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NOV. 26-DEC. 2, 2014 • VOLUME 28 • NUMBER 35

FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING

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ON THE COVER: Photo by Dennis Ho Custom vintage silver dress, $399, The Snob. Blue purse by Clutch, $38, Edge City. Styling by Emily Moody. Hair and makeup by Kim Hurley for Aveda Institute.

MAIL FIGHTIN’ WORDS 2 MINUTES WITH NEWS

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EDITOR’S NOTE Let’s acknowledge a few things up front: The action President Obama took last week to shield some 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation is neither illegal nor unconstitutional. It did not subvert democracy or turn the presidency into a tyrannical monarchy. It will not lead to ethnic cleansing, as one Republican elected official fretted. The president will not be removed from office.

He will not be indicted for a felony, as a GOP congressman hinted. The lawsuits to overturn the executive action — both the one filed already by wackadoo Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio and the others sure to follow — will fail, as the right to prosecutorial discretion is well established. Basic reality: Congress allocates enough money to deport about 400,000 people a year. There are about 11 million undocumented immigrants. The executive gets to decide which of them to deport.

None of the hyperventilation that followed the announcement will change that.

Let’s acknowledge one other thing: This is, at best, a temporary half-measure, another reminder of the manifest failure of the conservative wing of the Republican Party to govern. Last year, the U.S. Senate did something it almost never does — pass a big, important piece of bipartisan legislation by a huge majority, 68-32. Fourteen Republican senators, including Marco Rubio of Florida, signed on.

And then it went to the House, where it didn’t even receive a debate, much less a vote. It just died, killed by abject political cowardice.

House Speaker John Boehner didn’t put the bill on the floor because he knew it would pass, and if it passed (with Democratic votes), the Tea Party crazies and reactionary xenophobes in his caucus would bitch and moan about amnesty and Mexicans and God knows what else, and he might lose his previous speakership. And yet Boehner had the gall to say that Obama’s action would “poison the well” of immigration reform, as if he were just chomping at the bit to get it done, as if the well hadn’t been dosed with Olympic-size swimming pools’ worth of cyanide from the moment Barack Obama took office and congressional Republicans made it their announced goal to kneecap him at every possible turn, to brook no quarter, to offer no compromise.

Their triumph earlier this month, by the way, was nothing if not a triumph of cynicism, a triumph of political nihilism. And the real problem is that Democrats learned an important lesson: Unbending obstruction works — at least as a political tool, if not for actual governance. And so the next time there’s a Republican president, you’ll see more of the same, which is to say, dysfunction on steroids, a legislative body incapable of confronting the many challenges we face.

Back to immigration: There are legitimate concerns about the expansion of presidential reach, about a balance of powers that, over the course of the last several administrations, has grown less and less balanced. But the president’s announcement also marks the too-rare-for-him-lately intersection of good policy and good politics: Mass deportations are fruitless, impractical, mean-spirited and stupid. And politically, he’ll force the Republicans to show their cards — to either pass some compromise version of immigration reform and anger their base, or complain about amnesty and get crushed by pissed-off Hispanic voters two years from now.

Jeffrey C. Billman twitter/jeffreybillman jbillman@folioweekly.com

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What About the Other Guys?

As much as anyone, I was tremendously disappointed by the results of Election Day. I thought Jeffrey Billman’s assessment of the situation was somewhat one-sided [Editor’s Note, “The Morning After,” Nov. 12], especially in his opinion that Charlie Crist was the only alternative to current Gov. Rick Scott.

He attributes the win to Scott’s “rich pals and his own checkbook,” which is true enough but glosses over the fact that Crist had plenty of his own large campaign donors.

Not that it matters, but I voted for Farid Khavari knowing full well he would lose, but I liked his perspective and “throwing away my vote,” as some would say, allowed me to sleep at night. Mr. Billman couldn’t spare one column millimeter for any of the other candidates. I think part of the reason that third-party candidates can’t get a foothold is that some in the media won’t give them the time of day. It’s too bad that people still think of “Democrat” as the antidote to “Republican” since the two (especially in this governor’s race!) are almost indistinguishable due to their ubiquitous corporate capitulation. I agree that too few people turned out to vote; most people I asked understandably feel there is a lack of credible options in this dog’s dinner of a democracy. Mr. Billman continued with the usual tropes about things the sad ol’ Democrats should be doing but aren’t, without ever considering that until the weepy masses start getting angry and asking who is the power behind the oligarchic throne, so to speak, nothing will ever change. I have little expectation for that.

One other unrelated gripe for this issue of Folio Weekly: In a rosy-red town like Jacksonville, we are lucky to be getting any screenings at all of a film like Citizenfour, which is showing at Sun-Ray. The least your editorial staff could do is to make sure it is spelled correctly (page 30, photo inset).

Angela Chene

The editor replies: While my column did not mention Mr. Khavari, the week before the election we did publish a 3,000-word story on him and other third-party and no-party candidates running for a variety of offices. As for your complaint about Citizenfour, you are absolutely correct, and we apologize.

Highly Offensive

It was brought to my attention that there was a cover of a recent edition of Folio Weekly showing an icon of Jesus Christ wearing glasses, headphones and holding an iPad. As an Orthodox Christian, I wanted to convey to you how highly offensive I found that cover to be. Orthodox belief puts paramount importance on the Incarnation. Because God really became a human being and really redeemed creation, we paint icons depicting Christ, his life and his saints. It is far, far more than just a simple picture or representation.

Icons are holy, grace-filled objects that should be treated with the utmost dignity and respect. To have an icon defaced in this way and then placed on newsstands, trampled on the ground and thrown in the trash is extraordinarily offensive.

As we Orthodox are a fairly small minority here in the Jacksonville area, I imagine people there at Folio Weekly simply were not aware of how offensive the cover would be. I would hope and ask that in the future, you would take our sincerely held beliefs into account and refrain from using icons in such an offensive manner.

Joey Davis

They’re Offended, Too

From antiquity, iconography has been an integral part of the ancient Orthodox Christian faith. Worldwide, there are 300 million Orthodox Christians. For Orthodox Christians, the Photoshopped icon of Jesus Christ on the cover of your Nov. 5 Folio Weekly is offensive. It is a desecration of something we greatly revere, a holy icon of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is God. We worship Jesus Christ as the Son of God. He is the express image of God the Father (Heb. 1:3).

To have seen Christ is to see the Father (John 14:9).

Historically, icons are not art. The iconographer “writes” the icon with prayer and fasting. As the Bible is the Word of God expressed in text, an icon is the Word of God expressed in image.

We call icons “windows into heaven.”

They adorn the walls of our churches and our homes. Icons are holy and sacred. We pray to God before the icons.

It is wrong and until 1989 it was illegal to desecrate the American flag because the American flag is an icon of our great nation and the freedom we enjoy. Likewise, it is wrong to desecrate a Quran for many reasons, including political correctness. Why not afford this same respect to Orthodox Christians and the God whom we worship?

Speaking on behalf of thousands of Orthodox Christians whom we shepherd in the Jacksonville area, we ask that Folio Weekly show respect and sensitivity to Orthodox Christians and their faith and apologize in the first few pages of the next edition of Folio Weekly for the desecration of an icon of Christ on the cover of such a locally prominent magazine.

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FIGHTIN’ WORDS

THE MAYOR AND DR. HUXTABLE Will Brown’s September fundraiser with Bill Cosby come back to haunt him?

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n September, as the Jacksonville City Council deliberated on his budget, Alvin Brown was elsewhere — in New York City, at a fundraiser with luminaries like former NYC Mayor David Dinkins and entertainers like beloved comedian, actor and Jell-O pudding pitchman Bill Cosby. (At least, beloved until recently.) By the time the budget was ratified, Brown was back in Duval. But the optics were bad: At the 11th hour, when the city needed his leadership, the mayor was hobnobbing in the Big Apple.

At the time, no one around here had an issue with Brown appearing with the Cos, who, as one insider points out, had helped the city a few times during the current term. But that was then. This is now. Cosby has been caught up in a shitstorm of sexual assault allegations in recent weeks, which led to the cancellation of his new NBC pilot and Netflix stand-up special. Last week, that storm trickled down to Jacksonville, when Brown’s newly controversial — toxic, even — excursion re-entered the news cycle, with calls on blogs and Twitter for Brown to return the $19,000 or so Cosby had helped him raise.

The pressure originated from seemingly disparate sources. Cindy Graves, local talk show host and long-time, connected GOP operative, hit me up on Twitter to remind me of the Brown/Cosby connection. Around the same time, Peter Schorsch, the impresario of SaintPetersBlog who has carved out a unique role as a leading commentator on Florida politics, lobbed a bomb across the bow of the Brown campaign with a post calling on Brown to return the supposedly tainted contributions.

By the end of the day — just a few hours later, in fact — numerous outlets were reporting that Brown had acquiesced. The funds would be returned. But there was no comment from the Brown camp about the logistics of the return, or about Cosby’s sudden status as a political liability. The message conveyed to many observers across the spectrum: Team Alvin intended to duck and cover and wait for the story to recede from public consciousness, except for that odd picture of the mayor and a disgruntled-looking Cosby, in a red crewneck sweatshirt.

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Brown’s camp didn’t want to go on record, but on background, a well-connected source in the mayor’s orbit speculated that there was a connection between Schorsch and mayoral aspirant Lenny Curry, insinuating that Curry’s people had planted the idea for the post. (Worth noting: Folio Weekly has heard that Team Curry unsuccessfully floated this angle to at least one news outlet around town.) The source also threw shade at Schorsch’s credibility, pointing out that Schorsch has donated to Curry’s campaign, and reminded me that the fundraiser was conducted not by Brown’s campaign directly, but by his Taking Jacksonville to the Next Level political action committee, helmed by long-time consultant David Beattie. (Beattie told me in an email that “returning the money was the right thing to do,” and said the decision was made “once the mayor became aware of the multiple allegations.”)

I asked Schorsch and Curry about their supposed connection. They both denied one existed. Curry, one of Rick Scott’s chief allies, described Schorsch as an “antagonistic blogger” and “ardent [Charlie] Crist supporter” who has “written more negative than positive things” about him in the past. Schorsch wrote in an email that “Yes, I indeed contributed to Curry’s campaign, but that was more of a political stunt, which I am known to do. Heck, I contributed to Rick Scott even though I was a devoted supporter of Charlie Crist.”

So here’s the question: Will this pseudoscandal ding Brown, or is it just another tempest in a teapot, an election-season gotcha game that will quickly dissipate into the ether? Curry says he’ll leave it to others to “question the integrity of [Brown’s] donors. What’s important to me is that this reminds people he was hanging out with movie stars in New York while budget priorities like police, libraries and services most important to Jacksonville were being decided on.”

Brown looks like he’ll refuse comment, and so for now, that’s where the story stands. Score one for the mayor’s haters.

AG Gancarski twitter/aggancarski mail@folioweekly.com

The JAG-OFF

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UGH. JUST UGH: WEEK 12, JAGS VS. COLTS

The Jags got through their bye week without much in the way of scandal, besides a besotted Dwayne Gratz going to Miami, getting trashed and attempting to pay for purchases at a shop with bubble gum. That’s another addition to the Jags’ canon, along with Keep Choppin’ Wood and Jimmy Smith getting popped riding home from the Voodoo Lounge. But as distractions go, ain’t much.

The biggest issue they had to deal with were the Colts, who embarrassed them on their home field earlier this season, driving Chad Henne out of the game, starting the Blake Bortles era earlier than Gus Bradley wanted. At first, they seemed determined not to let the Colts embarrass them again.

They came out strong on defense, forcing an Andrew Luck fumble, only to give it back quickly with a Bortles pick. The pass rush — the Jags’ strength — initially overwhelmed the Colts’ offensive line (an area of weakness for Indy). Even the postinterception drive was a defensive win, as the Colts were held to a field goal. And then on the next drive, they forced another Luck fumble deep in Colts territory on a 37-step drop in which the Colts’ line utterly collapsed. The teams traded field goals early on, and compared to the apocalyptic first half in Jacksonville, the Jags were in good shape, nursing a 3-3 tie, having forced four sacks and a couple of fumbles in the first quarter, and holding the QB — a Pro Bowl sure pick — to negative-two passing yards. It was a blitzing, swarming, nasty defense that had solved a lot of its early-season assignment issues.

Neither team could get in the end zone in the first half and, going into the second half, the Jags had to consider being down only 6-3 as a victory. Certainly it beat Vegas’ expectations.

The Jags defense alone was not going to win this game, though. The offense couldn’t get anything going in terms of downfield passing, and the 13-3 deficit they faced midway through the third quarter looked like the end of the game.

We’ve heard so much, and I’ve written so much, about the Jaguars’ talented wideout corps, but let’s be real: Cecil Shorts was not a factor. Marqise Lee is very much a work in progress. And Allen Hurns? Great when he’s uncovered. Not a mistake the Colts are going to make.

This team misses Justin Blackmon.

No one wants to talk about that. Yeah, dude liked his liquor and his weed. But you know what that dude also liked?

Getting the ball downfield.

Blackmon has been gone for a year, and there’s no replacing him, at least with the current roster. I remember all the crowing in our zero-drug-tolerance media about the Jags being better off without him. The fact is, they aren’t. Our lapdog press loved Roger Goodell’s tough discipline, but it wrecked the franchise, and I don’t know if it’s done Blackmon any good to be away from the game for a year, left to his own devices.

Third and long, throughout the game, and that’s what you face when every first down is an existential crisis. The Colts got the ball back after a Bryan Anger punt, up 13-3, and went deep to T.Y. Hilton with a bomb down the sideline: 20-3, and they might as well have blown the final whistle.

The No. 1 pick in the draft is in sight for this 1-10 franchise, and so is Year Three of the vaunted Three-Year Plan.

AG Gancarski twitter/aggancarski mail@folioweekly.com

“One of the coolest and probably the oldest book that I’ve seen come through is from 1754.”

DESIREE BAILEY BOOK COLLECTOR, OWNER OF SAN MARCO BOOKSTORE Folio Weekly: Tell me a little about what you do.

Desiree Bailey: I run a used-book store, and I have fun here all day long. I really do.

People who come in here want to be here.

How did you get into books?

We read all the time growing up. My big weekend event was going to the library and we could pick out whatever we wanted, as much as we wanted. We would go on vacations and take bags of books with us, and I’d stay up at night under my covers with a flashlight, reading.

Are used books investments?

When the Julia Child movie came out, all of our cookbooks sold out [immediately]. I went to reorder the used ones and they had tripled the prices because the market was in such demand. It was cheaper for me to buy them new.

So trends set the tone for your sales?

Yeah. We are constantly adapting. We’ve been buying a lot of gluten-free cookbooks recently.

Why do some books that look identical vary so much in value?

There’s a difference between first edition and first printing. First edition is the first time it’s run. If they don’t change any words but they keep printing it over and over, it stays first edition. It’s the first printing that’s really valuable because it’s the first run.

What’s the practical difference?

Gone with the Wind is a really easy example.

[The first printing was] in May 1936. It was so popular, they printed again in June, and they kept going, and by the end of 1936, there were a million copies, all first editions. But the May 1936 ones, they have the most value.

Somebody can come in and say, “I have a 1936 first edition,” and it’s worth maybe 10 bucks.

But the first printing is worth between $60,000 and $85,000.

What books fetch the most money, in your experience?

On a consistent basis, first editions and leather-bound books. To Kill a Mockingbird is really hard to find in leather. Atlas Shrugged

and all the Ayn Rands are hard to find [in leather]. We’ve had some signed first editions from Truman Capote and Ray Bradbury, a signed first edition Hemingway.

What’s the most rare book that’s come across your desk?

One of the coolest and probably the oldest book that I’ve seen come through is from 1754. Very tiny, every page was a different size, it was very odd. It was written by anonymous artists and craftsmen who were the best in their trade at that time, and it was all of their secrets. [For example] what’s the best way to do a fresco, the best way to do a watercolor?

So I’m sure, based on the year 1754, there were some really big names in there. Masters. But since it’s anonymous, they agreed to submit all their techniques.

What are your biggest sources of used books?

Most of it is people bringing them to us. The biggest purchases we make is when somebody has an estate and the mother or father has passed away and they’re condensing their library. But sometimes someone will leave a box of books at the front door.

Does the market we live in affect what you sell?

I had somebody come in with a book about Joe Kennedy, JFK’s dad. It had all these original articles from the ’60s about JFK and the Kennedys and all this stuff. Really cool book. But we’re not in Boston. If we were, it would probably sell like that. But I don’t have a market for it.

So what kind of books does Jacksonville like?

Classics. It ranges from Plato and Homer and heavy reads to all the romantic classics like Pride and Prejudice and Romeo and Juliet. Children’s books do really well by far.

Children’s books that [parents] want to read to their kids that they also had as a child. A lot of military history. We have a whole Civil War section separated into North and South, because people here are very specific. People are very sure who was right.

Do you serve mainly hardcore readers and collectors?

I have some people who buy books for

looks. They want a [home] library setting. Or some people will decorate and buy all different shades of blue and put, like, a nice blue candle as a decorating technique.

Based on your experience, who is Jacksonville’s favorite author?

Let me think about that. Hemingway because he wrote so many, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who wrote The Yearling, [because she’s] almost local. Same with Harper Lee. That’s a tough question. I’m not set on my answer.

What are your favorite books to collect?

I like editions that are out of the ordinary.

Not necessarily rare. I stumbled on a signed Harry Potter. I picked it out of a box and took it home, and when I opened it, it was signed by her [J.K. Rowling]! I kept Googling and everything matched up.

What things can you do to preserve the value of used books?

Keep the dust jacket, keep it in air conditioning. Those are the two big ones. No moisture — the humidity is bad.

Are there qualities about a used book that prevent its sale even if it’s highly sought-after?

Smoke. The musky odors. People will say, “I just can’t do it.” But there are ways to combat that. Baking soda can fix it, but it takes time.

How has the used book industry changed over the last 15 years?

I would say that the Internet has driven prices down, [and] not for the better. There used to be reference books that told us what the flat value of certain books were. If one of those books says a certain edition is worth $100, an eBay seller can sell for $90.

Can high-priced used books be faked?

A hundred years ago, I could buy a first edition Mark Twain, take it off the shelf, disband it, print it with my own publishing house, bind it, put my stamp on it, and sell it as a first edition. But I’m probably not authorized to do it, probably using a cheaper glue, lower-quality paper. Even 100 years ago, people were knocking off books. dho@folioweekly.com

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NEWS

LET THEM EAT CAKE

As the state’s and Jacksonville’s poor go without legal representation, The Florida Bar fights a $100 fee to fund legal aid

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“Our caseload is about the same. The acksonville Area Legal Aid, the local problems are more complex,” says Kowalski nonprofit that helps the indigent with civil of the cases JALA is handling post-recession. legal cases, has been battered by budget “Basically, we are balancing our budgets on the cuts in three ways: Each year since 2011, back of our staff.” when he took office, Gov. Rick Scott has The cuts also mean that JALA no longer vetoed some $2 million for legal aid programs employs a full-time attorney dedicated to legal like JALA throughout the state. Locally, the issues involving children. The grant for that Jacksonville City Council, facing its own position was eliminated. JALA no longer does budget crunch, has not funded JALA at all in any significant work in general family law, like 2013 or 2014, aside from dedicated grants for specific programs like veterans and homeless divorce and child custody cases, an area of great representation. And those cuts come on top of need at the courthouse, Kowalski says. They a rapidly depleting source of money that The have been leaders in foreclosure defense, but Florida Bar Foundation previously used to sometime next year, Kowalski says, they’ll run fund legal aid. out of the money that’s been funding that work.

The results have been layoffs, cuts in “What we in legal aid have done in services and shutting the office some days to foreclosure has helped every American,” says save money.

Kowalski. “We were the driving force in legal Poor people still need aid consumer law in help, though — child revealing so many of custody battles rage on, abuses that all Americans lenders file foreclosures, paid for, and will pay for, the elderly continue to be scammed, unscrupulous for decades.” landlords screw their As Kowalski tenants. Those problems acknowledges, the haven’t evaporated, Supreme Court is being but organizations asked only to decide that provide legal whether the bar is representation have to permitted to raise its balance victims dues, not whether those with budgets. dues must be increased.

The court, however, A group of 522 has already recognized Florida lawyers has the problem and proposed a way to begun taking steps to ameliorate that. The do something about Florida Bar is fighting it. On Monday, Chief them tooth and nail.

Justice Jorge Labarga For many years, the appointed a 27-member Bar Foundation has commission tasked dedicated interest earned with recommending from temporary deposits — Jim Kowalski changes to the state’s by attorneys, such as in legal aid system. real estate transactions, to legal aid. However, To permanently with interest rates at practically zero since address the funding problem, Kowalski says, 2008, that revenue source has evaporated. The Florida needs a statewide revenue source Foundation generated $44 million for legal dedicated to funding legal aid. It’s not right, aid programs in 2007. In 2012, that figure he says, that Duval County has no money for plummeted to just $5.8 million. legal aid in its budget, while St. Johns County gave $300,000. It’s not right that Florida is one So earlier this year, the group of lawyers, of only three states that don’t provide anything led by Florida Legal Services Inc., proffered for legal aid. New York allocated $40 million to a temporary solution: The bar could simply legal aid this year. Texas allocated $75 million. tack on an extra $100 to the existing $265 The Florida Legislature allocated $2 million, membership dues for legal aid, which would but Scott vetoed even that paltry sum. generate about $10 million a year — not quite the salad days of the mid-aughts, but In Jacksonville, slashing JALA’s funding has still something. They petitioned the Supreme been tied to the oft-voiced idea that taxpayer Court to determine that the bar can raise the dollars shouldn’t be used to shore up nonprofits; membership fees. that money should come from the private The Florida Bar has resisted, saying its sector. JALA raised $436,000 in donations, but lawyers volunteer and donate to legal services earlier this year, the City Council’s Finance enough on their own.

Committee slashed a matching contribution.

The court is scheduled to hear oral Finance Committee vice-chair and arguments at 9 a.m. on Dec. 2. (The session council member Matt Schellenberg put his will be broadcast live on floridasupremecourt. trust in Jacksonville residents to make up the org.) JALA executive director Jim Kowalski difference. In a statement reported by First will be arguing in support of the increase.

Coast News, he said, “I think that Jacksonville Locally, Kowalski says, cuts caused JALA is full of great people. People are going to to lay off six attorneys and to close its offices stand up to help, we won’t be using tax dollars. every Friday in September and October, saving Instead, they’ll be taking the responsibility 20 percent on staff salaries. For the foreseeable back from the government.” future, says Kowalski, the office will be closed Of course, if that were true, JALA wouldn’t every other Friday, which will result in a 10 be closed every other Friday. percent savings.

Susan Cooper Eastman But JALA’s clients still need lawyers. seastman@folioweekly.com

“Basically, we are balancing our budgets on the back of our staff.”

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FASHION! Folio Weekly’s compendium of fashionable concerns and attire selections for the discerning man or woman about town A PHOTO ESSAY BY DENNIS HO MODELS: ELENA RODRIGUEZ, CHELSEA VANDEVENDER AND MARLON HALL HAIRSTYLING BY: STEVEN AUBREY DIMMICK for Anthony’s Et Al Salon SAM DUSABLON, KIM HURLEY for Aveda Institute GWYNNE MIMS for Gwynne Mims Salon MAKEUP BY: Tyson Coyler and Kim Hurley STYLING BY: Emily Moody

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Our Picks Reasons to leave the house this week

SEASONAL SAILING LIGHT BOAT PARADE

Call us Ishmael Claus. This time of the year always reminds us of two things: being total ingrates when we don’t get the strongly requested-gifts we want – and, oddly enough, boats! The holidays get lit up in a major and colorful way on the St. Johns River at the 30th annual Jacksonville Boat Parade. This favorite again features festively festooned maritime vessels – canoes, kayaks, sailboats and houseboats – followed by a fireworks display.

7 p.m. on Nov. 29 at Riverfront Downtown Jacksonville/The Landing, Northbank and Southbank, jacksonvillelightboatparade.com.

REGGAE I-WAYNE

I-Wayne’s style of reggae draws comparisons to the halcyon days of the genre’s ’60s and ’70s eras. Born Cliffroy Taylor in Portmore, Jamaica, I-Wayne (pictured, smoking a spliff, of course) grew up in a musical family and was already honing his craft at the age of 7. Drenched in the deep spirituality of Rastafarianism, albums like Lava Ground, ,Book of Life and the No. 4 Billboard hit Life Teachings get by on the strength of deep, slink grooves topped with I-Wayne’s smooth vocal stylings. I-Wayne performs with Black Am I at 8 p.m. on Nov. 29 at Freebird Live, Jax Beach, $15.

DIRTY PUNK! WARM LIKE WINTER

One recent visitor to Warm Like Winter’s website complained, “I hung out with these guys once and now it burns when I pee. Why is that?” Their performance, reminiscent of Christmas caroling with the Hells Angels, will include old chestnuts like “Puke On Cops,” “Your Mom” and “I’m Me, I Don’t Give a Shit.” Hailing from Central Florida, they’ve been accused of putting on the “best live show in Orlando.”

Jacksonville punk powerhouse Gross Evolution and philosophical thrash unit Status Faux join in the assault on our eardrums and sense of decorum. 9 p.m. on Nov. 29 at Across the Street, Westside, no cover, ages 21 and up.

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY ARCADE JAX ANNIVERSARY

Whether you consider them interactive entertainment, a colorful addiction, a gateway to Satan (repent, World of Warcrafters!) or simply a great way to escape from reality, video games have become a now-universal pastime with an estimated 1.2 billion players worldwide. Local enthusiasts can get their collective fix when Arcade Jax celebrates its first anniversary with hi-tech fun: multiple gaming video consoles and old-school arcade cabinets, DJs spinning music, raffle prizes, giveaways and gaming-themed cocktail menus. 8 p.m. on Nov. 28 at Dive Bar, Downtown, stormunity.com/ArcadeJax.

BIG BALLIN’

JAGS VS. GIANTS

You gotta admit, for an NFL football team, our Jaguars provide the fans with a cornucopia of emotions: failure, disappointment, faint glimmers of hope, blinding fury, Shad Khan yacht jokes … and while they’re at 1-and-10 so far this season (ugh!), the Giants are at 3-and-8 (Manning face!), so maybe we have a chance – at least, a chance to explore a whole new range of feelings triggered by the Black and Teal. But hey, did we mention that big-ass scoreboard?

Maybe they’ll screen Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer during the game! The Jacksonville Jaguars take on the New York Giants at 1 p.m. on Nov. 30 at EverBank Field, Downtown, $55-$475, ticketmaster.com.

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THEATRE THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL

We’re dreaming of a White Trash Christmas! Set deep within the Armadillo Acres trailer park in Starke, The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical is the story of residents Rufus, Jackie, Betty, Linoleum and Pickles and their fight to have the beloved mobile home community they call home featured in the prestigious Mobile Home & Gardens Magazine. Will they triumph over the neighborhood grump’s plans to turn their four-wheel-friendly enclave into a winter wonderland?

Directed by Lee Hamby with musical direction by Greg Hersey, the production features a cast of notable local performers – Jennifer Paulk, Gary Baker, Jeffrey Springmann, Aaron DeCicco, Julie Harrington and Kat McLeod. 8 p.m. Nov. 28 and 29 at Players by the Sea, Jax Beach, $28; also staged Dec. 4-7 and 11-13, playersbythesea.org.

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DUVAL SOUL Local hip hop and R&B performer Ronnie Dozier, the scion of soul legends, is ready for his close-up

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onnie Dozier’s always had music running High School and then attended Macon State through his veins. His grandfather had a College (now merged with Middle Georgia soul group called The Supreme Stars State College). back in the 1970s, and his great-uncle, “Growing up in various cities across the Lamont Dozier, was one of the first artists and U.S. as an adolescent allowed me to hear so songwriters signed to Motown Records. many different sounds and styles of music,” he says. “I believe that’s the reason my music is so “I grew up watching videos of my family culturally diverse.” performing in front of packed theaters in a time when it was very difficult for Dozier’s been busy over the past few years.

African-American artists to break records He’s the owner of Capital Credit Protection, a on the underground circuit,” he says. “That company specializing in repairing consumer determination they had is what I strive to credit scores, and father to 3-month-old son, obtain. The gift of music is in my blood. I’m Elijah, and stepson, Jayden. He’s also the founder just following family tradition.” and president of R.I.C.H. Kidz (R.I.C.H. stands for Realizing I Can Help), a nonprofit that But it wasn’t until Dozier’s mother passed mentors local school-aged children. away from breast cancer in 2011 that the Jacksonville native began to take his music to But it’s his music that keeps Dozier focused. another level.

“It’s not always fun music,” Dozier “My mother was Rep Yo Brand Fashion & Talent Expo: says of his repertoire. my No. 1 fan. She RONNIE DOZIER, JASMINE RHEY, “But songs that told me when I was people can relate to very young that I have ASKMEIFICARE, B. DEVINE, and that resonate something special to NINA RENAE, KNIGHT KRAWLER, with them — songs give the world. This J. CITY, MR. AL PETE about being in love, was before I ever 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at Ritz Theatre & Museum, falling in love and recorded my first Downtown, ticketmaster.com, $25-$39 heartbreak. I write song,” says Dozier. about the reality that “When she passed, we all go through — the ups and downs and it really broke me down. I became such a the rollercoaster rides.” depressed and lonely individual. I became trapped in my heartbreak.”

He’s also inspired by a higher power.

“Christianity has always been instilled in me,” At the urging of friends and family, Dozier Dozier says. After all, he grew up the son of a found the strength to move forward. Today, the hip-hop and soul artist is busy laying down Marine-turned-pastor. new tracks, playing local venues and recording Aside from his Jacksonville-themed music music videos. Dozier’s YouTube video for his video, Dozier’s also released an EP called The tune “Silent Talk” was directed by Sozo Jaxson Nightlife (March 2014), and has performed of Zocode Films in January 2014 and features a in Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte and other cities hodgepodge of familiar locales. across the Southeast. His Ritz Theatre gig this “We really wanted to capture Downtown week features fellow Duval native Jasmine Rhey.

Jacksonville in a new light,” Dozier says.

“Music is my life. It’s a part of me. When “I mentioned the Main Street Bridge in the I hear an instrumental, I get into a creative song, so we pulled a couple strings and got mode,” says Dozier. “I look at it like Van Gogh the bridge shut down for a few hours, and it or Da Vinci looked at a blank canvas. It’s an worked out perfectly. It was a great feeling for opportunity to create a moment in history — a me to use the city to paint a picture.” chance to define my destiny. I want to go down Born in Jacksonville, Dozier was a “military in history as one of the best musical geniuses of our generation. Only time will tell.” brat” — growing up all over America, from Palm Springs, California to Macon, Georgia, Kara Pound mail@folioweekly.com before returning to the River City about 15 years ago. He graduated from Jean Ribault

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A&E // MUSIC Northeast Florida singer-songwriter jack ringca blends minimalism, melody and emotion

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ocal musician jack ringca’s had a tough few years. He’s lost 15 people who were close to him, including his mom, Candace, in 2011 after being her long-time caregiver.

“My songs have gone from being heavy in social commentary and politics to chipping away at whatever darkness is inside of me,” the Jacksonville-born-and-bred multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter says. “I’ve been trying to exorcise my demons, and music is what’s saved me more than anything else.” ringca (who prefers the lowercase spelling) grew up in East Arlington and started playing music when he was 5 years old. He can remember the exact moment when he decided he wanted to learn how to play a guitar.

“I walked into a Zayre department store on Beach Boulevard with my mom and saw a Stratocaster-shaped guitar with a picture of the Commodores painted on it,” ringca says.

“I thought it was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. I said, ‘That’s what I’m going to do.’”

That day, ringca walked out of the store empty-handed, but his grandma later bought him a Silvertone guitar for Christmas, from the Sears catalogue.

“I never wanted to be a fireman. I never wanted to be an astronaut. I knew that I wanted to be a musician,” says the now-36-year-old. “It was never something my parents drove me to do. It was always something that I wanted to do.” ringca spent much of his childhood learning classical guitar and “high-technique metal” pieces, but eventually found that this hindered his desire for composition. So at age 8, he started taking piano lessons. And in middle school, he joined the school band to master his skill in classical percussion — predominantly playing the marimba.

“Throughout the years, I found that being a multi-instrumentalist is a necessity,” the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts alumnus explains. ringca went on to earn two bachelor degrees in music education and classical music from the University of North Florida. He spent 2003 and 2004 out in Los Angeles, drumming in a Jacksonville band that was signed to Sony (ringca declined to mention the band by name) before returning home to care for his mother.

“If you want to be a successful musician or artist, you don’t really have to worry about proximity anymore because of the Internet,” says ringca. “Your location becomes irrelevant.

It doesn’t mean that I’m married to the idea of being here forever.”

Over the years, ringca’s played in a slew of local bands and various musical projects. His current laundry list includes Fjord Explorer (guitar), Radical Face (drums), electronic trio Electric President (drums), hip-hop group Universal Green (drums), surf-rock band The Crowkeepers (guitar) and DigDog (drums), which he describes as “Captain Beefheart meets Frank Zappa.”

You might have also heard of ringca through his work in the now-defunct four-piece rock band Rebels and Rogues, or his time as a yo-yo champion. I’m not kidding. He won the 2005 USA National Yo-Yo 5A Championship, but only occasionally takes yo-yo gigs these days.

As far as ringca’s solo work (for which he goes by the stage name Jackie Stranger), he started seriously delving into it in 2009, and describes it as American roots music that has “low technicality and low facility.” The Jackie Stranger song “Old 90” demonstrates this subdued approach. Using only minimal acoustic and electric guitar accompaniment, ringca delivers a mournful ballad about the epiphanies he experienced while traveling the Southeast along U.S. 90.

“I’ve had this mentality for a while that I’m not looking to the audience for approval,” ringca says. “I’m looking to myself for approval.

I don’t really write music or play music for the sake of an audience. I do it because it’s what I have to do when I wake up in the morning.” ringca’s singer-songwriter side takes him to Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine this Sunday for the theater’s Music in the Box event, held on the last Sunday of each month. Fellow Jacksonville-based singer-songwriters Luke Peacock and Connor Hickey join him.

The format of Music in the Box is unique.

Instead of each musician having a set amount of time to play, all three are on stage together.

“Basically, we’re going to talk about the songs we write,” ringca says. “The audience will be connecting with the material and connecting with the artist. As I’ve found with my music, you can find a certain amount of freedom and beauty in the things that make you uncomfortable.”

Kara Pound mail@folioweekly.com

jack ringca with LUKE PEACOCK and CONNOR HICKEY 6 p.m. Nov. 30, Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine, $5, limelight-theatre.org jackiestranger.bandcamp.com

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CONCERTS THIS WEEK SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. Nov. 26 at Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, Downtown, 374-1247.

THE WEIGHTED HANDS, COUGAR BARREL, JOEST & JEREMY ROGERS 8 p.m. Nov. 26 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $5.

BEEB$ & HER MONEY MAKER$, NO DIGGITY (NO DOUBT TRIBUTE), TJ HOOKERS, MILKA 8 p.m. Nov. 26 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 246-2473, advance tickets are $10; $15 at the door.

STANK SAUCE 9 p.m. Nov. 26 at Latitude 360, 10370

Freebird

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Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555.

MR. AL PETE 9 p.m. Nov. 26 at Duke’s Place Blues Bar & Lounge, 521 Forsyth St., Downtown, 339-5015, $5.

BE EASY 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26, Latitude 360.

RED BEARD & STINKY E 9 p.m. Nov. 27 at Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680.

SLAVES, GET SCARED, FAVORITE WEAPON 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown, advance tickets are $13.50; $15 day of show.

DARREL RAE 7 p.m. Nov. 27, Latitude 360.

HIGHER GROUND, FAZE WAVE, NASSAU COUNTY RAMBLERS 8 p.m. Nov. 28, Jack Rabbits, $8.

WVMR Fest: BURNT BOOKS, SAFETY WORD, RITES, BLUNT GUTZ, HOLLOW LEG, GALACTOID, GAUL, MEANSTREAK, BURN THEM AT THE STAKES, COASTLINES 8 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, 353-6067, advance two-day pass is $20; $15 each day at the door.

PASSAFIRE, THE HIP ABDUCTION, KOTA MUNDI 8 p.m.

Nov. 28, Freebird Live, $15.

CUTTER 9 p.m. Nov. 28 at Across the Street, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., Westside, 683-4182.

KIM RETEGUIZ & THE BLACK CAT BONES 10 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29, Flying Iguana.

SAMUEL SANDERS DUO, SPLIT TONE Samuel Sanders Duo at 7 p.m.; Split Tone at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Latitude 360.

ADAM COTTON 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., Westside, 388-7807, $5.

Rep Yo Brand Fashion & Talent Expo: RONNIE DOZIER, JASMINE RHEY, ASKMEIFICARE, B. DEVINE, NINA RENAE, KNIGHT KRAWLER, J. CITY, MR. AL PETE 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at The Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010, ticketmaster.com, $25-$39.

I-WAYNE, BLACK AM I 8 p.m. Nov. 29, Freebird Live, $15.

SANTOROS, SUNSPOTS, PSYCHOMAGIC 8 p.m. Nov. 29 at Shanghai Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 547-2188, $5.

COSBY SWEATER 9 p.m. Nov. 29, 1904 Music Hall, $10.

WARM LIKE WINTER, GROSS EVOLUTION, STATUS FAUX 9 p.m. Nov. 29, Across the Street.

JACK RINGCA, CONNOR HICKEY, LUKE PEACOCK 6 p.m.

Nov. 30 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, 825-1164, $5.

PRIMER 55, RAZORZ EDGE, A NEW DECREE, AUTOMATIK FIT 8 p.m. Nov. 30, Jack Rabbits, $8.

THE 69 BOYZ, 95 SOUTH, QUAD CITY FAMILY 9 p.m. Nov. 30 at Eclipse Nightclub, 4219 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 387-3582, $20.

EVERYTIME I DIE, THE GHOST INSIDE, ARCHITECTS, HUNDREDTH, BACKTRACK 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Downtown, 699-8186, $17.

SONGWRITER’S CONTEST 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008.

RICER 8 p.m. Dec. 3, Burro Bar, $5.

TEACH ME EQUALS 8 p.m. Dec. 3, Shanghai Nobby’s, $5.

UPCOMING CONCERTS The Big Ticket: FALL OUT BOY, WEEZER, ALT-J, YOUNG THE GIANT, CHEVELLE, NEW POLITICS, J RODDY, BIG DATA, BEAR HANDS, YOUNG RISING SONS, ISLANDER Dec. 5, Metropolitan Park HUNTER HAYES Dec. 5, Veterans Memorial Arena WHO RESCUED WHO Dec. 5, Lynch’s Irish Pub KOFFIN KATS Dec. 5, Burro Bar URBAN JAZZ COALITION Dec. 6, Ritz Theatre FOZZY, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, SHAMAN’S HARVEST Dec. 6, Aqua Club & Lounge JUBILEE RIOTS Dec. 6, Café Eleven DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES Dec. 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE DRUIDS Dec. 6, Your Place Bar & Grill THE MISFITS Dec. 6, Underbelly THE TRAVELIN’ McCOURYS, BILLY NERSHI Dec. 6, Freebird Live BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR, WHITNEY PEYTON Dec. 6, 1904 Music Hall St. Augustine Distillery Sugar Cane Harvest with JJ GREY Dec. 6, KYV Farm, St. Augustine BURRO BAGS SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY Dec. 6, Burro Bar Gamble Rogers Fest: THE CURRYS, FLAGSHIP ROMANCE, CARLOS AND CARLOS, WILD SHINERS, AMY HENDRICKSON, THE RUBIES, SAM PACETTI, THE WILLOWWACKS, MICHAEL JORDAN Dec. 6, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MODERN BASEBALL, KNUCKLE PUCK, SOMOS Dec. 7, Underbelly JAMISON WILLIAMS’ WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE DISNEY SONGBOOKS Dec. 7, Sun-Ray Cinema CORY BRANAN Dec. 7, rain dogs.

QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT, WHITE MYSTERY, BURNT HAIR, THE MOLD Dec. 9, Sun-Ray Cinema SARAH MAC BAND Dec. 10, Mudville Music Room MOTOPONY Dec. 10, Jack Rabbits PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 11, Mudville Music Room MANHATTAN TRANSFER Christmas Tour Dec. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, NIKKI LANE Dec. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Society for the Prevention of Suicide Benefit: SINCLAIR, JULIE DURDEN Dec. 12, Mudville Music Room FIREHOUSE Dec. 12, Mavericks WE THE KINGS Dec. 12, Jack Rabbits

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SHFB BURLESQUE SHOW Dec. 12, Shanghai Nobby’s J-LIVE Dec. 12, rain dogs.

100 WATT VIPERS, SUNPILOTS, HIGHER GROUND Dec. 12, Freebird Live ALLEN TOUSSAINT Dec. 13, Ritz Theatre JACK MENTZEL Dec. 13, Mudville Music Room BRIAN POSEHN Dec. 13, Underbelly WHOLE WHEAT BREAD Dec. 13, Burro Bar DIERKS BENTLEY Dec. 13, Glynn County Football Stadium ZULU WAVE, WRAY, GLORIES, STRANGE LORDS, TAMBOR, BURL, THE WEIGHTED HANDS, DREDGER, GHOST TROPIC Dec. 13, Shanghai Nobby’s WYNONNA & THE BIG NOISE Dec. 14, The Florida Theatre ARS PHOENIX, SEVERED+SAID, IRONING, SUPER FAMICOM, DJ VAS TOY, COLD WASTE, VERANEAR, RAIN SYMBOLS Dec. 14, Shanghai Nobby’s FULL BODY TONES Dec. 14, Jack Rabbits FINE ART OF JAZZ MARY LOU WILLIAMS TRIBUTE Dec. 16, Ritz Theatre A PETER WHITE CHRISTMAS: RICK BRAUN, MINDI ABAIR Dec. 16, The Florida Theatre BAD SANTA, GRANT PEEPLES Dec. 17, Mudville Music Room JOE BONAMASSA Dec. 17, The Florida Theatre GUNTHER DOG, CONCORD AMERICA Dec. 17, Nobby’s BOWSER & THE STINGRAYS, HERMAN’S HERMITS & PETER NOONE, GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP Dec. 18, Florida Theatre ASTRONAUTALIS, YONI WOLF, BLUEBIRD Dec. 18, Jack Rabbits TRACE ADKINS Dec. 19, The Florida Theatre CHRIS BROWN Dec. 19, Veterans Memorial Arena WOLF FACE Dec. 19, Shanghai Nobby’s STRANGLED DARLINGS Dec. 20, Burro Bar BOBBY LEE RODGERS Dec. 20, Freebird Live A SWAMP RADIO CHRISTMAS Dec. 21, The Florida Theatre DJ ICEY, BABY ANNE Dec. 25, Eclipse Nightclub INSPECTION 12 Dec. 27, Freebird Live DIGGY SIMMONS Dec. 27, T-U Center GROSS EVOLUTION Dec. 27, Across the Street FORSAKEN PROFITS, ROTTEN STITCHES Dec. 30, Burro Bar THE CORBITT BROTHERS BAND, GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Dec. 31, Freebird Live DARYL HANCE, BRENT BYRD & THE SUITCASE GYPSIES Jan. 3, Underbelly DON WILLIAMS Jan. 7, The Florida Theatre ’70s Soul Jam: THE SPINNERS, THE STYLISTICS, THE MAIN INGREDIENT Jan. 8, The Florida Theatre FRED EAGLESMITH Jan. 9, Café Eleven Winter Jam: SKILLET, JEREMY CAMP, BUILDING 429, FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI, FOR KING & COUNTRY, NEWSONG, FAMILY FORCE 5, TONY NOLAN, BLANCA, ABOUT A MILE, VERIDIA Jan. 9, Veterans Memorial Arena MISERY HEAD, CRASHMIR, THE EMBRACED Jan. 10, Freebird Live ASKMEIFICARE Jan. 10, Jack Rabbits LUCINDA WILLIAMS & HER BAND Jan. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PENNYWISE, ANTI-FLAG, A WILHELM SCREAM Jan. 13, Freebird Live MIRANDA SINGS Jan. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TIM EASTON, HEATHER PIERSON Jan. 14, Mudville Music Room J.W. TELLER Jan. 16, Burro Bar MARTYPARTY Jan. 16, Freebird Live TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND Jan. 16, The Florida Theatre THE BOTH (AIMEE MANN, TED LEO) Jan. 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CASE Jan. 16, Ritz Theatre

SANDY HACKETT’S RAT PACK SHOW Jan. 16, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater MONROE CROSSING Jan. 16, Mudville Music Room DIANE SCHUUR Jan. 17, Ritz Theatre HARDIN & BURNS Jan. 17, Mudville Music Room THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA Jan. 18, Wilson Center OF MONTREAL, NEDELLE TORRISI Jan. 19, Freebird Live SHOVELS & ROPE, CAROLINE ROSE Jan. 20, P.V. Concert Hall KRIS ALLEN Jan. 21, Jack Rabbits GAELIC STORM Jan 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GREENSKY BLUEGRASS Jan. 21, Freebird Live KATHLEEN MADIGAN Jan. 22, The Florida Theatre BILL GAITHER & FRIENDS Jan. 23, Veterans Memorial Arena IRIS DEMENT Jan. 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall NOTHIN’ FANCY Jan. 24, Mudville Music Room LINCOLN DURHAM Jan. 24, Jack Rabbits EARPHUNK Jan. 27, Freebird Live CRUEL HAND, FRAMEWORKS Jan. 27, Burro Bar ARLO GUTHRIE Jan. 29, The Florida Theatre GALACTIC Jan. 29, Freebird Live DAVID WILCOX Jan. 29, Café Eleven URSAMINOR, SURVIVING SEPTEMBER, THE HEALING PROCESS, NOCTURNAL STATE OF MIND Jan. 31, Freebird Live JACKSONVEGAS, MASTER RADICAL Jan. 31, Underbelly GLEN HANSARD Feb. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TRAVIS TRITT Feb. 6, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE PIANO GUYS Feb. 6, The Florida Theatre VINCE GILL & TIME JUMPERS Feb. 7, The Florida Theatre JOE CROOKSTON Feb. 7, Mudville Music Room INGRID MICHAELSON Feb. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE WAILERS Feb. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JON SHAIN, RUPERT WATES Feb. 12, Mudville Music Room ANA POPVIC Feb. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES Salute the Music of The Rat Pack Feb. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall HARRY CONNICK JR. Feb. 15, T-U Center SOJA, THE GREEN Feb. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOHN HAMMOND Feb. 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO Feb. 20, The Florida Theatre SOMMORE, TONY ROCK, GARY OWEN, HUGGY LOWDOWN

Feb. 20, T-U Center DENNIS DeYOUNG & THE MUSIC OF STYX Feb. 21, The Florida Theatre LUCERO, RYAN BINGHAM Feb. 21, Freebird Live R.L. GRIME Feb. 22, Freebird Live JACKSON BROWNE Feb. 23, The Florida Theatre THE MIDTOWN MEN Feb. 26, The Florida Theatre THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND Feb. 27, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ’68 Feb. 28, Underbelly STRINGFEVER March 5, Café Eleven Aura Music & Arts Festival: MOE, THE DISCO BISCUITS, PAPADOSIO, SNARKY PUPPY, THE MAIN SQUEEZE, PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG, McLOVINS, GHOST OWL March 6-8, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park

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THREE DOG NIGHT March 10, The Florida Theatre JOURNEY, STEVE MILLER BAND, TOWER OF POWER March 12, Veterans Memorial Arena FULLSET March 12, Mudville Music Room JOHN MELLENCAMP March 15, Times-Union Center Suwannee Spring Festival: THE WOOD BROTHERS, SHOVELS AND ROPE, INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, KELLER WILLIAMS & THE TRAVELIN’ McCOURYS, BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, THE LARRY KEEL EXPERIENCE, DONNA THE BUFFALO, JIM LAUDERDALE, JOE CRAVEN and others March 19, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park CYRUS CHESTNUT March 20, Ritz Theatre THE B-52s March 21, The Florida Theatre MAVIS STAPLES March 21, Ritz Theatre JACKIE EVANCHE March 22, The Florida Theatre AGNOSTIC FRONT, COLDSIDE March 22, Burro Bar SARAH McLACHLAN March 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall NICKELBACK March 25, Veterans Memorial Arena Slide into Spring Music & Craft Beer Festival: MATISYAHU, RAILROAD EARTH, THE WAILERS, TURKUAZ, THE SUPERVILLAINS, THE FRITZ, SPIRITUAL REZ, TRAE PIERCE & T-STONE BAND, CORBITT BROTHERS, POST PLUTO March 28-29, Main Beach, Fernandina Beach BRONX WANDERERS March 29, The Florida Theatre JANIS IAN, TOM PAXTON April 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE ORCHESTRA (Ex-ELO & ELO II) April 11, Florida Theatre THE WHO HITS 50! TOUR April 19, Veterans Memorial Arena RAIN April 24, The Florida Theatre WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE April 25 & 26, venue TBD CHRIS BOTTI April 30, The Florida Theatre ZZ TOP, JEFF BECK May 9, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ED KOWALCZYK May 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Florida Country Superfest: ZAC BROWN BAND, KENNY CHESNEY, KEITH URBAN, BRANTLEY GILBERT, COLE SWINDELL, TYLER FARR, DAVID NAIL, COLT FORD, DANIELLE BRADBERY, THE SWON BROTHERS June 13 & 14, EverBank Field

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH

DAVID’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 802 Ash St., 310-6049 John Springer every Tue.-Wed. Aaron Bing 6 p.m. Fri. & Sat. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith every Thur. Yancy Clegg every Sun. Vinyl Record Nite every Tue. HAMMERHEAD, 2045 S. Fletcher Ave., 491-7783 DJ Refresh 9 p.m. every Sun. PALACE SALOON, 117 Centre. St., 491-3332 Wes Cobb 9:30 p.m. Nov. 26. Chilly Rhino Nov. 29. Kevin Ski Nov. 30 THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 491-8999 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200 Ryan Crary Nov. 26. Ryan Crary Band Nov. 28. Dr. Sirbrother Nov. 29. Live music every Thur.-Sat.

ATLANTIC BEACH, NEPTUNE BEACH & JAX BEACH (All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

BILLY’S BOATHOUSE, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Bad Habit 6 p.m. Nov. 28. Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Nov. 29.

Reggae SWAT Team 3 p.m. Nov. 30. Open mic every Wed. BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Ste. 35, Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff 8 p.m. Dec. 3. Open mic Wed. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Irish music 6:30 p.m. every Sun. DJ Hal every Sat. FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones 10 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Red Beard & Stinky E 10 p.m. every Thur. Darren Corlew 8:30 p.m. every Sun. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 Beeb$ & Her Moneymakers, No Diggity, TJ Hooker, Milka 8 p.m. Nov. 26. Passafire, The Hip Abduction, Kota Mundi 8 p.m. Nov. 28. I-Wayne, Black Am I, Raggamuffin 8 p.m. Nov. 29. Live music every weekend.

HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. Dan Evans, Spade McQuade 6 p.m. every Sun. Back From the Brink 9 p.m. every Mon. LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Big Picture Nov. 28. The Groove Band Nov. 29.

Live music every Fri. & Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Dirty Pete Nov. 28 & 29. Who Rescued Who 10 p.m. Dec. 5. Dirty Pete every Wed. Split Tone every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Who Rescued Who every Sun. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., 246-1500 El Dub Nov. 26 MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon 6 p.m. every Tue. Gypsies Ginger 6 p.m. every Wed. Mike Shackelford & Steve Shanholtzer 6 p.m. Thur.

NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Cloud 9 6 p.m. Nov. 26. Brent Byrd & Suitcase 6 p.m. Nov. 28. Mr. Natural 6 p.m. Nov. 29. Brent Byrd, Catfish Rodeo Nov. 30 NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Dan Coady 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28. Richard Smith 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Taylor Roberts Nov. 27. Live music every Thur., Fri. & Sat. RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Live music Thur.-Sun. WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1589 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 247-4508 Live music every Thur. and Fri.

DOWNTOWN

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores 9 p.m. every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. The 69 Boyz, 95 South, Quad City Family 9 p.m. Nov. 30. KJ Free 9 p.m. every Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance 9 p.m. every Fri. Live music every Sat.

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Slaves, Get Scared, Favorite Weapon 7 p.m. Nov. 28. Cosby Sweater 9 p.m. Nov. 29. Open mic jam every Mon. BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St., 353-4686 WVMR Fest: Burnt Books, Safety Word, Rites, Blunt Gutz, Hollow Leg, Galactoid, Gaul, Meanstreak, Burn Them at the Stakes, Coastlines 8 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29. Matthew Ellis Nov. 29. Ricer 8 p.m. Dec. 3 DUKE’S PLACE BLUES BAR & LOUNGE, 521 Forsyth St.,

RED BEARD & STINKY E perform at Flying Iguana on Nov. 27, in Neptune Beach.

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339-5015 Mr. Al Pete 9 p.m. Nov. 26. Fonix Nov. 27 FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6-9 p.m. Nov. 26 & Dec. 3. Live music every Fri. & Sat. JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Nikos Westmoreland, LaPorscha Aksomitas, Jeff Congo, Joy Dennis, Amber DeLaCruz, Pierre Kendrick 6 p.m. Nov. 28. Live music after the Light Boat Parade Nov. 29. 418 Band 4-9 p.m. Nov. 30. Students of the Nashville Vocal Coach, Team Up DuPont Dancers 6:15 p.m. Dec. 3 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Roy Luis every Wed. DJ Vinn every Thur. DJ 007 every Fri. Bay Street every Sat. MAVERICKS, Jax Landing, 2 Independent Dr., 356-1110 Joe Buck, Big Tasty every Thur.-Sat. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 699-8186 Everytime I Die, The Ghost Inside, Architects, Hundreth, Backtrack 6 p.m.

Dec. 1. Knox Hamilton, Benjamin Booker Dec. 4

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Megan Diamond 9 p.m. Nov. 28 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 DJ Throwback 8 p.m. every Thur. Deck music 5 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., 4:30 p.m. every Sun.

INTRACOASTAL WEST

CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, 645-5162 Live music every Fri. & Sat. DJ Big Rob every Thur., Sun. & Tue. JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Live music every Fri. & Sat. YOUR PLACE, 13245 Atlantic Blvd., 221-9994 Radiolove Nov. 27. Chuck Nash Band 10 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29

MANDARIN, JULINGTON

HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Open mic: Synergy 8 p.m. every Wed. World’s Most Talented Waitstaff at 9 p.m. every Fri.

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells, 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat. PREVATT’S SPORTS BAR, 2620 Blanding Blvd., 282-1564 DJ Tammy 9 p.m. every Wed. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Lift 10 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29. DJ Corey B every Wed. Live music every Fri. & Sat.

PONTE VEDRA, PALM VALLEY

PUSSER’S CARIBBEAN GRILLE, 816 A1A N., 280-7766 Samuel Sanders 6 p.m. Nov. 26. Rebecca Day & Jenn Thompson Nov. 28. Dopelimatic Nov. 29. Live music every Wed.-Sun. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515 Paxton & Mike 6 p.m. Nov. 26. Robert Brown & the Confluent 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 28. DiCarlo Thompson 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Live music Thur.-Sun.

The WVMR Fest features performances by BURNT BOOKS (pictured), SAFETY WORD, RITES, BLUNT GUTZ, HOLLOW LEG, GALACTOID, GAUL, MEANSTREAK, BURN THEM AT THE STAKES and COASTLINES at Burro Bar on Nov. 28 and 29, Downtown.

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Scott Elley 8:30 p.m. Nov. 26. Backwater Bible Salesman, Cutter 9 p.m. Nov. 28. Warm Like Winter, Gross Evolution, Status Faux 9 p.m. Nov. 29 MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 Adam Cotton 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Shonlock Dec. 6 rain dogs., 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Brent Byrd Nov. 26.

What Heart, Ruffians Nov. 29.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 The RLF Trio, Mark Williams & Blue Horse, Alternate Coast starting at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 29

ST. AUGUSTINE

ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Open mic with Smokey Joe at 7:30 p.m. every Tue. CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Jubilee Riots Dec. 6 THE CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Mojo Roux 7 p.m. on Nov. 28. Sam Pacetti 2 p.m., Mojo Roux 7 p.m. Nov. 29. Vinny Jacobs 2 p.m. on Nov. 30 MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19-1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 David Russell & John Peyton 9 p.m. Nov. 28 & 29. Brian Smalley 1 p.m. Nov. 30 THE OASIS, 4000 A1A S., 471-3424 Ron Perry Connection Nov. 28 & 29 PIZZALLEY’S CHIANTI ROOM, 60 Charlotte St., 825-4100

Michael Howard 3 p.m. every Mon.-Fri. THE REEF, 4100 Coastal Hwy., 824-8008 Better Half Nov. 26. Rotogeezers Nov. 28. Katherine Archer Nov. 29 SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 Santoros, Sunspots, Psychomagic 8 p.m. Nov. 29. Teach Me Equals 8 p.m. Dec. 3 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Red River Band at 9 p.m. on Nov. 28 & 29. Matanzas every Sun.-Thur.

Elizabeth Roth 1 p.m. every Sat.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

INDOCHINE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 503-7013 Dance Radio Underground, Sugar & Cream, Black Hoodie, Bass Therapy Sessions 10 p.m., Allan GIz-Roc Oteyza, Scott Perry aka TrapNasty and Cry Havoc rotate, mid.-3 a.m. every Fever Saturday JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 The Weighted Hands, Cougar Barrel, Joest & Jeremy Rogers 8 p.m. Nov. 26. Higher Ground, Faze Wave, Nassau County Ramblers 8 p.m. Nov. 28. Primer 55, Razorz Edge, A New Decree, Automatik Fit 8 p.m. Nov. 30 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Songwriters’ Contest 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

COMEDY CLUB, 11000 Beach Blvd., Ste. 8, 646-4277

Fascinating Rhythm Orchestra 7 p.m. every 1st & 3rd Wed. COPPER TAP HOUSE, 13500 Beach Blvd., 647-6595 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. DANCIN DRAGON 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888 A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. LATITUDE 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 VJ Tos 7 p.m., Stank Sauce 9 p.m. Nov. 26. Darrel Rae 7 p.m., First Street Band 7:30 p.m., VJ Fellin 10:30 p.m. Nov. 28. Samuel Sanders Duo 7 p.m., Split Tone 8:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Stank Sauce 7:30 p.m., VJ Fellin 11:30 p.m. Nov. 30 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 997-1955 Jameyal Nov. 28. Charlie Walker Dec. 4. Live music every Thur.-Sat. MY PLACE BAR & GRILL, 9550 Baymeadows, 737-5299 Aaron Sheeks Nov. 26. Dirty Pete Nov. 27. Roger That! Nov. 28. The Clayton Bush Band Nov. 29. Live music every night WILD WING CAFÉ, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Chris Brinkley 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26. Shotgun Redd Nov. 28 WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 Love Monkey 9 p.m. Nov. 28. Live music every Fri. & Sat.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

HIGHWAY 17 ROADHOUSE, 850532 U.S. 17, Yulee, 225-9211 Live music most weekends THREE LAYERS COFFEEHOUSE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 MauFeSha Production 8 p.m. Dec. 1. Open mic every Thur.

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Summer Goodman’s latest release, Greatest Fears, is available on Dolphinium Records.

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was the Holy Grail for musicians of any stripe, the thing they worked their collective ass off to achieve, the thing by which they measured all other milestones. Roughly from the ’50s until the late ’90s, the thing desired most by career musicians was The Record Deal. It didn’t even matter whether you were making any money, if you received royalties, if your contract was up in six months. What mattered was that you could say, “We got The Record Deal.”

Then, one day, it just vanished. Well, it was a slower demise than that, but relative to the recording industry’s long history of sinking money into bands via substantial recording agreements, digital downloads, streaming services and YouTube, it sounded the death knell for major labels. It meant young artists would no longer shout, “We got a Record Deal!”

The unexpected consequence of the death of big labels was a surge in independent niche labels. Granted, paychecks are small, and artists still do most of the work, but the creative freedom is unparalleled, and your street cred goes way up.

One such local label is now finding its footing.

Jacksonville University’s Dolphinium Records around for five years, went “independent” in 2012; it’s now releasing a variety of unusual titles in quick succession. I recently got the hot poop from label prez Bryan Cody.

Folio Weekly: Whose idea was Dolphinium?

Bryan Cody: Dolphinium Records used to be a part of Jacksonville University’s chapter of the Music Entertainment Industry Student Association, or MEISA. Tommy Harrison, who’s now the chair of the Division of Music in the Fine Arts department, founded the record label. But MEISA was disbanded about a year and a half ago, so we’ve rebranded the label under the guidance of Professor Michael Olson, the new head of the Music Business program. Now, we are a fully functioning entity.

The main mission of the record label is to provide an outlet for music business majors to prepare for the music industry. We also strive to have a small but efficient label that can produce content at a professional standard of quality.

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Who pays for all of this?

B.C.: As a fully functioning media organization, we get our funding from The Media Board, which [comprises] faculty advisors and student leaders of various organizations at JU — such as our newspaper, radio station and TV station — and of course the record label, which gets its budget from the school. Also, any proceeds we get from album sales and services we provide.

F.W.: Who’s on the current roster of artists?

B.C.: So far, we’ve released albums for a JU faculty member and a talented local artist with ties to JU and UNF. The next album planned for release is a compilation of holiday classics. This is a collaboration between faculty and student performers. Specifically, our roster includes Dr. Scott Watkins, Summer Goodman and the Tommy Harrison Group.

Dr. Watkins is an esteemed faculty member who released a classical album with Dolphinium spearheading the promotion.

Secondly, Summer is a talented indie pop/folk artist who released her debut EP through our label. After the holiday album release, we have releases planned for the spring as well. Also, we have a CD by faculty member Kimberly Beasley coming up.

So, we span multiple genres. We provide various services to artists depending on their needs. We produce artists, as well as print and distribute through various vendors. We also provide promotion. We have our own studio and our own live sound equipment for live events.

What would you absolutely not release?

B.C.: That’s an interesting question. Everyone at the label is very passionate and invested in the projects we take on. We all have to agree to take on a project or an artist, so we put a lot of time and energy into what we do. We also don’t have the resources of a larger label, unfortunately, so we have to make a wise business decision when choosing what to take on. We plan what we release very carefully and put a lot of care into what we produce.

What’s your dream release?

B.C.: I can’t speak for the other officers, because we have diverse tastes in music.

However, I’d love to sign an artist who’s on the cusp of breaking through in his or her career so I could be along for the ride. I’d love to have the whole indie label experience, where I could also manage the artist on tour and gain invaluable first-hand industry experience.

That’s my vision for the label. I think one day our little college label could be regionally recognized and allow students to produce content people throughout Florida, and maybe farther away, recognize and enjoy listening to.

This would allow students to work with some of the most talented artists from Atlanta to Miami.

John E. Citrone theknife@folioweekly.com

To check out Dolphinium Records’ full roster and score their albums, go to dolphiniumrecords.com.

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TAKE YOUR WEAPON TO WORK DAY Though not as creative as the original, the sequel to the 2011 smash is still quite funny

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hold him for ransom. Familiar faces pop up in he appeal of Horrible Bosses (2011) was the guise of help: An expert criminal whose that (at one time or another) we’ve all nickname is not suited for print, played by had odious supervisors. So when Jason Jamie Foxx; Dale’s former sex-addicted boss Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis Dr. Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston), and Nick’s played characters who clumsily plotted to kill former boss David Harken (Kevin Spacey), their bosses, a hilarious revenge comedy was who’s now in prison. (The third boss in the born. It wasn’t realistic and it didn’t have to be original, played by Colin Farrell, was killed — the draw was in the fantasy, and the ability off.) The story could’ve been told without these to live vicariously through these dudes.

Horrible Bosses 2 takes a different track, and recurring characters, but the first comedy was a huge success in part because of them, so in doing so it’s still funny, but it’s not as good they’re a welcome sight. overall as the original. Watching One of the flaws here is that one, we could relate to that co-writer and director Nick (Bateman), Dale (Day) HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 and Kurt (Sudeikis) when they Sean Anders plays up the new ***@ were underlings for unctuous tycoons’ ineptitude to a fault.

Rated R dictators. This time they’re the Dale and Kurt have become bosses, and they’ve created a bumbling buffoons, leaving shower product they believe poor Nick as the straightwill be the next big thing. Notably fewer of man naysayer who is (rightly) hesitant of us have been aspiring entrepreneurs, so on their cockamamie plan. As a result, the guys concept alone, this is harder to relate to than aren’t quite as sympathetic as they once were, its predecessor. though we can still laugh at their struggles They set out to find an investor to get the and screw-ups.

“Shower Buddy” business off the ground.

Those who don’t find this as funny or Enter oily investor Burt Hanson (Christoph creative as the original may write it off as a Waltz) who promises a purchase order of cash grab for the ensemble, but that would be 100,000 units. The unscrupulous cad backs unfair. This is a carefully thought-out story out of the deal after the units are produced, that makes sense, and it’s a logical next step in leaving the guys $500,000 in debt. As unhappy the lives of three ex-saps. It just turns out the as they’ve always been at work, these three are story isn’t as successful this time around. Still, not good businessmen.

Horrible Bosses 2 is damn funny, and that’s To retrieve their money, get revenge and what really matters. save the company, the misguided trio plans to Dan Hudak kidnap Burt’s grown son Rex (Chris Pine) and mail@folioweekly.com NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2, 2014 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 25

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PERSONAL UNIVERSE

Eddie Redmayne offers an Oscar-worthy performance in this Stephen Hawking biopic

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e has one of the most extraordinary minds of the 20th century, yet he can’t lift a fork to feed himself. Stephen Hawking is, simply and complexly, a paragon of inspiration and tragedy.

How ironic, and cruel, that a man with such extreme intelligence is afflicted with a disease that shuts down his muscles but doesn’t affect his mind, leaving him prisoner inside himself.

In The Theory of Everything, we first meet Stephen (Eddie Redmayne) at Cambridge University in 1963, where he’s a PhD candidate in physics. He’s racing to class on his bike with his friend Brian (Harry Lloyd) — both are youthful, vibrant, alive. Later they go to a party and Stephen meets Jane (Felicity Jones), a fellow Cambridge student studying medieval Spanish poetry. They click, but soon Stephen learns he has motor neuron disease and is given two years to live. Jane chooses to stick by him; they get married and have children.

If there’s a weak section in director James Marsh’s film, it’s the slow-moving opening stanza, which doesn’t develop Stephen and Jane’s love enough for us to believe she’s so enamored that she wants to spend the rest of her life taking care of him. Any doubts we have, however, are quickly allayed by her fierce commitment to his care. If you walk out of this movie questioning if you would’ve been able to do the same things Jane does, you’re not alone. Presuming what we see is true, that woman is a saint. (It should be noted the film is based on Jane Hawking’s book Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen.)

The film does have confirmable authenticity.

Though the occasional blue hues and oversaturated lighting do the picture no favors, Marsh (an Oscar winner for the 2008 doc Man on Wire) studied archival images to ensure the costumes, production design and stages of Stephen’s disease looked genuine. He also shot parts of the film on location in and around Cambridge, correctly believing that a school that’s been around since the 1200s isn’t going to change too much in 50 years.

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(2011) and Les Misérables (2012) star had to call and ask for the role, and only after convincing Marsh of how he’d pull it off did Redmayne get to portray the renowned astrophysicist.

And thank goodness he did. This sounds harsh, but it’s true: The more Stephen’s disease progresses, the better the movie gets, largely because of Redmayne’s Oscar-worthy performance. The distorted face, slurred speech, buckled ankles, warped fingers and contorted mannerisms all appear devastatingly real, and should, given the depth of study Redmayne reportedly did, including meeting the real Stephen and Jane. This is a lived-in, physical, remarkable execution from a relative unknown who’s about to spin all over the awards circuit headed toward Oscar night. Yes, he’s that good.

As for the loving and endearing Jane, Jones plays her with sweetness and candor. We adore her because she’s a good soul, and Jones gives her the proper strength, conviction and sadness to do what’s right at all times. Even when temptations enter the picture — for her in caretaker Jonathan (Charlie Cox), for him in caretaker Elaine (Maxine Peake) — Jones’ Jane remains stoic and loving toward Stephen, bless her heart.

A good biopic is hard to pull off, especially one about a well-known, still-living public figure with a severe physical disability. There’s so much room for error, doubt and scrutiny that the challenge could be insurmountable. And yet here we are with The Theory of Everything, a genuinely heartwarming and earnest film that’s going to be part of our cultural lexicon from now through (at least) the Oscars. If you love good movies and want to see this year’s Best Actor frontrunner, don’t miss it.

Dan Hudak mail@folioweekly.com

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING ***G

Rated PG-13

A&E // MOVIES BENEATH THE SURFACE For his sophomore effort 10 years ago, writer/director Jonathan Glazer struck more controversy than pay dirt with Birth, an odd but fascinating film about a woman (Nicole Kidman) who comes to believe that a 10-year-old boy is her reincarnated husband. The controversy mostly stemmed from a bathtub scene with the actress and the boy that, more than anything else, was much ado about nothing.

Despite an intriguing concept and some terrific performances, Birth finally succumbed to a disappointing third act that largely deflated the film’s major conflicts. Although it had some striking visual flourishes (not unexpected, considering Glazer’s background in music videos), his second film failed to earn the popular and critical acclaim that had greeted his first, Sexy Beast (2000), a frenetic English gangster film. Ben Kingsley earned a Supporting Actor Oscar bid as the titular character, a ferocious and nasty piece of work indeed.

Glazer’s third film, Under the Skin, hit the festival circuit earlier this year, was mostly ignored by audiences in limited theatrical release, and just made its entry into the DVD market. Based on a satirical sci-fi novel by Michael Faber originally published in 2000, the screenplay (like Birth, but unlike Sexy Beast), also written by Glazer, is a very loose adaptation of the novel. As with Birth, the strengths of the film rest with the stunning visuals and a riveting, though almost completely silent, performance by Scarlett Johansson. Similarly, the best of many good scenes in Birth had featured a two-to-three-minute closeup of Kidman who, without a word, conveys a full range of conflicting emotions. A picture really can be worth a thousand words.

For the most part, Under the Skin follows Johansson’s unnamed character as she drives the streets and byways of Scotland looking for males to welcome into her lair. That place is no horror chamber as such, but rather a dark liquid pool of some sort into which the victims willingly sink, led by their erections and the beautiful naked woman who stands above them. The purpose of all this is plainspoken in the novel, yet nearly incomprehensible in the film.

Almost like a distaff version of Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), which featured David Bowie as a misplaced alien lost in the bureaucracies and politics (sexual and otherwise) of the ’70s, Under the Skin is another extremely elliptical tale of another stranger in a strange land. As her forays take her from the city into the wintry, dreary (but beautifully filmed) countryside, Johansson’s mysterious alien becomes less of a predator and more of an explorer, trying to get in touch, quite literally, with her own skin and quasi-humanity.

Leaving behind a mysterious cohort on a motorcycle, the lost and lonely alien (a metaphor perhaps of modern woman) tries to explore the parameters of her borrowed body, but ultimately finds herself unable to ingest food or tolerate intercourse, verbal or sexual. Only when she’s assaulted by a would-be rapist in a snowy forest does she finally come face-to-face with who and what she really is.

Definitely not for the casual viewer, Under the Skin should appeal to those who liked The Man Who Fell to Earth and Birth. It’s odd and weird, provocative and strange. For me, that means it’s well worth a look.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

Because God knows we all need another animated movie about adorable talking animals, the small indie film company known as DreamWorks has blessed us with PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR.

FILM RATINGS **** BILL EVANS ***@ BILL HICKS **@@ BILL HADER *@@@ BILL COSBY

SCREENINGS AROUND TOWN SUN-RAY CINEMA The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Interstellar are currently screening at Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. Gremlins screens on Dec. 2.

LATITUDE 360 MOVIES Guardians of the Galaxy is currently screening at Latitude 360’s CineGrille Theater, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555, latitude360.com/jacksonville-fl.

THE CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Bad Turn Worse (not rated), a crime thriller drama costarring Jeremy Allen White, Logan Huffman, Mackenzie Davis and William Devane, screens through Nov. 27. Low Down (rated R), about jazz pianist Joe Albany, runs through Dec. 4.

Better Angels (rated PG), about Abe Lincoln’s adolescence, runs Nov. 28-Dec. 11, at 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

WGHF IMAX THEATER Interstellar: The IMAX Experience, D-Day Normandy 1944, Island of Lemurs Madagascar 3D, Journey to the South Pacific: An IMAX 3D Experience, Jerusalem, and We The People are currently screening at World Golf Village Hall of Fame IMAX Theater, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

NOW SHOWING ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY **G@ Rated PG Costars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Megan Mullally and Jennifer Coolidge. The venerable Dick Van Dyke has a cameo. — Steve Schneider BEYOND THE LIGHTS Rated PG-13 Two new entries to my running list of Things White Folks Can’t Do: 1) vote for decent candidates; 2) distinguish this movie’s trailer from promos for that Lifetime Aaliyah biopic.

Either way, we’re gonna see a lot of bling and bubbly as an idealistic up-and-comer gets schooling in shadier aspects

of urban-music economy. NOTE: “Urban” is what you call a product when you’re counting on selling it to black folks but would prefer not to have to stop there. So dig in, Scandal Nation! And tell all your friends on the crew team! — S.S. BIG HERO 6 ***@ Rated PG The premise is familiar: In the near future, a teenager must overcome tremendous personal loss to defeat the villain who wants to destroy society. This is Disney Animation’s (Frozen) take on the highly profitable young adult, comic book and action genres merged into one, and the result is superb. Hiro (Ryan Potter), a malcontent 14-year-old in San Fransokyo (as the name implies, it’s a combination of San Francisco and Tokyo), is an engineering prodigy.

His mother’s dead and Aunt Cass (Maya Rudolph) is doing her best to raise him. Hiro’s older brother (Daniel Henney) takes him to his college robotics lab, where he meets an assortment of characters: spunky, speedy Gogo (Jamie Chung), chemistry wiz and pretty girl Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez), school mascot Fred (T.J. Miller) and martial arts master Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.). Baymax (Scott Adsit) is an inflatable robotic nurse that “looks like a walking marshmallow,” Hiro says. For an upcoming student showcase in which the first place winner earns enrollment, Hiro invents microbots – shape-shifting magnets that create whatever the mind desires – and wins. An explosion forces him and his newfound friends to find new ways to combat evil. As is often the case with anything with the name “Disney” attached to it, this one’s a winner. — Dan Hudak BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) **** Rated R Designed to aesthetically challenge, frustrate, inspire, amuse and amaze, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new movie stars Michael Keaton, as Riggan, an aging has-been of an actor clinging to a belief that he’s still important years after his iconic Birdman movie character was put out to pasture.

In an effort to recapture his artistic integrity, he brings to the Broadway stage an ambitious adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. He wants to prove to ex-wife Sylvia (Amy Ryan), his lover Laura (Andrea Riseborough) and daughter Sam (Emma Stone) he’s still relevant. Starring along with Riggan in the Broadway production are Mike (Edward Norton) and Lesley (Naomi Watts). Holding it all together is Riggan’s friend and manager Jake (the superb Zach Galifianakis). Despite the gifted cast, this film’s is all about Keaton, and in a meta-theatrical, even deconstructionist way, he embraces the role, which is not surprising considering the similarities between his career and Riggan’s. Thanks to Iñárritu, Keaton’s gotten another shot at life, and cinema is a slightly more wonderful place because of it. — Cameron Meier THE BOOK OF LIFE ***G Rated PG First-time writer-director Jorge R. Gutierrez knocks one out

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A&E // MOVIES of the park with this animated story of the Hispanic holiday Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. When the mayor’s daughter María (voiced by Zoë Saldana) is courted by two childhood friends, underworld rulers (voiced by Kate del Castillo and Ron Perlman) bet on who will win. Driven by an original plot and played out with dazzling animation, this ups the game on fantasy filmmaking. — Daniel A. Brown DRACULA UNTOLD Rated PG-13 Desperate to create a “shared universe” for its classic horror characters, Universal has reboots of Dracula, Frankenstein and a whole cemetery plot’s worth of their pals. In the driver’s seat? The guys who brought you Transformers. And before you say that idea is the pits, think: Dracula Untold is an unrelated, low-priority quickie the studio had to get out of the way first. The breath, it truly does catch. — S.S. DUMB AND DUMBER TO Rated PG-13 In which Hollywood learns the belated but vital lesson that making a Dumb and Dumber movie without Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels or the Farrelly Brothers is like … well, like making a sequel to The Mask without Jim Carrey. And what kind of dope would have attempted that? This time, the misadventures of the triumphantly idiotic Harry and Lloyd are again presented by their true and rightful interpreters, with the ousted Derek Richardson and Eric Christian Olsen free to breathlessly anticipate their appearance as a Jeopardy! question 15 years from now. We’ll only have to worry that the Farrellys are running out of steam if they announce Dumb, Dumber, Dumbassed, featuring Ted McGinley as retarded Cousin Oliver. — S.S. THE EQUALIZER Rated R Back in the late ’80s, I had a buddy who was heavily into the CBS revenge series The Equalizer; when his metal band released its first single, he cited the show as “inspiration” in the liner notes. Now it’s 2014, Edward Woodward has become Denzel Washington, and I don’t wanna THINK about what kind of indie music this pseudo-remake might spark.

A plot seemingly lifted wholesale from Denzel Washington’s Man on Fire indicates director Antoine Fuqua isn’t counting on diehards like my old pal for anything more than a few bucks’ worth of first-weekend insurance. — S.S. FURY ***G Rated R Ask any product of America’s public school system to name something that happened during the last months of World War II, and the answer you’ll likely get is “Captain America got frozen in a block of ice.” (Hell, it’s the only thing I could name off the top of my head. Sorry!) Apparently, Brad Pitt also got in a bit of trouble, risking his life to command a tank crew on a dangerous mission into the heart of the collapsing Nazi empire. But really, how tough was Germany

by April 1945? As I recall from my studies, that Twilight Zone guy who wished to be made the ruler of a great nation was already in his bunker, realizing he was Hitler and getting ready to eat a bullet. Not very tough competition, amirite? (Now I’ll tell you what Discovery Channel taught me about haunted houses.) — S.S. GONE GIRL **@@ Rated R This is a horror movie about Nick and Amy Dunne, and what happens on their fifth wedding anniversary, when Amy (Rosamund Pike) disappears and the cops think Nick (Ben Affleck) killed her. — MaryAnn Johanson HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 ***@ Rated R Reviewed in this issue.

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 **** Rated PG-13 The season’s big opening is our latest visit to that fabled dystopia where privation has kids slaughtering each other left and right, just so their families will have a shot at a Papa John’s Fritos-Chili Pizza. This time, heroine Wackness Leancuisine and her compatriots find themselves in the legendary District 13, which was supposedly destroyed but where Sony is actually preparing the fourth sequel to that movie about alien apartheid. (I think.) Meanwhile, Wackness has been elevated to the status of a folk hero because of the widespread dissemination of her nude selfies, entitling her own district to a year’s worth of Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew. And to complete the gluttony motif, consider this: We’d be done with the Hunger Games series now, except that Lionsgate decided there was too much dosh to be had by following the Harry Potter model and slicing the last novel in the series into two individually marketable moviegoing experiences. Thank God for that excess-driven Yankee ingenuity. — S.S.

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INTERSTELLAR **** Rated PG-13 Academy Award winners Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine star in Christopher Nolan’s epic about a spaceship that travels into a galactic wormhole in the hope of finding a new home for mankind. Nolan tackles some heavyweight issues while never succumbing to special FX-madness, creating a cerebral and highly entertaining edition to the sci-fi genre. — D.B. JOHN WICK Rated R Viva la violence! Apparently the movie gods decided that not even one week could go by without a hit man emerging from retirement for our carnage-watching pleasure. The pissed-off pro in question is played by Keanu Reeves, because IT COULD HAPPEN. Directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch are former stuntmen making their filmmaking debuts, so expect lots of emphasis on Meisner technique and emotional truth. — S.S. THE JUDGE **G@ Rated R Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin casts Robert Downey Jr. as a hotshot lawyer who has to defend his own father (Robert Duvall) on a murder charge. — S.S. KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS Rated PG From the title, you’d assume this was another Bill O’Reillyesque screed against the alleged “war on Christmas” (i.e., the crippling indignity of having to admit that Jews and Muslims do not cease to exist at midnight on Dec. 24).

But it’s actually some sort of homespun narrative in which former-kid-star- turned-professional-God-botherer Kirk Cameron teaches his own family the true meaning of the season. Wait – shouldn’t they know it already? — S.S. NIGHTCRAWLER ***G Rated R Making his directorial debut after penning Real Steel and that Bourne movie nobody gave an especial dookie about, Dan Gilroy takes us into the world of LA “crime journalism,” where chasing every squad car you see might land you footage of the latest hot murder or hostage situation. It’s like being a paparazzo to crimes slightly more heinous than North West’s modeling career. — S.S. OUIJA Rated PG-13 A recent cartoon in The New Yorker pointed out that Ouija boards are like texting for the dead. Here in Florida, we know they’re intimately connected: Text during a movie, and you may get dead. Text during this movie and who knows what’ll happen; it’s about malevolent forces unleashed when one messes around with the supernatural world’s answer to the board game Sorry! — S.S. PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR Rated PG It’s a good thing you checked here before throwing down with this one, because you could’ve ended up hopelessly confused, Penguins, see, is a direct sequel to Madagascar 3, and as such has nothing to do with the TV series The Penguins of Madagascar, which follows it own continuity.

There! Feel fully prepared? And doesn’t discussing the “continuity” of animated Antarctic birds make you want to impale yourself on a dried-out herring? Cheer up: Imagine what sort of arcana you’re going to have to ingest to have a chance at the RPG.— S.S. ROSEWATER Rated R Jon Stewart directed and wrote this documentary about journalist Maziar Bahari, who was kept a prisoner by Iranian forces who thought he was a spy. It’s a gripping story.

ST. VINCENT **G@ Rated PG-13 Bill Murray hams it up in this buddy-picture-surrogatefather-dysfunctional-role-model comedy (have we just forged a new film genre?!) about Vincent, an alcoholic vet who looks after a neighborhood kid while his mom is at work. Costars Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts and Chris O’Dowd are the voices of morality and/or sobriety. — D.B. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING ***G Rated PG-13 Reviewed in this issue.

WHIPLASH Rated R This powerful tale about a young drummer who will do just about anything to succeed at his craft costars Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist.

A&E // ARTS

Photography by Angela Strassheim

FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT A

Angela Strassheim’s MOCA exhibit features dream-like scenes of the journey through childhood

gaggle of teenage girls stands over a lifeless cat, performing what appears to be a science class dissection. A young, naked pregnant woman basks in the sun, lounging on an oversized chair covered in blankets. A red-haired boy peers through a window at a pile of rainbowcolored lollipops sitting atop a box of candy canes.

These are just a few of the images in photographer Angela Strassheim’s new Project Atrium exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville.

“With this show, I am trying to elaborate on the idea of girlhood and the many facets of those experiences up to this particular point in my life,” Strassheim says.

Born in Bloomfield, Iowa, and raised in Indiana and Minnesota, Strassheim first got into photography during her junior year of high school — shooting with a Contax 35mm with a 50mm standard lens. She went on to receive a BFA in media arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA in photography from Yale University.

Strassheim’s continuing education took her to Miami-Dade County Forensic Imaging Bureau in Miami, where she earned a forensic and biomedical photography certification in 1997.

“I quickly learned that everything in the photograph was up for question, so the decision of framing was of huge significance,” she says of forensic photography. “This has greatly informed my photographic practice in art photography. Everything you see in my photographs is there because I want it to be there. Otherwise, I would remove it.”

Strassheim, who currently resides in Connecticut and works out of her studio in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, illustrates transitional points in life. Press material calls it “the precious, fleeting nature of childhood and adolescence.”

And many works feature more than a dozen of Strassheim’s nieces and nephews at different ages — from playing dress-up to enduring a break-up and everything in between.

Strassheim’s work has been shown worldwide, including in Switzerland, London and Germany.

It’s also been collected by museums such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Yale University Art Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago’s photography collection, Guggenheim Museum and The Israel Museum, as well as by various private collectors, including Elton John.

The photographer’s current MOCA exhibit is the result of an eight-year relationship with museum director, Marcelle Polednik. “This is the third show she has asked me to be in,” says Strassheim. “These relationships between artists and curators are important. When you click, you click. We get each other. That goes a long way.”

The show features 15 photographs — six of which have never been shown in a public setting. “Some are very new, and others were taken at strange times in between big solo shows, so they never had a reason to be realized and printed,” Strassheim says. “One was a second choice and worked better in this selection of images than the original.”

For this particular exhibit, Strassheim is displaying her work in large-format prints

— some as big as 75 inches wide, which can be viewed from all three floors of the Haskell Atrium Gallery.

“Most shows are hung in a row on a wall, but this space has a 40-foot-high and 27-footwide wall that is seen from three levels,” she says. “Because they will be seeing them mostly from far away, I felt they needed to be printed twice as big as they normally exist, so that all of the details could be seen and have an impact from this distance.”

The way something or someone is presented is important to Strassheim. It’s visible in nearly every facet of her photography. For example, she shoots with a 4x5-view camera, using Polaroid film to preview instant versions of final exposures. She also utilizes strobe lights and colored filters.

“When photographing with a large-format camera, you’re not looking through a lens when taking the photograph,” Strassheim says.

“The 4x5 allows me to set up the frame and what is included in it, and then it allows the people or subject freedom to move within certain perimeters. Sometimes they are quite open, but many times very confined within the camera frame.”

Kara Pound mail@folioweekly.com

PROJECT ATRIUM: ANGELA STRASSHEIM

Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown The exhibit is on display through March 1.

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CHRISTMAS MADE IN THE SOUTH features more than 350 artists and master craftsmen offering seasonal items, including one-of-a-kind ornaments, at Prime Osborn Convention Center, Downtown, Nov. 28, 29 and 30.

PERFORMANCE

SURREALIST PUPPET TROUPE Poncili Creacion, a Puerto Rican surrealist puppet troupe, presents Ballenarca, an 11-foot-tall-by-36-foot-long interactive whale and puppet show, 6 p.m. Dec. 2 at Hemming Park, Downtown, 515-5098, hemmingpark.org.

THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS Lee Hamby directs this musical comedy about holiday hijinks at Armadillo Acres trailer park, 8 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 29 and Dec. 4-6, and 11-13; at 2 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, $28, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org.

WHITE CHRISTMAS The musical production of the holiday classic features Irving Berlin’s original score with a libretto

by David Ives and Paul Blake. It’s accompanied by a themed menu created by Executive Chef DeJuan Roy. Through Dec. 24. Dinner 6 p.m., curtain 8 p.m. Tue.-Thur., $49.95 plus tax; Fri. & Sat., $55 plus tax; brunch 11 a.m., show 1:15 p.m. Wed. and Sat., brunch at noon, show 2 p.m. Sun., $47 plus tax; at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.

CLYBOURNE PARK Bruce Norris’ dramedy, which won a Pulitzer and a Tony, addresses race and housing in Chicago. It’s staged at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 29 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 30 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, $10-$25, 825-1164, limelight-theatre.org.

COMEDY

GRANDMA LEE This finalist – and local girl-made-good – from America’s Got Talent! performs at 8 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 8 and 10 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $15-$18, 292-4242, comedyzone.com.

CATHERINE MALONEY Maloney performs at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 28 at Bonkerz Comedy Club, bestbet, 455 Park Ave., Orange Park, $10 & $35, 646-0001, bestbetjax.com.

STEWART HUFF Known for the documentary Road Comics: Big Work on Small Stages, Huff performs at 8:04 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 29 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., $6-$15, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com.

MIKE RIVERA Rivera performs at 7:30 and 10 p.m. on Nov. 28 and 7 and 10 p.m. on Nov. 29 at Latitude 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside, 365-5555, latitude360.com.

FRANKIE PAUL & J. BLISS This duo of quick-witted comedians perform at 8 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $8-$10, 292-4242, comedyzone.com.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

JAX JAZZ FEST SEEKS ARTISTS Jacksonville Jazz Festival calls for artists to submit samples of work and a statement for consideration for its 2015 poster. First-round deadline is Dec. 1.

For submission guidelines, go to jaxjazzfest.com.

CALL FOR ARTISTS & WRITERS The Heart and Sole Project (The Red Shoe Show) seeks artists, poets and writers to produce work featuring red shoes and hearts. $25 entry for up to three pieces. For an application, email rediartlaw@gmail.com.

STUDENT WRITING CONTEST Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Library holds a student writing contest, themed “Why must you learn to read well?” Typed submissions should be original prose only; for details, go to friendspvlibrary.org.

Deadline is Dec. 15.

CLASSICAL, CHOIR & JAZZ

ADVENT PROCESSION WITH CAROLS St. John’s Cathedral presents this holiday-themed program with music by Hallock, Palestrina, Manz and Howells at 5 p.m. on Nov. 30 at 256 E.

Market St., Downtown, 356-5507.

HANDEL’S MESSIAH Dr. Cara Tasher conducts the UNF Chamber Singers, the Messiah Orchestra and student soloists in a performance of Handel’s oratorio at 7 p.m. on Dec. 2 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 4129 Oxford Ave., Westside, free, 620-2878, unf.edu.

THE HERITAGE SINGERS OF JACKSONVILLE The vocal ensemble performs the concert Winter Gifts at 7 p.m. on Dec. 2 at Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, free, 630-2665, jplmusic.blogspot.com.

CLASSICAL PIANO AT UNF Pianist Robert Satterless performs at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, free, 620-2878, unf.edu.

CD RELEASE CONCERT AT JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY Faculty and student ensembles perform at a CD release for Songs of the Season, an album released on the school’s Dolphinium Records, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 at JU’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, arts.ju.edu.

ART WALKS, FESTIVALS & MARKETS

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL In its 49th year, the two-day festival features the works of 125 artists in painting, pottery, jewelry, glassware, sculpture, fiber art, photography, mixed media and fine crafts, plus live music, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 29, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Francis Field, 11 W. Castillo Dr., St. Augustine, 824-2310, staaa.org.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional art, local music and entertainment – The RLF Trio, Mark Williams & Blue Horse and Alternate Coast on Nov. 29 – food artists and a farmers market are featured 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. under the Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT A self-guided tour of galleries, antique stores and shops open from 5-9 p.m. Nov. 29 and every last Sat. in St. Augustine’s San Marco District, 824-3152.

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK 5-9 p.m. on Dec. 3, features more than 13 live music venues, more than 13 hotspots open after 9 p.m. and 50 total participating venues, spanning 15 blocks in Downtown Jacksonville. iloveartwalk.com.

MUSEUMS

AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378, ameliamuseum.org. Brown Bag Lunch series presents arborology expert Dave Holley, who discusses the history of area trees, noon Dec. 3. The current exhibit, It Came from the Attic: Collections, celebrates collecting.

AMERICAN BEACH MUSEUM American Beach Community Center, 1600 Julia St., Fernandina Beach, 277-7960, nassaucountyfl.com/facilities. The Sands of Time: An American Beach Story, celebrating the beach and the life and activism of MaVynee Betsch, “The Beach Lady” is currently on display.

BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Holidays in the Village Kickoff Party features a tour of 22 holiday displays created by local designers and artists, wine, appetizers and live music, 6-10 p.m. Nov. 28; $50; proceeds benefit museum and park maintenance. The Art of Leigh Murphy, collection of watercolors, is on display through Jan. 20.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. A Trunk Show & Luncheon is held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Dec. 3. $35; $30 for members. The fashion-themed exhibit Icons of Style: Fashion Makers, Models,

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and Images runs through Jan. 4. All Together: The Sculpture of Chaim Gross is displayed through Oct. 4, 2015. British Watercolors runs through Nov. 29, 2015.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org. Winter Wonderlust, paintings by macTruque, is on display through Dec. 30. An artist’s reception is held 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12. The Presidents of the Continental Congress runs through December.

LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 824-2874, lightnermuseum.org. Curator-led tours are held 10 a.m. every first Wed. Photographer Theresa Segal’s exhibit Undisclosed: Photographs from the Lightner is on display through Jan. 2.

MANDARIN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 11964 Mandarin Rd., 268-0784, mandarinmuseum.net. The Maple Leaf, featuring Civil War era artifacts, runs through December.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. Project Atrium: Angela Strassheim, featuring her photographs, is on display through March 1. The exhibits Get Real: New American Painting and Jason John Studio Experience are on display through Jan. 4. Express Your #Selfie shows off the works of Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital patients, through Nov. 30. The Art + Design Faculty Exhibition is in UNF Gallery through Jan. 18.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. A live broadcast of NASA’s deep space Orion spacecraft is featured 9 a.m. on Dec. 4. (Note: The launch and landing may be delayed and/or scrubbed.) $12; $10 for seniors, military and students; $8 for ages 3-12. The exhibit Odyssey’s SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure is on display through March. Skies Over Jacksonville, a detailed live star show, is screened daily in the Planetarium at 2 p.m.

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine, worldgolfhalloffame.org. Honoring the Legacy: A Tribute to African-Americans in Golf – an exhibit featuring photographs, audio, video and memorabilia from the late 1800s to the present – is featured in the permanent collection.

GALLERIES

ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-5828, coab.us. Local artist/muralist Ginifer Brinkley is artist of the month for November.

ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 N. University Blvd., 256-7371. The annual Student Juried Exhibit is displayed through Dec. 10.

AMIRO ART & FOUND 9C Aviles St., St. Augustine, 824-8460.

The exhibit Recent Work on Canvas and Metal features works

by Eleanor Hughes and Curtis Bowman, through November.

THE ART CENTER PREMIER GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Downtown, 355-1757, tacjacksonville.org. The exhibit Shadows and Light is on display through November.

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530. Cyriaco Lopes and Terri Witek’s exhibit Currents/ Correntes is on display through Dec. 5.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreetgalleryart.com. An exhibit of new watercolors by Robert Leedy is on display through Jan. 7.

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Road, Southside, 535-7252, floridamininggallery.com. Water Appears and Disappears, featuring works by multidisciplinary artist Geoff Mitchell, is on display through December.

HASKELL GALLERY Jax International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Rd., 741-3546. Amy Labonte’s works are displayed through Dec. 26.

J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 435-3200, jjohnsongallery.com. Winter Selections, featuring works by Gray Malin, Chris Roberts-Antieau, Slomotion, Craig Kaths, Ryan McGinness, Mark Messersmith, Carlos Betancourt, Joy Laville and Julie York, is on display through Jan. 9.

NARTHEX TRANSITIONAL GALLEY Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church, 4001 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 396-7745. In the Fullness of Time features works by Maribel Angel, Mary Atwood, Mary Ann Bryan, John Bunker, Cookie Davis, Jean Carrison Dodd, Keith Doles, Michael Dunlap, Carole Mehrtens, Suzanne Schuenke, Jim Smith and Diantha York-Ripley through Jan. 16.

RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 6325555, ritzjacksonville.com. The photography exhibit The Fine Art of Jazz, showcasing the impact of Kansas City jazz musicians, runs through Jan. 7.

ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Bldg., 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 471-9980. The opening reception for Faces and Places: Scott Waters is 8:15 a.m. on Dec. 2. The exhibit is on display through Jan. 22.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 201 N. Hogan St., Ste. 100, Downtown, 438-4358, southlightgallery.com. Collaborative Tidings, a holiday-themed storefront of gifts and limited edition prints by gallery artists, is held 5-9 p.m. on Dec. 3. Saxophonist Jarrell Harris performs. UNF ArtSpace: Urban Spaces: The One Show, of Sebastian Pierre’s works, runs through Jan. 2.

ST. AUGUSTINE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER 10 W. Castillo Drive, 825-1000, staugustine-450.com. The First Coast Through the Eyes of Masters features St. Augustine-themed works by 19th and early 20th century painters.

STELLERS GALLERY AT PONTE VEDRA 240 A1A N., Ste. 13, Ponte Vedra Beach, 273-6065, stellersgallery.com. The Fall Exhibition is on display through November.

THRASHER-HORNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6815, thcenter.org. The photographic tribute The American Solider: From the Civil War to the War in Iraq is on

display through Feb. 14.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA GALLERY 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, 620-2534. Beyond the Degree, featuring works

by UNF alumni including Ashley Maxwell, Devin Balara, Bobby Davidson, Corey Kolb, Staci BuShea, Zach Fitchner and David Nackashi, is on display through Dec. 12.

EVENTS

LIGHT BOAT PARADE The 30th annual Jacksonville Boat Parade features decorated maritime vessels including canoes, kayaks, sailboats and houseboats and fireworks at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the Riverfront Downtown Jacksonville/The Landing, Northbank and Southbank, jacksonvillelightboatparade.com.

ARCADE JAX ANNIVERSARY Hi-tech fun with multiple gaming video consoles and old-school arcade cabinets, spinning DJs, raffles, giveaways and gaming-themed cocktail menus, 8 p.m. on Nov. 28 at Dive Bar, 331 E. Bay St., Downtown, 359-9090, stormunity.com/ArcadeJax. FAMILY EVENTS AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH LIBRARY Teen Gaming Night” for ages 13-18, 5-7 p.m. Dec. 2 at Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, 101 Library Blvd., 827-6950, sjcpls.org.

PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM A park ranger and nature enthusiast discuss nature photography at 10 a.m. on Nov. 29 at the Bluffs Pavilion, Big Talbot Island, S.R. A1A, Jacksonville. Bring a camera and photography supplies, bug spray and water. No reservations are needed and the program is free with $3 vehicle entrance fee. 251-2320, floridastateparks.org.

LECTURE AT FLAGLER Dr. Alan Woolfolk discusses The Rights Revolution: The Complications of Honor 10 a.m. Dec. 2 at Flagler College’s Flagler Room, 74 King St., St. Augustine, $5; free for active military, 819-6282, flagler.edu/communitylectures.

CHRISTMAS MADE IN THE SOUTH The 26th annual event features 350-plus artists and master craftsmen offering one-ofa-kind ornaments, pottery, toys, jewelry, fine art, furniture, metal sculptures, woven designs, glass art and photography, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 29 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 30 at Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., Downtown, 630-4000, madeinthesouthshows.com.

RITZ FASHION & MUSIC SHOW The Rep Yo Brand Fashion & Talent Expo features live music, a dance company and model management and fashion consultant businesses at 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at The Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, $25-$39, 807-2010. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Melody & Harmony Music Foundation, ticketmaster.com.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VS. NEW YORK GIANTS The hometown ballers take on the New York Giants at 1 p.m. Nov. 30 at EverBank Field, 1 EverBank Field Dr., Downtown, $55-$475, 633-6100, ticketmaster.com.

BEACHES HOLIDAY FEST The Holidays in the Village Kickoff Party features a tour of 22 holiday vignette displays created by local designers and artists, wine, appetizers and live music from 6-10 p.m. on Nov. 28 at Beaches Museum & History Park, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, $50; proceeds benefit museum and park maintenance, beachesmuseum.org.

NIGHT OF LIGHTS IN ST. AUGUSTINE This annual holidaythemed tradition features jillions of tiny white lights shining throughout downtown St. Augustine through January.

GUERILLA YOGA JAX The self-described “free gathering of yogis, friends, healers, hippies and peace-loving people moving into various postures” is 6-8 p.m. Nov. 26 at Radiance of San Marco, 1225 Hendricks Ave., 619-2237, donations accepted for Yoga 4 Change, which offers yoga instruction as a therapy for substance abuse. facebook.com/GuerillaYogaJax. CHRISTMAS TREE EVENTS The 28th annual Christmas on the River Tree Lighting Ceremony is held 7 p.m. Nov. 29 and features a 56-foot-tall, energy-efficient artificial tree with more than 240 ornaments and 78,000-plus LED lights. Synchronized nightly light shows are every hour on the hour, 6-9 p.m. Sun.Thur., 6 p.m.-mid. Fri. and Sat. at The Landing, 2 Independent Drive, Downtown, 353-1188, jacksonvillelanding.com.

AUTHOR MARK GREANEY Greaney signs copies of his book, Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect: A Jack Ryan Novel, 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Books-A-Million, 783 Marsh Landing Parkway, Jax Beach, 273-8055.

THANKSGIVING EVENTS

THANKSGIVING MEAL New Life City Rescue Mission needs volunteers to help serve the meal, 10 a.m. Nov. 26 at 234 W. State St., Downtown, 421-5161, crmjax.org.

TURKEY TROT 5K 10th annual 5K and 1-mile youth run are held 8 a.m. Nov. 27 at Osprey Village Wellness Center, 48 Osprey Village Dr., Amelia Island; entry is $25, proceeds benefit Nassau County Barnabas Food Pantry, 415-1429, active.com.

THANKSGIVING DAY FEAST A traditional dinner is served to elders unable to join family or friends, 11:30 a.m. Nov. 27 at O.C. White’s Restaurant, 118 Avenida Menendez, St. Augustine.

The event is coordinated through St. Johns County Council on Aging; registration is required; 209-3686. Volunteer drivers are needed. coasjc.com PETE’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARTY Pete’s Bar holds its annual street-party/homecoming 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Nov. 27 at 117 First St., Neptune Beach. No pets or bicycles. 249-9158.

ADVENT PROCESSION WITH CAROLS Cathedral Choir and Timothy Tuller, Canon for Music, present music by Hallock, Palestrina, Manz and Howells at 5 p.m. Nov. 30 at St. John’s Cathedral, 256 E. Church St., Downtown, free, 356-5507.

DINING DIRECTORY To list your restaurant, contact your account manager or Sam Taylor at 904.260.9770 ext. 111 or staylor@folioweekly.com.

DINING DIRECTORY KEY

$ = Less than $8 $$ = $8- $14 $$$ = $15- $22 $$$$ = $23 & up BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted free FW Bite Club tasting.

To join, go to fwbiteclub.com.

2014 Best of Jax winner F = FW distribution spot Average Entrée Cost

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH, YULEE

29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29southrestaurant.com. F In historic downtown, Chef Scotty Schwartz serves traditional regional cuisine with a modern twist. $$ L Tue.-Sat.; D Mon.-Sat.; R Sun. BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Rd., 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240, barberitos.com. Serving Southwestern fare; made-to-order burritos, tacos, nachos, quesadillas, handcrafted salsa. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F Southern hospitality in an upscale waterfront spot; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB K L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo. com. F In a historic building, the family-owned spot offers worldly fare: veggie burgers, fresh seafood, made-fromscratch desserts. Dine in or out on oak-shaded patio.

Karibrew Pub offers beer brewed onsite. $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily CIAO ITALIAN BISTRO, 302 Centre St., 206-4311, ciao bistro-luca.com. Owners Luka and Kim Misciasci offer fine dining: veal piccata, rigatoni Bolognese, antipasto.

Specialties: chicken Ciao, homemade meat lasagna. $ L Fri., Sat.; D Nightly DAVID’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, ameliaislanddavids.com. Fine dining in historic district.

Fresh seafood, prime aged meats, rack of lamb served in an elegant, chic spot. $$$$ FB D Wed.-Mon. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 491-3469.

450077 S.R. 200, Callahan, 879-0993. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. ELIZABETH POINTE LODGE, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Award-winning B&B has seaside dining, indoors or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily. Homestyle soups, sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianescafe.com. F In renovated 1887 shotgun house. Jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan/ vegetarian items. Dine in or on porch. $$ FB K B L D Daily LULU’S AT THOMPSON HOUSE, 11 S. Seventh St., 4328394, lulusamelia.com. F Creative lunch: po’boys, salads, little plates. Dinner: fresh local seafood, Fernandina shrimp.

Reservations. $$$ BW K TO R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat. MARCHÉ BURETTE, 6800 First Coast Hwy., 491-4834, omnihotels.com. Old-fashioned gourmet food market and deli, in the Spa & Shops, Omni Amelia Island Plantation.

Continental breakfast; lunch features flatbreads. $$$ BW K TO L D Daily MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, by the pie or the slice. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFE, 833 TJ Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Snail of Approval.

Casual organic eatery and juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juice, coffee, herbal tea. $$ TO B L Mon.-Sat. THE PECAN ROLL BAKERY, 122 S. Eighth St., 491-9815, thepecanrollbakery.com. The bakery, near the historic district, has sweet and savory pastries, cookies, cakes, bagels, breads, all made from scratch. $ K TO B L Wed.-Sun. PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132, plaefl.net. Bite Club. Omni Plantation Spa & Shops. Bistro-style venue serves whole fried fish and duck breast. Outdoor dining. $$$ FB L Tue.-Sat.; D Nightly THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Intracoastal Waterway sunset view; secondstory outdoor bar. Owners T.J. and Al offer local seafood, Mayport shrimp, fish tacos, po’boys, original broiled cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F Oceanfront place serves award-winning handmade crab cakes, fresh seafood, fried pickles. Outdoor dining, open-air 2nd floor, balcony. $$ FB K L D Daily TASTY’S FRESH BURGERS & FRIES, 710 Centre St., 321-0409, tastysamelia.com. In historic district. Fresh fast-food alternative, combining the freshest meats, handcut fries, homemade sauces, hand-spun shakes. $ BW K L D Daily

Jennifer Perry, of Latitude 360 on the Southside, offers plates of a variety of chicken wings, boom-boom shrimp, pizza, chopped Cobb salad and Mediterranean chicken. Photo: Dennis Ho T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. 8th St., 261-6310. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. This spot in an old gas station offers blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L Mon.-Sat. THE VERANDAH, 6800 First Coast Hwy., 321-5050, omnihotels.com. Extensive menu of fresh local seafood and steaks; signature entrée is Fernandina shrimp. Many herbs and spices are from onsite garden. $$$ FB K D Nightly

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 9119 Merrill Rd., 745-9300.

2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. LA NOPALERA, 8818 Atlantic Blvd., 720-0106. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd., 724-5802.

F SEE ORANGE PARK. THE SHEIK DELI, 9720 Atlantic Blvd., 721-2660. Familyowned-and-operated, Sheik delis have served our area for 40+ years, with a full breakfast (pitas to country plates) and a lunch menu. $ TO B L D Mon.-Sat.

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BAGEL LOVE, 4114 Herschel St., Ste. 121, 634-7253, bagellovejax.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Locallyowned-and-operated. Northern style bagels, cream cheeses, sandwiches, wraps, bakery items. Fresh-squeezed orange juice and lemonade, coffee, tea. $ K TO B L Daily THE CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966, thecasbahcafe.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean fare. Patio, hookah lounge, bellydancers. $$ BW L D Daily CLAUDE’S CHOCOLATE, 3543 St. Johns Ave., 829-5790.

F In Green Man Gourmet. Wines, spices, fresh fruit ice pops and Belgian chocolates. SEE PONTE VEDRA. $$ TO FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386.

Premium ice cream, fresh waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes and Nathan’s grilled hot dogs, served in Florida-centric décor.

Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ K TO L D Daily THE FOX RESTAURANT, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669.

F Owners Ian & Mary Chase offer fresh diner fare: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes, desserts. Breakfast all day.

Local landmark for 50+ years. $$ BW K L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned and operated for 20+ years, the American pub serves 1/2-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA, 4530 St. Johns Ave., 388-8828. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200.

F Bite Club. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 Pine Grove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cuban sandwiches, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher cuts USDA choice prime aged beef.

Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D Mon.-Sat. PULP, 3645 St. Johns Ave., pulpaddiction.com. SEE SAN MARCO. RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. French/

Southern bistro, with an emphasis on locally grown organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. Snail of Approval. $$$ FB K R, Sun.; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare, from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Mon.-Sat., B Sat.

BAYMEADOWS

AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 7825 Baymeadows Way, 733-4040. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F SEE BEACHES.

BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA, Ste. 3, 10920 Baymeadows Rd. E., 519-8000, broadwayfl.com. F Family-owned-and-operated Italian pizzeria serves calzones, wings, brick-oven-baked pizza, subs. $$ BW K TO L D Daily INDIA’S RESTAURANT, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 6200777, indiajax.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Indian cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LA NOPALERA, 8206 Philips Hwy., 732-9433. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740.

8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. SEE MANDARIN. PIZZA PALACE RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 527-8649, pizzapalacejax.com.

F Casual, family-owned; homestyle cuisine. Local faves: spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana. Outside dining; HD TVs. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 8133 Point Meadows Dr., 519-0509. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. TEQUILAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101, 363-1365. All the salsa, guacamole, chips, beans, rice and meat dishes are made fresh daily. Authentic Mexican lunch and dinner combos. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. ZESTY INDIA, 8358 Point Meadows Dr., 329-3676, zestyindia.com. Asian methods meld with European template to create tandoori lamb chops, rosemary tikka.

Vegetarian items cooked separately in vegetable oil. $ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun.

BEACHES

(Locations are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F Al’s is often a repeat winner in FW readers’ poll. New York-style, gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. All-day happy hour Mon.Thur. $ FB K TO L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM, 204 Third Ave. S., 246-7823. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Angie’s has served subs made with the freshest ingredients for more than 25 years. One word: Peruvian.

Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. $ BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BUDDHA THAI BISTRO, 301 10th Ave. N., 712-4444, buddhathaibistro.com. The proprietors are from Thailand; every dish is made with fresh ingredients. $$ FB TO L D Daily

BURRITO GALLERY EXPRESS, 1333 Third St. N., 242-8226. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE DOWNTOWN. CANTINA MAYA SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 1021 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-3227. Popular spot serves great margaritas, great Latin food, burgers. Sports on TVs. $$ FB K L D Tue.-Sun. CASA MARIA, 2429 S. Third St., 372-9000, casamariajax. com. F Family-owned-and-operated place offers authentic Mexican fare: fajitas and seafood dishes, hot sauces made in-house. The specialty is tacos de asada. $ FB K L D Daily CULHANE’S IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595, culhanesirishpub.com. Bite Club.

Upscale pub/restaurant owned and run by sisters from County Limerick, Ireland. Shepherd’s pie, corned beef; gastropub fare. $$ FB K R Sat. & Sun.; L Fri.-Sun.; D Tue.-Sun. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001.

2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. F Latin American fusion, Southwestern-influenced: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana sandwiches. 100+ tequilas. $ FB L D Daily HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815, harmoniousmonks.net. F SEE MANDARIN. LA NOPALERA, 1222 Third St. S., 372-4495. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 N. Third St., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK.

LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 249-2922, lilliescoffeebar. com. F Locally roasted coffee, eggs, bagels, flatbreads, sandwiches, desserts. Dine indoors or out, patio and courtyard. $$ BW TO B L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club.

2014 Best of Jax Winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers.

Nonstop happy hour. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 249-5573, mezzarestaurantandbar. com. F Near-the-ocean eatery, 20+ years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine inside or on the patio. Valet parking. $$$ FB K D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636, mojobbq.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue, Delta fried catfish, all the sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 241-2599, mshackburgers.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. David and Matthew Medure flip burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes, familiar fare, moderate prices. Dine inside or outside. $$ BW L D Daily NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105, nbbistro.com. Bite Club.

Neighborhood gem with a chef-driven kitchen serves handcut steaks, fresh local seafood, tapas menu. Happy hour. $$$ FB K R Sun.; L D Daily OCEAN 60 RESTAURANT, WINE BAR & MARTINI ROOM, 60 Ocean Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 247-0060, ocean60.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

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DINING DIRECTORY GRILL ME!

A WEEKLY Q&A WITH PEOPLE IN THE FOOD BIZ

NAME: Luis G. Rodriguez RESTAURANT: Tequilas Mexican Restaurant, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101 BIRTHPLACE: Guadalajara, Mexico YEARS IN THE BIZ: 12 FAVORITE RESTAURANT (other than mine) : Bentos, Tinseltown BEST CUISINE STYLE: Mexican GO-TO INGREDIENTS: Cilantro, peppers and avocado IDEAL MEAL: A variety of tacos.

WILL NOT CROSS MY LIPS: Indian cuisine INSIDER’S SECRET: Fresh ingredients, prepared daily CELEBRITY SIGHTING: Jaguars players, Zlatan Ibrahimovic CULINARY TREAT: Ceviche seasonal menu in a formal dining room or casual Martini Room. $$$ FB D Mon.-Sat. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637. Named for Baltimore’s own macabre poet Edgar Allan Poe, the American gastropub has 50-plus beers, gourmet hamburgers, ground in-house, cooked to order, and hand-cut French fries, fish tacos, entrée-size salads, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Beaches Town Center, Atlantic Beach, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F For 30+ years, the iconic seafood place has scored many awards in our BOJ readers poll.

Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlifefoodshack.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Specialty items: signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in a modern open-air space. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., Beaches Town Center, Neptune Beach, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sat. & Sun.; D Nightly SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000, sneakerssportsgrille.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

More than 20 beers on tap, TV screens, cheerleaders serving the food. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB K L D Daily TACOLU BAJA MEXICANA, 1712 Beach Blvd., 249-8226, tacolu.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Fresh, Baja-style fare with a focus on fish tacos, tequila (more than 135 kinds) and mezcal. Bangin’ shrimp, carne asada, carnitas, daily fresh fish selections. Made-fresh-daily guacamole. $$ FB K R Sat. & Sun.; L D Tue.-Fri.

DOWNTOWN

AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324, akelsdeli.com. F New York-style deli offers freshly made fare: subs (3 Wise Guys, Champ), burgers, gyros, breakfast bowls, ranchero wrap, vegetarian dishes. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. BURRITO GALLERY & BAR, 21 E. Adams St., 598-2922, burritogallery.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Southwestern burritos, ginger teriyaki tofu, beef barbacoa, wraps, tacos. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. CASA MARIA, 12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104, 757-6411. F SEE BEACHES.

CHOMP CHOMP, 106 E. Adams St., 762-4667. F Eats at moderate prices – most less than $10. Chef-inspired street food: panko-crusted chicken, burgers, chinois tacos, bahn mi and barbecue. $ L Tue.-Sat.; D Thur.-Sat. FIONN MacCOOL’s IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, The Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1547, fionnmacs.com. Casual dining with an uptown Irish atmosphere, serving fish and chips, Guinness lamb stew and black-and-tan brownies. $$ FB K L D Daily OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com.

From-scratch soups, sandwiches. They cure their own bacon, pickle their pickles. Home to duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L Mon.-Fri.

FLEMING ISLAND

GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LA NOPALERA, 1571 C.R. 220, 215-2223. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999.

F Bite Club. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, traditional fare, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, motorcycle or car. $ FB K TO L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly YOUR PIE, 1545 C.R. 220, Ste. 125, 379-9771, yourpie. com. Owner Mike Sims’ concept: Choose from 3 doughs, 9 sauces, 7 cheeses, 40+ toppings. 5 minutes in a brick oven

sandwiches, pizza. Gluten-free friendly. $ FB K L D Daily STEAMIN, 9703 San Jose Blvd., 493-2020, eatsteamin. com. Classic diner serves steam burgers, fat dogs and chili, 50+ craft beers. $ FB TO B Sat.-Sun.; L D Daily

ORANGE PARK, GREEN COVE SPRINGS

and ta-da: It’s your pie. Subs, sandwiches, gelato. $$ BW K TO L D Daily

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F SEE BEACHES.

DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 14286 Beach Blvd., 223-0115.

F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 14333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 39, 992-1666. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Tamales, fajitas, pork tacos. Some La Nops have a full bar. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK. TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999, timeoutsportsgrill.com. F Locally-ownedand-operated. Hand-tossed pizzas, wings, wraps. Daily drink specials, HDTVs, pool tables. Late-night menu. $$ FB L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly

JULINGTON CREEK

DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 101, 825-4540. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. PIZZA PALACE, 116 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-2171. F SEE BAYMEADOWS.

MANDARIN

AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 12926 Gran Bay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F SEE BEACHES.

ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199.

F Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant). Greek beers. $$ BW L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. BROOKLYN PIZZA, 11406 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Rd., 880-0020. Brooklyn Special. Calzones, white pizza, homestyle lasagna. $$ BW TO L D Daily THE COFFEE BARD, 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 13, 260-0810, thecoffeebard.com. New world coffeehouse has coffees, breakfast, drinks. $$ TO B L D Tue.-Sun. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 10391 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-7087. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. GIGI’S RESTAURANT, 3130 Hartley Rd., 694-4300, jaxramada.com. In Ramada. Prime rib and crab leg buffet Fri. & Sat., blue-jean brunch Sun., daily breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets. $$$ FB B R L D Daily GILMON’S BAKERY, 11362 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 13, 288-8128, gilmonsbakery.com. Custom cakes, cupcakes, gingerbread men, pies, cookies, coffee, tea. $$ B L Tue.-Sat. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30, 880-3040, harmoniousmonks.net. F American-style steakhouse: Angus steaks, gourmet burgers, ribs, wraps. $$ FB K L D Mon.-Sat. KAZU JAPANESE RESTAURANT, 9965 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 35, 683-9903, kazujapaneserestaurant.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Wide variety of soups, dumplings, appetizers, salads, bento boxes, sushi, entrées, maki handrolls, sashimi. $$ BW TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA, 11700 San Jose Blvd., 288-0175. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Tamales, fajitas, pork tacos.

Some La Nops have a full bar. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11365 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 674-2945. F SEE ORANGE PARK. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. Natural, organic soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, prepared foods, juices and smoothies. Juice, smoothie and coffee bar. All-natural, organic beers, wines. Indoor, outdoor dining. $ BW TO K B L D Daily THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL, 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 683-3773, redelephantpizza.com. F Casual, family-friendly eatery serves steaks, seafood, chicken grill specials. Five topping selections. Salads,

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ARON’S PIZZA, 650 Park Ave., 269-1007, aronspizza. com. F Family-owned restaurant has eggplant dishes, manicotti, New York-style pizzas. $$ BW K TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1540 Wells Rd., 269-2122. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Road, 272-5959, hilltop-club. com. Southern-style fine dining. Specialties: New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sat. LA NOPALERA, 9734 Crosshill Blvd., 908-4250. 2024 Kingsley Ave., 276-2776. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

SEE MANDARIN.

LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., 276-7370.

1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F For 30+ years, all over town, they pile ’em high and serve ’em fast. Hot/cold subs, soups, salads. $ K TO B L D Daily POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA, 2134 Park Ave., 264-6116.

Family-owned-and-operated, offering pizzas and wings made in coal-fired ovens. Espresso, cappuccino. $ BW TO L D Daily THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. F For 35-plus years, Roadhouse has been offering wings, sandwiches, burgers, quesadillas; 75+ imported beers. $ FB L D Daily THE SHEIK, 1994 Kingsley Ave., 276-2677. SEE ARLINGTON.

PONTE VEDRA, PALM VALLEY, NW ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A N., 543-1494. F SEE BEACHES. CLAUDE’S CHOCOLATE, 145 Hilden Rd., Ste. 122, 829-5790, claudeschocolate.com. Hand-crafted premium Belgian chocolate, fruits, nuts, spices. Cookies, popsicles. $$ TO DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134, dickswingsandgrill.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. NASCAR-themed; 365 kinds of wings, halfpound burgers, ribs. $ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S SUBS, 830 A1A N., 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK. PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 280-7766, pussersusa.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Bite Club. Innovative Caribbean cuisine features regional faves: Jamaican grilled pork ribs, Trinidad smoked duck, lobster macaroni & cheese dinner. Tropical drinks. $$ FB K TO L D Daily RESTAURANT MEDURE, 818 A1A N., 543-3797, restaurantmedure.us. Chef David Medure offers global flavors. Small plates, creative drinks, happy hour. $$$ FB D Mon.-Sat.

RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies. com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Intimate bistro serves authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine updated for American tastes, specializing in tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day, coconut mango curry chicken. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sat. AKEL’S DELI, 245 Riverside Ave., 791-3336. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F SEE BEACHES.

BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points.com. New American fare has a Southern twist, made with locally sourced ingredients.

Rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2, 855-1181. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. F Smallbatch, artisanal coffee roasting. Organic, fair trade. $ BW TO B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412. Made-fromscratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free and vegetarian options. $ BW L D Daily.

DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 5972 San Juan Ave., 693-9258.

2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. EDGEWOOD BAKERY, 1012 S. Edgewood Ave., 389-8054, edgewoodbakery.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. 66+ years, full-service bakery. Fresh breakfast, from-scratch pastries, petit fours, pies, cakes. Espresso, sandwiches, smoothies, soups. $$ K TO B L Tue.-Sat. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999, europeanstreet.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. 130+ imported beers, 20 on tap. NYC-style classic Reuben and other overstuffed sandwiches; salads, soups. Outside seating is available at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily

GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. F The juice bar uses certified organic fruits and vegetables. 500+ craft/import beers, 250 wines, organic produce, humanely raised meats, plus a deli, as well as raw items, vegan, vitamins, herbs. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 1001 Park St., 5080342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Based on fare of Asian street vendors, peddling authentic dishes from mobile stalls. Chefs here serve the best hawker recipes under one roof. $ BW TO L D Daily KNEAD BAKESHOP, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S. New from Bold Bean Coffee Roasters’ owners. Locally-owned, familyrun bake shop specializes in made-from-scratch pastries, artisan breads, savory pies, specialty sandwiches, seasonal soups. $ TO B L Tue.-Sun. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794.

7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK.

METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., Ortega, 999-4600. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR-B-Q, 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551, monroessmokehousebbq.com. Monroe’s smoked meats include wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey and ribs. Homestyle sides include green beans, baked beans, mac-n-cheese, collards. $$ K TO L Mon.-Sat.; D Fri. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442.

F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, mossfire. com. F Southwestern fish tacos, enchiladas. Happy hour Mon.-Sat. upstairs lounge, all day Sun. $$ FB K L D Daily O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB, 1521 Margaret St., 854-9300, obrothersirishpub.com. F Traditional shepherd’s pie with Stilton crust, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Patio dining. $$ FB K TO L D Daily THE SHEIK, 7361 103rd St., 778-4805. 5172 Normandy Blvd., 786-7641. SEE ARLINGTON. SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0049. F Beer (Bold City, Intuition), wine, pizza, hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejacksonville.com. Sushi variety: Monster Roll, Jimmy Smith Roll; faves Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Indoor or patio. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F SEE BEACHES. AVILES RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 32 Avenida Menendez, 829-2277, hiltonhistoricstaugustine.net. F Hilton Bayfront. Progressive European-flavored menu; made-toorder pasta night, wine dinners, chophouse nights, breakfast buffet. Sun. champagne brunch bottomless mimosas. $$$ FB K B L D Daily CARMELO’S MARKETPLACE & PIZZERIA, 146 King St., 494-6658, carmelosmarketplace.com. F NY-style gourmet brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats, cheeses, garlic herb wings. Outdoor dining, Wi-Fi. $$ BW TO L D Daily CLAUDE’S CHOCOLATE, 6 Granada St., 829-5790. In The Market. Wine and chocolate pairings, soft-serve ice cream, a coffee bar, fresh fruit ice pops, cookies. $$ TO THE FLORIDIAN, 39 Cordova St., 829-0655, thefloridian staug.com. Updated Southern fare: fresh ingredients from area farms. Vegetarian, gluten-free. Fried green tomato bruschetta, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F A mainstay for 25+ years, Gypsy’s menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. Sun. brunch. $$ FB R Sun.; L D Daily THE ICE PLANT BAR, 110 Riberia St., 829-6553, iceplantbar.com. Vintage-inspired (an old ice plant) in historic area. Farm-to-table menu uses locally sourced ingredients; hand-crafted drinks, house-made bitters, syrups. $$$ FB TO D Nightly MELLOW MUSHROOM, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040.

F Bite Club. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova, 342-5264. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. PACIFIC ASIAN BISTRO, 159 Palencia Village Dr., Ste. 111, 808-1818, pacificasianbistro.com. F Chef Mas Lui creates 30+ sushi rolls; fresh sea scallops, Hawaiian-style poke tuna salad. Sake. $$-$$$ BW L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A Beach Blvd., 217-3256, saltlifefoodshack.com. Best of Jax winner. SEE BEACHES. TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Place, 547-0240. Latin American fusion wine bar and restaurant offers traditional American fare with a Latin flair; sandwiches, too. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sun.

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER

BENTO CAFE ASIAN KITCHEN & SUSHI, 4860 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1, 564-9494, bentocafesushi.com. Pan-Asian fare; Asian-inspired dishes: wok stir-fry to fire-grilled,

BITE-SIZED

Best BBQ

IN JACKSONVILLE

Winner Best BBQ Jax Truckies 2014

2 Locations Serving You 4838 Highway Ave. (904) 389-5551

10771 Beach Blvd.

(904) 996-7900

(Next to Target)

$1 BEER • $2 WINE • $3 THREE OLIVES

CARMINES PIE HOUSE Photo by Caron Streibich

PIE’S THE LIMIT

2677 Forbes St., Riverside, 387-1400, carminespiehouse.com

The weird and wonderful world of Carmines

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qual parts quirky and casual, Carmines Pie House fits perfectly into its hip Riverside location. Oh, and the weekday happy hour, from 2-6 p.m., is pretty sweet, too — $1.50 slices and half-priced local brews from Bold City and Intuition.

It’s an inexpensive option for lunch or a laid-back dinner choice. And whoever came up with the menu descriptions and names is my hero. Reading items like “Devil Dog Frickles,” “Jersey Shore Fried Calzone,” “The Jerk,” “The Bad Ass BLT” and “It’s a Train Wreck Baby,” you can’t help but smile.

Speaking of train wrecks, order that one.

There’s more ham, beef, bacon, pepperoni, garlic (oh my!), spinach, tomato, onions, green peppers and pineapple than you could ever dream of atop this mozzarella-covered pie.

For apps, I like the shoestring zucchini fries ($7.27) with a creamy rémoulade for dipping, and the sour pot ($9.27), a tasty, though pricey, plate of sweet potato fries loaded with melted blue cheese crumbles, bacon pieces and a bourbon barbecue sauce. And don’t forget those hand-breaded mozzarella planks ($7.27) — flat, rectangular slabs of cheesy goodness, served with marinara.

If you’re craving an über-cheesy Chicagostyle pizza ($11.57), Carmines nails it. Allow extra time, as this stuffed pie is thick and takes a while to cook, but it’s so worth it.

Carmines touts 16 (!) varieties of wing sauces — take advantage and order the jumbo rooster wings ($9.37 for 11). For you herbivores, the Dy-no-myte tofu ($8.27) offers an interesting vegetarian alternative — seasoned cubes of fried tofu tossed in the sauce of your choice.

“Burning Down the House” hot lasagna

($15.57) is a towering stack of five thick, alternating layers of pasta, each topped with different deliciousness. If lasagna’s your thing, this one’s for you.

No matter what you choose, the portions are huge. But who am I to judge if you still have room for fried cheesecake bites ($6.77)?

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NIBBLES

Riverside’s INTUITION ALE WORKS recently celebrated its four-year anniversary with a weeklong calendar of events across town.

CAP’S EXPRESS is now open in St. Johns County at 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 1303. It’s open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch.

CHOBAN GRILL opened its second area location, this one in 5 Points.

The fast casual Greek restaurant is also at 9475 Philips Highway (near Folio Weekly HQ!).

DOS GATOS has announced that it’s opening a second location in the St. Augustine area.

ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE, formerly of Avondale, is moving to 1396 Beach Blvd. in Jax Beach, with an early December opening.

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DINING DIRECTORY

Luca Misciasci and his staff at Ciao Italian Bistro in Fernandina Beach present signature Italian dishes including a margherita pizza, pork Milanese, rigatoni Ciao, prosciutto and red wine. Photo: Dennis Ho authentic spices, fresh ingredients. Full sushi bar. $$ K FB TO L D Daily MOXIE KITCHEN + COCKTAILS, 4972 Big Island Dr., 998-9744, moxiefl.com. 2014 Best of Jax Winner.

Chef Tom Gray’s place features innovative contemporary American cuisine – seafood, steaks, pork, burgers, salads, sides and desserts – using locally sourced ingredients when possible. $$$ FB K L Mon.-Fri.; D Nightly M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000, mshack burgers.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

BASIL THAI & SUSHI, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190, basilthaijax.com. F Authentic dishes: Pad Thai, curries, sashimi, fresh sushi, daily specials. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves a variety of fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily THE GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. F Artisanal cheese plates, empanadas, bruschetta, cheesecake. 60+ wines by the glass. $$$ BW Tue.-Sun. HAMBURGER MARY’S BAR & GRILLE, 3333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1, 551-2048, hamburgermarys.com. Popular burger chain serves wings, sammies, nachos, wraps, entrées, specialty cocktails and … wait for it … burgers. $$ K TO FB L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1631 Hendricks, 399-1768. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922, matthews restaurant.com. Chef Matthew Medure’s flagship. Fine dining, artfully presented cuisine, small plates, martini/ wine lists. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. Reservations. $$$$ FB D Mon.-Sat. METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodiner.com. F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. Original upscale diner in ’30s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, homemade soups. $$ B R L Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200.

F 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815. F SEE BAYMEADOWS.

PULP, 1962 San Marco Blvd., 396-9222, pulpaddiction. com. The juice bar offers fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas, coffees, 30 kinds of smoothies. $ TO B L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. Authentic Italian ingredients, seasonal local produce and meats on Chef Sam Efron’s menus. Regional craft beers, handcrafted cocktails. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily

SOUTHSIDE, TINSELTOWN

360° GRILLE, Latitude 360, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555, latitude360.com. F Seafood, steaks, burgers, chicken, sandwiches, pizza. Patio, movie theater. $$ FB TO L D Daily AKEL’S, 7077 Bonneval Rd., 332-8700. F SEE DOWNTOWN. ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. Longest-running dinner theater in America, featuring Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations recommended. $$ FB D Tue.-Sun. BARBERITOS, 4320 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., Ste. 106, 807-9060. SEE AMELIA ISLAND.

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BENTO CAFE ASIAN KITCHEN & SUSHI, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 11, 503-3238. SEE ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER. CASA MARIA, 14965 Old St. Augustine Rd., 619-8186.

SEE BEACHES.

DANCIN DRAGON, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888. This new spot features a BOGO lunch. Asian fusion menu. $$ FB K L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954.

2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE PONTE VEDRA. THE DIM SUM ROOM, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138D, 363-9888, thedimsumroom.com. Shrimp dumplings, beef tripe, sesame ball. Traditional Hong Kong noodles, barbecue. $ FB K L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717.

2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. HZ CAFE, 6426 Bowden Rd., Ste. 206, 527-1078. Healthy concept cafe serves juices, smoothies, traditional vegan and vegetarian meals and vegan and gluten-free meals and desserts. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. LARRY’S SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499.

4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. 2014 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR B-Q, 10771 Beach Blvd., 996-7900, monroessmokehousebbq.com. SEE RIVERSIDE. PAPI CHULO’S, 9726 Touchton Rd., Ste. 105, 3291763, ilovepapichulos.com. This brand new Tinseltown restaurant offers fresh, simple, authentic Mexican street food, top-shelf tequilas, specialty drinks. Kids eat free. $$ K FB L D Daily SEVEN BRIDGES Grille & Brewery, 9735 Gate Pkwy., 997-1999, 7bridgesgrille.com. F Local seafood, steaks, pizzas. Brewer Aaron Nesbit handcrafts ales, lagers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Court, 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Belly dancing. $$ FB K L D Daily TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA, 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2, 565-1999, tbopizza.com. New York-style thin crust, brick-oven-baked pizzas (gluten-free), calzones, sandwiches fresh to order. Boylan’s soda. Curbside pickup. $$ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE VISCONDE’S ARGENTINIAN GRILL, 11925 Beach Blvd., Ste. 201, 379-3925. This new place is the area’s only Argentinian restaurant, offering traditional steaks, several varieties of sausages, pasta, sandwiches, empañadas and wines. $$$ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun. WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 551-5929, worldofbeer.com. F Burgers, tavern fare, sliders,flatbreads, German pretzels, hummus, pickle chips. Craft German, Cali, Florida, Irish drafts. Wines. $$ BW L D Daily

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SAVANNAH BISTRO, 14670 Duval Rd., 741-4404. F Low Country Southern fare, taste of Mediterranean and French.

Crowne Plaza Airport. Crab cakes, NY strip, she crab soup, mahi mahi. $$$ FB K B L D Daily THE SHEIK, 2708 N. Main St., 353-8181. SEE ARLINGTON. UPTOWN MARKET, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, uptownmarketjax.com. Bite Club. In the 1300 Building.

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ASTROLOGY

ROBERT DOWNEY JR., GLORIA STEINEM & CAT CONTROL FREAKS ARIES (March 21-April 19): What exactly do you believe in? What’s your philosophy of life? Do you think most people are basically good and you can have a meaningful life if you just work hard and act kind? Do you believe evil, shapeshifting, kitten-eating extraterrestrials have taken on human form and are impersonating political leaders who control our society? Are you like the character Crash Davis in the film Bull Durham, who believed in “high fiber, good scotch, the sweet spot, and long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days”? Now’s an excellent time to be clear about fundamental principles guiding your behavior. Recommit to root beliefs and jettison beliefs that no longer work.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I have two encyclopedias of dreams, and they disagree on the symbolic meaning of mud. One book says that when you dream of mud, you may be facing a murky moral dilemma in your waking life, or maybe you’re dealing with a messy temptation that threatens to compromise your integrity. The other encyclopedia suggests that when you dream of mud, it means you’ve received an untidy but fertile opportunity that will incite growth and creativity. You’ve been dreaming of mud lately, and both meanings apply to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are there certain influences you’d love to bring into your life, but can’t figure out how? Do you fantasize about getting access to new resources that would make everything better, but they seem to be forever out of reach? If you answered “yes,” it’s time to stop moping.

You have more power than usual to reel in those desirable influences and resources. To fully capitalize on this power, be confident that you can attract what you need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Should you cut back and retrench? Definitely. Should you lop off and bastardize? Definitely not. Do I recommend you spend time editing and purifying? Yes, please. Does this mean to censor and repress? No, thank you. Here’s my third pair of questions: Will you be wise enough to shed some defense mechanisms and strip away one lame excuse? Hope so. Should you therefore dispense with all psychic protections and leave yourself vulnerable to being abused? Hope not.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I know you’re beautiful; you know you’re beautiful. You could be even more beautiful. What do you think? Have you reached the limits? Or can you consider that there’s even more beauty dormant within you, ready to be groomed and expressed? Ruminate on these: 1. Are you hiding a complicated part of your beauty because it’d be hard to liberate it? 2. Are you afraid of some aspect of your beauty because revealing it would force you to acknowledge self-truths that are at odds with your selfimage? 3. Are you worried expressing your full beauty will intimidate others?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Helsinki, Finland is growing downward. By cutting out space in the bedrock below the city’s surface, farseeing leaders have made room to build shops, a data center, a hockey rink, a church, and a swimming pool. There are also projects underway to construct 200 more underground structures. Start working along those lines – at least metaphorically. Now’s a great time to renovate foundations to accommodate future growth.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Pantone Color Matching System, used as a standard in the printing industry, presents a structured approach to identifying colors. According to its

classification system, there are 104 shades of grey. You benefit from being equally discerning in the weeks ahead.

It just won’t be possible to differentiate between good guys and bad guys. You’ll misunderstand situations you try to simplify, and you’ll be brilliant if you assume there’s more nuance and complexity to uncover. Don’t tolerate ambiguity. Appreciate it. Learn from it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I’m not necessarily predicting you’ll acquire a shiny new asset in time for the solstice. Nor am I glibly optimistic that you’ll get a pay raise or an unexpected bonus.

There’s only a 65 percent certainty you’ll snag a new perk, catch a financial break or stumble upon a treasure.

But your net worth will rise in the next four weeks.

Your luck will be unusually practical. To take maximum advantage of cosmic tendencies, focus efforts on the one or two most promising prospects.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician, is sometimes called “the father of modern science.” He expressed his innovative ideas so vigorously, he offended the Catholic Church, which convicted him of heresy. To us, he symbolizes the magnificence of rational thought.

And yet Galileo had a weird streak: He gave lectures on the “Shape, Location, and Size of Dante’s Inferno,” analyzing the poet’s depiction of hell. Galileo concluded Satan was more than four-fifths of a mile tall. In this spirit, and in accordance with current astrological omens, you’re temporarily authorized to de-emphasize the constraints of reason and logic to gleefully and unapologetically pursue quirky proclivities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): While in his early 20s, actor Robert Downey Jr. appeared in Less Than Zero and Weird Science. That got him semi-typecast as a member of Hollywood’s Brat Pack, a group of popular young actors and actresses who starred in coming-of-age films in the 1980s. Eager to be free of that pigeonhole, Downey performed a ritual in 1991: He dug a hole in his backyard and buried the clothes he’d worn in Less Than Zero. Carry out a comparable ceremony to graduate from parts of your past holding you back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In her book Revolution from Within, Gloria Steinem offers a challenge: “Think of the times you have said: ‘I can’t write,’ ‘I can’t paint,’ ‘I can’t run,’ ‘I can’t shout,’ ‘I can’t dance,’ ‘I can’t sing.’” That’s your first assignment: Think of those times. Your second? Write down other “I can’t” statements you’ve made over the years. Third?

Objectively evaluate if any of these “I can’t” statements are literally true. If some of them aren’t, your fourth assignment is to actually do them. The weeks ahead are a favorable time to transform “I can’t” into “I can.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Dogs don’t know where they begin and end,” writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her book The Wave in the Mind. They “don’t notice when they put their paws in the quiche.”

Cats are different, LeGuin continues. They “know exactly where they begin and end. When they walk slowly out the door you’re holding open for them, and pause, leaving their tail just an inch or two inside the door, they know it.

They know you have to keep holding the door open … It’s a cat’s way of maintaining relationship.” Whether you’re more of a dog person or a cat person, it’s important to be more like a cat than a dog in the weeks ahead. Keep in mind exactly where you begin and end.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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HANDSOME DOG LOVER AT INTUITION You: Handsome man in orange shirt with lots of friends. Me: Short, green-eyed brunette, blue shirt. You asked about my dog, white German shepherd, seemed to like you. Single?

Meet at Intuition 11/28, same time? When: Nov. 21. Where: Intuition Ale Works. #1425-1126 YOU DIDN’T LEAVE! We stared across bar, like we knew it was beginning of deepest connection, friendship, and love we’d ever know.

Haven’t left... Slainte! kanpai! Drink your Dirty Girl Scout.

Here’s to finding each other again. Really like you! When: April 2011. Where: Bomba’s. #1424-1126

friend but not you. Me: Black dress with dark hair at the bar.

When: Sept. 27. Where: Hamburger Mary’s. #1415-1008 SO SWEET, BOUGHT TEA You: Tanned, green sunglasses, white SUV, motorcycle, OTW to pick up daughter. Me: Crazy spinner girl, parched, much appreciative of tea you bought. See you almost daily. Got your name, should’ve gotten number. A drink sometime?

When: Sept. 27. Where: Monument/McCormick McD’s. #1414-1001

CUTIE ON A SUZUKI You: Stylish, curly-haired cutie on Suzuki cafe racer. Me: Raven-haired lass, gray VW Jetta. Sipped coffee at light, turning on Riverside. Looked left, noticed Suzuki. Liked your shoes, style, dirty-blonde locks under helmet. Meet for drink? When: Nov. 12. Where: Riverside Ave. #1423-1119

ROGUE MEN You helped me with ring toss. Stood really close.

Had to run, had friends waiting. Wish I’d gotten your name and number! When: Sept. 7. Where: Dive Bar. #1413-1001 BEARD MAGIC You: Jet-black hair, green eyes, sexy red Fiat 500. You said my beard had magical powers. Me: Colorful tats, magical beard, Donkey Bong shirt. I gave you my toast and you promised a date. When and where? When: Sept. 15. Where: Brew 5 Points. #1412-1001

BEARDED HOTTIE, SILVER FORD You: Behind me on 95N from Baymeadows to I-10 interchange on 11/4 at 3 p.m.; Nassau tag, dark beard, ball cap, amazing smile. Me: Brown SUV. Can’t get you out of my mind. Can we meet? When: Nov. 4, 3 p.m. Where: Baymeadows & I-95. #1422-1112

BARISTA WITH DEVILED EGGS You: Starbucks Barista.

Handed me a deviled egg, drew a heart on my vanilla milk. Never knew what I loved about this old coffee shop.

Close your tally with a herringbone? Love to read more newspapers – as your girlfriend. When: Aug. 14. Where: Southside/Baymeadows Starbucks. #1411-0924

I SAW U Connection Made!

PULLING FOR ORIOLES You: Cranberry shirt, said to me, “I was pulling for them” referring to my Orioles T-shirt. Me: Orioles T-shirt, I said “Yeah” and kept walking. Wish I would have started a conversation. Let’s talk! When: Oct. 26. Where: Publix on Hodges. #1421-1105 RUNNING SHIRTLESS You: It was around 6:20, you were running through Memorial Park. Caught me checking you out. Me: Wearing the blue shirt. We smiled, I watched you run off – quite a sight. We need to run together. When: Oct. 22. Where: Memorial Park. #1420-1029 DARK CHOCOLATE POM I came in for a few things. You had one in your bathroom.

Something rang up wrong. Offered you chocolate, you told me I was sweet. You seemed earthy. Wonder if you’d like to grab coffee/tea sometime. When: Oct. 21. Where: Your Work, Ponte Vedra Beach. #1419-1029 LOOKING FOR ME? You: Taco Tuesday, brunette, blue top, shorts, black flats. Saw you in line looking back. Caught each other’s gaze too long.

Me: Blue button up, gray slacks. You met with guy, didn’t seem into him. Wanna see if I’m more interesting? When: Oct. 14. Where: Tijuana Flats, Baymeadows. #1418-1022 INSTANT CONNECTION You: Tall, Purple hair, BRS shamrock on the back of your neck, wearing Capris, flip flops. Me: Short, dark curly hair, also wearing Capris, flip flops. You gave me a cigarette, I gave you my life story. When: Sept. 1, 2012. Where: Kristin’s House. #1417-1015 HUSKY SEMINOLES HUNK You: FSU shirt, name starts with S. Sloppy drunk & jolly. Me: Thick woman, Cornhuskers shirt. You loved my curly hair; let me rub your belly :) Bono’s unlimited BBQ rib night on Gate Parkway 7 p.m.? When: Oct. 4. Where: Kickbacks, Riverside. #1416-1008

SAUSAGE CUTIE You: Fast-talking Penguin shirt guy, recently out of jail; said three months in jail builds character.

Me: Tall, jet-black hair, way-too-short dress. I asked if you knew I wasn’t wearing panties; you joked about sausage size on pizza. Pizza soon? When: Sept. 17. Where: Avondale Mellow Mushroom. #1410-0924 BLACK GUY, ORANGE SHIRT, BOOTS You: Handsome, dark skin, orange shirt, behind me in Walmart money center line, 2 p.m. Me: Tall, curvy, tattooed blonde talking to couple ahead of you. Too shy to stay, thought I saw you looking. Meet?

When: Sept. 12. Where: Kingsland Walmart. #1409-0917 COFFEE HOTTIE You: Hottest girl at Bold Bean, skintight Lululemons, bedhead and full-sleeve Molly Hatchet tattoo.

You caught my glance waiting for latte. Me: Still drunk from last night, looking fine in Jesus Is The Shit shirt. We MUST meet. When: Sept. 10. Where: Bold Bean. #1408-0917 HOT BLONDE @ UPS STORE You: Girl at Claire Lane/San Jose Boulevard UPS store. Me: Handsome Latino courier who comes in twice a month to pick up a customer’s mail.

You know who I am. If single, wanna chat? When: Sept. 8.

Where: UPS Store. #1407-0917 FLIRTING WHILE DRIVING? You: Dark Dodge pickup, Gator plate. Me: Old red Jeep Cherokee. Passed each other – intentionally – on bridge; smiles, waves. You’re cute! I was late, or would’ve followed. Wanna slow down and say hi?

When: Sept. 3. Where: Buckman Bridge. #1406-0917 DESPERATELY SEEKING PIXIE You: Steampunk girl on red couch. You asked if I’d ever be done. Me: In black, too workfocused to speak to you properly. I’m done; ready. Need to find each other. Let’s meet, talk, try to forgive. RAM 10 a.m. find me. I’ll go until I see you. When: Aug. 23. Where: Royal. #1405-0917 HOT COP AT LOGAN’S ROADHOUSE ISU at Logan’s. You: slightly seasoned gentleman; ordered a juicy steak, but I wish I could have ordered yours. Oh, and Momma has a coupon for you! When: Aug. 29. Where: Logan’s Roadhouse. #1404-0910

SHORT-HAIRED BRUNETTE You: Short brown hair, sitting next to an older lady. You were with a party sitting by the door. I ended up talking to your

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD WEIRD PATRIOTISM

November is tax-publicizing season in Finland, where, unlike America, the government releases all individuals’ tax records to help build public support for the country’s vast welfare state.

Thus, reported Foreign Policy magazine, Finnish society gets a “yearly dose of schadenfreüde” ... “opening the door for a media frenzy of gossip, boasting and fingerpointing” about “fair share” and who’s more worthy. A few, however, proudly pay high Finnish taxes as a “badge of patriotism,” rejecting common tax shelters.

“We’ve received a lot of help from society,” said one homegrown (and wealthy) entrepreneur, “and now it is our turn to pay back.”

“OFFENDED!” (TIPTOEING IN AMERICA)

Steve Soifer, CEO of an international support group for people with “shy bladders,” excoriated DirecTV in November for its series of commercials featuring Rob Lowe, whose “awkward” character in one ad stands at a urinal and says, “Fact: I can’t go with other people in the room.” Soifer says the ad ridicules a serious problem — and compared it to “making fun” of a man missing an arm or leg.

THE POWER OF ONE SENSITIVE SOUL

Lt. Col. Sherwood Baker was turned away from Adams High School in Rochester, Michigan, in September by a guard who said a school official sent word that Baker wasn’t allowed in to discuss his daughter’s class schedule until he changed into civilian clothes — because “a student” might be offended by his military uniform. The Rochester school superintendent later apologized.

WE SAVED YOUR LIMEY ASS IN WWII

The British Embassy in Washington, D.C., apologized twice in August, first a tongue-incheek “apology” for England’s War of 1812 attack on the White House and then for making that “apology” in the first place — because of a backlash on Twitter from Americans complaining the jokey “apology” was “offensive.”

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BRIGHT IDEAS

David Van Vleet asked for certain supposedly public records in Tacoma, Washington, and was forced into federal court when the city turned him down. Van Vleet wanted data from the city licenses of strip club employees (dancers’ stage and real names, date of birth, etc.) so he could pray for them individually, by name, to make his appeals more effective. In October, Judge Ronald Leighton denied Van Vleet a temporary restraining order against the city.

FANCY-SCHMANCY CRAP

The Washington, D.C., restaurant Second State recently added an accessory to its bar menu — “hand-cut rock,” i.e., “artisanal” ice, for a buck extra (but free in premium drinks). The local supplier Favourite Ice assures its frozen water contains no calcium to cloud it and, with a heavy-duty band-saw blade, “hand-cuts” 200-to300-pound blocks into cubes. A Favourite Ice founder said his frozen water resists drinkweakening longer than ordinary cubes do.

CHUTZPAH!

The law finally caught up, partially, to squatter Darrell Beatty in September, as he was charged with grand larceny for forging a deed to a home owned by Jennifer Merin, 70, in Laurelton, New York. He bailed out of jail on Oct. 22 and went straight to the house. In fact, Beatty’s two sons had remained “at home” while Beatty was locked up. The home has been in Merin’s family since 1930. “Mind-boggling,” she said.

THE LAW WORKS IN STRANGE WAYS

In October, The Gothamist news site reported bicyclist John Roemer, who was rear-ended by a driver in Brooklyn in May (and whose intensive-care bill was paid by the driver’s insurance company), is now being sued by the driver in small claims court for $2,000 damage to her car.

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BACKPAGE EDITORIAL

CHOICE FOR CHOICE’S SAKE Let’s at least have an honest debate about charter schools and vouchers

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he Jacksonville Public Education Fund did a study on the landscape of school choice here in town, and it was very enlightening.

The study pointed out that it couldn’t evaluate the difference in quality between public schools and private schools that take vouchers. I think that should enrage even the most ardent supporter of vouchers. It means we are giving money to these schools, and at the end of the day, we really have no idea how they are doing. It also blows a hole in accountability, doesn’t it? Why is accountability a necessity for public schools, but draws a collective shrug when applied to private schools that take public money?

Then the study mentions how choice options are draining tens of millions of dollars away from Duval County Public Schools, something JPEF doesn’t seem all that concerned about. This loss of resources has a huge effect on class size and a whole host of other things. Despite that, JPEF suggests we double down on more choice options, which will siphon even more money away.

Most of this money is diverted to charter schools, which have exploded over the last five years. At no time does the report mention that many are run by for-profit management companies and as a group perform worse than their public school counterparts, a fact anyone can plainly see when they visit JPEF’s website.

The study makes no effort to tell us which option is better. I mean, isn’t that the question we really want answered — are charters and voucher schools better than public schools or vice versa? If one of the options is better, should we really be funneling our children into the worse option just so we can say parents had a choice? It’s almost like the JPEF doesn’t want the answer, which really isn’t all that surprising.

You see, I don’t think it should be lost on anybody that the board of the JPEF is made up of numerous charter school operators and pro-school choice advocates. Their money bankrolled the findings, which are basically: 1. School choice doesn’t produce better results.

2. We need more school choice.

3. School choice hurts the school district.

4. Who cares? We need more school choice.

5. We have no idea which option is better.

6. Haven’t you been listening? WE NEED MORE SCHOOL CHOICE!

Finally, the sample number they used to come up with their recommendations was 1,000 caregivers and parents — not much when you consider the 130,000 students who attend both public schools and charter schools, then add another 20,000 private and homeschooled children. This means the potential sample size was a quarter-million parents and caregivers, and the study barely reached half of 1 percent of them. That is not mentioned at all.

I think we do need more school choice options. We need more schools like Frank Peterson, A. Phillip Randolph, and the academic and arts magnet schools, but what we don’t need are more voucher schools and charters, especially when one type underperforms and the other is set up so we have no idea how they are doing. What they really represent is privatization.

Choice just for choice’s sake is a bad choice, and the answer is to fix the problems in our public schools and give the schools all the resources they need to succeed, not to further drain their resources and outsource our children’s education.

Without a doubt I believe public schools are by far the best thing going, and that’s even with all the obstacles put in front of them. The thing is, even if you disagree, shouldn’t we be having an honest debate?

Shouldn’t we be looking to facts and evidence to make our decisions? Instead, Duval County gets a self-serving report by a think tank financed by charter school operators and school-choice fanatics.

In the end, choice just for the sake of choice is a bad choice.

Chris Guerrieri mail@folioweekly.com The author is a Duval County public schoolteacher who blogs on local education issues.

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