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MERCY

This land is NOT THEIR LAND

KILLING

WHEN IT COMES TO UNWANTED FOREIGNERS ON our soil, I have a simple solution: Kill ’em. That’s right, kill ’em. Old, young, newcomer, established, kill ’em all. Sure, it’s tempting to save that cute little one—so innocent, so pure. Well, let one live and the next thing you know, they’ll be all grown up and breeding another generation just like ’em. Trust me, I’ve seen it. The only truly effective means of handling these pesky invaders is pulling ’em up by their roots, cramming ’em into secure facilities and, as soon as practicable, sending ’em to their deaths. Burn ’em, stomp ’em into pulp, lock ’em in a dark bin with no food or water, whatever works, that’s what I say. You may think me callous or cruel, but it’s really the only way to guarantee the health and prosperity of those who do belong here. I’m not the only one who feels this way, nosirreebob. Yet everywhere I turn, it seems there’s another crop of foreigners sucking up our resources and refusing to assimilate into our environment. Oh, how it burns me to see millions take advantage of plenty that doesn’t belong to them. And don’t get me started on people who knowingly harbor these invaders. Honestly, we should all be ashamed that we’ve allowed this to happen on our watch. If we don’t do something, soon they’re going to take over the country; hell, most of the state is already infested! I am, of course, referring to invasive plants. If you thought I meant something else, I tricked you, buckaroo. If you’re a gardener, as I am, you’ve encountered a plethora of invasive plants. Locally, the air potato is probably most familiar, along with camphor trees, elephant ear and wisteria. Yes, wisteria, the fragrant purple flower that calls to mind romance in spring and Desperate Housewives. It’s not the only beautiful, beloved plant that’s put down roots where they don’t belong. Also on this list belong mimosa trees, water hyacinth, Mexican petunia, Japanese honeysuckle and so many more. I know, major bummer. Disclosure: There are a few invasive species in my yard— actually, I discovered one of my favorites is invasive while researching this piece; honeysuckle that my husband’s long-dead grandfather planted, with which I have made wine, just as my mother and greatgrandmother have done before me. Yes, I do feel conflicted about it. No, I do not plan to kill it. (Apologies to my biologist bestie who works for Florida Park Services.)

So what is a homeowner to do? First, find out what an invasive plant is—simply put, it’s a non-native species that thrives and propagates. Some, though not all, also significantly displace natives, thus harming the ecosystem by reducing food sources and habitat. Some choke waterways like water hyacinth, or block out the sun like air potato, or even cause a rash like Brazilian pepper, which is actually illegal to sell or plant in the state. Once armed with information, you have a few choices. Foremost, never plant an invasive. Nor should you plant something you’re not sure of—do a little research before digging that hole. There are plenty of resources online; I used Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Lists for this article. The amazing and wonderful folks at the UF/IFAS extension are an excellent source of knowledge and expertise on all things plants. For any invasive that’s already taken up residence, the most responsible choice is death, and soon. You can also transfer it to a pot, or keep it carefully trimmed and contained, which is better than leaving it to its own devices, but far from failsafe, as vines will pop up yards from the mother plant and seeds blow in the breeze and are consumed and planted, in a manner of speaking, by birds. If you do fight the good fight, be warned: Some invasives are so established, you may never completely eradicate them. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try—every little bit helps. Also be aware that plant fads move quickly and it takes time for a species to be recognized as invasive. Most do not consider Asiatic jasmine invasive—but trust me on this one, once established, it gets everywhere and it is an absolute bastard to get rid of. And no matter what you’ve heard, it will not bloom. Best not to bother. When choosing plants, ask around. Gardeners are a very helpful bunch. Lots of plant nurseries and supply stores offer entire sections of natives for crunchy granolas like me, and people who loathe irrigating. ’Cause other than, ya know, saving the planet, one of the best things about natives is that they basically take care of themselves—no irrigating, no covering, minimal (if any) fertilization; they’re a lazy gardener’s AND environmentalist’s dream. Plus, they attract wildlife. See, some good deeds do go unpunished.

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STONEWALL FEST Those of us celebrating Pride owe it largely to political activist, organizer, performer and transgender woman Marsha P. Johnson, one of the first drag queens to frequent the Stonewall Inn. During the uprising on June 28, 1969, she was among the first to fight back against the police. Hosted by InCahoots, Stonewall Fest is an art and music celebration that remembers even as it sashays forward– after all, there will be two stages. Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, June 30, 711 Edison Ave., Riverside, rivercitypride.com.

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SANDRA LYNN She of “Somebody Kissed Me at a Bar”

renown brings her California-inflected Country sounds to town. What does that mean exactly? Welp, according to soundslikenashville.com, Sandra Lynn is a “breath of fresh air in the current bro-country-dominated format.” You decide when you go hear her sing, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30 at the Ritz Theatre, Downtown, ritzjacksonville.com, $24.

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A NEW KIND OF ANARCHY

FILTH-O-RAMA Filmmaker John Waters is arguably one of the greatest minds Baltimore has ever produced. He’s often fêted by tributes, such as the one at The Metro this week. His films, bon mots (including what not to do with folks who don’t read) and un-put-down-able books, the tributes are well-earned. And who else in NEFLa could capture his spirit better than the Glitterbombshells? 9:30 p.m. & midnight, Friday, June 29 at The Metro, Riverside, 388-8719, metrojax.com, $7. (Pictured: Android from outer space, Izzy A’mon.)

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The St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica inspired Jorge Peña (viola) and Jin Kim-Peña (cello) to create this festival. They felt the splendid, expansive space cried out for classical music performances, as is often done in Europe’s historic churches. This year, the free festival has an incredible lineup of talented musicians, including pianists Wendy Chen and Ileana Fernandez. Doors open 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28, 29 & 30 at the Cathedral, 38 Cathedral Place, staugustinemusicfestival.org.

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KARMA CHAMELEON INDEED BOY GEORGE

In a 2016 article in The FRI Guardian, the famously combustible George talked about his insecurities, his rows with bandmates, and how even though he’s in a much better place, he still struggles with the level of megafame he reached. “If someone comes up and wants a selfie, I’m not going to be rude or hostile or arsey. I just pull a silly face. If in doubt, pout.” Boy George & Culture Club appear, with The B-52s and Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins), 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 29 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, staugamphitheatre.com, $59-$154.

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THE MAIL DOUBLE STANDARDS

LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS CORRECT. ROSEANNE Barr tweeted that Valerie Jarrett, an advisor and assistant to Pres. Barack H. Obama, resulted from the crossing of an ape and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. ABC then terminated her TV series, calling the Tweet racist. I guess they never heard that many anthropologists have remarked on the greater similarity of apes’ thin lips and straight hair to white people’s than to blacks. And then there are some interesting facts about ABC. George Stephanopoulos, Pres. William J. Clinton’s former press secretary, is a news anchor! Note, not an analyst or commentator but a news anchor. And ABC calls itself a news outlet. ABC also had Chris Cuomo as an anchor on Good Morning, America. He’s brother to the current governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, an ultra-leftist, and son of a former governor, the late Mario Cuomo, another extreme liberal. Like so many liberals, Andrew Cuomo has a deep commitment to diversity, as long as it’s not an opinion he disagrees with. He recently stated that pro-lifers are not welcome in New York. He’s evidently forgotten his Catholic roots but then loyalty, faith and tolerance have always been disposables to liberals. (FYI, I was born in New York City.) Then Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a c*nt (profanity for female genitalia, rhyming with runt). That is the one word that, despite progressive efforts to undermine our sense of decency, has retained its shock value. For this, she actually apologized, the poor thing, but her program remains. Actor Michael Shannon told an interviewer that Trump voters should die. Not to be outdone, John Cusack said Trump must be eradicated by any means necessary. Of course, these things don’t violate progressive standards because they have no standards.

Roderick T. Beaman via email

MORE THAN 2,000 CHILDREN

AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE AGENCY charged with enforcing the Florida Civil Rights Act and addressing all forms of discrimination in Florida, but more important, as a mother of three beautiful children, I am deeply concerned with the issue our nation is facing today: separating children

from their parents “suspected” of illegally entering the United States. I find myself joining the chorus of many Americans, from both sides of the aisle, in condemning the Department of Homeland Security policy; a policy which has sent nearly 2,000 children to mass detention centers or foster care. I cannot sit idly by and not voice my concern toward any system which encourages the warehousing of children in locations apart and often at great distances from their parents. Yes, this issue is a complex one and not one which should be dealt with without careful and wise consideration. I too agree that our immigration system is not working as intended. However, the injustice of a zero-tolerance policy is not the answer. We cannot simply sit back in the comfort of our homes and stay silent. As Americans, we must have an honest and frank discussion on this issue and act quickly to resolve it. I call upon all decision-makers at all levels of government, federal, state and local, to step up to the plate and ACT NOW! If we pride ourselves on being the nation that sees all persons for the content of their character, not the color of their skin, not the country of their birth and not the religion of their choice, then we have an obligation to reunite these detained children with their parents. But first and foremost, we must stop separating parents and children. And, let us never forget these words … “Truly, I tell you, whatever you did not do to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”

Michelle Wilson, Executive Director Florida Commission on Human Relations via email

THE WIDOW WORE BLUE

RE.: “Blue Wave,” by Scott Gaillard, June 13 SCOTT GAILLARD SAID IT BEST. THE DEMS ARE “FULLY capable of screwing up a one-car parade.” That is definitely my fear for the midterm elections. Will Bill Nelson lose to a man who defrauded taxpayers Medicare of $360-plus million and wrote a check for $74 million to become Florida’s governor? Do we hear or read about that? Anything about asserting his Fifth Amendment Rights against self-incrimination 79 times in a civil court action? Perhaps it’s “screwing up a one-car funeral.” Our own.

Bill Basford via email

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BRICKBATS TO WILLIAM BRUNSON Brunson, the now-former director of the Camden County Public Service Authority, was recently nabbed in an embezzlement scandal that led to the discovery of an estimated $700,000 budgetary shortfall at the authority. He is currently facing two felony counts of theft totaling $38,500 of government property. BOUQUETS TO SEAN POYNTER On June 11, the Fernandina Beach resident won his second national standup paddleboard title in a row. Poynter scored 17.87 out of a possible 20 to successfully defend his crown at the 2018 USA Surfing Championships in sunny California. He travels to Brazil with Team USA for the world championship later this year. BRICKBATS TO IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS Pamela Jordan recently wrote a letter to Clay Today in which she expressed dismay that the area’s animal shelters are at or over capacity, particularly considering that spaying and neutering is offered at little or no charge at many facilities. Preach on, sister. 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. 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018

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UNION JACKED

ANYONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS ME KNOWS WHAT I think of journalism. It is not an 8-5 M-F job. At least, not for me. I work six or seven days a week (seven during the political season—as I write this, it’s past midnight on Saturday night). Why do this? What else is there? If you love getting the story first, as I do, and getting it right, as I do, you’ll make those sacrifices. And those you love will make them, too. I was useless at celebrating my birthday this year—in no small part because I covered an Adam Putnam event the Saturday before, and decided to get five stories out of it. Among them was the GOP frontrunner’s as-yet-unmodified defense of the border separation policy. As friends know, one of my dearest pets— friends, really—passed away pretty much as my birthday ended. I had a day to put it in perspective. Then it was back to the beat. It’s what I thought was needed. For the stories. This is not a healthy or recommended way to go about this business, of course. But it’s where I am. My recent visibility in journalism has been, in large part, a function of a ridiculous work ethic over the last four years. The payoff: I no longer have to try to cut interviews or write breaking news during lunch breaks at a cubicle job. But I’m still a freelancer. Most journalists don’t deal with trying to build strong careers off 1099 gigs, and that’s a good thing. There is work I do well (quick hits, political horse races, occasionally interesting interviews), but I know I’m hamstrung by the day-to-day pressures. Some days, I write seven stories. That’s a lot. To do a bunch of stories on any given day, one sacrifices. My sacrifice (to quote Creed): the ability or the bandwidth to do deep dive investigations. That’s left, by and large, to corporate newsrooms. They have the workforce, the efficiencies of team. The folks working the news side at The Florida Times-Union are able to do deep dives like that, including stories on “walking while black” and the seeming inevitability of more catastrophic tropical flooding. Those stories, justifiably lauded, take time and resources. And for writers to feel like they can fully invest in that kind of work, the sort that, if done right, can change communities, they need to feel their organization backs them up. It became clear last week that, amid a series of staff cuts over the years, the T-U

news staff is leery. To that end, they are looking to unionize. If this goes through, the T-U will be the third GateHouse newsroom in Florida to unionize. And one can understand why. The reasons run the gamut; employees want stability in light of the cuts. A union offers a hedge all too rare in a right-to-fire state like Florida. Pay is another reason. One reporter, with the paper since 1987, has yet to hit $40,000 a year in a salary. Consider barely making a living wage (depending on lifestyle) after a 30-year run, even as Morris Communications made and now GateHouse definitely makes their money. That’s the reality for a lot of T-U writers. Against the backdrop of wage stagnation/ fall, and job instability via outside ownership, is it so hard to imagine why they might seek representation? Is it so hard to understand why they might seek to organize collectively? Most people with an opinion on this matter, who’ve struggled in the post-2008 economy despite a boom in equity markets, would contend not. These are folks who have families, and legitimate aspirations for the stability of middle-class life. These writers are able to do what writers outside an organizational sphere cannot do: petition for redress of their grievances. Consider their mission statement. “We fear that GateHouse’s short-term strategies will lead to more and more cuts in the future. As of today, there are fewer than 40 full-time employees working across the Times-Union newsroom in metro, opinion, life, sports, photo and the copy desk—a third of the staff we had just five years ago. “Once-filled desks now sit empty,” the statement adds. “For too long, under Morris and under GateHouse, we have come to work waiting for a shoe to drop, waiting to be called into an office, waiting to learn of layoffs. We have had no say in the future of our own newspaper, and the disconnect between corporate and the newsroom is vast. We believe the success of The Florida TimesUnion depends on its editorial staff. We must be a part of GateHouse’s decision-making processes to ensure we are not overlooked,” the statement continued. Can you blame them for wanting bargaining power, at long last? A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com @aggancarski JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9

NEWS BITES TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA & SE GEORGIA NEWSMEDIA

ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD In recent weeks, we have seen immigration issues weighing heavily upon the public consciousness, often in heartbreaking ways. As Floridians, we’ve got enough skin in that game to make Ed Gein blush, and we live every day in communities that have been decisively shaped by our immigrant population. A recent Associated Press story, written by Mike Schneider and reprinted in the St. Augustine Record on June 21, introduces a fun fact of which we should be proud: St. Johns County boasts the state’s largest Hispanic growth rate during the past decade. “The numbers offer a snapshot of how Florida’s Hispanic population changed from July 2016 to July 2017,” he writes. “They don’t reflect the wave of Puerto Ricans moving to Florida after Hurricane Maria struck the island two months later.” The growth rate in St. Johns County increased by some two-thirds. “North Florida counties led the state in the growth rate of Florida’s Hispanic population last year. But traditional bastions in South Florida and Central Florida led in pure numbers.” Residents there seem perfectly content with the influx of new neighbors. If only the rest of the country felt the same way, we could move on to more pressing matters.

HERALD-TRIBUNE & THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION News flash: The criminal justice system is deeply flawed, with substantial racial disparities, in terms of both prosecution and sentencing. Shocking, right? No, of course not. The bitter reality of bias in our courts has been common knowledge ever since—well, pretty much forever. It should be no surprise that Florida has its own special challenges in that regard, but even the most cynical observers would be troubled to discover how deeply the problem goes. A recent joint investigation by the Herald-Tribune and The Florida Times-Union went in-depth on the career of one notable prosecutor, Christine Bustamante, whose tenure in Duval County was characterized by outsized sentencing of blacks that went beyond the pale, literally. It’s truly a must-read article. “In 2015 and 2016 alone—when she handled more than 100 felony drug cases—blacks received sentences that were nearly four times as long on average as those handed down to white offenders,” according to authors Josqh Salman, Andrew Pantazi and Michael Braga, who logged more than 500 hours of painstaking research for this major journalistic endeavor, compiling data from more than 3,000 drug cases into a set of spreadsheets that measured both harshness and leniency. They noted the influence of other factors besides her own personal discretion: judges, police and even the defendants themselves. But the numbers ultimately weigh on Bustamante’s record, and it does not look good. The folks whose cases she tried will be pleased to know that she’s now in the private sector. But, this being Florida, odds are good that she’ll be back, sooner or later.

FERNANDINA BEACH NEWS-LEADER

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On the subject of hot fun in the summertime, golf has always been one of the region’s more popular pastimes, for reasons entirely foreign to some of us. But no matter: It is an inviolable component of the local culture, and it seems like it’s here to stay. Cindy Jackson, of the Fernandina Beach News-Leader, broke news of heavy resistance to the sale of a major golf course development on Amelia Island. There are seven courses within a 15-minute drive, so perhaps some felt that divesting of the public course could bring some much-needed moolah into city coffers, but no dice. Not yet, anyway. The Fernandina Beach Golf Club is beautiful, but it has fallen on hard times of late. By way of context, Jackson quotes some brutal figures from USA Today: “The state’s municipal golf courses have lost nearly $100 million over the past five years. ... While some dipped into reserves or found one-time sources of revenue, overall, these county- and city-owned courses required $64.9 million in subsidies to stay afloat.” It’s unclear how much the city has kicked in to offset revenue shortfalls at the FBGC, but according to General Manager Steve Murphy, “There’s no doubt the golf industry has bottomed out,” though he does claim the club isn’t too far off from profitability. “Conservation is probably one or two on the list of reasons to keep the course,” said Murphy. “It’s just a huge amenity to the city. A lot of our visitors come because of this golf course. They can stay here for three months and afford to play golf for three months. The financial impact on the rest of the city is huge.” There’s a great desire to keep that 34 acres as a public asset, even if doing so requires further investment, with one commissioner citing $6 million as the magic number. Mayor Johnny Miller put it best: “When it’s gone, it’s gone. If we sell it, we can’t get it back.” Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com

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HOUSTON WANTS NUNYA

Houston’s mayor has a message regarding the proposed detention center for detained immigrant children in his city: Hell to the no. Houston Press reports that Mayor Sylvester Turner held a press conference on June 20 in which he flatly stated that the city was not interested in allowing the warehouse at the deeply ironic address of 419 Emancipation Ave. to be turned into a kiddie ‘don’t call it a jail’ jail. With city councilors, faith and nonprofit leaders by his side, Turner reportedly emphasized that though they “come from diverse backgrounds, they are united in their opposition ‘to the unjust and immoral policy of ripping apart families and taking children away from their families.’” Some Floridians may struggle to imagine such progressiveness from a mayor, but that’s not all. Turns out Turner was also bummed because the city has been in negotiations to lease the space in order to—get this—shelter long-term homeless people, including offering holistic services and care for those with mental health and substance abuse issues. The Lone Star State is lookin’ mighty fine rn.

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The Miami New Times’ Jerry Iannelli is not a fan of flipflopping senators who betray their own people. Case in point: Senator Marco Rubio, who, Iannelli writes, “out of the kindness of whatever exists where his heart ought to be” toured the Homestead Temporary Shelter of Unaccompanied Children last week. But not before he said some words into a microphone meant to, uh, we dunno, make him seem less like a hypocrite who, despite being the child of immigrants, takes money from one of Immigrations & Customs Enforcement’s top detention facility contractors and supports detaining entire families, because he thinks they’ll all flee if released. (That, or he believes a cage is where the heart is.) Never mind that only 25 percent of people released on their own recognizance had immigration cases decided in absentia in 2016, as Iannelli points out. Unfortunately for Rubio, all was not to be polite applause and muffled yawns. Midway through his speech, protestors interrupted by yelling comebacks to his efforts to appear sympathetic and understanding. Rubio isn’t the only one with egg on his face, however. Iannelli writes, “Other political insiders have noted the base hypocrisy of Miami’s Cuban-American community, in general, complaining about policies ‘incentivizing’ asylum-seekers, since Cuban refugees were given preferential “asylum” treatment under the Cuban Adjustment Act for years.”

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As much as we would kinda love to see the cheesehead icecapades, the headline refers to the hundreds of Milwaukee residents who gathered outside the local Immigration & Customs Enforcement office to protest family separations and the treatment of immigrants at the border. Though the event occurred the morning after the big DT used a small hand to end family separation (allegedly), Shepherd Express reports outrage remained high. Several speakers included people with family members detained at the border, whose fate remains unclear at present. The speech from Alysha Ferreyra, whose ex-husband got busted in Wisconsin in June for being undocumented, according to SE, and remains detained awaiting trial and, potentially, deportation to Argentina, which he fled in 2001, was particularly heartbreaking. “It’s really hard to keep in contact because he’s treated like an animal and he’s treated like a criminal, but he’s done nothing wrong,” she said. “My [four] children are just broken … I want someone to help my kids get their family back.”

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Seriously, the vice president probs wished he could build a fence around himself when he traveled to Syracuse, New York last week. Throngs of angry upstaters outside the event Vice President Pence attended are featured in a photo gallery by Syracuse New Times’ photographer Michael Davis. Young, old, rich, poor, all pissed and protesting the family separation policy. Some of our favorite signs include: “Separating families is not pro-life!” “Vice president of child abuse,” “Children are not leverage,” “Trump + Sessions = kidnappers! Use kids for hostages and politics and wall. Inhumane!” and “Pence does Herod’s work.” Oh, and best of all: “Over 2,000 children are in your concentration camps. Enjoy your lunch.” We bet he didn’t. Then again, no one really enjoys eating crow, now, do they? JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11

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WHEN THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL Church meets this summer, it’s widely expected to pass a measure fully approving gay marriage within the church. It took a big step toward that decision the last time the body met, in 2015. There were, however, some holdouts, including the diocese that encompasses the Episcopalian churches of Northeast Florida. Lawrence Denton, a lifelong Episcopalian, took it hard when the Diocese of Florida opted out of the church’s 2015 decision to approve “trial rights” for gay marriage. While the Episcopal Church has been far more progressive on the issue than most protestant denominations, the diocese that represents Northeast Florida is part of about 10 percent of dioceses that chose to go in another direction. Denton describes himself as a “lifelong Episcopalian who happens to be gay.” So in 2015, Denton stopped attending the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Riverside, where he’d been a member since 1997, sending a letter of protest to Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard, as well as to leaders and friends in his home congregation. Denton has lived in Jacksonville since the late 1980s and has belonged to various congregations, including St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral downtown and the Metropolitan Community Church. He joined Good Shepherd because a friend told him the clergy and members were gay-friendly; the members founded a local chapter of the national group Integrity USA, whose website characterizes it as “working for full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Episcopal Church and beyond.” In Denton’s letter to Bishop Howard, he wrote, “If I find a same-sex partner to be my spouse, I can’t get married in my local church. I could be married in the Episcopal Church; however, the service must be performed in a church outside the Diocese of Florida. I find the idea of having to ask my guests to travel to a diocese where the bishop allows same-sex marriages terribly offensive and discriminatory.”

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LAWRENCE DENTON’S MODEST ST. NICHOLAS home is decorated with art. A collection of church iconography forms a kind of coffee table shrine in the center of his living room. Denton baby-talks his cats, which roam the house freely, while piano jazz plays in the back of the house. His friend of 30 years, who wishes to remain anonymous, sits in an easy chair and describes the feeling of love he felt when Good Shepherd congregants formed the Jacksonville Integrity chapter in 1998.

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THE CHURCH Christian “WHO HAPPENS TO BE GAY” protests the Episcopal Diocese of Florida

“The Integrity chapter was probably halfgay and half-straight,” says Denton’s friend. “I felt this incredible love coming through from the straight congregation. I had been worshiping at the cathedral downtown, but I was so moved by the love of God that I saw existing in this Integrity chapter that I joined Good Shepherd.” Denton notes that some church leaders in Jacksonville operate with an abundance of caution. Rather than being opposed to gay rights, they walk a dangerous political line with some of the more conservative churches in the diocese. The fact that he blames that same politic caution for Northeast Florida’s rejection of the House of Bishops’ movement toward recognizing gay marriage doesn’t mitigate the sting. In his “Pastoral Letter from Bishop Howard regarding the 2015 General Convention of The Episcopal Church,” the bishop wrote that though “the policy of our diocese” regarding “liturgies for blessing of same-sex couples remains the same,” … “our expectations regarding marriage and sexual relationships are in the accord with those expressed in our Book of Common Prayer (1979).” To the church’s gay and lesbian members, Bishop Howard continued, “I love you and I remain insistent as I have since becoming your Bishop over 10 years ago, that you be loved and cared for as part of the Body of the Faithful.” He then admonishes, “Part of being human is the possibility that we love our ways more than God’s ways. A lack of humility often makes us deaf to the will of God.” Denton points out that Bishop Howard came to Florida in 2004 from New York,

shortly after Gene Robinson, of the Diocese of New Hampshire, became the first openly gay bishop. Bishop Howard left New York for one of the most conservative Episcopal dioceses in the nation. When first instituted, the Diocese of Florida represented the whole state, but as Florida’s population expanded southward, the diocese was demarcated from the Georgia state line to the northern boundaries of Volusia, Marion and Citrus counties and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Apalachicola River. The Diocese of Florida is only as progressive as Northeast Florida. In response to the movement of the national church toward supporting gay rights, several Episcopal churches have sought to secede, even calling themselves “Anglican,” the national Church of England, one of the first protestant churches, from which the Episcopal Church evolved in North America. Part of Bishop Howard’s challenge in heading the diocese from St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in Downtown Jacksonville has been to keep the diocese from splintering further. Denton acknowledges, “It was miserable for Bishop Howard here his first several years, and the people who made him miserable are not gay people, but these conservative secessionists. He’s had to ask other parishes to increase pledges to make up for shortfalls incurred from secession.” Denton misses worshiping at Good Shepard, but says his faith is strong and solid enough that he can worship at home and be equally close to God. Denton’s friend says, “The church loves Lawrence. I hear them asking, ‘Is there any way to get Lawrence to come back?’ They love him. He contributed. He made a difference.” But Denton says, “Some people can’t understand why I’m doing this, why I’m abstaining from church attendance. I’ve heard people say, ‘You don’t have a prospective spouse, so why is marriage such a big deal to you?’ The issue is this: The church accepts my contributions, but denies me its sacraments.” LGBT Episcopalians feel confident—and yet a bit hopeful—that the House of Bishops will announce its “trial rights” for gay marriage to have been a successful endeavor at this summer’s assembly. Most likely, the next convention will put still greater pressure on the Bishop of Florida. The next step would be approval of liturgy for gay marriage in the Book of Common Prayer. Since the Episcopal Church, so far ahead of others, still moves slowly, that approval might not be a reality until 2021 or 2024.

Tim Gilmore mail@folioweekly.com

CREATING MARVELOUS MARCIE WALLACE’S art is inspired by a higher power

arcie Wallace giggles and it cracks up everyone in the room. “I love that man,” she says as we look at a drawing of Steve Harvey. And the image is unmistakably Harvey: The drawing highlights the versatile comic’s toothy smile and singular sartorial sense. In this instance, a chartreuse suit. The artist is leafing through a huge stack of her drawings. It’s early afternoon at the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville (CCGJ) and she’s talking about the path that brought her to art. It’s been a long, hard trail, with setbacks and disappointments, but she emphasizes one point above the rest, “Now, I want to surround myself with positive people.” To say that art changes lives is the kind of rhetoric that for the uninitiated can border on hyperbole. But for Wallace, it’s

true. She started drawing in 2013 and has gone from pinning her work to her clothing and walking around Downtown, to selling it to fellow parishioners at First Timothy Baptist Church, to showing her work at First Wednesday Art Walk and now, working on a limited-edition run of a postcard book. “I wasn’t believing in myself and now I do,” she said when asked what changed. “Anyone can walk out in faith and do whatever they want ... . You are put on Earth to do your job, not for yourself, but for Him.” Wallace’s pieces embody many of the concerns of our day, from the search for the divine to the search for happiness. “I’m doing it for Him and I am doing it for myself, because it makes me feel good, inside,” she says. Wallace often deploys humor and absurdity, married to larger concerns of her own including Christianity, cleanliness, the strength of women and her personal environment—which ranges from fanciful lamps to images taken from the news.

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Stylistically and ideologically, Wallace’s works fall within the folk/outsider/self-taught framework. Her drawings feature a flattened perspective, stacked imagery, simplified human and animal forms, and text—often Biblical quotes— but sometimes “just things I think up,” she says with a twinkle in her eye. These works share aesthetic sympathy with those of artists like Howard Finster and James Edward Deeds Jr.; who shared visual commonalities with medieval art—including areas of extreme detail and stylization, with occasional swaths of unadorned space. In medieval art, there is a sense of simplicity interlaced to vast, unknowable, almost magical machinations. Those aspects might be part of what makes outsider/folk art so compelling—to imagine that, in addition to the artist who’s physically compelled to make these works, there’s some sort

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Marcie Wallace and Patrick Fisher regularly meet in his office at the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville to make plans, set goals, and catch up.

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of tether, either sacred or observational, that cleaves that artist to a more meaningful world than the one the rest of us inhabit. Robin Jensen, a University of Notre Dame theology department professor, voiced this idea to the National Catholic Reporter, “We long for the spiritual, I think, even if we don’t know exactly what that means, and even if we have rejected organized religion, especially Christianity.” There’s a repetition of themes and visual cues which can become a kind of talismanic touchstone for the viewer. In Wallace’s work, depictions of angels and demons are often accompanied with passages from the Bible. The devils she draws run the gamut from the absurd to the deeply malicious. Their presence amid so much overwhelmingly positive and quirky imagery offers a clue into how Wallace frames her spiritual journey and how she often thinks about the challenges she’s faced: as anthropomorphic problems. This is not to say that Wallace is a religious artist exclusively, though those themes are present, (and sometimes in surprising ways) in the works. In one piece (full disclosure: I purchased it), a hula girl kneels in prayer at the lower right edge of the page, while varied texts exhort the viewer to “wash yourself clean for the Lord.” Another image, with the words “Long Neck Boss Man” written across the top of the paper, features a male figure dressed in a yellow-and-green smock, a tie and blue shoes, his long-arced neck emanating up from the page. Wallace has said she doesn’t want any man to control her; it’s an amusing leap to imagine this figure as a constant man-splaining micromanager whose neck is stretched out from too much peering over employees’ shoulders.

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or Patrick Fisher, CCGJ’s community and collaboration manager, Wallace’s work is especially compelling, because of “its innocence and humor.” In his

role at the Council, Fisher has worked closely with Wallace, helping her plot a path forward with her art. “One of the things we do is professional artist development,” he explains, “that takes many forms.” Of their first meeting in the fall of 2017, he says, “I can’t help but reflect fondly, I’d mentioned that our offices are in the same building as the symphony, and I think it was a big deal for Marcie. She’s a very stylish woman and she came with gloves up to her elbow and very put together for a 12 o’clock meeting.” Her work resonated with Fisher because of the content, and because of her explorations of themes and ideas; she dates each work, which helps create a timeline of progress. Fisher noted that in addition to her themes involving religion and pop culture, Wallace has gone through other phases, focusing on cowboys, Native Americans and modes of transportation. In developing a plan of action with her, one of the first things Fisher did was to suggest that she stop pinning her artworks to her jacket (though he’s quick to praise her ingenuity), in order to preserve the integrity of the pieces. That the art world can seem impenetrable is not new information. However, it does raise the question of how to get noticed when the people and places one finds most interesting seem to inhabit a different realm. “I didn’t want to define her goals for her; I wanted to learn what she wanted out of being an artist. And more than anything, she wants to uplift and inspire others through her artwork. It never was really about selling ‘X’ amount or exhibiting anywhere; it was really just about getting her artwork in front of people and inspiring them.” Before she started drawing, Wallace says that sometimes she’d sit at Chamblin’s Uptown every Friday “listening to positive people talk about what they do and how they do it.” One of the things she learned from that exercise was that most people have some kind of help along the way, so she reached out to the CCGJ, and that’s how she and Fisher met. He recalls that when she arrived for their first meeting, he’d expected her to bring just a few drawings. She had “hundreds.” Since then, Fisher has helped Wallace begin to navigate the local art scene. He’s introduced her to other local artists (many of whom

enthusiastically responded by purchasing her work); helped facilitate a space during the March First Wednesday Art Walk; she displayed artwork along with Clay Doran, Avant Music, Hurley Winkler and Aysha Miskin. Fisher has documented much of her work and helped design her website. “I like her so much as a person, I want to see her succeed.” Winkler, a local writer, recalls meeting Wallace. “When I was introduced to Marcie at Art Walk back in February, she said, ‘Hi, I’m Marcie. Come look at my drawings!’ She presents her work with confidence, which is something many artists lack. It’s refreshing to see.” Winkler also made a “good company” comparison to Finster, “It’s clear that Wallace allows her own spirituality to move through her when she draws. I love when the impetus for a piece of visual art is put in the spotlight that way.”

arcie Wallace has a daily routine. “I get up in the morning and start from in the morning [and work] until night,” she says. She starts drawing and, on days she’s not attending a GED class at Florida State College at Jacksonville, she doesn’t really stop for about eight hours. She sits at the kitchen table with colored pencils on the floor around her so she can see the colors, and draws. “I sit and think what to put down, and I go from there. I just go with the flow.” Wallace often pairs seemingly disparate elements that hint at a mysterious narrative. When asked about it, she laughs and explains that she plays a kind of “what if?” game. “I say how about this here: I just make this snake with the dog ... and I just draw it.” Considering the dog paired with the snake, symbolically it’s an interesting duo. From a Western art historical—that is to say, Biblically influenced—perspective, dogs represent fidelity; snakes represent chaos, evil and knowledge. So though Wallace does not put a fine point on that juxtaposition of faithfulness and trickery, it’s reasonable to ponder it. “There is a lot of depth to the work she is creating, and a lot of it is the manifestation of her relationship with a higher being,” notes Fisher. Before she began drawing, Wallace experimented with design, making handmade purses. When asked about those objects

A selection of Wallace’s drawings include themes she returns to: whimsical compositions, cowboys, scenes with a suggestion of narrative, and the highly decorative. now, she demurs with a laugh, not wanting to talk about them. But it’s that creative spark realized that has, with help from faith, transformed Wallace’s life.

orn into a family of 10, Wallace hints at an unhappy childhood marked by limited resources and limited love. “My daddy is nasty, he wasn’t an example for nobody in that house.” Recounting this memory, her eyes fill with tears; the pain she felt in the Gainesville home where she and her family lived decades ago is palpable. She left home as soon as she could. “I left when I was 16, when I met my first boyfriend. I told my momma, ‘I don’t wanna live in this house no more, I don’t wanna be there no more.’” On her own, Wallace struggled to make her way in a world for which she wasn’t prepared. “We couldn’t go anywhere, didn’t know what life was. I didn’t have nobody tell me how to dress myself, how to read, how to be a woman. I taught my own self how to be a woman.” A move to Miami brought a change of scenery, but for a woman who was in many ways still learning and developing, the move also brought heartache and heartbreak. Still, she says, she “was out there in the world.” In Miami, Wallace shared her home with people who abused her generous nature. “I have children to take care of and I love myself and I won’t let anyone take advantage of me.” Finally she said to her lackluster partner, “You get out of my house, you get out of my life, and I don’t want to see you. But I forgive you for what you’ve done to me.” She says she left Miami because of a warning she received from God in the form of a premonition. “I smelled something and it smelled like death.” That was 2010—though for a time, she moved back and forth between Jacksonville and Miami, because of a new relationship. But Miami wasn’t good for her; she says she felt there was a malevolent spirit that inhabited the house where she lived. Her life in in South Florida ended when she saw her boyfriend, who was lying in bed, transformed into a devil, complete with a single horn on his head. “This ain’t right, I can’t live like this,” she recalls with a laugh. Later on, with the demonic vision still fresh in her head, a stranger selling bread on the street told her she needed to “move back home, because where you are now, The Enemy is always going to attack you. You’re always going to be sad, you’re always going to be worried, things aren’t going to work out for you because you have seen the devil. The Enemy is heavy in that house and you can’t do nothing about it.” In 2013 she moved back to Northeast Florida for good. Soon after, she began going

to First Timothy Baptist and began making things. Of her first time in church, Wallace said, “You feel lifted inside, you feel like God is with you and He can take you places. I found my inner self [that day].” Asked what compelled her to start drawing, she says, “I was sitting there looking at the man on TV painting [Bob Ross], so I said, ‘What if I can draw like that?’” That same day, she went to Walmart to get materials. At first, she says, it was hard and the work was ugly. But slowly, “it came up.” “First I had started doing purses, and I went to church and I had three or four purses for sale and I went to church and sold one of them … then later down the line after that, I went to drawing,” she recalls. “I start drawing and people say ‘take your drawing out there, let people see it … let them buy it.’ I thought, ‘for real?’ and the lady at church told me to go to the library … but nobody

told me how to do it. So I waited because God said ‘wait.’” Wallace didn’t wait long, however, because she wanted to get her work in front of people. “I waited on the Lord. He pulled me through and helped me to draw. I was drawing church words to put on my back and walk around to let people see it.” She pinned her work to her clothing and walked around Downtown, selling her drawings for a few dollars each. That’s what she was doing when she reached out to the Cultural Council, at the suggestion of a Chamblin’s patron.

oday, Wallace is working with Fisher on a postcard book project. She says that it’s hard because she wants to make all new work. Fisher is excited about the project, too, noting, “Talking to Marcie, it’s never about

her, it’s about this thing she’s been called to do.” The book is being produced locally by Knopf & Sons Bindery; only 25 will be available at the end of June or the beginning of July. Talking to Wallace about her art and her struggles, one thing is very clear: Though she has endured an uphill climb, she knows how to persevere. She knows know to transform her life for the better. Marcie is 50 years old now, with three children and three grandchildren; these days, she feels like she loves herself and is proving herself to herself. “I love the drawings I do, and I think I do marvelous.”

Madeleine Peck Wagner madeleine@folioweekly.com

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utomobile magnate Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” And while this may be an odd source from which to reflect how far Tedeschi Trucks Band has come, understand that since Susan Tedeschi and her husband, Derek Trucks, decided to join creative forces in 2010, they’ve attained quite a number of milestones. Since merging their bands, TTB has grown into a 12-piece ensemble, releasing three studio albums and two live albums. Their 2011 debut album Revelator scored a 2012 Grammy for Best Blues Album. At a time when the music industry is fragmented and current trends seem to be about minimizing and having an artist’s output more singles-driven, the idea of being a large touring outfit deeply committed to recording complete albums can be a scary proposition. And Trucks admits he and his wife received plenty of cautionary advice when they decided to unite their bands after watching the 1971 rock documentary Mad Dogs and Englishmen. “I remember seeing that, thinking about having a horn section and saying we should give it a shot. Our manager and all the people that are our devil’s advocate[s] asked if we were sure and if we wanted that many people on the road,” Trucks recalled with a laugh during a recent phone interview. “We decided we were going to do it and we did. There were some headwinds for the first few years because I think people wanted it to be her band or my band. For the first few years, we avoided songs from her catalog or my catalog. We did tunes that the band was writing or tunes that we hadn’t

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FILM Hardcore Science-fiction ART Jeff Dowd MUSIC Jupiter Coyote LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CALENDAR

MAD DOGS

FLORIDA FOLK

Tedeschi Trucks Band is STRONGER and more INNOVATIVE than ever

over the last handful of years and it had played before. We wanted it to stand on its evolved into this place where the music was own and sink or swim. And if we got through getting more exploratory. We were starting those first few years, the momentum would to hit on things that we hadn’t hit on before hopefully start carrying it.” and maybe some of the tunes had started Since then, Tedeschi Trucks Band has to open up. Originally, we were just going evolved into a well-oiled machine, fusing to film it and then we decided to record the Tedeschi’s bluesy guitar playing and soulful whole tour and do a live record as well. We phrasing with Trucks’ biting slide work and happened to catch a great night on film extended jamming. Those skills are on full that we thought should also be a record. I display on Live from the Fox Oakland, the thought it was nice recently released twoTEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND that it all lined up.” CD/one-DVD set that’s Drive-By Truckers, The Marcus King Band, Interestingly, also the band’s second 7 p.m. June 29, Daily’s Place, Tedeschi Trucks Band live outing. Not unlike dailysplace.com, $37-$109 took the inspiration the aforementioned behind that legendary 1971 Joe Cocker/Leon Mad Dogs set, this Tedeschi Trucks tosses Russell caravan tour that nearly destroyed in originals, while pulling tunes from a wide Cocker and went re-created a substantial array of artists including Sleepy John Estes, amount of Mad Dogs in September 2015 Miles Davis, The Beatles, Santana and, in at Virginia’s Lockn’ Festival. Cocker was a nod to another Joe Cocker live doublescheduled to participate, but he pulled out album, a riveting reading of Leo Cohen’s in 2014, eventually succumbing to cancer “Bird On a Wire.” For Trucks, it’s an accurate that December. presentation of what the band’s doing now. The show became a tribute to the “The band was in a great spot,” he said. late English raspy-voiced entertainer, “There had been some personnel changes

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and included several musicians who had been along for the ride in the initial Mad Dogs tour, including keyboardists Leon Russell and Chris Stainton and singers Rita Coolidge and Claudia Lennear. Trucks admitted feeling uncertain about how things were going to go, but felt better once Russell was on board. “When we were asked about doing it as a Cocker tribute, we didn’t know at first,” Trucks said. “But then we reached out to Leon Russell and once he was in, then it felt right and all of the original cast was gungho. That was a special few days of rehearsal and then the show.” With both Tedeschi and Trucks having so much material from which to draw, fans can expect a rich mix of songs from different points of the duo’s musical journey in the group’s show at Daily’s Place on Friday, June 29. The musicians are also working up material for a new studio effort that could emerge by year’s end. “At some point, the band is going to stay in the studio to revisit about eight or 10 tunes that are floating around in various states of completion,” Trucks said. “But we’re going to go in and keep writing, because everybody’s mind is on the next studio record right now. At this point [in our live shows], we feel like this band is now a part of our history and musical life to the point where we’ll play tunes from her catalog or mine. Or even an Allmans tune [Trucks was a member of The Allman Brothers Band from 1999 to 2014] here or there–things that we’ve been a part of. We don’t have to keep it all separated. For us, this is what we’re doing. It’s all fair game.” Dave Gil de Rubio mail@folioweekly.com

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FOLIO A+E : MAGIC LANTERNS

MALEVOLENT COMPUTERS,

BINARY POSSIBILITIES

AI RULES over mankind … closer to reality every day

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ardcore science-fiction fans should rejoice now that 1970’s Colossus: The Forbin Project is finally out on video in widescreen high-definition. Previous releases, hard to find in any case, were uniformly drab and reformatted for TV. The new inexpensive Blu-ray from Shout Factory, however, has the movie looking as sharp as it did 48 years ago. One of the best of many other good sci-fi movies dealing with a malevolent computer, Colossus: The Forbin Project, like its predecessors and successors in sci-fi, has roots in the binary possibilities proffered by the scientific revolution—a world of dreams or nightmares. In a nightmare of his own making, Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) tells his girlfriend and fellow scientist Cleo Markham (Susan Clark) that the novel Frankenstein should be required reading for everyone in their field. Unfortunately, his tip comes too late. Charles’ version of Frankenstein’s monster is a supercomputer which he calls Colossus. It’s designed to control U.S. military defenses, effectively ending the threat of war. Of course, the damn machine ends up in absolute control of human destiny. People will now have their Golden Age, Colossus assures the world at film’s end, but only at the cost of their freedom. Colossus: The Forbin Project wasn’t the first movie to pose the threat of computers and/or Artificial Intelligence. Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (’27) was one of the earliest takes on the theme; Stanley Kubrick’s HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968 practically codified the archetype. Between those two landmark fi lms were numerous others, including ’57’s The Invisible Boy, a sequel of sorts to the classic Forbidden Planet (’56) in which Walter Pidgeon’s Morbius was of the Dr. Frankenstein ilk, whose scientific inquiries led to Monsters of the Id. Robby the Robot, a mechanical star of Forbidden, returned in Invisible Boy to help its young hero stop a destructive master-computer. Just as important as the AI threat, Colossus reflects the fear of nuclear war that dominated most sci-fi from the ’50s through the ’80s. The grim realism of Stanley Kramer’s 1959 On the Beach and Sidney Lumet’s 1964 Fail Safe was countered, but not modified, by Kubrick’s doomsday humor in ’64’s Dr. Strangelove. In Colossus, it’s the arms race that propels Charles to make a super-computer—which

ironically using nuclear attacks against its makers to show ’em who’s boss. Based on D.F. Jones’ novel, the Colossus script was written by James Bridges who got an Oscar nomination for The Paper Chase and The China Syndrome, both of which he also directed. The intelligent screenplay is the major asset of Colossus, with director Joseph Sargent’s contribution a close second. Sargent was a middling filmmaker whose other efforts in TV and film are mostly forgettable. In Colossus, though, Sargent hits his apex, imbuing the film with a near-documentary approach, relying on Bridges’ pared-down script instead of showy special FX to convey the building sense of logical inevitability. A brilliant but simple title sequence tells of the origins of Colossus and the computer’s discovery of a similar system built by the Soviets. Contacting its alter-ego, code-named Guardian, the two soon hook up to become One, waging an efficient and quite ruthless tyranny over puny humanity. The producers insisted on casting German-born Eric Braeden—a wise choice in retrospect, Braeden’s Dr. Forbin makes us focus on the character rather than a movie star. The other lead is Susan Clark, a familiar ’70s actress who’d been in Coogan’s Bluff, Valdez Is Coming and Night Moves. As Stephen Hawking warned us, the threat of AI is real. Be afraid—be very afraid! Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING WONDER WOMAN The 2017 adventure film runs 8:30 p.m. June 27 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: 2004’s The Stepford Wives, noon June 28. The Sound of Music 2 p.m. July 1. Isle of Dogs and American Animals start June 29. Bring your dog for a screening 3:30 p.m. June 30. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 697-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. IMAX THEATER Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D, America’s Musical Journey 3D and Pandas 3D screen. St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. SUN-RAY CINEMA The Incredibles 2, American Animals and RBG screen. Summer Kids Series: Moana, June 27 & 30. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? starts June 29. The Big Lebowski 20th anniversary screening, with Jeff ‘The Dude’ Dowd, 4:20 & 7 p.m. June 30, $15 + tax. Screening, bowling afterparty with Dowd, $60. 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. SUMMER MOVIE CLASSICS The annual series begins with a 40th anniversary screening of Grease, starring Olivia Newton John and John Travolta, 2 p.m. July 1 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787; for tix info, go to floridatheatre.com.

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ARTS + EVENTS Cab Co., 828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 461-8843, $15, thegypsycomedyclub.com. BALD & BOUJEE Malik S and Torrei Hart talk trash, 8 p.m. July 5 & 6; 7:30 & 10 p.m. July 7 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $23-$150. ROD MAN This laidback funny man appears 7:30 p.m. July 5; 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. July 6 & 7 and 7 p.m. July 8 at Comedy Zone, comedyzone.com, $25-$122.50. DAN & PHIL The Interactive Introverts stop here on their tour, 7:30 p.m. July 5 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., 209-0367, staugamphitheatre.com, $61-$104.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS ARTIST GRANTS Community First Cares Foundation awards $1,000 grants to 10 artists; deadline July 1, culturalcouncil. org/entrepreneursymposium.html. JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Accepts applications to show works; email jennifer.murray@flyjacksonville.com. 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. ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION The association accepts applications for its annual Wildlife Art Exhibition, opening July 21; staaa.org.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

It’s America’s 242nd birthday! Who would have thought we’d get this far? There are bunches of places to celebrate all over NEFla and SEGa; check out our list on page 22.

PERFORMANCE 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. 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; 8 p.m. June 29 & 30, 2 p.m. July 1 at The 5 & Dime, a Theatre Company, 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, the5anddime.org, $22-$25. FILTHORAMA (A DRAG TRIBUTE TO JOHN WATERS) Dragged for filth takes on unimagined levels of glorious nastiness as the Glitterbombshells pay homage to the Sultan of Sleaze John Waters, 9:30 p.m. & midnight June 29 at The Metro, Riverside, 388-8719, metrojax.com, $7. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG It’s a car, it’s a boat and it flies … it’s from the past but portends the future, it’s the little racer that did. Through July 29 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $38-$59. SOUTHEAST SISTER CITIES READING TOUR The tour stops here, 7-9 p.m. June 30 at Babs’ Lab, CoRK Arts District North, 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside, barbaracolaciello.com. FRUIT SNACKS Open mic night for drag queens: Drag, standup, music, hula-hooping, 10 p.m. July 3 at The Metro, 859 Willowbranch Ave., Riverside, free admission. WOMEN’S WORK A Louise Nevelson-inspired immersive theater piece by Kelby Siddons is mounted by Phase Eight Theatre Company, 7 p.m. July 5, 12, 19 & 26 at MOCAJax, Downtown, phaseeight.org, $25. THE SNOW QUEEN She steals happiness in the musical adaptation of the timeless Hans Christian Andersen tale of ice and adventure. It runs 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. July 9-12 at Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, theatreworksjax.com, free. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME This intriguing show opens 7:30 p.m. July 13, and runs through July 21 at Amelia Musical Playhouse,

1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina Beach, $15-$20, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com.

CLASSICAL + JAZZ JIVE KATZ COLLECTIVE The group plays 6 p.m. June 27 at Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704, pkstaug.com. THE KELLY GREEN TRIO Hometown musician and rising jazz star Green performs 7 p.m. June 27 at The Parlour, 2000 San Marco Blvd., 396-4456. MOZART AND A MENAGERIE Pianists Wendy Chen and Ileana Fernandez perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 10 and Camille Saint-Sae’s Carnival of the Animals, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Place, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free. CELLIST ANDRES DIAZ Diaz plays John Corigliano’s Fancy on a Bach Air, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free. JAZZ NIGHT Leelynn & Danielle with Cookin in Da Kitchen, 6 p.m. June 28 at Prohibition Kitchen, pkstaug.com. LYRICAL SUITES & HAYDN TREATS Cellist Andres Diaz plays Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite, Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 64, and Leos Janacek’s Idyll Suite for String Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. June 30 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, free.

COMEDY EARTHQUAKE No fault here (get it?) as the comic appears 7:30 p.m. June 28, 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 29 & 30 and 6:30 p.m. July 1 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $25-$30, comedyzone.com. VANESSA FRACTION Her hilarious standup, showcased on HBO, Starz and Fox, is now here, 8 p.m. June 28 & 29; 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 30 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $20-$150. DOUG CANNEY, CHRIS FLANAGAN The funnymen are on 8:30 p.m. June 30 at Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, Gypsy

DIG LOCAL NETWORK Weekly network’s 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–Savanna Leigh Bassett, The WillowWacks, Dixie Rodeo–10:30 a.m. June 30 under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET Open daily, 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. 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. Mission: Jax Genius features 12 local makers to encourage curiosity, interactivity and feedback. Earth Explorers, through Sept. 9. Native Networks: Cultural Interactions Within & 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 exhibit through June. ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-5828. Sharon Hayes Westbrook, influenced by her Southern heritage, exhibits new works through June. 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 2400 Third St. S., 853-6545. 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. BOLD BEAN RIVERSIDE 869 Stockton St., Riverside. DVNMYA shows portraits and tattoo-influenced watercolors. JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 19

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BRING IT LIVE Miss D and her Dancing Dolls bring the world ameliamusicalplayhouse.com. of hip hop competition to the stage, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at The Florida Theatre, floridatheatre.com, $39.50-$59.50. JIVE KATZ COLLECTIVE The group plays 6 p.m. June 27 at THE LARAMIE PROJECT This play is based on playwright Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, Moisés Kaufman’s trips to Laramie, Wyoming residents 209-5704, pkstaug.com. after Matthew Shepard’s kidnapping, assault and murder. THE KELLY GREEN TRIO Hometown musician and rising jazz Directed by Dr. Lee Beger; 8 p.m. June 29 & 30, 2 p.m. star Green performs 7 p.m. June 27 at The Parlour, 2000 San July 1 at The 5 & Dime, a Theatre Company, 112 E. Adams Marco Blvd., 396-4456. St., Downtown, the5anddime.org, $22-$25. COOL & COLLECTED LULI’S MOZART AND A CUPCAKES MENAGERIE Pianists Wendy Chen and Ileana FILTHORAMA (A DRAG TRIBUTE TO JOHN WATERS) Dragged 67 San Marco Ave. | 904-824-6113 82 Fernandez San Marco Ave.Mozart’s | 904-824-5280 perform Piano Concerto No. 10 and for filth takes on unimagined levels of glorious nastiness as Vintage • Mid-Century • Antiques St. Augustine’sCamille first cupcake shop! Offers a large variety of Saint-Sae’s Carnival of the Animals, 7:30 p.m. the Glitterbombshells pay homage to the Sultan of Sleaze 18 rooms of clothing, furniture, John records, handcrafted cupcakes, gluten-free, vegan options and custom June 28 at St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Waters, 9:30 p.m. & midnight June 29 at The Metro, art and kitchen FUN! Riverside, 388-8719, metrojax.com, $7. cakes (pre-ordered). by for a whimsical & wonderful treat! Place,Stop staugustinemusicfestival.org, free. CELLIST ANDRES DIAZ Diaz plays John Corigliano’s Fancy on CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG It’s a car, it’s a boat and it a Bach Air, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata and Dmitri flies … it’s from the past but portends the future, it’s the Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G Minor, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at St. little racer that did. Through July 29 at Alhambra Theatre Augustine Cathedral Basilica, staugustinemusicfestival.org, free. & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, JAZZ NIGHT Leelynn & Danielle with Cookin in Da Kitchen, alhambrajax.com, $38-$59. 6 p.m. June 28 at Prohibition Kitchen, pkstaug.com. SOUTHEAST SISTER CITIES READING TOUR The tour stops LYRICAL SUITES & HAYDN TREATS Cellist Andres Diaz plays here, 7-9 p.m. June 30 at Babs’ Lab, CoRK Arts District North, Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite, Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside, barbaracolaciello.com. No. 2 and Symphony No. 64, and Leos Janacek’s Idyll Suite FRUIT SNACKS Open mic night for drag queens: Drag, THE PURPLE LOTUSstandup, music, hula-hooping, 10 p.m. July 3 at The Metro, for String 7:30 p.m. June 30 at St. Augustine 360Orchestra, BOUTIQUE 35 San Marco Ave. Ste 859 1 Willowbranch Ave., Riverside, free admission. 50 Cathedral San Marco Ave.free. | 904-342-4064 Basilica, Metaphysical Boutique • Salt Lamps • Crystals • Essential WOMEN’S WORK A Louise Nevelson-inspired immersive A fresh and affordable selection of unique clothes, Oils • Herbs • Candles • Books • Gemstone Jewelry shoes, jewelry and gifts! theater piece by Kelby Siddons is mounted by Phase Eight EARTHQUAKE No fault here (get it?) as the comic Theatre Company, 7 p.m. July 5, 12, 19 & 26 at MOCAJax, appears 7:30 p.m. June 28, 7:30 & 10 p.m. June 29 & 30 Downtown, phaseeight.org, $25. and 6:30 p.m. July 1 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., THE SNOW QUEEN She steals happiness in the musical Mandarin, 292-4242, $25-$30, comedyzone.com. adaptation of the timeless Hans Christian Andersen VANESSA FRACTION Her hilarious standup, showcased on HBO, tale of ice and adventure. It runs 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Starz and Fox, is now here, 8 p.m. June 28 & 29; 7:30 & 10 p.m. July 9-12 at Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, June 30 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., theatreworksjax.com, free. Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $20-$150. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME DOUG CANNEY, CHRIS FLANAGAN The funnymen are on This intriguing show opens 7:30 p.m. July 13, and 8:30 p.m. June 30 at Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, Gypsy runs through July 21 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 20 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018

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he real descriptor is surely “somewhat biased.” That’s how Jeff Dowd has described his being the inspiration for Jeffrey Lebowski—“The Dude” or “His Dudeness … Duder” … or “El Duderino.” If, you know, you’re not into the whole brevity thing. Yet in conversation, Dowd isn’t into brevity; he speaks expansively and insightfully on topics like activism and film consultancy. Focused views on myriad issues refocus, as non-linear and tangential sidestreams zip and bounce from civil rights to Hendrix stories; even endearing advice on how to keep an altweekly thriving in the social media and anti-news environment. Jeff Dowd is “Power to the People” at maximum power. During an hour-long interview, Dowd doesn’t talk only about The Big Lebowski. In fact, he seems to want to get it out of the way to dig into more real-life ideas. The Coen Brothers’ ’98 film is a monumental cult flick, making Dowd a household name—well, a house where folks quote whole scenes, usually unprompted. Rabid fans call themselves “Achievers”—it refers to a fictitious, nonprofit youth organization in the film. On June 30, Dowd appears at Sun-Ray Cinema for two screenings celebrating the 20th anniversary of TBL. At each screening, he’ll introduce the film and then follow with a Q&A. “Do you want me to do your homework for you?” laughs Dowd, telling about the same questions he gets at most Q&As. He rattles them off: “‘How did you meet the Coen Brothers? Do you bowl? Do you drink White Russians? How much is true?’ Those are in the top 10.” Dowd believes much of the appeal of TBL is that the Coens made a Raymond Chandlerstyle film noir movie. “They just did it on nitrous oxide and weed,” he laughs, taking a break in his SoCal office. “But it’s noir; it’s a buddy movie, a crime movie. Pretty much every [Coen] film features a crime gone wrong. I think if Joel and Ethan [Coen] didn’t have a creative outlet, they’d be throwing chipmunks into wood-chippers.” In TBL, The Dude (Jeff Bridges) is on a darkly comical journey, usually with pals Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) and Donny Kerabatso (Steve Buscemi). A

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sadsack victim For 40 years, of circumstance, Dowd’s had a The Dude falls rewarding offinto a multiscreen life. As tendril’d conspiracy an on-demand of mistaken producer, identity, nefarious distributor and millionaires, selfconsultant, he’s professed nihilists, vetted scripts auto theft and even and funded and a near-romance marketed films, with artist Maude including the Lebowski (Julianne Coens’ ’84 debut, Moore), daughter Blood Simple, of the film’s “Big and consecutive Lebowski”—all Best Picture “tied together” in Oscar-winners his quest to find Chariots of Fire his stolen rug. and Gandhi. Last Plenty of bowling, year, Dowd and THE BIG LEBOWSKI White Russians indie producer 20th anniversary screening, with Jeff ‘The Dude’ and stoned Alex Nohe started Dowd, at 4:20 and 7 p.m. June 30 at Sun-Ray pontificating a film consultation Cinema, Riverside, sunraycinema.com, $15 + tax. counterbalance the agency, Blood Screening, bowling afterparty with Dowd, $60. wormhole of crime Sweat Honey. and chaos. Dowd says the Dowd believes his and Bridges’ parallel biggest success factor travels from person to lives contributed to Bridges’ masterful person, not focus groups and promotional hype. immersion into the character of The Dude. “Look, one tool I’ve discovered is that “Bridges and I were born within about 10 successful films usually have really strong days of each other and both in California. word-of-mouth. With a film, all you really What that means is that culturally and want to do is get that first opening week and politically, our experience was the same: then word-of-mouth carries it from there.” we were in the same grade when JFK died, That same word-of-mouth has raised The when civil rights, The Beatles and Motown Big Lebowski to an exalted place in cinema. happened. Jeff obviously has an incredible Most of The Dude is a buffoonish range. But his homework for this wasn’t exaggeration of Dowd, but one scene is based like he had to research a role for a 17thon what is surely the crux of Dowd’s life. century story.” During a post-coital afterglow, The Dude Dowd says that what draws so many briefly relates some of his backstory to Maude. to The Dude’s personality and plight is He tells her he was co-author of “the Port the archetype of the Holy Fool. It’s a term Huron Statement” and then asks her, “Ever describing lives of some Christian saints heard of The Seattle Seven? That was me … and heroes, and those breezily inured to the and six other guys.” world’s demands, jongleurs and ramblers, That was Dowd. At age 18, the now-69often seen as shallow yet they can be complex year-old Dowd joined the radical antiwar and radical. group the Seattle Liberation Front. Dowd “‘The Holy Fool’ is a court jester subtly and six others were arrested, charged with telling the king to fuck off,” says Dowd. “conspiracy to destroy government property” “People tell me they like The Dude because and “crossing a state line to incite a riot.” he tells it like it is. We live in a world we have During their trial, the seven draped a Nazi to wear masks; at work or in life. The Dude flag over the judge’s bench. For their efforts, doesn’t even have a job. So he’s liberated to be they were charged with contempt and all a free thinker.” seven did a stint behind bars.

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Jeff Dowd may be the inspiration for “The Dude,” but the decadeslong activist, freethinker and film polymath is NO SLACKER

Nearly a half-century on, Dowd remains a diehard activist. He calls one of his most passionate philosophies Major Systemic Change. “Look at the world. Everything is changing rapidly. Take how communication is changing through the hardware, software and how it affects you.” Dowd believes the “change” is occurring— and positively charged—through, in part, movements like the Million Woman March, #metoo, #timesup, Dreamers, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, #neveragain, ecological and alternative fuel organizations, and addressing increasing student debt. Dowd, along with 18 Nobel Peace Prize winners, is involved with PeaceJam, a global initiative that mentors at-risk youth. “These programs work! We’ve helped more than a million kids and have had a zero recidivism rate of them getting in trouble or arrested,” Dowd says proudly. “It’s all the same thing,” he says of dysfunctional systems including global finance, the approach to addiction treatment and drug prohibition, and mental, physical and spiritual well-being. “And there are solutions for all of this. It’s up to us to suggest, create and do things that are solution-based for what the problems are. The good news is that most actually already have a solution.” To change the world can seem daunting, especially when you don’t know which spoke to grab to spin the wheel. The same dude who sparked the creation of an onscreen stoner who writes a 69¢ check is, in reality, an erudite, complex dude who’s a vigilant, optimistic, freethinking activist. “There’s social hurricane happening now everywhere. I think it’s hard to wake up in the morning and live in that hurricane without friends and allies. My recommendation is to constitute a team. Who’s on your team? Find people to compliment each other: one can cheer you up; one might help start a business, another might help you mobilize. Get five or 10 together. If you don’t have a team you can trust and who care for one another … you’re going to be depressed. That depression is where violence and destruction begins; usually against oneself, then [goes] outward. So everyone remains sick. So get a team; that’s where real change can occur.” Daniel A. Brown mail@folioweekly.com JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 21

ARTS + EVENTS 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, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Eileen Corse’s Water; Rooms with a View, Ellen Diamond’s students’ works, through July 7. Curatorial Choice: Burnett, Hart & Pierson, through Aug. 11. 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 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 is works by Space, Aaron Smith, Wendy Means and Lynda Diamond, through 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., 824-2310, staaa.org. Honors Show runs through July 1. SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, 888-421-9222, spacefortytwo.com. Luisa Posada Bleier’s Untitled exhibits through August. ST. JOHNS COUNTY ADMIN. BUILDING 500 San Sebastian, St. Augustine, 209-0655. Harry McCormick’s works show July 3-Sept. 20. An opening reception is 8:15 a.m. July 17. THE ART CENTER TAC Gallery at The Landing, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. Smothered in Blue until Aug. 2; closing reception 6-8 p.m. THE 5 & DIME 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, 637-5100, the5anddime.org. Images relating to the current show, The Laramie Project, curated by Yellow House, exhibit through July 1. THE VAULT AT 1930 1930 San Marco Blvd., 398-2890, thevaultat1930.com. Rosalie Mark Atkins’ new works display through July.

EVENTS RIVER RISING TOWN HALL SERIES No. 2 Learn of the St. Johns rising waters, how decades of dredging has increased water levels and storm surge, and what we all must do, 6:30 p.m. June 28 at Oceanway Senior Center, 12215 Sago Ave. W., stjohnsriverkeeper.org, free. JAX JUMBO SHRIMP A homestand against the Montgomery Biscuits (mmm; shrimp & biscuits!) starts at 7:05 p.m. June 28 (Teacher Appreciation Night, Thirsty Thursday), 7:05 p.m. June 29 (Red Shirt Friday); 6:35 p.m. June 30 (Red Caps Negro League Night, Red Caps Hat Giveaway), 3:05 p.m. July 1 (Halloween in July), 7:05 p.m. July 2 (Charity Begins at Home), and wrap it up 7:05 p.m. July 3 (Patriotic Hat Giveaway, Fireworks), Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, Downtown, single game tix $5-$18, 358-2846, jaxshrimp.com. Next up: Chattanooga Lookouts! RIVER RISING TOWN HALL SERIES No. 3 St. Johns Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman says, “The current plan to dredge the St. Johns …7 feet deeper will only make these problems worse.” The discussion is noon-1 p.m. June 29, Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 E. Adams St., Downtown, stjohnsriverkeeper.org, free. OH SAY CAN YOU SING? Finalists perform live in a one-hour television special, 9 p.m. June 28, WJXT. PODCASTER MEET-UP Learn about creating and managing a podcast, 5:30 p.m. June 27, Main Library’s Makerspace, Downtown, jacksonvillepubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace. BEHIND THE THEMES See the magic of animatronic theme park rides at the fundraiser for Give Kids the World, 10:30 a.m. June 30 at Sally Corporation, 745 W. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-7100, gktw.org, $50 (includes lunch). BLACKBERRY PICKIN’ Fill your baskets, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 30 at Congaree and Penn, 11830 Old Kings Rd., Northside, congareeandpenn.com, $5-$15. RIVER CITY PRIDE NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK Celebrate with the Jumbo Shrimp, 7 p.m. July 2 at Bragan Field, 301 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, rivercitypride.org, $9. ART LAB A youth and family program led by an arts expert, 3 p.m. July 3 at Main Library’s Makerspace, Downtown, jacksonvillepubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace. AIGA JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING Creating a city where design thrives starts with making design attainable, by proving its impact, and by uniting the creative community. This is the first in a series of public meetings hosted by AIGA 22 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018

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.

4TH OF JULY EVENTS (All on July 4 unless otherwise stated.) INDEPENDENCE BASH DJs Pretty Ricky, Wilshem, Maserati Hari and KiiZii, 9 p.m. July 3, Mavericks Live, The Landing, 356-1110, $10-$15, mavericksbackagain.eventbrite.com. RED, WHITE & WHISKEY BLOCK PARTY The Volstead has a party better than your weird uncle’s barbecue out past Baldwin, 6 p.m., 115 W. Adams St., Downtown, thevolsteadjax.com. Fireworks 9:45 p.m. ‘DAY AFTER’ BEACH CLEANUP Keepers of the Coast recruits volunteers for its ninth annual beach cleanup, held at several sites in St. Johns County. Get all the details at keepersofthecoast.org or call 814-2172. RED, WHITE & BLUE ROOFTOP BBQ Grilled fare, traditional sides, sweets, tasty adult beverages, 5-11 p.m., 1000 Riverside Ave., eventbrite.com, $50. Barrett Thomas plays. SILENT DISCO Find your channel and dance all night, along with Myth dancers, artists, vendors, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., 333 E. Bay St., Downtown, $12.61-$107.62. CELEBRATION 5K 1st Place Sports holds a run/walk, a onemile fun run, with chip timing, free food, lots of watermelon, 7:30-10 a.m., details at 1stplacesports.com, $10-$30. RAM CELEBRATION Strangerwolf, The Firewater Tent Revival play; beer, kids’ stuff, fireworks (9:45 p.m.); 6-10 p.m. at Riverside Arts Market, under Fuller Warren Bridge, free. FIREWORKS FROM THE ROOF A regular menu, rooftop access, 5-10 p.m., Cowford Chophouse, 101 E. Bay St., Downtown. AMERICAN PRIDE 4th of JULY Clark Hill and Highway Jones play; kids’ zone, food trucks, fireworks over the river, 5-10 p.m., Moosehaven, 1701 Park Ave., Orange Park, free. FIRECRACKER 5K A scenic run through a tree-canopied resort; Omni Island Plantation Resort, 39 Beach Lagoon Rd., runsignup.com, $20/child, $30/adult. Proceeds benefit the McArthur Family YMCA. FIREWORKS CRUISE A two-hour tour (no Gilligan aboard), 8-10 p.m., Florida Water Tours, 282 Yacht Club Dr., Dock A-19, St. Augustine, floridawatertour.com, $59. IRISH 4th OF JULY Limited menu, cold drinks, 11 a.m.-2 a.m., Meehan’s Irish Pub & Seafood House, 20 Avenida Menendez, St. Augustine. BEER CAN RACES A Burnit & Tiki Party, 6:30 p.m., The Rudder Club of Jacksonville, 8533 Malaga Ave., rudderclub.com. PARTY LIKE IT’S 1776 Brunch all day; kids get a free ice pop with the purchase of a kid’s meal; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Wicked Barley Brewing Company, 4100 Baymeadows Rd., Southside. AMERICAN HISTORY TRIVIA Show your smarts, 7:30 p.m. at Lola’s Burrito & Burger Joint, 1522 King St., 738-7181. FREEDOM PADDLE Celebrate on the water at this SUP/Kayak paddle! Bring your own board/kayak or rent one; 8-10 a.m., Black Creek Outfitters, 10051 Skinner Lake Dr., Southside. PRIDE NIGHTS Hot dancing, hot drag–to honor the founding fathers, 8 p.m., Cuba Libre, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas. JULY 4 WITH RANDOM TANDEM Big jenga and drinking games like beer pong and quarters; plan on Lyft and enjoy the glory of the be-firecrackered day, 3 p.m., Hyperion Brewing Company, 1740 N. Main St., Springfield. RED HOT AND BOOM An all-ages show with Lauv, In Real Life and Jack & Jack, 8-10 p.m. at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown. HOMETOWN ALL AMERICAN CELEBRATION A family-friendly celebration with kids zone and contests: pie eating, most patriotic pet and most patriotic bicycle; 5-9 p.m. Downtown Fernandina, fireworks 9 p.m.; ameliaisland.com. KIWANIS INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL A parade, a fun run, arts & crafts, entertainment and river cruises, 8 a.m., Downtown St. Marys, smkiwanis.com. JAX BEACH’S FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS A beach party and fireworks by the sea at Jax Beach Pier, jacksonvillebeach.org. $4 FOURTH of JULY AT MOSH See MOSH’s summer exhibit Dinosaurs Unearthed, get close to native critters in the Florida Naturalist’s Center, and journey to the edge of the universe in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at 1026 Museum Circle Dr., Southbank, themosh.org, $4. __________________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city or neighborhood), admission price & contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner; email madeleine@folioweekly.com or mail 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Space available policy. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. printing.

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four or five years, and I hough Jupiter wasn’t sure if people had Coyote hasn’t hit forgotten about us. A the mainstream, friend of mine told me the Southern genreabout the house show blenders have done thing and I figured I’d mighty fine for try one the night before themselves. A quarterthe whole band rolled century after Matthew into town for a Jupiter Mayes and John Felty Coyote show. I put a left their North Carolina feeler out on Facebook mountain home to join and had 18 requests the John Meyer, Noel Felty, Jupiter Coyote frontman Sanders Brightwell and Matthew Mayes talks about next morning. This year capping it out at 80 Steve Trismen in Macon, his longtime band’s GENRE- I’m because otherwise we’d their hard-driving rock, BLENDING and the shows be doing ’em all year. I’m funk, boogie, bluegrass seeing more interest in the and jazz-infused sound with guitarist John Meyer band than ever, so playing has built a rabid fan base, in backyards has become following the six-piece a great way to rejuvenate the fanbase. I played a playing through 5,000 shows and selling house show in Jacksonville back in May and a nearly one million CDs. guy showed up from Fort Lauderdale who knew So what’s next for a band with a slew of every song I had ever written. He was naming accolades under its belt? After a four-year break off songs I hadn’t played in 25 years. from the road, Jupiter Coyote has a new album dropping Aug. 4, preceded by acoustic duo Earlier you referenced bluegrass, Pink Floyd, performances featuring Mayes and Meyer and Widespread Panic and Bobby Bare, which small-lineup house shows that build momentum perfectly represen represents your wide range for monthly Jupiter Coyote oyote blowouts around the Southeast. “It feels of influence uences. When you were good to be back out there, here,” growing up, were your Mayes tells Folio Weekly. interests that fluid? kly. inter “I’m blown away by the Oh, no. I started he Oh reach of this band and out playing banjo d o how many diehard in second grade, fans want to see us.” learning all the clawhammerJupiter Coyote style folk and has plenty of Appalachian experience Mountain I playing in could. By sixth Jacksonville, right? grade, I wanted to Oh, yeah. Back in the play Scruggs-style p ’90s, we used to play three-finger picking, th Club 5, then Jack Rabbits bits so I took lessons to and Freebird in the 2000s. master that. I got bored, 000s. We’ve also done the Tony Boselli though, and an picked up the Foundation’s event at TPC Sawgrass, guitar in high school. I went through and Cousin Catfish’s for Georgia-Florida a Zeppelin phase like everyone else; I started weekend. Meyer and I are excited for these listening to The Allman Brothers Band and acoustic duo shows, too. It’s really fun for me Lynyrd Skynyrd, teaching myself how to play because I can tell the stories behind the songs. each guitar part by listening to the record over I’ve got a quieter, more captive audience. I can and over and over again, sometimes for a year really concentrate on singing and fingerpicking. at a time. I probably wore out 50 Technics But Meyer and I can jam, too. He is such an turntable cartridges; now you can go to excellent guitar player—oh, my gracious. He YouTube and learn to play everything, note for can blister the frets off, note, in five minutes. and he’s a great slide MATTHEW MAYES & JOHN MEYER player. There’s a lot of When did things Noon-3 p.m. July 1, Seachasers, Jax Beach, sound coming from change for you? free, 372-0444, seachaserslounge.com just the two of us. Once I got into songwriting. It’s like How do you plan a set list for a performance John Popper says: “We’re all thieves.” You take parts of the stuff you enjoy and incorporate it like that? into your own music, even if it’s subconscious. It is totally me just calling ’em off. I’ve got The major/minor turns in Jupiter Coyote 300 songs across 18 albums in the hopper. are a direct influence from bluegrass, as well Sometimes I pull stuff out on the spot, just to as from ’70s rock like The Doobie Brothers. mess with Meyer. A lot of it depends on what Certainly, country got rolled into my grab I’m tuned in. If I’m in drop D, I’ll play a handful bag. Jupiter Coyote has a progressive funk, in drop D; if I’m in DADGAF, I’ll play a handful groove and jazz element to it as well, which is in DADGAF. Then I’ll switch to standard tuning probably why we were never on mainstream and we just make it up as we go. We might do radio. They didn’t know what to do with some covers, too. Some bluegrass, some Pink us. It’s roots rock—all organic. We have the Floyd, some [Widespread] Panic, some Bobby capability to play genre-bending stuff while Bare. Whatever we’re in the mood for. still sounding like us. At the end of day, we’re really a rock band, though. A rock band How does that compare or contrast with the driven by bluegrass, funk, jazz and Southern many house shows you’ve done for the last boogie, sure, but we’re not a country or two years? bluegrass band trying to be a rock band. It’s Man, some of those have turned into real the other way around. barnburners. The fans are not seated listening Nick McGregor quietly; most of them get kind of rowdy. mail@folioweekly.com Jupiter Coyote took a break from touring for

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You could say ‘just hair bands,’ but we are testifying: When Robin Zander sings “The Flame,” you will believe. CHEAP TRICK, POISON and POP EVIL come through, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30 at Daily’s Place, $29-$100.

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TAD JENNINGS 7 p.m. June 27, Surfer the Bar (Surfer), 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756, surferthebar.com. AMERICAN AQUARIUM, TRAVIS MEADOWS 8 p.m. June 27, Jack Rabbits (JackRabbs), 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $15. Music by the Sea: SALT DRIVEN RIDE 7 p.m., June 27, St. Augustine Beach Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., free, 347-8007, sabca.org. Bring something to sit on. FAITH EVANS, LALAH HATHAWAY, JON B 8 p.m. July 27, Veterans Memorial Arena (VetsMemArena), 300 Randolph Blvd., Downtown, jaxarena.com, $60-$95. JULIA GULIA 9:30 p.m. June 28, Cheers Park Avenue (Cheers), 1138 Park Ave., Orange Park, 269-4855, $3. SAM PACETTI 6 p.m. June 28, Lightner Museum, 75 King St., St. Augustine. CONCERTS IN THE PLAZA: BIG PINEAPPLE 7 p.m. June 28, Plaza de la Constitución, St. Augustine, 825-1004. RHETT REPKO, BRENDAN MORRISON, ASTER & IVY, LUCKY DUCK 8 p.m. June 28, JackRabbs, $8. UNDERHILL ROSE 8 p.m. June 28, Blue Jay Listening Room (BlueJay), 2457B S. Third St., Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com, $25. BELLE & THE BAND 8 p.m. June 28, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $10. HONEY HOUNDS 7 p.m. June 28, Whiskey Jax (WhiskeyJB), 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., Jax Beach, 853-5973. MATT KNOWLES 6 p.m. June 28, Boondocks. BEACH CITY 10 p.m. June 29, Flying Iguana (FlyIguana), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. SIDEWALK 65 7 p.m. June 29, WhiskeyJB. MIKE SHACKELFORD, STEVE SHANHOLTZER 8 p.m. June 29, Mudville. FISH OUT OF WATER 7 p.m. June 29, Ragtime Tavern (Ragtime), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877. HURRICANE PARTY 9 p.m. June 29, Rain Dogs (RainDogs), 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969. TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, MARCUS KING BAND 7 p.m. June 29, Daily’s Place (Dailys), Downtown, dailysplace.com, $37-$109. MELODY TRUCKS BAND, BONNIE BLUE 8 p.m. June 29, 1904 Music Hall (1904MH), 19 Ocean St., Downtown, 345-5760, 1904musichall.com, $12-$15. REDFISH RICH, ERIC COLLETTE & BAND 6 p.m. June 29, Boondocks. BLACK CALLA 11:30 a.m. June 29, Hemming Park, Downtown, hemmingpark.org. ADAM LATIFF, FAT CACTUS 5 p.m. June 29, Cheers, $3. THE PAPER CITY HUSTLERS 7 p.m. June 29, Colonial Oak Music Park (ColOakMusic), 33 St. George St., St. Augustine, 342-2857, colonialquarter.com. CHASE FOURAKER, MEGAN & LIZ 8 p.m. June 29, JackRabbs. BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB, B-52S, TOM BAILEY 6:30 p.m. June 29, St. Augustine Amphitheatre (StAugAmp), 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, staugamphitheatre.com, $59.50-$154.

JOSEPH SOLOMON, SWOOPE, NATALIE LAUREN 8 p.m. June 29, Murray Hill Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807, mhtrocks.com, $15-$25. AUSTIN PARK 6 p.m. June 29, Whiskey Jax (WhiskeyBay), 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208. DION TIMMER 9 p.m. June 29, Myth Nightclub, 333 E. Bay St., Downtown, $20-$150. CHRIS THOMAS BAND 7 p.m. June 30, WhiskeyJB. HOLY HUMAN, UNCLE MARTY, CHEMTRAILS 9 p.m. June 30, Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 342-0632. SUN JAMMERS 7 p.m. June 30, WhiskeyBay. MELODY TRUCKS BAND, BONNIE BLUE 8 p.m. June 30, BlueJay, $20. KEVIN SKI 6 p.m. June 30, Boondocks. BEACH CITY 10 p.m. June 30, FlyIguana. B-SIDES 9 p.m. June 30, Surfer. CHEAP TRICK, POISON, POP EVIL 7 p.m. June 30, Dailys, $29-$100. COPPER BONES, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP, CHROME FANGS 8 p.m. June 30, RainDogs. LUKE PEACOCK 8 p.m. June 30, Mudville. MATT COLLINS, BLAST OF GRASS 6 p.m. June 30, Seachasers Lounge (Seachasers), 831 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-0444, seachaserslounge.com. AS CITIES BURN, MY EPIC, TIGERWINE 8 p.m. June 30, JackRabbs, $15. THE BLUFF 5 BAND 7 p.m. June 30, Ragtime. JASON EVANS BAND 9:30 p.m. June 30, Cheers, $3. SANDRA LYNN 8 p.m. June 30, Ritz Theatre (Ritz), 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville.com, $24. THE TOASTERS, CHIEFORIA, PRIDELESS, FRIENDLY FIRE, NINE TENTHS 8 p.m. June 30, 1904MH, $10-$13. THE GROOVE COALITION 7 p.m. June 30, ColOakMusic. COPPER BONES 8 p.m. June 30, RainDogs. MELODY TRUCKS BAND 8 p.m. June 30, BlueJay, $20. THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, WALK THE MOON, MISTERWIVES, JOYWAVE 6 p.m. July 1, Dailys, $20-$104. BYSTANDERS 6:30 p.m. July 1, WhiskeyJB. JUPITER COYOTE, DENTON ELKINS Noon July 1, Seachasers. BLACK PUSSY, NINE E, SNORE 9 p.m. July 1, RainDogs. LINCOLNVILLE PORCH FEST 6 p.m. July 1, Sarbez. DONNY & MARIE OSMOND 7:30 p.m. July 1, StAugAmp, $44-$134. LUNAR COAST 7 p.m. July 1, Ragtime. TERRAIN, SATYR, FRIENDLY FIRE, PROBLEM ADDICTS 7 p.m. July 1, 1904MH, $8-$10. THE HEAVY PETS 8 p.m. July 3, 1904MH, $12-$15. SMOKESTACK 8 p.m. July 3, WhiskeyJB.

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BELMONT July 4, Nighthawks MASTER RADICAL, MUDTOWN July 4, 1904MH DAN & PHIL July 5, StAugAmp ERIC COLLETTE & CODY July 5, Boondocks OLIVIA BAKER, OH GREAT SEA, MALLORY MOYER July 5, Sarbez

STABLE SHAKERS July 5, BlueJay BARENAKED LADIES, BETTER THAN EZRA, KT TUNSTALL July 6, StAugAmp CLOUD 9 July 6, WhiskeyJB J CREW BAND July 6 & 7, FlyIguana DiCARLO THOMPSON, BEN PRESTAGE July 6, Seachasers CRAZY DAYSIES July 6, Boondocks HELIUS, LOWERCASE G July 6, JackRabbs KRISTOPHER JAMES July 6, BlueJay 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 GOOD WOOD BAND July 7, WhiskeyJB KIM RETEGUIZ & THE BLACK CAT BONES, THE SNACKS BLUES BAND, FOLK IS PEOPLE July 7, Seachasers YOWSAH July 7, WhiskeyBay REDFISH RICH July 7, Boondocks SOMEDAY HONEY July 7, BlueJay SWITCHBLADE VILLAIN, THE CHROME FANGS, TRADED YOUTH July 7, JackRabbs REBIRTH BRASS BAND July 7, StAugAmp 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 TOP SHELF July 8, WhiskeyJB MAMA BLUE July 8, Seachasers CHRISTINA VANE, MADI CARR July 8, BlueJay NIGHTHAWKS, DEAD BOYS July 8, Nighthawks THE BASTARD SUNS, THE HEAD CHEESE July 11, JackRabbs LUKE PEACOCK, JACK RINGCA July 11, BlueJay OLD CURRENTS, HALF MY HOME, DIVEBAR, TYLER PESHEK July 11, Sarbez WAR TWINS, TERRAIN, MASTER RADICAL July 12, JackRabbs A NIGHT OF BLUE-EYED SOUL July 12, WhiskeyBay ROGER THAT July 12, Cheers ADVENTURES OF ANNABELLE LYN July 12, Mudville FRANK SHINER, FRAN PITRE July 12, WhiskeyBay HINDSITE July 12, WhiskeyJB MINIMUM RAGE, DEMO, OOF, NO PDA July 13, Sarbez BOOGIE FREAKS July 13, WhiskeyJB WRONG WAY, CRANE July 13, Surfer 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW July 13 & 14, FlyIguana LOWERS ORDERS, SMART BOYZ July 13, RainDogs THE LEANING TREES, KEEGAN GREEN July 13, JackRabbs BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY July 13, 1904MH FRATELLO July 13, WhiskeyBay AJ GHENT July 13, BlueJay OLYMPVS July 13 & 14, Cheers

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC 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, Times-Union 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 GLASS CAMELS July 14, WhiskeyJB 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 GNARWOLF, COVINA July 18, JackRabbs 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 YOWSAH July 20, WhiskeyBay LIFT July 20, Cheers PSEUDO, SYMMATREE, KID YOU NOT, THE NED, HALF MY HOME, CLM July 20, Sarbez OPPOSITE BOX, SIDE HUSTLE, TROPIC OF CANCER July 20, JackRabbs GUNNA July 20, Mavericks 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 & MADHATTERS, 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 BABYBLU, THE FORUM, ASTER & IVY, IOH July 24, JackRabbs FRACTURED FAIRYTALES, BLOOD BATH & BEYOND July 26, JackRabbs THE GREAT CLOWN WARS July 26, Sarbez EVAN MICHAEL & THE WELL WISHERS July 27 & 28, FlyIguana PAUL LUNDGREN BAND July 27, WhiskeyBay DON McLEAN July 27, PVCHall POCO, PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE, ORLEANS July 27, FlaThtr SAMUEL HERB, COTTER HILL & BERNARDUS July 27, BlueJay ROSEDALE, PARKRIDGE July 27, JackRabbs THE FRITZ July 28, 1904MH BIG JOHN AUSTILL, FOLK IS PEOPLE July 28, Seachasers KORYN HAWTHORNE July 28, Murray Hill Theatre STRIKING MATCHES July 28, JackRabbs SUN-DRIED VIBES July 28, Surfer DISPATCH, NAHKO, MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE, RAYE ZARAGOZA July 29, StAugAmp STRANGER THAN FICTION, THE FALLEN SONS, SUFFERING OVERLOAD July 29, JackRabbs THE PAUSES July 29, RainDogs GROOVE COALITION, CORTNIE FRAZIER July 29, Seachasers DONAVON FRANKENREITER July 30, Surfer RAVEL, LITTLE GIRL July 30, JackRabbs BECOMES ASTRAL, TODAYS LAST TRAGEDY, TETHYS Aug. 1, JackRabbs 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 THE WILLOWWACKS Aug. 3, BlueJay LEGIT, SHEPARD, KID EURO, SKAM, REPRESENTING NUKAOS, BRANDON ALEXANDER Aug. 3, JackRabbs J CREW BAND Aug. 3 & 4, FlyIguana WOLF & BEAR, MAKARI Aug. 4, JackRabbs MH 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 OF GOOD NATURE, SERANATION Aug. 11, JackRabbs LONELY HIGHWAY BAND Aug. 11, SpiritSuwannee CARNIVORA Aug. 12, JackRabbs MARIE MILLER Aug. 12, Café11 EMBY ALEXANDER, RIP JUNIOR Aug. 13, JackRabbs CHUCK NASH BAND Sept. 14 & 15, FlyIguana 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 TRENT TOMLINSON Aug. 17, Dalton’s Sports Grill JASON MRAZ, BRETT DENNEN Aug. 17, Dailys BLUEJAY’S FIRST BIRTHDAY: YETI TRIO, MIKE KENNEALLY, BRYAN BELLER Aug. 18, BlueJay BEN STROK & FULL ELECTRIC, CUSTARD PIE Aug. 18, Sarbez BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Aug. 18, Seachasers YUNO, LANNDS, BOBBY KID 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 FLIPTURN, DENVER HALL, BOBBY KID Aug. 24, JackRabbs 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 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW Sept. 7 & 8, FlyIguana 100 WATT VIPERS, LOWERCASE G Sept. 7, JackRabbs UP FROM HERE Sept. 8, JackRabbs K.D. LANG Sept. 10, FlaThtr JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR, JD SIMO Sept. 11, PVedra Concert Hall DION TIMMER is fast DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST Sept. 12, becoming an international Dailys phenom, and you can say you DIERKS BENTLEY, BROTHERS OSBORNE, saw him when–9 p.m. Friday, LANCO Sept. 13, Dailys WIDESPREAD PANIC Sept. 14, StAugAmp June 29 at Myth Nightclub, ROGER McGUINN Sept. 19, PVCHall Downtown, $20-$100. 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 EVAN MICHAEL & WELL WISHERS Sept. 28 & 29, FlyIguana 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, 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 ISRAEL & NEW BREED Oct. 13, Murray Hill Theatre WEEN Oct. 14, StAugAmp STEEP CANYON RANGERS Oct. 14, FlaThtr ANDERSON EAST Oct. 16, Mavericks

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC ANDERSON EAST, SAVANNAH CONLEY Oct. 16, Mavericks BOB LOG III Oct. 19, JackRabbs COLT FORD Oct. 19, PVCHall BRETT ELDRIDGE, ABBY ANDERSON Oct. 20, Dailys DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, CHARLY BLISS Oct. 20, StAugAmp GRIFFIN HOUSE Oct. 23, Café11 THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Oct. 25, T-U Center ALICE IN CHAINS Oct. 26, StAugAmp 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 PALE WAVES Oct. 30, JackRabbs BLUE OCTOBER Nov. 4, JackRabbs 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 BENJI BROWN Nov. 23, FlaThtr PIANO GUYS Nov. 26, FlaThtr DAVE KOZ, MINDI ABAIR, JONATHAN BUTLER, KEIKO MATSUI Nov. 29, FlaThtr MARC BROUSSARD & HIS BAND Nov. 29, PVCHall OLD DOMINION, MICHAEL RAY, HIGH VALLEY Nov. 30, StAugAmp GHOST PALE DEATH TOUR Dec. 1, FlaThtr JJ GREY, THE BAY STREET BAND, MILLAJOHN’S BLUE SOUL Dec. 1, Congaree & Penn Farm & Mills PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, EUGE GROOVE Dec. 11, PVCHall JANE LYNCH, KATE FLANNERY, TIM DAVIS, THE TONY GUERRERO QUINTET Dec. 17, Ritz Theatre CHRISTMAS WITH ROCKAPELLA Dec. 19, FlaThtr THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT, JUNIOR BROWN, THE BLASTERS, BIG SANDY Dec. 21, FlaThtr DONNA THE BUFFALO Dec. 29, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Dec. 30, Seachasers ARLO GUTHRIE Jan. 23, FlaThtr JEANNIE ROBERTSON Jan. 26, FlaThtr INDIGO GIRLS Feb. 9, PVCHall PINK March 5, VetsMemArena ROGER McGUINN March 16, PVCHall ELTON JOHN March 15, VetsMemArena DEREK HOUGH April 7, FlaThtr

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA 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 27. Tad Jennings June 28. Milltown Road June 29. 2 Dudes from Texas July 2. Mark O’Quinn July 3

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free every Tue. & Thur. Indie dance every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri.

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING CO., 725 Atlantic Blvd., 372-4116 Jam session 7 p.m. June 29. Larry Yancey 7 p.m. June 30 BLUE JAY LISTENING ROOM, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Fred Heintz & Late Night Special June 27. Underhill Rose 8 p.m. June 28. Melody Trucks Band June 30. Stable Shakers July 5 BO’S CORAL REEF, 201 Fifth Ave. N., 246-9874 Brox, Charlie Velours, Jilly, Darren Parks, Those Guys, Jon Kinesis, Mike Shea, IBay, Two Wolves, Xander 1-9 p.m. July 1 FIRST STREET Courtyard, NB Oleta Riggs 6 p.m. June 29. Al Monte 6 p.m. June 30 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 Beach City 10 p.m. June 29 & 30. Samuel Sanders July 1 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 Briteside 10 p.m. June 29. Paul Smith 6 p.m., Fat Cactus 10 p.m. June 30 MEZZA, 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 Back Alley Cadillac July 1 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Mark Dennison June 27. Fish Out of Water June 28. Bread & Butter June 29. The Bluff 5 Band June 30. Lunar Coast July 1 SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Stacey Bennett 6 p.m., Smokestack 9 p.m. June 29. Matt Collins, Blast of Grass June 30. Matthew Mayes, John Meyer noon, Denton Elkins 6 p.m. July 1 SURFER THE BAR, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Tad Jennings 7 p.m. June 27. Chillula June 29. B-Sides 9 p.m. June 30 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Honey Hounds 7 p.m. June 28. Sidewalk 65 June 29. Chris Thomas Band June 30. ByStanders July 1. Smokestack July 3

DOWNTOWN

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1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Melody Trucks Band, Bonnie Blue, Blackwater Grease June 29. The Toasters, Chieforia, Prideless, Friendly Fire, Nine Tenths June 30. Mustapio, Satyr, Friendly Fire, Problem Addicts July 1. House jam July 2. Heavy Pets July 3 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 Trevor Tanner 8 p.m. June 30 JAX LANDING, 353-1188 Neon Whiskey 7 p.m. June 29. Sondra Hunt Band 6 p.m., Pirate Flag Band: Kenny Chesney Tribute 10 p.m. June 30 MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue, Nik Sin, Short E. 7 p.m. June 29 MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 D3TAY June 27. Dion Timmer, Sub-Lo, FourthQuarterQuan 9 p.m. June 29

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Cruise Control, Steve 6 p.m. June 27. Matt Knowles June 28. Redfish Rich, Eric Collette & Band June 29. Kevin Ski June 30 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Anton LaPlume 6 p.m. June 28. Highway Jones 9 p.m. June 29. The Remains 9 p.m. June 30. Southpaw July 1

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Double Down 9 p.m. June 27. Second Shot 10 p.m. June 29 & 30 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Vegas Gray 8:30 p.m. June 29. Bad Habits 8:30 p.m. June 30

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci June 27 & July 1 IGGY’S GRILL & BAR, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, 209-5209 Hard 2 Handle June 29. Melissa Smith, Ivan Pulley, City of Bridges June 30. Hot Pocketz July 1

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 DJ Capone June 27. Julia Gulia June 28. Adam Latiff, Fat Cactus June 29. Jason Evans Band June 30 THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 DJ Covert June 28. Reinstated 10 p.m. June 29. Joint Operation June 30

PONTE VEDRA

MEDURE, 818 A1A, 543-3797 Ace Winn June 27. Ryan Campbell June 28. Chris Thomas Band June 29. Latin All Stars June 30 TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Gary Starling July 5 TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, 819-1554 Stu Weaver June 27. Don’t Call Me Shirley June 29. Chuck Nash June 30

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood S., 683-4182 Bill Ricci 5:30 p.m. June 29 MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Joseph Solomon, Swoope, Natalie Lauren 8 p.m. June 29 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. SAPCO, Forsaken Profits, Some Kind of Nightmare 7 p.m., Southern Alabama Pie Cook Off, Fisted Sister, Duval Spit 9 p.m. June 29. Belmont July 4 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Hurricane Party, Bleubird June 29. Copper Bones, Appalachian Death Trap, Chrome Fangs June 30. Black Pussy, Nine E, Snore July 1 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside, 389-2449 Savanna Leigh Bassett, The WillowWacks, Dixie Rodeo June 30

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S LOUNGE, 3912 N. U.S. 1, 824-8738 Southern Rukus 9 p.m. June 30. DJ Alex every Fri. OCEAN AVENUE BAR & GRILL, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Circus 9 p.m. June 29 & 30 PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George, 209-5704 Leelynn & Danielle June 27. Ramona, Jive Katz June 28. House Cats, Funk Butter June 29. Raisin Cake Orchestra, Pili Pili June 30. Be Easy, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine July 1. Wes Cobb July 2. Colton McKenna July 4

SAN MARCO

JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks, 398-7496 Travis Meadows, American Aquarium 8 p.m. June 27. Chase Fouraker, Megan & Liz June 29. As Cities Burn, My Epic, Tigerwine June 30 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Belle & The Band 8 p.m. June 28. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer 7:30 p.m. June 29. Luke Peacock’s Other People’s Songs 7:30 p.m. June 30. TBA Big Band July 2

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Barrett Jockers 9 p.m. June 28. Robbie & Felix July 5 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Austin Park 9 p.m. June 29. SunJammers! 9 p.m. June 30

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

CROOKED ROOSTER, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 DJ Toy open mic June 27 HYPERION BREWING CO., 1740 N. Main St., 518-5131 DJ & vinyl record swap 6-10 p.m. June 29 PALMS FISH CAMP, 6359 Heckscher Dr., 240-1672 Eric Alabiso 6 p.m. June 29. Joe Reid & Heartland Band June 30. Souls of Joy July 1. Big Jeff Band, Taylor Shami July 4 __________________________________________ 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.

FOLIO DINING In Fernandina, THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL's T.J. Pelletier and Al Waldis offer seafood, Mayport shrimp, fish tacos and po’boys. Here, Zach Snyder carries another highly recommended dish to a hungry customer. (Note the Best of Jax Award on the wall.)

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 $ $$

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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).

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.

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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

GRILL ME!

flavors; chef Kerri Rogers’ culinary creativity. Seasonal menu. 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

MICHAEL CORNELISSEN

Mustard Seed Cafe

833 T.J. Courson Rd. • Fernandina Beach Born in: Boston, Mass. Years in Biz: 40 Favorite Restaurant: Ruth's Chris Steak House Favorite Cuisine Style: Korean/Indian Go-To Ingredients: Ginger, garlic and beef Ideal Meal: Korean BBQ Will Not Cross My Lips: Can't think of anything. Insider’s Secret: Flavors are important. Celebrity Seen at Your Restaurant: Farrar Martin Culinary Treat: Any pies 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 site, with chef/owner Jon Insetta’s focus on 28 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018

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 fave. Organic soup, 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, 2723553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite.

DINING DIRECTORY

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

After an eight-year hiatus, former chef and current co-owner Bo Johns has revived Jax Beach’s beloved The Homestead Restaurant, which started serving log-cabin style fare in 1947. At the new Penman Road digs, you’ll find timeless Southern comfort food and hospitality, plus cold cones at the Copper Top Pub, where Kristen (pictured) serves ‘em up with a smile. 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, roadhouseonline.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. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BIG OAK BBQ & Catering, 1948 Henley Rd., Middleburg, 214-3041. 1440 Dunn Ave., 757-2225, bigoakbbqfl.com. Family-owned-and-operated. Smoked chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides, stumps. $$ 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. $$ FB K L, D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2017 BOJ winner. Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espresso-based drinks, sandwiches, desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su EUROPEAN STREET Café, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2017 BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Dine outside at some E-Sts. $ BW K L D Daily FOO DOG CURRY TRADERS, 869 Stockton St., 551-0327, foodogjax.com. Southeast Asian, Indian inspired fare, all gluten-free, from scratch. Vegan & omnivore. $$ 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. 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

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. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco, 398-1949, bistrox.com. F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally. 250+ wines. Wood-fired oven-baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood. Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside. HH M-F. $$$ 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. $$ K L D Daily HAVANA-JAX Café/CUBA LIBRE Bar, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609, havanajax.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. Bite Club certified. Cuban sandwiches, black beans & rice, plantains, steaks, seafood, roast pork. Spanish wine, drink specials, mojitos, Cuba libres. Nonstop HH. $ FB K L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodinercom. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Original upscale diner in a 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. Some Metros serve dinner. $$ 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

BITE-SIZED Skip the passport and take a FLAVOR PLEASURE CRUISE

ASIA MAJOR

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER IS AWASH WITH PLACES TO stick your fork into, but finding something new can be a challenge. If you’re done with burger baskets, and barbecue dressed in plaid, Rush Hour Kitchen is up to the challenge of serving something other than the same old, same old. Rush Hour offers a broad variety of Asian fusion, so we took a little tour around the continent. From Thailand to Vietnam, they have a grip on the cuisine, at least the Americanized version, because everything was delightful. They don’t seem to believe in small servings, so be prepared for giant portions. We started with rice wraps (veg friendly) and dumplings. The two hearty Fresh Salad Rolls ($3.90) were stuffed with veg and avocado; the little Pan Fried Pork Dumplings (six for $5.50) were crisp on the outside and featured pork, ginger, soy sauce and sliced green onion. Both were delightful. In the build-your-own section, you’ll choose a base of rise or noodle (add $.50), and protein of steak or shrimp (either $8.90), chicken or tofu (either $7.90). Then it’s time to select a style. It was tough choosing between Spicy Bang Bang and Orange, but in the end I opted for neither and ordered Japanese Hibachi style with rice and chicken. As soon as the huge bowl of rice, veggies and chicken was plunked in front of me, I knew I’d made the right choice. It’s not quite as fried as tableside hibachi, but it’s a darn good alternative. RUSH HOUR KITCHEN 4413 Town Center Parkway, Ste. 201, 329-1067, Southside, facebook.com/ RushHourKitchen The Rice Vermicelli Salad ($10.50), aka Vietnamese Bún bowl, with fragrant pork and noodles was my top pick. This is the perfect summer dish. The base is long, cool rice noodles and slivered veggies like carrots and cucumber—perfect when the weather swelters. Paired with a large piece of lemongrass pork and a crunchy spring roll (I subbed shrimp rolls), it’s a riot of textures and tastes. Adding a splash or two of the fragrant fish sauce gives everything a new flavor and makes it that much better. Attack it with chopsticks for the full experience. The tour wouldn’t be complete without a little foray into Thai cuisine, so I ordered a bowl of Green Curry with Shrimp ($11.90). I might have ignored the little flame on the menu, so, boy, was I in for a surprise. This is a spicy dish, really spicy. I was not expecting the punch it packs! After I mixed in a little extra rice, it was all good; the flavorful curry was a joy to eat. Despite its fast food style name, Rush Hour really delivers on delicious—plus it’s a welcome break from the usual. While the menu is a little all over the place, there wasn’t a single thing I wouldn’t order again. I highly recommend the transcendental trip to the other side of the globe offered at Rush Hour Kitchen. Brentley Stead biteclub@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ If you have a recommendation, shoot me an email at biteclub@folioweekly.com. JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 29

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1913, abounded: I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE innovations and saying, “But industry firsts: first Budweiser is made brewery to use by Big Beer!” Yes, it pasteurization to keep is. But it is beer. Not beer from spoiling; only is it beer, it’s a popular beer with an first to use mechanical extensive history and refrigeration and it’s brewed right here transport product in in Jacksonville. The refrigerated railroad company also does a cars. In St. Louis, Marc GOES NATIVE lot for the community. the company built at Budweiser’s Backyard So it fits right into this underground railways Open House Party column’s framework. to carry beer to On a sweltering Union Station. Saturday afternoon, A-B built its I met with Anheuser-Busch Senior Jacksonville brewery in 1969. In the nearly Manager of State Affairs Jon Rees at the 50 years since, the brewery has expanded, Northside brewery. Budweiser’s Backyard recently adding an aluminum bottle facility. Open House Party was in full swing, As the magnificent Clydesdales paced featuring the famed Clydesdale horses by us at the open house, Rees and I enjoyed and a full wagon rig, along with barbecue, a few beers while discussing Budweiser guided tours and a country music concert. and its role in the community. One of And plenty of beer. the brand’s major The first 1852 charitable projects is c brewery was the Folds of Honor, which F Bavarian Brewery provides educational p in St. Louis. scholarships for After changing military dependents, hands several particularly those of times, in 1860, fallen heroes. it was acquired The project is by German-born funded in part by sales soap manufacturer of Freedom Reserve Eberhard Red Lager, inspired Anheuser, by a hand-written partnering with a recipe of George local pharmacist. Washington’s and A year later, brewed by veterans. Anheuser’s The limited-release red daughter Lilly lager is only available married German until September. wholesaler We were joined by Adolphus Busch. the local brewmaster, Busch was a salesman for E. Anheuser Carl Belshause. He whisked us off on a Company’s Brewing Association. In 1869, tour, with an in-depth explanation of the Busch purchased the pharmacist’s share. brewing process. The methods are exacting In the 1870s, pilsner beers grew in and precise. Belshause proudly noted the popularity. In 1876, Busch, who’d toured Buds made here are now ranked No. 1 Europe to learn brewing methods for among all 56 breweries worldwide. That’s pilsners, introduced Budweiser, marketing rather commendable. it as a premium beer. Three years later, Don’t take just my word for it; take a the company was renamed Anheuserself-guided tour yourself. They’re free, no Busch Brewing Association. For the next reservation needed. 128 years, the Busch family controlled The Budweiser Experience runs 10 a.m.all aspects of the brewery; in 2007, it was 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday. Other bought by Brazilian/Belgian company in-depth tours are offered; fees vary. For InBev, creating the world’s largest brewer, details, call 696-8373 or 751-8117 or go to Anheuser-Busch InBev. budweisertours.com. During Busch’s rise from salesman Marc Wisdom to company ownership to his death in marc@folioweekly.com

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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

CHEFFED-UP The flavors of España INSPIRE and DELIGHT

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SAFFRON AS MY LOYAL READERS KNOW, PEOPLE ARE constantly asking me which Amelia Island restaurants are my favorites. And I, being the ever-sensitive, politically correct, diplomatic citizen I am, hesitate to reveal my extremely biased opinion. The truth is, the best food on the island is made in my cooking classes. DUH! Why? It’s true I’m awesome, but great food can be made only when one has great passion. The Spanish cuisine class I recently designed is a perfect example. I relish the basic ingredients of Spanish cooking— fruity olive oil, smoked paprika, chorizo, copious amounts of garlic, Serrano ham and (my favorite) saffron. I’m totally obsessed with the flavors’ straightforward intensity. Traditional Spanish cooking is not at all subtle—it’s more like heavy metal. Addictive? ¡Por supuesto! The flavors grab you, wake you up, rattle your bones, force you to pay attention and leave you wanting more. Much of this cuisine is served on small plates or tapas, you never suffer palate fatigue from too much of any dish. Best of all, most Spanish cuisine is rustic and simple, with a few familiar, easily found ingredients. The results depend on the cook’s skill to strictly follow proper, basic techniques instead of having lots of stuff mise en place and multiple steps. My constant harping on technique, technique, technique may get old, but I’m right. Proper technique creates mouthwatering results. So listen and do what I tell you. To bang out an exceptional version of Gambas al Ajillo—the classic garlic shrimp tapa—you need exceptionally fresh shrimp. That, my friend, is no problem for us lucky folks in the good ol’ 904. Next, concentrate on thinly slicing about twice as much garlic as you think necessary: Thin is the key! No shoemakerstyle big chunks will do—so focus! The third step? Properly control the heat of high quality olive oil; it should be just below medium-high. If the oil’s too cool,

the garlic and chili won’t develop the sweetness and the slightly brown hue that give the dish its complex character. Once the garlic begins to brown, it’s time to introduce the shrimp to the others in the pan. “Excuse me, Señor Ajo, may I say, you have a beautiful tan. And Señorita Chile, you’re really starting to pop! May I join you?” the excited shrimp calls to the pan’s guests. “Sí, you may join us, but for only about two minutes! Then you must flip!” reply garlic (aka Ajo) and chili. Don’t overcook or undercook this; your reward is a truly Cheffed-Up tapa. BTW, if you want to learn more, come to my classes.

CHEF BILL’S GAMBAS AL AJILLO Ingredients • 1 oz. olive oil • 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced • 4 small finger chili peppers • 1 pound never-frozen Mayport • shrimp, peeled and deveined • 2 tbsp. parsley, chopped • Salt and pepper to taste Directions 1. Heat olive oil to medium-high, add 1. chilis and garlic. Cook until garlic just 1. begins to brown. 2. Add the shrimp and salt and pepper; 1. cook until the shrimp begins to turn 1. pink; flip and cook through. Stir in 1. parsley; adjust the seasoning. 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 GROCERS’ COMMUNITY 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

NASSAU HEALTH FOODS 833 T.J. Courson Rd., Fernandina 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 JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 31

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DEAR DAVI

Protect your pet from Florida’s unofficial STATE BIRD

LOCAL PET EVENTS BREWZ’N’DAWGZ BENEFIT • Southern Swells Brewing Co. does a tap takeover, 7 p.m. June 28 at Brewz ’n’ Dawgz, 1974 U.S. 1, St. Augustine, 429-7149, brewzndawgz.com. Proceeds benefit Ayla’s Acres Pet Rescue, aylasacres.org. BANDS FOR B.A.R.C. • This fundraiser features raffles, auctions, live music by Second Shot, The Remains and Hard 2 Handle, and Boxeritas, 1-5 p.m. June 30 at Cliff’s Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, Arlington, 645-5162, $5 at the door. All Proceeds go to Boxer Aid & Rescue Coalition, a nonprofit that rescues dogs, administers medical care and rehabilitation and helps to find them forever homes in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, boxerarc.org.

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STING

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OF THE SUCKERFLY NOW THAT SUMMER’S IN FULL SWEAT … ER … swing, our worst outdoor annoyances are back with a vengeance—mosquitoes! They swarm on evening walks, steal blood and leave an itchy reminder of their dirty deeds. Most of us know mosquitoes are but a nuisance, but many kinds of these nasty little buzzer bugs also carry diseases. Protecting your pet from this threat is key to keeping canines and felines safe and bitefree all season long.

DAVI’S DO THIS, NOT THAT MOSQUITO GUIDE DON’T use human insect repellent on pets. Bug spray intended for people is OK for people, but it’s toxic for pets. The main ingredient in most insect repellents is DEET, which can make pets vomit, can irritate their skin deep under their fur, and even cause seizures. And because dogs like to lick their owners, make sure your skin is DEET-free when they do, or they could suffer serious side effects. DO apply bug sprays made especially

for dogs. When it comes to mosquito protection, the safest, healthiest and smartest way is to use products made for animals. Bonus: Most of these sprays are formulated to prevent not only attacks by mosquitoes, but ticks, fleas and other biting insects. Another method to deter mosquito bites is to use a topical preventive that contains permethrin. Cat Owner Alert: NEVER use these products on cats, because permethrin is highly toxic to felines.

DO remove standing water around the house and yard. Mosquitoes need water to live. The first step in mosquito birth control is to restrict their access to water. It takes standing water only one inch deep to breed hundreds of mosquitoes. Since they lay their eggs in places like birdbaths, buckets, unused

flower pots and the like, it’s especially important to empty these vessels and leave them clean and dry. Be sure your pet’s water bowl has only the freshest water at all times.

DON’T walk outside during peak mosquito activity times. You can hear that whiney buzz before you feel the proboscis piercing your skin. And they care not whose skin they’re on, releasing their toxic saliva as they suck your blood. They’re most active at dawn and dusk, and many can do kamikazes all night. I’ve spent a night or two swatting at the bloodsuckers with my tail only to find a welt on my forehead. The death vectors rarely feed during the day unless it’s cloudy, so do outdoor activities accordingly. DON’T ignore natural remedies. If you’re not comfortable putting chemicals on your pet, there are plenty of natural remedies that work just as well. Products made from lemongrass, citronella, geranium and peppermint give your furry friend a fighting chance against biting insects without harming their skin. Make your own effective repellents! Just dilute and mix these oils together. If given the choice between a dog’s skin covered by a hairy coat and a human’s relatively naked flesh, it’s likely most mosquitos would zoom down on the human. But mosquitos do bite dogs and cats, and dogs with very short hair, like me, can get vampired on a lot. Even if your dog is on a monthly preventive treatment regimen, make every effort to avoid exposure to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are mere summertime pests, but year-round serious health hazards. Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund would love to bite the bloodsuckers back, but he’s been raised up right.

PET TIP: PRETTY BIRDIES SO YOU’VE GOT THE YARD, NOW YOU WANT THE YARDBIRDS. BUT HOW? Step right up and hear this! Birds are attracted to friendly habitats with lots of native species (bonus: less thirsty) plants to provide food and cover from prey. Attract a wider variety by offering seeds, suet and mealworms. Birdbaths provide drinking water and adorbs entertainment–we challenge you to not smile watching a cardinal splish-splash. Just do our winged friends a favor and keep Meow Meow indoors or, at a minimum, put a crimp in her killing style with a bell or Birdsbesafe collar. 32 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018

No arrows in a quiver, no Merry Men; I’m a petite classy lady, who likes to be the center of attention, like all felines! Visit Jax Humane Society and who knows … we might even find Little John! Open daily at 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, every day! Check out jaxhumane.org.

AYLA’S ACRES NO-KILL ANIMAL RESCUE • Thrift shop open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., 142 King St., St. Augustine, 484-8792, aylasacres.org. Proceeds benefit Rescue’s missions. Actress Loretta Swit donated lots of stuff, in Loretta’s Loft; check it out! And get to know the adorable adoptables while you’re there. KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Adoptions are 11 a.m.3 p.m. June 30 and July 1 and every Sat. and Sun. at 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org.

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GREGORY

Hi! I’m a big, happy guy, almost grown, ready for fun! I’m not Peck, Allman or Kinnear; I’m unique, looking for my happy place … your house? At Jax Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., every day! Check out jaxhumane.org.

FUREVER YOURS FUNDRAISER • The third annual benefit is on! Get a raffle ticket ($20) at Unify Tattoo Company & Fine Art Gallery, 3501 N. U.S. 1, Ste. 1, St. Augustine, 770-7779, unifytattoofl.com; it buys a chance for a $600 Unify Tattoo gift certificate. Raffle funds benefit nonprofit St. Augustine Wild Reserve, a rescue center for unwanted exotic animals. The big reveal is 11 a.m. Friday, July 13 at Unify Tattoo, with food & drink; 50 percent of that day’s proceeds go to the Reserve. Call for details. FIND LOVE • Camden County Humane Society has lots of all kinds of fun-loving singles: tall, dark, handsome, pretty, petite, young, frisky, mature and distinguished, from all around the globe–some have literally been around the block. Find your lovin’ 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 pet photo contest & calendar, “The Fast & the Furriest,” has local pets and cars from St. Augustine Cruisers. Clear Channel Outdoor donates a billboard for 8 weeks along I-95 in St. Johns County. To enter: Take a pic of your pet, add a nifty description to get folks to vote for your pet. Each $1 donation your pet earns equals one vote. Entry deadline Aug. 2; voting ends 8 p.m. Aug. 4. Big reveal 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at F.O.P. Lodge, 5050 Inman Rd., St. Augustine, pinuppaws.com. Proceeds benefit the Society’s programs and services.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD TEXAS THRONES

Ninety-six-year-old Barney Smith of Alamo Heights, Texas, is known as the King of the Commode for his life’s work: more than 1,300 decorated toilet seats, all displayed in the retired master plumber’s Toilet Seat Art Museum. Now, he concedes, it’s time to put a lid on it. “I’m beginning to feel like I’d rather be in an air-conditioned home in a chair, looking at a good program,” Smith, who has arthritis and uses a cane, told the Associated Press on May 22. The metal-garage museum’s collection includes toilet lids decorated with a chunk of the Berlin Wall, an insulation piece from the Space Shuttle Challenger, Pez dispensers, flint arrowheads, the toilet lid from the airplane that took Aristotle Onassis’ body to Greece after he died. Smith told his wife, Louise, he’d stop at 500 pieces, but that was 850 lids ago. “If I would’ve just read my Bible as many hours as I spent on my toilet seats, I’d be a better man,” Smith said. Louise died in 2014; Smith recently fell and broke some ribs. Now he’s looking for someone to keep the museum intact: “This is my life’s history here.”

HEY, YOU KIDS GET OFF MY … DON’T SHOOT!

On May 20, as some adults enjoyed the swings at Angel Park in southwest Atlanta, two children walked up and asked to use the swing set. The adults agreed and started to walk away, reported Macon’s The Telegraph, when the boys, about 6 and 12 years old, pulled out baseball-size rocks and what looked like a black handgun. They threw the rocks, hitting one man on the calf and causing an abrasion, according to Atlanta cops. The older boy held the gun and pointed it at the adults, who ran one way as the boys ran the other. Earlier in May, two kids had been reported for an alleged armed carjacking in the same neighborhood.

SHOULDA GOTTEN THE EGGPLANT, TOO

Claiming a shooting was accidental, Angelo Russo, 55, told police in Tatura, Victoria, Australia, that he tripped on an eggplant during a dispute with a man who’d run over his dog. He stumbled, which caused the gun Russo had to go off, striking David Calandro in the head, killing him. Calandro and a friend

went to Russo’s farm Feb. 18, 2017, to buy chilies, 9News reported. As they drove off, Russo’s dog, Harry, began barking and chasing the vehicle. Calandro swerved toward the dog to “spook him,” the friend told a Victorian Supreme Court jury on May 23, but went too far, running over the dog instead. Russo pleaded guilty to manslaughter on May 25.

DAMN, THAT WATER HOSE WAS BRAND NEW

Pesky weeds around his garage caused a Springfield Township, Ohio, man to use an extreme method: The unnamed homeowner tried to kill them with a torch, setting the garage on fire. Firefighters, called to the scene at 4 a.m. May 24, found the detached garage “fully involved,” according to the Springfield News-Sun. The structure was a total loss, including tools and appliances inside, valued at $10,000-$15,000.

CHUCK THE SHED, BOYS

Three men were arrested May 20 after stealing a 25-foot-long shed from a foreclosed property in Lebanon, Maine, dragging it down the street with a pickup truck, reports the Portland Press Herald. Matthew Thompson of Lebanon, Timothy James of Pembroke, N.H. and Robert Breton of Milton, N.H. were observed by a concerned citizen, who alerted Maine State Police. Thompson had crystal meth and prescription pills not prescribed to him. All three went to York County Jail, held on $5,000 bail.

BUCKET LIST ITEM NO. 3? CHECK!

Patrick Gillis, 18, a Highlands High School senior and a Pioneer Hose Fire Department volunteer firefighter in Brackenridge, Penn., told cops he “just wanted to respond to a fire” on May 21, as he was arrested for starting a blaze in an empty duplex where he’d lived. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported witnesses told investigators Gillis was seen there before the fire began, and returned as a firefighter to help put it out. He admitted to setting a piece of paper on fire, putting it in the microwave, then leaving. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office estimated damage at $150,000; Gillis was charged with arson.

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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, EMILY DICKINSON, DRESS REHEARSAL & ANDRÉ THE GIANT ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your best ideas and soundest decisions will magically materialize while you’re lounging around doing nothing in a worry-free place. Be sure you maintain lots of relaxed slack and unhurried grace. Treat yourself to record-setting levels of comfort and self-care. Do whatever’s needed to feel as safe as you've ever felt. I realize these suggestions might clash with your fiery Aries nature, but if you ponder them for even two minutes, you’ll agree they're appropriate now. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “It is always what is under pressure in us, especially under pressure of concealment–that explodes in poetry," Taurus poet Adrienne Rich wrote in an essay on poet Emily Dickinson. She was describing the process of tapping into potent but buried feelings to create beautiful works of literature. Take a similar approach: Give voice to what's under pressure in you, in a graceful, constructive manner for positive results. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Introductory offers are expiring. The bracing thrills of novelty must ripen into maturity's cool enjoyments. It's time to stop dress rehearsals so the actual show can begin. Start turning big, bright fantasies into crisp, no-nonsense realities. Due to these shifting conditions, you can't use your good intentions as leverage; you must deliver more tangible signs of commitment. Don't take this as criticism, but cosmic machinery in your sphere needs some actual oil, not just witty stories about oil and cosmic machinery. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the next few weeks, you'll have an excellent chance to dramatically decrease your Wimp Quotient. As perilously passive parts of your niceness toughen, you'll find brisk possibilities previously off-limits or invisible. To ensure you stay in top shape for the delightful development, avoid entertainment that stimulates fear and pessimism. Instead of watching demoralizing stories on Netflix, spend quality time recalling the times in your life when you were unbeatable. For extra credit, pump your fist 10 times a day, growling, "Victory is mine!" LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It's not so bad to temporarily lose your bearings. What's bad is not capitalizing on the disruption that made you do that. Regard the fresh commotion as a blessing, a motivation to initiate radical changes. For example, escape illusions and deceptions that made you lose your bearings. Explore unruly emotions that may be at the root of the superpowers you'll fully develop in the future. Turn yourself into a brave self-healer newly receptive to medicinal clues not accessible earlier. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here's my list of demands: 1. Avoid hanging with people unreceptive to your influence. 2. Avoid hanging with folks whose influence on you is mediocre or dispiriting. 3. Be with those who are receptive to your influence and whose influence on you is healthy and stimulating. 4. Influence the hell out of those receptive to your influence. Be a generous catalyst. Nudge them to surpass their limits. 5. Be deeply moved by those whose influence on you is healthy and stimulating. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." Activist author Audre Lorde said that and in accordance with your current astrological 36 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 27-JULY 3, 2018

and psychological needs, I offer it to you. I realize it's a flamboyant, even extreme, declaration, but in my opinion, it's what's most likely to motivate you to do the right thing. Another splashy prompt, from philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: "We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made us." SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): André René Roussimoff, aka André the Giant, was a French actor and professional wrestler. He was 7 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 520 pounds. As you may imagine, he ate and drank extravagantly. On one festive occasion, he enjoyed 119 bottles of beer in six hours. Judging from your current astrological indicators, you may be ready for a binge. JUST KIDDING! Don't indulge in wasteful forms of "pleasure." The days ahead should be a time to engage in a focused pursuit of uplifting, healthy modes of bliss. The point? Seek gusto and amusement to enhance your body, mind and soul. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On her 90th birthday, my Great-Aunt Zosia told me, "The best gift you can give your ego is to make it see it's both totally insignificant and totally important in the cosmic scheme of things." Jenna, my girlfriend when I was 19, may have been touting a similar principle when, after teasing and tormenting me for two hours, she scrawled on my bathroom mirror in lipstick, "Sometimes you enjoy life better if you don't understand it." My Zen punk friend Arturo says life's goodies are more likely to flow your way if you "hope for nothing and are open to everything." According to my astrological rhythm-analysis, these messages will help you make the most of bewildering but succulent opportunities arriving in your locale. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In accordance with astrological beacons, I selected two pieces of advice as your guiding meditations for the next seven weeks. You may want to write them on a piece of paper to carry in your wallet or pocket. The first, from businessman Alan Cohen: "Only those who ask for more can get more, and only those who know there is more, ask." The second, from writer G.K. Chesterton: "We need to be happy in this wonderland without once being merely comfortable." AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Mexico City ecologists investigated why certain sparrows and finches use humans' discarded cigarette butts in building their nests. They found that cellulose acetate, a chemical in the butts, protects the nests by repelling parasitic mites. Is there a metaphorical lesson you can draw from the birds' ingenious adaptation? Could you find good use for what seems to be dross or debris? My analysis of the astrological omens says this is worth meditation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Soon you'll possess an enchanted potion, pixie dust or a pouch full of magic beans–or the equivalent. If and when that occurs, consider these protocols: 1. Before you use the new treasure, say a prayer to your higher self, asking to be guided to use it in a way to make you wiser and kinder. 2. When you use it, be sure it harms no one. 3. Express gratitude before, during and after using it. 4. Use it so that it benefits at least one other person or creature besides you. 5. See if you can use it to generate the arrival of more pixie dust, magic beans or enchanted potion in the future. 6. When you use it, focus on wielding it to get exactly what you want, not what you just sorta want. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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MARX BROTHERS

FROM DIFFERENT MOTHERS total populations of A FEW WEEKS AGO, PRESIDENT How live-at-home 1 to 10 percent that of Donald Trump castigated MILLENNIALS and the United States, and his fellow G-7 members in the case of Iceland for lopsided trade polices EUROPEAN SOCIALIST and its 334,000 people, a that placed American economies are alike smaller population than companies and American Providence, Rhode Island. workers at a disadvantage, Just like the stay-at-home, much in the same manner these Euro-economies he excoriated our NATO have plenty of disposable cash for loads of partners for their military (or rather lack of) free stuff for their citizens because someone funding contributions to their own defense. else is footing the bill for the expensive Someone forgot to tell past administrations essentials. The United States (that means you that the Marshall Plan worked and now as a taxpayer) is paying for this, through our Europe is rich. So how did the Euro-socialist military and our lopsided trade agreements. nations react? With a hissy-fit like mid-20A large portion of our military expenditures somethings being told they have to hit the are being spent on countries that are far from bricks, get a job and start living on their own, because the parents are not going to keep poor; in fact, they are the richest nations that supporting them. have ever existed in Europe and could well The live-at-home Millennial has it made, afford to expand their own militaries, for except for the monthly payment for a student their own defense, if we reduced ours based in loan that got them a degree without the benefit their countries. Once that happens, European of making them employable. But, because socialism would get a cold dose of reality, Mom and Dad are footing the expenses for much like the Millennial who, having been room and board, food, utilities, internet, cable, excommunicated from the parents’ abode, etc., the stay-at-home Millennial has lots of quickly realizes that social relevance does disposable funds for things like $100 sneakers, not pay the rent, a $49 Motorola Android is and $5 coffee at Starbucks, and plenty of time a better choice than an $800 iPhone and that to engage in “socially relevant,” but nonmaybe stopping at less-costly Dunkin’ Donuts employable activities. instead of Starbucks might not be a bad idea. Now, on to the European socialist For Europe, filling the military and trade gaps economies: Like the live-at-home young created by an America that wants to take care adults, they have loads of disposable income of its citizens first may curtail the march to for things like free tuition, free healthcare, a full-blown socialism. significant minimum wage. You know, those As for America, there is nothing wrong countries that Bernie Sanders and with the goals and aspirations of the the progressives are always holding up progressives. More money, less expensive as examples. Never mind that they have higher education, affordable healthcare— only they have to realize this cannot be legislated without a huge push-back. If we reduce our military expenses overseas, see to it that our allies, who are capable of funding their own militaries, do so, and negotiate fair trade deals; then all those wishful thinking progressive ideas will come to pass. Right now, there are more jobs to fill than there are people available to fill them. If we bring billions back into our economy, we all benefit. Chris Berman mail@folioweekly.com ______________________ Berman is a military historian and author in St. Augustine.

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