06/20/18 Hear The Girl

2 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

THIS WEEK // 6.20.18-6.26.18 // VOL. 32 ISSUE 12 COVER STORY [13]

HEAR THE GIRL

BY JULIE DELEGAL Groundbreaking program earns global recognition by GIVING VOICE to local at-risk kids

FEATURED ARTICLES

TENT CITIES AND THE POLICE STATE

[8]

BY A.G. GANCARSKI AMERICAN BRUTALITY is nothing new

FIGHTING BACK: POISONE [10] PLACE CONTINUES

BY SUSAN CLARK ARMSTRONG Residents RALLY AGAINST PROJECT documented in Folio Weekly cover story

HEAT WAVE (OF MUTILATION)

[19]

BY DANIEL A. BROWN Nearly 30 years on, PIXIES return to NEFla on a summer tour—barriers intact

COLUMNS + CALENDARS FROM THE EDITOR

4

MUSIC

19

PINT-SIZED

31

MAIL/B&B

5

FILM

20

CHEFFED-UP

32

OUR PICKS

6

ARTS LISTING

22

PET PARENTING

34

FIGHTIN’ WORDS

8

ARTS

23

CROSSWORD/ASTROLOGY 36

NEWS AAND NOTES

9

LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

25

WEIRD/I SAW U

37

NEWS

10

DINING

28

CLASSIFIEDS

38

NEWS BITES

12

BITE-SIZED

30

BACKPAGE/M.D.M.J.

39

GET SOCIAL visit us online at

PUBLISHER • Sam Taylor sam@folioweekly.com / 904-860-2465 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • T. Farrar Martin fmartin@folioweekly.com / ext. 112

EDITORIAL

EDITOR • Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com / ext. 115 SENIOR EDITOR • Marlene Dryden mdryden@folioweekly.com / ext. 131 A&E EDITOR • Madeleine Peck Wagner madeleine@folioweekly.com / ext. 128 CARTOONIST • Jen Sorensen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Susan Clark Armstrong, Rob Brezsny, Daniel A. Brown, Nicole Carroll, Josué Cruz, Julie Delegal, A.G. Gancarski, Jake Gerken, Dan Hudak, Scott Gaillard, Frances Grant, Josh Hodges, Shelton Hull, Danny Kelly, Mary Maguire, Keith Marks, Pat McLeod, Nick McGregor, Dale Ratermann, Alan Scully, Brentley Stead, Chef Bill Thompson, Caroline Trussell, Georgio Valentino, Dima Vitanova Williams, Marc Wisdom VIDEOGRAPHERS • Doug Lewis, Ron Perry EVENTS DIRECTOR • James Harper entertainmentandproductions@gmail.com / ext. 155

DESIGN

ART DIRECTOR • Madison Gross madison@folioweekly.com / ext. 145 GRAPHIC DESIGNER • Josh Wessolowski josh@folioweekly.com / ext. 144 PHOTOGRAPHER • Devon Sarian

BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS MANAGER • Lorraine Cover fpiadmin@folioweekly.com / ext. 119

DISTRIBUTION

FOLIOWEEKLY.COM

Bobby Pendexter cosmicdistributions@gmail.com / ext. 150

ADVERTISING

PUBLISHER • Sam Taylor sam@folioweekly.com / 904-860-2465 MULTIMEDIA ACCOUNT MANAGERS CJ Allen cjallen946@gmail.com / ext. 140 Kathrin Lancelle klancelle@folioweekly.com / ext. 124 Pat Ladd pat@folioweekly.com / ext. 151 Heidi Pace heidi@folioweekly.com / ext. 130 Lisa Philhower lisa@folioweekly.com / ext. 147 FOLIO WEEKLY MAGAZINE PUBLISHES EVERY WEDNESDAY IN DUVAL, NASSAU, ST. JOHNS, CLAY AND CAMDEN COUNTIES. It contains opinions of contributing writers that are not necessarily the opinion of this publication.

Folio Weekly welcomes editorial and photographic contributions. Calendar items must be received two weeks in advance of event date.

Copyright © Folio Publishing, Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Advertising rates and information available on request. Advertiser purchases right of publication only.

One free issue copy per person. Additional copies and back issues are $1 each at the office or $4 by U.S. mail, based on availability. First Class mail subscriptions are $48/13 weeks, $96/26 weeks, $189/52 weeks.

Folio Weekly Magazine is printed on 100 percent recycled paper using soy-based inks. Please recycle Folio Weekly.

Application to mail at periodicals postage prices is pending at Jacksonville, FL. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Folio Weekly, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville, FL 32202-3632.

thefolioweekly

@folioweekly

@folioweekly

45 West Bay Street Suite 103 Jacksonville, Florida 32202 PHONE 904.260.9770 FAX 904.260.9773 JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 3

FROM THE EDITOR

A RACE OF Will a DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for mayor please stand up?

4 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

AS WE ALL WATCH THE HORROR UNFOLDING AT THE Mexican border, plus the stream of insanity emitting from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, it’s easy to forget about issues closer to home.

Still, I can’t be the only person wondering if someone—anyone—from the local Democratic Party is going to run against Lenny Curry in the next mayoral race.

For months, I’ve been asking: Is it you? Is it them? Is it a cardboard cutout of Jake Godbold?

Oh, there have been rumors, a prominent, wealthy centrist Democrat here; a wellconnected, skosh-more-liberal Democrat there.

To date, none of the rumors has panned out. Of course, it doesn’t help that Curry roared into office with a self-imposed ‘kill ’em in the crib’ mandate that led to a partisan purge the likes of which this city has never seen.

It’s hard to find someone with local government experience and name recognition to run for mayor when pretty much the only Democrats allowed to remain on boards and commissions under his regime are the ones who would sit, stay and bark on the mayor’s command.

Meanwhile, Curry has been fundraising like a boss and collecting endorsements like the JaxBiz atta boy; though, to be honest, who else would they endorse? A ficus tree?

To call Lenny Curry a formidable opponent is a gross understatement. But that doesn’t mean he can’t be beat. This is the same man who, after he called on our congressional delegation to halt admissions of Syrian refugees in 2015, told WOKV that he “loves” Syrian refugees, he just has misgivings about the vetting process for people who come here to escape civil war, genocide or persecution.

As someone with actual knowledge of immigration law, I say with authority that anyone who claims to have doubts in the vetting process for refugees is either ignorant or completely full of it. Of course, they could also be a politician playing on the darker sentiments of certain voters who can’t wrap their brains around the fact that, in the 38 years since the Refugee Act passed, there hasn’t been a single instance of a refugee carrying out a terror attack in the United States. The truth is that our vetting process for refugees is lengthy, detailed and thorough as hell. Before Trump, the 20-step process as detailed in The New York Times included interviews with the United Nations, State Department, Homeland Security, three fingerprint checks, two background checks (at least), and more, and could take up to two years before those delightful handlers at TSA

ONE

get a chance to scan, search and frisk. Now it’s more of a “ye shall not pass” process.

THERE ARE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WHO WOULD make for good sport in a race against Curry.

Anna Lopez Brosche comes to mind. Garrett Dennis does, too.

Brosche is a Republican, of course, and I’ve not heard tale of nor seen evidence that she’s flipping blue any time soon. Brosche versus Curry in a primary would be interesting, but he’s already absorbed the right’s donation pool like a dark star, so she’d have an uphill fundraising climb to have a fighting chance.

It’s worth noting the word out there is that there are people waiting with checkbooks in hand should she jump in the race.

Dennis, on the other hand, has name recognition and is something of a wunderkind.

Loosen the purse strings in places like Avondale and Ortega and he could give it a go.

If I’m the Notorious LBC, I do not want to do battle with Garrett Dennis. Dennis is not going to fall for the same tricks Alvin Brown did, who almost bested Curry despite waiting until the last minute to start campaigning.

And that was pre-Trump, pre-JEA sale debacle, pre-City Hall boys club, pre-opioid crisis, pre-#MeToo, pre-Muslim ban, preanthem kneeling, pre-Parkland, pre-Curry v.

Toney Sleiman, pre-homeless day resource center standoff. A lot has changed since 2015.

When a wannabe politician is in their first race, the opposition has little to use against them, so they usually feel around blindly for a while then revert to attacking their incompetence and inexperience, with limited success.

This will not be the case when the next race rolls around. Whoever runs against Curry will have every bit of negative publicity that his administration has generated to pull oppo from, plus scads of voters determined to de-Trumpify the nation, many who haven’t forgotten that our dear mayor showed up for dear leader during the campaign and has supported him since, even on things like withdrawing from the Paris Accord and calling kneeling NFL players “stupid.”

Oh, sure, Curry has some achievements.

The pension tax (yawn). Bunch of cop hires, but that’s an issue that cuts both ways. And … there are other things, I’m sure. I do recall some photo ops … Nothing says ‘mayoral’ like filling potholes for a few hours and using “athope” children as props, right?

Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com @clairenjax

THE MAIL THE FETID SMELL OF CURRY

RE.: “Mayor’s Credibility Doubted,” by Dr. Juan P. Gray, May 30 WE ARE LIVING IN JACKSONVILLE TEMPORARILY while I undergo cancer treatment at UFHealth Proton Institute.

I read Dr. Juan P. Gray’s Backpage Editorial with interest. It immediately reminded me of the massive fraud and indictments that happened a few years ago at one of the nation’s largest electric co-ops, Cobb EMC in Marietta, Georgia.

The CEO of Cobb EMC formed a private, for-profit company called Cobb Energy. Several years later, he was indicted for stealing millions of dollars from the co-op through no-interest loans and forgiven loans.

He was also charged with signing away the co-op’s workforce, meters and natural gas revenues to the for-profit company of which he was also president, CEO and chairman of the board.

I hope the newspaper investigates what is happening at JEA. The Atlanta Journal & Constitution newspaper broke the Cobb EMC/Cobb Energy fraud story and the DA followed with indictments after a two-year investigation.

If you have a rubber-stamp city council and a hand-picked JEA CEO, similar bad things can happen. There’s no way a for-profit utility can serve Duval citizens as cost effectively as your current JEA. Citizens should be very wary of what’s happening.

John P. Jones via email

such, Andy can go ahead and avail himself of the following accommodations: Beach wheelchair use with 24-hour notice at Hanna Park; Beach wheelchair use in Atlantic Beach at 1 Ahern Street, along with four entry points with disabled parking and ramps; Beach wheelchair use in Neptune Beach at the terminus of Atlantic Boulevard, along with four entry points with disabled parking, two with ramps; Beach wheelchair use in Jacksonville Beach at the Red Cross Lifeguard Station, along with seven entry points with disabled parking, three with ramps.

OVERSET

Should none of these government-provided– meaning taxpayer-provided–wheelchairs be available, he might look into buying one of his own. Yes, they’re not cheap. But surely he can find the money through crowdfunding, having a bake sale, or through any other legitimate means of revenue generation.

He might want to get to these spots in advance, or make the necessary reservations, since the early bird gets the worm. As to driving his car on the beach, no can do, my friend. The dude can’t abide. We all know that can cause serious environmental damage, not only to the beach, dunes and vegetation, but to the precious creatures of the air, land and sea as well as humans–abled and disabled. If you want to do that still, I suggest you head to Nassau, St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Gulf or Walton counties. To do so in Duval, you will have to drive over my dead body.

Steve Holder via email

VERIFIED DELICIOUS

RE.: “Find Your Function,” by Brentley Stead, May 30 ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT KNOW HOW TO cook a burger. Sharing this one.

Dave Osborn via Twitter

ONE HELLUVA SPEEDBUMP

RE.: “Brickbats and Bouquets,” June 13 YOUR BRICKBATS TOSSED AT BEACH DWELLERS are misplaced. Some people are seeking to have government solve a perceived issue when the government is already providing multiple solutions.

So Andy Johnson is disabled. A lot of us are. As

ANSWER: SICK BURN

RE.: “Browns’ BBQ BOGO,” by A.G. Gancarski, June 6 THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IN ACTION! CORINNE BROWN is already in prison. Family gang. My question is, if you know you’re breaking the law, then how are you qualified to hold a political office? Answer: Democrat.

Joseph Scott Cassoutt via Facebook

LEND YOUR VOICE If you’d like to respond to something you read in the pages of Folio Weekly, please send an email (with your name, address, and phone number for verification purposes only) to mail@folioweekly.com, visit us at folioweekly.com or follow us on Twitter or Facebook (@folioweekly) and join the conversation.

BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO THE ST. JOHNS RIVERKEEPER Among the many fronts the Riverkeeper fights for wild Florida is as one of the plaintiffs in the suit to force the state to comply with the Water and Land Conservation Amendment of 2014, which earmarked funds for conservation of natural resources. On June 15, the plaintiffs prevailed.

BRICKBATS TO SNEAKY SAND SCRAPERS Following a Florida Department of Environmental Protection investigation, four Ponte Vedra property owners have been fined roughly $60K for, as WJXT initially reported, illegally taking sand from the public beach to rebuild dunes on their private properties. The four are United Airlines CEO Oscar Munox, Web.com CEO David Brown, UBS Financial Managing Director Chris Aitken and Margaret Conolly.

BOUQUETS TO JEA’S FINESTA couple who resides in St. Nicholas recently emailed FW to thank JEA repair technician Carlos Sims and media coordinator Gerri Boyce, as well as all other employees who helped to promptly, professionally and kindly facilitate the repair of a “vital” streetlight in their neighborhood. “The ‘job’ was done without hitting the 6 o’clock news,” they wrote.

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.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 5

EVERYTHING CHANGES THE WORLD

THU

21

THE SUMMER OF ’64 Local amateur historian and author Scott

Grant (How the Beatles and the World’s Fastest Man Changed the First Coast Forever) chats about the worldwide media attention on this region in the summer of 1964: A federal court ordered the desegregation of schools in Duval and St. Johns counties, to an outcry of angry defiance and resistance. Then, just before a Beatles concert for an integrated audience (which The Fab Four insisted on), Hurricane Dora crashed into NEFLa. Grant recounts this era anecdotally. 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21 at Beaches Museum Chapel, Jax Beach, beachesmuseum.org, $5.

OUR PICKS

REASONS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE THIS WEEK

DOWN BY THE SEASHORE

KIND OF A …

MUSIC BY THE SEA The perfect way to cap off a day spent exploring the Oldest City–we understand Santa Fe, NM has tried to claim that title, but we see their Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1598) and raise Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1565). Oops, we’ve wandered afield: 2018 marks the 16th season of this “rain or shine” Wednesday night tradition. This week, Chillula delivers pop and dance; next week, Salt Driven Ride plays Southern and classic rock. Each week, an area restaurant offers its fare; this week it’s La Strada. 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 and every Wed. through Sept. 12 at St. Augustine Beach Pier, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., sabca.org.

NOBIGDYL. He’s a rapper whose faith informs his

music, but as he told CCM Magazine, “I just sit down and write like anybody else. The reason I don’t degrade women or the reason that I talk about faith and life in a way that is not offensive or devaluing to people, is because that is really my life. That’s who I am.” The sincerely talented rapper performs in support of his brand-new album, Solar, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 at Murray Hill Theatre, mhtrocks.com, $10-$12.

WED

20

THAT FLAT-PICKING LIFE

SAT

23

BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM

Once upon a time, local boy Bass was a hellraiser, of that upper echelon caliber of the spit-in-your-eye and shout-you-down kind. Back then, the founder and flat-picking frontman of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine would just as soon play for an empty room as perform for an inattentive or unappreciative audience. We’ve heard he’s mellowed since those fiery days (a few years in the mountains can do that–but judge for yourself in an intimate Americana concert, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, June 23 at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Riverside, members $20, nonmembers $25, cummermuseum.org.

JUMPING FLEAS UNITE! JACKSONVILLE UKULELE SOCIETY JAM Celebs function in funny

WED

20 WED

23 6 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

ways, and though it’d be a reach to compare The Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer with, say, Beyoncé, the doll does make cultural waves.

In addition to being an outspoken advocate of collaboration and the “art of asking,” she’s a dedicated ukulele player. So if you’re Palmer-inspired or otherwise, gather with others of that ilk and plunk away, 1:304 p.m. Saturday, June 23 at Main Library’s Makerspace, Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary. org/jax-makerspace; free. (Ukes and tuners available.)

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 7

FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS American brutality is NOTHING NEW

TENT CITIES AND

THE POLICE STATE

8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

WRITING ABOUT POLITICS AND POLITICIANS FOR AS long as I have, I’ve long since stopped being shocked by anything.

However, people who do not spend 60-80 hours a week marinating in the toxic sludge of political discourse still have that capacity for shock. A good illustration of that currently exists in the so-called “tent cities” debate.

President Donald Trump and his administration have, as of this writing, separated 2,000 migrant children from their parents at border crossings. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House spox Sarah Huckabee Sanders have defended the policy as being based in the Bible.

(Insert standard quip about how the Bible justifies all kinds of horrific shit here.)

Many of those kids are housed in places like former Walmarts, which now teem with kids in utter agony, missing the parents who raised them and not understanding the reasons for separation, and marinating in the kind of trauma that will not only shape their mindsets as children, but will have generational consequences.

That’s not the problem for policymakers.

The real issue is logistics. With space at a premium, tent cities (sort of like former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio built) are being mulled to house the kids.

What possibly could go wrong? It’s only 100 degrees or so during the day near the Mexican border this time of year.

Florida Republicans, most of whom see the ascension of Trump as a sort of “year zero” that allowed conservatives to drop pretensions of a limited-government philosophy in favor of a full-throttle expansion of state power, have the administration’s back.

The clearest quote I’ve obtained on this matter comes from Rep. John Rutherford, a Jacksonville Republican and former threeterm sheriff who has about as much chance of being defeated for re-election as I do of winning a journalism award.

“If they come across the border illegally, the parents have broken the law. Just like an individual here in Jacksonville when I was sheriff, if he broke the law, I put him in jail. That separated him from his children,” Rutherford said.

“I believe that criminals go to jail. Not children, but criminals,” he added.

Rutherford does not see the internment camps the federal government has built for children as prisons.

“If you look at the way they’re being housed, they’re being fed, they’re being taken care of. They have playrooms, I understand.

All of that—they’re not in prison,” Rutherford

said, adding that they “shouldn’t be put into prison with their parents.”

“You certainly don’t want them housed with pedophiles and others who might be in that situation,” he noted.

Rutherford isn’t alone in defending the policy. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who hopes to be the next governor, had equally tough rhetoric.

“It’s important that we enforce our laws.

It’s important that we enforce our laws in a humane way. But we need to have secure borders. With secure borders, you would have less of this issue,” Putnam said.

Gov. Rick Scott, who very likely will beat Sen. Bill Nelson like a drum in November, actually had something negative to say about the policy, calling it “disturbing” but seemingly necessary.

“Your heart goes out to these families that are struggling with these issues. It shows you how messed up our immigration policy is, that these things are happening,” Scott said.

Reports about what is going on are horrifying. At least one father, a Honduran cleaved from his children, killed himself in custody (perhaps one of the “bad hombres” Trump mentioned on the campaign trail?).

And the kids?

Imagine the separation issues: a different language, a different country, men with uniforms and guns, and no idea when or if you will see your parents again. Numbers slapped on the chests and arms of toddlers and school-aged kids alike. Apparently, bar codes and tattoos are impracticable, and RFID chips are out of stock.

All of this is happening, of course, during the gushers of sentimentality over Father’s Day by the politicians who green-lighted this mess.

America, of course, has always been a police state. From Manifest Destiny to slavery to internment camps for Japanese immigrants, from stop-and-frisk to search-and-seizure to privatized prisons turning profits on no-bid contracts and slave labor. The biggest prison population in the world is an unassailable accomplishment, even as we tumble down the rankings in everything from press freedom to educational attainment and standard of living.

And distribution of wealth? It looks more like Russia than the U.S. of 50 years ago, when the middle class was protected.

None of this security theater actually protects us. Especially given the real issues coming our way once our overheated, fake money economy collapses. The pols don’t talk real about that, either.

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

NEWS AAND NOTES: FER REAL EDITION

TOP HEADLINES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA

WE <3 THE POSTAL SERVICE

>

Yes, really. That policy hawk in the White House, however, has no love for the dedicated people who deliver our vape cartridges from Colorado.

Illinois Times’ Jim Hightower penned a delightful screed calling out our dear leader for using the might of the federal government to settle a personal score with Jeff Bezos ’cause The Washington Post (which Bezos owns) is mean to him. Yes, really.

In what Hightower views as a stupid plot to give Bezos a financial wedgie by increasing Amazon’s costs, Trump issued an executive order on April 12 to create a task force to examine the “money-losing post office,” particularly, the “pricing of the package delivery market.” Apparently, “Donald the First” is unaware that the post office is a financial winner, raking in about $1 billion in annual profits.

This would balance out in the black—but the right wing in 2006 passed a law requiring USPS to pre-fund retiree health bennies 75 years into the future, “covering retirement costs for workers who haven’t even been born!”

“This adds a totally hokey ‘expense’ of up to $5 billion a year to the USPS corporate ledger, creating the fake ‘loss’ Trump is now so bombastically citing as the [rationale] for his destructive inquisition,” Hightower huffs. Smelling postal blood, the far right got a trumped-up order mandating the task force to “evaluate, dissect and restructure the people’s mail service.” The silver (or brass) lining? In terribly delicious irony, one of few who would be able to buy our postal service and create a “monstrous corporate monopoly” is … drumroll please … “the Amazon kingdom, of course.”

< AAN FIGHTS FOR INFORMATION

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia has joined 19 other media organizations in an amicus brief urging the feds to recognize the media’s right to seek access to government settlement agreements that contain a non-disparagement clause. Non-disparagement clauses prohibit signatories from making critical statements against the others, typically in a settlement or employment separation agreements. Ya know, as in, “You’re fired, here’s some dough, but you have to agree to never mention that your boss required daily bootlicking.”

In the brief filed in support of plaintiffs suing the Baltimore mayor, city council and police department, AAN challenges the latters’ policy of adding mandatory non-disparagement clauses to all settlements on police misconduct claims. Because, duh, the people have a right to know when their police force is abusing its authority.

< AGING INTO A CRISIS

California is one of many states staring down the barrel of a crisis as residents get older, reports Coachella Valley Independent. (AHEM, Florida.) Oddly, some elderly/infirm citizens may be getting TOO much care. Skilled-nursing facilities often house many people who don’t need such comprehensive services. Not only is this expensive, it can diminish the quality of life. Would you rather live in a hospital or home setting as long as possible?

In an effort to bridge the gap, in which upwards of 20,000 Californians may be over-served and others living at home or with caregivers too long, state Assemblyman Ash Kalra has filed a bill that would cover an additional 13,000 people in assisted living, CVI reports. But don’t worry about the elder care industry; they’ll be just fine. As a spokeswoman quipped, “The boomers are coming.”

< TINY PU**Y

Feral cats are everywhere, y’all. Spay and neuter, you cretins!

Anyhoo, in April, Charlotte, North Carolina opened a special facility just for kittens. Creative Loafing Charlotte recently did a wide-ranging piece about cats in the city—cat cafés!—but we were most entranced by the writer’s account of being trained to care for the widdle biddy kitties at the nursery. Orphaned fur babies aged one day to four weeks old, or neonates, require special care to survive, including hand bottle feedings every few hours, cuddling, warming discs in their crates, and … there’s no easy way to say this … anal stimulation to make sure they go to the bathroom.

Though the job includes its share of heartbreak, not to mention poop, CLC reports that the facility has drastically improved the survival rates of neonates, who can later be put up for adoption. Fear not; by then, they’ve long aged beyond the anal stimulation phase. And they’re spayed/neutered.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9

FOLIO COMMUNITY : NEWS

A COMPANY THAT LEFT DANGEROUS CONTAMINATION on portions of a tract of land in Green Cove Springs, and the developer it wants to sell the land to, face continued opposition as they head before the Clay County Board of Commissioners on June 26. That company, Solite, its consultant Susan Fraser, and developer Michael Danhour of The Danhour Group are positioned against area residents who oppose any development of the property without cleaning it up first.

It’s a classic David and Goliath story. So far, those holding the slingshots have been able to inflict serious damage—though without landing a kill shot thus far.

Solite, owned by billion-dollar corporation Northeast Solite, operated a plant in the Russell Community of Green Cove Springs, mining clay on the 900-acre property to create concrete-like materials used in drainage and building. Unknown to many, for approximately 20 years, Solite used hazardous wastes in this process. The harmful pollution came to light in the mid-1990s as a disproportionate number of area residents were falling ill or dying. Facing public outcry and media scrutiny, Solite abandoned the property in the dead of one summer night in 1996.

Now, Solite is back with a mollifying moniker, Stoneridge Farms, and a plan to sell its site to Danhour for $2 million, which would be placed in abeyance to clean up the contamination at some future date; meanwhile, Danhour would build a residential development of up to three homes per acre, as stated in the requested zoning change. (Many believe the $2 million is insufficient to remove hazardous materials from the site.) The Planning & Zoning Department initially recommended approving the project, but when residents showed up en masse at a May 1 Planning Commission meeting to speak against the development, Fraser convinced them to delay the matter to allow for a community meeting. Subsequently, Folio Weekly’s May 30 cover story, “Poison Place,” detailed the saga.

At the May 31 community meeting, Russell residents refused to listen to Fraser, instead offering statements and observations and demanding answers. They asked Danhour what would happen if the $2 million was insufficient for cleanup costs; Danhour said Stoneridge Farms would pay.

Someone pointed out that Stoneridge is essentially a “shell company” with no assets.

Prompted for an answer, Solite/Stoneridge 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

FIGHTING BACK:

Chairman Joe representative Anzalone placed Albert Galliano the issue first remained silent. on the agenda.

He later said that Anzalone said he the company wanted to make had been a sure all had a good neighbor chance to speak. in the 1990s, And speak they even testing did. milk from local Some stories dairies, which were disturbing, showed no others contamination. heartbreaking.

One longtime Residents RALLY AGAINST PROJECT The underlying resident accused documented in Folio Weekly’s theme was trust Galliano of or lack thereof. lying, saying that May 30, 2018 cover story Solite, residents Solite had not reminded tested dairies everyone, had in Russell, but poisoned the instead went “20 environment and most likely the people of miles south of town” to test. After another Russell, then left under the cover of night. silence, Galliano said there was no hazardous Several said they do not trust Danhour, or chemical dioxin on the property. A resident his company. Some noted that The Danhour produced a federal document showing there Group lists a posh Downtown Jacksonville were, indeed, dioxins there. Yet another address that it has never occupied; further, resident asked about large amounts of that there is no “group” in the company, arsenic on the property. Danhour’s engineer nor a team, and that it touts projects that said “yes,” there was arsenic, but a little were either not completed, or never begun. arsenic is good for you.

Residents said Danhour continued to imply No one was satisfied with the outcome; Stoneridge Farms would pay for any cleanup residents gave up and went home for the night. more than $2 million; conversely, Solite/ The matter came before the Planning Stoneridge Farms said they would not. Others Commission on June 5. Again, Russell spoke of their distrust for Fraser, particularly residents and supporters from outside the area for attempting to appease residents by showed up in droves, some sporting signs, all painting a picture of Stoneridge Farms and sporting resolve. Several TV stations covered the developer as honorable and ethical the event.

Stoneridge Farms presented first, with corporations which only want to make their few changes to its earlier presentation. lives better.

Fraser assured the commission that Solite Still others said they do not trust FDEP would make the $2 million from the sale or the Environmental Protection Agency. of the property available to clean up the Residents related how both agencies knew property, with oversight from Florida about the dangerous toxins at least in the late Department of Environmental Protection, 1980s, yet failed to intervene. They said FDEP which the company had previously signed a gave them contradicting information and seemingly iron-clad agreement to clean up relied, in part, on old testing to call parts of Solite “clean,” when they had no idea what lay any contaminates. Company representatives on or underneath the ground. They said FDEP continued to refer to the toxic wastes on had allowed Solite to pick testing spots, which the property as SWMU (Solid Wastes made a true assessment impossible.

Management Units), pronounced “SMOOS.” They agreed to the fact there was here a smoo, Clay County resident Benjamin Mitts, there a smoo, but not everywhere a smoo. who said he worked at Solite, gave a chilling Though lengthy and contentious issues are statement. “I know firsthand what went on typically placed last on government agendas, there,” he said. “It was never about a product. possibly to winnow down participants It was about disposing of toxic wastes.” and wear down their resolve, anticipating Mitts said he had seen hundreds of gallons numerous speakers, Planning Commission of contaminated wastes being poured into

POISON PLACE

CONTINUES

the soil. “I’ve seen the cooling pits dredged out and then dispatched to different areas of the property, then covered with solite, then covered with clay, then covered with sand.”

He said Solite had a grid where they mapped out where the hazardous wastes were buried.

“They know what they moved and where they moved it to.” He said Solite had picked out 19 sites for the FDEP to test. “They know where not to test.”

Mitts said hazardous wastes were shoved into kilns, as thick black smoke poured from the plant. “It was spread all over the Lake Asbury area. I witnessed it, I saw it, I was a part of it and I didn’t know any better. This is going to be your ‘Hipps Road.’ … Your children will have to answer to what goes on today and in the county commission meeting.

If you pass the buck on this and let Solite slide, God have mercy on your soul.”

Resident Randy Gillis said most folks in Russell want the property restored to its pre-polluted state. However, he said, some believe it would be safer left alone to keep toxins from being, once again, airborne.

Gillis challenged the commission and the commissioners to assess the risks to the citizens in his neighborhood in their decisionmaking process, to see that the residents were protected, and make sure the Solite plant was cleaned up correctly.

Tricia Foss, who has lived in the area for 33 years, said she had been to 10 funerals of neighbors who lived on 209B. “Eight of those were colon cancer,” which, she said, has sometimes been linked to biohazardous contaminates.

Dr. Kristin Burke said in their research, Russell residents had found other Solite facilities that had been forced to close. She presented a letter dated Oct. 29, 1999 from the Health and Human Services to citizens around a North Carolina Solite plant. The letter advised residents who had unexplained symptoms to contact their doctors. The letter recommended they request a 24-hour metal profile and pulmonary function test as initial tests. “Why weren’t the people here ever given this information?” she asked.

In contrast, Dr. Burke said Russell residents did have faith in the planning commission and the board of county commissioners. “We trust you to use your positions to force Solite to clean up the toxins they left behind that killed our neighbors and made so many sick. We trust you to keep us and our families and our future generations safe and we trust you not to bow to the

money, power and politics of this situation.

Please do not betray our trust.” Then she added tearfully, “Please protect us! Please protect my kids!”

Perhaps the most poignant plea came from Christine Robertson. Robertson said she lived next to the plant, unaware that toxins were permeating her piece of paradise. “I swam in those creeks, I swam in that toxic crap. I breathed the air.” Then Robertson brought out a large frame with pictures of her son, who was born handicapped in the 1980s.

Robertson told the commission she was tested when her son was born, and doctors said his condition was due to “environmentals.” She said her son had since died and her daughter had suffered miscarriages.

The Planning Commission had asked Bryan Baker, environmental administrator at FDEP, to present. While Baker attempted to clear up some issues, he raised others that further undermined confidence in FDEP. Baker said FDEP had not conducted any “detailed cost estimates” for cleanup and the estimates were just “ballpark figures.” He also contradicted statements by several residents.

He said Solite was not allowed to pick the sites for testing. “They may have proposed spots, we said ‘yeah, those look good,’” he said. “But we did the directing.”

Baker also pointed out that Solite had never been on the Superfund List. Folio Weekly has several EPA Superfund Lists where Solite’s name appears, along with documentation that Solite routinely received shipments of hazardous wastes from a New Jersey Superfund site. However, a representative from the EPA in Atlanta said Solite was never on an official Superfund list. She said the Superfund list was for sites where no party had been designated as fully financially responsible; hence the federal government would bear some or all the cleanup costs. The representative said Solite may have been on these lists temporarily because it had been identified as having “emergency response activities.” She said FDEP had to recommend adding the property to the Superfund site list but had failed to do so. Further, FDEP had possibly already designated a responsible party through the RCRA program for the cleanup, so there was no need to seek funds from the EPA. The representative said this contamination happened so long ago, they had no records of what actually happened, so interested parties would have to make a Freedom of Information Request, which could be a lengthy process.

Baker volunteered that while Solite was bound to clean up the site, Stoneridge has no money, so it has no financial responsibility. “I can’t get into what happened when FL Solite spun off to Stoneridge Farms, ’cause I don’t know that story.” What he could get into was that in 2006 “the attorneys and managers” at FDEP allowed Solite to “put all the cleanup on to Stoneridge Farms.”

Baker said FDEP had been “very patient” with Stoneridge because it had no funds, but “eventually patience runs out.” In a few years, Baker said, FDEP will “probably reach our tipping point.” He said they may go after responsible parties and likely transfer the project into a state-funded cleanup. Then the taxpayers would pay for the cleanup.

Baker also disclosed that there had been “overflow of the ponds from time to time, some of the berms leaked … sent water cascading into Mill Log Creek,” which flows into Black Creek. He said Mill Log Creek had dioxin and barium in it.

“That’s been a puzzler for us. It’s difficult to clean up a creek.” But, he said, while the

“numbers” for dioxin and barium were “above the human health criteria,” this was only “for the consumption of fish.” He said if one didn’t eat the fish regularly, they would be fine. He said FDEP had decided to do a fish study around where Mill Log Creek flows into Black Creek. However, when Anzalone asked about the results of that study, Baker said one had not been done because there were no funds to do so.

Asked by Commissioner Belinda Johnson how it could get this far along without FDEP knowing what was going on, Baker said, “We were waiting for the site to have money.”

Baker also acknowledged that there have not been studies done to correlate the health issues and illnesses in the area to the contamination on the site. He said such would have to be done by the Florida Department of Health, which has done no studies to date.

When a commissioner asked Baker if the FDEP was sure the areas it has designated as “clean” were actually tested, he said this designation doesn’t mean all the sites have been tested, just that it saw “no evidence of contamination.”

Commissioner Michael Borree asked who was responsible, if the sites were built on and later had contamination. “Then it becomes the responsibility of the individual homeowner,” Baker replied, to a chorus of gasps and groans.

Commission Ralph Puckhaber remarked that he had read the proposal thoroughly and said the way the contract was written, the developer could make approximately $20 million from the project, then could conceivably pull out of the site with no cleanup.

Puckhaber offered a suggestion. “Let the state clean it up, put a lien on the property, then sell it to somebody … maybe the county could build a park.”

The audience cheered.

Commissioner Robert Machala said he had read the agreement that Fraser, Solite and Danhour wanted the county to agree to and found it lacking. “They don’t comply with any of the guidelines because there are no guidelines for accomplishing the project.

Show me how you measure me, and I will show you how I perform.”

Typically a voice of mediation and compromise, Anzalone appeared to see neither. He said he believed that Solite never intended to clean up the property since they formed a shell company with no assets and no existence in the state. “I am personally not in favor of putting one house on a piece of property that has any contaminates in that area.”

Commission Puckhaber made a motion not to accept the zoning staff ’s recommendation to approve the project.

Commission Johnson was in the process of seconding that motion when Fraser stepped to the podium.

“We would probably take a continuance …” she began.

“No! Susan!” Anzalone declared. “I’m sorry, we have a motion and a second.”

The Planning Commission voted unanimously against Solite’s plan.

The matter comes before the Clay County Board of Commissioners on June 26 at 4 p.m. Though many may feel as Dr. Kristen Burke does, that anyone who has done their homework would never even consider such a deeply flawed project, Clay County is still a place where politics rule, and rules sometimes do not matter. The people of Russell will find out how much they matter to the county commissioners on June 26.

Susan Clark Armstrong mail@folioweekly.com JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11

NEWS BITES TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA & SE GEORGIA NEWSMEDIA

FERNANDINA BEACH NEWS-LEADER Hurricane Irma was a come-to-Jesus moment for public officials across the state, and Northeast Florida was no exception. Locally, the human cost was small, and we’re grateful, but the monetary costs were tremendous, and in some cases they’re still adding up. Nassau County, for example, spent more than $300,000 operating emergency shelters and providing services to its residents, but now that the bills are coming due, there is some dispute over who’s going to pay them.

Fernandina Beach News-Leader reporter Julia Roberts (not that Julia Roberts—well, maybe, but probably not) wrote on June 14 about the efforts being made by the Nassau County School District to recoup the expenses incurred when schools were converted to temporary shelters last year. “In the past,” she writes, “the School Board applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which reimbursed the district for those costs. However, that agency has changed the way it will reimburse the district for those costs. FEMA now requests that the local government—in this case the Board of County Commissioners—reimburse the district for shelter costs and then in turn apply to FEMA for reimbursement.” It seems that FEMA seeks to pass the buck, as opposed to passing actual bucks, which is putting a strain on local budgets that are already tight.

Out of the $321,000 spent on the venture, only $63,000 has been repaid. In the real world, this would mean a kneecapping, but the bureaucratic process is a bit more anodyne. Commissioner Pat Edwards depicts all this as a sign of things to come. “When the bell’s rung, we’re going to be fighting this together,” he says. “They’re going to be, from what I’ve seen since I’ve been on the Board of County Commissioners, they’re trying to figure out how not to send a check. ... I don’t want them throwing me a life ring because they’ll throw me a third of it.” All of this means that local communities will need to start fending for themselves in times of crisis. Any Puerto Rican could tell you that.

THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION The movie Black Panther was one of the most successful box-office performers of all time, but the name itself enjoys a vast provenance going back decades. In its June 15 issue, The Florida Times-Union’s writer Matt Soergel gave us a glimpse into the lives of perhaps the most important Black Panthers there ever were: the members of Company A, 263rd Regiment, whose work in the 66th Infantry Division during World War II remains the stuff of legend.

The group recently reunited at Camp Blanding, where the troops first mustered some 75 years ago.

Soergel’s story centers on the enduring friendship between two of the veterans, Jerry “Red” Roettger and Frank “Cue Ball” Bertino. A relationship forged under fire mellowed into a deep, resonant brotherhood that has taken both men into their 10th decade. “They say they’d do anything for each other, even now,” he writes. “They’ve visited each other’s homes, their families have become friends. And Jerry says that after he was captured, in France, Frank the mess sergeant insisted on grabbing a rifle and going looking for him.” A unit that had once numbered thousands was pared down to 12 for this most recent gathering, which was their last. It was the end of an era for them, and for Camp Blanding, which trained nearly 800,000 men for the war.

Thank you all for your service!

CLAY TODAY

12 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

The misdeeds of wayward youth are standard fare in mass-media, especially here in #Florida, where we have so many. Unfortunately, what’s far less common is the good news, the new generation of leaders rising up in our community on an almost daily basis. Clay Today’s Wesley LeBlanc wrote a lovely story on June 13 about the Clay Youth Connection, an excellent name for a band. It’s actually a great organization working to address the unique challenges faced by at-risk kids in our community, whose numbers have steadily grown over the past few years. Under the tutelage of Connie Thomas of the Orange Park Town Council, and with the Moosehaven retirement community as their base, they have provided housing, food, school supplies and job training, and have now produced their first two success stories: Tavian Raggins and Milena Carter, both of whom graduated from high school a few weeks ago. Having shown that the program works, Clay Youth Connection is poised to expand for the next school year, and that’s good news for the kids, and the community.

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com

Daja Brown (left) and Haley Wooten

HEAR

THE GIRL

photo by Devon Sarian

arns e m a r g o g pr n i k a e r b d VING I Groun G y b n o gniti o c e r l a b kids glo k s i r t a l loca o t E C I O V story by JULIE DELEGAL

B

ig waves emanate from a small classroom at Robert E. Lee High School on Jacksonville’s Westside, as teacher Amy Donofrio guides the students toward positive changes. The kids are part of the EVAC movement, a project rooted in self-empowerment, which, in turn, is rooted in students claiming, owning and transcending their life stories. Together, she and her students have found a way to cut through the emotional walls that too often rise between “at-risk” students and adults in high school. Empowerment, Donofrio insists, begins when we share our histories, forging deep bonds with others as they share theirs.

Her students prove that opening up about hard truths can be the first step toward change, both personal and political. The two-year-old EVAC movement comprises participants who have made national headlines advocating for poor defendants unable to afford court costs.

The male EVAC students attended a Senate hearing and a White House briefing with the president about the issue. While in Washington, D.C., they met and spoke with civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-Atlanta).

EVAC’s story-sharing platform, #YourStoryIsMine, created for the Harvard KIND Schools Campaign contest, was selected as one of 10 finalists nationally.

The inaugural EVAC group found out they had won the contest in the spring of their junior year. The boys were invited to present their project to the Harvard Alumni of Color Conference in 2018.

Donofrio and her EVAC/SHEVAC members have also been invited to present their successful #YourStoryIsMine empowerment template at a national summit on juvenile justice in D.C. at the end of June.

Right now, they’re fundraising for travel expenses and other costs.

The story about EVAC, whose original members graduated in May, has also fallen on the ears of Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams. Numerous other local officials and activists have been moved by the students as they share their perspectives on policies that affect them.

EVAC is “cave” spelled backwards, an intentional play on Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave.” The idea is, if you’ve always been chained in darkness, it’s impossible to imagine the light, and all it illuminates.

This spring, the young women of EVAC (or “SHEVAC”) wrote open letters to Duval County Public Schools’ (DCPS) future superintendent, detailing what students need as they move through high school. The girls presented these letters at a public meeting, and agreed to allow Folio Weekly to publish excerpts here. SHEVAC members also have several ideas to share with our elected officials.

Last month, with a little coaxing, they voiced those thoughts at a roundtable discussion that included a special guest—Florida House of Representatives candidate Tracye Polson.

SHEVAC’s young women are Seterria Hardy, 18; Edriel Peterson, 17; Kara Lane, Daja Brown, Lauren Fighter and Abby Bomping, all 16; and Haley Wooten, 15. The after-school program is an important part of a comprehensive initiative at Lee High to empower at-risk girls, says Principal Scott Schneider.

“You’ve got a really good group of girls in SHEVAC,” Schneider said. “They are the next leaders in our community and beyond our community.”

Their words not only tell us who they are, but what they need and deserve from the adults in their lives— parents, teachers and policymakers alike.

#YOURSTORYISMINE BEFORE THEY EVER TOOK A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN Donofrio’s classroom, the young women of SHEVAC had known formidable circumstances. By their own accounts, we are able to understand how each one survived desperate moments when they felt they had no one to turn to.

CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 >>> JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 13

photo by Kristellys Estanga

The SHEVAC girls were all smiles at a celebratory post-graduation dinner at Black Sheep.

(Top, from left: Abby Bomping, Haley Wooten, Lauren Fighter, Seterria Hardy, Lisa Fields, Amy Donofrio. Bottom, from left: Kara Lane, Daja Brown, Edriel Peterson)

HEAR

THE GIRL <<< FROM PAGE 13

14 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

“Life was just getting to a point where I just wanted to give up,” Lane wrote in her open letter to DCPS’s newest superintendent. “[T]he next thing that happened to me that was bad was going to kill me if I didn’t talk to someone.”

Lane was failing her classes, stressing about court, dealing with her biological father and listening to her mom and stepdad argue.

“She [Donofrio] made me realize that I don’t have to be ashamed of my past and what has happened to me,” Lane continued.

Seterria Hardy, a graduating senior and president of SHEVAC’s after-school club, echoed the substance of Lane’s message.

“Knowing that you’re not alone,” Hardy wrote in her letter, “knowing that there are others who are going through the same thing as you and knowing that there are people there to listen to you and not judge you can make a huge difference.”

In their missives, all the girls recommended spending time and resources on in-school programs like EVAC. Graduating senior Peterson offered an especially passionate plea for authorities to provide students with acceptance and give them breathing room to figure out their next steps.

After the roundtable discussion with SHEVAC, Polson, a licensed clinical social worker, told FW that even though she’d met the girls only once, she was deeply impressed by their work.

“It is stunning to me that these girls have created relationships and created a safe space where they can talk. It’s in the context that their stories are important, but [the stories] don’t define them,” Polson said.

Though not in a position to offer her professional opinion of the degree of trauma SHEVAC members may have suffered, Polson did offer a scientific insight: Studies show when a person in crisis can make sense of her past, and “can create a narrative that’s coherent,” the story-building process is “associated with positive outcomes over multiple domains.”

“It was really stunning to me, the internal resources they have as they think about planning their futures,” Polson said. “Part of what I saw that hour was a tremendous amount of resiliency.”

Edriel Peterson defines the very word “resiliency.”

EDRIEL’S EPISTLES DRESSED IN A COFFEE-COLORED GOWN FOR THE graduation celebration to follow, Peterson sat quietly at the U-shaped table in Donofrio’s classroom, listening carefully to a discussion about new, rampedup graduation requirements. Florida’s high-stakes testing regimen means everincreasing standards for students, which the girls see as the school system constantly moving the goalposts.

Fellow SHEVAC member, 16-year-old Bompton, got the discussion rolling. “The [graduation] rates are going to go down.

Honestly, they just want to see us fail.”

Donofrio remarked that it’s nearly impossible for her students to get the necessary transportation to Saturday ACT or SAT testing sites, let alone pay the $60-plus fee for each test. The Florida Department of Education recently abolished the lessexpensive, in-school testing alternative for the Algebra I end-of-course (EOC) exam, passage of which is required for graduation.

Now students who don’t pass the exam will have to obtain a newly raised ACT or SAT concordance score in order to graduate.

Some of Donofrio’s students have trouble with the EOC, she said, adding words of praise for the graduation coach at Lee who helps students navigate the alternative testing process.

A moment later, the discussion hit a nerve. Visibly angry, Peterson shook her head and leaned forward to speak for the first time that afternoon.

“We feel like we’re not going to make it through,” Peterson said. “Like, they keep raising the test scores. Eventually, kids are going to drop out—that’s the only way they’re going to have to look after themselves.

“If we don’t get it here, in school,” she continued, tapping the table for emphasis, “we’re not going to get it anywhere.”

“It,” she explained, is a way out of the nightmare that is her past, a hand-up, a means to move on to the next step in life. Peterson has been knocked back several times by circumstances that would shock even those who have studied “toxic stress.” Her own

words, conveyed in her open letter to the superintendent, explain her story.

From my personal experience in middle school, I lost five loved ones. My father from bone cancer, my mother from drunk driving, which caused her body to burn, my two oldest [sisters] were murdered on sight [during a home invasion] and my grandma passed. Keep this in mind: My parents died when I was 10, my sisters when I was 13, my grandmother when I was 14. During this time, the school I was attending did not provide any type of counseling. This affected me because I didn’t have anyone to go to. I felt alone and exposed to so much at a young age. This led to bad decisionmaking in the company I kept, self-harm, and shutting out family. I felt as if no one understood me or even bothered to.

Compounding her suffering and struggles, as the then-13-year-old Peterson was preparing to move in with her sisters, they were murdered.

Polson softly summed up the crises in which many local students find themselves.

“When you live in an area, in a family … in a context, where … all you see is drugs, or alcohol use, and violence, and your community is surrounded by that, it’s hard to sort of even imagine something different.”

“We call it the CAVE,” Donofrio quipped.

Heads nodded all around the table.

Peterson’s writing described trying to emerge, unprotected, from the cave of her past. “[W]hen a teenage girl is struggling to find herself in a world [that] has taken away everything she has ever believed in,” Peterson wrote, “how [does] she take off her mask within reading several cards?”

For her, the constant poker game—the question of which cards she should show and when—was exhausting. “All I wanted was someone to go to and I especially wanted someone who didn’t know me to prevent the judgmental comments.

“I felt that because you didn’t already know me, you don’t know what to expect from me. I had nothing to lose, but your trust and respect to gain. I hope that in the future, we can have more groups in schools all over. You never know what people go through and you would never know until it’s too late,” she added.

The letters were presented at public hearings for the superintendent selection in March, a mere three weeks after 17 people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Peterson and several other students mentioned Nikolas Cruz and his shooting rampage in their open letters, but Peterson’s words went beyond identifying with the victims of that tragedy.

I am standing in the gap of those who lost their lives and the voices of the families and friends. The shooting inspired me because everyone was saying that the shooter had a mental illness, but I can assure you that if he was to get the support and if someone would have just sat down and actually talked to him and understood his needs, it would have prevented this situation.

Peterson called out teachers for bringing “stereotyped attitudes” about their students into the classroom. Twenty-five out of the 32 high school teachers she’s encountered, she wrote, have told students something along the lines of “they will get paid [whether] you learn or not.” “[A]ll we want,” she finished, “is attention and that listening ear.”

LISTENING TO A FIGHTER “ADULTS COME UP WITH THE IDEAS,” DONOFRIO observed, “but they haven’t really talked to the kids.”

“As kids, our words are less considered.

When, really, we’re actually really smart.”

CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 >>>

Gift baskets for graduates Seterria Hardy (left, bottom) and Edriel Peterson (right, bottom) were among the surprises at the graduation celebration. (Top left: Kara Lane, Top right: Amy Donofrio)

photo by Kristellys Estanga

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 15

HEAR

THE GIRL <<< FROM PAGE 15

photo by Kristellys Estanga

All eyes turned to the speaker, 16-year-old Lauren Fighter.

“I come from a community of guns and drugs, so if someone wants to present a plan to me to get drugs off the street, right away I can tell them if it’s going to work or not.

Because I know how it goes,” Fighter said.

“Right now, I can probably call five drug dealers off the top of my head. Probably get anything that I wanted.” Fighter said her family has been ravaged by drug addiction and the crimes that support that addiction.

Polson responded by sharing an experience she’d had earlier in the week.

“I did a ride-along with the police this Monday night,” she began. “All on the Westside. And that was pretty, um, eyeopening. A lot of drugs. A lot of drugs.

And a lot of people who’ve been on drugs for years and I thought about how surrounded people are in communities—people are just like zombies.

“What would you think about making drug treatment free?” Polson asked.

“Yeah. I would agree,” Fighter said, “seeing as, yeah, my mom is a really bad drug addict.

We try to get her to go to resources and that, but she doesn’t have insurance, and she’s got charges against her. The only drug treatment that she is going to get right now is if she stays incarcerated.

“My mom is so bad. She got locked up, like a month ago. She was in there a few weeks but she came out clean. And then the second day she was out, she was using again.

And Tuesday she has a court appearance and she’s facing a few years, because she got busted for some major violations. So hopefully when she gets out, she’ll be more clean … more consistently clean.

“More resources should be available.

Maybe more local food banks. Maybe lowering the age to get a job. A lot of people in my generation have to start at a young age to help take care of their families.

The legal way is just too hard.” Fighter did not specify what she meant and, for her protection, FW didn’t ask. She lives with her father now.

Donofrio corroborated that some of her students do “terrifying” things to help their families financially.

“They [employers] have to start hiring 14-year-olds,” Donofrio said. “That’s how it always starts. I have kids come to me. They’re the ‘never-gonna-let-them-see-me-cry’ types

Mocktails, balloons and, best of all, surprise $500 college scholarships for seniors including Seterria Hardy (pictured at right), made for an unforgettable party.

“They’re really just fried. We encountered seven or eight people who you could just tell had been taking drugs for years, just from their appearance, their eyes, they weren’t making sense, and this sort of vicious cycle.

Then I thought too about how many guns are on the street. And the combination of the drugs and the guns. And how that makes our communities really not safe. You never know who has a gun, and you never know who’s on drugs.”

Polson said the problem is both “complicated and generational,” then asked the group if they had any ideas on what might work to solve that problem.

Fighter piped up, “Most drugs? Most people get them from people who prescribe them. Most pharmacies give more than people need. And they go back to get refills. People don’t feel they need it or they can make money off it. A good place to start is to give people only the amount they need.”

16 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

of kids, and they start bawling their eyes out at age 14. ‘Me and my family are getting evicted. I’m the oldest, I’m 14. What am I supposed to do?’

“I don’t give them any advice because I don’t have an answer. I don’t know what I would do.”

The room fell silent.

ECONOMIC STRIFE TALKING ABOUT THE PRESSURE YOUNG TEENAGERS feel to go to work to help their families evolved into a discussion about depressed wages in our economy.

Lane described a family friend, a mother who recently moved her family into a lowincome trailer park on the Westside. “She works three jobs. Monday through Sunday, like, all the time. Her youngest daughter just turned 15 and just had to get a job, because her mom is working three jobs and can’t pay the bills.”

For teens facing serious and life-altering challenges, the listening ear and care of adults are especially valuable. (Left: Kristellys Estanga, Right: Daja Brown) In spite of her own family’s struggles, Lane’s friend still stops to buy chips and drinks for homeless people.

“She sacrifices what she doesn’t even have for her family. It’s hard when you have more than what other people have, and you want to help others, but you can’t really provide for yourself at the same time.

Having something to help … like wages going up for jobs … .

“I don’t understand how when you’re providing for only four people, in lowincome housing, and you have to work three or four jobs. It just doesn’t make sense … .

Something’s wrong as far as the wages that are being provided to people that work … . It just doesn’t make sense.”

The girls want to understand how to build a career, instead of just earning a wage.

“We do personality testing,” Donofrio said, explaining that it’s one way of helping the girls narrow down their chosen career paths. “But every kid says they want to be a doctor or lawyer, sometimes the military, or musician, or athlete. Those are the ones I hear.”

The focus shifted to Daja Brown, a petite 16-year-old who had been relatively quiet during the session.

“We need to see people like us, who made it, share their stories so they can inspire others,” Brown said. “When one woman came and shared her story, it made me want to be an architect. It would be good for other people, too, to feel like they have a chance in life.”

Lane, an aspiring writer, echoed Brown’s opinion about the need to learn more about career choices while still in school. “Being a junior in high school and not knowing what I’m about to step into … it’s scary. I don’t know what steps to take to get where I want to be.”

The prospect of being on the bottom end of a lopsided economy is frightening and, to some, maddening. Fighter offered a sociological insight about the nation in which she is growing up.

“I feel like this country has an ‘every man for himself ’ attitude, because we’re trying to evolve way too fast. Like, the iPhone X just came out and you still go to Downtown Jacksonville and there’s still at least one homeless person on every corner.

“Like, all that money that went into the iPhone X? I’m pretty sure the iPhone VIII works perfectly fine. That money could have gone to more food banks, or shelters, or something like that. I feel like we’re trying to evolve faster than we really can and we’re leaving too many people behind.”

THE NEED DONOFRIO SPOKE ABOUT STUDENTS WHO HAVE HAD workplace accidents, students who need legal help for other reasons, and the difficulty of getting that help when everyone in the family is working all the time. The discussion turned to the logistical difficulties of getting copies of birth certificates and social security cards in order to apply for jobs. Those documents are routinely lost or destroyed when families move frequently, a common thread among her students.

“We have access to resources in Jacksonville, but the people who need them never get connected to them. It’s on the other side of town, or … even as an adult, it seems really overwhelming. You need this number.

You need this document. Well, teenagers, especially teenagers you know with parents who aren’t in a position to take care of them— they don’t have any of that,” Donofrio said.

“I just don’t feel like teenagers have any recourse. And none of the people who make policies are ever in the schools. Ever.”

Even students from two-parent families run into challenges when the adults are constantly at work.

“Currently, right now, I’m going through the process of having my dad sign off his biological rights,” Lane said. “That was a choice he made. So I don’t talk to either one of my, I guess you could say, my dads, right now. My stepdad—we communicate but it’s different; he doesn’t always know where I’m coming from because I didn’t grow up around him.

“And my mom works 12-hour, 16-hour days. I don’t see her a lot, so I depend on my grandma and one of my mentors to get me to different places to do things. Not having people around all the time is something that’s hard.”

“In certain situations, you have to handle it right then and there. Not having an adult to get you through those situations, you get walked on,” she concluded.

SUPPORTING EVAC’S AND SHEVAC’S FUTURES DONOFRIO WAS DETERMINED TO GIVE PETERSON and Hardy the graduation party they might not have had otherwise, as well as a chance for their SHEVAC companions to cheer them on. Thanks to a generous community sponsor, she was able to take them to the nearby Black Sheep restaurant, where they celebrated with “mocktail” drinks, balloons,

CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 >>> JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 17

photo by Devon Sarian

By focusing on empowerment and ownership of their own stories, the students of EVAC and SHEVAC have cut through emotional walls, forged lasting bonds and found their voice.

HEAR

THE GIRL <<< FROM PAGE 17

party horns and gift bags for the seniors— comprising animal-print flip-flops, picture frames and “2018” memorabilia.

There were two surprise gifts as well, from one of EVAC/SHEVAC’s two faithbased partnerships. Lisa Fields, wife of Pastor Louis J. Fields of Grace International Church, presented both Peterson and Hardy with scholarships, $500 each, to help with college expenses. Hardy will attend FSCJ to study nursing, and Peterson will be at Edward Waters, studying business administration. In that moment, the girl who lost five immediate family members before even starting high school was a happy-golucky high school graduate wearing goofy, oversized “2018” glasses.

Before some students go off to college, Donofrio is determined to take a number of her students to the Coalition for Juvenile

Justice’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. EVAC/SHEVAC participants have been invited to present their #YourStoryIsMine platform at the end of this month.

Additionally, EVAC/SHEVAC has been invited to discuss the program to the world’s most renowned organization for school psychologists in July. The International School Psychology Association’s annual conference will be held in Tokyo, and EVAC/SHEVAC is currently raising funds to support their work, including travel costs for conferences.

Over the past few years, EVAC/ SHEVAC has operated as a combination of small, in-school classes and afterschool programming. Difficulties with transportation make an in-school component ideal for students who are interested in the program.

“I would love to have an EVAC class again next year,” Donofrio said in a followup message to FW. “I have students who are interested.”

The program’s resonance with the students, the community, the nation and, now, the world, speaks to the need that EVAC/ SHEVAC is filling: It’s empowering students by listening to them, so that the students themselves may write the next chapters of their own success stories.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Julie Delegal mail@folioweekly.com

EVAC/SHEVAC is raising funds for operating expenses, including trips to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., where they’ve been asked to present their #YourStoryIsMine platform; and to Tokyo, Japan, where they will discuss the program at the International School Psychology Association’s annual conference.

EVAC/SHEVAC’s faith-based sponsor, The Ville Church, has dedicated an in-church ministry to support these and other efforts. There are two ways to donate: Send checks payable to “The Ville Church,” with “EVAC” on the memo line, to The Ville Church, 221 N. Hogan St., Ste. 502, Jacksonville FL 32202; or donate online by visiting theville.givingfire.com and using the dropdown menu to select “EVAC” as the recipient.

18 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

FOLIO A + E

T

o say that the band was ubiquitous is an understatement. Before the underground/college/ alternative/what-have-you rock bubble burst into pop-trend frothy grunge, Pixies ruled the realm.

Never mind Nevermind: With bands like REM, Sonic Youth, The Replacements and Jane’s Addiction, the Boston-based four-piece were transitioning from college rock radio darlings to bona fide rock stars–albeit rock stars who still baffled most music fans.

The original line-up–Black Francis (vocals/guitar), Kim Deal (vocals/bass), Joey Santiago (lead guitar) and David Lovering (drums)–created a demented hybrid of angular art-punk, surf and flat-out melodic songs that were gales of fresh air in the suffocating belch of ’80s cock-rock and pastel-slathered MTV dreck. Pixies rose to deity status in the UK; back home, Gen Xers kept albums like Surfer Rosa and Doolittle in constant rotation.

Fellow musicians, including Nirvana, David Bowie and Radiohead, praised the band’s ingenuity and savvy in creating strong, dynamic song structures, fueled by a furious and then languid emotional approach, infused by bandleader Black Francis’ surreal and mostly menacing lyricism.

Four albums in three years and Pixies went kaput, departing a scene they helped create.

Deal earned much acclaim with her band, The Breeders; Black Francis began a solo career as Frank Black; Santiago focused on his band The Martinis, and Lovering played with Nitzer Ebb and Cracker. When the soundtrack of ’99 flick Fight Club featured their anthem, “Where Is My Mind?” a new generation dug the Pixies’ sound.

In 2004, the band reunited; nine years on, Deal bowed out. Bassist/vocalist Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, RTX) stepped in and have now released two full-lengths.

It’s one among only a few solo gigs during the tour with Weezer; Pixies play this week at The Florida Theatre. It’ll be the first local gig since the semi-mythical/notorious ’91 The Milk Bar debacle, when they fled the venue, seemingly unnerved by the sold-out crowd’s surge to the stage.

Joey Santiago talked to Folio Weekly from his SoCal home, dishing on the tour, the band’s songsmith editing skills and his recollection of the night the Pixie gig went haywire in Downtown Jax in pre-grunge days.

Folio Weekly: The Pixies are about to embark on a summer co-headlining tour with Weezer—about 40 dates, very few days off. In July alone you’re doing eight shows in a row. Is this a kind of purification ritual masked as a tour?

Joey Santiago: [Laughs.] Yeah, the “swan tour.” No, we know how to deal with it.

We keep to ourselves and we do that, instinctually, anyway. So that keeps things fresh on the tour bus, you know? “Where the hell have you been?” And then we talk about where we’ve been and the shenanigans we’ve been in. It’s a proven method.

FILM Gail Russell ART Doug Berky ART The Laramie Project LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CALENDAR

HEAT WAVE (OF MUTILATION) Nearly 30 years on, Pixies return to NEFla on a summer tour—BARRIERS INTACT How did the Weezer tour happen? Did you pick them or did they pick you?

We got an offer from the people who get offers for us. [Laughs.] We said, “Yeah! Sounds good.” It’s an early show; might not go on past nine; still time to do other things that night.

It’s a logical fit, since Pixies were in an earlier wave that influenced subsequent groups like Weezer. It’s like they took your blueprint and tried to add their room on.

I highly regard their music and I like how they push the boundaries. We have a mutual admiration. In fact, Rivers Cuomo and I played golf a couple weeks ago; to pal around before the tour.

I bet that 25 years ago, you’d never imagine playing golf with another rock musician.

[Laughs.] Yeah, oh, yeah! Everything I say now I can’t imagine would have ever come out of my mouth.

Weirdly enough, you’ve actually ramped up a metallic heaviness to the songs. “Um Chagga Lagga” (Head Carrier) sounds like a Circle Jerks chord progression. Are Pixies aging loudly?

Well, we’ve always been able to channel anger.

[Laughs.] It’s always there. Look at the chart: “How are you feeling today?” There’s the stupid drawing of the happy face, sad, angry … sometimes I say, “Every fucking face is how I feel today! I’m trying to decide, goddammit!”

In 2014, Indie Cindy was the first full-length in more than a decade; it was really an EP collection. Did you stagger the releases to see how they were received?

The idea was just to trickle them out. Part marketing scheme, partly something different to do; I have no idea if EPs are dead but I think they [relegate] themselves to vinyl and a 7-inch or maybe a 12-inch played at 45 rpm. That was really the birth of the EP; it doesn’t make sense when it’s just dropping out of a cloud now.

Pixies are so iconic; do fans and critics put an unrealistic expectation on the band, so you’re prisoners of their nostalgia?

Well, luckily, this still all comes naturally to us. It’s almost embarrassing when people ask, “How do you do that?” I don’t know.

Who knows? Am I walking funny to you? It’s natural; we’re just walking around.

PG. 20 PG. 23 PG. 24 PG. 25

Unlike many guitar soloists, your style leans more toward accompaniment than shredding.

The solo on “Here Comes Your Man” is more akin to George Harrison on an early Beatles cut than a flurry of scales and modes. Did you play with that restraint even before Pixies?

Yeah, definitely. I feel like that style is more memorable. I wasn’t into watching people doing data entry on guitar. [Laughs.] “Look how many words I can do!” Slow down, I can’t read the fucking words! The Beatles were a big influence; when every note counted; in the ’80s, people were just counting the notes.

There was too much shredding going on and I couldn’t do it! I worked with what I knew and what I was capable of doing.

Your approach to the guitar ties into Pixies’ well-documented “soft/loud” dynamic.

There’s a certain economy of sound, which I think is hard for a lot of rock bands to pull off.

Yep. We’re more prone to “take away” than add to the process. It’s more of our language: “Do we need that? No, we don’t need that.”

And if we add something, it’s gotta count.

More or less, we’re trying to get to the bare bones of things.

Pixies are the sole headliner for The Florida Theatre show. Did you opt to play there because The Allman Brothers Band began here—or was there an open date to fill in?

The Allman Brothers began there? Nice. Most likely because we needed to flesh out the tour; the nostalgia comes after!

Speaking of nostalgia, I’m obliged to ask this since it’s such a big part of local underground rock history: In 1991, Pixies played here at The Milk Bar; after a couple of songs, y’all left the stage. The show was over. There were lots of bummed-out, angry Pixies fans roaming the streets that night.

The event has taken on a Seven Samurai proportion. Do you remember this? What really went on at that show?

Oh, my God! Of course I remember that show!

Well, back then I don’t think clubs had the kind of stage barriers we have now; they were like planks of wood. We pretty much knew the barriers were going to break; it [would] to be the fourth or fifth barrier … already broken on that particular tour. We looked and, much to our youthful bravado, we were, like, “All right—we bet this barrier will break in two songs.”

I think that’s what happened! Snap! We were right. We’d warned [the club], saying, “This isn’t going to hold this up.” It was sold out, the crowd surged, and it just snapped.

Daniel A. Brown mail@folioweekly.com PIXIES

8 p.m. June 24, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, $39.50-$64.50, floridatheatre.com

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 19

FOLIO O A+E : MAGIC LANTERNS Forgotten Hollywood casualty GAIL RUSSELL

THE PRICE OF

R

20 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

eading Scott Eyman’s recent biography, John Wayne: The Life & Legend, I was reminded of the Duke’s unusual relationship with Gail Russell, a beautiful young actress whose story is quite sad.

In one of his gossipy episodes of Hollywood Mysteries and Scandals, A.J. Benza succinctly summed up her career: “Russell was a star at 19, washed up at 26, and scandal sheet cover girl before age 30.” Six years later, she was dead, a victim of alcohol poisoning.

With no training or even much interest (her mother was the prime instigator), Russell was signed to a Paramount contract when she was 17, solely on the basis of her striking good looks. Paramount was set to groom her into its version of Hedy Lamarr.

Russell’s first major role, when she was barely 20, was in The Uninvited, a romantic gothic ghost story. As part of the opening credits, a message flashed on the screen: Introducing Gail Russell. Odd; she’d already been in two films. However, The Uninvited was the one that made her a star.

Now a Criterion Collection HD restoration, The Uninvited (1944) is usually considered Hollywood’s first “serious” ghost story; i.e., the spooky stuff isn’t played for laughs. Its good complicated plot puts Russell, as Stella, opposite Ray Milland (17 years older) as Roderick, a lovestruck composer. He writes a musical piece for her—Victor Young’s “Stella by Starlight”—which was a huge hit, covered by a string of popular singers, from Frank Sinatra to Ella Fitzgerald.

Gail Russell is radiant on-screen. Offscreen, not so much. While making The Uninvited, she began drinking to cope with nearly debilitating stage and camera fright, a dangerous therapy in which studio executives were quietly complicit.

In 1947, John Wayne selected Gail Russell to star opposite him in his first film as producer, Angel and the Badman. The result was one of his most unusual and delightful Westerns, and probably Russell’s best film. She plays Penelope, a Quaker girl who “tames” Quirt, an infamous gun-for-hire who staggers, wounded, to her farm.

At the time, Wayne was under contract to Republic Pictures, notorious for its small budgets. This parsimony shows in some scenes, but the movie transcends its limitations. Due to careless bookkeeping, the movie became public domain; for decades, fans saw sloppily edited, cheaply copied versions of it on TV and home video. There are some good prints of Angel and the Badman now, so we may properly assess the charm and chemistry between Russell and Wayne.

FAME Gail Russell got second billing after Wayne in 1948’s Wake of the Red Witch, but she doesn’t appear for 30 minutes, and then only intermittently, in a series of flashbacks.

Based on a popular novel of the day, in Red Witch, the Duke fights a giant clam and a rubber octopus (later used by Ed Wood in his infamous Bride of the Monster), then dies at the end, drowning in a diving suit.

Similar to Cecil B. DeMille’s Reap the Wild Wind, also a seagoing yarn where Wayne vied with top-billed Ray Milland for Paulette Goddard, and again wrestled an octopus, Red Witch is the first of seven films in which Wayne’s character, Capt. Ralls, dies. In a semilove story/happy ending, his spirit is reunited with Angelique’s (Russell), both bravely steering the Red Witch as it sails through the heavens and the closing titles.

No sentimental happy ending for the raven-haired beauty in real life, however.

Amid accusations of an affair with Wayne (strongly denied by both), her drinking escalated out of control. There were drunk driving convictions, and her five-year marriage to actor Guy Madison ended. By 1951, she was deemed totally unreliable by the studios, her film career at an apparent end. Then our hero John Wayne—as producer instead of star—rode to the rescue, giving her the starring role of Annie, with Randolph Scott in Seven Men from Now (’56), the first of six terrific Westerns Wayne made with director Budd Boetticher in the next four years; each has achieved near-cult status.

Though Russell was quite good in Seven Men and professional while on set, Annie was her last major role. The drinking continued; five years later, she was found dead in her apartment, surrounded by empty vodka bottles.

A truly sad denouement for such a promising future.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING JUMANJI The 2017 adventure film runs 8:30 p.m. June 20 at Colonial Quarter Music Park, 27 St. George St., St. Augustine, 824-1606, free.

CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Foxtrot and A Quiet Place screen.

Throwback Thursday: 1936’s Bringing Up Baby, noon June 21.

The Goonies (never say die!) 6 p.m. June 24, $2. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 697-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

IMAX THEATER The Incredibles 2, America’s Musical Journey 3D and Pandas 3D screen. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D starts June 22. St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA The Incredibles 2 and Hereditary screen.

Summer Kids Series: Captain Underpants, June 20 & 23.

American Animals, June 22. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

June 29. 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

ARTS + EVENTS

ARTS + EVENTS ARNEZ J The guy on Racially Motivated on Netflix is here, 7:30 p.m. June 21; 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 22 & 23 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $20-$122.50.

BILL “BULL” OHSE, MATT WATTS 8:30 p.m. June 23, Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, 828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 461-8843, $12, thegypsycomedyclub.com.

MI SUEGRA NO ME DEJA In-laws are a pain in any language; 6 p.m. June 24 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $28-$150.

ONE NIGHT ONLY The comedy showcase, hosted by Will Blaylock, features Cam Bertrand, Amelia Lux and Stephen Baker, 8 p.m. June 24 at Dahlia’s, 2695 Post St., Riverside, 738-7132, $5.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

ARTIST GRANTS Community First Cares Foundation awards $1,000 grants to 10 artists. Deadline July 1, culturalcouncil. org/entrepreneursymposium.html.

CONTRAST Think about opposites in this call for artwork that takes “contrast” as its point of departure. Submissions in all mediums, no larger than 3’x5’ horizontal or vertical, accepted Aug. 1-7 at TAC Gallery at The Landing, tacjacksonville.org.

An opening reception is 6 p.m. Aug. 9.

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ Watch the eight-part series on PBS about the power of reading as told in the pages of America’s 100 best-loved novels. Then vote for your fave at pbs.org/the-great-american-read/vote/#. And no, it doesn’t include In Cold Blood. WTF? THE ARTS ADD UP After 75 percent funding cuts, it’s vital to illuminate the impact–personal or professional–the arts have on you. Write a letter about your experience to the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville; upload that missive to culturalcouncil.org/advocacy.html.

ART WALKS + MARKETS

AZALEAS TO ZINNIAS

Painter REGGIE PRZYBYSZ participates in this floral-inspired community exhibit at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in conjunction with Jacksonville Artists Guild and Berdy Dental Group; through Dec. 16.

(Pictured: Summer Bouquet, 2018, acrylic and paper on canvas). Image courtesy of the Cummer.

PERFORMANCE

THE LARAMIE PROJECT This play is based on playwright Moisés Kaufman’s trips to Laramie, Wyoming residents after Matthew Shepard’s kidnapping, assault and murder. Directed

by Dr. Lee Beger; through July 1 at The 5 & Dime, a Theatre Company, 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, the5anddime.org, $17-$25.

ABRIDGED READING Bridge Eight hosts two extraordinary writers, Stefan Kiesbye (Knives Forks, Scissors, Flames) and Vanessa Blakeslee (Juventud Curbside Splendor), who read from their books, 7 p.m. June 25, at Babs’ Lab, CoRK Arts District North, 2689 Rosselle St. (use Phyllis Street entrance), Riverside, barbaracolaciello.com, $5.

NOT IN MY HOUSE What’s done in public might not be OK in the home. The drama, starring Michael Wayne Thomas, Darryl Edwards II, Melissa Case, Jennifer Weeks, Teresa Smith, Lolita Flagg and more, has suspense and twists. Staged 7 p.m.

June 23 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $40-$60.

FOIBLES, FABLES & OTHER IMASKINATIONS Doug Berky’s project includes fanciful characters, dramedy and puppets, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. June 21 at The Florida Theatre, theatreworksjax.com, free.

A CHORUS LINE Profiling unsung heroes of American musical theater as presented by Apex Theatre Studio, 8 p.m. June 22 & 23; 2 p.m. June 24 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, pvconcerthall.com, $25.

CHICKEN LITTLE What do you do when the sky starts to fall? Tell everyone! The ever-applicable tale of information sans context opens 11 a.m. June 26 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, free; see website for details, theatreworksjax.com.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG It’s a car, it’s a boat and it flies … it’s the little racer that did. Mounted through July 29 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $38-$59.

FRUIT SNACKS Open mic night for drag queens: Just queens, 5 minutes, anything goes. Drag, standup, music, hulahooping to the sounds of a grown man eating an entire box of animal crackers, anything!” 10 p.m. June 26 at The Metro, 859 Willowbranch Ave., Riverside, free admission.

COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN The ‘dramatic comedy’ runs 7:30 p.m. June 21, 22 & 23; 2 p.m. June 24 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, limelight-theatre.org, $20-$26.

GUYS AND DOLLS This quirky Broadway musical runs 7:30 p.m. June 21, 22 & 23 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, $15-$20, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM When in midsummer, dream away. The fanciful chimerical comedy runs 8 p.m. June 21,

22 & 23 at Amelia Community Theatre, 207/209 Cedar St., Fernandina, ameliacommunitytheatre.org, $10-$22.

BRING IT LIVE Miss D and her Dancing Dolls bring the world of hip hop competition to the stage, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at The Florida Theatre, floridatheatre.com, $39.50-$59.50.

CLASSICAL + JAZZ

SHAWN PFAFFMAN The pianist performs selections from his album Southern Jazz Piano, 8:30 p.m. June 21 at First Coast Center for the Arts, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 20, Atlantic Beach, eventbrite.com, $16.62.

JAZZ NIGHT Leelynn & Danielle with Cookin in Da Kitchen, 6 p.m. June 21 at Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704, pkstaug.com.

NIGEL ARMSTRONG The violinist performs Schubert and Kreisler 7:30 p.m. June 21 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Place, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

MUSIC FOR BRASS AND ORGAN The concert is 7:30 p.m.

June 22 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

JW GILMORE & THE BLUES AUTHORITY The pros are on 7 p.m.

June 22 at Colonial Quarter, 33 St. George St., St. Augustine, colonialquarter.com, free.

RUSSIANS AND ROMANTICS Shostakovich, Strauss and Tchaikovsky are performed, 7:30 p.m. June 23 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

MICHAEL FUNGE The Irish singer performs sing-along tunes, 6:30 p.m. June 24 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

JOHN THOMAS GROUP Ray Callender trumpets, Al Waters blows the saxophone, Sean Tillis plays bass, Scott Mariash does percussion, and Betty Arnold sings, 7 p.m. June 25 at Mudville Music Room, 3105 Beach Blvd., St. Nicholas, $10, raylewispresents.com.

MOZART AND A MENAGERIE Pianists Wendy Chen and Ileana Fernandez perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-flat for Two Pianos, K. 365 and Camille Saint-Sae’s Carnival of the Animals, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

COMEDY

THE BREWERY COMEDY TOUR The best and brightest NYC/ LA-based comedians are on 8-10 p.m. June 21 at Intuition Ale Works, 929 E. Bay St., Northbank, universe.com/tickets, $15.

GUY TORRY Torry appears 8 p.m. June 21 & 22, 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 23 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $19-$150.

DIG LOCAL NETWORK Weekly network hosts farmers’ markets: Beaches Green Market, 2-5 p.m. Sat., Jarboe Park, Florida Boulevard & A1A, Neptune Beach; Midweek Market, 3-6 p.m. Wed., Bull Park, 718 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach; ABC Market, 3-6 p.m. Fri., 1966 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach.

SPACE 42 FARMERS MARKET Fruits, veggies, crafts, 4-7 p.m. every Wed., 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, spacefortytwo.com.

ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE FARMERS MARKET Live music, baked goods, art, local produce, 8:30 a.m. every Sat., 1340 A1A S., 209-0367.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, produce, live music– Al Poindexter, The Williamsons, Juan John, Elvis Kabong!–10:30 a.m. June 23 under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

FERNANDINA BEACH MARKET PLACE Farmers, growers, vendors, local goods, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sat., North Seventh Street, Historic District, fernandinabeachmarketplace.com.

JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET Open daily dawn to dusk, Beaver Street farmers market has an art gallery, food, crafts, etc., 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com.

MUSEUMS

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Founder and flat-picking front man of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine Brett Bass performs an intimate Americana concert 6-9 p.m. June 23, members $20, nonmembers $25. Thomas Hart Benton & the Navy through July 1; The Lost Bird Project through Oct. 21; Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese Printmaking through Nov. 25.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Project Atrium artist is Anila Agha. A Patterned Response exhibits. A Dark Place of Dreams, monochromatic assemblages of Louise Nevelson and contemporary artists Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock and Kate Gilmore; through Sept. 9.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Earth Explorers, through Sept. 9. Native Networks: Cultural Interactions Within and Beyond Northeast Florida up through September.

GALLERIES

ADRIFT JAX 1717 N. Main St., Springfield, facebook.com/ galleryjax. Jason Grimes’ new photographs and Russell Frantom’s portraits, through June.

ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-5828. Sharon Hayes Westbrook, exhibits new works through June. An artist’s reception is 5-8 p.m. June 21.

AVONLEA ANTIQUES & DESIGN GALLERY 8101 Philips Hwy., Southside, femartgallery.org. Mother Nature, presented by Femme Art Gallery, is about female-identifying artists and their connection to nature; through June.

BOLD BEAN JAX BEACH 24000 Third St., Jax Beach. Artist Jessica Becker showcases her newest “3D paintings,” jessica-becker.com.

BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave., 853-6545.

Artist Madeleine Peck Wagner exhibits selections from her Heart of Butter series, madeleinewagner.com.

BREW 5 POINTS 1024 Park St., Riverside, 374-5789. Marlena Lomonaco shows new works: “observational studies of beauty, in relation to sight and touch,” through June.

CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, 281-5599. Salamat Datang-Welcome to Malaysia, new works by Dennis Ho, through August.

CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, ccpvb.org. Water, works by Eileen Corse, and Rooms With a View, paintings by Ellen Diamond’s students, display through July 7.

HENDRICKS AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 4001 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 396-7745. Artists Who Mentor the Passing of Knowledge and Wisdom, works of Jax-based artists and a skilled mentee; through Sept. 1.

MAKERSPACE at the Main Library 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace. Prescribed Expression: Relief in Healing Arts on view through July 22.

STOUT SNUG ON THE HILL 1190 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. Showtime features the works of four artists: Space, Aaron Smith, Wendy Means and Lynda Diamond. An opening reception is 6-10 p.m. June 21; the show runs July 21.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown, southlightgallery.com. UNF Senior Photography exhibits.

Photographer Will Dickey’s works show through June.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., staaa.org.

Honors Show runs through July 1.

SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, spacefortytwo.com.

Luisa Posada Bleier exhibits new works through August.

THE ART CENTER TAC Gallery at the Landing, Downtown, tacjacksonville.org. Smothered in Blue up until Aug. 2; closing reception 6-8 p.m.

EVENTS

SUMMER OF LOVE TRIBUTE Dust off your bitchinest tie-dye floods and groove to the music of Laurel Canyon & Monterey Pop, performed by some of the region’s finest musicians, 6:30 p.m. June 20 at Blue Jay Listening Room, 2457B S. Third St., Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com, $25. Proceeds benefit local nonprofit Rethreaded.

MUSIC BY THE SEA Take Cover plays ’80s and ’90s hits, 6 p.m. June 20 at St. Augustine Beach Pier, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., thecivicassociation.org.

MARINELAND BEACH WALK A ranger leads the walk, 8:30-10 a.m. June 20 at GTMRR Marineland, 9741 Ocean Shore Blvd., free (reservations required), eventbrite.com.

RADICAL JEWISH CULTURE LECTURE Avant music founder and Folio Weekly writer Keith Marks discusses radical Jewish music, 7 p.m. June 20 at Willowbranch Library, 2875 Park St., Riverside, free, #curiousmusicforcuriousminds.

WINE DOWN ROOFTOP PARTY Drink a little, laugh a little, and eat a $10 hot dog, 5:30-10 p.m. June 21 at Cowford Chophouse, 101 E. Bay St., Downtown, 862-6464, free admission, cowfordchophouse.com.

NEFla DIVERSE CULTURES Kathleen Cohen, Giselle Carson and Jose Vega discuss Jacksonville’s immigrant history, 6:30 p.m. June 21 at Jacksonville Historical Society’s Old St. Andrews Church, 317 Randolph Blvd., jaxhistory.org.

PROJECT ATRIUM: ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA MOCA Jacksonville offers a tour 6 p.m. June 21 at 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu, free with regular admission, registration required.

THE SUMMER OF ’64 Writer Scott Grant chats about his book, How the Beatles and the World’s Fastest Man Changed the First Coast Forever, 6 p.m. June 21 at Beaches Museum Chapel, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, beachesmuseum.org, $5.

RICK BAKER The author discusses his work and signs copies of Beyond the Sunshine State: A Timeline of Florida’s Past, 7 p.m. June 22 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach, bookmarkbeach.com.

TRUTH AND PROOF Youth open mic night, hosted by poet and author Ebony Payne English, 7-9 p.m. June 23 at The Performers Academy, 3674 Beach Blvd., Southside, facebook. com/events, free.

WENDY WAX The author discusses her work and signs copies of Best Beach Ever, 7 p.m. June 23 at The BookMark, Neptune Beach.

PLANT AND SIP Sharita Lucas teaches how to make terrariums, 6 p.m. June 23 at Studio Zsa Zsa Lapree, 233 E. Bay St., Downtown, $40, facebook.com/events.

JACKSONVILLE UKULELE SOCIETY JAM Ukulele players of all levels gather to make sweet, sweet, ukulele music. Ukes and tuners available, 1:30-4 p.m. June 23 at Main Library’s Makerspace, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary. org/jax-makerspace, free.

JACKSONVILLE SHARKS VS. PHILADELPHIA SOUL Our Sharks take on the Philadelphia Soul–it’s Halloween in June–7 p.m.

June 23 at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 621-0700; tickets start $12, jaxsharks.com.

HISTORIC SPRINGFIELD MAIN STREET CRUISE Meet up and hang out with other classic-gearheads, 3-9 p.m. June 23 at Captain D’s, 2062 N. Main St., Springfield, free.

SOLO WILDERNESS FIRST AID Learn how to take care of yourself and others outdoors 8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 23 at North Florida Land Trust Milan House, 11994 Houston Ave., Northside, floridaoutdooracademy.com, $200.

URBAN PIONEERS AMERICANA FESTIVAL Lots of stringed instruments and gruff vocals here, 3 p.m. June 24 at Colonial Quarter, St. Augustine, colonialquarter.com, free.

CAMP FLORIDA FRIENDLY Three days of in-depth gardening info, specific to our climate, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. June 25, 26 & 27 at Duval Extension Office, 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Northside, eventbrite.com, $10/day.

AIGA JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING This is the first in a series of public meetings hosted by AIGA to improve the city’s future. 6:30-8 p.m. June 27 at Figure 8 Studios, 1803 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, free–with free pizza; registration requested, eventbrite.com. __________________________________________ To list an event, send the time, date, location (street address and city or neighborhood), admission price and contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner; email madeleine@ 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.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 21

ARTS + EVENTS

ARTS + EVENTS ARNEZ J The guy on Racially Motivated on Netflix is here, 7:30 p.m. June 21; 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 22 & 23 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $20-$122.50.

BILL “BULL” OHSE, MATT WATTS 8:30 p.m. June 23, Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, 828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 461-8843, $12, thegypsycomedyclub.com.

MI SUEGRA NO ME DEJA In-laws are a pain in any language; 6 p.m. June 24 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $28-$150.

ONE NIGHT ONLY The comedy showcase, hosted by Will Blaylock, features Cam Bertrand, Amelia Lux and Stephen Baker, 8 p.m. June 24 at Dahlia’s, 2695 Post St., Riverside, 738-7132, $5.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

ARTIST GRANTS Community First Cares Foundation awards $1,000 grants to 10 artists. Deadline July 1, culturalcouncil. org/entrepreneursymposium.html.

CONTRAST Think about opposites in this call for artwork that takes “contrast” as its point of departure. Submissions in all mediums, no larger than 3’x5’ horizontal or vertical, accepted Aug. 1-7 at TAC Gallery at The Landing, tacjacksonville.org.

An opening reception is 6 p.m. Aug. 9.

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ Watch the eight-part series on PBS about the power of reading as told in the pages of America’s 100 best-loved novels. Then vote for your fave at pbs.org/the-great-american-read/vote/#. And no, it doesn’t include In Cold Blood. WTF? THE ARTS ADD UP After 75 percent funding cuts, it’s vital to illuminate the impact–personal or professional–the arts have on you. Write a letter about your experience to the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville; upload that missive to culturalcouncil.org/advocacy.html.

ART WALKS + MARKETS

AZALEAS TO ZINNIAS

Painter REGGIE PRZYBYSZ participates in this floral-inspired community exhibit at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in conjunction with Jacksonville Artists Guild and Berdy Dental Group; through Dec. 16.

(Pictured: Summer Bouquet, 2018, acrylic and paper on canvas). Image courtesy of the Cummer.

PERFORMANCE

THE LARAMIE PROJECT This play is based on playwright Moisés Kaufman’s trips to Laramie, Wyoming residents after Matthew Shepard’s kidnapping, assault and murder. Directed

by Dr. Lee Beger; through July 1 at The 5 & Dime, a Theatre Company, 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, the5anddime.org, $17-$25.

ABRIDGED READING Bridge Eight hosts two extraordinary writers, Stefan Kiesbye (Knives Forks, Scissors, Flames) and Vanessa Blakeslee (Juventud Curbside Splendor), who read from their books, 7 p.m. June 25, at Babs’ Lab, CoRK Arts District North, 2689 Rosselle St. (use Phyllis Street entrance), Riverside, barbaracolaciello.com, $5.

NOT IN MY HOUSE What’s done in public might not be OK in the home. The drama, starring Michael Wayne Thomas, Darryl Edwards II, Melissa Case, Jennifer Weeks, Teresa Smith, Lolita Flagg and more, has suspense and twists. Staged 7 p.m.

June 23 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $40-$60.

FOIBLES, FABLES & OTHER IMASKINATIONS Doug Berky’s project includes fanciful characters, dramedy and puppets, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. June 21 at The Florida Theatre, theatreworksjax.com, free.

A CHORUS LINE Profiling unsung heroes of American musical theater as presented by Apex Theatre Studio, 8 p.m. June 22 & 23; 2 p.m. June 24 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, pvconcerthall.com, $25.

CHICKEN LITTLE What do you do when the sky starts to fall? Tell everyone! The ever-applicable tale of information sans context opens 11 a.m. June 26 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, free; see website for details, theatreworksjax.com.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG It’s a car, it’s a boat and it flies … it’s the little racer that did. Mounted through July 29 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $38-$59.

FRUIT SNACKS Open mic night for drag queens: Just queens, 5 minutes, anything goes. Drag, standup, music, hulahooping to the sounds of a grown man eating an entire box of animal crackers, anything!” 10 p.m. June 26 at The Metro, 859 Willowbranch Ave., Riverside, free admission.

COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN The ‘dramatic comedy’ runs 7:30 p.m. June 21, 22 & 23; 2 p.m. June 24 at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, limelight-theatre.org, $20-$26.

GUYS AND DOLLS This quirky Broadway musical runs 7:30 p.m. June 21, 22 & 23 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, $15-$20, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM When in midsummer, dream away. The fanciful chimerical comedy runs 8 p.m. June 21, 22 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

22 & 23 at Amelia Community Theatre, 207/209 Cedar St., Fernandina, ameliacommunitytheatre.org, $10-$22.

BRING IT LIVE Miss D and her Dancing Dolls bring the world of hip hop competition to the stage, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at The Florida Theatre, floridatheatre.com, $39.50-$59.50.

CLASSICAL + JAZZ

SHAWN PFAFFMAN The pianist performs selections from his album Southern Jazz Piano, 8:30 p.m. June 21 at First Coast Center for the Arts, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 20, Atlantic Beach, eventbrite.com, $16.62.

JAZZ NIGHT Leelynn & Danielle with Cookin in Da Kitchen, 6 p.m. June 21 at Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704, pkstaug.com.

NIGEL ARMSTRONG The violinist performs Schubert and Kreisler 7:30 p.m. June 21 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Place, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

MUSIC FOR BRASS AND ORGAN The concert is 7:30 p.m.

June 22 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

JW GILMORE & THE BLUES AUTHORITY The pros are on 7 p.m.

June 22 at Colonial Quarter, 33 St. George St., St. Augustine, colonialquarter.com, free.

RUSSIANS AND ROMANTICS Shostakovich, Strauss and Tchaikovsky are performed, 7:30 p.m. June 23 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

MICHAEL FUNGE The Irish singer performs sing-along tunes, 6:30 p.m. June 24 at Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

JOHN THOMAS GROUP Ray Callender trumpets, Al Waters blows the saxophone, Sean Tillis plays bass, Scott Mariash does percussion, and Betty Arnold sings, 7 p.m. June 25 at Mudville Music Room, 3105 Beach Blvd., St. Nicholas, $10, raylewispresents.com.

MOZART AND A MENAGERIE Pianists Wendy Chen and Ileana Fernandez perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-flat for Two Pianos, K. 365 and Camille Saint-Sae’s Carnival of the Animals, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free.

COMEDY

THE BREWERY COMEDY TOUR The best and brightest NYC/ LA-based comedians are on 8-10 p.m. June 21 at Intuition Ale Works, 929 E. Bay St., Northbank, universe.com/tickets, $15.

GUY TORRY Torry appears 8 p.m. June 21 & 22, 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 23 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $19-$150.

DIG LOCAL NETWORK Weekly network hosts farmers’ markets: Beaches Green Market, 2-5 p.m. Sat., Jarboe Park, Florida Boulevard & A1A, Neptune Beach; Midweek Market, 3-6 p.m. Wed., Bull Park, 718 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach; ABC Market, 3-6 p.m. Fri., 1966 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach.

SPACE 42 FARMERS MARKET Fruits, veggies, crafts, 4-7 p.m. every Wed., 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, spacefortytwo.com.

ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE FARMERS MARKET Live music, baked goods, art, local produce, 8:30 a.m. every Sat., 1340 A1A S., 209-0367.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, produce, live music– Al Poindexter, The Williamsons, Juan John, Elvis Kabong!–10:30 a.m. June 23 under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

FERNANDINA BEACH MARKET PLACE Farmers, growers, vendors, local goods, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sat., North Seventh Street, Historic District, fernandinabeachmarketplace.com.

JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET Open daily dawn to dusk, Beaver Street farmers market has an art gallery, food, crafts, etc., 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com.

MUSEUMS

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Founder and flat-picking front man of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine Brett Bass performs an intimate Americana concert 6-9 p.m. June 23, members $20, nonmembers $25. Thomas Hart Benton & the Navy through July 1; The Lost Bird Project through Oct. 21; Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese Printmaking through Nov. 25.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Project Atrium artist is Anila Agha. A Patterned Response exhibits. A Dark Place of Dreams, monochromatic assemblages of Louise Nevelson and contemporary artists Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock and Kate Gilmore; through Sept. 9.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Earth Explorers, through Sept. 9. Native Networks: Cultural Interactions Within and Beyond Northeast Florida up through September.

GALLERIES

ADRIFT JAX 1717 N. Main St., Springfield, facebook.com/ galleryjax. Jason Grimes’ new photographs and Russell Frantom’s portraits, through June.

ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-5828. Sharon Hayes Westbrook, exhibits new works through June. An artist’s reception is 5-8 p.m. June 21.

AVONLEA ANTIQUES & DESIGN GALLERY 8101 Philips Hwy., Southside, femartgallery.org. Mother Nature, presented by Femme Art Gallery, is about female-identifying artists and their connection to nature; through June.

BOLD BEAN JAX BEACH 24000 Third St., Jax Beach. Artist Jessica Becker showcases her newest “3D paintings,” jessica-becker.com.

BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave., 853-6545.

Artist Madeleine Peck Wagner exhibits selections from her Heart of Butter series, madeleinewagner.com.

BREW 5 POINTS 1024 Park St., Riverside, 374-5789. Marlena Lomonaco shows new works: “observational studies of beauty, in relation to sight and touch,” through June.

CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, 281-5599. Salamat Datang-Welcome to Malaysia, new works by Dennis Ho, through August.

CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, ccpvb.org. Water, works by Eileen Corse, and Rooms With a View, paintings by Ellen Diamond’s students, display through July 7.

HENDRICKS AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 4001 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 396-7745. Artists Who Mentor the Passing of Knowledge and Wisdom, works of Jax-based artists and a skilled mentee; through Sept. 1.

MAKERSPACE at the Main Library 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace. Prescribed Expression: Relief in Healing Arts on view through July 22.

STOUT SNUG ON THE HILL 1190 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. Showtime features the works of four artists: Space, Aaron Smith, Wendy Means and Lynda Diamond. An opening reception is 6-10 p.m. June 21; the show runs July 21.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown, southlightgallery.com. UNF Senior Photography exhibits.

Photographer Will Dickey’s works show through June.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., staaa.org.

Honors Show runs through July 1.

SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, spacefortytwo.com.

Luisa Posada Bleier exhibits new works through August.

THE ART CENTER TAC Gallery at the Landing, Downtown, tacjacksonville.org. Smothered in Blue up until Aug. 2; closing reception 6-8 p.m.

EVENTS

SUMMER OF LOVE TRIBUTE Dust off your bitchinest tie-dye floods and groove to the music of Laurel Canyon & Monterey Pop, performed by some of the region’s finest musicians, 6:30 p.m. June 20 at Blue Jay Listening Room, 2457B S. Third St., Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com, $25. Proceeds benefit local nonprofit Rethreaded.

MUSIC BY THE SEA Take Cover plays ’80s and ’90s hits, 6 p.m. June 20 at St. Augustine Beach Pier, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., thecivicassociation.org.

MARINELAND BEACH WALK A ranger leads the walk, 8:30-10 a.m. June 20 at GTMRR Marineland, 9741 Ocean Shore Blvd., free (reservations required), eventbrite.com.

RADICAL JEWISH CULTURE LECTURE Avant music founder and Folio Weekly writer Keith Marks discusses radical Jewish music, 7 p.m. June 20 at Willowbranch Library, 2875 Park St., Riverside, free, #curiousmusicforcuriousminds.

WINE DOWN ROOFTOP PARTY Drink a little, laugh a little, and eat a $10 hot dog, 5:30-10 p.m. June 21 at Cowford Chophouse, 101 E. Bay St., Downtown, 862-6464, free admission, cowfordchophouse.com.

NEFla DIVERSE CULTURES Kathleen Cohen, Giselle Carson and Jose Vega discuss Jacksonville’s immigrant history, 6:30 p.m. June 21 at Jacksonville Historical Society’s Old St. Andrews Church, 317 Randolph Blvd., jaxhistory.org.

PROJECT ATRIUM: ANILA QUAYYUM AGHA MOCA Jacksonville offers a tour 6 p.m. June 21 at 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu, free with regular admission, registration required.

THE SUMMER OF ’64 Writer Scott Grant chats about his book, How the Beatles and the World’s Fastest Man Changed the First Coast Forever, 6 p.m. June 21 at Beaches Museum Chapel, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, beachesmuseum.org, $5.

RICK BAKER The author discusses his work and signs copies of Beyond the Sunshine State: A Timeline of Florida’s Past, 7 p.m. June 22 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach, bookmarkbeach.com.

TRUTH AND PROOF Youth open mic night, hosted by poet and author Ebony Payne English, 7-9 p.m. June 23 at The Performers Academy, 3674 Beach Blvd., Southside, facebook. com/events, free.

WENDY WAX The author discusses her work and signs copies of Best Beach Ever, 7 p.m. June 23 at The BookMark, Neptune Beach.

PLANT AND SIP Sharita Lucas teaches how to make terrariums, 6 p.m. June 23 at Studio Zsa Zsa Lapree, 233 E. Bay St., Downtown, $40, facebook.com/events.

JACKSONVILLE UKULELE SOCIETY JAM Ukulele players of all levels gather to make sweet, sweet, ukulele music. Ukes and tuners available, 1:30-4 p.m. June 23 at Main Library’s Makerspace, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary. org/jax-makerspace, free.

JACKSONVILLE SHARKS VS. PHILADELPHIA SOUL Our Sharks take on the Philadelphia Soul–it’s Halloween in June–7 p.m.

June 23 at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 621-0700; tickets start $12, jaxsharks.com.

HISTORIC SPRINGFIELD MAIN STREET CRUISE Meet up and hang out with other classic-gearheads, 3-9 p.m. June 23 at Captain D’s, 2062 N. Main St., Springfield, free.

SOLO WILDERNESS FIRST AID Learn how to take care of yourself and others outdoors 8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 23 at North Florida Land Trust Milan House, 11994 Houston Ave., Northside, floridaoutdooracademy.com, $200.

URBAN PIONEERS AMERICANA FESTIVAL Lots of stringed instruments and gruff vocals here, 3 p.m. June 24 at Colonial Quarter, St. Augustine, colonialquarter.com, free.

CAMP FLORIDA FRIENDLY Three days of in-depth gardening info, specific to our climate, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. June 25, 26 & 27 at Duval Extension Office, 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Northside, eventbrite.com, $10/day.

AIGA JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING This is the first in a series of public meetings hosted by AIGA to improve the city’s future. 6:30-8 p.m. June 27 at Figure 8 Studios, 1803 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, free–with free pizza; registration requested, eventbrite.com. __________________________________________ To list an event, send the time, date, location (street address and city or neighborhood), admission price and contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner; email madeleine@ 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 : ARTS

DOUG BERKY’S STORIES INSPIRE KIDS

Theatreworks productions show us life ISN’T a dress rehearsal

T

he eyes of a child spark the flames of imagination; exposure being the ultimate denominator in determining a child’s passion for the arts. An arts community is only as strong as the population that supports, advocates and champions for it to be the essential bedrock of its community.

It is our investment in that exposure that guarantees the return of dividends: An engaged community of arts advocates enabling civil discourse.

For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit organization Theatreworks has been affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Northeast Florida children, bringing professional, educational touring theater productions to the region; the shows are staged in school auditoriums, professional theater venues and libraries. The value to teachers and schools is immeasurable; each production is curriculumbased and provides teachers with study guides, satisfying the benchmarks of the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).

“For many, a Theatreworks show will be the first exposure to live theater, and we want to make certain that the show is engaging, with ample educational support materials to ensure that teachers and parents have the tools to make the most of the experience,” says Theatreworks Executive Director Jamie Kent. “We believe it is vital for our youngsters to develop a tradition and taste for theater, so they can broaden their horizons and continue to seek out these experiences later in life.

Theatreworks’ plays not only introduce the

young of our city to the special experience of live theater, but develop the audience that will attend many of our other valued cultural events in the future. The Theatreworks audience of today cultivates the audience of the future for other cultural organizations such as Players by the Sea, Theatre Jacksonville and The Florida Theatre tomorrow.”

Through fiscal sponsors and partnerships with organizations such as Citi, The Florida Theatre, Publix Super Markets, Carl S. Swisher Foundation, and others, Theatreworks stages kid-oriented productions for underserved and disadvantaged children at no cost or at reduced fees.

One of the nonprofits’ core programs, Free Summer Theatre, which continues to be financially underwritten by Citi for more than 20 years, ensures free access to professional theatrical comedies, musicals and dramas. Theatreworks, in partnership with The Florida Theatre, makes 10,000 free seats available to summer programs, camps, small nonprofit agencies and individual families.

For this 22nd annual Free Summer Theatre, two notable shows this week are by internationally recognized performer and puppeteer Doug Berky, an artist whose career spans more than three decades. Berky’s performances gather physical comedy, mask construction/performance, mime, storytelling and circus arts under one banner, creating a unique vision and experience for the audience.

On Thursday, June 21, Berky stages Foibles, Fables and Other Imaskinations, a traditional theater experience, as he guides

the audience through stories from around the world, enacted by his world-famous puppets, with mime, voice and masks. Berky’s Friday, June 22 performance, No Show, showcases his trademark blend of physical humor, sight gags, puppetry, music, juggling, audience interaction and improvisation.

“I am a visual person and having a story seen, as well as heard, is a part of how I express myself,” says Berky. “The masks and puppets allow me to bring to the stage a diverse cast of characters that often look and sound different from me and my audiences.

Or, in some cases, a child might see someone who looks like them. Once, I was telling a Native American story about a little boy who learns to provide for his grandmother. When the show was over, a 7-year-old came to me and said, ‘I am an Indian, I could be that boy!’

The reason I tell stories is to empower and inspire children to embrace possibilities that they might not otherwise have imagined.”

Theatreworks’ yearly programming mission is to bring children’s literature to the stage, with a strong emphasis on African-American heritage. Last year, the organization brought Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad. This year, We the People is scheduled for October to help support civics lessons around Northeast Florida; Buffalo Soldiers and Rosie Revere, Engineer will run in January 2019.

Teachers are encouraged to communicate with Theatreworks to help determine what are the keys to creating successful and impacting performances for students.

“The emotional connection of live theater not only helps cultivate the love of the arts but has educational value as well. This is an added dimension to simply reading or watching on the small screen and helps the child recognize what real people are thinking and feeling.

It also offers a tool to compare and contrast what has been written to the interpretation on stage, offering a broader view of the source material,” says Kent. “At a live performance, the children are allowed to be emotionally engaged, uninterrupted for a solid hour, with living characters who develop relationships, overcome obstacles and resolve conflicts. Live theater shows can open children to a wealth of experiences and, hopefully, awaken a desire to pick up a book or, more important, see another play.”

Keith Marks mail@folioweekly.com ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Foibles, Fables and Other Imaskinations, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. June 21; No Show, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. June 22, at the Florida Theatre, free, theatreworksjax.com.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 23

FOLIO A+E : ARTS The Laramie Project revival dives deep into MATTHEW SHEPARD’S MURDER—and starts a dialogue

HORIZON A

24 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

of Shepard’s murder. The theater company rriving actors are forced to maneuver travelled to Laramie, Wyoming, where between paint buckets and under Shepard had been tied to a fence, beaten and ladders as they filter into the theater left for dead just weeks earlier. They spoke for rehearsal. It’s the best kind of bedlam. The to dozens of residents. Each actor on stage 5 & Dime is being painted in preparation for assumes various roles, giving voice to the its new production, The Laramie Project. entire spectrum of public opinion—from the Director Lee Beger welcomes her cast sympathetic to the unrepentant. before reluctantly retreating to an adjacent Though Beger is faithful to this source library lounge with the journalist who has material, she is keen to make the presentation just arrived to interview her. It takes her a entirely her own. Hundreds of adaptations few moments to switch gears—when she sits have been staged since The Laramie Project down, she’s still clearly absorbed in strategy premiered in Denver and New York in 2000. for the rehearsal—but before long, Beger is The drama has been interpreted by activists, eager to tell me about The Laramie Project and students and theater professionals around the why she chose to revive it in Jacksonville. world; Beger hasn’t researched any of them.

Laramie is Beger’s first production at The “I never do that kind of research,” she 5 & Dime and it’s a special one for the veteran explains. “I don’t want to know how other stage director and recently retired drama people did it. That’s their point of view. I’m the teacher. She’s been keen to pitch a production director and I want to tell the story my way. I’m to the theater company for some time. layering my perspective over that of the text.”

“I’ve enjoyed many of their productions,” Beger reckons both points of view are sorely says Beger. “I believe they’re doing the best needed, especially in Jacksonville. It turns out theater in town right now. Actors and directors the arc of the moral universe is long—so long are gravitating here. They know they’re going to be well-supported.” that the 20 years since The Laramie Project Shepard’s murder THE LARAMIE PROJECT is also a play about have registered Opens 8 p.m. June 15, runs to July 1 at The 5 & which Beger has been only incremental Dime, Downtown, the5anddime.org, $17-$25 passionate for a long changes in the daytime. Created by New to-day experience of York-based playwright Moisés Kaufman and homophobia in Northeast Florida. his Tectonic Theater Project, the award“Just last month,” the director notes, “a winning drama was an outraged community’s Times-Union article found that gay teenagers in answer to the murder of gay University of Duval County schools are several times more Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in 1998. likely to be bullied than their non-gay peers.”

Beger embraced Laramie from the start.

LGBTQ activists face an uphill struggle She had even moved mountains to mount a in Northeast Florida, but there is hope on controversial student production years ago, the horizon. Duval County in particular during her tenure as chair of the theater has been trending, albeit ever so modestly, department at Douglas Anderson School of toward tolerance and diversity. While voters the Arts. in neighboring counties swung right during “We had to do a lot of editing,” she says. “I the presidential election of 2016, Duval came had to get special permission and host panel surprisingly close—within a margin of 1.5 discussions with parents and county officials percent—to rejecting Donald Trump’s hamfisted performance of conservativism. There after every evening performance. It ended is room for civil debate in Jacksonville. Beger up being a very different production. We did wants to be part of it. what we had to do to reach that very important “There’s no question that we live in a youth audience. But I always knew that one day conservative county,” she says. “That comes I’d return to the original Laramie.” with the territory. But it is a county of many This Jacksonville revival is indeed a different views, and I want to present this return to the source material. While the point of view.” play’s creators have since expanded Laramie When asked if she fears a backlash in the into a cycle, complete with a sequel, Beger is MAGA era, the director scoffs. interested in only the original text—and she’s “I worry more about the weeds in having her actors perform it word for word. my garden.”

The poignant script is a synthesis of Georgio Valentino hundreds of interviews conducted by mail@folioweekly.com Kaufman and Tectonic in the immediate wake

photo by Maya Adkins Photography

HOPE

ON THE

MIKE ZITO’s most recent album, First Class Life, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums Chart. He plays 10 p.m.

Saturday, June 23 at Mojo Kitchen, Jax Beach, mikezito.com.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK

SUMMER OF LOVE: MUSIC OF LAUREL CANYON & MONTEREY POP, RETHREADED BENEFIT 8 p.m. June 20, Blue Jay Listening Room (BlueJay), 2457B S. Third St., Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com, $25.

REDFISH RICH 6 p.m. June 20, Boondocks Grill & Bar (Boondocks), 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497.

BILLY BOWERS 7 p.m. June 20, Ragtime Tavern (Ragtime), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877.

RIES BROTHERS, LITTLE BIRD, LORETTO 7 p.m. June 20, Jack Rabbits (JackRabbs), 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $12.

COMBICHRIST, WEDNESDAY 13, NIGHT CLUB, PRISON, DEATH VALLEY HIGH 7 p.m. June 20, Mavericks Live (Mavericks), Jax Landing, 356-1110, mavericksatthelanding.com, $20.

NOBIGDYL, WHATUPRG, WREKLESS ABANDON, OATMEAL 7 p.m. June 20, Murray Hill Theatre, mhtrocks, $10-$12.

AARON THOMAS & SOULO LYON 5:30 p.m. June 21, Cowford Chophouse, 101 E. Bay St., Downtown, 862-6464, free admission, cowfordchophouse.com.

IVAN PULLEY BAND 6:30 p.m. June 21, Cheers Park Avenue (Cheers), 1138 Park Ave., Orange Park, 269-4855.

ERIC COLETTE & CODY 6 p.m. June 21, Boondocks.

METRO J 7 p.m. June 21, Ragtime.

LATE NIGHT SPECIAL, THE GOOD WOOD BAND, THE TWOTAKES 8 p.m. June 21, JackRabbs, $8.

PRIMETIME NINO, FLO.WAV 9:30 p.m. June 22, Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 342-0632, $3.

SOUTHERN BURN BAND 8 p.m. June 22, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SpiritSuwannee), 3076 95th Dr., Live Oak, musicliveshere.com.

LYN AVENUE 8 p.m. June 22, BlueJay, $20.

BLACK CREEK RI’ZIN, LYNDIE BURRIS 7 p.m. June 22, Boondocks.

STACEY BENNETT, RAISIN CAKE ORCHESTRA 6 p.m. June 22, Seachasers Lounge (Seachasers), 831 N. First St., Jax Beach, seachaserslounge.com.

MJ BAKER 11:30 p.m. June 22, Hemming Park, Downtown.

JW GILMORE & THE BLUES AUTHORITY 7 p.m. June 22, Colonial Oak Music Park (ColOakMusic), 33 St. George St., St. Augustine.

JIM MURDOCK, LOVE MONKEY 6 p.m. June 22, Cheers.

CLOUD 9 7 p.m. June 22 & 23, Ragtime.

SUMMER SURVIVORS 9 p.m. June 22, Surfer the Bar (Surfer), 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756, surferthebar.com.

LUKE BRYAN, JON PARDI, MORGAN WALLEN 7 p.m. June 22, Veterans Memorial Arena (VetsMem), 300 Randolph Blvd., $48-$123.

CHARLIE FARLEY, DRAWDE, DANNY DUKE 8 p.m. June 22, JackRabbs, $15.

MICAH/LAUREN GILLIAM, CAT McWILLIAMS BAND 6 p.m.

June 23, Seachasers.

SAGE ARMSTRONG, DJ FUSION, K.T. SLAWSON, RICHIE GRANT, CHARLIE HUSTLE 9 p.m. June 23, 1904 Music Hall (1904MH), 19 Ocean St., Downtown, 1904musichall.com, $10-$13.

BOBBY TARANTINO 7 p.m. June 23, Daily’s Place (Dailys), Northbank, 633-2000, dailysplace.com.

CIARAN SONTAG, BDW BAND 7 p.m. June 23, Boondocks.

HORROR CLUB, JANE EYRE, SECRET KEEPER, IDLE HABITS 8 p.m. June 23, JackRabbs, $5.

MIKE ZITO 10 p.m. June 23, Mojo Kitchen (MojoJB), 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, showclix.com, $20.

URBAN PIONEER, CAIN’T NEVER COULD 9 p.m. June 23, Nighthawks, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., Riverside.

ETANA, NDKA, DJ LION HEART, SELECTAH AJAH, MIXX MASTER PRINCE, DJ BLAOW June 23, Hemming Park.

JESSE McCARTNEY, NINA NESBITT 8 p.m. June 23, Mavericks Live, $25.

BIG LOGIC & THE TRUTH SERUM 7 p.m. June 23, ColOakMusic.

NEW ROCK SOUL 9 p.m. June 23 & 24, Surfer.

BOBBY TARANTINO 7 p.m. June 23, Dailys, $39.50-$69.50.

SONGBOOK JAX SHOWCASE 8 p.m. June 23, BlueJay, $20.

PIXIES 8 p.m. June 24, The Florida Theatre (FlaThtr), 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $39.50-$64.50.

MARK DENNISON TRIO Noon June 24, Ragtime.

THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL Noon June 24, Seachasers.

ANNIE GUTHRIE 8 p.m. June 24, BlueJay, $20.

URBAN PIONEERS AMERICANA FEST 3 p.m. June 24, ColOakMusic.

REBELUTION, STEPHEN MARLEY, COMMON KINGS, ZION I, DJ MACKLE 5:30 p.m. June 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre (StAugAmp), 1340 A1A S., 209-0367.

CITY IN THE CLOUDS, MODEST IMAGE 8 p.m. June 24, JackRabbs, $8.

JOHN THOMAS GROUP 7 p.m. June 25, Mudville Music Room (Mudville), 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, raylewispresents.com.

INANIMATE EXISTENCE, THE LAST OF LUCY, FIELDS OF ELYSIUM 8 p.m. June 25, JackRabbs, $8.

CLOUD 9 7 p.m. June 26, Ragtime.

PINK MASS, WORSEN, MOONDRAGON 7 p.m. June 26, Rain Dogs (RainDogs), 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969.

ANGEL VIVALDI, HYVMINE 7 p.m. June 26, 1904MH, $15-$17.

MICAH SCHNABEL 8 p.m. June 26, JackRabbs, $6.

TAD JENNINGS 7 p.m. June 27, Surfer.

AMERICAN AQUARIUM, TRAVIS MEADOWS 8 p.m. June 27, JackRabbs, $15.

BRANDON LEINO 6 p.m. June 27, Boondocks.

FAITH EVANS, LALAH HATHAWAY, JON B 8 p.m. July 27, VetsMemArena, $60-$95.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

SAM PACETTI June 28, Lightner Museum UNDERHILL ROSE June 28, BlueJay BELLE & the BAND June 28, Mudville MATT KNOWLES June 28, Boondocks FISH OUT OF WATER June 29, Ragtime HURRICANE PARTY June 29, RainDogs TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, MARCUS KING BAND June 29, Dailys MELODY TRUCKS BAND, BONNIE BLUE June 29, 1904MH REDFISH RICH, ERIC COLLETTE & BAND June 29, Boondocks BLACK CALLA June 29, Hemming Park ADAM LATIFF, FAT CACTUS June 29, Cheers

THE PAPER CITY HUSTLERS June 29, ColOakMusic CHASE FOURAKER, MEGAN & LIZ June 29, JackRabbs BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB, B-52S, TOM BAILEY (THOMPSON TWINS) June 29, StAugAmp JOSEPH SOLOMON, SWOOPE, NATALIE LAUREN June 29, Murray Hill Theatre DION TIMMER June 29, Myth KEVIN SKI June 30, Boondocks B-SIDES June 30, Surfer CHEAP TRICK, POISON, POP EVIL June 30, Dailys COPPER BONES, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP, CHROME FANGS June 30, RainDogs MATT COLLINS, BLAST of GRASS June 30, Seachasers AS CITIES BURN, MY EPIC, TIGERWINE June 30, JackRabbs THE BLUFF 5 BAND June 30, Ragtime JASON EVANS BAND June 30, Cheers SANDRA LYNN June 30, Ritz Theatre The TOASTERS June 30, 1904MH The GROOVE COALITION June 30, ColOakMusic COPPER BONES June 30, RainDogs MELODY TRUCKS BAND June 30, BlueJay THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, WALK THE MOON, MISTERWIVES, JOYWAVE July 1, Dailys JUPITER COYOTE, DENTON ELKINS July 1, Seachasers BLACK PUSSY, NINE E, SNORE July 1, RainDogs DONNY & MARIE OSMOND July 1, StAugAmp LUNAR COAST July 1, Ragtime TERRAIN, SATYR, FRIENDLY FIRE, PROBLEM ADDICTS July 1, 1904MH BELMONT July 4, Nighthawks DAN & PHIL July 5, StAugAmp ERIC COLLETTE & CODY July 5, Boondocks STABLE SHAKERS July 5, BlueJay BARENAKED LADIES, BETTER THAN EZRA, KT TUNSTALL July 6, StAugAmp DiCARLO THOMPSON, BEN PRESTAGE July 6, Seachasers CRAZY DAYSIES July 6, Boondocks HELIUS July 6, JackRabbs SACRED OWLS BEWARE! TAKE CARE!, DOUGIE FLESH & THE SLASHERS, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP July 6, Nighthawks ANDREW SCOTCHIE & THE RIVER RATS, SIDE HUSTLE, COWFORD TOWN BAND, MILLTOWN ROAD BAND July 6, 1904MH CITY OF BRIDGES July 6 & 7, Cheers 3 DOORS DOWN, COLLECTIVE SOUL, SOUL ASYLUM July 7, Dailys KIM RETEGUIZ & THE BLACK CAT BONES, THE SNACKS BLUES BAND, FOLK IS PEOPLE July 7, Seachasers REDFISH RICH July 7, Boondocks SOMEDAY HONEY July 7, BlueJay SWITCHBLADE VILLAIN July 7, JackRabbs JOSH CARD, W.D. Miller, SALT & PINE, DJ BROTHER JUKEBOX July 7, 1904MH COHEED & CAMBRIA, TAKING BACK SUNDAY July 8, Dailys SECOND SUNDAYS AT STETSON’S: JOHN DICKIE, MICHAEL ELIAS July 8, Beluthahatchee Park, Fruit Cove MAMA BLUE July 8, Seachasers

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 25

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CHRISTINA VANE, MADI CARR July 8, BlueJay NIGHTHAWKS, DEAD BOYS July 8, Nighthawks LUKE PEACOCK, JACK RINGCA July 11, BlueJay OLD CURRENTS, HALF MY HOME, DIVEBAR, TYLER PESHEK July 11, Sarbez WAR TWINS, TERRAIN July 12, JackRabbs ADVENTURES OF ANNABELLE LYN July 12, Mudville FRANK SHINER, FRAN PITRE July 12, WhiskJax Baymeadows WRONG WAY, CRANE July 13, Surfer LOWERS ORDERS, SMART BOYZ July 13, RainDogs BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY July 13, 1904MH AJ GHENT July 13, BlueJay OLYMPVS July 13 & 14, Cheers DiCARLO THOMPSON, JUNCO ROYALS July 13, Seachasers FLORIDA SUN RECORDS UNITY FEST: CLOUD 9 VIBES, FLAG ON FIRE, AXIOM, BORN IN JUNE, SUMMER SURVIVORS, UNBREAKABLE BLOODLINE, RUNAWAY GUN, CANDOR, MR. WHITTY, WES PIPES, YAMADEO, STAYNE THEE ANGEL, SUCKER PUNCH, THE REALITY, SANGRIA July 14, Mavericks SNACKS BLUES BAND, CAIN’T NEVER COULD July 14, Seachasers MAZE, FRANKIE BEVERLY, THE WHISPERS, SHERYL UNDERWOOD July 14, T-U Center SYZYGY, OBSERVATORY July 14, Sarbez BEACHES FREEDOM FESTIVAL: ZANDER, SIDEREAL, THE SUPERVILLAINS, BE EASY, RAMONA, LANE “STAR SPANGLED BANNER” PITTMAN, LOCAL BAND WINNER July 14, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach THE GEORGIA FLOOD July 14, JackRabbs ALLEGRA KRIEGER July 14, BlueJay ORDINARY BOYS, KISSES ONLY July 14, 1904MH CRAIG WAYNE BOYD July 14, Ritz Theatre REMEDY TREE, MADI CARR July 15, BlueJay KALANI ROSE, CHELSEY MICHELLE DUO July 15, Seachasers A STORY TOLD, SOUTHPAW July 16, JackRabbs THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS July 17, StAugAmp SLIGHTLY STOOPID, PEPPER, STICK FIGURE July 19, StAugAmp PROJECT PAT, SWORDZ, HOLY SMOKE RECORDS, OAK, ANDY SEZ X OK! July 19, 1904MH IVAN PULLEY BAND July 19, Cheers CAT & NAT July 19, FlaThtr RASCAL FLATTS July 19, Dailys OAK RIDGE BOYS July 20, Thrasher-Horne Ctr PSEUDO, SYMMATREE, KID YOU NOT, THE NED, HALF MY HOME, CLM July 20, Sarbez OPPOSITE BOX, SIDE HUSTLE, TROPIC OF CANCER July 20, JackRabbs

ANGEL VIVALDI performs cuts from his 2017 album Synapse, 7 p.m. June 26 at 1904 Music Hall, Downtown, $15-$17.

26 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

DiCARLO THOMPSON, BILLY BUCHANAN July 20, Seachasers STEVE MILLER BAND, PETER FRAMPTON July 20, StAugAmp VILLAINFEST: FILTH, NEAR EMPTY, KILL THE SOUND, A MATTER OF HONOR, DENIED TIL DEATH, FACES OF MANY, DEFY THE TYRANT, AUDITORY ARMORY July 21, Mavericks BIG JOHN AUSTILL, GOOD WOOD BAND July 21, Seachasers PUZZLES TO PIECES, EMUNESS, PERSONALITIES, ENGRAVED, CARDINAL VIRTUES, INDIVISION, THE FALLEN SONS July 21, 1904MH SONDRA HUNT July 21, SpiritSuwannee LISA & THE MAD HATTERS, THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL July 21, Cheers DAKOTA BAND July 21, Boondocks FREDDIE McGREGOR, DUBWISE July 21, JackRabbs DJ WILL’S SUMMER SLAM July 21, Murray Hill Theatre VIOLENT FEMMES, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN July 21, StAugAmp COLM KEEGAN, LAURA DURRANT July 22, Culhane’s Irish Pub CHICAGO, REO SPEEDWAGON July 22, Dailys THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL, DENTON ELKINS ACOUSTIC July 22, Seachasers FRACTURED FAIRYTALES, BLOOD BATH & BEYOND July 26, JackRabbs THE GREAT CLOWN WARS July 26, Sarbez DON McLEAN July 27, PVCHall POCO, PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE, ORLEANS July 27, FlaThtr SAMUEL HERB, COTTER HILL & BERNARDUS July 27, BlueJay THE FRITZ July 28, 1904MH BIG JOHN AUSTILL, FOLK IS PEOPLE July 28, Seachasers SUN-DRIED VIBES July 28, Surfer DISPATCH, NAHKO, MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE, RAYE ZARAGOZA July 29, StAugAmp The PAUSES July 29, RainDogs GROOVE COALITION, CORTNIE FRAZIER July 29, Seachasers DONAVON FRANKENREITER July 30, Surfer MS. LAURYN HILL Aug. 2, Dailys HIPPIEFEST 2018: VANILLA FUDGE, BADFINGER, JOEY MOLLAND, MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS, RICK DERRINGER Aug. 2, Thrasher-Horne Center VANS WARPED TOUR: 30H!3, THE INTERRUPTERS, KNUCKLE PUCK, MAYDAY PARADE, REEL BIG FISH, STATE CHAMPS, THIS WILD LIFE, WATERPARKS, LESS THAN JAKE, THE MAINE, MOVEMENTS, REAL FRIENDS, SIMPLE PLAN, TONIGHT ALIVE, WE THE KINGS, AMITY AFFLICTION, CHELSEA GRIN, DEEZ NUTS, ICE NINE KILLS, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, SHARPTOOTH, TWIZTID, WAGE WAR, AUGUST BURNS RED, CROWN THE EMPIRE, EVERY TIME I DIE, IN HEARTS WAKE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, NEKROGOBLIKON, ASSUMING WE SURVIVE, DON BROCO, PALACE ROYALE,

SLEEP ON IT, STORY UNTOLD, TRASH BOAT, WITH CONFIDENCE, FAREWELL WINTERS, LIGHTERBURNS Aug. 2, Old Cypress Lot near Met Park WOLF & BEAR, MAKARI Aug. 4, JackRabbs POWERGLOVE Aug. 4, 1904MH PAUL IVEY & SOULS OF JOY Aug. 4, Boondocks CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL: OUIJA BROTHERS, GLASS CAMELS Aug. 5, Karpeles Museum O.A.R., MATT NATHANSON, THE NEW RESPECTS Aug. 5, Dailys STEEL PULSE Aug. 5, PVCHall 311, THE OFFSPRING Aug. 7, Dailys BRADFORD LOOMIS Aug. 9, BlueJay RAGE FEST: RINGS OF SATURN, ATTILA, SUICIDE SILENCE, VOLUMES, SPITE, CROSS YOUR FINGERS Aug. 10, Mavericks MR. MELLOW Aug. 10, BlueJay DK THE DRUMMER, SUCRE Aug. 10, JackRabbs ELLIS PAUL, DONNY BRAZILE Aug. 10, Café11 LONELY HIGHWAY BAND Aug. 11, SpiritSuwannee CARNIVORA Aug. 12, JackRabbs MARIE MILLER Aug. 12, Café11 WIZ KHALIFA, RAE SREMMURD, LIL SKIES, O.T. GENASIS Aug. 15, Dailys THE ALARM Aug. 15, PVCHall JONAH MATRANGA, THE PAUSES Aug. 15, JackRabbs TODD RUNDGREN Aug. 16, PVCHall JASON MRAZ, BRETT DENNEN Aug. 17, Dailys BLUEJAY’S FIRST BIRTHDAY: YETI TRIO, MIKE KENNEALLY, BRYAN BELLER Aug. 18, BlueJay BEN STROK & THE FULL ELECTRIC, CUSTARD PIE Aug. 18, Sarbez BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Aug. 18, Seachasers YUNO Aug. 18, JackRabbs UMPHREY’S McGEE, SPAFFORD Aug. 18, StAugAmp LINDSEY STIRLING, EVANESCENCE Aug. 20, Dailys JEFF BECK, PAUL RODGERS, ANN WILSON Aug. 23, Dailys FORT DEFIANCE Aug. 24, BlueJay RICK SPRINGFIELD, LOVERBOY, GREG KIHN, TOMMY TUTONE Aug. 25, StAugAmp STEPHANIE QUAYLE Aug. 25, Ritz Theatre THE BRIDGE STREET VIBE, MADI CARR Aug. 30, BlueJay NOCHE ACUSTICA CON TITO AUGER Sept. 1, JackRabbs SING OUT LOUD FESTIVAL Sept. 1-23, St. Augustine venues LAST OF THE STREET SURVIVORS FAREWELL TOUR: LYNYRD SKYNYRD, CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, KID ROCK, JASON ALDEAN Sept. 2, TIAA Bank Field DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Sept. 4, Café11 KICK OUT THE JAMS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR: MC50 (WAYNE KRAMER, KIM THAYIL, BRENDAN CANTY, DUG PINNICK, MARCUS DURANT) Sept. 6, StAugAmp K.D. LANG Sept. 10, FlaThtr DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST Sept. 12, Dailys DIERKS BENTLEY, BROTHERS OSBORNE, LANCO Sept. 13, Dailys WIDESPREAD PANIC Sept. 14, StAugAmp ROGER McGUINN Sept. 19, PVCHall LEE ANN WOMACK Sept. 21, PVCHall JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, THE DECEMBERISTS, LUCERO Sept. 22, StAugAmp HERE COME THE MUMMIES Sept. 22, PVCHall DREAMERS, WEATHERS, MORGXN Sept. 22, JackRabbs FOZZY, ADELITA’S WAY, STONE BROKEN, THE STIR Sept. 26, Mavericks DAVID BYRNE Sept. 26, FlaThtr TROYE SIVAN, KIM PETRAS, LELAND Sept. 26, Dailys KIM RICHEY Sept. 27, Café11 RICKIE LEE JONES, ANDERS OSBORNE Sept. 29, PVCHall COLONY HOUSE, TALL HEIGHTS Sept. 29, JackRabbs NEEDTOBREATHE, JOHNNYSWIM Oct. 2, Dailys DELBERT McCLINTON Oct. 5, PVCHall ARCH ENEMY, GOATWHORE, UNCURED Oct. 6, 1904MH DANNY GOKEY, TAUREN WELLS, RILEY CLEMMONS Oct. 6, T-U Center SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION OF PRINCE Oct. 6, FlaThtr (HED)PE Oct. 7, 1904MH PETER BRADLEY ADAMS Oct. 11, Café11 BENISE Oct. 11, FlaThtr SUWANNEE ROOTS REVIVAL: KELLER WILLIAMS’ PETTYGRASS, THE HILLBENDERS, DONNA THE BUFFALO, JIM LAUDERDALE, VERLON THOMPSON, THE LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND,

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC THE LEE BOYS, THE SAUCE BOSS, BELLE & THE BAND, WHETHERMAN Oct. 11-14, SpiritSuwannee GENE WATSON Oct. 13, PVCHall WELCOME TO MOCKVILLE Oct. 13, 1904MH STEEP CANYON RANGERS Oct. 14, FlaThtr ANDERSON EAST, SAVANNAH CONLEY Oct. 16, Mavericks BOB LOG III Oct. 19, JackRabbs COLT FORD Oct. 19, PVCHall DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, CHARLY BLISS Oct. 20, StAugAmp GRIFFIN HOUSE Oct. 23, Café11 THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Oct. 25, T-U Center SUWANNEE HULAWEEN: STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, ODESZA, JAMIROQUAI, JANELLE MONAE Oct. 26-28, SpiritSuwannee DWEEZIL ZAPPA Oct. 27, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Oct. 27, Seachasers AMY RAY Nov. 8, PVCHall JASON CRABB Nov. 9, Murray Hill Theatre OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA Nov. 11, PVCHall JENNIFER KNAPP Nov. 14, Café11 KATHLEEN MADIGAN Nov. 15, FlaThtr THE AUSTRALIAN BEE GEES Nov. 16, FlaThtr STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 18, FlaThtr

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Redfish Rich 6 p.m. June 20. Eric Colette & Cody 6 p.m. June 21. Lyndie Burris 7 p.m. Black Creek Ri’zin June 22. Ciaran Sontag, BDW Band June 23. Brandon Leino June 27 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Rich Quinn 6 p.m. June 21. Smooth McFlea 9 p.m. June 22. Austin Park 9 p.m. June 23. Zeb Padgett, Stephen Quinn June 24

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Kelli & Ken 9 p.m.

June 20. Lifeline 10 p.m. June 22. Vegas Gray 10 p.m. June 23 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Yowsah 8:30 p.m.

June 22. Boogie Freaks 8:30 p.m. June 23

MANDARIN

ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci June 20 & 24 IGGY’S GRILL & BAR, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, 209-5209 Blind Mason 7 p.m. June 22

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

GREEN TURTLE, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith every Thur. Dan Voll every Fri. Vinyl Nite every Tue. SLIDERS, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 King Eddie & Pili Pili June 20. Tad Jennings June 21. Hupp de Huppman, Instant Groove June 22. Radio Love June 23. JCnMike June 24.

Mark O’Quinn June 26

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 DJ Capone June 20. Ivan Pulley Band 6:30 p.m. June 21. Jim Murdock, Love Monkey June 22. Love Monkey June 23 THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Highway Jones, Cindy Davenport, Tim Kates 10 p.m. June 22. Chelsey Michelle June 23

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

PONTE VEDRA

THE BEACHES

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA

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 every Tue. & Thur. Indie dance every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri. MONTY’S/SHORES LIQUOR, 3644 St. Johns Ave., 389-1131 DJ Keith 10 p.m. every Thur.

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING CO., 725 Atlantic Blvd., 372-4116 Jam session 7 p.m. June 22. Live music June 22 BLUE JAY LISTENING ROOM, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Summer of Love: Dixie Rodeo, Rethreaded Benefit 8 p.m.

June 20. Lyn Avenue 8 p.m. June 22. Songbook Jax Showcase June 23. Annie Guthrie 8 p.m. June 24. Fred Heintz & Late Night Special June 27 FIRST STREET COURTYARD, NB Billy & Bella 6 p.m. June 22.

Vibe 6 p.m. June 23 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 Lunar Coast 10 p.m. June 22 & 23. Samuel Sanders June 24 GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 Adam Latiff June 22. Two by Faux June 23 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. Wed. Michael Smith Thur. Milton Clapp Fri. LYNCH’S, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Beach City 10 p.m.

June 22. Solar Tide 6 p.m., Mystic Dino 10 p.m. June 23.

Honey Hounds June 26 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third, 246-1500 Felix Chang 9:30 p.m. June 21 MEZZA RESTAURANT, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger 6 p.m. Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer 6 p.m. Thur. Mezza House Band 6 p.m. Mon. Trevor Tanner 6 p.m. Tue. MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Mike Zito 10 p.m. June 23 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Billy Bowers 7 p.m. June 20. The Metro Band 7 p.m. June 21. Cloud 9 June 22 & 23. Mark Dennison Trio June 24. Cloud 9 June 26 SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Stacey Bennett, Raisin Cake Orchestra 6 p.m. June 22. Micah/Lauren Gilliam, Cat McWilliams Band 6 p.m. June 23. The Firewater Tent Revival June 24 SINGLETON’S SEAFOOD SHACK, 4728 Ocean St., Mayport Village, 246-4442 Billy Bowers 5 p.m. June 24 SURFER THE BAR, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Soulo 9 p.m.

June 20. Summer Survivors June 22. New Rock Soul 9 p.m.

June 23 & 24. Trevor Barnes June 26. Tad Jennings June 27 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Dalton Ammerman 8 p.m. June 20. Little Green Men June 21. Party Cartel June 22. 7 St Band June 23. VOX June 24

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Sage Armstrong, DJ Fusion, K.T. Slawson, Richie Grant, Charlie Hustle, Dirty Bird 9 p.m. June 23. Bloodshot, Komrad June 24.

Band jam June 25. Angel Vivaldi, Hyvmine 7 p.m. June 26 COWFORD CHOPHOUSE, 101 E. Bay St., 862-6464 Aaron Thomas & Soulo Lyon 5:30 p.m. June 21 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon Thur.

DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, 374-1247 Jimmy Solari 8 p.m. June 23. Trevor Tanner 8 p.m. June 30 JAX LANDING, 353-1188 Hard 2 Handle 7 p.m. June 22.

DJ Kevin 9:30 p.m. June 23. Katz Downstairz 6 p.m. June 24 MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Combichrist, Wednesday 13, Night Club, Prison, Death Valley High 7 p.m.

June 20. DJ R.O.C.K. June 22. Jesse McCartney, Nina Nesbitt 8 p.m. June 23 MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 D3TAY, Killloala 9 p.m. June 20. Stanton Warriors, Romeo, Xander 9 p.m.

June 22. D3TAY 9 p.m. June 27

FIONN MacCOOL’S, 145 Hilden Rd., Nocatee, 217-7021 X-Hale 9 p.m. June 23 MEDURE, 818 A1A, 543-3797 Ace Winn June 20. Ryan Campbell June 21. Will Hurley June 22. The Groov June 23 TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, 819-1554 Chuck Nash June 20. Dirty Pete June 22 ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood S., 683-4182 Bill Ricci 5:30 p.m. June 22 & 29 DALTON’S SPORTS GRILL, 2620 Blanding Blvd., 282-1564 Scott McGinley 7 p.m. June 21. TimberTown 8 p.m. June 23 MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Nobigdyl, Whatuprg, Wrekless Abandon, Oatmeal 7 p.m.

June 20 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Houseparty, Wild Planet, Skyview, Digdog June 20. Wham Bam Glitter Glam June 22.

Urban Pioneer, Cain’t Never Could June 23. Ancient River, UTOT, Discordant Generation June 24. Charlie Shuck June 25 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Pink Mass, Worsen, Moondragon 7 p.m. June 26 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside, 389-2449 Al Poindexter, The Williamsons, Juan John, Elvis Kabong!

June 23

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S LOUNGE, 3912 N. U.S. 1, 824-8738 Lisa’s Mad Hatters 9 p.m. June 23. DJ Alex every Fri. PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George, 209-5704 Leelynn & Danielle June 20. LP III June 21. Kalani Rose, CW Souther June 22. Jory Lyle, Macca Reggae June 23. Miranda Madison June 24. WillowWacks June 25 SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Primetime Nino, FLO.WAV 9:30 p.m. June 22 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Cottonmouth 9 p.m. June 22 & 23

SAN MARCO

JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Ries Brothers, Little Bird, Loretto 7 p.m. June 20. Late Night Special, The Good Wood Band, The Twotakes 8 p.m. June 21.

Charlie Farley, Danny Duke 8 p.m. June 22. Horror Club, Jane Eyre, Secret Keeper, Idle Habits 8 p.m. June 23. City In The Clouds, Modest Image June 24. Inanimate Existence, The Last of Lucy, Fields of Elysium June 25. Micah Schnabel June 26.

American Aquarium, Travis Meadows June 27 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 John Thomas Group 7 p.m. June 25. Belle & the Band June 28

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Ryan Crary 9 p.m. June 22. Robbie & Felix June 23 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Chris Thomas Band 9 p.m. June 22. Hard 2 Handle June 23

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

CROOKED ROOSTER, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 Rockstar Johnny & the Raiford Boys June 22. Black Creek Ri’zin June 23 HYPERION BREWING CO., 1740 N. Main St., 518-5131 Tasty Tuesday Jazz 7 p.m. June 23. Irish Jam Friends June 24 PALMS FISH CAMP, 6359 Heckscher Dr., 240-1672 Billy Bowers June 23. Taylor Shami 5 p.m. June 23. Jennifer Coscia June 24. Eric Alabiso June 29 _________________________________________ To list a band’s gig, send time, date, location (street address, city/neighborhood), admission and a contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner, email madeleine@folioweekly. com or by the U.S. Postal Service, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Events run on space-available basis.

Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. publication.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 27

FOLIO DINING

Dan Bottorff and his awesome crew run the Murray Hill MOON RIVER PIZZA (pictured); brother Andy helms the Moon River Pizza in Fernandina, which our readers name Best Pizza on Amelia Island every year. photo by Devon Sarian

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH

BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. 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 Family-owned café in historic building. Worldly fare, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oakshaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub brews beer onsite; imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap.com. F For nearly 40 years, familyowned-and-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials.

HH. $$ FB L Sa-M; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite.

Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20-plus toppings, pie/slice. Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassauhealthfoods.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 POINTE RESTAURANT, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2017 BOJ winner. In awardwinning 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

DINING DIRECTORY KEY AVERAGE ENTRÉE COST $ $$

$

< $10

$$$

10- $20

$$$$

$

20-$35 > $35

ABBREVIATIONS & SPECIAL NOTES BW = Beer/Wine

L = Lunch

FB = Full Bar

D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted Free Folio Weekly Bite Club Event F = Folio Weekly Distribution Spot

K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch

To list your restaurant, call your account manager or call or text SAM TAYLOR, Folio Weekly publisher, at 904-860-2465 (email: staylor@folioweekly.com).

28 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. Oceanfront. Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, traysburgerstation.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite.

Family-owned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

LARRY’S Giant Subs, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802.

F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK.

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

FOOD ADDICTZ GRILL, 1044 Edgewood Ave. S., 240-1987.

F Family-and-veteran-owned place is all about home cooking. Customer faves: barbecued pulled pork, blackened chicken, Caesar wrap and Portobello mushroom burger. $ K TO B L D Tu-Su HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 1, 381-6670, mojobbq.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. Pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue. Delta fried catfish. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. 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. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. 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. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Southern classics: crispy catfish with smoked gouda grits, familystyle 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 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajaxcom. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498.

F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO.

DINING DIRECTORY NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. BOJ favorite. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Since 1989.

Family-owned place has an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian, new-Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups.

Low-sodium & gluten-free. $$$ BW TO L D Tu-Sa THE WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, glass/bottle wines. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. Gluten-free pizzas, desserts. HH specials. $$ BW K TO L M-F; D Tu-Sa WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Popular gastropub has craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates, tacos and–sure–whiskey. HH M-F. $$ FB B Sa & Su; L F; D Nightly

BEACHES

(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

AL’S PIZZA, 240 Third St. N., Neptune Beach, 853-6773, thecraftpizzaco.com. F Al Mansur re-opened good ol’ Al’s, in a new spot. Dine inside or out. $$ BW L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM SUBS, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. F 2017 BOJ winner.

Fresh ingredients, 25+ years. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom has Sun. brunch. $ K BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BREEZY COFFEE SHOP WINE BAR, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 241-2211, breezycoffeeshopcafe.com. Local beachy coffee & wine shop by day; wine bar by night. Fresh baked pastries, breakfast sandwiches all day. Grab-n-Go salads, cheeses, hummus. $ BW K TO B L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite.

SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. F Classic Old World Roman fare, big Italian menu: homestyle

Kerri Rogers’ culinary creativity. The Northeast Florida menu changes seasonally. Rotating local craft beers, regional spirits, cold brew coffee program. $$ FB TO L M-F CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth, 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Serving Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza.

Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa ELEMENT BISTRO & CRAFT BAR, 333 E. Bay St., 438-5173.

Inside Myth Nightclub. Locally sourced, organic fare with fresh herbs and spices. HH $$ FB D, Tu-Su 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 SPLIFF’S GASTROPUB, 15 N. Ocean St., 844-5000, spliffsgastropub.com. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Music venue has munchie apps, mac & cheese dishes, pockets, gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. HH M-F. $ BW L D M-Sa URBAN GRIND COFFEE COMPANY, 45 W. Bay, Ste. 102, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. F 2017 BOJ favorite.

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 St., 516-7799. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F. $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa

FLEMING ISLAND

GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE RIVERSIDE. MOJO Smokehouse, 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636.

F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite.

Real fish camp. Gator tail, catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. 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 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. 30 years of awesome gourmet pizza, baked dishes. All day HH M-Th. $ FB K TO L D Daily

BIG SHOTS!

SHEALEN O'ROURKE

Crane Ramen

1029 Park St. • Riverside Born in: Jacksonville Years in Biz: 10 Favorite Bar: Sidecar in San Marco Favorite Cocktail Style: Unseasonal boozy drinks by the pool Go-To Ingredients: Fernet and Chartreuse (Green & yellow) Hangover Cure: Pickle Juice, Gatorade, eggs 'n bacon and/or ramen from Crane Will Not Cross My Lips: You don't wanna try that.

Insider’s Secret: Trust your bartender (and yourself).

Celebrity Seen at Your Bar: Doug Marrone, super cool & humble guy.

When You Say "The Usual": Shot of cheap whiskey & a beer from Intuition or Aardwolf

pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 241 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 425-1025. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ Pit & Blues Bar, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AVONDALE. M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, mshackburgers.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 1585 N. Third St., 458-1390. 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE MANDARIN. RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 34 years and counting, the iconic seafood place serves blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE BAYMEADOWS.

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. $$ FB K TO L & D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 6586 GA. Hwy. 40 B6, St. Marys, 912-576-7006. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. OUTERBANKS SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 140 The Lakes Blvd., Ste. H, Kingsland, 912-729-5499. Fresh seafood, burgers, steaks, wings. $$ FB TO D Nightly

DOWNTOWN

BELLWETHER, 100 N. Laura St., 802-7745, bellwetherjax. com. Elevated Southern classics in an understated setting, with chef/owner Jon Insetta’s focus on flavors, and chef

LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK.

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199, athenscafejax.com. 2017 BOJ winner. 20+ years of Greek fare, serving dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), Greek beers. Vegetarian-friendly. Full bar.

Early bird menu Mon.-Fri. $$ FB L M-F; D M-Sa 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, jaxdiner.com.

Chef Roderick “Pete” Smith, a local culinary expert with nearly 20 years under his apron, uses locally sourced ingredients from area farmers, vendors and the community for American and Southern dishes. Seasonal brunch. $ K TO B L M-F, D F METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Dinner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AVONDALE. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. BOJ favorite. Organic soups, baked items, sandwiches, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/wine. $ BW TO B L D Daily

ORANGE PARK

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 Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 29

DINING DIRECTORY BITE-SIZED

photo by Brentley Stead

GET DOWN TO GREAT

OVERSET

COFFEE

PLAZA SURFING on the Southside just got a much-needed, locally owned jolt THERE’S A NEW COFFEE SPOT IN JAX, WITH A ONEtwo punch: a great menu and quality coffee. Brass Tacks, a bright, airy space on Southside Boulevard, is across the street from that chain-whose-namewe-dare-not-speak, close enough to compete (go local, y’all!). Zip in and out the drive-thru (locals will remember it fondly from its days as Bad Ass Coffee Co.) for a strong cup to will get you pumped to start your day or keep it going. It’s the second Brass Tacks; the original is in Green Cove Springs.

The taste of Brass Tacks coffee engages the palate and the presentation captures the eye. Lattes and cups ($2) are offered in a heavy cup and saucer.

Quite frankly, these fresh beans, roasted right here in town, deserve nothing less and neither do you.

You’ll see local beer from Veterans United Craft Brewery (another Southside biz) and Gnarbooch kombucha ($4) on tap, too, so there’s something for every preference.

The breakfast menu has great sweet and savory options. I’m always up for a good breakfast sandwich ($5), particularly when you can add bacon or sausage, like at Brass Tacks. The biscuits (served before noon) are sturdy enough for a sandwich, which I like, since I believe using a knife and fork on a traditionally handheld delight is blasphemy. The eggs, studded with chives, are tucked in a cheesy blanket. It’s a hearty way to break your fast, with or BRASS TACKS COFFEE CO. 4352 Southside Blvd., Ste. 1, 423-0111 318 Ferris St., Green Cove Springs, 531-3931, brasstacksroasters.com

without the meat.

I’m not usually much of a waffle woman, but I rolled the dice with the Matcha Waffles ($5.50).

Holy smokes! These babies will tame your gnawing hunger, with a powerhouse of flavor. I’ll order the green monster again and again. Thanks to the fresh matcha (aka green tea), you get two squares of crisp, vivid green waffles, hot off the press. No frivolous whipped cream here; it’s useless when you greet the day with a serious scoop of Greek yogurt and sweet, chunky berry compote. Add a crunch of granola and a drizzle of honey, and you’re set for one heck of a bite. This may not be an ideal on-the-go meal, but it’s worth taking time to give it a try.

Brass Tacks’ pastry case displays a variety of yummies, some vegan. The biz cinnamon rolls ($2.75) aren’t overly sweet, and the staff warm them up. There’s a vegan selection, but I can’t really recommend the vegan pastries. I’m not vegan and can’t speak for those who rarely get sweet treats, but it must be nice to find them here. The lavender pound cake ($2.50) and mini rhubarb Bundt ($2.50) were gummy and flavor-impaired.

Southsiders and Green Cove Springers, make it a priority to check out these coffee spots. As the busy folks at Brass Tacks say, “Stay sharp.”

Brentley Stead biteclub@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ If you have a recommendation, shoot me an email at biteclub@folioweekly.com.

30 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

Its slogan is “where haute meets homegrown.” BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT in 5 Points offers American favorites with a Southern accent, made with locally sourced ingredients. FW readers put it on 2017’s Best of Jax list. photo by Devon Sarian F 2017 BOJ favorite. 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 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouse online.net. F BOJ fave. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas; 35+ years. 75+ import beers. $ FB L D Daily SPRING PARK COFFEE, 328 Ferris St., Green Cove Springs, 531-9391, springparkcoffee.com. F Fresh-roasted Brass Tacks coffee, handcrafted hot & cold drinks, lattes, cappuccino, macchiato, pastries, breakfast. $ B L D Daily

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. M SHACK NOCATEE, 641 Crosswater Pkwy., 395-3575. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO.

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com.

2017 BOJ 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 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BIG OAK BBQ & Catering, 1948 Henley Rd., Middleburg, 214-3041. 1440 Dunn Ave., 757-2225, bigoakbbqfl.com.

Family-owned-and-operated barbecue joints have smoked chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides and stumps, which sounds damn good. $$ K TO L D M-Sa BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points. com. 2017 BOJ winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Smallbatch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting singleorigin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, hand-crafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L 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 CRANE RAMEN, 1029 Park St., 253-3282. Ramen done right; vegetarian, vegan items, kimchi, gyoza. Dine in or out. HH. $$ FB K L, D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2017 BOJ winner.

Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espressobased drinks, sandwiches, desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su EUROPEAN STREET Café, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2017 BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches.

Dine outside at some E-Sts. $ BW K L D Daily FOO DOG CURRY TRADERS, 869 Stockton St., 551-0327, foodogjax.com. Southeast Asian, Indian inspired fare, all gluten-free, made from scratch. Vegan & omnivore. $$ TO L, D Daily GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies. Artisanal cheeses, 300

craft, import beers, 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. 2017 BOJ 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 JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055.

Casual spot offers made-to-order sandwiches, wraps. $ TO B L M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794.

7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. 2017 BOJ winner.

SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS Filling Station, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/ rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0047, sunraycinema. com. 2017 BOJ winner. First-run, indie and art films screened. Beer, local drafts, wine, pizza–Godbold, Black Lagoon Supreme–hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll.

Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Patio. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. The CORAZON CINEMA & CAFE, 36 Granada St., 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. F Sandwiches, combos, pizza. Iindie and first-run movies. $$ Daily DESSERT FIRST BISTRO, 121 Yacht Club Dr., 417-0468, dessertfirstbistro.com. It’s all made from scratch: breakfast, lunch, desserts. Plus coffees, espressos, craft beers, wine, hot teas. $ BW K TO B, L Tu-Su The FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 34+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. F Lively spot has wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq. com. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE AVONDALE. SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A, 217-3256. F SEE BEACHES. SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632, planetsarbez.com.

Local music venue has gourmet grilled cheese: Sarbez melt: smoked mozzarella, turkey, bacon, signature sauce, local sourdough. Local craft beers. $ BW L, D Daily WOODPECKER’S Backyard BBQ, 4930 S.R. 13, 531-5670, woodpeckersbbq.weebly.com. F Smoked fresh daily.

Brisket, ribs, pork, sausage, turkey: in sandwiches, plates by the pound. 8 sauces, 10 sides. $$ TO L D Tu-Su

SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK

The BEARDED PIG Southern BBQ & Beer Garden, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. 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. 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500.

F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. Upscale; fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, katsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily HAVANA-JAX Café/CUBA LIBRE Bar, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609, havanajax.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. Bite Club certified. Cuban sandwiches, black beans & rice, plantains, steaks, seafood, chicken & rice, roast pork. Spanish wine, drink specials, mojitos, Cuba libres. Nonstop HH. $ FB K L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metro dinercom. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. Several Metros now serve dinner. $$ B R L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. 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

SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN

ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Open 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus.

Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F 2017 BOJ favorite.

SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach, Ste. 10, 206-612-6596.

F 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 M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Inside Jax Farmers Market. Local, regional, international produce.

Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. UPTOWN Kitchen & Bar, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, uptownmarketjax.com. F Bite Club certified. Fresh fare, innovative menus, farm-to-table selections, daily specials. $$ BW TO B L Daily

PINT-SIZED Some MEMORABLE MOMENTS in beer history

DRINKING

IN THE PAST LAST WEEK, THE WORLD WENT WILD WHEN Gabby DiMarco unexpectedly caught a foul ball in her beer and then chugged it while the Padres played the Braves at San Diego’s Petco Field. YouTube videos quickly popped up, honoring DiMarco and commemorating the event. Sure, it was just one of those crazy, one-in-a-million moments the media loves to air over and over, but it’s also one of many happy accidents destined to go down as a great moment in beer history. Let’s look at a few more—some are fascinating, one is tragic.

In the tiny Texas border town of Lajitas, a beer-swilling candidate claimed victory in the mayoral race of 1986. The rub was, said swiller was a goat. Yup, Clay Henry Sr. was a black mountain goat with a thirst for brewskis, known to snatch cans and bottles from unsuspecting humans. Eventually, the honorable Mr. Henry became a tourist attraction in the one-goat town. He served only one term, but that was all he needed to become a Texas beer legend.

Alas, when the 1992 rutting season came around, his equally inebriated (some say scoundrel) son, Henry Clay Jr., started a head-butting brawl over a doe, and Daddy Clay was killed by the evil scion. I guess you could say Clay Jr. got his goat.

On Oct. 17, 1814, the Meux and Company Brewery was the scene of one of history’s most horrific beer tragedies.

Eight people lost their lives when a huge wooden fermentation tank burst open, spewing forth 162,000 gallons of beer. The

OVERSET

structure failure started a domino effect in the factory, sending nearly 400,000 gallons of porter gushing down narrow alleys and streets. Accounts of the catastrophe tell of area residents climbing up on furniture to escape the deluge.

In the 1970s, a cultural icon was introduced to the drinking world: a simple red plastic cup. Perhaps no other non-beer item is more closely linked to beer than Solo Cup Company’s ubiquitous red cup.

Solo cups are vital to fun activities from beer pong and flip cup to keggers and picnics. So beloved are the ruby goblets, country singer Toby Keith had a hit song about them, with lyrics like, “Now I’ve seen you in blue and I’ve seen you in yellow / But only you, red, will do for this fellow.”

Its name origins are hotly contested, but no one argues that the growler is among the greatest inventions of the beer-loving world.

In the late 1800s, taverns began filling tin pails with beer for patrons to take home. The pails were repurposed, filled with cool brew and taken—by kids—to thirsty workers while on the job. Over time, growlers evolved from tin pails to waxed cardboard containers, à la Chinese takeout. In the 1960s, growlers all but vanished, returning in 1989 when Otto Brothers Brewery reintroduced the reusable glass jugs we know and love today.

There are hundreds more anecdotes about the beverage we’re besotted with; I’m saving them for another column.

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

PINT-SIZED PI NT-S NT -SIZ ZED ED B BREWERS’ REWE WERS ERS R ’ COMM COMMUNITY MM MUN UNIT ITY IT Y AARDWOLF BREWING COMPANY 1461 Hendricks Ave., San Marco

BOTTLENOSE BREWING 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, Southside

PINGLEHEAD BREWING COMPANY 12 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

AMELIA TAVERN RESTAURANT & BREWPUB 318 Centre St., Fernandina Beach

DOG ROSE BREWING CO. 77 Bridge St., St. Augustine

RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach

ANCIENT CITY BREWING 3420 Agricultural Ctr. Dr., St. Augustine

ENGINE 15 BREWING CO. DOWNTOWN 633 Myrtle Ave. N., Downtown

RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY 835 Museum Cir., Southbank

ANHEUSER-BUSCH 1100 Ellis Rd. N., Northside

ENGINE 15 BREWING CO. 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, Jax Beach

SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY 9735 Gate Pkwy., Southside

ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING COMPANY 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 3, Atlantic Beach

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

SOUTHERN SWELLS BREWING CO. 1312 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach

BEARDED BUFFALO BREWING COMPANY 1012 King St., Downtown

HYPERION BREWING COMPANY 1740 Main St. N., Springfield

VETERANS UNITED CRAFT BREWERY 8999 Western Way, Ste. 104, Southside

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

INTUITION ALE WORKS 929 E. Bay St., Downtown

WICKED BARLEY BREWING COMPANY 4100 Baymeadows Rd.

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

MAIN AND SIX BREWING COMPANY 1636 Main St. N., Northside

BOLD CITY DOWNTOWN 109 E. Bay St., Jacksonville

OLD COAST ALES 300 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 31

CHEFFED-UP Chef takes a break from being salty to offer a SWEET TREAT

DOUGHNUT

UNDERESTIMATE BREAKFAST I SAW THE COOLEST DISPLAY THE OTHER morning at a surprisingly pleasant breakfast function. It was fun, colorful, clever and all-around brilliant. I’ll tell y’all more in a moment, but first a disclaimer.

Breakfast functions, whether work or social, are not something I often enjoy.

In the first place, I’m not a big breakfast guy. One of my creeds is “eggs are an ingredient—not a separate food item,” so I’m never really stoked at the thought of breakfast or brunch.

I’m sure most of you have attended multiple breakfast functions or meetings, often held in a conference room at your workplace or a hotel or myriad meeting rooms in schools. These events usually leave me with a headache and heartburn!

Most breakfast meetings go like this: old, bitter coffee with non-dairy creamer, insipid boxed grocery store or franchise doughnut chain “pastries,” maybe a granola bar, or yesterday’s mushy fruit. Then there’s the fancier social breakfast functions, starring lukewarm pancakes from a room-temperature chaffing dish, fake butter, imitation maple syrup, maybe some greenish scrambled eggs, old dry biscuits, instant grits … OK, got it?

Happily, these weren’t what I experienced at this recent breakfast. Not at all! I walked in with very low expectations, only to be shocked. The usually spartan room was brightly decorated. There were real tablecloths, two nicely arranged beverage stations, a tasteful buffet lined with well-thought-out platters of fresh fruit, skewers of berries, several chaffing dishes whose contents were actually hot and—the most amazing thing I’ve seen in quite a while—A DOUGHNUT WALL! Yes, doughnuts are super-trendy right now, with specialty bakeries opening on the regular but, boy, did the caterer hit it out of the park with this Cheffed-Up display.

It was a large, brightly painted board with “Donuts” painted across the top in multicolored block lettering at least 120 points, with wooden dowels holding the

tempting round goodies. Like a delicious tool rack in a garage. Outstanding! It sure beats the typical shoemaker-style display of a doughnut box on a table by a stack of napkins.

I doubt few of you want to make doughnuts at home—I know I don’t (I stop at the Donut Shoppe on University)— so I’ve shared a Spanish Almond cake recipe this week. It’s not a doughnut but, ¡caramba!, does it pair well with espresso!

It’s a breakfast even I would enjoy.

CHEF BILL’S TORTA DE SANTIAGO Ingredients • 1-3/4 cups almond flour • 1 cup sugar, minus 2 tbsp.

• 6 eggs, separated • 1 orange, zested • 1 lemon, zested • 1/4 tsp. amaretto Directions 1. Beat egg yolks with the sugar in a 1. mixer bowl on medium speed until 1. pale yellow and smooth. Beat in the 1. zest and the amaretto.

2. Turn mixer speed to medium-low, 1. add almond flour, scrape the sides 1. and incorporate completely. Scrape all 1. into a large mixing bowl.

3. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites to 1. a stiff peak.

4. Fold the whites into the flour mixture 1. in two batches.

5. Scrape into a buttered 10-inch pan 1. (I use a cast-iron skillet). Bake at 1. 350°F for 30 minutes.

6. Let cool for several minutes, then 1. sprinkle with powdered sugar or have 1. a side of Chantilly cream.

Until we cook again,

Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com __________________________________ Email Chef Bill Thompson, owner of Fernandina’s Amelia Island Culinary Academy, at cheffedup@folioweekly.com, for inspiration and to get Cheffed-Up!

CHEFFED-UP CHEF CH E FE FED D-UP UP G GROCERS’ ROCE RO CERS RS’ S COMMUNITY COMMUN CO NIT ITY BUYGO 22 S. Eighth St., Fernandina EARTH FARE 11901-250 Atlantic Blvd., Arlington GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET 2007 Park St., Riverside JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET 1810 W. Beaver St., Westside NATIVE SUN 11030 Baymeadows Rd. 10000 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin 1585 N. Third St., Jax Beach 32 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

PUBLIX 1033 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine ROWE’S 1670 Wells Rd., Orange Park 8595 Beach Blvd., Southside THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina TERRY’S PRODUCE Buccaneer Trail, Fernandina WHOLE FOODS 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin

Brett’s Waterway Café

Moon River Pizza

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

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

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

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

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

T-Ray’s Burger Station

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

202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310

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

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

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

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

Amelia Island is 13 miles of unspoiled beaches, quaint shops, antique treasures and superb dining in a 50-block historic district less than one hour north of Jacksonville JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 33

PET PARENTING FOLIO LIVING

DEAR DAVI

PETS LIKE ME:

THE BROOD Behind every GOOD HUMAN is an AWESOME PET waiting to share its story

DURING A RECENT TRIP TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOME, I was surprised to find a chicken coop in the backyard. I was even more surprised to see people pick up and carry the chickens as if they were cats. The hens seemed unfazed by human interaction and were comfortable leaving the coop to venture into the open yard.

I’d always thought chickens were ornery and could cause harm by pecking, but seeing these happy hens got me thinking.

Could chickens make good pets—just like dogs? I hung out with the flock to find out more about these cackling companions.

MEET THE BROOD

Davi: What ruffles your feathers?

Violet: The dog (sorry, not sorry). He likes to chase us. If Grandma didn’t like him so much, we’d leave the gate open.

Do you like to play?

All: OMG, yes! We have rattle toys and a swing!

What do you do all day?

Hyacinth: When we’re not busy scratching for bugs and food, we’re usually hopped on a perch or circling around each other, but laying eggs is our Grade A task and takes most of our time.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Rose: I dunno. Which?

Have you ever flown the coop?

Violet: Our coop is securely locked, but we’ve jumped the fence a few times!

What are your favorite foods?

All: Mealworms are delicious, and apples, and arugula! We also like cracked corn!

How many eggs do you lay a year?

Daisy: I don’t do math. Whatever 5 x 7 x 52 is—that’s how many.

Do chickens have a language?

Rose: We have a special code. The chicken world is predominantly a social one and

sounds, gestures and postures are all key in communicating with one another.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Hyacinth: To prove to the armadillo that it could be done.

Do chickens have a pecking order?

Daisy: The pecking order is, literally, determined by pecking. The bigger, stronger and more aggressive chicks bully their way to the top of the flock by pecking others into submission with their pointy beaks.

Do you lay all your eggs in one basket?

Rose: Yes. We trust our flock-mates so much, we simply agree with the earlier egglaying hen and add our egg to the clutch.

What’s your secret talent?

Daisy: Squawking. We have lovely singing voices—especially me!

It’s hard to put a number on how many chickens reside in the local area, but it’s evident that keeping chickens has become an unlikely symbol of urban chic. Chickens are fairly easy as pets go. They’re friendly, don’t require walks and will help with pest control by eating whatever grubs they can find. They even offer, *ahem*, tokens in return for their care. Call it a trend, call it a movement, but sometime soon, some chickens may be brooding in a neighborhood near you—and safely crossing roads without having their motives questioned.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund is a ‘you do you, I’ll do me’ kinda canine.

PET TIP: DOG TODAY, GONE TOMORROW SOMETIMES LIFE REQUIRES CUDDLES WITH A FUR BABY, but some folks may not be ready for the costs, commitment and poop-scooping required for full-time pet ownership. So why not get good karma by fostering? It’s temporary, and a big help to local shelters, PLUS you get and give love out of the deal. Be aware: Foster animals may be a little skeeved out by the upheaval in their lives, and have trust and/or health issues. Patience, preparation and honest communication go a long way to making it a positive experience for everyone.

34 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

LOCAL PET EVENTS KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Adoption hours and days are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. June 23 and 24 and every Sat. and Sun. at 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org.

ESTATE PLANNING FOR PETS • What happens to pets when their owners die? Attorney Vicki J. Bowers discusses this issue 10 a.m. June 23 at First Coast No More Homeless Pets, 6817 Norwood Ave., Jacksonville. Coffee, bagels and a tour are featured. RSVP at 520-7901 or bbarrett@fcnmhp.org.

FIRST COAST CLASSICAL DRESSAGE • William “Lee” Tubman presents the Summer Dressage Challenge Symposium, 8 a.m. June 23 & 24 at Jacksonville Equestrian Center, 13611 Normandy Blvd., 255-4255, jaxequestriancenter.com.

ADOPTABLES

JAKE

Howdy! Jake here. If you’ve been searching for a new best friend, look no further! I’m an easy-going, friendly pup with an award-winning smile. I enjoy a game of fetch here and there, and love hanging with people! I’ve spent lots of time with JHS summer camp kids in the last couple weeks, and we’ve had a blast! To see a photo of my camp pals and me, go to jaxhumane.org. And you can find out how to take me home!

FUREVER YOURS FUNDRAISER • The third annual benefit is underway! Get your raffle ticket ($20 a pop) at Unify Tattoo Company & Fine Art Gallery, 3501 N. U.S. 1, Ste. 1, St. Augustine, 770-7779, unifytattoofl.com. Each ticket buys a chance for a $600 Unify Tattoo gift certificate.

All raffle funds benefit the nonprofit St. Augustine Wild Reserve, a rescue center for unwanted exotic animals.

The big reveal starts 11 a.m. Friday, July 13 at Unify Tattoo, with food & drink; 50 percent of proceeds that day also benefit the Reserve. The raffle winner is announced near closing, at 7 p.m. Call for details.

ADOPTABLES

LUKE CAGE

The name’s Cage, Luke Cage. I may not be a superhero, but I do have a superpower: being extremely cute!

I really like humans and I’m quite cuddly once you get to know me—I totally love head pets and chin scratches! Let’s meet and see how we fit together. Just stop by Jacksonville Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside and ask for Luke. I’m here seven days a week!

FIND LOVE • The Humane Society of Camden County has plenty of fun-loving singles or every kind: tall, dark and handsome, pretty, petite, young, frisky, mature and distinguished, from all around the globe—and some have literally been around the block. Find your love with an adoptable animal by calling 912-729-7141 or go to humanecamden.org. Or stop by the Society at 950 S. Grove Blvd., Kingsland.

PIN UP PAWS CALENDAR • St. Augustine Humane Society’s eighth annual pet photo contest and calendar, themed “The Fast & the Furriest,” features local pets and cars courtesy of St. Augustine Cruisers. For the fourth year, Clear Channel Outdoor donates a billboard for eight weeks along I-95 in St. Johns County. To enter: Take a photo of your pet in any setting, add a nifty description to tell folks why they should vote for your pet to be in the calendar. Each $1 donation your pet earns equals one vote. Entry deadline Aug. 2; voting ends 8 p.m. Aug. 4. The calendar is revealed 6-9 p.m. Oct. 13, with cars on display and a silent auction, at F.O.P. Lodge, 5050 Inman Rd., St. Augustine, pinuppaws. com. Proceeds benefit the Society’s spay, neuter and surgery clinic, services and programs, and expansion. ________________________________________ JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 35

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

DALE RATERMANN’s Folio Weekly Crossword presented by

SAMUEL BECKETT, OSCAR WILDE, BENJAMINS & MAGICIANS

Serving Excellence Since 1928 Member American Gem Society

San Marco 2044 San Marco Blvd.

398-9741

Ponte Vedra

THE SHOPPES OF PONTE VEDRA

330 A1A North 280-1202

Avondale 3617 St. Johns Ave. 388-5406

FOLIO WEEKLY CROSSWORD 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

17

10

21 24

25

27 29

36

35

43

41

57

42

49

50

52

58

53 60

59 63

66

67

68

69

70

71

31 35 10 14 15

16 17

19 20 21 23 24

27 28 29 33 36 38 39 40 42 43 45 46 47 49

Retin-A target Type of toast Bealls section Bench warmer Reaction to a Comedy Zone pun Riles Who Lenny Curry beat to become mayor “Buenos ___” Total Wine option Loots Fa-la link Sore from running the Avondale 5K ISP choice Hilltop steak order Unlawful Shopping aid Crafts partner Diminish Florida House party VIP Lenny’s wife “Once ___ a time...”

Make invalid Slurpee rival The Y gym counts Tofu source Sharp flavor

51 FSU English course, briefly 52 Lab safety org.

53 Yield to gravity 56 Reverend 60 Jetsons’ pooch 62 Quite a tale 63 Curry’s major at UF 66 Posh party 67 Scorches 68 Restaurant known for its Duck Grilled Cheese 69 Yemen port 70 JFRD gear 71 “___ in the Name of Love”

DOWN 31 Prized horses 32 Jacksonville Symphony strings 33 Like some Mayport ships 34 1995 hurricane 35 Classic British sports car 36 Misjudge 37 Slightly nuts 38 Cry out loud 39 Like WasabiCon 10 Where Curry grew up

36 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

64

54

55

61

62

ACROSS

32

46

48 51

31

38

45

44

47

30

37

40

39

13

22

26

28 34

12

19

18

23

11

16

20

56

9

15

14

33

8

65

11 Lake touching four states 12 ___ and far 13 Deflating sound 18 UNF sports org.

22 Big Easy acronym 25 Stuff full 26 “Smack” 28 Curry’s party 29 Some Florida keys 30 Look in awe 31 At the zenith 32 Eye piece 33 “___ the night before...”

34 “That’s awful!”

35 Itty-bitty 37 Mom’s forte 41 “Darn tootin’!”

44 48 50 52 53 54

55 56 57 58 59 61 64 65

Floral neckwear Email option Raiti bread Ocean predators It spins to let people in The “King” of King & Bear Golf Course “We Got the Beat” band Colossal Tablet brand Green shade Off-the-wall comeback Titans D coach Rich rock Battleship inits.

SOLUTION TO 6.13.18 PUZZLE F R A Y E D

D E P O S E

F A I R

A C N E

S A A D M A

A E L B S R U R E P Y T E C A V O R E D T E G O O H A L U T O R E L L E

P O L O

I C O N

T S M O I T E R X E P P E R T

C S H H E I E O F R O T P Y K E P A G O W T E N Y D A M A R P R E H E A

H A M M E R

R E W D U L E R B I B E Y A L I A M I D G E N E R E N T S N A C H E S B I L L D S D A Y E D I E P E N S P N E T

ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my astrological omen-analysis, you have cosmic permission to enjoy extra helpings of waffles, crepes, pancakes and blintzes. Eating more pastries and doughnuts is encouraged. Why? Because it’s high time to load more ballast. You need more gravitas and greater stability. You can’t be top-heavy; you must be hard to knock over. If you’d rather accomplish this noble goal some alternate way, do so.

your Libran nature. Be extreme in moderation.

Be pushy in attempts to harmonize. Be bold and brazen as you use your famous balancing act.

One more piece of advice: My first astrology teacher thought that when Librans operate at peak strength, their power symbol is the iron fist in the velvet glove: power expressed gracefully, firmness rendered gently. Explore that metaphor’s nuances.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re slipping into the wild heart of the discovery season.

Your curiosity is mounting, listening skills are growing robust, willingness to be taught, influenced and transformed is at a peak. What better way to take advantage of this fertile moment than to decide what you want to learn about in the next three years? For inspiration, identify a subject you’d love to study, a skill you’d stretch yourself to master and an invigorating truth to boost your brilliance.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If I were your mom, I’d nudge you out the door and say, “Go play outside for a while!” If I were your commanding officer, I’d award you a shiny medal for valorous undercover work and then order you on a sabbatical. If I were your psychotherapist, I’d urge you to act as if the past has no power to weigh you down or hold you back. Then I’d send you on a vision quest to find the best possible future. Flee your usual haunts. Get out of the loop and into open spaces to refresh your eyes and heart.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Playwright/ novelist Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Four of his works were vital to earning that award: Waiting for Godot and novels Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable.

Beckett wrote them in a two-year span in the late 1940s, when he was dirt poor. He and companion Suzanne survived on her paltry dressmaker’s wage.

We might conclude that it’s at least possible to accomplish great things despite being broke. Make Beckett your role model for the next few weeks, to inspire you to believe in the power to be the person you want to be, no matter what’s in the bank.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ignore the temptation to shop for new heroes and champions. It’ll distract you from the main assignment in the weeks ahead: to be more of a hero and champion. Tips for being overly modest and to explore liberations possible when you give yourself more credit. No. 1: Finish outgrowing old heroes and champions who’ve served you well.

No. 2: Forgive and forget disappointing heroes and hypocritical champions who betrayed their ideals.

No. 3: Exorcise unwarranted admiration for celebrities who’ve snookered you into thinking they’re heroes or champions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Usually, I’d dismiss this, even though it’s funny and I like funny.

A negative assessment of the waterfall’s true nature, even in jest, as being unproductive and enfeebling is wrong. Wilde’s declaration might be a provocative metaphor for you in the weeks ahead, though. It’s wise to meditate on a waterfall that flows the other way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stage magicians may seem to make a wine glass hover in mid-air, turn salt into diamonds or have doves materialize and fly from their hands. It’s all fake, of course—tricks done by skilled illusionists. Here’s a twist: For a few weeks, you’ll have power to generate effects that may, to the uninitiated, resemble magic tricks, except your magic will be real. And you’ll work hard to do what looks easy and natural. The marvels you create will, unlike the illusionists’, be authentic and useful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The weeks ahead will be a good time to accentuate and brandish qualities that best exemplify

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sex education classes at some high schools use a dramatic exercise to illustrate possible consequences of engaging in heterosexual lovemaking without using birth control. For two weeks, everywhere they go, students must carry a 10-pound bag of flour.

It’s a way to get a visceral approximation of caring for an infant. Find or create an equivalent test or trial in the days ahead. As you consider diving deeper in collaboration or making a stronger commitment, do a dress rehearsal first.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Dull Men’s Club members celebrate the ordinary. “Glitz and glam aren’t worth the bother,” they declare. “Slow motion gets you there faster,” they avow. With no irony, they brag they’re “born to be mild.” I don’t usually want you to join a movement like theirs, but the next two weeks, it’ll be good to align yourself with their principles. If you can explore virtues of simple, plain living, make Swedish term lagom your word of power. At the Dull Men’s Club, it means “enough, sufficient, adequate, balanced, suitable, appropriate.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the Georgian language, shemomechama literally means “I ate the whole thing.” It refers to what happens when you’re already full, but find the food in front of you so delicious you can’t stop. I’m concerned you might be tempted to embark on metaphorical versions of shemomechama. I’m warning you to monitor any tendencies you may have to get too much of a good thing. Pleasurable and productive activities serve you best if you quit while you’re ahead.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t send me a lock of your hair, a piece of jewelry or a $100 bill. I’ll cast a love spell on your behalf without taking your hardearned cash. The only condition? Agree to have me cast the love spell on you and you alone. After all, your love for you needs the most work. And your love for you is the primary magic fueling success to connect with others. Besides, it’s bad karma to use a love spell to interfere with another’s will.

Accept my conditions, and show you’re ready to receive a telepathic love spell by sending me your telepathic authorization.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

NEWS OF THE WEIRD MAKE IMPERSONATORS GREAT AGAIN

Visitors to Merlion Park in Singapore on June 8 were startled to see Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump enjoying a casual walkabout, hand-in-hand. Upon closer inspection, though, it was clear that the two men were Howard X, a Kim impersonator, and Dennis Alan, a Trump impersonator, who went to Singapore before the June 12 summit meeting between the two real leaders. Janette Warokka of Indonesia was fooled: “It’s so shocking for me. I don’t know why those two famous guys come here,” she told the Associated Press.

Airport officials were not amused when Kim’s doppelganger, whose real name is Lee Howard Ho Wun, arrived at Changi Airport.

Wun said officers searched his bags, detaining him for two hours before releasing him with stern warnings to stay away from the summit.

Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority said Wun was interviewed for about 45 minutes.

GO TO KRYSTAL INSTEAD

If you’ve ordered a Quarter Pounder recently and specified “no cheese,” you may be interested in a $5 million class-action lawsuit brought against McDonald’s on May 8 by Broward County’s Cynthia Kissner and Leonard Werner of Miami-Dade. According to the Miami Herald, they’re angry that they’ve been paying for cheese even though they ordered sandwiches without it. The lawsuit contends “customers ... continue to be overcharged for these products, by being forced to pay for two slices of cheese, which they do not want, order or receive.” Also, Kissner and Werner “have suffered injury as a result of their purchases because they were overcharged” and “McDonald’s is being unjustly enriched by these practices.” Attorney Andrew Lavin admits the mobile app ordering option does offer a Quarter Pounder without cheese, but he notes in-store customers have no choice.

THE HEIGHT OF IRONY

Charlotte Fox, 61, an accomplished mountain climber who summited Mount Everest in 1996, met an unlikely death May 24 when she fell down the hardwood stairs at her

Telluride, Colorado home. Fox was part of the infamous 1996 Mount Everest expedition chronicled in Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, when eight climbers died. Friends called her fall “shocking,” according to The Aspen Times. Climbing partner Andrea Cutter said, “It made me think, ‘Jeez, it’s just so wrong.’”

San Miguel County Coroner Emil Sante said officials “have no reason to believe that it was suspicious at all.”

WAIT … THE FEEBIE WAS DANCING?

Things got wild on June 2 at Denver’s Mile High Spirits & Distillery when an unnamed off-duty FBI agent accidentally shot patron Tom Reddington, 24, in the lower leg.

According to the Denver Post, the agent was dancing and did a backflip, which caused his firearm to pop out of its holster and fall on the floor. When he bent to pick up the gun, it discharged. “I heard a loud bang,” Reddington said, “and I thought some idiot set off a firecracker. All of a sudden, from the knee down became completely red, and that’s when it clicked in my head, ‘Oh, I’ve been shot.’” A man at the bar applied a tourniquet to Reddington’s leg.

The Feebie agent was taken to Denver police headquarters and released to an FBI supervisor. Mile High Spirits has promised “complimentary drinks forever” to Reddington.

AND SHOVE IT, SIR

In a bid to unseat his boss, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, Deputy Sheriff Mark Maggs thrashed Sheriff Lenny Gramkow in the June 5 Republican primary by a vote of 878 to 331. Sheriff Gramkow wasted no time: Less than a minute after the polls closed, he fired Maggs, reported Sioux Falls Argus Leader. “As of this moment you are no longer an employee of Bon Homme County,” Maggs’ termination notice read. Maggs, a 31-year-old father of four, will not be sheriff until January, but he’s confident the county commission “will stand with my family ... and ensure my family won’t be left hanging without an income or insurance,” Maggs said. “We’re going to be fine.”

weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

Folio Weekly helps you connect with the paramour of your dreams. Go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html, fill out the FREE form correctly (40 words or fewer, dammit) by 5 p.m. Friday (for the next Wednesday’s FW) – next stop: Bliss!

Hey! Didja know Thursday, June 21 is NATIONAL SELFIE DAY. Monday, June 25 is LOG CABIN DAY. Tuesday, June 26? FORGIVENESS DAY! Waaay too many selfie-obsessed morons now, so, no. FORGIVENESS? Hell to the no, buddy boy. Toss that boring blueprint of a 3/2 ranch and build your frontier-lovin’ ass a LOG CABIN Dan’l Boone would slap yo’ momma for.

Fresh piney air, cuddly lil forest critters … drop the piglet, Grover, that big sow looks right tusky to me. Shoulda used FW’s handy ISUs! Muck out the stalls, pump the artesian, and find eternal love. Grab a digital device, go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html and take these easy steps: One: Write a five-word headline so the person recalls the moment you met, like: “ISU pitching hay for the cabin’s loft.”

Two: Describe the person, like, “You: Overalls, no shirt. Junior Sample would’ve cried.”

Three: Describe yourself, like, “Me: New pitchfork, yoked oxen and enough chaw to last till after supper.”

Four: Describe the moment, like, “Took a pull off the jug, spat on the ground and grabbed my banjo as you tuned a dobro. We made right purdy music that day.”

Five: Pitch woo, not hay. Send a 40-WORD message. No names, emails, websites, etc. Find love with Folio Weekly ISUs at folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html!

BLACK FOUR-DOOR CADILLAC You watched me putting a shot back into the back of my car. You stopped and had your flashers on and I was too shy to stop. I wish I had.When: June 13. Where: Home Depot Lane Ave. #1703-0620 SANDY TOES & A ROSE You: Mocked my princess-wedding dreams, then strode over sand, rose in hand. Young men admired your moxie. Me: Sure you’re a romantic. Hard to surf the pier’s 1-2’ without longboard. Hang yours in my garage? When: May 21. Where: Jax Beach Pier. #1702-0620 EASTER SUNDAY: THIS IS SILLY You: Serving, tall, tattoos, beautiful eyes; sweeping close by on purpose? Me: Dirty blonde, striped dress, dark lipstick, lunch with parents. Eyes met. Should’ve left my number.

Can I sit in your section next time? When: April 1. Where: Black Sheep. #1701-0606 ROYAL AUSSIE AIR FORCE Dreamboat RAAF sharing vegan chia pudding with pal. Your flight suit hunkiness make me speechless. We shared a table; I blushed a lot, too shy to say hi; I am now! Meet for pudding?

When: May 23. Where: Southern Roots Filling Station. #1700-0530 HOT SILVER WATCH You: Got soda, sat at table by me; medium height, black manbun, red dress shirt, sexy watch. Me: Tall man, short brown hair, mid-20s, gray shirt. Why didn’t I say hello? Too shy. Show me more silver! When: May 22. Where: Lee’s Sandwich Shoppe, Baymeadows. #1699-0530 BLUE-EYED GEMINI BOY My Favorite Blue-Eyed Gem, you were leaving; you left me behind. I think about you all the time. We used to read these ads and laugh together. Miss you; hope you’re smiling. Love, Your Florida Gem. When: Aug. 8, 2017. Where: Downtown under the Blue Bridge. #1698-0516 BEAUTIFUL EYES BARISTA You: Work at Bold Bean. Me: Hot, iced vanilla latte every few days. Caught your gaze, couldn’t get away from your beauty. Care for a cup of coffee? Or just a nice lazy afternoon? When: Wednesday, March 21. Where: Bold Bean San Marco. #1696-0328

BEARDED WET MAN POST-5K You: Tall man, dreamy eyes, black shirt, shorts, talked of running with my black goldendoodle.

Me: Dripping wet brunette, pink tank, black yoga pants, enjoyed chocolate-covered strawberry.

Never got your name. Wanna get wet again?

When: April 7. Where: 1st Place Sports, San Marco. #1697-0411 HANDSOME T OF OHIO You: Baseball cap, T-shirt under shirt, khakis, eating pizza. You came to our table. We thought you worked there. We were going to Brix; you didn’t show. Looking for you. When: March 10.

Where: Flask & Cannon, JB. #1695-0314 STUNNING AUSTRALIAN BLOND You: Long blond hair, black leggings, awesome accent, cruising store. Me: Brown hair, red shorts, clueless in store. Crossed paths, left chatting about Vegemite. Let’s continue over a cold beverage. Cheers, diplomatic relations!

When: 10:30 a.m. March 1. Where: Whole Foods San Jose. #1694-0307 DNDANGGG I was a Warlock; you, a Fighter. I cast the spells, you beat the NPC to oblivion. You had a French braid; I was impressed with your strength modifier. We campaigned six times; let’s roll a critical hit together:) When: June 2017. Where: Riverside. #1693-0221 BEAUTIFUL MAN AT DAILY’S You: Filling truck. Me: Shy blonde washing windshield. You asked, “Do you want help with that?” I was speechless; second chance?

When: Feb. 1. Where: Bartram Park Daily’s. #1692-0221 CHOCOLATE STUD You: Tall, chocolate man drinking a PBR by the dance floor. Me: Tall, hot brunette, covered in ink, drooling, watching you drink your beer. Will you marry me? When: Dec. 31, 2014. Where: Birdies. #1691-0214 BLACK VELVET KITTYCAT SLIPPERS 7 a.m., didn’t want to be at Quest Diagnostics till you walked in. You: Beautiful, tiny, long, dark hair, horn-rimmed glasses. Me: Stocky, black NY cap, black sweatshirt, Adidas high-tops.

Regret no “Hello.” Dinner? When: Feb. 2. Where: Beach Blvd. Quest Diagnostics. #1690-0207 JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 37

CLASSIFIEDS

YOUR PORTAL TO REACHING 95,000+ READERS WEEKLY MISCELLANEOUS

NEED A ROOMMATE? Roommates.com will help you find your Perfect Match™ today! (AAN CAN) (12/12/18)

HUGHESNET SATELLITE INTERNET – 25mbps starting at $49.99/mo! FAST download speeds.

WiFi built in! FREE Standard Installation for lease customers! Limited Time, Call 1-800-490-4140.

(AAN CAN)(6/27/18) DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply.

Call Now: 1-800-373-6508. (AAN CAN)(6/27/18)

HEALTH

PENIS ENLARGEMENT PUMP. Get Stronger & Harder Erections Immediately. Gain 1-3 Inches

Permanently & Safely. Guaranteed Results.

FDA Licensed. Free Brochure: 1-800-354-3944. www.DrJoelKaplan.com (AAN CAN)(6/20/18) LUNG CANCER? And Age 60+? You And Your Family May Be Entitled To Significant Cash Award. Call 844-898-7142 for Information. No Risk. No Money Out Of Pocket. (AAN CAN)(6/27/18)

HELP WANTED

CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST – compensation: competitive. employment type: employee’s choice.

We are looking for customer service representatives who are needing to start right away. This position offers top pay and flexible scheduling. You must be comfortable with speaking on the phone, no other requirements. Please email us: GDNE25@GMAIL.COM PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1,000 a Week Mailing Brochures from Home! No Experience Required.

Helping homeworkers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity. Start Immediately! AdvancedMailing. net (AAN CAN)(6/27/18)

ROOMMATE WANTED

LUXURY OCEANFRONT CONDO, Jacksonville Beach.

Share with professional woman. Unfurnished bedroom, office, studio. Share chef’s kitchen, dining room, living room, balconies. $2,000 month, 1/2 utilities. 678-472-5858.

FICTITIOUS NAMES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of BEEN THERE CLEANED THAT located at: 9922 BRADLEY RD, in the County of: Duval in the City of: JACKSONVILLE Florida, 32246 intends to register the said name with the Division

of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida Dated at: JACKSONVILLE, Florida, this JUNE, day of 13, 2018 MORRILL, MALORA DEE ___________________________________ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name: STERLING IMPORTS located at : 3826 CEDAR FOREST DRIVE EAST, in the County of, DUVAL in the City of: JACKSONVILLE, Florida, 32210 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida Dated at: JACKSONVILLE, Florida, this JUNE, day of 13, 2018 TAMCON ENTERPRISES LLC ___________________________________ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of THE INVENTORY ROOM located at 1852 Talbot Ave in the County of Duval in the City of JACKSONVILLE Florida, 32205 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida Dated at JACKSONVILLE, Florida, this JUNE, day of 14, 2018 FITZ PULLING LLC ___________________________________ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of BMH located at 6427 BLUE LEAF LN in the County of DUVAL in the City of JACKSONVILLE Florida, 32244 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida

38 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 20-26, 2018

Dated at: JACKSONVILLE Florida, this JUNE, 14, 2018 SIM SANDRA R

FOLIO VOICES : BACKPAGE EDITORIAL

M.D. M.J.

REFLECTIONS ON

PARKLAND

The time for civil disobedience IS NOW

MAKE AMERICA

WE ARE NOW NIPPLEIn a July 2016 TV deep in the fiery abyss interview, candidate Trump that is summer in Florida, flatly refused to support but temperatures are using federal power to dropping down south intervene against pro-pot in Hell, which has populations, saying, “I’m apparently frozen over, a states person. I think it if recent statements should be up to the states, by the president are absolutely.” He spoke more any indication. Donald explicitly at a campaign Trump–you remember him, rally in Nevada in October right?–was in Canada last 2015, saying, “The Trump’s stunning week, attending the G7 marijuana thing is such a summit in Ottawa, when big thing. I think medical marijuana comments he took a moment during should happen–right? create UNLIKELY a tête-à-tête with the Don’t we agree? I think so.

ALLIANCE traveling press corps to And then I really believe we augment their usual fake should leave it up to the news with some real news: states. It should be a state Trump came right out and situation ... but I believe declared tentative support for ongoing efforts to that the legalization of marijuana–other than for nullify the current federal ban on marijuana, which medical because I think medical, you know I know has been in full effect for about 50 years–or 80, people that are very, very sick and for whatever depending on your perspective. reason, the marijuana really helps them ... but in In so doing, the president puts himself in terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that league with Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and should be a state issue, state-by-state.”

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who just recently The left is certainly inclined to take his words introduced the STATES Act, which would obviate with a grain of salt (if not the entire à la carte salt the federal ban in those states which have bar at Whole Foods), and many may rightly see already legalized it. It stands in defiance to this as a cynical play to mute a high Democratic people like future-former Attorney General turnout in November. But, as they say in the wide Jeff Sessions, whose backers have (allegedly) world of sports, “A win is a win,” and politics compelled him to stand firmly athwart history, is a contact sport. Maybe a contact high is just threatening to use his Justice Department to what the president needs to mellow out and Make intervene against the will of the voters. Trump’s America Great Again. words were surprising, given his diamond-hardShelton Hull right posturing in the modern era, but it’s worth mail@folioweekly.com ___________________________________ remembering that, for much of his public life, Comrade Prezbo held to a fairly libertarian stance Got questions about medical marijuana? Let us on most social issues. answer them. Send inquiries to mail@folioweekly.com.

LIBERTARIAN

I ADMIT IT. I’M THE WEIRD ONE. LONG BEFORE Parkland, long before Sandy Hook, long ago, I began the practice of keeping my classroom door closed and locked at all times. What makes me weird is that I do not allow anyone except me to open the door.

You read that correctly. I answer the door, not the students, not any teenagers, not any children. ME. Only me.

Teens see a classmate or friend through the window and throw the door open, not stopping to realize that someone they cannot see may be right there, ready to come through the door.

It’s routine for me. I hear a knock or a student alerts me that there’s someone at the door. I go to the door, scan as much up and down the hallway as I can, assess the situation, and make the decision. If I make the wrong decision, I’m the one in the doorway dealing with it, while my students are jumping out the windows as fast as they can.

Weird ol’ Mr. Sampson. It’s the best I can do to keep my room secure.

As I write this, calls and plans for school walkouts have begun. Three days are mentioned: March 14, April 20 (anniversary of Columbine) and May 1. I have made no decision as to what I will do. I could be fired if I walk. At 60 years of age, it will be difficult to find another job and 60 is too early to retire.

But the moment has arrived when one must make a decision whether to stand up and be counted, or sit silently by.

Enough about me. This is a call for civil disobedience and that is what I will help my students understand. There are times when rules and laws must be disobeyed, either because the laws and rules themselves are immoral, or because something of tremendous importance requires action that would not usually be considered.

Students taking action, demanding change, demanding reasonable laws, insisting that their lives be protected, organizing protests in whatever form—a walk-out, a sit-in or a march—these students are making the decision to engage in civil disobedience for a cause that matters to them very much: their lives.

There will be consequences and they need to understand that possibility. That’s the point of civil disobedience. Authorities impose consequences until they are so shamed by the lack of resistance that they cannot ignore the issue anymore.

Remember that you cannot enter the U.S. Capitol Building without undergoing a screening of your belongings and passing through a metal detector. Congress protects itself. Yet those same senators and representatives won’t even try to engage in writing laws to protect American schoolchildren.

Out of thousands of responses I read in the days after Parkland, I found only two teachers who said, “Hell, yes, let me have a gun.” I’d like to say no teacher is saying that, but I have to be factual. The fact that almost no teacher wants a deadly weapon in their classroom should give sufficient pause to the self-appointed experts who think that, because they once went to school, they know everything about education.

We can stop these tragedies. But it demands that we have the will to do so. It takes the ability to find solutions and do it! It takes giving up all the divisions that our elite have devised to keep us apart and fighting when we the people should come together, give the elite the boot, and “form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”

Greg Sampson mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________

AGAIN

Sampson is a local teacher who blogs at stoneeggs.blogspot.com.

FOLIO WEEKLY welcomes Backpage submissions. They should be 1,200 words or fewer and on a topic of local interest and/ or concern. Send submissions to mail@folioweekly.com. Opinions expressed on the Backpage are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Folio Weekly.

JUNE 20-26, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 39