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THE MAIL

JAX CITY GOVERNMENT IS NOT VERY NICE TO DISABLED PEOPLE! Damn Jacksonville Mayor,

damn Jacksonville Council President, damn our JTA, damn our public library leaders, damn Jacksonville Downtown Vision ... for their uncaring, careless, reckless, mean-spirited, black-hearted, hateful attitude toward the disabled.

I went Downtown to participate in the Women’s March. I was not able to march but I believed that somehow I might find parking and then meander, shake hands and kiss babies, all while using my walker. Once again I discovered more and more outrageous ways that our Jax city government is hateful and hurtful toward the disabled.

1. Despite enthusiastic, over-the-top excellent promises by Council President Aaron Bowman recently, there are still no disabled parking spots anywhere on any street in Downtown.

2. Despite enthusiastic reception by friends when I did my annual letter to the editor about the importance of honoring the Better Jacksonville Plan promise of a third-story walk from the library to the parking garage, the only response from city officials and functionaries has been to defend their 17 years of delay. That walkway would have been helpful to disabled people using the garage who sought to avoid the uphill climb from the garage entrance to Hemming Park.

3. After abandoning all hope of on-street parking within 10 blocks of Hemming, I decided to park in the damn garage. But today the Mayor has instructed the garage not to accept credit cards or debit cards! I had only credit and debit cards.

It never did occur to me that Republicans might hijack the garage for the day and prohibit all of us dangerous Women’s March people from using cards, although never before has this garage demanded cash only. So they ordered me from the garage. Still no parking. By now I can hear the speakers at the rally in the distance.

4. So I looped around then decided to park

at the parking lot between State and Union and to ride the stooopid useless downtown people-mover.

(We built it mainly so some folks could make money selling air rights and so others might make money selling concrete. There had been a plan developed by a consensus of 100 civic groups.

This people-mover is not that people-mover.) Who cares? This project is useless usually, but maybe today, this one time, it can be my savior.

My plan was get on it at FSCJ and ride to Hemming. Of course, this Downtown People Mover or Automated Skyway Express will be working today. Today is a chance to show off and be useful!

So with walker, I struggle out of the car and past the giant ugly open ditch which breeds flies and nastiness, and I march on in my own Women’s March to the people-mover entrance.

But the blasted durn DPM is not running today.

The people-mover only serves to fetch you from places you don’t want to be to take you to places you don’t want to go. The people-mover only operates when people don’t need it, never when it might be useful. Fixed rail mass transit is good, but this DPM is an abomination. No joke. I did the math. It would be cheaper to provide limo service and bonus a beverage of choice than to use the DPM. We should create moving hanging harden in each DPM buggy.

Why in hell did it not operate today?

5. Back to Laura and Church and Pearl and Hogan and Adams and Forsyth and even Bay. Nope! No “disabled permit only” signs.

6. So, finally, I went back to City Hall, where there were 100 city police officers for no good reason. I parked illegally and asked if it was OK. The officer replied, “I cannot say yes or no. You can park and see what happens.”

So finally I was not arrested, ticketed or towed.

I enjoyed seeing friends at the rally. But this city government is hateful toward disabled folks.

Andy Johnson via email

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS St. Augustine Edition

BOUQUETS TO DAVID WILLIAMSON Since July, the pastor of St. Augustine’s Grace United Methodist Church has been holding weekly community discussions on race relations, specifically the divisive Confederate monuments in the city’s public square.

The meetings are open to all and have been attended by fellow religious leaders Juana Jordan (First United Methodist) and Ron Rawls (St. Paul AME) as well as city leaders.

BRICKBATS TO ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH CITY COMMISSION The five-member body is moving forward with a controversial paid parking scheme despite vocal opposition from affected citizens. Though residents are eligible for a discount, the new system will require motorists to download and share credit card information through a third-party app.

BOUQUETS TO MICHAEL USINA On Jan. 15, the Florida Department of State announced that the St. Augustine native was one of four 2019 Florida Folk Heritage Award winners. Usina earned the distinction by preserving Minorcan folk heritage through apprenticeships, festivals and a documentary. He learned how to craft handmade fishing nets 60 years ago from his father, who had learned from his father.

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FOLIO VOICES : POLITICS

BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER

Will the GOVERNOR help the MAYOR? IT’S ONLY ONE POLL, AND IT WAS BEFORE THE Mike “Katrina Victim” Ertel of last week’s headlines reminded people of the Ron “Monkey It Up” DeSantis of last season’s campaign, but it looks like Governor DeSantis is actually more popular than most anyone would have expected two months ago. Dropped last week, a MasonDixon poll showed DeSantis +31 in favorability (48 fav, 17 unfavorable).

One key reason: the fact that he’s not Rick Scott. For eight years, Scott was as frustrating when it came to delivering straight answers to media as he was on policy moves. He obstructed the will of the voters when it came to medical cannabis.

On environmental policy, it was too little and too late on red tide and green algae.

While the economic metrics were sound (debt was cut by $10 billion or so), the great unanswered question is how much of that was Rick Scott and how much was the Obama/Trump expansion of money supply and deficit spending on the federal level.

During the 2018 campaign, there was some consternation as to why DeSantis and Scott ran their campaigns on separate tracks. Whereas the Democrats cobranded Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum, the Republicans rarely had Scott and DeSantis share a stage. Scott’s comments on DeSantis were perfunctory. And, when I asked him last fall about how he’d avoid the “blind trust” conflicts of interest that characterized the Scott era, DeSantis declined to defend Scott’s posturing; instead, he said essentially that he wouldn’t have those issues because he doesn’t have that kind of wealth.

They both got their gigs. Many expect both Scott and DeSantis (not to mention Florida Senator Marco Rubio) to try for the presidency in 2024, with their current stations as launch pads. If any or all of them have such ambitions, it will be interesting to watch the subtext as it develops.

Rick Scott seems to have defined himself even before arriving at his new post in D.C. His last night in Tallahassee, after the DeSantises had moved into the mansion, Scott threw a party—while simultaneously trying to shoehorn cronies and homies onto various boards with last-minute appointments. One example is Carlos Beruff, who Scott seems to believe belongs on the Fish and Wildlife Commission.

DeSantis called such picks “lame-duck appointments” and yanked them.

How much of this is sincere? How much is gamesmanship? Who the hell knows?

DeSantis’ orbit is populated with interesting folks. One of them, local political

guru Susie Wiles, is purportedly telling Tallahassee folks that keeping Lenny Curry mayor is key to keeping Trump President. So expect a certain mayoral candidate to start thumping POTUS soon enough.

We will soon see if DeSantis is willing to play in the March election in Jacksonville, where Curry offered a strong endorsement of his “brother from another mother” in August, ahead of the GOP primary.

Curry held off on endorsing until just before a DeSantis/Adam Putnam debate in Jacksonville, and thus far the Governor has not made an official visit to town. This will be interesting to watch, given that DeSantis a) lost Duval County and b) was blamed for running a bad campaign by the former Duval GOP chair.

Shad Kahn is hosting a Feb. 6 fundraiser for Curry’s campaign account (capped at $1,000 contributions) at TIAA Bank Field.

Reasonable expectation is that he brings some of the big guns in to bolster the account of his Jacksonville On The Rise political committee as well. Curry reported $2.5 million to spend between committee and campaign.

At this writing, the money race is nasty.

With Curry banking millions, rival Anna Lopez Brosche was closer to $25,000.

Keep in mind, however, that her political committee, filed on the state level, won’t report until Feb. 10. And Brosche, we understand, is fundraising as well. Beyond that, though, she will work to build the same type of coalition as when she ran for council president: folks who may not share any interest beyond a feeling that the status quo has been standing on their throats for too damn long.

For his part, Curry will do everything he can to press his advantage. He will flood the block. He will do what he has to do to end this in March, because incumbents don’t get any fresher during a runoff election. Unless the oppo goes deeper than the esoterica of council votes, one has to wonder what the next move is. Eventually, hits will start coming from random out-ofmarket political committees.

Ron DeSantis will likely come in for Curry. The Donald could drop a tweet as well. Is Anna Brosche willing to flip the script and eviscerate Trump-style Republicanism? If so, she needs to get on it. And if she trots out the “I didn’t leave the GOP, the GOP left me” line, she must also realize that she won’t be getting much from D.C. or Tallahassee if she wins. For at least a certain subset of voters, that doesn’t mean much.

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A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

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BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY

This ne plus ultra of tribute bands has paid homage to innumerable bands from AC/DC to Led Zeppelin. Now the Alabama-based outfit takes on Queen—and leading the symphony is singer Marc Martel, whose Mercury-like voice can be heard in the hit biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park, thcenter.org, $13-$63.

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Known for his clean but cutting commentary, the veteran comedian (and, yes, 1980s television sitcom star) ranks among Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Standups of All Time.”

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, The Florida Theatre, floridatheatre.com, $37.50-$52.50.

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SPRINGS ETERNAL LARA HOPE’S GOLD HOPE DUO

Rockabilly singer-guitarist Hope and bassist husband Matt “The Knife” Goldpaugh bring their upbeat brand of New York “Merry-Cana” down South.

8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, Rain Dogs, facebook.com/raindogsjax, $6-$8; 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 1, Prohibition Kitchen, St. Augustine, pkstaug.com, free.

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ONCE UPON A SUPERHERO

CROSSING OVER

Directed Dire Di recttedd bbyy st stre street treett aartist rti rt tis ist XX.S.E.S., ist S E S th thi this is uunderground is nde nd derg film follows fallen hero Solar Flare as he wanders Los Angeles in search of his lost superpowers. Hilarity ensues.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, Bokeh Bar Gallery, St. Augustine, bokehbargallery.com, $15.

JOHN EDWARD

Even mystics need a break from the cold. Celebrity medium Edward kicks off a six-date Florida tour right here in J’Ville. The price ($100) might be a bit steep, but who else has a direct line to the other side?

1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, Lexington Hotel & Conference Center, Southbank, johnedward.net, $100.

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FROM THE EDITOR

WHEN I TOOK THE

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helm of Folio Weekly last October, I was anomalous. (Don’t worry.

I’m used to it.) I, Georgio Valentino, do not live in Duval County. I reside in St. Augustine.

Now, to be sure, I’m almost as fraudulent a St. Augustinian as I am a Jacksonvillian, having landed in the Ancient City only six months previously from god knows where (conspiracy theories abound). But the fact remains: The editor of Folio Weekly lives in St. Augustine.

Let that sink in.

Our office is still in Downtown Jacksonville, of course. (It’s a fun commute!)

And we continue to devote a lion’s share of our ink to the behemoth that is Duval County.

(I’m starting to feel my way around.) But St. Augustine and its environs have long been part of our remit.

So our inaugural Best of Saint Augustine, whose winners are announced on the following pages, is probably overdue. Readers might have registered a recent rise in St. Augustine-related stories across our varied sections as well, from news to editorials to arts and entertainment. We’re renewing our commitment to the area in many ways.

Why? First, because St. Johns County is a vital part of Northeast Florida’s metropolitan ecosystem. Many of you live and work there.

And that number is growing. Northern St. Johns County has become a suburban safety valve for Jacksonville, with affluent retirees migrating to Ponte Vedra, up-and-coming families heading to Nocatee, and discontented rednecks taking refuge in the trackless, unincorporated hinterland of one of the state’s most fiercely conservative counties. (By way of silver lining, the Duval Democratic majority grows as Jacksonville’s Republicans defect en masse to deep-red St. Johns.)

The dynamic is problematic in some ways, as it diverts valuable tax resources and civic engagement away from Duval’s ailing services, especially its schools. And, let’s be honest, there are clear racial overtones to the exodus: It’s a straightforward case of white flight.

Then there’s St. Augustine. The Ancient City was once a diamond in the rough, but the world is slowly getting hip to the fact that it’s one of the most historically significant sites in the entire United States. In Florida, there’s no competition. (Key West? Pensacola?

Don’t make me laugh!) And yet, ever since the Great Depression put an end to the city’s Gilded Age pretensions, St. Augustine has largely been run like a cheap roadside attraction. Now, for better or worse, those days are coming to an end.

With the influx of northerners, mostly from Duval County and New Jersey, and a new wave of tourism from Florida’s booming latinx community (I welcome my fellow Puerto Ricans with open arms), St. Augustine is changing rapidly.

Forget about the cultural and political implications for the moment. The numbers

alone have swamped city infrastructure.

Like Manhattan, the presqu’île of historic St. Augustine—bounded on three sides by the Matanzas and San Sebastian rivers— does ain’t getting any bigger; unlike New York, however, we have a city ordinance that imposes a 35-foot ceiling on any new construction. We all know what happens when supply can’t keep pace with demand.

Real estate prices and congestion are through the roof.

Change is inevitable. Will it come through capricious, backward-looking diktat, commanded by the city’s near-feudal oligarchy of good-old-boy dynasties? Will it come in the form of unregulated, laissez-faire suburban sprawl, advocated by corporate daily newspapers? Or will it come from a healthy quorum of stakeholders, representing citizens as well as landed gentry and corporate interest groups?

Be warned here: The citizenry here is no silver bullet, but rather a woefully mixed bag.

To its credit, it’s moving in a more thoughtful direction. Hurricanes Matthew and Irma forced most of the area’s residents to open their eyes on environmental issues. But there remain some rather surreal sticking points in this 21st century, as evidenced by Mayor Nancy Shaver’s delicate electoral coalition.

While she is broadly progressive, the mayor dares not touch the third rail of St. Augustine politics: the Confederate monuments on the Plaza de la Constitución.

I get it. As an elected official, Shaver is walking a tightrope. And if she falls, her replacement could easily be a real sh*tkicker.

I’m more thoroughly disappointed in my alma mater, the University of Florida, for its refusal to properly “contextualize” the Plaza monument under its charge. (Hint: The only appropriate “context” is a museum.)

Eventually, though, it won’t matter. At some point in the future, those monuments will be removed from the public square.

St. Augustine is trending more and more cosmopolitan. Residents and tourists would rather immerse themselves in Spanish (and British) colonial life, Minorcan heritage and Gilded Age decadence than hear another pseudo-romantic eulogy of the lost cause.

Yawn. In the perspective of St. Augustine’s four-hundred-fifty-three-and-a-half-year history, the Confederate interlude (lasting fewer than 14 months) was the blink of an eye. It’s time we treat it as such.

As these issues resolve themselves, as the Ancient City assumes its rightful place in the pantheon of historic American sites, as Northern St. Johns County becomes a fullfledged bedroom community of Jacksonville, Folio Weekly will be there, keeping ’em honest ... and enjoying the Best of Saint Augustine.

Georgio Valentino georgio@folioweekly.com @thatgeorgioguy

FORWARD FOLIO WEEKLY ST. AUGUSTINE

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ast month, when we announced Folio Weekly’s Best of Saint Augustine, our expectations were modest. After all, although we’re old hands at Best of Jax (with 27 annual readers’ polls under our belts), this was our very first St. Augustine-centric poll. But you, readers of influence, made it an affair to remember.

A whopping 73,688 votes were cast across 250 categories, from Best Auto Body Shop to Best Urgent Care Clinic, from Best Art Gallery to Best Wine Bar. That, folks, is the same can-do spirit that forged the Ancient City four-and-a-half centuries ago— and rebuilt it time and again after each dastardly pirate raid. The results are in and, without further ado, this is the Best of Saint Augustine 2019.

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BEST HAIR STYLIST

Photo by Devon Sarian

KASSIE ABDULGHANI

BEST HAIR STYLIST KASSIE ABDULGHANI, THE BEAUTY MARK The multitalented Kassie also won Best Personality.

AUTOMOTIVE

BEAUTY

FIRST PLACE Greg’s Auto Collision Center Second Place Ray’s Collision Services Third Place Cheshire’s Customs Bodyshop TIE! Third Place Melvin Chapman Repair Shop Fifth Place Gerber Collision & Glass

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

BEST AUTO BODY SHOP

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BEST BARBER

BEST AUTO DETAILER

BEST DAY SPA

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Bozard Ford Lincoln Tropical Touch Detailing Total Mobile Detail The Detail Shop Washed Up Mobile Detailing

Handsome Jack The Barber St. Augustine Family Barber Mel the Barber David’s Barber Shop Joshua McCune Fountain of Youth Spa & Laser Center Debbie’s Day Spa & Salon Small Indulgences European Day Spa City Wellness Norma Sherry & Co.

BEST AUTO SERVICE / REPAIR SHOP

BEST HAIR SALON

FIRST PLACE Trippin’ Wet Second Place Bozard Ford Lincoln Third Place Feldman Auto Repair TIE! Third Place Jacalone & Sons Auto Service Fifth Place Bell’s Automotive Services

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

The Beauty Mark Mimosas Hair Studio Luna Azul Colour & Hair Design HEAD Salonemporium Island Sanctuary Salon

BEST CAR WASH

BEST HAIR STYLIST

FIRST PLACE Sporty’s Riverboat Car Wash Second Place ProShine Detailing Services Third Place Davis Shores Car Wash TIE!Suds of St. Augustine Third Place Fifth Place Father & Son Ultimate Car Wash

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Kassie Abdulghani, The Beauty Mark Teryann Sawyer, The Beauty Mark Jenna Thorpe, Philosophie Salon Bri West, Philosophie Salon Andrew Ambrose, Hair Cuttery

BEST NEW CAR DEALERSHIP / ASIAN IMPORT

BEST LASER HAIR REMOVAL

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Beaver Toyota Coggin Honda of St. Augustine Family Kia Hyundai of St. Augustine Nissan of St. Augustine

Fountain of Youth Spa & Laser Center Spa Life Skin & Laser Facial Rejuvenation Centre Spoiled Beauties Ideal Image St. Augustine

BEST NEW CAR DEALERSHIP / DOMESTIC

BEST LASH EXTENSIONS

FIRST PLACE Bozard Ford Lincoln Second Place Jack Wilson Chevrolet Third Place Jack Wilson Buick / GMC Fourth Place Atlantic Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram TIE! Fourth Place Fields Cadillac St. Augustine

FIRST PLACE The Bardot Beauty Lounge Second Place Debbie’s Day Spa & Salon Third Place The Look and Lifestyle Total Salon Fourth Place San Marco Hair Company TIE! Fourth Place Skin and Body Center, Jamie Lippo

BEST TIRE STORE

BEST NAIL SALON

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Ray’s Tire Pros Discount Tire Old City Tire Outlet Evans Automotive & Tire Center First Coast Tire & Services

Janean Johnson Nails Uptown Girls Studio Trendy Nails Salon Norma Sherry & Co. Debbie’s Day Spa & Salon

BEST USED CAR DEALERSHIP

BEST TANNING SALON

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Lee F. Slaughter Longstreet Auto Klett Automotive Group Auto Select Ultimate Motor Cars

Salon 192 Sun Essentials Tanning Tropical Tans of St. Augustine LUX Sunless Tanning Purity Day Spa

BEST WAXING STUDIO

BEST CLUB DJ

FIRST PLACE Salon 192 Second Place Debbie’s Day Spa & Salon TIE!Luna Azul Colour & Hair Design Second Place Fourth Place Spoiled Beauties Fifth Place Salon Zellanova

FIRST PLACE DJ Dorian Lopez Second Place DJ Brainrek Third Place D. Cep

EDUCATION

BEST CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Ketterlinus Elementary School St. Augustine Public Montessori School The Webster School Moultrie Montessori School Victory Preparatory School

BEST CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FIRST PLACE The Community Campus Charter School Second Place Victory Preparatory School

BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

R.B. Hunt Elementary School Osceola Elementary School Otis A. Mason Elementary School South Woods Elementary School Timberlin Creek Elementary School

Fifth Place

BEST COMEDIAN FIRST PLACE Derek Coghlan Second Place Mark Alan

Sailor Jane, Rachael Miller

BEST FOOD FESTIVAL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Rhythm & Ribs Festival Celtic Heritage & Music Festival Great Chowder Debate St. Augustine Greek Festival Lions Club Seafood Festival

BEST COMMUNITY THEATER

BEST KARAOKE NIGHT

FIRST PLACE Limelight Theatre Second Place A Classic Theatre

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place TIE! Third Place Fifth Place

BEST DANCE SCHOOL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

The Dance Company St. Augustine Dance Conservatory Heather Loveland Dance Academy Abella’s School of Dance St. Augustine Dance Academy

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Jolie (Wright) Amy Hendrickson Jeanetta, Ramona Katherine Archer

British Pub Scarlett O’Hara’s Arnold’s Lounge Giggling Gator Shanghai Nobby’s

BEST MALE VOCALIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Dewey Via Billy Buchanan Sam Pacetti Todd Horn aka Thorny Rose Aaron Esposito

BEST MOVIE THEATER FIRST PLACE

The Corazon Cinema & Café

Second Place Epic Theatres of St. Augustine Third Place IMAX Theater World Golf Village

BEST MUSEUM FIRST PLACE Lightner Museum Second Place St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum Third Place Ripley’s Believe It or Not St. Augustine Fourth Place The Medieval Torture Museum Fifth Place Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

BEST MUSIC FESTIVAL FIRST PLACE Sing Out Loud Music Festival Second Place St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival Third Place Gamble Rogers Music Festival Fourth Place Rhythm & Ribs Festival Fifth Place St. Augustine Music Festival

BEST MUSICIAN FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Sam Pacetti Kathleen Vande Berg David Watt Besley Taylor Olin Mike Rocha, Paco Lipps

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Augustine High School Pedro Menendez High School Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind St. Joseph Academy St. Johns Technical High School

BEST KINDERGARTEN FIRST PLACE Cathedral Parish Early Education Center Second Place Anastasia Baptist Academy TIE! Second Place Lighthouse Prep Fourth Place Enchanted Forest Academy Fifth Place Bayside Preschool

BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Sebastian Middle School Murray Middle School Gamble Rogers Middle School Florida School for the Deaf & the Blind Pacetti Bay Middle School

BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Gerard Campus St. John’s Academy Veritas Classical School St. Augustine Turning Point Christian Academy Victory Preparatory School

ENTERTAINMENT BEST ACTOR

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Mike Beaman Chad Light Brian Matthews Jon Beshara

BEST ACTRESS FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Anne Kraft Beth Lambert Sadie Akers Ilana Gould Annie Gaybis

BEST ART FESTIVAL FIRST PLACE

Art & Craft Festival, St. Augustine Art Association Second Place Saint Augustine Film Festival Third Place First Coast Arts & Crafts Fall Show Fourth Place Old Town Art Festival Fifth Place Holiday Art Shows

BEST ART GALLERY FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Augustine Art Association Butterfield Garage Art Gallery Plum Gallery Cutter & Cutter Fine Art P.A.St.A. Fine Art Gallery

BEST BAND - COVER BAND FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Papercutt Dewey Via and Moses Creek Chillula The Driftwoods Not Quite Dead

BEST BAND - ORIGINAL MUSIC FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

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BEST MUSEUM

THE LIGHTNER MUSEUM

Photo by Devon Sarian

THE BEARDED PIG BBQ is a San Marco sensation, serving up Southern smoked and slowcooked goodness.

BEST MUSEUM THE LIGHTNER MUSEUM Financial manager Catherine Kirschling and curator Barry Myers accept the award on behalf of the late Otto Lightner.

BEST NIGHTCLUB FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Prohibition Kitchen Tradewinds Lounge Sarbez!

Stogies Jazz Club & Listening Room Centro Piano Bar

BEST OPEN MIC NIGHT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Sarbez!

Ann O’Malley’s Tradewinds Lounge Corazon Café Shanghai Nobby’s

BEST CONCERT VENUE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Augustine Amphitheatre Sarbez!

Prohibition Kitchen Lewis Auditorium, Flagler College Café Eleven Restaurant & Catering

BEST PLACE TO HEAR LOCAL MUSICIANS FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Prohibition Kitchen Sarbez!

Ann O’Malley’s Creekside Dinery Corner Bar

BEST VISUAL ARTIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Tucker Jones Sydney McKenna Chad Light Sara Pedigo Patrick Moser

BEST REENACTOR GROUP FIRST PLACE Castillo De San Marcos Second Place St. Augustine Garrison Third Place Men of Menendez

BEST PARADE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Christmas Parade St. Patrick’s Day Parade Easter Parade Parade of Chariots

BEST PERFORMING DANCE GROUP FIRST PLACE Showtime USA Dance Studio Second Place St. Augustine Ballet Third Place Matanzas Tap

BEST LARGE BAND/ORCHESTRA FIRST PLACE St. Augustine Orchestra Second Place St. Augustine Concert Band

BEST PIRATE GROUP FIRST PLACE The Swashbucklers Second Place Krewe of 13

GROCERY

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Old City Farmers Market, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Second Place Rype & Readi Downtown Farm Market Third Place Saint Augustine Flea & Farmers Market Fourth Place St. Augustine Beach Civic Association Farmers Market Fifth Place Currie Brothers Market

BEST GROCERY STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Publix ALDI Winn-Dixie Diane’s Natural Market Discount Groceries

BEST HEALTH FOOD STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Diane’s Natural Market Publix The Corner Market at Lincolnville The Ancient Olive

HEALTH & FITNESS BEST 5K

FIRST PLACE Pink Up the Pace Second Place Bridge of Lions 5K Third Place Run for Peace

BEST GYM FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

TRX Training St. Augustine Funkytown Fitness Anastasia Fitness Anytime Fitness Real Women Lift Fitness

BEST MASSAGE STUDIO FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Sphere Mindful Massage Florida Small Indulgences European Day Spa Holistic Massage Therapies Julie Wesling, LMT Casa Monica Resort & Spa, Autograph Collection

BEST YOGA STUDIO FIRST PLACE Now & Zen Yoga & Pilates Studio Second Place 8 Limbs Yoga Third Place Discovery Yoga Center TIE! The Yoga Collective St. Augustine Third Place Fifth Place Thrive Chiropractic, Nutrition & Yoga

BEST PILATES STUDIO FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

The Core Pilates Studio Now & Zen Yoga & Pilates Studio Pilates Haus Stop For Pilates

HOME IMPROVEMENT BEST BATHROOM REMODELER

FIRST PLACE St. Augustine Kitchen & Bath Second Place Re-Bath Third Place Entire Construction TIE! Third Place Proper T Renovations Fifth Place Chris Sanders Construction

BEST CARPET CLEANING SERVICE

BEST ROOFING CONTRACTOR

FIRST PLACE Stanley Steemer Second Place Citrus Carpet & Tile Cleaning Third Place Pete’s Carpet Cleaning Fourth Place Chem-Dry of the First Coast TIE! Fourth Place Ready Fresh Clean

FIRST PLACE J Adams Roofing Inc. Second Place Sunshine Roof Services Third Place Collis Roofing Fourth Place HW Contracting & Roofing TIE! Fourth Place Northway’s Contracting & Roofing

BEST FLOORING/CARPET STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Hasty’s Carpet & Flooring Floor Depot Hester’s Abbey Floorcoverings James Brothers Carpet & Tile Paul Gronquist Flooring

BEST GARDEN STORE/NURSERY FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Southern Horticulture Leonardi’s Nursery Landscaping Maggie’s Herbs Art’s Nursery & The Arbor House Air Plant City

BEST HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Steve Chapman’s All American A/C Taylor Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Wilson Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. Glacier Heating & Air Conditioning Griffin Home Services

BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR FIRST PLACE John Valdes & Associates Inc. Second Place Metcalf Electric Services Inc. Third Place Proper T Renovations LLC Fourth Place BP Builders Inc. TIE! Fourth Place Chris Sanders Construction

BEST KITCHEN REMODELER FIRST PLACE Evans Custom Cabinetry TIE! FIRST PLACE St. Augustine Kitchen & Bath Third Place City One Design Gallery Fourth Place Cabinet Factory Outlet TIE! Fourth Place Chris Sanders Construction

BEST PEST CONTROL FIRST PLACE Bug Out Service TIE! FIRST PLACE Massey Services Pest Prevention Third Place Curtis Pest Control Inc. Fourth Place Flamingo Pest Control Fifth Place Champion Termite & Pest Control Inc.

BEST POOL MAINTENANCE FIRST PLACE Anastasia Pool Services & Repair Second Place Crowe Pool Service Third Place Pool Scouts of the First Coast Fourth Place Big Z Pool Service TIE! Fourth Place Taft’s Pool Service

HOUSING

BEST APARTMENT COMMUNITY

FIRST PLACE Stratford Mill Second Place Summer Breeze, Summerset Village Apartments Third Place The Landing at St. Augustine Fourth Place Seaside Villas Fifth Place Whispering Pines

BEST CONDO COMMUNITY FIRST PLACE The Ocean Gallery Second Place St. Augustine Ocean & Racquet Club Condominium Resort Third Place Ponce Landing Fourth Place Pier Point South Condominium TIE! Fourth Place Seawinds Condos

BEST HOME DÉCOR STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Kirkland’s Coastal Traders Indonesian Imports dhd Home Peace Love Home Garrett Brothers Home Décor

BEST MOVING COMPANY FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Minorcan Moving & Storage Inc. Need A Truck Full Circle Moving All My Sons Moving & Storage Door to Door Moving and Storage

BEST NEW COMMUNITY FIRST PLACE Shearwater Second Place Villages of Seloy Third Place Lennar at Palencia Fourth Place San Salito by D.R. Horton TIE! Fourth Place Segovia

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENCY FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Davidson Realty Inc. The Good Life Real Estate RE/MAX Leading Edge Ancient City Real Estate International Golf Realty

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENT FIRST PLACE

Chris Cygul, Coldwell Banker Premier Properties

BEST MOVIE THEATER TIE!

CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ TIE!

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BEST MOVIE THEATER CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Owner Karla Wagner and her team are ready for their close-up.

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BEST WEIRDO

ONE-EYED WILLY

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BEST WEIRDO ONE-EYED WILLY The Goonies star is currently enjoying retirement at The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum.

Second Place Shelley Nemethy, Davidson Realty Third Place Heidi Robinson, The Good Life Real Estate Fourth Place Kate Mitchell, St. Augustine Real Estate Company Fifth Place Vickie Tiffany, International Golf Realty

BEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDER FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

James Solana Contractor Inc. Old City Homes & Roofing Generation Homes Farwood Home & Design Brandon Construction

ISSUES BEST CAUSE

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Compassionate St. Augustine Betty Griffin Center Creating A Performing Arts Center St. Gerard Campus Buds for Vets

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST FIRST PLACE Adam Morley Second Place Jen Lomberk, Matanzas Riverkeeper

BEST REASON TO LOVE ST. AUGUSTINE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Locally Owned Businesses St. Augustine Beaches Christmas Nights of Lights Castillo de San Marcos, The Fort Flagler College

BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO ST. AUGUSTINE IN 2018 FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Augustine Amphitheatre Nights of Lights Sing Out Loud Music Festival Romanza Flagler College

BEST USE OF LOCAL PUBLIC MONEY FIRST PLACE

New intersection at San Marco & May Street Second Place Refurbishing The Bridge of Lions

BEST VOLUNTEER EFFORT FIRST PLACE SAFE Pet Rescue Second Place Habitat for Humanity of St. Augustine, St. Johns County Third Place St. Johns Ecumenical Ministries Food Pantry Fourth Place Boot Scootin’ BBQ benefitting Investing in Kids Fifth Place Buds for Vets

BEST LAW FIRM/LAWYER

PATRICK CANAN & CANAN LAW ATTORNEYS

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BEST LAW FIRM/LAWYER PATRICK CANAN & CANAN LAW ATTORNEYS Canan and co. nearly swept the Lawyers category, winning Best Criminal Lawyer, Best Divorce Lawyer, Best Personal Injury Lawyer. Oh, and Canan was also voted Best School Board Member.

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WORST ENVIRONMENTAL ABOMINATION

BEST LAW FIRM/LAWYER

FIRST PLACE Residential over-development Second Place Street flooding due to sea rise from global warming Third Place Over-development on S.R. 312 Fourth Place No recycling in the historic district!

Fifth Place Straws

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

WORST THING TO HAPPEN IN 2018

Patrick Canan, Canan Law Attorneys Jane West Law John Morgan, Morgan & Morgan Jonathan J. Luca, Esquire Crawford Law, PLLC

BEST MARIJUANA LAWYER FIRST PLACE

WORST WASTE OF LOCAL PUBLIC MONEY

Mowrey Shoemaker Beardsley Attorneys at Law Second Place Thomas E. Cushman, PA Third Place Law Offices of Shorstein & Lee Fourth Place Jonathan J. Luca, Esquire Fifth Place Musca Law

FIRST PLACE

BEST PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER

FIRST PLACE Trump Second Place Theft of St. Augustine Beach Civic Association Farmers Market by County Commissioners Third Place Congressional Democrat antics Michael Wanchick’s inflated salary as county administrator Second Place Benefits given to public service positions

BEST NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Betty Griffin Center Outreach Pie in the Sky Community Alliance Romanza Learn to Read of St. Johns County Inc. Buds for Vets

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Canan Law Attorneys Morgan & Morgan Farah & Farah Jonathan J. Luca, Esquire

MEDICAL

Fifth Place

BEST ACUPUNCTURIST FIRST PLACE

April Fitzsimmons, Blue Bird of Happiness Healing Arts Second Place Gordana Smith, Phoenix Rises Acupuncture Third Place Mimi Vreeland, Vreeland Acupuncture Fourth Place Alana DeBow, Alchemy Wellness Fifth Place Yvonne Towsley, Ancient City Acupuncture

BEST ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FIRST PLACE BayView Assisted Living at the Pavilion Second Place Brookdale St. Augustine Third Place Silver Treasures at St. Augustine TIE! Third Place Symphony at St. Augustine Fifth Place Coral Landing Assisted Living

BEST CHIROPRACTOR FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Monahan Chiropractic Medical Clinics Thrive Chiropractic, Nutrition & Yoga Hartley Chiropractic & Scoliosis Center Deprey Chiropractic

Matanzas Chiropractic

BEST COSMETIC SURGEON FIRST PLACE

Dr. Deirdre Leake, Facial Rejuvenation Centre Second Place R. Gregory Smith, MD, Ponte Vedra & Palencia Cosmetic Surgery Third Place Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery

BEST DENTIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Salt Run Family Dentistry Gordon Dental Associates Morse Family Dentistry Ponce de Leon Family Dentistry Stephen Strout, DMD, MS, PA

BEST DERMATOLOGIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Dr. Laura E. Towne Beaches Dermatology Dr. Joanna McGetrick Mid-Florida Dermatology & TIE! Plastic Surgery Fourth Place Premier Dermatology of Florida

KIDS & FAMILY BEST CHILDCARE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Turtle Tots Academy Presbyterian Day School Brighton Day Academy Tadpole Prep College Nannies, Sitters + Tutors of St. Augustine

BEST FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Anastasia State Park Castillo de San Marcos Adventure Landing St. Augustine Black Raven Pirate Ship Castaway Canopy Zip Line Adventure

BEST KID-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Mellow Mushroom Gas Full Service Restaurant Pizzalley’s on St. George Metro Diner One Twenty Three Burger House

BEST KIDS’ CLOTHING FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Recycled Kids Carter’s Carousel Kids Boutique Belk Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice

BEST LOCAL ATTRACTION FOR KIDS FIRST PLACE

St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park Second Place The beach Third Place St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum Fourth Place Castillo de San Marcos Fifth Place Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park

LAWYERS

BEST CRIMINAL LAWYER FIRST PLACE Canan Law Attorneys Second Place Melissa Kauttu, The Law Station Third Place Rusty Law, The Law Office of J. Russell Collins Fourth Place Albaugh Law Firm TIE!Luca Law Firm Fourth Place

BEST DIVORCE LAWYER FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Canan Law Attorneys Katrina Muse, Divorce Attorney Carol Caldwell Law Luca Law Firm

BEST DUI LAWYER FIRST PLACE Thibault Law Second Place Canan Law Attorneys Third Place Mowrey Shoemaker Beardsley Attorneys at Law Fourth Place The Alexander Law Firm LLC Fifth Place Jonathan J. Luca, Esquire

BEST FAMILY LAWYER FIRST PLACE Canan Law Attorneys Second Place Angelique Kelley, The Kelley Firm Third Place Jonathan J. Luca, Esquire Fourth Place Crawford Law, PLLC TIE! Fourth Place Robert Schwartz, P.A. St. Augustine JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 5, 2019 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 15

Third Place Beverly Slough, District 1 Fourth Place Thomas Allen Jr., District 2 Fifth Place Kelly Barrera, District 4

BEST NEW BAR

BEST SOCIAL JUSTICE CRUSADER

CASA DE VINO 57

FIRST PLACE

Caren Goldman, Compassionate St. Augustine Second Place Mary Cobb, Women’s March Third Place Megan Wall, SJC Legal Aid Fourth Place Shalah Romine, environment friendly/ sustainable business practices advocate Fifth Place Nancy O’Byrne, Floridians for Alternative to Death Penalty

BEST WEIRDO FIRST PLACE One-Eyed Willy the Pirate Second Place Taylor Olin

BEST CITY COMMISSIONER FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Mayor Nancy Shaver Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline Commissioner John Valdes Commissioner Roxanne Horvath Vice Mayor Leanna Freeman

PET PARENTING BEST ANIMAL HOSPITAL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Jackson Veterinary Hospital St. Augustine Humane Society Matanzas River Animal Hospital Antigua Veterinary Practice Banfield Pet Hospital

BEST DOG PARK

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FIRST PLACE Paws Dog Park at Treaty Park Second Place Dog Park at Joe Pomar Park Third Place Dog Park at Veterans Park

BEST PET ACCESSORIES STORE FIRST PLACE PetSmart Second Place Paradise Poochie TIE! Second Place Petco Fourth Place Faux Paws Fifth Place Natural Animal

BEST PET DAY CARE / OVERNIGHT BOARDING

BEST NEW BAR CASA DE VINO 57 Co-owner Patti Southard savors the moment. Her new downtown business also won Best Wine Bar, Best Wine List and Best Wine Shop.

BEST EYE CLINIC

BEST INSURANCE AGENT

FIRST PLACE Eye Center of St. Augustine Second Place Anastasia Eye Associates

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

BEST HEARING AID STORE FIRST PLACE Anh Vu, MD Second Place Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery Third Place R. Gregory Smith, MD, Ponte Vedra & Palencia Cosmetic Surgery

BEST ORTHODONTIST FIRST PLACE Smiles by Glenos Second Place Rebecca Faunce, DMD Third Place Little Smiles TIE! St. Johns Orthodontics Third Place Fifth Place Henry Advanced Orthodontics

BEST FAMILY PHYSICIAN FIRST PLACE Dr. Roy H. Hinman Second Place Dr. Therese A. Ibrahim, Flagler Family Medicine & Wellness

BEST URGENT CARE CLINIC FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Healing Arts Urgent Care Crescent Beach Care, LLC CareSpot Urgent Care of St. Augustine FM Medical Urgent Care Injury Care Centers

BEST MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLINIC FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Crescent Beach Care, LLC Florida Medical Marijuana Doctors Cannabis Certification Clinic Certified Marijuana Doctors

MONEY BEST BANK

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Ameris Bank Wells Fargo Bank CenterState Bank TD Bank BB&T Bank

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Doug Wiles, Herbie Wiles Insurance Janet Tillman, State Farm Insurance Scott Gilliland, Gilliland Insurance Group Michael Cesarini, Allstate Insurance A-Auto Insurance

BEST MORTGAGE/HOME LOAN PROVIDER FIRST PLACE Gaye Jones, AnnieMac Home Mortgage Second Place Joel Morris, Licensed Mortgage Loan Originator Third Place Randy Gorick, FBC Mortgage Fourth Place Willie Smith, Coast2Coast Lending

PEOPLE

BEST COUNTY COMMISSIONER

FIRST PLACE

Paul M. Waldron, Chair Commissioner, District 3 Second Place Jeb Smith, Vice-Chair Commissioner, District 2 Third Place Henry Dean, Commissioner, District 5 Fourth Place Jeremiah Ray Blocker, Commissioner, District 4 Fifth Place James K. Johns, Commissioner, District 1

BEST COMMUNITY ACTIVIST FIRST PLACE

Caren Goldman, St. Augustine Initiative for Compassion Second Place Adam Morley, environmental advocate Third Place Davey Hartzel, Director of Fund Development, Investing In Kids Fourth Place Mary Cobb, Women’s March Fifth Place Jackie Rock, political activist

BEST PERSONALITY FIRST PLACE Kassie Abdulghani, The Beauty Mark Second Place Ryan Kunsch, owner of Sarbez!

Third Place Renee Unsworth, Totally St. Augustine Blog Fourth Place Gary Williams, local historian Fifth Place Nico Recore, Nico on the Scene

BEST SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FIRST PLACE Patrick Canan, District 5 Second Place Bill Mignon, District 3

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Pet Paradise Cindy’s Retreat For Dogs St. Johns Veterinary Hospital & Cat Clinic Dog Town USA Good Dog! Dog Training

BEST PET GROOMER FIRST PLACE

Danna Wood, Society Pet Spa, St. Augustine Humane Society Second Place Pet Paradise Third Place Happy Paws Pet Grooming Fourth Place MacKenzies Mighty Mutt Cuts Fifth Place O’Malleys Dog Grooming, San Marco

RETAIL

BEST ANTIQUE STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Cool and Collected The Painted Lady Antiques & Things The Linen Room, Lightner Antique Mall Anastasia Antique Center

BEST BOOKSTORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Anastasia Books Buy The Book Second Read Books All Books & Comics Eastern National Book Store

BEST BOUTIQUE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Rochelle’s Clothing Red Pineapple 360 Boutique The Panama Hat Co. Goldfinch Boutique

BEST CONSIGNMENT STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Gerard Thrift Fifi’s Fine Resale Apparel Coconut Barrel Cool and Collected Christé Blue

BEST CUPCAKE STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Luli’s Cupcakes Sweet City Cupcakes Happy Cakes Cafe Bakery Sugar Island Cupcakes & Bakery Nothing Bundt Cakes

BEST FLORIST FIRST PLACE

Flowers By Shirley

BEST ANTIQUE STORE

COOL AND COLLECTED

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BEST ANTIQUE STORE COOL AND COLLECTED Owners Valerie and Jeff Sharp, along with sales associate Lisa Adams, try on a winning look.

Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Flower Works Feather + Bloom Enchanted Florist A Fantasy In Flowers

BEST FROZEN YOGURT/ICE CREAM FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Cold Cow Mayday Ice Cream Peace Pie Ben & Jerry’s St. Augustine Shop Castillo Ice Cream

BEST FURNITURE STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Everything Cool Coastal Traders Indonesian Imports Tropical Rattan T. Gregory Imports Inc. Peace Love Home

Fifth Place

Tarpon Gem & Jewelry Inc.

BEST JEWELRY STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place TIE! Third Place Fifth Place

Blue Water Jewelers Nettles Fine Jewelry Anchor Boutique Neff Jewelers Tarpon Gem & Jewelry Inc.

BEST LIQUOR STORE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Broudy’s Fine Wine & Spirits Shores Liquors Old Town Liquor PJ Liquor Golden Ox Liquors & Wine

BEST OUTLET MALL/SHOPPING CENTER FIRST PLACE St. Augustine Outlets Second Place St Augustine Premium Outlets

BEST GIFT SHOP

BEST MATTRESS STORE

FIRST PLACE Coconut Barrel TIE! FIRST PLACE The Panama Hat Co. Third Place The Rosy Cheek Beauty Bar & Apothecary Fourth Place J.R. Benet

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Mattress 1 One Mattress Firm Sleep Number Mattress Warehouse St. Augustine

BEST GIFT SHOP

Photo by Devon Sarian

THE COCONUT BARREL

BEST GIFT SHOP THE COCONUT BARREL Owner Kori Smith revels in artisanal victory. Her shop tied The Panama Hat Co. for first place.

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BEST LATE NIGHT MENU

PLANET SARBEZ

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BEST LATE NIGHT MENU PLANET SARBEZ Ryan Kuntsch’s bohemian hangout also won Best Open Mic Night.

Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Hornski’s Vinyl Lounge Second Place MusicMatters Third Place Tonevendor

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

BEST SMOKE SHOP

BEST BICYCLE SHOP

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE A1A Cycle Works Second Place Sprockets Bicycle Shop Third Place Island Life

Mattress Plus Bedding Gallery

BEST RECORD STORE

Time Warp Smoke Shop Wade’s World Smoke Shop Smokers Depot VAPOR Smoke Shop Smoke Shop

BEST THRIFT STORE FIRST PLACE

Ayla’s Acres No-Kill Animal Rescue Thrift Shop Second Place St. Gerard Thrift Third Place Haven Hospice Attic, A Retail Shop Fourth Place The Way We Were Vintage Boutique Fifth Place Cool and Collected Vintage & Antiques

Genung’s Fish Camp Avid Angler Mike’s Place Oldest City Bait & Tackle The Bait Shack

BEST DIVE SHOP FIRST PLACE Sea Hunt SCUBA Second Place iDive Florida Third Place The Dive Source

BEST FISHING TOURNAMENT FIRST PLACE Bluewater Tournament Second Place Charity Invitational Tournament, St. Augustine Boating Club Third Place Don Combs Wahoo Roundup

BEST VAPE SHOP

BEST GOLF COURSE

FIRST PLACE Old Town Vapor Lounge Second Place Draggin Vapors TIE! Second Place Smokers Depot Fourth Place Fuzion Vapor Fifth Place VAPOR Smoke Shop

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Johns Golf & Country Club Marsh Creek Country Club Slammer & Squire Golf Course, WGV Royal St. Augustine Golf & Country Club The Palencia Club

BEST WINE SHOP

BEST KARATE STUDIO

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Casa de Vino 57 San Sebastian Winery Carrera Wine Cellar Tim’s Wine Market Gifted Cork

Fountain of Youth Academy, FOYA Shinsei Martial Arts & Fitness Center NFMA St. Augustine Pak’s Karate & Fitness AMP Hardcore Gym

BEST WOMEN’S CLOTHING STORE

BEST KAYAK SHOP

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Rochelle’s Clothing Goldfinch Boutique 360 Boutique Two Sparrows True Me Boutique

SPIRITUAL BEST CHURCH FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine Anastasia Baptist Church Church On the Rock St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church

BEST SYNAGOGUE FIRST PLACE First Congregation Sons of Israel Second Place Temple Bet Yam

SPORTS & RECREATION BEST BAIT & TACKLE

Genung’s Fish Camp St. Augustine Paddle Sports Island Life West Marine Paddleboard Kayak Surf Skate

BEST PUBLIC PARK FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Anastasia State Park Treaty Park Plaza de la Constitución Project Swing Park Ocean Hammock Park Walkway

BEST RV SALES/SERVICE FIRST PLACE Ocean Grove RV Sales Second Place Camping World Third Place Dick Gore’s RV World

Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Zoological Park St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum Ripley’s Believe It or Not St. Augustine

BEST BEACH FIRST PLACE St. Augustine Beach Second Place Crescent Beach Third Place Vilano Beach

BEST BED & BREAKFAST/INN FIRST PLACE St. Francis Inn Second Place 44 Spanish Street Inn TIE! Second Place Bayfront Westcott House Fourth Place Casa de Solana Fifth Place Carriage Way

BEST HOTEL/MOTEL FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Casa Monica DoubleTree Historic District Best Western Bayfront Bayfront Inn The Ponce St. Augustine Hotel

BEST PLACE TO TAKE OUT OF TOWN GUEST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

St. George Street Castillo de San Marcos Lighthouse Museum Raintree Restaurant Plaza de la Constitución

BEST ‘HISTORIC’ STREET FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Aviles Street St. George Street Hypolita Street Cuna Street King Street

BEST WALKING TOUR FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Black Heritage Walking Tour Ghost Tours by Ghosts & Gravestones Sheriffs Ghost Walk Tours St. Augustine City Walks Secrets of St. Augustine Ghost Tours

BEST HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Flagler College Castillo de San Marcos The Lightner Museum Bridge of Lions Basilica of The Immaculate Conception

Third Place Red Boat Water Tours TIE! Third Place Ripple Effect Ecotours Fifth Place St. Augustine Sailing Charters

BEST CARRIAGE RIDE FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

St. Augustine Horse & Carriage Country Carriages Old City Carriages Southern Carriages

BEST GRAVEYARD FIRST PLACE Tolomato Cemetery Second Place Huguenot Cemetery Third Place St. Augustine National Cemetery

WEDDINGS

BEST WEDDING GIFT REGISTRY FIRST PLACE Bed Bath & Beyond Second Place The Women’s Exchange, Pena Peck House Third Place Belk

BEST PLACE TO GET MARRIED FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

The Treasury on The Plaza White Room Lightner Museum River House Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

BEST REHEARSAL DINNER RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE The Floridian Second Place Michael’s Tasting Room Third Place Columbia Restaurant TIE! Third Place Raintree Restaurant Fifth Place The Reef

BEST WEDDING FLORIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Flower Works Foxhound Floral Flowers By Shirley A Fantasy In Flowers Enchanted Florist

BEST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Zachary Thomas, Monarch Studio Life and Love Studio Ashley Steeby Photography Photos by Rob Futrell Sarah Annay Photography

BEST WEDDING PLANNER

TOURISM

FIRST PLACE Old Town Trolley Tours St. Augustine Second Place The Red Train

BEST ATTRACTION

BEST ON THE WATER TOUR

FIRST PLACE Brittany Jones, Uncorked Occasions Second Place Heidi Stouder, Endless Possibilities Event Planning Third Place Lindsay Ohlin, Coastal Celebrations Fourth Place Bill & Carla Young, The Wedding Authority Fifth Place Adair Currie, Daring Events

FIRST PLACE Castillo de San Marcos Second Place St. Augustine Alligator Farm

FIRST PLACE Schooner Freedom Second Place St. Augustine Scenic Cruise

FIRST PLACE

BEST TRAIN/TROLLEY TOUR

BEST RECEPTION ENTERTAINMENT DJ Pro Show, Bill Jones

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BEST BREWERY

BEST PIZZA

DOG ROSE BREWING CO.

Photo by Christine Cousart

Photo by Devon Sarian

BEST BREWERY DOG ROSE BREWING CO. Brewer Doug Murr takes some time out from tending hops to celebrate his craft-brewed success.

Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Chillula Deron Baker Colton McKenna Alexis Peramas

BEST WEDDING CAKES FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Sweet Weddings Crème de la Cocoa Sweet City Cupcakes iRie Couture Cakery

WINE & DINE

BEST AMERICAN RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Ned’s Southside Kitchen Candlelight South Restaurant The Back 40 Urban Cafe The Black Molly Grill Ice Plant Bar

BEST BAGELS FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Everything Bagel Schmagel’s Bagels Joint Bagel Co. Dunkin’ Donuts Bite A Bagel

BEST BAKERY FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Crème de la Cocoa The Bunnery Bakery & Café Dessert First Bistro Luli’s Cupcakes Les Petits Pleasures

BEST BARBECUE RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Smokin’ D’s BBQ Mojo Old City BBQ Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ Brisky’s BBQ Jack’s BBQ

BEST BARISTA FIRST PLACE Hannah, Kookaburra, Cathedral Place Second Place Jen, Relámpago Coffee Lab & Roasting

BEST BARTENDER FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

David Hammond, Kingfish Grill Dale Lloyd, Dog Rose Brewing Co. Sarah Marie, Pizzalley Kyle, Cobalt Lounge Casa Monica Katie, Bog Brewing

BEST BEACH BAR FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

CARMELO’S PIZZERIA

Beachcomber Restaurant Sunset Grill Conch House Jack’s BBQ World Famous Oasis Restaurant

BEST BREAKFAST FIRST PLACE Metro Diner Second Place Georgie’s Diner 20 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Third Place Little Margie’s FA Café Fourth Place Dessert First Bistro Fifth Place City Bistro Tea House & Coffee Company

BEST BREWERY FIRST PLACE Dog Rose Brewing Company Second Place Ancient City Brewing Third Place Old Coast Ales

BEST BRUNCH FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

The Blue Hen Café The Reef Café Eleven Restaurant & Catering Metro Diner Casablanca Inn

BEST BURGER FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Gas Full Service Restaurant Prohibition Kitchen One Twenty Three Burger House The Black Molly Ocean Avenue Sports Bar & Grill

BEST BURRITO FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Burrito Works Taco Shop Mojo’s Tacos The Back 40 Urban Cafe Osprey Tacos Nalu’s Tropical Take Out

BEST CATERING FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Culinary Outfitters Catering

By Design Catering Carmelo’s Pizzeria Mojo Old City BBQ The Black Molly

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Chef Brian Whittington, Preserved Restaurant Second Place Chef Chris Cantabene, Raintree Third Place Pat Giblin, The Black Molly

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Candlelight South Restaurant Sunset Grill Shaughnessy’s Sports Grill Buffalo Wild Wings Ocean Avenue Sports Bar & Grill

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Ice Plant Bar Odd Birds Bar Prohibition Kitchen Barley Republic Public House Dos Gatos

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The Kookaburra Dos Coffee & Wine Growers Alliance Café & Gift Shop Relámpago Coffee Lab City Bistro Tea House & Coffee Company

BEST PIZZA CARMELO’S PIZZERIA Owner Joe Tringali and daughter Brittany Price bake award-winning pies with manager Margaret Martins and Wendy Berthiaume.

BEST DESSERTS FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Crème de la Cocoa Dessert First Bistro Cousteau’s Waffle & Milkshake Bar Peace Pie Choco Lattes

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The Blue Hen Café Georgie’s Diner Gas Full Service Restaurant Metro Diner Anastasia Diner

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Tradewinds Lounge St. George Tavern No Name Bar Giggling Gator Bar None Saloon

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Swillerbees St. Augustine Fiction Donuts Dunkin’ Donuts The Donut Experiment Auggie’s Mini Donuts

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Ned’s Southside Kitchen Pizzalley’s Chianti Room Candlelight South Restaurant Schooner’s Seafood House The Black Molly

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Collage Restaurant Raintree Restaurant Preserved Restaurant Michael’s Tasting Room Catch 27

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Cap’s on the Water Aunt Kate’s Genung’s Fish Camp Salt Water Cowboys The Commander’s Shellfish Camp

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Hazel’s Hot Dogs Meehan’s Irish Pub & Seafood House Prohibition Kitchen Kingfish Grill On the Water Schooner’s Seafood House

Fourth Place Creekside Dinery Fifth Place Metro Diner

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Meehan’s Irish Pub & Seafood House Barley Republic Public House Candlelight South Restaurant The British Pub Ocean Avenue Sports Bar & Grill

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The Floridian Restaurant The Manatee Café Present Moment Café Ned’s Southside Kitchen Creative Juices Natural Café

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Pizzalley’s Chianti Room Ice Plant Bar The Black Molly Cellar 6 Ocean Avenue Sports Bar

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Hazel’s Hot Dogs Brewz ’n’ Dawgz Ann O’Malley’s Beaches Hot Dogs

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Pizzalley’s Chianti Room Terra & Acqua Violas Casa Benedetto Ristorante Amici Italian Restaurant

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Corner Sushi Pacific Asian Bistro Sushi Zento & Grill Sakada Japanese Steak House Fusion Point Restaurant

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Sarbez!

Prohibition Kitchen Barley Republic Public House A1A Burrito Works Ice Plant Bar

BEST LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANT

BEST FRIED CHICKEN

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FIRST PLACE Uptown Scratch Kitchen Second Place Maple Street Biscuit Company Third Place O’Steen’s Restaurant

FIRST PLACE Cantina Louie Second Place Playa Chac-Mool

The Floridian Restaurant Prohibition Kitchen The Back 40 Urban Cafe Raintree Restaurant Osprey Tacos

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Third Place Ice Plant Bar Fourth Place Hurricane Patty’s Fifth Place The Chatsworth Pub

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The Tini Martini Bar Prohibition Kitchen The Ice Plant Odd Birds The Floridian

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Ned’s Southside Kitchen A1A Burrito Works Carmelo’s Pizzeria Pizza Time Mi Carnal Restaurant

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Cantina Louie La Cocina Mexican Restaurant Playa Chac-Mool Burrito Works Taco Shop Mi Carnal Restaurant

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Kingfish Grill on the Water

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Crave Stir It Up Creative Juices Natural Café Big Island Bowls Cool Breeze Ice Cream & Smoothies

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Candlelight South Restaurant Ann O’Malley’s Shaughnessy’s Sports Grill The Corner Bar / Sports Bar & Grill Ocean Avenue Sports Bar

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Longhorn Steakhouse Collage The Black Molly Grill A1A Ale Works Restaurant & Taproom Raintree Restaurant

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Drake’s Deli Old City Subs The Cheese Wheel & Sandwich Board Borrillo’s Pizzeria & Beer & Wine Garden Vince’s Sandwich Shop

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Corner Sushi Sushi Zento & Grill Pacific Asian Bistro Sakada Japanese Steak House Tank’s Sushi Bistro

BEST VEGAN/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

The Manatee Café The Floridian Restaurant Present Moment Café Big Island Bowls Creative Juices Natural Café

Third Place Kingfish Grill on the Water Fourth Place The Conch House Restaurant Fifth Place Hurricane Patty’s

BEST WINE BAR FIRST PLACE Casa de Vino 57 Second Place Carrera Wine Cellar TIE!Michael’s Tasting Room Second Place Fourth Place Cellar 6 Fifth Place Collage

BEST WINE LIST FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Casa de Vino 57 Carrera Wine Cellar Cellar 6 Preserved Restaurant Le Pavillon

BEST WATERFRONT DINING FIRST PLACE Cap’s on the Water Second Place Aunt Kate’s

BEST NEW BAR FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Casa de Vino 57 Auggie’s Draft Room Santiago’s Florida Kitchen & Craft Bar Ocean Avenue Sports Bar

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Auggie’s Draft Room Grilled Cheese Gallery Santiago’s Florida Kitchen & Craft Bar Ocean Avenue Sports Bar Fuji Japan

BEST ORGANIC RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

The Floridian Restaurant Crave The Manatee Café Present Moment Café Creative Juices Natural Café

BEST OYSTERS FIRST PLACE Cap’s on the Water Second Place Meehan’s Irish Pub & Seafood House Third Place The Tides Oyster Co. & Grill Fourth Place Kingfish Grill on the Water TIE! Fourth Place O’Steen’s Restaurant

BEST PASTRIES FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Crème de la Cocoa The Bunnery Bakery & Café Les Petits Pleasures Bakersville Bread Company Le Macaron

BEST PIZZA FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Carmelo’s Pizzeria Pizzalley’s Pizza Time Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers Al’s Pizza

BEST PUB FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Ann O’Malley’s Barley Republic Scarlett O’Hara’s The British Pub The Chatsworth Pub & Tea Room

BEST RESTAURANT SERVER FIRST PLACE Cara Shaw, Cap’s on the Water Second Place Jeremy Cain, Jack’s BBQ & Santiago’s Florida Kitchen Third Place Ariel, Sarbez!

Fourth Place Miranda Martin, Puccini’s Pizza

BEST RIBS FIRST PLACE Smokin’ D’s BBQ Second Place Mojo Old City BBQ Third Place Brisky’s BBQ TIE! Third Place Prohibition Kitchen Fifth Place Ribs Chicken & More

BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Fifth Place

Schooner’s Seafood House Kingfish Grill on the Water South Beach Grill The Black Molly Salt Life Food Shack

BEST SHRIMP FIRST PLACE Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

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BY JENNIFER MELVILLE | KIDS@FOLIOWEEKLY.COM

VISIT WINTERING MANATEES AT BLUE SPRING STATE PARK If you’re looking for an adventure a little farther from home, an ideal road trip is going to see Blue Spring State Park’s wintering manatees. Hundreds of manatees congregate in the park’s 72°F water from November to March. Bring a picnic lunch, hiking shoes and a camera to get the full experience of observing Florida’s state marine mammal from a safe distance. Arrive early to avoid a wait; call before you go to get the latest manatee count. It’s about 90 minutes from Jacksonville; worth the drive for an unforgettable family adventure.

8 a.m.-sundown daily, through March. Blue Spring State Park, 2100 W. French Ave., Orange City, 386-775-3663, $6/vehicle, floridastateparks.org/parks-andtrails/blue-spring-state-park.

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Learn about the vital role water plays in our local ecosystem at this annual event. Tour Museum of Science & History, go on a museumwide scavenger hunt, learn about the plants and animals that make their home in the St. Johns River, and take a River Tour with St. Johns Riverkeeper. There are plenty of family activities, as well as engaging speakers, a touch tank, and a opportunity to experience an OCEARCH White Shark Science Skype Session. Best of all, museum admission is free! 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, Museum of Science & History, Southbank, themosh.org.

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INTRO TO SEWING MACHINES AT JAX MAKERSPACE Whether your child dreams of becoming a fashion designer or simply wants to conquer placket installation, Jax Makerspace is an excellent place to acquire those skills. Learn sewing machine basics in this instructor-led class and practice threading a needle, loading a bobbin and stitching seams.

Register online; space is limited. This class is free and best suited for older kids, teens and adults.

Noon-1:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary.org.

NEW SHANGHAI CIRCUS, ACROBATS OF CHINA

China’s most celebrated acrobatic company is scheduled to be masterfully performing 2,000-year-old Chinese circus traditions on stage at FSCJ’s Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts to the delight of young and old alike. This traveling troupe of acrobats, jugglers and contortionists demonstrate impressive feats of strength, skill, control, balance and dance. Each year, the troupe incorporates new performers in such acts as aerial ballet, plates spinning, jar jugglers, and magic clock.

2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3 (public performance), 10 a.m. and noon Monday & Tuesday, Feb. 4 & 5 (school performances), Wilson Center for the Arts, Southside, fscjartistseries.org, $18.50-$43 (school pricing $8.50).

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FIRST SUNDAY STORY TIME AT CULTIVATE JAX

Bring a blanket or chair for storytime under the backyard oaks of Riverside’s Cultivate Jax. Aimed at the younger-than-4 crowd, Story Time with Joe is every first Sunday of the month, featuring stories, songs and a chance to meet new friends.

And it’s free. Check out the kids’ play area inside and Cultivate Jax’s impressive calendar of demonstrations and classes as well as its selection of simple, eco-friendly clothes and toys.

11:15 a.m.-noon Sunday, Feb. 3, Cultivate Jax, Riverside, cultivatejax.com.

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and members come and go but, once in a while, there’s a combination of players who are so in-sync with each other that the resultant sound is a true meeting of the minds. Meet Sea Cycles: Brian Squillace, Landon Paul, Josh Wessolowski and Colin Adkins. These seasoned Jacksonville players have been working hard to create original, electronicinflected music that bucks the trends heard in the local scene.

This isn’t the first iteration of Sea Cycles, however. The band dates back to 2012. Multi-instrumentalist Squillace is the only remaining founding member but, in a sense, each member is seminal to Sea Cycles.

“What we sounded like in the beginning is completely different than what we sound like now,” says drummer Wessolowski (full disclosure: Josh is FW’s production manager). He and guitarist Paul were early additions who forged a free-flowing sound. According to Squillace, the fledgling Sea Cycles was a “really experimental instrumental band.” With the addition of bassist and vocalist Adkins in 2016, the group became whole, bringing a more traditional songwriting style into the mix.

Inspiration comes to Sea Cycles from all directions. Squillace points first to the works of artist Leif Podhajský as aesthetic inspiration. His colorful and psychedelic creations have an individual style that the group as a whole finds exciting. Adkins and Wessolowski each find their inspiration

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SEA CYCLES complete their EVOLUTION from R&B music, with the latter noting that, as a younger man, he shopped for music by purchasing albums with the most unusual covers. Rounding out the group, Paul mentions the works of David Gilmour and Pink Floyd as inspiration, as well as the music from old VHS tapes and classic video games.

This amalgamation of tastes culminates in smooth and subtle music that still has an edge to it. They never veer into the world of distorted guitars and screaming vocals. Instead, they take their atmospheric creations down dark and emotionally charged avenues. Landon notes that they are often chasing a feeling of nostalgia for a time that doesn’t exist. If you enjoy the works of Tycho, Local Natives, Grizzly Bear and Battles, then you’ll understand what Sea Cycles are trying to do with their art.

“We’ve come to our final form,” says

Paul. What is this final form? The group notes that they are democratic, always working together to make decisions. They believe that having a common goal in mind allows them to move forward to new horizons.

While creating their art, the band spends a lot of time recording demos and pieces of music, meticulously separating the aural wheat from the digital chaff.

Everyone brings song ideas to the table, allowing the other members to add and take away elements until the composition is fully dressed. They understand the importance of negotiation and sacrifice in making music that will ultimately be shared with the world. Wessolowski puts it best: “At the end of the day, we’re all trying

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for one specific goal, and that’s to put something out that we are proud of.”

Whether you’re watching them perform live or listening to their recordings, it’s easy to see that modern electronic music informs a lot of their style. The difference between their work and that of any old producer with a MacBook and Ableton software is that Sea Cycles uses MIDI and sequencing to accent what are essentially organic sounds. Paul states that there’s an unspoken rule in the group that “if it can be played by a person, then let’s play it.” The sequenced elements are there to supplement that playing, to add textures, loops and samples.

Sea Cycles’ new single, “Quota,” was unveiled earlier this month. Their sophomore album, Leave Me in My Place, will be released on LA indie label Other People Records.

“It’s an M.O. to sticking to your own path. There’s going to be people in your life who want you stray from your path, but ultimately you need to stick to your efforts, endeavors and personal beliefs,” says Adkins about the album and its title track. “Even if you reach your goals, it does not guarantee that you will be happy in the end. Ultimately, I know I could lose people along the way, but I’m doing what I believe I need to do anyway.”

Jason Irvin mail@folioweekly.com

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FOLIO A+E : FILM

WIDE-EYED CAMELOT KING ARTHUR reimagined as a tween

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HOW DO YOU MAKE AN OLD STORY NEW? KEEP the structure, change the setting and reimagine the characters. That’s what writer/director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) has done with The Kid Who Would Be King, and to his credit, it’s an effective update to the legend of King Arthur.

Set in modern England, the film starts with a focus on Alex (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) and Bedders (Dean Chaumoo), two tween losers who get bullied on the regular. One night, while escaping tormentors Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Dorris), Alex runs into a construction site and sees a sword in a block of concrete … err, stone. He pulls the sword out, not thinking anything of it.

It soon is known Alex is a descendant of King Arthur!

It’s worth noting that Alex has zero leadership ability, let alone fighting skills. In this sense, it’s a typical children’s coming-of-age story, in which the ineffective youth is given great responsibility and rises to the occasion to save the day. But it’s a good thing Alex has young Merlin (a terrific Angus Imrie, and played by Patrick Stewart when older) to guide him. Recruiting Lance and Kaye to be his knights, along with Bedders, gives him others to rely upon.

Their foe is the medieval menace Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson), a sorceress who was defeated and banished to the bowels of the Earth thousands of years ago—only to return in the present day.

She’s just the right amount of threatening for a kids’ movie. Morgana is fearsome enough to be a legitimate villain, but not so imposing that you can’t fathom how the kids will defeat her. Yet, pet peeve: She often speaks in a whisper, which is supposed to make her more menacing.

Instead, it’s annoying—a slightly deeper, stern version of Ferguson’s regular voice would have sufficed.

The reason Morgana is back? As news headlines reveal, the world is tearing itself apart. Poor leadership, political strife and social divisions have brought mankind to a breaking point, and Morgana is eager to strike while humanity is at its weakest.

No specific politicians are named, but the social commentary is unmistakable. How well it fits in a film in which characters directly reference—and at times become a part of—an illustrated children’s book is up for debate.

There are no surprises in The Kid Who Would Be King, and that’s fine. This is a movie aimed at older kids/early teens which accomplishes what it sets out to do in a satisfactory way. The only real point of concern for younger viewers is the running time. The film is 132 minutes long, which is almost an eternity for a generation not well known for its ability to maintain an attention span more than a finger-snap. Regardless, the action, visual effects and humor (and the cool knight gear they get to wear and use) should be enough to keep them engaged throughout.

Dan Hudak mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Shoplifters, King of Hearts and Maria by Callas are currently screening. Throwback Thursday is Tiger Bay on 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 Glass and Stan & Ollie are currently screening. 1028 Park St., Five Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

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BY DALE RATERMANN | MAIL@FOLIOWEEKLY.COM

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LIFE BEGINS WHEN BASEBALL SEASON STARTS

FLAGLER COLLEGE SAINTS VS. BARTON COLLEGE BULLDOGS

Are you ready for some baseball? Flagler College opens its season with a three-game series against Barton, of Wilson, North Carolina. Noon (doubleheader) Saturday, Feb. 2, and Sunday, Feb. 3, Drysdale Field, 1655 Old Moultrie Rd., St. Augustine, flaglerathletics.com, $5-$8.

MAD HATTERS GOING DOWN

HUSTLE, HIT & NEVER QUIT

JU DOLPHINS VS. STETSON HATTERS

Jacksonville University men’s basketball team hosts ASUN Conference rival Stetson University. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, Swisher Gymnasium, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, judolphins.com, $10-$20.

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The Flagler College women’s softball team hosts the four-team Flagler Invitational featuring the Saints, Georgia Southwestern, Anderson, South Carolina and Lynn University, Boca Raton. 11 a.m., 1:30, 4 and 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2, and 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, Drysdale Field, 1655 Old Moultrie Rd., St. Augustine, flaglerathletics.com, $5-$8.

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Some of the nation’s best men’s college golf teams and individual golfers compete in the 11th annual Sea Best Invitational, featuring 15 teams in the two-day, 54-hole tourney. 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, and Tuesday, Feb. 5, Dye’s Valley Course, TPC Sawgrass, 110 Championship Way, Ponte Vedra, judolphins.com, free.

JACKSONVILLE ICEMEN VS. NORFOLK ADMIRALS

It’s Faith & Family Weekend for a pair of games against the Norfolk Admirals. On Friday, there’s a post-game concert with Christian rockers Building 429. On Saturday, there’s a mini-stick giveaway. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, and 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, jacksonvilleicemen.com, $10-$48.

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THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY and CIRQUE MUSICA present Crescendo, featuring international artists performing a symphonic theatrical program, 8 p.m. Feb. 1 & 2 in the Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Hall, 300 Water St., Downtown, $19-$85, my.jaxsymphony.org.

PERFORMANCE

QUEEN’S ‘A NIGHT AT THE OPERA’ Black Jacket Symphony presents this musical fundraiser, a recreation of the entire album, note for note, plus more Queen hits, 8 p.m. Feb. 1, ThrasherHorne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, thcenter.org, tix start $19; proceeds benefit Jacksonville USO. JEEVES IN BLOOM Amelia Community Theatre stages the comedy, 8 p.m. Jan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2, 7-9, 14-16 and 2 p.m. Feb. 10, 207/209 Cedar St., Fernandina, 261-6749; ameliacommunitytheatre.org.

BROWN-URIOSTE-CANELLAKIS TRIO Beaches Fine Arts Series presents the pianists, 4 p.m.

Feb. 3, St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 465 11th Ave. N., Jax Beach, beachesfinearts. org, free. Artist Jeff Luque exhibits his works.

CIRQUE MUSICA: CRESCENDO The Jacksonville Symphony presents Cirque Musica 8 p.m.

Feb. 1 & 2, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Jacoby Symphony Hall, 300 Water St., Downtown, 354-5547, jaxsymphony. org, $19-$83. Symphony Associate Conductor Deanna Tham leads, as world’s greatest aerialists, acrobats and contortionists perform to well-known classical melodies such as Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Rossini’s William Tell Overture, Strauss’ On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Offenbach’s Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld and Rimsky-Korsakov’s instantly recognizable Flight of the Bumblebee, played by the Jacksonville Symphony.

WE SHALL OVERCOME Samien Sneed celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., showcasing AfricanAmerican music traditions, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5, Ritz Theatre, 829 Davis St., Downtown, $40 + fee.

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM The Southern folktale about Jamie Lockhart, gentleman bandit, runs 8 p.m. 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.

THE WOMEN The dramedy is staged 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 1 & 2, runs through Feb. 10, The Island Theater, 1860 Town Hall Cir., Fleming Island, 254-1455, theislandtheater.com.

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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 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.

MATT VENUTI A concert and reception, featuring Venuti and Richard Cooke and John Guinta, 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, Gina Martelli’s Art & Music Studio, 1712 Pine Grove Ave., Jacksonville, ginamartinelli.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. 31Feb. 2; 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, 825-1164, $26; $10 student rush; limelight-theatre.org.

CHALK This play, written by Al Letson and directed by Barbara Colaciello, is staged 10 a.m.

Feb. 5, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $10, floridatheatre.com.

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, CHORALE, AUDITIONS

SANDRA LOPEZ, PAUL POSNAK The duo performs 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. Feb. 1, Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, free admission, 355-7584, fridaymusicale.com.

JOSHUA BELL The acclaimed violinist performs pieces by Beethoven, Greig and Prokofiev, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, First Baptist Church, 1600 S. Eighth St., Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.

FACULTY VIOLIN RECITAL Dr. Simon Shiao, violinist and Dr. Lucy Chen, pianist, playing works by Ravel, Gershwin, Higdo 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30, UNF School of Music, free, unf.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.

BOOKS & POETRY

WRITING EMPORIUM The free workshop features flash fiction, 10:30 am.-1:30 p.m. Feb. 2, Willowbranch Library, 2875 Park Ave., Riverside, 381-8490.

POETRY OPEN MIC Open Mic is 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, Chamblin’s Uptown Café, 215 N. Laura St., Downtown, 674-0870.

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.

BILL PRINCE The author discusses his book, Music is My Ticket: The Musical Journey of Bill Prince, 7 p.m. Feb. 2, The BookMark, 221 First St., Neptune Beach, bookmarkbeach.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

SINBAD The comic and actor appears 8 p.m.

Feb. 2, at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com, $29$49. For furloughed government workers, Florida Theatre is offering one free ticket in person at the box office, with a government i.d.; 355-2787 for details.

OPEN MIC COMEDY Andrey Bratulin and Steve Sotaylored host, 8 p.m. Jan. 30, The Justice Pub, 315 E. Bay St., Ste. 101, Downtown, 515-3112.

PHATT KATZ COMEDY Pound 4 Pound comedy talent show, 8 p.m. Feb. 1, XO Lounge, 3535 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside, 980-9065, phattkatz.com. Hurricane Andrew hits the stage 8 p.m. Jan. 31; $15-$20.

THE COMEDY ZONE Dynomite himself, Jimmie Walker, is on 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2, and 10 p.m. Feb. 1 & 2, The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $18-$20, comedyzone.com.

ARTS + EVENTS JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB Chris Cope and Matt Watts appear 8:30 p.m.Feb. 1 & 2, inside Gypsy Cab Company, 3009 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, 461-8843, thegypsy comedyclub.com, $15.

MURRAY HILL MARKET Craftsmen and creators, live music, beer and local goods, 6-9 p.m. Feb. 1, Town Beer Co. parking lot, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., Westside.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional art, produce and crafts are offered, traveling entertainers, 10 a.m. Feb. 2 and every Saturday, below the Fuller Warren Bridge, free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

Feb. 4. Reception, book signing 5 p.m.; $15, reservations suggested.

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. MOSH After Dark presents Urban Gardening & Composting, 6 p.m. Jan. 31, admission $20 members, $25 nonmembers.

For reservations, call 396-6674, ext. 226.

Jax AquaFest features activities, info booths, speakers, The Riverkeeper, Ocearch white shark science skype session with Capt. Chris Fischer, and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 2.

MUSEUMS

GALLERIES

ART WALKS, MARKETS

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, an exhibit on the 16th president’s early life, featuring original illustrations by Lloyd Ostendorf, shows through April 30. #Mylove, Jeffrey Luque’s solo show, exhibits through March 2, jeffreyluqueart.com.

LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 808-7330, lightnermuseum.org. In support of his book, Classical Principles for Modern Design: Lessons from Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman’s The Decoration of Houses, designer Thomas Jayne holds a Q&A session, 4 p.m.

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.

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.,

A tradition is born! The INAUGURUAL SUPER BOWL OF CHILI combines the thrill of the game (shown live on several large-screen TVs) and a live, crowd-judged, homemade chili cook-off, 4 p.m. Feb. 3, The Justice Pub, 315 E. Bay St., Downtown. The prize? $50 bar tab, man!

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 exhibit runs through March 8. A large, steel birdcage with stainedglass bars stands empty, door open, illuminated to cast shadows. Colorful cloth birds have “escaped” to decorate the 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.

EVENTS

COSMIC CONCERTS Motown 7 p.m., Genesis 8 p.m., Led Zeppelin 9 p.m., Wish You Were here 10 p.m. Feb. 1, MOSH Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank; online tickets $5, 396-7062, moshplanetarium. org.$10 show; $5 members, laser glasses $1.

SUPER CHILI BOWL The inaugural Super Bowl of Chili, in which the crowd does the judging, is held 4-10 p.m. Feb. 3 at The Justice Pub, 315 E. Bay St., Downtown, Ste. 101; the prize is a $50 bar tab! ____________________________________

Butterfield Garage Gallery’s February featured artist, SYDNEY McKENNA, discusses her motivation for her paintings, 6 p.m. Feb. 1, 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577, butterfieldgarage.com. (Pictured: Moonrise, oil on canvas, 20”x24”)

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CONCERTS American funk jam band PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG–maybe the hardest working band in the world–appears here 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1904 Music Hall, Downtown; The Fritz opens, 1904musichall.com, $17-$20.

LIVE MUSIC VENUES

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA The SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St. Trev Barnes Jan. 30 S J Brewing Co., 463646 S.R. 200, Ste. 13, Yulee Shawn Layne Feb. 2 SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. Pili Pili Jan. 30. Tad Jennings Jan. 31. Hupp, Michael Hulett Feb. 1. Charlotte P, Midlife Crisis Feb. 2. JCnMike Feb. 3. Mark O’Quinn Feb. 5 The SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Larry & Backtracks Jan. 31

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. Billy Buchanan Feb. 1 BREWZ, 1101 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach Dan Kleinrock Feb. 1 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach Live music Feb. 1 & 2. Samuel Sanders Feb. 3 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd. Groov every Wed. Michael Smith every Thur. Milton Clapp every Fri. LYNCH’S Irish Pub, 514 N. First St. 5 O’Clock Shadow Feb. 1. Ryan Crary, Barnes & the Heart Feb. 2. Dirty Pete every Wed. Split Tone 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. Anton LaPlume Jan. 31 RAGTIME Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB Rebecca Day Jan. 30. Fireball Jan. 31. Paul Lundgren Feb. 1 & 2.

SURFER the Bar, 200 First St. N. Whiskey Beach Jan. 30. Satsang Feb. 2 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy. Great Dames Jan. 30. Smokestack Jan. 31. Boogie Freaks Feb. 1

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Marbin, Ben Delaurentis Jan. 30. Joyce Manor, Jeff Rosenstock, Remember Sports Jan. 31. Darla Feb. 2. John Kadlecik Band Feb. 5. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, The Fritz Feb. 6 BREEZY Jazz Club, 119 W. Adams St. Live music Feb. 6 DAILY’S, Northbank, dailysplace.com Stovall & Kerri Weems, Celebration Worship, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Micahn Carter, Steven Furtick, Elevation Worship Feb. 1&2 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St. DJ Brandon Thur. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. The FLORIDA Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St. Sinbad Feb. 2 HYPERION Brewing, 1740 N. Main Vinyl DJs & Record Show Feb. 1 28 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The JAX LANDING Boogie Freaks Feb. 2 MAVERICKS Live, Jax Landing Andrew McMahon Feb. 8 MYTH Nightclub, 333 E. Bay St. Eazybaked, Prophet, Zaylien Jan. 30. Destructo Feb. 1. Noel Sanger, IBay, Alberto Diaz, Tyler Kirby Feb. 2. Silent Disco Feb. 6 SUPERFOOD & Brew, 11 E. Forsyth St. Random Tandem Feb. 6 TIMES-UNION Center, 300 Water St. Bethel Music Feb. 5, Moran Theater VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams Groov Coalition Feb. 1. DJ No Fame Feb. 2. The Raisin Cake Orchestra Feb. 6

FLEMING ISLAND, GREEN COVE

BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd. Bill Hecht Jan. 30. Eric Colette Jan. 31. Brandon Leino Feb. 1 & 6. Paul Ivey, Whiskey Heart Feb. 2 WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220 Big Engine Feb. 2

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd. DJ Sharon Jan. 30.

Highway Jones Feb. 1. The Remains Feb. 2 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd. Hindsite Feb. 1. Party Cartel Feb. 2

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd. Brian Iannucci Jan. 30, Feb. 3 & 5 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk Robbie Litt Jan. 31.

Chillula Feb. 2

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave. Wildfire Rising Feb. 1. Love Monkey Feb. 2 The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd. John Michael every Tue.-Sat. OP FISH House & Oyster Bar, 636 Kingsley Ave. Allen Higgs Feb. 1 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. Seamus Kelleher Feb. 2 PONTE VEDRA Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N. Neko Case, Jennifer Castle Jan. 31. Under the Streetlamp Feb. 2.

Gaelic Storm, Jacksonville Pipes & Drums Feb. 5. David Bromberg Quintet Feb. 6. The Magpie Salute Feb. 7. G. Love & Special Sauce, Ron Artis II & the Truth Feb. 8 TAPS Bar & Grill, 2220 C.R. 210 Mark Stevens Jan. 30.

Red Level Feb. 1. Circus Feb. 2

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

BOLD CITY Brewery, 2670 Rosselle St., Ste. 7 Sirsy Feb. 1 MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. Emery, Oh, Sleeper, Forthteller, Neverender Jan. 30. Rhett Walker, Sidecreek Feb. 2 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Sea Cycles, Modern Violence, Tay Jan. 31. Ajeva, Cowford Town Band Feb. 1 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St. Lara’s Hope Gold Hope Duo,

Jean Street Sound, Cain’t Never Could Jan. 30. Cosmic Highway, House of I, Secret Cigarettes Feb. 8. Jean Street Sound, Catronia Sturton Feb. 9 RIVER & POST, 1000 Riverside Ave. Barrett Thomas Feb. 1 & 8. NW Izzard Feb. 9

ST. AUGUSTINE

ANCIENT CITY Brewing, 3420 Agricultural Ctr. Dr., Ste. 8 Chelsey Michelle Duo Feb. 1. Straying Anchors Feb. 2 ARNOLD’S, 3912 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. DJ Alex Feb. 1.

Cottonmouth Feb. 2 CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach Joey Harkum Band Jan. 31. That 1 Guy, Michael Jordan Feb. 1. Steve Poltz Feb. 6 DOG ROSE Brewing, 77 Bridge St. Folio Weekly’s Best of Saint Augustine Party with The Raisin Cake Orchestra Jan. 30 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd. Dry Reef Feb. 6 PROHIBITION Kitchen, 119 St. George St. Escaping Pavement Jan. 30. Hey Manoa, Southern Tide Jan. 31.

Lara Hope & the Arktones Feb. 1. Raisin Cake Orchestra Feb. 2. The CartLeans Feb. 4. Aslyn & the Naysayers Feb. 5 TRADEWINDS Lounge, 124 Charlotte St. Blistur Feb. 1&2

SAN MARCO, NORTHBANK

BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd. The Chelsey Michelle Duo Feb. 2 GRAPE & GRAIN Exchange, 2000 San Marco Kyra Livingston Jan. 31. Al Maniscalco Quartet Feb. 1. Chris Thomas Band Feb. 7 JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Ave. Marco Benevento, Mike Dillon Band Jan. 30. Deicide, Corrupted Saint, Crypteria Jan. 31. Hanx, Josh Ivey Feb. 1. Aster & Ivy, Rare Creatures, Natalie Cloro, The Forum Feb. 2. T.Rill Feb. 3. BJ Barham Feb. 6 MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd. Amy Lavere & Will Sexton Feb. 1. Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio Feb. 2. TBA Big Band Feb. 4. Harris Brothers Feb. 6 RIVER CITY Brewing Co., 835 Museum Cir. Comfort Zone Feb. 1

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

VETERANS UNITED, 8999 Western Way Derek Maines Feb. 1 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd. Cliff Dorsey Jan. 30. Ciaran Sontag Jan. 31

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

COPPER TOP Bar, 12405 Main St. Bluesdog66 Feb. 1 CROOKED ROOSTER Brewery, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny Nikki & Jason Feb. 2. Neil Young solo tribute show Feb. 8 PALMS Fish Camp, 6359 Heckscher Dr. Taylor Shami Jan. 31 & Feb. 7. Double Down Feb. 1. Patrick Rose Feb. 2. Eric Alabiso Feb. 3

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INTENT IS EVERYTHING

NEKO CASE praises the power of NATURE

N

eko Case is a firebrand. Over the course of her quarter-century-long career, the 48-year-old has made a career of holding nothing back. Through her six solo albums, she has breathed life into tigers and tornados, celebrated curses and complexities, and spoken passionately about female representation and autonomy in the rock ‘n’ roll world. Yet her collaborative spirit is also legendary; in addition to her 20 years in The New Pornographers, the last two years alone have seen Case make a record with alt-folk icons KD Lang and Laura Veirs, coproduce an album with Björn Yttling (of Swedish pop supergroup Peter Bjorn and John), and duet with indie-rock icons Eric Bachmann and Mark Lanegan.

Yet it’s Case’s steely individual spirit, forged in the fire of a grueling childhood, that sets her apart from today’s modern musical field. Album titles like The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You will go down in literary indie rock history, and last year’s Hell-On delivered another dose of flinty, undeniably catchy tunes. In true Neko Case fashion, the release of that record was bookended by a devastating fire at her Vermont home. Folio Weekly caught up with her to talk about all of the above (and then some).

What a metaphor. You work with language in such a unique way, especially when it comes to humanizing animals and acts of nature. Your 2009 song “This Tornado Loves You” is one of my favorites of all time.

I think it’s very sad that humans distance themselves from nature so much.

Whether it’s because we live in this new era of technology or it’s this holdover from Victorian colonialist values, we definitely don’t have a good relationship with our natural selves or with nature in general. Humans are very dispensable when it comes to the world and its survival. Obviously that’s a pretty vast generalization, but our culture seems to pretty much ignore nature altogether. I wish we had more of a connection. And I wish that we liked ourselves more. We’re always trying to figure out how we’re better than everything else, but it’s pretty nice to live with nature. Nature gives a lot back.

That sounds like the moral of an ancient piece of folklore.

I’ve been interested in stories like that since I was a very little girl. I like cautionary tales. The ones that don’t necessarily have a heavy-handed moral but are more common sense things said in a really funny way.

Folio Weekly: Let’s talk “Don’t go out in the NEKO CASE, JENNIFER CASTLE woods smeared with about Florida, Neko.

8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, Ponte Vedra Neko Case: Florida jam. Wolves will eat Concert Hall, pvconcerthall.com, $41 first! I’ve never had a you.” Those little details bad show in Florida. stick with you and help The fans I hear from the most are you recall that knowledge when you’re in the Florida fans, and I’m trying to take situation where you might actually use it. that very seriously on this trip, so we’re playing five shows in Florida. It’s our What knowledge gleaned from your recent Florida tour [laughs]! collaborations have you put to use?

From KD Lang and Laura Veirs—and Your songs contain such intense Tucker Martine, since he was just as big personal perspectives. Is it hard to a part of making that record—I realized remain connected to, say, “Hold On, I don’t have to be such a control freak Hold On,” an autobiographical song all the time. I would get more ideas the written nearly 15 years ago? less I tried to be a control freak. When Definitely. I wear a lot of hats; I’m the it came to making Hell-On, I branched writer, the performer, the producer. I‘ve out and decided I wanted to work with spent so much time with the songs. But Björn [Yttling] because I wanted to find playing them live is completely different some new sounds. I could be imagining than putting them together in the studio. this, but in my younger days it felt like At the same time, you have to translate the there was this pressure to be a virtuoso, record experience to the live experience, to do everything yourself. But I got into making sure all the little tiny parts that a band because I wanted to be a gang of you don’t want to sacrifice are still there. people. Like a positive gang, you know Those little tiny parts are often what people what I mean? I can write songs by myself, become really invested in; they want to see but man, I don’t enjoy it. I like sharing them live. At least I know I do, as a music the experience with another person. If geek. I don’t expect bands that I go see I recorded something by myself again, to do things exactly like the record. I just it would be a lot more frustrating than want the feeling to be there. The intent is inspiring. I worked with so many inspiring everything, which means preparedness is people on this record. I learned a ton, and the greatest weapon. it was really joyful.

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

BABYANNE & DJ X Feb. 8, Myth Nightclub ANDREW McMAHON in the WILDERNESS, FLOR, GRIZFOLK Feb. 8, Mavericks Live JUNCO ROYALS Feb. 8, Volstead CODY JINKS Feb. 8, The Florida Theatre NOEL FRIEDLINE Feb. 8, Ritz Theatre PATTI LaBELLE Feb. 9, Times-Union Center CUSTARD PIE, The REALITY Feb. 9, Nighthawks AARON LEWIS Feb. 9, The Florida Theatre Second Sunday at Stetson’s: MEL & VINNIE Feb. 10, Beluthahatchee Park, Green Cove LISA KELLY JAZZ 4TET Feb. 9, Casa Monica G JONES Feb. 10, 1904 Music Hall RAYLAND BAXTER, ILLITERATE LIGHT Feb. 10, Murray Hill Theatre ALAN DOYLE & GREAT BIG SEA Feb. 10, PVC Hall MICHAEL BOLTON Feb. 10, The Florida Theatre SEAN K. PRESTON & the LOADED PISTOLS Feb. 10, Prohibition Kitchen G JONES, TSURUDA, CHEE Feb. 10, 1904 Music Hall LASSYU, HOUSE OF I Feb. 11, Sarbez AL DI MEOLA Feb. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CREEPING DEATH, HOMEWRECKER Feb. 12, Nighthawks TAJ MAHAL & TRIO Feb. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, HANDMADE MOMENTS Feb. 13, 1904 Music Hall The ELOVATERS Feb. 13, Jack Rabbits Broken Heart Prom Party: DJ Nick Hogan Feb. 14, Grape & Grain Exchange KEIKO MATSUI Feb. 14, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JO KOY Feb. 14 & 17, The Florida Theatre The WERKS Feb. 14, 1904 Music Hall CLAIRE VANDIVER Feb. 15, Ancient City Brewing TOM RUSH, MATT NAKOA Feb. 15, PVedra Concert Hall SONS of SERENDIP Feb. 15, Ritz Theatre SILENT RUNNING, PIECES LEFT, SOUL SURVIVOR Feb. 15, Nighthawks MATT & KIM, YUMO Feb. 15, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Backyard Stage RUNAWAY GIN Phish tribute Feb. 15, Mavericks FRED EAGLESMITH, TIG GINN Feb. 16, Mudville DAVE MASON, STEVE CROPPER, GRETCHEN RHODES Feb. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LIZ COOPER & the STAMPEDE Feb. 17, 1904 Music Hall LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY, SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM Feb. 17, Jack Rabbits COTTER HILL Feb. 17, Blue Jay Listening Room The FLOOZIES, TOO MANY ZOOZ, DREAMERS DELIGHT, The TERMINUS HORNS Feb. 18, 1904 Music Hall The LAST GANG, SCUM Feb. 18, Rain Dogs LOS LOBOS, SOUTHERN AVENUE Feb. 19, PVC Hall JAKE SHIMABUKURO Feb. 19, Florida Theatre DAWES Feb. 19, St. Aug. Amphitheatre Backyard Stage JAMEY JOHNSON Feb. 20, Florida Theatre The ZOMBIES, LIZ BRASHER Feb. 20, PVConcert Hall T.S.O.L., PIÑATA PROTEST Feb. 20, Surfer the Bar SPAFFORD Feb. 20, 1904 Music Hall MURDER by DEATH, J RODDY WALSTON & the BUSINESS Feb. 20, St. Aug. Amp. Backyard Stage TOBYMAC, JEREMY CAMP, RYAN STEVENSON, AARON CORE, WE ARE MESSENGERS Feb. 21, Vets Mem Arena KASEY CHAMBERS & the FIREFLY DISCIPLES, CARLY BURRUSS Feb. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall UNKNOWN HINSON Feb. 21, Jack Rabbits HAVANA CUBA ALL STARS Feb. 21, Thrasher-Horne TYLER HILTON Feb. 21, Café Eleven 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

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 MJBAKER Feb. 28, Grape & Grain Exchange 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 The SUITCASE JUNKET March 2, NEFla Veg Fest Great Guitar Gathering: The JOHN JORGENSON QUINTET

March 2, The Florida Theatre MORGAN JAMES March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The CRUXSHADOWS, SKYVIEW March 3, Mavericks 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 SEVEN NATIONS March 9, Fionn MacCool’s Ponte Vedra 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 Amphitheatre 61 RUMORS March 15, Grape & Grain Exchange 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 The Conscious Music Collective SATSANG melds rock, soul, folk and hip hop, ‘with lyrics FloridaTheatre rooted in social, personal and spiritual growth.’ They play 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, Surfer the Bar, Jax Beach, Kat Hall opens; surferthebar.com, $15.

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CONCERTS

ANGELA INGERSOLL March 22, FSCJ’s Wilson Center BUDDY GUY March 23, The Florida Theatre EMMA MOSELEY BAND, 100 WATT VIPERS, JENNI REID March 23, Jack Rabbits 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 The RIPPINGTONS March 28, WJCT Studios YACHT ROCK REVUE March 29, The Florida Theatre DARK STAR ORCHESTRA March 29, St. Aug. Amp. The SH-BOOMS, HURRICANE PARTY March 30, Jack Rabbits 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 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, FOLK IS PEOPLE April 14, Murray Hill Theatre 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 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND May 1, Veterans Memorial Arena 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 GRIZ May 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TOM JONES May 6, Florida Theatre GRETA VAN FLEET May 9, Daily’s TASH SULTANA, PIERCE BROS. May 11, St. Aug. Amp. WINEHOUSED: The Amy Celebration May 25, PVC Hall The TURTLES, CHUCK NEGRON, GARY PUCKETT, The BUCKINGHAMS, The CLASSICS IV, The COWSILLS June 2, Florida Theatre LAKE STREET DIVE June 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall WEIRD AL YANKOVIC June 9, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GREAT ATLANTIC Country Music Fest June 15, JB SeaWalk HIPPO CAMPUS June 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JON BELLION June 23, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, BLACKBERRY SMOKE, SHOVELS & ROPE June 28, Daily’s YACHT ROCK REVUE June 28, Florida Theatre 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 CHRIS STAPLETON, DAVE COBB, J.T. CURE, DEREK MIXON, MORGANE STAPLETON Oct. 10, Veterans Memorial Arena

FOLIO FOOD

KOOKS ONLY THE KOOKABURRA (OR, AS LOCALS SAY, THE KOOK) is a St. Augustine coffee and pastry shop that specializes in traditional Australian desserts as well as savory meat and veg pies. A first location, on Cathedral Place, opened in 2012; now the Kooks are preparing a fifth. Clearly a beloved spot, it’s no wonder it was voted Best Coffeehouse in our Best of Saint Augustine readers’ poll! (Congrats, guys!)

The Kookaburra coffee program focuses on sourcing single-origin, directtrade coffee beans from family farms in Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico and beyond.

Roasted in-house, they make for some strong, tasty brews.

Then there’s the food, including a robust pastry menu that refuses to be eclipsed by the coffee. Sitting down with head baker Ariel LaMontagne was a bit of a fangirl moment for me. You see, though she started with the Kook three years ago, this dough-master(mistress?) has been a force of flavor in the Oldest City for the last six years.

In 2013, fresh out of culinary school, LaMontagne found her first job—on Craigslist, of all places. Stephen DiMare of Hyppo Pops was looking for a baker to lead a new project. He told her he was opening Bon Ami, a macaron shop. Not to be confused with the coconut cookie, macarons are a delicate and difficultto-make French confection, heavy on meringue and egg whites, that relies on precision ... and a lack of humidity in the kitchen. The fledgling baker cut her teeth on one of the hardest things to bake in Florida’s dense humidity.

Within a year of opening, LaMontagne had expanded the menu from six flavors to more than 30. The shop is the stuff of daydreams. And memories. Ask anyone in the area that year and they’ll tell you how much they miss Ariel’s macarons!

(Photo by Alex Harris/Tymout Photography)

Ariel LaMontagne bakes Aussie-American treats

and the True Blue (egg and cheddar After Bon Ami folded, DiMare topped with rosemary) or lunch pies with decided to open Cousteau’s, a wafflesThai chicken and veggies, not to mention and-milkshake shop that’s still kicking. the good ol’-fashioned “traditional meat LaMontagne built the menu there as well. pie” with minced meat and onions in a “Those were all of my recipes,” she said. tomato gravy. Now, on any given weekday, “I’m pretty proud, too, because that place LaMontagne and co. sling about 200 is banging.” delightfully full and flaky pies—twice that She is most satisfied with the Belgian on the weekends.

Liège waffle, which calls for beautiful and “The pie fillings are all the owners’ special pearl sugar. Added to the batter, families’ recipes,” LaMontagne explained. these mini-spheres of sugar are the things “We make them with what America has to that give a traditional Belgian waffle its offer, so they do taste a little bit different.” specific, wonderful caramelized glow. After Unless you’re that project succeeded, Australian, you may change was a-brewing, THE KOOKABURRA never have had some and LaMontagne was 24 Cathedral Pl., St. Augustine of the sweet treats looking for a new 1835 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine served at the Kook. opportunity.

76 Dockside Dr., Ste. 104, St. Augustine DiMare knew that 647 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach There are Anzacs, 209-9391, thekookaburracoffee.com, which are cookies his baker was seeking thekookaburrashop@gmail.com (they call them a change. When he “biscuits”) made of heard that another oats and brown sugar. They’re “crispy on St. Augustine biz, The Kookaburra, was the outside, a little soft and chewy on the looking for someone to handle its pastry inside.” And the cutest-named cake of all program, he made the connection. Owners time, the Lamington, is a sponge cake with Spencer Hooker and Megan Vidal brought strawberry jam filling, covered in chocolate in LaMontagne to make their traditional and dusted with coconut.

Aussie recipes even tastier, and to introduce some new items as well. When Some treats are a blend of classic Aussie, LaMontagne began her position there in the recipe imported by Hooker’s mom, and 2015, Kookaburra was only two shops contemporary LaMontagne. The over-thestrong, and Vidal was making about 10 top caramel slices (which LaMontagne pies a day. “tweaked to my taste”) are made from an “The owner made what she could,” Anzac base with a “layer of caramel and LaMontagne said, but they bought most then chocolate on top.” It’s a decadent treat, of their pastries from a distributor. That double the size of your largest brownie! would soon change. “[Now] all of our pie LaMontagne is a hands-on chef who dough is made fresh every day.” conducts a lot of experimentation in the These aren’t your grandma’s pies, kitchen. If she can try it, she will! After the either. Australia loves their savory pies team got the Aussie pie and sweets menu (as do Britain and New Zealand), but we set, they moved on to things like cookies Yanks never quite caught on. Other than and scones. They even tried their hand at a pot pie, we don’t get too creative. But at doughnuts. They make some huge muffins, the Kook, you’ll find “brekkie pies” like too, and, to be honest, they’re among the Rashers & Egg (bacon, egg and cheddar) best muffins I’ve had.

And if you have a food allergy, Ariel’s baked goods can accommodate.

“I always like to have a variety of items that anyone can have,” she explained.” If you walk in the door and you have some type of intolerance to something, anything food-wise, I like to have an option for you.”

“Just run with it” is something Ariel hears quite often. She has been quite fortunate that her first job right out of culinary school was one that afforded her lots of freedom.

“I work for some great people,” she said.

“I don’t know what I’d do without them!”

As a jack(jill?)-of-all-trades in the company, she’s a tremendous go-getter.

But nothing helps her get through her todo list more than listening to “straight-up gangsta rap.” That’s what helps her cross off every item on the paper.

She never wants to give up that flexibility and creativity. Working with Kookaburra has given her a chance to see every side of the business, from inventory to hiring to cooking to product development. She went from baker to unofficial general manager, and she’s loving every second of it.

LaMontagne’s favorite thing on the menu right now has an American twist. It’s the cheeseburger pie, lovingly called “The Yankee.” For something more traditional, she said she’ll gladly dig into the Jackaroo pie any day, and follow it up with a banana chocolate chip muffin or a Kookaburra chocolate chip cookie.

The Kook is all about sharing a little slice of Australia. Each location is comfy and welcoming.

“I’ve never had the feeling that I wanted to leave the Kookaburra,” said Ariel LaMontagne. You might feel the same way yourself.

Brentley Stead mail@folioweekly.com

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Chef C hef B Bill ill ggets ets R ROMANTIC OM with his FAVE VEGGIE IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT MY FAVORITE MOVIE or TV theme is, I’ll give you quick hint … it isn’t action/adventure or law-and-order or coming-of-age. No, sir. It happens to be romance. Yes, romance. You’d never have guessed that an old curmudgeon chef like me could have a sensitive side, but it’s true.

It’s the passion which is displayed in my most beloved films that keeps me watching again and again.

A prime example is the way the star in one of my all-time faves can’t pass up the chance to add few more seasonings to the soup even though he’s trying to escape from a locked room. That’s what I call passion.

The character is, of course, the rat star of Ratatouille. His romance is right up my alley … a romance with food.

Another romance classic is The Big Night, a hugely romantic passionate film in which a chef ’s passion is much more for food than even his female romantic interest. Keeping the integrity of his cuisine superseded all other considerations.

A third really silly example was the movie Letters to Juliet—a young engaged couple travels to Verona, Italy. The man is a chef and his passion is more for food and wine than his boorish fiancée. Ah, romance.

Another favorite is more food-themed than romance-based, but it’s got great one-liners, such as when the heroes speed crazily down a river; the main character yells “There’s a leek in the boat!” An actual leek— the vegetable—not a hole in the boat.

Coincidently, the leek is one of my favorite vegetables. The common leek is a long, slender plant, white at the base and dark green at the stalk. It’s a member of the same family as the onion, shallot, scallion and garlic. Quite a loveable clan. The leek, a great favorite in France, has a very mild flavor compared to its onion and garlic siblings. It’s cherished as a base in soups and stews, where a nice gentle sweating extracts sweet, almost floral undertones and an unassuming complexity to the finished product. A perfect ingredient in these freezing temps we have experienced of late.

And when I’m cold, a nice bone-warming bowl or two of steaming, creamy, potato

and leek soup makes me happy. The most important thing to know when executing a proper potato and leek soup is to let the leeks completely sweat out in butter at a very low temperature. Imagine it’s a romance as the leeks melt into the outstretched arms of the ever-so-loving butter. Ah, romance.

CHEF BILL’S POTATO & LEEK SOUP

Ingredients • 3 Tbsp. butter • 3 leeks, white to light green parts • 2 garlic cloves, minced • 2 pounds russet or Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and rough chopped • 7 cups chicken broth, unsalted • 1 bouquet garni (about 8 thyme sprigs, 2 parsley and 2 bay leaves) • 1 cup heavy cream • Salt & pepper to taste Directions Cooked diced bacon as needed Shredded cheddar as needed 1. Cut leeks in half vertically (long), then cut quarter-inch half-moons. Cover in plenty of tepid water. Let soak 10 minutes, lift out leeks, letting grit sink to the bottom of the liquid. Dry on a paper towel.

2. Sweat leeks in butter over medium heat about 10 minutes; do not brown. Add garlic; cook out. Add potatoes, stir, add stock. Season moderately.

3. Add bouquet garni, bring to a simmer. Simmer about 20 minutes or until potatoes are cooked all the way.

4. Move mixture to a blender and blend in batches until velvety.

5. Return to pan, reheat, adding enough heavy cream to reach proper consistency. Adjust seasoning.

6. Garnish with bacon and cheese.

Until we cook again,

Chef Bill Thompson cooking@folioweekly.com ___________________________________ You can contact Chef Bill Thompson, the owner/chef of Fernandina Beach’s Amelia Island Culinary Academy, by email at cooking@folioweekly.com, to get inspired and be a culinary star!

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JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET 1810 W. Beaver St., Westside

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

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

THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina

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

FOLIO PETS

LOCAL PET EVENTS & ADOPTABLES

PETS LIKE ME:

PUPPY BOWL • Kanine Social’s inaugural Puppy Bowl is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3 at 580 College St., Riverside, 712-6363, kaninesocial.com. All the fun details and rules & regs are on the website.

LOVE ME TRUE RESCUE • The facility provides a home for kittens and cats before they find a forever home. Adoptions are held every Saturday, 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

ROWDY

ADOPTABLES

BREEZY

Behind every good human is an AWESOME PET waiting to share its story ROWDY, AN EXCESSIVELY FLUFFY RESCUE CAT, doesn’t seem too damaged by being left behind, brushing off the abandonment like she would a vase on a table—kerplunk. It took time for her to dig her claws into her new pad, but she’s now well and truly comfy as a member of the household. In fact, she thinks she’s the head honcho. And rightly so—she’s a cat.

BEING ROWDY Davi: What was your first thought when you woke this morning?

Rowdy: Every morning I think about meditating, doing yoga and finally starting on that “Kit-O” Diet. But then I eat and sleep for nine hours; then eat.

Tell me what being a nomad was really like.

Some may say I’ve had a downright Dickensian youth. My original “owner” moved to Texas and decided she couldn’t “keep me.” I was eventually rescued by my perma-folks, Dan and Erica. I’ll tell you: unless you’re a Deadhead or catnip smuggler, the nomadic life is way overrated.

Which of your traits gets you in trouble?

At times I wonder if my given name set the course for my very being. I’m moody and surely rowdy. I like to barrel around and knock stuff over. It thrills me to no end!

What ‘old cat’ things do you do?

If fat packing and staring into space are “old cat” behaviors, I’m a veritable Methuselah.

What would you eat every day if you could?

My fave: Iams® Proactive Health™ Indoor Weight & Hairball Care. I find it delicious and nutritious with vital vittles that help me enjoy a salubrious, healthy life.

What song gets you bouncing?

My favorite music is Everything’s Better, One

Eleven Heavy’s debut album; a fave of NPR and Mojo Magazine; available on Spotify and iTunes! Also, my dad’s in the band!

When did you make your artistic debut?

After I was adopted, Dad began photographing my siblings and me, caught in various “crimes.” I’ll just be standing around, minding my own business, then “click!”— within minutes I’m on social media.

How are you dealing with internet fame from the “Busted” memes?

I adore my fans and their outpourings of love and light. But good vibes don’t pay the bills so I’m hoping this story results in some endorsement deals.

EASY, BREEZY, BEAUTIFUL, ADOPT ME! I’m Breezy, and that slogan was totally inspired by me.

Besides my breathtaking beauty, I have a great purrsonality. I’ve been at Jax Humane Society for a while and I’d love to find a family to call my own. Drop by to meet me at 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside. We’ll fall in love!

lovemetruerescue@gmail.com.

NASSAU COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES ADOPT A PET • There are lots of dogs and cats waiting for a nice, warm, clean, happy home. Viewing hours are every Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; every Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at 86078 License Rd., Fernandina Beach, 530-6150, nassaucountyfl.com.

Downloadable application.

ADOPTABLES

FOURNETTE

Do you get along with your feline family?

I’m thick as thieves with my baby brother, Cosmo Brown-La Spada, and enjoy epic battles with my older sister, Emily DickinsonBrown-La Spada.

What’s the best part about being in a family?

Unconditional love, helping make up the beds, and snuggling as we binge-watch Unsolved Mysteries.

Cats are strange, there’s no denying it.

Walk around the block with one lurking nearby and you’ll realize that these fantastic beasts might literally be staring into your soul. When I bark, they react, making me wonder if they’re annoyed with me or poking fun at my floppy ears. No doubt, cats have more than a few quirks we don’t understand. No matter, we love them all the same.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com ______________________________________ Davi the Dachshund embraces all animal species. Even those that purr and tweet and neigh and baaa and moo … all of them!

HEY, SUP? MY NAME’S FOURNETTE, and I can be your first-round draft pick. I’m looking for a new home right now and I won’t disappoint. I’m great with other dogs, and I like kids, too! I’d be a great family dog. See for yourself at Jax Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., on the Southside! If you visit and don’t adopt me, you’ll soon regret it and come “running back.”.

PET TIP: CLAW YOUR WAY TO THE TOP IT’S NOT ‘LIKE A MANI-PEDI’ Does your cat scratch your furniture, your ankles, your kids? There are several ways to stop this behavior … but DECLAWING is NOT one of them!

The Humane Society of the United States writes that it can make a ‘cat less likely to use a litter box and more likely to bite.’ Yikes.

Kittens start scratching at about two months old–get a scratching post or board, of different textures and materials, and do minimal nail trims. Declawing isn’t like a manicure–it’s like amputating the first joint of one of your fingers. Double yikes.

We love our feline friends. Save a paw–don’t declaw!

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD IT’S DIFFERENT IN PONTE VEDRA The rare super blood wolf moon of Jan. 20 was so captivating to some skywatchers on Ponte Vedra Beach, they didn’t notice when the tide rolled in and waterlogged their Honda CRV. The St. Johns County Sheriff ’s Office told News4Jax the occupants were able to get out of the car and move to safety, though the vehicle itself wasn’t recovered until the next day. A photo showed water up to the windshield on the front end.

GAME DAY DRINK

IF IT’S SUPER

BOWL, IT’S BEER

THIS IS IT! THE WEEKEND FOOTBALL FANATICS wait for all season: Super Bowl Sunday (and Saturday). All across the land, fans will gather to cheer for their favorite team—or, if they don’t have a favorite team, watch the commercials. To fuel the party, mounds of chips, dips, barbecue, chili and a plethora of other delectable eats will cover counters, tables and buffets. To wash it all down, coolers full of cold, delicious beer will be consumed— more than 325 million gallons of the stuff, if some statistic-spouters are to be believed. Sure, most of it will be fizzy, yellow macro-lagers, but more than a few savvy party organizers will toss some quality craft beer in the mix.

It may be hard to believe, but Budweiser was not the first beer brand to air a commercial during the Super Bowl. That distinction goes to Schlitz, and it happened during Super Bowl III, way back in 1969. (Yes, the game that Broadway Joe Namath predicted his Jets would win; despite the ridicule he got for that, they did win.) The company, once the largest brewer of beer in the United States, was based in Milwaukee and ran the ad with its famous tagline: “When you’re out of Schlitz, you’re out of beer.” Budweiser did not debut its ad until 1975; it featured a skiing theme. This year, the brewing behemoth airs an ad featuring the brand’s iconic Dalmatian, ears flapping in the wind to the strains of Bob Dylan’s iconic song, “Blowin’ in the Wind.” You’ll have to watch the ad to learn why. Another ad from AB/

InBev stars Chris Pratt, of Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World, milling around in the background of Michelob Ultra commercials.

If you’re the kind of person who likes to put a theme to your Super Bowl party, you might like to include beers local to the competing teams. New England is home to several highly recognizable brands like Samuel Adams and Harpoon, but it’s also represented by highly sought beers from craft darlings Trillium and Tree House.

When you think of Los Angeles beer, you probably draw a blank. One of the nation’s most popular cities is not really a hotbed of craft brewing. That’s not to say there are no great breweries—there are— you just haven’t heard of them. Orange County’s The Bruery should be at the top of your list for tasty Belgian-style brews, some of which are available around here.

Though it isn’t from the immediate Los Angeles area, a great Southern California brand to add to your Super Bowl cooler is Stone Brewing. This legendary brewery is actually in San Diego County, but SoCal is SoCal, right? So grab a sixer of Stone IPA to round out the California representatives.

Whether you root for the Patriots or the Rams, beer should be part of any Super Bowl celebration. Just remember to take it easy, though. There’s a reason antacid sales go up 18 percent the day after the big game.

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

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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.

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TABULA RASA BREWING 2385 Corbett St., Northside

AND IN WEST PALM Meanwhile, in West Palm Beach, two unnamed 24-year-olds chose to view the Jan. 20 eclipse by lying flat in the middle of a dark road near the Apoxee Wilderness Trail. It would have worked out fine, except around 11:30 p.m., a West Palm Beach police officer patrolling the area ran over the pair. Fortunately, reported the South Florida Sun Sentinel, he was crawling at just 5 mph, and the human speed bumps sustained only non-lifethreatening injuries. The officer was put on paid administrative leave while the incident was investigated.

GOLF: MEN WALKING IN UGLY PANTS & SHOES? Because white shoes are so distracting when you’re lining up your putt?

According to Time magazine, Nike will be mowing over the competition with its new Air Max 1 golf shoes, which feature uppers covered with a green material that resembles grass. Matching green laces will further disguise your ffet as you play a round, but lest you think you’ll disappear altogether, fear not: The trademark Nike swoosh on the sides is bright white. The sneakers, yet to be released, are expected to retail for $140.

MR. STRAUSS ROLLS OVER Just when you thought there was nothing new under the blue jeans sun: A Ukrainian designer is asking $377 for a pair of jeans that have one fitted leg and one flared leg. Ksenia Schnaider, who calls her design the Asymmetric Jean, told DazedDigital.com: “It’s good to get people talking, and they’re

definitely going to make people turn their heads as you walk by!”

NEEDS A NEW HOBBY Rachel Childs, 29, of Pearland, Texas, is not autistic and doesn’t have a twin autistic sister, according to the Houston Chronicle. Nevertheless, she hired a caregiver for her (fake) twin sister who is (not) autistic. The elaborate plot, which played out in early January, involved the caregiver picking up the “twin” at Childs’ house and taking her to the caregiver’s home, where he was hired to care for her overnight. But when Childs’ “twin” exhibited sexual conduct toward the caregiver, he became suspicious and investigated Childs, then contacted police.

Childs was charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault and indecent exposure.

BABY DRIVER Employees of John J. Murphy Elementary School in Round Lake Park, Illinois, were surprised on Jan. 9 when a car drove into the drop-off lane and an 11-year-old student exited the driver’s seat.

Witnesses alerted police, who issued an arrest warrant for the front-seat passenger, 31-year-old Khafilu M. Oshodi of Round Lake, for two counts of child endangerment; a 9-year-old was riding in the back seat.

Police Chief George Filenko told the Lake County News-Sun the situation could have “resulted in any number of tragic scenarios.”

The kids have been placed with relatives; cops are still looking for Oshodi.

BABY TRIMMER Houston’s Alijah Hernandez is a skilled barber in her father’s shop, reported KTRK-TV on Jan. 17. It wouldn’t ordinarily be newsworthy, but Alijah is only 7 years old. Her dad, Franky, says she’s been watching him since she was a toddler and started perfecting her skills three years ago. Alijah says cutting hair comes naturally to her; she practices on friends and family (with Dad supervising) and has already faced off in barber competitions across Texas. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

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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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FORTUNE COOKIE-STYLE HOROSCOPES FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS ARIES (March 21-April 19): February: You’ll be invited to make a pivotal transition in the history of your relationship with your most important life goals. Fun and daunting! March: Don’t waste time and energy trying to coax others to haul away junk and clutter.

Do it yourself. April: Growing pains should feel good.

Enjoy uncanny stretching sensations. May: It’ll be a favorable phase to upgrade your finances. Think richer thoughts. Experiment with new ideas about money. June: Build two strong bridges for every rickety bridge you burn. Create two vital connections for every stale connection you leave.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): February: Be open to romantic adventures different from how love worked in the past. March: You’ll be offered interesting, productive problems. April: Can you explore what’s experimental and fraught with interesting uncertainty even as you stay well-grounded? Yes! May: Increase power by not hiding weakness. People trust you most if you show vulnerability. A key to this season’s model of success is the ability to calmly express profound emotion. June: Wild cards, X-factors and loopholes will be more available than usual. Don’t be shy to use them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): February: You have access to a semi-awkward magic to serve you well if you don’t complain of its semi-awkwardness. March: To increase clout and influence, your crucial first step is to formulate a strong intention to do so. The universe will work in your behalf. April: Are you ready to clean messes and dispose of irrelevancies from the past? Yes! May: You can have most anything if you resolve to use it for the greatest good. June: Maintain rigorous standards, but don’t be a fanatic. Strive for excellence; don’t get bogged down in a counterproductive quest for perfection.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): February: The world may finally be ready to respond favorably to power you’ve been storing.

March: Everything you thought you knew of love turns out to be too limited. Expand expectations and capacities. April: Extremism and obsession can be useful in moderation. May: Invisible means of support become visible. Be alert for half-hidden help. June: Good questions: What do other people find valuable about you? How can you enhance what’s valuable about you?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): February: Be alert for vivid glimpses of your best possible future. The power of self-fulfilling prophecy is stronger than usual. March: High integrity and ethical rigor are crucial to success, and so is a longing for sacred adventure. April: How can you make the best use of your likability? May: Cheerfully dismantle an old system or structure to make way for a sparkling new system or structure.

June: Beginner’s luck is yours if you choose the right place to begin. What’s intimidating but exciting?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): February: Your sensual magnetism peaks the same time as your spiritual clarity.

March: You want toasted ice? Succulent fire?

Earthy marvels? Homey strangeness? All are within reach. April: Sow the seeds of the most interesting success you can envision. Your fantasy of what’s possible should thrill the imagination, not merely satisfy a sense of duty. May: Deadline time. Be as decisive and forthright as an Aries, bold as a Sagittarius, systematic as a Capricorn.

June: Go wading in a tepid ocean of emotion; be mindful of the undertow.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): February: There’s a general amnesty in all matters regarding your relationships.

Cultivate truces and forgiveness. March: Drop fixed ideas you have about what’s possible and what’s not. Be open to unexpected healings.

April: Wander out to frontiers. Pluck goodies once off-limits. Consider ignoring certain taboos.

May: Sacrifice a small comfort to energize ambitions. June: Take a stand on behalf of beautiful ideals and sacred truths.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): February: Master the Zen of constructive anger. Express your complaints in a holy cause. March: You finally get a message you’ve been waiting to receive for a long time.

Hallelujah! April: Renew your most useful vows.

Sign a better contract. Come to a more complete agreement. May: Don’t let preconceptions inhibit you from having a wildly good time. June: Start your own club, band, organization or business. Or reinvent and reinvigorate the current one.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): February: You’ll have an opportunity to accomplish benevolent hocus-pocus. For best results, upgrade magical powers. March: Make sure the Turning Point happens in your power spot or on your home turf. April: Be willing to go anywhere, ask any question and risk your pride if necessary, to coax your most important relationships into living up to their potentials. May: If at first you don’t succeed, change the definition of success. June: You can achieve more through negotiation and compromise than by pushing heedlessly ahead in service to a single-minded vision.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): February: A new phase of your education will begin when you acknowledge how much you have to learn. March: Initiate diplomatic discussions about the Things That Never Get Talked About.

April: Revise ideas about your dream home and dream community. May: You have the power to find healing for your oldest lovesickness. June: Solicit an ally’s ingenuity to help you improvise a partial solution to a complex problem.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): February: Start a new trend that will serve your noble goals for years.

March: Passion comes back into fashion with a tickle, a shiver and a whoosh. April: As you expand and deepen your explorations, call on metaphorical equivalents of both a telescope and a microscope.

May: This is the beginning of the end of what you love to complain about. Hooray! June: You’ll have an abundance of good reasons to celebrate the fact that you’re the least normal sign in the zodiac.

Celebrate your idiosyncrasies!

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FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER, cannabis culture and celebrity culture have gone together like peas and carrots, except the government hasn’t tried to ban peas and carrots–not yet, anyway.

(The trade wars will only get worse in the months ahead, but that’s another column for another writer.) The plant has been a staple of American life since before America, as a nation, had any life to speak of, but the 20th century saw its public profile dramatically increase through a PR bonanza driven mostly by highprofile figures who had an affinity for it. That process has continued to this day.

The stuff was first commonly associated with jazz musicians, most notably Louis Armstrong. In the period between World Wars, Ol’ Satchmo was the country’s first pot proselytizer and remained vigorous in his advocacy to the end of his days. Armstrong also inspired initial stirrings of pot hysteria as authorities went apesh*t over weed’s affiliation with jazz music and, most alarmingly, miscegenation–which, in fairness to the fuzz, was not entirely a matter of hype.

It reached the point where Harry Anslinger, the nation’s first drug czar, allegedly spent years building a case to stage mass raids on jazz clubs, targeting almost every major star in the business, especially Armstrong. The plan was to hit them all at once, on New Year’s Eve 1943, but the plan was apparently so crazy that J. Edgar Hoover himself vetoed it, and that is the very definition of “going way too far.”

Anslinger settled for a series of trumpedup drug busts on folks like actor Robert Mitchum, singer Anita O’Day and drummer

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Gene Krupa. It’s hardly possible to overstate what a big deal these early arrests were, in terms of propaganda.

As post-war jazz musicians and certain comedians turned to heroin, devastating their ranks and leading directly to today’s opioid crisis, weed became synonymous with beatniks, hippies and rock and roll, particularly the British Invasion. After Bob Dylan turned The Beatles on by smoking them out at New York’s Delmonico Hotel on August 28, 1964, the Fab Four went on to be a main reason pot is considered a “gateway drug.” A few years later, the torch was passed (literally and figuratively) to Cheech and Chong, who parlayed existing pot-smoker stereotypes into a career as one of the most successful comedy teams of all time.

Their influence remains just as strong 30 years after their break-up.

Today, weed is associated mainly with two celebrity names: Snoop Dogg, the rapper whose personal brand is inextricably linked to his love for leafy greens, and Willie Nelson, the country music icon who remains to this day the only person who’s ever admitted to doing drugs at the White House.

But, with marijuana prohibition finally circling the drain, a whole new wave of celebrities are not only advocating its use, but investing their personal and financial capital in it. We’ll take a broader look at some of that action next week.

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com ________________________________ What are your concerns and questions about medical marijuana? Let us clear up the mysteries for you. Send your inquiries to mail@folioweekly.com and we’ll try to reason all this out together.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): February: You’ll have a knack to enhance how you express and present yourself. Inner you and outer you become more unified. March: You’ll discover two original new ways to get excited.

April: Be bold and make yourself available for a deeper commitment to spawn more freedom.

May: What are the gaps in your education? Make plans to mitigate the most pressing area of ignorance. June: Your body’s ready to tell secrets your mind has not figured out. Listen well.

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One mayoral candidate SOUNDS OFF WOW! IN “MARCH MADNESS” (JAN. 23), A.G.

Gancarski explains how bad Lenny Curry is and how Anna Brosche voted with him 98.4 percent of the time, and then tells us they are the only choices. I can see them throwing us under the bus, but I didn’t expect it from Folio Weekly.

After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Mayor Curry said “I can’t even imagine how something like this could happen in a school.” If you can’t imagine it, you surely have not planned for it. How safe do you feel? Mayor Curry says he is going to continue doing what he has been doing, but he expects a different outcome. What’s the definition of insanity? Only difference, he is going to spend more money.

Anna Brosche claims to have all these better ideas to fight crime, but we have yet to hear them. Sheriff Mike Williams says Brosche has never contacted him with any, either.

Jimmy Hill and Johnny Sparks live in Atlantic Beach, which has its own mayor. It seems Mr. Hill is out for political revenge for the loss of his festival. Seems an inappropriate reason to run for mayor. Having said that, if I become mayor, I would be happy to help Mr. Hill get his festival back up and running. In a city this size, we should be encouraging things like this.

They bring money to the city. I would like to have Carnaval in Jacksonville, too. Para mi gente latino.

Jacksonville on the rise? I agree, domestic violence, flooding, shootings, traffic, opiate use, algae blooms, taxes, city spending, underfunding public schools, police mismanagement and lack of city government transparency, all on the rise. 98.4 percent of that is no improvement.

I believe in complete equality, protection, inclusivity and transparency. What does it mean when our leaders announce there is no danger to the general public, after a

gang shooting in a black neighborhood?

I am sick and tired of children getting killed because of conscienceless adults.

Two or three years ago you would hear about killings in Northside and Westside; now it’s in Baymeadows and Mandarin. What happened to “it takes a village”? Why isn’t everyone angry?

That little kid, whatever color, is our responsibility—all of us. Should we wait for it to happen to us or our immediate families before we care?

How would I reduce crime? 1) I would create incentives to get illegal and stolen guns off our streets. 2) I, personally, would sit down with gang members, in and out of prison, to find permanent solutions and alternatives to the killing. 3) I would increase punishments for people who harm children. 4) I would increase resources and protections for victims of domestic violence. 5) I would authorize mobile police substations to be moved into high-crime areas, creating a permanent police presence until the problem is solved. 6) I would find where we need more permanent police substations, to protect and serve all Jacksonville residents more efficiently.

Our city government bickering and our lack of complete equality and inclusivity are what keep new and growing companies out of Jacksonville. Today’s companies do not want to be associated with any possible negativity or anything that can damage their brand. We can do so much better, attracting betterpaying jobs and opportunities for advancement, here in Jacksonville.

Having written so many letters over the years, usually defending minorities, to Folio Weekly and having you print most of them, this article stung a little, but it won’t get me down.

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Griffin (NPA) is a qualified write-in candidate for Jacksonville mayor.

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