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THE MAIL CONGRESS: FULFILL PENSION PROMISE

THOUSANDS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA WORKERS FACE huge cuts in pension plans they have worked for and counted on for retirement. I am a UPS package car driver and could lose the pension benefits I have worked for during my entire 37-year career. The financial impact on workers like me would be devastating to families and our economy, locally and nationally. However, years of hard work by Teamsters, retirees and other unions to reform the faltering multiemployer pension system are finally paying off. Earlier this year, congressional leaders announced a bipartisan pension committee tasked with finding a solution to the nation’s looming pension crisis by this November. It’s not a moment too soon. There are about 1.5 million retirees in desperate need of quick action to save the retirement nest eggs they spent decades contributing to, on the premise they would be financially secure in their golden years. As it stands, there are more than 300 multiemployer plans across the country–including the Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund–that are in danger of failing. The Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans needs to find a vehicle that will deliver for these hard-working Americans who are paying, or have paid, into the pension pool and have played by the rules all their lives. Fortunately, the Butch Lewis Act will solve the problem. The measure would boost financially troubled multiemployer pensions so they don’t fail. It would create an agency under the Treasury Department that would sell bonds in the open market to large investors, such as financial firms. The agency, the Pension Rehabilitation Administration, would then lend money from the sale of the bonds to the financially troubled pension plans. I urge the joint committee to endorse this legislation. Workers and retirees aren’t asking for a handout; they just want what is rightfully theirs. They’ve waited long enough.

Rick Myers Teamsters Local 512 via email

PICKING UP A BIT OF SARCASM

RE: “Double Standards,” The Mail, June 30 I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW RELIEVED I WAS TO READ THE letter from Roderick T. Beaman. No “grab ’em by the p*ssy” footing around here! Other than the

expected “But what about …” blame game, typical of the supporters of No. 45, who is proud to wave his racist flag high. Thank you, Mr. Beaman, for helping those who may waiver at election time know what the right thing to do may be. “Progressives” salute you!

Julie Wallner Morris via email

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RE: “Where’s the Outrage?” by Chris Guerreri, May 2 HE IS OUT IN LEFT FIELD WITH LAND DEALS AND JEA deal, even roll of trash deal. He has lost it and it’s showing. Folio Weekly is just willing to share it because they do lean left; the conservative ideology will take a huge hit when this all spins out of control and some of the deals get into the light. Too much is riding on it to let the behavior continue. We need an open and very transparent process in this city and have needed for some time. Curry was just not strong enough to make it happen. He is being run by those behind the curtain and everyone involved sees it and are worried about the result to the city, but more important, his actions could define the whole conservative movement in a very negative light. Jacksonville is critical and extremely vital to this nation in national elections. The damage could be irreversible, if what we are all watching continues. The sad thing is only this paper will report it.

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I REALLY WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE IN MARCO Rubio’s neighborhood. Based on his way of thought, if his dog was running loose biting everyone, there would be no reason to chain it up, because if his dog doesn’t bite you, someone else’s will. I guess no biggie as long as his kids are not being shot at? I do agree with President Trump, in that a refugee should go home once their country is safe again. If your neighbor moves in with you, after their house burns down, they move out once their house is rebuilt. So enjoy Cuba, Rubio.

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO FIRST COAST YMCA In a first for Florida, First Coast Y has partnered with the Armed Services Y to create more accessible opportunities within Jacksonville’s military community, reports Jacksonville Business Journal. Eric K. Mann, president and CEO of First Coast YMCA, said that the organization wants to “demonstrate our support.” BRICKBATS TO LINDA BARLOON Action News Jax (WJAX), reports that Ms. Barloon, 60, of St. Johns County, is accused of driving while drunk and crashing into three parked cars (no one was hurt) in Neptune Beach. She reportedly had been drinking at a family event at a Jacksonville brewery prior to attempting to return home. BOUQUETS TO PROJECT LISTEN This free educational music outreach program at Riverside Fine Arts Association presents dynamic in-school performances to students across NEFLa. And with arts and culture funding down 90 percent in 2018, we’ll need to support more initiatives like this, to build the community we want to live in.

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CLARIFICATION: The article “Anyone But Van Zant,” in the July 4 issue of Folio Weekly did not disclose that Nicole Carroll, née Nicole Sanders, was listed as the point of contact in a press release for Latanya Peterson in June 2017, when Sanders was a contract employee with political consulting firm Groundswell Strategies for six weeks ending in June 2017. Peterson is running against Janice Kerekes for a seat on the Clay County School Board. 4 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 11-17, 2018

FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS Does police power have LIMITS?

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EVERY JACKSONVILLE CITY HALL REPORTER HAS his or her favorite dumbass bill. Mine is one filed, ironically enough, by a councilman now staring down dozens of charges in a scheme to defraud. Councilman Reggie Brown filed a bill to ban backing into driveways a couple of years back. Brown, the erstwhile CEO of such key local companies as RB Packaging and A Plus Training and Consultants, said that trunks of abandoned cars in people’s yards were being used as drop points for, well, packages. Scary stuff. It required an equally scary solution: a prima facie presumption of guilt for backing into one’s own driveway. Apparently, the needs of government, to offer a collective and illusory notion of safety, superseded the right to choose how one functions on his or her own property. It didn’t go so well for that bill. Brown got lit up in the media, castigated by colleagues for attempting to direct how people parked their own cars on their own properties. Thus, the bill died the ignominious death it deserved. It wasn’t that anyone on the #ItsEasierHere council gives a flying fig about civil liberties. It’s that the Brown bill actually illustrated the craven security theater at the heart of government, and how the need for security leads to expanded enforcement functions. People do not want, as a matter of course, police to make judgment calls about their property. People, in a time of limited resources, would prefer that cops spend their time and energy finding those guilty of real crimes. As a noted criminal justice theorist famously said, though, “Wish in one hand; piss in another. See which fills up first.” You might want the cops to solve violent crime. But what we get, so often, is lowhanging fruit. The “stop and frisk.” The “walking while black.” The overpolicing of the poor, often rooted in what cynics calls profiling, which plops people on a perpetual treadmill that often has generational impacts. But, as the kids say, prisons are jobs— American jobs. When we know that the law enforcement world has, by definition, an adversarial relationship with large swaths of the community, a relationship driven by political influence ranging from public sector unions to private prison lobbies, we cannot help but be cynical when law enforcement wants more pretexts for perpetual surveillance. A recent example reported by Action News is especially egregious. Down in St. Augustine Beach, the police department wants to

maintain a “safe city” by “reducing crime and maintaining livable neighborhoods.” How? By checking to see if people’s cars are locked and possessions stowed away. And by doing the same at people’s houses. It’s as if they saw the recent 8-1 SCOTUS ruling in Collins v. Virginia, which prohibits warrantless searching of automobiles on private property, and said, “Hold my beer.” Here’s the beach cop hustle: If you have, say, spare change visible in your parked car, the po-po will write up a little card and stick it on your vehicle. The same is true if your door is unlocked. See, if they didn’t do that, livability would be imperiled. Likewise, if your yard is overgrown, or your garage door is unlocked, or if you don’t have the outside light on because you want to see the fireflies—well, the cops have reason to walk onto your property and take a look-see. What if you have an open window? Well, expect a cop to approach and investigate. Maybe they bring the SWAT. Maybe they bring the K9. In any case, they have a policy pretext now to step onto property without probable cause or a warrant and investigate. My take is that the beach needs a better lawyer, as this will be challenged in court if it goes on long enough. People, even in Trump’s Amerika, still have a presumption of privacy. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, still valid, pending the next national security emergency requiring a suspension of such niceties, is clearer than gin. Search warrants must be written by a judge and have probable cause. Otherwise, there are no reasonable grounds for search and seizure. Probable cause is eroded here in favor of a subjective determination that one is an “easy target for a criminal.” Nobody likes theft. Especially of Bill of Rights safeguards instituted in direct reaction to a government that overstepped its rights because it could get away with it. Having written dozens of columns around the theme of civil liberties over the years, I know this one won’t drive any more change than the previous. However, as you vote in upcoming elections, it might behoove you to ask candidates whether they side with the prerogatives guaranteed in the Constitution, or of the wholesale erosion of rights that never quite achieve the security they promise. A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com @aggancarski JULY 11-17, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 5

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ZOOPERSTITION At night, the zoo comes to life! This is sure to be a fun evening full of superstition–and some myth-dispelling, too. The animals are on exhibit until 8:30 p.m. Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones perform and there are animal encounters and keeper talks. 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, July 13, Jacksonville Zoo, Northside, jacksonvillezoo.org, members $5-$7; nonmembers $12-$14.

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FRAN PITRE & FRANK SHINER The Huffington Post had lots

to say about Shiner, but this nugget stood out (and not just because we’re thirsty): “ … blues, a touch of jazz, and healthy dollops of R&B. He takes all three influences, mashes them up in a musical mixing bowl and then frappés it. The man can sing.” He takes the stage with Pitre, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 12, Whiskey Jax, Baymeadows, whiskeyjax.com.

WHO BROUGHT DONUTS? HEATHER LAND

In one particularly, erm, appropriate video, the comic touches on the eternity of staff meetings (the one she’s endured had apparently been going on for six years). Among other things she “ain’t doing:” the drive-thru at McDonald’s and going to Walmart. The comic brings her I Ain’t Doing It tour to the River City, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, Times-Union Center, Downtown, ticketmaster.com, $29-$49. 6 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 11-17, 2018

COUNTRY CROONER

CRAIG WAYNE BOYD The singer,

whose new album Top Shelf is “a musical kaleidoscope–a whirl of celebration, heartbreak, the sweet pain of love and the comfort of faith’s embrace,” won Season 7 of The Voice. Boyd appears here as one of Ritz Theatre’s Artists You Should Know, Country Edition, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 14 at Ritz Theatre, Downtown, ritzjacksonville.com, $24.

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NEWS BITES TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA & SE GEORGIA NEWSMEDIA

THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION CURRY PAC GETS SCAMMED

Money For Nothing, Chits for Free: Long before Lenny Curry was mayor of Jacksonville, overseeing the city’s multibillion-dollar budget, he worked for decades as a certified professional accountant. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with an accounting degree, and then spent nearly a decade on desk duty for the prestigious firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers before starting his own firm in 2002. So if there’s one thing—if anything—the man knows how to do, it’s making sense out of dollars and cents, and it is that very fact from which the twisted irony of the following story is rooted. Nate Monroe of the Times-Union reported July 9 that Hizzoner’s political action committee had fallen victim to a scam—and not just any ordinary scam, but perhaps the oldest and greatest scam of our generation: the classic Nigerian telephone hustle. He writes: “In May of 2017, Eric Robinson—a Sarasota County School Board member and an accountant well-known for representing Florida Republican PACs, including Curry’s—wired $119,797 from one of Curry’s main political committees … to five different addresses ranging from Wyoming to Ohio and Missouri.” That seems like the kinda covfefe commonplace in Florida politics, especially in an election year, but nope. “It turns out, investigators found, a phone scammer duped Robinson into believing he was Curry’s fundraiser, Kevin Hofmann of Tallahassee. Robinson didn’t realize the ruse until the real Hofmann phoned into Robinson while he was on the phone with the impersonator.” These are the sorts of shenanigans one expects to hear about in Chicago, New Orleans or maybe even Albany, so the fact that locals were targeted could be interpreted as a sign of the growing prestige our region has enjoyed under Curry’s watch. Hell, before he came along, the Nigerians had never even heard of Jacksonville and, now, like courtesans in Berlin, we’ve been fingered for easy marks. That is Progress. But the best part of all is the committee’s name: “Build Something That Lasts.” You just can’t make this stuff up, although his supporters surely think we did. Clearly, some folks will believe anything.

FERNANDINA BEACH NEWS-LEADER FASTEST FINGERS IN FERNANDINA

The glamorous world of American jurisprudence has few unsung heroes quite as unsung and quite as heroic as the lowly court reporter. Those anonymous shlubs, typing away on some weird little machines, documenting every word with pinpoint accuracy, spend their careers laboring in obscurity. On a good day, they may be asked to read back a portion of testimony text, and that’s like a ball-player going into the stands for a foul ball; but by and large, the only way anyone’s ever going to notice them is if a fight breaks out in the courtroom, and then you can briefly see them being trampled on TV. One recent occasion, however, provided the opportunity to pull back the curtain on the fast-paced world of court reporting, and in the process pay tribute to a valued member of the Northeast Florida community. July 5 marked 29 years since the Fernandina Beach News-Leader last profiled one William “Bill” Hazes, a young court reporter whose iconoclastic streak had already endeared him to his peers. And now, the News-Leader’s Cindy Jackson was on hand to commemorate Hazes’ retirement. He spent 35 years in service to the people of Nassau County, in that time having gone from “driving his black Dodge Magnum with T-tops, red stripes and fender flares to Nassau County from Duval County every day and listening to Pink Floyd to make the travel time easier” to—well, doing pretty much the same thing. “Hazes went through seven or eight machines in 35 years,” writes Jackson, “putting a lot of ‘miles’ on each one. He is embarrassed to admit it, but the company that developed the software for the one he has used to the end went out of business some 20 years ago. He says his speed has probably averaged about 225 words a minute, but it’s more about accuracy.” The article quotes several local judges and attorneys who noted Hazes’ kindness and professionalism, not to mention his steady good humor in a job famous for its tedium. As he rides that Magnum off into the sunset, we salute him, too. Those fingers have earned their rest—Godspeed!

THE DAILY RECORD SCOTT FILLS CITY COUNCIL SPOTS

BBQ sauce baddies, Jacksonville City Council members Katrina Brown and Reginald Brown, who stand accused of a litany of federal charges, have had their replacements named, reports David Cawton of the Daily Record. Republican Terrance Freeman, who most recently was an aide to City Council President Aaron Bowman, will fill Reginald Brown’s seat in District 10. Democrat Ju’Coby Pittman will take over for Katrina Brown in District 8. Pittman is CEO and president of the nonprofit Clara White Mission. Their replacements will serve the rest of their terms, which run through 2019, unless Governor Rick Scotts lifts the suspensions of the two alleged fraudsters. Shelton Hull & Madeleine Peck Wagner mail@folioweekly.com 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 11-17, 2018

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WAR OF THE ROSES

Charleston, South Carolina is the latest city in which a black minor was reportedly targeted by authorities over some B.S. (No, Permit Patty, we have not forgotten. #Shame.) Charleston City Paper reports that a 16-year-old was arrested on July 3 for the high crime of selling palmetto roses without a permit and, of course, resisting arrest. Officers had reportedly seen the arrestee and others selling the roses for several weeks; each time police approached, the kids took off. When they finally got the chance to nab the floral offenders, a scuffle ensued in which several officers and one civilian restrained the teen as passersby snapped photos. Meanwhile, CCP adds, according to one witness, a “visibly upset woman” stood nearby “shaking palmetto roses at him,” and yelling, “You know that there’s rules!” The teen has since been released.

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Pennsylvania, aka the best ’Sylvania in the Lower 48, is home to politicians who sorta resemble some of our homegrown, glad-handing backstabbers. The Erie Reader recently busted Congressman Mike Kelly for climbing aboard the Trump Train on its way to Anti-choice Town. Back in May, President Red Meat decreed a Title X Gag Rule “to attack funding for preventive family planning services,” writes Planned Parenthood Field Organizer Paige Bosnyak. The rule prohibits facilities that offer or refer patients to abortion services from receiving Title X family planning funds. So if the clinic is one of the Title X recipients that provided more than 4 million STD tests (including HIV) and 700,000 Pap smears in 2016, so sad, too bad, no government cheese for them—UNLESS they stop telling (raped, abused, desperate, destitute) women and girls that they can choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term. Guess who else signed it? Our own Reps. John Rutherford and Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio. In better news, Florida Senator Bill Nelson signed a letter opposing the rule.

< BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: NATIONALIST?

Sigh. Yes, the Benjamin Franklin, beloved Founding Father, penned these unfortunately immortal words in the 1750s: “Few of their children in the country learn English ... The signs in our streets have inscriptions in both languages ... Unless the stream of the importation could be turned, they will soon so outnumber us that all the advantages we have will not be able to preserve our language, and even our government will become precarious.” Franklin refers to German immigrants to Pennsylvania, Illinois Times’ Jim Hightower writes. Hightower continues on a less depressing note, reporting of a “test fence” built by Reaganauts in the ’80s in Terlingua, Texas. Following a chili cook-off and plenty of beers in ’83, townsfolk decided to see who could climb the 17-foot-tall fence topped with razor wire the fastest, in what Hightower dubs “Terlingua Memorial Over, Under or Through the Mexican Fence Climbing Contest.” The winning time was 30 seconds. Hightower then points out that, no matter how offensive, expensive, ineffective and ecologically damaging Trump’s fence/wall is, it’s being built. Not that it will have any effect on immigration, for those who come to the U.S. illegally are less pulled by a better life here, than pushed by a terrifying, violent, impoverished one there, he opines, adding, “Until our leaders address the real issues, it’s not possible to build a wall tall enough to stop them from coming.”

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Bueller? Bueller? Hawaiian Rep. Tulsi Gabbard earned some ire for ghosting a July 2 debate with her Democratic primary challenger Sherry Alu Campagna, reports Maui Time. Hawaii’s other congressional district candidates, as well as governor and lieutenant governor candidates, did show up to present their ideas and platforms. That would be bogus enough if Gabbard hadn’t gone on record in the past calling for … more debates. MT reports that she made national news in 2016 when she urged more debates between presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, telling MSNBC, “More and more people on the ground from states across the country are calling for more debates, are wanting to have this transparency and this greater engagement in our democratic process. We’ve gotta have more opportunity for people to present their vision for our country, their plans and to be held accountable for the positions that they’re taking and the path they’d like to take our country on.” So, does that apply only to people who aren’t Tulsi Gabbard?

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THIS IS NOT HOW THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO GO for Seth Owen. The 18-year-old First Coast High School co-valedictorian, student leader, athlete and extremely snappy dresser was supposed to spend his last summer at home, getting ready for college in the Ivy Leagues. Instead, he’s crashing with a bestie and preparing for his first semester at Georgetown University; granted it’s second-tier, but it’s not in the elite eight. The story of how Seth Owen tried and failed to get into an Ivy League college is puzzling—he’s so smart and studious (you actually believe him when he says he likes public speaking), most folks would feel like terrible underachievers listening to him talk about taking the SAT more times than he can count to get that coveted 1,500-plus score. The more intriguing story, however, is how Seth came to be couch-surfing just months before graduating from high school. Unwinding that colorful, tangled yarn will make you want to cry, or scream. Seth does neither when we meet for coffee at Bold Bean on Stockton. Instead, he laughs. It’s easy to laugh along with him; the lanky teen has one of those open, affable faces that inspire feelings of friendship. He’s bright, smart and strong in his convictions, and bubbly, though not excessively effervescent. The laughter is a nervous habit, explains one of the two teachers from his alma mater who’s come along with him. It could be nerves; not a lot of 18-year-olds have had an occasion to open themselves up to the scrutiny of the media. It could also be that, sometimes in life, one chooses laughter over tears. See, in addition to all the other supposedto’s, Seth Owen was supposed to be straight. The fact that he’s not has driven a wedge between him and his strict Baptist family who, as he tells Folio Weekly, have kicked him out of the house and refused to sign the financial aid package Georgetown put together, leaving Seth without the $20K he needs for tuition. Seth’s father, Randy Owen, denies kicking him out, and says that he’s willing to provide

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Seth with the same assistance as the family has done for his brother. “I made it very clear to him that he was not being kicked out, that he would have to make a decision … . We worship as a family. He would be going to church if he lived in our home,” he says. The elder Owen also denies that his son asked them to sign financial aid paperwork, and says he was not aware before a reporter told him that Seth is gay, though he did admit to seeing “a video of him kissing another boy” roughly a year-and-a-half ago. Since leaving home, Seth has been going round and round with the financial aid department, trying to amend his application, but says he’s had no luck thus far. Not that he’s giving up—far from it. He plans to study international politics, then attend law school (naturally), after which, he says, he’s leaning toward a career fighting for juvenile justice. The subject is more than a passing interest; for his college entrance essay, Seth wrote about child marriage. “I think that’s what got me into Georgetown,” he says. His commitment to the subject is also what he says finally, after years of conflict about his homosexuality, cleaved him from family hearth and home. The niggling awareness that he wasn’t drawn to the opposite sex began when Seth was just a tot. In childhood, he’d sit in the pews and absorb restrictive sermons and lessons, following along obediently as a good boy does, while deep in his heart, he didn’t agree with some of the lessons being imparted. Seth says that his parents discovered evidence that he is gay a few years ago while searching his phone. Not wanting to hurt them, in his early youth, he’d tried to convince himself that he was “straight with some issues,” but by then, the closet was only a place he knew at home and in church. Afterward, he says, they attempted conversion therapy—though no one specifically called it that, it was obvious this was the intent. For a few months, Seth says a

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counselor tried to help him pray the gay away, encouraging him to partake in stereotypical straight masculine behaviors, like fixing up an old car, or watching straight pornography. His father characterizes it as typical, not conversion, therapy, and says that neither parent knew what Seth discussed with his therapist. “We did nothing to try to persuade or convince him not to be something that he shouldn’t be,” Randy Owen says. Either way, eventually, the therapy stopped and the family went back to the way things had been before—pretending. But now that the truth had come out once, going back into hiding proved almost more difficult for Seth, who says he felt “extremely comfortable” with his sexuality among his peers. Nevertheless, he lived a double life: out at school, closeted at home. “I can remember driving home and being in tears because I had to put on a mask,” he says. Oh, there’d be ripples in the tranquility of domestic life. “Naturally, he started pulling away and did not agree with the message, the word of God that is preached at our church, which believes, we believe, that homosexuality is wrong,” Randy Owen says. Seth says all would be well for a while, with everyone just ignoring the issue, then there’d be a big blow up, followed by another period of relative calm. “Seth would just come in some days and you could just tell, a light had been dimmed,” says coach and teacher Kaylee Petik. “He was muted.” In February, during one of those more tranquil times, Seth was sitting in a pew at church as usual, listening to the sermon, when a switch flipped inside him. The sermon was about children being required to obey their parents regardless of the circumstances. Someone in the congregation asked the question on Seth’s mind: ‘What if the parents are abusing the child? Must they still obey?’ ‘Yes,’ was the response.

This was a bridge too far. “It was that comment about the little girl, that she would have to sit there and take this abuse,” Seth says. Later, Seth says he confronted his family. The conversation ended with Seth giving them an ultimatum: He’d go to any church they want, but not that one. It did not go over. “I’m the dad and I’m not going to sit back and take an ultimatum from a son, I’m the one responsible for this home, and I’m the one in charge of this home,” Randy Owen says. “I had to leave that night,” Seth says. Since then, he stayed with a few friends and mentors before settling in with a close friend for the summer. And he’s remained in communication with his family, who also attended his graduation. It’s obvious when he talks that he still loves and respects them; he’s just no longer willing to be anything but his authentic self for their benefit—even though in his case, it’s more about his principles as they apply to the treatment of others than it is about his sexuality. “Seth speaks very diplomatically about people who have openly rejected him,” Petik notes. But man cannot live, nor pay tuition, on principles and diplomacy alone. On June 18, another of his teachers launched a GoFundMe page to help the young man pay tuition and expenses. Though as of this writing, the fundraiser is well short of its $20,000 goal, the smart money’s on the perseverance of Seth Owen. To borrow a line from his valedictorian speech, “Because of our struggles and life circumstances, we know that we are strong enough, and we are resilient enough to overcome anything and to accomplish everything on which we set our sights.”

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Pets in Fernandina’s historic district are being attacked by NOT-SO-WELCOME visitors

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are in major metropolitan areas, including New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, often making headlines when they’re spotted. The FWC said their presence shouldn’t be a surprise because coyotes easily adapt to urban environments. The best way for people to coexist with coyotes, according to the agency’s online tip-sheet, is to bring domestic animals indoors at night and secure trash. Coyotes rarely pose a threat to people, according to the FWC, but attacks do happen. If you see one, make noise–and lots of it. Yell, wave, throw small rocks and sticks– but don’t run, said the FWC, because coyotes may give chase. Feeling threatened? Call the FWC’s wildlife alert number: 888-404-3922. Nassau County’s animal control office doesn’t handle coyote complaints, said Director Tim Maguire. Most coyotes avoid detection by being strictly nocturnal, building dens in the scrubby brush and old-growth trees that surround the edges of the stately and modest homes in Fernandina’s downtown neighborhood. There have been repeated sightings in the brush near the railroad tracks at the entry to Rayonier Advanced Materials,

the pulp mill on Gum Street. “I’ve seen them multiple times over there,” said City Commissioner Chip Ross, who lives in the downtown historic district. “There are more coyotes here than people realize.” Coyotes have also been seen traversing runways at the municipal airport. Late last year, the city hired a wild animal removal company to trap and shoot coyotes. Four of them were removed by this “depredation” effort, according to Airport Manager Nathan Coyle. The FWC said trapping coyotes is an “inefficient and ineffective” way to control populations and can actually increase the number of pups in a litter. Biodiversity specialist Pat Foster-Turley, a local resident who is widely known for her newspaper column on the environment, agreed. “No matter how many traps they set, coyotes will keep coming back,” she said. But they’ll do so quietly, she said. “Unless you’re in camouflage hiding in the bushes, you’re not going to see them,” she said. “They’re pretty wily animals and will come out when they’re ready to eat.” Coyotes have no natural predator here, allowing them to proliferate virtually

unchecked. An “apex”–or alpha–predator, such as a bobcat, which roamed Amelia Island until about eight to 10 years ago, would help control populations, she said, “But we don’t have any.” A bobcat sighting was reported in the Heron Isles subdivision in Yulee this spring, but no one is anticipating a comeback of the sharp-toothed, sharp-clawed feline, said Foster-Turley. “Nobody knows for sure what happened to bobcats,” she said. “Disease has been suggested but what we know is that coyotes found an empty niche with room to expand.” According to the News4Jax website, a bobcat was seen in the backyard of a St. Johns County home on July 2. Foster-Turley underscored FWC’s advice to pick up and securely contain trash and keep small pets inside overnight. She also said dog owners should avoid retractable leashes, because pets may get in trouble reaching into bushes where coyotes nestle. “Coyotes are on our island and they’re everywhere, left and right,” she said. “Be careful.” Mary Maguire mail@folioweekly.com

Actual Fernandina coyotes photographed by Michael Leary

IN FERNANDINA BEACH, THE GROWING PRESENCE of coyotes, a formidable, wily and nocturnal predator that hunts in the dusky and dark hours, often targeting cats and small dogs, has pet owners on alert. People living on and around South Seventh Street, near the downtown business district, said two friendly neighborhood felines were snatched by coyotes searching for dinner in June. This included Jake, an 18-year-old freerange wanderer, who had been fed by local homeowners for years, and Walker, the unlucky, and slower, half of twins given the names Herschel and Walker, after the University of Georgia football star beloved by local alumni. Resident Greg Roland said by phone last week that his wife witnessed Walker’s demise. “She was very upset because of the attack and because that cat was so sweet and so cute,” he said. “She thought the coyote got Herschel, too, but he managed to get away.” Jake, according to Roland, who is Nassau County’s deputy fire chief, was a feral cat that walked into yards and up to doors looking for food and water, knowing he would find daily sustenance from homeowners, who had been reliable sources over the years. “The kids on the block grew up with him and now he’s gone,” he said. “It’s very sad, but you couldn’t keep Jake inside.” Theresa Hamilton, who owns and operates the Fairbanks House Bed & Breakfast at 227 S. Seventh St., said she is “very–very, very” concerned about coyotes in the neighborhood and has seen packs with as many as three animals, which are often mistaken for dogs, roaming local streets. Hamilton has made an effort to keep her cats inside overnight; one night last week, she put them in an unoccupied guest room. “Remember the night of that thunderstorm? I’m glad I had the space. But I waited for hours for one of my cats to return,” she said. “I was really worried because small animals can’t make it on their own. Yes, coyotes are a serious problem.” According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), coyotes have been found in all of the state’s 67 counties, and populations, while difficult to define, are growing—here and around the nation—all states except Hawaii. Coyotes

hat does it take to resist suicide? What does it take to ignore the siren call of the quiet of death, the release of nonbeing? And, more important, what does it take to do this if you are a black woman living in America? Artist Erin Kendrick doesn’t necessarily have the answers, but she is committed to asking the kinds of questions that reveal a way through. A graduate of Georgia State University with a Master of Fine Arts in drawing and painting (bachelor’s degree in studio art from Florida State), she currently teaches at the University of North Florida and Jacksonville Arts & Music School. Recently, she has been reading theorist bell hooks in conjunction with Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf. The poem’s central themes are the specific experiences—through global misogyny—of women of color. In brief, the book functions thusly: seven women—each designated as a color, i.e., Yellow, Red, Green—relate their stories and experiences through the vehicle of narrative poetry. This is not a joyless experience, dragging the reader or audience through a laundry list of tragedies. The poem remains particularly relevant because it gives literal words to rage, joy and laughter with wit and beauty. In the reading or the viewing, For Colored Girls centers on survival and joy amid pain and outrage. It’s a method that Kendrick also deploys effectively.

I HER OWN SONG OF LIFE Artist ERIN KENDRICK explores the “dark phrases of womanhood”

t’s a hot and soggy evening in June, and Kendrick is at her CoRK Arts District studio, chatting about where she is in the prep phase for her upcoming show, Her Own Things. “My approach to this is pretty much the same as her [Shange’s] approach, ‘How do I have a conversation between black women?’ It’s like going to Grandma’s house, to have that conversation with your friends or family.” Originally Her Own Things was scheduled for Space 42. “But I shifted it over to Yellow House because I wanted to use a house as a house,” Kendrick explains, adding, “For a long time, everything about us [black women] was bound to the house (and the bedroom). So I wanted use that space to have this conversation.” Employing For Colored Girls as the structure upon which she hangs the show allows Kendrick to balance composite portraits against a distilled installation. In doing so, she is effectively “taking what are galleries back to their roots as bedrooms, spaces for breaking bread, walls that hold the spirits of previous inhabitants,” says Yellow House director Hope McMath. The seven paintings that are the heart of the exhibition represent the figures from the poem, drawn from reference sources as disparate as Afro Punk and Pinterest, which need not be mutually exclusive. Though her paintings are images steeped in a figurative tradition, Kendrick is clear to call them interpretations. “I’ve always been interested in faces and expressions,” she says, gesturing toward a wall covered in sketches. The larger paintings that are the root of the show are hung in the dining room, the house’s center, reinforcing Kendrick’s observations on the role/ place of black women in American media and imagination. “That idea of serving in both contexts of the word, like serving [in the sense of waitressing] and the newer context of the word, like, you’re serving [means] you’re bad, you’re serving the truth.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 >>>

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“All of these [paintings] represent one of the women. They change a lot […] I layer and layer and layer color, but they aren’t bound by their color,” she explains. Thus, the portrait of the Lady in Green won’t necessarily be green, because Kendrick is trying to paint her poem and her psychological circumstances. Green’s story notably tackles theft, beginning with “somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff.” This poem, Kendrick’s favorite, is filled with witty lines of bravery. It is audacious and it’s worth finding the YouTube video of Alfre Woodard bringing it to life:

he path to these works has taken more than a decade to walk. Around 2005, Kendrick says that she stopped making art. “When I left art-making, I was more of an installation artist.” In fact, she says, she thinks installation appeals to her because “I’m very much design-minded, I’ve always been more of a designer, more about composition than I am a painter.” She notes that she didn’t paint a lot, because in college, she struggled with it. In grad school, a new media teacher helped her find her voice. “It saved me,” she says. Since her return to art, portraits have become the medium of the message. Of this, she reflects, “I think, for me, it was maybe the clearest road back into it, and I’ve been there since then.”

better understand Kendrick’s works, it’s also instructional to look at artists like Wangechi Mutu and Tschabalala Self. Wiley is wellknown for works that invert power structures of race and gender; also, often “queering” art history. It’s in the case of Mutu, who writer Deborah Willis notes “manages to successfully focus her vision on sexuality, desire and colonialism—while also incorporating girl culture, as well as popular and art historical references,” that the engaged viewer will find a corollary to Kendrick’s work. Reflection on Self also aids in understanding the compelling nature of Kendrick’s works, as Self ’s works are about the diversity of narratives and fantasies that exist around black female bodies. “When people are confronted with the black female figure or any kind of person

somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff! & didn’t care enuf to send a note home sayin i was late for my solo conversation or two sizes too small for my own tacky shirts what can anybody do wid somethin of no value on a open market? did you getta dime for my things? hey man where are you goin wid alla my stuff?! this is a woman’s trip & i need my stuff

’m painting on this kind of wood for the first time,” Kendrick says as we peer at a panel laid flat to take her washes and stains of color. “And it takes the paint really well. I build the layers and that’s really just shadow and lights and I always redraw it at some point in time, and I always add brown … even if I cover it back up, they always become black girls.” “I don’t want them to be bound by the play,” says Kendrick, adding that she’s resisting the urge to make this a narrative event that illustrates the text. Instead, it might be more accurate to say that she wants to open the play even wider, to imbue it with symbols of seeming specificity which are simultaneously ambiguous. “I am pulling from the play, different things to build the character. For instance, in the ‘Graduation Night’ poem, she talks about giving her virginity away versus it being taken.” Little things, like a tassel earring, will stand in for the tassel a character might have on her graduation cap. “I want to keep these as anonymous as possible while having drawn a face.” As a strategy, ambiguity serves to shift some of the responsibility to find meaning to the audience. This doesn’t absolve the artist from providing a cohesive thesis, but it does allow space for viewers to enter, to see themselves in the making and unmaking, to wander through the galleries and see connections only visible through their personal lens. And from that, to take away what is most helpful to them. Of the installation, McMath says, “To be confronted in such a visceral, challenging and beautiful way with oppression, racism, feminism, pain and triumph, is an opportunity for those who know and those of us who need to acknowledge and understand […] it is a beautiful and dangerous gift.”

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Brown 36 x 48 inches, acrylic ink and Shaprie on board, 2018. In talking about the way that the need to make art manifests, Kendrick acknowledges two things that many artists know to be true. One, sometimes personal truth and art power rest in the “throw-aways” and doodles. Two, sometimes, in order to get to one place-of-making, such as installations, you have to go through seemingly unrelated steps, such as portraits. The history of portraiture is steeped in power and wealth. From ancient history right up to the present day, the trappings of power and prestige are writ into the action— especially of painting. It is impossible to talk about contemporary portraiture without talking about Kehinde Wiley; however, to

assumed to be living a marginalized existence, they expect any story being told about that person to be about their pain and suffering. If you try to explain that an image is about selflove or self-appreciation or joy or happiness in occupying their body, it’s difficult for people to wrap their heads around,” said Self, in a 2016 interview with Pelican Bomb magazine. Self ’s observation touches on another aspect of Kendrick’s work, that of existence and self-care as a revolutionary act. “My existence is a revolutionary act,” she says quietly when the conversation takes this turn. “Survival is a revolutionary act” is a phrase on the show’s postcard.

hough Kendrick (for now) is staying closer to the realm of classical portraiture formatting, her fashion-informed, mash-up sensibility solves the problem

of staidness. “I think I stayed away from the entire body because I do want it to be about this [eye-to-eye, gaze-to-gaze] exchange.” For Kendrick, the gaze is very important. In these works, as in others from the last two years, she’s been thinking a lot about “the oppositional gaze,” an idea theorist bell hooks, née Gloria Jean Watkins, presented in the essay “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators.” It’s the idea that hooks sets within Michel Foucault’s “relations of power,” because, as hooks asserts, “there is power in looking.” Indeed, the original 1992 text cites the historical accounts that “white slave owners (men, women, and children) punished enslaved people for looking.” These ideas are important now, not just because they’re the tools through which one can gain a deeper understanding of Kendrick’s works, but because they’re part of the theoretical underpinning of deconstructing the biases in our capitalist and systemically racist society. Kendrick goes on to note that as an undergrad at FSU, she was “one of 53, the only black student, the only black female” in her art program. “I did have one ‘power to the people’ professor, who from the start, from the day I said, ‘I’m interested in this art program,’ he was, like, ‘Meet me in my office.’” She says that professor, Dr. Ed Love, asked her, “Do you want to make a living or do you want to make a life?” She recalls being, like, “I don’t know … .” He then told her that if she got into the Georgia State program, “she’d be the only one [black person]” and she “needed to take it seriously […] so you need to figure out if you really want to be an artist.” It was also toward the end of her undergrad career that she saw a performance of For Colored Girls. “It just kind of stuck and it helped me figure out that I was struggling so much trying to tell my story to the wrong people. I was working so hard to tell my story and not be a nuisance. And not be, like, ‘Aw, there she goes again … .’ So seeing the play kind of made it all right to tell my own story.” Later, in grad school, Kendrick said though the college is in Atlanta, with a better mix of people, she still felt somewhat “off.” Dr. Love had died, and though she was comfortable with her choice of artistic direction, she felt as if her lighthouse had gone out. She moved through her first year in a haze, worried that she wouldn’t be able to finish or “make it.” The following year, a single moment changed everything. “I was walking in the building one day, and there’s a gallery when you enter the building. Up on the wall was the Renee Cox Hottentot Venus photo […] this photo of a black woman, me—coming into the building— and there was a black female, an older lady custodian over at the elevator. Something about that moment changed a lot for me. That’s when I realized, I wasn’t struggling with painting, I was struggling with this silent image on the wall that couldn’t speak for itself.”

fter this epiphany, Kendrick started making video pieces, a process she describes as “putting the [art historically referenced] square up, but it could talk back.”

invisibility through For Colored Girls the lens of names that started to make its way “somebody/ anybody mean one thing for into her consciousness, sing a black girl’s song some people—the she says. By now, she bring her out loss of opportunities was reading deeply to know herself or preconceived and really engaging in to know you notions—and other critical theory. Shange but sing her rhythms things for other was talking specifically carin/ struggle/ hard times people, like success to black women, so the sing her song of life in a wild-child partyartist said to herself, she’s been dead so long girl persona. “‘I’m going to say this to closed in silence so long “I can vividly this woman who looks she doesn’t know the sound remember seeing like me, in the language of her own voice Erin’s work for the first we both understand.’ her infinite beauty time,” Brooks says. And that started to she’s half-notes scattered “It was a painting of a shape what I was doing without rhythm/ no tune young woman with a at the time … . I wanted sing her sighs colorful printed shirt, to tell my own story sing the song of her possibilities whose eyes were barely and I was concerned sing a righteous gospel in view because her with telling that story let her be born hair was pulled up to people who look let her be born like a crown on her like me.” & handled warmly.” head. […] It was clear After finishing grad this woman was not school in 2005, Kendrick — From Ntozake Shange’s For Colored a newcomer though started teaching at Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ I had never seen her Banneker High, an When the Rainbow is Enuf art on view. Her work Atlanta-area high school. spoke to me like no In addition to teaching, other then and after. she coached and “I was finally seeing a woman who looked mentored her students, often working 12 to 15 like me. In this day and time. Not a Negress hours a day. “I taught in a school that needed from the past, but a strong and vulnerable me to be there […] I mean, I had students image of contemporary black woman-ness. who were working full-time jobs … . That’s […] In a community where most artists just what I did.” who are black are intimidated to actually say She taught there for four years before their work is created from the center of their returning to Jacksonville. When she came identity, Ms. Kendrick is a breath of fresh air.” back to this area, she was starting an eventplanning business and was no longer focused on making art. Nevertheless, as is the hese days, Erin Kendrick is contradictory way of a life wherein jokes tell staying busy. Her show at truths and bad ideas are great: One of the Yellow House, which opens last paintings Kendrick completed in Atlanta at 6 p.m. on July 14, is marked the first time she used her pour/stain/ followed by an August exhibit layer technique. “The first time I did this,” at Cathedral Arts Project, and at present, she says, gesturing to a jewel-toned layered she has works displayed at Jacksonville painting, “was the last time I painted.” International Airport. She’s also designing Seven years later, in 2016, Kendrick the posters for Phase Eight Theatre finally returned to art. “I went to that talk Company’s upcoming season. that Princess [Simpson Rashid], Overstreet For the Cathedral Arts Project show, [Ducasse] and Dustin [Harewood] had at the Kendrick is toying with the idea of Ritz … . It was: ‘What is Black Art?’” After projection, sketches and the manner the lecture, she asked Museum Administrator in which folks often feel empowered to Adonnica Toler, “Hey, I’m an artist, I don’t appropriate aspects of other cultures. even have work to show you. I have, like, what Photobooth opens on Thursday, Aug. 9, I had then … . Can I get in the Through Our with a reception at 5:30 p.m. Eyes show?” In thinking about Her Own Things Toler told her to apply. Kendrick laughs, and Photobooth, it’s as if Kendrick is saying, “I worked my ass off, and made six taking aspects of private and public life or seven paintings.” All were steeped in and mining them for their core values portraiture; the artist now says she started in and trigger points. Her plans are big, “stereotype-land.” and incorporate compassion with deeply Stereotype-land is, for Kendrick, vulnerable honesty. It’s easy to imagine that her openings will be received like “superficial, it’s easy.” She then returned to joyous celebrations. Indeed, a little reading; in fact, often the bulk of the work leaked information suggests the musical she does to prepare for a show involves accompaniment planned by Zaiche Johnson, research and theory. For these 2016 works, creative catalyst at Yellow House, will be a which are currently on display at Jacksonville creatively relevant counterpart to the work. International Airport, she says she felt like she He’s tapped the composer, pianist, trumpeter needed to “get this [less-nuanced idea] out” and DJ called the Balance King to craft a before moving on to the more conceptually soundscape. Of the musician, Johnson says, complex body of work she’s now tackling. “He really exudes a deliberate curatorial “I think, for me, once I got through that application, that’s going to be subservient to [Ritz Theatre] show, I returned to that place Erin’s thematic context.” Clearly, plans are I was in college … . I didn’t want to sing the shaping up to make Her Own Things one of same tune the same way.” She explains that she the highlights of the season. pulled the word stereotype out of her artist’s Toward the end of our final chat, I statement. “It was such a surface thing, and I asked her if there was anything important didn’t want people not to listen just because of that she wanted people to know. “I am that word.” from the Northside of Jacksonville; I went to Raines.” n 2017, Kendrick exhibited in the Who For Kendrick, it’s not about the trappings is Kesha show curated by Jacksonville of art; it’s about truth and authenticity. Makerspace arts and culture developer Madeleine Peck Wagner Shawana Brooks. Brooks explained madeleine@folioweekly.com that the show was about visibility and

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he Adventures of Annabelle Lyn sounds like the title of a timeless tale—and that’s just the way Elizabeth Fravel, Kathryn Belle Long and Holly Riley intended it. The three-piece acoustic trio, based in Tallahassee, covers considerable roots-inspired ground, mixing lifelong influences of Carolina bluegrass, Delta blues, classic country, vaudeville jazz, musical theater and Appalachian folk into their classically tuned sound. But it’s a literary flourish that sets these three women apart. Answering Folio Weekly’s questions about the band in unison, they reveal that “Annabelle Lyn” is derived from the combination of their middle names—and that their shows and albums over the last few years have built up a carefully crafted narrative worthy of a Victorian novel. Folio Weekly: Tell us more about Annabelle Lyn and her adventures. The Adventures of Annabelle Lyn: We wanted to create a fictional heroine who would undertake different adventures in the form of theme shows. One of our first shows was titled Annabelle Lyn & the Old Time Train Heist. We dressed up as train robbers and sang songs about busting out of prison. Another popular theme show was titled Annabelle Lyn & the Siren’s Song, where we dressed up as mermaids and sang songs about the ocean and shipwrecks. We’ve even done a Beatles show we called Annabelle Lyn’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We think of Annabelle Lyn as a fearless girl ready to take on the world, and her zest for life speaks to our love of mystery, travel, romance and adventure. We hope she will become an epic comic book character someday. That’s not a concept bands usually develop over time. What kind of musical influences allowed you to pull it off? Elizabeth’s mother is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and singer, and Elizabeth grew up playing, singing and writing music while attending music festivals all over the East Coast. Elizabeth still plays the upright bass she inherited at the age of 7. Kathryn also grew up in a musical family. Her brother, a student of classical guitar, taught her guitar and songwriting, and she studied musical theater performance in college while working as an actor, dancer and singer in New York City and Orlando. Holly started violin at age 5 and began playing fiddle in bluegrass bands in early high school, followed by numerous old-time, country, folk and jazz groups. All three of us are songwriters, and because of our eclectic blend of influences and genres, we can develop and arrange our compositions in truly original ways. Is Adventures of Annabelle Lyn a full-time gig for the three of you? We all teach in the community. Elizabeth currently teaches first grade and serves on the board of directors at the Suwannee Spirit Kids Music Camp. Kathryn teaches performing arts at a public middle school, and Holly

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Overton, giving it a cleaner sound that serves as an excellent representation of our performance and collaboration.

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Tallahassee’s The Adventures of Annabelle Lyn weave narrative magic out of their ROOTSY AMERICANA TUNES teaches as a graduate assistant at Florida State, where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology. We certainly dream about making the leap to pursue our art on a full-time basis. We’ve worked hard to craft our sound and performance so that we can ask for financial compensation that reflects our worth. But it’s always a work in progress. What is it about the all-acoustic format that inspires and motivates you? For moments in time, we become a part of each other’s stories–we feel the same emotions, experience the same energies, and walk the path of each song’s crescendos and breakdowns together. The harmonic and dynamic nuances we hear through this intimate interconnectedness inspires us to create something larger than the sum of its parts. Your most recent album, Chasing Horizons, came out earlier this year. How does it fit into the Annabelle Lyn narrative? Chasing Horizons is filled with songs about

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traveling and using the lessons learned along the way to propel oneself forward into a new adventure, a new place or even a new life perspective. The album contains songs based on our experiences all around the country. Elizabeth’s song “Arizona Time” talks about her crazy drives through the Southwest deserts, Holly’s “Pretty Little Lights” was inspired by the holiday season in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Kathryn shares memories of love and family in “Portland.” The detail and care we put in sets the album apart. All tracks include three-part and even four-part harmonies and intricate, interweaving string parts. We multitracked everything at FSU with Commercial Music graduate Adam

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How has the music community in Tallahassee helped the band grow and evolve? It’s incredible. Our community works like a family–supporting each other and helping each other succeed. More experienced musicians welcome and encourage those just starting out. If the Tallahassee music community had a motto, we think it would be “Music amplifies our love for each other.” Has the band played Jacksonville before? This will be our second time. Last summer’s performance was our very first stop on our very first tour, so the energy and excitement we felt was incredible. This year’s performance is also the first stop on our Southeast tour, so we look forward to more good vibes and new connections. You play a healthy mix of clubs and festivals. What are the major differences between the two for Annabelle Lyn? Festivals give us the chance to meet other musicians and hear and support other bands, offering a camaraderie unlike other venues. We get the chance to jam with veteran musicians, and we can meet and talk with many of our musical heroes, who then become our friends and [part of our] musical family. Music halls and listening rooms are well-suited to our original tunes, as well– although our rowdy bar gigs with cover song arrangements are also fun! Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com

6 p.m. Thursday, July 12, Mudville Music Room, $10, raylewispresents.com

FOLIO A+E : MAGIC LANTERNS Pat likes the premise of Mohawk, just NOT THE DELIVERY

GOOD LOOKS DON’T EXCUSE POOR ACTING

core a big plus in terms of originality for writer/director Ted Geoghegan’s Mohawk, which could be described as a murky stew made from the works of James Fenimore Cooper and Stephen King. Imagine The Last of the Mohicans infused with a healthy blend of Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning. Horror fans know what I mean. Geoghegan has made many feature films as both producer and writer, but they were mostly low-budget and little-seen. He made his real mark in 2015 directing his first movie, a wellreceived horror film, We Are Still Here, usual rural New England haunted house variety. Replete with impressive photography, lots of jump-scares and abundant gore, We Are Still Here benefited from an impressive cast of genre favorites, including Barbara Crampton of Re-Animator fame and gore, and Lisa Marie (Tim Burton’s ex-muse who graced films like Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!). Also in the mix was the always reliable, multitalented Larry Fessenden (I Sell the Dead, Stake Land) in a typical scene-stealing minor role. On the surface, the plot of Mohawk (Geoghegan’s second directorial effort) was totally different from that. Set during the War of 1812, the three protagonists are Paul, a young British soldier played by Eamon Farren, and his two Indian companions, Oak (Kaniehtiio Horn), a young Mohawk woman and her tribesman Calvin Two Rivers (Justin Rain). Whatever the confusing personal relationship is among the three, the fact is that Oak is pregnant. As far as plot goes, the bond among them merely underscores a mutual commitment. In addition, all three (presumably led by Paul the Brit) are steadfast in their opposition to the Americans. (Yikes, the Redcoats are the good guys!) Unfortunately, the anti-Americans are unable to convince the other Mohawks to join their crusade, leaving Calvin as the sole butcher of some sleeping Yanks on a oneman midnight raid. Consequently, the three Limey-loving heroes are pursued by a band of uncouth bloody-minded Americans led by Colonel Hezekiah Holt (Ezra Buzzington), the main villain of the piece. Col. Holt is flat in his nastiness; the other American troopers are more even, individualized by their appearance and accouterments. One sports a complicated pair of glasses and magnifying lenses similar to those worn by Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow. Another has a big bushy beard; the Indian translator wears a quasi-beret and smokes a pipe nonstop.

Muskets, flintlocks and an occasional tomahawk are the era-appropriate weapons of choice. This attention to period fashion and authenticity (I assume it’s authentic) is particularly powerful in the two Mohawk heroes; they have the most impressive warrior paint in the history of film. The lower half of Calvin’s face from nose to neck is painted black so he seems to be wearing a scarf; Oak’s upper face is also painted black, making her look a bit like a singularly dangerous raccoon. A chase is on as the body count predictably rises. As in We Are Still Here, Geoghegan imbues his quasi-historical drama with the requisite gore of a horror film. Speaking of horror flicks, the third act swerves directly into a supernatural realm. Its elements have only been suggested by the ominous woods where the pursuers become more lost and confused by the minute. Horror fans will naturally think of Blair Witch or any recent genre films like YellowBrickRoad and The Ritual. While Mohawk looks great, it was impossible (for me, at least) to overlook the many instances of painfully bad dialogue and acting. With the exception of Ezra Buzzington, most of the cast members wear their costumes with far more authenticity than they deliver their lines. So, I liked the idea and the look of Mohawk more than the film itself. You may see it differently. Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING THE LION KING The 1994 beloved animated feature–Rafiki! Scar! Mufasa! Timon! Simba!–runs 8:30 p.m. July 11, Colonial Quarter Music Park, 27 St. George St., St. Augustine, 824-1606, free. Coco runs July 18. CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Isle of Dogs and American Animals screen. Throwback Thursday: Field of Dreams, noon July 12. RBG starts July 13. A Night of Creatures doubleheader: Kilted Creature’s Bagpipe Swamp Metal tribute to Creature from the Black Lagoon; Revenge of the Creature screens; 7 p.m. July 14; free. Summer Sundays runs We Bought a Zoo, 2 p.m. July 15, $2. Flipper runs July 13-26; free; details on website. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 697-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. IMAX THEATER Ant-Man & The Wasp, America’s Musical Journey 3D and Pandas 3D screen. St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. SUN-RAY CINEMA Hearts Beat Loud, Ant-Man & The Wasp and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? screen. Summer Kids Series: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, July 11 & 14. Sorry to Bother You starts July 13. 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. SUMMER MOVIE CLASSICS “Hell’s comin’ with me!” A 25th anniversary showing of Tombstone, with Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, 2 p.m. July 15 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787; tix info at floridatheatre.com.

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ARTS + EVENTS Steve Harvey’s nephew and co-host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show, NEPHEW TOMMY appears 8 & 10:30 p.m. July 13; 7:30 & 10 p.m. July 14 & 7 p.m. July 15, at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, Southside, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $35-$150.

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WOMEN’S WORK Jax-based Kelby Siddons’ play is a Louise Nevelson-inspired immersive theater piece mounted by Phase Eight Theatre Company, 7 p.m. July 12, 19 & 26 at MOCAJax, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, 366-6911, phaseeight.org, $25. VENUS IN FUR Thomas, a put-upon playwright/director, needs an actress for the female lead, the role of Vanda, in his version of a sadomasochistic tale Venus in Fur. An inappropriate actress is the only one to audition–and she’s named Vanda. The play runs 8 p.m. July 19, 20 & 21 at St. Nicholas Park Christian Church, 3226 Beach Blvd., eventbrite, $20. NEWSIES Publishers Joe Pulitzer and William Hearst had no problem hiring boys to deliver newspapers all over New England in 1899. But the kids had problems, so they went on strike. This dramedy musical, presented by Apex Theatre, tells their story and the story about the change in child labor laws, 8 p.m. July 20 & 21, and 2 p.m. July 21 & 22 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., pvconcerthall.com, $25. IN THE HEIGHTS The Tony-winner for Best Musical, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is about the Washington Heights area of New York, as cultures clash and blend. The play opens 8 p.m. July 20, and runs Thur.-Sun. through Aug. 12 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org, $25-$28. MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE SHOW A two-hour journey spanning MJ’s 40-year career, starring impersonator Danny Dash Andrews, 8 p.m. July 15 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, eventbrite.com, $20-$50. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG It’s a car, it’s a boat and it flies … it’s from the past but portends the future, it’s the little racer that did. Through July 29 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $38-$59. FRUIT SNACKS Open mic night for drag queens: Drag, standup, music, 10 p.m. July 17 at The Metro, 859 Willowbranch Ave., Riverside, free admission. THE SNOW QUEEN She steals happiness in the musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of ice and adventure. It runs 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. July 11 & 12 at Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, theatreworksjax.com, free. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME This intriguing show opens 7:30 p.m. July 13, and runs through

July 21 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, $15-$20, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com. SEX AKA WIENERS & BOOBS Called “quite simply, a terrible play.” This joint production of Awkward Silence Jax and The 5 & Dime, written by Joe Lo Truglio (nine-nine!), Michael Showalter and David Wain, runs 8 p.m. July 13 & 14 and 2 p.m. July 15 at 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, 637-5100, the5anddime.org, $10. HEATHERS THE MUSICAL Mean girls are eternal; revisit croquette-playing snoots and how they rule, 7:30 p.m. June 20; through Aug. 19 (check website for days/dates) at Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, limelight-theatre.org, $26. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Presented by a talented group of kids in grades 7-12, this Summer Musical Theatre Experience runs 7:30 p.m. July 20, 21, 27 & 28 and 2 p.m. July 22 & 29 at the Wilson Center for the Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-2222, fscjartistseries.org, $20-$25. AN ACT OF GOD The One who is the Alpha and Omega answers questions that have bugged mankind for millennia, 8 p.m. July 20, 21, 26-28 and 2 p.m. July 22 at Amelia Community Theatre, 209 Cedar St., Fernandina, ameliacommunitytheatre.org, $10-$22.

CLASSICAL + JAZZ

GARY STARLING Solo guitarist Starling and jazz violinist Russell George, 7 p.m. July 13 at Doubletree Hilton, 116 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine; 6:30 p.m. July 20 at Brick Restaurant, 3585 St. Johns Ave., Avondale; 6:30 p.m. July 21 at Table 1, 330 A1A, Ponte Vedra, garystarling.com. FRANK ‘BLUE-EYED SOUL’ SHINER The Huffington Post wrote “...blues, a touch of jazz and healthy dollops of R&B. He takes all three influences, mashes them in a musical mixing bowl and frappés it. The man can sing.” Shiner takes the stage 7 p.m. July 12, along with Fran Pitre, at Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. REED MEYER & MARAH LOVEQUIST Crescendo Amelia presents a full horn section and classic big band sound, 7:30 p.m. July 13 at Kraft Athletic Club, 961023 Buccaneer Trail, Fernandina, crescendoamelia.com, eventbrite.com, $20-$25. THE JAZZ & POETRY DEN This monthly performance art series highlights artists, poets, singers and musicians of Coastal Georgia and surrounding communities, 8 p.m. July 27 at Unitarian Universalists of Coastal Georgia, 1710 Gloucester

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HEATHER LAND The comic brings her I Ain’t Doing It tour to the River City, 7 p.m. July 17 at Times-Union Center, 300 Water St., Downtown, ticketmaster.com, $29-$49. LALASIZAHANDS89 The internet sensation is on 7:30 p.m. July 11 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $28-$150. CHRIS REDD SNL cast member Redd takes the stage 7:30 p.m. July 11, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. July 12 & 13; 7 p.m. July 14 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $20-$114.50. KELLY KELLZ Kellz began her comic career on Mother’s Day 2009 after her husband dared her to show her talent for making people laugh; 8 p.m. July 12 at Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $18-$150. COMEDY NIGHT @ CORAZON Casey Bryant Crawford hosts; Minas Fakrajian, Keishod Veney, André Dahlen and Brian Zeolla appear, 8 p.m. July 13 at Corazon Cinema & Café, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, $5, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. NEPHEW TOMMY (Steve Harvey’s nephew; co-host of Steve Harvey Morning Show) appears 8 & 10:30 p.m. July 13; 7:30 & 10 p.m. July 14; 7 p.m. July 15, Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $35-$150. RENO COLLIER The comic riffs on West Virginia cousins, Scottish heritage and unruly in-laws, 7:30 p.m. July 19, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. July 20 & 21, Comedy Zone, comedyzone.com, $20-$114.50.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT CAP is hiring teaching artists for the 2018-’19 school year, capkids.org/jobs. AUDITION: MISCAST CABARET Scheduled for 4 p.m. July 15 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, playersbythesea.org. JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Accepting applications to show works; email jennifer.murray@flyjacksonville.com.

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CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. The Lost Bird Project, through Oct. 21. Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese Printmaking, through Nov. 25. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. A Dark Place of Dreams, monochromatic assemblages of Louise Nevelson and contemporary artists Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock and Kate Gilmore; through Sept. 9. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Mission: Jax Genius features 12 local makers to encourage curiosity, interactivity and feedback. Earth Explorers, through Sept. 9. Native Networks: Cultural Interactions Within & Beyond Northeast Florida, through September. WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MUSEUM St. Augustine, 940-4123, worldgolfhalloffame.org. The new exhibit, Tales from the Collection, features golf-related artifacts, including Andy Warhol’s painting of Jack Nicklaus.

GALLERIES

THE ART CENTER TAC Gallery at The Landing, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. Smothered in Blue up until Aug. 2; closing reception 6-8 p.m. Solomon Dixon is July’s featured artist. BOLD BEAN JAX BEACH 2400 Third St. S., 853-6545. Artist Jessica Becker showcases “3D paintings,” jessica-becker.com.

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Tomando Café Summary

n the Spanish informative radio magazine program Tomando Café (Drinking Coffee) this past Sunday, July 8th, we spoke with Tomas Jimenez Jr., a local attorney and leader in the Hispanic community. Jimenez and his committee are organizing a candidate forum to give the community a chance to chat and ask questions of the candidates who are seeking an opportunity to represent them in the upcoming judicial, local, state, and national elections. Jimenez encouraged the listeners to participate in the bi-partisan forum because this is the chance to see and hear who will be on the ballots in the first round of elections in August. The local Hispanic community is growing at a rate of 4.5-6% annually; those numbers make the Hispanic segment of our population more important than ever in elections in North Florida. The Candidates forum will be held at Havana Jax Café on July 17th, 2018 at 6pm. We also spoke to Leon Carrero about the importance of updating your voter registration status. At the forum there will be a representative of the Supervisor of Elections Office to assist participants with updating their voters’ status. Carrero emphasized how important registering and subsequently voting in all elections is to our community. We agreed that the democratic process in most of the countries that Hispanics migrate from may be corrupt, non-existent, sometimes even coerced. It explains the apathy and the question, “Why should I vote?”, some Hispanics may have when considering whether participating in the democratic process in the United States is any different than in their own countries. Mr. Carrero has led a bi-partisan initiative to inform and educate our Hispanic community about the democratic process in the United States. His efforts and of those that have helped him with this campaign have been instrumental is increasing the Hispanic registered voter count in Duval County. Coffee and Godly conversations! Pastor Diego Jaramillo, senior pastor of Iglesia Fuente de Luz y Salvacion (Fountain of Light and Salvation Church) has launched an initiative to bring people closer to God over a cup of Colombian Coffee. His church has a mobile coffee shop named Mi Café (My Coffee). The purpose of the unit is to travel around town, share his award-winning Colombia Coffee and spark up conversation about God. Pastor Jaramillo stated that it also helps to expose farmers in the Colombian region where the coffee is produced. A unique approach to spark up Godly conversation with a product of which 400 million cups are consumed daily in the Unites States! We will continue our voting discussion with Carrero and special guests, Mike Hogan, Supervisor of Elections and Greg Clark on the July 15th program. We will talk about the voting process, ballots, and job opportunities for the upcoming elections. Additionally, Harry Hernandez will share with our listeners his initiative to foster relationships abroad by introducing Jacksonville to other markets with his Hispanic traveling softball league. If you wish to listen to the interviews, visit the Tomando Café Facebook page @tomandocafejax.

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom FAILS TO COME TO LIFE

runs the estate, and Ben’s caretaker Iris he newest dinosaurs-aren’t-extinct(Geraldine Chaplin, Charlie’s daughter) looks anymore movie has more species after his granddaughter Maisie (Isabella of dinosaurs than in any previous Sermon). Turns out, though, neither the Jurassic movie. Surely, you think, that would dinosaurs nor anyone in the house is safe. mean more opportunities for writers Derek The island descending into imminent Connolly and Colin Trevorrow (who directed danger and chaos? Fairly sure that’s in every Jurassic World) and director J.A. Bayona to do Jurassic movie. Dangerous dinosaurs wreaking something truly creative and unique. havoc in an enclosed area? This has been How disappointing, then, that Fallen in most every Jurassic movie. The point Kingdom is same-old, same-old, and not in a good way. Yes, this is a sequel to one is, everything about Fallen Kingdom feels of the highest-grossing movies of all time, redundant and unnecessary, completely void and they have to give the audience what of urgency and conviction. Howard and Pratt it wants. Doesn’t the audience also want, don’t exactly phone in their performances, but though, at least parts of it to look fresh? New? you get the sense they’re not too challenged Innovative? It’s a drag when you spend 128 here, either. minutes watching a movie, then as you walk The issue, one suspects, is that dinosaurs out, it’s like déjà vu all over again. are an inherently limited species around Fallen Kingdom is divided into two parts. which to build a movie, let alone a franchise. In the first half, Isla Nublar, where Jurassic They’re big, they’re dangerous, they may eat Park and Jurassic World used to be, is you. The idea of being able to control them, exploding. Literally. Dinosaurs and their exhibiting intelligence, run amok as a volcano rumbles, is introduced but is never an JURASSIC WORLD: about to destroy the island. integral part of the story. On FALLEN KINGDOM Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), the big screen, we live in an **MM who now runs a dinosaurera of superheroes, dazzling Rated PG-13 rights organization (you read visual FX and otherworldly that correctly), and Owen adventures, especially during (Chris Pratt), who now lives peacefully in the summer blockbuster months. Simply put, the wilderness, return to the island to get the filmmakers of the franchise must be more the dinosaurs out. There’s also some jerk bold and imaginative than this. By the time mercenaries with a shoot-first-don’t-botherthe inevitable sequel opens, it’s hoped they’ve to-ask-questions-later approach. Dangerous found a way to expand the story, not rein it in encounters, near-escapes and some cool visual as they did here. The ending lends itself well effects make this the better half of the film, to several possibilities. and even this is only “shoulder-shrug slight So come on, Hollywood creatives. Do smile” good. what you get paid jillions to do, and do what After leaving the island, the protagonists we know you can do well. Like, better than head to Ben Lockwood’s (James Cromwell) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. mansion in California, where the “rescued” Dan Hudak dinosaurs are. Ben’s assistant Eli (Rafe Spall) mail@folioweekly.com

FOLIO A+E : ARTS Kelby Siddons (third from right), with the cast of Women’s Work.

ne of the things I often think about is how work begets work, whether that’s making stuff or seeing stuff that catalyzes thought, and then action. Feed the beast and the beast can feed others. I also have been thinking a lot about something Jerry Saltz recently posted (I’m paraphrasing) on how art inherently reflects its times (so stop sending him links to art about Don the Con). A few days (or hours—who really knows, time is weird on social media) later, he posted “fun fact: the National Gallery has 2,300 works in its collection and as of today, 21 of them are by women.” It hardly bears typing: The inconsistency between, say, the percentages of art school grads who identify as women versus the percentages that reflect male-bias in the art world. Back to the notion of hunger, in this instance, I’d suggest that as a culture, we are hungry for those stories that decentralize the cis-male’s claim to genius, etcetera and blah blah blah. Luckily, in NEFLa right now, there are more than a few very capable female artists, and against the backdrop of MOCA Jacksonville’s current show, A Dark Place of Dreams, playwright and director Kelby Siddons is mounting an immersive theater piece, Women’s Work. It is a site-specific play, performed against the monochromatic assemblages of Louise Nevelson and contemporary artists Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock and Kate Gilmore. Siddons has an impressive résumé. She got her degree from Northwestern University (2009) in dramatic literature. There she studied in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences with playwright Laura Schellhardt and “looked at scripts from a literary perspective.” These days, Siddons teaches English at The Episcopal School and focuses on her own work, which has included original plays like Madame Bonaparte, directing Macbeth, and rewriting, adjusting and updating existing plays. In fact, that’s how she came to the attention of JaMario Stills, founder and artistic director of Phase Eight. “Great, let’s figure out something you can write,” is what

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Stills said to Siddons in 2017, when she helped with rewrites to portions of Love’s Labour’s Lost—which Stills directed. After that, he approached her with the idea of doing a play in the galleries of the museum. “It’s a terribly, wonderfully specific show to the space. You really can’t perform it any other time because you have to have the exhibit that is currently there and you have to have the specific museum that is in Downtown Jacksonville,” she says. I caught up with Siddons just as the final adjustments were being made to the production and talked about how to approach a project like this, and what important things she wants to communicate. She explained that the play is centered around “three freshman [college] art students, who are taking an introductory level course and they go through the semester. They start with the day they receive the syllabus—that’s the first act; the second act is them giving their own tours of the gallery, and the third act is them presenting their own final project. So they’re looking at women in the past and trying to channel and reply to that in their own work.” With the focus on women artists, the inevitable question is: “Are we looking at this as work or as women’s work?” Staged

throughout the museum’s exhibition space, the barrier between the actors and audience becomes a penetrable membrane. In addition to watching the action, the audience will also be considering the artwork, and possibly forming their own replies to the students’ conceptions; as that delightfully slippery art world dog-whistle “pretentious” does make a winking appearance. In our conversation, Siddons hinted that there will be tension between at least two of the students, because of differing approaches to art and art-making. It is an understatement to say that art world rivalries can be rewarding for artists and art historians. Legendarily, sculptor Louise Nevelson was charismatic, hard-working and focused to the exclusion of almost all else. She saw herself to be on par with Pablo Picasso, and had a fractious relationship with the only other contemporaneous female artist who could be said to be her equal: Louise Bourgeois. “If you look at the work that I’ve written/ directed/produced in the past, you’ll see— as JaMario saw—a theme, a concern about female characters, their likeability, and how we perceive them based on their femaleness,” explained Siddons of the complex and contradictory leitmotifs she explores in her work. When she was discussing her approach, the playwright discloses with a laugh, “I kept describing it as a theatrical parfait.” Meaning that, as the play moved through its acts, the actors and the audience move through all five floors of the institution. “Can you ever really be artistically neutral, or is identity central to what you end up creating?” asks the playwright. “There are things we can’t answer in an hour and a half. But I think the goal is to bring questions and characters into the space in order to energize the audience’s conversation and response to what they are seeing.” At a time when our government is literally decrying mothers’ milk in favor of formula, it’s critical that artists and audiences demand and engage with weighty, nuanced ideas. Nourish us with the real thing, not pablum. Madeleine Peck Wagner madeleine@folioweekly.com JULY 11-17, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 21

ARTS + EVENTS BOLD BEAN RIVERSIDE 869 Stockton St. DVNMYA shows portraits and tattoo-influenced watercolors. BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave., 853-6545. Artist Madeleine Peck Wagner exhibits selections from her Heart of Butter series, madeleinewagner.com. BREW 5 POINTS 1024 Park St., 374-5789. The Tiger King exhibit is up through August. CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, 281-5599. Salamat Datang-Welcome to Malaysia, new works by Dennis Ho, runs through August. CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Curatorial Choice: Burnett, Hart & Pierson, through Aug. 11. HENDRICKS AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH 4001 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 396-7745. Artists Who Mentor the Passing of Knowledge and Wisdom, works of Jax-based artists and a skilled mentee; through Sept. 1. HIGHTIDE GALLERY 859 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, thehightidegallery.com. Painter Sally Evans displays new vibrant works through August. MAKERSPACE AT MAIN LIBRARY 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace. Prescribed Expression: Relief in Healing Arts through July 22. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown, southlightgallery.com. UNF Senior Photography exhibits. SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, 888-421-9222, spacefortytwo.com. Luisa Posada Bleier’s Untitled runs through August. ST. JOHNS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 209-0655. Harry McCormick displays his artwork through Sept. 20; opening reception 8:15-9 a.m. July 17. STOUT SNUG ON THE HILL 1190 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Hill. Showtime features the works of artists Space, Aaron Smith, Wendy Means and Lynda Diamond, through July 21. THE VAULT AT 1930 1930 San Marco Blvd., 398-2890, thevaultat1930.com. Rosalie Mark Atkins displays new works through July. THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. Erin Kendrick’s show, Her Own Things, runs through Oct. 3.

EVENTS

JAX JUMBO SHRIMP Wrap up the homestand against the Chattanooga Lookouts, 12:05 p.m. July 11 (Big Splash Day). No rest for the boys of summer: Homestand against Biloxi Shuckers (mmm … shrimp n oysters) starts 7:05 p.m. July 12 (Thirsty Thursday, As Seen on TV Night) and July 13 (National French Fry Day, Red Shirt Friday); 6:35 p.m. July 14 (Hawaiian Shirt Giveaway, Ace Ventura Night), 3:05 p.m. July 15 (Words

Artist Claire Ashley oversees the inflation of her piece, Close Encounters: Adam’s Madam in the MOCAJax Atrium, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown. (Image courtesy of MOCAJax.)

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with Fans!), and 7:05 p.m. July 16 (Charity Begins at Home), all at Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, Downtown, single game tix $5-$18, 358-2846, jaxshrimp.com. Next up: Montgomery Biscuits (mmm … biscuits n shrimp). ROOM FOR DESSERT The Art of Cooking Series continues as Le Macaron discusses French pastries, 5:45 p.m. July 12 at Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, members $35, nonmembers $40, register 899-6038, cummermuseum.org. DRUMMING WORKSHOP An interactive, intergenerational workshop on how to create rhythms on drums and percussion for personal health, and meaningful, supportive connections, 2 p.m. July 11 at Main Library’s Makerspace, Downtown, free. BEACHES FREEDOM FEST Bust out your all-flag everything or quit your job and hit the road–if those don’t appeal, attend Florida’s largest Americana fest, noon July 14 at SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach, beachesfreedomfest.com, free; VIP $20. WRITING NEW SOUTHERN GOTHIC A workshop right up Truman Capote’s alley: odd characters, peculiar places and rough times, how one “writes” the South; 2-5 p.m. July 14 at River of Grass, 8472 Concord Blvd. W., Northside, darlynfinchkuhn.com, $50. SEWING FUNDAMENTALS Conscious Designz shows a sewing machine’s basic functions, 5:30 p.m. July 17 at Main Library’s Makerspace, Downtown, free. PORTRAIT OF THE POPE OF POP Warhol is fascinating, but we’d rather hear his biographer, writer Bob Colacello, chat about his time in “Drella’s” orbit–(resulting in Holy Terror, which a FW staffer reads annually) 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 19 at Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, members $30, nonmembers $40, cummermuseum.org. ROB EMAHISER Emahiser discusses the Volunteer Life Saving Corps of Jacksonville Beach, 6 p.m. July 19 at Beaches Museum Chapel, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, beachesmuseum.org, $5. MEET THE ARTISTS Participate in public dialogue with artists commissioned to design streetscape artworks for Phase II of the Downtown Investment Authority’s Urban Arts Project in the Elbow District, 6 p.m. July 19 at Main Library’s Makerspace, Downtown, culturalcouncil.org. BLUEGRASS, BEER & BARBECUE FESTIVAL Hosted by Hemming Park, this has great ’cue, live music by Cain’t Never Could, The Firewater Tent Revival, The Wetland Strong Band and Rusty Shine, 5-10 p.m. July 21 at Hemming Park, Downtown, hemmingpark.org. __________________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city or neighborhood), admission price & contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner; email madeleine@folioweekly.com or mail 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Space available policy. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. printing.

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ast summer, the seminal British postpunk group Echo & the Bunnymen embarked on a co-headlining U.S. tour with the equally influential American post-punk outfit Violent Femmes. It was such a success, they’ve decided to reunite for a two-week, 11-date jaunt through the Southern states this month. Both tours were the brainchild of Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch, who spoke to Folio Weekly from his home in Liverpool, England. In a pronounced Scouse accent, the 59-year-old singer and guitarist explains that the “flip-flop tour” is his preferred method of plying the United States. In their native Britain, Echo & the Bunnymen are legend, but here in the U.S.—despite a string of 1980s alternative radio hits that continue to be featured in movies and television (like Donnie Darko and Stranger Things, among many others)—the band has never quite been able to shake the “cult” label, though they were contemporaries of New Order and The Cure. Perhaps it has something to do with the group’s staunchly anti-commercial stance and delight in publicly bedeviling folks like Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) and Bono (U2). In a 2011 interview with the Independent, McCulloch pulled very few punches, calling Bono (Nobbo is his pet name for the singer), a “real proper c***” and a “fake.” In a 2015 article, he likened the band’s “giveaway album” to rape. “They didn’t get that you just can’t do that.” Looking over his career, he appears to have viewed it through the lens of art rather than something more insidious and soul stealing. “There was never going to be any kowtowing to America,” he said in that 2011 interview. It seems—though the band never reached U2 levels of mega-stardom, they were arguably poised to do so—they still had a

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BEST BAND IN THE WORLD Echo & The Bunnymen PLAY the First Coast VIOLENT FEMMES, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

6 p.m. July 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, $44-$74

deeply rewarding and ultimately uncynical career. “Everyone’s heard our songs,” says McCulloch, “but they don’t know who wrote them. It’s always been a problem for us, especially in the States.” Indeed, in a July 2017 article in the Guardian that was really more of a starry-eyed love note to the band (we’re not judging, we fan hard for them, too), writer Dave Simpson noted that though they were often “press darlings,” with “their romantically doomy mentality a perfect choice for wistful teenage hipsters,” they never really broke into the U.S. scene. But perhaps that’s how they wanted it. In one of the band’s earliest trips stateside, Will Sergeant, Bunnymen guitarist, emphatically stated that he hated the country and would rather be back home. How’s that for wooing the press and a nation of potential fans? Eventually, the band members undertook

their first co-headlining U.S. tour with New th Order in 1987. It was every goth’s dream lineO up, u a smorgasbord of the best of British New Wave, Zoo Records meets Factory. And it W allowed both bands to play bigger venues and a increase their respective audiences. in n This time around, McCulloch and Bunnymen co-founder Sergeant opted for B an a American group that seems at first an unlikely fit. It turns out, McCulloch and u Sergeant have both been Violent Femmes S fans since the beginning. “We’ve always loved Violent Femmes,” he says to FW. “We used to play that first record all the time. In the studio, everywhere. Yeah, we’re totally different bands, but it’s all on the indie spectrum, not just the underground stuff, but pop as well. People can appreciate that. It’s a good balance. Not a bad bill, to be honest.” There are two Florida dates on the tour, giving each band a chance to headline in the Sunshine State. The Bunnymen are topping the bill at Orlando’s House of Blues on July 20, and Violent Femmes are closing out the night at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on July 21. When asked if this “flip-flop” concept agrees with the ego, McCulloch—who often cites Echo & the Bunnymen as the best band in the world and his own “The Killing Moon” as the greatest song of all time—waxes diplomatic. “There’s always going to be an element of friendly rivalry,” he says, “but we’ve done this before and I think this time will be even more relaxed. We’re looking forward to catching up with them.” Then he pauses and reflects. “Maybe they have the advantage being American, but our songs are more wellknown generally.” Georgio Valentino mail@folioweekly.com

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THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS take cues for their aesthetic and sound from pre-1960 obscure country music and make it their own. They bloom 7 p.m. July 17 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, free.

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THE BASTARD SUNS, THE HEAD CHEESE 8 p.m. July 11, Jack Rabbits (JackRabbs), 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $8. NFFN ARTIST SHOWCASE: NEW MOON RAMBLERS, ED KLECKNER, SCIATICA BEACH 7 p.m. July 11, Mudville Music Room (Mudville), 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $10. RYAN CAMPBELL 9 p.m. July 11, Surfer the Bar (Surfer), 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756. PAUL IVEY 6 p.m. July 11, Boondocks Grill & Bar (Boondocks), 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove Springs, 406-9497. DIRTY ROTTEN SNAKE IN THE GRASS 9 p.m. July 11, Shantytown Pub, 22 W. Sixth St., Springfield, 798-8222, $7. OLD CURRENTS, HALF MY HOME, DIVEBAR, TYLER PESHEK 9 p.m. July 11, Sarbez, 115 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, $2. WAR TWINS, TERRAIN, MASTER RADICAL 8 p.m. July 12, JackRabbs, $8. A NIGHT OF BLUE-EYED SOUL: FRAN PITRE & FRANK SHINER 8 p.m. July 12, Whiskey Jax (WhiskeyBay), 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208. ROGER THAT 9:30 p.m. July 12, Cheers Park Avenue (Cheers), 1138 Park Ave., Orange Park, 269-4855, $2. ADVENTURES OF ANNABELLE LYN 7:30 p.m. July 12, Mudville, $10. IVAN SMITH 6 p.m. July 12, Boondocks. JUNCO ROYALS 8 p.m. July 12, Blue Jay Listening Room (BlueJay), 2457B S. Third St., Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com, $15. HINDSITE 7 p.m. July 12, Whiskey Jax (WhiskeyJB), 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., Jax Beach, 853-5973. MINIMUM RAGE, DEMO, OOF, NO PDA 8 p.m. July 13, Sarbez. MARK JOHNS 6 p.m. July 13, Boondocks. CRANE 9:30 p.m. July 13, Surfer. BOOGIE FREAKS 8 p.m. July 13, WhiskeyJB. 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW 10 p.m. July 13 & 14, Flying Iguana (FlyIguana), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680. BEAU & THE BURNERS 11:30 a.m. July 13, Hemming Park, Downtown, free. LOWERS ORDERS, SMART BOYZ 8 p.m. July 13, Rain Dogs (RainDogs), 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969. THE LEANING TREES, KEEGAN GREEN 8 p.m. July 13, JackRabbs, $8. BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY 9 p.m. July 13, 1904 Music Hall (1904MH), 19 Ocean St., Downtown, 1904musichall.com, $10-$12. DJ MAS APPEAL 7 p.m. July 13, Hyperion Brewing Co. (Hyperion), 1740 N. Main St., Springfield, 518-5131, hyperionbrewing.com. AJ GHENT 8 p.m. July 13, BlueJay, $30. OLYMPVS 9:30 p.m. July 13 & 14, Cheers, $2. LEGENDS MUSIC SHOW 7 p.m. July 13, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, musicliveshere.com, $10-$20. DiCARLO THOMPSON, JUNCO ROYALS 6 p.m. July 13, Seachasers Lounge (Seachasers), 831 First St. N., Jax Beach, seachaserslounge.com.

FLORIDA SUN RECORDS UNITY FEST: CLOUD 9 VIBES, FLAG ON FIRE, AXIOM, BORN IN JUNE, SUMMER SURVIVORS, UNBREAKABLE BLOODLINE, RUNAWAY GUN, CANDOR, MR. WHITTY, WES PIPES, YAMADEO, STAYNE THEE ANGEL, SUCKER PUNCH, THE REALITY, SANGRIA 1 p.m. July 14, Mavericks, The Jax Landing, Downtown, jaxlive.com, $10. PAUL WANE 7 p.m. July 14, Boondocks. RAMONA 9 p.m. July 14 & 15, Surfer. KIM RETEGUIZ & THE BLACK CAT BONES, SNACKS BLUES BAND, CAIN’T NEVER COULD Noon, July 14, Seachasers. MAZE, FRANKIE BEVERLY, THE WHISPERS, SHERYL UNDERWOOD 7:30 p.m. July 14, Times-Union Center, 300 Water St., Downtown, $57-$150. SYZYGY, OBSERVATORY 8:30 p.m. July 14, Sarbez. THE SUPERVILLAINS, BE EASY, RAMONA, LANE “STAR SPANGLED BANNER” PITTMAN, LOCAL BAND WINNER Noon July 14, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach, free. BOOGIE FREAKS 9 p.m. July 14, WhiskeyBay. AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEG 9 p.m. July 14, WhiskeyJB. THE GEORGIA FLOOD 8 p.m. July 14, JackRabbs, $8. ALLEGRA KRIEGER 8 p.m. July 14, BlueJay, $15. FSCJ SUMMER MUSICAL THEATRE, BRENT BYRD BAND, VIBE RW 10:30 a.m. July 14, Riverside Arts Market, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449, free admission. ORDINARY BOYS, KISSES ONLY 8 p.m. July 14, 1904MH, $10-$15. CRAIG WAYNE BOYD 8 p.m. July 14, Ritz Theatre & Museum (RitzTheatre), 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 632-5555, $24. REMEDY TREE, MADI CARR 8 p.m. July 15, BlueJay, $15. GLASS CAMELS 4 p.m. July 15, WhiskeyJB. THE HEAD CHEESE 5-9 p.m. July 15, Jax Landing, Downtown. KALANI ROSE, CHELSEY MICHELLE DUO Noon July 15, Seachasers. A STORY TOLD, SOUTHPAW 7 p.m. July 16, JackRabbs, $8. TBA BIG BAND 7 p.m. July 16, Mudville. FAZE WAVE, DBMK, JET-BLACK ALLEY CAT, RUNNERS HIGH 6 p.m. July 16, 1904MH, $10-$12. THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS 7 p.m. July 17, StAugAmp, free. AARON THOMAS 9 p.m. July 17, Surfer. MARTY FARMER 6 p.m. July 18, Boondocks. SPADE McQUADE 6:30 p.m. July 18, Fionn MacCool’s @ The Landing. GNARWOLF, COVINA 8 p.m. July 18, JackRabbs, $12. SOULO 9 p.m. July 18, Surfer. 86HOPE, DAD’S DAY OFF 9 p.m. July 18, Sarbez. CHRIS DUARTE GROUP 7 p.m. July 18, Mudville, $10.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

SLIGHTLY STOOPID, PEPPER, STICK FIGURE July 19, StAugAmp PROJECT PAT, SWORDZ, HOLY SMOKE RECORDS, OAK, ANDY SEZ X OK! July 19, 1904MH DIG DOG, HOLY HELL, BORROMAKAT, JUICE July 19, RainDogs REDFISH RICH July 19, Boondocks IVAN PULLEY BAND July 19, Cheers CAT & NAT July 19, FlaThtr

RASCAL FLATTS July 19, Dailys OAK RIDGE BOYS July 20, Thrasher-Horne Ctr MYSTIC DINO & THE FAMILY ONE BAND July 20, Surfer YOWSAH July 20, WhiskeyBay RANDOM TANDEM, DIXIE HIGHWAY BAND July 20, Boondocks LIFT July 20, Cheers OUIJA BROTHERS July 20, Hyperion PSEUDO, SYMMATREE, KID YOU NOT, THE NED, HALF MY HOME, CLM July 20, Sarbez OPPOSITE BOX, SIDE HUSTLE, TROPIC OF CANCER July 20, JackRabbs GUNNA July 20, Mavericks FELICITY, GUTTERLIFE, CENUS July 20, RainDogs DiCARLO THOMPSON, BILLY BUCHANAN July 20, Seachasers STEVE MILLER BAND, PETER FRAMPTON July 20, StAugAmp VILLAINFEST: FILTH, NEAR EMPTY, KILL THE SOUND, A MATTER OF HONOR, DENIED TIL DEATH, FACES OF MANY, DEFY THE TYRANT, AUDITORY ARMORY July 21, Mavericks MATT KNOWLES, DAKOTA BAND July 21, Boondocks B-SIDES July 21, Surfer ROCKET BAND July 21, The Landing BIG JOHN AUSTILL, GOOD WOOD BAND July 21, Seachasers PUZZLES TO PIECES, EMUNESS, PERSONALITIES, ENGRAVED, CARDINAL VIRTUES, INDIVISION, FALLEN SONS July 21, 1904MH BLUEGRASS, BEER & BARBECUE: CAIN’T NEVER COULD, THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL, THE WETLAND STRING BAND, RUSTY SHINE July 21, Hemming Park SONDRA HUNT July 21, SpiritSuwannee LISA & THE MAD HATTERS, THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL July 21, Cheers DAKOTA BAND July 21, Boondocks FREDDIE McGREGOR, DUBWISE July 21, JackRabbs DJ WILL’S SUMMER SLAM July 21, Murray Hill Theatre VIOLENT FEMMES, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN July 21, StAugAmp THE WHITNEY HOUSTON SHOW July 21, T-U Center THE CELTIC DUO: COLM KEEGAN, LAURA DURRANT July 22, Culhane’s Irish Pub NEW ROCK SOUL July 22, Surfer CHICAGO, REO SPEEDWAGON July 22, Dailys THE FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL, DENTON ELKINS ACOUSTIC July 22, Seachasers THE 418 BAND July 22, The Landing RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS July 23, Mudville BABYBLU, THE FORUM, ASTER & IVY, IOH July 24, JackRabbs TREVOR BARNES July 24, Surfer PAUL IVEY July 25, Boondocks TAD JENNINGS July 25, Surfer FRACTURED FAIRYTALES, BLOOD, BATH & BEYOND July 26, JackRabbs SAMUEL HERB July 26, Boondocks THE GREAT CLOWN WARS July 26, Sarbez MEAN MARY July 26, Mudville EVAN MICHAEL & WELL WISHERS July 27 & 28, FlyIguana

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC PAUL LUNDGREN BAND July 27, WhiskeyBay MARK JOHNS, BLACK CREEK RI’ZIN’ July 27, Boondocks VINYL RECORD EXTRAVAGANZA July 27, Hyperion Brewing Co. DON McLEAN July 27, PVCHall MIKE SHACKELFORD July 27, Mudville CHILLULA July 27, Surfer POCO, PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE, ORLEANS July 27, FlaThtr SMOOTH & GROOVE: KEITH SWEAT, FAITH EVANS, JON B, LALAH HATHAWAY July 27, VetsMemArena SAMUEL HERB, COTTER HILL & BERNARDUS July 27, BlueJay ROSEDALE, PARKRIDGE July 27, JackRabbs THE FRITZ July 28, 1904MH BIG JOHN AUSTILL, FOLK IS PEOPLE July 28, Seachasers HIGHWAY JONES July 28, Hyperion KORYN HAWTHORNE July 28, Murray Hill Theatre MATT KNOWLES, KEVIN SKI July 28, Boondocks SUN-DRIED VIBES July 28, Surfer WILDFIRE RISING, 60 WEST BAND July 28, The Landing STRIKING MATCHES July 28, JackRabbs DISPATCH, NAHKO, MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE, RAYE ZARAGOZA July 29, StAugAmp STRANGER THAN FICTION, THE FALLEN SONS, SUFFERING OVERLOAD July 29, JackRabbs SOULO LYON BAND July 29, Surfer THE PAUSES July 29, RainDogs GROOVE COALITION, CORTNIE FRAZIER July 29, Seachasers THE KATZ DOWNSTAIRZ July 29, The Landing ERIC MOORE July 29, Hyperion DONAVON FRANKENREITER July 30, Surfer RAVEL, LITTLE GIRL July 30, JackRabbs BECOMES ASTRAL, TODAYS LAST TRAGEDY, TETHYS Aug. 1, JackRabbs CORTEO Aug. 1, VetsMemArena MS. LAURYN HILL Aug. 2, Dailys HIPPIEFEST 2018: VANILLA FUDGE, BADFINGER, JOEY MOLLAND, MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS, RICK DERRINGER Aug. 2, Thrasher-Horne Center VANS WARPED TOUR: 30H!3, THE INTERRUPTERS, KNUCKLE PUCK, MAYDAY PARADE, REEL BIG FISH, STATE CHAMPS, THIS WILD LIFE, WATERPARKS, LESS THAN JAKE, THE MAINE, MOVEMENTS, REAL FRIENDS, SIMPLE PLAN, TONIGHT ALIVE, WE THE KINGS, AMITY AFFLICTION, CHELSEA GRIN, DEEZ NUTS, ICE NINE KILLS, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, SHARPTOOTH, TWIZTID, WAGE WAR, AUGUST BURNS RED, CROWN THE EMPIRE, EVERY

TIME I DIE, IN HEARTS WAKE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, NEKROGOBLIKON, ASSUMING WE SURVIVE, DON BROCO, PALACE ROYALE, SLEEP ON IT, STORY UNTOLD, TRASH BOAT, WITH CONFIDENCE, FAREWELL WINTERS, LIGHTERBURNS Aug. 2, Old Cypress Lot near Met Park THE WILLOWWACKS Aug. 3, BlueJay LEGIT, SHEPARD, KID EURO, SKAM, REPRESENTING NUKAOS, BRANDON ALEXANDER Aug. 3, JackRabbs J CREW BAND Aug. 3 & 4, FlyIguana WOLF & BEAR, MAKARI Aug. 4, JackRabbs A-TRAIN LIVE: RONNIE JORDAN Aug. 4, RitzTheatre POWERGLOVE Aug. 4, 1904MH PAUL IVEY & SOULS of JOY Aug. 4, Boondocks CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL: OUIJA BROTHERS, GLASS CAMELS Aug. 5, Karpeles Museum THE LANKY GANG, DJ LIL B Aug. 5, JackRabbs O.A.R., MATT NATHANSON, THE NEW RESPECTS Aug. 5, Dailys STEEL PULSE Aug. 5, PVCHall TBA BIG BAND Aug. 6, Mudville 311, THE OFFSPRING Aug. 7, Dailys BRADFORD LOOMIS Aug. 9, BlueJay RAGE FEST: RINGS OF SATURN, ATTILA, SUICIDE SILENCE, VOLUMES, SPITE, CROSS YOUR FINGERS Aug. 10, Mavericks PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO Aug. 10, Mudville MR. MELLOW Aug. 10, BlueJay DK THE DRUMMER, SUCRE Aug. 10, JackRabbs ELLIS PAUL, DONNY BRAZILE Aug. 10, Café11 OF GOOD NATURE, SERANATION Aug. 11, JackRabbs LONELY HIGHWAY BAND Aug. 11, SpiritSuwannee CARNIVORA Aug. 12, JackRabbs MARIE MILLER Aug. 12, Café11 EMBY ALEXANDER, RIP JUNIOR Aug. 13, JackRabbs RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Aug. 13, Mudville CHUCK NASH BAND Aug. 14 & 15, FlyIguana WIZ KHALIFA, RAE SREMMURD, LIL SKIES, O.T. GENASIS Aug. 15, Dailys THE ALARM Aug. 15, PVCHall JONAH MATRANGA, THE PAUSES Aug. 15, JackRabbs TODD RUNDGREN Aug. 16, PVCHall TRENT TOMLINSON Aug. 17, Dalton’s Sports Grill JASON MRAZ, BRETT DENNEN Aug. 17, Dailys TOM & NATALIE Aug. 17, Mudville BLUE JAY’S FIRST BIRTHDAY: YETI TRIO, MIKE KENNEALLY, BRYAN BELLER Aug. 18, BlueJay BEN STROK & FULL ELECTRIC, CUSTARD PIE Aug. 18, Sarbez

Chief Keef (Keith Farrelle Cozart) brings his mood/vibe musical style to town 9 p.m. July 13, Mavericks, Downtown, mavericksatthelanding.com, $30.

BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Aug. 18, Seachasers YUNO, LANNDS, BOBBY KID Aug. 18, JackRabbs UMPHREY’S McGEE, SPAFFORD Aug. 18, StAugAmp LINDSEY STIRLING, EVANESCENCE Aug. 20, Dailys TBA BIG BAND Aug. 20, Mudville JEFF BECK, PAUL RODGERS, ANN WILSON Aug. 23, Dailys FLIPTURN, DENVER HALL, BOBBY KID Aug. 24, JackRabbs FORT DEFIANCE Aug. 24, BlueJay RICK SPRINGFIELD, LOVERBOY, GREG KIHN, TOMMY TUTONE Aug. 25, StAugAmp MANGO MARGARITA BAND, TROP ROCK JUNKIES Aug. 25, The Jax Landing STEPHANIE QUAYLE Aug. 25, RitzTheatre LITTLE JAKE & THE SOUL SEARCHERS Aug. 25, Mudville BADFISH SUBLIME TRIBUTE Aug. 27, Surfer THE BRIDGE STREET VIBE, MADI CARR Aug. 30, BlueJay BRIAN McKNIGHT Aug. 31, FlaThtr NOCHE ACUSTICA CON TITO AUGER Sept. 1, JackRabbs SING OUT LOUD FESTIVAL Sept. 1-23, St. Augustine venues LAST OF THE STREET SURVIVORS FAREWELL TOUR: LYNYRD SKYNYRD, CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, KID ROCK, JASON ALDEAN Sept. 2, TIAA Bank Field DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Sept. 4, Café11 KICK OUT THE JAMS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR: MC50 (WAYNE KRAMER, KIM THAYIL, BRENDAN CANTY, DUG PINNICK, MARCUS DURANT) Sept. 6, StAugAmp MALCOLM HOLCOMBE Sept. 6, Mudville 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW Sept. 7 & 8, FlyIguana UP FROM HERE Sept. 8, JackRabbs K.D. LANG Sept. 10, FlaThtr JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR, JD SIMO Sept. 11, PV Concert Hall DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST Sept. 12, Dailys DIERKS BENTLEY, THE BROTHERS OSBORNE, LANCO Sept. 13, Dailys SUPERSUCKERS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR Sept. 13, JackRabbs WIDESPREAD PANIC Sept. 14, StAugAmp JORDAN PETERSON Sept. 16, FlaThtr ROGER McGUINN Sept. 19, PVCHall YEEK, CHAOS CHAO Sept. 21, JackRabbs LEE ANN WOMACK Sept. 21, PVCHall JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, THE DECEMBERISTS, LUCERO Sept. 22, StAugAmp HERE COME THE MUMMIES Sept. 22, PVCHall DREAMERS, WEATHERS, MORGXN Sept. 22, JackRabbs FOZZY, ADELITA’S WAY, STONE BROKEN, THE STIR Sept. 26, Mavericks TANNAHILL WEAVERS Sept. 26, Mudville DAVID BYRNE Sept. 26, FlaThtr TROYE SIVAN, KIM PETRAS, LELAND Sept. 26, Dailys KIM RICHEY Sept. 27, Café11 EVAN MICHAEL & WELL WISHERS Sept. 28 & 29, FlyIguana MIKE SHACKELFORD Sept. 28, Mudville RICKIE LEE JONES, ANDERS OSBORNE Sept. 29, PVCHall COLONY HOUSE, TALL HEIGHTS Sept. 29, JackRabbs MAKING SUM NOISE, MTV EXPERIENCE Sept. 29, Jax Landing NEEDTOBREATHE, JOHNNYSWIM Oct. 2, Dailys DELBERT McCLINTON Oct. 5, PVCHall ARCH ENEMY, GOATWHORE, UNCURED Oct. 6, 1904MH DANNY GOKEY, TAUREN WELLS, RILEY CLEMMONS Oct. 6, T-U Center SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION OF PRINCE Oct. 6, FlaThtr WU-TANG CLAN (RZA, GZA, METHOD MAN, RAEKWON, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, U-GOD, INSPECTAH DECK, MASTA KILLA, CAPPADONNA) Oct. 7, StAugAmp PETER BRADLEY ADAMS Oct. 11, Café11 BENISE Oct. 11, FlaThtr SUWANNEE ROOTS REVIVAL: KELLER WILLIAMS’ PETTYGRASS, THE HILLBENDERS, DONNA THE BUFFALO, JIM LAUDERDALE, VERLON THOMPSON, THE LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND, THE LEE BOYS, THE SAUCE BOSS, BELLE & THE BAND, WHETHERMAN Oct. 11-14, SpiritSuwannee GENE WATSON Oct. 13, PVCHall IRATION, COMMON KINGS, KATASTRO, MORE Oct. 13, StAugAmp WELCOME TO MOCKVILLE Oct. 13, 1904MH ISRAEL & NEW BREED Oct. 13, Murray Hill Theatre WEEN Oct. 14, StAugAmp STEEP CANYON RANGERS Oct. 14, FlaThtr MUNDY Oct. 16, Culhane’s Irish Pub ANDERSON EAST, SAVANNAH CONLEY Oct. 16, Mavericks BOB LOG III Oct. 19, JackRabbs MEAN MARY & FRANK JAMES, Oct. 19, Mudville COLT FORD Oct. 19, PVCHall BRETT ELDRIDGE, ABBY ANDERSON Oct. 20, Dailys DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, CHARLY BLISS Oct. 20, StAugAmp GRIFFIN HOUSE Oct. 23, Café11 SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Oct. 25, T-U Ctr ALICE IN CHAINS Oct. 26, StAugAmp SUWANNEE HULAWEEN: STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, ODESZA, JAMIROQUAI, JANELLE MONAE Oct. 26-28, SpiritSuwannee DWEEZIL ZAPPA Oct. 27, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Oct. 27, Seachasers LIL DICKY, MUSTARD, OLIVER TREE Oct. 29, StAugAmp PALE WAVES Oct. 30, JackRabbs BLUE OCTOBER Nov. 4, JackRabbs AMY RAY & HER BAND, DANIELLE HOWLE BAND Nov. 8, PVCHall JAKOB’S FERRY STRAGGLERS Nov. 8, Mudville JASON CRABB Nov. 9, Murray Hill Theatre SHEMEKIA COPELAND Nov. 10, PVCHall VINCE GILL Nov. 11, StAugAmp OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA Nov. 11, PVCHall

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC JENNIFER KNAPP Nov. 14, Café11 KATHLEEN MADIGAN Nov. 15, FlaThtr THE AUSTRALIAN BEE GEES Nov. 16, FlaThtr STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 18, FlaThtr STEPHEN STILLS, JUDY COLLINS Nov. 19, FlaThtr BENJI BROWN Nov. 23, FlaThtr PIANO GUYS Nov. 26, FlaThtr DAVE KOZ, MINDI ABAIR, JONATHAN BUTLER, KEIKO MATSUI Nov. 29, FlaThtr MARC BROUSSARD & HIS BAND Nov. 29, PVCHall OLD DOMINION, MICHAEL RAY, HIGH VALLEY Nov. 30, StAugAmp GHOST PALE DEATH TOUR Dec. 1, FlaThtr JJ GREY, THE BAY STREET BAND, MILLAJOHN’S BLUE SOUL Dec. 1, Congaree & Penn Farm MANDY HARVEY Dec. 8, RitzTheatre IRIS DEMENT, PIETA BROWN Dec. 8, PVCHall PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, EUGE GROOVE Dec. 11, PVCHall JANE LYNCH, KATE FLANNERY, TIM DAVIS, THE TONY GUERRERO QUINTET Dec. 17, RitzTheatre CHRISTMAS WITH ROCKAPELLA Dec. 19, FlaThtr THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT, JUNIOR BROWN, THE BLASTERS, BIG SANDY Dec. 21, FlaThtr DONNA THE BUFFALO Dec. 29, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Dec. 30, Seachasers THE KENNEDYS Jan. 17, Mudville ARLO GUTHRIE Jan. 23, FlaThtr JEANNIE ROBERTSON Jan. 26, FlaThtr TOM & NATALIE Jan. 26, Mudville PINK MARTINI Jan. 28, FlaThtr FINN MAGILL & DAVID CURLEY Jan. 29, Mudville INDIGO GIRLS Feb. 9, PVCHall PINK March 5, VetsMemArena GET THE LED OUT March 15, FlaThtr

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA

GREEN TURTLE, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith every Thur. Dan Voll every Fri. Vinyl Nite every Tue. SLIDERS, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 King Eddie, Pili Pili July 11. Tad Jennings July 12. 7 Street July 13. Radio Love July 14. JCnMike, Jimmy Coleman July 15. Mark O’Quinn July 17

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

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

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING, 725 Atlantic Blvd., 372-4116 Jam session 7 p.m. July 13. Jaime Noel 7 p.m. July 14 BLUE JAY, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Luke Peacock, Jack Ringca July 11. Junco Royals 8 p.m. July 12. AJ Ghent 8 p.m. July 13. Allegra Krieger 8 p.m. July 14. Remedy Tree, Madi Carr 8 p.m. July 15 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 5 O’Clock Shadow 10 p.m. July 13 & 14. Samuel Sanders July 15 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. Wed. Michael Smith Thur. Milton Clapp Fri. HARBOR, 160 Mayport Rd., AB, 246-2555 The Mother Gooses, Fayroy, Jaialai 8 p.m. July 13. Redd & the Red Hots 7 p.m. July 16 LYNCH’S, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Barnes & the Heart July 13. Honey Hounds 7 p.m. July 17. Live music every night MEZZA, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger 6 p.m. Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer 6 p.m. Thur. Mezza House Band 6 p.m. Mon. Trevor Tanner 6 p.m. Tue. RAGTIME, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Random Tandem July 11. Vox July 12. Party Cartel July 13. Paul Lundgren July 14. Rumble Street July 15 SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 DiCarlo Thompson, Junco Royals 6 p.m. July 13. Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones, The Snacks Blues Band, Cain’t Never Could July 14. Kalani Rose, Chelsey Michelle noon July 15 SURFER THE BAR, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Ryan Campbell 9 p.m. July 11. Crane 9:30 p.m. July 13. Ramona 9 p.m. July 14 & 15. Aaron Thomas July 17. Soulo July 18 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Hindsite 7 p.m. July 12. Boogie Freaks July 13. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg 9 p.m. July 14. Glass Camels 4 p.m. July 15

CAMDEN COUNTY

CAPTAIN STAN’S SMOKEHOUSE, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Touch of Grey 6:30 p.m. July 14

DOWNTOWN

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1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Brett Bass & Melted Plectrum, Snake Blood Remedy 9 p.m. July 13. Ordinary Boys, Kisses Only 8 p.m. July 14. Faze Wave, DBMK, Jet-Black Alley Cat, Runners High 6 p.m. July 16 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon Thur. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, 374-1247 Ace Winn 8:30 p.m. July 14. Spade McQuade 6:30 p.m. July 18 JAX LANDING, 353-1188 Spanky July 12. Double Down 7 p.m. July 13. Smokestack 7 p.m. July 14. The Head Cheese July 15 MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Chief Keef 9 p.m. July 13. Florida Sun Records Unity Fest: Cloud 9 Vibes, Flag on Fire, Axiom, Born in June, Summer Survivors, Unbreakable Bloodline, Runaway Gun, Candor, Mr. Whitty, Wes Pipes, Yamadeo, Stayne Thee Angel, Sucker Punch, The Reality, Sangria July 14 MYTH, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 DJs Lil Yankee, Alekz Vibration July 11. DJs Q45, Twisted T, Pablo Puente, Colby Boothman, Xander, Sub-Lo July 13

VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams, 414-3171 Snacks Blues Band July 13. Rob Lee July 14. Black Jack Night July 16

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Paul Ivey 6 p.m. July 11. Ivan Smith 6 p.m. July 12. Mark Johns July 13. Paul Wane, Black Creek Ri’zin July 14 WHITEY’S, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Paul Ivey 6 p.m. July 12. Southern Rukus 9 p.m. July 13. Prom Kings 9 p.m. July 14. Mike Cook 4 p.m. July 15

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Back in Time Band July 11. Smokestack 9 p.m. July 13. Double Down 9 p.m. July 14 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Sidewalk 65 8:30 p.m. July 13. Retro Katz 8:30 p.m. July 14

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci July 11 & 15 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, 209-5209 Jay C Jr. July 12. Robert James Project July 13. Echelon Duo, Audiokic July 14. Tier 2, Hot Pocketz July 15

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 DJ Capone July 11. Roger That 9:30 p.m. July 12. Olympvs July 13 & 14 The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Tunnel Vision 10 p.m. July 13. Roger That 10 p.m. July 14

PONTE VEDRA

MEDURE, 818 A1A, 543-3797 Ace Winn July 11. Ryan Campbell July 12. Latin Allstars July 13. The Groov July 14 TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Deron Baker July 11. Beach City July 12. Ivan Pulley July 13. Tier 2 July 14 TAPS, 2220 C.R. 210, 819-1554 George Aspinall July 11. Vegas Gray July 13. Ginger Beard Man July 14

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

ACROSS THE STREET, 948 Edgewood S., 683-4182 Bill Ricci 5:30 p.m. July 13 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Vista, Briteside, Skyview, Neon Bombshell 7 p.m. July 13. Witchsister, The Mighty Powerball, Rip Junior, Pilotwave 8 p.m. July 15 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Lowers Orders, Smart Boyz. Talking Dogs, Gimme 8 p.m. July 13 RIVERSIDE Arts Market, 715 Riverside, 389-2449 FSCJ Summer Musical Theatre, Brent Byrd Band 10:30 a.m. July 14

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S, 3912 N. U.S. 1, 824-8738 The Remains 9 p.m. July 14. DJ Alex every Fri. CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Kabaka Pyramid 8 p.m. July 15 PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George, 209-5704 Leelynn Osborne 6 p.m. July 11. Ramona Trio, Smokestack July 12. Prestage Brothers, Luv U July 13. Raisin Cake Orchestra July 14. Be Easy, Amy Taylor, Marco July 15. Wes Cobb, Sea Floor Explosives July 16. Colton McKenna, Stephen Pigman July 17 SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Old Currents, Half My Home, Divebar, Tyler Peshek 9 p.m. July 11. Minimum Rage, Demo, Oof, No PDA 8 p.m. July 13. SYZYGY, Observatory 8:30 p.m. July 14. 86Hope, Dad’s Day Off 9 p.m. July 18

SAN MARCO

JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks, 398-7496 The Bastard Suns, The Head Cheese 8 p.m. July 11. War Twins, Terrain, Master Radical 8 p.m. July 12. The Leaning Trees, Keegan Green July 13. The Georgia Flood July 14. A Story Told, Southpaw July 16. Gnarwolf, Covina 8 p.m. July 18 MUDVILLE, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 NFFN Artist Showcase: New Moon Ramblers, Ed Kleckner, Sciatica Beach 7 p.m. July 11. Adventures of Annabelle Lyn 7:30 p.m. July 12. Kelby Shea July 14. TBA Big Band 7 p.m. July 16

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Barrett Jockers 8 p.m. July 12 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Frank Shiner, Fran Pitre 8 p.m. July 12. Fratello July 13. Boogie Freaks 9 p.m. July 14

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

CROOKED ROOSTER, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 Hangman’s Crown, Lowercase g, The Pet Yankees, Blackwater Revival ALS benefit, 3 p.m. July 14. DJ Toy July 11 HYPERION, 1740 N. Main St., 518-5131 DJ Mas Appeal 7 p.m. July 13. Liz Owen 7 p.m. July 14 PALMS, 6359 Heckscher Dr., 240-1672 The Last Resort July 11. Random Tandem 6 p.m. July 12. Bush Doctors July 13. Michael Ward July 14. Taylor Shami July 15 SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Dirty Rotten Snake in the Grass 9 p.m. July 11 __________________________________________ To list a band’s gig, send time, date, location (street address, city/neighborhood), admission and a contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner, email madeleine@folioweekly. com or by the U.S. Postal Service, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Events run on space-available basis. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. publication.

FOLIO DINING Servers Blake Riley and Corey Brown present a massive smothered burrito, crab cake app, and a variety of tacos, freshly created at THE MOSSFIRE GRILL, longtime fave of 5 Points folks. photo by Devon Sarian

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH

BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. On the water at Centre Street’s end. Southern hospitality, upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F Family-owned café in historic building. Worldly fare, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oakshaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub brews beer onsite; imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap.com. F For nearly 40 years, familyowned-and-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L Sa-M; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20-plus toppings, pie/slice. Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassauhealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa POINTE RESTAURANT, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2017 BOJ winner. In awardwinning inn Elizabeth Pointe Lodge. Seaside dining; in or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu. Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily

DINING DIRECTORY KEY AVERAGE ENTRÉE COST $ $$

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20-$35 > $35

ABBREVIATIONS & SPECIAL NOTES BW = Beer/Wine

L = Lunch

FB = Full Bar

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

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

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

THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. Oceanfront. Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, traysburgerstation.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Family-owned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

LARRY’S Giant Subs, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK.

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

FOOD ADDICTZ GRILL, 1044 Edgewood Ave. S., 240-1987. F Family-and-veteran-owned place is all about home cooking. Customer faves: barbecued pulled pork, blackened chicken, Caesar wrap and Portobello mushroom burger. $ K TO B L D Tu-Su HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 1, 381-6670, mojobbq.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. Pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue. Delta fried catfish. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/ favorite. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. Fri. & Sat. fish fry. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. French/ Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362, south.kitchen. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Southern classics: crispy catfish with smoked gouda grits, familystyle fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily

BAYMEADOWS

AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajaxcom. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO.

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DINING DIRECTORY NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. BOJ favorite. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Since 1989. Family-owned place has an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian, new-Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Low-sodium & gluten-free. $$$ BW TO L D Tu-Sa THE WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, glass/bottle wines. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. Gluten-free pizzas, desserts. HH specials. $$ BW K TO L M-F; D Tu-Sa WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Popular gastropub has craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates, tacos and–sure–whiskey. HH M-F. $$ FB B Sa & Su; L F; D Nightly

BEACHES

(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

AL’S PIZZA, 240 Third St. N., Neptune Beach, 853-6773, thecraftpizzaco.com. F Al Mansur re-opened good ol’ Al’s, in a new spot. Dine inside or out. $$ BW L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM SUBS, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. F 2017 BOJ winner. Fresh ingredients, 25+ years. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom has Sun. brunch. $ K BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BREEZY COFFEE SHOP WINE BAR, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 241-2211, breezycoffeeshopcafe.com. Local beachy coffee & wine shop by day; wine bar by night. Fresh baked pastries, breakfast sandwiches all day. Grab-n-Go salads, cheeses, hummus. $ BW K TO B L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. F Classic Old World Roman fare, big Italian menu: homestyle

flavors; chef Kerri Rogers’ culinary creativity. Seasonal menu. Rotating local craft beers, regional spirits, cold brew coffee program. $$ FB TO L M-F CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth, 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Serving Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa ELEMENT BISTRO & CRAFT BAR, 333 E. Bay St., 438-5173. Inside Myth Nightclub. Locally sourced, organic fare with fresh herbs and spices. HH $$ FB D, Tu-Su OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F Scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa SPLIFF’S GASTROPUB, 15 N. Ocean St., 844-5000, spliffsgastropub.com. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Music venue has munchie apps, mac & cheese dishes, pockets, gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. HH M-F. $ BW L D M-Sa URBAN GRIND COFFEE COMPANY, 45 W. Bay, Ste. 102, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Locally roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, pastries, smoothies, bagels. Chicken/tuna salad, sandwiches. WiFi. $ B L M-F URBAN GRIND EXPRESS, 50 W. Laura St., 516-7799. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F. $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa

FLEMING ISLAND

GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE RIVERSIDE. MOJO Smokehouse, 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Real fish camp. Gator tail, catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. 30 years of awesome gourmet pizza, baked dishes. All day HH M-Th. $ FB K TO L D Daily

BIG SHOTS!

DUANE HARRISON

The Salty Pelican Bar & Grill

12 N. Front St. • Fernandina Beach Born in: Jersey City, NJ Years in Biz: 17 Favorite Bar: Saints & Sinners (Queens, NY) Favorite Cocktail Style: Titos & soda Go-To Ingredients: Bacardi, pineapple, strawberry & Sprite Hangover Cure: Gatorade and water Will Not Cross My Lips: Bacardi 151 Insider’s Secret: "Can you make me that one drink from that one bar, but I don't know what's in it?" ... Me either! Celebrity Seen at Your Restaurant: Blue Power Ranger When You Say "The Usual": Bud Heavy :) pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 241 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 425-1025. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ Pit & Blues Bar, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AVONDALE. M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, mshackburgers.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 1585 N. Third St., 458-1390. 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE MANDARIN. RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 34 years and counting, the iconic seafood place serves blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE BAYMEADOWS.

CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA

CAPTAIN STAN’S SMOKEHOUSE, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552. Barbecue, sides, hot dogs, burgers, desserts. Dine in or out on picnic tables. $$ FB K TO L & D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 6586 GA. Hwy. 40 B6, St. Marys, 912-576-7006. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. OUTERBANKS SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 140 The Lakes Blvd., Ste. H, Kingsland, 912-729-5499. Fresh seafood, burgers, steaks, wings. $$ FB TO D Nightly

DOWNTOWN

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

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

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199, athenscafejax.com. 2017 BOJ winner. 20+ years of Greek fare, serving dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), Greek beers. Vegetarian-friendly. Full bar. Early bird menu Mon.-Fri. $$ FB L M-F; D M-Sa FIRST COAST Deli & Grill, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily JAX DINER, 5065 St. Augustine Rd., 739-7070, jaxdiner.com. Chef Roderick “Pete” Smith, a local culinary expert with nearly 20 years under his apron, uses locally sourced ingredients from area farmers, vendors and the community for American and Southern dishes. Seasonal brunch. $ K TO B L M-F, D F METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Dinner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AVONDALE. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. BOJ fave. Organic soup, baked items, sandwiches, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/wine. $ BW TO B L D Daily

ORANGE PARK

THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com. Southern fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 165, 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com.

DINING DIRECTORY

Dine downstairs, drink in a rooftop lounge upstairs at the new RIVER & POST in Riverside, where server Bri and pals bring you upscale-casual, seafood-centric fare to enjoy as the sun sinks slowly into the river—every night! photo by Devon Sarian F 2017 BOJ favorite. Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 36+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. F BOJ fave. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas; 35+ years. 75+ import beers. $ FB L D Daily SPRING PARK COFFEE, 328 Ferris St., Green Cove Springs, 531-9391, springparkcoffee.com. F Fresh-roasted Brass Tacks coffee, handcrafted hot & cold drinks, lattes, cappuccino, macchiato, pastries, breakfast. $ B L D Daily

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

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

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine: chorizo, tapas, blackened cod, pork skewers, coconut mango curry chicken. Breads from scratch. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BIG OAK BBQ & Catering, 1948 Henley Rd., Middleburg, 214-3041. 1440 Dunn Ave., 757-2225, bigoakbbqfl.com. Family-owned-and-operated. Smoked chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides, stumps. $$ K TO L D M-Sa BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points.com. 2017 BOJ winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Smallbatch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting singleorigin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, hand-crafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tu-Su CRANE RAMEN, 1029 Park St., 253-3282. Ramen done right; vegetarian, vegan items, kimchi, gyoza. Dine in or out. HH. $$ FB K L, D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2017 BOJ winner. Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espresso-based drinks, sandwiches, desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su EUROPEAN STREET Café, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2017 BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Dine outside at some E-Sts. $ BW K L D Daily FOO DOG CURRY TRADERS, 869 Stockton St., 551-0327, foodogjax.com. Southeast Asian, Indian inspired fare, all gluten-free, from scratch. Vegan & omnivore. $$ TO L, D Daily GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies. Artisanal cheeses, 300

craft, import beers, organic wines, produce, meats, vitamins, herbs, wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN Street Fare, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls: BBQ pork char sui, beef haw fun, Hawkers baos, chow faan, grilled Hawker skewers. $ BW TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. Made-to-order sandwiches, wraps. $ TO B L M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. 2017 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS Filling Station, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/ rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0047, sunraycinema.com. 2017 BOJ winner. First-run, indie and art films screened. Beer, local drafts, wine, pizza– Godbold, Black Lagoon Supreme–hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Patio. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. SEE INTRACOASTAL. The CORAZON CINEMA & CAFE, 36 Granada St., 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. F Sandwiches, combos, pizza. Iindie and first-run movies. $$ Daily DESSERT FIRST BISTRO, 121 Yacht Club Dr., 417-0468, dessertfirstbistro.com. It’s all made from scratch: breakfast, lunch, desserts. Plus coffees, espressos, craft beers, wine, hot teas. $ BW K TO B, L Tu-Su THE FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 34+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. F Lively spot has wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE AVONDALE. SALT LIFE Food Shack, 321 A1A, 217-3256. F SEE BEACHES. SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632, planetsarbez.com. Local music venue has gourmet grilled cheese: Sarbez melt: smoked mozzarella, turkey, bacon, signature sauce, local sourdough. Local craft beers. $ BW L, D Daily WOODPECKER’S Backyard BBQ, 4930 S.R. 13, 531-5670, woodpeckersbbq.weebly.com. F Smoked fresh daily.

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

SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK

The BEARDED PIG Southern BBQ & Beer Garden, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Barbecue joint Southern style: brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco, 398-1949, bistrox.com. F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally. 250+ wines. Wood-fired oven-baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood. Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside. HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 1905 Hendricks Ave. 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. Upscale; fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, katsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily HAVANA-JAX Café/CUBA LIBRE Bar, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609, havanajax.com. F 2017 BOJ winner. Bite Club certified. Cuban sandwiches, black beans & rice, plantains, steaks, seafood, roast pork. Spanish wine, drink specials, mojitos, Cuba libres. Nonstop HH. $ FB K L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodinercom. F 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Original upscale diner in a 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. Some Metros serve dinner. $$ B R L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. 2017 BOJ winner/favorite. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; tapas, wood-fired pizza. Seasonal local produce, meats. Craft beer (some local), award-winning wine. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily

SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN

ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. 2017 BOJ winner. Open 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach, Ste. 10, 206-612-6596. F Pacific Islander fare, chamorro culture. Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; empanadas, lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. F 2017 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. F 2017 BOJ favorite. Inside Jax Farmers Market. Local, regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. F 2017 BOJ favorite. SEE ORANGE PARK. UPTOWN Kitchen & Bar, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, uptownmarketjax.com. F Bite Club certified. Fresh fare, innovative menus, farm-to-table selections, daily specials. $$ BW TO B L Daily

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PINT-SIZED

CHEFFED-UP

HARNESSING THE

THIRSTY WORLD CUP FANS on the verge of drinking Russia and Europe dry

HEAT

Adjust your menu to the SEASON

WHERE’S THE BEER? IN THE UNITED STATES, FOOTBALL REIGNS supreme over all sports. Whether high school, college or professional, pigskin tossing is ever-present, even in the offseason. In most of the rest of the world, though, another kind of football is, hands-down, the sport of choice. Here in the States, we call this sport ‘soccer’ and, right now, it’s in the spotlight with the biennial championship, the World Cup. As in the U.S., beer is essential for many fans watching the games worldwide. This year, there’s a bit of a beer crisis. Northern Europe and Russia are having a shortage of beer for a variety of reasons. In Russia, where the World Cup is being played, thirsty fans are simply drinking more beer than was anticipated. In Europe, the snag is a carbon dioxide shortage; the gas adds carbonation to beer and soft drinks. Russian beer sales have been decreasing for the last decade, due to increased taxes and stricter regulations—bars, restaurants and other outlets were unprepared for the stampede of tourist soccer fans. “We just didn’t think they would only want beer,” one waiter at an upscale Moscow restaurant reportedly told Reuters. The waiter went on to say the restaurant ran out of draft lager and it took at least 24 hours for new deliveries, as suppliers are running low, too. Europe’s CO2 shortage stems from plants shutting down earlier this year for maintenance or refurbishment. CO2 is a byproduct of ammonia production; in addition to carbonating drinks, it’s used to keep products like meats and salads fresher

OVERSET

longer. Some European cities even use the gas to purify water. A CO2 shortage is no big deal for craft brewers, which usually rely on natural carbonation; CO2 is a byproduct of the fermentation process. When yeast eats the sugars in wort—the unfermented liquid—it secretes both alcohol and CO2. Smaller brewers and most homebrewers also carbonate through bottle fermentation, which means adding a small amount of sugar to the bottle before filling. Leftover yeast eats the sugar and works its magic. As the bottle is tightly capped, the gas has nowhere to go and dissolves into the liquid. On the other hand, larger breweries often force carbonation by pumping CO2 into kegs or combining it with beer in the line leading to the tap. For the beer to stay carbonated, it must remain under pressure in a sealed container. Once opened, the dissolved CO2 rushes to escape, creating those familiar, refreshing bubbles. With another week of World Cup to go, European fans may have to slow their beer drinking, especially since food wholesaler Booker began rationing beer and cider. The supplier is limiting each customer to just 10 cases of beer, or five of cider or soft drinks. American World Cup fans can be glad there’s no shortage of beer here. Just keep in mind it’s not polite to rub that in the faces of your European brethren. If they mention that America didn’t make it to the World Cup this year, well, you may toss back good-natured ribbing. Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

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

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

PINGLEHEAD BREWING COMPANY 12 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

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

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

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

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

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

RUBY BEACH BREWING 131 1st Ave N., Jax Beach

ANHEUSER-BUSCH 1100 Ellis Rd. N., Northside

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

RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY 835 Museum Cir., Southbank

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

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

SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY 9735 Gate Pkwy., Southside

BEARDED BUFFALO BREWING COMPANY 1012 King St., Downtown

HYPERION BREWING COMPANY 1740 Main St. N., Springfield

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

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

INTUITION ALE WORKS 929 E. Bay St., Downtown

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

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

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

WICKED BARLEY BREWING COMPANY 4100 Baymeadows Rd.

BOLD CITY DOWNTOWN 109 E. Bay St., Jacksonville

OLD COAST ALES 300 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine

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I REALLY HATE TO BE CRITICAL (OK, NOT SO much) but… Don’t our oppressive summer temperatures make y’all crave a lighter cooking style? Are you with me here? Have you ever noticed that foods that are in season when the weather is hot, such as summer squash, tend to be less dense and require shorter cooking times than their cold weather cousins—root vegetables? Coincidence? I think not! I love rich, deeply flavored, complex, slow braises more than most, and don’t even get me started on my passion for a gruyère-laden potato gratin. But when we’re in the clutches of the dog days, shorter cooking times and bright flavors are what turn me on. So, what am I getting at? Seasonal menus, that’s what. Ya know, when I was in the restaurant business, I would always change the menu seasonally. There are many obvious advantages to this strategy, beginning with keeping things fresh and interesting for the cooks. Never underestimate the importance of an engaged employee. Giving cooks the opportunity to help craft new dishes instills pride and ownership in what they produce each day. Secondly, adapting to the seasons means you can actually buy from local farmers. Thirdly, simple, fresh, quickly prepared summer food tastes better when it’s hot; and rich, warming, comforting winter food tastes better when it’s cold. Therefore, it’s just plain ludicrous for a restaurant in the 904 to offer a menu featuring braises and root vegetables at the end of July. A day at the beach ain’t the same as a day of snow skiing, and menus ought to reflect the native climate. It’s actually rather easy to adjust menus and eating habits to the heat. The first step is to purchase local summer produce. You’re not going to find a lot of carrots, parsnips, and butternut squash coming out of the ground around here in July. Instead, select summer squashes, eggplants, and peppers.

I like to grill eggplant with a Sicilianstyle spice blend and sauce them with a vibrant red pepper vinaigrette. A handful of peppery arugula, and feta or goat cheese really complement these flavors. Try stuffing patty pan squashes with a farce of quinoa, cucumber, herbs, tomatoes, jalapenos, and lots of olive oil, then top with grated manchego. A short 20 minutes in the oven and voilà! Pure summer flavor. If you grill a few Mayport shrimp, an exquisitely fresh filet of snapper or maybe a quail or two to accompany these light, bright delicious dishes, you’ll truly be the CheffedUp master of the dog days of summer.

CHEF BILL’S ROASTED RED PEPPER VINAIGRETTE Ingredients • 1 red bell peppers, roasted, skinned • and seeded • 4 roasted garlic cloves • 1 tsp. ginger, minced • 1/2 shallot, brunoise • 1 tsp. dijon • 1/8 tsp. turmeric • 2 tsp. jalapeno, brunoise • 1 tsp. honey • 2 oz. rice vinegar • 2 tbsp. basil, rough chop • 5 oz. canola oil • 1 oz. olive oil • Salt to taste

Directions 1. Place all the ingredients except the •• oils in a blender. 2. Pureé. 3. When smooth, begin to emulsify in •• canola oil. 4. Taste for salt, blend in olive oil. Check •• consistency, adjust if necessary. Until we cook again,

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

CHEFFED-UP C HEFFED-UP UP G GROCERS’ ROCE RO CERS RS’ S COMMUNITY COMM CO MMUN UNIT ITY Y BUYGO 22 S. Eighth St., Fernandina EARTH FARE 11901-250 Atlantic Blvd., Arlington GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET 2007 Park St., Riverside JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET 1810 W. Beaver St., Westside NATIVE SUN 11030 Baymeadows Rd. 10000 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin 1585 N. Third St., Jax Beach

NASSAU HEALTH FOODS 833 T.J. Courson Rd., Fernandina PUBLIX 1033 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine ROWE’S 1670 Wells Rd., Orange Park 8595 Beach Blvd., Southside THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina TERRY’S PRODUCE Buccaneer Trail, Fernandina WHOLE FOODS 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin

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DEAR DAVI

FOUR-LEGGED

GREENIAC

REPTICON • This show, hosted by Jacksonville Herpetological Society, is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 14 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 15 at Morocco Shrine Auditorium, 3800 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside. Reptiles, exotic pets, pet products, reptile-themed swag and live animal presentations are featured. One-day tickets at the door: $10 adults; $5 ages 5-12; 4 & younger admitted free. Details at repticon.com. COMMUNITY CAT WORKSHOP • Tammy of Mayport Cats discusses how you can help Community Cats by reducing the cat overpopulation in your community through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and low-cost options to spay/ neuter cats you trap, 2:30 p.m. July 14 at Friends of Main Library, 1960 Ponce de Leon Blvd. N., St. Augustine, free; epicoutreach.org, 274-1177.

ADOPTABLES

HERCULES

Canine columnist PLUNGES NOSE-DEEP into Mother Nature’s delights

WITHOUT QUESTION, GARDENS RANK AMONG MY favorite retreats on warm summer days. Contrary to what one would think, gardens are still radiant in the hot summertime. With an endless supply of sunshine and rainfall, Florida is home to a wild array of big, bold, colorful blooms. That’s why dogs and dog lovers can appreciate the beauty of vibrant botanical gardens scattered throughout the state. I fetched a few favorites to put on your botanical garden bucket list; leashed dogs are welcome!

news about friendly feline visitors only intensified my already excitable nature, but after I got the all-clear, I followed my nose, and it led me—ker-slam!—into an herb garden. The fresh smell of rosemary tickled my senses as I meandered the path to the famed Bonsai Collection. I felt big next to the small trees. Gracing the areas in between these specialty gardens are borders of cacti, flowers and native plants, and whimsical mosaic benches where you can recharge before hitting an open field to chase pretty butterflies.

KANAPAHA BOTANICAL GARDENS (GAINESVILLE)

JACKSONVILLE ARBORETUM & GARDENS (JACKSONVILLE)

It’s the bamboo that caught my eye—and bumped my snout at Kanapaha. Rising high above the ground, it seems almost impossible that so many types could grow in one spot, and yet here they are. I must confess that when we got to the gardens, I branched off from the usual path and went straight to the herb garden. It’s the largest in the Southeast and a living potpourri of herbaceous plants bursting with sweet and spicy smells, inviting me to walk up and take a whiff. Everywhere in the garden, herbal scents filled the air, triggering memories of homemade treats. I think the culprit was parsley, but I’m not totally sure. There are many different gardens to explore, with long hiking trails. I went down path after path, investigating plants and stopping to see my reflection in streams, until I reach the grassy maze. No visit is complete without running through the grassy maze. Maybe a treat is waiting on the other side!

HEATHCOTE BOTANICAL GARDEN (FORT PIERCE)

Heathcote, aka the Green Heart of the Southeast Coast, is home to native flora and exotic international species. The

With marked trails, fresh ponds and lush landscapes, this local gem is a must for a breath of fresh air. I can spend hours walking around without a plan. Years ago, the Arboretum was a landfill; it’s amazing how nature reclaimed the land. What makes this spot even more special is the variety of trees and scenic views from the upper ravine. At first, the rolling terrain posed a challenge, but these paws hiked the loop like a champ. I even made friends with a few VIPs—very important plants. I’ve always been fascinated by plants, especially herbaceous ones. Plants don’t seem so very different from animals: They live, they grow, they’re territorial and they have unique ways to communicate with each other. By visiting these gardens and seeing how incredible plants are, everyone should soon realize how important it is to preserve, not destroy, the future of the plant species upon which every life depends. Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund really digs a good garden.

PET TIP: A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR YOU MAY NOT CARE FOR THEIR STING, BUT THE REALITY IS that humans need bees to live. As their numbers dwindle, people are looking for ways to save the cutie patootie pollinators (a technical term). 92-year-old documentarian Sir David Attenborough, the voice of The Blue Planet and Planet Earth, recently offered a simple solution to reviving exhausted bees: Mix two tablespoons of sugar with one tablespoon of water and place on a spoon within the bee’s reach. And leave some around the yard or garden. Saving the planet never tasted sweeter. 32 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 11-17, 2018

Bless my soul, Herc’s on a roll, feline of the week in the JHS opinion poll! I’m not like my eponymous mighty Greek hero, but I’m popular here at the shelter—especially with the summer camp kids! I’m super-sweet and handsome; I’ve dreamed of a far-off place where a warm welcome waits … is it your home? Come visit me any day at JHS—I’m rollin’ with my homies in Group Room 5!

TONCA’S BIRTHDAY PARTY • It’s the Big Five-Oh-PlusTwo for Tonca the Apalachicola alligator snapping turtle. The party is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (annual weigh-in 1 p.m.), July 14 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Games, animal encounters, treats. Free with regular admission. REPTILE KID’S CRAFT • Bring the family to a reptilian Craft the Critters event, and create works of art, 11 a.m.1 p.m. July 15 at Petco, 11900 Atlantic Blvd., Regency, 997-8441; 430 CBL Dr., St. Augustine, 824-8520; 11111 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 254-5715; 1514 C.R. 220,

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Straight out of Highgarden and into your heart. I don’t care if you’re a Lannister, a Stark or a Targaryen—if you have love and time to spare, we’ll “grow strong” together. I’m a laid-back, caring pooch and enjoy all kinds of people, including kids! If you’d like to make me queen of your castle, stop by JHS at 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, and ask to meet me.

Fleming Island, 215-7498; 463713 S.R. 200, Yulee, 225-0014, free while supplies last, petco.com. SUNSET SAFARI • Tour the conservation center in openair trolleys, 5 p.m. July 19 at White Oak Conservation, 581705 White Oak Rd., Yulee, followed by cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dinner, $175, whiteoakwildlife.org. Proceeds benefit conservation programs. Reservations and details, call 225-3396. KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Adoptions are 11 a.m.3 p.m. July 14 and 15 and every Sat. and Sun. at 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org. FUREVER YOURS FUNDRAISER • The third annual benefit is on! Get a raffle ticket ($20) at Unify Tattoo Company & Fine Art Gallery, 3501 N. U.S. 1, Ste. 1, St. Augustine, 770-7779, unifytattoofl.com; it buys a chance for a $600 Unify Tattoo gift certificate. Raffle funds benefit nonprofit St. Augustine Wild Reserve, a rescue center for exotic animals. The big reveal is 11 a.m. Friday, July 13 at Unify Tattoo, with food & drink; 50 percent of that day’s proceeds go to the Reserve. Call for details.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD TO THE MOON, ALICE!

Many citizens of the world are weary of the war and strife that seem to be consuming the news. About 200,000 have already signed up to put it all in the rear-view mirror by becoming citizens of Asgardia. This coming-soon colony on the moon is led by Igor Ashurbeyli, a Russian engineer, computer scientist and businessman who was inaugurated as its leader on June 25 in Vienna. Asgardia’s parliament plans to set up “space arks” with artificial gravity in the next 10 to 15 years, where its projected 150 million citizens can live permanently, Reuters reports, and Ashurbeyli hopes settlement on the moon will be complete within 25 years. Asgardia is named for Asgard, a “world in the sky” in Norse mythology. Its leaders hope to attract a population from among the “most creative” in humanity, perhaps using “IQ tests,” according to Ashurbeyli. Best of all: For now, becoming a citizen online is free.

AN OOMPA LOOMPA DID IT

KCCI TV in Des Moines, Iowa, reported on June 27 the loss of a tractor-trailer load of chocolate when the truck caught fire near Dexter, Iowa. The trailer, full of chocolate from Hershey, Pennsylvania, was westbound when it had brake problems, causing it to ignite. The driver pulled off and was able to detach the trailer from the cab before it caught fire. No injuries were reported, except to the chocolate, which was a total loss.

SUGAR, SUGAR

Minor league baseball teams come up with some wacky promotional ideas, and “Sugar Rush Night” at Pennsylvania’s Erie SeaWolves game on June 23 was a pip. WNEP TV noted one highlight was the cotton candy hot dog: a wiener nestled in a cloud of cotton candy, then sprinkled with Nerds candies. Brave SeaWolves fans could top off the meal with a cotton candy ball: ice cream covered with sprinkles inside cotton candy. Maybe the sugar rush was too much for the players; they lost 5-3 to the Altoona Curve.

BRIDGING THE GAP

Early on June 26, a man who had been sleeping on the South Miami Avenue bridge over the Miami River got a rude awakening as the drawbridge started to go up to let a boat pass underneath. Witness Khadijah Andrews had seen the man as she was walking to an early yoga class, she told WSVN TV, and she looked for him when the bridge began rising. Fortunately, he woke up after sliding down a way and was able to hold on until the bridge was lowered. Andrews said the unnamed man walked away with no apparent injuries. “You think you’re about to watch a man lose his life. It’s just terrifying. I never want to see that again.”

LOOKIN’ FOR WILLIAM SHATNER

Travelers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight that landed at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on June 26 were startled when a nearly naked man ran up to the plane and jumped on a wing, then tried to open an emergency exit. Jhyrin Jones, 19, had scaled a fence topped with razor wire to reach the runway; just minutes before, he’d jumped on some parked cars at a nearby construction site and threatened to “kill y’all, I’m going to blow this place up, trust nobody, you better believe me,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A police report indicated Jones “appeared to be under the influence of narcotics.” He was charged with criminal trespass and public indecency, among other things.

SIGN OF THE TIMES

“ARE YOU BLIND IT 25 MPH” is Ron Ward’s in-your-face (and grammatically lacking) attempt to slow down drivers on his street in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ward has been making signs for years, neighbor Patrick Schmidt told FOX 17 in June. Ward claims, “By the time [drivers] hit this here driveway, they’re doing at least 50-55 miles an hour.” He just wants people to follow the Richmond Street speed limit. “Slow down, the whole neighborhood’s got kids,” he said. The City of Grand Rapids, however, has no specific plans for speed monitoring on the street.

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GLITCHES, EMILY DICKINSON, REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY & NATSUME SÔSEKI ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your key theme right now is growth. Let’s analyze its nuances. 1. Not all growth is good for you. It may stretch you too far too fast–beyond your ability to integrate and use it. 2. Some growth that’s good for you doesn’t feel good. It might force you to transcend comforts making you stagnant; that can hurt. 3. Some growth that’s good may meet resistance from folks close to you; they may prefer you to stay just as you are, and even see your growth as a problem. 4. Some growth that’s not good may feel good. Like, you could enjoy working to improve a capacity or skill irrelevant to your long-term goals. 5. Some growth is good in some ways, and not so good in others. Decide if the trade-off is worth it. 6. Some growth is healthy, feels good and inspires others. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You can’t sing with someone else’s mouth. You can’t sit down and settle into a commanding new power spot with someone else’s butt. Get it? It’s best if you don’t try to dream with someone else’s heart, or imagine you can fine-tune your relationship with yourself by pushing someone else to change. Here’s an odd fact: You can enhance a possibility for success by harnessing, borrowing or basking in others’ luck. Especially in the weeks ahead. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You wouldn’t try to cure hiccups by smacking your head against a wall, right? You wouldn’t use an anti-tank rocket launcher to stop a mosquito buzzing around your ears, and you wouldn’t set your friend’s hair on fire as punishment for being late to dinner. So don’t overreact to minor tweaks of fate. Don’t over-medicate tiny disturbances. Instead, see glitches as learning opportunities. Use them to learn patience, expand tolerance and strengthen character. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I pay tribute to your dizzying courage. I stage-whisper “Congratulations!” as you slip away from a hypnotic routine and wander to the edge of mysterious joy. With a crazy grin of encouragement and my fist against my chest, I salute your efforts to transcend the past. I praise you for showing that freedom isn’t permanent; it must be reclaimed and reinvented regularly. I cheer as you avoid temptation to repeat, demean and chain yourself. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I’m helpless as I watch you messing with bad but good stuff so wrong but right for you. I’m rendered inert as you play with strong but weak stuff that’s interesting but irrelevant. I sigh as I see classy but trashy influence angling for your attention and a supposedly fast-moving process creeping slowly and a seemingly obvious truth that would be a better lesson if you’d see it for the riddle it is. What can I do? Maybe the best help I can give is to describe what I see. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Psychologist Paul Ekman has compiled an extensive atlas of how emotions show on our faces. “Smiles are probably the most underrated facial expressions,” he’s written, “much more complicated than most people realize. There are dozens of smiles, each differing in appearance and in the message expressed.” Your assignment in the next few weeks–should you choose to accept it–is to explore and experiment with your repertoire of smiles. Life will conspire to help. More than any time since your 2015 birthday, it’s the season to unleash your smiles. 36 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JULY 11-17, 2018

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lucky vibes are coalescing in your vicinity. Scouts and recruiters are hovering. Helpers, fairy godmothers and future playmates grow restless waiting for you to ask them for favors. Be imperious, regal and overflowing with self-respect. Seize exactly what you want, not what you’re “supposed” to want. Or else be considerate, appropriate, modest and full of harmonious caution. CUT! CUT! Delete that “be considerate” part. My Libra part tricked me into writing it. It’s time for folks of the Libra persuasion to be free from the compulsion to balance and moderate. You have a mandate to be the show, not watch the show. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emily Dickinson wrote 1,775 poems–an average of one every week for 34 years. You should launch an enduring, deep-rooted project requiring similar amounts of stamina, persistence and dedication. Ready to expand your vision of what you can accomplish? Current astrological omens suggest the next two months are ideal to commit to a Great Work; give it your best for the rest of your long life! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What’s my life’s biggest lie? There are several. Here’s one: I pretend I’m nonchalant about one of my greatest failures; I act like I’m not distressed that the music I’ve created has never received the listenership it should’ve. What’s your life’s biggest lie? Whatever it is, the immediate future is an ideal time to change your relationship with it. You have a strong power to tell yourself liberating truths. Three weeks from now, you could be a more authentic version of you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now and then you go through phases not knowing what you need until you stumble on it. You’re wise not to have fixed ideas about what you need or where to find it. Metaphorically speaking, a holy grail may show up in a thrift store. A stranger may give you an accidental epiphany at a bus stop. Who knows? A crucial clue may even jump from a spam email or a reality TV show. The next two weeks may be your odd grace period. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Reverse psychology” is when you convince people to do what you wish they’d do by shrewdly suggesting they do the opposite of what you want them to do. “Reverse censorship” is when you write or speak the words or ideas you’ve been forbidden to express. “Reverse cynicism” is acting like it’s chic to show glee, positivity and enthusiasm. “Reverse egotism” is bragging about what you don’t have and can’t do. The weeks ahead are a good time to do these reversals. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Emily Dickinson once revealed to a friend there was only one Commandment she ever obeyed: “Consider the Lilies.” Japanese novelist Natsume Sôseki told his English-speaking students the proper Japanese translation for “I love you” is Tsuki ga tottemo aoi naa, which literally means “The moon is so blue tonight.” In accordance with current astrological omens, be inspired by those two. More than any other time in 2018, your duty in the weeks ahead is to be lyrical, aesthetic, imaginative and non-literal. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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WITHOUT QUESTION, THE hero of the medical marijuana movement here in Florida is John Morgan, the Orlandobased attorney who funded the push to get Amendment 2 passed from his own deep pockets. He spent an estimated $9 million, slightly more than half of the $17 million generated in pot-related sales in 2017. And now it seems he may be prepping those stubby, well-manicured fingers of his to go spelunking into those cavernous pockets once again, which is good news for all you readers peeved at the methodical pace of the law’s implementation. Morgan, 62, announced on Twitter on June 26 that he was looking to spearhead an effort to get another referendum on the ballot in 2020, one that would fully legalize “responsible adult use” (commit that phrase to memory) of cannabis hither, thither AND yon, making Florida the 10th state to do so. “At this particular time in America, people are tired of arguing about marijuana,” said Morgan in an interview with the paper of record, USA Today. ”Just legalize it and let it be … It’s a 21st-century business as we are losing jobs to robots and artificial intelligence.” Speaking of artificial intelligence, Morgan had some choice words for Governor Rick Scott, who is currently calling in eight years’ worth of (party) favors in his campaign to unseat Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate. Big Pharma has mad love for “DJ Guvvy Guv” (this is a real thing), and he’s giving it back, in part, by standing athwart recent court rulings that have effectively liberalized marijuana laws, easing us along the

path to eventual legalization. Scott’s obdurate opposition to these rulings certainly helped motivate Morgan to try moving the goalposts on this issue. Them boys, they are NOT friends. Making the 2020 ballot will require getting 766,200 signatures, representing eight percent of voters in at least 14 of the state’s 27 congressional districts; expect the bulk to come from the Orlando-Tampa-Miami axis, where the population is as concentrated as the CBD oils. Signatures must be verified by Feb. 1 of that year, which means they’ll need to submit them by in late December. If Republicans keep the governorship, the verification process will be much shadier. There are two other proposed amendments now undulating in obscurity, but since neither involves John Morgan, they don’t count. Reinventing the wheel on that timeframe may not be feasible, but if anyone can do it, Morgan can: 71 percent of voters approved Amendment 2, so odds aren’t too bad that full legalization could pull the needed 60 percent. And with Democrats banking on an unusually high voter turnout to bring forth a “Blue Wave” to wash The Donald out of Washington, a fresh reefer-endum of this type could be the rising tide to lift all their boats. Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com _________________________________

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FOLIO VOICES : BACKPAGE EDITORIAL The UGLY, SELFISH SIDE of legalizing medical marijuana

JUST SAY NO

RESELLING AS A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IN PAIN EVER SINCE I awoke out of my coma from a car accident 23 years ago, I understand that the pain can make you so desperate that you will seek anything to get some relief. In the beginning, I used opioids at the insistence of my physicians, because that’s all they had to call upon; alternative methods or medicines were just not options. However, after my husband left me with two small children to raise, I had to clear my head so that I could be there for my little ones. I slowly weaned myself off all the opioids and sought alternative methods to relieve my pain. I found that if I worked out enough doing housework or exercises, I would be exhausted enough to go to sleep. I also used meditation, but still there would be times when I would have to catch up on sleep and would take something so I could calm the pain. It wasn’t until I became ill with an autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis that I had to turn to some rather harsh medicines, Prednisone and Methotrexate, to put that condition into remission. However, those drugs took a toll on my system and my liver began to fail. Luckily, I was under the care of Mayo Clinic physicians and they brought my liver back to health, but warned that certain drugs were no longer an option due to possible liver failure. Thankfully, I had just returned to California to care for my ailing mother who was dying of cancer, and so I applied for a medical marijuana card with the hope that I could use the drug to alleviate the pain that, over time, had gotten worse, due to aging and degenerative changes surrounding my initial injury. I had to figure out on my own how much THC I could tolerate and what worked to alleviate my pain while still allowing me to function in everyday life. Smoking marijuana wasn’t an option, because my

mom was diagnosed with lung cancer, so I used tinctures and edibles, which worked well for me. I am telling you all this personal background to show that I have a pain history and that for people like me who need THC so we can function and live, it is downright unconscionable that some people are getting a medical card just so they can resell medical marijuana. What these people don’t realize is that they are ruining it for those of us who really need medical marijuana to have any type of quality of life. All I can say is, think about your actions in that you may be able to keep it a secret for a while but, eventually, someone will talk about your reselling. Some disabled people see it as a quick way to earn extra money without having to leave home. I say don’t do it, because jealousy is an angry beast and when people around you see you living above your means, they could possibly report you to the authorities. The legal ramifications could be harsh; many disabled residents of California who were caught reselling had their disability payments suspended as well as being put on probation for several years. On behalf of those individuals like me following the letter of the law and only consuming what they need to get by each day, I ask that those of you who are thinking about reselling medical marijuana think long and hard about how long it took for medical marijuana to be legalized in Florida. The conservatives who have been against legalizing medical marijuana will point to this ugly side of legalization and will probably use it to employ more restrictions on its use. Anna Quintana mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Quintana is a medical marijuana patient in Riverside.

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