dec. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE BIG TICKET: Stone Temple Pilots, Chester Bennington, Thirty Seconds to Mars, A Day to Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Dirty Heads, Pepper, Manchester Orchestra, Twenty One Pilots, Sleeping With Sirens, Frank Turner, The 1975, Saints of Valory, Breaking Through Dec. 8, Metropolitan Park HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS Dec. 8, The Florida Theatre JOHN MAYER Dec. 10, Veterans Memorial Arena THE THERMALS, BEACH DAY Dec. 10, Jack Rabbits JERRY GARCIA BAND COVER BAND Dec. 11, Jack Rabbits PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 12, Mudville Music Room CONSIDER THE SOURCE, SQUEEDLEPUSS Dec. 12, 1904 Music Hall SARAH LEE GUTHRIE, JOHNNY IRION Dec. 13, Underbelly THE HOWLIN’ BROTHERS Dec. 13, Mudville Music Room KATHLEEN MADIGAN Dec. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOSH THOMPSON, COLE SWINDELL Dec. 13, Mavericks at The Landing MERCY GIRL Dec. 14, Murray Hill Theatre
Open mic, 7:30-10:30 p.m. every Thur. O’KANE’S IRISH PUB, 318 Centre St., 261-1000 Dan Voll 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Turner London Band every Thur.-Sat. THE PALACE SALOON, 117 Centre St., 491-3332 Buck Smith Project Band every Tue. PLAE, 80 Amelia Circle, Amelia Island Plantation, 277-2132 Gary Ross 7-11 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. SURF RESTAURANT & BAR, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Richard Smith 5 p.m. Nov. 1. Hupp ’n’ Ray 6 p.m. Nov. 2.
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
BREWSTER’S MEGAPLEX/PIT/ROC BAR/THE EDGE, 845 University Blvd. N., 223-9850 Senses Fail 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31. In This Moment, Motionless in White 6 p.m. Nov. 5. Lydia, From Indian Lakes, Myth of Myself Nov. 6. MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri.-Sat.
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
BLUE FISH, 3551 St. Johns Ave., 387-0700 Paul Haftel 8 p.m. every other Fri. upstairs in Elevated Avondale. BRICK RESTAURANT, 3585 St. Johns Ave., 387-0606 Bush Doctors every first Fri.-Sat. Jazz every Fri.-Sat. CASBAH CAFE, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 DJ Keith Karaoke every Tue. DJ Free every Fri. DJ SuZi-Rok every Mon. MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Live music 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Live music every Fri. Karaoke every Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
COFFEE GRINDER, 9834 Old Baymeadows Rd., 642-7600 DJ Jenn Martinello every Tues. DJ Allen every Thur. DJ Mark Mallory every Fri. DJ Smoke every Sat. DJ Jamie McLaughlin and Susan Baisch every Sun.
BEACHES
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) 200 FIRST STREET/LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, Courtyard, Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Live music 9 p.m. Nov. 1. BILLY’S BOATHOUSE GRILL, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Derek Maines 5:30 Oct. 31. Jimi Graves Duo 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7. Open mic 5:30 p.m. every Wed. BRIX TAPHOUSE, 300 N. Second St., 241-4668 DJ R3IGN Thur. Live music, DJs every weekend. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 DJ Vito every Thur. Karaoke with Hal 8 p.m. every Sat. Irish music every Sun. DIRTY REDS’, 1451 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 372-9438 Live music 7 p.m. Oct. 31. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste.
217, 249-2337 Live music 7 p.m. Oct. 31. FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Songwriters every Tue. Ryan Campbell every Wed. Wes Cobb every Thur. Charlie Walker 10:30 p.m. every Mon. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Doldrums 8 p.m. Oct. 30. Dark Side of the Dead 8 p.m. Nov. 1. The Green, Shwayze, Kimie 8 p.m. Nov. 2. Reel Big Fish, Beautiful Bodies, Beebs & Her Money Makers 6 p.m. Nov. 3. Less Than Jake, Anti-Flag, Masked Intruder, Get Dead 7 p.m. Nov. 5. EOTO, ETC! ETC!, S.P.O.R.E. 8 p.m. Nov. 6. GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 N. Third St., 201-9283 Live music 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2. ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach, 372-0943 Live music Wed.-Sat. KC CRAVE, 1161 Beach Blvd., 595-5660 Live music 7 p.m. Thur.-Sat. LANDSHARK CAFE, 1728 Third St. N., 246-6024 Open mic every Wed. Matt Still every Thur. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Something Distant Nov. 1-2. Uncommon Legends every Wed. Ryan Campbell every Thur. Wits End every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., 246-1500 Mark O’Quinn 7 p.m. Oct. 30. Orange Juice 7 p.m. Oct. 31. Wes Cobb 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Live music 8 p.m. Nov. 2, 6-7. 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 Conrad Oberg, Beau Knott & the Burners 10 p.m. Nov. 1. MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 Wes Cobb 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams Karaoke 9 p.m. Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar every Mon., Thur. & Fri. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 King Eddie’s Pili Pili Duo 6 p.m. Nov. 1. Ace Winn 6 p.m. Nov. 2. Kevin Ski 11:30 a.m., Houston Keen 4 p.m. Nov. 3. Les. B. Fine 6 p.m. Nov. 4. Clayton Bush 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5. Darren Corlew Duo 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6. Patrick Rose 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Sidetrack 7 p.m. Oct. 31. Live music every Thur.-Sat. OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Javier Perez every Thur. Live music every Fri.-Sat. PIER CANTINA, 412 N. First St., 246-6454 Ryan Campbell & Charlie Walker Fri. Split Tone Sun. Live music Wed.-Sun. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637 Be Easy every Sat. RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Live music Thur.-Sun. THE SHIM SHAM ROOM, 333 First St. N., 372-0781. Live acoustic 10 p.m. Nov. 4. Karaoke 10 p.m. Nov. 5. THE TAVERN ON 1ST, 401 N. First St., 435-4124 Live music 10 p.m. every Thur.
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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. DAVID’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 802 Ash St., 310-6049 John Springer every Tue.-Wed. Aaron Bing every Fri.-Sat. DOG STAR TAVERN, 10 N. Second St., 277-8010 De Funk 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Parker Urban Band 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Eight Stories High 8 p.m. Nov. 2. Working Class Stiff with real vinyl every Tue. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Dan Voll and Friends, 7 p.m. Nov. 1. Live music Nov. 2. HAMMERHEAD TAVERN, 2045 S. Fletcher Rd., 491-7783 Buck Smith, Jim Barcaro every Thur. A DJ every Sun. MERMAID BAR, Florida House Inn, 22 S. Third St., 491-3322
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THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 Live music every Sat.-Sun. WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1585 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 247-4508 Live music 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 2 & Nov. 7.
DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 1904jax.com Northe 8 p.m. Oct. 30. Space Capone, Herd of Watts Oct. 31. Cope, The Applebutter Express Nov. 6. Open mic every Tue. ATTICUS BAR, 325 W. Forsyth St., 634-8813 Citizen, We Still Dream 8 p.m. Oct. 30 BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St., 677-2977 The Joint Chiefs of Math, 1994! 8 p.m. Oct. 30. Strong City Oct. 31. Paint Fumes Nov. 4. The Oarsmen Nov. 5. Curse Nov. 6. DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 DJ NickFresh 9 p.m. Nov. 2. Rock ’n’ Roll Karaoke 9 p.m. Nov. 4. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Ste. 176, 374-1247 Braxton Adamson 5 p.m. Nov. 1. Kracka Jaxx 9:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Something Distant 9 p.m. Nov. 2. THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Drive, 353-1188 Live music Nov. 1 & 3. MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Roy Luis 9 p.m. Oct. 30. DJ Vinn 9 p.m. Oct. 31. DJ 007 9 p.m. Nov. 1. Bay Street Saturdays 9 p.m. Nov. 2. DJ Roy Luis 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6. DJ VINN 9 p.m. Nov. 7. MAVERICKS, The Landing, 2 Independent Drive, 356-1110 Thomas Rhett 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Eric Paslay. Joe Buck, Big Tasty spin every Thur.-Sat. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 Karaoke 10 p.m. Nov. 1. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 353-6067 Jahman Brahman 8 p.m. Oct. 30. Universal Green, The Aids 8 p.m. Oct. 31. The Congress, Hailer, Jerry Castle 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Bloodkin, The Sh-booms 8 p.m. Nov. 2. Caught A Ghost 8 p.m. Nov. 3. Roosevelt Collier & Friends 10 p.m. Nov. 6. Arvid Smith 6 p.m. every Thur. Old Time Jam 7 p.m. every Tue.
FLEMING ISLAND
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Live music 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 DJ Ty every Thur. Buck Smith every Mon. Blistur every Wed. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Deck music 5 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 4:30 p.m. every Sun.
INTRACOASTAL WEST
BRUCCI’S PIZZA, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36, 223-6913 Mike Shackelford 6:30 p.m. every Sat. & Mon. CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Live music every Wed. Karaoke every Thur. & Sun. JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22, 220-6766 Karaoke Dude every Wed. Live music every Fri.-Sat. SALSA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 46, 992-8402 Live guitar music 6-9 p.m. every Tue. & Sat.
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
AW SHUCKS OYSTER HOUSE, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., 240-0368 Open mic 7 p.m. Oct. 30. Live music 7 p.m. Nov. 1. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Jazz 7 p.m., 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 DJ Randall Karaoke Sun., Wed. Live music every Sat.
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 Live music every Wed., Fri.-Sat. Karaoke with Ms. T 9:30 p.m. every Thur. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 2620 Blanding Blvd., 282-1564 Live music every Thur.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Live music 9 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. DJ Phantom Menace 9 p.m. every Sun.
PALATKA
DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., 386-325-5454 Local talent 6 p.m. Oct. 30. Jim’s Jammin’ 8 p.m. Oct. 31. 1*4*5 Blues Jam 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Blues 9 p.m. Nov. 2. Acoustic Circle 2 p.m. Nov. 3. Open Jam 5 p.m. Nov. 3.
PONTE VEDRA, PALM VALLEY
ALICE & PETE’S PUB, 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., 285-7777 Live music 5 p.m. every Wed., 8 p.m. every Sat. ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 820 A1A N., Ste. E-18, 834-2492 Live music Fri.-Sat. PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A N., 280-7766 Jason Ivey 6-8 p.m. Oct. 30. Aaron Koerner 6 p.m. Oct. 31. Live music Fri.-Sat. SoundStage Sun. SAUCY TACO, 450 S.R. 13, Ste. 113, 287-7226 Live music Thur.-Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515 Live music 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30. Brady 7:30 Nov. 1. Deron Baker 6 p.m. Nov. 6.
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
KICKBACKS, 910 King St., 388-9551 Ray & Taylor 8:30 p.m. every Thur. Robby Shenk every Sun. THE LOFT, 925 King St., 476-7283 Indie, pop, dance party with DJs Wes Reed & Josh Kemp 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Josh Kemp spins ’80s, ’90s 8 p.m. Nov. 1. DJ Wes Reed spins 8 p.m. Nov. 2. METRO/RAINBOW ROOM, 859 Willowbranch Ave., 388-8719 Karaoke Rob spins 10 p.m. Sun.-Wed. DJ Zeke Smith spins Fri. DJ Michael Murphy spins 10 p.m. Sat. MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 I Anthem, A Call for Kylie, Thezspeaker 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Jake Miller, Action Item, Air Dubai 6 p.m. Nov. 3. The Digital Age, Bellarive 7 p.m. Nov. 6. RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St. Live music Nov. 2. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 554-6865 Rip Currents, Nikki Talley, This Frontier Needs Heroes Nov. 2.
ST. AUGUSTINE
A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 Live music every Thur.-Sat. ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Brent Byrd 8 p.m. Nov. 6. Smokin’ Joe open mic 7 p.m. Tue. CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 826-1594 The Committee 7 p.m. Nov. 1-2. Jim Asselta 2 p.m. Nov. 2. Vinny Jacobs 2 p.m. Nov. 3. CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993 Live music every Fri.-Sat. Chelsea Saddler every Sun. DOS COFFEE, 300 San Marco Ave., 342-2421 Taylor Roberts & Co. every Fri. The Residents spin every Sat. HARRY’S, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765 Ricardo Perez Oct. 30. Jim Carrack Oct. 31. Live music every Fri. MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Karaoke 9 p.m. Nov. 1. Live music 9:30 p.m. Nov. 2. MI CASA CAFE, 69 St. George St., 824-9317 Chelsea Saddler every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth 11 a.m. every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 Live music 1, 5, & 9 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1 & 5 p.m. Sun. Todd & Molly Jones every Wed. Aaron Esposito every Thur. Donny Brazile Tue. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264 Live music Nov. 1 & 2. PIZZALLEY’S CHIANTI ROOM, 60 Charlotte St., 825-4100 Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar 3 p.m. Nov. 4. SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 825-4959 Karaoke 10 p.m. Mon.-Tues. Live music Fri.-Sat. THE TASTING ROOM, 25 Cuna St., 810-2400 Dennis Fermin Spanish Guitar Band every Sat. TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Hooch Nov. 1-2. Matanzas Sun.-Thur. Elizabeth Roth every Sat.
ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH
AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1915 A1A S., 461-0102 Piano Bar 5 p.m. Nov. 3. THE ORIGINAL CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-9311 Domino Effect 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Fortunate Youth 9 p.m. Nov. 1.
ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER
BAHAMA BREEZE, 10205 River Coast Dr., 646-1031 Live music every Tue.-Sun. BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Drive, 345-3466 Live music 5 p.m. every Wed., 9 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. SUITE, 4880 Big Island Drive, 493-9305 Live music 9 p.m. Oct. 31, 6 p.m. Nov. 1-2. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Drive, 645-5571 DJs 8 p.m. Nov. 2.
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Lionize, Primitive Hard Drive, Tommy Harrison Group 8 p.m. Oct. 30. Kurt Vile & the Violators, Beach Fossils Oct. 31. And So I Watch You From Afar, This Town Needs Guns, Mylets 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Keith Lonergan Nov. 2. Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls Nov. 6. MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922 Jordon Kennison & Emily O’Neil 6 p.m. Nov. 2. MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Whetherman 6 p.m. Oct. 30. Mike & Ruthy 6 p.m. Oct. 31. Anne McCue Trio 7 p.m. Nov. 1. Nikki Talley 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5. THE PARLOUR, 2000 San Marco Blvd., 396-4455 Live music Nov. 1. RIVER CITY BREWING CO., 835 Museum Cir., 398-2299 DJs spin every Thur. Live music every Fri.
SOUTHSIDE
AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Will Hurley every Fri. Bill Rice every Sat. CORNER BISTRO, 9823 Tapestry Park Circle, 619-1931 Matt Hall every Tue. & Sat. Bill Rice & Dave every Wed. ISLAND GIRL, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Evan Michael 9 p.m. Nov. 2. Live music Fri.-Sat. JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 997-9850 Karaoke 7 p.m. every Sat. LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Highway, 365-5555 VJ Didactic 9 p.m. Oct. 31 & Nov. 2. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 997-1955 Jameyal Oct. 31. Aaron Koerner Nov. 1. Co-Alition Nov. 2. John Earle Nov. 6. PURE NIGHTCLUB, 8206 Philips Highway, 800-694-1253 Danny Avila 9 p.m. Oct. 30. SEVEN BRIDGES, 9735 Gate Parkway N., 997-1999 Live music Nov. 1 TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426 DJ Night 8 p.m. Nov. 1-2. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Live music every Fri. WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 Schnockered 9 p.m. Oct. 31.
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
DAMES POINT MARINA, 4542 Irving Rd., 751-3043 Blues Factory Nov. 2. Mile Train Nov. 3. SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Live music Fri.-Sun. THREE LAYERS CAFE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Open mic 7 p.m. Oct. 31 & Nov. 7.SKYLINE SPORTS BAR, 5611 Norwood Ave., 517-6973 Live music 7-9 p.m. DJ Swagg nightly. TUCKERS HIGHWAY 17 TAVERN, 850532 U.S. 17, Yulee, 225-9211 Black Creek Rizin 8 p.m. Nov. 1.
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SCAN WITH LAYAR TO SEE FRANK TURNER VIDEO Photo: Erik Weiss
Britain’s Folk-Punk Bard
Singer-songwriter Frank Turner channels hardcore roots and DIY independence into international success FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS with THE SMITH STREET BAND and KOO KOO KANGA ROO 8 p.m. Nov. 6 Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco Tickets: $16; 398-7496, jaxlive.com
THE BIG TICKET with Frank Turner, Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington, Thirty Seconds to Mars, A Day to Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Dirty Heads, Pepper, Manchester Orchestra, Twenty One Pilots, Sleeping with SIrens, The 1975, Saints of Valory, Breaking Through 11 a.m. Dec. 8 Metropolitan Park, 1410 Gator Bowl Blvd., Downtown Tickets: $49.50-$89.50; thebigticketfest.com
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or the last 10 years, Frank Turner has served as Britain’s de facto folk-punk poet. Armed with an acoustic guitar and socially aware songs, the 31-year-old Eton graduate plows similar (if not quite as political) ground as Billy Bragg. But in recent years, particularly on his 2013 album “Tape Deck Heart,” Turner’s musical perspective has skewed more personal and more pop-edged, which might come as quite the surprise to those who remember his hardcore roots with London band Million Band. But at heart, Turner is the same old punk: He still encourages fans to contact him via his publicly listed personal email, he still believes in hard work, and he still knows how to put his heart on his sleeve.
Folio Weekly: “Tape Deck Heart” featured some of your most straightforward songwriting ever. Was it derived straight from personal experience? Frank Turner: I try quite hard not to draw any parameters around my writing, which means that if something traumatic happens in my personal life, it’s probably going to end up in a song. So yeah, I went through a rough patch in my personal life before writing those songs. But it was arguably self-inflicted [laughs]. Still, when I finished the record, I went, “Damn, I can’t believe I talked about this.” F.W.: The title, “Tape Deck Heart,” seems kind of nostalgic, though. What meaning do those three words hold for you? F.T.: Well, I like the title because it’s really openended. When I wrote it down, it just felt right. It’s about music being the center of everything. But I also like the fact that tape decks are kind of shitty — they never really work very well,
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and I like the implication of the heart not working very well either. F.W.: The album was also polarizing, turning off many longtime fans with its slicker, more popcentric presentation. Do you feel it still maintains a connection to your DIY punk roots? F.T.: I would answer that question with an emphatic “yes.” I know there are people that would disagree, and they tell me on a pretty regular basis [laughs]. But for me, DIY means seizing the day — making your own luck. Whether anyone still thinks I’m DIY or not, I’m always insanely busy. There is no free time in my life, and that’s how I like it. F.W.: Has your songwriting process changed since your early days? F.T.: I don’t want to say that writing is easy for me, because it’s not; I’ve spent an entire lifetime wrestling with words and chord changes. But it’s not something that I have to sit down and plan — it’s like a relentless puzzle in the back of my head that I’m always fiddling with. F.W.: You’ve said in interviews that when you were younger, you thought punk rock could change the world. Do you believe your music can have a similar effect? F.T.: No, that’s not something I’m aiming to do in any way. I’m very wary of people who say they’re setting out to change the world, because more often than not they haven’t actually consulted with the world that they’d like to change. As far as people taking some kind of message from what I do, hopefully it’s independence, self-reliance, self-respect and self-creation, which I believe quite strongly in. I wasn’t born as a talented singer, guitar player or songwriter. But I made a decision to be those things by working really hard. F.W.: Are you happy with the self you’ve created so far? Or do you think you still have a long way to go? F.T.: I’m going to keep giving it a shot. Obviously I’ve chosen to work in a fickle business, and whether or not I’ll have the luck, talent, physical endurance or popularity to continue to do this for the rest of my life remains to be seen. But I might as well give it shot. Nick McGregor themail@folioweekly.com
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First Wednesday Art Walk drew an estimated 12,000 to Downtown Jacksonville for Oktoberfest. On Nov. 6, the event celebrates its anniversary with “Cheers to 10 Years.” Photo: Rob Futrell
A Decade in Downtown
Ten years later, artists and art lovers continue to rally behind First Wednesday Art Walk FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK 5-9 p.m. Nov. 6 and every First Wednesday of the month Galleries, shops and bars of Downtown are open until 9 p.m. celebrating art walk’s 10-year anniversary 634-0303, iloveartwalk.com
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ack in 2003, only four Downtown Jacksonville venues carved out a little space for local artists to display their work for a new event on the first Wednesday of the month. “We were excited to hear that 300 to 400 people came out,” said Terry Lorince, executive director of Downtown Vision Inc. (DVI). The Jacksonville Landing, the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Snyder Memorial and 100 Laura Street hosted the artists. DVI chose Wednesday because MOCA had already scheduled a community celebration of the arts that night, Lorince said. Now, First Wednesday Art Walk draws more than 10,000 visitors with more than 50 participating vendors and many more unofficial locations that take part. With the art walk’s larger numbers, the event will occasionally close streets to traffic to allow folks to move freely. “Having too many people is a good problem,” Lorince said. “The goal is to bring more venues together and attract more people to visit and experience the beauty of art walk.” Through a decade of word of mouth and the dedication of artists and art lovers, the event has multiplied and celebrates on Nov. 6 with a “Cheers to 10 Years” theme. Liz Grebe, Downtown Vision marketing and events coordinator, said galleries, bars and restaurants are encouraged to have a celebratory theme and promote their favorite artists from the past 10 years. “Ten years down – 10 years to grow,” is Grebe’s tagline. Grebe said about 40 venues submit applications each month, and others participate on their own, displaying art or hiring musicians. On Oct. 2, the Oktoberfest-themed art walk with 50 participating vendors drew an estimated 12,000 people — the biggest event in 10 years. Hemming Plaza featured a biergarten with tables and benches and a German band, luring visitors — including many zombies and clowns — to dance and drink while perusing the art. Downtown resident Dardanius Smith has attended almost every First Wednesday Art Walk
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for nearly eight years, watching it grow in size and popularity. “I remember when the art walk would only cover one block,” Smith said. November is also the fourth anniversary for the Southlight Gallery, which recently moved to a new Hogan Street location closer to Hemming Plaza, the art walk’s nerve center. Gallery Manager Pam Zambetti said the gallery has moved four times as part of the Off the Grid program, a partnership between artists, property owners, Downtown Vision Inc. and the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville to fill vacant spaces in the urban core and provide artists with work and exhibition space. The Nov. 6 art walk serves as the gallery’s grand reopening in a prime street-level space to promote its more than 30 artists, Zambetti said. Art walkers have made Burrito Gallery a popular destination with its open-air back patio and its Adams Street outdoor tables. During the October event, Molotov Cocktail Party performed fire tricks, and Samuel Ronquillo’s art adorned the walls. Print Studio Jax was set up nearby, creating custom T-shirts on the sidewalk. The printmakers started as students under Patrick Mik at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “When One Spark rolled around, we thought it would be a great opportunity to take the subject we all love, printmaking, and attempt to open a public print shop,” said Brittany Gorelick, a drawing, painting and printmaking major at UNF. Print Studio Jax plans to showcase its work again in November in front of Burrito Gallery. Riverside resident Patrick Wells looks forward to art walk every month. He said interesting themes get people involved in the community. As a musician, he has played a few gigs at local bars over the past years. DVI encourages venues and artists to take the initiative and find each other. Lorince said that’s evidence of the event’s success. “It is everyone’s art walk,” she said. Anastassia Melnikov themail@folioweekly.com OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 37
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Wicked Talent
Eleven-year-old St. Augustine actress takes on villainous role at Limelight Theatre BAD SEED 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1-2, 5, 7-9, 14-16 and 21-23; 2 p.m. Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24. Preview performance 2013(Nov. 5) are sold out. (Oct. 31) and Terrifi© c Tuesday Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine Tickets: $20-$25 825-1164, limelight-theatre.org Recommended for mature audiences
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t’s not easy being a pre-teen. But being an 11-year-old triple-threat — singer, dancer and actor — while finishing your homework for the next school day is even harder. St. Augustine’s Ella Romaine handles it just fine. At a Thursday night rehearsal for “Bad Seed” at the Limelight Theatre, Ella didn’t have many lines or much action to cover, despite being the lead — Rhoda Penmark, the 8-year-old villain. “It feels kinda weird. I’m in the play, I rehearse the play, and then, when I get home, I think about other things,” said Ella, a sixthgrader at R.J. Murray Middle School. The production is based on the 1954 play “The Bad Seed” by American playwright Maxwell Anderson, which was adapted from 1954 novel of the same name by American © the 2013 writer William March. The show originally opened on Broadway in December 1954, then was adapted for a 1956 film that earned four Academy Award nominations. Through all of its transformations – novel, theater, film and even a made-for-TV remake in 1985 — “Bad Seed” has had one commonality: the sweet-on-the-outside and menacing-on-theinside world of Rhoda Penmark. Although nothing like Rhoda, Ella was chosen specifically for her acting ability and the director’s confidence that she could handle the mature nature of the role. “Bad Seed” centers on the sweet and charming Rhoda, who is much loved by her elders, but falls under suspicion when a rival schoolmate mysteriously drowns at a picnic. During rehearsals, Ella was usually the only child in the theater. Her mother, Rebecca Romaine, sometimes accompanied her or left her under the supervision of the play’s director, Limelight Theatre Executive Director Beth Lambert. 38 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013
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“It was a tough decision for my husband Josh and me,” Romaine said. “But we realized it’s an opportunity for Ella to grow as an actor, so we made a decision that we would support her.” Lambert discouraged Romaine from attending rehearsals; she became more chauffer than stage mom — dropping Ella off at the theater and then picking her up at the end. “I’ve been a backstage mom for years — making costumes and helping with set design — so this has been a growing experience for both of us,” Romaine said. That separation might have been a bit more difficult considering Ella’s past. She was born with a condition in her left foot called a tarsal coalition, or a fusion of the bone, which prevented her from bending her ankle. At age 10, she had foot surgery to correct the misplacement. The doctors opened up her bones, so she could have full range of motion and the operation was successful. “Shortly after, Ella auditioned for ‘The Little Princess,’ and although she was in a wheelchair — recovering — she owned it,” Romaine said. “She loved it and put her whole heart into it.” “Bad Seed” won’t be Ella’s first encounter with the marquee. She has appeared in multiple productions of “The Nutcracker” by St. Augustine Ballet and various Limelight Theatre KidsfACTory shows including “Robin Hood,” “Pinkalicious The Musical” and “Frankenstein Takes the Cake.” Ella was recently cast as the lead in “Annie,” directed by JoAnn Nance and slated to hit the St. Augustine Amphitheatre stage on Dec. 19. “It’s a lot of work,” Romaine said. “But there’s nothing better than sitting in that audience and watching her shine. It’s a family effort, and everyone supports.” Kara Pound themail@folioweekly.com
Arts PERFORMANCE
SOUTH PACIFIC The Rogers & Hammerstein classic musical continues through Dec. 1 – doors 6 p.m. Tue.-Sun., 11 a.m. Sat., noon Sun. – at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, dinner and a show $43-$49, reservations required, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. QUILLS The ghastly comedy continues through Nov. 2 – 8 p.m. Thur.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. – at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, $12-$23, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org. LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre presents Nora and Delia Ephron’s dramedy on relationships, life and fashion, 8 p.m. Nov. 1-2, 7-9 and 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7177, abettheatre.com. LOMBARDI Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi’s life story is staged 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, 8 p.m. Nov. 1-2 and 8-9, and 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., San Marco, $20-$25, 396-4425, theatrejax.com. BAD SEED The mystery recommended for mature audiences opens with a preview Oct. 31 and continues Nov. 1-24 – 7:30 p.m. Thur.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun. – at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, $20$25, 825-1164, limelight-theatre.org. YANKEE TAVERN Amelia Community Theatre presents this dramatic thriller, 8 p.m. Oct. 31, Nov. 1-2, 8-9 and 2 p.m. Nov. 3, at Studio 209, 207 Cedar St., Fernandina Beach, $10-$20, 261-6749, ameliacommunitytheatre.org. EURYDICE The fresh take on the ancient Orpheus myth by playwright Sarah Ruhl is presented 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1-2 and 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theater, 2800 N. University Blvd., Arlington, $5-$15, 256-7677, arts.ju.edu. CHECK, PLEASE A play set in a restaurant within a restaurant is staged Nov. 3, 10, 17 and 24 – dinner 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. – at Raintree Restaurant Dinner Theater, 102 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, $39.95, 824-7211, raintreerestaurant.com. SPOKEN WORD Local poets and wordsmiths sound off 7 p.m. Nov. 7 and every first Thur. of the month at The Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville.com.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
PAINTING & DRAWING CLASSES The deadline to sign up for classes in oil and acrylic painting and drawing is Oct. 30. Oil and acrylic painting, 9 a.m.-noon Wed.; drawing 1-4 p.m. Wed., Nov. 6-Dec. 11 at Kenneth W. Dow Museum, 149 Cordova St., St. Augustine, joanftasca.com. NASSAU COMMUNITY BAND The Nassau Community Band seeks new members for its 11th season as a multigenerational ensemble; rehearsals 6 p.m. Oct. 31 and every Thur. in Yulee Middle School band room, 85439 Miner Road, 277-1257, contactinfo@nassaucommunityband.com, nassaucommunityband.com. FILMMAKER JOSH GIBSON Experimental filmmaker Gibson, currently a lecturing fellow at Duke University’s Arts of the Moving Image program, gives a screening and talk, 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at Flagler College’s Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, free, 826-8530, flagler.edu/crispellert. GALA ON THE GROUNDS The fundraiser benefiting the Beaches Museum & History Park is 6:30-10 p.m. Nov. 8 at the museum, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Visitors pick Vintage Florida attire from their favorite era. Event includes food and cocktails from several popular Beaches restaurants. $100 ($74 for 35 and younger), 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. OUR FEMININE SIDE ART SHOW The Art Center, in partnership with the Women’s Center of Jacksonville, accepts pieces in all media for “Our Feminine Side,” with works representing the female form, women’s issue, women’s politics and the stages of womanhood among other themes. The entry deadline is Nov. 13 at the Art Center Premier Gallery, Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 150, Downtown, 355-1757, tacjacksonville.org/premier. html. The opening reception is Nov. 14. ROWITA AWARD NOMINATIONS The St. Johns Cultural Council accepts nominations for Recognizing Outstanding Women in the Arts Awards through Dec. 1. For information on application criteria, call 808-7330 or go to stjohnsculture.com.
CLASSICAL & JAZZ
BRECKER BROTHERS BAND REUNION Great American Jazz Series concert, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, 1 UNF Drive, Southside, $8-$35, 620-2878, unf.edu. COVER THE TOWN WITH SOUND Jacksonville Symphony Ensemble, 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside, free, 354-5547, jaxsymphony.org. NAT ADDERLY JR., LONGINEU PARSONS Two international jazz stars, 8 p.m. Nov. 2 at Jazzland Café, 1324 University
Blvd. N., Arlington, $15, 240-1009, jazzlandcafe.com. MUSICAL STORYBOOKS Jacksonville Symphony String Quartet, 11 a.m. Nov. 2 at Southeast Regional Branch Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd., Southside, free, 354-5547, jaxsymphony.org. COVER THE TOWN WITH SOUND Jacksonville Symphony Ensemble, 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at Highlands Library, 1826 Dunn Ave., Northside, free, 354-5547, jaxsymphony.org. THE ART OF CLARINET Jacksonville Symphony’s clarinet section, 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at JU’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd., Arlington, free, 256-7677, ju.edu. JU CHAMBER ENSEMBLES Top student groups perform chamber music, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at JU’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd., Arlington, free, 256-7677, ju.edu. JU CHORAL GROUPS Jacksonville University choral groups, 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, free, 630-2665, jplmusic.blogspot.com. JU JAZZ FACULY IN CONCERT World-class musicians perform original pieces, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at JU Swisher Theater, 2800 University Blvd., Arlington, free, 256-7677, ju.edu. AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR The choir, which raises money to combat poverty and hunger in Africa, performs 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Murray Baptist Church, 4300 Post St., Murray Hill, 636-8702, africanchildrenschoir.com.
ART WALKS, FESTIVALS & MARKETS
MID-WEEK MARKET Arts and crafts, local produce and live music are featured 3-6 p.m. Oct. 30 and every Wed. at Bull Memorial Park, corner of East Coast Drive and Seventh Street, Atlantic Beach, 247-5800. DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts and crafts and local produce are offered 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 1 and every Fri. at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Downtown, 353-1188. FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK The tour of Art Galleries of St. Augustine is held Nov. 1 and every first Fri., with more than 15 galleries participating, 829-0065. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional artists, strolling performers, bands and a farmers market are featured 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 2 and every Sat. at 715 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 554-6865, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. COMMUNITY FIRST SATURDAY The event, held the first Sat. each month, features Art in the Park, free art classes in Hogan Street Gazebo, arts and family activities, food trucks on Pearl Street, and a music stage as part of Jacksonville Original Music Fest, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 2 on Northbank Riverwalk in Downtown Jacksonville, free, communityfirstsaturdays.com. FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK An art walk, featuring 30-40 galleries, museums and businesses and spanning 15 blocks, is held 5-9 p.m. Nov. 6 and every first Wed. in Downtown Jacksonville. For an events map, go to downtownjacksonville.org/marketing; iloveartwalk.com.
MUSEUMS
ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERYJacksonville University, 2800 N. University Blvd., Arlington, 256-7371, arts.ju.edu. “Hackers And Painters,” an exhibit of twodimensional and time-based works, painting, sculpture and installation by Florida State University’s art faculty Joelle Dietrick and Judy Rushin, continues through Nov. 6. AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. The children’s exhibit, “Discovery Ship,” allows kids to pilot the ship, hoist flags and learn about the history of Fernandina’s harbor. BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. “A Painter and a Potter: Mary Ann Bryan and Charlie Brown,” featuring artists from Mayport Village, is on display through Dec. 1. CAMP BLANDING MUSEUM 5629 S.R. 16 W., Camp Blanding, Starke, 682-3196, campblanding-museum. org. Artwork, weapons, uniforms and other artifacts from the activities of Camp Blanding during World War II are displayed along with outdoor displays of vehicles from WWII, Vietnam and Desert Storm. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/crispellert. “The Chess Project: Lee Walton Plays The World” opens with a walk-through and reception with the artist and chess enthusiast 5 p.m. Oct. 30. The exhibit continues through Nov. 30. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 356-6857, cummer.org. “Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection” continues through Jan. 5. Florida State University Professor William Walmsley, a printmaker who holds the record for the longest series of prints in the history of art (and who invented fluorescent lithography), displays his work through July 8, 2014. “The
Human Figure: Sculptures by Enzo Torcoletti” is on display through September 2014. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/jaxfrm.html. “Better Left Unsaid,” an exhibit of sculpture and steampunk art by Jim Smith and black-and-white photography by Mary Atwood, is on display through Nov. 1. “Works of Yard and the Art of Lawn,” an exhibit of Diantha York-Ripley opens with a reception 5:30-8 p.m. Nov. 8. The exhibit continues through Dec. 31. “Russia,” a history of Russia from Peter the Great to the first conquest of space, is on display through Dec. 28. The permanent collection includes other rare manuscripts. LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 824-2874, lightnermuseum.org. The permanent collection features relics from America’s Gilded Age, exhibited on three floors. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. The first exhibit to encompass the entire span of Michael Goldberg’s work, “Abstraction Over Time,” reappraises his contribution to postwar painting and presents a case study of the transformations of abstraction in American art. The exhibit continues through Jan. 5. “Mythos: From Concept to Creation” – sculptural works by Enzo Torcoletti, reflecting a symbolic diversity of the human form – are on display through Jan. 19 in the UNF Gallery MOCA. An artist’s reception is 6-8 p.m. Nov. 6 during First Wednesday Art Walk. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors,” developed by The Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning, examines risk related to an asteroid hitting Earth and what scientists can learn from the objects. The exhibit is displayed through Dec. 31. “Uncovering the Past: Archaeological Discoveries of North Florida” is on display through August 2014. RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville.com. The exhibit “Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner, Connecting Communities Through Language” continues through Dec. 31. Modeled after Harlem’s “Amateur Night at the Apollo,” host searches are held 7:30-10:30 p.m. every first Fri. of the month, $5.50.
GALLERIES
THE ART CENTER PREMIERE GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 150, Downtown, 355-1757, tacjacksonville.org/premier.html. The juried exhibit “Creatures” is on display through Nov. 22. AVONDALE ARTWORKS 3562 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 384-8797, avondaleartworks.com. “Visions of Impressionism” – an exhibit with paintings, etchings and lithographs by Degas, Gauguin, Manet and Renoir – is on display Nov. 5-17. Alexandre Renoir, the great grandson of Pierre Auguste Renoir, makes appearances Nov. 16-17. Reservations required. CORK ARTS DISTRICT 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside, corkartsdistrict.tumblr.com. “Femme Deux,” an exhibit of work by artists Lucy Clark, Christina Foard, Caroline Daley and Sharla Valeski, opens with a reception 6-10 p.m. Nov. 16 and continues through Nov. 30 at CoRK West. 707-0030. GALLERY725 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 5, Atlantic Beach, 345-9320, gallery725.com. “The Elements: Metal” – a multimedia exhibit featuring works by Ken Daga, “Flew” (Frank Lewis), Kelly Meagher, Linda Olsen, Shayna Raymond, Matthew Winghart and Tonsenia Yonn – continues through Nov. 10. HIGH TIDE GALLERY51 Cordova St., St. Augustine, 829-6831. Pet artist Mark Durham’s work is featured during the “Thanksgiving for Homeless Pets” fundraiser, benefiting S.A.F.E. Pets Rescue, Wags & Whiskers, Ayla’s Acres and Second Chance Rescue. The kickoff event is 5-9 p.m. Nov. 1 during First Friday Art Walk with music from Salt Driven Ride. The gallery features 40 local artists. KENT GALLERY FSCJ Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd., Westside, 381-3674. An exhibit of Troy Eittreim’s works continues through Nov. 19. SOUTH GALLERY FSCJ’s South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-2023, facebook.com/southgallery. Bharati Chaudhuri and Ron Garrett’s paintings, prints and sculptures are displayed through Nov. 14. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 553-6361, southlightgallery.com. The gallery celebrates its reopening at a new location during First Wednesday Art Walk, 5-9 p.m. Nov. 6. SPACE:EIGHT 228 W. King St., St. Augustine, 829-2838, spaceeight.com. “Art Dorks Rise,” an exhibit by the Art Dorks Collective, continues through Nov. 30. For a complete list of art events or to submit your own, go to folioweekly.com/calendar. For instructions on how to submit your event, go to folioweekly.com/eventhowto.html. Folio Weekly does not accept emails for events to appear in print listings. The deadline to submit an event for print publication is 4 p.m. Monday, 10 days before publication. Because of space constraints, not all events will appear in print.
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Happenings HALLOWEEN
SPOOKTACULAR The annual event continues 6:30-10 p.m. Oct. 30-31 at Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens, 370 Zoo Parkway, Jacksonville, $8 for members; $10 for nonmembers, 757-4463. CREATURES OF THE NIGHT Young ghosts and goblins wander wild walkways and meet costumed animal-keepers with creepy creatures and candy 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 31 at St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, 999 Anastasia Blvd., $8 adults, kids 2-11 $6 for pass members; $9 adults, $7 for kids 2-11 nonmembers; 824-3337, alligatorfarm.com. HAUNT NIGHTS HAUNTED HOUSE Apocalypse 3D Haunted House, dusk-11 p.m. through Nov. 2; Carnieville and Dark Fables, dusk-10 p.m. Oct. 30-31 and dusk-11 p.m. Nov. 1-2, at Adventure Landing, 1944 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, prices vary; 246-4386, adventurelanding.com. THE HOARD 7 p.m.-mid. Oct. 31 at Clay County Fairgrounds, 2493 S.R. 16, Green Cove Springs, 748-0059; $15 adults; $25 VIP; thedungeons-ha.com. RIPLEY’S Zombieville Part II Terror Under the Big Top paintball shooting gallery, 8-11 p.m. Oct. 31, 254 San Marco Ave., Old Sugar Mill, St. Augustine, 829-6545, facebook.com/redtrains. PARANORMAL AFTER HOURS TOUR An otherworldly tour of the historic Florida Theatre with CW-17’s “Local Haunts” host and a spiritual medium, 11 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $39.50, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com. AMAZING GRACE CROP MAZE Petting zoo, corn crib, live music, fish and wildlife exhibit, 2-7 p.m. Nov. 1 and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 2 at 2899 Wisteria Farms Rd., Green Cove Springs; $11 for ages 4 and older, 284-2949, agcropmaze.com. TALES FROM THE STREETS Jacksonville Deuces MC presents the fifth-annual costume party with meet and greet 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at Celebrity’s, 5522 Soutel Drive, Northside; Deuces East Coast Regional Deuces Ride, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2 at Super 8, 8555 Blanding Blvd., $5 per rider; Family Picnic, noon Nov. 2 at Fleet Reserve No. 91, 5391 Collins Road; fifth-annual costume dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nov. 2 at 146th ESB FLNG Army Armory, 9900 Normandy Blvd., Westside, $10-$15 614-4490, 757-636-1601. RIVER CITY HAUNTS A ghostly walking tour, 8 p.m. every Fri. through Dec. 20, starting at Jacksonville Landing escalators. For reservations, call 827-1845; $15 for adults; $5 for kids 5-12; adlibtours.com. HAUNTING OF SCHOOL HOUSE 4 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 28, Mandarin; $20 Fri.-Sat., $18 Thur. and Sun., kids under 12 must be with an adult; 7-10 p.m. Oct. 31; pandemichauntedattractions.com.
EVENTS
CRAFTY LADIES FALL CRAFT SHOW The Crafty Ladies Fall and Christmas Craft Show and Bake Sale is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1-2 at Highlands United Presbyterian Church at 10900 McCormick Road, Arlington, 641-9622, hupcjax.org.
COMEDY
RICH GUZZI HYPNOSIS The comic/hypnotist appears 8 p.m. Oct. 30-31 and 8 and 10 pm. Nov. 1-2 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $10-$14, 292-4242, richguzzi.com.
KIDS
KIDS READING CLUB Every Wed. except First Wednesday Art Walk, 4-5 p.m. readers read popular favorites to kids 6 months-8 years, 4 p.m. Oct. 30, Chamblin Bookmine, 215 N. Laura St., Downtown, free, chamblinbookmine.com. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR Based on the popular children’s books, the performance includes a caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly, Little Cloud and The Mixed-Up Chameleon, 10:15 a.m. Nov. 5 at Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Drive, Orange Park, $8, 276-6815, thcenter.org.
POLITICS, ACTIVISM & BUSINESS
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE The group gathers 8:30 a.m. Oct. 30 at AIFBY Chamber of Commerce, 961687 Gateway Blvd., Ste. 101G, Amelia Island, 261-3248. CREATIVE BUSINESS PLANNING The class “Business Planning for Creatives: Artists, Writers, Healers, Coaches, & Independent Practitioners” is held 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and 15 and Dec. 6 in Atlantic Beach; yvette@narratives4change.com, 800-913-8611 ext. 1. For a complete list of happenings, go to folioweekly.com/ calendar. For instructions on how to submit your event, go to folioweekly.com/eventhowto.html. Folio Weekly does not accept emails for events to appear in print listings. The deadline for print publication is 4 p.m. Mon., 10 days before issue. Due to space constraints, not all events will appear in print.
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Sportstalk
Gator Deflator
Florida football has myriad midseason maladies FLORIDA GATORS VS. GEORGIA BULLDOGS 3:30 p.m. Nov. 2 EverBank Field, 1 EverBank Field Drive, Downtown Sold out, but tickets can be found on resale sites
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ello, Gator fans: four wins, three losses and third place in the SEC East – that’s not what you expected going into this season, am I right? And the untimely end of quarterback Jeff Driskel’s era — that took you by surprise, too. I wish I had some answers for you. I wish I could say that if a few things just went better for the Gators, then they would be back in the mix. Basically, I wish I were a better liar. But I’m not. I deal in reality. And the reality of the Florida Gators is harsher than last week’s cold coffee. It’s not as simple as losing the starting quarterback, or Dominique Easley from the defensive line, or Matt Jones — no, not the erstwhile Jaguar with the Foot Locker discount card — from the running back stable. The problems with this team cannot be isolated to one or two or three key personnel. They won’t be fixed in time for the Nov. 2 Florida-Georgia game. They won’t be fixed in 2013. It’s arguable that there are too many problems to list here, but I’ll touch on the major ones. Lack of imagination: An old adage applies to the Gators offense: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This holds true for the putrid offensive football we have seen this year — and really throughout the Will Muschamp era. Florida Gators football for years was among the most exciting college football to watch in the entire country. Throughout the Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer eras, even non-fans could watch Gators football and know that they were going to see something worth watching. Now? What we get is some low-rent, wannabe Woody Hayes “run the ball, stop the run, and play smashmouth” template that works better in theory, or in sepia-tinged photographs from yesteryear, than in practice. Muschamp built the team to play 16-13 games against Alabama. However, when Alabama needs to throw the ball downfield and score 50, the Crimson Tide can do that. We know the Gators cannot. Bad personnel evaluation: Exhibit A: Kelvin Taylor. Son of Fred Taylor — the best running back in Jaguars history and arguably the best in the illustrious history of the Florida Gators. It took until midseason for Kelvin Taylor to get significant playing time, in spite of his elusiveness and his pedigree. No one really knows why Jones and Mack Brown kept Taylor
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off the field earlier than he was absolutely needed, except, well, they were upperclassmen. Taylor had 74 yards in the crushing loss to Missouri — almost half of the total offensive output. There is little chance that a Muschamp team would be able to recruit a legit top-flight quarterback like Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel or FSU’s Jameis Winston at this point — believe me, no one with real skills is going to want to come to Gainesville for the rest of the decade. But if a player did, he probably wouldn’t play for years — not because he lacked talent, but because he lacked tenure. Support will dry up: Let’s suppose the Gators lose to Georgia. Lose to South Carolina. Lose to Florida State. Let’s suppose this is a six-loss team, one that scuffles its way to a December bowl game. What will happen? The stands will be empty, and the booster clubs will be mutinous. And they should be. People have been conditioned to expect quality product — double-digit wins and contention for conference titles. Remember how Ron Zook was run out of the 352 area code? He was exiled from Gator Nation for a lot less, in terms of demonstrated semi-competence, than Muschamp. Unless the Gators find a way to turn it around and win some games, sort of like longtime assistant Charlie Strong has done in Louisville with his Heisman candidate quarterback “Steady” Teddy Bridgewater, Muschamp will not be here for 2014. Nor should he be. The Gators program is like a Formula One racecar — it demands high performance. As it should, given the wealth of talent in the Sunshine State’s high schools, especially at the skill positions. Of course, I’ve been wrong before about football. I thought the Jaguars would be a lot better than they were at the beginning of the season — a function of irrational exuberance because of preseason games and what appeared to be a nice draft. I really would prefer to be wrong about Muschamp’s Gators. Unfortunately, I don’t see much hope. The offense is static, and the defense is not strong enough to compensate, and no easy fixes appear on the horizon. AG Gancarski themail@folioweekly.com twitter.com/aggancarski OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 41
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Once when I was hiking through Maui’s rain forest, I spied a majestic purple honohono flower sprouting from a rotting log. As I bent down close, I inhaled the merged aromas of moldering wood and sweet floral fragrance. Let’s make this scene your metaphor of the week. Here’s why: A part of your life that is in the throes of decay can serve as host for a magnificent bloom. What has been lost to you may become the source of fertility. Halloween costume suggestion: a garbage man or cleaning maid wearing a crown of roses.
Leave her breathless.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What don’t you like? What don’t you want to do? What kind of person do you not want to become and what life do you never want to live? Resolve those questions with as much certainty as possible. Write it all down, preferably in the form of a contract with yourself, and sign it: a declaration of the boundaries you won’t cross, the activities you won’t waste your time on, and the desires that aren’t worthy of you. It will feed your freedom to know exactly what you like and what you want to accomplish and who you want to become. Halloween costume suggestion: the opposite of who you really are. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you up for an experiment? Not just on Halloween, but for a week afterward, be scarier than your fears. If an anxious thought pops into your mind, bare your teeth and growl, “Get out of here or I will rip you to shreds!” If a demon visits you in a nightly dream, chase after it with a torch and sword, screaming “Begone, foul spirit, or I will burn your mangy ass!” Don’t tolerate bullying in any form, whether it comes from a critical little voice in your head or from supposedly nice people who are trying to guilt-trip you. Shout, “I am a brave conqueror who cannot be intimidated!” CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are you ready to be amazed? Now would be an excellent time to shed your soul’s infantile illusions … to play wildly with the greatest mystery you know … to accept gifts that enhance your freedom and refuse gifts that don’t … to seek out a supernatural encounter that heals your chronic sadness … to consort and converse with sexy magical spirits from the future. Halloween costume suggestion: the archetypal LOVER. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people in your vicinity are smoldering and fuming. Conspiracy theories are ripening and rotting at the same time. Hidden agendas are seeping into conversations, and gossip is swirling like ghostly dust devils. Yet in the midst of this mayhem, an eerie calm possesses you. As everyone else struggles, you’re poised and full of grace. To what do we owe this stability? I suspect it has to do with the fact that life is showing you how to feel at home in the world no matter what’s happening around you. Keep making yourself receptive to these teachings. Halloween costume suggestion: King or Queen of Relaxation.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Unification should be a key theme for you in the coming weeks. Anything you do that promotes blending and harmonizing will get extra help, sometimes from mysterious forces. The more you work to find common ground between opposing sides, the stronger you’ll feel and the better you’ll look. If you can manage to mend schisms and heal wounds, unexpected luck will flow into your life. To encourage these developments, consider these Halloween disguises: a roll of tape, a stick of Krazy Glue, a wound that’s healing, a bridge.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What do you think you’d be like if you were among the wealthiest 1 percent on earth? Would you demand that your government raise your taxes so you could contribute more to our collective well-being? Would you live simply and cheaply so you’d have more money to donate to charities and other worthy causes? I suggest you play around with fantasies like that — maybe even masquerade as an incredibly rich philanthropist who doles out cash and gifts everywhere you go. Imagine what it would be like if you had everything you needed and felt so grateful you shared your abundance freely. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What if you had the power to enchant and even bewitch people with your charisma? Would you wield your allure without mercy? Would you feel wicked delight in their attraction to you, even if you didn’t plan to give them what they want? You may have more mojo at your disposal than you realize. Speaking for your conscience, I will ask you not to desecrate your privilege. If you must manipulate people, do it for their benefit as well as yours. Use your raw magic responsibly. Halloween costume suggestion: a mesmerizing guru, an irresistible diva, a stage magician. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I had a dream that you were in the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You were like the character played by George Clooney after he escaped from a prison chain gang. You were on the lam, making your way from adventure to adventure as you eluded those who would throw you back in the slammer. You were not yet in the clear, but you seemed to be en route to total emancipation. I think this dream is an apt metaphorical depiction of your actual life right now. Could you somehow use it in designing your Halloween costume? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I invite you to try the following exercise. Imagine the most powerful role you could realistically attain in the future. This is a position or niche or job that will authorize you to wield your influence to the max. It will give you the clout to shape the environments you share with other people. It will allow you to freely express your important ideas and have them be treated seriously. Let your imagination run a little wild as you visualize the possibilities. Incorporate your visions into your Halloween costume. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the course of earning a living, I have worked four different jobs as a janitor and six as a dishwasher. On the brighter side, I have performed as a songwriter and lead singer for six rock bands and currently write a syndicated astrology column. The next eight months will be a favorable time to ensure that you’ll be doing your own personal equivalent of rock singer or astrology columnist well into the future. Halloween costume suggestion: your dream job. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Robert Louis Stevenson loved the work of poet Walt Whitman, regarding him as an unruly force of nature and “a large shaggy dog, just unchained, scouring the beaches of the world and baying at the moon.” Your assignment is to do your best imitation of a primal creature like Whitman. In fact, consider being him for Halloween. Maybe you could memorize passages from Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and recite them at random moments. Here’s one: “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
JACKSONVILLE ZOO, MOM AND KIDS You: at the zoo with your 2 children, and I’m guessing you’re Mom and Dad. I first saw you by the maze and then at the children’s play area. We passed each other a few times after that. I wanted to introduce myself, and I regret that I didn’t. Me: the guy who made eye contact with you as much as I could trying to see if there was an interest. I was with my three beautiful little boys. Would like to know if there was a mutual attraction/interest? When: Oct. 19, 2013. Where: Jacksonville DIDN’T DREAD LOOKING AT YOU You: brown dreadlocks, cute smile at Yoga Fest. Me: colorful dress with a screaming baby in a stroller. You asked me what I did to the kid. When: Oct. 12, 2013. Where: Riverside Arts Market. #1306-1023 PEGASUS GALLERY’S GODDESS You: Covered in tattoos, eyes to get lost in, tiny adorable hands, buns to die for! Me: Redhead bombshell, can’t get enough, drooling over sexy you. The moment ISU smile, had to have you. Want to wake up to your beautiful face, making you feel special. Be my bite-sized goodness. I adore you. When: Oct. 10. Where: Pegasus Gallery, St. Augustine. #1302-1016 SEARCHING FOR SHARK TEETH You: Digging in the sand, searching for shark teeth; looked as beautiful as I’ve ever seen you. You’re so curious about the world; your curiosity’s sophisticated, inspiring, sexy. I think about you every day; hope I cross your mind every now and then. Wish I was your missing shark tooth. When: Sept. 2. Where: Jacksonville. #1302-1016 FROM COLD SHOULDER TO PINING AFTER YOU We shared a picnic table, you snapchatting away. I yelled at you, I’m that drunk girl. I gave you the cold shoulder, but hey girl, can I take ya on a date and a half? Four and a half? When: A date and a half ago. Where: Park Place Picnicking. #1300-1009 PETERBROOKE BOY You: Carrying Peterbrooke bag, pink tissue, hope it’s for your mom. Tall, dark, handsome (dirty blonde), gray shirt/pants. You walked in the Loop, look confused, didn’t buy anything. I’ll help you find where to go. Me: On lunch, young professional, gray skirt, white shirt, brown hair, light brown eyes that met yours a time or two. Smiled at each other on sidewalk. When: Oct. 3. Where: San Marco. #1301-1009 READING JUXTAPOSE Me: Long brown curly hair, freckles and tight black pants. You: Denim & tattoos. We made eye contact several times. Maybe I’m lucky enough for you to read this! When: Sept. 26. Where: Barnes & Noble @ Town Center. #1299-1002 STAY As brief as it was, it was still worth it. That one moment when you and I shared eye contact was all it took. My heart fluttered and my words stuttered. I couldn’t get “Hello” out. But as long as you and I exist, you will be in my prayers. When: My birthday. Where: Library. #1298-1002 PUB OUTLAW You: Beautiful, long dark-haired; in that black OUTLAW dress. Must say NEVER seen a dress worn so well. Me: Just hanging out playing pool. Would love to see you come through that door and suck the oxygen out of that place ONCE again. You’re plain AMAZING. When: Sept. 20. Where: The Pub. #1297-1002
PLAYING WITH SARAN WRAP You: Half-Asian? Beauty in your green apron, wrapping containers filled with coffee goodies. Me: Wearing a Boston hat, joking about the I Saw U’s. Hey girl. There’s a first and a half for everything. When: Sept. 18. Where: Starbucks @ Baymeadows. #1296-0925 BLONDE WITH A FEDORA I walked up to the sub line not knowing that a tall, beautiful blonde would be finishing her order before me. We briefly made eye contact; you walked away. I ordered my sub without toppings, hoping I’d run into you at checkout. Maybe next time. When: Sept. 1. Where: Publix Subs @ Atlantic Blvd. #1295-0918 WILD CHILD You: Brown-eyed brunette wearing black at the Wild Child show. Me: Checkered shirt and jeans, with a PBR, trying to pay attention to the music and failing. The songs were good, but your dancing was better. Maybe next time I can join? When: Sept. 15. Where: Jack Rabbits. #1294-0918 BLEND MY SMOOTHIE CENTURY EMT You: Big thing in a small package. Wearing an EMT shirt, getting into a sexy beige Chevy. Me: Cute brunette hottie behind the counter at Smoothie King. Let’s get together and blend our juices. When: Sept. 11. Where: Smoothie King @ Fleming Island. #1293-0918 CUTE GUY ALONE AT CPK You: Blonde guy, reddish button-down, jeans, eating alone at CPK. Me: Brunette girl, black top, jeans, picking up to-go order. Waitresses surrounded you; I couldn’t say hi or give you my number. But my sister dared me to; you must reply. Every ’80s baby knows a dare’s a dare! When: Sept. 14. Where: California Pizza Kitchen, Town Center. #1292-0918 BEAUTIFUL BLONDE ON FOOTBALL FIELD Me: Tall guy jogging around a football field who stopped dead in his tracks. You: Beautiful woman leaving football practice with a Miami bag and a maroon SU. I have to see you again; would love to buy you lunch, dinner or anything you want! When: Aug. 10. Where: Police Athletic League. #1291-0918 ASKED ABOUT MY VISOR You asked me if my visor had broken yet. I replied I was just thinking about that same thing the day before … you lald, me red pixie. I’d just left volunteer work; was a bit flustered. Should have gotten better instructions on fixing it. Might need your help! When: Sept. 7. Where: Corner Store off Lakeshore Boulevard. #1290-0918 MELLOW MUSHROOM BAR I saw you at the bar and you spoke to me, asking if I was having a party. Your male friend walked away and we had a little conversation. We told each other where we lived, generally. Need to see that smile again. When: Aug. 19. Where: Mellow Mushroom St. Augustine. #1289-0918 CHECK YOU OUT With all that attitude, elegance and the ability to read, I’ve got to say Freckles … you’re perfect. Keep turning pages and heads. When: Sept. 4. Where: Main Street Library. #1288-0911 HANSEN LOOK-A-LIKE You: Long-haired beautiful man-child sitting alone at Poe’s complaining about life. You ordered 3 shots of Fireball and chili cheese fries. We started talking about UFOs and government conspiracy. Let’s meet again. This time it’ll be out of this world. I’ll show you my Area 51. When: Sept. 4. Where: Poe’s Tavern. #1287-0911
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Perturbing Passed Pets
Land developers for the iconic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo. (famous as the inspiration for the hotel in Stephen King’s “The Shining”), announced recently that they need more space and thus will dig up and move the hotel’s 12-gravesite pet cemetery. Neighbors told the Fort Collins Coloradoan in September that they feared the construction noise, but somehow ignored the potential release of departed spirits (though an “Animal Planet” “dog psychic” who lives in Estes Park seemed to volunteer her services to calm the pets’ souls).
normally have a weak defense under the state’s “stand your ground” law (which requires an “imminent” threat of a forcible felony) because evidence indicates that any threats against him were made previously and not at the time of the shooting. However, in a court filing, Woodward’s lawyers justified the pre-emptive ground-standing by referring to the “Bush Doctrine” employed by the U.S. in invading Iraq in 2003 (the U.S. “standing its ground” against Iraqi weapons of mass destruction). (The judge promised a ruling by November.)
Officials at Milford Haven School in Pembrokeshire County, Wales, punished Rhys Johnson, 14, in October for violating the dress code against shaved heads. He was helping raise money for an anti-cancer charity after a third relative of his contracted the illness.
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North Andover (Mass.) High School punished honor student and volleyball captain Erin Cox in October for giving a drunk classmate a ride home. Cox was clean-and-sober, but violated the school’s “zero tolerance” attitude toward alcohol users (even though more student drunk-driving might result if sober friends feared school punishment).
Freed Against His Will
Walter Dixon knew that he was about to be relocated in December 2012 from a Joliet, Ill., correctional facility to begin serving a new federal drug conspiracy sentence, but instead, state officials mistakenly freed him. Dixon protested but said he was aggressively dismissed from the premises. It was not until September that he was finally re-arrested and began his new sentence. (Dixon was easily located because, though free, he had met regularly with his parole officer and was taking several vocational courses.)
Whistleblowhard
After consulting with a lawyer, Evan Dobelle, president of Massachusetts’ Westfield State University, accused of billing the state for unauthorized travel expenses, is reportedly considering claiming that he actually “selfreported” the violations as soon as suspicions turned up. Dobelle says he would thus be entitled to the protection of the state “whistleblower” statute, which shields inside informers when they expose wrongdoing. (Dobelle was placed on paid leave in October.)
A Hole in Peeper Law
In September, landlord Elwyn Gene Miller, 64, went on trial in Iowa City, Iowa, for spying on tenants in the small apartment building he owns — after apparently having constructed peepholes allowing him views into bathrooms and other areas, and having been spotted climbing from a crawl space after accessing one peephole. Nonetheless, as Miller’s lawyer pointed out, the law applies only to peeping for “sexual gratification,” and there is no “first-hand knowledge or observation” that Miller was “aroused” at the time he was spotted. (At press time, the judge was mulling a decision.)
He Pre-emptively Stood His Ground
William Woodward of Titusville, Fla., awaiting trial on two murder counts in September, might
Rewarding Math Student with Sexting?
Riverview, Fla., school teacher Ethel Anderson, 31, was convicted in September of having sex with a 12-year-old boy she was tutoring, despite her attempt to explain away the key evidence — “hundreds” of sexual text messages — as mere “rewards” to get his attention and encourage progress in math.
In September, an appeals tribunal reinstated Gwent, Wales, police officer Shaun Jenkins, 36, who was fired in 2010 for having sex with a woman while on duty. The head of a police court concluded that Jenkins was on an authorized break at the time — no more improper than stopping for “a spot of tea.” (Investigators originally found it appalling that Jenkins was out of uniform during the escapade, but he pointed out that his gun remained on his person at all times, albeit down around his ankles.)
If Only Those Women Had Guns
The City Council in Washington City, Utah, recently approved the construction of a firing range next to the Dixie GunWorx shop, even though the firing range’s neighbor on the other side is a women’s domestic-abuse shelter (whose officials fear that gunfire might re-traumatize some of the victims who had sought refuge). Dixie’s CEO hinted to KSTUTV that if the shelter victims had been armed in the first place, they could have prevented the abuse. Chuck Shepherd Weirdnews@earthlink.net
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In October, Jeffrey Laub, 39, was sentenced on several traffic charges, including leading police on a 111 mph, “Dukes of Hazzard”-style chase through Logan Canyon near Logan, Utah, with the explanation only that he needed an emergency restroom because of something he ate. Judge Thomas Willmore called the excuse “one of the worst” he had heard, because Laub had passed several public toilets during the chase.
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What a 47-foot Deep Port Means to You
A novel way to achieve the depth needed: JaxPort and the Navy should swap places
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n Oct. 22, the House of Representatives killed almost any hope of dredging the St. Johns River to 47 feet. Most people in Jacksonville don’t appreciate the significance of that action. They should understand what a 47-foot port means.
You, the Parent
If you’re a parent, like I am, you want your children to grow up, go to college, and return to Jacksonville to find a good job and raise their children here. I want to be able to see my children without traveling somewhere else, and I want to see my grandchildren. Without a 47-foot port, that’s unlikely to happen. Why? Because the jobs wont be here. For a city to thrive it needs to produce things which are useful to other cities or communities throughout the nation. Jacksonville produces health and title insurance, medical care and other services, but these are businesses that can pick up and move at a moment’s notice. The Navy has already picked up and moved — we just refuse to acknowledge that they are going. Transportation and logistics are two services Jacksonville provides that are tied to its location. Transportation and logistics can provide good paying jobs for your children so they can stay in Jacksonville.
You, the Worker
In 2015, the new Panama Canal will open. The depth of ships, known as “the draft,” coming from the Far East will increase to 47 feet, and Jacksonville’s 40-foot channel won’t be able to handle them. Just like a new highway draws traffic away from smaller roads, the new Panama Canal will cause the cargo which now comes to Jacksonville to go to Miami, Charleston and Savannah. The 43,000 jobs created by JaxPort will go away as well. Jacksonville is on the path to a downward economic cycle.
You, the Transportation Professional
In the transportation business, you’re either thriving or you’re dying. This is not just idle doomsaying. At one time, the two largest ports in Florida were Fernandina Beach and Cedar Key. A railroad linked the two ports, and they were the fastest and cheapest route for the transportation of cargo from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast and back again. Where are those ports today? Cedar Key isn’t even a port
anymore. Fernandina’s current importance pales in comparison to what it once was. The railroad that linked the two ports has disappeared. Once there is a faster and cheaper way to transport cargo, the cargo will seek that faster and cheaper route. When the ships go someplace else, so will the transportation jobs we currently have.
You, the College Student
Jobs in the transportation and logistics industries pay well. If you are in college today, these are the types of jobs you want. Even more importantly, transportation attracts industry, which also produces high-paying jobs. Free trade zones permit goods to be reworked close to ports and shipped out again to the Caribbean and South America. Refrigerated warehouses permit frozen goods to be stored for shipment to Russia and Eastern Europe. Businesses locate around ports, and the bigger and more efficient the port, the more businesses will locate here. Take the Miami International Airport as an example. When the airport was built, did anyone have any idea that someday it would be the largest port for the importation of cut fresh flowers? All those bouquets you buy at Costco, Publix and Winn-Dixie enter the United States by airplane into Miami where they are repackaged and shipped to retailers throughout the nation. You can’t always predict what businesses will come because of a good port, but just like in “Field of Dreams,” “if you build it, they will come.”
You, the Navy
There are two solutions to the deep channel problem. Having painted a rather gloomy picture of Jacksonville’s future without a 47-foot channel, I want you to understand that there is a solution — however, it requires you to think “outside the box.” The “box” here involves the U.S. Navy and Mayport Naval Station. Have you ever been jilted by a girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse? It hurts. For years, Jacksonville and the Navy have been in that type of relationship. Jacksonville loved the Navy, and the Navy, at least at one time, loved Jacksonville. However, Jacksonville has been jilted. It’s no one’s fault, it is just that we’ve grown apart. The theater for the Navy has shifted to the Pacific Ocean. The Navy no longer needs Jacksonville as a home port for
a carrier battle group, and if the Navy doesn’t need Jacksonville for an aircraft carrier, it no longer needs the 45-foot deep carrier basin at Mayport Naval Station. It sits there idle and waiting — waiting for a higher and better use. What does the Navy need? It needs space for 14 shallow draft Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), each with a crew of about 100 sailors and 1,700 shoreside support personnel — a total of about 3,400 people. Littoral Support Ships have a draft of only 14 feet, meaning that the Mayport Naval Station turning basin is 31 feet deeper than the Navy needs. While the Mayport Naval Station is way too deep for the needs of the LCSs, it is perfect for the needs of the new, deeper-draft ships that will come to the East Coast after the opening of the new Panama Canal. What else does the Navy need? It needs about 5,600 linear feet of dock space. Each LCS needs about 400 feet to dock alongside the shoreline. Docking alongside a pier is more efficient for maintenance and repairs, for crew boarding and for the ability to get underway quickly. If Littoral Combat Ships do not rest against the dock, they need to be nested alongside other LCSs. Nested vessels are more susceptible to natural disasters and terrorist attack, are more difficult to reach with shoreside cranes, and cannot get underway as quickly as ships resting against a pier. So, is there a solution? There is. It is Talleyrand Docks & Terminal. Talleyrand Docks & Terminal has 4,800 feet of linear pier space with 40 feet of water alongside meaning that 12 LCSs could be alongside the pier at any one time. Further, the LCSs would be physically closer to Jacksonville Naval Air Station for the ships’ air detachments. In short, JaxPort and the Navy should swap. What is the advantage to the city of Jacksonville in asking the Navy to move to Talleyrand? The land to the shoreside of Talleyrand is a blighted area. Formerly used for industrial purposes, it is now underutilized. However, in the hands of the Navy, there would be space for new warehouses, SIMAs (Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activities), and the other multiple support buildings, which the LCSs will require — because experience has shown that they need a lot of maintenance. Next, there is the matter of housing. New base housing near Talleyrand Docks & Terminal would move people into the Downtown area fulfilling the long-term
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goal of revitalizing Downtown Jacksonville. The Navy would get a higher profile in the community by being more visible than it currently is at Mayport.
You, the Environmentalist
If you are an environmentalist, you win in a number of ways. First, bigger ships are better for the environment because they produce less carbon dioxide per ton of cargo. Second, bringing those bigger ships into Mayport would do away with the need to dredge the 6 miles of the St. Johns River between Mayport and the Dames Point bridge, and it might reduce the need to dredge at Mile Point. Third, to the extent that the areas west of Talleyrand are brownfield sites, they would be cleaned up as part of the development of the new Naval base at Talleyrand. How would JaxPort manage such a big move? JaxPort has some of the biggest and most advanced container cranes in the world at the TraPac terminal, which without dredging will be underutilized. They can be moved by barge without disassembly to Mayport. The underutilized air strip at Mayport is already hardened for handling heavy loads and would make a good container yard — without potholes or questions about the longevity of the substrate. The current TraPac terminal could become the new location for the coming trade between the United States and Cuba. It is bigger, more open and closer to the sea. So, are you willing to think outside the box? Like any jilted lover, at times it is necessary to let go of the past and embrace a new and uncertain future. Change is scary. Change is unsettling. However, this change can likely be accomplished for less than the $1 billion ($700 million plus unanticipated costs) we were thinking of spending to dredge the river from the Dames Point bridge to the sea. Can you let go of the past? Can Jacksonville? Rod Sullivan
Sullivan is director of programs and an associate professor of law at Florida Coastal School of Law.
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