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THE MAIL SILVER ALERT FOR RUTHERFORD

HAVEN’T SEEN RUTHERFORD SINCE HIS election. Where’s he been hiding, besides, of course, from his constituents? How about a Town Hall meeting? We have things to discuss with you.

Terry Briggs via Facebook

WHAT A NICE WAY TO SAY GO F*CK YOURSELF

RE.: “Ron DeSantis: Let’s Defund the Russia Investigation,” Folioweekly.com, by Claire Goforth, Aug. 29 SO 45’S FAMILY, ADVISORS, CAMPAIGN STAFF, attorneys and others all met with Russian officials in order to discuss our presidential election and this douchebag wants to cut the legs off the investigation. Makes you wonder if he knows something about 45 that we don’t know yet.

Because either 45 knew or he had bad judge of character or he is an incompetent ass who can’t see reality beyond his nose. I freaking called the Manafort-Russian connection the day 45 hired him to run his campaign. But come on, we all know 45 knew exactly what he was doing. Why would a control freak like 45 give the reins of his campaign to someone he hadn’t truly vetted and, as he claims, barely knew?

B.S. DeSantis can go anally satisfy himself.

Creg Morse via Facebook

FOLIO WEEKLY CURES EMPATHY DEFICIENCY

RE.: “Constant Reminder,” by Claire Goforth, Sept. 13 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COVER STORY AND PHOTOS about the Confederate memorials controversy. I can only think that anyone who is not moved by it is deficient in the humanity department.

David Nolan via email

2017: THE YEAR OF LOVE?

RE.: “Constant Reminder,” by Claire Goforth, Sept. 13

EVERYONE NEEDS SOMETHING TO WHINE about. I guess taking down history means it never happened, so there is nothing to learn from it.

Everyone now gets along and everyone now loves each other. I would hate to see how people would react to serious problems.

Dave Holloway via Facebook

FLORIDA COASTAL SCHOOL OF AWESOME

RE.: “Civil Rights,” Our Picks, Sept. 20 WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A LAW SCHOOL that brings speakers of Desmond Meade’s level to Jacksonville! Well done, Florida Coastal School of Law! Tony Cardenas via Facebook

FTR: PRESIDENT DON IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST

RE.: “Pro-Confederate Group Descends on Jacksonville,” Folioweekly.com, by Claire Goforth, Aug. 25 DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT THIS WOULD go unopposed here? Lol, get real. Take a look around … they sell those godawful “the south will rise again” T-shirts at the flea market. Why do you think the FBI said Jax was a race-fueled “tinderbox”? This should come as no surprise.

Also, if you want to be respected as journalists, your article should use “President Trump.”

Even if your intention is to bash him. You can hate on him all you want; that’s your right.

However, he is the standing President of the United States of America. It is absolutely tacky to pretend you’re on a first name basis. It will always be President Obama, President Bush, President Clinton, and President Trump. This is not a partisan issue. You lost every bit of my respect, the minute you pretended our local paper could dismiss the titles of our nation’s highest serving leaders.

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BRICKBATS TO THE DUNE MAIMER As First Coast News reported, the city of St. Augustine Beach believes that someone took a bulldozer to the dune near 12th Lane to give themself an ocean view. (The homeowner some believe responsible denies it.) Seems that residents were first alerted to the damage when they looked toward the ocean and saw a six-foot-deep gouge in the dune that wasn’t there before. For real, did they think no one would notice?! To the guilty party: Dunes protect us from the Atlantic Ocean, ya know, like, during a hurricane.

BOUQUETS TO SISTERS IN CRIME On Aug. 23, the Florida Chapter of Sisters in Crime gave a $1,000 grant to Jacksonville Public Library to purchase books for its collection. Sisters in Crime, which promotes the advancement and development of female crime writers, chose the Beaches Branch Library as the winner of its “We Love Libraries” annual contest.

BRICKBATS TO LENNY CURRY Last weekend, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry enjoyed a(nother) ride on Shad Khan’s private plane to watch the Jaguars trounce the Ravens in London. (Duuuuuvvvallll!) Days earlier, Trump called for NFL players who kneel during the anthem to be fired. In response, as the anthem played, some Jaguars knelt, the rest locked arms–and were joined by Khan–in a show of unity and protest of Trump’s remarks.

Curry later told the Florida Times-Union it may be protected expression, but he thinks it’s “stupid” not to stand during the anthem. So what’s “stupid”-er: protesting police violence and racial inequality by kneeling during the anthem or an elected official calling people who utilize their constitutional freedoms “stupid”?

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For those who loved the PBS series Downton Abbey, part of the pleasure came from the exquisite setting and costumes–really, who can ever forget seeing Lady Sybil in her scandalous Poiret harem pants? See the fashions up close in the opening reception for the exhibit Dressing Downton, Changing Fashion for Changing Times, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, The Lightner Museum, 74 King St., St. Augustine, $125, lightnermuseum.org.

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The incomparable trombonist (inspired, it’s been said, by J.J. Johnson), composer and jazz producer Marsalis performs some of his wide-ranging but deeply informed compositions at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, $35, riversidefinearts.org.

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COUNTRY BOY OLYMPICS We’re not entirely certain why the Olympics needed to be reimagined with a distinctly country vibe, but they have been–and it seems like messy fun. Instead of watching graceful gymnasts leap and tumble, watch muscle-bound bruisers carry logs, book it through mud, and stack bales of hay. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, Jacksonville Equestrian Center, 13611 Normandy Blvd., Westside, $12-$24, eventbright.com.

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Ponder the vastness of life and your own insignificance and be awed by the spectacle of magnificence the night sky provides. And if you’re lucky, see a sign written in flame across the heavens from a god or two. 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30, Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, 500 Wonderwood Dr., Mayport, $5/car, nefas.org.

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CHILLULA Sometimes listening to a band notbutcher Top 40 cuts and dancing your ass off all night with your friends is just the right kind of absurd joy you need. Get it at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704.

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FROM THE EDITOR

FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS

THERE ONCE WAS A CITY WITH A BEAUTIFUL park, a gathering space where all were welcome, right in the middle, at its very heart. There, beneath the outstretched arms of laurel oaks, fountains gurgled and art walkers shopped while minstrels played and children hopped.

But officials watching from across the street were displeased that have-nots seemed to stay and stay, using the park as a place to pass an otherwise empty day. They tried and tried, but never could, dissuade the have-nots to use the park as the haves would.

So the officials plotted and planned and conspired and schemed of a way to make sure haves exclusively used the park just as they’d long dreamed. Their determination at times wavered, but never soiled, even as one plan after another was swiftly foiled.

They tried adding rules, but found these were too easily broken and bent.

They tried designating areas for haves and have-nots—but compliance to such quickly came, and as quickly went.

They attempted to connect the have-nots with much-needed aid—an admirable effort that continues to present day. Still, officials soon noticed this did little to thin the numbers of have-nots cooling off in the shade.

“A-ha!” they then thought, and threatened to cut down the park’s very large trees—“No!” haves and have-nots alike screamed, “don’t take these!”

Now they were genuinely stumped. It seemed their every idea had been dumped.

Having been thwarted again and again and again, some would just give up, but city officials are uncommonly resolved to win. So quietly they convened to come up with the unfoilable scheme. Lest folks resist or question their good sense, they called the plan a “capital improvement,” for everyone knows resisting improvements is quite dense.

Over the summer, when the heat kept haves’ park attendance at relative lows, they blocked off the fountains around which parkgoers often reposed. Behind very tall fences, they carried out their plot to eradicate all the have-nots whose checkers and chess and habits and dress so offended their sensibilities that they felt no choice but to resort to sneaky methods such as these.

Having been stymied so many times in the past, some were uncertain that even this would be the fix that lasts. So they carefully drafted 30 long-winded rules and regs designed to, once and for all, rid the park of anyone who loiters, smells, panhandles or begs.

WAY BACK IN 2014, SOME MEMBERS OF THE craft and reach a certain level, people who Jacksonville Jaguars courted controversy for realize how fleeting that time is, how it can their pregame warm-up t-shirts. end with one wrong hit or cut on the field, The message on them: “I can’t breathe.” why defer the impact of being able to make Those were the final words of Eric Garner, a statement? choked to death by a New York City cop, The most prominent Jaguar involved in months after an analogous death-by-cop the #ICan’tBreathe protest was Cecil Shorts. incident in Ferguson, Missouri galvanized the Shorts had a couple of solid years for some popular consciousness. bad Jaguars teams. He was injured in 2016 The Jaguars who made that statement got with Tampa, and now he’s a free agent who lit up back then by local yokels. How dare may be signed again, but at 29 the odds get they link the NFL with politics? Specifically, longer every week. those politics?

You have to take your shot when you Such protests were back-burnered, more or have it, because there is nothing guaranteed less, until Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel in this world except inevitable obsolescence, in protest—followed by the decision to opt ignominious death, and biological decay. out of his contract with the 49ers, rendering Closer to home than a football pitch in him unemployed.

London, two Jacksonville Now, of course, City Councilors— PROTEST means making Kaepernick has Reggie Gaffney and the moment COUNT become a cause Katrina Brown—found célèbre extending far themselves in a unique beyond NFL locker position where they rooms. With President actually had to take a Trump focusing on stand on a social justice Kaepernick and other issue … in no small part athletes who would because they personally dare to protest, the were involved. act is legitimized for After the Sept. 18 people who otherwise City Council meeting, would be on the fence.

Gaffney was pulled over And this set the on his drive home. stage for Sunday in London—where roughly The ostensible reason was that he was 20 Jags knelt, and where team owner Shad driving around on a tag that he reported Khan came out and locked arms with players stolen in 2016, after said tag ran some red in a show of unity. light cameras.

Khan has cut checks to Trump, specifically, Call it Plategate, or Plateghazi, but for those a million dollars for the inaugural. But he’s also who have followed Gaffney from his days as taken issue with Trump policies, such as what Corrine’s valet to Medicaid billing issues and was billed as the Muslim ban in February. hiring Ken Adkins as a political consultant, it’s Despite generally being willing to tolerate just another situation in the comedy. what any Republican incumbent dishes out as The saga continued when Katrina Brown long as the numbers make sense, Khan stood pulled up and accused the cops of racial with his players Sunday. profiling. Brown had said previously that she felt “targeted” by a poll the sheriff ran which “Following the divisive and contentious backed up the play for 100 new cops. Imagine remarks made by President Trump,” Khan how she felt when her best friend on Council said he “was honored to be arm-in-arm was pulled over. Good thing she was close by. with them, their teammates and our coaches Now, it seems that Gaffney may have had during our anthem.” an epiphany.

“Our team and the National Football “I can see why lots of blacks are afraid League reflects our nation, with diversity of police,” Gaffney told WJXT. “When we coming in many forms–race, faith, our views get stopped, the first thing that comes to and our goals. We have a lot of work to do, mind, no matter what we did, is why are they and we can do it, but the comments by the so aggressive?”

President make it harder,” If Gaffney and Brown are really interested Khan added. in changing the paradigm of “aggressive” Realistically, Trump’s comments are deallaw enforcement, they could start breakers. There’s no do-overs with some actual legislation that with superstar athletes in would change protocols of league after league who are traffic stops. clowning the president on Twitter.

We know how the We are a long way from Michael protesting athletes would Jordan’s apolitical aphorism: function in elected office “Republicans buy sneakers, on these issues. But locally, too.” The athletes, the politicians have never centerpieces of the found civil liberties to be a garish art form winning issue. of professional A.G. Gancarski sports; they mail@folioweekly.com are saying @AGGancarski that the political is personal.

For people who have devoted their entire lives to develop their

NO BENCHES FOR OLD MEN

There would be no more “aggressive begging,” “gambling,” or “camping,” no “personal grooming,” “sleeping,” nor permit-less “bending in non-designated areas,” bringing of chairs, or furniture, or food for the homeless.

And none shall dare to stay “in the landscaped areas or fountains unless for authorized maintenance.”

As the work carried on behind the tall fence, the officials congratulated themselves on their brilliance, feeling quite certain that the havenots would find somewhere, anywhere else to be. Thanks to their clever redesign, no one in the park would need look upon have-nots when they recline or dine.

When the day came for the great reveal, none were invited to share in their zeal. They simply whisked the fence away and waited to be thanked, convinced that their achievement would be ranked right up there with inventing sliced bread or the Craftmatic adjustable bed.

As the mercury fell into fall, people returned to the park at their city’s center for a bit of respite from daytime ventures, a meeting, or an early dinner.

Many were astounded at what they found.

Where once there was plenty of seating around the fountains for working, chatting or eating, now there are heavy planter boxes and thick metal poles. Today no one—have not or have—can sit idly with pen and paper in hand or just listen to the lunchtime band. Oh, you’re welcome to use the tables and chairs—if you have money, ’cause the seats in this park are for café and food truck customers, honey.

In their fervor to get rid of the unsavory elements who make them uncomfortable and concerned, the officials forgot something that most hopefully long-ago learned: be you have or have-not, parks need places to sit. To take them away just to keep the homeless at bay is absolute horseshit.

In over a decade of working Downtown, I’ve had plenty of homeless people turn my frown upside-down with a compliment or quip, and only one instance of a panhandler giving me some lip. So, with this in mind, I have to wonder whose bright idea it was to plunder one of Jacksonville’s jewels so that a few elected fools can gaze out the window of City Hall and feel a sense of pride at the sight of a park where almost no one is outside.

Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com @ClaireNJax

Thoughts on THE CITY’S “SOLUTION” “ “SOLUTION ” to Hemming Park’s homeless

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NEWS AAND NOTES: HURRICANE EDITION TOP HEADLINES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA

A SALUTE BEFORE DYING We all mourned the sad, sad news earlier this year of yet another AAN sister paper shuttering. ^ Baltimore City Paper has this week published its final, fini, last, ultimate, Best Of. In an editorial

titled, “2017 Best of Baltimore: We Who Are About to Die Salute You,” as tinged with anger, reflection and vive lá resistance as it is, somehow, hilarious—“Our last big-deal issue—the one that even the people who really, really hate us pick up,” he writes—editor Brandon Soderberg delivers a full-throated endorsement of the alternative newsweekly model, which is a far cry from the PR-driven, gaggle-after-gaggle, pay-to-play practiced by those other guys who shall not be named (THIS time).

It’s been 40 good years since the BCP burst onto the scene of Charm City (no, we don’t get why they call it that; clearly Annapolis is the charmer of the MD Western Shore), and they shall be deeply, and dearly, missed.

< “EXPLORING” THE LITTLE ROCK MAYOR’S OFFICE

According to our Midwest pals at the Arkansas Times, Frank Scott Jr. is running for mayor of Little Rock. Well, sort of.

He’s technically “exploring” a run starting in July 2018 for the November election—apparently Little Rock city ordinance prohibits fundraising until five months before the election, presumably to minimize the impact of moneyed interests.

(Hint, hint, Northeast Florida.)

Scott, an African-American banker and former state highway commissioner, said in a release, “Most people didn’t believe a kid from southwest Little Rock would grow up to do these things, and many may not believe that same kid can become mayor of the state’s largest city. But anything is possible if we marry vision and purpose to our potential.” Scott is facing incumbent Mark Stodola and Democratic state legislator Warwick Sabin, whom Arkansas Times quips “announced his own ‘exploration’ of the mayoral race in July.”

< ACCUSATIONS OF TERRORISM BECOME A MUSE

After an anonymous false tip that he was stockpiling explosives in a Florida storage unit led artist and lecturer Hasan Elahi to be detained by the FBI a few months after the 9/11 terror attacks, Boise Weekly reports, he turned the experience into something far more meaningful: an art project called Tracking Transience. For the project, Elahi posts most details of his life online, from his precise location to photos of his meals. Though he conceded in a fascinating Q&A with Boise Weekly that it was never intended to be an art project, Tracking Transience has taken on a spiritual and philosophical meaning that calls into question how we define privacy, whether God is the original voyeur or, if you prefer, surveyor from above, and if it’s possible to extrapolate anything when you’re being told “everything.”

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INSPIRES PUSH FOR REFORM

Eric Ashby is presumed by many to have drowned on June 28 after his raft flipped over while searching for the $2 million fortune author Forrest Fenn may have hidden in the Fremont County, Colorado area, reports Denver’s Westword. Since Ashby’s disappearance, friends and family have taken to social media to call out the four people who allegedly failed to report that he didn’t make it to the shores of the Arkansas River after their raft capsized.

According to Westword, human remains recovered from the river on July 28 are believed to be Ashby’s; dental and DNA records tests are pending.

In the hope of saving the next person from the negligence of others, Tennessee’s Allison Bennett has created one of two Change.org petitions that are promoting “Eric’s Law” in his honor, which would create a duty to report in bystanders who witness a life-threatening situation. Kinda like those horrible teenagers in Cocoa who mocked a drowning disabled man. Florida, thank goodness, does have such a law, but the teens are being charged with failure to report a corpse— no, we don’t get that, either.

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Three first-time candidates sweep Atlantic Beach elections …

AND THEY’RE ALL WOMEN

‘W’ TO THE T

THIRD POWER STORY BY JOSUÉ CRUZ

PHOTOS BY MADISON GROSS

he Atlantic Beach Commission set up for change on Aug. 29, when three unseasoned politicians, without a single election under any of their belts, defeated three incumbents. Up until election day, the five-member group that governs the small beachside community of roughly 13,500 residents was made up of four men and one woman but, after a female sweep at the polls, will now seat four women and one man.

While all three new commissioners would rather not focus on the gender makeup of the commission, it’s worth noting that according to records on the City of Atlantic Beach official website, which date back to 1986, this is the first time the commission will have a female majority.

City elections occur off-cycle in late August every two years. Mayors serve two-year terms, commissioners four, so their terms often overlap the mayor’s. The recent election had Commissioner Seat 4 and Commissioner Seat 5 up for grabs alongside the mayor’s. John M. Stinson and M. Blythe Water, Commissioner Seats 2 and 3 respectively, remain as the only two crossovers from the previous group.

The race for Commissioner Seat 4 was between incumbent Jimmy Hill and Candace Kelly. Kelly recently retired from Duval County Public Schools after working as a world history teacher at Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach. She ran a rather quiet campaign against a mild and not unpopular Hill. Both aligned on positive business development along the Mayport Corridor, the most pressing issue for the district. In a brief interview, she said that her main concern is to ensure that the small, beachside municipality will be fiscally prepared for future growth and/or recovery in case of natural disaster.

Kelly grew up in Cornwall, Connecticut, a town she says had more cows than people. Her father served two terms as mayor of the small town and her mother was repeatedly elected as town clerk, mainly because she ran

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Brittany Norris will be the first person of color on the Atlantic Beach Commission.

Former FBI agent Ellen Glasser won a divisive race to become the next mayor of Atlantic Beach.

Candace Kelly won her seat on the Commission by 35 votes.

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unopposed. “What I took from both my parents was that I knew I would lead a life of service,” Kelly said. After high school, she enlisted in the Navy, where she worked on aircraft and found her way to Northeast Florida.

While stationed in Jacksonville, she attended the University of North Florida and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration. She was subsequently commissioned and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, which meant she saw much more desk time than daylight. After completing her service, she settled in Atlantic Beach.

Since becoming a resident, she has regularly attended council meetings and, like a good

teacher, studied the commission. She vacillated on running for a seat; it wasn’t until the very last day to declare for the race that she decided to do it, beating the deadline by mere hours.

“I had no expectations going into the race, only that I knew that I was raising my hand and I wanted to be called on,” Kelly said. The $5,000 she spent on her campaign paid off when she defeated her opponent by a mere 35 votes. “There were no polls, so I had no idea how I was doing or what to expect. On the night of the election, I pulled up the election results on my laptop and saw that it was my time to step up,” Kelly said.

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he race for Commissioner Seat 5 was not nearly as close, but was no less telling of the changes coming to Atlantic Beach. Brittany Norris defeated Commissioner Mitch Harding 54 percent to 45 percent. Harding, also an untested candidate going into this election, was a midterm appointment. With her win, Norris becomes the first person of color to sit on the Atlantic Beach Commission. The self-described to-do

list addict reacted to her election night victory thusly: “I’m going to need to buy some more binders to stay organized.”

The daughter of a Coast Guard pilot father and a chemist mother, Norris came to Northeast Florida in 2005 to attend University of North Florida, where she studied graphic design. After graduation, she applied her degree and has been working as the Digital Director for Adjective & Co, a branding and marketing agency in Jacksonville Beach.

Norris says she never envisioned herself running for political office, but felt called to do so after the 2016 national election. In a conversation with friends who were voicing discontent with the direction dictated by the results, Norris decided to run for a local office to get involved and, as she says, “have actions speak more than my words.” She won all four districts that comprise Atlantic Beach, most heartily her own district, which sits west of Mayport Road and is considered one of the most underserved sections of Atlantic Beach.

The notoriously low-voting district handed Norris a 62 percent to 37 percent victory.

Though Norris is quick to agree that her gender and race should play no real part in her work on the Atlantic Beach Commission, she recognizes the significance of her win.

“I ran because I was not seeing myself represented by the candidates running for office. I do not minimize the fact that I am an African-American woman elected to a commission seat in Atlantic Beach, but I believe that the best way to give those factors the proper attention is to fold them into the larger narrative of what we hope to accomplish as a city,” Norris said.

Norris told Folio Weekly that her goals while on the commission concern communication and preparedness, especially considering Hurricane Irma’s impact on the coastal community this month. She said that communication between the city and its citizens during Irma was good, but can certainly improve. “I hope to present a more proactive approach to emergency preparedness as soon as hurricane season opens. I want there to be more information about the closing and reopening of the bridges that connect the beaches to the mainland and more information about what happens during a mandatory evacuation,” Norris said.

Norris is also concerned with the speed of development in the city. All the candidates in the recent Atlantic Beach election took a position on the development of the Mayport corridor, the portion of Mayport Road that runs from Atlantic Boulevard to Dutton Island Road along the northern border of Atlantic Beach. The road is owned and managed by the state, but zoning of the businesses that line it to the east and west is managed by Atlantic Beach. Historically, there has been stringent regulation on the type of businesses that can operate along the corridor. Most of the current businesses have had to apply for use by exception, which can add time and expenses to cash-starved small businesses. “We have to update the permitting process to better support businesses and residents looking to do work on their homes,” Norris said.

margin of victory, 54 percent to 42 percent, over incumbent Mitch Reeves.

Glasser grew up in Savannah, Georgia and studied psychology at Duke University.

She became one of the first female agents in the FBI. In 1999, the bureau assigned her to Jacksonville, the closest the FBI would let her be to the city in which she grew up. She was one of the case agents on the Iran-Contra Affair. One of six children, Glasser has six children of her own.

Upon leaving the FBI after 24 years of service, she settled in Atlantic Beach and secured a position at UNF, teaching criminology. Ever a high achiever, amid a hectic schedule of family and work, she still managed to earn a doctorate in leadership from UNF. No one in her family has held political office, and many of her siblings have

embarked on drastically different career paths. Glasser had settled into a comfortable career in academia when the call to run for office came.

Glasser says the catalyst for her entering the race was when Reeves and the commission abruptly ended the city manager’s employment. Glasser’s campaign centered on ethics—she filed an ethics complaint against Reeves shortly before election day.

Glasser says that another reason she ran for office was to attempt to restore a modicum of dignity and professionalism to politics. To her, the all-female win was less about identity politics and more about the candidates’ qualifications. “I was surprised the electorate chose an all-female ticket. As a woman, I am all for opportunities for women in nontraditional roles, but I never really looked

at it as a gender issue. For me, it was all about who is the best person for the job.”

On the job, Glasser told FW, she plans to pursue capital improvement projects for the citizens west of Mayport Road. She also asserted that the city needs to get its public works department in shape by first hiring a director of public works. “This will go a long way to ensuring we have a City Hall that is well staffed and provides better customer service,” Glasser said.

Glasser concedes time will tell how well she serves her constituents as mayor; to that end, she has vowed to listen to her instinct and intuition.

“The residents of Atlantic Beach had to decide to trust me and hire me and I feel that I stayed on message from the get-go,” Glasser said.

Josué Cruz mail@folioweekly.com

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he mayor-elect agrees with the importance of improving Atlantic Beach’s approach to existing and future development in the coming term.

The mayoral race in Atlantic Beach was fairly well-documented with significant attention paid to campaign rhetoric and mudslinging. (“The Ugliest Election of All,” Aug. 23.) On election night, the city handed Ellen Glasser a large SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 13

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hree years ago, Natalie Closner needed a helping hand. As a solo musician, she was struggling to stand out in the crowded folk scene, touring far and wide from her Portland, Oregon, home without finding the solid footing she needed to succeed. So Natalie texted her twin sisters Meegan and Allie back home and recruited them to join her in a new project, Joseph, named for their grandfather. The trio performed primarily as an a cappella group with occasional acoustic guitar and foot drum additions, but it was on the 2016 album I’m Alone, No, You’re Not that a fuller sound was cultivated with help from acclaimed producer Mike Mogis. Joseph’s first headlining tour in Florida includes a free Hurricane Irma relief concert performance at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, with donations encouraged and proceeds benefitting St. Johns County Health & Human Services Department.

Folio Weekly: Where did you get the idea for Hurricane Irma relief?

Natalie Closner Schepman: Our manager volleyed it to us as an idea. With everything going on in the world, so many people have a sense of feeling helpless.

But we have lots of friends volunteering right now; I have a friend who flew to Houston to work with the Red Cross. It’s hard to think when we’re in the van on the way to our next gig, “What can I do?”

So a relief concert was a no-brainer. We haven’t played in Florida much, so it adds another layer of excitement: come one, come all, let’s do this right.

How have your individual voices changed in the three years Joseph has performed together, and how has the collective evolved?

We started warming up before shows, which is a new concept. [Laughs.]

Every voice teacher would be horrified, but for a long time we were just barreling through—last year, 250 dates, which is a lot of singing.

JOSEPH with LIZA ANNE

8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, free, pvconcerthall.com

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FILM Films of Love, Memory & Loss ARTS ‘Candy:’ The Land of Donks MUSIC Alison Krauss LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CALENDAR

COME ONE,

COME ALL Sister trio Joseph, local promoter Flying Saucer Presents and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall offer FREE HURRICANE RELIEF CONCERT

How did Mike Mogis help you realize Joseph’s potential on sophomore album I’m Alone, No You’re Not? Honestly, when we went in, we didn’t have a band yet, so Mike was tasked with creating a full sound around just the three of us. He’s an incredible instrumentalist with an amazing palate, so he brought the textures and landscapes–the broader soundscape–we needed. That was the goal going in: Make a more dramatic dynamic, bring the lows lower, the highs higher, the bigs bigger … Mike did that beautifully.

Have you incorporated lessons learned from that process into the formation of new material?

Absolutely. We’ve been touring with a band this last year, and it’s totally changed how we write. Also, our friend Andrew [Stonestreet], who produced our first album and has been a part of the

writing process throughout, encouraged me by saying, “It seems like you’re held captive by the chords you know. Why not try writing with just a bass line in mind?”

That has taken everything to the next level to me. It’s allowed me to write more upbeat songs. Our tendency with these harmonies is to write slow, “feely” songs, which will always be my first love. But it’s exciting with new knowledge and a new technique to continue expressing our feelings in song. Especially in a time that feels so chaotic and tense.

Is that feeling heightened by the rapid growth of Joseph? What sacrifices have you had to make?

The biggest sacrifice is by our partners, family and friends. I got married last year and I hardly saw [my husband]. But he endured that because he believes in what we’re doing. It’s an incredible gift to see the faces in a crowd when you can tell a song means something to them. But your sense of place ends up on the

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chopping block; you’re everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

Are you and Meegan and Allie able to have fun moments on the road, or do three siblings touring together stress?

We have a ton of fun. We aren’t quick to erupt; if anything needs to be worked out, that means it’s been rumbling beneath the surface for a while. But honestly, it’s such a gift to be reconciled with your family all the time.

The critical narrative surrounding I’m Alone, No You’re Not seemed to land on the same touchstones: strength, acceptance, fearlessness, commitment.

Does that feel accurate?

We just released an EP recently, and a lot of the lyrics on it (like a lot of the lyrics on I’m Alone) were extremely dear to our hearts. You’re communicating something– not just nice harmonies, but a truth–so of course you want it to land. We’re really looking for someone to say, “Yeah, me, too!” Because ultimately then you feel less alone, which is what music means to me.

Is it daunting to transition from that sort of personal truth-telling to serving as a vocal representative to your thousands of fans?

The short answer is yes, but that touches on a topic I’ve had a lot of questions about lately. We’ve been writing a lot about the confusion of it, as much as we’ve been writing about the triumph and resolve of it. And it’s an occasion we want to rise to. But like many people, we’re trying to figure out what to say and how to say it.

We are communicators, but sometimes it feels like the saying of things just isn’t enough. What do we do? Is action more important? I think that’s an ongoing conversation for all of us to have as we move through the world.

Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com

FOLIO A+E : MAGIC LANTERNS

THIS CRAZY

LIFE

Two films tackle LOVE, LOSS and MEMORY

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t’s safe to say Paul Verhoeven and François Ozon are among the best European filmmakers today. Another “safe” thing to say—each can be quite outrageous. Among Verhoeven’s films are popular American productions like Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Starship Troopers (each exceptional genre fare), but his earlier Dutch films like The 4th Man, Turkish Delight and Spetters surpass the conventional. And remember: Verhoeven made Showgirls, definitely (and blessedly) one of a kind.

Ozon’s films—like Swimming Pool, Criminal Lovers and See the Sea—may not be as wild as Verhoeven’s, but they’re nowhere near routine.

In short, Verhoeven and Ozon are often original, always interesting and usually terrific. Their last two films, both in 2016, meet those standards.

Elle (translated as “she” or “her”) is Verhoeven’s first French-language and his first feature-length film since the excellent ’06 WWII drama Black Book. Curiously, Frenchman Ozon’s Frantz takes place mostly in Germany with a mostly native German cast. Except for these odd shifts and one-word titles, each representing a gender, the films are wholly dissimilar in plot and character.

Isabelle Huppert scored a well-deserved Oscar nod for title character Elle, middle-aged Michèle who, in the film’s shocking opening scene, is brutally raped by a masked intruder.

After he leaves, Michèle composes herself, gets tested for venereal disease, and gets on with her fairly complicated life.

The rapist, though, isn’t through with her.

Nor, as it turns out, is she with him.

Difficult to label with a genre, Elle has elements of a traditional thriller (who is the mysterious rapist?) in its exploration of a strong woman as she deals with the sometimesodd assortment of people interwoven in her life. They are her best friend Anna (Anne Consigny), also her business partner, designing highly successful video games with decidedly violent, sexual graphics. Unknown to Anna, Michèle’s also in a secret affair with Anna’s husband Robert (Christian Berkel).

Michèle’s clueless son Vincent (Jonas Bloquet) is so madly in love with his bitchy girlfriend, he refuses to believe her biracial infant isn’t his; she’s about had it with his naiveté. More hell for Michèle: her mother Irène (Judith Magre) has a much younger live-in companion and Michèle’s monstrous father is on his deathbed in prison, convicted of a horrendous killing spree decades before when Michèle was a child and, perhaps, an unwitting accomplice.

There’s an apparently happy married couple across the street—a handsome husband and a pretty, very devout wife.

Michèle might dismiss her as a religious nut, but the hunky hubby is fair game.

And don’t forget about the unknown but obsessive rapist.

Blending elements of a thriller with social satire, psychological drama and a comedy of manners, Verhoeven delivers the unexpected in Elle with Isabelle Huppert (France’s answer to Meryl Streep) in a sometimes witty, sometimes disturbing, but always convincing performance.

Frantz might be even better. It’s certainly more affecting and touching, its characters more sympathetic and appealing than the fascinating wild cards of Elle.

Set in post-WWI Germany, the story is about young Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney) who comes to Germany to pay his respects at the grave of German soldier Frantz Hoffmeister. In the course of his visit, he meets Frantz’s parents Hans and Magda (Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber) as well as Anna (Paula Beer), the dead man’s grieving fiancée.

Unwelcome by resentful townspeople, at first Adrien is also rejected by Anna and the Hoffmeisters. Soon, though, the grieving family realizes Adrien’s guilt and sorrow reflect their own.

Reflecting bitterness and loss on both sides of the war, Frantz is at heart a love story, but far from a usual one. Watching it, you may think you know where it’s going, but I suspect you’re in for a surprise.

Filmed mostly in somber black-andwhite, echoing the postwar mood, the images sometimes morph into color, usually along with the happiness of memory. It’s a marvelous technique, enhancing the complex story and its universal theme.

The concluding shot especially is as masterful and memorable as the final scene of Cinema Paradiso.

Beautiful, moving and quite credible, Frantz recalls for me two personal favorites with similar themes—2013’s Polish Oscar winner Ida and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A Very Long Engagement (’04) with Audrey Tautou.

Frantz is an apt companion piece to both.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ The Last Dalai Lama, The Trip to Spain and Menashe run. Throwback Thursday runs Catch Me If You Can, noon Sept. 28 and 6 p.m. Oct. 1. Wind River and Polina (in French, Russian) start Sept. 29. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA Sun Ra: Space is the Place, in a new 4K print, runs Sept. 27. Kingsman: The Golden Circle and It run. The Mads Are Back! starts Sept. 29. Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two screens Oct. 3. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk Rock runs Oct. 4. 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

IMAX THEATER Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Prehistoric Planet 3D, Dream Big and Amazon Adventure run, World Golf Village, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com. Blade Runner 2049 starts Oct. 5.

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ARTS + EVENTS PERFORMANCE

RENUNCIANT Writer/singer/playwright Jennifer Chase’s solo work brings to life stories of refugees she taught for 14 years. Chase performs 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and 29 at Bab’s Lab @ CoRK Arts District North, 603 King St., Riverside; tickets $15 advance, $20 day of; artful.ly/store/events/13067.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Theatre Jacksonville stages this lauded story that Truman Capote’s best friend (at least as kids) Harper Lee penned about racism, the law and Deep South small town life. The play runs 8 p.m. Sept. 29 & 30; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and 2 p.m.

Oct. 1 at 2032 San Marco Blvd., 396-4425, $11-$21, theatrejax.com.

SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ The legendary hitmakers Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber practically invented rock-and-roll.

Directed by Jereme Raickett, choreographed by Samuel Hills III, the musical runs through Sept. 30 at Players by the Sea, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, $20-$28, 249-0289; playersbythesea.org.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY In this ghoulish family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is joy, and death and suffering are the stuff dreams are made of; staged Oct. 4-Nov. 12 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $38-$57, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.

WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD A staged reading of a play about two women of opposing political sides who get stuck together in an airport, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and 2 p.m.

Oct. 8 at Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina Beach, $10, liveinktheatre.com.

UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT A self-guided tour of galleries, antique stores and shops open 5-9 p.m. is held Sept. 30 in St. Augustine’s San Marco District, 824-3152.

MOBILE GROCERY STORE Saturiwa Trading Company offers affordable, healthy foods for Downtowners, 11 a.m.2 p.m. every Wed. at The Court Urban Food Park, along Hogan Street between Bay Street and Independent Drive.

MUSEUMS

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu. Fall artist-in-residence Jamaal Saber is on the gallery grounds– through Oct. 20–contact the museum for events and talks related to the residency. Artist Gamaliel Rodriguez’s exhibit, A Third Way to Look at You, runs through Oct. 20.

BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., 241-5657, beachesmuseum.org. Tide Runs Quiet: The Photographic Works of Thomas Hager, through Oct. 15.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. David Ponsler: Chasing Shadows, through Oct. 4. A Collector’s Eye: Celebrating Joseph Jeffers Dodge, through Feb. 4.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992. 10 Years Of Monsters & Mayhem, the unsettling works of Jerrod Brown, is on display through October.

CLASSICAL + JAZZ

TAYLOR ROBERTS The jazz guitarist is on 7-10 p.m. every Wed. at Ocean 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 247-0060, ocean60.com. Also 4 p.m. Thur. at lobby bar; 6 p.m. Fri. & Sat., Salt Restaurant, Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., 277-1100, ritzcarlton.com.

SIMON KLOCHKO The guitarist performs 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at SoLo Gallery, 1037 Park St., $10, sologallery.org.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA’S JAZZ COMBO CONCERT The concert is held 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at UNF’s Fine Arts Center, Southside, free, 620-2961, unf.edu.

ESCAPE 10 PERCUSSION DUO Formed by Dr. Annie Stevens and Dr. Andrea Venet, the duo explores musical genres through percussion, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at UNF’s Fine Arts Center, $5/adults, students free, 620-2961, unf.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx.

DELFEAYO MARSALIS The trombonist, composer and jazz producer performs 8 p.m. Sept. 29 at Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., Riverside, $35, riversidefinearts.org.

BEETHOVEN & THE BLIND BANISTER Courtney Lewis conducts pianist Jonathan Biss, 8 p.m. Sept. 29 and 30 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Jacoby Symphony Hall, 354-5547, $19-$79, jaxsymphony.org.

SCHUBERT AND SIBELIUS Two of the most beloved of all fifth symphonies, performed 11 a.m. Sept. 29 at T-U Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, $19-$44, jaxsymphony.org.

ARVID SMITH Smith performs 7-9 p.m. Oct. 2 at SoLo Gallery, 1037 Park St. (Hoptinger Building, second floor), $10, sologallery.org.

SCOTT BAZAR Bazar performs 7-9 p.m. Oct. 4 at SoLo Gallery, 1037 Park St., $10, sologallery.org.

COMEDY

ROAST OF BEBE DELUX File this under, “Oh. Hell. Yes.” A 40th birthday bash with a host of roasters including BooBoo Dulcolax, StEve Dulcolax, Yuck Dulcolax and many more too naughty to print! 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Sept. 29, Metro Entertainment Complex, 859 Willow Branch Ave., Riverside, $10, metrojax.com.

D.L. HUGHLEY The sharp-tongued, unapologetic Hughley appears 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28; 7:30 p.m. & 9:45 p.m. Sept. 29 & 30; 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $10, 292-4242, comedyzone.com.

BRUH MAN The actor, writer and comic appears 8 p.m.

Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29; 7:30 and 10 p.m. Sept. 30 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, $17-$40, jacksonvillecomedy.com.

FRED’S ALL-STAR COMEDIANS Local comedians perform 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, $10, comedyzone.com.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

ACT SEEKS ACTORS A Classic Theatre auditions for The Real Housewives of Tennessee (Williams) and Intimate Apparel, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28; 1 p.m. Sept. 30 at St. Augustine Beach City Hall Community Room, 2200 A1A S., aclassictheatre.org. Be ready to read from the script. Bring a current headshot and résumé.

ST. AUGUSTINE YOUTH CHORUS Singers ages 8-18 may call 806-7781 or email kfradley@staugustineyouthchorus. org to arrange an audition for the community youth chorus; staugustineyouthchorus.org.

ART WALKS + MARKETS

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET It’s Oktoberfest along with local, regional art; 9 a.m. yoga, live music– Billy & Bella, The Mike Shackelford Band, The Scott Jones Dancers on Sept. 30–farmers market, 8:30 a.m.4 p.m. every Sat. under Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

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THE LIGHTNER MUSEUM An opening reception for Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion For Changing Times™ 7-10 p.m. Oct. 3 at 75 King St., St. Augustine, $125, 844-426-4088, lightnermuseum.org. The exhibit is up through Jan. 7.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Project: Atrium installation, Plexus No. 38 by Gabriel Dawe, through Oct. 29. Margaret Ross Tolbert: Lost Springs displays through December.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY 1025 Museum Cir., Southbank, 396-MOSH, themosh.org. The exhibit Ancient Rome: Epic Innovators and Engineers! features artifacts and ancient technology reconstructed using designs dating from the height of the Roman Empire; through December.

THE RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010, africanvillageinc.org, ritzjacksonville. com. The African Village Bazaar with vendors, exhibitors, local speakers, painters, designers, authors and small businesses, is held noon-6 p.m. every last Sun.

GALLERIES

ALEXANDER BREST MUSEUM & GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7371, arts.ju.edu. An opening reception for the exhibit Alan Skees, American Glitch: Neo-Regionalism is 5-7 p.m. Oct. 5.

THE CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, madeleinewagner.com. The Labor of Learning, by artist Madeleine Peck Wagner, exhibits through Dec. 14.

FSCJ’S KENT CAMPUS GALLERY 3939 Roosevelt Blvd., Westside, 646-2300, fscj.edu. Solar-Powered Spacesuit a group installation by Shaun Thurston, Christy Frazier, Matthew Abercrombie, Mark Ferreira and John O’Brian runs through Oct. 17.

GALLERY 1037 Inside Reddi Arts, 1037 Hendricks Ave., San Marco. Robert Hall and Enzo Torcoletti exhibit through October; an opening reception is 2-4 p.m. Oct. 1.

THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, ccpvb.org. New works by Jim Benedict and David Nackashi display through Sept. 29.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., staaa. org. The 16th annual Tactile Art Show, touchable art that’s visually appealing and engaging for the blind and Ordinary People, a commemorative exhibit celebrating the city’s 450th birthday, with Don Trousdell’s works, are on display until Oct. 1.

THE YELLOW HOUSE, CORK NORTH & BAB’S LAB 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. and someone gets lost along the way, a group show of works inspired by Al Letson’s Chalk, a play about bullying. An opening reception is 7 p.m. Oct. 1.

FOLIO OA A+E E : ARTS Photography Show highlights distinctly urban, uniquely Floridian CAR CULTURE

STATE OF THE

image by (and courtesy of) Esdras “Phototea” Thelusuma

DONKS

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alcolm Jackson remembers the first time he saw one. Actually, he heard it first.

“We could hear it from blocks away,” Jackson recalls. He was playing football in the street in front of his childhood home.

“The rocks on the street were shaking like a dinosaur was stomping through.”

As the mid-’70s Chevy Impala passed, it became clear that the 345 horsepower engine was just one aspect contributing to the ruckus. For Jackson, it was actually the car’s colors—an electric, cherry-red body sitting atop gargantuan, gilded rims—which rang the loudest.

“My eyes just got wide. I was like, ‘Man, I want one of those when I grow up.’”

The encounter laid the groundwork for Jackson’s lifelong infatuation with the uniquely urban, Florida-born car culture surrounding donks—full-sized Chevrolets built between 1971 and 1976, customized with flashy rims, extravagant concert-hall quality sound systems, and often painted wild, candy colors.

With roots in South Florida’s distinctive hip hop culture, urban youths first took to donks out of convenience in the early to mid-1980s, as parents and grandparents would bequeath the decades-old rides to their children and grandchildren. The car’s noted, enormous trunk space earned them the nickname donk, which was also used to reference a human’s large posterior.

Customizing one’s donk—already some of the biggest cars on the road—with madcap paint jobs, extravagant rims, engine modifications and sound systems became an expression of one’s personality and ingenuity. And with Miami rap icons from Uncle Luke to Rick Ross riding donks through the last three decades, the uniquely Floridian car culture has spread to other parts of the country.

Now a freelance street photographer, Jackson aka Malc Jax, has been chronicling donk culture around Northeast Florida and Miami for almost a decade. Together with photographers Andre Burgess, Aaron J. Jackson and Esdras “Phototea” Thelusuma, Jackson presents ‘Candy’: The Land of Donks, a photography exhibition at Space 42 in Riverside.

Folio Weekly caught up with Jackson to talk about the show and learn more about the history of donks.

For our readers who may be unfamiliar, can you define a donk and talk a little bit about how and where the culture surrounding donks emerged?

Donks, traditionally, are 1971-1976 customized Chevy Impalas or Caprices. The term ‘donks’ referred to the giant trunk space of those cars—so, like a butt, or big backside.

[Laughs.] A lot of African Americans who grew up in Miami had grandparents who drove those cars and so they ended up being hand-me-downs in the early-to-mid-’80s.

Those cars were really the biggest sedans that Chevy made. They just took those cars because they were the big bosses of the road and started customizing them. So we’re looking at 30 to 45 years of this culture building and building.

Now, donks are distinctive and not to be confused with lowriders, which are traditionally ’60s Chevrolets and are customized to ride low to the ground and often have hydraulics—as opposed to donks, which are customized to ride higher. As the rim technology got better and better, the donks have gotten taller.

‘CANDY’: THE LAND OF DONKS

Opening reception 7 p.m. Sept. 30, Space 42, 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, spacefortytwo.com

And there’s a DIY spirit inherent in the culture, right? What else do you think makes those with enthusiasm for donks different from typical gear heads?

Donk culture is a mixture of features from different communities of car lovers. People who love donks love horsepower. But also people who are into donks like interesting paint jobs and detail, upholstery and that kind of stuff. It’s a little bit like taking the best of both worlds. You’re taking a space ship of a car, putting the biggest engine you possibly could put into it, adding abnormal-sized rims, and painting the whole thing a color that none of the big three car manufacturers would ever think to use.

Also, music is a distinctive part of donk culture. While lowrider culture is also interested in sound, because of the hydraulic packages, the lowriders don’t have the kind of trunk space for a big sound system. Donks, meanwhile, have ample trunk space for amps

and speakers. Ultimately, a donk is like giant jukebox hot-rod, painted like a pack of Skittles.

It seems like donks really infiltrated popular culture in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Was there a peak for donks?

There was a huge peak in the mid-to-late-’90s for donks and South Florida car culture in general. It lasted up until the early 2000s. At that time, there were already plenty of people riding donks. But hip hop culture helped spread that to the rest of the world. At that time in hip hop, it was all about rapping about big money and being flashy. These cars are the epitome of being flashy—in some aspects, it was a statement of royalty. Now with social media, we are seeing a resurgence of donk culture. The cars are so big and shiny with the wild colors, they’re kind of meant to be shared on social media.

There are stereotypes about donks, lowriders and other car cultures. With the photography show, are you hoping to upend some of those?

I’ve always had a great deal of respect and admiration for the culture surrounding donks.

I want to make sure to preserve the culture in the right light. With donks, there is a certain stereotype about who might be driving these types of cars—gangbangers or drug dealers.

And that stereotype carries through to today, even though there are people into driving and building these cars that are doctors, lawyers, accountants, entrepreneurs and people from Fortune 500 companies.

Lowriders and donks have traditionally had a bad rap because of the way they were represented in hip hop videos starting in the ’80s. Some folks didn’t understand that people were driving these cars, at least at first, because they were hand-me-downs from parents and grandparents. It’s a tradition and a true heritage.

Nowadays, we’re starting to realize the artistic value of these cars—especially lowriders. They’re showing up in contemporary art museums all across the world. Donks haven’t yet been given that same level of admiration. But they truly are a product of African-American ingenuity.

I’m trying to bridge those gaps and open that conversation. For people who have seen the cars and might have a certain perspective of what they are all about, hopefully this show provides a new understanding.

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: ARTS + EVENTS FOLIO A+E MUSIC BOLD BEAN RIVERSIDE 869 Stockton St., 374-5735, boldbeancoffee.com. Tattooer Myra Oh displays the good taste and wit that put her among the area’s most soughtafter artists, through October.

BOLD BEAN SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave. Nature Studies, by extraordinary draftsman Franklin Matthews, shows through October.

GALLERY ONE FORTY FOUR 144 King St., St. Augustine.

The works of nationally recognized photographer Lenny Foster are on display, lennyfoster.com.

MAKERSPACE GALLERY Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 630-2665, jaxpubliclibrary.org/jax-makerspace.

Survive to Thrive: Life Beyond Sexual Violence runs through Oct. 22.

MONYA ROWE GALLERY 4 Rohde Ave., St. Augustine, 217-0637, monyarowegallery.com. Artist Vera Iliatova explores coming-of-age melodramas and themes in the show Views, Scenes & Other through Oct. 8.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Downtown, southlightgallery.com.

John Pemberton is September’s guest artist; Kevin Arthur is October’s guest artist.

SPACE 42 2670 Phyllis St., Riverside, 888-421-9222, spacefortytwo.com. “Candy” The Land of Donks, photos

by Malc Jax, Andre Burgess, Esdras “Phototea” Thelusuma and Aaron J. Jackson display; an opening reception is 7-11 p.m. Sept. 30. Free admission, food, cash full bar/beer, DJ. STELLERS GALLERY 3139 Philips Hwy., Southside, 396-9492. Southern Grown, an exhibit of works by artists living and working in the South, runs through October. An opening reception is 6-9 p.m. Sept. 29.

THE SECOND FLOOR1037 Park St., Riverside, thesecondfloorjax.com. Homeland, art by Jax fav Ronnie Land, is on view through October.

THE ART CENTER AT THE LANDING 2 Independent Dr., tacjacksonville.org. Call of the Wild, a juried show, runs through Oct. 6.

NATHAN H. WILSON CENTER For The Arts, FSCJ SOUTH 11901 Beach Blvd., 646-2222. FSCJ Visual Arts & Digital Media Faculty Exhibit, through Oct. 20.

EVENTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIBRARY The St. Johns County Public Library celebrates 40 years of book larnin.’ The fun starts with story time and ends with a chess night and a screening of Clue; 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at Ponte Vedra Beach Branch, 101 Library Blvd., 827-6950.

CUMMER BEACHES Curator Holly Keris discusses Florida Art in the Cummer Museum’s permanent collection, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 28 at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra, 101 Plantation Dr., $15 members, $20 nonmembers, 899-6007, cummermuseum.org.

GRAM PARSONS GUITAR PULL & TRIBUTE FESTIVAL In honor of the local boy made good, then not so good; The Kentucky Headhunters, Firefall, Ian Dunlop and 26 more acts are featured Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Okefenokee Fairgrounds, 2451 Knight Ave., Waycross, $30/day; $25/day students/ military; free younger than 12; $30 weekend RV camping, free tent camping; 912-288-3712, gpgpfest.com.

THE HAUNTED BREWERY ZOMBIE HUNT Zombies and hunters take over the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in October.

Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28; 111 Busch Dr., Northside, $10-$179, thehauntedbrewery.com.

RIVER CITY PRIDE BLOCK PARTY Following the River City Pride Parade, a block party is held for all, 3 p.m. until the bars close, in 5 Points, Riverside, free, rivercitypride.com.

PETALS AND PEARLS A “real sized-chic” fashion show, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 30 at The Union Art Studios & Gallery, 700 E. Union St., Tallyrand, $25-$30, modenoir.com.

RUSTED BACKDOOR MARKET A one-day outdoor market with antiques, vintage goodies, handmade items, upcycled pieces, and just about all of the tetanus-carrying objects your heart could ever want (we tease), 10 a.m.4 p.m. Oct. 1, 1523 San Marco Ave., free admission, rustedavintagemarket.com.

SIERRA CLUB PROGRAM CLIMATE CHANGE OPPORTUNITIES Dr. Todd Sack, physician and Sierra Club outings leader, discusses how residents of Northeast Florida can benefit from climate change to become healthier and economically stronger, 6 p.m. Oct. 2 at Ponte Vedra Library, 101 Library Blvd., 710-0479. senioRITAS BREAST CANCER CHARITY KICK-OFF The RITAS, an all-volunteer organization raising funds for breast cancer initiatives at Mayo Clinic and Baptist Medical Center Beaches, kick off the fundraising 5:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Pusser’s Caribbean Grille, 816 N. A1A, Ponte Vedra, $25, the-rita-foundation.org/senioritas.

ART FUSION MOCA Jacksonville hosts a child’s art experience: hands-on projects related to works in the museum, 5-8 p.m. Oct. 4 at 333 N. Laura St., Downtown, free, 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com.

THE MAKERY FALL MARKET A curated market where independent makers, designers and creative entrepreneurs gather to share wares and ideas, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 8 at The Glass Factory, 601 Myrtle Ave. N., Downtown, $5, themakeryjax.com.

THE FLORIDA OKTOBERFEST Three jam-packed days and nights of music and Oktoberfest fun, Oct. 6-8, Metro Park, Downtown, $15-$95, thefloridaoktoberfest.com.

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Alison Krauss captures something ESSENTIAL, ETERNAL AND ELEMENTAL on Windy City, the latest in her long run of chart-topping albums

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The covers collection—Glen Campbell’s t’s hard to encapsulate the success of “Gentle on My Mind,” Ray Charles’ “You singer, songwriter and master fiddler Don’t Know Me,” Brenda Lee’s “All Alone Am Alison Krauss. She gave bluegrass its I”—expertly mine a feeling first cultivated biggest boost in two generations with when country songwriters dabbled in pop soundtrack contributions to 2000 film O convention. Call it “countrypolitan” if you Brother Where Are Thou? She’s had No. 1 want, but in the hands of Krauss and Cannon, albums on Billboard’s Pop, Rock, Country the lush orchestration is mixed with deep and Bluegrass charts. Krauss and Led veins of emotion. “It’s almost like you didn’t Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant redefined the know it was sad,” Krauss added. “It doesn’t potential of adult contemporary duets on sound weak. It doesn’t have a pitiful part to it, 2007’s Raising Sand. The groundbreaking, where so many sad songs do. But these don’t. I jaw-dropping, hard-rocking album went love that there’s strength underneath.” platinum, topped several Album of the Year “Dream of Me,” the highlight of the album lists, and nabbed five Grammys in one fell musically and contextually, is a potent mix swoop, bringing Krauss’ Grammy total to 27, of sorrow and elation, equal parts tearymore than any other female artist in history; eyed nostalgia and modern wonder. Krauss she tied with Quincy Jones for the most of suggested it because it recalled her childhood any living recipient. days at bluegrass festivals. As the story goes, Next January, when the 60th annual when she mentioned the song—“so pure and Grammy Awards are held, Krauss will surely simple and sweet and innocent,” in Krauss’ add to the count—2017’s Windy City is a words—to Buddy, he said, “I wrote that.” She masterpiece in the classic Krauss tradition. It’s replied, “No, you didn’t, also a marked departure from the past. Krauss ARNEZ J, One of” then started crying.

A fewAmerica’s days later, she convinced spent decades hewing to a preordained script. most popularBuddy to sing backup on his own song, accompanied by his As early as age 8, she was hailed as a bluegrass touring comedians, daughter Melonie. How’s that old folk tune go? ingénue—the “Most Promising Fiddler in the brings his brand of Something about a circle not being broken?

Midwest,” according to the Society for the timethat funny Thbig e circle hasto broken in dramatic Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America; a The Comedy Zone fashion for Krauss is howinshe relates to “virtuoso,” wrote Vanity Fair. At 16, Krauss fell Mandarin Sept. 14-16. the bluegrass community and its oftenin with a label, Rounder Records, and backing band Union Station; she still works with both hidebound expectations of her. How is today. She heeded the bluegrass community’s that one human possesses enough talent advice: Focus more on fiddle-playing and less to be hailed as the best young fiddler in a on singing. generation and, 30 years later, as a vocalist so Ten or so critically acclaimed albums powerful her voice has been described as a and hundreds of fruitful “holy spirit” by NPR? How joint efforts later, Krauss is it that country-fried ALISON KRAUSS & DAVID GRAY decided to do something and cosmopolitan can 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, radically different. For intermingle so freely in so St. Augustine Amphitheatre, the first time in 18 years, many permutations? How $53.50-$103.50, 209-0367, she wrote a solo album can an American bluegrass staugamphitheatre.com without her band Union superstar like Krauss Station. For the first time team up with a noir-ish in 30 years, she left longtime Rounder Records British pop virtuoso like David Gray for a and signed with major-label Capitol Records 21-date U.S. tour (stopping at St. Augustine for Windy City. More important, for the first Amphitheatre on its only Florida date)? time, the inveterate interpreter and tireless Maybe it’s because, with instruments songwriter began recording an album without like voice and fiddle, which have steadily (sometimes exponentially) improved over the a certain song set. Instead, she had in mind years, Krauss has risen above mere stardom only one man: revered Nashville producer to capture something essential, eternal, even Buddy Cannon. elemental about American music. Her last In 2012, Krauss contributed guest vocals words in Windy City press are surprisingly to the Cannon-produced “Make the World Go apt for her inimitable career: “I think it’s as it Away,” pop-country star Jamey Johnson’s 2012 should be. A surprise … but not a surprise, remake of Hank Cochran’s ’63 classic. “That I guess. If that makes sense. I didn’t know was absolutely the moment,” Krauss said in what it was going to be, but now it’s like it was press for Windy City. “‘Wow! Buddy really always there. It just seems like it’s been there makes me want to do a good job.’” Calling all the time.”

Cannon again in 2016, 46-year-old Krauss Nick McGregor said she wanted to find good old songs that mail@folioweekly.com she could rework.

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Laid-back troubadour JACK JOHNSON rolls into St. Augustine Amphitheatre for two shows Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 2 & 3.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK

SUNDRENCHED 8 p.m. Sept. 27, 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown, $10.

DJ CAPONE 9:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Cheers Park Avenue, 1138 Park Ave., Orange Park, 269-4855, $3.

REDFISH RICH 6 p.m. Sept. 27, Boondocks Grill & Bar, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove Springs, 406-9497.

KEYCHAIN, ASKMEIFICARE, SILENT RUNNING RIP JUNIOR, BURDEN AFFINITY 7 p.m. Sept. 27, Nighthawks, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., Riverside, $6.

NOTHING MORE, The STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES, MY TICKET HOME, HELL or HIGH WATER, AS LIONS 6 p.m.

Sept. 27, Mavericks Live, Jax Landing, 356-1110, $20-$125.

TERRI CLARK 8 p.m. Sept. 27, P.V.C. Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399 $40-$50.

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES, ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, $32-$151.

LYCKA TILL, CHARLIE SHUCK, The TENTACOOLS, FLEASNTICKS, SCUMBAG DAD Sept. 28, Rain Dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $5.

3 The BAND 9 p.m. Sept. 28, Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680.

SOUTH PAW 6 p.m. Sept. 28, Boondocks Grill & Bar. LUNAR COAST 8 p.m. Sept. 28, Whiskey Jax, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., Jax Beach, 853-5973.

ALISON KRAUSS, DAVID GRAY 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367, $53-$103.

NAUGHTY PROFESSOR, DEXTER GILMORE, MIKE DILLON, CLIFF HINES 8 p.m. Sept. 28, 1904 Music Hall, $10.

XEB 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $15-$65.

PARTY CARTEL 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach.

FOND KISER, CLIFF DORSEY 7 p.m. Sept. 29, Boondocks Grill & Bar. LEROGIE 8 p.m. Sept. 29, Jack Rabbits, $8.

DETOX UNIT 8 p.m. Sept. 29, 1904 Music Hall, $10 advance, $15 day of.

The UMBRELLA THEORY 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 29, Mardi Gras Sports Grill, 123 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, 823-8806.

BEACH CITY 10 p.m. Sept. 29 & 30, Flying Iguana.

SMOOTH McFLEA 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29 & 30, Cheers Park Avenue, $3.

The ZIG ZAG TRIO 9 p.m. Sept. 30, Mardi Gras Sports Grill.

PAUL CONNOR 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Boondocks Grill & Bar. The LOVELY BUDZ 10 p.m. Sept. 30, The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, $3.

BILLY & BELLA, MIKE SHACKELFORD BAND, SCOTT JONES DANCERS 10 a.m. Sept. 30, Riverside Arts Market.

CLOUD 9 VIBES 8:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach. $BIGBUCKS$ CREW Nighthawks’ One Year Anniversary Party 6 p.m. Oct. 1, Nighthawks.

TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE 7 p.m. Oct. 1, P.V.C. Hall, $45.50.

MICHAEL FUNGE 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1, Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595.

JACK JOHNSON, BAHAMAS 5 p.m. Oct. 2 & 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, sold out.

JOSEPH, LIZA ANNE 7 p.m. Oct. 2, P.V.C. Hall, free, accepting donations for Hurricane Irma relief.

JAKE MILLER, The STOLEN, NEVRLANDS 7 p.m. Oct. 2, Jack Rabbits, $20.

DWAYNE McGREGOR 6 p.m. Oct. 3, Boondocks Grill & Bar. CAYETANA, TERRAIN, HEMMING 8 p.m. Oct. 3, Nighthawks, $12.

CORPSE LIGHT, THUNDERCLAP, UNEARTHLY CHILD, COUNT the DEAD 8 p.m. Oct. 3, Rain Dogs, $10.

JESSE COOK 8 p.m. Oct. 3, Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown $25-$45.

The QUEERS, The ATARIS, KID YOU NOT 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Jack Rabbits, $15.

REDFISH RICH 6 p.m. Oct. 4, Boondocks Grill & Bar. The MAIN SQUEEZE 8 p.m. Oct. 4, 1904 Music Hall, $12 advance, $15 day of.

DJ CAPONE 9:30 p.m. Oct. 4, Cheers Park Avenue, $3.

HARD WORKING AMERICANS, LOS COLOGNES 7 p.m. Oct. 4, P.V.C. Hall, $39.50.

LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS, BLOODSHOT BILL 8 p.m.

Oct. 4, Jack Rabbits, $12.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

IVAN SMITH Oct. 5 & 8, Boondocks Grill & Bar SEU JORGE presents The Life Aquatic: A Tribute to David Bowie Oct. 5, Florida Theatre ELEPHANT REVIVAL Oct. 5, P.V.C. Hall JAKE COX Oct. 6, Boondocks Grill & Bar DELBERT McCLINTON & the SELFMADE MEN Oct. 6, P.V.C. Hall HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, BUTCHER BABIES, DEMRICK Oct. 6, Jack Rabbits SAM PACETTI Oct. 6, Mudville Music Room LOVE MONKEY Oct. 6 & 7, Cheers Park Avenue FLORIDA OKTOBERFEST & MUSIC FESTIVAL Oct. 6, 7 & 8, Metro Park KUBLAI KHAN, NO ZODIAC, LEFT BEHIND, I AM, DISDAIN Oct. 7, Nighthawks CLIFF DORSEY, ERIC COLLETTE & BAND Oct. 7, Boondocks Grill & Bar SOUND TRIBE SECTOR (STS9), JADE CICADA, SUNSQUABI, DAILY BREAD Oct. 7, St. Augustine Amphitheatre STS9 After Party: The UNDERHILL FAMILY ORCHESTRA, OBSERVATORY, FLO WAV! Oct. 7, Sarbez CITIZEN COPE, NEON TREES, The EXPENDABLES, MAGIC!, more Oct. 7, Metro Park J RODDY WALSTON & the BUSINESS, SLEEPWALKERS Oct. 7, Jack Rabbits The VIBRATORS Oct. 8, 1904 Music Hall Amelia Island Jazz Festival: JAZZ in the PARK Oct. 8, Amelia Park MICHAEL FUNGE Oct. 8, Culhane’s Irish Pub RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Oct. 9, Mudville Music Room Amelia Island Jazz Festival: JAZZ FESTIVAL SPONSORS PARTY Oct. 9, Horizons Restaurant JUDAH & the LION, The ACADEMIC, TYSON

MOTSENBOCKER Oct. 10, Mavericks Live The BASTARD SUNS, BLACK CREEK BASTARDS Oct. 10, Jack Rabbits MARTY FARMER Oct. 10, Boondocks Grill & Bar CHRIS ISAAK Oct. 10, Florida Theatre Amelia Island Jazz Festival: WINE TASTING & JAZZ Oct. 10, Amelia Island Wine Company DJ CAPONE, IVAN PULLEY, BUDDY CRUMP Oct. 11, Cheers Park Avenue SEASONS AFTER, ANOTHER LOST YEAR, BLACKLITE DISTRICT Oct. 11, Jack Rabbits Amelia Island Jazz Festival: JUMP, JIVE & WAIL SWING NIGHT Oct. 11, The Sandbar & Kitchen ALEX AFFRONTI Oct. 11, Boondocks Grill & Bar The Smooth Tour: FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, NELLY, CHRIS LANE Oct. 12, Veterans Memorial Arena LICH KING Oct. 12, Nighthawks JAKE COX Oct. 12, Boondocks Grill & Bar Amelia Island Jazz Festival: TRIO CALIENTE Oct. 12, The Sandbar & Kitchen Suwannee Roots Revival: BÉLA FLECK, ABIGAIL WASHBURN, STEEP CANYON RANGERS, The WOOD BROTHERS, DONNA the BUFFALO Oct. 12-15, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park DAVINA SOWERS & the VEGABONDS Oct. 12, Ritz Theatre LONELY HIGHWAY, DJ CAPONE Oct. 12, Cheers Park Avenue LYNYRD SKYNYRD, The OUTLAWS Oct. 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PAUL CONNER, ERIC COLLETTE & CODY Oct. 13, Boondocks Grill & Bar ST. AUGUSTINE SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL Oct. 13 & 14, Prohibition Kitchen, Colonial Oak Music Park GUY, TEDDY RILEY, MONICA, JAGGED EDGE, GINUINE, DRU HILL Oct. 13, Veterans Memorial Arena Amelia Island Jazz Festival: ROSEANNA VITRO IN CONCERT Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Oct. 13, Fernandina Beach Golf Club JULIA GULIA Oct. 13, Cheers Park Avenue INTERSTELLAR ECHOES Oct. 13, 1904 Music Hall KINGS of HELL, HATED 3, GHOSTWITCH Oct. 13, Jack Rabbits Amelia Island Jazz Festival: LATE NIGHT JAM, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE, KEVIN JONES Oct. 13 & 14, Dizzy’s Den at Sliders IGOR & the RED ELVISES Oct. 14, The Original Café Eleven FOND KISER, BRYAN WAINWRIGHT Oct. 14, Boondocks Grill & Bar WILDFIRE RISING Oct. 14, Cheers Park Avenue Amelia Island Jazz Festival: NESTOR TORRES Oct. 14, Fernandina Beach Golf Club MOTOGRATER Oct. 14, Nighthawks WILL HOGE, DAN LAYUS Oct. 14, Jack Rabbits AGNOSTIC FRONT, COLDSIDE Oct. 15, Nighthawks REDFISH RICH Oct. 15, Boondocks Grill & Bar DIGITOUR Oct. 15, 1904 Music Hall Amelia Island Jazz Festival: DIXIE to SWING SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH, The SPARE RIB SIX Oct. 15, Horizons Restaurant SET AND SETTING Oct. 16, Nighthawks

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC DWAYNE McGREGOR Oct. 17, Boondocks Grill & Bar The JAMES HUNTER SIX Oct. 16, P.V.C. Hall CONOR OBERST, The FELICE BROTHERS Oct. 17, P.V.C. Hall The MARCUS KING BAND, BOBBY LEE RODGERS Oct. 17, Jack Rabbits DANCE WITH the DEAD, GOST Oct. 18, Nighthawks IVAN SMITH Oct. 18, Boondocks Grill & Bar Once a Month Punk: SCATTER BRAINS, LOOSE BEARINGS Oct. 19, Blue Water Daiquiri & Oyster Bar ERNIE EVANS & The FLORIDA STATE BLUEGRASS BAND Oct. 19, Mudville Music Room JASON EVANS BAND Oct. 19, Cheers Park Avenue ALEX AFFRONTI Oct. 19, Boondocks Grill & Bar The CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS Oct. 19, P.V.C. Hall PROPENGANJAH Oct. 20, The Roadhouse SOUTHERN RUKUS, MATT KNOWLES Oct. 20, Boondocks Grill & Bar The TEMPTATIONS, The FOUR TOPS Oct. 20, Florida Theatre Broken Crows Tour: MATISYAHU, COMMON KINGS, ORPHAN Oct. 20, P.V.C. Hall Party in the Pines: KEITH URBAN, MIRANDA LAMBERT, JAKE OWEN, MAREN MORRIS, BROTHERS OSBORNE, EASTON CORBIN, RYAN HURD Oct. 20 & 21, Bienville Plantation, White Springs ONE EYED DOLL, DOLL SKIN Oct. 20, Jack Rabbits BLISTUR Oct. 20 & 21, Cheers Park Avenue CLIFF CORSEY Oct. 21, Boondocks Grill & Bar SPOON, MONDO COZMO Oct. 21, Mavericks Live The AVETT BROTHERS Oct. 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RANDY, MR. LAHEY’S NEVER CRY SHITWOLF TOUR Oct. 21, 1904 Music Hall PJ MORTON Oct. 21, Jack Rabbits LORDS of ACID, COMBICHRIST, CHRISTIAN DEATH, EN ESCH of KMFDM, WICCID Oct. 22, Mavericks Live FOND KISER Oct. 22, Boondocks Grill & Bar The DEVIL’S CUT Oct. 22, Jack Rabbits RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Oct. 23, Mudville Music Room REDFISH RICH Oct. 24, Boondocks Grill & Bar LYLE LOVETT, JOHN HIATT Oct. 24, Florida Theatre TWIZTED, MOONSHINE BANDITS, BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE, WHITNEY PEYTON Oct. 24, 1904 Music Hall SANTANA Oct. 24, Daily’s Place MARTY FARMER Oct. 25, Boondocks Grill & Bar GRIFFIN HOUSE Oct. 25, Mudville Music Room BROADWAY’S NEXT HIT MUSICAL Oct. 25, Ritz Theatre KINGS of LEON, DAWES Oct. 25, Daily’s Place DOPE, HED(PE) Oct. 25, 1904 Music Hall PUNK ROCK BURLESQUE, IVY LES VIXENS, ANITA NIGHTCAP, JESS A. BELL, MUDTOWN Oct. 25, Nighthawks FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL Oct. 26, Cheers Park Avenue IVAN SMITH Oct. 26, Boondocks Grill & Bar ANDY MINEO Oct. 26, Mavericks Live DEANA CARTER, SWEET TEA TRIO Oct. 26, P.V.C. Hall MERCYME, RYAN STEVENSON, UNSPOKEN Oct. 26, T-U Center for the Performing Arts MDC Oct. 26, Nighthawks TOAD the WET SPROCKET Oct. 27, P.V.C. Hall ERIC COLLETTE & BAND, FOND KISER Oct. 27, Boondocks Grill & Bar MIKE SHACKELFORD Oct. 27, Mudville Music Room Suwannee Hulaween: STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, BASSNECTAR, RUN the JEWELS, NATHAN RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS, more Oct. 27-29, Suwannee Music Park IVEY LEAGUE Oct. 27 & 28, Cheers Park Avenue ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Oct. 28, Florida Theatre DWAYNE McGREGOR, CLIFF DORSEY Oct. 28, Boondocks Grill & Bar The MOVIELIFE, IRON CHIC Oct. 28, 1904 Music Hall DAN BERN Oct. 28, The Original Café Eleven LIVING COLOUR Oct. 28, P.V.C. Hall CASEY JAMES Oct. 28, Jack Rabbits JIM LAMB Oct. 29, Boondocks Grill & Bar The MAGPIE SALUTE Oct. 29, Florida Theatre The SOCIAL ANIMALS Oct. 29, Jack Rabbits VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & the TRAIN Oct. 29, The Original Café Eleven MICHAEL LAGASSE & FRIENDS Oct. 29, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre HARMS WAY Oct. 30, Nighthawks DWAYNE McGREGOR Oct. 31, Boondocks Grill & Bar The CONVALESCENCE, WINGS DENIED, OBLITERATE, DEATH RATTLE Nov. 1, Jack Rabbits PAUL CONNOR Nov. 1, Boondocks Grill & Bar JOHNNYSWIM Nov. 1, P.V.C. Hall GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE Nov. 2, Mudville Music Room MARTY FARMER Nov. 2, Boondocks Grill & Bar RESINATED Nov. 3, The Roadhouse GRACE PETTIS Nov. 3, Mudville Music Room ROGER DALTREY, EDGAR WINTER Nov. 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JOYCE MANOR, WAVVES, CULTURE ABUSE, FRENCH VANILLA Nov. 3, P.V.C. Hall FREDERICK The YOUNGER Nov. 3, Jack Rabbits SHENANDOAH Nov. 3, Thrasher-Horne Center CANNIBAL CORPSE, POWER TRIP, GATECREEPER Nov. 3, Mavericks Live JOHN CLEESE screens Monty Python & the Holy Grail Nov. 4, Florida Theatre SISTER HAZEL Nov. 4, P.V.C. Hall The WORLD is a BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID to DIE, ROZWELL, ADJY Nov. 4, Nighthawks BLUE OCTOBER Nov. 4, Mavericks JETHRO TULL Nov. 7, Daily’s Place

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Hailing from the Great White North hasn’t made TERRI CLARK’s country music any less authentic or adored. Catch the Grammy-winner at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Wednesday, Sept. 27.

NOBUTU Nov. 7, Ritz Theatre MADI CARR Nov. 7, Mudville Music Room TOUBAB KREWE, LPT Nov. 8, Jack Rabbits CHRIS SMITHER Nov. 10, Mudville Music Room VON STRANTZ, NATIVE LAND Nov. 10, Sarbez BUMPIN’ UGLIES Nov. 10, Jack Rabbits BEN FOLDS Nov. 10, Florida Theatre BON IVER, AERO FLYNN Nov. 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SAMMY HAGAR & the CIRCLE (Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham, Vic Johnson), COLLECTIVE SOUL Nov. 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CHRIS STAPLETON’S All American Road Show: MARTY STUART, BRENT COBB Nov. 11, Veterans Memorial Arena LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, CHRISTINE McVIE Nov. 12, Times-Union Center’s Moran Theater OTTMAR LIEBERT, LUNA NEGRA Nov. 12, P.V.C. Hall BARBWIRE DOLLS, SVETLANAS Nov. 12, Jack Rabbits MICHAEL FUNGE Nov. 12, Culhane’s Irish Pub RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Nov. 13, Mudville Music Room BROCCOLI SAMURAI Nov. 15, Jack Rabbits The YOUNG DUBLINERS Nov. 16, The Original Café Eleven WINTERTIME Nov. 16, Jack Rabbits SON VOLT Nov. 17, St. Aug. Amp’s Backyard Stage ROY BOOKBINDER Nov. 17, Mudville Music Room TABI P, BAND of SILVER Nov. 17, Jack Rabbits MILES ELECTRIC BAND Nov. 18, P.V.C. Hall COLTER WALL Nov. 18, Jack Rabbits BLU & EXILE 10th Anniversary: DAS SAVAGE, CHOOSEY, CASHUS KING Nov. 22, Jack Rabbits JOHN McLAUGHLIN, JIMMY HERRING (play Mahavisnu Orchestra) Nov. 24, Florida Theatre MIKE SHACKELFORD Nov. 24, Mudville Music Room GLAZED, FAZE WAVE, DENVER HALL Nov. 24, Jack Rabbits HODERA Nov. 25, Rain Dogs DAVE KOZ, PETER WHITE, RICK BRAUN, DAVID BENOIT, MAYHEM, IMMOLATION, BLACK ANVIL Nov. 25, Mavericks Live LINDSEY STIRLING Nov. 25, St. Augustine Amphitheatre LINDA COLE & JAZZ MUSICIANS Nov. 26, Music in the Box, Limelight Theatre RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Nov. 27, Mudville Music Room The BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA Nov. 29, Florida Theatre FLORIDA BRASS QUINTET Nov. 29, Mudville Music Room 98° AT CHRISTMAS Nov. 30, Florida Theatre CAROLINE COTTER Nov. 30, Mudville Music Room The Big Ticket: WALK the MOON, BLEACHERS, ANDREW McMAHON in the WILDERNESS, SAINT MOTEL, NEW POLITICS, MONDO COZMO Dec. 1, Metro Park KANSAS LEFTOVERTURE Dec. 2, Florida Theatre Hip Hop Nutcracker: KURTIS BLOW Dec. 3, Florida Theatre Psychic Warfare Tour: CLUTCH, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, The OBSESSED Dec. 5, St. Aug. Amp’s Backyard Stage ALLEN SHAD Dec. 5, Mudville Music Room D.R.I., KAUSTIK Dec. 6, Nighthawks Jingle Jam for St. Jude: GRANGER SMITH, LAUREN ALAINA, MIDLAND, DYLAN SCOTT Dec. 7, T-U Center Moran Theater PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 7, Mudville Music Room Inaugural Christmas Caravan Tour: SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Dec. 8, Ritz Theatre The WERKS, PASSAFIRE, The RIES BROTHERS, BIGFOOT BAREFOOT Dec. 9, Mavericks BIRTHDAY BENEFIT Dec. 9, Mudville Music Room RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Dec. 11, Mudville Music Room SHOOTER JENNINGS Dec. 12, Jack Rabbits JANET JACKSON Dec. 12, Veterans Memorial Arena OF MONTREAL, CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER’S GENIUS GRANT Dec. 13, Mavericks Live RITTZ, SAM LACHOW, DENVER HALL Dec. 13, Jack Rabbits JOHN PRINE Dec. 13, Florida Theatre BEN HAGGARD Dec. 13, P.V.C. Hall The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 14, Veterans Memorial Arena DAVE RAMIREZ Dec. 14, Jack Rabbits MARE WAKEFIELD Dec. 15, Mudville Music Room LUKE COMBS Dec. 15, Florida Theatre GIDEON, WAGE WAR Dec. 16, 1904 Music Hall HARLEY FLANAGAN (Cro-Mags) Dec. 17, Nighthawks Horton’s Holiday Hayride: REV. HORTON HEAT, JUNIOR

BROWN, The BLASTERS, BIG SANDY Dec. 19, P.V.C. Hall TEN TENORS Dec. 20, Florida Theatre JERROD ALLEN, HERE COMES the HERO, KELLY WHITE Dec. 29, Jack Rabbits DONNA the BUFFALO Dec. 29, P.V.C. Hall MIKE SHACKELFORD BAND Dec. 29, Mudville Music Room UNF JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1 Dec. 30, Mudville Music Room The ZOMBIES: Odessey and Oracle 50th Anniversary Jan. 12, P.V.C. Hall A TEMPTATIONS REVUE, BO HENDERSON Jan. 13, Ritz Theatre JONNY LANG Jan. 16, Florida Theatre BLACK VIOLIN Jan. 27, P.V.C. Hall Take Me to the River: WILLIAM BELL, BOBBY RUSH, DON BRYANT Jan. 30, Florida Theatre MARY WILSON (The Supremes) Feb. 3, Ritz Theatre JOHN McCUTCHEON Feb. 8, P.V.C. Hall LITTLE RIVER BAND Feb. 10, Florida Theatre The LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT Feb. 10, Ritz Theatre The HOT SARDINES Feb. 13, Florida Theatre BOTTLE ROCKETS, CHUCK PROPHET & the MISSION EXPRESS Feb. 16, P.V.C. Hall SIERRA HULL Feb. 17, P.V.C. Hall DANIEL O’DONNELL Feb. 17, Florida Theatre GEORGE WINSTON Feb. 23, P.V.C. Hall MICHAEL McDONALD Feb. 27, Florida Theatre JOHN HAMMOND March 3, P.V.C. Hall JUSTIN MOORE, DYLAN SCOTT March 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre TIERNEY SUTTON BAND March 4, Ritz Theatre ANA POPOVIC March 7, P.V.C. Hall GET the LED OUT March 16, Florida Theatre MIKE + the MECHANICS March 21, P.V.C. Hall STEEP CANYON RANGERS March 22, Florida Theatre LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III March 30, P.V.C. Hall CHRIS BOTTI April 13, Florida Theatre BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY: Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary Tour April 27, Florida Theatre

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA EMERALD GOAT IRISH PUB, 96110 Lofton Sq., 441-2444 Chuck Nash 9 p.m. Sept. 30 LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646 Miguel Paley 5:30-9 p.m. every Fri.-Sun. Javier Parez every Sun. THE SALTY PELICAN, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811 Dan Voll & Michelle 4:30 p.m. Oct. 1 THE SANDBAR & KITCHEN, 2910 Atlantic Ave., 310-3648 Instant Groove Sept. 29. Boo Radley Oct. 1. Touch of Gray Oct. 7 SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Pili Pili Sept. 27. Tad Jennings Sept. 28. Melissa Smith, Jamie Renae Sept. 29. Chase Fouraker, 7 Street Band, Davis Turner Sept. 30. JC & Miki Oct. 1. Savannah Bassett Oct. 2. Mark O’Quinn Oct. 3 SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Katfish Lee Sept. 27 & 28

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 9 p.m. Tue. & Thur.

Indie dance 9 p.m. Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance Fri.

THE BEACHES (All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

1st STREET LOFT, 502 N. First St., 241-7848 Open stage night 8 p.m. Sept. 29. Open mic 7 p.m. every Thur.

ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING COMPANY, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 372-4116 Samuel Sanders 8 p.m.

Sept. 30 BLUE WATER DAIQUIRI & OYSTER BAR, 205 N. First St., 249-0083 Live music most weekends BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff 8 p.m. Sept. 27. Black Water Swamp Band 9 p.m. Sept. 29 CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 Michael Funge 6:30 p.m. every Sun. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 3 The Band Sept. 28. Beach City Sept. 29 & 30. Live music every weekend

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 Sailfish Dr., AB, 246-4293 Live music on weekends GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 Live music most weekends GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Michael Smith every Thur. Milton Clapp every Fri. Under the Bus every Sat. Robert Eccles 6 p.m. every Sun. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Who Rescued Who 10 p.m. Sept. 29. Briteside 10 p.m. Sept. 30.

Split Tone every Thur. Chillula every Sun. K-Sick every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 MZG 9 p.m. Sept. 28 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. Mezza Shuffle every Mon. Trevor Tanner every Tue. OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., AB, 247-0060 Taylor Roberts 7 p.m. Sept. 27 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Live music every Wed.-Sun. SEACHASERS, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Live music every weekend SOUTHERN GROUNDS & CO., 200 First St., NB, 249-2922 Jazz Corner 6 p.m. every Tue. SURFER The BAR, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Tad Jennings Sept. 27. IVibes, El Dub Sept. 29. The Ellameno Beat Sept.

30. Live music nearly every night WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Lunar Coast 8 p.m. Sept. 28. Party Cartel Sept. 29. Cloud 9 Sept. 30. Tuesday Night Blues Club 8 p.m. Oct. 3 ZETA BREWING, 131 First Ave. N., 372-0727 Live music every weekend

CAMDEN COUNTY, GA.

CAPTAIN STAN’S Smokehouse, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Eddie Pickett 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27. Lost Southern Boys 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Jamie & the Walkers 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Live music Wed.-Sat. J’S TAVERN, 711 Osborne St., St. Marys, 912-882-5280 Live music most weekends

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 Sundrenched Sept. 27. Naughty Professor, Dexter Gilmore, Mike Dillon, Cliff Hines Sept. 28. Vlad the Inhaler Sept. 29.

The Main Squeeze Oct. 4. Emarosa: Bradley Scott Walden, Er White, Jordan Stewart, Matthew Marcellus, A Lot Like Birds, Jule Vera Oct. 5 DE REAL TING, 128 W. Adams St., 633-9738 Ras AJ, De Lions of Jah 7 p.m. Sept. 29 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon Thur. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jacksonville Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. Sept. 27. Ace Winn Sept. 29. Live music most weekends HOURGLASS PUB, 345 E. Bay St., 469-1719 A Matter of Honor Oct. 1. Nightmare Sonata Oct. 3. Singer-songwriter open mic every 7 p.m. Sun. Live music 9:30 p.m. Fri. JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Jason Evans Band 5 p.m., Michael Tyler 8:30 p.m., Trent Tomlinson 9:15 p.m. Sept. 30. Live music most weekends MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Nothing More, The Stories We Tell Ourselves, My Ticket Home, Hell or High Water, As Lions 6 p.m. Sept. 27. Hollywood Undead, Butcher Babies Oct. 6. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat. MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Evil Eddie Richards Sept. 30. DJ Law, Artik, Killoala, D2tay Wed. Latin Nite DJs Sat.

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Redfish Rich 6 p.m. Sept. 27, Oct. 4. South Paw Sept. 28. Fond Kiser, Cliff Dorsey Sept. 29. Paul Conner 7 p.m. Sept. 30. Dwayne McGregor 6 p.m. Oct. 3. Ivan Smith 6 p.m. Oct. 5. Marty Farmer 7 p.m., Jake Cox 10 p.m. Oct. 6 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Felix Chang 8:30 p.m. Oct. 5. Dopelimatic 8:30 p.m. Oct. 6 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Conch Fritters 5 p.m. Sept. 30. Live music every weekend

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, 645-5162 Last Resort Sept. 27. Blistur Sept. 29 & 30.

Open mic every Tue. Live music every Tue.-Sun. JERRY’S Sports Bar & Grille, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Don’t Call Me Shirley 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Live music Fri.

MANDARIN

ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci Sept. 27 & 30 IGGY’S GRILL & BAR, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 101, 209-5209 Break Evn Band 7 p.m. Sept. 29. Boogie Freaks Oct. 7. DJ Greg 7 p.m. every Wed. TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, St. Johns, 819-1554 Live music every weekend

ORANGE PARK + MIDDLEBURG BIG DAWGS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 135, 272-4204 Live music every weekend CHEERS PARK AVENUE, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 DJ Capone Sept. 27 & Oct. 4. South Of Savannah Sept. 28.

Smooth McFlea Sept. 29 & 30. Stumpwater Oct. 5. Love Monkey Oct. 6 & 7

DEE’S MUSIC BAR, 2141 Loch Rane Blvd., Ste. 140, 375-2240 DJ Troy every Wed. The HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael on the piano every Tue.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 Live music every Fri. & Sat. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 The Lovely Budz Sept. 30. Propagangah 10 p.m. Oct. 1 SHARK CLUB, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Digital Skyline 9 p.m. Sept. 27. Tom Bennett Band 9 p.m. Sept. 28

PONTE VEDRA

PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Andrew Sapin 6 p.m. Sept. 27. Stephen Pigman 6 p.m. Sept. 28 TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., 280-5515 Live music every Wed., Thur. & Sat.

OVERSET

RIVERSIDE + WESTSIDE

ACROSS the STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Live music most weekends HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 10, 513-4272 Live music every Fri. MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 The Icarus Account, Flipturn, Wild Pines, The Citrus Trees 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Keychain, Askmeificare, Silent Running Rip Junior, Burden Affinity 7 p.m. Sept. 27. Cayetana, Terrain, Hemming Oct. 3 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Lycka Till, Charlie Shuck, The Tentacools, Fleasnticks, Scumbag Dad, Ghost Mice Sept. 28. Corpse Light, Thunderclap, Unearthly Child, Count The Dead Oct. 3.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 Billy & Bella, Mike Shackelford band, Scott Jones Dancers 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 30 SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362 Live music most weekends

ST. AUGUSTINE

DOS COFFEE & WINE, 300 San Marco Ave., 342-2421 Live music every weekend MARDI GRAS, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 The Umbrella Theory Sept. 29 & 30. Justin Gurnsey & Friends 9 p.m. Oct. 6.

Fre Gordon acoustic open mic 7 p.m. Sun. Justin Gurnsey, Big Logic & the Truth Serum Musicians Exchange 8 p.m. Mon. ORIOLES NEST, 9155 C.R. 13 N., 814-8298 Lyons 8 p.m.

Sept. 29. The Remains 9 p.m. Sept. 30. DJ Alex every Fri. Live music most every weekend PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George St., 209-5704 Leelyn Osborn, Danielle & The Cookin’ in the Kitchen Band Sept. 27. Grant Paxton Band Sept. 28. Raisin Cake Orchestra, Chillula Sept. 29. Bryan Hayes 6 p.m., The Good News Band Sept. 30 SARBEZ!, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Metal Attack 8 p.m.

Sept. 30. October’s Flame 9 p.m. Oct. 6. STS9 afterparty Oct. 7 TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Pl., 342-0286 Jay Bird 7 p.m.

Sept. 28. Integral Latin Band Sept. 29. Tony Martin, Kevon Re Monte Sept. 30. Jax English Salsa Band 6 p.m. Oct. 1.

Bluez Dudez, Solou Oct. 3 TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 The Down Low Sept. 29 & 30. The Down Low every Wed.

SAN MARCO

JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 XEB Sept.

28. Lerogie Sept. 29. Marion Crane, Burden Affinity, Together in Exile, Sky Above Sept. 30. Jake Miller, The Stolen, Nevrlands Oct. 2. The Queers, The Ataris, Kid You Not Oct. 3.

Legendary Shack Shakers, Bloodshot Bill Oct. 4 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Mike Shackelford 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Sam Pacetti Oct. 6

SOUTHSIDE, ARLINGTON & BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Side Hustle 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Barrett Jockers Oct. 5. Ryan Crary Oct. 6 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Hard2Handle 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Duval Divas Sept. 30. Live music every weekend WILD WING CAFÉ, 4555 Southside Blvd., 619-3670 Live music every weekend

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

CROOKED ROOSTER BREWERY, 1478 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 Barns & Brews Oktoberfest Sept. 29.

Open mic 7 p.m. every Wed. FLIGHT 747 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4331 Live music every weekend KNUCKLEHEADS Bar, 850532 U.S. 17, 222-2380 Live music every weekend MELLOW MUSHROOM, 15170 Max Leggett Pkwy., 757-8843 Live music most every weekend OCEANWAY BAR, 12905 Main St. N., 647-9127 Live music most every weekend SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth, 798-8222 Live music every weekend

_____________________________________ To list your band’s gig, please send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price, 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 a space-available basis. Deadline is at noon every Wednesday for the next Wednesday’s publication.

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FOLIO DINING AKEL’S DELI in the Bank of America building offers great options to the Downtown lunch crowd. photo by Madison Gross

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH

OneTwentyThree Burger House

123 King St. | 904-687-2790 Visit the newest burger joint downtown for fresh, angus, homemade beef burgers! Our patties are cooked-to-order 1/3 and 1/2 lb. delights! Try our Greek, pizza or boss burger, or craft your own from over 20 ingredients! We offer handmade specialty sandwiches too, like the salt-run special or Lincolnville pulled pork. You can even choose a wood-fired pizza or create your own! Always something perfect for everyone- guaranteed!

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

F Family-owned café in historic building. Worldly fare, made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing fresh veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oakshaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub brews beer onsite; imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, amelia crabtrap.com. F For nearly 40 years, family-owned-andoperated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ FB L Sa-M; D Nightly JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianescafe.com. F Renovated 1887 shotgun house. Faves: jambalaya, French toast, pancakes, mac & cheese, crêpes. Vegan items. Inside or porch overlooking historic area. $$ BW K TO B L D M, W, F, Sa; B L Su LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646, lamancharestaurante.com. Spanish, Portuguese fare, Brazilian flair. Tapas, seafood, steaks, sangria. Drink specials. AYCE paella Sun. $$$ FB K TO D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moon riverpizza.net. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist.

Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie/slice.

Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juices, herbal teas, coffees, daily specials. $$ K TO B L M-Sa THE PATIO PLACE, 416 Ash St., 410-3717, patioplacebistro.com. Bistro/wine bar/crêperie’s global menu uses crêpes: starters, entrées, shareables, desserts. $$ BW TO B L D Tu-Su

DINING DIRECTORY KEY AVERAGE ENTRÉE COST $ $$

Dan Murphy’s Irish Pub

4320 A1A South | 904 295-8101 You’re never a stranger at Dan Murphy’s, St. Augustine’s newest, authentic Irish Pub, right on the beach! Our fresh, h, local food captures the best flavors of the Florida coast and nd aft the Irish tradition and is complemented with flavorful craft brews and always friendly conversation. Stop by for a pintt today! Serious Brunch is every Saturday 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and nd Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Live music on the weekends. Everyday day happy hour 3 p.m.-6 p.m.!

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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

321 A1A Beach Blvd. | 904-217-3256 Enjoy sun, surf and the freshest seafood dishes while looking out over the beach and pier! Try our handmade chowders, fresh seafood, tacos and nachos, sushi and bowls, wood-grilled burgers and more! Don’t miss the avocado fries! Enjoy live music and drinks every night on the area’s largest outdoor deck! Come visit us for food and fun right on the beach. Free trolley pickup and drop-off along A1A and neighborhoods.

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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).

POINTE RESTAURANT, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner.

In award-winning inn Elizabeth Pointe Lodge. Seaside dining; in or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu.

Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. Oceanfront. Award-winning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily THE SURF RESTAURANT & BAR, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711, thesurfonline.com. Oceanview dining since 1957, inside or on the deck. Steaks, seafood, burgers, daily food and drink specials; Wing It Wednesdays. $$ FB K TO L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, traysburgerstation.com. F 2016 Best of Jax finalist.

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

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK.

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

FOOD ADDICTZ GRILL, 1044 Edgewood Ave. S., 240-1987. Family-and-veteran-owned place is all about home cooking. Customer faves: barbecued pulled pork, blackened chicken, Caesar wrap and Portobello mushroom burger. $ K TO B L D Tu-Su HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F 2016 BOJ finalist. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 1, 381-6670, mojobbq.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. Pulled pork and Carolina-style barbecue.

Delta fried catfish. Avondale’s Mojo has shrimp & grits, specialty cocktails. Local musicians on weekends. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2016 Best of Jax winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. Fri. & Sat. fish fry. $ BW TO B L D M-Sa RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist.

French/Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362, south.kitchen. Southern classics: crispy catfish with smoked gouda grits, family-style fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily

BAYMEADOWS

AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajaxcom. F 2016 Best of Jax winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetables, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L M-Sa; D Nightly LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK.

DINING DIRECTORY

BEACHES

(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

1st STREET LOFT, 502 N. First St., 241-7848, 1ststreetloft. com. New beach spot serves breakfast and lunch all day.

Local artists’ works are displayed. It’s a coffeehouse and live music venue, too. $ TO B L D W-Sa; B L Su & M ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM SUBS, 204 Third Ave. S., 241-3663. F 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Fresh ingredients, 25+ years. Huge salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. Grom has Sun. brunch, no alcohol. $ K BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201, 374-5735. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. The CRAFT PIZZA CO., 240 Third St. N., Neptune Beach, 853-6773, thecraftpizzaco.com. F Al Mansur’s new place has innovative pies made with locally sourced ingredients.

Dine inside or out. $$ BW L D Daily CRUISERS GRILL, 319 23rd Ave. S., 270-0356, cruisersgrill.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. Locally owned & operated 20+ years. Half-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, big salads, award-winning cheddar fries, sangria. $ BW K TO L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F 2016 Best of Jax finalist.

SEE RIVERSIDE.

FLEMING ISLAND

GRASSROOTS Natural Market, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F SEE RIVERSIDE. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tu-Su; D Nightly

GRILL ME!

Nancy Ruth Barber

3928 Baymeadows Rd. • Jacksonville Born in: Dallas Years in Biz: 27 Favorite Restaurant: Dwight’s Bistro, Jax Beach Favorite Cuisine Style: Thai Go-To Ingredients: Ginger, garlic & homemade Peruvian sauce Ideal Meal: Anything cooked at home with friends & family Will Not Cross My Lips: Brains or blood pudding Insider’s Secret: Working as a chef on a private rail car has taught me to be very creative & efficient!

Celebrity Sighting at Your Restaurant: Reggie from the Elllameno band & the Crest Chevrolet girl Culinary Treat: Fresh, hot donuts!

CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA

CAPTAIN STAN’S SMOKEHOUSE, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552. Barbecue, sides, hot dogs, burgers, desserts. Dine in or out on picnic tables. $$ FB K TO L & D Tu-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 6586 GA. Hwy. 40 B6, St. Marys, 912-576-7006. F SEE ORANGE PARK.

The grilling table is THE STAR at Riverside spot

OVERSET

DOWNTOWN

BELLWETHER, 100 N. Laura St., 802-7745, bellwetherjax. com. Elevated Southern classics in an understated setting, with chef/owner Jon Insetta’s focus on flavors, and chef Kerri Rogers’ culinary creativity. The Northeast Florida menu changes seasonally. Rotating local craft beers, regional spirits, cold brew coffee program. $$ FB TO L M-F CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth, 356-8282, casadoraitalian. com. F Serving Italian fare, 40+ years: veal, seafood, pizza.

Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L M-F; D M-Sa OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com.

F Scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L M-F; D F & Sa SPLIFF’S GASTROPUB, 15 N. Ocean St., 844-5000, spliffsgastropub.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. Music venue has munchie apps, mac & cheese dishes, pockets, gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. HH M-F. $ BW L D M-Sa URBAN GRIND COFFEE COMPANY, 45 W. Bay, Ste. 102, 516-7799, urbangrind.coffee. Locally roasted whole bean brewed coffees, espressos, pastries, smoothies, bagels.

Chicken/tuna salad, sandwiches. WiFi. $ B L M-F URBAN GRIND Express, 50 W. Laura, 516-7799. SEE ABOVE. ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodiacbarandgrill.com. 16+ years. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. HH M-F. $ FB L M-F; D W-Sa

THE WELL WATERING HOLE BISTRO

FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. F 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Classic Old World Roman fare, big Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen. Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 241 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 425-1025. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. SEE AVONDALE. M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, shackburgers.com. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 1585 N. Third St., 458-1390. 2016 BOJ winner. SEE MANDARIN. RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD & GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F 34 years and counting, the iconic seafood place serves blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973.

SEE BAYMEADOWS.

BITE-SIZED

OUTERBANKS SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 140 The Lakes Blvd., Ste. H, Kingsland, 912-729-5499. Fresh seafood, burgers, steaks, wings. $$ FB TO D Nightly SALT.PEPPER.THYME, 105 N. Lee St., Kingsland, 912-510-0444, saltpepperthyme.net. Varied American Southern fare in an elegant setting. Dine in or out. $$ BW K TO L W; L & D Th-Sa

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. 30 years of awesome gourmet pizza, baked dishes. All day HH M-Th. $ FB K TO L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK.

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE INTRACOASTAL. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199, athenscafejax.com. 20+ years of Greek fare, serving dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), Greek beers. Vegetarian-friendly. Full bar. Early bird menu Mon.-Fri. $$ FB L M-F; D M-Sa CRUISERS GRILL, 5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 1, 737-2874.

2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE BEACHES. FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers, wings. $ K TO B L Daily JAX DINER, 5065 St. Augustine Rd., 739-7070, jaxdiner. com. Simple name, simple concept: Local. Chef Roderick “Pete” Smith, a local culinary expert with nearly 20 years under his apron, uses locally sourced ingredients from area farmers, vendors and the community for American and Southern dishes. Seasonal brunch. $ K TO B L M-F, D F METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax winner. Organic soups, baked items, sandwiches, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/ wine. $ BW TO K B L D Daily

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METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN Natural Foods Market & Deli, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. 2016 Best of Jax winner.

SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI GRILLE, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Since 1989, the family-owned place has offered an extensive menu of traditional Thai, vegetarian, new-Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Lowsodium & 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. Popular gastropub has craft beers, gourmet burgers, handhelds, signature plates, tacos and–sure–whiskey. HH M-F. $$ FB B Sa & Su; L F; D Nightly

DINNER IS

A SHOW KAIKA TEPPANYAKI ASIAN FUSION HAS BEEN around for a while, but has never really been on my radar—maybe for good reason. I decided to give it a go this weekend. It’s up to you to decide whether to follow suit.

We went for the teppanyaki table, which is the most fun you can have at an Asian restaurant. Birthdays are always exciting at the grilling table; there’s usually lots of fire and the chef always puts on a show. Feeling in the mood to have one foot on land and one in the sea, we ordered chicken ($15) and salmon ($18).

Both entrées included soup, rice, veggies and noodles. All the sides were agreeable, but the proteins were a little disappointing. The chicken was a bit sweeter than salty, more like a teriyaki than soy. I’d skip the salmon next time and either go straight for the meat or the teppankai veggies—which are sometimes the best part. On the positive side, the portions are quite large; you can definitely get two meals out of an entrée.

As I looked at my plate of food that had just been prepared before my eyes, it dawned on me that somehow we’ve taken something that should be, by all rights, good for you: a plateful of rice, veggies and a protein. But we’ve hit it with some good ol’ America-ness by slathering it with butter, oil and soy … and … and, honestly, it’s delicious. OK? Certainly nowhere near healthful, but no one makes veggies like a chef at a Japanese grilling table.

KAIKA TEPPANYAKI ASIAN FUSION

1012 Margaret St., Ste. 1, Riverside, 355-5168, kaikateppanyakijax.com

After my “traditional” hibachi dinner, I was curious about the difference between teppanyaki and hibachi. Teppanyaki translates to “grilling on an iron plate.” Hibachi translates to “brazier,” or an open grate, charcoal or gas, flamed-style grill. The flat grill of teppanyaki is more efficient for cooking the variety of food you’ve come to expect from hibachi along with your noodles, rice, veggies and chicken. While they have two different meanings in Japan, Americans often use them interchangeably.

Whatever the proper term, I’m on board; I’ve had some really good hibachi/teppanyaki!

If, unlike most people, you don’t enjoy the drama and flavor of the grilling table, order from a variety of sushi rolls and a happy hour menu with drink and food specials. I tested the dumplings ($3), roti ($2), and haru maki (spring rolls) ($2). I gotta say, these were rather sad happy hour bites; the three little gyoza-style pork dumplings were probably the best. The peanut-y, five-spice sauce that accompanied the limp roti was thick and the taste combo didn’t work for me. The little spring rolls were inexcusably pale and cold.

If you’re looking for a fun night out, the grilling table is terrific fun, and they put on a good show. But if you’re ordering from the dinner menu, I say skip it and make some frozen gyoza and try your hand with stir-fry at home.

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DINING DIRECTORY PINT-SIZED

Exacting preparation techniques and top kitchen skills help make CRAFT PIZZA CO. in Neptune Beach unique.

THIRTEEN HUNDRED

THIRSTY YEARS World’s OLDEST BREWERY going strong at 1,292

OUR MONTH-LONG DISCUSSION OF GERMAN beer ends with a salute to the world’s oldest brewery: Weihenstephan. The brewery’s nearly 1,300-year history, inextricably intertwined with the founding of the Bavarian berg of Freising, begins in 725 A.D. when Saint Corbinian and 12 followers founded a Benedictine monastery.

Corbinian, a Frankish monk, was ordained a bishop and tasked to evangelize Bavaria. While traveling through the Alps from Rome, legend says, a bear attacked him and killed his packhorse. To punish the bear, Corbinian somehow forced it to carry his belongings to Germany. The image of the saddled bear was used in the Freising coat of arms and on Weihenstephan beer labels.

The roots of monks brewing in Freising can be traced to a document from the year 768 A.D. The record references a hop garden in the area paying a tithe (10 percent) of its harvest to the abbey.

Later, those hops were used in brews drunk by the monks in the monastery.

For nearly 300 years, the monastery continued to brew for its own consumption; in 1020, a group of Benedictine monks settled on the Weihenstephaner berg south of Freising. Twenty years on, the monastery was licensed to brew and sell beer to the public.

The fame of the Weihenstephan brewery was solidified when, in 1516, Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria, issued the Bavarian Purity Law on the footsteps of the monastery. The law required barley to be the only grain used to produce beer, and water and hops the only other ingredients.

For nearly 800 years, the brewery prospered through destruction and rebuilding due to war, fire, plague, famine and even earthquake. With the rise of the French Republic and the secularization of a large portion of Europe, the brewery became the property of the Bavarian state with all rights and possessions transferred accordingly.

Instead of closing the brewery, the state continued its brewing tradition, making it part of a technical brewing school in 1865, becoming Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, or Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan, in 1921.

Despite the Purity Law, throughout its history, Weihenstephaner has been known for its wheat beers. Perhaps its best-known brews are Weihenstephaner Weissbier, available as a filtered Kristalweizen or unfiltered Hefeweizen. It also produced styles such as pilsner, helles and festbier.

Here are a few Weihenstephaner beers you’ll enjoy.

HEFEWEISSBIER Aromas of clove and banana rise from the fluffy, white head that forms when poured into a glass. The full-bodied mouth-feel is a smooth drinking experience thick with banana and yeasty flavors.

VITUS A single bock brew, Vitus teases your nose with aromas of dried apricots, citrus, cloves and hints of banana. The creamy head is from a highly carbonated beer effervescent in the mouth, with the fruity flavors of the aroma. At 7.7-percent ABV, it’s one of Weihenstephaner’s higher alcohol beers.

FESTBIER Brewed for Oktoberfest and festival season, it’s a hoppy, full-bodied lager with a pleasant bitter brew supported by a mildly sweet malt backbone.

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OVERSET

ORANGE PARK

THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com.

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

F Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 36+ years.

Hot & cold subs, soups. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MILL BASIN, 1754 Wells Rd., 644-8172, mill-basin.com.

Serving modern interpretations of classic Italian fare and upscale craft cocktails. Late night menu. Daily HH, brunch Sun. $$ FB L D Daily The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611, roadhouse online.net. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas for 35+ years. 75+ imported beers. $ FB L D Daily SPRING PARK COFFEE, 328 Ferris St., Green Cove Springs, 531-9391, springparkcoffee.com. Cozy shop; fresh-roasted Brass Tacks coffee, handcrafted hot & cold drinks, specialty lattes, cappuccino, macchiato, teas, pastries, sandwiches, breakfast. $ B L D Daily

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

AL’S PIZZA, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE INTRACOASTAL. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 830 A1A N., Ste. 6, 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK. M SHACK NOCATEE, 641 Crosswater Pkwy., 395-3575.

2016 Best of Jax finalist. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE SAN MARCO.

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies.com.

2016 Best of Jax winner. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine: chorizo, tapas, blackened cod, pork skewers, coconut mango curry chicken. Breads from scratch. $$ BW L D Tu-Sa, R Sa AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 201, 388-8384. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BIG OAK BBQ & CATERING, 1948 Henley Rd., Middleburg, 214-3041. 1440 Dunn Ave., 757-2225, bigoakbbqfl.com.

Family-owned-and-operated barbecue joints have smoked chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides and stumps, which sounds damn good. $$ K TO L D M-Sa BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep 5points.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner.

Small-batch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting single-origin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, handcrafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com.

Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tu-Su CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2016 Best of Jax winner. Light lunch, quick bites, locally roasted coffee, espresso-based drinks, sandwiches, desserts, daily specials.

Dine in or in gardens. $ BW K L D Tu; L W-Su

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EUROPEAN STREET Café, 2753 Park St., 384-9999.

2016 Best of Jax finalist. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap.

Sandwiches. Dine outside at some ESts. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Juice bar uses certified organic fruits, veggies.

Artisanal cheeses, 300 craft, import beers, 50 organic wines, produce, meats, vitamins, herbs, wraps, sides, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls: BBQ pork char sui, beef haw fun, Hawkers baos, chow faan, grilled Hawker skewers. $ BW TO L D Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Authentic Italian cuisine; wood-fired pizzas, pasta, baked Italian dishes, raw bar, spaghetti tacos.

Daily HH. $$-$$$ FB K TO L D Daily JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILLE, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055.

F Casual spot offers made-to-order sandwiches, wraps. $ TO B L M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794.

7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442.

F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients.

Specials, on bread, local greens/rice, change daily.

Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0047, sunraycinema.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. First-run, indie and art films screened. Beer, local drafts, wine, pizza–Godbold, Black Lagoon Supreme–hot dogs, hummus, sandwiches, popcorn, nachos, brownies. $$ BW Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F 2016 Best of Jax winner. Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki.

Inside/patio. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. SEE INTRACOASTAL. The CORAZON CINEMA & CAFE, 36 Granada St., 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. Sandwiches, combos, salads and pizza are served at the cinema house, showing indie and first-run movies. $$ Daily CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE BEACHES. THE FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, glutenfree options. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 34+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily MARDI GRAS Sports Bar, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. Lively spot has wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily

METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323.

F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq.com. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A, 217-3256.

SEE BEACHES. WOODPECKER’S BACKYARD BBQ, 4930 S.R. 13, 531-5670, woodpeckersbbq.weebly.com. 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.

2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist. Barbecue joint Southern style: brisket, pork, chicken, sausage, beef; veggie platters. $$ BW K TO Daily BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox.com. F Mediterranean/French inspired menu changes seasonally. 250+ wines. Wood-fired oven baked, grilled specialties: pizza, pasta, risotto, steaks, seafood.

Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside.

HH M-F. $$$ FB L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 1905 Hendricks Ave. 2016 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. SEE RIVERSIDE. FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusionsushijax.com. F Upscale; fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, katsu, seafood. $$ K L D Daily HAVANA-JAX CAFÉ/CUBA LIBRE BAR, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609, havanajax.com. Bite Club certified.

Cuban sandwiches are the real thing: big, thick, flattened.

Traditional fare: black beans & rice, plantains, steaks, seafood, chicken & rice, roast pork. Spanish wine, drink specials, mojitos, Cuba libres. Nonstop HH. $ FB K L D Daily KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. Gastropub serves local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails. Seasonal menu, with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodinercom. F 2016 Best of Jax winner/finalist.

Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building.

Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. This one serves dinner nightly. $$ B R L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; tapas, wood-fired pizza. Seasonal local produce, meats. Craft beer (some local), award-winning wine. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily

SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN

ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. Open 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717.

2016 Best of Jax finalist. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MARIANAS GRINDS, 11380 Beach Blvd., Ste. 10, 206-612-6596. Pacific Islander fare, chamorro culture.

Soups, stews, fitada, beef oxtail, katden pika; empanadas,

DINING DIRECTORY lumpia, chicken relaguen, BBQ-style ribs, chicken. $$ TO B L D Tu-Su M SHACK, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., 642-5000. 2016 Best of Jax finalist. SEE BEACHES.

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. Inside Jax Farmers Market.

Local, regional, international produce. Breakfast, sandwiches. $ B L D M-Sa LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK. UPTOWN KITCHEN & BAR, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, uptownmarketjax.com. Bite Club certified. Fresh fare, innovative menus, farm-to-table selections, daily specials. $$ BW TO B L Daily

CHEFFED-UP

Northeast Florida is ripe with FABULOUS FOODSTUFFS

GROCERY GETTER

HOW MANY OF Y’ALL HAVE NOTICED THE growing number of grocery stores in the 904? If you haven’t noticed, then you are obviously a hopeless, wretched shoemaker and you should quit reading immediately.

But if you are anything like me, you are fascinated by the growing diversity of our grocery shopping options. Grocery stores are one of my favorite topics.

It wasn’t too many years ago when the grocery store industry was dominated by a small number of enormous regional and national chains; in the last few years, things have changed. One company on the forefront of these changes on the East Coast was Whole Foods. This insightful organization became innovators in the grocery business by combining heathy, organic foods with upscale, high-end gourmet foods. You could say that Whole Foods created a whole new grocery segment by making natural, organic, high-quality produce and meats tres chic. Whole Foods proved that high-priced foods, if presented in a contemporary and attractive manner, were just what the Baby Boomer and Gen Xer gangs were looking for. Thereafter, it began offering premade restaurant quality meals by transforming the old salad bar concept into multiple hot and cold food bars. To up the ante even more, it began offering international flavors, for a little exotic flair.

As the insatiable consumer appetite for organic produce, free-range poultry, grassfed beef, and non-GMO products grew, some new players entered the grocery game.

In Jax, we are lucky enough to have several of these new-style grocery stores.

Naturally, I have a few favorites. Gotta begin with good ol’ Publix—it definitely sets the standard for all-purpose grocery shopping.

If you’re looking for an old-style health food store, the kind with an interesting mix of throwback hippies, hipsters, and housewives as customers, try Grassroots Natural Market in Riverside. It offers really interesting produce as well as a cool beer selection.

Next—for all you chicken lovers—check

out Freshfields Farm; the poultry and pork sections are not only gorgeous, but the prices rock, especially the weekly specials.

BTW, the produce is top notch, too.

And I’m just getting warmed up.

I’m going to continue my list in next week’s column ’cause I really, really love grocery stores. In the meantime, give one of my Cheffed Up rice recipes a try: Green Rice. It’ll go great with that chicken you just bought!

CHEF BILL’S GREEN RICE

Ingredients: • 2 poblano peppers, roasted, stems and • seeds removed • 1 jalapeno pepper, roasted, stems and • seeds removed • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro • 2 tbsp. olive oil • 1 cup yellow onion, brunoise • 2 garlic cloves, smashed • 1 tbsp. butter • 1-3/4 cup chicken stock • 1-1/4 cup basmati rice • Salt to taste Directions: 1. Simmer the chilis with the chicken broth 1. for about 10 minutes or until softened.

2. Pour into a blender; add 1/4 cup of 1. the cilantro and blend until smooth.

1. Season with salt.

3. Sweat the onions until opaque, stir in 1. the rice and lightly toast.

4. Stir in the broth mixture, garlic and 1. butter. Adjust the salt, bring to a boil, 1. cover, reduce to low heat and steam for 1. 15-20 minutes.

5. Rest for five minutes, fluff.

Until we cook again,

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THE SQUIRRELS “PETS” LIKE ME:

Davi interviews HURRICANE IRMA REFUGEES MEET THE SQUIRRELS:

It is often true in life that adversity makes humans more likely to lean on one anothe r.

The same holds true for animals. During Hurricane Irma, many baby squirrels were orphaned after being tossed from their nests into muddy waters and onto leafy grass. It’s just poor timing to have a hurricane at the peak of baby squirrel season. Quick action on the part of local caregivers helped many survive, including three that are comfortably recovering before being set free. Instead of chasing these adorable critters up a tree, I am sharing their tale of courage and survival in the midst of a storm.

IN THEIR WORDS:

I fell from a tree alongside my brother and our buddy was found soaking wet atop a pile of leaves during the storm. We were not abandoned; we simply needed help being reunited with our mother. This wasn’t an easy task. When efforts to locate our mom failed, and our cries went unanswered, we were taken to a safe house.

Our guardian is nursing us back to health until we are strong enough to eat on our own. Sometimes she places a warm pad beneath our towel to keep us comfortable. Other times we sleep huddled together under a blanket to stay warm between feedings.

When it’s mealtime, we guzzle servings of salty sweet water, but only when our bodies are warm. Our human is very careful to squirt one drop at a time while we lie flat on our bellies.

That’s pretty much our lives right now: heat, eat, repeat. As we get older, and our teeth get stronger, we will need healthy

foods, like fruits and nuts, and twigs to chew, so our teeth don’t grow into our skulls.

Soon we will return to nature, but first, playtime. Jumping and climbing are just a few of our natural talents, and getting lots of exercise will prepare us for living outdoors, where a squirrel can be a squirrel.

While some animals will get nature’s alerts and leave, others can’t heed hurricane warnings. Even birds that have the ability to fly away may not know which way to flee.

Rescue efforts are still underway for wildlife that felt the brunt of Hurricane Irma.

The Wildlife Coalition of Northeast is open and prepared to take orphaned and injured wildlife that have been displaced as a result of the storm. These animals were harmed by the storm in a number of ways, from seeing their habitats destroyed to being stripped of food sources. Volunteers are currently caring for an injured deer, a barred owl, and more than 250 squirrels. At any one time, as many as 300 wild animals are housed at the center, undergoing rehabilitation or in foster care. Some will need care for weeks, even months. The facility is staffed with wildlife professionals and animal advocates who help these critters get a second chance at life.

VISIT THE WILDLIFE RESCUE COALITION of Northeast Florida website and learn how you can help protect Florida’s native wildlife: wildlifecoalition.com.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund definitely heeds the call of the wild…just when his mom isn’t looking!

PET TIP: KITTA CAT FENG SHUI Does your cat seem a little down in the dumps? Just like humans can be fatigued by seeing the same surroundings every day, so too can our feline counterparts. Next time it looks like Snowball is going through an existential crisis— ”to meow, or not to meow?”—move some furniture around. If your cats are more like tightrope walkers, give them elevation. If they’re more grounded, give them sneaking spaces. Being able to sneak or leap around a room lets them tune in to their more natural instincts.

And you probably needed to clean under the couch anyway.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some newspapers publish regular rectifications of mistakes made in past editions. For example, the editors of the UK publication The Guardian once apologized to readers for a mistaken statement about Richard Wagner. They said that when the 19th-century German composer had trysts with his chambermaid, he didn’t ask her to wear purple underpants, as had been reported. They were pink. This is encouragement to engage in corrective meditations. Before bed for the next 10 nights, scan the day’s events and identify any actions you might’ve done differently, maybe with more integrity, focus or creativity. This will have a deeply tonic effect. You’re in a phase of the astrological cycle to flourish as you amend and revise.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats likes to play along with the music of nature. Once he collaborated with Mandeville Creek in Montana. He listened and studied the melodies emanating from its flowing current. Then he moved around some underwater rocks, subtly changing the creek’s song. Your assignment? Experiment with equally imaginative and exotic collaborations. You can make beautiful music with anyone or anything that tickles your imagination in the weeks ahead.

R E L Y S T Y X I M I S S

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s high time to let your yearnings overflow … surrender to vitalizing pleasures of nonrational joy … grant love permission to bless and confound you with its unruly truths. For inspiration, read a bit of a Caitlyn Siehl poem. “My love is honey tongue.

Thirsty love. My love is peach juice dripping down the neck. Too much sugar love. Sticky sweet, sticky sweat love. My love can’t ride a bike. My love walks everywhere. Wanders through the river. Feeds the fish, skips the stones. Barefoot love. My love stretches itself out on the grass, kisses a nectarine.

My love is never waiting. My love is a traveler.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of the oldest houses in Northern Europe is the Knap of Howar. Built out of stone around 3,600 B.C., it faces the wild sea on Papa Westray, an island off Scotland’s northern coast. Though no one’s lived there for 5,000 years, some of its stone furniture is intact. Places like this have a symbolic power for you in the weeks ahead. They’ll pique your imagination and provoke worthwhile fantasies.

The past will call more than usual. The old days and old ways have secrets to reveal and stories to teach. Listen with alert discernment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The United States has a bizarre system for electing its president. There’s nothing like it in any other democratic nation on Earth. Every four years, the winning candidate needs to win only the electoral college, not the popular vote. So theoretically, it’s possible to get just 23 percent of all votes actually cast, and yet still ascend to the most powerful political position in the world. For example, in two of the last five elections, the new chief of state has received significantly fewer votes than a main competitor. You may soon benefit from a comparable anomaly. You’ll be able to claim victory on a technicality. Your effort may be “ugly” but good enough to succeed.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I found this ad for a workshop: “You will learn to do the INCREDIBLE! Smash bricks with your bare hands! Walk on fiery coals unscathed! Leap safely off a roof! No broken bones! No cuts! No pain!

Accomplish the impossible first! Then everything else will be a breeze!” Start with safe, manageable tasks.

Master simple details and practical actions. Work on

achieving easy, low-risk victories. This way, you’ll ready yourself for more epic efforts in the future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be realistic: Demand the impossible; expect inspiration; visualize being able to express yourself more completely and vividly than ever. You now have extra power to develop sleeping potentials, and are capable of accomplishing feats that might seem like miracles. You’re braver than you know, and wiser than you were two months ago. I’m not exaggerating, nor am I flattering. It’s time to make your move to the next level.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance with the astrological omens, take extra good care of yourself the next three weeks.

Do whatever it takes to feel safe, protected and resilient. Ask for support you need, and if those whose help you solicit can’t or won’t give it, seek elsewhere. Provide your body with more than the usual amount of healthy food, deep sleep and enlivening movement. Go see a psychotherapist, counselor or good listener every day if you want.

And don’t you dare apologize or feel guilty for being a connoisseur of self-respect and self-healing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A queen bee may keep mating until she gathers 70 million sperm from many different drones.

When composing my horoscopes, I aim to cultivate a metaphorically comparable receptivity. Long ago I realized all of creation is speaking to me all the time; I recognized all I encounter are potentially muses or teachers. If I hope to rustle up the oracles precisely suitable for your needs, I have to be alert to the possibility they may arrive from unexpected directions and surprising sources. Can you be open to influence? Now is a good time to expand your capacity to be fertilized.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re approaching a rendezvous with prime time.

Any minute now you could get an invitation to live up to your hype, fulfill your promises to yourself or both. The test will likely involve an edgy challenge both fun and daunting, liberating and exacting. It’ll have the potential to either steal a bit of your soul or heal an ache in your soul. To ensure healing occurs instead of stealing, do your best to understand why the difficulty and the pleasure are both essential.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1901, physician Duncan MacDougall carried out experiments that led him to conclude that the average human soul weighs 21 grams. Does his claim have any merit? That’s beyond my level of expertise. But if he was right, then I’m quite sure your soul has bulked up to at least 42 grams in the past few weeks. The work you’ve been doing to refine and cultivate your inner state has been heroic. It’s like you’ve been ingesting a healthy version of soul-building steroids. Congrats!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There are enough authorities, experts and knowit-alls trying to tell you what to think and do. In accordance with current astrological factors, utterly ignore them in the next two weeks. And do it gleefully, not angrily. Exult in the power this declaration of independence gives you to trust your assessments and heed your intuitions. Furthermore, regard your rebellion as good practice for dealing with little voices in your head that speak for those authorities, experts and know-it-alls. Rise up and reject their shaming and criticism, too. Shield yourself from their fearful fantasies.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

NEWS OF THE WEIRD EWWWWW!

Forget the horrifying clown from “It.” The newest inhabitant of your nightmares is a giant “fatberg” in the sewer system beneath London’s streets. A fatberg is created by a buildup of fat and grease combined with used diapers, sanitary napkins and wipes.

This one is almost as long as three football fields and weighs more than 140 tons. Matt Rimmer with London’s Thames Water said the current glob is “a total monster and is taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove, as it’s set hard.” He said it’s like trying to break up concrete.

BRIGHT IDEA

An unnamed man in Plymouth, Minnesota, went to extraordinary lengths and wasted two days of police investigators’ time just to get a few days away from his wife, police Sgt. Keith Bird said. The woman reported her 34-year-old husband missing on Aug. 28 and showed cops a text from him saying he’d been kidnapped. The kidnapper demanded a paltry $140 for his return, and the wife agreed, but the kidnapper said she could wait for the husband to receive his paycheck. Eventually police caught up with the husband, who insisted he had indeed been kidnapped but asked officers to stop investigating. “He’s fine,” said Sgt. Bird.

LIFE IMITATES TV

Paul J. Newman of Rensselaer, New York, was sentenced on Sept. 6 to 2-1/3-to-seven years in prison after pretending to be a licensed and registered architect, after an investigation the New York attorney general’s office dubbed “Operation Vandelay Industries” in a nod to “Seinfeld.” Newman’s charges included larceny, forgery, fraud and unlicensed practice of architecture. He’ll also have to pay more than $115,000 in restitution to his victims.

SWEET REVENGE

After arguing with a security guard about the high price of parking, a woman in Benxi, Liaoning Province, China, left her car in front of the entrance gate to a housing community on Aug. 22. But people had to get in and out, so a crane was used to lift the car to the roof of the security building by the gate.

Onlookers can be heard laughing in a video of

the incident. The car was later lowered to the ground using the crane.

THERE’LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND

British tree surgeon Gary Blackburn, 53, moved to Germany 32 years ago but holds a soft spot for Britain. So when the Brexit vote passed last year, “I decided to make my own little Britain here in Germany,” Blackburn said from his home in Kretzhaus. His exhibit includes a demilitarized Centurion tank (decorated with poppies and white doves, to symbolize peace), red telephone boxes and a life-size model of Queen Elizabeth. Neighbors have complained about the tank on his lawn, but so far officials have not demanded Blackburn remove it.

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Sept. 28 is ASK A STUPID QUESTION DAY (we are not making this up) which seems right up your alley. Get out your “I’m With Stupid” T-shirts & wear ’em with pride – somewhere, your soulmate is wearing the same shirt. Folio Weekly’s trusty editorial staff is counting on you to find the love you need (fingers crossed!). If ya don’t, read these or send one!

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Three: Describe yourself, like, “Me: In same shirt, but from Nags Head, with a drawing of Beavis meant to be me.”

Four: Describe the moment, like, “ISU rip off your shirt, revealing a tank top under it.”

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Farmer Jeremy Goebel of Evansville, Indiana, has honored the late actress Carrie Fisher with a corn maze planted in the shape of her iconic character, Princess Leia of Star Wars. He planted the maze last spring using a GPS device; it was scheduled to open early September. “I’ve always been a ‘Star Wars’ fan and I just wanted to pay tribute to Carrie Fisher,” Goebel said.

Forklift driver Arron Hughes, 28, of Ruthin, Wales, England, has claimed the distinction of being the first person to successfully swim across the Hoover Dam reservoir on the border between Nevada and Arizona.

The dam, which provides electricity and water to Las Vegas, has sucked in and killed 275 other swimmers. But Hughes, on a 37hour bender during a bachelor party with 10 friends on Aug. 10, jumped in on a day when nine of the 10 hydroelectric turbines were not operating. “I just thought, let’s do it … so I told the lads I was off. Got sucked in, well, pushed by, the flow of the dam, so had to swim hard,” Hughes noted. “It’s a hell of a sight to see the dam from underneath.”

He credits his fearlessness to his Welsh upbringing. “I’m a bit of an adrenaline junkie really,” he said. Still, he couldn’t escape cops waiting on the other side when he came out of the water. They fined him and sent him on his way. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

LIGHTNING STRIKE AT THE MARKET You: Gorgeous brunette, tank top, camo pants, heels, shopping with young son on Saturday.

Butcher made you laugh. Me: Serious, coplooking guy trying to make eye contact. I’d love to shop with you. When: Sept. 16. Where: Earth Fare, Atlantic Blvd. #1670-0920 HURRICANE IRMA COLD BREW We were in line at Publix stocking up for Irma; you noticed my organic, dark roast cold brew. It piqued your interest, you wanted it, so I gave it to you. But you piqued my interest... When: Sept. 5.

Where: Riverside Publix. #1669-0920 HOME DEPOT RETURN LINE CUTIE You: Dark hair, great smile. Me: Blonde, special order counter with friend. A gentleman, you let us go first. We made eye contact, you smiled at me as I left. Meet for drinks? When: Aug. 31. Where: Southside Home Depot. #1668-0906 I’LL ALWAYS COME BACK FOR YOU You: Prideful, emotionally hidden/distant from those closest, but ISU in a way others didn’t.

Me: Love to travel, low self-esteem, brunette. No matter where I am, I’ll always come back for you.

When: July 19, 2016. Where: Hospital. #1667-0830 DANCIN’ AT THE FOOD TRUCK You: In line behind me, dancing to the music. My order was out before yours. All that was missing were umbrella drinks, a beach to dance on. Shall we meet, plan adventures? When: Aug. 17. Where: Latin Soul Grill food truck, Riverplace Tower. #1666-0823 I’M SO SHY! LOL You: On a bench in nasty storm 7:30ish, black hair, brown shirt. Me: Short girl, black uniform, wearing pigtails. Thought you were super-cute; couldn’t muster up a conversation aside from how nasty it was outside. When: Aug. 14. Where: Whole Foods San Jose. #1665-0823 GLORIOUS ICE-BLUE EYES You: Short brown hair, geeky (JAWS T-shirt), with friends. Wanted to talk; in Red Robin’s bottomless decadent gluttony pit. Too shy to roll over. Me: Tall, dark, mildly handsome, gray shirt, with purple-haired man; knew your friend. When: July 30. Where: Red Robin, Town Center. #1664-0809 HOLY BUT STUBBORN You are holy, but too stubborn to see that I loved you even when you thought you weren’t. Always. When: August 2016.

Where: Carlton. #1663-0802 ARE YOU MY AGENT MULDER? You: Young white guy, late-model gray Camry; drove by, X-Files song

full blast. Me: Adorable black gentleman smoking cigarette on porch. Think I’m in love. Let’s be Mulder & Mulder; no Scully. When: July 19. Where: Riverside. #1662-0726 LONG DISTANCE LOVE You: Squirrel, picked me up at airport with flowers. Me: Rooster, bursting with joy inside. We hugged; our love story began.

Will you hold my hand until the end of our days?

When: July 12, 2016. Where: JIA. #1661-0712 SELF CHECKOUT WALMART FRUIT COVE You: Wearing cute little sundress, picking up a few things for the family and dog. Me: Trying to make small talk but not so much you’d think I’m flirting in the grocery store. When: June 23. Where: Fruit Cove Walmart. #1660-0712 SPACE GALLERY ARTIST ISU on a Monday night.

Bought you drinks; you showed me your studio.

You: little black printed dress; I wore a blank shirt. We went on the roof. Let’s hang again?

When: June 26. Where: Dos Gatos. #1659-0705 YOU PAINT MY WORLD BEAUTIFUL You: Tall, handsome, stark blue eyes, witty sense of humor.

Me: Smiling green-eyed brunette whose heart skips a beat every time you look my way. ISU at hardware store; crazy for you ever since. When: February 2014. Where: Neptune Beach. #1658-0628 CAR WASH SUPER-CUTIE You: Sweet, polite girl cleaning grey Honda Civic. Sharing vacuum not romantic; can’t get u off my mind. Me: Average sweaty guy, blue Infinity g37. Too sweaty, shy to flirt; we felt something. Meet for coffee, dinner? When: June 10. Where: Mayport Rd. Car Wash. #1656-0621 HAKUBA21, BRENNA, MARROW SHEWOLF Five years since we saw each other. Had your own style. Loved feathers in your hair. We were close once; you slipped away. Love to see your face, hold your hand once more. Pretty please. When: 2011.

Where: Menendez H.S., St. Augustine. #1655-0621 THE COMMODORES GREAT CLOSING ACT You: There with daughter; live in PVB, go to town occasionally. We chatted, danced, laughed; didn’t exchange info. I’m named after a state; live in historic district. The ditch isn’t an issue. Your turn.

When: May 28. Where: Jax Jazz Fest. #1654-0614 DOOR GUY CALLED YOU UGLY!? Murder Junkies: 2nd most interesting on Thursday. First: Vivacious hair & canvas artist; enthralling beauty a precursor to intriguing character. Blessed with two hugs, but no name. Trying to earn that. When: June 8. Where: Nighthawks. #1653-0614

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TAKING THE FUN OUT

OF THE GAME LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT I am a huge fan of soccer. I’ve played since I was 10 years old, coached kids as young as five all the way up through high school, and been a referee as well. I’ve seen the game from every angle. But after 30 years of watching and enjoying the sport, I see a giant problem emerging in the way youth leagues are now being run and how children are exposed to playing.

I remember the days when my teammates and I fumbled around a field wearing simple matching T-shirts with the name of some local car dealership or chiropractor printed in the back. Everyone had different colored socks and shorts. The coaches were volunteers. Not everyone had their own soccer ball. There was no pressure. We just played.

Now as I watch my daughter falling in love with soccer, it’s very hard to like what youth programs have become. No longer simple afterschool outlets for fun—current leagues treat players as investments and encourage parents to do so as well. Club programs are focused on acquiring new talent and winning tournaments in order to become the best in the area and to do so, they upsell players and parents who are lured in with promises of player development and potential college scholarships. The result is that recreational, non-competitive soccer is nearly nonexistent by the time a child is 10 years old.

Rather than dividing talent so there are two or three good players on each team who help other kids practice and learn, those players are recruited to separate academy programs to play on teams together—essentially leaving lower level players on their own. The idea of creating a more competitive learning environment is not bad in and of itself as we should be encouraging and developing skilled players, but the focus on these programs has all but eliminated the options for average kids.

As early as eight years old, players with “talent” are recruited from recreational teams to join more competitive academies. This leaves entire teams of lesser talented players; some teams end up not even having enough kids to field a full roster. To compensate, younger players are sometimes asked to “play up” an age group, diluting the talent level even further. Of course, players who end up frustrated by the poor quality of play on these teams are encouraged to pay to move up to the academy teams, and thus continues the cycle.

For the club, however, this means higher registration fees and bigger profits. Eventually, by the age of 10, it’s nearly impossible to play at a simple recreational level, so parents have

to cchoose to hoosee between hoos ho betw bet be twee twee een n forcing forc forc fo rciin ing their child playing thei th eirr ch chil ild d to give givee up pp laying i altogether or fork over an insane amount of money and time to play up on these academy teams—which are even further categorized with names like “premier” and “elite” in order to encourage players and parents to bump their kids up the ladder.

What this means is that kids who aren’t very good, who just like to play for fun, or who can’t afford the registration fees, are basically left with no option. Maybe that isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but playing youth sports is good for kids. So to have all playing options off the table before a kid is even in middle school is ridiculous.

For my daughter to play, we drive 30 to 45 minutes to her practices, and sometimes even further for games. On top of the huge amount of time we have to commit, playing also comes with a huge price tag, right around $800. Yes, $800 for a 10-year-old to play soccer. And that doesn’t include the cost of shoes and equipment, plus several hidden costs that you don’t find out about until after you sign up, like the $300 uniform fee, $300 more for what I would describe as nearly professionalquality Nike uniforms, with three different color combinations, a matching warm-up jacket and pants (even though it’s Florida and there is almost never a need for them) plus a matching ball and a water bottle. In all, my daughter’s youth team is more decked out than my college team was.

All told, with the added tournament fees and travel expenses, we’ve invested nearly $2,000 for my daughter to play soccer just this year. I know she loves it, so I keep paying, but there are other kids out there who love it as well, and their families simply can’t afford to let them play. And why should they have to anyway? Youth sports are supposed to be fun. Keeping kids interested and engaged is 90 percent of the purpose. But that purpose has been replaced with profit. Based on tax records, I found that my daughter’s club brought in more than $1 million last year. For a youth soccer league, that seems insane to me. I’ve spoken to other parents who feel the same, but with no other options for our kids, what choice do we have but to continue to pay?

Concerned Soccer Dad mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________

“… as I watch my daughter falling in love with soccer, it’s VERY HARD TO LIKE what youth programs have become.”

Dad submitted this anonymously so as to not adversely affect his child’s playing time when members of her club read this. (Yes, they penalize kids for things like this.)

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