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BY JULIE DELEGAL After letters go missing from a HATEFUL CHURCH SIGN, protestor receives a visit from the JSO
BY JORDAN FERRELL Proper GUN STORAGE is an issue in Duval County
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FROM THE EDITOR
LET’S TALK TRUMP
THE MAIL Duval County Clerk of Court Ronnie Fussel
(Briefly, I promise) BECAUSE THERE IS AN ARGUMENT OUT THERE that, for a writer, your perceived intelligence is negatively correlated to the amount of time you spend discussing the subject I’m about to address, I’d like to make this as short as possible. Though I’m fairly convinced his current status will prove fleeting, another week has passed with presidential candidate Donald Trump making absurd, offensive statements only to be rewarded with high poll numbers. The Trump road show continues to draw large crowds of fervent supporters. On the big fiscal and social issues — healthcare, taxes, war, gay marriage — he seems to dispassionately check the conservative boxes. He has no legislative agenda. His foreign policy experience is nil. So what’s attractive about a reign of The Donald? His supporters say he is not afraid to be politically incorrect. And Trump, in tweet after tweet, agrees. After calling Mexicans rapists, after criticizing John McCain for being captured in a war, after calling Lindsey Graham a stiff and giving the senator’s phone number out on television, Trump, instead of clarifying or adding context to his perceived missteps, doubled down — insinuating that what he says is controversial only because others are afraid to speak in such terms. A politician claiming he or she “tells it like it is” would be nothing new. Think John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express,” or the entirety of Chris Christie’s appeal. Trump’s shtick is different, though. Rather than intentional or even emotional, his choice of words is sloppy. Take The Donald’s recent visit with influential al evangelicals — you know the ones most st responsible for getting that last Republican an guy into the White House? Answering ng questions at the July 18 Family Leadership hip Summit, Trump cursed a couple of times and described his relationship with the holy sacraments thusly: “We I take ke [sic], when we go, and church hurch [sic] and when I drink rink my little wine — which is about thee only wine I drink — and have my little cracker, I guess that’s hat’s a form of asking for forgiveness, ess, and I do that ass often as possible because I feel cleansed,, OK?” Reports rts abound of evangelicals cals cringing as The Donald ald fumbled, but the media attention quickly shifted as Trump p dropped his infamous mous McCain-slam slam shortly thereaft hereafter. 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015
At the conference, though, Donald didn’t purposely not say the right thing. He referred to sacred Christian traditions as “the little cracker” and “the little wine” because he is a dumbass. He followed that up by saying “I like people who weren’t captured,” because he is (to use his words) a moron; that he doesn’t give a shit is secondary. But the fact that people across the country identify with the idea that political correctness is, in and of itself, a kind of un-American obscenity is undeniable; Trump has certainly ridden a wave of such sentiment. Apparently, there’s a tremendous number of people who feel they are (unjustly) expending an exorbitant amount of energy taking other people’s feelings into consideration. Sadly for Republicans, to have any chance in the general election, they cannot waste time placating this group (i.e. their base). But in our democratic system (possibly the least-worst system of political organization), these presidential primaries serve as a test lab for talking points and potential policy initiatives that can be used to galvanize voters in the general election. So in a few months, when Donald Trump is no longer a part of the pack of prospective Republican presidential nominees, even if he hasn’t contributed a single sound policy initiative, he has certainly contributed a surefire talking point. That is to say, if you are a presidential candidate, ignoring political correctness will endear you to a certain bloc of voters. Even if your doing so is done out of ignorance. Matthew B. Shaw mshaw@folioweekly.com twitter/matthew_b_shaw
FLORIDA NO FAULT
WHO’S THE MORON IN CHARGE OF BRICKBATS & Bouquets? Ya’ll [sic] need to replace them with someone who can read and write. If the cretin in charge now could read and write, they would [know] the person who owns property that is stolen is not the person that you charge with a crime, it’s the person who stole the property that you charge. It doesn’t matter if it’s a car radio or a wrapped Christmas present or a gun. Oh, my God, did I say gun? That’s right, you liberal sissy, I said gun. No one who had their gun stolen is at any fault for having their property stolen. It could have been a stack of 100 dollar bills on their dash in plain sight. The person at fault is the thief that takes it, not the person who is their victim. FRED JONES via email
CAUSING A FUSS-ELL
THOSE “UNCOMFORTABLE” EMPLOYEES ARE employees of our government (“Loss Leader: How Bullishness on marriage ceremonies may be costing Duval courthouse more than its reputation,” by Claire Goforth, July 15). They are there to carry out the work of our government, not their religion. And so is Mr. Fussell. He is an elected servant of the people – of all the people, not just some. If either he or any of his employees are “uncomfortable” with that, then they should leave government work. ROBERT HALL via email If you would like to respond to something that appeared in the pages of Folio Weekly, please send an email (with your name, address and phone number for verification purposes only) to mail@folioweekly.com.
BRICKBATS & BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO ABILITY HOUSING OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA The nonprofit, which is focused on providing permanent supportive housing to homeless individuals, has raised 75 percent of funds needed to provide move-in kits (which include bed linens, kitchenware, bathroom supplies, household care and cleaning items, and personal care items) to residents of Ability’s newest community, Village on Wiley on Jacksonville’s Westside. Ability is accepting donations through Aug. 30 at www.crowdrise.com/move-in-kit. BRICKBATS TO THE FLORIDA TIMES UNION For the second time in just over three months, the news outlet has earned notoriety not for its reporting, but for an ill-placed advertisement. On Friday, a bright red banner on the T-U’s website, extolling a door prize of 1,000 rounds of 9mm ammo at the Southern Classic Gun Show held at Jacksonville Fairgrounds, was brazenly placed atop headlines like “Protests ramp up outside Islamic Center” and “Blind Rabbit Restaurant employee fatally shot while taking out trash.” BOUQUETS TO MARSHALL THOMPSON AND SHAYNA BELL As reported by The News Leader, both Yulee High School students were recognized for their leadership potential. Thompson was chosen by Neil Armstrong (yeah, that Neil Armstrong) to attend the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Boston and Bell’s public-speaking skills earned her a trip to the Future Business Leaders of America’s national conference in Chicago. KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A PROVERBIAL BRICKBAT? Send your submissions to mail@folioweekly.com. Submissions should be a maxium of 50 words and directed toward a person, place, or topic of local interest.
FIGHTIN’ WORDS
VITTI’S NO-WIN GAME Why the DCPS SUPERINTENDANT is so hated
DUVAL COUNTY IS HEADED into another school year with Nikolai Vitti at the helm, and how you feel about that very likely depends on where you fall in the hierarchy. Months back, Dan Davis of the Jax Chamber dropped an op-ed in the Times-Union. The gist of it? I know Vitti’s contract isn’t due for renewal, but let’s renew it anyway. Davis spoke for a large swath of the consensus. Re-up Nikolai, or he might take one of those offers that seems to come through to him with regularity. Vitti is very good at talking the talk that “reassures stakeholders.” He did it last week in a School Board workshop. “What has to happen this year is a focus on what matters most,” Vitti said. “This is a year of no excuses … we have to see improvement moving forward,” the superintendent added. He talks the talk. But damned if a lot of folks aren’t hearing it. Teachers who balk at being pushed to do more with each passing year certainly aren’t. I know one who teaches at one of our nationally renowned magnet schools who says she sometimes goes a full seven-and-ahalf-hour day without a real break. There are plenty of people in the community who aren’t hearing it. I wrote a piece about Vitti last week — as he discussed Duval County’s abysmal performance in categories like reading and math — and I got a brutal comment from a former local journalist. “Vitti’s a Teach For America leg-humper who routinely blames teachers and parents while issuing a never-ending stream of buzz phrases. Why wasn’t he advocating reading in kindergarten two years ago instead of closing school libraries and killing music programs? Despite Vitti’s apparent successes in Miami’s low-performing schools, in Jax he’s sadly been just another metrics-driven, teach-tothe-test empty suit with no vision.” This was an interesting assertion, as what I saw during last week’s School Board workshop meeting was a superintendent who seemed resigned to, as my friend said, metrics by any means necessary. Consider what he said during last week’s workshop at the School Board building: In biology, civics, and U.S. history classes, Vitti claims that instructional quality is diluted because “teachers go off on tangents” which preclude “consistent implementations” of the course material and “fidelity to the pacing guide.” Sounds a lot like “teaching to the test.” How does this approach affect classroom instruction? Words from a current teacher follow. Spoiler: It’s suboptimal. “As a teacher, one of my biggest frustrations is the ridiculous expectation that pacing guides have to be followed to the letter of the law and the whole notion of ‘no excuses’ that is being held over a teacher’s head. We’re dealing with
kids, human beings ... if there is no flexibility, it doesn’t work. Sometimes, I might be teaching on a particular topic and the students raise questions that might veer us off-topic, but yet, they are teachable moments. We can’t forgo those because of a strict schedule or inflexible pacing guide. Last year, over a third of my class had learning disabilities, so reteaching was essential,” she said. “Kids are so much more than the data points they produce. Data is strictly a measure of how a student performed on a certain test on a particular day. Judging a student (or a teacher, for that matter) solely on their “metrics” is unfortunate because you certainly do not get a whole picture of the child. The sad thing is when students start seeing themselves as only a ‘metric measure’ ... don’t think they don’t know how they are being talked about. This is one of the harmful effects of a ‘no excuses’ atmosphere. While I am in complete favor of accountability, the way students are currently being assessed is an abomination,” she added. One of Vitti’s improvement strategies is a “less is more” approach in teaching “what matters most.” Coded language for “we are going to get these kids through these tests.” Part of the problem is what can be called “adverse selection.” How many middle-class families get all het up with white flight and raise their families in St. Johns or Nassau county, to approximate the suburban idyll? Meanwhile, there is no exodus of poor folks to these new-construction valhallas. They can’t afford to go. The deck is stacked against the DCPS metrically, though there are pockets of success. If Vitti somehow turns the metrics around, it will be against the odds, and it will spur him on to a higher-profile gig. If not, he will get run. And there are plenty of folks waiting to say “I told you so” and “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” AG Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com twitter/AGGancarski JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
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TREASURES GAINED BY After letters go missing from a HATEFUL CHURCH SIGN, protestor receives a visit from the JSO WHEN KELLY POPE ANSWERED the front door, a policeman from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office stood there. He said he was investigating a burglary at First Conservative Baptist Church. And he also asked after Pope’s cats … “I know way more about you than I should,” Pope recalls the Officer “Nick” remarking. “What burglary? What are you talking about?” Pope recalls asking. Officer Nick said someone had stolen letters from the message board marquee in front of the First Conservative Baptist Church on Old St. Augustine Road in Mandarin. They’d also anagrammed the sign from reading, “Homosexuals Need To Repent or Will Go To Hell” to “Homo Sex Is Good For All,” according to a police report. (Although it didn’t account for the magic appearance of the letter “F” in “For.”) Pope was taken aback. First, how did a JSO officer know anything about the 25-year-old Mandarin resident’s domesticated felines? Pope had joined weekly Sunday protests at First Conservative Baptist and shot a couple of selfies with the church’s marquee in the background in June (and posted them as Facebook profiles), but Pope knew nothing about missing letters or the hijacked messages. It had been a month-and-a-half since the message incident, and JSO was still
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investigating? And the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago dropout was a suspect? “I didn’t take the letters, but I think that’s really hilarious,” the Douglas Anderson grad recalls saying of the letter scramble. “I wish I’d thought of that.” Church pastor Gene Youngblood called JSO at 10:40 p.m. on May 10 to report someone had scrambled the letters of the church’s message board. “Mr. Youngblood was very disheveled and belligerent, stating that he wanted the record to state that he has a firearm and will shoot anyone that tries to do this again,” Officer T.L. James wrote on his incident report. Pope balked at the threat. “Very Christ-like. Good job,” Pope said. “I think he read the book.” The First Conservative Baptist Church has been running an information campaign on the marquee warning homosexuals that they are going to hell. In a statement to the media, Youngblood explained he hoped his messaging would reach just one homosexual who’d repent and be saved [“Hatred Is Perverted,” Folio Weekly, June 24]. Youngblood’s messages change weekly, but the theme is consistent: “You Can’t Be Right With God If You Are a Homosexual,” “Keep Marriage Pure Not Perverted,” “Demonstrators Cannot Change the Word of God – Homosexuality Is a Sin,” “Homosexuals Need to Repent or Will Go to Hell.” “God Is Not Mocked. Whatever You Sow You Will Reap Gal. 6:7” and “Homosexuals Are Fighting Against God Not Man.” Pope questions the strategy. “LGBT people do not respond positively to shame,” Pope remarked. “[Youngblood] might want to consider revising that approach to maybe accepting that we are normal, naturally occurring people. There have always been LGBT [people] regardless of what we call it.” Four days after reporting the letter scramble, on May 14, Youngblood again notified JSO that he had received threatening
messages and emails. Officer B.R. West referred the case to the detective division for further investigation. Around that same time, Mandarin resident Cate Dobbins began weekly protests at the church and began a change.org petition to convince Pastor Youngblood to remove the sign. She says she never made any threats. And she knew nothing about the marquee letters. “I am very careful,” she said, adding she had also received threatening messages after her protest went public. Meanwhile, Pope says the visit with JSO went well. The detective assigned to the
“I didn’t take the letters, but I think that’s REALLY HILARIOUS … I wish I’d thought of that.” — KELLY POPE case, Nick, ended up talking about vegetable gardening and cats. Officer Nick explained he’d also done protests, at abortion clinics. But the conversation remained amiable even with that revelation. “It’s funny; I know more about the JSO detective than I know about the pastor at the church,” Pope says. “I didn’t grow up in churches, but I imagine pastors like to speak to community members and like to make their points heard. But I would never go over there. I just don’t want to be subjected to what he is going to say to me to dehumanize me.” Meanwhile, Pastor Youngblood expanded his marquee message from trying to convince homosexuals to repent to insulting Islam. “Jesus Is Sinless Hebrews 4:15 – Muhammad Was Sinful Surah 18:10,” read the message for the week of July 14. Susan Cooper Eastman sceastman@folioweekly.com
LEFT: The Facebook profile pic that started the investigation; RIGHT: Recent messages on the FCB sign include rants against Islam (top) as well as the long-running and widelynoted campaign condemning homosexuality.
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Proper GUN STORAGE is an issue in Duval County
UNLOCKED AND LOADED RECENTLY, DUVAL COUNTY HAS FALLEN VICTIM to a rash of car burglaries. Possibly more disconcerting is the fact that firearms have been a common denominator in more than a few of these cases. When it comes to the transportation of firearms, Florida has relatively lenient guidelines when compared to those of states like California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, where the process of just purchasing a firearm requires more than a simple background check and three-day waiting period. Florida statutes allow public and private citizens to legally transport a handgun in a vehicle without a concealed weapons license (CWL) under the 12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015
following conditions:
790.25(3)(l) A person traveling by private conveyance when the weapon is securely encased or in a public conveyance when the weapon is securely encased and not in the person’s manual possession; (m) A person while carrying a pistol unloaded and in a secure wrapper, concealed or otherwise, from the place of purchase to his or her home or place of business or to a place of repair or back to his or her home or place of business; Basically, though you can carry in a vehicle without a CFL, the firearm must be unloaded, unclipped and secured in a lockable case, i.e., a gun safe, trunk, glove box, etc. What Florida law doesn’t specifically prescribe is locking your car’s doors (although some would say this is implied). As of this year, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office (JSO), there have been 2,610 reported auto burglaries, in which 152 guns have been stolen. Mind you, it is only July. According to JSO, most of the gun-related auto burglaries that happened over the July Fourth weekend involved vehicles that showed no signs of forced entry and about 75 percent of all auto burglaries in Duval County involve vehicles that were unlocked at the time of unlawful entry. Jacksonville Undersheriff Pat Ivey says that JSO does everything it can, from covert sting operations to pawnshop surveillance, in an effort to track down these stolen handguns. JSO also sends out periodical PSAs imploring gun owners to properly secure their weapons in their cars and in doing so, lock the car’s doors.
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“I consider gun violence to be any situation where A CHILD is able to get their hands on a gun and shoot themself,” says Chryl Anderson, leader of Moms Demand Action’s Florida chapter. “NEGLIGENCE IS GUN VIOLENCE and that is what we need to stop.” According to Ivey, despite the efforts made to educate the public of such crimes, JSO continues to see a wave of unforced-entry car burglaries. In regard to any legal recourse sought by the State Attorney’s Office against the gun owners for improper storage or transportation of the handguns in question, there isn’t much to be said. “They are going to stick to their stories,” Ivey says, referring to the gun owners who have been burglarized. “They say, ‘My vehicle was locked. I know I locked my car last night. I heard the horn beep or the alarm chirp and I went in my house.’ But, inevitably, the next day they call and report the vehicle burglarized with no signs of forced entry, no key fobs out of place and nobody with key fobs but themselves.” In Ivey’s 20-plus years as a police officer, he says he has repeatedly seen stolen weapons from auto burglaries being used in violent crimes at some point down the road, be it five months or five years. “It’s a reality that the public needs to know,” Ivey says. “I think they care, but it just doesn’t get to the point where they are compliant more often than not.” Unfortunately, this is just one reality of the growing issue of lackadaisical firearms storage. The criminally minded aren’t the only persons of interest getting their hands on unsecured weaponry. The activist group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which was launched on Facebook the day after the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting in 2012, is taking a stand for “common-sense” gun reforms. Its most recent initiative, known as the Be SMART program, aims to raise awareness about the growing number of children each year who are either wounded or killed in unintentional shootings that often spur from improper gun storage. Florida has already had 10 incidents this year in which kids younger than 17 have found a weapon and unintentionally injured either themselves or someone close to them. Three of these incidents involved the improper storage of a handgun in a vehicle, and one of them resulted in the death of 2-year-old Kaleb Ahle in Tarpon Springs. After investigation, the Pinellas County Sheriff ’s Office ruled that Kevin Ahle, the boy’s father, had properly secured his firearm in the glove box according to Florida statutes and did not charge either of the parents. “The very first point of Be SMART is gun storage,” says Moms Demand Action’s Florida chapter leader, Chryl Anderson. “Not only is that important for the safety of our children, but it’s important in terms of controlling gun trafficking. Guns are stolen out of cars and then they make it into the wrong hands, which is something we are trying to avoid.” Anderson, a grandmother of six, said she first felt compelled to take a stand for gun law reforms here in Florida after the death of Jordan Davis, back in 2012, who was a member of her extended family. “I consider gun violence to be any situation where a child is able to get their hands on a gun and shoot themself,” Anderson says. “Negligence is gun violence and that is what we need to stop.” The last line of defense between a criminal and a deadly weapon is the law-abiding gun owner. And that, according to Undersheriff Ivey, should be abundantly clear. “Every time there is a [gun-related] violent crime broadcast by the media, that in itself should send a message that it’s that much more important that you need to be a responsible gun owner,” says Ivey. “I don’t want to say that people are being lazy, but it probably boils down to as simple as that.” Jordan Ferrell mail@folioweekly.com JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 13
RIGHT: Jill Celani estimates she was bilked out of close to $70,000 for Hallman’s alleged medical, business, and other “emergency” expenses. BELOW: Hallman’s GoFundMe page.
The Curious Case of KYLE HALLMAN WHERE IS KYLE HALLMAN?
He seemingly vanished on June 30, the same day Action News aired a segment in which the charismatic 34-year-old was accused of fraudulently obtaining funds, currently estimated to be at least a quarter-of-a-million dollars, in donations and loans from people who believed he needed a kidney transplant — money friends now believe fed his addiction to hard drugs. It also appears that Hallman does not need a kidney transplant. Unsurprisingly, his friends are hurt, ashamed, disappointed and enraged. Over several months this spring, it looked like Hallman went on a spree, soliciting donations through PayPal, YouCaring and in cold hard cash, to pay for treatments for his many alleged medical conditions. In addition to faking kidney failure, he’s claimed he’s had heart attacks, epilepsy, a blood clot in his brain, thyroid disease, hearing loss and the need for a pancreas transplant. On his YouCaring account, the tagline reads, “You can help Kyle Hallman get a new kidney!” That racked up more than $17,000 in donations before it was shut down. Friends even threw him a benefit concert called “Rock for Kyle’s Kydney” at
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Jack Rabbits on May 30, which organizer Erika Crisp says raised $1,600. Hallman didn’t show up to the event but he went to her house the next day to collect his money. By all accounts, Hallman is adept at hiding his alleged addictions behind natural charisma and a handsome face. As these words are being written and read, he could be batting his eyelashes or texting a winky face to his next victim. Or he could be, as he claimed to some the day the allegations came to light, before he shut down his social media profiles and ceased responding to calls and texts, in rehab. Until he turns up, there’s no way to know. There had long been whispers about Hallman’s loose concept of truth but, for the most part, he was a popular, well-connected guy who had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2007 (the only of the many serious health conditions he claimed that has not been disputed). In recent months, those whispers grew while more and more folks gave him money for medications, dialysis and other treatments.
By June 30, the whispers had become a roar. That day, a Facebook page called Victims of Kyle Hallman was created and quickly grew in membership. A surprising number of women gave him their hearts and their hard-earned dollars. One sold cookies to benefit him, another lemonade. Initially, some were reluctant to believe that the fun-loving, talented charmer was dishonest. Several defended him at first. Not anymore. As of this writing, the group has 372 members. It’s possible there could be many, many more victims. The stories are appalling. One woman offered to donate her cousin’s kidney after a fatal car accident. Hallman didn’t show up to get typed (the kidney went to someone else). Another friend, a man, offered to get tested to see if he could give Hallman one of his kidneys. Again, Hallman did not follow through. Screenshot after screenshot shows Hallman’s pattern of contacting people, mostly women, with cutesy terms of endearment
like, “Hey honey bunny,” followed up with sheepish requests for “help” getting medicine or dialysis. One friend who wishes to remain anonymous says he wrote, “I hate that I’m having to come to you but I don’t have anyone else … waiting on a huge chunk of my fund check to arrive … I’m about $60 short but any amount will help.” She ultimately gave him the money. And who wouldn’t do the same to help a dying friend? No one seems to have known that Hallman appeared to have been living a double life for years. The reality is, Hallman has a history of run-ins with the law, including a paraphernalia conviction (for possession of a crack pipe) in 2010. Attorney John M. Phillips met Hallman when he was a bouncer at The Ivy Ultra Bar in Downtown Jacksonville. He describes him as “the friendliest guy you’d ever meet.” When Hallman asked for money a few months ago, Phillips donated $250. Some weeks later, Hallman hit him up again. This time Phillips declined. “At that point, just because we deal with so much Medicare, Medicaid, I work for victims for a living and understand how PayPal works, for crying out loud, I knew you can’t be at a pharmacy and get $100,” he says. Jill Celani met Hallman three years ago when he frequented the Western Union counter at the Publix where she works. She says it seemed odd that a young guy would receive wire transfers with such regularity. But Hallman, she thought, had a plausible explanation. “He had said something about he had properties and it was rent that people were sending,” Celani says. His money didn’t come one day in October 2013. She says Hallman was shaking and pale as he explained that he had been counting on it for his dialysis. Celani generously lent him $150. She heard from him sporadically after that, but he never came back to that Publix, never paid her back. When Hallman contacted her this February, saying that he was stranded in
Mississippi, Celani initially was reticent to send cash, instead offering to pay for a bus ticket. He claimed to be unable to get to the station. The next day, he sent her a picture of his hand cut and bleeding, claiming he’d had to fight off two bums trying to rob him as he slept under an overpass. (Sending pictures of injuries seems to have been a favorite strategy of his.) This time Celani sent him money. It snowballed from there. Before long, she was maxing out her credit cards, then surpassing the limit, all to help her friend, who repeatedly promised to pay her back the $29,500 she ended up lending him. She says he once claimed that a record company had sent him a check for $12,000 from his days as frontman of defunct local group The Architect Sound. But rather than pay his debt, he used this as bait to get her to lend more money because the bank, he said, had put a hold on the funds. Another time, she says he told her he was going to produce a record for Switchfoot. Before he could pay her back with the $37,000 he was purportedly being paid, she says he called her at six a.m., sobbing, saying his ATM and PayPal card were missing. “He said when he got to the bank, they told him that his brother, they had his brother on tape using the card at ATMs … I would assume it would not be true because his brother is a cop,” Celani says. One of Hallman’s girlfriends, who asked not to be named, says she sent him $600 a week for a period of three years. Writing via Facebook message, she estimates that she gave him a total of $70,000 for his medical care. He once told her that he was going to be the lead singer of Three Days Grace. She says she knew about his drug use, but not the extent. “I know now that he had an addiction to painkillers (though he claimed to be clean for six months recently), crack, and heroin,” she writes. So where is Hallman now? The clerks at a pawn shop he frequented say they haven’t seen him since he pawned a guitar on June 8; the young female clerk even mentioned his dialysis, blushing sweetly. No matter where he is — hiding out, in rehab or somewhere more sinister and desperate — at least some good has come of it all. His victims have formed a sort of support group, providing one another advice and encouragement; law enforcement is also involved, though charges have not yet been filed. Some victims have even been able to get their money refunded from PayPal. For others, that isn’t enough. “I want to see him, I want him to look me in the eyes. I want to ask him how he could do it to me,” says Celani. Claire Goforth mail@folioweekly.com TOP: Erika Crisp organized a live music event at Jack Rabbits that brought in more than $1,600 on Hallman’s behalf. LEFT: Local attorney John M. Phillips says he became suspicious of Hallman months ago. JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 15
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hildren who are addicted to video games may not realize it, but they’ve been waiting their whole lives for Pixels. Now, when parents or teachers tell them to stop playing video games because “it rots your brain!” or “you need sunlight!” kids can say, “Remember Pixels? Kids like me saved the world!” My fellow adults, the kids have a point. Pixels is a silly comedy that has an ingenious premise, one that speaks to gamers young and old who spend way too much time playing video games. In 1982, the U.S. sent a space probe time capsule — including some arcade games — into orbit. The extraterrestrial lifeforms that received the probe interpreted it as a declaration of war. Not good. Now Earth is being attacked in the form of Galaga, Centipede, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Defender and other classic games. This means the people best suited to combat the attacks are the video game champions of the early ’80s, who are now a motley bunch of adults, to say the least. Sam (Adam Sandler), an audio/visual installation guy for a company called “Nerd,” was runner-up at the ’82 world video game championships to Eddie (Peter Dinklage), who calls himself the “Fireblaster.” The Fireblaster is now in prison. Ludlow (Josh
Gad), now a conspiracy theorist who believes appropriately old-school while being sleek and Jack Kennedy fired first, is still in love with a cutting-edge. Keeping things light, Columbus game character named Lisa (Ashley Benson) allows us to embrace the love story of Sam and and is a legit wacko. The only guy who made Violet (Michelle Monaghan), whose son Matty something of himself after video game nerd(Matt Lintz) considers modern games Halo dom is Will (Kevin James), who and Call of Duty “classics.” How happens to be the President of little he knows. Cameos from Brian PIXELS the United States. Just imagine Cox, Sean Bean, Serena Williams, ***@ bumbling comic Kevin James Dan Aykroyd and Jane Krakowski Rated PG-13 as president — if you find that also keep smiles coming. thought amusing, you’ll probably Sure, it’s stupid. Of course it’s enjoy this movie. stupid. But if you go into an Adam Sandler An alien takeover of the world is palpably comedy about ’80s video games expecting the real, and these “Arcaders” are called in when secrets to the universe, perhaps the stupid one the Navy Seals and other military forces is looking at you in the mirror. Let’s call Pixels fail. Director Chris Columbus (Home Alone, what it is: A funny lark that’ll remind every Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) excels ’80s child of their youth which is enjoyable at combining heart and humor with visual enough for today’s kids, many of whom have effects action, so it’s a telling sign of the film’s never heard of the games featured here. Dan Hudak overall quality that we laugh throughout and mail@folioweekly.com enjoy the substantial effects work, which looks
WHAT IS THE LAW? ANTICI ANTICIPATING ANTI CIPA PATI TING NG TTHE HE IIMMINENT MMIN MM INEN ENTT RE RELE RELEASE LEAS ASEE ON DVD OF the documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, I prepared by re-watching the three major film versions of the 1896 H.G. Wells classic. The Island of Dr. Moreau is about a doctor on a mysterious island, engaged in hideous experiments, attempting to hasten the evolutionary leap by surgically transmogrifying animals into humans. In 1995, South African director Richard Stanley was set to direct the third film version of the book (based on his own script) when he was abruptly replaced by John Frankenheimer. The resulting movie, starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer, was an utter travesty, one of the great disasters in film history. The first movie, considered by most critics still the best, was retitled Island of Lost Souls (1932) and starred Charles Laughton in a memorable performance as a truly sadistic Dr. Moreau. Bela Lugosi (in a bushy beard but with the same inimitable accent) plays The Sayer of the Law, one of the Beast People. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, the film retains Wells’ basic premise but introduces a love story as well, an addition that subsequent versions have retained in one form or another. Marooned hero Edward (Richard Arlen) has a sweetheart back home who eventually makes her way to the island in time to be rescued herself. The most interesting new character, however, is Lota, the Panther Woman (Kathleen Burke), a raven-haired beauty whom Moreau is anxious to mate with his unwilling guest. But the Beast will out, in ways that Moreau doesn’t anticipate, wrecking the scientist’s perverse intentions. Using expressionistic lighting to great effect, the film also
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features what were, for the time, effective makeup designs – apart from Bela’s beard, that is. The 1975 version, properly titled The Island of Dr. Moreau, featured the best acting of the three versions. Burt Lancaster plays Dr. Moreau with suitable gravitas, Michael York makes a good hero as the outsider, and lovely Barbara Carrera scores as the new version of the sexy Panther Woman. The makeup is weak by today’s standards, derivative of the Planet of the Apes series, which, you may recall, won an Academy Award in 1968. Directed by Don Taylor, whose other memorable film Is The Final Countdown (1980), this version of Dr. Moreau features a unique plot twist: Moreau tries to turn his marooned human into an animal to better understand the inevitable regression of his Beast People. This leads, in turn, to an effective twist in the final scene, derivative but different from the earlier version.
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Finally, or probably not, given the appeal of the Wells novel, we have the 1996 version with Brando and Kilmer as Dr. Moreau and his henchman, respectively. The new film might have been terrific instead of ridiculous, but for Brando and Kilmer. Brando plays Moreau as a ridiculous overweight buffoon and Kilmer seems to be recycling his stoned Jim Morrison from The Doors. The supporting cast is good, especially David Thewlis (though miscast) as the poor shipwrecked sap and especially Fairuza Balk as the Panther Woman. Stan Winston’s makeup is outstanding. But that movie is still an unmitigated disaster. The documentary Lost Soul reportedly details exactly what went wrong and why, with Richard Stanley getting redemption of sorts as well as revenge. I can’t wait.
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SUMMER MOVIE CLASSICS The Color Purple, with Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Rae Dawn Chong and Margaret Avery, screens 2 p.m. Aug. 2 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $7.50, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com. NIGHT OWL CINEMA Cinderella runs 8 p.m. July 31 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., free, 471-1965, staugamphitheatre.com.
SUN-RAY CINEMA Ornette: Made in America is screened at 7:15 p.m. on July 30. Trainwreck and Mr. Holmes screen at 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock N Roll screens Aug. 3.
MAX Rated PG Director Boaz Yakin’s film is about a dog that comes home – without his Marine buddy, who died in the line of duty. Costars Josh Wiggins, Thomas Haden Church and Lauren Graham. — S.S. MINIONS **@@ Rated PG The lil yellow knuckleheads get their own movie. In 1968 (before they were devotees of baddie Gru), the Minions must aid and abet the world’s first female supervillain, Scarlet Overkill (voice of Sandra Bullock), who plans to take over the British monarchy. Minions is hardly a groundbreaking animated comedy, but little kids will laugh at the slapstick. — MaryAnn Johanson
MR. HOLMES Rated PG This charming film presents the master sleuth in his sunset years, retired but not unaware. Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes. Costars the dependable Laura Linney and Hiroyuki Sanada. ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA ***@ Not Rated Reviewed in this issue. PAPER TOWNS Rated PG-13 The drama/mystery/ romance costars Nat Wolff, Austin Abrams, Cara Delevingne and Justice Smith.
PIXELS ***@ Rated PG-13 Reviewed in this issue. SELF/LESS Rated PG-13 Wealthy old fossil transfers his mind and soul into a hot young body, only to find out the donor’s consciousness has unfinished business. Costars Ben Kingsley and Ryan Reynolds. Behind the director’s megaphone is Tarsem Singh, the guy R.E.M. used to hire to do their videos because his turban pissed off the red states. — S.S. SOUTHPAW Rated R Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Billy Hope, a talented boxer with demons. Rachel McAdams is his wife Maureen. Costars Forest Whitaker, Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent) and Naomie Harris. TERMINATOR: GENISYS **@@ Rated PG-13 Even Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t save this installment of the cyborg-happy franchise. We can accept a so-so story if the action is exciting, but a good story with lame action is a bore. Not worth paying to see. — D.H. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH Rated PG-13 True-to-life drama costars Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson and Taron Egerton. Vera Brittain’s memoir of WWI is a powerful view of how war shapes lives and changes the world.
TRAINWRECK **@@ Rated R The vulgar, femaledriven comedy costars Amy Schumer, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Tilda Swinton (for once playing a woman), Bill Hader and LeBron James. Really. King James! Judd Apatow directed the much-ballyhooed yet mediocre movie. VACATION Rated R This better live up to the hype and expectations of those of us who loved the goofy, excellent ’83 Chevy Chase/Beverly D’Angelo movie. Ed Helms stars as Rusty Griswold, Clark and Ellen’s son, who takes his family on a road trip to get closer to his kids and reconnect with his long-suffering wife. Costars Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Chris Hemsworth and Leslie Mann. And yes, Chase and D’Angelo get in on the fun. And Michael Peña is in this one, too. That guy’s in everything. THE VATICAN TAPES Rated PG-13 A young woman is possessed by an age-old demonic being, so a couple of Vatican exorcists and a non-Vatican priest do their level best to get rid of the damn thing. Costars Michael Peña, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Djimon Hounsou; a couple of real Popes pop up.
THE CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ 20,000 Days on Earth screens through July 31 at 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles runs through July 30. The Jerk runs at noon July 30. White God starts July 31. The Wizard of Oz screens noon Aug. 3. LATITUDE 360 MOVIES Home and Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 screen at Latitude 360’s movie theater, CineGrille, 10370 Philips Highway, Southside, 365-5555. IMAX THEATER Ant-Man, Galapagos 3D and Humpback Whales screen at World Golf Village Hall of Fame IMAX Theater, St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation starts July 30.
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ANT-MAN ***@ Rated PG-13 Marvel Studios’ superhero feature stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, whose alter-ego is the teeny crusader against evil … sort of. Costars Michael Douglas as the scientist Hank Pym and Abby Ryder Fortson as Scott’s daughter Cassie, as well as Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña and Judy Greer. — Scott Renshaw THE GALLOWS *@@@ Rated R The found-footage horror pic is predictable and kinda boring. A bunch of high school kids are killed in the school at night and someone films it. Costars Ryan Shoos, Reese Mishler and Cassidy Gifford, spawn of Frank and Kathy Lee. — Dan Hudak INFINITELY POLAR BEAR **** Rated R Mark Ruffalo stars as Cam Stuart, a smart manic-depressive who’s unpredictable and loving. It’s 1978, his wife Maggie (Zoe Saldana) loves him but is concerned about his erratic behavior – chasing a car wearing only red underwear in the dead of winter. With great trepidation, Maggie leaves their preteen daughters Amelia (Imogene Wolodarsky) and Faith (Ashley Aufderheide) with Cam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, so she can go to grad school in New York City. Cam, with a full bottle of lithium medication, accepts his responsibility with open arms and few clues. What’s great about Ruffalo’s performance is that Cam is a caring, devoted father who happens to be manic-depressive, not a manic-depressive who tries to be a good father. Writer-director Maya Forbes keeps the film moving – no plot holes, no gaps of logic, no tedious scenes. — D.H. INSIDE OUT ***G Rated PG Director Pete Docter packed emotional complexity in a great movie. Inside us all is an emotional “control room,” with physical manifestations of those emotions responding to the things that push our metaphorical buttons by pushing literal buttons. For 11-year-old Riley (Kailyn Dias), a girl whose parents (Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Lane) have just moved the family from Minnesota to San Francisco, those emotions take the form of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Anger (Lewis Black). As Riley struggles to adjust to her new home and new surroundings, Joy and Sadness inadvertently wind up whisked away to the far reaches of Riley’s subconscious, trying to preserve the happiness of Riley’s “core memories” and make their way back. — S.R. JURASSIC WORLD **@@ Rated PG-13 “Nobody’s impressed by a dinosaur anymore,” says operations manager Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), and how true that is for moviegoers as well: Visual effects are way beyond what they were in 1993 when Jurassic Park was a box-office smash; that film’s ho-hum sequels made fans weary of the Jurassic world. So executive producer Steven Spielberg and director Colin Trevorrow did something great with this one, right? The franchise should’ve remained extinct. It’s a big, humorless, drab movie. Costars Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Chris Pratt, Omar Sy and Vincent D’Onofrio. — D.H. MAGIC MIKE: XXL Rated R Now that’s how you title a sequel. And nobody’s taking any chances in the plot department, relying instead on that hoary old staple of the “reunion/retirement tour” that brings our weenie-wagging heroes back together for one last run. Hey, it worked for The Who and Danny Glover! — Steve Schneider
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A&E // FILM
ALL MY LIFE SHIRLEY CLARKE’s documentary is a unique cinematic portrait of a 20th-century jazz master
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the assembled musicians would swirl through hen Ornette Coleman passed away in and around in group improvisation. These June at the age of 85, the music world lost parallel streams of sound that Coleman’s music one of the last truly iconoclastic figures demands can be many things, depending on the of 20th-century music. Along with fellow listener: rapturous, furious, even off-putting. saxophonists John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, But his music always stood alone, and continues Coleman created a sonic demarcation between to exist in its own galaxy of sound to this day. In the traditional and radical future of jazz. The the film, jazz writer Martin Williams compares title of Coleman’s visionary 1959 release, The it to “Dixieland Jazz,” an apt analogy, albeit Shape of Jazz to Come made his intentions clear if the old-style, hot jazz had been beamed in and, more than half-a-century later, that title from another dimension. The footage of the became unequivocally prophetic. Coleman’s symphony playing with Coleman and Prime album Free Jazz (1960) was eventually used Time features a kind of “high-brow”-meetsto describe an entire musical movement. His street-level version of Harmolodics in practice, music influenced everyone from The Grateful as elegiac string passages merge with the band’s Dead and the ’70s NYC No Wave scene to John percolating avant-funk rendition of the classic Zorn and Pat Metheny. Shirley Clarke’s 1985 Coleman piece, “Theme from a Symphony.” film, Ornette: Made in America, remains the Over the course of the film’s 77-minute definitive, and only, documentary on the man running time, Clarke juxtaposes (at times who both polarized and revitalized jazz music. comically bad) reenactments A project 20 years in the of Coleman’s youth with making, Ornette: Made in fantastic clips of his various America, utilizes film and ORNETTE: combos. Scenes of New video footage, interviews, MADE IN AMERICA York City in 1968, featuring reenactments of Coleman’s life, ***@ Coleman on alto sax, bassist and experimental passages to Not Rated Charlie Haden, and Coleman’s tell the story of the jazzman’s then-12-year-old son Denardo life and influence. Clarke (1919- An Ornette Coleman listening party kicks off at 6:45 p.m. on drums, are crucial clips of ’97) was a pioneering artist Film screens 7:15 p.m. July 30 the artist at work. This writer’s in her own right. A staunchly at Sun-Ray Cinema, 5 Points, independent filmmaker, her personal favorite Coleman sunraycinema.com. body of work included ’50s lineup is captured in an underground cinema, her 1961 all-too-brief clip from 1972, filmic adaptation of Jack Gelber’s jazz-driven as Coleman, Haden, trumpeter Don Cherry, play, The Connection, 1963’s Robert Frost: A saxophonist Dewey Redman, and drummer Lover’s Quarrel With the World, which earned Ed Blackwell conjure a high-voltage delivery Clarke an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, of collective improvisation. Footage from 1973 and 1967’s Portrait of Jason, a documentary/ chronicles Coleman’s pioneering foray into feature-length interview of a gay Africanglobal music, as he and musicologist-clarinetist American hustler. For the most part, this Robert Palmer (not the ’80s MTV suave eclectic oeuvre seems to make Clarke the ideal popster) are filmed in the desert of Morocco director for a biopic about Coleman. performing with hypnotic, rising-and-falling The film opens with Coleman receiving wail of The Master Musicians of Jajouka. the Key to the City from the mayor of his Further archival footage is employed to hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, who declares show the range of Coleman’s music, along with Sept. 19, 1983 as “Ornette Coleman Day.” Then appearances by countercultural figureheads the action cuts to the Fort Worth Symphony William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin and jazz composer George Russell, among others. Orchestra and Coleman’s electric ensemble, While Clarke’s juxtaposition of interviews Prime Time, performing his composition Skies with her own imaginative transitional scenes of America. For the uninitiated, this scene “work,” they can at times (understandably) seem might be a fitting introduction to Coleman’s dated. Other scenes, however, are ludicrous. The music, which was centered on a musical sight of Coleman wearing an orange jumpsuit philosophy which he called Harmolodics. and beanie cap, riding an exercise bike across In the film, Coleman offers his own outer space is probably more a testament to somewhat-metaphysical definition of his Coleman’s good nature than Clarke’s good pioneering method the detonated ideas of screenwriting. Griping aside, Ornette: Made in multi-harmonies, polytonality, polyrhythms, America, is the only documentary of Coleman, and actual compositional structure. At its and while it might not convert the curious, it most base level, Harmolodics essentially gave will surely deliver the goods to the diehards. the musicians complete freedom to improvise simultaneously, a kind of call-and-response Daniel A. Brown that usually featured a basic melodic motif that dbrown@folioweekly.com
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A&E //ARTS
IMAGERY PROJECTED FROM THE TURBULENT GLITCH
The latest from MOCA’S Project Atrium series features JOELLE DIETRICK’S remarkable works
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equentially-building, interconnected relationships are developed based on scale, and they indicate both physical and conceptual comparisons. For example, a drop of afternoon rain falls in the St. Johns River, contributing to the flow of billions of gallons of water each day — water that is used to transport many ships with cargo destined for international consumption, and each day cars drive over any number of the busy bridges that traverse this river. By considering the scale of the river, relationships connect the flow of the water to the financial flow of commerce and the speed of travel, and so on. In Joelle Dietrick’s Cargomobilities, the new mural occupying the Project Atrium architecture of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Downtown Jacksonville, dynamic constructed imagery is specifically designed to trigger conceptual relationships of scale indicated by specific physical dimensions. First, this is experienced through the human scale as compared to that of the dimensions of the dominant architecture. In this ratio, the mural rising above dwarfs the individuals visiting the atrium, in the swarm of colors and tectonic shapes that seemingly project and swing out from the fabricated surface. Embedded within the fractured imagery of the mural, a reference to the artist’s own home emerges out of the color and turbulence. This abstracted façade depicts the first home she bought with her husband in Tallahassee, and it’s directly set against site-specific imagery designed to replicate the architecture of the
atrium in a 1:1 ratio. Specifically, the MOCA atrium stairs can be seen rising from within the painted mural. By including references to the surrounding architecture, Dietrick is creating a visual loop, similar to the data feedback systems she researches in the developmental phase of her work. The 1:1 scale of the atrium imagery is then related to the rise of shipping cranes and heavy cargo containers toward the top
PROJECT ATRIUM: JOELLE DIETRICK’S CARGOMOBILITIES Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Downtown, mocajacksonville.com On display through Oct. 25
of the bold mural. These components were developed, as the mural title indicates, based on research of the cargo shipping industry, and particularly the day-to-day business of the local Jacksonville Port Authority (JaxPort). By creating these scale comparisons, Dietrick is defining connections between the personal and local, between public and private, and between divisions of labor and commerce to indicate the conceptual shift from small details to big systems and data. MOCA Curator of Collections Ben Thompson first contacted Dietrick, a Tallahassee-based artist and educator, and as the project progressed, Dietrick transitioned to work closely with Assistant Curator of Exhibitions Jaime DeSimone. Dietrick
explained that DeSimone was consulted as a sounding board for many aspects of the research and imagery, as the plans for the mural developed. In terms of research, this ephemeral mural was produced to recast information gathered from over 10 years of the housing market, combined with geolocation data from cargo shipping containers, past projects, security networks, and first-hand experiences. In particular, for this project, Dietrick toured JaxPort for a closer look at the dynamic industry that impacts her concerns with micro and macro shifts. She mentioned that beyond observing the impressive scale relationship between worker and cargo, the security of the site visit was intense, presenting both challenges to her process, but also fuel for her research. Dietrick, whose projects have been shown locally (at Florida State College at Jacksonville and Jacksonville University), nationally, and internationally, are rooted in intense research. She generates information and then visualizes that data through a glitch aesthetic, which is punctuated by fragmented images, sharp color shifts, and dynamic forms. This mural is physically the largest project she has taken on, and it was produced through the combination of paint and cut sections of pigmented ink jet prints on Terylene adhesive fabric. A glitch can be a sudden interruption, a defect, a blip, or an unexpected malfunction. It can be momentary, and normal functioning may resume. In this large scale ephemeral project, the glitch is projected, freezing the suspense. It’s similar to moments of crisis or emergency when time seems to slow down, enabling more sensory information to be recorded. Cargomobilities has hit pause during the static of the glitch, to compress information, enabling time to reflect on the effects of the market crash, potentially unstable financial systems, and the impact of industrial shifts on everyday life. Lily Kuonen mail@folioweekly.com JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 23
ARTS + EVENTS PERFORMANCE
CLYBOURNE PARK The 5 & Dime, a Theatre Company and The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens stage Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer- and Tony-winning dramedy, about race and housing in Chicago, at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1, 7, and 8 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 2 and 9 at 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, $15 advance; $20 at the door; $33 for prepaid meal with tickets, cummer.org. THE ATLANTIC CITY BOYS: MUSIC AND MEMORIES OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS The musical revue, about the mega-popular ’60s Jersey boy band, is staged Aug. 5-9. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s Northern-style themed menu is featured; at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, $64, alhambrajax.com. THE WIZARD OF OZ The 10th annual High School Summer Musical Theatre Experience presents a stage-adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s tale of Dorothy, Toto, and friends as they trod a yellow brick road to meet a man behind a curtain, with a cast of more than 70 local 7th-12th graders, at 7:30 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 1, and 2 p.m. Aug. 2 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., 646-2222, 442-2929, $25; $20 seniors, military, kids under 12; $15 FSCJ students, employees with valid ID, artistseriesjax.com. AIDA Players by the Sea presents the Tony-winning classic love triangle, based on Verdi’s opera (music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice), at 8 p.m. Aug. 1, 6, 7, and 8 at 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $28, playersbythesea.org. SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL Alhambra Theatre & Dining offers a family-geared musical revue, based on Dr. Seuss’ characters, through Aug. 2. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menu (Cat in the Hat pizza, Sam I Am meatloaf) is featured; at 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, $35-$59, alhambrajax.com.
CLASSICAL, CHOIR & JAZZ
FENIMORE TRIO The jazz combo plays 9 p.m. July 31 at The Parlour, 2000 San Marco Blvd., 396-4455. BOATHOUSE CELLO CHOIR Jewish Community Alliance Cultural Arts Department presents the cello ensemble 3 p.m. Aug. 2 at 8505 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin; concert is free but registration is required, 730-2100 ext. 228, jcajax.org. JAZZ IN NEPTUNE BEACH Live jazz is featured 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Sat. at Lillie’s Coffee Bar, 200 First St., 249-2922. JAZZ IN AVONDALE The Von Barlow Trio & Third Bass, 9 p.m. every Sun. at Casbah Café, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966. JAZZ IN AMELIA ISLAND Taylor Roberts, 6 p.m. Fri. & Sat. at Salt, Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., 277-1100.
9 a.m., live music – Wingfield, Sweet Scarlett, Jordyn Stoddard 10:30 a.m. Aug. 1 – farmers’ row, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts & crafts, local produce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Fri. at Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 353-1188.
MUSEUMS
AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. Portraits of American Beach is on display. AMERICAN BEACH MUSEUM American Beach Community Center, 1600 Julia St., Fernandina, 277-7960, nassaucountyfl. com/facilities. The Sands of Time: An American Beach Story, celebrating MaVynee Betsch, “The Beach Lady,” is on display. BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Hblanton2-Heather & Holly Blanton is on display through Oct. 4. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. Whitfield Lovell: Deep River displays through Sept. 13. Reflections: Artful Perspectives on the St. Johns River, through Oct. 18. All Together: The Sculpture of Chaim Gross, through Oct. 4. British Watercolors, through Nov. 29. Public garden tours 11 a.m. every Tue. and Thur. Free admission 4-9 p.m. every Tue., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every first Sat. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992. The Addams Family: Part Two, through Aug. 26. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. Project Atrium: Joelle Dietrick, through Oct. 25. Southern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing Landscape, through Aug. 30. In Time We Shall Know Ourselves: The Photographs of Raymond Smith, through Aug. 30. The Art Aviators Exhibition, through Aug. 16. Phil Parker’s Assemblage/Collage, in UNF Gallery through Aug. 30. Free admission 4-9 p.m. every Thur. in summer.
runs through August. ST. AUGUSTINE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER 10 W. Castillo Dr., 825-1053, staugustine-450/tapestry. Tapestry: The Cultural Threads of First America, through Oct. 4.
EVENTS
ELITE ICE SKATING PERFORMANCE CAMP Coach Karen Ludington holds camp 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 29, 30 and 31 at Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, 3605 Philips Hwy., Southside, with two on-ice classes and one off-ice class per day; $295 per skater; 399-3223, jacksonvilleice.com. BILL BELLEVILLE Environmentalist/author Belleville discusses Losing It All to Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape, about urban sprawl and its effect on the environment in Florida, at 1 and 7 p.m. July 30 at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. AMELIA RIVER CRUISES Adult Twilight BYOB Cruises every Thur., Fri. and Sat., with live music – Jim Barcaro July 30, Larry LeMier July 31, Dan Voll Aug. 1 – from 1 N. Front St., Fernandina Beach, 261-9972; ameliarivercruises.com. JACKSONVILLE ARMADA VS. MINNESOTA UNITED FC Local football faves the Armada take on Minnesota United FC at 7:30 p.m. July 31 at Baseball Grounds, 301 Randolph Blvd., Downtown; tickets start at $14, 633-6100, ticketmaster.com. BEACH CLEAN-UP Keepers of the Coast need volunteers for the sixth annual Summer Daze Beach Clean-Up on Aug. 1 north of Jax Beach Pier, 503 First St. N. Everyone gets a bag for trash, a bag for recycling and a bag for cigarette butts. The volunteer to collect the most cigarette butts wins Volcom prizes. 707-7531, keepersofthecoast.org. UNION GARRISON EVENT Historians re-enact life in 1864. Soldiers do firing demonstrations, marching drills, cooking and daily activities. Ladies promenade in Civil War-era dresses, sutlers display wares, drummer boys … drum. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 1; 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 2, Fort Clinch State Park, 2601 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach. Park entrance fee: $6 per vehicle; $2 per person Fort admission; 277-7274, floridastateparks.org. BOOK DISCUSSION Beth Hoffman discusses her book Looking for Me 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 1, Clay County Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island, 278-3722, claycountygov.com. HAVEN HOSPICE FUNDRAISER Haven Hospice holds its inaugural Island Oasis fundraiser, with island-themed music, dancing, dinner, drinks, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at The Haskell Building, 111 Riverside Ave., $85; proceeds benefit the
The BOATHOUSE CELLO CHOIR performs at The Jewish Community Alliance on Aug. 2 in Mandarin.
COMEDY
JEFF DYE The comic is on at 8 p.m. July 30 and 8 and 10 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 1 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $20, 292-4242, comedyzone.com. MARK EVANS Evans appears 7:30 and 10 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 1 at Latitude 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, $15, 365-5555, latitude360.com. SHANE MAUSS The champion of psychedelics, performs 9 p.m. Aug. 3 at rain dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $10, brownpapertickets.com/event/1990192.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
A CLASSIC THEATRE AUDITIONS Auditions for local playwright Deborah D. Dickey’s Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal, 7-10 p.m. July 30 and 31 at St. Augustine Beach City Hall, 2200 A1A S.; 829-5807; aclassictheatre.org. CALL FOR ARTISTS An Aug. 14 deadline has been set for applications to exhibit at the St. Augustine Art & Craft Festival, held Nov. 28 and 29, 824-2310, festival@staaa.org. PBTS ADULT ACTING CLASSES Gary Baker discusses auditioning, character work, 6:30 p.m. every Tue. through Aug. 11; Baker leads an improv class 6:30 p.m. every Thur. through Aug. 13, at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $150 each course, playersbythesea.org. JAX BY JAX Local literary organization accepts applications for its November 2015 event. Deadline Aug. 1; jaxbyjax.com. MUSEUM SEEKS WWII ITEMS The Museum of History seeks historical items, particularly pieces with some association to Florida, to borrow for its upcoming exhibit Florida in World War II. Items will be on display for three to four months. 2617378, ext. 102 or email gray@ameliamuseum.org. MUSICIANS NEEDED Amelia Musical Playhouse seeks musicians for its upcoming production of Rocky Horror Show. 277-3455, dilljill@msn.com.
ART WALKS & MARKETS
WEDNESDAY MARKET Local produce, arts, crafts, clothing, foods, live music, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. July 29, St. Johns Pier Park, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, free, 347-8007, thecivicassociation.org. DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts and crafts, local produce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 31 at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 353-1188. FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK 5-9 p.m. Aug. 5, more than 13 live music venues and hotspots open after 9 p.m.; 50 venues, over 15 blocks in Downtown Jacksonville. iloveartwalk.com. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, free yoga session
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GALLERIES
ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7177, abettheatre.com. An exhibit of new works by painter Susan Bolenbaugh is on display through August. THE ART CENTER II 229 N. Hogan St., Downtown, 355-1757. Kenny Balser is the featured artist for July. TAC GALLERY AT THE LANDING 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 355-1757. Images of Nurture is currently on display. BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577. Sam Kates: Coastal Connections VI, through Aug. 2. C.A.S.K. WINE SHOP & BAR 1049 Park St., Riverside, 568-1828. Grand opening and open reception for an exhibit of new prints by Margete Griffin, 7-11 p.m. Aug. 1. THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Maria Valdez Dugger’s Spiral Series, through Sept. 3. Environments: Real and Imagined, works by painters Sara Pedigo and Ronald Gibbons, is on display through Sept. 3. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. Silk Paintings by Beth Haizlip, through Aug. 25. HAWTHORN SALON 1011 Park St., Riverside, 619-3092, hawthornsalon.com. Sara Pedigo’s Brimming with Casual News exhibit runs through August. HUBLEY GALLERY 804 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 429-9769. Mary Hubley, Natalia Andreeva, Maria Struss’ art, through August. ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Bldg., 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 471-9980. Opening exhibition of photographs by Kenneth M. Barrett Jr. is 8:15-9 a.m. Aug. 4. The exhibit displays through Oct. 22. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 553-6361, southlightgallery.com. Opening reception for the exhibit ABSTRACT X, works by local abstract artists, is 6-9 p.m. Aug. 6; the exhibit displays through Aug. 28. Theresa Segal is the featured artist through August. ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., 824-2310, staaa.org. Juried Sixth Annual Nature and Wildlife Exhibition
Hospice’s programs and services, 465-7208, havenhospice.org. JACKSONVILLE SUNS The Suns kick off a homestand against the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, 6:05 p.m. Aug. 2 (Kids Run Bases, Library Night), 7:05 p.m. Aug. 3 (Bellybuster Monday, St. Johns County Night), Aug. 4 (Folio Weekly 50-Cent Family Feast Night), Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 (College Football Night, Thursday Night Throwdown). Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, 301 Randolph Blvd., Downtown; $7.50-$25.50; 358-2846, jaxsuns.com. LINWOOD BARCLAY Award-winning author Barclay discusses his new thriller, Broken Promise, 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach, 241-9026. KIDS’ NATURE DETECTIVES WORKSHOP The Nature Detective workshop for ages 6-12, featuring hummingbirds and dragonflies, hands-on activities and take-home goodies, is held 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at Anastasia Island Branch Library, 124 Sea Grove Main St., St. Augustine Beach; to register, call 209-3730; space is limited, sjcpls.org. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS/ALATEEN When you don’t know where to turn because someone drinks too much. Al-Anon and Alateen can help families and friends of alcoholics. Daily meetings throughout Northeast Florida. Call 904-350-0600 or go to jaxafg.org. DEPRESSION/BIPOLAR SUPPORT The local chapter of the nonprofit Depression Bipolar Support Alliance meets 6-7:30 p.m. every Tue. at Baptist Hospital Pavilion, fifth floor, Rm. 3, 800 Prudential Dr., Southbank, dbsalliance.org. HEMMING PARK EVENTS Free yoga, group fitness and live music, across from City Hall, 117 W. Duval St., Downtown; for schedule, go to hemmingpark.org/hemming-park-events. SUMMER ART CAMPS IN ST. AUGUSTINE The St. Augustine Art Association offers five sessions this summer for grades 1-6 and ages 12 and older. For more info, go to staaa.org. JR. WATERMAN’S SUMMER CAMP Black Creek Guides holds sessions July 27-31, Aug. 3-7, 10-14 and 17-21, featuring SUP lessons, paddle and watersports knowledge, safety and techniques, for ages 7-15. For fees, details and descriptions, go to blackcreekguides.com.
A&E // MUSIC
TERRESTRIAL TRANSCENDENCE B
MY MORNING JACKET scales epic heights while keeping one foot in their Southern rock past on new album Waterfall
“Get the Point” (“And then I realized all the orn in 1998 as a humble little solo act with time I was wasting/Trying to mend a broken a haunting, cavernous sound, Louisville, situation”) and “Compound Fracture” (“If Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket have we ain’t careful as to where we step/Paradise expanded exponentially in the years since. The calling or untimely death”). band’s first three reverb-drenched albums, The Tennessee Fire, At Dawn, and It Still Moves, are But Hallahan emphasizes that Waterfall still revered as psychedelic Southern rock classics. came together organically — and without any 2005’s Z and 2008’s Evil Urges careened in serious thematic planning. “Jim always sets the funk, reggae, glam, and R&B directions. 2011’s tone for the songwriting process, but on this Circuital crested towering space-rock heights. album, his demos were very loose. We had no And 2015’s Waterfall is MMJ’s most mature idea what we were going to make — seriously, work yet — still full of epic art-rock elegance no idea. We brought all of our equipment and but also lyrically grounded more than ever didn’t use half of it. Just used the tools we’ve before in the pitfalls of everyday life. developed over 15 years of working together Surprisingly, My Morning Jacket’s to write the album in one big group session — consistently excellent discography doesn’t do and very much in the moment.” justice to their outsize reputation on stage. The recording environment — a studio Widely hailed as one of the most powerful live perched high above the Pacific Ocean in rural rock bands in existence, they routinely sell out Stinson Beach, California — contributed multi-night stands in major markets. They’re immensely, too. Although Waterfall’s notorious for playing four-hour marathon production value is elegantly lush, it also sets at major festivals exudes the kind of like Bonnaroo. They corporeal physicality MY MORNING JACKET even self-curate their that was so evident on with MINI MANSIONS own weeklong musical My Morning Jacket’s 7 p.m. Aug. 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, getaway in Mexico. early works, many of $37.50-$45, staugamphitheatre.com One thing that which were recording hasn’t changed during in a Kentucky grain My Morning Jacket’s long, strange trip to indie silo. “We don’t like distractions when we’re superstardom is the band’s accessibility. Even recording,” Hallahan says. “We really like to as frontman Jim James has morphed into remove ourselves from society, and Stinson a bona fide musical celebrity, his voice still Beach was perfect for that. Every day, we’d hike beckons as one of the sweetest concoctions 45 minutes on the beach and then 15 minutes available for consumption today. And as up this incredible hill to the studio. Then we’d they’ve grown, any borders cordoning off their walk home at night and have a whole different fan base have mostly dissolved. Case in point: experience. That stuff seeps into the art.” I don’t know a single old-school MMJ fan who Harnessing hippie mysticism — that helps wasn’t dying to hear Waterfall when it came explain the emotion embedded deep in My out in May — or who hesitated to plunk down Morning Jacket’s music. But words can’t quite $45 to see them on Aug. 1, when they return describe the feeling of their live show, when to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. stratospheric strains of set-opening crowd favorites like “Mahgeetah” and “Wordless And we’ve got reason to be excited. Chorus” unfurl. Hallahan chalks up such “[Waterfall] has been the most friendly transcendence partly to the chemistry; after album to our live show that we’ve ever made,” several early shuffles, the lineup of James, drummer Patrick Hallahan tells Folio Weekly. “There’s a grace period between recording an Hallahan, Tommy Blankenship, Carl Broemel, album and learning how to play the new songs and Bo Koster has been steady since 2004. “We on stage, which is a different setting that calls just try to have fun on stage,” Hallahan says, for different emotions. But I think we rehearsed deflecting questions about onstage magnetism. [Waterfall] for three days. Everything fit right “Whatever happens, happens. If we’re not having fun, nobody’s going to have fun.” in to our current setlist rotation. This album just wanted to be played live.” The good news for First Coast music fans? Which is not to say that Waterfall doesn’t My Morning Jacket has more fun than usual in mark another impressive evolution for My the Oldest City. “Like all Kentuckians, I grew up Morning Jacket. In pre-press, frontman Jim vacationing in Florida, and St. Augustine was James talked at length about the broken body always one of our first stops,” Hallahan says. and broken heart he brought to the recording “I’ve always had a love affair with that town. sessions. Although he’s famous for his wideThere’s a certain charm that comes with age. eyed optimism — Pitchfork.com accurately And the last time we played there, we had the described him as routinely “feeling wonderful next day off, so we all went to the Mill Top after about a wonderful higher power for giving our show and had the greatest night ever.” wonderful men the most wonderful voices” Nick McGregor — James explores darker personal feelings on mail@folioweekly.com
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A&E // MUSIC
THE EVERLASTING FIRST
Inventive local duo STRANGERWOLF celebrates the release of a full-length debut
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rothers from another mother (almost full-length, which is self-titled and slated — they’re cousins), Rick Kennedy and for an official release Wednesday, Aug. 5 at Ryan Kennedy have an admittedly easy Underbelly. The event is free in conjunction time keeping their acoustic musical duo, with Downtown Jacksonville’s First Wednesday Strangerwolf, a democracy. Art Walk and also features performances by First of all, they’re roommates. So Connor Hickey and Speaking Cursive. checking in with each other before making Strangerwolf has previously released only a band decisions is a piece of cake. Second, as few demos recorded at home on GarageBand. mentioned, they’re family. So any squabble is The songs on the full-length debut, written guaranteed an outcome one way or another. between 2010 and 2015, are permeated with Third, they’re talented. So they’d be morons to some unflinchingly personal narratives. “They mess up a good thing. represent a lot of tough transitions that both “We tend to write pretty serious, almost Ryan and I have gone through during that time,” dark songs at times. But in reality, we are says Rick. “After taking four years off from pretty silly,” says Rick of music, releasing this album the band’s bottom line. “I feels almost redemptive.” STRANGERWOLF, genuinely consider Ryan The disc was recorded SPEAKING CURSIVE, to be the funniest person with the Kennedys’ friend CONNOR HICKEY I have ever met. His and Speaking Cursive 9 p.m. Aug. 5 at Underbelly, impressions will probably frontman, Rick Grice, at Downtown, underbellylive.com make him famous one day.” Grice’s Endangered Wise Formed in early 2014, Men Studios off King Strangerwolf is Rick (guitar and vocals), age Street in Riverside. Strangerwolf (the album) 33, and Ryan (percussion and vocals), age comprises 10 tracks and was funded from 26. Both born and bred in Jacksonville, the money the Kennedy kin saved over the past Kennedy cousins were previously in the rock year or so. group Red Letter Bullet from 2006-’09. “During the day, Ryan works for Blue Buddha [Exotic] Foods,” Rick says. “And I “We released an EP and recorded, but never just recently re-entered the education world officially released a full-length album,” Rick says and will teach high school reading in Duval of the former project. “We toured twice, and County this fall.” enjoyed moderate success in Jacksonville and the Southeast. It was made up of Ryan and me, With a shared love of long conversation as well as our brothers. We all really loved it.” dealing with “travel, philosophy, spirituality and just good old-fashioned story-telling,” the dudes With just a year-and-a-half under their of Strangerwolf have no problem when it comes belts as Strangerwolf, the twosome got together kind of by accident. to songwriting — especially for this debut. “I had a collection of acoustic songs I Rick explains, “I have written most of the had been writing since 2010,” explains Rick. songs on acoustic guitar and, once I’ve shown “In early 2014, an old friend of ours came to them to Ryan, we collaborate on writing the Jacksonville on tour and pretty much made accompanying music. We have, however, started us open up for him. So we used that as an to move toward writing songs completely opportunity to start playing music again after together, and are both already looking forward a four-year hiatus.” to how that will come out on our next album.” Strangerwolf ’s musical influences are For Rick and Ryan, the opportunities far-reaching and plentiful, including Band Strangerwolf affords them are looking bright. of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Brooke Waggoner, “We would love to travel more, and share mewithoutYou, Incubus, Jason Isbell, and our music with as many people around the Noah Gundersen. world as possible,” says Rick. “The only thing “We focus heavily on lyrics and harmony,” we know for certain is that we will always says Rick. “We try to keep a pretty natural create music.” Kara Pound sound — especially on this album.” mail@folioweekly.com Rick is referring to Strangerwolf ’s debut
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Multi-instrumentalist MEAN MARY performs at Mudville Music Room on Aug. 1 in San Marco.
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. July 29 at Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, Downtown, 374-1247. Music by the Sea: MIDLIFE CRISIS Concert 7 p.m., 6 p.m. Sea Oats Cafe food service, July 29 at St. Augustine Beach Pier & Pavilion, free, 347-8007, thecivicassociation.org. PAT ROSE 7 p.m. July 29 at Ragtime Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7877. ROCKY VOTOLATO, DAVE HAUSE, CHRIS FARREN 7:30 p.m. July 29 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $12 advance; $15 day of. EMMET CAHILL 7:30 p.m. July 29 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595, $30. NONPOINT, ALLELE, NEW DAY, MINDSLIP 7 p.m. July 30 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 246-2473, $15 advance; $20 day of. ROUGH MIX 7 p.m. July 30, Ragtime Tavern. Concerts in the Plaza: ROB ELLIS PECK & FRIENDS 7 p.m. July 30 in Plaza de la Constitución, St. Augustine, free, bring seating; no alcohol. BUDDY MONDLOCK 7:30 p.m. July 30 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008, $10. THE BAND BE EASY 7:30 p.m. July 30 at Latitude 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555. PINK for PRESIDENT, STATUS FAUX, 187, The LAST SONS 8 p.m. July 30 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown. PERSONALITIES, FEED a LION a FELINE, LANDFILL, CARRY the WEIGHT, SEARCHING SERENITY, NEVERENDER 7 p.m. July 31, Jack Rabbits, $10. MIKE SHACKELFORD 7:30 p.m. July 31, Mudville Music Room, $10. WHITESNAKE, The DEAD DAISIES 8 p.m. July 31 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $34.50-$69.50. PATHOS PATHOS, NORTHE, LE ORCHID, SUNSPOTS 8 p.m. July 31, Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 699-8186. MEDAL MILITIA (Metallica tribute), SHOT DOWN in FLAMES (AC/DC tribute), FOREVER OUR RIVALS 8 p.m. July 31, Freebird Live, $10 advance; $15 day of. R-DENT, ADULT LIFE, The LAST SONS, PRIDELESS8 p.m. July 31 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 N. Ocean St., Downtown, $10 advance; $21 day of. BLONDE AMBITION 8:30 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1, Latitude 360. DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY 9 p.m. July 31 at Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208. JAY GARRETT 9 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1 at Flight 747 Lounge & Liquor Store, 1500 Airport Rd., Northside, 741-4331. The PAUL LUNDGREN BAND 10 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1, Ragtime Tavern. The DRUIDS 10 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1 at Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. IVY LEAGUE 10 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1 at The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611. Riverside Arts Market: WINGFIELD, SWEET SCARLETT, JORDYN STODDARD 10:30 a.m. Aug. 1 at 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449. DENNY BLUE 5 p.m. Aug. 1 at Milltop Tavern & Listening Room, 19 1/2 St. George St., St. Augustine, 829-2329. GLASS CAMELS 9 p.m. Aug. 1 at Dave’s Music Bar & Grill, 9965 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 575-4935.
LENNY COOPER 6 p.m. Aug. 1 at Mavericks at The Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $10. MY MORNING JACKET, MINI MANSIONS 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, $37.50-$45. MEAN MARY 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1, Mudville Music Room, $10. NAUGHTY PROFESSOR, TROPIC of CANCER 8 p.m. Aug. 1, Freebird Live, $10 advance; $15 day of. The STOLEN, AVENUES, AURORA 8 p.m. Aug. 1, Jack Rabbits, $8 advance; $10 day of. JIM McKABA & the AFTER HOURS BAND 9 p.m. Aug. 1 at The Parlour (behind Grape & Grain), 2000 San Marco Blvd., 396-4455. COUNTING CROWS, CITIZEN COPE, HOLLIS BROWN 6 p.m. Aug. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, $40-$80. HIGHER LEARNING, T.W.A.N. the EMCEE, MJ BAKER, KRIS VEGA, JASON PLUS ONE, LIMA CHARLIE, MC GINGY & the JOAKER 8 p.m. Aug. 2, 1904 Music Hall, $8 advance; $10 day of. HOFFMAN’S VOODOO 7 p.m. Aug. 2, Ragtime Tavern. AUTHORITY ZERO, COUNTERPUNCH, RUBEDO, ONE SMALL STEP 7 p.m. Aug. 2, Jack Rabbits, $15. The APPLESEED CAST, DIKEMEBE, ANNABEL 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3, 1904 Music Hall, $13. SONGWRITING CONTEST 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, Mudville Music Room, $10. SET to SAIL, DEAR ABBEY, SURVIVING SEPTEMBER 8 p.m. Aug. 4, Jack Rabbits, $8 advance; $10 day of. SHUGGIE OTIS, PARKER URBAN BAND 7 p.m. Aug. 4, 1904 Music Hall, $20 advance; $25 day of. STRANGERWOLF, SPEAKING CURSIVE, CONNOR HICKEY 9 p.m. Aug. 5, Underbelly. Music by the Sea: CHILLULA Dinner by Mango Mango 6 p.m.; concert 7 p.m. Aug. 5 at St. Augustine Beach Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., free, 347-8007, thecivicassociation.org. DENNY BLUE 6 p.m. Aug. 5 at Paula’s Beachside Grill, 6896 A1A S., Crescent Beach, 471-3463. BILLY BOWERS 7 p.m. Aug. 5, Ragtime Tavern. FACE to FACE, FLAG on FIRE 8 p.m. Aug. 5, Freebird Live, $20 advance; $25 day of.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
JORMA KAUKONEN Aug. 6, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SCARAB (Journey tribute) Aug. 6, Freebird Live FLOETRY Aug. 6, Ritz Theatre & Museum RED & FAUST’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Aug. 6, Jack Rabbits BHAGAVAN DAS Aug. 7-9, Karpeles Museum CIRCLE of INFLUENCE Aug. 7 & 8, The Roadhouse GENERAL TSO’S FURY, BRICKS GRENADE Aug. 7, Jack Rabbits TRANSCENDENTAL TELECOM, COUGAR BARREL, HONEY CHAMBER, CONNOR HICKEY Aug. 7, Burro Bar Elvis Anniversary Bash: MIKE ALBERT, SCOT BRUCE & the BIG E BAND Aug. 8, The Florida Theatre GHOSTWITCH, URSULA, RUFFIANS Aug. 8, Jack Rabbits LEE COMBS, DJ D-XTREME Aug. 8, Club TSI WHITNEY PEYTON Aug. 9, Underbelly RADIO BIRDS, SHINOBI NINJA, ASKMEIFICARE, SAMURAI SHOTGUN, PRISTINE STRINGZ Aug. 9, Jack Rabbits QUINCY MUMFORD & the REASON WHY, MATT MacKELCAN Aug. 10, Jack Rabbits CAIN, SHADOW HUNTER Aug. 10, Shantytown Pub
CHRISTINA PERRI, COLBIE CAILLAT, RACHEL PLATTEN Aug. 11, The Florida Theatre UNIVERSAL SIGH, ERIC REAVEY Aug. 12, Jack Rabbits HippieFest 2015: The FAMILY STONE, RICK DERRINGER, MITCH RYDER & the DETROIT WHEELS, BADFINGER & JOEY MOLLAND Aug. 13, The Florida Theatre KULT OV AZAZEL, SECRETS SHE KEPT, NEVERBAPTIZED, SATURNINE, The NOCTAMBULANT Aug. 13, Burro Bar An Evening of The Doors Greatest Hits: THE ROBBY KRIEGER BAND Aug. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BLACKALICIOUS Aug. 13, Freebird Live KEVIN BURKE, ASTROMAPS, VACANT RESIDENT Aug. 14, Jack Rabbits JIM LAUDERDALE & HIS BAND Aug. 14, P.V. Concert Hall HOR!ZEN Aug. 14, The Roadhouse NEPHEW TOMMY Aug. 14, Florida Theatre The ROCKY HORROR Show Aug. 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 1904 Music Hall DARYL HANCE, EUGENE SNOWDEN Aug. 14, Underbelly Women Who Rock Show: MAMA BLUE, KIM RETEGUIZ & the BLACK CAT BONES, The CAT McWILLIAMS BAND Aug. 15, Freebird Live TWANG AND ROUND Aug. 15, Mavericks at the Landing Duval Summerfest 2015: ASKMEIFICARE, LIL’ HUSTLE, MARCUS MATRIX, JANE DOE, ROB FRANCIS, COPYRYTE, LOOSE BILLS, HOLLY MONROE, G SLIM, DEZ NADO Aug. 15, Jack Rabbits SUBLIME WITH ROME, REBELUTION, PEPPER, MICKEY AVALON Aug. 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC Aug. 16, The Florida Theatre NASHVILLE PUSSY, VALIENT THORR, FFN Aug. 16, Jack Rabbits COLLEEN GREEN, WET NURSE, PUNANI HUNTAH, NUT BEAST, HEAVY FLOW, MF GOON, MENTAL PATIENTS Aug. 17, Shanghai Nobby’s ABACUS, SEIN ZUM TODE, BAIT Aug. 17, Shantytown Pub COMMUNITY CENTER, TROPIC of CANCER Aug. 18, Jack Rabbits LA LUZ, BOYTOY, The LIFEFORMS Aug. 19, Burro Bar LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND Aug. 20, Thrasher-Horne Center TIM McGRAW, BILLY CURRINGTON, CHASE BRYANT Aug. 20, Veterans Memorial Arena ROB THOMAS, PLAIN WHITE T’s Aug. 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DJ BABY ANNE Aug. 21, Underbelly Campout Concert: STRATOSPHERE ALL-STARS, ZOOGMA, SIR CHARLES, GREENHOUSE LOUNGE X2, DYNO HUNTER, VLAD the INHALER, MZG, S.P.O.R.E., BELLS & ROBES, MATTHEW CONNOR Aug. 21 & 22, Suwannee Music Park DEMUN JONES Aug. 21, Jack Rabbits WILL SPROTT, LIFEFORMS Aug. 21, Shanghai Nobby’s CLAY WALKER Aug. 22, Mavericks at The Landing LIL DUVAL Aug. 22, The Florida Theatre WILL SPROTT Aug. 22, rain dogs LEISURE CRUISE Aug. 24, Jack Rabbits DONOVAN FRANKENREITER Aug. 25, Freebird Live SUNDY BEST, CHRIS WOODS, JESSE MONTOYA Aug. 27, Jack Rabbits The OUTLAWS, BLACKHAWK Aug. 28, The Florida Theatre TRIBAL SEEDS, The EXPANDERS, ARISE ROOTS Aug. 28, Mavericks at The Landing
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC Local rockers SUNSPOTS (pictured) perform with PATHOS PATHOS, NORTHE, and LE ORCHID at Underbelly on July 31 in Downtown Jacksonville.
STEVE FORBERT TRIO Aug. 29, Mudville Music Room SILVERSEL Aug. 29, Jack Rabbits RICK SPRINGFIELD, LOVERBOY, The ROMANTICS Aug. 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FIELD GRAY, A VIBRANT LIE Aug. 30, Jack Rabbits The OH WHALES Aug. 31, Jack Rabbits ALICE COOPER Sept. 1, The Florida Theatre The NIGHTMARE POLICE Sept. 2, Jack Rabbits NORTHE, RATSMOUTH, SUNSPOTS, STRONG GUYS Sept. 4, Jack Rabbits GYM SHORTS, BEN KATZMAN DEGREASER, PARTY FLAG Sept. 4, Shanghai Nobby’s AARON NEVILLE Sept. 4, St. Johns County Fairgrounds PONCHO SANCHEZ Sept. 5, Ritz Theatre & Museum GWAR, BUTCHER BABIES, BATTLECROSS Sept. 9, Freebird Live DOYLE BRAMHALL II Sept. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall FAUX FEROCIOUS, RIVERNECKS, TEENAGE LOBOTOMY Sept. 11, Shanghai Nobby’s JOSH ABBOTT BAND Sept. 12, Mavericks at the Landing THEE OH SEES, GOLDEN PELICANS, WAYLON THORNTON & the HEAVY HANDS Sept. 15, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DAVID LEIBE HART, DIG DOG, VULGARIANS Sept. 16, Underbelly ROXY ROCA Sept. 16, Jack Rabbits LUKE BRYAN, RANDY HOUSER, DUSTIN LYNCH Sept. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena
RUNAWAY GIN Sept. 18, Freebird Live THAT ONE GUY Sept. 22, Jack Rabbits REO SPEEDWAGON Sept. 24, The Florida Theatre DELBERT McCLINTON Sept. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall HELMET Sept. 25, Jack Rabbits BRITTANY SHANE Sept. 25, Mudville Music Room NOTHING MORE, The MARMOZETS, TURBOWOLF Sept. 28, Jack Rabbits RECKLESS SERENADE Sept. 29, Jack Rabbits HOUNDMOUTH Sept. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BOOKER T. JONES Oct. 3, Ritz Theatre & Museum AMELIA ISLAND JAZZ FEST Oct. 8-15, Fernandina Beach TORO Y MOI Oct. 8, Freebird Live SALAD BOYS Oct. 8, rain dogs ANI DiFRANCO Oct. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall RANDY WESTON’S AFRICAN RHYTHMS Oct. 10, Ritz Theatre BONZ (Stuck Mojo), A.M.M. Oct. 10, Jack Rabbits The VIBRATORS, CONCRETE ANIMALS, The WASTEDIST Oct. 11, Jack Rabbits FRED HAMMOND & DONNIE McCLURKIN Oct. 11, Veterans Memorial Arena The Princess Bride: An Evening with CARY ELWES Oct. 11, The Florida Theatre NEW FOUND GLORY, YELLOWCARD, TIGERS JAW Oct. 13, Mavericks
The WINERY DOGS Oct. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall NOAH GUNDERSON Oct. 14, Colonial Quarter BUDDY GUY, SHEMEKIA COPELAND Oct. 14, Florida Theatre CHRIS TOMLIN, REND COLLECTIVE Oct. 16, Vets Mem Arena BO BURNHAM Oct. 16, The Florida Theatre SUZANNE VEGA Oct. 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The SENSES, The PHILTERS Oct. 16, Jack Rabbits DEF LEPPARD, FOREIGNER, NIGHT RANGER Oct. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT Oct. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LITTLE BIG TOWN, DRAKE WHITE & the BIG FIRE Oct. 17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The CHARLIE DANIELS BAND Oct. 22, The Florida Theatre JASON ALDEAN, COLE SWINDELL, TYLER FARR, DEE JAY SILVER Oct. 22, Veterans Memorial Arena Gnar Stars: FREE WEED, UNKLE FUNKLE, COLLEEN GREEN Oct. 22, Shanghai Nobby’s TAB BENOIT Oct. 22, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MARCIA BALL & BAND, AMY SPEACE Oct. 23, P.V.Concert Hall MARK KNOPFLER Oct. 27, St. Augustine Amphitheatre KEPI GHOULI, MEAN JEANS, LIFEFORMS (AS NIRVANA) Oct. 29, rain dogs TWO COW GARAGE, The MUTTS Oct. 29, Jack Rabbits BOZ SCAGGS Nov. 4, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts LEFTOVER SALMON Nov. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PRONG, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP Nov. 6, Jack Rabbits ALL HANDS on DECK Nov. 8, The Florida Theatre REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, BRYCE ALASTAIR BAND Nov. 8, Jack Rabbits ADRIAN LEGG, DAVID LINDLEY Nov. 12, P.Vedra Concert Hall CHASE BRYANT Nov. 12, Mavericks at the Landing BLENDED BREW Nov. 12, Jack Rabbits AMERICA Nov. 13, Thrasher-Horne Center JAKE SHIMABUKURO Nov. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GABRIEL IGLESIAS Nov. 13, The Florida Theatre STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 17, The Florida Theatre The DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, NEW BREED BRASS BAND Nov. 21, Ritz Theatre & Museum This is Not a Test Tour: TOBYMAC, BRITT NICOLE, COLTON DIXON, HOLLYN Nov. 22, Veterans Memorial Arena SCOTT BRADLEE’S Postmodern Jukebox Nov. 28, Florida Theatre RONNIE MILSAP Nov. 29, The Florida Theatre LUCERO Dec. 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall NICHOLAS PAYTON Dec. 5, Ritz Theatre & Museum KANSAS Dec. 6, The Florida Theatre LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Dec. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BRIAN REGAN Dec. 13, The Florida Theatre The TEN TENORS Dec. 22, The Florida Theatre JOHN SEBASTIAN Jan. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHRISTIAN McBRIDE Jan. 16, Ritz Theatre & Museum The TEMPTATIONS, The FOUR TOPS Jan. 21, Florida Theatre SHAWN COLVIN Jan. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOHNNY MATHIS Jan. 31, The Florida Theatre COLIN HAY Jan. 31, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall WHO’S BAD: Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Feb. 5, Florida Theatre ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Greatest Hits Tour with Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Feb. 10, Florida Theatre PATTY GRIFFIN, SARA WATKINS, ANAIS MITCHELL Feb. 13, The Florida Theatre SUN RA ARKESTRA Feb. 20, Ritz Theatre & Museum ADAM TRENT Feb. 21, The Florida Theatre BLACK VIOLIN March 3, Ritz Theatre & Museum ROGER McGUINN March 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JANET JACKSON March 8, Veterans Memorial Arena FRANK SINATRA JR. March 9, The Florida Theatre CECILE McLORIN SALVANT March 31, Ritz Theatre CELTIC NIGHTS: SPIRIT of FREEDOM April 6, Florida Theatre NAJEE April 9, Ritz Theatre & Museum LET IT BE: A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles April 10, The Florida Theatre
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH
DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049 John Springer every Tue.-Wed. Aaron Bing 6 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith Thur. Yancy Clegg Sun. Vinyl Record Nite every Tue. SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Colby Ward July 31. Black Jack Aug. 1. Matt Knowles Band Aug. 2
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores 9 p.m. 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. Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance at 9 p.m. every Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns, 388-0200 Johnnie Morgan July 30. Samuel Sanders July 31. Street Legal Aug. 1
THE BEACHES
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
BILLY’S BOATHOUSE, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Ron Perry, Pat Marino July 29. J.C. Jr. July 31 BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Ste. 35, Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff July 29. Highway Jones July 31 CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 249-9595 Emmet Cahill 7:30 p.m. July 29. Savannah Leigh Bassett July 31 ESPETO Brazilian Steakhouse, 1396 Beach Blvd., 388-4884 Steve & Carlos 6 p.m. July 30 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 The Druids 10 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1. Ryan Crary Aug. 2 FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Nonpoint, Allele, New Day, Mindslip 7 p.m. July 30. Medal Militia (Metallica tribute), Shot Down in Flames (AC/DC tribute), Forever
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Our Rivals 8 p.m. July 31. Naughty Professor, Tropic of Cancer 8 p.m. Aug. 1. Face to Face, Flag on Fire, Kid You Not Aug. 5. Scarab (Journey tribute) Aug. 6 HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. Dan Evans, Spade McQuade 6 p.m. every Sun. Back From the Brink 9 p.m. every Mon. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Ghetto by the Sea July 29. Johnnie Morgan Band 10 p.m. July 31. Cheezy & the Crackers 10 p.m. Aug. 1. Dirty Pete Wed. Split Tone Thur. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Jazz July 29. S.P.O.R.E. July 30. Ivey West July 31. Geordie McManus Aug. 1 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., N.B., 249-5573 Neil Dixon every Tue. Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford & Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 372-4105 Billy Bowers 7 p.m. July 30. Dan Coady July 31 OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., A.B., 247-0060 Taylor Roberts 7 p.m. July 29 & 30, Aug. 4 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 241-7877 Pat Rose 7 p.m. July 29. Rough Mix 7 p.m. July 30. Paul Lungren Band 10 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1. Hoffman’s Voodoo Aug. 2. Billy Bowers Aug. 5. Live music Thur.-Sun. SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE, 218 First St., N.B., 246-0881 Jimmi Mitchell 5 p.m. Aug. 2. Live music Thur., Fri. & Sat. WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1589 Atlantic Blvd., N.B., 247-4508 Crazy Daysies 7 p.m. July 30. Green for Danger 9:30 p.m. July 31 WORLD OF BEER, 311 N. Third St., 372-9698 Mitch Kuhman 8 p.m. July 30 ZETA BREWING, 131 First Ave. N., 372-0727 The Firewater Tent Revival 10 p.m. July 31
Overset
DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. R-Dent, Adult Life, The Last Sons, Prideless July 31. Higher Learning, T.W.A.N. the MC, MJ Baker, Kris Vega, Jason Plus One, Lima Charlie, MC Gingy & the Joaker 8 p.m. Aug. 2. The Appleseed Cast, Dikemebe, Annabel Aug. 3. Shuggie Otis, Parker Urban Band Aug. 4 BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St. Pink for President, 187, Status Faux, The Last Sons 8 p.m. July 30. Wilder Sons Aug. 5 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 BlackJack every Wed. DJ Brandon every Thur. DJs spin dance music every Fri. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall 9 p.m. Mon. DJ Hollywood Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. July 29. Ace Winn 8 p.m. July 31. Chuck Nash Aug. 1. Live music Wed.-Sun.
OF SOUND MIND
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I FINISHED READING Andrew Solomon’s Far from the Tree, a deep and intensive study of what shapes our personal and perceived identities. Solomon drilled into such harrowing subjects as genetic abnormalities (deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome), criminality (children of rape, mass shooters), gender issues, and schizophrenia. The book changed my life in a small but very real way. I had always thought myself a compassionate person, one who wasn’t given easily to prejudice, but reading Solomon’s tome turned me insideout. His very personal immersion in his subjects’ lives (Solomon himself, a gay man, suffers from debilitating depression) brought their stories into painful focus while detailing layers of misunderstanding from which the general, “normal” public suffers. Though often marginalized by society, and at the same time blamed for its woes, schizophrenia may be the least understood of all of the subcategories of mental illness. But it’s real, and it destroys people and their families. Chandler Loveless knows firsthand what this is all about. In May 2015, he “came out,” so to speak, as a sufferer of Schizoaffective Disorder, a condition that manifests itself with a number of schizophrenia-like symptoms: hallucinations, delusions, and deregulated emotions. Chandler recently teamed up with show promoter Shawn Jasmin to spread awareness of the disorder and other mental illnesses. He recently spoke to Folio Weekly about smashing the stereotypes surrounding mental illness. Folio Weekly: What is Mind Over Music’s mission statement? Chandler Loveless: With local music promoter Shawn Jasmin and psychology graduate student and band photographer Andrew Carroll, our
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC
JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 418 Band 8 p.m. July 31. One Musical Note 10 p.m. Aug. 1 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay, 355-5099 DJ Roy Luis Wed. DJ Vinn every Thur. DJ 007 every Fri. Bay Street every Sat. MAVERICKS, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Lenny Cooper 6 p.m. Aug. 1. Joe Buck, DJ Justin Thur.-Sat. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 699-8186 Pathos Pathos, Northe, Orchid, Sunspots July 31. Strangerwolf album release, Speaking Cursive, Connor Hickey Aug. 5
FLEMING ISLAND
WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 The Conch Fritters 5 p.m. Aug. 2. Live music every Fri. & Sat. DJ Throwback 8 p.m. every Thur. Deck music every Fri., Sat. & Sun.
INTRACOASTAL WEST
CLIFF’S Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Bill Ricci 4 p.m. Aug. 2. Live music every Fri. & Sat. JERRY’S Sports Grille, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Boogie Freaks 7:30 p.m. July 31. Snow Band Reunion 8:30 p.m. Aug. 1
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
DAVE’S Music Bar & Grill, 9965 San Jose, 575-4935 Blues Jam July 31. Old City Dub 6 p.m., Glass Camels 9 p.m. Aug. 1 HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine, 880-3040 Scott Verville July 29. Open jam Blues Monday 7 p.m. every Mon.
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
CLUB RETRO, 1241 Blanding Blvd., 579-4731 ’70s & ’80s dance 8 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. DJ Capone every Wed. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Ozone Baby July 29. Ivy League 10 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1. Circle of Influence Aug. 7 & 8. Live music 10 p.m. Wed. DJ Big Mike 10 p.m. Thur.
PONTE VEDRA
TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Paxton & Mike July 29. Gary Starling July 30. Chicos Lobos July 31. Sam Sanders, Darren Escar Aug. 1
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 The Offshore, Just Bein Ian, Felicity, Jacob Hudson 8 p.m. July 31. Freddy Rosario 7 p.m. Aug. 1 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Moka Only, Nic Bam, Illa J July 31 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449
mission is to bring people together and create a positive environment that a lot of us crave and need. We hope to build a safe, open and comfortable environment for the people who [suffer from mental issues]. It seems creative people are prone to mental health issues. Is this a stereotype, or are creative people truly predisposed to these conditions? That stereotype gives the impression that all creative people have a mental disorder or illness, which couldn’t be further from the truth. There are so many talented artists out there who are neurotypical and have no claims to any mental health issues. In turn, there so many people who have a mental health issue who aren’t expressively creative. What we want to project is that these social stereotypes are enforcing a somewhat unrealistic idea of people with mental illnesses or disorders. That teacher you loathed in middle school, the one you called “crazy” behind her back with your friends, she was normal from a psychological standpoint, but the nicest guy who makes your coffee every morning with a smile is the person who has held onto a heavy mental health diagnosis that he’s been managing for years. That may be shocking for the general public to grasp at first, but once we create a community for those people who have made their way in life isolating themselves because of a label to talk openly about it, the public will get our movement in the zeitgeist.
THE KNIFE
What kinds of services do you offer? Mind Over Music Movement will provide public events to raise awareness for our message, in addition to one day offering free counseling services from licensed counselors. We will team up with musical acts as a means to spread our message by the inclusive power of music. In partnership with bands, we will help promote them for our events and get them more playing opportunities with other bands with which we have partnered.
Wingfield, Sweet Scarlett, Jordyn Stoddard 10:30 a.m. Aug. 1
ST. AUGUSTINE
THE CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Brady Reich, Ain’t Too Proud to Beg July 31. SMG, Rick Levy & the Falling Bones Aug. 1. Vinny Jacobs Aug. 2 MILL TOP TAVERN, 19 St. George St., 829-2329 Go Get Gone 9 p.m. July 31. Denny Blue 5 p.m. Aug. 1 PAULA’S BEACHSIDE GRILL, 6896 A1A S., Crescent Beach, 471-3463 Denny Blue open mic jam 6-9 p.m. Aug. 5 TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Matanzas July 31 & Aug. 1. Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat.
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Rocky Votolato, Dave Hause, Chris Farren 7:30 p.m. July 29. Personalities, Feed a Lion a Feline, Landfill, Carry the Weight, Searching Serenity, Neverender July 31. The Stolen, Avenues, Aurora Aug. 1. Authority Zero, Counterpunch, Rubedo, One Small Step Aug. 2. Set To Sail, Dear Abbey, Surviving September Aug. 4 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Buddy Mondlock 7:30 p.m. July 30. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer July 31. Mean Mary Aug. 1. Sofia Talvek Aug. 4 THE PARLOUR, 2000 San Marco Blvd., 396-4455 Jim McKaba & the After Hours Band Aug. 1. Live music Thur.-Sat.
SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS, ARLINGTON
LATITUDE 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 DJ Trdmrk, X-Hale July 29. Be Easy, DJ Dahn July 30. Darrel Rae, Blonde Ambition July 31. Jesse Cruce, Blonde Ambition Aug. 1. The Katz Downstairs Aug. 2. Big Band Jazz Aug. 3 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr Blvd., 541-1999 Charlie Walker July 30. Darren Corlew July 31. Josh McGowan Aug. 1 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, 634-7208 Jordyn Stoddard July 29. Don’t Call Me Shirley 9:30 p.m. July 31. X-Hale Aug. 1. Melissa Smith open mic Thur. Mojo Roux Blues every Sun. Kassyli country jam every Mon. WILD WING CAFÉ, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Chris Brinkley July 29. X-Hale July 30. Live music Fri. & Sat. WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 Steve Mullan 9 p.m. July 30. Live music every Fri. & Sat.
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
FLIGHT 7474 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4331 Jay Garrett 9 p.m. July 31 & Aug. 1 SHANTYTOWN, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Polyphony 7 p.m. Aug. 4
THE KNIFE
The partnerships are not limited to bands, but to all expressive artists. We extend our hands to the theater, fine artists and photographers who all share our passion and viewpoint. Can you give me a success story that has come out of Mind Over Music? I couldn’t in good faith give a success story without mentioning that our launch campaign, “#IAmNotMyLabel,” is a collection of stories submitted from people all around that explains their current situations. They discuss what they feel is relevant, whether it be their current job, aspirations, or hobbies. They illustrate in their own style that they are a person just like you or me. So the beautiful model that you just read about who has excelled in college with a 4.0 GPA and has traveled the world to sing and model lets you know that she has been able to push forward and do so with depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder. These are the most beautiful stories you will ever read, and I encourage anyone who reads this to check them out and submit at iamnotmylabel.org. John E. Citrone theknife@folioweekly.com FAZE WAVE, NORTHE, MASTER RADICAL, and MINOR INFLUENCE perform at the Mind Over Matter launch party, 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at Underbelly, Downtown, $10, underbellylive.com. JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2015 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 29
Friendly service and a wide variety of fresh pizza options are featured at Carmelo’s Pizzeria in St. Augustine. Photo by Dennis Ho
DINING DIRECTORY AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH
29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29south restaurant.com. F In historic downtown, Chef Scotty Schwartz serves traditional regional cuisine with a modern twist. $$ L Tue.-Sat.; D Mon.-Sat.; R Sun. BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Rd., 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240, barberitos.com. F Southwestern fare; burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salsa. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BRETT’S Waterway Café, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F Southern hospitality, upscale waterfront spot; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB K L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F Family-owned spot in historic building. Veggie burgers, seafood, made-from-scratch desserts. Dine in or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub next door. $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily 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 CIAO Italian Bistro, 302 Centre St., 206-4311, ciaobistroluca.com. Owners Luca and Kim Misciasci offer fine dining: veal piccata, rigatoni Bolognese, antipasto. Specialties: chicken Ciao, homemade meat lasagna. $ L Fri., Sat.; D Nightly DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, amelia islanddavids.com. Fine dining in historic district. Fresh seafood, prime aged meats, rack of lamb. $$$$ FB D Wed.-Mon. DICK’S Wings & Grill, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 491-3469. 450077 S.R. 200, Callahan, 879-0993. BOJ. SEE PONTE VEDRA. ELIZABETH POINTE Lodge, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. F BOJ winner. Award-winning B&B. Seaside dining, inside or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily. Homestyle soups, sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW B L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianes cafe.com. F In renovated 1887 shotgun house. Jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan/vegetarian items. Dine in or on porch. $$ FB K B L D Daily LULU’S at Thompson House, 11 S. 7th St., 432-8394, lulusamelia.com. F Po’boys, salads, local seafood, local shrimp. Reservations. $$$ BW K TO R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat. MARCHÉ BURETTE, 6800 First Coast Hwy., 491-4834, omnihotels.com. Old-fashioned gourmet food market and deli, in the Spa & Shops, Omni Amelia Island Plantation. Continental breakfast; lunch features flatbreads. $$$ BW K TO L D Daily MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moon riverpizza.net. F BOJ winner. Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, by the pie or the slice. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 TJ Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juice, herbal tea. $$ TO B L Mon.-Sat. THE PECAN ROLL Bakery, 122 S. Eighth St., 491-9815, the pecanrollbakery.com. F The bakery, near the historic district, offers sweet and savory pastries, cookies, cakes, bagels and breads, all made from scratch. $ K TO B L Wed.-Sun. THE PIG BAR-B-Q, 450102 S.R. 200, Callahan, 879-0101, thepigbarbq.com. Bite Club. SEE SOUTHSIDE.
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PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132, plaefl.net. Bite Club. Bistro-style venue serves whole fried fish, duck breast. Outside. $$$ FB L Tue.-Sat.; D Nightly THE SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. Owners T.J. and Al offer local seafood, Mayport shrimp, fish tacos, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F Oceanfront; handmade crab cakes, fresh seafood, fried pickles. Outdoor dining, open-air 2nd floor, balcony. $$ FB K L D Daily TASTY’S FRESH Burgers & Fries, 710 Centre St., 321-0409, tastysamelia.com. Historic district. Freshest meats, hand-cut fries, homemade sauces, hand-spun shakes. $ BW K L D Daily T-RAY’S Burger Station, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F BOJ winner. In an old gas station; blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L Mon.-Sat. THE VERANDAH, 6800 First Coast Hwy., 321-5050, omni hotels.com. Extensive menu of fresh local seafood and steaks; signature entrée is Fernandina shrimp. Many herbs and spices are from onsite garden. $$$ FB K D Nightly
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
DICK’S Wings, 9119 Merrill Rd., 745-9300. BOJ. SEE P. V. LARRY’S SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd., 724-5802. F SEE O.P.
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386. Premium ice cream, waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes and Nathan’s grilled hot dogs, served in a Florida-centric décor. Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ K TO L D Daily THE FOX Restaurant, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669. F Owners Ian & Mary Chase offer fresh diner fare: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes, desserts. Breakfast all day. Local landmark for 50+ years. $$ BW K L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned and operated for 20+ years, the American pub serves 1/2-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO NO. 4 Urban BBQ & Whiskey Bar, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F BOJ. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE Market & Deli, 1511 Pine Grove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F BOJ. 40+ years. Burgers, Cuban sandwiches, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher cuts USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D Mon.-Sat. To get your restaurant listed here, just call your account manager or Sam Taylor at 904.260.9770 ext. 111 or staylor@folioweekly.com.
DINING DIRECTORY KEY
Average Entrée Cost $ = Less than $8 $$ = $8-$14 $$$ = $15-$22 $$$$ = $23 & up BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted free FW Bite Club tasting. fwbiteclub.com. 2014 Best of Jax winner F = FW distribution spot
RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurant orsay.com. BOJ winner. French/Southern bistro; emphasis on locally grown organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. Snail of Approval. $$$ FB K R, Sun.; 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. $$ K TO L D Mon.-Sat., B Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
AKEL’S, 7825 Baymeadows Way, 733-4040. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S Pizza, 8060 Philips, Ste. 105, 731-4300. F SEE BEACHES. BROADWAY Ristorante & Pizzeria, 10920 Baymeadows Rd. E., 519-8000, broadwayfl.com. F Family-owned-&operated. Wings, calzones, brick-oven-baked pizza, subs. $$ BW K TO L D Daily INDIA’S Restaurant, 9802 Baymeadows., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F BOJ. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. A variety of curries, vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LARRY’S, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI Grille, 9551 Baymeadows, Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Family-owned Thai place serves traditional fare, vegetarian, new-Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Low-sodium, gluten-free, too. $$$ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun. SAUSAGE PARADISE Deli & Bakery, 8602 Baymeadows Rd., 571-9817, spjax.com. F Innovative new spot offers a variety of European sausages, homestyle European dinners, smoked barbecue, stuffed cheeseburgers. $$ TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE WELL Watering Hole, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. New bistro has local craft beers, wines by the glass or bottle, champagne cocktails. Meatloaf sandwiches, pulled Peruvian chicken, homestyle vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO D Tue.-Sat. WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. New gastropub has craft beers, burgers, handhelds, tacos, whiskey. $$ FB L D Sat. & Sun.; D Daily. ZESTY INDIA, 8358 Point Meadows Dr., 329-3676, zesty india.com. Asian/European fare; tandoori lamb chops, rosemary tikka. Vegetarian cooked separately. $ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun.
BEACHES
(Locations are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)
AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F New York-style, gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. All-day happy hour Mon.-Thur. $ FB K TO L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM, 204 Third Ave. S., 246-7823. F BOJ winner. Subs made with fresh ingredients for more than 25 years. One word: Peruvian. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. $ BW TO L D Daily BEACHSIDE Seafood Restaurant & Market, 120 Third St. S., 444-8862, beachsideseafood.info. Full fresh seafood
DINING DIRECTORY market; baskets, fish tacos, daily fish specials, Philly cheesesteaks. Dine indoors; 2nd-floor open-air deck. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201. F BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BREEZY Coffee Shop Café, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 241-2211, breezycoffeeshopcafe.com. Casual, family-owned. Fresh baked goods, espressos, locally roasted Costa Rican organic/Breezy Bold coffees, vegan/gluten-free options. Sandwiches, local beer, wine, mimosas. $ BW K TO R L Daily BUDDHA THAI Bistro, 301 10th Ave. N., 712-4444, buddhathaibistro.com. Proprietors are from Thailand; every authentic dish is made with fresh ingredients. $$ FB TO L D Daily CANTINA MAYA Sports Bar & Grille, 1021 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-3227. F Popular spot serves margaritas, Latin food, burgers. Sports on TVs. $$ FB K L D Tue.-Sun. CULHANE’S Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 249-9595, culhanesirishpub.com. F Bite Club. Upscale pub owned and run by County Limerick sisters. Shepherd’s pie, corned beef; gastropub fare. $$ FB K R Sat. & Sun.; L Fri.-Sun.; D Tue.-Sun. ESPETO Brazilian Steakhouse, 1396 Beach Blvd., 3884884, espetosteakhouse.com. Just relocated, serving beef, pork, lamb, chicken, sausage; full menu, bar fare, craft cocktails, Brazilian beers. $$ FB D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001. F BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., N.B., 853-5680 F Latin American, Southwest tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana sandwiches. 100+ tequilas. $ FB L D Daily HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815, harmoniousmonks.net. F SEE MANDARIN.
GRILL ME!
signature tuna poke bowl, fresh sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in modern open-air space. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SLIDERS Seafood Grille & Oyster Bar, 218 First St., N.B., 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Popular beach-casual spot. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sat. & Sun.; D Nightly SNEAKERS Sports Grille, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000, sneakerssportsgrille.com. BOJ winner. 20+ beers on tap, TVs, cheerleaders. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB K L D Daily SURFWICHES Sandwich Shop, 1537 Penman Rd., 241-6996, surfwiches.com. Craft sandwich shop has steaks and hoagies made to order. $ BW TO K L D Daily TACOLU BAJA MEXICANA, 1712 Beach Blvd., 249-8226, tacolu.com. BOJ winner. Fresh, Baja-style fare: fish tacos, tequila (more than 135 kinds) and mezcal. Bangin’ shrimp, carne asada, carnitas, daily fresh fish selections. Madefresh-daily guacamole. $$ FB K R Sat. & Sun.; L D Tue.-Fri. ZETA BREWING, 131 First Ave. N., 372-0727, zetabrewing.com. The popular place features tapas and sharing plates, flats, salads, sandwiches, burgers. Latenight upscale urban fusion. $$ FB L D Daily
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S Delicatessen, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324, akelsdeli.com. F New York-style deli offers freshly made subs (3 Wise Guys, Champ), burgers, gyros, breakfast bowls, ranchero wrap, vegetarian dishes. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. THE CANDY APPLE Café & Cocktails, 400 N. Hogan St., 353-9717. Sandwiches, entrées, salads. $$ FB K L, Mon.; L D Tue.-Sun. CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Chef Sam Hamidi has been serving genuine Italian fare for 35+ years: veal, seafood, gourmet pizza. The homemade salad dressing is a specialty. $ BW K L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat.
LISA JONES Jack & Diane’s Café, 708 Centre St., Amelia Island BIRTHPLACE: California YEARS IN THE BIZ: 7 FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Moxie Kitchen & Cocktails, St. Johns Town Center BEST CUISINE STYLE: Interesting and fun GO-TO INGREDIENTS: Garlic and olive oil IDEAL MEAL: Any fresh veggies, garlic, olives, cheese and wine WON’T CROSS MY LIPS: Sea urchin INSIDER’S SECRET: LOVE. CELEBRITY SIGHTING AT J&D’s: Jacob Long, Michael Feldman, Casey Black DeSantis CULINARY TREAT: Mushrooms & chocolate – yes, sometimes together!
LARRY’S, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK. LILLIE’S Coffee Bar, 200 First St., N.B., 249-2922, lilliescoffeebar.com. F Locally roasted coffee, eggs, bagels, flatbreads, sandwiches, desserts. Dine inside or out, patio, courtyard. $$ BW TO B L D Daily THE LOVING CUP HASH HOUSE, 610 Third St. S., 422-0644. New place; locally sourced fare, locally roasted coffee, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, healthful dishes – no GMOs or hormones allowed. $ K TO B R L Tue.-Sun. MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop happy hour. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. F BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., N.B., 249-5573, mezzarestaurantandbar.com. F Near-the-ocean spot, 20+ years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine inside, on patio. $$$ FB K D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ Pit, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636, mojobbq.com. F BOJ winner. Pulled pork, beef, chicken, Carolina-style barbecue, Delta fried catfi sh, sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 241-2599, mshack burgers.com. F BOJ winner. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. $$ BW L D Daily NORTH BEACH Bistro, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, A.B., 372-4105, nbbistro.com. F Bite Club. Chef-driven kitchen; hand-cut steaks, fresh local seafood, tapas. Happy Hour. $$$ FB K R Sun.; L D Daily OCEAN 60 Wine Bar, Martini Room, 60 Ocean Blvd., A.B., 247-0060, ocean60.com. BOJ winner. Continental cuisine, fresh seafood, dinner specials, seasonal menu in a formal dining room or casual Martini Room. $$$ FB D Mon.-Sat. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 241-7637. Gastropub, 50+ beers, gourmet hamburgers, ground in-house, cooked to order; hand-cut French fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME Tavern & Seafood Grill, 207 Atlantic Blvd., A.B., 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F For 30+ years, iconic seafood place has served blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE Food Shack, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlifefoodshack.com. BOJ winner. Specialty items:
CHOMP CHOMP, 106 E. Adams St., 762-4667. F Chefinspired street food: panko-crusted chicken, burgers, chinois tacos, bahn mi and barbecue. $ L Tue.-Sat.; D Thur.-Sat. FIONN MacCOOL’S Irish Pub & Restaurant, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1547, fionnmacs.com. Casual dining with an uptown Irish atmosphere, serving fish and chips, Guinness lamb stew and black-and-tan brownies. $$ FB K L D Daily OLIO Market, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F From-scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L Mon.-Fri. SWEET PETE’S, 1922 Pearl St., 376-7161. F All-natural sweet shop has candy made of all natural flavors, no artificial anything. Several kinds of honey. $ TO Daily ZODIAC Bar & Grill, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiac barandgrill.com. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. Happy hour Wed.-Sat. $ FB L Mon.-Fri.
FLEMING ISLAND
GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly YOUR PIE, 1545 C.R. 220, Ste. 125, 379-9771, yourpie.com. F Owner Mike Sims’ idea: Choose from 3 doughs, 9 sauces, 7 cheeses, 40+ toppings. 5 minutes in a brick oven and ta-da: It’s your pie. Subs, sandwiches, gelato. $$ BW K TO L D Daily
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S Pizza, 14286 Beach, Ste. 31, 223-0991. F SEE BEACHES. APPLEBEE’S, 13201 Atlantic Blvd., 220-5823. SEE MANDARIN DICK’S, 14286 Beach Blvd., 223-0115. F BOJ. SEE P.V. LARRY’S, 10750 Atlantic, Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE O.P. OCEANA DINER, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 374-1915, oceanadiner.com. Traditional American diner fare served in a family atmosphere. $ K TO B L Daily TIME OUT Sports Grill, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999, timeoutsportsgrill.com. F Locally-owned-and-operated.
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DINING DIRECTORY AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., 388-8384. F SEE BEACHES. THE ANNEX, 1508 King St., 379-6968, annexjax.com. Adjacent to Silver Cow; serves 46 craft beers & ciders, wines. Bigscreen TVs, games. Retro candy bar. Happy hour 4-8. $$ BW D Daily. APPLEBEE’S, 8635 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 201, 771-0000. 6251 103rd St., 772-9020. 843 Lane Ave. S., 378-5445.
Hand-tossed pizzas, wings, wraps. Daily drink specials, HDTVs, pool tables. Late-nite menu. $$ FB L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
JULINGTON CREEK
DICK’S Wings & Grill, 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 101, 825-4540. BOJ winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO.
SEE MANDARIN.
BLACK SHEEP Restaurant, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, black sheep5points.com. New American with a Southern twist; locally sourced ingredients. Rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2, 855-1181. BOJ winner. F Small-batch, artisanal coffee
MANDARIN, NW ST. JOHNS
ORANGE PARK
ARON’S PIZZA, 650 Park Ave., 269-1007, aronspizza.com. F Family-owned restaurant has eggplant dishes, manicotti, New York-style pizzas. $$ BW K TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS, 6055 Youngerman Cir., 778-1101. BOJ winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. 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. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F For 30-plus years, they’ve piled ’em high and served ’em fast. Hot/cold subs, soups. $ K TO B L D Daily THE PIG BAR-B-Q, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 170, 213-9744, thepigbarbq.com. Bite Club. SEE SOUTHSIDE. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. F For 35-plus years, the rock & roll bar for locals has been serving wings, sandwiches, burgers, quesadillas; 75-plus imported beers. A large craft beer selection is also available. $ FB L D Daily SNACSHACK, 179 College Dr., Ste. 19, 682-7622, snacshack.menu. F The new bakery and café offers bagels, muffins, breads, cookies, brownies and snack treats. $$ K BW TO B, L & D Daily
PONTE VEDRA
AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A N., 543-1494. F SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134, dickswingsandgrill.com. F BOJ winner. NASCARthemed; 365 kinds of wings, 1/2-lb. burgers, ribs. $ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S SUBS, 830 A1A N., 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK. PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 280-7766, pussersusa.com. F BOJ winner. Bite Club. Caribbean cuisine, regional faves: Jamaican grilled pork ribs, Trinidad smoked duck, lobster macaroni & cheese dinner. Tropical drinks. $$ FB K TO L D Daily RESTAURANT MEDURE, 818 A1A N., 543-3797, restaurant medure.us. Chef David Medure offers global flavors. Small plates, creative drinks, happy hour. $$$ FB D Mon.-Sat.
RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies. com. BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine updated for American tastes; tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day, coconut mango curry chicken. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sat. AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 245 Riverside Ave., 791-3336. F SEE DOWNTOWN.
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AKEL’S Delicatessen, 12926 Gran Bay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S Pizza, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F SEE BEACHES. APPLEBEE’S, 14560 St. Augustine Rd., 262-7605, apple bees.com. New look, new appetizers (half-price after 10 p.m.) Most open until midnight or later. $$ FB K TO L D Daily ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199. F Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant). Greek beers. $$ BW L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. BROOKLYN PIZZA, 11406 San Jose, Ste. 3, 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Rd., 880-0020. Brooklyn Special. Calzones, white pizza, homestyle lasagna. $$ BW TO L D Daily THE COFFEE BARD, 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 13, 260-0810, thecoffeebard.com. New world coffeehouse has coffees, breakfast, drinks. $$ TO B L D Tue.-Sun. DICK’S WINGS, 10391 Old St. Augustine, 880-7087. F BOJ winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. GIGI’S RESTAURANT, 3130 Hartley Rd., 694-4300, jaxra mada.com. In Ramada. Prime rib, crab leg buffet Fri. & Sat., blue-jean brunch Sun., daily buffets. $$$ FB B R L D Daily HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30, 880-3040, harmoniousmonks.net. F American steakhouse: Angus steaks, burgers, ribs, wraps. $$ FB K L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11365 San Jose Blvd., 674-2945. F SEE ORANGE PARK. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F Organic soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie and coffee bar. All-natural, organic beers, wines. Indoor, outdoor dining. $ BW TO K B L D Daily THE PIG Bar-B-Q, 14985 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 108, 374-0393, thepigbarbq.com. Bite Club. SEE SOUTHSIDE. WHOLE FOODS Market, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22, 288-1100, wholefoodsmarket.com. F Prepared-food department, 80+ items, full-service/self-serve hot bar, salad/soup/dessert bar, pizza, sushi, sandwich stations. $$ BW TO L D Daily
roasting. Organic, fair trade. $ BW TO B L Daily BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfive points.com. F Local craft beer, espresso, coffee and wine bar. Rotating drafts, 75+ canned craft beers; sodas, tea. Rotating seasonal menu of waffles, pastries, toasts, desserts to pair with specialty coffees, craft beers. $$ BW K B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Daily. DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343. New American cuisine, upscale retro atmosphere in historic landmark building. Shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$ FB TO Weekend brunch. B, L D Tue.-Sun.
A CUP HALF FULL
Enjoy healthful, delicious and fun fare at HAPPY CUP challenge to establish a constant local supply. IN FEBRUARY 2010, AARON LEVINE DECIDED The Levines get local items when they can, that it was time to make the dream he’d however, and in addition to organic and natural had since college – to open a fast, easy, and ingredients, they offer menu items that can healthy restaurant – a reality. After buying a support a paleo, vegan, or vegetarian diet. frozen yogurt machine and creating recipes For lunch, diners have the option to start in his house, Levine felt he had the skills and with a salad, a protein bowl, a wrap, or the confidence to at least open a frozen yogurt famous 50/50 bowl – a combination of a establishment. He and his wife started their protein bowl and a salad. The protein bowl restaurant with the intent to serve food made includes organic quinoa and rice. I tried the in-house, using mainly fresh, natural, and Southwest bowl ($8), a blend of black beans, organic ingredients. Since 2010, HAPPY CUP corn, red peppers, cheddar cheese, chipotle has expanded its menu from frozen yogurt to ranch, and salsa. I added on house-roasted, açaí bowls and, most recently, wraps, salads, organic chicken breast ($4.50). and protein bowls. I also sampled the Asian wrap ($7.50) made At Beaches Town Center, the tiny spot with organic tempeh ($3), after one of the is beachy and rustic, with Mason-jar lights cooks insisted that Happy Cup’s tempeh is the hanging from wooden beams above the only one that he likes. The wrap tasted fresh, counter, and colorful graphics that describe and had a great almondHappy Cup’s food philosophy. carrot crunch to go along There are just a few seats HAPPY CUP with the soft peas. The inside, with additional 299 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 2, ginger miso and teriyaki outdoor seating for those who Atlantic Beach, 372-4059, flavors mixed splendidly crave a salty breeze. Despite myhappycup.com with the nutty tempeh. its smallish size, there’s a lot Frozen yogurt has blown going on inside Happy Cup. up across America. Healthful One of the restaurant’s fro-yo … not so much. Aaron Levine’s goal is to walls is dedicated to Graffi ti for a Cause, a ensure that people can splurge on frozen yogurt creative fundraiser that allows diners to pay without feeling guilty. Two of the six flavors to decorate a brick of their choice, with all change weekly, with four regulars: Vanilla, Dark proceeds going to a specific organization. In Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Original Tart. The past years, Happy Cup has donated to Seaside day I visited, the self-serve included Maple Schools and Dreams Come True. Behind the Cream and Orange Pomegranate Sorbet, which water jug and cups is the fi tness wall, where was tangy and sweet. Happy Cup highlights Northeast Florida athletes. The next time you’re at the end of Atlantic Supporting the community is one ingredient Boulevard near the ocean, stop by Happy Cup at Happy Cup, but fresh food is key, which is for a healthy, tasty fix. why employees of Happy Cup do most of the Rebecca Gibson shopping themselves. An eventual goal is to mail@folioweekly.com serve primarily local food but, so far, it’s been a
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DINING DIRECTORY DICK’S Wings & Grill, 5972 San Juan Ave., 693-9258. BOJ winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. NYC-style Reuben, sandwiches. Outside dining at some. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. BOJ winner. F Juice bar; certified organic fruits, vegetables. 300+ craft/import beers, 50 wines, produce, humanely raised meats, deli, raw items, vegan, vitamins, herbs. Wraps, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS Asian Street Fare, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls. $ BW TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual spot; sandwiches, classic salads, homefries. One word: Reuben. $ TO B L Daily KNEAD BAKESHOP, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S. Locally-owned, family-run; made-from-scratch pastries, artisan breads, pies, specialty sandwiches, soups. $ TO B L Tue.-Sun. LARRY’S, 1509 Margaret, 674-2794. 7895 Normandy, 781-7600. 8102 Blanding, 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MONROE’S Smokehouse Bar-B-Q, 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551, monroessmokehousebbq.com. Wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey, chicken, ribs. Sides: beans, baked beans, mac-n-cheese, collards. $$ K TO L Mon.-Sat.; D Fri. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F BOJ winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, mossfire. com. F Southwestern fish tacos, enchiladas. Happy hour Mon.-Sat. upstairs lounge, all day Sun. $$ FB K L D Daily O’BROTHERS Irish Pub, 1521 Margaret St., 854-9300, obrothersirishpub.com. F Traditional shepherd’s pie with Stilton crust, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Patio dining. $$ FB K TO L D Daily THE PIG BAR-B-Q, 5456 Normandy Blvd., 783-1606, thepigbarbq.com. Bite Club. SEE SOUTHSIDE. RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969. Bar food. $ D SILVER COW, 1506 King St., 379-6968, silvercowjax. com. Laid-back, cozy, subdued spot serves craft beers, wines. Nightly specials. Happy hour 4-7. The full menu is ever-expanding. $$ BW L D Daily. SOUTHERN ROOTS Filling Station, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. Healthy, light vegan fare made fresh daily with local, organic ingredients. Specials, served on bread, local greens or rice, change daily. Coffees, teas. $ Tue.-Sun. SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside, Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejacksonville.com. F Sushi variety: Monster Roll, Jimmy Smith Roll; faves Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Indoor or patio. $$ BW L D Daily
ST. AUGUSTINE
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F SEE BEACHES. APPLEBEE’S, 225 S.R. 312, 825-4099. SEE MANDARIN. AVILES, 32 Avenida Menendez, 829-2277 F In Hilton Inn Bayfront. Progressive European menu; made-to-order pasta night, chophouse nights, breakfast buffet. Sun. champagne brunch, bottomless mimosas. $$$ FB K B L D Daily BARLEY REPUBLIC, 48 Spanish St., 547-2023, barley republicph.com. Old City’s only Irish gastropub in historic area has fish & chips, shepherd’s pie, lambburger, craft beers and spirits. $$ FB K TO L D Daily CANDLELIGHT SOUTH, 1 Anastasia Blvd., 819-0588. Casual spot offers fish tacos, sandwiches, wings, desserts, sangria, daily specials. $ BW K TO L D Daily THE FLORIDIAN, 39 Cordova St., 829-0655, thefloridian staug.com. Updated Southern fare, fresh ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free. Fried green tomatobruschetta, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F Local mainstay for more than 25 years. The varied menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. Sun. brunch. $$ FB R Sun.; L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova, 342-5264. F BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. SALT LIFE Food Shack, 321 A1A Beach Blvd., 217-3256, saltlifefoodshack.com. BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER
APPLEBEE’S, 4507 Town Ctr. Pkwy., 645-3590. SEE MANDARIN. BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE, 4910 Big Island Dr., 807-9960. Upscale Northern Italian fare, wood-grilled and oven-roasted steaks, chops, seafood. Dine indoors or al fresco on the terrace. $$$ FB K TO R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000, mshack burgers.com. F BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovinte. com. European-style dining influenced by Italy, Spain and the Mediterranean. Small plates, entrée-size portions, selections from the cheese a charcuterie menu. $$$ BW TO R D Daily
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
BASIL THAI & BAR, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190, basilthaijax.com. F Authentic Thai dishes include Pad Thai, a variety of curries, tempuras, vegetarian dishes, seafood,
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stir-fry and daily specials. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox. com. F Mediterranean and French inspired cuisine includes steak frites, oak-fired pizza and a new raw bar with seasonal selections. $$$ FB TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. BOJ. SEE PONTE VEDRA. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. $ BW K L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves a variety of fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily THE GROTTO Wine & Tapas Bar, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. F Artisanal cheese plates, empanadas, bruschetta, cheesecake. 60+ wines by the glass. $$$ BW Tue.-Sun. HAMBURGER MARY’S Bar & Grille, 3333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1, 551-2048, hamburgermarys.com. F Wings, sammies, nachos, entrées, specialty drinks, burgers. $$ K TO FB L D Daily KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. New gastropub has local and national craft beers, specialty cocktails and a seasonal menu focusing on fresh, locally sourced ingredients and cuisine. Now serving Sunday brunch. $$ FB L D Daily MEZZE Bar & Grill, 2016 Hendricks Ave., 683-0693, mezzejax.com. Classic cocktails, fresh basil martinis, 35 draft beers, local/craft brews, Mediterranean cuisine. Hookah patio. Happy hour. $$ FB D Daily MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922, matthews restaurant.com. Chef Matthew Medure’s flagship. Fine dining, artfully presented cuisine, small plates, martini/wine lists. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. Reservations. $$$$ FB D Mon.-Sat. METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodiner.com. F BOJ winner. Original upscale diner. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. $$ B R L Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200. F BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Ave., 399-8815, pizzapalacejax.com. F Family-owned; homestyle faves: spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, lasagna. Outside dining. $$ BW K TO L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Ave., 398-3005, taverna sanmarco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; local produce, meats. Craft beers, handcrafted cocktails. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily
SOUTHSIDE, TINSELTOWN
360° GRILLE, LATITUDE 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555, latitude360.com. F Popular place serves seafood, steaks, burgers, chicken, sandwiches, pizza. Patio, movie theater. $$ FB TO L D Daily AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 7077 Bonneval Rd., 332-8700. F
FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
EXPERT SLEEPERS, JERRY SEINFELD, DOSTOYEVSKYOVERSET & BEING MOIST ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I am very much in love with no one in particular,” says actor Ezra Miller. His statement would make sense coming out of your mouth right about now. So would this: “I’m very much in love with almost everyone I encounter.” Or this: “I’m very much in love with the wind and moon and hills and rain and rivers.” Is this going to be a problem? How will you deal with an overwhelming urge to overflow? Will you break hearts and provoke uproars everywhere you go, or rouse delight and bestow blessings? As long as you take yourself lightly, I foresee delight and blessings.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her io9. com article on untranslatable words, Esther Inglis-Arkell defines the Chinese term weiwu-wei as “conscious non-action … a deliberate, and principled, decision to do nothing whatsoever, and to do it for a particular reason.” In my astrological opinion, the next few days are a good time to explore and experiment with this idea. You’ll reap wondrous benefi ts if you slow down and rest in the embrace of a pregnant pause. The mysteries of silence and emptiness are rich resources. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road – there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.” The character Dmitri Karamazov makes that statement in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. You may claim his attitude as your own for a while. Not forever. The magic of the side paths and backalleys may last no more than a few weeks, then gradually fade. In the meantime, experiences you uncover could be fun and educational. One question: What do you think Dmitri meant by “precious metal in the dirt”? Money? Gold? Jewelry? Was he being metaphorical? Find out.
SEE DOWNTOWN.
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 Tue.-Sun. APPLEBEE’S, 5055 JTB Blvd., 296-6895. SEE MANDARIN. BARBERITOS, 4320 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., Ste. 106, 807-9060. F SEE AMELIA ISLAND. DANCIN DRAGON, 9041 Southside, Ste. 138D, 363-9888. BOGO lunches, Asian fusion menu. $$ FB K L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & Grill, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. BOJ winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. THE DIM SUM ROOM, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888, thedimsumroom.com. Shrimp dumplings, beef tripe, sesame ball. Traditional Hong Kong noodles, barbecue. $ FB K L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR B-Q, 10771 Beach Blvd., 996-7900, monroessmokehousebbq.com. SEE RIVERSIDE. THE PIG BAR-B-Q, 11925 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 619-0321, thepigbarbq.com. Bite Club. Popular fourth-generation barbecue place, family-owned for 60+ years. The signature item is mustard-based “pig sauce.” $ BW K TO B, L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Belly dancing. $$ FB K L D Daily TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA, 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2, 565-1999, tbopizza.com. F New York-style thin crust, brick-oven-baked pizzas (gluten-free), calzones, sandwiches. Boylan’s soda. Curbside pick-up. $$ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE VISCONDE’S Argentinian Grill, 11925 Beach Blvd., Ste. 201, 379-3925. The area’s only Argentinian place. Traditional steaks, varieties of sausages, pasta, sandwiches, empañadas, wines. $$$ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun.
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HOLA Mexican Restaurant, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Fajitas, burritos, enchiladas, daily specials. Happy hour; sangria. $ BW K TO L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK.
THE PIG BAR-B-Q, 9760 Lem Turner Rd., 765-4336, thepigbarbq.com. Bite Club. SEE SOUTHSIDE.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason,” says comedian Jerry Seinfeld. He’s implying that rejecting traditional strategies and conventional wisdom doesn’t always lead to success. As a professional rebel myself, I find it painful to agree even a bit. But it’s applicable to your life now. For the foreseeable future, compulsive nonconformity likely yields mediocrity. Putting too much emphasis on being unique rather than being right may distract you from the truth. Stick to the road more traveled. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I expect you to be in a state of constant birth for the next three weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Sound overwhelming? It won’t be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about it. This upsurge is a healthy response to the dissolution that preceded it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Expiration dates loom. Fond adieus, last laughs and final hurrahs are on tap. Unfinished business is begging you give it your smartest attention while there’s still time to finish with elegance and grace. My advice, my on-the-verge friend: Don’t save any tricks, ingenuity or enthusiasm. This is the later you’ve been saving them for. You’re more ready than you realize to try what’s seemed improbable or inconceivable. Here’s my promise: If you handle these endings with righteous decisiveness, you’ll ensure bright beginnings in the weeks after your birthday. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Evil Supply company sells a satirical poster with the following: “Be the villain you were born to be. Stop waiting for someone to come along and corrupt you. Succumb to the darkness yourself.” The text in
the advertisement for this product adds, “Follow your nightmares … Plot your own nefarious path.” This is slightly funny to me, but I’m too moral and upright to recommend it – even now, when there would be value if you were less nice, polite and agreeable than you usually are. So I’ll tinker with Evil Supply’s message to create more suitable advice: “For the greater good, follow your naughty bliss. Lead with a wild imagination. Nudge everyone out of numbing routines. Sow benevolent mischief to energize your team.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Every time you resist acting on your anger and instead restore yourself to calm, it gets easier,” writes psychologist Laura Markham in Psychology Today. In fact, neurologists claim that by using your willpower this way, “you’re actually rewiring your brain.” The more you practice, the less likely it is you’ll be addled by rage. I see the weeks ahead as an especially favorable time to do this. Keeping part of your anger alive is good – sometimes you need its energy to motivate constructive change. But you benefit from culling the excess. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Much of the action in the world’s novels takes place inside buildings, according to author Robert Bringhurst. But characters in older Russian literature are an exception, he says. They’re always in forests, traveling and rambling. In accordance with astrological omens, draw inspiration from the Russians’ example in the days ahead. As often and as long as you can, put yourself where the sky is overhead. Nature is the preferred setting, but urban spots are good. Luck, wisdom, and courage may increase in direct proportion to how much time is spent outside.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Has a beloved teacher disappointed you? Are there inspirational figures you feel conflicted about because they don’t live up to your high standards? Are you alienated from a person who gave you a blessing but later expressed a flaw hard to overlook? Now’s a great time to seek healing for rifts like these. Outright forgiveness is one option. Work on deepening appreciation for how complicated and paradoxical folks are. Meditate on how your longing for what’s perfect may be an enemy of your ability to benefit from what’s merely good. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): French and Italian readers may have no problem with this horoscope. But Americans, Canadians, Brits, and Aussies might be offended or grossed out. Why? Because my astrological-omen analysis compels me to conclude “moist” is a central theme now. Research shows many English language speakers find the sound of the word “moist” equal to hearing fingernails scratch a chalkboard. If you’re one of those, sorry. The fact is, you’ll go astray unless you stay metaphorically moist. Cultivate an attitude that’s damp but not sodden, dewy but not soggy, sensitive, responsive and lyrical, but not overwrought, weepy or histrionic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Which zodiac signs are the most expert sleepers? Who best appreciates the healing power of slumber and feels little shame taking naps? Which of the 12 astrological tribes are most apt to study the art of snoozing and use that knowledge to get the highest quality renewal from time in bed? My usual answers would be Taurus and Cancer, but I’m hoping you Pisceans will vie for the top spot in the weeks ahead. It’s a good time to increase mastery of the supreme form of self-care. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
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FUN IN THE SUN You: Getting out of pool; put on loud orange shirt. Flag tattoo. Started reading Harlan Coben novel. Me: Tan in black two-piece trying to get your attention. Hope to see you again. Let’s skinny dip? When: June 6. Where: Green Tree Place. #1528-0617 DRIVE BY I saw Clark Kent in the parking lot. Me: Driving by. You: Walking to your car; you’re really super-looking. I bet you get that a lot, though. When: June 5. Where: Bailey’s Gym. #1527-0617 BREATHLESS AT BIG LOTS You: Beautiful, short hair, coral outfit, buying plastic bins, in Mini-Cooper. Me: Tall guy, striped polo, khakis. Let you ahead; bought pens to write number for you; you left soon. Needed coral party item, never expected perfect coral. When: 2 p.m. June 4. Where: Merrill Road Big Lots. #1525-0610 STUNNING FRECKLED REDHEAD; BE MY MODEL? My jaw dropped! Your stunning looks, beautiful skin are amazing! Didn’t have business card with me; would you consider modeling for a photo shoot? Your schedule, preference. Let me build your portfolio! When: May 11. Where: Town Center Publix. #1525-0610 TAG YOU’RE IT Me: Brunette, maroon Jeep. You: Smokin’ hottie in the white Nissan truck. Playing cat and mouse over the Intracoastal. Catch me if you can ;). When: May 30. Where: Beach Boulevard Bridge. #1524-0603 SEXY BLONDE, BOSTON CONCERT You: Very sexy, Sect. 101, Row I, with cute friend, “dates.” We took selfies together; chemistry unmistakable. Me: Sect. 101, Row K; mature gent; a lot more fun than your date. Sealed with a kiss. When: May 24. Where: St. Augustine Amphitheatre. #1523-0603
The whimsical premise of the iconic movie Groundhog Day (that someone can wake up every day believing it’s still the day before) has largely come to life for a patient of a British psychologist writing recently in the journal Neurocase. Dr. Gerald Burgess’ patient, following anesthesia and root-canal treatment, was left with a memory span of only about 90 minutes, waking up each day believing it’s the day he is to have the same root canal. He’s been examined by numerous specialists, including neurologists who found no ostensible damage to the usual brain areas associated with amnesia. The patient is able to manage his day only by using an electronic diary with prompts.
SEEN & NOT HEARD Apparently,
“uncooperative” child dental patients (even toddlers) can be totally restrained on a straitjacket-like “papoose board” without parental hand-holding, even during toothpulling, as long as the parent has signed a “consent form” (that does specifically mention the frightening practice). A recent case arose in Carrollton, Georgia, but a Georgia Board of Dentistry spokesperson told Atlanta’s WSB-TV such restraints are permitted (though should have been accompanied by an explicit warning of potential physical or psychological harm). The father of the “screaming” girl said he was initially barred from the exam room and was led to believe, when he signed the consent form, that he was merely authorizing anesthesia.
DON’T PLAN ON BEING FRENCH A shortage
of teachers led Howard S. Billings high school in Chateauguay (in the French-sensitive province of Quebec, Canada) to announce 11th-grade French classes would be using only the Rosetta Stone computer program this year.
SAFE-ISH SEX Among new rules proposed by
California’s Occupational Safety & Health Standards agency in May was one to require actors in porno movies (whose male actors OSHS has already ordered to wear condoms) to wear goggles — lest bodily fluids splash in their eyes during scenes. Further, all equipment and surfaces of sets must be decontaminated after each scene and at day’s end.
JOB HELL In April, the U.S. Office of Special
Counsel ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to stop relocating whistleblowing employees to “offices” that were abandoned jail cells. The bureau insisted the transfers weren’t punishment for reporting agency misconduct — even though
one of the “offices” had no desk, computer or phone and required the employee to walk past prisoners’ cells to get to work.
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! Lindsey
Perkins pleaded guilty in June in Newport, Vermont, for joy-riding on the roof of a station wagon with her 5-year-old son while a 20-yearold man drove at 50 to 55 mph on the state’s scenic Route 14 near Coventry.
ALL Y’ALL ARE WELCOME! In February, the
Office of Residential Life at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, intending to tout its dedication to inclusiveness and the creation of a “safe space” for minority students, posted an invitation on its website for applications from the “LBTTQQFAGPBDSM” communities. Probable translation: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, flexual, asexual, (vulgar word), polyamorous, bondage/discipline and sadism/masochism communities.
COSBYING 2.0 A court in Castrop-Rauxel,
Germany, fined a 23-year-old man in July after he admitted that, one evening last year, he put “four or five drops” of a sedative into his girlfriend’s tea without her knowledge — so she’d doze off for the evening and not bother him while he played video games. She’d come home after a hard day at work, expecting peace and quiet, but began complaining about the boyfriend’s machine-gun-fire game.
WE WAS JUS’ PLAYIN’ The mayor of Whitesboro, New York, defending to a Village Voice reporter in July the 19th-centurybased town seal that features a white settler appearing to push down an American Indian man, denied any racism and said the image is “actually” a typical “friendly wrestling [match] that took place back in those days.” According to Whitesboro’s website, the Native American supposedly uttered, after the “match,” “UGH. You good fellow too much.” NORDIC RESTRAINT The Washington Post’s
running tally counts more than 400 people shot to death in the U.S. by law enforcement already this year with five months to go, but 2014 figures from Norway reveal that officers there shot at people only twice all year. Proportionally (64 times as many people live in the U.S.), American police would still have fired only 128 rounds last year if they showed Norway’s restraint. Norway’s cops missed their targets both times. Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
COMPARIN’ TATTOOS AT DUNKIN’ DONUTS? Me: Too shy to talk further; noticed your foot tattoo; complimented it. You: Petite, cute in adorable summer dress! Mentioning tat, seeing that smile made my day! Wanna stay, chat a bit? When: May 26. Where: Dunkin’ Donuts, U.S. 1 & JTB. #1522-0603 I SAW U Connection Made!
I CAN’T WEIGHT Me: Tall, blonde and flirtatious. You: Handsome and muscular. You were working on your fitness and I was your witness. Maybe we should get sweaty together? ;) When: April 20. Where: Retro Fitness. #1521-0527
UNFORGETTABLE I pay great attention to small things, I feel so blessed that you were in my presences. Did you come back just to see me? I hope so, ’cause I love seeing you. In any color white, blue, coral … When: May 11. Where: Parked. #1520-0520 VOTE FOR ME You: Widespread Panic shirt. You said you may actually vote Republican if Billary gets nomination. Wanted to speak more, but you had to get home to dogs and pet pigeon. Let’s get naughty in voting booth! ;). When: May 7. Where: McDonald’s. #1519-0513 VILANO PUBLIX; PULLED GROIN MUSCLE! Produce/dairy around 8 a.m. You live St. Augustine, injured groin surfing Puerto Rico. Left, came back; so flustered talking you forgot eggs. You: PT, work, fishing, watch fi ght. Me: to beach. Should’ve given my number! When: May 2. Where: Vilano Beach Publix. #1518-0506
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IN THE RECENT FOLIO WEEKLY FEATURE, “The New Face of Homelessness” [Dennis Ho, Keith Marks, July 15], Sulzbacher Center’s CEO made a comment that tweaked my interest in a topic I’ve talked and written about many times in the last few years. I have nothing but respect and gratitude for the job Cindy Funkhouser and her organization do to help the homeless and displaced in Jacksonville. When asked by the interviewer for “an easy answer” or “magic wand” to eradicate homelessness, she spoke about “adding a vocational track back in all public schools.” First, there’s never been a vocational track in all public schools, unless she is referring to shop and home economics classes, primarily in high schools. She mentions a common justification for her recommendation: “Not everyone has to go to college to make a good living.” This is so easy to say but, in my view, ignores the reality of the present state of market economics and technology. I absolutely agree that not every student has to or will be able to obtain a four-year bachelor’s degree. The ridiculous cost of a four-year university degree compared to the economic value of some majors earned by graduates is becoming a major disgrace. It’s all about teaching students a “trade” and, as Funkhouser says, getting society to “stop looking down on [vocational] trades.” My question to those who support this is simple. What “trades” are you talking about? The usual examples are auto mechanics, culinary arts, plumbing, construction (a universal all-encompassing term if ever there was one), cosmetology; maybe a few more. There are in fact many more skill sets that can lead one to make a reasonable living. Look at what learning a trade entails in today’s economy. At the elementary into the middle-school level, the best foundation for any career choice is simple: reading, writing and arithmetic. Even in the currently popular STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) program, at the elementary level, the best basis for those fields is still the three R’s. If you can’t read well, can’t write coherently and have trouble with basic math concepts, careers are limited. Let’s look at the skills in some of the specific vocational trades often mentioned. If you look around any automotive service center, you will see lots of computer consoles and other electronic equipment. Also displayed will be numerous certificates documenting various specific training that mechanics have received to enable them to work on today’s sophisticated automotive technology. I do not notice similar certificates for those workers doing oil changes and tire rotations, although even those basic tasks require entry of completion status on a computer terminal and, for my car, resetting the onboard computer which tracks when an oil change is needed. I taught science for five years in one of two Duval County vocational magnet high schools. To be an effective curriculum, the automotive areas had to have, as much as possible, up-todate testing, diagnosis and repair equipment. Students could achieve many of the national standardized certifications sought by local service organizations offering good starting pay. Not Jiffy Lube minimum wage, but significantly better. It was also true that those graduates who wanted career advancement needed academic skills to complete additional, more complex training. Managerial and
leadership skills became important. Teachers had to be licensed, experienced professionals, not shade-tree mechanics. Construction today is the realm of Computer Assisted Design, premanufactured modules and lower-skill labor performing assembly. Sure, the skill trades like electrical, HVAC and plumbing are still needed, but must have the right training for the increasingly complex and computer based systems they install. The nationally recognized culinary program in the school where I taught had classes in sanitation, food chemistry, dietary considerations and menu preparation. Portion control and ingredient lists required math skills and the ability to write and read effectively. Let’s train students to work in computers and information technology. Fine, but what skills are needed? And do we have the computer systems, software, qualified instructors and ability to stay current with the advance of technology that a successful program requires? I was an IT director for several years. Some of the best software people who worked for me were English majors in college. They, like so many of their generation, knew how to use computers and were comfortable with them. I needed people who could breakdown sometimes-confusing user requirements into logical segments and develop an approach to automate them. How many times did I hear Language Arts teachers talk about finding the main idea and parsing paragraphs to fully understand the meaning? Programmers would translate their work into whatever computer language and system was being used. If the requirements were clear and well-written, the work went well. Reading, writing and arithmetic were just as important as knowing how to program in Java, or C++. Ms. Funkhouser talked about skills to make a “good living.” No one can be said to be making a good living in a career with no ability to advance or specialize. It is also true that many employers are no longer willing to offer basic training or apprenticeships, if you will. They will build on a solid base — but that base comes from elsewhere and includes being able to read competently. Yes, vocational education should be offered in fields with a future and with the requisite level of advanced knowledge for today’s workplace. This creates another problem that’s often ignored when statements like “Not everyone needs to go to college” are made. Who makes that decision and when is it made? Even parents may not make the right decision, especially if they make it too early. Vocational tracks are not one or two courses, although I sometimes think many still have that idea. I have also heard some who say that the same students targeted for vocational training don’t need anything but basic math and minimum-level language arts and reading. What if they find they like their academic courses and want more? Are they locked in by a decision made by others? Who made the decision? Who should? There is a need for alternative paths for students unable or unwilling to pursue a traditional university degree. Those who counsel “teach them a trade” are out touch with just what that exhortation entails. Dennis Egan mail@folioweekly.com
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