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LOAN

GETTING AN EDUCATION was the most expensive decision I ever made. I’m reminded of this every month when the student loan payments exit the checking account in a silent stream of shame.

I know I shouldn’t be embarrassed—sure, I went to a pricey liberal arts college and an expensive for-profit law school, rather than more affordable state schools, but I received a quality education at both for which I remain grateful.

In all honesty, I’m one of the lucky ones; all my loans are federal, and I earn a living wage.

Tons of people have it much worse. But I’d be lying if I said that my pride in earning an advanced degree wasn’t tempered by shame because I’m marching steadily toward my 40s with tens of thousands of dollars of debt and no tangible assets other than my car and those into which I married.

On paper, I’m a financial loser, albeit one with excellent credit thanks to those student loan payments. Take it from me, that silver lining does not shine very brightly.

Not only is repaying my student loans distressing and expensive, it’s an enormous pain in the ass from a paperwork perspective. I’m an attorney, so it’s safe to assume I’m reasonably organized and good at filling out forms. To keep my debt in one place, thus saving myself the hassle of multiple lenders, throughout law school, I made sure to designate the same lender for every single loan, the lender with which I consolidated all my undergraduate debt. Talk about an exercise in futility.

Since 2008, my loans have been diced up and sold several times, all without my permission, some without even the courtesy of advance notice.

I started out with one loan company.

Today I have five. All my loans have been resold at least once, three more than once.

This has occurred without my falling behind on payments and without any action on my part. Each sale typically necessitates additional, often duplicitous, paperwork, changes payment deadlines, contact info, etc.

Aggravating is an understatement.

The sad truth is that I’m not alone—far from it. There are millions like me, and not just in the generation we now call Millennials and formerly called Generation Y, Generation I and, at least once in memory, Generation Whine. Student loans are crippling the ability of Americans of all ages

to own homes, have families, get married, take vacations, retire.

We were taught that you need an education to succeed, and if you don’t have a Daddy Warbucks around to stroke tuition checks, no matter, Uncle Sugar will guarantee you a loan.

It was seen as a way to give everyone access to the so-called American Dream. Well, that dream has become a living nightmare. Many of us are stuck living paycheck-to-paycheck because we did what we were told we had to do to better ourselves.

Irony can be a cruel bedfellow.

It comes as no surprise that the student loan crisis that has enveloped the nation like a fog is starting to make its dent in the national economy. According to Bloomberg, today Americans have a cumulative $1.4 trillion in student loan debt, which for each individual causes a series of micro and major decisions. As debtors like me put off milestones to pay the likes of Sallie Mae, Wells Fargo and Nelnet, birth rates have plummeted to a 30-year low, home ownership is down, marriages are delayed, and our Baby Boomer parents are unable to take those Viking Cruises that are so popular with the grey hairs these days, because they’re stuck subsidizing that never-gonnaempty nest.

Thankfully, some politicians are starting to get a clue, but right now, it’s a problem with no end in sight. Student loan debts are like herpes: essentially impossible to get rid of. You can’t discharge ’em in bankruptcy and, while federally backed loans have more favorable terms, some private loans have double-digit annual percentage rates, don’t offer grace periods, economic deferrals or income-based repayment. All can garnish wages and, unlike a house or a car, you can’t just give back your education and take a hit on your credit report, so we have no choice but to continue paying, perhaps for the rest of our natural lives.

It’s not getting any better, either. From 2007 to 2017, Bloomberg states, there was a 176 percent increase in student loan debt, which I find astonishing, as I graduated from law school in 2008 with a Rock of Gibraltar-sized debt around my neck. For the amount that I still owe 10 years later, I could buy a shitty house in a decent neighborhood, or a decent house in a shitty neighborhood. If I graduated today, I might could aspire to Avondale.

Just think, if nothing changes, the next generation of graduates might have enough student loan debt to pay for a place in Queen’s Harbour.

Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com @clairenjax

RANGER Chasing the AMERICAN DREAM can come at an unforgivable price

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Run in anticipation for all the tacos you’re going to eat, or just run for the pure joy of it. Fun factoid: This is the continuation of a 50-year-old Beaches tradition. That’s right! The first Summer Beach Run was in 1965, starting in what would be K.A. Hanna Park two years later. In 2018, the five-miler has moved up the beach, with yummy incentives: tacos and free beer. 5 p.m. Saturday (1 mile 5:05 p.m.), Aug. 25 at SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach, 1stplacesports.com/races/sbr, $12-$35.

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Tattoos have undergone an almost total evolution: from marginal art (sometimes denigrated) to mainstream rite-of-passage (often praised). Purists and contrarians might gripe about the chrysalis of the art, collectors are thrilled to be alive in a time when seeing and acquiring refined tattoo work is possible. The convention opens 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 and runs through Aug. 26 at World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort, setattoo.com, $20-$35.

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stylings of Bonnie Eisele, the quartet will get your heart a-pumpin’ and your jive a-jumpin.’

Master drummer DeMerle, beating the skins for more than 40 years, brings expertise and panache to the stage. He’s performed with David Sanborn, Lou Rawls, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé and Joe Williams—and he founded the ever-popular Amelia Island Jazz Fest (held in October).

The quartet appears 8:30-11 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 25 at Breezy Jazz Club, Downtown, $10.

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THE BIG LEBOWSKI In our June story on Jeff Dowd, he opined that what

he thinks draws so many people to The Dude is the archetype of the Holy Fool. “‘The Holy Fool’ is a court jester subtly telling the king to f*ck off [...] he’s liberated to be a free-thinker.” For NEFla free-thinkers, and those who consider themselves Achievers, the 20-year-old cult classic screens 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 at The Florida Theatre, Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $7.50-$45.

THE NILE OF NORTH AMERICA RIVER RUCKUS Celebrate the jewel that winds

its way northward through our lives. The St. Johns River needs a little help and Sweetwater Brewing Company is ready, willing and able, holding an all-day festival that exhorts us to do a better job caring for our magnificent waterway. Carnival games, SUP lessons, boat rides and a paddling flotilla (rent from Black Creek Outfitters or bring your own) are featured. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at RAM, Riverside, ram.riversideavondale.org.

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THE MAIL PRINCIPLES OVER PARTY

LET’S STOP DEFINING OURSELVES BY THE POLITICAL party we affiliate with. Most of my friends say that they’re Republicans and tell me that they’ll vote for any candidate who has an R designation on the ballot.

But I doubt that they’re Republicans in their ideology or values.

When we discuss federal spending, for example, they say that the government shouldn’t be recklessly increasing the federal deficit. That’s a traditional Republican position. But they voted for Congressional Republicans who passed a tax bill that’s creating historic federal deficits.

They say they care about the environment– remember it was Richard Nixon who established the Environmental Protection Agency. Yet they elected a governor who shut down Florida’s water quality monitoring offices, failed to take meaningful enforcement actions against violators of environmental regulations, and accepted megabucks (more than a half-million dollars in campaign contributions) from Big Sugar, one of the state’s most significant contributors to environmental pollution.

They also elected a president who installed an antienvironmentalist as head of the EPA. And, most of my Republican friends are Rightto-Lifers or, in some cases, self-proclaimed “good Christians.” However, when it comes to legislation that supports quality of life, they have voted for Republican legislators at the state and federal level who have devastated government programs that help the most disadvantaged families who need assistance, particularly health care.

It’s time for us to examine our political affiliation and accept our civic responsibility to vote for individuals whose values mirror our own, regardless of whether they are labeled Republican, Democrat, Independent or something else. It’s time to stop voting for candidates whose words and actions are contrary to our beliefs and ethical standards and who, once elected, will burden our economy with unsustainable debt, blight our beaches with toxic algae, and leave folks struggling to care for their families.

Elaine T. Weistock via email

TROUBLED BY MURDER STREAK

RE.: “Serial Summer,” by Claire Goforth, Aug. 1 THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS. IT IS SO TRAGIC AND I cannot believe this is not national news. I’m glad that JSO is holding a watch meeting and I really hope it is authentic.

Patti Peeples via Facebook

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

RE.: “Change of Heart and Kmart,” by Hurley Winkler, July 25 CAN WE JUST MAKE IT A KMART AGAIN? COMPLETE with cheap flip-flops, a popcorn maker and Icees?

Let’s face it; we all loved old-school Kmart! And if you didn’t, you probably aren’t from Atlantic/Neptune Beach and should just be quiet!

Alex Lee via Facebook

HEAR THAT, ICEMEN?

RE.: “Change of Heart and Kmart,” by Hurley Winkler, July 25 A SKATING RINK WOULD BE AWESOME!! BOTH ICE & roller!!

Crystal Jarusiewicz via Facebook

MAYORAL WORD SALAD

RE.: “Retirement Match,” by A.G. Gancarski, July 25 SOME YEARS AGO, I HEARD AN INTERVIEW WITH Alvin Brown on the radio. I don’t recall the subject but I clearly remember him saying, “We need to make a thorough and formed [sic] decision.” Still wonder why he can’t get it together?

John Mortensen via Facebook

PROBS RACISM

RE.: “Lynch Pin,” by Claire Goforth, July 18 IF PRIVATE DONORS WANT TO PAY TO BRING IT HERE and have it displayed, then what’s the issue? Oh, wait, I know.

Nate Rainer via Facebook

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SHAWANA BROOKS AND ROOSEVELT WATSON III In an unparalleled exemplar of putting bodies where beliefs are, Brooks attended the August Every Single Artists Lounge and the City Council Finance Committee Meeting shortly after getting home from the hospital, where she had just given birth to her son.

BRICKBATS TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT The health department decided to enforce code 64E-11.008 (8), which states that only fish, shellfish and crustacea are allowed in a facility that serves food. “Food” here is defined as any edible substance (including beer). If you disagree, call your state official and the Health Department.

BOUQUETS TO THE GARGOYLE We could go on and on about the importance of journalism and a free press, but it seems like these folks already take those things rather seriously. The student newspaper at Flagler College won five Sunshine State Awards, including best website.

DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A BRICKBAT? Send submissions to mail@folioweekly.com; 50 word maximum, concerning a person, place, or topic of local interest.

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NEWS BITES TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA & SE GEORGIA NEWSMEDIA

TIMES-GEORGIAN SALUTE TO THE FALLEN

War is hell, as those of us who’ve grown up in this military-saturated part of the country know even better than most. We all know families who’ve lost loved ones in defense of our freedoms in one warzone or another, but not all those sacrifices were made on the battlefield. The TimesGeorgian’s Jill Helton reported on Aug. 16 about a little-known local tragedy that is finally getting some long-overdue recognition.

The Thiokol chemical plant, which blew up on Feb. 3, 1971, “manufactured ammunition and trip flares for the U.S. Army to use in the Vietnam War,” Helton writes, “until the day that a fire ignited several flares triggering a catastrophic explosion. The concussion, witnesses said, could be heard from Jacksonville, Fla., to Savannah.” Twenty-nine people died that day, and 50 more were injured. A small memorial was placed at the site, and a museum was built in Kingsland a few years ago, but Camden County’s Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 7 to erect a sign noting the tragedy at the Exit 7 interchange on I-95. The Thiokol Memorial Project must raise $5,000 to pay for it, but that will be no problem.

The resolution notes a contribution that goes beyond mere armaments. “These pioneers bravely led America from a history of social parity and injustice by building a modern workplace that empowered freedom, fortified dignity, and depicted universal acceptance of diversity becoming one of the first workforce[s] in American industry racially integrated and comprised of both men and women earning hourly wages.” That is certainly a legacy worth celebrating, and now it will be.

FERNANDINA BEACH NEWS-LEADER PROTECT THE DUNES, BRAH

The downside to living in a region known for its ample beaches is the constant worry about erosion, and there is always a need for fresh thinking on the subject. Julia Roberts of the Fernandina Beach News-Leader reported on Aug. 16 about the most recent discussions to address what has become a critical matter in that community. “Parking and driving on the beach became

a controversial subject after the length of the area open to vehicular traffic at Sadler Road was changed following Hurricane Irma,” she writes.

Apparently the vehicle traffic along those beaches has resulted in “considerable damage” to the surrounding dune system, and groups like the Amelia Island Beach & Marine Life Protection Task Force are a bit perturbed, to say the least. “The dunes provide the reserve sand to handle the high-energy waves from storms,” according to resident Dr. Frank Hopf, a beach dunes geomorphologist who raised concerns in a letter to Mayor Johnny Miller. “Storm waves attack the dunes which provide sand to extend the surf zone. They also provide additional elevation to stop overwash. The more height and volume in the dune system, the larger and longer the storm that can be managed without inland damage,” Hopf wrote.

Police Chief James Hurley says the current law does not properly define the relevant boundaries, currently listed at 25 feet from the dune toe. He says that doesn’t allow ample room for residents to drive and park, while actually using the beach itself. These issues will be addressed by city managers in the next month or two, right in time for the end of summer.

CLAY TODAY LIQUID CASH

Water—we’re surrounded by it. We seem to have way too much of it, but simultaneously not enough. Another thing we don’t have nearly enough of is money, but Orange Park could be getting a nice cash infusion soon, if the Clay County Utility Authority has its way. The CCUA recently made a $20 million offer to buy its water and wastewater system, according to Clay Today’s Wesley LeBlanc. His Aug. 15 article notes that the price could end up higher after an independent appraisal. Either way, it’s a potential game-changer.

“While the $20 million would come in a lump-sum payment,” writes LeBlanc, “the town will lose a significant portion of its revenue if they take it. As it stands, the town earns about $1 million a year from its water utility service.” CCUA would also make an annual payment of roughly $425,000 in lieu of taxes, and add Orange Park’s 3,000 users to its existing customer base of 55,000. The Authority also claims to have advanced technology that would make the system more efficient, and thus cheaper for residents. It seems like a win-win for Orange Park, but Town Manager Sarah Campbell is prudently exercising caution, lest local leaders be left looking all wet.

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com

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NEWS AAND NOTES: YIN YANG EDITION

TOP HEADLINES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA

SATANIST FREEDOM RIDERS

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The Satanic Temple was perturbed

by Arkansas placing a monument of the Christian 10 Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol. In protest, which it views as endorsing a religion, and in support of religious plurality as well as the First Amendment, the Satanists placed a statue, 8-1/2 inches tall, of Baphomet on the grounds from 1-3 p.m. on Aug. 16, reports Arkansas Times. Several Arkansas Christians spoke in support of the Satanists at the event.

Not to be outdone, the 10 Commandments monument backer, state Sen. Jason Rapert, released a statement slamming the heathens. “[O]ur state is being visited today by outsiders who clearly choose to travel around the nation uplifting the profane and proclaiming extremely unorthodox views,” Rapert wrote, after noting that the Constitution allows all to express their views. He also promises that “[i]t will be a very cold day in hell before an offensive statue will be forced upon us to be permanently erected on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol.”

At the allotted time, a few heeded the call of Bro. Rapert and showed up to protest the Baphomet statue; AT reports they were white supremacists. A lawsuit is pending to force removal of the 10 Commandments statue.

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Confession: At first we assumed that the cool cats of City Pages in the Twin Cities were taking the piss when we read this headline, “St. Paul Beer Heroes Save Suicidal Man’s Life with Offer of Coors Light.” The delightful, and delightfully true, story is even better. Apparently, two delivery guys driving a truck full of Coors Light spotted a suicidal man on an overpass, so they pulled over and asked him if he was OK. The man responded that he wanted to die, so the drivers, Jason Gaebel and Kwame Anderson kept him talking.

Eventually Anderson offered to have a drink with him and talk. “I have a pack of Coors Light for you. Follow me,” he reportedly said. It worked! The man came away from the ledge.

“Beer has been bringing people together for a long, long time,” St. Paul police spokesman Sgt. Mike Ernster told PiPress, “Today, it brought people together in a life-saving way.” We’ll drink to that.

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Creative Loafing Charlotte reports that congregants from Myers Park Baptist Church traveled to Stewart Detention Center, operated by Immigrations & Customs Enforcement in Lumpkin, Georgia. The facility houses immigrants awaiting deportation. There they formed a prayer chain outside to show their support for detainees.

The pilgrimage of sorts is part of an annual program the church began last year, CLC notes, in which they study social justice issues, and conclude with a trip. Last year, they studied race relations; this year, immigration. The program was inspired by the deportation of a Congolese member of Pastor Ben Boswell’s former church, who had lived and worked in the U.S. for 10 years prior to his January detainment during a routine check up at an ICE office. The man reportedly had witnessed a murder in Congo and feared for his life.

“When we saw his path and the inhumanity of the path that he experienced and the secrecy of it and how quiet it was and how nobody could get to him ... we knew that there was something secretive and inhumane and immoral about what’s going on that we need to shed light on, that we need to bear witness to as people of faith and to tell the truth to the world about what’s happening in our own community,” Boswell said.

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Jaws dropped all around the Magnolia State last week when a leaked GOP poll showed a dead heat between Republican U.S. Sen. Cyndi Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy, who are vying for the seat vacated by Thad Cochran, Jackson Free Press reports. The mere fact that a Democrat could ride to victory in a state as historically deep red as Mississippi is rather stunning. Other polls have not been quite so optimistic, and there have been criticisms of the poll’s methodology. Nevertheless, the Espy campaign is celebrating the news as a confirmation that they have a “path to victory,” JFP adds.

Espy and Hyde-Smith, along with Republican Chris McDaniel, face off in a jungle-primary-style election on Nov. 6. If none captures 50 percent of the vote, the whole thing goes to a runoff.

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ANTIQUE ROAD WARRIOR

Norm Nelson to ride CROSSCOUNTRY on a bike older than some states

SOMEWHERE IN A NORTHEAST FLORIDA GARAGE OFF I-95 are a couple mad men laboring under the oppressive summer heat to prepare a 107-year-old iron dynamo for a 3,400-mile ride. I speak, of course, of the mythical Reading Standard Model R-S Motorcycle and its rider, Norm Nelson.

There it sat, like a muted phantom in the small workshop, its slender frame boasting a 30.45-cubic-inch side valve, single cylinder engine—one of the first of its kind—a serpentine belt-drive connected to the back wheel to deliver the engine’s antediluvian power, and a whole pantheon of esoteric rods and levers.

“I purchased this Reading Standard about three or four years ago at an auction in Las Vegas, from Wayne Carini,” said Nelson. “It’s belt-driven but has only one speed. And this little device here,” Nelson pointed to a long, crude metal apparatus jutting out from the clutch, “this is not original.”

“This is a clever little deal that Steve [Pennington] came up with. It actually works the clutch and shifts the bike into gear.

You see, it’s not until the lever is all the way forward that the belt actually engages and begins to rotate the back wheel.”

Pennington stood stoic in the back.

The silent partner in this endeavor, he’s the real mastermind behind the bike, the one who knows the ins and outs of the whole atavistic contraption.

“There aren’t many people my age messing with this sort of stuff,” said Pennington. “The younger guys just don’t take to it. For me to show up at these vintage races and rallies, I’m considered a ‘young’ guy and I’m 48 years old.”

The bike is as rudimentary as they come; an honest-to-god gasoline-charged medieval razorblade on wheels. Sure, it tops out only around 50 miles an hour, but when you consider that its clincher tires are about as wide as an iPod mini, the braking system is similar to a Schwinn bicycle’s and it has about as much horsepower as a lawnmower, topping this monster out at 50mph—or attempting to ride it further than a few miles, let alone through mountain passes—is utterly savage.

Hell, it even comes with the original ball-battering bicycle seat provided by Reading Standard. To put it concisely, the bike is positively bereft of any and all modern

conveniences. Yet Nelson and Pennington are committed to riding this pre-World War I torpedo in this year’s much-anticipated transcontinental Cannonball Motorcycle Rally.

The ride is a grueling two-week slog from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon, in which riders experience the full spectrum of inclement weather and topographic extremes.

Self-titled as “the most difficult antique endurance run in the world,” the ride’s roster is already full-up for September’s outing, and there’s still a healthy waiting list of salivating hopefuls wishing for a chance to participate in the pre-1928 motorcycle extravaganza.

“I road this bike two years ago in the Cannonball,” said Nelson. “We had some internal problems, mostly with the crank pin that the rod fits on, but we made it all the way.

The difficulty with these sorts of rides is that you’re on an old motorcycle and, as much as you prepare, things happen. Little nuts fall off, bolts rattle off, this and that happens … and part of the responsibility of the rider is to not only get to the destination safely, but to listen and be tuned into the workings of the bike.

“And because this thing has only about six horsepower, part of the challenge is making and applying the different-sized drive pulleys.

You see, depending on the terrain we’re gonna be negotiating, we have to switch out the pulleys to match the amount of work the engine is going to do,” he explains.

“For example, we used a smaller ‘climbing’ pulley a couple years ago to get to the top of Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado, which is almost an 11,000-foot climb.”

Nelson is not new to this kind of riding. In fact, Nelson comes to the Cannonball with more than 45 years of vintage riding experience.

“I used to race quite a bit,” he said. “Mostly Nortons, BSAs and Triumph motorcycles, and I have actually won Daytona in vintage racing seven times. So I’m used to riding these old bikes—and riding them long distances at that; the Cannonball, for me, is just a natural outgrowth of my time on these bikes.”

True to character, when Nelson wasn’t circuit-racing 60-year-old machines, he kept busy flying commercial airplanes; before that, he was a piloting a 76,000-pound C-130 Hercules turbo-prop aircraft transport for the U.S. Navy.

“The older I get, the faster I was,” lamented Nelson. “Being a pilot, I rode as hard as I could within the limits of my abilities. I just couldn’t afford to mess myself up and not be able to fly.”

To the average mortal, Nelson is an Ubermensch, a leather-clad satyr lusting for the extremes of experience, blasting headlong in omophagic frenzy beyond the bounds of the civilized world. For him, this thirst for life is rooted deeply in his love of adventure.

“It’s essentially the sense of adventure,” said Nelson. “And if you’re a motorcyclist, the Cannonball is an opportunity to truly experience the country—you get to see America from the backroads—and it has a healthy element of competition thrown in as well.

“Usually after about three or four days on this thing, I start to get tired and think to myself, ‘What the hell am I doing on this thing?’

But I know it will pass, and it does … You have to know going into this that something is going to go wrong. Whether it’s a fitting or a gas leak or the magneto not sparking … but you choose to do it anyway. You have to love the challenge.

And that’s what I love. I love these motorcycles and the people who ride them.”

Pennington agrees. “You have to appreciate these bikes to really work with them,” he added. “And I’ve always been drawn to that, to the simplicity and ingenuity of them. I don’t really have any other way to explain it. And it’s not just the engines and the motorcycles. It’s everything. All of it. The whole era. I just have a profound appreciation for the way things were designed and built.”

“Some people just want to restore these kinds of bikes and never ride them,” Nelson said. “We want to do the opposite. Restore it as little as possible. Get it running and running well and keep it as vintage and as original as possible. And, of course, ride it. These bikes weren’t made to sit in a garage or a museum.

They were built to be ridden and loved.”

Jake Gerken mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ As this issue went to press, Folio Weekly learned that the Reading-Standard presented insurmountable mechanical challenges, so Nelson has substituted a 1928 BMW R-52 for the race.

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WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF a number of civil rights movements, but many of their names and faces are unknown. In the cities of Jacksonville and St. Augustine alone, there is a rich population of minority women standing up for what they believe in. Not only do these women work alongside one another, they refuse to be represented by anyone other than themselves.

Mary Cobb, captain of the Women’s March chapter in St. Augustine, is one of many such women. Cobb became profoundly involved in activism after the first Women’s March in 2017. It was then that she decided to actively participate in her community and work toward creating a better life for her daughter. She has seen firsthand how women of color can be swept under the rug. “I’m of Asian descent myself … and I had more privilege than, say, an African-American woman,” said Cobb. She added, “[There has been] a lot of discussion as [to whether] women of color are represented.”

Cobb explained that, despite the ardent involvement of women of color in a number of social and political movements, they aren’t considered to be the driving force behind the movements. Cobb said, “A lot of black women in activism have to be blunt and frank … and white women don’t know how to handle this.

“Activist movements come off the backs of women of color … but the spotlight isn’t on them. We have to look at this.”

Jaime Perkins is hoping to change this mindset. Perkins is running against incumbent state Rep. Cyndi Stevenson, a Republican, to represent Florida’s District 17, which includes all of northern and central St. Johns County, extending south to St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach. Through her candidacy, Perkins hopes to bring awareness to problems facing minorities that have been overlooked in the past.

Perkins said, “[I am] a woman of action, so I organize with like-minded individuals to bring awareness to issues and dissect

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ways to impact positive change. Activism, to me, is also about engaging in your community, finding ways to educate individuals on laws and policies that [effect] them and their families, lobbying to change laws that negatively impact the minority who typically has no voice in our democracy.”

In order to make her voice and the voices of others heard, Perkins stays active in her community. “The atmosphere and the movement is a progressive one. Women of color being unapologetic about their views of the current state of the First Coast and our nation is forward progress. People are listening and paying attention.”

In her platform, Perkins stresses several key issues.

“To allow people to realize that the wealth gaps, the gaps in the criminal justice system, the issues we face from law enforcement agencies—it’s not a black problem, it’s not a white problem, but it’s a United States of America problem,” she said.

She has faith in the possibility of the nation undergoing a fundamental a change of

heart and finding a solution to bringing about change and unity for women of color.

“History teaches us that when it comes to … women of color, we have to create our own lane. Organizing and developing our own nonprofit organizations and organizations for activism are how we increase and improve representation in this arena … . The continued collaboration with like-minded organizations will help increase the influence of women of color.

Specifically, collaborating with organizations that are formed and predominantly run by white women. Women of these organizations should be open to allowing women of color to tell their own story, and utilize their interpersonal influence to highlight the issues that we face.”

Hasani Malone agrees. Malone is vice president of the Black Student Association at Flagler College and a member of the steering committee for St. Augustine’s Women’s March youth outreach program and supporter of The Reverend Ron Rawls’ determination to take down St. Augustine Confederate monuments. “Too often, women of color [are] pushed to the background by men and white women, and despite that, they remain the driving force for movements without the recognition that is deserved. Hand the mic over so they can speak out on their truths … .

Listening to women of color from the start and spotlighting their voices is important,” said Malone.

Monique Sampson, Students for Democratic Society president at the University of North Florida, is also working to change this mindset and bring awareness to the involvement of women of color in social and political movements. “I think the activist scene for women of color in Jacksonville is exploding. My group is made up of 80 percent women of color alone,” Sampson said.

Sampson and her colleagues took part in a Black Lives Matter rally at UNF and she is actively involved in events for equality and progress in Northeast Florida. “At the

Black Lives Matter rally, a student compared black students to monkeys, someone got this on video … and the video went viral,” Sampson said.

Along with the viral spread of media regarding racism and inequality, Sampson has been able to draw national attention to events in which she has participated and helped organize. “A white supremacist student at UNF, with Nazi tattoos, commented on one of our publication’s stories and threatened student organizations,” she said. In response, a “No Nazis at UNF” protest was held, and more than 100 students showed up. The protest gained attention from national outlets such as Al Jazeera and The Washington Post, as well as other universities participating in similar rallies.

In addition to staging events, Sampson and her student organization created 10 demands and delivered them to UNF’s new president, David Szymanski. The demands included requests to implement more outreach to

rallies that I ever went to was for the Jax 5 in 2017 …. Of course, after seeing the video that surfaced of the brutalization of protesters by police, I showed everyone I knew who would listen because I was angry,” said Malone. “[The] next day, one of my friends and I drove up to Jacksonville to join the rally to have the Jax 5 protesters released.

“And it was the first time I was exposed to the state of conditions for marginalized groups in Jax and seeing and hearing the anger and power behind the [women of color] activists … made me want to actually use my voice and not just sit in the background,” she said.

Malone has an even more personal reason for her deeper immersion in progressive movements.

“I wasn’t involved in activism in St. Augustine until August of last year, because I just didn’t know of any organizations or community efforts available. But I found it hard to be a queer black woman at Flagler

Women of color have long served in the trenches of activism without proper recognition.

students of colors, effectuate opportunities for more scholarships for the same, make UNF a sanctuary school and create a more equal and open space. Of the 10 requests, four had already been accomplished when we spoke earlier this summer.

Sampson was inspired by a string of deaths caused by police brutality involving a number of black individuals, like Philando Castile, Eric Garner, Alton Sterling and Sandra Bland.

“It’s always a little bit hard for me to talk about this. One of the women […] Sandra Bland, looked just like my mom,” Sampson said. Hearing about and seeing reports of these deaths on repeat led Sampson to start attending protests. However, she found that just being on scene didn’t satisfy her need to draw attention to causes about which she cares. “I realized just attending protests wasn’t enough and so I started organizing events,” Sampson said.

Police brutality and marginalization inspired Malone and Sampson to devote more time and talent to the local activist process.

“The women of color activists in Jacksonville are the people who motivated me to get involved in St. Augustine. One of the first

College and in St. Augustine and not speak up about the oppression and marginalization that you face.

“Flagler has such a low number of people of color, which means my experience at college would be especially different than my white friends’ [experiences], and I didn’t want that for myself, or the other students who are here or who would be going here, because it is hard,” Malone confided.

All the women who spoke to Folio Weekly for this article have high hopes for the future.

Cobb believes that collaboration of all women, regardless of color, and active listening, could contribute to successfully working toward correcting the lack of representation of women of color and those who are putting their blood, sweat and tears into such an inspiring, life-changing endeavor. Asked how women can become more involved in activism, Cobb said, “Be an active member in something you care about. It’s important to stand up if something speaks to you …. It can change your life. It can be uncomfortable, but that’s what makes it real.”

Caroline Trussell mail@folioweekly.com

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THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR CONGRESSMAN Al Lawson, and it shows. His hard-fought campaign against former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is nearing conclusion; many are predicting the incumbent will win handily.

So it’s no surprise that Lawson seems relaxed and in his element when we meet in the lobby of the Hyatt in Downtown Jacksonville on Monday morning, chatting familiarly with the hotel employee who shows us to a 17th-floor conference room with expansive views of Jacksonville and the St. Johns River.

Asked to what he credits predictions that he will win the Aug. 28 Democratic primary, Lawson said, “Bringing over $50 million down for the [St. Johns River] dredging here in JaxPort and $18 million to build a new veteran facility and the $85 million that [I] was able to secure during the hurricane to help feed a lot of people and so forth.”

In the last session, Lawson also proposed $136 million in Federal Emergency Management Funding to address flooding in Northeast Florida, a disastrous situation which was brought into harsh focus by Hurricane Irma last year. “Right now, it’s still in limbo; it’s a very big ask,” he said.

The first-term congressman has spent the last 17 months focusing on issues that he considers key, while familiarizing himself with the lay of the land in Congress, which he concedes is “really toxic,” and working with

the other freshmen representatives to try to break the gridlock. For an example of this gridlock, Lawson points to House Speaker Paul Ryan holding the farm bill hostage earlier this summer by insisting it include work requirements for recipients of the Supplemental Nutritional Program, or SNAP (aka food stamps), which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would eliminate an estimated 1.2 million recipients. Lawson voted against the bill, which passed narrowly in the House, but failed in the Senate. “We should be increasing the benefits for the people, instead of cutting the benefits,” he said, adding that the Senate is currently working on a new version of the bill, one he hopes will be an improvement.

Lawson’s time in Congress has coincided with some of the most extreme partisanship and division in the history of the United States.

Asked if President Trump’s rhetoric has affected the nation, Lawson doesn’t hesitate. “Yes, it really has. You’re finding more division among people, among races. You’d really hope the president would try to take a stance when he would try to bring America more together,” he said. “… He’s leading more and more to divide.”

Though Lawson does agree that the Russians have influenced and still continue to work to influence American elections, he does not believe Trump will be impeached.

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committed a crime or anything like that.” He says he’d vote with his Democratic colleagues to do so if given the opportunity, but doesn’t think it likely. “I will vote to impeach, but we’re not going to get the opportunity to vote on that.” Nor does he think the likelihood will increase if the Democrats take the helm of Congress in November, as some have predicted. “Even if the Democrats take control,” Lawson said. “You just can’t really impeach anyone unless they committed a high crime or something of this nature. I just don’t see it coming, it’s just a popular thing to say.”

FOR YEARS, THE NATION HAS STRUGGLED WITH the subject of immigration reform; since Trump took office, the extremely contentious debate has been thrust into the forefront of the national conversation. Lawson believes that congressional inaction has exacerbated problems within the system. “Congress has fallen down on its effort to do comprehensive immigration reform, so that’s what we really need, comprehensive immigration reform,” he said.

Lawson remains hopeful that the next session of Congress will take up the subject; the fruits of those efforts should, in his mind, continue to allow for thoroughly vetted admissions. “I don’t think you can take everyone, but I think people need a pathway to citizenship,” he said, pointing out that America is a “nation of immigrants” and that most immigrants make a positive contribution to our society. He also supports a path to citizenship for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) legislation, commonly referred to as Dreamers. He also says it’s important that farmers have access to a stable labor pool, such as through the guest worker system.

He didn’t shy away from pointing out that Trump and others have fostered a culture of fear of immigrants and promoted the inaccurate belief that many are “bad people,” “murderers,” “rapists” and the like.

Like his opponent, Lawson supports the state constitutional Amendment 4 on Florida’s

November ballot that would restore civil rights to nonviolent felons who’ve served their terms. “I think it’s critical for people who have paid their dues, they should be allowed to become citizens again, have the opportunity to vote,” Lawson said.

He also similarly believes that Stand Your Ground should either be significantly overhauled or repealed. The law has proved a more difficult subject for Lawson on the campaign trail, because he was one of the cosponsors of the original Stand Your Ground bill when it unanimously passed Florida’s state senate in 2005. Lawson says that the law was originally written to protect homeowners from being prosecuted for defending themselves from trespassers, and has since been amended, including in 2017, when lawmakers switched the burden of proof, in ways that have fundamentally altered it from lawmakers’ original intent.

“I sent a letter to the governor, the senate president and the speaker about them going into a special session to repeal or fix it, because you even have law enforcement officers making an interpretation.

“So there have been people who have been murdered as a result, so I think it probably ought to be repealed.”

As our time came to a close, we asked Rep. Lawson what he would focus on, should the voters send him back to Washington, D.C. for a second term. He proceeded to rattle off a laundry list of goals. If he wins, AL Lawson intends to focus on protecting Social Security, which he says is likely “the only pension” most will have, protecting and improving access to affordable healthcare, supporting veterans, making college more affordable, providing more nutritional assistance for kids, and improving the nation’s infrastructure.

“I have enjoyed representing this 5th District, especially Jacksonville. Any time as a freshman you file 20 bills and nine of them get adopted, that’s pretty significant,” said Lawson.

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Time was when a certain former congresswoman offered something along those lines—she described it as being “like a cheat sheet at a dog track.”

However, those were her “Quick Picks.” She had good reason to pick certain politicians, including but not limited to their generous contributions to printing costs.

We have no reason for such, alas.

No endorsements of any of these candidates should be implied from the foregoing.

GOVERNOR WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN, YOU HAVE SOME interesting choices this year.

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On the Democratic side, the polls say former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham will pull through in a “Gwen vs. the Men” race.

A good way to piss off her supporters?

Compare Graham to Alex Sink, the last moderate woman to run for governor statewide (Rick Scott defeated her eight years ago). Or to Hillary Clinton, who lost Florida and lost the White House to President Donald Trump.

Graham’s appeal is rooted in “common sense” solutions. She wants increased gun control. She’s fine with medicinal marijuana (though, unlike the evolving consensus among Democrats, not yet fine with legalization). She’s opposed to algae blooms, though is uniquely ill-positioned to attack Big Sugar, given that she had accepted money from the industry early on.

She’s been buoyed by establishment Democrat endorsements, a legacy (FUN FACT: She’s Bob Graham’s daughter. To jog your memory: He was our governor from ’79-’87 and a U.S. Senator from ’87-2005), a sense of inevitability, and a field that cannibalizes votes from each other.

This might be a different race if Jeff Greene and Philip Levine weren’t occupying the same ideological space, or if Chris King weren’t in every debate and forum with 3 percent of the vote in every poll (thus cannibalizing Andrew Gillum’s vote share).

But no one really cares how you win. It’s if you win. And, as Adam Putnam can attest, inevitability isn’t a sure thing these days.

Consider the Republican side of the ledger, where Ron DeSantis looks poised to take the nomination away from “Amnesty Adam,” who’s apparently been running for governor since he was 5 years old.

Putnam had it all.

All the Tallahassee lobby backing he wanted.

A complete willingness toward selfabnegation to the gun lobby, displayed most vividly in the “I’m a proud #NRASellout!” tweet.

Eight years in Gov. Scott’s Cabinet as Ag Commissioner.

Policy positions on every major issue, many of which present a problem because they were consensus in the George W. Bush era Republican party; they have since been purged from GOP orthodoxy.

Putnam, in a pre-Trump era, would’ve been the prohibitive favorite. However, in 2016, Putnam said what he actually thought about Trump, calling him “vile and obscene” and stalling on declaring support for him until the GOP Convention. While Putnam

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has spent the majority of the last two years attempting to make good, Rep. Ron DeSantis (who represents those of you reading this in St. Johns County) ensured that didn’t happen.

Trump has stumped for and with DeSantis (calling him a ‘brilliant cookie’). His campaign organization is also supporting DeSantis. So are all of your favorite Fox News personalities.

And, of course, there’s that ad showing DeSantis teaching his kid how to read with a Trump campaign sign (“Make America Great Again!”) and reading passages from The Art of the Deal to another kid.

Will GOP primary voters, who have been conditioned in this state to regard Trump as the agent of their deliverance, buck that imprinting and vote against the President’s Man? These are the same voters who bounced Marco Rubio in the presidential primary, then voted for him to go back to the Senate. Until proven otherwise, assume they will do what the president says.

FUN FACT: This month, Putnam won the Jax Young Republicans straw poll over DeSantis, 75-2. This is a measure of the local investment in Putnam, which is deep. HOWEVER, Lenny Curry is backing DeSantis—more sand in the eye for his friends here?

FUN FACT 2: However it ends for Putnam, he had some well-written one-liners aimed at DeSantis during the Jacksonville debate. The Florida Dems compiled an email of insults from the debate and sent it to media. Rest assured you’ll be seeing that footage again.

ATTORNEY GENERAL THERE IS SOME RATHER INTERESTING ACTION ON both sides of this race.

On the Democratic side, there really is one plausible candidate, in the form of state Rep. Sean Shaw.

Shaw, the son of Leander J. Shaw, a former Florida Supreme Court Justice, is a compelling speaker, has an understanding of the law as it has evolved in Tallahassee, and is really the only hope Democrats have to roll back the Pam Bondi era.

Republicans, meanwhile, have two plausible options.

Ashley Moody, the former Hillsborough County judge, would be Pam Bondi Part 2. If that’s your thing, you probably aren’t getting election tips from the altweekly, except perhaps who not to vote for.

Moody’s endorsed by virtually all the elected Republican sheriffs, the police unions, and a phalanx of elected state attorneys (though not Melissa Nelson, who has a … conflict … given her former political team is handling Moody’s opponent’s campaign).

Rep. Frank White, a Pensacola lawyer who is largely funded via family money, does not have the raft of institutional backing that Moody

does. What White does have is the consultancy of political assassin Tim Baker, who seems uniquely able to handle running dozens of campaigns in state and beyond by knowing how to tap into the ids of Republican voters.

White is defining Moody as a “liberal,” noting that she was a registered Democrat in her youth and that she was involved in a civil action against President Trump. Will that message be enough to carry? White’s team thinks so.

FWIW: Democrats who want to pick up the AG office likely want to run against White rather than Moody.

White, however, has the scarier political operation, which is why the race is where it is. Check out how they got Jay Fant out of the race. Then they hired Fant’s operatives.

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THIS CONTEST FEATURES three candidates worth mentioning: Baxter Troutman, Matt Caldwell and Denise Grimsley. This race feels like it’s been going on for 90 years, with an endless potpourri of folksy appeals from all three candidates. Why not? It worked for Putnam eight years ago. At this writing, Undecided is killing them all in the polls.

On the Democratic side, readers of Folio Weekly will likely be most interested in Nikki Fried. Fried is an advocate for the cannabis industry, which is a BFD for those who see cannabis policy as a metaphor for freedom in other areas.

The downside for Dems: Fried, as Politico reported, has given money to a LOT of Republicans, including Putnam, Moody, J.E.B. Bush and local 2016 state House candidate Sheri Treadwell. She told me just the other day that those were gifts of “friendship,” rather than political affiliation. Some are … skeptical.

The upside for Dems: Fried is ELECTABLE. She’s been killing it in straw polls, she’s telegenic, and she’s heavily endorsed. The Tampa Bay Times lauded her as the “most informed, viable candidate in this race.”

Also, out of all the candidates I talked to during this cycle, Fried is the most genuine and least-scripted. She has that rare gift of being able to talk policy conversationally. She has a future beyond this campaign.

The question that Fried voters will face is familiar to Democrats: Is it worth it to support a genuine reform candidate who can win— overlooking her willingness to do business with Republicans?

This question is especially familiar to Democrats in the next race.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5 CAN JACKSONVILLE TAKE BACK CORRINE BROWN’S seat from Rep. Al Lawson?

That, at first glance, is the question posed by former Mayor Alvin Brown’s challenge to the Democrat from Tallahassee.

A closer look at this race, which finally heated up as August began, reveals a more complex narrative.

Alvin Brown, who governed as and ran for re-election as a self-described “conservative Democrat,” has evolved into a self-described “pragmatic progressive.” He wants to end Stand Your Ground (a state issue the feds won’t call the shots on) and he wants to reform ICE (a position that Lawson seems to share).

Lawson, who’s beloved by many Florida Republicans, is taking an interesting tack with his messaging in this market. Namely, his position is that Alvin Brown “failed” as mayor.

Lawson points out that Brown didn’t get LGBT rights through a Human Rights Ordinance expansion, even as Brown seems to be amending the historical record by saying that he supported the HRO expansion (rather than, as Johnny Gaffney and others claimed, tried to kill the bill).

Brown-era budget problems and the choices required are also under scrutiny.

Violent crime, still surging, began its uptick in the Brown era, a time when low cash flow caused cuts in cops in addition to everything else. Police and fire unions back Lawson, who is happy to push their narrative.

Also of interest in this tug-o-war: The oppo pushed by Lawson, regarding matters like Brown letting Eureka Gardens become a national story, and Brown spending more than $300,000 on a security detail.

It almost sounds like it could have a Republican source.

Speaking of Republican sources, Brown is in the unusual position of getting GOP money, including funds from charter school kingpin Gary Chartrand and old friend Shad Khan (who, reliable sources say, bristled when Lawson did not come to Jacksonville to kiss Khan’s ring).

The district, of course, is a simple math problem. Can Brown get enough turnout and support here to outweigh Lawson’s support out west?

This is why Lawson is spending so much effort trashing Brown’s performance as mayor—a voter suppression technique that worked for Lenny Curry in 2015 and, the bet is, can work in the current scenario.

Lawson beat Corrine Brown out here by roughly a 60-20 margin, with a spoiler candidate in the race in 2016. If Alvin Brown can somehow get 80 percent of the local vote, perhaps energized by the governor’s race or something, he may be able to make it a closer race district-wide than the nine points by which Lawson won.

Does he have the juice to win? That’s a question of mobilizing turnout, and he’s never

had to do that independently of the Corrine machine, which helped him big league in 2011 and 2015 both.

The only public poll of the race (a St. Pete Polls’ survey) has Lawson up 50-28. And Lawson asserts FiveThirtyEight.com gives him a 99.8 percent likelihood of winning.

Private polls likely look the same: 37 members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including the chair and Brown’s political mentor Jim Clyburn, endorsed Lawson.

Physically, Brown is carrying himself like he did at the end of the mayor’s race against Lenny Curry. He somnambulated through a pivotal AME church forum a couple of weeks back, too. Not optimal.

DID YOU KNOW? Both Brown and Lawson seem to favor marijuana legalization.

During a Tallahassee Democrat interview, they cited Denver and Colorado as models.

Let’s not hold in our bong hits too long waiting for either to file a bill in this direction, though.

to lend her campaign money, there is liquidity as there was in 2016.

If the Dems can’t take the seat from apostate Daniels, it raises interesting questions about how strong the party actually is.

The other competitive primary is in House District 15 on the Republican side.

Lobbyist Wyman Duggan is Lenny Curry’s man in this one, facing Joseph Hogan (whose positions include opposition to sharia law, a major concern on Jacksonville’s Westside) and yacht broker Mark Zeigler (known for drumming in Pretty Boy Freud).

Duggan has the endorsements and the moolah. Hogan has the famous name.

Zeigler is the only one of the three with a sense of rhythm.

The oppo has gotten brutal here, with a political committee sending our mailers noting Duggan lobbied during the latest JEA sale discussion. Will voters care? Duggan is the only one of the three on TV. All three have had to get to the right in this primary, which doesn’t matter often in GOP races (recall that this was Jay Fant’s district before he gave it all up

for a performance art project/Attorney General candidacy).

In this case, however, Tracye Polson—who has capital, backing from the state party, and a team that’s been focused on canvassing for months before the GOP side even started working—awaits in the general.

Polson will be the litmus test for the local blue wave, and she may be successful—the district has gotten more purple of late.

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

STATE HOUSE RACES THERE ARE TWO INTERESTING AND COMPETITIVE primaries worth a closer inspection.

The first is the Democratic race in House District 14 between School Board chair Paula Wright and incumbent Demonbuster Kim Daniels.

Wright is the second straight credible Democrat to face Daniels in a primary. The first was two years ago, when lawyer Leslie Jean-Bart lost after a campaign that included altercations over sign placement.

Wright doesn’t seem to have that much juice. In a forum a couple of weeks ago, at which Daniels was a no-show, she pointedly avoided attacking Daniels. Daniels would have shredded her had it been the other way around.

Wright has the backing of elected Democrats, including Councilman Garrett Dennis, Sen. Audrey Gibson, and Rep. Tracie Davis. That’s the good news.

The bad news: Daniels, in addition to having more of a killer instinct, has the backing of the Republican machine in what is an open primary (with no Republicans or NPA candidates qualifying).

And intangibles: Consider the raw, libelous hit piece on Wright the Florida Star ran a few weeks back.

However, Daniels has been spending money on incidentals during this campaign, and no-showing forums. Additionally, Wright has a political committee messaging outside her campaign account. It’s gonna be close, also, per at least one poll we’ve seen.

FUN FACT: The Florida Chamber considers Daniels the most business-friendly Democrat in the House. Likewise, police and fire unions back her as well. And she’s a preacher, which means that should she need

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The works were selected from recent solo Quintana spoke to Folio Weekly about art, exhibitions. Though the Cuban artist has politics and the distance between Miami travelled the globe with his art, Northeast and Jacksonville.

Florida has been—up to now—unexplored.

Based in Miami since 1993, the “I have not been up there very much, to Havana-born painter was a seminal figure during be honest,” he says, “but I’m looking forward to it. It’s a the Cuban Renaissance of the 1980s. Quintana and different world.” his Puré Group were the first Cuban artists to buck The Thrasher-Horne Center was established on the state-sponsored tradition and embrace New York art Orange Park campus of St. Johns River State College in influences, particularly 2004, with a mission to Pop Art. bring performing and visual “I’ve always expressed arts to Clay County. In myself in the pop style of addition to hosting dozens old comic books,” says of theater productions and Quintana. “When I was a concerts, the Center boasts small child, I learned to two gallery spaces. draw by copying comic “Our goal for books. I’ve always had Thursdays @ Thrasher,” a taste for that kind says the Center’s Director of image. Batman, of Marketing & Sales Superman, Wonder Anna Zirbel, “is to provide Woman, you name it. But our community a new what I do is, I take the opportunity to meet our image and appropriate it. featured gallery artists I’ll change the costume face to face and learn and the context.” insights as to how they Quintana’s canvases create their work. We’re are colorful affairs, also expanding the event peopled with superheroes, into a full celebration of gangsters, flamingoes the arts with additional and industrial workers. local artists, music and It’s a surreal world in food in our lobby.” which the stoic, hammerArtists scheduled to wielding proletarian appear include Quintana, of Socialist Realism as well as local artists tradition rubs elbows with Sophie Dare and John Warholian cowboys as Woods. Dare paints exotic fauna look on from landscapes inspired by the margins. the natural beauty of this This appropriation region. Woods captures EL ARTISTA CUBANO, Ciro Quintana, 2017. Image courtesy of the artist. of the Pop style reflects scenes from everyday Cuba’s unique history, life using traditional so physically close to the United States, yet isolated film photography. The Fall Gallery Exhibit, featuring work THURSDAYS @ THRASHER for decades by Cold War politics and their long—and from all three artists, is on display in the Thrasher-Horne 5:30-8 p.m. Aug. 23, Thrasher-Horne enduring—hangover. Just as Cubans famously drive Center’s Lee Adams Florida Artist Gallery until Oct. 19.

Center, 283 College Dr., Orange Park 1950s-era American cars, Quintana deliberately uses Georgio Valentino vintage iconography. mail@folioweekly.com

KAPOW! Artist Ciro Quintana’s works land with a PUNCH

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canning news on my iPhone recently, I read of two actresses and their unfortunate denouements. One was Veronica Lake, a striking blonde goddess (her trademark was her cascading hair, partially hiding her face) with hits in the ’40s like Sullivan’s Travels and This Gun for Hire. Lake died of alcohol-induced hepatitis at 50; she’d been working as a New York City hotel maid.

Margot Kidder’s career lasted longer; her roles were more varied. Her apex was as Lois Lane in the three Christopher Reeve Superman films. She also struggled with mental illness, alcoholism and disastrous relationships, committing suicide at age 69.

Time has rarely been kind to filmdom’s leading ladies, but there are some women whose strong celluloid presence mirrored their real personas. Their beauty and talent were early mutual mainstays, but their stability was the sustaining quality that defined (or continues to define) them, like Rick’s (Humphrey Bogart) pal Sam (Dooley Wilson) sang in Casablanca … as time goes by.

Which reminds me—Ingrid Bergman is an obvious example of a beautiful strong woman on screen and off, but two other pre’70s actresses illustrate my point better: Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. Neither aged as gracefully as Bergman (but who did? Only her lovely daughter, Isabella Rossellini), yet each was a real life powerhouse, like many of their film characters. Davis scored eight Oscar nods and two wins; Hepburn racked up eight noms and four wins.

Consider Davis’ characters—Mildred Rogers (Of Human Bondage, with the oddly unlikable Leslie Howard), Julie Marsden (Jezebel), Judith Traherne (Dark Victory), Regina Giddens (The Little Foxes), Charlotte Vale (Now, Voyager), Margo Channing (All About Eve), Queen Elizabeth I (The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex with the likable Errol Flynn), as the monarch again in The Virgin Queen, and Baby Jane Hudson in FW senior editor’s top pick, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Or was that Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte, where things roll down staircases …

Bette Davis excelled at drama, not melodrama, and droll humor. In the mid’30s, she sued Warner Bros. to get out of her contract; she felt Jack Warner wasn’t using her considerable talents to her satisfaction. She lost that suit, but upon her return to film, she was able to steer her ship her way.

With Davis, her career always came first.

She was strident and confrontational, with both film celebs and everyday folks.

Kate Hepburn, capable of sultry gazes and sarcastic quips in the same scene, won

her first Oscar for Morning Glory (’33). She was feeling her juice, and irked studio brass and annoyed the fan mags; her career dropped some bombs (like Bringing Up Baby, now a classic). She was box-office poison.

In 1940, she was cast with lovable, stammering Jimmy Stewart and adorable but flawed Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story, first on Broadway and then on film. Hilarity and self-discovery ensue, and Hepburn was back in our hearts. The Great Kate crafted her best work in later years: The African Queen, Rosie to Bogart’s Charlie; The Lion in Winter and Suddenly, Last Summer.

Any comparison of those doyennes of Old Hollywood and today’s formidable femmes starts with Meryl Streep. In her first screen role at age 20 in 1977, she stood out as Anne Marie in Julia; she’s since amassed an amazing 21 Oscar nods and three wins. Whether comedy (Death Becomes Her), heartbreaking drama (Sophie’s Choice) or romantic angst (Falling in Love, The Deer Hunter), she is undisputed royalty, in a class by herself.

Two ingénues who grew to command the screen are Jessica Lange and Robin Wright.

Lange was a bubble-headed blonde, the kind males go ape for, in 1976’s King Kong. Wright was delicate yet strong as Buttercup in the charming, clever fantasy The Princess Bride.

Both are now stalwart actors, deserving of the many accolades bestowed.

Earning six Oscar nods and two wins for Best Actress (so far), Lange followed King Kong as seductive Lady Death in Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz. You can’t get tougher than that.

Robin Wright has yet to claim an Oscar, but scoring 13 awards and 60 nominations around the globe is proof she’s a contender.

Who else would be as kind as Jenny as Forrest confesses his love? Or as fierce as Buttercup when she defies nasty Prince Humperdinck?

Tough women on screen and off, each is— or was—a force to be reckoned with.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Pope Francis: A Man of His Word and A Bag of Marbles screen. Throwback Thursday: Under the Tuscan Sun, noon Aug. 23. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Summer 1993 start Aug. 24. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 697-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

IMAX THEATER The Meg, Mile 22, America’s Musical Journey 3D and Pandas 3D screen. Documentary Days are Aug. 2430. World Golf Hall of Fame, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, Eighth Grade, Three Identical Strangers and BlackkKlansman screen. Four by Korine-Trash Humpers runs Aug. 23.

McQueen, The Happytime Murders and Skate Kitchen start Aug. 24. Four by Korine-Mister Lonely runs Aug. 28; Gummo Aug. 29. 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

SUMMER MOVIE CLASSICS A 20th anniversary showing of The Big Lebowski runs 2 p.m. Aug. 26, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787; floridatheatre.com.

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ARTS + EVENTS

JOSH PHARES paints whimsical, sometimes ethereal depictions of beaches, waterways and the people who play in them, and the occasional celeb. His work exhibits at Southern Swells Brewery, Jax Beach, joshphares.com. (Pictured: Where You Goin’?, 2018.)

PERFORMANCE HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE A surprising, devastating comingof-age tale in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, as told through a connection between a young girl and an older man; 8 p.m.

Aug. 24 & 25; 2 p.m. Aug. 26 at The 5 & Dime, 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, the5anddime.org, $17.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Set in 1900s Sweden, the play is about a tangled web of affairs involving actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her. It runs 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23, 24 & 25 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com, $15-$20.

KISS ME, KATE Starring in a musical version of Shakespeare’s comedy, exes Fred and Lilli can’t decide if they’re enraged, enamored or enormously confused when they cross paths offstage; through Sept. 9 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $35-$59.

THE MACCABEATS Using nothing more than the unadulterated human voice, a clean-cut presentation and a little Jewish humor, this unique group of singers is able to connect with fans of all stripes, 3:30-5 p.m.

Aug. 26 at Jacksonville Jewish Center, 3662 Crown Point Rd., Mandarin, eventbrite.com, $25.

CLASSICAL, JAZZ & POETRY LES DeMERLE JAZZ QUARTET Master drummer DeMerle and his wife, the singer Bonnie Eisele, have been performing for more than 40 years, entertaining with their own style, expertise and panache. They appear 8:30-11 p.m. Aug. 25 at Breezy Jazz Club, 119 W. Adams St., Downtown, 666-7562, $10.

BOB MARGOLIN Blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Margolin performs an intimate concert, 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at The Blue Door, 1706 Second St., Brunswick, eventbrite.com, $15-$20.

JAZZ & POETRY DEN A monthly talent showcase for artists, poets, singers and musicians of Coastal Georgia and the surrounding communities, 8 p.m. Aug. 24 at 1710 Gloucester St., Brunswick, eventbrite.com.

JAZZY SUNDAY The Katz Downstairz perform 6-10 p.m.

Aug. 26 at The Landing, Downtown.

SWING NIGHT Do it like Benny did, 7:30-11 p.m. every Wed. at Hyperion Brewing, 1740 N. Main St., Springfield, free admission.

COMEDY CHRISTINA SHRIVER It’s LOL Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 22 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $10.

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JAX FINEST PART III Granger, Duval Diva, Nick Harvey and headliner Antwan Murphy are on 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $20-$150.

A.J. JOHNSON The comic has appeared on the big and small screen with roles in Friday, How to Be a Player, Lethal Weapon 3, Martin and The Jamie Foxx Show. Busy man. He’s on 8 p.m. Aug. 24 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $23-$150.

GARY OWEN Owen’s been amusing us for more than a decade, with bona fides to prove it. Owen is on 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 23; 7:30 & 10 p.m. Aug. 24 & 25; and 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $35-$45.

MAGICIAN MARK ALAN, PATRICK WALSH Hope the laughs don’t vanish! The wizard and pal take the stage 8:30 p.m.

Aug. 25 at Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, 828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, thegypsycomedyclub.com, $12.

LAUGH LOUNGE Creative Veins and Marlin & Barrel Distillery’s Comedy Showcase, 8 p.m. every Sun. at Dos Gatos, 123 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 323-2471, laughloungejax.com, free admission, VIP $19.89/booth.

HOT POTATO COMEDY HOUR Bring jokes, music, poetry or novels-in-progress to a friendly open-mic, 7-10 p.m. every Mon. at Rain Dogs, 10326 Park St., 5 Points.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS AUDITION: JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN’S CHORUS Held 6:307 p.m. Aug. 23, 28, 29 & 30 at First United Methodist Church, 225 E. Duval St., Downtown; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 25 at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church, 4001 Hendricks Ave., San Marco. Jaxchildrenschorus.org/audition.

ARTE PONTE The nonprofit seeks artists with a strong exhibition history, or emerging and associated with an educational institution, to display work during December 2018’s Art Basel week. Deadline Oct. 1; hello@arteponte.org.

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY ROUNDABOUT ART The college seeks artists or teams interested in creating a large, sitespecific, public artwork for a newly constructed roundabout at the JU campus’ main entrance, to serve as a unique landmark celebrating Jacksonville’s Arlington neighborhood.

Deadline Sept. 30; ju.edu/roundaboutart.

THE FLORIDA BALLET The school seeks a male resident teaching artist for the 2018-’19 school year, mlemire@floridaballet.org.

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS: A JURIED EXHIBIT The Fort Myers Alliance for the Arts needs artists to create pieces showcasing traditional Mexican sugar skulls merged with the

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s human beings, no matter the tribe, having a sense of belonging plays a crucial role in securing individual and communal identity. Varying demographically, socially and economically, this sense of belonging connects and binds relationships providing incentives, opportunities for advocacy and a natural support for causes and ideas. Many communities, inspired by artistic endeavors, often use them to better connect with others.

Artists tread the rocky landscape and its unpredictable inclinations for the love of the craft and the fulfillment it brings. Many artists are inadvertently disconnected from adequate real-life interactions, in part due to the instant, yet unfulfilling, “gratification” of social media.

“We’re so captivated by social media and everything that’s not important is now important. We tend to forget about the things that were really monumental,” says Rain Dogs owner, the musician Christina Wagner.

On July 13, Rain Dogs, a music venue, gallery and late-night bar in Five Points, introduced a project for and by local artists.

RAW DOGS, a Rain Dogs Art Calendar, hosts 19 artists partitioned into six groups for a collective art show to run for a period of one year.

The groups are given primary creative control over their show’s visual and audial planning with minimal guidance from a curator.

“The originality of this calendar provides opportunity and growth for so many in a way that has not yet been done,” says Rosalie Lagao, Rain Dogs bartender and the space’s curator. “My consciousness craves to smooth edges in the realms of energy and flow, therefore, I view this calendar as an album, the shows being songs and the artists [as] musicians.”

Lagao, 32, has made it her mission to bring the Five Points art community closer together by combining emerging and veteran artists.

“Most of the artists on this calendar didn’t know each other prior to this project. We are bringing in a lot of different personalities without expecting them to fit a mold,” explains Lagao.

“What Rosalie and I are trying to do with the art scene is bring it back to a really great time in our lives when everything was a lot simpler. I feel like we lost our community and I feel like a lot of the problems we have now [are due to the] lack of communication and people’s unwillingness to find solutions,” says Wagner.

Until recently, Wagner, 36, coordinated the gallery space. But once Lagao entered the scene, Wagner felt she had found the person to fill a challenging role.

“I felt so confident in her meticulous nature. I could only relinquish those responsibilities when I knew that it would be done the way that I would do it, but with more focus,” says Wagner.

PERFECTLY IMPERFECT RAW DOGS is committed to bringing MORE ART to Five Points

Flower Shower by Ana Kamiar

CRAWLING CREEP

featuring Carolyn Jernigan, Martin Moore and Sarah McDonald, exhibits through August at Rain Dogs, 1045 Park St., Five Points.

The first RAW DOGS exhibition, Crawling Creep, features Carolyn Jernigan, Martin Moore and Sarah McDonald.

Artist Moore works in a bold experimental surrealism, in the vein of René Magritte and André Breton. Here the maniacal and risqué are intertwined with a vibrant multidimensional intensity that translates into psychotic manifestations that give the observers an in-depth view of the ominous, psychedelic universe he creates.

One of the more prominent figures on the upcoming calendar is Jason Wright, 42, who, at a very young age, found inspiration in artistic narration from watching earlymorning cartoons.

“I was born in ’75, so from the ’80s to mid-’90s, there’s a lot of nostalgia. It’s been a long time but, professionally, I’ve been making money and doing art shows since I was probably about 20,” said Wright.

When Lagao approached him with the RAW DOGS calendar initiative, it sparked a new trajectory and readiness to make

more fantasy-driven works. Being part of an m artists’ group helped him acknowledge the a value of encouraging younger artists to find v their place and purpose. Wright believes t Lagao is a positive force many people need in L their lives. t RAW DOGS has incorporated a community-driven incentive in every show, c helping new artists find their niche market to h better network and develop their craft as well b as themselves. As a result, bringing the “old Five Points” back, a place where people are more involved in creative explorations, has become a part of Rain Dogs’ mission.

RAW DOGS is about the connectivity that results from community engagement.

According to Neurobiology Research Technician Trevor Haynes’ 2018 Harvard Medical School report, smartphones and social media platforms “are turning us into bona fide addicts.” In the report, Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice president of User Growth at Facebook, admitted to feeling “tremendous guilt” over his involvement in exploiting consumer behavior. While smartphones are not inherently addictive, the attachments to these devices are linked to the “social” environments they provide.

“Social media is satiating many members’ sense of community and connection to the determent of faceto-face exchange and interaction. I do not doubt this particular conclusion, but it is not the only conclusion that can be drawn,” Ana Kamiar, photographer and educator, says.

Kamiar, 43, is participating in the upcoming September show, Honeyed Branches, with Kevin Arthur, Justin Drosten and Carolyn Jernigan, opening on Sept. 14. Her unique black-and-white photography is realized with a pensive execution introducing concepts of duality and interconnectivity, often expressed in seemingly overlooked and passive moments in the cityscape. Kamiar uses poetic substance to synthesize the macrocosm to the microcosm of self.

“From the universe to the smallest cell, we are one and the same. I believe I can find the answer to all of society’s ailments and our existence in myself, so I am trying to find it and the output is the art,” says Kamiar. “Those are the inspirations and then there’s an image that reflects all of that.”

Whether completely conceptualized or not, an adjuvant beyond the senses impels the heart and mind to create, develop and perfect an honest portrayal of the human condition. Perhaps best exemplified in Lagao’s statement: “Not stuffy, perfectly imperfect and all-encompassing.”

Tommy Robelot mail@folioweekly.com ______________________________________ Interested in participating? Find “How To Apply” at Instagram, @rdawg5pts.

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ARTS + EVENTS artist’s aesthetic in sculpture, painting, photography, prints, drawings. Deadline Sept. 20; artinlee.org/events/sugarskulls.

ART WALKS + MARKETS ARTISAN MARKET More than 90 local artisans offer handmade items, classes and workshops, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. at Coconut Barrel, 3175 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine, 484-8729, coconubarrel.com.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, produce, live music–Katherine Archer, Chad Jasmine, Savannah Leigh Bassett–10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 25, beneath Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

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

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

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

MUSEUMS CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. On the Fence mural celebration, 6-8 p.m. Aug. 22. 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 Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock and Kate Gilmore; through Sept. 9. The Atrium Project is Claire Ashley’s Close Encounters: Adam’s Madam. A World of Their Own, a collaboration with Art with a Heart in Healthcare, runs through Dec. 2.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Mission: Jax Genius, 12 local makers encourage curiosity, interactivity and

feedback. Earth Explorers displays through Sept. 9.

Native Networks: Cultural Interactions Within & Beyond Northeast Florida, through September.

GALLERIES ADRIFT 1748 Main St., Springfield. Anna Lightfoot and Doug Danger show new works.

BOLD BEAN JAX BEACH 2400 Third St. S., 853-6545. Jessica Becker showcases “3D paintings,” jessica-becker.com.

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. David Broach’s new works, Jocose Morose, exhibit through September.

CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, 281-5599. Photobooth, new works by Erin Kendricks, runs through October.

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

JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2400 Yankee Clipper Dr., Northside, mariannelerbs.com. Marianne Lerbs’ sculptures display through August.

MOON RIVER PIZZA1176 Edgewood Ave., Murray Hill, keithdoles.com. Keith Doles’ new works, Soft Opening: Self-Titled, exhibit.

MAIN LIBRARY MAKERSPACE 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace. A Tale of My City shows through Oct. 21.

RAIN DOGS 1045 Park St., Riverside, @rdawgs5points.

Crawling Creep, featuring Carolyn Jernigan, Martin Moore and Sarah McDonald, is up through August.

SOUTHERN SWELLS BREWING CO. 1312 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 372-9289, joshphares.com. Josh Phares paints beach scenes (real and imagined), waterways, rock & roll legends– whatever hits his imagination.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown.

Sculptor MARIANNE LERBS, who studied with (and loved) Thomas Glover, displays her 3D works, including Butterfly Horses, at Jacksonville International Airport through August; mariannelerbs.com.

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William Mueller displays ceramics; through August.

STUDIO ZSA ZSA LAPREE 233 E. Bay St., Downtown. Sexy Summer Day Art Show runs through August.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 209-0655. Harry McCormick’s works display through Sept. 20.

THE ART CENTER At The Landing, Downtown, tac.org.

Contrasts displays through Oct. 6 in The Annex. Gia Davis is August’s featured artist. A reception is 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30.

THE VAULT AT 1930 1930 San Marco Blvd., 398-2890, thevaultat1930.com. Harry McCormick displays works through September.

THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. Yellow House Fourth Fridays features a focus on women and race in Erin Kendrick’s exhibit, 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 24. Kendrick’s Her Own Things runs through Oct. 3.

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EVENTS JAX JUMBO SHRIMP The Shrimp continue a homestand against the Birmingham Barons, 7:05 p.m. Aug. 22 (Canines & Crustaceans, Corks & Forks) and Aug. 23 (Thirsty Thursday), all at Bragan Field, Baseball Grounds, Downtown, single game tix $5-$18, 358-2846, jaxshrimp. com. Next up: Final regular season homestand against the Mississippi Braves!

NATIONAL BUTTON SOCIETY CONVENTION All the buttons and button adjacent context you can imagine, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 23 at Hyatt Regency, 225 Coastline Dr., Downtown; for complete schedule, go to nationalbuttonsociety.org.

SMÖRGASBORD: ALL ARTS OPEN MIC SHOW Bring your best … or your worst, 9-10:30 p.m. Aug. 22 and every Wed. at 877 Stockton St., Riverside, free, creativeveins.com.

FALL SERIES SAMPLER The art and process of crafting words, using William Zinsser’s classic tome on literary craftsmanship, On Writing Well, is discussed 6-8:30 p.m.

Aug. 22 at Women Writing for a Change, 1610 Osceola St., Riverside, meetup.com, $25.

BLUES, BREWS & BBQ The fundraiser for the nonprofit features NEFla’s best wings, pulled pork, smoked brisket and more, including music by The Snacks Blues Band, 5 p.m. Aug. 23 at The Florida Theatre, Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $50-$100.

JACKSONVILLE TATTOO CONVENTION The 14th annual tattooing celebration features tattoos, art, vendors and parties, Aug. 24, 25 and 26 at World Golf Village Renaissance Resort, setattoo.com, $20-$35.

SPIRIT ANIMALS WORKSHOP Art therapist Devon Schlegel leads a creative catalyst workshop based on spirit animals, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at Indigo Art Therapy Studio, 4282 Herschel St., Riverside, 520-4191, indigoarttherapy.com, $45.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BOOKMARK! Celebrating 28 years of independence, books, readers, authors and community, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 25 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach, bookmarkbeach.com.

TRADITIONAL HEALING Learn about traditionally used herbs to promote health and wellness, and indulge in yummy snacks, 10 a.m. Aug. 25 at Garden of Eatin’, 1548 Beluthahatchee Rd., St. Johns; registration required, 386-972-1891.

HOW TO WRITE YOUR LIFE Authors Tricia Booker and Darlyn Finch Kuhn discuss the best way to tell the world your story, 9 a.m. Aug. 25 at The River of Grass, 8472 Concord Blvd. W., Jacksonville, darlynfinchkuhn.com, $50.

RIVER RUCKUS All-day family festival celebrates the St. Johns River and Riverside Arts Market with carnival games, SUP lessons, boat rides, live music (Katherine Archer, Chad Jasmine, Savanna Leigh Bassett), artists, makers, Sweetwater Brewing Company’s craft beer, and a paddling flotilla (rent from Black Creek Outfitters or bring yours); 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 25 at RAM, ram. riversideavondale.org.

TIJUANA FLATS SUMMER 5K Keeping a 50-year-old Beaches tradition going. The first Summer Beach Run was in 1965, starting in what would be K.A. Hanna Park two years later. In 2018, the five-miler has moved up the beach, with yummy incentives: tacos and free beer. 5 p.m.

(1 mile 5:05 p.m.) Aug. 25 at SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach, 1stplacesports.com/races/sbr, $12-$35. __________________________________________

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The West Palm Beachbased, harmonious folk quartet MONA LISA TRIBE performs 8 p.m. Aug. 25, at Blue Jay Listening Room, Jax Beach, bluejayjax.com, $20.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK

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PILI PILI 6 p.m. Aug. 22, Sliders Seaside Grill (Sliders), 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., Fernandina, slidersseaside.com.

STEVE MINOTTI 8 p.m. Aug. 22, Blue Jay Listening Room (BlueJay), 2457 S. Third St., Jax Beach, $15.

MARK JOHNS 6 p.m. Aug. 22, Boondocks Grill & Bar (Boondocks), 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497.

TAD JENNINGS 9 p.m. Aug. 22, Surfer the Bar (Surfer), 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756.

Other People’s Songs First Anniversary: LUKE PEACOCK 7 p.m. Aug. 23, Mudville Music Room (Mudville), 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008, raylewispresents.com, $10.

JEFF BECK, PAUL RODGERS, ANN WILSON 7 p.m. Aug. 23, Daily’s Place, (Dailys), Northbank, dailysplace.com, $21-$79.

BALD EAGLES 7 p.m. Aug. 23, Whiskey Jax (WhiskeyJB), 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., Jax Beach, 853-5973.

MERE WOODARD 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23, BlueJay, $50.

SODOWN 9 p.m. Aug. 23, 1904 Music Hall (1904MH), 19 Ocean St., Downtown, $10-$15.

STEVIE STONE, JL HOOD, CES CRU, WREKONNIZE & BERNS, PALMER SQUARES, YONOS 8 p.m. Aug. 23, Jack Rabbits (JackRabbs), 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $26.

MT ARMS 6 p.m. Aug. 23, Boondocks.

MUDTOWN, MASTER RADICAL, CHARLIE SHUCK 8 p.m. Aug. 23, Shantytown, 22 W. Sixth St., Springfield, 798-8222, $6.

LUNAR COAST 7 p.m. Aug. 24 & 25, Flying Iguana (FlyingIg), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680.

JIMMY COLEMAN 1 p.m. Aug. 24, Sliders.

FORT DEFIANCE 8 p.m. Aug. 24, BlueJay. FAZE WAVE/FLIPTURN, DENVER HALL, BOBBY KID 8 p.m.

Aug. 24, JackRabbs, $8.

DEREK MAINES, GOOD WOOD BAND 6 p.m. Aug. 24, Seachasers Lounge (Seachasers), 831 First St. N., Jax Beach.

SOWFLO 9 p.m. Aug. 24, Surfer.

MARK JOHNS, JOEL, CHRIS UNDERAL, CHELSEY CONNELLY 7 p.m. Aug. 24, Boondocks.

PROBABLE CAUSE 8 p.m. Aug. 24, Whiskey Jax (WhiskeyBay), 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208.

TO SATCHMO with LOVE, LITTLE JAKE & the SOUL SEARCHERS 6 p.m. Aug. 24, Prohibition Kitchen (ProKitchen), 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704.

PARTY CARTEL 8 p.m. Aug. 25, WhiskeyJB. RICK SPRINGFIELD, LOVERBOY, GREG KIHN, TOMMY TUTONE 7 p.m. Aug. 25, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., staugamphitheatre.com, $44-$104.

MANGO MARGARITA BAND, TROP ROCK JUNKIES 6 p.m.

Aug. 25, Jax Landing, Downtown.

MONA LISA TRIBE 8 p.m. Aug. 25, BlueJay, $20.

BYRNE FAMILY 4 p.m. Aug. 25, Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, culhanesirishpub.com.

UP FROM HERE, BABYBLU, ASTER & IVY 8 p.m. Aug. 25, BlueJay, $8.

NATURALLY SOUTHERN 8 p.m. Aug. 25, Suwannee Music Park (SwanneeMusic), 3076 95th Dr., Live Oak, 386-364-1683, musicliveshere.com.

KALINI ROSE, CAIN’T NEVER COULD 6 p.m. Aug. 25, Seachasers.

LITTLE JAKE & the SOUL SEARCHERS 7 p.m. Aug. 25, Mudville.

B-SIDES 9 p.m. Aug. 25, Surfer.

RAISIN CAKE ORCHESTRA, RAMONA 6 p.m. Aug. 25, ProKitchen.

MARTY FARMER, SOULS of JOY & PAUL IVEY 7 p.m. Aug. 25, Boondocks.

NEW ROCK SOUL 9 p.m. Aug. 26, Surfer.

ELECTRIC KIF 8 p.m. Aug. 26, JackRabbs, $8.

BIG JOHN & the NOISY NEIGHBORS, DENTON ELKINS Noon Aug. 26, Seachasers.

MICHAEL FUNGE 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26, Culhane’s.

MADI MOON 6 p.m. Aug. 26, ProKitchen.

BELMONT, SUCH GOLD, INTERVENTION 6 p.m. Aug. 27, Nighthawks.

BADFISH Sublime Tribute 9 p.m. Aug. 27, Surfer.

2 DUDES FROM TEXAS 6 p.m. Aug. 27, Sliders.

SAM PACETTI 6 p.m. Aug. 27, ProKitchen.

WEST BROOK & FRIENDS 8 p.m. Aug. 29, BlueJay, $10.

HELLO CELIA 9 p.m. Aug. 29, Surfer.

COLTON McKENNA 6 p.m. Aug. 29, ProKitchen.

PAUL IVEY 6 p.m. Aug. 29, Boondocks.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

The BRIDGE STREET VIBE, MADI CARR Aug. 30, BlueJay AUTOMATIK FIT, OUTEREDGE, NICKAL Aug. 30, JackRabbs SMOKESTACK Aug. 30, WhiskeyJB MICKEY ABRAHAM, MASON MARGUT Aug. 30, Mudville ERIC COLLETTE & CODY Aug. 30, Boondocks LITTLE GREEN MEN Aug. 31, WhiskeyBay INCITE, AETHERE Aug. 31, Nighthawks MELODY TRUCKS & BRADY CLAMPITT Aug. 31, BlueJay MIKE SHACKELFORD, STEVE SHANHOLTZER Aug. 31, Mudville HUPP, WOODARD JOHNSON Aug. 31, Sliders CHELSEY MICHELLE DUO, AMPLE ANGST Aug. 31, Seachasers BRANDON LEINO Aug. 31, Boondocks TOWN Aug. 31, WhiskeyJB BRIAN McKNIGHT Aug. 31, FlaThtr The BAND VYNL Aug. 31, Boondocks TREBLE HOOK Aug. 31, SwanneeMusic The HOUSE CATS, SOUTH CITY LIVE Aug. 31, ProKitchen NOCHE ACUSTICA CON TITO AUGER Sept. 1, JackRabbs LINDZY, MILLTOWN ROAD Sept. 1, Sliders HERMENIA Sept. 1, WhiskeyBay GOOD WOOD BAND Sept. 1, WhiskeyJB SCREAM BLUE MURDER, LIGHT the FIRE, INDIVISION Sept. 1, Nighthawks Children of the Klorn: MATT LAPHAM, ANTHONY COLE, SIMON KLOCHO Sept. 1, BlueJay RANDOM TANDEM, DIXIE HIGHWAY Sept. 1, Boondocks Sing Out Loud Festival: SAILOR JANE, NIGHT NURSE, KAPOWSKI, I-VIBES, CARSIE BLANTON, KATIE GRACE HELOW, AL RIGGS, DAVID DONDERO, The WEEPIES, The MOUNTAIN GOATS, DAVIS & the LOOSE CANNONS, GHOST TROPIC, KALEB STEWART, JACKIE STRANGER, HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, KING PEACH, STRAYIN ANCHORS, GRANT PAXTON, PACO LIPPS, BIG LOGIC & the TRUTH SERUM, DOUG BURNS, MICHAEL JORDAN, KYRA LIVINGSTON, ANDREW BOSSCHER, GYPSY CHIX, AMY

HENDRICKSON, WASTED TALENT, 5 CENT PSYCHIATRIST, BRENT BYRD, SPACE HEATERS, The YOUNG STEP, MICHAEL CLAYTOR, KATHERINE ARCHER, PARADOX, LIS WILLIAMSON & JIM QUINE, BOB PATTERSON, POULTRY RUN, LONESOME BERT & SKINNY LIZARD, PINECONE SHAKE, GROOVE COALITION, SALTY DAUG, AMPLE ANGST, LOVECHUNK, EMMA MOSELEY BAND, MELODIME, RYAN JOHNSON, SUGARBEATS, SHEA BIRNEY, BEDSWEATER, BUBBA SPLIFFS, HOT SAUCE DERBY, PILOTWAVE, HOLY HUMAN, SEVERED & SAID, TYLER PESCHEK, The PAUSES, HALF MY HOME, KENNY & the JETS, DYLAN NIRVANA, I LIKE DANDELIONS, LAURIS VIDAL, WILD SHINERS, ZACK SLAUGHTERBECK, HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY, The SKINNY, GREG RUGGIERO, BUFFALO ROSE, MALLORY JEN, BELMONT & JONES, MJ BAKER, PEYTON LESCHER, DONNY BRAZILE, CANADIAN LUNCH MONEY, WHISKEY FACE, DIVEBAR, NO PDA, TELEPATHIC LINES, BRIDGE STREET VIBE, STEPHEN PIGMAN, The MOTHER GOOSES, The WILLOWWACKS, RAMONA, MAI TATRO’S MOONLIGHT DRIVE-IN, GRIS GRIS BOYS, DIG DOG, OBSERVATORY, STRANGERWOLF, The DOG APOLLO, STARLIGHT, CHELSEA LOVITT, BRENT McGUFFIN, ALEX PERAMAS, BRYCE ALISTAIR, HUMANS in DISGUISE, TBA!, BRANDON STONE, BEARS & LIONS, COLTON McKENNA, SALT & PINE, The RUBIES, ANCIENT CITY SLICKERS, DAVE DECKER, LAST ELECTRIC RODEO, CHARLES ROBERTSON, JAMIE DeFRATES, MADI CARR, TERRI GAMBLE, The OBSCURE BROTHERS, The WETLAND STRINGBAND, JOHN DICKIE, COLLAPSIBLE B, KRISTOPHER JAMES, BLUE DREAM, UNCLE MARTY, GLASS BODY, REELS, TOM McKELVEY, MATT FOWLER, PELLICER CREEK BAND, UNCLE MOSIE, DJ RAGGAMUFFIN, TAYLOR OLIN, PUDDLED, BIG LO, OK! CHARLIE, GEEXELLA, DARRYL WISE, LIAM JONES, BOB GANLEY, MR. AULLIE, SANDSPURS, DAVE DOWLING, BEARTOE, JOE ROCCO, REMEDY TREE, ROB PECK, BRENT BYRD & the SUITCASE GYPSIES, BRETT BASS, BILLY BUCHANAN & his Rock n Soul Revue, HONEYHOUNDS, DERON BAKER, CLAIRE VANDIVER, JASON WALL, ZACK SLAUGHTERBECK, WHYTE TYGERS, HARD LUCK SOCIETY, AC DEATHSTRIKE, The GOOD BAD KIDS, TIMBERWOOD, BRANDON LUCAS, The PEMBERWICKS, The DRIFTWOODS, SOUTHERN TIDE, LEAH SONG, AMERICAN AQUARIUM, SOUTHERN AVENUE, RISING APPALACHIA, CONSTANT SWIMMER, ORBITER, EXPERT TIMING, WHISKEY & CO, FOLK is PEOPLE, GIRRAFRICA, 86 HOPE, MINIMUM RAGE, DAN PADILLA, NAVIN AVE, FLAT STANLEY, DENNY BLUE, ZF LIVELY, The DEWARS, ANCESTROS CORD, SALTDRIVEN RIDE, TROPIC of CANCER, BICE, IL GATOR, KYLE KELLER, DEWEY VIA, The COPPERTONES, HAFFA HOG, JOHNNY DEBT, CHRISTINA WAGNER, TIM BARRY, AUSTIN LUCAS, CHUCK RAGAN, ASLYN & the NAYSAYERS, DUFFY BISHOP, ROTAGEEZER, RIP CURRENTS, WILDFIRE RISING, The GRAPES of ROTH, LUCERO, The DECEMBERISTS, JASON ISBELL & the 400 UNIT, NICHOLAS ROBERTS, KIM BROWN, DEAD KAREN, DIE ALPS!, LAPECHE, SECRET SMOKER, 12 HOUR TURN, AMIGO the DEVIL, WILLIE EVANS JR., STEAM MECHANICS, STONE ECHO, NOT QUITE DEAD, CATCH the GROOVE, COMPANY MAN, LUIS MARIO’S Latin Jazz Band, SUNSET MONDAY, ADAM LEE, TAYLOR ROBERTS, The DUNEHOPPERS, SKIN &

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC BONZ, FOND KISER, WHETHERMAN, GATORBONE, CHELSEA SADDLER, SAM PACETTI, VERLON THOMPSON, GILT, BITE MARKS, HIRS COLLECTIVE, DAN ANDRIANO, WAR on WOMEN, IRON REAGAN, AGAINST ME!, JESSE’S GIRLS, HEDGES, SUSTO, The COMMONHEART, LEFTOVER SALMON, CHEMTRAILS, DARKHORSE SALOON, MUDTOWN, KID YOU NOT, The YOUNG DEAD, TRASH FESTIVAL, ENGRAVED, RHYTHM of FEAR, DJ 3CLOPS I 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 The FALLEN SONS, MORNING in MAY, SOMEWHAT SUITABLE, FALSETA Sept. 2, JackRabbs JC & MIKE, INSTANT GROOVE Sept. 2, Sliders STRUNG OUT, MAKE WAR Sept. 2, 1904MH The CHRIS THOMAS BAND Sept. 2, WhiskeyJB BAM & JAJO Sept. 2, SwanneeMusic SAVANNAH LEIGH BASSETT Sept. 3, Sliders DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Sept. 4, Café11 PAUL WANE Sept. 5, Boondocks BOBBY MESSANO Sept. 5, BlueJay Kick Out the Jams 50th Anniversary: MC50 (WAYNE KRAMER, KIM THAYIL, BRENDAN CANTY, DUG PINNICK, MARCUS DURANT), WAYLON THORNTON, The HEAVY HANDS, 9E Sept. 6, StAugAmp MARK JOHNS Sept. 6, Boondocks SAM RIGGS Sept. 6, JackRabbs MALCOLM HOLCOMBE Sept. 6, Mudville 100 WATT VIPERS, LOWRCASE G, HANGMANS CROWN Sept. 7, JackRabbs ECHELON, CRUISE CONTROL, STEVE CREWS Sept. 7, Boondocks 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW Sept. 7 & 8, FlyIguana The SUEDES, RADIO LOVE Sept. 7, Sliders BOBBY LEE RODGERS Sept. 8, BlueJay UP FROM HERE Sept. 8, JackRabbs SOUTHERN BURN BAND Sept. 8, SwanneeMusic MATT KNOWLES, KEVIN SKI Sept. 8, Boondocks The JOSEPHINES Sept. 9, JackRabbs AL SCORTINO, CHARLEY SIMMONS, SUZ GRANDY Sept. 9, Second Sunday at Stetson’s, Beluthahatchee Park BAY KINGS BAND Sept. 10, BlueJay K.D. LANG Sept. 10, FlaThtr JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR, JD SIMO Sept. 11, PVC Hall MOONWALKER, FLOODS Sept. 11, JackRabbs DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST Sept. 12, Dailys PAUL IVEY Sept. 12, Boondocks SUPERSUCKERS 30th Anniversary Tour Sept. 13, JackRabbs REDFISH RICH Sept. 13, Boondocks DIERKS BENTLEY, The BROTHERS OSBORNE, LANCO Sept. 13, Dailys The 44/876 Tour: STING & SHAGGY Sept. 14, Dailys AMPLE ANGST Sept. 14, BlueJay SUNNY SWEENEY, MICKEY LAMANTIA, JOSH CARD Sept. 14, 1904MH DIXIE HIGHWAY Sept. 14, Boondocks WIDESPREAD PANIC Sept. 14, 15 & 16, StAugAmp SHAKEN NOT STIRRED Sept. 14, JackRabbs Hispanic Heritage Celebration: LPT, KIM RETEGUIZ & the BLACK CAT BONES Sept. 15, Hemming Park STRANGERWOLF Sept. 15, BlueJay CHRIS UNDERAL, CHELSEY CONNELLY Sept. 15, Boondocks JUSTIN SYMBOL’S GOD BOMBS Sept. 15, JackRabbs JORDAN PETERSON Sept. 16, FlaThtr Country Artists Tribute: STEPHEN QUINN, KATIE O, SADIE MILLER Sept. 16, Sounds of the South, Fleming Island VINYL THEATRE, ROYALTEETH, The CATCHING Sept. 16, JackRabbs STEVE CREWS Sept. 19, Boondocks PIERCE PETTIS Sept. 20, Mudville RANDOM TANDEM Sept. 20, Boondocks

YEEK, CHAOS CHAO Sept. 21, JackRabbs WHETHERMAN Sept. 21, BlueJay MT ARMS Sept. 21, Boondocks LEE ANN WOMACK Sept. 21, PVCHall LUNAR COAST Sept. 21 & 22, FlyIguana JASON ISBELL & the 400 UNIT, The DECEMBERISTS, LUCERO Sept. 22, StAugAmp FEW MILES SOUTH Sept. 22, BlueJay BDW BAND Sept. 22, Boondocks ZACH DEPUTY Sept. 22, 1904MH HERE COME the MUMMIES, HONEY HOUNDS Sept. 22, PVCHall TALK ME OFF, DEBT NEGLECTOR Sept. 22, Shantytown DREAMERS, WEATHERS, MORGXN Sept. 22, JackRabbs TWIDDLE Sept. 22, 1904MH The ARTISANALS, The HIGH DIVERS Sept. 23, JackRabbs FOZZY, ADELITA’S WAY, STONE BROKEN, The STIR Sept. 26, Mavericks WEST BROOK Sept. 26, BlueJay TANNAHILL WEAVERS 50th Anniversary Sept. 26, Mudville DAVID BYRNE Sept. 26, FlaThtr TROYE SIVAN, KIM PETRAS, LELAND Sept. 26, Dailys Same Mistakes Tour: EMILY KINNEY, PAUL McDONALD Sept. 27, JackRabbs BRIAN SUTHERLAND Sept. 27, BlueJay BILL HECHT Sept. 27, Boondocks KIM RICHEY Sept. 27, Café11 EVAN MICHAEL & the WELLWISHERS Sept. 28 & 29, FlyIguana The GATORBONE BAND Sept. 28, Cafe11 BONNIE BLUE Sept. 28, BlueJay RICKIE LEE JONES, ANDERS OSBORNE Sept. 29, PVCHall HARD 2 HANDLE Sept. 29, Boondocks COLONY HOUSE, TALL HEIGHTS Sept. 29, JackRabbs MAKING SUM NOISE, MTV EXPERIENCE Sept. 29, Jax Landing LIZZ FAITH & MAMA’S KIN Sept. 29, SwanneeMusic JASON BIBLE Sept. 29, BlueJay DARIUS RUCKER, RUSSELL DICKERSON Sept. 30, Dailys NEEDTOBREATHE, JOHNNYSWIM Oct. 2, Dailys JEFF BRADLEY Oct. 4, Mudville ERIC LINDELL Oct. 4, Mojo Kitchen DELBERT McCLINTON Oct. 5, PVCHall BEACH CITY Oct. 5 & 6, FlyIguana EDDIE MONEY Oct. 5, Thrasher-Horne ARCH ENEMY, GOATWHORE, UNCURED Oct. 6, 1904MH DANNY GOKEY, TAUREN WELLS, RILEY CLEMMONS Oct. 6, T-U Ctr 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince: QUESTLOVE, MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON, BRENT FISCHER Oct. 6, FlaThtr WU-TANG CLAN (RZA, GZA, METHOD MAN, RAEKWON, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, U-GOD, INSPECTAH DECK, MASTA KILLA, CAPPADONNA) Oct. 7, StAugAmp (HED)PE Oct. 7, 1904MH AUTHORITY ZERO, RUNAWAY KID, INTHEWHALE Oct. 9, JackRabbs TODD SNIDER Oct. 10, PVCHall EDDIE IZZARD Oct. 10, FlaThtr MIKE YUNG Oct. 10, JackRabbs 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, LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND, The LEE BOYS, The SAUCE BOSS, BELLE & the BAND, WHETHERMAN Oct. 11-14, SwanneeMusic RANKY TANKY Oct. 12, Ritz LUNAR COAST Oct. 12 & 13, FlyIguana GENE WATSON Oct. 13, PVCHall MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER Oct. 13, FlaThtr 50 Intimate Nights: MAXWELL Oct. 13, T-U Ctr

IRATION, COMMON KINGS, KATASTRO Oct. 13, StAugAmp WELCOME to MOCKVILLE Oct. 13, 1904MH ISRAEL & NEW BREED Oct. 13, Murray Hill Theatre WEEN Oct. 14, StAugAmp The VEER UNION Oct. 14, Nighthawks STEEP CANYON RANGERS Oct. 14, FlaThtr GLASS HOUSES, OF VIRTUE, SINK the SHIP, EMUNESS Oct. 15, JackRabbs FULL of HELL, OUTER HEAVEN Oct. 15, Nighthawks MUNDY Oct. 16, Culhane’s Irish Pub ANDERSON EAST, SAVANNAH CONLEY Oct. 16, Mavericks The STRUTS, WHITE REAPER, SPIRIT ANIMAL Oct. 17, Mavericks The FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, KIM WILSON Oct. 18, PVCHall BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND Oct. 19, StAugAmp BOB LOG III Oct. 19, JackRabbs MEAN MARY & FRANK JAMES Oct. 19, Mudville COLT FORD Oct. 19, PVCHall SOUL SHINE & SWAT TEAM Oct. 19 & 20, FlyIguana BRETT ELDRIDGE, ABBY ANDERSON Oct. 20, Dailys DEATH CAB for CUTIE, CHARLY BLISS Oct. 20, StAugAmp The BREEDERS Oct. 20, PVCHall DOYLE, AS WE DIE, WORLD ABOMINATION Oct. 21, Nighthawks ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD FAIR Oct. 21, StAugAmp GRIFFIN HOUSE Oct. 23, Café11 NF Oct. 24, StAugAmp WSTR, PVMNTS, HOLD CLOSE Oct. 25, 1904MH The SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Oct. 25, T-U Ctr THUNDERPUSSY Oct. 26, JackRabbs ALICE in CHAINS Oct. 26, StAugAmp MAX WEINBERG’S JUKEBOX Oct. 26, PVCHall J CREW BAND Oct. 26 & 27, FlyIguana Suwannee Hulaween: STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, ODESZA, JAMIROQUAI, JANELLE MONAE Oct. 26-28, SwanneeMusic DWEEZIL ZAPPA Oct. 27, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Oct. 27, Seachasers CHASE ATLANTIC Oct. 27, JackRabbs MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, DUSTIN THOMAS, VICTORIA CANAL Oct. 27, StAugAmp Backyard Stage CURSIVE, MEAT WAVE, CAMPDOGZZ Oct. 28, JackRabbs DECENT CRIMINAL, WESTERN SETTING Oct. 29, JackRabbs LIL DICKY, MUSTARD, OLIVER TREE Oct. 29, StAugAmp PALE WAVES Oct. 30, JackRabbs RUMOURS of FLEETWOOD MAC Tribute Band Nov. 1, FlaThtr SAN HOLO, BAYNK Nov. 2, Mavericks TOTO Nov. 3, FlaThtr SOMO Nov. 3, 1904MH BLUE OCTOBER Nov. 4, Mavericks BAD BAD HATS Nov. 5, JackRabbs AMY RAY & her Band, DANIELLE HOWLE BAND Nov. 8, PVCHall JAKOB’S FERRY STRAGGLERS Nov. 8, Mudville AQUEOUS, The HEAVYPETS Nov. 9, JackRabbs JASON CRABB Nov. 9, Murray Hill Theatre SISTER HAZEL Nov. 9, PVCHall SHEMEKIA COPELAND Nov. 10, PVCHall MOLLY HATCHET Nov. 10, Thrasher-Horne VINCE GILL Nov. 11, StAugAmp OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA Nov. 11, PVCHall JENNIFER KNAPP Nov. 14, Café11 BIG GIGANTIC, FLAMINGOSIS Nov. 14, Mavericks KATHLEEN MADIGAN Nov. 15, FlaThtr Independent Grind Tour: TECH N9NE, DIZZY WRIGHT, FUTURISTIC, DENVER HALL Nov. 16, Mavericks RICKY VALIDO Nov. 17, SwanneeMusic STRAIGHT NO CHASER Nov. 18, FlaThtr NEW POLITICS, The SCORE, BIKINI THRILL Nov. 19, JackRabbs STEPHEN STILLS, JUDY COLLINS Nov. 19, FlaThtr MAYDAY PARADE, THIS WILD LIFE, WILLIAM RYAN KEY, OH WEATHERLY Nov. 20, Mavericks

We all want to be Jessie’s girl when RICK SPRINGFIELD is in town! He takes the stage with Loverboy, Greg Kihn and Tommy Tutone Aug. 25 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre.

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC BENJI BROWN Nov. 23, FlaThtr MARTINA McBRIDE Nov. 24, FlaThtr ATMOSPHERE, deM ATLAS, The LIONESS, DJ KEEZY Nov. 25, PVCHall MARC BROUSSARD & his Band, KRISTOPHER JAMES Nov. 29, PVCHall DAVE KOZ, MINDI ABAIR, JONATHAN BUTLER, KEIKO MATSUI Nov. 29, FlaThtr OLD DOMINION, MICHAEL RAY, HIGH VALLEY Nov. 30, StAugAmp ORIGINAL HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS Nov. 30, VetsMemArena GHOST PALE DEATH TOUR Dec. 1, FlaThtr JJ GREY, BAY STREET BAND, MILLAJOHN’S BLUE SOUL Dec. 1, Congaree & Penn Farm MOE. Dec. 2, PVCHall MANDY HARVEY Dec. 8, RitzTheatre IRIS DEMENT, PIETA BROWN Dec. 8, PVCHall HOME FREE Dec. 9, FlaThtr PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, EUGE GROOVE Dec. 11, PVCHall BREAKING THROUGH, BLEEDING in STEREO, SUNSHINE & BULLETS, COPPER BONES, MINDSLIP, SOUL SWITCH, LOWRCASE G, MARION CRANE, DARK SUMMER, NO SELF, BURDEN AFFINITY, GFM, AUDITORY ARMORY, BROKEN SILENCE, FALLEN SONS Dec. 15, Mavericks FOR KING & COUNTRY: Little Drummer Boy Christmas Tour Dec. 16, VetsMemArena STEVEN WILSON Dec. 16, PVCHall 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 BLUE SUEDE (Elvis’ 84th Birthday): MIKE ALBERT, SCOT BRUCE, BIG E BAND Jan. 12, FlaThtr MARCIA BALL & her Band Jan. 12, PVCHall ARLO GUTHRIE Alice’s Restaurant Tour Jan. 23, FlaThtr LUCINDA WILLIAMS, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Jan. 25, FlaThtr JEANNIE ROBERTSON Jan. 26, FlaThtr PINK MARTINI Jan. 28, FlaThtr FINN MAGILL & DAVID CURLEY Jan. 29, Mudville UNDER the STREETLAMP Feb. 2, PVCHall INDIGO GIRLS Feb. 9, PVCHall MICHAEL BOLTON Feb. 10, FlaThtr TOM RUSH, MATT NAKOA Feb. 15, PVCHall KASEY CHAMBERS Feb. 21, PVCHall PINK March 5, VetsMemArena CHRIS BOTTI March 8, FlaThtr GET THE LED OUT Led Zeppelin Tribute March 15, FlaThtr ROGER McGUINN March 16, PVCHall JUKEBOX HERO the MUSICAL March 17, FlaThtr JOAN OSBORNE Sings Songs of Bob Dylan March 21, PVCHall JERSEY BOYS March 25, T-U Ctr Queen Tribute: GARY MULLEN & the WORKS April 25, FlaThtr The TEMPTATIONS, The FOUR TOPS April 28, FlaThtr The Cry Pretty Tour 360: CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MADDIE & TAE, RUNAWAY JUNE Oct. 20, 2019, VetsMemArena

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA GREEN TURTLE, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Live music six nights a week. Vinyl Nite every Tue. SLIDERS, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 King Eddie, Pili Pili Aug. 22. Tad Jennings Aug. 23. Jimmy Coleman Aug. 24.

Charlotte P Band Aug. 25. JCnMike Aug. 26. Two Dudes from Texas Aug. 27. Mark O’Quinn Aug. 28

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. MONTY’S/SHORES Liquor, 3644 St. Johns Ave., 389-1131 DJ Keith 10 p.m. Aug. 23 & 30

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

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ATLANTIC BEACH Brewing Co., 725 Atlantic Blvd., 372-4116 Ciaran Sontag 7 p.m. Aug. 25 BLUE JAY Listening Room, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Steve Minotti Aug. 22. Mere Woodard Aug. 23. Fort Defiance Aug. 24. Mona Lisa Tribe Aug. 25. West Brook Aug. 29 CULHANE’S, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 Byrne Family Concert 4 p.m. Aug. 25 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 Lunar Coast Aug. 24 & 25. Chuck Nash Band Aug. 26 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. Wed. Michael Smith Thur. Milton Clapp Fri. LYNCH’S, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Evan Michael & the Well Wishers Aug. 24. Sol Rydah 6 p.m., LuvU 10 p.m. Aug. 25.

Kristen Campbell 2 p.m. Aug. 26 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 TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Mark Dennison Aug. 22. Rough Mix Aug. 23. Austin Park Aug. 24.

Bay Street Aug. 25. Brady Clampitt Aug. 26 SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Derek Maines, Good Wood Band Aug. 24. Kalani Rose, Cain’t Never Could Aug. 25.

Big John & the Noisy Neighbors, Denton Elkins Aug. 26 SURFER the Bar, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Tad Jennings Aug. 22. Sowflo Aug. 24. B-Sides Aug. 25. New Rock Soul Aug. 26. Badfish Sublime tribute Aug. 27. Hello Celia Aug. 29 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Bald Eagles 7 p.m. Aug. 23. Party Cartel Aug. 24. Remedy Aug. 26

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Sodown 9 p.m. Aug. 23. Ms. Attitude, Komrad, BennieG Aug. 25.

Proper Einstein, Sir Rickey Aug. 26 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 Spade McQuade 6-9 p.m. Aug. 22. Live music most weekends JAX Landing, 353-1188 Neon Whiskey 7 p.m. Aug. 24. Mango Margaritas Band 6 p.m., Trop Rock Junkies 10 p.m. Aug. 25.

The Katz Downstairz 6 p.m. Aug. 26 MYTH, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Darude, Xander, Mike Shea, DJ Q45, Twisted T 9 p.m. Aug. 24. Treehouse 9 p.m. Aug. 25

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Mark Johns 6 p.m. Aug. 22. MT Arms 6 p.m. Aug. 23. Mark Johns, Joel Moody, Chris Underal & Chelsey Connelly Aug. 24. Marty Farmer, Paul Ivey & Souls of Joy 7 p.m. Aug. 25. Paul Ivey Aug. 29 WHITEY’S, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Savannah Leigh Bassett 6 p.m. Aug. 23. Blistur 9 p.m. Aug. 24. Highway Jones 9 p.m.

Aug. 25. Roger That 4 p.m. Aug. 26

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Last Stand Aug. 22.

Lisa & the Mad Hatters 9 p.m. Aug. 24. Lifeline Aug. 25 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Vegas Gray 8:30 p.m. Aug. 24. Yowsah 8:30 p.m. Aug. 25

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci Aug. 22, 26 & 28 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, 209-5209 Party Cartel Aug. 25. Live music most every weekend

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS PARK AVENUE, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 Fun Sick Pony Aug. 23. City of Bridges Aug. 24 & 25 The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Live music most every weekend

PONTE VEDRA

MEDURE, 818 A1A, 543-3797 Will Hurley Aug. 24. Color of Soul Aug. 25 TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Deron Baker Aug. 22. Gary Starling Aug. 23. Cortnie Frazier Aug. 24. Mark Stevens Aug. 25. Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Aug. 29 TAPS, 2220 C.R. 210, 819-1554 Ken McAnlis 8 p.m. Aug. 22.

Souls of Joy Aug. 24

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Belmont, Such Gold, Intervention 6 p.m. Aug. 27 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside, 389-2449 River Ruckus: Katherine Archer, Chad Jasmine, Savanna Leigh Bassett Aug. 25

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S, 3912 N. U.S. 1, 824-8738 Lisa & the Mad Hatters 9 p.m. Aug. 25. DJ Alex 7 p.m. every Fri. PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George, 209-5704 Ramona Trio, Funk Butter 6 p.m. Aug. 23. To Satchmo With Love, Little Jake & the Soul Searchers 6 p.m. Aug. 24. Raisin Cake Orchestra 6 p.m. Aug. 25. Madi Moon 6 p.m. Aug. 26. Sam Pacetti 6 p.m. Aug. 27. Colton McKenna 6 p.m. Aug. 29 SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Glove 8 p.m. Aug. 22 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Cottonmouth Aug. 24 & 25

SAN MARCO

JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks, 398-7496 King IV Aug. 22.

Stevie Stone, JL Hood, Ces Cru, Wrekonnize & Berns, The Palmer Squares, Yonos 8 p.m. Aug. 23. Faze Wave/Flipturn, Denver Hall, Bobby Kid 8 p.m. Aug. 24. Electric Kif 8 p.m. Aug. 26 MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Other People’s Songs First Anniversary: Luke Peacock 7 p.m. Aug. 23. Little Jake & the Soul Searchers 7 p.m. Aug. 25

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Barrett Jockers 8 p.m. Aug. 23. Super Reggae Man Aug. 25 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Probable Cause 8 p.m. Aug. 24. Melissa Smith & Ivan Pulley open mic every Wed.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

CROOKED ROOSTER, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 DJ Toy Aug. 24. Pineywood Boys Aug. 25 HYPERION Brewing., 1740 N. Main St., 518-5131 Irish Jam Friends 2:30 p.m. Aug. 26. DJ Vinyl Swap 6 p.m. Aug. 31.

Swing Dancing 8 p.m. every Wed. PALMS Fish Camp, 6359 Heckscher Dr., 240-1672 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Aug. 24. Bush Doctors Aug. 25 SHANTYTOWN, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Mudtown, Master Radical, Charlie Shuck 8 p.m. Aug. 23 __________________________________________ 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.

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FOLIO DINING Family-owned-and-operated for 40-plus years, THE CRAB TRAP is a seafood tradition, in the heart of the Fernandina Beach historic district. 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 oak-shaded 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. $$ FB L Sa-M; D Nightly LARRY’S, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER Pizza, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie/slice. Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa The MUSTARD SEED Café, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassauhealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa The POINTE Restaurant, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. ’17 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. $$$ BW K B L D Daily The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F ’17 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Oceanfront.

Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, seafood.

Open-air upstairs balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S Burger Station, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, traysburgerstation.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Family-

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

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

LARRY’S, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE ORANGE PARK.

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

EL JEFE, 947 Edgewood Ave. S., 619-0938, eljefejax.com.

Tex-Mex à la Chefs Scott Schwartz and José Solome, plus craft margaraitas, combo meals. $$ FB TO K L, D Daily FOOD ADDICTZ Grill, 1044 Edgewood Ave. S., 240-1987. F Family-and-veteran-owned place offers home cooking. Faves: barbecued pulled pork, blackened chicken, Caesar wrap, Portobello mushroom burger. $ K TO B L D Tu-Su La NOPALERA, 4530 St. Johns Ave., 388-8828. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. MOJO No. 4 Urban BBQ & Whiskey Bar, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 1, 381-6670, mojobbq.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave.

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 ’17 BOJ winner/fave. 40+ years.

Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa Restaurant ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. 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 ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Southern classics: crispy catfish with smoked gouda grits, family-style fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily

BAYMEADOWS

ATHENIAN OWL, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 21-23, 503-3008, athenianowljaxfl.com. Yiorgos and Marilena Triantafillopoulos show respect for their Greek cuisine and for their customers, by creating authentic Mediterranean fare.

Vegetarian dishes, too. $$ K TO L, D M-F, D Sa AL’S Pizza, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax. com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO Diner, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. ’17 BOJ fave. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI Grille, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. 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

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DINING DIRECTORY WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. Popular gastropub; craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates, tacos and 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., Neptune Beach, 853-6773, alspizza.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 ’17 BOJ winner. Home of the original baked sub. Locals love Angie’s hot or cold subs for 30+ years. Good news! A real, live chef is at Grom!

Chef David ramped up the menu at least three levels: new breakfast items, brunch, specials. Ed says, “Dude is legit.”

Still the word: Peruvian. New sub: Suthern Comfert–slowsmoked brisket, chicken, mac & cheese, collards, black-eyed peas on sub roll. Big salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom Sun. brunch. $ BW K TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BREEZY Coffee Shop Wine Bar, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 2412211, breezycoffeeshopcafe.com. Beachy coffee & wine shop by day; wine bar at night. Fresh pastries, sandwiches.

Grab-n-Go salads, hummus. $ BW K TO B L D Daily EUROPEAN Street Café, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. ’17 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 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. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F ’17 BOJ winner/ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO Diner, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F ’17 BOJ winner/ fave. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ Pit & Blues Bar, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AVONDALE.

GRILL ME!

ELEMENT BISTRO & Craft Bar, 333 E. Bay St., 438-5173. In Myth Nightclub. Locally sourced, organic fare, fresh herbs, spices. HH $$ FB D, Tu-Su OLIO Market, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F Scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, as seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa SPLIFF’S Gastropub, 15 N. Ocean St., 844-5000, spliffsgastropub.com. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. 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 St., Ste. 102, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. F ’17 BOJ fave. Locally roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, lattes, pastries, smoothies, bagels, chicken and tuna salad, sandwiches. $ B L M-F URBAN GRIND Express, 50 W. Laura St., 516-7799. F ’17 BOJ fave. 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 ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE RIVERSIDE. La NOPALERA, 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100, 215-2223. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. MOJO Smokehouse, 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636.

F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. 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, alspizza.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. It’s the first Al’s in NEFla–yeah, we didn’t know that, either–celebrating 30 years of awesome gourmet pizza, baked dishes. All day HH M-Th. $ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 14333 Beach Blvd., 992-1666, lanopalerarest.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave.

The popular spots have tamales, fajitas, pork tacos. Some

DIANA & BILL CRAUN

Diana’s Family Bakery

1014 Atlantic Ave. • Amelia Island Years in Biz: 8 Weeks Favorite Restaurant: España (Amelia Island) Favorite Cuisine Style: French Go-To Ingredients: Cream, sauces & pastries Ideal Meal: Shrimp and escargot with wine, cheese and a baguette

Will Not Cross My Lips: Curry Insider’s Secret: Take time to enjoy cooking and baking

Culinary Treat: Pecan rolls and puff pastries

M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, mshackburgers. com. ’17 BOJ winner. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 1585 N. Third St., 458-1390. ’17 BOJ fave. SEE MANDARIN. RAGTIME TAVERN Seafood & Grill, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 34 years and counting, the iconic seafood place serves blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily SUSHI ONE TWO THREE, 311 N. Third St., 372-9718, sushionetwothree.com. Brand-spankin’-new right in the middle of all the action in Jax Beach, this place offers a twist on how we eat sushi: All You Can Eat. And small plate sushi, all made to order. Rooftop parking; kid-friendly–rugrats younger than eight eat free. $$ FB K TO L, D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973. F ’17 BOJ fave. 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. $$ FB K TO L & D Tu-Sa LARRY’S, 6586 S.R. 40 B6, St. Marys, 912-576-7006. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. OUTERBANKS Sports Bar & Grille, 140 The Lakes Blvd., Ste. H, Kingsland, 912-729-5499. Fresh seafood, burgers, steaks, wings. $$ 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 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 St., 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Serving Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza.

Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa

LaNops have a full bar. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK.

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

AL’S Pizza, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. FIRST COAST Deli & Grill, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 513-4548.

Pancakes, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily GIGI’S Restaurant, 3130 Hartley Rd., 694-4300, gigisbuffet.com. In Ramada, Gigi’s serves a prime rib and crab leg buffet F & Sa, blue-jean brunch Su, daily breakfast buffet; lunch & dinner buffets. $$$ FB B R L D Daily JAX Diner, 5065 St. Augustine Rd., 739-7070, jaxdiner.com.

Chef Roderick “Pete” Smith, local culinary expert, uses locally sourced ingredients from area farmers, vendors in American & Southern dishes. Seasonal brunch. $ K TO B L M-F, D F La NOPALERA, 11700 San Jose Blvd., 288-0175. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. METRO Diner, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Dinner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AVONDALE. MOON DOG PIE HOUSE, 115 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 105, 287-3633, moondogpiehouse.com. Wings, apps, subs, calzones–and specialty pizza pies. $$ BW TO K L, D Daily NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. ’17 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

BOONDOCKS Grill & Bar, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove Springs, 406-9497, boondocksrocks.com. Apps, burgers, wings, seafood, steak, weekend specials, craft cocktails. HH $$ FB TO K D M-F; L, D Sa & Su

DINING DIRECTORY Award-winning crab cakes and fried pickles are featured at the oceanfront SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, a Fernandina Beach favorite and a 2017 Best of Jax winner. photo by Devon Sarian

BITE-SIZED Brand-new donut shop FRIES IN THE FACE of ho-hum

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THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!

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 La NOPALERA, 1930 Kingsley Ave., 276-2776. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. 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. F ’17 BOJ fave. 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 ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. F ’17 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 N., 543-1494. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave.

SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F ’17 BOJ fave.

SEE ORANGE PARK. M SHACK Nocatee, 641 Crosswater Pkwy., 395-3575. F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO Diner, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE SAN MARCO.

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. ’17 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 ’17 BOJ winner/fave. 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. ’17 BOJ winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar.

HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 869 Stockton St., 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Smallbatch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting singleorigin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, hand-crafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily CRANE RAMEN, 1029 Park St., 253-3282. Ramen done right; vegetarian, vegan items, kimchi, gyoza. Dine in or out. HH. $$ FB K L, D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. ’17 BOJ winner.

Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espressobased drinks, sandwiches, desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. ’17 BOJ winner. 130+ imported 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 ’17 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. ’17 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, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO Diner, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER Pizza, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. ’17 BOJ winner.

SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS Filling Station, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. ’17 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. ’17 BOJ winner. First-run, indie/art films. Beer, local drafts, wine, pizza–Godbold, Black Lagoon Supreme–hot dogs, 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

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AL’S Pizza, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F ’17 BOJ winner/ fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. The CORAZON Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada St., 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. F Sandwiches, combos, pizza. Iindie and first-run movies. $$ Daily DESSERT FIRST Bistro, 121 Yacht Club Dr., 417-0468, dessertfirstbistro.com. It’s all made from scratch: breakfast, lunch, desserts. Plus coffees, espressos, craft beers, wine, hot teas. $ BW K TO B, L Tu-Su The FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ 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. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO Diner, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq. com. F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE AVONDALE. OCEAN AVENUE Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., 293-9600, a1abar.com. F Lively spot has wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George St., 209-5704, prohibitionkitchenstaugustine.com. The gastropub offers small plates, craft burgers, sandwiches, live local oysters, mains, desserts and handspun milkshakes. $$$ L D Daily SALT LIFE Food Shack, 321 A1A S., 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 ’17 BOJ fave. Barbecue joint Southern style: brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox.com.

F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally.

250+ wines. Wood-fired oven-baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood. Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside. HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 1905 Hendricks Ave. ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN Street Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500.

F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. Upscale; fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, katsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily HAVANA-JAX Café/CUBA LIBRE Bar, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609, havanajax.com. F ’17 BOJ winner. Bite Club certified. Cuban sandwiches, black beans & rice, plantains, steaks, seafood, roast pork. Spanish wine, drink specials, mojitos, Cuba libres. Nonstop HH. $ FB K L D Daily La NOPALERA, 1434 Hendricks Ave., 399-1768. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. METRO Diner, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodiner. com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Original upscale diner in a 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. Some Metros serve dinner. $$ B R L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. 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

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ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Staging productions for 50+ years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s theme menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EL TAINO, 4347 University Blvd., 374-1150. A focus on Latin American, Puerto Rican and Caribbean cusine. $$ BW K TO EUROPEAN Street Café, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. La NOPALERA, 8206 Philips Hwy., 732-9433. 8818 Atlantic Blvd., 720-0106. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S, 3611 St. Johns Bluff S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., 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 ’17 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.

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ANDY’S Grill, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. In Jax Farmers Market. Local, regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D M-Sa LARRY’S, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. TIKI ISLAND Tap House, 614 Pecan Park Rd., 403-0776.

Casual spot serves hot dogs, burgers, gator tail, gator jerky.

Gator pond! $ BW TO D, F; L, D Sa & Su. 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

AT ST. AUGUSTINE’S NEWBORN SWEET SHOP, Fiction Donuts, owner Danielle Broderson wants you to have it all: good book, good donut, good time. You bring the book, they’ll do the donuts.

It’s a bright, casual, airy space, with lots of small tables and bar seating by the large windows.

The longest wall is festooned with a mural of book spines–lots and lots of book spines–on an imaginary bookshelf. See if the artist drew your favorite tome there. (I saw about six just flipping through the Facebook pics.)

A Brave New World is dawning for donuts, but when it comes down to it, it’s all about the base.

Fiction’s cake dough has a bit of nutmeg pizazz–so good you could forego the toppings. There’s a good gluten-free base, too. I sampled a glutenfree blueberry cake donut and couldn’t tell the difference! The raised yeast dough is delectable.

Fiction Donut’s yeast is one great donut.

Now the fun part, the stuff that packs a Bunyanesque punch: glazes, toppings and tinges of spice. Amaze yourself with a creamy, tangy goat cheese glaze, blackberry jam slung artfully on top.

Or scarf a cake donut covered with a chocolate glaze, decadently deepened with a light coffee dusting. Summon your inner Sherlock and savor the flavor of a bergamot orange in donut form, with an Earl Grey glaze (topped with a thin biscotti for

FICTION DONUTS

1835 U.S. 1 S., Ste. 139, St. Augustine, 679-3081, fictiondonuts.com extra fun). Charlotte wouldn’t approve of the maple bacon donut at Fiction, but Templeton would.

The King and I tried the Peanut Sriracha yeast.

This piquant donut has a Pad Thai attitude with Uriah Heep’s warmth. It’s no Chicken Soup for the Soul, but it earned a Red Badge of Courage.

I didn’t really try every kind to find my personal Great Santini. The raspberry datil-filled yeast donut won my heart for its local inspiration. There’s something satisfying about a jelly-filled donut. Like, no Grapes of Wrath were used in its creation.

Atlas may have Shrugged, but not at a combo of coffee and donuts; Fiction has teas and coffees for a Breakfast of Champions (no Fried Green Tomatoes–yet!). Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; no Hunger Games if you hurry.

Order a single donut ($1.25 & up); plain, glazed, powdered, chai or sugared. It’s Cheaper by the Dozen; a box of hot or assorted is $14, so take a box to Franny and Zooey and maybe even Esmé.

At Fiction, it’s easy to O.D.; I got a dozen when I meant to order six. Oops.

Humbert Humbert would’ve left Lolita and Romeo would’ve dumped Juliet to get at these donuts, so outrun the Madding Crowd and go!

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

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PINT-SIZED

THE HILLS ARE

ALIVE

And kickin’ with CALIFORNIA BREWS NAPA AND SONOMA VALLEYS ARE SAID TO BE easy-going and unrushed; in contrast, the city built on hills just south of them, San Francisco, is a fast-paced, bustling town. Even at its most maniacal thrum, there are moments of serenity, melodic sounds and breathtaking beauty. The Golden Gate Bridge, its towers cloaked in fog, Palace of Fine Arts with its soaring dome, the Presidio’s quaint cottages, a street car’s clanging bell as it climbs one of the steep hills, and the explosion of color, sound and aromas of HaightAshbury. Beyond all the sights, cacophony and crowds of the region are dozens of thriving breweries.

In San Francisco proper—an area just seven miles by seven miles—we visited several amazing breweries, including Barebottle Brewing Co., Magnolia Brewing Co., Almanac Beer Co. and Mikkeller Bar. Barebottle is in an area that’s at once grungy urban and 21st-century capitalism.

Go one block in one direction and you’re confronted with lower-middle-class homes in various stages of decline; go another and you’re on a busy street lined with modern home-improvement stores and all manner of other retail outlets.

From the street, the brewery doesn’t look like much, but step inside and you’re in a cavernous space with polished concrete floors, a long wooden bar and seating areas; towering fermentation tanks line up behind the scene. The beer here is tasty and uncomplicated, served with the neighborhood vibe—it all seems to naturally fall into place.

Almanac Beer Co. is known for its standout sours and barrel-aged brews. Its

San Francisco taproom, several miles from the brewery, features at least 15 Almanac brews on tap and a full menu for those who need refueling after a long day of sight-seeing.

Outside San Francisco, we were fortunate to have tour guides—my cousin Angie and her husband Dave have lived in Castro Valley in the East Bay area about 25 miles from San Francisco for years.

They took us to several of their favorite breweries: Drake’s Brewing Company, Cleophus Quealy Beer Company and 21st Amendment Brewery.

When we drove to Drake’s, I thought it odd that we went behind a Home Depot to get there. But as we got to the corner of the large building, there was the brewery, in an industrial area parking lot. The standout beer at Drake’s? Drakonic Rum Imperial Stout. Just like it sounds, this thick brew is aged in rum barrels, retaining a good deal of the rum character along with deep chocolaty notes and roasty malts.

If Cleophus Quealy Beer Company were a winery, it would be called a boutique. It’s small, tucked away in an industrial park, unorthodox yet welcoming. CQBC brews small batches of sours, Belgian-style barrelaged ales and dry-hopped California brews.

The cozy tasting room is homey, the better to sip enticing brews like Cherryland sour or Batch 9/Apricot Golden ale.

Our West Coast sojourn was too short. And, even though we hit many breweries and wineries, there are many we missed. So we’ll be California dreamin’ until we return.

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

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AARDWOLF BREWING COMPANY 1461 Hendricks Ave., San Marco

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

PINGLEHEAD BREWING COMPANY 12 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

SJ BREWING CO. 1312 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach

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

INTUITION ALE WORKS 929 E. Bay St., Downtown

SOUTHERN SWELLS BREWING CO. 463646 SR 200 #13, Yulee Heights

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

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

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

BOLD CITY DOWNTOWN 109 E. Bay St., Jacksonville

OLD COAST ALES 300 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine

WICKED BARLEY BREWING COMPANY 4100 Baymeadows Rd.

CHEFFED-UP

AUTOGRILL

OVERSET ITALY’S ANSWER to Howard Johnson’s

I’M BACK AFTER A SHORT AND REQUIRED HIATUS due to Bite by Bite. Miss me? Don’t be awkward—I know you did. At least you had two weeks of dining content to fill the void. Maybe you even discovered a few new eating spots to try—I did.

If you wonder what I did during the lull … I went to Italy.

What’s so fun about Italy is that Italians take their cuisine’s amazing quality for granted. They are so spoiled.

A perfect example of this is a place called the AutoGrill. Y’all have seen the service areas along interstates and turnpikes. They’re places where you pull off the road, fill the gas tank, stretch your legs, and grab indigestion-inducing fast-food from a corporate vomitorium.

In Italy, major highways are called Autostrada, their version of our turnpikes.

The Autostrada service areas are wholly different from U.S. service plazas. First, let’s make one thing perfectly clear: Only the truly adventurous and fearless should attempt driving on most Italian roads.

These streets are akin to goat paths; each Italian driver is proving he can outdrive any Formula One race driver in the world.

But on the Autostrada, the driving is just as easy as any American thoroughfare; one immensely pleasurable reward is the wondrous AutoGrill.

One morning after several hours of tooling through the Tuscan countryside, my senses itched for lunch. Lo and behold!

What appeared on the horizon? A service plaza with an AutoGrill. And what a Cheffed-Up AutoGrill it was! It was set up like a modern cafeteria—one station for pasta, one for salads of fresh mozzarella and prosciutto crudo, salami and panini, and the last for grilled meats. The food’s quality was as good as any in an expensive Italian restaurant—but this was a roadside eatery! Fantastic! And this AutoGrill was partners with a culinary school. In the back of the dining room, there was a separate

kitchen where all of the day’s pasta was made by hand, along with bread and pizza dough. I sat down to an incredible lunch of freshly made lasagna produced with the region’s traditional green pasta, pristinely fresh, succulent mozzarella and regional salumi. So terrific, especially compared to a U.S. service plaza, where the only lunch on offer would’ve been in vending machines or Mickey D’s. That’s why I love Italy. Here’s my version of biscotti—not as good as being there, but not too shabby.

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

CHEF BILL’S LIMONCELLO BISCOTTI

Ingredients • 3/4 cup sugar • 1 lemon, zested • 2 eggs, beaten • 1 tsp. baking powder • 2 tbsp. limoncello • 1-2/3 cup A/P flour; extra if needed • 1/4 tsp. salt • 1 cup macadamia nuts, rough chopped Directions 1. In a large bowl, place sugar and •• lemon zest. Add eggs, baking powder •• and limoncello.

2. Mix together, start adding the flour •• in two batches. Stir until combined.

•• Mix in macadamia nuts.

3. Divide the mix in half; form into two •• 10-inch cylinders on a sheet pan •• lined with a silicon mat. Don’t fret if •• it’s misshaped; it’ll shape itself.

4. Bake in a 325°F oven for about •• 20 minutes or until nicely brown.

•• Lower the temp to 300°F, bake 10 •• more minutes.

5. Remove from oven, cool a bit. Cut •• with a serrated knife, on the bias, into •• 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch slices.

6. Place cut-side-down on sheet pan; •• bake eight more minutes.

Until we cook again,

Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com

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Loosen up, relax and connect at MEOWMASTE BEING A LOWRIDER, I MAKE FRIENDS EASILY with most cats—it just seems to come naturally. But such friendships never last nine lives. One kitten ran away to the next door neighbor’s; another fell in love with the canine across the street. It was a painful and humiliating experience—a lot like yoga, come to think of it.

So you’ll understand if I was a little leery of Meowmaste at first; a fundraiser hosted by the Jacksonville Humane Society to help humans find inner peace, and perhaps a new purry friend.

To me, it sounded like a catastrophe.

Cats yowl. They skitter across the floor in capricious pursuit of things we cannot see.

And if you’ve ever tried downward dog with a cat around, you know the challenge has nothing to do with flexibility and everything to do with keeping an errant tail from tickling your snout.

Much to my chagrin, it turned out to be a wag-worthy experience. Looking around the room, I couldn’t spot a single poo-faced yoga freak. Everyone was smiling, some were actually laughing.

Maybe it was the catnip on the mats, but there was something about hanging out with these frisky felines that was strangely relaxing. With their peaceful ebb-andflow and self-awareness, cats may be the original yoga masters.

While some refused to follow along for most of the poses–after all, cats will be cats—others surprised participants by taking cues to stretch out their limbs and exhale. Oommm. It turns out this ancient practice is good for them just as it’s good for humans.

And, sure, there were unexpected moments of tumult. Kittens batted toes of yogis deep in Warrior pose. Participants

holding cats as they pretended to move through a sun salutation. You don’t go to cat yoga because your regular class was overbooked; you go because it’s a unique experience that benefits a good cause.

Chances are you’ll leave the class with a renewed sense of calm and a boost of happiness.

For those in the market for a furry friend, cat yoga offers a chance to interact and play with adoptable cats outside of an animal shelter’s sometimes stressful and noisy environment. You’ll have a better feel for a prospective new pet’s real personality as you watch them pounce, climb and show affection during the class.

Besides the obvious Zen experienced by all species, the best part of the class is that donations go straight to the care of the cats and kittens. All classes are taught

by Beth Jordan, a certified yoga instructor who volunteers her time to teach the classes every month.

Coincidentally, all the animals who attend the classes are from the JHS shelter, and it’s been known to happen: yogis adopt the little darlings on the spot. In fact, many foster kittens are already in happy homes.

Cat yoga is a craze benefiting both two-legged and four-legged devotees. It’s also perfect for folks who take regular yoga classes, and wish they were hanging out with cats instead. What cat person hasn’t felt that at least once?

Learn more about Meowmaste at jaxhumane.org.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ It took 11 pounds of willpower, but Davi managed to not chase any four-legged (aka feline) yogis at Meowmaste.

PET TIP: ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY PUPPY NIPS ARE CUTEISH; SKIN-PIERCING BITES AREN’T. You can’t be sure Fido won’t bite; CDC&P’s website says any dog can bite any person, stranger or not. To avoid being bitten, ask a pet owner if it’s OK to pet the dog; if a strange dog appears, hold still–don’t run; if he knocks you down, tuck in your chin and curl up, covering eyes, ears and neck. Don’t bother a sleeping or eating dog, or a mama with puppies. Never leave little kids unsupervised around any dog, even if they ‘grew up together.’

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The park is on the Sky Patio, with artificial turf, bone-shaped swimming pool, veterinary services and pet suites. Check the rules and regs and have your best friend be part of the total Jacksonville Jaguars experience. jaguars.com/petparadise.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW • The 20th annual TOAST TO THE ANIMALS is right around the corner; it’s 6-9 p.m. Sept. 22 at TIAA Bank Field’s US Assure

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Me: Named for a saint cuz I’m so dang sweet! Lover of pets and cuddles. Purring pro. A little shy until I get to know you. You: Big-hearted human seeking a calm, quiet feline for companionship. Are we compatible?

Visit jaxhumane.org to learn more about me and find out how to take me home!

Club West, Downtown. Tickets are $100 in advance.

Proceeds benefit Jacksonville Humane Society medical fund. 725-8766, jaxhumane.org.

ADOPTION WAGGIN’ • The Nassau County Humane Society holds this adoption event from noon-2 p.m.

Aug. 25 at Pet Supermarket, 1416 Sadler Rd., Fernandina Beach, 277-4115, petsupermarket.com, nassauhumane.org.

DOG PARK GRAND OPENING • The new park celebrates its opening 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 8 at Markland Florida, 2001 International Golf Parkway, St. Augustine, 531-5740, markland.com. Tail-wagging booths, door prizes, food trucks, groomers and live music are featured. Proceeds benefit the St. Augustine Humane Society.

NASSAU COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY DOG PARK • The nonprofit’s dog park has pricing for daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual memberships; check nassauhumane.org for details. The park, at

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I’m Shorty, it’s not my birthday, but we can party like it is—if you adopt me! My ideal party? Playtime, a leisurely walk, and maybe a car ride around the neighborhood. I get along with people, dogs and cats, so our guest list will be full. After the fun, we take a nice, long nap! Agreed? If so, stop by JHS, 8464 Beach Blvd., and ask to meet me!

639 Airport Rd., Fernandina, has a bone-shaped swimming pool, bathing stations with shampoos and towels to rent, and donated toys. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 321-1647. Don’t forget the Society’s Thrift shop, with furniture, household items, collectibles, books, and more. Shop or bring donations. Proceeds benefit the Society’s efforts to give animals a Second Chance at life. 1002 S. 14th St., Fernandina, 321-0022, nassauhumanesociety.com/secondchance.html.

KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Adoptions are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 25 and 26 and every Sat. and Sun. at 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org.

92 AT THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO • Hot enough? When the temperature is predicted to be hotter than 92°F–if two local weather authorities say the heat will hit 92 degrees or more–a half-off general admission coupon is posted on jacksonvillezoo.org, through August. 370 Zoo Parkway, Northside, 757-4463, jacksonvillezoo.org.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

Armed thieves in New Delhi, left a craftsman deep in debt after they stole 500 pounds of wigs and raw hair worth more than $20,000 on July 27, according to the Associated Press. “People think wigs are cheap, but they cost a fortune to make,” wig-maker Jahangir Hussain said. He’d borrowed more than $17,000 to buy hair last month from South Indian wholesalers. India exports wigs and hair extensions to the tune of $300 million a year; much of the raw materials are collected at Hindu temples where people shave their heads as a religious sacrifice, a practice called tonsuring.

THERE’S ALWAYS ROOM FOR CELLO

Chicago cellist Jingjing Hu, a student at DePaul University School of Music, was escorted off an American Airlines flight on Aug. 2 after trying to return to Chicago from Miami with her instrument. Hu paid in advance for an extra seat for her cello, worth almost $30,000 and housed in a hard case, and had no trouble on her flight from Chicago to Miami, where she was in a music festival. On her return trip, after boarding the Boeing 737 and settling herself and her cello in the seats, a flight attendant told her she’d have to leave the plane because the aircraft was too small for her instrument.

Hu was booked on a flight the next day on a 767. American blamed the incident on a “miscommunication,” according to WBBM TV, but Hu’s husband, Jay Tang, said, “I don’t think we did anything wrong here, and I think the way they handled it was humiliating.”

SO DID HELL FREEZE OVER?

An employee at Sarabeth’s restaurant in New York City opened the walk-in freezer door on Aug. 5, and a man jumped out, yelling, “Away from me, Satan!” and grabbed a kitchen knife, which he used to threaten restaurant staff. Carlton Henderson, 54, of Cave Creek, Arizona, struggled with workers but eventually fell unconscious and was taken to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the New York Post reported. Authorities don’t know why and how he got in the freezer nor why he died, but they determined he was charged last year with two 1988 cold-case murders in Boston. He’d been released on bail

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the week before the freezer incident and was scheduled to appear in court Aug. 14.

MEBBE IT’S THEM HOODOO ROCKS

West Valley City, Utah, has a malodorous mystery. The community stinks, and for a year, officials have been fielding complaints about the smell, which city communications director Sam Johnson described as “a musty sewer smell ... that you can smell in certain parts of the city stronger,” according to FOX 13. The city has launched a campaign recruiting residents to help pinpoint the source of the odor: “If you smell something, say something.” They’re hoping more complaints will spur Salt Lake County and Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality to investigate and take action.

VESTED INTERESTS

Who knew? Apparently the unofficial “uniform” for Bay Area techies and venture capital investors is a vest, so Japanese company Uniqlo is cashing in with a vest vending machine at San Francisco International Airport. The airport’s public information officer, Doug Yakel, says the machine is no joke; it takes in a monthly average of $10,000.

Do the math: At $49.90 a pop, that’s about 200 ultra-light down vests each month. “This is the first time we’ve had clothing available for sale from a vending machine, which we thought was unique,” Yakel told Business Insider.

QUEEN BEY WOULDA LET ME

Zemarcuis Devon Scott, 18, of Texarkana, Arkansas, really wanted to go to a rap concert in another state, so on July 4 he executed his plan to get there: Scott was seen by Texarkana Regional Airport security officers around 2:30 a.m. jumping a fence, trying to get into an American Eagle twin-engine jet parked there.

When police arrived, Scott was in the cockpit, in the pilot’s seat, the Texarkana Gazette reported. Scott, not a licensed pilot, told cops he thought there wasn’t much more to flying a plane than pushing buttons and pulling levers.

On July 31, he was charged with commercial burglary and attempted theft; he’s locked up in Miller County jail. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

Brett’s Waterway Café

Moon River Pizza

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

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

Moon River Pizza treats customers like family.

Cooked in a brick oven, the pizza is custommade by the slice (or, of course, by the pie).

Set up like an Atlanta-style pizza joint, Moon River also offers an eclectic selection of wine and beer. Open for lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Dine in or take it with you.

925 S. 14th Street 904-321-3400

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

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

T-Ray’s Burger Station

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

202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310

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

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

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

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

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It’s a real toss-up this week: Wednesday, Aug. 22 is NATIONAL TOOTH FAIRY DAY! Sunday, Aug. 26 is NATIONAL DOG DAY! Woof! And Thursday, Aug. 30 is FRANKENSTEIN DAY. Our Tooth Fairy love died when the sneaky thief left dimes, not quarters. Parsimonious freak. And nearly all FW staffers are FREAKING on Nat’l Dog Day, save one … heheheh. So it’s Ms. Shelley’s tale of the first foundobject sculpture–so charged up, it was vivified. (Best film effort: Gene Wilder, as Dr. Frankenstein, making Peter Boyle, as the ‘monster,’ wear a tux and dance to “Puttin’ on the Ritz” with a cane, top hat–the whole song-and-dance. Peed our pants laughing.) They both find love–no doubt with FW ISUs!

It’s pronounced ‘Fronkensteen.’ It’s pronounced ‘Eye-gor.’ You, too, can embrace true love and nice knockers! (‘Sank kew, Doktor!’)!

Go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html* and follow these easy steps: One: Write a five-word headline so the person recalls the moment you met, like: “ISU in a gloomy castle, rolling in the hay.”

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Three: Describe yourself, like, “Me: The mien of a mad scientist, with the mind of a maniacal Willy Wonka.”

Four: Describe the moment, like, “We made love in the lab, but it was clearly not a Bio 101 experiment. We got it right the first time.”

Five: Yeah, even the losers get lucky sometime. Send a 40-WORD ISU. No names, emails, websites. Find love with our ISUs at folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html!

*(or email mdryden@folioweekly.com and we’ll work it out together) PETITE BRUNETTE ON A BICYCLE You: Bicycling. Me: Driving. I stopped and asked you for directions. You seemed shy but friendly. Can we meet at Bold Bean for coffee sometime?

When: Aug. 7. Where: Avondale. #1708-0822

sand, rose in hand. Young men admired your moxie. Me: Sure you’re a romantic. Hard to surf the pier’s 1-2’ without longboard. Hang yours in my garage? When: May 21. Where: Jax Beach Pier. #1702-0620

SOUTHERN GROUNDS BLEND You: Pretty lady, khaki shorts, print top. You recommended dark roast coffee. Me: Blue shirt, jean shorts. Are you single? Would’ve liked to chat, but was with lady yoga friends. Namaste! When: July 29. Where: San Marco Southern Grounds. #1707-0808

EASTER SUNDAY: THIS IS SILLY You: Serving, tall, tattoos, beautiful eyes; sweeping close by on purpose? Me: Dirty blonde, striped dress, dark lipstick, lunch with parents. Eyes met.

Should’ve left my number. Can I sit in your section next time? When: April 1. Where: Black Sheep. #1701-0606

HAWAIIAN SHIRT, GIN & TONIC Outside bar.

You said my drink looked good. Me: “Only drink worth bootlegging.” You: Sharp, white slacks, heels, blue blouse; friends were late. Wish they’d stood you up; we would’ve had fun. Try again?

When: July 18. Where: PV Pussers. #1706-0725 SUN-RAY FRONT LINE You: Cool couple. Man, patterned button-up. Woman, hip glasses, platform shoes. Us: Tall brunette, floral dress.

Man, average height, white button-up. In chaotic Hearts Beat Loud crowd. Bonded over Sun-Ray’s beauty. Dig your vibe; meet again? When: July 8.

Where: Sun-Ray Cinema. #1705-0711 5 POINTS FIREHOUSE “O” You: Silver shorts, black hat backwards, orange fingernails. Me: Camo hat, brown T-shirt. Going to approach you as we were leaving but you got away. Thought about you the rest of day. Make it everyday thing? When: 12:30 p.m. June 21. Where: 5 Points Firehouse Subs. #1704-0627 BLACK FOUR-DOOR CADILLAC You watched me putting a shot back into the back of my car. You stopped and had your flashers on and I was too shy to stop. I wish I had. When: June 13. Where: Home Depot Lane Ave. #1703-0620 SANDY TOES & A ROSE You: Mocked my princess-wedding dreams, then strode over

ROYAL AUSSIE AIR FORCE Dreamboat RAAF sharing vegan chia pudding with pal. Your flight suit hunkiness make me speechless. We shared a table; I blushed a lot, too shy to say hi; I am now! Meet for pudding? When: May 23. Where: Southern Roots Filling Station. #1700-0530 HOT SILVER WATCH You: Got soda, sat by me; medium height, black manbun, red dress shirt, sexy watch. Me: Tall man, short brown hair, mid20s, gray shirt. I didn’t say hello; too shy. Show me more silver! When: May 22. Where: Lee’s Sandwich Shoppe, Baymeadows. #1699-0530

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We read these ads and laughed. Miss you; hope you’re smiling. Love, Your Florida Gem. When: Aug. 8, 2017. Where: Downtown under Blue Bridge. #1698-0516 BEAUTIFUL EYES BARISTA You: Work at Bold Bean. Me: Hot, iced vanilla latte every few days.

Caught your gaze, couldn’t get away from your beauty. Care for a cup of coffee? Or just a nice lazy afternoon? When: Wednesday, March 21.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

SHAKESPEARE, FORCES OF NATURE, NIETZSCHE & KINDNESS ARIES (March 21-April 19): Two gems of my advice may seem contradictory, but in fact they’re complementary. They’ll help guide you through the next three weeks. The first is from herbalist and wise woman Susun Weed. She suggests that when you face a dilemma, ask yourself how it can be an ally and what could you learn from it. Your second burst of wisdom is from writer Yasmin Mogahed: “Study the hurtful patterns of your life. Then don’t repeat them.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speak this declaration aloud: “I want strong soft kisses, tender unruly kisses, secret truth kisses and surprise elixir kisses. I deserve them.”

If that puts you in a brave mood, add another: “I want ingenious affectionate amazements, dark appreciation, brisk lessons and crazy sweet cuddles. I deserve them.” What do you think? Do these put you in the proper frame of mind to co-create transformative intimacy? You’re entering a phase when you’ll have maximum power to enchant and to be enchanted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As you map out a master plan for the next 14 months, include these considerations: intend to purge pretend feelings and artificial motivations; promise to change your relationship with old secrets so they don’t impinge on your room to maneuver; pledge to explore evocative mysteries to enhance courage; vow to be kinder toward aspects that haven’t been loved well enough; and search for another source of stability to inspire you to seek more freedom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you’ve been communing with my horoscopes, you have a decent education—for free! Still, don’t depend on me for all your learning needs. Due to my tendency to emphasize the best in you and focus on healing wounds, I may neglect some aspects of your training. With that caveat, here are meditations about future possibilities. 1. What new subjects or skills do you want to master in the next three years? 2. What’s the single most important thing you can do to augment intelligence? 3. Are there dogmas you believe in so fixedly and rely on so heavily, they obstruct any fresh ideas? If so, can you at least temporarily set them aside?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “All the world’s a stage,” wrote Shakespeare, “And all the men and women merely players.” In other words, we’re all performers. When we emerge from solitude and encounter others, we express certain aspects of our inner experience even as we hide others. Our personalities are façades that display a colorful mix of authenticity and fantasy. Many wise people over the centuries have deprecated this central aspect of human behavior as superficial and dishonest. Author Neil Gaiman thinks otherwise: “We are all wearing masks,” he says. “That is what makes us interesting.” Invoking his view—and in accordance with current astrological omens—celebrate your masks and disguises in the weeks ahead. Enjoy your show. Dare to entertain.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ve had enough rehearsals. At this point, the apparent quest for a little extra readiness is beginning to lapse into procrastination. So set a date for opening night. Have a cordial talk with yourself about the value of emphasizing soulfulness over perfectionism. What? You’re waiting until your heart stops fluttering and your bones stop chattering? Good news: The worse your stage fright, the more moving your performance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In all the time we’ve worked on diminishing your suffering, we may have not focused enough on the fine art of resolving unfinished business. Let’s do that now, in time for your Season of Completion. Ready to start drawing the old cycle to a close so you’ll be fresh for the new cycle? In the mood to conclude this chapter and earn the relaxing hiatus you’ll need before starting the next? Even if you don’t feel ready, even if you’re not in the mood, do it anyway.

Any business you leave unfinished will haunt you later.

So don’t leave any business unfinished!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Ready to mix more business with pleasure and more pleasure with business than you’ve ever mixed? In the next few weeks, social opportunities will serve your professional ambitions and professional ambitions will serve your social opportunities. You’ll have more than the usual level of power to forge new alliances and expand your web of connections. Be extra charming, but not grossly opportunistic. Sell yourself with grace and integrity, not obsequiousness.

Express yourself like a gorgeous force of nature, and encourage others to do the same.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I picture a perfect reader,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “I picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and discoverer.”

He may have used the term “monster” with a roguish affection. I’m doing that as I say these words to you.

Of course, I’m always appreciative of your courage, curiosity, cunning and adventurousness. I’m really excited about those qualities now, because in the weeks ahead, they’ll be necessary and available.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You don’t yet have access to maps of places you need to go next. That may tempt you to turn around and head back to familiar territory. But press on without the maps. Out in the frontier, adventures await to prepare you well for the rest of your long life. And having no maps, at least in the early going, may actually enhance learning opportunities. Another thing: Your intuitive navigational sense will improve the farther you are from recognizable landmarks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Healing isn’t impossible. You may not be stuck with pain forever. The crookedness in your soul and the twist in your heart may not always define you. There may be a time when you’re no longer plagued by obsessive thoughts that give you tormenting memories. If you hope to find liberation, start with these two guidelines: 1. The healing may not happen the way you think it should or imagine it will.

2. The best way to sprout seeds to ultimately bloom with the cures is to tell the complete truth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The 19thcentury British painter J.M.W. Turner was one of the greats. Renowned for luminous landscapes, he specialized in depicting nature’s power and the atmospheric drama of light and color. Modern poet Mary Ruefle says that though he “painted his own sea monsters,” he engaged assistants “to do small animals.” She writes that “he could do a great sky, but not rabbits.” Let’s hope you’re not like Turner.

Go both ways in the weeks ahead. Give equally to the modest details as to the sweeping vistas.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

NO SURE THING

AN ELECTION SEASON THAT WILL INFLUENCE American politics for a generation to come commences (here in Florida, anyway) with the primaries on Aug. 28. Both parties are due for a reckoning of sorts, almost existentially so, as each prepares to pick various nominees to face off on Nov. 6, the results of which will impact directly on local elections next spring and the utter inveterate shitshow already looming for 2020. But just for today, we narrow the focus to cannabis and related matters.

My friend Sil Kaelin, owner of Jax Hydroponic Unique Goods (Jax HUGs), suggested offering a brief voter’s guide to the primaries for those interested in advancing the pro-pot agenda, and that’s a great idea. Parsing the data is a chore; it’s often hard to traverse the transom between rhetoric and action on this matter, since politicians have a nasty habit of going back on their word. But the rise of medical marijuana in Florida has brought the issue into the light as never before. We’re going to focus on the governor’s race, since that’s the only one that really matters in this instance.

It’d be easy enough to say that prodecriminalization voters should just run the table for Democrats and keep it moving, but that would be a bit simplistic. Historically, Dems from Clinton to Obama have been sketchy on this, saying the right things on the stump then backtracking in actual practice—one reason they lost the White House. But they seem to have learned the lesson in 2018, with all the gubernatorial candidates united on this front.

As mayors, Philip Levine and (my pick) Andrew Gillum have reduced arrests in Miami and Tallahassee, respectively, while businessmen Jeff Greene and Chris King have indicated they’d pursue similar policies if elected. Gwen Graham

M.D. M.J.

No done deals for PROPOTS in this elections season

has said the same, and you’re welcome to believe her if you like; it’s a free country.

Pro-pot Dems can, for the most part, take their pick, but the Republican primary is more complicated. Adam Putnam is the worst-case scenario, a reflexive drug warrior who’ll continue Rick Scott’s practice of obstruction at every turn. So will Ron DeSantis, but he was endorsed

by Trump, who’s expressed mild affinity for legalization. (Of course, no bill gets to his desk without Democrats taking back both houses of Congress, in which case they’ll probably be too busy impeaching him to do much else, so it’s all but a wash.) The libertarian right has a champion in Bruce Nathan, who’s been clear about his legalization agenda. He won’t win, but he offers a credible alternative.

Ultimately, the future of Florida’s marijuana laws will be decided in November and, as things stand now, the governor’s race is a jump-ball.

Once both parties work through their issues in the primary, it hinges on which side is better able to coalesce and work together, always a challenge here.

Remember, folks, balloting for Folio Weekly’s prestigious Best of Jax readers’ poll ends Friday, Aug. 24 at midnight, and only you can help.

Every nomination made for “Best Medical Marijuana Clinic” and “Best Medical Marijuana Dispensary” enters you automatically in our $500 sweepstake. That will buy a goodly sum of cannabis, even at current prices. Vote early, and vote often!

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com _________________________________ Got questions about medical marijuana?

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You, too, can help SAVE THE MONARCHS and the planet

STEPMOTHER OF

BUTTERFLIES MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME. The population fluctuates but, generally speaking, their numbers are dangerously low. The harshness of last winter dealt a devastating blow; it is estimated that more than 15 million of this endangered species were lost. Many people recognize that the summer-winged beauties are no longer as abundant in backyards as when we were young. In fact, there seems to be fewer butterflies in general. The good news is that, if we all chip in, we can help them rebound.

Monarchs are tenacious. They doggedly make an amazing migration unlike any other butterfly, requiring multiple generations to travel to the northern United States and even southern Canada, then back again.

Some overwinter in California, Mexico and the Caribbean. Then the females will determinedly fly northward, laying their eggs on milkweed plants as they travel. Each egg will hatch into very hungry caterpillars, munching nonstop on one specific plant, milkweed. Nothing else will do. One caterpillar will eat an entire plant, or about 20 leaves in two weeks. Then it will hang, head downward, from a bit of silk and shed its skin for the last time, revealing the chrysalis. Through only two more weeks of metamorphosis, the caterpillar will change and emerge a delicate adult monarch, ready to start its journey.

With the monarch population plummeting, a surprising number of people have come to the rescue, each taking steps to create change. More and more have started to breed the butterflies for release. There are now even conventions to assist with continuing education, such as tagging, understanding diseases and predators, and giving individuals better tools for even more success. Farming monarchs has become a “thing.” The only problem is, no matter how many are released, it’s all for naught unless there is enough milkweed.

Any backyard gardener who plants a few milkweed plants has the same complaint: Robust plants are quickly stripped to the stems as these eating machines grow exponentially, consuming every available leaf.

In our area, this is a year-round occurrence.

Last year, I had 27 starving caterpillars on my naked milkweed plants on Valentine’s Day. Those of us who boost their populations

have sources of milkweed that we guard like winning lottery tickets. We are often found racing around town trying to find plants to replenish our depleted stash. Gardening centers soon know us by name. I am relatively certain staffers refer to me as the “crazy butterfly lady.”

Monarch can lay hundreds and hundreds of eggs, and newly planted milkweed is looked upon with pride, even after the munching begins. Then reality hits. Those cute anole lizards LOVE monarch babies, as do wasps, spiders, flies, frogs, ants and more. Many helpers will discover that their growing population of caterpillars has simply disappeared. In the wild, the sad reality is that only between 1 to 3 percent survive. Please do not let that stop you from planting, because that small number is desperately needed to replenish the monarchs. To commit to the cause, you can simply plant milkweed. Or you can be like me and take it to the next level.

This is when the fun starts.

Once you see the magic happen firsthand, you’re hooked. You become protective of your caterpillars and want to do something to help them survive. The solution is simple. No matter which participation level you choose, you can help boost survival: Put those babies behind a screen. You can place some potted plants in a screened-in area or mesh habitat or simply bring a few pots inside.

There are fancier tools available, of course, but if you’re a simple kinda person, hit up your local dollar store and grab a mesh hamper. Cut off the handles, turn it upside down and place it over the plant. (Note: The hamper won’t protect caterpillars from predators.) Keep switching out fresh plants or fresh leaves as the caterpillars happily and steadily get fat. Soon, the chubby yellow, white and black-striped caterpillars amble to the top of the plant and build a chrysalis which hangs from the hamper.

Then simply watch; eventually, it turns black. The next morning, a tiny butterfly will expand, stretch and grow until it’s full-sized, ready to do its part to reproduce and travel the globe. You, amazing Citizen Scientist, have just changed the world. Just by making a safe place for them to eat, you increased the survival rate from 3 percent at best to a huge 85 to 90 percent. That’s impressive. You

can now join forums, Facebook groups, go to conventions, meet other passionate monarch boosters and be part of the solution, part of the family and part of the club that’s changing the world.

This is a magical, amazing process the whole family can get behind. Rebellious teens, small children, even grumpy grandpas cannot resist this miracle of nature. It’s simply …

AH-mazing. However, there’s a small catch.

If you aren’t planting more milkweed to give the new monarchs a place to reproduce, they won’t be able to create beautiful progeny.

Today, more and more folks release larger and larger numbers of monarchs from their homes, schools and gardens. For every butterfly released, we need to plant at least one milkweed. This is the most critically important element of bringing the species back. Nothing else will work—but it’s not too hard.

Free milkweed seeds are available from many sources; just Google and order. Get fancy: Order exotic and unusual plants, go to your local garden centers and plant waystations for migrating populations. Just plant milkweed. Plant rows of milkweed along your property line. A business can plant a waystation out front; a corporation can plant a large area and bring back wildflowers.

When contractors clear-cut land for new communities, leave a section of wild growth or, better yet, clear it off and plant only milkweed throughout. Every school can plant a milkweed garden; every senior center can have a protected area. A church can take God’s green earth and plant some life-giving milkweed. A one-time planting will propagate on its own. Just let it grow.

Jacksonville is the gateway for the monarchs. Florida is the only U.S. state with a population of monarchs that don’t migrate, yet we have migratory butterflies travelling through our town on their way to the overwintering grounds in Mexico and the Caribbean. We are special. That’s why we must take advantage of our climate to keep this little butterfly going. It’s so simple. Plant milkweed.

Dawn Hudson mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Hudson is a resident of Jacksonville. Learn more at The Butterfly Advocate’s Facebook page.

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