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FROM THE EDITOR
LIGHTS OUT? IN THE BEGINNING, ONE SPARK BURNED brightly, fanning the flames of passions near and far, igniting the region with talk of innovation, entrepreneurship, and jobs, baby, jobs. The hope-fueled fervor was a heady intoxicant that clouded judgment and compromised common sense so completely that, for a time, there was a de facto zerotolerance policy for even the slightest criticism of the festival. Like an amorous teenager, Jacksonville was drunk on love for One Spark (it warrants mention that a large percentage of attendees were also drunk in the literal sense), and any who dared point out her flaws — like us — did so at their own peril. It didn’t matter that some of the most talented, vital members of the team had fled or been led out, kicking and thrashing, following the return of Elton Rivas in 2014, after his KYN business accelerator crashed and burned as anyone who knew anything about its inner workings could have anticipated, for billionaires do not remain rich by ignoring all accountings of their expenditures. It didn’t matter, in spite of event benefactor Peter Rummell saying point-blank that he was not going to keep footing the bill for the World’s Largest Crowdfunding Festival, that in the very near future it had to become sustainable, for as the event drew near, the list of highticket musicians and speakers grew ever longer and more illustrious. It didn’t matter that creators, attendees, venues and sponsors from years past were grumbling about the increased length, size, scope and vision of the event. All that mattered was unconditionally supporting One Spark, naysayers (and facts) be damned. Alas, as is oft the case, the naysayers were on to something. Last year’s One Spark* was a brew-haha Lollapalooza-TED talk fusion that, through reckless pursuit of grandiose ambitions, lacked its original flavor. It wasn’t a rapid incubation opportunity for great and groovy ideas. It was a party. Last year, the creators the event was supposed to help spent months preparing, refining and prototyping their ideas, just to suffer six days on their feet in the heat, while all around them a city got drunk on
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delusion and keg beer. As the festival raged on, complaints from attendees, creators and the media went unheeded and ignored; no one wanted to hear about the iceberg, they were having too much fun dancing on the deck. It took a few months for the hangover to finally, mercifully set in. One Spark had turned into a colossal money hemorrhage and the time to staunch the bleeding while keeping the whole intact had long since come and gone. Rummell, keeper of the bank account that gave birth to the event, was no longer willing to stroke seven-figure checks to save it. The board ousted event co-founder Rivas; his staff was summarily canned. Longstifled questions raged; rumors flew. The end seemed nigh. Then, out of the darkness, a tiny flicker appeared. One Spark would survive another year, maybe more. Pale, shaking, a wretched shadow of its former self, the festival limped to its feet and the city — this time, quietly, demurely — rejoiced to learn that all that hope, all that heart, all the civic pride it had poured into its crowdfunding festival had not been lost. One Spark 2016 isn’t sexy, it won’t get you drunk on optimism or high on famous musical acts, it won’t give away schwag for days and days. It probably won’t be referred to as “the world’s largest” anything. There are no VIPs this time, no incomprehensible sprawl that makes visiting all the booths an absolute impossibility and raises serious questions about the validity of the final tally of votes. There is, however, an opportunity for startups, local ones, to make connections to and get feedback from people who aren’t just there for the booze, the broads and the spectacle; people, sober people, who actually give a damn about their idea. And that’s what One Spark was supposed to be, anyway — a spark to launch ideas, not an inferno to incinerate everything it touches. Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ *Note: Goforth was subcontracted as a copywriter for One Spark 2015.
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REAL COOL TIME DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS FROZEN
Hey — have you ever heard of some little, lesser-known animated movie, Frozen? This family-friendly production is based on the Academy Award-winning animated film about the wintry world of Arendelle, set on ice, no less. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 6; 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7; 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9; and 10 a.m., 2 & 6 p.m. Sunday, April 10, Veterans Memorial Arena, Downtown, $20-$135, ticketmaster.com.
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the NYC music scene with their inimitable sound that hardwired rock, jazz, funk, hip hop, and metal. They scored a Grammy Award for the hit “Cult of Personality,” and though they’ve had a few personnel changes over the years, they’ve maintained their long reign as the undeniable kings of funk metal. 6:30 p.m. April 8, Harmonious Monks, Jax Beach, $22.50-$70, gobigentertainment.net.
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LOVING WAVES MATT “RASTA” GRAY MEMORIAL FESTIVAL The ninth annual Matt “Rasta” Gray Memorial is a surf, skate, and art event that includes competitions for ages 5-40, raffle prizes, live music by The Mother Gooses (featuring Folio Weekly Magazine’s very own Matt Shaw on bass and vocals!), and other cool, family-geared fun. Since 2007, the Matt Gray Memorial — named in honor of local art student, surfer, and skater Gray, who died at the age of 21 — has raised more than $25,000 for college scholarships. Friday, April 8, Oceanside Rotary Skate Park, Jack Russell Park; Saturday, April 9, 19th Street Beach Access, Atlantic Beach; register at Sunrise Surf Shop, Jax Beach, call 707-7531, or email djeffreysf@volcom.com.
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Since the late ’70s, Paula Poundstone has been tickling funny bones and twisting minds with her potent blend of comedy that’s both brainy and self-deprecating. Kind of a class clown with an inferiority complex, Poundstone is a master at poking fun at herself and the world around her while taking the time to rack up an impressive career as an author, TV regular, and frequent participant in NPR’s Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, $25-$50, floridatheatre.com.
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PLAY BALL! JAX SUNS Did you know the great Hank Aaron played Minor League
ball here in 1953? Me neither! And Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver were on the ’68 triple-A Mets team here? Me neither! And now the Southern League welcomes new owners, new management and a Tiki Terrace upgrade! Jax Suns’ Opening Day, against the Birmingham Barons, cracks at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, April 7, with fireworks, Mavericks Live Thirsty Thursday and magnet schedule giveaway. The homestand runs through April 11; season goes to Sept. 5 — longer when the Suns make the playoffs! Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, Downtown. Single game tix $5-$18; 358-2846, jaxsuns.com.
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FOLIO WEEKLY MAGAZINE’S 29TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
29 AGITATORS, [14] TRUTH-SEEKERS & CRUSADERS Folio Weekly Magazine celebrates our big 2-9 by honoring 29 laudable Northeast Floridians
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RE: “Fare Thee Well,” by Claire Goforth, March 23 THANKS FOR YOUR TROUBLING ARTICLE ON food stamp cutbacks in Florida. One aspect wasn’t clear to me. If, suppose, you’re an unemployed, single adult, not disabled, can you somehow participate in a job training program and, therefore, receive food stamps beyond the 90-day limit? Or is there zero eligibility for that category of persons? It seems perfectly fair and reasonable to expect non-disabled food stamp applicants to either work (if work’s available) or enroll in training (if it’s available), but if neither is available, it seems idiotic to terminate food assistance. I should clarify here that I happen to have a retirement job here at Good Shepherd Church (and actually live in Kingsland), so this isn’t an official inquiry of any kind – but I will certainly pass along what I learn to folks who belong here. Thanks. AND, thanks for such a piece of real journalism as I have found Folio Weekly. Enjoy it every issue. Dave Callen via email
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RE: “The Awful Legacy,” by AG Gancarski, March 30 ARE YOU BASHING ON ATHEISTS [SIC] NOW? “At last week’s Jacksonville City Council meeting, two interesting things happened. And neither was the invocation by an atheist, which was about as interesting as a hamburger without meat.” If you’re religious, that’s fine, but maybe you should focus on reporting the city’s news instead of using your rag as a conduit to proselytize against non-believers. Wyatt Sanders via Facebook
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RE: “Weekly Salute to the Presidential Primaries: Race to the Bottom Edition,” The Flog, by Matthew B. Shaw, March 23 DONALD TRUMP IS NOT PERFECT BY ANY MEANS, but he is, however, exactly what this country
needs. Politicians got us in this mess, and a mess we are in. I know if [you’re] breastfed until the age of seven, he probably hurts your feelings with some of things he says, but they are true. The Clintons are probably the most corrupt politicians in existence, and Hillary is a disgrace to our country. Jason Cobb via Facebook
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RE: “Breaking the Cycle of Violence with Jobs,” by Toney Sleiman, March 30 THE NO. 1 PROBLEM WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, state and city is the criminal organized crime family courts. They kidnap children from their fathers so that they can extort them. Until you fix this and eliminate the lawyers, judges and stakeholders in the moneymaking syndicate, we are not going to have better outcomes with anything. Peter Kucera via email
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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO TOMMY HAZOURI Jacksonville City Councilman Hazouri, possibly inspired by FWM’s Jan. 13 article, “Trafficking in Apathy,” did the right thing and introduced legislation that will enforce state legislation requiring massage parlors, spas and strip clubs – known hotbeds of human trafficking – to post human trafficking awareness signs. BRICKBATS TO LAZY DONATORS To make donation simple and convenient, the Salvation Army regularly staffs its donation facility on Beach Boulevard. When no one’s there, lazy, inconsiderate locals have taken to just dumping their stuff on the ground out front, including on this past Easter Sunday, a day that called for heavy rains. That’s not what we call the spirit of giving. BOUQUETS TO RIBAULT LADY TROJANS On April 2, the Trojans crushed it in the 2016 national high school girls’ basketball championship in Madison Square Garden and brought home that No. 1 trophy, their team’s first. And most are returning juniors! We are full-court impressed!
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CORRECTION “Fresh from the Farm” (March 30) incorrectly stated that SNAP/EBT customers would be able to purchase meat, dairy and eggs with matching funds received under the Fresh Access Bucks program; they will be able to purchase fresh, local produce. APRIL 6-12, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS Selling the PENSION TAX REFERENDUM may be difficult
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CENTURY LENNY CURRY’S PENSION TAX REFERENDUM got through Tallahassee. Both houses pushed it through. The governor signed off. None of those were guarantees a few months ago. Having accomplished them, the question now becomes one of selling it to the people of Jacksonville. That, more so than the Tallahassee machinations, may be the true heavy lift. The obvious analogue, in terms of taxes sold via referendum, is obviously the Better Jacksonville Plan from 2000. That got through with 57 percent of the vote. John Delaney, mayor at the time, told me last month that if there hadn’t been a rainstorm in Mandarin, it could have gotten 60 percent of the vote. Delaney described the 57 percent as a landslide victory. And a number of contributing factors led to it. One factor: energized support from engineering companies, road building companies, and contractors of all sorts that gave Delaney sufficient ammo to make the case. Team Delaney expected half a million dollars. They got two million. And it’s easy to understand why; donors wanted a piece of the action. Because there clearly would be, and was, action. Another factor: Delaney had political capital that would be unimaginable for anyone who has held the office since. At the time this went through, Delaney had over 80 percent approval in the polls… with Republicans and Democrats. Very rarely does any politician see approval ratings at that level. The Bushes at the beginning of their respective Iraq wars had them. And in the words of Bush 43 (that’s the W), “What good is political capital if you don’t use it?” So Delaney, with four times the money he expected, and with stratospheric poll numbers, managed to pull 57 percent of the vote for the Better Jacksonville Plan. A third factor worth mentioning was that there was no sustained opposition to the BJP. Yes, radio host Andy Johnson was against it. There may have been critical articles in this publication. But those were guerrilla efforts which, when compared to mainstream media effectively giving earned media to Delaney for a few months, weren’t able to stem the tide. John Delaney was able to make his case over a few months because he built his brand for years before that. When originally elected to office, he got in with few Democrat – and fewer black – votes. In certain precincts, he was shut out entirely. He then spent his administration building bridges, running what effectively was a second campaign in his first year of office, which included a number of high profile appointments and a commensurate number of Sunday church visits. 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 6-12, 2016
Sure, he was Republican. But he tailored his branding to a city that didn’t see itself as Republican. And even after doing all of that, the referendum came in 23 points under Delaney’s poll numbers. A “landslide,” yes. But one that goes to show how much political capital is expended to push forth an agenda item. Moving into the current era, there are, as Donald Rumsfeld or Three Six Mafia might say, knowns, unknowns, and most known unknowns. We don’t know, for example, where Curry stands in polls. Why he’s been in office this long and we haven’t seen a single public poll on this is a mystery. Is Curry at 80 percent with Republicans? With Democrats? The first nine months of the Curry administration, recall, have been fraught with the mayor wading into partisan waters. What was an extended period of public debate on the HRO expansion issue died, not with a bang but with a whimper, when Curry issued a directive banning employment discrimination in city employment or among city vendors… before saying that further action on the issue, such as passing even the LGB version of the HRO, wouldn’t be “prudent.” I’ve heard people connected to the HRO expansion effort say that their support for the sales tax is conditional on an HRO getting through. That’s likely not happening until the presidential election is over. The board moves, which saw the JEA board remodeled to look more like Curry’s donors, and which saw Dems like Lisa King and Joey McKinnon removed from the Planning Commission? The Dems tell me those were partisan. Curry rejected the suggestion those were partisan moves, saying instead that he “led and made decisions.” Is Curry at 80% with Dems? For that matter, is he there with Republicans? Curry endorsing Marco Rubio, which included a TV spot and robocalls, unleashed the floodgates in his inbox. Space precludes extended quotation of the emails, but they were flush with invective toward the mayor and the senator both. A few of them said things like “I’ll never vote for you again.” This referendum will prove how many people felt that way. Curry’s team seems to believe they will need $3-$4M to sell the referendum. His team can make good use of that money with targeted mailers and appeals. But will the donor class go that deep ahead of a global recession without a guaranteed payoff for them? These questions, and more, will be central to the debate. AG Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com Twitter/AGGancarski
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FOLIO VOICES : FISCAL HEALING The Skyway legacy of BAMBOOZLING TAXPAYERS
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WITH THE HELP OF THE JACKSONVILLE Chamber of Commerce, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority misled and lied about the Jacksonville Automated Skyway Express Starter Line (ASE). The key was the last-minute selection of its location next to the Convention Center; powerful vested interests and developers owned the land around the area. In 1991, when the Starter Line had proved to be a disaster, a large number of critics wanted to shut it down. JTA had predicted that, standing alone, ridership on the Starter Line beginning the first day would total 10,000 individuals each day. The number of actual passengers was about 1,000. Cost was predicted to be $20 million. It was more than $30 million. Area investors convinced JTA to claim that to shut the Starter Line down, JTA would have to pay the federal government anywhere from $47 million to $90 million. That was to cover all costs of the Starter Line. We had met with the administrator of the Urban Mass Transit Administration in Washington, D.C. He and other UTMA officials said the JTA was lying. In December 1991, the administrator, Roland J. Mross, wrote this to me:
”In reply letters to you of November 8th, 1991 and September 24, 1991, the point was made that the JTA would not be obligated to refund federal funding that had been expended for the Starter Line if the JTA chose not to proceed with the North Leg Extension to the Starter Line. I repeat: There will be no reason whatsoever for any refund of federal funding for the Starter Line, provided the JTA continues to comply with the terms and conditions of the February 1985 FFGA for the Starter Line, the amendments to their February 1985 FFGA, and all applicable federal law and regulation.” A number of the local news media played up the federal penalty, apparently without taking the time to confirm that there would in fact be one. The various penalties to be imposed by UTMA ranged from $47 million to $90 million. The Florida Times-Union headlined on March 8, 2011 “City Hall Doesn’t Have the Authority to Close It, and Feds Would Want $90 Million Back.” The article continued: “Shutting down the Skyway could also have other financial implications. JTA said it would have to reimburse the federal government around $90 million if the Skyway is torn down, because it paid the majority of the cost to build it … Audrey Moran wants to keep it open, ‘I don’t think it makes any sense to shut it down 12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 6-12, 2016
when you consider that we might have to pay $90 million to do it.’ Moran added, ‘We need to figure a way out to make it work.’” I started studying JTA in the early 1980s. Several major studies were done relative to the ASE. The JTA said repeatedly that the cost of the 2.5-mile system would run between $76 and $78 million. The final cost was $250 million. By not shutting down the failed Starter Line, and then finishing the entire 2.5-mile ASE, the additional cost amounted to about $200 million more divided among the federal government, the state and the city. The federal share was about $150 million, or about 75 percent; $25 million for Florida and the same for Jacksonville. Who would’ve thought that a deliberate lie would send $200 million down the sewer to further enrich and handful of VIPs at taxpayer expense? At the June 23, 1986, meeting of the Jacksonville Mass Transit Committee, JTA engineer Steve Arrington was quoted as saying, “The ASE is electrically powered, and our ridership projection was basically 56,000 per day in the first year of full operation of the 2.5mile system would be just about 1990 or 1991.” Ridership before fees were removed to ride the ASE was 10 percent of the 10,000 per day pie in the sky projection; today it is about 5,000. T-U reporter Dave Roman wrote in April 1986, “The Committee appears to be part of a Chamber marketing strategy … “ In August 1986, Mayor Jake Godbold issued this statement: “Mayor Jake Godbold and Charles Towers Jr., president of the Chamber of Commerce, announced today the formation of the Jacksonville Mass Transit Committee, a blue-ribbon task force to research, study and analyze and recommend as to mass transit issues.” What was not said was that the Chamber, in 1985, organized a selling of the ASE campaign. In a Chamber document dated Feb. 24, 1986, it was stated “Chamber of Commerce initiates tow blue-ribbon committees to thoroughly study and support present efforts to develop the 2.5-mile ASE.” The document goes on to say that “the source of that statement was Charles D. Towers, president, Chamber of Commerce.” Not mentioned is the fact that Towers, through Florida title, had an interest in the area. Based on the recent meetings to favorably pay to have yet another study committee, one wonders how much the JTA has changed. Future decisions by those associated with the JTA will provide the answer. Marvin R. Edwards mail@folioweekly.com
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It’s hard to believe it’s been 29 years since the first issues of Folio Weekly Magazine appeared on newsstands, restaurant counters and in libraries across Northeast Florida. We’ve been occupying this space since Aquanet was a thing, since before The Simpsons was on the air, before the Morning Glory Funeral Home scandal, before the last time local children got to sled on real snow, even before all of Wayne Wood’s hair was white.
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Over these nearly three decades — and counting — we’ve grown together, laughed together, cried together, shaken our fists at the world together, and generally had an amazing time covering the news, arts and eccentricities that make this amalgamated region the coolest, weirdest, awesome-est place we’re thrilled to call our stomping grounds. And, as you well know, stomp is something that we do on the regular, and we do it very, very well (and with pleasure). So, for our 29th birthday, we’ve decided to honor influential locals who stomp around, kicking ass and taking names, saving lives through advancements in medicine, opening their hearts and homes to strangers, and generally crusading for the environment, social justice, truth and the American way, Northeast Floridastyle. (That’s in flip-flops and business casual, BTW.) In the interest of keeping things crisp, we’ve endeavored to honor some off-the-beaten-path individuals whose names don’t pop up in a Google search for prominent locals – but should. Each of these incredible beings dedicates themselves on the daily to making this marvelous place a little bit better than they found it. They are inspiring and inspired and we are honored to feature them in these pages. RICARDO HANEL Twenty-five years ago, Ricardo Hanel began his medical school studies at Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil. Since then, he has risen to the top of his field in endovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Hanel holds both an MD and a PhD and currently works in the Baptist Health network. There, Hanel has begun adapting cutting-edge approaches to help stroke victims. Hanel says “clinical research and advanced education in neuroscience,” is the basis of his future work. “Service to the community is my goal,” he said. Without Dr. Hanel, many residents here wouldn’t have the joy of health.
ERICKA CURRAN Florida Coastal School of Law professor Ericka Curran has dedicated her career to helping immigrants and preserving human
rights. She would like to see more attorneys lending their skills to the fight. “New attorneys who are required to do pro bono and clinic work develop a sensitivity to the social justice and human rights struggles of the indigent and I am hopeful that will have a lasting impact on our legal system,” said Curran, who also heads the school’s Immigrant & Human Rights Clinic. Curran says the efforts and sacrifices immigrants make just to get to America are the fuel that keeps her going. “Just knowing that is what other people are willing to risk to have just a chance at what I have keeps me humble.” She now plans to push even harder for immigration reform and believes it is within her reach.
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RHONDA PEOPLES-WATERS Rhonda Peoples-Waters always knew she was meant to work in the justice system. “As lawyers, we have great power to bring about unity, agreement and peace in our community,” Peoples-Waters said. “My goals include further serving our community in a judicial role which will promote public confidence in our legal system.” She’s also been involved with a seriously impressive list of civic organizations, including the NAACP, Legal Aid, the Ethics Commission, and many more.
DAN MERKAN For 17 years, Dan Merkan has been dedicated
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to serving others through the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network (JASMYN). As director of evaluation at JASMYN, he’s involved in an in-house testing center to identify HIV in youths. And recently Merkan, through his work with the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality, has been a tireless champion of modifying Jacksonville’s HRO to include protections for the LGBTQ community. Merkan’s selflessness continues to help Northeast Florida become a more respectful and respectable region.
JEFF GRAY If you’re a police officer or public official in this area, chances are you’ve heard of Jeff Gray. Gray has been arrested, sued and publicly ridiculed for his aggressive efforts seeking public records and holding officials accountable for constitutional violations. In March, police accused Gray of trespassing when he stood outside a high school with a poster declaring that “Photography is Not a Crime.” Who knows what’s next for Gray, but his stance is that the more citizen oversight there is of our government, the better off Northeast Florida will be.
SARAH BOREN As executive director of the North Florida chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, Sarah Boren is a tireless advocate for building and living sustainably. The pragmatic, cooperative, no-nonsense approach Boren
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brings to her work spreads the nonprofit’s message far and wide without alienating skeptics. An accomplished, knowledgeable and dedicated professional with an impressive résumé that includes a master’s degree from Duke University and more than 20 years of experience serving in the field of environmental sustainability, she is nevertheless refreshingly accessible and down-to-earth.
JOHNNY MILLER The best bartenders are more than drinkslingers; they’re counselors, confidantes, comedians, essentially a best friend who’ll never ask you to help them move. In Fernandina Beach, Palace Saloon bartender Johnny Miller is also the mayor. Though the term is short — only a year — Miller hasn’t wasted a second, immediately jumping into the fight to ban seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean, which experts believe will wreak havoc on the ability of long-suffering sea life to communicate and navigate, earning himself national recognition in the process.
DELORES BARR WEAVER Since Delores Barr Weaver and her husband J. Wayne Weaver sold the local NFL team the Jaguars in 2011, the dynamo hasn’t been in the limelight as much as she was in the past, but that hasn’t slowed her generous roll a bit. As one of the Southeast’s most dedicated and effective philanthropists, she continues
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adding to an already amazing legacy through her namesake foundation, the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center, which promotes equal treatment for women and girls and provides resources for women and girls in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.
RON DAVIS Ron Davis endured the unthinkable tragedy of his son’s senseless murder in a dispute over loud music with dignity, grace and fortitude that few could muster under such circumstances. In the three years since, he has done Northeast Florida proud by invoking Jordan Davis’ legacy to promote peace and diminish incidence of violence, both generally and against African Americans, a virulent, deeply misunderstood societal problem that needs far more advocates like him. He’s visible without being ubiquitous or pushy, stating his vision for the region with clarity and insight.
Take Eureka Garden, for example. Last summer, Hunt was applauded for convincing Mayor Lenny Curry to visit the 400-unit complex laden with crime and health issues. “I gave the owner a plan to fix the community, but he didn’t take it,” Hunt said. “He didn’t use it.” And so the struggle continues. Keep up the good fight, Denise!
QUINTON WHITE As Jacksonville University’s Marine Science Research Institute (MSRI) executive director and a founding board member of the St. Johns Riverkeeper, A. Quinton White Jr., PhD, is among the foremost experts on the St. Johns
River. “Many years ago, I heard someone say that we don’t own our Earth. We borrow it from our children,” said Dr. White. “That old saying made me think that being a good steward of our natural resources was simply the right thing to do.”
Mousa as one of Folio Weekly Magazine’s anniversary honorees,” Jacksonville Director of Public Affairs, Marsha Oliver, wrote in an email. “While Mr. Mousa is indeed grateful for the honor, he has chosen to decline participation.”
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As Chief Administrative Officer to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Sam Mousa is the highest-ranking member of the administration. Many also believe he is the power behind the throne. But underneath all that brass, he’s a shy guy. “Thank you very much for your interest in recognizing Sam
A Jacksonville native who’s held nearly every political office in the area, Democrat Tommy Hazouri currently serves as an atlarge member of the City Council. “All I have ever wanted to do or have done as a
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NIKOLAI VITTI Love him or hate him — and there’s plenty on both sides — Duval County Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti is a force to be reckoned with. Under his leadership, the county has seen historic improvements in the high school graduation rate, employed innovative solutions to teaching kids with learning disabilities and continuously worked to provide our offspring with the best education possible. Equally impressive is that, in spite of a relationship with the board that is, shall we say, a bit tense, he still really wants the job.
MELISSA ROSS As one of the most recognizable radio personalities in Northeast Florida, Melissa Ross has been an advocate of public media since before becoming the host and producer of “First Coast Connect” at WJCT in 2009. “It’s extremely gratifying to see that public radio’s mission of educating, enlightening and entertaining all segments of a community is seen as influential,” Ross told Folio Weekly Magazine. “Every time I tune in to 89.9, no matter what time of day or night, I hear something valuable and informative.”
CINDY FUNKHOUSER As president and CEO of the Sulzbacher Center, Northeast Florida’s largest provider of services for the homeless, Cindy Funkhouser says it’s both humbling and fulfilling to help someone turn their life around. “There are people who have literally been on the streets for decades that we’ve been able to stabilize and house,” Funkhouser explained. “Helping someone regain their dignity and sense of worth is the most amazing blessing for them and for all of us working with them.”
DENISE HUNT Over the years, community activist Denise Hunt has continuously put herself on the frontlines of inequality in Northeast Florida. “The passion just comes from living,” Hunt said. “From being exposed to so much discrimination and being an RN and seeing all of the hurt and pain that people go through.” APRIL 6-12, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 17
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state legislator, mayor, school board member and now, at-large city councilperson, is try to make a difference in the lives and quality of life for every citizen,” Hazouri told Folio Weekly Magazine. Lately, Hazouri has gained attention for his work to expand the Human Rights Ordinance (HRO) in Jacksonville.
CHEVARA ORRIN Chevara Orrin, founder and co-creator of local LGBTQ rights advocacy organization We Are Straight Allies, is a modern-day Renaissance woman. Named for Argentine revolutionary hero Che Guevara, Orrin says her life experiences have inspired her work as a leader and nonprofit executive. Among those experiences are “extreme poverty, the welfare system and prison industrial complex, fatherlessness, racism, single parenthood, abortion, incest and domestic violence,” she explained. “It is because of, not in spite of, my personal journey of tragedy and triumph that I am inspired to build community and serve as a catalyst for change.”
ROBERT E. & MONICA JACOBY Longtime philanthropists Robert E. & Monica Jacoby moved to Northeast Florida for
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retirement and relaxation. Little did the rest of us know that the Jacobys would improve the lives of thousands of locals, including a $2.5 million gift for Jacoby Symphony Hall and $5 million for the Robert & Monica Jacoby Center for Breast Health at Mayo Clinic. This open-hearted and open-minded husbandand-wife team sure do make the rest of us look like a bunch of scrooges.
the Floridan aquifer, utilizing clever, creative and, sometimes, bullheaded tactics to protect assets such as the headwaters of Julington and Pottsburg creeks. “You might say, ‘Why do I do what I do?’ It’s because of my grandchild … I want my grandchild to enjoy paradise,” Larson said. Without people like him, Northeast Florida might look like *cringe* Daytona Beach.
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Fighting for affordable health insurance has long been Florida Rep. Mia Jones’ (D-Duval County) most important priority. Despite ultimately losing in the war for Medicaid expansion, Jones said she battled hard to bring affordable insurance to her constituents. Jones has recently accepted a position as interim executive director for the Agape Community Health Network, where she will continue the fight. “I have enjoyed serving our community and thank my constituents for allowing me to be their voice,” Jones said. “I look forward to representing the citizens of Jacksonville in some capacity in the near future.”
As executive director of the St. Johns Riverkeeper organization, native Jacksonvillian Jimmy Orth is one of the most quietly influential environmentalists in the region. Unassuming and even casual at first blush, Orth is a passionate and knowledgeable advocate for the longest river that doesn’t cross the border into, ewww, Alabama or Georgia. Together with Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman and the rest of the nonprofit’s team, Orth fights the good fight every day.
BILL SHEPPARD If you’re a civil rights attorney, William “Bill” Sheppard says Jacksonville is the frontline. Before turning to law, Sheppard served as a lieutenant in the Korean War. “We’ve come a really long way,” he said. “But we can still be a bit narrow-minded.” Asked his greatest accomplishment, Sheppard responds, “My next case … No matter what is, that is the most important thing to me.” Sheppard separates himself from others because he implements a team style. “I haven’t accomplished anything by myself,” he said.
TOM LARSON Throughout much of his career, which includes eight years with the Sierra Club, Tom Larson has beaten the war drum of preserving and conserving environmental resources like
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JOHN M. PHILLIPS Over the years, John Phillips has become a champion of equality and justice; he’s even been named Best Righteous Crusader in our annual Best of Jax readers poll issue — and Best Lawyer four years in a row now. With a storied career that includes working for evil insurance giant State Farm, being a sports agent (yes, really) and ambulance-chasing (not really), today the hardworking attorney is busily crusading to right wrongs and provide a much-needed voice for the underdog. As one Yelp reviewer wrote, “Biggest heart and greatly admired.” We couldn’t say it better.
KEITH KNUTSON Department of Defense Breakthrough Award grants are not bestowed lightly. Recipient Mayo Clinic researcher Keith Knutson, PhD, will soon begin the Phase II clinical trial for a breast cancer vaccine for survivors of
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the terrible disease. “What we want to do is prevent the recurrence because that’s when it gets really unmanageable,” Dr. Knutson said. His novel approach to fighting cancer by tricking the body into attacking cancer cells — but not other cells — has the potential to be the breakthrough that eventually leads to a cure.
CHIP SOUTHWORTH One of the essential requirements of great art is that it elicits feelings, good or bad; through his Keith Haring’s Ghost street art project, for which he was arrested, Chip Southworth did that and more. He actually inspired changes to the city’s policy regarding street art. Southworth’s talent is easily matched by his passion for politics, art, and artists, in general. Something of a gadfly, his outspoken nature has earned him plenty of supporters and detractors. As it should be, for art is born in fire.
GRANT NIELSEN As founder and administrator of the Elbow Marketing Co-op, Grant Nielsen is an outspoken and effective advocate for the revitalization of Jacksonville’s Downtown, as well as a helluva promoter of local music. Whether he’s filling the sad void left in One Spark’s wake or putting together “Amplified,” a
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In our increasingly xenophobic-seeming world, Elaine Carson, Mrs. P to the thousands who love her dearly, is a rare bastion of compassion and reason. With her Christian faith to guide her, Mrs. P has helped thousands of refugees fleeing unspeakable horrors and atrocities to start the process of feeling right at home in her home: Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States of America. Now in her 70s, the director of the local World Relief office is a pillar in the community and a sweet example of a standard to which we all should aspire.
DOLF JAMES Dolf James has probably done more for local artists than any other individual in the history of the region. He was the driving force behind the creation of CoRK Arts District, the sprawling warehouse complex in Riverside that provides studio space to artists. James’ advocacy may well have been inspired by his keen knowledge of exactly how difficult it can be to get one’s start as an artist. His work as a sculptor will be a lasting part of his legacy, as will his immeasurable munificence toward other artists.
CURTIS LEE Curtis Lee may very well be the biggest pain in the ass that Jacksonville has ever known. Lucky for us simple folk, Lee causes pain only to powerful folks at the mayor’s office, Police & Fire Pension Fund, the State Attorney’s Office, Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office and City Council. You’ll often find him railing into the microphone during public comment with an unmatchable grasp of facts, perspective and history that often as not inspires that rarest of rares: a genuine, heartfelt reaction from a politician, usually involving muttered profanity. FWM29
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currently writes for the Los Angeles Times. He ity of Gold opens with a moment familiar finds joy in writing about food as a cultural to all writers: The author at his computer reflection of the city, and is just as much stares off into space as a blank screen at ease at a food truck as he is at a remote glares. Words will come eventually, he knows; Korean, Ethiopian, or Southern he just doesn’t know when. Or Thai restaurant, where the fare’s how coherent they’ll be. so hot it’ll make smoke come out The writer is Pulitzer PrizeCITY OF GOLD your ears. winning food critic Jonathan **@@ Quite literally, he’ll eat Gold, and given that he writes Rated R anything. Gabbert adds to Gold’s roughly 150,000 words a year, deification by interviewing no doubt his muse will strike noted writers, chefs and culinary soon. What isn’t clear, however, bigwigs such as chefs David Chang and Roy is why director Laura Gabbert views Gold Choi, authors David Sax and Allen Salkin, and as interesting enough to be the subject of TV personality Andrew Zimmern. Notably, a documentary. His accomplishments are there’s nary a word from those who don’t care plentiful, but that doesn’t mean he has a for Gold’s work or opinions. What’s more, compelling enough personality to be worth there’s no recollection of any of his negative following for 90 minutes onscreen. reviews; he refers to one unnamed restaurant The doc is a scattershot look at Gold’s life as “disgusting” as he drives by, but that’s it. and career, assembled with no semblance of I’m certainly not calling for Gabbert to slap order. This is the kind of movie that usually down a restaurant Gold has already panned, ends up as a two-hour special on the Food but all critics have critics, and providing a Network, not the art house big screen. Gold, a bit more balance to the narrative could’ve food critic in Los Angeles since the early ’80s,
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ONE RE ONE REAS REASON ASON ON I TTRY RY TTO O AV AVOI AVOID OID D WA WATC WATCHING TCHI HING NG TTHE HE Academy Awards is the embarrassment I always feel when people who get paid for reciting lines someone else has written make fools of themselves. I’m just being crotchety, I know, but I do wish I could forget Sacheen Littlefeather in 1973, Laurence Olivier’s gushing encomium over his honorary award in 1978, John Travolta garbling Idina Menzel’s name two years ago, and many similar embarrassments over the years. A much more valid reason for my dislike of the Oscars, however, is the fact that “they” so often get it wrong. Case in point last year: Sir Ian McKellen’s wonderful performance as the Great Detective of Baker Street in Mr. Holmes. He should have at least been nominated. Of course, that’s also the case with other actors, writers, directors, films, etc. My grousing and grumbling about the Academy’s snub of “Mr. Holmes” prompted me to rewatch two earlier films with equally remarkable performances by McKellen. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, a fictional person in fact if not in renown, the two earlier roles had the actor playing real people — writer D.H. Lawrence in Priest of Love (1981) and filmmaker James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998). By happy coincidence, the films reflect 34 years of McKellen’s career with a span of 17 years between them, the quality in each case undiminished by age. Produced and directed by Christopher Miles, Priest of Love focuses on the last 13 years of Lawrence’s life, beginning with the expulsion of him and his wife Frieda
(Janet (J (Jan anet et SSuzman) uzma uz man) n) ffrom rom Cornwall in 1917 due to suspected sympathies with Germany. Frieda was a distant relative of German war ace Manfred von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron. Continually beset by censorship and financial problems, the Lawrences were constantly on the move, spending time in New Mexico as guests of Mabel Dodge Luhan (Ava Gardner, perfectly cast, in one of her last film roles), and then Mexico before returning to Europe, finally settling in Italy where Lawrence died of tuberculosis at the age of 44. In his first major film role, McKellen captures both the physical look and complex emotional range of Lawrence, a genius whose cruelty and anger often warred with his creative side. The film is a must-see for fans of Lawrence, Gardner, and McKellen. At the ripe old age of 41, relatively new to film if not the stage, the actor shows abundantly the promise of what was to come. Nearly 20 films of all types marked McKellen’s career between Priest of Love and Gods and Monsters 17 years later, the film which earned him his first Oscar nomination. Based on a brilliant script which did win writer/director Bill Condon an Oscar, Gods and Monsters details the final days of James Whale, director of Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and the 1936 version of Show Boat,
added needed perspective. Instead all we get is adoration for Gold, which feels much too biased and hinders the film’s credibility. There’s also personal and tedious background info, such as Gold’s cultured upbringing, love of music, accomplishments as a cellist, time with his wife Laurie and kids, and his editor’s frustration with him for not meeting deadlines. All of this detracts from the more intriguing storyline that Gabbert touches upon but not enough: How the evolution of Los Angeles as a city can be defined by its food, and how the different sections of the city have their own unique culinary personality. More on this — how it manifested, why, and Gold’s role in defining it — would’ve kept it all more interesting. When the last half-hour ventures away from food to focus on Gold’s love of music, you know the story is thin. City of Gold is a serviceable dish that lacks nuance. It’s edible, but you won’t really enjoy it and definitely won’t come back for more. Dan Hudak mail@folioweekly.com
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generally considered the best such treatment of the Edna Ferber/Jerome Kern musical vehicle. McKellen complements the terrific script with a compelling performance as the aging director, one of Hollywood’s first openly gay personalities, prompted to confront his past in film as well as real-life when a young lawn-worker (Brendan Fraser in one of his best roles ever) enters his employ. Multileveled, both chronologically and thematically (not unlike Mr. Holmes later), Gods and Monsters is a penetrating look at the creative process in general as well as Hollywood before and after its “golden” age. Reunited with director Condon for Mr. Holmes, McKellen has lost nothing in the intervening 17 years. You can’t really say he’s gotten better, because he is just as good as ever. When you see the film, I think you’ll agree that once again, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences missed the boat by not acknowledging Ian McKellen with a nomination. The Oscars. Grrrrr!
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SUN-RAY CINEMA Hello, My Name Is Doris and Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice screen. 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. Oceana presents Josh Fox, director of the 2011 Oscar-nominated, Emmywinning documentary Gasland screening his new film, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, 6:30 p.m. April 6; as part of Fox’s tour, Let Go and Love; free admission; oceana.org. Midnight Special starts April 8. THE CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Seve, The Movie and Sold screen at 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazon
IMAX THEATER Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice, Rocky Mountain Express and National Parks Adventure screen, World Golf Village HoF Theater, St. Johns, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.
THE BRONZE Rated R Melissa Rauch (Big Bang Theory) plays Hope – an ex-Olympic medalist of a lower class of athlete than America usually enshrines. She’s more like Tonya Harding – and looks like ONJ as Sandy – and now she must train young Maggie (Haley Lu Richardson), a future gymnastics superstar. Costars Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Cecily Strong, Craig Kilborn, Olga Korbut (!) and Dominique Moceanu.
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THE BOSS Rated R Is this a zany send-up of Martha Stewart? We can’t tell yet (the comedy opens April 8) but it’s about an industry tycooness (?) who commits a federal crime, goes to prison, gets out and rebrands her whole image. Costars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter I’mbetter-than-this Dinklage, Kathy Bates and Cecily Strong.
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT PART I **@@ Rated PG-13 The dystopian adventures of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) in a post-apocalyptic future Chicago are interesting, but this third outing is disappointing. The people of Chicago were welcome to rejoin humanity outside the wall that contained them. Big decision: Shall they go meet those who’ve been experimenting with them, and if so, how can those people be trusted? Factionless leader Evelyn (Naomi Watts), in control of the city and inciting hatred against defeated Erudite Faction, has pushed Chicago toward civil war; maybe unknown outsiders can help restore peace. Tris, her boyfriend and lieutenant Four (Theo James), and a handful of others, go over the wall and through a blasted, inhospitable hellscape to see what – and who – is out there. Costars Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer, Maggie Q, Bill Skarsgård and Ashley Judd. — MaryAnn Johanson
cinemaandcafe.com. Roman Holiday screens noon and 6 p.m. April 7.
BATMAN VERSUS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Rated PG-13 This seems to us like the boys in Stand By Me arguing about who would win if Superman fought Mighty Mouse. Ben Affleck plays Batman, Henry Cavill is Superman, Amy Adams is Lois Lane, Jesse Eisenberg plays Lex Luthor and, in a nice twist, Laurence Fishburne is editor Perry White. Costars Diane Lane, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Godot, Charlie Rose, as Charlie Rose, and Neil deGrasse Tyson as … Neil deGrasse Tyson. Genius casting!
EDDIE THE EAGLE Rated PG-13 Michael Edwards (Taron Egerton) was a British ski-jumper who beat the odds yet did not do well at the 1988 Winter Olympics. True story! It’s about perseverance, people. Costars Hugh Jackman. EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! Rated R Collegiate athletics in the 1980s, kinda like Animal House meets Basketball Diaries meets Dazed and Confused. Psyche! JK! Nice soundtrack, though. Costars Zoey Deutch, Austin Amelio, Blake Jenner, and Juston Street. EYE IN THE SKY Rated R Versatile Helen Mirren plays Col. Katherine Powell, head of a military drone project. As we all know, drones aren’t really controlled by humans, and this particular one homes in on an innocent target. Costars the late Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul and a woman whose name is Kate Liquorish, a fact we thought was worth mentioning. GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 Rated PG A high school teacher gets in trouble for discussing Jesus in class. Costars Jesse Metcalfe, Melissa Joan Hart, Robin Givens, Ernie Who-yagonna-call? Hudson, David A.R. White and Pat Boone. HARDCORE HENRY Rated R Pay close attention when you go to see this action/mystery movie, because you’re the main character. Sorta. Costars Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth and Haley Bennett. I SAW THE LIGHT Rated R What looks to be a decent effort to tell the story of country & Western god Hank Williams – so unlike his son and so much more like his grandson – costars Tom Hiddleston as Hank, plus Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Pope. KILL YOUR FRIENDS Not Rated The legitimacy of Brit pop has been argued ad nauseum. Music industry A&R man Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult – that kid from About a Boy who grew up quite nicely, thenkyew) feels obligated to market what sells, not what’s good. This apparently causes him to go off a bit, depravity increasing with each inside betrayal. Costars Georgia King, James Corden, Georgia King and Rosanna Hoult (Nick’s sister). MEET THE BLACKS Rated R Chicagoan Carl Black (Mike Epps) packs up the family and moves to Beverly … Hills, that is. No, this is definitely NOT a hillbilly farce. Costars George Lopez, Zulay Henao, Mike Tyson, Charlie Murphy. MILES AHEAD Rated R Talented Don Cheadle wrote, directed and stars in this dynamic biopic of jazz great Miles Davis. Costars Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg and Emayatzy Corinealdi. MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN Rated PG It’s the ideal moment to put out a weepy melodrama starring Jennifer Garner, since we’re on her side against that two-timing … sorry; I got carried away by the tragedy of yet another Honey, I Shtupped the Nanny incident. Anyway, this is based on a true story about a little girl with a rare illness being cured after she falls out of a tree. Costars Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, Queen Latifah and Courtney Fansler. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 ***@ Rated PG-13 Toula (Nia Vardalos) is still happily married to Ian (John Corbett), but their 17-year-old daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris) is tired of Grandpa Gus (Michael Constantine) telling her she needs a nice Greek boyfriend. Toula helps run her family’s restaurant, and is trying to get her father to propose to her mother (Lainie Kazan) after they find their marriage certificate was never signed. Toula’s real problem, though, is that she’s neglecting Ian. — Dan Hudak RACE Rated PG-13 The struggle of the greatest track and field athlete is told in this historical drama about the peerless Jesse Owens (Stephan James), whose feats in the sport catapulted him to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler ruled – and hated all non-Aryans. Jesse showed how a black man could not only compete against anyone,but beat them decisively, with grace and poise. Costars Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, David Kross, Carice van Houten. WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT ***@ Rated R Tina Fey plays Barker, a TV newsperson sent to Afghanistan in 2003 to cover Operation Enduring Freedom. In Kabul, she meets journalists Brit Tanya (Margot Robbie) and Iain (Martin Freeman), who’s Scottish. — DH THE YOUNG MESSIAH Rated PG-13 Everybody started out as a kid – Bernie Sanders, Chris Rock, Mother Teresa, Dick Cheney (well, maybe not Cheney) – and Jesus Christ (Adam Greaves-Neal) was no different. His mother Mary (Sara Lazzaro) and father Joseph (Vincent Walsh) fled to Egypt to keep their son from King Herod. Herod dies, so they go home to Nazareth. On the way, he’s told about his place on Earth. ZOOTOPIA ***G Rated PG The animated movie has furry characters, humor and warmth. Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) is an ambitious bunny who wants to be a big city cop in Zootopia. Her parents (Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake) want her be a carrot farmer. Police Chief Bogo (Idris Elba) gives her parking ticket duty – but 14 mammals are missing and nobody’s investigating. Costars Jason Bateman, Nate Torrence, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Shakira. — DH
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shows her grandmother and co-restaurateurs laywright and musician Jennifer Chase standing by a long, bus-like vehicle that braved describes herself as a Francophile who loves Nazi occupation in World War II to travel the double entendres and the slippery way South of France serving food. French mountains communication works across languages. form the background, and the vehicle seems a Chase is best known for her rock opera, La prototype of the food truck. Caroline, which she wrote with musician and The play parallels lives between veteran Folio Weekly Magazine music columnist generations. The premise centers on a crêpe John Citrone, set in present-day New York vendor, and Little plays a fictional version and France and in 16th-century French and of herself, known only as La Vendeuse. She’s Timucuan Northeast Florida. pregnant, forced to hand the reins of her arts In long talks with her French friend Lucie market crêperie over to an apprentice, but Dauteur Little, the subject of Chase’s new fights with herself to relinquish control, even play, Cracking La Coque, Chase was delighted at the point of giving birth. by the brilliance of Little’s accidental mixed“Teaching her apprentice how to make language portmanteau words, like her apology particular crêpes,” Chase said, “triggers for feeling “dis-asperated.” certain stories.” “Lucie’s talking about growing up,” Chase Once again, Chase’s work crosses continents said. “Boys said she’d rien à manger, ‘nothing and eras, bringing generations together in to eat,’ meaning she was flat-chested. She tells disparate places. me it’s a difficult time, her parents are getting One pivotal scene shows Little recalling her divorced, and she hadn’t even ‘cracked her cock.’ grandmother’s experience during Nazi-occupied I had no idea what she meant.” France, “hearing gunshots, she’s pregnant with Little had mixed her English and French. her eighth child while feeding everybody else, Coque is French for “shell.” She hadn’t cracked and she gives birth … [to a] stillborn.” out of her shell. Several threads unite these stories, including We’re sitting in Chase’s studio in CoRK, the the pop songs of Claude complex of former industrial buildings converted into artists’ CRACKING LA COQUE François, known endearingly 8 p.m. April 7-9, CoRK North, in France as “Cloclo.” Little was studios at the corner of Rosselle 603 King St., Riverside; born the year Cloclo died. and King streets in Riverside. $15 advance, $17 at the door; “I’m interested in cultural Chase writes equally here and artful.ly/store/events/7966 assumptions,” Chase said, in the treehouse in her backyard “like James Baldwin’s idea elsewhere in the district. that you have to get out of your country With her long dreadlocks, long skirts, and live under another set of assumptions bangles, and a warm hug for everyone, Chase is to understand you first lived with any such a Jacksonville icon. She loves all things French assumptions at all.” and says, “French culture finds its way into all When Chase told Little she didn’t know my creative work.” Claude François’s music, Little said everybody It’s no wonder the subject of her newest play knew Cloclo. Didn’t Chase know Frank Sinatra’s is Lucie Dauteur Little, owner of Little Family “My Way”? — the American version of Cloclo’s Crêpes, whose food truck you’ll find each “Comme d’habitude”? Saturday at Riverside Arts Market. Each crêpe Cracking La Coque is part of Chase’s recipe is named for a family member or friend. unCoRKed Series, which features “raw page to In the play, Little plays herself. Last May, when Chase and Little decided stage” performances she described as “estrogento work together, they went walking through enhanced works in progress.” Riverside and ended up at Sweet Theory Baking UnCoRKed is a circle of women writers and artists, including Chase, Little, Kathleen King Co. on King Street. — who acts in the play and whose paintings “I had my recorder and told Lucie, ‘Just tell will be exhibited during performances — Laura me stories. Tell me stories about anything.’” Fincham, and Eva Sonnenberg Matthews, who Chase points to a long stretch of tape on her starred in Chase’s Eva Chase Wood and also studio wall, where she kept a timeline of Little’s appears in Cracking La Coque. Stephanie Natale life stories while writing the play. Frus directs the play. Several of the vignettes in Cracking La Tim Gilmore Coque tell of Little’s grandmother, who ran her mail@folioweekly.com own restaurant in France. One photograph
ARTS + EVENTS PERFORMANCE
CELTIC NIGHTS: SPIRIT OF FREEDOM This is the story of Irish independence, beginning 100 years ago with the Easter Rising, through music, song, dance and storytelling, 8 p.m. April 6, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $29-$39, floridatheatre.com. BITS AND PIECES The Vintage Players theater group presents light-hearted skits, scenes and monologues, 6:30 p.m. April 6, Clay County Headquarters Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island, 278-3722, claycounty.gov. DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS FROZEN The family-geared production, based on the Oscar-winning animated film about the wintry world of Arendelle, is staged 7:30 p.m. April 6; 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. April 7; 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. April 8; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. April 9; and 10 a.m., 2 & 6 p.m. April 10, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, $20-$135, ticketmaster.com. LOVE, DEATH & THE PROM The ACTeen production is presented 7:30 p.m. April 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. April 10 at Amelia Community Theatre, 209 Cedar St., Fernandina Beach, 261-6749; $10, ameliacommunitytheatre.com. LET IT BE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES The Fab Four are presented through their musical career, 7 p.m. April 10, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $35-$65, floridatheatre.com. TILLY THE TRICKSTER This kids’ production is staged 11 a.m. April 9, 16, 23 and 30 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, 825-1164; $26 adult with free child ticket, $10 each additional child, limelight-theatre.org. THE WIZ The Tony-winning musical working of The Wizard of Oz in rock, soul, and gospel, runs through April 24. Dinner 6 p.m.; brunch noon; Executive Chef DeJuan Roy presents a themed menu; Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 6411212, alhambrajax.com.
CLASSICAL, CHOIR & JAZZ
UNF JAZZ COMBO Lynne Arriale coordinates a student jazz performance, 7:30 p.m. April 6, UNF’s Robinson Theater, 620-2878, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx. NAJEE The versatile instrumentalist performs at 8 p.m. April 9 at Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010; $42-$74, ritzjacksonville.com. BEETHOVEN & MENDELSSOHN The Florida Chamber Music Project performs works by the masters at 3 p.m. April 10 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399; $23, flchambermusic.org. ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Choral ensembles from UF’s music department perform to mark the 90th anniversary of Penney Retirement Community and the Penney Memorial Church, 7 p.m. April 10 at the church, 4465 Poling Blvd., Penney Farms; free, penneyretirementcommunity.org. UNF JAZZ COMBO The group plays 7:30 p.m. April 6, UNF’s Robinson Theater, 620-2878, free, unf.edu/coas/music/ Calendar.aspx. UNF VIOLA RECITAL Dr. Renate Falkner conducts, 7:30 p.m. April 7, UNF’s Recital Hall, 620-2878, free, unf.edu/ coas/music/Calendar.aspx. CHAMBER MASTERCLASS Dr. Simon Shiao coordinates, noon April 8, UNF’s Fine Arts Center, 620-2878, free, unf. edu/coas/music/Calendar.aspx. FACULTY SELECTION HONORS RECITAL The performance is 7:30 p.m. April 7 at Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, arts.ju.edu. CELLO SONATAS The music of Beethoven and Chopin is performed 7:30 p.m. April 8 at JU’s Terry Concert Hall, 2567386, arts.ju.edu. CHORAL & WIND ENSEMBLES The performance is 3 p.m. April 10 at JU’s Terry Concert Hall, 256-7386, arts.ju.edu.
COMEDY
PAULA POUNDSTONE The Emmy-winning comedian appears at 8 p.m. April 9, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $25-$50, floridatheatre.com. FRED’S ALL-STAR COMEDIANS Northeast Florida comedians Cesar Cordero and Bob Lauver appear, 7:30 p.m. April 6, The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $10, comedyzone.com. JEN KOBER Comic Kober is on 7:30 April 7; 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. April 8 and 9, The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, $12-$18, comedyzone.com. HYPNOTIST RICH GUZZI’S XXXTREME SHOW Adult hypnotism show is staged 7:30 April 12, The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, $20, comedyzone.com.
ART WALKS & MARKETS
FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK The Downtown walk, held noon-10 p.m. April 6 – themed Spark Walk – has live music venues, hotspots open after 9 p.m. and a Creator Showcase, spanning 15 blocks Downtown. iloveartwalk.com. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local, regional art, local music – Robert Lester Folsom, Mark Williams & Blue Horse, UNF Jazz Ensemble 2 – food artists and a farmers market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 9 under the Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.
MUSEUMS
BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Lights Up: 50 Years of Players by the Sea is on display. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Archipenko: A Modern Legacy, 80 works by modern sculptor Alexander Archipenko, through April 17. Conservation, Beautification, & a City Plan: Ninah Cummer & the Establishment of Jacksonville Parks through Nov. 27. Julien De Casablanca: The Outings Project, through May 1. Rockwell Kent: The Shakespeare Portfolio exhibits through May 15. David Hayes: The Sentinel Series, sculptures of geometrically abstract, organic forms, through Oct. 2. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Project Atrium: Shinique Smith, Quickening, a fabric-based installation incorporating elements of graffiti, Japanese calligraphy, and collage, through June 26. The Other: Nurturing a New Ecology in Printmaking, works by women printmakers, through April 10. In Living Color: Andy Warhol & Contemporary Printmaking and Time Zones: James Rosenquist & Printmaking at the Millennium through May 15. RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010, ritzjacksonville.com. Through Our Eyes 2016: Sensory Perception, works by 18 African-American artists, through Aug. 14.
GALLERIES
THE ART CENTER Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, 2339252, tacjacksonville.org. Primal Archetypes displays through May 23. BREW FIVE POINTS 1024 Park St., Riverside, 374-5789, brewfivepoints.com. Madeleine Peck Wagner’s new exhibit, Bear Baiting, a commentary on the state of Florida’s bear hunt, is on display CoRK ARTS DISTRICT 2689 Rosselle St., Jacksonville, corkartsdistrict.com. I’m Board 6 displays at East Gallery. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/news-events/crisp-ellert-art-museum. Sunday, paintings by Kristan Kennedy, through April 16. THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Natural Currents, works by John Bunker and Brian Frus, through April 8. CYPRESS VILLAGE 4600 Middleton Park Cir. E., Southside, 677-5112, brookdale.com. Jacksonville Coalition for Visual Arts runs through May 11. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreetgalleryart.com. Mermaid Magic displays through April 5. J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 435-3200, jjohnsongallery.com. Carlos Betancourt’s recent works are on exhibit. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org. Evita, letters and journals of Eva Perón, displays through May 1. Susan Schuenke’s Bold and Beautiful displays through April 30. MONYA ROWE GALLERY 4 Rohde Ave., St. Augustine, 217-0637, monyarowegallery.com. Find Your Way, works by Gianna Commito, Matthew F. Fisher and Jim Gaylord, is on display through May 1. SPLIFF’S GASTROPUB 15 Ocean St., Downtown, 8445000, facebook.com/spliffsgastropub. Jessica Becker’s 3D paintings are on display.
EVENTS
MATT GRAY MEMORIAL The ninth annual surf, skate, and art event is held 5 p.m. April 8 at Oceanside Rotary Skate Park, 800 Seminole Rd., Atlantic Beach for a skate contest and art event, and 8 a.m. April 9 at 19th Street, Atlantic Beach, for a surf contest. Proceeds raise scholarship funds. Sunrise Surf Shop, 241-0822, sunrisesurfshop.com. ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE DAY The second annual Challenge Day features discussions on threatened bee population and its effect on pollination, mosquito control, seismic airgun blasting, development in St. Johns County, global warming, and grassroots environmental movements. Local artists and authors display their works. A dunk tank, live music, facepainting and nonhelium balloon art, Whitney Lab’s Traveling Zoo, Marineland’s sea life artifacts, bee hives and honey, info on bats, pottery, jewelry, food and drinks are featured. Gallimore Center, 399 Riberia St., St. Augustine, johnpilecki@gmail.com. ONE SPARK One Spark presents its Creator Showcase noon-10 a.m. April 6 along Laura Street, Downtown. Creator Innovation Day (featured speakers: Mayor Curry, Andrew Rush, Spencer Pitman) April 7 at Hyatt Regency Riverfront; onespark.com.
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FOLIO A+E : VISUAL ARTS
Shinique Smith Project Atrium installation DEFIES EXPECTATIONS
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stuffed animals, the sculptures are bound f making art is always something of a into elegant, playful, pathetic, and buoyant cobbling together of impulses and ideas forms, existing at the corner of memory, born from the conscious/unconscious mark in the same mental space where incredibly and the impulse to find and save interesting personal discarded items are. However, their items, then Shinique Smith releases those existence isn’t relegated to just nostalgia — activities from the margins of the personal. visually, they act as bulbous counterpoints to By placing the locus of her work in gestures the grace of the wall piece. They were started, informed body and dance, she renders visible explained Smith, as investigations into energy in the making. “I am always thinking gesture and fabric as surface, then informed of the relationship of my body to the work by the experience of living in NYC. [regardless of scale],” she said. “Being in Manhattan Jamie DeSimone, and seeing bundles of associate curator of QUICKENING Through June 26; an artist’s tour is 7 recycling — the careful exhibitions at Museum of p.m. May 19. MOCA Jacksonville, 333 way people put together Contemporary Art (MOCA) N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, $8 things in the street: Jacksonville, reflected, “As admission adults; $5 seniors, military, students; mocajacksonville.com Smith inserts color, form, newspapers, laundry, and material into the world, recycling — there is a the recognizable mediums often convey new tenderness and poetry to it … the bundles meaning, but that meaning is subjective to as ritual and the ritual of tying.” the viewer.” Language, too, accompanies the bundles. The artist’s recent MOCA Project Atrium The word itself seems to slip off the tongue piece, Quickening, is an object lesson in the and immediately invite associations like multiple ways she’s solving problems and tumble and bumble. Then, as Smith continued clarifying ideas around the formal aspects of to describe the process of the bundles, issues painting within an aestheticized framework of materiality, consumerism, and time come (and winking at modern art’s splashy to the fore. “Each one is a brief moment,” history). For the wall-to-ceiling work, she said the artist, who added that as she works, transformed the Atrium into an illusory space “time shifts.” And indeed, gazing up at the punctuated with light — which is to say, forms, it seems each encapsulates something the calligraphically expanding form merges terribly important, incredibility diaphanous, collage, reflection, and paint, startlingly like an interior conversation about identity defying the expectations of a wall-referenced and presentation. piece. It is, in a word, joyful. DeSimone added, “The bundles are a Smith’s ingenuity and twinkling sense signature element in Smith’s oeuvre. MOCA of discovery may be most clearly embodied Jacksonville’s piece is one of the few instances in the soft sculpture bundles suspended where she physically arranges a twofrom the ceiling. Crafted of old clothing and dimensional piece with three-dimensional
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forms. This is often done in other site-specific work, but MOCA’s is unique because of the use of acrylic mirrors and the space’s verticality. For me, cascading sculptures twirl and perform like dancers or shooting stars, the intersection of material, motion, and reflection creates a thought-provoking visualization about personal identity and individual style.” Bringing together disparate elements, Smith said she is “going for the revelatory moment … discovery in making.” Of Quickening specifically, she said, “I saw [a picture of] the space, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.” She went on to describe how she made collages, designed the mirrors, and approached the atrium space as if it were a canvas or a piece of paper. “Then, when I’m in the space, the energy can shift, and I consider all of the sight-lines.” For a space like the atrium, it required that she not only consider the “up,” but the ability of the viewer to stand on different levels and interact that way. Smith said that residencies and travel facilitated the development of her methods and form. “Residencies are very helpful [for me]. They were little spurts of time to incubate new thoughts away from the familiar.” With a residency, she said, there’s the opportunity to form friendships and mentorships and the chance to be a part of a shared history with peers. Further, she mentioned that in applying for residencies and the like, it’s a chance to “ask for a no,” and to “treat what you do like a profession.” For Smith, travel is a way to have a greater understanding of where she lives and then expand on her idea of understanding placeness. “You see a lot of connection between things in thrift stores and the ideology of a place.” Smith’s ability to look widely, then narrow her focus into idiosyncratic gestures and forms, couched in unrestrained but elegant formal compositions, contrasted with her bundles, is a mark of her deftness and humor. And in viewing Quickening, it’s as if the audience is granted a glimpse of the duality within Smith’s own heart, and in this, can recognize their duality, too. Madeleine Peck Wagner mail@folioweekly.com
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FOLIO A+E : MUSIC Dawes follows long line of All Your Favorite Bands, injecting THEIR OWN EMOTION into West Coast folk rock
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songwriting while making sure the rock ’n’ roll hen Dawes first debuted in 2009, it was band is incorporated and well-represented. easy to lump their joyful Americana in with the hollow “Ho hey!” movement You have reliably released an album every pushed by ascendant mainstream acts like two years since 2009. Is the next one already The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons. But in the works for 2017? there was always something deeper and more We actually just finished recording it. Some authentic in the work of brothers Taylor and great bands put out a record a year and ended Griffin Goldsmith and third wheel Wylie up with such extensive catalogs. As cool as Gelber. Wild, uninhibited strains of heartland it feels to already have four albums, when I rock ’n’ roll. A heavy dose of paisley-tinted Los look at my heroes like Willie Nelson and Elvis Angeles folk. And an uncanny combination of Costello, who have upwards of 30 albums, four anthemic arena ambition and true-blue downwas barely the beginning. That’s what we’re home instrumental chops, best demonstrated striving for. by the fact that Taylor and Griffin named the band after their fiddle-playing Okie You recorded Favorite in Nashville. Did you grandfather. record the newest album there? Like early supporter and collaborator No, this time we did it in LA with our good Jackson Browne and fellow Laurel Canyon friend Blake Mills, who just had a great year in icons Fleetwood Mac, Dawes’ sweet, soothing 2015 — he did the last Alabama Shakes record. sound often serves as an expert cover for inner We were in [pre-Dawes punk band] Simon disorder and fractured utopia. Take the band’s Dawes together, and we’ve been best friends most recent album, All Your Favorite Bands, since we were 11 years old. I think it was the which sounds like a high-minded rock ’n’ roll best step forward for us — a closing of the retrospective but actually delves deep into the circle, if you will. complicated emotions surrounding a painful breakup. “A really big part of what this band’s But not a “this is our definitive work” closing been about from the beginning is bringing that of the circle? You just mentioned striving for a personal side of songwriting to a four-member 30-album discography. rock ’n’ roll band that loves Led Zeppelin, It’s hard to imagine any band getting to that Grateful Dead, and The Rolling Stones,” place where you say, “This is exactly what we Taylor Goldsmith tells Folio Weekly Magazine. want, and this is where we “Writing quality songs while hope it stays.” We’re four guys also playing guitar and hitting from LA who play rock ’n’ hard is so important to us.” DAWES, HISS roll songs that can be five or GOLDEN MESSENGER 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, Ponte six minutes long and slow as Folio Weekly: On your Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 fuck — the fact that we have current tour, does the set A1A N., 209-0399, $29-$33 the opportunity to even have list still focus on All Your pvconcerthall.com a career is so unbelievable. Favorite Bands? We consider ourselves lucky Taylor Goldsmith: I like to keep it retrospective. I don’t know if anyone to just go on tour and make money and play else cares, but when I go see a band, I want to good crowds in certain cities. So the next to see each record represented, with some steps we want to take are creative steps — not curveballs thrown in that I wasn’t expecting just trying to make the crowds bigger or have to hear. For us at this point, we like to go deep a big hit single. We really enjoy plugging away: into the catalog. But All Your Favorite Bands watching the slow and steady growth instead of struggling to follow up some overnight success. was very much written and arranged for the stage, so those songs inevitably get more This tour, you’re performing at Ponte Vedra represented than others. Concert Hall. But St. Augustine holds a special place in your hearts? How important was it to marry intensely It’s fair to say that our most memorable show personal songwriting with big, anthemic rock was our last one opening for Bob Dylan [in ’n’ roll on the album? 2013] at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, when My favorite artists are the ones who regarded we actually got to meet him. That’s something themselves as singer-songwriters: Bob Dylan, good we’ll always associate with St. Augustine. Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon, We have family there, too, so we always love or even later guys like Will Oldham or Bill going fishing with them when we’re down there. Callahan. But as much as I love writing songs, Nick McGregor I also love playing guitar. So we’ve always mail@folioweekly.com wanted to bring together the personal side of
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Alt-folk great MALCOLM HOLCOMBE performs April 7 at Mudville Music Room, St. Nicholas.
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK
SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. April 6, Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247. SPARK-WALK 6 p.m. April 6, 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown. DAN VOLL 6:30 p.m. April 6, Alley Cat Seafood, 316 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, 491-1001. DENNY BLUE 6 p.m. April 7 & 14, Surfer Joe’s Pub & Grill, 6101 S. A1A, St. Augustine, 429-9906. The YOUNG STEP, COSMIC GROOVE, SAND FLEAS 7 p.m. April 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Block Party, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367. SADISTIK, BLEUBIRD, WEERD SCIENCE, EARLY ADOPTED 7 p.m. April 7, Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $8. MALCOLM HOLCOMBE 7:30 p.m. April 7, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008, $10. DAILEY & VINCENT 8 p.m. April 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $39. SUNN O))), BIG BRAVE 8 p.m. April 7, Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., Riverside, 359-0049. “3” the BAND 9 p.m. April 7, Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. LIVING COLOUR 6:30 p.m. April 8, Harmonious Monks, 320 First St. N., Jax Beach, 372-0815, $22.50-$70. DUSTIN LOUQUE 7 p.m. April 8, Blue Jay Listening Room, 412 Second St. N., Jax Beach, 834-1315, $40. SETH WALKER 7:30 p.m. April 8, Mudville Music Room, $10. 1964 the TRIBUTE (Beatles tribute) 7:30 p.m. April 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, $29-$49. STICK FIGURE, FORTUNATE YOUTH, RAGING FYAH 7:30 p.m. April 8, Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $15 advance; $20 day of. REBIRTH BRASS BAND 8 p.m. April 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $30 advance; $35 day of. Front Porch Jam Session: DJ KEVIN TOS, RYAN CRARY, DICARLO, BRUCE DELASALLA, IN SEASON, DR. SIRBROTHER, SUNSPOTS, LOVERS QUARREL, ARTICOOL 8 p.m. April 8, 1904 Music Hall, $8 advance; $10 day of. 100 WATT VIPERS 8 p.m. April 8, Jack Rabbits, $8. WILD SHINERS, THIN SKINS, SAND FLEAS 8 p.m. April 8, Planet Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 342-0632. HEATHER MALONEY 8:30 p.m. April 8, Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311, $10 advance; $15 at the door. DIRTY PETE 9 p.m. April 8 & 9, The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611. AREA 51 9:30 p.m. April 8, Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208. Riverside Arts Market: ROBERT LESTER FOLSOM, MARK WILLIAMS & BLUE HORSE, UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE 2 Starts 10:30 a.m. April 9, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449. BLAIRE HANKS 6 p.m. April 9, Mavericks Live, $10. CHATHAM COUNTY LINE 7:30 p.m. April 9, Mudville Music Room, $10. DARYL HANCE POWERMUSE, The YOUNG STEP, CORBITT CLAMPITT EXPERIENCE 8 p.m. April 9, Jack Rabbits, $8. DAWES, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER 8 p.m. April 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $29 advance (SRO); $33 day of. DAVIS TURNER 8 p.m. April 9, Slider’s Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., Fernandina, 277-6652.
SPANKY 9:30 p.m. April 9, Whiskey Jax. CITIZEN & TURNOVER, SORORITY NOISE, MILK TEETH 6:30 p.m. April 10, 1904 Music Hall, $15. KEITH HARKIN 7 p.m. April 10, Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595, $25-$60. LERA LYNN, The RIVERNECKS 6:30 p.m. April 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Block Party, $20 (SRO) advance; $25 day of. BLACK UHURU 7:30 p.m. April 10, Harmonious Monks, $15. The DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, TODD & MOLLY JONES 8 p.m. April 11, Original Café Eleven, $15 advance; $20 at the door. TOMAS GORRIO & the TRAVELING GYPSY, DOVETONSIL 8 p.m. April 12, Jack Rabbits, $5 advance; $10 day of. AMY HELM 8 p.m. April 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $36-$39. CHRIS PUREKA, CHELSEA SADDLER 8 p.m. April 13, Original Café Eleven, $12 advance; $15 at the door. PEARL JAM 8 p.m. April 13, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, $70.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Wanee Music Festival: WIDESPREAD PANIC, GREGG ALLMAN, GOV’T MULE, LES BRERS, UMPHREY’S McGEE, BRUCE HORNSBY, STANLEY CLARKE, MELVIN SEALS & JGB, KARL DENSON April 14, 15 & 16 LAS PIÑAS, KENNY & The JETS, The COSMIC GROOVE April 14, Shanghai Nobby’s RITA WILSON April 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Oyster Jam Music Festival: GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE, SPLIT TONE, The BAND BE EASY, FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL, The RIP CURRENTS, AUSTIN PARK, DIRTY PETES, CHILLULA, The BEN CARTER BAND, EMMA MOSELEY BAND, The UNDER the BUS BLUES BAND, Jacksonville Jazz Hour: ANTON LaPLUME BAND, MJ BAKER April 16 & 17, Metropolitan Park The BRONX WANDERERS April 16, The Florida Theatre BARRAGE 8 April 17, The Florida Theatre ESTER RADA April 17, The Ritz Theatre BILLY CURRINGTON, KELSEA BALLERINI April 18, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JESSE COOK April 18, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Generation Axe: STEVE VAI, ZAKK WYLDE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, SO THIS IS SUFFERING, NUNO the CONVALESCENCE April 19, Jack Rabbits BETTENCOURT, TOSIN ABASI April 20, The Florida Theatre One Night of Queen: GARY MULLEN & the WORKS April 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall A NIGHT with JANIS JOPLIN April 21, The Florida Theatre IRATION April 21, Mavericks Live SKINDRED April 21, Harmonious Monks FOSTER CARE, CRAZY BAG LADY, The MOLD, TIGHT GENES April 21, Rain Dogs BEN FOLDS April 22, The Florida Theatre RASCAL FLATTS, JANA KRAMER April 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SLEEPMAKESWAVES, MONUMENTS, ENTHEOS, The CONTORTIONIST April 22, 1904 Music Hall MYSTIKAL, JUVENILE, TRICK DADDY, BUN B, PROJECT PAT, TOO SHORT April 22, Veterans Memorial Arena NOFX April 23, Mavericks Live MATTHEW WEST, SIDEWALK PROPHETS April 23, First Baptist Church
CHRIS ISAAK April 24, The Florida Theatre WOLVES at the GATE, HOUSEHOLD, SEARCHING SERENITY, DROWNING ABOVE WATER, DAYSEEKER April 27, Murray Hill Theatre Suwannee River Jam: LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BIG & RICH, CHASE RICE, CLAY WALKER, BIG SMO April 27-30, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park TOMMY EMMANUEL, The LOWHILLS April 28 & 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall OBN IIIs, BROWN PALACE, The MOLD April 29, Shanghai Nobby’s JJ GREY & MOFRO April 29, Mavericks Live ANJELAH JOHNSON, BON QUI QUI, GROUP 1 CREW April 30, The Florida Theatre ALABAMA SHAKES, DYLAN LeBLANC April 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Welcome to Rockville: ROB ZOMBIE, ZZ TOP, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, A DAY to REMEMBER, MEGADETH, LAMB of GOD, CYPRESS HILL, SEVENDUST, ANTHRAX, CLUTCH, YELAWOLF, P.O.D., WE CAME as ROMANS, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, ISSUES, CROWN the EMPIRE, BEAR TOOTH, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, AVATAR, From ASHES to NEW, GLORIOUS SONS, WILD THRONE, DISTURBED, SHINEDOWN, 3 DOORS DOWN, BRING ME the HORIZON, SIXX:A.M., COLLECTIVE SOUL, PENNYWISE, BULLET for my VALENTINE, HELLYEAH, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, CANDLEBOX, ESCAPE the FATE, PARKWAY DRIVE, ENTER SHIKARI, MISS MAY I, WILSON, RED SUN RISING, LACEY STURM, MONSTER TRUCK, CANE HILL April 30 & May 1, Metropolitan Park GIPSY KINGS, NICOLAS REYES, TONINO BALIARDO May 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LA LUZ, MASSENGER, The GUN HOES May 5, Burro Bar Funk Fest: LL COOL J, NEW EDITION, MASTER P, FLOETRY, DRU HILL, JON B. May 6 & 7, Metropolitan Park JBOOG, COMMON KINGS May 6, Mavericks Live PHIL VASSAR, RUSSELL DICKERSON May 7, Thrasher-Horne BILL BURR May 8, T-U Center The 1975, JAPANESE HOUSE May 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The FRONT BOTTOMS, BRICK + MORTAR, DIET CIG May 11, Mavericks Live ELLIS PAUL May 13, The Original Café Eleven MICHAEL CARBONARO May 13, Times-Union Center RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE May 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall STYX, .38 SPECIAL, The OUTLAWS May 14, St. Augustine Amphitheatre AMY SCHUMER May 15, Veterans Memorial Arena OTEP FEST 2016 May 15, Harmonious Monks DEFTONES, CODE ORANGE May 17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SHAKEY GRAVES, SON LITTLE May 17, PVedra Concert Hall NIGHT RANGER May 19, The Florida Theatre KING & the KILLER May 20, Mavericks Live FOALS May 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SALT-N-PEPA, KID ’N PLAY, ROB BASE, COOLIO, TONE LOC, COLOR ME BADD May 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BUCKETHEAD May 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MODERN ENGLISH May 26, Burro Bar R. KELLY May 26, Veterans Memorial Arena HERE COME the MUMMIES, NOAH GUTHRIE May 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC IL DIVO Sept. 23, The Florida Theatre NEEDTOBREATHE, MAT KEARNY, PARACHUTE, WELSHLY ARMS Oct. 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SAVION GLOVER Nov. 18, Florida Theatre GARRISON KEILLOR Dec. 11, The Florida Theatre
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA
ALLEY CAT Beer House, 316 Centre St., 491-1001 Dan Voll April 6 LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646 Miguel Paley jazz show every Fri.-Sun. SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 King Eddie & Pili Pili 5 p.m. April 6. Tad Jennings April 7. Bluff 5, Davis Turner April 9. Jaime Noel April 10. Darrell Rae April 11 SURF Restaurant, 3199 S. Fletcher, 261-5711 Yancy Clegg Tue. & Thur. Black Jack Band Fri.
Local rock legend ROBERT LESTER FOLSOM (pictured), whose ’70s recordings have become venerated by younger, contemporary players, performs along with MARK WILLIAMS & BLUE HORSE, and UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE 2 April 9 at Riverside Arts Market.
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
CASBAH Café, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 9 p.m. Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri.
THE BEACHES Follow the Sun Fest: SUPERSUCKERS, DRAG the RIVER,
SHIP THIEVES, WHISKEY & CO., HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL, ONES to BLAME, ANN PRAGG, SINNERS & SAINTS, CARA BETH SATALINO, OUTER SPACES, WAX WINGS, CHASE NEIL & the WISEBLOODS, HARD LUCK SOCIETY, JONATHAN COODY, ROB COE & CO., RIVERNECKS, THIN SKINS, ENDLESS POOLS, ANCHOR FAST, DEVON STUART, KENNY & the JETS, SAND FLEAS May 27, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Block Party ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO June 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC June 11, St. Aug Amphitheatre CYNDI LAUPER June 12, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MIRANDA LAMBERT, KIP MOORE, BROTHERS OSBORNE June 12, Veterans Memorial Arena DEATH CAB for CUTIE, CHVRCHES, PURE BATHING CULTURE June 14, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CHRIS CORNELL June 17, The Florida Theatre ZOSO Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience June 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall REBELUTION, The GREEN & J BOOG, STICK FIGURE, THROUGH the GREEN June 23, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RICHIE RAMONE June 25, Burro Bar JUSTIN BIEBER June 29, Veterans Memorial Arena
SUBLIME with ROME, TRIBAL SEEDS July 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BARENAKED LADIES, ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES in the DARK, HOWARD JONES July 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TWENTY ONE PILOTS July 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FLAG, WAR on WOMEN, The DIRTY NIL July 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SHAWN MENDES July 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FLIGHT of the CONCHORDS July 17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre 5 SECONDS of SUMMER July 20, Veterans Memorial Arena TED NUGENT July 20, The Florida Theatre 311, MATISYAHU July 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRING IT! LIVE July 29, The Florida Theatre WALK the MOON, MISTERWIVES Aug. 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SLIGHTLY STOOPID, SOJA, FORTUNATE YOUTH Aug. 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RAY LaMONTAGNE Aug. 14, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GOO GOO DOLLS, COLLECTIVE SOUL, TRIBE SOCIETY Aug. 31, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRIAN WILSON, AL JARDINE, BLONDIE CHAPLIN Sept. 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
BLUE JAY LISTENING ROOM, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Dustin Loque 7 p.m. April 8 BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff April 6 CULHANE’S, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 Keith Harkin 7 p.m. April 10. DJ Hal every Sat. Irish music every Sun. FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic, NB, 853-5680 3 the Band 9 p.m. April 7. Evan Michael & the WellWishers 10 p.m. April 8. The Gootch April 9. Darren Corlew April 10 GUSTO’S, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov every Wed. Monica DaSilva every Thur. Murray Goff Fri. Under the Bus Sat. HARMONIOUS Monks, 320 First St. N., 372-0815 Living Colour, Kaleido, Stone Bone 6:30 p.m. April 8. Black Uhuru, JahMen April 10. Live music Wed.-Sun. LYNCH’S, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Yamedeo 10 p.m. April 8. Zander April 9. Chillula every Sun. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Joe Moorhead April 6 & 7. Cameron Taghlabi April 12 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Chilly Rhino April 12. Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Walter Trout 10 p.m. April 7 MONKEY’S UNCLE Tavern, 1728 N. Third St., 246-1070 DJ Wed., Sat. & Sun. Live music every Fri. RAGTIME Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Neil Dixon April 6. Vox April 7. Little Mike & the Tornados April 8 & 9. Holliday & Duffy April 10 SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Savanna Leigh Bassett 6 p.m. April 6 SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE, 218 First St., NB, 246-0881 Dixie Rodeo 6 p.m. April 9 ZETA BREWING, 131 First Ave. N., 372-0727 Radio Love April 8
DOWNTOWN
1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St. Spark Walk 6 p.m. April 6; Front Porch Jam Session with DJ Kevin Tos, Ryan Crary, DiCarlo, Bruce Delasalla, In Season. Dr. Sirbrother, Sunspots, Lovers Quarrel, Articool 8 p.m. April 8. Citizen & Turnover, Sorority Noise, Milk Teeth 6:30 p.m. April 10 BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St. The Proper, On Guard, Winter Wave, Connor Hickey April 6. Frank Sesick April 9 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 BlackJack every Wed. DJ Brandon every Thur. DJs spin dance every Fri. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, The Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. April 6, 13, 20 & 27. Jimmy Solari April 8. Brett Foster 8 p.m. April 9 HOURGLASS PUB, 345 E. Bay St., 469-1719 The Corbitt Clampitt Experience April 6 JACKSONVILLE Landing, 353-1188 Bread & Butter 8 p.m. April 8. Austin Park April 9. 418 Band April 10. Spanky the Band April 14 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Dr. Doom 10 p.m. every Fri. DJ Shotgun 10 p.m. every Sat. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Stick Figure, Fortunate Youth, Raging Fyah 7:30 p.m. April 8. Blaire Hanks 6 p.m. April 9. Black Tiger Sex Machine 9 p.m. April 13. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat.
FLEMING ISLAND
MR. CHUBBY’S WINGS, 11043 Crystal Springs Rd., 355-9464 Chuck Nash 9 p.m. April 8 WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Chilly Rhino 9 p.m. April 8. South Prong 9 p.m. April 9. Darrell Rae April 10
INTRACOASTAL WEST
CLIFF’S Bar, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Falling Forward April 6. No Saints April 8. Black Creek April 9 JERRY’S Grille, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Don’t Call Me Shirley April 8. Boogie Freaks April 9
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine, 8803040 Live music most weekends. Open jam 7 p.m. Mon.
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR, 2620 Blanding, 282-1564 Clinton Lane Darnell & Shayne Rammler 8 p.m. April 12 THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Dirty Pete 9 p.m. April 8 & 9. Lake Worth Longshots 9 p.m. April 15
Americana (or as Folio Weekly Magazine has renamed it, “Bardcore,”) fave LERA LYNN (pictured) performs with THE RIVERNECKS April 10 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Block Party.
PONTE VEDRA
PUSSER’S, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Live music Wed.-Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Deron Baker April 6. Gary Starling April 7. Dustin Bradley, Johnny Flood April 8. Latin All Stars April 9
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood S., 388-7807 Danny Johnson April 8. Wrekless Abandon Unmasked 7 p.m. April 15 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Tough Junkie, Higher Learning, Mass Appeal April 8 RIVERSIDE Arts Market, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Robert Lester Folsom, Mark Williams & Blue Horse, UNF Jazz Ensemble 2 10:30 a.m. April 9
ST. AUGUSTINE
The CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Billy Buchanan, The Committee April 8. Brady Reich, The Committee April 9. Vinny Jacobs April 10 ORIGINAL CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-9311 Heather Maloney 8:30 p.m. April 8. The Dustbowl Revival, Todd & Molly Jones April 11. Chris Pureka, Chelsea Saddler April 13 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Wild Shiners, Thin Skins, Sand Fleas 8 p.m. April 8 SURFER JOE’S PUB & GRILL, 6101 S. A1A, 429-9906 Denny Blue 6 p.m. April 7 & 14 TRADEWINDS Lounge, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Those Guys 9 p.m. April 8 & 9
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Sadistik, Bleubird, Weerd Science, Early Adopted April 7. 100 Watt Vipers April 8. Daryl Hance Powermuse, Corbitt Clampitt Experience, The Young Step 8 p.m. April 9. Tomas Gorrio & the Traveling Gypsy, Dovetonsil April 12
MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Malcolm Holcombe 7:30 p.m. April 7. Seth Walker April 8. Chatham County Line April 9. Big band music April 11
SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Charlie Walker April 7. Robbie Litt April 8. Ryan Crary April 9 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, 634-7208 Area 51 9:30 p.m. April 8. Spanky 9:30 p.m. April 9 WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 Who Rescued Who 9 p.m. April 8. JesterJack April 9
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUNN AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, I’ve been searching the heaviest, darkest music I can find. At age 5, I was attracted to Hendrix’s feedback freakouts and the plodding stoner rock of the obscure band Strange. The noise was heavy, and even as a child, I appreciated its hypnotic effect. By 1975, I was in possession of the landmark “KISS Alive,” which to an 8-year-old was monstrous. Of course, soon after, I became hip to heavy metal predecessors Led Zeppelin, Sabbath and The Who; each band tore my face off and stomped on it. During the early ’80s, there was a conspicuous absence of heavy music in lieu of dancier synth pop and MTV garbage dribbling from our TVs. But then Slayer, Helstar, Naked City and Celtic Frost happened, and I was again sated. Even Metallica’s early stuff turned me on. These days, there’s a glut of what qualifies as heavy and dark music, but little of it grabs my ear. “Extreme metal” is the label slapped on most
of these, and a less-appropriate name I could not conjure. Modern extreme metal revolves mainly around sampled kick drums, faster than human riffage, impossible-to-decipher logos, and lots of scary posturing and spikey wrist bands. But nothing honestly dark, ominous or heavy. That is, with one shining exception: SUNN0))). (Though traditionally written with the 0))) following word Sunn – an homage to the amps from which they draw their name – for the rest of this article, they’ll be referred to simply as Sunn.) Established in the late ’90s in Seattle, Sunn has blazed a trail all its own, combining elements of drone and doom metal, ambient and noise, experimental and classical. Played live at ear-splitting, chest-bursting volume, Sunn’s “songs” are long and develop slowly, rising like flood waters and engulfing the listener. To invest in Sunn is to make a commitment of time and concentration. Backed by walls of amps, filling the venue with fog and wearing black hooded robes, the drama of a Sunn show can’t be overstated. (Upon hearing of the upcoming Sunn show at SunRay Cinema, a friend of mine scoffed: “They are gonna level that building.”) It’s an experience, and
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
The BIRDHOUSE, 1827 N. Pearl St., 634-7523 Megosh, The Knowing Within April 8. A Matter of Honor, Silversyde April 8 SHANTYTOWN Pub, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Dendra Bloodbath 9 p.m. April 8 _______________________________________________ To list your band’s gig, send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price and contact number to print to Daniel A. Brown, email dbrown@folioweekly.com or by mail, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Events run on a space-available basis. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wednesday’s publication.
THE KNIFE
one should not begin unprepared. In other words, wear earplugs. Historically, Sunn has worked without drums, relying on the sheer volume and thickness of tubedriven distortion to elevate the music. It’s dark and ominous, no doubt, but beautifully composed and purposeful. And there are brief moments of near silence, too, which makes the inevitable tidal wave of sound all the more jarring. This is how the three pieces on Sunn’s latest, “Kannon,” develop. Protracted swells of feedback – and on two tracks, synthesizers – grow in volume and intensity, with guttural vocals lurking somewhere in the darkness. Never quite peaking, the slow-strum mantra churns away for 10, 12 minutes, a relentless onslaught of sound. Again, this is not comic-bookish extreme metal. It’s deep, near trance-inducing, and not for the impatient. And no, kids, you won’t be moshing at this show. Founders Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson are known for their work with other bands (most notably Burning Witch and Goatsnake), but my money’s on their Sunn collaboration. Throughout a decade-plus relationship, and albums like Black One, Monoliths & Dimensions and Kannon, they never fail to create some of the darkest, heaviest music I have ever heard.
John E. Citrone theknife@folioweekly.com
SUNN0)))
April 7, 8 p.m. Sun-Ray Cinema 1028 Park St. 359-0049 sunraycinema.com
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FOLIO DINING AMELIA ISLAND FERNANDINA BEACH
BEECH STREET Bar & Grill, 801 Beech St., 572-1390, beechstreetbarandgrill.com. In an 1889 home, Chef Charles creates with fresh, local ingredients. Local seafood, handcut Florida steaks, housemade pasta, daily specials, small plates, street food. Courtyard. $$$-$$$$ FB D Tu-Sa; Brunch, D Su BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F Southern hospitality, upscale waterfront spot; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily BURLINGAME RESTAURANT, 20 S. Fifth St., 432-7671, burlingamerestaurant.com. The menu at the new fine dining place changes quarterly, focusing on elegantly prepared dishes (eight apps, eight mains) made with quality seasonal ingredients. Duck confit, grilled pork chops. $$$ BW D Tu-Sa CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo. com. F Family-owned; historic building. Veggie burgers, seafood, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts. Dine in or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub next door. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY CO., 1014 Atlantic Ave., 491-4663, chezlezanbakery.com. Fresh European-style breads, pastries: croissants, muffins, cakes, pies. $ TO B R L Daily The CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrab trap.com. F 37 years, family-owned-and-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L D Daily GILBERT’S UNDERGROUND KITCHEN, 510 S. Eighth St., 310-6374, undergroundkitchen.com. Chef Kenny Gilbert (season seven of Top Chef) serves Deep Southern American
thepecanrollbakery.com. F Near historic district. Sweet and savory pastries, cookies, cakes, bagels, breads; made from scratch. $ TO B L W-Su The PICNIC BASKET, 503-A Centre St., 277-9779, picnic basketfernandina.com. Small shop focuses on fresh fare, cheeses, confits, charcuteries, wines. $$ BW B L D M-Sa PI INFINITE COMBINATIONS, 19 S. Third St., 432-8535, pi32034.wix.com/piinfinite. All bar service, NYC-style. Specialty pizzas, by the pie or slice, toppings: truffle mushrooms, little neck clams, eggs, shrimp. Courtyard. $$ BW TO L D W-Su The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. Owners T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily The SAVORY MARKET, 474380 E. S.R. 200, 432-8551. Local, organic produce, wild-caught seafood – Mayport shrimp – Wainwright meats, raw dairy, deli. Café has salads, hand-helds, tacos. $$ TO M-Sa SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F Oceanfront. Crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor, balcony. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F 2015 BOJ winner. Family-owned-and-operated 18+years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
BITE-SIZED HOBNOB PINT-SIZED Session Brews GRILL ME! The Savory Market CHEFFED-UP Perfect Guacamole
PG. 37 PG. 38 PG. 38 PG. 39
MINT INDIAN RESTAURANT, 8490 Baymeadows Rd., 367-1821, jaxmint.com. A new style of authentic, traditional Indian cuisine. Daily lunch buffet; HH. $ L D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Family-owned 26+ years; serving new Thai, traditional, vegetarian; curries, noodles. Lowsodium, gluten-free, too. Open kitchen display. $$$ BW TO L D Tu-Su The WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, wines glass/bottle. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. HH. $$ BW L M-F; D Tu-Sa ZESTY INDIA, 8358 Point Meadows Dr., 329-3676, zestyindia.com. The chefs combine Asian methodology with European template for tandoori lamb chops, rosemary tikka. vegetarian items cooked separately in vegetable oil. Lunch platters. $ BW TO L D Tu-Su
BEACHES
(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)
AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. New Yorkstyle gourmet pizzas, baked dishes 28+ years. All-day HH M-Thu $ FB K TO L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 F 2015 BOJ winner. Latin American, tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. Classic Old World Roman cuisine, extensive Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizzatossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO D Nightly HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815. SEE MANDARIN.
LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop HH. $ BW K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO.
At Native Sun Natural Foods Market & Deli in San Jose (pictured), Baymeadows or the Beaches, you'll find only the freshest produce and the tastiest healthy treats. Photo by Dennis Ho cuisine. Dine inside or on a patio. $$ BW K TO L F; D W-Sa & M; R Su HOLA CUBAN CAFÉ, 117 Centre St., 321-0163, holacuban cafe.com. F Behind Palace Saloon; owned by real Cubans; authentic sandwiches, coffee. Dine in or out at umbrella tables. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L D Daily HORIZONS, 5472 First Coast Hwy., 321-2430, horizons ameliaisland.com. Fine dining, upscale setting. Gourmet fare, seafood, steaks, lamb, pasta. $$$ FB L D Tu-Sa JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddian escafe.com. F 1887 shotgun house. Jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, crêpes, vegan/vegetarian. Dine in or on a porch. $$ FB K B L D Daily LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646. Spanish/ Portuguese fare with a dab of Brazil. Tapas, sangria. Drink specials. AYCE paella Sunday. $$$ FB K TO D M-Su MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriv erpizza.net. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie or slice. $ BW TO L D M-Sa The MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, herbal tea, daily specials. $$ TO B L M-Sa PABLO’S Mexican Restaurant Grill & Cantina, 12 N. Second St., 261-0049. Chicken, carnes, fajitas, burritos, tacos, daily specials, vegetarian. $$ FB K TO L D Daily The PECAN ROLL BAKERY, 122 S. Eighth St., 491-9815, To list your restaurant, call your account manager or Sam Taylor, 860-2465 • staylor@folioweekly.com
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$ = Less than 10 $$ = $10-$20 $$$ = $20-$35 $$$$ = $35 & up BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted free FW Bite Club tasting. fwbiteclub.com. 2015 Best of Jax winner F = FW distribution spot
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FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386. Ice cream, waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes, Nathan’s grilled hot dogs. Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ K TO L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher cuts USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaur antorsay.com. 2015 BOJ winner. French/Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. Snail of Approval. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simply saras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D M-Sa, B Sa
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
INDIA’S Restaurant, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO.
MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573, mezzarestaurantandbar.com. F Near-the-ocean 20+ years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine in, patio. $$$ FB K D M-Sa MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636, mojobbq.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Pulled pork, beef, chicken, Carolina-style, sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, mshack burgers.com. 2015 BOJ winner. David and Matthew Medure flip burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes, more. Dine inside or out – people-watch at Beaches Town Center. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 1585 Third St. N., 458-1390. SEE BAYMEADOWS. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7637, poestavern.com. Gastropub, 50+ beers, gourmet burgers, handcut fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 30+ years, iconic seafood place. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH. $$ FB L D Daily SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444, seachasers. com. New place; four dining areas: First Street Bar, Music Room, Beach Bar, Dining Room. Daily HH. Dine in or on patio. $$ FB L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., NB, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual spot. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sa/Su; D Nightly SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000, sneakerssportsgrille.com. 2015 BOJ winner. 20+ tap beers, TVs. HH M-F. $ FB K L D Daily UGLY CUPCAKE MUFFINRY & CAFE, 115 Fifth Ave. S., 339-5214, theuglycupcakemuffinry.com. Sweet/ savory giant muffins, made from organic, locally sourced ingredients. Outside seating. $$ TO B L Daily
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S DELICATESSSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324, akelsdeli.com. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 125, 446-3119. F New York-style deli has breakfast, fresh made subs, specialty sandwiches, burgers, gyros, wraps, desserts, vegetarian items. $ TO B L M-F The CANDY APPLE CAFÉ & COCKTAILS, 400 N. Hogan St., 353-9717, thecandyapplecafe.com. Chef-driven cuisine, sandwiches, entrées, salads. HH Tu-F $$ FB K D Tu-Sa CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Chef Sam Hamidi serves Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, gourmet pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1547, fionnmacs.com. Casual dining, uptown Irish atmosphere; fish & chips, Guinness lamb stew, black-and-tan brownies. $$ FB K L D Daily FOLKFOOD, 219 N. Hogan St., 333-8392 Southern specialties, coastal cuisine like fried catfish, Florida citrus kale
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Riverside’s newest “IT” RESTAURANT, HOBNOB, delectably balances sophistication and fun with the warmed olives, and be satisfied with WITH ITS SPOT AT UNITY PLAZA, HOBNOB IS my choice. right in the thick of things. Its two entrances HOBNOB Head Chef Roger Regulacion are flanked by planters with bright bird of is dedicated to making sure that the paradise plants and fresh herbs like parsley menu is varied, and that his team feels and dill, the crisp scent of which gave me a like a community. He said, “We believe good feeling about the food. in supporting each other [in the kitchen]. HOBNOB’s atmosphere is unpretentious. Everyone is involved with the menu.” The ceiling, with its modern flair, will I was able to try a variety of dinner items; draw your eye; the bar showcases blown with briny, tender mussels, glass sculptures, which fresh, firm salmon and flaky sea were created by hand, at bass, HOBNOB does seafood Jacksonville University. HOBNOB right. The Kaffir lime leaf mochi Speaking of the bar, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 110, crusted sea bass ($32) has a I have a conflicting 513-4272, hobnobjax.com green curry sauce so tasty it relationship with trying new gives a whole new personality craft cocktails. What if you to the rice that accompanies it. don’t like it? You’ll forever (OK, the five minutes it takes to finish your You’d be remiss to leave even a drop of it on drink) be thinking of the things you could the plate. If you’re looking for something a bit have eaten with that $12. That being said, I feel simpler, but still excellently prepared, get the confident recommending HOBNOB’s coconut pan-seared salmon ($28). Amaretto sour ($8). It has a beautifully frothy Vegans, do not despair! There are options egg-white crest, similar to a Pisco sour, with for you on the menu, and the accommodating excellent flavor. It even comes with a tiny staff is willing to make substitutions. spoonful of their housemade apricot purée — Regulacion even recommended giving them you can scoop it up and enjoy it on its own or a call ahead if you can and they’ll be able to stir it in your drink — your choice! create a dish just for you. The appetizers are interesting — from After such a delicious dinner, I didn’t spicy truffled edamame ($8) to Ahi poke want it to end. So I didn’t let it. For dessert, tuna & spicy lump crab tacos ($18), there I recommend the banana bread pudding. I are plenty of choices. My two favorites? know, I know, it seems like every restaurant Steamed Prince Edward Island mussels in town is pushing bread pudding, and the ($14) with housemade fennel sausage and results can be mixed, but I’m certain you’ll the Mediterranean Trio with warmed naan agree that HOBNOB’s is just right: warm and ($12). The trio includes creamy cucumber gooey with the perfect amount of banana — a tzatziki, smoked eggplant mutabblal spread delicious finish to the meal. and warm olives. Let me tell you — I could Brentley Stead eat a giant bowl of smoked eggplant, along
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DINING DIRECTORY PINT-SIZED
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Session brews offer all the flavor with less of the BEER GOGGLES
LET’S FACE IT, BEER HAS ALCOHOL IN IT; IF YOU drink too much of it, you will get drunk. That’s right, beer can make you drunk. Shocker, I know. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to drink tasty beer with less alcohol? Abracadabra … There is! One of the fastest-growing segments in the craft beer world is session or sessionable brew. The term “session beer” likely came about as a result of the two drinking periods per day the British government imposed on shell production workers during World War I. In order to appease the workers’ desire to quaff a few brews but still maintain the ability to manufacture explosive munitions without unfortunate detonations, workers were allowed to drink only within four-hour “sessions.” Those sessions typically began at 11 a.m. or 7 p.m. Beer consumed during these sessions were generally cask-conditioned ales of no more than 3 or 4 percent alcohol by volume. At these lower ABV levels, pub patrons could drink a pint an hour and still maintain their faculties and, as a result, their limbs. Today’s session brews trend slightly higher in alcohol content, but most fall below 5 percent ABV. Some beer aficionados scoff at the idea of a lowalcohol beer, opining that the brews are less flavorful. After all, in the ceiling-crashing world of big-flavored craft beers, anything with an alcohol content that low couldn’t possibly have much flavor, right? Wrong. Brewers, crafty folks that they are, have come up with a wide variety of full-flavored brews that won’t have you falling off your barstool after a few. To be fair, many beer styles are naturally below the upper limits of what could be called a session beer. Sours and pilsners frequently have ABVs low enough to be considered sessionable. But the most popular styles of craft beer these days – pale ales and IPAs – typically pack a high alcohol punch. To bring these hoppier brews down to the level of a sessionable beer, brewers have to pay much closer attention to ingredients and proportions. The most difficult part of the process is choosing the malt and how much to use. Malts provide the sugar used by yeast to ferment wort into beer. Using too much malt creates more sugar and causes a higher fermentation rate and more alcohol; not using enough can result in a watery beer with too much hop bitterness. Tight control and skillful manipulation of malts are key to creating a satisfying sessionable pale ale or IPA. Ultimately, deciding between sessionable beer and a traditional beer is up to the drinker. A lower alcohol version of a great IPA might be just the thing to help you extend your taproom conversation past two pints. Try these session beers; you’ll be surprised at how good less alcohol can taste.
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EASY ON THE EYES This session IPA from Intuition Ale Works packs plenty of hoppy goodness into just 4.7 percent alcohol. It also happens to be the most recent addition to the brewery’s canned lineup. J’VILLE LAGER A flavorful everyday lager the folks at Engine 15 created for those who enjoy the crisp character of the style. Enjoy the 5-percenter ice cold after a long day at the beach. GALLEON’S GOLDEN ALE Down in St. Augustine, Ancient City Brewing has several beers on the tap list that meet the criteria for sessionable. The flagship Golden Ale is a delicious alternative to higher-alcohol brews. Marc Wisdom pintsized@folioweekly.com 38 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 6-12, 2016
salad, blackened mahi mahi tacos, meatloaf with curry sauce, homestyle desserts made in-house daily. $ BW TO L D M-F INDOCHINE, 21 E. Adams St., Ste. 200, 598-5303, indochinejax.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Thai, Southeast Asian cuisine. Signature dishes are chicken Satay, soft shell crab; mango, sticky rice dessert. $$ FB TO L D M-F; D Tu-Sa OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F From-scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F URBAN GRIND COFFEE COMPANY, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 102, 866-395-3954, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. Variety of locally roasted whole bean brewed coffee, espressos, smoothies, fresh pastries, bagels, homemade cream cheeses. Chicken salad (best ever), tuna salad, sandwiches. Free Wi-Fi. $ B L M-F URBAN GRIND EXPRESS, 50 W. Laura St., 516-7799. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH W-Sa $ FB L M-F
FLEMING ISLAND
GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 1915 East-West Parkway, 541-0009. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. TAPS Bar & Grill, 1605 C.R. 220, Ste. 145, 278-9421, tapspublichouse.com. 50+ premium domestic, imported tap beers. Burgers, sandwiches, entrées. $$ FB K L D Daily WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteys fishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
BLACK SHEEP Restaurant, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, black sheep5points.com. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sa/Su; L D Daily BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfive points.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Local craft beer, espresso, coffee, wine. Rotating drafts, 75+ can craft beers; sodas, tea. Waffles, toasts, desserts, specialty coffees. HH. $$ B L Su/M; B L D Tu-Sa COOL MOOSE CAFÉ, 2708 Park St., 381-4242, coolmoose cafe.net. New England-style café; full breakfast menu, classic sandwiches, wraps, soups, brunch all day Sunday. Gourmet coffees. $$ BW R L D Tu-Su CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tu-Su DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343. New American cuisine, upscale retro in historic landmark building. Shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$-$$$ FB B L D Tu-Su, R Sa/Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2015
MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2015 BOJ winner. Now dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. ONE TWENTY THREE BURGER HOUSE, 123 King St., 6872790. From Carmelo’s owners. Premium burgers, made with beef from NYC butcher Schweid & Sons. Wood-fired pizzas, ice cream bar, Old World milkshakes. $$ BW K TO L D Daily
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
BASIL Thai & Sushi, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190, basilthaijax.com. F Authentic Pad Thai, curry, tempura, vegetarian, seafood, stir-fry, specials. HH. $$ FB L D M-Sa BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox. com. F Mediterranean/French inspired; steak frites, oakfired pizza, raw bar, seasonal selections. HH M-F $$$ FB L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. $ BW K L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily
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WES GOODE
THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 E. S.R. 200, Yulee BORN IN: Jacksonville
YEARS IN THE BIZ: 3
FAVE RESTAURANT (other than mine): Hana Sushi, Fernandina Beach FAVE CUISINE STYLE: Asian
AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F
FAVE INGREDIENTS: Local, seasonal, with emphasis on exotics
LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK. ORANGE TREE HOT DOGS, 3500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 43, 5513661, orangetreehotdogs.com. Hot dogs, personal size pizzas since ’68. Hershey’s ice cream, milkshakes. $ K TO L D Daily SID & LINDA’S Seafood Market & Restaurant, 12220 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 109, 503-8276. Pick your own whole fresh fish, have it cleaned, filleted, cooked to order. Dine in, take out. Housemade sauces. $$ K TO L D Daily
IDEAL MEAL: Clean proteins (fish, tuna, salmon), grilled veggies (eggplant, green tomato, purple onion), fingerling potatoes with tarragon
2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
MANDARIN, NW ST. JOHNS
AKEL’S DELI, 12926 Granbay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN.
AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199. F 20+ years. Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant). Greek beers. $$ BW L D M-F; D Sa FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Diner: pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30, 880-3040, harmoniousmonks.net. Americanstyle steakhouse, filets, gourmet burgers, ribs, wraps, sandwiches. $$ FB K L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11362 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 6742945. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2015 BOJ winner. Now dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F Organic soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie and coffee bar. All-natural, organic beers, wines. Indoor, outdoor dining. $ BW TO K B L D Daily TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210 W., Ste. 314, 8191554. SEE FLEMING ISLAND.
ORANGE PARK
The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club. com. Southern-style fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 165, 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F All over the area, Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 33+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2015 BOJ winner. Now dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. PASTA MARKET ITALIAN RESTAURANT & CLAM BAR, 1930 Kingsley Ave., 276-9551, pastamarketitalian restaurant.com. Family-owned-and-operated. Gourmet pizzas, veal, chicken, mussels, shrimp, grouper. Pastas: spaghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, ziti, calzones, linguini, tortellini. $$ BW K D Nightly SNACSHACK, 179 College Dr., Ste. 19, 682-7622, snac shack.menu. F Bakery and café; bagels, muffins, breads, cookies, brownies, snack treats. $$ K BW TO B L D Daily The URBAN BEAN COFFEEHOUSE CAFÉ, 2023 Park Ave., 5414938, theurbanbeancoffeehouse.com. Coffees, espressos, gourmet sandwiches, flatbreads, apps. $$ K TO B L D Daily
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
AL’S Pizza, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2015 BOJ. SEE BEACHES. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine updated for Americans; tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day, coconut mango curry chicken. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa
CELEBRITY SIGHTING: Doug Lane
BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches.
Outside dining at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Juice bar uses certified organic fruits and vegetables. Artisanal cheeses, more than 300 craft and imported beers and 50 organic wines, and organic produce and meats, vitamins and herbs. Organic wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS Asian Street Fare, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls. $ BW TO L D Daily HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 110, 513-4272, hobnobwithus.com. New place serves cuisine driven by global inspirations and local intentions – ahi poke tuna, jumbo lump crab tacos. $$ FB TO L D Brunch Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com. Modern, authentic Italian cuisine. Handcrafted cocktails. $$-$$$ FB TO K L D Daily JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILLE, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual; made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads, breakfast. $ TO B L M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. LITTLE JOE’S CAFÉ by Akel, 245 Riverside Ave., Ste. 195, 791-3336. Riverview café serves soups, salads, signature salad dressings. $ TO B L M-F METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO.
MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, moss fire.com. F Southwestern fish tacos, chicken enchiladas. HH M-Sa upstairs, all day Su $$ FB K L D Daily M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 1526 King St., 503-4060. SEE BAYMEADOWS.
RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park, 379-4969. 2015 BOJ winner. Bar food. $ D SBRAGA & COMPANY, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 114, 746-0909, sbragadining.com. Chef Kevin Sbraga has a contemporary culinary approach to local influences. Go-to dishes: hog & hominy, fish fry, carrot ceviche. $$-$$$ FB TO L D Daily SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Healthy, light vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens or rice, change daily. Coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside, Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushi cafejax.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. $$ BW L D Daily TIMOTI’S SEAFOD SHAK, 1043 Park St., 374-8892. Brand new. SEE AMELIA ISLAND.
ST. AUGUSTINE
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
The FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridian staug.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Updated Southern fare. Vegetarian, gluten-free. Fried green tomato bruschetta; grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F Local mainstay 25+ years. Varied menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily
INDOCHINE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 503-7013. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE DOWNTOWN.
KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails, seasonal menu, fresh, locally sourced ingredients. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. Wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metro diner.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Original upscale diner. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. This Metro serves dinner nightly. $$ B R L Daily PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815, pizzapalacejax.com. F Family-owned-&-operated; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, ravioli, lasagna. Dine outside. HH. $$ BW K TO L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasan marco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; local produce, meats, tapas, wod-fired pizza. Craft beers & cocktails. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily
SOUTHSIDE, TINSELTOWN
ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. USA’s longest-running dinner theater; Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su The CHATTY CRAB, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138C, 888-0639, chattycrab.com. Chef Dana Pollard's raw oysters, Nawlins-style low country boil, po’ boys, 50¢ wing specials. $$ FB K TO L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717.
2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE.
GREEK STREET CAFÉ, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 106, 503-0620, greekstreetcafe.com. Fresh, authentic, modern fare; Greek owners. Gyros, spanakopita, dolmades, falafel, salads, Greek nachos. $$ BW K TO L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., Ste. 10, 206612-6596. Pacific Islander fare, emphasizing chamorro culture. Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; spicy empanadas, lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F
Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
MOXIE KITCHEN + COCKTAILS, 4972 Big Island Dr., 998-9744, moxiefl.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Chef Tom Gray’s venue has innovative contemporary American cuisine – seafood, steaks, pork, burgers, sides, desserts – using locally sourced ingredients when possible. $$$ FB K L M-F; D Nightly M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. 2015 BOJ
winner. SEE BEACHES.
OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovinte. com. 2015 BOJ winner. European-style, influenced by Italy, Spain, Mediterranean. Small plates, entrée-size portions, charcuterie menu. 240-bottle wine list, 75 by glass; craft spirits. Dine outdoors. $$ FB R, Su; D Nightly RITA’S DELI, 9446 Philips Hwy., 806-3923. Sandwiches of Boar’s Head meats, cheeses. $$ BW TO L D M-Sa TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Daily HH. Belly dancing. $$ FB K TO L D Daily TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA, 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2, 565-1999, tbopizza.com. NY-style thin crust, brick-
DINING DIRECTORY oven-cooked pizzas – gluten-free. Calzones, sandwiches with Thumann’s no-MSG meats, Grande cheeses. Boylan’s soda. Curbside pickup. $$ BW K TO L D M-Sa TOSSGREEN, 4375 Southside Blvd., Ste. 12, 619-4356. 4668 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 105, 686-0234. Custom salads, burrito bowls; fresh fruits, vegetables, 100% natural chicken breast, sirloin, shrimp, tofu, nuts, cheeses, dressings, sauces, salsas, frozen yogurt. $$ K L D Daily
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
HOLA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1001 N. Main St., 356-
Good guacamole starts with choosing THE PERFECT AVOCADO
3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Fajitas, burritos, specials, enchiladas. HH; sangria. $ BW K TO L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK.
MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 15170 Max Leggett Parkway, 757-8843. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
MOLLY BROWN’S PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 683-5044, mollybrownspubandgrill.com. F American (traditional), brunch, burgers, diner fare, hot dogs, sandwiches, seafood, Southern, vegetarian dishes. $$ FB TO L D Daily
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I’M A REAL PROFESSIONAL O SS O C CHEF — NOT O a guy who cooks for fun. You don’t call yourself a doctor because you can put a Band-Aid on your child, do you? So you’re not a chef unless you’ve ground out your share of 14-hour days, weekends, and holidays in the hot, loud, pressure-cooker environment of a professional kitchen. I’m here to Chef you up: I want to help you learn some techniques and tips to make you a more confident, competent cook. Let’s start with something easy. There are few things more beautiful than an absolutely perfect, ripe, light green, soft yet still firm, unblemished, creamy, rich and delicious fresh avocado. What a sight! Yeah, it’s rare, which makes it so much more special. Now, how do you find such a specimen? Well, it’s magic, but a magic you can learn. Any time you’re in the store looking for avocados, you best have your best mojo — do you have your squeeze on? The secret — squeeze every single freakin’ one. 1. Start at the bottom (like tomatoes, avocados release gasses that help them ripen) so the bottom ones get gassed more. 2. Next, the darker the skin, the more likely they are to be nice. 3. Begin to squeeze, lightly and all around — they should feel firm but still give slightly (similar to the feel of a medium-rare steak). 4. Set aside each one you think might possibly be THE ONE. 5. Once you’ve been through the entire bin (it’s OK if other people have to wait — this is your avocado moment) begin to reevaluate each one you’ve set aside. 6. Continue to narrow them down … it’s a single elimination tournament. 7. Now that you’ve selected your prize, the anticipation really begins. Remember the prince shoving that glass slipper on the feet of all those prospective brides? THAT kind of pressure! The anticipation builds until you reach the moment of truth — when you slide your chef knife through the skin, bump the seed, and twist the two sides apart …
What’s it going to be? A perfect, light green, soft-fleshed beauty? Or will it be spotted with the dreaded brown and mushy dark green? Yeah, baby — perfect! Break out the tequila, crank up the cantina tunes: It’s time to get your guac on.
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Guacamole Ingredients: • 2 ripe avocados (This is the trickiest • part; they should be fairly black on the • skin, be kinda squishy, similar to how a • balloon feels) • 1 fresh lime • 1 Serrano chili, green and firm, • small-dice • 1/2 red onion, medium-sized, small-dice • 2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped • 1/8 teaspoon cumin, ground • 1/4 teaspoon chipotle powder • Salt to taste Directions: 1. Slice open the avocados, scoop into a bowl. 2. With a large fork, begin to mash the • pulp. Leave it good and chunky. 3. Add onion, Serrano, and cilantro and • continue to mash and mix. 4. Add cumin, coriander, and chipotle • powder. Mix. 5. Squeeze in a lime half and salt to taste. 6. The good part: TASTE! You’ll probably • need more salt and lime juice. I like • mine very limey. 7. Now try it with a tortilla chip. This • is the true test. Remember, foods • don’t always stand by themselves; • they’re usually part of another dish or • the meal as a whole, so it’s important • to know the flavors in their final roles. Until we cook again, Chef Bill cheffedup@folioweekly.com ___________________________________ Chef Bill Thompson owns Amelia Island Culinary Academy in Historic Fernandina Beach. APRIL 6-12, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 39
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DOGWOOD PARK PET & COMMUNITY EXPO • This expo, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. April 9, features vendors for pet-related and some non-pet-related products and services. There are food trucks, pet photos with Santa (for you who plan waaay ahead) and an agility competition – for the pets, we guess. (We’re not jumping and rolling through the course.) 7407 Salisbury Rd., Southside, 296-3636, jaxdog.com.
EXOTIC BIRD SHOW • The St. Augustine Exotic Bird Fair, featuring a wide variety of all kinds of birds, from finches to macaws, as well as cages, toys, food and more, is held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 10 at Mark Lance National Guard Armory, 190 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 494-8301; admission $5; kids younger than 10 free; staugustinebirdfair@gmail.com.
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CAMP COMPASSION • Epic Animals Outreach holds three one-day camps for kids ages 6-8 – Pets & Wildlife is the first camp’s theme, held 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. April 16 at Pablo Creek Library, 13295 Beach Blvd., Intracoastal, 274-1177, epicanimals.org. The next camps are April 30 and May 21. YAPPY HOUR • The 2016 King and Queen are chosen, 2-5 p.m. April 17 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown. A new King and Queen of Yappy Hour are crowned at this free event. Dog
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IT’S SPRING – TREAT YOURSELF! Dear Davi, Spring has sprung, and I’m loving it! What should I snack on to stay energized and healthy while I’m out and about? Viola the Vizsla Hi, Viola, Oh, do I have some recipes for you — all featuring fresh spring ingredients and personally taste-tested by moi! They are super-full of nutrients to fuel your body for these longer days of play.
STRAWBERRY BANANA SMOOTHIE DOG BISCUITS
Directions 1. Crush crackers. 2. Finely chop mint leaves. 3. Add small amounts of water to the mixture until ingredients stick together. 4. Form into bite-size balls. 5. Put the balls on a sheet of waxed paper, place in the freezer 6. Keep in freezer; when ready to serve, thaw a bit.
GREEN DOG COOKIES
Strawberries are a spring staple, so now’s the perfect time to try this treat. Not only are they full of antioxidants, but they’ve got high fiber and lots of vitamin C. Here’s a bonus: strawberries even have an enzyme that can help whiten your teeth! Bananas are also a healthful, safe fruit for dogs.
You may think a veggie cookie sounds grody, but this springtime treat is really yummy — trust me. Peas are a healthy source of vitamin B, thiamin, and potassium. Spinach is also tasty and packed with vitamins, iron, and minerals. You can even share these with your human family.
Ingredients • 1/2 cup strawberries, puréed • 1 medium banana, mashed • 1/4 cup milk • 1-1/4 cup flour • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with wax paper. 2. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients — adding one at a time and kneading well after each addition. 3. Sprinkle dough with flour and roll out to about quarter-inch thick. 4. Cut into fun shapes. 5. Place treats 1 inch apart on baking sheet, poke with a fork to prevent air bubbles. 6. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes. 7. Cool and refrigerate. 8. Enjoy!
Ingredients • 1 cup flour • 1 cup cooked peas *optional • 1 cup spinach *optional • 1/4 cup canola oil • 1 egg • 1 teaspoon salt Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line a baking sheet with wax paper. 2. In a bowl, mix flour and salt. 3. Purée peas and spinach with canola oil. 4. Add green mixture to flour, crack the egg on top. Blend until dough forms. 5. Sprinkle dough with flour, roll out to about quarter-inch thick. 6. Cut into fun shapes. 7. Place treats 1 inch apart on baking sheet, and poke with a fork to prevent air bubbles. 8. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes. 9. Cool and refrigerate.
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Did you know mint also sprouts in spring? This herb adds a fantastic flavor to treats and helps freshen stinky dog breath. Here’s a quick, easy recipe for homemade dog mints. Ingredients • 10 crackers (unsalted) or 1/2 cup oats • 1/2 cup mint leaves (chopped) • Water
These are great treats! Bone Appetite! Davi mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Davi is a lively brown dachshund with a healthy appetite for any kind of adventure. He doesn’t cook, but he does love sweet potato treats, playing at the park with friends, and exploring the unknown.
PET ET TIP: THIS LITTLE CAVIE WENT DOWN THE HATCH GUINEA PIGS, ALSO KNOWN AS CAVIES, ARE PERFECT STARTER PETS for small children and emotionally stunted adults. Fuzzy, gentle, quiet and affectionate, cavies are as low-maintenance as Lamar Odom at the Love Ranch. They’re also on the lower rungs of the food chain. So when your progeny is ready to upgrade to a dog or cat or even a snake, best keep that cage high, dry and out of Duke, Tiger or Slitherin’s reach. Else you might learn a very hard lesson about the circle of life. Hakuna matata!
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD THE MOST “FLORIDA” STORY State officials
Love is in the air … just inhale, right? Hah! Let Folio Weekly Magazine help you connect with that surfer hunk you saw at the Young Vegan Professionals meet-up, or the goddess at Target who “accidentally” dropped a jasmine-scented kazoo in your cart.
Go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html and fill out the FREE form correctly (40 words or fewer, dammit) by 5 p.m. Friday – next stop: Bliss! MY TRAILER PARK QUEEN Me: Long hair, tats, white shirt, sippin’ a Bud Lite with my pops. You: Prego, kid on each hip, also drinking a Bud Lite, puffin’ a Winston. Let’s get drunk; lemme put another one in the oven. When: April 3. Where: Ramona Flea Market Beer Garden. #1603-0406
TANGO FOR TWO Dance Shack free lesson night. You: Brunette, cute smile, gray booties. Me: Tall, dark eyes, black V-neck. You wanted to stay and tango; didn’t hear you. My friend told me later! Offer still stand? Lesson’s on me. When: Feb. 5. Where: Dance Shack. #1592-0217
ACCIDENTALLY PUBLIC MAKEOUT You: Adorably nerdy guy, incredible hands. Me: Petite (younger) fashionista, completely enchanted. Madeout like teenagers in Starbucks parking lot before realizing patio full of people could see. I’d do it again without changing a thing! When: March 20. Where: Starbucks. #1602-0330
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE You: Looking fine, dressed sharp in sweater vest for Bible study. Me: In church parking lot, to go to Firehouse; did triple-take when I saw you. You make this girl want to go back to church. When: Jan. 27. Where: Southside Baptist Church parking lot. #1591-0217
COME DELIVER PIZZA AGAIN! Me: Male in jeans, navy polo, bumbled over receipt. You: Male, delivered Pizza Hut to my door. I didn’t say much, but would’ve liked to! When: March 12. Where: My condo near The Avenues. #1601-0316 LISTENING PUNK ROCK IN TRUCK You: In blue/black truck, 8 p.m. When I came out, you turned radio up so I’d look; you flashed best grin. Sandy, maybe curly hair, bright eyes, that dang smile! Who ARE you? Gotta know. When: March 7. Where: Welcome Food Mart, St. Augustine. #1600-0316 TIJUANA FLATS DROPPED SODA SHERRY? You: Fletcher lacrosse sweatshirt; dropped soda, came back. Me: Waiting too patiently for table, talking to you while you waited for takeout. (Insert cheesy line here, preferably including queso.) Single? Let’s grab a drink. When: Feb. 23. Where: Hodges Tijuana Flats. #1599-0316 GANESH TATTOOED HOT BLONDE GODDESS With ball cap. Thanks for letting me take pic of adorable Ganesh on your beautiful arm! I was totally intrigued, want to connect over chai sometime. The pic got overwhelming likes on IG! When: Feb. 27. Where: SeaWalk Pavilion Jax Beach. #1598-0309 SCRUBS FROM ST. V @ PUBLIX We checked out at same time; you had St. V lanyard, pinenuts (or similar), yogurt and other things. Handsome! I was too shy to say anything; regret not speaking when I left parking lot. When: Feb. 18. Where: Publix Riverside. #1597-0224 LOVE THY NEIGHBOR Sharp-dressed man getting out of blue car to check mail. Me: Dark hair, blue eyes. Speechless at such a good-looking man in the complex. Your building’s somewhere in the 20s. Let’s do some neighborhood loving?! ;) When: Feb. 16. Where: Green Tree Place Apartments. #1596-0224 MY ANSWER IS YES You: Very shy. Me: Waiting by the phone. Please call again sometime; I really love your voice! I don’t have your number or I’d text you like I used to. That was fun, wasn’t it? When: Feb. 11. Where: Telephone line. #1595-0217 ENAMORADA DE TI... Cada vez que puedo me escapo y regreso a donde tu y yo nos vimos por primera vez. Tu: Alto, distinguido. Yo: Chiquita, ojos grandes. Tu tenias un Polo negro, con tu pelo canoso muy buena combinacion. Espero seguirte viendo para siempre. When: Hoy, manana, siempre. Where: En mis suenos. #1594-0217 PIERCED GIRL WITH DOG You: White SUV, cool shirt, septum piercing, pitbull Scout with heartworm. Me: Guy dressed too warmly for cold morning, with bull mastiff. You tried to talk; I’d been awake 20 minutes. Thinking about missed chance. Let’s meet. When: Feb. 9. Where: Baymeadows Animal Hospital. #1593-0217 42 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 6-12, 2016
YOU: THE FIRE First saw you at Fat Kat, September 2003. You: Most beautiful woman I’d ever seen; still most gorgeous woman I know, my heart’s desire. Cannot wait for our lips to reunite! I love you most! Love, M.P. When: 2003. Where: Fat Cat. #1590-0217 PRETTY SMILE SAW U TWICE You: Blonde, pretty smile; 4:30 p.m. Me: Black cowboy hat; cold outside. You smiled at me (think it was me) passing by. Passed again, smiling, caught off-guard. Love to get to know you! When: Jan. 23. Where: Publix@Southside/ Touchton. #1589-0217 HAD ME AT GO ’NOLES! Seminole/Armada games, losing beer pong, Pub subs, laughs, cheek kisses = last “first date” I want. You stole my heart; don’t want it back. The start of something sweet? Say you agree; stay forever! When: Oct. 3, ’15. Where: The Garage/ Baseball Grounds. #1587-0120 WATER AISLE You: Commented on water price; beautiful blond hair, jeans, sweater, very warm and kind. Me: Gray hair, blue eyes, shirt, jeans. We both drink coffee; would love to share a cup with you. When: Jan. 9, morning. Where: Walmart@foursquare/ U.S. 1 & Southside. #1586-0113 CHAMBLINS CHAMPION You had two enormous boxes of books. I held the door open for you. You: Blonde hair, glasses, great smile. Me: Tall, blonde. Would love to discuss literature sometime! When: Dec. 29. Where: Chamblins Uptown. #1585-0106 WELCOME TO ME! You: Tall, dress shirt, tie. I walked by to get your attention; you were on Bible app on phone. Please come back next Sunday, and I will try again. When: Jan. 3. Where: Moe’s @ Avenues. #1584-0106 NEED TLC You: Raven-haired nurse; funky glasses, chatting with co-worker. Me: Curiously smitten; backpack, sling; visiting pre-op over year ago, saw you eating fresh. We have some FB friends in common. Who are you? When: Oct. ’14 & now. Where: St. Vincent’s Subway/FB. #1583-0106 RIDE TOPLESS TOGETHER You: Sexy, dark, handsome, ballcap, BMW convertible. Me: Hot pink, caramel-covered sweetness, MB convertible. Pressed horn, blew a kiss. Like real one in woods? Know where I am. When: Dec. 26. Where: Leaving UNF Nature Trails. #1582-1230 JAX BEACH EARLY A.M. PHOTOS Enjoy sunrise near 34th Ave.; struck up conversation. Asked to take your photos. You: White shorts; got wet as waves caught you. Never gave you my card to send the pix. When: Sept. 28. Where: Jax Beach 34th Ave. S. #1581-1230 TATTOOED REDHEAD, ARCHAEOLOGY BOOKS After clarifying sweater was indeed women’s, you laughed at my remark about you fitting into clothes. Our interaction made my day. Judging from book cover, know carbon dating’s your thing. Coffee dating sometime? When: Dec. 11. Where: UNF Bookstore. #1580-1230
notified retired pro wrestler Mary Thorn of Lakeland that, according to law, her pet alligator (“Rambo”), age 15, having grown to 6 feet long, may no longer be kept at home unless she gives Rambo at least two-and-a-half acres of roaming space. She made a public plea in March, warning that confiscating Rambo would kill him; he’s super-sensitive to sunlight (he was raised indoors) and must wear clothes and sunscreen outside (though Thorn said he’s “potty-trained” and wags his tail when needing to answer nature’s call). At press time, the investigation of Rambo’s fate was still ongoing.
THE MOST “GEORGIA” STORY David Presley (of
Walton County, about 40 miles from Atlanta), 32, attempted to blow up his riding lawn mower in March — by placing three pounds of the chemical mixture Tannerite in it and then shooting the mower with a semiautomatic rifle. Though he stood 30 yards away, shrapnel still hit him, severing his leg just below the knee.
halves, sealed in plastic packages. Said a spokesman, the product “eliminates guesswork ... if you’re not familiar with peeling and seeding a fresh avocado.” Also, Whole Foods began selling peeled mandarin oranges, sealed in “recyclable” plastic, at $5.99 a pound but withdrew the product in March, with an apology and promise to sell the oranges only in their “natural packaging: the peel.”
“WALL OF SOUND,” UPDATED Police, armed with a warrant after months of neighbors’ complaints about loud music, raided Michael Baker’s one-bedroom apartment in Croydon, England, in March, confiscating 34 loudspeakers that allegedly Baker used at high volume at “all hours.” After entering the home with the aid of a locksmith, police left Baker with only a CD player and earphones. ENDLESS SLEEP Nicholas Ragin finally got his
FUN AT WORK Bill Bailey (an ex-employee of a
conviction overturned in March, but it took 10 years before the U.S. Court of Appeals declared his “right to counsel” was violated because his lawyer slept during some of Ragin’s conspiracy and racketeering trial. His sentence had 20 more years on it. One juror recalled lawyer Nikita Mackey slept “almost every day, morning and evening” for “30 minutes at least.” According to court documents, after the trial judge called Mackey’s name loudly, slowly getting a response, Mackey “jumped up and sort of looked around and was licking his lips ... and looked sort of confused and looked around the room.” The prosecutor said she intends to retry Ragin.
WHAT WE’VE COME TO Canadian supermarket chain Sobeys has been selling pre-cut avocado
PSST … DID THEY SEE THE CORPSE? At first, Massachusetts state troopers found a few drug items in a search of the vehicle of Carrie Tutsock, 24, at a traffic stop in March along I-91 near Hatfield, Massachusetts, but Tutsock and her two companions were their own worst enemies. The troopers seemed satisfied, finding three drug pipes, a couple of syringes and several baggies of drugs, and began to write the report as a “possession” case, but en route to the state police barracks, a trooper said he overheard one suspect whisper to another, “I don’t think they found all the stuff in the car.” The police searched again and found three digital scales with white residue, and another 230 baggies of heroin. The charges were upped to “intent to distribute.” Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
THE MOST “CANADA” STORY Ms. Philicity
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artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is seen as one of the greats, in the same league as Picasso and Kandinsky. Even in his 80s, he was still creating marvels one critic said seemed “to come from the springtime of the world.” As unique as his work was, he was happy to admit he thrived on other artists’ influence. And yet he treasured the primal power of his innocence. He trusted his childlike wonder. “You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté,” he said. “It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.” Good, sweet thoughts to keep in mind.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born Kurt Gödel (1906-’78) was one of history’s greatest logicians. His mastery of rational thought enabled him to exert a major influence on 20th-century scientific thinking. Yet he had an irrational fear of being poisoned; he avoided all food not cooked by his wife. One moral of his story? Reason and delusion may get all mixed up in the same location. Sound analysis and crazy superstition can get so tangled, they’re hard to unravel. Next week is a great time to meditate how this phenomenon might work in you. You have an extraordinary power to figure out which is which, and then banish the crazy, superstitious, fearful stuff.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For a time, pioneer physicist Albert Einstein was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Once, a student complained to him, “The questions on this year’s exam are the same as last year’s.” Einstein agreed, then added, “but this year all the answers are different.” I’m seeing a similar situation in your life. For you, too, the questions on this year’s final exam are virtually identical to last year’s – and yet every one of the answers has changed. Enjoy the riddle.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your personal oracle for the weeks ahead is a fable from 2,600 years ago. It was originally written by Greek storyteller Aesop, later translated by Joseph Jacobs: A dog has found a hunk of raw meat on the ground. Clenching his treasure in his mouth, he hurries home to eat it in peace. On the way, he trots along a wooden plank that crosses a rapidly-flowing stream. Gazing down, he sees his reflection in the water below. He thinks it’s another dog with another slab of meat. He tries to snatch away this bonus treat, but in doing so, drops his own. It falls into the stream and is washed away. The moral of the fable: “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
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because I don’t know where I am going,” said Japanese poet Ikkyu. I stop short of endorsing this perspective for full-time, long-term use, but it suits you fine right now. According to astrological projections, you can gather the exact lessons you need simply by wandering around, driven by cheerful curiosity about sparkly sights and not too concerned with what they mean. Don’t worry if the map you’re consulting doesn’t seem to match the territory you’re exploring.
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every action a human can perform was an Olympic sport,” Reddit.com asked its users, “which events would you win medals in?” A man named Hajimotto said his champion-level skill was daydreaming. “I can zone out and fantasize for hours at a time,” he testified. “This is helpful when I’m waiting in line.” Virgos aren’t usually Olympicclass daydreamers, but hone your skills in the weeks ahead, a good time for imaginations to run wild and free. How exuberantly can you fantasize?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In his book Strange Medicine, Nathan Belofsky tells about unusual healing practices of the past. In ancient Egypt, for example, the solution for a toothache was to have a dead mouse shoved down one’s throat. If someone had cataracts, the physician might dribble hot broken glass into their eyes. These strategies were antidotes worse than the conditions they were supposed to treat. Don’t get sucked into “cures” like those in the next few days. The near future is a good time to seek healing, but be discerning as you evaluate healing agents. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his poem “The Snowmass Cycle,” Stephen Dunn declares that everyone “should experience the double fire, of what he wants and shouldn’t have.” I foresee a rich opportunity coming up ahead for you to do just exactly that. I regard it as rich, even marvelous, despite the fact that it may at fi rst evoke some intense poignancy within you. Be glad for a crisp revelation about a strong longing whose fulfillment would be no damn good for you! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgment but failures of feeling,” said writer Jeanette Winterson. I’m passing to you at the exact moment you need to hear it. Right now, you’re brave and strong enough to deal with the possibility that maybe you’re not doing all you can to cultivate maximum emotional intelligence. You’re primed to take action and make big changes if you find you’re not feeling as much as you can about important things in life.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Psychotherapist Jennifer Welwood says sadness is often at the root of anger. Feelings of loss, disappointment and heartache are the more primary emotions, and rage is a refl exive response to them. But sadness makes us feel vulnerable, while rage at least gives the illusion of strength, so most of us prefer that. Welwood suggests tuning in to the sadness almost always leads to a more expansive understanding of your predicament; it often provides a chance for a more profound self-transformation. Apply these meditations to your life. The time is right.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky said that in his novel The Idiot, and now I’m passing it on to you just in the nick of time. In the weeks ahead, it’s especially important for you to not oversimplify your assessments of what motivates people – those you respect and those you don’t fully trust. For your own sake, you can’t afford to naïvely assume either the best or the worst about anyone. If you hope to further your agendas, your nuanced empathy must be turned up all the way. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Believing love is work is certainly better than believing it’s effortless, ceaseless bliss,” says author Eric LeMay. Keep that advice close at hand in the weeks ahead. The time will be right to exert tremendous effort on behalf of everything you love dearly – to sweat, struggle and strain as you create higher, deeper versions of your most essential relationships. Remember, though: The hard labor you do should be fueled by ingenuity and creative imagination. Experiment and enjoy as you sweat, struggle and strain!
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DR. KING’S DREAM & OUR CHALLENGE TODAY Decades after King’s assassination, the Civil Rights Movement is FAR FROM FINISHED
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ON APRIL 4, 1968, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. As Southern Christian Leadership Conference president, he was in Memphis that day to lead a boycott demanding fair and equal pay for garbage workers. Dr. King’s untimely death changed the paradigm from equal rights to economic justice as the civil rights of today. The words of Dr. King in his 1963 March on Washington “I Have a Dream” speech provide the foundation for civil rights in America: “This note was a promise to all men — yes, black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds’… I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.’” Civil rights are a guarantee to all legal citizens in America. The operative word is “all” and that includes Hispanics, Muslims, Asians and others. America has always been a melting pot comprised of immigrants of ethnic groups from all over the world, with the exception of Native Americans. As Dr. King said, “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” The Founding Fathers’ intent expressed in the Declaration of Independence has evolved into what is commonly called civil rights. Civil rights is a broad term encompassing the quest and struggle for the essentials of life such as: employment, equal justice, quality education, ability to vote, fair housing and permission to marry whom you desire. Civil rights in America traces through some tumultuous times — Emancipation Proclamation, 4,732 recorded instances of lynching between 1882 and 1951, formation of the Ku Klux Klan, legalized segregation, and voting restrictions based on race. The culmination of the above events set the stage for Dr. King’s entrance into the Civil Rights Movement in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama when the Montgomery Improvement Association selected Dr. King, a local pastor from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, to organize and direct a bus boycott. At the first mass meeting for the group, Dr. King inspired the people to mobilize with these words, “There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.” The Montgomery Bus Boycott
lasted over a year, until finally the city ended its unjust policy of segregating public buses. Following the success of this movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was thrust into a leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King’s life from 1957 to 1968 was a selfless pursuit for equal justice for humanity. The Southern Christian Conference was organized and he was elected its first President in 1957 with the purpose of extending the tactics utilized in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and also confronting all forms of segregation in America. As a Baptist pastor, King thought the black church should be involved in political activism against social ills. Some members of the black community and the black church itself thought this approach was controversial because it challenged the white-dominated status quo and risked economic retaliation, arson, bombings, violent attacks and lynching. In response to such concerns, Dr. King said, “Any religion that professes to be about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangles them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritual moribund religion awaiting burial.” Dr. King was a man of courage and conviction driven by spiritual devotion to humanity. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy,” he said. Dr. King’s challenges and triumphs were many. From the Birmingham Campaign of 1963, his arrest and subsequent “Letter from Birmingham Jail” — to the March on Washington, when he delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech, which between 200,000 and 300,000 people attended — to the Selma Voting Rights Movement and March on Montgomery — to Bloody Sunday when 600 protesters were attacked by police. Dr. King in 1964 became the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. King’s legacy was constructed and left in the six million miles he traveled, the 2,500 speeches he gave, countless articles he wrote and five books he authored. His legacy to America was a life motivated by the simple belief that love and reconciliation can and would mend the great divide and unite the family of humanity. He said it best, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Dr. King challenged our nation to move past selfishness driven by institutional hate that builds barriers. He called on our nation
to embrace its selflessness packaged in love and move toward progress and toleration for others in America. In addition to the Nobel Peace Prize, this Baptist pastor received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a memorial in the National Mall — traditionally reserved for U.S. presidents — a national holiday and more than 900 streets that bear his name all over the United States. Yet Dr. King the man simply wanted to be remembered as “a drum major for peace and a drum major for justice.” We are challenged in this city and our nation to move past the darkness of differences that divide and separate us. Dr. King calls on us to embrace the bright light of love and reconciliation by sharing the resources of our city fairly to ensure economic justice, which makes civil rights possible for all. Forty-eight years after King’s death, the quest and struggle for civil rights continues in Jacksonville and America. The U. S. Supreme Court in 2015 gutted portions of the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Many states are enforcing voter suppression laws. Twenty percent of blacks in Florida cannot vote due to criminal convictions. Florida has 25 percent of all the homeless families in America. The Black Lives Matter movement highlights the growing number of police killings of black males across this country. Gay Americans are seeking legal protection for employment and housing. Hispanics want immigration reform. Black contractors are currently suing the city for denying their rights under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Part 8 of Chapter 126 Purchasing Code of Jacksonville, Florida. This city and three mayors have ignored two Disparity Studies (1990, 2013) that outline historic and sociologic discrimination in Jacksonville dating back to slavery. Our challenge today is to embrace Dr. King’s legacy and his approach of responding to life’s situations involving civil rights with love and reconciliation, guided by candid, open and honest communication, which is needed in Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration. James Baldwin’s words summarize our current state of affairs concerning civil rights in Jacksonville and America, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Dr. Juan P. Gray mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Dr. Gray is board chair of Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Jacksonville chapter.
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