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INVISIBLE

STAIN

THIS ONE IS JUST FOR US GIRLS. In case you’re inclined to stick around, it’s about our periods. No, I’m not talking punctuation; I’m talking menstruation.

There. That should do it.

Now that we’re alone, I’m going to level with you ladies.

Something about us has been bugging me for a while now, a highly personal matter that I’ve had a hard time figuring out how to address. It lately occurs that it’s probably best not to pussyfoot around such things, so I’m just going to come right out and say it: We need to seriously reexamine menstrual products.

They’re bad for our bodies and our planet.

First, plastic tampon applicators have got to go. It’s not that I don’t understand the appeal—they’re smoother, slicker and give the impression, albeit false, of being more sanitary than flushable cardboard applicators. They also don’t require the intimate, icky touching of the applicator-less o.b. brand. I’m honestly surprised those are still on the market. Sure, they’re discreet—you can fit about a half-dozen into the fifth pocket of your Levi’s—but I have a very difficult time believing anyone prefers them. God bless any unsung heroines who do.

Regarding the plastic that’s not fantastic, in a story that estimated the cost of a period over the average woman’s lifetime (nearly $20,000!), Huffington Post reports that, on average, a woman will have 456 periods and use 9,120 tampons.

Given that 70 percent of us use tampons, of the 7 billion pieces of plastic American women cumulatively insert into our vaginas each year, according to Global Citizen, how many do you think get recycled?

None.

You’re not going to find any judgment here, though. Even if they were recyclable, not even a greeniac like me faults a woman who would rather not rinse, dry and transport her tampon applicators to the recycling. Then there’s the fact that, because you’re not to bag these items, every time she wheels that can to the curb she’s risking her neighbors and garbage collectors spotting the telltale signs of Aunt Flo’s monthly visit. I’m as big an advocate for destigmatizing menses as the next gal, but some personal details are just not meant to be known by one’s refuse engineer.

And let’s not even think about what the local dogs and wildlife might do if the trash service still uses those open-air bins. Shudder.

Skipping along hand-in-hand with the enormous environmental impact of petroleum-based tampon applicators is the fact that plastic isn’t exactly good for humans.

If it’s not good when we press it to our lips, it’s probably less good pressed into an absorbent

mucus membrane that doesn’t filter through our metabolic system, just goes straight into the bloodstream.

So do yourself a favor and buy cardboard, Thinx period-absorbing panties, a menstrual cup (warning: not for the faint of heart) or become a heroine and use o.b.

On similar footing are the chemicals and fragrances—also chemicals—in many feminine hygiene products.

Two years ago, Time reported that, though it has improved in recent years, the bleaching process used in the manufacture of tampons leaves behind a small amount of dioxin, which can build up over time. Exposure to dioxins, which the World Health Organizations calls “highly toxic” and classifies as a “known human carcinogen” is really not something anyone wants from a product that spends hours inside one’s vagina, particularly not given that those hours add up to six-and-aquarter years on average, per Huffington Post.

Further, as Time reported, some of the perfumes may include chemical “endocrine disruptors” linked to brain disorders, reproductive problems, obesity and cancer; including “phthalates, a class of suspected endocrine disrupters some research has linked to developmental issues like asthma.

If you’re wondering why you’re reading so many words like “may” and “can” and “might,” that’s because we don’t really know if or how much tampons, pads and pantyliners hurt us. Nobody likes to talk about periods, not you, not me, and not scientists, apparently. Thus there’s been little research into how the use of menstrual products affects us; there’s also very little in the way of real information about what’s actually in them. See, ’cause they’re deemed “medical devices,” the FDA doesn’t require companies to list what the products contain, which is some seriously messed-up governing, if you ask me and my vagina.

Not that our mostly older, male representatives would ask women our opinion on such matters as what’s in our tampons and how it affects us. They get squeamish watching those ads featuring an invariably happy, gorgeous woman skipping about in white pants looking like she’s just eaten a calorie-free six-course meal, had a couple of orgasms with the newfound love of her life and won the lottery.

Those ads probably help sell tampons, panty-liners and pads, but all I want to buy is peace of mind.

Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com @clairenjax

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Roommates can suck, especially if you’re a cantankerous old bat; in this play, senior living doyenne Abby goes to surprising lengths to oust an unwanted roomie. The play opens 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 27, runs through Oct. 13, Amelia Community Theatre, $15-$25, ameliacommunitytheatre.org.

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THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE: JACKSONVILLE

DESIGN MINDS ALWAYS SUMMER

The AIGA Jacksonville Design & Music Festival, with a poster gallery, live music by LANNDS, Made by Friends, Faze Wave, The Dog Apollo (pictured), Willie Evans Jr. & GeeXella, a cash bar, free popsicles and all the tacos you can eat from Dos Vatos Tacos, it’s certain to be a great night—with only a little art nerd awkwardness, 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, CoRK Arts District, Riverside, jacksonvilleaiga.org, $12.28.

It’s the seventh annual worldwide fundraiser for awareness and research for prostate cancer and men’s mental health featuring classic & vintage motorcycles, ridden by folks dressed to the nines. Kickstands up 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 30; the details, such as where it begins, are revealed as you register at gentlemansride.com.

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GOODBYE SUMMER HELLO FALL FESTIVAL

It is with considerable relief that many residents of the First Coast bid adieu to summer and welcome the fall. ’Tis the season of pumpkin spice everything (some rejoice, others shudder), but more than that, it’s time to kick off WJCT’s Next 60 Years campaign. We love our local public station and can’t wait to see what the future holds. It’s an all-day party that rolls into the night, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 5 Points, Riverside, eventbrite.com, free-$75.

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FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS

CONSOLIDATION

DISCONSOLATION Fifty years in, QUESTIONS REMAIN

THESE ARE TIMES IN WHICH NARRATIVE ARCS too often read like obituaries, times of radical change and the most grievous kind of disappointment.

These are also times in which we cling to myth, because without myth, what else is there?

This Sunday, you’re going to be able to watch WJXT’s This Week in Jacksonville, a special broadcast of last week’s audacious, never-again-to-be-seen with this group, forum involving six living mayors talking about consolidation.

The live show was a treat. Alvin Brown speaking of the broken promises of consolidation—things like the city failing, 50 years later, to even get sewer services out to those older neighborhoods.

Brown and Jake Godbold were both emphatic, noting that consolidation divested the old core city of political power. Brown was the first African-American mayor; that honorific may have gone to someone of a previous generation if consolidation had not happened.

Another fun admission: Downtown has been the loss leader for the rest of the city; one panelist posited that it has been since the 1960s. And perhaps, looking back, with reason.

The former suburbs had their own identities and commercial structures. The malls were their own draw. But the new population in a place like Jacksonville, those émigrés typically weren’t thrill-seekers.

They were just trying to escape the North, for reasons all their own. They didn’t want to embrace Downtown, they wanted subdivisions on drained marshland, the lives in the brochures full of clip art drawings of optimistic, perfectly groomed families enjoying the idiosyncratic draw of the tract home lifestyle.

The contrast between the five former mayors, together, and incumbent Lenny Curry was striking. All the guys now out of office could look back in sober-minded reflection. The purest example of that was the almost-collective admission that John Peyton sacrificed any political future he might have wanted to stabilize the city budget in the chaos of economic problems in his second term.

Mayor Curry? He’s not in the postgame wrap-up show, but he is in the game itself. There was a different kind of messaging—the aspirational language/ shorthand of a mayor who is perpetually in campaign mode, but who is steeling up for the first genuine referendum in years on what some cynics call The Syndicate, a term coined by our own dearly departed Marvin Edwards.

Curry has played it to the hilt. He got his people on boards and commissions. He’s got Downtown Investment Authority on lock via Brian Hughes as interim CEO. Big incentivedriven projects—Berkman Theme Park

Hotel, Convention Center, Sports Complex Whatever—can move through.

What was it Ludacris noted? “When I move, you move”?

We see how JEA reflects the positions of the administration. We know DIA does likewise. Those independent boards and commissions share a vision.

The Curry Administration is not shy about making moves. It has been an assertion of the strong mayoral form of government, and expect that the council elections will see those whom some call CurryCrats winning their races.

But what about the top of the ticket?

Curry has $2.5 million in hand, raises a quarter-million a month or so. He calls it a “light jog.”

His opponents don’t raise money. But potential opponents are a different matter.

Many people are saying Anna Brosche has a million dollars in commitments. How much money is needed to run citywide? Especially against that machine, which has staff who do nothing but dig up opposition research.

Brosche, were she to run, would be the candidate of the “broken promises of consolidation” believers.

Of course, were Brosche to file, you’d see some noise candidates thrown in to lower her totals. Perhaps a Curry-aligned Democrat would file to complicate Democrats backing Brosche (the Republicans certainly won’t, an interesting turn of events for a rising star fêted by national Republicans several times in recent years).

For those who see politics as theater (and really, why not? because the donors get what they want no matter who wins), a Curry/ Brosche clash would be the most businessexposing spectacle in Jacksonville history.

Brosche would have to offer a deep-seated institutional critique, the sort of dirty laundry no one with real skin in the game wants aired.

She will have to do so even as the machine crafts an unflattering, funhouse-mirror-style narrative on her. These are the realities of the game played at this level, where the stakes involve much more than just getting by for the investor class. The stakes are immortality.

The local mythology is that consolidation succeeded. A great deal of that is in the interest of the ownership class. For Anna Brosche to run and win, she will have to convince the people that capital is against them, and that she is their best chance for advocacy.

It will be an interesting six months.

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

WE’LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

FACEBOOK REACTS

THE MAIL HINDSIGHT IS CHILLING

MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 20S AND fresh out of college, I attended a party one night.

Among the women at the party was a very outgoing French girl, an exchange student–blonde and quite fetching. As the night progressed, she got very drunk, finally passing out in a back room.

Something happened then.

One of the young men settled to the floor right outside her closed bedroom door, keeping watch as she slept, making sure she was not bothered in any way. I remember at the time thinking how remarkably chivalrous that was. I was very impressed by the gesture.

As the years have gone by, however, I’ve also become more aware of exactly what his noble action was saying about “how things were.” I was very naïve back then and not very experienced, but that guy already knew a truth I would come to learn in time: It was likely that someone would attempt to take advantage of the unconscious French girl in the back room.

I will never forget the girl’s guardian at the door, and the noble example he showed me that night. But in these days of “Me Too,” I increasingly recall that night a different way, dwelling on all the dark–and horrifyingly common–possibilities that make a thoughtful gesture like that even necessary.

I think also of all the young girls who will never have a knight sleeping outside their door.

Paul Ramey via email

RE.: “DeSantis’ Trump Whistle,” by Claire Goforth, Sept. 5 IT’S A DOG WHISTLE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. TO DENY that fact means you are either new to the English language or lying. To ignore it is to condone racism.

And make no doubt about it, those who it was meant for heard it loud and clear as is evident by the antiGillum white supremacist robocalls last week that featured jungle noises. We again find ourselves at a fork in the road and sadly, for many of us here in Jacksonville, many of our friends and acquaintances will choose the path of hate.

Creg Morse via Facebook

AGREE TO DISAGREE

RE.: “The Mail,” Sept. 19 I DISAGREE WITH PASTOR PHILLIP BABER’S comments about Steve Zona.

I disagree because I’m an American citizen.

I disagree because I’m a retired police officer.

I disagree because I’m a veteran (USAF).

I disagree because I’m a native of Jacksonville, Florida.

I disagree because I’m member of the FOP. I disagree because I’m a friend of Steve Zona.

I disagree because I’m a black man.

I disagree because I’m a Christian.

Grace, mercy and peace.

Garey K. Jefferson via email

RE.: “Besties Banned from the Brewhouse,” by Marc Wisdom, Aug. 29

NEXT TIME, FACETIME FLUFFY

I MISS THE OLD DAYS, WHEN PEOPLE EITHER TOOK their dogs to dog-appropriate places (like the dog park) or left them at home.

I love my dog, but that doesn’t mean I can’t leave her at home when I go out without suffering from separation anxiety.

Jeremy Hoyt

BETTER DOGS THAN CIGS

…[A]S SOMEONE WHOSE PARTNER IS A BIG FAN OF craft beer, though I don’t really enjoy it myself, seeing the dogs at these places is one of the best parts of the atmosphere at local breweries. I’ve got a friend who works at one, and they throw all kinds of events for rescue orgs, which I loved being a part of, even if I didn’t like the beer. Honestly, it was part of the draw for me, and I’m sure I’m not alone.

There are plenty of places that don’t allow dogs, just like there are bars that still allow smoking (a much bigger health risk, IMO). I think it’s a better idea to let people decide which kind of venue they would rather go to.

Megan McKenzie

WARRANTS AN EXCEPTION

DOES THIS MEAN I CAN’T BRING MY EMOTIONAL support goat with me anymore?

Chris Petranick

BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO LENNY CURRY Last week, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced that a new city employee policy will provide six weeks of paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers. The policy will apply to both biological and adoptive parents and should go into effect this fall.

BOUQUETS TO SUN-RAY CINEMA On Sept. 25, Sun-Ray Cinema aired the classic 1933 flick King Kong, with proceeds raising funds for local treasure Norman Studios Silent Film Museum. Norman Studios was a pioneering studio in the 1920s, which most notably featured black actors in non-stereotypical roles.

BOUQUETS TO ALLSTATE OWNERS According to a release, 16 local Allstate agency owners worked together to secure a $14,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grant to support the Northeast Florida American Red Cross Chapter’s disaster response efforts.

To raise the funds, they volunteered their time installing smoke detectors.

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NEWS BITES TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA

THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION BEVERLY HILLS 32204

What’s in a ZIP code? Quite a bit, according to RENTCafe.com. Matthew Farina of the Florida Times-Union touts the apartment search site’s recently published list, which names 32204 as the sixth top trending millennial hot-spot in the entire U.S. “Vintage homes, trendy coffee shops, eccentric restaurants and hip breweries have made Jacksonville’s 32204 ZIP Code—Riverside, Five Points and Brooklyn—a haven for millennials, young people between 18 and 38 years of age,” observes Farina.

Only certain Los Angeles, New York and Portland ZIP codes registered higher increases in millennials’ share of the overall population. Jacksonville’s 32204 edged out all Florida competitors, including strong contenders in Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Orlando and Miami.

Farina spoke with Jacksonville realtor Beth King, who cites the meltdown of the housing market and Downtown redevelopment as prime factors in this migration.

And this is just the beginning. “As millennials continue to shift the economic and cultural landscape of Jacksonville,” Farina concludes, “their influence is expected to supplement projects by city officials who look to double Downtown’s population within the next few years.”

ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD UP IN SMOKE

The rise of electronic cigarettes breathed new life into an ailing industry. After decades of regulatory and public relations setbacks, Big Tobacco has found a new product and a new market.

Travis Gibson of the St. Augustine Record describes how St. Johns County businesses are caught between regulatory loopholes, cynical youth marketing and authorities’ belated scramble to tame the Wild West of vaping.

“Local youths are using JUULs more than ever,” the headline announces. “Here’s what the FDA is doing to stop it.”

JUULs are “sleek electronic cigarette[s] that can contain high levels of nicotine and [have] exploded in popularity since [they] came onto the market in 2015.” They are especially popular among teenagers, thanks to their assorted flavors. “Last year,” Gibson writes, “the St. Johns County School District had 311 ’vape-related incidents’ involving students.”

Since these products don’t contain tobacco, however, “there is no retail license or permit required [on the state or local levels] to sell e-cigarettes and all the businesses where vapes are being sold cannot be fully identified and regulated.”

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has stepped in to correct this oversight, “issu[ing] more than 1,300 warning letters and fines to retailers who illegally sold JUUL and other e-cigarette products to minors across the nation this summer.”

On the frontlines are business owners like Chris Olearczyk of St. Augustine’s VAPOR Smoke Shop, who was forced to fork out $300 on an ID scanner to verify customers’ ages and preempt a warning letter. What does he do when he catches a would-be JUULer red-handed?

“I just tell them, ‘Come back when you’re 18.’”

PONTE VEDRA RECORDER BIRTHDAY SONG

After more than 40 years in business, Dave Plummer has learned to cater to the lowest common denominator. The founder of Jacksonville Beach-based Cypress Records now offers his recording studio for birthday parties.

Why? Well, as Paris Moulden of the Ponte Vedra Recorder explains, “If there’s one thing everybody across the world has in common, it’s that they all have a birthday.”

Inspired by RCA Studio B in Nashville, Plummer built the studio himself decades ago. Much of the hardware dates back to the 1960s. And though he’s had a host of famous country, rock and jazz names pass through Cypress Records over the years, there’s a limited demand for vintage analog studio recording in the Pro Tools era.

This new concept guarantees the soon-to-be-77-year-old audio engineer a bit of job security.

“Plummer got the suggestion his recording studio might make a great birthday party place when he was out painting his building purple and gold not long ago,” Moulden writes. “He was approached by a woman who asked if he’d ever thought about holding a birthday party there and was interested in doing one for her daughter. After that, the idea took flight. Birthday party guests of all ages could have something different from the norm, and be the star of their own show. Party guests receive a CD of their studio recordings.”

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FOLIO VOICES : CITIZEN MAMA

“SHE DID WHAT? ” THIS COLUMN IS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF parents. Hell, who am I kidding? It’s mainly for the mothers. Please understand, young ones: Raising you was the purest light of our lives. Some days it felt like a five-alarm fire, but for you, our precious little darlings, we’d walk barefoot across hot coals invoking useless childbirth-breathing techniques while maintaining a calm facial expression so you, too, would remain calm. As a rule, we’re careful not to tell you how difficult parenthood is. After all, damn it, we deserve grandchildren.

Still, a couple things do merit fair warning. We deliberately raised you, our brilliant ones, as The Free-Minded Generation, and now we’re at the point in human evolution where a Big Secret must be revealed. The day-to-day, bone-achingly exhausting pragmatics of raising children is nothing compared to the societal scorn you’ll endure, eschew and/or guard against all your lives as mothers. Our patriarchy, you see, has taken great pains to develop (over centuries!) an elaborate reverse-incentive system for keeping mothers in line. Since everybody knows we mothers want everything for our children, this all-stick, no-carrot system works swimmingly. In fact, because of our neurotically human impulse to feel better about ourselves by judging others, we mothers are some of the worst enforcers of The Contemptible Mother Penalty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you, children.

Within our system is a built-in shaming mechanism that ensures you’ll never know if you’re “good enough” while you’re actually mothering! You have to make yourself believe it, every moment of every day, while you’re winging it. And if you happen to look over your shoulder to see if anyone’s watching you, you’re not paranoid, little mama.

They’re watching you, all right.

No matter what rational decisions you make, as writer Kim Brooks found out recently, there’s someone out there who will

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The economic weaponry of MOTHER SHAMING criticize you for them. They might even call the police.

Brooks’ sin was leaving her child in a locked car with the windows cracked as she ran into a store for five minutes. Her New York Times op-ed, “Motherhood in the Age of Fear,” asks important questions about why, when it comes to childcare, we hold mothers to a far higher standard than we do fathers.

Her piece gets to the heart of the social “norm,” though there must be a stronger word for it, against which we so unforgivingly judge all mothers. What is it, exactly, that would have a police officer shame a public defender for taking a coffee break in Starbucks as she sat watching her children through the window, in their cool, locked minivan, enjoying Dora the Explorer?

It’s the same “norm” that, on a recent Saturday in a Riverside burger joint, had me mentally gauging the age of the child left to sit playing his electronic game, alone, while his mother went to the bathroom. Watching him, I remembered the fear of being judged for leaving my children alone in similar places before they reached a certain age; I also remembered fearing someone would ask them “Where’s your mother?” no matter how old they were, while I was still indisposed.

Brooks cites some cool social psychology research demonstrating how perceptions of morality are more relevant to observers than any actual, objective degree of danger a child might experience, in any given air-

conditioned minivan or suburban Burger-Fi. Observers understand, and research shows, when dads get distracted, or when dads just need a minute to breathe, people think: “They’re fine. Their dad’s right there; he can see them through the window.”

When it happens to moms, though?

Outrage.

“She did what?”

The Contemptible Mother Penalty takes its ugliest form when we moms project our own vulnerability to it onto each other: “She breastfed him how long? Sheesh, I wonder if she’s planning to go to college with him.”

“She didn’t even try to nurse him? She’s always been, you know, a little cold.”

“You make your teenager text you when he’s running past his 11 p.m. curfew? You’re one of those overprotective hovering, helicopter parents, huh?”

“You let your 11-year-old child ride her bike all the way to her friend’s house? Doesn’t she live all the way across _____________ (San Jose, Normandy, Third Street)? Don’t you know the traffic is deadly on that street?”

You’re damned no matter what you do.

You’ve got to learn early not to give a damn.

The Contemptible Mother paradigm is not only an impossible double bind, it’s the mother of all misdirects. It’s sleight of hand of Trumpian proportions. While The Patriarchy’s Magical Mothering Contest has many of us one-upping each other, we hardly notice the lack of OSHA laws demanding private bathroom breaks for moms—much less, time off.

We’re sure that not remembering when we last showered must be proof that we’re good-enough newborn mothers. We feel guilty for working too much and not being able to spend more time with our children. We feel guilty if we give up juggling relentless multitasking in favor of full-time childrearing, because other mothers don’t have that “luxury.” We feel

selfish for wanting just one damn cup of hot coffee in the morning before the busy, busy day starts.

Guilt, shame, comparing ourselves to other mothers, or worse, to some nonexistent ideal from the land of “should”—it’s a never-ending hamster wheel off which you are absolutely free to hop. Staying on it is diabolical, because it makes us forget the Big Truth hiding under The Patriarchy’s other, metaphorically sweaty palm: While our society gives great lip service to “family values,” actually cultivating them is not a job that pays money.

It’s why so many of us play into the Motherhood Contest. It’s why we beat ourselves up for not being superhuman. The stakes of being a Good Mother are higher, society tells us, than could ever be measured by any dollar amount! (Though, collectively speaking, we’ve never really tried quantifying the value of good parenting, have we?)

The shame associated with the words “bad mother” is enough of a whip to have kept women pulling the mother-guilt cart for, well … forever.

Despite the high stakes that our culture places on child rearing, make no mistake—we don’t put our money where our collective mouth is. Caregiving is “the work feminism forgot.” As second-wave feminists have rightfully gone about leveling the genderlopsided playing fields that yielded money, they inadvertently dissed the at-home, ladycaregivers. In that way, you little mamas, early feminists swallowed the myth still curdling like milk in the pit of our stomachs: “Traditional” women’s work, like cooking, cleaning, childcare, sick-care, eldercare, etc. is less “important” than blazing professional trails for our daughters—but you still can’t screw it up! Lean in!

Never mind that gender might be the least of the personality constructs that determine whether a woman can, or even wants to, lean in.

Even third- and fourth-wave feminists like me were duped by the racist and misogynist rhetoric of “welfare reform” during the Clinton years. People should have to “work” for their government checks, lawmakers insisted. Never mind that taking care of children is already a job.

Caring has never paid well, if at all, because of who does it. Let’s face it: The world has always run on the unpaid and underpaid work of women.

In their Foreign Policy article, “Who Will Care for the Carers?” Sarita Gupta and Ai-Jen Poo take a close look at the gender and racial politics that marginalize care workers. Caring, they argue, requires the kind of compassion and patience that robots will never be able to deliver. Even as the demand for quality caregivers grows, however (which in any other economic sector would lead to pay increases), caregivers’ wages remain stagnant.

Nevertheless, the authors point out, as the world’s population ages, our very survival depends on taking better care of our caregivers: Historically, care has been seen as women’s work; it was long voluntary or unpaid and thus systematically devalued. Even today, most care workers in developed countries

are still women and disproportionately women of color, migrant women, or women of marginalized social status.

They often work part-time and have inconsistent hours. In the United States, the profession’s historical associations with black women have led to harsher conditions and a deeper contempt. Longstanding racial exclusions from labor protections and a culture that has failed to adequately value or support caregiving have resulted in high turnover rates, worker shortages, and, ultimately, lower quality care. The median annual pay for home care jobs hovers around $13,000 in the United States—barely above the federal poverty level. As a result, more than half of all U.S. care workers rely on some form of public assistance.

It appears we feel entitled to extend the impossible-mother standard to all caregivers.

It’s particularly pernicious when working with the current elderly generation, who might have narrow ideas about exactly how caregivers (read: women) should serve. (Did I mention the impossible-daughter standard?)

So how do we change any of this?

We can start by taking a lesson from those industrialized Western European nations offering guaranteed minimum incomes for their citizens, because their people value the fundamental act of having families as valuable “work.”

“Work worth doing,” former Jacksonville mayoral candidate and corporate-executive extraordinaire Audrey Moran once said, “is work worth getting paid for.” (Audrey and her husband have raised four children.) How to negotiate that pay-worthy work in a job, a marriage, an extended family, a daycare, an assisted living facility, a neighborhood, or a country? It’s all on the table, kids.

Take a lesson, too, from our nation’s 20th-century labor movement, and understand that it’s important to enfranchise workers worldwide, especially our tired, hungry, poor, huddled caregivers, yearning to make ends meet. Free-market economies aren’t just for bosses. The freedom to associate with others and organize for better treatment is an important part of “market economics.”

Remember, my darlings, as many older adult lawmakers seem to have forgotten, that you were born hungry and naked like everyone else. You didn’t raise yourselves in the woods among wolves. Someone cared for you. Understand that when people aren’t starving, sick or living underneath bridges, they’re more likely to contribute to the economy, which benefits us all.

Lastly, promise me, young hearts, while you’re out there changing the world, you’ll attune your rhetoric to the over-60 crowd and soften your boldfaced enthusiasm for all things socialism. We’re all living longer. Your parents and grandparents want to stay here on Earth with you for a while. We can’t expect the deep-dyed, American, “red scare” reactions to suddenly just … die.

You might try something like, “Capitalism needs to work for the betterment of human beings, and not vice versa.” You get the idea.

Do it for your mothers.

Julie Delegal mail@folioweekly.com

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“JACKSONVILLE ABORTION RING IS UNCOVERED,” the headline screamed. On Thursday, Feb. 8, 1951, police investigating “an abortion death” raided a “dilapidated hospital where at least two women underwent illegal operations and one had a baby which she surrendered for ‘expenses.’”

Dr. Alvah Weathers was arrested several times in the next few months, along with his one-legged abortionist assistant, Walter Ziegler, whose real name was Wininger.

Investigators found “a little black book” containing hundreds of names of women from Florida and Georgia, likely patients at Weathers’ Springfield Hospital, located several blocks northeast of the Victorian neighborhood for which it was named, at 647 E. 27th St. Before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in all states in 1973, American women seeking terminations of pregnancy frequently traveled to Mexico, where abortion was illegal and dangerous but accessible. Wealthier women flew to England, Sweden or Japan, where abortions were legal and safe. Poorer women sought out disreputable doctors, some with degrees and training, some without—men like Alvah Weathers. Hospitals frequently contained septic wards, where women suffering from “fulminating septicemia” and “incomplete abortions,” performed elsewhere, often died. Abortions that didn’t kill or injure women, however, sometimes left them infertile.

At least two women died after undergoing illegal abortions at Springfield Hospital. Other women gave birth at the clinic, then gave their babies up for adoption, for which Weathers faked birth certificates.

When Ron Cogburn opened his electrical contracting office in the old building in 1982, strangers told him not to go digging.

When Faye Cogburn took her original birth certificate from her wallet at a baby shower— her mother, on her deathbed, had recently given it to her—she discovered she’d been

born in the same building from which her husband was now doing business.

“I pulled it out to show some of the women what so-called ‘old’ birth certificates used to look like. Someone said, ‘Where were you born?’ I’d always thought I was born at St. Luke’s Hospital, but when I looked at the address, it said 647 E. 27th St., with Alvah Weathers listed as physician.”

Faye Cogburn is one of a group of older adults who now refer to themselves as “Weathers babies.” Celia Settle searched for years for her biological parents and found her birth father only last year.

She couldn’t believe he was still alive.

“Weathers babies,” who post in online adoption forums from all over the world, are mostly in their 70s. Even at this point in her life, she feared rejection, but her father kept apologizing for never having known she existed.

The courtroom drama that stretched across June 1951 featured physicians attesting that Weathers couldn’t physically endure a trial, the testimony of Evelyn Kriston, who received an abortion at Springfield Hospital and whom The Florida Times-Union repeatedly referred to as “the comely blonde,” and a series of defense attorneys dropping Weathers’ case.

Homicide detectives dug up the bones “of human babies” on hospital grounds, while Weathers told reporters he’d not once “taken a drink” in all his years and was “the only morally perfect man.”

Tim Gilmore mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Read the full story, told now for the first time, in a JaxPsychoGeo.com three-part series at jaxpsychogeo.com/north/springfield-hospitalfor-abortions-and-adoptions-part-1-incompleteabortion-criminal.

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arrying twins, Jennifer Hall did not expect what was about to unfold from a regular exam at 25 weeks along. Though she had been on bed rest earlier and suffered from high blood pressure, she felt healthy. Yet the doctor told her she needed to be hospitalized. Calling her husband Nick to bring books and magazines, Hall thought she would spend the four remaining months of her pregnancy in repose, awaiting a visit from her mother, who had yet to see her growing abdomen.

“I was totally ill-prepared for what was to come,” Hall said.

Only days later, on Thanksgiving morning in 2006, Hall’s babies–Graham and Reece–were delivered, as she slipped into a medication-induced sleep that lasted three days.

After waking up, Hall needed a couple more days before she finally saw the babies at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

“They were 1 pound, 9 ounces and 1 pound, 4 ounces,” Hall said. “They were essentially fetuses. I remember reading in a baby book that they were barely viable. Their skin was tissuepaper-thin. You could see everything. You could see organs.

The eyes were still shut.”

Having arrived at 25 weeks, the twins were severely premature. Every year, approximately 4 million babies are born in the United States. Some 380,000 of them are preterm, born after 20 weeks of gestation but before 37 weeks. In 2016, the most recent year for which the maternal and infant health organization, March of Dimes, has data, the premature rate in the U.S. logged at 9.8 percent. The World Health Organization ranks the U.S. among the 10 leading nations for preterm births; indeed, it is the sole representative of Western developed nations, cliqued with countries like India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria and Bangladesh.

Within the U.S., the rate of prematurity varies from state to state. Some of the best performers cluster along the West Coast and New England. The worst percentages plague the South and portions of the Midwest. Florida registered a rate of

10.2 percent last year, according to the Florida Department of Health. This marked an uptick from two years ago, when the percentage of prematurity had dipped to 9.9 percent.

“This is not only true in Florida, this is true nationwide,” said Dr. William Sappenfield, director of the Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers & Babies at University of South Florida’s College of Public Health. “Part of it is, do we really understand why our preterm birth rate is going up, do we understand why it is going down?”

While research has produced many feasible but no definitive answers, the reduction in premature births could be partially due to a shift in hospitals to avert early deliveries. And yet, in some instances, those could be imperative to avoiding complications with the mother’s health or that of her child.

To an extent, that was the case with Hall. She had developed severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome, a rare condition characterized by the breakdown of red blood cells, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet counts.

Her twins were born so early that their chances of survival edged close to nil. Babies born between 23 and 28 weeks face a relatively insurmountable risk of mortality, said Dr. Mehmet R. Genc of University of Florida Health Women’s Center. Graham was not strong enough to fight, Hall said. He caught an infection and passed away at 45 days old. Reece, however, beat the odds despite the string of required brain and heart surgeries and the toll they exerted on the family. After four months at an NICU, she came home, but visits to the hospital continued.

“I remember at one point, I was wearing the same two outfits–I kept alternating them, I mean, I washed them–but I didn’t care what I was wearing,” said Hall. “And for four months, every single day, it was peanut butter and jelly–I mean, it is truly survival. I was not thinking. I did not want any pleasure.”

Hall, who at the time lived in California, felt lonely. Neither she nor her husband knew any other couple who had gone through an ordeal like theirs. They had relatives and friends, and they had each other; yet they didn’t have anyone who could truly comprehend what they were experiencing and console them. That’s why the Halls decided to do something–once the worst had passed and a sense of normalcy returned.

And they did. After 11 years, Reece is a fifth-grader with

a gift for music and the arts. All along, she reached the usual childhood milestones, though with a delay. So she began school late. Today she struggles with the same issues many kids do.

Math is a challenge. So is staying focused on a single task.

Keeping a balance proves a bit tricky sometimes, yet Reece swims and jumps and plays and does karate. “If I didn’t tell you, you would not know” she had been born prematurely, Hall said.

WAYS TO COPE THE HALLS BEGAN GRAHAM’S FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT PARENTS OF preemies, as premature babies are often called, through carepackage programs, mentorships, advocacy and research.

“The idea was that parents could know that they were not alone,” said Hall.

For Hall, the foundation is a means to offer what she sought–an assurance that life will be fine. Together with a group of mentors, she often connects with parents, who look for someone to talk to. Sometimes her daughter joins her. They face-timed with a mother from London, whose preterm baby had hydrocephalus, a fluid build-up in the brain that Reece also had developed.

“She was very, very scared about hydrocephalus and really wanted to see that someone with hydrocephalus walks, talks, thinks,” Hall said.

The fast growth of social media has also helped parents cope. A slew of Facebook support groups, for instance, offer forums where insight and understanding flow–from discussions on NICU stays to threads about health progress to conversations about clothes that fit tiny babies. Some have thousands of members. Their spread, in part, underlined the advent of family-centered care and kangaroo (skin-to-skin) care, in which physicians actively solicit parents’ input and assist them.

These are practices that the Florida Department of Health in Duval County has already embraced. In its goal to reduce infant

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told, ‘You know what, because of your history, we should refer you to a high-risk doctor.’”

Sometimes, however, it boils down to women raising their voices to seek better care.

In her work with the foundation, Williams noted a pattern of dismissed symptoms and mothers’ reluctance to challenge their healthcare providers.

“You know, being able to say with assertiveness, ‘Hey, something is not right.

Even if it is a false alarm, even if I am overreacting, I need you to see me because is a baby’s life is worth just that,’” said Williams.

“It’s almost like you are hiring this doctor.

You are hiring them to provide a service for you. If you aren’t satisfied with those services, like anything else, you fire them, or you go somewhere else.”

healthcare prior to getting pregnant as it is for us to help them during pregnancy,” said Dr. Sappenfield. “But we don’t have health insurance that covers a lot of the population in which to do that. That creates a challenge.”

and the psychological strain it puts on women of color. This could also relate to migration, as evidence indicates that the risk of preterm birth spikes in groups after they move to the United States, and begins to manifest in the second and third generations of new Americans. In the reverse cases, preterm births decline when immigrants return to their homelands.

“The point is that the environment plays a significant role,” said Dr. Genc. “Although there might be genetic factors that predispose a certain group to preterm birth, it is usually the interaction between the genetic background with the environmental factors.

The combination of the two increases preterm birth–it is not purely genetic.”

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“One of the dual initiatives that we are looking to implement here in Duval County is called the Implicit Model, because what we see is that moms are more likely to go and get support and care for their children than they are for themselves,” said Karen Tozzi, director of maternal and child health.

The program requires providers to query mothers about their health during their babies’ first pediatric visit. Focused on tobacco use, postpartum depression, birth control and vitamin intake, the questions gauge the services a mother may need for herself.

FROM THE WORST, HOPE ALMOST A DECADE LATER, TIFFANIE WILLIAMS, A THERAPIST AND A Jacksonville native, followed a painful path similar to the one that the Halls had walked. And, like them, she had found a way to give it larger-than-herself meaning.

Unlike Jennifer Hall, however, who had to have an induced premature delivery, Williams had an incompetent cervix. Cervix insufficiency, as the affliction is also known, causes the cervix to dilate in the early stages of pregnancy, often resulting in premature birth or miscarriage.

Williams’ son was stillborn, throwing her into depression and grief. Exacerbating her heartache was the fact that Liam was very tiny–only 10.6 ounces–and there were no baby clothes to fit him. She had to wrap his small body in blankets and lay him to rest.

“That really disappointed me,” Williams said. “It really hurt me.”

Because of this, the foundation that Williams began, Liam Lives, offers garments appropriate for teeny babies, among other programs like counseling and education.

It’s the educational program that Williams finds crucial.

She did not know what incompetent cervix was until it affected her life. Her doctor never mentioned it, either, despite a past miscarriage, which could have increased the risk.

“Now, had I known then what I know now, I would have advocated to see a high-risk specialist because of my history,” Williams said.

“But that was not provided to me. I was not

THE REVOLVING DOOR OF HEALTHCARE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE AND ITS ROLE IN preventing preterm births, there’s more to it than conscientious physicians and informed patients. Often, it’s all about access to services, said both Dr. Sappenfield and Dr. Genc in independent interviews.

Pregnant women, even those in higher income brackets, are eligible for Medicaid, a rule meant to ensure that as many women as possible can afford checkups and prenatal care. Yet, preterm-birth factors are in place– and require attention–prior to conception.

“By the time you get pregnant, you have very little [opportunity] to make any significant change of the health of the woman,” said Dr. Genc. “Really, this has to be addressed starting from childhood into teenagerhood and certainly before pregnancy.”

While a measured lifestyle–no excessive drinking and smoking, for example–can mitigate some of the hazards, others may call for medical insurance, which 11 percent of American women from ages 19 to 64 did not have in 2016, according to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

A drug called 70-hydroxyprogesterone hel“We do not have health insurance that covers a lot of the population” in need of medical help, said Dr. Sappenfield. “That creates a challenge.”

For instance, the drug 70-hydroxyprogesterone can lower the risk of premature delivery, but the lack of a health plan or the switch to one could place it out of reach for many women. In some instances, any gaps in providers could also hamper treatments for hypertension and diabetes, which linger between pregnancies and impact their outcome.

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NOT ONLY BABIES, BUT MOTHERS TOO IN THE MOST TRAGIC OF CASES, SUCH AILMENTS NOT only affect the health of a baby, but also the life of its mother. The U.S. is the most perilous developed country for pregnant women, according to a USA TODAY investigation.

In 2015, the most recent year the World Health Organization has data for, nearly 900 American women have died of direct or indirect pregnancy-related factors. For the same year, a systematic analysis on maternal mortality, published in The Lancet in 2016, puts the U.S. number a little over 1,000 or at a ratio of 26.4 per 100,000 live births, continuing a steady spike taking place over the course of two decades.

USA TODAY contends that doctors and nurses could prevent half of maternal deaths with simple actions, such as measuring blood loss during and after birth and treating high blood pressure. The predicament is that many fail to do so, while others dismiss women’s health concerns.

In Florida, according to its 2016 maternal mortality report, nearly 60 percent of fatal pregnancy-related complications had a “strong chance” to be altered and almost 14 percent had a “possible chance.” Death causes, at least 50 percent of which could be successfully treated, included cardiomyopathy, hemorrhage, thrombotic embolism, infection, hypertensive disorder and cerebrovascular problems.

IN THE GENES OF SOCIETY RACIAL DISPARITIES PLAGUE THE RATES OF BOTH maternal deaths and preterm births. The heterogeneity of the U.S. population–from ethnic diversity to educational attainment to wealth possession–make it hard to consolidate recommendations and solutions.

Certain groups, like African-American, have heightened probability of lethality and prematurity, regardless of their education and income. Williams, the founder of Liam Lives, is an example that social status has little influence on preterm birth.

“I look at my situation being that I am very educated, I have a doctor degree, I am not poor, I am, for the most part, middle class, and even with my education, even with my income, I was still in a place where I lost a child,” Williams said.

Some experts have explained this unfortunate peculiarity with ingrained racism

WORK AHEAD AS NATURE AND NURTURE FUSE, NEW RESEARCH IS promising novel methods to avert preterm deliveries. One of the latest discoveries is a link between microbes in the mother’s vagina and the likelihood of spontaneous premature birth. Correcting any abnormalities in the former diminishes the latter in what is a “very exciting” new treatment possibility, said Dr. Genc.

Other studies have homed in on maternal biomarkers–substances in the body that indicate a biological state–that could indicate the possibility of having a baby before full term. A recently published paper describes a blood test that looks at 25 biomarkers during the second trimester, which could reveal inflammation and abnormal protein levels associated with probable preterm birth.

“Our test was able to predict 80.3 percent of women who went on to have any preterm birth, at 15 to 20 weeks gestation,” Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, associate professor and director of Precision Health & Discovery at the University of California, San Francisco, told CNN. While research is delving into the complexities of preterm birth, practical corrections could be as mundane as an aspirin for mothers at risk of pre-eclampsia. Yet Dr. Sappenfield cautioned against the demand for simple answers.

“Preterm birth is a medically and socially complex health outcome,” he said.

“We continue to need to fund research to better understand it, so we can address its issues. Our preterm birthrate is almost twice that of the other developed countries. So we have a lot to work on so that we can make [healthy] babies.”

Dima Vitanova Williams mail@folioweekly.com

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ince its founding in 2016, experimental music agency Avant has evolved from booking and promoting concerts to curating cutting-edge multimedia happenings—and building a community in the process. Its latest and most ambitious project is a 360° sound-and-vision experience staged in the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium at Jacksonville’s Museum of Science & History.

The headliners are ostensibly contemporary New York experimental jazz trio Rashanim and fellow traveler Jamie Saft, but the multidisciplinary nature of the event—and Avant’s local spotlight—effectively gives a trio of Jacksonville-based visual artists equal billing. Among them is Avant’s own Kedgar Volta, a Cuban designer whose sophisticated digital installations have earned him recognition in both the art and marketing worlds.

Volta tapped celebrated multimedia artist and rapper Willie Evans Jr. as well as up-and-coming painter Joseph Provenza to join him in the endeavor. Evans has extensive experience pairing audio and visual in his own productions; Provenza was recruited for his resolutely handmade aesthetic, a warts-and-all foil to Volta’s slick, all-digital approach.

“It’s an interesting collaboration; the three artists have very distinctive visual styles and backgrounds,” Volta explains. “The biggest creative challenge, as a team, is to be able to bridge these three visual languages into an immersive and coherent language for the show.”

That language will not be rooted in Rashanim’s music, however. At least not directly. Volta et al. have opted to riff on Rashanim’s album artwork instead.

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Rashanim and Jamie Saft headline an INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS EVENT “Our plan is to take the audience on a visual journey inspired by the graphics used on Rashanim’s album covers,” says Volta. “It’s a launching point that we are developing to go way beyond anyone’s expectations. There will unexpected twists in all kinds of directions.”

There are plenty of directions in which to twist. MOSH’s Bryan-Gooding

Planetarium is among the most technologically advanced in the United States. Renovated to the tune of $1 million in 2010, the 60-foot-diameter domed theater is equipped with one of few 8 Konica Minolta Super MediaGlobe II projectors in the nation.

When the powers-that-be at the museum signed on, they knew

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that Avant would take full advantage of the upgrade.

“We’re all interested in pushing the boundaries of what this dome space is designed for,” says MOSH Public Programs & Special Events Manager Lydel Matthews, “and so we’re orchestrating a real-time multisensory approach to cultural exploration.”

The event is the latest in a series of Avant interventions, each more ambitious than the last. Avant also produces a weekly radio show on WJCT. Executive Director Keith Marks conceived the organization along with Volta and administrator Peter Bailet to nurture a new kind of audience in Northeast Florida.

“Avant is all about exposing people to music and getting people to take risks,” says Marks. “People kinda get stuck in their music silos and forget that music is also a passport. If you’re not open-minded to music, you won’t be open-minded to different cultures and people. Music and art bring people together.”

Marks, who curated the musical bill, describes Rashanim’s music as a fusion of traditional Middle Eastern sounds, contemporary jazz and rock. The trio is led by guitarist Jon Madof and has toured abroad extensively, thanks in part to the sponsorship of New York avant-rock guru John Zorn.

“This is the kind of stuff that doesn’t happen in Jacksonville very often,” Marks explains. “You usually have to go to New York or LA to see this—internationally famous musicians plus brilliant visual artists creating custom graphics. Part of the reason [Avant has] been successful is that we dream big, and we manage to realize those dreams even with our limited resources.”

Georgio Valentino mail@folioweekly.com

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cottish director Lynne Ramsay usually takes a long break between films. And the wait is worth it—she makes superb, unusual films, the kind that stick with you long after you’ve left the megaplex.

She made an auspicious start with Ratcatcher in 1999, followed by the even better Morvern Callar three years later. Her next film—2011’s We Need to Talk About Kevin— took nine years to make and last year’s You Were Never Really Here was finished in six.

Lynne Ramsay may be slow and deliberate but, boy, is she good!

Though filmed under the auspices of the British Film Institute (BFI), her last two creations were set in the U.S., with extreme violence as a major motif. In each case, the violence is far more restrained than might be expected, often done off-screen or illustrated in an aftermath.

So when she does unleash the graphic stuff, as in her most recent film, it’s even more effective.

Like the earlier Kevin, Ramsay’s new film is elliptical in its narrative. Jarring images from various time periods (childhood to adulthood) are intercut with opening credits, introducing the film’s tortured protagonist.

A burly, bearded, unkempt man whose go-to uniform is a hoodie, Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is an avenger for hire.

His specialty? Rescuing abused young girls and punishing their captors and attackers. His weapon of choice? A ball peen hammer, which needs careful cleaning when the deed is done.

He doesn’t bother, just tosses it away like the human trash he neutralizes so efficiently.

Rapid-fire flashbacks throughout give us glimpses of Joe’s family background—brutally abusive father, loving mother. He now lives with his mother (Judith Roberts), caring for the frail woman from whom he gets fragments of joy (not to be confused with peace). The two watch TV together, and sing nonsense rhymes.

In between these homey moments, Joe entertains fantasies of suicide, encasing his face in a plastic bag to near-asphyxiation.

We never know the precise cause of these thoughts; there are hints of guilt and punishment associated with his war experiences and government assignments.

Joe is one troubled individual.

An associate tells Joe of a job involving Sen. Votto’s teen daughter Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov); he’s soon in a cesspool of political corruption and sexual depredation that goes

all the way to the Governor’s mansion, taking him on an odyssey of brutal vengeance.

Despite the plot similarities, You Were Never Really Here is not another Taken.

Compared to Ramsay’s cryptic but penetrating direction and her oblique use of cuts and flashbacks, Taken is more of a popcorn movie, entertaining but insubstantial.

A better, more obvious comparison is drawn with Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, but even there, differences must be noted. Joe is no near-psychopath, as is Travis Bickle, nor is Ramsay as obsessed with overt violence as Scorsese was when he made that movie. Never Really Here is about violence, but the director doesn’t shove it in our faces.

Hitchcock said something to the effect that what is imagined can be more effective (and terrifying) than what is actually on screen.

Ramsay certainly gives us graphic-enough glimpses of Joe’s world, yet the suggested depths and layers are just that more palpable.

Never Really Here scored big at ’17 Cannes Festival, awarding Joaquin Phoenix the Best Actor prize; Lynne Ramsay won for her screenplay. The film was nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or, but lost to Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s The Square.

As was the case with Ramsay’s first three films, Never Really Here has had insufficient notice (and consequent attendance) at theaters. Thanks to video, her remarkable talents are available to all.

She’s a treasure, and You Were Never Really Here is a gem.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Joan Jett: Bad Reputation runs 8:30 p.m. Sept. 26. Puzzle and Custody screen.

Throwback Thursday: The Whole Truth, with Keanu Reeves at his marionette best, noon Sept. 27. The Tillman Story runs noon Oct. 4. Corazon Cinema & Café, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

IMAX THEATER The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Great Barrier Reef and America’s Musical Journey 3D screen. Venom starts Oct. 4. Room on the Broom, check website for showtimes. World Golf Hall of Fame, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA The Predator, Science Fair and A Simple Favor screen. Assassination Nation starts Sept. 28. My Neighbor Totoro runs Sept. 29 & Oct. 1.

A Star is Born starts Oct. 5. 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

ARTS + EVENTS

KEVIN ARTHUR presents new works in Honeyed Branches, with Justin Brosten, Ana Kamiar and Carolyn Jernigan, at Rain Dogs in 5 Points. It’s up through November. (Arthur’s Nick Wagner, 2018).

PERFORMANCE

ARSENIC & OLD LACE Little old ladies poisoning little old men this beloved farce, one of the most-produced American plays of all time, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, 8 p.m. Sept. 28 & 29, 2 p.m. Sept. 30, Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., theatrejax.com.

CABARET Back to Berlin we go! Divine decadence runs through Oct. 21, Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, $15, limelight-theatre.org.

THE COLOR PURPLE Who can fail to be moved by Celie’s pain and loneliness? The play runs through Oct. 14, Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, playersbythesea.org, $25-$28.

SYLVIA The story of a marriage told from her point of view, his point of view, and the dog’s point of view; 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 28 & 29, Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, $15, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com.

DID I REMEMBER New choreography by international choreographer, media artist and art-space developer Jonah Bokaer, in conjunction with Long Road Projects and Jacksonville Dance Theatre, 7 p.m. Sept. 26, WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Ave., Northbank, jacksonvilledancetheatre.org.

THE COLORED MUSEUM An in-depth exploration of AfricanAmerican theatrical and cultural past, runs 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 27, 28 & 29, Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theatre, 2800 University Blvd. N., ju.edu/cfa, $5-$10.

RIPCORD Roommates can suck, especially if you’re a cantankerous old bat; senior living doyenne Abby goes to surprising lengths to oust an unwanted roomie. Opens 7 p.m.

Sept. 27, runs through Oct. 13, Amelia Community Theatre, 207/209 Cedar St., Fernandina, 261-6749; $15-$25, ameliacommunitytheatre.org.

DEMOCRACY & ITS DEMISE A reading of an original play by St. Augustine resident Lance Carden, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center, 102 MLKing Ave., free, aclassictheatre.com.

NOT IN MY HOUSE (THE REMIX) What we (as people) may do in the streets, we cannot bring into our house. Featuring Michael Wayne Thomas, Darryl Edwards II, Melissa Case, Jennifer Weeks, Teresa Smith and Lolita Flagg, 7-10 p.m.

Sept. 29, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, floridatheatre.com, $40-$60.

THE UGLY DUCKLING Lightwire Theater updates the classic tale, 3 p.m. Sept. 30, Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, thcenter.org, $19.

CHALK Written by Al Letson and directed by Barbara Colaciello, this moving play takes a close look at bullying; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 1, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, 4455 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, facebook.com/events.

CLASSICAL, JAZZ & POETRY

THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS A celebration of 50 years of Celtic music, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, raylewispresents.com, $20.

BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No. 4 An abbreviated happy hour-style concert, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Hall, Downtown, 354-5547, jaxsymphony.org, $25-$35.

KYRA LIVINGSTON The soulful jazzer performs 6-9 p.m.

Sept. 27, Grape & Grain Exchange, 200 San Marco Blvd., facebook.com/events.

A HERO’S LIFE The Jacksonville Symphony explores the thread from Beethoven to Strauss, conducted by Courtney Lewis, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28 & 8 p.m. Sept. 29, T-U Center’s Jacoby Hall, 300 Water St., Downtown, 354-5547, jaxsymphony.org, $19-$81.

JACKSONVILLE SINGS Middle School Performing Artists and High School Honor Chorus appear in the eighth annual Jacksonville SINGS finale concert, 6 p.m. Sept. 29, University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, unf.edu, $5-$10.

100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE A community open-mic poetry night, 3 p.m. Sept. 30, Corazon Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, corazonecinemaandcafe.com.

FLORIDA CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT The sixth season begins with Turina’s “La Oracion del Torero” and Johannes Brahms’ “String Quartet No. 1 in C minor,” 2 p.m. Sept. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, pvconcerthall.com, $12.50-$25.

JAX PEACE PARTY The Katz Downstairz perform; bring a chair; 6-10 p.m. Sept. 30, Jax Landing, Downtown, free.

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Mezzo-soprano Brittnee Siemon, pianist Grace Lee and soprano Kimberly Beasley perform Handel, Mozart, Delius and others set to texts by Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2, JU’s Terry Concert Hall, ju.edu/cfa, free.

JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY STRING QUARTET The quartet performs 5:30 & 6:15 p.m., Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, free.

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ARTS + EVENTS JAZZ FACULTY IN CONCERT Original compositions and arrangements, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, JU’s Terry Concert Hall, ju.edu/cfa.

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

COMEDY

HOWIE MANDEL Everyone’s favorite germaphobe appears with Preacher Lawson, 8 p.m. Sept. 29, Thrasher-Horne Center, adult content, thcenter.org, $49.

LOUIE ANDERSON The lovable comic, star of big and small screens, appears 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, pvconcerthall.com, $41.50-$51.50.

PATRICK CARSON Carson headlines LOL Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $10.

JENN MEEKS & FUNNYBONE HARRIS The Jax-based comics are on 8-10 p.m. Sept. 28, Two Saints Restaurant, 8968 103rd St., Westside, $10.

JOSH WOLF The comedy writer and best-selling author is on 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, 28 & 29; 9:45 p.m. Sept. 28 & 29, The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $19-$114.

STEVE WANNAMAKER He’s been on Magnum “short shorts” PI and Hawaii Five-O. He’s here 8 p.m. Sept. 27, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $15-$150.

TOYA TURNUP She’s built an audience by being herself … and others, too. Check her out 8 p.m. Sept. 28; 8 & 10 p.m. Sept. 29, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $15-$150.

PHIL “SKRATCH” CUMMINGS & CRISTY B Sure, Cummings kinda looks like a Peaky Blinders escapee … and we kinda like it. He’s on 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, 828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, thegypsycomedyclub.com, $12.

GALLERIES

BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave., 853-6545.

Artist Brook Ramsey exhibits large figurative oil paintings.

BREW 5 POINTS 1024 Park St., 374-5789. David Broach’s new works, Jocose Morose, display through September.

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

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Rd., Mandarin, floridamininggallery.com. OSSACHITE MOCAMA, works

by Marcus Kenney, Jim Draper, Ambler Hutchinson, Ashley Woodson Bailey, Chip Southworth, Jamied Ferrin, Alex Meiser, Ke Francis, Dustin Harewood, Thony Aiuppy, Hiromi Moneyhun, Jason John, Blair Hakimiam, Eduardo Sarmiento, exhibit.

MOON RIVER PIZZA 1176 Edgewood Ave., Murray Hill, keithdoles.com. Keith Doles’ new works, Soft Opening: Self Titled, exhibit.

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

RAIN DOGS 1045 Park St., 5 Points, 379-4969. Honeyed Branches, works of Kevin Arthur, Justin Brosten, Ana Kamiar and Carolyn Jernigan, through November.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown. Eloy Castroverde displays new works in Wildlife in Focus.

SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, spacefortytwo.com.

Artist and Community Foundation Individual Artist Grant awardee Elena Øhlander’s show, Hatenai Yume (Endless Dream) opens 6 p.m. Sept. 27; runs through Oct. 18.

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

Contrasts displays through Oct. 6 in The Annex.

THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. Erin Kendrick’s show, Her Own Things, through Oct. 3.

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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Author Sonja Mongar remembers the AIDS EPIDEMIC

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WHO ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Meet community organizations and learn more about city services and how to improve your neighborhood, 5:30 p.m.

ROWITA & JR. ROWITA FELLOWSHIPS Literary, performance and Sept. 27, Brentwood Library, 3725 N. Pearl St., Northside, visual arts fellowships are available for graduating 12th-grade jacksonvillelibrary.org. and home-schooled female students. Deadline Dec. 1; for FIRST COAST CONNECT LIVE Celebrated host Melissa Ross (one of our Duval favs) and neighborhood guests have details on eligibility and applications, go to stjohnsculture.com. breakfast and lively weekly discussion, 8:30-11 a.m. Sept. 27, ISLAND ART ASSOCIATION Accepts submissions for Patterns Derby on Park, 1068 Park St., 5 Points, facebook.com/events, Oct. 1; opening reception is Oct. 13, 18 N. Second St., $50. Proceeds benefit WJCT’s Fundraising Drive.

Fernandina, islandart.org.

HIVE TO GLASS: MEAD WORKSHOP Mosh After Dark and Wicked ART FIELDS Submit works for an arts event in Lake City, Barley Brewing hold an adults-only event, 6 p.m. Sept. 27, S.C., with cash prizes (one can’t help but think of Art Prize).

Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, Submission deadline Nov. 5, artfieldssc.org.

396-6674, $20 members, $25 nonmembers, themosh.org.

ARTE PONTE Seeks artists with a strong exhibition history, GOODBYE SUMMER HELLO FALL FESTIVAL A WJCT fundraiser or emerging and associated with a “reputable” educational includes a full day of free music and program broadcasts institution, to display work during December’s Art Basel from Derby on Park’s patio, followed by outdoor lounges week. Deadline Oct. 1, hello@arteponte.org. under the stars, Sept. 28, 5 Points, VIP $75, general AUDITION: NOISES OFF Try out for this comedy, 6:30 p.m. admission free, facebook.com/events. registration, auditions 7-9 p.m. Oct. 1, Players by the Sea, FOURTH FRIDAY WRITING CIRCLE Women Writing for a Change 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, playersbythesea.org. present a free one-hour writing circle exploring and Autumn theme, noon-1 p.m. Sept. 28, Main Library, Downtown.

JAX BEACH FALL ARTS MARKET More than 60 local artists PRIDE OUTSIDE Get info on upcoming Pride events, 6-8 p.m. and craftspeople display their works; and it’s pet and kid Sept. 27, Aardwolf Brewery, 1461 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, friendly. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 29, SeaWalk Pavilion, Jax facebook.com/events.

Beach, jaxbeachartsmarket.com.

HOME & PATIO SHOW All the house stuff you know you need; ARTISAN MARKET More than 90 local artisans offer 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 27 & 28, 10 a.m.-9 pm. Sept. 29; 10 handmade items, hold classes and workshops, 10 a.m.a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 30, Prime Osborn Center, 1000 Water St., 6 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun., Coconut Barrel, 3175 Downtown, jacksonvillefallhomeshow.com, $9.

U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine, 484-8729, coconutbarrel.com.

MELANIN FEST A celebration of arts, crafts, health and ORANGE PARK FARMERS MARKET More than 100 vendors contributions of persons of color in NEFLa, 5-9 p.m. Sept. 28, offer fresh, local produce, crafts, food, live music, 10 Edward Waters College; 2-9 p.m. Sept. 29, Jessie Ball DuPont a.m.-3 p.m. first & third Sun., 2042 Park Ave., 264-2635, Center, eventbrite.com, $20. orangeparkmarket.com.

THE LANDING LIGHTS UP SEPTEMBER Fireworks and music, RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, produce, live hell, yeah! Making Sum Noise and MTV 80s Experience music–Scott Jones Dancers, Robert Lester Folsom, Dixie perform 6 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; fireworks 10:30 p.m., Sept. 29, Rodeo, UNF Jazz Ensemble 3–10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept.

The Landing, Downtown.

29, under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free DESIGN & MUSIC FESTIVAL AIGA Jacksonville offers a poster admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. gallery, live music, cash bar, free popsicles and Dos Vatos ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE FARMERS MARKET Live Tacos, 5 p.m. Sept. 29, CoRK Arts District, jacksonvilleaiga.org. music, baked goods, art, local produce, 8:30 a.m. every Sat., STRUT YOUR MUTT Time to get Buddy and Charlie (don’t 1340 A1A S., 209-0367. forget Lucy) gussied up for the annual fundraiser benefiting FERNANDINA BEACH MARKETPLACE Farmers, growers, programs of Friends of Jacksonville Animals, 9 a.m.-noon vendors, local goods, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sat., North Seventh Sept. 29, Riverside Park, friendsofjacksonvilleanimals.com.

Street, Historic District, fernandinabeachmarketplace.com.

COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE This fundraiser for Pit Sisters is JACKSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET Open daily dawn to dusk; emceed by Jaguar Brian Sexton; Jack Browning and author art gallery, food, crafts, etc., 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, Arin Greenwood speak; 5-9 p.m. Sept. 29, Kaluby’s Banquet jaxfarmersmarket.com.

Ballroom, 8221 Southside Blvd., eventbrite.com, $56.54.

JAGS vs JETS Go Jags–DUUUUVAL!–1 p.m. Sept. 29, TIAA Bank Field, ticketmaster.com, $53-$63.

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN’S RIDE The worldwide St. Augustine. Jiha Moon’s works, Double Welcome: Most fundraiser for research for prostate cancer and mental Everyone is Mad Here, exhibit. health features classic & vintage motorcycles. Kickstands up CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 9 a.m. Sept. 30; for details, register at gentlemansride.com.

356-6857, cummermuseum.org. The Lost Bird Project, BOLD NEW CITY PANEL DISCUSSION It’s been 50 years through Oct. 21. Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese since consolidation. Listen to interested parties talk about Printmaking, through Nov. 25. pros and cons of consolidation and what is needed for MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Jacksonville to continue to progress, 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 2, Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Gideon Main Library, Downtown.

Mendel: Drowning World exhibits. The Atrium Project is Claire ARTISTS & WORLD WAR I: BEHIND THE LINES The second Ashley’s Close Encounters: Adam’s Madam. A World of Their in the lecture series about the Great War’s impact on 20thOwn, a collaboration with Art with a Heart in Healthcare, century artists and art, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 4, Cummer Museum, through Dec. 2. cummermuseum.org. __________________________________________ MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. Hall of Heroes is open.

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ndie author Sonja S. Mongar has paid would allow her to finish the manuscript. The her dues. The Montana native freelanced revision also gave Mongar latitude for artistry. across the Pacific Northwest and Florida “All the characters are composites,” she before mentoring aspiring writers in Puerto explains. “None of the events happened Rico. Now based in South Florida, Mongar exactly as described, but they represent has recently transformed a journal she kept things that really did happen and really do during her Jacksonville years into her first exist. It’s set in a city sort of like Jacksonville. novel, Two Spoons of Bitter. As she prepares to The character is 21 years old, which was embark on a promotional tour of independent hard to write because I’m obviously not 21 book stores across the Sunshine State, the anymore. But that’s fine; I didn’t want it to be author spoke to Folio Weekly about a process ‘me’ anymore.” that took decades.

By the time Mongar officially launched Two Spoons of Bitter invites readers to her debut novel this past summer, Two Spoons step back in time to the early 1990s and visit of Bitter had been in the works for more than Blanchard, a fictional Florida metropolis 20 years. It was such a longstanding work-inthat feels a lot like Jacksonville. Names have progress, in fact, that Mongar is still having a been changed because, although ultimately hard time adjusting to its completion. uplifting, the story “ain’t a purdy wun.” The “I never thought I’d really finish this book,” plot follows the author’s experiences as a she owns. “I never imagined I’d ever have it in Midwestern transplant working in the rehab my hands. It’s such an incredible process that industry and bewildered by local phenomena engages every part of your existence. It’s not like twang, Cracker machismo and the something that comes out easily.” ubiquitous, Southern-style racism.

The book is published by Mongar’s own What really inspired the story, however, DIY imprint Paradise Alley Publishing and was the community’s response to the sold outside the traditional circuits of chain AIDS epidemic. stores and Amazon.

“I witnessed a lot of things that were The author-cum-publisher is sanguine upsetting,” says about the scale of Mongar. “It was success she can MONGAR DICUSSES HER BOOK AND HER JOURNEY horrible to see expect as an indie 10 a.m. Oct. 6, San Marco Bookstore, 1971 San people dying in a world regulated Marco Blvd., sanmarcobookstore.com, and 1 p.m. and then to see by corporate Oct. 7, The Book Loft, 214 Centre St., Fernandina, the stigma that distribution. So, thebookloftamelia.com surrounded them. as a one-person There was so much operation, Mongar resistance to scientific research. It is the Bible has narrowed her promotional focus to Belt, after all. I guess I was naïve.” communities in which she has roots: her native Mongar knew the story had to be told, so Montana, the Pacific Northwest and Florida. she kept a journal of all that transpired. But as Initial indications are promising. The life moved on, sweeping the author along to novel was printed in a very limited edition Central Florida and ultimately Puerto Rico, of 160 copies, and more than 100 have she was never quite able to turn her notes into already sold. a viable narrative.

“I never believe anyone who tells me that “It was too difficult to be the protagonist I have to follow a formula to be successful,” in my own story,” she says. “And it was just Sonja Mongar says. “I also don’t buy in to as difficult to write about my friends and what people define as success. Art is all about contacts. I ended up leaving the project in the process, not the product. That’s where limbo for years.” the reward lies. I write because I have a story Eventually, Mongar found a way out of the that needs to be told and heard. That’s how impasse. She turned the journal into fiction, I work.” adding an extra layer of emotional distance Georgio Valentino mail@folioweekly.com that—along with the years that had passed—

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ome standup comics edge hesitantly out of their comfort zone—a TV role here, maybe a movie cameo there. But Louie Anderson has flung himself cheerfully into so many different mediums, it’s staggering to survey: the Fox animated series Life with Louie, which won two Daytime Emmys. The live-action Louie Show on CBS. A three-year run hosting a revival of classic game show Family Feud. A standout role alongside John Candy and Eddie Murphy in 1988’s Coming to America. Reality show appearances, a slot in the 2006 World Series of Poker, a promotional turn as spokesperson for Land O’Lakes and, yes, more than a few cameos in The Jim Henson Hour, Scrubs, Grace Under Fire, Touched by an Angel and Chicago Hope.

Along with all that, Anderson has written four books, filmed comedy specials, and received three Emmy nods (and one win) for his role as Zach Galifianakis’ mother on FX series Baskets. Channeling his mom Ora Zelle, who raised 11 children with grace while married to an abusive husband, Louie considers the role the culmination of his personal brand of comedy. “There’s an open portal for all of us,” he told Vox in April. “I never think, ‘This is funny because I’m in a dress’ or ‘I look good as a woman.’ I think, ‘I look really good.’

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Was the writing process rittin ingg pr p ocess for for Hey Heyy Mom Mom much h different from your standup?

I love writing, and I especially love writing letters—they have a beginning, a middle and an end. I love the intent of a letter. It’s the original email. Emojis came out of our letters.

When I wrote the letters in Hey Mom, comedy came out of that. But writing is much harder.

It’s an animal all its own—and it’s all on you.

It depends on the circumstances. In standup, [the circumstances] are all decided for you.

Do you feel that way about acting, too?

If you’re doing it honestly, standup is a naked approach. You give people a chance to see all of your nakedness. You can’t go out there with a shield up. I learned that from Richard Pryor.

That’s how I approach the acting, too. In both mediums, you have to be honest with yourself.

If something isn’t working, you have to bring it out in the open and fix it in front of people.

Go, “Jeez, that was terrible, wasn’t it?”

Should comedians cuaght up in the #MeToo movement do something as open? You’ve worked with Louis C.K. It’s too bad that, as human beings, we can’t go there. It isn’t in our nature to fix things, unless they break down. There’s outrage, loss and sadness around all of those situations.

FW: What’s the focus of your upcoming show, But what’s your question? Do you think we’re Louie? Are you still performing material from better off now? If people are willing to lay your book Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, down all weapons, grudges and resentments, But You Can Read Them, Too, which that’s the only way we can get anywhere in life. informed your role as Christine on Baskets?

Look at my childhood: We lost so many great Louie Anderson: I men—two Kennedys hate to use the word and Martin Luther LOUIE ANDERSON WITH MYKE HERLIHY “renaissance,” and I King Jr. in no time.

7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, might be setting myself Now we’ve got Trump. pvconcerthall.com, $41.50-$51.50 up for failure, but People ask me, “Aren’t I’m putting together you worried about the best of old and new so that there’s a full Trump?” And I go, “No.” They say, “What do experience. I don’t want people leaving my you mean?” I say, “No, because of my dad. He once kept us up from midnight until 6 a.m. show without being really satisfied. When I go because somebody left the butter out.” I didn’t to a show, I want the hits. All the new songs are fold then, and I’m not going to fold now. nice, but I want to hear the older songs that I fell in love with. I want to provide that to my It’s not seen as often, but that kind of stoicism audience. Does this all sound slightly insane? is part of classic Midwest cheeriness.

This is life! We’re all just trying to live. Life is Not at all! Especially for someone who’s had messy. I applaud my audience so much: They such a long, diverse career. took the time, they spent the money, they I’m a standup comic first, everything else made the plans, they got the babysitter, and second. This is my 40th year doing what I they drove to see me. How lucky am I, after love—Oct. 10, 1978 was my first show. I’m 40 years, to still have people show up? I get so honoring the standup by going back through emotional about it. all my old specials, my most recent special, Big Underwear, and material I’m working on for a There’s the decency longtime Louie fans love. new special.

I don’t want to make anyone mad at me.

I want everyone to like me. I’m a peopleIt’s impressive you stay so busy, considering pleaser. I’m a standup comic! the personal nature of your comedy.

Nick McGregor I update my past to a degree, without being mail@folioweekly.com cheap about it.

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TRAE PIERCE & the T-STONES take the stage with TO SATCHMO WITH LOVE, 6 p.m.

Sept. 29, Prohibition Kitchen, St. Augustine, pkstaug.com.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK

NORDISTA FREEZE, CHARLIE SHUCK, SCUM 9 p.m. Sept. 26, Rain Dogs (RainDogs), 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $6.

FOZZY, ADELITA’S WAY, STONE BROKEN, The STIR 6 p.m.

Sept. 26, Mavericks Live (Mavericks), Jax Landing, 356-1110, $20.

TANNAHILL WEAVERS 50th Anniversary 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Mudville Music Room (Mudville), 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $20.

RANDOM TANDEM 8 p.m. Sept. 26, Ragtime Tavern (Rags), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877.

DAVID BYRNE 8 p.m. Sept. 26, The Florida Theatre (FlaThtr), 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $64.50-$150.

TROYE SIVAN, KIM PETRAS, LELAND 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, Daily’s Place (Dailys), Downtown, 633-2000, $39.50-$49.50.

HEARTBREAK N8 8 p.m. Sept. 26, Jack Rabbits (JackRabbs), 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $8.

PAUL IVEY 6 p.m. Sept. 26, Boondocks Grill & Bar (Boondocks), 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497.

SKINDRED, BREAKING THROUGH 7 p.m. Sept. 26, 1904 Music Hall (1904MH), 19 Ocean St., Downtown, 1904musichall. com, $16.

EMILY KINNEY, PAUL McDONALD 8 p.m. Sept. 27, JackRabbs, $20.

BRIAN SUTHERLAND 8 p.m. Sept. 27, Blue Jay Listening Room (BlueJay), 2457 S. Third St., Jax Beach, 834-1315, $10.

DOT.S, AUDIO HIVE, SWINGERS 8 p.m. Sept. 27, RainDogs, $7.

BILL HECHT 7 p.m. Sept. 27, Boondocks.

KIM RICHEY 8 p.m. Sept. 27, Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, originalcafe11.com, $18-$20.

The VIBRATORS, COMMUNITY CENTER 8 p.m. Sept. 28, RainDogs, $10-$15.

EVAN MICHAEL & the WELL WISHERS 8 p.m. Sept. 28 & 29, Flying Iguana (FlyIguana), 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680.

MARK JOHNS, KEVIN SKI 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Boondocks.

KØU, The MODRN, DJ PRESTON NETTLES 8 p.m. Sept. 28, 1904MH, $12-$15.

AMY HENDRICKSON 6 p.m. Sept. 28, Prohibition Kitchen (ProKitchen), 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704.

SALT & PINE 8 p.m. Sept. 28, BlueJay, $20.

SWIM in the WILD, STRANGERWOLF 8 p.m. Sept. 28, JackRabbs, $8.

RICKIE LEE JONES, ANDERS OSBORNE 8 p.m. Sept. 29, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall (PVCHall), 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, pvconcerthall.com, $59-$69.

TO SATCHMO with LOVE, TRAE PIERCE & the T-STONES 6 p.m. Sept. 29, ProKitchen.

HARD 2 HANDLE, BRANDON LEINO 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Boondocks.

ANIMAL YEARS 8 p.m. Sept. 29, Cafe11, $10-$12.

BROTHER HAWK, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP, BLACK STACHE 8 p.m. Sept. 29, 1904MH, $10-$15.

LIZZ FAITH, MAMA’S KIN 8 p.m. Sept. 29, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, 3076 95th Dr., Live Oak, musicliveshere.com.

COLONY HOUSE, TALL HEIGHTS 8 p.m. Sept. 29, JackRabbs, $15.

MAKING SUM NOISE, ELECTRIC AVENUE: The ’80S MTV Experience 6 p.m. Sept. 29, Jax Landing, jaxlanding.com.

JASON BIBLE 8 p.m. Sept. 29, BlueJay, $20.

ABANDONED by BEARS, WE WERE SHARKS 8 p.m. Sept. 30, Nighthawks.

AFTON 6 p.m. Sept. 30, 1904MH. DARIUS RUCKER, RUSSELL DICKERSON 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Dailys, ticketmaster.com, $44-$74.

KHARMA, WATCHDOGS 8 p.m. Oct. 1, Nighthawks.

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WILLOWWACKS 6 p.m. Oct. 1, ProKitchen.

NEEDTOBREATHE, JOHNNYSWIM 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Dailys, $29.50-$75.

ASLYN & the NAYSAYERS 6 p.m. Oct. 2, ProKitchen.

DRAKE BELL, KIRA KOSARIN 8 p.m. Oct. 3, 1904MH, $20-$25.

STEVE CREWS 6 p.m. Oct. 3, Boondocks.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

JEFF BRADLEY Oct. 4, Mudville ERIC LINDELL Oct. 4, Mojo Kitchen ASG, TELEKINETIC YETI Oct. 4, JackRabbs THELEM & PERKULATOR Oct. 4, Surfer DELBERT McCLINTON Oct. 5, PVCHall The HOUSE CATS, SOUTH CITY LIVE Oct. 5, ProKitchen EDDIE MONEY Oct. 5, Thrasher-Horne JO SMITH Oct. 5, BlueJay HOODIE ALLEN Oct. 5, JackRabbs BOBBY LEE RODGER TRIO, JP4, BEN STROK & the FULL ELECTRIC Oct. 5, 1904MH ARCH ENEMY, GOATWHORE, UNCURED Oct. 6, 1904MH VANS & BANDS BENEFIT Oct. 6, Nighthawks DANNY GOKEY, TAUREN WELLS, RILEY CLEMMONS Oct. 6, Times-Union Center CECE TENEAL, SOUL KOMOTION Oct. 6, ProKitchen TSI OCTOBERFEST Oct. 6, Shantytown RANDOM TANDEM, BDW BAND Oct. 6, Boondocks 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince: QUESTLOVE, MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON, BRENT FISCHER Oct. 6, FlaThtr COREY KILGANNON, PAMELA ELAINE Oct. 6, BlueJay SHOVEL to the MOON Oct. 6, JackRabbs WU-TANG CLAN (RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, U-GOD, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Cappadonna) Oct. 7, StAugAmp ADA VOX, BIMBO JONES Oct. 7, Jax Pride (HED)PE Oct. 7, 1904MH REVENGE SEASON, BLOODBATHER, EXIT STRATEGY Oct. 8, Nighthawks GHOST KEY, WAR of AGES, CAPSIZE Oct. 8, Murray Hill Theatre THEO MOON Oct. 8, ProKitchen AUTHORITY ZERO, RUNAWAY KID, INTHEWHALE, FLAG on FIRE Oct. 9, JackRabbs PAUL WANE Oct. 10, Boondocks EDDIE IZZARD Oct. 10, FlaThtr MIKE YUNG, JACKIE STRANGER Oct. 10, JackRabbs TODD SNIDER, ROREY CARROLL Oct. 10, PVCHall The BLIND SPOTS, BORROMAKAT, SWINGER Oct. 10, RainDogs AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Oct. 10, ProKitchen BENISE FUEGO Oct. 11, FlaThtr PETER BRADLEY ADAMS Oct. 11, Café11 COWFORD STRING TRIO, DENTION Oct. 11, ProKitchen SPAYED KOOLIE Oct. 11, JackRabbs FISH OUT of WATER Oct. 11, Rags Suwannee Roots Revival: KELLER WILLIAMS’ PETTYGRASS, The HILLBENDERS, DONNA the BUFFALO, JIM LAUDERDALE, LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND, The LEE BOYS, The SAUCE BOSS, BELLE & the BAND Oct. 11-14, SwanneeMusic RANKY TANKY Oct. 12, Ritz Theatre AMY HENDRICKSON, The FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL Oct. 12, ProKitchen WALTER PARKS Oct. 12, BlueJay CIARAN SONTAG, CHRIS UNDERAL, CHELSEY CONNELLY Oct. 12, Boondocks ROOTS of REBELLION, LITTLE STRANGER Oct. 12, JackRabbs GENE WATSON, LARRY MANGUM Oct. 13, PVCHall JIVE KATS, ROOTS of REBELLION Oct. 13, ProKitchen

FILMORE, WADE B Oct. 13, 1904MH ERIC COLLETTE, STEVE CREWS Oct. 13, Boondocks MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER Oct. 13, FlaThtr 50 Intimate Nights: MAXWELL Oct. 13, T-U Ctr ALL GIRL COLLECTIVE Halloween Party Oct. 13, Nighthawks PANDORA & HER BOX Oct. 13, JackRabbs IRATION, COMMON KINGS, KATASTRO Oct. 13, StAugAmp WILLIE GREEN’s 83rd Birthday Blues Bash Oct. 13, Cafe11 ISRAEL & NEW BREED Oct. 13, Murray Hill Theatre Second Sunday at Stetson’s: LARRY MANGUM, AL POINDEXTER, PAUL GARFINKEL Oct. 14, Beluthahatchee Park The VEER UNION, ONCE AROUND Oct. 14, Nighthawks WEEN Oct. 14, StAugAmp STEEP CANYON RANGERS Oct. 14, FlaThtr GLASS HOUSES, SINK the SHIP, DROWNING ABOVE WATER, INDIVISION, A WOLF AMONGST SHEEP Oct. 15, JackRabbs FULL of HELL, OUTER HEAVEN, YASHIRA Oct. 15, Nighthawks MUNDY Oct. 16, Culhane’s Irish Pub ANDERSON EAST, SAVANNAH CONLEY Oct. 16, Mavericks WINEHOUSED: Benefit Celebrating Amy Winehouse Oct. 16, ProKitchen LILLIE MAE Oct. 17, JackRabbs SAWYER FREDERICKS, VIOLET BELL Oct. 17, Cafe11 PSYCHOTIC REACTION Oct. 17, Shantytown The STRUTS, WHITE REAPER, SPIRIT ANIMAL Oct. 17, Mavericks The FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, KIM WILSON Oct. 18, PVCHall LITTLE MIKE & the TORNADOES Oct. 18, Rags TREVOR BYSTROM, The SPACE HEATERS Oct. 18, ProKitchen SUN DRIED VIBES, The RIES BROTHERS, OOGEE WAWA Oct. 18, Cafe11 KNOCKED LOOSE, YOUNG GHOSTS Oct. 18, Nighthawks HALLOW POINT Oct. 18, JackRabbs JOHN PAPA GROS Oct. 18, 1904MH BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND Oct. 19, StAugAmp KAT HALL ACOUSTIC, CHILLULA Oct. 19, ProKitchen TANKHEAD, RATCHET ROACH Oct. 19, Nighthawks BOB LOG III, SECRET CIGS Oct. 19, JackRabbs MEAN MARY & FRANK JAMES Oct. 19, Mudville COLT FORD Oct. 19, PVCHall SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY Oct. 19, SwanneeMusic MATT HIRES, J.D. EICHER, DAN RODRIGUEZ Oct. 20, JackRabbs SALT & PINE, LUV U Oct. 20, ProKitchen BRETT ELDRIDGE, ABBY ANDERSON Oct. 20, Dailys DEATH CAB for CUTIE, CHARLY BLISS Oct. 20, StAugAmp THRIFTWORKS, BIT DEFF Oct. 20, 1904MH The BREEDERS, MELKBELLY Oct. 20, PVCHall DOYLE, AS WE DIE, WORLD ABOMINATION Oct. 21, Nighthawks ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD FAIR Oct. 21, StAugAmp SAM PACETTI Oct. 22, ProKitchen GRIFFIN HOUSE Oct. 23, Café11 NF PERCEPTION TOUR, NIGHTLY Oct. 24, StAugAmp The DUDE RANCH (Blink 182 cover) Oct. 24, Nighthawks WSTR, PVMNTS, HOLD CLOSE Oct. 25, 1904MH The SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Oct. 25, T-U Ctr THUNDERPUSSY, DEMONS Oct. 26, JackRabbs MC CHRIS, DUAL CORE, LEX the LEXICON Oct. 26, Nighthawks Suwannee Hulaween: The STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, ODESZA JAMIOQUAI, JANELLE MONÁE, LETTUCE, TRAMPLED

by TURTLES, STEPHEN MARLEY, DR. DOG, MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD, MAVIS STAPLES, TURKUAZ, GALACTIC, YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, BUSTLE in YOUR HEDGEROW, LARRY KEEL & FRIENDS, ROOSEVELT COLLIER BAND, The FRITZ, COME BACK ALICE, HOLEY MISS MOLEY, MELODY TRICKS BAND, HONEY HOUNDS Oct. 26-28, SwanneeMusic

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC ALICE in CHAINS Oct. 26, StAugAmp MAX WEINBERG’S JUKEBOX Oct. 26, PVCHall J CREW BAND Oct. 26 & 27, FlyIguana The BLEU CATS, BE EASY DUO Oct. 26, ProKitchen DWEEZIL ZAPPA Oct. 27, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Oct. 27, Seachasers CHASE ATLANTIC Oct. 27, JackRabbs RAISIN CAKE ORCHESTRA, RAMONA BAND Oct. 27, ProKitchen MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, DUSTIN THOMAS, VICTORIA CANAL Oct. 27, StAugAmp CURSIVE, MEAT WAVE, CAMPDOGZZ Oct. 28, JackRabbs DECENT CRIMINAL, WESTERN SETTING Oct. 29, JackRabbs WILLOWWACKS Oct. 29, ProKitchen LIL DICKY, MUSTARD, OLIVER TREE Oct. 29, StAugAmp PALE WAVES, The CANDESCENTS Oct. 30, JackRabbs ASLYN & the NAYSAYERS Oct. 30, ProKitchen The FAZE BAND Oct. 31, Rags TRAE PIERCE & the T-STONES Oct. 31, ProKitchen CUSTARD PIE Nov. 1, Nighthawks RUMOURS of FLEETWOOD MAC Nov. 1, FlaThtr NEWSONG, POINT of GRACE, AVALON Nov. 1, Trinity Baptist ASSUMING WE SURVIVE, RIOT CHILD Nov. 1, JackRabbs SAN HOLO, BAYNK Nov. 2, Mavericks MOON HOOCH, LESPECIAL Nov. 2, JackRabbs BRETT DENNEN, NICK MULVEY Nov. 2, PVCHall 5 O’CLOCK SHADOW Nov. 2 & 3, FlyIguana TOTO Nov. 3, FlaThtr DAVID BALL, PELLICER CREEK BAND Nov. 3, StAugAmp BUMPIN’ UGLIES, TROPIDELIC Nov. 3, JackRabbs SOMO Nov. 3, 1904MH BLUE OCTOBER, KITTEN Nov. 4, Mavericks BAD BAD HATS, PARTY NAILS Nov. 5, JackRabbs JASON BONHAM’S Led Zeppelin Evening Nov. 7, FlaThtr WANYAMA Nov. 7, JackRabbs AMY RAY & her Band, DANIELLE HOWLE BAND Nov. 8, PVCHall JAKOB’S FERRY STRAGGLERS Nov. 8, Mudville RBRM: RONNIE DEVOE, BOBBY BROWN, RICKY BELL, MICHAEL BLIVINS Nov. 9, VetsMemArena AQUEOUS, The HEAVYPETS Nov. 9, JackRabbs JASON CRABB Nov. 9, Murray Hill Theatre SISTER HAZEL Nov. 9, PVCHall BOOGIE FREAKS Nov. 9 & 10, Rags SHEMEKIA COPELAND Nov. 10, PVCHall MOLLY HATCHET 40th Anniversary Concert Benefit St. Michael’s Soldiers Nov. 10, Thrasher-Horne Center PROF, MAC IRV, DWYNELL ROLAND, WILLIE WONKA Nov. 10, JackRabbs VINCE GILL Nov. 11, StAugAmp OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA Nov. 11, PVCHall JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL Nov. 11, Café11 ZAHIRA & RISING BUFFALO TRIBE Nov. 13, Café11 BIG GIGANTIC, FLAMINGOSIS Nov. 14, Mavericks JYNX & RVNT Nov. 14, Nighthawks MAGIC CITY HIPPIES, BAY LEDGES Nov. 15, JackRabbs KATHLEEN MADIGAN Nov. 15, FlaThtr Independent Grind Tour: TECH N9NE, DIZZY WRIGHT, FUTURISTIC, DENVER HALL Nov. 16, Mavericks MICHAEL GRAVES Nov. 16, Nighthawks MIKE ZITO LIVE Nov. 17, Mojo Kitchen PJ MORTON, GRACE WEBER Nov. 17, JackRabbs The PAUL LUNDGREN BAND Nov. 17, Rags NEW POLITICS, The SCORE, BIKINI THRILL Nov. 19, JackRabbs STEPHEN STILLS, JUDY COLLINS Nov. 19, FlaThtr MAYDAY PARADE, THIS WILD LIFE, WILLIAM RYAN KEY, OH WEATHERLY Nov. 20, Mavericks MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS by CHIP DAVIS Nov. 20, T-UCtr BENJI BROWN Nov. 23, FlaThtr CLOUD 9 Nov. 23 & 24, Rags MARTINA McBRIDE Nov. 24, FlaThtr ATMOSPHERE, deM ATLAS, The LIONESS, DJ KEEZY Nov. 25, PVCHall OSHUN, GEEXELLA Nov. 27, JackRabbs MARC BROUSSARD & his Band, KRISTOPHER JAMES Nov. 29, PVCHall DAVE KOZ, MINDI ABAIR, JONATHAN BUTLER, KEIKO MATSUI Nov. 29, FlaThtr PERPETUAL GROOVE Nov. 29, JackRabbs OLD DOMINION, MICHAEL RAY, HIGH VALLEY Nov. 30, StAugAmp YUNG PINCH Nov. 30, JackRabbs GHOST: PALE DEATH TOUR Dec. 1, FlaThtr JJ GREY, BAY STREET BAND, MILLAJOHN’S BLUE SOUL Dec. 1, Congaree & Penn Farm The Big Ticket: WEEZER, FOSTER the PEOPLE, AJR, GRANDSON, MEG MYERS Dec. 1, Dailys The FRITZ Dec. 1, 1904MH MOE. Dec. 2, PVCHall EVERY TIME I DIE, TURNSTILE, ANGEL DUST VEIN Dec. 5, 1904MH KUNG FU, SIDE HUSTLE Dec. 6, JackRabbs LEIGH NASH Dec. 6, Cafe11 BRONCHO, YIP DECEIVER Dec. 7, JackRabbs MANDY HARVEY Dec. 8, RitzTheatre SETH WALKER Dec. 8, BlueJay BALLYHOO, PROPAGANJAH Dec. 8, JackRabbs IRIS DEMENT, PIETA BROWN Dec. 8, PVCHall HOME FREE Dec. 9, FlaThtr MICHAEL W. SMITH Dec. 11, FlaThtr PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, EUGE GROOVE Dec. 11, PVCHall TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 13, VetsMemArena KENNY G Dec. 13, FlaThtr BREAKING THROUGH, BLEEDING in STEREO, SUNSHINE & BULLETS, COPPERBONES, MINDSLIP, LOWRCASE G, MARION

CRANE, DARK SUMMER, NO SELF, BURDEN AFFINITY, BROKEN SILENCE, FALLEN SONS Dec. 15, Mavericks FOR KING & COUNTRY: Little Drummer Boy Christmas Tour Dec. 16, VetsMemArena STEVEN WILSON Dec. 16, PVCHall Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th Anniversary: ROGER McGUINN, CHRIS HILLMAN, MARTY STUART & his FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES Dec. 17, PVCHall ASLEEP at the WHEEL Dec. 18, PVCHall CHRISTMAS with ROCKAPELLA Dec. 19, FlaThtr The REVEREND HORTON HEAT, JUNIOR BROWN, The BLASTERS, BIG SANDY Dec. 21, FlaThtr SOULSHINE, SWAT TEAM Dec. 21 & 22, FlyIguana VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & the TRAIN Dec. 28, Cafe11 DONNA the BUFFALO, WESTERN CENTURIES Dec. 29, PVCHall BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM Dec. 30, Seachasers EVAN MICHAEL & the WELL WISHERS Jan. 11 & 12, FlyIguana BLUE SUEDE (Elvis’ 84th Birthday): MIKE ALBERT, SCOT BRUCE, BIG E BAND Jan. 12, FlaThtr MARCIA BALL & her Band Jan. 12, PVCHall PAVLO Jan. 12, Thrasher-Horne FRANKIE VALLI & the FOUR SEASONS Jan. 13, FlaThtr Here We Go Again: The CHER SHOW Jan. 23, VetsMemArena EL TEN ELEVEN, JOAN of ARC Jan. 23, JackRabbs ARLO GUTHRIE Alice’s Restaurant Tour Jan. 23, FlaThtr LUCINDA WILLIAMS, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Jan. 25, FlaThtr OLD 97s, SHOOTER JENNINGS Jan. 26, PVCHall JEANNIE ROBERTSON Jan. 26, FlaThtr PINK MARTINI Jan. 28, FlaThtr FINN MAGILL & DAVID CURLEY Jan. 29, Mudville JOYCE MANOR, JEFF ROSENSTOCK, REMEMBER SPORTS Jan. 31, 1904MH UNDER the STREETLAMP Feb. 2, PVCHall GAELIC STORM Feb. 5, PVCHall The MAGPIE SALUTE Feb. 7, PVCHall MARTIN SEXTON, CHRIS TAPPER Feb. 7, JackRabbs INDIGO GIRLS Feb. 9, PVCHall MICHAEL BOLTON Feb. 10, FlaThtr KEIKO MATSUI Feb. 14, PVCHall MORE. Feb. 14, Nighthawks TOM RUSH, MATT NAKOA Feb. 15, PVCHall DAVE MASON, STEVE CROPPER Feb. 17, PVCHall AGENT ORANGE Feb. 18, Nighthawks LOS LOBOS Feb. 19, PVCHall KASEY CHAMBERS & the FIRESIDE DISCIPLES, CARLY BURRUSS Feb. 21, PVCHall PINK March 5, VetsMemArena CHRIS BOTTI March 8, FlaThtr David Bowie Alumni Tour: MIKE GARSON, EARL SLICK, GERRY LEONARD, CARMINE ROJAS, BERNARD FOWLER, COREY GLOVER, LEE JOHN March 15, PVCHall ELTON JOHN March 15, VetsMemArena GET the LED OUT Led Zeppelin Tribute March 15, FlaThtr ROGER McGUINN March 16, PVCHall JUKEBOX HERO the MUSICAL March 17, FlaThtr JOAN OSBORNE Sings Songs of Bob Dylan March 21, PVCHall LITTLE RIVER BAND, PABLO CRUISE March 22, FlaThtr JERSEY BOYS March 25, T-U Ctr SHAWN COLVIN March 29, PVCHall BONEY JAMES April 5, FlaThtr Queen Tribute: GARY MULLEN & the WORKS April 25, FlaThtr The TEMPTATIONS, The FOUR TOPS April 28, FlaThtr MERCYME, CROWDER, MICAH TYLER May 3, VetsMemArena The Cry Pretty Tour 360: CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MADDIE & TAE, RUNAWAY JUNE Oct. 20, 2019, VetsMemArena

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA GREEN TURTLE, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Live music six nights a week. Vinyl Nite every Tue. SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811 Greg Lyons Sept. 26. Them Vagabonds Sept. 28 SJ BREWING CO., 463646 S.R. 200, Ste. 13, Yulee, 849-1654 Tom Cornwell 4 p.m. Sept. 29 SLIDERS, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Pili Pili Sept. 26.

Tad Jennings Sept. 27. 7 Street Sept. 29. JCnMike, Charlotte P Sept. 30. Mark O’Quinn Oct. 2

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

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

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

ATLANTIC BEACH Brewing Co., 725 Atlantic Blvd., 372-4116 Ashley Wilkinson 7 p.m. Sept. 29 BLUE JAY Listening Room, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Brian Sutherland 8 p.m. Sept. 27. Salt & Pine 8 p.m.

Sept. 28. Jason Bible Sept. 29 COOP 303, 303 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 372-4507 DiCarlo Thompson 10 p.m. Sept. 28. 3 the Band Sept. 28. Ryan Crary Oct. 5 CULHANE’S Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 Michael Funge 6:30 p.m. every Sun. FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 Evan Michael & Well Wishers 8 p.m. Sept. 28 & 29 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. Wed. Michael Smith Thur. Milton Clapp Fri. LYNCH’S Irish Pub, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Blistur 10 p.m. Sept. 28. Ford Music 6 p.m., BluPrint 10 p.m. Sept. 29.

Different Folk every Fri. MEZZA, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger 6 p.m.

Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer 6 p.m. Thur. Mezza

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC House Band 6 p.m. Mon. Trevor Tanner 6 p.m. Tue. MOJO Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Eric Lindell 9 p.m. Oct. 4 POE’S Tavern, 363 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7637 Kalani Rose 7 p.m. every Thur.

RAGTIME Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Random Tandem 8 p.m. Sept. 26.

All You Need 8 p.m. Sept.

27. Oversized Load Sept.

28 & 29. Neil Dixon Oct. 3 SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Sidewalk 65 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Ample Angst 9 p.m. Sept. 29 BEACHES Town Ctr. Courtyard, 200 First St., NB, 249-2922 Jimmi Mitchell 6 p.m. Sept. 26 SURFER the Bar, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Tad Jennings Sept. 26. Zander Sept. 28. Bonnie Blue 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Thelem & Perkulator 9 p.m. Oct. 4 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Live music most weekends

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC Hall, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Skindred, Breaking Through 7 p.m. Sept. 26. KØU, The Modrn, DJ Preston Nettles 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Brother Hawk, Appalachian Death Trap, Black Stache 8 p.m. Sept. 29. Afton 6 p.m.

Sept. 30. Drake Bell, Kira Kosarin 8 p.m. Oct. 3 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon Thur.

DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 8 p.m. Sept. 28 JAX Landing, 353-1188 Trey Tucker Band 7 p.m.

Sept. 28. Making Sum Noise, Electric Avenue: The ’80s MTV Experience 6 p.m. Sept. 29. The Katz Downstairz 6 p.m.

Sept. 30 MAVERICKS Live, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Fozzy, Adelita’s Way, Stone Broken, The Stir 6 p.m. Sept. 26 MYTH, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Saymyname, Swarm, SkyHye, Foreign Suspects, Sub-Lo, Sorce, Romeo, Q-45 Sept. 28.

Corey Von Waters, Charlie Hustle, DJ ND, Capone Sept. 29.

DJs Squared, Vlad the Inhaler, D3Tay, Sorce, Shoparo, A Guy Named Will Sept. 30 VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams, 414-3171 Cyrus Quaranta 9 p.m.

Sept. 28. Community Center 9 p.m. Sept. 29

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Paul Ivey 6 p.m. Sept. 26. Bill Hecht Sept. 27. Mark Johns, Kevin Ski Sept. 28. Hard 2 Handle, Brandon Leino Sept. 29. Steve Crews Oct. 3. Redfish Rich Oct. 4 WHITEY’S, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Paul Ivey 6 p.m. Sept. 27.

Dirty Pete 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Ginger Beard Man 9 p.m. Sept. 29

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Double Down 9 p.m.

Sept. 26. Lifeline 9 p.m. Sept. 28. The Chris Tyler Band 9 p.m.

Sept. 29 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic, 220-6766 Retro Kats 9 p.m. Sept. 28

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci Sept. 30, Oct. 2 & 3 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, 209-5209 Jay C Jr. Sept. 27. Fat Cactus Sept. 28. Second Disciples Sept. 29.

Hell or High Water Sept. 30

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 Olympvs 9:30 p.m. Sept.

28. DJ Capone 9:30 p.m. Sept. 26 DALTON’S Sports Grill, 2620 Blanding Blvd., 282-1564 The Litt Family/Robbie Litt 8 p.m. Sept. 29 The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 DJ Covert Sept. 27. DJ Keith every Tue.

PONTE VEDRA

MEDURE, 818 A1A, 543-3797 Will Hurley Sept. 28. The Groov Sept. 29 TAPS, 2220 C.R. 210, 819-1554 Dennis Miller 8 p.m.

Sept. 26. Vegas Gray 9:30 p.m. Sept. 28

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

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MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Derek Minor, Canon, Byron Juane, J Monty, D King Sept. 30.

Froggy Fresh, Money Maker Mike, Rab G Oct. 1 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Circuit Circuit record release Sept. 28. Abandoned by Bears, We Were Sharks 8 p.m. Sept. 30. Kharma, Watchdogs, Consequence, Tree of Woe 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1

RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Nordista Freeze, Charlie Shuck, Scum 9 p.m. Sept. 26. Dot.S, Audio Hive, Swingers 8 p.m. Sept. 27. The Vibrators, Community Center Sept. 28 RIVER & POST, 1000 Riverside Ave., 575-2366 Hello Celia 8 p.m. Sept. 28 & 29. Brenna Erickson Oct. 4 RIVERSIDE Arts Market, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Scott Jones Dancers, Robert Lester Folsom, Dixie Rodeo, UNF Jazz Ensemble III Sept. 29

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S, 3912 U.S. 1, 824-8738 Neon Whiskey 9 p.m.

Sept. 29 CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Kim Richey 8 p.m. Sept. 27. The Gatorbone Band Sept. 28. Animal Years 8 p.m. Sept. 29 MEEHAN’S, 20 Avenida Menendez, 810-1923 Ricardo Pérez Sept. 27. Bill Mullen Sept. 28 & 29. Torlough Burke Sept. 30 OCEAN AVENUE Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., 293-9600 MickRockFest charity benefit 1 p.m.-2 a.m. Sept. 29 PROHIBITION Kitchen, 119 St. George St., 209-5704 Amy Hendrickson, Be Easy Sept. 28. To Satchmo with Love, Trae Pierce & the T-Stones Sept. 29. WillowWacks Oct. 1. Aslyn & the Naysayers Oct. 2 SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Debt Neglector, Talk me Off, Minimum Rage, Gimme, Mental Boy Sept. 28.

Dancing with Ghosts Oct. 3 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Cottonmouth Sept. 28 & 29

SAN MARCO

GRAPE & GRAIN Exchange, 2000 San Marco, 396-4455 Kyra Livingston 7 p.m. Sept. 27. Heart of Elaine Sept. 28 JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Heartbreak N8, AJ Loco, Josh Brown 8 p.m. Sept. 26. Emily Kinney, Paul McDonald Sept. 27. Swim in the Wild, Strangerwolf 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Colony House, Tall Heights Sept. 29. ASG, Telekinetic Yeti Oct. 4. Hoodie Allen Oct. 5 MUDVILLE Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Tannahill Weavers 50th Anniversary 7 p.m. Sept. 26. Mike Shackelford, Madi Carr, Will Shepard, Hensley Sept. 28. Jeff Bradley Oct. 4

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Ken & Kelly Maroney 8 p.m. Sept. 28 VETERANS UNITED Craft Brewery, 8999 Western Way, 253-3326 The Bald Eagles 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, 634-7208 Open mic Melissa Smith, Ivan Pulley every Thur.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

COPPER TOP Bar, 12405 N. Main St., Ste. 7, 551-4088 Back Alley Cadillacs 8 p.m. Sept. 28 HYPERION Brewing., 1740 N. Main St., 518-5131 Beau & the Burners Sept. 29. Swing Dancing 8 p.m. every Wed. MAIN & SIX Brewing, 1636 N. Main, 374-4750 Songbook open mic 7 p.m. Sept. 28 PALMS Fish Camp, 6359 Heckscher Dr., 240-1672 Cassidy Lee Sept. 26. Taylor Shami Sept. 27. Patrick Rose Sept. 28.

Kevin Ski, Bush Doctors Sept. 29. Mike Ward, Souls of Joy Sept. 30

__________________________________ To list a band’s gig, send time, date, location (street address, city or neighborhood), admission and a contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner, email madeleine@folioweekly.com or by the U.S. Postal Service, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Events run on space-available basis. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. publication.

FOLIO DINING

COPPER TOP BAR & RESTAURANT photo by Devon Sarian

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH

BRETT’S Waterway Café, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. On the water at Centre Street’s end. Southern hospitality, upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com.

F Family-owned café in historic building. Worldly fare, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oak-shaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub brews; imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season The CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap.com. F For nearly 40 years, family-ownedand-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L Sa-M; D Nightly LARRY’S, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER Pizza, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie/slice. Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa The MUSTARD SEED Café, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassauhealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa The POINTE Restaurant, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. ’17 BOJ winner. In awardwinning Elizabeth Pointe Lodge. Seaside dining; in or out.

Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu. Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F ’17 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Oceanfront.

Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, seafood.

Open-air upstairs balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S Burger Station, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, traysburgerstation.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Familyowned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa

DINING DIRECTORY KEY AVERAGE ENTRÉE COST $ $ < $10 20-$35 $$$ $ $ $$ $$$$ > $35 10- 20 ABBREVIATIONS & SPECIAL NOTES BW = Beer/Wine

L = Lunch

FB = Full Bar

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

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

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

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

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

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

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

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

Pulled pork, Carolina-style barbecue. Delta fried catfish. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE Market & Deli, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F BOJ winner/fave. 40+ years.

Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa Restaurant ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. French/Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa SOUTH KITCHEN & Spirits, 3638 Park St., 475-2362, south.kitchen. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Southern classics: crispy catfish with smoked gouda grits, family-style fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily

BAYMEADOWS

ATHENIAN OWL, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Stes. 21-23, 503-3008, athenianowljaxfl.com. Yiorgos and Marilena Triantafillopoulos respect Greek cuisine and their patrons.

Creative fare. Vegetarian dishes. $$ K TO L, D M-F, D Sa AL’S Pizza, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO Diner, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. ’17 BOJ fave. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI Grille, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. Since 1989.

Family-owned place has an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian, new-Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups.

Low-sodium & gluten-free. $$$ BW TO L D Tu-Sa The WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, glass/bottle wines. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, vegan black bean burgers. Gluten-free pizzas, desserts. HH specials. $$ BW K TO L M-F; D Tu-Sa WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. Popular gastropub; craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates, tacos and whiskey. HH M-F. $$ FB B Sa & Su; L F; D Nightly

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DINING DIRECTORY BEACHES

(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

AL’S PIZZA, 240 Third St., Neptune Beach, 853-6773, alspizza.com. F Al Mansur re-opened good ol’ Al’s, in a new spot. Dine inside or out. $$ BW L D Daily ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM SUBS, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. F ’17 BOJ winner. Home of the original baked sub. Locals love Angie’s hot or cold subs for 30+ years. Good news! A real, live chef is at Grom!

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

Still the word: Peruvian. New sub: Suthern Comfert–slowsmoked brisket, chicken, mac & cheese, collards, black-eyed peas on sub roll. Big salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom Sun. brunch. $ BW K TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BREEZY Coffee Shop Wine Bar, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 241-2211, breezycoffeeshopcafe.com. It’s a beachy coffee & wine shop by day; wine bar at night. Fresh pastries, sandwiches. Grab-nGo salads, hummus. $ BW K TO B L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F BOJ winner/fave. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA Taqueria & Tequila Bar, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. F Classic Old World Roman fare, big Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su HAWKERS ASIAN Street Fare, 241 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 425-1025. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F ’17 BOJ winner/ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO Diner, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F ’17 BOJ winner/ fave. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ Pit & Blues Bar, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AVONDALE. M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, mshackburgers.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily

roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, lattes, pastries, smoothies, bagels, chicken and tuna salad, sandwiches. $ B L M-F URBAN GRIND Express, 50 W. Laura St., 516-7799. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC Bar & Grill, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F. $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa

FLEMING ISLAND

GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE RIVERSIDE. La NOPALERA, 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100, 215-2223. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. MOJO Smokehouse, 1810 Town Ctr. Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636.

F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S Fish Camp, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfish camp.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Real fish camp. Gator tail, catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar.

Boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991, alspizza.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. It’s the first Al’s in NEFla–yeah, we didn’t know that, either–celebrating 30 years of awesome gourmet pizza, baked dishes. All day HH M-Th. $ FB K TO L D Daily LA NOPALERA Mexican Restaurant, 14333 Beach Blvd., 992-1666, lanopalerarest.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave.

The popular spots have tamales, fajitas, pork tacos. Some LaNops have a full bar. $$ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. TAZIKI’S Mediterranean Café, 14035 Beach Blvd., Ste. B, 503-1950. SEE MANDARIN.

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

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

Pancakes, sandwiches, burgers and wings. $ K TO B L Daily

GRILL ME!

GEORGE TRIANTAFILLOPOULOS

Athenian Owl

9551 Baymeadows Rd. Your Birthplace: Athens, Greece Favorite Cuisine Style: Greek healthy Go-To Ingredients: Lamb, fish, eggplant, artichokes, oregano with lemon and authentic greek ingredients.

Ideal Meal: Yiorgos chicken surprise Will Not Cross My Lips: Raw food Insider’s Secret: Chicken ????

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NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 1585 N. Third St., 458-1390. ’17 BOJ fave. SEE MANDARIN. RAGTIME TAVERN Seafood & Grill, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 34 years and counting, the iconic seafood place serves blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily SUSHI ONE TWO THREE, 311 N. Third St., 372-9718, sushionetwothree.com. Brand-spankin’-new right in the middle of all the action in Jax Beach, this place offers a twist on how we eat sushi: All You Can Eat. And small plate sushi, all made to order. Rooftop parking; kid-friendly–rugrats younger than eight eat free. $$ FB K TO L, D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE BAYMEADOWS.

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BELLWETHER, 100 N. Laura, 802-7745, bellwetherjax.com.

Southern classics. Chef/owner Jon Insetta and Chef Kerri Rogers focus on flavors. Seasonal menu. Rotating local craft beers, regional spirits, cold brew coffee. $$ FB TO L M-F CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Serving Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza.

Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa ELEMENT Bistro & Craft Bar, 333 E. Bay St., 438-5173. In Myth Nightclub. Locally sourced, organic fare, fresh herbs, spices. HH $$ FB D, Tu-Su OLIO Market, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F Scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, as seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa SPLIFF’S Gastropub, 15 N. Ocean St., 844-5000, spliffsgastropub.com. ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Music venue has munchie apps, mac & cheese dishes, pockets, gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. HH M-F. $ BW L D M-Sa SUPER FOOD & BREW, 11 E. Forsyth St., 723-1180, superfoodandbrew.com. Gastropub serves a variety: fresh, healthy sandwiches to full entrée plates. Drink specials. $$ BW TO L, D M-F URBAN GRIND Coffee Company, 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 102, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. F ’17 BOJ fave. Locally

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

Chef Roderick “Pete” Smith, local culinary expert, uses locally sourced ingredients from area farmers, vendors in American & Southern dishes. Seasonal brunch. $ K TO B L M-F, D F La NOPALERA, 11700 San Jose Blvd., 288-0175. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. METRO Diner, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Dinner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AVONDALE. MOON DOG Pie House, 115 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 105, 287-3633, moondogpiehouse.com. Wings, apps, subs, calzones–and specialty pizza pies. $$ BW TO K L, D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. ’17 BOJ fave. Organic soup, baked items, sandwiches, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/wine. $ BW TO B L D Daily TAZIKI’S Mediterranean Café, 11700 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 25, 503-2461, tazikiscafe.com. Health-focused menu includes hand-crafted gyros, feasts, deli, desserts. $$ BW K TO L, D Daily

ORANGE PARK

BOONDOCKS Grill & Bar, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove Springs, 406-9497, boondocksrocks.com. Apps, burgers, wings, seafood, steak, weekend specials, craft cocktails. HH $$ FB TO K D M-F; L, D Sa & Su The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com.

Southern fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tu-Sa La NOPALERA, 1930 Kingsley Ave., 276-2776. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S Giant Subs, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 165, 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd.,

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THE TIDE IS

HIGH

PICO THIS San Marco spot for burritos

Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 36+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO Diner, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouseonline.net. F ’17 BOJ fave. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas; 35+ years. 75+ import beers. $ FB L D Daily SPRING PARK Coffee, 328 Ferris St., Green Cove Springs, 531-9391, springparkcoffee.com. F Fresh-roasted Brass Tacks coffee, handcrafted hot & cold drinks, lattes, cappuccino, macchiato, pastries, breakfast. $ B L D Daily

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

AL’S Pizza, 635 A1A N., 543-1494. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave.

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

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

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine: chorizo, tapas, blackened cod, pork skewers, coconut mango curry chicken. Breads from scratch. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S Pizza, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BIG OAK BBQ & Catering, 1948 Henley Rd., Middleburg, 214-3041. 1440 Dunn Ave., 757-2225, bigoakbbqfl.com.

Family-owned-and-operated. Smoked chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides, stumps. $$ K TO L D M-Sa BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points.com. ’17 BOJ winner. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 869 Stockton St., 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Small-batch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting single-origin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, hand-crafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily CRANE RAMEN, 1029 Park St., 253-3282. Ramen done right; vegetarian, vegan items, kimchi, gyoza. Dine in or out. HH. $$ FB K L, D Tu-Su CUMMER Café, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. ’17 BOJ winner.

Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espressobased drinks, sandwiches, desserts, daily specials. Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su EUROPEAN Street Café, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. ’17 BOJ winner. 130+ imported beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Dine outside at some E-Sts. $ BW K L D Daily FOO DOG CURRY TRADERS, 869 Stockton St., 551-0327, foodogjax.com. Southeast Asian, Indian inspired fare, all gluten-free, from scratch. Vegan & omnivore. $$ TO L, D Daily GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F ’17 BOJ winner. Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies. Artisanal cheeses, 300 craft, import beers, organic wines, produce, meats, vitamins, herbs, wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN Street Fare, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls: BBQ pork char sui, beef haw fun, Hawkers baos, chow faan, grilled Hawker skewers. $ BW TO L D Daily

JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055.

Made-to-order sandwiches, wraps. $ TO B L M-Sa LARRY’S, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO Diner, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER Pizza, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS Filling Station, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. BOJ winner. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUN-RAY Cinema, 1028 Park St., 359-0047, sunraycinema.com. ’17 BOJ winner. First-run, indie/art films. Beer, local drafts, wine, pizza–Godbold, Black Lagoon Supreme–hot dogs, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily SUSHI Café, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll.

Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Patio. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S Pizza, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F ’17 BOJ winner/ fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. The CORAZON Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada St., 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. F Sandwiches, combos, pizza. Iindie and first-run movies. $$ Daily DESSERT FIRST Bistro, 121 Yacht Club Dr., 417-0468, dessertfirstbistro.com. It’s all made from scratch: breakfast, lunch, desserts. Plus coffees, espressos, craft beers, wine, hot teas. $ BW K TO B, L Tu-Su The FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB Company, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 34+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO Diner, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq.com. F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE AVONDALE. OCEAN AVENUE Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., 293-9600, a1abar.com. F Lively spot has wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George St., 209-5704, prohibitionkitchenstaugustine.com. The gastropub offers small plates, craft burgers, sandwiches, live local oysters, mains, desserts and handspun milkshakes. $$$ L D Daily SALT LIFE Food Shack, 321 A1A, 217-3256. F SEE BEACHES. SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632, planetsarbez.com.

Local music venue has gourmet grilled cheese: Sarbez melt: smoked mozzarella, turkey, bacon, signature sauce, local sourdough. Local craft beers. $ BW L, D Daily WOODPECKER’S Backyard BBQ, 4930 S.R. 13, 531-5670, woodpeckersbbq.weebly.com. F Smoked fresh daily.

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

SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK

The BEARDED PIG Southern BBQ & Beer Garden, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. Barbecue joint Southern style: brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily

BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox.com. F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally. 250+ wines. Wood-fired oven-baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood.

Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside.

HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily BOLD BEAN Coffee Roasters, 1905 Hendricks Ave. ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN Street Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500.

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

SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN

ALHAMBRA Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. ’17 BOJ winner. Staging productions for 50+ years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s theme menus.

Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EL TAINO, 4347 University Blvd., 374-1150. A focus on Latin American, Puerto Rican and Caribbean cusine. $$ BW K TO EUROPEAN Street Café, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. La NOPALERA, 8206 Philips Hwy., 732-9433. 8818 Atlantic, 720-0106. F BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S, 3611 St. Johns Bluff S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F ’17 BOJ fave.

SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., Ste. 10, 206-612-6596. F Pacific Islander fare, chamorro culture.

Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; empanadas, lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. F ’17 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

LOCAL TEX-MEX STAPLE HIGHTIDE BURRITO CO. IS known for casual burritos and beers, but its other selections are worth trying, too. The San Marco space is light and bright with comfy seating that works for large groups, kids or couples. Hightide features a salsa bar with those cute, tiny cups that make it easy to try a bunch of different flavors without waste. From fresh pico de gallo to green salsa to hotter varieties, there’s something for every palate.

Cavemen wouldn’t necessarily think to go to Hightide (if they could think that well at all), but they should. If you’re on a paleo kick, do it Flintstones style; the Paleo Burrito Bowl ($8.99) is yabba-dabba-doo. No grains, but lots of lettuce, roasted onions, bell peppers, with a heapin’ helpin’ of grilled chicken, blackened shrimp and guac. The dual proteins and guac kick make it a surprisingly filling meal–even I was satisfied! (Anti-Paleo Pro Tip: Put the Paleo Burrito Bowl on top of nachos.)

If the craving for nachos ever smacks you like it does me, you know only a legit tray with every essence will do. Hightide’s house nachos are served with crisp tortilla chips, Romaine lettuce, black beans, jalapeños, sour cream and queso ($7.35); add chicken, carnitas, beef or tempeh for a couple of bucks ($9.24 total). There was plenty of meat involved, but I wanted a bit more when it came to the toppings. I was hoping I wouldn’t miss tomatoes, but even the many tiny, tiny cups of salsa I threw on didn’t quite do it for me.

HIGHTIDE BURRITO CO.

1538 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 683-7396, hightideburrito.com I rarely say no to tacos, and the Del Mar Blackened Shrimp Tacos ($9.96) were no exception.

Two tacos (on either flour or corn tortilla) and plump ’n’ juicy blackened shrimp piled with avocado slices, avocado crema and shredded cabbage for a full bite. We also ordered a side of Mexican Street Corn aka Elote ($3). It’s part of the current seasonal offerings, so get it before it changes. A whole roasted ear of corn was served traditional style, with a slathering of mayo, chile powder and cotija cheese. Elote usually has a load of mayo, but Hightide’s version had just a little too much for my tastes. Just scrape some off and you’ll be fine.

Don’t skip Hightide’s namesake burritos, though. The Saltwater Hippie Burrito has seasoned tempeh, brown rice, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo and guacamole ($8.95); the C.B.G. Burrito includes chicken, bacon, guacamole, brown rice, cheese and Peruvian sauce ($8.95).

Caveman, vegan or otherwise, you should check out Hightide Burrito’s wide variety! I recommend hitting Aardwolf for a local brew before or after–or ordering goodies to-go and taking the meal over there. It’s even worth getting stuck waiting for the San Marco train to crawl by.

Brentley Stead biteclub@folioweekly.com

ANDY’S Grill, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. F ’17 BOJ fave. In Jax Farmers Market. Local, regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D M-Sa COPPER TOP Bar & Restaurant, 12405 N. Main, Ste. 7, 551-4088. Brand-new spot has American fare: pizza, wings, specials. Local, regional craft beers. $ BW TO L, D Daily LARRY’S, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. F ’17 BOJ fave. SEE ORANGE PARK. TIKI ISLAND Tap House, 614 Pecan Park Rd., 403-0776.

Casual spot serves hot dogs, burgers, gator tail, gator jerky. ________________________________ Gator pond! $ BW TO D, F; L, D Sa & Su. UPTOWN Kitchen & Bar, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, If you have a recommendation or know of a new place, uptownmarketjax.com. F Bite Club certified. Fresh fare, shoot me an email at biteclub@folioweekly.com. innovative menus, farm-to-table selections, daily specials. $$ BW TO B L Daily SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 2, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 29

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WOMEN’S

WHAT IMAGE COMES TO mind when you hear the term brewmaster? Do you envision a bearded dude in lots of flannel, wearing rubber boots?

In many cases, that’s just what brewers look like nationwide. But did you know that, in the beginning, the job of brewing beer wasn’t an almost exclusively male vocation? In fact, in the nearly 13,000-year history of beer, male brewers are a relatively recent phenomenon. For most of history, brewing has been the purview of women.

Early humans lived in hunter-gatherer societies. Sociologists believe that as cooking began to emerge, women who cooked had to get male protection to guard them and their materials and resources from theft or worse. Since men rarely did any gathering, women had to do both— gather and cook—or go hungry. Men rarely cooked; they just got food from women they protected. This left them time to engage in the riskier and more physically demanding task of hunting.

A common theory among sociological scholars is that the discovery of beer was the impetus that shifted humans from huntergatherers to a more agrarian society. In this new society, men worked the land, tending the crops while women cared for the children.

Beer became so intrinsically linked to women that the first known written recipe is in song form, ‘Hymn to Ninkasi,’ an ancient Sumerian goddess of beer. The poem points out the essential link between women—Ninkasi was brewer to the gods— and their responsibility to supply bread and beer to the household.

According to Patty Hamrick, who holds a master’s degree in archaeological anthropology, the ancient Mesopotamian

(modern-day Iran) Code of Hammurabi, one of the first sets of written laws, always referred to tavern owners as female.

Tavern owners brewed their own beer and managed the business.

Around the fifth century, the term alewife emerged. Many enterprising women began increasing their beer output, selling the surplus. To advertise, they placed a broom over the door of their home or tavern. To keep vermin out of the grain supply, cats were domesticated.

Alewives also sold beer in public markets, often wearing pointed hats and using six-pointed stars to indicate their beer’s quality. Later, brooms, pointed hats, cats and six-pointed stars became associated with witches. That association led to fewer women brewers—knowing how to mix herbs and plants for healing caused Inquisition witch hunters to suspect the ladies of being supernatural.

So men became brewers out of necessity.

In the 16th century, guilds began to form, further closing the door on women in the industry.

Today, there’s a refreshing turnaround going on in the brewing industry. More and more women are brewers and owners. High-profile craft beer companies New Belgium Brewing Company and Grimm Artisanal Ales are owned by women. Female brewers are popping across the nation. And a nonprofit organization, Pink Boots Society, has grown up around women in brewing.

It seems the tide is once again pulling women into the noble vocation of brewing beer.

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

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Brewmasters increasingly have the X (CHROMOSOME) factor

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

RUBY BEACH BREWING 131 First Ave N., Jax Beach

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

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

RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY 835 Museum Cir., Southbank

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

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

SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY 9735 Gate Pkwy., Southside

ANHEUSER-BUSCH 1100 Ellis Rd. N., Northside

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

SJ BREWING CO. 463646 SR 200, Ste. 13, Yulee

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

HYPERION BREWING COMPANY 1740 Main St. N., Springfield

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

BEARDED BUFFALO BREWING COMPANY 1012 King St., Downtown

INTUITION ALE WORKS 929 E. Bay St., Downtown

TABULA RASA BREWING 2385 Corbett St., Jacksonville

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

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

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

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

OLD COAST ALES 300 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine

WICKED BARLEY BREWING COMPANY 4100 Baymeadows Rd.

BOLD CITY DOWNTOWN 109 E. Bay St., Jacksonville

PINGLEHEAD BREWING COMPANY 12 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

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

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

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I HAD SUCH A STELLAR TIME AT THE RECENT Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show, I just had to share more of the fun–the goodfor-you fun! The Healthy Food Expo took up about a quarter of the floor space and showcased all things healthful. Smoothies galore, and all the kale, cauliflower and plant-based products you can imagine. I swear, if I heard someone say, “It’s soooo good for you” one more time, I was going to lose it. Perhaps the 300 coffees I sampled had something to do with this aggravation.

Imagine the headline: “Crazed chef hurls kale and flax seed smoothies at food show attendees, screaming, ‘Detox this, you dirt-eating freaks!’” Fortunately, I‘m far too even-tempered to let trifles get under my skin.

Against my better judgment, I did sample quite a few of the meatless items.

Several were OK, yet I was hard-pressed to identify any ingredients. Many were soybased and all had a similar, sort of mushy, sort of rubbery texture, similar to that of poorly cooked, three-day-old stew from your elementary school cafeteria. But if that’s what the manufacturer had in mind, well … kudos to the meatless meat-makers!

Once away from the Dirt-to-Table section, things got a bit more interesting.

Sangria on tap, anyone? Yeah, baby, that product has real potential, as did many other flavored types of booze that found their way to my palate. Fortunately, nearly every other booth offered some type of tasty prepared food, such as tacos, gigantic cheese displays, ice cream, pastries and, of course, the gems of those doughnut machines.

The most entertaining and filling part of the show was the competition area: a grilled cheese challenge between local high school culinary programs! I believe there were about 10 schools represented, each one creating an interpretation of this classic American fare. I really can’t remember all the sandwiches I sampled or which was

the best, but I will say that the kids did an amazing job. I won’t be needing another grilled cheese for quite a while.

What I am craving, however, is sangria.

What better to pair it with than a Spanishclam-and-chorizo tapa? The important Cheffed-Up technique to this recipe is to have all your mise en place ready (just like a stir fry) and soak the clams with cornmeal in cold water for 30 minutes.

Wash them thoroughly in several changes of water to ensure the briny bivalves are free of sand and grit.

CHEF BILL’S ALMEJAS A LA GADITANA Ingredients • 3 lb. Little Neck clams, scrubbed and • soaked with cornmeal • 3 tbsp. olive oil • 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced • 2 bay leaves • 1 tsp. smoked paprika • 1 cup white wine • 1/2 cup dry sherry • 1/4 cup parsley, chopped • 1 jalapeno, diced • 1/4 cup chorizo, diced • Salt and pepper to taste Directions 1. Heat the olive oil; add garlic, chorizo, •• jalapeno. Sauté 2 minutes, add clams, •• sauté 1 minute.

2. Add paprika, bay leaves, white wine, •• sherry. Bring to a boil, cover and •• steam 10 minutes.

3. Add parsley and adjust seasoning.

Until we cook again,

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

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PUBLIX 1033 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine ROWE’S 1670 Wells Rd., Orange Park 8595 Beach Blvd., Southside THE SAVORY MARKET 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina TERRY’S PRODUCE Buccaneer Trail, Fernandina WHOLE FOODS 10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin

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Of course you want your cat to be happy (and healthy) every day of every month, all year long. For September, make an extra effort to keep him or her extra-happy. It’s important because, contrary to what many believe, cats aren’t loners who can take care of themselves. They need their humans to watch out for them, love them, and give them a cozy home—even if they don’t always act like it, or even seem grateful.

So how can you keep your cat purring with glee this month and all year long?

Schedule routine vet visits, monitor medication and keep food portions under control.

If you look at it from a cat’s perspective, you’d see a much different idea of what would make him happy. If a cat were in charge of the hullabaloo, here’s what they might request:

GIVE ME PLACES GO. Cats climb trees for three reasons: to hunt, to survey their domain and escape predators. Provide access to high places in your home, like a cat tree, or simply clear the top of a bookshelf for a space to explore–or hide from a canine nemesis.

ENGAGE MY INNER HUNTER. Cats love to

hunt, but letting them catch, kill and eat potentially disease-ridden critters is not a good idea for them or said critter. There are lots of interactive toys that mimic live prey; most cats allow these as acceptable

alternatives. Try using a toy that lets you hide food so Figaro can track and “hunt” for it.

ENTERTAIN ME. Make sure Mr. Bigglesworth has toys that cater to a playful spirit, and set aside time for interaction.

Cats enjoy playing together, and be more likely to snooze through the night and less likely to engage in early morning antics.

GIVE ME TREATS. You may think extra treats will make your Tao happy. And that may be true, but don’t overdo it. Extra treats are fine once in a while, but feline obesity is a major problem. A fit and healthy cat will be much happier overall. Remember, if your cat is fat, it’s your fault, not theirs.

CUDDLE TIME. Most cats just want a comfy couch to curl up on and a loving human to stroke their fur and rub their head. Do that.

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Just remember, though September is coming to a close, it doesn’t mean the end of celebrating your cat. Treat every day like Happy Cat Month. Ensure sweet Milo is cared for, enriched and valued. In return, your precious cat will give you a lifetime of amazing companionship.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund asks you not to forget that every month is Happy Dog Month.

PET TIP: BUT WHY BUTTS? WHO HASN’T WONDERED WHY DOGS SO LOVE TO SMELL BUTTS? We all know their olfaction is incredible, but what does the derriere have that the mouth doesn’t?

Glad you asked! Dogs’ anuses contain two small sacs that secrete a noxious, unique substance during bowel movements. The cologne de caca informs a dog if the other is friendly, a potential mate, and what they’ve been into since they last caught up with a whiff. Curiously, smelling behinds also has a calming effect on canines. So next time Cupcake gets anxious, bend over.

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PLANTED AQUARIUM SEMINAR • Learn how to setup your own planted tank and why live plants benefit your scaly pals, as well as the best fish to put in a planted aquarium, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22, Petco, 11111 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 260-3225; 430 CBL Dr., St. Augustine, 824-8520, petco.com.

MEOWMASTE YOGA WITH CATS • Certified instructor Beth Jordan and, apparently, several cats, offer a one-hour yoga session, 5:45 p.m. Fri., Sept. 28 at Jax Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, 725-8766, $15 donation; bring your mat and water.

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Come to Jax Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, to see if we’re a perfect fit!

CROCTOBERFEST 2018 • The event, to raise funds for local conservation organizations, is 6-9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 28 at St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, 999 Anastasia Blvd., 824-3337, $50; live music, beer samples from Florida breweries, food samples from local restaurants, more; alligatorfarm.com.

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STRUT YOUR MUTT FUNDRAISER • ‘Save Them All’ is this year’s theme for the annual event. Best Friends Animal Society and at least 17 local rescue groups, shelters, animal welfare organizations and outreach groups partner to save homeless dogs and cats.

The festival features food trucks, vendors, contests, raffles and activities. Registration opens 9 a.m. Sat., Sept. 29. The walk is 10 a.m., Riverside Park, 3700 Park St., bestfriends.org.

MARKLAND DOG PARK • The park is open at Markland Florida, 2001 International Golf Pkwy., St. Augustine, 531-5740, markland.com.

KATZ 4 KEEPS ADOPTION DAYS • Adoption hours and days are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 22 & 23 and every Sat. & Sun., 935B A1A N., Ponte Vedra, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD ONLY IN OCALA

William Parrish Jr., 32, and McKenzee Dobbs, 20, of Ocala, were just trying to better accommodate their customers when they turned the kitchen window of their mobile home into a drive-thru for heroin addicts.

They also installed helpful directional signs and even had a “Closed, Please Call Again” sign alerting buyers when they’d next be open. Ocala police officers who raided the trailer on Aug. 23 were tipped off by several overdoses happening nearby: “We were able to determine that the product was laced with fentanyl,” police Capt. Steven Cuppy told WFTV. Parrish and Dobbs told Ocala cops they thought a drive-thru would be less noticeable than people regularly going in and out of the home.

BUT IT’S THE ECONOMY

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Maine is seeking state permission to construct a permanent memorial to the 4,500 or so lobsters that perished on Aug. 22 when a truck carrying them crashed in Brunswick. The monument, a 5-foot-tall granite tombstone, would “remind everyone that the best way to prevent such tragedies is to go vegan,” said Danielle Katz, director of PETA. The proposed wording for the stone is: “In memory of the lobsters who suffered and died at this spot August 2018, Try Vegan, PETA” and would include a graphic of a lobster. Of course, Maine residents are possibly the least sympathetic about their crustacean counterparts: The Portland Press Herald reports that in 2017, 110 million pounds of lobster were harvested in the state.

KNICKS SHOULDA TRIED HARDER

Lifelong New York Knicks fan Evan Perlmutter, 33, finally hit the wall with his favorite team. Fed up that the Knicks had been promising a better future for at least a decade, he told Bleacher Report, Perlmutter posted a listing on eBay to sell his fandom.

In the description, he promised to root for the team of the auction winner’s choosing and “burn no less than three articles of Knicks memorabilia.” Sure enough, he got a bite: James Riedel, 23, of Orange County,

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California, paid $3,500 for Perlmutter’s fandom on Aug. 24, converting Perlmutter into a Los Angeles Lakers fan. Perlmutter plans to attend a few Lakers games with Riedel and record his destruction of his Knicks gear for Riedel’s YouTube channel.

AWWWWWWW! (BUT WHERE’S HIS BOARD?)

A first date spent surfing in Santa Cruz, California, last October ended in an unconventional first kiss when 56-year-old Max Montgomery collapsed from a heart attack on the beach. His date, Andi Traynor, a 45-year-old anesthesiologist, leapt into action, performing CPR until paramedics arrived.

Montgomery underwent bypass surgery the next day, and he assured Traynor that she was under no obligation to keep seeing him. “Who wants to date someone who just had a heart attack? But she told me she was not going anywhere,” he told The Daily Mail on Aug. 29, and in fact, the two are still together, having sealed their relationship with a “real” kiss.

AN HONEST DAY’S WORK IS GOING TO THE DOGS

Colorado Springs resident Klete Keller engaged the services of a female dog-sitter through an app called Wag! for his pet, Jimbo. But Keller’s tail was not wagging when he returned home early on the morning of Aug. 27 to find two shirtless men sitting on his couch and “an open bottle of personal lubricant and a camcorder on the end table,” Keller told Fox 21 News, “so it’s pretty self-explanatory what was going on.” When reached for comment, the unnamed dog-sitter said her keys were stuck in her car and she “didn’t have WD-40 ... so I ended up grabbing what I had in my car, for things, that you know, I do on my personal time.” But Keller also noticed what he suspected was “bodily fluids” on the couch and said Jimbo was locked in a bedroom, sitting in his own urine and acting terrified. “It was just, just a total mess and I can only imagine what poor Jimbo saw in there,” Keller said. The sitter did admit that she shouldn’t have invited guests over, but it’s a good bet her former 4.96 out of 5 rating on Wag! is going to take a hit. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

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Folio Weekly helps you connect with that dreamboat you saw in the produce aisle or the hot hunk by the lifeguard stand. Go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html, fill out the FREE form correctly (40 words or fewer, dammit) by 5 p.m. THURSDAY for the next Wednesday’s FW. And who knows? Even the losers get lucky sometimes!

Hi, Kids! Wednesday, Sept. 26 is JOHNNY APPLESEED DAY! Friday, Sept. 28 is ASK A STUPID QUESTION DAY! And Wednesday, Oct. 3 is NATIONAL KALE DAY! Ask your grandparents who that Appleseed fella was. (Two birds with one stone–Stupid Question, amirite?) That leaves (pun!) the day set aside to laud the humble green (or purple) miracle of health we all love!∆ And find actual human love with FW ISUs! Your smelly aunt will try to convince you the bitter leaves of kale are great, no matter how they’re cooked. They’re not; she’s lying. Don’t quit; go to folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html** and do these easy steps:

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Write a five-word headline so the person recalls the moment you met, like: “ISU grimacing in the produce aisle.”

Two: Describe the person, like, “You: With a cartful of Lucky Charms and Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies.”

Three: Describe yourself, like, “Me: Getting whole-grain, unsweetened muesli by the caseful. Anticipating a weekend cleanse.”

Four: Describe the moment, like, “You said my choices were weird; I said, ‘Right back atcha, babe.’ And that’s all it took.”

Five: It was a small wedding, in Christ United Methodist Church’s annual Pumpkin Patch. Send a 40-WORD message; no names, emails, websites. Find love with our ISUs at folioweekly.com/i-saw-u.html! **Not

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HARVARD AVE. UBER RIDER You: Tall, attractive student advisor. Me: Drove you from friend’s house. Thanks for $10 tip. I liked our conversations along the way; key things in common. Talk again? If you feel the same, please respond. When: Sept. 8. Where: Riverside. #1710-0919 GOLDEN CORRAL SAN JOSE BLVD. You: Dining alone, booth behind us, blonde hair/beard, gorgeous blue eyes, blue shirt, jeans, white van.

Me: With mom, son; brunette, Jags shirt, black shorts, black car. Let’s meet. Single? Coffee?

When: Aug. 18. Where: Golden Corral. #1709-0829 PETITE BRUNETTE ON BICYCLE You: Bicycling.

Me: Driving. I stopped, asked you for directions.

You seemed shy but friendly. Meet at Bold Bean for coffee? When: Aug. 7. Where: Avondale. #1708-0822 SOUTHERN GROUNDS BLEND You: Pretty lady, khaki shorts, print top, recommended dark roast coffee. Me: Blue shirt, jean shorts. Single?

Would’ve liked to chat, but with yoga friends.

Namaste! When: July 29. Where: San Marco Southern Grounds. #1707-0808 HAWAIIAN SHIRT, GIN & TONIC Outside bar.

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

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

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

Where: Sun-Ray Cinema. #1705-0711 FIREHOUSE “O” You: Silver shorts, black hat, orange nails. Me: Camo hat, brown T-shirt.

Wanted to talk; you left. Thought of you rest of day. Make it every day? When: 12:30 p.m. June 21. Where: 5 Points Firehouse Subs. #1704-0627

BLACK 4-DOOR CADILLAC You watched me putting a shot back into the back of my car. You stopped and had your flashers on and I was too shy to stop. I wish I had. When: June 13. Where: Home Depot Lane Ave. #1703-0620

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SANDY TOES & A ROSE Connex Made You: Mocked my princess-wedding dreams, then strode over sand, rose in hand. Young men admired your moxie. Me: Sure you’re a romantic. Hard to surf the pier’s 1-2’ without longboard. Hang yours in my garage? When: May 21. Where: Jax Beach Pier. #1702-0620 EASTER SUNDAY: THIS IS SILLY You: Serving, tall, tattoos, beautiful eyes; sweeping close by on purpose? Me: Dirty blonde, striped dress, dark lipstick, lunch with parents. Eyes met.

Should’ve left my number. Can I sit in your section next time? When: April 1. Where: Black Sheep. #1701-0606 ROYAL AUSSIE AIR FORCE Dreamboat RAAF sharing vegan chia pudding with pal. Your flight suit hunkiness make me speechless.

We shared a table; I blushed a lot, too shy to say hi; I am now! Meet for pudding? When: May 23. Where: Southern Roots Filling Station. #1700-0530 HOT SILVER WATCH You: Got soda, sat by me; medium height, black manbun, red dress shirt, sexy watch. Me: Tall man, short brown hair, mid-20s, gray shirt. I didn’t say hello; too shy. Show me more silver! When: May 22.

Where: Lee’s Sandwich Shoppe, Baymeadows. #1699-0530

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BLUE-EYED GEMINI BOY Connex Made Favorite Blue-Eyed Gem, you were leaving; left me behind. I think about you all the time. We read these ads and laughed. Miss you; hope you’re smiling. Love, Your Florida Gem. When: Aug. 8, 2017. Where: Downtown under Blue Bridge. #1698-0516

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

QUEEN VICTORIA, BONFIRES, ORCHIDS & MONDAYS ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you skilled at living on the edge, between light and dark? Curious how the world might look and how people would treat you if you refused to divide everything into that which helps you and that which doesn’t? How would it feel if you loved your life the way it is and not wish it to be different? Note: People less courageous than you might prefer you to be less courageous. Stay true to the experiment of living on the edge between light and dark.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to Popbitch.com, most top-charting pop songs are in a minor key. So, avoid listening to pop songs for the next three weeks. In my astrological opinion, it’s essential to surround yourself with stimuli that don’t tend to make you sad and blue, or influence you to interpret your experience through a melancholic, mournful filter. To do the assignments life sends, you need to (at least temporarily) cultivate a mood of crafty optimism.

noticed and identified by science. Among recent additions to our ever-growing knowledge are an orchid in Madagascar that smells like champagne, an electric-blue tarantula in the Guyana rain forest, and a Western Australian grass with has a flavor like saltand-vinegar potato chips. You’ll have metaphorically similar finds in the weeks ahead: evocative beauty you’ve been blind to and interesting phenomena hiding in plain sight.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There’s no such thing as a plant that blooms continuously. Phases of withering and dormancy are as natural as phases of growth. Remain poised as you go through a period of withering followed by dormancy. Accept life’s demand to slow down and explore the mysteries of fallowness.

Surrender sweetly to stasis and enjoy a time of rest and recharging. That’s the best way to prepare for a new growth cycle to begin in a few weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini regent Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wore crotchless linen underwear. A few years ago, Britain’s Museums, Libraries & Archives Council accorded them “national designated status,” an official notice that means they’re a national treasure. If I had the power, I’d give your undergarments a similar acknowledgment. The evidence I need? The intelligence and expressiveness with which you’re going to wield eroticism in the next few weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you were ever going to win a contest that awarded a free vacation to an exotic sanctuary, it would happen in the next three weeks. If a toy company would ever approach you about developing a line of action figures and kids’ books based on your life, it could be soon. And if you’ve ever hoped to convert adversaries into allies, or get support and backing for good original ideas, or find unexpected inspiration to fix a not-so-good habit, opportunities are more likely to occur now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve taken a break from socializing, fellow Cancerian.

I’m on sabbatical from my regular rhythm.

My goal for the days ahead? Commune with my past and review my life story. Rather than fill my brain with the latest news and celebrity gossip, I’m meditating on my mysteries, mining for secrets I may hide from myself. In accordance with astrological omens, follow my lead. Delve into boxes of old mementoes or reread old emails, get in touch with folks no longer in your life–even if they were once important.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An 81-yearold Capricorn man, James Harrison, has donated his unique blood on 1,173 occasions. Scientists have used it to make medicine that prevents Rhesus disease in unborn babies, healing more than 2.4 million kids and literally saving thousands of lives. I don’t expect you to do anything nearly as remarkable, but you should know the weeks ahead will be a good time to take generosity and compassion to the next level. Harrison would be a good patron saint.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here’s a line from A Map of Misreading, renowned literary critic Harold Bloom’s book: “Where the synecdoche of tessera made a totality, however illusive, the metonymy of kenosis breaks this up into discontinuous fragments.” What the cluck did Bloom write? I’m not being anti-intellectual when I say this passage is pretentious drivel. In the days ahead, draw inspiration from my response. Tell the truth about nonsense. Don’t pretend to appreciate over-complicated ideas. Expose bunk and bombast. Be kind, but firm. Be a champion of down-to-earth communication.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On a spring morning some years ago, a smoky aroma woke me from a deep sleep. Peering out my bedroom window into the backyard, I saw my trickster girlfriend Anastasia had built a bonfire. When I stumbled to my closet to get dressed, I saw my clothes were gone–nothing in my dresser, either. In a groggy haze, I realized my entire wardrobe was fuel for Anastasia’s conflagration. Too late to intervene, so I crawled back in bed. Later, I woke to see her standing beside the bed with a luxurious breakfast she said she’d cooked over the flames of my burning clothes. After our meal, we stayed in bed all day, indulging in a variety of riotous fun. I’m not predicting similar events for your life, but you may have adventures almost as boisterous, hilarious and mysterious.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Data research company Priceonomics suggests that Monday is the most productive day of the week and October is the most productive month of the year. My research suggests Capricorns tend to be the most consistently productive of all zodiac signs, but Virgos often outstrip them for a six-week period at the end of each September and all during October. My intuition says Virgos have a vast capacity to turn good ideas into practical action. You’re about to embark on a surge of industrious, high-quality work. (P.S.: This October has five Mondays.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Biologists are constantly unearthing new species, though not new in the sense of having just appeared on our planet. They’re animals and plants that have existed for millennia, but never

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’ve got three teachings: 1. Was there a time in the past when bad romance wounded your talent for love? Yes, but you now have more power than ever to heal that wound. 2. Are you ready to shed a semidelicious addiction to a chaotic magic? Yes. Clarity is poised to trump melodrama. Joyous decisiveness is primed to vanquish ingrained sadness. 3. Has there ever been a better time to resolve and graduate from past events bothering and draining you? No. Now is the best time.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

M.D. M.J.

TOKE ONE

FOR THE TEAM ALL POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS ASIDE, everyone in Northeast Florida is taking some measure of joy, pride and perhaps relief in seeing the quantifiable uptick in performance by our Jacksonville Jaguars, who started this season 2-0; last year, they missed making the Super Bowl due to ref botchery. During the recent Jags-Titans game—my first chance to see them live this year—the subject of medical marijuana popped up here and there throughout the day, usually at random.

Let’s keep it real: Traditionally, the Jaguars have not been a football team one should ever try to watch sober. The logic of leaving home before 11 a.m. for a 1 p.m. game was lost on me, until I arrived at 11:15 a.m. to see what had to be 10,000 people already there—parking, pre-gaming and, in some cases, partaking of plant matter in forms many and sundry. Tailgate toking has been the American way for as long as anyone can remember; it goes hand-in-hand with barbecue, canned beer and ill-advised betting. The quasi-legal status afforded by the medical card means vape pens are now a common sight outside stadiums throughout the league, with edibles a hot commodity as well. It sets you up quite nicely for enjoying the staggering array of food and drink options at the Bank, whose refreshments game has leveled up like the players’ mic skills.

After the game, fans flooded nearby drinkeries to decompress after an unexpected Jags loss, and the A to Z boys were out in force, with their pastel shorts and expensive sunglasses, craft beers at the ready, their gimmicks gleaming in the midday

sun. I stood outside Intuition with Peppermint Patty (not the one who sells cars). My veteran buds bought her pilsners while she sold me on her portfolio of cannabis stocks in the U.S. and Canada, a subject we’ll discuss in later columns.

She wanted a medical card, and before I could begin talking about the process, the sketch-artist who was drawing us explained how he got his.

Meanwhile, bros bickered about the play-calling while their ladies leaned sullenly against the walls, waiting for traffic to dissipate—and just like that, Downtown had cleared out.

My usual post-game ritual is to go home, lie in the air-conditioning and pant myself to sleep, silently cursing the odds-makers. This time, there was work to do. My friends Dot and Feather had returned from California with a sampling from Vape Nation’s diplomatic pouch, and I was keen to see what the future held. Dosist, from Canada, had a little white unit that clicks when it dispenses each dose of 2.25mg, which is a great option for noobs and/or the elderly. The highlight was Beboe’s gorgeous rose-gold utensil, loaded with a hybrid blend that’d make even the working-poor feel like Shad Khan for nigh on an hour. The Jaguars may have lost the game, but with their hot start and even hotter weather, most everyone in town felt like winners.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA HAS announced it will cut ties with the Confucius Institute, a Chinese-funded education program designed to promote Chinese language and culture abroad. This decision was made following criticism from lawmakers who say the Confucius Institute is really a propaganda tool of the Chinese government intent on brainwashing America’s college students.

The Confucius Institute at UNF is located deep within the campus maze of buildings, courtyards and lakes. The Institute itself is nothing more than a series of classrooms along a quiet hallway. The door to the darkened room is locked. Inside are stacks of cardboard boxes with Chinese writing on them and a portrait of Chinese philosopher Confucius. On one wall hangs a gold plaque that identifies this humble section of Honors Hall as the Confucius Institute. Emails and phone calls to academics associated with the institute have gone unanswered. The UNF administration has said little. University spokesperson Joanna Norris provided this statement in an email: After careful consideration by Academic Affairs and Student Affairs, the University has decided to begin the process of terminating contracts with the Confucius Institute Headquarters of China and Shaanxi Normal University. UNF began the collaboration in 2014, with the goal of providing Chinese language and culture programs, language proficiency testing and mutual understanding and awareness of culture between China and the United States. After reviewing the classes, activities and events sponsored over the past four years and comparing them with the mission and goals of the University, it was determined that they weren’t aligned. UNF is now informing partners of the intent to terminate the agreement, with a transition period ending in February of 2019, which fulfills the University’s legal obligation to provide six-month’s notice. Additionally, UNF is informing the partners of plans to return all unused funds.

Some supporters of the decision argue that the Confucius Institute is a Chinese propaganda tool. Others say it’s a clandestine spy network intent on stealing research

THE CASE AGAINST

and technology from American universities.

Critics contend that UNF crumbled under the weight of political pressure and anti-Chinese fear tactics.

Wen Raiti believes this was a political decision.

Raiti is the former president of the Jacksonville Chinese Association, a nonprofit volunteer group affiliated with the UNF Confucius Institute.

At her restaurant, House of Leaf & Bean on Beach Boulevard, she explains that Jacksonville’s Chinese community is a small, close-knit group that, until recently, included the institute. Raiti has taken on the local role of defending the institute and criticizing UNF’s decision to eliminate the program.

“This is disturbing to us who live here,” says Raiti. “I participate in the political process and civil engagement. I would not want my sisters and brothers to be accused of being spies. Not everyone is part of the central government. A lot of people are just like us, they are ordinary people. A lot of people have dissatisfaction with what [China’s] government has done. I do not feel like I have to restrain myself or what I say about the Chinese government.”

“I think it’s pretty absurd to think that all [Chinese] students are spies,” says Wen Raiti’s husband, Jon, an American who lived in China for three years and frequently returns there on business. “I think there’s probably some, but not all. So you’re painting the entire canvas with the same giant brush. I would suspect that it’s a gross simplification.”

UNF is not the first university to end its relationship with the Confucius Institute.

Pennsylvania State and University of Chicago jettisoned the program after complaints surfaced that the institute was using its convenient location on college campuses to promote a pro-Beijing agenda. June Teufel Dreyer, who teaches Chinese government and

foreign policy at Ohio’s Miami University, told the New York Times in a 2012 interview, “You’re told not to discuss the Dalai Lama– or to invite the Dalai Lama to campus. Tibet, Taiwan, China’s military buildup, factional fights inside the Chinese leadership–these are all off-limits.”

Today, there are more than 100 Confucius Institutes operating on college campuses throughout the U.S. and approximately 500 worldwide. Each location is overseen by a branch of the Chinese Ministry of Education known colloquially as Hanban, or the Chinese Language Council International.

Government-sponsored programs that promote culture and language abroad are not unique. The Goethe-Institut is a Germansponsored nonprofit organization that promotes German language and culture. The United Kingdom has the British Council.

France has Alliance Française. But the difference between these programs and the Confucius Institute is that China’s program is located on college campuses. The others are independent organizations that operate outside of the university system.

In exchange for allowing the Confucius Institute to set up shop on campus, Hanban reportedly provides a large sum of money to its host university. The airfares and salaries of Chinese teachers are supplied by the Chinese government, as well as textbooks and videos to facilitate instruction. In 2009, Li Changchun, a member of the Politburo in Beijing, called the Confucius Institutes an “important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up.”

Last February, Senator Marco Rubio wrote a letter to UNF and three other Florida colleges advocating for the elimination of the Confucius Institute. Rubio characterizes the program as a way for China to undermine American policy goals and disseminate propaganda.

CONFUCIUS Examining UNF’s decision to CLOSE THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE

“There is mounting concern about the Chinese government’s increasingly aggressive attempts to use ‘Confucius Institutes’ and other means to influence foreign academic institutions and critical analysis of China’s past history and present policies,” wrote Rubio.

Even after Rubio sent this letter, it seemed at first that UNF had no intention of eliminating the program’s presence on campus. UNF’s then-president John Delaney was against it, telling The Florida Times-Union in February that the institute’s professors provided Chinese language programs and had little to no influence on the political opinions of students. Delaney argued that the Confucius Institute’s inclusion on campus had been approved by a university committee and championed by Americanborn Chinese professors. And since its partnership with UNF began in 2014, there had been no reports of students or faculty complaining about the institute.

“They won’t necessarily criticize their country, but you may get a little bit of insight into the culture of their country,” Delaney told the T-U at the time.

So why did UNF suddenly change its mind and decide to get rid of the Confucius Institute? One reason might be Delaney’s departure from the university and the arrival of the current UNF President David Szymanski. Another might be the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, a law that allocates $716 billion in defense spending. An amendment added to the bill by Texas Senator Ted Cruz includes requirements that discourage American colleges and universities from using Chinese government-funded language programs. The bill was signed into law by President Trump on Aug. 13. One day later, on Aug. 14, UNF announced that the university’s Confucius Institute would close.

“I welcome the decision of @ UofNorthFlorida to close its Confucius Institute,” said Senator Rubio on Twitter.

“There is growing & well-founded concern about these Chinese Communist Partyfunded Institutes. I continue to urge other FL universities to follow suit.”

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