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FROM THE EDITOR: GUEST EDITORIAL As if this is OK. It’s not OK. And if you IT WAS SURREAL. LIKE WAITING FOR GODOT. really don’t know why, look up the term Tuesday night, we kept waiting for the “stochastic terrorism.” (Or read folioweekly. vote counts in metro Milwaukee and Detroit com/HARVEST-OF-THORNS,12883) to make the difference needed to elect Hillary In anonymous polls, a significant Clinton. But the bright blue metropolitan number of white conservatives, however, areas failed to shield her from unexpectedly will own up to negative race-based beliefs. massive turnout among white, suburban and As Reuters reported in June, “Supporters rural voters. of U.S. presidential candidate Donald It’s a white phenomenon, but Donald Trump are more likely to describe African Trump supporters say it has nothing to do Americans as ‘criminal,’ ‘unintelligent,’ ‘lazy’ with race. They’ll talk about guns. Or God. Or and ‘violent’ than voters who backed some Crooked Hillary. But not racism.

Republican rivals in the History will primaries or who support record that an Democratic contender insidious economic Hillary Clinton, decline in the according to a Reuters/ quality and quantity Ipsos opinion poll.” of American jobs Can anyone argue that began to unfurl in these statements are not the ’70s in our cities. drenched in racism?

The twin forces of History will remember globalization and a celebrity salesman technology have now who knew how to read a stretched their nasty crowd. We’ll read about tentacles into our Now that TRUMP’S WON, can the charismatic tycoon suburbs, our exurbs, Republicans disassociate who, while hogging media and our bedroom attention with outrageous communities, themselves from racism? statements, didn’t need a squeezing our good ground game. All he rural areas even needed were a few good harder. In other catch phrases: Lock her up. Crooked Hillary. words, as our middle class crumbles, white Build a wall. people are feeling a bit of what traditionally You don’t have to go further than disenfranchised people have been feeling for a a very long time.

Wikipedia to learn from a great demagogue.

But let’s not talk about racism.

Adolf Hitler wrote, in Mein Kampf, As my medical provider, who is African“All propaganda must be presented in a American, brilliantly said of middle-class popular form and must fix its intellectual and working-class white people: “Welcome to level so as not to be above the heads of America. Where’ve you been?” the least intellectual of those to whom it is Working hard, no doubt. Making ends directed. […]” meet in an increasingly more difficult It’s going to be a beeyootiful wall. economic scenario, as most Americans do “These slogans should be persistently every day. Over the last four decades, the cost repeated until the very last individual of everything, except labor, has gone up. has come to grasp the idea that has been Some of my Republican friends tell me that put forward.” their work ethic separates them from “groups Crooked Hillary. who want a handout from the government.”

In North Carolina, one of the largest and But let’s not talk about racism. most active Ku Klux Klan groups in the nation They also proclaim their fierce resistance is planning a public rally for Dec. 3. The to the “breakdown of the traditional American reason? To celebrate Trump’s victory. family.” Republicans now proudly cite So while Trump may not claim affinity Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, with white supremacists, they sure are who decried the rupture of the black family claiming him. Similarly — and this demands a during the ’60s, and declared that the white whole ’nother column — Trump embraced the family would follow suit. What these family anti-gay message of “family values” voters, by traditionalists leave out is the long-term promising to overturn gay marriage. (Trump economic trends that have led to massive walked that promise back on 60 Minutes after joblessness for otherwise marriageable men of the election, saying that the area of law was all races. “already settled.”)

It’s not the absence of marriage that leads The Southern Poverty Law Center has to poverty, per se; rather, it’s the lack of goodcreated a petition asking Trump to do two paying jobs that’s leading to both the absence things: First, unequivocally and publicly of marriage and economic struggle. disavow all forms of bigotry. Second, assure All this talk about “groups that want the nation that he will not appoint anyone associated with a hate group to a position of handouts” and the “traditional family” flashes influence or authority in his administration. me back 30 years to Reagan’s campaign, Given our history, it’s a small ask. which exalted “family values” and denigrated This is your Third Reich moment, Trump “welfare queens.” He sure wasn’t talking supporters. Instead of getting offended when about white mothers on welfare; Reagan was asked, straight up, about your views on race, deliberately tapping into the “blacks are lazy” you need to answer. Loud and clear. Because stereotype to earn votes from white racists. your party has used racism for 40 years, He didn’t invent the Southern Strategy, but, including this year, to bring out voters, it’s a with some help from Lee Atwater, he sure fair question. perfected it.

What’s that you say?

But let’s not talk about racism.

You’re going to have to speak louder than Most of my Republican friends won’t your party’s history, louder than your party’s acknowledge the connection between extremists, louder than the KKK, in order to the “values” button and the dog whistle be heard. it sounds to racists. Worse, some Trump Or will you just fall in line? supporters acknowledge that, initially, their Julie Delegal candidate deliberately appealed to racists to claire@folioweekly.com “build his base.”

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Studio Day is a self-guided tour and invitation for art lovers, artists, boorish dilettantes, and the general public to visit the more than 70 artists’ and creative’ studios in CoRK Arts District, a six-building compound of local innovative action. From writers to sculptors, the imaginative denizens at the Duval arts community’s ground zero welcome all to stop by, check out their works, and talk. Also, bring your checkbook — would it you kill to buy something already?! Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, CoRK Arts District, Riverside, corkartsdistrict.com.

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The 25th annual Taste of Amelia is a food and wine tasting (duh) offering an array or foods from more than 15 high-end area restaurants, along with a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and an audience-chosen “Best Dish of the Taste.” Better still, proceeds benefit the Volunteer Center of Nassau County. 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort’s Amelia Ballroom, Amelia Island, $50, volunteernassau.org.

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Head to the heart of Downtown Jacksonville and check out the Elbow Jam, an evening of local music by the likes of Whole Wheat Bread (pictured), Tomboi, Wise River, Aaron Lebos Reality, Dr. Science, and Bigfoot Barefoot, along with food trucks, live murals, and craft beers galore. 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, two stages at Bay and Adams streets and various Downtown venues, theelbowjam.com.

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SYMPHONIC YULETIDE FRIGHTS! DISNEY IN CONCERT: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Leave it to writer-director Tim Burton to blend two disparate holidays and somehow have it work beautifully, make it a hit movie, and create an immediate classic that can be enjoyed for two holidays. The Jacksonville Symphony presents a live score to Burton’s 1993 Academy Award-nominated animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, a darkly humorous saga of “Halloween Town” resident Jack Skellington’s accidental discovery of “Christmas Town,” and the subsequent chaos and comedy that quickly ensues when he opens the portal between the two. 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Jacoby Symphony Hall, Downtown, $27-$77, jaxsymphony.org.

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REASONS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE THIS WEEK

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It was way cool when Bob Dylan recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Even cooler when “Bawb” went MIA on the Swedish Academy, making them wonder if the dude even wanted this noble (pun) accolade. What did they expect from an artist who’s always abandoned trends as soon as he created them?

Anyway, his imminent return to this area gives old-timers a chance to genuflect, newcomers a chance to see a true American master of songwriting, and hecklers several chances to yell, “Freebird!” 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, Times-Union Center’s Moran Theater, Downtown, $55-$90, ticketmaster.com.

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THE MAIL TRUMP SUPPORTERS WEIGH IN

(IS THERE A SUCH THING AS SORE WINNER?) RE.: “Put Down the Kool-Aid, America,” by Colette Corliss Sellers, Nov. 2 I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR RECENT ARTICLE. I was just checking on your hangover this morning.

The one you predicted all of us uneducated and too embarrassed to go to the polls supporters were supposed to have. I could go on and on and lambaste you paragraph by paragraph. But it’s not worth the time. I do want you to know God still loves you. I know you think he doesn’t because of the election results as you stated. Please be assured he still does. I encourage you to discover and deepen a relationship with him. Your outlook on life will change forever.

I am looking forward to the next four years, as I know you are, too. Hope you get to feeling better.

D. Johnson via email SUBJECT LINE: LOSER …

Hahaha. Now, we can Make America Great Again!

Chuck Kelley via email RE.: “Media Matters,” by Claire Goforth, Nov. 9 ONCE AGAIN, LIBERALS ARE WRONG ABOUT OUR country. Over and over again, I read and heard Trump had no chance to win. You called him “Hitler.” This is again an example of the left’s ignorance of history.

Calling any American presidential nominee “Hitler” is so amazingly stupid it’s no wonder journalists/major media are so despised by many Americans.

Morris has the right to endorse Trump just as you have a right to endorse Clinton. It’s his paper.

It makes no difference what anyone else thinks – he spoke for HIS paper. The journalists at the T-U “so hurt” by his endorsement can vote/endorse whomever they choose. If they don’t like Morris’ endorsement, get another job – there will be plenty of people in line to take their positions.

Do you think The NY Times editorial board gives a damn about any Trump supporters working for them? They’d endorse a liberal even if that liberal was Ted Bundy. They will never endorse a Republican.

It must truly suck today for liberal know-it-alls.

Liberals like you underestimated Trump. Liberal arrogance is truly astonishing. Even when liberals lose, they still believe they are morally superior and smarter than everyone else.

FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS Morris does not have to apologize. It’s always amazed me about liberals – the contempt they have for anyone who disagrees with them.

Another sign of true arrogance. For the liberal mind works this way: How could you possibly be so stupid to vote/endorse Trump? Incredible arrogance is a main reason journalists and major media talking heads are so despised today.

Trump received almost 30 percent of the Hispanic vote. He received 42 percent of women.

Wrong again. Whatever you think of Trump, he campaigned hard and ran TERRIBLE campaigns — President-elect Trump ran a brilliant campaign. In one election season, he defeated the Bush family and the Clintons. That’s pretty f_____ impressive.

Wes Niehaus via email WHILE THE FINAL VOTES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL election are still coming in, be on the lookout for a call to end the Electoral College. Many will assert that Hillary Clinton should be the 45th president since she garnered the most votes.

Well, that’s not how it works here and all we need to do is think back to our sixth-grade social studies or U.S. history class. The brilliance of the Founding Fathers was that they sought to protect each citizen from the tyranny that democracies sometimes produce. Call the United States a constitutional republic or a representative democracy, they knew that a dominant majority could threaten the rights, property and even the lives of minorities of every type. As such, the Electoral College specifically protects minority rights, minority interests and cultures.

Under this system, candidates must campaign in all 50 states, rather than in a few large national areas (i.e., the West Coast, upper Northeast) with greater proportions of the overall population. Thus, strong majority interests are forced to win the consent of minority interests in many separate races. Without the Electoral College, candidates could limit their campaigns to several major media hubs in densely populated urban areas, which would contradict our Founders’ desire that presidential elections not be controlled by a few states with populous cities.

So, be proud of the fact that our Founding Fathers had the prophetic wisdom to design this eminently fair system for all of us and resist any calls to abolish it.

Steve Holder via email

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO FIREHOUSE SUBS PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION Continuing its longtime commitment to first responders, on Nov. 16, the foundation awarded $356,000 worth of life-saving equipment grants to 21 Northeast Florida public safety organizations. The grant included distribution of 111 automated external defibrillators to continue its fight against sudden cardiac arrest, which is the leading cause of death on school campuses.

BRICKBATS TO RACIST STUDENT(S) On Nov. 10, as-yet-unidentified student(s) posted signs that said “whites only” and “colored” above two water fountains at First Coast High School, harking back to the institutionalized racism of predesegregation. Just think … in a few short months or years, whoever posted the signs will probably be old enough to vote. Shudder BOUQUETS TO RICH HUNTER INC. On Nov. 14, Rich Hunter Inc. teamed up with Northeast Florida’s Women’s Veterans for “Styling Vets for Success,” to help local veterans get ready for the Jacksonville Military & Veterans Job & Resource Fair.

The event offered free haircuts for men; shampoos, styles and trims for women; tips on appropriate business attire and, for those without, interview outfits donated by Dignity U Wear. It’s all part of the local Week of Valor, helping vets get on their feet.

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A primer to life AFTER HILLARY

MOURNING IN AMERICA “DON’T SAY A PRAYER FOR ME NOW. SAVE IT ’til the morning after.”

These words, from ’80s pop legends Duran Duran, were not written with the presidential election in mind.

Yet here we are.

A week after the vote, for some it’s “morning in America.” For others, “mourning in America.”

Donald Trump is your president-elect.

And for many of you reading this, it is a time for recalibration.

When you’ve invested all your hope into the national Democratic machine, and saw your candidate lose Florida — and lose nationally — bigly, then after a loss, you have to ask what the next move is.

Thinking in terms of national politics will drive you crazy. The GOP will control Congress for at least two years; the White House for four.

Love may have Trumped hate. We may have been stronger together. You may have been With Her. Yet here’s the problem: Despite all the slogans, despite a machine slicker than a 40-gallon drum of baby shit, despite having the entirety of the 2010 Top 40 chart-toppers as surrogates, it didn’t help.

Jay-Z may rock the Tom Ford and Beyoncé may serve up the lemonade. But in light of decades of corruption and questions — from cattle futures and Whitewater to superpredators and Benghazi, with a few years of blatant influence-peddling via the Clinton Foundation thrown in there — those superstar surrogates may have rocked the mic. But they didn’t rock the crowd, via generating turnout.

I covered an event with African-American Duval Dems and the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the last Saturday of early voting, and noticed an interesting dichotomy when I posed a question about an enthusiasm gap in base turnout.

Jackson tried to tell me, in a tent near the Legends Center in NW Jax, that the base was just as fired up and ready to go for Hillary Clinton as it was for Barack Obama. Yet his spin was belied by one or two Jacksonville locals who shook their heads behind him, before realizing that they were admitting the issue.

As much as Hillary For America attempted to drive base turnout, in state after state they couldn’t match the rural and suburban “unlikely” voters who came out and voted for Trump.

The Rust Belt, expected to be a road to victory for Clinton, instead was a noose around her campaign, with Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin going GOP … to the expectation of few pollsters, except for outliers down the stretch.

In any event, Donald Trump and a GOP Congress, together, constitute the new national reality.

And activists in Jacksonville need to refocus their energy, thinking local.

There’s a lot to do here, after all. For example, this year we have already seen zoning fights over microbreweries in Springfield. The beef: They were too close to churches.

Council might have rolled over on that issue were it not for the concerted effort of locals who worked to ensure that it didn’t, packing a Land Use & Zoning meeting that saw the weathervane councilman from Springfield, Reggie Gaffney, going from being an opponent of progress to a supporter.

There are other issues that require citizen input locally, including other zoning matters.

The passage of Amendment 2 — with more than 70 percent support in Duval — means that there is a rousing mandate for medical marijuana in Jacksonville.

However, as someone who follows this council closely, I can tell you that if the glacial rollout of zoning regulations related to Charlotte’s Web are any indication, they will drag out the process for as long as possible, preening and posturing about how cannabis is public enemy No. 1 to our collective moral code.

You can have input on the zoning process.

You can make a difference. If you show up at meetings, if you make the case for placement of dispensaries that isn’t driven by fear or the need to placate the two-bit theocrats in town, you can ensure that this medicine is available to people without undue stress that pretends to be motivated by public safety, but in reality is the misbegotten progeny of political cowardice and rank expediency.

As someone who never would have voted for Hillary Clinton under any circumstances, her loss doesn’t move me. But I’ve supported my share of losing candidates and causes that were before her time.

I’ve seen excoriations of people who voted third-party on social media. The implication, as was the case in 2000, was that all thirdparty voters should have been locked in with the Democrats.

That wasn’t the case in 2000; Nader voters weren’t promised to Al Gore. They were motivated by, among other things, a realization that Gore’s wife first got in public life by putting warning labels on rap records with explicit content. And by the fact that the Clinton Administration’s neo-liberalism was closer to “compassionate conservatism” than it was to the concerns of the Seattle World Trade Organization protesters.

In 2016, a similar reality holds. For many voters, including progressives and libertarians, Hillary Clinton was disqualified. Not because of her gender. But because of her record in public life.

Nothing is guaranteed. Especially not the result of a national election.

A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com Twitter/AGGancarski

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Fans in Jacksonville endure a lot of heartache, but the only thing we shouldn’t have to experience is disrespect on our own turf.

Attention was brought to the Bold City Brigade, a Jaguars support group of which I have been a proud member for a half-decade, that a store in the stadium sells opposing teams’ merchandise. Apparently, it’s been happening all season.

Some fans might not take issue with this, maybe even think it’s frivolous to bring it up. Plus, the NFL is always on the hunt for revenue and business is business.

What are the chances Florida State will sell University of Florida gear when the Gators come to town? Or that Yankee Stadium sells Boston Red Sox caps? I’m guessing slim at best.

Sure, it’s just a game, a business, capitalist enterprise … I get it. But for those who are there week after week, for decades, standing behind the biggest dumpster fire this side of Cleveland, it’s a slap in the face.

Players have been complaining about opposing fans making more noise in the stands or how London feels more like home. Yet we have a stadium that enforces no standing zones, no yelling areas, allows opposing fans to buy merch on the road, eliminating the “Twelfth Man” from the game.

A home-field advantage can exist only if it’s allowed to be hostile. Kansas City and Seattle shake the Richter scale and break world records to accomplish this.

Fans in Green Bay are known around the league for their harshness and I’m willing to bet they don’t sell Bears merchandise to season ticket holders.

The Jaguars are in last place, imploding on a rebuild, and haven’t won at home in nearly a year. The last thing we should have to think about is the chance to buy some Titans swag during halftime.

If you’re fine with that, cool. If not, call Dave Mitura at 904-633-6000, and leave a (respectful) message.

Time to lock down the Bank once again.

Mark Judson mail@folioweekly.com Facebook/FolioWeeklyJagCity @MarkfromJax

ONCE AGAIN, THE JAGUARS PROVED THEY are incapable of coming away with a victory.

Despite several statistical victories, much like against Kansas City, the Jaguars fell apart at all the wrong moments and couldn’t recover.

For the fifth straight game, the defense was unable to force a turnover and for the fourth game in a row, the offense couldn’t take the lead.

Quarterback Blake Bortles started the game with an interception returned for a touchdown, causing fans to lose hope early

Ultimately, the Jaguars did what they’ve done best for many years – LACK CONSISTENCY, play sloppy and talk about how much was “learned” from their loss. enough to change their plans. While some maintain he can return to his numbers from last year, some of which were inflated during garbage time, it’s getting more and more difficult to envision his wobbly jump balls as the future of the franchise.

Defensively, Dante Fowler (or should we say Fouler) reminded fans of the lack of discipline the team has shown all season.

Fowler has been flagged eight times this year, three for personal foul penalties.

Ultimately, the Jaguars did what they’ve done best for many years – lack consistency, play sloppy and talk about how much was “learned” from their loss.

Come day’s end, we still love the Jaguars.

Most Sundays, it feels more like hate as we boo them and drink too much, but if we as fans truly didn’t care, we’d change the channel and forget about it.

Will season ticket sales drop next season?

Probably, but the stands will still be lined with fans because that’s what we do. Duval ’til we die.

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Flagler College’s PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH and its discontents

FLAGLER COLLEGE IS A SPRAWLING 49-ACRE private liberal arts school in the heart of downtown St. Augustine. The Ponce de Leon, a swank Spanish Renaissance-style luxury hotel built in the late 19th century, remains its crowning centerpiece.

Two years after its 1968 founding as an all-girls’ college, the school reorganized as a coed liberal arts college. Since then, Flagler College has had two presidents: William L. Proctor, who served as president from 1971-2001, and William T. Abare Jr., who has served as president from Proctor’s retirement to present day.

In April, Abare announced he would retire in June 2017. This summer, the school began a nationwide search for a replacement, hiring AGB Search, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that specializes in finding candidates to fill positions in higher education.

The position generated intense interest, which is unsurprising considering Flagler’s idyllic campus, prime location, consistently high rankings from U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, and the likely compensation. In 2014, The Chronicle in Higher Education reported that Abare’s annual compensation of nearly a half-million dollars, $487,908, made him the highest-paid president in his peer group. The next-highest paid president of a similar institution made $87,000 less, according to the report. The Chronicle also noted that Proctor, who was named chancellor of the school upon retiring as president, earns $172,685, making him the second-highest paid of all school employees.

Though the application process technically closed on Oct. 11, for weeks, word around campus has been that the school had already selected a local insider to serve as its next president: St. Johns County Superintendent of Schools Joseph Joyner, who announced his retirement from that county position on April 6, just 12 days before Abare’s retirement was announced.

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Sarah MacDonald Speaking on condition of anonymity, some Flagler insiders privately question whether Joyner will be able to meet the school’s fundraising goals. According to the job posting on AGB’s website, Flagler relies on a combination of fundraising, tuition and income from its endowment of $48 million and capital reserves of more than $30 million. “[A]nnual fundraising for the college provides a strong supplement to scholarships, capital projects, and operating expenses,” the posting states. Last year, fundraising accounted for more than $6 million of Flagler’s budget. This enables the school to keep tuition relatively low. According to the job posting, Flagler’s 2,500 students pay $16,830 each for tuition, well below the national average. U.S. News & World Report states that for 2016-’17, the average tuition and fees at private colleges is twice that: $33,635.

Other Flagler employees wonder whether naming another older white man (Joyner is in his 60s), whom one faculty member, speaking on condition of anonymity, referred to disparagingly as a “good ol’ boy,” will improve diversity at Flagler, one of the least diverse colleges in the nation. Joyner did not respond to numerous requests for comment.

The U.S. News & World Report, which rates a college’s diversity on a 0.0-1.0 scale (1.0 being the most diverse and 0.0 being least diverse), shows Flagler’s score dropped from .27 in 2014 to .24 in 2016, making it one of the least diverse campuses in the regional south.

According to James Pickett, associate professor and chair of the Communications Department, “The admissions department has been trying to increase diversity, and certainly there has been an equal effort by faculty.

However … it still appears that diversity here has pretty much stayed the same.”

“The school is definitely behind on diversity in comparison with other schools,” said Sarah MacDonald, a Flagler student and president of Club Unity.

To some, the lack of diversity at the school is just a reflection of the conservatism of its administration.

Flagler does not offer its faculty tenure, which a few staffers FW spoke to claimed keeps them muzzled from voicing dissent about the administration or its policies for fear of losing their jobs. (Several faculty and staff spoke to Folio Weekly on condition of anonymity out of concern of retaliation.) And the student newspaper, The Gargoyle, has been censored and once reportedly confiscated outright by Abare.

“One of the issues I left over was censorship,” said former Flagler adjunct professor Nadia Ramoutar, who now teaches at the Art Institute of Jacksonville. “Mostly because, at the time, the college would not allow the students to have a gay/straight alliance. When the student newspaper wrote an article about it, the president [Abare] ordered all of the newspapers to be taken.

“So censorship was a huge issue for me when I was there trying to teach journalism …

I had some students at the time who were just absolutely devastated by this.”

The 2007 article she refers to was about students trying to start Club Unity, a reincarnation of the Gay-Straight Alliance, which was denied by the administration in October 2004. According to MacDonald, “The administration originally revoked the charter because it had the word ‘gay’ in the name, which is why we chose the name ‘Club Unity.’”

Prior to publication, the administration requested to review the article. The story came back to The Gargoyle for print about 200 words shorter. Folio Weekly was not able to learn what was removed from the piece.

Abare later told The Florida Times-Union that the administration edited the article “due to inaccuracies,” and further said, “As a private institution, we can certainly exercise editorial restraints. The first and most important function of The Gargoyle is to promote the

image and reputation of the institution.

Period. If it doesn’t do that, then why should we have it?”

Abare declined to comment for this story.

The administration approved Unity Club’s charter in 2008. Nevertheless, some feel that this is a small step that doesn’t go nearly far enough.

“For those of us involved in the club, we’d like to see so much more from the college,” said MacDonald. “ … How are we supposed to make an impact on our school when the administration won’t allow us to provide the simplest things? It’s like the current administration doesn’t really care about us or the community.”

MacDonald opined that other clubs, like the Muslim Student Association and the Black Student Association, “support great things” without much help from the school.

MacDonald did concede that some progress has been made, however. “In the past couple years, our club has definitely started to grow as people have begun to understand and accept information about the LGBT community. However, going and seeing the other college campuses near us, they don’t have half the battle we have here,” she said.

According to Flagler insiders, there has been a long-standing armistice between the administration and those it oversees. They say the college’s liberal students and faculty orbit about an ultra-conservative enclave of close-knit politicians and businessmen whom occupy various administrative positions within the college. With the ascension of Joyner, many doubt that much will change in that regard.

Folio Weekly was first informed that Joyner was a shoo-in for the job in September, weeks before the application deadline. Last week, on Nov. 10, the school announced that Joyner was one of two finalists for the position. The other finalist is Dr. John Stewart, president of the University of Montevallo in Alabama.

“From what I’ve heard, Joyner has the inside track to the presidency. But that’s all I really know,” said one Flagler faculty member.

“The word is that he’s their top candidate,” said Ramoutar. “And it makes perfect sense.

He fits what they’ve had since the beginning: a political, old, white male. It’s so not surprising to me that someone who was a board member only a couple years ago is now going to run for president because Flagler has a tendency to be a very political place. That’s just how it is over there. Even though Joseph Joyner has no higher education leadership experience.”

According to an article in First Coast Magazine, in addition to serving as superintendent since 2003, Joyner had previously worked as a principal, coach and teacher. He also served on Flagler’s board of trustees from 2014-15.

“The search committee is completely stacked for one candidate, Joseph Joyner,” said another Flagler faculty member.

Possibly further tainting the selection process, some on the 15-person selection committee may have conflicts of interest.

Frank Upchurch III, the chair of the selection committee and general counsel for the college, is also the attorney for the St. Johns County school board.

Mark Bailey, also on the search committee, is president of The Bailey Group, the administrator of health insurance for the St. Johns County School District, and has recently renewed its contract to continue providing said services.

Lastly, search committee member Tracey Upchurch, who is a relation of

Frank Upchurch, is married to a St. Johns County schoolteacher.

“We’ve known for months, it’s been well understood on campus that Joyner has already been chosen to be the next president,” said a Flagler faculty member. “It’s been the worstkept secret and the whole campus knows about it. The search process is just a big waste of everyone’s time and money. I’d hate to be one of the other candidates foolishly believing this is actually a fair, open, competitive, and professional search process.”

The faculty member also believes that Joyner was appointed to Flagler’s board to give him higher education experience.

“Regardless, the job of a county superintendent is radically different from the job of a college president … . The whole idea that somehow being a county school superintendent qualifies you to be a college president is completely ludicrous,” the individual said.

Some Flagler employees also believe that Proctor, the school’s chancellor, is quietly involved in the selection process.

“Proctor is the school’s chancellor. That’s not like an honorary or ceremonial thing. As chancellor, Proctor makes a lot of decisions for the college involving policy and budget and personnel,” said a faculty member.

Proctor also acts as the school’s Title IX officer. There are those who question if an 83-year-old, Southern white male is the ideal person to be in charge of adjudicating sexual harassment policy.

Joyner often boasts that his county is a miracle school district with ever-rising grades and test scores. But some believe these stats are immaterial to Joyner’s leadership and that the county’s success is more due to its demographics. St. Johns County is 90 percent white and is home to some of the most educated and affluent residents in the state.

Further, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau survey, as of 2015, St. Johns County, with a median income of just over $70,000, is the richest in the state per capita. Median household income in the second richest county, Collier, is $62,126.

“Flagler is one of the most non-diverse colleges in the state of Florida, and Joyner runs one of the most non-diverse school districts in the state of Florida,” said a faculty member.

“So how is Joyner going to add diversity to the college? He’s not. He’s just going to be our third old white guy.”

“The college has done well but the reality is that we are behind the times in obvious ways,” the faculty member added. “Instead of selecting someone who is a proven and innovative leader in higher education, we are getting a friend of the two Bills [Abare and Proctor], who will never be able to lead us beyond the status quo… . And we’re way behind the curve. This year, for the first time, we actually had a shortfall on enrollment and now we’re having budget problems.”

According to one Flagler insider, “The four priorities of the next president must be student recruitment, fundraising, sustaining and starting baccalaureate and graduate programs, and enhancing diversity. In Joyner’s four decades in the public school system, he’s never had to recruit students, raise any real money from private donors, initiate or oversee college level academic programs, and he’s from the most non-diverse school district in the state of Florida. Other than that, he should make a fabulous president for Flagler College.”

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treet art commands attention. From the ornately Byzantine to a spray-paint blast of the Black Flag “Bars” on an alley wall, its impact is visceral, local and, by definition, public. To honor this 2D medium in which paint awakens the walls of a city, Art Republic intends to attract international attention to Downtown Jacksonville. Held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 11, 12 and

13, the inaugural event unveiled the works of 12 international muralists as well as two local artists. At press time, the collected muralists include James Reka, INO, Felipe Pantone, Waone Interesni Kazki, Case Maclaim, Cycle, Guido Van Helten, Rene Romero Schuler, Astrograff, Jeremy Penn, Kenor, Nicole “Nico” Holderbaum, Phlegm and Mobarick.

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Sponsors for Art Republic include local arts patron Preston Haskell, along with global companies Pilot Pen, Estee Lauder, PNC Bank and Tiffany & Co., and more than 30 other international and local sponsors and affiliates. Events for the expo ran the gamut from a haute couture fashion show and an artist’s lecture series, to a pilot season dinner and family-geared events in Hemming Park. Well-respected art media outlets like Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose and Street Art News have committed to feature coverage of the expo. The ostensible impetus for all of this is to bring global notice — and global money — to Downtown Jacksonville.

It sounds like a godsend for an arts community that has, at times, bemoaned the overall recognition it has yet to receive.

And it is a godsend, depending on one’s viewpoint.

As Art Republic began to come into the sphere of the arts scene’s adherents’ awareness, a near-immediate schism arose. Attention being given to this unprecedented event now had to contend with a resentful faction and peripheral stream of grievances.

A Rashomon-like fusion of explanations, beliefs, contradictions, self-aggrandizements and “parallel” truths came into focus, framing an intersection of public art, personality, principle and perception.

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hile the expo’s title might sound like a creative conglomerate, make no mistake — Jessica Santiago is Art Republic. And while there is a board of directors she praises for their work, within minutes of meeting Santiago, it’s apparent who calls the shots.

For the past three years, Santiago has worked as an art dealer-curator. Her gallery, Wall Street Fine Art, is located on Laura Street on the second floor of the same building that houses the Cathedral Arts Program.

Prior to becoming an art dealer-curator, she spent 10 years in real estate, owned mortgage and insurance companies and worked as a business consultant. Santiago’s vision for Art Republic is succinct: “I want to raise Jacksonville to a nationally recognized art city,” she says. “I’m a businessperson. But it’s still creation. I get flak for saying that, but it’s a fact.”

The décor and furnishings in the office space of the gallery are contemporary; house music pulses through ceiling speakers. Sitting on a couch in the lobby area, Santiago seems more than ready to describe her vision that’s now coming to fruition.

“Our goal from the beginning was that Art Republic is being built in Jacksonville, but it’s not designed strictly around Jacksonville,” she says. “It could go to other cities around the world. We’re really positioning ourselves

to be the Art Basel of the street art world, and putting a luxury spin on street art.”

The Wynwood Walls, located in the Miami art district of the same name, is an international nexus of street art, attracting artists and much media attention. During Art Basel Miami Beach, Wynwood is a crucible of fresh art, creative dialogue, and networking. “Art Republic’s 100 percent purpose is to drive economic development into this city by putting amazing art into the area,” explains Santiago. “It’s based on the Wynwood model.”

Started in 2009 by the late developer and arts patron Tony Goldman, the Walls have become a global model of revitalization and economic growth sparked by visual art. In the last three years, Santiago visited South Florida every month, eventually building a relationship with the Goldmans. “Jessica Goldman was incredibly supportive of me from the beginning, in talking to them, about how it [Wynwood] was created, and looking at how it was created.” Inspired by the Goldmans, and after being in real estate for 10 years, while looking at business and art, Santiago believes that the divergent fields are “one conversation” to her.

Within the last two months, Art Republic began ramping up its oncoming presence

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After contacting Jessica Santiago about participating in the inaugural mural expo, street artist Jessica Becker (below) received what can only be described as contradictory information.

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Art Republic founder and curator Jessica Santiago commissioned a dozen international muralists to add color to downtown Jacksonville. And some local artists feel slighted in being uninvited.

<<< FROM PREVIOUS through social media. Near-immediate criticisms were issued toward what some viewed as the lack of a local art presence. For many, Wynwood was their example.

“It’s a huge misconception that anything about Wynwood Walls was organic or local. They were very strategic; they’re business people and extremely successful developers,” says Santiago. “They didn’t use local artists. They brought in artists from all over the world.”

In conversation, Santiago, in her own way, is refreshingly unapologetic, if not blunt. It’s clear that her artistic worldview leans more toward branding than bohemianism. And, as the expo’s opening drew closer, she was well aware of the controversy that has arisen: Some local street artists accused Santiago of painting them out of the picture. A few even see her Ponte Vedra Beach residency as making her an “outsider” to the urban art scene. “That’s a Jacksonville mentality that’s got to be broken,” she says. “In New York, it doesn’t matter if you’re in Brooklyn or SoHo.” In particular, a furor of Facebook posts, comments and back-and-forth messages became particularly rancorous. The core complaint was that more area artists were not invited to participate in the expo. Yet according to Santiago, Art Republic was never an “open call,” since she personally picked the artists. “The sponsors wanted international artists,” says Santiago, “and

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those sponsorships were key to getting the wheels in motion.”

However, Northeast Floridians have been invited to work as paid assistants to the muralists. At press time, Santiago says, four artists had signed on to be assistants.

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eld in the Main Library’s new first floor Makerspace, Art Republic was a featured guest at the Wednesday, Oct. 12 Cultural Fusion press conference. Roughly 40 people were in attendance, some sitting on plastic

“I want to raise Jacksonville to a nationally recognized art city,” says Jessica Santiago.

“I’m a businessperson. But it’s still creation. I GET FLAK for saying that, but it’s a fact.”’

Contentions aside, Santiago is staying right on point with her plan. “If we ever hope to become an international arts city, we have to have international artists here.

That’s a given. We’re using the same model of every other major city with this kind of art. And for that model to freak Jacksonville out, it really says a lot about what the problem is that we have here.”

chairs in a circle that spanned the main space, as others sat in rows extending back from the main speaker area. Santiago was in attendance, joined by participating mural artist Nicole Holderbaum, who sits on the Art Republic board as Local Artist Programmer and is also in charge of the Volunteer Program for the expo’s team.

Hope McMath, former director of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, was on hand as a kind of de facto moderator.

“Many of you know it’s been a hot topic the last few days,” says McMath. “What is Art Republic and what is it doing for the local arts community? And how is it addressing diversity issues; how it’s going to make a difference Downtown and in our neighborhoods …. And we are not going to flush that all out today. That’s not the intention of this.”

Addressing the crowd, Santiago explains that the word “festival” is misleading, because it’s really an expo.

“Our mission is to raise Jacksonville to a nationally, if not internationally, recognized art city, to unify the city through public art, and as well as economic development,” she says.

The mood of many in the crowd seems reserved, if not suspicious, arms crossed, eyes lowered.

As a local artist connected with the expo, Holderbaum attempts to negate some of the vibes. “My side is with the arts in this community. My personal responsibility and goal in this festival is to reach out to my friends and artists in this community to create opportunities and sponsorship for them.”

Artist Chip Southworth sits holding a piece of paper covered in scribbled bullet points and questions. As Santiago breaks

down the idea and focus of the expo, he’s visibly agitated, shifting uncomfortably in his seat.

“Many artists in this room, many artists not in this room, have contacted you guys; I’ve read the communications and have copies of them all,” says Southworth. “But you’re popping off about our hot underground art scene while telling us the skill level and résumés of local artists did not fit your world class criteria.”

“That’s not a quote from me,” counters Santiago.

“You’re making blanket statements about the artists in this city and community and you don’t know shit about this arts community!”

Southworth retorts.

“That’s true because I’ve been an art dealer for about three years and only five artists have reached out to me,” Santiago says.

One artist in attendance explains that he had experience, internationally, in creating murals and never heard from Santiago. “You took my business card at a Cultural Council meeting and I never heard anything.”

What began as a question-and-answer session quickly degrades into a scene, as some in the crowd yell out questions and demand immediate answers from the pair standing before them.

Eventually McMath rises from her chair, smiling, waving her hands in a “time out” signal, and walks to the center of the space. Santiago and Holderbaum are in an unenviable position, put on the defensive, expo representatives turned sitting targets. Looking over at the two, McMath tries to dispel some of the energy with a possible explanation. “The tension you’re hearing is that the people who are not getting the big visible projects and resources are not being involved,” she says to Santiago. “When you choose to not invite local muralists in projects, we are going to not be happy.”

“For me personally, I think it’s coming from the wrong place,” says Santiago. “We are open to anyone, and we could sit and have a collaborative conversation, instead of it being our responsibility to think of all the possible ways.”

McMath turns to Tony Allegretti, seemingly hoping he’ll try to extinguish some of the flames. As executive director of the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Allegretti has the often-thankless job of being a guide and liaison in dealings with the city, various arts groups and artists, as well as serving on other cultural boards. “I think everybody in this room, including me, would rather be doing what they do than be here, to be honest,” he says. Even some of the angry faces crack a smile. “If you don’t like this model or approach, the barrier is really low. Almost all of this comes down to funding. So I think the best way to channel the energy from this meeting is into keeping people interested and engaged in doing art.” He then dispels a floating rumor that the Cultural Council is somehow involved financially supporting Art Republic. “We do not. We do support more art for more places. It’s a quality of life issue; we’re certainly for that.”

Seated a few feet away from Allegretti is art educator Ebony Payne-English, who is participating at the expo. The Jacksonville resident is an award-winning poet and performer; she recently published the chapbook, Secrets of Ma’at. “My confusion is, considering the type of event this is, and as a local artist here in Jacksonville, I’m not really understanding the conflict,” she says, explaining that in her experience with the poetry scene, similar events only strengthen the city that hosts them. “I was approached by the curator of this event to provide performance art. But I’m a member

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Artist and street art activist Chip Southworth says he tried to help “build bridges” between local artists and Art Republic, but was immediately shut down.

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t’s two weeks after the meeting in the library, and McMath is on the road.

Since resigning from the Cummer in mid-August, she hasn’t slowed down in her pursuit of a decades-long devotion to the arts. McMath is heading to Orlando, where she’s sitting as a grant panelist for the city of Orlando, after spending time in Tallahassee, where she’s a member of the 15-person board of the Florida Council on Arts & Culture. “My thoughts are less specifically about Jessica and what the Art Republic team is trying to do. Because I think my interest in this conversation is bigger than just that initiative,” she says. “You know, I’m an art historian. I think the idea of looking at art across our own boundaries is super-important.”

McMath feels that there has been a misperception that locals don’t want to have great artists from across globe make their mark on our city. “But I think if I had a disappointment with the particular initiative of Art Republic, it’s that this highly visible, high-investment project didn’t embrace people who live and work here. And I happen to believe that there are some artists living in this community who can do that kind of work.”

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f there has been a spearhead aimed at Art Republic, it’s most assuredly been thrown by Southworth. Particularly through Facebook, Southworth has been on a campaign decrying the absence

a visible push for greater street art or a savvy self-promotion campaign by Southworth — or both. He was praised, vilified, arrested, released and fined all the while absolutely widening the conversation regarding street art

“I think this would be exciting 20 years ago,” says Jim Draper, an artist who’s been a longtime guiding force in the city’s creative community. “Jacksonville needs to be THINKING INNOVATIVE.” of local street artists at the expo. His Keith Haring’s Ghost, a 2013 anonymous street art project begun in honor of Trayvon Martin, earned Southworth much controversy of his own. In secret, Southworth revealed the KHG identity to many in the local arts scene from the very start (including this writer).

Depending on one’s temperament, KHG was

in Jacksonville.

“The next year after KHG, they passed a bill, the Urban Façade and Streetscape Program bill, that I helped write with Kerri Stewart from the mayor’s office,” says Southworth. “They basically made it legal to paint on public property with an approval that goes through the Cultural Council.”

Southworth says he initially heard of Art Republic through Holderbaum at its inception. He next heard about it two months ago, when Art Republic hired an attorney to investigate whether or not they could put sponsors’ names on the murals. “So that attorney actually called me to ask what the law was,” Southworth laughs.

Through a group text, Southworth was introduced to Santiago, a communication he believes became contentious when he inquired about locals participating.

“I said in this text that I was reaching out on behalf of lots of people in the art community, if there was any way to build some bridges,” says Southworth. “And she just burned that down in the next five pages of texts. She’s rude about the city, rude about artists, and down-talking it all.”

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onspiracy and the art world are no strangers. The most relevant example would be the street artist Banksy, whose anonymous identity generates as much discussion as his radical, enigmatic works. Art Republic has come under fire for two perceived subterfuges; as it turns out, both are false.

The first one is the money. Art Republic is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, making it tax-exempt. “Our purpose and mission is to fund public art for social and economic outcomes,” says Santiago. “It’s really focused

around revitalizing the Downtown core.” There have been rumored figures thrown around regarding Santiago’s base budget, accusations of her receiving almost cartoonish sums of money from various sources. Yet she stresses that she funded the whole expo. “Everything that’s been said about it has been false,” she says. “And we have run this like a small business. There are no salaries involved. I negotiated the artists’ commissions for way, way less than I’m sure most other artists in Jacksonville would ever imagine.”

However, when asked specifically about what the guest artists are being paid, Santiago becomes cagey.

“I’m not going to disclose that.”

Yet like any 501(c)(3), when tax time rolls around, the budget is open to public disclosure.

“If people want to look that up, that’s fine,” she says. “I’ve been under a huge amount of scrutiny and for me, it’s my intellectual capital, of what I’ve been able to do for negotiating with these artists.”

An hour later, when the same question is raised again, Santiago finally reveals the budgetary figure.

“It’s $200,000, OK?” she asks, laughing.

A second cry of skullduggery has been an imagined conflict of interest regarding Ryan Ali’s position as both the director of development for the Cultural Council and head of Art Republic’s Business Development & Strategic Partnerships. When contacted

by Folio Weekly via email, Ali readily cleared up any confusion or charges of ethical issues.

That email read, in part: “My role with Art Republic has been solely in an advisory capacity that consisted of no fundraising or financial responsibilities. … As Director of Development for the Cultural Council, my main responsibility is to work with the community and the private sector to highlight, promote and encourage a vibrant arts community. I saw from the beginning that this project would bring an international spotlight on Jacksonville, and local artists would benefit from [the expo] … I was clear from the beginning that I would not help with any fundraising or sponsorships and I have stayed true to that. Jessica solely raised the funds herself.”

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f there is one individual caught in the Art Republic crossfire, it is Holderbaum.

From the outside looking in, Holderbaum’s biggest crime is that she was chosen to be the sole local creator invited to paint a mural.

(While Holderbaum was believed to be the only participating local for months, closer to press time, Santiago told Folio Weekly that a second local artist, “Mobarick” Abdullah III, had been added as a muralist. Santiago explained that Mobarick had been in place from “day one,” and only now was she able to secure a wall for him to use.) Holderbaum is surrounded by her own personal cloud of accusation, ranging from cronyism to being a “rip-off artist.”

“I can understand why people would be upset that more locals aren’t involved in making murals,” she says. “I’d been pushing from day one to have a wall that was open as a call to artists.

Jessica wanted year one to be perfect, executed perfectly and start off strong.”

While speaking to Folio Weekly, Holderbaum is completing work on a mural with students at James Weldon Johnson Middle School. She received the funding from a PNC Bank Arts Alive! grant, monies geared toward providing art for Title 1 low-income schools. In 2015, she created the Jax Kids Mural Festival, a SPARK Grant project funded by the Cultural Council.

“I’m not the most knowledgeable person about street art,” she admits. “But it is my passion.”

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Holderbaum says her participation has negatively altered her relationships with some artists. “It definitely affected me and emotionally was really hurtful and upsetting, since artists were trashing me and accusing me of things.” She explains that even artists she “looked up to” as local inspirations trashed her on Facebook.

Folio Weekly received a heated message exchange between Holderbaum and artist Jessica Becker, but in all fairness, it seemed mutually contentious. “I think that the people who have stood firm in their hatred toward this will never change their minds,” Holderbaum says.

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t’s barely evening at Nighthawks and the parking lot is already filled with cars.

Various metal bands are unloading their equipment, as bearded long-hairs smoke cigarettes and laugh outside the stage door.

Shaun Thurston sits on the club’s back deck, nursing a half-empty pint.

Thurston is surely one of this area’s most notable, if not the most recognized, street artists and muralists. With an estimated 30 completed murals, both here and abroad, Thurston’s work is featured on the site of the former Burro Bar, as well as businesses,

“I heard more negativity about [the festival] before I was even aware of what it was,” says noted local muralist Shaun Thurston, who first heard about Art Republic three months ago. “The name was already TAINTED FROM ALL OF THE FURY about it.” including both the Jacksonville Beach and Riverside locations of The Blind Rabbit.

Thurston is the recipient of various awards and grants, including the inaugural 2013 One Spark, winnings from which helped create his piece for MOCA Jax’s Project Atrium series.

“I heard more negativity about it before I was even aware of what it was,” says Thurston, who first heard about Art Republic three months ago. “The name was already tainted from all of the fury about it.”

When Art Republic used an image of Thurston’s artwork on its Instagram account, some locals argued the apparent hypocrisy of a project that didn’t invite local

artists now using locals’ works to hype the event.

“That I don’t care about,” Thurston says of that appropriation of his work, dismissively waving his glass.

Far from feeling slighted for not being invited to participate, Thurston is supportive.

“I think it’s only good for the city. I understand what all of the angry artists are saying, about things like ethics. But this has all been filtered through everybody’s emotions or sculpted by somebody to be printed. None of it’s true to me.”

Thurston also understands the greater grievance, as some artists are now feeling literally overshadowed by outside talents.

“Everyone’s feeling rejected, and jealous.

And they just want their opportunity,” he says. “But that’s on the back of all of these artists attending Cultural Council meetings, and being promised over and over, ‘You will be given the opportunity, you will be given the chance to do these works, we will nurture you for the next level,’” he laughs.

“And then? Zero.”

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essica Becker embodies the rising wave of street artists. All tattoos, Atlantic Beach chill and DIY vibes, she is savvy in both creating murals and dealing with businesses to get a green light for the gig. Locally, Becker’s done

After being chosen as one of two local artists to create a mural, artist and Art Republic board member Nico Holderbaum feels caught in the crossfire. “I think that the people who have stood firm in their hatred toward this will never change their minds.”

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murals for TacoLu, Carribbean Connection, Lynch’s Irish Pub, Kona Skatepark and Backyard Pops. “The second I heard about Art Republic, I wanted to do a mural,” says Becker, who says she was thrilled about the idea, believing that local street artists and muralists would finally get an opportunity to use the city as a canvas. “I thought, ‘Who is this, what is this?’ And I couldn’t find anything. No one even heard about this. I heard about it from a person, not from any advertising,” she says. “People still don’t even know about this.”

Becker has twice painted murals at Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beach and disputes Santiago’s statement that the street art hot spot began with outside artists. “They definitely started with locals and that’s how I know that this festival isn’t being run correctly.”

More confusing was Becker’s direct communications with Santiago regarding whether Art Republic was an open or closed call.

Becker provided Folio Weekly with a copy of a message sent to Santiago on Sept. 7. In the message, Becker is clear in her intention to ask to participate as a muralist, rather than assistant; it reads in part: “I know there’s a lot of local artists that are qualified and have been waiting for an opportunity like this. Was there any plan to open this to local artists?”

Santiago’s reply, sent later that day, reads: “The artist selection is not based on residence but résumé and level of skill. It’s open to all artists. There are opportunities for murals as well as assistant positions.”

Back at her office on Laura Street, Santiago responds to this seeming contradiction of whether Art Republic was an “open call” or “closed call,” as all of the artists were ultimately chosen by her.

“Oh, it was definitely open to all artists.

I was considering anyone. I was searching for them for months. But no … no open call.

The opportunity was open.”

Becker is both baffled and angered about what she sees as a confusing inconsistency toward locals’ inclusion.

“My concern is that they would manipulate this and say that we were attacking them. But we really just had these concerns, and I wondered why we couldn’t just go directly to them about this.”

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hile renowned artist Jim Draper is perhaps best known for his resonant images of the natural environment, he’s equally concerned with the aesthetics of urban landscape, particularly the visual qualities of this city. Draper brings decades of experience as a respected artist, gallery owner, curator and educator. And he’s somewhat skeptical concerning the recent Art Republic expo.

“I think this would be exciting 20 years ago. Jacksonville needs to be thinking innovative,” Draper tells Folio Weekly. “I just think that every image that’s put in the public sphere needs to be carefully curated. And I think if you’re not careful, you wind up with visual clutter that isn’t ‘place specific.’ And you wind up like every other place, in every other part of the world.”

Draper’s criticism is directed at what can be essentially viewed as gaudy urban décor. During a recent visit to Manhattan, Draper walked the High Line. A former train line, this 1.45-mile-long, linear park runs along the Lower West Side of the city. “It celebrates a particular place, and a particular thing, and a particular time. They kind of curated the weeds and integrated

them with art pieces, very thoughtfully, and very introspectively,” Draper explains, adding that he believes Downtown Jacksonville boasts elements for a similar presentation. “It is public art, but it’s curated in such a way that the walk becomes a journey and a destination simultaneously.

And it identifies a place, and it’s unique to that place and time.”

While Draper is protective of our visual landscape, he’s hardly reverent to his creative endeavors being pinned down to an area code. “The controversy over which artists are involved is kind of a moot point. I mean, whoever does it, does it. I shy away from the term ‘local artist’ because that’s the last thing anybody wants to be called. It becomes a diminutive thing.”

Looking at the panoramic rather than the parochial, Draper seems more concerned with any impulsive, future embellishment affecting the city rather than the bruised emotions of a few. “I really just kind of put my hands over my eyes when I start seeing art controversy in Jacksonville because it’s starting to become predictable,” he laughs. “But I do think the ‘visual air’ of a place becomes public property. And I think in order for a city to become a destination, it needs to curate the look and feel of itself.”

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ack at her Laura Street gallery, Santiago has finished her double-espresso. As the interview winds down, she remains as impassioned about the impact of Art Republic as she was at the beginning of the conversation, if not more so. Art Republic is rolling along as planned; by Nov. 10, all of the works in progress should be complete. And Santiago is certainly not going to allow a “small number” of detractors, who she’s certain are not of international caliber, throw an unsightly blemish on what she calls the “great white space” of Downtown Jacksonville. “It’s no secret that Jacksonville has a lot to do. And the fact that this reaction comes from a core group, I think it puts the spotlight on what has kept the city where it’s at.”

While some Jacksonville artists are reticent to acknowledge the expo’s validity, it’s obvious that many businesses are fully on board. The fact that Santiago is so direct in her highly visible assemblage of commerce and visual art may make some uncomfortable. After all of the paint dries, and eventually fades, the locals who are participating in Art Republic are sure to have their own cache of memories assigned to an event where the city will experience a certain, albeit ephemeral, blitz of hashtags, comments and photos. And those critical of the event will have their own memories, either as skeptical visitors or resolute protestors. But regardless of one’s view of Art Expo and Santiago, questioning her ambition is one thing, qualifying her success is another.

“There’s a changing of the guard,” says Santiago with a smile, leaning back in her chair. “And you can either get used to it and join — or you can stay on the sidelines.”

Daniel A. Brown dbrown@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ For a map of the Art Republic murals in downtown Jacksonville, go to artrepublicjax.org.

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FOLIO A + E

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s consumers of art, in general, humans typically express a higher tolerance for the obscure, the subversive, or the avant-garde when taking in visual art. Though we may barely blink at, or eventually dismiss the work outright, we’ll grant at least fleeting consideration to an abstract, a minimalist, or a found-art piece.

But expose the untrained ear to atypically tuned, buzz-sawing guitars of a Sonic Youth noise solo, Yoko Ono’s off-key whooping on her Double Fantasy album with husband John Lennon or — more germane to this piece — the rejiggered vowel and consonant salad that is Kurt Schwitters’ Sonata in Urlauten (“Sonata in Primitive Sounds,”)and you’re bound to see a more visceral, more negative reaction.

Still, innovative composer, sound poet and performance artist Jaap Blonk endures. Blonk’s exploration of the sonically obscure began in the 1970s when the Dutchman first encountered the sound poems once performed by the Dada artists of the early 1900s.

Over the years, Blonk has developed a repertoire of pieces that includes original acoustic vocal performances of clicks, hisses and phonetic mashups, and works from the Dada, as well as the Fluxus movements of the 20th century.

He’s expanded recently to include visual installations and sonic experiments, all while continually striking a radical, avant-garde tone, inspiring and perplexing audiences, often simultaneously.

This Thursday, Nov. 17, Blonk makes his fifth visit to Northeast Florida,

performing a rendition of his 2012 multimedia show Yappiscope at Sun-Ray Cinema in Five Points.

Folio Weekly caught up with the enigmatic Blonk and discussed a wide range of topics, from how he prepares for a vocal performance to his social media diet.

Folio Weekly: How does one come to work in sound poetry? Were you interested in Dada or anti-art before you started creating your compositions?

Jaap Blonk: In the ’70s, I was in university studying math and physics. I quit about three-quarters through the curriculum. I was more interested in music and poetry. I was playing saxophone at the time and drifting into free jazz, free improv. I was taking workshops in various creative fields and one of them was about reciting poetry. There they offered a variety of material including some sound poems — one of them being the 1916 Hugo Ball sound poems that he recited at the Cabaret Voltaire. That was the big eyeopener for me. I immediately felt that this field would offer me freedom and creativity — being freed from both the meaning of the words and the rules of music.

You work in a medium that is widely considered to be outside the mainstream.

Do you enjoy any contemporary popular media? Are there current or popular musicians you like?

Mostly [I do not listen to] the music of the, so they say, stars that have millions of fans. Ninety-nine percent of middleof-the-road music doesn’t interest me.

I’ve been listening to the new album of Radiohead. They are one of my favorites.

I like Calexico. And since the mid’90s, I’ve been following the drum and bass musician Squarepusher.

That may not be contemporary [laughs], but I like his music.

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Sound artist Jaap Blonk continues his decades-long assault on our SONIC AND LINGUISTIC presumptions

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Aside from pushing your voice to the limit at times, your performances include quite a bit of improvisation. How do you prepare?

Do you have a regimen you follow?

I don’t practice so much anymore. I’ve done a lot of practice in the past. When I’m on tour, performing every night, I don’t really need to practice. Now it is more the technical setup — the computer and the visuals — that needs to be well-prepared.

As consumers of art, we tend to have a higher threshold for the subversive or the unorthodox in visual arts. Why aren’t we more open-minded about sounds?

I think people have a shorter attention span than they used to. For instance: When I post a nice picture on Facebook, I get a lot of ‘likes.’ But when I post a link to a sound piece I made, even if it’s only like a minute or so, I get almost nothing. People don’t take the time today.

So you’re an avid Facebook user?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ll announce shows on Facebook and Twitter and post when there are new things to hear or look at.

You’ve added visuals to your shows in recent years. Is the imagery intended to influence the audience’s interpretation of or reaction to the auditory stimuli?

I never think about influencing the audience. I choose my material on the basis of what I like to show. From the beginning of my career, I’ve never thought of audience interpretation, or strategies to influence the audience. My only criteria are what I like to present.

The performance at Sun-Ray includes visuals, sound poems, compositions as well as improvised pieces originally part of your 2012 project Yappiscope. What can the audience expect to hear and see on Nov. 17?

Yappiscope was my first show that had the addition of visuals all the way through.

The one I’ll do in Jacksonville has more Dada. It will have more projections from experimental, silent films from the 1920s, which I will do live soundtracks to. So, it is more tilted toward Dada and Fluxus art.

There will be some interactive stuff where I do live manipulation of the images.

Are you improv-ing while manipulating those images?

Yes. I have all the possibilities lined up in a software program and I can freely choose what to jump to.

Where do you find that the influence of Dada most pervades popular culture?

I don’t know. I see very little influence of Dadaism. Wherever I perform, I have the same reaction. People say they have never seen anything like that. So it’s still very obscure — very unknown to the general public. Of course, there are many artists like me who were influenced by Dada, or have their roots in improvised music. But for the general public, Dada and what I do are very much obscure. It’s even less prevalent than it was in the 1970s. Our culture is much more conservative now.

Is that motivating to you? Do you feel a sense of mission or purpose in your work?

Well, yeah [sighs]. I can only make and present the things that I feel I have to. I get a lot of feedback from young people, from students, who say ‘you opened my eyes to a new area.’ Even to the extent where people say, ‘this has changed my life.’ So that is very rewarding.

Matthew B. Shaw mail@folioweekly.com

JAAP BLONK

9 p.m. Nov. 17, Sun-Ray Cinema, Riverside, free, sunraycinema.com

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FOLIO A+E : MAGIC LANTERNS

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Third time’s THE CHARM with these idiosyncratic neo-noir and thriller flicks

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raving some recent international thrillers for a change of cinema diet, I trolled new releases seeking curious titles. I’d been rewarded in the past with two French films, which I decided to watch strictly because of their titles: Who Killed Bambi? (2003) and The Lady in the Van with Glasses and a Gun (’15).

Not so lucky this time, at least with my first two tries.

Trap for Cinderella is a ’13 English thriller adapted from a novel by French author Sébastien Japrisot, whose other works include the basis for Lady in the Van… as well as A Very Long Engagement (’04), one of my favorite Audrey Tautou films. With eclectic British director Iain Softley (Wings of the Dove, Inkheart, The Skeleton Key) behind the camera, the credentials seemed promising.

Unfortunately, the plot-with-a-twist is completely unbelievable, particularly as the movie grinds to its climax, introducing an important but completely improbable character near the end to wrap things up (or rip them apart, depending on your reaction).

The movie opens with a catastrophe from which Micky (Tuppence Middleton) wakes up after extensive plastic surgery, with no memory of who she is or what happened. Reunited with former best friend Do (Alexandra Roach), Micky starts on an odyssey of self-discovery.

There are shades of Single White Female as Do becomes fixated on the more-vibrant young woman, but more than anything Trap for Cinderella is plot-heavy, turning to murder, blackmail and sundry other villainies - none particularly convincing.

The acting is fine, but the script is bland.

Director Softley, floundering for coherence, can do little more than rely on frequent shots of Middleton’s breasts in a tacky attempt to keep the viewer’s attention.

My next try for something different and good has an even weirder title: The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (’13). A BelgianFrench production, co-written and co-directed by husband and wife Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, The Strange Color… is the opposite of Trap for Cinderella – oozing style but void of plot.

Obviously influenced by the Italian giallo thrillers of the ’70s and ’80s, The Strange Color…. has lots of images of leather-bound women and stilettos, abundant nudity, a creepy apartment building with hidden rooms galore – the whole enterprise charged with sadomasochistic fervor and a broad assortment of visual and technical tricks (split-screen, black-and-white alternating with color, pulsing techno score). It’s plenty wild and I have no idea what’s going on.

A man returns from a business trip to discover his wife is gone. He calls a cop and starts to investigate the other rooms in his apartment building, finding all sorts of weird folks there doing all sorts of weird things to him and one another and maybe to his wife.

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Or maybe she’s dead and he’s just plain nuts.

Whatever the case, something is terribly out of whack.

Repeated viewings of The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears might yield a rational narrative for a dedicated viewer, but I doubt the returns are worth the effort. In the hands of a Mario Bava or Dario Argento, the giallo was a stylish treat; Cattet-Forzani’s attempted tribute to the genre induces only a headache.

My third try, though, proved to be the charm. Just Another Love Story, a 2007 Danish film, is a conscious riff on classic film noir that gets everything right, with a love story that is anything but just another.

The film opens abruptly with three short, numbered segments, each titled “Love Story.”

No. 1 shows the narrator lying on his back in the rain, his blood collecting on the street as he comments how they’ll soon be outlining his body in chalk. “A good shot,” he remarks, “the victim in the rain.” As a sobbing woman kneels beside him, he tells us, “The woman.

There always has to be a woman.”

The second vignette reveals the same couple in bed, whispering endearments before they start to have sex, only to be interrupted by one of their children. No. 3 shows a weeping couple saying how much they love each other, while he urges her to shoot him in the chest. The sound of the shot introduces the film’s title: Just Another Love Story.

Written and directed by Ole Bornedal (Night Watch), this thriller has it all – clever plot, stylish direction, good acting, original twists. Bornedal’s nod to Sunset Boulevard and the noir genre in general clicks on every chamber, like the hammer on a loaded revolver. Warning his married friend not to get involved with a mysterious stranger, a cop tells him: “Beautiful women and a mystery.

Isn’t that how all film noirs begin?”

Would that they were all as good as Just Another Love Story.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING SUN-RAY CINEMA Doctor Strange and Arrival are running, 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. Jaap Blonk presents Yappiscope runs Nov. 17. Torrey Pines screens Nov. 22. The Handmaiden starts Nov. 23. Moonlight starts Nov. 25.

CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Vita Activia runs through Nov. 17. I Love Your Man is screened for Throwback Thursday, noon Nov. 17. My Man Godfrey runs 8 p.m.

Nov. 17 for Cult Classic, followed by a half-hour Q&A. Christine starts Nov. 18. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

IMAX THEATER Dr. Strange, Robots 3D, America Wild: National Parks Adventure, A Beautiful Planet and Secret Ocean screen at World Golf Village IMAX Theater, St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them starts Nov. 17. The Polar Express starts Nov. 25.

ARTS + EVENTS PERFORMANCE

JAAP BLONK Legendary Dutch sound artist Blonk performs a “live” soundtrack to a variety of Dada films from the 1920s, as well as Fluxus films from the 1960s, at 9:15 p.m. Nov. 17 at Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., Riverside, 359-0049, free, sunraycinema.com.

SAVION GLOVER Tony Award-winning dancer Glover performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $25-$59, floridatheatre.com.

A CHRISTMAS STORY Alhambra Theatre & Dining presents the wacky tale about Ralphie, who wants a genuine Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas; Nov. 23-Dec. 24. Dinner at 6 p.m.; brunch at noon, each featuring a themed menu by Executive Chef DeJuan Roy; at 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $49.95-$62 plus tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.

CREATIVE WRITING JUNIOR PUBLIC READING Douglas Anderson School of the Arts students read their original works at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 346-5620, duvalschools.org.

VOICES OF THE DARK AND CLASSIC A Classic Theatre presents its original stage production, featuring dramatic works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, Dante Alighieri, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Robert W. Service, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19 and 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at Pioneer Barn Theater at Fort Menendez, 259 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 829-5807, $20; $10 students, aclassictheatre.org.

SWAMP RADIO PRESENTS EARLY THANKS The second annual Swamp Radio “Early Thanks” dinner features a down-home, three-course, Southern-style Thanksgiving dinner, along with comedy sketches, interviews, Irish storyteller Derek Coghlan, writers Kate Norton, Laure Lee Smith, Ray Sharpe and Mark Woods, Tiffany Melanson, and live music by the Retreads, Duffy Bishop and the Unnamed Trio, singer Katherine Archer, and percussionist Charlotte Mabrey, at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, $70 advance; $88 day of, for a full schedule of events, menu and to purchase tickets, go to swampradiojax.com.

HAND TO GOD Players by the Sea stages Robert Askins’ darkly comic play, about the forces of good and evil battling in Texas, with sock puppets in the cast, at 8 p.m. Nov. 17, 18 and 19 at 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $23, playersbythesea.org.

NEVER THE SINNER The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company, stages this retelling of the 1920s trial of Loeb and Leopold, at 8 p.m. Nov. 17, 18 and 19 at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, $20, eventbrite.com.

DREAMGIRLS The R&B and soul musical smash is presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina Beach, 277-3455, $20; $15 students, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com.

UNNECESSARY FARCE Orange Park Community Theatre stages this slapstick comedy, about the ins and outs of cops and crooks, at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19 and 3 p.m. Nov. 20 at 2900 Moody Ave., 276-2599, $18; $10 students, opct.info.

THE GAME’S AFOOT (or HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS) The popularity Sherlock Holmes is current enjoying is further elevated with this holiday-tinged whodunit, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19 and 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., 396-4425, $25; $20 seniors, military, students; theatrejax.com.

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Alhambra Theatre & Dining presents the raucous musical about a young woman who never misses her target through Nov. 20. Dinner 6 p.m.; brunch noon; themed menu by Executive Chef DeJuan Roy; Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $35-$62 plus tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.

JU SENIOR CHOREOGRAPHY CONCERT Jacksonville University dancers are featured at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at JU’s Swisher Theater, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, $10; $5 seniors, military, students; arts.ju.edu.

CLASSICAL & JAZZ

SAX IN THE LIBRARY Saxophonist Melvin Smith performs a wide-ranging repertoire at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Headquarters Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island, 278-3722, claycountygov.com.

JU JAZZ COMBOS & JAZZ ORCHESTRA Jazz students perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Jacksonville University’s Phillips Fine Arts Black Box Theater, 2800 University Blvd.

N., 256-7386, arts.ju.edu.

CHAMBER ENSEMBLES CONCERT JU classical students perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 256-7386, arts.ju.edu.

BILL WATROUS Trombonist Watrous performs at 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 17 at University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-2878, $8-$25, unf.edu/coas/music/ calendar.aspx.

JAX SYMPHONY: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS The Jacksonville Symphony performs a live score to Tim Burton’s animated classic The Nightmare Before Christmas at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19 at Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, 300 Water St., Downtown, 354-5547, $27-$77, jaxsymphony.org.

PIANIST NAOMI NISKALA Niskala performs a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 620-2878, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx.

FLORIDA CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT The Project performs works by Haydn and Shostakovich at 3 p.m. Nov.

20 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, pvconcerthall.com.

PETER AND THE WOLF The Jacksonville Symphony presents its classic family-geared concert with guest narrator, First Lady of Jacksonville Molly Curry, at 3 p.m.

Nov. 20 at Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, 354-5547, $27-$77, jaxsymphony.org.

OSPREY CHORAL SHOWCASE The Showcase, featuring women’s and men’s choruses and student soloists, is presented at 4 p.m. Nov. 20 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 620-2878, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx.

LAWTON ENSEMBLE The San Marco Chamber Music Society performs with members of the Lawton Ensemble at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 3976 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, sanmarcochambermusic.org.

MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS Chip Davis’ musical holiday tradition, celebrating 30 years of success, is presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 442-2929, $48.50$79.50, artistseriesjax.org.

JAZZ AT DASOTA The annual program, Fall DA Jazz Night, is presented at 6 p.m. The Winter Jazz Night is held at 7:30 p.m.; both on Nov. 23 on Douglas Anderson School of the Arts’ Mainstage, 2445 San Diego Rd., San Marco, 346-5620; duvalschools.org.

COMEDY

RICH GUZZI Comedian-hypnotist Guzzi, who blends adult humor and, uh, hypnosis, appears at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 and 10, and at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Nov. 11 and 12 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $12-$15, comedyzone.com.

RON FEINGOLD Funnyman Feingold appears at 8 p.m. Nov. 11 and at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, $15-$27, jacksonvillecomedy.com.

TRACY MORGAN SNL alum and star of 30 Rock Morgan appears at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, $43-$73, thcenter.org.

FRED’S ALL-STAR COMEDIANS Spike, Ozrick Cooley, and others are on at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at The Comedy Zone, $10, comedyzone.com.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

NEW TOWN URBAN FARM Urban Geoponics and New Town are developing a large community garden at Pearce and West Third streets, in the New Town/Edward Waters area, Northside. It will provide fresh produce and a hands-on, open-air center of learning for the community and area students. Urban Farm meets 10 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sun. Details, call Diallo-Sekou at 706-284-9808.

ART WALKS & MARKETS

JAXSON’S NIGHT MARKET Street food vendors, craft beer, local farmers, artisans and crafters are featured from 5:309 p.m. every third Thursday at Hemming Park, Downtown, facebook.com/jaxsonsnightmarket.

NORTH BEACHES ART WALK Galleries of Atlantic and Neptune beaches are open 5-9 p.m. every third Thursday from Sailfish Drive in Atlantic Beach to Neptune Beach and Town Center, 753-9594, nbaw.org.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local, regional art, music – Cindy Bear and Franc Robert, LaVilla School of the Arts Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Chamber Orchestra, UNF Jazz Ensemble II at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 19 – under the Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

FLAGLER CREATES! The seventh annual Flagler Creates! festival, featuring handmade artwork items by students, faculty, staff and alumni, is held from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 19 at Flagler College Department of Art & Design’s Block Party, at Wiley Hall, 74 King St., St. Augustine, 826-8582, flagler.edu.

MUSEUMS

AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. It Came from the Attic: The Lesesne House is currently on display.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Chief curator Holly Keris discusses Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art at 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 16; $6; registration required. David Ponsler: Chasing Shadows, is on display through Oct. 4, 2017. Folk Couture: Fashion & Folk Art, works by 13 artists inspired by Folk Art Museum, displays through Jan. 1. Lift: Contemporary Expressions of the African American Experience, works of local artists Thony Aiuppy, Glendia Cooper, Ingrid Damiani, Overstreet Ducasse, Dustin Harewood, Marsha Hatcher, Hiromi Moneyhun, Princess Rashid, Chip Southworth, Roosevelt Watson III, through Feb. 12.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/jax. html. An exhibit of photographic works by Will Dickey, staff photographer for The Florida Times-Union, is on display through Dec. 30.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. The Project Atrium: Nicola Lopez installation, A Gentle Defiance of Gravity & Form, a skyscraper-like construction that combines steel and printed imagery, is on display Nov. 19-Feb. 26. Leaves: Recent Prints & Sculpture by Donald Martin is on display through Jan. 22. Retro-Spective: Analog Photography in a Digital World, featuring contemporary photographers exploring 19th-century photographic processes, displays through Jan. 8.

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FOLIO A+E : MUSIC Decades into his career, David Crosby still SWIMS IN THE CREATIVE current and adoration of his muse

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avid Crosby remains inspired. And as ever, it’s always about the songs. After helping codify ’60s rock with the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), Crosby kicked off the ’70s with the release of his first solo album, If I Could Only Remember My Name, which, along with Skip Spence’s Oar, (1969) remains one of the most spellbinding, and at times almost-uncomfortably intense, listenings of that era. Written as a kind of wake for the death of then-girlfriend Christine Hinton, If I Could Only Remember My Name perfectly balanced shadow and light, despair and hope, in a way that surely helped forge a template Crosby would use, and modify, throughout his career. For the remainder of that decade, Crosby enjoyed the life of a de facto rock star demigod. Crosby’s proudly libidinous life (his song “Triad” was surely the first rock song to celebrate a three-way) nearly leveled him when he stepped into the wolf trap of heroin and cocaine addictions. As the ’80s rolled around, a heavily strung-out Crosby ultimately got clean (he acknowledges that kicking cold turkey while behind bars and doing nine months in a Texas state prison helped facilitate that metamorphosis).

In the decades since, the now-75-yearold Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has wasted little time, releasing a half-dozen solo albums, performing with CPR (along with his son James Raymond), as well as guesting with artists, including Phil Collins, Lucinda Williams and David Gilmour.

Crosby’s latest, Lighthouse, offers an atmospheric, openness fueled in no small part by his surrounding himself with a group of notable, contemporary jazz players. The backing band includes Michael League (vocals, bass, acoustic guitar), Bill Laurence (piano) and Cory Henry (organ), all from neo-fusion heads Snarky Puppy; acclaimed vocalists Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis complete the group. Like much of Crosby’s body of work, the nine songs on Lighthouse run the gamut from the pensive (“Paint You a Picture”) to the hopeful (“By the Light of the Common Day”).

Crosby returns to Ponte Vedra Concert Hall with his new band on Nov. 21, to play his new tunes as well as enduring faves.

Crosby phoned Folio Weekly from his California home; we riffed on his current creative flow, how happiness makes the best art, and Bach and Miles.

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Folio Weekly: David, how are you doing today?

David Crosby: I’m a very happy guy today, I gotta tell you. I wrote another song. Every time one comes, it’s like having a baby without having to carry the cannonball around for nine months. “Boom,” there comes another one.

Listening to Lighthouse, I’m really impressed at how well your singing voice and range have really held up well over the years. And all of your contemporaries surely can’t say that.

When you’re off the road, are you the kind of musician who always has a guitar in hand?

Yeah, a lot. I do it every day, trying to keep my chops up. I also try to make sure that when the muse is in the neighborhood, the doors and windows are open. And what brain cells I have left are herded into the same room.

[Laughs.] And welcome her in. So that’s been working. I’ve been writing a ton.

LOVE

I used to do it and is still how people do it a lot. And I don’t think it’s real. At least for me — I don’t know about anybody else.

But I think when you have your course set and you know what’s important to you, and you’re on track and happy with your family, and happy with your lot in life and music, that’s when it clicks. That’s when I get this flow of songs.

I always thought that your chord choices leaned toward “wider” jazz chords; Bill Evans’ chords. Do you consciously try to use something like a minor ninth or 11th chord?

Absolutely. You see, I was raised mostly on jazz music and was never a pop music guy until the Everly Brothers caught me with the harmonies. I didn’t even like Elvis. I started out listening to Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, that ’50s era. And all roads into jazz lead to [John] Coltrane and Miles [Davis]. Along the way, I acquired a great love for these complex chords. I couldn’t play ’em Lighthouse came out just a little over two in regular tuning; that’s why years after Croz, so I guess I started reaching into the the muse has been hanging AN EVENING WITH DAVID guitar with these strange around. Does she just show CROSBY AND FRIENDS tunings. And then I met up or do you know how to 8 p.m. Nov. 21, Ponte Vedra Joni Mitchell and that just text her so she’ll visit?

Concert Hall, $64-$103, slugged me in the heart and I wish. No, it’s more than pvconcerthall.com she’s brilliant at it. And then you know. I have another, I met Michael Hedges and new record already on my holy fucking shit! He ripped my head off. computer. And this is all because I’m happy.

I don’t think that’s the only explanation, This could be just my perception, but the because I’m older than dirt and this doesn’t chord progression on the verse of the new make any sense at all. [Laughs.] But there it is. song, “The Us Below,” almost has the same I’m going to welcome it because it’s what I do. madrigal-style color of “Guinnevere,” “Mind It’s what they put me here to do.

Gardens” and “Orleans,” which dates from the 15th century. You mentioned jazz, but The whole collection is strong with some candid lyrics. In particular, in the song you do you feel as if you were influenced by mentioned, “By the Light of the Common more esoteric song forms early on — like Day,” you sing: “As if being happy isn’t madrigals or styles others rarely use now in songwriting? quite enough/somehow I needed to make it I heard a lot of classical music when I was rough/rough it up to break it.” I don’t know growing up. My parents used to play, like, the if that lyric is memoir or fiction, but do Brandenburg Concertos and that affects you you feel like you sometimes create chaos in very strongly because it’s rich. So I grew up your own serenity? with a big harmonic reservoir there. I know No! God, no! [Laughs.] Artists have always it’s put me out on the edge. I’m certainly not a come with this story of [in a woeful voice], “pop guy.” I’ve never had a hit in my life. But “Oh, my life is just terrible. It’s where I get I do like where the music goes for me, so I my art.” And … it’s a load of crap. It’s an unabashedly go in that direction. And I think excuse to have your life in disarray and an it’s worked. excuse to explain why you get loaded every night. At least it is for me. My best work Speaking of “Guinnevere,” when Miles comes from me being happy. What I was covered that song, he reduced it to a dirgetalking about in that song is that it is how

like, four-note motif. And you didn’t really dig it and told him so. What did you not like about it?

Well, when Miles first told me that he cut it, I was ecstatically thrilled because he’s a hero of mine. But what he did was take it and run it to the horizon, so when I heard it, I was, like, “Where’s the ‘Guinnevere’ part? I don’t get it.” There’s no recognizable part of my song that I heard on the first listening. Of course, later on, I realized what an honor it was that he did that.

Are there any other artists’ covers of your songs you do like?

Well, my stuff was a little complex and kind of out on the edge, so not very many people have ever covered it.

There’s a great band called Sebadoh and they did a remarkable version of “Everybody’s Been Burned.” It’s both reverent and radical.

I’ve never heard that. Will you send me a link?

OK, I will. [A&E Editor’s note: After the interview, we immediately sent Sebadoh’s version to Crosby’s personal email] If I Could Only Remember My Name is a record that’s continually embraced by successive generations. Many of my generation took that record to heart and now millennials praise it. And rightfully so. Why do you think it keeps finding newly devoted audiences?

I don’t know, except that it’s a very heartfelt record. I was in the studio, I was in a very emotional state, I had songs, Jerry Garcia and I were good friends, and he showed up almost every night. Pretty hard not to make great music if you’re with that guy. All of my friends showed up: Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, Phil Lesh, the guys from Santana … really wonderful people.

They were all my friends. Kantner and David Freiberg and I used to live together before we were in bands. I went on to help start the Byrds and they went on to help start Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service. And they all came.

It was so un-Hollywood and completely genuine. I would serve the song until the lyric came and then we’d make the record.

Serve the song.

Daniel A. Brown dbrown@folioweekly.com

ARTS + EVENTS WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM 1 World Golf Pl., St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfhalloffame.org. Grace & Grit – Women Champions Through the Years is on display.

GALLERIES

THE ART CENTER GALLERY Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. The Little Rembrandts Show, artwork by kids in grades K-8, is on display through Dec. 2. Princess Simpson Rashid is the featured artist for November.

BREW FIVE POINTS 1024 Park St., Riverside, 374-5789, brewfivepoints.com. The opening reception for the exhibit Signs of Life, featuring new works by Chip Southworth, is held 6-10 p.m. Nov. 17.

BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577, butterfieldgarage.com. The exhibit Fusion, featuring a contemporary collaborative of art glass and photography, is on display through Nov. 29.

CoRK ARTS DISTRICT 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside, corkartsdistrict.com. The CoRK Open Studios Day, which invites the general public to meet the resident artists and check out (and hopefully buy!) some of their works, is held from noon-8 p.m. Nov. 19.

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/news-events/crisp-ellert-artmuseum. The auditory-themed exhibit Sound displays through Nov. 22.

THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. The opening reception for the exhibit Visions: Ancient & Modern, featuring works

by Mary Lou Gibson and Worley Faver, is held from 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 18. The exhibit displays through Jan. 5.

DEERWOOD CENTER CAMPUS FSCJ, 9911 Old Baymeadows Rd., 997-2500, fscj.edu. Donald Martin: Leaves of Grass, inspired by Whitman’s poem, displays through Dec. 1.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreetgalleryart.com. The 17th Annual Christmas Ornament Show is on display through Dec. 24.

Watercolorist Sandra Baker Hinton’s Coastal Colors is on display through Jan. 4.

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Rd., Southside, 535-7252, floridamininggallery.com. The opening reception for the exhibit Identity and Abstraction, featuring works by Michael Hunter, Christina West and Alex Jackson, is on display.

GALLERY 1037 Reddi-Arts, 1037 Hendricks Ave., Southbank, 398-3161, jacksonvilleartistsguild.org. The Jacksonville Artists Guild (JAG) presents the exhibit Les Quatre Amis, featuring works by Princess Simpson Rashid, Annelies Dykgraaf, Cookie Davis and Marsha Hatcher, through December.

HUBLEY GALLERY 804 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 429-9769. Mary Hubley’s Toescape exhibit is on display.

KENT CAMPUS GALLERY FSCJ, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd., 646-2300, fscj.edu. The opening reception for the Student Holiday Show, featuring paintings, drawings, mixed media and digital media by Kent Campus art students, is held from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 22; the exhibit runs through Dec. 6.

LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 824-2874, lightnermuseum.org. The Ribault Garden Club presents its Victorian Crafting & Tree Trimming event, featuring a “tussy mussy” workshop, tea and cookies, and a raffle, from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 20; $40.

MAGNOLIA’S PUB 1190 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill, 240-1574, magnoliaspub.com. Kevin Arthur’s portrait art is featured during November.

MONROE GALLERIES 40 W. Monroe St., Downtown, 881-0209, monroegalleries.com. Works by Jami Childers, Barbie Workman, Amber Angeloni, Zara Harriz, Amber Bailey and First Coast Plein Air Painters are displayed.

MONYA ROWE GALLERY 4 Rohde Ave., St. Augustine, monyarowegallery.com. The exhibit Tropic Apparition, new works by painter Amy Lincoln, is on display through Dec. 18.

NASSAU COUNTY LIBRARY 25 N. Fourth St., Fernandina Beach, 277-7365, nassaureads.com. The Art of the Japanese Print, from the Christine and Paul Meehan Collection, is on display through Dec. 30.

PLUM GALLERY 10 Aviles St., St. Augustine, 825-0069, plumartgallery.com. New works by painter Sara Pedigo and assemblage artist Barbara J. Cornett are on display through February.

ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Bldg., 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 471-9980. The Betty Griffin Center: A Day Without Violence exhibit is featured through Jan. 26.

SO GALLERY The DeLO, 420 Broad St., Downtown, 901-5515, sublimeoriginal.com. The exhibit Life is Beautiful: An Exhibition

of Works by Linda Broadfoot, Jim Draper, Thomas Hager, Chris Leidy and Steven Lyon, displays through Jan. 9.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 150, 438-4358, southlightgallery.com. Anna Reynolds-Patterson and S.J. Lane are the featured artists; the works of 18 collaborative members are also featured.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., 824-2310, staaa.org. The exhibit Florida Forever! is on display through December.

THRASHER-HORNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, thcenter.org. New works

by David Ouellette and Jennifer Tallerico are on display through Dec. 14.

UNF NORTH GALLERY OF ART Founders Hall, Bldg. 2, Rm. 1001, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-2534, unf.edu/gallery. The Pre[Serve] Juried Exhibition is on display through Nov. 18.

EVENTS

RIVERKEEPER OYSTER ROAST The 15th annual fundraiser is held from 7-11 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Garden Club, 1005 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville. A silent auction, seafood — a plethora of the tasty bivalve mollusks — fare from Biscottis, and music by Cloud 9 are featured. Tickets are $125; $75 for those younger than 35; 256-7591; proceeds benefit the continuation of St. Johns Riverkeeper’s effective advocacy, outreach and education programs; stjohnsriverkeeper.org.

INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING GRATITUDE SERVICE The 99th annual OneJax Interfaith Thanksgiving Gratitude Service features many different traditions, including Baha’i, Buddhism, Christianity, Greek Orthodox, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Native American, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Unitarian Universalism and others, is held from 6-7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church, 4001 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 620-1529; all are welcome; bring canned goods and dry goods for UCOM UrbanServ, unf.edu/onejax.

ROCK THE BEACHES Atlantic Beach Cares presents its event featuring food, live music by the Rip Currents, a dance contest, silent auction and cash bar, from 7-11 p.m.

Nov. 17 at Casa Marina Hotel, 691 First St. N., Jax Beach, 903-9424, $30; proceeds help to create public awareness around the negative impact and the dangers of a proposed 24/7 mega-Gate gas station within the local community, atlanticbeachcares.com.

TASTE OF AMELIA The 25th annual Taste of Amelia, a food and wine tasting (duh) event, offers an array of foods to sample from more than 15 high-end restaurants, along with a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and an audience-chosen “Best Dish of the Taste,” from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 18, Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort’s Amelia Ballroom, 39 Beach Lagoon Rd., $50; proceeds benefit the Nassau County Volunteer Center, volunteernassau.org.

JAX ILLUMINATIONS HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW The fourth annual Drive Thru Holiday Light Show, featuring a mile-long drive through more than a million holiday lights, is held nightly from 6-9:30 p.m. Nov. 18-Jan. 1 at Morocco Shrine Center, 3800 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside, $20; seven passenger maximum, $2.50 each additional passenger, jaxilluminations.com.

NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST FESTIVAL North Florida Land Trust presents its Salt Marsh Brewgrass Festival, with live music by Parker Urban Band, Come Back Alice, and Flat Land, local beers, wine and food, kids’ games, a guided 1.5-mile hike and guided kayak paddle for an additional fee, from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 19 at Big Talbot Island’s Talbot House, 12134 Houston Ave., Fernandina Beach, $35 advance; $40 day of. Bring a blanket, chairs and reusable water bottles, northfloridalandtrust.org.

FLORIDA THEATRE BEACH PARTY The Florida Theatre holds its 2016 Beach Party fundraiser, featuring food, beer, wine and soda, from 5:30-9 p.m. Nov. 19 at Atlantic Beach Country Club, 1600 Selva Marina Dr., $150; $750 VIP table for four, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com.

INCREDIBLE EDIBLES The 21st annual sale – with homemade goodies, frozen entrées, side dishes, casseroles, soups, desserts, crafts, collectibles, gift baskets, raffles and the beignets-serving French Café – is held from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 19 at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 465 11th Ave. N., Jax Beach, 249-4091, stpaulbythesea.net.

FIRST COAST FREETHOUGHT SOCIETY The Society presents Joque H. Soskis, retired UNF faculty member, and retired Florida Bar member, discussing “American Public Education: The Sinister Linkage – ACE events, the GINI score and a Rapidly Deepening Spiral,” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Buckman Bridge Unitarian Church, 8447 Manresa Ave., Orange Park, 268-8826, firstcoastfreethoughtsociety.org. _____________________________________________

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Tony Award-winning dancer SAVION GLOVER performs Nov. 18 at The Florida Theatre, Downtown.

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here’s a tendency in the garage rock world to pay little heed to stylistic specifics or sonic categorizations. And that’s OK: When a band blows minds with hypercharged live shows and irrepressible energy, who cares what touchstones they referenced for the all-analog recording of their latest limited-edition vinyl?

Such is the case with Australia’s Straight Arrows. A deliciously acid-fried mix of psychedelic skronk, fuzzed-out pop jangle, and beer-soaked basement punk, Owen Penglis, Angie Bermuda, Alex Grigg and Adam Williams clearly owe a debt to Nuggets-style underground ’60s rock.

But over the course of two full-length albums and countless 7-inch singles — all recorded by Penglis either at home or in his more recent Goliath Professional Record Studio venture — Straight Arrows have gone dark, jammed hard, and even sprinkled soul, country and power pop into the mix. All while everyone in the band plays in other bands and works other jobs, mind you. Folio Weekly caught up with Penglis just hours after he and the band landed in the United States.

Folio Weekly: How has Straight Arrows’ first week in the U.S. been?

Owen Penglis: We landed on election night and things were really quiet. Then, the next day everyone was super bummed out. But by the weekend, people seemed a little better. And our first few shows with Thee Oh Sees were sold out.

And now you get to visit Florida for the first time.

Oh, man, we’re so stoked. [Show promoter] Nick [Commoditie] from St. Augustine first got ahold of us five years ago and he’s been working hard — like emailing all the time — to get us down there ever since. And since it’s our first time, the lineups we’re playing with are amazing.

You guys produced a new release just for this tour, right?

Yep, a 7-inch with a couple of new tracks. But those provide a good taste of the new material we’ve been working on, which should be out on a new full-length record next year.

What would you say is the biggest change with this new material?

You can hear everything a little better these days. [Laughs.] And we’ve gotten a little better at playing our instruments. Besides that, sound-wise, I feel like all of our records

ALL OR

NOTHING Australia’s Straight Arrows bring their unbridled GARAGE-PUNK heat to Florida for the first time have been a mixed bag. Even the songs within each album can sound way different than each other. And that’ll be true for the new one as well.

Are you influenced heavily by the music you listen to? Does that seep into the music you write?

Definitely. I love finding weird old bands from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. There are so many strange bands like Shoes and When In Rome who were only around for a short time but whose records we love listening to.

STRAIGHT ARROWS with JENSEN SERF CO, THE COSMIC GROOVE, DJ PAPA C

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Though this is your first Florida gig, Straight Arrows seem to tour in the U.S. a lot. What’s so special about our country?

The shows are so fun — in Australia, people are pretty chill. But here in America, we can get a couple hundred people out raging at every show, which is awesome. It’s easier to go to the U.S. now that we’ve been around for a while. But coming from Australia, it’s still a lot to line up — we gotta get work visas and put a lot of effort in to make it happen.

Speaking of work, what does everybody in the band do outside of music?

Our drummer Adam’s always been an architect — we’re in New York now and he’s off looking at buildings while we’re going to record stores. Al the guitarist works in booking, and Angie the bassist works in a bookshop half the time. I do some recording and DJing, just trying to hustle and make things happen.

A few years ago, there was a huge surge of garage rock acts coming out of Australia. Are they still around?

Eh, it’s hard to say at the moment. There aren’t a heap of bands like us around.

And probably none of them could match your insane onstage energy. Have things gotten any tamer for Straight Arrows?

We bought a guitar tuner [laughs]! And we can play a bit better now. But the shows are definitely just as raw as they’ve always been. When you ride in the van all day, you’re itching to get onstage and go nuts.

That’s what the fans expect.

Noisey.com referenced the Orlando show specifically and said, “We know someone (most likely Owen) will be rolling around in broken glass.”

Yeah — maybe I should have gotten health insurance before I came over this time? Going to the hospital is so damn expensive here in the U.S. Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com

Austin, Texas singersongwriter JOE PUG performs Nov. 17 at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Riverside.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK

SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. Nov. 16, Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247.

FUNK YOU 8 p. m. Nov. 16, 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown, $8 advance; $10 day of.

ERIC JOHNSON 8 p.m. Nov. 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $43-$53.

ETANA 8 p.m. Nov. 16, Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $15.

BRONCHO, PLASTIC PINKS, FAZE WAVE 8 p.m. Nov. 16, Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $10.

The Elbow Jam: WHOLE WHEAT BREAD, TOMBOI, WISE RIVER, BIGFOOT BAREFOOT, DR. SCIENCE, AARON LEBOS REALITY, BROOKLYN MIKE, others 7-10 p.m. Nov. 17, at various venues in Downtown Jacksonville Crescent Beach Jam Matanzas Riverkeeper Benefit: JACOB HAMILTON, HUNTER MILLER, MORE 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 17, O’Loughlin Irish Pub, 6975 A1A S., St. Augustine, 429-9715.

TYLER FARR 7 p.m. Nov. 17, Mavericks Live, $15-$20.

JOE PUG 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, 389-6222, $35, riversidefinearts.org.

HALF NOISE, THE NIXON TAPES, BOYSIN 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Jack Rabbits, $10 advance; $15 day of.

GALACTIC, THE HIP ABDUCTION 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $24.50 advance; $27 day of.

DAVISSON BROTHERS BAND, GRANT PAXTON BAND 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17, The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311, $8 advance; $10 at the door.

3 THE BAND 9 p.m. Nov. 17, Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680.

FAT CACTUS 9:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208.

WVRM Fest 4: YOUNG AND IN THE WAY, CULTURE KILLER, SHROUD EATER, HEXXUS, SPACE CADAVER, 25 more 6 p.m. Nov. 18 & 19, 1904 Music Hall, $20 advance two-day pass; $15 at the door.

YELLOWCARD, LIKE TORCHES, DRY JACKET 7 p.m. Nov. 18, Mavericks Live, $25.

AMIRA 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, Times-Union Center’s Terry Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 633-6110, $30-$50.

LONESOME RIDE 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $10.

THE GOOD WOOD BAND, BLACKWATER GREASE, LOVE CHUNK, CAT McWILLIAMS 8 p.m. Nov. 18, Jack Rabbits, $8 advance; $10 day of.

BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND 8 p.m. Nov. 18, Times-Union Center’s Moran Theater, 633-6110, $55-$90.

STRAIGHT ARROWS, JENSEN SURF COMPANY, THE

COSMIC GROOVE 8:30 p.m. Nov. 18, Shanghai Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 547-2188.

BIG LOGIC & THE TRUTH SERUM 9 p.m. Nov. 18, Mardi Gras Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 823-8806.

BOOGIE FREAKS, CIRCUS 9:30 p.m. Nov. 18, Whiskey Jax. EVAN MICHAEL & THE WELL WISHERS 10 p.m. Nov. 18 & 19, Flying Iguana.

CUPID’S ALLEY 10 p.m. Nov. 18, The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611, $2.

Riverside Arts Market: CINDY BEAR, FRANC ROBERT, LAVILLA SOA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, DOUGLAS ANDERSON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE II 10:30 a.m. Nov. 19, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449.

THE WONDER YEARS, REAL FRIENDS, KNUCKLE PUCK, SEAWAY, MOOSE BLOOD 6 p.m. Nov. 19, Mavericks, $22.

MICHAEL PETER SMITH 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Mudville Music Room, $15.

NELLIE McKAY 8 p.m. Nov. 19, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $38.50-$43.50.

HELMET, LOCAL H 8 p.m. Nov. 19, Jack Rabbits, $20.

RON NORRIS AND FRIENDS 9 p.m. Nov. 19, Mardi Gras Sports Bar. SMOKE STACK, PARTY CARTEL 9:30 p.m. Nov. 19, Whiskey Jax. WARNING 10 p.m. Nov. 19, The Roadhouse, $2.

ENTER THE HAGGIS, JIG TO A MILESTONE 8 p.m. Nov. 20, The Original Café Eleven, $15 advance; $18 at the door.

DARREN CORLEW 8:30 p.m. Nov. 20, Flying Iguana.

The Acoustic Sessions Series: TOM LEON, AMY BASSE, DENTON ELKINS, BRYAN SPRADLING 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, Amelia Community Theatre’s Studio 209, 207/209 Cedar St., Fernandina Beach, 261-6749, $10.

DAVID CROSBY 8 p.m. Nov. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $64-$103.

BOBAFLEX, AUTOMATIK FIT 8 p.m. Nov. 22, Jack Rabbits, $10 advance; $12 day of.

STEVE VAI 8 p.m. Nov. 23, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $25-$49.

UPCOMING CONCERTS FANTASIA, GUORDAN BANKS, LA’PORSHA RENAE Nov. 25, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts AARON TILL Nov. 26, Mudville Music Room OWEL, THE SOIL & THE SUN Nov. 27, 1904 Music Hall KENNY G Nov. 28, The Florida Theatre QUEENSRYCHE, ARMORED SAINT Nov. 29, Mavericks Live DREAM THEATER Nov. 29, The Florida Theatre JIMMIE VAUGHAN Nov. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PERPETUAL GROOVE Nov. 30, Mavericks Live CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO Dec. 1, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BOYZ TO MEN Dec. 1, Thrasher-Horne Center

PATRICK BARTLEY Dec. 1, Ritz Theatre DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS CHRISTMAS, VALERIE SIMPSON, KENNY LATIMORE, JONATHAN BUTLER Dec. 1, The Florida Theatre Winter Formal: THE 1975, PHANTOGRAM, SILVERSUN PICKUPS, GLASS ANIMALS, COIN Dec. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND Dec. 2, P. V. Concert Hall SARA EVANS Dec. 2, The Florida Theatre ARSENIO HALL Dec. 2 & 3, Comedy Zone SAM PACETTI Dec. 2, Mudville Music Room TONY JOE WHITE, MERE WOODARD Dec. 3, PV Concert Hall ROCK ’N’ ROLL HOLIDAY SHOW Dec. 3, Florida Theatre TRAVIS TRITT Dec. 4, The Florida Theatre WATERMEDOWN, DAISYHEAD, CAPSTAN Dec. 4, Courtyard Neptune Beach NIYKEE HEATON Dec. 4, Mavericks Live Jingle Jam for St. Jude: DAVID NAIL, GRANGER SMITH, RUNAWAY JUNE Dec. 7, Times-Union Center TAYLOR HICKS Dec. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 8, Mudville Music Room BARB WIRE DOLLS Dec. 9, Jack Rabbits Elio’s Quartet: ELIO PIEDRA, LIVAN MESA, YUNIOR ARRONTE, YORGIS GOIRICELAYA Dec. 10, Ritz Theatre CHRIS LANE Dec. 10, Mavericks Live GARRISON KEILLOR Dec. 11, The Florida Theatre A Peter White Christmas: RICK BRAUN, EUGE GROOVE Dec. 11, The Ritz Theatre THE OAK RIDGE BOYS Dec. 13, The Florida Theatre EDWIN McCAIN Dec. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 15, Veterans Memorial Arena GRIFFIN HOUSE Dec. 18, Café Eleven JACKIE EVANCHO Dec. 21, The Florida Theatre DONNA THE BUFFALO, BUTCH TRUCKS & THE FREIGHT TRAIN BAND Dec. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE NTH POWER Dec. 30, Ritz Theatre SHEN YUN 2017 Jan. 3 & 4, Times-Union Center MICHAEL BOLTON Jan. 11, The Florida Theatre DAMIEN ESCOBAR Jan. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall WIMPY RUTHERFORD & THE CRYPTICS Jan. 13, Shanghai Nobby’s Winter Jam: CROWDER, BRITT NICOLE, TENTH AVENUE NORTH, ANDY MINEO, COLTON DIXON, THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH, NEWSONG, OBB, SARAH REEVES, STEVEN MALCOLM Jan. 13, Veterans Memorial Arena HENRY ROLLINS Jan. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LOS LOBOS Jan. 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PINK MARTINI Jan. 17, The Florida Theatre MIKE DOUGHTY Jan. 18, Jack Rabbits DR. JOHN & THE NITE TRIPPERS Jan. 18, P.V. Concert Hall UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE Jan. 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Spend the Night with BILLY CRYSTAL Jan. 25, Times-Union Center’s Moran Theater

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The Hard Stuff: WVRM Fest 4 features performances by heavyweights including Miami sludge-heads SHROUD EATER (pictured) and more than 25 other aggro rockers Nov. 18 & 19 at 1904 Music Hall, Downtown.

JEANNE ROBERTSON Jan. 21, The Florida Theatre ELVIS LIVES Jan. 24, Times-Union Center GLADYS KNIGHT Jan. 25, The Florida Theatre LEE BRICE, JUSTIN MOORE, WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN Jan. 26, Veterans Memorial Arena KATHLEEN MADIGAN Jan. 27, The Florida Theatre J BOOG, JEMERE MORGAN Jan. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall KENNY ROGERS, LINDA DAVIS Jan. 28, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Performing Arts THE BEACH BOYS Jan. 28, The Florida Theatre VOCALOSITY Feb. 1, The Florida Theatre CHRISTIE DASHIELL Feb. 2, Ritz Theatre

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ARLO GUTHRIE Feb. 2, The Florida Theatre TOM RUSH Feb. 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PAT METHENY, ANTONIO SANCHEZ, LINDA OH, GWILYM SIMCOCK Feb. 3, The Florida Theatre SARA WATKINS Feb. 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BOSTON POPS ESPLANDE ORCHESTRA Feb. 4, TimesUnion Center for the Performing Arts GAELIC STORM Feb. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE Feb. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TAJ MAHAL Feb. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The BABES Feb. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Lincolnville Porch Fest: CHELSEA SADDLER, TELEPATHIC LINES, RIVERNECKS, THE WOBBLY

TOMS, GHOST TROPIC, AMY HENDRICKSON, SAND FLEAS, ROBBIE DAMMIT & THE BROKEN STRINGS, NESTA, RAMONA QUIMBY, KYLE WAGONER, EARLY DISCLAIMERS, LONESOME BERT & THE SKINNY LIZARDS, KENSLEY STEWART, THE WILLOWWACKS, ASLYN & THE NAYSAYERS Feb. 12, St. Augustine UNDER THE STREETLAMP Feb. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall AL DI MEOLA Feb. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ANDY McKEE Feb. 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THREE DOG NIGHT, AMERICA Feb. 16, Florida Theatre RICHARD THOMPSON Feb. 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE PAUL THORN BAND Feb. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE PIANO GUYS Feb. 17, The Florida Theatre TOBYMAC, MATT MAHER, MANDISA, MAC POWELL, CAPITAL KINGS, RYAN STEVENSON, HOLLYN Feb. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena TRAE CROWDER, COREY RYAN FORESTER, DREW MORGAN Feb. 18, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES Feb. 19, The Florida Theatre COLIN HAY Feb. 22, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOE BONAMASSA Feb. 22, The Florida Theatre MINDI ABAIR Feb. 23, Ritz Theatre MANHATTAN TRANSFER, TAKE 6 Feb. 23, Florida Theatre FOREIGNER, KANSAS Feb. 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ELIZABETH COOK, DALE WATSON Feb. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall OLD 97’s, BOTTLE ROCKETS Feb. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DENNIS DeYOUNG, JACKSONVILLE ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Feb. 26, The Florida Theatre AGENT ORANGE, GUTTERMOUTH, THE QUEERS, THE ATOM AGE Feb. 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Party TAJ EXPRESS Feb. 28, Times-Union Center MARC COHN March 1, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE WEIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BAND March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LUCINDA WILLIAMS March 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SPYRO GYRA March 5, The Florida Theatre KODO March 11, The Florida Theatre CLINT BLACK March 12, The Florida Theatre THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND March 16, Florida Theatre GET THE LED OUT March 17, The Florida Theatre ADAM SAVAGE, PILOBOLUS SHADOWLAND March 21, The Florida Theatre I Love The ’90s Tour: VANILLA ICE, NAUGHTY BY NATURE, SUGAR RAY’S MARK McGRATH, BIZ MARKIE, ALL-4-ONE, YOUNG MC March 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CHEYENNE JACKSON March 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 1964: The TRIBUTE March 25, St. Augustine Amphitheatre AIR SUPPLY March 26, The Florida Theatre JIM BRICKMAN March 31, The Florida Theatre RICK THOMAS April 1, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ANA POPOVIC April 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LEO KOTTKE, KELLER WILLIAMS April 6, Florida Theatre LITTLE RIVER BAND, JACKSONVILLE ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 7, The Florida Theatre ANDRAE MURCHINSON April 8, Ritz Theatre NuSoul Revival Tour: MUSIQ SOULCHILD, LYFE JENNINGS, AVERY SUNSHINE, KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL April 8, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts BUDDY GUY, THE RIDES (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg) April 9, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CHRIS BOTTI April 18, The Florida Theatre MJ LIVE! April 20-23, Times-Union Center TOWER OF POWER April 22, The Florida Theatre RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS April 23, Veterans Memorial Arena ERIC CHURCH May 5, Veterans Memorial Arena

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC BASTILLE May 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL Sept. 16, Veterans Memorial Arena DELFEAYO MARSALIS Sept. 29, Riverside Fine Arts Series

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA

ALLEY CAT BEER HOUSE, 316 Centre St., 491-1001 John Springer every Thur. Brian Ernst every Fri. LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646 Miguel Paley 5:30-9 p.m. every Fri.-Sun. Javier Parez every Sun. SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 King Eddie & Pili Pili 6 p.m. Nov. 16. Tad Jennings Nov. 17. JC & Mike Nov. 18. Arvid Smith, Savannah Bassett, Davis Turner Nov. 19. Savannah Bassett, JC & Mike Nov. 20.

Mark O’Quinn Nov. 22 SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Black Jack Band every Fri.

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores 8 p.m. every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music 9 p.m. every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 9 p.m. every Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200 Live music every Thur.-Sat.

THE BEACHES

NYC ‘90s-alt-metal greats HELMET (pictured) play with ‘90s-not-so-greats LOCAL H Nov. 19 at Jack Rabbits, San Marco.

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

BLUE TYPHOON, 2309 Beach Blvd., 379-3789 Ras AJ 6 p.m. Nov. 19. Live music most weekends BLUE WATER ISLAND GRILL, 205 First St. N., 249-0083 El Dub 8 p.m. Nov. 22. Live music every weekend BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff 8 p.m. Nov. 16. Live music most weekends FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 3 the Band 9 p.m. Nov. 17. Evan Michael 10 p.m.

Nov. 18 & 19. Darren Corlew 8:30 p.m. Nov. 20. Live music every weekend GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Murray Goff every Fri. Under the Bus every Sat. Gene Nordan 6 p.m. every Sun. HARBOR TAVERN, 160 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 246-2555 Live music most weekends LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Live music 10 p.m. Nov. 18 & 19. Split Tone every Thur. Chillula every Fri. Be Easy every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Movember with NW Izzard 9 p.m. Nov. 16. Bread & Butter Nov. 17. Custard Pie Nov. 18. Live music every weekend MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. Mezza Shuffle every Mon. Trevor Tanner every Tue. MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Parker Urban Band, Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones 10 p.m.

Nov. 19 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Billy Bowers 7 p.m. Nov. 16. Live music every Wed.-Sun. SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Cowboy Rolex 8 p.m. every Thur.

SOUTHERN GROUNDS & CO., 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Jazz Corner 6 p.m. Live music weekends WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Fat Cactus 9:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Circus 9:30 p.m. Nov. 18.

Party Cartel 9:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Murray Goff 6 p.m. every Wed. ZETA BREWING, 131 First Ave. N., 372-0727 Live music every Thur.-Sat.

CAMDEN COUNTY, GA.

CAPTAIN STAN’S SMOKEHOUSE, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Acoustic music 6:30 p.m. every Sat.

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Funk You 8 p.m. Nov. 16. WVRM Fest 4: Young & In the Way, Culture Killer, Shroud Eater, Hexxus, Space Cadaver Nov. 18 & 19. Trilla Trill, Big Dawg Nov. 20. Owel, The Soil & The Sun Nov. 27 DE REAL TING, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738 De Lions of Jah 7 p.m. Nov. 18. Live music most weekends DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon every Thur. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall every Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB, Jax Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. Nov. 16. Mikey Clams Nov. 19. Live music every Fri. & Sat. MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Shotgun 10 p.m. every Sat. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Etana 8 p.m.

Nov. 16. Tyler Farr 6 p.m. Nov. 17. Yellowcard, Dryjacket Nov. 18. Wonder Years, Real Friends Nov. 19. Queensryche, Armored Saint Nov. 29. Perpetual Groove Nov. 30. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat. MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 DJs Lady Miaou, Booty Boo, Cry Havoc, Some Dude 9 p.m. Glitz Wed.

Q45, live music Wed. EDM every Thur. Eric Rush every Fri. DJ IBay Sat. Bangarang & Crunchay Sun. THE SPACE GALLERY, 120 E. Forsyth St., 651-9039 The Mother Gooses, DJ Tony Pratt 7 p.m. Nov. 17 THE VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams St., 414-3171 Go Get Gone 9 pm. Nov. 19. Swing Dance Sundays 7 p.m.

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Felix Chang 9:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Live music most weekends WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 The Ride 9 p.m. Nov. 18 & 19. Cortnie Frazier 4 p.m. Nov. 20. Live music every Thur.-Sun.

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Anton LaPlume Nov. 16. Ozone Baby Nov. 18 & 19. Open mic every Tue. Live music most weekends JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Retro Katz 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18

MANDARIN

ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci Nov. 16 & 20 IGGY’S SEAFOOD SHACK, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 101, 209-5209 Brittney Lawrence 6 p.m. Nov. 17. DJ Greg every Wed.

ORANGE PARK + MIDDLEBURG DEE’S MUSIC BAR, 2141 Loch Rane Blvd., Ste. 140, 375-2240 Live music weekends. DJ Daddy-O every Tue. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael on the piano every Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Darrell Rae 10 p.m. Nov. 16. DJ Big Mike Nov. 17.

Cupid’s Alley 10 p.m. Nov. 18. Warning 10 p.m. Nov. 19.

Live music every weekend SHARK CLUB, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Digital Skyline 9 p.m. Nov. 16. Live music most weekends

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A, 280-7766 DiCarlo Thompson 7 pm. Nov. 19. Live music most weekends TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Deron Baker Nov. 16. Gary Starling Jazz Band Nov. 17. Cortnie Frazier Nov. 18. Javier Naranjo Nov. 19 & 23

RIVERSIDE + WESTSIDE

ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 6834182 Live music most weekends BRIXX, 220 Riverside Ave., 300-3928 Live music every Thur. & Fri. HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 10, 513-4272 Live music every Fri. LIMES LIVE, 11265 S. Lane Ave., 444-2709 Emmure 7 p.m. Nov. 19 MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Shannon Saint Lewis & the Riverstone Band, Caleb Roddy 8 p.m. Nov. 18. iPrayz, Nichole Young 7 p.m. Nov. 19 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Live music most weekends RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Cindy Bear & Franc Robert, LaVilla SOA Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Anderson SOA Chamber Orchestra, UNF Jazz Ensemble II Nov. 19 UNITY PLAZA, 220 Riverside Ave., 220-5830 Live music most every weekend

ST. AUGUSTINE

CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Deron Baker, Chillula Nov. 18. SMG, Ain’t Too Proud to Beg Nov. 19. Vinny Jacobs Nov. 20 MARDI GRAS, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Big Logic & the Truth Serum Nov. 18. Ron Norris & Friends Nov. 19. DJ Rob St. John every Wed. O’LOUGHLIN IRISH PUB, 6975 A1A S., 429-9715 Matanzas Riverkeeper Benefit: Jacob Hamilton, Hunter Miller, More 6 p.m. Nov. 17 THE ORIGINAL CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Davisson Brothers Band 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Enter The Haggis, Jig to a Milestone 8:30 p.m. Nov. 20 SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 Straight Arrows, Jensen Surf Company, The Cosmic Groove 8:30 p.m. Nov. 18 TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Place, 342-0286 Sax English Salsa Band 6 p.m. Nov. 20 TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Spanky 9 p.m. Nov. 18 & 19. Carrick, Wilson Hunter Band every Wed. JP Driver every Thur. Elizabeth Roth every Sat. Keith Godwin & the Rio Grande Band every Sun. Mark Hart, DVB every Mon. Mark Hart, Those Guys every Tue. Live music every night

SAN MARCO

JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Broncho, Plastic Pinks, Faze Wave 8 p.m. Nov. 16.

The Good Wood Band, Blackwater Grease, Love Chunk, Cat McWilliams 8 p.m. Nov. 18. Helmet, Local H 8 p.m. Nov. 19. Prowess, Bobaflex, Automatik Fit 8 p.m. Nov. 22 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Lonesome Ride 7 p.m. Nov. 18. Michael Peter Smith 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Aaron Till 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26

SOUTHSIDE + BAYMEADOWS

GREEK STREET CAFÉ, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 503-0620 Tavernalive 6 p.m. every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Charlie Walker 8 p.m. Nov. 17. DiCarlo 8 p.m.

Nov. 18. Anton LaPlume 8 p.m. Nov. 19 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Fat Cactus Nov. 17. Boogie Freaks 9:30 p.m. Nov. 18.

Smokestack, Party Cartel 9:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Melissa Smith open mic every Thur. Blues jam every Sun. Country jam every Wed.

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

THE BIRDHOUSE, 1827 N. Pearl St., 634-7523 Live music most weekends THE HEADLAMP, 818 Clay St. Live music every Fri. and Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 15170 Max Leggett Parkway, 757-8843 Live music most every weekend SANDOLLAR, 9716 Heckscher Dr., 251-2449 Live music every Fri.-Sun. SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 10 Year Party: DJs 3 Clops I, Kidd Tzer 7 p.m. Nov. 25 _____________________________________________ To list your band’s gig, please send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price, and a contact number to print to Daniel A. Brown, email dbrown@folioweekly.com or by the U.S. Postal Service, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Events run on a space-available basis. Deadline is at noon every Wednesday for the next Wednesday’s publication.

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FOLIO DINING All-natural foods and custom salads make Southside’s Tossgreen a healthier choice for your lite dining plans. photo by Dennis Ho

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH

29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29southrest aurant.com. Historic downtown bistro’s Chef Scotty Schwartz serves traditional regional cuisine with a modern twist. $$ L Tu-Sa; D M.-Sa; R Sa BEACH DINER, 2006 S. Eighth St., 310-3750, beachdiner. com. Innovative breakfast: Eggs on the Bayou, fish-n-grits; French toast, riders, omelets. Lunch fare: salads, burgers, sandwiches, shrimp & crabmeat salad. $ K TO B R L Daily BRETT’S Waterway Café, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F On the water at Centre Street’s end, it’s Southern hospitality in an upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F In historic building, family-owned café has worldly fare, madefrom-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh greens, veggies, seafood. Dine inside or al fresco under oak-shaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub next door has beer brewed onsite, imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season CHEZ LEZAN Bakery Co., 1014 Atlantic Ave., 491-4663, chezlezanbakery.com. Fresh European-style breads, pastries: croissants, muffins, cakes, pies. $ TO B R L Daily The CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap .com. F Nearly 40 years, family-owned-and-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L D Daily DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, amelia islanddavids.com. Steaks, fresh seafood, rack of lamb and ribeye, Chilean sea bass, in an upscale atmosphere. Chef Wesley Cox has a new lounge menu. $$$$ FB D Nightly DICK’S Wings & Grill, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 310-6945. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianes cafe.com. F Renovated 1887 shotgun house. Faves: jambalaya, French toast, pancakes, mac & cheese, crêpes. Vegan items.

Inside or porch overlooking historic area. $$ BW K TO B L D Daily La MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646. Spanish, Portuguese fare, Brazilian flair. Tapas, seafood, steaks, sangria. Drink specials. AYCE paella Sun. $$$ FB K TO D Nightly LARRY’S Subs, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. LECHONERA EL COQUÍ, 232 N. Second St., 432-7545. New Puerto Rican place. Chulleta kan kan (pork chops), Tripletta churosco sandwich, more. $ FB TO L D Tu-Su MOON RIVER Pizza, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriver pizza.net. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie/slice. Calzones, salads. $ BW TO L D M-Sa The MUSTARD SEED Café, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa

DINING DIRECTORY KEY AVERAGE ENTRÉE COST $ $$

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ABBREVIATIONS & SPECIAL NOTES BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

DICK’S Wings, 9119 Merrill Rd., Ste. 19, 745-9300. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

LARRY’S GIANT Subs, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802.

F SEE ORANGE PARK. SID & LINDA’S Seafood Market & Restaurant, 12220 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 109, 503-8276. Pick a whole fresh fish, have it cleaned, filleted, cooked to order. Dine in, take out. Housemade sauces. $$ K TO L D Daily

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

CHOMP CHOMP, 4162 Herschel St., 329-1679. Relocated.

Chef-inspired: The Philadelphia Experiment (sweet pork over arugula), panko-crusted chicken, burgers, Waldorf salad, bahn mi, Southern fried chicken, The Come Up (portabella mushroom, green tomato salsa, almonds). Curry Chomp chips, pasta salad. HH. $ BW L D Mon.-Sat. The FOX Restaurant, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669. Owners Ian and Mary Chase offer fresh fare, homemade desserts.

Breakfast all day; signature items: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes. $$ BW K L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years.

American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

PINEGROVE Market & Deli, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. Fri. & Sat. fish fry. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa Restaurant ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurant orsay.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. French/Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa

BAYMEADOWS

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The PATIO PLACE, 416 Ash St., 410-3717, patioplacebistro. com. Bistro/wine bar/crêperie’s menu of global fare uses crêpes: starters, entrées, shareables, desserts. $$ BW TO B L D Tu-Su POINTE Restaurant, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. In award-winning inn Elizabeth Pointe Lodge. Seaside dining, open to public. Dine in or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu. Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, salads, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner.

2nd-story outdoor bar. Owners T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Oceanfront.

Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood.

Open-air 2nd floor, balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S Burger Station, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F Family-owned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa

AL’S Pizza, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

INDIA’S Restaurant, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S Subs, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE O. PARK. METRO Diner, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO.

NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. The WELL Watering Hole, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, glass/ bottle wines. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO L M-F; D Tu-Sa TEQUILAS, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101, 363-1365, tequilasjacksonville.com. New Mexican place has casa-style dishes made with fresh, spicy hot ingredients. Vegetarian option. Top-shelf tequilas, drink specials. $$ FB K TO L D Daily

DINING DIRECTORY BEACHES (Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. NY-style gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. 28+ years. All day HH M-Thu. $ FB K TO L D Daily ANGIE’S Subs, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S Grom Subs, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. Subs made with fresh ingredients, 25+ years. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea.

Grom has Sun. brunch, no alcohol. $ K BW TO L D Daily BEACH DINER, 501 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-6500. SEE AMELIA. BEACH HUT Café, 1281 Third St. S., 249-3516. 28+ years.

Full breakfast menu served all day (darn good grits); hot plate specials Mon.-Fri. $ K TO B R L Daily CRUISERS Grill, 319 23rd Ave. S., 270-0356, cruisersgrill. com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. Half-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, big salads, awardwinning cheddar fries, sangria. $ BW K TO L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F SEE RIVERSIDE. FAMOUS TOASTERY, 311 N. Third St., 372-0712, famous toastery.com. New place has breakfast and lunch: corned beef hash, gluten-free pancakes, bacon, omelets, eggs, toast. Wraps, Bloody Marys, mimosas, peach Bellini. $$ FB K TO B L Daily The FISH COMPANY Restaurant, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, AB, 246-0123, thefishcojax.com. Bite Club. Casual. Oyster raw bar, fresh local seafood, Mayport shrimp, crab, lobster. Homestyle desserts. Patio; all-day HH Sun. $$ FB K TO L D Daily FLAMING SEAFOOD & SHAO KAO BBQ, 1289 Penman Rd., 853-6398. New place (is it Chinese? Barbecue? Seafood?) serves meats and vegetables, spiced, skewered on bamboo sticks – like Chinese street food. $ BW TO L D Daily FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. F Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. Classic Old World Roman cuisine, large Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen.

Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su The HASH HOUSE, 610 Third St. S., 422-0644, thelovingcup hashhouse.com. New place offers locally sourced fare, locally roasted coffees, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian dishes – no GMOs or hormones. $ K TO B R L Daily LARRY’S Subs, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop HH. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO.

GRILL ME!

DOWNTOWN

AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 125, 446-3119, akelsdeli.com. F NYC-style deli. Fresh subs, sandwiches, burgers, gyros, wraps, vegetarian, breakfast, signature dressings. $ K TO B L M-F CANDY APPLE CAFÉ & COCKTAILS, 400 N. Hogan, 353-9717, thecandyapplecafeandcocktails.com. Chef-driven Southern/ French cuisine, sandwiches, entrées, salads. $$ FB K L Daily; D Tu-Sa CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Chef Sam Hamidi serves Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa FIONN MACCOOL’S Irish Pub & Restaurant, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1547, fionnmacs.com. Casual dining, uptown Irish atmosphere; fish & chips, Guinness lamb stew, black-andtan brownies. $$ FB K L D Daily INDOCHINE, 21 E. Adams St., Ste. 200, 598-5303, indochine jax.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Thai, Southeast Asian cuisine.

Signature dishes: chicken Satay, soft shell crab; mango, sticky rice dessert. $$ FB TO L D M-F; D Tu-Sa OLIO Market, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F From-scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa URBAN GRIND Coffee Company, 45 W. Bay, Ste. 102, 866-395-3954, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. Locally roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, pastries, smoothies, bagels, cream cheeses. Chicken/tuna salad, sandwiches. WiFi. $ B L M-F. URBAN Grind Express, 50 W. Laura, 516-7799. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC Bar & Grill, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet.

Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa

photo by Brentley Stead

WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. Gastropub. Craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, street fare tacos, signature plates, whiskey. HH. $$ FB L D F-Su; D Nightly

FLEMING ISLAND

DICK’S WINGS, 1803 East-West Parkway, 375-2559. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 1915 East-West Parkway, 541-0009. F SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

TAPS Bar & Grill, 1605 C.R. 220, Ste. 145, 278-9421, tapspub lichouse.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 50+ premium domestic, import tap beers. Burgers, sandwiches, entrées. $$ FB K L D Daily WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfish camp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S Pizza, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

DICK’S Wings, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 32, 223-0115. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

MARVIN BARNES

The FOX Restaurant

3580 St. Johns Ave., Avondale Born in: Chicago, Illinois Years in the Biz: 25 Fave Restaurant: Chomp Chomp Fave Cuisine Style: Southern food Fave Ingredients: Basil, cilantro Ideal Meal: Red beans and rice with homemade cornbread Will Not Cross My Lips: Microwave food Insider's Secret: You have to have passion for cooking Celeb Sighting (at my place): Jaguars' Mark Brunell Taste Treat: Bananas Foster

M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, mshackburgers. com. David and Matthew Medure flip burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine in or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 1585 Third St. N., 458-1390. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. POE’S Tavern, 363 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7637, poestavern. com. Gastropub, 50+ beers, burgers, fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 30+ years, iconic seafood place. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlifefoodshack.com. Specialty items, tuna poke bowl, fresh sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444, seachasers.com.

New place; four areas: First Street Bar, Music Room, Beach Bar, Dining Room. Daily HH. In or on patio. $$ FB L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., NB, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual spot.

Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. Brunch Sun. $$ FB K L Sa/Su; D Nightly SURFWICHES Sandwich Shop, 1537 Penman Rd., 241-6996, surfwiches.com. Craft sandwich shop. Yankee-style steak sandwiches, hoagies, all made to order. $ BW TO K L D Daily THIS CHICK’S KITCHEN, 353 Sixth Ave. S., 778-5404, thischickskitchen.com. Farm-to-table restaurant serving healthful, locally sourced clean meals. Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian options. $$ TO L D W-Sa V PIZZA, 528 First St. N., 853-6633, vpizza.com. Traditional Neapolitana artisan pizza from Naples – Italy, not Florida, made with fresh ingredients. $$ FB TO L D Daily

GERMAN SCHNITZEL HAUS, 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40, 221-9700, germanjax.com. Authentic German/fusion fare: schnitzels, plus bratwurst, stroganoff, käsesspätzle. 13 German beers in bottles, on tap. Bar bites, cocktails. Outdoor BierGarten. HH Tu-Thur. $$ FB L & D Tu-Su LARRY’S, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE O.PARK. SURFWICHES Sandwich Shop, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 29, 559-5301. SEE BEACHES.

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

AKEL’S DELI, 12926 Gr +nbay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN.

AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

BEACH Diner, 11362 San Jose Blvd., 683-0079. SEE AMELIA. CRUISERS, 5613 San Jose Blvd., 737-2874. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

DICK’S WINGS, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134. 965 S.R. 16, 825-4540. 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. 10391 Old St. Augustine, 880-7087. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458, enzas.net. Family-owned place serves Italian cuisine, veal, seafood, specials. $$$ FB K TO D Tu-Su FIRST COAST Deli & Grill, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477.

Pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily JAX DINER, 5065 St. Augustine Rd.,739-7070. New spot serves local produce, meats, breads, seafood. $ TO B L Daily METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Organic soups, baked items, sandwiches, prepared

BITE SIZED BITE-SIZED Imbibe like the COOL KIDS at The Kookaburra

DOWN UNDER,

BOTTOMS UP

IF YOU THINK YOUR HIPSTER CARD IS IN DANGER of being revoked, head to any one of three THE KOOKABURRA locations in St. Augustine. The first location, on U.S. 1 South, is a large space with lots of baked goods, a wide selection of drinks, convenient tables and elevated booth/bar seating that has extra plugs for electronics.

The interior is simple, with dark woods and light metal; the gray walls are adorned with all manner of little Australian paraphernalia; think Dos Equis and Tooheys Draught. The decorations are a happy reminder that, yes, you could totally be in Queensland instead of still in the U.S. of A. The business is named for the kookaburra bird, a tiny kingfisher, native to Australia, with brilliant blue plumage. Even the Aussie pies have local flavor in their names; case in point: the Ned Kelly, named for a famous bushranger, or Australian outlaw, from the 1800s.

In addition to a gigantic drink menu of coffees, teas and beers, Kookaburra carries traditional Aussie Pies ($5.10). They have meat and veggie versions, like the Ned Kelly ($6.17), a sirloin potpie with egg and bacon, or the breakfast-style egg and white cheddar. Plunge a fork into the crispy golden crust of this miniature potpie and you’ll find it full of hot, fragrant, savory filling. I tucked into the vegetable curry pie, with broccoli, carrots and snap peas in a creamy curry base.

A big draw is the local kombucha ($5) on tap from St. Augustine purveyor Local Booch Kombucha. They serve whatever is in season, so it’s a nice surprise every time. The day I visited Kookaburra, watermelon hibiscus kombucha was being served – obviously a no-brainer. I was pleased as punch with the refreshingly cold, startlingly red, tart and fizzy kombucha.

The efficient barista recommended the Hot Aussie (medium, $4.20) from the signature drink menu. Despite its name, it can be enjoyed either

BITE-SIZED

THE KOOKABURRA

1835 U.S. 1 S., Ste. 133, St. Augustine, kookaburrashop.com, 209-9391 24 Cathedral Place, Ste. 100; 647 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach hot or cold. It’s the kind of coffee I love, and the kind that Luke Danes would hate. It starts with a base of great coffee, and finishes with plenty of cream and sugar.

Next up was the tea, and for me, it’s always going to be Chai (large, $4.35), especially when it’s a house blend. The Kookaburra’s is peppery with good notes of cardamom. Kookaburra has dairy alternatives for all, so no matter if you prefer almond, soy, coconut or cow’s milk, they’ve got you covered.

There’s also a nice selection of baked goods made in-house at the flagship location. When the barista pointed to a square covered in chocolate and explained that it was a Lamington ($3), a traditional Australian cake with strawberry filling, covered with chocolate and then sprinkled with coconut, I said yes immediately. The baked goods are served on little wood slabs, as adorable as they are Instagram-worthy – no filter needed. I loved the presentation, which made my little pie and lamington taste even better.

Grab a book, take your computer and go get some coffee and chill at The Kookaburra. While I can’t speak for the tunes all the time, whoever was DJing that day was killing it.

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DINING DIRECTORY

GIVE

PINT-SIZED

THANKS

& GET

TANKED How a BEER SHORTAGE led to the colonization of Massachusetts WITH THANKSGIVING JUST DAYS AWAY, I THINK a story about how beer was part of the reason why the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock is appropriate. Despite some naysayers, the tale of a beer shortage aboard the Mayflower in 1620 that lead to their being dumped in present-day Massachusetts has been circulating for years.

Believers point to a diary entry by an unnamed Mayflower passenger that reads, “We could not now take time for further search … our victuals being much spent, especially our beer ….” See, beer was used as a water supply because water itself was unsafe to drink. The beer-less situation, it seems, was dire.

According to legend, things soon went from bad to OMG-we’re-all-going-to-die-and/or-be-eatenby-wolves serious. Passenger William Bradford was asked to negotiate with Christopher Jones, the masted carrack’s captain, for more beer. In his book, Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford wrote, “As this calamity fell among the passengers that were to be left here to plant, and were hasted ashore and made to drink water that the seamen might have the more beer, and one in his sickness desiring but a small can of beer, it was answered that if he were their own father, he should have none.”

With no beer, things got real in the colony. As the weather grew more harsh, Jones relented, letting the Pilgrims back aboard the Mayflower for a while. By Christmas, though, all of the passengers’ beer supply was gone. A small amount of the crew’s supply was given to the passengers on Christmas Day, but before long, the wayfarers were sent ashore again, to fend for themselves.

The story of the thirsty Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock was seized upon by Anheuser-Busch just after Prohibition ended in the 1930s. When it became clear that stories of scurvy, dying Pilgrims and tyrannical captains didn’t exactly give consumers the warm and fuzzy needed to sell beer, the anecdote was embellished into a much more heroic yarn, becoming a staple of Budweiser’s holiday advertising.

There you have it – the narrative taken as fact as to how a shortage of beer forever altered the course of American history.

To pair beers with your Thanksgiving feast, try these:

PINT-SIZED

AYINGER OKTOBERFEST-MÄRZEN, SIERRA NEVADA OKTOBERFEST Oktoberfest beer is a traditional variety of German beer also known as Märzen. It’s generally darker and stronger than traditional beers, with an alcohol content of about 6 percent. Characterized by medium to full body, malty flavor and a clean dry finish, Oktoberfest beers are particularly good with meat and poultry; indeed, a traditional menu at Munich’s Oktoberfest includes roasted poultry.

DOGFISH HEAD PUNKIN, SOUTHERN TIER PUMKING In America’s early days, malted barley was quite hard to acquire; it had to be imported from England, so the malt was expensive, out of reach for lower classes, so colonists searched for other things to use as sources of sugar in their brews.

Pumpkins were indigenous to America, and folks began using the plentiful gourds in brewing beer.

Early pumpkin brews bear little resemblance to today’s brews, which generally skew more toward the pumpkin pie spices rather than the actual vegetable. Because of their sweet nature, pumpkin brews are perfect with desserts, like pumpkin and sweet potato pie. Thank goodness!

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foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural organic beer/wine. $ BW TO K B L D Daily TAPS Bar & Grill, 2220 C.R. 210 W., Ste. 314, 819-1554. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE FLEMING ISLAND.

V PIZZA, 12601 San Jose Blvd., 647-9424. SEE SAN MARCO. WHOLE FOODS Market, 10601 San Jose, Ste. 22, 288-1100, wholefoodsmarket.com. Prepared-food department, 80+ items, full-service/self-service bars: hot, salad, soup, dessert.

Pizza, sushi, sandwich stations. Grapes, Hops & Grinds bar serves wines, beers (craft/tap), coffees. $$ BW K TO B L D Daily

ORANGE PARK

DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 6055 Youngerman Cir., 778-1101, dickswingsandgrill.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. NASCARthemed restaurant serves 365 varieties of wings, plus halfpound burgers, ribs, salads. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com.

Southern fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 165, 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt, 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F All over the area, Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 36+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouse online.net. Sandwiches, wings, burgers and quesadillas for 35+ years. 75+ imported beers. $ FB L D Daily THE URBAN BEAN Coffeehouse Café, 2023 Park Ave., 541-4938, theurbanbeancoffeehouse.com. Locally-owned-&operated. Coffee, espresso, smoothies, teas. Omelets, bagels, paninis, flatbread, hummus, salads, desserts. $$ K TO B L D Daily

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner.

SEE BEACHES.

BEACH DINER, 880 A1A N., Ste. 2, 273-6545. SEE AMELIA. LARRY’S SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F SEE O.PARK. METRO DINER, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO.

TRASCA & CO. EATERY, 155 Tourside Dr., Ste. 1500, 395-3989, trascaandco.com. Handcrafted Italian-inspired sandwiches, craft beers (many locals), craft coffees. $$ BW TO L R D Daily

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine: chorizo, tapas, blackened cod, pork skewers, coconut mango curry chicken. Breads from scratch onsite. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points. com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Daily specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfive points.com. F Local craft beers, espresso, coffees, wine.

Rotating drafts, 75+ can craft beers, tea. Waffles, toasts, desserts, coffees. $$ BW K B L Daily; late nite Tu-Sa BRIXX WOOD FIRED PIZZA, 220 Riverside Ave., 300-3928, brixxpizza.com. New place offers pizzas, pastas, soups.

Gluten-free options. Daily specials, buy-one-get-one pizzas 10 p.m.-close. $$ FB K TO L D 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 Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espresso-based beverages, homemade soups, sandwiches, gourmet desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343, derbyonpark. net. New American cuisine, upscale retro in historic building.

Oak Street Toast, shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$ FB TO Brunch Sa/Su; B, L D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Outside dining at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies. Artisanal cheeses, 300 craft, import beers, 50 organic wines, produce, meats, vitamins, herbs, wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN Street Fare, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls: BBQ pork char sui, beef haw fun, Hawkers baos, chow faan, grilled Hawker skewers. $ BW TO L D Daily HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 110, 513-4272, hobnob withus.com. Unity Plaza. Global inspiration, local intention – ahi poke tuna, jumbo lump crab tacos. $$ FB TO R L D Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com.

Authentic Italian cuisine, like wood-fired pizzas, pasta made daily onsite, baked Italian dishes, raw bar, spaghetti tacos. Daily HH. $$-$$$ FB K TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055.

F Casual spot; made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, breakfast. $ TO B L M-Sa KNEAD BAKESHOP, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S., 634-7617.

Locally owned, family-run shop specializing in made-fromscratch creations – classic pastries, artisan breads, savory pies, specialty sandwiches, soups. $ TO B L Tu-Su LARRY’S SUBS, 1509 Margaret, 674-2794. 7895 Normandy, 781-7600. 8102 Blanding, 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. LITTLE JOE’S Café, 245 Riverside Ave., Ste. 195, 791-3336.

Riverview café. Soups, signature salad dressings. $ TO B L M-F METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO.

Make your trip Downtown complete with unique fare and smooth craft cocktails at Candy Apple Café and Cocktails. photo by Dennis Ho

MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner.ret St., 423-1283. SEE BEACHES. RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969. 2016 Best of Jax Winner.

Local-centric bar food: boiled peanuts, hummus, chili, cheese plate, pork sliders, nachos, herbivore items. $ D Nightly SOUTHERN ROOTS Filling Station, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Fresh, light vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUSHI Café, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushi cafejax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Indoors or patio dining. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993. 2016 Best of Jax

Winner. SEE BEACHES.

DICK’S Wings & Grill, 4010 U.S. 1 S., 547-2669. 2016 Best of

Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

The FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug. com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients sourced from area farms. Vegetarian, gluten-free option. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GAS FULL SERVICE Restaurant, 9 Anastasia Blvd., Ste. C, 217-0326. Changing menu items; fresh, local, homemade.

Meatloaf, veggie/traditional burgers, seafood, steaks; seasonal, daily specials, made-from-scratch desserts. $$ BW K TO L D Tu-Sa GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F Local mainstay 33+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. Wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily MBQUE, 604 Anastasia Blvd., 484-7472. New Southern-style, fresh-casual. Handspun milkshakes, super kale salad. Housemade rubs, sauces. Platters, ribs, brisket, sweet/spicy pulled/ chopped pork, chicken, sausage. $$ BW K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

O’LOUGHLIN PUB, 6975 A1A S., 429-9715. Family-owned-andoperated. Authentic fish & chips, shepherd’s pie, corned beef & cabbage, bangers & mash, duck wings. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A Beach Blvd., 217-3256.

SEE BEACHES.

METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Serving dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188. Cubanstyle, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. $$ FB

SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK

BEACH Diner, 1965 San Marco Blvd., 399-1306. SEE AMELIA. The BEARDED PIG Southern BBQ & Beer Garden, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Barbecue joint offers Southern style BBQ, like brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox.com.

F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally.

250+ wine list. Wood-fired oven baked, grilled specialties: pizza,

pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood. Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside. HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily EUROPEAN Street Café, 1704 San Marco, 398-9500. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily INDOCHINE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 503-7013. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE DOWNTOWN.

KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. Gastropub serves local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails. Seasonal menu, with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodiner. com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups.

This one serves dinner nightly. $$ B R L D Daily PIZZA PALACE Restaurant & Pizzeria, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815, pizzapalacejax.com. F Family-owned-&-operated; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana. Dine outside. HH. $$ BW K TO L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasan marco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; tapas, wood-fired pizza. Seasonal local produce, meats. Craft beer (some local), handcrafted cocktails, award-winning wine. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily V PIZZA, 1406 Hendricks Ave., 527-1511, vpizza.com. True Neapolitana pizzas with the freshest ingredients – a rare class of artisan pizza from Naples. $$ FB to L D Daily

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ALHAMBRA Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. USA’s longest-running, 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su THE CHATTY CRAB, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138C, 888-0639, chattycrab.com. Chef Dana Pollard’s raw oysters, Nawlins low country boil, po’ boys, 50¢ wing specials. $$ FB K TO L D Daily DICK’S Wings & Grill, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.

EUROPEAN Street Café, 5500 Beach, 398-1717. SEE RIVERSIDE. GREEK Street Café, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 106, 503-0620, greekstreetcafe.com. Fresh, authentic, modern; Greek owners. Gyros, spanakopita, dolmades, falafel, salads, nachos. Award-winning wines. $$ BW K TO L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499.

4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., Ste. 10, 206-6126596. Pacific Islander fare, chamorro culture. Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; empanadas, lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. SEE BEACHES. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovinte.com.

Italy, Spain, Mediterranean flavor. Small plates, tapas, charcuterie: ceviche fresco, pappardelle bolognese, lobster ravioli. 240-bottle/ wines, 75/glass; craft spirits. $$ FB R, Su; D Nightly TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, taverna yamas.com. F Bite Club. Charbroiled kabobs, seafood, desserts.

Greek wines, daily HH. Bellydancing. $$ FB K TO L D Daily TOSSGREEN, 4375 Southside, Ste. 12, 619-4356. 4668 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 105, 686-0234. Custom salads, burritos, burrito bowls; fruit, veggies, 100% natural chicken, sirloin, shrimp, tofu, cheese, dressing, salsa, frozen yogurt. $$ K TO L D Daily

DINING DIRECTORY SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmers market.com. Jax Farmers Market. Local, regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches, snacks, drinks. $ B L D Mon.-Sat. BARZ Liquors & Fish Camp, 9560 Heckscher Dr., 251-3330.

Authentic fish camp, biker-friendly, American-owned. Package store. $ FB L D Daily

CHEFFED-UP

DICK’S Wings, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., 619-9828. 450077 S.R. 200, 879-0993. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. HOLA Mexican Restaurant, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Authentic fresh fajitas, burritos, specials, enchiladas, more. HH; sangria. BW K TO L D M-Sa LARRY’S Subs, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE O. PARK. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 15170 Max Leggett Pkwy., 757-8843.

F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

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Goodies galore between THE BUNS I WAS RECENTLY VISITING RELATIVES IN Richmond, Virginia, when I happened upon a little hole-in-the-wall diner. This place was too hole-in-the-wall to even make it on Guy Fieri’s show. Perusing the menu, I noticed a sandwich called The Grilled Sailor and couldn’t stop laughing. What a name! I couldn’t even imagine what this meant.

I asked the waiter, expecting him to laugh with me, then describe the joke behind the name. No such luck. He described the contents as if it were a BLT - you know, a well-known, everyday sandwich. The ingredients were pastrami, knockwurst, sautéed onions, spicy mustard and Swiss cheese, grilled on rye bread.

“Holy guacamole, that’s for me,” I thought, immediately ordering it. Let me tell you, it was amazing!

Because the waiter was so nonchalant in his description of this marvelous, amazing sandwich, I figured there must be a little history behind the terrific creation.

As it turns out, The Grilled Sailor is an iconic Richmond sandwich that originated in 1943.

Because many American cities have their own examples of regional cuisine in the form of sandwiches, I thought it would be a really cool thing to start making a few of them to Chef Up sandwich night. So I made a little list to pique your appetites.

The obvious starting point here is good ol’ Florida - the Cuban. It’s very common these days, with both Miami and Tampa fighting over claiming rights.

Another familiar sandwich is the Philly Cheesesteak. When I first tried the original at its birthplace, many years ago, I didn’t really buy in. Cheez Whiz just ain’t for me.

Los Angeles lays claim to the famous French Dip … as in, “This is the ’70s calling, and I need that French Dip to go with my Perrier.”

I wholeheartedly embrace sandwiches with weird names. Gems like the Fluffernutter of New England, which is

peanut butter with marshmallow fluff. Or Chicago’s Mother-in-Law: a corn tamale topped with chili on a dog roll. How about the Horseshoe, hailing from Springfield, Illinois: an open-faced hamburger on toast with fries and cheese sauce on top?

Now we’re talking regional cuisine. One of my all-time favorites comes from New Orleans … no, not the Po’ Boy, but the Muffuletta. Ah, even the Earl of Sandwich would agree. It’s a masterpiece.

Try this classic olive spread to complete your own Muffuletta.

CHEF BILL’S MUFFULETTA OLIVE RELISH

Ingredients: • 1-1/2 cups green olives, pitted • 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted • 1 cup giardiniera • 1 Tbsp. capers • 3 garlic cloves, minced • 1/8 cup celery, thinly sliced • 1 Tbsp. Italian parsley, chopped • 1 Tbsp. oregano • 1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes • 3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar • 1/4 cup roasted red peppers • 1 Tbsp. green onions, thinly sliced • 1-1/2 cups olive oil • Salt and pepper to taste Directions: 1. Place all the ingredients in a food 1. processer and pulse to a thick, chunky 1. relish consistency.

Until we cook again,

Chef Bill cheffedup@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Contact Chef Bill Thompson, owner of Amelia Island Culinary Academy in Fernandina Beach, at cheffedup@folioweekly.com with your recipes or questions, to find inspiration and get you Cheffed Up! NOVEMBER 16-22, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 33

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Dear Davi, I’ll be hitting the trail soon with my trusty human. Any advice for making our hike safe?

Sam the Swiss Mountain Dog Sam, Hiking can be ruff if you are not prepared.

Consider these tips before setting a course for adventure.

Before you go, ask yourself: Are you fit enough to hike?

Don’t expect to summit a mountain on your first day. Start small. Even if you exercise regularly, hiking is strenuous.

Get the green light from your vet before embarking on any adventure.

Are you prepared to take on the terrain?

A one-mile hike can feel longer if it’s all uphill. Make sure you can handle the effort.

If you push yourself too hard, you could end up being carried back to the car. Find trails that are easy on your paws and match your fitness level.

Is the trail pooch-friendly?

Before heading out, do some legwork. Many national parks and some state parks limit which trails allow dogs. Look for additional dog rules posted at the trailhead.

Are you capable of sharing the trail?

You will likely pass others while hiking.

Make sure you’re able to handle the traffic on the trail and practice good manners.

Are you tagged and chipped?

Expect the best, but prepare for the worst.

If you get lost, a microchip and ID can help reunite you with your human.

Are you current on vaccines?

There’s no telling what kind of bad nasties you might be exposed to on your walk. Make sure you’re up-to-date on vaccines and other medications to protect your health.

BEFORE YOUR HIKE, START PACKING • Leash and harness, ID tag and/or chip • Plenty of water and a collapsible bowl • Poop bags • Insect repellant

• Towels or wet wipes • Benadryl, in case of an allergic reaction • Snacks ON THE TRAIL • Stuff happens. Let • someone know where you’re going and • when you’ll be back.

• Stay leashed: You might see a squirrel • and take off running. Stay leashed to • stay safe from hazards and close to • your human — wild life is called wild • for a reason.

• Take breaks: Stop often for rest, water • and food. You need to stay hydrated • and fueled on your hike.

• Pick up your poop: Pack it in, pack it • out and leave no trace.

• Protect your paws: Whether rocky • terrain or rugged turf, your paws need • protection. Safeguard your pads by • wearing booties or applying balm.

AFTER YOUR HIKE • Check for ticks, bugs and burrs • Get a bath • Take a nap CANINE TRAIL MIX RECIPE Ingredients: • Meat (If seasoned, rinse off flavoring) • Peanuts (unsalted) • Vegetables (no onions): sweet potatoes, • green beans, carrots • Fruit (no grapes or raisins): apples, • banana, berries Preparation: • Cut ingredients into small pieces • Place pieces on tray and spray with • cooking oil • Place into a preheated oven (200°F) • until dried • National Take a Hike Day is Nov. 17, • so grab your leash and get into the • great outdoors!

• You can find dog-friendly trails at: • hikewithyourdog.com.

Happy trails,

Davi ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund hasn’t summited Mount Everest … yet!

PET TIP: THIS BUD’S FOR YOU(R DOG) GOOD NEWS! FLORIDIANS VOTED TO LEGALIZE MEDICAL marijuana! Did you know that some folks advocate for dosing dogs with pot to treat chronic pain and nausea? Before you start blowing smoke in Spuds McWeedsy’s face, be aware that marijuana can cause lethargy, breathing problems, abnormal heart rhythm, loss of balance and incontinence in canines. And, in rare cases involving dogs that ingested large doses or highly concentrated edibles, it’s been fatal. Bottom line: Until there’s more research into the efficacy and safety of getting baked with Sir Puffs-A-Lot, just say “no” to drugs (for dogs).

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PET EVENTS DAWGZ FOR DOGS • The monthly benefit is held 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, featuring M.I.A. Beer Co. products, at Brewz N Dawgz, 1974 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine, 686-1956, brewzndawgz.com.

Proceeds help dogs get adopted.

KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Planned adoption days through December are held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. every Sat. and Sun., Nov. 19 and 20, Dec. 3 and 4 and Dec. 17 and 18, at Katz 4 Keeps, 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org.

ADOPTABLES

MOONLIGHT

WEREWOLVES NEED NOT APPLY • Greetings, my worthy friends! If you like dancing in the moonlight, if it’s something you can’t fight, then I’m the kitty you need in your life. I’ll shine down and make things bright! Come adopt me from Jacksonville Humane Society, open seven days a week! JHS is located at 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside.

VACCINATION CLINICS • VetCo offers lower-cost pet vaccinations at area PetCo stores. Sunday, Nov. 27: 10:30 a.m.-noon, 463713 S.R. 200, Yulee, 225-0014; 2-3 p.m. 11900 Atlantic Blvd., Southside, 997-8441; vetcoclinics.com.

MEGA PET ADOPTION • First Coast No More Homeless Pets offers more than 1,000 pets for

ADOP AD ADOPTABLES O TA OP TAB

FUZZ

FUZZY WUZZY WUZZA ME! • Hi! I’m Fuzz.

I’m really happy and silly and playful and OH MY DOG did you see that squirrel? I would really love to go home with you. I know I look kinda funny because I lost my fur, but it’s growing back and soon I’ll be as fuzzy as — OMD there’s that squirrel again! Meet me at JHS, 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside. For more information on forever friends like Fuzz, visit jaxhumane.org.

adoption, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 16, 17 and 18 at Jacksonville Fairgrounds, 510 Fairground Place, Downtown. The $20 fee includes spay/neuter, microchip, vaccines and city license, fcnmhp.org. _____________________________________ To list a pet event, send the event name, time, date, location (complete street address and city), admission price, contact number/website to print, to mdryden@ folioweekly.com – at least two weeks before the event.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): There’s a 97 percent chance you will NOT engage in these activities in the next 30 days: naked skydiving, tight-rope walking between two skyscrapers, getting drunk on a mountaintop, taking ayahuasca with Peruvian shamans in a remote rural hut, or dancing wildly in a muddy snake pit. You will be involved in some exotic exploits – though less risky ones – that will require you to summon more pluck and improvisational skill than you knew you had.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hesitate to deliver this horoscope without a disclaimer.

Unless you’re extremely ethical, with a vivid streak of empathy, you might abuse the information.

So ignore it unless you can responsibly employ the concepts of benevolent mischief, tricky blessings and cathartic shenanigans. Ready? Your oracle: Now is a favorable time for grayer truths, wilder leaps of the imagination, more useful bullshit, funnier enigmas, and more outlandish stories seasoned with crazy wisdom.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Onion, my favorite news source, reported, “It’s perfectly natural for people to fantasize about sandwiches other than the one currently in their hands.” You shouldn’t feel shame, the article said, if you’re enjoying a hoagie but suddenly feel an inexplicable yearning for a BLT or pastrami on rye. I appreciate the reassurance, but it doesn’t apply to you in the weeks ahead. You have a sacred duty to be unwaveringly faithful, in imagination and actual behavior – as much for your own sake as for others’ sakes. Cultivate an up-to-date affection for and commitment to what you actually have. Don’t indulge in obsessive fantasies of “what ifs.”

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Kavachi, an underwater volcano in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, erupts periodically, and makes the surrounding water so hot and acidic, human divers avoid it. And yet some hardy species live there, including crabs, jellyfish, stingrays and sharks. What adaptations and strategies enable them to thrive in such an extreme environment? Scientists don’t know. A comparison between you and the resourceful creatures living near Kavachi: In the weeks ahead, you’ll flourish in circumstances normal people find daunting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): British people in the 17th century used the now-obsolete word “firkytoodle.” It meant “cuddling and snuggling accompanied by leisurely experiments in smooching, fondling and sweet dirty talk.” The next few weeks are prime time to carry out extensive experiments of this. A question: Will the near future also be a favorable phase for record levels of orgasmic release? Answer: Maybe, but IF AND ONLY IF you pursue firkytoodle as an end in itself; IF AND ONLY IF you relish the activity as if it were an ultimate reward, and don’t relegate it to a mere preliminary act. These same principles apply to your intimate connections, and everything else in your life. Enjoying the journey is as important as reaching a destination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s an experiment to try: Reach into the past to find a remedy for what’s bugging you now. In other words, seek out an old, maybe even partially forgotten influence to resolve a current dilemma that’s resisted efforts to master it. This is one time when it may make good sense to temporarily resurrect a lost dream. You may energize your future by drawing inspiration from possibilities that might’ve been but never were.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): By the time he died at age 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his

inventions to more than 100 companies. Along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to grow ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead of his time, dreaming of things that would be needed before anyone knew they’d be needed.

Be like Fuller in the next few weeks. Anticipate the future. Generate possibilities folks aren’t yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Does the word “revolution” have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas, it’s lost its value?

In accordance with astrological omens, give it another chance. It deserves a cozy spot in your life in the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, author Rebecca Solnit has inspiration. She says, “I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We all have ghosts inside us, and it’s better when they speak than when they don’t,” wrote author Siri Hustvedt. The good news? Your personal ghosts have been discoursing at length.

They’ve offered an interpretation of your life’s central mysteries and provided twists on old stories you thought all figured out. The bad news? They don’t seem to want to shut up. Less than 25 percent of what they’ve been asserting is actually true or useful.

The fantastic news? Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the film Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman plays God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is frustrated reporter Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on God’s ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number?

716-776-2323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that result in a mostly happy ending.

According to my astrological omen-reading, you have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the weeks ahead. I doubt that 716-776-2323 is the right contact info, but if you trust your intuition, you’ll make the connection.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some spiders are both construction workers and artists. The webs they spin aren’t just strong and functional, but feature decorative elements called “stabilimenta.” These may be as simple as zigzags or as complex as spiral whorls. Biologists say the stabilimenta draw prey to specific sites, help the spider hide and make the web’s overall stability more robust. As you enter the web-building phase of your cycle, include your version of attractive stabilimenta.

Your purpose is not to catch prey, but to bolster your network and invigorate your support system. Be artful and practical. (Thanks to Mother Nature Network’s Jaymi Heimbuch for stabilimenta info.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Aren’t there parts of ourselves that are just better left unfed?” asked Piscean author David Foster Wallace. Make that one of your two keynotes during the next four weeks. A second keynote: As you become more and more skilled at not fueling the parts of you that are better left unfed, you have a growing knack for identifying your parts that should be well-fed. Feed with care and artistry!

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

NEWS OF THE WEIRD DRAGONS, UNITE!

New York City officially began licensing professional fire-eaters earlier this year, and classes have sprung up to teach the art so the city’s Fire Department Explosives Unit can test for competence (if not “judgment”) and issue the “E29” certificates. In the “bad old [license-less] days,” a veteran fire-eater told The New York Times in October, a “bunch of us” performed regularly for $50 a throw, oblivious of the dangers (though some admit almost everyone eventually gets “badly burned”). For authenticity, the Times writer, a fire-eater who calls herself Lady Aye, completed the licensing process (“as sexy as applying for a mortgage”), but didn’t say if she has any bookings.

BRIGHT IDEA

A major streetlight in the town of Pebmarsh Close, England, went out of service when a truck hit it a year ago, and despite pleas from townspeople and Essex county councillor Dave Harris to fix it, no action has been taken. In October, Harris staged a “birthday party” on the site, inviting guests, and furnishing a birthday cake to “celebrate” the “age” of the broken streetlight. The shamed county highway office quickly promised action.

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL

In October, prominent British radio host Dame Jenni Murray suggested the U.K. scrap traditional “sex education” courses in school and instead show pornographic videos for classes to “analyze it in exactly the same way as [they analyze Jane Austen],” to encourage discussion of the role of sex. For example, younger students might explore why a boy should not look up a girl’s skirt, and older scholars would watch hard-core porn to determine if normal women should “shave” or make the typical screeching moans porn “actresses” make. Dame Jenni said simply condemning pornography is naïve, because a lot of money is at stake.

CHECK’S IN THE MAIL

At a World Cup qualifier match in October in Quito, Ecuador, police arrived during the game to question star player Enner Valencia

about an unpaid alimony complaint. The athlete saw the cops on the sideline, and as local media reported, Valencia then faked an on-field injury near the end of the match to “necessitate” exiting by ambulance, thus outmaneuvering the police. He settled the complaint in time for the next match.

Folio Weekly Magazine can help you connect with that surfer hunk you almost talked to at the Young Vegan Professionals meet-up, or that gum-crackin’ goddess at Target who “accidentally” dropped a jasmine-scented kazoo in your cart. Go to folioweekly. com/i-saw-u.html, fill out the FREE form correctly (40 words or fewer, dammit) by 5 p.m. Friday (for the next Wednesday’s FWM) – next stop: Bliss!

ARE WE SAFE?

The security firm Trend Micro disclosed in October its “surprise” to find, in the course of a routine investigation, firms in several crucial sectors (nuclear power, electric utilities, defense contractors, computer chip-makers) send critical alert messages via old-style wireless pagers wholly unsecured against hacking. In fact, Trend Micro said the enormously popular WhatsApp messageexchange app has better security than the alert systems of nuclear power plants. Infrastructure engineers said the outdated technology was useful when Internet access was unavailable.

LIFE IMITATES ART

Security experts hired by investment firm Muddy Waters (which is being sued for defamation by St. Jude Medical Inc. over claims that St. Jude’s cardiac implant device can be hacked) disclosed in an October court filing that they agree the devices are anonymously and maliciously hackable. They found that a popular control device (Merlin@ Home) can be remotely turned off, or jiggered to carry a dangerous electrical charge from up to 100 feet away.

WAIT, WHAT?

New York’s prestigious Bronx High School of Science enrolls the “best and brightest” students in the city, some of whom (perhaps rebelling against the “nerd” label) have held unauthorized, consensual fistfights (a “fight club”) in a field near the school for two years, according to an October New York Daily News item. Students at the school (which has produced eight Nobel Prize winners and eight National Medal of Science honorees) bombarded the Daily News reporter by telephone and Facebook with acrimonious, vulgar messages for making BHSS look bad.

Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net

No left or right swipe here – you can actually use REAL WORDS to find REAL LOVE!

To start: Write a ive-word headline so they’ll recognize you, or them, or the place.

Next: Describe the person, like, “You: Blonde, hot, skanky, tall.”

Then: Describe yourself, like, “Me: Redhead, boring, clean, virgin.”

Next: Describe the encounter, like, “ISU with your posse at Dos Gatos.”

No names, email addresses, websites, etc. And for chrissake keep it at forty (40) words or fewer. Don’t they teach basic counting in kindergarten? Did all y’all miss that lesson because you were out trolling for strange?

MY HOT, SEXY NEIGHBOR You: Tall, white sports jersey (No. 12, I think), flag tattoo. Me: Brunette, sunglasses, busty. While checking mail ISU on balcony playing darts, smoking cigar. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Throw your dart at me anytime. When: Oct. 25.

Where: Coquina Bay Apartments. #1632-1026 A YEAR AGO, OCEANWAY PUBLIX Wednesday afternoon before Thanksgiving. Talked in checkout line. Me: Kinda muscular, blue Never Quit shirt. Please forgive my walking away. You: So smokin’ hot I couldn’t believe it; black vehicle. Let me be your somebody! When: Nov. 25, ’15. Where: Oceanway Publix. #1631-1026 CUTE BARTRAM PARK RUNNER We’ve seen each other. You: Dark hair, blue-eyed hottie, running. Me: Dark blonde, ponytail, walking.

Today you said, “Sorry about that.” I smiled, not sure of meaning – sorry about crude car guys.

Points – you’re a gentleman. Single? When: Oct. 17. Where: Bartram Park. #1630-1026 SALMON POLO, RIVERSIDE PUBLIX Going to check-out – bam! ISU. Handsome man.

Facial hair. Fit. Smiled, made eye contact. Thought, “I’ll never see him again.” I pull from lot; you walk in front; noticed your right arm tattoo. No bags? When: Oct. 3. Where: Riverside Publix. #1629-1012 BRUNETTE BEAUTY WALKING TO BEACH Tall brunette walking her most white with mixed colored medium-sized dog. Snake-design comfortable pants, gorgeous body. Me: Waking up, starting day. You were first thing I saw from inside my house. Let’s walk together! When: Sept. 30.

Where: Davis St., Neptune Beach. #1628-1005 MY BUD LIGHT/MARLBORO MAN You: Handsome man working the grill, drinking Bud Light and cooking some good-looking meat on Saturday. Me: Drinking Captain and Coke and fighting the desire to take advantage of you.

Hoping you “grill” again soon! When: Aug. 27.

Where: Downtown. #1627-0928 NEED HELP MOVING? First time ISU, you were moving from your apartment; we caught eyes. Met again, exchanged names. I wanted your number but it’s been so long since someone made me speechless. Come by sometime? You: Pretty. Me: Intrigued. When: Sept.

14. Where: Off JTB. #1626-0921 FIRST WATCH EARTHQUAKE You: Stunningly beautiful lady, long brown hair, shorts, athletic top, waiting for second party Sunday morning.

Me: Tall, dark, handsome guy, kinda cop-looking. Tried to buy your breakfast; you hadn’t ordered. Really wanted to say hello. When: Aug. 28. Where: First Watch Beach Boulevard. #1625-0907 TRADE PORSCHE FOR BEACH CRUISER? Drawn to your physique, adored biceps as you chilled with friend! You complimented my Porsche. Offered trade for your cruiser. Didn’t ask for number. WOD together on next bring-a-friend day?! When: 4 p.m. June 5. Where: Zeta Brewing bicycle stand. #1616-0622

DANCING TO THE BONES You are L. from Ponte Vedra. I’m R, leading band at Conch House on Friday, Aug. 12. We said quick hello as you left. Really want to connect with you. Hopefully cosmos will agree. When: Aug. 12.

Where: Conch House, St. Augustine. #1624-0817 FLOWERS IN MY HAND Very surprised to see you. Positive memories flooded back, so let’s have lunch and catch up. S. When: July 6. Where: Publix Pharmacy. #1623-0810 DO YOU SEEK UNIQUE? You: Beautiful brunette, Walmart sugar aisle, beautiful arm ink work; said you got it in Riverside.

Me: Dark chocolate gentleman, captivated by smile, breathless looking into beautiful eyes. Too shy to get number. Meet for lunch? When: July 16. Where: Walmart Avenues. #1622-0720 HANDSOME, KIND GENTLEMAN ISU Saturday 1 a.m. You: Extremely handsome, cool hat, T-shirt, jeans; forgot wallet; complimented my white dress. Me: Long blond hair, green eyes, too shy to ask name or if unattached. Love to meet formally!

When: July 17. Where: Walmart San Jose. #1621-0720 WE ARE READY FOR U You: Handsome man following, watching me, saying hi, calling, hanging up before u speak. Me: Want to hear your heart. My dog and condo await. Don’t be afraid. Everything will be OK. We love you. When: 2012. Where: Neighborhood. #1620-0720 AVONDALE ANGEL Me: Down on my luck, no place to go. You: Beautiful person who kept me from sleeping on the street.

Thank you for your generosity for someone you didn’t even know! You’ll never ever be forgotten!

When: June 16. Where: Avondale shops. #1619-0706 COOPER’S HAWK NICE SMILE WAITER You weren’t our waiter last Thursday 6/16; served us before. Name starts with G. Cute, dark blond hair, warm personality. Me: Brunette, curly hair, navy blue dress. You noticed us in booth. A drink, conversation? Contact. When: June 16. Where: Cooper’s Hawk Winery Town Center. #1618-0622 CORGI GIRL Your smile’s radiant. How you synchronize those long legs in immense contrast with your pups is marvelous. I’m grateful, mostly handsome, longing to please. Love to join you and poochie for evening stroll along the river. XOXO. When: June 10. Where: Riverside. #1617-0622 COMEDY ZONE Goldberg lookalike, Comedy Zone May 27, admiring each other while waiting with friends. Me: Hot brunette in black tank top and jeans. When: May 27. Where: Comedy Zone. #1608-0525 VYSTAR LOAN OFFICER You: Beautiful blue-eyed, curly blond hair, rockin’ all black outfit, accent colored shirt. Me: Trying to get a loan. Made conversation to keep process going. Second Wednesday in June. Didn’t get loan; might’ve found so much more! When: June 8.

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FOLIO VOICES : BACKPAGE EDITORIAL performed and funding sources with account THE CURRY ADMINISTRATION HAS SOMETHING numbers and backup. No city official is above in common with the Peyton Administration: the law. This situation involving Stewart is It is at the center of an investigation into the about the misuse of government funds meant misuse of federal housing funds. Peyton’s for poor people in Councilmember Reginald Administration was riddled with scandal Brown’s district, adversely effecting low-income about its squandering of hundreds of millions communities. We’re talking about close to a of dollars in HUD Section 3 funds. Mayor million dollars — and this is just what we know Curry’s Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart was abut so far. Who knows what will be uncovered exposed in a recent council audit report for by an impartial investigation? her part in the misappropriation of $317,873 The alleged misuse in bond funds to Infinity of government funds Global Solutions (IGS). has had a catastrophic Council Auditor economic effect on black report No. 779 and other communities. documented that Stewart Section 3 was designated coordinated a sole-source, to provide training and no-bid contract with IGS contracts to low- and and allowed improperly super-low-income citizens approved invoices to to complete eligible execute payments to government-funded the vendor. A review projects. The northwest of the auditor report “The alleged misuse of quadrant of Jacksonville and city documents government funds has qualifies for Section 3, show that Stewart had a CATASTROPHIC but has suffered from and former Housing ECONOMIC EFFECT on government funds being and Neighborhoods Department Director black and other communities.” misdirected from intended purposes out of greed.

Wight Greger were aware The Jacksonville of the sole-source contract Chapter of Southern Christian Leadership with IGS and amended it from $85,000 to Conference is committed to the Poor People’s $953,000. Furthermore, Stewart later went to Campaign originally organized by Dr. Martin work for IGS and Greger secured a contract Luther King Jr. in 1967. Today, it remains with the company. true that, as Dr. King said all those years ago, The contract with IGS originated in the economic injustice is the civil rights struggle Housing and Neighborhoods Department of our time.

(HAND), a division largely funded with state As we move toward Dr. King’s birthday and federal funds. The department manages and the city makes plans to conduct its 30th the State Housing Initiative Partnership annual MLK Breakfast, all is not well in (SHIP) funds from the Florida Housing Jacksonville. Mayor Curry failed to attend Finance Corporation, HOME and Community the local National Urban League’s Equal Development Block Grant funds from the Opportunity Luncheon. He is refusing to federal government. HAND also managed meet and talk with the SCLC to address the Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds city’s 2013 Disparity Study, which documents that originated from the federal government. historical economic injustices in Jacksonville.

With the IGS contract originating from The City Council continues to waive the HAND and the division being largely funded purchasing code that mandates equal access with state and federal funds, it’s alleged that to contracting dollars. Communication is the the IGS contract was funded with federal funds, thus making the investigation highly only resolution. Langston Hughes said, “Not visible to HUD and the Department of Justice. everything faced can be changed, but nothing Although the Auditor report No. 779 can be changed until it is faced.” uncovered the misuse of bond dollars to fund Dr. Juan P. Gray the IGS contract, it did not present how 57 mail@folioweekly.com _________________________________ payments totaling $823,737 were funded.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Gray is the board chair of the Jacksonville investigation is ongoing, and with chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership financial records, should be able to Conference. present findings detailing scope of work, invoice approvals, actual work

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