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FROM THE EDITOR “IT’S BETTER TO BEG FORGIVENESS THAN ask permission.” The Jacksonville Port Authority must have taken this ancient adage to heart. For despite passionate opposition and a lawsuit, the port is pursuing a project to dredge 11 miles of the St. Johns River shipping channel from 40 to 47 feet with all the determination of a Kardashian vying for the cover of Us Weekly. On Monday, it was standing room only at JaxPort’s board meeting to vote on the project, though rubber stamp is a more fitting description. Ostensibly the board made its decision following public comment, but everyone in that room knew what was up as we heard port stakeholder after port stakeholder—interspersed with a sprinkling of opponents—talk about how darn tootin’ grand it will be for everybody if the shipping channel is deepened. Apparently ‘everybody’ is synonymous with a handful of wealthy businesspersons and executives, port employees and owners of adjacent commercial property. One gentleman in favor of dredging actually said the benefits would “trickle down” to the rest of us. It seems fair to assume he hasn’t heard the classic bit that likens trickle down economics to rich people pissing on poor people’s heads. To no one’s surprise, they approved the dredge. They didn’t ask City Council’s permission. They didn’t ask John and Jane Q. Public’s permission. Why would they? The port has pinned its hopes and dreams on deepening the river to accommodate post-Panamax cargo ships. To hell with us if we don’t like it. As it pursues dredging with singlemindedness bordering on obsession, the port doesn’t seem to care that it hasn’t complied with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the St. Johns Riverkeeper, Jax Chamber and the city in 2015, in which the Riverkeeper agreed not to file suit to block the project if the Ocklawaha River was restored to its natural flow. Or that, as the MOU got all of them in hot water with citizens of Clay County who love the Rodman Reservoir as much as they loathe reading in the paper that their neighbors are planning to drain it, the Riverkeeper is now suing to stop the dredging, arguing that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ analysis underestimates the damage the project will wreak upon the river. Nor does it seem to care that the economic windfall its paid consultant predicted dredging would create is so full of holes it could get a second job as a colander. Or that Savannah, Charleston and Miami are all miles ahead with their dredging projects. Or that the city has not agreed to pick up its $47-$150 million share
of dredging tab, which would start coming due in 2020. Not to mention that the city has a backlog of costly, important projects that won’t line satin pockets with gold. There’s one thing and one thing only that JaxPort cares for: deeper water. SO WHAT’S WRONG WITH DREDGING, ANYWAY? Not much for a healthy river. But the St. Johns River isn’t exactly healthy. Toxic algal blooms do not happen in healthy rivers. Mass fish kills do not happen in healthy rivers. Mysterious foams do not appear on surfaces of healthy rivers. Unusual marine mortality events do not occur in healthy rivers. During a 2013 algal bloom, toxin levels 100 times higher than that which is considered safe by the World Health Organization were found in our river. In a 2010 fish kill that Riverkeeper Executive Director Jimmy Orth told the Florida Times-Union was “unprecedented,” scores of dead fish were seen floating from the Buckman Bridge to Lake George. That year, strange foam appeared along miles of riverbank and 19 bottlenose dolphins mysteriously died in the river in mere months. Their deaths were deemed an “unusual marine mortality event”; in a typical year, at most six dolphins die in our river, according to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. You know what else happened in 2010? The port deepened the St. Johns River. (“Port of Dreams,” Folio
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Weekly, April 13, 2016) Officially, of course, the dredging didn’t cause any of the problems. They just coincidentally happened during it or soon thereafter. Our river is stressed, overtaxed by Central Florida water draws and pollutants. The last thing it needs is more abuse. Still, paying no heed the objections of economists, fiscal conservatives, environmentalists, taxpayers, logistics experts, the former CEO of CSX, and lowly editors, the port is doing as it damn well pleases with our river. It’s like port authorities believe that the river is theirs, not ours, and have forgotten that the port, a public asset, works for us, not the other way around. As the port and the river are ours, if this project screws our river over, we’ll have only ourselves, and our representatives, to blame. I’m guessing forgiveness will come quickly for some, never for others. But, hey, as long as those ships come in, who cares? Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com
THE MAIL NO HORSING AROUND
WHILE RECENTLY WALKING THROUGH downtown St. Augustine, I was reminded of the sad life of a carriage horse. I watched as the horses lined up along the waterfront with their heads down, standing in the sun, on asphalt, waiting for the next rider. While I am thankful to the commissioners for passing an ordinance in 2012 requiring that horses not work when temperatures reach a certain degree, these animals still have no business walking hot streets in traffic. The unpopularity of this outdated form of transportation showed as other tours zoomed by the horses. There is nothing romantic about making a horse drag you through busy streets breathing exhaust fumes on a hot day. On this first weekend of summer, the horses will be forced to work while standing in the sun and walking hot streets for profit, not pleasure. In 2017 there are more humane and desirable ways to see the city that I hope the city will stride toward. Carla Wilson via email
SORRY, NOT SORRY
RE.: “Creep Walk,” by Pat MacLeod, June 21 I READ FOLIO WEEKLY A LOT AND ALWAYS read your movie reviews. This was NOT a horror flick, barely a thriller. I am sorry but I have no idea what people see in this movie. The music was bad, the French accent was bad, the story was bad. Nothing against you, like I said, I read your reviews a lot and have even seen some of the flicks you mention. In closing, let me recommend a few flicks, American Mary, Brimstone and Borgman. Brog Goethe via email
MARTIANS OR THE RUSSIANS
RE.: June 14 Issue WELL, THIS WEEK FOLIO WEEKLY OUTDID ITSELF. It spent four pages waxing regrets over a murdered priest, and a two-page rhetoric over the malfeasance of a Congresswoman of color, yet no vitriol was spent on the flimflammery Robber Baron Rick Scott just lavished on Florida’s public schools.
Nor was any attention given about the dreadful molestation of the medical cannabis bill mangled by certain lawmakers in Tallahassee, including one “Good Ole Boy” who was arrested for DWI. He resigned his position, but was reappointed by our favorite Robber Baron. So much for the will of 70 percent of the voters in Florida. Lastly, no attention was given to “purging” of voters of color, and minorities by either the “Martians or the Russians” from voter rolls in several N.E. Florida counties. Honest and fair elections? Why bother when hateful policies can be forced on us by a minority of politicians who are bankrolled by the wealthy few? I used to regard Folio Weekly as the vanguard of timely, progressive, regional independent news. What happened? Harriet Hammell via email
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RE.: “Confederate States,” by Claire Goforth, June 14 THANK YOU MS. GOFORTH FOR TAKING on another taboo subject in your article “Confederate States.” If Jacksonville really wants to be the Boldest City in America, rebranding itself with a new name should be on the top of the list. This renaming and rebranding of our city along with the planned overhaul in our downtown area should go hand in hand. We would attract worldwide attention and really get the mojo flowing. I suggest Weaver, Florida, after a great family who has done millions of great things for our community. Get rid of the name Jacksonville and all the baggage that comes with it. Bob Rutter via email
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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO RIDING INTO HISTORY In May, the 18th annual Riding Into History at the World Golf Village featuring vintage and antique motorcycles, raised $35,000 for charity. With a matching in-kind donation by a generous benefactor, the 501(c)3, which has no paid staff, instead relying on volunteers, was able to stroke a check for $70,000 for local nonprofit K9s For Warriors. BRICKBATS TO OFFICER J.S. BOLEN Last week Devonte Shipman posted a video of JSO Officer Bolen detaining him for a super-serious crime: jaywalking. In the video, which as of this writing has nearly a half-million views, Bolen threatens to put Shipman in jail for disobeying a direct order, then to detain him for up to seven hours because he didn’t have his driver’s license on him. When Shipman protests that he’s done nothing illegal, the officer angrily insists, “You did do something illegal. You crossed the crosswalk against a red hand.” In case you were wondering, Officer Bolen is white; Shipman black. BOUQUETS TO SUNRISE SURF SHOP Last weekend, the local arbiter of surf reports held two days of Riding the Wave of Autism surf camp. Together with co-sponsors and dozens of volunteers, Sunrise Surf Shop provided sun, fun and surf lessons for 25 local children on the autism spectrum. Spending time in the ocean has been reported to soothe the symptoms of sensory overload suffered by some autistic children; good on Sunrise for giving these kids the opportunity to appreciation Mother Ocean from atop her mighty (well, NE Fla) waves! DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A BRICKBAT? Send submissions to mail@folioweekly.com; 50 word maximum, concerning a person, place, or topic of local interest. JUNE 28-JULY 4, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 5
USA! USA! FOURTH OF JULY
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Oh, America, you old thang, you. It looks like somebody’s turning 241 years old this year. No, not Betty White … it’s you! This Tuesday, July 4, Folio Weekly has the 411 on several cool parties and events to help us celebrate our independence (and the right to drink beer!). For our listing of handpicked Independence Day fêtes, check out page 17.
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CLASSIC DOUBLE HEADER CHICAGO and THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
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Selling a combined colossal total of 150 million albums, Chicago and The Doobie Brothers are full-on American rock legends. Countless Folio Weekly readers have either conceived children to or were conceived themselves to the sultry sounds of Chicago’s “Baby What a Big Surprise” or The Doobie Brothers’ (maybe) “Black Water” playing gently in the background. 7:15 p.m. Saturday, July 1, Daily’s Place, Downtown, $69-$360, dailysplace.com.
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Local athletes hope to vanquish their opponents in challenging competitions (with sportsmanlike conduct, mind you) at the SoFit Sports Festival. The largest of its kind in Northeast Florida, this daylong fest includes a Rep Your Box competition, Olympic Weightlifting, a Jiu-Jitsu contest, and more. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, July 1; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 2, Prime Osborn Center, Downtown, general admission $15, weekend pass $25; military/ seniors/kids 6-12, $12; weekend pass $20, sofitevents.com.
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STRAIGHT UP! ADELE GIVENS
In 1990, actress-comedian Givens was crowned winner of the Crown Royal Comedy competition in Chicago. Since then, her no-holdsbarred standup style has made her a favorite in the comedy clubs and she’s a regular on the big screen (Beauty Shop, The Players Club) and TV (Oprah, The Hughleys, The Tracey Ullman Show, Def Comedy Jam). 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29; 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Friday, June 30 & Saturday, July 1, The Comedy Zone, Mandarin, $25-$30, comedyzone.com.
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Which beloved musical combo offers decades of vulgar dereliction set to a lighting blur of good ol’ American punk? Why, it’s the Dwarves, that’s who! When they’re not at home volunteering at the orphanage or slapping a new coat of whitewash on church steeples, these legendary (notorious) Bay Area-based punkers are delivering serious onstage quality wallop. Upping the punk-ometer, Richie Ramone opens the show, along with locals Flag On Fire and 5 Cent Psychiatrist. 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, 1904 Music Hall, Downtown, $15 advance; $17 day of, 1904musichall.com.
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FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS
CIVIL WAR IN
CITY HALL
A look at the CURRY/BROSCHE rift A RECURRENT THEME IN COMPLAINTS ABOUT this column is that I write too many favorable things about how Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry games the political process. For nearly three years, he went without a real setback. Got through the mayor’s race despite Bill Bishop teaming up with Alvin Brown at the end. Sold pension reform in Tallahassee, then to 65 percent of the voters, then to the unions. And for two years, with Greg Anderson then Lori Boyer serving as council president, there was little daylight between council priorities and mayor’s office priorities. Curry, upon taking office, instituted a simple action that was designed to show the new collaboration between council and his office; he unlocked the door between the two abutting office suites. “The council president and a number of others of council suggested to me that they thought that the door sent the wrong
message,” Curry said, according to WJCT. “So it’s pretty simple, we’re just going to unlock it.” Pretty simple, indeed. With the last two council presidents, Curry started off the term with expectations that they would meet regularly. The meetings were never quite as regular as weekly; things come up as the year goes on. Yet what came through was that, no matter what the mayor wanted, it mysteriously came to pass. Consider Tommy Hazouri’s first attempt to get the Human Rights Ordinance through. With the national media descended on Jacksonville to interview such bombthrowers as Raymond Johnson, and with now-convicted pedophile preacher Ken Adkins serving as the bloated bulwark of public morality in stout opposition, Hazouri told media he was pulling the bill one Saturday afternoon. Hazouri fell on the sword, but the real reason was as basic as tights, Uggs and a
frappuccino: The mayor’s office needed to get pension reform through via an August 2016 referendum, and the possibility of an HRO repeal referendum was significant enough to reorder priorities. HRO was brought back shortly after November, and moved through the process, with a big assist from Shad Khan whipping votes (Khan apparently read my work saying that he alone could make the difference), and from Curry, who had a statement ready saying that, see, he couldn’t veto it if he wanted to, because it was a super-majority. Those two years—where some unseen hand directed the mayor’s office and council to work in concert—were interesting times for Jacksonville. But that could be a thing of the past. The biggest misconception right now in local politics is that the mayor had no rooting interest in the council president race between Democratic VP John Crescimbeni and Republican Finance Chair Anna Lopez Brosche. There was, in fact, interest—they wanted Crescimbeni in. Crescimbeni represented an extension of the Era of Good Feeling. As did Anderson and Boyer, he knew what the mayor’s office wanted and would work with them, as he did selling the pension referendum. Sure, Curry is a Capital-R Republican, but City Council and Jacksonville government have always been more than D and R constructs. Crescimbeni can do business. And was willing to; the council presidency was something he sought for decades. Crescimbeni had some help. A senior staffer in the mayor’s office, one with a particular council liaison role, was said by pro-Brosche forces to have pressed the administration’s Vote for Crescimbeni case. And, contend those
same forces, Councilman Hazouri pressed Fire Union Head Randy Wyse into making calls on behalf of Crescimbeni—a rich historical irony on the order of Marco Rubio being photographed in a Che Guevara shirt. They didn’t want Brosche in there, allegedly. And they were, allegedly, playing hardball to keep her out. Brosche wasn’t “all in” on pension reform; she had questions and qualms about the plan being a magic bullet, about the added cumulative debt burden, and so on. Yes, she voted for it—after those questions were resolved. But, unlike Crescimbeni and Hazouri (Democrats who recorded ads in favor of the plan) and Bill Gulliford, she was in the skeptics’ column. (Notable: between them, Gulliford and Hazouri have one committee post. And Crescimbeni is also marginalized.) Brosche got a coalition of support outside the good ol’ boys club: backbencher Republicans (Danny Becton, Al Ferraro, Doyle Carter) and all four Dems from minority-access districts. All got treated well in committee assignments, with black Dems holding a margin that could win any vote in Finance. Speaking of those Dems, at least one has heard stories about the mayor’s office looking for someone to run against them—all because of this vote. The City Council has bristled at being described as an adjunct office for the mayor’s suite. In picking Brosche over their candidate, they made that case known. Curry’s team is going to have to find a way to work with them in year three. But how do you walk back a power move that failed? A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com @AGGancarski
then realizing that half the brothers are nitwit legacies who were locked in the attic during pledge week. Now, I’m not saying that the folks at Folio Weekly or that you, its readers, are mean-spirited, non-accepting, narrow-minded or dim. Not at all. But as a loyal Folio Weekly reader, it’s hard not to notice that our outlook on a lot of subjects runs in opposite directions. In fact, I’ve met only one Folio Weekly employee so far, Editor Claire Goforth, a very attractive, blue-eyed redhead with a My Fair Ladylike name. She’s a delightful young woman with a quick wit, a fine writer and a skilled editor. In case you didn’t notice, this is called sucking up. When offering me the opportunity to write for FW, she suggested we give it a six-week run to see how it goes. I assume if the offices aren’t attacked by the “resistance” tossing rotten fruit, screaming slogans, throwing rocks and demanding my head, it’ll proceed. Being ignored could also signal the end of the line. So I’m looking for a happy medium, in other words, slightly toasted, happily lit readers who enjoy my thoughts. I started my career at large daily newspapers, and after leaving journalism, continued penning editorials and letters to the editor in the various cities life has taken me. Upon moving to Amelia Island almost seven years ago, I did a stint writing a weekly column for the Fernandina Beach News-Leader. As in my column and my blog, my comments here will consist of reflections on various local, regional or national incidents, ranging from the most scenic coastal areas to stare at on your cell phone
and my favorite sea turtle and manatee recipes, to excerpts from David Yulee’s prison diary and accounts of enraged Norwegian tourists who can’t find lutfisk at T-Ray’s Burger Station. Backed by my crack research staff of drinking buddies, reliable honkytonk sources, and writing fueled by vast quantities of beer, this column will be devoted to anything I feel like musing about, including local restaurants and beer joints, searching for smoked mullet, BBQ cook-offs, and other finger-licking, rib-sucking, chili-slurping, best-hamburgerin-the-world type activities that I think would be of interest to me and the friends my first wife would never have allowed on the porch, let alone in the house. I’ll throw in a dose of silliness, political nonsense, stupid movie, TV and local media reviews, dim people doing dumb things, and lots of claptrap my ex-wife and liberal politicalscience professors will hate. I’ll do my best to keep it on an interest level that hovers above linoleum and boiled cabbage. So, if you have ideas I should pursue, or just want to complain that you can’t stand me or what I write, contact the Florida TimesUnion. No, just kidding, email me or Claire and her associates. I’m sure their addresses are somewhere in this paper but I don’t know where. I’m new here. Dave Scott mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________
FOLIO VOICES : NEWSENSE Introducing our newest, ORNERIEST columnist
ARE WE SURE I’M IN THE
RIGHT PLACE? YEARS AGO, I WAS BETWEEN WIVES AND ON a business trip in an unfamiliar city when a colleague and I stumbled into a bar because we noticed a lot of women heading through the door. As we entered, we thought “WOW, the odds are stacked in our favor”—the only other guys in sight were a bartender and a couple of bouncers leaning against the wall. However, glancing around, we discovered all the gals were dancing together and those at tables sat hand-in-hand nibbling each other’s ears. Clearly our wildest fantasies 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JUNE 28-JULY 4, 2017
were not going to come true. We were about as welcome as Jane Fonda at an American Legion Veterans Day barbecue. One wrong move and the two bouncers would have been all over us like ugly on a gorilla. That’s kind of how I feel here in the middle of Folio Weekly. Probably the same way the folks in liberal Austin, Texas feel when they drive outside of those “weird” city limits, or Appalachian coal miners when they arrive in liberal Asheville, North Carolina. It’s that feeling of “Am I really supposed to be here?” Like pledging a college fraternity,
Scott is a former newspaper reporter and retired corporate and agency public relations professional. He blogs at davescottblog.com; contact him at davidnscott@bellsouth.net.
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MEMORIES Clay County political dynasty counts on FORGETFUL VOTERS WILL ROGERS SAID, “THE SHORT MEMORIES of the American voters are what keeps our politicians in office.” Some politicians continue to proffer reminders why they should not hold public office. Recently, former Clay County Sheriff Scott Lancaster tweaked the voters’ collective memories. Lancaster was Clay County Sheriff from 1992 to 2004. Four months ago, newly elected State Attorney Melissa Nelson hired him as an investigator. On May 8, upon receiving a sexual harassment complaint against the former sheriff, Nelson ordered an investigation. On May 30, she fired him. The next day, Lancaster submitted a letter of resignation, denying the charges. This was not Lancaster’s first foray into questionable behavior. In 2004, Lancaster made his fourth bid for sheriff. His opponents were Rick Beseler and Steven Richardson. Beseler was chief investigator for then-State Attorney Harry Shorstein. Beseler said Shorstein asked him not to run against his friend, Lancaster, but Beseler chose to run anyway and retired from the office. Richardson was a former police officer. In Florida, the use of public funds by a public official, either temporarily or permanently, is a felony. In 2003, Folio Weekly discovered that Sheriff Lancaster had been using public funds for private fun. Credit cards receipts showed Clay’s top-cop had been racking up large bills for at least 10 years. He purchased everything from gas and goodies on vacation, to underwear, alcohol and lavish spa and ski vacations for himself and his thengirlfriend, the wife of a prominent attorney. (Lancaster was also married at the time.) Folio Weekly ran the story of his abuse of public monies (“Booty Call,” by Susan Clark Armstrong, Jan. 13, 2004). The sheriff quickly called a press conference, during which he couldn’t seem to commit to an excuse for his financial improprieties. He claimed the story was completely false and flourished sheaves of check-sized papers, saying they were cancelled checks showing he repaid all monies. It turned out that the papers were not cancelled checks and he had not repaid the county. Not that it mattered; even if he had repaid the money, state law still labels his actions a felony. Next, Lancaster blamed his secretary,
saying she failed to decipher private expenditures from public ones. When that didn’t work, he settled on the story that he would commit to for the duration of his predicament: He had “accidentally” used the county’s credit card because he thought it was his personal credit card. For 10 years. Eventually, upon expressions of outrage by citizens and the watchdog group Citizens for Term Limits and Accountability Committee (CTLAC), the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) investigated Sheriff Scott Lancaster. Clay County kept credit card records for 10 years, and the FDLE found evidence Lancaster had used his county credit card for private expenditures as far back as records existed. The sitting sheriff was then brought before the grand jury. Shorstein was to be the prosecuting attorney. Lancaster had worked on Shorstein’s campaigns and the two were known to be close friends and confidantes. Once again, CTLAC led a coup, insisting Shorstein recuse himself. Shorstein initially refused, but ultimately complied. Chosen to lead the grand jury was Columbia County State Attorney Jerry Blair, also a friend of Lancaster’s. Blair had worked with Lancaster on several cases. Despite state law qualifying Lancaster’s spending habits as a felony, Blair’s grand jury found the sheriff had no criminal intent. However, although the grand jury gave Lancaster a legal reprieve, its members wrote a blistering presentment casting doubts that he could have mistaken a county credit card for a personal one for 10 years, and calling him an embarrassment to the county. After the Grand Jury Presentment, Lancaster kicked his campaign into high gear, making continuous personal appearances, including in numerous churches, touting his “exoneration.” His campaign coffers were twice as large as those of his two opponents, and he spent big. One of Lancaster’s campaign workers told Folio Weekly that internal polls showed he would win by a small margin over Beseler, with Richardson a distant third. Anticipating the win, the sheriff planned a large “victory” soirée at his “compound” in Green Cove Springs, inviting most of the local media. Except Folio Weekly. Lancaster was in for an unpleasant surprise. His polls were wrong. He was significantly
behind. Reporters said his surprise was evident as results came in. He had the compound vacated of supporters and media, kicked the side of his sheriff ’s office vehicle, locked the gates and refused to let anyone in or give any interviews. Beseler trounced Lancaster 52 percent to 34 percent, with Richardson receiving 13.7 percent of the vote. Fast-forward to present day. Shorstein, an outspoken critic of former State Attorney Angela Corey, was a major contributor and mentor to Melissa Nelson. When Nelson won, she appointed Shorstein’s close friend, 63-year-old Scott Lancaster, as a top investigator. The appointment was rumored to be political payback for Shorstein’s help. On May 8, a coworker filed a sexual harassment complaint against Lancaster. The woman who filed the complaint wrote in a memo that Lancaster had greeted her on several occasions with “something to the effect of ‘good morning, gorgeous’ or ‘good morning, beautiful.’” She said, after a meeting in her office, Lancaster asked others to leave, saying he had something to discuss with her. She said there was no discussion. The complainant said Lancaster had also called her and asked if she was “covered up.” The woman felt he was asking if she was clothed. On another occasion, she said he phoned her and asked her to meet him because “he heard how nice she looked today, and he wanted to see for himself.” During the investigation into the allegations, one woman said Lancaster had a “tendency to invade personal space.” A female security guard said Lancaster asked if he could kiss her. Dan Skinner, special assault director for the State Attorney’s Office, shared confidential details about the complaint with Lancaster. Skinner had been the chief assistant state attorney in Clay County, during which time he had worked closely with Lancaster for a number of years. First Assistant State Attorney Steve Siegel, in an apparent attempt to deescalate the situation and possibly manage the fallout, told Lancaster that if he resigned, the investigation would end. Lancaster refused. On May 30, Nelson fired him. As of this writing, Scott Lancaster is the last in the line of his family’s political dynasty in Clay County. His brother, Larry Lancaster, a longtime Clay County Commissioner, chose not to count on the short memory of the voters. Folio Weekly had discovered that Commissioner Lancaster did not live in the district to which he was elected and had not lived there for some time. The same day the grand jury released its presentment about his brother, Larry Lancaster announced he would not run for another term as County Commissioner, citing his desire to spend more time with his grandchildren. Scott Lancaster’s father, Lanny Lancaster, was also a County Commissioner in 1957. In 1975, he was elected as Clay County Supervisor of Elections. He held the office until 1985, when a woman in his office accused him of long-term sexual harassment. After an investigation and a hearing were held regarding the charges, Lanny Lancaster voluntarily left public office and the woman received a large settlement from the county. State Attorney Nelson reminded voters that Scott Lancaster has not been a good steward of the public trust. His long history of shady and shameful behavior didn’t start with the sexual harassment of a coworker, nor did it start with abuse of the county’s coffers. Now, at least, there is hope that taxpayers won’t finance any more unacceptable and unlawful actions he may decide to undertake in the future. Susan Clark Armstrong mail@folioweekly.com JUNE 28-JULY 4, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
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DUVAL’S MAIN MC, hip hop ambassador, educator and freestyle history-maker
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he house numbers suddenly vanish. At least it appears that way. The trail has gone cold. Springfield is a neighborhood with a mild, albeit endearing, personality disorder. One restored home with fresh paint and Tibetan prayer flags waving above houseplants on the porch sits adjacent to the vacant, splintering wooden skeleton of a historic home. Mal Jones lives either between or behind (or above?) two. On this sluggish Saturday afternoon, Google Maps promised a drive time of 18 minutes from Lakewood. But now, thanks to Jones’ ghost house address, Google stops cold. I text him. “Where the hell is your place?” “LOL. One sec,” he fires back. “Come to black iron gate.” On the chest-high gate, the elusive address is clearly displayed in adhesive metallic numbers. A decal on the wrought-iron metal reads “Beware of Dog.” Jones walks up, smiling, sporting his signature flat cap, a light-blue shirt emblazoned with the words “Brooklyn,” brown baggies and sneakers. After we shake hands, he laughs and leads me to his home of two months, a modest, two-story place hidden in the backyard of a house I’d driven past, and doubled back around to scope out, twice.
“You couldn’t find it, could you?” He chuckles. “It seems like no one can. I must have found the right place.” Then he leads the way inside.
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he Florida Folk Festival doesn’t exactly scream “hip hop.” Since 1953, the festival has been held each year during Memorial Day Weekend at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs. There’s a nice blur between performer and audience member; a woman you thought was simply a spectator will suddenly strap on a 12-string acoustic and step onstage. The festival prides itself on its diversity of music, culture and heritage indigenous to the Sunshine State. In the parking areas, you’ll see more “Steal Your Face” stickers than “Trump/Pence,” as the prominent vibe remains unrepentant old hippies and hardcore conservationists who’ve spent decades protecting Florida’s delicate ecosystem. Many performances are peppered with cautionary updates and accomplishments regarding the state’s wetlands. The Suwannee River flows a few hundred yards from the performance area. Festival-goers slosh past “No Swimming” signs, submerging themselves in the
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tannin-rich water for a reprieve from the afternoon heat. More than 300 performances are spread out over roughly a dozen stages and performance areas, with each act slotted a 30-minute set. In a matter of hours, you can catch Sopchoppy-based singer-songwriter Frank Lindamood intoning murder ballads with incomparable intensity, enjoy a set by St. Augustine bluesman Willie Brown, and see a demonstration of traditional Seminole dollmaking while noshing on some of the tribe’s fry bread. For all the strains of clawhammer banjo, Irish fiddles, even diddley bows encompassing myriad Floridian music and history, there is one homegrown style of music and tradition that has been scarce amid the rustic settings— hip hop. Until now. The unmistakable sounds of a languid groove rumble outward from the Folklife Area stage. Jones and a preteen boy are onstage, smiling and trading freestyle rhymes. The boy is Jones’ 12-year-old apprentice, Amari Murrell, who holds the mic intently and stares straight ahead, concentrating on generating rhymes. The boy’s skills are undeniable; Jones grins with pride. Roughly 40 people watch from metal folding chairs, a good turnout for a performance. A few video cameras on tripods aim at the stage; some folks raise smartphones high. Both Murrell and Jones have family in the audience, including Jones’ son, Jabari. This is Jones’ third year at the festival; he’ll perform three times over the weekend. Jones fires up a loop of a five-note, hypnotic bass pattern and leads a call-and-response. “I said, oh yeah! I said all right! Lemme hear y’all make some noise!” The crowd cheers. “We are making history right here!” Jones is making history. In 2013, he became the first hip hop artist in the state to be labeled a “Folk Artist” by The Florida Folklife Program. Now Jones runs a state-funded apprenticeship program to teach freestyle rapping. Murrell is his second apprentice. After Jones and Murrell answer a few questions, Jabari steps on stage. The three riff through another successful performance far from hip hop’s urban origins, planting new musical seeds near the banks of the Swanee. At his dad’s urging, Jabari breaks into some impressive beatboxing while Murrell freestyles: “Of course I got the crowd / surrounding me … well, my parents raised me and are proud
of me / they’re the ones that put their crown on me / and now I never look down these memories / ’cause when my parents raised me they said unleash the keys / ’cause on the streets / I unleash the heat.” Minutes after the crew clears their set, two cowboy-hat-wearing characters appear onstage. Inside in one plastic bin are six pillowcases, each containing a different, indigenous, nonvenomous Florida snake. The crowd thins and drifts away. In just 30 minutes, Mal Jones has again proved that he is one tough act to follow.
a laugh, “so I guess you could say I’ve been waiting to move here for 25 years.” It’s three weeks after the festival. He wasn’t bragging during the raucous performance: He’s making—and made—history. Hip hop had never been considered a folk art in Florida. Then a few years ago, whether through Jones’ reputation as a hip hop artist, producer, savvy self-promoter, educator and documentarian, or a combination thereof, Blaine Wade of the Florida Folklife Program became aware of Jones. “Blaine had contacted Adonnica Toler from the Ritz Theatre and she told him about me and what I’ve been doing around town.”
“Look, the reality is that hip hop has always been a folk art,” says Jones. “But now that the state of Florida has recognized me as the first? MAKING HISTORY.”
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ones kicks off his shoes and toes them toward the welcome mat inside the front door. “You can leave your flip-flops on; I don’t mind.” Air-conditioning blasts full force on the first floor, but the upstairs studio is a reminder that heat rises. A small plastic fan whirs quietly on the windowsill, its breeze swirling threads of smoke from an incense stick inside the screen. Jones’ studio is small, monastic even, with just enough space for his workstation, where he records music and edits videos, and two seats. Drawings of superheroes and framed stories about him (including two previous Folio Weekly stories) hang on the walls. “Since ’92, when I first moved to Jacksonville, I’ve lived on the Westside,” he says of his recent move to Springfield, adding with
Intrigued by Jones’ art and ethic, Wade researched and documented what he was doing. “He saw that I’m with a mic, in a crowd, making up the music as I go along … the community is involved,” says Jones. Upon learning that the rapper has a family history with the form, Wade “officially” documented Jones as a “Folk Artist.” Jones is honored by this distinction; he is now both the first hip hop artist to ever perform in the festival’s 60-plus years and the first to be archived in the Florida Folklife Program. “Look, the reality is that hip hop has always been a folk art,” says Jones. “But now that the state of Florida has recognized me as the first? Making history.” The festival was an interesting challenge for Jones. “It’s really white,” he says with a laugh. “But any time I’m breaking new ground, I not only expect but want challenges. That’s why it’s called ‘new ground’ because that is
what I’m stepping into. That’s really when I’m most comfortable.” In a few years, Jones has disproved misconceptions about freestyle rap and won over the crowds. Each year he draws a larger audience. Not only is he breaking new ground, he’s closing a gap in the lineup. “The reality is, whenever I do perform there, all of the kids run over to my show and they’ll say, ‘Oh! This is fun after all!’ And when I see that, I definitely know that I’m supposed to be there.” Jones is also mentoring kids, passing on his skills and experiences as a hip hop artist. Another benefit of his state-recognized accomplishments is the title of Florida Folk Art Master in the Florida Folklife Apprenticeship Program. In 2013, he met apprentice Amari Murrell at One Spark, when then-nine-year-old Murrell rapped onstage. “He got on that mic and it was like, boom!” says Jones. As a mentor, Jones teaches Murrell about writing and creating spontaneous rhymes, guided by positivity, community and tradition. “I established this [apprenticeship] in 2013 and now this will keep hip hop as a Florida folk tradition, forever.”
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al rhymes with “All”—not “Al.” Jamal Abdullah Jones was born in the Bronx in 1976 to Jamal and Barbara Jones. Along with his twin sister, Jamila, Jones’ family included another set of twin girls and four older brothers. While the Bronx is universally recognized as the birthplace of hip hop, Jones’ earliest music influences came from his poet-trumpeter father’s life as a jazz artist. Jamal Jones Sr. gigged regularly with jazz heavyweights in NYC, including trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and pianist Barry Harris. “I used to go on the weekends to Barry’s house with my dad and watch them jam out,” says Jones. During the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, Jones’ paternal grandmother housed many musicians who would have jam sessions in her basement. Family stories were filled with jazz figures. “We were always around these legendary people but they were like family, too,” says Jones. “It was awesome to see this stuff as a kid.” Mal was just six years old when his father died from a brain tumor at the age of 35. The reverence that Jones feels for his father is clear.
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<<< FROM PREVIOUS “It was my interest in what my father left behind that inspired me to keep going with it.” In 1975, Jamal Jones Sr. published Black Views, a collection of poetry inspired by the Civil Rights struggle and the African-American community. “When I was a little kid, he’d have me come up onstage when he was performing and do these little excerpts from Shakespeare,” says Jones, chuckling. “So I’d go up and say, ‘To be, or not to be: That is the question.’ And then the band would start up the next tune.” On some level, Jones’ entire creative path has helped him continue, even develop, his relationship with his late father. When his grandmother, Loretta, passed away in 2016, he inherited a collection of his dad’s essays. “By that time in my life, I was well into being an artist,” says Jones. “But when I read my father’s essays, about the culture of his time, about jazz and the appropriation of jazz and how the radio had wiped it off the airwaves with rock and roll … he gave great importance to those things, in the same way that I take things very seriously in my role today as a musician.” Both father and son mixed politics and the arts in their own ways and both were protective of the aesthetic: the father with jazz, the son with hip hop. “I always felt like he was going through the same experiences and ideas as an artist, like I am, when he was going through life,” says
Jones. People who knew his father have often remarked on the similarity of their characters. “And to see it and read it in his papers and essays … my intuition was right on the money.”
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yricist Live is Mal Jones’ inspiration, passion and calling—a campaign for community-based verse and beats. At the First Wednesday Art Walk on May 4, 2011, Jones kicked off the inaugural Lyricist Live at the corner of Adams and Ocean streets. The simple premise is, in Jones’ words, “proven to work.” Lyricist Live is an old-school, freestyle battle or “cypher,” a group set pivoting on unity where anyone can grab a mic, rap and pass the mic; a fluid circle of MCs, rapping together. “It’s based on the Golden Era of hip hop and it’s at Art Walk, right?” asks Jones. “So the idea has always been that my cypher is a living piece of artwork that shows you what birthed all of these great rappers and writers that came before.” While it’s straight-up, hip hop word-duel— where verbally taunting opponents is part and parcel—Jones is strict about no foul language, no bad vibes and sure as hell no violence. “I’m on year six with this and we’ve never had any trouble,” he says. “Hip hop isn’t violent just because some people who like hip hop might be violent.” Every month since, the crowd has grown; now you’ll find dozens waiting their turn, or just watching and dancing. Jones has taken to moving the event around Downtown. He prefers to hold it earlier in the evening and it’s always open to the public. “This is the thing: Hip hop is more about community than the rapper. That’s how and why it’s survived and why it will always survive,” he says. “That’s what’s real.”
Jones’ cypher exemplifies Duval County’s hip hop underground, a scene that is vibrant, fresh and progressive. While smaller venues like Rain Dogs and Nighthawks bring in similarly minded and forward-thinking touring artists, there’s a sense of cohesion and unity among local artists. The collective includes Jones’ regular collaborator Willie Evans Jr., along with folks like Paten Locke, Mr. Al Pete, GeeXella and DJ 3CLOPS I (aka club owner-promoter Ian Ranne); together they have created a formidable scene that’s more about the cerebral and trippy, 420-beats than bragging about bling. Jones considers himself a forerunner of the local scene. “There’s not one hip hop artist in Jacksonville who says they remember when I first showed up—because I started before all of them.” Lyricist Live is totally self-funded by Jones. He brings in his sound system and prints fliers and blasts invites on social media. He’s autonomous financially, but has now launched a GoFundMe page (gofundme.com/ supporting-the-lyricist-live) trying to raise $3,000 to upgrade the PA. “Lyricist Live—my cypher—is based on this circular, street freestyle that is essentially a tool cleaning up the bad rap that hip hop was having. A cypher is people coming together and working together. We give everybody this opportunity. Rap, listen, be inspired, come back, and it will keep on circulating.”
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rom Sept. 25 to 29 last year, Jones and local visual artist Overstreet Ducasse were invited to Bristol, England to perform and exhibit under the auspices of the JAXBRS program. The pairing seemed natural: Both Jones and Ducasse are mercurial artists who are part of the local creative community circles
and comfortable traveling outside on their respective trajectories. “The whole experience came about last year from my writing a poem during the 400th anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare that I wrote for the Cummer Museum,” Jones explains. “It was really an ode to my father. It’s not like I’m really this great Shakespeare fan. But since it was dedicated to my father, I really had to go in depth with what I was doing with that poem.” After hearing the poem, “Hip Hop Shakes,” Cultural Council Executive Director Tony Allegretti told Jones about the inaugural pilot program. Soon Jones and Overstreet were flying across the Atlantic, making history as the first artistic ambassadors from Jacksonville to its sister city, Bristol. At the welcome center, Jones set up his mic and speaker system while Ducasse created a pop-up gallery of his paintings. As Jones played beats and freestyled outside, local rappers stopped by and soon joined in. Duval meets Bristol. “It’s a proven thing—rappers see the mic and then ‘boom!’ It’s on.” Jones is in the process of editing his films of the experience into a documentary. Within weeks of the trip, Jones made history again while creating the documentary’s soundtrack. Nadia Ramoutar, then a film teacher at Art Institute of Jacksonville, introduced him to Khiry Hines, aka Off Beat Ninja. Hines’ school assignment was to help Jones finish the film. “This kid was like me: He makes beats and hip hop, he’s a visual artist and a videographer.” During the May Art Walk, themed “Imaginature,” the trio of Jones, Off Beat Ninja and Amari performed with the Jacksonville Symphony at Hemming Park, with Ninja creating beats and grooves using sampled sounds of the symphony, as master and apprentice freestyled.
“…[W]hen I read my father’s essays, about the culture of his time, about jazz and the appropriation of jazz and how the radio had wiped it off the airwaves with rock and roll … he took great importance of those things, in the same way that I take things very seriously in my role today as a musician.” — Mal Jones, pictured here with his apprentice, Amari Murrell.
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It was another first. In its nearly 70 years of existence, the symphony had never worked with a hip hop artist. Until Jones stepped in.
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hen Jones was 10, his mother, Barbara, relocated the family from East Orange, New Jersey, where they’d moved after his father’s death, to Fort Lauderdale. Jones still has family in the NYC area. “I’ve kept my accent because I was always talking to New Yorkers: in my family, to relatives on the phone; every summer my mom would send me back up to the city.”
name was ‘Molecule’ back then—because I was droppin’ so much science,” he says. “But I couldn’t spell it ‘M-a-l-e-c-l-u-e’ because that was too confusing.” After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School, Jones’ plan was to go to college. “As soon as I graduated from high school,” says Jones, “my mother passed away and I had to be a man.” During the late ’80s and early ’90s, Jones leaned even harder into words and music. That era saw a boom in hip hop, with progressive, positive-tip artists like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Digable Planets, and a kind of spiritually reborn Beastie Boys offset by hardcore, gangsta rappers like Schoolly D, Tupac Shakur, Mobb Deep and N.W.A. Jones touched on all forms of the genre. “You have to understand that as I grew up, I literally watched
and heard hip hop move from New York to the West Coast, through the Midwest and then down to the South and stay here.” But his hip hop flashpoint remains New York City. “When I first heard Big Daddy Kane, that really turned me on to the technicalities of rhyme,” says Jones. “All of those Golden Era Poets who were telling a story.” Kane, along with peers like KRS-One, Public Enemy, and Eric B. and Rakim, were ramping up the East Coast hip hop scene. Moving far beyond a party, feel-good vibe, these NYC artists were street journalists, issuing direct updates on what was happening on the streets, with no filter. “I was a comic book writer at the time, writing these elaborate stories. Then I heard all of these great MCs telling their stories and I saw the bridge between what they
were doing and what I was doing. Because I could say amazing things in a rhyme that would make the action come to life.”
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he now-40-year-old Jones is regularly invited to speak to college students about hip hop and writing, including at a recent intercultural film series at Florida State College at Jacksonville. In addition, he’s taught younger kids at S.P. Livingston Elementary, Tiger Academy and Tristan’s Acceleration Academy. His vehicle is freestyle with Lyricist Live-style ground rules: no cursing, but much creativity and positivity.
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Jones is both THE FIRST HIP HOP ARTIST to ever perform in the Florida Folk Festival’s 60-plus years and the first to be archived in the Florida Folklife Program. Through his Bronx DNA and his older brother Christopher, aka Smokey D, who was a peer of hip hop’s founders, Jones has a direct, apostolic hip hop lineage. “When we were in New York, Smokey was right in the epicenter. He’d be passing out fliers for DJ Kool Herc,” says Jones, of the protean DJ who created the “break,” the isolation of the hook or beat of a song, the forerunner of sampling. Smokey also wrote rhymes and lyrics and performed in local clubs. Just as his father influenced Jones with poetry and improvised jazz, brother Smokey expanded his younger sibling’s artistic awareness and worldview with freestyle rhymes and breakbeats. When Jones was 16, the family moved to Jacksonville. “When we were in Fort Lauderdale, we were extremely poor,” he says. “My mother did the best she could and did an amazing job. It was a thing where we really didn’t know that we were poor.” He was fully checked in to the early ’90s Duval hip hop scene with rap artists like Assault & Battery (“The first real Jacksonville hip hop group that had publicity.”) In the ’90s, the group’s leader, Waxwell, took Jones under his wing and they formed the gangstastyle group East Unit. “Lyricism was still important even though we were talking about gangsterism and the street life.” Other rappers from this era Jones cites as early influences include Zaiche, who made a “pivotal” impression on him, along with his “allies,” rappers Jawad Mills and Poppa Fonk. Jones describes himself as a “hybrid,” growing up in the North and South to the sounds of both rap and rock. “Before the Internet, I was the kid who would get all of the mixtapes and all of the clothes, and bring them back down here from New York,” he laughs. As a teen, he was hooked on writing “crazy, scientifical” rhymes. “That’s why my
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<<< FROM PREVIOUS “They have to use their vocabulary as fluently and improvisationally as they can,” he explains. “It helps them with quicker thinking and that helps with their people skills and then it really becomes a community thing. And once they’re in that creative zone, I can teach them about things, like Shakespeare.” Jones leans toward his workstation and fires up a video. JEA asked him to create a video for their “Power Pals” program, a fiveweek course to teach elementary students about electrical safety. “I took the bullet points of those five weeks and made this,” he says. “I made this song and in two minutes, the kids got it and understood the program.” In the video, Jones seems to have as much fun as the children, rapping (“We are the JEA Power Pals / and you’ve got be safe now …”), and mugging for the camera. When the two minutes are up, Jones smiles. “That’s that Electric Company stuff right there.”
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t’s no surprise that Jabari, 12, has joined forces with Murrell as a beatbox-MC combo: Amari and Jabari. “A lot of what I do is inspired by him,” says Jones of his son. For
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Jabari’s eighth birthday, Jones created a song and video, “The Proudest Dad Ever!” and uploaded it on YouTube. The music, produced by Jacksonville-bred hip hop artist Batsauce, features a soundscape of breakbeats and cascading, ethereal sonics, as Jones raps about his love for his son and how the relationship has transformed him. The Bronx neighborhood that gave the world hip hop also gave us Mal Jones. Through his father, a brother, siblings and an uncle, he developed reverence for music and words and for the power when the two are combined. Now, as a mentor and father, he is passing that tradition on to the next generation. Label it cypher or folk tradition, apprentice or collaborator, Jones is intent on widening his circle, whether on the sidewalk or in the classroom, and he’s inviting you in. “Hip hop is a music of the downtrodden and I grew up in that environment, but it’s really for everybody. You know hip hop literally started to stop gang violence and to literally change the environment, which in turn changes our reality, all through rhymes and metaphor.” Daniel A. Brown dbrown@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Mal Jones presents The Lyricist Live—Summer Cypher Series, 5:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 5 at Wolf & Cub, 205 N. Laura St., Downtown, maljones904.com.
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PICTURED: © GABRIEL DAWE, Plexus No. 29, 2014. Multicolored thread. Site-specific installation at the BYU Museum of Art.
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s a child growing up in Mexico, Texas-based artist Gabriel Dawe was exposed to machismo, the idea that males should act manly and self-reliant. He was also surrounded by vibrant color and interesting architecture. Utilizing the environment of his youth and the rejection of socially imposed gender identity, Dawe has spent the last seven years creating installations for his Plexus Series. Started in 2010, Plexus is a series of large-scale installations consisting of thousands of miles of multicolored thread used to create three-dimensional rainbow patterns. Dawe’s work, which hass been exhibited from Miami to Montreal, creates optical illusions; the viewer’s perception changes with each angle. For his 37th Plexus installation, Dawe comes to Jacksonville for MOCA’s Project Atrium series, on display July 15 through Oct. 29. And in conjunction with Dawe’s installation, an array of events are being held at MOCA. Folio Weekly and Gabriel Dawe spoke about his upcoming show, the vulnerability of working with thread, and growing up in Mexico City. Here’s part of that conversation. Folio Weekly: How did this MOCA Jacksonville show come about? Gabriel Dawe: I was approached by Jaime [DeSimone], the curator, for the possibility of doing something for the Atrium Series. She sent me documentation of the space, like plans and photos and it looked like a great space, so I did a proposal for them and they accepted it. A portion of your installations is designed on the computer. Tell me a bit about that. The pieces are not computer-generated. I just have renderings of the space with plans, elevation and architectural drawings. I don’t use any algorithms to
generate what I do. I don’t do any 3-D renderings. I just draw the design on the computer as I would with paper—meaning that I just draw lines. It’s just faster to sketch in the computer. I think that is a really important distinction, that they are not computer-generated.
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I was doing research for a collaboration with an architect for an exhibition on the link between fashion and architecture. In doing the research for that show, I had this idea of using the core material of fashion, which is sewing thread, and using it in the scale of architecture. Sewing thread is used
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permanent. That’s one of a few that’s accessible to the public. You’re working with a material that’s vulnerable. Have you had to go back and fix any installations because the threads have broken? Not yet, but probably after a few years, I think the main issue is that they will be losing color. But so far, I haven’t had to change any of them. The material is actually stronger than you would imagine. I use an industrial-grade thread. How much does the architecture of a space influence each installation? It’s unique in the sense that all of my installations are unique because they’re created specifically for the space. My goal is to come into a space and make something that I haven’t made before. That’s how I keep the work sort of evolving. It’s always having a feel of what I can achieve in the space and it seems to me that this space [MOCA’s Atrium] is going to be a particularly striking one. You work with the colors of the rainbow; are there social or LGBTQ statements you’re making with your art? The reason I work with thread is because when I was growing up in Mexico City, my grandmother would teach my sister to embroider, but she wouldn’t teach me. That was always very frustrating to me as a kid. When I was an adult, I sort of remembered that frustration and decided to teach myself how to embroider. I saw embroidery as a way to challenge that idea of gender identity that is imposed on us as we grow up. The installations are an extension of that. The idea that there are gender norms that we have to follow is one of the things that I wanted to challenge when I started embroidering. Kara Pound mail@folioweekly.com
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oshirô Mifune was among those defining actors who introduced American audiences to World Cinema in the ’50s and ’60s, literally a legend in his own time. Mifune put a face to the Japanese film industry, making that nation a major contributor to cinematic culture as well as movie entertainment. Steven Okazaki’s engaging documentary, Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016), examines the actor’s life and career, including extensive interviews with associates and Mifune’s sons as well as many scenes and clips from his astounding filmography which ultimately included more than 170 film and television roles. At 80 minutes, the Keanu Reeves-narrated doc seems too short for its intimidating, fascinating subject. But viewers may be moved to seek or rewatch some of Mifune’s great films for themselves. After all, movies (unlike those who make them) never die. Okazaki quickly covers Mifune’s early life: his 1920 birth to Japanese parents in China, his reluctant role training fighter pilots near the end of WWII, and his entry into the acting profession in the desperate post-war years. Mifune is so identified with the samurai film niche, so Okazaki includes a fascinating background on the samurai sword-fighting genre (“chanbara”), dating back to silent film. Chanbara films were to Japanese cinema what Westerns were to Hollywood—certain blockbusters. Most of Okazaki’s focus is on the actor’s collaboration with Akira Kurosawa, among the greatest filmmakers of all time. Together, they made 16 films in a 17-year span; the fifth was Rashomon (’50), which made both international icons. Three films later, The Seven Samurai (’54) spawned the U.S. remake The Magnificent Seven and its extensive sequels, including last year’s remake of a remake with Denzel Washington. In Throne of Blood (’57), Kurosawa’s magnificent adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Mifune had an unforgettable death scene; The Hidden Fortress (’58), a chanbara with comic touches, was an acknowledged inspiration for George Lucas’s Star Wars. Yojimbo (’61) was remade as A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone, making a star of Clint Eastwood after spawning its own KurosawaMifune sequel in Sanjuro (’62). Each of these receives particular attention, though Hidden Fortress in particular gets short shrift. One famous Mifune film was Hiroshi Inagaki’s The Samurai Trilogy (’54-’56). Courted by American filmmakers, he starred with Charles Bronson, Alain Delon and Ursula Andress in Red Sun (’71), an unusually violent/ comic Western for the time, and opposite Lee Marvin in the WWII action drama Hell in the Pacific (’68). He and Christopher Lee did a funny joint cameo in Spielberg’s 1941. Mifune
won an Emmy nod in 1981 for Best Actor in Shogun (’80). Mifune’s range extended beyond the samurai and action genres, as his last film with Kurosawa—1965’s Red Beard—amply demonstrates. In his swan song for the great filmmaker, Mifune plays a clinic director in 19th-century Japan who mentors a young doctor. It’s a moving performance in a great film, but it marks the end of one of cinema’s most famous acclaimed director/actor relationships. Okazaki does not plumb the causes of the rift, nor do any of the associates interviewed share specifics. (For an in-depth analysis of their working relationship, I recommend Stuart Galbraith IV’s 800-page-plus opus, The Emperor & the Wolf: The Lives & Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshirô Mifune, published in 2002.) After Red Beard, however, the two parted in rancor and rarely communicated. Toshirô Mifune died in 1997 from Alzheimer’s related causes. A gravely ill Kurosawa, who died nine months later, sent a moving letter to be read at Mifune’s funeral, excerpts from which fittingly conclude Okazaki’s film. Kurosawa wrote: “We were part of the golden age of Japanese cinema together. When I look back at each and every film, I couldn’t have made them without you. You gave so much of yourself … For one last time, over a bottle of sake, I wish I could have told you all this. Goodbye, my friend. I’ll see you soon.” Not a bad send-off. Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com
NOW SHOWING THAT’S SOME BAD HAT, HARRY Fifth annual run of 1975’s piscatorial classic Jaws, with Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and Susan “Chrissie” Backlinie, 6:30 p.m. July 4, Sun-Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049; $9.50 adults; $8 student/military/teachers; $7 seniors; $5.50 kids; sunraycinema.com. Crush a Can of Narragansett for Quint! MOVIES BY THE BAY Ripley’s shows Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, 8:30 p.m. June 28, Colonial Oak Music Park, 27 St. George St., St. Augustine, free; 824-1606, augustine.com. Bring something to sit on. MOONLIGHT MOVIE The Jungle Book runs 9 p.m. June 30, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach; free; 247-6100, jacksonvillebeach.org. Bring something to sit on. Popcorn, candy, beverage vendor onsite. No alcohol, skateboards, bicycles, glass. YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH! Summer Movie Classics screens A Few Good Men, (25th anniversary), 2 p.m. July 2, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 3552787, $7.50/film; $45 season pass, floridatheatre.com. SUN-RAY CINEMA Beatriz at Dinner and Baby Driver screen, 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. The Hero starts July 1. Spider-Man: Homecoming starts July 6. CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ The Lovers and The Wedding Plan run. Throwback Thursday runs The Other Boleyn Girl, noon June 29. The Hero starts June 30. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. IMAX THEATER Prehistoric Planet 3D, Transformers The Last Knight, Amazon Adventure, Dream Big and Extreme Weather run, World Golf Village, 940-4133, worldgolfimax. com. Spider-Man: Homecoming starts July 7.
ARTS + EVENTS
BLUNT OBSERVATIONS
Unleashed comedy trio DEM WILD BOYZ–DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Chico Bean–all veterans of the comedy writing and standup scene, appear June 30 and July 1 & July 2 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, Southside.
PERFORMANCE
DanTDM ON TOUR UK YouTube fave DanTDM, along with his fave characters including pug Ellie (OMG!), appears 7 p.m. June 30, Daily’s Place, Downtown, 633-2000, $29-$59, dailysplace.com. ANNIE Alhambra Theatre & Dining stages the tale of a young orphan’s adventures in 1930s Manhattan, June 28-Aug. 13, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $35-$57 + tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. TOPDOG/UNDERDOG The 5 & Dime stages the dark comedy about two brothers hoping to find a new life, 8 p.m. June 30 & July 1; 2 p.m. July 2 at 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, $15, the5anddime.org. LEGALLY BLONDE Orange Park Community Theatre presents a comical-musical about a supposedly ditsy sorority girl who goes to Harvard Law, 8 p.m. June 30 & July 1; 3 p.m. July 2 at 2900 Moody Ave., 276-2599, $25, opct.info. PAW PATROL LIVE! The much-loved pups from Nickelodeon come to life for an onstage family-friendly musical adventure, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. July 1 & 2, TimesUnion Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, $19.50-$39.50, 633-6110, ticketmaster.com.
CLASSICAL + JAZZ
BARRY GREENE BAND UNF educator and total jazzguitar badass Greene performs with his combo, 7 p.m. June 27 at Surfer the Bar, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756, surferthebar.com. TAYLOR ROBERTS The jazz guitarist is on 7-10 p.m. every Wed., Ocean 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060, ocean60.com. Also 4 p.m. Thur. at lobby bar; 6 p.m. Fri. & Sat., Salt Restaurant, Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., 277-1100, ritzcarlton.com.
COMEDY
FRED’S ALL-STAR COMEDIANS Spencer, Timika, more, 7:30 p.m. June 28 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $10, comedyzone.com. ADELE GIVENS Comedian-actress Givens (Beauty Shop, The Players Club) is on 7:30 p.m. June 29; 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. June 30 & July 1, The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, $25-$30, comedyzone.com. CHARLES WALDEN Comedian Walden (Comic View, Def Comedy Jam) appears 8 p.m. June 29 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, $15-$30, jacksonvillecomedy.com. DEM WILD BOYZ The comedy trio (DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller, Chico Bean), comedy writing and standup vets, hit the stage 8 p.m. June 30; 8 & 10:30 p.m.
July 1; 8 p.m. July 2, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 646-4277, $18-$50, jacksonvillecomedy.com.
CALLS + WORKSHOPS
FORT MOSE HISTORIC STATE PARK The state park seeks volunteers with skill sets and interests ranging from historical re-enactors, event coordinators and museum guides to gardeners–and someone with computer skills to work with the Historical Society administrative team. Details, 823-2232 or email vicki.tiseth@dep.state.fl.us.
ART WALKS + MARKETS
FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK The Downtown Art Walk, 5-9 p.m. July 5–themed Palette to Palate–has more than 60 venues, live music, restaurants, galleries, museums, businesses and hotspots (some open after 9 p.m.), spanning 15 blocks in Downtown Jacksonville. iloveartwalk.com. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local, regional art; Red, White & Brew 5K Run and live music— The Firewater Tent Revival, Billy & Bella, Tad Jennings–food and farmers market, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. July 1 under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. CONSCIOUS MARKET Tastes and sips mingle, 7-11 p.m. every Sat. at Conscious Eats, 5913 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 5, Mandarin, 612-3934. Bring a donation of dried beans, rices, quinoas, grains. Proceeds benefit Conscious Market/Character Counts programs. WHITE HARVEST FARMS & FARMER’S MARKET Local organic, fresh produce, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. every Sat., 5348 Moncrief Rd., Northside, 3544162; proceeds benefit Clara White Mission, clarawhitemission.org.
MUSEUMS
CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Poetry of Landscape: The Art of Eugène Louis Charvot (1847-1924), through Sept. 10; An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler & His Legacy, through July 20. David Ponsler: Chasing Shadows, through Oct. 4. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/ jaxfrm.html. Robert Fulton & the U.S. Navy: Steamboats & Submarines, through August. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Dinosaurs in Motion, 14 magnificent, life-sized sculptures of recycled metal, is displayed. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu.
Artist Gabriel Dawe installs his work in the Project: Atrium space through July 13. Synthesize: Art + Music, works by contemporary sound-based artists, displays through Sept. 24. Iterations: Lorrie Fredette, through Sept. 10.
GALLERIES
THE ART CENTER COOPERATIVE Jacksonville Landing, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. An Artistic Reflection of the JASMYN Guiding Principles displays through Aug. 4. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreetgalleryart.com. 15th Annual Sea Turtle Show runs through July 4. LUFRANO INTERCULTURAL GALLERY 1 UNF Dr., 620-2475, unf.edu/gallery. Cathedral Arts Project exhibit, County Missives: Expressive Works by Incarcerated Juveniles Adjudicated as Adults, through June 30. MAKERSPACE GALLERY Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2665, jaxpubliclibrary. org/jax-makerspace. Altered Objects, by Matthew Abercrombie, Mark Creegan, Crystal Floyd, Mark Krancer, Roosevelt Watson III and Elaine Wheeler, through July 23. RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, ritzjacksonville.com. Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts, through July. MONYA ROWE GALLERY 4 Rohde Ave., St. Augustine, 217-0637, monyarowegallery.com. Home, works by Polina Barskaya, Ridley Howard, Sophie Larrimore, Caris Reid and Ann Toebbe, displays June 30-July 30. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 150, 438-4358, southlightgallery.com. The 2017 Summer Wall exhibit, works by Jerry Uelsmann, Robert Leedy, Tony Wood, Thomas Hager, Doug Eng, Paul Ladnier, Paul Karabinis and Jim Draper, runs through Sept. 6. UNF Summer Show displays through August. The co-op shows 20 local artists’ works.
EVENTS
SOFIT SPORTS FESTIVAL Local athletes compete in challenging competitions at the fest, the largest of its kind in Northeast Florida. A Rep Your Box competition, Olympic weightlifting, Jiu-Jitsu competition, and more are featured 8 a.m.-6 p.m. July 1; 8 a.m.5 p.m. July 2, Prime Osborn Center, Downtown, general admission $15, weekend pass $25; military/seniors/kids 6-12, $12; weekend pass $20, sofitevents.com. JUMBO SHRIMP VS. MOBILE BAYBEARS Our hometown heroes continue a homestand against the Mobile BayBears, 7:05 p.m. June 28 (Get Jax’d Day), June 29 (Mavericks Live Thirsty Thursday), June 30 (Red Shirt, Fireworks), 6:05 p.m. July 1 (High School reunion Night, Vince Coleman Raines Bobblehead Giveaway), 3:05 p.m. July 2 (Firefighter Appreciation Day) and 7:05 p.m. July 3 (Patriotic Cap Giveaway), at Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, Downtown, single game tix start at $9 (check website), 358-2846, jaxshrimp.com. Next up: Biloxi Shuckers!
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Craft brews, RAM food vendors, kids stuff, live music by Brent Byrd & the Suitcase Gypsies, Mama Blue, 6-10 p.m. under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449, free admission, riversideartsmarket.com. THROWBACK BASEBALL Springfield tradition carries on 4-7 p.m., as Westside and Eastside (of Springfield Historic District) play baseball, with turn-of-the-century uniforms, equipment, umpires, announcer, food trucks. Picnics encouraged. Klutho Park, 635 Third St., free, 630-2489. FOURTH OF JULY FERNANDINA BEACH Annual fireworks display around 9:30 p.m. in downtown Fernandina Beach. Vendors, live music, games and entertainment. 310-3361. FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS Three big displays in Jacksonville (jacksonvillelanding.com), St. Augustine (floridashistoriccoast.com) and Jax Beach (jacksonvillebeach.org). Hit websites for details. FIREWORKS OVER THE MATANZAS The nation’s Oldest City celebrates with favorites performed by The All Star Orchestra, 6 p.m. at Plaza de la Constitución, St. George and King streets. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. 825-5088. Alcohol prohibited. __________________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price, contact number to print to Daniel A. Brown; email dbrown@folioweekly.com or mail 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Items run as space is available. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. printing. JUNE 28-JULY 4, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 17
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home to Seattle, where he grew up, Froom says ith more than a half-century of history the song felt like a natural step forward in his and tradition under its belt, reggae songwriting journey. “As soon as I touched music has almost as many sub-genres my keyboard, that lead riff came out. I found a and specific niches as heavy metal. The mental space I was longing for, which is what internecine debates rage almost as hard, too, the song is all about—finding that elusive with roots rockers railing against reggaeton muse. I feel like the song was already inside and dub heads dissing lovers rock. But reggae me. I just discovered it.” was birthed in Jamaica as both a joyous means “Muse” is the lead of joyous expression and single off The Ellameno a call to action intent on Beat’s forthcoming album changing the world. So Surface, scheduled for the recent progressive an end-of-summer drop. roots movement—loosely “We’ve taken a bit of a defined as music that harks more serious turn with back to reggae’s traditions Surface,” Froom says. while advancing a positive, “We’ve all grown over the forward-thinking lyrical last few years, and we’re approach—seems like the more affected by the world perfect culmination of the now. Surface is a way for genre’s evolution. us to express ourselves in a Thanks to the premiere way that’s more mature and of their new single “Muse” aware. We still continue the on RootFire, a popular level of energy and hype progressive reggae website, from Party Wave, but we’ve The Ellameno Beat taken a heavier turn with represents the leading THE ELLAMENO BEAT this record.” edge of this 21st-century with OF GOOD NATURE Much of the band’s evolution. South Florida 8 p.m. June 30, 1904 Music evolution came from key natives Reggie Froom, Hall, Downtown, $10 advance; personnel changes in the Walker Brantingham, $12 day, 1904musichall.com last few years. Adding a Dylon Hixon and James two-person horn section Rosenblit are all avid surfers to the core four original lineup put extra flavor who can easily come off as the most chill and intensity to live shows. They hired new dudes in the room at any party in Jax Beach, manager Caleb Turner, who was instrumental where they migrated to take advantage of the in getting “Muse” extra airplay. And this year, area’s thriving music scene, consistent surf and they hooked in with Stoke Surfboards shaper/ convenience to East Coast touring. owner Mike Karol, a longtime friend of the But “Muse” represents a huge step band back in Jensen Beach, for an East Coast forward from The Ellameno Beat’s 2015 debut album Party Wave, which went to No. 11 on summer tour, the anchor of which was a June the Billboard Reggae Charts even though it 24 stop at Shape Fest, a daylong celebration was entirely recorded, produced, released, of surfing, boardbuilding and the music that promoted and supported by the band. While inspires it all in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. “Muse” hits all the classic instrumental notes “Surfing culture has been a big part of of roots rock reggae, its ethereal vibe and our creative process,” Froom says. “It makes attention to emotional detail (“You’ve gone us tick as musicians and friends. All of our run around with your screws loose / We took songwriting is in some way inspired by our a little time, not gonna run no race, we’re experiences in the ocean. And one thing that where we ought to be”), this definitely is not we’re proud of is sharing the actual culture the soundtrack emanating from your older behind it, which we’ve done on this tour. bro’s smoke-filled room plastered with Bob Surfing is so dear to us. It’s not just a sport or Marley tapestries. something fun we do—it’s how we operate.” How The Ellameno Beat operates today is “Premiering ‘Muse’ on RootFire was a different from how it went even just last year. huge deal for us,” Reggie Froom told Reggae “With the new album, we want to give people In NYC recently. “The response has been food for thought,” Froom says. “We’re really overwhelming—people are showing up at our expressing our emotional reaction to how concerts because of the premiere and asking things are today. It’s bursting out of us and we us to play the song. It’s been a lot to take in, can’t want to get it out to people.” honestly—we’ve never released anything like Nick McGregor this before. It’s a big step and we’re elated mail@folioweekly.com about how it’s gone.” Inspired by a trip back
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK
Music by the Sea: JAX ENGLISH SALSA BAND 6 p.m. June 28, St. Johns County Pier Park, St. Augustine, free, thecivicassociation.org. SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. June 28, Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, 374-1247. DIANA ROSS 8 p.m. June 28, Daily’s Place, Downtown, 633-2000, $42.50-$121.50. RUNNING RAMPANT, FULL MONTY, DISCORDANT GENERATION, CRACKED DAGGER 8 p.m. June 28, Nighthawks, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., Riverside, $6. FALLING FORWARD 9:30 p.m. June 28, Cheers Park Avenue, 1138 Park Ave., Orange Park, 269-4855, $3. PIERCE & GRACE PETTIS 7:30 p.m. June 29, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $15. HEADCHASER, HIGHER GROUND, MOTHER SUPERIOR 8 p.m. June 29, Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-749, $8. RIVERSIDE ODDS, FLAG on FIRE, SWILL, DEATHWATCH 97 8 p.m. June 29, Rain Dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $8. 3 The BAND 9 p.m. June 29, Flying Iguana Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. SOUTH OF SAVANNAH 9:30 p.m. June 29, Cheers Park Avenue, $3. TRAIL DIVER 9 p.m. June 29, Surfer the Bar, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756. EVERGREEN TERRACE, HIS NAME WAS IRON, KID YOU NOT, STAGES, SECOND DEATH 6:30 p.m. June 30, Nighthawks, $15. BECOMING HUMAN, IT IS WRITTEN, NULLIFY the NOISE, THUNDERHOOF 7 p.m. June 30, Shanghai Nobby’s, 10 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 547-2188. MIKE SHACKELFORD BAND, RONNIE GAINEY 7:30 p.m. June 30, Mudville Music Room, $10. CAVE of SWIMMERS, UNEARTHLY CHILD, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP, COUNT the DEAD 8 p.m. June 30, Rain Dogs, $10. BLISTUR 9:30 p.m. June 30 & July 1, Cheers Park Avenue, $2. OF GOOD NATURE, The ELLAMENO BEAT 8 p.m. June 30, 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown, $10 advance; $12 day of. PARTY CARTEL 8 p.m. June 30, Whiskey Jax, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., Jax Beach, 853-5973. The DELTA TROUBADOURS, FLIPTURN, JUNE DIVIDED 8 p.m. June 30, Jack Rabbits, $8. SUMMER SURVIVORS 9:30 p.m. June 30, Surfer the Bar. DON’T CALL ME SHIRLEY 9:30 p.m. June 30, Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208. Riverside Arts Market: Red, White & Brew 5K Run, THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL, BILLY & BELLA, TAD JENNINGS 8:30 a.m. July 1, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449. EVERGREEN TERRACE, BOYS NO GOOD, YOUNG GHOSTS, GUTTWRENCH, FAIR FIGHT 6:30 p.m. July 1, Nighthawks, $15. CHICAGO, The DOOBIE BROTHERS 7:15 p.m. July 1, Daily’s Place, $69-$360. MARK WILLIAMS & FRIENDS 7:30 p.m. July 1, Mudville Music Room. AMPLE ANGST, HATCHLING 8 p.m. July 1, Jack Rabbits, $8. COREY SMITH 8 p.m. July 1, Mavericks Live, Jax Landing, 356-1110, $20 advance; $25 day of. PROPAGANJAH, SUMMER SURVIVORS 10 p.m. July 1, The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611, $3 advance; $5 day of.
SALIVA, BREAKING THROUGH, BLEEDING in STEREO 7 p.m. July 2, 1904 Music Hall, $13 advance; $15 day of. BECOMING HUMAN, OSARA, DEFY the TYRANT KSICK 8 p.m. July 2, Jack Rabbits, $8. VALIENT THORR, DARK HORSE SALOON, WALK with WOLVES 7 p.m. July 3, Nighthawks. STRUNG OUT, FLAG ON FIRE, SWILL, RUNNING RAMPANT 7 p.m. July 3, Fat Mike’s Sports Bar, 1265 Lane Ave. S., Westside, $20, ticketfly.com. HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS 7 p.m. July 3, 1904 Music Hall, $15 advance; $17 day of. DIGDOG, HIVEHEAD, TEEN DIVORCE, SADNESS EVERDEEN 9 p.m. July 4, Nighthawks, $8 advance; $10 at the door. Mal Jones present: The LYRICIST LIVE—SUMMER CYPHER SERIES 5:30-9 p.m. July 5, Wolf & Cub, 205 N. Laura St., Downtown, maljones904.com. DWARVES, RICHIE RAMONE, FLAG on FIRE, 5 CENT PSYCHIATRIST 8 p.m. July 5, 1904 Music Hall, $15 advance; $17 day of.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
HOLLOW EARTH, AXIS, YASHIRA, VATICAN, NO RESTRAINT July 6, Nighthawks RICK ROSS, K. MICHELLE July 8, T-U Center DA DON & DIVA TOUR July 8, Times-Union Center INCUBUS, JIMMY EAT WORLD, JUDAH & The LION July 10, Daily’s Place GLAZED, The NIXON TAPES, MONA BLUE, GOOD THOUGHTS, LUVLOST July 10, Nighthawks BUS DRIVER, ZEROH, STONO ECHO, The DUVAL SPIT July 12, Nighthawks TED NUGENT July 13, Florida Theatre DIERKS BENTLEY, COLE SWINDELL, JON PARDI July 13, Daily’s Place PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE, FIREFALL, ORLEANS July 14, Florida Theatre PUDDLES PITY PARTY LIVE July 14, P.V. Concert Hall CULTURE KILLER, THROAT CHOP, RIOT STARES, DISDAIN, MINDFIELD, OUT of BODY, JUSTICE AGAINST BRUTALITY July 14, Nighthawks WASHED OUT July 14, Mavericks Live LESA SILVERMORE, SAM ROBERTSON, JACKIE STRANGER, SHANNON CRABTREE July 15, Nighthawks MEYHEM LAUREN, STEAM MECHANICS, DJ DIALECTABLE BEATSJuly 16, Nighthawks STONE, BROKEN TEETH, BLAME GOD, JUSTICE TACKLE, DAMAGE DONE, RELAPSE A.D. July 19, Nighthawks STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON, DON FELDER July 20, Daily’s Place SLAYER, LAMB of GOD, BEHEMOTH July 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LARY OVER AND DARELL July 21, Mavericks Live TAKING BACK SUNDAY, MODERN CHEMISTRY July 22, Mavericks Live MEEK MILL, YO GOTTI July 22, Daily’s Place JASON ISBELL & The 400 UNIT, STRAND of OAKS July 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LA-A, ETHER, MINDFIELD July 23, Nighthawks JOURNEY, ASIA July 26, Daily’s Place LADY ANTEBELLUM, KELSEA BALLERINI, BRETT YOUNG July 27, Daily’s Place LORRIE MORGAN July 28, Ritz Theatre REBELUTION, NAKHO, MEDICINE for the PEOPLE, COLLIE BUDZ, HIRIE, DJ MACKLE July 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre
BRITTANI MUELLER July 30, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre 311, NEW POLITICS, PASSAFIRE Aug. 2, St. Augustine Amphitheatre POSTMODERN JUKEBOX, STRAIGHT NO CHASER Aug. 2, Daily’s Place SABRINA CARPENTER, ALEX AONO, NEW HOPE CLUB Aug. 2, Florida Theatre BERES HAMMOND Aug. 2, Mavericks Live FOREIGNER, CHEAP TRICK, JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE Aug. 3, Daily’s Place [neu] Sonics Improvised Music Fest: JAMISON WILLIAMS, AG DAVIS, JASON DEAN ARNOLD, TIM ALBRO, ARVID SMITH, KOZAK/CARTWRIGHT/CARTWRIGHT, VERGE BLISS, DYLAN HOUSER, others Aug. 5 & 6, Space Gallery NEW MANTRA, THETWOTAKES Aug. 8, Jack Rabbits The AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD SHOW Aug. 9, Florida Theatre DONALD FAGEN & the NIGHTFLYERS Aug. 12, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MORRIS DAY & the TIME, RUDE BOYS, LAKESIDE, READY for the WORLD, TROOP, ADINA HOWARD Aug. 12, Morocco Shrine Auditorium LIL YACHTY Aug. 16, Mavericks Live FUTURE Aug. 16, Daily’s Place JASON ALDEAN, CHRIS YOUNG, KANE BROWN, DEEJAY SILVER Aug. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena MATCHBOX TWENTY, COUNTING CROWS Aug. 19, Daily’s Place MARY J. BLIGE Aug. 23, Daily’s Place PETER WHITE, EUGE GROOVE Aug. 23, P.V. Concert Hall MONSTERS of MOCK Aug. 25, Mavericks Live JO KOY Aug. 25, Florida Theatre LEE HUNTER, JOEY KERR Aug. 27, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre LIFEHOUSE, SWITCHFOOT Aug. 27, Daily’s Place GOO GOO DOLLS, PHILLIP PHILLIPS Sept. 2, Daily’s Place CATFISH & the BOTTLEMEN Sept. 4, Mavericks Live PARAMORE Sept. 6, T-U Center BLACKBERRY SMOKE, The CHRIS ROBINSON Sing Out Loud Festival: STEVE EARLE, LAKE STREET DIVE, WOLF PARADE, DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, LOS LOBOS, LUCERO, DEER TICK, LANGHORNE SLIM, LYDIA LOVELESS, others Sept. 8-10, 15-17 & 22-24, St. Augustine BROTHERHOOD Sept. 8, St. Augustine Amphitheatre BRYAN ADAMS Sept. 9, Daily’s Place ADAM ANT Sept. 10, Florida Theatre MARSHALL TUCKER BAND Sept. 14, Florida Theatre WIDESPREAD PANIC Sept. 15-17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TIM McGRAW & FAITH HILL Sept. 16, Veterans Memorial Arena RAUL MIDON Sept. 16, Ritz Theatre SAMMY HAGAR & the CIRCLE (Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham, Vic Johnson), COLLECTIVE SOUL Sept. 20, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ZAC BROWN BAND Sept. 21, Daily’s Place UB40 LEGENDS ALI, ASTRO & MICKEY Sept. 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre YOUNG the GIANT, COLD WAR KIDS, JOYWAVE Sept. 22, Daily’s Place BROADWAY BOYS Sept. 22, Ritz Theatre LAURYN HILL, NAS, CHRONIXX Sept. 23, Daily’s Place THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS, BASH & POP, TOMMY STINSON Sept. 23, P.V. Concert Hall
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC ANCIENT CITY SLICKERS Sept. 24, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre BRIAN REGAN Sept. 24, Florida Theatre KATIE THIROUIX Sept. 24, Ritz Theatre TERRI CLARK Sept. 27, P.V. Concert Hall DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES Sept. 28, Veterans Memorial Arena ALISON KRAUSS, DAVID GRAY Sept. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GHOST MICE & LYCKA TILL Sept. 28, Rain Dogs STEVE FORBERT Sept. 30, Mudville Music Room TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE Oct. 1, P.V. C. Hall JOSEPH Oct. 2, P.V. Concert Hall JESSE COOK Oct. 3, Florida Theatre HARD WORKING AMERICANS Oct. 4, P.V. C. Hall JUDAH & The LION Oct. 10, Mavericks Live The Smooth Tour: FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, NELLY, CHRIS LANE Oct. 12, Veterans Memorial Arena Suwannee Roots Revival: BÉLA FLECK, ABIGAIL WASHBURN, STEEP CANYON RANGERS, The WOOD BROTHERS, DONNA the BUFFALO Oct. 12-15, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park LYNYRD SKYNYRD, The OUTLAWS Oct. 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DAVINA SOWERS & the VEGABONDS Oct. 12, Ritz Theatre The JAMES HUNTER SIX Oct. 16, P.V. Concert Hall CONOR OBERST, The FELICE BROTHERS Oct. 17, P.V. C. Hall Once a Month Punk: SCATTER BRAINS, LOOSE BEARINGS Oct. 19, Blue Water Daiquiri & Oyster Bar TEMPTATIONS, FOUR TOPS Oct. 20, Florida Theatre SPOON Oct. 21, Mavericks Live The CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS Oct. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LORDS of ACID Oct. 22, Mavericks Live SANTANA Oct. 24, Daily’s Place KINGS of LEON, DAWES Oct. 25, Daily’s Place BROADWAY’S NEXT HIT MUSICAL Oct. 25, Ritz Theatre ANDY MINEO Oct. 26, Mavericks Live MERCYME Oct. 26, T-U Center for the Performing Arts TOAD the WET SPROCKET Oct. 27, P.V. Concert Hall THE MAGPIE SALUTE Oct. 29, Florida Theatre MICHAEL LAGASSE & FRIENDS Oct. 29, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre JOHNNYSWIM Nov. 1, P.V. Concert Hall GARY OWEN Nov. 3, Florida Theatre JOHN CLEESE (screens Monty Python & the Holy Grail) Nov. 4, Florida Theatre SISTER HAZEL Nov. 4, P.V. Concert Hall JETHRO TULL Nov. 7, Daily’s Place NOBUTU Nov. 7, Ritz Theatre
Father-daughter songwriting duo PIERCE & GRACE PETTIS perform June 29 at Mudville Music Room, St. Nicholas.
CHRIS SMITHER Nov. 10, Mudville Music Room CHRIS STAPLETON’S All American Road Show: MARTY STUART, BRENT COBB Nov. 11, Veterans Memorial Arena OTTMAR LIEBERT, LUNA NEGRA Nov. 12, P.V. Concert Hall SON VOLT Nov. 17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre’s Backyard Stage BEN FOLDS Nov. 10, Florida Theatre JOHN McLAUGHLIN, JIMMY HERRING (play Mahavisnu Orchestra) Nov. 24, Florida Theatre DAVE KOZ, PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, DAVID BENOIT, SELINA ALBRIGHT Nov. 25, Florida Theatre KANSAS Dec. 2, Florida Theatre D.R.I., KAUTSIK Dec. 6, Nighthawks GRANGER SMITH, LAUREN ALAINA, MIDLAND, DYLAN SCOTT Dec. 7, Times-Union Center Moran Theater JANET JACKSON Dec. 12, Veterans Memorial Arena JOHN PRINE Dec. 13, Florida Theatre BEN HAGGARD Dec. 13, P.V. Concert Hall HARLEY FLANAGAN (Cro-Mags) Dec. 17, Nighthawks GABRIEL IGLESIAS Dec. 21, Florida Theatre A TEMPTATIONS REVUE, BO HENDERSON Jan. 13, Ritz Theatre MARY WILSON (The Supremes) Feb. 3, Ritz Theatre JOHN McCUTCHEON Feb. 8, P.V. Concert Hall The LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT Feb. 10, Ritz Theatre The HOT SARDINES Feb. 13, Florida Theatre PAULA POUNDSTONE Feb. 16, Florida Theatre
GEORGE WINSTON Feb. 23, P.V. Concert Hall MICHAEL McDONALD Feb. 27, Florida Theatre JOHN HAMMOND March 3, P.V. Concert Hall TIERNEY SUTTON BAND March 4, Ritz Theatre MIKE + The MECHANICS March 21, P.V. Concert Hall STEEP CANYON RANGERS March 22, Florida Theatre BRUCE COCKBURN April 19, P.V. Concert Hall BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY: Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary Tour April 27, P.V. Concert Hall
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA
ALLEY CAT BEER HOUSE, 316 Centre St., 491-1001 Amy Basse every Fri. Dan Voll 6:30 p.m. every Wed. John Springer every Thur. & Sat. LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646 Miguel Paley 5:30-9 p.m. every Fri.-Sun. Javier Parez every Sun. SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Pili Pili June 28. Tad Jennings June 29. Michaele & the Ambiguous 7 p.m. June 30. Melissa Smith 2 p.m., Milltown Road 7 p.m., Davis Turner 8 p.m. July 1. JC & Mike 6 p.m. July 2. Cassidy Lee July 3. Mark O’Quinn July 4 SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Katfish Lee June 28. Bush Doctors 6 p.m. June 29. Whiskey Heart Band 6 p.m. July 1. Jimmy Beats 4:30 p.m. July 2. Jeremy King 6 p.m. 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 9 p.m. Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200 Live music every Thur.-Sat.
THE BEACHES (All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
BLUE WATER DAIQUIRI & OYSTER BAR, 205 First St. N., 249-0083 Live music most weekends BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff 8 p.m. June 28. Live music on weekends CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 DJ Heather every Wed. DJ Jerry every Thur. DJ Hal every Fri. & Sat. Michael Funge 6:30 p.m. every Sun. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 3 the Band 9 p.m. June 29. 5 O’Clock Shadow 10 p.m. June 30 & July 1. Darren Corlew July 2 FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 Sailfish Dr., AB, 246-4293 Live music on weekends GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 Cody Johnson June 30. Chris Turner July 2 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Michael Smith every Thur. Milton Clapp every Fri. Under the Bus every Sat. Robert Eccles 6 p.m. every Sun. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Oklahoma Stackhouse 10 p.m. June 30. Brite Side 10 p.m. July 1 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 STR8 Up 9 p.m. June 29. MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. Mezza Shuffle Mon. Trevor Tanner Tue. OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., AB, 247-0060 Taylor Roberts 7 p.m. June 28 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Live music every Wed.-Sun. SOUTHERN GROUNDS & CO., 200 First St., NB, 249-2922 Darren Ronan 7 p.m. June 30. Jazz Corner 6 p.m. every Tue. SURFER The BAR, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Tad Jennings June 28. Trail Driver 9 p.m. June 29. Summer Survivors 9 p.m. June 30 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Party Cartel 9:30 p.m. June 30. Catch the Groove July 1. Smokestack July 2. Blues Club every Tue.
CAMDEN COUNTY, GA.
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CAPTAIN STAN’S Smokehouse, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Eddie Pickett June 28. Rhonda & the Relics June 30. Flood Brothers July 1. Live music every weekend J’S TAVERN, 711 Osborne St., St. Marys, 912-882-5280 Live music most weekends
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Of Good Nature, The Ellameno Beat 8 p.m. June 30. Saliva, Breaking Through, Bleeding In Stereo 7 p.m. July 2. Hawthorne Heights 7 p.m. July 3. Dwarves, Richie Ramone, Flag On Fire, 5 Cent Psychiatrist 8 p.m. July 5 DE REAL TING, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738 Ras AJ, De Lions of Jah 7 p.m. June 30 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon every Thur. DJ NickFresh every Sat. DJ Randall every Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jacksonville Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. June 28. Jeff Congo 8 p.m.-mid. June 30. Live music most weekends HOURGLASS PUB, 345 E. Bay St., 469-1719 Open mic every Sun. JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Groove Coalition 8 p.m.-1 a.m. June 30 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Shotgun 10 p.m. every Sat. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Corey Smith, Ashley McBryde 6 p.m. July 1. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat. MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Lurk City July 1 & 3. DJ Law, Artik, Killoala, D2tay every Wed. DJs for Latin Nite every Sat. WOLF & CUB, 205 N. Laura St. The Lyricist Live—Summer Cypher Series 5:30-9 p.m. July 5
FLEMING ISLAND
BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Paul Ivey 6 p.m. June 28. Fond Kiser 6 p.m. June 29. Cliff Dorsey, Eric Collette June 30. Jim Lamb, Lee Blake July 1. Redfish Rich July 2. Paul Connor July 4. Alex Affronti 6 p.m. July 5 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Radio Phillips 8:30 p.m. July 1 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Savannah Bassett 6:30 p.m. June 29. Area 51 9 p.m. June 30. Boogie Freaks 9 p.m. July 1
INTRACOASTAL
CLIFF’S Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, 645-5162 Back in Time June 28. Highway Jones 10 p.m. June 30. Julia Gulia July 1. Live music every weekend. Open mic every Tue. JERRY’S Sports Bar & Grille, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Rick Arcusa 7:30 p.m. June 30. Lucky Stiff July 1
MANDARIN
ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci June 28 & July 2 TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, St. Johns, 819-1554 Live music every weekend
ORANGE PARK + MIDDLEBURG
BIG DAWGS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 135, 272-4204 Billy Bowers 5 p.m. June 28 DEE’S MUSIC BAR, 2141 Loch Rane Blvd., Ste. 140, 375-2240 DJ Tammy June 28. Live music every weekend The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael on the piano every Tue.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Live music every Fri. & Sat. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 DJ Big Mike June 29. Propaganjah, Summer Survivors 10 p.m. July 1. Live music every weekend SHARK CLUB, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Digital Skyline 9 p.m. June 28. Tom Bennett Band 9 p.m. June 29
PONTE VEDRA
PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Tad Jennings June 28. Ramona Quimby June 29. Ryan Campbell June 30. Danka July 1. Live music every Fri. & Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., 280-5515 Live music most weekends
RIVERSIDE + WESTSIDE
ACROSS the STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Head Chaser 9 p.m. July 1. Live music most weekends HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 10, 513-4272 Live music every Fri.
MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Chris August 7:30 p.m. July 1 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Running Rampant, Fully Monty, Discordant Generation, Cracked Dagger 8 p.m. June 28. Evergreen Terrace, His Name Was Iron, Kid You Not, Stages, Second Death 6:30 p.m. June 30. Evergreen Terrace, Boys No Good, Young Ghosts, Guttwrench, Fair Fight 6:30 p.m. July 1. Valient Thorr, Dark Horse Saloon, Walk With Wolves 7 p.m. July 3. Digdog, Hivehead, Teen Divorce July 4 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Riverside Odds, Flag On Fire, Swill, Deathwatch 97 8 p.m. June 29. Cave Of Swimmers, Unearthly Child, Appalachian Death Trap, Count The Dead 8 p.m. June 30. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 The Firewater Tent Revival, Billy & Bella, Tad Jennings July 1 SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362 Ace Winn 7 p.m. June 29. Live music most weekends
OVERSET
ST. AUGUSTINE
CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Ian Kelly 2 p.m. June 29. Billy Buchanan, Oh No June 30. Vinny Jacobs 2 p.m. July 2 DOS COFFEE & WINE, 300 San Marco Ave., 342-2421 Live music every weekend MARDI GRAS, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 The Reminiscents June 30. Fre Gordon, acoustic open mic 7 p.m. Sun. Justin Gurnsey, Musicians Exchange 8 p.m. Mon. PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Live music every weekend SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 Becoming Human, It Is Written, Nullify The Noise, Thunderhoof 7 p.m. June 30 TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Pl., 342-0286 Kenyon Dye 7 p.m. June 29. Howard Post Jazz Trio 8:30 p.m. June 30. Jazzy Blue, Integral Latin Band July 1. Jax English Salsa Band 6 p.m. July 2 TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Matanzas June 30 & July 1. The Down Low every Wed.
SAN MARCO
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Headchaser, Higher Ground, Mother Superior 8 p.m. June 29. The Delta Troubadours, Flipturn, June Divided 8 p.m. June 30. Ample Angst, Hatchling 8 p.m. July 1. Becoming Human, Osara, Defy The Tyrant Ksick 8 p.m. July 2 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Pierce & Grace Pettis 7:30 p.m. June 29. Mike Shackelford Band, Ronnie Gainey 7:30 p.m. June 30. MARK WILLIAMS & FRIENDS 7:30 p.m. July 1
SOUTHSIDE, ARLINGTON & BAYMEADOWS
CORNER BISTRO & WINE BAR, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., 619-1931 Matthew Hall 8 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. GREEK STREET Café, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 503-0620 Tavernalive 6 p.m. every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 997-1955 Robby & Felix June 30. Ryan Campbell July 1 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Don’t Call Me Shirley 9:30 p.m. June 30. Yawza 9:30 p.m. July 1. Live acoustic every Wed. Melissa Smith every Thur.
SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE
CROOKED ROOSTER BREWERY, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 Lonely Highway 8 p.m. July 8. Open mic 7 p.m. every Wed. FLIGHT 747 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4331 Live music every weekend MELLOW MUSHROOM, 15170 Max Leggett Pkwy., 757-8843 Live music most every weekend SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth, 798-8222 Live music every weekend
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“Brah Marley!” Ocala reggae dudes PROPAGANJAH (pictured) perform with SUMMER SURVIVORS July 1 at The Roadhouse, Orange Park.
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FOLIO DINING ODD BIRDS in St. Augustine offers a wide selection of expertlyblended craft cocktails and an eclectic menu.
photo by Madison Gross
AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH
THE AMELIA TAVERN, 318 Centre St., 310-6088, theameliatavern.com. Contemporary hand-crafted, locally sourced comfort fare: local shrimp, small/big plates, organic greens, sandwiches. $$ FB TO D M; L & D Tu-Sa; Brunch Su. BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F On the water at Centre Street’s end. Southern hospitality, upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F In historic building, family-owned café has worldly fare, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh greens, veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oak-shaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub has beer brewed onsite, imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap.com. F Nearly 40 years, family-ownedand-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianescafe.com. F Renovated 1887 shotgun house. Faves: jambalaya, French toast, pancakes, mac & cheese, crêpes. Vegan items. Inside or porch overlooking historic area. $$ BW K TO B L D Daily LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646. Spanish, Portuguese fare, Brazilian flair. Tapas, seafood, steaks, sangria. Drink specials. AYCE paella Sun. $$$ FB K TO D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie/slice. Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa
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THE PATIO PLACE, 416 Ash St., 410-3717, patioplacebistro.com. Bistro/wine bar/crêperie’s global menu uses crêpes: starters, entrées, shareables, desserts. $$ BW TO B L D Tu-Su POINTE RESTAURANT, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. In award-winning inn Elizabeth Pointe Lodge. Seaside dining; in or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu. Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Oceanfront. Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily THE SURF RESTAURANT & BAR, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711, thesurfonline.com. Oceanview dining since 1957, inside or on the deck. Steaks, seafood, burgers, daily food and drink specials; Wing It Wednesdays. $$ FB K TO L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F Family-owned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa
ARLINGTON + REGENCY
LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
AVONDALE + ORTEGA
HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 1, 381-6670. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Pulled pork and Carolina-style barbecue. Delta fried catfish. Avondale’s Mojo has shrimp & grits, specialty cocktails. Local musicians on weekends. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. Fri. & Sat. fish fry. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. French/ Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362, south.kitchen. Southern classics: crispy catfish w/ smoked gouda grits, family-style fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajaxcom. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO.
DINING DIRECTORY
BEACHES
(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.) THE CRAFT PIZZA CO., 240 Third St. N., Neptune Beach, 853-6773, thecraftpizzaco.com. F Innovative pies made with the finest ingredients, many locally sourced. Dine inside or out. $$ BW L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM SUBS, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. F Fresh ingredients, 25+ years. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom has Sun. brunch, no alcohol. $ K BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BURRITO GALLERY, 300 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1, 246-6521, burritogallery.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Relocated, all grown up. Same great quality burritos, tacos, enchiladas; fast service. Craft cocktails. HH M-F. $ K FB TO L D Daily CRUISERS GRILL, 319 23rd Ave. S., 270-0356, cruisersgrill. com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. Half-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, big salads, award-winning cheddar fries, sangria. $ BW K TO L D Daily DELICOMB DELICATESSEN & ESPRESSO BAR, 102 Sixth Ave. N., 372-4192, delicomb.com. Family-owned-andoperated. Everything’s made with natural and organic ingredients—no hydrogenated oilsor HFCS. Granola, tuna salad, kimchi, wraps, spicy panini melts. $ TO B L Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F SEE RIVERSIDE. FAMOUS TOASTERY, 311 N. Third St., 372-0712, famoustoastery.com. Corned beef hash, gluten-free pancakes, omelets, toast. Wraps, Bloody Marys, mimosas, peach Bellini. $$ FB K TO B L Daily
FLEMING ISLAND
GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F SEE RIVERSIDE. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. 30 years of awesome gourmet pizza, baked dishes. All day HH M-Th. $ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
GRILL ME!
The Craft Pizza Co.
240 N. 3rd St. • Neptune Beach Born in: Burlington, Vermont Years in Biz: 25 Favorite Restaurant: Salt at Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island Favorite Cusine Style: Fresh and local Go-To Ingredients: Onions, garlic and potatoes Ideal Meal: Fresh Maine lobster cooked over a wood fire, watching the sunset behind the mountains Will Not Cross My Lips: Fast food Insider's Secret: Be patient and don't cut corners. Celeb Sighting at Your Restaurant: Kenny Gilbert Culinary Treat: Uni and foie gras
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. $$ FB K TO L & D Tu-Sa
Let the sultans of sandwich JAZZ UP your picnic basket
DOWNTOWN
THE BANK BAR B Q & BAKERY, 331 W. Forsyth St., 388-1600, thebankbbq.com. 28 years’ experience means barbecue done right. Onsite bakery has specialty cakes. $ TO L & D M-F BURRITO GALLERY & BAR, 21 E. Adams St., 598-2922. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Innovative Southwestern fare; ginger teriyaki tofu, beef barbacoa, wraps, tacos. $ BW TO L D M-Sa CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth, 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Serving Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F Scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa SPLIFF’S GASTROPUB, 15 N. Ocean St., 844-5000. 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. Locally roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, pastries, smoothies, bagels. Chicken/tuna salad, sandwiches. WiFi. $ B L M-F. URBAN GRIND EXPRESS, 50 W. Laura, 516-7799. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa
JOSH AGAN
FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. F Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. Classic Old World Roman cuisine, large Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 241 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 425-1025. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. SEE AVONDALE. MSHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, shackburgers.com. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 1585 Third St. N., 458-1390. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 30+ years, iconic seafood place. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlifefoodshack.com. Specialty items, tuna poke bowl, fresh sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp. $$ FB K TO L D Daily V PIZZA, 528 First St. N., 853-6633, vpizza.com. Traditional Neapolitana artisan pizza from Naples – Italy, not Florida, made with fresh ingredients. $$ FB TO L D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973. SEE BAYMEADOWS.
B BITE-SIZED
OUTERBANKS SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 140 The Lakes Blvd., Ste. H, Kingsland, 912-729-5499. Fresh seafood, burgers, steaks, wings. $$ FB TO D Nightly
MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS
AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199, athenscafejax.com. 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. $$ FB L M-F; D M-Sa CRUISERS GRILL, 5613 San Jose Blvd., 737-2874. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily JAX DINER, 5065 St. Augustine Rd., 739-7070. New spot serves local produce, meats, breads, seafood. $ TO B L Daily METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. SEE AVONDALE. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Organic soups, baked items, sandwiches, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/wine. $ BW TO K B L D Daily V PIZZA, 12601 San Jose Blvd., 647-9424. SEE SAN MARCO.
ORANGE PARK
THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club. com. Southern fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 165, 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt, 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 36+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily
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NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Since 1989, the family-owned place has offered an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian, new-Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Low-sodium & gluten-free. $$$ BW TO L D Tu-Sa THE WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, glass/bottle wines. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO L M-F; D Tu-Sa WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. Gastropub. Craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates. HH. $$ FB L D F-Su; D Nightly
OVERSET
NO WONDER
SUMMER ISN’T COMPLETE WITHOUT AT least one picnic. Though Pub Subs are an easy go-to, THE BREAD & BOARD has just upped the local sandwich game. Post up in the park and impress everyone on the blanket with your taste and sophistication. Bread & Board will expand your sandwich horizons. There are so many interesting choices to combine in creating out-of-this-world flavors. In fact, it took far longer than I’m willing to admit to order because we just couldn’t decide. Maybe the Coffee & Juniper Brined Roast Beef sandwich ($11) or Fried Green BLT ($9.50)? Or one of the boards that’s like a deconstructed sandwich, with sauces and accouterments on the side? In the end, we asked for a good picnic recommendation. They don’t do to-go boards because of their deconstructed nature, so we ordered several sandwiches. Let me tell you: Each bite was better than the last. It was like a ping-pong match of flavors. One taste of juicy Braised Beef & Gorgonzola ($10.50) with cheese sauce and braised rapini and you’ll be hooked. Together, those strong flavors are amazing. We switched it up with the vegetarian Farro & Chickpea Fritter Sandwich ($9) and found its slightly sweet relish complemented the crispy-fried, yet delightfully moist, chickpea patties. Topped with arugula and marinated tomatoes on grilled bread, it was great. Last, but not least, the Southern Chicken Sandwich ($11). A thigh of fried chicken with a spicy finish was on ciabatta with slaw and housemade pickles, dressed with a white BBQ sauce (mostly mayo, but yummy). Chicken sandwiches are often overdone, but this was perfect. Frankly, all the
BITE-SIZED
THE BREAD & BOARD
1030 Oak St., Riverside, 862-6992, thebreadandboard.com meat was cooked to tender bliss. A word to the wise: Make sure you have a ton of paper napkins (cloth if you’re fancy). You’ll be devouring meaty sandwiches with lots of filling. If you manage to get out without a stain, you’re a wizard. Each sandwich includes a simple side salad or housemade rosemary chips. For $2, bump it up to one of the fancier salads, like sundried tomato pasta with chicken, citrus kale salad, potato salad, and others. If you can’t decide between two (or three!), ask for a little taste. I stuck with the standard side, but my companions couldn’t stop raving about the kale salad. Bread & Board also has a great selection of wine and beer. Our picnic called for Stiegl ($4.50), an Austrian light beer made with citrus. Don’t forget dessert to complete the experience! The triangular blondie/chocolate chip cookie situation was dense, moist with plenty of chocolate chips. Get some goodies at Bread & Board and a big red-and-white checkered cloth and spend an afternoon enjoying delectable sandwiches and a tropical breeze under shade trees in your neighborhood park. Brentley Stead biteclub@folioweekly.com JUNE 28-JULY 4, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 23
DINING DIRECTORY PINT-SIZED Taking our love off CRAFT BREWS to the house
HOMEBODIES
ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND, IN BACKYARDS AND garages across the nation, amateur brewers fuss over kettles of boiling grains and water in the process of becoming delicious homemade beer. While some news outlets have reported a downturn in the hobby’s popularity, brewers are still plentiful. Proof can be found in membership numbers for the American Homebrewers Association (AHA)—more than 46,000 in 2016, a record for the 36-year-old organization. The AHA advocates homebrewers’ right to brew beer and hosts events promoting beer, hard cider and mead production. AHA statistics show there are more than 1.2 million homebrewers enjoying the fruits of their labors. The right to brew at home was taken away from U.S. citizens during Prohibition. That shortsighted action taken by a reactionary government put an end to centuries-old traditions instrumental in the very founding of our nation. Indeed, one of the reasons the Mayflower pilgrims landed where they did was that the ship’s stores were running low on beer, a necessary staple when the drinking water supply was dangerous. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter set the nation right again by signing a bill containing an amendment sponsored by California Senator Alan Cranston. Essentially, the amendment created an exemption from federal taxation of beer brewed at home for personal use. Once the federal obstruction to homebrewing was lifted, states began to drop restrictions. It took time, but the last two holdouts, Alabama and Mississippi, legalized homebrewing in 2013. It can be argued that Carter’s signature on that bill was the boost craft beer needed to reemerge after more than 50 years in the dark. Homebrewing took off and soon, after gaining expertise, some parlayed their enjoyable weekend pastime into profitable businesses. In 1978, there were only two craft brewers— defined as breweries producing fewer than six million barrels a year. That number jumped to 37 in 1985, with Sierra Nevada’s Ken Grossman and Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company—both homebrewers before turning pro—emerging along with many others. By the end of 2016, the Brewers Association, the AHA’s mother organization and craft brewing industry advocate group, reported more than 5,000 breweries were operating in the United States, many begun by homebrewers with the hope of making a profit from a hobby. Locally, many of Northeast Florida’s craft breweries were started by homebrewers from the membership of Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (C.A.S.K.). The club meets every second Saturday of the month at breweries in the area. Each meeting features an interclub competition— members enter brews to compete for bragging rights—a social hour and a formal meeting. The club is a gathering place for local homebrewers to socialize, exchange ideas and get details on upcoming competitions. At the recent Homebrew Con convention, two C.A.S.K members, James Moore and Jesse Johnson, brought home second and third place medals, respectively, for their amber lagers, beating 262 other entries in the category.n its bid to remain at the top of the hops heap. Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com
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With its newly expanded location, SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION in Riverside has established itself as a premier place for locally-sourced produce as well as light fare with the same philosophy.
METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MILL BASIN, 1754 Wells Rd., Orange Park, 644-8172, mill-basin.com. Serving modern interpretations of classic Italian fare and upscale craft cocktails. Late night menu available. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas for 35+ years. 75+ imported beers. $ FB L D Daily SNACSHACK BAKERY, 179 College Dr., Ste. 19, 322-1414, snacshack.menu. Bakery and café; sandwiches, coffees, bagels, muffins, breads, cookies, brownies, snack treats. $$ TO B BR L M-F SPRING PARK COFFEE, 328 Ferris St., Green Cove Springs, 531-9391, springparkcoffee.com. Cozy shop; fresh-roasted Brass Tacks coffee, handcrafted hot & cold drinks, specialty lattes, cappuccino, macchiato, teas, pastries, sandwiches, breakfast. $ B L D Daily
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MSHACK NOCATEE, 641 Crosswater Pkwy., 395-3575. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO.
RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine: chorizo, tapas, blackened cod, pork skewers, coconut mango curry chicken. Breads from scratch. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Small-batch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting single-origin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, handcrafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily BRIXX WOOD FIRED PIZZA, 220 Riverside Ave., 300-3928, brixxpizza.com. Pizzas, pastas, soups. Glutenfree options. Daily specials, BOGO pizzas 10 p.m.-close. $$ FB K TO L D Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espresso-based beverages, sandwiches, gourmet desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Dine outside at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily FIVE POINTS TAVERN, 1521 Margaret St., 549-5063, fivepointstavern.com. New American cosmopolitan place serves chef-curated dishes in a relaxed environment. $$ FB TO L & D Tu-Su GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies. Artisanal cheeses, 300 craft,
import beers, 50 organic wines, produce, meats, vitamins, herbs, wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls: BBQ pork char sui, beef haw fun, Hawkers baos, chow faan, grilled Hawker skewers. $ BW TO L D Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com. Authentic Italian cuisine; wood-fired pizzas, pasta, baked Italian dishes, raw bar, spaghetti tacos. Daily HH. $$-$$$ FB K TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILLE, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual; made-to-order sandwiches, wraps. $ TO B L M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. THE MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, mossfire.com. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Near 5 Points intersection. Southwestern dishes: fish tacos, chicken enchiladas. HH M-Sa in upstairs lounge; HH all day Su. $$ FB K L D Daily MSHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0047, sunraycinema.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Firstrun, indie and art films screened. Beer, local drafts, wine, pizza–Godbold, Black Lagoon Supreme–hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Inside/patio. $$ BW L D Daily
ST. AUGUSTINE
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE BEACHES. THE FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free option. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 33+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. Wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq.com. SEE AVONDALE. O’LOUGHLIN PUB, 6975 A1A S., 429-9715. Familyowned-and-operated. Authentic fish & chips, shepherd’s pie, corned beef & cabbage, bangers & mash, duck wings. $$ FB K TO L D Daily
SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A, 217-3256. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. SHANGHAI NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188. Cuban-style, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. $$ FB
SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK
THE BEARDED PIG SOUTHERN BBQ & BEER GARDEN, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Barbecue joint Southern style: brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox.com. F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally. 250+ wines. Wood-fired oven baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood. Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside. HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 1905 Hendricks Ave. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale; fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, katsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. Gastropub serves local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails. Seasonal menu, with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodinercom. F 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. This one serves dinner nightly. $$ B R L D Daily PIZZA PALACE RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815, pizzapalacejax.com. F Family-owned&-operated; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, ravioli, lasagna, parmigiana. Dine outside. HH. $$ BW K TO L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; tapas, wood-fired pizza. Seasonal local produce, meats. Craft beer (some local), award-winning wine. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily V PIZZA, 1406 Hendricks Ave., 527-1511, vpizza.com. Serving true artisan Neapolitana pizzas, hand-tossed, thin or thick crust. Baked dishes, subs, stromboli, wings, wraps. $$ FB to L D Daily
SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN
ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. Open 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., Ste. 10, 206-612-6596. Pacific Islander fare, chamorro culture. Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; empanadas, lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su MOXIE KITCHEN + COCKTAILS, 4972 Big Island Dr., 998-9744. 2016 Best of Jax Winner. Chef Tom Gray’s locally sourced contemporary American menu has starters—deviled farm eggs, chicken livers; favorites— chicken & waffles, Dr Pepper-glazed beef short ribs. Seared scallops, handmade gnocchi. Inventive cocktails, patio dining. HH daily. $$ FB K Su Br, L M-Sa; D Nightly
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DINING DIRECTORY MSHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. SEE BEACHES. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovintecom. Italy, Spain, Mediterranean. Small plates, tapas, charcuterie: ceviche fresco, pappardelle bolognese, lobster ravioli. 240-bottle/wines, 75/glass; craft spirits. $$ FB R, Su; D Nightly
SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE
ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. Inside Jax Farmers Market. Local,
regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK. UPTOWN KITCHEN & BAR, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, uptownmarketjax.com. Bite Club certified. Fresh fare, innovative menus, farm-to-table selections, daily specials. $$ BW TO B L Daily
CHEFFED-UP
Vive L’ÉTÉ!
CHEFFED-UP
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AH, IT’S LATE JUNE AND WE’RE DEEP IN the heart of summer vacation season. Just saying the word ‘vacation’ can change your attitude. Yeah … summertime and the livin’ is easy. In recent years, foodie-themed vacations have become almost de rigueur for many people. You know, the braggart ones. Their conversations are as dull and predictable as a car commercial. “Of course we went to Napa in the fall; the winery tours were just exhausting. Yes, yes, Thomas Keller showed us his private herb garden and Michael Chiarello’s pasta class was fabulous. Of course, everything was organic!” Urgh! Show-offs. OK, fine. I’ll admit it, I’m jealous! That really does sound epic. Yet I believe that to truly enjoy a foodie vacation, you need to cook some meals yourself. This gives you the opportunity to get away from hotels and tourist traps, rent a house, villa or apartment and immerse yourself in the local culture. And by culture, I’m talking food. Sure, I appreciate art and stuff, but food truly defines a people. One of my longer vacations was in France. This was the trip when I really discovered who the French are. It was disappointing to learn they are not the romanticized artists, poets and scholars like in old movies. And while it’s true that there are many little cafés and restaurants, most affordable ones are nothing special—you’ve gotta pony up big bucks at an outrageously expensive café to get a memorable meal. One thing that didn’t disappoint? Readily available raw ingredients. Each little town has its own outdoor market. Naturally, I visited as many as I could. These markets offer much more than produce and crafts, selling clothing, kitchen utensils, tablecloths, etc. You could say they’re little outdoor Walmarts. The produce at the markets is really something special. These amazing foodstuffs have the look of French still-lifes (see, I do appreciate art). Absolutely flawless appearance and flavors and textures that are the stuff dreams are made of. Each item is
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picked within a day or two of the market, at its peak ripeness. The baby artichokes were a personal favorite. To date, I’ve never had a better example of these rare treats. So here’s a recipe I used to Chef Up these bad boys when I was in France.
CHEF BILL’S ARTICHOKES À LA BARIGOULE Ingredients • 12 baby artichokes, cleaned, halved • and stored in acidulated water • 3 oz. virgin olive oil • 2 cups mirepoix, medium dice • 4 garlic cloves, minced • 1/3 cup bacon, small dice • 1 bouquet garni • 1/2 cup white wine • 1/2 cup chicken broth • 1/2 lemon • 1/2 cup scallions, sliced • 1/2 cup assorted chopped herbs • S&P to taste Directions 1. Brown the bacon in 1 Tbsp. of olive • oil. Remove and save for garnish. 2. Add the rest of the oil and mirepoix • and garlic. Sweat until translucent. • Add the artichokes, cut side down. 3. Sauté briefly, then add wine, chicken • broth, bouquet garni and lemon. 4. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. • Check the artichokes for doneness after • 15 minutes. They should be slightly • tender when poked with a knife. 5. Remove artichokes and reduce the • liquid by about two-thirds. 6. Adjust the seasoning, return artichokes • and garnish with bacon and herbs. Until we cook again,
Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Contact Chef Bill Thompson, owner of The Amelia Island Culinary Academy, at cheffedup@folioweekly.com to find inspiration and get you Cheffed Up!
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Dear Davi, I’d like nothing more than to take a trip to the beach with my family. Any tips for making our visit enjoyable? Lola the Labradoodle Lola, One of the greatest things about living in Florida is the beach. What dog doesn’t like to run along the sandy shore and dip their paws in the salty surf? Many of my canine friends absolutely love exploring the sights and smells along the coast. But, for all its excitement, the beach can spell trouble, too. Taking time to prepare and knowing what to expect once you get there can make your outing fun—and safe.
KNOW THE RULES After choosing a hot spot to hang out, check the rules: Remember that beach rules are actually laws, and are punishable by a citation or fine. Some beaches allow dogs only in the early morning and after chow time, while others grant round-the-clock access. Also, make sure to follow the leash laws; few dogfriendly beaches have an off-leash policy. Not picking up poop can harm our coast, so your human should always bring waste bags to clean up after your potty breaks. For them, lying in the sun and smelling your business is disgusting. Stay off the dunes— making foot, and paw traffic illegal helps protect our shoreline.
NOT ALL DOGS CAN SWIM Some dogs woof with excitement for water; others, not so much. Humans assume all dogs can swim. Truth is, they can’t. Find some calm water to practice your doggie paddle before hitting the waves. When in doubt, wear a life vest for protection. And never go in unsupervised. Your human should always be prepared to save you from dangerous conditions … and vicious sea
KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Adoption days are held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. July 8 and 9, and every Sat. and Sun. (except July 1) at 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach, 8343223, katz4keeps.org. CRATE TRAINING WORKSHOP • A 60-minute workshop provides a basic lesson on how to introduce a crate to your dog, 7:30-8:30 p.m. June 29 at Petco, 11111 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 254-5715, petco.com. EPIC ANIMAL CAMP • The half-day camp for kids 7-12 years old is held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 24-28 at Southside Baptist Church, 1435 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 2741177, epicanimals.org. Camp fee is $35. Arts & crafts, painting pet portraits, games and visits from real EPIC animals teach how to understand, interact with, and care for pets and other animals. A daily snack is provided. Sponsored by Friends of Jacksonville Animals and EPIC Outreach.
ADOPTABLES
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creatures. (Bum bum bum bum … can you hear the music?)
DON’T DRINK THE WATER It can be tempting to take a quick sip walking along the shore, but guzzling too much salt water is a bad idea. It can lead to beach diarrhea and make for a messy day and ride home. Pack plenty of fresh, cool water to rehydrate.
BLOCK THE RAYS Dogs are prone to sunburn just like humans, particularly those breeds with short hair, white fur and pink skin. Apply doggie sunscreen to nose, ears and body at least half an hour before going outside. Don’t use sunscreen with zinc—it can be toxic to dogs. Make sure to find a shady retreat. It may not protect from sunburn, but it can help beat the heat.
PROTECT YOUR PAWS If the sand’s too hot for human feet, chances are it’s hot enough to burn pup’s paws. Sharp shells, broken glass and rough rock? Dangerous. Use a paw balm or wax for pawtection and inspect paws for cuts and scrapes when you get home.
WITH RIBBONS AND PEARLS • Hello, everyone! I’m Little Girl and I’ve been looking for the purrfect match. I’m black-and-white cat with emerald green eyes. I am one year old and I know I could make someone really happy. Take a chance on me. If you’d like to find out more about how the adoption process works, visit jaxhumane.org/adopt. ADOPT AN ANIMAL • You can adopt a gorilla, a lemur, okapi or an Asian otter! Be an Honorary Zookeeper when you donate to the zoo, providing support for the care, housing and feeding of zoo animals. For $5, you get a certificate of adoption, a mini plush animal, a photo and interesting facts about your adopted animal. Order online at jacksonvillezoo.org, download order form (mail/fax it in), call 757-4463 ext. 114 or email members@jacksonvillezoo.org. SUMMER NIGHTS AT JDC! • Jacksonville Dog Café offers free coffee, adoptable dogs, $5 dinner and live music 5-8 p.m. every Sat. at 5535 Roosevelt Blvd., Westside, 610-0746, jaxdogcafe.com. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit’s programs. PET ADOPTION • 60+ cats and kittens, 40+ dogs and puppies need homes; Wags & Whiskers Pet Rescue, 1967 Old Moultrie Rd., St. Augustine, 797-1913, 797-6039, petrescue.org. All are spayed/neutered and up-to-date on shots.
ADOPTABLES
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RINSE WELL At the end of the day, rinse off. Remove salt and sand from your coat and give the insides of your ears a quick wipe to remove excess water. Staying safe and maintaining consideration for other beach users, human or canine, is a winning combination for an enjoyable time at the beach. Surf ’s up! Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund isn’t so good at beach volleyball, but he’ll chase a crab any day.
PET TIP: THERAPY PETS SOME WEBSITES CAN QUALIFY A PET AS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL IN JUST ONE HOUR! Imagine, your Great Dane can slobber beside you in a restaurant, making other diners sick or scared (yes, some are afraid of dogs; some see a drooling canine noisily gorging in public as disgusting; so sue ’em.) backed by a single piece of paper. But only certain animals qualify; you must have authorized qualification—those with disabilities who believe they’d benefit from an ESA must have a psychological diagnosis as a disabled person from a licensed mental health professional. Please be aware of others’ feelings and spaces. Not everyone will accept that your animal–dog, cat, miniature horse, pig–is real therapy. certapet.com, adata.org.
JUST LIKE A POTATO • Hi, my name is Spud. I’m a butterscotch-and-white 3-year-old. Just like a potato, I am EVERYONE’s favorite. I love to wear bow ties and I get along great with just about anybody. Come see me at 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, so I can show you how good a pup I am. We’re open Monday, noon7 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. ZOOFARI OUTREACH • Young scientists get close-up to live animals and animal artifacts from the Jacksonville Zoo, 3-4 p.m. June 29 at Argyle Branch Library, 7973 Old Middleburg Rd. S., 573-3164, jaxpubliclibrary.org. Kids and adults will have a blast learning about the animal’s biology and habitats. Space is limited. Admission tickets will be available for the children an hour before the program. For children ages 5-12. Zoofari Outreach is also held 3:30-5 p.m. July 5 at Webb Wesconnett Regional Library, 6887 103rd St., Westside, 778-7305, jaxpubliclibrary.org. READ WITH ROVER • Children practice their reading skills, reading to real, live dogs Diva and Tenor, 2-3 p.m. July 8 at Mandarin Branch Library, 3330 Kori Rd., 262-5201, jaxpubliclibrary.org. ____________________________________________ To list an event, send the name, time, date, location (complete street address, city), admission price, contact number/website to print, to mdryden@folioweekly.com
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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my astrological omen-analysis, you should lease a chauffeured stretch limousine with TVs and a hot tub. Accessorize with a $5,000-bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol Red Bordeaux and a Golden Opulence Sundae, topped with 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If that’s not possible, do the next best thing: Mastermind a long-term plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealth-building activities are favored in the coming weeks.
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SOLUTION TO 6.21.17 PUZZLE L E F T S
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is a perfect moment to create a new tradition. You intuitively know how to turn a recent breakthrough into a good habit to provide lasting continuity and stability. You can make a permanent upgrade by capitalizing on an accidental discovery made during a spontaneous episode. It’s time to convert temporary assistance you received into a long-term asset; use a stroke of luck to foster a lasting pleasure.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I call them Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When Cancerians do the same—triumph over conditioning and become masters of your destiny—you’re Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the weeks ahead, many of you will make big strides toward earning this title. You’re on the verge of claiming more “soft power,” the potent sensitivity that enables you to feel at home no matter what you’re doing or where you are on the planet. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may not realize it, but you now have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. Not Houdini-style hocus-pocus; practical wizardry to enable you to make relatively efficient transformations in daily life. Some possibilities: Wiggle out of a tight spot without offending anyone, conjure a new opportunity for you out of thin air, do well on a test even though you’re not prepared, convert a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you use magic? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Feminist pioneer and author Gloria Steinem said, “Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Do you have an activity like that? If not, now’s a good time to find one. And if you do have such a passionate pursuit, do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You’re primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this life-giving joy. To evolve to the next phase of its power to inspire, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the 21st century’s most interesting archaeological events was the discovery of King Richard III’s bones. The English monarch died in 1485, but his burial site had been a mystery. It wasn’t an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but screenwriter Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities
to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered there, she got a psychic impression that she was walking directly over Richard’s grave. Her feeling turned out to be right. Your near future will resemble her adventure. You’ll have success in a mode that’s not your official area of expertise. Sharp analytical thinking leads to the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence takes you the rest of the way. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The tides of destiny are no longer just whispering their message for you. They’re shouting. What they’re shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon. No more excuses for postponement. What’s that, you say? You don’t have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You’re too bogged down in the 1,001 details of managing day-to-day hubbub? If you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. If you don’t willingly cooperate, they will make you do so. The really good news: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance you can’t imagine.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my dream, I used the non-itchy wool of the queen’s special Merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted the blanket to be a good luck charm you use in the crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes depicting the most love-filled events in your past. It was beautiful and perfect. When I finished, I had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn’t it a mistake to make it so flawless? Shouldn’t it also embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a better symbol and thus a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner and unraveled threads in another corner. My interpretation of my dream: You’re ready to see messiness as an essential ingredient in the quest for deeper intimacy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your word of power is “supplication”—the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practiced correctly, “supplication” is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you’re totally united with your desire, not guilty or shy, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. Supplication makes you supple, poised to be flexible as you do what’s needed to get the blessing you yearn for. Being a supplicant also makes you smarter; it helps you realize you can’t get what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck and help from sources beyond your control. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the weeks ahead, your relationships with painkillers will be extra sweet and intense. I don’t mean ibuprofen, acetaminophen or aspirin. My reference to painkillers is metaphorical. I’m predicting you’ll have a knack for finding experiences to reduce your suffering. You’ll have a sixth sense about where to go to get the most meaningful kinds of healing and relief. Your intuition will guide you to initiate acts of atonement and forgiveness, which in turn ameliorate your wounds. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t wait passively as you fantasize about becoming the “Chosen One” of some person, group or institution. Be your own Chosen One. And don’t wander aimlessly, biding your time, hoping to eventually be awarded a prize or boon by a prestigious source. Give yourself a prize or boon. One more bit of advice: Don’t postpone practical, proactive intentions until the mythical “perfect moment” arrives. Create your own. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
NEWS OF THE WEIRD THE FACE IS FAMILIAR …
Three weeks ago, NOTW touted the “genderless,” extraterrestrial-appearing Hollywood makeup artist known as Vinny Ohh. Then Marcela Iglesias announced (after a leaked TV clip) that she’d formed an agency for would-be celebrities who had radically transformed their bodies and Vinny is now a client. Iglesias’ Plastics of Hollywood has human “Ken” dolls (Rodrigo Alves, Justin Jedlica), Argentine “elf ” Luis Padron, a Jessica Rabbit look-alike (Pixee Fox), and seven others who, Iglesias figures, have spent almost $3 million on surgery and procedures (some ongoing). Padron, 25, seems most ambitious, having had painful, “medically unapproved” treatments to change his eye color.
LIKE A WINDOW BOX GARDEN
In rare cases, a mother has given birth for the principal purpose of “harvesting” a baby’s cells, ultimately to benefit a family member with a condition or illness the cells would aid. However, Keri Young of Oklahoma gave birth in April after learning while pregnant her baby wouldn’t survive long after birth (because of anencephaly), she carried it to term—to harvest organs for people who might need them.
GOOD OL’ WHATSHISNAME
In some traditional Japanese society, it’s not uncommon for someone to feel the need to “rent” “friends.” Relatives at a funeral bear grief better if they see many “friends” of the deceased. In northern China, in April, a man was arrested for renting “family” and “friends” to populate his side of the aisle at his wedding. There were conflicts plaguing each family, and police investigated, but the groom worsened the plan by not coaching the actors on his personal details, thus making interfamily small-talk especially awkward.
OUR LITIGIOUS SOCIETY
David Waugaman, 57, fell off a barstool last year and needed surgery, and he’s suing the tavern at Ziggy’s Hotel in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, for continuing to serve him before he fell. Wrote Waugaman, “You’re not supposed to feed people so much booze.”
FEWER EASY PIECES
Robert Bratton filed a lawsuit recently in Columbia, Missouri, against the Hershey chocolate company because there was too much empty space in his grocery-store box of Reese’s Pieces, which he thought was “deceptive,” even though the correct number of Pieces was on the label. In May, federal judge Nanette Laughrey ruled that Bratton’s case could continue for the jury to decide.
OFFENDED CLASSES
Some minority students’ organizations, commenting on a planned extensive renovation of the University of Michigan’s student union building, recommended ditching the current interior’s elegant wood paneling, because it gives off an “imposing, masculine” feeling that makes them seem “marginalized.” A student spokesperson, trying to soothe the controversy, said the marginalization was more based on the building’s “quiet nature.”
TOO RICH FOR MY BLOOD
In Australia, Chanel’s just-introduced luxury wood-and-resin boomerang (selling for about $1,415) came under fire from aboriginal groups for “cultural appropriation.” Hermes issued its luxury boomerang in 2013.
DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME
A man shot himself, but the bullet passed through him and hit a bystander; it killed the bystander. Victor Sibson, 21, was charged in Anchorage, Alaska, in May with killing his girlfriend even though he’d aimed at his own head. Investigators were persuaded it was a genuine attempt, though he survived, but in critical condition.
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
In April, Association of British Insurers’ annual report on its members’ policies for pet owners noted that among claims paid were those for a bearded dragon with an abscess, an anorexic Burmese python, a cocker spaniel that swallowed a turkey baster, a cockatoo with respiratory problems, and a “lethargic” house cat, which cost $470 to treat. Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
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