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MURDERED BY AMERICA The dangers of being a trans woman of color in Jacksonville

BY CLAIRE GOFORTH

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THE MAIL SHOUT OUT

RE.: “Open to All,” by Jennifer Melville, Jan. 2 YO! BIG SHOUT-OUT FOR THE PIECE ABOUT MY BOY Hank Coxe. He has been doing his thing for cats like me for over 30 years. I’m from Grand Park and proud to know Hank.

Respects, Garey K. Jefferson via email

BLUE WAVE

RE.: “Council Conundrum,” by A.G. Gancarski, Jan. 2 THANKS! A GREAT WRITE TODAY! WONDER WHEN WAS the last time that we had a Democrat in the position of supervisor of elections in Duval County, and really, across the state. And wonder where in the world our local “Blue Wave” is ’cause we need a “Blue Flood” right now. LOL. Have a great week!

Deb Campbell via email

BORDER WALL, PART II

PARENTS WHO HAUL THEIR CHILDREN ON A 1,500mile forced march to be thrown at TV cameras and the Boarder [sic] Patrol should be charged and prosecuted for child endangerment. There is absolutely no reason other than political capital for a fanatic of a parent to even attempt this. This disregard for human life that has been going on for the last decade (consider the 120-plus children who died while being forced to cross the boarder [sic] while Obama was in office) is intolerable.

It is way past time to address the irresponsible parents who endanger their children and otherwise break the law while in the process of unlawful immigration. Children raised with disregard for the laws of the country can’t be expected to respect the law when they mature, and parents who employ children in illegal activity need to face the courts for their horrible, abominable actions!

Stanley Radzewicz via email

CRANK CALL-OUT

RE.: “Years in the Making,” by Shelton Hull, Dec. 26 I COULDN’T HELP BUT NOTICE THIS ARTICLE’S placement directly on top of a medical marijuana card for-profit enterprise. To establish credibility I’d like to explore Mr. Hull’s purity of motives regarding the topic of medical marijuana and his advocacy for same. To do this, I need to ask a question. Readers deserve to know the answer so they can judge if Mr. Hull’s advocacy of medical marijuana is only for public health reasons or his advocacy is really designed as a Trojan horse for full legalization.

Here is the question. Has Mr. Hull ever been a recreational user of marijuana sourced through non-legal means? If you’re a recreational user, then it would be OK for an informed reader to doubt the legitimacy of your advocacy for medical marijuana.

Why? Two reasons. First, you may personally be using this advocacy to gain access to medical marijuana for recreational use. There are many unscrupulous physicians who’ll consent to a medical marijuana card for anyone. Just look at the ads in Folio Weekly. Second, as a recreational user you may believe legal medical marijuana is simply a first step in the path to full legalization. If that’s the case, it would be right for us to question the ethics of your article and methods.

If you’re not a marijuana user, then I’d believe your motives are pure and your medical marijuana advocacy motivated by the untainted desire to help others suffering from ailments possibly ameliorated by THC. If you are a current medical marijuana user (for a bona fide condition) and not a previous recreational user, I’d also believe you qualified to advocate your position.

However, based on your article, I get the impression you might not qualify in the two cases, but instead are what we might call someone who has long been enmeshed in marijuana and marijuana culture.

To be clear, I’m not attacking your choice to use marijuana, but I am questioning your credibility as someone who can advocate an unbiased opinion on medical marijuana (assuming again you’re a recreational user). Maybe you should let your readers understand your position on the full legalization of marijuana.

Anonymous via email [Ed. note: See page 37 for Hull’s response.)

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO ORANGE PARK RAIDERS BAND The Orange Park High School marching band floored sports fans–and judges–at the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. The Clay County public school ensemble drilled for months before heading over to New Orleans for the half-time performance and field competition, at which they scored a first-place plaque and no fewer than five trophies. Bravo!

BRICKBATS TO MIKE HILL The neophyte Republican State Representative from Pensacola recently introduced House Bill 97, which ostensibly protects all “soldiers’ and heroes’ monuments and memorials,” but really protects only Confederate monuments–because those are the only ones that citizens want taken down. If it passes, this bill would limit local autonomy over local monuments.

BOUQUETS TO ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Last June, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously to rename their Jefferson Davis Highway. The change became effective on Jan. 1, 2019. The stretch of U.S. Route 1 that once bore the name of the Confederate president is now officially Richmond Highway. If Virginia had a Mike Hill, the city would be in violation of state law. Just sayin’.

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IMPROV GOLD

WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY?

Comedians Drew Carey, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray resurrect their hit improv television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? for a live audience. It’s 90 minutes of theatergoer participation and in-situ comedy riffing.

8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, The Florida Theatre, floridatheatre.com, $35-$55.

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CULT CARTOONS MODEST HEROES

Oscar-nominated anime guru Yoshiaki Nishimura and his Studio Ponoc unveil their latest, the anthology Modest Heroes. It’s a limited theatrical release, with some 400 cinemas nationwide– two in Jacksonville–screening it only twice. 7 p.m. Jan. 10; 12:55 p.m. Jan. 12, AMC Regency 24 & Cinemark Tinseltown, modestheroesfilm.com, ticket prices vary.

JERSEY BOY FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS

Singer Frankie Valli has scored dozens of chart hits during a career spanning nearly 60 years. His life has also been the subject of a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. He revisits golden oldies like “Sherry” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, The Florida Theatre, floridatheatre. com, $65-$100.

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Another vintage crooner cruises into Jax this week–this one from jolly England. The suave Humperdinck was first exported during the British Invasion of the 1960s with an unlikely signature tune: the sweeping country ballad “Release Me.” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, ThrasherHorne Center, Orange Park, $49-$99.

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Born as a side project (hence the name) and led by veteran banjo player Steve Dilling, this sixpiece bluegrass band from North Carolina is a multigenerational collective dedicated to curating and preserving traditional music.

6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, Mudville Music Room, San Marco, raylewispresents.com, $15.

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FROM THE EDITOR

CHRIS GUERRIERI RULES.

RING THE BELL

Like everything the Duval County public school teacher writes for Folio Weekly, last week’s guest editorial, “Cooking the Books,” was a tour de force of actually caring about our kids. It’s a rare quality. Yes, I know: Everyone cares about their kids. But the rest, it seems, can go to hell.

Full disclosure: my partner and I aren’t breeders. There are, strictly speaking, no our kids, but we realize that your kids are our kids. In a few years, your kids will be our neighbors. They’ll help shape our world, breathe new ideas into our communities, vote for our representatives and fight our wars—or (dare to dream!) finally find better solutions to problems than violence.

That’s why we care how (y)our kids are educated. Because education isn’t just about your kids; it’s about who we are. And our recent pivot toward private, for-profit (and politically loaded) alternatives to public education (under the bogus, focus-grouptested euphemism “school choice”) will not end well.

Simply put, charter schools, vouchers and the like are depriving public schools of muchneeded funding and support. It’s a zero-sum game and a self-fulfilling prophecy all rolled into one cynical culture war. You see, as our public schools die on the vine for want of attention, the same education profiteers who siphoned off support now triumphantly point to the slow-motion demise as proof positive that classic, accountable and open-to-all public education never worked in the first place.

In the meantime, a subset of erstwhile public-school students (and, most important, their voting parents) receive a shadow of anecdotal satisfaction in winning lotteries, receiving vouchers and otherwise being treated better than the rubes in their neighborhood schools. The story is old.

Private schools have always pitted the haves against the have-nots; now charter schools and vouchers are cynically pitting the havenots against each other. In 2019, education might well be the last socially acceptable space in which you can baldly declare, “FYIGM.” (Never mind. This is also what the immigration debate boils down to. Estoy correcto, mis amigos Cubanos?)

Let’s name names now. On one side are the Republican Party and an opaque, unaccountable network of lobbyists for the brave, new world of for-profit education; on the other side, the Democratic Party, elected (read: accountable) school boards, teachers and their unions.

Now, I know what many of you are programmed to retort here: “Oh, those ‘libtards’ just want ‘free stuff.’ ” To which I answer, “Free?

We pay taxes, Hoss. We have to pay for your wars. We have to pay for Donald Trump’s golf vacations. We are well within our rights to demand that at least some of our hard-earned tax dollars be put to good use. Charter schools and vouchers ain’t it.”

As for unions, how dare the workers who fulfill the most crucial and challenging role in a democratic society—educating future citizens—how dare they organize and demand fair wages and conditions! (That was sarcasm. If we had our priorities right, we’d value teachers the way we value—nay, glorify—soldiers and first responders.)

For their part, the voting public is buffeted between these forces. “School choice” sounds good, doesn’t it? But the folks closest to the action know that it’s an end-run around accountability, equality and often, simply, quality. What began decades ago as a smear campaign against public-sector unions will end in a fundamentally unequal, two-tier school system, enriching uncredentialed entrepreneurs and impoverishing young minds—at the expense of tax-paying chumps like you and me.

It’s not like I don’t know a thing or two about education, either. Many of you know me as just a vaguely ethnic South Floridian (Puerto Rican, baby) or a vaguely socialist, artsy-fartsy European exile. I’ll cop. I’m all that—and more: I also worked briefly as a union teacher in Detroit. (I’m really ingratiating myself to the sh*tkickers in the hinterland here, ain’t I?) I’ve seen how this sausage is made, folks.

So gather ’round as I run it down, and unravel my pedigree in next week’s thrilling conclusion to this week’s editorial. It’s a cliffhanger!

Georgio Valentino georgio@folioweekly.com @thatgeorgioguy

Public education MUST BE A PRIORITY IN 2019

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NEWS BITES

TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA NEWSMEDIA CURATED BY GEORGIO VALENTINO

ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD SHUTDOWN WINNERS & LOSERS

With any luck, the new Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives will have forced the president to re-open the federal government by the time you read this.

In the meantime, however, visitors to St. Augustine were disappointed to find the legendary Castillo de San Marcos National Monument closed.

The St. Augustine Record’s Colleen Jones recently reported that neighboring businesses are more than happy to help frustrated tourists make lemonade.

Like Jones, let’s call them St. Augustine’s “other” attractions because, let’s face it, the oldest masonry fort in the present-day United States, lovingly preserved by the federal government first as a military prison and later as a National Monument, is deservedly the main event in the Ancient City.

“If there’s been one bright spot in the government shutdown over the last couple of weeks,” Jones began, “it’s the larger-than-normal crowds that have flocked to other attractions and historical sites across St. Augustine.”

Large crowds at consolation-prize attractions aren’t such bright spots for some. Let’s be clear: This is a tale of winners and losers, the losers being the tourists who planned their vacations months in advance, hoping to experience the historic fort. The winners: “While it may be a disappointment for visitors—especially out-of-state travelers who booked vacations far in advance of the shutdown—the closure has provided a boost in business for other local points of interest.”

Jones quoted Christian Talssio, marketing manager for the Fountain of Youth, who said, “With everyone in town for Nights of Lights, there are a lot of people here with places they want to go and dollars to spend.”

Aye, the first place on their list is closed, but they’re still spending. The Fountain of Youth reported a 50 percent increase in customers at the close of 2018. The St. Augustine Alligator Farm and the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum have also done brisk business during the Castillo’s closure.

THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON

The St. Johns Riverkeeper isn’t backing down in its attempt to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from dredging the St. Johns. Over the weekend, Nate Monroe of The Florida Times-Union filed an update on the ongoing litigation. The Riverkeeper has been hoping to get an injunction against the dredging project until the Army Corps considers the troubling results of a study of a similar project in Charleston.

“The issue is to some degree a technical one,” Monroe observed, “but the Charleston study speaks to the heart of the disagreement between the Riverkeeper and the Army Corps in a legal battle that is bleeding into 2019 as the 11-mile dredging project continues moving forward. The Riverkeeper—a nonprofit environmental watchdog group—believes the Army Corps fell short on studying how deepening the St. Johns River from 40 to 47 feet could impact flooding in Jacksonville during major storms. The nonprofit believes that comparing the study the Army Corps did locally to a more in-depth analysis the agency conducted for its Charleston dredging project would show the discrepancy. The Army Corps disagrees and says the analysis it conducted on the Jacksonville dredge over the course of a decade is more than enough for the court to weigh the issue, and that including the Charleston study is unnecessary.”

The ball is now in U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard’s court, according to Monroe.

“Howard ruled in November that she would allow the Riverkeeper and the Army Corps to argue the issue out in legal filings before she makes a final determination.

Deciding if the Charleston study could be admitted as evidence would in essence require her to determine whether the Army Corps flooding analysis is flawed, she wrote. The argument is ‘inextricably intertwined with the underlying merits of Riverkeeper’s claims,’ Howard wrote. She hasn’t yet weighed in on legal motions both sides filed in December.”

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FOLIO VOICES : POLITICS Jags end season as REAL BLOODSPORT BEGINS

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THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS FINISHED 2018 WITH one of their most spiritless outings of the sorry season. Blake Bortles seemed to be a broken man on the pitch in Houston.

Scrub tight ends got the checkdown chucks, as anything beyond 10 yards was an overthrow. The running back situation had once looked like a strength of the team. But with T.J. Yeldon and Leonard Fournette hanging out on the bench, the tailback tandem was as scrubilicious as the dudes on the line. I spent most of the game believing that one or two were actually trying to block, before becoming convinced that Uncle Shad just shoehorned an interpretive dance troupe into shoulder pads.

Speaking of the Flex-N-Gate impresario, he was rather chill despite the team going from first to worse after an off-season in which they flexed like they were a dynasty rather than a fluke.

Shad, per a media release sent out as the game wrapped, was “fully confident and optimistic” in the Dave Caldwell/Tom Coughlin/Doug Marrone troika.

“I do believe our best path forward for the moment is the one less disruptive and dramatic,” Khan said.

Will the team be more disciplined next year? Will the coaching be more adaptive?

Will the draft picks pan out (think of all the cut or traded busts in recent years, and it looks like we can add Fournette and Yeldon to the mix)?

These are open questions. Maybe 2018 was a regression for the Jaguars, but one beyond the mean. If things had gone a bit differently, it could’ve been an 8-8 team.

Few people (except Browns fans) get stoked about that kind of performance. We are congenitally wired frontrunners, and we know that when losers know they are going to lose, they start dogging.

The saga of the Jaguars will be put on hold through the March elections, in a manner of speaking. But in another manner, the Jaguars will be central. Shad Khan has proved uniquely able to work with both mayors he’s dealt with: Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry. Deals have gotten done. Khan invested heavily in Brown’s failed re-election (and his failed congressional campaign last year). And Khan has major buy-in when it comes to the Curry re-election.

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economy tanks. The symbiosis between Khan’s operation and the mayor’s office is obvious. Paul Harden and Jags’ chief administrative officer Sam Mousa are very good at negotiating what both parties see as win/win deals (like the cost-sharing on the last round of stadium improvements).

That symbiosis mirrors other key power centers supporting Curry. The local police union has not only endorsed Curry strongly, it’s backed the Curry slate. Jax Chamber? Samesies.

There is a concentrated bet, in other words, that favorable conditions need the status quo to prevail.

Will they?

At this writing, we still await to learn if Curry will face a challenger. Ron Littlepage, a longtime Florida Times-Union columnist who’s insisted City Hall is due a change, suggests that a “serious challenger” might file as late as Jan. 11, the last day to qualify.

Most expect that filing will be come from Councilwoman Anna Brosche.

Brosche would have money—not the level of money Curry has, mind you, but word is she is willing to self-finance a halfmillion to show donors she’s serious.

Brosche would also have a political operation. She’s enlisted Ryan Wiggins as a consultant, and one can expect Wiggins and Curry’s assassin, Tim Baker, to drive campaigns with all the intensity of one of the Republican primaries we lived through last year. Brosche and Curry don’t like each other. And what this potential campaign sets up is two months of scorched earth tactics. Brosche will want to drive up Curry’s negatives. Curry is already doing just that with Brosche, as shown by the infamous Jeopardy! time spot.

Curry will have all the endorsements he could ever want, enough to stage an event in Hemming Park every couple of days. Brosche will have her backers, too, and they will no doubt be quotable in their condemnations of the status quo.

It’s going to be heated through March at least. And that’s where Curry would like to end it. If Brosche holds him below 50 percent in March, a two-person race on the May ballot could get interesting. It did for Alvin Brown, who won March by 6 points but couldn’t hold the lead.

Until then, negativity is the watchword.

How ugly can it get? We’ll find out.

A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com @aggancarski

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MURDERED BY AMERICA

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The dangers of being a trans woman of color in Jacksonville

he first murder could have been a fluke—a tragic confluence of ‘wrong place, wrong time.’ A few months after that fateful February day, the second and third murders and one attempt (on June 1, 24 and 8, respectively) made it clear that transgender women of color were being targeted in Jacksonville. But by who? And why?

Law enforcement remains short on answers; one arrest has been made thus far, in the attempted murder.

Fear gripped the LGBTQ community. Some suspected that a serial killer was targeting these women. Police have repeatedly assured the community that, no, there is not a serial killer hunting among the city’s population of trans women of color. Based on the differing circumstances of the killings, there is no reason to doubt their assurances.

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In 2017, America claimed the lives of at least 29 trans people, according to the Human Rights Campaign. As 2018 wound down, we counted 26 trans people murdered in this country. As ever, a disproportionate number of these were female and racial minorities. A 2017 report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that 72 percent of the transgender homicide victims since 2010 were women of color, specifically black women.

The deeply conservative and religious South is particularly dangerous for trans folk; of the 26 murders this year, 12, nearly half, were in the South. Florida, with five confirmed murders, leads among states for such crimes; Jacksonville, with three murders, one attempted murder and a fifth slaying of a queer man who was reportedly femme and a drag performer, is far and away the trans murder capital of the nation. It adds up to cultivate a sense of danger for trans people simply existing in this place.

“Some neighborhoods, I don’t know there really is a safe place to go,” said Dan Merkan of the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network (JASMYN), a nonprofit dedicated to serving LGBTQ youth. Physical and verbal harassment is reportedly common, particularly outside the Riverside “bubble” as some refer to it, where the city’s LGBTQ citizens typically feel safest and most free to live their lives.

The grisly series of events brought longstanding issues into sharp focus for the trans community: inequality, discrimination, rejection and suffering. Not since the asyet-unsolved 2001 slaying of trans activist Terrianne Summers has this community been so shaken by death as it was in 2018.

The killings also shined a spotlight on the policies and procedures of the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office in regard to trans people. In the days after the February killing of Celine Walker, no one in the community was aware that a trans person had been murdered, because JSO repeatedly referred to Walker by the name and gender marker on her license, a practice known as deadnaming. JSO continued deadnaming victims even after the more recent killings of Antash’a English and Cathalina Christina James.

The community was outraged by what many viewed as not only a sign of disrespect, but an indication that bringing justice to these victims was not a priority for law enforcement. On June 27, dozens gathered to air their grievances with JSO and city leadership at a Trans Lives Matter rally at the Duval County Courthouse.

Since then, advocates say that JSO has taken their concerns seriously and endeavored to change its policies and culture to better serve and protect the LGBTQ community. In July, JSO hosted a town hall on the subject and many say the department is doing everything in its power to improve.

Equality Florida, the ACLU and JSO’s LGBT liaison team, in consultation with the Department of Justice, have been working together to pursue these goals.

Gina Duncan, director of trans equality with Equality Florida, characterized JSO as very receptive.

“By doing that, they actually improve the chances of developing trust with the community as well as getting information to help solve these murders … when they are deadnaming and misgendering, it leads to distrust in the community,” Duncan said.

Nevertheless, it will take time for police to earn that trust.

“There are some that want to make a better connection … and there are others that have a harder time because of their experience with law enforcement,” said Samir Gupte, a regional organizer for the ACLU. Duncan pointed out that people who may have information that could help law enforcement investigate the murders or other crimes against members of the LGBTQ

community are less likely to come forward if they believe that law enforcement is not fully invested in solving such crimes. She also questioned why none of the murders has been characterized as hate crimes—a concern shared by other advocates who serve the LGBTQ community.

“No one has stepped forward to categorize these as hate crimes, which we find disturbing because we find these as similar intentional acts of violence against the same community,” she said. “… If five white housewives were murdered in these areas … Tallahassee, the capital, would be on fire.”

Transgender women of color began the movement for LGBTQ equality 50 years ago at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, yet today their rights continue to lag far behind the rest of the community. As sodomy laws have been repealed, marriage equality made the law of the land, and anti-adoption, inheritance and other unjust laws have been repealed and struck down in the courts, opening opportunities for personal and economic success and freedom, trans women of color continue waiting their turn.

“They are Americans and deserve rights and protections that everyone else gets,” Gupte said. Meanwhile, trans women of color are suffering and dying at an incredibly high rate.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to fully explain the complex intersection of racism, transphobia, sexism and other forms of discrimination that holds these women back from life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

As convoluted and complicated the causes, one primary way America stands with her heel firmly on the neck of trans women of color is economic. People who can’t find steady work, who may not have a stable support system, who have been rejected by their families, churches and friends are more likely to end up in dangerous situations. All

too often for trans women of color, those situations lead to their deaths.

Each of the three trans women of color who were murdered in Jacksonville in 2018 moved around a lot; each was murdered in places with disproportionately high crime rates. One publicly lamented her problems finding stable employment; another spoke of threats of violence to her person. These are not anomalous experiences for many members of this community. The poverty rate among trans women of color is far higher than the national average; unemployment, violence and homelessness are similarly high, and life expectancy low, as low as 35 according to some data. And it can all stem from the basic inability to find a job.

JASMYN CEO Cindy Watson characterized finding sustainable employment as the No. 1 issue for trans women of color.

“Really, it is about discrimination and opportunity,” she said.

Last May, Antash’a English took to Facebook to celebrate her first day at work.

Days later, the smiling woman, clad in hairnet and hope, was back on the social media site sharing that she had just gone to Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. “I will no longer be a victim of discrimination. #Transrights,” she wrote.

Plenty of women in her shoes don’t even get to that first day of work before the door of opportunity slams in their face. During the Great Recession, the unemployment rate of trans women of color was four times higher than that of non-trans women of color. If they get past the application, trans women may hear that they’re not the right fit for a job, or that they don’t have enough experience, but not that the employer doesn’t hire trans people.

Hear that enough times, and even people who consider themselves resilient will give up.

Although Jacksonville passed an amended human rights ordinance in 2017 that protects LGBTQ people from discrimination in

Cindy Watson is president of JASMYN, an organization that does vital work to protect trans women of color from violence.

Last month, JASMYN broke ground on its new Safety Net Resource Center. (Photos by Claire Goforth)

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employment, public accommodation and housing (an important, if largely symbolic, first step), discrimination is extremely difficult to prove absent the proverbial smoking gun in the form of discriminatory statements and a witness.

Being unable to find or sustain employment often has a negative effect on mental health.

Unemployment is at least a contributing factor to the higher rates of depression, anxiety, suicide ideations and attempts, as well as addiction and other symptoms of poor mental health among trans people.

Two days before her death, English said in a Facebook Live video that she’d slept all day.

“That’s how I do when I be bored. When I be bored, I just sleep, take my mind off of being depressed,” she said.

Recognizing the difficulties many experience in the job search, last year the University of North Florida hosted an LGBT employment summit with funding from the LGBT Community Fund. Kaitlin Legg, director of the UNF LGBT Resource Center, said the summit was designed for both job seekers and prospective employers, and intended not only to help people get hired, but to help employees and employers navigate what can be an uncomfortable, confusing exchange. UNF has also actively endeavored to create relationships with local LGBTQfriendly employers to build job capacity.

Legg said that she’s seen trans people who were afraid to even try to get a job before they’ve completed the often costly and timeconsuming process of changing their name and gender marker. She said that simple things like whether an application has a space for preferred name and gender identity, and if the office offers a gender-neutral bathroom, can go a long way to making both parties feel comfortable and empowered without being put out or having to demand reasonable accommodation or suffer its lack.

“Our first advice for hiring professionals is to look at their policy and procedure about hiring … . [The second] is helping hiring officials feel empowered to ask questions,” Legg said, adding, “Sometimes when people want to be inclusive, they’re afraid to ask questions.”

As simple as it sounds, just explaining the workplace policy of inclusion and nondiscrimination and opening the conversation for a prospective hire to tell you how to help them feel comfortable can go a long way to fostering a successful employer/ employee relationship. It’s not necessary or desirable to be invasive or intrusive; Legg recommends what she calls “cultural humility,” and basic, open-ended conversations that create an opportunity for a recruit to discuss ways an employer can make them feel “affirmed and supported.”

Like the improving relationship between law enforcement and the LGBTQ community, these are excellent steps on a long road to equality for trans citizens. There remains much ground to cover.

When people can’t find a legal way to support themselves, some will turn to illegal methods of earning a living, which can in turn lead to a criminal record and create further roadblocks to obtaining sustainable employment. Studies such as the National Transgender Discrimination Survey have found that trans women of color, particularly those who have experienced poverty and homelessness, are more likely to have performed sex work to survive at some point in their lives. The risks inherent in sex work are many and deadly, ranging from sexually transmitted diseases to robbery, rape and

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Celine Walker murder. Advocates report that those who have been hurt while performing sex work often feel as if they can’t turn to police for help, that they risk arrest or worse if they report crimes against them that occurred during the commission of other crimes.

For some, this fear is based on experience.

Law enforcement says that it will investigate any crime that’s reported, regardless of the history or conduct of the victim, but contacting police requires a lot of faith that simply has not yet been established.

The fact that there is inconsistency among departments across the nation only further serves to undermine the willingness some have to trust in law enforcement.

There’s also the matter of police policy of testing suspected sex workers for HIV/AIDS when they’re arrested—and subsequently charging them with a felony for intentionally spreading the disease if they’re picked for solicitation after a positive diagnosis. The statute does not take into account the viral load of the accused, whether the sexual activity is likely to spread the disease, or whether protection was used. Instead, it merely criminalizes status.

This is an example of a law that has a disproportionate effect on one subset of the population in such a way that, while perhaps not discriminatory in intent, is discriminatory in effect. In a city like Jacksonville, which is in the top 10 for numbers of new cases of

HIV/AIDS (of the 10 cities on this list, nine are in the South) and in the top for numbers of people living with HIV/AIDS, this law clearly is not having the desired effect.

Merkan, who is part of a work group looking to reform the law, said that such legislation was passed by many states in the late ’80s, when fear of HIV/AIDS was at hysteric proportions, before many breakthroughs in treatment and prevention, and at a time when acceptance of LGBTQ people was generally far less common than present day.

“It’s one of the things where the law doesn’t consider where we’re at [in terms of medicine],” he said. “It creates a stigma.”

For the general population, which HRC reports has an HIV/AIDS infection rate of 0.6 percent, such laws may seem obscure and unlikely to do much harm; but for trans women of color, who are infected with HIV/ AIDS at a rate of 24.9 percent, or nearly one in four, according to HRC, such laws can have an extremely disproportionate effect.

Merkan also pointed out that at one time, Duval County had one of the highest rates of prosecution under such laws. Consider how much more difficult it might be to get a job with this charge on your record.

So where do we go from here? In the 50 years since Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera fought back against a homophobic police raid at the Stonewall Inn, opportunities, awareness and acceptance have improved for much of the LGBTQ community. Today some fear that progress is in danger of backsliding.

Each of the advocates Folio Weekly spoke with for this story cited the deleterious effect of Donald Trump on trans people and their standing in America. Since becoming president, Trump has promised to ban trans people from serving in the military, removed the LGBTQ page from the White House website, and reportedly made moves to stop recognizing the very existence of trans and gender nonbinary people. These acts, many believe, have emboldened the forces of bigotry and discrimination.

Merkan said that the most recent figures show that hate crimes are way up. “I don’t think that it’s a surprise a correlation may happen,” he said.

“On college campuses across the country since the Trump administration took over, we have seen an increased incidence of hate offenses and … graffiti that is anti-LGBT,” Legg said.

It is not all bad news, however. Legg says some have responded by becoming more vocal about their support for LGBTQ rights.

Optimists may view the path to equality as a pendulum swing that, overall, inches incrementally in a positive direction; for every gain, a backlash, but continued momentum.

In some places, like the South, like Florida and Jacksonville, however, there seems to be more backlash and more progress still left to be made.

For Celine Walker, Antash’a English and Cathalina Christina James, it’s too late. For others, their deaths were a signal that trans women of color are still not safe here.

“The murders just amplified that for a lot of people. This is either a temporary place or a place they grew up, but it’s not home. It’s not even Jacksonville, it’s Florida,” Legg said.

The fact remains that these tragedies have kept a bright light on injustice in this community, and with light often comes progress. There are people fighting for equality every day, and they’re not giving up.

“People are slow to change, but change does happen,” Gupte said. “… Things will come, it’s not going to happen fast, and it could be a painful journey along the way.

People are good-hearted in their nature and the more personal it gets, the faster it will be.”

Claire Goforth mail@folioweekly.com @clairenjax

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here is no compromise when it comes to my creative vision.”

Indie-rock guitarist Randall Mentzos, who performs under the name Terrain, is deeply passionate about his work.

Determined to bring something different to the table, Mentzos is not shy about letting his audience know about his DIY drive and singular vision.

It all started–where else?–in his youth.

Mentzos grew up in a musical household.

“Music has always been a part of my life,” he says. His parents filled the house with music, and he did a stint in the school band until, like many of us, he discovered rockand-roll in his early teenage years.

As a Navy brat, he spent time in both Jacksonville and Baltimore. His interest in guitar music was kindled at age 13, watching local bands play at Jacksonville venues, and he later began performing himself in the Baltimore/D.C. area. After graduating from high school and spending a few years in college, however, Mentzos was at a crossroads. He enjoyed playing music, but was frustrated with the financial barriers he faced.

His return to Jacksonville was conscious, and he brought with him the lessons he’d learned up north. In Maryland, Metzos had noticed how important it was to other musicians to have an inner drive and an ability to hustle.

“The scene is what you make it,” he concluded. “You only get out what you put in.”

Upon his return, he noticed how people like Sunny Parker were curating great music in the area. He would like to see more musicians throughout the region take on that DIY spirit and bring larger events to Northeast Florida, often regarded as ‘small town’ for entertainment.

When you listen to Terrain, you can’t help but hear the dulcet tones of ’90s indie rock wending their ways through each tune. Mentzos points to the experimental guitar work of Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth as

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TERRAIN writes from the HEART, plays in the DIRT primary influences, but the atmospheric sounds of Death Cab for Cutie and the stark, personal songwriting of Elliot Smith are also clearly lodestars. Bands like Fugazi, Jawbreaker and Radiohead are also referenced during the conversation for good measure.

Influence, however, doesn’t mean imitation. “When you focus on your own voice and creativity, what you put in isn’t necessarily what you are going to get out,” says Mentzos, who has also received what he has said are surprising comparisons to emo-rock favorites At the Drive-In and American Football. While these comparisons might seem farfetched, put on some of those records and you’ll hear the same heart-wrenching honesty that Terrain strives to communicate.

While Terrain currently performs acoustic music on stage,

Mentzos has not abandoned electricity entirely. He’s recording an album with Jared Jordan at J Sterling Studios, as well as working on his own electric recordings at home.

Jordan is a kindred spirit, with a similar DIY ethic. He set up a studio on his own and has been working alongside Terrain to help develop the sound. Mentzos says that

Jordan challenges him and will not let him call it a day until the song has been perfected.

Mentzos likes to spend months honing his sonic creations in the studio, building songs piece by piece. Once the instrumental portions have been recorded, he listens to the mood of the song, letting the notes inform the lyrics.

“A song that is 98 percent done isn’t done,” he explains. “I can’t release it and let it go until I feel like I have exhausted every avenue of creativity possible.”

One thing that still needs clarifiction is why he named his project Terrain. According to the official bio, “Nature plays a key role in inspiring the band, and this goes deeper than the lyrical content.”

Mentzos explains: “When I’m trying to create, I will go on a long nature walk. I find nature very soothing and introspective. It puts me in a mindset where I am thinking about things differently.”

He connected with the name Terrain because he believes that environmental responsibility is an issue that affects everyone. Don’t misunderstand, though. He is not out there to make a “political” statement.

Still, Mentzos believes that artists must do their part to raise awareness about issues that matter. Otherwise, it’s just escapism.

“Are you just partying and having fun,” he asked rhetorically, “or are you using your art to do something good? I want to feel like I am accomplishing something.”

Jason Irvin mail@folioweekly.com

LUNG, TERRAIN, JEAN STREET SOUND • 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14, Shanty Town, Springfield, facebook.com/shantytownjax, $6-$8.

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SIZE DOESN’T MATTER Sun-Ray and Sundance bring the best in short film

2018 SUNDANCE SHORTS TOUR Jan. 11-17, Sun-Ray Cinema, Riverside, sunraycinema.com

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But first, Jacksonville’s own Sun-Ray Cinema hosts the 2018 Sundance Shorts Tour, a traveling selection of last year’s most buzzworthy entries.

“Short films are often the launchpad for new talent and ideas, where filmmakers can truly take risks,” says Mike Plante, the senior programmer for Sundance Film Festival. “We select a group of shorts that [reflect] the wide variety of films we show at the festival—drama, comedy, genre, happy crazy funny stuff and then serious observations about the human condition, all in one program.”

The tour features seven short films culled from more than 9,000 entries submitted. The total run-time is 91 minutes. Four of the films were shot entirely in America; one was filmed partly in South Korea, while Sweden and Spain produced the other two.

Set in a Brooklyn salon, Mariama Diallo’s hilarious horror spoof Hair Wolf (USA), which won the Jury Award, plays on longstanding tensions related to race and gentrification. Kamau Bilal’s Baby Brother (USA) captures the awkwardness affixed to a stunted maturity in the suburbs, when a youngest brother moves back home. Teeny is tense, a slow-boil, existential take on one day in the life of a babysitter. Kangmin Kim’s JEOM (South Korea) uses a birthmark to explore issues of ancestry, identity and shame.

Jeremy Comte’s Fauve (Canada) won the Special Jury Award for its brutal telling of youthful angst, peer pressure and psychological warfare, and odds are good it’ll end up being your favorite, too.

Clocking in at 16 minutes, it’s the secondlongest film presented, behind Álvaro Gago’s Matria (Spain), which won the Grand Jury Prize. Matria is the stirring tale of a put-upon mother’s efforts to balance impossible burdens on her life.

My personal pick of the litter, Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s The Burden (Sweden),

is a surrealistic stop-motion animated musical in the spirit of Kabuki theater, using anthropomorphic fish, mice, monkeys and other animals—really.

(The press release notes, “The apocalypse is a tempting liberation,” a theme that certainly resonates these days.)

The directors involved have already shown at most of the major film festivals, like Cannes, Sundance, BlackStar, Tribeca, Telluride and SXSW. Now they’re showing at Sun-Ray—which, given the power behind its promotion, is definitely a thing in film circles. Booker man Mike Plante took a shine to the Sunshine State and its native cinemaphiles quite some time ago, so it was just a matter of time until business was done.

“I’ve known [Sun-Ray owners] Tim and Shana [Massett] for years from the film fest and art house world,” says Plante, “so when they got their version of SunRay going, I was excited to do any and all shows with them.”

It’s another good look for Sun-Ray, which was featured in a Dec. 26 New York Times article, alongside independent theaters in Austin, Brooklyn, Tallahassee, Toronto and El Segundo (where Q-Tip famously left his wallet in 1990). Author Jason Bailey noted the cinema’s penchant for creatively using the time before the films start to help enhance the moviegoing experience. No fake news there. As has been seen repeatedly in recent years, Sun-Ray Cinema is now firmly established as a locus for the local and international film scenes, with much more to come.

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ First Man, Distant Drums and The Dawn Wall screen. Throwback Thursday is Cool Hand Luke for Jan. 10. King of Hearts starts Jan. 11. The Midwife runs Jan. 12, in French. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

WGHF IMAX Aquaman, Great Barrier Reef, Pandas, and America’s Musical Journey screen.

Glass starts Jan. 18. World Golf Hall of Fame, St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA Laurel & Hardy’s Sons of the Desert and Mary Poppins Returns screen. The Sundance Shorts Tour starts Jan. 11. 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

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SEMBLANCE: AN EVALUATION OF PSYCHES • Through February, Southlight Gallery, Jax Landing, Downtown, mcgalliard.net

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igurative artworks are compelling because they reflect the world.

Portraits take the idea of reflection/presentation into the land of specificity, presenting a captured image of a person. With time, that can transition into a reflection of a time and place—just think how evocative Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine is, and what it communicates to viewers of 15th-century Italy.

These are just some of the things I find myself thinking about as I look at J. Adam McGalliard’s works. A suite of five paintings from the artist’s ongoing Projections series are shown at Southlight Gallery as a part of the group exhibit, Semblance: An Evaluation of Psyches.

“I went to [grad school] thinking I knew how to paint, and I learned I had no idea what I was doing,” said McGalliard with a laugh. He attended the “boot camp” New York Academy of Art, which, the artist explained, is modeled after the French Academy. That meant (and still means, one presumes) he’d spend entire seasons of his life rendering cones, cubes and eggs in an attempt to understand the manner in which light hits and defines an object. “I had to relearn everything, which is what they kind of pride themselves on doing,” he said.

The artist attended the Academy because of his deep interest in the human form and in ideas of narrative and storytelling. In fact, he said he’s “winding up” the Projections series (though new ideas keep creeping in) and is working on two series: one based around Joseph Campbell’s idea of “the hero’s journey” and another exploring Jungian theories of the psyche as manifested by mandalalike forms. The Jung-influenced project “is a series of kaleidoscopes with still life objects and design elements. It’s very much like a portrait of someone’s ego or about a larger consciousness.”

The other, myth-based works, he explained, are “figures in landscapes, and the idea I am going for is not just to be stuck in illustrating, say, the myth of Atlas … Because it is one thing to know that story, but what I want to do is [ask]:

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‘What am I going through in my life and how can I put that into a symbolic representation?’ And then figure out: ‘What are the monsters I need to make visible so I can figure out how to defeat them and then move on?’”

He says this approach helps him conceptualize a problem, and then move forward. He also cites it as an effective tool in his teaching career (he teaches at a Title 1 school in Jacksonville).

“I have a group of students who have a lot of struggles, who I can very much sympathize or empathize with,” he said.

“So I kind of imagine [their challenges] as physical manifestations. It makes it easier to say ‘OK, that’s how you slay that dragon.’ You make it concrete. And I think that’s the purpose of myths and religion, or psychology and philosophy … That’s why those myths are there.”

He added that in his class, his students are encouraged to work through their emotions: “It’s a little like art therapy.”

Though we were talking about works he has in process, the works on display in Semblance foreshadow the multiple realities he is moving toward. The two self-portraits Piñata and House Divided both make use of a projection technique that brings to mind cinematic compositions. They are layered and luminous, making use of color and symbols in a matter that feels enigmatic yet familiar. Piñata shows the viewer a close-cropped rendering

of the artist, eyes askance, as he looks into the distance. Bright, candy-colored light plays across the left side (right to viewers) of his face, and even without the title, the piece communicates a feeling of disconnection or personal conflict.

However, with Piñata we are granted a glimpse of the buffeting and tumult the artist felt when the work was painted—as he was winding up his time in New York City. “I imagined I’d never leave […] but I knew I’d weather the storm,” he said.

Contrasted with paintings like Use Your Words I and Use Your Words II, the self-portraiture feels like an almost postapocalyptic rendering of his soul. Use Your Words II shows a three-quarter view of a young woman who is not engaging the viewer with her eyes or her body.

Projected in “kidnapped” font, that is to say individual letters cut from magazines and newspapers, are seven rows of text, most of which are blurred, shifted or cut off, making the message very hard to read. The only legible phrase is “You wouldn’t get,” underscoring the woman’s inaccessibility.

McGalliard explained that in these figurative works, he is thinking about the Jungian concepts of “introjection” and “projection.” Loosely, introjection is “my idea of a person … They might remind me of someone I know or knew … so in a way it’s less about them, specifically.” Classic projection is the act of identifying the traits of oneself in another person. In this version, they represent the artist’s ideas of the sitter, and are also tied to the legacy of an artist like Hans Holbein the Younger.

Holbein (and many other artists of the Renaissance) would often provide clues to the personality and station of his sitter through dress and objects.

“They are portraits, but it’s not so much about that. The primary focus is really getting done to the layer of larger human consciousness/human condition … trying to go deeper than a likeness. I am trying to figure out something I can’t quite put my finger on.”

Madeleine Peck Wagner mail@folioweekly.com

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JU DOLPHINS VS. NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

The Jacksonville University women’s basketball team faces University of North Alabama in an ASUN matchup. The Dolphins are led by senior guard Jasmyn Brown (14 points a game). 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15, Swisher Gymnasium, 2800 University Blvd. N., judolphins.com, $5.

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The EWC women’s and men’s basketball teams host Dillard (ranked 25th in the women’s NAIA poll and 23rd in the men’s poll) in Gulf Coast Athletic Conference games.

5:30 p.m. (women), 7:30 p.m. (men), Monday, Jan. 14, Adams-Jenkins Center, 1859 Kings Rd., ewctigerpride.com, $10.

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Eddie Davis is the top scorer for FSCJ with 13 points a game.

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The Flagler College women’s and men’s basketball teams have a home doubleheader against Lander in what is being billed as “Northeast Florida Regional Airport Day.” 1:30 p.m. (women), 3:30 p.m. (men), Saturday, Jan. 12, Flagler Gymnasium, 12 Granada St., St. Augustine, flaglerathletics.com, $10.

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UNF OSPREYS VS. FLORIDA GULF COAST EAGLES

The University of North Florida women’s and men’s basketball teams battle ASUN rival FGCU. The top player for the Ospreys’ women’s team is Arianna Emanuel-Wright (a 5-foot-8-inch guard from Paxon School). The men’s team’s best player is Noah Horchler (a 6-foot-8-inch forward from Melbourne).

1 p.m. (women), 5 p.m. (men), Saturday, Jan. 12, UNF Arena, Southside, unfospreys.com, $5 (women), $15-$20 (men).

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FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE

The Jaguars’ season is over. College football is done. If you need a football fix, enjoy a game of flag football. It’s a 7-on-7 adult league. 6:30-9:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14, Baymeadows Regional Park, 8000 Baymeadows Rd. E., jaxfray.com, free.

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LET’S GO SCIENCE SHOW! FSCJ Artist Series presents this family-friendly event, with Professor Smart and Dr. Knowitall, and lots of science in between all the laughs, 2 p.m. Jan. 13, Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside, 632-5050, fscjartistseries.org. Tickets start at $9 plus fees.

PERFORMANCE

GODSPELL Music, storytelling, comedy, games– doesn’t sound like the biblical history of Jesus Christ, but, hey, He’d likely be first in line for tickets. Runs Jan. 9-Feb. 10, Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, $38-$59, alhambrajax.com.

THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB Orange Park Community Theatre (celebrating its 49th season!) stages this musical about friendships spanning decades, directed by Barbara Wells; 8 p.m. Jan. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 & 26; 3 p.m. Jan. 13, 20 & 27 at 2900 Moody Ave., 276-2599, $18; students $10, opct.info.

THREE’S A FAMILY The Northeast Florida Conservatory presents its first non-musical play, about an extended family trying to survive in tight surroundings. The play runs 7 p.m. Jan. 11, 12 & 13; 2 p.m. Jan. 12 & 13, at 11363 San Jose Blvd., Bldg.

200, Mandarin, 374-8639, nfconservatory.org, $15.

ROCK OF AGES The 10th anniversary tour of the nostalgic musical hits town 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 630-3900, timesunioncenter.com, $62.42-$77.42.

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, CHORALE, AUDITIONS

THE 5 & DIME, A THEATRE COMPANY Auditions are held for Sam Shepard’s The God of Hell, 2 p.m. Jan. 13 at The 5 & Dime, 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, 637-5100, the5anddime.org.

Lauren Mullinax, playing their hearts out, from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 10, at Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704, pkstaug.com.

BILLY BUCHANAN’S SOCK-HOPPIN’, BEBOPPIN’, JUKE JOINT JAMBOREE! Nonstop dancing to rock and soul favorites. And of course, ’50s & ’60s attire is encouraged. No shorts, high heels or flip-flops, though. From 7-9 p.m. Jan. 15, at Friday Musicale, 65 Oak St., Riverside, $10 advance, $15 door, billybuchanan.org.

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BOOKS & POETRY

GRAND SLAM The winners of the fall slam appear at 8 p.m. Jan. 19, at Babs’ Lab, CoRK Arts District N., 603 King St., Riverside, $10, barbaracolaciello.com.

BARDS AND BREW Local poet Keri Foster hosts this monthly gathering, at which poets of all stripes are invited to read their work in a convivial atmosphere, at 9 p.m. Jan. 9, at The Silver Cow, 929 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill, 513-8621, silvercowjax.com.

COMEDY

DONNELL RAWLING The man has worked with Chapelle, Kevin Smith and in Dubai. Right! He appears at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10, at 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Jan. 11 & 12, at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $20-$22.50, comedyzone.com.

THE BIG TICKLE STANDUP COMEDY SHOWCASE Tickling the funny bone instead of the ivories, at 8 p.m. Jan. 10, at Blue Jay Listening Room, 2457 S. Third St., Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com.

ART WALKS, MARKETS

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional art, produce and crafts, traveling entertainers, at 10 a.m. Jan. 12, under the Fuller Warren Bridge, free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

MUSEUMS

NOEL FREIDLINE & FRIENDS The Ritz Theatre’s Jazz Series presents the local legend Freidline, jazz pianist and vocalist, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11, at 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville. com, $25.

NIGHT OF CELLOS Pretty much what you’d expect: an evening of professional cellists, including St. Augustine’s Sam Shin and Tallahassee lassie

BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org.

Jeffrey Luque’s Vibrancy & Illumination exhibits through February.

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530. Heroic in its Ordinariness opens Jan. 18.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum. org. Artful Umami: A Japanese Dinner Party, an homage to Japanese culture, is held 6-9 p.m. Jan. 10; call 899-6023. Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman, is on exhibit through April.

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ARTS + EVENTS KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield. #Mylove, Jeffrey Luque’s solo show, exhibits through January, jeffreyluqueart.com.

LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 808-7330, lightnermuseum.org. Eliot Kleinberg discusses Florida’s role in the Civil War, at 2 p.m.

Jan. 13; free admission.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf. edu. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is currently on exhibit. Frank Stella Unbound: Literature & Printmaking is on display until Jan. 13.

GALLERIES

ALEXANDER BREST GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7371, ju.edu. Color Coded, an exhibit of works

by Dylan Collins and Boss Combo, the works of Jason Lee, are on display Jan. 10-30. Opening reception is at 5 p.m. on Jan. 10.

BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave., 853-6545. Brook Ramsey’s figurative oil paintings are on display.

BREW 5 POINTS 1026 Park St., Riverside.

Chip Southworth exhibits his bridge-based works in Connections.

BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577. January’s featured artists are jewelry-makers Kathryn Carlyle and Cheryl Gibbs, known collectively as CarlyleGibbs.

CULTURAL CENTER at PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Jacksonville Coalition for Visual Arts winter show is on exhibit.

Artisan Market, with pottery, jewelry, photography and paintings, is also open.

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Rd., Mandarin, 268-4681, floridamininggallery.com.

Slamdance Cosmopolis, a collaborative exhibit of works by Matt Allison and Matthew Usinowicz, is currently on display.

JENNA ALEXANDER STUDIO 73 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 850-384-3084, jenna-alexander. com. Alexander’s new works, Stripes and Buns, are currently on display.

MAIN LIBRARY’S MAKERSPACE 303 N. Laura St., Downtown. Ties and Knots, an exhibit of contemporary textile works, is on display through Jan. 21.

PAStA FINE ART GALLERY 214 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 824-0251, pastagalleryart.com.

Celebrate Art Sale, which opened Jan. 4, features oils, watercolors, mixed media, and much more.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown, southlight.com. New works by Kevin Arther, Maiya Elaine, Justin Drosten and J Adam McGalliard are on exhibit.

THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. Piercing the Veil, Thony Aiuppy’s experimental works, are currently on display.

THE VAULT@1930 1930 San Marco Ave., thevaultat1930.com. Local abstract painter Princess Simpson Rashid displays some of her reent works in Odyssey of Abstraction.

EVENTS

GYPSY VANNER SHOW This Florida Feathered Horse Classic Show features the breathtaking beauty of the breed, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Jan. 10-13, at the Equestrian Center, 13611 Normandy Blvd., Northside, 573-4895, jaxequestriancenter.com.

Spectator admission is free.

FLORIDA MUSHROOM FESTIVAL Workshops, wild walks, contests, vendors, music, storytelling, dinner, princesses, magic and ’shroomies, from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. on Jan. 12, at Ravine Gardens State Park, 1600 Twigg St., Palatka, 386-329-3721, honor parking, floridastateparks.org.

LET’S GO SCIENCE SHOW! FSCJ Artist Series presents this family show, with Professor Smart and Dr. Knowitall, at 2 p.m. on Jan. 13, at Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside, 632-5050, fscjartistseries.org. Tickets start at $9 plus fees.

ALL AGES MICRO WRESTLING This WWE-type event has all the right moves, matches, brawls and mayhem, held from 7-9 p.m. on Feb. 9, at Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., The Jacksonville Landing, Downtown, $15-$30. ____________________________________ To list your event, send time, date, location (street address, city/neighborhood), admission price and a contact phone number to print to Marlene Dryden, mdryden@folioweekly.com or 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Space available policy. Deadline noon Wed. for the next Wed. printing.

JASON TETLAK: BURN AFTER READING. Last chance to view this exhibition of colorful and interactive paintings–each with a (literally) hidden message. All unsold art will be burned at the closing reception, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, Space 42, Riverside, spacefortytwo.com, free

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of a sudden, OK, now I can play a little bit or nearly all of Lake Street Dive’s of lead (at times). Now we’re constructing 15-year history, the Boston indiethese sorts of very idiosyncratic key guitar pop quartet stubbornly refused parts that come from to bring on any additional records that we know musicians to help recreate and love so much. Now their lush studio sound. But we’re not fighting with the that thinking went out the music; we’re dancing.” window (and up on stage) in In fact, the band 2017, when the group invited Lake Street Dive members liked what keyboardist Akie Bermiss brings NEWLY Bermiss did so much in to expand their live sound.

EXPANDED LINEUP the shows, they brought Guitarist/trumpet player to Ponte Vedra him in to play on their Mike “McDuck” Olson, latest album, Free Yourself singer Rachel Price, bassist Up, and were further delighted by the Bridget Kearney and drummer Mike impact the keyboardist’s playing had on Calabrese found they got much more the Lake Street Dive sound. than a truer faithful representation of “We found we played a lot differently their songs with Bermiss in the fold. when there was a live piano player “I think that our past selves sides involved,” Olson said. “It’s exciting and would’ve denied up and down that we it’s inspiring from a musical standpoint would ever have considered adding and I think the [live] show is elevated another member,” Olson acknowledged musically just from the kinds of tasty in a recent phone interview. “But we have musical elements that Akie contributes.” wholeheartedly embraced Akie Bermiss Free Yourself Up still sounds very as sort of the fifth member of the band as much like Lake Street Dive, but there a keyboard player. Last year, he was on are some significant new wrinkles in the right around two-thirds of the show.” music. The band has stretched out a bit “We spent a great deal of time [in the stylistically. Though they’ve retained the past] being, ‘OK, well, let’s see, what am hooky pop melodies, good-time feel and I doing? I’m playing guitar and singing, soulful elements that have defined the and then I’m going to whistle into the group’s five previous studio albums, the microphone a part that somebody had new Dive is a bit fuller and rocks a little played on the mellotron and then I more. This is especially true of “Dude,” have to double this part,’” he explained. a standout track with a funk groove “That challenge was very exciting for a matched by a catchy chorus. Other long time, and I think a natural thing songs get extra jolts of energy as well. A for a group of people who attended a rock interlude adds grit to “Baby, Don’t music conservatory. [The band members Leave Me Alone with My met at the New England Thoughts,” while “You Are Conservatory of Music in LAKE STREET DIVE, Free” benefits from some Boston.] Music is supposed MIKAELA DAVIS righteous riffage in addition to be something of an 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, to its buoyant melody. athletic pursuit. If you’re Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Bermiss’ presence is felt not sweating, are you really pvconcerthall.com, $34.50 throughout, spicing up “Red playing? That’s sort of the Light Kisses” with B-3 organ conservatory mindset.” sounds and weaving a synthesizer into Freed from having to figure out which “Doesn’t Even Matter Now.” band member would have to play which Olson said the group is pleased keyboard part (with their hands already enough with Free Yourself Up that a full), Lake Street Dive found their overall good chunk of the new material was sound enhanced with the inclusion incorporated into the band’s live show as of Bermiss. It also allowed Olson to soon as the album dropped in May 2018. expand the role of guitar playing beyond “[We were] showcasing a lot of new being the primary melodic and tonal material right off the bat, interspersed, instrument in the group’s live sound. obviously, liberally with more known “I’m, basically, I’m the only thing material,” he said. “But we’re lengthening defining the tonality of a song. I’m the the show as well. So it’s going to be a little only thing with more than one note bit of a longer show, which will ensure going at any time, so everybody is using that we can play as much of the new me to tune to,” Olson said. “So there are record as possible, but also make sure we all these, like, checks on the list that I play the hits.” needed to do before I could even think Alan Sculley about what I’m playing from a creative mail@folioweekly.com standpoint. But with Akie there, now all

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CONCERTS

Greek-Canadian guitarist PAVLO fuses Mediterranean and Latin sounds with aplomb. And he’s a generous fellow. At the end of every performance, the maestro gives his instrument to a random audience member. Enter to win, 3 & 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park, thcenter.org, $40.

LIVE MUSIC VENUES

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA The SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St. Live music most weekends.

SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. Pili Pili Jan. 9. JCnMike Jan. 13. Mark O’Quinn Jan. 15 The SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Larry & the Backtracks Jan. 10

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

CASBAH Café, 3628 St. Johns Ave. Goliath Flores every Wed. Jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE Nightclub, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free Tue. & Thur. Indie dance Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance music Fri.

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

BEACHES Museum, 381 Beach Blvd. Jon Stickley Trio Jan. 10 BLUE JAY Listening Room, 412 N. Second St. Songbook Showcase Jan. 11. Mark Mandeville, Raianne Richards Jan. 12 COOP 303, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach Live music most weekends FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach Evan Michael & the Well Wishers Jan. 11 & 12 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd. Groov Wed. Michael Smith Thur. Milton Clapp Fri. LYNCH’S Irish Pub, 514 N. First St. Sun Set East Jan. 11. Austin Park Jan. 12. Spade McQuade Jan. 13 MEZZA, 110 First St., NB Gypsies Ginger Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer Thur. House Band Mon. Trevor Tanner Tue. RAGTIME Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB Pat Rose Jan. 9. Fish Out of Water Jan. 10. Sidewalk 65 Jan. 11 & 12.

Billy Bowers Jan. 16 SURFER the Bar, 200 First St. N. Game Changers, Jatarra Jan. 11. Trail Diver Jan. 18 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy. Vox Jan. 10.

Cloud 9 Jan. 11. Dalton Ammerman, Paul Lundgren Jan. 12. Sunjammer Jan. 13. The Groov Jan. 15

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Tomboi, ColorKnots, Tenny Rudolph, DJ Geexella Jan. 11. Scot Bruce, Metal for Mutts Jan. 12. Jumping Jack Grass, Bobbie Lee Rodgers, Larry McCray, Dennis Stadleman,

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Danni Jaye, Justin Davis, Tug Winthrop, Jack Ray, Brian Lang, Tucci Project Jan. 13. Southern Culture on the Skids Jan. 17. The Vegabonds, Honey Hounds Jan. 18 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St. DJ Brandon Thur. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall every Mon. DJ Hollywood Tue. The FLORIDA THEATRE, 128 E. Forsyth St. Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular Jan. 11. Blue Suede Elvis Birthday Bash: Mike Albert, Scot Bruce & the Big E Band Jan. 12. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Jan. 13. Drew Carey, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, Joel Murray Jan. 19 MAVERICKS Live, Jax Landing Corey Smith Jan. 11 MYTH Nightclub, 333 E. Bay St. Minesweepa Jan. 11.

Mr. Protege Jan. 13. Space Jesus Jan. 20 RITZ Theatre, 829 N. Davis St., 632-5555 Bradd Marquis Jan. 17 TIMES-UNION Center, 300 Water St. Rock of Ages Jan. 10, Moran Theater. NBA Youngboy & Crew Jan. 19 VETERANS MEMORIAL Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., 630-3900 Winter Jam: Newsboys United, Ledger, Danny Gokey, Mandisa, Rend Collective, Newsong, Hollyn, Ty Brasel, Manic Drive, Dan Bremnes, Adam Agee Jan. 11.

Mike Epps, Sommore, Earthquake, Mark Curry, George Wallace Jan. 18 VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams Dennis FingerRoll Nelson Jan. 11. DJ Paten Locke Jan. 12. Blackjack Jan. 14

FLEMING ISLAND, GREEN COVE SPRINGS

BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd. Alex Affronti Jan. 9.

Redfish Rich Jan. 10. Branden Parrish Jan. 11. Brandon Leino, Hard 2 Handle Jan. 12 WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220 Live music weekends

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd. DJ Sharon Jan. 9. Blistur Jan. 11 & 12. Big Engine Jan. 18 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd. Double Down Jan. 11.

Spectra Jan. 12

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd. Brian Iannucci Jan. 9, 13 & 15 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk Echelon Jan. 10.

Blind Mason Jan. 11. Boogie Freaks Jan. 12. Ivan Pulley, Hank Norswort Jan. 13

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave. Little Green Men Jan. 11.

Fratello Jan. 12 The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd. John Michael Tue.-Sat. THRASHER-HORNE Center, 283 College Dr. Pavlo, Guitar Giveaway Jan. 12. Engelbert Humperdinck Jan. 16. Landscape of Guitar Jan. 18.

PONTE VEDRA

PONTE VEDRA Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N. Rita Coolidge Jan. 9. Karl Denson & His Tiny Universe Band, The Iceman Special Jan. 11. Marcia Ball & Her Band Jan. 12. Lake Street Dive, Mikaela Davis Jan. 15 Ponte Vedra LIBRARY, 101 Library Blvd. Lisa Kelly/ JB Scott Quintet Jan. 15 Restaurant MEDURE, 818 A1A N. Will Hurley Jan. 11.

The Groov Jan. 12 TAPS Bar & Grill, 2220 C.R. 210 Live music every Wed. & Fri.

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. Flipturn, Teen Divorce, The Citrus Trees Jan. 12. Randy Stonehill, Summer Frost, Tim Serdynski Jan. 18 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Brain Emoji, SPORE Jan. 11. Progressive Comedy Tour: Graham Elwood, Ron Placone Jan. 12. Belmont, Intervention, Adversaries Jan. 14. Bells & Robes, Hive Mind Jan. 19 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St. Recovery Jan. 10. Mend, Conjure, R-Dent, Lonelyouth Jan. 12. North by North Jan. 17 RIVER & POST, 1000 Riverside Ave. Live music most weekends

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S, 3912 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. Jason Evans Band Jan. 12 CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Aug. Bch. David Wilcox Jan. 20. John Fulbright Jan. 23 Casa Monica COBALT LOUNGE, 95 Cordova St. The Lisa Kelly Jazz 4tet: Lisa Kelly, Jeff Phillips, Mike Perez, Jeremy Smith Jan. 18 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd. Secret Nudist Friends, Cheap Suits Jan. 14. Chew, A Place Beyond Giants, Reels Jan. 18. North by North Jan. 19 PROHIBITION Kitchen, 119 St. George St. Night of Cellos, The Vegabonds Jan. 10. Jon Stickley Trio, Back from the Brink Jan. 11. Ryan Spencer Jan. 14. Colton McKenna Jan. 15 SHANGHAI Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd. Europa Jan. 12

PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG Feb. 6, 1904 Music Hall SAN MARCO, NORTHBANK DAVID BROMBERG QUINTET Feb. 6, PVedra Concert Hall GRAPE & GRAIN Exchange, 2000 San Marco The John STEVE POLTZ Feb. 6, Café Eleven Lumpkin Institute Jan. 10. Honey Hounds Jan. 11.

BJ BARHAM Feb. 6, Jack Rabbits Rachael Warfield Jan. 12. Bold City Improv Jam Jan. 15 The MAGPIE SALUTE Feb. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Ave. Corey Smith G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE Feb. 8, PVedra Concert Hall Jan. 11. Pickwick Commons Jan. 13. Lincoln Durham ANDREW McMAHON in the WILDERNESS, FLOR, Jan. 18. You & Me Solo Acoustic: Pete Yorn Jan. 22 GRIZFOLK Feb. 8, Mavericks Live MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd. NFFN CODY JINKS Feb. 8, Florida Theatre Artist Showcase: Dixie Rodeo, Tom Edwards, Dr. Paul NOEL FRIEDLINE Feb. 8, Ritz Theatre Jan. 9. River City Rhythm Kings Jan. 14. The Kennedys, PATTI LaBELLE Feb. 9, Times-Union Center Rough & Tumble Jan. 17 AARON LEWIS Feb. 9, The Florida Theatre LISA KELLY JAZZ 4TET Feb. 9, Casa Monica Cobalt Lounge SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS RAYLAND BAXTER Feb. 10, Murray Hill Theatre FSCJ WILSON Center, 11901 Beach Blvd. Mutts Gone ALAN DOYLE & GREAT BIG SEA Feb. 10, PVConcert Hall Nuts Jan. 19 MICHAEL BOLTON Feb. 10, The Florida Theatre UNF Fine Arts Center, 620-1895 The Big Trouble Jan. 15 SEAN K. PRESTON & the LOADED PISTOLS Feb. 10, VETERANS UNITED, 8999 Western Way Brenna Ericson Prohibition Kitchen Jan. 11 G JONES, TSURUDA, CHEE Feb. 10, 1904 Music Hall WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd. Savanna Leigh SPAMALOT Feb. 11, Times-Union Center Bassett Jan. 9. Bill Ricci Jan. 10. Sunjammer Jan. 11.

HAVASI PURE PIANO Feb. 12, Florida Theatre Julia Gulia Jan. 12 AL DI MEOLA Feb. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CREEPING DEATH, HOMEWRECKER Feb. 12, Nighthawks SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE TAJ MAHAL & his TRIO Feb. 13, PVedra Concert Hall COPPER TOP Bar, 12405 Main St. Girls Night Out YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, HANDMADE Male Revue Jan. 15 MOMENTS Feb. 13, 1904 Music Hall PALMS Fish Camp, 6359 Heckscher Last Resort Jan. KEIKO MATSUI Feb. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall 9. Billy Bowers Jan. 11. Lisa & Mad Hatters Jan. 13 MORE. Feb. 14, Nighthawks SHANTYTOWN, 22 W. Sixth, 798-8222 Crunk Witch JO KOY Feb. 14 & 17, The Florida Theatre Jan. 10. Lung, Terrain, Jean Street Sound Jan. 14 TOM RUSH, MATT NAKOA Feb. 15, PVedra Concert Hall MATT & KIM, YUMO Feb. 15, St. Augustine ELSEWHERE Amphitheatre Backyard Stage BELUTHAHATCHEE PARK, 1523 S.R. 13, Fruit Cove, FRED EAGLESMITH, TIG GINN Feb. 16, Mudville 206-8304 Elaine & Sam Mahon Jan. 13 DAVE MASON, STEVE CROPPER, GRETCHEN RHODES UPCOMING CONCERTS Feb. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MONTANA of 300, SKVD ROCK, BEAZIE, SQUADRANT 4, LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY, SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM MIZZY RAW Jan. 24, Nighthawks Feb. 17, Jack Rabbits MAIN FOCUS, ARTIFAKTS Jan. 24, 1904 Music Hall COTTER HILL Feb. 17, Blue Jay Listening Room JANET GARDNER Jan. 25, 1904 Music Hall The FLOOZIES, TOO MANY ZOOZ, DREAMERS DELIGHT, ROCK BOTTOM STRING BAND Jan. 26, The Justice Pub The TERMINUS HORNS Feb. 18, 1904 Music Hall WINDHAND, GENOCIDE PACT Jan. 26, 1904 Music Hall LOS LOBOS Feb. 19, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SETH GLIER Jan. 26, Café Eleven JAKE SHIMABUKURO Feb. 19, Florida Theatre SARA EVANS Jan. 27, The Florida Theatre An Evening with DAWES Feb. 19, St. Aug. Amphitheatre JB Scott’s SWINGIN’ ALLSTARS Jan. 27, Riverside Concert Backyard Stage ANDY FRASCO & the U.N. Jan. 27, Jack Rabbits The ZOMBIES Feb. 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CRASH TEST DUMMIES Jan. 28, PVedra Concert Hall T.S.O.L., PIÑATA PROTEST Feb. 20, Surfer the Bar PINK MARTINI Jan. 28, The Florida Theatre MURDER by DEATH, J RODDY WALSTON & the DAVID CURLEY & ANDREW FINN MAGILL Jan. 29, Mudville BUSINESS Feb. 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MARCO BENEVENTO Jan. 30, Jack Rabbits Backyard Stage EMERY, OH, SLEEPER Jan. 30, Murray Hill Theatre TOBYMAC, JEREMY CAMP, RYAN STEVENSON, AARON LARA’S HOPE GOLD HOPE DUO, JEAN STREET SOUND, CORE, WE ARE MESSENGERS Feb. 21, Veterans CAIN’T NEVER COULD Jan. 30, Rain Dogs Memorial Arena NEKO CASE, KIMYA DAWSON Jan. 31, PV Concert Hall KASEY CHAMBERS & the FIREFLY DISCIPLES, CASEY EAZYBAKED, PROPHET, ZAYLIEN Jan. 30, Nighthawks BURRUSS Feb. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOYCE MANOR, JEFF ROSENSTOCK, REMEMBER SPORTS HAVANA CUBA ALL STARS Feb. 21, Thrasher-Horne Jan. 31, 1904 Music Hall TYLER HILTON Feb. 21, Café Eleven THAT 1 GUY Feb. 1, Café Eleven SEVEN NATIONS Feb. 22, Jack Rabbits BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY Queen’s ‘A Night at the TONY MacALPINE, MONTE PITTMAN, LONERO Feb. 22, Opera’ Feb. 1, Thrasher-Horne Center Nighthawks Awakening Tour: STOVALL & KERRI WEEMS, CAN’T SWIM, HOMESAFE, SAVE FACE, SMALL TALKS CELEBRATION WORSHIP, TASHA COBBS LEONARD, Feb. 23, Nighthawks MICAHN CARTER, STEVEN FURTICK, ELEVATION Havana Nights, Neon Lights: THE BASS MENT, DIGITAL WORSHIP Feb. 1 & 2, Daily’s ETHOS Feb. 23, River City Brewing UNDER the STREETLAMP Feb. 2, PVedra Concert Hall SARAH McLACHLAN, VANESSA FREEBAIRN-SMITH Feb. SINBAD Feb. 2, Florida Theatre 24, The Florida Theatre RHETT WALKER, SIDECREEK Feb. 2, Murray Hill Theatre CHRISTOPHER CROSS Feb. 27, PVedra Concert Hall SATSANG Feb. 2, Surfer the Bar The EXPENDABLES, BALLYHOO! Feb. 28, St. Aug. Amp. BETHEL MUSIC Feb. 5, T-U Center, Moran Theater Backyard Stage GAELIC STORM Feb. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ALABAMA March 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PAM TILLIS, TERRI CLARK, SUZY BOGGUSS March 1, The Florida Theatre OUIJA BROTHERS March 1, River City Brewing PUDDLES PITY PARTY March 1, PVedra Concert Hall STEEL PANTHER, WILSON March 1, Mavericks Live BEACH BOYS March 1, Thrasher-Horne Center BROTHERS OSBORNE, RUSHTON KELLY March 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MORGAN JAMES March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LANDT March 3, Synth-pop trio TOMBOI’s first show of 2019 features Planet Sarbez fellow Jax artists Tenny Rudolph, ColorKnots and DJ GIN BLOSSOMS Geexella. 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 1904 Music Hall, March 4, Ponte Vedra Downtown, 1904musichall.com, $10.

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CHAPMAN March 7, T-U Ctr. Terry Theater BLAKE SHELTON, TRACE ADKINS, The BELLAMY BROTHERS, JOHN ANDERSON, LAUREN ALAINA March 7, Veterans Memorial Arena The AVETT BROTHERS March 7, St. Augustine Amp. The INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, ROOSEVELT COLLIER March 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall TRAVIS TRITT, The CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, CADILLAC THREE March 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre 10,000 MANIACS March 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JUICE March 9, Jack Rabbits MILES JAYE, TONY TERRY, The SYSTEM March 9, T-U Ctr. HIGH TIME March 9, Mudville Music Room TANK & the BANGAS, ALFRED BANKS, MAGGIE KOERNER March 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JEFF TWEEDY, JAMES ELKINGTON March 11, PVCHall SHWAYZE March 14, Surfer the Bar TRAVIS SCOTT March 14, Veterans Memorial Arena David Bowie Alumni Tour: MIKE GARSON, EARL SLICK, GERRY LEONARD, CARMINE ROJAS, BERNARD FOWLER, COREY GLOVER, LEE JOHN March 15, PVConcert Hall ELTON JOHN March 15, Veterans Memorial Arena DAN + SHAY, MORGAN EVANS March 15, St. Aug. Amp. BLUNTS & BLONDES March 15, River City Brewing CLARK BECKHAM March 16, Jack Rabbits TREVOR NOAH March 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ROGER McGUINN March 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CALLING ALL CAPTAINS March 19, Jack Rabbits LITTLE FEAT March 20, The Florida Theatre BUCKETHEAD March 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOAN OSBORNE March 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The DUKE ROBILLARD BAND March 21, Café Eleven LITTLE RIVER BAND, PABLO CRUISE March 22, Fla. Theatre ANGELA INGERSOLL March 22, FSCJ’s Wilson Center BUDDY GUY March 23, Florida Theatre ANVIL March 24, 1904 Music Hall The MESSTHETICS, MARY LATTIMORE March 26, St. Aug. Amp. Front Porch KELLER WILLIAMS’ PETTYGRASS, The HILLBENDERS March 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Stage PUNCH BROTHERS March 28, The Florida Theatre YACHT ROCK REVUE March 29, Florida Theatre DARK STAR ORCHESTRA March 29, St. Aug. Amp. CASTING CROWNS March 30, Daily’s Place COLLIE BUDDZ March 31, Surfer the Bar PATTON OSWALT March 31, Florida Theatre NAPPY ROTS April 3, Surfer the Bar BONEY JAMES April 5, Florida Theatre 1964: The TRIBUTE April 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ANITRA JAY April 6, Riverside Arts Market PAT MATHENY, JAMES FRANCIES, NATE SMITH April 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BOZ SCAGGS April 10, The Florida Theatre KISS April 12, Veterans Memorial Arena MIDLAND April 12, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MICHAEL CARBONARO April 12, T-U Center DAVE ALVIN, JIMMIE DALE GILMORE, The GUILTY ONES April 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall KANE BROWN April 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre KENNY CHESNEY April 13, Daily’s Place TAB BENOIT April 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BUCK CHERRY, JOYOUS WOLF April 14, Surfer The Bar EDWIN McCAIN April 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LEON BRIDGES, JESS GLYNNE April 17, St. Aug. Amp. SAM RIGGS April 18, Jack Rabbits TINSLEY ELLIS April 19, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SANTANA April 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GARY MULLEN & THE WORKS One Night of Queen April 25, Florida Theatre KELSEA BALLERINI, BRETT YOUNG, BRANDON RATCLIFF April 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE April 26, Jack Rabbits DREAM THEATER April 27, T-U Center’s Moran Theater The TEMPTATIONS, The FOUR TOPS April 28, Fla. Theatre JAWS: An Evening with RICHARD DREYFUSS May 1, Florida Theatre FAYE WEBSTER, LORD HURON May 1, Mavericks Live Welcome to Rockville: CHEVELLE May 3, Metro Park TOM JONES May 6, Florida Theatre GRETA VAN FLEET May 9, Daily’s Happy Together Tour: The TURTLES, CHUCK NEGRON, GARY PUCKETT, The BUCKINGHAMS, The CLASSICS IV, The COWSILLS June 2, Florida Theatre WEIRD AL YANKOVIC June 9, St. Aug. Amphitheatre JON BELLION June 23, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, BLACKBERRY SMOKE, SHOVELS & ROPE June 28, Daily’s TRAIN, GOO GOO DOLLS, ALLEN STORE July 9, Daily’s JOJO SIWA July 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LONG BEACH DUB ALL STARS & AGGROLITES July 14, Surfer the Bar

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FOLIO FOOD

TO YOUR HEALTH THE PARTY ATMOSPHERE OF NEW YEAR’S EVE is over and the bubbles are fading.

Now it’s all about resolutions. Many Jacksonvillians—heck, many Americans— are focusing on eating right and hitting the gym after the gluttony of the holiday season. For my part, my ongoing resolution is to shop as local and as healthfully as possible. We’re lucky that there are spots in this area that make it easy. The Riverside Arts Market and Native Sun all make my list, as does Grassroots Natural Market, a Five Points fixture with a few resolutions of its own for 2019!

If you’ve committed yourself to eating well, you haven’t fallen off the wagon just yet. If you have, the tight-knit, family-run Grassroots might be able to help. President and nutrition director James Robison says shopping at Grassroots means “you get to taste food as it’s meant to be tasted.”

His sister (and inventory manager) Anna Michal said that people have told her that, at Grassroots, even run-of-the-mill items like tomatoes and bananas are amazing because they actually taste as they should. “Older people, they have said this [grass-fed beef] is ‘what it used to taste like when I was a child.’” It seems trivial, but simple, healthful, true, flavor-packed food means a more satisfying meal—and a happier everyone.

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James Robison and Anna Michal (Photo by Devon Sarian)

Grassroots Market nourishes your New Year’s resolutions

significantly busier than we ever thought it If you need a juice to help you tidy up would be!” The original Riverside location your body after all that holiday partying, was built to be a small store, run by only try the Citrus Explosion (which helps as a a few people. Now that it’s gotten bigger, liver/gallbladder flush). Anna mentioned, they “want to change with the times, people “Each month, the juice bar chooses a want more food service.” So 2019 holds a featured smoothie” with an ingredient lot of plans for the growing grocery, and that is seasonally appropriate or simply Grassroots aim to do just that. new and exciting—like this month’s spiced gingerbread smoothie. Anna hinted In the next few months, the Robinsons that they’re working on a smoothie that will be expanding their grab-and-go incorporates “Blue Majic,” an algae that offerings and making more room for their is super-good for you and turns your juice bar. They’re setting up a commercial smoothie an electric blue. #DUVALLLL kitchen in Murray Hill to make food prep Since James and Anna both spend a easier, and are in the process of working little time at Grassroots, to renovate another GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET they have some building next door to the 2007 Park St., Riverside, 384-4474, recommendations when Five Points location. That thegrassrootsmarket.com it comes to picking space, which doesn’t have up lunch from their a name yet, is earmarked grab-and-go section. James lives, eats and for a restaurant/beer/wine concept. sleeps the store, and that doesn’t leave a Ignore that beer and wine for the lot of time for lunch. He (and his fork) moment, though; the Grassroots juice bar make short work of a little container of and grab-and-go are your new best friends. curry chicken salad. When Anna gave her The place is obviously a grocery store, but it answer, a far-off look came into her eyes. offers some killer ready-made sandwiches “If I could choose anything for lunch now, and wraps. For those on a hardcore juiceit would be the vegan pesto sandwich.” cleanse kick, there’s a juice and smoothie bar here to help. They offer quite a tasty Looks like detox is the way to go for regular menu in addition to decadent, flavor and nutrition; both said they’d drink a extremely filling selections like the Peanut daily detox juice. Anna takes hers with extra Butter Cup smoothie (with your choice lime; James likes extra ginger and lemon. of milk, peanut butter, banana, chocolate “Detox is one of the more popular juices,” syrup or agave and protein powder). said Anna, “it’s really fresh and bright.”

Of all the promising 2019 health food trends, James is excited about the variety of fermented foods and probiotics they’ve been stocking recently. “We want to try to make a push for gut health and digestive health,” James said. “So many people have difficulties there and don’t even know it.” He recommends trying some of the fermented foods they have in stock, like kraut and Natren, a probiotic that is vegan, non-GMO. As if it’s not enough to shop at a local grocery, the shelves are stocked with lots of local goodies from farmers and producers like Frog Song Organics, Son and Skye Mushrooms, Arto Moro Tempeh, and more.

“Local vendors will seek us out. And that’s what adds a lot of character to our store.”

James has loved seeing the Grassroots Market grow and change over the years, and he’s excited to see more new folks coming in every day. “I think what people are usually surprised by [is] the selection and the pricing. They are usually delighted the prices are lower. We pass on discounts that we get to our customers.”

Start those resolutions off right with a trip to Grassroots Natural Market and squeeze in some good old-fashioned meal prep for the week. Of course, if you forget to bring your lunch to work, or just need a pick-me-up, they’ve got you covered there, too!

Brentley Stead mail@folioweekly.com

Moon River Pizza

Brett’s Waterway Café

925 S. 14th Street 904-321-3400

Fernandina Harbor Marina at the foot of Centre Street 904-261-2660

Moon River Pizza treats customers like family.

Cooked in a brick oven, the pizza is custom-made by the slice (or, of course, by the pie). Set up like an Atlanta-style pizza joint, Moon River also offers an eclectic selection of wine and beer. Open for lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Dine in or take it with you.

Overlooking Fernandina Harbor Marina, Brett’s offers an upscale atmosphere with outstanding food. The extensive luncheon and dinner menus feature daily specials, fresh Florida seafood, chicken and aged beef. Cocktails, beer and wine.

Casual resort wear. Open at 11:30 a.m. daily.

The Mustard Seed Cafe 833 T.J. Courson Road 904-277-3141

T-Ray’s Burger Station

Inside Nassau Health Foods, The Mustard Seed is Amelia Island’s only organic eatery and juice bar, with an extensive, eclectic menu featuring vegetarian and vegan items. Daily specials include local seafood, free-range chicken and fresh organic produce. Salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups are available – all prepared with our staff’s impeccable style. Popular items are chicken or veggie quesadillas, grilled mahi, or salmon over mixed greens and tuna melt with Swiss cheese and tomato. Open for breakfast and lunch, 8 a.m.3 p.m. Mon.-Sat. nassauhealthfoods.net

202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310

T-Ray’s offers a variety of breakfast and lunch items. In addition to an outstanding breakfast menu, you’ll find some of the best burgers you’ve ever put in your mouth. The Burger Station offers a grilled portabello mushroom burger, grilled or fried chicken salad and much more. The spot where locals grab a bite and go! Now serving beer & wine. Open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed Sundays.

The Pointe Restaurant 98 S. Fletcher Avenue 904-277-4851

The Pointe, located at Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, is open to the public daily from 7 a.m.–10 a.m. for breakfast and 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. for lunch.

Sunday brunch is served one Sunday each month from 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Oceanview indoor and outdoor seating is available. Please call the Inn to reserve a table or to enquire further about the restaurant.

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FOLIO COOKING Chef Bill gets CRUSTY about HIS DOUGH

QUICHE NICHE

HERE IT COMES AGAIN. READY? NEW YEAR, NEW ME! Welcome to 2019. Anyone broken their New Year’s resolutions yet? If the answer is yes, keep it to yourself. Never admit defeat—prevaricate! Hey, maybe that should be my New Year’s resolution for 2020. I do love to plan ahead. Wait, that’s a blatant lie.

With one fabulous full week of 2019 in the books, I’m already getting behind on projects at the restaurant which must be accomplished as quickly as possible.

Yes, I’m already in the weeds and all the little adjustments and changes that need to be accomplished just to keep things running on a day-to-day basis. Wow, I’d almost forgotten how challenging running a kitchen can be … that’s what I said: “almost” forgotten. For as we age (I’d like to think of myself as prime, dry-aged Wagyu beef), we tend to view the past with rosecolored glasses. For instance, I don’t quite recall my back screaming in pain after another six-day, 70-hour week back in the day. But, hey, sink or swim, right? Besides, a cold Cigar City Jai Alai from my tap does have an amazing ability to soothe those abused back muscles.

One of the delicious things I’ve been having fun making during my exciting time in the kitchen is quiche. That’s right, quiche—as in, this is the 1970s calling to say “just have another slice of quiche as you sip your Perrier and watch Billy Jean King play tennis.” To me, quiche is timeless.

After all, it is really nothing more than a savory desert food.

Quiche is custard baked in a pie shell.

Quite simple and quite darn desirable at the same time. Quiche may seem light and refreshingly healthful, but it’s actually extremely substantial. Quiche is usually enjoyed as a brunch treat, but with a little imagination, this delightful savory pie can be relished any time day or night.

A quiche begins with well-executed pâte brisée dough, a basic French short

crust dough. It can be tricky to render correctly for shoemakers but with a little patience and proper technique, making a pâte brisée is a piece of … pie. I’m sure I’ve given you a recipe for this in the past but, like your New Year’s resolution, I’m sure it’s long forgotten. Now just what the heck is custard? A basic custard consists of eggs, half-and-half, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and any savory ingredients you can throw together. The classic Quiche Lorraine version utilizes bacon, onions and gruyère.

It’s really hard to beat. We’re talking bacon and eggs for royalty here. Here is my basic short crust recipe, just in case you’ve misplaced it somewhere.

CHEF BILL’S PÂTE BRISÉE

Ingredients • 4 cups all-purpose flour • 1-1/3 cups butter, cut into small pieces, very cold • 2 eggs, lightly beaten • 1 pinch salt • 1 splash milk Directions 1. In a food processor, mix flour with salt.

2. Add butter and pulse until it’s a course meal. Do not over-process.

3. Pulse in eggs and milk until a dough ball just comes together. Turn out on a table, cut in half.

4. Roll into two disks, refrigerate. This makes enough for two deep-dish quiches. You can freeze the other disk.

Until we cook again,

Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com ___________________________________ You can contact Chef Bill Thompson, the owner/chef of Fernandina Beach’s Amelia Island Culinary Academy, by email at cheffedup@folioweekly.com, to get inspired and get your menus Cheffed-Up!

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PUBLIX MARKETS 1033 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine 2033 Riverside Ave. 4413 Town Ctr. Pkwy., Ste. 100

NASSAU HEALTH FOODS 833 T.J. Courson Rd., Fernandina

THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina

ROWE’S 1670 Wells Rd., Orange Park 8595 Beach Blvd., Southside FERNANDINA BEACH MARKET PLACE Art & Farmers Market, North Seventh Street WHOLE FOODS 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin

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BERLINER WEISSE is a fruity cocktail of a beer

HISTORY IS A FUNNY THING. OFTEN WE CAN learn a great deal from the actions of our forebears, but sometimes the details get muddled and all we’re left with are the overall themes. This is especially true in the world of brewing, where countless styles of beer have been mentioned in tomes dating back thousands of years— and not all of them have survived in their original forms through the ravages of time to refresh our modern palates.

Fortunately, Berliner Weisse is not one of those lost beers, though its history is rather ambiguous. The Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), publisher of one of the brewing world’s preeminent guides for judging beer, describes this brew as having a sour, acidic flavor with mild bread or wheat flavors as well as a light and effervescent mouthfeel. It’s very low in alcohol, at just 2.8 percent to 3.8 percent ABV. As with many older styles of beer, the precise origin of Berliner Weisse is not specifically known. However, some theorists posit that it’s an offshoot of sour Belgian styles like the lambics and red ales brought to northern Germany by the Huguenots, protestant refugees fleeing to Germany from Catholic France in the 17th century. Others point out, however, that there seems to be mention of the beer as early as a century before the arrival of the Huguenots.

More likely, the style was developed from an earlier brew created in 1526 by a Hanover brewer named Cord Broyhahn.

The beer Broyhahn fashioned—called simply Broyhahn—was characterized as very pale, with very low alcohol content and noticeable acidity. Originally, it was made exclusively with malted barley, although written accounts indicate that, as the style steadily gained popularity,

copycat brewers often added wheat or whatever grain they had readily available.

Thus, Broyhahn became the most popular beer in Northern Germany until the mid-1700s.

As wheat became a more common ingredient in Broyhan, the style began its metamorphosis into Berliner Weisse.

Early brewers tried to subdue the style’s wild, sour qualities. But, as it gained popularity, the tart nature of the style became its defining characteristic. The German people—especially those in Berlin—embraced the style. As proof of its popularity, when Napoleon and his troops occupied Northern Germany in 1809, the French general proclaimed Berliner “the Champagne of the north.”

The style reached its peak of popularity from 1870 to 1900.

Back in Berliner’s heyday, it was served in huge, three-liter glass tubs.

The drinking vessels were so large and unwieldy that the drinker required the assistance of friends to lift the containers so they could drink their beer. Over time, the more practical goblet or chalice became the glassware of choice. Today the style is produced by only two Berlin breweries. Imbibers often enjoy it with a shot of raspberry or herb syrup and drink it through a straw.

As the craft beer boom took hold, American brewers added their own twists to the style. The most noteworthy is Florida Weisse brewed with fruit—often brightly-colored Florida tropical fruits.

As sour styles continue to increase in popularity, Berliner Weisse deserves its day in the sun. Indeed, it is best enjoyed on a warm sunny day—lederhosen and dirndls optional.

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

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PETS FOLIO LIVING IVING G

LOCAL PET EVENTS & ADOPTABLES

DEAR DAVI

IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE …

IT’S A SERVICE DOG! With a little common sense, you can tell the REAL HEROES from the zeroes.

Dear Davi, Are any U.S. states shortening the leash laws on fake service dogs?

Sherman the German Shepherd Dear Sherman, These days, it’s not unusual to see shoppers and diners with their leashed service dogs in stores and restaurants.

These animals are trained to provide their human handlers with all kinds of emotional and medical support. The problem is, some people are passing off pet dogs as service animals. In other words, faking it.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, it’s a federal crime to use a fake service dog. Masquerading pets as service dogs is not only extremely disrespectful, it’s harmful.

They can put real service dogs in danger, since these untrained dogs may attack service dogs, which are trained to be submissive. Plus, phony service dogs may exhibit negative behaviors in public, including barking, jumping up on people, and distracting others—AKA dogs being dogs.

A law has been passed in Florida— and a growing number of states—that will make it much harder for folks to get away with registering their dogs as service dogs when they’re not. The jury is still out on how many people in the Sunshine State have actually been charged with violating this new law. Now, businesses are able to ask questions and determine if an animal is really a service dog, but at the same time, it ensures that people with real disabilities are not being incriminated without cause. Those who are caught breaking the law face a hefty fine and

up to 60 days in jail.

Being a dog, I do have a modicum of sympathy for the smugglers and poseurs. I would love to be given carte blanche to travel the world with my human or just go to the grocery store from time to time—anywhere you go would be even better if your dog were there, right?

But there’s a simple reason why I don’t have one of those vests: I am not a service dog. And I don’t just mean that it’s wrong to lie—of course it is. But also: I am not trained as a service dog. I’m an 11-pound dachshund who jumps at the sight of a squirrel and whines at the smell of freshly baked cookies. Vying for attention from every passerby, disrupting food service, and generally making a nuisance of myself is not something I should do just because I could probably get away with it.

Even worse, if I see a service dog, a real one, I’ll likely be by his side like a shot, wanting to say hello—or bark, and that behavior could distract that service dog, putting the person who needs it in danger.

Case in point: Rules exist for a reason and too many people regard service dog laws more as guidelines than a prosecutable statute when violated. Unless your dog is trained as a service dog, it’s wrong—really wrong, not just mildly illegal, it’s a federal crime. Imposters beware!

Davi mail@folioweekly.com Davi the dachshund never breaks the law … Officers are good friends to have when it’s crunch time.

PET TIP: WALK YOUR DOG MONTH YOU WOULDN’T THINK ANYONE WOULD FORGET TO WALK THE DOG, RIGHT? You’d be wrong. Some folks need daily instruction in things like ‘left foot, right foot, left …’ and ‘inhale, exhale, inhale …’ so a reminder to leash up that fidgety furry thing by your feet and hit the great outdoors has a whole month set aside to keep humans close to their pets.

The love of an animal is unconditional, so unlike what ya get from so-called ‘friends’ or ‘lovers’ or ‘progeny.’ It’s worth it to maintain this incredible relationship.

So put on some shoes and, um, pants and strut the sidewalks of your hood. Who knows? You may even meet a human as loyal as Gus, your Golden Retriever.

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GYPSY VANNER SHOW • This Florida Feathered Horse Classic Show features the breathtaking beauty of the breed, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 10-13, the Equestrian Center, 13611 Normandy Blvd., Northside, 573-4895, jaxequestriancenter.com. Spectator admission is free.

ADOP AD ADOPTABLES O TA OP TABL BLES BL ES

LADY MEOW MEOW

Rah rah ah-ah-ah! You probably already know me, or maybe you’ve heard my hit songs like ‘Pawparazzi,’ ‘Just Pounce’ and ‘Mew and I.’ I also recently starred in the critically acclaimed film A Purr is Born. I’m a sweet, independent feline hoping to find someone who’s as into music and napping as I am. Is it you? Stop by 8464 Beach Blvd. and ask to meet me!

LOVE ME TRUE RESCUE • The new facility provides a place to stay for kittens and cats before they find a forever home. Adoptions are held every Saturday, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 5150 Palm Valley Rd., Ste. 403, Ponte Vedra, lovemetruerescue.com. They’re looking for adult volunteers, too, so do a mitzvah and sign up.

Email lovemetruerescue@gmail.com.

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SYDNEY

Hi! I’m two years old, so I don’t relate to that ‘Vicious’ guy. I’m a fun, playful and proud Aquarius. Likes are zoomies, ball toys, beefy treats. Loves are spending time with people and other gentle pups. Looking for a home with a couch, at least one person I can hang with, and lots of snacks. We should meet! You can learn more about me at jaxhumane.org, or just stop by 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, any day!

NASSAU COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES ADOPT A PET • Dogs and cats are waiting for a warm, happy home. Hours are from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. every Tue.-Fri. and from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. every Sat., 86078 License Rd., Fernandina Beach, 530-6150, nassaucountyfl.com. Downloadable application has details and fees.

To list an event, send the name, time, date, location (complete street address, city), admission price, contact number/website to print, to mdryden@folioweekly.com.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD BEAR FACTS Rakhi Desai of Houston didn’t think much at first of the gift she brought home from a white elephant party in midDecember—a brown stuffed bear with a stitched-on heart. As she looked it over later, Desai noticed the words “Neptune Society” stitched on its foot “and then I started to feel, and it’s almost like little pebbles or rocks” inside, she told KTRK-TV. That’s when it hit her: The bear was filled with someone’s cremated remains. The friend who brought the bear to the gift exchange got it at an estate sale, so Desai called the Neptune Society, hoping to reunite the bear with the family it belongs to, but the organization doesn’t track the bears.

However, there is a name on the bear’s tag, and Desai is hoping to find the owner through that. “[T]his bear is very special to somebody and belongs in somebody’s family,” she said.

WEIRD ROUNDUP On Christmas Day, Deadspin. com shared a “verbatim” list from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission of emergency room visits paid by Americans who inserted items into various body parts, and shouldn’t have. An edited sampling: Into the ear: “Popcorn kernels in both ears, ‘feeds her ears because her ears are hungry’”; “Was cleaning ear with Q-Tip, accidentally walked into a wall, pushed Q-Tip into ear”; “Placed crayon in ear on a dare.” Into the nose: “Sneezed and a computer keyboard key came out right nostril, sneezed again and another one almost came out.” Into the throat: mulch; “Swallowed a quarter while eating peanuts”; plastic toy banana. Merry Christmas Indeed.

CALL THE COPS-IT’S THE COPS! Vanessa Elizabeth Helfant, 38, of Knoxville, Tennessee, floated a “dog bites man” defense at her DUI hearing on Dec. 13, arguing that several parked cars struck her on March 25, 2017. The jury, however, didn’t buy her story after hearing evidence: Witnesses at the scene followed Helfant to her destination, and when officers arrived and knocked on the door, Helfant called 911 to report people knocking on her door. WATE reported she eventually admitted she’d drunk half a pint of vodka and smoked marijuana. Helfant, who had no prior offenses, was convicted and faces at least 48 hours in jail and her license will be suspended for a year.

CHECK THE SHOES, MAN … THE SHOES! Tiffany Butch, 33, of Timmins, Ontario, Canada, may go down in history not for her psychic gifts, but for being the last person ever charged in Canada with “pretending to practice witchcraft.” On Dec. 11, Butch, whose nickname is the White Witch of the North, was charged under Section 365 of the Criminal Code for demanding money in return for lifting a curse. Two days later, that law was repealed. Marc Depatie, spokesperson for the Timmons police force, said Butch gave a customer “a sense of foreboding that a dreadful thing was about to happen to their family ...” But Butch denies the charge, saying other psychics framed her. “People proclaimed me a witch here and gave me a nickname, but I’m not a witch. I’m a psychic,” she told CBC News. Butch is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 22.

I SEE GREEN THINGS … Asparagus is healthful and delicious. But for 63-year-old Jemima Packington of Bath, England, the columnar vegetable is much more: Packington is an asparamancer, a person who can foretell the future by tossing the spears into the air and seeing how they land. “When I cast the asparagus, it creates patterns and it is the patterns I interpret,” Packington said. “I am usually about 75 to 90 percent accurate.” In fact, out of 13 predictions she made for 2018, 10 of them came true. What’s in store for 2019?

Packington tells Metro News that England’s women’s soccer team will win the World Cup; “A Star Is Born” will win an Oscar; and fears over Brexit will be largely unfounded. Oh, and asparagus will see an all-time high in sales.

CHARLOTTE? IS THAT YOU? Alarmed neighbors in Perth, Australia, called police after hearing a child screaming and a man repeatedly shouting, “Why don’t you die?!” on Jan. 1, according to the Evening Standard. Multiple units of officers arrived at the property, only to learn that the unnamed man, an extreme arachnophobe, had been trying to kill a spider. His wife confirmed to police her child had been screaming, and her husband apologized to police for the confusion. The spider didn’t survive. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

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JOHN FOGERTY, MOWGLI, MAYONNAISE & KAA ARIES (March 21-April 19): Computer-generated special effects used in 1993’S Jurassic Park may seem modest now, but at the time, they were revolutionary. Inspired by the new possibilities revealed, filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas and Peter Jackson launched new projects once thought beyond their ability to create.

In 2019, go find your equivalent of Jurassic Park’s pioneering breakthroughs. According to astrological omen-analysis, you may find help and resources to let you be more serious about seemingly foolish or impractical dreams.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’m a big proponent of authenticity. I usually advise you to be yourself with bold candor and unapologetic panache. Speak the truth about your deepest values and clearest perceptions. Be an expert on what really moves you, and devote yourself passionately to relationships with what really moves you. There is one exception to this, though. Sometimes it’s wise to use the “fake it until you make it” strategy: Pretend you’re what you want to be with such conviction, you become what you want to be. Now is one of those times for you.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The students’ dining hall at Michigan State University serves gobs of mayonnaise.

In late 2016, a problem arose when 1,250 gallons of the stuff turned rancid. Rather than throw it away, the school’s Sustainability Officer had a brilliant solution: load it into a machine called an anaerobic digester, which turns biodegradable waste into energy. Problem solved! The transformed rot provided electricity for parts of the campus. Is there anything in your life that’s begun to decay or lose its usefulness?

If so, can you convert it into a power source?.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you grow vegetables, fruit and grain on an acre of land, you can feed 12 people. If you use that acre to raise meat-producing animals, you’ll feed at most four people. To produce the meat, you’ll need at least four times more water and 20 times more electric power than if you grew plants. It’s a useful metaphor to consider.

According to astrological omen analysis, prioritize efficiency and value. What will give you the most bang for your bucks? What’s the wisest use of your resources?.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Modern kids don’t play outside much. They have fun in natural environments only half as often as their parents did while growing up.

In fact, the average child spends less time in the open air than prison inmates. And today’s unjailed adults get even less exposure to the elements. Avoid that in 2019. According to astrological estimates, you need to allocate more than the usual amount of time to feeling the sun and wind and sky. Not just because it’s key to your physical health, but because many of your best ideas and decisions are likely to emerge when you’re outside.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): NASA landed its robotic explorer Opportunity on Mars in January 2004. The craft’s mission, which was supposed to last for 92 days, began by taking photos and collecting soil samples.

More than 14 years later, the hardy machine was still in operation, continuing to send data back to Earth. It far outlived its designed lifespan. I see you generating a comparable marvel in 2019: a stalwart resource or influence or situation with more staying power than you could imagine.

What could it be?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1557, Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde invented the equals sign: =. Historical records don’t tell us when he was born, so we don’t know his astrological sign. I’m guessing he was a Libra. Is there any tribe more skillful at finding correlations, establishing equivalencies and creating reciprocity? In all the zodiac, who’s best at crafting righteous proportions and uniting apparent opposites? Who’s the genius of balance?

In the months ahead, my friend, you’ll be even more adept at these fine arts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s a modest, one-story office building at 1209 N. Orange St. in Wilmington, Delaware. More than 285,000 businesses from all over the U.S. use it as their address. Why? Because Delaware has advantageous tax laws that enable those businesses to save massive amounts of money. Other buildings in Delaware house thousands of additional corporations. It’s all legal. No one gets in trouble for it. I hope to inspire you to hunt for comparable situations: ethical loopholes and workarounds to provide extra benefits and advantages.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Solomon Islands folks buy many goods and services with regular currency as well as other symbols of worth to pay for important cultural events like weddings and settling disputes and expressing apologies.

These alternate forms of currency include teeth of flying foxes, a local species of bat. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, expand your sense of what constitutes wealth. In addition to material possessions and funds in the bank, what else makes you valuable? In what ways do you measure potency, vitality, merit? It’s a good time to take inventory.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1984, singer-songwriter John Fogerty released a new album with the single “The Old Man Down the Road.” It did well. Trouble soon arose when Fogerty’s former record company sued him, claiming he stole the idea for “The Old Man” from “Run Through the Jungle.” Fogerty had written and recorded that tune in 1970 while in Creedence Clearwater Revival. The legal process took a while, but he was vindicated. The courts said he didn’t plagiarize himself, even though the songs had similarities. Borrow from a good thing you did in the past as you create a new good thing now. There’s no hell to pay if you engage in a bit of self-plagiarism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Bookis a collection of fables that take place in India. Three movies have been based on it. All of them portray the giant talking snake Kaa as an adversary to hero Mowgli. But in Kipling’s original stories, Kaa is a benevolent ally and teacher. Is there an influence with a metaphorical resemblance: misinterpreted by some, but actually supportive and nourishing to you? If so, intensify your appreciation for it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Virginia Woolf thought her Piscean lover Vita Sackville-West was a decent writer, but too fluid and effortless. Self-expression was so natural to Sackville-West she didn’t work hard enough to hone her craft and discipline her flow.

In a letter, Woolf wrote, “I think there are odder, deeper, more angular thoughts in your mind than you have yet let come out.” Might Woolf’s advice be useful? If so, focus intently.

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I’VE WRITTEN ALMOST always entitled to 70 of these columns doubt my legitimacy, so far, and up until just as I doubt this now, the response has guy’s legitimacy for been entirely positive. putting two spaces That’s hardly surprising, after a period.

The reasons he given that Amendment cites are interesting, 4 passed by a nearly but also silly. “First, three-to-one margin in Shelton handles you may personally be each of the four counties a heckler using this advocacy to in which Folio Weekly gain access to medical is distributed. Lo and behold, however, we did marijuana for your own get a bit of shade thrown our way recently, and recreational use. There are many unscrupulous that is rare enough to be noteworthy. physicians who will consent to a medical An anonymous reader (see Mail, pg. 4) marijuana card for anyone. Just look at the read my Dec. 26 column, written in ads in Folio Weekly. Second, as a recreational remembrance of marijuana martyr Peter user you may believe that legal medical McWilliams, and was moved to inveigh. marijuana is simply a first step in the path to “I couldn’t help but notice this article’s full legalization.” placement directly on top of a medical This is true, to an extent. It is a first step marijuana card for-profit enterprise,” he toward full legalization, and that is something begins. (Pro tip: Print media is funded that I–along with the majority of Americans– mainly through advertising, and sometimes desire. But the idea that recreational users are businesses like to advertise in the vicinity of exploiting the medical system in this manner content that relates to their business. This is betrays total ignorance of both the system and nothing new.) Our critic then spends the supply. We’re talking about lowa whole paragraph dancing THC cannabis derivatives here, around his question, which not Fentanyl.

He then asks the is quite reasonable: question again, this “Has Mr. Hull ever been time with an air of a recreational user of impatience, as if he marijuana sourced didn’t understand through non-legal that I couldn’t answer means?”

The answer is– his question until wait for it–YAAAAS. he actually sent the I have token on pots email. (My ability several times over the to read the minds of years, as recently as strangers and respond tomorrow. via telepathy is extremely “Readers deserve to limited, almost nonexistent.)

He asks yet again at the close know the answer so they can of his letter. I assume the writer to be judge whether Mr. Hull’s advocacy male, because of the smug, self-important of medical marijuana is only for public tone of his writing (which I, as a male myself, health reasons or whether his advocacy is am quite familiar with, as readers will attest). really designed as a Trojan horse for full It’s hard to imagine anyone, on vacation in legalization.”

Florida during the holidays, taking so much of Well, after 65 weekly columns, my their precious time to call out a writer on such position is perfectly clear. My advocacy for an innocuous subject, especially given that medical marijuana is about public health, they probably won’t even be around to read but my advocacy for full legalization is about my response. I think this guy might have other national security and human rights. To me, issues going on. If so, I have something that they are essentially separate issues, though might help: medical marijuana. of course in terms of policy, the “Trojan Shelton Hull horse” concept is spot-on. mail@folioweekly.com He does raise a good point: “If you are a ________________________________ recreational user, then it would be OK for an Do you have any questions about medical informed reader to doubt the legitimacy of marijuana? Let us answer them for you. Send your advocacy for medical marijuana.” your inquiries to mail@folioweekly.com.

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FOLIO VOICES : BACKPAGE EDITORIAL

IS JUSTICE BLIND IN JACKSONVILLE? Prosecutors and media TIP THE SCALE for the privileged IF JUSTICE IS BLIND IN JACKSONVILLE, WHY

is the media always highlighting U.S. Representative Corrine Brown, State Representative Reggie Fullwood, Councilmembers Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown? Lady Justice wears a blindfold representing objectivity, with no concern for favor, regardless of money, fame, power or identity and impartiality. However, it is prosecutorial discretion that has cast African-American elected officials deep into the web of the justice system.

The clearest example of prosecutorial discretion occurred when a whistleblower made a complaint through the Jacksonville Aviation Authority ethics hotline on Dec. 5, 2015. This complaint “alleged that Mr. [Tony] Cugno received currency from a former JAA Board Member Ernie Isaac to bypass the screening and reporting while traveling to Las Vegas an about four occasions during 2015,” as recorded in Jacksonville Office of Inspector General Correspondence Number: 2016–12–0003. This is a violation of CFR 1544.201.

On April 27, 2018, News4Jax reported that in the course of local and federal investigations, Cugno admitted wrongdoing, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute. And, while Isaac was replaced as a board member shortly after Mayor Lenny Curry took office in 2015, Cugno is still COO. Among his responsibilities is security.

Kerri Stewart, Curry’s former chief of staff, was conveniently moved to JEA last year with a salary increase.

The move didn’t make headlines.

Nor has anyone pointed out that Stewart also escaped the web of the justice system, despite the fact that a council audit report discovered Stewart improperly lobbying for $98,000 (which grew to more than $900,000 over a few years). Yet, for some strange reason, Stewart’s actions were never the subject of an

Inspector General investigation or legal prosecution. Congresswoman Brown, State Representative Reggie Fullwood, Councilmembers Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown were not so lucky. Justice should be inclusive and equitable when comparing past and future actions.

More than a decade ago, a black city official named William Sweet defrauded taxpayers to the tune of $95,000. He’s currently serving 10 years of probation. Impartiality was the central issue in Sweet’s case, and it speaks volumes about “white-collar crime” in Jacksonville.

During the time Sweet’s trial was going on, the media was covering case after case involving riverfront scandals. Why is it that folks who look like Kerri Stewart and Tony Cugno continuously escape the web of the justice system? Why is it that taxpayers always absorb the cost of shady and questionable business practices without real accountability?

How do the culprits escape the bright glare of media coverage?

The dollar amounts involved in these questionable business practices classify some as whales in the sea of white-collar crime, and they simply swim away rather than face criminal prosecution. William Sweet was a minnow compared to Stewart and Cugno. Crime is crime, but it appears that Lady Justice sometimes moves her blindfold to take a look at who is committing crimes in Jacksonville.

The judge in Sweet’s case must have been aware of these legal disparities, because Sweet’s sentence was probation instead of jail.

Justice is not blind in Jacksonville; prosecutorial discretion is the key factor that tilts the scales of justice toward some and ignores others.

Dr. Juan P. Gray mail@folioweekly.com ___________________________________

Dr. Gray is a very concerned citizen.

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