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RE.: “Slings & Arrows,” A.G. Gancarski, March 22 ON BEHALF OF MODERATELY “BESOTTED, [NOT so] embarrassing old guys in the young folks’ bar,” I submit that the decades-old experiences of an expanding, economically viable, middle class in a nation confident enough to say we are going to the moon in that decade and then nailing the landing on schedule are worth sharing with a younger audience. We could also tell them about those painless tuition costs in publicly funded state universities. And the conversation can trace the politics that eroded such virtues and look forward to politics that will swing the pendulum back to a social contract of equitably shared fruits of labor and capital. Ronald Cloud via email
DISASTROUS TRUMP CUTS
THE WHITE HOUSE IS PROPOSING DRASTIC cuts to global development programs in our national budget. This would be disastrous. Currently, millions of kids are able to go to school and get vital medical treatment because of anti-poverty programs supported by the U.S. government. Healthy, educated children become healthy, educated adults who can contribute to their communities and economies in myriad ways. This benefits all of us. It’s been said that the national budget is a moral document, reflecting our values and priorities. I strongly urge our representatives to reject any cuts to global anti-poverty programs. I believe our country is at its best when we make sure everyone has the foundation for a bright future. Ana Antunes via email
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE FAITHFUL
RE.: “Not In My Backyard,” Claire Goforth, March 15 MAYOR CURRY, I am disappointed and, frankly, ashamed that you chose not to attend this year’s Nehemiah Assembly sponsored by ICARE. I know you were invited as early as December. From what I see, this group represents a powerful constituency of some of our poorest communities in Jacksonville. I believe we should listen to them, as they tell us their biggest problems
and their best ideas for addressing them. Where else are you going to get this type of input? I’m especially distressed that we have heard nothing from you about funding for Jacksonville’s Homeless Day Center. It’s a project you committed to embrace when you attended the Nehemiah Assembly a year ago. Sir, you are going back on your word. ICARE is asking the city to commit some $300,000 for the effort. It seems to me a small amount, even in tight times, considering the city’s budget is over a billion. Jesus said: “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Mr. Mayor, where is this city’s heart? Where is yours? Carole Hawkins via email
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CRUEL, UNNECESSARY & PRIMITIVE PUNISHMENT
I’M WRITING IN SUPPORT OF STATE ATTORNEY Aramis Ayala and hope that Gov. Scott’s decision to interfere with the judiciary will be reviewed and put to rest. I’m a Catholic who’s opposed to use of the death penalty. Why? Florida presumes unequivocal identity and guilt of the accused in implementing the death penalty, but that isn’t always possible. The justice system does its best but mistakes are inevitable. According to the Catholic Pontifical Counsel for Justice & Peace, where there is no practical way to “defend lives of human beings … against the aggressor,” the death penalty would be justified; specifically, if there is no prison system. But we do have secure prisons. The Church prefers “bloodless” methods of punishment. Many civilized countries are adopting provisions to abolish or suspend the death penalty. All European countries except Belarus no longer have death penalties. It points to the fact that absolute necessity to execute is very rare. Cries for revenge through extreme punishment should sadden us as a society fortunate to have prosecutors who have the courage to reject this practice. I feel State Attorney Ayala is right to reject the death penalty for the reasons she put forth and those I’ve presented. I hope we can elect more state attorneys who have the courage to reject this primitive practice. Thomas Wilson via email
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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFÉ IN ORANGE PARK This month, Tropical Smoothie Café in Orange Park is hosting a series of “Spirit Nights” benefitting sports teams at Orange Park High School. On these nights, the café will donate 10 percent of sales to the teams. The Spirit Nights are scheduled from 3-7 p.m. on April 3, 5 and 12; proceeds will benefit the OPHS track team, softball team and baseball team, respectively. Participate in upcoming Spirits Nights at Tropical Smoothie Café, 266 Blanding Blvd. BRICKBATS TO FIRST CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH It’s been so long since First Conservative Baptist Church popped up on our Brickbat radar that you may have wondered if they’d changed their close-minded ways. Well, wonder no more, fair reader, because on April 3 an alert citizen sent us a picture of the church’s letter board sign, which read: “Muhammed [sic ] is dead. Jesus died but, he rose again.” Not for nothing, but mocking a diseased prophet is beyond the pale. BOUQUETS TO WAYNE HOGAN Over the years, Wayne Hogan, president of Terrell Hogan law firm, has emerged as an important voice against distracted driving, which killed 3,179 Americans in 2014. Through Hogan’s efforts, the firm launched the Terrell Hogan Distracted Driving Awareness Campaign five years ago, which has reached 7,200 people in our community. Hogan is also a frequent guest speaker on the subject. Thanks for making our roadways safer! DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A BRICKBAT? Send submissions to mail@folioweekly.com; 50 word maximum, concerning a person, place, or topic of local interest. APRIL 5-11, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 5
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Happy Birthday to The Florida Theatre, celebrating the big 9-0 this year! On April, 8, 1927, the theater opened on Forsyth Street—since then, it’s witnessed everything from classic films and Elvis Presley to Dave Chappelle, John Waters and Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks! If those walls could talk … in celebration of its nonagenarian status as a Southeast jewel of entertainment, the folks at the historic venue are presenting a free screening of the 1928 Buster Keaton film, Steamboat Bill Jr. Did we mention free birthday cake?! 7 p.m. Saturday, April 8, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, floridatheatre.com.
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MIDAZ THE BEAST Orlando-based hiphop artist MidaZ the Beast keeps it on a progressive tip, adept on blending cerebral songwriting, tripped-out production and a strong, word delivery. Check out his “Graduation Hats,” a four-minute track that rolls along with upright bass, looped shimmering guitar, all served up as MidaZ’s shout-out to his hometown of Winter Park. His latest 12-track release, Loops Two, raises the bar even higher, with tunes like the ’70s funk-soul vibe of “Bad Kung Fu” and a cover featuring Charles Bukowski’s mug getting the graffiti/street art treatment. 9 p.m. Friday, April 7 with openers FFJB Music Team, Dumbtron, Tzarizm, Indigo Blak and DJ Sharp, at Rain Dogs, Riverside, $7 advance; $10 at the door, facebook.com/pg/raindogsjax.
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SPRINGING THE BLUES
Once again, Springing the Blues offers up another year of superior blues action. This year’s lineup includes performances by Eric Gales Band, Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band, Toronzo Cannon, Coco Montoya (pictured), Spice & The Po Boys, The Corbitt Brothers, Bryce Alastair Band, Hat & The Matching Suitcase, Cat McWilliams Band, James Armstrong, Brady Clampitt, Dawn Tyler Watson & Ben Racine Band, Smokestack, Mama Blue, Christine “Kingfish” Ingram, Woody & The Peckers, Packrat’s Smokehouse, Brandon Santini, Betty Fox Band, Jennifer B & The Groove, Albert Cummings and Matt Schofield. Friday, April 7-Sunday, April 9, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach, free event; $20 VIP April 7 & 9; $30 April 8; $60 three-day VIP, springingtheblues.com.
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KILLER THEATER! STALKING OTTIS TOOLE: A SOUTHERN GOTHIC
IT’S CRAFTY OLD TOWN ART SHOW
The seventh annual juried Old Town Art Show features the works of more than 100 local and national artists, artisans and craftspeople, in a variety of media including jewelry, photography, sculpture, pottery, painting, glass, metal, fiber art and wood, as well as food vendors. Free admission. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 8 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 9, Francis Field, St. Augustine, holidayartshows.com.
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Adapted from the book by local authoreducator (and Folio Weekly contributor) Tim Gilmore, FSCJ dramaWORKS stages Stalking Ottis Toole: A Southern Gothic, about Jacksonville native Toole, who grew up to be an infamous serial arsonist and killer. Duval in da house! 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9, Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ’s South Campus, $10; $5 advance for FSCJ faculty, staff, students ($10 at the door); contains offensive language and adult content; no one under 18 admitted, fscj.edu.
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FROM THE EDITOR
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Today’s social media shaming becomes tomorrow’s GOOGLE TATTOO THIS IS DIRECTED AT ALL THE KEYBOARD warriors out there. Last week, two brushfires of indignation raged across social media. One blaze was sparked by Avondale’s Om Salon, which had written on its sidewalk chalkboard, “Om Salon presents wife day care! Want to go: golfing, boating, relax or just have silence? Drop her off with us! (With your credit card)” People—mostly women—were pissed. Many took to everyone’s favorite venue for hateful speech, Facebook, to call attention to the sign, which they felt misogynistic, antiquated, insulting, and, above all, not funny. Some also posted negative reviews about the business. Clearly, people are entitled to be offended anywhere, anytime, for any reason. (It’s certainly true that these words will probably rouse some ire.) But is it necessary to join the online shame parade every time someone dares tip a toe into the ever-evolving list of the offensive? I submit that it is not. In this particular case, in which a womanowned business that employs mostly women made a joke, not to be confused with an attack, that some, but not all, women didn’t like, it may actually do more harm than good to rush to sharpen the pitchforks and light the pyre. Not only is it hasty, it’s also the kind of thing that sets the PC-culture hating MAGA set’s phasers to 100 percent voter turnout. The past several decades have ushered in new awareness of systems, speech and conduct that propagate sexism, racism, xenophobia and other bigotry. Words that were once used in casual conversation are now deemed offensive; assumptions that were once normal are unacceptable; punchlines that were commonplace are now prejudiced. Much of this change is good, and necessary, and about damn time. But it’s going too far. Particularly in the realm of social media. It can seem as though a snarky comment on social media has the same impact as a snarky statement spoken aloud. Believe me, it doesn’t. I’ve experienced plenty of bullying, in person and online, as recently as this very day, and I gotta tell you, it cuts deeper when it’s in ink. Yet our senses are so dulled to the potency of the internet that we seem to have forgotten that the internet is written in permanent ink, that the things we type today become the Google tattoos of tomorrow. As it stands, some of us will be remembered as hate-spewing rage-junkies, aka trolls, a characterization that probably doesn’t encompass the totality of our characters any more than this sign encompasses the totality of Om Salon’s views of gender. It was a joke, perhaps not a particularly good, or politically correct one. But it was only a joke. ON APRIL 1, THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF STANTON College Preparatory School’s student newspaper, The Devil’s Advocate, made its first statement about a serious snafu about a flier posted at the school that asked “Going to Stanton Prom?” and below said of two less-conservatively dressed women and one mannequin: “No you’re not.” Of
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one demurely dressed young woman, the poster said, “Yes you are. Good girl.” Reactions quickly formed a critical mass that became a social media shitstorm. On Twitter, #SCPGOODGIRL became a cattle call for people to rage against the sexism of t poster, which many felt, quite rightly, th this im m implies that women’s bodies are inherently s n and should be self-censored to avoid si sinful be being objectified by men, placing the ree responsibility for objectification on the victim. In a powerful, reasoned and measured ed editorial, The Devil’s Advocate noted that by th time the administration apologized one the da later, local, national and international day m media had already picked up the story, indelibly linking Stanton to that poster for the foreseeable future. No matter how it does
or doesn’t reflect the overall atmosphere and culture, in the minds of those who know nothing else of it, Stanton is the school that said a “good girl” covers more of her flesh and, by implication, a “bad girl” doesn’t. This may be the only thing a college admissions officer knows of Stanton when they read a prospective student’s application; it may be the single deciding factor in a parent’s mind when choosing their child’s school; it might dissuade prospective faculty or staff from applying; or weigh heavily on the psyches of those who attend—or attended—the school. And it all started with an internet shame parade. Perhaps Stanton deserved to have its name drug through the international mud for this incredibly boneheaded and sexist poster. Or perhaps a conversation would have rectified
the situation without international media coverage. But now we’ll never know. Certainly online criticism is justified in some cases. But many times, it’s a Pandora’s box that releases unfathomable evil on undeserving targets. Aside from the aging process’s gradual wearing out of things, one of the wonderful things about being born way back before social media is remembering being able to say or do something awful—and live it down. I’ve said things that I cringe to remember thinking, let alone uttering. Anyone who says they haven’t is either a saint or a liar. Guess we should start stacking the pyre. Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com @ClaireNJax
FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS
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DRIFT April is a BIG MONTH for the mayor.
HAS THE LENNY CURRY ADMINISTRATION lost control of the narrative as his administration nears the halfway mark? That’s an open question in recent months, as the administration has been buffeted by headwinds. The earliest example: the first meeting of the Duval County Legislative Delegation, in which the administration launched a $50M ask for money to close the Hart Bridge offramps and route traffic down Bay Street. At least one delegation member found out about this when the media and everyone else did–during the mayor’s presentation. The cast of rookies on the House side were ill-equipped to carry that request to Tallahassee. And so the big ask became the $15M for septic tank phaseout– carried, tellingly, by Travis Cummings of Orange Park. Cummings may be ill-positioned to bring home that bacon, however, as he went from the frying pan to the fire by working against Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida, Rick Scott’s incentive programs that bring corporations and tourists here from way out yonder. Rick Scott came to Northeast Florida thrice in March for the sole purpose of selling incentives. Once to Orange Park where he laid into Cummings before a crowd of the kind of Republicans who otherwise would kiss his ring. Twice to Jacksonville–once at a sign company, once at a National Guard armory–where Gov. Scott indicated his displeasure with our local representatives voting against jobs. Should he have been pissed? Yep. Rick Scott was here for a lot of job announcements, both for Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry, and local
representatives tatives thanked him by kicking him between the slats. I asked Scott and Curry if their PACs were going to go in on these dissident legislators. Neither will spend, but the divergence in tone was notable. Curry called it a major disagreement. Scott, meanwhile, said that at some point he’d get a budget … and would ensure that all dollars are “spent wisely.” In the words of state Sen. Rob Bradley, “Governor Scott has an underrated sense of humor.” Meanwhile, those on the governor’s email list have noticed a decline in the type of job announcements that became almost boring in recent years. Growth is slowing because Jacksonville is ill-equipped to recruit big business without incentives. We are not Tampa, Orlando, Miami. We are Dothan, Greenville, Little Rock. We have to pay to play. And like a lunchtime customer at a gentleman’s club, we can’t be all that choosy. These representatives know this. But they also don’t want to go against the speaker of the house is. This includes state house Democrats Tracie Davis and Kim Daniels. Daniels appeared, as a councilwoman, at job creation events with Scott. She should know we need incentives. Same with Clay Yarborough, who had eight years in there. Ask those folks jobbed out at CSX–which essentially jobbed out a big chunk of its institutional knowledge, taking a Logan’s Run approach to employee management that led to them going younger, cheaper, and looking like an acquisition target in the next few years. Would
they like a corporation to come to Jax and bring a few hundred jobs? Bet your ass they would. With there being a very open question about what Jacksonville will get out of Tallahassee this session, it’s important for the mayor’s office to sell its pension reform effectively. So far, the narrative has stalled. The completed collective bargaining with the unions was certainly significant. Yet the administration has proven unwilling to show its work, specifically related to how much more this pension reform will cost the city than the projections rendered last year (with a 12 percent city contribution on a defined c contribution plan for new hires, rather than the 25 percent). And how much more it will cost than the current trajectory. Tad Delegal, whose wife is a longtime Folio Weekly contributor, ran numbers and posited the city could spend $662M more between now and 2031 on the Curry plan than it would on the Alvin Brown plan. It would be easy for the administration to pour cold water on that narrative. The administration drives itself on a data-driven approach to every possible political question. So why then the reticence on data affecting a huge part of the city’s budget, a sum that precludes investments into all manner of amenities enjoyed in Nocatee and Fleming Island and the Villages? Hell, a sum that precludes filling in the potholes. The administration probably has council on board, and can keep them there for a few weeks until the vote; last week, everyone who met with the administration came out saying all the right things. And for much of the press, the details of the plan won’t matter. It’s not like pension is the hot assignment on the TV side. The mayor ran as a numbers guy–as a fiscal discipline guy. It’s time for a lot more clarity on how the numbers work out, including the optimistic projections of sales tax growth. Thursday needs to offer that. And the clarification that is needed before the council votes in a few weeks. A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com @AGGancarski
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ell, it’s official. Folio Weekly is certifiably middle-aged. Yep, we’re 30! And not the 30, flirty and fabulous kind, either. (OK, maybe a skosh.) Now that we’re qualified for true adulting, guess we’ll have to finally Let Go of all those hypercolor shirts and that white leather fringe jacket we’ve been waiting to be back in style, and get ourselves some pleated khakis and orthopedic shoes. Hey, maybe those would make us ironically cool … One good thing about getting older is that you are officially legit—no one sends FW out for coffee; these days, they bring the coffee to us. As we’re now old enough to be taken seriously-ish, in honor of our 30th anniversary, we’ve highlighted some of the most unforgettable local legends of Northeast Florida, the very best bands, artists, pornographers, civil rights icons, myths, haunts, historical figures and beloved locals from our most favoritest place in all the world. Here’s to 30 more years, y’all!
30 LEGENDS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
FELIX JONES If you find yourself on Centre Street in Fernandina Beach you will usually hear the sounds of a harmonica and a high-pitched WHEWWWWW. These will be coming from everyone’s favorite local, Felix Jones. For the last 25-plus years, Jones has spent almost every day cruising Centre Street on his bike, selling a variety of items like newspapers, pineapple, mangos, boiled peanuts, etc. Born with cerebral palsy, Jones, now in his mid-50s, was not expected to live very long. He didn’t talk or walk until he was nine years old. That alone makes Felix Jones a special person, but what really makes this man a legend is how much love and support the city of Fernandina has for him. In 2009, a lost soul on the small island tried to stop 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 5-11, 2017
Jones from selling his items, pointing out that there was no peddling law to allow it. When the Fernandina Beach City Commission met to discuss the issue, the room was filled to capacity with locals supporting Felix, many wearing shirts that said “Keep Rolling, Felix.” The commission found in Jones’ favor; eight years later, he’s still rolling the streets with a smile, some sundries, and a harmonica. Felix Jones is now and always will be one of the biggest “celebrities” to hail from Fernandina. –CK Watch a video of Felix at youtube.com/ watch?v=iqXbiG8QowU.
OTTIS TOOLE One of Jacksonville’s most notorious native sons was born on March 5, 1947. Less legend than nightmare, confessed serial killer and cannibal Ottis Toole claimed to have committed his first murder at just 14. After a traveling salesman sexually assaulted him, Toole said he ran the man over with his own car. Thus began his life of violence. After his 1983 arrest, Toole gave details about a murder spree in the ’70s, during which time he formed a close partnership and sexual relationship with confessed serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. It’s unknown just how many people
he killed—some doubt he was a serial killer at all—but Toole admitted to accompanying Lucas in 108 killings. (Both Toole and Lucas later recanted confessions.) Toole’s crime spree came to an end when he was arrested here for arson in ’83. The most notable murder Toole claimed was that of 6-year-old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh, later the host of America’s Most Wanted. The investigation of the child’s 1981 murder lasted nearly two decades and was closed only when Toole’s niece told John Walsh that Toole confessed to the killing on his deathbed. In April 1984, Toole was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. Toole later received a second death sentence for the strangulation of 19-year-old Ada Johnson. Both sentences were later commuted to life in prison. Toole died of liver failure in September 1996, still in jail. –CB
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Celise Blackman Daniel A. Brown Marlene Dryden Lauren Ericksen Claire Goforth Caitlin Kitchens evidence that the explorer sought magical waters that could restore youth, soon after his death, historians and rivals began claiming that he had sought the Fountain of Youth on his many voyages. It wasn’t until the Spanish ceded the area to the Americans that the legend took hold stateside; by the early 20th century, a savvy local entrepreneur had established the Fountain of Youth, attracting visitors looking for a quick shot of youth. See, it’s not just the Ponte Vedra Ladies Who Lunch trying to look young foreva eva. –CG
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Waaay back in the way back, on April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León anchored off the coast of modern-day St. Augustine. Though folklore has it that León was searching for the Fountain of Youth, this is a fiction. In spite of there being no real
THE KINGSLEY PLANTATION Located on the banks of Fort George River, Kingsley Plantation on Fort George Island comprises about 1,000 acres. First used as an indigo plantation by Richard Hazard
from 1765-’71, it has had many owners through the years; today the Kingsley Plantation is considered the oldest surviving plantation in Florida. In 1814, Zephaniah Kingsley took ownership of the plantation, on which his family grew sugarcane, corn, Sea Island cotton and citrus. A planter, slave trader and merchant, Kingsley was also a polygamist, marrying four slave women with whom he fathered nine children. His first wife, Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley, was 13 years old when he bought her in Havana, eventually taking her as his commonlaw wife. Though he defended the system of slavery, Kingsley was something of a contradiction, supporting the rights of freed slaves and free persons of color and giving his own slaves the opportunity to earn their freedom. The Kingsleys also owned several other plantations throughout modernday Jacksonville, including Laurel Grove Plantation in present-day Orange Park; Mandarin Plantation, which was in Anna’s name; Ashley and San Jose Plantations on the city’s Southside; and White Oak Plantation on the St. Marys River. Overall, the Kingsleys owned more than 200 slaves and more than 32,000 acres. After Florida came under the United States’ control, Kingsley tried to convince the government to recognize the rights of the free black and mixed-race populations. Ultimately
unsuccessful, he and his family relocated to Haiti in the late 1830s. The Kingsley Plantation still stands today, a historic site managed by the National Park Service. –CB The Kingsley Plantation is within Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, 11676 Palmetto Ave., Northside.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy is celebrated far and wide. A prominent figure of the Civil Rights movement, his “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most famous orations of all time. Today, some locals still fondly recall how King’s dream brought him all the way to Northeast Florida. In the early 1960s, local Civil Rights activists asked King and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to come to St. Augustine. At the time, many were worried the Civil Rights Bill wouldn’t pass; they wanted to take a stand for the bill and for racial injustice in their community. During several trips to St. Augustine in ’64, King taught his method of nonviolent protest, gathering supporters and speaking at churches in the area. He was also arrested and spent some time in the old jail, which is now the St. Johns County Detention Center Annex building. Sheriff David Shoar told the St. Augustine Record in 2011 that the cell that housed King had since been converted to an office. On June 11, 1964, King was one
THE GREAT FIRE OF 1901 After weeks of drought, on May 3, 1901, Downtown Jacksonville was all but leveled after a small pile of Spanish moss caught fire outside the Cleveland Fiber Factory. Workers quickly doused the fire with buckets of water, but dry conditions and gusting winds fanned the flames ever higher. Chaos ensured as people abandoned belongings and valuables in the streets and fled, some jumping into the river to escape. The sky turned black as the fire quickly engulfed the entire Downtown area. It’s been said that the blaze could be seen from Savannah, and the smoke was visible in Raleigh. It took hours to get the blaze under control. By the end, the fire had claimed seven lives, 146 city blocks and 2,368 buildings, leaving about 10,000 of the city’s 30,000 residents homeless. Downtown, the Confederate Monument in Hemming Plaza was the only thing left standing. The Great Fire of 1901 is still the largest metropolitan fire to scorch the South. Work began immediately, but it took nearly a decade to rebuild the city. The beautiful Victorian-style homes lining the streets of Riverside are a product of the rebuilding. Recognizing an opportunity, after reading of the fire, famed architect Henry John Klutho moved to Jacksonville and was hired to design many of the city’s new buildings, which still stand today. –CB To learn more, read “The Great Fire of 1901,” by Bill Foley and Wayne Wood.
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of the activists arrested on trespassing charges when they attempted to eat in one of St. Augustine’s fancier eateries, the now-closed Monson Motor Lodge restaurant. King was later transported to Jacksonville as a safety precaution. Later that year, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill, integrating all public places and facilities. Also later that year, at age 35, King became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, a record now held by Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was just 17 when she won. –CB Learn more at Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center, 102 Martin Luther King Ave., St. Augustine.
THE BEACH LADY Inducted into the Gullah/Geechee Hall of Fame, Marvyne “MaVynee” Elisabeth Betsch, better known as The Beach Lady,
was an environmentalist and activist who spent the better part of her life educating the public on black history and the ecology of American Beach, on Amelia Island. Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Betsch’s great-grandfather, founded American Beach in 1935, as the only beach of that time to welcome black Americans. Born into one of the the South’s foremost AfricanAmerican families, Betsch inherited her great-grandfather’s fortune. Betsch eventually donated her entire inheritance to environmental causes. After earning her bachelor’s degree in 1955 at Oberlin College’s Conservatory of Music, Betsch moved to Europe, where she was an opera singer. Upon her return to the States, she dedicated herself to preserving and
protecting American Beach. Cancer brought about Betsch’s demise on Sept. 5, 2005. After her death, the Dalai Lama honored her as an Unsung Hero of Compassion. Today, The Beach Lady’s legacy lives on in her beloved American Beach and the American Beach Museum she campaigned tirelessly to have bui –LE lt. American Beach Museum is at 1600 Julia St., Fernandina Beach.
HENRY FLAGLER Gilded Age industrialist, railroad pioneer and entrepreneur Henry Flagler left a lasting legacy that helped shape modern-day Florida. Recognizing the state’s potential to attract visitors and St. Augustine’s charm as well as its
EINSTEIN A GO GO
X, Swans, Mudhoney, The Meat Puppets, The
In the mid-’80s, the beaches were a different
Feelies, Screaming Trees, Jane’s Addiction,
kind of beast. Houses in Jax Beach could still
10,000 Maniacs, Living Color and The Flaming
be swooped up for $40,000 and at a beach bar
Lips, along with locals like Rein Sanction and
like The Crab Pot, you’d be more likely to get
Beggar Weeds. The 250-capacity club offered
a black eye than a black truffle oil martini. On
a sanctuary/community for the kids, weirdoes,
weekend nights, the juncture of First Street
artists and music fans of Northeast Florida and
and Third Avenue North was a kind of ground
South Georgia. Thirty years later and Einstein’s
zero for the glom of people hanging around the
influence is witnessed in clubs like Rain Dogs,
area. Pier 7 catered to a mostly Navy crowd
Shanghai Nobby’s and Nighthawks and others
and local folks wanting to knock back a few
around the nation, benefitting from the DIY
longnecks. Up on the boardwalk was Peelers,
underground rock circuit joints like Einstein’s
the hard rock and metal bar where one could
helped create, nurture and sustain. More than
have free, unwanted dental work done by
one band’s road diary published in a ’zine sang
some hesher dude eager to knock teeth.
Einstein’s praises; getting a case of beer is
The other element was Einstein A Go-Go.
one thing, having the club owners cook you a
The Faircloths opened the all-ages
homemade fried chicken dinner is something
underground rock venue in 1985. Before it
else altogether. Decades later, it’s become a
closed 12 years later, EAGG hosted dozens
kind of invisible tattoo for locals who survived
(was it hundreds?!) of bands, including Nirvana,
the ’80s and ’90s, due in no small part to the
Sonic Youth, The Replacements, Alex Chilton,
club’s loud and intimate influence.
–DB
inadequate travel and transportation facilities, Flagler’s first local project, Hotel Ponce de León, opened on Jan. 10, 1888. The Edison Electric Company powered the building with steam heat and 4,000 electric lights, making the Ponce one of the nation’s first electrified buildings. This was just the first in a series of luxury resorts Flagler built or acquired along Florida’s East Coast. To open the southern half of the state to tourism and other expansion, Flagler built the first railroad bridge across the St. Johns River in 1890 and rapidly expanded his railroad, renamed the Florida East Coast Railway in 1895, running southward all the way to Biscayne Bay by 1896. Flagler’s first local project still stands—and today, it houses students instead of tourists. Founded in 1968, Flagler College encompasses the building and grounds of the old hotel and still bears the stained glass and mosaics created by Louis Comfort Tiffany and completed by George Willoughby Maynard and Virgilio Tojetti. The college has sworn to preserve this facility and other historic and architecturally unique campus structures. Flagler died in 1913, and was buried in St. Augustine, alongside his daughters and first wife. –LE
LYNYRD SKYNYRD It is seemingly impossible to create anything as patriotic as the national anthem, but a band from Jacksonville came very close. Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote and recorded iconic songs “Free Bird” and “Sweet Home Alabama” that, decades later, continue to be played at football games, on radio stations and in honky tonks across America. Some of the original members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were first in the band My Backyard, as teenagers in 1964. They experimented with other band names, including The Noble Five, until 1969 when they alit on the name, a disparaging reference to a gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School, that would take them all the way to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Lynyrd Skynyrd was at the pinnacle of success when tragedy struck the kings of Southern rock. Their plane crashed in a heavily wooded area in Mississippi during a failed emergencylanding attempt, killing Ronnie Van Zant, and Steve and Cassie Gaines; 20 others survived. A decade later, surviving members and crash survivors Gary Rossington, Billy Powell, Leon Wilkeson and Artimus Pyle, along with guitarist Ed King, who’d left the band two years before the crash, reunited with Van Zant’s younger brother Johnny as lead vocalist and songwriter. The band continues touring to this day. In honor of Lynyrd Skynyrd and its fallen members, Judy Van Zant-Jenness (Ronnie’s widow) and Melody Van Zant (their daughter) opened Freebird Live in 1999 as a restaurant and museum, though it soon became primarily a live music venue. The spot was a Jax Beach institution until it closed on Jan. 21, 2016. Freebird may be gone, but we still remember them. –LE
TERRELL RAY “BIG RAY” MULLIS A true Fernandina Beach icon, in life Terrell Ray “Big Ray” Mullis had a personality bigger than his island home. The Standard Oil fullservice filling station that Big Ray founded 12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 5-11, 2017
on the corner of Beech and Eighth Streets in 1972 gave everyone an opportunity to get to know the man who was long referred to as the “unofficial mayor of Fernandina Beach.” At the behest of his son Terrell Ray “T-Ray” Mullis, the station started serving sandwiches in 1988 and thus began its slow transformation into the beloved local eatery, T-Ray’s Burger Station. The cozy eatery has been written up by national publications and even named one of the 50 Best Burger Joints in America by USA Today. The station eventually quit selling gas in 2010; the pumps still stand outside, a reminder of its roots. Friendly and welcoming, Big Ray had a way of quickly establishing a heartfelt bond with all who met him. His 2014 death, at the age of 75, was mourned far and wide. –CG
MISAPPROPRIATIONS OF THE PUBLIC PURSE
JACKSONVILLE BEACH LIFEGUARD STATION Lifeguards are essential to every beach town. We get so used to seeing them patrol the beach and keep watch from their chairs, we don’t think much about it. Well, there’s a lot more to Jacksonville Beach lifeguards than just sunscreen, bods and buoys. The
Jax Beach Lifeguard Station is enormously rich in history, some of which may come as a surprise to locals. In 1912, Mary Proctor, a popular Jacksonville nurse, died after being caught in a runout. Her death was the impetus for Clarence McDonald and Lyman Haskell (both prominent local figures) to create the first volunteer lifeguard station in the United States. At first, station volunteers patrolled the beaches on Saturdays, Sundays and major holidays. They also assisted the Coast Guard with shipwrecks off the coast. In 1914, the station was chartered by the American Red Cross and became the American Red Cross Volunteer Lifesaving Corps. Thirty-three years later, the larger station was built—it still houses the Corps. Another interesting first from JB lifeguard house? The 1919 invention of the metal water buoy, by surfman Henry Walters;
today it’s known as the Walters Torpedo Buoy (“One Hundred Years of Gratitude,” Folio Weekly, 2012). In the last 103 years, the station has changed tremendously, but the JB Lifeguards’ core values and traditions remain the same. –CK
GREEN COVE SPRINGS Before you get all “but Folio Weekly, how can a town be a legend?” pull up a chair, wee one. Green Cove Springs is also the site of one of our state’s 600 natural springs that bubble up from the Floridan Aquifer, hence the “springs” in its name. GCS was first inhabited by aboriginals 5,000 years ago, and the town’s website notes that the mineral spring, also known as “The Boil,” was prized as a medicine and source of sustenance. Late in the 19th century, Green Cove became a popular winter
We might be living on the edge of the grand ol’ South, but Jacksonville has a long history of financial tomfoolery that would make a NYC real estate mogul swell up with pride. It seems that every time the city gets a bright idea to build something grand, something big, really, really big; in the end, it budgets for about half what the durn thing would’ve cost us or just totally screws the pooch and spends a ton of money on an ego palace that starts falling apart seconds after they cut the ceremonial ribbon. See the Main Library, the Courthouse, the Riverwalk; hell, we can’t even build a freaking landfill without some tomfoolery. Whether it’s city officials giving a contract to their very good friend’s company who just so happened to have the lowest bid by far, then signing off on amendment after amendment until it costs more than the highest bidder, or just completely mismanaging the whole damned thing, the city’s long, wearisome history of financially mismanaging large public projects is a thing of ugly. –CG
THE PALACE SALOON The Palace Saloon, on the corner of Centre and Second Street in Downtown Fernandina, is positively the oldest running bar in the state of Florida. It’s stood through the days of horse-drawn carriages, Prohibition and the Great Depression. The saloon keepers have served everyone from dandies in top hats to ’80s big-hair babes. Built in 1878 as a haberdashery, the structure became the famously known Palace Saloon in 1903. It was a favorite haunt of the Carnegies, Rockefellers and other wealthy socialites boating in from Cumberland. According to local legend, the saloon was the last bar to close on the eve of Prohibition, selling alcohol until midnight— and grossing about $60,000 in that one day. During Prohibition, the saloon was able to stay in business by selling gasoline, ice cream and low-percentage alcohol, the dreaded “Near Beer.” (See Pint Sized, p. 33.) Rumor is, the owner made a bootleg Cumberland Whiskey for anyone brave enough to try it. In 1999, a fire almost demolished the building the night before Faith Hill was supposed to shoot a music video there. The owners didn’t let a pesky fire burn them out of business, though, and soon the Palace was restored to all its charming glory. The 40-foot bar, the building itself and its long history are legendary, as is its specialty drink, Pirates Punch. Even if you’re not impressed by the saloon’s century-plus history, the shenanigans that come out of a night of drinking that punch will be your own legendary stories. –CK Find The Palace Saloon at 117 Centre St., Fernandina Beach. APRIL 5-11, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 13
WAKEFIELD POOLE
photo by Dennis Ho
Jacksonville is home to many notables, ranging from the Jaguars to the legendary band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. But many folks may not be aware that it’s also home to a pioneer in the gay porn industry: Wakefield Poole. Some may remember reading about him around this time last year when one of his films, Bijou, was screened at Sun-Ray Cinema. (“Hardcore Focus,” March 16, 2016) Born in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1936, Poole and his family moved to Jacksonville in 1944. The last of three kids, young Poole had much freedom to roam the city and discover what it had to offer. During his explorations, he happened upon the radio station WJAX, which led him to become a frequent participant in the children’s talent show, “Crusader Kids,” which he often won. Poole became a hot entertainment commodity around town, frequently performing destination for some of the earliest species of snowbirds that have since colonized the entire state. A beloved winter playground for the rich and idle, it was a place to see and be seen by the nation’s elite. Today, the spring runs through the city’s swimming pool before emptying out into the St. Johns River. So if you’re allergic or just averse to pool chemicals, dive on in! Bonus: If the ancient aboriginals and 19th-century nouveau riche were right, when you come up for air, you might also be cured of what ails ya. –CG Visit The Boil at Spring Park, 106 Walnut St., GCS.
PETE’S BAR What can be added to the legend of Pete’s Bar? We all know the basics of the Neptune Beach institution: Grocer and bootlegger Pete Jensen sold illegal hooch during Prohibition; the law was repealed in 1933 and he snatched Duval County’s first liquor license to sell. Now his granddaughter Nancy Jensen and her two sons, Tom and John Whittingslow, run the joint. Pete’s has three rooms–the “Old Side,” the pool room and The Hut. In the ’70s, the pool room was the Rite Spot restaurant, serving hearty breakfasts to hungover revelers and homestyle dinners to area families. Junior and Gerry Beasely moved The Spot out in ’77. There was a hallway joining the two Pete’s running behind The Spot; many a night you’d see folks staggering through it on their way to the bathrooms. In the ladies’ room there were no doors on the two stalls, so all who stopped in were instantly sistas to one another, sharing makeup and dating tips. The barkeep in The Hut was Marty, who would play his trumpet at closing time, a hint to stragglers to pick a partner and get the hell out. Ah, Pierre’s by the Sea … thank God 14 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 5-11, 2017
it hasn’t changed much: same décor, probably the same dust on the shelves of fancy liquor bottles, same goofy signs. There will never be another one, so let’s all hope this one goes on forever. –MD
BO’S CORAL REEF Unlike our South Florida neighbors, Northeast Florida isn’t exactly known as a bastion of acceptance of LGBT people. So it may come as a surprise to learn that right under our noses, there’s a haven that’s welcomed people of all kinds since 1964: Bo’s Coral Reef. The much-beloved, longestrunning gay bar in the region moved around a bit before settling into its current location in Jacksonville Beach in 1980. Under the ownership of Roberta “Bo” Boen, a feisty, loving woman who was an almost continuous presence at the club until just before her 2010 death at the age of 86, Bo’s has opened its doors and arms to people of all types— gay, straight, trans, queer, questioning, whatever—since long before people in this town knew that there was a difference between ‘transvestite’ and ‘transgender’ (we’re still waiting for some of our friends in the media to get clued into that). In 2012, Bo’s was renovated and updated (now called Bo’s Club), but you’ll still find a friendly gay “Cheers” kinda vibe, as well as those fabulous female impersonation shows and welcoming atmosphere, keep a fond place in all our hearts for Bo’s. –CG Bo’s Coral Reef, 201 Fifth Ave. N., Jax Beach
DAVID NOLAN Noted local historian and author David Nolan has been educating us about St. Augustine’s history—not necessarily the old Spanish occupation, or British takeover waaaay back in the day, but the real estate boom, when Henry Flagler redesigned the downtown area, when Dr. M.L. King walked the streets and sat in the jail, when the historic architecture was threatened and, in some cases, destroyed. Nolan writes about and speaks out on the subjects of preservation, segregation and emancipation. He’s been president of the Marjorie Kinnan
at events and private functions. Fueled by the city’s vibrant culture, Poole began participating in acrobatics, ballet, drama and tap. The gay scene in the Riverside area welcomed him immediately. Poole was one of 30 other gay men arrested at a party for ”crimes against nature.” The charges were later overturned. Ever curious, Poole went on to seek bigger and better things, moving in 1955 to New York City, where he became a successful dancer, choreographer and theater director. While there, he also began a career in pornography. His first pornographic film, Boys in the Sand, was released in 1971. The movie was inspired by Highway Hustlers, which Poole thought was terrible. He knew he could come up with something better, even with no experience. And he did just that, bringing in $28,000 on opening night. Poole went on to direct many more movies before eventually retiring and leading a quiet life on the Arlington River. –CB
Rawlings Society, a trustee of the Historical Society of first free black settlement, Fort Mose, and a founder of the Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations group. During the recent 450th anniversary or the founding of St. Augustine, Nolan pointed out that “the temptation is to gussy it up, stretch the truth, to fake the buildings, all in the interest of squeezing an extra dollar out of the tourists” (“The Fake History of St. Augustine,” FW, March 12, 2014). In these times of fake news, it’s not surprising to hear the Oldest City may have a façade in front of its ancient story. David Nolan strives to peel away the faux and reveal the real. –MD
school kiss across an armrest as the credits rolled. After initially closing in 2008, the theater reopened in 2012, a run that lasted a mere 18 months until closing again in May 2014, with a final showing befitting a legend, The Monuments Men. Today, the twostory structure is a monument to a bygone era, its street-facing clock permanently frozen in time. –CG
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
THE CLAY THEATRE Northeast Floridians are well aware of all the beloved historic theaters in the area—such as Sun-Ray Cinema, The Florida Theatre and San Marco Theatre—but few realize that the Clay Theatre had been up and running for years when the others were just projections. Now closed, the theater on Walnut Street in Green Cove Springs opened as the Palace Opera House in 1919; it was converted to allow films to be screened in 1936. For decades, the busy single-screen theater was a hub of activity, drawing in families, sailors stationed at Lee Field Naval Air Station, couples, singles, truants, and Don Drapertypes playing hooky from work. Certainly more than a few locals can remember sitting in the theater as their future spouse’s sweaty palm crept into theirs for the first time or the time they shared a sweetly nervous high-
Jacksonville can be a funny place. Funny in the sense that its priorities of historical reverence have highlighted the Confederacy for decades while, for nearly a half-century, it’s continued to ignore the fact that it was the birthplace of one of the greatest bands of the 20th Century. On March 26, 1969, The Allman Brothers Band had its first bona fide jam session at a house in Riverside. When they weren’t rocking the band room, the brothers Gregg and Duane, along with Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jaime Johnson and Butch Trucks, routinely turned on, tuned up and threw down at free concerts in parks in the same neighborhood. The band members were among the first to surrender to serious improvisation and, along with Love, the Mothers of Invention and Santana, were one of the earliest rock groups to be integrated. Archival photos of their Jacksonville days feature the ABB in full astral flight, unleashing their original sound of Sonny Boy Williamson meeting John Coltrane head on, as local longhairs and flower children dance, smile and gape in awe. While the band eventually relocated to Macon, Georgia, it’s Jacksonville where the stars first aligned. Regardless of where they hung their hats, The Allmans were a truly innovative group
that continues to influence countless rock, jazz and country musicians. As the city continually attempts to redefine itself, while trumpeting our sometimes-sketchy history, the fact that there isn’t a bronze statue of Duane Allman standing smack dab in the middle of Five Points says as much about our misguided monuments as it does our cultural and artistic amnesia. –DB
LAVILLA It’s hard to tell now, but decades ago, the LaVilla neighborhood in Downtown Jax was the cultural epicenter of African-American culture and heritage in Florida. Originally a Jacksonville suburb founded in the Civil War era, when escaped and freed slaves sought refuge within a Union garrison stationed there, after the war, LaVilla became an oasis for African-Americans. With a population that was, and is today, mostly black; black people were prominent in LaVilla leadership, particularly until it was annexed by the city in 1887. Afterward, the vibrant neighborhood continued to flourish, becoming a hot spot for jazz and other artistry. From the Roaring Twenties to the Swinging Seventies, the area was known as the “Harlem of the South,” attracting and nurturing famed performers, writers and artists such as Stephen Crane, James Weldon Johnson, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. In its heyday, venues such as Genovar’s Hall, the Strand Theater and the Ritz Theatre & Museum were packed on the regular, with song, sound and creativity bursting out into the streets. After desegregation and Jacksonville’s consolidation, the neighborhood began a slow economic decline that continues today. Yet the powerful and proud cultural legacy remains. In recent years, some effort has been made to resurrect LaVilla to its former glory. –CG Learn more about LaVilla at the Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St.
MILK BAR Make no mistake—it was a cavern. Granted, it was a giant, dimly-lit, high-ceilinged, loud and beer-soaked cavern; but a weird, steamy grotto nonetheless. Ostensibly named for the Droogs’ favorite hangout in the groundbreaking 1971 sci-fi film, A Clockwork Orange, in 1991 the Milk Bar opened at 128 W. Adams St. in downtown Jacksonville, a time when the nightlife of the urban core was pretty much the center of nothingness. Parking was easy for club patrons, since there was little competition on the city’s Omega Man-style barren streets. A few years earlier, Ed Wilson owned the Metropolis on Adams Street, a similar, albeit much smaller, club. After joining forces with Larry Vosmik, and encouraged by that club’s success, the pair double-downed on a larger music venue venture. The bet paid off. Opened right as the ’90s alt-rock boom exploded, the men booked some serious heavyweight acts, including The Cramps, Gwar, the Flaming Lips, a now-notorious show from the Pixies, Soundgarden, Fishbone, Sublime, White
Zombie, Ween, L7, Pavement, Royal Trux (ahem), Cows, Redd Kross, Fugazi … you name a band from that era and if they hit the South, they probably played the Milk Bar. De La Soul even immortalized the club in their song, “I Am I Be.” Local bands got their time onstage as well: Rein Sanction and Crowsdell were regulars and (for better or worse) the club featured some of the earliest Limp Bizkit gigs/IQ conferences. Like its older sister Einstein A Go-Go, the Milk Bar was an outpost for locals looking for music off the radar. Walking down the stairs that led into the total homegrown enterprise, as DJ Robert Goodman’s set rocked the room, one was met with a familiar setting ideal for introducing all to some new, cuttingedge music. –DB
park’s 1,400 acres, much of it wilderness, and reenactments of what life was like during the Civil War. Visitors can camp, soak up sun and salt on the beach, hike and bike in the trails. Largely based on its use as a base of Union operations during the Civil War, Fort Clinch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. –CK Fort Clinch, 2601 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach.
THE TIMUCUA INDIANS French explorers, among the earliest European visitors to Northeast Florida, encountered the Timucua Indians at what they called the River of May. Though the exact location of the river and Fort Caroline are the subjects of modern-day academic debate, with some
saying Southeast Georgia and others saying Northeast Florida, it is uncontroverted that the Timucua, led by Chief Saturiwa, met with French Huguenots, the first Europeans to settle the region in 1562. The Timucua peoples, also known as the Timucuans, helped the French build a settlement, providing them with knowledge of local flora and fauna, as well as food. Unlike nomadic Native Americans, the Timucua lived in permanent villages throughout north and central Florida. Awesome facts: Timucua allowed, even embraced, gender choice and it was common for women to hold leadership roles. (And 21stcentury Americans feel so modern.) Sadly, the relatively brief period of peaceful coexistence between Timucuans and Europeans rapidly unraveled; after the Spanish destroyed Fort Caroline in 1565, the tribe was decimated by both disease and bloodshed, both at the hands of Europeans and other native tribes. A little more than a century on, the ancient Timucuans’ numbers had dwindled from the tens of thousands to approximately 550 in 1698. When the Spanish conceded their North American colony to the British in 1763, they took the last remaining Timucuan with them. The last known full-blooded Timucua, Juan Alonso Cavale, died in 1767. –CG
PUBLIC SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR
(AKA “THE DEVIL SCHOOL”) RONNIE LAND The artwork of Ronnie Land (aka R. Land) popped up in the ’80s in Jacksonville and created a kind of ubiquitous, freaky verbal narrative told throughout the walls of funky businesses, venues and homes throughout the area. A kind of chimerical bastard offspring of Dr. Seuss, S. Clay Wilson, Maurice Sendak and an acid-damaged punker, Land’s menacing little creatures became easily recognizable signifiers for locals, as if to say, “Yes, my friend, I am your fellow Duval freak.” Back when “branding” and “trending” were insults, Land was groundbreaking in ignoring punk/new wave art fads and creating a weird myth that popped up on local band fliers and T-shirts (Beggar Weeds were ardent “Land”heads), his Marineland tribute bumper sticker “Ronnieland” and a highly deranged line of Little Bunny Foo Foo merchandise. Land motored up to Atlanta years ago; he found even greater infamy there, creating his iconoclastic LOSS CAT flier art project, a prank that traveled the globe and raised the bar for post-Situationist, public-art-hoax action. We salute you, Ronnie Land! –DB
FORT CLINCH Sitting pretty on the north side of Fernandina Beach, facing Cumberland Island, Fort Clinch was built in 1847 by the United States military after the second Seminole War, as part of a third system of coastal defenses. Though the fort wasn’t involved in any battles, it was utilized significantly during the Civil War. Confederate forces seized the fort early on and used it as a safe haven for blockade-runners. It was eventually taken over by the Union, which maintained control of the fort until the end of the war. In 1935, Florida bought the fort and surrounding land and turned the area into a state park. The only time since then the fort was closed was during World War II, when it was a communications and security post. It reopened to the public after the war ended. Now, people enjoy time spent in the
In Downtown Jacksonville, crammed next to I-10, sits the infamous former Annie Lytle Elementary School, or Public School Number Four, better known as “The Devil’s School.” Built in 1917, the school, one of the first public grammar schools in the city, was officially condemned in the 1970s. Since then, rumors of its haunting have passed into local lore. Today, it’s a creepy shell that attracts vagrants, vandals and thrill-seekers. There are various horrific rumors about why the school was closed and how it became haunted. One prevalent local legend maintains the hauntings began in the 1960s when a furnace exploded, killing half the students, numerous faculty members and the janitor. Another story involves a principal, sometimes a janitor, going on a killing spree, annihilating half the student body. Yet another yarn involves a cannibal principal who converted a closet to a meat locker to store the corpses of students who’d been sent to his office, to be devoured later. Any of these stories would be a valid reason to close down a school. But no children were ever reported missing from the school, so either there were some utterly messed-up parents or the heinous deeds never happened. You’ll have to decide what to believe. Proof that some locals are unfazed by rumors of hauntings, cannibalism and murder, the Annie Lytle Preservation Group is dedicated to restoring the school to its former glory. In the 21st century, the scariest things coming out of that building are the stories.
–CK
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COWFORD AND (ANDREW JACKSON)VILLE The early centuries of European settlement
in Florida were characterized by a change of hands not unlike a colonial game of musical chairs. Control of the area switched from the French to the Spanish to the British to the Spanish again then, finally, to the United States in 1821, when the state officially became a U.S. territory. During the brief period it was under British control in the late 1700s, those enterprising and oh-so-imaginative imperialists renamed the area “Cowford,” after a section of St. Johns River shallow enough for cows to ford the river. After Cowford was ceded to the (new) Yanks, as part of an initiative to establish a true town in the area, it was renamed Jacksonville, honoring the territory’s first
provincial governor, Andrew Jackson, who became the seventh U.S. president and *gasp* founded the Democratic Party. (Of course, Dems are about as thrilled tracing their history to a racist perpetuator of genocide as Republicans are with the current president’s odd affection for the man whose economic policies helped spark the Panic of 1837 that led to a five-year-long depression.) Though the name Cowford wasn’t officially associated for long with the town, its legacy has lingered here. Today, it’s being used by the likes of the Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (C.A.S.K.) and Cowford Chophouse, opening soon in Downtown Jax . –CG
BLIND BLAKE The stories surrounding the lives of actual musicians who created pre-WWII blues can be as arcane and fable-like as the eternal music they created. The lore of the life of Arthur “Blind” Blake is no exception. Blake was born in 1896; this much we know. Historians argue whether or not Blake was born here in Jacksonville or Newport News, Virginia. That geographical murkiness grows only dimmer, as Blake had family in Southeast Georgia, and had possible connections to the Gullah culture of Sea Island, which would boost the claim of Jacksonville roots. What’s undeniable and agreed upon is that from 1926-’32, Blake recorded 80 tracks for Paramount Records, featuring a fingerpicking style that evoked country and ragtime music. Following his prolific recording career, Blake fell into obscurity, dying in Milwaukee at the age of 38 on Dec. 1, 1934. Blake’s music influenced musicians like Reverend Gary Davis, John Fahey, Hot Tuna, Ry Cooder and Bob Dylan; Bobby D covered Blake’s song “You Gonna Quit Me Blues” for his 1992 album, Good As I Been to You. –DB
THE FLORIDA THEATRE Right this very minute, the Downtown entertainment venue is celebrating its 90th anniversary of bringing quality musicians, comedians, performers and all manner of notable cultural types to our culturally hungry city. Elvis, banned from rotating his pelvis, wiggled his little finger there— under the watchful eye of Judge Marion Gooding—in 1956. It’s said to be haunted; you can understand that after sitting in the balcony for just a few minutes. The décor is lovely—seraphim and cherubim beckon from the walls in Spanish Eclectic Style. Kinda makes it a sacred site to experience the raunch rock of George Thorogood & the Destroyers (May 21) and Ted Nugent (July 13). Florida Theatre has always been mindful about being in the community, maintaining its standards to keep the public entertained as well as informed. As part of the celebration, there’s a free screening of Buster Keaton’s 1928 black-and-white silent film, Steamboat Bill Jr., at 7 p.m. April 8. For more events and performances, go to floridatheatre.com. –MD
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The Mustard Seed Cafe
Inside Nassau Health Foods, The Mustard Seed is Amelia Island’s only organic eatery and juice bar, with an extensive, eclectic menu featuring vegetarian and vegan items. Daily specials include local seafood, free-range chicken and fresh organic produce. Salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups are available – all prepared with our staff’s impeccable style. Popular items are chicken or veggie quesadillas, grilled mahi, or salmon over mixed greens and tuna melt with Swiss cheese and tomato. Open for breakfast and lunch, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Sat. nassauhealthfoods.net 833 T.J. Courson Road 904-277-3141
The Surf
The Surf Restaurant & Bar has served Amelia Island & Fernandina Beach residents and guests since 1957. A favorite local spot bringing great service, great food and a home like feeling from all of our staff. We are proud to offer a wide variety of menu favorites as well as great service. Home of the original Wing-It, The Drunken Pirates Burger, Lobster Sunday & When It Rains, We Pour!! 3199 S. Fletcher Avenue 904-261-5711
Moon River Pizza
Moon River Pizza treats customers like family. Cooked in a brick oven, the pizza is custommade by the slice (or, of course, by the pie). Set up like an Atlanta-style pizza joint, Moon River also offers an eclectic selection of wine and beer. Open for lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Dine in or take it with you. 925 S. 14th Street 904-321-3400
Sliders Seaside Grill
Oceanfront dining at its finest. Award-winning crab cakes, fresh daily seafood specials and homemade desserts. Sliders has Amelia Island’s only waterfront Tiki Bar, plus a children’s playground and live music every weekend. Thediningexperienceiscompletewithbrand-new second-story banquet facilities, bar and verandah. Open 11 a.m. daily. Make Sliders Seaside Grill your place to be for friends and family, entertainment and the best food on the East Coast. Call for your next special event. 1998 S. Fletcher Avenue 904-277-6652
Amelia Tavern
Small plates and simple dishes, based on coastal Georgia and Florida recipes, using locally sourced ingredientsinastylish modernbistroenvironment. 318 Centre Street 904-310-6088
Cafe Karibo
Homemadesandwiches,saladsandsoupsareserved inarelaxedatmosphereinthischarming buildingin the historic district. Delicious freshfish specials and theme nights (PadThai and curry), plus vegetarian dishes, are also featured. Karibrew Brew Pub & Grub – the only one on the island – offers onsite beers and great burgers and sandwiches. 27 N. Third Street 904-277-5269
29 South Eats
This chic, neighborhood bistro has it all – great ambience, fantastic food, an extensive wine list and reasonable prices. The eclectic menu offers regional cuisine with a modern whimsical twist and Chef Scotty Schwartz won Best Chef in Folio Weekly’s 2007 Best of Jax readers poll. Open for lunch Tue.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., for dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mon.-Thu., till 10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. Brunch is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun. 29southrestaurant.com. 29 S. Third Street 904-277-7919
Brett’s Waterway Café
Overlooking Fernandina Harbor Marina, Brett’s offersanupscaleatmospherewithoutstandingfood. The extensive luncheon and dinner menus feature daily specials, fresh Florida seafood, chicken and aged beef. Cocktails, beer and wine. Casual resort wear. Open at 11:30 a.m. daily. Fernandina Harbor Marina at the foot of Centre Street 904-261-2660
T-Ray’s Burger Station
T-Ray’s offers a variety of breakfast and lunch items. In addition to an outstanding breakfast menu, you’ll find some of the best burgers you’ve ever put in your mouth. The Burger Station offers a grilled portabello mushroom burger, grilled or fried chicken salad and much more. The spot where locals grab a bite and go! Now serving beer & wine. Open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.2:30 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed Sundays. 202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310
Jack & Diane’s
The locals’ favorite hangout! Dine inside or on the patio of this cozy, renovated 1887 shotgun home in historic downtown Fernandina Beach. From the crab & shrimp omelet to the steak & tomato pie, “The tastiest spot on Centre” offers food with attitude and unexpected flair. Live music elevates your dining experience to a new level. Come for breakfast, stay for dinner! You’ll love every bite! 708 Centre Street 904-321-1444
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ot even 40 years old, and instrumentalist Dave Eggar’s music career is about as legit as it comes. A musical prodigy, Eggar began playing cello and piano at age three. By seven, he had already performed on Broadway and with the Metropolitan Opera; by age 15, Carnegie Hall. Eggar went on to graduate from Harvard University and the Julliard School’s Doctoral Program. Of course, he didn’t stop there. Over the past two decades, Eggar has worked with everyone from Ornette Coleman and The Who to DJ Spooky and Coldplay in musical genres ranging from pop and rock to hip hop, avantgarde and Americana. On Saturday, April 15, Eggar returns to Jacksonville to perform with singer-songwriter, Morley, as well as members of the Jacksonville Symphony led by concertmaster and symphony violinist Philip Pan–dubbed The Chamber Symphony of Peace–or a special night of music bathed in peace, love and understanding. Folio Weekly: Tell me a about your childhood as a musical prodigy. Dave Eggar: I grew up in a very musical family. My mother’s whole family all played instruments. When I first went to elementary school was when I realized that everybody didn’t play an instrument. Because of my mom, I was able to meet a lot of really interesting musicians at such a young age. Aaron Copland lived in the town where I grew up, down the road, and he was very old–in his eighties–but my mother knew him because she ran a little concert series at the library. When I was 6 or 7, I decided to write him a letter and I rode my bicycle down to his house and put it in his mailbox. The letter was like, “Dear Mr. Copland, I think you need to hear me play.” So he called my mom and I started studying with him in the last few years of his life, which was a really powerful thing. How did this MOSH show come about? I first played in Jacksonville about five years ago at the planetarium at the museum with Morley, the same artist I’ll be playing with this time, and I immediately fell in love with the city. Jimmy Saal is the one who originally connected me with Jacksonville and over the years, we’ve done some really
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creative programming there. We did an “Inside Out” show at the Florida Theatre twice where we reversed the audience and put them on the stage and a collection of other things. Last time we were there, Philip Pan from the Jacksonville Symphony and I did a night of classical jams. We had this idea of what would happen if you had classical players construct a night that sounded more like a singer-songwriter night and it went really well. So this time, we thought it would be cool to expand on that and we have members of the Jacksonville Symphony, Morley, a bass player and myself.
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NOTE Innovative cellist Dave Eggar hopes his music MAKES A DIFFERENCE in the world
You’ve worked with Morley before, correct? I’ve been working with Morley for a really long time and she’s an activistwriter and I also do a lot of work that deals with music and social justice. I’ve spent quite a lot of time working with and researching tribes in Southeast Asia and the use of music in conflict resolution. We thought it would be interesting to look at music historically and how composers handle issues of social justice and peace and things like that, so we put together a pretty fun program that looks at today and yesterday and how people have used music to enact change. I’m pretty excited about it. As an instrumentalist, I would imagine you have to find creative ways to get your message across when you’re not using lyrics and vocals. It’s really powerful to see music on the frontlines of enacting change and I think that it is something that
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Morley and I have both dealt with very powerfully and one of the things that drew me to the work that I did with tribes. I was able to use music as a negotiation tool in tribal council where, for example, tribes that are ideologically conflicted… yet share the same music and dance. They actually begin their negotiations with a jam session. Music was the common ground and I found that incredibly fascinating. You’ve worked with some well-known musicians and performers including Beyoncé, Ray LaMontagne, Carly Simon and Roberta Flack. Tell me about that. I have had a very flashy career. I’ve played with a lot of pop stars and I’ve been very lucky and blessed with an exciting touring life. But at the same time, it’s so important that with your music you’re able to make a change and make a difference. I feel like that doesn’t always necessarily happen when you’re just promoting music and getting it out there that way. Do you have bucket list musicians that you haven’t worked with yet? Of course. I’ve been lucky that I’ve gotten to work with some of my real heroes like Paul Simon and James Taylor, but I’d say my bucket list people would be mostly songwriters, which is odd for an instrumentalist. It’s Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and Dolly Parton. I’m a huge Dolly Parton fan. Kara Pound mail@folioweekly.com
DAVE EGGAR & MORLEY with THE CHAMBER SYMPHONY OF PEACE featuring PHILIP PAN
7 p.m. April 15, Museum of Science and History, Southbank, $30, themosh.org
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FOLIO A+E : MAGIC LANTERNS Robert Mitchum and Yul Brynner star in two unheralded CLASSIC WESTERNS
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here are those who eagerly await the DVD release of the latest movie they just saw on the big screen a few months or maybe even weeks earlier, there are others who are just as anxious to discover older, sometimes forgotten, films that somehow managed to get their own upgrade for the home market. Too often these films get lost in the shuffle. Such is the case with two older Westerns just dropped on Blu-ray which fans of the genre should definitely check out. Both films look better than ever, and they’re better than average for their type. Neither was a blockbuster, neither is on lists of Best Westerns, yet both have top stars at their peak, in surprisingly complex character studies. Both were also written and directed by Richard Wilson, for many years Orson Welles’ chief assistant. Later a teacher of directing at the University of Southern California film school, Wilson was always effusive about the genius from whom he was fortunate enough to learn. Man with the Gun (1955) was actually the writer/director’s first movie. Starring Robert Mitchum (who also starred Night of the Hunter the same year), Wilson’s film has all the trappings of a conventional oater of the period, but the result is anything but typical. Clint Tollinger (Mitchum) rides into town looking for Nelly Bain (Jan Sterling) and the whereabouts of their five-year-old daughter. Though her position is dutifully sanitized for the ’50s, Nelly is obviously the local madam, whose girls include an uncredited Angie Dickinson. Nelly won’t tell Clint what he wants to know, but his reputation as a “town-tamer” leads to his putting on a badge to clean up the lawless mess occasioned by a local land baron and his thugs. A romantic subplot mirroring Clint and Nelly’s rocky relationship features Jeff Castle (John Lupton), a hotheaded young settler determined to fight on his own despite the protestations from his sweetheart Stella (Karen Sharpe), who just might be developing a thing of her own for the new tough guy in town. Regardless, Clint starts dealing with the scumbags in his own inimitable way. His rules are his own, simple but deadly. Shape up, or be ready to draw. Clint is effective and ruthless, leading townspeople to question their decision to hire him. One of the film’s best sequences has Clint provoking a fight with Frenchie, the local saloon-keeper (Ted de Corsia), burning down the building, and nearly taking the rest of the town with it. What sets the movie apart, though, is the complicated motives driving the man … um … with the gun. And Robert Mitchum is in top form, adding real nuance to his imposing physical presence. In addition to Sterling, supporting cast members are also quite effective, adding dimension to stereotypical roles. Man with the Gun was Mitchum’s first movie after his break with RKO Pictures, registering
a significant shift to more complex roles in the actor’s future career. Co-written by Richard Nelson with his wife Elizabeth, Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) bears superficial similarities to the earlier film. However, the themes and conflicts are even more complex than in Man with the Gun, as is the title character played by Yul Brynner. Returning home after the Civil War, former Reb Matt Weaver (George Segal) is disenfranchised by the Yankee townspeople, headed by corrupt mayor Sam Brewster (Pat Hingle). Taking matters and a gun into his own hands, Matt begins a one-man war of his own, prompting the cowardly citizens to hire a gunfighter of their own. Though the nattily dressed Jules Gaspard d’Estaing (Brynner) isn’t their first choice, he promptly wins the job on his own. Jewel (as the unrefined citizens called him) is aloof and mysterious, but obviously deadly. His motives are decidedly his own, unrelated to the proffered cash. Jewel has his eye on Ruth Adams (Janice Rule), Matt’s ex-fiancée, now the wife of Crane Adams (Clifford Davis) who lost his arm in the war. In addition, the gunfighter seems quite angered by the plight of the town’s Mexican population, in effect, treated little better than the former slaves the Yankees fought to free. Invitation to a Gunfighter is a minor classic waiting to be rediscovered. Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com
NOWSHOWING THE JOYCEAN SOCIETY Crisp-Ellert Art Museum artist-in-residence and curator Staci Bu Shea hosts a screening of the film, by screenwriter and director Dora Garcia, at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine. Flagler College professor Dr. Craig Woelfel comments afterwards. THE SULTAN & THE SAINT The story of St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt, the film screens 2 p.m. April 9, University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, Southside. Director Alexander Kronemer comments during the screening. A community discussion follows. Admission is free; tickets are required; weapps.unf.edu/eticket/sultanandsaint. SUN-RAY CINEMA Your Name and Ghost in the Shell start April 7 at 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Julieta runs through April 6. Chuck Berry Hail, Hail Rock ’n’ Roll screens through April 13. The Salesman starts April 7. Throwback Thursday screens Water for Elephants at noon; Cult Classic runs Troll 2, 8 p.m. April 6. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. IMAX THEATER Beauty and the Beast, Ghost in the Shell, Dream Big, A Beautiful Planet and Extreme Weather currently screen at World Golf Village IMAX Theater, 1 World Golf Pl., St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. APRIL 5-11, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 23
ARTS + EVENTS PERFORMANCE
CLASSICAL & JAZZ
AN ENCHANTED EVENING WITH BARBRA STREISAND Vocalist Sharon Owens and her band play beloved Streisand tunes, 5:50 p.m. April 5-7; 10:50 a.m. & 5:50 p.m. April 8; 11:50 a.m. April 9, Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, $64, alhambrajax.com. DUO SONIDOS Guitarist and Adam Levin and violinist William Knuth perform at 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. April 7, Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, 355-7584, fridaymusicale.com. CANELLASKIS CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH Jacksonville Symphony and guest conductor Karina Canellakis perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15 in B major and works by Beethoven and Liszt, 11 a.m. & 8 p.m. April 7; 8 p.m. April 8; 3 p.m. April 9, T-U Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, 354-5547, $20-$77, jaxsymphony.org. CONCERT AT THE CATHEDRAL University of North Florida’s Concert Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Cara Tasher, performs 8 p.m. April 7, Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, 38 Cathedral Pl., 824-2806, thefirstparish.org. VALENTINA LISITSA The pianist performs 5 p.m. April 8, Amelia Plantation Chapel, 36 Bowman Rd., Fernandina Beach, $50, 261-1779, ameliaislandchambermusicfestival.com. RACHEL BARTON PINE & THE NEW YORK CHAMBER SOLOISTS ORCHESTRA Virtuoso violinist Pine performs with the orchestra, 7:30 p.m. April 8, Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine, 797-2800, $40; $5 students, emmaconcerts.com. ANDRAE MURCHISON The jazz trombonist performs with the John Lumpkin Trio, 8 p.m. April 8, The Ritz Theatre & Museum, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010, $24-$29, ritzjacksonville.com. CHAMBER MUSIC AT MAIN LIBRARY Oboist Susan Hicks Brashier, bassoonist Shannon Lowe and pianist Maila Guttierrez Springfield perform, 3 p.m. April 9, Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2353, jplmusic.blogspot.com. THE DYNAMIC LES DEMERLE JAZZ TRIO The trio, with vocalist Bonnie Eisele, is on 6-9 p.m. every Fri. in April, Horizons Restaurant, 5472 First Coast Hwy., Fernandina, 321-2430, $15, horizonsameliaisland.com. TAYLOR ROBERTS The jazz guitarist plays 7-10 p.m. every Wed., Ocean 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060, ocean60.com. Roberts is in 4-9 p.m. every Thur. at the lobby bar; 6-10 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., Salt Restaurant, both at Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Fernandina, 277-1100, ritzcarlton.com.
COMEDY
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7:30 p.m. April 5; 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. April 7 & 8, The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $12-$18, comedyzone.com. COMEDY CLUB OF JACKSONVILLE CELEBRATION Club owners Phatt Katz celebrate their one-year anniversary of presenting comedy, with appearances by Shawn Jones and Big Mo, 8 p.m. April 7 & 8, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, $20-$50, jacksonvillecomedy.com. HOT POTATO COMEDY HOUR Chris Buck MCs local comics 9 p.m. every Mon., Rain Dogs., 1045 Park St., Riverside, free, 379-4969.
photo by Roy Albert Berry
STALKING OTTIS TOOLE: A SOUTHERN GOTHIC Adapted from the book by local author-educator (and Folio Weekly contributor) Tim Gilmore, FSCJ dramaWORKS stages Stalking Ottis Toole: A Southern Gothic, about Jacksonville native Toole who became a notorious serial arsonist and killer, 7:30 p.m. April 6, 7 & 8; 2 p.m. April 9, Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ’s South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., 646-2222, $10; $5 advance FSCJ faculty, staff, students ($10 at the door); contains offensive language and adult content; no one under 18 admitted, fscj.edu. DREAMGIRLS Alhambra Theatre & Dining stages the popular musical, about the rise and fall of the 1960s vocal group, The Dreams, April 12-May 21. Dinner 6 p.m.; brunch noon, Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menu; 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $35-$62 + tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. THE DINING ROOM Douglas Anderson School of the Arts’ Theatre Department stages the acclaimed drama, with seven actors portraying 59 characters in a story of a vanishing class of people from the 1930s-’80s, 7:30 p.m. April 4-7; 2 p.m. April 8, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 346-5620 ext. 122, $20; $10 students, datheatreboosters.org. ONE WOMAN SEX & THE CITY: A PARODY Kerry Ipema brings favorite characters from the HBO series to life, in a one-woman-show comedy, 8 p.m. April 7 & 8, T-U Center’s Terry Theater, 442-2929, $38.50-$48.50, fscjartistseries.org. THE GLASS MENAGERIE Orange Park Community Theatre stages Tennessee Williams’ intense, autobiographically based drama of a delightfully dysfunctional family, 8 p.m. April 7 & 8; 3 p.m. April 9; 2900 Moody Ave., 276-2599, $18; $10 students, opct.info.
ART BEHIND BARS
The Cathedral Arts Project exhibit, County Missives: Expressive Works by Incarcerated Juveniles Adjudicated as Adults, is on display through June 30 at UNF’s Lufrano Intercultural Gallery, Southside. SPLIFF’S OPEN MIC COMEDY The gastropub holds open mic 9 p.m. every Tue., 15 Ocean St., Downtown, 844-5000. COMEDY UNCORKED Patrick Dalton MCs local, regional comics 7 p.m. every Wed., The Wine Bar, 320 N. First St., Jax Beach, 442-0755, thewinebaruncorked.com.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
NEW TOWN URBAN FARM Urban Geoponics and New Town are developing a large community garden at Pearce and West Third streets, in the New Town/Edward Waters area, Northside, to provide fresh produce and a hands-on, open-air center of learning for the community and area students. Urban Farm meets 10 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sun. Details, call Diallo-Sekou, 706-284-9808.
ART WALKS & MARKETS
FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK The Downtown art walk, themed Do Your pART, is 5-9 p.m. April 5, has more than 21 live music venues, 21+ hotspots open past 9 p.m. and 60+ total stops, spanning 15 blocks; iloveartwalk.com. ART ON EIGHTH: AN EVENING OF ART, WINE & JAZZ A self-guided tour of Fernandina’s Eighth Street, with live jazz, art galleries and boutiques, is 5-7 p.m. April 6; includes wine tastings at BuyGo, 626 S. Eighth St., buygostores.com. FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK A self-guided tour of exhibits, live music and refreshments offered by 27 members of local art galleries, is 5-9 p.m. April 7, St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, 377-0198, artgalleriesofstaugustine.org. OLD TOWN ART SHOW The seventh annual art show, with more than 100 local and national artists, artisans and craftspeople selling works in a variety of media including jewelry, photography, sculpture, pottery, painting, glass, metal, fiber art and wood; plus food vendors, is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 8 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 9, Francis Field, 25 W. Castillo Dr., St. Augustine, holidayartshows.com. CONSCIOUS MARKET A mingle of tastes and sips is 7-11 p.m. April 8 and every Sat., Conscious Eats, 5913 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 5, Mandarin, 612-3934. Bring a donation of dried beans, rices, quinoas, other grains. Proceeds benefit Conscious Market/Character Counts programs.
FOLIO A+E : MUSIC
Husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope marry the HELL-RAISING AND HEART-RENDING to magnificent effect
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f you’re a fan of raw, visceral blues-rock, it might seem like husband-and-wife duos are everywhere. In this day and age, though, none are firing on as many cylinders as Charleston, South Carolina’s, Shovels & Rope. Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst have an unprecedented way with darkly humorous, twisted Gothic storytelling, and instead of sticking with the usual you-play-guitar, I-playdrums setup, their live show is a cacophonous mix of instrument-switching, vocal-blending, floor-shaking Southern folk-rock. Although they’ve always worn their hearts on their sleeves, somehow Trent and Hearst got even more introspective on the 2016 album Little Seeds, hailed by critics as both their most poised and most personal yet. Pulling from adult upheavals like the arrival of their first daughter, Michael’s father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and the sudden passing of a longtime friend, Shovels & Rope are operating on an even higher plane of artistic achievement. They’re a heck of a fun interview, too, teaming up to finish each other’s sentences in a joint phone call with Folio Weekly.
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Cary Ann Hearst: That’s a good observation. The material was really challenging to record; we had to process our feelings about these events as we were working on it. But it was a worthy challenge. The show is its own kind of challenge, though—it requires the energy of much younger, fitter people than we were. Focusing on that allows us to create a little space away from the heart of the material. But there are moments when one of us will hit a raw nerve—we’ll be living in the lyrics more than what’s appropriate for a public performance. That lived-in feel is often astoundingly complex, especially compared to the other Americana artists you get lumped in with. Was achieving that depth always a conscious desire? M.T.: That’s just the type of artists we are. We’ve always been interested in doing things differently—we didn’t even really know what Americana was until we started getting invited to Americana events. So we’re happy to push it outside the box.
SHOVELS & ROPE with MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ 8 p.m. April 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $28.50-$31.50, pvconcerthall.com
C.A.H.: We aren’t purists, but we are traditionalists in the sense that we believe a song should have something to actually say, not just rhyme. [Laughs.] That’s left us free to do what we want. And that freedom has been Shovels & Rope raison d’être since the beginning, right? M.T.: Definitely. It’s always been more improvisational. You can turn on a dime or throw something out that’s a little bit crazy, and there’s only one other person that has to catch on to it. That’s so different than any other band that either one of us has been in.
Have there been any pitfalls to pursuing a professional relationship alongside a personal relationship? C.A.H.: We haven’t really done it any other way. Given the choice of never seeing your family or being with your family 24 hours a day, I’ll take the latter, even if it’s sort of a family circus. The mundaneness might get to you on Tuesday, but on Wednesday you remember how to go with the flow. Has all of that changed now with your baby daughter along for the ride? C.A.H.: It’s a greater responsibility, that’s for sure. We’re a team—our tour manager’s a dad, and we have an amazing nanny who comes in handy when both parents are onstage. But if anything did happen, I’d trust any one of our crew to wear our girl on stage while she has her headphones on. Michael, you’ve talked a lot in the past about wanting to emotionally connect with Shovels & Rope’s crowds. Is that possible in this digital day and age, especially in bigger venues? M.T.: We’re always trying to get better at it. But people enjoy music for so many different reasons—some people want to go to a show to cry, some people want to jump around and get sweaty, some people want to hoot and holler. We try and be honest with the presentation of the songs—it doesn’t have to just be ballads that are soaked in tears, and it doesn’t have to just be pure … C.A.H.: … Metal! M.T.: No blood. [Laughs.] But yeah, the best compliment in the world would be that the audience felt something. As you get older, you want to have that deeper level of emotion at a show. I know I did after I had a kid. M.T.: Dads can cry! Don’t feel bad about it. Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com APRIL 5-11, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 25
ARTS + EVENTS WHITE HARVEST FARMS & FARMER’S MARKET Local organic, fresh produce, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. every Sat., 5348 Moncrief Rd., Northside, 354-4162; proceeds benefit Clara White Mission, clarawhitemission.org. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local, regional art, morning yoga 9 a.m., local music–Ordinary Elephant, Chris Thomas & Blue Muse, UNF Jazz Ensemble II—food and farmers market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 8 and every Sat. under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.
MUSEUMS
BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Atlantic Beach: From the Continental to a Coastal Community displays through June 11. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Ingrid Mathurin, Toni Smailagic and Mal Jones host Every Single Artist Lounge, a meetup for artists, curators, educators, gallery owners and the public, 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 11 and every second Tue. each month. Free admission every first Sat. Academic Splendor: 19th-Century Masterworks from Dahesh Museum of Art through April 16. David Ponsler: Chasing Shadows displays through Oct. 4. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/jax. html. Humanity: The Value of a Life, works by Jenny Hager, Lance Vickery, Rosana Casco, Troy Eittreim, Caitlin Flynn, Jane Griffo, Mal Jones, Cal Oglesby, Deborah Reid, Tracie Thornton and Ithiell Israel, through April 27. The Long Distance Telephone, an original manuscript by Alexander Graham Bell, through April 26. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Painter Kathy Stark’s exhibit, The Wilderness of North Florida’s Parks, is on display through May 29. Science & History boat tours, 1 & 3:30 p.m. April 8 and every Sat., $15 adults, $12 kids. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Project Atrium: Lauren Fensterstock displays through June 18. Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper and The Evolution of Mark-Making display through May 14.
GALLERIES
ATLANTIC BEACH EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE The community theater group always needs volunteers to help with productions. Call 249-7177 or email celiaabet@gmail.com. THE ART CENTER GALLERY Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. Marsha Hatcher is April’s featured artist. The juried show Abstraction at its Best runs through May 19. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/news-events/crispellert-art-museum. Head Case, Jamie Isenstein’s sculptures and photographs, shows through April 15. CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Glass & Serigraphs: New Works by Thomas Kite & Daryl Bunn, displays through May 26. FLORIDA MINING 5300 Shad Rd., Southside, 535-7252, floridamininggallery.com. Christina Foard’s recent paintings display through May 5. THE GALLERY AT ONE OCEAN 1 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7402, oneoceanresort.com. In partnership with Stellers Gallery, the new space exhibits Where the Earth Meets the Sky, works by mixed media fine art painter John Schuyler. LUFRANO INTERCULTURAL GALLERY 1 UNF Drive, Student Union Bldg. 58 E., Ste. 2401, Jacksonville. 620-2475, unf.edu/gallery. Cathedral Arts Project exhibit, County Missives: Expressive Works by Incarcerated Juveniles Adjudicated as Adults, is on display through June 30. MAKERSPACE GALLERY Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2665, jaxpubliclibrary.org/jaxmakerspace. Kesha–A Black Female Experience of Identity & Race, works of 14 female African-American artists, runs through April 23. PLUM GALLERY 10 Aviles St., St. Augustine, 825-0069, plumartgallery.com. Works by Wendy Tatter, George Ann Gillespie and Jackie Kramer show through May. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 150, 438-4358, southlightgallery.com. Rita Kenyon is April’s featured artist. The co-op shows 20 local artists’ works. THE SPACE GALLERY 120 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, thespacegalleryjax.com. The Crucifixion of Self displays through April 15. 26 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 5-11, 2017
SUBLIME ORIGINAL GALLERY The DeLO, 420 Broad St., Downtown, 901-5515, sublimeoriginal.com. An opening reception for the photography exhibit Raw Beauty is 6-9 p.m. April 7.
EVENTS
PONTE VEDRA LIBRARY BOOK SALE Friends of the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library hold a book sale—books, movies, music, puzzles, board games—10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. April 5; 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 6 & 7 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (bag day: fill a bag for $10), 101 Library Blvd., 827-6950; proceeds benefit library programs, sjcpls.org. GREEN FEST The USGBC North Florida Green Lion Festival has a “green zone” of local vendors, businesses and nonprofits on hand to talk about living more eco/ Earth friendly, 5-9 p.m. April 5, Downtown Art Walk, usgbcflorida.org. HOPE AT HAND POETRY FEST Celebrating National Poetry Month, the second annual Jax Poetry Fest, with local adult and adolescent poets reading their work, a reading by award-winning spoken-word poet, educator and activist Dominique Christina, writing and publishing workshops and more rhyme-based delights, is April 5-7 at various Jacksonville venues. The nonprofit provides art and poetry sessions to vulnerable and at-risk youth; details at facebook.com/jaxpoetryfest, hopeathand.org. WINE, CHEESE & CHEERS Live entertainment and artisan cheeses paired with international wines mark Spring Fling, 5:30-7 p.m. April 7 at Winn-Dixie Point Meadows, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 519-9952. CUMMER AMELIA WALKS Cummer Amelia holds its third annual garden walk 1-4 p.m. April 7, Amelia Island Planation; and art home tour 1-4 p.m. April 8 on Amelia Island; details at cummermuseum.org. DAILY’S FIT-4-LIFE KIDS DUATHLON The second annual Daily’s Fit-4-Life Kids Duathlon, with a run, bike and run (Duathlon) for ages 5-15 along historic Riverside streets, is 8 a.m.-noon April 8, Riverside Presbyterian Day School, 830 Oak St., 353-5511 ext. 186, $40; junior race 8 a.m.; senior race 9 a.m., Riverside, rpds.com/duathlon. PONTE VEDRA BEACH HOME & ART TOUR The annual self-guided tour of five Ponte Vedra homes that feature notable art and design is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 8; a map of homes is provided to ticket-holders; proceeds benefit The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, $35; 280-0614 ext. 205, ccpvb.org. NORTHEAST FLORIDA WOODCARVER’S GUILD The guild holds a free woodcarving demo, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 8, Woodcraft of Jacksonville, 11160 Beach Blvd., Southside, 721-9796, woodcraft.com. SAVE GUANA NOW FUNDRAISER The Save Guana Gala, featuring dinner, live music and silent auction, is 5-9 p.m. April 8 at a private home on Lake Guana, $60 ($40 is tax deductible). Proceeds benefit Save Guana Now’s plan to prevent Gate Petroleum/ Ponte Vedra Corp. from building 77 homes along a one-mile stretch of Guana River in St. Johns County, saveguananow.org. MOLIERE DiMANCHE JR. BOOK SIGNING Artist and author Dimanche discusses and signs copies of his book, It Takes a Criminal To Know One or How the Inspector General and I Are One and the Same, 4-7 p.m. April 9, City Bistro, 1280 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, 209-6810. FRED FUNK GOLF CHARITY CHALLENGE The third annual charity golf tournament, with 18 holes of golf plus a post-tournament luncheon, kicks off with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start April 10, Sawgrass Country Club, 10034 Golf Club Dr., Ponte Vedra, 824-9800, $250 per player; prizes awarded in several categories; each golfer gets a team photo autographed by Funk. Proceeds benefit Crosswater Community Church’s “Finish the Course” campaign. For details to register, go to crosswaterchurch.net. JUMBO SHRIMP VS. LOOKOUTS The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s inaugural season starts with a homestand against the Chattanooga Lookouts, 7:05 p.m. April 12 (magnet giveaway), continues April 13 (Chuck Taylor Night, Mavericks Live Thirsty Thursday), April 14 (fireworks, Red Shirt Friday), 6:05 p.m. April 15 (Fur Circus, Rally Towel giveaway), and 3:05 p.m. April 16 (Dora Day), at Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, Downtown, single game tix $9 (check website), 358-2846, jaxshrimp. com. Next up: Mobile BayBears! __________________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price, contact number to print to Daniel A. Brown; email dbrown@folioweekly. com or mail 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Items run as space is available. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. printing.
FOLIO A+E : MUSIC Folio Weekly finally tracks down GUITAR GOD Leo Kottke for an insightful interview
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Because you released your legendary album wo years ago, in these esteemed pages, 6- and 12-String Guitar on Takoma Records, longtime Folio Weekly scribe Arvid Smith and because of your similarly supernatural penned a piece, “What We Will Never skills on guitar, you’re forever linked to John Know About Leo Kottke.” After scrambling Fahey. Did the categorization feel fair or through the usual gantlet of promoters, accurate to you in 1969, and does it feel fair publicists and PR hacks, our man Arvid or accurate to you now? was stonewalled at every turn, a feeling I In one of my favorite reviews from the ’70s, I know quite well. But in Kottke’s case, the was compared to a bucket of warm spit. As a despair was understandable: Here’s a man guy named Katagiri once said, “You have to who helped create and cultivate the haunting say something.” I’m sure the reviewer would American Primitive aesthetic alongside the understand. I don’t think of John in any way mystical, magical John Fahey in the 1970s. except as a friend. The day before he died, A man who passed on a chance at rock ’n’ John said something like, “It’s OK; I’ve written roll fame by declining a spot in Bob Dylan’s a few good tunes.” legendary mid-’70s Rolling Thunder Revue. A man who has overcome partial hearing When you had to change your playing style loss and a debilitating bout of tendon damage and learn a new fingerpicking technique in in his right hand to discard his time-tested the 1980s to overcome tendonitis, was there aggressive 12-string style and relearn a new ever a moment when you wanted to give up jazz-influenced fingerpicking method that’s or were worried you might be forced to? universally celebrated. It’s that way for everybody who plays, every How celebrated? Many critics claim day. After a while, you’re dying and you Kottke to be one of the top five most have a few good tunes. All that means is, influential guitar players of all time—Arvid we shouldn’t take this shit too seriously. It’s Smith even claimed that “he has inspired always a privilege to play. and placed the stringed instrument in more hands than anyone save Elvis.” So it is with Have your listening tastes changed as you’ve great excitement and considerable fanfare gotten older, either in what kind of music that we are thrilled to announce we finally you like to listen to or the way in which you got through to Kottke in 2017. The interview listen to it? may have been conducted via the impeccably Constantly. impersonal email method, and Leo may have declined to answer any questions about How about the way you approach playing his co-headlining tour with pedal-pushing, the guitar? Are you still doing detailed, loop-reliant, barefoot guitar guru Keller deep-dive deconstructions of them, or can Williams. But we did gain a little insight you grab a standardinto what still captivates tuned, standard-built Kottke 50 years into his guitar, play it, and career, why the oneShut The Folk Up & Listen: LEO KOTTKE & KELLER WILLIAMS derive the same kind time king of alternative 8 p.m. April 6, The Florida Theatre, of pleasure from it as tunings is more than Downtown, $37.50-$50, floridatheatre.com playing one of your happy to work in a customized guitars? standardized lane again, The guitars aren’t and why, when it comes customized—and they’re usually in standard down to it, it’s all about playing. tuning. If you spend your time in open tunings, Folio Weekly: You began your musical you’re going to be miserable. Which is not to career by mastering contemporary forms say that you can’t get some good stuff there, but of American music: blues, jazz, folk. What such stuff becomes too much in a very short was it about these genres that originally time. Standard tuning exists for a reason. And captivated you as a young man? people much smarter than me figured this out Leo Kottke: It’s what captivates me as an old hundreds of years ago. man that interests me now. I play the whole room now, and I play with more awareness The political and social climate in the United States is at a fever pitch these days. What role of the physical—what the pianist Bill Barber do you think artists and musicians can play called the “digital pleasures of music,” as in in advocating for causes or speaking their digits. There’s no point in knocking myself minds? Do you see similarities between today’s out on stage just to be knocking myself out. It activism and that of the ’60s you grew up in? just wastes everything I’ve got, including the No one wants to hear me speaking my mind, audience. So from the room to my little finger, especially me. I’ve heard my mind before, everything widens out compared to what and it’s a mess. Meanwhile, I get to play. happened in the beginning. In the beginning, Imagine that! I just wanted to blow my mind—I couldn’t Nick McGregor care less about my mind these days. It’s much mail@folioweekly.com more fun to play now.’ APRIL 5-11, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 27
DAMN RIGHT, I’VE GOT THE BLUES: legendary bluesman BUDDY GUY (pictured) performs with THE RIDES (featuring Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg) April 9 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK
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SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. April 5, Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247. ABSOLUTE SUFFERING, POURED OUT, INCITED, WOLF DOWN, METH MOUTH, MINDFIELD 6:30 p.m. April 5, Nighthawks, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., Riverside. JONATHAN LEE 7 p.m. April 5, Clay County Agricultural Fair, 2497 S.R. 16 W., Green Cove Springs, admission $7 adults, $5 kids 6-12 & seniors; reserved concert seating $10-$20. 284-1615, claycountyfair.org. THE GOOD WOOD BAND 8 p.m. April 5, 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown. CHRIS LANE 8 p.m. April 5 Clay County Agricultural Fair, admission $7 adults, $5 kids 6-12 & seniors; reserved concert seating $10-$20. 284-1615, claycountyfair.org. KATIE BUXTON, OH GREAT SEA, CHRISTIAN POWERS, TERESA ROSE 8 p.m. April 5, Planet Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 342-0632, $5. ANA POPOVIC, LIGHT ELIXIR 8 p.m. April 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $35 advance; $39. XAVIER WULF, IDKJEFFREY 7 p.m. April 6, 1904 Music Hall, $20-$50. ATLANTIC CITY BOYS 8 p.m. April 6, Clay County Agricultural Fair, admission $7 adults, $5 kids 6-12 & seniors; reserved concert seating $10-$20. 284-1615, claycountyfair.org. TIM EASTON 7:30 p.m. April 6, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $10. THE WAILERS REUNITED PROJECT, REGGAE FORCE BAND 8 p.m. April 6, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $28 (SRO) advance; $33.50 day of. WYNONNA & THE BIG NOISE 8 p.m. April 6, Clay County Agricultural Fair, admission $7 adults, $5 kids 6-12 & seniors; reserved concert seating $10-$20. 284-1615, claycountyfair.org. LEO KOTTKE, KELLER WILLIAMS 8 p.m. April 6, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $37.50-$50. 3 THE BAND 9 p.m. April 6, Flying Iguana Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. Springing the Blues: ERIC GALES BAND, CHUBBY CARRIER & THE BAYOU SWAMP BAND, TORONZO CANNON, COCO MONTOYA, SPICE & THE PO BOYS, THE CORBITT BROTHERS, BRYCE ALASTAIR BAND, HAT & THE MATCHING SUITCASE, CAT McWILLIAMS BAND, JAMES ARMSTRONG, BRADY CLAMPITT, DAWN TYLER WATSON & BEN RACINE BAND, SMOKESTACK, MAMA BLUE, CHRISTINE “KINGFISH” INGRAM, WOODY & THE PECKERS, PACKRAT’S SMOKEHOUSE, BRANDON SANTINI, BETTY FOX BAND, JENNIFER B & THE GROOVE, ALBERT CUMMINGS, MATT SCHOFIELD April 7-9, SeaWalk Pavilion, N. First St., Jax Beach, free event; $20 VIP April 7 & 9; $30 April 9; $60 three-day VIP, for a full schedule and to purchase tickets, go to springingtheblues.com. Legends of Southern Hip Hop: SCARFACE, 8 BALL & MJG, TRICK DADDY, BUN B, JUVENILE, MYSTIKAL, PASTOR TROY 8 p.m. April 7, Times-Union Center For The Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 633-6110, $35-$59. GRANGER SMITH (and his alter ego!) EARL DIBBLES JR. 8 p.m. April 7, Clay County Agricultural Fair, admission $7 adults, $5 kids 6-12 & seniors; reserved concert seating $10-$20. 284-1615, claycountyfair.org. TGTG 8 p.m. April 7, Shanghai Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 547-2188.
KIDD STEEZE, YS FXXL, KVNG J, GPO 8 p.m. April 7, Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $8 LITTLE RIVER BAND, JACKSONVILLE ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CRAIG FULLER 8 p.m. April 7, The Florida Theatre, $29-$59. MIDAZ THE BEAST TWO LOOPS ALBUM RELEASE: FFJB MUSIC TEAM, DUMBTRON, TZARIZM, INDIGO BLAK, DJ SHARP 9 p.m. April 7, Rain Dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $7 advance; $10 at the door. FLO.WAV, KINGS CANVAS, NIXON TAPES 8:30 p.m. April 7, Nighthawks, $6. JOE MARCINEK BAND, ISAAC CORBITT 9:30 p.m. April 7, Surfer the Bar, 200 N. First Street, Jax Beach, 372-9756. SILENTÓ 10 p.m. April 7, Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $35. 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW 10 p.m. April 7 & 8, Flying Iguana. Riverside Arts Market: Morning Yoga (9 a.m.), ORDINARY ELEPHANT, CHRIS THOMAS & BLUE MUSE, UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE II 10:30 a.m. April 8, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449. Fourth annual Stevie Ray Stiletto Memorial and Benefit: POWERBALL, GRABBAG, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY, RASH DECISIONS 6 p.m. April 8, Nighthawks, $5 suggested donation; proceeds benefit Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to help musicians suffering from cancer and other diseases. ALAN JACKSON, LEE ANN WOMACK 7 p.m. April 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, $70-$95.50. THE GRASS IS DEAD, WEST KING STRING BAND 8 p.m. April 8, 1904 Music Hall, $10 advance; $13 day of. 100 WATT VIPERS, LOWERCASE G 8 p.m. April 8, Jack Rabbits, $8. TGTG, BUZZ BUZZ, CHARLIE SHUCK 8 p.m. April 8, Rain Dogs. BREAKING THROUGH, BLEEDING IN STEREO, SOULSWITCH, BLOOD BATH & BEYOND 8 p.m. April 8, Mavericks Live, $8. SHOVELS & ROPE, MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ 8 p.m. April 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $28.50(SRO) advance; $31.50 day of. STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN 8 p.m. April 8, Clay County Agricultural Fair, admission $7 adults, $5 kids 6-12 & seniors; reserved concert seating $10-$20. 284-1615, claycountyfair.org. CAT McWILLIAMS BAND, KIM RETEGUIZ & THE BLACK CAT BONES, SMOKESTACK 9:30 p.m. April 8, Surfer the Bar. Second Sunday at Stetson’s: FRANK THOMAS 2 p.m. April 9 at Beluthahatchee Park, 1523 S.R. 13., Fruit Cove, 206-8304, $10. AFTON SHOWCASE 6 p.m. April 9, 1904 Music Hall, $14. BUDDY GUY, THE RIDES (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg) 7 p.m. April 9, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, $44-$84. THE HILLBENDERS (play The Who’s “Tommy”) 8 p.m. April 9, The Florida Theatre, $59. GIANTOLOGY, THE MOLD, SNOREY, SINGLE WHITE HERPE & THE AIDS 10 p.m. April 9, Nighthawks, $5. HORSEBURNER, STONECUTTERS, INSALUBRIOUS MISANTHROPES 8 p.m. April 10, Shantytown Pub, 22 W. Sixth St., Springfield, 798-8222, $6. BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISEMAKERS 7:30 p.m. April 11, The Florida Theatre, $29.50-$49.50. GROOVE FETISH, STANK SAUCE 8 p.m. April 11, Jack Rabbits, $8.
PORTUGAL., THE MAN, HBBEENDOPE, DJ BLACK DANIELS 8 p.m. April 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $32(SRO) advance; $37 day of. THE LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND, THE WILLOW WACKS 8:30 p.m. April 11, The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311, $15 advance; $20 at the door. FORTUNATE YOUTH, JOSH HEINRICH & SKILLINJAH FOR PEACE BAND, IYA TERRA 8 p.m. April 12, Jack Rabbits, $20 advance; $25 day of. ALL THEM WITCHES, RANCH GHOST 8:30 p.m. April 12, Café Eleven, $12 advance; $15 at the door. NATE ROBERTS, PUDDLED 10 p.m. April 12, Shanghai Nobby’s.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
SURFER BLOOD April 14, Jack Rabbits CHRONIXX April 14, Mavericks Live THE GRASCALS April 14, The Original Café Eleven PERIPHERY, THE CONTORTIONIST, NORMA JEAN, INFINITY SHRED April 15, Mavericks Live Here Comes the Funny Tour: ADAM SANDLER, DAVID SPADE, NICK SWARDSON, ROB SCHNEIDER April 15, St. Augustine Amphitheatre AL POINDEXTER, BILLIE & BELLA, ROBERT LESTER FOLSOM April 15, Riverside Arts Market CHRISTIAN MARTIN April 15, Myth DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER April 16, P.V. Concert Hall CHRIS BOTTI April 18, Florida Theatre CHRIS BROWN April 18, Veterans Memorial Arena MALCOLM HOLCOMBE April 20, Mudville Music Room BOSTON April 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Wanee Music Festival: BOB WEIR & THE CAMPFIRE BAND, TREY ANASTASIO BAND, WIDESPREAD PANIC, GOV’T MULE, DARK STAR ORCHESTRA, DR. JOHN & THE NITE TRIPPERS, JJ GREY & MOFRO, LES BRERS (Jaimoe, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones, Jack Pearson, Pate Bergeron, Bruce Katz, Lamar Williams Jr.), JAIMOE’S JASSSZ BAND, BLACKBERRY SMOKE, LEFTOVER SALMON (music of Neil Young), MATISYAHU, THE GREYBOY ALLSTARS, KELLER WILLIAMS’ GRATEFUL GRASS, PAPADOSIO, TURKUAZ, PINK TALKING FU (music of David Bowie & Prince), PINK TALKING FISH, KUNG FU, DJ LOGIC, BOBBY LEE ROGERS TRIO, DEVON ALLMAN BAND, THE MARCUS KING BAND, YETI TRIO, BROTHERS & SISTERS April 20-22, Suwannee Music Park MJ LIVE! April 20-23, Thrasher-Horne Center THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT April 21, Jack Rabbits MIGOS April 21, T-U Center for the Performing Arts TOWER OF POWER April 22, Florida Theatre LaVILLA SOA JAZZ BAND, MARK WILLIAMS & BLUE HORSE, CORTNIE FRAZIER April 22, Riverside Arts Market ERNEST STREET MAFIA, GHOSTWITCH, TAIL LIGHT REBELLION April 22, Nighthawks WORDSWORTH, FF JBMUSIC TEAM, TWAN, HIGHER LEARNING, DARYL, BOAT SIMMS, BEN PHRASES, MC SPLITSOUL April 22, Rain Dogs. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS April 23, Veterans Memorial Arena NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS April 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MARSHA AMBROSIUS, ERIC BENÉT April 26, Florida Theatre TRACE ADKINS April 27, Thrasher-Horne Center BALLET ARTS CENTRE, FSCJ DANCEWORKS, UNFORCED RHYTHMS DANCE, SCOTT JONES DANCERS, LaVILLA SOA DANCE April 29, Riverside Arts Market
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC BIANCA DEL RIO April 29, T-U Center LYDIA CAN’T BREATHE April 29, Jack Rabbits UMPHREY’S McGEE, BIG SOMETHING April 29, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Welcome to Rockville: SOUNDGARDEN, DEF LEPPARD, A PERFECT CIRCLE, THE OFFSPRING, MASTODON, CHEVELLE, SEETHER, PAPA ROACH, THREE DAYS GRACE, SUM 41, PIERCE THE VEIL, COHEED & CAMBRIA, ALTER BRIDGE, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, AMON AMARTH, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, HIGHLY SUSPECT, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, IN FLAMES, GOJIRA, IN THIS MOMENT, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, ALL THAT REMAINS, NOTHING MORE, RIVAL SONS, BEARTOOTH, EVERY TIME I DIE, ATTILA, STARSET, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, I PREVAIL, KYNG, CROBOT, VOLUMES, SYLAR, FIRE FROM THE GODS, AS LIONS, BADFLOWER, GOODBYE JUNE, FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES, COVER YOUR TRACKS, THE CHARM THE FURY April 29 & 30, Metropolitan Park EMMET CAHILL April 30, Culhane’s Irish Pub DONNY BRAZILE April 30, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre CHRISTOPHER CROSS May 3, P.V. Concert Hall Suwannee River Jam: BILLY CURRINGTON, RANDY HOUSER, HUNTER HAYES, MONTGOMERY GENTRY, MORE May 3-6, Suwannee Music Park WEEZER May 4, St. Augustine Amphitheatre WHETHERMAN CD RELEASE May 5, Mudville Music Room STEVE WINWOOD May 5, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS May 5, Florida Theatre ERIC CHURCH May 5, Veterans Memorial Arena TRAVIS SCOTT May 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA May 7, The Ritz Theatre BASTILLE May 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TEMPLES May 10, Jack Rabbits CITIZEN COPE May 11, P.V. Concert Hall X May 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Funk Fest: CHARLIE WILSON, FANTASIA, BELL BIV DEVOE, JOE, GUY, TEDDY RILEY, SWV, EN VOGUE, YING YANG TWINS May 12 & 13, Metropolitan Park VICTOR WOOTEN TRIO May 12, P.V. Concert Hall JOHN LEGEND, GALLANT May 14, St. Augustine Amphitheatre EMMETT O’HANLON May 15, Culhane’s THE HEAD AND THE HEART May 17, Florida Theatre SAY ANYTHING, BAYSIDE May 23, Mavericks Live MAYDAY PARADE, KNUCKLE PUCK, MILESTONES May 24, Mavericks Live ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL May 25, P.V. Concert Hall IDINA MENZEL May 26, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRIT FLOYD May 26, Florida Theatre Daily’s Place Opening: TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND May 27, Downtown BEACH HOUSE May 28, P.V. Concert Hall TRAIN May 28, Daily’s Place THE GRANT PAXTON BAND May 28, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre DAVE MATTHEWS & TIM REYNOLDS May 30, Daily’s Place PAUL SIMON June 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FUTURE ISLANDS, ZACK MEXICO June 2, P.V. Concert Hall Purple Hatters Ball: EMANCIPATOR, PERPETUAL GROOVE, ZACH DEPUTY June 2-4, Suwannee Music Park MURDER JUNKIES, GROSS EVOLUTION, DEATHWATCH ’97 June 8, Rain Dogs ZOSO (The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience)June 8, P.V. Concert Hall A-Train Live: PETE LEE June 9, Ritz Theatre DIRTY HEADS, SOJA, THE GREEN June 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre Happy Together Tour: FLO & EDDIE (The Turtles), CHUCK NEGRON, THE ASSOCIATION, THE BOX TOPS, THE COWSILLS, RON DANTE June 11, Florida Theatre THIRD EYE BLIND, SILVERSUN PICKUPS June 11, Daily’s Place THE GIPSY KINGS June 15, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TIG NOTARO June 15, P. V. Concert Hall DAVE MASON June 16, P.V. Concert Hall SLIGHTLY STOOPID, IRATION, J BOOG, THE MOVEMENT June 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PAUL BYROM June 25, Culhane’s Sad Clowns & Hillbillies: JOHN MELLENCAMP, EMMYLOU HARRIS, CARLENE CARTER, LILY & MADELEINE June 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DEFTONES, RISE AGAINST June 24, Daily’s Place ALLIE KELLY, ELLA ROMAINE June 25, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre MISS D & HER DANCING DOLLS June 30, Florida Theatre CHICAGO, THE BAND, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS July 1, Daily’s Place DIERKS BENTLEY, COLE SWINDELL, JON PARDI July 13, Daily’s Place PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE, FIREFALL, ORLEANS July 14, Florida Theatre STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON, DON FELDER July 20, Daily’s Place SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, BEHEMOTH July 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, STRAND OF OAKS July 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LADY ANTEBELLUM, KELSEA BALLERINI, BRETT YOUNG July 27, Daily’s Place REBELUTION, NAKHO, MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE, COLLIE BUDZ, HIRIE, DJ MACKLE July 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRITTANI MUELLER July 30, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre 311, NEW POLITICS, PASSAFIRE Aug. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S OVO Aug. 2-6, Veterans Memorial Arena
Country fave Wynonna Judd and her band, WYNONNA & THE BIG NOISE, perform April 6 at the Clay County Agricultural Fair in Green Cove Springs. POSTMODERN JUKEBOX, STRAIGHT NO CHASER Aug. 2, Daily’s Place FOREIGNER, CHEAP TRICK, JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE Aug. 3, Daily’s Place THE AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD SHOW Aug. 9, Florida Theatre JASON ALDEAN, CHRIS YOUNG, KANE BROWN, DEEJAY SILVER Aug. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena MATCHBOX TWENTY, COUNTING CROWS Aug. 19, Daily’s Place SPOON Aug. 20, Mavericks Live LEE HUNTER, JOEY KERR Aug. 27, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre GOO GOO DOLLS, PHILLIP PHILLIPS Sept. 2, Daily’s Place ADAM ANT Sept. 10, Florida Theatre MARSHALL TUCKER BAND Sept. 14, Florida Theatre TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL Sept. 16, Veterans Memorial Arena ZAC BROWN BAND Sept. 21, Daily’s Place ANCIENT CITY SLICKERS Sept. 24, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre The Smooth Tour: FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, NELLY, CHRIS LANE Oct. 12, Veterans Memorial Arena Once a Month Punk: SCATTER BRAINS, LOOSE BEARINGS Oct. 19, Blue Water Daiquiri & Oyster Bar MICHAEL LAGASSE & FRIENDS Oct. 29, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre JETHRO TULL Nov. 7, Daily’s Place JOHN McLAUGHLIN, JIMMY HERRING (Play Mahavisnu Orchestra) Nov. 24, Florida Theatre KANSAS Dec. 2, Florida Theatre JIM GAFFIGAN Dec. 30, Veterans Memorial Arena GEORGE WINSTON Feb. 23, P.V. Concert Hall
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA
ALLEY CAT BEER HOUSE, 316 Centre St., 491-1001 Amy Basse every Fri. Dan Voll 6:30 p.m. every Wed. John Springer every Thur. & Sat. EMERALD GOAT IRISH PUB, 96110 Lofton Sq., 441-2444 Chuck Nash 8 p.m. April 12 LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646 Miguel Paley 5:30-9 p.m. every Fri.-Sun. Javier Parez every Sun. SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Pili Pili 6 p.m. April 5 & 12. Tad Jennings 6 p.m. April 6. Davis Turner 7 p.m. April 7. JC & Mike April 9. Mark O’Quinn April 11 SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Katfish Lee 1 p.m. April 5 & 6. Bush Doctors 2:30 p.m. April 8. Jimmy Beats 4:30 p.m. April 9. Jacob Dylan Taylor April 10. Alexandra April 11
AVONDALE + ORTEGA
CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 09 p.m. every Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200 Live music every Thur.-Sat.
THE BEACHES (All venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
1ST STREET LOFT, 502 N. First St., 241-7848 Amanda Liesinger 7 p.m. April 6 BLUE TYPHOON, 2309 Beach Blvd., 379-3789 Billy Bowers 5 p.m. April 5. Live music most weekends BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff 8 p.m. April 5. Live music on weekends CASA MARINA HOTEL, 691 First St. N., 270-0025 The Chris Thomas Band April 5 CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 DJ Hal every Fri. & Sat. Michael Funge 6:30 p.m. every Sun.
FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 3 the Band 9 p.m. April 6. 5 O’clock Shadow 10 p.m. April 7 & 8. Darren Corlew April 9 GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 DiCarlo Thompson April 8 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Murray Goff Fri. Under the Bus every Sat. Gene Nordan 6 p.m. every Sun. HARBOR TAVERN, 160 Mayport Rd., AB, 246-2555 Live music every weekend LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Live music 10 p.m. April 7. Dirty Pete 10 p.m. every Wed. Split Tone every Thur. Chillula every Sun. Be Easy every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Lyons 9 p.m. April 6. Ouija Bros. 9 p.m. April 7 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. Mezza Shuffle every Mon. Trevor Tanner every Tue. MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1728 N. Third St., 246-1070 Live music every weekend OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060 Taylor Roberts 7 p.m. April 5 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 T. Martin & the Troublemakers 7 p.m. April 9. Live music every Wed.-Sun. SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Cowboy Rolex 8 p.m. every Thur. SOUTHERN GROUNDS & CO., 200 First St., NB, 249-2922 Live music every weekend. Jazz Corner 6 p.m. every Tue. SURFER THE BAR, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Joe Marcinek Band, Isaac Corbitt 9:30 p.m. April 7. CAT McWilliams Band, Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones, Smokestack 9:30 p.m. April 8. Live music most weekends WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Live music 9:30 p.m. April 7 & 8. Murray Goff 6 p.m. every Mon. Blues Club every Tue. ZETA BREWING, 131 First Ave. N., 372-0727 Live music every Thur.-Sat.
CAMDEN COUNTY, GA.
CAPTAIN STAN’S Smokehouse, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Acoustic music 6:30 p.m. every Sat. J’S TAVERN, 711 Osborne St., St. Marys, 912-882-5280 Jamie Renee April 7. Live music most weekends
DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. The Good Wood Band 8 p.m. April 5. Xavier Wulf, IDKJeffrey 7 p.m. April 6. The Grass Is Dead, West King String Band 8 p.m. April 8. Afton Showcase 6 p.m. April 9 DE REAL TING, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738 Ras AJ, De Lions of Jah 7 p.m. April 7 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon every Thur. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall every Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jacksonville Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. April 5. Live music most weekends HOURGLASS PUB, 345 E. Bay St., 469-1719 Man Darino 9 p.m. April 5. Open mic every Sun. Mal Jones every Mon. Drum & Bass every Tue. INTUITION ALE WORKS, 720 King St., 683-7720 Live music 6 p.m. every Thur. JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Brookie Lee’s RNR Band, In Season Trio April 5. TJ & the Big Guns 8 p.m. April 7. Kenny Holliday Band 8 p.m. April 8. 418 Band April 9 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Shotgun 10 p.m. every Sat. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Silentó 10 p.m. April 7. Breaking Through, Bleeding In Stereo, Soulswitch, Blood Bath & Beyond 8 p.m. April 8. Chronixx April 14. Periphery, The Contortionist, Norma Jean, Infinity Shred April 15. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat.
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Artik, DJ Law April 5. Sander Kleinenberg, Jon Kinesis, Gordo, Wali Sadeq, DJ IBay 9 p.m.-2 a.m. April 8. Christian Martin April 15. DJ Law, Artik, Killoala, D2tay every Wed. THE VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams St., 414-3171 Swing Dance Sundays 7 p.m.
RIVERSIDE + WESTSIDE
ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci April 5 & 9 TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, St. Johns, 819-1554 Chuck Nash April 5. Live music every weekend
ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Billy & the Heaters 8 p.m. April 6. Live music most weekends BRIXX, 220 Riverside Ave., 300-3928 Live music every Thur. & Fri. HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 10, 513-4272 Live music every Fri. MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Tina Coleman, iPrayz, Jimmie Hustle 7 p.m. April 8 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Absolute Suffering, Poured Out, Incited, Wolf Down, Meth Mouth, Mindfield 6:30 p.m. April 5. Le Orchid, Flo.Wav, Kings Canvas, Nixon Tapes 8:30 p.m. April 7. 4th Annual Stevie Ray Stiletto Memorial & Benefit: Powerball, Grabbag, Appalachian Death Trap, Snake Blood Remedy, Rash Decisions 6 p.m. April 8. Giantology, The Mold, Snorey, Single White Herpe & The Aids 10 p.m. April 9. Political Mass Soapbox Session: Sunny Parker, Gutterboy, Heavy Flow (JASMYN benefi t) April 12 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Gov Club, Deaf Poets April 6. Midaz The Beast Two Loops Album Release: FFJB Music Team, Dumbtron, Tzarizm, Indigo Blak, DJ Sharp 9 p.m. April 7. TGTG, Buzz Buzz, Charlie Shuck 8 p.m. April 8 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Morning Yoga (9 a.m.), Ordinary Elephant, Chris Thomas & Blue Muse, UNF Jazz Ensemble II 10:45 a.m. April 8 SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362 Ace Winn 7 p.m. April 5 TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Shayne Rammler April 5 & 12
ORANGE PARK + MIDDLEBURG
ST. AUGUSTINE
FLEMING ISLAND
BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Skip & Da King 6 p.m. April 5. Mark Johns 6 p.m. April 6. Paul Ivey & the Sounds of Joy April 7. Chubby McGee, Southern Style Vocal Band April 8. Joel Moody April 9. Ivan Smith April 11. Darrell Rae April 12 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Felix Chang 8:30 p.m. April 6. Dopelimatic 8:30 p.m. April 7. Neverland 8:30 p.m. April 8 MR. CHUBBY’S WINGS, 11043 Crystal Springs Rd., 355-9464 Chuck Nash 9 p.m. April 7 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Lisa & the Mad Hatters 9 p.m. April 7. Corbitt Brothers 9 p.m. April 8. Cortnie Frazier 3 p.m. April 9. Live music every Thur.-Sun.
INTRACOASTAL
CLIFF’S Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, 645-5162 Live music every weekend. Open mic every Tue. JERRY’S Sports Bar & Grille, 13170 Atlantic, 220-6766 Party Kartel 7:30 p.m. April 7. Boogie Freaks 7:30 p.m. April 8
MANDARIN
DEE’S MUSIC BAR, 2141 Loch Rane Blvd., Ste. 140, 375-2240 Blackwater Swamp Band 6 p.m. April 6. Bill Ricci April 9 THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael on the piano every Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 DJ Big Mike April 6. SummerLong 8 p.m. April 8. Live music every weekend SHARK CLUB, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Digital Skyline 9 p.m. April 5. Tom Bennett Band 9 p.m. April 6
PONTE VEDRA
PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Billy Buchanan 6 p.m. April 6. Live music Fri. & Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. April 12. Live music Wed.-Sun
This month’s Second Sunday at Stetson’s concert series features Florida Folk great FRANK THOMAS April 9 at Beluthahatchee Park in Fruit Cove.
CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Deron Baker April 6. Tony Scozzaro, Oh No April 7. Beautiful Bobby Blackmon & the B3 Blues Band April 8. Vinny Jacobs 2 p.m. April 9 DOS COFFEE & WINE, 300 San Marco Ave., 342-2421 Live music every weekend MARDI GRAS, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Swamp Rock Stew 9 p.m. April 7. JW Gilmore 8 p.m. April 8. Fre Gordon, acoustic open mic 7 p.m. every Sun. Justin Gurnsey, Musicians Exchange 8 p.m. every Mon. ORIGINAL CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 The Lonely Heartstring Band, Willow Wacks 8:30 p.m. April 11. All Them Witches, Ranch Ghost 8:30 p.m. April 12. The Grascals April 14 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Katie Buxton, Oh Great Sea, Christian Powers, Teresa Rose 8 p.m. April 5 SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 TGTG 8 p.m. April 7. Nate Roberts, Puddled 10 p.m. April 12 TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Pl., 342-0286 Jazzy Blue April 6. Tony Martin & the Troublemakers April 7. Jazzy Blue, Ricardo Perez April 8. Jax English Salsa Band 6 p.m. April 9. Bluez Dudez April 11. Open mic 7:30 p.m. every Wed. TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Blistur 9 p.m. April 7 & 8. The Down Low every Wed. JP Driver every Thur. Elizabeth Roth every Sat. Those Guys every Tue.
SAN MARCO
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Kidd Steeze, YS FXXL, KVNG J, GPO 8 p.m. April 7. 100 Watt Vipers, Lowercase g 8 p.m. April 8. Groove Fetish, Stank Sauce 8 p.m. April 11. Fortunate Youth, Josh Heinrich & Skillinjah For Peace Band, Iya Terra April 12. Surfer Blood April 14 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Tim Easton 7:30 p.m. April 6. RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY, 835 Museum Cir., 398-2299 Shayne Rammler April 8
SOUTHSIDE + BAYMEADOWS
CORNER BISTRO & WINE BAR, 9823 Tapestry Park Circle, 619-1931 Matthew Hall 8 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. GREEK STREET Café, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 503-0620 Tavernalive 6 p.m. every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Charlie Walker April 6. Barrett Jockers April 7. Paul Ivey April 8 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Melissa Smith open mic every Thur. Blues jam every Sun. Acoustic every Wed.
SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE
BOSTON’S, 13070 City Station Dr., 751-7499 Live music every weekend MELLOW MUSHROOM, 15170 Max Leggett Pkwy., 757-8843 Live music most every weekend SANDOLLAR, 9716 Heckscher Dr., 251-2449 Bandontherun 6 p.m. April 8. Live music every Fri.-Sun. SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Horseburner, Stonecutters, Insalubrious Misanthropes 8 p.m. April 10. Live music every weekend
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At WHISKEY JAX in the Southside area, you'll find a variety of fire-grilled barbecue dishes, a bar fully stocked with spirits, and some memorable hospitality.
AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH
29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29southrestaurant.com. Historic downtown bistro’s Chef Scotty Schwartz serves traditional regional cuisine with a modern twist. $$ L Tu-Sa; D M.-Sa; R Sa The AMELIA TAVERN, 318 Centre St., 310-6088, theameliatavern.com. Contemporary hand-crafted, locally sourced comfort fare: local shrimp, small/big plates, organic greens, sandwiches. $$ FB TO D M; L & D Tu-Sa; Brunch Su. BEACH DINER, 2006 S. Eighth St., 310-3750, beachdiner. com. Innovative breakfast: Eggs on the Bayou, fish-n-grits; French toast, riders, omelets. Lunch fare: salads, burgers, sandwiches, shrimp & crabmeat salad. $ K TO B R L Daily BRETT’S WATERWAY Café, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F On the water at Centre Street’s end. Southern hospitality, upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F In historic building, family-owned café has worldly fare, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh greens, veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oak-shaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub has beer brewed onsite, imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season CHEZ LEZAN Bakery Co., 1014 Atlantic Ave., 491-4663, chezlezanbakery.com. Fresh European-style breads, pastries: croissants, muffins, cakes, pies. $ TO B R L Daily The CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap. com. F Nearly 40 years, family-owned-and-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L D Daily DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, ameliaislanddavids.com. Steaks, fresh seafood, rack of lamb and ribeye, Chilean sea bass, in an upscale atmosphere. Chef Wesley Cox has a new lounge menu. $$$$ FB D Nightly
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DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 310-6945. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324, greenturtletavern.com. Legendary hangout in a historic shotgun shack; Chicago-style Vienna beef hot dogs, pub fare, cold beer, bourbon selection, chill vibe. $ FB L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianescafe. com. F Renovated 1887 shotgun house. Faves: jambalaya, French toast, pancakes, mac & cheese, crêpes. Vegan items. Inside or porch overlooking historic area. $$ BW K TO B L D Daily LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646. Spanish, Portuguese fare, Brazilian flair. Tapas, seafood, steaks, sangria. Drink specials. AYCE paella Sun. $$$ FB K TO D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. LECHONERA EL COQUÍ, 232 N. Second St., 432-7545. New Puerto Rican place. Chulleta kan kan (pork chops), Tripletta churosco sandwich, more. $ FB TO L D Tu-Su MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza. net. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie/slice. Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa The MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa NANA TERESA’S BAKE SHOP, 31 S. Fifth St., 277-7977, nanateresa.com. Everything’s made with organic ingredients when possible. Cupcakes, cakes, pies, cheesecakes, cookies, pastries, specialties. $ TO Tu-Su PABLO’S MEXICAN CUISINE, 12 N. Second St., 261-0049, pablosmg1.com. In historic district; authentic Mexican fare: chimichangas, fajitas, burritos, tacos, daily specials, vegetarian. $$ FB K TO D M-Thu; L & D F-Sa The PATIO PLACE, 416 Ash St., 410-3717, patioplacebistro. com. Bistro/wine bar/crêperie’s global menu uses crêpes: starters, entrées, shareables, desserts. $$ BW TO B L D Tu-Su POINTE Restaurant, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. In award-winning inn Elizabeth Pointe Lodge. Seaside dining; in or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu. Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Oceanfront. Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily TASTY’S BURGERS & FRIES, 710 Centre St., 321-0409, tastysamelia.com. In historic district, fresh fast-food alternative. Fresh meats, handcut fries, homemade sauces/ soups, handspun shakes. $ BW K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F Family-owned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa TROPICAL SMOOTHIE Café, 463909 S.R. 200, Ste. 6, Yulee, 468-7099, tropicalsmoothie.com. Flatbreads, sandwiches, wraps. Smoothies: classic, superfoods, supercharged, indulgent. $ TO B L D Daily
ARLINGTON + REGENCY
DICK’S WINGS, 9119 Merrill Rd., Ste. 19, 745-9300. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S Giant Subs, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK. SID & LINDA’S Seafood Market & Restaurant, 12220 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 109, 503-8276. Pick a whole fresh fish,
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DINING DIRECTORY get it cooked to order. Dine in, take out. Housemade sauces. $$ K TO L D Daily
AVONDALE + ORTEGA
CHOMP CHOMP, 4162 Herschel St., 329-1679. Relocated. Chef-inspired: The Philadelphia Experiment (sweet pork over arugula), panko-crusted chicken, burgers, Waldorf salad, bahn mi, Southern fried chicken, The Come Up (portabella mushroom, green tomato salsa, almonds). Curry Chomp chips, pasta salad. HH. $ BW L D Mon.-Sat. The FOX RESTAURANT, 3580 St. Johns Ave., 387-2669. Owners Ian and Mary Chase offer fresh fare, homemade desserts. Breakfast all day; signature items: burgers, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes. $$ BW K L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. Fri. & Sat. fish fry. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. French/ Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362, south. kitchen. Southern classics: crispy catfish w/ smoked gouda grits, family-style fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajaxcom. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S Subs, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN.
The FISH COMPANY Restaurant, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, AB, 246-0123, thefishcojax.com. Bite Club. Oyster raw bar, fresh local seafood, Mayport shrimp, crab, lobster. Homestyle desserts. Patio; all-day HH Sun. $$ FB K TO L D Daily FLAMING SEAFOOD & SHAO KAO BBQ, 1289 Penman Rd., 853-6398. The place (is it Chinese? Barbecue? Seafood?) serves meats and vegetables, spiced, skewered on bamboo sticks – like Chinese street food. $ BW TO L D Daily FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. F Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. Classic Old World Roman cuisine, large Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su The HASH HOUSE, 610 Third St. S., 422-0644, thelovingcup hashhouse.com. Locally sourced, locally roasted coffees, glutenfree, vegan, vegetarian; no GMOs/hormones. $ K TO B R L Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop HH. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MSHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, shackburgers.com. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine in/out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 1585 Third St. N., 458-1390. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. PARSONS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT, 1451 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 595-5789, parsonsseafoodrestaurant.com. The landmark place moved; still serving local seafood dishes, sides, specialty fare. $$ FB K TO L D Tu-Su POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7637, poestavern. com. Gastropub serves 50+ beers, burgers, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 30+ years, iconic seafood place. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE Food Shack, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlife foodshack.com. Specialty items, tuna poke bowl, fresh sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., NB, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual spot. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. Brunch Sun. $$ FB K L Sa/Su; D Nightly SURFWICHES SANDWICH SHOP, 1537 Penman Rd. N., 241-6996, surfwiches.com. Craft sandwich shop. Yankee-
BIG SHOTS!
GUERIN BELL
Restaurant Orsay
3630 Park St. • Jacksonville Born in: Jacksonville Years in the Biz: 9 Fave Bar: Dos Gatos Fave Cocktail Style: Stirred & assertive Go-To Ingredients: Grapefruit & Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur Hangover Cure: Sushi Bear Will Not Cross My Lips: Mango Gatorade Insider's Secret: The headset DOES mean we are in the secret service Celeb Sighting at Your Bar: Owner of AP Express When You Say “The Usual”: Shot of whiskey The WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, glass/ bottle wines. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO L M-F; D Tu-Sa TEQUILAS, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101, 363-1365, tequilasjacksonville.com. Casa-style dishes made with fresh, spicy hot ingredients. Vegetarian option. Top-shelf tequilas, drink specials. $$ FB K TO L D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. Gastropub. Craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates. HH. $$ FB L D F-Su; D Nightly
BEACHES
(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.) AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. NY-style-gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. 28+ years. All day HH M-Thu.$ FB K TO L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S Grom Subs, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. Fresh ingredients, 25+ years. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom has Sun. brunch, no alcohol. $ K BW TO L D Daily BEACH DINER, 501 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-6500. SEE AMELIA. BEACH HUT CAFÉ, 1281 Third St. S., 249-3516. 28+ years. Full breakfast menu all day (darn good grits); hot plate specials Mon.-Fri. $ K TO B R L Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. CRUISERS GRILL, 319 23rd Ave. S., 270-0356, cruisersgrill. com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. Half-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, big salads, award-winning cheddar fries, sangria. $ BW K TO L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F SEE RIVERSIDE. FAMOUS TOASTERY, 311 N. Third St., 372-0712, famoustoastery. com. Corned beef hash, gluten-free pancakes, omelets, toast. Wraps, Bloody Marys, mimosas, peach Bellini. $$ FB K TO B L Daily
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style steak sandwiches and hoagies, all made to order. $ BW TO K L D Daily THIS CHICK’S KITCHEN, 353 Sixth Ave. S., 778-5404, thischicks kitchen.com. Farm-to-table; healthful, locally sourced clean meals. Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian options. $$ TO L D W-Sa V PIZZA, 528 First St. N., 853-6633, vpizza.com. Traditional Neapolitana artisan pizza from Naples – Italy, not Florida, made with fresh ingredients. $$ FB TO L D Daily
CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA
CAPTAIN STAN’S Smokehouse, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Barbecue, sides, hot dogs, burgers, desserts. Dine in or out on picnic tables. $$ FB K TO L & D Tu-Sa MALSONS BBQ, 1330 Boone Ave., Kingsland, 912-882-4355. Real barbecue – smokers onsite. Burgers, wings, plates, ribs, sausages, beans. Dine in or out. $ K TO L & D Daily SALT.PEPPER.THYME, 105 N. Lee St., Kingsland, 912-510-0444, saltpepperthyme.net. Varied American Southern fare. Dine in or out. $$ BW K TO L W; L & D Th-S STEFFENS Restaurant, 550 S. Lee St., Kingsland, 912-729-5355, steffensrestaurant.com. Southern scratch-made menu. $-$$ K TO B, L & D M-Sa; B & L Su
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S DELICATESSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 125, 446-3119, akelsdeli.com. F NYC-style deli. Fresh subs, sandwiches, burgers, gyros, wraps, vegetarian, breakfast, signature dressings. $ K TO B L M-F The BANK BAR B Q & BAKERY, 331 W. Forsyth St., 388-1600, thebankbbq.com. 28 years’ experience means barbecue done right. Onsite bakery has specialty cakes. $ TO L & D M-F CANDY APPLE Café & Cocktails, 400 N. Hogan, 353-9717, thecandyapplecafeandcocktails.com. Chef-driven Southern/ French cuisine, sandwiches, entrées. $$ FB K L Daily; D Tu-Sa CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth, 356-8282, casadoraitalian.com. F Chef Sam Hamidi serves Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa
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DINING DIRECTORY FIONN MACCOOL’S Irish Pub & Restaurant, Jax Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1547, fionnmacs.com. Casual dining, uptown Irish atmosphere; fish & chips, Guinness lamb stew, black-and-tan brownies. $$ FB K L D Daily INDOCHINE, 21 E. Adams St., Ste. 200, 598-5303, indochine jax.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Thai, Southeast Asian cuisine. Signature dishes: chicken Satay, soft shell crab; mango, sticky rice dessert. $$ FB TO L D M-F; D Tu-Sa LANNA THAI SUSHI, Jax Landing, Ste. 222, 425-2702, lannathaijax.com. Fresh herbs, spices, sushi, shrimp, specials. HH. $$ FB K TO L M-F; D Nightly OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F Scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa URBAN GRIND COFFEE COMPANY, 45 W. Bay, Ste. 102, 866-395-3954, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. Locally roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, pastries, smoothies, bagels. Chicken/tuna salad, sandwiches. WiFi. $ B L M-F. URBAN GRIND EXPRESS, 50 W. Laura, 516-7799. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa
FLEMING ISLAND
DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 1803 East-West Parkway, 375-2559. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Parkway, 541-0009. F SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. TAPS BAR & GRILL, 1605 C.R. 220, Ste. 145, 278-9421, tapspublichouse.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 50+ premium domestic, import tap beer. Burgers, sandwiches, entrées. $$ FB K L D Daily WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 32, 223-0115. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. GERMAN SCHNITZEL HAUS, 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40, 221-9700, germanjax.com. Authentic German/fusion fare: schnitzels, plus bratwurst, stroganoff, käsesspätzle. 13 German beers in bottles, on tap. Bar bites, cocktails. Outdoor BierGarten. HH Tu-Thur. $$ FB L & D Tu-Su LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK SURFWICHES SANDWICH SHOP, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 29, 559-5301. SEE BEACHES.
MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS
AKEL’S DELI, 12926 Granbay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. BARKING SPIDER PUB, 10092 San Jose Blvd., 260-3102. Casual laid-back hang. Bar fare: hot dogs, chicken fingers, Philly cheesesteaks, burgers, cheese sticks. HH. $ FB D Nightly BEACH DINER, 11362 San Jose Blvd., 683-0079. SEE AMELIA. CRUISERS GRILL, 5613 San Jose Blvd., 737-2874. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134. 965 S.R. 16, 825-4540. 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. 10391 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-7087. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458, enzas.net. Family-owned; Italian cuisine, veal, seafood, specials. $$$ FB K TO D Tu-Su FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily JAX DINER, 5065 St. Augustine Rd.,739-7070. New spot serves local produce, meats, breads, seafood. $ TO B L Daily METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Organic soups, baked items, sandwiches, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/ wine. $ BW TO K B L D Daily TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210 W., Ste. 314, 819-1554. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE FLEMING ISLAND. V PIZZA, 12601 San Jose Blvd., 647-9424. SEE SAN MARCO. WHOLE FOODS MARKET, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22, 288-1100, wholefoodsmarket.com. Prepared-food dept. 80+ items, full & self-service bars: hot, soup, dessert. Pizza, sushi, sandwich stations. Grapes, Hops & Grinds bar. $$ BW K TO B L D Daily
ORANGE PARK
DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 6055 Youngerman Cir., 778-1101, dickswingsandgrill.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. NASCAR-themed restaurant serves 365 varieties of wings, plus half-pound burgers, ribs, salads. $ FB K TO L D Daily The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com. Southern fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 165, 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt, 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 36+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO.
The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas for 35+ years. 75+ imported beers. $ FB L D Daily The URBAN BEAN COFFEEHOUSE CAFÉ, 2023 Park Ave., 541-4938, theurbanbeancoffeehouse.com. Locally-owned&-operated. Coffee, espresso, smoothies, teas. Omelets, bagels, paninis, flatbread, hummus, desserts. $$ K TO B L D Daily
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. BEACH DINER, 880 A1A N., Ste. 2, 273-6545. SEE AMELIA. LARRY’S, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK. M SHACK NOCATEE, 641 Crosswater Parkway, 395-3575. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. TRASCA & CO. EATERY, 155 Tourside Dr., Ste. 1500, 395-3989, trascaandco.com. Handcrafted Italian-inspired sandwiches, craft beers (many locals), craft coffees. $$ BW TO L R D Daily
RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine: chorizo, tapas, blackened cod, pork skewers, coconut mango curry chicken. Breads from scratch. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points. com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Small-batch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting singleorigin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, hand-crafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfivepoints.com. F Local craft beers, espresso, coffees, wine. Rotating drafts, 75+ can craft beers, tea. Waffles, toasts, desserts, coffees. $$ BW K B L Daily; late nite Tu-Sa BRIXX WOOD FIRED PIZZA, 220 Riverside Ave., 300-3928, brixxpizza.com. Pizzas, pastas, soups. Gluten-free options. Daily specials, BOGO pizzas 10 p.m.-close. $$ FB K TO L D Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espresso-based beverages, sandwiches, gourmet desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343, derbyonpark.net. New American cuisine, upscale retro, historic building. Oak Street Toast, shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$ FB TO Brunch Sa/Su; B, L D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Outside dining at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily FIVE POINTS TAVERN, 1521 Margaret St., 549-5063, fivepoints tavern.com. New American cosmopolitan place serves chefcurated dishes in a relaxed environment. $$ FB TO L & D Tu-Su GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies. Artisanal cheeses, 300 craft, import beers, 50 organic wines, produce, meats, vitamins, herbs, wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls: BBQ pork char sui, beef haw fun, Hawkers baos, chow faan, grilled Hawker skewers. $ BW TO L D Daily HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 110, 513-4272, hobnobwithus.com. Unity Plaza. Global inspiration, local intention – ahi poke tuna, jumbo lump crab tacos. $$ FB TO R L D Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com. Authentic Italian cuisine; wood-fired pizzas, pasta, baked Italian dishes, raw bar, spaghetti tacos. Daily HH. $$-$$$ FB K TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILLE, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual; made-to-order sandwiches, wraps. $ TO B L M-Sa KNEAD BAKESHOP, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S., 634-7617. Locally owned, family-run. Made-from-scratch: pastries, artisan breads, savory pies, specialty sandwiches, soups. $ TO B L Tu-Su LARRY’S SUBS, 1509 Margaret, 674-2794. 7895 Normandy, 781-7600. 8102 Blanding, 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. LITTLE JOE’S Café, 245 Riverside Ave., Ste. 195, 791-3336. Riverview café. Soups, signature salad dressings. $ TO B L M-F METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. SEE BEACHES. RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Local-centric bar food: boiled peanuts, hummus, chili, cheese plate, pork sliders, nachos, herbivore items. $ D Nightly SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/ rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Inside/patio. $$ BW L D Daily TAMARIND THAI, 1661 Riverside Ave., Ste. 123, 329-3180. SEE DOWNTOWN.
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AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.
CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS, 4010 U.S. 1 S., 547-2669. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. The FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaugcom. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free option. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GAS FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, 9 Anastasia, Ste. C, 217-0326. Changing menu; fresh, local, homemade. Meatloaf, veggie/traditional burgers, seafood, steaks; seasonal, daily specials, made-from-scratch desserts. $$ BW K TO L D Tu-Sa GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 33+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. Wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. 2016 BOJ Winner. SEE BEACHES. O’LOUGHLIN PUB, 6975 A1A S., 429-9715. Family-ownedand-operated. Authentic fish & chips, shepherd’s pie, corned beef & cabbage, bangers & mash, duck wings. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A, 217-3256. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188. Cubanstyle, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. $$ FB
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BEACH DINER, 1965 San Marco Blvd., 399-1306. SEE AMELIA. The BEARDED PIG SOUTHERN BBQ & BEER GARDEN, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Barbecue joint Southern style: brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox.com. F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally. 250+ wines. Wood-fired oven baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood. Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside. HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 1905 Hendricks Ave. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale; fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily INDOCHINE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 503-7013. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE DOWNTOWN. KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. Gastropub serves local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails. Seasonal menu, with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodinercom. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. This one serves dinner nightly. $$ B R L D Daily PIZZA PALACE RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815, pizzapalacejax.com. F Family-owned&-operated; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana. Dine outside. HH. $$ BW K TO L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarcocom. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; tapas, wood-fired pizza. Seasonal local produce, meats. Craft beer (some local), award-winning wine. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily V PIZZA, 1406 Hendricks Ave., 527-1511, vpizza.com. Serving true artisan Neapolitana pizzas, fresh ingredients. $$ FB to L D Daily
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ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. Open 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su The CHATTY CRAB, 9041 Southside Blvd., Ste. 138C, 888-0639, chattycrab.com. Chef Dana Pollard’s raw oysters, Nawlins low country boil, po’ boys, 50¢ wing specials. $$ FB K TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE ORANGE PARK EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. SEE RIVERSIDE. GREEK STREET CAFÉ, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 106, 503-0620, greekstreetcafe.com. Fresh, authentic, modern; Greek owners. Gyros, spanakopita, dolmades, falafel, nachos. Award-winning wines. $$ BW K TO L D M-Sa LARRY’S SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., Ste. 10, 206-612-6596. Pacific Islander fare, chamorro culture. Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; empanadas, lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. MSHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. SEE BEACHES. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovintecom. Italy, Spain, Mediterranean. Small plates, tapas, charcuterie: ceviche fresco, pappardelle bolognese, lobster ravioli. 240-bottle/wines, 75/glass; craft spirits. $$ FB R, Su; D Nightly TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Charbroiled kabobs, seafood, desserts. Greek wines, daily HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily TOSSGREEN, 4375 Southside, Ste. 12, 619-4356. 4668 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 105, 686-0234. Salads, burritos, bowls; fruit, veggies, chicken, sirloin, shrimp, tofu. $$ K TO L D Daily
PINT SIZ PINT-SIZED ZED Holiday celebrates the end of a DARK CHAPTER of American history: PROHIBITION
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POPPED TOPS WITH A PEN THERE’S AN IIMPORTANT TTHERE’S MPORTANT ANNIVERSARY FOR MP beer lovers this week. Originally deemed New Beer’s Day, National Beer Day has been celebrated on April 7 since 2009. The pseudoholiday marks the 84th anniversary of the relegalization of beer after Prohibition. Making good on a campaign promise, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the CullenHarrison Act into law on March 22, 1933. The act was followed by the repeal of Prohibition on Dec. 5, 1933, when the 21st Amendment was ratified. In the short-term, the Act allowed the sale of beer. Sure, it was just 3.2 percent by weight (4 percent alcohol by volume), but it was leaps and bounds better than Near Beer, the 0.5 percent swill Americans had choked down for 13 years. A few weeks earlier, Roosevelt brought American beer drinkers to their feet with a single sentence, spoken March 12, 1933, according to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum. The comment hinted what the new president intended to do. “I think this would be a good time for beer,” Roosevelt said–and the entire nation cheered. Roosevelt’s Beer-Wine Revenue Act allowed for sales of 3.2 percent beer in the U.S. beginning at 12:01 a.m. on April 7, 1933. On the evening before, crowds packed hotels, restaurants and other less official drinking establishments. In Chicago, police were posted outside breweries in an effort to keep the roads clear for beer trucks. Across the land, beer lovers waited for the second hand to tick one minute past midnight: New Beer’s Eve! On the morning of April 7, newspapers in the 19 states that had already repealed the prohibitions proclaimed, “Beer Flowing Freely in Pennsylvania,” “Compromise Beer Bill Reached,” “Beer Given Boisterous Welcoming.” The next day, the New York Times reported, “Nation Has Beer Shortage; 1,000,000 Barrels Consumed; Rush Brings in Big Revenue.” Here on the First Coast, Pete’s Bar in Neptune Beach claims its own beer history fame: It was the first Duval County establishment to get a liquor license when Prohibition ended; it’s been open ever since, owned and operated by the same family. There have been several abortive efforts to make April 7 a recognized holiday. In 2003, the Brewers Association, then Brewers Association of America, began touting New Beer’s Eve on April 6. Things got a bit muddled and the promoting ebbed. When Justin Smith of Richmond, Virginia read about Iceland’s Beer Day, in 2009, he began a Facebook group to celebrate a National Beer Day. Learning of the incredible events of 1933, he chose April 7. “We’ve decided we need a day to celebrate the awesomeness that is beer,” read the description on Facebook. “ … Tell all your friends about this glorious new holiday, and raise a glass, bottle, can or mug to the deliciousness that is beer.” It didn’t take long for the group to get noticed. Membership quickly skyrocketed as beer lovers adopted April 7 as a full-fledged holiday. Me, I don’t need a holiday to drink a few cold ones. But it’s nice to know someone picked up the banner to celebrate the day in history when beer was once again legal. Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com
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ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmers market.com. Inside Jax Farmers Market. Local, regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D Mon.-Sat. BARZ LIQUORS & FISH CAMP, 9560 Heckscher Dr., 251-3330. Authentic fish camp, biker-friendly, American-owned. Package store. $ FB L D Daily DICK’S Wings, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., 619-9828. 450077 S.R. 200, 879-0993. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE O. PARK.
HOLA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Authentic fajitas, burritos, specials, enchiladas, more. HH; sangria. BW K TO L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK. MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 15170 Max Leggett Parkway, 757-8843. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES.
CHEFFED-UP DITCH THE ROOTS and embrace delicate spring produce
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SPRING EASTER IS A TIME OF REBIRTH. IN THE world of chefs, Easter coincides with the first substantial seasonal menu change of the year. Out with winter and in with spring! Fresh, light, green and delicate are the culinary themes which spring evokes. This is the season when we embrace spring onions, ramps, morel mushrooms, new potatoes, English peas, fava beans, bunnies and lamb. Chefs, especially up north, are known to express giddiness and even smile at the very prospect of using vegetables that are not roots. Colorful, light, tender spinach and baby lettuces plucked from Mother Earth are a cause for celebration. But before I sound too much like an NPR narrative, I need to share a very amusing story from my very first spring in the 904. Approximately 15 years ago, the RitzCarlton transferred me from D.C. It was Easter time on Amelia Island and the weather was already amazing—especially considering I had just left damp 40°-50°F weather. The first big holiday buffet was just on the horizon. The buffet plans had been finalized weeks earlier, and it was my responsibility to assist with the flawless execution of the food. As is common with all major holiday buffets in large, upscale hotels, most guests would consist of families, many multigenerational groups of young children, parents and grandparents. Because of the beautiful spring weather, the food was to be presented outdoors on the patio overlooking the ocean. Along with exquisite food, entertainment was scheduled, such as an Easter egg hunt, a clown (not the ones from the woods), face-painting, a petting zoo, croquet, beach volleyball, etc. There were a lot of logistics to handle. Easter arrived and all the arrangements were proceeding like clockwork, the buffet was all set, the petting zoo was in place and the meats for the carving station were being placed under heat lamps, ready for the first wave of guests. And then it happened. As I was walking the buffet with the F&B manager, he began to laugh and point. I 34 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | APRIL 5-11, 2017
didn’t notice at first, but then I realized what he was laughing about: the petting zoo was set up directly behind the carving stations! Lamb, anyone? You know where we got it from, right? How about some braised rabbit in the pan over here? (No, Susie, it’s not the Easter Bunny!) Hilarious, I’ll never forget it. BTW, only a few guests noticed and they were kinda amused as well. If you want to challenge your ability to produce an exquisitely delicate soup, try this one. Remember, the more you heat the soup, the more the color will dull.
CHEF BILL’S ENGLISH PEA VELOUTE
Ingredients: • 3 Pounds shucked and skinned • English peas • 1/2 Bunch tarragon • 1 Bunch chives • Vegetable stock as needed • Salt to taste • Butter as needed Directions: 1. Blanch the shucked peas in salted 1. water, shock in ice bath. 2. Rough-chop the tarragon and chives. 3. Place the peas and herbs in a blender 1. and purée. Add as needed to create a 1. thick purée. 4. Strain through chinois (fine strainer), 1. season with salt. 5. To serve, warm a couple of ounces of 1. vegetable stock, just enough to 1. achieve a thick soup consistency. Add 1. cold pea purée, season, finish with a 1. knob of butter. Heat slightly. 6. Serve immediately. Until we cook again,
Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Contact Chef Bill Thompson, owner of Amelia Island Culinary Academy in Fernandina Beach, at cheffedup@folioweekly.com to find inspiration and get you Cheffed Up!
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SOME MIGHT SAY I AM AN OPPORTUNISTIC feeder. Chalk it up to being a dog, but I think I have a problem. I gobble everything and it drives my mom crazy. I ran into a friend who told me, “Maybe you should visit a pet psychic.” I was skeptical at first and thought, “No way could this be real.” But I have a problem and need answers, so I decided to contact Constance Frankenberg, The Pet Messenger. Maybe she would figure out what I’m experiencing and help me overcome it. Davi: How do you talk to animals? The Pet Messenger: I receive messages through my senses. First, I quiet my mind while focusing on the animal, and then our conversation starts to flow. Sometimes I even start to feel the sensation that an animal is experiencing. So if a pet has a broken tooth, my mouth might suddenly start to ache. What information can you learn about a pet? Pets are much smarter than humans give credit. I generally ask questions concerning reasons for certain behaviors and abuse they might have suffered. Throughout the reading, I share my findings with the human companion. I’m still amazed by the information they want to share with their human. Pets say things like ‘she needs to quit multitasking while driving’ and ‘my human needs to stop smoking.’ Some animals just want to be heard and if they know their human has heard them, then their behaviors improve. What about pets who’ve crossed the rainbow bridge? Can you talk to them? Yes. I find this to be of great value for humans suffering from the loss of an animal. Some pets are stuck between worlds and hang on for our benefit. This often happens if they see their human grieving or holding on tightly. They want to stay to comfort and protect. I’m able to reassure the owners when pets let me know they’re ready to go. Pets that have crossed over often ask
me to share things with their human, like, ‘keep that appointment you were going to cancel’ or ‘take that trip you planned.’ Often, deceased pets want to reassure their families they’re happy and healthy once again. Are cats more difficult to read than dogs? No. They communicate based on personality. I could meet a cat who’s standoffish as well as a dog who is standoffish, and they’re going to be that way when I communicate with them. Some animals try to hide an illness or concern from their human, and that’s when I connect on a deeper level. What are the benefits of a pet psychic reading? Information from a reading can pinpoint behavior triggers and health issues, help with end-of-life questions, and bring comfort to a grieving heart. Are there things pets wish humans knew? Yes. Sometimes people say, “I love him so much and I just want to make sure he knows.” And the funny thing is, I’ll connect with the animal and the animal will say, “I know. She tells me every single minute of every day.” Constance Frankenberg, The Pet Messenger, is a compassionate pet psychic who’s worked with countless pet owners and pets. She offers private pet psychic readings, animal communication workshops, and helps reunite missing pets and owners. Pet psychic readings are held 1-5 p.m. Sunday, April 9 at EarthWise Pet Supply, 3846 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 372-7822, earthwisepet. com. Call to schedule an appointment. Happy psychic reading! Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund has some issues with coprophagia to work out, and is hopeful that The Pet Messenger can help.
PET TIP: A SNAIL OF A TALE
IF YOU, LIKE US, FIND ANY ANIMAL THAT makes noise, needs walking, petting or taking to the vet just way too annoying to share air with, maybe a Giant African Land Snail is for you. These creepy-draggies can grow up to 20 centimeters long, live for years and–an added bonus!–are mostly active at night, just like you. Dump a couple inches of peat-free compost and a piece of bark in a glass or plastic tank and feed S. Cargo small bits of lettuce, cucumber, apple, banana or cabbage, per the Amateur Entomologists’ Society. And keep his habitat moist and warm. Just like yours. APRIL 5-11, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 35
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Now’s a great time to FREE YOUR MEMORIES. What comes to mind? Here are my thoughts: To FREE YOUR MEMORIES, change the way you talk and feel about your past. Re-examine assumptions about old stories, and dream up fresh interpretations to explain how and why they happened. Another way to FREE YOUR MEMORIES: If you’re holding onto an insult hurled once upon a time, let it go. Declare a general amnesty for everyone whoever did you wrong. The weeks ahead will be a favorable phase to FREE YOURSELF OF MEMORIES holding you back. Any tales you tell yourself about the past that undermine dreams of the future? Stop telling yourself those tales. CANCER (June 21-July 22): How big is your vocabulary … 20,000 words? 30,000? Whatever size it is, the next few weeks are prime time to expand it. Life will be conspiring to enhance your creative use of language, deepen your enjoyment of the verbal flow, help you become more articulate in rendering the mysterious feelings and complex thoughts rumbling inside you. If you pay attention to signals from your unconscious mind, you’ll be shown how to speak and write more effectively. You may not turn into a silver-tongued persuader, but you could be a more eloquent spokesperson for your interests. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We all need more breaks from the routine–more holidays, more vacations, more days off from work. We should all play, dance and sing more, guiltlessly practice the arts of leisure and relaxation, and celebrate freedom in regular boisterous rituals. I’m nominating you to show us the way in the weeks ahead. Be a cheerleader who exemplifies how it’s done. Be a ringleader who springs all us inmates from our mental prisons. Be an imaginative escape artist who shows how to relieve tension and lose inhibitions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): People in your vicinity may be preoccupied with trivial questions. What’s more nutritious, corn chips or potato chips? Could Godzilla kick King Kong’s ass? Is it harder to hop forward on one foot or backward with both feet? You’ll encounter folks embroiled in meaningless decisions and petty emotions. How should you navigate through this energy-draining muddle? Here’s my advice: Identify the issues most worthy of your attention. Stay focused on them with disciplined devotion.
Be selfish in your rapt determination to serve your clearest, noblest and holiest agendas. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I hope that by mid-May you’ll be qualified to teach the workshop “Sweet Secrets of Tender Intimacy” or “Dirty Secrets of Raw Intimacy” or maybe even “Sweet & Dirty Secrets of Raw & Tender Intimacy.” In other words, you’ll be adding substantially to your understanding of the art of togetherness. Along the way, you may also have experiences to enable you to write an essay, “How to Act Like You Have Nothing to Lose When You Have Everything to Gain.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s too bad you’re about to lose your mind. The ensuing chaos will be hard to clean up. In another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky thing. Reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. Your problems will become more fascinating, your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sorta. You won’t really lose your mind. But this much is true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, your sins original. That’s a good thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while ago. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you’re a Quixotic lover, you’re more in love with love itself than with a person. If you’re a Cryptic lover, the best way to stay in love with a particular partner is to keep him or her guessing. If you’re a Harlequin, your steady lover must provide as much variety as three lovers. If you’re a Buddy, your specialties are having friendly sex and having sex with friends. If you’re a Histrionic, you’re addicted to confounding, disorienting love. It’s also possible that you’re none of these. I hope so, because now is an excellent time to have a beginner’s mind about what kind of love you really need and want to cultivate. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your new vocabulary word is “adytum.” It refers to the most sacred place within a sacred place–the inner shrine at the heart of a sublime sanctuary. Is there such a spot in your world? A location that embodies all you hold precious about your journey on Earth? It might be in a church, temple, synagogue or mosque, or a magic zone in nature or a corner of your bedroom. Here you feel an intimate connection with the divine, a sense of awe and reverence for the privilege of being alive. If you don’t have a personal adytum, find or create one. You need the refreshment that comes from dwelling in the midst of the numinous. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You could defy gravity a little, but not a lot. You can’t move a mountain, but you may be able to budge a hill. Luck won’t miraculously enable you to win a contest, but it might help you seize a hardearned perk or privilege. A bit of voraciousness may be good for your soul, but a big blast of greed would be bad for both your soul and ego. Being savvy and feisty will energize your collaborators and attract new allies; being a smart-ass show-off would alienate and repel people. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here are activities especially favorable to initiate in the near future: 1. Pay someone to perform a service for you that will ease your suffering. 2. Question one of your fixed opinions if that will lead to you receiving a fun invitation you wouldn’t get otherwise. 3. Dole out sincere praise or practical help to one who could help you overcome a limitation. 4. Get clear about how one of your collaborations would need to change to serve both of you better. Then tell your collaborator about the proposed improvement with light-hearted compassion. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
NEWS OF THE WEIRD THIRTY MINUTES IS ENOUGH
The church-state “wall” leaks badly in Spindale, North Carolina, according to former members of the Word of Faith Fellowship (reported in February by Associated Press). Two state prosecutors (one a relative of the church’s founder), in nearby Burke and Rutherford counties, allegedly coached Fellowship members and leaders how to neutralize government investigations into church “abuse”—coaching that violated state law and attorney ethical standards. Fellowship officials have been accused of beating “misbehaving” congregants, including children, to repel their demons. Among the Fellowship’s edicts in the AP report: All dating, marriages and procreation subject to approval; no weddingnight intimacy beyond a “godly” cheek kiss; subsequent marital sex limited to 30 minutes, no foreplay, lights off, missionary position.
KEEP REACHING FOR THE STARS
Babies born on the Indonesian island of Bali are still treated regally under an obscure Hindu tradition, according to a February New York Times report, and must not be allowed to touch the earth for 105 days (in some areas, 210). Carrying the infant in a bucket and placing that on the ground is OK. Each birth is actually a re-birth, they say, with ancestors returning as their own descendants. Accidentally touching the ground doesn’t condemn the baby, but may leave questions about negative influences.
WHO’S THE CENTERFOLD? MARY MAGDALENE?
Catholic priest Juan Carlos Martinez, 40, apologized shortly after realizing, as he said, he had gone “too far” in celebrating March’s Carnival in a town in the Galicia area of Spain—that he acted inappropriately in dressing as Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, reclining on a red satin sheet on a parade float carrying men dressed as classic Playboy “Bunnies.” Despite apparent public support for Father Martinez, his Archbishop asked him to attend a “spiritual retreat” to reflect on his behavior.
SOMETHING’S AMISS
The U.S. House of Representatives, demonstrating concern for military veterans, enhanced vets’ civil rights in March by
removing a source of delay in gun purchases. A 2007 law required all federal agencies to enter any mentally-ill clients to the National Instant Criminal Background Check database for gun purchases, but the new bill exempts veterans (including, per VA estimates, 19,000 schizophrenics and 15,000 with “severe” posttraumatic stress syndrome).
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NO ENTIENDO
Police and prosecutors in Williamsburg, Virginia, are absolutely certain Oswaldo Martinez raped and killed a teenage girl in 2005, but, though he was quickly arrested, they have—12 years later—not even put him on trial. Martinez, then 33, is still apparently, genuinely (i.e., not faking) deaf, illiterate and almost mute. Besides that, the undocumented {that is, illegal) Salvadoran immigrant has such limited intelligence, test after test has shown him incapable of understanding his legal rights, and therefore “incompetent” to stand trial. Police made multiple “slam dunk” findings of Martinez’s DNA on the victim’s body and linked Martinez via a store camera to a bottle of juice left at the crime scene.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
On the morning of March 20 in Winter Park, Charles Howard, standing outside his home being interviewed live by a WFTV reporter, denied he’d committed a crime in a widely reported series of voicemail messages to a U.S. Congressman, containing threats to “wrap a rope around your neck and hang you from a lamp post.” He boasted that “proof ” of his having done nothing wrong was that if he had, he would’ve already been arrested. “Three minutes later,” according to the reporter, agents drove up and arrested Howard.
THE SENTENCE IS THE CRIME
In March, Royce Atkins, 23, told a judge in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he was so sorry he didn’t stop his car in 2015 and help a 9-year-old boy he’d just hit and killed. However, Atkins had earlier been jailhouserecorded viciously trash-talking the boy’s family for “reacting like they’re the victims. What about my family? My family is the victim, too.” Atkins got a four-year sentence. Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
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One: Write a five-word headline so the person recognizes the moment y’all shared. Two: Describe the person, like, “You: Tall, crying, sorting receipts and bar tabs for deductions.” Three: Describe yourself, like, “Me: Short, smug in the knowledge that I already fi led.” Four: Describe the moment, like, “ISU in line at Jiffy Tax Prep & Coin Laundry in Avondale.” Five: Meet, fall in love, reserve a church.* No names, emails, websites, etc. And fer chrissake, it’s Five: forty (40) words or fewer. Get a love life with Folio Weekly ISUs! BARTENDER WANNABE TEACHER You wanted to impact young minds as a teacher. I suggested fixing shattered wrists as a doctor. On second thought, how about making a huge impact as my date? I was the only guy at brunch bar. When: March 25. Where: Best Brunch, I-295 & 9A. #1649-0405 “IRISH LASS” USHER You: blonde, blue-eyed, Kelly green dress. Me: tall, shy, warm-up band member. On rehearsal break, we SU two in balcony, raced up. We shared a bottle of fake Crown (I lied). I’ll find you, love you forever. When: Unsure. Where: Florida Theatre. #1648-0322 ENC-1102 LOVE You: German nose; matched mine. Brown eyes entranced me. Me: Awkward, yellow-haired female. Someone took your seat; you sat beside me. We watched “The Room.” Best time I ever had. May I hold your hand forever? When: March 2015. Where: FSCJ. #1647-0315 I HELD THE DOOR You: Beautiful blonde , sundress, exiting as I entered. Me: Beard, tie; stopped, stared. We locked eyes; you were going out to your Charger. I’d like to hold the door for you again in the future. When: Feb. 27. Where: Firehouse. #1646-0315
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DAYCARE DAD ISU when I drop off my daughter. You drop off your little one. Coffee? You: Tallish, tattoos, work boots you take off before entering baby room, absolutely adorable; single? Me: Red hair, always hoping I see you. When: Almost every day. Where: Kids World Academy. #1635-1214
HANDSOME DOG LOVER, CLEVER SMILE ISU at bar, your eyes said hello. At store, U smiled at me. Walked your dog, I drove by, thought, “Is this déjà vu … ?” U waved, same handsome smile. Who are U; meet again? When: Jan. 27. Where: Alexandria Oaks Park, Winn-Dixie, Grape & Grain. #1643-0201
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GOING FOR THE
GOLD Talking STUDENT TESTING and education reform
IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE AMERICANS WERE fiercely competitive in the Olympics, take a look at public education. Instead of pride over sons and daughters standing astride the podium amid rising swells of the national anthem, we get an inferiority complex about how we teach our children. Of course, instead of leading the medal count, American schools are in the middle of the pack–neither great nor poor. This is taken for mediocrity and lack of effort on the part of a failing school system. There is more than meets the eye here. In March, the local Duval Teachers United (DTU) teachers union hosted a presentation of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) at the Schultz Center. PISA studies the academic performance of 15-year-old students in math, science and reading, through a random sampling of student testing in nations that belong to the PISA partnership. DTU held this gathering to look at the data from their latest survey based on student testing in 2015. The morning began with remarks from the presidents of the American Federation of Teachers and the Florida Education Association, respectively Randi Weingarten and Joanne McCall. Weingarten said that it’s useful to see what the top ranking countries are doing. For example, she said, “They actually make teachers important.” This meant, she said, using their tests to inform instruction and not for punitive measures. Another factor behind high student performance, she said, is equity.
“Countries that deal with equity move up on the PISA scale,” said Weingarten, speaking of the proven results of universal Pre-K, mental health services, and other programs that can level the playing field for student achievement. Weingarten also highlighted how the longterm PISA numbers reflected education policy in Sweden and Poland, two nations that went opposite ways on the privatization issue. The results, she said, were clear. Sweden was “high flying” among other nations on testing. Then something changed. “Sweden fell in love with market forces,” Weingarten said, along with privatization and for-profit schools, which expanded tenfold. As a result, Sweden’s ranking dropped lower than the United States’ in the ensuing PISA reading surveys. On the other hand, Weingarten said, Poland had problems with schools’ performance for a quarter of a century. They made changes in 2000 that used testing to inform instruction, rather than to punish schools. Since then, Poland’s fortunes have changed. Rob Weil, AFT director of field programs and educational issues, briefed those assembled on the PISA data and provided best (and worst) practices of schools around the world. As data is only as reliable as its interpretation, I braced myself for the usual bad news; instead, I gained a better perspective of what was beneath the surface of the PISA results. For example, the U.S. ranked 24th in reading scores on the 2015 survey. Its average reading score of 497 was only four points above the international average.
While the knee-jerk response is to bemoan why American students cannot even crack the top 10, consider that federalism creates a patchwork of 50 different education systems that fall in different places on the curve. It would be a mistake to treat American schools as a monolith of mediocre results. Imagine if Massachusetts were a sovereign nation. According to the PISA survey, it would actually tie with Canada for third on the 2015 survey. The average reading score for both is 527, well above the average score of 493. Meanwhile, the Sunshine State has some ground to cover. Weil referred to Florida’s 2012 PISA results, since the 2015 didn’t have a sufficient sample size to include. If Florida were an independent country, it would rank 42nd, with an average score of 467. When a team’s performance is not up to par, the blame often falls on the coach–rightly or wrongly. But is there more than meets the eye in education? Weil challenged the current mindset that teachers are the root of public education’s woes. “There’s no research that shows that we have to fire teachers [to improve public education],” Weil said. And to the contrary, pitting schools against each other in competition for students under the guise of ‘choice’ is not the panacea either, said Weil. A 2009 PISA report confirms this statement: “…[C]ross-country correlations of PISA do not show a relationship between the degree of competition and student performance.” To explain how choice and competition could have detrimental effects on education,
Weil presented Chile’s PISA scores. The South American nation has used a voucherbased system for three decades. Based on the ideas of Milton Friedman of the University of Chicago, Chile’s free-market approach to education resulted in its 2015 PISA reading results (459) falling 34 points below the international average, ranking it 42nd among the 72 surveyed nations. Furthermore, according to PISA research, charter schools and competition in general are not definitive solutions to education woes. “The bottom line appears to be that, once again, it has been found that, in aggregate, charter schools are basically indistinguishable from traditional public schools in terms of their impact on academic test performance,” according to a 2013 Review of National Charter School study. “Education isn’t a competition,” said FEA president McCall after Weil’s PISA presentation, during a panel discussion that included Weingarten, Duval County School Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti and local education leaders. Other countries have increased investments in public education in recent years. In spite of the global financial crisis of 2008, nations outside the U.S. increased education spending by five percent; in this same time frame, the U.S. cut spending by one percent. “You have to invest in a public school system,” said Vitti, who compared improving test scores in the district to rising fortunes in the corporate world. “You don’t de-invest in a company that’s on the rise,” he said, “It’s the same concept for public education.” The panel also spoke of the challenges that equity presents to public schools that must serve all students regardless of background, home life or prior knowledge. “We have so many students who start behind the curve,” said McCall. What Duval County’s public schools have accomplished, Vitti said, has been an improved ratio of school counselors to students and the district ranking first in Florida counties for the percentage of students taking art and music classes. The district also has plans to provide mental health training to all of its teachers. This aligned with McCall’s vision for all Florida public school students. “We have to have wraparound service school,” she said, referring to before and after school care, to create a ‘safe haven’ for students. And how can teachers better serve their students in light of the latest PISA survey results? According to Weil’s presentation, the answer lies in allowing teachers to collaborate with each other and trusting their judgments as to how to best educate students. This includes PISA pointing out that the U.S. trails the pack in a time when teachers have to collaborate with each other and engage in peer observations for continuous improvement of their work. Currently, American schools don’t allot that kind of time to educators. Notice that the solution does not include punitive measures or adversarial attitudes toward educators and education support professionals. “We’re never the enemy,” said McCall, “We’re always on the side of what’s best for students.” Together, we can go for the gold. John Louis Meeks Jr. mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Meeks is a middle-school teacher in Duval County.
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