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THIS WEEK // 8.28.19-9.3.19 // VOL. 33 ISSUE 22
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WHITHER MANDARIN
IT’S A TOTAL SHAME HOW THE JACKSONVILLE City Council has neglected Mandarin community. It’s bad enough that it allowed a RaceTrac gas station to be built–we now have gas stations on practically every corner–but many businesses are leaving the community, especially those along San Jose Boulevard between Sunbeam Road and I-295. They’re being replaced by CBD outlets. Soon, another CBD pharmacy will take the place of Famous Amos Restaurant. The fate of the old Kmart is still not resolved. We have no idea as to what is going in there. It could be made into a beautiful shopping area but, no, the Council will continue to ignore the area and do nothing about this. This section of Mandarin was once a prosperous area,
with great restaurants and shops, but no more. We had a community meeting, and everyone agrees: The Council is ignoring and not supporting this section of our community. Instead, the city is allowing any gas station or CBD store to move in and lower the value of the area and its homes, destroying our sense of community. We blame this on the members of City Council and, trust me, come time for the next election, don’t count on our community for votes! Councilmembers need to take a stand and fight to support this section of Mandarin. To be prosperous, learn to say no. This neighborhood can and should thrive just like San Marco and Five Points. Dean A. Phillippi via email
LETTER TO THE “SOUL MAN” EDITOR
“TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW,” THE GREAT soul music refrain of the 1960s, ought to be the DCPS marching song at this time– regardless of the white flag being waved by some School Board supporters. If the School Board goes to court, wouldn’t the Jan. 1, 2020 law regarding referenda be held in abeyance? (It should be possible to demonstrate in court that Team Curry, with its co-dependent City Council bloc, obfuscated and obstructed to run out the clock.) Team Curry got the message, too, that COJ will have to pay the DCPS court costs and for a one-off, mail-in referendum, which could take place anytime in 2020, but only if the DCPS presses onward. Don’t expect the GOP to let up the pressure on elected public school boards, especially once the legislature meets in 2020. Here, a different clock is running: After the 2020 Census comes reapportionment and, thanks to the League of Women Voters and a multitude of allies, there will be a nonpartisan reapportionment. Hopefully, the small-r republican government will still exist in the Sunshine State in 2022. Michael Hoffmann via email
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THIS HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME A LOT. I HAVE a few questions about the whole idea of selling JEA. 1. If the board of directors were so intent on keeping JEA a public utility, why would they hire the least qualified of all the candidates? Look it up. 2. JEA pays the city a certain amount of money every year. Once the utility is sold to a private entity, who is going to make up for that shortfall? They may give us a rebate at the beginning, but you need to know that eventually, we will be the ones paying higher utilities. Because JEA won’t be accountable to the city of Jacksonville–it will be accountable to its shareholders. 3. As with every company that acquires another company, the pension funds are considered assets. What guarantee do the workers and former workers of JEA have that their pensions will be safe? 4. And the biggest question of all: What do the people who are pushing so hard for the sale have to gain? I guarantee you, if JEA is sold, many of them will be rewarded with board seats with high salaries. Something about this smells worse than a wastewater treatment plant on a hot day. Diana Bess via email
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On Tuesday, Aug. 20, the Jacksonville businessman, art patron and urban enthusiast posted a call to action on social media. The video illustrated the city of Jacksonville’s current Downtown development plan, which doesn’t seem very planned and involves more demolition than development. Using the hashtag #MappingJax, Williams suggested the community needs a map to visualize where the city is going–and to help hold city officials accountable.
BOUQUET TO MELISSA ROSS
Not only does her First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross mark 10 years on the air this week (see Folio Weed for more), but the WJCT radio personality remains as tenacious as ever. Case in point: On her Aug. 19 show, Ross took charter-school lobbyist Gary Chartrand to task for championing unaccountable alternatives to public education. And on Aug. 21, she stymied Rep. John Rutherford’s NRA talking points with facts. BOUQUET TO CHEYLA SCANTLING The Jacksonville library worker was the star of last week’s viral feel-good story. It happened at Brown Eastside Branch Library, where 10-year-old Matthew George began to choke on a lollipop. Scantling immediately performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved the boy’s life, giving local news outlets a much-needed dose of inspiration. DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? OR MAYBE A BRICKBAT? Send your submissions to mail@folioweekly.com; 50-word maximum, concerning a person, place, or topic of local interest.
FROM THE EDITOR
HUGGING THE EARTH STETSON KENNEDY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES EARTH KINSHIP ESSAY CONTEST
FLORIDA! THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL STATE IS home to some of the world’s finest beaches (all on its Atlantic Seaboard, mind you) and most breathtaking landscapes, not to mention unique flora and fauna. It’s also home to more than 20 million people, nearly all of whom value this natural splendor. We Floridians have learned from past mistakes (drain the Everglades?), and made a consensus issue of responsible environmental stewardship. We don’t agree on much else, it’s true, but whatever our political affiliation, we are all tree-huggers. We have to be; we’ve seen what happens when you pave paradise. So when a corporation moves to develop delicate conservation land, everyone comes together to make sure it doesn’t happen. In this week’s Folio Feature, our Lindsey Nolen covers the fight to save the Outpost, a parcel of privately owned St. Johns County land whose conservation designation has been respected by its corporate stewards— until now. This week, too, the Stetson Kennedy Foundation announces its Earth Kinship essay contest for high schoolers. Conservation was one of Stetson Kennedy’s many passions. The mid-20th-century author, born in Jacksonville in 1916, also championed social justice and folk art. Indeed, the experience of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl prompted a generation of thoughtful Americans to turn to homespun progressivism as an antidote to unsustainable Big Business up north and barbarous Jim Crow down south. In Kennedy’s scheme, conservation was part and parcel of responsible citizenship. His writings, activism and personal example helped cement that consensus. Stetson Kennedy died in 2011, but his eponymous foundation maintains his rustic Fruit Cove homestead, Beluthahatchee,
the “Florida Shangri-La” where Kennedy entertained Zora Neale Hurston and Woody Guthrie. The four-acre site has become a St. Johns County park and nationally recognized literary landmark. If you haven’t visited, do so forthwith. SKF also hosts a songwriter-residency program and monthly roots-music concerts. Now, in the run-up to what would have been Kennedy’s 103rd birthday, SKF invites Northeast Florida high school students to reflect on Earth kinship, that feeling of connection between us humans and our natural environment. Kinship can be felt as jaw-dropping awe—when we behold a sweeping, seemingly infinite landscape— or heart-melting tenderness—when we witness the first faltering movements of a newborn creature. As Phil Collins warbles on the 1977 Genesis album, Wind & Wuthering, “you, you have your own special way”—of feeling Earth kinship. The essay contest is open to high schoolers across Folio Weekly’s circulation footprint: Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties. Essays should be between 700 and 1,000 words, and can be submitted between Aug. 28 and Sept. 18 through the SKF website: stetsonkennedy.com/earthkinship-essay.html. Complete rules and regs can be found there. Essays will be reviewed by a panel of three judges: AyoLane Halusky (St. Johns County Naturalist), Susan D. Brandenburg (SKF board member) and yours truly. The prize-winning submission will be published in Folio Weekly Magazine’s Oct. 2 print edition, and its author will be recognized at Stetson Kennedy’s birthday party, 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Beluthahatchee. So bang a gong—the Stetson Kennedy Foundation Earth kinship essay contest is on! Georgio Valentino georgio@folioweekly.com @thatgeorgioguy AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 5
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PATEN LOCKE: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
Fans, friends and family party down in honor of the late hip hop pioneer. DJ sets, live performances and Paten Locke merchandise are featured. 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, CoRK Arts District, Riverside, corkartsdistrict.com, donations.
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30 LABOR DAY
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The holiday, established in 1894, honors American workers and symbolically marks summer’s end. Except in Florida, where it’s summer until about Thanksgiving. Anyway, local festivities include public skating sessions, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Sept. 2, Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, Southside, jacksonvilleice.com, $12; RunJax Labor Day Run, 7:30 a.m. Sept. 2, 1stPlace Sports, 3931 Baymeadows Rd., 1stplacesports.com, fees vary; a teen Labor Day Banner Making exercise, 6 p.m. Sept. 3, Brown Eastside Library, eventsjaxpubliclibrary.org; comedian Bruce Bruce (pictured) at The Comedy Zone, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Aug. 30 & 31 and 7 p.m. Sept. 1, $30/$35; Bold City Beer & Music Fest, Sept. 1, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission; The NY Dog Film Fest, noon Aug. 31 and The NY Cat Film Fest, noon Sept. 1, Sun-Ray Cinema, prices vary; and Sesame Street’s One World, One Sky, 11 a.m. MOSH, Southbank; check themosh.org for fees.
30 SOME GIRLS DO SAWYER BROWN
Since forming in the early 1980s, the Florida-grown country music group has performed more than 4,500 concerts, scored more than 50 Billboard hits, and won many awards in between. 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park, thcenter.org, $23-$61.
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30 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
Liverpool’s seminal New Wave act took Kraftwerk’s arid electronic experiments and married them to punk ebullience. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, OMD performs cult favorites like “Electricity” and “Souvenir” as well chart hits like “If You Leave.” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, pvconcerthall.com, $36.50-$40. 6 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY POCO
The West Coast country rock outfit rose from the ashes of Buffalo Springfield. Now, 50 years later, a new lineup revisits the hippie cowboy folk that helped launch a movement. Also on the bill: Pure Prairie League and Firefall. 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $39.50-$65.
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LIBRARY EDITION!
Learning was never meant to be confined to the classroom. Northeast Florida’s public libraries offer numerous hands-on–and free!–opportunities to keep hands and minds productively occupied beyond school hours. Here’s a small sampling to get you started.
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CLAY KIDS READ MOVERS & SHAKERS
To build early literacy skills, preschool children are encouraged to play and listen to stories, sing songs, engage in fingerplay, rhymes and crafts. And siblings are welcome to join in! 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 (and every Thursday), Fleming Island Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., claycountygov.libcal.com/event/5538842, free.
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BILINGUAL BABIES SPANISH LITTLE ONES CLASS
Hola! Bring your niño pequeño to Anastasia Island Branch Library for an engaging Spanish/English storytime experience every Friday! Music, rhymes and stories in both Spanish and English build vocabulary for parents and babies alike. 10:15-11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Anastasia Island Branch, 124 Seagrove Main St., St. Augustine Beach, sjcpls.org/event-directory/, free.
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LEARN TO PROGRAM OZOBOTS AT THE LIBRARY
Learn to code with colors and get your robot through the maze at this innovative, hands-on afternoon activity incorporating computers, technology and creativity! Tweens and teens practice block-based computer programming. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, Brentwood Branch Library, 3725 N. Pearl St., Northside, jaxpubliclibrary.org/events, free. 8 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
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08/21/19
JAGUARS VS FALCONS PRESEASON GAME
The Jags play their fourth and final preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons (7-9 last season). It’s a ’90s Night throwback to celebrate the Jags’ 25th season. And watch players battle it out for their spot on the final roster. 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, TIAA Bank Field, Sports Complex, jaguars.com, $9 and up.
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30 FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS THREE-PUTT JUNIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Top male golfers from around the nation–76 in all, ages 12-19–play a 54-hole tournament on TPC Stadium Course in the Junior PLAYERS Championship. 8:10 a.m. Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 30 & 31 and Sept. 1, TPC Sawgrass, 110 Championship Way, Ponte Vedra, ajga.org, free.
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31 SHOW ’NOLE MERCY FLORIDA STATE VS BOISE STATE
The FSU Seminoles (5-7 last year) open their 2019 football season against the Boise State Broncos (10-3 last year) at TIAA Bank Field. Including seven Gator Bowl appearances, FSU has a 10-1-1 record for games played in Jacksonville. 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, TIAA Bank Field, Sports Complex, seminoles.com, $28.75 and up. AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
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29 BOOST YOUR PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE & HELP ANOTHER DO THE SAME
LEADERQUEST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT Receive a free professional headshot when you donate an article of professional-appropriate clothing. Résumé assistance is available and preliminary interviews are conducted to hire IT professionals. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Campus, 8800 Baymeadows Way W., Jacksonville, 802-7070, free.
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29 TAKE CHARGE OF FINANCIAL WELLNESS MILITARY TRANSITION FINANCIAL WORKSHOP
The workshop includes an assessment of your current financial situation, current benefits and future needs, health insurance replacement and much more. A light lunch is available. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Mayport USO, 2560 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach; to register, email bburt@uso.org; free.
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GIVE BACK JAX SUPPORTS K9s FOR WARRIORS
A fun and convivial way for the socially conscious to get together and make a difference for the entire Jacksonville community. 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, JAX Cooking Studio, 14035 Beach Blvd., Intracoastal; to register, go to jaxcookingstudio.com or call 742-5906; $45. 10 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
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30 LATIN NIGHT AT THE CUMMER
SUMMER FRIDAY: LATIN AMERICAN CELEBRE’
The Cummer Museum hosts its weekly free-admission day this Friday with a focus on Latin America, featuring live music, art activities, Hispanic food trucks and more. 4-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Riverside, cummermuseum.org.
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31 MÚSICA SPANGLISH CARIBE GROOVE
This Caribbean-Latin Fusion cover band plays classic Latin and English tunes by Marc Anthony, Bruno Mars, Oscar de León, Celia Cruz, Carlos Santana and more. 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, Puccini’s Pizzeria, Vilano Beach, puccinispizzavilano.com.
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FALA LANGUAGE ACADEMY SPANISH CLASSES
The local language academy teaches children ages 3-15 Spanish through fun and innovative teaching techniques such as STEM activities, coding, cooking, art and soccer. 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, FCC 3450 C.R. 210, St. Johns, 407-3060, check website for fees and details, falalanguage.com. AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11
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28 LIFE-SAVING SKILLS FAMILY & FRIENDS CPR CLASS
Gain knowledge and practice with hands-on CPR/AED (automatic external defibrillator) instruction. Injury prevention and child safety are included in this course from Baptist Health and The American Heart Association. 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, Ponte Vedra Beach YMCA, 170 Landrum Lane, baptistjax.com/locations/ y-healthy-living-centers, $30.
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PROTECT YOURSELF & YOUR LIVER R EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE FREE HEPATITIS A VACCINES
In an effort to protect against potential liver damage, the Florida Department of Health in Duval County (DOH-Duval)) is offering free Hepatitis A vaccines to the public. 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Sept. 3, Center for Specialized Pulmonary Services, 515 W. Sixth St., Springfield, duvalfloridahealth.gov/events, free.
TWIN HEARTS MEDITATION
Instructor Falli Shah and Seventh Wonder Holistic Spa bring positive awareness and harmony to the community through an advanced meditation technique developed by Master Choa Kok Sui. 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, Seventh Wonder Holistic Spa, 4236 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, seventh-wonder.com, free.
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LAND GRAB Community rallies to save conservation land story by LINDSEY NOLEN
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IN 1990, A TRIANGULAR PARCEL OF ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF WATERFRONT St. Johns County land was designated conservation. Privately owned but almost entirely surrounded by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Guana Wildlife Management Area, the cutout was dubbed the “Outpost,” and it remains as idyllic as the wildlife refuge around it. Now, the property owners intend to develop 66 homes on the land—and the St. Johns County Planning & Zoning Agency just might let them. The owners in question are Ponte Vedra Corp. and its parent company, GATE Petroleum. PVC now claims that the conservation designation was erroneous. Concerned citizens disagree and have stepped up to form the initiative Save Guana Now. The activists hope to deter St. Johns County Commissioners from rezoning 74 of the Outpost’s upland acres as residential and thus green-lighting PVC’s development plans. Naturally, the members of Save Guana Now are prepared for a fight.
Nicole Crosby stands before the gate.
According to the initiative’s website, Save Guana Now believes the proposed development, Vista Tranquilla, would ‘punch a hole’ in the Guana preserve. Additionally, the advocacy group states that the development would likely cause polluted runoff to begin flowing directly into the Guana River. Save Guana Now has been mobilizing since July 28, 2016, just a few weeks after PVC submitted its application to the county for a Planned Unit Development (PUD). It has also gone through the process of setting up a nonprofit corporation, created a website, distributed stickers and yard signs, and organized events to spread the message that overdevelopment is dangerous. In the midst of legal action, a county judge had ruled that the Outpost’s designation could not be modified without a public hearing. The first of two scheduled meetings took place on Aug. 15 before the St. Johns County Planning & Zoning Agency. PVC reiterated its request to amend its land use and designate the Outpost as residential (Res A). Save Guana Now was there en force, with hundreds of supporters filling the county administration building. They wore white shirts in a show of opposition solidarity. Helping the initiative’s cause, a total of six experts—including an archaeologist, an ecologist and a hurricane evaluation specialist—argued the historical and environmental significance of the Outpost, and projected the negative
impact of development. Two planners, a traffic expert and an attorney also presented their views. The experts and 41 commentors spent an hour trying to convince the PZA to recommend denial of PVC’s application. Instead, the board voted 3-to-2 to recommend transmittal of the plan to the state. Nicole Crosby, president and cofounder of Save Guana Now, said the vote was not a surprise considering the PZA board’s past history of prodevelopment voting—and the fact that members are politically appointed, not elected. She was heartened by a few facts, however. First, the County Commission has yet to rule, and can still uphold the conservation designation. Second, public opinion is opposed to redesignation and development of the Outpost. Finally, the first hearing saw an activist turnout of more than 400 people. “The capacity of the room was 348,” Crosby told Folio Weekly, “and an official told the county attorney that 50 to 75 people were not allowed in by the fire marshal.” A monitor was installed in a separate room for the overflow. Crosby added, “The fire marshal told us it was the most people he had ever seen in his 26 years on the job.” In the end, the County Commission has the final say on this matter, and that decision is expected to be announced at the next hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 17. If the Commission decides to approve
transmittal to the state, the project would once again have to go through both the PZA and the Commission for final approval. If the commissioners deny PVC’s request, the development scheme ends there and then. “I’m hopeful and optimistic that, on Sept. 17, the Board of County Commissioners’ vote will be the last vote on this issue, and the county commissioners will not vote to transmit to the state,” Crosby said. “That will in effect kill the project. If we don’t succeed, then we have to wait another two months for one last round of hearings—PZA in November and BOCC in December.” Crosby recalled first learning of Ponte Vedra Corp.’s plan to build houses at the Outpost about five years ago. The original number it planned to build was more than 200. Yet, the company did not submit an application for a planned unit development to St. Johns County until July 11, 2016, by which point the number of houses had dropped to 77. “My response was shock and anger. Everyone who knew about the Outpost property knew it to be conservation land, as it’s been for the past 29 years,” Crosby explained. “It never occurred to anyone that this designation could be changed.” If the designation can be changed willy-nilly, Crosby mused rhetorically, then what’s the function of the county’s Future Land Use Map, which clearly marks the Outpost as designated conservation? This is a question many people are asking. Community members in the vicinity of the Outpost are outraged as well. As the proposal has progressed (and Save Guana Now has raised awareness), that outrage has spread across St. Johns County and beyond. “I’ve learned that people are opposed to any conservation land being changed to residential, and that they are particularly opposed to the Outpost being changed due to its environmental sensitivity and location surrounded by the Reserve,” Crosby explained. “It’s important to note that there is no shortage of residential land available for people to build on in the area, so there’s simply no reason to sacrifice conservation land for this purpose. The application is purely profit-driven, it’s not due to a shortage of residential land.” However, PVC argues that: In the 1940s and 1950s, Stockton, Whatley & Davin (SWD) acquired land and created a master development plan for various land parcels in northeastern St. Johns County, then known collectively as the Guana Property. In 1958, phase one of development began with the construction of the Guana Dam, impounding the waters of the North River—or Tolomato River— and adjoining marshlands to create the
2,000 acre, nine and one-half-mile long Guana Lake. In the following years, utility, water and sewer facilities were developed to allow for platting and lot sales along the A1A portion of the property. In the mid-1980s, GATE acquired these land assets from SWD and subsequently sold nearly 13,000 acres of Guana property to the state of Florida, making the creation of the GTMNERR possible. At the time, GATE retained two miles of oceanfront, one and three-quarter miles of Guana lakefront and the nearly 100-acre Outpost property for future low-density residential development. The private development of all the GATE retained lands was understood and agreed to at the time of the negotiations for the sale of 13,000 acres to the state. For decades, the Outpost property has contained a lodge that is actively and continuously operated as a private, commercial hospitality venue (for events such as weddings and receptions) for up to 700 people. Today, Ponte Vedra Corporation is proposing a low-density, environmentally sensitive residential development on the non-wetlands portion of our privately owned land outside of the Guana boundaries. Guana will remain intact. Our proposal is simply seeking to develop our private property just as the numerous residents who are also adjacent to Guana have already been allowed to do. Alternatively, Crosby argues that residents adjacent to Guana built on residential land, not conservation land. She added that this development proposal is really a Northeast Florida issue, not just a St. Johns County issue and certainly not just a Ponte Vedra issue. She says that to date, Save Guana Now has quite a bit of support, including that of six environmental groups (1000 Friends of Florida, Florida Wildlife Federation, North Florida Land Trust, Florida Audubon, Sierra Club NE Florida and Defenders of Wildlife NE Florida). “We believe the benefits for keeping the Outpost in conservation far outweigh the benefits of development, and I think that will be very difficult to dispute,” Crosby said. “Since all plan amendments are legislative, the Board of County Commissioners can deny for any rational basis. If we don’t save it now, it will be gone forever.” The next hearing in front of the St. Johns County Commissioners is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 17. For more information on this hearing, and to learn about ways to get involved in this effort, visit saveguananow.org. Subscribe to Folio Weekly’s Newsletter at folioweekly.com/newsletters
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lma Ramirez’s painting are a visual ballet of vibrant hues tangling with earthy tones in pixelated water scenes at once both realistic and abstract. The result is otherworldly. Her paintings will speak to your soul, as the waterscapes and vivid colors of Northeast Florida speak to her. French Impressionist Claude Monet once said, “Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” Ramirez is a big fan of the Impressionists and Monet in particular and, like Monet, she has always been drawn to color. The artist fondly recalls her parents—both medical professionals—bringing her, when she was a young girl, to their lab and introducing her to the microscopic world of bacteria. Her sister was thoroughly absorbed by the science behind it, but she was fascinated by the beautiful colors and spent her time drawing or painting little bacteria. “All my family’s into science. I’m the only artist. The black sheep, you know, every family has one,” she tells Folio Weekly with a laugh. “Very early, I remember, I used to be attracted by the color and the shapes of the things around me,” Ramirez says. She recalls standing in front of Monet’s work years later in Paris, captivated by the colors and the power of his paintings. “I was mesmerized in front of this painting and it made me feel like I was there in the moment. Everything in that room was talking to me and that’s the way I want my collectors to feel: peaceful, serene, and immersed in this moment.” Ramirez’s art deeply reflects her surroundings. “I was born and raised in Mexico in a desert area where we didn’t have [much] access to water. When I moved here, surrounded by the ocean, the rivers, the springs, the water, I was overwhelmed and I loved it,” she says. “My afternoon walks always were by the water. I felt a very powerful connection with this element. I went for walks by the beach and I felt so calm and refreshed. I think water was the main influence into my body of work and my colors changed as well. When I was painting in the desert where I grew up, my colors were more sienna, brown, terra cotta. Once I moved here, the colors started popping out.” The captivating exchange of light and color reflected in water transformed Ramirez’s artistic palate. Her current show, By the Water, at the Cathedral Arts Project’s Heather Moore Community Gallery in Downtown Jacksonville, is a celebration of color. Inspired largely by local marinas and waterways, the collection is stunning. These waterscapes are semirepresentational; they depict a largely recognizable world but they’re geometric and abstraction. The style was influenced by a technical mishap. “The story is quite entertaining for me to tell,” she explains.
“When I first came to Jacksonville, I didn’t have a smartphone. To take pictures, I brought my small camera with me. I took pictures at the beach, and the camera fell in the water. I got hit by a wave. I was very disappointed. When I went home, I took the memory card out of the camera and put it into the computer to read the pictures. The pictures were messed up. They were somehow pixilated and somehow clear. I found that amazing and inspiring that in those pixels, you can see the image that was the beach. I was inspired by the idea of changing something broken into something beautiful, because it was indeed beautiful to me. It was between abstract and realistic.” The Jacksonville resident earned a B.A. in Fine Arts from the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Chihuahua, Mexico and dreamed of being an art teacher. She met her future husband while pursuing a master’s degree in fine arts in El Paso, Texas. The couple relocated to Germany, where their son was born. “Life was very busy and got in the way and I didn’t create [for a few years],” she recalls. Her partner’s job brought them to Jacksonville, and she began getting out her brushes once again, painting after her baby went to bed. She never intended to sell her work. When her sister visited from Mexico about five years ago, she encouraged Ramirez to approach an art gallery and she did so … reluctantly: “I went into this gallery in St. Augustine and I was very afraid to ask, ‘Are you taking any more artists?’ At first she said, ‘No, we’re not taking any more artists,’ but when I took out my paintings, she said, ‘Bring me your paintings. I can sell your work.’ She ended up selling all my paintings the first month I was in the gallery, so she asked me for more work, bigger pieces. I couldn’t believe I was actually painting what I loved, not what I was asked. I was just painting from the heart all the time.” Another gallery contacted Ramirez and her hobby became a full-time occupation. Her work now appears in galleries across the state of Florida as well as in Atlanta, Dallas, and even California. An art educator at heart, Ramirez is thrilled to partner with Cathedral Arts Project. She’s passionate about making art accessible to children and providing opportunities for kids to build selfconfidence and communication skills through the arts. “Art is the only subject where a lot of kids open their wings,” she says. “Getting to their imagination … lets [kids] make mistakes and teaches them that mistakes are good.” Perhaps reflecting on the ‘mistake’ that showed her a new way to view—and paint—the water, she adds, “Isn’t that how the most important discoveries are made?” Jennifer Melville mail@folioweekly.com
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ARTS + EVENTS
ALEXANDRA NECHITA: REIMAGINED
A collection of the California artist’s works is on exhibit from Aug. 30-Sept. 8 at Gallery 725, 1250 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, gallery725.com. The artist appears at a children’s event in the gallery, 11 a.m.-noon and then from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 7, and 1-3 p.m. Sept. 8. Free admission, but RSVPs requested; email gallery725@gmail.com or call 345-9320.
PERFORMANCE
PATEN LOCKE: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE Friends, family and folks gather to recognize the man and his music, with food, DJ sets, T-shirts, merch and live music, 5-10 p.m. Aug. 29 at CoRK Arts District, 2689 Rosselle St., Riverside; donations for the family taken at the door; afterparty at Rain Dogs. POPS CONCERT: A Magical Night of Disney Music Dress like your fave Disney character ($5 discount!); 7 p.m. Aug. 29, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, 2445 San Diego Rd., San Marco, 346-5620, duval schools.org, $10. MAMMA MIA! Here we go again! The global hit musical comedy, about love and friendship, with a soundtrack of ABBA’s hits, through Sept. 15 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $41-$67. FALL INTO FALL Players by the Sea offers an innovative improv-based acting program, directed by Barbara Colaciello, for middle and high school aged kids, held 4:30 p.m. every Wed. for 16 weeks, Aug. 28-Dec. 13 at the theater, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, 249-0289, playersbythesea.org, $320/ student. The Fall Musical Theatre Intensive program runs Aug. 29-Nov. 16; check website for details.
AUDITIONS & CALLS
DESIGN+MUSIC FESTIVAL SEEKS POSTERS Design a poster for your favorite song, band, album, concert or music festival (local support encouraged). Entry fee is $10, which gets you free admission to the Oct. 5 fest, and a poster printed on matte paper, courtesy of PrintJax! Poster details: size 24-inches-by-36-inches, with a resolution at least 300dpi, including crop marks with a .125-inch bleed. Name the file accordingly, email it to designmusic@jacksonville.aiga.org. If you print your poster with AIGA, that deadline is Sept. 20. If you’re printing/making your own, the drop-off deadline is 6-8 p.m. Oct. 2 at CORK North; you may print your own poster, but register your work so AIGA Jax can keep count.
CLASSICAL & JAZZ
MATTHEW HALL The pianist plays every Thur., Fri. & Sat. at Corner Bistro & Piano Bar, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 1, Southside, 619-1931. FLORIDA CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT The local classical ensemble begins its seventh season with Johannes Brahams’ String Quartet No. 3, Opus 7, at 3 p.m. Sept. 15 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, flchambermusic.org, pvconcerthall.com, $12.50-$125.
BOOKS & POETRY
JANE R. WOOD Juvenile fiction author Wood signs copies of her book, Adventures on Amelia Island: A Pirate, A Princess & Buried Treasure, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 31 at The Book Loft, 214 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, 261-8991, thebookloftofamelia.com, free admission. SEASIDE STRUMMERS UKULELE CLUB The onceagain-popular stringed instrument of the islands is the
focus, 3-4 p.m. Aug. 28 at Story & Song Neighborhood Bookstore & Bistro, Fernandina, 601-2118, storyandsongbookstore.com. OPEN MIC NIGHT The poetic event is hosted by Johnny Masiulewicz, with poetry, spoken word and song. Aug. 28 & every last Wed., Chamblin’s Uptown, 215 N. Laura St., Downtown, 674-0868. PATRICIA KLINE NIX Author Nix signs copies of her memoir as a nurse during the Vietnam conflict, Baptized by Fire, noon-3 p.m. Sept. 1, The Book Loft, 214 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, 261-8991, thebookloftofamelia.com, free admission.
COMEDY
COMEDY ZONE LOL Comedy Night with Steve Trevino is 7:30 p.m. Aug. 28, $10. Blue Comedy with Spike Yoder, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29, $10. Bruce Bruce is on 7:30 and 10 p.m. Aug. 30 and 31, $30-$35. 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com. JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB ntertainer and Austin Mann appear at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31, 830 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 461-8843, thegypsy comedyclub.com, $15.
ART WALKS, MARKETS
DIG LOCAL NETWORK Weekly farmers’ markets: Beaches Green Market, 2-5 p.m. Sat., Jarboe Park, Florida Boulevard and A1A, Neptune Beach; Midweek Market, 3-6 p.m. Wed., Bull Park, 718 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach; ABC Market, 3-6 p.m. Fri., 1966 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach. RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local and regional art, organic produce, works by local craftspeople & music–My Monster Heart, Chad Jasmine Aug. 31–10 a.m. Saturdays underneath Fuller Warren Bridge, free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.
MUSEUMS
ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. N., 256-7371, arts.ju.edu. MFA in the Works is the works of grad students, Masters of Fine Arts, including Heather Jones, Devon Variano, Jamal Adjamah, Danielle Doctor and Theresa Rykaczewski; displays through Aug. 29. BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Riding the Rails: Pablo Beach Train Day is 10 a.m. Sept. 7. Glenn Lamp’s Guard Life, a 36-inch-by48-inch acrylic, won the Beaches Art Fest Poster Contest. The fifth annual fest is Nov. 9 & 10. Artist Annelies Dykgraaf’s exhibit Water. Life. Art. runs through Nov. 11. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Dinner with Monet, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 5; details on website. French Moderns: Monet to Matisse runs through Sept. 6. Carlos Rolón: Lost in Paradise runs through Oct. 21. Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art, through Dec. 1. Edmund Greacen & World War I runs through Dec. 15. Free Tuesday is Sept. 3.
KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First Street, Springfield, 356-2992, karpeles.weebly. com. Darwin: On the Origin of Species and Other Matters, displays through August. LIGHTNER MUSEUM 75 King St., St. Augustine, 824-2874, lightnermuseum.org. Lightner After Hours: All That Jazz features live music by The Raisin Cake Orchestra, cocktails, and light hors d’oeuvres, free. America’s Castles: Highlights from the Collection is on permanent display. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Abstraction to Figuration: Works from MOCA is open at the T-U Center, with works by Memphis Wood, Mary Ann Bryan and Nancee Clark; Caitlin Swindell, curator. Camp/Wall/Flock, Khalid Albaih’s new installation, is on exhibit through Oct. 27. Of Many Ancestors exhibits through Dec. 28. MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Northbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. MOSH After Dark presents Painting Traditions with Dima Kroma, 6 p.m. Aug. 29, 21+, $20 members; $25 nonmembers. Expedition: Dinosaur is up through Sept. 2. Hands-on exhibit Creation Station is open.
GALLERIES
THE ART CENTER COOPERATIVE 9451 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 430, Regency Square, 233-9252, tacjacksonville. org. Figure drawing with a live model, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29, TAC II, 700 E. Union St., Downtown, $5 members, $10 nonmembers. Portraiture classes are 1-4 p.m. every Sat. at Main Gallery, Regency Square. Works by member artists include oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, photography and sculptures in various media. Nature Abounds is currently on exhibit. ARTISAN VILLAGE of AMELIA 2188 Sadler Rd., 491-2180, artisanvillageamelia.com. Local artists display their works. Rental spaces, classes and a monthly art show are featured. THE ART STUDIO & GALLERY 370A A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 295-4428, beachesartstudio.org. Corey Michael Smithson is the featured artist for August. AVILES GALLERY 11-C Aviles St., St. Augustine, 728-4957, avilesgallery.net. Members are Joel Bagnal, KC Cali, Byron Capo, Hookey Hamilton, Ted Head, Paula Pascucci and Gina Torkos. BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave., 853-6545. Tiffany Manning’s new works, Flow State, are on exhibit. BUTTERFIELD GARAGE ART GALLERY 137 King St., St. Augustine, 825-4577, butterfieldgarage.com. The annual garage sale wraps up 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 30. Per Hans Romnes’ photography and Teri Siewert’s works are currently on exhibit. CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT/HEATHER MOORE COMMUNITY GALLERY 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, capkids.org. By the Water, an exhibit of Alma Ramirez’s new works, displays through Oct. 25. CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/ crispellert. An exhibit of recent work by full- and part-time fine art and graphic design faculty opens with a reception, 5-8 p.m. Sept. 6, part of First Friday Art Walk; the exhibit runs Aug. 30-Sept. 26. Artists include Sarah Alexander, Luke Brodersen, Joseph Fioramanti, Diana Lodi, Logan Marconi, Kevin Mahoney, Russell Maycumber, Laura Mongiovi, Patrick Moser, Sara Pedigo, Leslie Robison, Jason Schwab, Chris Smith, Natalie Stephenson and Mark Zimmerman, working in various media, including painting, drawing, motion graphics, print/digital design, printmaking, photography, sculpture, installation and video. Associate Professor of Art Robison discusses her projects 4 p.m. Sept. 6; Graphic Design Assistant Professor Smith discusses his work at 4 p.m. Sept. 10. THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Compromised Boundaries, works by Society of Mixed Media Artists members, runs through Sept. 21. Art with a Heart in Healthcare’s eighth annual exhibition A World of Their Own, comprising works by pediatric patients of Wolfson Children’s Hospital, is on display. CUTTER & CUTTER FINE ART GALLERIES 25 King St., St. Augustine, 810-0460, cutterandcutter.com. Glassblower David Lotton’s glass art is displayed and is available for acquisition. GALLERY 725, 1250 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, gallery725.com. A collection of California artist Alexandra Nechita’s new works, Reimagined, is on exhibit and available for acquisition from Aug. 30-Sept. 8. The artist is on hand for a children’s event, 11 a.m.-noon and then 6-8 p.m. Sept. 7, and 1-3 p.m. Sept. 8. Admission is free, but RSVPs are AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 17
requested; email gallery725@gmail.com or call 345-9320. GRAY 1908 GALLERY 73 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 850-384-3084. Jenna Alexander’s The Flower Map of the United States displays. HASKELL GALLERY Jacksonville International Airport, 741-3546, jiaarts.org. Works by Memphis Wood, Charlie Brown and Stephen Heywood are exhibited on the Connector Bridge. MAKERSPACE GALLERY Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2665, jaxpubliclibrary.org. Reclaimed: Life Beyond the Landfill has art made with repurposed waste objects. Artists include Clifford Buckley, Malath Albakri, Keshauna Davis, John Drum, Zac Freeman, Donald Gialanella, Aisling Millar McDonald, Khamil L. Ojoyo, Lana Shuttleworth and Wendy Sullivan. It’s exhibited through Sept. 22; free. MANDARIN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 11964 Mandarin Rd., mandarinmuseum.net. Exhibits include Civil War era artifacts recovered from the Union steamship Maple Leaf, items related to Harriet Beecher Stowe, a WW I exhibit, and displays related to the only remaining one-room schoolhouse in Duval County. PAStA FINE ART GALLERY 214 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 824-0251, pastagalleryart. com. Photographer Julie Noel Smith is August’s featured artist. Her works are displayed in the new show Intentional. ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Building, 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 471-9980. Manila Clough’s mosaics, depicting native birds and plants, exhibit through Sept. 19. SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Ste. 113, Downtown, southlight.com. New members Hillary Hogue and Nancy Schultz exhibit their works in September. A new exhibit, The Three Graces, features sculpture, abstraction and still lifes by artists Nofa Dixon, Dee Roberts and Nancy Schultz. The works’ complementary qualities are not to be missed;
through Sept. 4, along with MJ Hinson’s expansive abstractions, on the second floor, and David Engdahl’s Lamelliforms. SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, 888-4219222, spacefortytwo.com. Luisa Posada Bleier’s Untitled exhibits through August. WORD REVOLT ART GALLERY 1249 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 888-5502, wordrevolt.com. The fine art exhibit CO2 is on display. The exhibit Glass Works welcomes submissions; apply now. THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, theyellowhouseart.org. The new immersive exhibit Home: The Stories of Arab Immigrant & Refugee Women, opens with a reception 5-8 p.m. Aug. 31, marking the second anniversary of Yellow House. Free admission; light refreshments. A dozen women from Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Palestine share their experiences of home, from streets filled with the scent of jasmine and tables where tea connects friends and family to the trauma of war and the need for refuge. The event, cocreated with Artugee, which uses art for social connection, economic empowerment and advocacy for Arab-American women making a home in here, was co-curated by Malath Alarnosi, Basma Alawee and Hope McMath. The community of artists, storytellers, organizers, researchers and makers includes Malath Alarnosi, Ban Aldalw, Dima Karoma, Neegar Ibrahim, Noor Alqaysi, Lina Elimam, Safaa Ali Dib, Samia R and Hala Khalil.
EVENTS
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Photographers Chris Moore and Jim Brady discuss … well … photography, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Sept. 3, Beaches Library, 600 Third St., Neptune Beach, free, 240-8835, beachesphotographyclub.org. STORYTELLERS Sareth Ney hosts the group, 5 p.m. Aug. 29, Corazon Cinema & Café, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com, $5.
CONCERTS
Based in Asbury Park, NJ, but boasting Jacksonville roots, power-pop trio LITTLE VICIOUS wraps a month-long summer tour at Atlantic Beach’s storied dive bar, 8 p.m. Sept. 1 to Fly’s Tie Irish Pub, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, $3.
LIVE MUSIC VENUES
AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA
SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St. Aaron Koerner Aug. 28. Kevin Ski Aug. 29. Sam McDonald Aug. 30. Shawn Layne Aug. 31 SJ Brewing Co., 463646 S.R. 200, Yulee Robert Barlow Aug. 31 SLIDERS, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. Tad Jennings Aug. 29. Firewater Tent Revival Aug. 30. King Eddie & Pili Pili Wed. Mark O’Quinn Tue. The SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher The Macys Aug. 28. John Waters Aug. 31
THE BEACHES
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) BLUE JAY Listening Room, 412 N. Second St. The Contenders Aug. 29. Andy Zipf Aug. 30. Corey Kilgannon Sept. 1 COOP 303, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach Barrett Thomas Aug. 30 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 Whim Aug. 30 & 31. Samuel Sanders Sept. 1 FLY’S TIE, 177 Sailfish Dr., AB Little Vicious Sept. 1 GREEN ROOM Brewing, 228 Third St. N. Grace Band Aug. 30 LYNCH’S, 514 N. First St. Luvu Aug. 30. Halfway Hippie, Barnes & the Heart Aug. 31 MAVI Bar & Grill, 2309 Beach Blvd. Billy Bowers Sept. 5 MEZZA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach Gypsies Ginger Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer Thur. Mezza Shuffle Boxband Mon. MUSIC in the Courtyard, 200 First St., NB Billy Bowers Aug. 31 RAGTIME Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB Big John Aug. 28. The Bald Eagles Aug. 29. Love Monkey Aug. 30 & 31. Lunar Coast Sept. 1 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy. Smokestack Aug. 29. Sidewalk 65 Aug. 30. Melt Behind the Wheel Aug. 31. Chris Thomas Band Sept. 1
DOWNTOWN
FLAGLER FACULTY EXHIBITION OPENS
Flagler College’s Crisp-Ellert Art Museum presents an exhibit of recent work by full- and part-time fine art and graphic design faculty. An opening reception is 5-8 p.m. Sept. 6, part of First Friday Art Walk; the exhibit runs Aug. 30-Sept. 26. Pictured here is Patrick Moser’s A Minute.
NOW SHOWING • NOW SHOWING • NOW SHOWING • NOW SHOWING SUN-RAY CINEMA The Death Becomes Us Series runs Wristcutters, Aug. 28. The annual NY Dog Film Festival celebrates all things canine, in short films, benefiting Friends of Jacksonville Animals. Films include Unexpected, Shit Happens, Esther-Saving Castaways, Elvis: The Lonely Hunter of Circle Beach, Dog Power, I Rescue Senior Dogs, About a Dog, It’s a Potcake Life, A Dog’s Life, Well-Groomed and Imperfect Adventure, noon-2 p.m. Aug. 31. The Cat Film Fest follows, noon-2 p.m. Sept. 1, with The Pet Effect, Little Works of Art, Art’s Automotive. Akamatsu the Cat, Pure Fluff, Winter Break, Guardians of Recoleta, Scaredy, the Cat, Marnie: The Cat Guru, Cat Nation: A film about Japan’s Crazy Cat, Instagram Cat Mom, Samantha & the Rock Cats, Mittens from Kittens and Beth is Not a Cat. Good Boys
and Peanut Butter Falcon run. Delicatessen runs Sept. 4. 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Ophelia and The Other Story run. Throwback Thursday: The Man from U.N.C.L.E., noon Aug. 29. Mixer & a Movie: Mean Girls, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. WGHF IMAX THEATER Documentary Days, through Sept. 5. Superpower Dogs 3D, Backyard Wilderness, Great Bear Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef run. World Golf Hall of Fame, St. Augustine, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. UNF MOTH FILMS The Clean Bin Project runs 7 p.m. Aug. 29 at MOCA Jax, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, mocajacksonville.unf.edu, free.
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ARTS + EVENTS
1904 MUSIC Hall, 19 Ocean St. N. Mouth of the South, Cory Claws Aug. 28. Langdon McNamara Aug. 29. Cofresi, Artifakts, Matthew Connor, Drewlface Aug. 30. Duval Day Festival: Whole Wheat Bread, Evergreen Terrace, Rob Roy, Swordz, Universal Green Sept. 4 DAILY’S Place, Sports Complex Peter Frampton, Jason Bonham Sept. 4 The FLORIDA Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth Poco, Pure Prairie League, Firefall Aug. 30. Rhett & Link Sept. 7 HEMMING Park, 135 Monroe St. Joe Watts Aug. 28. The 77ds Aug. 30 The JUSTICE Pub, 315 E. Bay St. 430 Steps, Fever Strike, The Wastedist Aug. 31. Snake Blood Remedy, Saddle Tramp Sept. 5 MYTH Nightclub, 333 E. Bay St. Hekler, Valhalla, Xander, Plsma Aug. 30. DJs Introkut, Era, Papi Disco Aug. 31. Trampa, Bad Color, Inner G, Romeo Sept. 1 VETERANS MEMORIAL Arena, Sports Complex Chris Brown, Tory Lanez, Ty Dolla $ign, Joyner Lucas, Yella Beezy Aug. 30. Hillsong United Sept. 7 The VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams Block Party: Geexella, Ramona Aug. 30. Cyrus Quaranta Aug. 31
PONTE VEDRA Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N. Johnnyswim Aug. 29. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Aug. 30 TAPS, 2220 C.R. 210 Kurt Lanham Aug. 28. Str8 Up Aug. 30
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave. Leigh Nash, John Tibbs, The Bridge Street Vibe Aug. 30 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Them Vagabonds Aug. 28. Alone I Walk, Kid You Not, 408, You Vandal Aug. 30. RnB Hookah Aug. 31. Open mic Sept. 2. Sensi Trails, Danka Sept. 7 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St. DigDog, Lassyu, Isabella Parole, His Hem Aug. 30. Jeremy Slaughter, Izzy A’Mon, Lilith Lamore, Chlora De Formme, Fauna Fae, J’adore Gore, Rachel Boheme, Anna Phylaxxis, Lillie De Luna, Edith Meowt Aug. 31 RIVER & POST, 1000 Riverside Barrett Thomas Aug. 31 RIVERSIDE ARTS Market, 715 Riverside My Monster Heart, Chad Jasmine Aug. 31. Bold City Beer Fest: The Fritz, Zach Deputy, Trail Diver, Bonnie Blue, Ben Strok & the Full Electric, Taller Trees Sept. 1
ST. AUGUSTINE
The AMP, 1340C A1A Backyard Stage: Reels, Kurt Vile & The Violaters Sept. 7. Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins, Lucie Silvas Sept. 8 ARNOLD’S, 3912 N. Ponce de Leon Southern Rukus Aug. 31. Jason Evans Band Sept. 1 COLONIAL QUARTER, 33 St. George St. The Attack, Raye Zaragoza, Christina Wagner, Dave Hause & the Mermaid Sept. 6. Isabella Parole, Kapowski, Chelsea Saddler Band, Kristopher James, Ghost Tropic, Davis Loose & the Loose Cannons, Billy Buchanan Sept. 7 DOG ROSE Brewing, 77 Bridge St. Donny Brazile, Jason Wall, Sugarbeats, Z.F. Lively Sept. 6. Lauren Heintz, Jason & Darah, Nathaniel Hawke, Rose Dickerson Sept. 7 GAMBLE ROGERS Showcase, Aviles St. Liam Jones, Luis Mario & His Latin Band, Cooper, Dim Lights, Wetland String Band, Marianne Lerbs, Jim Carrick Sept. 7 MUSIC by the SEA, St. Aug. Beach Pier Southern Chaos Aug. 281 NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd. Vitamin Geez, Strange String, Sleepless, Bubba Spliffs, Dial Drive, Observatory Sept. 6. Burl, Gypsy Chyx, Luke Otto, Gary Lazer Eyes, Bryce Alastair Trio, Lassyu, Dig Dog Sept. 7 PLAZA de la CONSTITUCIÓN, 170 St. George Lonesome Bert Aug. 29 PROHIBITION Kitchen, 119 St. George St. Master Blaster Aug. 28. Ramona, Brooks Hubbard Aug. 29. Zach Chester Aug. 30. To Satchmo with Love Aug. 31. Matt Still, The Cat 5 Band Sept. 1. Colton McKenna Sept. 2 SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd. Quarter Roy, Observatory, Vilano Aug. 31. Orbiter, Parallel, Lilac Angel, Shy Layers Sept. 6. John Dickie & Collapsible B, Jackie Stranger, Shannon Ogden, 86 Hope, Soundaltar, Meth, The Weighted Hands, Expert Timing Sept. 7 St. Augustine DISTILLERY, 112 Riberia St. Sam Pacetti Sept. 6
SAN MARCO, NORTHBANK
INTRACOASTAL, ARLINGTON
GRAPE & GRAIN Exchange, 2000 San Marco Blvd. Al Maniscalco Quartet Sept. 6 JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Supersuckers Aug. 30. Samsara, The Ansible, Automatik Fit Aug. 31. Miles from London, Boston Marriage, Arrows in Action, Solafide, The Spring Sept. 1. Charlie Farley Sept. 5. Terrytown, The Kate Rays, The Dog Apollo Sept. 6. Book of Love, Robert Goodman Sept. 7 MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd. Mike’s Mic: Mike Shackelford, Dean Spry Aug. 30
MANDARIN
VETERANS UNITED, 8999 Western Way Jarred Willis Aug. 30 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd. Cliff Dorsey Aug. 28. Scofflaws Aug. 29. Sidewalk 65 Aug. 30. Str8 Up Aug. 31
ORANGE PARK
FLAMINGO LAKE, 3640 Newcomb Rd. Duval County Line Aug. 31 PALMS Fish Camp, 6359 Heckscher Dr. Eric Alabiso, Kent Kirby Aug. 31. Michael Ward Sept. 1
PONTE VEDRA
BELUTHAHATCHEE Park, 1523 S.R. 13, Fruit Cove Second Sunday at Stetson’s: Ron & Bari Litschauer Sept. 8 SPIRIT of the SUWANNEE Music Park, 3076 95th Dr., Live Oak Justin Time Aug. 30. Creekside Band Aug. 31
FLEMING ISLAND, GREEN COVE
BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd. Scott Perham Aug. 28. Kent Kirby Aug. 29. Mark Johns, Mad Hatters Aug. 30. Chillakaya Aug. 31 WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220 Second Shot Aug. 30. Spanky Aug. 31 CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd. Joe Santana’s Kingfish Aug. 28. Julia Gulia Aug. 30. Lisa & the Mad Hatters Aug. 31 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd. Bad Habits Aug. 30. Spektra Aug. 31 ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd. Brian Iannucci Wed., Sun. & Tue. IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Stephen Quinn Aug. 29. Chillula Aug. 30. Lunar Coast Aug. 31. Corbitt Bros. Sept. 1 CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave. Julia Gulia Aug. 31 The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd. DJ Rafiki Sept. 3 THRASHER-HORNE Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr. Sawyer Brown Aug. 30 FIONN MacCOOL’S, 145 Hilden Rd., Nocatee Vegas Gray Aug. 30. Spade McQuade Aug. 31
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BERT KREISCHER Oct. 11, Florida Theatre MAGGIE ROGERS, JACOB BANKS Oct. 11, The Amp STEVEN PAGE Oct. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Florida Indie fest: BRENT BYRD Oct. 12, Dog Rose Brewing BEACHES OKTOBERFEST Oct. 12 & 13, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax Beach NAHKO & MEDICINE for the PEOPLE, NATTALI RIZE Oct. 12, The Amp Backyard Stage BASILICA, PRIMORDIAL TIDES, DEPRESSOR DEADBLO, TEAM DEATHMATCH Oct. 14, Jack Rabbits CHEAP TRICK, ZZ TOP Oct. 16, The Amp IYA TERRA, The RIES BROTHERS, FOR PEACE BAND Oct. 16, Surfer ZAC BROWN BAND Oct. 17, Daily’s Place TOMATOBAND, CUSTARD PIE, STEPHEN PIGMAN Oct. 17, Jack Rabbits The WOOD BROTHERS Oct. 17, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHICAGO Oct. 18, Daily’s Place BILLY CURRINGTON Oct. 18, The Amp YOUNG THUG, MACHINE GUN KELLY, KILLY, POLO G, YBN NAHMIR, STRICK Oct. 19, Daily’s Place FACE to FACE, LAGWAGON, H20 Oct. 19, The Amp Backyard Stage ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD FAIR Oct. 20, The Amp CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MADDIE & TAE, RUNAWAY JUNE Oct. 20, Veterans Memorial Arena RUMOURS of FLEETWOOD MAC Tribute Oct. 21, Florida Theatre KYLE COX, ROCKO WHEELER Oct. 21, Jack Rabbits ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND Oct. 22, Florida Theatre ROTTING OUT, CANDY, SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY, KNOCKED LOOSE Oct. 22, 1904 Music Hall The MOVEMENT, The LATE ONES, ELOVATERS Oct. 23, Surfer The ALLMAN BETTS BAND, JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR, JD SIMO Oct. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Suwannee Hulaween: The STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, BASSNECTAR, GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, ANDERSON.PAAK & the FREE NATIONALS, JASON ISBELL & the 400 UNIT, UMPHREY’S McGEE, G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, LETTUCE, MAGIC CITY HIPPIES Oct. 24-27, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park SWITCHFOOT Oct. 24, The Florida Theatre CLINT BLACK Oct. 25, Thrasher-Horne Center POST MALONE, TYLA YAWEH, SWAE LEE Oct. 25, VetsMemArena SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Oct. 26, Prohibition Kitchen STEVE HOFSTETTER Oct. 27, Jack Rabbits WYNONNA & the BIG NOISE Oct. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY Oct. 31, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SAMMY HAGAR & the CIRCLE, NIGHT RANGER Nov. 1, The Amp SATSANG, JONNY WAYNE Nov. 2, Jack Rabbits BRETT BOLLINGER Nov. 2, Prohibition Kitchen HERE COME the MUMMIES Nov. 2, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall OLD DOMINION, SCOTTY McCREERY, RYAN HURD Nov. 2 & 3, The Amp WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen Musical Nov. 3, The Florida Theatre DEMONS Nov. 4, Jack Rabbits ROY ORBISON & BUDDY HOLLY Tribute Nov. 6, Florida Theatre The KRICKETS Nov. 7, Café Eleven BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY Nov. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Nov. 8, Times-Union Center STING Nov. 8, Daily’s Place ELVIS COSTELLO & the IMPOSTERS Nov. 8, The Amp The MIGHTY O’JAYS, GERALD ALSTON, The MANHATTANS Nov. 9, The Florida Theatre Porchfest: MAGGIE KOERNER, ALANNA ROYALE, MAMA BLUE, SPADE McQUADE, KING EDDIE & PILI PILI, CHRIS THOMAS BAND, OUIJA BROS., TAD JENNINGS, LET’S RIDE BRASS BAND, BRENT BYRD BAND Nov. 9, Springfield porches The RACONTEURS, MARGO PRICE Nov. 9, The Amp .38 SPECIAL, BRETT MYERS, The CURT TOWNE Band, PINTO GRAHAM Nov. 9, Thrasher-Horne Center The JAPANESE HOUSE Nov. 12, Jack Rabbits AUTHORITY ZERO Nov. 12, 1904 Music Hall Coast2Coast Live Artist Showcase Nov. 13, Jack Rabbits The DOOBIE BROTHERS Nov. 13, The Amp Led Zeppelin Tribute: ZOSO Nov. 14, Surfer the Bar The SAUCE BOSS BILL WHARTON Nov. 15, Mudville Music Room GREG GUTFIELD Nov. 16, The Florida Theatre DWIGHT YOAKAM Nov. 17, The Florida Theatre JONAS BROTHERS, BEBE REXHA, JORDAN McGRAW Nov. 17, Veterans Memorial Arena FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, THREE DAYS GRACE, BAD WOLVES, FIRE from the GODS Nov. 18, Vets Memorial Arena MIRANDA LAMBERT, MAREN MORRIS, ELLE KING, PISTOL ANNIES, ASHLEY McBRYDE, TENILLE TOWNES, CAYLEE HAMMACK Nov. 21, Veterans Memorial Arena The FAB FOUR Beatles Tribute Nov. 22, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SARA BAREILLES Nov. 22, Daily’s Place CRYSTAL BOWERSOX Nov. 23, Café Eleven MASON JENNINGS Nov. 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JOHN OATES, The GOOD ROAD BAND Nov. 24, PV Concert Hall ARIANA GRANDE Dec. 1, Veterans Memorial Arena
HORSEBURNER, INDIGHOST, CHROME FANGS, AUDIOHIVE Sept. 8, Jack Rabbits The HOLLYWOOD HORSES, RUNNER’S HIGH Sept. 8, Rain Dogs COLTON McKENNA Sept. 9, The Amp Night Market AMY GRANT Sept. 12, The Florida Theatre The MIDNIGHT HOUR, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD, ADRIAN YOUNGE Sept. 12, 1904 Music Hall CHRIS YOUNG, CHRIS JANSON, LOCASH Sept. 12, Daily’s GEEXELLA Sept. 13, Rain Dogs PROPAGANDHI & the COATHANGERS Sept. 13, Amp Backyard DR. FËËLDIRTY (Mötley Crüe tribute), HIGHWAY to HELLS BELLS (ACDC tribute) Sept. 13, Jack Rabbits Onyx Fest II: AUDITORY ARMORY, CATCHER & the RYE, AMNESIS, SATYR, DEAD RECKONIONG, CITY of STAGES, DEFY the TYRANT, GOLD FRANKINCENSE & MYRRH, BREATHING THEORY Sept. 14, 1904 Music Hall HOT WATER MUSIC, The MENZINGERS, SUBHUMAN Sept. 14, The Amp Backyard Stage PRIDELESS, RIVER CITY SOUND SYSTEM, ON HOLIDAY Sept. 14, Rain Dogs UB40, ALI CAMPBELL, ASTRO Sept. 14, Daily’s Place ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES, DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, AARON LEE TASJAN Sept. 15, The Amp Backyard Stage DON FELDER Sept. 16, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall AGENT ORANGE Sept. 16, Surfer the Bar DUBLIN CITY RAMBLERS Sept. 16, Culhane’s AB COLM KEEGAN Sept. 17 & 18, Culhane’s Southside ALL GET OUT, AS CITIES BURN, MANY ROOMS Sept. 18, Jack Rabbits STELLAR CIRCUITS, HAWKING Sept. 18, The Justice Pub GEORGE PORTER & RUNNIN PARDNERS Sept. 19, 1904 Music Hall LOCAL NATIVES, DEVON GILFILLIAN Sept. 20, PV Concert Hall ODDEVEN, BROKEN SILENCE, SILENT/RUNNING Sept. 20, Jack Rabbits LOS STELLARIANS, S.A. MARTINEZ Sept. 20, Surfer the Bar WALTER PARKS Sept. 20, Mudville Music Room KASEY MUSGRAVES Benefit Sept. 21, The Amp Muddfest: PUDDLE of MUDD, SALIVA, TRAPT, SAVING ABEL, TANTRIC Sept. 21, Thrasher-Horne Center STRUNG OUT, CASUALTIES, INSPECTION 12 Sept. 21, 1904 Music Hall ALAN JACKSON, WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN Sept. 21, Veterans Memorial Arena VIRGIL DONATI Sept. 22, Surfer the Bar STAND ATLANTIC, FAIM, WSTR, HOLD CLOSE Sept. 22, 1904 Music Hall The GROWLERS, PHOSPHORESCENT Sept. 22, Amp Backyard YOUTH FOUNTAIN, FREE THROW, CHRIS FARREN, MACSEAL Sept. 23, Nighthawks KENNY YARBROUGH, SOUTHERN TIDE, JEREMY MORRISON Sept. 24, Amp Night Market DIG DOG, WSA, PULSES, GIRAFFRICA Sept. 25, Shantytown SACRED REICH, TOXIC HOLIDAY Sept. 26, Nighthawks LUCID FURS, DOOMSTRESS, LUNA CRUISE Sept. 26, Jack Rabbits BRANTLEY GILBERT, MICHAEL RAY, LINDSAY ELL Sept. 27, Daily’s GOUGE AWAY, JEROMES DREAM, SOUL GLO, HORSEWHIP Sept. 27, The Justice Pub SCOTT BRADLEE’S Postmodern Jukebox Sept. 27, Florida Theatre WHITNEY MORGAN & the 78S, ALEX WILLIAMS Sept. 27, 1904 Music Hall SHOVELS & ROPE, LILLY HIATT Sept. 27, Amp Backyard Stage grandson, nothing, nowhere Sept. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BRETT BASS & the MELTED PLECTRUM Sept. 28, Townies Pizzeria KC & the SUNSHINE BAND tribute Sept. 28, Suwannee Music Park TOUBAB KREWE Sept. 28, Jack Rabbits NONPOINT, HYRO the HERO, MADAME MAYHEM, ZERO THEOREM Sept. 29, Surfer the Bar SON VOLT Sept. 29, The Amp Backyard Stage The CHRIS THOMAS BAND Sept. 29, Bistro Aix 20th anniversary GATLIN BROTHERS Sept. 29, The Florida Theatre BAD SUNS, LIILY, ULTRAQ Sept. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall GUNS N’ ROSES Oct. 1, Veterans Memorial Arena SCOTT STAPP Oct. 3, The Florida Theatre THOMAS RHETT, DUSTIN LYNCH, RUSSELL DICKERSON, RHETT AKINS Oct. 4, Veterans Memorial Arena GUIDA, MERCY MERCY Oct. 4, Jack Rabbits PAPADOSIO Oct. 4, The Amp Backyard Stage JOHN MEDESKI’S MAD SKILLET Oct. 5, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The SLOCAN RAMBLERS Oct. 6, Café Eleven BUILT to SPILL, PRISM BITCH, The PAUSES Oct. 9, Jack Rabbits MARTY STUART The Pilgrim Oct. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CATFISH & the BOTTLEMEN, JULY TALK Oct. 10, Amp Backyard Stage The TOASTERS, The SCOTCH BONNETS Oct. 10, Surfer the Bar CHRIS STAPLETON, BROTHERS OSBORNE, KENDELL MARVEL Oct. 10, Veterans Memorial Arena Suwannee Roots Revival: SAM BUSH, DEL McCOURY BAND, KELLER & the KEELS, SAMANTHA FISH, The TRAVELIN’ McCOURYS, VERLON THOMPSON, DAVID GANS, PETER ROWAN, OTEIL & FRIENDS, LEFTOVER SALMON, DONNA the BUFFALO, KELLER WILLIAMS’ PETTYGRASS, WE BANJO 3, JOE CRAVEN & the SOMETIMERS, JONATHAN SCALES FOURCHESTRA, The HILLBENDERS, JIM LAUDERDALE, REV. JEFF MOSIER, BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM, CORBITT BROS., JON STICKLEY, The LEE BOYS, SAUCE BOSS, BELLE & the Band, The DUNEHOPPERS, The GRASS IS DEAD, BRUCE COCKBURN, The SELDOM SCENE, HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES, LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND, DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, LIL SMOKIES, BALKUN BROTHERS, SHINY RIBS, KATIE SKENE & the COSMIC BAND, NIKKI TALLEY, JASON SHARP, The self-described folkicana musicians THE CONTENDERS (Jay QUARTERMOON, WHETHERMAN, Nash, Josh Day), with movie-star good looks, spot-on humor TORNADO RIDER, The ADVENTURES and sublime harmonies, are on the rise. They appear here 7 of ANNABELLE LYNN, LEE HUNTER, p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Blue Jay Listening Room, Jax Beach, JEFF BRADLEY Oct. 11-14, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park bluejay.com, $25.
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FOLIO COOKING
BEHIND THE
SWINGIN’ DOORS
KITCHEN WORKERS MAKE LESS $$ THAN SERVERS & MGMNT
LAST WEEK, I EXPLAINED THE RESTAURANT French Brigade de cuisine kitchen hierarchy system, where each employee knows what is expected based on the station assignment. I also told you that waiters appear in that hierarchy—the chef de rang, preparing dishes such as Caesar salads tableside. This leads me to the issue of: wages. The restaurant industry in the U.S. takes the best of the French system (the kitchen hierarchy) and combines it with the worst wage system in the world. Ever wonder why the guide books tell you not to give American-sized tips at most European restaurants? That’s because the European waiters are paid fairly. They’re not working for tips. That’s also because the true reason your meal is delicious is not because of the person who carries out your plates. The person making that food delicious is in the kitchen, behind the line, where starting pay in the U.S. is around $10/hour. And it doesn’t go much higher. The person carrying the plates is actually paid much worse, but has the potential to make a disproportionate amount more because of the American system of the waiter’s true income coming from tips. Many fast-casual restaurants are abusing this system and paying their cashiers and food runners the tip wage, when they should be paying at least minimum wage. Thus, in many expensive restaurants, the waiters may take home hundreds of dollars a night, while the kitchen staff makes their $10-$20/hour wages—whether they cook a meal for a slow night of 20 people or they cook for 200 people. The waiter’s pay increases with more customers because of more tip potential, while the cook’s pay stays the same. Thus, the American restaurant industry pay system is unfair for both waiters and kitchen staff. Waiters should be paid at least as much as cooks per hour—but waiters shouldn’t get to keep all the tips that are in part the result of the good food. In my restaurant, I pay my employees equitable wages. We are all one team— waiters, dishwashers, cooks and cashier.
No category of our team depends on tips for their income—and all benefit if tips are received. In my place, I’ve eliminated unfair wage distinctions—and the rest of the restaurant industry should do the same. There is nothing worse than not paying a person fairly for the work he or she has done. So if thinking about the abusive pay system of the restaurant industry makes you feel too sick to go out to dinner, go ahead and make something delicious at home. Invite your friends and family over, discuss how to change the world, and enjoy something you make yourself—and think which is harder: Making that food or putting it on the table? Use our local wild-caught shrimp to make my favorite guac.
CHEF BILL’S SHRIMP GUACAMOLE
Ingredients • 1/2 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined • 2 teaspoon chipotle spice • 2 avocados, deseeded, scooped & diced • 1/2 red onion, diced • 1 serrano pepper, or chili of your choice • 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped • 1 lime, juiced • Salt & pepper to taste Directions 1. Toss the shrimp with chipotle sauce. Sauté shrimp on medium heat until just cooked through. Cool, then dice each shrimp into quarter-inch pieces. 2. Mix the remaining ingredients and add cooked shrimp. 3. Adjust the seasoning. Until we cook again,
Chef Bill Thompson cooking@folioweekly.com
Email Chef Bill, owner/chef of Amelia Island Culinary Academy and Island Kitchen, at cooking@folioweekly.com, to get cheffed up! Subscribe to Folio Weekly’s Cooking Newsletter at folioweekly.com/newsletters
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NASSAU HEALTH FOODS 833 T.J. Courson Rd., Fernandina NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKETS 11030 Baymeadows Rd. 10000 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin 1585 N. Third St., Jax Beach PUBLIX MARKETS 1033 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine 2033 Riverside Ave. 4413 Town Ctr. Pkwy., Ste. 100
ROWE’S 1670 Wells Rd., Orange Park 8595 Beach Blvd., Southside THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET 4873 Town Center Pkwy., Southside WHOLE FOODS 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin
FOLIO PETS
LOCAL PET EVENTS & ADOPTABLES LABOR DAY ADOPTIONS Free adoptions all weekend, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 31 through Monday, Sept. 2 at Jacksonville Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, 725-8766, jaxhumane.org. MASSAGE & REIKI Jade Paws’ Doryan Cawyer offers massage and reiki sessions from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Salty Paws Healthy Pet Market, 677 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, by appointment, 298-5164, saltypawsmarket.com, $65.
ADOPTABLES
JOELA
YUCKY MUCK
Watch out for toxic algae
NO SOONER HAD I DECIDED TO VISIT THE Carolina Coast than my plans were quashed. The reason: There was bluegreen algae in the water, a telltale sign that harmful toxins could be lurking. State warnings that many bodies of water are unsafe—which began in June and remain in effect during the summer months—have come after a rash of dog deaths from exposure to the toxic slime. So far, three pups in North Carolina and another in Georgia died after swimming in water tainted with the powerful toxin. These pets died in the same region, but toxic algae can be found all over the United States, so dog owners everywhere need to be on the lookout. Many pet parents don’t realize the severity of the threat these toxins pose to animals, and it’s easy to overlook, but the threat is real, and currently a major health risk. While the sight and smell of algae offends humans, animals sometimes lap up the water, gulp down floating bits of algae or fall fatally ill after licking their wet fur after a swim. Strangely enough, blue-green algae is not algae at all, but a cyanobacteria that produce toxins that can potentially be fatal for pets and people. This type of bacteria thrives in warm, nutrient-rich water during sunny weather. Blooms usually occur in summer and early fall, but can develop other times of the year, if conditions are right. What does it look like? Sometimes it resembles a green scum on the water’s surface, but it can take on the appearance of pea soup or spilled green paint. Blooms are often stinky, producing a downright nauseating smell. If you spot—or smell—bright green scum, leave the area and don’t let your dog or family drink or swim in the water. Dogs are especially susceptible to harmful algae because they
swallow water while they swim, often retrieving balls from the water. They are also less deterred by green, smelly water because, hey, dogs like stinky smells. Even dogs that avoid water may be in danger. Many pups like to scavenge the shore where they might find and then eat drying algae clumps. If blue-green algae is ingested, it can cause severe health problems which could lead to death in hours … sometimes even in minutes. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, weakness or staggering, drooling, difficulty breathing and convulsions or seizures. If your dog begins to exhibit any of these symptoms, contact your veterinarian immediately. It’s almost impossible to predict which blooms are toxic and which are not—and dogs can’t tell if the water is safe. When in doubt, stay out. Keeping your dog—and yourself—far away from water that’s intensely green on the surface or around the edges is the safest thing you can do. If your dog has accidentally come in contact with the harmful bloom, bathe them immediately with fresh, clean water. When the weather cools and sunlight is less intense, the blooms will subside, and the bacteria will revert to an invisible form, no longer toxic. Until then, however, it’s a good idea to check with local park & rec departments for the algae status of nearby lakes and ponds before planning outings with your dog—and always carry enough fresh water for the both of you. Davi
Davi the Dachshund loves splashing about in anything from a rain puddle to the Atlantic Ocean, but he’s glad his eagle-eye mom looks out for him! Subscribe to the Folio Pets Newsletter at folioweekly.com/newsletters
UP FOR AN ADVENTURE, BUDDY? I’m your girl! I love car rides, swimming, chasing balls and exploring the great outdoors. Snuggling is also tops. I’m currently in a foster home, so email my human friends at events@jaxhumane.org to schedule a date for us to meet soon!
BAR BINGO! Craft beer bingo, prizes and your best furry friend– can’t beat that combination! From 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28 and every Wednesday, at Kanine Social, 580 College St., Brooklyn, 712-6363, kaninesocial.com. YOGA AT BREWHOUND All levels yoga class on the turf at BrewHound, taught by Yoga4Change teacher Ashley McHan, 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 at BrewHound Dog Park & Bar, 1848 Kings Cir. S., Neptune Beach, 372-7266, brew-hound.com, donation suggested.
ADOPTABLES
JET
BE PART OF THE JET SET! Want to live like the rich and famous? Adopt your very own private Jet! I’m a sweet boy who likes tuna, naps in the sun and giving kisses. Stop by 8464 Beach Blvd. on the Southside and meet me–I’ll be hanging out with my kitty roommates in Group Room 2!
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T(WINNING) On Aug. 1, identical twin brothers Andy and Chad Baker of Nashville were on their way to the annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, in their identical blue Tesla Model 3s, when an Ohio state trooper pulled them both over for having identical license plates, reading “SUBJ TO.” The brothers patiently explained to the officer that the plates are, in fact, different: In one, “T0” is spelled with a zero, and in the other, it’s spelled with a capital O. “Nobody likes getting pulled over by police, we were both nervous, but it’s a great story and we will tell it all weekend,” Andy told Fox8.
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WE CAN RELATE It’s been a hot summer in Europe. Among those suffering was an unnamed 66-yearold military veteran in the small southeastern French town of Les Arcs-sur-Argens, who’d been complaining for several weeks to his landlady, Maryse Malin, 71, about the lack of air conditioning in his villa. That may have been why, the Local reported, he shot the “sweet, kind and caring lady” three times, killing her. Malin had agreed to install air conditioning but told the tenant it couldn’t be done until October. HOT STUFF Two men in Antwerp, Belgium, felt the heat on July 24 when they accidentally got locked in a shipping container full of cocaine in the huge
port there, reported AFP. That day, temperatures reached a record high of 104°F, stifling the men ages 24 and 25, respectively, who’d entered the container “to remove drugs,” according to prosecutors. As the mercury rose, they desperately called a police emergency number. When cops finally found them two hours later, the fellas gratefully gave themselves up. Port workers were videoed pouring water over the dudes to try to lower their body temperatures. THE RAPTURES O FOLLY Kim Gordon, 55, vanished on Feb. 25, according to his 17-year-old son, after going for a nighttime swim at Monastery Beach in Monterey, California, an area with a deadly reputation sometimes called “Mortuary Beach.” The Associated Press reported police searched for three days before learning the Scotsman from Edinburgh, also known as Kim Vincent Avis, faced 24 charges of rape in Scotland, which made them suspicious about the story. “When that came up, we start to wonder if this is a hoax,” said Monterey County sheriff ’s Capt. John Thornburg. Finally, on July 26, the U.S. Marshals Service announced it had caught up with Gordon in Colorado Springs, where he’s now being held; the son was returned to Scotland and won’t be charged with filing a false report. BE LIKE MIKE Michael Harrell, 54, strolled into a U.S. Bank in Cleveland on July 29 with a note demanding cash from a teller: “This is a robbery. Don’t get nobody hurt.” Unfortunately, according to WJW, he wrote the note on a document he had apparently received from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which included his full name and address. The teller, who called Harrell by his first name after seeing it on the letter, gave him $206 and summoned police, who later arrested him. YOU GO, ALICE Alice Coleman, 61, of Fort Lauderdale, arose early on Aug. 5 to check on a fire alarm blaring outside her apartment. When she opened her door, 34-year-old Fitzroy Morton confronted her, brandishing a “big butcher knife,” Coleman told WSVN. Morton told her, “No, mama. Everything gon’ be all right,” but Coleman set him straight: “Everything’s not going to be all right. I’m not your mama. I don’t know who you are. Get out of my house.” Then she bit him, “... and I didn’t even have my teeth in my mouth like now,” she explained. Coleman ran out of the apartment, where Morton locked himself in, and called police from a neighbor’s apartment. Morton was charged with three felonies, and Coleman is vowing to be more cautious: “I’ll open my door with my Taser because I have one.” weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com
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CURLY-HAIRED GODDESS, CROSS TATTOO Me: After work, in shirt, cerulean blue tie, getting wine. You walk by: amazing dark hair, ink on your back revealed by short top. Our eyes caught for a moment. Did it happen; are you real? When: Aug. 13. Where: Trader Joe’s. #1735-0814 REGGAE REGRET Hot mom of son, came with friends on boat. I’m dad to a teen girl. Had awesome time. Please forgive me. It must mean you’re a good one! Please let me make it up to you. When: July 22. Where: The Palms. #1734-0814 HARLEY QUINN & THE JOKER You: Stunning woman; sexy hair falls over right eye, amazing laugh; you smiled at me (day 2), I was in love for the last time. Me: A guy who’ll love you better than anyone. Where: Work. When: Aug. 1. #1733-0807 YOU & BELLA Me: Short curly hair, brown eyes, mischievous dog in tow. You: Hanging with your dog and friends. You saved my seat. Would love to sit next to you again. Where: Brewhound, Neptune Beach. When: July 20. #1732-0807 COME LANDSCAPE MY LAWN You looked better than your work truck; maybe FCLC a lawn company? Me: dark pink top, light pink jeans, long brown hair. Parked green jeep beside you. I passed, you smiled, I smiled. Meet for a drink? Where: St. Johns Town Center Target parking. When: June 26. #1731-0703 WAITRESS ZEUS PIZZA Zeus Pizza San Marco waitress, April 21. Where: Zeus Pizza San Marco. When: April 21. #1730-0529 CUTE CHICA @ COFFEE PLACE You: Beautiful, getting coffee w/friend near lunch, verticalstriped pants, white top, short blonde hair. Locked eyes for a second; I got goosebumps. Me: In booth w/friend, red shirt, grey shorts,
short black hair. BE AT SRFS MAY 19, 1 P.M. When: May 10. Where: Southern Roots Filling Station. #1729-0515 SHOPPING 4 LOVE You: Handsome bearded man, in tie, with gallon water bottles. I’ve seen you shop on Fridays after work. Me: Blonde woman, sundress/leggings, purposely going down the same aisles you do. I’m shy, so please say something! When: April 12 & 26. Where: WalmartMarket @ San Pablo. #1728-0515 A GIRL NEEDS CHECKING OUT Bearded, dressed professionally, confident walk that damn near made me gasp. You in holds area, me in red summer dress. You glanced at me; checked out before I could speak. Check me out? When: May 1. Where: Pablo Creek Library. #1727-0508 GYM BODY Over months saw you lose many pounds. Buzz-cut male, weeping angel tattoos on back of legs. Saw you sneaking glances when I did glute exercise. Be a gentleman first and take me to lunch after gym? When: April 20. Where: Bailey’s Gym, Loretto & San Jose. #1726-0501 TONY PACKO’S FAN Pumping gas and my T-shirt amused you. You asked about it and we talked briefly. Would like to talk more. When: April 8. Where: Fleming Island Daily’s/Shell Gas. #1725-0501 ATTRACTIVE CHURCH WOMAN Your group sat in front of me. You: Attractive, long hair, glasses, beverage. We locked eyes near sermon’s end. I’ll sit in same area next few Thursdays. I go to 5:22 Sunday services, too. Coffee sometime? When: March 21. Where: Church of Eleven22, San Pablo. #1726-0417 BE MY ENDGAME? MCU CAPTURE You: Buttery bowtie alpha stud manager. Me: Thanos purple high-tops, interested in your gauntlet. Rewind time, never stop, soul search reality, use this space, see where power takes us? More if interested. When: April 3. Where: Regal Avenues 20. #1724-0410 AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 23
FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
CONAN the BARBARIAN, SHOGUN, FLEA MARKETS & MICKEY MANTLE
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here are activities you should try in the days ahead. 1. Build a campfire on the beach with friends and regale each other with stories of your most interesting successes. 2. Buy eccentric treasures at a fl ea market and thereafter refer to them as ‘holy icons.’ 3. Climb a hill, sit on the grass, sing favorite songs and watch the moon slowly rise over the horizon. 4. Take naps when you’re “not supposed to.” 5. Sneak into an orchard at night and eat fruit plucked just moments before. 6. Tell a beloved person a fairy tale, making that person the hero. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The hardiest creature on the planet may be the bacterium known as Deinococcus radiodurans. It can endure exposure to radiation, intense cold, dehydration, acid and vacuum. Make it your power creature for the next few weeks. Why? Because you’ll be exceptionally robust, physically and psychologically. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to demand challenges requiring you to be in top form, now’s the time. Deinococcus radiodurans is colloquially called Conan the Bacterium, with the spirit of the fictional Conan the Barbarian, renowned for his strength and agility.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In many Geminis’ yearly cycle, retreating into a state akin to hibernation makes sense at the end of August and the first three weeks of September. Since many of you are high-energy sophisticates, you often override your body’s signals, then nature pushes back, compelling you to slow down. The result? A rhythm that feels as if you’re taking three steps forward and two steps back. How about a different approach? Consider surrendering, even slightly, to an invitation to relax and recharge. CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you decide to travel to a certain place in a hot air balloon, be prepared for the possibility that the route will be indirect. At different altitudes, the wind may blow in different directions–toward the east at 100 feet up, but toward the southwest at 200 feet. The trick for the pilot is to maneuver up and down until settling on a layer headed toward the destination. Your life has a symbolic resemblance to this riddle. You haven’t discovered the layer that’ll take you where you want to go, but you will. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Considering how bright you’ve been burning since the Flame Angels designated you as the Hottest Cool Person of the Month, I hesitate to ask you to simmer down–but I must. Before there’s a meltdown, lower your thermostat. Not a lot. Just a tad. If you do, everyone will still see your gleaming charisma in the best possible light. Don’t you dare extinguish your blaze. Don’t apologize for your brilliant shimmer. The rest of us need your magical radiance. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): James Clavell’s Shogun, a bestselling novel about an Englishman who transforms himself into a samurai warrior in 17th-century Japan, is more than 1,100 pages. Clavell said the idea for the story sprang up in him when he read one line in a school book of his daughter’s: “In 1600, an Englishman went to Japan and became a samurai.” It’s highly likely you’ll soon encounter a seed like that: a bare inspiration eventually blooming into a Big Thing. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran athlete Mickey Mantle, a Major League Baseball’s Hall of Famer, had a spectacular 18-year career, winning the Most Valuable Player Award three times, playing 24 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
in 12 World Series and being selected to the AllStar team 16 times. So it’s astounding he played with a torn ligament in his knee for 17 years, according to his biographer Jane Leavy. She quoted an orthopedic surgeon who said Mantle compensated for his injury with “neuromuscular genius.” In the next few weeks, you’re in a position to accomplish something similar to Mantle’s heroic adjustment.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Most people who belong to the Church of Satan neither believe in nor worship Satan. (They’re atheists, and don’t believe in the supernatural.) I think a comparable principle is true for many rightwing fundamentalist Christians. Their actions and words are replete with bigotry, hard-heartedness, materialism and selfishness, contrary to what the real Jesus Christ taught, so in effect they don’t believe in or worship Jesus Christ. Decide if your stated ideals are reflected in the practical details of how you live your life. The weeks ahead are a good time to purge hypocrisy from your system and get your behavior in alignment with your deepest values. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s time to create a fresh mission statement and promotional campaign. To inspire you, here’s mine: “My column ‘Free Will Astrology’ offers a wide selection of realities to choose from. With 4,212 years of dedication to customer service (over the course of my last 13 incarnations), I’m a reliable ally supporting your efforts to escape oppressive conditioning and other people’s hells. My horoscopes have an ironclad guarantee: If the advice you read is wrong, you’re under no obligation to believe it. A panel of 531 experts determined that ‘Free Will Astrology’ is an effective therapy for chronic wounds and primordial pain. It’s dramatic proof that there’s no good reason to be afraid of life.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Questions to ponder in the next four weeks. 1. How can you attract resources to expand your mind and your world? 2. Are you bold enough to reach out to wise sources and provocative infl uences to connect with useful tricks and practical treasures? 3. What interesting lessons can you learn as you explore mercurial edges, skirt changeable boundaries, journey to catalytic frontiers and make pilgrimages to holy hubbubs? 4. How best can you encourage lyrical emotion over polished sentimentality? Joyous idealism over astringent zealotry? Exuberant integrity over formulaic kindness? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by,” wrote author Wallace Stegner, “and it’s persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any.” That is a great meditation for the weeks ahead. You’re long past pretending you can live without rules. Your challenge now? Adjust some rules you’ve been living by, or dare to align yourself with new rules–and then totally commit to them. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Given astrological omens that symbolize your story in the weeks and months ahead, I think Piscean author Nikos Kazantzakis articulated your perfect prescription. Interpret his thoughts to fit your circumstances. “We’re going to start with small, easy things,” he wrote. “Then, little by little, we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible.” One more Kazantzakis prod: “Reach what you cannot.” Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
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THE BOSS, MS. ROSS MELISSA ROSS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AT WJCT MELISSA ROSS PULLS BACK FROM THE microphone and strides out of the studio and into her office at WJCT Public Media. The city’s chief interrogator is sitting down to answer a few questions from me. This week marks 10 years since her arrival as the host of First Coast Connect and, by extension, the on-air centerpiece of a rebooted and revitalized public broadcasting institution. In that time, she’s done probably 3,000 hours of live radio, plus a few special projects, in addition to hosting forums, panels, parties, debates and pretty much any conceivable format. The occasion is being celebrated on-air throughout the week, and throughout a city whose public life is greatly enhanced by her presence. Ross came to the game after a broadcast career that won four regional Emmy Awards and took her to cities like Chicago, Cincinnati and Orlando, before she wrapped up with a long stint at First Coast News. She had transitioned to corporate life when fate intervened. Ross credits WJCT station manager David Luckin (who also hosts the Electro Lounge program) as the catalyst for her transition. “I knew that he’d come from the world of TV news, like me, and that we had a lot of friends in common. He encouraged me to apply, but I didn’t think anything would come out of it. About six months later, I got the call to come in and audition.” That was summer 2009, and she was on the air that August. First Coast Connect quickly became the show of record for local affairs, political and otherwise. From hard news to human interest, Ross and her team shift gears inshow like Formula One drivers. The host and her crew—which includes producer Heather Schatz, director Michelle Corum and, of course, Luckin, whom she calls “the secret sauce” of the whole operation—
are up before sunrise, five days a week, helping set the pace for public discussion, digesting the news while the newsmakers are digesting their breakfasts. The show has only gotten more interesting as the heat swells and political acrimony percolates in public. Ross bridges more gaps than a WWII pontoon boat. Recently, nearly a decade into their run, Ross and her team took their boldest position yet: They brought me in to be a part of the show. I’m kidding, but seriously, our recurring cannabis segments (which run on Wednesday mornings, this week and next) have been going for the past six months or so, and they really do underscore the responsiveness and diversity that characterizes her work. “It’s a fascinating evolution, so we really had to cover it,” she says. “It gets into politics, it gets into health, it gets into culture. That’s the pool that we swim in all the time, so it’s a natural fit for us.” The response from the audience has been strong, and along with the podcast work being done by Jessica Palombo and Lindsey Kilbride, FCC has been crucial to boosting the WJCT brand in the era of streaming and social media. With new additions like the weekly “Florida Roundup” show, Ross’ voice will grow in prominence as this crazy super-election cycle proceeds. Through all the decibels and the dissonance, the radio personality maintains kayfabe as the amiable center, like a cross between a librarian and a referee, the calm in a storm that is brewing even as we speak. Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com Subscribe to the Folio Weed Newsletter at folioweekly.com/newsletters
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ON MASS SHOOTINGS AND MASCULINITY GENDER ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS ARE PART OF OUR NATIONAL TRAUMA THIS MONTH WITNESSED MASS SHOOTINGS
in Texas and Ohio, the 254th and 255th mass shootings in America in 2019 (so far), according to the Gun Violence Archive. After each high-profile shooting, the satirical website The Onion publishes the headline, “ ‘No way to prevent this’, says only nation where this regularly happens.” Indeed, though it is difficult to compare mass shootings across countries due to differences in definition (Congress and the FBI can’t even agree on a definition), it is safe to conclude that these tragedies are far more common in the U.S. than in most other nations, particularly highincome, Western democracies. Depending on who you listen to, this consistent violence can be attributed to video games, the proliferation of guns, lack of regulation of the gun industry, the internet and, most commonly, mental illness. Proponents of all these potential sources may or may not be able to marshal empirical support for their positions. All extant data, for example, clearly shows that mentalhealth issues are not predictive of violence. (See “Mass Shootings and Mental Illness,” published by the American Psychiatric Association.) One common factor that is apparent: Virtually all perpetrators of mass shootings, and indeed most gun violence, are boys or men. However, national media outlets rarely, if ever, point out this blatancy, and will often go out of their way to use gender-
neutral terms, such as “the shooter” or “the killer.” But if the recent killings were perpetrated by a girl or a woman, that fact would be the main discussion point. We are so conditioned to seeing men commit this violence that we ignore the overwhelming gender disparity. By all objective standards, women suffer from mental health issues as much as men do, yet it does not manifest itself in mass shootings. In addition, women also use the internet, play violent video games, and live in cities where guns are numerous and available to them. The elephant in the room continues to be ignored. Part of this is rooted in the conventions of our language, which tends to obscure symbolic discussions of those in power. When we hear the words “race” or “gender” or “sexuality,” we often think of racial minorities, women and the LGBTQ community. The terms are applied to those outside the power structure, leaving the most powerful groups immune from the critique. Therefore, the fact that the killers are almost always men is ignored as a causal factor. When the role of men is occasionally discussed, it’s often in the context of biology, and hormones. Boys and men, it seems, are just hardwired to be violent. Lost in this discussion is the role that our culture plays in producing definitions of masculinity that celebrate warriors as heroes—how we view violence as a legitimate (and often preferred) form of conflict resolution. In this
way, as anti-violence educator Jackson Katz points out, we are able to view these people as anomalies who fall outside the norms, instead of seeing them as over-conforming to masculine gender norms that focus on strength, toughness and dominance. According to the Law of Holes, when you find yourself in a hole, the first step to getting out is to stop digging! As long as society refuses to acknowledge the often unhealthy way that boys are raised to be men, we will be no closer to digging ourselves out of these national tragedies. Boys and men need to experience the full range of human emotions that all of us have within us: kindness, empathy, sympathy and mercy. And they should be granted societal permission to do so. This should happen at the structural level through our major institutions such as education, media, religion, sports, politics and the like, and it should also occur at the individual level, within families, peer groups and intimate relationships. There is certainly no perfect solution to gun violence in America; it is rooted in our cultural narratives, ideology and mystique. But until we are willing to concentrate our efforts on the role of male gender socialization, we will only be putting Band-Aids on the wound instead of addressing its underlying etiology. J.R. Woodward, Ph.D. mail@folioweekly.com _______________________________ Woodward is a professor of sociology at Florida State College at Jacksonville.
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