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UNLIKE THE LEFT, I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Nowadays, the Left tries to shut down speakers they disagree with. The Supreme Court explained the most “offensive” speech is that which should be protected the most. The ACLU defended the Nazis’ right to march in heavily Jewish Skokie, Illinois.

What has happened to open-mindedness on college campuses? As a graduate of the University of Georgia and UF, I find the relentless assault against freedom of speech and assembly especially troubling—embarrassing and stupid.

All these attacks against free speech will do is make Donald Trump’s re-election inevitable. Fair-minded people reject the violence of the left on college campuses. I have never read an article in Folio Weekly discussing this disturbing trend. I think I know why: The left believes it’s acceptable to shut down speech or speakers they find “offensive.” This is so un-American. Kids being taught to hate America, and deprive someone else of their inherent right to express themselves.

503 murders in Chicago already. I saw the other day Jax had 95. All across our great country, inner city violence is an epidemic. Yet, in Chicago, the mayor wants to talk about climate change. While in Jax, the black political and religious leaders are more concerned about Confederate monuments. Do you think if the city of Jax took down all these historic monuments, the blacks would stop killing each other? They have to find some stupid excuse for their abhorrent behavior.

Did you know Mohammed had slaves? I guess we need to go out to St. Johns Bluff Road and take the mosque down.

I am an independent, fair-minded person. Just like many of the people who voted for Trump. To label everyone who voted for Trump as a racist is remarkably stupid. But hey, being a f------ idiot with absolutely no idea what you are talking about is IN today. “Feeling” is the new norm—while wisdom and reason are sidetracked by this hysteria.

Wes Niehaus via email

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RE.: “To Defend a Predator,” by Claire Goforth, Nov. 15 I USUALLY VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING you say—I read Folio Weekly in order to sample the opposite side—but your editorial on today’s state

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Folio Weekly is good, despite my disagreement with most of what it says—keep up the excellent work.

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RE.: “No Sea Weed,” by Shelton Hull, Nov. 15 I’M SURE THE BEACH HAS A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF weed without any legal dispensaries.

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RE.: “No Sea Weed,” by Shelton Hull, Nov. 15 WE’LL JUST GO AND SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS OVER the ditch so they can have the money.

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RE.: “The Unassuming Face of Evil,” by Roderick T. Beaman, Nov. 8 “THE BANALITY OF EVIL” INDEED. THIS CANNOT BE stated enough! People want to believe murderers, mass or otherwise, look “different.” Nope!

Alexandra MacDonald via Twitter

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RE.: “Hug a Trump Supporter,” by Claire Goforth, Oct. 18 YOUR ARTICLE REGARDING HUG A TRUMP SUPPORTER was brilliant, truthful and hopeful. One of the most heartfelt articles I have read and agree 100 percent.

Thank you for expressing what I feel, too.

Shari Ward via email

RELOCATING TO SMOKER PROXIMITY

RE.: “Datil be Some Good Barbecue,” by Brentley Stead, Nov. 8 TWO MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE AND I MAY CONSIDER moving closer. Great place with good people and the food to go with it.

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BRICKBATS TO JUDGE HOWARD MALTZ In a sweeping announcement that probably had prosecutors in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which includes St. Augustine, all writing ‘smh’ on their secret Facebook accounts (yeah, we know about those), Circuit Judge Maltz has decreed that he will no longer accept plea deals for people charged with dealing opioids such as heroin and fentanyl, The Florida Times-Union reports. Judge Maltz seems to be infected with the (inaccurate) belief that jailing dealers makes it harder for folks to get drugs. He also seems to (wrongly) think that addicts don’t deal drugs, and that prosecutors’ discretion is misused.

BOUQUETS TO JENNIFER SHOAF RICHARDSON Nursing mothers will no longer have to hunch over a toilet in the Duval County Courthouse to feed their babies. Thanks to the advocacy of Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association president Richardson, and attorneys Kayla Haines and Giselle Girones, the T-U reports the courthouse has opened a lactation lounge for nursing mothers. Sure beats pumping breast milk in the backseat.

BRICKBATS TO CAMDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL After someone passes away, it’s common for mourners to create memorials in their honor, which is just what students at Camden County High School did after one of their own died. There’s something incredibly sweet, and heart-wrenching, about kids coping with loss, ya know? But not everyone saw it that way. Specifically, the school, which unceremoniously and abruptly removed the makeshift memorial, sparking a general outcry among grieving students and their parents, reports Action News Jax. That’s just cold.

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THE MARTIAL ARTISTS & ACROBATS OF CHINA Continuing a tradition started in 1948, the artists and acrobats showcase a range of styles and techniques.

Previous performances have included tumbling, platespinning acrobatics and gymnastically infused ballet, head-juggling with jars, entertaining character dance, ropespinning and complex acrobatic balances; it’s a safe bet to guess this performance will be surprising and delightful, too.

7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park, $23-$63, thcenter.org.

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Funny and self-deprecating, actor Woods might seem like an unlikely Scrooge, but in this, his own rework of the classic Christmas tale, Woods tackles 25 iconic personalities and bring them wholly to life. The result is like being transported back in time, and listening to a very gifted storyteller flawlessly become each character he inhabits. 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, Theatre Jacksonville, San Marco, $22-$25, jasonwoodsactor.com.

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Painter Tony Rodrigues, whose work runs the gamut from glam, late-’70s/early-’80s vibed silkscreens to paintings invested with memory, loss and heart-sore yearning, to his more recent works which silently assert “painting is stupid.” These most recent paintings have an aesthetic relationship to Georg Baselitz, and might be ideologically linked to Jerry Saltz’s absurd online persona—with whom Rodrigues occasionally interacts. We’re sure that for all his arch wit, Rodrigues is more sincere than both previously mentioned blowhards. Funny, It’s Not Funny is up through January; an opening reception is 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, Rain Dogs, Riverside.

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TREASURES EVERYWHERE ART & ANTIQUES SHOW

This annual event (41 years and going strong), hosted by the Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital, is your chance to ogle rare and hard-to-find collectables and antiquities (and maybe acquire something, too). Plus there are lectures by expert designers and decorators (pictured, Toma Clark Haines). 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 1; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2 and noon-5 p.m.

Dec. 3, Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., $15, $30 for Maria Crosby Pollard, India Hicks and Kathryn M. Ireland lectures; $10 adult, $5 kids for children’s fashion show, 424-5368, artandantiquesshow.com.

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COMPLEX WORLD FOUR WOMEN

Nikesha Elise Williams starts her book off with a graphic sex scene, but the reader quickly discovers that Four Women is about much more than unhappy, dysfunctional relationships. Her book tackles the role of black women in the world—she took partial inspiration from Nina Simone’s song of the same name. The book also addresses tragedy and the nuanced layers of humanity that make certain nothing is as straightforward as it seems. Williams discusses her book with Ron Davis, father of murdered teen Jordan Davis, 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Ave., Northbank, newwrites.com.

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FROM THE EDITOR

FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS

Rick Scott becomes an ENVIRONMENTALIST (again)

defoliating their family trees, with being I’VE BEEN WRITING ABOUT CORRINE BROWN AND stopped and frisked by cops for jaywalking, One Door for Education for close to a couple with subpar schools and neighborhoods with years now, and the whole thing’s exhausting— infrastructure from the Lou Ritter era. but not for the reasons the comment thread All these crocodile tears about what the all-stars might think. charity didn’t do, in other words, might as well If I had a nickel for every doddering racist be contextualized in cracker who told me— the bad faith American outside the courtroom society has shown for where most of the centuries, from slavery case drama has taken to Separate But Equal, place—some variation from Jim Crow to mass of “lock her up” relative incarceration. Corrine to Brown, I could buy Brown’s laptops could a scratch-off ticket and not, in that context, at least one cup of Jiffy be anything more Mart coffee.

Power, corruption, lies than a band aid on a It doesn’t take long and CORRINE BROWN flesh wound. in these generally oneCorrine Brown sided conversations apologized this to hear some racist month. For the optics; not for the offenses. conspiracy theory. It doesn’t take long for these “I am sorry that you have to be here today to people to get comfortable with saying the kind of see me in this situation. I have always strived to shit that people used to say openly and aloud. It’s protect my name and my reputation.” much like the kind of humor for which the oft“I never would have put anyone intentionally used “Go gatas!” quote is intended as shorthand. in this situation,” Brown added, saying that It’s a mindset that reduces Corrine Brown “these charges … run contrary to everything I to a stereotype. And it’s absolutely wrong. am and everything I’ve done in my life.”

It’s hard to escape the reams of documentary Brown asked for “consideration” and “mercy evidence provided by the federal government and compassion,” urging that “everything she that Corrine Brown, her former chief of staff has done in her life” be considered.

Ronnie Simmons, and One Door CEO Carla While that sounds like bullshit to some, it’s Wiley all had active roles in the grift. Wiley’s a useful metric to apply. shell of a charity provided the perfect foil for There is no actual justice meted out by the unique symbiosis between Brown, who the criminal justice system. As attorneys said charmed/worked the donors, and Simmons, during the sentencing hearing, the guidelines who ensured that the deal was closed. are rough approximations of appropriate levels After two years of Brown being flagellated of prison time—but no one really knows what by every mouthbreather with a Facebook an appropriate punishment is for getting some login, and after a couple of decades of the same racist shit being spewed about Brown, it’s billionaire whose side hustle is buying political also hard to escape the feeling that the concern outcomes to cut yet another check. for justice among those who marinate in their Much of the punishment for the crime, outrage over billionaires becoming $10,000 or arguably, has already been assumed by Brown. $25,000 poorer is misplaced.

She lived through and rose up through a Brown’s lawyer phrased it interestingly construct of overt racism, being clowned in a the other week when I asked if Brown’s office way no other politician in this region has. And was “pay to play,” as another lawyer in the when she fell, media exploited it for clicks and case asserted. He said it wasn’t “pay to play” readers and audience expansion. like other offices in Congressional corruption Is that a sentence in itself? To be pilloried trials; however, the donors may have been by strangers, who then frame your defense conducting “transactional philanthropy.” as insufficient?

Lots of folks will derive joy from Brown That phrase is accurate, harking back to quite likely being sentenced to time in prison former Florida Democrats’ chair Stephen next month. But it’s a tragedy in ways beyond Bittel—a donor—saying during the actual trial the ultimate mundanity of innocence or guilt. that “transactional money is a challenge.”

Brown’s fate was a self-fulfilling prophecy for a And it gives the lie to all the maundering media culture entirely divested from her base, by federal attorneys that the real victims in except for those moments when that base can this case are the kids who somehow expected be exploited. laptops from a charity scam they wouldn’t As ever, if we don’t have the luck to die young, have known anything about anyway. we’re all defined by our enemies in the end.

Here’s a reality: A laptop is useful for A.G. Gancarski many things. But a laptop itself is not a mail@folioweekly.com game-changer for kids who likely have to @AGGancarski deal with the pressures of mass incarceration

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BEHIND THE GILLS WATCHING POLITICIANS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL is a little bit like watching Freaky Friday.

But instead of movie mom Jamie Lee Curtis swapping bodies with movie daughter Lindsay Lohan, we get to watch ideologues swap places with their counterparts on the other side of the political spectrum.

Take Governor Rick Scott, for example.

For nearly seven long years, excepting a brief period when he was campaigning for re-election, he’s proudly adopted the moniker of being “not a scientist,” to halfway explain his abysmal record on environmental issues, cuts to conservation spending, stuffing agencies and boards tasked with protecting natural resources and other such regulatory oversight with folks who don’t know nothing about protecting no environment, but know a great deal about protecting the bottom line of big business. And who could forget his administration putting the kibosh on using the terms “global warming,” “climate change” and “sustainability,” on the few scientists sticking around for the death rattle of environmentalism in state government?

Of course, now that Gov. Scott is unofficially running against Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, he’s singing a much different tune. Scott’s campaign trail falsetto includes such lyrics as a “$3.8 billion proposal to preserve and protect Florida iconic natural resources,” including “record funding for our springs, state parks, beaches and the Everglades,” according to a statement on SecuringFloridasFuture.com, the website touting his final proposed budget.

You’ll be forgiven if reading the foregoing makes you think, ‘Hey, that guy should be governor or something.’ Rest assured, that guy might look like Rick Scott, he might sound like Rick Scott, he might have that reptilian glow we associate with Rick Scott, but he is most certainly NOT the Rick Scott who would be senator in the event that he defeats Nelson in 2018.

This is the Rick Scott who would represent Florida in the U.S. Senate: the man who appointed a Jacksonville shipping executive with “insights on the challenges businesses face in the permitting process” as secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; who reduced the budgets of the state’s five water management districts by more than $700 million in his first year as governor, then proceeded to gleefully stock their boards with developers, land-use lawyers and the like; the man who waged war against the Environmental Protection Agency for—the horror!—trying

to enforce clean water standards in Florida, but lent a helping hand to his pollutin’ pals at Big Sugar (not to be confused with decent folks like the lovely farmers featured in this week’s cover story).

I can’t be the only one who does a doubletake when I hear what sounds like the strains of “It ain’t easy being green” from the guy whose state DEP’s “non-enforcement posture” led it to bring 81 percent fewer cases against polluters in 2016 than it had in 2010 and, in 2015, to collect the lowest amount in fines from polluters in 28 years, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which concluded that, “In Florida, antipollution efforts have [become] so contracted that they are on life support.”

These and many other lowlights (not to be confused with the type that ladies who lunch rave about over beet salad and chardonnay) led the Tampa Bay Times to call Scott’s record “an environmental disaster” in 2014, during what it referred to as an “[attempt] to transform himself into an environmentalist during his re-election campaign.”

There’s this weird disconnect between what politicians say on the stump and what they actually do in office. The conventional wisdom seems to be that if you say it enough times, the voters will believe it and elect you—then you can do whatever the hell you want until campaign time rolls around again. Remember when Lenny Curry prattled on about how transparent his office would be? When Donald Trump repeated “drain the swamp” with mind-numbing regularity? When Marco Rubio said he was never going to run again?

They didn’t mean a word of it.

It may be hard to swallow, but even proud pink-o commie libtard environmentalists like me understand that there needs to be some give-and-take between business and regulation; otherwise, we won’t have enough of the guv’nor’s favorite speech confetti: jobs.

(If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard Rick Scott say “jobs,” I’d be able afford a case of that fancy water from Europe.)

What keeps me glued to the screen when I should be spending time with my nearest and dearest is whether politicians like postcampaign Rick Scott, which he automatically reverts to after the votes are counted, realize that if we get rid of all the regulations, we won’t have enough water, air and land which, last I heard, are vital to all earthly life. And, yes, Mr. Governor, that includes chameleons.

Claire Goforth claire@folioweekly.com @ClaireNJax

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CONTRITION

NEWS AAND NOTES: MIXED BAG TOP HEADLINES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSMEDIA THE NEW DEAL-I-O >

During the Great Depression, the New Deal became a lifeline for communities in economic and literal shambles. Its massive funding for public works projects left an indelible mark on the nation, and on Ohio, reports Cincinnati CityBeat. In addition to bringing about good things like parks, highways, housing and more, the New Deal also continued, and potentially exacerbated, no-good, very bad racial segregation.

Based on the story and what our aging brains retain from History 101, it’s fair to say the New Deal’s effect on Cincinnati was a mixed bag, with lots of treats—like one million seedlings and saplings planted in Mount Airy Forest, or jobs for black workers—and a few tricks—like further concentration of powers in the executive branch or the fact that those jobs given to black workers were often back-breaking. We may also thank critics of similar government spending for stalling the $1 trillion infrastructure plan the current presidential administration trotted out in June. Given what we know of that family, it would’ve included so many Trump Highways and so, so many Trump Parks. At least Trump University is taken.

< DON’T CALL GRANDMA A NAZI

Thanksgiving may be behind us, but there’s still plenty more holiday where that came from. And with these holidays comes everyone’s least/most favorite 2017 pastime: talking politics.

Of course, arguing is probably a more fitting term. See also screaming, fist-fighting, elbowing, head-butting, wedgiegiving, arm-pinching and cake-heaving. Trust us: Nothing spoils good tidings like picking merengue out of your hair.

So, to that end, our pals at Creative Loafing Tampa have compiled a very funny, very useful set of instructions on avoiding family fisticuffs. Advice like “don’t instigate,” count your alcohol units, change the subject, stuff your face, and don’t, we repeat, don’t, rise to the challenge of proving Cousin Ira is the mouth-breather everyone always suspected. Their one exception to holding your tongue: “Unless the relative in question is a flat-earther. Fuck those guys.” Peace be with you.

< ACTORS’ THEATRE RISES LIKE A PHOENIX

For most cities, local theater is a love-it or hate-it kinda thing. Quality varies widely, even within the same playhouses, and the range of talent can be broad or cringingly narrow. In Santa Cruz in the ’80s, the local theater scene was resplendent with amazing performances, talent and entertainment, in large part thanks to the famed Actors’ Theatre, according to Good Times Santa Cruz. Wilma Marcus Chandler told the outlet it all began with a 1982 National Festival of Women’s Theater, which was attended by 80 theater companies from around the world.

Subsequently, in 1985, the Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre was founded. It thrived for well over a decade, but by 2011, the glory days were long gone. Enter Chandler and Bonnie Ronzio, who together are endeavoring to resurrect the Actors’ Theatre to again be a year-round cutting-edge contemporary theater company with quality productions featuring rising stars and talented playwrights.

< WAIT, WHO’S SUBSIDIZING WALMART?

In news that might stun anyone familiar with those lunatics in the Florida Legislature who have yet to meet a corporate incentive they don’t like, there’s a state that’s potentially even deeper in bed with big business: Wisconsin. See, the state has a loophole that lets businesses pay property taxes based on market value of rent in similar properties, including vacant ones, reports Isthmus. The so-called “dark store” tax loophole has been exploited by corporations, which have sued cities and towns across the state to lower their tax bills.

According to Isthmus, “In July, Walmart filed its lawsuit against Monona seeking to reduce its tax assessment from $24.5 million to $9 million, which would slash its tax bill by $433,000.” To maintain public services in a town with a population just a shade more than 8,000, the city of Monona would need to effect a tax increase of $113 per homeowner; commercial properties (that Walmart hasn’t put out of business) would pay an additional $660.

Wisconsin state legislators are currently trying to close the loophole, and have broad bipartisan support, but Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald may prove to be a snag, as he apparently “has a policy of only bringing forward bills if he has unanimous approval from his caucus.” Sounds reasonable. Wait … no, it doesn’t.

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The Clayton homestead sits on over 300 acres of farmland and pine tree forest that used to be the home to an old rail line.

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thin layer of foggy mist drifts through the Southern pines early on a Saturday morning. As you meander down the graveled road, a patch of sugarcane creeps into view.

Along with the cane patch, the sound of the rhythmic thrumming and sputtering of steam engines mixes with the twangs of country music, creating a melodic chorus of blissful Southern charm.

As you get closer to the farm, you’re greeted by Beauregard, an old, red farm dog. A flock of guineafowl, more commonly known as guinea, emit sharp, screeching squawks. The owner says the flock is a more effective security alarm than the dog.

Toward the back of the farm, in a proud, red barn, a crowd gathers. Faces young and old congregate around steaming kettles of boiling cane syrup and Brunswick stew. A thick blanket of dry hay covers the dirt floor of the cozy, inviting space. After polishing off your third bowl of stew—along with sampling the buffet of country delicacies— you may have to fight the urge to curl up next to Beauregard in the hay.

What started as a hobby for Hilliard farmer Tommy Clayton, the owner and operator of Southern Cross Farm & Sugar Mill, has turned into an annual celebration of bygone traditions for friends and family from throughout Northeast Florida and

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Southern Georgia. Those lucky enough to know of it just call it a cane grinding.

On Nov. 18, the crowd gathered on the Clayton farm to take part in the yearly sugarcane grinding, watching as the tall cane plants were slowly transformed into dark, tartly sweet and much sought-after elixir, cane syrup. Clayton’s fascination with the art of making syrup started when he was 16, under the guidance of longtime friend and fellow syrup-maker Owen Wingate.

Sugarcane has been a staple crop of the South for hundreds of years, since around the mid-1600s, during the time of Spanish and British settlers. For the Clayton family, it’s a tradition that runs deep. “I think probably about the early 1900s, the family in Statenville, Georgia was making it … .

One side of the family made it there, the other side made it in Lawtey,” said Clayton, in the warm, Southern drawl one imagines would be quite comforting to the patients he treats in his career as a nurse. “It was a money crop. Because back then [1910-1920], most everybody grew their own food, but around here, they grew sugarcane and sweet potatoes for sellin’.” This even extended to some of Florida’s prisons, he added, pointing out an antique cane syrup kettle that once belonged to Florida State Prison in Raiford.

Unlike crops such as cucumbers and tomatoes, which are planted in the spring and harvested throughout the summer,

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sugarcane takes a bit more patience. The process lasts nearly eight months, from start to finish. The cane is planted in early winter, but won’t actually begin growing until spring, unless there’s an unusually warm spell, but a hard freeze usually knocks down any early sprouts.

Once the growing begins, it takes almost a whole year for the crop to reach full maturity in the fall, typically as November rolls around. Once it’s ready, the sugarcane is stripped of its leaves, topped (like cutting the leaves off a carrot) and cut down close to the ground.

At this point, the cane can be processed, but Clayton says the best syrup usually comes from sugarcane that has had a week or so to just sit, undisturbed.

After its sitting spell, the harvested cane is gathered and passed through a specially designed cane mill that presses juice out. The leftover vegetation, called pumice (or “pummies,” as they say on the farm), is fed to the livestock. Finally, the juice that is extracted from the cane is filtered and then boiled down into syrup or made into sugar. This process is the main attraction that draws people to the Clayton farm every year.

The off-white cane juice is boiled for several hours under a constant, watchful eye. This requires a crew of at least three people, constantly skimming impurities from the top and wiping down the rim of the kettle. Once most impurities have boiled out, the long and tedious process of making syrup begins. Just like the pummies, the skimmings aren’t wasted either, often added to the scraps for the pigs, who love the stuff so much Clayton says this is where the term “hog-wild” comes from.

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“The first time I actually made syrup was when I was 16. I just kind of fell in love with the people coming out and the art of it,” said Clayton. “It’s simple, you just have to take the time to learn it.”

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At these final laps, the crowd begins to gather, silently debating who’s going to get the first taste. As the syrup boils and foams, climbing up the rim of the kettle, a light yellowish-brown candy forms—in this region, it’s called “Polecat,” named for the off-white, yellow tinge that sometimes stains skunks’ fur.

With a trained hand, one of the kettle workers slices off a sliver of raw cane— almost like a sweet, fibrous popsicle stick— and uses it to scrape the candy off the rim of the kettle for spectators to enjoy. Kids push to the front of the crowd, bumping elbows for the next sample.

Once the syrup has reached the desired thickness, it’s time to cut the fire and pull the syrup. Using a giant ladle the size of a broomstick with half of a metal bucket attached to one end, the syrup is spooned into a bottle-filler and dispensed into clean, empty bottles.

Clayton says they pull some out of the pot a little early when it’s thinner— comparable in thickness to Mrs. Butterworth’s—for the “city folk.” The syrup that’s left to thicken further is reserved for

the “old-timers.” The latter is a little denser and more concentrated than what most people are used to when it comes to syrup.

When it’s done right, “it should be thick enough to tear a biscuit,” said Clayton. “If you can make your own butter and make your own syrup, well, I think you’re just about set.” For many Southerners, a hot, steamy biscuit with butter and cane syrup is just about as good as it gets.

The idea of turning the process of making sugarcane syrup into a communal effort didn’t start with Clayton. Back in the old days, a lot of farms were capable of growing cane, but processing it was another story.

“Most people didn’t actually have a cane mill and kettle, they grew a lot of cane and then the bigger farms would have a mill and kettle … . Folks would bring theirs to them and they would do it on what we call a ‘toll,’” said Clayton. “For example, if we’re grinding corn for meal or grits, then we’ll do it on a toll, if someone had corn they wanted me to grind for them; it was the same way with sugar cane. I’ll take a percent of it and that’s the toll for it.”

This communal sugarcane tradition didn’t last forever. Clayton theorizes that the decline in homegrown sugarcane operations started around the 1930s, when shopping at stores stocking mass-produced syrups and sugars started becoming a more popular way of getting food than growing it. Clayton says that as time went on, the long, laborintensive method of growing and processing sugarcane became less enticing.

As a small farm operation, if Clayton wanted to make any kind of profit from the syrup he now sells at five dollars a bottle, he would have to cut it and supplement it with corn syrup, a trick some use to stretch out a batch. However, this isn’t the main purpose of what he does.

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“What’s funny is, a friend of mine, he’s passed away now—I always had older buddies, I didn’t hang out with anybody my age because I liked steam engines and stuff like this—he came out the first year I did it and he said, ‘You know what? This would be an ideal place out here to put on a show and to show people the old ways and what you’ve learned from your grandpa,’” said Clayton.

“And that’s how it started. So the next year we invited out a bunch of people and I think we’ve probably had as many as 300 to 350 people out.”

By “old ways,” Clayton doesn’t mean just sugarcane. During the event, you can also shop from homemade wares local vendors are pitching. If you’re hungry, you can sample some local barbecue, one of the more universal means of connecting strangers in the South.

A point of pride for Clayton, some of the aforementioned barbecue had been smoked in his own custom-made smokehouse—a couple pork butts, for almost two days.

Second only to the cane syrup is the Brunswick stew. The Southern dish with hotly debated origins in either Brunswick County, Virginia, or Brunswick, Georgia, dates back to the early 19th century. Cooked in an old wrought-iron kettle over an open flame, the stew is a mixture of veggies and meats—pork is preferred around these parts.

It’s only two dollars for a healthy portion, conveniently served in large styrofoam cups for those who like to drink their stew, and all of the proceeds go to the local youth group at Ephesus Baptist Church.

While enjoying the stew, it is customary to listen to live country music—a group of white-bearded gentlemen entertained the crowd this year—and check out various steam engines in an almost car show-like affair, complete with steam whistles and

smokestack billows. In fact, Clayton’s farm is practically a museum for turn-of-the20th-century equipment. Just a fraction of his collection includes steam engines, cane mills, stump-pullers, peanut-pickers, wood-splitters and an old-school John Deere tractor customized for cutting lumber.

The oldest of the cane mills dates back to the 1850s and another—one of the crown jewels—is almost the size of a Volkswagen Beetle; he prides himself on keeping it in mostly working condition.

At the Clayton cane grinding, you may see local blacksmith and farrier Billy Davis mold red-hot metals into horseshoes and intricate designs—even taking suggestions from the crowd. If you’re feeling brave, the spring-fed pond in the back not only plays home to catfish and bream of all shapes and sizes, but also to an almost-eight-foot-long gator named “Ally.”

The event is just as much a celebration of the community as it is a means to get your yearly cane syrup fix. “You get friends involved and it brings the community together. Mr. Billy shows off his skills and our guys that bring out the steam engines, they show off. Not show off, but they get to actually show people. And our steam engines that we run. Heck, alotta times, kids’ll blow that steam whistle three or four hundred times that day,” said Clayton. “And that’s what it’s about.

Trying to let people see things they don’t see probably but once a year.”

Even though the art of sugarcane farming may be relatively unknown to some, Clayton is part of small, thriving community. “It’s kind of a close thing. There are about maybe four or five of us in this area. Counting to Callahan and up into South Georgia and out west the little bit who do it,” said Clayton. “It seems like in rural areas, there’s always one or two people who do it.”

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This close-knit group of Southern artisans is called the Southern SyrupMakers Association. Stretching through Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, the Syrup-Makers is dedicated to keeping some almost-bygone Southern traditions alive.

Being part of a small community also means that you learn to rely on one another, says Clayton. Maintaining the equipment can be a challenge; it’s convenient to have a group of people who know what you’re looking for when you need it. If someone is trying to find a part or piece of equipment for their machinery, Clayton says you either have to trade for it, if you can find it, or make it youself. For special cases, when a part or piece can’t be found or bartered for, Clayton says they sometimes have to recast and reforge the parts out of iron. He knows a guy for that, too.

With the popularity of Clayton’s own event and the annual events other farmers hold, Clayton says the tradition is slowly starting to have a bit of a resurgence. “It kinda came back about 10 years ago when people were getting older—maybe about a generation above mine—and they started missing it and thinking back,” he said.

“Reminiscing on how it was and that’s kinda when it got started again. We’d been doing it for a while before then, but that’s when it kinda got a good kick.”

As far as keeping the traditions going, Clayton says he hopes to keep doing it as long as he can, to pass it down to the next generations. As the process requires at least six hands, Clayton has brought a few friends along on his 24-year path. This year’s syrup wingmen, Todd Nobles, David Baker and Neal Tarkington, worked their magic around the kettle like chefs in a backwoods kitchen. Nobles, one of Clayton’s oldest friends, has been by his side since the first cane grinding in the early ’90s.

Clayton’s children, Madison and Garret, are well-versed in the tradition—Garret was the stew-guy at the cane-grinding this year—but are also pursuing their own careers, both attending the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.

Clayton says that apart from the annual sugarcane harvest, he, his wife Beth, who is also a nurse, and occasionally the kids, participate in artisan exhibitions. At these shows, they make small batches of syrup and sometimes candy.

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Making the candy, which tastes a bit like a mix of caramel and taffy, is an interesting process on its own. As syrup is slowly boiled down, the sugar rises in temperature and thickens. This new concoction is then poured out and cooled slightly, but not completely.

If pulled off the flame at the right time, the candy stays malleable. With buttered hands, the Claytons begin the work of stretching, pulling and folding the candy—almost like kneading dough. Once they have deemed the candy “done,” it’s a race to get a bite before it’s gone. A cane-grinding is the only place you can get this type of candy.

The rich history of farming sugarcane and making cane syrup comes with a rather interesting set of phrases—you could call it a cracker dictionary. In addition to “pummies” and “polecat,” there’s a wealth of words and phrases.

Take, for example, the “hominy flop.”

Hominy flop refers to the stage in the boiling process when bubbles begin to roll over and enlarge. This characteristic is taken from the cooking stovetop grits, or hominy. Once grits start to do the same, they’re done.

Clayton explained that this verbiage varies by region. He says that what they call the hominy flop here is called “froggin” out west—taken from the bubble a frog makes with its throat when it croaks.

Just like any storied pastime, the history of syrup-making is one of language, technique and heritage. For Clayton, it’s not about making money or garnering attention, it’s about preserving traditions and the communities that support those traditions.

For many of the cane-grinding attendees, it’s a yearly pilgrimage to the Clayton farm. The oldtimers go to remember and the newer generations go to learn. Everyone goes for the syrup and Brunswick stew. Many kids in the local communities have grown up going every year. Now some are returning with their own kids in tow. The Claytons have been at it since 1993—nearly a quartercentury—and they don’t show any signs of slowing down.

“Our families have done it back for years and years,” said Clayton. “It’s a lost art. So, we just want to keep it going.”

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ith the new album What If Nothing, Walk The Moon haven’t just returned from an extended gap between albums–the band members have come back with a whole new level of understanding about why they’re in the band, the kind of music they want to make at this point in their careers and what being part of Walk The Moon means to them.

It’s all the result of a period of considerable uncertainty that began in the summer of 2016, when the group canceled a tour so singer/guitarist Nicholas Petricca could be with his father, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

According to bassist Kevin Ray, the unplanned shutdown came at a bad time, careerwise. “Shut Up and Dance,” the single from the second Walk The Moon album, Talking Is Hard, had spent seven weeks in summer 2015 in the top five on Billboard magazine’s all-genre Hot 100 chart on its way to becoming a triple-platinum hit. Pulling the plug on the tour, as necessary as it might have been, meant the band wouldn’t be able to build on the momentum that had been generated by their breakout hit.

“For me personally, it was a strain, because I saw what we had built with ‘Shut Up and Dance’ just sort of lingering in limbo and not capitalizing on it,” Ray said. “It was tough. It was really, really tough.”

What started as a canceled tour soon grew into a hiatus. For Petricca, as he watched his father slip away and then die–the unavoidable outcome of Alzheimer’s disease–he wrestled not only with his loss, but some personal issues.

Ray, meanwhile, had the happier experience of getting married, but also dealt with rehabbing an injured shoulder.

For all four band members–Petricca, Ray, guitarist Eli Maiman and drummer Shaun Waugaman–the chance to take a step away from music prompted them to face some important questions that had been hanging over the band unanswered up to then. Those questions needed to be answered,

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Ray said, if Walk The Moon was to continue and They also agreed they wanted to shake the relationships within the group were to be things up some, musically, with the album that healthy going forward. One overriding question would become What If Nothing. that needed to be addressed involved a key “We were all ready to make a rock album, issue in how any group operates. man,” Ray said. “There was a consensus about “I think trust is a big part of it, trust that we wanted to be as loud as we always wanted to each member of the group is focused on making and as angry as we wanted to and as dramatic the same thing for the same as we wanted to or whatever, reasons, or at least the right not that it’s a super-angry, thing for the right reasons,” dramatic record.”

Ray said. “You spend so long Another goal was to on this daily basis with each write an honest album that other that if you talk about all addressed some of the serious these deep, emotional things, issues that had surfaced during it’s so draining. So you spend Walk The Moon’s downtime. Ray a lot of time in, like, a casual said the band felt this approach relationship with each other would also help show that WALK THE MOON because you can’t get away the group wasn’t just about 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 from each other and you don’t carefree pop songs like “Shut The Big Ticket Festival, Veterans Memorial Arena address those things, and Up and Dance.” not just the issues, but just “There was nothing wrong being able to talk deeply and with the way ‘Shut Up and emotionally about what we’re doing here and Dance’ portrayed us as a band,” Ray said. “We’re what it means to us and exploring ourselves. We never going to regret that song in any way and spent so many years not discussing just what we’re never going to be upset about what it did the band meant to each other because we were for us. But I think with any band that has a song just on the road every day playing shows. that kind of blows up like that, it’s going to define “So we had to rebuild trust–not that we don’t a lot about you. And what’s nice about what it trust each other, just that we need to know what defined is that we are the catchy rock band, which we all really think,” said the bassist, noting he is great. I don’t hate that at all. But it definitely, feared asking questions because he might not and I think this just comes with the territory with get the answers he wanted. “That could rock my that situation, it ignores a lot of the, or it gives whole foundation of what I’m doing here and people the opportunity to ignore a lot of, like, the what it means, if it’s a different answer.” deeper, darker sides of a group. And maybe that But ask they did, and as the talking slightly influenced how we approached this next continued, the band members found they still record because we wanted to highlight that stuff. had plenty of common ground and a shared But also, it was just what was going on in our sense of purpose.

“I think discovering that we all still had a lot of the same intentions was so comforting,” Ray said.

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lives personally that brought up a lot of these darker, serious, dramatic vibes.”

Actually, the group–which was started by Petricca in 2006 in Cincinnati and notched a top-10 alternative rock hit with the song “Anna Sun” from the band’s 2012 self-titled major label debut album–had already shown some lyrical depth on Talking Is Hard. Several songs on that 2015 album (“Up 2 U,” “Spend Your $$$” and “Different Colors”) examined issues affecting the lives of everyday people, but with What If Nothing, there’s a shift inward, which makes sense, given the soul-searching that preceded the making of the album.

“The last record, I think we were trying to deal with a lot of stuff outside of ourselves,” Ray said. “We were trying to answer a lot of questions about the world and the environment and politics or whatever. And now we just sort of wrote what we know, looked inside and just asked questions that we had.”

The more serious lyrical content, though, doesn’t keep Walk The Moon from sounding plenty upbeat musically on What If Nothing.

The band makes good on bringing more of a rock edge to the proceedings with songs like “Headphones” (a rare pop song to feature guitars) and an overall anthemic feel to the album. But fans don’t have to worry that Walk The Moon has lost its pop chops. Hooks abound throughout, and songs like the bouncy “One Foot” and the hip-hop-flavored “Kamikaze” should please the “Shut Up and Dance” crowd.

That sort of upbeat atmosphere will carry over to the group’s concerts, Ray said. The band hopes that as touring behind What If Nothing continues, venues will grow bigger and so will the visual production the group can employ in each show.

“The [first] tour isn’t a massive, these aren’t massive venues,” Ray said. “We’re going to squeeze what [visual bells and whistles] we can into those, but we have the future in mind and we have the biggest possible version of ourselves in mind and we’re working toward that. It’s finally going to be time for us to have our party the way we’ve wanted to. That’s what we’re most excited about.”

Alan Sculley mail@folioweekly.com

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a fat turkey giving birth to a Pabst Blue ortheast Florida continues to Ribbon logo, cradled by a barbwire-andboast estimable college-level arts laurel crown. BA artist Jenn Gulgren offers educations. Arguably, there has never a truly impressive piece with Scale (oil on been a time in this community when our canvas, 102-inches-by-102-inches, 2017). A colleges featured this many contemporary, 6-foot-by-8-foot grid of 48 paintings, Scale productive artists who just so happen to is a large-scale study of digital body weight teach. Consequently, their experience and scales, or possibly one scale, captured in willingness to share what they know is varying degrees of light and shadow. An propelling a fair number of their students to obvious “read” would be Scale commenting assuredly do the same. The Flagler College on our fixation with our own weight, image, Department of Art & Design’s annual Student body dysmorphia, etc. But it could just as Portfolio Exhibition, featuring work by easily seen as Gulgren’s take on the American Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of obsession with measurement in general, Arts (BA) candidates, highlights the current whether it be weight, money, time or lifespan. interplay between the school’s faculty and While Gulgren’s representational skills fall student artists. a little flat (which, to be, fair might be her Directed by Professor Patrick Moser, the deliberate downplaying of “precise” stillBFA portfolio artists are Bonn Antonetti, life painting), with Scale she creates a fairly Rachel Blankenship, Connor Bouchard, impactful piece that isn’t clawing onto any Ashley Gonzalez and Joseph Provenza. Under gimmick of being “large-scale” art. the guidance of Assistant Professor Jason The current faculty of Flagler College’s Schwab, the BA portfolio artists are Jenn Department of Art & Design includes Leslie Gulgren, Conrad Kane, Hannah Laakso, Robison, Sara Pedigo, Donald Martin and Lauren Powell and Marina Rossi.

Patrick Moser, among others, representing a Collectively, these students utilize diverse fairly wide array of disciplines and worldviews media such as drawing, installation, painting, on visual arts. In turn, the BFA and BA performance, photography, sculpture, sound, students only benefit from the collective textile work and video. While the students’ savviness using this disparate media is impressive, most telling is a combination Flagler College Department of Art & Design of the faculty’s guidance and students’ BFA & BA STUDENT PORTFOLIO EXHIBITION approaches that creates a decidedly Opening reception 5-9 p.m. Dec. 7; contemporary slant to the show. exhibit 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 9 Case in point: Bonn Antonetti. For Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, flagler.edu/crispellert the BFA exhibit, he’s working in film and multimedia, even a performance piece. faculty’s experiences in working within the His submitted pieces, all untitled, invoke world as visual artists. To some degree, tuition a cryptic quality. A film still of an opened pays for not only instruction but also the refrigerator freezer, tinted in neon-vibed light teacher’s anecdotal experiences of being an and emblazoned with the lowercase question, artist. As most art instructors are quick to “do you feel something yet?” offers the kind point out—sometimes defensively so—that of text-and-image otherworldliness of Ed they are artists first, instructors second, there Ruscha. A second piece featuring the text “a good son,” has a blue cloth hanging over is some quality of being a survivor in having the image; one corner offers a glimpse into a made it to this point in a creative, prolific life. magenta background flecked with diffused, A recent event at Downtown’s The yellowish light. This piece in particular stands Space Gallery featured talks by four artists out among Antonetti’s pieces, ostensibly who also teach. All used representational, figurative work as the terra firma of their touching on Italian Renaissance artists, with paintings; all four are, or were, art instructors. their precise rendering of folds, pleats and Kevin Arthur, Jason John, Jeff Whipple and swathes of fabric, along with a hardcore Christina Grace Mastrangelo have divergent conceptualist stab with its blunt anti-exhibit styles. Arthur has retired from teaching at energy, in the covering of the hidden image.

UNF; John and Whipple still teach there.

Fellow BFA artist Joseph Provenza’s Jacksonville native Mastrangelo teaches Manifest Destiny (house paint, spray paint, in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Italy. sumi ink on wood panel, 12-inches-by-14Regardless of age or current location, all inches) is an apparent graphic-image satire at four artists, at some point in discussing their both design and chest-thumping propaganda,

respective work, stressed the importance of discipline and diligence.

When talking about his undergraduate years in the mid-to-late-’70s at Northern Illinois University, Whipple explained that he created hundreds upon hundreds of paintings and illustrations. When one particular course demanded eight completed works by semester’s end, Whipple had completed 45 solely for that class. John described his earliest days studying at an atelier, honing his skills as a representational artist, who then directed this skills into his visually charged and dreamlike paintings. When recounting their student days, the respective artists seemed to allow that, regardless of the spontaneity of vision, the working should be ever present; and to a person, they stressed maintaining this same ethic, decades after graduating from college.

Diligence, or perseverance, is more reliable than serendipity. The highly prolific 20thcentury occultist-writer Israel Regardie, for all his mystical inquiries, was cogent in describing this universal principle of perseverance: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Burn the blueprint. In the end, it’s creating the work that matters. That is one of yet many truths and disciplines a young artist can learn from a teacher. Any opening reception is a brief victory lap and ongoing concerns about a piece being “red dotted” can surely distract an artist as to why they make art in the first place.

Will every young artist featured in this year’s Flagler College fall exhibition go on to enjoy the life of a myth-shrouded, visual art celebrity?

No. Hoping that the art gods blast you with the blinding thunderbolt of fame and history is a self-inflicted, time-wasting curse. Does every young artist in this exhibition have the probability, or at least capability, to become a credible—even innovative—artist? Absolutely.

Flagler College’s art students are gifted with a high-caliber faculty and the almostenviable time in life to focus solely on the arts, to now create healthy work habits—in doing the work—and dig their heels in to the creative path, while also living in one of the funkiest, singular towns on the East Coast.

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ow out on Netflix are two unusual films dealing with two familiar and popular genres—post-apocalypse and horror. From Northern Ireland comes The Survivalist (2015), a bleak but powerful drama about an unlikely trio trying to make it through a futuristic nightmare. Australian director Zac Hilditch shows another kind of nightmare, turning to the past in 1922 (2017), adapted from one of four novellas in Stephen King’s 2010 collection, Full Dark, No Stars.

In Survivalist, his first feature film,, writer/ director Stephen Fingleton borrows a familiar trope from earlier sci-fi films, like Cornel Wilde’s No Blade of Grass (’70), to fashion a minimalist but quite effective vision of the cost of survival. After a brief prologue linking the decline of civilization to an oil shortage, the movie cuts to a forest scene and the activities of an unnamed man (Martin McCann) trying to eke a living from Nature, not quite the Mother she used to be.

Living in an isolated cabin, the man is forced to use his bodily excretions for fertilizer. Dead bodies are also valuable for compost. Though the woods seem fertile enough in themselves (there is a stark poetry in the cinematography by Damien Elliott), the man has little success finding food, especially small game.

His routine and existence are drastically changed when two bedraggled strangers arrive. Kathryn (Olwen Fouere), a whitehaired mother, and daughter Milja (Mia Goth). At first reluctant to share even a scant meal with them, the man eventually lets them share his cabin, it being understood that the girl will also share his bed. The mother is compliant, asking only that he not impregnate the girl.

The film’s second half follows the building tensions as Milja is forced to choose between her mother and her protector. Outside dangers escalate: human scavengers lurk, as ruthless and desperate as the tenuous threesome.

Though it’s graphic and explicit in sex and violence, The Survivalist is grim and rather unrelenting, yet decidedly not exploitative.

Fingleton’s spare script is well-served by equally lean performances by the three leads.

Goth is the most familiar face to American audiences from her roles in Everest and A Cure for Wellness. She’s also frequent tabloid fodder; she’s had a longtime romance with Shia LaBeouf, whom she may or may not have married last year.

Just as grim though far more traditional in its exposition, 1922 is director Zac Hilditch’s follow-up to ’13’s superb apocalyptic thriller These Final Days. The new movie is curious

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enough in its own way; it’s the third novella in King’s Full Dark to be adapted for film.

A tale of supernatural vengeance, 1992 opens with haggard, middle-aged Wilfred James (an almost unrecognizable Thomas Jane) moving into a lonely hotel room where he begins to write his confession about murdering his wife and what happened afterward.

Wilfred, his wife Arlette (Molly Parker), and their teen son Henry (Dylan Schmid) live on a remote Midwest farm. Father and son are happy with their lives and the daily drudge of farmwork, but Arlette wants to sell the land and move to the big city.

In short order, Wilfred sees no other option than to kill her—his son a reluctant but ultimately willing accessory. Though the two get away with a perfect murder, the crime exacts terrible tolls on each.

Zac Hilditch provided the script, mostly preserving the integrity of King’s original narrative with one big exception that readers might not like but will probably appeal to viewers.

The film has a great visual sense, adeptly capturing the period and time which is crucial to the plot. Thomas Jane, who was the original Punisher as well as the star of King’s The Mist, looks every bit the Midwest farmer of the 1920s, gaunt and worn by life. It’s an extremely unglamorous role which he makes totally credible. The same goes for Canadian actress Parker (House of Cards), whose character has the added distinction of being unlikable.

While neither film is exactly cheery holiday fare, The Survivalist and 1922 will suit viewers who like their sci-fi and horror grim and realistic.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

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NOW SHOWING CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Victoria and Abdul and Faces Places screen. Piercing the Darkness, starring Lee Weaver, about the St. Augustine Lighthouse keepers over the centuries, is staged 7 p.m. Nov. 30; see website for details. Throwback Thursday runs The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, noon Nov. 30 & 6 p.m. Dec. 3. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 697-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

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JACKSONVILLE MAIN LIBRARY Sean Gaskell presents songs and context of West African Kora (21-string harp of the Mandinka) music, 7 p.m. Nov. 30, free, at 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, jaxpubliclibrary.org.

AN EVENING OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ ONE ACTS Staged by A Classic Theatre, the complex one-acts are The Fat Man’s Wife, The Pink Bedroom, Why Do You Smoke So Much, Lily?, Something Unspoken, Lady of Larkspur Lotion and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 2, 8 & 9 & 2 p.m. Dec. 3 & 10 at Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center, 102 MLKing Ave., St. Augustine, $20, aclassictheatre.org.

ANNIE Tony-winning Broadway musical about our favorite redheaded orphan opens 8 p.m. Dec. 1; through Dec. 17 at Northeast Florida Conservatory, 11363 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, $20, nfconservatory.org.

FIRE AND ICE Will a dysfunctional family survive when the ice breaks and the fire burns? An original play by Joanne Durant is staged 4 p.m. Dec. 3 at Ritz Theatre, 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, $17-$39, ritzjacksonville.com.

THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SHOW The Annual Holiday Variety Show & Christmas Pageant at St. Everybody’s Non-Denominational Universalist Church is here!

A heartwarming tale staged 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach; runs 8 p.m. Thur.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. through Dec. 17, 249-7177, abettheatre.com.

THIS WONDERFUL LIFE A one-man play based on the film, It’s a Wonderful Life. Jeremy Kendall brings 32 characters to life, 2 & 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Ritz Theatre, Downtown, $34-$39, ritzjacksonville.com.

HIR Isaac, back from war to take care of his ailing father, finds a household in revolt. The insurgent: his mom. Opens 8 p.m. Dec. 1, runs through Dec. 17 at The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company, 112 E. Adams St., Downtown, the5anddime.org.

CHRISTMAS CAROL Bruce Allen Scudder’s holiday show takes the tale of Scrooge and adds humor and music.

And Tod Booth is Scrooge! Through Dec. 22 at Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $49.95-$57, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com.

SPOILED MILK & BURNT COOKIES Lana Noreen Taylor, a Douglas Anderson School of the Arts ninth-grader, wrote this tale of four sisters on Christmas Day; they learn the Christ story and Jesus’ teachings, singing and dancing staying with Grandma, 6 p.m. Dec. 9 & 10 at Coastal Baptist Church, 750 Girvin Rd., spoiledmilkandburntcookies.com.

JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT A tale of wardrobe magic and family tricks. 8 p.m. Dec. 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22; 2 & 8 p.m. Dec. 16 & 23; 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at Players by The Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, $25-$28, 249-0289, playerbytheseas.org.

CLASSICAL + JAZZ

THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA Still swinging, Setzer and his orchestra jump and jive, 8 p.m. Nov. 29 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, $49-$79, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com.

PIANO PLAY-OFF: BACH EDITION The ivories are more than tickled–more like pounded–7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at University of North Florida’s Fine Arts Center, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, free, 620-2961.

TIDINGS OF JAZZ & JOY Keiko Matsui, Euge Groove, Lindsey Webster and Adam Hawley perform, 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., $49-$69, 209-0399, apextheatrejax.com.

THE FLORIDA BRASS QUINTET The group plays 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, raylewispresents.com.

THE BACH CELLO SUITES Dr. Nick Curry and The Cello Studio perform 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at UNF’s Fine Arts Center, free, 620-2961.

THE LISA KELLY/JB SCOTT 5TET The group plays 6-9 p.m.

Dec. 1 at Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704, kellyscottmusic.com.

REBECCA SHORSTEIN & MONICA PASQUINI A humorous, heartwarming Holiday Cabaret is 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, free, 355-7584, fridaymusicale.com.

GERMAN GIANTS A dramatic program of symphonic works that changed music history, performed 8 p.m. Dec. 1 & 2; 3 p.m. Dec. 3 at T-U Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, 300 Water St., $19-$79, jaxsymphony.org.

THE LISA KELLY JAZZ 4TET The group plays 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at Casa Monica, 95 Cordova St., St. Augustine, free, 827-1888, kellyscottmusic.com.

CHRISTMAS MESSIAH The University of North Florida Chamber Singers and Lawson Ensemble perform the sacred music, 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $20-$30, 620-2961.

HANDEL’S MESSIAH The revered program is performed 7 p.m.

Dec. 3 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of Ortega, 4129 Oxford Ave., $20, 620-2961.

THE DON THOMPSON CHORALE Performs 3 p.m. Dec. 3 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Riverside, free, 355-7584, fridaymusicale.com.

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR: Interpretations from the Disney Songbook The [neu]Sonics Orchestra salutes Walt Disney on his birthday, 7-9 p.m. Dec. 5 at SoLo Gallery, 1037 Park St. (Hoptinger Building), $10, sologallery.org.

MUSIC FOR WAR & PEACE The featured work is Kurt Weill’s rarely heard 1928 cantata Das Berliner Requiem for three male voices and wind orchestra, based on Bertolt Brecht’s poems. Soloists are Matt Morgan, Jay Ivey and Anthony Offerle, 3 p.m. Dec. 3 at Jacksonville University’s Terry Concert Hall, 2800 University Blvd. N., free, ju.edu.

COMEDY

DIRTY SOUTH Best known from Def Comedy Jam, South– known as the dirtiest female comic in the game–appears 8 p.m.

Nov. 30 at The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-4277, $15-$35, jacksonvillecomedy.com.

JOE MACHI The multi-comedy festival winner is on 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 30; 8 & 10 p.m. Dec. 1 & 2 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, $18-$114.50, 292-4242, comedyzone.com.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK 2018 The deadline to apply and be accepted is Dec. 8, $35, bit.ly/2yCaxHK. A CLASSIC THEATRE SEEKS ACTORS A Classic Theatre auditions for its next production, Intimate Apparel, 6 p.m.

Nov. 30 at St. Augustine Beach City Hall Annex, 2200 A1A S. Call-backs 3 p.m. Dec. 3; a classictheatre.org.

JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT The JIA Arts Commission invites artists to apply for temporary exhibition for 2018’s four quarters, jiaarts.org.

SANTA FE COLLEGE The college seeks artists for its annual springtime arts celebration; $25 to apply, Dec. 31 deadline; raul.villarreal@sfcollege.edu, zapplication.org.

JACKSONVILLE MINI-MAKER FAIRE Groups or individuals interested in presenting projects, hobbies, experiments and DIY spirit may apply for the MOSH-sponsored event. Deadline Feb. 28, jacksonvillemakerfaire.com.

ART WALKS + MARKETS

CHRISTMAS IN AVONDALE Each year, the Avondale Merchant Association shuts down St. Johns Avenue, Dancy Street, Ingleside Avenue and Talbot Avenue and transforms the area into a magical holiday experience, 4 p.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 2.

FIRST WEDNESDAY ART WALK The Spirit of Giving clearly means shopping your brains out, and much here is local and small, so you buy a singular object, plus support a real person in the community. Downtown Art Walk is 5-9 p.m. Dec. 6, with more than 60 venues, live music, restaurants, galleries, museums, businesses and hotspots (some open after 9 p.m.) spanning 15 blocks Downtown Jacksonville. iloveartwalk.com.

ARTISANS’ FAIRE Accomplished visual art, mixed media and jewelry artists exhibit and sell original art & crafts, 5 p.m.

Dec. 1 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Music by Clay High School Show Choir, The WillowWacks, Great Dames, Debrann, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Dec. 2 under the Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE FARMERS MARKET Veggies, flowers, baked goods, handmade arts & crafts, a community booth, live music by the Free Rangers and more, 8:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. every Sat. at 1340C A1A S., staugamphitheatre.com.

Admission, parking free.

FERNANDINA BEACH FARMERS MARKET Every Sat., 9 a.m.1 p.m., year round, rain or shine. North Seventh Street, Fernandina, fernandinamarketplace.com.

MUSEUMS

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu. An opening reception for Student BFA & BA Fall Portfolio Exhibition is 5-8 p.m. Dec. 6, 7 & 8.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 29 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. A Collector’s Eye: Celebrating Joseph Jeffers Dodge, and Mediterranea: American Art from the Graham D. Williford Collection, through Feb. 4. Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris through Jan. 7.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield. Artist Drew Edward Hunter presents Drewlusions through November.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Nicola Lopez’s A Gentle Defiance of Gravity & Form is the atrium project. Margaret Ross Tolbert: Lost Springs through December. Call & Response, through April 1.

MANDARIN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 11964 Mandarin Rd., mandarinmuseum.net. Civil War era artifacts recovered from the Union steamship Maple Leaf, items related to Harriet Beecher Stowe, a World War I exhibit, and displays related to the only remaining one-room schoolhouse in Duval County.

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

THE RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Downtown, 807-2010. Making Do: The African & Gullah GeeChee Connection, through Jan. 12.

GALLERIES

RAIN DOGS 1045 Park St., Riverside Funny, It’s Not Funny, new works by Tony Rodrigues, is up through January; opening reception is 7 p.m. Dec. 1.

FOLIO A+E : MUSIC Dylan Gerard puts Macclenny ON THE MAP

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ailing from Macclenny, singer Dylan Gerard got some national exposure through his appearances on this season of NBC’s The Voice. Season 13 turned out rather lucky for Gerard, 28, who made his debut on Sept. 26. He was one of an estimated 6,000 people who took the trip to Nashville for the blind auditions featured in episode 2, and one of only 60 to make it onto the show.

Gerard has lived his whole life in Macclenny, where he was born in December 1988. “I grew up performing in theater/ drama (my parents ran the drama department at our local high school) so I always loved that,” he says via email. “It probably wasn’t until I was in high school and learned how to play the guitar that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter and do what my musical heroes were doing.”

The first albums he ever bought were greatest-hits comps from Sinatra and The Eagles, but as his musical interests blossomed, his i tastes evolved in turn. “I got my training on the streets from a group that used to hang out on the corner around a fire barrel, singing doo wop,” he says. “More accurately, I just picked up little things here and there singing songs by artists like Sinatra, Otis Redding and Richard Edwards of Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s.”

What makes his success on the show more interesting is that it wasn’t even his idea. “A friend of mine signed me up for it and told me when and where to be to audition,” he says. “It was stressful and exciting to do it, but it was humbling and encouraging to have someone believe in me enough to sign me up.” That kind of earnest approach and humble attitude about his skills endeared him to judges Jennifer Hudson and Adam Levine, who embraced his version of James Arthur’s “Say You Won’t Let Go.” They both pressed the magic button that would advance him to the later rounds.

“Until I started working with vocal coaches on The Voice, I hadn’t really had any training,” says Gerard, who signed on as a member of #TeamAdam (with the dreamy Joe Jonas as special advisor). He sang Jackson

Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes” in episode 8 on Oct. 17, advancing to the next round, where he got to work with Kelly Clarkson, who brought this genre of TV to prominence as the original American Idol 15 years ago.

“Adam is my favorite coach, but getting to work with Kelly Clarkson in The Knockout rounds was an awesome experience. I really like her as a coach and she’ll be one on the next season of The Voice.”

For Dylan Gerard, a country boy in the big city, it was truly a Cinderella story, and for him, the clock struck midnight three hours early, around 9 p.m. on Nov. 6. Unfortunately, his sterling version of Ed Sheeran’s “All of the Stars” that night wasn’t enough to save him, and he was voted out of the knockout round in episode 13, but not before winning praise from the judges and getting his name out there in front of millions of viewers around the country, not to mention raising i i his asking price back home.

Dylan Gerard has now returned to Macclenny, and to his day job as a certified nursing assistant at St. Vincent’s Hospital, while resuming a music career that’s been given a significant boost, thanks to the show.

He’s not sad about not winning; in his view, he won plenty, starting with tons of useful advice from seasoned professionals. “I got a lot of useful advice and really great compliments,” he says. “I’ll continue to work on my mix and head voice, switching between the two, and strengthening them. I also learned a little bit about not over-singing that will definitely be useful in the future.

“At the end of the day, though, I sound the way that I sound and to a certain extent I just have to continue to sing the way that I do and be true to myself as a vocalist. I will definitely heed the advice and tips that were given to me, but I’m not going to drastically change the way that I sing.” And why should he? The man is friends with Adam Levine; clearly, he knows what he’s doing.

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com

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ARTS + EVENTS BREW 5 POINTS 1024 Park St., Riverside, chipsouthworth.com.

Hack in the USA- R new work by Chip Southworth, runs Dec 1.-Jan. 1; an opening reception is 6 p.m. Dec. 1.

THE SPACE GALLERY 120 E. Forsyth St., 651-9039. 5 & under is a group show with works less than $500; opening reception is 5:30 p.m. Dec. 1.

WOLF & CUB 205 N. Laura St., Downtown, wolfandcubjax. com. For the Love of Munny an exhibit of vinyl toys, named “Munny,” from specialty maker of designer art toys, kidrobot. Each collectable toy is designed, painted, destructed and created by Jax-based artists. Opening reception is 5 p.m. Dec. 2.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY New location! 1 Independent Dr., Wells Fargo Building. December’s guest artist is Stephanie Cafcules. A party for the new space is Dec. 6 during Art Walk.

THE VAULT at 1904 1930 San Marco Ave., 398-2890, thevaultat1930.com. Art from Around the World new works by Susan Astleford, opens 5:30 p.m. Dec. 9.

ADELE GRAGE CULTURAL CENTER 716 Ocean Blvd, Atlantic Beach. The Art of Investing Part Trois-Blanton Twins Art Show, through December.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA UNF Gallery of Art, 620-2534, unf.edu/gallery. The annual Faculty Exhibition, through Dec. 8.

BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, SAN MARCO 1905 Hendricks Ave. Dustin Harewood’s and Hiromi Moneyhun’s new works, through November, dustinharewood.com.

BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, RIVERSIDE 869 Stockton St. Tattooist Myra Oh displays her linocut prints through November, myraoh.com.

THE CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, madeleinewagner.com. The Labor of Learning, by artist (and FW A&E editor) Madeleine Peck Wagner, exhibits through Dec. 14.

FSCJ DOWNTOWN GALLERY 101 W. State St., 631-8100.

Surreal Phantasms Quirky Apparitions Haunt Oddly Funny Visions, new work by Troy Eittreim, through November.

HASKELL GALLEY Jacksonville International Airport. Cafcules, Middleton & Walburn shows through January.

MONYA ROWE GALLERY 4 Rohde Ave., St. Augustine, 217-0637, monyarowegallery.com. Mount of Venus, Elise Ferguson & Caris Reid, through Dec. 22.

THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, theyellowhouseart.org. Life Under Construction: Princess Rashid & Keith Doles, through November.

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

Dream/Sueño/Rêve, installation by John Carr and Estée Ochoa, through January.

ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., 824-2310, staaa.org. Fantastic Florida, Selections from the STAAA Permanent Collection and Emmett Fritz: A Centennial Collection, through December.

EVENTS

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ICE HOUSE BOOK LAUNCH Celebrate St. Augustine author Laura Lee Smith’s second novel The Ice House, 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at The Ice Plant, 110 Riberia St., lauraleesmith.com.

JAY SHOOTS IN CONVERSATION Photographer Shoots discusses his work and ideas, 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at MOCA Jax, 333 N. Laura St., Downtown.

SCIENCE STRAIGHT UP Whiskey workshop: Dive into flavorful international whiskeys, with Whiskey Jax, 6 p.m.

Nov. 30 at MOSH, 1025 Museum Circle Dr., Southbank, $25, themosh.org.

DOBLE VE POP UP SHOP An art pop up shop is 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Bobby K Boutique, 1188 Edgewood Ave. S., 374-1641.

FORT CLINCH Ranger-led candlelight tour, 5 p.m. Dec. 2 at Fort Clinch State Park, 2601 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina, reservations required, 277-7274.

BOOK FAIR Learn to Read St. Johns holds the fair with authors Susan Calfee, M.C. Finotti, Diane Quick-Machaby, Bob H. Lee, Sue Scheff, Amy Quincy and Arthur Mendenhall; a percentage of all sales that day are donated to LTR, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 2 at Barnes & Noble, 1930 U.S. 1, St. Augustine, 826-0722.

INDIA HICKS BOOK SIGNING A holiday shopping, book signing and reception, 10 a.m. Dec. 2 at Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., $30, artandantiquesshow.com.

PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE: 100 YEARS AFTER BALFOUR Learn about the history of Palestinian resistance to Zionism, with Palestinian food and traditional dance, 6 p.m. Dec. 2 at UNF Student Union; Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network (on Facebook).

SPEAKER SERIES LUNCHEON The League of Women Voters’ First Wednesday series presents Bernadette Miron, discussing “Charter Schools: What They Are, What They Should Be,” 11:30 a.m. Dec. 6 at Seasons 52, 5096 Big Island Dr., St. Johns Town Center, 355-8683, dnmanahan@comcast.net, $20 cash/check only.

KEN KNIGHT DRIVE TOY DRIVE The residents of Ken Knight Drive North were affected by Hurricane Irma; they came together to provide relief. Drop off new toy donations any time, then celebrate the season (and raise funds) 8 p.m.

Dec. 13 at Mary’s Pub House, 901 King St., Riverside.

CHRISTMAS TOUR OF HOMES The Garden Club of St. Augustine hosts its annual “Christmas in the Flagler Era” inspired by the Gilded Age opulence of Henry Flagler,

noon-5 p.m. Dec. 3, featuring a walking tour through historic downtown to six private homes of the early 1800s. gardenclubofstaugustine.org.

YOGA IN A TOGA An hour of morning relaxation and yoga practice, followed by a guided tour of the Museum’s traveling exhibition, Ancient Rome: Epic Innovators & Engineers, 8:30 a.m. Dec. 4 at MOSH, $20, themosh.org.

Togas encouraged!

ART & ANTIQUES SHOW The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital holds its 41st annual Art & Antiques Show with acclaimed lecturers, art and antiques dealers, a Gala, and Children’s Fashion Show with current and former Children’s Hospital patients. Maria Crosby Pollard discusses “A Brilliant Mélange,” 10 a.m.; Juliana Catlin and William Nash discuss “London Styles Between the Elizabeths,” 11:30 a.m. Dec. 1. Benefactor Reception 6:30 p.m.; Royal Affair Gala with RiverTown Band 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1. India Hicks speaks on “Live an Extraordinary Life,” 10 a.m. and signs books 11 a.m. Kathryn M. Ireland discusses “Mixing Old with New,” 1 p.m. Dec. 2. Toma Clark Haines talks on “A Grand Tour,” 1 p.m., followed by Children’s Fashion Show 2 p.m., “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” 3 p.m. Dec. 3. Show hours 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2 & noon-5 p.m. Dec. 3 at Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St., Downtown.

Daily admission $15; lectures $30. “Paddington at the Palace” Children’s Fashion Show is $10 adults, $5 kids; free ages 5 & under. 202-2886, artandantiquesshow.com.

THEMES/VARIATIONS: A MUSICAL CINEMA SERIES Cinema is fertile ground for filmmakers to discuss past works, asking “but what if they sing?” This series examines the creativity of Fosse, Sondheim and others who turn spoen word into song.

A pre-show cabaret is mounted for each screening. Sweet Charity runs 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Sun Ray Cinema, 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

NIGHTS OF LIGHTS Millions of twinkling lights cover St. Augustine nightly through January. See Old Town by trolley, on foot or in a horse and carriage. floridahistoriccoast.com.

HOLLY JOLLY TROLLEY Experience St. Augustine’s famous Nights of Lights aboard Old Town Trolley’s Holiday excursion, featuring complimentary cider, cookies, caroling and winter-themed viewing glasses that turn the tiny lights into snowmen, Christmas trees and other holiday favorites. Tickets $6 kids; $14 adults. trolleytours.com FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL’S RISING STAR AWARDS The inaugural awards, for emerging talents working for fewer than 10 years in the fashion and design industry, are awarded 6 p.m. Dec. 4 at The River Club, 1 Independent Dr., Ste. 3500, Downtown, $35-$50, northflorida.fgi.com.

PROTECTING FLORIDA’S COAST Erin Handy of Oceana discusses proposals of the federal government to allow the oil and gas industry to drill off the coast of Florida, and the risk this poses, 6 p.m. Dec. 4 at Ponte Vedra Beach Public Library, 101 Library Blvd., bgparadise@comcast.net.

FEM ART CRITIQUE NIGHT Women artists bring their artwork for honest dialogue and fresh viewpoints, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Bold Bean Coffee Roasters, 1905 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, femartgallery.com.

JACKSONVILLE FINE ARTS FORUM Tamer Britton demonstrates how to create holiday and party decorations using vegetables, 11:30 a.m. Dec. 5 at San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose Blvd., $25, RSVP 268-5542.

KATIE CAPLES SILENT AUCTION A benefit for the Katie Caples Foundation is 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at Slider’s Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., Fernandina, katiecaples.org.

EVERYONE CAN CONSERVE Learn about area weather and take part in hands-on weather-related activities, 6 p.m.

Dec. 6 at The Players Community Center, 175 Landrum Lane, Ponte Vedra, 209-0335.

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING Michael Wiley’s Florida noir mystery, Monument Road, set in Jacksonville, first in a series featuring Franky Dast, 5:30 Dec. 7 at Chamblin’s Uptown, 215 N. Laura St., Downtown, 674-0868, michaelwileyonline.com.

SANTA PHOTO OP Pet Photo ops are 5:30-10 p.m. Dec. 10 at The Avenues Mall and St. Johns Town Center, Southside.

MR. ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD SWEATER DRIVE Gently used sweaters, jackets and blankets are collected in honor of everyone’s favorite neighbor, through November. Drop items at WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Ave., Northbank, all VyStar Credit Unions, Tom Bush Dealerships and Two Men & a Truck locations. wjct.org/events/sweaterdrive.

EVERY SINGLE ARTIST LOUNGE The place to see, be seen, and exchange ideas of profundity and absurd grace (or figure our plaster ratios), 5:30 p.m. Dec. 12, Yellow House, 577 King St., Riverside, culturalcouncil.org. _________________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city), admission price, contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner; email madeleine@folioweekly.com or mail 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Items run as space is available. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. printing.

FOLIO A+E : MUSIC

OLD IS NEW AGAIN Classic C lassic m meets eets ccontemporary ontemporary iinn The HIP HOP NUTCRACKER with founding B-boy father Kurtis Blow

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hat do 19th-century ballet, modern New York, Prussian gothics, Russian composers and the roots of rap have in common?

Until celebrated choreographer Jennifer Weber, hip hop godfather Kurtis Blow and New Jersey Performing Arts Center execs Eva Price and David Rodriguez came together, absolutely nothing. But thanks to their hybridized The Hip Hop Nutcracker spectacle, now American audiences can enjoy a dozen breakdancers, a DJ and an electric violinist putting a streetwise spin on the timeless holiday tale. Folio Weekly spoke with Kurtis Blow—the first commercially successful rapper and first MC to sign with a major label thanks to the oddly appropriate 1979 single “Christmas Rappin”—about the show.

the legs in circles]. They have all these new moves—stuff I couldn’t do then and can’t even do now. [Laughs.]

You toured worldwide in the ’80s but semi-retired in the ’90s. How fun is it to be on the road again, even if it’s just for the holiday season?

It’s a whole lot of fun. I don’t get a chance to tour professionally like this, with a couple of buses, equipment and production. I’m reliving those youthful days.

Have you toured in Florida?

Oh, yeah, I’ve played throughout the whole state many, many times. Florida has very special people and the best weather in the world. It’s a true melting pot, which reflects hip hop—it’s for everyone of all races, ages and countries.

Folio Weekly: The Hip Hop Nutcracker As a founding father of the genre and the has been around a while, Kurtis. What’s culture, what do you think of hip hop today? new in 2017?

The main thing is that the raps today are Kurtis Blow: We have eight dancers from the incredible: wittier, more complicated and old crew coming back plus four new dancers faster, with so many styles and flows—what […] and new choreography from Jennifer in poetry we call the meter. But the most Weber; seeing breakdancing and ballet mashed incredible thing is how up with the classical beats countries outside the U.S. of hip hop and the classical THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER have embraced hip hop music of Tchaikovsky is with KURTIS BLOW and turned it into their hard to beat.

7 p.m. Dec. 3, Florida Theatre, own culture. The cats in 128 E. Forsyth, Downtown, $25-$49 France, Germany, Spain The original Nutcracker and Italy are rapping in story was written in 1816, their native tongues, and they’re big pop Tchaikovsky’s ballet in 1892. What is it about stars in their countries. After 9/11, I went to this that resonates with modern audiences? the Middle East doing the Bob Hope USO This story about love creating a magic that thing, performing on military bases. We can defeat evil is a message that needs to visited 14 countries. One day I was talking be driven home in the hearts and minds of to a guard who told me about a group in everyone. I personally love the holiday season, Palestine rapping about the plight of the with all the joy and fun it brings through Palestinian people—but their songs are the togetherness, family, giving thanks and giving No. 1 requested songs on the Israeli radio back. That holiday spirit is reflected in The station. That’s the power, and the potential, Nutcracker, and maybe that’s why people love of hip hop. We are definitely the voice of it. We all need that spirit very much—now more than ever. the people.

You started as a breakdancer in the ’70s.

What do you think of the skills The Hip Hop Nutcracker’s team shows onstage?

It’s awesome. I’ll always have love from the bottom of my heart for B-boying, DJing, MCing, breakdancing and all those original elements of hip hop. But to see young people come on with that same energy I had when I was a teenager … it’s incredible. It’s elevated so much from simple power moves, windmills, backspins and headspins into combinations with flares [acrobatic moves in which the dancer alternates balancing the torso between either arm while swinging

Do you still consider yourself a prominent hip hop voice?

Well, right now, I’m chairman of a new project, the Universal Hip Hop Museum, which will open in a brick-and-mortar building in 2022 in the South Bronx, at the southern tip of Yankee Stadium. So I’m raising awareness—letting people know we need artifacts and pictures, along with the support to secure and solidify the past, present and future of hip hop. That’s our mission.

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FEMMES OF ROCK, led by rock violinist and arranger Nina DiGregorio, has taken stringed instruments to new heights!

They perform 8 p.m. Dec. 1 at ThrasherHorne Center, Orange Park, $33-$73.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK

The BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA, The TEXAS GENTLEMEN 8 p.m. Nov. 29, The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $49-$79.

DJ CAPONE 9 p.m. Nov. 29, Cheers Park Avenue, 1138 Park Ave., Orange Park, 269-4855.

LEELYN OSBORN, COOKIN in DA KITCHEN 6 p.m. Nov. 29, Prohibition Kitchen, 119 St. George St., St. Augustine, 209-5704.

KEIKO MATSUI, EUGE GROOVE, LINDSEY WEBSTER, ADAM HAWLEY 7 p.m. Nov. 29, PVC Hall, 1050 A1A N., $49-$69.

FLORIDA BRASS QUINTET 7 p.m. Nov. 29, Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., St. Nicholas, 352-7008, $10.

AARON THOMAS 9 p.m. Nov. 29, Surfer the Bar, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 372-9756.

PHANTOMS, SCREAM BLUE MURDER 7 p.m. Nov. 29, Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $8.

MIKEY CLAMS 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Whiskey Jax, 950 Marsh Landing, Jax Beach, 853-5973.

MEGA RAN 9 p.m. Nov. 30, Nighthawks, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd.

LA-A 8 p.m. Nov. 30, Rain Dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside, 379-4969, $8.

CAROLINE COTTER, ARVID SMITH, LINDA GRENVILLE 7 p.m.

Nov. 30, Mudville Music Room, $10.

DANIELLE EVA JAZZ DUO, MJ BAKER 6 p.m. Nov. 30, Prohibition Kitchen.

3 the BAND 9 p.m. Nov. 30, Flying Iguana, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680.

98° at CHRISTMAS 8 p.m. Nov. 30, Florida Theatre, $35-$75.

ERIC COLLETTE & CODY 6 p.m. Nov. 30, Boondocks Grill & Bar. The Big Ticket: The LUMINEERS, WALK the MOON, BLEACHERS, ANDREW McMAHON in the WILDERNESS, SAINT MOTEL, NEW POLITICS, MONDO COZMO 3 p.m.

Dec. 1, Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Philip Randolph Blvd., Downtown, 630-3900, $50-$60.

LUNAR COAST 9 p.m. Dec. 1 & 2, Flying Iguana.

BOOGIE FREAKS 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach.

N.W. IZZARD 10 p.m. Dec. 1, Prohibition Kitchen.

SHANE MYERS 5 p.m. Dec. 1, Cheers Park Avenue.

DIRTY BIRD + the FLU, SNACKS BLUES BAND, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP, CRY HAVOC 7 p.m. Dec. 1, Nighthawks.

TOP SHELF PEOPLE 10 p.m. Dec. 1, Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 247-6636, $10.

JJ GREY 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Beaches Museum, 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, sold out.

BOLD CITY BEAT CHAMPIONSHIP 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1, Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110, $15.

The BYSTANDERS BAND 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Monty’s/Shores Liquor, 3644 St. Johns Ave., Avondale.

FEMMES of ROCK 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Thrasher-Horne Center, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, $33-$73.

DANIELLE NICOLE, BRYCE ALASTAIR BAND 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Jack Rabbits, $12.

KANSAS LEFTOVERTURE 40th Anniversary Tour 8 p.m.

Dec. 2, Florida Theatre, $45-$95.

LEROGIE, THE DOG APOLLO, SEAFANG 8 p.m. Dec. 2, Jack Rabbits, $8.

RAISIN CAKE ORCHESTRA, CHILLULA 6 p.m. Dec. 2, Prohibition Kitchen The TWO TAKES, DOC HOLIDAY, TRADED YOUTH 7 p.m. Dec. 3, Jack Rabbits, $8.

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JASON WOODS’ CHRISTMAS CAROL Dec. 3, Theatre Jacksonville Hip Hop Nutcracker: KURTIS BLOW 7 p.m. Dec. 3, Florida Theatre, $25-$49.

SAMUEL SANDERS 9 p.m. Dec. 3, Flying Iguana.

The BIG SOUND OF LIL’ ED & the BLUES IMPERIALS 8 p.m.

Dec. 4, Cafe Eleven, 501 A1A, St. Augustine, $15-$20.

GHOUL, US BASTARDS, APPALACHIAN DEATH TRAP 7 p.m.

Dec. 4, Jack Rabbits, $10.

THE WILLOWWACKS 6 p.m. Dec. 4, Prohibition Kitchen.

2,000 YEARS AGO–A Celtic Christmas 7 p.m. Dec. 4, Culhane’s Irish Pub, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595, carrollbrownmusic.com, $18.

Psychic Warfare Tour: CLUTCH, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, The OBSESSED 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5, St. Augustine Amphitheatre’s Backyard Stage, $27-$30.

TUESDAY NIGHT BLUES CLUB 8 p.m. Dec. 5, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach.

The COLLINS TRIO 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Mudville Music Room, $10.

QUEENS of the NIGHT: Razije, Tabi P., Evany, Kris Vega, Black Calla, geexella 9 p.m. Dec. 6, 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., $10.

LEELYN OSBORN, COOKIN in DA KITCHEN 8 p.m. Dec. 6, Prohibition Kitchen.

D.R.I., KAUSTIK 7 p.m. Dec. 6, Nighthawks.

DJ CAPONE 9:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Cheers Park Avenue.

CHIKAYA 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

WILLIE PORTER, CARMEN NICKERSON Dec. 7, Cafe Eleven Jingle Jam for St. Jude: GRANGER SMITH, LAUREN ALAINA, MIDLAND, DYLAN SCOTT Dec. 7, T-U Center’s Moran Theater COLTON TRIO, 9TH STREET STOMPERS Dec. 7, Prohibition Kitchen DIAL DRIVE Dec. 7, Rain Dogs JASON EVANS BAND Dec. 7, Cheers Park Avenue WILLY PORTER, CARMEN NICKERSON Dec. 7, Café Eleven SHLUMP, MAN DARINO, REST in PIERCE, SLEEP MADNESS, AFTER CITIES Dec. 7, 1904 Music Hall WADE B, BRODY CLAMPITT Dec. 8, Jack Rabbits PIERCE PETTIS Dec. 7, Mudville Music Room NAYSAYERS, RAMONA Dec. 8, Prohibition Kitchen Inaugural Christmas Caravan Tour: SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Dec. 8, Ritz Theatre JD McPHERSON Dec. 8, PVC Hall MOJO ROUX Dec. 8, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach MEAN MARY Dec. 8, Mudville Music Room BEACH CITY Dec. 8 & 9, Flying Iguana THE YOUNG STEP Dec. 8, Cafe Eleven The WERKS, PASSAFIRE, The RIES BROTHERS, BIGFOOT BAREFOOT Dec. 9, Mavericks Live TGTG, SIN Dec. 9, Rain Dogs Ray’s Birthday Benefit: ROD PICOTT, TOM MASON BAND, TOM & NATALIE, TIM MYLOD Dec. 9, Mudville Music Room RAISIN CAKE ORCHESTRA Dec. 9, Prohibition Kitchen The ICARUS ACCOUNT, GOOD MORNING BEDLAM Dec. 9, Sarbez GROOVE FETISH, FLETCHER’S GROVE Dec. 9, Jack Rabbits SIDEWALK 65 Dec. 9, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach RICKIE LEE JONES Dec. 9, PVC Hall The FIREWATER TENT REVIVAL Dec. 9, Riverside Arts Market DARRELL RAE Dec. 9, Boondocks Grill & Bar ALLIE & the CATS, INDIGO Dec. 9, 1904 Music Hall

SAMUEL SANDERS Dec. 10, Flying Iguana R.LUM.R, LANNDS Dec. 10, Jack Rabbits GLASS CAMELS REUNION SHOW Dec. 10, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach THE CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF JACKSONVILLE Dec. 10, Jacksonville Jewish Center THREE REDNECK TENORS Dec. 10, Thrasher-Horne Center STARBENDERS, WILDFIRE RISING Dec. 11, Jack Rabbits RIVER CITY RHYTHM KINGS Dec. 11, Mudville Music Room SHOOTER JENNINGS Dec. 12, Jack Rabbits GIN BLOSSOMS Dec. 12, PVC Hall 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 SOUTH of SAVANNAH Dec. 13, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach BEN HAGGARD Dec. 13, PVC Hall The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec. 14, Veterans Memorial Arena CHEW, The BLIND SPOTS Dec. 14, Rain Dogs CHRIS DUARTE Dec. 14, Mojo Kitchen CHRIS THOMAS BAND Dec. 14, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach PERPETUAL GROOVE Dec. 14, 1904 Music Hall DAVID RAMIREZ Dec. 14, Jack Rabbits PURITY RING, SOUND of CERES Dec. 14, PVC Hall The FRITZ, GROOVE ORIENT, The BLEU CATS Dec. 15, 1904 Music Hall CHUCK NASH Dec. 15 & 16, Flying Iguana JOHN AUSTILL Dec. 15, Cheers Park Avenue OTHER BODY & LA-A Dec. 15, Rain Dogs MARE WAKEFIELD, NOMAD Dec. 15, Mudville Music Room DIDGES CHRIST SUPERDRUNK, The CHROME FANGS, FLEIXFENIX, ARMAGEDDON 3 Dec. 15, Jack Rabbits LUKE COMBS Dec. 15, Florida Theatre PARKER URBAN BAND Dec. 15, Mojo Kitchen CHRISTMAS IN CLAY COUNTY Dec. 15, Thrasher-Horne Center GIDEON, WAGE WAR, OCEANS ATE ALASKA, VARIALS, LOATHE Dec. 16, 1904 Music Hall SUNJAMMER BAND Dec. 16, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach NIKKI TALLEY Dec. 16, Riverside Arts Market ALLELE Dec. 16, Mavericks Live HARLEY FLANAGAN (Cro-Mags) Dec. 17, Nighthawks SAMUEL SANDERS Dec. 17, Flying Iguana The SUPERVILLIANS Dec. 18, Jack Rabbits Horton’s Holiday Hayride: REV. HORTON HEAT, JUNIOR BROWN, The BLASTERS, BIG SANDY Dec. 19, PVC Hall BULLMOOSE Dec. 19, Rain Dogs The GRAHAMS Dec. 19, Jack Rabbits DJ CAPONE Dec. 20, Cheers Park Avenue ROSEDALE Dec. 20, Jack Rabbits SOUTH of SAVANNAH Dec. 21, Cheers Park Avenue LUKE PEACOCK Dec. 21, Mudville Music Room BILLY BUCHANAN Dec. 21, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach The LITTLE BOOKS Dec. 21, Jack Rabbits IVAN PULLEY, BUDDY CRUMP Dec. 22, Cheers Park Avenue MEDAL MILITIA, YEAR ZERO, ELITE Dec. 22, Jack Rabbits YOWSAH Dec. 22, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach RIP JUNIOR, PUBLIC Dec. 23, Jack Rabbits CATCH THE GROOVE Dec. 23, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach SOULSHINE & the SWAT TEAM Dec. 22 & 23, Flying Iguana

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC JAXMAS Dec. 25, Jack Rabbits JULIA GULIA Dec. 27, Cheers Park Avenue KICKING NAMES BAND Dec. 27, Whiskey Jax, Jax Beach JERROD ALLEN, HERE COMES the HERO, KELLY WHITE Dec. 29, Jack Rabbits BRYAN HAYES Dec. 29, Breezy Jazz Club DONNA the BUFFALO Dec. 29, PVC Hall MIKE SHACKELFORD BAND Dec. 29, Mudville Music Room AERIAL TRIBE REUNION Dec. 29, Surfer the Bar CASSIDY LEE Dec. 29, Cheers Park Avenue HEATHER GILLIS Dec. 29, Mojo Kitchen J CREW BAND Dec. 30 & 31, Flying Iguana NYE LOVE TRAIN, PARKER URBAN, BEDSIDE, RECESS, VLAD the INHALER, BOOTY BOO, BIG BUCK$ CREW Dec. 31, 1904 Music Hall LOVE MONKEY Dec. 31, Cheers Park Avenue SOUTHERN RUCKUS Dec. 31, Boondocks Grill & Bar BETTYE LaVETTE Jan. 4, PVC Hall SOME KIND of NIGHTMARE Jan. 4, ShantyTown Pub PETER BRADLEY ADAMS Jan. 5, Café Eleven LARRY MANGUM Jan. 6, Mudville Music Room BOCCHERINI, PUCCINI, NINO ROTA, WOLF Jan. 7, PVC Hall JACKSON BROWNE, GREG LEISZ Jan. 7, Florida Theatre BAD IDOLS, SIN Jan. 9, Nighthawks STEVE POLTZ Jan. 10, Café Eleven JACK WILLIAMS Jan. 11, Mudville Music Room The ZOMBIES: Odessey and Oracle 50th Anniversary Jan. 12, PVC Hall THE ORCHESTRA (ex-ELO members), JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY ROCK ORCHESTRA Jan. 12, The Florida Theatre SOCIAL REPOSE Jan. 12, Jack Rabbits FRED EAGLESMITH Jan. 12, Café Eleven A TEMPTATIONS REVUE, BO HENDERSON Jan. 13, Ritz Theatre JONNY LANG Jan. 16, Florida Theatre FINN MAGILL, ALAN MURRAY, OLD DAWGS NEW TRIXX Jan. 17, Mudville Music Room LARRY MANGUM, DAVID MALLETT Jan. 18, Mudville Music Room DECADES REWIND Jan. 18, Thrasher-Horne Center MARY BRAGG Jan. 19, Mudville Music Room JASON FARNAM Jan. 19, Thrasher-Horne Center JAKE OWEN Jan. 19, The Florida Theatre THE TRAVELIN’ McCOURYS Jan. 20, PVC HALL IN THIS MOMENT Jan. 20, Florida Theatre STEWART TUSSING BAND Jan. 20, Mudville Music Room THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Jan. 24, PVC Hall MARTY STUART & his FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES Jan. 25, PVC Hall MASON JENNINGS Jan. 26, PVC Hall The STOMPDOWN Jan. 27, Florida Theatre BLACK VIOLIN Jan. 27, PVC Hall CES CRU, The PALMER SQUARE, GPO Jan. 27, Jack Rabbits YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Jan. 28, PVC HALL WORLD INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, COMMUNITY CENTER, TAIL LIGHT REBELLION, MUDTOWN Jan. 28, Nighthawks Take Me to the River: WILLIAM BELL, BOBBY RUSH, DON BRYANT Jan. 30, Florida Theatre GAELIC STORM Jan. 30, PVC Hall VELON THOMPSON Jan. 30, Mudville Music Room G3 2018: JOE SATRIANI, PHIL COLLEN, JOHN PETRUCCI Jan. 31, Florida Theatre ZOLOPHT Jan. 31, Jack Rabbits TANYA TUCKER Feb. 1, Florida Theatre Anthems Tour: ADAM ANT Feb. 2, Florida Theatre MARY WILSON (The Supremes) Feb. 3, Ritz Theatre JOE MULLINS & the RADIO RAMBLERS Feb. 3, Mudville Music Room The VERVE PIPE Feb. 4, Café Eleven FEEDING FINGERS Feb. 4, Nighthawks JAKE SHIMABUKURO Feb. 6, PVC Hall DIANA KRALL Feb. 7, Florida Theatre Front Porch Series: JOHN McCUTCHEON Feb. 8, PVC Hall THE KENNEDYS Feb. 8, Mudville Music Room TESLA Feb. 9, Florida Theatre JOHN MORELAND Feb. 9, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

LITTLE RIVER BAND, PABLO CRUISE Feb. 10, Florida Theatre The LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT Feb. 10, Ritz Theatre UNDER THE STREETLAMP Feb. 11, PVC HALL SETH GLIER Feb. 11, Cafe Eleven BLUES TRAVELER Feb. 11, Florida Theatre The HOT SARDINES Feb. 13, Florida Theatre QUEENS of the NIGHT Feb. 14, Nighthawks BOTTLE ROCKETS, CHUCK PROPHET & the MISSION EXPRESS Feb. 16, PVC Hall CHRIS YOUNG Feb. 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre SIERRA HULL Feb. 17, PVC Hall DANIEL O’DONNELL Feb. 17, Florida Theatre WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY, LOS LONELY BOYS Feb. 18, St. Augustine Amphitheatre COLIN QUINN Feb. 18, PVC Hall GEORGE BENSON Feb. 19, Thrasher-Horne Center ERIC JOHNSON Feb. 20, PVC Hall ROBERT CRAY & HIS BAND Feb. 21, PVC Hall SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS Feb. 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre’s Front Porch MINDI ABAIR & the BONESHAKERS, AIR SUPPLY Feb. 23, Florida Theatre JAMIE DeFRATES, MIKE SHACKELFORD, LARRY MANGUM Feb. 23, Mudville Music Room GEORGE WINSTON Feb. 23, PVC Hall The Blackwater Sol Revue: JJ GREY & MOFRO, LOS LOBOS, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, MARCUS KING BAND, more Feb. 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The EXPENDABLES, THROUGH the ROOTS, PACIFIC DUB Feb. 24, St. Augustine Amphitheatre’s Backyard Stage THE WEEPIES Feb. 24, PVC Hall An Evening with MAVIS STAPLES Feb. 25, PVC Hall MICHAEL McDONALD Feb. 27, Florida Theatre An Evening with JORMA KAUKONEN Feb. 27, PVC Hall BLACKBERRY SMOKE March 1, Florida Theatre CAIN’T NEVER COULD, LARA HOPE & the ARKTONES March 1, Nighthawks NIGHT OF BEE GEES March 1, Thrasher-Horne Center DIXIE DREGS March 1, St. Augustine Amphitheatre PHILLIP PHILLIPS March 2, Florida Theatre JOHN HAMMOND March 3, PVC Hall JUSTIN MOORE, DYLAN SCOTT March 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RAGLAND March 3, Jack Rabbits TIERNEY SUTTON BAND March 4, Ritz Theatre WEBERN & SCHUBERT March 4, PVC Hall ANA POPOVIC March 7, PVC Hall 25th Annual Guitar Gathering: THE LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET March 8, Florida Theatre; DASotA benefit Celtic Music & Heritage Festival: EMMET CAHILL, DUBLIN CITY RAMBLERS, SEVEN NATIONS, RATHKELTAIR, EMISH, ALBANNACH, ENTER the HAGGIS, STEEL CITY ROVERS, HOUSE of HAMILL March 9-11, Francis Field, St. Augustine BIANCA DEL RIO March 10, PVC Hall SIDELINE March 10, Mudville Music Room BRAD PAISLEY March 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ROBIN TROWER March 10, Mudville The TENDERLOINS March 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The MARVIN GAYE EXPERIENCE March 11, Thrasher-Horne Center ROBIN TROWER March 13, PVC Hall DAVE EGGER ORCHESTRA March 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre GET the LED OUT March 16, Florida Theatre JOE JENKS March 16, Mudville Music Room FOREIGNER March 16, St. Augustine Amphitheatre MY NAME IS BEAR TOUR, The LATE ONES, XIUHTEZCATL March 16, PVC Hall 1964 The TRIBUTE: The Best Beatles Band on Earth March 17, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ALICE COOPER March 18, Florida Theater MIKE & the MECHANICS March 21, PVC Hall STEEP CANYON RANGERS March 22, Florida Theatre MIKE SHACKELFORD March 23, Mudville Music Room

THREE DOG NIGHT, The LORDS of 52nd STREET March 25, Florida Theatre Death of a King: TAVIS SMILEY, MARCUS ROBERTS March 30, T-U Center LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III March 30, PVC Hall UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER March 30, Jack Rabbits BUDDY GUY, JIMMIE VAUGHAN, QUINN SULLIVAN April 5, Florida Theatre TOMMY EMMANUEL, ANTHONY SNAPE April 6 & 7, PVC Hall CHRIS BOTTI April 13, Florida Theatre ABBA the CONCERT April 17, Florida Theatre BRUCE COCKBURN April 19, PVC Hall Wanee 2018: WIDESPREAD PANIC, PHIL LESH & the TERRAPIN FAMILY BAND, As The CROW FLIES, DARK STAR ORCHESTRA, ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES, JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND, The CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS, KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE, EAT a BUNCH of PEACHES, PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG, WALTER TROUT, SONNY LANDRETH, The MARCUS KING BAND, GEORGE PORTER JR. & the RUNNING PARDNERS, SOUL REBELS, LES BROS, PINK TALKING FISH, BOBBY LEE ROGERS TRIO, BIG SOMETHING, NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS, BERRY OAKLEY’S INDIGENOUS SUSPECTS, MIDNIGHT NORTH, The YETI TRIO, CRAZY FINGERS April 19, 29 & 21, Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak THOMAS RHETT, BRETT YOUNG, CARLY PEARCE April 20, Daily’s Place 10,000 MANIACS April 25, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The Voice of Romance Tour: JOHNNY MATHIS April 26, Florida Theatre Welcome To Rockville: OZZY OSBOURNE, FOO FIGHTERS, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, QUEENS of the STONE AGE, BILLY IDOL, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, GODSMACK, STONE SOUR, BLACK VEIL BRIDES, AVATAR, MORE April 27, 28 & 29, Metro Park BLACK JACKET SYMPHONY, JACKSONVILLE ROCK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary Tour April 27, Florida Theatre ALLEN PARSONS PROJECT, CARL PALMER April 28, Florida Theatre LITTLE BIG TOWN, KACEY MUSGRAVES, MIDLAND May 4, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DOUGLAS ANDERSON GUITAR STUDENT BENEFIT May 5, Mudville Music Room JOE BONAMASSA May 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre STEVE FORBERT May 12, Mudville Music Room ROD MacDONALD June 15, Mudville Music Room Last Summer on Earth 2018 Tour: BARENAKED LADIES, BETTER THAN EZRA, KT TUNSTALL July 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DON McLEAN July 27, PVC Hall

LIVE MUSIC CLUBS AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA

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. Dec. 3 SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Pili Pili Nov. 29. Tad Jennings 6 p.m. Nov. 30. Melissa Smith Band 7 p.m. Dec. 1. 2 Dudes from Texas, Milltown Road Dec. 2. Cassidy Lee 6 p.m. Dec. 4. Mark O’Quinn 6 p.m. Dec. 5 SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Katfish Lee 1 p.m. Nov. 29 & 30, Dec. 5

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. MONTY’S/SHORES LIQUOR, 3644 St. Johns Ave., 389-1131 The Bystanders Band 8 p.m. Dec. 1. DJ Rafiki 10 p.m. Dec. 3

Local jazz quartet THE RAISIN CAKE ORCHESTRA (pictured) blends Dixieland, Swing and classic jazz, resulting in a must-hear/ must-see show, 6 p.m. Dec. 2; Chillula opens; Prohibition Kitchen, St. Augustine, 209-5704.

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted) 1st STREET LOFT, 502 N. First St., 241-7848 Open mic 7 p.m. every Thur.

ATLANTIC BEACH BREWING CO., 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 3 & 15, Atlantic Beach, 372-4116 Sol Rydah 8 p.m. Dec. 2 BIG DAWGS PIERSIDE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 372-4100 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Nov. 30 & Dec. 7 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 Open mic night 8 p.m. every Wed. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 Carroll Brown: 2,000 Years Ago–A Celtic Christmas 7 p.m.

Dec. 4. Chloë Agnew, Dermot Kiernan 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5.

Michael Funge 6:30 p.m. every Sun. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680 3 the Band 9 p.m. Nov. 30. Lunar Coast 9 p.m. Dec. 1 & 2. Samuel Sanders Dec. 3. Beach City 10 p.m. Dec. 8 & 9 FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 Sailfish Dr., AB, 246-4293 Live music on weekends GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 Big Jeff Dec. 1. Wes Cobb Dec. 2 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. JAX BEACH BRUNCH HAUS, 610 S. Third St., 945-4287 Levi the Poet 7 p.m. Dec. 5 LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Uncommon Legends 10 p.m. Dec. 1. Mikey Clams 10 p.m. Dec. 2. Split Tone every Thur. Chillula every Sun. Kristen Campbell every Mon. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Felix Chang 8:30 p.m. Nov. 30. Live music most weekends 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. MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Top Shelf People, Joy Dennis 10 p.m. Dec. 1. Albert Castiglia Dec. 2 MONKEY’S UNCLE, 1728 N. Third St., 246-1070 Jim Lamb 6 p.m. Nov. 29 OCEAN 60, 60 Ocean Blvd., AB, 247-0060 Taylor Roberts 7 p.m. Nov. 29 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Cody Johnson 8 p.m. Nov. 29. Jetty Cats 9 p.m. Nov. 30. Paul Lundgren Dec. 1. Austin Park Dec. 2 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 Aaron Thomas 9 p.m. Nov. 29. The Georgia Flood 8 p.m. Dec. 1. Brian Ernst 9 p.m. Dec. 5 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Mikey Clams 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Boogie Freaks 8 p.m. Dec. 1.

Tuesday Night Blues Club Dec. 5. Chikaya 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6

CAMDEN COUNTY, GA.

CAPTAIN STAN’S Smokehouse, 700 Bedell Dr., Woodbine, 912-729-9552 Touch of Grey 6:30 p.m. Dec. 22 JJ’S TAVERN, 711 Osborne St., St. Marys, 912-882-5280 Live music most weekends

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 wrvm fest: Black Tusk, Dark Castle, Cave of Swimmers, Shroud Eater Dec. 1 & 2. Fishtooth 5 p.m. Dec. 3. Queens of the Night 9 p.m. Dec. 6. Shlump, Man Darino, Rest in Pierce, Sleep Madness, After Cities Dec. 7 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. Nov. 29. Ace Winn 8 p.m. Dec. 1 HOURGLASS PUB, 345 E. Bay St., 469-1719 Singersongwriter open mic 9 p.m. Thur. Live music 9:30 p.m. Fri. INTUITION ALE WORKS, 929 E. Bay St., 683-7720 Live music most weekends JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Everchange Band 9 p.m. Dec. 1. Jimmy Parrish & the Waves 5 p.m. Dec. 3 MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Trap Beckham 11 p.m. Nov. 30. Bold City Beat Championship 9:30 p.m.

Dec. 1. The Werks, Passafire, The Ries Brothers, Bigfoot Barefoot Dec. 9. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat. MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Adam Harris Thompson Band 6 p.m. Dec. 1, Element. Vincent 9 p.m. Dec. 1

FLEMING ISLAND

BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove, 406-9497 Eric Collette & Cody 6 p.m. Nov. 30. Matt Knowles, Jonathan Lee Dec. 1. Brandon Leino, South Paw Dec. 2. Paul Ivey 6 p.m. Dec. 7 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Dopelimatic 8:30 p.m. Dec. 1 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Corbitt Brothers 9 p.m. Dec. 1. Party Cartel 9 p.m. Dec. 2

INTRACOASTAL

CLIFF’S Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, 645-5162 Open mic every Tue. JERRY’S Sports Bar & Grille, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Retro Kats 8:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Live music every Fri.

MANDARIN

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ENZA’S, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci Nov. 29 & Dec. 3

IGGY’S GRILL & BAR, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 101, 209-5209 Love Monkey Dec. 2. DJ Greg 7 p.m. every Wed. TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, St. Johns, 819-1554 Ken McAnlis 8 p.m. Nov. 29. Chilly Rhino 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Don’t Call Me Shirley 9:30 p.m. Dec. 3

ORANGE PARK + MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS PARK AVENUE, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 DJ Capone 9:30 p.m. Nov. 29 & Dec. 6. Shane Myers 5 p.m.

Dec. 1. Jason Evans Band Dec. 7 DALTON’S SPORTS GRILL, 2620 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 17, 282-1564 Shayne Rammler 8 p.m. Dec. 1 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. The ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Live music every Fri. & Sat. SHARK CLUB, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Digital Skyline 9 p.m.

Dec. 1. Live music most weekends

PONTE VEDRA

PUSSER’S GRILLE, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Savannah Leigh Bassett 6 p.m. Nov. 29. Live music every Wed.-Sat. TABLE 1, 330 A1A N., 280-5515 Live music every Wed., Thur. & Sat.

RIVERSIDE + WESTSIDE

ACROSS the STREET, 948 Edgewood Ave. S., 683-4182 Bill Ricci, Billy & the Heaters Nov. 30. Live music most weekends HOBNOB, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 10, 513-4272 Live music every Fri. MURRAY HILL Theatre, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Fear No Evil Tour, It Lies Within, My Heart to Fear, Candor, GFM, Axiom 7 p.m. Dec. 2 NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd. Mega Ran 9 p.m.

Nov. 30. Dirty Bird + the Flu, Snacks Blues Band, Appalachian Death Trap, Cry Havoc 7 p.m. Dec. 1. ’68, With Whores Dec. 5. D.R.I., Kaustik 7 p.m. Dec. 6 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 LA-A 8 p.m. Nov. 30.

Dial Drive Dec. 7 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 The WillowWacks, Clay H.S. Show Choir, Great Dames, Debrann Dec. 2 SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362 Live music most weekends

ST. AUGUSTINE

ARNOLD’S LOUNGE, 3912 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 824-8738 Cottonmouth 9 p.m. Dec. 2. The Remains 9 p.m. Dec. 9.

Mr. Natural every Thur.

CAFE ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 The Big Sound of Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials 8 p.m. Dec. 4. Willy Porter, Carmen Nickerson Dec. 7 CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Tony Scozzaro, The Committee Dec. 1. Vinny Jacobs 2 p.m. Dec. 3 DOS COFFEE & WINE, 300 San Marco Ave., 342-2421 Live music every weekend MARDI GRAS, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Fre Gordon acoustic open mic 7 p.m. every Sun. Justin Gurnsey open jam 8 p.m. every Mon. PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George St., 209-5704 Leelyn Osborn, Cookin In Da Kitchen 6 p.m. Nov. 29 & Dec. 6.

Danielle Eva Jazz Duo, MJ Baker 6 p.m. Nov. 30. N.W. Izzard 10 p.m. Dec. 1. Raisin Cake Orchestra, Chillula Dec. 2.

The WillowWacks 6 p.m. Dec. 4. Colton Trio, 9th Street Stompers Dec. 7. Naysayers, Ramona Dec. 8 TEMPO, 16 Cathedral Pl., 342-0286 Open mic night 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29. Jay Bird 7 p.m. Nov. 30. Jax English Salsa Band 6 p.m. Dec. 3. Bluez Dudez, Solou 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Blistur Dec. 1 & 2

SAN MARCO

DOUBLETREE, 1201 Riverplace Blvd., 398-8800 Live music 4:30 p.m. every Thur.

JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Phantoms, Scream Blue Murder 7 p.m. Nov. 29. Danielle Nicole, Bryce Alastair Band 8 p.m. Dec. 1. Lerogie, The Dog Apollo, Seafang 8 p.m. Dec. 2. The Two Takes, Doc Holiday, Traded Youth 7 p.m. Dec. 3. Ghoul, Us Bastards, Appalachian Death Trap 7 p.m. Dec. 4 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Florida Brass Quintet 7 p.m. Nov. 29. Caroline Cotter, Arvid Smith, Linda Grenville 7 p.m. Nov. 30. The Collins Trio Dec. 5.

Pierce Pettis Dec. 7. Mean Mary Dec. 8

SOUTHSIDE, ARLINGTON & BAYMEADOWS

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Barrett Jockers Nov. 30. Bryan Ernst Dec. 1. Ryan Campbell Dec. 2 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Fratello 9 p.m. Dec. 1. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg 9 p.m. Dec. 2

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

CROOKED ROOSTER BREWERY, 1478 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 Open mic 7 p.m. every Wed. 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

FOLIO DINING At LA MANCHA on Amelia Island you’ll discover a menu with a unique blend of Spanish and Portuguese selections imbued with a dash of Brazilian brio.

LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 474272 S.R. 200, 844-2225. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriverpizza.net. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. Authentic Northernstyle pizzas, 20-plus toppings, pie/slice.

Calzones. $ BW TO L D M-Sa photo by Madison Gross 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 POINTE RESTAURANT, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com.

2017 Best of Jax winner. In awardwinning inn Elizabeth Pointe Lodge.

Seaside dining; in or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu.

Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily THE SALTY PELICAN BAR & GRILL, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesaltypelicanamelia.com. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com.

F 2017 Best of Jax winner. 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. AMELIA ISLAND + Fletcher Ave., 261-5711, thesurfonline.com. Oceanview FERNANDINA BEACH dining since 1957, inside or on the deck. Steaks, seafood, BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F burgers, daily food and drink specials; Wing It Wednesdays.

On the water at Centre Street’s end. Southern hospitality, $$ FB K TO L D Daily upscale atmosphere; daily specials, fresh local seafood, T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, aged beef. $$$ FB L D Daily traysburgerstation.com. F 2017 Best of Jax winner.

CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com.

Family-owned-and-operated 18+ years. Blue plate specials, F Family-owned café in historic building. Worldly fare, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa made-from-scratch dressings, sauces, desserts, sourcing ARLINGTON + REGENCY fresh veggies, seafood. Dine in or al fresco under oakLARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1301 Monument Rd., Ste. 5, shaded patio. Microbrew Karibrew Pub brews beer onsite; 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK. imports. $$ FB K TO R, Su; L Daily, D Tu-Su in season THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, AVONDALE + ORTEGA ameliacrabtrap.com. F For nearly 40 years, family-ownedFOOD ADDICTZ GRILL, 1044 Edgewood Ave. S., 240-1987. and-operated. Fresh local seafood, steaks, specials. HH. $$ Family-and-veteran-owned place is all about home cooking.

FB L Sa-M; D Nightly Customer faves: barbecued pulled pork, blackened chicken, JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, Caesar wrap and Portobello mushroom burger. $ K TO B L jackanddianescafe.com. F Renovated 1887 shotgun house.

D Tu-Su Faves: jambalaya, French toast, pancakes, mac & cheese, HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, crêpes. Vegan items. Inside or porch overlooking historic harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years. area. $$ BW K TO B L D M, W, F, Sa; B L Su American pub. 1/2-lb. burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta.

LA MANCHA, 2709 Sadler Rd., 261-4646, Local beers, HH. $$ FB K TO L D Daily lamancharestaurante.com. Spanish, Portuguese fare, MOJO NO. 4 URBAN BBQ & WHISKEY BAR, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Brazilian flair. Tapas, seafood, steaks, sangria. Drink Ste. 1, 381-6670, mojobbq.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. specials. AYCE paella Sun. $$$ FB K TO D Nightly Pulled pork and Carolina-style barbecue. Delta fried catfish.

Avondale’s Mojo has shrimp & grits, specialty cocktails. Local musicians on weekends. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PINEGROVE MARKET & DELI, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. 40+ AVERAGE ENTRÉE COST years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher, USDA $ $ $ $ < 10 20- 35 $$$ choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. Fri. & Sat. fish fry. $ BW $ TO B L D M-Sa $$ $$$$ > $35 10- $20 RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurantorsay.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. French/ ABBREVIATIONS & Southern bistro; local organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. $$$ FB R, Su; D Nightly SPECIAL NOTES SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, L = Lunch BW = Beer/Wine simplysaras.net. F Down-home fare from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit D = Dinner FB = Full Bar cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. Bite Club = Hosted $$ K TO L D Tu-Sa, B Sa K = Kids’ Menu SOUTH KITCHEN & SPIRITS, 3638 Park St., 475-2362, Free Folio Weekly TO = Take Out south.kitchen. Southern classics: crispy catfish with smoked Bite Club Event gouda grits, family-style fried chicken, burgers, vegetarian, B = Breakfast F = Folio Weekly vegan, gluten-free options. $$ FB K TO L D Daily

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BAYMEADOWS

AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. INDIA’S, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajaxcom. F 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. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE SAN MARCO.

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COME ONE,

photo by Brentley Stead

COME ALL Taco takeout OVERFLOWING with friendliness and freshness ST. AUGUSTINE IS ALWAYS A FUN PLACE TO FEAST your eyes on local sights and food. Just when you feel you’ve seen and tasted it all, you find something you overlooked, like Mojo’s Tacos right on the main boulevard. This no-frills spot gives off a definitive “all are welcome” vibe.

The colorful, handwritten chalkboard menu offers five categories: Tacos, Burritos, Salads, Arepas, Nachos. Choose one, then pick a protein from among choices like mahi-mahi, shrimp, shredded chicken, ground beef, tempeh, tofu or black beans and rice.

Tacos come “Double Decker” at Mojo’s, meaning each is served with not one, but two, taco shells; a soft flour and a crunchy corn shell with a slice of cheddar cheese in the middle to stick it together.

They are unusually structurally sound and supertasty. We ordered mahi-mahi ($4.75), shrimp ($5.25) and tempeh ($5.25). The piles of flaky mahi were browned in a blackening sauce that wasn’t too spicy. It’s the same seasoning used on the tempeh, one of my favorites.

If you’re a fan of tempeh (a fermented soybean product that’s better than tofu and seitan combined), heck, even if you aren’t, you better order this taco; it packs some awesome flavor into that

MOJO’S TACOS

551 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 829-1665, mojos904.com

crisp exterior. Made from Arto Moro’s Tempeh (aka Artie’s) in Gainesville, the king of all tempeh, it was the most amazing tempeh taco I’ve had.

The shrimp taco really is a work of art. Most shrimp tacos have three (or fewer!) measly shrimp.

Proving its superiority, Mojo’s shrimp tacos overflow with crustaceans. You’ll get a shrimp with every bite; not just a nibble, either.

Based on the enthusiasm of the staffer taking our order, we were most excited about the arepas with mahi ($9.95) as recommended. TBH, we were a little doubtful, but Mojo’s did not disappoint.

When we popped open the box, we saw two arepas sandwiching flaky mahi and melted cheese, plus a salad. Each bite was a little different. One forkful had the creamy texture of the corn arepa with cheesy fish, and black bean and corn salsa, the next added a little crunch from the griddled side of the arepa, with a fresh kick from sliced jalapeños on top.

The drink situation is the only thing that leaves a little to be desired, but ONLY because I could not get the fresh margarita that tacos practically require. My taste buds tingle at the thought of what Mojo’s could do with the fresh ingredients to make a margarita onsite. (I get it; liquor licenses are expensive.) There is a wide-ranging beer selection, kombucha on tap from Local Booch, and Cayman Jack Margarita ($3.50) in the bottle for those of us who’d prefer not to eat a taco without a citrusy tequila kick (I know I’m not alone).

This is an ultra-casual place, and all orders are ready to-go. So even if you’re dining in, your taco goodies are packed in a brown paper bag with a plethora of chips at the bottom to go with that delicious cilantro-y guacamole ($2).

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NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. 2017 Best of Jax finalist.

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

BEACHES

(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

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 2017 Best of Jax winner. 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. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. BREEZY COFFEE SHOP WINE BAR, 235 Eighth Ave. S., 241-2211, breezycoffeeshopcafe.com. Local beachy coffee & wine shop by day; wine bar by night. Fresh baked pastries, breakfast sandwiches all day. Grab-n-Go salads, cheeses, hummus. $ BW K TO B L D Daily 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. 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 2017 Best of Jax winner.

SEE RIVERSIDE.

BIG SHOTS!

LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 6586 GA. Hwy. 40 B6, St. Marys, 912-576-7006. F SEE ORANGE PARK. OUTERBANKS SPORTS BAR & GRILLE, 140 The Lakes Blvd., Ste. H, Kingsland, 912-729-5499. Fresh seafood, burgers, steaks, wings. $$ FB TO D Nightly SALT.PEPPER.THYME, 105 N. Lee St., Kingsland, 912-510-0444, saltpepperthyme.net. Varied American Southern fare in an elegant setting. Dine in or out. $$ BW K TO L W; L & D Th-Sa

DOWNTOWN

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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. 2017 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 St., 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

FLEMING ISLAND

GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Pkwy., 541-0009. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteysfishcamp.com. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. 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

BRITTANY TURNER

Mojo Kitchen

1500 Beach Blvd. • Jacksonville Beach Born in: Georgia Years in Biz: 5 Favorite Bar: The Shim Sham Room Favorite Cocktail Style: Boozy and herbal Go-To Ingredients: Ginger and lemon Hangover Cure: 10 Pepsis and McDonald's Will Not Cross My Lips: Fireball. Ever. Ever.

Insider’s Secret: Always blame the kitchen.

Celebrity Sighting At Your Bar: No one really famous, a few Jag players.

When You Say "The Usual": Vodka-soda with extra limes (I don't really like it, I just get nervous when I order.)

FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 853-5680, flyingiguana.com. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. Latin American: tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB TO L D Daily GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925, gustojax.com. Classic Old World Roman fare, big Italian menu: homestyle pasta, beef, chicken, fish delicacies; open pizza-tossing kitchen.

Reservations encouraged. $$ FB TO L R D Tu-Su HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 241 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 425-1025. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 1534 3rd St. N., 853-6817. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. M SHACK, 299 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-2599, shackburgers.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. Burgers, hot dogs, fries, shakes. Dine indoors or out. $$ BW L D Daily NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 1585 N. Third St., 458-1390. 2017 Best of Jax finalist. 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.

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

INTRACOASTAL WEST

AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. 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 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199, athenscafejax.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. 20+ years of Greek fare, serving dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant), Greek beers. Vegetarian-friendly.

Full bar. Early bird menu Mon.-Fri. $$ FB L M-F; D M-Sa CRUISERS GRILL, 5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 1, 737-2874.

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 2017 Best of Jax winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200, mojobbq.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F 2017 Best of Jax finalist. Organic soups, baked items, sandwiches,

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SUDS FOR THE

SOLSTICE Party LIKE A PAGAN this holiday season

AS THE HOLIDAYS BEGIN A FULL-ON BLITZ OF KITSCH and technicolor decorations, a joyous appearance is celebrated: winter spiced brews. For centuries, the coming of winter, now considered the holiday season, has heralded the maturation and distribution of strong beer laced with an assortment of herbs and spices.

In the U.S., the tradition of releasing spiced beers near the holidays has become so beloved, huge parties have sprung up. In Asheville, North Carolina, Highland Brewing Company holds its annual Cold Mountain Winter Ale release party just before Thanksgiving. The four-day event draws thousands of revelers.

The history of heady, flavorful spiced beer reaches back in history far beyond the dawn of the Christian era.

Centuries ago, pagan Scandinavians began celebrating the winter solstice by drinking strong brews spiced with heather flowers and juniper berries known as “Jul” to their god Odin. The practice became so important to the culture, in the 10th Century, King Haakon I made it a law for every household to produce beer for the solstice.

In more recent centuries, Britain and Belgium joined their northern neighbors creating boozy, sweet ales for the season. British styles, such as Burton ale, barleywine and old ale, are often used as bases for spiced brews. To these robust tipples, brewers often added spices such as cinnamon to amp up the festive flavor.

Belgian spiced ales, while strong, are more balanced than other winter brews. Revered for rich malt, fruity nuances, caramelization, bready flavors and spice, Belgian holiday brews are often sipped before a roaring fire on cold winter nights.

As your calendar begins filling with holiday celebrations, consider the following festive brews as libation for the revelries.

COLD MOUNTAIN WINTER ALE Brewed by Highland Brewing once a year, Cold Mountain is a lightly hopped, malty ale spiced with an ever-changing slate of spices.

Expect big aromas of caramel, vanilla, toffee and brown sugar. A sip will reveal the same flavors as well as cinnamon, hazelnut and light chocolate. The complexity and robust character fall in line with the great winter styles of Britain; find it now as supplies dwindle quickly.

CORSENDONK CHRISTMAS ALE Originally brewed by monks as a contemplative practice, Corsendonk beers bounced around Belgian breweries for nearly two centuries after Austrian Emperor Joseph II shut down the Priory of Corsendonk in 1784. In 1982, the beer regained fame when the brewery Brasserie Du Bocq in Purnode in the Ardennes took over brewing. Rich and complex, it boasts aromas of chocolate and holiday cooking spices. The palate is smooth with malt, smoke and spice with citrus notes.

OVERSET Experience the exotic flavors of authentic Indian fare and imported brews at INDIA’S in Baymeadows. photo by Madison Gross

prepared foods. Juice, smoothie, coffee bar. All-natural beer/ wine. $ BW TO K B L D Daily

ORANGE PARK

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

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

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 2017 Best of Jax winner. 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, roadhouseonline.net. Sandwiches, wings, burgers, quesadillas for 35+ years. 75+ imported beers. Live music. $ 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 2017 Best of Jax winner.

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. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 340 Front St., Ste. 700, 513-8422. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE SAN MARCO.

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

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

2017 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 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE INTRACOASTAL. BIG OAK BBQ & CATERING, 1948 Henley Rd., Middleburg, 214-3041. 1440 Dunn Ave., 757-2225, bigoakbbqfl.com.

YOUNG’S WINTER WARMER Now a well-established Family-owned-and-operated barbecue joints have smoked spiced ale, Young’s Winter Warmer began as a much chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides and stumps, which sounds stronger, sweeter Burton ale. Burton ales are pale ales damn good. $$ K TO L D M-Sa BLACK SHEEP, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, blacksheep5points. that achieve their darker, richer flavor and color from com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. New American, Southern; prolonged aging that allows complex flavors to emerge. local source ingredients. Specials, rooftop bar. HH. $$$ FB R To bring this beer more in line with spiced winter beer, Sa & Su; L M-F; D Nightly a unique cane sugar is added. It brings out aromas of BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, caramel, nuts and a hint of cinnamon. The flavor is mild 855-1181, boldbeancoffee.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner.

Small-batch, artisanal approach to sourcing and roasting with malt dominating, slight hops bitterness and hints single-origin, direct-trade coffees. Signature blends, handof dark fruit. crafted syrups, espressos, craft beers. $ BW TO B L Daily Marc Wisdom CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. marc@folioweekly.com Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Tu-Su 26 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 5, 2017

CUMMER CAFÉ, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummer.org. 2017 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 EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999.

2017 Best of Jax winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap.

Sandwiches. Dine outside at some E-Sts. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2017 Best of Jax winner.

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. 2017 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. 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 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442.

F 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. M SHACK, 1012 Margaret St., 423-1283. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE BEACHES. SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. Fresh vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens/rice, change daily. Sandwiches, coffees, teas. $ Tu-Su SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0047, sunraycinema.com. 2017 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. $$ BW Daily SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside Ave., Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafejax.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. Inside/patio. $$ BW L D Daily

ST. AUGUSTINE

AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. 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. $$ Daily CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993. SEE BEACHES. THE FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridianstaug.com. Updated Southern fare; fresh, local ingredients. Vegetarian, gluten-free options. Signature fried green tomato bruschetta, blackened fish cornbread stack; grits w/shrimp/fish/tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D W-M GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F 34+ years. Varied urban cuisine menu changes twice daily. Signature: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily

MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 347-3288, mardibar.com. Lively spot has wings, nachos, shrimp, chicken, Phillys, sliders, soft pretzels. $$ FB TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. Dinner nightly. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264, mojobbq. com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE AVONDALE. SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A, 217-3256. SEE BEACHES. WOODPECKER’S BACKYARD BBQ, 4930 S.R. 13, 531-5670, woodpeckersbbq.weebly.com. Smoked fresh daily. Brisket, ribs, pork, sausage, turkey: in sandwiches, plates by the pound. 8 sauces, 10 sides. $$ TO L D Tu-Su

SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK

THE BEARDED PIG SOUTHERN BBQ & BEER GARDEN, 1224 Kings Ave., 619-2247, thebeardedpigbbq.com. 2017 Best of Jax 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. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500.

2017 Best of Jax winner. 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. 2017 Best of Jax winner.

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. 2017 Best of Jax winner. Gastropub serves local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails. Seasonal menu, with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. $$ FB R Su; L D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metrodinercom. F 2017 Best of Jax winner. Original upscale diner in a historic 1930s-era building. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. This one serves dinner nightly. $$ B R L D Daily TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Blvd., 398-3005, tavernasanmarco.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; tapas, wood-fired pizza. Seasonal local produce, meats. Craft beer (some local), award-winning wine. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily

SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN

ALHAMBRA THEATRE & DINING, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. 2017 Best of Jax winner.

Open 50 years. Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus.

Reservations. $$ FB D Tu-Su EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717.

2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. LARRY’S 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. 2017 Best of Jax winner. SEE BEACHES.

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

ANDY’S GRILL, 1810 W. Beaver St., 354-2821, jaxfarmersmarket.com. 2017 Best of Jax finalist. 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

THE SPICE OF

904

Chef Bill’s LOCAL RESTAURANT highlight reel When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad, I simply remember my favorites things and then I don’t feel so bad.

THESE WORDS FROM RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S The Sound of Music enter my mind whenever my guests ask me to recommend restaurants. These inquiries, while innocent, really throw me for a loop. The answer requires a ridiculous amount of thought.

I don’t want to disrespect my professional cooking comrades, but I judge restaurants on a different scale than those who’ve never worked in the industry. On one hand, I’m very forgiving to a restaurant’s flaws; on the other, I will tear places to shreds that profess to be of a level of quality that they fail to reach. I’m looking at you, pretentious restaurants!

In reality, when I go to a restaurant, it’s usually for a certain dish that has etched a lasting astronomic memory in my ravenous mind.

Here’s a very Cheffed Up list of a few of my favorite things in the 904, in no particular order. First: bacon-wrapped, cream-cheese-filled, roasted jalapeño poppers from The Bearded Pig, magnificent on their own, even better paired with one of their local brews.

I often crave the poutine from Black Sheep. The succulent, sous vide short ribs with thick, plank-like fries, and warm, chewy, sharp cheese curds. Magnificent.

Let me tell you, they are the best you’ll ever eat. My cold weather favorite is a hot, spicy, herby, umami bomb known as pho, and as y’all already know, the Bowl of Pho on Baymeadows is the only place I bother with.

I can almost feel the oxtail and star aniseinfused steam enveloping my face right now.

What about burgers, you ask? Well, my favorite is made at Epik Burger on Atlantic.

It’s the Epikurean, with pungent blue cheese, hint of truffle, pancetta and ’shrooms. Wow,

so many flavors vying for my attention, yet all blending harmoniously with each other.

Why can’t we all get along as well as these inspired ingredients?

For tacos, try Riverside’s Corner Taco.

I’m a big fan of housemade sausage and the chorizo here makes for a great little taco.

And as long as I’m in Riverside, I’m all about Foo Dog Curry’s vegetable samosa. Hot, spicy and vegan! Who knew that something that didn’t have four legs was edible? In Five Points, I gotta have my Duck Lettuce Wraps fix at Hawkers.

If I can’t get out of the house, I like to sprinkle this intriguing Portuguese spice blend over sea scallops, then grill them.

A seasonal slaw of Brussels sprouts with apples, peppers and jalapeño dressed with tangy vinaigrette is the perfect accompaniment.

CHEF BILL’S PORTUGUESE SPICE

Ingredients: • 5 tbsp. smoked paprika • 2 tbsp. granulated garlic • 1/2 tsp. ground cayenne pepper or • piri piri • 2 tsp. ground cumin • 1 tsp. ground allspice • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg • 2 tbsp. oregano Directions: 1. Mix all ingredients.

Until we cook again,

Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Contact Chef Bill Thompson, owner of The Amelia Island Culinary Academy, at cheffedup@folioweekly.com to find inspiration and get you Cheffed Up! NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 5, 2017 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 27

PET PARENTING FOLIO LIVING DEAR

DAVI

PETS LIKE ME:

J.J.

Behind every good human is AN AWESOME PET waiting to share its story MEET J.J.

Shortly after J.J. and I met at the arboretum, we became fast friends, and even though we walked the same path and sniffed the same pawpaw plants, we explored different places and marked different spots—the way friends do.

IN HIS WORDS:

I was drinking a lot of water and urinating frequently. So my mom took me to my veterinarian. A urinalysis and blood work revealed what she already suspected: I have diabetes.

Davi: How do you manage your diabetes?

J.J.: I get insulin shots twice a day, every 12 hours. It’s important that I get these shots after I eat breakfast and dinner, so Mom or Dad gives me my shot while I’m eating. I love food so much, most of the time I’m too distracted to even notice the prick of the needle!

Do you have any dietary restrictions?

I eat special food now, but it’s just as delicious as my old food. I still get doggie snacks, but my parents are super-careful about what I eat. No people food. Period.

Disappointing, but I want to stay healthy, so I deal with it.

Any exercise restrictions?

Nope! I still go for walks and play at the dog park with friends. Mom and Dad just keep an extra-close eye on me to make sure I’m feeling good. They monitor my habits and, if anything looks off, they call the doctor right away.

How do you monitor your blood sugar?

I go to the vet regularly so they can do a test called a glucose curve. Weird, right?

Basically, I just hang out at the vet all day

and have my blood sugar checked every so often. They do this to make sure I’m getting the right amount of insulin. Soon my parents will learn how to check my blood sugar at home in case of emergency.

Does diabetes affect your daily activities?

I actually have a lot more energy now that I’m getting regular insulin. I’m able to walk like a boss without losing steam, but it’s a lifestyle change. Luckily, I have loving parents who’ve adjusted their schedules to manage my diabetes. It feels good to be top priority!

NATIONAL PET DIABETES MONTH

Did you know one out of every 300 pets is diagnosed with diabetes? November is designated National Pet Diabetes Month as a way to raise awareness, promote early detection and help pet owners recognize the symptoms of diabetes in dogs and cats early.

If you didn’t know your dog or cat could develop diabetes, you’re not alone. Many owners don’t realize diabetes can affect pets; you may have questions when you find your pet has the condition.

While there’s no cure for diabetes, proper care can help your pet live a happy, healthy, active life. The more you know about diabetes, the better you’ll be able to manage your pet’s health.

Diabetes isn’t a death sentence, but if it’s not treated properly, it can be. Diabetic dogs can live normal lives, like J.J.—but they depend on their owners to manage their ongoing care.

Davi mail@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ Davi the dachshund doesn’t have diabetes, but he’s so sweet, he might make you diabetic.

(OK, not really.)

PET PE ET TI TIP: P: GATOR GATO GA TOR R CU CUDD CUDDLES DDLE LES S IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT FLORIDA WOMAN IS EVERY BIT AS, ER, UNIQUE as her counterpart, Florida Man. Take Lakeland’s Mary Thorn. Last Christmas, everyone’s hearts went a-flutter at the news that Ms. Thorn had received a permit to keep her clothes-wearing, sunglass-rocking, kiss-giving pet alligator, Rambo. If a carnivorous, nocturnal, cold-blooded reptile with 74-80 teeth sounds like an ideal household companion, apply for a license from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

You must be 18 years old, have no convictions for certain crimes involving animals, and demonstrate 1,000 hours of experience with alligator-handling, care and husbandry.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

MAGIC SPELLS, GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE & SELF-LOVE ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope everything doesn’t come too easily for you in the coming weeks. I’m worried you’ll meet no obstructions and face no challenges. That wouldn’t be good. It might weaken your willpower and cause puzzle-solving skills to atrophy. A small caveat: It’s also true that right now you deserve a whoosh of slack. I’d love for you to relax and enjoy well-deserved rewards. On the other hand, you’ll soon receive a chance to boost yourself to an even higher level of excellence and accomplishment. Be sure that when it comes, you’re at peak strength and alertness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You were born with the potential to give the world specific gifts, benefits and blessings unique to you.

One of those gifts has been slow to develop. You’ve never been ready to confidently offer it in its fullness.

If you’ve tried to bestow it, it may have caused problems. The good news? In the coming months, this gift will finally be ripe. You’ll know how to deal crisply with interesting responsibilities it asks of you. Get clear about what this gift is and what you’ll have to do to offer it in its fullness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Happy Unbirthday!

You’re halfway between your last birthday and your next. You’re free to experiment being different from who you’ve imagined yourself to be and who others expect you to be. Here are inspirational quotes to help you celebrate. 1. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything,” George Bernard Shaw. 2. “Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind,” W. Somerset Maugham. 3. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do,” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

4. “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind,” Friedrich Nietzsche.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take a piece of paper and write a list of your biggest fears.

Then call on the magical force within you that’s bigger and smarter than your fears. Ask your deep sources of wisdom for poised courage to keep those scary fantasies in their proper place. What’s their proper place? Not as the masters of your destiny, nor controlling agents to keep you from living lustily, but rather helpful guides to keep you from taking foolish risks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book Life: The Odds, Gregory Baer says the odds you’ll marry a millionaire aren’t good: 215-to-1. They’re 60,000-to-1 that you’ll wed royalty and 88,000-to-1 you’ll date a model. After analyzing your astrological omens for the months ahead, your chances of achieving these feats will be even lower than usual.

That’s because you’re far more likely to cultivate synergetic and symbiotic relationships with those who enrich your soul and stimulate imagination, but don’t pump up your ego. Instead of models and millionaires, you’ll connect with practical idealists, energetic creators and intelligent people who’ve done work to transmute their own darkness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What can you do to take better care of yourself in 2018?

According to my astrological omen-reading, this will be a fertile meditation to keep revisiting. Here’s where to start: Consider the possibility you have a lot to learn about what makes your body operate at peak efficiency and what keeps your soul humming with the sense that your life’s interesting. A crucial task: Intensify your love for yourself. With that as a driving force, you’ll discover the actions necessary to supercharge your health. Now’s an ideal time to get this underway.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here are themes to specialize in in the coming weeks.

1. How to gossip in ways that don’t diminish and damage your social network, but foster and enhance it. 2. How to be in three places at once without making the mistake of being nowhere at all. 3. How to express just what you mean without losing attractive mysteriousness. 4. How to be nosy and brash for fun and profit. 5. How to unite and harmonize the parts of you and your life that have been at odds with each other.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming months you won’t feel compulsions to set your adversaries’ hair on fire. You won’t fantasize about robbing banks to get the funds you need, nor will you be tempted to worship the devil.

And it gets better. That the amount of self-sabotage you commit will be close to zero. The monsters under your bed go on a long sabbatical. Any lame excuses used in the past to justify bad behavior melt away.

And you’ll mostly avoid indulging in bouts of irrational, unwarranted anger. Your life should be quite evil-free for some time. What will you do with this prolonged outburst of grace? Use it wisely!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “What is love?” asks philosopher Richard Smoley.

“It’s come to have a greeting-card quality,” he mourns. “Half the time ‘loving’ someone is taken to mean nurturing a warmish feeling in the heart for them, which mysteriously evaporates the moment the person has some concrete need or irritates us.” An assignment in the next 10 months: Purge any aspects of the shrunken, shriveled love still lurking in your beautiful soul. You’re primed to cultivate an unprecedented new embodiment of mature, robust love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You know that unfinished task you’ve half-avoided, letting it stagnate? Soon you’ll be able to summon the gritty determination required to complete it. You’ll also be able to carry out the glorious rebirth you’ve been shy about doing. To gather the energy you need, reframe your perspective so you can feel gratitude for the failure or demise that’s made your glorious rebirth necessary and inevitable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In an ideal world, your work and character would speak for themselves. You’d receive exactly the amount of recognition and appreciation you deserve.

You wouldn’t have to devote as much intelligence to selling yourself as you did to developing skills in the first place. In the next 10 months, packaging and promoting yourself won’t be so #$@&%*! important.

Your work and character WILL speak for themselves with more vigor and clarity than ever.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There was a booth at a Santa Cruz flea market called “Joseph Campbell’s Love Child,” named for the mythological scholar who wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The proprietor sold items to spur one’s “heroic journey,” like talismans made to order, herbs to stimulate courage and mini-books with advice based on one’s horoscope. “Chaos-Tamers” were also for sale. They were magic spells designed to help folks manage the messes in everyday routines while pursuing a heroic quest. Given astrological omens, you’d benefit from a place that sold items like these. Since none exists, do the next best thing: Aggressively drum up the help and inspiration you need. You can and should be well-supported as you follow your dreams on your hero’s journey.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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We had to be there—my name was on the flier, and that aroused some prohibitionist passions in the heart of at least one competing doctor, who forwarded said flier to the mayor’s office the week before, citing Chisty’s controversial exit from the medical scene in Colorado and making the false claim that products were being sold onsite. Similar claims were also made to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency (currently busy skimming kilos off the beaches), but at least he avoided mentioning Mexicans, “hot” jazz music, Lizzie Borden and/or the Queen of England, so that can be considered progress, by our standards.

In reality, if there’s one place in Florida where you will NOT find marijuana for sale, it’s at a medical marijuana event. You will find pizza, and lots of it, and music by Whiskey Heart, Crypteria and my friends The Chrome Fangs, an excellent local band playing at Jack Rabbits on Dec. 7. Libations were provided by Whispering Oaks Winery, which eschews grapes in favor of 2.2 pounds of freshly fermented local blueberries that go into making every bottle— recommend you try it.

Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Nathan was also there, arriving in time to work the marks during the Black Sabbath cover band, almost surely a first in Florida politics. A licensed physical therapist and military veteran, Nathan is the most aggressively pro-pot contender on the ballot so far, but faces an uphill fight for the Republican nomination against current frontrunner Adam Putnam. Nathan’s vocal support for Don Trump and libertarian leanings, coupled with his outsider credentials, make for a rather interesting package, though. As one supporter put it, “Would you rather have a career politician, or someone who’s gonna drain the swamp?” Well, swamp-draining makes sense up in Washington, where all you’ll find is a bunch of skeletons and a few of Hillary Clinton’s discarded hard drives, but the chaos already wrought by displaced alligators would only get worse if we drained these swamps.

More on all this next week, unless something more interesting comes up.

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