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THE MAIL CURRY’S CRIME WAVE

For the past three years of Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration, from 2016 to 2018, the city of Jacksonville has experienced a deadly homicide crime wave. This crime wave is a clear and present danger to the citizens of our city.

Curry’s law-and-order drumbeat swept former mayor Alvin Brown out of office in 2015.

The current facts today are much different and catastrophic. According to The Florida TimesUnion’s Dan Scanlan, there were 114 homicides in 2015, Brown’s last year in office. In 2016, that figure rose to 120; to 137 in 2017 and 126 last year. These numbers clearly show that Mayor Brown had a better handle on violent crime than Curry.

Simply put, Curry has failed to fix this current crime wave, and he bears sole responsibility.

Jacksonville today is anxiously watching as Mayor Curry’s crime wave runs rampantly out of control.

Dr. Juan P. Gray, via email

CHECKS & BALANCES

In The Federalist Papers, James Madison wrote of the necessity of checks and balances: “In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

Our democracy has developed its system of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch of government would become too powerful. The framers of the U.S. Constitution built a system that divides power among the three branches of the U.S. government: legislative, executive and judicial. This serves as a check on any potentially corrupt, unstable executives and any potentially complacent legislative branch.

Accountability begins with voters. As citizens, we count on elected officials and judges to oversee the executive branch. These officials swear an oath to the Constitution, not the president.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ recent return to Democratic control is an example. It’s not “divided government,” as some suggest; it’s a reassertion of our democracy’s balance of power.

Karen Adler, via email

READING COMPREHENSION

RE: “Ring the Bell,” by Georgio Valentino, Jan. 9 I read these articles on the troubles with education in hopes of either a decent description

or definition of what a “good education” is or is supposed to be. I have never found one.

Emlyn James, via Twitter RE: “Ring the Bell,” by Georgio Valentino, Jan. 9 Inevitably, technology makes end runs around all monopolies. Right now, education is where the postal service was about 20 years ago.

Faxes and email have made mail nearly irrelevant.

Movie moguls in the 1950s wanted to deliver a knockout blow to the competition, the upstart television industry, so they produced biblical spectaculars like The Ten Commandments and The Robe. Anyone think they succeeded? Our education establishment faces a similar situation.

Today, it should be obvious that education is undergoing a similar transformation. Homeschooling, aided by online teaching sites, is replacing the traditional classroom. The bonus is that parents can inculcate religious beliefs that have been banned in public schools through the efforts of ACLU. They’ve banned religion from public places but they can’t ban it from the internet nor the home.

The whole idea of government education needs re-examination. Where government goes, politics follows, including every last aspect of it, funding among them.

Government determines what is taught, but does anyone think it will cover questioning government’s place in education in the first place and elsewhere in our lives? What gets taught is under the stultifying dictates of various pressure groups and that’s not the way to produce a discerning citizenry.

The days of government education are numbered. The internet and home-schooling will steamroller it and, to this libertarian, it’s way overdue. Education is far too important to be left to government.

Roderick T. Beaman, via email

TERMS OF SERVICE

RE: “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane … It’s a Service Dog!”

by Davi, Jan. 9 Need to stop the access of people going online and buying fake [service animal] papers to cart their dirty, nasty, misbehaving dogs everywhere.

Particularly hate seeing them in restaurants, stores and hospitals.

Mel Jo, via Facebook

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BRICKBATS TO JOHN RUTHERFORD The Republican U.S. Rep. from Florida’s Fourth District recently blew hard on the House floor, blaming Democrats in Congress for the government shutdown. If you need a reminder, John, the shutdown began in December, when Republicans held both chambers. It was the Senate Republicans who refused to vote on “wall” funding, thus precipitating the current crisis.

BOUQUETS TO JACKSONVILLE ZOO & GARDENS On Dec. 28, an Eastern bongo calf was born to zoo residents Molly and Tambo.

The healthy baby girl is Tambo’s sixth offspring. The birth is an important part of the Bongo Species Survival Plan (SSP), a cooperative breeding program in which our zoo participates.

BRICKBATS TO JOSEPH MATTHEW EMPLEO You might recall reports of a NEFla bear-poaching ring that was broken up in December. (The shocking story traveled across the nation.) The unrelated arrest of Empleo for similar crimes suggests a disturbing trend among area sh*tkickers.

The Middleburg man is now charged with three felonies: trespass during take of animal, take of Florida black bear and use of unauthorized ammunition.

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A FACEBOOK COMMENT THREAD Re.: “Women’s Wave,” by Shelton Hull, Jan. 16

ED STRINGER: Is this the anti-Jewish and white women [march] that has had such a great “sucess”?

SHELTON HULL: They aren’t anti-Jewish or anti-white.

E.S.: This group or the group supported by Farakhan and being led by well-known anti-semites who said anti-semitic things while organizing the pink hat brigade? If you [sic] denying it altogether, sorry you’re a few legitimate news stories short of reality ... You know what they say, “Stay woke and ignore it if it doesn’t fit your narrative.”

S.H.: Florida and Washington, D.C. are different places, separated by several miles. We can debate the merits of certain individuals who helped organize the national march, but those people have nothing to do with the activities going on here this weekend.

E.S.: Racism and evil doesn’t [sic] change being wrong because of zip [sic] code. Thanks for tap dancing around the truth. OTHERS HAD THE MORAL CHARACTER TO NOT RUB SHOULDERS WITH EVIL. Shame on you and others for supporting. Don’t forget the pink hats need swastikas and you were just following “orders” from a larger organization. Debate the merits of racist and zip code what a sick farce.

S.H.: I’m not debating the merits of anything. I’m just saying that it’s unfair to judge thousands of people based on the behavior of two individuals whom they’ve never met. Your issues with the women’s march are your business, and you’re welcome to your opinion, but I think the logic of your statement is nonexistent. Enjoy your weekend.

E.S.: Herr Hull, your arguements [sic] are weak. This not just about two women, Farrakhan is providing security and logistics, banners, and more. I’m a adult [sic] so I fully realize some people will tolerate the intolerable for goal. I’m more discerning of the company I keep.

Your attempt at incenuating [sic] that my issue is about this march is about anything other than the acceptance, it’s the normalization of anti-semitism and the anti-white hate the permeates this movement.

It is sad. That this group defending and resisting removing the putrid apples, so they can continue to radicalize and recruit hate and infect other causes. As well as enabling these hate mongers to get funding.

Well that’s as weak as your zip code and merits arguements [sic]. Enjoy your weekend and don’t forget your tiki torches, hypocrite.

S.H.: The Nation of Islam is not providing security and logistics for the Women’s March. They did not offer it, and it would not have been accepted if they had. Again, your position is false. Farrakhan’s views represent the feelings of no one but him and his organization. There is one person who helped organize the national march who is a fan of Farrakhan, and that’s her business. But there are hundreds of thousands of women who have nothing to do with them, many of whom are Jewish, some of whom are running their own march in Israel today.

You’re simply grasping at straws to delegitimize a mass movement that challenges whatever or whoever it is you stand for. There are plenty of criticisms you can make about what they’re doing, but when you say that the women’s march is anti-Semitic, anti-Israel or anti-White, you’re either speaking from ignorance and reliance on second-hand sources with an ideological bias, or you’re deliberately lying for political reasons. Nothing you have said about the ladies in my article is true, but I do thank you for the clickbait.

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British producer Cameron Mackintosh’s reboot of the classic Broadway musical brings a dash of revolutionary France to NEFla. The dramatic new sets are inspired by the historical novel’s author Victor Hugo himself.

Jan. 23 & 24, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25, 8 p.m.; Jan. 26, 2 & 8 p.m.; Jan. 27, 1:30 & 7 p.m., Times-Union Center, Downtown, fscjartistseries.org, $42-$151.50.

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The Canadian alt-rock band struck gold in 1993 with an onomatopoeic radio hit and then promptly disappeared, causing some commentators to wistfully drawl, “Once there was this band who ...” Now the Dummies reassemble for a 25thanniversary tour. St. Augustine indie-rock group Chemtrails open.

7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, pvconcerthall.com, $45-$65.

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HOWIE MANDEL The veteran comedian, actor and producer is riding a career high, thanks to his stints on television game shows America’s Got Talent and Deal or No Deal.

His stand up spectacle is a salty slice of life in Howie’s world. Preacher Lawson opens. 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park, thcenter.org, $49.

SULTANS OF STRING

The Canadian world-music trio has been crosspollinating cultural traditions for more than a decade.

This latest tour takes them across the Southeastern U.S., where they’re raising funds for the United Nations Agency for Refugees.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, Mudville Music Room, St. Nicholas, raylewispresents.com, $15.

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The American folk-music scion revisits his powerful anti-war epic “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” 50 years after it was turned into a charming film by director Arthur Penn. Daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie opens.

8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $35-$59.

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FROM THE EDITOR

YOU’VE BEEN INDULGENT,

EDUCATIONAL

in Detroit, the Bush Administration’s No dear reader. Like Child Left Behind Morrissey, I started program asserted itself. something I couldn’t As Southeastern was finish on Jan. 9. That a “failing” school, like week’s editorial, “Ring so many others in the the Bell,” began to make district, federal funds the case against the Our editor meditates on his were funneled toward rising taxpayer cost private, after-school of exotic, for-profit tutoring services for alternatives to good, our students—not into the school itself, where ol’-fashioned public education. I promised a they might have made a difference. glorious follow-up, in which I would share my It wasn’t a crony bid, either. Parents had own first-hand experience in the field. their “choice” of providers. Each “failing” school Then, as I dipped my quill in its ink well held a fair at which educational hustlers could and prepared to bare all, I was called to opine make their pitch directly to the “consumers.” on the state of the mayoral race. Fair enough.

Detroit is massive. It was a windfall. Legitimate But now, friends, we return to our regularly tutoring agencies had to double their staff scheduled programming. Without further ado, overnight. Other, fly-by-night companies were Folio Weekly presents the thrilling conclusion incorporated out of whole cloth. One suburban of “Ring the Bell.” tutoring company executive, who would Where were we? I had just outed myself eventually hire me, said he had never seen so as a former teacher, having presided over a many con artists in one room. ninth-grade algebra classroom at Southeastern “Buyer beware” doesn’t even begin to High School in Detroit. (Don’t ask.) The school describe the cynicism with which “tutors” is almost famous. It’s referenced in passing in descended on Detroit’s neighborhoods to collect Jeffrey Eugenides’ autobiographical comingthe parental signatures they needed to bill of-age novel Middlesex. The author’s parents Dubya. Who’s the proverbial buyer anyway? At attended the school during Detroit’s industrial the end of the day, these exotic schemes have heyday. Like many of the Motor City’s boomnothing to do with the “free-market solution” era buildings (those that hadn’t been touched that Republicans traditionally champion. In by arson, at least), Southeastern remained very this case, parents chose the provider, students much as it was then—only older, dilapidated. benefited (or, more often, did not), and Uncle The teachers did their best; administrators Sam foot the bill. dealt daily with budget cuts. Yes, there were I should know. For several months, I worked metal detectors at the entrance. Yes, there were on both sides of the fence: in the classroom a couple of gang-related shootings outside during the day and in families’ living rooms the building during my tenure. But inside, the afterhours. The latter paid a lot better, but students felt safe, even if there wasn’t much there was no communication, no oversight, no hope for the future. It was a comforting, accountability. It was catch as catch can. ramshackle edifice.

And it was futile in the grand scheme. I don’t The top floor, though, was a different think it was even intended to succeed. It was world. Dedicated to JROTC, it was a shrine intended as one more nail in the coffin of public to cleanliness, discipline and efficiency. It education, part of the ongoing Republican was really a recruitment office for the United subversion of shared, accountable outcomes.

States’ biggest public sector jobs program.

The Bush Administration was content to The pitch was understated but clear: Forget squander the money as long as it didn’t go to the education—the armed services are your only schools that needed it. This particular program way out of the neighborhood. boasted the added bonus of not helping And it’s true. The opportunities for meritstandardized test results for those same schools. based upward mobility offered by the military Like Ray Liotta says in Copland, “It’s a deep and are laudable, but such opportunities shouldn’t dark motherf*ck.” come at the cost of killing or being killed on What’s the endgame? To feed the selfsome dubious foreign battlefield. I don’t want to fulfilling prophecy of “failing” public schools. hear about bootstraps. No young person should What are the purposes? They are legion: to stick have to put their life on the line just to get a it to uppity teachers unions, to enrich privatelevel playing field on which to live their lives. sector cronies, to avoid public accountability Now imagine if public education (school boards are elected; think-tanks are enjoyed the resources and support blindly self-appointed), to circumvent curricula that given the military-industrial complex. A teach inconvenient truths like science, to career in military service would be but one keep communities segregated—and to groom choice among many for young people in underserved communities as grist for our “underserved” communities. military-industrial complex.

Instead, public support has been eroded by Georgio Valentino decades of anti-union propaganda, and resources georgio@folioweekly.com are increasingly diverted to unaccountable, @thatgeorgioguy for-profit services. During my stint in academia

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FOLIO VOICES : POLITICS

MARCH MADNESS Not a good year for MAYORAL ALSO-RANS THE 2019 JACKSONVILLE MAYORAL ELECTION is less than two months away, and given that the field is Anna Brosche, Lenny Curry and an assortment of minor candidates, I’m expecting it to be done in March.

One of two things will happen. Either Curry’s team continues to execute its plan and Brosche is dispatched like Bill Bishop four years ago, or Brosche is successful in convincing voters that, while she voted for 98.4 percent of whatever the mayor wanted, he can’t be trusted.

Brosche’s campaign thus far has hit talking points, including the Curry administration’s role/interest in exploring JEA privatization/sale, and the “Curry crime wave” (the semi-daily eruptions of gunplay on Jacksonville streets). If you were spending/raising more than seven figures to go after a mayor in your own party, you’d definitely want to hit points that speak to a “lack of transparency” in City Hall.

Brosche’s strategy has been smart in recent months, in the sense that she has seen the narrative linchpin of her challenge to Curry develop. She has a cadre of loyal supporters, including Democrats who have no particular heartburn whatsoever in crossing party lines and supporting what one might call a “commonsense conservative.”

Sure, it’s a long way from Andrew Gillum defending Medicare for All and the Dream Defenders; after all, as recently as last spring, Brosche could be seen tweeting from an American Enterprise Institute conference. But these are special circumstances. Democrats and some Republicans (especially women voters) see Brosche as the best chance to take down the ol’ party boss.

There is, we understand, potential for at least one televised debate with the candidates. If 2015 is any guide, it will be interesting to see who pushes to include candidates like Omega Allen (Curry got her on the stage four years ago) and Jimmy Hill (an Atlantic Beach pol running to send a message to City Hall after it mucked up his yearly boat show).

With respect to those candidates and their candidacies, it will be a distraction if the two viable candidates aren’t given a meaningful forum unencumbered by people who aren’t going to win.

The Brosche/Curry schism is quite personal. They haven’t gotten along since early in her council presidency, though both tried for a while. The personal attacks will definitely be the hot quotes of the debate, but here’s another

consideration: Brosche’s run is effectively as the agent of a referendum question.

Is Lenny Curry getting it done? Or not getting it done?

Brosche will have to make the case that, despite best efforts, Curry isn’t. And she’s going to have to make that case with a lot of interested parties/partners/ allies/friends a) endorsing Curry and b) shredding Brosche, as Sheriff Mike Williams and five councilmembers have already done.

The corollary case she may make is that even if there is progress in certain areas, it’s come at the price of tone and decorum, and amid an atmosphere of bullying/intimidation. This is a dangerous posture to strike, and I’m surprised that pols take the bait of the Curry machine’s provocational, Sunday-punch gamesmanship. It’s like complaining when the heel take liberties in a rasslin’ match.

Brosche and Garrett Dennis both claimed Curry was sitting in front of the Supervisor of Elections office watching people go in as qualifying closed. Brosche mentioned it in a radio hit last week. The logistics of Curry posting up out there aside, it’s clearly an intimidation tactic, and the best way to deal with that is not to even acknowledge it.

The same would have been true when Dennis mentioned his concealed weapons permit last year as a response to “bullying” in the building. While it is possible that people could rally behind a pol they feel was wronged, here in Jacksonville that seldom happens.

Curry models his game after Jags CB Jalen Ramsey, a trash-talker from opening warm-ups to garbage time. I expect that Brosche’s op, including lead consultant Ryan Wiggins, will hit back in kind.

Everybody saw what happened in 2015. The nice guy act didn’t work for that incumbent. And Brosche is going to have to find a way to get into the trenches with the former RPOF chair and knock him back.

From where I sit, it’s good theater.

It would be rather interesting to have Brosche’s thoughts on issues like organization of city departments, reserve levels, out-years on the Capital Improvement Plan, and so on. The campaign won’t get too deep into that. To ensure that we do get a policy discussion, debates need to center on the incumbent and the only challenger who stands a remote chance to dethrone him.

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WISH YOU WERE HERE THE FINAL WISH has bright colors, dull plot

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orror movies are experiencing a Welch’s Aaron is likable enough, but renaissance of late. It was a slow the movie wants to tell us how selfclimb up this mountain, after centered and careless he is through long years of living in a landscape that seemed information dumps, usually presented by content to produce sequel after sequel a character yelling at him. The buildof Saw movies. Or, even worse, tarnish up to this battlement, however, never the reputation of better films by creating actually happens. Aaron will just sort remakes stripped of any of the personality of show up and a character yells at him that made the originals so enjoyable in for past transgressions, never made fully the first place. Now it seems like every clear, even by the end of the film. year brings another collection of prestige This makes for a tonally choppy movie. horror over which both mainstream There are times when it wants to lean into audiences and aficionados clamor. the sort of teen horror film that helped make Reddick’s career; at other times, the From The Babadook and The VVitch to movie wants to be a meditation on regret.

Hereditary and Get Out, this new breed of horror film replaces the jump scares of the Neither side of this tug of war truly wins, teen-scream scene with building tension which makes it hard to fully invest in and a renewed sense of social commentary anything happening on the screen.

—both explicit and understated. So what Director Woodward, on the other hand, happens when one of the creators of the succeeds in doing something that many of Final Destination franchise decides to try these newer horror films seem scared to his hand in this new era of horror? The do: saturate the screen with color. Among Final Wish seems to be the answer. my biggest gripes with the current crop of horror films are their washed-out, drab No matter your feelings on the actual colors. Even the recent Suspiria remake movie or what the franchise became, the was dominated by a depressing swash of first Final Destination film actually had rust—the original was arguably the most a rather interesting idea propelling it colorfully vivid horror film forward. This was thanks to ever made. screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick.

THE FINAL WISH Eighteen years on, Reddick The Final Wish does not 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, AMC has teamed up with director have that problem. Playful Regency Jax 24, fathomevents.com Timothy Woodward Jr. to blue and red lighting is bring his latest vision to life, brought into almost every but with some mixed results. scene, while color saturation levels are cranked all the way up to give almost every Aaron (Michael Welch) is a struggling shot a visual pop that draws your eyes right attorney failing to make his way in to the screen. Even if you don’t always care Chicago. Moments after being evicted, about the action, you can’t help but bask in he receives a phone call that his father the color palette, a throwback to mid-’80s has passed away and that he’s needed classics like Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part back home in rural Jackson, Ohio, to II and Return of the Living Dead. help his grieving mother Kate (Lin Shaye). We are quickly introduced to all So where does that leave The Final of the supporting players back-to-back Wish? With its lack of major suspense as Aaron tries to unload his father’s old and character development (not to knickknacks in a yard sale. mention a relatively minimal body count), you might end up feeling a bit One of the items happens to be an urn unfulfilled. Still, the action moves along that the audience will quickly be able to swiftly, if not a little disjointedly, and the decipher is cursed with the spirit of a djinn. film is always visually engaging. It almost Maybe I watched Wes Craven’s Wishmaster one too many times, but I love the idea feels like an attempt to make a prestige of a djinn as an antagonist. Reddick and horror film for those who get a bit Woodward do a great job at building up the bogged down in the plotting of its more evil as more of a presence than a physical successful counterparts. If that sounds like you, then this just might make for the monster. The djinn takes advantage of Aaron’s loose lips to become ever-more perfect date night. powerful, and it makes his wishes come Ryan Reno true in the most horrible ways possible. mail@folioweekly.com

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FOLIO FEATURE

SEDUCTION, REVULSION & REVENGE

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Courtney Lewis and Jax Symphony take on DON GIOVANNI

lassical musicians believe that these pieces can talk to every age, and continue to be relevant,” said Courtney Lewis, Jacksonville Symphony music director.

The sentiment is especially appropriate as the orchestra prepares to mount Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 18th-century opera Don Giovanni. Considered by many to be the most famous opera of all time, it’s a story about libertine/rascal/rapist Don Giovanni as he gaslights, lies and hides his identity in multiple attempts to “seduce” women who otherwise seem perfectly happy to resist his charms. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte, and it was based on an older story, The Trickster of Seville (1630), by Tirso de Molina. story by MADELEINE PECK WAGNER 12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 23-29, 2019

Conductor Courtney Lewis

Joseph Lattanzi (Don Giovanni)

Tony Nickle, Artistic Administration Director

The Trickster is a handsome aristocrat who spends his days seducing and ruining women. He’s able to dodge a reckoning until, finally, one fed-up ghost drags him to hell.

These sexual politics (and revenge fantasies) still have purchase.

Like Trickster, the story of Don Giovanni is centered around the hedonistic pursuit of random sexual gratification. It follows the eponymous Don as he encounters women he’s already “inveigled,” as well as yet more women he hopes to “beguile” (to use the euphemisms of the day). Insulated by status from the ramifications of his behavior, his is a familiar lore belonging to every privileged, unchecked son throughout history. It’s a tale of the type of brazen behavior that makes the lower classes hungry for blood: Lewis noted that the librettist Da Ponte was attempting to indemnify the noble class, and some posit that the work was a harbinger of the French Revolution. Yes, Giovanni gets a satisfyingly fiery comeuppance, but the narrative politics are not as simple as all that.

“Don Giovanni is always a wonderful piece to do,” said the conductor, “but it’s particularly interesting at the moment because of #metoo.

It really does change your view of the piece.

In the past, I would have laughed at Don Giovanni, ‘Isn’t he such a player!’ But when you’re in an environment when you see the pain that so many women have experienced— and that’s all in the opera, too—you get a character like Donna Anna [Emily Birsan] who’s just completely destroyed. Or a character like Donna Elvira [Sofia Selowsky] who’s gone crazy as a result of his abuse. So, it has changed, and the timing right now makes it seem really relevant.”

In fact, as we (as a culture) begin to examine the cost and implications of timeworn clichés like “playboy,” “rake,” “ladies’ man” or any number of sobriquets used to tacitly dismiss entitled male behavior, art reminds us that it’s a living thing, that even as the music and words remain the same, their meanings change, as well as the public’s interpretation and reception of those words and that music.

That which was once playfully sexy becomes darkly fascinating—even as the audience recoils, they cannot look away. As ever, humor is a handy lens through which to view power.

“They [librettist and composer] were very much holding a mirror up to the aristocracy,” explained Lewis. “This was a time when it was still legal—I don’t know to what degree this actually happened—but it was still legal for the lord of the manor to go and have sex with any women he wanted in his land. There are lots of points in Giovanni where they’re saying, ‘This is utterly ridiculous.’ And only an art form that was enjoyed by the aristocracy had the power to convey that message.”

It’s important to note, however, that

one-dimensional characters don’t become immortal. “One of the most telling elements of any work of art in its quality is: ‘How timeless is it? How can its themes continue to stand up hundreds of years later?’” said Tony Nickle, Jacksonville Symphony’s director of artistic administration. “Don Giovanni can be looked at through the lens of any particular era in history, and you can find relevance.”

Indeed, much rests on Giovanni’s velvet shoulders. Performer Joseph Lattanzi’s task is to not only sing, but to imbue Giovanni with excitement, humanity and pathos. When asked how he’s prepared for the role, he replied, with a smile, “Lots of Tinder.”

This moment of levity serves as a reminder that Mozart himself conceived Don Giovanni as an opera buffa: a comedy. That fact doesn’t take anything away from the bias that undergirds the work, but acknowledges the composer’s genius. It takes sympathy, nuance and humor to make an audience fall for an utterly narcissistic scoundrel.

Lattanzi makes the point: “I was thinking earlier that I get the feeling that when I sing Don Giovanni, that everything happens around Don Giovanni. When I walk off the stage, I feel like there are all these beautiful insightful arias for all of the other characters—and Don Giovanni has his arias—but I think what we are talking about, in terms of his effect on everyone, that it is supported by the music.”

“It might also be important and interesting to note,” continued the baritone, “that Zerlina [Jessica Pray], the peasant character, has learned how to operate within the system and use it to her advantage. [She] shows the aristocracy a little of the things they are missing.”

Returning to the seductive qualities of Giovanni, Lattanzi said, “I can’t think of him as a villain, and that’s not so interesting to play. And so I try to take everything that he says to all of the different women, and all of the things he does to deceive everyone, as ultimately sincere.”

Indeed, one can’t help but think of recent revelations where power, wealth and charm have formed a potent and damaging sexual charge. It is rich soil to till.

“I think there’s something there about privilege and having never had his power checked and really being able to turn every situation to his advantage. We’ve caught him on this day, his worst day,” the singer summarized.

Lewis weighed in, commenting, “That’s very interesting, because it’s something we find ourselves thinking about on an almost daily basis: Even though we can acknowledge something is destructive and unpleasant, we still are completely seduced by it. We are so intoxicated by Don Giovanni’s power that we can’t help but admire it and admire him, even

though we’re disgusted at the same time, and that is so relevant.”

Nickle then added that this sort of ambiguous audience response is reified in the character of Giovanni’s servant Leporello, played by David Kravitz, who “totally loathes him, and yet wishes he could be like him.”

That the symphony is moving forward with such an emotionally and ideologically charged work reflects the strength of this season’s program. Lewis has led selections from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle—notable not just for the extraordinariness of the music, but for the unsavoriness of the composer’s politics—and the symphony hosted Cameron Carpenter, a virtuoso organist who brought the orchestra’s historic Bryan Concert Organ to life in splendid fashion. In sum, Lewis is mounting an ambitious program that’s deeply rooted in the classical canon yet anticipates contemporary conversations. As such, Don Giovanni is the first symphony-produced opera to take the stage since the organization was under Fabio Mechetti’s baton.

It is also a singular production in another manner. The opera will be mounted in Jacoby Symphony Hall, which is technically a concert hall—it has no proscenium or curtain. In short, there is no space to hide set materials, and no efficient way to swap out props during the production. So the spectacle is billed as a “fully staged concert opera.” Further, Lewis thought it was important to keep the orchestra onstage as a key facet of the show.

“Of course, it’s wonderful having an orchestra in a pit, but there’s something about if you are used to seeing a symphony orchestra on stage, like we are in Jacksonville, there’s something kind of off-putting about placing that orchestra in the pit. I think sometimes the impression is that this becomes a less integral part of the action, which obviously it isn’t,” he said.

For Nickle, the central problem was managing the space, without yielding any of the emotional timbre of the piece.

“How can we pack all of that drama that’s in the full libretto, which is all the text, into the concert hall?” he asked. “I think we’re making a statement as to what are the possibilities to be done [while] maintaining the tradition of having the orchestra on stage and still preserve the integrity of the full opera.”

Stage director Krzysztof Biernacki commented on the aesthetics and visuals of the piece: “The score of Don Giovanni always stays the same, we always have to stay very truthful, very authentic to the score. However, we can present any work of art with a more contemporary interpretation. The music does not change, the words do not change, the

emotion the characters are feeling on stage does not change, the human expressions do not change, but we present it with a very sophisticated, contemporary look.”

A key element of this more contemporary approach is the use of huge (30 feet x 30 feet) projection screens to create landscape and atmosphere. The projections, designed

by Yuki Izumihara, include a mix of semispecific locations, to evoke a sense of place, and more moody and atmospheric passages to correlate to the displays of emotion.

“We have to customize all of this for Jacoby Hall,” explained Biernacki. “Everything is arranged according to the orchestra on stage; the orchestra plays the prominent character on stage, the orchestra is the featured soloist, so to speak, with singers around them. It’s a set we’ve designed specifically for this space.” He also noted that opera has always been expensive to mount and, thus, arts organizations often get inventive in solving problems of presentation.

The stage for the singers is a horseshoe around the orchestra, “so the singers are actually singing and acting from behind the orchestra, they’re singing six feet in the air.”

The symphony is working with the University of North Florida to share resources—and give some student singers a truly professional experience.

“This is our first collaboration of this kind, we decided to see if we can combine resources to see if we can put out a theatrical presentation together […] this provides a transformational experience for the students.”

Any theatrical work is inherently collaborative, but this iteration of Don Giovanni seems to draw smartly on the strengths of the space, the Jacksonville community and the reputation of the composer. As such, the institution becomes more ideologically nimble, which is reflected in dialogue and a deeper engagement with the community.

“The reason this piece continues to be so fascinating is because of Mozart’s incredible insight into psychology,” said Lewis. “The reason it’s a great opera is because the characters are incredibly real and believable.

People who don’t know opera often have a picture in their head (God knows from where) of these ridiculous cardboard people.

Da Ponte was a great psychologist, but Mozart’s music adds this incredible dimension of compassion, understanding and sympathy that brings the characters even more to life.

And that’s really exciting to experience.”

Madeleine Peck Wagner mail@folioweekly.com

Conductor Stage Director Donna Anna Donna Elvira Zerlina Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Leporello Masetto The Commendatore Projection Designer Stage Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Chorusmaster

Courtney Lewis Krzysztof Biernacki Emily Birsan Sofia Selowsky Jessica Pray Jonathan Johnson Joseph Lattanzi David Kravitz Rhys Lloyd Talbot Soloman Howard Yuki Izumihara Johnny Pettegrew Hallie Dufresne Shamus McConney Donald McCullough

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Cheer for jousting knights, gasp at high-flying falconry and ride a camel or pony.

There are games, knife-throwers, jugglers, jesters, magicians, gypsy dancers, a living chess battle and hands-on activities at the Children’s Pavilion, like an Art & Essay Contest. The 33rd annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire showcases 160 artisans and craftsfolks offering jewelry, carvings, glassware, leather stuff–and cartloads more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. & Sun., Jan. 26 & 27 and Feb. 2 & 3; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fri., Feb. 1 (Family Friday), Alachua County Fairgrounds, 3100 NE 39th Ave., Gainesville; 352-393-8536, hoggetownefaire.com. Admission Sat. & Sun. $18 adults; $8 ages 5-17; $15 seniors/military; free ages 4 & younger.

Feb. 1, $9 adults; $4 ages 5-17; free ages 4 & under. Other deals online.

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New Year’s resolution or established family tradition, doing the Fun Run is a great chance for kids 13 and younger to get moving. The 38th annual Fun Run is free to enter. The Expo is 3-7 p.m. Jan. 25 and 6:30-10 a.m. Jan. 26. Fun Run registration is race day only; first 60 to sign up get a T-shirt. Medals for top three boys and girls finishers.

9:15 a.m. Sat., Jan. 26, start at Ketterlinus Gym, 60 Orange St., St. Augustine, 669-6612, sntaylor@sjcfl.us, mantanzas5k.com

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STEM FUN FOR EVERYONE!

Students of Atlantic Coast High School’s Science National Honor Society present this fun, free, and educational program for kids ages 5-12. While you’re there, ask the children’s librarian for new recommendations and check out the library’s full calendar of family activities. You don’t need a library card to go, but it’s free to get one.

4-5 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23, Southeast Regional Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd., Southside, 996-0325, jaxpubliclibrary.org, free.

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THE SHAPE OF THINGS, CUMMER MUSEUM

Kids ages 2 and 3 (accompanied by an adult) can develop sensory and motor skills through art, music, movement and storytelling. They talk about sculpture and shapes, take a field trip to Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman exhibit. They can even create their own sculptures in the studio and stay and play at Art Connections or create art in the gardens after class. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 26, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ Art Connections, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, $10/ child-adult pair for members; $15 nonmembers; limited class size, RSVP at cummermuseum.org/event/art-tots-shape-things.

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JANUARY FREEBIES

JACKSONVILLE ZOO & GARDENS

January is a great time to head to the zoo and there are plenty of incentives to go now. Entry to Campground Critters at the 4D Theater is free to members through Jan. 31. Monday through Friday BOGO Admissions make a zoo adventure more affordable for the entire crew all month long. (Buy one adult ticket, get a child’s general admission ticket free.) Plus, win prizes like free train rides or band upgrades with Wacky Wheel Wednesday.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily in January, Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens, 370 Zoo Pkwy., Northside, 757-4463, jacksonvillezoo.org; $19.95 adults, 13-64; $17.95 seniors; $14.95 ages 3-12; free 2 and under.

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FOLIO A + E D TRIUMPHANT epending on which way you look at it, success in the metal world can mean vastly different things.

To diehard fans, a band succeeds when it sticks to its genre-specific guns, digging deep into a particular niche both musically and aesthetically. But to us semi-casual listeners, it’s the band that willingly expands that most often captures our attention.

Of course, there’s more at stake when a metal band undertakes any kind of stylistic shift. From arena-sized icons (like Slayer and Metallica) to smaller bands with cult-like followings (like Deafheaven and Liturgy), subtle changes expand audiences as they alienate fervent fan bases. But for Richmond’s Windhand, the evolution evident on 2018 album Eternal Return has mostly been a (no pun intended) windfall.

First and foremost, Windhand remain rooted in a sound that borrows equally from pioneers like Black Sabbath and contemporaries like Sleep. But vocalist Dorthia Cottrell, guitarist Garrett Morris, drummer Ryan Wolfe and bassist Parker Chandler have stretched their legs in three major ways: 1) working with famed Soundgarden and Nirvana producer Jack Endino, 2) elevating the presence of Cottrell’s dreamy, wistful voice, and 3) synergizing loud-then-soft dynamics directly into the band’s fabric.

Windhand had worked with Endino before, on their 2015 album, Grief’s Infernal Flower. Last year’s Eternal Return, however, feels far more fully formed. It charts a cradle-to-grave journey pulled from real-life experiences–the departure of a longtime bandmate, the unexpected death of family members and the birth of Morris’ first son.

“The recording sessions for Grief’s Infernal Flower and Eternal Return were night

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Eight years later, WINDHAND gives Florida ANOTHER CHANCE and day,” Wolfe tells Folio Weekly. “Losing a band member changed how we wrote and worked, how we decided what was needed and what was not. On prior records, when we needed pauses to allow the listener a moment to chill and breathe, we would put one of Dorthia’s acoustic songs in. But the whole idea was to actually incorporate that aspect into what we playing as a whole band. That’s why this go ‘round, we put those softer, quieter, more psychedelic moments in with the usual loud, noisy Windhand sound.”

The good news: instead of prickling the ears of diehard adherents, those flourishes only upped the band’s doom metal credibility. Wolfe scoffs when asked about the demarcations Windhand must navigate as a modern metal band inching closer to more streamlined rock ’n’ roll territory.

“We constantly get labeled as a doom band, but I think the word is overused,” he says. “I understand you gotta label stuff for people to like or dislike, but we’ve never tried to be a certain band or have a certain sound.”

Grunge references make the genial Wolfe laugh even harder: “For the most part, our structure’s always been the same, but now people are saying we’re a ‘grunge doom’ band. I don’t even know what that means!

A lot of that is because our producer, Jack Endino, was so vital and pivotal working with Sub Pop and recording Nirvana. That’s why people are making the connection. But we jokingly ask whether, if we didn’t record with Jack, would anyone be calling us a grunge band? We don’t feel like anything’s changed, other than Dorthia’s vocals becoming higher in the mix.”

Wolfe says focusing on allowing Cottrell to explore her full potential as a vocalist really divides the Windhand of old from the Windhand of 2019. After the successful release of Eternal Return, the band had to throw its rough outline for the future out the window.

“Things changed quickly,” Wolfe says.

“We’ve turned down multiple tours. We have things in mind that we will make exceptions for, but we want to play the

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places that we feel are worth it.”

That aligns with the band’s maturity.

Morris’ son is now 3 years old, while Wolfe and Cottrell have a diabetic dog that requires attentive care when they’re both on the road.

Hence the short bursts of touring: two weeks on the West Coast last October, two weeks in the Midwest last November, one week on the East Coast this month, two weeks across Europe in March, and a three-night stand in Brooklyn in April.

“We’ve got to be choosy,” Wolfe explains.

“If we accepted every offer, we’d be gone for the entire year.”

Local fans in particular should rejoice over Windhand’s four-show Florida run, which kicks off in Jacksonville. It’s been a minute since they’ve trekked this far south, and there’s a reason.

“About eight years ago, I booked a weekand-a-half run that included three shows in Florida,” Wolfe begins ominously. “And they were the worst shows we’ve ever had.

Seriously, every one was the stereotypical Florida Man story. So we were like, ‘F*ck this!’

It was such a traumatizing experience that we’ve stayed away from Florida ever since.”

When pressed for details, Wolfe offers up a few telling tidbits: Spring Break, ridiculous set crashers and band accommodations in a house littered with dog feces.

Laughing, he says, “If we show up to that again, we’re done with Florida. But seriously, every time we announce a tour, people are like, ‘Come to Florida!’ So we thought after eight years it was time to try it out again. I don’t know what to expect, but I think it’ll be good this time. And it’s cold–I’m freezing my ass off in Richmond right now, so it’ll be nice to head down to a warm climate for a little bit.”

Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com

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STAN & DELIVER

New film mines LAUREL & HARDY’S lean years

FAMOUS COMEDIANS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT present a paradox: We know they’re funny, but we haven’t seen them around in a while, so we presume they’re either retired or dead—or both!

Stan & Ollie knows this, yet never figures out how to handle it. Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) were Hollywood’s biggest comedy stars in the 1930s, much to the delight of studio boss Hal Roach (Danny Huston). But director Jon S. Baird’s film is not about their heyday; instead, it focuses on the duo’s 1953 stage tour of the United Kingdom, long after they faded from glory on the big screen.

Coogan and Reilly are good in the title roles, but the movie is uneven and never dramatically interesting. It does have a few laughs, though not as many as you’d expect from a movie about (arguably) the funniest comedy team in film history.

Part of the problem is that too much of the drama is referenced, but not seen. The premise allows for ample flashbacks that, curiously, never come.

For example, we know it was a contract dispute with the uber-cheap Roach that led to the duo’s split. Stan’s contract was up but Ollie’s wasn’t, and though Ollie desperately needed money, he did not stand firm with Stan when Stan negotiated. Stan went to Fox (and for a time thought Ollie was joining him), but his career fizzled, as did Ollie’s. Together they were gold; apart, not so much. We see all of this, but we don’t see the aftermath: The disappointment of a partner deserting you, how the public reacted to their split, how it went when they spoke again, how and why they reunited, etc. Instead, we go from 1937 to 1953, and they’re together in England, not discussing the past except for one dramatic scene. So much is implied, so little is shown.

Kudos to Reilly and Coogan for capturing the chemistry of Stan and Ollie

so well, though. There are moments in which they’re talking or checking into a hotel, and they effortlessly, unconsciously, start one of their routines. It was second nature to them: two peas from the same pod, meant to be together and incomplete when they’re apart.

A more interesting movie would’ve focused on the 1930s, their rise to success and their eventual parting of ways, with only the wrap-up at the end depicting the U.K. tour. What’s here, written by Jeff Pope, seems to barely scratch the surface of what made this successful team tick.

The best thing about Stan & Ollie is the makeup. Mark Coulier and Jeremy Woodhead do exceptional work bulking Reilly up to Ollie’s portly proportions, and Coogan has minor alterations to look more like Stan. Too bad there’s not a stronger story to make better use of their performances. Only someone curious to learn more about Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy should see this film, and even then you’re better off opening a book.

Dan Hudak mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Shoplifters, King of Hearts and Maria by Callas screen.

Throwback Thursday: The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex, Jan. 24; Tiger Bay Jan. 31.

36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

WGHF IMAX Free Solo, Glass, Great Barrier Reef 3D, Pandas 3D, and America’s Musical Journey screen. World Golf Hall of Fame, St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA Horror film Wake Up screens 7 p.m. Jan. 23. Vice, The Favourite, Glass and Shoplifters screen. Best F(r)iends Vol. 2, with Greg Sestero live, 7 p.m. Jan. 24, $15. Stan & Ollie starts Jan. 25. 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

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efraction is the scientific principle that describes how light bends or changes direction when it passes from one substance into another. Lenses, prisms, magnifying glasses and rainbows are good examples of this occurrence. Whether it’s filtering through palm trees or dancing through water, light presents an endless well of inspiration for St. Johns County visual artist Anna Miller.

“It’s not only a scientific term for me, it’s almost like my perception,” she explains.

“The colors [and] lights passing through my perception and reflected in my paintings are like a reflection of nature.”

The native Ukrainian has called St. Johns County home for more than a decade, residing there with her husband, two school-aged children and two dogs. She enjoys the laidback lifestyle and year-round greenery.

“I love gardening, so I have a collection of plants in my garden,” Miller says. “They’re very inspirational to me. I love the light. I love the sun. A lot of my paintings have that glow of gardens and light.”

In addition to celebrating the beauty and scientific splendor of the natural world, Miller’s work is a distinct form of communication. The artist aims to awaken her viewer’s emotions with a different mood in each work. She compares abstraction to instrumental music.

“Music is abstract in its nature,” she explains. “There’s no words, there’s no story behind it but it evokes emotion–happy or sad or joyous. It’s the same with abstract painting.

It evokes emotion.”

Colorful and kaleidoscopic, Miller’s abstract creations are a burst of lively energy that instantly captivates the soul.

“I have been drawing and painting ever since I could hold a pencil,” she laughs. Her early paintings were purely figurative, and while she still does figurative work, abstraction is now her passion. Her unique style is influenced in part by how she sees the world– quite literally.

“I have been nearsighted for most of my life and lots of times, I do not see all the details without my glasses,” Miller says. “I

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prefer not to wear glasses unless I drive.

So I often see patterns, interesting designs, fragments of light with shadows, incomplete patterns. And those patterns are translated into my paintings. I’m not able to see details, so I come up with my own details. It’s sort of my own translation of the world around me.”

Working as a full-time artist at Riverside’s CoRK Arts District and being a full-time mother are challenges that keep Miller busy.

She’s been working on her abstract series,

Refractions, for about three years. The collection debuts in two unique, separate but complementary shows this season.

Refractions: The Art of Anna Miller is an Art in Public Spaces Exhibition held at St. Johns County Administration Building’s Rotunda in St. Augustine. Her works are displayed alongside original local poetry created by the Ancient City Poets collective, reflecting the diverse artistic talents of the region.

“It’s an amazing space,” Miller says. “It’s very beautiful. It’s bright and it really becomes a unique experience when you come to the space.”

In addition, Miller’s work will be featured at The Vault at 1930 from Jan. 25

through Feb. 11. This show is being held to support and promote Miller’s St. Johns County exhibition. Both are connected by the common theme of refraction.

If you’re familiar with Jacksonville’s art scene, you’ve likely seen Miller’s work. She’s popular with local collectors, and her paintings have been featured in several area shows.

Born in Kiev, Miller studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts & Architecture in Ukraine.

After moving to the U.S., she earned her MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and taught college art classes. She’s continued to teach for 17 years and enjoys inspiring budding artists to follow their passion.

“Don’t give up. Keep going,” she encourages aspiring artists of all ages. “And don’t be scared to make mistakes.”

Miller continues to find new inspiration locally.

“I’m impressed how in the last decade the Jacksonville and St. Johns areas have grown, and I see so much interest in development culturally,” she says. “I believe we have a great place to be.”

Peaceful and reflective, Anna Miller’s work proves a stunning reminder of the beautiful artistry that science and nature have to offer and just how splendid the natural world is when we slow down to appreciate the depths of it colors, shadows and designs. It’s truly refreshing to see the world anew through her lens.

Jennifer Melville mail@folioweekly.com

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JU DOLPHINS VS. UNF OSPREYS

Rival men’s golf teams from two local universities battle it out over 36 holes of match play in Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup. 8:15 a.m. (pairs), 1:45 p.m. (singles) Monday, Jan. 28, Pablo Creek Country Club, 5660 San Pablo Rd. S., judolphins.com, free.

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ICEMEN VS. FLORIDA EVERBLADES

The Jacksonville Icemen return to their home rink for Military Appreciation Night.

7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., jacksonvilleicemen.com, $10-$48.

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NATIONAL TEAM ROPING LEAGUE FINALS

More than 2,500 teams from all over the U.S. and Canada are expected to participate in the four-day national finals. The prize money is the most for any roping event east of the Mississippi River. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

Thursday-Sunday, Jan. 24-27, Jacksonville Equestrian Center, 13611 Normandy Blvd., jx2events.com, free.

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FLAGLER SAINTS VS. FRANCIS MARION PATRIOTS

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The JU and UNF men’s basketball teams tumble in the River City Rumble. The Dolphins lead the all-time series, 17-13, and swept both games last season.

7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, UNF Arena, Southside, unfospreys.com, $15-$20.

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The Flagler women’s and men’s basketball teams have a double-header at home against Peach Belt Conference rival Francis Marion of Florence, South Carolina. It’s Jersey Mike’s Subs Day! 1:30 p.m. (women), 3:30 p.m. (men), Saturday, Jan. 26, Flagler College Gymnasium, 12 Granada St., St. Augustine, flaglerathletics.com, $10.

ARTS + EVENTS

Novelist TIM DORSEY discusses his latest Florida-set crime comedy, No Sunscreen for the Dead, 7 p.m. Jan. 25, The BookMark, 221 First St., Neptune Beach, 241-9026, bookmarkbeach.com. (P.S. It’s his birthday, too!)

PERFORMANCE

CHER: HERE WE GO AGAIN TOUR She’s a triple threat, singing, dancing, acting; and now the multitalented diva is taking one more last (?) lap around the track, stopping here at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 in support of her ABBA tribute album, Dancing Queen, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, jaxarena.com, $39.95-$497+. Yeah, Cher can sing and all, but we really liked her in Moonstruck and Stuck on You and that witchy one with Jack Nicholson.

PHOTOGRAPH 51 The drama is a portrait of Rosalind Franklin, a female scientist involved in the discovery of the double helix. It runs 7 p.m. Jan. 25 and 2 p.m. Jan. 26, Museum of Science & History, 1205 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-MOSH, themosh.org, $16 members, $20 nonmembers.

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM The Southern folktale about Jamie Lockhart, gentleman bandit, runs 8 p.m. Jan. 25 & 26, Feb. 1, 2, 8 & 9; 2 p.m. Feb. 3 & 10, All Beaches Experimental Theatre, 544 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 249-7177, abettheatre.com, $24; $12 under 18; $25 door; $15 under 18.

CHICAGO TAP THEATRE The EMMA Concert Association presents “Unleash the Beats: Celebration of Tap Dance from the 1920s to the Future,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26, at Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine, 797-2800, emmaconcerts.com, $40; kids/I.D. students $5.

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Players by the Sea Theatre kicks off its season with the Northeast Florida premiere of a musical adaptation of Robert James Waller’s bestselling novel about a four-day affair between an Italian war bride and a traveling National Geographic photographer in Iowa to shoot covered bridges. Directed by Lee Hamby (The 5 & Dime managing director) and Suzanne Hudson-Smith (PbtS executive director); Zeek Smith is music director. The show runs Jan. 2527, Feb. 1-3, 7-10, 14-16, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org; general admission $28; seniors/students/military $25.

Thursday nights are Student Nights–students get half-price tickets with a valid student I.D.

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. It’s staged through Feb. 10, at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, $38-$59, alhambrajax.com.

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Limelight Theatre stages Henrik Ibsen’s story of an ostracized doctor shunned by others because he tells it like it is; Mike Beaman directs, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24-26, 31-Feb. 2; 2 p.m. Jan. 27 and Feb. 3, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, 825-1164, $26; $24 seniors, $20 military/students; $10 student rush; it’s staged through Feb. 3, limelight-theatre.org.

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

SILENT SKY The play is about Henrietta Leavitt, a star-gazing pioneer at the turn of the last century. It’s staged 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, 8 p.m.

Jan. 25 & 26, and 2 p.m. Jan. 27, Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., 396-4425, theatrejax.com, $26; $21 students/seniors/ military Thur. & Sun.

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, CHORALE, AUDITIONS

PIANIST PAUL BARNES The University of Nebraska pianist presents a program exploring love and death in the music of Philip Glass and Franz Liszt, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25, Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, arts.ju.edu.

CONTRALTO CLASSICS: DINA BARONE Professor Barone and Sachiko Frampton, collaborative pianist, perform music performed through four centuries, 3 p.m. Jan. 27, Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, arts.ju.edu.

FSCJ ARTIST SERIES AUDITIONS The Artist Series is taking appointments for auditions for the character ‘Lulu,’ a girl, 4 to 5 years old, for its March musical, Waitress, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Jan. 31, Times-Union Center, 300 Water St., Downtown, fscjartistseries.org.

LES MISÉRABLES Replete with beloved songs,

deep emotions and the human spirit at its strongest, this musical is staged 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 23 & 24, 8 p.m. Jan. 25 & 26, 2 p.m. Jan. 26 and 1:30 & 7 p.m. Jan. 27, T-U Center’s Moran Theater, Downtown, $30.35-$106.35, fscjartistseries.org.

BOOKS & POETRY

TIM DORSEY Dorsey discusses his new book, No Sunscreen for the Dead, installment number 22 in his Serge Storms series, 7 p.m.

Jan. 25, The BookMark, 221 First St., Neptune Beach, 241-9026, bookmarkbeach.com.

CHARLES MARTIN The author discusses his new book, What If It’s True? A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 29, San Marco Bookstore, 1971 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, 396-7597, sanmarcobookstore.com.

ANCIENT CITY POETS A community open mic reading is 3-5 p.m. Jan. 27, Corazon Cinema, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, bodor.org.

BRUCE THOMPSON & JD HUNTER BOOK SIGNING The coauthors read from and sign copies of their book, The Domino Event, the fourth installment in the Clay Randall series, 1-4 p.m. Feb. 2, The Book Loft, 214 Centre St., Fernandina, 261-8991, thebookloft.com.

CHARLES MARTIN The author discusses his new book, What If It’s True? A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus, 7 p.m. Feb. 5, at The BookMark, 221 First St., Neptune Beach, 241-9026, bookmarkbeach.com.

COMEDY

JEANNE ROBERTSON Clean comedy with class, 8 p.m. Jan. 26, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, florida theatre.com, $29-$49.

OPEN MIC COMEDY Andrey Bratulin and Steve Sotaylored host, 8 p.m. Jan. 23, The Justice Pub, 315 E. Bay St., Ste. 101, Downtown, 515-3112.

HOWIE MANDEL, PREACHER LAWSON Versatile entertainer Mandel is on 7 p.m. Jan. 27, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, thcenter.org, tix start $49. Preacher Lawson opens.

PHATT KATZ COMEDY Ozrick Cooley appears 8 p.m. Jan. 24, XO Lounge, 3535 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside, 980-9065, phattkatz.com.

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ARTS + EVENTS $15-$20. Kool Bubba Ice is on 8 p.m. Jan. 26; $20-$25. Hurricane Andrew hits the stage 8 p.m. Jan. 31; $15-$20.

THE COMEDY ZONE Shuler King is on 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 24, The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $25, comedyzone.com.

Corey Holcomb appears 7:30 & 10 p.m. Jan. 25 & 26 and 7 p.m. Jan. 27; $34-$39.

JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB Dr. Brian King, Xavior Arroyo, David Red and Brian Thomas appear 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 25, inside Gypsy Cab Company, at 3009 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, 461-8843, thegypsy comedyclub.com, $15. Sid David and Dee Bellany are on Jan. 26.

ART WALKS, MARKETS

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional art, produce and crafts are offered, traveling entertainers, 10 a.m. Jan. 26 and every Saturday, below the Fuller Warren Bridge, free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

MUSEUMS

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. The group exhibit, Heroic in its Ordinariness, is on display. Participants are Elizabeth Atterbury, Beverly Buchanan, Taraneh Fazelli, Carolyn Lazard, Redeem Pettaway, Falke Pisano and Sasha Wortzel, curated by Staci Bu Shea with Julie Dickover.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum. org. Urban Spaces, Open Skies: 20th Century American Landscape runs through Feb. 3.

Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman, is on exhibit through April. Carlos Rolón: Lost in Paradise, through Oct. 21.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield. Lincoln as a Boy shows through April 30. #Mylove, Jeffrey Luque’s solo show, exhibits through March 2, jeffreyluqueart.com.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is currently on exhibit.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-MOSH, themosh.org.

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, display through Jan. 30.

The ART CENTER GALLERY Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org.

Photographer/artist Gary Crumley is January’s featured artist.

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’s bridge-based art 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 open.

CUTTER & CUTTER FINE ART 333 Village Main St., Ponte Vedra, 395-3759, cutterandcutter. com. Award-wining artist Tang Wei Min exhibits his works; opening receptions are 5 p.m. Jan. 25 & 26.

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

Slamdance Cosmopolis, a collaboration of Matt Allison and Matthew Usinowicz, is 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.

LUFRANO INTERCULTURAL GALLERY, UNF, Southside, unf.edu. University of North Florida’s Department of Art & Design’s sculpture program, along with ReThreaded, host the exhibition Rethreaded: Flight. The opening reception, with a performance by the UNF Treble Choir, is 5-7 p.m. Jan. 24; the exhibit runs through March 8. A large, steel birdcage with stained-glass bars stands empty, door open, illuminated to cast shadows. Colorful cloth birds have “escaped” to decorate the

Pianist PAUL BARNES plays Philip Glass and Franz Liszt, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25, Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7386, arts.ju.edu.

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gallery space. The piece represents freedom and references Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The birds and cage were designed by Jenny Hager, sculpture professor, and her Art & Design students, to bring awareness, during Human Trafficking Awareness Month, to local organization ReThreaded, whose mission it is to help survivors of human trafficking. Admission to the Gallery is free; parking is $5 to the public.

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

Celebrate Art Sale: oils, watercolors, mixed media, photography, blown glass, stained glass, mosaics, and a raffle. Free admission.

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

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

THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. Piercing the Veil, Thony Aiuppy’s experimental works display. A Night of Readings, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25.

EVENTS

BOARDWALK TALK Dr. Michael Butler discusses Local Campaigns, National Relevance: The Florida Civil Rights Movement, 6 p.m. Jan. 25, Beaches Museum & History Center, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Admission is free for members, $5 for non-members. 241-5657.

ICEMEN FUNDRAISING EVENT Family-friendly event includes kids’ activities, firefighter demonstrations, equipment displays, food trucks, live music and beer for purchase, before the game, 3 p.m. Jan. 26, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 602-7825, jacksonvilleicemen. com, $15. Proceeds benefit nonprofit Ben’s Place. The Military Appreciation Day game is dedicated to Ben’s Place.

MAPPING OUR PAST The annual celebration of the Lewis Ansbacher Map Collection, is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 26, Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown. Mile Harvey discusses The Mysteries of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues. Local antique appraisers offer onsite evaluations. jaxpubliclibrary.org.

HISTORICAL RE-ENACTOR IS JEFFERSON Steven Edenbo represents Founding Father Thomas Jefferson at 9:30 and 11 a.m.

Jan. 23, Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, yourthomasjefferson.com, free.

FLORIDA FORUM LECTURE SERIES The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital presents award-winning actor Bryan Cranston, 7 p.m.

Jan. 28, T-U Center, 300 W. Water St., Downtown, 202-2886; series tickets start at $167; womensboardwolfsonchildrenshospital.com.

Proceeds benefit Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATES Randy DeFoor, Sunny Gettinger, Henry Mooneyham, Jimmy Peluso and Earl Testy, candidates for City Council District 14, discuss the issues, 7 p.m. Jan. 29, Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., 5 Points, free, or reserve a seat by purchasing a $5 drink/food voucher. ____________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city/neighborhood), admission 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.

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FOLIO A+E : MUSIC

SHOOT FIRST

SHOOTER JENNINGS zigs while everyone else zags

Jennings said. “They’ve been able to be ALWAYS THE REBEL, SHOOTER JENNINGS HAS around Kris Kristofferson a lot. They changed course again. The country rock were two or three when they first met musician’s album was nearly done. Then he him. It’s really important they meet those reunited with Dave Cobb, today’s hottest people. My kids are deep. My daughter Nashville producer (with whom Jennings plays music. My son, Black Jack, doesn’t made his first four records), and canned it, forget anything. They get to be around going in a completely different direction. these people, my friends, my parents’ “I have this other record done—I’ve just friends, and learn from them. That’s got a couple songs to do vocals on and it’s really important. They’re getting to know finished—that’s a little more adventurous,” my dad, [though] they never met him, Jennings said in a recent phone interview. through those people.”

“But all of a sudden, the landscape in new Jennings still draws on wisdom from country has changed and lots of people artists who were around Waylon and Jessi are putting out concept records, near when he was a kid, like Kristofferson, psychedelic records, things like we were Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and others. doing six, seven years ago. So I thought He’s plucked wisdom a-plenty from the most outlandish thing to do is make a folks met along the way, including the Oak Hank Jr. record. A straight-ahead drinking, Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen. The two had rockin’ record.” a chance encounter in line for the men’s The album Shooter dropped last room at a Nashville restaurant. summer. Its first singles, the shimmering “It was one of the most Obi-wan “Fast Horses & Good Hideouts” and a Kenobi, Mace Windu talks I’ve ever had,” gentle rocking love song, “Rhinestone Jennings said. “He was telling me ‘Nothing Eyes,” are straight country—melodic, filled matters. Don’t worry. If you think a song with steel guitar and backing vocals. But is good, the song is good. If somebody else there are rowdy numbers, too. thinks it’s good and throws money behind Jennings said he wanted to do Shooter it, it can be a hit. Just make your music.’ like a Hank Williams Jr. album in part He’s right—and that’s what I’m doing.” because of today’s bitterly divided social After a few minutes of conversation, and political climate. He has no interest it’s clear that Jennings, now 39, has in making any kind of statement with his become a family man. In fact, he says his music, and he’s convinced that people best-known song has don’t come to music for a inadvertently become political lecture.

OLD 97’S, SHOOTER JENNINGS the best gift he could “I don’t care if people 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, Ponte Vedra give his children. That like Trump or hate him, Concert Hall, pvconcerthall.com, $38 song, “Fourth of July,” is if they voted for him or a rocking number that not—people just want to tells the story of a drive he took through have a good time,” Jennings said. “They Texas with his then-girlfriend, during don’t want to hear about immigration or which “We sang ‘Stranglehold’ until the whatever on a record or at a show. So let’s stereo/Couldn’t take no more of that rock do something happy, fun and boogiewoogie. We’ve done a really f*cking good ’n’ roll/we put on a little George Jones and job of it. It’s the most outlaw thing I just sang along.” could’ve done. I hate to use that word.”

“It was a real thing for me. It was a real Outlaw, he said, was already worn trip I wrote about. I was dumb enough out by the time his father, the late, great to write a song about [it],” he said. “Now, Waylon Jennings, sang “Don’t You Think I’ve figured out it was smart ... The This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand?” smartest thing I’ve done for my kids is writing a song about a holiday. Every year (that was 1978, a year before Shooter was after that, even after I’m gone, they’ll get born). But the appellation has lived on—it a small check from the play it gets around even named Sirius/XM’s radio channel the Fourth.”

Outlaw Country, on which Shooter hosts Could this be the prelude to an even Electric Rodeo, a weekly show. bigger cash grab?

Jennings is as likely to host a metallic “That’s got me thinking. When I was hard rocker as a country weeper, evidence younger, I wouldn’t think about making of the musical taste he’s cultivated since a Christmas record. That wasn’t cool,” toddlerhood, on his parents’ tour bus.

Jennings said. “Now my wife’s always His father, with whom Shooter was saying ‘you need to make a Christmas close, died in 2002. He and his mom, singer Jessi Colter, are still close. record.’ Maybe I will.”

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CONCERTS Here we go again! That’s actually the title of CHER’s latest tour, which is set to take the singer around the world throughout 2019. With Nile Rodgers and Chic, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, Veterans Memorial Arena, Downtown, jaxarena.com, $39.95-$234.95.

LIVE MUSIC VENUES

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA

The SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St. Justin Spivey Jan. 23. Davis Turner Jan. 24. Kevin Ski Jan. 25. Cotter Hill, Rob Barlow Jan. 26. Amy Vickery Jan. 27 S J Brewing Co., 463646 S.R. 200, Ste. 13, Yulee Sam MacDonald Jan. 26 SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. Pili Pili Jan. 23. Tad Jennings Jan. 24. The Firewater Tent Revival Jan. 25. Woodward Johnson Jan. 26. JCnMike Jan. 27. Mark O’Quinn Jan. 29 The SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Larry & the Backtracks Jan. 24

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 every Tue. & Thur. Indie dance every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance music every Fri.

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) BLUE JAY Listening Room, 412 N. Second St. Stable Shakers Jan. 25. Kevin Post, Kyle Jennings Jan. 26.

Jonathan Kreisberg Quintet, Corey Kilgannon Jan. 27 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach 5 O’Clock Shadow Jan. 25 & 26 GREEN ROOM Brewing, 228 Third St. N. The Firewater Tent Revival Jan. 27 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd. Groov every Wed. Michael Smith every Thur. Milton Clapp every Fri. LYNCH’S Irish Pub, 514 N. First St. BluPrint Jan. 25.

Roshambeaux Jan. 26. Spade McQuade Jan. 27. Dirty Pete every Wed. Split Tones every Thur. Chillula every Sun. Julia Gulia every Mon. Honey Hounds every Tue. MEZZA, 110 First St., NB Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur.

House Band every Mon. Trevor Tanner every Tue. MONKEY’S UNCLE, 1728 N. Third St. Conch Fritters Jan. 30 MUSIC in the Courtyard, 200 First St., NB John Austill Jan. 25. Billy Bowers Jan. 26 RAGTIME Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB Bill Rice Jan. 23. The Raisin Cake Orchestra Jan. 24. Austin Park Jan. 25 & 26 SOUTHERN GROUNDS, 200 First St., NB Billy Bowers Jan. 25 SURFER the Bar, 200 First St. N. Chillula Jan. 25.

Satsang Feb. 2 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy. Incognito Jan. 23. Wildfire Rising Jan. 24. Sidewalk 65 Jan. 25.

Dalton Ammerman, The Chris Thomas Band Jan. 26.

Great Dames Jan. 30

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Main Focus, Artifakts Jan. 24. Janet Gardner, 14 North, Split Town Saints Jan. 25. Windhand, Genocide Pact Jan. 26.

I See Stars Jan. 27. Marbin, Ben Delaurentis Jan. 30. Joyce Manor, Jeff Rosenstock, Remember Sports Jan. 31 DAILY’S, Northbank, dailysplace.com Stovall & Kerri Weems, Celebration Worship, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Micahn Carter, Steven Furtick, Elevation Worship Feb. 1 & 2 26 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 23-29, 2019

DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St. DJ Brandon every Thur. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall every Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. The FLORIDA THEATRE, 128 E. Forsyth St. Arlo Guthrie Jan. 23. Drive-By Truckers, Lucinda Williams Jan. 25. Sara Evans Jan. 27. Pink Martini Jan. 28.

Sinbad Feb. 2 HEMMING PARK Lauren Fincham Jan. 23 The JAX LANDING Blues Dog Cash Jan. 25. Trey Tucker Band Jan. 26. Mama Blue Jan. 27 The JUSTICE Pub, 315 E. Bay St. Rot in Coffins, Cursed Birth, Strangled to Death, Insalubrious, S.H.A.N.E. Jan. 25. Rock Bottom String Band Jan. 26 MAVERICKS Live, Jax Landing MVP Jimmy & Jevon Birthday Bash, Tank, Fantasia Jan. 25 MYTH Nightclub, 333 E. Bay St. PMD, Keoki, Jon Kinesis, Gordo, Double L, DJQ45, MFADELZ Jan. 25.

Viral Jan. 26. Khiva Jan. 27. Eazybaked, Prophet, Zaylien Jan. 30. Destructo Feb. 1 TIMES-UNION Center, 300 Water St. Bethel Music Feb. 5, Moran Theater VETERANS MEMORIAL Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., 630-3900 Cher, Nile Rodgers, Chic Jan. 23 VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams Kenny Hamilton Duo Jan. 25. Ramona Jan. 26. Groov Coalition Feb. 1

FLEMING ISLAND, GREEN COVE

BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd. Brandon Leino Jan. 23.

Mark Johns Jan. 24. Branden Parrish, Southern Rukus Jan. 25. Colby Word, Rocking Machine Jan. 26. Bill Hecht Jan. 30 WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220 Love Monkey Jan. 25 & 26

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd. DJ Sharon Jan. 23.

Vegas Gray Jan. 25. One Night Stand Jan. 26 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd. Cloud 9 Jan. 25. Lucky Stiff Jan. 26

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd. Brian Iannucci Jan. 23, 27 & 29 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk Tony Cortez Jan. 23.

Callie Lee, Stephen Quinn Jan. 24. Groov Coalition Jan. 25. 7 Street Band Jan. 26. Random Tandem Jan. 27

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave. Julia Gulia Jan. 26 DALTON’S Sports Grill, 2620 Blanding Blvd. John Taylor Band Jan. 25. Zeb & Scott Band Jan. 26 The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd. John Michael every Tue.-Sat. THRASHER-HORNE Center, 283 College Dr. Black Jacket Symphony: Queen’s ‘A Night At The Opera’ Feb. 1

PONTE VEDRA

FIONN MacCOOL’S, 145 Hilden Rd. Ace Winn Jan. 25 PONTE VEDRA Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N. Reckless Kelly, Nikki Lane Jan. 24. The Outlaws Jan. 25.

Shooter Jennings, Old 97’s Jan. 26. Crash Test Dummies, Chemtrail Jan. 28. Neko Case, Jennifer Castle Jan. 31. Under the Streetlamp Feb. 2. Gaelic Storm, Jacksonville Pipes & Drums Feb. 5 Restaurant MEDURE, 818 A1A N. Chris Thomas Jan. 25. The Groov Jan. 26

TAPS Bar & Grill, 2220 C.R. 210 Dennis Miller Jan. 23. Boogie Freaks Jan. 25. Chuck Nash Jan. 26. Mark Stevens Jan. 30

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. Emery, Oh, Sleeper, Forthteller, Neverender Jan. 30. Rhett Walker, Sidecreek Feb. 2 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Blubop Fandango Jan. 23. Montana of 300, Skvd Rock, Beazie, Squadrant 4, Mizzy Raw Jan. 24. DigDog, Success!, The Feeling Estatic, Holy Hell Jan. 26.

Eazybaked, Prophet, Zaylien Jan. 30. Sea Cycles, Modern Violence, Tay Jan. 30 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St. James Arthur Bayer III, J.W. Teller, KLN, Send Him Off Jan. 27. Lara’s Hope Gold Hope Duo, Jean Street Sound, Cain’t Never Could Jan. 30 RIVER & POST, 1000 Riverside Ave. Barrett Thomas Jan. 25 & 26 RIVERSIDE Presbyterian Church, 849 Park St. Concert Series: JB Scott’s Swingin’ Allstars Jan. 27

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S, 3912 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. The Remains Jan. 26. Blistur Jan. 27 CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach John Fulbright Jan. 23. Mark Lavengood Jan. 25. Seth Glier Jan. 26. Popa Chubby Jan. 29. Joey Harkum Band Jan. 31. That 1 Guy Feb. 1 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd. XuluProphet, The Observatory Jan. 26 PROHIBITION Kitchen, 119 St. George St. Ramona, Love Chunk Jan. 24. Miranda Madison Music, Let’s Ride Jan. 25. Zack Chester, South City Jan. 26.

Douglas Winter Jan. 28. Colton McKenna Jan. 29.

Escaping Pavement Jan. 30. Manoa, Southern Tide Jan. 31 TRADEWINDS Lounge, 124 Charlotte St. Cottonmouth Jan. 25 & 26

SAN MARCO, NORTHBANK

GRAPE & GRAIN Exchange, 2000 San Marco The John Lumpkin Institute Jan. 24. Ramona Jan. 25.

Rachael Warfield Jan. 26. Kyra Livingston Jan. 31 JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Ave. El Ten Eleven, Joan of Arc Jan. 23. Scott H. Biram, Sherry & the Rockafellas Jan. 24. VooDoo Visionary, Dads Day Off Jan. 25. Andy Frasco & The U.N. Jan. 27. David Curley & Andrew Finn Magill Jan. 29. Marco Benevento, Mike Dillon Band Jan. 30. Deicide, Corrupted Saint, Crypteria Jan. 31 MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd. Mile Twelve Jan. 23. Caroline Aiken & Band Jan. 24.

Sultans of String Jan. 25. Blast of Grass Jan. 26.

Andrew Finn Magill & David Curley Jan. 29

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

VETERANS UNITED, 8999 Western Way Jason Taylor Jan. 25 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd. Neon Whiskey Jan. 23. Bald Eagles Jan. 24. Jason Evans Band Jan. 25. The Party Cartel Jan. 26

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

COPPER TOP Bar, 12405 Main St. Lifeline Jan. 25

CONCERTS CROOKED ROOSTER Brewery, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny Nikki & Jason Feb. 2 PALMS Fish Camp, 6359 Heckscher Billy Bowers Jan. 25. Michael Ward, Lisa & Mad Hatters Jan. 26

UPCOMING CONCERTS

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SEVEN NATIONS Feb. 22, Jack Rabbits PAUL IVEY & the SOULS of JOY Feb. 22, Jax Landing TONY MacALPINE, MONTE PITTMAN, LONERO Feb. 22, Nighthawks The SNACKS BLUES BAND Feb. 22, Volstead ORDINARY BOYS: The Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Feb. 22, 1904 Music Hall SEAWALK MUSIC FESTIVAL Feb. 23 & 24, Jax Beach SeaWalk CAN’T SWIM, HOMESAFE, SAVE FACE, SMALL TALKS Feb. 23, Nighthawks Havana Nights, Neon Lights: The BASS MENT, DIGITAL ETHOS Feb. 23, River City Brewing JAX CHILDREN’S CHORUS, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY GOLDEN VOICES Feb. 23, Hendricks Ave. Baptist Church DOUBLE DOWN BAND Feb. 23, Jax Landing SARAH McLACHLAN, VANESSA FREEBAIRN-SMITH Feb. 24, The Florida Theatre The CHRIS THMAS BAND Feb. 24, Jax Landing SLOTH ACID, SACHA ROBOTTI Feb. 24, Myth Nightclub CHRISTOPHER CROSS Feb. 27, PVedra Concert Hall The EXPENDABLES, BALLYHOO! Feb. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Stage ALABAMA March 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PAM TILLIS, TERRI CLARK, SUZY BOGGUSS March 1, The Florida Theatre OUIJA BROTHERS March 1, River City Brewing STEEL PANTHER, WILSON March 1, Mavericks Live BEACH BOYS March 1, Thrasher-Horne Center BROTHERS OSBORNE, RUSTON KELLY March 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Great Guitar Gathering: The JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET March 2, The Florida Theatre MORGAN JAMES March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LANDT March 3, Planet Sarbez FATES WARNING March 4, Jack Rabbits GIN BLOSSOMS March 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The GUMBO LIMBO CAJUN BAND, The RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS March 5, The Florida Theatre Experience Hendrix: BILLY COX, JOE SATRIANI, DAVE MUSTAINE, JONNY LANG, DWEEZIL ZAPPA, ERIC JOHNSON, DOUG PINNICK, CHRIS LAYTON, MATO NANJI, KENNY AROOFF, SLIDE BROTHERS, HENRI BROWN, KEVIN McCORMICK, ERNIE ISLEY, ANA POPOVIC March 6, The Florida Theatre STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN March 7, T-U Center BLAKE SHELTON, TRACE ADKINS, The BELLAMY BROTHERS, JOHN ANDERSON, LAUREN ALAINA March 7, Veterans Memorial Arena The AVETT BROTHERS March 7, St. Aug. Amphitheatre The INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, ROOSEVELT COLLIER March 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Celtic Music Fest: EMMET CAHILL, DUBLIN CITY RAMBLERS, ALBANNACH, SEVEN NATIONS, STEEL CITY ROVERS, POOR ANGUS, GOTHARD SISTERS, SCREAMING ORPHANS March 8, Francis Field, St. Augustine 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, Times-Union Center HIGH TIME March 9, Mudville Music Room SWEET LIFE MUSIC FEST March 9, Jax Beach SeaWalk TANK & the BANGAS, ALFRED BANKS, MAGGIE KOERNER March 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JEFF TWEEDY, JAMES ELKINGTON March 11, PVC Hall 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, PV Concert Hall ELTON JOHN March 15, Veterans Memorial Arena BUMPIN’ UGLIES, UNIVERSAL GREEN March 15, Jack Rabbits DAN + SHAY, MORGAN EVANS March 15, St. Augustine

Texas folk-punkers ROCK BOTTOM STRING BAND break in The Justice Pub’s new stage, 9 p.m. Sat., Jan. 26, 315 E. Bay St., Downtown, facebook.com/thejusticepub, $7.

Amphitheatre BLUNTS & BLONDES March 15, River City Brewing TREVOR NOAH March 16, St. Aug. Amphitheatre ROGER McGUINN March 16, PVedra Concert Hall RAELYN NELSON BAND, JOHN TAYLOR March 17, Dalton’s Sports Grill 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, PVedra Concert Hall TIFFANY JENKINS March 22, Florida Theatre DUKE ROBILLARD BAND March 21, Café Eleven LITTLE RIVER BAND, PABLO CRUISE March 22, The FloridaTheatre ANGELA INGERSOLL March 22, FSCJ’s Wilson Center BUDDY GUY March 23, The Florida Theatre ANVIL March 24, 1904 Music Hall The MESSTHETICS, MARY LATTIMORE March 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Front Porch LOST in SOCIETY March 27, Jack Rabbits BOB WEIR, WOLF BROS March 27, The Florida Theatre KELLER WILLIAMS’ PETTYGRASS, The HILLBENDERS March 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Stage PUNCH BROTHERS March 28, The Florida Theatre SICK of IT ALL, IRON REAGAN, WALK with WOLVES March 28, 1904 Music Hall KATT EDMONDSON March 28, Ritz Theatre GOGOL BORDELLO March 29, Mavericks YACHT ROCK REVUE March 29, The Florida Theatre DARK STAR ORCHESTRA March 29, St. Aug. Amp. CASTING CROWNS March 30, Daily’s Place COLLIE BUDDZ March 31, Surfer the Bar NAPPY ROOTS April 3, Surfer the Bar Clay County Fair: MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, BIG DADDY WEAVE, SHENANDOAH, JOE DIFFIE, BIG and RICH, JORDAN DAVIS, JIMMIE ALLEN, GATLIN BROTHERS April 4-11, Green Cove Springs SPRINGING the BLUES FESTIVAL April 5-7, Jax Beach SeaWalk BONEY JAMES April 5, The Florida Theatre 1964: The TRIBUTE April 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ANITRA JAY April 6, Riverside Arts Market The SLACKERS April 6, Surfer the Bar 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 ELECTRIC RODEO TOUR April 12, St. Aug. Amp. MICHAEL CARBONARO April 12, T-U Center DENNIS DeYOUNG April 12, The Florida Theatre 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 ELLE KING April 13, Mavericks TAB BENOIT April 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BUCK CHERRY, JOYOUS WOLF April 14, Surfer The Bar 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 TRAVIE McCOY April 22, Surfer the Bar GARY MULLEN & the WORKS One Night of Queen April 25, Florida Theatre MAX FROST April 25, 1904 Music Hall 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 TEMPTATIONS, FOUR TOPS April 28, Florida Theatre JAWS with RICHARD DREYFUSS May 1, Florida Theatre The MILK CARTON KIDS May 1, PVedra Concert Hall FAYE WEBSTER, LORD HURON May 1, Mavericks Live Welcome to Rockville: KORN, The PRODIGY, WAGE WAR, EVANESCENCE, FLOGGING MOLLY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, CLEOPATRICK, DIRTY HONEY, ROB ZOMBIE, JUDAS PRIEST, YELAWOLF, TOOL, INCUBUS, BRING ME the HORIZON, PAPA ROACH, The STRUTS, FEVER 333, The GLORIOUS SONS, WHILE SHE SLEEPS, The DIRTY NIL, CHEVELLE, SHINEDOWN May 3, Metro Park TOM JONES May 6, Florida Theatre GRETA VAN FLEET May 9, Daily’s WINEHOUSED: The Amy Celebration May 25, PVC Hall 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. Augustine Amphitheatre GREAT ATLANTIC COUNTRY MUSIC FEST June 15, Jax Beach SeaWalk 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 THOMAS RHETT, DUSTIN LYNCH, RUSSELL DICKERSON, RHETT AKINS Oct. 4, Vets Memorial Arena

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NOT BAD? IT’S ALL GOOD BROTHERS GUORONG AND HAN FAN AND THEIR cousin, Chef Sing, opened TimWah Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant in 2017.

It’s right off Baymeadows Road, on Point Meadows, in a nifty shopping plaza—good location. TimWah is the only place in town that has an exclusively dim sum menu.

Known as Fan to his friends, Guorong is the face of the restaurant. His heritage is 100 percent Cantonese, but when he speaks, it’s pure Brooklyn, specifically Bensonhurst. He was born in Canton, China and came to America with his family at the tender age of nine. His story, and TimWah’s, are the stuff of the quintessential American dream.

Dim sum literally means “little heart,” and that’s exactly what Fan and his family offer at TimWah. Dim sum originated in Canton, where it’s a traditional breakfast food. Fan remembers his grandparents waking up “every day in the morning, grabbing a pot of tea and having some small dishes.” Those small dishes are part of the method of Chinese cooking that prizes all parts of an animal—zero waste.

Dim sum is a result of utilizing those tiny bits of ground meat cut from larger choice cuts. Wrapped in a thin dough, each one is a morsel of goodness. Now, dim sum has transformed into a dish with a worldwide following.

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didn’t start cooking professionally until about three years ago at Yummy House in Gainesville, when the craft of dim sum appealed to him.

After that experience, he went back to New York to learn more about the process of making dim sum. While he was looking for a job, he got lucky. Tim Ho Wan, the first Michelin star dim sum restaurant in the world, was opening its first location in New York; it’s based in Hong Kong. Fan was hired to be part of the dim sum team.

“I thought I knew something, but I really didn’t know sh*t! I didn’t really learn to appreciate the love of making dim sum and really respect the craft until I got to Tim Ho Wan.” Hours upon hours and days upon days of making shrimp dumplings (har gow) with the team, and now he’s a pro. For him, it’s one of his favorites. “I just think it’s cool … it’s uniquely Cantonese.” The knife used in prepping the ingredients is called a shrimp dumpling knife, to flatten the dim sum wrapper dough before filling. “It’s almost like making a tortilla.” The edge of the knife is not sharp—but it looks a little like a cleaver.

Six months into his time at Tim Ho Wah, the dim sum champ-in-training got a call from his brother. Han had found a location in Jacksonville for their restaurant, a dream plan years in the making. There was almost no competition here and the spot was perfect. Fan

L to R: Han Fan, Chef Sing, Guorong Fan (Photos by Devon Sarian)

Dim sum is alive and well at TimWah in Baymeadows

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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.

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cart glides up to your table, pluck your came to see the site in the Baymeadows selections from myriad varieties. Each tray neighborhood and said, “Let’s do it. I’ve has three or four pieces; if you want to try always wanted to open a restaurant.” multiple dumplings, it’s best to bring a friend.

So now, the fruits (in a manner Fan is easy to find—follow him on of speaking) of Fan’s stint at Tim Ho Instagram @dimsumfan and see cool howWah and Chef Sing’s mastery are to-make-dim-sum videos. And he shares being realized. Peer into the magical some of his culinary experiments that may wonderland that is the dim sum cart and or may not make it to the menu, including you’ll be transported to ancient China. At a way cute dim sum that looks like a TimWah, there are steam carts and fried/ penguin. Edible origami. baked carts rolling throughout the place.

“Some stuff I just make for the sake of Steam is the most traditional method my own curiosity,” he said. “A lot of times of dim sum preparation. Fan explained, when I go eat at a restaurant, I’m curious “Baked dishes are not uniquely Chinese. what it would look like if I put something About 70 to 80 percent of dim sum is of theirs in a dim sum wrapper, like, ‘Hey, steamed stuff.” it would be cool to put things together …

Lean in close to the towering baskets like a spinach-and-cheese dumpling!’” His of steamed goodies of all kinds and get food and his experimentations have gotten a good look. There are little cylindrical a lot of attention from fellow chefs. A few shumai filled with shrimp or pork; fluffy months ago, Han did a collab in Miami; as clouds, bao buns are stuffed with sweet now he’s preparing a menu for a pop-up barbecue pork; and full-to-bursting dinner at Brew Five soup dumplings, which Points on Feb. 12. are technically dim TIMWAH DIM SUM RESTAURANT Part of that creativity sum—but not all dim 8358 Point Meadows Dr., Ste. 11, 329-3676, timwahdimsum.com and his ability to be sum are dumplings. The fearless in his mixdumplings are made and-match enterprises in all sizes and shapes, comes from his background. “I think it with lots of different fillings and folds. has something to do with being ChineseFan’s specialty, the one he spent so much American.” He’s not just “Chinese” and he’s time practicing at Tim Ho Wan, are the not just “American.” He speaks Mandarin, shrimp dumplings. These little darlings Cantonese and English, which means he’s shine shell pink underneath a translucent always explaining where he’s from, no wrapper. The most traditional kind matter where he is in the world. In the should have 13 folds in each pouch. past he would think, “I don’t have a sense Among the wrapped dim sum, there are of what I am or where I’m from.” Now he small meat dishes like spareribs and chicken says, “Who cares? I’m just me.” feet … that’s when things start to get a Despite all the out-of-the-box triallittle dicey for the American palate, but and-error activity going on in Fan’s home don’t dismiss it. It’s all a matter of taste and kitchen, he says that at “this restaurant, texture. We prize crisp over gelatinous and we try to keep it a little more traditional.” crunchy over chewy but c’mon, everyone should branch out once in a while.

TimWah has touches of Tim Ho Wan and Nom Wah Tea Parlor, two of Fan’s Chinese cooking features a variety of main culinary influences. “Tim Ho Wah diverse textures and it’s worth going in for represents the quality that I wanted to keep the taste. You’ll never know if you don’t try. up with and Nom Wah was the OG kind The black bean sauce on the chicken feet of dim sum restaurant I looked up to.” at TimWah is mighty tasty. Pick it up like TimWah in Cantonese means “not bad,” in a chicken wing and nibble away, making the very Cantonese and New York sense of sure to avoid the smaller bones. Fan “Hey, not bad!” recommends the unusual item. “I would Fan has a goal for TimWah: to be encourage people to try chicken feet. It’s a place of gathering and sharing. The one of my best sellers.” He said that nine increased hours and days that TimWah out 10 of his Asian customers order and is now open (lunch and dinner Tuesdayreorder those chicken feet on his menu.

Saturday, brunch Sunday, closed Monday) That’s a sign of authentic taste. speak to the fact that our community is What should you look for in a good dim starting to get behind that idea. Experience sum place? For Fan, it’s the menu. “If you the wonders of the dim sum cart and try don’t see a shrimp dumpling, if you don’t Fan’s favorite traditional Cantonese dishes. see a shumai, it’s not a dim sum restaurant.”

They’re “not bad.”

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MAYBE I’M A LITTLE EARLY; MAYBE I SHOULD WAIT for December, but I’m feeling, and I mean really feeling the need to list the most excruciatingly irritating trends of 2019. For some reason, I just have to get it out and what better place than here in the pages of Folio Weekly. Don’t worry, it’s a short list!

But the year is young yet …!

It begins with people who feel the need to shout “New Year, New Me!” continuously, even though January is nearly over. Oh, wait—that’s me. Well, it just proves no one is too good for The List. The next one has become the proverbial salt in my wound. It’s the way guests order food. “I’ll do the … (fill in an item; let’s just say soup). You’ll do the soup? And just what clever possibly illegal or immoral acts will you preform upon said soup? What does this phrase mean? Does it mean the guest would like to place an order for a bowl of soup?

Up next on The List is kombucha. This supposedly gut-healthy liquid is all the rage. Can you go to any decent coffee bar anywhere that doesn’t have their own housefermented version? Just ask the barista about the choices and a 30-minute diatribe is sure to follow about the garbage they’ve stuffed in a jar and let rot. This delicious concoction is great for the digestive system.

Back in the day, my grandparents made a similar concoction in their backyard—they called it a compost pile. We did not drink the resulting liquid for gut health.

My favorite positive movement so far in 2019 is clean eating, because it’s a flavorcentered trend showcasing whole foods, such as sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are a terrific starch alternative. They were quite popular among poor folks as cheap nourishment in Asia, like white potatoes were in Europe. Sweet potatoes aren’t of the nightshade family like their white potato cousins, so the greens and flower sprouting at the top of the plant are edible. Fantastic news! Maybe these will be available at Publix someday.

There are only a couple of basic rules to follow for cooking sweet potatoes. The first?

Never boil them. A baked sweet potato is amazing with just a knob of butter and a

sprinkle of coarse sea salt. Or as a farce for ravioli. Just prick the skin with a fork and bake on a sheet pan at 400˚F for about an hour. This concentrates the natural sugars.

If you’re using them as an essential ingredient, peel, dice and only add them near the end of the cooking process, because they cook quickly.

In this recipe for Caribbean sweet potato hash, you will peel, dice and roast the golden vegetables at a high temp to get them wonderfully crispy.

CHEF BILL’S SWEET POTATO HASH Ingredients • 2 sweet potatoes, peeled, large dice (3/4”) • 1/2 red pepper, large dice • 1/2 green pepper, large dice • 1 jalapeno, small dice • 1/4 red onion, large dice • 4 oz. smoked sausage, half-moons • 1 Tbsp. garlic, minced • 4 oz. olive oil • 2 oz. Worcestershire sauce • 1 oz. molasses • 1 Tbsp. chopped parsley • 1/2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro • 4 scallions, sliced • Salt & pepper to taste Directions 1. Mix potatoes with 3 Tbsp. oil. Roast at 425°F until soft.

2. Heat remaining oil, sauté onions, peppers and sausage.

3. Mix sautéed vegetables with roasted potatoes, season with Worcestershire sauce, molasses, salt and pepper.

4. Toss with herbs and scallions.

Until we cook again,

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is unsung casualty of government shutdown AS I WRITE THIS, WE’RE MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS in, and the government shutdown shows no signs of letting up. As the Republicans and Democrats squabble over the issue of a border wall, 800,000 government workers are scrambling to make ends meet. And they’re not the only ones suffering. There are also civilian workers who depend on government projects and contracts. The shutdown is even impacting craft brewers, which in turn involves craft beer consumers.

For a brewery to bottle or can the beer it makes, it must have an approved label. The agency that approves those labels—the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB)—reviews proposed labels for alcohol content, government warnings, UPC and name and style of the beer. The agency also looks at the label’s artwork to make sure it’s appropriate. Due to the shutdown, though, that agency is closed until further notice.

While an unapproved label may seem like a minor issue, it’s important to understand the implications of this setback. Craft beer is an ever-evolving medium. Core beers like Intuition Ale Works’ I-10 IPA or Veterans United’s Raging Blonde aren’t really affected, because their labels were approved long ago. New beers? Not so much. Brewers can’t package and release any new product until they get a label approved.

This holdup can cause real issues when a brewer has a tankful of a new beer that can’t be packaged due to label restrictions.

And that can mean a huge loss of income.

Another way the shutdown affects craft brewers: It’s delaying the openings of new breweries. These need state and federal

licenses to operate but, yes, the TTB is still closed. This can cause incredible hardship. Labors of love, new breweries often get their seed capital right out of brewers’ pockets. They’re born eyeballsdeep in debt and need to start pouring for profit as soon as possible.

At least one operation, Washington, D.C.’s Atlas Brew Works, has filed suit against the federal government, arguing that the shutdown is denying the brewery’s right to free speech.

“We are asking the court to allow us to speak to our customers during this shutdown by permitting Atlas to sell our beer to out-of-state consumers,” wrote founder and CEO Justin Cox in an email to CNN. The allegedly abridged speech is his company’s ability to communicate with its customers through the labels on its beer.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) has entered the fray as well by addressing a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on behalf of Colorado’s breweries. The shutdown, Bennet says, concerns more than 400 breweries in his state and 7,000 nationwide.

Breweries are not the only businesses in the beer industry tangled up in this, either.

Farmers who supply barley and hops, yeast producers, bottle and can manufacturers— they’re all under the gun, too. The economic impact that breweries have on the nation is more than $76.2 billion.

There’s no real way to know how long the shutdown will last. One thing is sure, though: Until it ends, breweries face difficult choices. To paraphrase a famous line: “The beer must flow!”

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

FOLIO BEER’S BREWERY COMMUNITY AARDWOLF BREWING CO. 1461 Hendricks Ave., San Marco

BOG BREWING COMPANY 218 W. King St., St. Augustine

AMELIA TAVERN BREWPUB 318 Centre St., Fernandina

BOLD CITY BREWERY 2670 Rosselle St., Ste. 7, Riverside

ANCIENT CITY BREWING 3420 Agricultural Ctr. Dr., St. Augustine ANHEUSER-BUSCH 1100 Ellis Rd. N., Northside ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING COMPANY 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 3 BEARDED BUFFALO BREWING CO. 1012 King St., Downtown

BOLD CITY DOWNTOWN 109 E. Bay St. BOTTLENOSE BREWING 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, Southside DOG ROSE BREWING CO. 77 Bridge St., St. Augustine ENGINE 15 BREWING CO. DOWNTOWN 633 Myrtle Ave. N.

ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, Jax Beach FISHWEIR BREWING CO. 1183 Edgewood Ave. S., Jacksonville

OLD COAST ALES 300 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine

SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY 9735 Gate Pkwy., Southside

PINGLEHEAD BREWING CO. 12 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

S J BREWING CO. 463646 S.R. 200, Yulee SOUTHERN SWELLS BREWING CO. 1312 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach

GREEN ROOM BREWING 228 Third St. N., Jax Beach

RAGTIME TAVERN 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach

HYPERION BREWING CO. 1740 Main St. N., Springfield

REVE BREWING 1229 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach

INTUITION ALE WORKS 929 E. Bay St., Downtown

RUBY BEACH BREWING 131 First Ave N., Jax Beach

VETERANS UNITED CRAFT BREWERY 8999 Western Way, Southside

MAIN & SIX BREWING CO. 1636 Main St. N., Northside

RIVER CITY BREWING CO. 835 Museum Cir., Southbank

WICKED BARLEY BREWING COMPANY 4100 Baymeadows Rd.

TABULA RASA BREWING 2385 Corbett St., Northside

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LOCAL PET EVENTS & ADOPTABLES RANGER THE R.E.A.D. DOG • Kids 12 and younger practice reading to real, live therapy dog Ranger, from 3-4 p.m. Jan. 23 at Pablo Creek Regional Library, 13295 Beach Blvd., Intracoastal, 992-7101. Jasper the R.E.A.D. dog is also on paw (:)) 2-3 p.m. Jan. 26 at Pablo Regional. jaxpubliclibrary.org.

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION READINGS • Constance Frankenberg helps pet owners communicate with their pets, from 2:306:30 p.m. Tue., Jan. 22 and Thur., Jan. 24, at Salty Paws Healthy Pet Market, 677 Atlantic

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ADOP AD ADOPTABLES O TA TABL BLES BL ES I’VE SEEN MANY PET PORTRAITS ON MY social media page, but none quite as brilliant as those by Ed Hall.

Hall is an accomplished local artist with an affection for drawing pooches—any pet, for that matter. He may not have predicted that man’s best friend would so fully become his inspiration, but this canine Caravaggio has found his calling capturing the energy and spirit of Fido as well as felines on paper, in either pencil or pastels.

With dramatic detail and clear perspective, Hall embraces the unique qualities that make pets a pawfect subject to immortalize. One look at his works and I knew I had to get my paws on the exceptional artist and get to know him!

Davi: Why pet portraits? And when did you start drawing them?

Ed: I’ve been drawing animals since I was a kid. One of my first memories of being in a real art show was in 1977, and my contribution was a duck in flight. Growing up with dogs, it was only natural that I would start drawing and painting them as well.

What’s the best thing about having pets as your subjects?

Seeing the shared loved between pet and owner. I also enjoy drawing the muscle structure, the legs and the shape of the head. Plus, I like getting to know the breed, and the little things about the dog or cat that separate it from all others.

Do you have pets? Are they a source of inspiration for you?

Yes, and yes! Anyone who knows me knows my boxer Remmy. He’s my muse, my friend and my constant companion.

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Horses are tough, but I love drawing them. They’re huge, beautiful beasts.

Having grown up around them on my grandfather’s farm, I got to know this firsthand. Someone once said, if you can draw a horse, you can draw anything.

How do you capture the personality of a pet in a drawing?

If possible, I like to meet the animal.

Every pet has a different personality, and pets are often a direct reflection of their owners. If I can’t meet the pet, I like to know some things about them that might translate onto the final piece.

Your ‘real job’ is editorial cartoonist.

Has cartooning influenced pet drawing?

My background in figure-drawing helps me understand how the human form works. I don’t separate human form from animal form. Conversely, cartooning allows me to exaggerate form, and sometimes that can add to the representation of a pet’s personality. After all, there’s no truer image of someone or something than a good caricature!

Thanks, Ed! Any chance you can do my portrait next?

I’m looking forward to it, buddy!

Art is weird. Half the time you’re, like, “Is this splotch of paint supposed to be a statement on societal affairs?” On the other hand, a painting of your pet is undeniably great—it’s a classy way to flaunt your love for the best thing that’s ever happened to you.

Ed Hall works on commissions from doting pet parents who want to proclaim their puppy and/or kitty and/or parakeet love. If you’d like your pet on paper, bark at him at hallpetportraits.com.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com

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Ms. Piggy’s the name, tail-wagging’s my game!

I’m an energetic, loving, well-mannered girl looking for a human (or a nice green frog) pal.

(My Kermie’s out there somewhere!) I do well on a leash and always sit politely for treats. I’m always up for adventure, even if it’s just a short car ride. I’d love to meet you, so drop in at 8464 Beach Blvd. and ask for Ms. Piggy!

Blvd., Atlantic Beach. Half-hour readings, $45. By appointment only, 800-588-3659, constancefrankenberg.com.

FCNMHP OFFERS FREE SPAY/NEUTER • First Coast No More Homeless Pets offers Duval County residents free spay/neuter for big dogs, cats or feral cats with an appointment; call 425-0005. For pet cats, the only cost is a $22

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Any Hocus Pocus fans? It’s me–Thackery Binx! (My friends just call me Binx.) If you’ve been seeking a handsome cat with a great purr-sonality to boot, look no further. I’m super-affectionate and get along well with most everyone (as long as you aren’t a witch).

I hope to find a home where I can enjoy plenty of catnip. You can find me in Group Room 4 at Jacksonville Humane Society–I’ll be waiting!

city license which can be purchased at the clinic. There are restrictions and requirements, check the website for all the details for this offer. fcnmhp.org.

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.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD FIRST-WORLD SOLUTION When Victoria Amith, 18, headed to college last fall, she couldn’t take her beloved cats, Tina and Louise. And her dad, Troy Good, 43, couldn’t keep them at his new apartment in San Jose, California.

So rather than abandon them, Good did what any doting daddy would do: He rented them their own apartment. Tina and Louise now live in a 400-square-foot studio apartment behind David Callisch’s Willow Glen home, who told The San Jose Mercury News: “They’re very quiet, obviously. The only problem? They stink up the place.”

Good’s rent is $1,500 a month, and Callisch stops in daily to feed and play with the kitties. Sounds puuuurrrr-fect.

HOLD MY BEER, OSHIFFER The first clue cops had that Craig Wistar, 51, of Warren, Ohio, shouldn’t have been driving was that he was behind the wheel of a car facing east in a westbound lane around 2 a.m. Dec. 4. The second clue? The woman in the back seat, who mouthed “Help me” to cops as they questioned Wistar, who had a vodka bottle his feet. When asked what he was doing, Wistar replied, “I’m Ubering,” reported WFMJ-TV. Officers moved the passenger to their patrol car and administered a field sobriety test, during which Wistar admitted, “I’m plastered. I’m talking hammered. I confess I’m drunk.” Cops gave the woman a ride home; Wistar pleaded guilty on Jan. 14 to driving under the influence. Most important, he is no longer able to drive for ride-sharing apps.”

HOLD MY BEER, OSHIFFER PT. II Sunita Jairam, 48, of Lexington, Kentucky, was arrested for driving under the influence about 1 a.m. Jan. 13. She explained to the police that she did it for her son.

According to the Lexington Herald Leader, Jairam told cops she’d been drinking all day and “drank a bunch of beer and got in her car to drive to teach her son a lesson.”

Her son, age unknown, told police he tried several times to get out of the BMW X1 “due to his mother’s driving,” but the doors were locked. Jairam was also charged with endangering the welfare of a minor.

HOLD MY BEER, JUDGE, SIR In the Straining Logic category, Jana Moschgat’s attorney posited at her drunk-driving hearing on Jan. 8 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, breath test results may have been compromised by the fact that, according to the arresting officer, she was nibbling on her coat before the test was administered. Moschgat, 47, smelled of alcohol, the officer testified, and failed a field sobriety test. Her blood alcohol level was 0.151 percent, almost twice the legal limit.

Attorney Travis Petty asked the officer about his knowledge of the coat’s fabric content, reported The Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, saying certain materials can alter breath test results. The judge wasn’t buying it and sent the case to trial.

WE’D RATHER HEAR ‘ROSANNA’ Namibian artist Max Siedentopf, 27, put an installation in the ancient Namib Desert, six speakers attached to an MP3 player projecting the Toto song “Africa”—over and over and over, for all eternity. The 1982 song has had a resurgence in popularity, and was one of Spotify’s “Top Throwback Songs” in 2018. Siedentopf told the BBC solar batteries will keep the song playing forever: “I wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit ‘Africa’ in Africa ... but I’m sure the harsh environment of the desert will devour the installation eventually.”

HOLD MY HAND, OFFICER It was love at first ... arrest, for 27-year-old Ashley Keister of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, when she was apprehended by a West Wyoming, Pennsylvania, police officer last year. Ever since, Police Chief Curtis Nocera told the Associated Press, Keister had harassed the officer with sexual messages on social media and calle 911 to talk with him. On Jan. 7, police said, Keister took her infatuation a step further, using a large cigarette butt receptacle to break through the door of the West Wyoming police station around 1 a.m.

Keister was caught on surveillance video and was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, burglary and vandalism. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

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Wednesday, Jan. 23 is MEASURE YOUR FEET DAY and NATIONAL Handwriting DAY! LEWIS (Alice in Wonderland) CARROLL was born on Jan. 27, 1832. And Jan. 28 is NATIONAL KAZOO DAY (doot-tee-do!) and BUBBLE-WRAP APPRECIATION DAY! OK, we admit that bubble-wrap thing is a near-obsession, but that award-winning TP&THB video for “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” where they eat the Alice cake? Priceless. Find love with FW’s ISUs.

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Each submission must include your real, full name. (No goofy aliases; neither Beavis nor Butthead need submit.) (We toss bogus ones.) Real address, city, state & ZIP, contact phone number and your real birthday. (It’s an Excel thing.) None of that stuff gets printed.

Now, the nitty gritty: Start with a five-word headline so they’ll recall you and/or the event. Then, describe them, yourself, other folks if applicable, and what happened or didn’t happen, so they can recognize the magical moments.

NO MORE THAN 40 WORDS! (We toss ’em if you go over.)

Make it interesting. (None of this ‘you were cute. I wore a black T-shirt.’) Tell when and where the ‘sighting’ was and BAM! True love–or a reasonable facsimile–is within your grasp! Email the whole thing to mdryden@folioweekly.com (a real person); grab the next FW issue and get ready to woo!

DANCING TO MY MUSIC! Me: Parked in front of Yobe, pink hair. You: With pal, going into Ted’s, jamming to my music; pointed at me, stared. Thought of asking for your number; I chickened. I smile thinking about the encounter. When: Jan. 19. Where: Ted’s Montana Grill, OP. #1716-0123 DESSERT, DRINKS, bb’s We moved so you could sit with friends. Glad you did. My GF gave her number to guy beside us; it’s cool I gave you mine. Like to hear from you.

Unmistakable electricity, flirtation; get in touch.

When: Dec. 26. Where: bb’s. #1715-0109

conversations along the way; key things in common. Talk again? If you feel same, respond.

When: Sept. 8. Where: Riverside. #1710-0919 GOLDEN CORRAL SAN JOSE You: Dining solo, booth behind us, blonde hair/beard, gorgeous blue eyes, blue shirt, jeans, white van. Me: With mom, son; brunette, Jags shirt, black shorts, black car. Let’s meet. Single? Coffee? When: Aug. 18. Where: Golden Corral. #1709-0829 PETITE BRUNETTE, BICYCLE You: Bicycling.

Me: Driving. I stopped, asked for directions. You seemed shy but friendly. Coffee at Bold Bean?

When: Aug. 7. Where: Avondale. #1708-0822

GARROD’S MOM, GREAT SMILE You: Long coat, boots, walking Garrod (white Maltese) outside Flying Iguana; stopped, said hello. Me: Red long-sleeved shirt. I petted Garrod, we talked, you smiled–something clicked. Let’s meet again. Maybe a “rare thing” happening. When: Dec. 12. Where Beaches Town Center, outside Flying Iguana. #1714-1219

SOUTHERN GROUNDS BLEND You: Pretty lady, khaki shorts, print top, recommended dark roast coffee. Me: Blue shirt, jean shorts. Single? Would’ve liked to chat, but with yoga friends. Namaste! When: July 29. Where: San Marco Southern Grounds. #1707-0808

AFC EAST HAIL MARY You: Pretty ponytail through Bills hat; passionate about your team. Me: Mind racing under Jets hat when you appeared. We talked for a minute before you left with friends. Our teams suck. We wouldn’t. When: Oct. 14. Where: Hoptinger, Jax Beach. #1713-1107

HAWAIIAN SHIRT, GIN & TONIC Outside bar. You said my drink looked good.

Me: “Only drink worth bootlegging.” You: Sharp, white slacks, heels, blue blouse; late friends.

Wish they’d stood you up; we would’ve had fun.

Try again? When: July 18. Where: PV Pussers. #1706-0725

RED HAIR MONSTER HOOTS You: Dancing; one of the twins fell out your top -) Me: Accordion player, tripped on mic cord, hit my head! Awoke from coma, thought of you! I’ll be at the Pot Sunday, boogie-ready.

Be there. When: July 4, 1998. Where: Crab Pot. #1712-1024

SUN-RAY FRONT LINE You: Cool couple. Man, button-up. Woman, hip glasses, platforms. Us: Tall brunette, floral dress. Man, average height, white button-up.

In Hearts Beat Loud crowd. Bonded over SunRay’s beauty. Dig your vibe; meet again? When: July 8. Where: Sun-Ray Cinema. #1705-0711

I WONDER U Saturday thrift-store shopping. U said u liked my shirt and showed me your ankle tattoo. Very symbolic meeting. Wish we’d talked a little more. Let’s trade bootlegs. Acknowledge me.

When: Sept. 22. Where: Betty Griffin Center Thrift Shoppe, St. Augustine. #1711-1003

FIREHOUSE “O” You: Silver shorts, black hat, orange nails. Me: Camo hat, brown T-shirt.

Wanted to talk; you left. Thought of you rest of day. Make it every day? When: 12:30 p.m. June 21. Where: 5 Points Firehouse Subs. #1704-0627

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BLACK 4-DOOR CADILLAC You watched me putting a shot back in my car.

You stopped and had your flashers on and I was too shy to stop. I wish I had. When: June 13.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

JOHN LENNON, STEVE IRWIN, SHERLOCK HOLMES & BUCKETHEAD ARIES (March 21-April 19): At first, we might ridicule Stuart Kettell, a British man who spent four days pushing a Brussels sprout up 3,560-foot-high Mount Snowden with his nose. But our opinion might change if we knew he did this to raise money for a charity that supports cancer patients. In any case, the weeks ahead are a good time to engage in extravagant, extreme or even outlandish behavior on behalf of a good or holy cause.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus guitar wizard Buckethead is an imaginative, prolific musician. Since his first album in 2005, he’s released 306 more, spanning a wide variety of musical genres–an average of 23 a year. Make him your patron saint for the next six weeks. It’s unlikely you can achieve such a gaudy level of creative self-expression, but you could exceed your own previous personal best.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character who personifies the power of logic and rational thinking.

Doyle was a devout spiritualist who pursued interests in telepathy, the occult and psychic phenomena. It’s no surprise he was a Gemini, an astrological tribe notable for its ability to embody apparent opposites. Sometimes that quality is a liability, sometimes an asset. In the weeks ahead, it’ll be a very useful skill. Your knack for holding paradoxical views and expressing contradictory powers attracts generate good fortune.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2006, 176-year-old tortoise Harriet died in an Australian zoo owned by “Crocodile Hunter” and TV personality Steve Irwin. Harriet was far from her original home, the Galapagos Islands. By some accounts, evolutionary superstar Charles Darwin picked her up and took her away on his 1835 visit there. Choose the long-lived tortoise as your power creature for the next few weeks. Then think about these queries: “What would I do differently if I knew I’d live to a very old age?” “What influence important to me when I was young should be important when I’m old?” “How can my future benefit from my past?” “Is there an ancestoral blessing or gift I haven’t yet claimed?”

“What I can do to stay healthy as I age?”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): John Lennon claimed he wrote The Beatles song’ “Because” by rendering Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” backward. Adopt a comparable strategy in the weeks ahead. What could you do in reverse to create an interesting novelty? What approach might you invert to instigate new ways to do things? What idea can you turn upside-down or inside-out and show yourself a new perspective?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Tsonga language is spoken by more than 15 million people in southern Africa.

The literal meaning of the phrase “I malebvu ya nghala” is “It’s a lion’s beard.” It means “something not as scary as it looks.” According to my astrological analysis, it’s a useful concept; be on the lookout for it. Don’t trust first impressions or initial apprehensions. Be open to going deeper than instincts dictate.

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increase in numbers or strength.” We see it in the modern English, French and Italian word “crescendo.” In accordance with astrological omens, make crescere and its present participle crescentum to be your power words for four weeks.

They’ll help you seize emerging opportunities.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When animals hibernate, their metabolism slows. They may grow more underfur or feathers; some add more fat. To conserve heat, they may huddle together. In the weeks ahead, you won’t have to do that. It’ll be a good time to do stuff that resembles hibernation: slow down mind and body, think deep thoughts and feel deep feeling, get lots of rich, warm, satisfying food and sleep. What else do you need to ease that fast-paced rhythm and supercharge psychic batteries?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When people say they don’t have time to read books I’ve written, I advise them to put the books under their pillows and soak up my words in their dreams. I don’t suggest they eat the pages, though there is historical precedent for that. The Bible describes the prophet Ezekiel as literally chewing and swallowing a book. There are stories of 16th-century Austrian soldiers devouring books they got during battle, hoping to absorb the texts. In accordance with astrological omens, acquire the wisdom in books by actually reading them or listening to audio recordings.

In my astrological opinion, you need to absorb writing that requires extended concentration.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Among Google’s top “how to” search inquiries are “how to buy Bitcoin,” “how to lose belly fat fast,” “how to microwave spaghetti” and “how to make slime.” The next few weeks are prime time to formulate and launch many “how to” searches, put more important questions at the top of the list. “How to get richer quicker” is a good one, as is “how to follow through on good beginnings,” “how to enhance your value” and “how to identify important resources and allies in 2019.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Motivational speaker and author Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, has two small, unusually shaped feet. This didn’t stop him from getting married, raising a family of four children and writing eight books; one is called Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life. He’s a positive guy with faith in the possibility of miracles. He says he keeps a pair of shoes in his closet just in case God decides to bless him with a marvelous surprise. In accordance with astrological omens, do a similar thing. Create or acquire a symbol of an amazing transformation you’d love to have.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Muslims who call themselves the Bangsamoro make up about 11 percent of The Philippines population. Many resist being part of the Philippines and want a sovereign nation.

They’ve spent 400 years rebelling against occupation by foreign powers, including Spain, the U.S. and Japan. I like their tenacity to seek freedom to be themselves and rule themselves.

May they inspire you to do the same.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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SIGNALS AFTER A CONTENTIOUS AND CONTROVERSIAL gubernatorial race last year, many Florida progressives were right to express concern about how Ron DeSantis would conduct himself after he officially took office on Tuesday, Jan. 8. It was especially dicey for cannabisseurs who had just watched his predecessor move heaven and earth to obstruct the implementation of Amendment 2 in the two previous years.

I am happy to report that, as things now stand, it seems that those concerns were unfounded.

So far, DeSantis has shocked the world by not being crazy, and it appears he might even intend to govern from the centerright–at least on some matters. The marijuana issue is the most notable of several examples worth citing. He was in Miami on Jan. 14 when he echoed longstanding criticism of the new law’s implementation by Rick Scott, with whom DeSantis has been low-key feuding over last-minute appointments the departing governor made on his way out the door. Three days later, he announced his plans to drop the lawsuit Scott launched last year to prevent the smoking of medical marijuana in Florida. The move will immediately accelerate the growth of the state’s marijuana industry. His words and actions have drawn praise from both sides of the aisle, from Democrats like John Morgan to Republicans like Matt Gaetz.

“This was not an amendment that was really that close,” DeSantis said. “It was like 72 percent.”

DeSantis moves to the common sense center

DeSantis is not a liberal by any means, but his remarks are a nod to his party’s libertarian wing, which has advocated full legalization since the days of Bill Buckley and Barry Goldwater. Whereas Scott hewed to the hard right in regard to pot procedurals, DeSantis seems to appreciate the bipartisan consensus that has emerged on the issue. It’s not like he’s sacrificing political capital to get it done, because he doesn’t really have any. If anything, this will add political capital and preempt a key source of potential opposition support in advance of what will surely be a hellacious re-election effort.

With millions of felons ready to vote Democrat in 2022, throwing the existing balance of power into flux, and Andrew Gillum ready to reinforce his already-thick Rolodex with a stint at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, the new governor is showing far more political smarts than even his strongest supporters ever gave him credit for having. One would assume his wife Casey, who toiled on TV for years at WJXT, played a key role in smoothing out his rough edges, tempering the alarmist rhetoric of the campaign and reminding him that, as the kids say, streets is watching. So far, they like what they see.

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BACKROOM DEAL State sexual misconduct settlement LACKS TRANSPARENCY

SIGN RIGHT HERE, MA’AM. HERE’S $900,000 OF

taxpayer money, but you’ll never work in Tallahassee again!

That’s how Florida State Senate President William Saint “Bill” Galvano (R-Hillsborough/Manatee) settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case alleging repeated sexual battery and harassment by Florida State Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jack Latvala (R-Pasco/Pinellas), committed against Rachel Perrin Rogers, longtime chief legislative aide to Senator Wilton Simpson (R-Citrus/Hernando/Pasco).

Latvala’s sexual misconduct was exposed by Politico in 2017. Described colorfully by Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL-Dist. 1) as “an absolute hound,” Latvala’s rude, crude, demeaning and degrading public behavior was directed at six women. He allegedly offered women lobbyists legislation in exchange for sex, and touched and made comments about women’s body parts at the Capitol and in private clubs. The outcry forced him to resign in 2017 and shelve plans for a gubernatorial run.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated, but Latvala has escaped criminal prosecution (so far). Now, alleged victim Rogers is receiving a $900,000 settlement. The catch: She is contractually forbidden to apply for or work in any Florida Senate job. The settlement effectively ends her Tallahassee political career.

Naturally, nobody there will answer any questions.

“The settlement speaks for itself,” Florida State Senate General Counsel Jeremiah Hawkes told me.

Saying he desires to “move forward,” Galvano approved the $900,000 settlement to avoid a trial— and open public court testimony by Tallahassee politicos about louche, loutish, libidinous Latvala’s routine habits and practices toward women staffers and lobbyists.

Our Florida Senate must act to: 1. Force Latvala to pay the $900,000 settlement and nearly $600,000 legal fees. Latvala’s net worth is reportedly $7.4 million.

2. Reject the settlement clause barring Rogers from ever applying to or working with the Florida State Senate again.

3. Hold public hearings.

4. Apologize to Rogers and all of the other victims.

Otherwise, there’s no remedy for Tallahassee’s toxic, hostile work environment. (As Bill Clinton said, “A right without a remedy is simply a suggestion.”)

Why does this matter? Well, it’s our money, it’s our government, and extirpating sex discrimination and ending hostile working environments is a fundamental human right.

Discrimination victims have a right to a non-hostile working environment.

Despite Politico’s reporting and the #MeToo movement, our Florida State Senate remains a toxic, hostile, radioactive working environment, a snakepit for ethical employees. The settlement solves none of this.

A public Senate committee hearing is required to determine who authorized the Senate’s indecent demand that Rogers never be able to apply or work

for Florida’s Senate.

Rather than thank, praise and promote Rogers—and remedy Florida Senate’s toxic hostile working environment—Florida Senate’s cynical settlement treats Ms. Rogers like a leper, shaming the victim and providing a “lettuce poultice.”

My document requests were met with delay and a demand for $404.69 by the settlement’s signer, Senate General Counsel Hawkes (a failed candidate for county court judge). Hawkes’ brother, Joshua, a 2014 law graduate, was a Corcoran-appointed member of Florida’s Ethics Commission—at least for 96 days in 2018 (he resigned after receiving an Ethics Commission subpoena). They’re the sons of Tallahassee lobbyist Paul M. Hawkes, former Chief Judge of the First District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee, against whom ethics charges were dismissed as “moot” after he resigned over a $49 million “Taj Mahal” courthouse.

(Florida’s Supreme Court reserved jurisdiction if Hawkes ever becomes a judge again). The senior Hawkes is also a prolific lobbyist for big business.

That’s who speaks for money and power in Tallahassee. Who will speak for Florida State Legislature employees?

How about us?

Ed Slavin mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________

Investigative reporter and former attorney for ethical employees, Appalachian Observer founding editor in Clinton, Tennessee, Ed Slavin has been holding governments accountable for more than 40 years. He blogs from St. Augustine.

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