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SMG and Global bid to keep city business. p. 7

Jazz artist Linda Witsell keeps learning and growing in life and on the bandstand. p. 37

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32 NEWS SMG and Global bid to keep city business. p. 7

Supergroup The New Orleans Suspects import fresh grooves from The Big Easy. p. 26

BUZZ, BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS Skaters, RAM changes, secret council emails and drunken brawls, plus more Rick Scott weirdness. p. 8

ARTS The Cummer celebrates the creative spirit of our southernmost neighbors with the exhibit “Miradas.” p. 32

SPORTSTALK Arena football’s fake labor deal. p. 13

Jazz artist Linda Witsell keeps learning and growing in life and on the bandstand. p. 37

ON THE COVER Nassau County Tea Party activists push to ban – or alter – public school textbooks in the name of what’s “right.” p. 15

BACKPAGE The healthcare crisis in Northeast Florida offers an opportunity for innovation and improvement. p. 51

OUR PICKS Reasons to leave the house this week. p. 19

GUEST EDITORIAL p. 4 MAIL p. 5 I ♥ TELEVISION p. 10 LIVE MUSIC LISTING p. 27 ARTS LISTING p. 33 HAPPENINGS p. 38 DINING GUIDE p. 41 NEWS OF THE WEIRD p. 46 I SAW U p. 47 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY p. 488 CLASSIFIEDS p. 49

MOVIES Tom Cruise’s impressive performance just barely saves “Rock of Ages” from the gravel pit. p. 20 The Florida Theatre offers another sizzling array of Summer Movie Classics. p. 23 MUSIC Rapper Tech N9ne delivers an arsenal of word flow in his awe-inspiring jams. p. 25

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Guest Editorial Curiouser ’n’ Curiouser

Gov. Scott’s spectacular weirdness sets the stage for yet one more showdown in Fla-ville this fall “Rick Scott doesn’t seem to have any political skills at all. I’d give him a B for governing. I’d give him an A for strangeness.”

— Tom Slade, former co-chairman of Scott’s campaign and ex-chairman of the Republican Party of Florida

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he above is one of several juicy quotations in a devastating piece by Michael C. Bender posted last week on Bloomberg.com. The story chronicles a series of jaw-dropping gaffes that have left many of the state’s political elite wondering how they let this numbskull bribe his way into the Governor’s Mansion. A quick recap: Six weeks into office, Scott ticked off members of the black legislative caucus when, during a getting-to-know-you luncheon, he intimated that, just like them, he had lived in public housing and his father had a sixthgrade education.

He angered Cuban-American leaders when he flipped and flopped on whether he would order state officials to enforce a law barring state and local governments from doing business with companies that operate in Cuba.

This was after he signed the law.

He embarrassed the King of Spain by joking about His Excellency’s elephant hunting during a meeting to discuss plans for the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s initial exploration of the state. Juan Carlos’ lavish hunting trip (taken during the nadir of Spain’s economic crisis) had the monarchy fighting calls for its dissolution.

And let’s not forget the ongoing criminal investigation over missing email, the federal lawsuit challenging Scott’s sweeping purge of voter rolls, his unconstitutional proposal to drug-test recipients of state assistance and the hiring of his third chief of staff in 18 months.

Oh, and his approval rating stands at 39 percent. (Good news: It’s 10 points better than his all-time low!)

The comedy stylings of Governor Strangeness might not be getting such national attention were this not an election year. And, yes, for the fourth straight presidential race, Florida is poised to defend its title as the swingiest of states — a true make-or-break prize for Teams Obama and Romney. Thanks to its mix of upstate reds, downstate blues and I-4 indies, Florida has morphed into a chronic, festering purple bruise on the electoral map.

(It kind of makes one fond of autumn in, say, Alabama or Vermont, where the outcome of November’s race is predetermined and TV viewers are spared months of nauseatingly negative advertising.)

Gov. Scott is trying to save his political life by touting his record of economic success in Florida. While data shows the state’s fortunes are slowly improving, gains in employment and other positive economic indicators still lag behind most of the nation. But that hasn’t stopped Scott from crisscrossing the state trying to take credit for any uptick, even imaginary ones, in Florida’s economy. State

GOP leaders, concerned they might go down with Scott’s sinking ship, have been running millions of dollars in TV ads trumpeting Scott’s success. They have also paid for robo calls and positive spin in social media.

Republicans should be pleased that Scott’s message of economic progress is tempering some of his strangeness. But in the messed-up world of political polarization, many GOPers are speaking out against Scott’s rose-colored visions. Why? Because Scott’s upbeat tone is in stark contrast to presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s rhetorical flogging of the national economy. Any Republican who utters a word of good economic news threatens to stomp on Romney’s message that the “Obama economy” has stolen all our money and is making little children cry.

So Rick Scott, the Tea Party darling and head of one of Romney’s (many) must-win states, is being given the proverbial stiff arm by the nominee and his minions. Reports are Romney won’t speak with Scott, doesn’t want to be photographed with Scott, and has asked the governor and his people to shut up about the only thing Scott has going for him — any positive economic news.

And to add insult to injury, there’s this pathetic anecdote from the Bloomberg piece: Scott had hoped to deliver the keynote address this August at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Instead, convention organizers have penciled him in as a speaker at “a welcoming event for media and delegates.”

To be held at the Waffle House on I-75. (OK, that last part — only the last part — is a joke.)

In the words of the late, great Jim Morrison, who once showed his ass and then some, one steamy night in Coconut Grove: When you’re strange Faces come out of the rain When you’re strange No one remembers your name When you’re strange When you’re strange When you’re strange.

Tricia Booker

Booker is a writer and fitness instructor who lives in Ponte Vedra Beach and blogs at mylefthook.com

Mine Own

Two things: 1. Dan Brown’s Backpage Editorial is one the best things I ever read in Folio Weekly (June 5). He really captures the magic and significance of used-book stores. Sorry to see Tappin Book Mine go.

2. Also sorry to read that Anne Schindler is moving on, but I wish her the best of luck in her new position as Executive Producer of Special Projects at First Coast News. This is the first time I ever saw a picture of Ms. Schindler. Never knew she was such a cutie. I’m just saying.

Bill “Ectric” King Jacksonville

the public) where we viewed a small portion of the treasures that Mel and his crews had raised from the inky depths of the Marguesas.

I will never forget the overwhelming thrill of holding an eight-inch, solid silver cross embedded with precious uncut stones that belonged to some unfortunate Spaniard who had gone to his watery grave 350 years ago. It was a humbling experience.

There began my life-long enchantment of the history of Spain and things nautical. I am now fortunate to own a few of the Spanish silver coins minted in the early 1600s. So, as you can see, capturing the spoken word over the years has led me on a journey through the fascinating words of our language and the people who speak them.

Having just read your wonderful article in Folio Weekly, I, too, choked back a tear and then laughed out loud for two minutes, with my Schnauzer staring at me in puzzlement.

Just wanted to share that with you. Thank you for the article.

Ronald (Ron) Rohrer Florida Professional Reporter No. 82 Via email

Literary License

RE: Dan Brown’s Backpage Editorial on Tappin Book Mine closing. As one who captures the spoken word (court reporter) I tend to view words and language from a whole different perspective. But, nonetheless, I am equally as interested in the words as you, and over the course of my 30-year career, have encountered subject matter that runs the gamut from expert witnesses on biology, microbiology, nuclear physics, DNA, ballistics, bridge-building and various pathologies to child sexual abuse, divorce, religious fanatics, fraud, practically every crime in the state and federal statutes and on again to the vagaries of paper chases through corporate America, to ichthyology, voyeurism, interspersed with testimony from foreign witnesses translated from their native language.

I could go on long enough to bore you into a stupor. I think you get the point. I am just interested in words in a totally different way.

Several years ago, I reported a week-long trial at federal court in Key West against Mel Fisher by one of his salvors during their decades-long

Having just read your wonderful article in Folio Weekly, I, too, choked back a tear and then laughed out loud for two minutes, with my Schnauzer staring at me in puzzlement. search for the Nuestra Senora de Atocha that went to the ocean’s bottom in severe weather in 1622. The closing arguments on Friday went on for several hours and the transcript read like a novel. When the trial was over, the judge and staff were invited to chambers (closed to

Is it tolerance, political correctness, or cowardice and poor management that has made many of the Jacksonville Public Library branches so noisy at times, one can hardly read or study? I say it is poor management and cowardice.

I go to Jacksonville Public Library daily.

I’ve been to at least eight and, invariably, I have observed the same distressing problems.

Patrons are allowed to talk on cell phones in the library. People carry on protracted conversations, disturbing others. At least half of those using computers are listening to rap, with bobbing heads, sometimes audibly joining in, or searching for dates or playing games online.

Children literally run through the library, unsupervised, yelling and crying, unchecked by parents or librarians. Many parents apparently subscribe to Dr. Spock’s philosophy that a child should never be spanked, but should at all times be loved into behaving. Good luck with that approach.

You can even take drinks in covered containers into the library now. Covered or not, if the drink is spilled on the desk, floor or keyboard, there’s a problem. What’s next, bringing in a snack of potato chips and a sandwich?

The managers at the top — the Director of the Jacksonville Public Library specifically — sets the tone for the librarians at all branches.

So long as that tone is one of extreme tolerance and permissiveness, the children, students and adults will take advantage of the lack of control and they will be rude, loud and obnoxious.

That is exactly what happened in our school systems and explains to a large degree the failure of public education, i.e., there is no respect for authority or for anyone besides themselves. And in all truth, these obnoxious people don’t even show respect for themselves.

One can only respect oneself when he/she respects others.

Many librarians in branches want to maintain order, yet they do not think they’ll be supported by top management. And many justify their failure to maintain order with the wimpy excuse that it’s difficult to control library patrons. Yeah, right, you have a tough job loaded with holidays, vacation days, personal

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A Quarter-Century of Independent Thinking in Northeast Florida Locally Owned 1987-2012 days and great benefits. Being a soldier in Afghanistan is a tough job, too, but I don’t hear any of them moaning about how tough it is.

Get a real job in the for-profit-sector rather than working for the government if you want to

You can even take drinks in covered containers into the library now.

What’s next, bringing in a snack of potato chips and a sandwich? know what a tough job is.

I have written to the hierarchy of the Jacksonville Public Library system and have emailed them as they ask, promising to respond. I have never received a response. I have an MBA and 30 years of experience as a manager. I know from experience that political correctness and tolerance of boorish behavior will destroy an organization. The Director of the Jacksonville Public Library should be ashamed, rebuked and possibly replaced.

Allen R. Hill Jacksonville via email

Butterflies Aren’t Free

I will never forget one wedding I attended a few summers ago. Each guest was given a box that we were told to open as the bride and groom walked out. It was supposed to be a beautiful moment, but everyone was horrified when we opened the boxes to find mangled and bloodied butterflies inside. Most of them couldn’t even flutter their wings.

Butterflies are extremely delicate and sensitive beings, yet every year, for weddings and other events, countless butterflies are stuffed into envelopes or tiny boxes, shipped long distances and released into unsuitable environments far from their natural homes.

Even if they manage to survive the traumatic journey, many butterflies die shortly after release. Those who live can spread disease to local insect populations and threaten biodiversity, and they have virtually no hope of resuming their natural migration patterns.

With wedding season in full swing, let’s encourage our soon-to-marry friends and family members to show love to all living beings on their special day by leaving butterflies and other animals in peace. For great animal-friendly wedding ideas, visit PETA.org and search for “vegan wedding.”

Katie Arth Campaigner, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Los Angeles, via email

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The Deep Discount

SMG and Savor slash prices to keep city business

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he last time the city of Jacksonville advertised for a company to handle city sports and entertainment facilities, Kurt Cobain was still alive, “Miss Saigon” had opened on Broadway and Jacksonville was still a year away from securing an NFL team.

The facilities management company SMG (then Spectacor) won that contract in bid competition in 1992, and it held on to it for the next 20 years, through four contract extensions. During those 20 years, the city’s stable grew to seven venues, which includes the Jaguars’ EverBank Field, Veterans Memorial Arena, Prime Osborn Convention Center and Equestrian Center.

When city Inspector General Pam Markham recommended, after a 2010 audit of SMG, that the city put the contract out to bid, she said it was “because of the changing climate of the industry.” While that is certainly true, Markham was slapping a nice-sounding justification to rebid the contract after her audit laid out, in damning detail, multiple problems between city of Jacksonville and SMG, including overcharges by SMG and many questionable payments by the city.

In mid-June, the city made public two bids it received in response to the Request For Proposals (RFP) on a new five-year facilities management contract. In order to keep the business it’s counted on for the past 20 years, SMG is offering Jacksonville a deep-deep discount of more than $1 million. For years, the city paid SMG a base fee of $1.2 million to manage its sports complexes. Now that SMG must bid on the contract to operate those same seven city venues, it’s offering to drop its base fee to $150,000. SMG will not only drop its base price, it also guarantees payouts of $8.5 million to the city over the next five years and promises to drop the city subsidy to cover revenue shortfalls by more than $5 million.

The city extended SMG’s contract four times Walter Coker Mayor Alvin Brown is credited with taking the facilities management contract out to bid after 20 years, but the process has been compromised by murky bid working, politicking and contract amendments.

since 1992. But it ended the old arrangement and issued a Request For Proposals on March 16. One other company, Comcast’s Global Spectrum, entered a bid.

There are only three companies nationally that do this kind of big-venue management.

One of those, AEG, didn’t submit a proposal because it didn’t meet the city’s minimum qualifications to have an NFL stadium in its portfolio. (The city of Oakland dropped the requirement for NFL experience from a similar RFP, so that all three companies could compete for the California job.)

The third major-venue manager, Global Spectrum, submitted a proposal that would charge the city a base fee of $300,000. That’s $900,000 a year less than Jacksonville has been paying SMG, but double what SMG now says it will charge. This is one of the many markets in which these companies have faced off.

SMG’s million-dollar price cut makes it seem the city was grossly over-charged all these years. The company doesn’t completely explain that difference in costs, but it does propose a lucrative revenue stream by keeping food and beverage concessions in-house through its company Savor. Indeed, SMG is so confident that profits from Savor will flow into the tills of SMG and the city that it promises to refund parts of its management or incentive payments if estimates are off.

Global’s bid doesn’t figure food and beverage as a revenue source, and Global’s Todd Glickman maintains the RFP didn’t ask for a bid on a food-and-beverage company. If one is issued, he says, Comcast’s Ovation Food Services will bid on the job. But he says the money Ovation earns wouldn’t be mixed with Global’s.

“We weren’t asked to bid on food-andbeverage concessions,” says Glickman, vice president of business development for Global Spectrum. “And SMG clearly included those revenues in their bid.”

SMG Marketing Executive Michael Munz of the Dalton Agency referred Folio Weekly to Section 4 of the RFP, which does plainly state the facilities manager should “operate and staff concessions.”

Munz added that SMG wouldn’t comment further, because the rules of the bid process prohibit discussing the bids with the media at this stage.

The city of Jacksonville also declined to comment while bid review and ranking is underway.

That the two companies arrived at opposing interpretations of RFP requirements isn’t surprising in a bid that has been muddied with politicized interpretations of contract requirements and changes to RFP under the guise of clarification.

Global has connections to the Mayor’s Office through Comcast’s biggest lobbyist. But RFP favors SMG, and Jacksonville’s get-it-done lobbyist Paul Harden represents both SMG and the Jags.

“The whole thing ought to be thrown out and re-looked at,” says City

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20 Signs You’re Still Alive “Difficulty being subtle, poor listening skills, does not work well in traditional workplace setting, naturally rebellious, organizationally challenged, innovator, inventor, high energy, highly creative, hyper-focused to the point of losing track.”

— From a list of “20 Tell-Tale Signs of Adult ADHD” sent in a P.R. pitch offering interviews with attentiondeficit disorder specialist Kevin Ross Emery (pictured).

“Yeah, you’ve really got to watch out for those ‘highly creative,’ ‘high energy’ types,” remarks outgoing Folio Weekly editor Anne Schindler.

Council President Bill Bishop. “The process is tainted in a lot of different ways,” he adds.

Bishop says he wouldn’t expect two proposals to be identical. And RFPs ask companies to package a proposal.

“Logic would say both companies responded to criteria in the RFP and if somebody added something, great,” he says.

“Of course, that assumes that it is a clear RFP and that you can track its requirements.”

There’s wicked irony in SMG’s proposal to manage the contract by including its company Savor as part of the package. The city finally took this contract out to bid after Inspector Markham’s jaw-dropping audit of the SMG and Savor books. Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC) oversight seems so lackadaisical that they didn’t notice that a scheduled payment to Savor for a cut of merchandising was off by a million dollars.

The JEDC also reimbursed Savor more than $20,000 for corporate travel expenses — with no back-up receipts. The city even paid the

salary of Savor’s finance manager, who worked 10 percent of the time outside the city at other SMG venues. Plus, the management contract between SMG and Savor was a sham. They were the same company. They shared staff and revenue. Markham described it as an “inherent conflict of interest.”

In its new bid, SMG presents Savor as part of its company and the in-house provider of food-and-beverage concessions. After looking over the bid, Bob Downey, former SMG Jacksonville general manager-turnedwhistleblower, speculated SMG has a deal to add food-and-beverage concessions at EverBank Field to its holdings. The Jags pick their own concessionaires. It would violate the RFP to include revenues from the NFL. Asked if SMG had a Jags concession deal, Munz responded by email: “No.” “Thank you!”

Susan Cooper Eastman sceastman@folioweekly.com

Skater Ban Lifted “Be a part of history.”

That sounds a little hyperbolic for skateboarding, but when Kona Skate Park and the community action group Party, Benefit & Jam (PB&J) set up “Go Skate Day 2012” in Jacksonville’s downtown Hemming Plaza, it represented a temporary and notable détente in the decades-old guerilla war between skateboarders and downtown cops.

Voter Shortage “Florida is more than 81,000 voter registrations behind … Will you help?”

The League of Women Voters needs volunteers to help now that it has resumed voter registration, state president Deirdre Macnab announced last week. A May 31 ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle at least temporarily suspends new Florida election regulations that imposed 48-hour deadlines and $50 fines for each late registration. But the League will be in catch-up mode, because registrations are 81,000 fewer than they were at this time in ’08 — during the presidential elections. To contact local League offices, go to http://bit.ly/L8KaIN

Market Changes Riverside Avondale Preservation’s Board of Directors posted a job opening for director of Riverside Arts Market. Following the sudden departure of director Terri Coutu, RAP announced it has appointed Torrie Parette as interim director. She’s been the volunteer coordinator at the market since 2011. For job description and details on how to apply, go to http://bit.ly/LHP2dW 8 | FOLIO WEEKLY | JUNE 26-JULY 2, 2012

Douglas Anderson Chamber Orchestra, Duval County School Board headquarters, June 11

Brickbats to newly elected Jacksonville City Council President Bill Bishop for refusing to seek treatment for a blind spot in his vision of Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine Law. In a departure from council presidents before him, Bishop refuses to give the public online access to his city email account.

They are public records. Bishop characterizes outside interest his electronic communication as “voyeurism,” but there’s another word for it: transparency.

Bouquets to Vilano Beach moteliers Earl and Remy Jensen for saving an icon of the 1950s station wagon vacation. The Jensens bought the Magic Beach Motel motor lodge in Vilano, restoring it instead of tearing it down. They repainted flamingo statuettes set in alcoves outside each room, repaired the motel’s neon sign of rabbits jumping out of a top hat and painted the molded stripes on the rounded edges of the Deco building with shades of ’50s pink and aqua. For middle-class tourists back in the day, such a fantastical building was a way station on a pilgrimage into the exotic Florida dream.

Brickbats to Jags owner Shahid Khan for ignoring employees at his Flex-NGate who complained of unsafe work conditions at three of his chrome-plating plants, as we detailed in our May 1, 2012 cover story, “Earning His Stash” (http://bit.ly/IuoJ9o). Now the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued nine citations of serious violations against Khan’s Flex-N-Gate Corp.

After an inspection of a plant in Urbana, Ill., OSHA said Flex-N-Gate failed to train employees about the hazards of breathing chromium dust, didn’t monitor exposure to the dust and didn’t provide adequate respirators.

The Alien Influence “Florida Governor Rick Scott’s voter purge aims to clear registration rolls of non-citizens, that large demographic that lives in fear of deportation, yet insists on voting.”

— The subhead of a June 12 clip titled, “Purge Overkill” from “The Daily Show with John Stewart.” Watch it at http://bit.ly/MvS0As

Jeb, Thrasher and Wise In an odd bit of micro-politicking, a local Duval County School Board candidate has received endorsements from former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and both state Sen. John Thrasher (R-St. Augustine) and Stephen Wise (R-Jacksonville). As Bob Sidle pointed out on his blog, “Scathing Purple Musings,” at http:// bit.ly/MmldOM, that trio can be blamed for the turning of education into an FCAT exam and the move to privatize public education through charter schools. Their endorsements leave little doubt about the conservative Republican bonifides of CSX purchasing manager and former U.S. Navy engineer Jason Fischer, 29. He’s running against five other candidates for the District 7 seat currently held by former Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Hazouri.

She Brawls An attorney representing Nassau County Commission Chair Stacy Johnson told the Times-Union she wouldn’t resign from office following a DUI arrest.

She’s “a fighter,” Gary Baker said. He could have meant that literally: Johnson was last in the news after a bar brawl with a Yulee constituent at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, on March 9. Johnson, 38, told police she walked up to the woman and said, “I just wanted you to know I deleted you off my Facebook account, you fat bitch.” The woman then punched Johnson in the face. On June 15, Johnson was arrested on a DUI after a 911 call reported a blue Toyota being driven erratically. Baker says a police video proves Johnson wasn’t impaired. “This is politics at its finest in Nassau County,” Johnson said en route to jail. To watch the video and listen to the 911 call, go to http://bit.ly/MvS0As

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America Loves Things H

oooo-RAH! The greatest holiday of the year — the Fourth of July — is right around the corner, and I’m happier than a dingo with a fat Aussie baby in his mouth. I love July Fourth because it features all my favorite things: Explosives, binge eating and binge drinking.

The Fourth of July is all about KICKING BUTT — whether it’s kicking the butts of those dandy British fops during the Revolutionary War or kicking the sorry butt of Ronny Schlamicker, who unwisely tried to steal Shirley Roundtree this is a copyright protected © Wannawee’s July Fourth Big fromproof me at Camp Bang Extravaganza in 1983! (Note to Ronny: All is forgiven … drop by for dinner — that is, ions, please call your advertising representative at 260-9770. rUn dAte: 052212 if you’re no longer eating from a tube.)

Dammit, I love America! And this year I’m PROOF IF POSSIBLE AT 268-3655 proving it by 1) eating an entire barbecued pig, Produced by ab Checked by2) drinking Sales aRep e of benefit sUpport Ask for Action keg ofrlthe cheapest beer Brewski Outlet sells, 3) exploding 900 pounds of illegal fireworks and 4) calling 911 for various reasons. Most of them bogus.

Oh, and I intend on watching a little TV this week, because television’s job is to remind us of things America really loves. For example …

Marijuana: America is crazy for those “Mary-Jane ganja cigarettes,” because it makes its citizens HIGH and STUPID. It’s a scientific fact that Americans use only 10 percent of their brains, when they should actually be using maybe two percent. That’s where “sticky-icky doobie-loobies” come in. “Chronic marijuana blunt grass” directly effects the part of the brain that normally stops you from laughing hysterically, eating melted cheese off a paper plate and answering relatively simple questions in less than five minutes. Oh, and “hash hemp pot” is also the primary topic of Showtime’s “Weeds,” which begins its eighth and final season on Sunday, July 1 at 10 p.m. And it hates cancer.

Charlie Sheen: America loooooves Charlie Sheen because he’s an unrepentant doosch, whose incessant partying and porn star shtupping make me look as innocent as a lamb. And after his well-publicized “Two and a Half Men” meltdown, Charlie is back in the new FX series “Anger Management,” debuting on Thursday, June 28 at 9 p.m., in which he plays an angry ex-ball player turned anger management specialist — DO YOU SEE THE IRONY THERE? — who treats angry people, while working on his own anger. America loves anger. That’s why we blow things up with fireworks. For example, ol’ Ronny Schlamicker’s last three garden gnomes.

Fireworks: Have I mentioned America loves fireworks? That’s because each and every citizen shooting off firecrackers symbolizes all those Founding Fathers sticking a roman candle up the nose of King George — which is both hilarious and disturbing. I mean, that would really hurt. But maybe having an exploded, burned sinus taught him a valuable lesson about taxation without representation. Hmm … I’ll think about that while watching “Macy’s

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s those of you who’ve been watching the Arena League’s Jacksonville Sharks this year know, it hasn’t been a great year for local minor league football. Ever since quarterback extraordinaire Aaron Garcia went west, the team’s fortunes have gone south.

The Chris Leak era? Lasted about a week.

Omar Jacobs? Might as well have been Omar Khayyam, for all the good he did the Sharks. Bernard Morris? Might as well be Bernard P. Fife. Collin Drafts? Or Colin Quinn? Does it matter?

Arena Football is, by design, an offensive game. But the Sharks — 6-7 at this writing, still with an outside postseason shot — haven’t gotten it done on that side of the ball. Each turnover has been like a harpoon to the team’s hopes. After two halcyon years, the team and the town are coming down. It doesn’t feel good.

Tickets are inexpensive, but considering the size of the rosters and what players get paid, they don’t seem like such a bargain.

Especially after the squad mustered a mere 158 yards in a recent pivotal tilt against the Philly Soul, which currently dominates the league to such a degree, the Soulmen plan to grow handlebar moustaches and wear leather chaps in the playoffs.

It’s hard to get too worked up over the Arena game, though, given the financial realities underpinning the sport. As is the case with any minor league sport that actually draws, owning an Arena franchise is the surest route to mint money — besides having access to a Federal Reserve branch, knowing some first-rate counterfeiters or speaking fluent Mandarin. Tickets are inexpensive, but considering the size of the rosters and what players get paid, they don’t seem like such a bargain.

Consider this: Arena League rosters have 20 active players, and most of them don’t make a heck of a lot. Players could, up until last week, make as little as $400 a week, and run the risk of the very same injuries that have led NFL alums to sue the league or even commit suicide — with gunshots to the chest, preserving the brain for research. Starting quarterbacks were able to make $1,675 a week, a number which puts the Chris Leak drama earlier this year into perspective; taking away his starting gig, as the

Sharks did for reasons still largely unexpressed, put him below the poverty line.

All that changed — kinda sorta — last week, when the Arena League and the players’ union reached a five-year labor accord that, in theory, would ensure labor peace and league viability until 2017. This, after an interesting string of events, including teams releasing their entire rosters before opening day and teams forfeiting because of similar player issues.

Arena players are going to make more money now. Starting immediately, the league minimum has been raised to $585 a game, and will go up again to $875 a game next year.

Is that enough? Depends. If you’re on your umpteenth concussion or contusion, $875 offers scant solace. If you moved across the country for a shot at the small time, $875 will cover a month’s rent — if you aren’t expecting to live anywhere upscale plush. The Arena business model is relatively unaffected by these salary raises. The Sharks, who draw thousands and thousands on any given game night, need to raise ticket and concession prices only marginally to offset the few thousand extra dollars that will go to bucks per game.

The money probably doesn’t matter to many of these players, though — but their dreams do.

Dreams of being a baller. Dreams of doing commercials. Dreams of getting noticed, maybe invited to an NFL camp. We all have dreams, and they sustain us through the golden summers of our youths.

But what we’re not told about dreams is that, ultimately, they are fleeting.

We grow up and we want to Be Something — musicians, artists, actors, moguls, sculptors, soldiers, firemen. But so often, those dreams prove elusive. And in the case of many who decide to pursue dreams of being professional athletes, there isn’t much beyond those dreams. The best case scenario in pro football is represented by the NFL. Even there, a vast majority of players end up filing bankruptcy after their playing days are over. No one is going to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to an ex-anything.

Worst case scenario? You see it in the Arena League, the CFL and other, more marginal leagues all over the world. The Arena League probably didn’t have to offer a deal to its current set of players. They could’ve fielded replacements because — let’s be honest — the quality of the players in the league isn’t anything special. They did the right thing, but who knows if it was for the right reasons … or just the path of least resistance?

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he story of Jamestown isn’t what you might think. Despite what you were taught in school, the essential lesson of the early American settlement isn’t the story of the 127 English men and boys who arrived in 1607 seeking profit, or the 80 percent of them who died of starvation and disease by 1610. The real historical upshot of Jamestown, according to a group of Tea Party activists in Nassau County, is the triumph of capitalism over socialism.

According to a critique by a “textbook review committee” affiliated with a Tea Party group called the Patriots of Nassau County, district textbooks should emphasize that the colony began to prosper only after each man began to farm his own plot, and abandoned the idea that each should give to and take from a “common store.”

“This was an early form of socialism,” the critique maintains. “Once the colonists had their own land on which to farm and sell crops (the American way), the settlement started to prosper.”

The page-by-page critique of Nassau County textbooks was compiled in May by a volunteer committee of six women with strong Tea Party sympathies. The committee had 49 specific complaints about six textbooks that the school district was planning to buy for social studies and history classes. The committee contends the texts glorify Islam, downplay the role of Christianity in the founding of the country, display a liberal political bias and denigrate U.S. capitalism in favor of socialism.

The group even expressed concerns that public school students are being subtly inculcated with Sharia law.

“Our children are being misled and primed to, unwittingly, accept Sharia law in the future,” wrote one Fernandina Beach resident (who preferred to not be named here) in the cover letter that accompanied the packet. As antidote, several committee members recommended students be required to learn that the brutal realities of Sharia law include 100 lashes or

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conservative counties. Similar textbook challenges have emerged elsewhere, part of a coordinated statewide campaign. In December 2010, Tea Party activists in South Florida began recruiting volunteers in each Florida school district to form a “Textbook Action Committee.” The committees were tasked with demanding that publishers make changes to more than 25 “Islambiased” textbooks, and threatened have the books removed from Florida schools unless publishers ceded to their demands. Organizers even offered sample critiques of textbooks, complete with page citations.

The effort in Nassau County is a microcosm of a battle in “virtually every state in the country,” says Fernandina Beach High School social studies teacher Ronnie Sapp, who’s been a teacher in Nassau County for 25 years and served on the Fernandina Beach City Commission for 24 years. While the public certainly has the right to question textbook content, Sapp says, he questions the involvement of a group with such overtly political aims. He fears Tea Party truth committees will stifle teachers and destroy academic freedom.

“First it is the textbook. Then we want to come in and listen to you lecture. Then we want to look at your homework assignments,” he says. “I do wonder, what is next?”

stoning to death for adultery. One reviewer recommended junior high students be taught that Muslims practice female genital mutilation.

The critique was presented to the Nassau County School Board in an agenda item hastily added before the start of the May 10 meeting, and Nassau County Superintendent John Ruis promised to make sure the group’s concerns were fully vetted. He has since ordered all seven district middle and high schools to convene committees to review the complaints.

Ruis’ decision to embrace rather than dismiss the concerns likely has as much to do with his personal belief as his political acumen or interest in public involvement in decision-making. A fundamentalist Christian, ernandina Beach resident Kim Ruis has himself previously embraced some Page attended the May 10 School anti-intellectual positions. As he told The Board meeting and heard the Tea Florida Times-Union in 2008, he is a strong Party’s concerns as presented by believer in the biblical creation story rather Fernandina Beach resident John Eklund. The than the scientifically accepted theory of fact that School Board Member Amanda Young evolution, which he believes has many “holes” added Eklund to the agenda right before the in it. And in 2010, he blocked the formation of start of 6:30 p.m. meeting bothered her, as did a Gay Straight Alliance at Yulee High School, the fact that Eklund had a letter published in suspending meetings of all after-school clubs in the Fernandina Beach News-Leader the day of order to block gay students and their supporters from meeting. His actions invited a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, which was settled in 2009. The ACLU received $40,000 in attorneys’ fees and the school district agreed to a permanent injunction against preventing the formation of gay straight alliance clubs and discriminating against the students involved.

But Ruis’ decision to cater to the irrational fears of a fringe group speaks volumes about the pervasive political influence of Tea Book reviewers said textbooks (pictured, a page from one of the six critiqued in Party activists in Florida’s Nassau County) should teach Christianity.

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the meeting, promising the public would be invited to comment — even before the agenda had been amended.

Page senses that the letter, Eklund’s presentation and the eager reception from Superintendent Ruis were orchestrated to give the impression that the Tea Party’s views are widely held.

“I got up and addressed the School Board myself,” Page says. “I told them that I don’t see parents lined up here, objecting to these textbooks.” She adds, “When a group comes before you as the School Board it doesn’t mean they speak for all of us.” this is a copyright protected proof Page says© she’s since received several anonymous notes thanking her for ons, please call your advertising representative at 260-9770. rUn dAte: 062612 speaking up. Both she Fernandina Beach High School social studies teacher Ronnie Sapp fears and Sapp served on the the Tea Party-affiliated Patriots of Nassau County seek to stifle local PROOF IF POSSIBLE AT 268-3655 teachers – and the subjects they teach.

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Because the May 10 concerns were The six textbooks examined by the committee are being considered for purchase by submitted to the district staff and the School the School District after teachers at each school Board, Ruis retroactively ordered the principals reviewed the books, talked to publishers and at all the schools using the textbooks — seven met with their school’s parents advisory board to discuss the choices. Each school forwarded its ranking of the textbooks to Director of Secondary Education Dale Braddock and Ruis, © 2006 who thenfolioweekly invited the public to weigh in.

Following the Tea Party critique, however, Ruis dusted off a procedure implemented by the School Board in 1990. It says that anyone with a complaint about school materials can file a “Request for Reconsideration of Materials” and submit it to the principal at the school where the text is used. Within five working days, the principal must convene his or her appointed Intellectual Freedom Committee to review the concerns and make a ruling. If the complainant disagrees with the committee’s determination, middle and high schools — to convene their he or she can appeal, and the School Board will Intellectual Freedom Committees. Because make the final decision. there had been no previous complaints to review, the principals were required first One recent review declared, “Our children deserve to create the committees. Most comprised © 2012 factual and balanced textbooks!” (Pictured, a page teachers, guidance counselors, parents, from one of the books being considered by the community leaders, principals and assistant Nassau County School District.) principals — though each school used a somewhat different mix.

The committees then met in late May and early June to decide if the complaints were valid.

All of them ruled that the complaints weren’t valid. “[Intellectual Freedom Committee members] looked at examples in the textbook ‘World History: Patterns of Interaction’ and determined that the information about Islam, the second-most popular religion in the world, was relevant and necessary in a world history course,” they concluded. “In order to combat stereotypes, students must learn about culture other than their own.”

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If textbooks include lessons on Islamic architecture, they should also include information on Catholic cathedrals, the Tea Party says.

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he Tea Party has come a long way since the Obama-as-Hitler posters first began to surface in early 2009.

Though an April Washington PostABC News poll found that most Americans weren’t interested in learning more about the movement and thought the party incapable of fielding a credible presidential candidate, it’s managed to shape the debate on everything from universal healthcare to Obama’s birth records. It has also dramatically affected elections, ousting establishment Republicans and forcing the political conversation to the

Three years later, Marco Rubio is generating vice-presidential buzz.

The Nassau County textbook initiative, in addition to being part of a statewide effort, mirrors similar efforts elsewhere in the United States.

In 2010, for instance, the Texas State Board of Education made 100 amendments to its standards between January and March.

Today, Texas schoolbooks must maintain that U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy’s communist witch-hunt was ultimately redeemed by spy lists obtained from the Soviet Union

“First it’s the textbook. Then we want to come in and listen to you lecture.

Then we want to look at your homework assignments,” teacher

“I do wonder, what is next?”

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fringes. The Republican Party has moved so far to the right that Karl Rove and Jeb Bush are now viewed as centrists, while most Republicans agree Ronald Reagan would be unelectable today.

The Tea Party has also made significant inroads in local politics. Tea Party candidate Sarah Pelican won a seat on the Fernandina Beach City Commission and forged a voting bloc with two other commissioners. Clerk of the Courts John Crawford is a Patriots favorite for his constant checks on county spending.

In Florida, Tea Party-backed Marco Rubio dealt fellow Republican (and former governor) Charlie Crist his first defeat in 24 years in the 2010 U.S. Senate race by forcing him to run as an Independent, then soundly defeating him.

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after it was dismantled, and require the inclusion of both conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly and the National Rifle Association.

In Tennessee this year, the Tea Party pushed to have any mention of slavery removed from the textbooks. And the Florida effort continues apace. In Sarasota County, the anti-Muslim group Act!Up aired video of their interrogations of school authorities regarding textbooks used in the classrooms. “This is an epidemic,” said Bill Saxton, of Citizens for National Security, in an interview with New Times Broward-Palm Beach in late 2011. “Our goal is to turn up the heat on the state and school officials.”

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Reasons to leave the house this week SPORTS JU SOCCER

Local soccer heads can get their kicks at a double-header on Sun., July 1 when the FC Jax Destroyers men’s team takes on the Panama City Pirates at 4:30 p.m., followed by the women’s team battling the VSI Tampa Flames at 7 p.m. at Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd.

N., Jacksonville. Tickets are $5. 256-7000. jaxdestroyers.com

COMEDY EARTHQUAKE

The comedian called Earthquake (born Nathaniel Martin Stroman) has rattled a few funny bones with appearances on HBO’s “One Night Stand” and “Real Time with Bill Maher,” BET’s “Comic View,” and in his recurring role as Uncle Mike on Chris Rock’s “Everybody Hates Chris.” This former U.S. Air Force sergeant riffs on topics ranging from child support to terrorism, with a decidedly “mature” approach … knowwhatimsayin?

Earthquake performs on Thur., June 28 at 8 p.m. and on Fri., June 29 and Sat., June 30 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Road, Ramada Inn, Jacksonville. Tickets are $25 and $30. 292-4242.

MUSIC THRICE RAPPED

This week, area hip-hop enthusiasts get a triple-dip of rapper’s delights. First up, Tech N9ne performs with MGK, Krizz Kaliko, Mayday!, Prozak and Stevie Stone on Thur., June 28 at 7 p.m. at Plush, 845 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville.

Tickets range from $24.50-$29. 223-9850. See our interview with Tech N9ne on page 25. On Sat., June 30 at 9 p.m., The Phoenix Taproom hosts rapper Rittz (of Slumerican), along with The League of Extraordinary G’s, Mr. Low, O.S.M.G., Lil Roach, Benji P., Short Stakk and B$RO$C at 325 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15.

798-8222. And at 10 p.m., ’80s rap king Slick Rick (pictured) performs along with Nappy Headz DJs at Skyline Sports Bar, 5611 Norwood Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $25. 517-6973.

RINGO STARR & HIS ALL-STARR BAND

Northeast Florida music lovers revise Beatlemania into Ringomania — rock-and-roll royalty Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band return to the area for a performance on Fri., June 29 at 8 p.m. at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A S., St. Augustine. Fans can expect a night of Ringo rockers like “It Don’t Come Easy,” “With a Little Help From My Friends” and “Photograph” performed

by Starr and his band, featuring Todd Rundgren, Steve Lukather (Toto), Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey), Richard Page (Mr. Mister), Mark Rivera (Billy Joel) and Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth). Tickets range from $29-$124. 209-0367.

SHRED DAY ERIC JOHNSON

Electric guitar guru Eric Johnson grew up in the fertile music scene of the ’60s and early ’70s in his Austin, Texas, hometown, copping riffs off experts from Wes Montgomery and Jimi Hendrix to Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins. While still in his teens, Johnson cut a record with acid rock band Mariani; by the early ’90s, he’d scored a Grammy for his instrumental (and de facto guitar shredder standard) “Cliffs of Dover.” The 57-year-old six-string maestro and multi-instrumentalist is best known for his live performances, where he unleashes an arsenal of licks that touch on genres as diverse as rock, blues, jazz, country and even Celtic music. Eric Johnson performs on Wed., June 27 at 8 p.m. at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets are $27.50 and $29.50. 209-0399.

FILM WES ANDERSON FEST

Since the mid-’90s, irreverent filmmaker Wes Anderson (pictured) has tackled the lives and loves of rich and poor alike through a skewed lens that’s brought him much love from both cinephile hipsters and the Oscars. Sun-Ray Cinemas celebrates this quirky Texas-born auteur with the retrospective “Playing Hookie with Wes Anderson,” on Thur., June 28 at 1028 Park St., Jacksonville. Seven of Anderson’s films are screened, starting with “The Darjeeling Limited” at noon, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” at 2 p.m., “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” at 3:40 p.m., “The Royal Tenenbaums” at 5:50 p.m., “Rushmore” at 8 p.m., “Bottle Rocket” at 9:45 p.m. and the premiere of Anderson’s newest, “Moonrise Kingdom” at 11:55 p.m. An all-day pass is $20; $6.50 for individual films; “Moonrise Kingdom” tickets are $9; $7 for seniors and students. 359-0047. sunraycinema.com June 26-July 2, 2012 | folio weekly | 19

Glitter Mob: Hair metal star Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) gives the crowd what they want in “Rock of Ages.”

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epending on your expectations, “Rock of Ages” is either OK or dreadful. On the plus side, the movie has a number of musical moments that are genuinely fun, ’80s rock classics actually sung by the cast, rather than lip-synched. On the down side, the story and script play like an extreme PG-13 Disney movie, the familiar stereotypes pumped up with sex, booze and those rock anthems.

Based on Chris D’Arienzo’s Broadway production of the same name, in the movie version, D’Arienzo is supported by screenwriters Justin Theroux and Allan Loeb.

Separately, those two are responsible for such diverse efforts as “Iron Man 2” and “Tropic Thunder” (Theroux) along with “21” and “The Dilemma” (Loeb). Neither is able to salvage much of a screen story out of D’Arienzo’s original concept, other than to provide filler fodder for the moments between musical numbers or, to be more precise, music videos.

Directed by Adam Shankman, who also helmed 2007’s “Hairspray,” the new movie opens with a number similar to what began that film, though not nearly as good. Sherrie (Julianne Hough) is riding on a bus from Oklahoma to Hollywood in pursuit of her dream to be a singer. Naturally, she breaks out in song, accompanied by the driver and fellow passengers in a scene that smacks more of “High School Musical” than a genuine Hollywood number “like they used to make ’em.” Indeed, many of the musical highlights in “Rock of Ages” evoke TV clichés rather than big-screen parallels.

To return to the paper-thin story: Sherrie is suddenly broke in the City of Dreams, having had her beloved record collection and scant savings stolen. In a matter of minutes, however, she is rescued by Drew (Diego Boneta), the cute attendant at The Bourbon Room, a local rock shrine/club run by Dennis and Lonny (Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand).

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rock-and-roll, Dennis and Lonny are banking their salvation on the return of rock god Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) for a one-night show at the venue where he got his start.

Complications arise in the form of Stacee’s oily manager Paul Gill (Paul Giamatti) and Constance Stack (Malin Akerman), a journalist from Rolling Stone with a definite love/hate thing for Stacee. Nonetheless, Drew and Sherrie fall in love (in tune with a music video) and out of love — due to a misunderstanding about Stacee’s crotch.

Sherrie ends up in a pole-dancing joint (a PG-13 substitute for a strip club) under the tutelage of Justice (Mary J. Blige), while Drew joins a boy-band. Before Stacee returns to the Bourbon Club for one last shot at rockand-roll redemption, everyone falls back in love with everyone else, concluding with (of course) an ensemble version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.”

The main things wrong with “Rock of Ages” are the stupid plot and the mediocre screenplay. And Shankman’s uninspired direction doesn’t help much. The film’s musical numbers are more like music videos in which the film editor and director contribute more to the final product than the singers and dancers. This might be a generational thing, but I doubt it. The songs — and how they fit into the story — in “Mamma Mia,” another “jukebox musical” like “Rock of Ages,” were much better coordinated and integrated into the script.

In the end, probably more disappointing than not, the movie’s one undeniable strength is a knockout performance by Cruise as the boozed-out, sex-besotted Stacee Jaxx. Singing his own songs (like the rest of the cast), Cruise nails his character with equal doses of humor and energy. He’s a real kick to watch, though I could’ve done without the unnecessary addition of his pet monkey.

Hough and Boneta are certainly adequate as the film’s ingénue lovers, and Baldwin and Brand contribute their share of laughs. ZetaJones has one knockout number in a version of Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” but is otherwise wasted.

That’s the central problem with “Rock of Ages.” Despite some good fun, most of it courtesy of Tom Cruise, there is simply too much wasted potential.

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THE AVENGERS ***G Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. This adaptation of Marvel Comics Universe proves Joss Whedon zealots are on to something. The mastermind behind sci-fi/fantasy faves as TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly” wrote and directed the yarn about a half-dozen superheroes out to stop evil Loki from opening a portal to another dimension that would mean certain destruction for Earth. An able ensemble cast – Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlet Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston – along with a tight storyline and deft direction, raise the bar on the genre.

BATTLESHIP **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues The sci-fi thriller about the U.S. military fighting alien invaders barely stays afloat with special-effects-laden visuals and a storyline leaking like a sieve. Taylor Kitsch stars as beach-bum-turnedNavy-commander leading the fray against UFO baddies. Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard and Brooklyn Decker co-star.

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ***@ Rated PG-13 • Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Sun-Ray Cinema This must-see is the story of a motley crew of British retirees living in a rundown albeit charming Indian hotel. Gorgeously shot on location, it’s a certain contender on Oscar night, with John Madden’s steady, tasteful direction and a stellar cast – Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel and Maggie Smith.

BRAVE **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach, San Marco Theatre The new animated offering from Disney and Pixar is set in medieval Scotland and features the voice talents of Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson and Robbie Coltrane. Free-spirited Princess Merida (MacDonald)

aggravates her parents, King Fergus (Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Thompson), with independent ways and unladylike archery skills. After angering Highland Lairds, the fiery-haired princess sets off on an adventure, finding magic and mystical beasts. Pixar rewrote and updated its entire animation system to make the stunning visuals propelling this surefire hit.

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THE DICTATOR **@@ Rated R • AMC Regency Square Brit comedian Sacha Baron Cohen tackles global politics in this comedy about a ruthless despot who gets a comeuppance. Adm. Gen. Aladeen (Cohen) rules fictitious, oil-rich Republic of Wadiya with an iron fist. Visiting New York City, he’s kidnapped and winds up working as a lowly store clerk, plotting his revenge.

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THE HUNGER GAMES ***G Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, Regal Avenues Writer-director Gary Ross’ adaptation of Susan Collins’ books is a tour de force of sci-fi cinema. In a dystopian future, the nation Panem holds a tournament where two chosen adolescents fight to the death. Initially antagonists, contestants Katniss Evergreen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) wonder if they want to be pawns in this brutal game.

HYSTERIA **@@ Rated R • Regal Beach Blvd. The 19th-century rom-com stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rupert Everett in a humorous tale about how medical treatment for “female hysteria” led to the creation of the vibrator.

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED ***@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. The new installment of the animated series puts the wacky critters under the Big Top when the wild bunch decides to join an animal circus in Monte Carlo. Good laughs, eye-popping visuals and some fun, family-geared action scenes make “Madagascar 3” an expedition worth taking. The ensemble cast of voiceover talent includes Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen and Francis McDormand.

MEN IN BLACK 3 ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones return, with newcomers Josh Brolin and Emma Thompson, to the third installment in the sci-fi comedy series about a clandestine government agency that monitors assorted UFOs and extraterrestrial visitors. When alien Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement) travels back to 1969 and kills Agent K, faithful sidekick Agent J (Smith) has to chase him, back in time to that landmark year, to save the younger version of Agent K (Brolin, in a great Jones impression). Barry Sonnenfeld directs and Steven Spielberg is executive producer in this blockbuster and special-effects merry-go-round.

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ORANGE PARK AMC Orange Park 24, 1910 Wells Road, (888) AMC-4FUN Carmike Fleming Island 12, 1820 Town Center Blvd., 621-0221 SAN MARCO San Marco Theatre, 1996 San Marco Blvd., 396-4845 SOUTHSIDE Cinemark Tinseltown, 4535 Southside Blvd., 998-2122 ST. AUGUSTINE Epic Theatres, 112 Theatre Drive, 797-5757 IMAX Theater, World Golf Village, 940-IMAX Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., 829-3101

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Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark SalesEpic Rep rl St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Tinseltown, Theatre Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic is a visually stunning film about a crew (Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender and Logan Marshall-Green) traveling from Earth into deep space, circa 2093, to investigate the foreign planet Prometheus, a world that may hold answers to their own origins. Unfortunately, what they discover there just might be the end of humanity as well! Scott’s storyline that attempts to explore religious and philosophical concepts plays a little heavy-handed, but taken as pure summertime sciencefiction fun, “Prometheus” is out of this world.

ROCK OF AGES **G@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Reviewed in this issue.

SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD **@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach This sweetheart of a rom-com, the directorial debut of writer Lorene Scafaria (“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”), stars Steve Carell, Keira Knightley and Patton Oswalt. After it’s announced an asteroid will destroy Earth, lovelorn neighbors Dodge (Carell) and Penny (Knightley) go on a road trip seeking romance and the meaning of life in the face of certain death.

SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the best adaptation of them all?” Charlize Theron’s turn as evil Queen Ravenna makes this one fantasy film worth the price. Director Rupert Sanders borrows from “The Lord of the Rings” for his version of the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale and his visuals, narrative and casting (Bob Hoskins and Ian McShane as two of the seven dwarfs) breathe new life into the story. Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart rise to the occasion, yet Theron is the real attraction – her portrayal of the evil queen is one gorgeous monster indeed.

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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, Hollywood River City, Regal Beach Based on the bestselling pregnancy guide, director Kirk Jones’ rom-com has an ensemble cast of Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Elizabeth Banks and Anna Kendrick, in a humorous story about five couples facing pregnancy and impending childbirth.

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GUYS AND DOLLS The Summer Movie Classics series begins with this gangster musical starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra at 2 p.m. on July 1 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $7.50, $45 for any 10 films in the series. 355-2787.

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LATITUDE 30 CINEGRILLE “The Three Stooges,” “Dark Shadows” and “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” are at CineGrille, 10370 Philips Hwy., Southside. Call for showtimes. 365-5555.

SUN-RAY CINEMA Sun-Ray Cinema screens “Extraterrestrial” and “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” at 1028 Park St., Jacksonville.

Summer Kids screens “Rango” at 10 a.m. on June 27 and 30. “Moonrise Kingdom” opens on June 29. “Trash Humpers” screens at midnight on June 29 and 30. Call 359-0047 for showtimes. sunraycinema.com RAIN MAN Movies at Main screens this study of brotherly love, starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, at 5:45 p.m. on June 28 at Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium, 303 N. Laura St., Jacksonville. 630-1741.

FREE WEEKEND NATURE MOVIES “Bees: Tales From the Hive” screens at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on June 30 and 31 at GTM Research Reserve Environmental Education Center, 505 Guana River Road, Ponte Vedra. 823-4500.

POT BELLY’S CINEMA “Cabin in the Woods,” “Footnotes,” “Safe” and “Darling Companion” are shown at Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine. 829-3101.

WGHOF IMAX THEATER “Men in Black 3: An IMAX 3D Experience” is screened along with “To The Arctic 3D,” “Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West,” “Forces of Nature,” “Legends of Flight 3D,” “Rescue 3D,” “The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest,” “Born To Be Wild 3D” and “Hubble 3D” at World Golf Hall of Fame Village, 1 World Golf Place, St. Augustine.

“The Amazing Spider-Man: An IMAX 3D Experience” opens on Tuesday, July 3. 940-IMAX. worldgolfimax.com

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PROJECT X Todd Phillips produced this teen raunchfest starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown as three misfit high schoolers hoping to throw the most notorious keg party of all time. “Project X” essentially gathers the original humor and dialogue that made “Superbad” so fun and replaces it with a stream of unoriginal standards of the genre, i.e., booze, drugs, topless women. Filmed on handycam, “Project X” employs a cast of mostly unknowns (barring Verne Troyer of “Austin Powers” and “Celebrity Rehab” fame!) and after this lame excuse for a comedy, they will surely remain so.

GOD BLESS AMERICA Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait takes aim at contemporary American culture in his dark farce.

After disgruntled divorcé Frank (Joel Murray) is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to end his life. Before he pulls the trigger, he’s struck with the idea of silencing an annoyingly popular reality TV show star. Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton, Larry Miller and Mo Gaffney (yay!) co-star in this winning albeit morbid comedy.

AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE This documentary from Steven Soderbergh provides an intimate portrait of the art and life of the late actor, performance artist and monologist Spalding Gray. Through interview and performance footage, Soderbergh delivers a touching tribute to Gray’s undeniable influence on both the spoken-word scene and current memoir mania and takes an unflinching yet sympathetic look at Gray’s lifelong struggle with the clinical depression that ultimately led to his suicide in 2004.

CRADLE OF FILTH: PANDAEMONAEON This documentary from the “corpse paint”-sporting British black metal/gothic band features live performance footage of such heartwarming classics as “Beneath the Howling Stars” and “Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids,” along with interviews with the wacky, blasphemous blokes.

St. Augustine Film Festival screens the documentary “First Position” on June 28 at 7 p.m. at Flagler College’s Gamache-Koger Theatre, 50 Sevilla St. The film follows the journey of international dance hopefuls as they compete for scholarships to top ballet schools. Tickets are $10. Proceeds benefit the St. Augustine Ballet. 806-2729.

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f you’re the type of movie fan who wanders out of the local Cineplex nodding your head and muttering, “They just don’t make them like they used to,” then you need to head down to The Florida Theatre and check out some real classics in the kind of venue for which they were originally made. This year’s Summer Movie Classics features 10 cinematic gems, the most recent of them 50 years old. Like fine wine, however, these films only improve with age.

The offerings include four musicals, two Oscar-winners for Best Picture, and two films each starring Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. Besides the Best Picture winners, the movies included feature dozens of other Oscar nominations (and winners) in other categories. Beginning July 1 and playing for 10 consecutive weeks at 2 p.m. every Sunday, the series kicks off with “Guys and Dolls” (1955), starring Sinatra and the unlikely Brando knocking out those fabulous Frank Loesser tunes, including “Luck Be a Lady Tonight.” Sinatra is predictably terrific in this kind of role, but the film’s real delight is watching Brando in his only musical during the decade when he was the indisputable lead actor of his generation.

The other three musicals include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” (1955), with Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Howard Hawks’ “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953) and “On the Town” (1949). Just about anyone can hum two or three songs from “Carousel,” and what’s not to like about Monroe and Russell together under the direction of Hawks? (The iconic moment, of course, is Marilyn singing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”) However, “On the Town,” probably the least familiar of the three today, is arguably the best of

the bunch, featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein with Sinatra again, this time holding his own quite well as a dancer in the company of Gene Kelly and leggy Ann Miller. This is the one about the three sailors loose in New York on a 24-hour leave, filled with great fun and great music.

Gregory Peck appears twice on the program, both times playing a lawyer. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962), for which he won the Academy Award for his role as Atticus Finch, the greatest hero in American film (according to a recent poll), Peck was “even more Atticus than Atticus,” as Harper Lee once said. That same year, the actor excelled again as Sam Bowden, an attorney in a very different film, “Cape Fear,” a psychological thriller, which pitted Peck against Max Cady (Robert Mitchum), a vengeful convict, the very embodiment of malevolence and perhaps Mitchum’s best role after “Night of the Hunter.”

There are plenty of laughs on the agenda as well, especially as provided by “The Philadelphia Story” (1940) and “Some Like It Hot” (1959). Besides Best Picture and Best Director (George Cukor), the earlier film took home well-deserved Oscars for James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, though Cary Grant was probably equally deserving. “Some Like It Hot,” directed by the inimitable Billy Wilder, gives Marilyn Monroe one of her best roles opposite Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as two unwitting eyewitnesses to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, now on the lam and dressed in drag as members of an all-girl orchestra.

Wilder ends the film with the movie’s funniest line, the lovelorn Joe. E. Brown replying to Lemmon’s revelation that he’s actually a man: “Well, nobody’s perfect.”

Besides being the best movie yet about Pearl Harbor, “From Here to Eternity” (1953) remains one of the better films about the early days of World War II, winning eight Academy Awards in the process. Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Montgomery Clift all lost in the Leading Role category, but Donna Reed and Sinatra took up the slack in the Supporting Actor category, each winning their only Oscar.

This was the landmark film that resurrected Sinatra’s film career, which had been on a precipitous slide. The movie itself won Best Picture and provided movie lore with one of its most famous love scenes, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr embracing in the sand as the waves wash over them.

Perhaps the most interesting film of the bunch is the 1962 remake of “Mutiny on the Bounty” starring Brando as Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as the ruthless Captain Bligh. By most accounts, Brando was the epitome of arrogance and self-indulgence on the set, and the movie was widely derided on its release as a model of extravagance and waste, an achievement easily eclipsed the following year by the disastrous “Cleopatra.”

However, history and hindsight have proved far more tolerant in both cases. Restored to its original grandeur on the big screen, “Mutiny on the Bounty” is well worth another look.

For that matter, so are all the films in the series, each of them an undeniable classic, able to be seen in a classic setting.

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TECH N9NE with MGK, KRIZZ KALIKO, MAYDAY!, PROZAK and STEVIE STONE Thursday, June 28 at 7 p.m.

Plush, 845 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville Tickets range from $24.50-$29 223-9850 Tech N9ne appears at an in-store record signing at 11 a.m. at FYE, Regency Square Mall, 9501 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville 721-0675

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s applied to hip hop, the term “fire-spitting” never fit anyone more perfectly than Kansas City, Mo., native Tech N9ne. Born Aaron Yates, Tech N9ne was so named because of his superhuman ability to string together double-, triple- and even quadruple-time rhymes that blur the line between intelligible and aweinspiring. But our man is much more than just a technically adept rapper. In 1999, he founded Strange Music Entertainment, which today is the biggest independent label in hip hop. He’s also one of the hardest road warriors in the biz, regularly rolling up 80-date tours in 85 days. And like it or not, Tech N9ne is a favorite of the Juggalos, those bizarre, twisted and hardcore fans of horror-rap icons Insane Clown Posse.

Folio Weekly chatted with Tech N9ne about the difficulty of writing and performing his tongue-twisting rhymes, his state of constant movement and his love for everyone in the hip-hop game.

Folio Weekly: Almost all the shows on your current “Hostile Takeover” tour have sold out.

You have to be excited about that, Tech.

Tech N9ne: It’s so crazy to see it grow like this and still be on the incline after all these years.

F.W.: You’ve been independent for all these years, too, via your label Strange Music

Entertainment. Was that a path you always wanted to pursue?

T.N.: It [came from] the experiences with the major labels I was on. After all that I was, like, “I can’t have a place telling me what to sound like and what not to look like.” 1999 was the perfect time for my partner Travis O’Guin and I to start this. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

F.W.: Have you been speed rapping since the beginning?

T.N.: My first rhyme in ’85 was faster than everybody else’s. I can’t even say it no more — nobody was rhyming like that in the seventh grade.

F.W.: How hard is it to write and perform these incredibly complex rhymes?

T.N.: Nobody’s ever asked me that question.

“Most of the things I write I’m not even sure I can do until I get in the studio and try it a couple of times. And then I can’t believe it. It’s by the grace of God.” Extremely hard! And to perform it every night is the scariest thing on the planet — if you lose one word, it will mess up the whole line. It costs $10,000 to get me on a song, but my verses are worth $50,000 to me. I’m not duplicating anybody. I have my own pitches and patterns; I create new themes. Most of the things I write, I’m not even sure I can do until I get in the studio and try it a couple of times. And then I

can’t believe it. It’s by the grace of God. F.W.: You’ve been in the rap game for 20-plus years. Ever foresee a day when you might retire?

T.N.: [Laughs.] The funny thing is, I’m 40 years old and I feel like I’m still 19 on stage. There are new people just now catching on. So when I’m tired, like right now, I can’t be. I have to keep pushing. We’ve been all over the world, but not everywhere. And I’ve always said I’m going to show tread on every piece of Earth before I go.

I haven’t been to Japan, Brazil, Africa, Ireland, Bangkok, Hawaii or Jamaica. So many more places to go, bro. So no, I can’t slow down any time soon.

F.W.: You were caught by surprise when Insane Clown Posse’s notorious Juggalos adopted you a few years ago, right?

T.N.: I didn’t even know what a Juggalo was, but they were always first in line at my shows. They started voting me to be at the Gathering of the Juggalos, which I’m doing again this year. It’s one of the biggest parties you’ll ever go to in the middle of the woods where the police aren’t welcome. It’s crazy. If you can go see it, you must.

F.W.: Besides the guys on your current “Hostile Takeover” tour like MGK, Krizz Kaliko, Mayday!, Projak and Stevie Stone, are there other new hip-hop acts you’re digging?

T.N.: Gritty rhyming is coming back. Guys like Odd Future are a little darker than the cookie-cutter rap. But I wish everybody luck.

If it’s working for you, I’m with it. I’m not one of those guys who think that other people are whack. I say do what you can do to get what you can get in this life to make a better life for your children. That’s positive, no matter what kind of flow you have.

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Crescent City Line-Up: Supergroup The New Orleans Suspects.

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ew Orleans’ musical DNA is as complicated and rich as the human double helix. Jazz, blues, ragtime, R&B, funk, Cajun, hip hop, brass and bounce influences run rampant throughout The Big Easy. And the city’s best musicians have a firm grasp on every strand.

Take the New Orleans Suspects, for example.

Bass player Reggie Scanlan spent 30 years with swamp-rock pioneers The Radiators. Drummer “Mean” Willie Green has been keeping time for The Neville Brothers and The Meters since the 1980s. Guitarist Jake Eckert and saxophonist Kevin Harris make up one-sixth of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. And pianist CR Gruver, while not a New Orleans native, has quickly become one of the city’s most in-demand ivoryticklers. These five musicians came together accidentally at the Maple Leaf Club in 2009, and have been bringing the Crescent City’s infectious, hard-driving sound to audiences across the nation ever since.

Folio Weekly caught up with Scanlan, who recently overcame pancreatic cancer, to talk about standards versus originals, the necessity of side projects and the tenacity of the N’awlins spirit.

Folio Weekly: The New Orleans Suspects have been together now for about a year. Are fans still responding positively everywhere you go?

Reggie Scanlan: It’s been amazing. People love the band; we’ve been pulling good crowds and selling out a lot of places. And it’s really taken on a sound of its own — the more you play together, the more that’s going to happen.

With this group, there’s a natural rapport.

We’ve all been doing projects together for years, so it’s just one of those things that was lucky happenstance. And the fact that people like it is only icing on the cake.

F.W.: You released your self-titled debut album earlier this spring. What’s the breakdown of covers versus originals?

R.S.: It’s about half and half. We’re actually prepping to do the next studio album, on which we’re aiming to have all original stuff. But the cover songs we did sounded good and were kind of obscure, so we thought, “Let’s just put ’em on.”

Our criteria are: If the song’s fun, we’ll do it.

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F.W.: Which is somewhat true of the New Orleans music scene as a whole, right? You have to learn all these songs just to get in the door?

R.S.: There’s a book that everybody knows. If you’re going to sit in with people, you have to know “Big Chief,” “Hey Pocky Way” and “Big Miracle.” We do a lot of those songs out of town, though, because people go nuts over it — in town, it’s kind of a yawn. We also include songs from the bands we all came from: some Radiators’ stuff, some Nevilles’ and Meters’ stuff, and some Dirty Dozen stuff. That’s a nod to our individual histories.

F.W.: The tour dates you’ve booked this summer come in short bursts. Is that because each band member has other side projects?

R.S.: No, that’s just the way the booking’s going.

No matter who’s in your band, you’re still fighting the “new band” thing. But if our guys have time off, they’ll do stuff outside the band, sure. That’s just the New Orleans thing — you have to do that; otherwise, you get in the situation where you’re having a conversation with the same people over and over again. You have to get new ideas and get stimulated in other ways. To me, having outside projects is an imperative.

F.W.: I know football looms large in New Orleans. Tell us how the city is reacting to all of the Saints’ off-season troubles.

R.S.: Most people are pretty disgusted with the Saints management. Drew Brees brought us to our only Super Bowl, and he really embodies the spirit of that team. To be dragging your feet about signing him is ridiculous. Who else can galvanize that team? People are aggravated and frustrated, but they’re not going to give up on the team.

F.W.: That’s an idea that runs through New Orleans’ blood — never give up. Have any bandmembers considered retiring from playing music? Or does it run through your blood like it runs through the city?

R.S.: When all this health stuff started, my wife asked me what I was thinking about doing. And I said, “I’m not going to retire, because if I do, I’m gonna be calling up guys and inviting ’em over to have a jam session!” And if I’m going to do that, why not just get back on the road and play?

We’re all going to play until we fall over. That’s the drill with most musicians in New Orleans. It’s so much a part of the culture of this city that to think about not doing it is ridiculous.

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NISROCH, STILLGLOW, SECOND THIEF This night of underground metal and thrash starts at 7 p.m. on June 26 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Jacksonville.

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BATTLE ROYAL: ADAM NAWORAL and BILL HENDERSON The improv and experimental musicians perform at 8 p.m. on June 26 at + SoLo, 107 E. Bay St., Jacksonville. sologallery.org THE 2416, MIRA LOMA, SINGLE WHITE HERPE, TASTE BUDS The local indie rock delights start at 8 p.m. on June 26 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8.

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WHO RESCUED WHO These local rockers play at 6 p.m. on June 27 at Nippers Beach Grille, 2309 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. 247-3300.

THE DRAMA SUMMER, A HEROES FATE, FIRST THINGS FIRST, A CALL FOR KYLIE, IN REAL LIFE The emo bands play at 7 p.m. on June 27 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $8. 246-4273.

BEES KNEEZ This musical duo appears at 7 p.m. on June 27 at Three Layers CafĂŠ, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville. 355-9791.

THE RESTLESS KIND Concerts in the Plaza celebrates its 22nd season of free concerts, this week featuring local act The Restless King at 7 p.m. on June 27 under the oaks in Plaza de la ConstituciĂłn, located between Cathedral Place and King Street, historic downtown St. Augustine. The concerts are at 7 p.m. every Thur. through Aug. 30. Bring lounge chairs. Alcohol is prohibited. staugustinegovernment.com/sites/concerts-plaza ERIC JOHNSON Guitar maestro Johnson plays at 8 p.m. on June 27 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets are $27.50 and $29.50. 209-0399.

AG DAVIS, BILL HENDERSON The improv and experimental musicians play at 8 p.m. on June 27 at + SoLo, 107 E. Bay St., Jacksonville. sologallery.org TECH N9NE, MGK, KRIZZ KALIKO, MAYDAY!, PROZAK, STEVIE STONE Rapper Tech is on at 7 p.m. on June 28 at Plush, 845 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville. Tickets are $24.50-$29. 223-9850.

ROAD LESS TRAVELED These local rockers are on at 7 p.m. on June 28 at Urban Flats, 330 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. 280-5515.

IVARDENSPHERE, ELECTRONIC SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WASTE, END THE DJ The heavy rock starts at 8 p.m. on June 28 at Brewster’s Pit, 831 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

NONE LIKE US, REBEL INC., VIKTR, ROBIN BANKZ, FALSE STEP, DENVER Local heavy rock bands hit the stage starting at 8 p.m. on June 28 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

DAVID POOLER The singer-songwriter performs at 8 p.m. on June 28 at European Street CafĂŠ, 1704 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 399-1740.

CHRIS C4MANN This local musician plays at 8 p.m. on June 28 at Fionn MacCool’s, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, downtown. 374-1247.

FRENCH TOM, JOSH MILLER The jam band faves appear at 9 p.m. on June 28 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach. 277-8010.

CHRIS ALVARADO Singer-songwriter Alvarado plays at 9 p.m. on June 28 at Poe’s Tavern, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7637.

BRAXTON ADAMSON, C4X BAND Adamson is on at 5:30 p.m. and C4X Band plays at 9 p.m. on June 29 at Fionn MacCool’s, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, downtown. 374-1247.

COREY SMITH Country artist Smith performs at 6 p.m. on June 29 at Mavericks, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive, downtown. Tickets are $20. 356-1110.

ROUGH MIX These rockers play at 7 p.m. on June 29 at Dames Point Marina, 4542 Irving Road, Jacksonville. 751-3043.

AL MONTE Singer-songwriter Monte appears at 7 p.m. on June 29 in the Courtyard at 200 First Street, Neptune Beach. 241-1026.

RINGO STARR & HIS ALL-STARR BAND The former Beatle and rock-and-roll legend leads his noteworthy backing band at 8 p.m. on June 29 at the St.

Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A, St. Augustine. Tickets range from $29-$124. 209-0367.

THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS The Crescent City supergroup plays at 8 p.m. on June 29 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $10.

246-4273.

JUSTIN FREEMAN, JUSTIN JAMES, FLAGSHIP ROMANCE, AMANDA AMARU The rootsy and indie rock kick off at 8 p.m. on June 29 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8.

398-7496.

THE RIDE The local band is on at 9 p.m. on June 29 and 30 at Cliff’s Bar & Grill, 3033 Monument Road, Jacksonville.

645-5162.

GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE, JACKSON VEGAS Bluegrass badasses Grandpa’s Cough Medicine play at 9 p.m. on June 29 at 1904 Bar, 19 N. Ocean St., Jacksonville.

356-0213.

RAMBLE ON: THE RAW ZEP EXPERIENCE (Led Zep Tribute) These rockers move like hell at 9 p.m. on June 29 and 30 at The Mayport Tavern, 2775 Old Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach.

270-0801.

THE DRUIDS If you’re too broke to see Richard Starkey, go hear The Druids at 9:30 p.m. on June 29 at My Place Bar & Grill, 9550 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville. 737-5299.

THE MONSTER FOOL The local rockers play at 7 p.m. on June 29 at Aw Shucks Oyster Bar & Grill, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., Jacksonville.

240-0368.

CLOUD 9 This musical trio floats onto the stage at 9:30 p.m. on June 29 and 30 at Sun Dog Diner, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 241-8221.

WES COBB Singer-songwriter Cobb plays at 10 p.m. on June 29 at Mojo No. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville. 381-6670.

TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS The blues guitarist appears at 10 p.m. on June 29 at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Tickets are $15. 247-6636.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Bluemingrass performs at 10:30 a.m., YMCA zumba class is featured at 11:30 a.m., Road Less Traveled play at 12:15 p.m. and Hoku-loa Polynesian Dance is featured at 2:30 p.m. on June 30 at the weekly arts market,

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held under the Fuller Warren Bridge at Riverside Avenue, downtown. 554-6865. riversideartsmarket.com FREEDOM FESTIVAL: MOLLY HATCHET, J. COLLINS BAND, NAVY BAND SOUTHEAST The local Southern rock, patriotic music and family-geared events kick off at 5 p.m. on June 30 in J.C. Penney’s parking lot, Orange Park Mall, 1910 Wells Road, Orange Park. 269-9413.

THE MONSTER FOOL These local rockers play at 6 p.m. on June 30 at Lulu’s Waterfront Grille, 301 N. Roscoe Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach. 285-0139.

LIFT Featuring guitar shredder Alfredo Linsangan, Lift is on at 9:30 p.m. on June 30 at 3 Lions Sports Pub & Grill, 2467 Faye Road, Jacksonville. 647-8625.

MAYHEM FEST BATTLE Rockers strut their stuff at 6 p.m. on June 30 at Brewster’s Pit, 831 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $10. 223-9850.

THE OUIJA BROTHERS This musical trio plays at 7 p.m. on June 30 at Three Layers Café, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville.

355-9791.

BETH McKEE BAND Singer-songwriter McKee leads her band at 8 p.m. on June 30 at European Street Café, 5500 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 399-1740.

BLACK CREEK The local rockers hit the stage at 8 p.m. on June 30 at Dames Point Marina, 4542 Irving Road, Jacksonville. 751-3043.

HEAVY PETTY (Tom Petty Tribute), MUSA FARMAND The ritual of Thomas Earl Petty worship and genuflection (get a grip, it’s not the real TP) starts at 8 p.m. on June 30 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $8. 246-4273.

EBULLITION, ARMAGEDDON III, IMPURITY, TYRANNY, ALICE SWEET ALICE The local metal and hard rock bands play at 8 p.m. on June 30 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

RITTZ (SLUMERICAN), THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY G’S, MR. LOW, O.S.M.G., LIL ROACH, BENJI P, SHORT STAKK, B$RO$C The new hip hop starts at 9 p.m. on June 30 at The Phoenix Taproom, 325 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $15.

798-8222.

PARTY TRAIN All aboard! Party Train tracks on stage at 9 p.m. at June 30 at Fionn MacCool’s, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, downtown. 374-1247.

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THE GREAT STATE The indie rock and jam band experts play at 9 p.m. on June 30 at Dog Star Tavern, 10 N. Second St., Fernandina Beach. 277-8010.

SLICK RICK, NAPPY HEADZ DJS Rap pioneer Slick Rick performs at 10 p.m. on June 30 at Skyline Sports Bar, 5611 Norwood Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $25. 517-6973.

THE SHIFTERS The local band is on at 10 p.m. on June 30 at Mojo No. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville. 381-6670.

GOLIATH FLORES The multi-instrumentalist plays at 1 p.m. on July 1 at Three Layers Café, 1602 Walnut St., Jacksonville. 355-9791.

MR. NATURAL These area faves play at 4 p.m. on July 1 at Dames Point Marina, 4542 Irving Road, Jacksonville. 751-3043.

MARIE MILLER, ADAM SAMS, COREY KILGANNON, GROUP THERAPY This festival of faith-based music starts at 4 p.m. on July 1 at First Baptist Church of Orange Park, 1140 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park. Advance tickets are $10; $15 at the door. Proceeds benefit The Mercy Network’s programs for displaced families. 264-2351.

BOSTON The classic rockers give you “More than a Feeling” and perform all their other hits at 7:30 p.m. on July 1 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A, St. Augustine. Tickets range from $39.50-$125. 209-0367.

WOLF GANG, FLAGSHIP These indie rockers play at 8 p.m. on July 1 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $13. 398-7496.

RICE, THE PAUSES, BABY BABY, GUN PARTY Indie rockers RICE perform at 8 p.m. on July 1 at Underbelly, 113 E. Bay St., Jacksonville. Admission is $5. 353-6067.

HANNAH THOMAS, POLYGONS Americana artist Thomas appears at 8 p.m. on July 2 at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Jacksonville. 353-4686.

HILLVALLEY, FIFTH ON THE FLOOR, SIX TIME LOSERS, RIVER CITY KATS NeoSouthern band Hillvalley play at 8 p.m. on July 3 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8. 398-7496.

CANDY LEE Singer-songwriter Lee performs at 9 p.m. on July 3 at Dos Gatos, 123 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. 354-0666.

KIM RETEGUIZ & THE BLACK CAT BONES These local blues rockers hit it at 10 p.m. on July 3 at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Tickets are $5. 247-6636.

UPCOMING CONCERTS BONESHAKERS, RANDOM ORBITS, CREEPOID, THE RIVERNECKS, THE RESONANTS July 3, Nobby’s SHATTERMAT July 4, Burro Bar RICE, WAVE FUNCTIONS July 4, Dos Gatos SPADE McQUADE July 5, Dog Star Tavern CANDY LEE July 5, Engine 15 CHROMA July 6, Fly’s Tie Irish Pub SONS NOT BEGGARS, DIREWOLVES, MIKE BERNOS BAND July 6, Freebird Live POTLUCK and KUNG FU VAMPIRE July 6, Brewster’s Pit GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH, WET NURSE, TIGHT GENES, THE MOLD July 6, Nobby’s CLAYTON BUSH, BIG PICTURE, SAVANNA BASSETT July 7, Riverside Arts Market INKY SKULLS, ERIC AYOTTE, SENDERS, ANTI-SOCIALES, UN FINAL FATAL, SERENGHETTO July 7, Nobby’s SALTWATER GRASS, BONNIE BLUE, CHROMA July 7, Freebird Live CITIZEN, WE STILL DREAM July 7, Burro Bar STEVE PRUITT July 7, Dog Star Tavern BAY STREET July 7, Mojo Kitchen DANIEL LEVI GOANS July 8, Burro Bar TAB BENOIT, SOL DRIVEN TRAIN July 8, Mojo Kitchen THOSE DARLINS July 8, Jack Rabbits THE NESKIMOS, PAWN TAKES KING July 9, Nobby’s BIG SOMETHING July 9, Dog Star Tavern CANDY LEE July 11, Island Girl Cigar Bar, Neptune Beach GINORMOUS J July 12, Dog Star Tavern ABK, DJ CLAY July 13, Brewster’s Pit COL. BRUCE HAMPTON, RET. July 13, Dog Star Tavern TREVOR HALL, ANUHEA, JUSTIN YOUNG July 13, Freebird Live FRESH MUSIC FESTIVAL July 13, Veterans Memorial Arena FREE PHAZE, DIOPTRICS, PREZ CRICKET, MEGATRON, RIC DOLORE July 13, 1904 Bar CANDY LEE, SWEET SCARLETT, THE BOARD BROTHERS July 14, Riverside Arts Market JOHN CARVER BAND CD Release July 14, Freebird Live WHETHERMAN, THE GREAT STATE July 14, 1904 Bar KARL W. DAVIS July 14, Dog Star Tavern ARPETRIO July 16, Dog Star Tavern REBECCA DAY July 17, Jack Rabbits 311, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, THE AGGROLITES July 18, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ANDERS OSBORNE July 19, Freebird Live THE HOLY SH*TS, BIG AWESOME, STRONG CITY, THE RESONANTS July 19, Nobby’s WHETHERMAN, CANARY IN THE COALMINE, ANTIQUE ANIMALS July 20, Freebird Live THOMAS WYNN AND THE BELIEVERS July 20, Mojo Kitchen MIKE BERNOS BAND, WHETHERMAN & MELODIES, BRAVO SCHOOL OF DANCE July 21, Riverside Arts Market BADFISH (Sublime Tribute), SCOTTY DON’T, FULL SERVICE July 21, Freebird Live DAMON FOWLER July 21, Mojo Kitchen WAYLON THORNTON & The HEAVY HANDS July 21, Nobby’s SPINESHANK, AGONIST, VANTANA July 21, Brewster’s Pit LAURA K. BALKE July 24, Burro Bar WORN IN RED, THE RESONANTS July 26, Nobby’s THE DUKES OF SEPTEMBER RHYTHM REVUE (DONALD FAGEN, MICHAEL McDONALD, BOZ SCAGGS) July 27, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE HENDRIX EXPERIENCE July 27, Freebird Live FLANNEL CHURCH July 27, Dog Star Tavern MEREDITH RAE, BRAIDED LIGHT DANCE PROJECT, DAVID RUSSELL & JOHN PAYTON, SIDETRACK July 28, Riverside Arts Market YES and PROCOL HARUM July 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre KINGS OF HELL July 28, Fly’s Tie Irish Pub THE 3 July 28, Dog Star Tavern SALIVA July 28, Brewster’s Pit SOJA, INNER CIRCLE, GROOVE STAIN July 29, Mavericks VACATION CLUB, NIGHTMARE BOYZZZ July 30, Nobby’s LITTLE FEAT July 31, The Florida Theatre GHOST LIGHT ROAD Aug. 1, Burro Bar ZOOGMA, SIR CHARLES Aug. 1, Freebird Live UNCOMMON MUSIC FESTIVAL Aug. 1, The Florida Theatre PASSERINE, DAN COADY, THE BOARD BROTHERS Aug. 4, Riverside Arts Market POWERBALL, THE PINZ, SHATTERMAT Aug. 4, Burro Bar FORMATTA Aug. 4, Freebird Live GIRLS ROCK CAMP SHOWCASE Aug. 4, The Florida Theatre BASEMENT, DEAD END PATH, DAYLIGHT Aug. 6, Burro Bar AARON NEVILLE Aug. 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall NEON TREES, WALK THE MOON Aug. 8, Freebird Live JASON ALDEAN, LUKE BRYAN, RACHEL FARLEY Aug. 9, Veterans Memorial Arena LESS THAN JAKE Aug. 10, Freebird Live BRET MICHAELS Aug. 10, Whisky River RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS Aug. 10, Brewster’s Pit U2 BY UV (U2 Tribute) Aug. 11, Freebird Live COMING THIS FALL CD RELEASE Aug. 17, Freebird Live STEVE VAI Aug. 18, The Florida Theatre WET NURSE Aug. 18, Nobby’s ADEMA Aug. 18, Brewster’s Pit

THE GREEN Sept. 26, Freebird Live BLONDIE, DEVO Sept. 22, St. Augustine Amphitheatre KEIKO MATSUI Sept. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ZACH DEPUTY Sept. 28, Freebird Live THE WOBBLY TOMS Oct. 19, Fly’s Tie Irish Pub ARTURO SANDOVAL Oct. 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BLUES TRAVELER Oct. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DR. DOG Nov. 11, Freebird Live DONAVON FRANKENREITER Nov. 14, Freebird Live EDDIE VEDDER Nov. 24 & 25, T-U Center PAPADASIO Dec. 8, Freebird Live

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Blues Relief: Tommy Castro and The Painkillers play on June 29 at 10 p.m. at Mojo Kitchen, 1500 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach. Tickets are $15. The Bay Areaborn Castro has played with such greats as John Lee Hooker and B.B. King. 247-6636.

REBELUTION, THE EXPENDABLES, PASSAFIRE Aug. 19, St. Augustine Amphitheatre THE GRASCALS Aug. 23, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DEAD PREZ Aug. 24, 1904 Bar TAMMERLIN Aug. 25, European Street CafÊ Southside TIGHT GENES Aug. 25, Nobby’s BONZ (Stuck Mojo) Aug. 25, Brewster’s Pit SUBLIME WITH ROME Aug. 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DAVID DONDERO, SCREAMIN’ EAGLE Aug. 30, Nobby’s TRAIN, MAT KEARNEY Sept. 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

CORBITT BROTHERS, JACKSON VEGAS Sept. 7, Freebird Live CHEAP TIME, SEXCAPADES Sept. 8, Nobby’s BUILT TO SPILL, HELVETIA, SISTER CRAYON Sept. 9, Jack Rabbits CITIZEN COPE Sept. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHRIS ISAAK Sept. 13, The Florida Theatre YELAWOLF Sept. 20, Freebird Live IAN ANDERSON Sept. 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre DARRYL WORLEY, DAVID LEE MURPHY, BO BICE Sept. 22, Thrasher-Horne Center

BEECH STREET GRILL, 801 Beech, 277-3662 John Springer every Fri. & Sat., every other Thur. Barry Randolph every Sun. CAFE KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269 Live music in the courtyard at 6 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., at 5 p.m. every Sun. DOG STAR TAVERN, 10 N. Second St., 277-8010 French Tom and Josh Miller at 9 p.m. on June 28. The Great State at 9 p.m. on June 30. Spade McQuade on July 5. DJs J.G. World & Jim spin actual vinyl at 8 p.m. every Tue. for Working Class Stiffs GENNARO’S ITALIANO SOUTH, 5472 First Coast Hwy., 491-1999 Live jazz from 7:30-9:30 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Dan Voll from 7-10 p.m. every Fri. Live music every weekend O’KANE’S IRISH PUB, 318 Centre St., 261-1000 Dan Voll at 7:30 p.m. every Wed. Turner London Band at 8:30 p.m. every Thur., Fri. & Sat. THE PALACE SALOON & SHEFFIELD’S, 117 Centre St., 491-3332 BSP Unplugged every Tue. & Sun. Wes Cobb every Wed. DJ Heavy Hess, Hupp & Rob every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. DJ Miguel Alvarez in Sheffield’s every Fri. DJ Heavy Hess every Sat. Cason every Mon. PLAE, 80 Amelia Circle, Amelia Island Plantation, 277-2132 Gary Ross from 7-11 p.m. every Thur.-Sat. SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6990 Live music every night THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Live music Tue.Sun. DJ Roc at 5 p.m. every Wed.

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ARLINGTON, REGENCY

AJ’S BAR & GRILLE, 10244 Atlantic Blvd., 805-9060 DJ Sheryl every Thur., Fri. & Sat. DJ Mike every Tue. & Wed. Karaoke every Thur.

MVP’S SPORTS GRILLE, 12777 Atlantic Blvd., 221-1090 Live music at 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. PLUSH, RAIN, LAVA, 845 University Blvd. N., 745-1845 Tech N9ne, MGK, Krizz Kaliko, Mayday!, Prozak and Stevie Stone at 7 p.m. on June 28. DJ Massive spins top 40 in Rain every Wed., DJs spin Latin every Fri. STARBUCKS, 9301 Atlantic Blvd., 724-4554 Open mic with Starbucks Trio from 8-11 p.m. every other Fri. TONINO’S TRATTORIA, 7001 Merrill Rd., 743-3848 Alaina Colding every Thur. W. Harvey Williams at 6 p.m. every Fri. Signature String Quartet every Sat. VIP LOUNGE, 7707 Arlington Expressway, 619-8198 Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Tue. Live music every Wed. & Fri. Reggae every Thur. A DJ spins Old School every Sat. A DJ spins every Sun.

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

BRICK RESTAURANT, 3585 St. Johns Ave., 387-0606 Duet every Wed. Bush Doctors every first Fri. & Sat. Live jazz every Fri. & Sat. THE CASBAH CAFE, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. 3rd Bass every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 DJ Keith spins for Karaoke every Tue. DJ Free spins vintage every Fri. DJs SuZiRok, LowKill & Mowgli spin for Chillwave Madness every Mon. ELEVATED AVONDALE, 3551 St. Johns Ave., 387-0700 Karaoke with Dave Thrash every Wed. DJ 151 spins hip hop, R&B, old-school every Thur. DJ Catharsis spins lounge beats every first & fourth Sat. Patrick Evan & CoAlition Industry Sun. MOJO NO. 4, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670 Wes Cobb at 10 p.m. on June 29. The Shifters at 10 p.m. on June 30 TOM & BETTY’S, 4409 Roosevelt Blvd., 387-3311 Live music every Fri. Karaoke at 8 p.m. every Sat.

BAYMEADOWS

THE COFFEE GRINDER, 9834 Old Baymeadows Rd., 642-7600 DJ Albert Adkins spins house every Fri. DJs Adrian Sky, Alberto Diaz & Chris Zachrich spin dance every Tue. DJ Michael Stumbaugh spins every Sat.

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GATOR’S DOCKSIDE, 8650 Baymeadows Rd., 448-0500 Comfort Zone Band at 9 p.m. every Fri. MY PLACE BAR-N-GRILL, 9550 Baymeadows Rd., 737-5299 The Druids at 9:30 p.m. on June 29. Out of Hand every Mon. Rotating bands every other Tue. & Wed. OASIS GRILL & CHILL, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., 748-9636 DJs Stan and Mike Bend spin every Feel Good Fri.

BEACHES

(All clubs & venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Al Monte from 7-10 p.m. on June 29 BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD, 120 S. Third St., 444-8862 Kurt Lanham sings island music every Fri.-Sun. BILLY’S BOATHOUSE GRILL, 2321 Beach Blvd., 241-9771 Tony Novelly from 5:30-9:30 p.m. on June 27. Julie Durden at 5:30 p.m. on June 28. 4Play at 6 p.m. on June 29. Slickwater at 5:30 p.m. on June 30. Craig Odem from noon-4 p.m., Slickwater from 6-10 p.m. on July 1 BREWSTER’S PIT, 831 N. First St., 223-9850 Ivardensphere, Electronic Substance Abuse, Waste and End The DJ at 8 p.m. on June 28. Mayhem Fest Battle at 6 p.m. on June 30. Potluck and Kung Fu Vampire on July 6 BRIX TAPHOUSE, 300 N. Second St., 241-4668 DJ IBay every Tue., Fri. & Sat. DJ Ginsu every Wed. DJ Jade every Thur.

Charlie Walker every Sun. CRAB CAKE FACTORY, 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza, 247-9880 Live jazz with Pierre & Co. every Wed. CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-9595 Permission Band at 8 p.m. on June 29. Pipes & Drums at 7:30 p.m., Karaoke at 8:30 p.m. on June 30. Michael Funge at 6:30 p.m. on July 1 DICK’S WINGS, 311 N. Third St., Ste. 107, 853-5004 Big Jeff at 8 p.m. every Thur. Live music at 9 p.m. every Sat. EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT, 1553 Third St. N., 241-6910 Wilfredo Lopez every Wed. & Sat. ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY, 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217, 249-2337 Live music every Thur.

FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 E. Sailfish Dr., Atlantic Beach, 246-4293 Chuck Nash at 9 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Songwriters Nite every Tues. Ryan Campbell every Wed. Wes Cobb every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Charlie Walker every Mon. FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 The Drama Summer, A Heroes Fate, First Things First, A Call for Kylie and In Real Life at 8 p.m. on June 27. New Orleans Suspects at 8 p.m. on June 29. Heavy Petty (Tom Petty Tribute) at 8 p.m. on June 30 ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 108 First St., Neptune Beach, 372-0943 Clayton Bush at 8 p.m. on June 27. Jimmy Solari on June 28. Matt Collins on June 29. Evan Paluszynski on June 30. Live music every Wed.-Sat. LILLIE’S COFFEE BAR, 200 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-2922 Indigo Blue at 7 p.m. on June 30. Live music at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 The Gootch at 10 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Split Tone at 10:30 p.m. every Tue. Uncommon Legends every Wed. Ryan Campbell every Thur.

Wits End every Sun. Little Green Men every Mon. MAYPORT TAVERN, 2775 Old Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach, 270-0801 Ramble On: The Raw Zep Experience at 9 p.m. on June 29 & 30. DJ Buster every Wed. & Fri. Hoobieu with Jacob Creel every Thur.

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 N. Third St., Ste. 2, 246-1500 Cowboys & Indians from the Future on June 27. Be Easy on June 28. Rob Irie on June 29 & 30. Live music every Wed.-Sun. MEZZA LUNA, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Neil Dixon at 6 p.m. every Tue. Gypsies Ginger at 6 p.m. every Wed. Mike Shackelford and Rick Johnson at 6 p.m. every Thur.

MOJO KITCHEN, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636 Tommy Castro & the Pain Killers at 10 p.m. on June 29. Kim Reteguiz & the Black Cat Bones on July 3 MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN, 1850 S. Third St., 246-1070 Wes Cobb at 10 p.m. every Tue. DJ Austin Williams spins dance & for Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Wed., Sat. & Sun. DJ Papa Sugar spins dance music at 9 p.m. every Mon., Thur. & Fri. NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE, 2309 Beach Blvd., 247-3300 Who Rescued Who from 6-10 p.m. on June 27. Reggae on the deck every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sun. Live music every third Wed. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach, 372-4105 Live music every Thur.-Sat. THE PIER CANTINA & SANDBAR, 445 Eighth Ave. N., 246-6454 Darren Corlew and Johnny Flood at 7 p.m. every Thur. DJ Infader every Fri. Nate Holley every Sat. POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637 Chris Alvarado at 9 p.m. on June 28 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877 Cloud 9 at 7 p.m. on June 26. Live music every Wed.-Sun. RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 320 N. First St., 270-8565 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. SUN DOG, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 241-8221 Billy Bowers on June 28. Cloud 9 at 9:30 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Live music every Tue.-Sun. TIDES BEACH BAR, Hampton Inn, 1515 First St. N., 241-2311 Live music every Thur. & Sun.

THE WINE BAR, 320 N. First St., 372-0211 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

DOWNTOWN

1904 BAR, 19 Ocean St., 356-0213 Grandpa’s Cough Medicine and Jackson Vegas at 9 p.m. on June 29 BURRO BAR, 228 E. Forsyth St., 353-4692 Nisroch, Stillglow and Second Thief at 7 p.m. on June 26. Polygons and Hannah Thomas at 8 p.m. on July 3. Shattermat on July 4. DJ Tin Man spins reggae & dub every Tue. DJ SuZi-Rok spins every Thur. $Big Bucks DJ Crew$ every Sat. Bert No Shirt & Uncle Jesse every Sun. CITY HALL PUB, 234 Randolph Blvd., 356-6750 DJ Skillz spins Motown, hip hop & R&B every Wed. Jazz at 11 a.m., Latin music at 9 p.m. every first Fri.; Ol’ Skool every last Fri. DIVE BAR, 331 E. Bay St., 359-9090 Live music every weekend DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth, 354-0666 Candy Lee at 9 p.m. on July 3. Rice and Wave Function on July 4. DJ Synsonic spins every Tue. & Fri. DJ Rockin’ Bones spins every Wed. DJ Scandalous spins every Sat. DJ Randall Karaoke every Mon. FIONN MacCOOL’S, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, 374-1247 Chris C4Mann from 8 p.m.-mid. on June 28. Braxton Adamson from 5:30-8:30 p.m., C4X Band at 9 p.m. on June 29. Party Train from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. on June 30. Live music every weekend THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Lyons from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. on June 29. Jay Garrett from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. on June 30 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Vinn spins top 40 for ladies nite every Thur. Ritmo y Sabor every Fiesta Fri. BayStreet mega party with DJ Shotgun every Sat. MAVERICKS, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., 356-1110 Corey Smith at 7 p.m. on June 29. Bobby Laredo spins every Thur. & Sat. Saddle Up every Sat. NORTHSTAR THE PIZZA BAR, 119 E. Bay St., 860-5451 Open mic night from 8:30-11:30 p.m. every Wed. THE PEARL, 1101 N. Main St., 791-4499 DJs Tom P. & Ian S. spin ’80s & indie dance every Fri. DJ Ricky spins indie rock, hip hop & electro every Sat. THE PHOENIX TAPROOM, 325 W. Forsyth St., 798-8222 Rittz (Slumerican), The League of Extraordinary G’S, Mr. Low, O.S.M.G., Lil Roach, Benji P, Short Stakk and B$RO$C at 9 p.m. on June 30. Live music most weekends + SOLO, 107 E. Bay St., sologallery.org Battle Royal with Adam Naworal and Bill Henderson at 8 p.m. on June 26. AG Davis and Bill Henderson at 8 p.m. on June 27 UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 353-6067 Rice, The Pauses, Baby Baby and Gun Party at 8 p.m. on July 1. Live music on weekends ZODIAC GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

FLEMING ISLAND

MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Center Blvd., 541-1999 State of Mind at 8 p.m. on June 29. Rebecca Day at 9 p.m. on June 30. Live music every Fri. & Sat. MERCURY MOON, 2015 C.R. 220, 215-8999 DJ Ty spins for ladies’ nite every Thur. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Buck Smith Project every Mon. Blistur unplugged every Wed.

RUSH STREET/CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILL, 406 Old Hard Rd., Ste. 106, 213-7779 A DJ spins at 10 p.m. every Wed., Fri. & Sat. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Karaoke on June 27. DJ BG on June 28. Out of Hand at 9:30 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Reggae at 4 p.m. on June 31. Deck music at 5 p.m. every Fri. & Sat.

INTRACOASTAL WEST

BREWSTER’S PUB, 14003 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 223-9850 Open mic every Wed. Karaoke with DJ Randal & live music every Thur., Fri. & Sat. A DJ spins every Mon. BRUCCI’S PIZZA, 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36, 223-6913 Mike Shackelford at 6:30 p.m. every Sat. and Mon. CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Band on the Run on June 27. The Ride at 9 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Karaoke every Thur. & Sun. Live music every Tue. & Wed. JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22, 220-6766 Live music every Fri. YOUR PLACE BAR & GRILL, 13245 Atlantic Blvd., 221-9994 Live music every weekend

JULINGTON CREEK, NW ST. JOHNS

SHANNON’S IRISH PUB, 111 Bartram Oaks Walk, 230-9670 Live music every Fri. & Sat.

MANDARIN

AW SHUCKS OYSTER BAR & GRILL, 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd., 240-0368 The Monster Fool at 7 p.m. on June 29. Open mic with John O’Connor from 7-10 p.m. every Wed. Cafe Groove Duo, Jay Terry & John O’Connor, from 8-11 p.m. every Sat. CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 11475 San Jose Blvd., 262-4337 Karaoke at 9:30 p.m. every Wed. HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-3040 Karaoke from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mon.-Thur. Dennis Klee & the World’s Most Talented Waitstaff every Fri. & Sat. THE NEW ORLEANS CAFE, 12760 San Jose Blvd., 880-5155 Live music at 6 p.m. Tue. & Wed., Fri.-Sun. Open mic with Biker Bob at 7:30 p.m. every Thur. Reggae with Les B. Fine at 1 p.m. every Sat. & Sun. Creekside Songwriters Showcase at 7 p.m. last Wed. every month RACK ’EM UP BILLIARDS, 4268 Oldfield Crossing, 262-4030 Karaoke at 7 p.m. every Sun. SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE, 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16, 538-0811 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri. SUNBURST STUDIOS, 12641 San Jose Blvd., 485-0946 Open mic with My Friendz Band at 8:30 p.m. every Mon. Karaoke at 8:30 p.m. with DJ Tom Turner every Tue.

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

BLACK HORSE WINERY, 420 Kingsley Ave., 644-8480 Live music from 6-9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat., from 2-6 p.m. every Sun. CHEERS BAR & GRILL, 1580 Wells Rd., 269-4855 Karaoke at 9:30 p.m. every Wed. & Sat. CRACKERS LOUNGE, 1282 Blanding Blvd., 272-4620 Karaoke every Fri. & Sat. THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Wed.-Sat.

Polygons (pictured) perform with Americana artist Hannah Thomas on July 2 at 8 p.m. at Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Jacksonville. The experimental-pop quintet’s latest release is “The Other Side.” 353-4686.

ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115, 854-6060 Billy Buchanan at 8 p.m. on June 27. Randy Jagers on June 28. Evan Paluszynski on June 29. D-Lo Thompson on June 30. Live music every Wed.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Court, Ste. 1, 997-1955 Brian Ripper on June 27. Charlie Walker at 8 p.m. on June 28. Paul Haftel on June 29. Wes Cobb on June 30.

Open mic every Sun. SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY, 9735 Gate Pkwy. N., 997-1999 Chuck Nash every Thur. Live music at 10 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. SUITE, 4880 Big Island Dr., 493-9305 Live music from 9 p.m.-mid. every Thur. and 6-9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. URBAN FLATS, 9726 Touchton Rd., 642-1488 Live music every Fri. & Sat. WHISKY RIVER, 4850 Big Island Drive, 645-5571 A DJ spins every Fri. & Sat. WILD WING CAFE, 4555 Southside Blvd., 998-9464 Shotgun Redd on June 29. ’80s night with Pop Muzik on June 30. Live music every Fri. & Sat. Karaoke every Wed.

SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK

Let There Be Thrash! Armageddon III (pictured) plays along with Ebullition, Impurity, Tyranny and Alice Sweet Alice on June 30 at 8 p.m. at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Tickets are $8. The newest release from this guitar-less Palatka-based trio, featuring male and female vocals and bass and drums instrumentation, is “The Devil Has Come Down Upon You.” 398-7496.

PARK AVENUE BILLIARDS, 714 Park Ave., 215-1557 Random Act from 7:30-11:30 p.m. every Mon. Bike Nite THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Live music every Thur.-Sat. DJ Jason every Tue. DJ Israel every Wed.

PALATKA

DOWNTOWN BLUES BAR & GRILLE, 714 St. Johns Ave., (386) 325-5454 Martini at 6 p.m. on June 27. Garage Band at 8 p.m. on June 29. The Alligator Cowboys at 8:30 p.m. on June 30. Local talent every Wed. Karaoke every Thur. Country music showcase every Fri. Blues jam every Sun.

PONTE VEDRA

ISLAND GIRL CIGAR BAR, 820 A1A N., Ste. E-18, 834-2492 D-Lo Thompson on June 27. Billy Buchanan at 8 p.m. on June 28. Domenic Patruno at 8 p.m. on June 29. Matt Collins on June 30. Live music every Wed.-Sat. LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE, 301 N. Roscoe Blvd., 285-0139 Mike Shackelford & Rick Johnson from 7-10 p.m. every Fri. The Monster Fool from 6-10 p.m. every Sat. Tony Novelly from 6-10 p.m. every Mon. PUSSER’S CARIBBEAN GRILLE, 816 A1A N., Ste. 100, 280-7766 Live music every Thur.-Sun. URBAN FLATS, 330 A1A N., Ste. 208, 280-5515 The Road Less Traveled at 7:30 p.m. on June 28. Be Easy on June 29.

Darren Corlew Band on June 30. Darren Corlew every Tue. Soulo & Deron Baker every Wed.

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

FLA RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, 243 S. Edgewood Ave. DJ DreOne spins every Wed. for open mic nite HJ’S BAR & GRILL, 8540 Argyle Forest Blvd., 317-2783 Karaoke with DJ Ron at 8:30 p.m. every Tue. & DJ Richie at every Fri. Live music every Sat. Open mic at 8 p.m. every Wed. KICKBACKS, 910 King St., 388-9551 Ray & Taylor every Thur.

Robby Shenk every Sun. THE MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave., 388-7807 Don’t Sigh Daisy, Tell Tale Heart and Christopher Noyes at 7 p.m. on June 29 YESTERDAYS SOCIAL CLUB, 3638 Park St., 387-0502 Open mic for ladies nite at 8 p.m. every Thur. Rotating DJs spin for Pro Bono electronic music party from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. every Sun.

ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH

A1A ALE WORKS, 1 King St., 829-2977 Crabgrass on June 29 & 30. Billy Buchanan & Free Avenue on July 4 AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 1915 A1A S., 461-0102 Fermin Spanish guitar from 6-8 p.m. every Thur.

ANN O’MALLEY’S, 23 Orange St., 825-4040 Open mic with Smokin’ Joe on June 26. Skutter The Bruce at 8 p.m. on June 29. John Dickie at 8:30 p.m. on June 30. Colton McKenna at 2 p.m. on July 1 BARLEY REPUBLIC IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, 48 Spanish St., 547-2023 Live music Fri. & Sat. THE BRITISH PUB, 213 Anastasia Blvd., 810-5111 Karaoke with Jimmy Jamez at 9 p.m. on June 29 CELLAR UPSTAIRS, San Sebastian Winery, 157 King St., 826-1594 Pili Pili at 7 p.m. on June 29. Jesse & Leroy at 2

p.m., Rick Levy & the Falling Bones at 7 p.m. on June 30. Vinny Jacobs at 2 p.m. on July 1 CRUISERS GRILL, 3 St. George St., 824-6993 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Chelsea Saddler every Sun. FLORIDA CRACKER CAFE, 81 St. George St., 829-0397 Lonesome Bert & the Skinny Lizard at 5:30 p.m. every Wed. Ty Cowell at 5:30 p.m. every Sun. HARRY’S, 46 Avenida Menendez, 824-7765 Live music every Fri. JACK’S BARBECUE, 691 A1A Beach Blvd., 460-8100 Jim Essery at 4 p.m. every Sat. Live music every Thur.-Sat. KING’S HEAD BRITISH PUB, 6460 U.S. 1, 823-9787 Ty Cowell from 6-9 p.m. every Thur.

MARDI GRAS SPORTS BAR, 123 San Marco Ave., 823-8806 Open jam nite with house band at 8 p.m. every Wed. Battle of the DJs with Josh Frazetta & Mardi Gras Mike every last Sun. of the month MEEHAN’S IRISH PUB, 20 Avenida Menendez, 810-1923 Live music every Fri. & Sat. MI CASA CAFE, 69 St. George St., 824-9317 Chelsea Saddler from noon-4 p.m. every Mon., Tue. & Thur. Elizabeth Roth at 11 a.m. every Sun. MILL TOP TAVERN & LISTENING ROOM, 19 1/2 St. George St., 829-2329 Darryl Wise & the Mystic Beets at 9:30 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Vinny Jacobs every Tue. Todd & Molly Jones every Wed. Colton McKenna at 9 p.m. every Thur. Will Pearsall at 9 p.m. every Mon. NOBBY’S, 10 Anastasia Blvd., 547-2188 Boneshakers, Random Orbits, Creepoid, The Rivernecks and The Resonants at 9 p.m. on July 3 SCARLETT O’HARA’S, 70 Hypolita St., 824-6535 Lil Blaze & DJ Alex are in for Karaoke every Mon. SPY GLOBAL CUISINE & LOUNGE, 21 Hypolita St., 819-5637 Live music every Fri.-Sun. THE TASTING ROOM, 25 Cuna St., 810-2400 Bossa nova with Monica da Silva & Chad Alger from 5-8 p.m. every Sun. TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Rosco Caine at 9 p.m. on June 29 & 30. Mark Hart every Mon.-Wed. Open mic every Thur. Mark Hart & Jim Carrick every Fri. Elizabeth Roth at 1 p.m., Mark Hart at 5 p.m. every Sat. Keith Godwin at 1 p.m., Wade at 5 p.m. every Sun. Matanzas at 9 p.m. Sun.-Thur.

ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER

AROMAS CIGARS & WINE BAR, 4372 Southside Blvd., Ste. 101, 928-0515 Live jazz from 8-11 p.m. every Tue. Beer house rock every Wed. Live music every Thur. Will Hurley every Fri. Bill Rice at 9 p.m. every Sat. BAHAMA BREEZE, 10205 River Coast Dr., 646-1031 Clarence Wears every Tue. Selwyn Toby every Wed. Barry O at 4 p.m., Laree App at 7:30 p.m. every Thur. Laree App at 4 p.m., Selwyn Toby at 8 p.m. every Fri. Barry O at 4 p.m., Laree App at 8 p.m. every Sat. Selwyn Toby at 4 p.m., Laree App at 7:30 p.m. every Sun. Clarence Wears at 4 p.m., Selwyn Toby at 7:30 p.m. every Mon. Caribbean music on the patio nightly BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE, 4840 Big Island Dr., 345-3466 Live music from 5-7 p.m. every Wed., 9 p.m.-mid. every Thur.-Sat. JOHNNY ANGELS, 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120, 997-9850 Harry & Sally from 7-9 p.m. every Wed. Karaoke from 7-10 p.m. every Sat. with Gimme the Mike DJs

ENDO EXO, 1224 Kings Ave., 396-7733 DJ J-Money spins jazz, soul, R&B, house every Fri. DJ Manus spins top 40 & dance every Sat. Open mic with King Ron & T-Roy every Mon. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 399-1740 David Pooler at 8 p.m. on June 28. Jazz every second Tue. HAVANA-JAX CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE, 2578 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609 MVP Band from 6-9 p.m., DJs No Fame & Dr. Doom every Wed. Jazz every Thur. American Top 40 every Fri. Salsa every Sat. JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 The 2416, Mira Loma, Single White Herpe and Taste Buds at 8 p.m. on June 26. None Like Us, Rebel Inc., Viktr, Robin Bankz, False Step and Denver at 8 p.m. on June 28. Justin Freeman, Justin James, Flagship Romance and Amanda Amaru at 8 p.m. on June 29. Armageddon III, Ebullition, Impurity, Tyranny and Alice Sweet Alice at 8 p.m. on June 30. Wolf Gang and Flagship at 8 p.m. on July 1. Hillvalley, Fifth on the Floor, Six Time Losers and River City Kats at 8 p.m. on July 3 MATTHEW’S, 2107 Hendricks Ave., 396-9922 Patrick Evan & Bert Mingea or Mark O’Quinn every Thur.

PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Blvd., 399-8815 Jennifer Chase at 7:30 p.m. every Sat. SQUARE ONE, 1974 San Marco Blvd., 306-9004 Soul on the Square with MVP Band & Special Formula at 8 p.m.; DJ Dr. Doom at 10:30 p.m. every Mon. DJs Wes Reed & Josh Kemp spin underground dance at 9 p.m. every Wed. DJ Hal spins for Karaoke at 9 p.m. every Thur. Mitch Kuhman & Friends of Blake at 6 p.m. every other Fri. DJs Rogue and Mickey Shadow spin every Factory Sat.

SOUTHSIDE

BOMBA’S, 8560 Beach Blvd., 997-2291 Open mic with The Foxes from 7-11 p.m. every Tue. & with George every Thur. Live music every Fri. CORNER BISTRO & Wine Bar, 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 1, 619-1931 Matt “Pianoman” Hall every Fri. & Sat. DAVE & BUSTER’S, 7025 Salisbury Rd. S., 296-1525 A DJ spins every Fri. EUROPEAN STREET CAFE, 5500 Beach Blvd., 399-1740 Beth McKee & Band at 8 p.m. on June 30 LATITUDE 30, 10370 Philips Hwy., 365-5555 DJ Jeff Bell at 7 p.m. on June 26. VJ Josh Frazetta at 8:30 p.m. on June 28. VJ Professor Jeff at 8:30 p.m., DJ Stuntz at 11:30 p.m. on June 29. Who Rescued Who at 8:30 p.m., VJ Josh Frazetta at 11:30 p.m. on June 30

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

BLUE DINER CAFE, 5868 Norwood Ave., 766-7774 Jazz from 7-9 p.m. every first Thur.

BOOTS-N-BOTTLES, 12405 N. Main St., Ste. 7, 647-7798 Karaoke every Tue., Thur. & Sun. Open mic every Wed. DAMES POINT MARINA, 4542 Irving Road, 751-3043 Rough Mix at 7 p.m. on June 29. Black Creek at 6 p.m. on June 30. Mr. Natural at 4 p.m. on July 1. Open mic every Wed. DJ Steve spins every Thur.

FLIGHT 747 LOUNGE, 1500 Airport Rd., 741-4073 Live music every Fri. & Sat. ’70s every Tue. SKYLINE SPORTSBAR, 5611 Norwood Ave., 517-6973 Slick Rick and Nappy Headz DJs at 10 p.m. on June 30. Bigga Rankin & Cool Running DJs every Tue. & 1st Sun. Fusion Band & DJ every Thur. DJ Scar spins every Sun. THREE LAYERS CAFE, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Bees Kneez at 7 p.m. on June 27. Open mic with Al Poindexter on June 28. The Ouija Brothers at 7 p.m. on June 30. Goliath Flores at 1 p.m. on July 1 3 LIONS SPORTS PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 647-8625 Lift at 9:30 p.m. on June 30. Open mic every Thur. Woodie & Wyatt C. every Fri. Live music every Sat. To get listed, send band name, time, date, venue location, street address, city, admission price, contact number to Dan Brown, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email events@folioweekly.com. Deadline 4 p.m. Tue.

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Pieces in the “Miradas” exhibit include: 1) Robert Graham’s “Life Study #2 (Estudio de naturaleza viva II)” (bronze, 1978) 2) Javier Chavira’s “The Warrior (El guerrero)” (acrylic and crayon on paper, 2004) 3) Alejandro Colunga’s “Boy with Bicycle” (lithograph, 1980)

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The Cummer celebrates the creative spirit of our southernmost neighbors with the exhibit “Miradas” © 2011

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MIRADAS: ANCIENT ROOTS IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN ART The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, 356-6857 The exhibit is on display through Sept. 16

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hen an American hears the phrase “Mexican art,” it most likely brings to mind an image of Frida Kahlo’s unibrow. A more savvy group may be able to identify a work by Diego Rivera or Rufino Tamayo, but when it comes down to it, Mexican art has been largely ignored. We don’t pay nearly enough attention to the cultural heritage and aesthetics of our neighbors to the south.

From the Mexican Revolution sprung a new ideology of creating a unified country centered on the arts. Over the years, many Mexicans have been marginalized and stereotyped — themes covered in a new Mexican art exhibit, “Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art.” On display at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ Mason Gallery, it features works on loan from the Bank of America Collection through Art in Our Communities Program. The artwork has been amassed by the banking giant through acquisition of other (read: weaker) banks.

“The artwork transfers with other assets,” explains Cummer’s Chief Curator Holly Keris.

“We feel really lucky to have this collection.

This is the first time in Cummer history to display an exhibition in solo Mexican art.”

“Miradas” runs through Sept. 16 and includes paintings, prints and photographs created over the past 80 years by some of the best-known Mexican artists including Rivera, Tamayo and Javier Chavira. Every piece of art on display was created after the Mexican Revolution (1910-’20).

“We really wanted people to leave here with a different impression of Mexico and Mexican art,” says Keris. “One thematic area [of the exhibition] is addressing stereotypes.

We wanted to be authentic and not propagate negative stereotypes.”

The exhibition, originally curated with Cesareo Moreno of the National Museum of Mexican Art in collaboration with Bank of America’s corporate art program staff, features work by Mexican, Mexican-American and American artists. The Cummer also partnered with local musician Goliath Flores to create

known as a member of a talented generation of visionaries, includes “Boy with Tricycle.”

“So many of these artists studied the timeline of artistic trends in the 20th century,” Keris continues. “All forms of expression have a role to play in cultural identity.” The Cummer is also featuring a variety of special events and programming (cummer.org) throughout the summer to coincide with the exhibition.

“We really wanted people to leave here with a different impression of Mexico and Mexican art,” says Cummer curator Keris. “One thematic area [of the exhibition] is addressing stereotypes. We wanted to be authentic and not propagate negative stereotypes.” original music to accompany the exhibit and the museum offers bilingual brochures for Spanish-speaking patrons.

“Years following the Mexican Revolution, there was a real effort to unify the country — build a ‘Mexican identity,’ ” explains Keris.

“This was done through celebrating indigenous cultures and creating a unified Mexico through art, music, literature and poetry.”

The result is currently hanging on the white walls of The Cummer’s Mason Gallery. Diego Rivera (1886-1957), a prominent Mexican painter, and husband of Frida Kahlo, was well-known for his large, fresco works and elaborate wall murals. “Miradas” features a 1932 lithograph of Rivera’s “The Teacher/Fruits of School,” a work celebrating the power and importance of education.

There’s also a 1943 lithograph of Guatemalan artist Carlos Merida’s “Impression of Popol-Vuh” that Keris says “goes beyond classification.” And the zany and colorful art of Alejandro Colunga, a Mexican artist

A dinner with Alberto Fierro, the Consul of Mexico for Central and North Florida, art classes for children ages 3 to 12 and a Mexican Fiesta in the museum gardens are but a few of the cultural tie-ins planned around this comprehensive display.

Alongside the paintings, prints and photographs on display are four poems, including Mexican poet Coral Bracho’s “The Rooster Crow” and Manuel Maria Flores’ “In the Bath.”

A couplet from Jennifer Clement’s “Lemon Tree” seems to exemplify the creative narrative that Northeast Florida art lovers can follow when they visit “Miradas”: “If you climb a lemon tree / feel the bark / under your knees and feet / smell the white flowers / rub the leaves / in your hands / Remember / the tree is older than you are / and you might find stories / in its branches.”

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The Haskell Gallery features recent works by Christina Foard (pictured, “Glacier,” acrylic and oil on canvas, 66''x106'') and Thomas Hager. The gallery is at Jax International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Road. Works by Louise Freshman Brown and Dustin Harewood are in Concourse art display cases. 741-3546.

PERFORMANCE

MUSIC AND DANCE ENSEMBLE A Rhythm Nation performs at 7 p.m. on June 28, 29 and 30 at Boleros Dance Sport Center, 10131 Atlantic Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets are $10. 708-1057, 721-3399.

DEATH BY GOLF Fernandina Little Theatre stages this madcap comedy about an escaped convict, a newlywed couple, a devious lawyer and a possible homicide at 7:30 p.m. on June 26, 28, 29 and 30 at 1014 Beech St., Fernandina Beach. Tickets are $15.

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THE LIVES AND WIVES OF HENRY FLAGLER The Limelight Theatre presents this dinner theater performance about the Northeast Florida tycoon at 6 p.m. on June 28 at Raintree Restaurant, 102 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine. Tickets are $39.95. 825-1164.

THE WIZARD OF OZ Alhambra Theatre & Dining presents its theatrical adaptation of Frank L. Baum’s classic fantasy about Dorothy, Toto, a few magical friends, the Wicked Witch and one sharp pair of red shoes, at 7:30 p.m. June 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 and July 1 and 3, at 1:15 p.m. on June 30 and at 2 p.m. on July 1 at 12000 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. The show is staged through July 22. Tickets range from $42-$49. 641-1212.

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Players by the Sea presents Lynn Ahrens’ and Stephen Flaherty’s Tony-winning musical about the transformative influence of a peasant girl on a tropical island at 8 p.m. on June 29 and 30 at 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. Tickets are $10; $5 for kids 10 and under. 249-0289.

CAROUSEL Orange Park Community Theatre presents Rogers & Hammerstein’s musical about the lives and loves of folks in 19th-century small-town Maine at 8 p.m. on June 28, 29 and 30 at 2900 Moody Ave., Orange Park. Tickets are $20.

276-2599.

STAGE DOOR CANTEEN Theatre Jacksonville presents this recreation of a 1940s radio show set in Jacksonville, featuring songs and skits, at 2 and 8 p.m. on June 30 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $55; $50 for military. Proceeds benefit the theater. 396-4425.

BINGO THE WINNING MUSICAL The audience gets to play along as they follow the adventures of three women intent on getting to the bingo hall in this musical-comedy staged at 7 p.m. on June 28, 29 and 30 and at 2 p.m. on July 1 at The Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine. Tickets are $25; $22 for seniors; $20 for military and students. 825-1164.

MAD COWFORD IMPROV This local comedy troupe performs at 8:15 p.m. on June 29 and 30 and every Fri. and Sat. at Northstar Substation, 119 E. Bay St., Jacksonville. Admission is $5. 860-5451.

CALLS & WORKSHOPS

AUDITIONS FOR LOCALLY PRODUCED MUSICAL The producers of “Another Sign,” an original musical written

by Mike White and John E. Citrone, hold auditions from 5-8 p.m. on June 29 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. The story addresses the issue of homelessness from differing perspectives. The casting call seeks males and females of all looks and types, high school age and older, for principle and ensemble roles. All cast members will be compensated for their work. Come prepared with a 16-bar vocal selection that demonstrates your range and be prepared to read from the script. For more information, contact sfisher@alum.calarts.edu or itsanothersign.com PUBLIC ART PROJECT SEEKS ARTISTS The Florida Mining Gallery and Clear Channel Outdoor seek local artists to submit work that will be exhibited on digital billboards and in a gallery showing, which runs from July 27Aug. 31. Artists may email up to three submissions (hi-res jpgs at 300-360 dpi, minimum size 5"×7") to info@floridamininggallery.com. Email must include current CV, title, dimensions, media and date completed. The deadline is July 6.

ACTORS WANTED The director of a local production of Gloria Bond Clunie’s play, “North Star,” seeks actors, including two AfricanAmerican males (age 13-20 and age 20-60) along with various roles for Caucasian males and females (ages 20-60).

The play, staged from July 19-22, addresses one woman’s experience with the Civil Rights Movement. For more information, call Cherrelle Fant at 444-4295. cherrellefant@yahoo.com CALL TO ARTISTS The group Local Artists Coming Together (LACT) seeks submissions for its trading card project, themed “I Love the ’80s.” Artists may submit up to 10 entries of ’80s-themed art in any medium. Those selected receive 70 sets of the trading cards. The deadline is July 30. For more information and to send submissions, contact LACT@notjustapen.net THEATRE SEEKS INSTRUCTORS Limelight Theatre seeks dance instructors for children, teens and adults, and vocal coaches, yoga instructors, aerobics instructors and acting coaches to fill its education calendar for summer and fall. For details, call 825-1164 ext. 16.

THEATRICAL ARTS Classes in theatrical performance, including song and dance, are held Mon.-Fri. at The Performers Academy, 3674 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Fees vary. 322-7672. theperformersacademy.com DANCE CLASSES The Dance Shack offers classes in several styles for all ages and skill levels every Mon.-Fri. at 3837 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville. 527-8694. thedanceshack.com MURRAY HILL ART CLASSES The Murray Hill Art Center, at 4327 Kerle St., Jacksonville, offers six-week art classes for adults and children. Adult classes are $80; $50 for kids’ classes. 677-2787. artsjax.org DRAMATIC ARTS AT BEACHES Players by the Sea offers classes and workshops in theatrical performance for all ages and skill levels Mon.-Fri. at 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach. Fees vary. 249-0289.

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The Mustard Seed Cafe

Located inside Nassau Health Foods, The Mustard Seed is Amelia Island’s only organic eatery and juice bar, with an extensive, eclectic menu featuring vegetarian and vegan items. Daily specials include local seafood, freerange chicken and fresh organic produce. Salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups are available — all prepared with Stephanie Christopher’s impeccable style. Popular items are chicken or veggie quesadillas, grilled mahi, or salmon over mixed greens and tuna melt with Swiss cheese and tomato. Open for breakfast and lunch, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Sat. nassauhealthfoods.net 833 T.J. Courson Road 904-277-3141

Lulu’s at The Thompson House

Lulu’s owners, Brian and Melanie Grimley, offer an innovative lunch menu, including po’boys, salads and seafood “little plates” served in the gardens of the historic Thompson House. Dinner features fresh local seafood (Fernandina shrimp is the focus every Thursday), and nightly specials. An extensive wine list and beer are available. Open for lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch on Sun. Reservations are recommended.

11 S. Seventh Street 904-432-8394

PLAE Restaurant & Lounge

Located in the Spa & Shops at Amelia Island Plantation, PLAE serves bistro style cuisine. The full bar lounge at PLAE has become an instant classic, with artistic décor and live entertainment nightly.

Now you can PLAE during the day, too! Open for lunch Tue.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2:30p.m. Open at 5:30 p.m. for dinner daily; reservations accepted.

80 Amelia Village Cir. 904-277-2132

Moon River Pizza

Moon River Pizza treats customers like family.

Cooked in a brick oven, the pizza is custom-made by the slice (or, of course, by the pie). Set up like an Atlanta-style pizza joint, Moon River also offers an eclectic selection of wine and beers. Open for lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Dine in or take it with you.

925 S. 14th Street 904-321-3400

The Surf

Enjoy a casual beach atmosphere in the full-service restaurant, bar and huge oceanview deck. Extensive menu features delicious steaks, fresh seafood and nightly specials. Also featuring salads, wraps, burgers, seafood baskets and our famous all-you-can-eat wing specials (Wed. & Sun.). Take-out available. Open at 11 a.m. daily for lunch, dinner and late-night menu. Entertainment nightly and 29 TVs throughout.

3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 904-261-5711

Halftime Sports Bar and Grill

The place to be on the island for sports TV — NCAA, MLB, NFL and all your favorites. Starters feature pulled pork cheese fries and soon-to-be-famous wings.

The roster includes our famous All-star fish tacos, an impressive Angus burger and Gourmet quarter-pound hot dog. Try out our draft beer line-up of the best domestic and craft selections. Stop by, hang out & click halftimeameliaisland.com.

320 S. Eighth Street 904-321-0303

Cafe Karibo

Homemade sandwiches, salads and soups are served in a relaxed atmosphere in this charming building in the historic district. Delicious fresh fish specials and theme nights (Pad Thai and curry), plus vegetarian dishes, are also featured. Karibrew Brew Pub & Grub — the only one on the island — offers on-site beers and great burgers and sandwiches.

27 N. Third Street 904-277-5269

29 South Eats

This chic, neighborhood bistro has it all — great ambience, fantastic food, an extensive wine list and reasonable prices. The eclectic menu offers traditional world cuisine with a modern whimsical twist and Chef Scotty Schwartz won Best Chef in Folio Weekly’s 2007 Best of Jax readers poll. Open for lunch Tues.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., for dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mon.Thur., till 10 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Brunch is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun. 29southrestaurant.com 29 S. Third Street 904-277-7919

Brett’s Waterway Café

Overlooking Fernandina Harbor Marina, Brett’s offers an upscale atmosphere with outstanding food. The extensive luncheon and dinner menus feature daily specials, fresh Florida seafood, chicken and aged beef. Cocktails, beer and wine. Casual resort wear. Open at 11:30 a.m. daily.

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

T-Ray’s Burger Station

T-Ray’s offers a variety of breakfast and lunch items.

In addition to an outstanding breakfast menu, you’ll find some of the best burgers you’ve ever put in your mouth. The Burger Station offers a grilled portabello mushroom burger, grilled or fried chicken salad and much more. The spot where locals grab a bite and go!

Now serving Beer & Wine. Open Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.2:30 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed Sundays.

202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310

Jack & Diane’s

The locals’ favorite hangout! Dine inside or on the patio of this cozy, renovated 1887 shotgun home in historic downtown Fernandina. From the crab & shrimp omelet to the steak & tomato pie, “The tastiest spot on Centre” offers food with attitude and unexpected flair. Live music elevates your dining experience to a new level. Come for breakfast, stay for dinner! You’ll love every bite!

708 Centre Street 904-321-1444

Sliders Seaside Grill

Oceanfront dining at its finest. Award-winning crab cakes, fresh daily seafood specials and homemade desserts. Sliders has Amelia Island’s only waterfront Tiki Bar, as well as a children’s playground and live music every weekend. The dining experience is complete with brand-new second-story banquet facilities, bar and verandah. Open at 11 a.m. daily, with happy hour from 4-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Make Sliders Seaside Grill your place to be for friends and family, entertainment and the best food on the East Coast. Call for your next special event.

1998 S. Fletcher Ave. 904-277-6652

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CLASSICAL & JAZZ

ST. AUGUSTINE MUSIC FEST The sixth annual St. Augustine Music Festival presents the concert “Musica Nocturna,” featuring works by Turina, Beethoven and Boccherini at 7:30 p.m. on June 28; the concert “Sacred Music,” featuring works by Handel, Bach, Mozart and Brahms, is featured at 7:30 p.m. on June 29 and the concert “Bach to Bach, featuring works by Handel, Bach and Mozart, is featured at 7:30 p.m. on June 30 at Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Place, in Plaza de la Constitución, St. Augustine. The performances feature musicians from Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Ritz Chamber Players. staugustinemusicfestival.org INDIGO BLUE This jazz combo performs at 7 p.m. on June 30 in the Courtyard at 200 First Street, Neptune Beach. 241-1026.

LINDA WITSELL Jazz flautist Witsell performs at 8 p.m. on June 30 at The Jazzland Café, 1324 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville.

Admission is $10. 249-1009.

CONCERT AT UNITARIAN Unitarian Universalist Church offers a weekly performance of classical or folk music every Sun. at 10:45 a.m., including on July 1, at 7405 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville.

725-8133.

PATRIOTIC CONCERT IN RIVERSIDE The choirs of Riverside Presbyterian Church perform their 22nd annual Concert of Patriotic and American music, featuring works by Randall Thompson and Rodgers and Hammerstein, at 5 p.m. on July 1 at 849 Park St., Jacksonville. 355-4585.

CD RELEASE AT FRIDAY MUSICALE Mezzo-soprano Jane Christeson and pianist Michael Rickman perform a CD release concert for “Liebestreu,” featuring vocal music of Johannes Brahms, at 7:30 p.m. on July 1 at Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., Jacksonville.

355-7584.

A CAPPELLA GROUP The five-man group VoicePlay performs at 7:20 and 8:40 p.m. on July 3 at Renaissance World Golf Village Resort, 500 S. Legacy Trail, St. Augustine. Tickets are $75 for each performance, which includes dinner and reserved seating for a fireworks display. 940-8587.

JAZZ ON THE SOUTHSIDE The Jazzland Café features live music every Thur. from 6-9 p.m. and every Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at 1324 University Blvd. N., Jacksonville. 249-1009.

JAZZ IN RIVERSIDE Trumpeter Ray Callendar and guitarist Taylor Roberts are featured at 7 p.m. every Thur. at Kickbacks Gastropub, 910 King St., Jacksonville. 388-9551.

JAZZ AT TREE STEAKHOUSE Boril Ivanov Trio plays at 7 p.m. every Thur. and pianist David Gum plays at 7 p.m. every Fri. at Tree Steakhouse, 11362

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ART WALKS & FESTIVALS

UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT The self-guided tour features galleries, antique stores and shops open from 5-9 p.m. on June 30 in St. Augustine’s San Marco District. 824-3152.

MID-WEEK MARKET Arts & crafts, local produce and live music are featured every Wed. from 3-6 p.m. at Bull Memorial Park, corner of East Coast Drive and Seventh Street, Atlantic Beach. 247-5800.

DOWNTOWN FRIDAY MARKET Arts & crafts and local produce are offered every Fri. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Drive. 353-1188.

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET The Arts Market is held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Sat. beneath the Fuller Warren Bridge on Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville and features local and regional artists, strolling performers, bands and a farmers market. Admission is free.

554-6865, 389-2449. riversideartsmarket.com NORTH BEACH ARTS MARKET The market features arts & crafts, produce, community services and kids’ activities from 3-7 p.m. every Sat. at North Beach Park, 3721 Coastal Highway A1A, Vilano Beach (where the wooden walkover crosses A1A). 910-8386.

MUSEUMS

AMELIA ISLAND MUSEUM OF HISTORY 233 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach, 261-7378. The exhibit “The Election Collection” runs through June. The permanent collection includes artifacts from Nassau County’s Spanish Mission period.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, 356-6857. The exhibit “Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art” is on display through Sept. 16. “Richard Chamberlain: The Year of the Sheep” is displayed through July 8. “Beyond Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints and their influence on Western Art” runs through Aug. 9. “50 Forward: New Additions to the Permanent Collection” is on display through Aug. 15.

JACKSONVILLE MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER 2 Independent Drive, Ste. 162, Jacksonville, 355-1101. The exhibit “Sails of Reformation,” featuring works by Barbara Fryefield, Meredith Fordham Hughes, Joanelle Mulrain and Deborah Reid, is on display through July. The museum’s permanent collection includes steamboats and various nautical-themed art.

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Off the Grid: 233 West King gallery features the exhibit “Infinite Compositions,” featuring recent works by Brittany Acocelli and Carolyn Porras (pictured, “Upward”), through June at 233 W. King St., St. Augustine. Porras, currently a drawing major at University of Florida, creates what she calls “boundless structures” out of geometric shapes. 910-8925.

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Riverside Jazz: Guitarist Taylor Roberts (pictured) and trumpeter Ray Callendar perform on June 28, and every Thur., at 9 p.m. at Kickbacks Gastropub, 910 King St., Jacksonville. Roberts has performed with such jazz heavyweights as Bucky Pizzarelli, Gary Foster and Toscha Comeaux and appeared at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. 388-9551.

KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Jacksonville, 356-2992. Mary Atwood’s photography exhibit, “First Coast Reflections,” is on display through June 29. “The Ending of the Civil War” is on display through Aug. 28. The permanent collection includes rare manuscripts.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 366-6911. “Project Atrium: Mark Licari” runs through July 8. “The Joys of Collecting: Selections from the Eisen Collection” are on display through Aug. 12. The exhibit “ReFocus: Art of the 1970s” is displayed through Aug. 26. Cathedral Arts Project’s “Best of the Best” is featured through Aug. 31.

RITZ THEATRE & MUSEUM 829 N. Davis St., Jacksonville, 632-5555. An exhibit celebrating local African-American athletes and sports figures, “More Than a Game: African-American Sports in Jacksonville, 1900-1975,” is currently on display. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children, students and seniors. Open Tue.-Sun.

GALLERIES

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233 WEST KING 233 W. King St., St. Augustine, 910-8925. The exhibit “Infinite Compositions,” featuring recent works by Brittany Acocelli and Carolyn Porras, is featured through June.

AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION ARTISTS’ GUILD & GALLERY 94 Village Circle, Fernandina Beach, 432-1750. The gallery’s “Summer Time Show” is on display through Aug. 4.

ANCHOR BOUTIQUE 210 St. George St., Ste. C2, St. Augustine, 808-7078. Jewelry designers Deanna Ashley and Claire Summers Buck are the featured artists for June.

THE ART CENTER COOPERATIVE GALLERY 31 W. Adams St., Jacksonville, 355-1757. An exhibit by The Turning Arts Group is featured through June.

THE ART CENTER PREMIERE GALLERY Bank of America Tower, 50 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 355-1757. The opening reception for the group show “Black and White” is held from 5-7 p.m. on June 28. The exhibit runs through Aug. 9.

AVONDALE ARTWORKS 3568 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville, 384-8797. Painter Susan Strock’s recent work is on display through June.

BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS 869 Stockton St., Ste. 1, Jacksonville, 855-1181. “Spaces – a Collection of Photographs by Dennis Ho” is on display through July 22.

CAMPUS GALLERY FSCJ North Campus, 4501 Capper Road, Jacksonville, 632-3310. Painter Arlen Tabor’s exhibit, “North Side Inspirations,” is displayed through July 27.

CORK ARTS DISTRICT 2689 Rosselle St., Jacksonville. The exhibit “Dark Nature: Eric Gillyard and Crystal Floyd” is displayed through June.

THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, 280-0614. The exhibit

“Paint & Stone,” featuring recent works by painter Marilyn Antra and sculptor Lurah Patrick, is on display through July 13.

FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928. The exhibit “At Water’s Edge,” a collection of recent work by pastel artist Lyn Asselta, is featured through Aug. 31.

FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Road, Jacksonville. 535-7252. The group show “Rewind,” featuring works by 14 local artists, is on display through July 6.

HASKELL GALLERY Jax International Airport, 14201 Pecan Park Road, 741-3546.

Recent works by Thomas Hager and Christina Foard are on display through Sept. Works by Louise Freshman Brown and Dustin Harewood are in the Concourse art display cases.

JACKSONVILLE PUBLIC MAIN LIBRARY 303 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, 630-2665. Mary Atwood’s photography exhibit, “First Coast Reflections,” is on display from July 1-27.

P.A.ST.A FINE ARTS GALLERY 214 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 824-0251. Pat Hitchcock presents an exhibit of horse paintings during June.

ROTUNDA GALLERY St. Johns County Admin. Bldg., 500 San Sebastian View, St. Augustine, 471-9980. The exhibit “Creative Visions: Art by the Youth of St. Johns County” is on display through Sept. 21.

SIMPLE GESTURES GALLERY 4 E. White St., St. Augustine, 827-9997. Eclectic works by Steve Marrazzo are featured.

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 6 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, 553-6361. David Montgomery and Tonsenia Yonn are the featured artists through June.

SPACE:EIGHT GALLERY 228 W. King St., St. Augustine, 829-2838. An exhibit of recent work by Shaun Thurston is on display through July 31.

STUDIO 121 121 W. Forsyth St., Ste. 100, Jacksonville, 292-9303. Glass artist Helen Cowart is the featured artist for June.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA GALLERY 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, 620-2534. The exhibit “Passion to Abstraction – the Paintings of Dottie S. Dorion” is displayed through Aug. 3.

WHITE PEONY 216 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, 819-9770. This gallery boutique features a variety of handcrafted jewelry, wearable art and recycled/upcycled items.

WORLEY FAVER GALLERY 11A Aviles St., St. Augustine, 304-2310. This artist-owned studio features pottery and works by Dena and Worley Faver.

For a complete list of galleries, log on to folioweekly.com.

To list your event, send info – time, date, location (street address, city), admission price and contact number to print – to Dan Brown, 9456 Philips Hwy., Ste. 11, Jacksonville FL 32256 or email dbrown@folioweekly.com. Deadline is 4 p.m.

Tues. for the next week’s issue. Events are included on a space-available basis.

Sentimental Journey

Bye-Bye, Blues: Jazz flautist Linda Witsell performs at The Jazzland Café on Saturday, June 30.

Jazz artist Linda Witsell keeps learning and growing in life and on the bandstand

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t is an accepted cliché that many jazz musicians devote their earliest years studying their instrument only to spend the ensuing decades trying to “unlearn” those very skills on the bandstand. The many hours spent practicing scales, deciphering harmonic theory, dissecting rhythms and memorizing the required standards of the genre are put to the test when finally improvising in a live setting.

Linda Witsell can navigate a chord chart and jam on a cooking vamp with the best of them.

Yet the local jazz flautist also has the collective humility, open-mindedness and love of her craft allowing her to continue to seek out greater knowledge and wisdom for ways to hone her decades-old skills. Her story is about returning to one’s beginnings to find future direction.

A Jacksonville native, Witsell’s earliest memories are musically sound. Her mother was a church organist and Witsell was intrigued by the organ and piano, which were central to the family home. The music of Harlem Renaissance greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne filled her childhood home, along with spirituals and hymns. “I was always interested in music and loved it,” Witsell tells Folio Weekly. “So at the ripe old age of nine, my mom started me

In 2000, jazz vocalist and visual artist Laurence Walden moved to the area from Chicago and was looking for musicians for his band. One night at LaVilla Grill, he asked Witsell to join him onstage. “I had never played jazz before!” she laughs, but after hearing many of the songs and melodies she grew up with, Witsell held her own and became a regular on the jazz scene. Since then, she has performed with artists including Walden, Parsons, drummer Von Barlow and piano ace Kenny MacKenzie.

Witsell has appeared at venues including Layla’s of San Marco, The Brick, Clara’s Café at

“I’m very good at music,” Linda Witsell says matter-offactly. “I know how to read music and I understand a lot about how to play. But I also know that I don’t know everything! And there’s a lot more that I could learn.” on violin lessons and then, when I got into the sixth grade, I started playing the flute.” Blessed with both a natural aptitude for learning an instrument and an equally innate sense of pitch, Witsell excelled in playing the often unwieldy woodwind. She soon joined the band at Darnell-Cookman Junior High and continued on into high school. Witsell also had a musical ally of sorts in her childhood friend, Longineu Parsons. “He lived right around the corner from me,” she explains of the acclaimed trumpeter-composer. “We went to the same church, the same schools. I have seen him progress from when he first picked up the trumpet and to where he is today.”

After graduating, Witsell eventually relocated to Atlanta where she continued her musical pursuits by taking private lessons with Melanie Cramer, a principle flautist with the Atlanta Chamber Players. “I was more into classical music,” Witsell relates, “and when I was taking lessons, I was really more classically than jazz trained.” She returned to Jacksonville in 1984, still taking lessons while performing primarily at her church and private functions.

St. Johns Cathedral and at events ranging from First Wednesday ArtWalk to Jacksonville Jazz Festival and World of Nations.

One regular gig for Witsell has been at Southside’s The Jazzland Café. At her upcoming performance, Witsell is backed by keyboardist Desean Kirkland, bassist Damon Martin and drummer Landon Baker. The three musicians are also currently enrolled at University of North Florida’s jazz studies program. “We are going to do some straight-ahead jazz and some blues,” she explains of a set to include jazz faves like “Route 66,” “A Night in Tunisia” and “My Funny Valentine.”

While Witsell has been squaring off onstage with an array of players, she’s been facing greater challenges offstage. She was originally diagnosed with cancer in 1996. After being in remission for many years, she became ill again last year. After undergoing what she describes as a “highly toxic” form of chemotherapy, she developed neuropathy in her hands and feet.

Though her overall health was debilitated — it literally pained her to play — Witsell continued to practice diligently. “I still have slight

neuropathy, but I am a lot better,” she says.

“And I believe to this day that the music really healed me.”

During that physical and emotional trial, Witsell traveled west to record her debut album with her childhood friend and musical peer, Longineu Parsons. Too weakened from chemo treatment to drive, she had a friend take her to Tallahassee for the sessions that Parsons produced. “Longineu and his wife cooked for me and opened up their home to me. The whole experience was very nurturing,” she says. The album, “Keeping the Legacy Alive,” is a collection of a dozen tracks featuring Witsell riffing over what are essentially backing tracks of pre-recorded musicians. Most songs clock in under the fourminute mark, but the short and sweet nature of the production gives the audience a chance to hear Witsell riff over chestnuts like “One Note Samba” and “Opus One.” Parsons raves about Witsell’s skills and energy. “She is one of the most positive spirits on the planet,” he writes from his current home in France. “I’m thrilled she is doing music full time, because she always had talent and ability.”

Though Linda Witsell seems stoic about her creative endeavors, she’s feeling fortunate to have survived her illness. “My record is something I sell at my gigs,” she says, “but it’s really out there for family and friends.”

She also shows no signs of slowing down with her lifelong pursuit of her first love.

Witsell is currently studying under local jazz heavyweight Al Waters, who’s backed greats like Ray Charles and David Sanborn.

“I’m very good at music,” she says matterof-factly. “I know how to read music and I understand a lot about how to play. But I also know that I don’t know everything! And there’s a lot more that I could learn.”

Dan Brown dbrown@folioweekly.com

Linda Witsell performs on Saturday, June 30 at 8 p.m. at The Jazzland Café, 1324 University Blvd.

N., Jacksonville. Admission is $10. 240-1009. jazzlandcafe.com

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THE AddISON ON AmElIA ISlANd The Addison is a disinctive historic property in the heart of Fernandina. The original 1870s antebellum house features sunny en-suite rooms, the majority overlooking a private fountain courtyard. Many have spacious whirlpools and several feature individual private porches. This intimate retreat caters to your every need, whether it be a gourmet breakfast, an individually prepared picnic or afternoon refreshment, or the simple luxury of allowing you to sit back, relax, and watch the world go by slowly on your own porch.

614 Ash Street • (904) 277-1604 www.addisononamelia.com

Beachy Clean! The environmental group Keepers of the Coast seeks volunteers for the Summer Daze Beach Clean-Up Series to be held on June 29 from 5-7 p.m. at Jax Beach Pier, 501 First St. N., Jax Beach. The purpose of these clean-up efforts is to restore the coastline following the impacts of tourism and an increase in traffic during the summertime. No registration is required; volunteers get bags for trash and recycling and one for cigarette butts. As an incentive for getting down and dirty, prizes are awarded for the most trash and the most cigarette butts collected. A second clean-up is held on July 5 in St. Johns County, then back to Jax Beach for clean-ups on July 13 and 20. 687-7694. keepersofthecoast.org

THE FAIRBANKS HOUSE

Elegant 1885 Italianate villa. Luxury-class inn with upscale amenities. Large rooms, suites, private cottages, Jacuzzis, fireplaces. Gourmet breakfast, evening social hour. Romance Packages, Girls Getaway. Smoke-free!

227 South 7th Street • (904) 277-0500 www.fairbankshouse.com

EVENTS

THE ElIZABETH POINTE lOdGE AmElIA ISlANd The Pointe is situated on the beach overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Focusing upon individualized attention with a staff that wants to exceed your expectations, The Pointe offers a complimentary full breakfast, Wi-Fi, beach equipment, a morning newspaper and parking.

Room service and concierge assistance are available 24 hours. And it’s only a short bike ride to the historic seaport of Fernandina. Custom packages available.

98 South Fletcher Avenue • (800) 772-3359 info@elizabethpointelodge.com

AmElIA ISlANd WIllIAmS HOUSE

Beautiful antebellum Inn with spacious guest rooms boasting the modern amenities guests love while safekeeping the old world charm. Romantic working fireplaces, antiques from around the world, private baths, whirlpool tubs, spa robes and fresh flowers are a few of the luxuries you may expect. Enjoy our beautifully landscaped gardens, fountains and our sweeping verandahs. Feast on a delicious gourmet breakfast each morning and sip wine ‘neath 500-year-old oak trees. All your worries will drift away.

103 S. 9th Street • (904) 277-2328 www.williamshouse.com

HOYT HOUSE

Hoyt House Bed & Breakfast Inn, built in 1905, is an intimate, elegant and luxurious boutique hotel that will exceed your expectations with five-star amenities, top-shelf breakfast and exceptional customer service. We offer: • 10 En-Suite Guest Chambers • Located in the Historic District • 3-Course Gourmet Breakfast • English Tea Wed.-Sun. 12:30-3p.m. • Heated Pool & Spa • Amelia Lounge & Bar • Complimentary Bicycles • Complimentary Cocktail Hour • Secure off-street Parking • Weddings & Meetings Welcome

804 Atlantic Avenue • (904) 277-4300 www.hoythouse.com

Amelia Island is 13 miles of unspoiled beaches, quaint shops, antique treasures and superb dining in a 50-block historic district less than one hour north of Jacksonville.

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MOSH AFTER DARK MOSH After Dark: Speaking of Sue is held at 6 p.m. on June 28 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Dr. Barry Albright, a paleontologist at UNF, discusses some little-known facts about “A T. rex Named Sue” and her excavation. Admission is free for MOSH Members, students and teachers with an ID; $5 for the general public. 396-6674. themosh.org FREEDOM FESTIVAL This second annual free family-friendly festival offers bounce houses, games, exhibits, concerts and a fireworks finale, from 5-9 p.m. on June 30 at Orange Park Mall, JCPenney parking lot & lawn, 1910 Wells Road, Orange Park. Live music includes The Navy Band at 5 p.m., J Collins Band at 6 p.m. and hometown favorites Molly Hatchet at 7:30 p.m.

269-9413. simon.com SOUNDS ON CENTRE The Historic Fernandina Business Association presents a free community concert, featuring the Stephen Combs Band, from 6-8 p.m. on July 6 in downtown Fernandina Beach, between Second and Front streets. Bring a chair. downtownfernandina.com DOWNTOWN AFTER HOURS This Jax Chamber event is held from 5-7:30 p.m. on June 27 at Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, The Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr., Ste. 176, downtown. Admission is free. proceeds benefit Downtown’s New Front Door. myjaxchamber.com VICTORY BEGINS AT HOME Florida During World War II signature exhibit runs through July 8 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. It transports visitors back to the war years to learn about Floridians in service, military recruitment and training, the German U-boat threat, rationing and more.

Rare WWII-era objects from the collections of MOSH, the Jacksonville Historical Society and guest curator Stephen Cargile bring the homefront to life. 396-6674. themosh.org COSMIC CONCERTS Laser shows include Laser Beach Boys at 7 p.m., Laser Spirit at 8 p.m., Laser Country at 9 p.m. and Laser Vinyl at 10 p.m. on June 29 in Bryan-Gooding Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. Online tickets are $5. 396-7062. moshplanetarium.org CONCERTS IN THE PLAZA The 22nd annual series continues with Lightly Salted performing from 1-5 p.m. on June 28 at Plaza de la Constitución, downtown St. Augustine. Bring a chair or blanket. Concerts continue at 7 p.m. every Thur. through Labor Day. 824-1004.

MUSIC BY THE SEA The free concert series continues with Restless Kind from 7-9 p.m. on June 27 at the Pier & Pavilion, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach. Each week, an area restaurant offers its fare. 347-8007. thecivicassociation.org FARMERS MARKET OF SAN MARCO Fresh local and regional produce, homemade chai tea and San Marco local honey are offered from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sat. at 1620 Naldo Ave., corner of LaSalle and Hendricks, in Swaims United Methodist Church parking lot.

607-9935.

POLITICS, BUSINESS, ACTIVISM

FAIR TAX CELEBRATION The FairTax Independence Day Celebration is held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on July 4 at First Conservative Baptist Church,

12021 Old St. Augustine Rd, Jacksonville. KrisAnne Hall is the featured speaker. Tank’s Family Bar-B-Q offers barbecue for $6 a plate. 262-7777.

SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN’S CLUB Candidates for Florida Senate District 4 — Mike Weinstein, Aaron Bean and Wyman Duggan — are featured at 11:30 a.m. on June 27 at San Jose Country Club, 7529 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville. Admission is $20. For reservations, call 396-5559.

JACKSONVILLE JOURNEY The oversight committee of this crime-fighting initiative meets at 4 p.m. on July 19 in Eighth Floor Conference Room 851, Ed Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St., Jacksonville.

630-7306.

BOOKS & WRITING

KAREN WHITE New York Times bestselling author White signs copies of her new novel, “Sea Change,” at 4 p.m. on June 26 at The Bookmark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach. 241-9026.

MARY ANN MILLER Miller reads and signs copies of her books, “Travels With a Blue Vase” and “More Travels With a Blue Vase,” from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 30 at San Marco Bookstore, 1971 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. 396-7597.

COMEDY

FIRST SUNDAY COMEDY BET and HBO comedians appearing at 8 p.m. on July 1 at Skyline Sportsbar & Lounge, 5611 Norwood Ave., Jacksonville, are Big Sean Larkins, Tight Mike and Spunky Robinson. Tickets are $15 in advance. 365-8816.

FocusedOnComedy.net EARTHQUAKE Comedy Zone All Stars appear at 8 p.m. on June 26 and 27.

Tickets are $6 and $8. Earthquake — we know him as Uncle Mike from “Everybody Hates Chris” — appears at 8 p.m. on June 28 and at 8 and 10 p.m. on June 29 and 30 at The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Road, Ramada Inn, Jacksonville.

Tickets are $25 and $30. 292-4242.

JACKIE KNIGHT’S COMEDY CLUB Tim Kidd and J.B. Ball appear at 8:30 p.m. on June 29 and 30 at 3009 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine. Tickets are $8 and $12. 461-8843.

SQUARE ONE STANDUP Moses West and Herman Nazworth host standup and spoken word at 9 p.m. every Tue. at Square One, 1974 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville. 306-9004.

LATITUDE 30 Tyron Davis appears at 8 p.m. on June 29 at Latitude 30, 10370 Philips Highway, Jacksonville. Tickets are $10.

365-5555.

NATURE, SPORTS, OUTDOORS

BEACH CLEAN-UP Keepers of the Coast need volunteers for the Summer Daze Beach Clean-Up Series held from 5-7 p.m. on June 29 at Jax Beach Pier, 501 First St. N., Jacksonville Beach. The second cleanup is on July 5 in St. Johns County, then back to Jax Beach for the cleanups on July 13 and 20. The purpose of these clean-up efforts is to restore the coastline following the impacts of tourism and an increase in traffic during the summer time. No pre-registration is required and all participants will be given a bag for trash, a bag of recycling and a bag for cigarette butts. Volcom awards the volunteer

with the most trash collected a Volcom Prize Pack. The volunteer to collect the most cigarette butts wins a pair of Electric Sunglasses. 687-7694. keepersofthecoast.org RUMBLE IN THE ANCIENT CITY This Mixed Martial Arts event, featuring 20 MMA fights — including four title bouts — starts at 6 p.m. (doors at 5 p.m.) on June 30 at Ketterlinus Gym, 60 Orange St., St. Augustine.

Tickets start at $20; $10 for kids. Proceeds benefit St. Johns County Parks & Rec programs. Fighters expected to compete are Trad and Brandon Ravan, Joseph Green, Matt Ng, Derek St. John, Dominic Stouder, Michael Wooleyhan, Colter Masters, Taylor Thomas, Stan Brown, Allen Andrade, James Steele, Taylor Goode, Miguel Toledano and Thomas Manning.

982-0099. rumbleintheancientcity.com DRIVE FOR SUCCESS GOLF TOURNAMENT Communities In Schools hosts its inaugural charity event at 9 a.m. on June 28 at Amelia River Golf Club, 4477 Buccaneer Trail, Amelia Island. The $600 foursome fee includes cart, greens fees, breakfast, box lunch and awards ceremony.

Registration and breakfast are at 7:30 a.m. 321-2000. cisnassau.org GUIDED BEACH WALK GTM Research Reserve hosts a beach walk from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on June 30 at the Guana South beach location, off A1A S., South Ponte Vedra beach, toward St. Augustine. There is a $3 per vehicle parking fee. For reservations, call 823-4500.

TALBOT ISLANDS SPIDERS A park ranger discusses “Spiders of the Talbot Islands” at 2 p.m. on June 30 at Ribault Club, Fort George Island Cultural State Park, 11241 Ft. George Road, Ft. George Island.

Admission is free. 251-2320.

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE The Florida Department of Environmental Protection hosts a walk at 9 a.m. on June 30 at Anastasia State Park, 1340A A1A S., St. Augustine. Admission is free with paid park admission. 461-2033. floridastateparks.org JACKSONVILLE SUNS The local Southern League team plays the Pensacola Blue Wahoos at 7:35 p.m. on July 1 (Kids Run the bases) at the Baseball Grounds, 301 Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville. Games continue at 7:05 p.m. on July 2 (Belly Buster Monday) and July 3 (Military Appreciation and Mr. Bragan’s 89th Birthday Bash).

Tickets range from $7.50-$22.50. 358-2846. jaxsuns.com EVENINGS ABOUT ESTUARIES Claudia McLeroy, northeast regional coordinator, Statewide Green Industries Best Management Program, discusses the coastal community’s pollution and water quality at 6 p.m. on June 26 at Anastasia Island Branch Library, 124 Seagrove Main St., St. Augustine Beach. Admission is free. 209-3730.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL The University of North Florida Archaeology Lab, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, offers the 2012 Public Archaeology Field School, held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri., June 25-29 and July 9-13, at the Cedar Point West site along the southeastern edge of Black Hammock Island, just north of the St. Johns River. Learn basic techniques, including excavation, mapping, artifact and feature identification, and receive instruction in the use of field equipment, such as auto-level, total station and ground penetrating radar. The fee is $199 per week. Bring a lunch, snacks and something to drink. All equipment and supplies are provided. 620-1000. ce.unf.edu

JACKSONVILLE SHARKS The other hometown football team — one that’s quite successful — takes on the Milwaukee Mustangs at 8 p.m. on July 6 (Shark-a-Ritaville Night) at Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 Randolph Blvd., Jacksonville. Tickets range from $11-$133. 630-3900.

GUIDED KAYAK EVENTS Kayak Amelia offers all manner of guided kayak events, including firefly paddles, full moon paddles, bike tours and yoga kayak, held throughout the area, with expert instruction and supervision. Or rent a canoe or kayak and explore the marshes on your own. Kayak Amelia, 13030 Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville, 251-0016. kayakamelia.com PADDLE BOARD EVENTS Black Creek Outfitters offer stand-up paddle board minilessons every other Tue. throughout the summer, as well as stand-up paddle board yoga, kayak trips to many of Northeast Florida’s most beautiful waterways and SUP demos on the ocean. Call for times, dates and fees. Black Creek Outfitters, 10051 Skinner Lake Drive, Southside. 645-7003. blackcreekoutfitters.com

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JAXPARKS SUMMER CAMPS Most summer camps are held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.Fri.; openings are available on a first-come, first-served basis for kids ages 4-17, with an emphasis on enrichment activities, sports and aquatics. Extended day is available at most locations. Enrichment camp fees are $75 per twoweek session. Other camp fees vary. Online registration is available. 630-2489. jaxparks.com SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMP promise of benefit A new adventure awaits each week at the Museum of Science & History’s Summer Adventure Camps, held from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri. through Aug. 10 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. In addition to hands-on instruction, planetarium programs and science shows, campers explore the museum’s exhibits, including the new T. rex Named Sue! Camps are offered for Pre-Kindergarteners (Pre-K Camps are half-day or full day) through sixth graders. Extended-care is available. For details and fees, call 396-6674, ext. 226 or register online at themosh.org.

SUMMER ARTS CAMPS The Performers Academy offers dance, theater, acting, creative builders, guitar, art, music and baby dance camps now through Aug. 3 at 3674 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. Camp times and fees vary. Extended hours are available; lunch and snacks are included. For details, call 322-7672 or go to theperformersacademy.com JACKSONVILLE ZOO Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens presents a new 4-D ride theater, featuring Happy Feet Mumble’s Wild Ride, open from 9:30 a.m. to a half-hour before closing, daily. The ride can fit up to 18 people per ride. Cost per ride is $3 for Zoo members and $4 for general public; riders must be at least 42” tall. The Zoo is located at 370 Zoo Parkway, one-half mile east from I-95. jacksonvillezoo.org KAYAK AMELIA SUMMER CAMP Summer camp offers hiking, kayaking, SUP (Stand Up Paddle Boards), swimming and exploring nature at Kayak Amelia,

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The Mosh Pit of Olden Days! A Polka Dance is held on June 30 from 8 p.m.-midnight at the Polish Club, 5850 Collins Road, Jacksonville. Both a dance and music genre, the accordion-driven polka originated in Central Europe in the 19th century. Admission for dinner and dancing is $15 for members, $20 for non-members; dancing only is $8 for members, $10 for non-members. 772-7836. facebook.com/pacsjax

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“Why yes, I do have beady eyes!” The American Gem Expo Bead & Jewelry Show is held on June 30 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and on July 1 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Fairfield Inn & Suites, Butler Boulevard, 4888 Lenoir Ave., Jacksonville. Admission is free. americanbeadshows.com

13030 Heckscher Dr., Jacksonville. Kids keep journals and create an art project. Camp runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mon.Fri.; Week 2 for ages 6-9 is held June 25-29 and Week 3 for ages 10-14 is held July 9-13. Camp fee is $225 a week. To register, call 251-0016 or go to kayakamelia.com KAYAK LESSONS Black Creek Outfitters offers kayak sessions throughout the summer. Classes are primarily for beginners, and kayakers must know how to swim. For more information, call 645-7003.

T. REX EXHIBIT AT MOSH The traveling exhibit, A T. Rex Named Sue from Chicago’s Field Museum, is open at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. It features a cast skeleton of the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered: 42 feet long and 12 feet tall. 396-6674. themosh.org

COMMUNITY INTEREST

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HEALTH FAIR, BLOOD DRIVE Cabana Club Community offers this health fair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 30 at 8680 Baymeadows Road E., Jacksonville, located off I-295E (former 9A). Screenings for skin cancer, breast cancer and other medical exams, along with health care information, and healthcare providers, including family practice physicians, pediatricians, nutritionists, ophthalmologists, optometrists and dentists are featured.

Tours of the brand new apartment community are also offered. 374-2700. cabanaclub.com FREE SHREDDING EVENT Shredding is offered from 1-3 p.m. on June 28 at Metro Center Parking Lot, 3563 Philips Highway, Jacksonville. Limit 50 boxes. 421-3888. shreddingsourcefl.com BLOOD DRIVE A blood drive is held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on June 29 at Heritage Bank, 794 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park. To sign up for this important effort, call 213-5020.

INVENTORS & INNOVATORS This group gathers at noon on June 27 at Golden Corral, 11470 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin. Barbara Pape, senior marketing professional, is the featured speaker. Admission is free; pay for your own lunch. For reservations, email bob@tlctotallawncare.com CELEBRATE AMERICA RIDE FOR JUSTICE Registration for the motorcycle ride to benefit the Justice Coalition is held at 8:30 a.m. on June 30, starting from Adamec Harley-Davidson, 8909 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville. Kickstands up at 10:30 a.m. Hot dogs, hamburgers and apple pie are featured. Fees for riders are $30, $15 for passengers. 783-6312. justicecoalition.org POLKA DANCE This fun dance event is held from 8 p.m.-mid. on June 30 at the Polish Club, 5850 Collins Road, Jacksonville.

Admission for dinner and dancing is $15 for members, $20 for non-members; dancing only is $8 for members, $10 for non-members. 772-7836. facebook.com/pacsjax AMERICAN BEAD SHOW American Gem Expo Bead & Jewelry Show is held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on June 30 and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on July 1 at Fairfield Inn & Suites, Butler Boulevard, 4888 Lenoir Ave., Jacksonville. Admission is free. americanbeadshows.com BABY ANIMALS NEED VOLUNTEERS The Wildlife Rescue Coalition of Northeast Florida needs volunteers 18 years and older to assist at the Wildlife Center, 5853 Seaboard Ave., Jacksonville. Help prepare food, pick up supplies and host fundraisers. 779-5569.

CLASSES & GROUPS

DREAMS SPIRITUAL DISCUSSION The discussion is held from 7-8:30 p.m. on June 28 at Pablo Creek Library, 13295 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. 725-7760.

Meetup.com/Jacksonville-Florida-Eckankar VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA The Duval County Chapter No. 1046 gathers at 7 p.m. on the first Wed. of every month at the Elks Lodge, 1855 West Road, Jacksonville. 419-8821.

WINE ESSENTIALS: THE WINES OF CATALONIA The class is offered from 6-9 p.m. on June 27, at a fee of $69, at UNF University Center, 12000 Alumni Drive, Jacksonville. 620-4200. unf.edu/ce ARBORIST CERTIFICATION EDUCATION The Duval County Extension Office/UF IFAS offers a prep class for those who would like to take the arborist certification test and become a certified Arborist. This four-part series is held from 5-9 p.m. on June 28 and July 5 at the Extension Office, 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville. Class fee is $50. To register, call 255-7450 or go to eventbrite.com/ event/3404048601.

MEN’S WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT PROGRAM Have you tried every diet known to man? Have you successfully lost weight only to gain it back? We are a group of men with similar experiences who get together at 9 a.m. every Sat. and 7 p.m. every Wed. at 12001 Mandarin Road, Rm. 9, Jacksonville. There are no fees or dues. Call 217-7904 for info. Affiliated with Overeaters Anonymous.

COMMUNITY HOSPICE Community Hospice of Northeast Florida offers support groups and grief workshops held at various times throughout the area. For details and reservations, call 407-6330. communityhospice.com FREE YOGA ON THE RIVER Karen Roumillat, RYT, teaches free gentle yoga at 9 a.m. on the fourth Sun. of the month on the boardwalk, weather permitting, at Walter Jones Historical Park, 11964 Mandarin Road, Jacksonville. Bring a mat. 287-0452.

NAMI SUPPORT GROUP National Alliance on Mental Illness meets from 7-8:30 p.m. every first and third Thur. each month at Ortega United Methodist Church, 4807 Roosevelt Blvd., Jacksonville.

Admission is free. 389-5556. ortegaumc.org NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (NIC-A) Want to quit smoking or using other forms of nicotine? Nic-A is free, and you don’t have to quit to attend the meetings, held at 6:30 p.m. every Wed. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1415 S. McDuff Ave., Westside. 404-6044. nicotineanonymous.org Q-GROUP ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS This free, open discussion is held at 5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. at Quality Life Center, 11265 Alumni Way, Jacksonville. alcoholicanonymous.org NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Do you have a drug problem? Maybe they can help. 3586262, 723-5683. serenitycoastna.org, firstcoastna.org NAR-A-NON This group meets at 8 p.m. every Tue. and Thur. at 4172 Shirley Ave., Avondale. 945-7168.

DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE This support group meets from 6-7:30 p.m. every Tue. at Baptist Medical Center, 800 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville.

For more information, call 322-4040.

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THE BEECH STREET GRILL Fine dining in a casual atmosphere. The menu includes fresh local seafood, steaks and pasta dishes created with a variety of ethnic influences.

Award-winning wine list. FB. L, Wed.-Fri.; D, nightly; Sun. brunch. 801 Beech St. 277-3662. $$$ BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ F At the foot of Centre Street, the upscale restaurant overlooks Harbor Marina. The menu includes daily specials, fresh Florida seafood and an extensive wine list. FB. L & D, daily. 1 S. Front St. 261-2660. $$$ BRIGHT MORNINGS The small café offers freshly baked goods. B & L daily. 105 S. Third St. 491-1771. $$ CAFÉ 4750 Chef de Cuisine Garrett Gooch offers roasted sea bass, frutti di mare soup, clam linguini, fresh gelatos.

Dine inside or on the terrace. FB. B, L & D, daily. The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island.

277-1100. $$$ CAFÉ KARIBO F Eclectic cuisine, served under the oaks in historic Fernandina, features sandwiches and chef’s specials. Alfresco dining. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sat.; L, Sun. & Mon. 27 N. Third St. 277-5269. $$ CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY F European-style breads, pastries, croissants, muffins and pies baked daily. 1014 Atlantic Ave. 491-4663. $ EIGHT A contemporary sports lounge. Burgers, sandwiches, wings, nachos. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Fri. & Sat. The RitzCarlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy. 277-1100. $$ FERNANDELI F Classics with a Southern touch, like a one-third-pound devil dog, Reubens and pulled pork.

Sandwiches and wraps built to order from fresh cold cuts, tuna, egg and turkey salads. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 17B S. Eighth St. 261-0008. $ GENNARO’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO F Southern Italian cuisine: pasta, gourmet ravioli, hand-tossed pizzas.

Specialties are margharita pizza and shrimp feast. Bread is baked on-site. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 5472 First Coast Highway, Amelia Island, 491-1999. $$ HALFTIME SPORTS BAR & GRILL F Sports bar fare includes onion rings, spring rolls, burgers, wraps and wings.

Plenty of TVs show nearly every sport imaginable. BW. L & D, daily. 320 S. Eighth St. 321-0303. $ HAPPY TOMATO COURTYARD CAFE & BBQ Pulled pork sandwich, chicken salad and walnut chocolate chunk cookie, served in a laid-back atmosphere. BW. CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7 S. Third St. 321-0707. $$ JACK & DIANE’S F Casual cafe offers steak & eggs, pancakes, Cajun scampi, etouffée, curry pizza, vegan black bean cakes, shrimp & grits, hand-carved steaks. FB. B, L & D, daily. 708 Centre St. 321-1444. $$ JOE’S 2ND STREET BISTRO Elegant island vibe. NY strip steak with sauces, Maine crab cakes, roast chicken penne pasta. BW. CM. D, nightly. 14 S. Second St. 321-2558. $$$ KABUKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Teppanyaki masters create your meal; plus a 37-item sushi bar. BW. D, Tue.-Sun. Amelia Plaza. 277-8782. $$ KELLEY’S COURTYARD CAFE F She crab soup, salads, fried green tomatoes, sandwiches and wraps are served indoors or out on the patio. Vegetarian dishes are also offered. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 19 S. Third St. 432-8213. $ LULU’S AT THE THOMPSON HOUSE F An innovative lunch menu includes po’boys and seafood “little plates” served in a historic house. Dinner features fresh local seafood. Nightly specials. BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat., brunch on Sun. Reservations recommended. 11 S. Seventh St. 432-8394. $$ MONTEGO BAY COFFEE CAFE Locally owned and operated, with specialty coffees, fruit smoothies. Dine in or hit the drivethru. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 463363 S.R. 200, Yulee. 225-3600. $ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. Northern-style pizza by the pie or the slice. Choose from more than 20 toppings. Owner-selected wines and a large beer selection.

BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 925 S. 14th St. 321-3400. $ THE MUSTARD SEED CAFE Organic eatery and juice bar.

The extensive menu features vegetarian, vegan items.

Daily specials: local seafood, free-range chicken, fresh organic produce. CM. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 833 TJ Courson Rd. 277-3141. $$ O’KANE’S IRISH PUB F Rustic, genuine Irish pub up front, eatery in back, featuring daily specials, fish-n-chips, and soups served in a sourdough bread bowl. FB. L & D, Mon.Sun. 318 Centre St. 261-1000. $$ PEPPER’S MEXICAN GRILL & CANTINA F The family restaurant offers authentic Mexican cuisine. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 520 Centre St. 272-2011. $$

PLAE *Bite Club Certified! In Omni Amelia Island Plantation’s Spa & Shops, the cozy venue offers an innovative and PLAEful dining experience. L, Tue.-Sat.; D, nightly. 277-2132. $$$ SALT, THE GRILL Best of Jax winner.

Elegant dining featuring local seafood and produce, served in a contemporary coastal setting. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. The RitzCarlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island. 491-6746. $$$$ SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL F Oceanfront dining; local seafood, shrimp, crab cakes, outdoor beachfront tiki & raw bar, covered deck and kids’ playground. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. 277-6652. $$ THE SURF F Dine inside or on the large oceanview deck. Steaks, fresh fish, shrimp, nightly specials. Late-night menu.

FB. L & D, daily. 3199 S. Fletcher Ave. 261-5711. $$ TASTY’S FRESH BURGERS & FRIES F The name pretty much says it all. Tasty’s offers burgers (Angus beef, turkey or veggie) and fries (like cheese fries, sweet potato fries), along with dogs, shakes, floats and soup. L & D, Mon.-Sat. CM, BW. 710 Centre St. 321-0409. $ TIMOTI’S FRY SHAK This new casual seafood restaurant features local wildcaught shrimp, fish and oysters, along with blackboard specials. L & D, daily. CM, BW. 21 N. Third St. 310-6550. $$ T-RAY’S BURGER STATION F A favorite Gauchos carve the flavors of an authentic churrascaria at Espeto Brazilian Steakhouse, overlooking Fishweir Creek in Avondale. local spot; Best of Jax winner. Grilled or blackened fish sandwiches, homemade burgers. BW, TO. B & L, Mon.-Sat. 202 S. ORSAY Best of Jax winner. The French/American bistro Certified! F The Lebanese restaurant offers authentic Eighth St. 261-6310. $ focuses on craftsmanship and service. FB. D, Mon.-Sat.; cuisine: lahm meshwe, kafta khoshkhas and baked filet of 29 SOUTH EATS F Part of historic Fernandina Beach’s Brunch & D, Sun. 3630 Park St. 381-0909. $$$ red snapper. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9862 Old Baymeadows downtown scene. Award-winning Chef Scotty serves TOM & BETTY’S F A Jacksonville tradition for more than Rd. 646-1881. $$ traditional world cuisine with a modern twist. L, Tue.-Sat.; 30 years, Tom & Betty’s serves hefty sandwiches with NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax D, Mon.-Sat.; Sun. brunch. 29 S. Third St. 277-7919. $$ classic car themes, along with homemade-style dishes. CM, winner. The organic supermarket offers a full deli and a FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4409 Roosevelt Blvd. 387-3311. $$ hot bar with fresh soups, quesadillas, rotisserie chicken and vegan sushi, as well as a fresh juice and smoothie bar.

EAST COAST BUFFET F A 160+ item Chinese, Japanese, 11030 Baymeadows Rd. 260-2791. $ American and Italian buffet. Dine in, take out. FB. L & D, Mon.OMAHA STEAKHOUSE *Bite Club Certified! Center-cut AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 8060 Sat.; Sun. brunch. 9569 Regency Sq. Blvd. N. 726-9888. $$ beef, seafood, sandwiches served in an English tavern KABUTO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Steak & Philips Hwy. 731-4300. $ atmosphere. Signature dish is a 16-ounce bone-in ribeye. shrimp, filet mignon & lobster, shrimp & scallops, a sushi ANCIENT CITY SUBS Locally owned-and-operated by Andy Desserts include crème brûlée. FB. L & D, daily. 9300 bar, teppanyaki grill and traditional Japanese cuisine. CM, and Rhonna Rockwell, the St. Augustine-themed sandwich Baymeadows Rd., Embassy Suites Hotel. 739-6633. $$ FB. L & D, daily. 10055 Atlantic Blvd. 724-8883. $$$ shop, now in Baymeadows, serves gourmet subs – toasted, PATTAYA THAI GRILLE F Traditional Thai and vegetarian LA NOPALERA Best of Jax winner. See Intracoastal. 8818 pressed or cold – and salads. CM, TO. Mon.-Sat. 8060 items and a 40-plus item vegetarian menu served in a Atlantic Blvd. 720-0106. $ Philips Hwy., Ste. 207 (at Baymeadows Rd.). 446-9988. $ contemporary atmosphere. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 NERO’S CAFE F Traditional Italian fare, including seafood, BROADWAY RISTORANTE & PIZZERIA F Family-ownedBaymeadows Rd., Ste. 1. 646-9506. $$ veal, beef, chicken and pasta dishes. Weekly specials are &-operated NYC-style pizzeria serves hand-tossed, brickPIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 3928 Baymeadows Rd. lasagna, 2-for-1 pizza and AYCE spaghetti. CM, FB. L, Sun.; oven-baked pizza, traditional Italian dinners, wings, subs.

527-8649. $$ D, daily. 3607 University Blvd. N. 743-3141. $$ Delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 10920 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. STICKY FINGERS F Memphis-style rib house specializes REGENCY ALE HOUSE & RAW BAR Generous portions 3. 519-8000. $$ in barbecue ribs served several ways. FB. L & D, daily. 8129 and friendly service in a nautical atmosphere. Fresh fish, CAFE CONFLUENCE F The European coffeehouse serves Point Meadows Way. 493-7427. $$ specialty pastas, fresh oysters and clams. BW. L & D, daily.

Italian specialty coffees and smoothies, along with paninis, UDIPI CAFE Authentic South Indian vegetarian cuisine. L & 9541 Regency Square Blvd. S. 720-0551. $$ salads and European chocolates. Outdoor dining. BW. L & D, D, Tue.-Fri. 8642 Baymeadows Rd. 402-8084. $ UNIVERSITY DINER F The popular diner serves Tue.-Sun. 8612 Baymeadows Rd. 733-7840. $ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 9910 Old CHA-CHA’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT F Owner Celso familiar breakfast fare and lunch like meatloaf, burgers, Baymeadows Rd. 641-7171. $ Alvarado offers authentic Mexican fare with 26 combo sandwiches: wraps, BLTs, clubs, melts. Daily specials. BW. dinners and specialty dishes including chalupas, enchiladas, B & L, Sat. & Sun.; B, L & D, Mon.-Fri. 5959 Merrill Rd. burritos. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9551 Baymeadows Rd. 762-3433. $ (In Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

737-9903. $$ A LA CARTE Authentic New England fare like Maine lobster CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F Chicago-style deeprolls, fried Ipswich clams, crab or clam cake sandwich, fried dish pizzas, hot dogs, Italian beef dishes from the Comastro BISCOTTIS F Mozzarella bruschetta, Avondale pizza, shrimp basket, haddock sandwich, clam chowdah, birch family, serving authentic Windy City favorites for 25+ years. sandwiches, espresso, cappuccino. Revolving daily specials. beer and blueberry soda. Dine inside or on the deck. TO. L, CM, FB. L & D, daily. 8206 Philips Hwy. 731-9797. $$ B, Tue.-Sun.; L & D, daily. 3556 St. Johns Ave. 387-2060. $$$ Fri.-Tue. 331 First Ave. N. 241-2005. $$ DEERWOOD DELI & DINER F The ’50s-style diner serves THE BLUE FISH RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR Fresh AL’S PIZZA F Serving hand-tossed gourmet pizzas, malts, shakes, Reubens, Cubans, burgers, and traditional seafood, steaks and more are served in a casual calzones and Italian entrees for more than 21 years. Voted breakfast items. CM. B & L, daily. 9934 Old Baymeadows atmosphere. Half-portions are available. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

Best Pizza by Folio Weekly readers from 1996-2011. BW. L Rd. 641-4877. $$ 3551 St. Johns Ave., Shoppes of Avondale. 387-0700. $$$ & D, daily. 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-0002. $ THE FIFTH ELEMENT F Authentic Indian, South Indian and BRICK RESTAURANT F Creative all-American fare like ANGIE’S SUBS F Best of Jax winner. Subs are made-toIndochinese dishes made with artistic flair. Lunch buffet tuna tartare, seaweed salad and Kobe burger. Outside order fresh. Serious casual. Wicked good iced tea. 1436 includes lamb, goat, chicken, tandoori and biryani items. dining. FB. L & D, daily. 3585 St. Johns Ave. 387-0606. $$$ Beach Blvd. 246-2519. $ CM. L & D, daily. 9485 Baymeadows Rd. 448-8265. $$ THE CASBAH F Best of Jax winner. Middle Eastern cuisine BEACHSIDE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & MARKET F The GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 8650 is served in a friendly atmosphere. BW. L & D, daily. 3628 full fresh seafood market serves seafood baskets, fish Baymeadows Rd. 448-0500. $$ St. Johns Ave. 981-9966. $$ tacos, oyster baskets, Philly cheesesteaks. Dine indoors or INDIA RESTAURANT F Best of Jax winner. Extensive ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAK HOUSE F Gauchos carve the outside. Beach delivery. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 120 S. Third menu of entrées, clay-oven grilled Tandoori specialties and meat onto your plate from serving tables. FB. D, Tue.-Sun., St. 444-8862. $$ chicken tandoor, fish, seafood and korma. L, Mon.-Sat., D, BONGIORNO’S PHILLY STEAK SHOP F South Philly’s closed Mon. 4000 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 40. 388-4884. $$$ daily. 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8. 620-0777. $$ Bongiorno clan imports Amoroso rolls for Real Deal THE FOX RESTAURANT F A local landmark 50+ years.

LARRY’S GIANT SUBS F With locations all over Northeast cheese-steak, Original Gobbler, clubs, wraps, burgers, dogs.

Ian & Mary Chase serve classic diner-style fare, homemade Florida, Larry’s piles subs up with fresh fixins and serves BW, CM. L & D, daily. 2294 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach. desserts. B & L daily. 3580 St. Johns Ave. 387-2669. $ ’em fast. Some Larry’s Subs offer B & W and/or serve 246-3278. $$ GINJO SUSHI JAPANESE RESTAURANT New at Shoppes of breakfast. CM. L & D, daily. 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9 BONO’S PIT BAR-B-Q F Baby back ribs, fried corn, sweet Avondale, Ginjo serves traditional Japanese fare and sushi.

(Goodby’s Creek), 737-7740; 8616 Baymeadows Rd. potatoes, wide varieties of barbecue. BW. L & D, daily. 1307 Sake, BW. L & D, daily. 3620 St. Johns Ave. 388-5688. $$ 739-2498. larryssubs.com $ Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 270-2666. 1266 S. Third St. GREEN MAN GOURMET Organic and natural products, LEMONGRASS F Upscale Thai cuisine in a metropolitan 249-8704. bonosbarbq.com $ spices, teas, salts, BW. Open daily. 3543 St. Johns Ave. atmosphere. Chef Aphayasane’s innovative creations BUDDHA THAI BISTRO F Authentic Thai dishes made with 384-0002. $ include roast duckling and fried snapper. BW. R. L, Mon.fresh ingredients using tried-and-true recipes. FB, TO. L & MOJO NO. 4 F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 3572 St. Fri.; D, Mon.-Sat. 9846 Old Baymeadows Rd. 645-9911. $$ D, daily. 301 10th Ave. N. 372-9149. $$ Johns Ave. 381-6670. $$ MANDALOUN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE *Bite Club

Dustin Hegedus

DINING GUIDE KEY

ARLINGTON, REGENCY

BAYMEADOWS

BEACHES

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

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GRILL ME! A WEEKLY Q&A WITH PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT BIZ

NAME: Brian McCarthy RESTAURANT: Timoti’s Fry Shak, 21 N. Third St., Fernandina Beach BIRTHPLACE: Gloucester, Mass.

FAVORITE RESTAURANT (besides mine): John’s Italian, Greenwich Village, NYC FAVORITE COOKING STYLE: Hardwood open fire FAVORITE INGREDIENTS: Fresh fish IDEAL MEAL: Grilled porterhouse steak, sautéed mushrooms and baked potato WOULDN’T EAT IF YOU PAID ME: Liver CRAZIEST CULINARY EXPERIENCE: Cooking for 140 firemen for 10 days on Cumberland Island, for two summers in a row.

INSIDER’S SECRET: Know when to change direction.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING AT TIMOTI’S: Gene Hackman GUILTY PLEASURE: OK … it’s cheeseburgers.

BURRITO GALLERY EXPRESS F Best of Jax winner. The Gallery’s kid sister at the beach each is mostly take-out; same great chow, fast service. 1333 N. Third St. 242-8226. $ CAMPECHE BAY CANTINA F Homemade-style Mexican items are fajitas, enchiladas and fried ice cream, plus margaritas. FB. D, nightly. 127 First Ave. N. 249-3322. $$ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax winner. See Springfield. 2429 S. Third St. 372-9000. $ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows.

320 N. First St. 270-8565. $$ CRAB CAKE FACTORY JAX *Bite Club Certified! F Chef Khan Vongdara presents an innovative menu of seafood dishes and seasonal favorites. FB. L & D daily. 1396 Beach Blvd., Beach Plaza. 247-9880. $$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax winner, serving burgers, sandwiches, nachos, tacos, quesadillas and cheese fries.

319 23rd Ave. S. 270-0356. $ CULHANE’S IRISH PUB *Bite Club Certified! Four sisters own and operate the authentic Irish pub, with faves Guinness stew, lamb sliders and fish pie. L, Fri.-Sun.; D, Tue.-Sun.; weekend brunch. FB, CM. 967 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 249-9595. $$ CYCLONES TEX-MEX CANTINA F Freshly made Tex-Mex favorites, including fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, burritos, tamales and taco salad. Lunch combos include Mexican rice and beans. FB. L & D, daily. 1222 S. Third St. 694-0488. $$ DICK’S WINGS F The casual NASCAR-themed place serves 365 varieties of wings. The menu also features halfpound burgers, ribs and salads. BW, TO. L & D daily. 2434 Mayport Road, Atlantic Beach, 372-0298. 311 N. Third St., 853-5004. $ DWIGHT’S The Mediterranean-style bistro features fresh local seafood, filet mignon, mixed grill and an extensive wine list. D, Tue.-Sat. 1527 Penman Rd. 241-4496. $$$$ ENGINE 15 BREWING COMPANY F The Best of Jax winner serves gastropub fare: soups, salads, flatbreads and sandwiches, like BarBe-Cuban and beer dip. Craft beers made onsite, too. Daily specials. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 217. 249-2337. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Best of Jax winner. See San Marco.

992 Beach Blvd. 249-3001. $ FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Casual dining with uptown Irish flair, including fish and chips, Guinness beef stew and black-and-tan brownies. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 410 N. Third St. 242-9499. $$ THE FISH COMPANY *Bite Club Certified! F Fresh, local seafood is served, including Mayport shrimp, fish baskets and grilled tuna and there’s an oyster bar. L & D, daily. CM, FB. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 12, Atlantic Beach. 246-0123. $$ HOT DOG HUT F Best of Jax winner. All-beef hot dogs, sausages, hamburgers, crab cakes, beer-battered onion rings and French fries. B. L, daily. 1439 S. Third St. 247-8886. $ ICHIBAN F Three dining areas: teppan or hibachi tables (watch a chef prepare your food), a sushi bar and Westernstyle seating offering tempura and teriyaki. FB, Japanese plum wine. L & D, daily. 675 N. Third St. 247-4688. $$ LYNCH’S IRISH PUB The full-service restaurant offers corned beef & cabbage, Shepherd’s pie, fish-n-chips.

30-plus beers on tap. FB. L, Sat. & Sun., D, daily. 514 N. First St. 249-5181. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax

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winner. See Southside. 1080 Third St. N. 241-5600. $ METRO DINER F Best of Jax 2011 winner. See San Marco.

1534 N. Third St. 853-6817. $$ MEZZA LUNA F A Beaches tradition for 20-plus years. Great food, from gourmet wood-fired pizzas to contemporary American cuisine. Inside or patio dining.

Extensive wine list. CM, FB. D, Mon.-Sat. 110 First St., Neptune Beach. 249-5573. $$$ MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT & BLUES BAR F Best of Jax 2011 winner. Traditional slow-cooked Southern barbecue served in a blues bar. Faves are pulled pork, Texas brisket, slow-cooked ribs. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1500 Beach Blvd.

247-6636. $$ MONKEY’S UNCLE TAVERN F For 25-plus years, Monkey’s has served pub grub, burgers, sandwiches, seafood and wings. Dine inside or out on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1850 S. Third St. 246-1070. $ NIPPERS BEACH GRILLE F Best of Jax 2011 winner.

Executive Chef Kenny Gilbert’s cuisine features local fare and innovative dishes, served in an island atmosphere.

Dine inside or out on the tiki deck. FB. L & D, Wed.-Sun.; D, nightly. 2309 Beach Blvd. 247-3300. $$ NORTH BEACH BISTRO *Bite Club Certified! Casual dining with an elegant touch, like slow-cooked veal osso buco; calypso crusted mahi mahi with spiced plantain chips. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 725 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Atlantic Beach. 372-4105. $$$ OCEAN 60 A prix fixe menu is offered. Continental cuisine, with fresh seafood, nightly specials and a changing seasonal menu. Dine in a formal dining room or casual Martini Room. D, Mon.-Sat. 60 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach.

247-0060. $$$ THE PIER CANTINA F Best of Jax winner. The new oceanfront place offers a Mexican menu. Downstairs Sandbar bar & patio. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 412 N. First St. 246-6454. $$ PHILLY’S FINEST F Authentic Philly-style cheesesteaks made with imported Amorosa rolls. Hoagies, wings and pizza ... cold beer, too. FB. L & D, daily. 1527 N. Third St. 241-7188. $$ POE’S TAVERN F An American gastropub that offers 50-plus beers, craft and local/regional selections. Gourmet hamburgers, handcut fries, fish tacos, quesadillas, Edgar’s Drunken Chili and daily fish sandwich special. L & D, daily.

FB, CM. 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7637. $$ RAGTIME TAVERN SEAFOOD GRILL F Best of Jax 2011 winner. The Beaches landmark serves grilled seafood with a Cajun/Creole accent. Hand-crafted cold beer. FB. L & D, daily. 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach. 241-7877. $$ SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK F Best of Jax winner. Specialty menu items include signature tuna poke bowl, fresh rolled sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp. Casual, trendy open-air space. FB, TO, CM. L & D, daily. 1018 N. Third St. 372-4456. $$ SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE F Best of Jax winner. 111 Beach Blvd. 482-1000. $$ SUN DOG STEAK & SEAFOOD *Bite Club Certified! F Eclectic American fare, art deco décor with an authentic diner feel. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach. 241-8221. $$ TACOLU BAJA MEXICANA F Fresh, Baja-style Mexican fare, with a focus on fish tacos and tequila, as well as fried

cheese, bangin’ shrimp and verde chicken tacos. Valet parking. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 1183 Beach Blvd. 249-8226. $$ THE WINE BAR The casual neighborhood place has a tapas-style menu, fire-baked flatbreads and a wine selection. Tue.-Sun. 320 N. First St. 372-0211. $$

DOWNTOWN

(The Jacksonville Landing venues are at 2 Independent Drive) ADAMS STREET DELI & GRILL The lunch spot serves wraps, including grilled chicken, and salads, including Greek salad. L, Mon.-Fri. 126 W. Adams St. 475-1400. $$ BURRITO GALLERY & BAR F Best of Jax winner. Southwest cuisine, traditional American salads. Burritos and more burritos. Onsite art gallery. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-2922. $ CAFÉ NOLA AT MOCA JAX Located on the first floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Cafe Nola serves shrimp and grits, gourmet sandwiches, fresh fish tacos and homemade desserts. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Thur. 333 N. Laura St. 366-6911 ext. 231. $$ CASA DORA ITALIAN RESTAURANT F For 36 years, owner Freddy Ghobod has been serving genuine Italian fare, including veal, ribeye steaks, seafood, pizza and sandwiches.

Homemade-style salad dressing is a specialty. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; D, Sat. 108 E. Forsyth St. 356-8282. $$ CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows.

The Jacksonville Landing. 354-7747. $$$ CITY HALL PUB A sports bar vibe: 16 big-screen HDTVs. Angus burgers, dogs, sandwiches, AYCE wings buffet. FB. Free downtown area lunch delivery. L & D, daily. 234 Randolph Blvd. 356-6750. $$ DE REAL TING CAFE F The popular restaurant offers a Caribbean lunch buffet Tue.-Fri. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 128 W. Adams St. 633-9738. $ FIONN MacCOOL’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT New location.

Casual dining with an uptown Irish flair, including fish and chips, Guinness beef stew and black-and-tan brownies. FB, CM. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176. 374-1247. $$ INDOCHINE Best of Jax winner. Serving Thai and Southeast Asian cuisine in the core of downtown. Signature dishes include favorites like chicken Satay, soft shell crab, and mango and sticky rice for dessert. BW, FB, TO. L, Mon.-Fri., D, Tue.-Sat. 21 E. Adams St. 598-5303. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE Family-owned-and-operated.

Jenkins offers beef, pork, chicken, homemade desserts. L & D, daily. 830 N. Pearl St. 353-6388. $ KOJA SUSHI F Best of Jax winner. Sushi, Japanese, Asian and Korean cuisine. Indoor and outdoor dining and bar. FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing. 350-9911. $$ NORTHSTAR SUBSTATION F This place features brick-ovenbaked pizzas, grinders, wings, Philly cheesesteaks, custom sandwiches and fries served in a laid-back setting. FB, 27 beers on draft. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 119 E. Bay St. 860-5451. $ OLIO MARKET F Fresh sandwiches, salads, soups, entrées.

In Churchwell Lofts building, Olio partners eclectic tastes with Old World ambiance in a casual renovated space. L, Mon.-Fri.; late Art Walk. 301 E. Bay St. 356-7100. $$ SKYLINE DINING & CONFERENCE CENTER Weekday lunch includes salad bar, hot meals and a carving station. L, Sun. upon request. FB. 50 N. Laura St., Ste. 3550. 791-9797. $$ TRELLISES HYATT REGENCY The American cuisine restaurant offers a breakfast buffet with made-to-order omelet station and a la carte items. Signature lunch and dinner entrees include grouper salad, Angus burgers, Reubens, French onion grilled cheese, seafood and steaks. Wed. night Pastabilities.

CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 225 East Coastline Dr. 634-4540. $$$ VITO’S ITALIAN CAFE F Best of Jax winner. Authentic Italian oven-baked pasta dishes, pizza, veal, chicken and seafood items made with fresh ingredients. CM, FB. L & D, daily. The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 174. 355-0064. $$ ZODIAC GRILL F Serving Mediterranean cuisine and American favorites, with a popular lunch buffet. FB. L & D, daily. 120 W. Adams St. 354-8283. $

FLEMING ISLAND

CHICAGO PIZZA & SPORTS GRILLE F See Baymeadows.

406 Old Hard Road, Ste. 106. 213-7779. $$ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET F See Riverside. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.; L, Sun. 1915 East West Pkwy., 541-0009. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax winner. See Intracoastal. 1571 C.R. 220, Ste. 100. 215-2223. $ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax winner.

See Southside. 1800 Town Center Pkwy. 541-1999. $ MOJO SMOKEHOUSE F Best of Jax winner. FB. L & D, daily.

1810 Town Ctr. Blvd. 264-0636. $$ WHITEY’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax winner. The renowned seafood place, family-owned since 1963, offers AYCE freshwater catfish. Also steaks, pastas. Outdoor waterfront dining. And you can get there by car, boat or bike. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 2032 C.R. 220. 269-4198. $

INTRACOASTAL

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 14286 Beach Blvd. (at San Pablo Rd.) 223-0991. $

AROY THAI FUSION The new restaurant offers authentic Thai cuisine, including pad Thai, Thai fried rice and traditional curry dishes. Daily happy hour, FB, TO. L & D, daily. 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40. 374-0161. $$ BIG DAWG’S SPORTS RESTAURANT F The family-friendly casual sports place has wings, burgers, sandwiches, wraps and specialty salads. Kids get a Puppy Chow menu. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 12630 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 551-3059. $$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA, PASTA, PANINIS F Authentic New Yorkstyle pizza, Italian pastas, desserts; family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 13500 Beach Blvd., Ste. 36. 223-6913. $ CLIFF’S ROCKIN’ BAR-N-GRILL F Cliff’s features 8-ounce burgers, wings, steak, seafood, homemade pizza and daily specials. FB. L & D, daily. Smoking permitted. 3033 Monument Rd., Ste. 2, Cobblestone Plaza. 645-5162. $$ EL RANCHITO Latin American cuisine includes dishes from Colombia, Cuba and Mexico. BW, CM, TO. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd., Ste. 22. 992-4607. $$ ISTANBUL MEDITERRANEAN & ITALIAN CUISINE F A varied menu offers European cuisine including lamb, beef and chicken dishes, as well as pizza and wraps. BW. L & D, daily.

13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 26. 220-9192. $$ JERRY’S SPORTS GRILLE & STEAKHOUSE F The menu includes wings, hamburgers, Ahi tuna and handcut steaks.

CM, FB. Daily. 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 22. 220-6766. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax winner. Family-owned-andoperated, serving authentic Mexican cuisine, like tamales, fajitas, pork tacos, in a casual family atmosphere. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 14333 Beach Blvd. 992-1666. $ MILANO’S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA Homemade Italian cuisine, breads, pizzas, calzones and specialty dishes. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 646-9119. $$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT See St. Johns Town Center.

13546 Beach Blvd., Ste. 1A. 821-9880. $ THAI ORCHID F The restaurant serves authentic Thai cuisine made with fresh ingredients, including pad Thai, Thai curry dishes and rice dishes. BW. L & D, daily. 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 4. 683-1286. $$ TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL F Wings, gourmet pizza, fresh seafood and specialty wraps. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5. 223-6999. $$

JULINGTON, NW ST. JOHNS

BLACKSTONE GRILLE The menu blends flavors from a variety of cultures and influences for modern American fusion cuisine, served in a bistro-style setting. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri., D, Sat.; Sun. brunch. 112 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 102. 287-0766. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F See Intracoastal. 540 S.R. 13, Ste. 10, Fruit Cove. 287-8317. $$ PIZZA PALACE F See San Marco. 116 Bartram Oaks Walk.

230-2171. $ VINO’S PIZZA With four Jacksonville locations, Vino’s makes all their Italian and American dishes with fresh ingredients. L & D, daily. 605 S.R. 13, Ste. 103. 230-6966. $ WAKAME JAPANESE & THAI CUISINE F The fine dining restaurant offers authentic Japanese and Thai cuisine, a full sushi menu, curries and pad dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, Ste. 108. 230-6688. $$

MANDARIN

AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 11190 San Jose Blvd. 260-4115. $ AW SHUCKS F The seafood place offers an oyster bar, steaks, seafood, wings, pasta. Faves: ahi tuna, shrimp & grits, oysters Rockefeller. Sweet potato puffs are the signature side.

CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9743 Old St. Augustine Rd. 240-0368. $$ THE BLUE CRAB CRABHOUSE F A Maryland-style crabhouse featuring fresh blue crabs, garlic crabs, and king, snow and Dungeness crab legs. FB, CM. D, Tue.-Sat.; L & D, Sun. 3057 Julington Creek Rd. 260-2722. $$ BRAZILIAN JAX CAFE Authentic Brazilian dishes include steaks, sausages, chicken, fish, burgers and hot sandwiches made with fresh ingredients. Traditional feijoada (black beans and pork stew with rice, collards, orange salad and toasted yucca flour with bacon) is served every Sat. TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 20. 880-3313. $$ BROOKLYN PIZZA F The traditional pizzeria serves New York-style pizza, specialty pies, and subs, strombolis and calzones. BW. L & D, daily. 11406 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, 288-9211. 13820 St. Augustine Rd., 880-0020. $ CLARK’S FISH CAMP F Best of Jax winner. Clark’s has steak, ribs, AYCE catfish dinners, 3-pound prime rib. Dine in, out or in a creek-view glass-enclosed room. FB. D, Mon.-Fri.; L & D, Sat. & Sun. 12903 Hood Landing Rd. 268-3474. $$ DON JUAN’S RESTAURANT F Authentic Mexican dishes prepared daily from scratch, served in a casual atmosphere.

FB, CM. L & D, daily. 12373 San Jose Blvd. 268-8722. $$ GIGI’S RESTAURANT Breakfast buffet daily, lunch buffet weekdays. The Comedy Zone (Best of Jax winner) has an appetizer menu. FB. B, L & D, daily. I-295 & San Jose Blvd.

(Ramada Inn). 268-8080. $$ (Fri. & Sat. buffet, $$$) HALA CAFE & BAKERY F See Southside. 9735 Old St. Augustine Rd. 288-8890. $$

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this is a copyright protected pro HARMONIOUS MONKS American-style steakhouse features a 9-oz. choice Angus center-cut filet topped with gorgonzola shiitake mushroom cream sauce, 8-oz. gourmet burgers, fall-off-the-bone ribs, wraps, sandwiches. FB. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 10550 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 30. 880-3040. $$ KOBE JAPANESE RESTAURANT The fusion-style sushi restaurant offers oyster shooters, kobe beef shabu-shabu, Chilean sea bass and filet mignon. BW & sake. L & D, daily.

11362 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 8. 288-7999. $$ MAMA FU’S ASIAN HOUSE MSG-free pan-Asian cuisine prepared to order in woks using fresh ingredients. Authentic Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai dishes. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 11105 San Jose Blvd. 260-1727. $$ MANDARIN ALE HOUSE Laid-back atmosphere; 30-plus beers on tap. FB. L & D, daily. 11112 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 19.

292-0003. $$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax winner. See San Marco. 12807 San Jose Blvd. 638-6185. $$ NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET F Best of Jax winner. Organic supermarket with full deli and salad bar serving wraps, quesadillas, chopped salads, vegetarian dishes. Fresh juice and smoothie bar. Indoor and outdoor seating. Mon.-Sat. 10000 San Jose Blvd. 260-6950. $ PICASSO’S PIZZERIA F Specializes in hand-tossed gourmet pizza, calzones, homemade New York-style cheesecake and handmade pasta. Fresh local seafood and steaks. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 10503 San Jose Blvd. 880-0811. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F See Orange Park. 9825 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 24, Outback Plaza. $$ THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL This casual, familyfriendly eatery serves pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials and pasta dishes. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12. 683-3773. $$ SIMPLE FAIRE F Breakfast and lunch favorites, featuring Boar’s Head meats and cheeses served on fresh bread. Daily specials. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 3020 Hartley Rd. 683-2542. $$ TANK’S FAMILY BAR-B-Q Owned and operated by the Tankersley family, this place offers made-from-scratch Southern-style fare, featuring their own sauces. CM, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 11701 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 23. 351-8265. $$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. L & D, daily. 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr. 268-6660. $ WHOLE FOODS MARKET F Offering 100+ prepared items at a full-service and self-service hot bar, soup bar, dessert bar.

Made-to-order Italian specialties from a brick oven pizza hearth.

L & D, daily. 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22. 288-1100. $$

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ARON’S PIZZA F The family-owned restaurant offers eggplant dishes, manicotti and New York-style pizza. BW, CM, TO. L & D daily. 650 Park Ave. 269-1007. $$ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F For 18-plus years, the sportsthemed family restaurant has served wings, ribs, entrees, sandwiches. FB. L & D, daily. 9680 Argyle Forest Blvd.

425-6466. $$ THE HILLTOP CLUB She-crab soup, scallops, prime beef, wagyu beef, chicken Florentine and stuffed grouper. Chef Nick’s salmon is a favorite. FB. D, Tue.-Sat. 2030 Wells Rd. 272-5959. $$ JOEY MOZARELLAS The Italian restaurant’s specialty is a 24-slice pizza: 18˝x26˝ of fresh ingredients and sauces made daily. CM, TO. L & D, daily. 930 Blanding Blvd. 579-4748. $$ PASTA MARKET & CLAM BAR F Family-owned-andoperated. Gourmet pizza, veal, chicken, mussels, shrimp, grouper. The pastas: spaghetti, fettuccine, lasagna, calzones, linguini, ravioli, made with fresh ingredients, homemade-style.

CM, BW, sangria. 1930 Kingsley Ave. 276-9551. D, nightly. $$ POMPEII COAL-FIRED PIZZA F Pizzas are baked in coal-fired ovens. Popular pizzas include Health Choice and Mozzarella. Coal-fired sandwiches and wings, too. BW. L & D, daily. 2134 Park Ave. 264-6116. $$ THE ROADHOUSE F Burgers, wings, deli sandwiches and popular lunches are served. FB. L & D, daily. 231 Blanding Blvd. 264-0611. $ THAI GARDEN F Traditional Thai cuisine made with fresh ingredients, served in a relaxed atmosphere. Curry dishes and specialty selections with authentic Thai flavors. BW. L, Mon.Fri.; D, nightly. 10 Blanding Blvd., Ste. A. 272-8434. $$

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AL’S PIZZA F See Beaches. BW. L & D, daily. 635 A1A. 543-1494. $ AQUA GRILL Upscale cuisine: fresh seafood, Angus steaks, Maine lobster, vegetarian dishes. Outdoor patio seating.

FB. L, Mon.-Sat.; D, nightly. 950 Sawgrass Village Dr. 285-3017. $$$ THE AUGUSTINE GRILLE *Bite Club Certified! Chef Brett Smith’s global cuisine is seasonal and local. Selections include prime steaks, New York strip, lamb and lobster Napoleon.

FB, CM. D, nightly. 1000 PGA Tour Blvd., Sawgrass Marriott.

285-7777. $$$ BRUCCI’S PIZZA F Authentic New York-style pizza, Italian pastas, paninis, desserts. Family atmosphere. CM. L & D, daily.

880 A1A, Ste. 8. 280-7677. $$

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CAFFE ANDIAMO Traditional Italian cuisine: fresh seafood, veal, homemade pastas and wood-fired pizza prepared in a copper clad oven. An extensive wine list is offered in a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Dine indoors or out on the promise terrace. L & D, of daily.benefit 500 Sawgrass Village. 280-2299. $$$ LULU’S WATERFRONT GRILLE F On the Intracoastal Waterway, LuLu’s can be reached by car or by boat. Seafood, steaks and pasta dishes with a sophisticated flair. FB. L & D, daily; Sun. brunch. 301 N. Roscoe Blvd. 285-0139. $$ NINETEEN AT TPC SAWGRASS In Sawgrass’ Tournament Players Club, Nineteen features more than 230 wines and freshly prepared American and Continental cuisine, including local seafood, served inside or al fresco on the verandah. L & D, daily. 110 Championship Way. 273-3235. $$$ PUSSER’S BAR & GRILLE *Bite Club Certified! F Freshly prepared Caribbean cuisine, including red snapper Ponte Vedra Jamaican grilled pork ribs and barbecued salmon tower.

Tropical rum drinks include Pusser’s Painkiller. FB. L & D, daily. 816 A1A N., Ste. 100. 280-7766. L, $$; D, $$ RESTAURANT MEDURE Chef Matthew Medure offers eclectic cuisine of local and imported seafood with Southern and Asian influences. F/B. D, Mon.-Sat. 818 A1A N. 543-3797. $$$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Best of Jax winner. See San Marco. 8141 A1A. 285-0014. $$$$ 619 OCEAN VIEW Dining with a Mediterranean touch, featuring fresh seafood, steaks and nightly specials. FB, CM. D, Wed.-Sun. 619 Ponte Vedra Blvd., Cabana Beach Club. 285-6198. $$$ URBAN FLATS See St. Johns Town Center. FB. L & D, daily. 330 A1A N. 280-5515. $$

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AL’S PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 1620 Margaret St. 388-8384. $ BAKERY MODERNE F The neighborhood bakery has classic pastries, artisanal breads, seasonal favorites, made from scratch, including petit fours, custom cakes. B & L, daily. 869 Stockton St., Ste. 6. 389-7117. $ BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS Artisan-crafted, small-batch roasted specialty coffees from its certified organic roastery and brew bar, including lattes, local pastries, craft beers. BW. 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2. 855-1181. $ CARMINE’S PIE HOUSE F The Italian eatery offers pizza by the slice, gourmet pizzas, appetizers, classic Italian dishes (calzone, stromboli, subs, panini) and microbrews served in a casual atmosphere. BW, CM, TO. 2677 Forbes St. 387-1400. $$ COOL MOOSE F Classic sandwiches, eclectic wraps and desserts. An extensive gourmet coffee menu with Green Mountain coffees and frozen coffee drinks. B & L, daily. Brunch, Sun. 2708 Park St. 381-4242. $ EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ F Best of Jax winner. See San Marco. 2753 Park St. 384-9999. $ GATOR’S DOCKSIDE F See Orange Park. 6677 103rd St., Westside, 777-6135. $$ GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET F A deli, organic and natural grocery, and juice & smoothie bar offers teas, coffees, gourmet cheeses; natural, organic and raw items. Grab-and-go sandwiches, salads and sides. Craft beers, organic wines. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.; L, Sun. 2007 Park St. 384-4474. $ HJ’S BAR & GRILL Traditional American fare: burgers, sandwiches, wraps and platters of ribs, shrimp and fish. CM, FB. L & D, Sat. & Sun., D, Mon.-Fri. 8540 Argyle Forest Blvd., Ste. 1. 317-2783. $$ HOVAN MEDITERRANEAN GOURMET F Dine inside or on the patio. Mediterranean entrées include lamb, and beef gyros. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 2005-1 Park St. 381-9394. $ JOHNNY’S DELI & GRILL F A Riverside tradition, serving 60+ fresh deli and grill items, including hot sandwiches. L, Mon.-Fri. 474 Riverside Ave. 356-8055. $ KICKBACKS GASTROPUB F Best of Jax winner. Neighborhood spot serves favorites 20 hours a day, every day. 655+ bottled beers, 84 on tap. CM. 910 King St. 388-9551. $$ MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ Smoked meats include wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey and ribs. Homemade-style sides include green beans, baked beans, red cole slaw, collards. BW, CM. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551. $$ MOON RIVER PIZZA F Best of Jax winner. See Amelia Island.

1176 Edgewood Ave. S. 389-4442. $ MOSSFIRE GRILL F Southwestern menu with ahi tuna tacos, goat cheese enchiladas and gouda quesadillas. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 1537 Margaret St. 355-4434. $$ MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT See St. Johns Town Center. 1661 Riverside Ave., Ste. 128. 900-1955. $ O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB F Innovative Irish fare and traditional faves are offered, like lambburger with Stilton crust, Guinness mac & cheese, Shepherd’s pie and fish-n-chips — plus 18 beers on tap. L, daily except Mon.; D, daily. CM, FB. 1521 Margaret St. 854-9300. $$ PELE’S WOOD FIRE At this new restaurant, Chef Micah Windham uses a wood-fired oven to create traditional, authentic Italian fare with a modern twist. CM, FB, TO. L & D, daily. 2665 Park St. 232-8545. $$ PERARD’S PIZZA & ITALIAN CUISINE F Traditional Italian fare with fresh sauces and dough made from scratch daily.

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224 W. King St. 827-4499. $ PURPLE OLIVE INTERNATIONAL BISTRO F Family-owned-and-operated, offering specials, fresh artisan breads. Soups, salad dressings and desserts made from scratch. BW. D, Tue.-Sat. 4255 A1A S., Ste. 6, St. Augustine Beach.

461-1250. $$ RAINTREE Located in a Victorian home, Raintree offers a menu with contemporary and traditional international influences. Extensive wine list. FB. D, daily. 102 San Marco Ave. 824-7211. $$$ THE REEF RESTAURANT F Casual oceanfront place with a view from every table. Fresh local seafood, steak, pasta dishes and daily chef specials. Outdoor dining. FB, CM, TO. L & D daily. 4100 Coastal Hwy. A1A, Vilano Beach. 824-8008. $$ SOUTH BEACH GRILL Located off A1A, the two-story beachy destination offers casual oceanfront dining and fresh local seafood. Dine indoors or out on a beachfront deck. FB. B, L & D daily. 45 Cubbedge Road, Crescent Beach.

471-8700. $ SPY GLOBAL CUISINE & LOUNGE In the historic district, Spy features James Bond-themed sushi and Mediterranean-influenced global cuisine on the seasonal menu, including fresh – never frozen – Hawaiian seafood. Dine indoors or out on the patio. Upstairs lounge, too. Great selection of chilled sakes. BW, CM. D, nightly. 21 Hypolita St. 819-5637. $$$ SUNSET GRILLE Seafood-heavy menu, The staff at Athens Cafe serves Greek items like dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant) and a selection consistent Great Chowder Debate winner. of Greek wines and beers, on St. Augustine Road in Jacksonville’s Lakewood neighborhood.

Specialties are baby back ribs, lobster ravioli, coconut shrimp, datil pepper wings. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 421 A1A Beach Blvd. 471-5555. $$$ 11043 Crystal Springs Rd., Ste. 2. 378-8131. $ THE TASTING ROOM, WINE & TAPAS Owned by St. Augustine Beach. 471-7332. $$$ PERFECT RACK BILLIARDS F Upscale billiards hall has Michael Lugo, the upscale contemporary Spanish restaurant CAFÉ ELEVEN F Serving eclectic cuisine like feta spinach egg burgers, steak, deli sandwiches, wings. Family-friendly, nonfuses innovative tapas with an extensive wine list. L, Wed.croissant, apple turkey sandwich, pear-berry salad. Daily chef smoking. BW, CM. L & D, daily. 1186 Edgewood Ave. S., Murray Sun.; D, nightly. 25 Cuna St. 810-2400. $$ creations. BW. B, L & D, daily. 501 A1A Beach Blvd. 460-9311.

Hill. 738-7645. $ B, $; L & D, $$ SAKE HOUSE F Japanese grill and sushi bar features sushi, CAP’S ON THE WATER F The Vilano Beach mainstay offers sashimi, katsu, tempura, hibachi and specialty rolls. CM, BW, coastal cuisine – tapas platters, cioppino, fresh local shrimp, BAHAMA BREEZE ISLAND GRILLE Fresh seafood, chicken, sake. L & D, daily. 824 Lomax St. 301-1188. $$ raw oyster bar – indoors or on an oak-shaded deck. Boat flame-grilled steaks and hand-crafted tropical drinks made SUMO SUSHI F Authentic Japanese fare, traditional to entrees access. FB. L, Fri.-Sun., D, nightly. 4325 Myrtle St., Vilano with flavorful ingredients inspired by the Caribbean. CM, FB. L and sushi rolls, spicy sashimi salad, gyoza (pork dumpling), Beach. 824-8794. $$ & D, daily. 10205 River Coast Dr. 646-1031. $$$ tobiko (flying fish roe), Rainbow roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, CARMELO’S PIZZERIA F Best of Jax winner. Authentic New BLACKFINN AMERICAN GRILLE With four dining rooms, Calif. roll). BW, CM. L & D, daily. 2726 Park St. 388-8838. $$ York style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh baked sub rolls, Boars Head meats & cheeses, salads, calzones, strombolis and sliced BlackFinn offers classic American fare: beef, seafood, pasta, SUSHI CAFÉ A variety of sushi, including popular Monster Roll pizza specials. BW. L & D, daily. 146 King St. 494-6658. $$ chicken, flatbread sandwiches. Dine indoors or on the patio. and Jimmy Smith Roll, along with faves like Rock-n-Roll and CELLAR 6 ART GALLERY & WINE BAR Wolfgang Puck coffees, CM, FB. L & D, daily. 4840 Big Island Dr. 345-3466. $$ Dynamite Roll. Sushi Café also offers hibachi, tempura, katsu handmade desserts and light bistro-style fare amid local art.

FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax winner for Best and teriyaki. BW. Dine indoors or on the patio. L & D, daily.

BW. Mon.-Sat. 6 Aviles St. 827-9055. $$ Burger in St. Augustine and OP/Fleming Island. Burgers made 2025 Riverside Ave. Publix Plaza. 384-2888. $$ CREEKSIDE DINERY Creekside serves beef, chicken and with fresh ground beef and there’s a wide selection of toppings, TAPA THAT This new place puts a modern spin on traditional seafood, with an emphasis on low-country cooking. Outdoor including fried onions, jalapeños or sautéed mushrooms. Fries, tapas-style service, using locally/organically grown items as deck with a fire pit. FB. D, nightly. 160 Nix Boatyard Rd. Kosher hot dogs and soft drinks, too. L & D, daily. 4413 Town much as possible. Specialties include duck confit spring rolls 829-6113. $$ Center Pkwy., Ste. 401. 996-6900. $ and Cuban rice & beans cake. CM, BW. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 820 CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 3 St. LIBRETTO’S PIZZERIA & ITALIAN KITCHEN F Authentic NYC Lomax St. 376-9911. $$ George St. 824-6993. $ pizzeria serves Big Apple crust, cheese and sauce, along with TASTI D-LITE Health-conscious desserts include smoothies, THE FLORIDIAN The downtown restaurant serves innovative third-generation family-style Italian classics, fresh-from-theshakes, sundaes, cakes and pies, made with fresh ingredients Southern fare, made with local farmers’ local food. Signature oven calzones, and desserts in a casual, comfy setting. L & D, with fewer calories and less fat. More than 100 flavors. Open items: fried green tomato bruschetta, ’N’grits with shrimp, fish daily. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. 1. 402-8888. $$ daily. 1024 Park St. 900-3040. $ or tofu. L & D, Wed.-Mon. 39 Cordova St. 829-0655. $$ MITCHELL’S FISH MARKET F A changing menu of more than TWO DOORS DOWN F Traditional faves: hotcakes, omelets, GYPSY CAB COMPANY F Best of Jax winner. International 180 items includes cedar-roasted Atlantic salmon and seared burgers, pork chops, liver & onions, fried chicken, sides and menu features large portions, reasonable prices. FB. L & D, salt-and-pepper tuna. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 5205 Big Island Dr., desserts. CM, TO. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 436 Park St. 598-0032. $ daily. 828 Anastasia Blvd. 824-8244. $$ St. Johns Town Ctr. 645-3474. $$$ HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE F In a historic, two-story MY MOCHI FROZEN YOGURT Best of Jax winner. Non-fat, house, the New Orleans-style eatery has fresh seafood, steaks, low-calorie, cholesterol-free frozen yogurt is served in flavors A1A ALE WORKS F The Ancient City’s only brew pub taps jambalaya, etouffée and shrimp. FB. L & D, daily. 46 Avenida that change weekly. Toppings include a variety of fruit and nuts. seven hand-crafted ales and lagers. A1A specializes in innovative Menendez. 824-7765. $$ 4860 Big Island Dr. 807-9292. $ New World cuisine. FB. L & D, daily. 1 King St. 829-2977. $$ HOT SHOT BAKERY & CAFE Freshly baked items, coffees and THE ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE F The popular recipes, AMICI ITALIAN RESTAURANT F A family-owned-andhand-crafted breakfast and lunch sandwiches; Datil B. Good unique to the Pancake House, call for only the freshest operated Italian restaurant offers traditional pasta, veal, steak hot sauces and pepper products. B & L, daily. 8 Granada St. ingredients. CM. B, L & D, daily. 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr. and seafood dishes. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 1915B A1A S., St. 824-7898. $ 997-6088. $$ Augustine Beach. 461-0102. $$ KINGS HEAD BRITISH PUB F Authentic Brit pub serves fish RENNA’S PIZZA F Renna’s serves New York-style pizza, ANN O’MALLEY’S F Fresh handmade sandwiches, soups, & chips, Cornish pastie and steak & kidney pie. Tap beers are calzones, subs and lasagna made from authentic Italian salads and perfectly poured Guinness. Favorites include Guinness, Newcastle and Bass. BW. L & D, Wed.-Sun. 6460 U.S. recipes. Delivery, CM, BW. 4624 Town Crossing Dr., Ste. 125, St. Reubens and chicken salad. CM, BW, Irish beers on tap. L & D, 1 (4 miles N. of St. Augustine Airport.) 823-9787. $$ Johns Town Center. 565-1299. rennaspizza.com $$ daily. 23 Orange St. 825-4040. $$ THE MANATEE CAFÉ F Serving healthful cuisine using SUITE Best of Jax winner. St. Johns Town Center premium BARLEY REPUBLIC IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE This new Irish bar organically grown fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes. B & L, lounge and restaurant offer chef-driven small plates and an and pub in historic downtown offers burgers, sandwiches, daily. 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 106, Westgate Plaza. 826-0210. $ extensive list of specialty cocktails, served in a sophisticated shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash. BW. L & D, daily. 48 MANGO MANGO’S BEACHSIDE BAR & GRILL F Caribbean atmosphere. FB. D & late-nite, nightly. 4880 Big Island Dr., Ste. Spanish St. 547-2023. $$ kitchen has comfort food with a tropical twist: coconut shrimp 1. 493-9305. $$ BARNACLE BILL’S F For 30-plus years, this family restaurant and fried plantains. BW, CM. Outdoor dining. 700 A1A Beach WASABI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR F Authentic has served seafood, oysters, gator tail, steak and fried shrimp.

Blvd., (A Street access) St. Augustine Beach. 461-1077. $$ cuisine, teppanyaki shows and a full sushi menu. CM. L & D, FB, CM, TO. L & D daily; 14 Castillo Drive, 824-3663. $$ MILL TOP TAVERN F A St. Auggie institution housed in an daily. 10206 River Coast Dr. 997-6528. $$ THE BLACK MOLLY BAR & GRILL Fresh, local seafood, steaks 1884 building, serving nachos, soups, sandwiches and daily WHISKY RIVER F Best of Jax winner. At St. Johns Town and pasta dishes in a casual atmosphere. FB, CM. L & D daily. specials. Dine inside or on open-air decks. At the big mill Center’s Plaza, Whisky River features wings, pizza, wraps, 504 Geoffrey St., Cobblestone Plaza. 547-2723. $$ wheel. FB. L & D, daily. 19 1/2 St. George St. 829-2329. $$ sandwiches and burgers served in a lively car racing-themed BORRILLO’S PIZZA & SUBS F Specialty pizzas are Borrillo’s OASIS RESTAURANT & DECK F Just a block from the ocean, atmosphere (Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s the owner). FB. CM. L & D, Supreme (extra cheese, pepperoni, sausage), white and with a tropical atmosphere and open-air deck. Steamed daily. 4850 Big Island Drive. 645-5571. $$ vegetarian pizzas. Subs and pasta dinners. L & D, daily. 88 San oysters, crab legs, burgers. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 4000 A1A & Marco Ave. 829-1133. $ Ocean Trace Rd., St. Augustine Beach. 471-3424. $ CAFÉ ATLANTICO Traditional and new Italian dishes served in THE PRESENT MOMENT CAFÉ Best of Jax winner. The cozy ATHENS CAFÉ F Serving authentic Greek cuisine: lamb, an intimate space. Master Chef Paolo Pece prepares risotto alla café serves organic, vegan and vegetarian dishes, pizza, seafood, veal and pasta dishes. BW. L & D, daily. 6271 St. pescatora, with shrimp, scallops and seasonal shellfish, in a pastas, hummus and milkshakes – all prepared without meat, Augustine Rd., Ste. 7. 733-1199. $$ parmesan cheese basket. BW. D, nightly. 647 A1A Beach Blvd., dairy, wheat or an oven. Organic BW. TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat.

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CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 1. 737-2874. $ DICK’S WINGS F NASCAR-themed family style sports place serves wings, buffalo tenders, burgers and chicken sandwiches. CM. BW. L & D, daily. 1610 University Blvd. W. 448-2110. dickswingsandgrill.com $ MOJO BAR-B-QUE F Best of Jax winner. Pulled pork, brisket and North Carolina-style barbecue. TO, BW. L & D, daily. 1607 University Blvd. W. 732-7200. $$

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BASIL THAI & SUSHI F Offering Thai cuisine, including pad Thai and curry dishes, and sushi in a relaxing atmosphere. L & D, Mon.-Sat. BW. 1004 Hendricks Ave. 674-0190. $$ b.b.’s F Best of Jax winner. A bistro menu is served in an upscale atmosphere, featuring almond-crusted calamari, tuna tartare and wild mushroom pizza. FB. L & D, Mon.-Fri.; brunch & D, Sat. 1019 Hendricks Ave. 306-0100. $$$ BISTRO AIX F French, Mediterranean-inspired fare, awardwinning wines, wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas, steaks, seafood. Indoor, outdoor dining. FB. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly.

1440 San Marco Blvd. 398-1949. $$$ CHECKER BBQ & SEAFOOD F Chef Art Jennette serves barbecue, seafood and comfort food, including pulled-pork, fried white shrimp and fried green tomatoes. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 3566 St. Augustine Rd. 398-9206. $ EUROPEAN STREET F Best of Jax winner. Big sandwiches, soups, desserts and more than 100 bottled and on-tap beers.

BW. L & D, daily. 1704 San Marco Blvd. 398-9500. $ THE GROTTO F Best of Jax winner. Wine by the glass.

Tapas-style menu offers a cheese plate, empanadas bruschetta, chocolate fondue. BW. 2012 San Marco Blvd.

398-0726. $$ HAVANA-JAX CAFÉ/CUBA LIBRE BAR LOUNGE *Bite Club Certified! F Authentic Latin American fine dining: picadillo, ropa vieja, churrasco tenderloin steak, Cuban sandwiches. L & D, Mon.-Sat. CM, FB. 2578 Atlantic Blvd. 399-0609. $ LAYLA’S OF SAN MARCO Fine dining; traditional Middle Eastern cuisine, served inside or outside on the hookah and cigar patio. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat.; D, Sun. 2016 Hendricks Ave. 398-4610. $$ MATTHEW’S Chef’s tasting menu or seasonal à la carte menu featuring an eclectic mix of Mediterranean ingredients. Dress is business casual, jackets optional. FB. D, Mon.-Sat. 2107 Hendricks Ave. 396-9922. $$$$ METRO DINER F Best of Jax winner. Historic 1930s diner offers award-winning breakfast and lunch. Fresh seafood and Southern cooking. Bring your own wine. B & L, daily. 3302 Hendricks Ave. 398-3701. $$ THE OLIVE TREE MEDITERRANEAN GRILLE F Homestyle healthy plates: hummus, tebouleh, grape leaves, gyros, potato salad, kibbeh, spinach pie, Greek salad, daily specials. L & D, Mon.-Fri. 1705 Hendricks Ave. 396-2250. $$ PIZZA PALACE F All homemade from Mama’s award-winning recipes: spinach pizza and chicken-spinach calzones. BW. L & D, daily. 1959 San Marco Blvd. 399-8815. $$ PULP F The juice bar has fresh juices, frozen yogurt, teas, coffees; 30 smoothies, with flavored soy milks, organic frozen yogurt, granola. Daily. 1962 San Marco Blvd. 396-9222. $ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Consistent Best of Jax winner.

Midwestern prime beef, fresh seafood, upscale atmosphere.

FB. D, daily. 1201 Riverplace Blvd. 396-6200. $$$$ SAKE HOUSE See Riverside. 1478 Riverplace Bd. 306-2188. $$ SAN MARCO DELI F Independently owned & operated classic diner serves grilled fish, turkey burgers. Vegetarian options.

Mon.-Sat. 1965 San Marco Blvd. 399-1306. $ TAVERNA Tapas, small-plate items, Neapolitan-style woodfired pizzas and entrées are served in a rustic yet upscale interior. BW, TO. L & D, Tue.-Sat. 1986 San Marco Blvd.

398-3005. $$$ VINO’S PIZZA F See Julington. This location offers a lunch buffet. L & D, daily. 1430 San Marco Blvd. 683-2444. $

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AROMAS BEER HOUSE Faves include ahi tuna with a sweet soy sauce reduction, backyard burger, triple-meat French dip.

FB. L & D, daily. 4372 Southside Blvd. 928-0515. $$ BISTRO 41° F Casual dining features fresh, homemade breakfast and lunch dishes in a relaxing atmosphere. TO. B & L, Mon.-Fri. 3563 Philips Hwy., Ste. 104. 446-9738. $ BLUE BAMBOO Contemporary Asian-inspired cuisine includes rice-flour calamari, seared Ahi tuna, pad Thai. Street eats: barbecue duck, wonton crisps. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.-Sat. 3820 Southside Blvd. 646-1478. $$ BUCA DI BEPPO Italian dishes served family-style in an eclectic, vintage setting. Half-pound meatballs are a specialty. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 10334 Southside Blvd.

363-9090. $$$ CORNER BISTRO & WINE BAR F Casual fine dining.

The menu blends modern American favorites served with international flair. FB. L & D, Tue.-Sun. 9823 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 1. 619-1931. $$$ CRUISERS GRILL F Best of Jax winner. See Beaches. 9734 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 11. 646-2874. $

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5500 Beach Blvd. 398-1717. $ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 9039 Southside Blvd., 538-9100. $ THE FLAME BROILER Serving food with no transfat, MSG, frying, or skin on meat. Fresh veggies, brown or white rice, with grilled beef, chicken, Korean short ribs. CM, TO. L & D, Mon.Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, Ste. 103. 619-2786. $ GENE’S SEAFOOD F Serving fresh Mayport shrimp, fish, oysters, scallops, gator tail, steaks and combos. L & D, daily.

11702 Beach Blvd. 997-9738. $$ GREEK ISLES CAFE Authentic Greek, American and Italian fare, including gyros, spinach pie and Greek meatballs. Homemade breads, desserts. House specialties are eggs benedict and baklava. BW, CM., TO. B, L & D, Mon.-Sat. 7860 Gate Parkway, Ste. 116. 564-2290. $ HALA CAFE & BAKERY F Since 1975 serving house-baked pita bread, kabobs, falafel and daily lunch buffet. TO, BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4323 University Blvd. S. 733-5141. $$ ISLAND GIRL WINE & CIGAR BAR F Best of Jax winner.

Upscale tropical vibe. Walk-in humidor, pairing apps and desserts with 25 wines, ports by the glass. 220+ wines by the bottle; draft, bottled beer. L & D, daily. 7860 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 115. 854-6060. $$ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE See Downtown. 2025 Emerson St. 346-3770. $ JOHNNY ANGELS F The menu reflects its ’50s-style décor, including Blueberry Hill pancakes, Fats Domino omelet, Elvis special combo platter. Shakes, malts. B, L & D, daily. 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 120. 997-9850. $ LA NOPALERA F Best of Jax winner. See Intracoastal. 8206 Philips Hwy. 732-9433. $ LIME LEAF F Authentic Thai cuisine: fresh papaya salad, pad Thai, mango sweet rice. BW. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, Mon.-Sat. 9822 Tapestry Park Cir., Stes. 108 & 109. 645-8568. $$ MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS F Best of Jax winner.

Tossed spring water dough, lean meats, veggies and vegetarian choices make up specialty pizzas, hoagies and calzones. FB. L & D, daily. 9734 Deer Lake Court (at Tinseltown). 997-1955. mellowmushroom.com $ OTAKI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE F Family-owned with an open sushi bar, hibachi grill tables and an open kitchen. Dine indoor or out. FB, CM, TO. L, Mon.-Fri.; D, nightly. 7860 Gate Parkway, Stes. 119-122. 854-0485. $$$ SAKE SUSHI F Sushi, hibachi, teriyaki, tempura, katsu, donburi, soups. Popular rolls: Fuji Yama, Ocean Blue, Fat Boy. FB, CM. L & D, daily. 8206 Philips Hwy., Ste. 31. 647-6000. $$ SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY F Innovative menu of fresh local grilled seafood, sesame tuna, grouper Oscar, chicken, steak and pizza. Microbrewed ales and lagers. FB. L & D, daily. 9735 Gate Pkwy. N., Tinseltown. 997-1999. $$ SOUTHSIDE ALE HOUSE F Steaks, seafood, sandwiches. CM, FB. L & D, daily. 9711 Deer Lake Court. 565-2882. $$ SPECKLED HEN TAVERN & GRILLE F The gastropub has Southern-style cuisine with a modern twist: Dishes are paired with international wines and beers, including a large selection of craft and IPA brews. FB. L & D, daily. 9475 Philips Hwy., Ste. 16. 538-0811. $$ SUNSET 30 TAVERN & GRILL F Best of Jax winner. Located in Latitude 30, Sunset 30 serves familiar favorites, including seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, pasta and pizza. Dine inside or on the patio. FB. L & D, daily. 10370 Philips Hwy. 365-5555. $$ TAVERNA YAMAS *Bite Club Certified! The Greek restaurant

serves char-broiled kabobs, seafood and traditional Greek wines and desserts. FB. L & D daily. 9753 Deer Lake Court.

854-0426. $$ TOMMY’S BRICK OVEN PIZZA F Premium New York-style pizza from a brick-oven — the area’s original gluten-free pizzeria. Plus calzones, soups and salads; Thumann’s no-MSG promise of benefit meats, Grande cheeses and Boylan soda. BW. L & D, Mon.-Sat. 4160 Southside Blvd., Ste. 2. 565-1999. $$ URBAN FLATS F Ancient world-style flatbread is paired with fresh regional and seasonal ingredients in wraps, flatwiches and entrées, served in a casual, urban atmosphere. An international wine list is offered. CM. FB. L & D, daily. 9726 Touchton Rd. 642-1488. $$ URBAN ORGANICS The local produce co-op offers seasonal fresh organic vegetables and fruit. Mon.-Sat. 5325 Fairmont St. 398-8012. $ WILD WING CAFÉ F 33 flavors of wings, as well as soups, sandwiches, wraps, ribs, platters and burgers. FB. 4555 Southside Blvd. 998-9464. $$ YUMMY SUSHI F Best of Jax winner. Teriyaki, tempura, hibachi-style dinners, sushi, sashimi. Sushi lunch roll special.

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BOSTON’S RESTAURANT & SPORTSBAR *Bite Club Certified! F A full menu of sportsbar faves; pizzas till 2 a.m.

Dine inside or on the patio. FB, TO. L & D, daily. 13070 City Station Dr., River City Marketplace. 751-7499. $$ CASA MARIA F Best of Jax winner. The family-owned restaurant serves authentic Mexican fare, including fajitas and seafood. The specialty is tacos de azada. CM, FB. L & D, daily.

12961 N. Main St., Ste. 104. 757-6411. $$ FIVE GUYS BURGERS & FRIES Best of Jax winner. See St. Johns Town Center. 13249 City Square Dr., 751-9711. $ JENKINS QUALITY BARBECUE See Downtown. 5945 New Kings Rd. 765-8515. $ JOSEPH’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT F Gourmet pizzas, pastas. Authentic Italian entrees. BW. L & D, daily. 7316 N. Main St. 765-0335. $$ MILLHOUSE STEAKHOUSE F Locally-owned-and-operated steakhouse with choice steaks from the signature broiler, and seafood, pasta, Millhouse gorgonzola, homemade desserts. CM, FB. D, nightly. 1341 Airport Rd. 741-8722. $$ SALSARITA’S FRESH CANTINA F Southwest cuisine made from scratch; family atmosphere. CM, BW. L & D, daily. 840 Nautica Dr., Ste. 131, River City Marketplace. 696-4001. $ SAVANNAH BISTRO Low Country fare Mediterranean and French inspired, in a relaxing atmosphere at Crowne Plaza Airport. Favorites are crab cakes, NY strip, she crab soup, mahi mahi. CM, FB. B, L & D, daily. 14670 Duval Rd. 741-4404. $-$$$ SWEET PETE’S All-natural sweet shop offers a variety of candy and other treats made the old-fashioned way: all natural flavors, no artificial anything. Several kinds of honey, too. 1922 N. Pearl St. 376-7161. $ THREE LAYERS CAFE F Best of Jax winner. Lunch, bagels, desserts. Adjacent Cellar serves fine wines. Inside and courtyard dining. BW. B, L & D, daily. 1602 Walnut St., Springfield. 355-9791. $ 3 LIONS SPORTS PUB & GRILL F Salads, sandwiches, pizza, fine European cuisine. Nightly specials. 2467 Faye Rd., Northside. 647-8625. $$ UPTOWN MARKET F In the 1300 Building at corner of Third & Main, serving fresh fare made with the same élan that rules Burrito Gallery. Innovative breakfast, lunch and deli selections. BW, TO. 1303 Main St. N. 355-0734. $$

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Chinese High-Tech Answer to Red Bull

Chinese media reported that on May 4, at Xiaogan Middle School in Hubei province, high school students studying for the all-important national college entrance exam worked through the night while hooked up to intravenous drips of amino acids to fight fatigue. A director of the school’s Office of Academic Affairs reasoned that before the IVs were hung, weary students complained of losing too much time going to the school’s infirmary for energy injections.

After the media reports, there was a public backlash, but less against the notion that China placed too much importance on the exams than against reports that the government subsidized the cost of the injections.

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Desmond Hatchett, 33, was summoned to court in Knoxville, Tenn., in May so a judge could chastise him for again failing to make child-support payments. Official records show Hatchett has at least 30 kids (ages 14-“toddler”) by at least 11 women. At an ’09 court appearance, he said he was “through” siring children and apparently has taken proper precautions since. (In Milwaukee, Wis., in April, Sean Patrick was sentenced to 30 years in prison for owing more than $146,000 for 12 kids by 10 mothers. The Journal Sentinel reported that, before being locked up, two convicted pimps, Derrick Avery and Todd Carter, had fathered, respectively, 15 kids by seven women and 16 progeny with “several” mothers.)

In May, The Associated Press reported Kentucky prison officials were working behind the scenes to resolve the thorny question 2012 of whether inmate Robert Foley deserves a hip replacement. Usually, a prisoner in such extreme pain qualifies. However, Foley, 55, is on death row for killing six people in 1989 and ’91, and since he’s exhausted his appeals, he’s still alive only because a court has halted all executions while the state reconsiders its lethalinjection procedure. Plus, all local hospitals asked by the prison to perform the procedure have declined, because the prison considers him dangerous.

The official class photo of Eileen Diaz’s second-grade kids at Sawgrass Elementary School in Sunrise, Fla., was distributed this spring with the face of the front-and-center child replaced by a dark-on-white smiley face.

Apparently there was miscommunication between school and photographer about redoing the photo without the child, whose parents hadn’t given permission for the shot.

Another child without parental authorization was easily edited out of the photo, but the front-and-center student could not be.

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In May, San Francisco’s U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, 3-0, that it’s not necessarily improper under federal law for Minute Maid to name a beverage “Pomegranate Blueberry” even though those two ingredients constitute only 0.5 percent of the contents. A competing pomegranate juice seller sued in 2008, pointing out that 99.4 percent of Minute Maid’s beverage was merely apple and grape juices.

Minute Maid’s owner, Coca-Cola, called the competitor’s complaint “baseless.”

Almost all companies collecting customer

data publish their policies on how they keep the data “private” (even though those “privacy” policies almost always explain the ways they intend not to keep the data “private” — and are not required to by law). Researchers writing in the I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society (summarized in an April post on TechDirt.com blog) found that if typical consumers bothered to read the detailed privacy policies, it would take 181-304 hours a year (22-38 workdays), depending on shopping habits. If every consumer in America did it, it would take from 40-67 billion hours a year, or 5-8.3 billion workdays.

Unclear on the Concept

In April, the Federal Communications Commission announced it was fining Google for deliberately impeding the agency’s investigation into the company’s collection of wireless data by its roaming Street View vehicles. The agency decided, based on Google’s “ability to pay,” that it needed to double its staffproposed fine to “deter future misconduct.” So it raised Google’s fine from $12,000 to $25,000.

As pointed out by ProPublica.org, during the previous quarter year, Google made $2.89 billion in profits — $25,000 every 68 seconds.

District of Columbia Councilman Marion Barry initially was scorned in May for criticizing the influx of “Asian” shopkeepers into the ward he represents. “They got to go.

I’ll say that right now.” Later, after re-thinking it, Barry announced his ward should be “the model of diversity,” and issued an apology to Asian-Americans. But, he lamented, America’s always been tough on immigrants. “The Irish caught hell, the Jews caught hell, the Polacks caught hell.”

Bless Those Researchers’ Hearts!

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team of scientists, following up on a Harvard study that found dramatic weight-loss qualities from eating yogurt, did its own yogurt study. The results, summarized in Scientific American in May, noted yogurt-eating male mice have 10 times the follicle density of other mice, producing “luxuriantly silky fur” and larger, outward-projecting testicles that made them far more effective inseminators.

In a British journal item in April, University of Liverpool and University of Bristol researchers concluded caterpillars of the large white butterfly, which defends itself against predators by vomiting on them, are less likely to do so when the caterpillars live in groups.

The researchers hypothesize that gratuitous vomiters are seen as poor mating risks.

Recurring Themes

The most recently reported morbidly obese person who required her home to be partially torn apart by firefighters so she could be lifted out to be taken to a hospital was teenager Georgia Davis in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

Davis, 19, weighs nearly 800 pounds; 40 people extricated her in May from her upstairs bedroom, with scaffolding. Several years ago, Davis enrolled in a U.S. weight-loss camp, getting down to about 250 pounds, which she quickly gain back, Chuck Shepherd WeirdNews@earthlink.net

RAINBOW PRINCESS When I come into Dragonflies, I come in for one reason, to look upon the face of my rainbow-haired princess. I was going to ask you out but you were working too feverishly on the computer. I’ll gain the courage one day and my heart will be yours like the ones drawn on your arm?!

When: May 30. Where: Dragonflies Jewelry. #1366-0626

the end of the aisle and gave me the most amazing smile.

Me: helped you find that beach chair and get it down. You took my breath away and I can’t get it back. Come back and see me. please? When: June 2. Where: Palm Valley Publix. #1354-0612

JASON’S DELI You: Tall, handsome “key employee” looking like a villain. Me: Adorable, petite blonde that you couldn’t keep your eyes off of. I said I liked your mohawk and I giggled like a school girl. Let’s see a terrible silent film and be best friends forever. I think your name starts with a D? When: Feb. 17. Where: Jason’s Deli. #1365-0626

LOVER OF THE CORAL NAILS I Saw U from afar sitting @ the bar. I looked up & there you were. Smoking your hookah playing on your computer, not me. My heart fluttered. Then I saw your beautiful coral nails, the same as mine. I knew it was meant to be. I have seen you many times since. Please look up & smile or wave. I’m in such need. When: May 21. Where: Casbah of Avondale. #1353-0612

BLUE-EYED BASSIST You: Playing bass for the Jazz brunch at the Omni Hotel. You were wearing a blue dress shirt and jeans.

I couldn’t take my eyes off you. You’re completely charming, and your smile is brighter than the stars. Me: Girl in striped sweater. Hopefully we’ll meet again one day, but until then.

When: May 27. Where: The Omni Hotel. #1364-0626

BLACK CORSET You were wearing a sexy black corset with a nice pair of blue jeans, drinking a Tequila Sunrise. I see you there just about every Wednesday night, very cute and attractive! I wore a Breaking Through shirt, messing around on my computer. You sat next to me, I was kind of nervous. When: May 30. Where: My Place Bar & Grill. #1352-0605

DANCING AT WHISKY RIVER Older woman dancing alone at Whisky River Friday night when you, a 21-year-old guy, asked me to dance. We danced a little naughty a few times as you kissed my neck. I told you my name, but we never exchanged numbers. When: Jan. 15. Where: Whisky River. #1363-0626

BEAUTIFUL GREEN EYES, BLACK DRESS Beautiful blond with green eyes, in black short dress, sitting alone with dog. Our eyes meet again we should have coffee together. When: May 29. Where: Coffee shop, Baymeadows. #1351-0605

YOUR FATHER WORKS FOR BP I regret letting your movers rush you out without trying to get your number; I hope you still have mine. You were so sweet and interesting; I can’t stop thinking about you. You move to Jax from Alaska with your dad; were you as interested as I was? Don’t be the one who got away; please call. Where: BP @ JTB & Philips. #1362-0626 SUPER TARGET ROOSEVELT We smiled in the grocery section around 4 p.m. You: White long-sleeved shirt, black running shorts. Me: Yellow polo shirt, light jeans. Then our paths crossed again as you were going to your car. I drove a silver Avalon; you crossed in front of me. Would like to know more.

When: June 6. Where: Super Target Roosevelt. #1361-0619 LEGALLY BLONDE AND HOT! I saw you walking down the San Marco strip, and I couldn’t tear my eyes off you. So tall, blonde and an attorney, the perfect combination! Do you believe in love at first sight? I do! (Sorry tall, dark and handsome lawyer, I am moving on.) Let’s hook up and break some laws together!

When: June 6. Where: San Marco Starbucks. #1360-0619 SAW YOU AT RAGTIME 6/2 You had light curly hair and were with a friend with black hair sitting on bar stools directly across from me. I bought you a couple of rounds of drinks and had the waiter deliver a note to you. You came and hugged me to say thank you. I was with a group of friends and couldn’t get to you. I’d love to talk with you and see you again. When: June 2. Where: Ragtime Tavern. #1359-0612 BEST SMILE EVER You: The hottest cowboy there. I’d love to be your 10 at 2 and your 10 at 10. You and tequila make me crazy. Me: You had me from hello. When the sun goes down, no shoes, no shirt, no problem. I can’t see you being anything but mine. I can see myself always being lucky with you. When: May 23. Where: Whisky River, Chris Cagle. #1358-0612

“R” FROM OHIO, LOST PHONE # I met you at Kickbacks, you said you moved down from Ohio. Cute girl with also cute friend, I bought you and friend a beer. I lost your number, phone did not save. Please get back to me, I won’t lose it again. When: May 23. Where: Kickbacks Gastropub. #1350-0605 SEXY WHITE CHOCOLATE WITH DREADS I just arrived at beach. You were walking back to your area of beach. Our eyes locked, we couldn’t stop smiling at each other. My legs were like bricks, I tried to walk to you but couldn’t move. I watch you fade away:-( BIG MISTAKE! You: Nice smile, neat and clean dreadlocks, blue shorts, white tank top, with two little boys.

Me: Beautiful black woman, SAD I LET YOU OUTTA MY SIGHT. When: May 19. Where: Jax Beach. #1349-0605

dinner, a dog and brew at the ball park. Where: Publix @ Roosevelt. #1347-0529 BRIDGE MY GAP Me: Purchasing my weekend wine at Vino Del Grato. You: Driving over bridge hot in red needing a coolie.

We should figure the rest out together. You in? When: May 23.

Where: Bridge of Lions. #1346-0529 BIG BLUE EYED GIRL You: Skinny brunette sitting at the bar drinking Angry Orchard. You were making funny faces and had the most adorable laugh I’ve ever seen. Me: I just want to let you know you’re beautiful. When: May 22. Where: The Norm. #1345-0529 DUNKIN DONUTS DELIGHT You: Tall, handsome, blue-eyed coffee god who knows how I take my coffee. Me: Dark curlyhaired girl who likes her coffee black, iced and hazelnut. I used to look forward to my daily visits to Dunkin Donuts in Atlantic Beach until you quit. Where can I see you now that you don’t work at my favorite coffee spot? When: Many.

Where: DDAB. #1344-0529 FLATBED FORD GIRL We talked a bit, saw your awesome truck pictures and would like to sail away with you. Your Eye Guy! When: May 16. Where: The Corner Bistro. #1343-0529 HOT FOR 4TH GRADE TEACHER You: Beautiful brunette wearing a green T-shirt in line behind me at the Post Office, needing of a pen. I could tell and offered mine. Me: 5'9" wearing a gray Volcom T-shirt. We had some friendly chitchat and you left before me. I’d be interested in after-school activities. When: May 7. Where: Post Office on Blanding. #1342-0522 SEXY COP I saw you and can’t stop thinking about you.

Hottest cop I’ve seen. Got into car #1487. Couldn’t get the full name but it was A.K. something. You can pull me over anytime.

Hot redhead in blue Altima. You said hi. I saw stars :) When: May 14. Where: Gate gas station Southside Blvd. #1342-0522

VWS, BIG TA-TAS, ZOMBIES For a while now I’ve seen you often on my drive to work between 8:30-9 a.m. I have a crush.

You: Black Bug. Me: Silver Jetta. We apparently both love: red hair, VWs, our big ta-tas, zombies. What else do we have in common? Let’s find out. Coffee, wine, drink, ice cream: my treat? When: May 24. Where: South on University Blvd. #1348-0529

PRETTY SMILE AT PUBLIX While ordering my sub at Publix on Beach Blvd. and Kernan around 11:15, I hear some faint footstep behind me. I turn my head only to see the most beautiful smile ever so I smile back. She wore nothing but black and her work nametag while her mom ordered a sub, too. I’ll never forget that smile and hope to see it again in the near future. When: May 15. Where: Publix on Beach and Kernan. #1341-0522

YOU TOOK MY BREATH AWAY Beautiful blond with short skirt, blue top and legs to the moon. I was waiting at the prescription counter when I saw you walk in. I think/hoped we made eye contact a few times. You were with a friend. I dreamed of you last night as I’ll dream of you tonight … I saw no ring so I’m taking a shot in the dark here. Maybe lunch,

PRETTY LADY AT SHOOTING I saw you at the corner wearing white pants. You were smoking a cig and dropped to the sidewalk as the bullets rained down at Park Place. Amidst all the gunfire, I saw your pretty eyes twinkle as you ran for your life. You had me at “Bang!” Let me be your bulletproof vest?

When: May 4. Where: Corner of Park Place. #1340-0522

FINE LADY IN BLACK DRESS I saw you at around 8 a.m. After you entered the building, you graciously turned around and held the door open for me. Hoping I can open the door for you one day soon, my dear. When: May 8. Where: Southpoint Office Building, JTB. #1339-0522 HOTTIE WITH QUEEN SHIRT @ THE LANDING Your friends noticed my sister and I were twins, and I noticed how sexy you were! You had on a Queen shirt and said something to me when I walked by you, inside The Landing, during Art Walk. I really wish I would’ve talked to you because you’re the finest piece of dark meat I’ve ever seen! Holla Back! When: May 2.

Where: The Landing, during Art Walk. #1338-0515 BEARS FAN … YUCK Opening of the beaches parade.

Me: Flip-up green sunglasses chilling in the kiddie pool.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you play solitaire, your luck is crazy strong in the weeks ahead. If you have candid, wide-ranging talks with yourself in the mirror, the revelations may be as interesting as if you’d spoken directly with the river god or the angel of the sunrise. Taking long walks alone may bring useful surprises, as may crafting a new declaration of independence. It’s also a great time to expand your skills at giving yourself pleasure. I’m not advising you to be isolated and lonely. I just want to emphasize that you’re due for breakthroughs in your relationship with you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you have a talent, interest, inclination or desire no one else has? Is there some unique way you express what it means to be human? According to my grasping of long-term astrological omens, the months ahead are your time to cultivate this specialty with unprecedented intensity. It’s a window of opportunity to be more practical than ever in making your signature mark on the world.

Between now and your next birthday, be persistent in celebrating a one-of-a-kind truth that is your individuality.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Message in a bottle” isn’t just a pirate movie cliché.

It’s a communication form used throughout history for serious purposes. England’s Queen Elizabeth I appointed an official “Uncorker of Ocean Bottles.”

As recently as 2005, a message in a bottle saved the lives of 88 refugees adrift on a damaged boat on the Caribbean Sea. Glass is excellent for carrying seaborn dispatches. It lasts a long time and can survive hurricanes. In accordance with astrological omens, I nominate “message in a bottle” for your metaphor for the rest of 2012. Create a message you’d like to send to the person you’ll be in five years, maybe a declaration of your highest aspirations between now and then. Write it on paper, stash it in a bottle, store the time capsule in a place you won’t forget, and open it in 2017.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Every 10,000 years or so, reports Weekly World News, hell actually does freeze over. A rare storm brings a massive amount of snow and ice to the infernal regions, and even the Lake of Fire looks like a glacier.

“Satan himself was seen wearing earmuffs and making a snowman,” the story says about the last time it happened. I foresee a hell-freezes-over event for you in the months ahead — in a good way. The seemingly impossible becomes possible, what’s lost is found and what’s bent is made straight. For best results, be ready to shed expectations at a moment’s notice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “In purely spiritual matters, God grants all desires,” said philosopher and activist Simone Weil. “Those who have less have asked for less.” This is a worthy hypothesis to try in the next nine months. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get a dream job, a perfect lover and $10 million. (But don’t rule that out.) You can have any relationship with the Divine Wow you dare to imagine, you can get all the grace you need to understand why your life is the way it is, you can make great progress liberating yourself from suffering.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A plain old ordinary leap of faith may not be ambitious enough in the months ahead. Your potential’s more robust than that, more primed for audacity. How would you feel about trying a quantum leap of faith? Here’s what I mean: a soaring pirouette that sends you flying over a nagging obstacle up onto higher ground, where the views are breathtakingly vast instead of gruntingly half-vast.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The dream which is not fed with dream disappears,” said writer Antonio Porchia. Ain’t it the truth!

Especially for you now. These last few months, you’ve been quite good at attending to your big dreams’ details. You’ve taken the practical approach and done the hard work. But any moment now, it’ll be time to refresh your big dreams with an infusion of fantasies and brainstorms. You need to return to your excitement’s source and feed it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Chinese businessman Hu Xilin is the champion fly-killer of the world. Ever since one of the buzzing pests offended him at dinner in 1997, he’s made it his mission to fight back. He says he’s exterminated more than 10 million of the enemy with his patented “Fly Slayer” machine. By the way, his obsession has made him a millionaire. It’s possible your story during the second half of 2012 has elements in common with Hu Xilin’s. Is there any bad influence you could work to minimize or undo so it might ultimately earn perks and prizes — or at least deep satisfaction?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): From the 14th-18th centuries, many English towns observed a curious custom. If a couple could prove they’d gone a year and a day without ever once being sorry they got married, they’d get an award: a side of cured pork, known as a flitch of bacon. Alas, the prize was rarely claimed. If this practice were still in effect, you Sagies would have an elevated chance of bringing home the bacon in the months ahead. Your ability to create harmony and mutual respect in an intimate relationship is much stronger.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If I had my life to live over,” said Nadine Stair at age 85, “I would perhaps have more actual problems, but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.” Write that down and keep it close to you for the next six months. Your task, as I see it, is to train yourself so you can expertly distinguish actual problems from imaginary ones.

Part of your work, of course, is to get in the habit of immediately ejecting any imaginary ones the moment you notice them.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Astronomer Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was instrumental in laying the groundwork that led to the discovery of Pluto. A visionary pioneer who helped change our conception of the solar system, he also put forth a wacky notion or two. Among the most notable: He declared, against a great deal of contrary evidence, the planet Mars was laced with canals. You have the potential be a bit like him in the months ahead: mostly a wellspring of innovation but sometimes a source of errant theories.

How to ensure errant theories have minimal effect? Be humble, ask for feedback.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Throughout the 16th century and beyond, European explorers trekked through the New World hunting for the mythical land of El Dorado: the Lost City of Gold. The precious metal was supposedly so abundant there, it was even used to make toys. The quest was ultimately futile, though it led explorers to stumble upon lesser treasures of practical value — like the potato. After being brought over to Europe from South America, it became a staple food. I foresee a comparable progression in your world in the months ahead: You may not find gold, but you’ll find a potato-like treasure.

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The healthcare crisis in Northeast Florida offers an opportunity for innovation and improvement

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ecently, we had the opportunity to read a book written by former Sen. Bill Bradley, called “We Can Do Better.” When he speaks of healthcare, Bradley discusses how America has been debating this issue since the turn of the century. The issue of healthcare reform was always debated as to whether or not America even had issues with healthcare delivery and finance. As the result of the action taken by Pres. Barack Obama and the Democratically controlled Congress, a bill of healthcare reform was passed. No longer are we debating whether reforms are needed for our healthcare system.

Now we are debating nationally and in every locale how we are going to pay for any solutions that are created.

There is another problem that is occurring.

Many people in our region and throughout the United States are either still arguing about whether there is a healthcare “crisis” or trying to find legal ways to undo what Pres. Obama and the Congress did. They have refused to embrace the problem, and still see it as a divisive issue between Democrats and Republicans.

Advocates for the homeless might remember that Pres. Ronald Reagan made a comment, words to the effect that there were no homeless people in Washington, D.C.

and the participants who visited these sites have since changed their minds about the existence of a healthcare crisis.

There is a term in healthcare and public health circles that refers to the most fragile people without healthcare. The term is vulnerable populations. A vulnerable population is a group that has healthcare needs and because of funding, insurance, language issues, cultural beliefs and/or a lack of trust in our present systems, does not seek care. The fact that they do not access care until they are in an emergency mode eventually costs the general population large sums of money. It would be much more cost-effective to provide care on an outpatient basis so these individuals would not need hospital crisis care. There is a term in the field of health economics: Medical Cost Offset. The research shows that if you create care systems for people with chronic

Healthcare crisis is not a political issue, but a human service issue – one in which we should all be involved. We invite all Northeast Florida citizens who do not believe there is a crisis to visit their local clinics, mental centers, and hospital emergency rooms to see the range of sects of our society that has limited or no access to healthcare.

That belief was quickly retracted when he saw homeless adults and children sleeping on the subway grates in front of the White House.

We contend that the healthcare crisis is not a political issue, but a human service issue — one in which we should all be involved. We invite all Northeast Florida citizens who do not believe there is a crisis to visit their local clinics, mental health centers and hospital emergency rooms to see the range of sects of our society that have limited or no access to healthcare. This exercise has been done in many locations, including New York City, Miami, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.,

conditions, the price of those programs is far less costly then emergency crisis care that the general population is forced to finance through a higher tax system.

The populations that are most vulnerable are the medically indigent. The individuals living in the Northeast Florida area who meet these criteria are: People who are underemployed, or work for themselves or at a small business that does not provide insurance The homeless The mentally ill Children

Alcoholics and drug addicts The elderly People who have little or no insurance, and have chronic illness Many communities in America have worked locally with citizens, elected officials, churches, social service organization and healthcare organizations to create local solutions. There is one program here in Florida about which we are quite knowledgeable. We served as strategic planning consultants to this effort.

The program, the Hillsborough County Health Plan, has been in existence for 10 years. The plan was created by a grassroots approach similar to what this article is proposing. This is funded by using a half-percent of the real estate taxes in the county. Before this was created, the citizens voted this in place in a referendum. We do not know if this plan will work in Northeast Florida; however, we are proposing that a group of stakeholders, citizens and interested parties within Folio Weekly’s readership create local groups in each county, and then — when the counties have come together perhaps — meet as a regional group.

We are appealing to citizens, elected officials, the clergy and social service and healthcare providers to come together and begin the dialogue. I encourage anyone interested to please contact me, and I will act as a clearinghouse to put people together in various locations in our region.

When the groups come together and discuss the issues, they may decide not to create any solutions. However, the fact that the groups are meeting will serve to be a continual influence on the political climate so that one day, we may all realize a solution. And we will no longer have a healthcare crisis.

“We can do better!”

Dr. Daniel Berman, Walden University Dr. Susan Randers, Walden University

Berman is a professor of Nursing Management and Healthcare Administration at Walden University. Randers is a professor of Psychology at Walden. The two are married and live in Fernandina Beach. Contact Berman at dberman1@bellsouth.net or 904-261-2258.

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