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FROM THE EDITOR History REPEATS ITSELF in St. Johns County

ALPINE

REDOUBT

IN THE WANING DAYS OF THE REICH, LEADING Nazi Party members lobbied the Führer for a tactical retreat. The Atlantikwall had been breached. Europe was clearly untenable. The proposed solution—which the autocratic Adolf Hitler dismissed in favor of a more theatrical bunker suicide— was to concentrate the remaining German forces and dig into the rugged terrain of the Bavarian and Austrian Alps, near Switzerland. This Alpine Redoubt would have been impregnable, allowing the Nazis to live to fight another day.

And, lo!, our own Switzerland, Florida, is part of an Alpine Redoubt of sorts. It’s St. Johns County, where the forces of old-school white supremacy are apparently alive and well—and very interested in the activities of St. Augustine’s Lincolnville Museum.

Across most of the state, we have the (relative) luxury of holding a (relatively) civilized discourse around the many unfulfilled promises of “post-race” America.

But here, in St. Johns County, we’re so prepost-race, it’s not even funny.

This past weekend, the Lincolnville Museum, in association with the St. Augustine chapter of Women’s March Florida, planned to unveil a historical marker on the banks of the St. Johns River, at the site where Isaac Barrett was lynched in 1897. The gesture was inspired by the Montgomery, Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative’s Community Remembrance Project, which has documented thousands of lynchings.

Hours before the Oct. 20 ceremony, the marker was stolen.

The organizers carried on, planting a makeshift marker in the presence of several dozen attendees. The speakers noted the unique circumstances. Similar markers have been erected across the South, all without incident.

“Why is this the first marker stolen from this project?” asked Mary Cobb, Captain of the St. Augustine chapter of Women’s March Florida. “Because St. Johns County has a problem.”

These same speakers also noted that Isaac Barrett was accused of a serious crime, and that he wasn’t necessarily innocent.

A mysterious, pre-emptive email arrived in our inbox the day after the ceremony (at which I was a silent spectator). Its author warned us to “do some research before installing lynching monuments and writing articles.” (It was also addressed to the Lincolnville Museum; see Mail on page 5.)

The author also provided a link to an ancient New York Times blurb, which was already part of the documentation behind the marker project. (Indeed, the NYT account was even cited in a previous Folio Weekly Backpage Editorial penned by Lincolnville Museum director Regina Gayle Phillips.)

The problem is not that an innocent man was lynched. The problem is that the question of Barrett’s innocence or guilt was never determined in a court of law.

When an elite, Ivy League Supreme Court nominee is “denied due process” (in a job interview), or when a Saudi prince who purchased the loyalty of Jared Kushner is “denied due process” (in the court of public opinion), the Tea Party is self-righteously indignant. But when a black man is denied real due process and lynched by a real mob, they defer to an archived New York Times article based on hearsay and published over a hundred years ago. (I guess that’s when NYT wasn’t “FAKE NEWS.”) I’ve said it before, and I’m fairly certain I’ll be forced to say it again: the intellectual dishonesty of this current crop of right-wing “intelligentsia” is the seam around which their entire movement will eventually unravel.

When push comes to shove, though, they will fall back on the kind of bald, mightmakes-right ideology we saw in St. Johns County this past weekend. At the end of the day, “the South” doesn’t need an argument. It has a history.

Now, as a carpet-bagging Yankee from way, way up in South Florida (this is not entirely sarcastic; I do hail from northern Palm Beach County), I realize I’m wholly (or at least partially) unqualified to pronounce on “Southern” issues. So be it. My Southern brothers and sisters are perfectly capable of getting their own house in order.

I am a Floridian, however, and I know this vast, varied state better than any St. Johns County old boy.

The history that these walking anachronisms celebrate is not Florida’s history.

The era during which their great-grandaddies reigned was a brief, unpleasant chapter in a greater history stretching back millennia.

That history will march forward—for at least another few decades, until the rising tide claims this bizarre and glorious Atlantis.

But that’s a story for another editorial.

Watch this space.

Georgio Valentino georgio@folioweekly.com @thatgeorgioguy

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So much really good music has flowed from Northeast Florida and Southern Georgia, it’s only right and, indeed, it’s our duty to ensure the area has its own music hall of fame. And a few dedicated folks in St. Augustine are working toward that end. See if your favorite NEFla musician is in the first class! The inaugural induction and concert, 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre’s Backyard Stage, free, samhof.com.

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8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, The Florida Theatre, Downtown, 355-2787, floridatheatre.com, $15.

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the Blue Angels, there’s no subtlety about it: That very loud vroom vroom fills your ears and their gravity-defying maneuvers fill your eyes, even as your brain says they do the impossible. The second-oldest formal flying aerobatic team, the U.S. Navy’s Angels fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Fun fact: They still use many techniques and tricks tried out the first year they flew, 1946. The flygirls and boys take to the skies, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. & Sun., Oct. 27 & 28, Naval Air Station Jax (the Angels’ birthplace!), Westside, free.

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drummer Max Weinberg has a history of moonlighting, most famously serving as Conan O’Brien’s musical foil for nearly 20 years, on both Late Night and the ill-starred Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. The drummer and bandleader’s new sideline is Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, a four-piece band that plays rock and roll’s greatest hits on demand. Audience members select the tunes from a menu of 200; Weinberg and co. serve them up steaming hot, 8:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, pvconcerthall.com, $49.50.

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What’s more horrifying than a dangerous virus spread by literal word-ofmouth? Victims lose the ability to communicate with words–language makes no sense–so they’re driven to madness and animalistic rage. Directed by Stephanie Natale Frus and accompanied by Drew Edward Hunter’s artwork (pictured), 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, $25-$28, playersbythesea.org; through Nov. 3.

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THE MAIL HISTORY OF ISAAC BARRETT

JAG NOSTALGIA

RE.: “Alpine Redoubt,” by Georgio Valentino, Oct. 24 CC.: Lincolnville Museum I THINK BOTH OF YOU SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH before you start installing lynching monuments and writing articles. I just found this today, in very short research. There are always two sides to every story.

Don’t believe everything you read from the Lynching Museum.

I did research on the names for the monument for Duval County, Florida. I found out that two of the men were arrested for the murder of a white man, and one other was accused of rape. Not the kind of people to memorialize. Anyway, just thought you would want to know the whole story about the one “Isaac Barrett” in St. John’s County.

Seber Newsome III via email

WHAT SEEMS LIKE YEARS NOW, THE FOLIO WEEKLY used to have an article about the Jags each week.

It was one of the more interesting articles in the publication. What happened? Would you guys bring it back?

Steve Rose via email

I LOVE DAVI RE.: “Pets Like Me: Gucci,” by Davi, Oct. 10 I LOVE DAVI! Claudia Baker via Facebook

CONSOLIDATION RECONSIDERED CONSOLIDATION WILL BE 50 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. African American leaders who supported Consolidation understood that their political power would be diminished, but believed it was a reasonable tradeoff for potential economic benefits as well as more accountable local government.

However, black political power dwindled disproportionately after Consolidation due to last-minute maneuvering by white state legislators from Duval, who sponsored the Consolidation bill in Tallahassee. The original compact that emerged from the community had 19 single-member Council districts, not the existing 14 single-member plus 5 at-large districts imposed by the delegation.

These at-large seats dilute the vote of African Americans and working people, according to the “one person, one vote mandate” of the Supreme Court–even with the residency requirements added subsequently.

If Duval Republicans want a more peaceful community, they can start by taking their thumbs off the scales of justice. Put a simple question on the ballot in March 2019: “Should at-large Council seats be abolished and replaced by single-member Council districts, or should they be retained?”

Michael Hoffmann via email

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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BRICKBATS TO TOM PATTON Neptune Beach City Council elections are traditionally nonpartisan contests, but this candidate is circulating a mailer describing himself as “the ONLY homeowner, taxpayer, small business owner and CONSERVATIVE in the race.” The same literature touts Patton’s position as president of the First Coast Republican Club.

BOUQUETS TO KEVIN GAY The Jacksonville-based advocate for second chances has taken his mission to the national level with an Oct. 9 article in Forbes Magazine’s CommunityVoice forum. Gay and his nonprofit Operation New Hope help the formerly incarcerated find employment and reintegrate after serving their sentences.

BRICKBATS TO CAVEMEN AT THE CAFE To the aging frat boys sitting outside my local coffee joint, attempting to engage every single female passerby (and only single female passersby) in conversation, please stop. Your desperate, shotgun gallantry has no place in the present millennium. If they want to talk to you, they will. (Which means they probably won’t. Deal with it.)

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FOLIO VOICES : FIGHTIN’ WORDS

CASH MONEY UAE drops a check; we KISS THE RING

THE OLD AXIOM “NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE mouth” has fallen out of favor for several reasons. One, most of us don’t often deal with horses. And they typically don’t gift.

However, it came to mind last week, when Jacksonville received a grant of $2.775 million from United Arab Emirates.

They run this one a lot: dole out $$$ to some B-List, C-List or D-List market after a disaster, and expect laudatory press coverage for donating what amounts to a rounding error for the country’s treasury.

And in market after market, it works. Our politicians would rather spend money made out of thin air, via Fed policy, short-term borrowing, or paying off past obligations in the future. Borrowing’s not getting cheaper.

And there’s a lot of noise around the process.

There’s never a bad time to get a $2.775 million disbursement, of course. But it’s not much when stacked up against a $1.27 billion general fund budget, or the nearly $4 billion owed on that pension debt. Simply Red said it best: “Money’s too tight (to mention).”

Enter our new friends.

The city of Jacksonville, informed sources tell us, had been working that deal for some time. Nonprofits too. And council members, such as the selected District 10 Republican, have been heard bragging about how the $1.4 million being routed to the Irma-ravaged Ken Knight Road area is his key to election for whatever comes next.

The money was spent before it was received. And the political capital was minted.

But there was a cost.

That cost is in the sanction, the granting of moral equivalence.

United Arab Emirates is among the world’s worst when it comes to human rights.

Human Rights Watch noted continued imprisonment and disappearances of political dissidents (similar to how the allied Saudis did Khashoggi) and a “sustained assault on freedom of expression and association since 2011.” The regime kills people judged to have “undermine[d] national unity or social peace.”

Freedom House says the country is “not free,” ranking it below Zimbabwe and Venezuela in political and civil rights. Human Freedom Index says it is the 15th-worst country in the world for personal freedom.

And they take the show abroad as well: UAE is part of the Saudis’ dirty war in Yemen, running detention centers and counterterror ops on foreign soil. And our forces are fighting that war for them—retired soldiers rendered a mercenary force for a nation antithetical to our values. So with

all that in mind, in an American city which claims to have its fiscal house in order (credit downgrades notwithstanding), why are we taking any money from a government that doesn’t operate by anything approaching American values?

Ambassador Yousef Al-Otaiba was at the endowment event last Monday, at A. Philip Randolph Academy. I asked the Ambassador about human rights.

“We’re here to talk about our gifts to Jacksonville,” he asserted. “If you want to ask me a question about what our laws are, we’re happy to address that. But that’s not why we’re here today.”

Right.

How about Mayor Lenny Curry? He’s a Jaguars fan. So he knows what a punt looks like.

Curry said, “There’s experts in Washington, elected leaders in Washington who handle our foreign policy,” before pivoting to thank the Ambassador.

The crowd applauded. The Ambassador’s handlers gave me the kind of once-over usually used just before a law enforcement interrogation.

Curry and the Ambassador had the press wait around for a media availability that never came. They zipped off in SUVs—all American-made.

Foreign policy hasn’t always been the remote province of experts for Curry, however.

He offered a blistering defense of President Trump’s announcement that America was ditching the Paris Accord climate deal. “@realDonaldTrump [1] @POTUS [2] campaigned on American jobs, cutting regs that killed those jobs & he won. He’s doing what he said he would do. #jobs [3],” Curry tweeted in early 2017.

That was just before Hurricane Maria wrecked Puerto Rico, before Irma wrecked us, and before Michael wrecked the Panhandle.

Certainly, climate change played no part in any of that. The gods were just angry.

In 2015, Curry didn’t want Syrian refugees.

He was worried they would replicate the Paris attacks here, apparently. Or maybe he just wanted to score some points with the base on President Obama.

The UAE has an agenda independent of U.S. concerns and U.S. values. Yet for whatever reason, public employees solicited their money. And the imprimatur of the city went to legitimize UAE’s business model, with us as the vassals kissing the ring.

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NEWS BITES TOP HEADLINES FROM NE FLORIDA NEWSMEDIA

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Florida-Georgia festivities at The Jacksonville Landing have been a tradition since time immemorial, or at least since the waterfront mall was built in the late 1980s. All that may change this year. In an Oct. 17 story, David Bauerlein of The Florida Times-Union reported that City Hall is imposing restrictions on said festivities for the first time. Those restrictions have both parties locked in litigation.

First and foremost, the city (which owns the land on which the mall is built) requires that The Landing’s owners, Jacksonville Landing Investments (owned by the Sleiman family), file for a special events permit. The only problem is timing. The game goes down Oct. 27, tailgate party or no tailgate party. In order to file the permit application 90 days in advance, as the new rules stipulate, the Sleimans would need a time machine.

The Landing did file an application, on Oct. 1, and then promptly began advertising. This drew the ire of city officials, who argue that The Landing was notified about the permit process back in June, giving the Sleimans plenty of time to file.

Either way, the clock is ticking.

“Circuit Court Judge Kevin Blazs heard arguments Wednesday from attorneys for The Landing and the city,” Bauerlein wrote. “Blazs asked each side to give him its proposed orders in 20 days, so his ruling will take place after the Florida-Georgia game. Until then, the city will make the decision on whether it grants a permit for The Landing in connection with Florida-Georgia.”

That means the ball is in the city’s court, which doesn’t bode well for The Landing. Bauerlein noted that “[t]he dispute is part of a larger courtroom battle over whether the city can evict the mall’s owners from the city-owned land.” This is just one chapter in an ongoing saga of litigation—a saga that was recently interrupted by tragedy on Aug. 26, when a mass shooting unfolded at a video game tournament hosted on the property.

CLAY TODAY GET OUT AND WALK

Meanwhile, the Council on Aging of Clay County has fired its Executor Director Al Rizer over the organization’s ongoing financial problems. Those problems stem from the Council’s side hustle, Clay Transit. With a confused mandate mixing up senior services and public transportation, it’s no surprise the agency has been hemorrhaging money for years.

Nick Blank of Clay Today has kept his eye on these developments since the first rumblings of financial trouble. Blank’s Oct. 17 story reported Rizer’s removal; the director had been serving as head of the Council on and off since 2008. Chief Financial Officer Megan Villavicencio resigned the very morning of the meeting at which Rizer’s ouster was announced.

Blank quoted Council President John Bowles, who “said a change in leadership was needed in the organization with the serious accounting problems.”

“It’s simply a business decision. It has nothing to do with personalities, because we all know each other and worked together for years,” Bowles said. “We hate that it comes down to this.”

But it’s not ‘simply a business decision.’ In addition to running the public bus system, the Council is required by law to provide transport to the underserved as well. “Bowles said senior services would not be affected by the transportation services’ deficit as the council considered cuts,” Blank observed.

ST. AUGUSTINE RECORD KING’S GRANT NOT GRANTED

The St. Johns County Commission has dealt another blow to a proposed development that has been drawing criticism for years.

“In something of a surprise,” The St. Augustine Record’s Stuart Korfhage wrote in an Oct. 16 story, “the St. Johns County Commission voted against a proposal to settle the lawsuit by the King’s Grant developers, dealing another setback to the 999-home development.”

King’s Grant has been in the works for years, and it has been resisted for just as long. Its developers dreamed up a massive, 770-acre mixed-use development at S.R. 206 and I-95. They faced regulatory headwinds from the start. Turns out, St. Johns County doesn’t need any more sprawl.

A 2015 vote was close, with three Commissioners voting in favor of and two against preliminary rezoning to prepare the ground for King’s Grant. The latest vote, this one to move the project through a courtroom impasse, was unequivocal. One former “yes” vote even moved to the “no” column.

“On Tuesday, the vote was 4-1 to deny the settlement agreement,” Korfhage reported. “What was most surprising was that Commissioner Jimmy Johns, who voted in favor of the development in 2015, voted against settling. Also, Commissioner Jay Morris was the only one in favor of the settlement, even though he voted against the development in 2015.”

Litigation will continue, but the Grant’s future looks grim.

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BLOODY SUNDAY Duval goes national, for the wrong reason, again PHRASES LIKE “CITY UNDER SIEGE” GET THROWN around in the media so often that they become cliché. But it’s hard for many Jacksonville residents to not feel that way, at least a little. This year has been defined by death, and this summer has been bookended by gun violence.

The most recent episode occurred on Oct. 21, when the relative calm of an early Sunday afternoon was broken by the sound of gunshots. When it was over, six people lay wounded, three critically; the gunman was gone; and the surrounding community was left asking the same old questions, with no useful answers forthcoming.

While the city was fixated on the first quarter of that day’s Jaguars-Texans game, early news was filtering in—literally.

Since police scanners were removed from newsrooms a few years ago, following statewide pressure from other departments, the media has been left dependent on secondhand sources when breaking news comes in.

This, like so many other recent occasions, was one where the old technology would have proven useful for both the media and the community it serves.

The Public Information Office of JSO (@ JSOPIO) broke the news on Twitter at 1:26 p.m.: “#JSO is working multiple people shot at APR [A. Phillip Randolph Blvd.] and Pippin. Once a safe location is determined for the media it will be advised. At this time, no location has been set.” That safe location turned out to be a nearby park, at Evergreen and First, where the assembled media were briefed two hours later.

A still image from security camera footage was distributed, showing a silver-grey fourdoor Nissan sedan speeding away from the 900 block of A. Phillip Randolph Blvd., on the city’s historic Eastside. The shooter rode shotgun, opening up on a small crowd standing out front of a local laundromat at about half past noon, firing for no particular reason that anyone could discern. One woman was shot, as well as five men.

A stray bullet reportedly struck the façade of a nearby church. It’s an apt metaphor for the way gun violence has imposed itself on historic neighborhoods like this one.

“We usually ride our bikes to the game,” said Stu Leppard (alias), a local business owner who lives in neighboring Springfield and wishes to remain anonymous. He rode past the area a few minutes before the incident. “We always go APR. At the time, tailgaters were starting to show up, but there’s not much tailgating at the intersection where it happened. I know the spot because there’s a weird kind of carnival vibe lot; I always try to figure that lot out when I ride by.”

Leppard learned of the shooting via the Ring app, which monitors the security camera at his house and alerts him to nearby police activity.

“We found out as we were walking into the stadium. The people we were with were spooked. It’s eerie to know you were in the same location shortly before.”

A number of fans reported receiving calls from loved ones who knew they were at the game. Once the story went national, with headlines all linking it to the stadium, people unfamiliar with the terrain naturally assumed the action broke out much closer. A similar dynamic was in effect after the Landing shooting two months ago.

If any of the victims know who shot them, they didn’t tell the police. It’s all too common in communities that don’t trust the police, largely because they’ve really been given no good reason to. As always, Crime Stoppers has an open call for anonymous tips at 1-866845-TIPS. “We’ve got to get innovative, in terms of our policing,” said Ben Frazier, founder of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville.

“Police reforms are great, but we’ve got to be honest with ourselves about areas like the Eastside, zip code 32206, where 38.6% of the population lives below the poverty line. These people must be given a fair shot at getting their piece of the economic pie.”

Early speculation was that the shooting was gang-related, but Frazier points to a broader dynamic at play.

“We’ve got to stop glamorizing violence among our young people. It’s a community problem that requires a community solution.

We understand that the pressing problem is the violence that’s affecting people across the community, but we need to connect the dots between poverty and crime.”

It’s been a truly brutal year for the city, with an estimated 70% of homicides going unsolved. Between the murders, the suicides and the epidemic of opioid overdoses, death has impacted on every segment of the community multiple times by now. Trauma fatigue has begun to set in, but people are not giving up hope. That’s not their nature.

“This will not change my routine,” said Stu Leppard. “A few bad eggs are not who these people are that I see every game. I will continue to ride that way, and I hope the celebratory vibe returns.”

Surely that vibe will return, and quickly.

It’s a resilient community that’s been dealing with these issues for a long time. But, all the same, it was a day that will not soon be forgotten.

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LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES

County school board candidates CHALLENGE PRIVATIZATION

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here’s a battle raging here in Duval County, a battle for the future of our schools. On one side are supporters of public education, current and former teachers with life-long ties to the community, folks who went to and taught in our schools. On the other side are agents of the corporate reform movement that pushes school vouchers, charter schools and alternative teaching routes, not to mention high-stakes testing and teacher evaluations in state legislatures across the union. These people dropped anchor here fairly recently, and they really don’t have much in the way of education experience.

The local campaign actually started about eight years ago when the first KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) charter school opened and the controversial nonprofit Teach for America started planting corps members in our schools.

These corporate reforms may accelerate or come to an end this November, depending on how people vote. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Jacksonville’s school board will change dramatically.

Gone will be term-limited members Becki Couch and Paula Wright, as well as Scott Shine, who decided not to run for a second term. Replacing them will be either Charlotte Joyce or Dave

Chauncey in District 6; Cynthia Smith or Darryl Willie in District 4; and Elizabeth Andersen or Nick Howland in District 2.

On the surface, these contests may seem like a battle of the sexes, but they are much more than that. All the women in the contests are either current or former teachers; all the men are backed by business interests and the charter school industry. They have vastly different visions for our schools.

School board candidates typically say similar things while on the stump. Invariably, they all want to retain the best teachers and put students first. That’s why it’s important to look at things like track records and experience. Oh, and donors. You can learn a lot about a candidate by the company they keep.

Howland, Chauncey and Willie (henceforth “the men”) are all supported by special interests, such as school voucher providers and charter schools. Joyce, Butler and Andersen (henceforth “the women”) are not.

Another contrast: The women have a lot of relevant education experience that the men lack.

Of the three male contenders, only Chauncey has ever even taught in Duval County, and only for a mere two years.

The three women are lifelong residents of this area; the men are not. Howland is the only man who has lived in Jacksonville for more a decade. Furthermore, all the women are graduates of Duval County Public Schools. The men are not.

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How did we get to this point? Enter the money men, Gary Chartrand and John Kirtley.

Chartrand is a former (Rick Scott-appointed) chair of the state Board of Education and a Ponte Vedra Beach millionaire, who now spends millions to influence education policy.

Chartrand lobbied the county to import the KIPP brand (he serves on the company’s board) and Teach for America, a national organization that takes recent graduates (education degrees are optional) and puts them through a five-week teacher boot camp before planting them in our neediest schools for two-year tours of duty. Willie and Chauncey are alumni of this program.

Chartrand also collects school board members like I used to collect baseball cards.

He has backed a candidate in every single school board race since 2012. His vision: KIPP-style charter schools staffed by Teach for America teachers. He contributed $4,000 to David Chauncey’s campaign from his own bank account and three nominally active companies whose sole purpose seems to be able to allow him to donate more than the average citizen. He also donated $1,000 to Nick Howland.

Those sums may seem small, but they’re the tip of the iceberg. Chartrand is part of a well-connected network of movers and shakers that includes members of the Civic Council and the board of KIPP charter schools. Preston Haskell, Peter Rummell and Wayne Weaver have also donated to Chartrand’s candidates.

Furthermore, Chartrand has made a habit of turning thousands of dollars in donations into millions to fund his pet projects. His personal contributions in the thousands, force-multiplied by dark money and super PAC slush in the tens of thousands, helped elect State Representative Jason Fischer and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. Once in office, those connections would reap millions in taxpayer dollars for Chartrand’s KIPP charter school. Mayor Curry had the former Jacksonville Children’s Commission send the KIPP school hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for its longer school day, while Fischer has had millions inserted into the state budget also for the KIPP school. Chartrand’s return on investment has been about 50 to one.

Perhaps the biggest feather in Chartrand’s cap is that despite having no relevant education experience and having sent his children to expensive, exclusive private schools, Chartrand parlayed his donations to Florida Governor Rick Scott into a spot on the state Board of Education, where he has a front row seat to push his “pro school choice” (read: privatization) agenda—at the expense of public schools and the teaching profession in general.

Tampa-based money man John Kirtley donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to shepherd the tax-deferred credit scholarship program, commonly known as vouchers. Then he created Step Up for Students, the state’s biggest voucher authorizer.

Vouchers are used to pay tuition to private schools, and many of these private schools have been in the news lately for hiring felons

and unqualified individuals placing them on their faculty rosters. Many of these recent hires teach dubious theology as fact. These schools are so lightly regulated, most don’t have to report how they spend their funds.

Despite all this, Florida continues to expand voucher programs rather than subject them to common-sense regulations.

There are huge differences between the candidates supported by Chartrand, Kirtley and their wealthy friends, and the candidates supported by teachers and parents.

DISTRICT 6 The District 6 challenge has longtime teacher and lifelong Jacksonville resident Charlotte Joyce pitted against recent transplant and former Teach for America corps member and current lawyer David Chauncey.

Joyce has spent her entire adult life in our public schools system. If elected, she would represent not just schools at which she has taught, but also schools that she has attended.

Chauncey taught for two years at Ribault Middle as a Teach for America corps member, leaving as soon as he fulfilled his two-year commitment.

The district’s outgoing school board member Becki Couch supports Joyce, announcing on Facebook, “If you live in my district, I ask that you vote for Charlotte Austin Joyce to represent the school board seat I am vacating. She is a seasoned educator who will put the needs of students first. She has grown up on the Westside and attended Stilwell and Ed White. She is an experienced educator with school aged children, so she understands the needs of our students and community on the Westside.”

If primary is prologue, the money favors the corporate candidate. Joyce raised $9,455 during her primary campaign. She spent $8,396.47 and received 6,629 votes ($1.22 per vote). Dave Chauncey raised $75,247 and spent $65.952.24 to pull in 6,624 votes ($9.92 per vote).

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While Joyce was bringing in small dollar amounts donated by teachers and parents, a full 79 percent of Chauncey’s total $75,000 donor haul came in the form of maximum donations, and 75 percent was funneled in from outside the district. Gary Chartrand and his organizations donated at least $4,000, records show. Ten political action committees contributed, including the Watchdog PAC, First Coast Conservatives and Floridians for Economic Freedom.

Since Chauncey took so much money from charter school interests, you may be wondering how he feels about charter schools.

This tweet, from last year, seems to indicate that he is all for them.

Darryl Willie did spend three years in a classroom in Arkansas more than a decade ago. Since then, he has had a variety of jobs, landing at Teach for America in 2011. He became the Jacksonville location executive director in 2015.

These, however, are troubling times for TFA and that fact, more than anything, may have influenced his decision to run for the school board again. It’s no secret that Teach for America is on its way out of town. The organization brought in only 50 new teachers this year, all assigned to charter schools rather than traditional DCPS schools. Superintendent Diana Greene told me personally that, while the district plans to honor last year’s contract, the deal will not be renewed.

Teach for America Jacksonville received a whopping $5 million from the Quality Education for All initiative, but none of the money ever saw the inside of a classroom.

And, in any case, that well is fast running dry.

That brings us to Darryl Willie’s sixfigure salary.

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According to the Supervisor of Elections website, Willie’s salary is $120,000 a year. It’s an amount no teacher in Jacksonville will ever see in a single 12-month’s time. Even principals who oversee hundreds of staff members and thousands of kids rarely take home that kind of dosh.

If Willie and Chauncey, both TFA alumni, joined forces on the Board, the two of them might be able to reverse TFA Jax’s current downward spiral.

In District 4, another longtime teacher and lifelong resident, Cynthia Smith, is running against Teach for America executive Darryl Willie, who has been in Jacksonville seven years. Mr. Willie has now run for a seat on the school board twice.

Smith has a compelling story. She started as a bookkeeper and worked her way up to assistant principal before leaving to run a preschool. She served in Duval County Public Schools for 16 years—16 years longer than Darryl Willie.

Like Joyce, Smith is endorsed by her predecessor, in this case outgoing District 4 representative Paula Wright.

Smith is also certified in Esol Education, Reading, Guidance and Counseling and Leadership. Willie has no certifications.

The race for District 2 features former DCPS teacher and current mental health counselor Elizabeth Andersen and Navy veteran and businessman Nick Howland. As in the other races, the corporate reform movement has thrown its considerable weight behind the businessman, not the teacher.

In the primary, Andersen raised $6,845 to Howland’s $56,559. Andersen spent $5,236.99 and received 4,823 votes ($1.09 per vote).

Howland spent $51,496 dollars—nearly 10 times as much as Andersen—and received 6,678 votes ($7.72 per vote).

Howland reportedly spent $17,000 on an advertisement that touted the candidate’s

When Corcoran and Chauncey speak about “high expectations, high support” charter schools, one of the schools to which they allude is the KIPP chain, which recently expanded into Miami. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that Chauncey received loads of financial support from the KIPP Jacksonville board and leadership.

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“conservative” businessman credentials.

School board races are supposed to be nonpartisan, by the way, because what is best for our children ought to transcend political ideology. Howland has nevertheless taken every opportunity to let people know he is a Republican. The Republican Party of Jacksonville has even canvassed for him.

Howland received the maximum contribution from 30 donors, both individual and corporate. The Florida Times-Union reported that he had received money from several PACs. His donors are known supporters of charter- and privateschool scholarships.

Most remarkable of all, Nick Howland’s résumé is nearly identical to that of current school board member Scott Shine, whose résumé was in turn nearly identical to that of his predecessor, Fred “Fel” Lee. All are wealthy businessmen who began by dabbling on the edges of public service, serving on various boards but without the benefit of anything approaching relevant education experience.

The other candidates for the District 2 School Board seat concur. Shannon Beckham, Casey Ayers and Sam Hall have all rallied behind Elizabeth Andersen and her uniquely qualified background. Andersen is, after all, a former teacher and a current mental health counselor in an era when schools are finally starting to take mental health seriously.

I reached out to Willie, Chauncey and Howland with questions. To his credit, Howland was the only one who responded to me. In his response, as elsewhere, he says he will be independent of his donors and that he will do what he feels is best for the district and its children.

WHY DONORS SUPPORT CANDIDATES I believe Howland is being honest when he says he won’t be beholden to his donors. He doesn’t have to. He already shares their views on charters, vouchers and alternative teacher routes like Teach for America. That’s one reason why people and organizations support candidates.

The other reason is because they want something.

Donors like Chartrand and Tampabased voucher lobbyist John Kirtley expect a return on investment. These are not swing voters who can be swayed by Howland’s devilish good looks, Willie’s ability to do the KiKi challenge, or the fact that Chauncey is a Gator.

All three are incredibly light on policy details (except for Willie, who thinks the district should organize a reading-to-babiesin-the-womb program). Howland wants to recruit and retain great teachers, but doesn’t offer any concrete proposals.

Yet all three candidates have attracted enormous sums and support from the forces of privatization. Before voting, citizens should ask themselves why these rich, white millionaires, most residing outside the districts up for grabs, support these men.

AMENDMENT 8 & CHARTER SCHOOLS Another way to see where candidates stand on the issue of privatization is to review how they felt about Amendment 8.

Before being removed from the ballot, the amendment was vigorously pushed by the corporate reform movement and charter schools supporters.

Indeed, the stillborn initiative was the work of charter school lobbyists. As more and more charter schools fail (more than 350 have done so), local school boards around the state have begun to push back. Forcing the corporate reform lobbyists to retreat to their last bastion of support: the Republicandominated state legislature.

It turns out many prominent and powerful Republicans and their family members own, work for or have close ties to charter schools.

Speaker Richard Corcoran’s wife operates a charter school; Representative Manny Diaz takes home a six-figure paycheck from another one; and Representative Michael Bileca operates a foundation that funds a charter school.

Charter school supporters eventually devised a plan to circumvent the principle of home rule, which used to be a tenet of the Republican Party, and take the authorization of charter schools away from local school boards. Amendment 8 was born.

The amendment used two nominally popular ideas (the introduction of civics education and term limits for school board members) as a smokescreen for a nearly universally reviled idea: the creation of a state entity to authorize, or impose, charter schools.

The state of Florida already mandates civics education in middle school, and Duval County already has term limits for school board members. So there was no need to change the state constitution on those grounds. The amendment really boiled down to state versus local rule on charter schools.

When asked how they felt about Amendment 8, Chauncey and Howland both said they were undecided. That’s highly unlikely. It seems unconscionable that a person running for a seat on the school board wouldn’t support local control, but neither Chauncey nor Howland could commit to that.

On Sept. 8, the Florida Supreme Court had Amendment 8 removed from this November’s ballot, saying it was deceptive. We’re still wondering why Chauncey and Howland claim they’re undecided.

Undecided or not, Howland and Chauncey did take quite a bit of money from local charter school interests. Chauncey, whose wife works for the Chartrand-funded KIPP school, received the maximum amount in donations from KIPP executive Tom Majdanics and four other KIPP board members (Chartrand, John Baker II, Gary Norcross and William Walton), while Howland received money from Majdanics, Chartrand and Baker. Darryl Willie wasn’t completely frozen out, as Daniel Edelman, another board member, threw him a grand.

HOW YOU KNOW WHO’S WHO IN SCHOOL BOARD RACES In school board races, everyone says they’re in favor of retaining great teachers and putting children first. Such rhetoric is a given. It’s important to look behind the words and see who’s actually supporting which candidates.

If a candidate is supported by teachers and parents, then there’s a good chance they are for public education. If they are supported by JAXBIZ, the political arm of the Chamber of Commerce, then there is a good chance they are not for public education.

WJCT reported that the top-funded candidates in all three local school board races—Nick Howland, David Chauncey and Darryl Willie—are endorsed by JAXBIZ. “We look for high-quality candidates who are business-minded and know how to run a business,” said JAX Chamber CEO Daniel Davis.

He said that’s because school board members are responsible for a large budget, and it’s important that dollars are spent efficiently.

This explanation might fly in the District 2 school board race (Howland is a businessman), but how does it make sense in Districts 4 and 6?

Willie runs a small nonprofit that depends on donations to operate, and Chauncey is a lawyer. He doesn’t manage any budgets.

JAXBIZ picked these two in lieu of proven lifelong residents with tremendous education backgrounds, one of whom (Smith) does run a business.

It’s hard to believe that JAXBIZ does not take its orders from the Chamber of Commerce and the Civic Council, a consortium of businessmen who are quite influential and used to having their whims carried out. If we look at those from whom the candidates have taken money from, we see Chartrand and KIPP’s Davis (both are also part of the Civic Council), as well as Wayne Weaver and Matt Kane, who have given to both Chauncey and Howland, and Tim Cost, who has donated to Chauncey.

Kane, by the way, was on the board of the Jacksonville Children’s Commission when it decided to break precedent and give KIPP hundreds of thousands of dollars for the school’s extended school day.

Can you imagine these money men supporting a sheriff who didn’t have a law enforcement background? Yet they consistently support candidates who have little to no experience in the important field of education.

Even worse, their track record is abysmal.

They supported Jason Fischer, who quit to run for the State House, where he proved to be an ardent foe of education and diverted millions more dollars to KIPP. Furthermore, in a display of chutzpah, Fischer called for an audit of a budget he had helped craft before he quit.

JAXBIZ and the Civic Council also supported Scott Shine, whose antics cost the district more than a hundred thousand dollars when he attacked me in The TimesUnion. They were big supporters of Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who spent cash like a drunken sailor. Vitti left

the district more than $60 million in the hole when he went back to Detroit.

The Civic Council, which is basically just a club of rich businessmen, also wanted the district to defer the selection of a new superintendent until after the elections, when (they hope) they will have three sympathetic school board members. Thankfully the board decided to ignore this request and proceed.

Then, when the district started the superintendent selection process, the Civic Council demanded access. The district rightfully said no, and eventually selected Superintendent Greene. The Civic Council was allowed to have a representative on the community board.

The Chamber of Commerce and its related organization, Florida Tax Watch, are also ardent foes of the class-size amendment, one reform that is proven to work. Even though it was twice approved by the citizens of Florida, the language has been so gutted that it is nearly unrecognizable. Furthermore, choice schools can calculate a school-wide rather than class-wide average. That means they need fewer teachers, which means there will be fewer union teachers. This may explain why, rather than giving parents options, the corporate reform community pushes for what they refer to as school choice.

IN CONCLUSION Gary Chartrand, a rich grocer from Ponte Vedra with unconventional ideas about education, has used his money and influence like a sledgehammer to pound our public schools into submission. He never taught a single class a day in his life.

He sent his children to exclusive, expensive private schools with small classes taught by experienced, professional instructors, and lots of electives and support. This is not what he wants for your children. This is not what he has been pushing for.

His candidates—Howland, Chauncey and Willie—have a total of five years of classroom experience among them. This shouldn’t be a surprise, coming from a man who told Melissa Ross on First Coast Connect that he thought teachers losing work protections was a good thing. It’s ridiculous to think he and his friends are giving all this money to candidates who don’t believe what they believe, who don’t want what they want.

They are going against three strong, smart and practical women—Smith, Andersen and Joyce—who are current or former teachers, who are all lifelong residents of Jacksonville, and who all graduated from Duval County Public Schools. They have indeed walked the walk and talked the talk.

Jacksonville voters have a real choice this November. It’s a choice between people who support our public schools and their teachers, or people whose allegiances lie elsewhere.

Like in their bank accounts.

Chris Guerrieri mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Guerrieri is a current Duval County School teacher.

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work primarily with electro-acoustic music/ sound, exploiting any and all frequencies and tools, analog/ digital, micro/macro/monotony/ chaos/everything/nothing …” So begins Kevin Drumm’s artist’s statement. Drumm makes his Northeast Florida debut at Sun-Ray Cinema in historic Five Points this Wednesday, Oct. 24.

“I lived in Milwaukee years ago,” says Clark Lunberry, who’s promoting the show, “and Kevin Drumm was always a part of the nearby Chicago music scene. That’s how I first learned of his work. … I think he’s remained stylistically consistent over the years, though he may have begun to explore sounds at a lower register, not ambient exactly, but quieter and less industrially driven (though that harder edge, at times, remains).”

The Internet Age has given fuller voice to many artists who have long labored at their crafts in obscurity, and noise music is a prominent example of those crafts, particularly as it relates to Northeast Florida. From its early days at places like Shantytown and SoLo+, the experimental electronic scene in NEFla has swole up bigly in recent years. Drumm’s show at Sun-Ray is expected to draw its biggest audience yet.

Drumm’s appearance in town comes less than two weeks after his return from Finland, where his musical style has many adherents. The opening act is Creep City, aka Jason Irvin. “Jason was a student of mine at University of North Florida years ago,” says Lunberry, “and I worked with him a lot then. He’s continued to be active with Creep City, exploring some of the related electronic terrain as Drumm.” He will be a familiar face to those who’ve followed the scene for some time, maybe even going back to his appearances at CoRK’s infamous late-night parties overseen by Morrison Pierce, Chance Isbell and the Duval Destroyer. One night, he did a whole set from inside one of the bathrooms where, afterward, I interviewed him for my podcast.

That memory still reverberates at the peak of REM sleep.

Drumm was born in the suburbs of Chicago some time in 1970. He moved into the main city in 1991, and maintains residency there still. He made his bones

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THE DRUMM ALSO WALTZES Kevin Drumm and Creep City BRING THE NOISE to Sun-Ray Cinema

playing prepared guitar as a sideman for various experimental acts in the early ’90s before launching his solo career about 20 years ago. He later expanded his repertoire to encompass computers and modular synthesizers, issuing albums that gradually grew in texture and intensity, making him a key influence on two generations of creators here and around the world.

The winner of a 2011 Foundation for Contemporary Artists grant, Drumm has

logged time alongside alt-culture luminaries like Ken Vandermark, Julee Cruise, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Taku Sugimoto, Phil Niblock, Jim O’Rourke, Arnold Dreyblatt, Alan Licht, Will Oldham, Weasel Walter and Gastr del Sol. The Foundation’s website notes that “the artist experiments with prepared guitar, applying objects including magnets, binder clips, chains, a violin bow, and even toenail clippers to distort the instrument’s sound, melding the worlds of acoustic and electronic sound.”

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This week’s Sun-Ray event is cosponsored by the UNF Department of English and the Chengzhong Focus Foundation, which gave Lunberry a grant to facilitate cultural events a few years ago. “This is my third collaboration with Sun-Ray Cinema,” says Lunberry. “The first was William Basinski, followed by the Dutch sound artist Jaap Blonk, both in 2016. Tim Massett has just been terrific to work with and eager to join in on these events.”

Drumm’s self-titled debut was released in 1997 on Perdition Plastics, which also released his second album. Since then, he’s issued a staggering array of product through a panoply of independent labels, including Drag City, Editions Mego, Selektion, Erstwhile Records, Freedom From, Staalplaat, Hospital Productions, Kitty Play Records, Fragment Factory and Ars Electronica Center. His hometown alt-weekly, the venerable Chicago Reader, wrote: “Over the last couple of years, he’s produced new work at a prodigious clip, releasing multiple titles each month that alternate between restrained, deeply resonant drones, furious noise excursions, and deliciously tactile experiments in dynamics.”

Last year was highly productive for Drumm, with the dropping of Accelerate, Live Last Week with Wonky and The Illusion of Having Plans with Shortwave Radio. His recent works are Horizontal and Well There You Go, on CD or digital download through Bandcamp, along with more than 100 earlier titles. His six-CD box set, The Sea Wins (’15) and five-CD set Elapsed Time (’16), are sold out. Like many experimental artists, he has several items out on cassette. This work may appeal to a niche market, but it’s one whose loyalty runs deep, so this show’s audience will include interesting people, many of whom are musicians themselves. You can’t really ask for a better legacy.

Shelton Hull mail@folioweekly.com

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s Halloween looms, horror movies creep out of the shadows. We’ll see the return of Michael Myers in a new Halloween, the slasher franchise’s ninth go-round, not counting Rob Zombie’s two remakes. But this one isn’t just more of the same. The Scream Queen is back! Jamie Lee Curtis plays a grandmother hellbent on ridding mankind once and for all of her knifewielding, mask-wearing nemesis, the same creepy slasher who terrorized her and her neighborhood in John Carpenter’s original.

We’ll see how she does, 40 years on.

Netflix debuts two new films, one British, one Indonesian, to goad legions of horror fans. Like many Netflix “Originals,” both have distinct differences beyond the usual tripe aimed at movie-going masses.

The most original thing about Malevolent is its pedigree. The screenplay is by Ben Ketai (American), based on Eva Konstantopoulos’ (American) novella, set in Scotland, with a Scots/English cast playing Americans. It’s directed by Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur.

You don’t see that level of diversity every day, except maybe on Netflix.

The story starts as a variant on the haunted house theme. Siblings Angela (Florence Pugh) and Jackson (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) head a ghostbusting scam, to wrest money from desperate clients who claim their homes are haunted. Angela and Jackson’s tech team— Elliot (Scott Chambers) and Beth (Georgina Bevan)-work the audio/visual racket.

The movie opens with the ghostbusting squad defrauding yet another haunted, grieving client, as Angela’s starting to get some scary intimations about the nature of reality. Her suspicions bloom into terrifying truth at their next assignment.

Mrs. Green (Celia Imrie) wants to silence the voices she hears in her sprawling home. Angela wants nothing to do with this one; she feels she’s getting more like her dead mother (who saw things that weren’t there). Mrs. Green’s isolated place was a foster home where three young girls were murdered. Reluctantly, Angela goes along with Jackson’s scam.

You know what’s next, though. Malevolent does crank out an unexpected plot twist in the end, elevating the film above the usual haunted house dreck. De Fleur employs the de rigueur “scare moments,” but the cast raises the film to a whole other level. And that decidedly creepy twist near the end … yikes!

Malevolent is a hellish Halloween treat.

The Indonesian horror film The 3rd Eye is more of a trick. Capably produced and acted, it gleefully cannibalizes just about every plot

gimmick that runs the gamut of the genre.

You’ve seen it all before, but never in such a steamy stew as this.

The screenplay is attributed to Riheam Junianti, but the story is by the director, Rocky Soraya. So the question of where to lay blame for blatant rip-offs is moot.

The plot is all over the place. Sisters Alia (Jessica Mila) and Abel (Bianca Hello) live in a haunted house, though only the younger Abel knows it. We get this in the prologue, which shows their parents dying in a horrific car crash.

Ten years on, the girls return to the house, despite Abel’s reluctance. Abel gets creeped out and scratched up, causing Alia to consult local psychic Bu Windu (Citra Prima), who tells Alia that young Abel is cursed with “a third eye” or psychic sense, which lets her see dead people.

To help Abel, Alia asks the medium to enable her to gain this sense, too. In no time at all, those corpses are stalking her, too. The girls and Bu Windu, along with Alia’s boyfriend Davin (Denny Sumargo) hold a séance to find out what the hell is going on in their house.

To their dismay, they find out.

The 3rd Eye rips off The Exorcist, The Sixth Sense, Poltergeist, Insidious—nearly every movie with séances, Ouija boards and/or haunted houses. The Netflix debut ends with a saving grace, a twist I should’ve seen coming.

Be warned: The 3rd Eye 2 is in production.

One shudders to think.

Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com

NOW SHOWING HALLOWEEN HORROR FILM Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Reba McEntire and Michael Gross (you know, the dad on Family Ties) is screened, for adults, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium, 303 N. Laura St., Downtown, 633-2445, free.

CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Pick of the Litter and Running For Grace screen. Throwback Thursday: The Iron Lady, noon Oct. 25. Rocky Horror Picture Show, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 27; mid. Oct. 31, $10 donation. The Perfect Wave starts Oct. 24; Ian McCormack appears live, 7 p.m.

Oct. 28. Corazon Cinema & Café, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com.

IMAX THEATER First Man, Pandas 3D, Great Barrier Reef 3D and America’s Musical Journey 3D screen. Room on the Broom through Oct. 27. Bohemian Rhapsody Nov. 1!

World Golf Hall of Fame, 940-4133, worldgolfimax.com.

SUN-RAY CINEMA A Star is Born and Halloween screen.

Kevin Drumm appears for An Evening of Experimental Electronic Sound, with Creep City, 8 p.m. Oct. 24, free.

Free Solo starts Oct. 26. Monster Squad runs Oct. 25 & 27. Carnival of Souls, Oct. 30. Bohemian Rhapsody Nov. 1! 1028 Park St., 359-0049, sunraycinema.com.

ARTS + EVENTS THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY, in multimedia format (probably throwing in a couple old pics like this one), reveals the long journey of these great troubadours, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, Times-Union Center, Downtown, $44-$86.

PERFORMANCE

THE UNINVITED Based on a tale by Dorothy Macardle, the play is set in Cornwall, in an eerie manor house where strange things happen. Celebrate the spooky season with a few inhuman friends, 8 p.m. Oct. 26-28 and Nov. 2-4, Orange Park Community Theatre, $25, opct.info.

PONTYPOOL CHANGES EVERYTHING What could be more horrifying than a dangerous virus spread by literal word-of-mouth? Directed by Stephanie Natale Frus and accompanied by Drew Edward Hunter’s artwork; 8 p.m.

Oct. 26, 27, 29-31 and Nov. 1-3, Players by the Sea, 106 N. Sixth St., Jax Beach, $25-$28, playersbythesea.org.

ROCKY HORROR SHOW Muscles and panties, science and sexy, all in one night! Runs 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 & 26, 7 & 10 p.m. Oct. 27, Amelia Musical Playhouse, 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com, $20.

BEACHES FINE ARTS SERIES BFAS celebrates its 46th season with a performance (to be recorded by American Public Media) by virtuoso pianist Yekwon Sunwoo, a Van Cliburn medalist, and a visual arts exhibit of works by Anna Miller, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26, St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 465 11th Ave. N., Jax Beach, 270-1771, free, beachesfinearts.org.

1776 A MUSICAL REVOLUTION John Adams, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson fight for the inalienable rights of almost all “men,” runs through Nov. 18, Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com, $38-$59.

THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY The saga of these great troubadours, told in a multimedia format (we don’t know what to expect, either!), 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, Times-Union Center, Downtown, $44-$86.

INTO THE WOODS James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim bring storybook characters together in this play, directed

by Kimberly Beasley and Ben Beck, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1-3; 3 p.m. Nov. 4, Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theater, 2800 N. University Blvd., Arlington, ju.edu/cfa, $5-$10.

THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY Middle-aged Southern ladies escape the confines of their structured existence in booze and laughter, then begin new lives.

Runs 8 p.m. Nov. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17; 2 p.m. Nov. 11 & 18; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 & 15, Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., theatrejax.com, $25.

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, & POETRY

DR. SCOTT WATKINS The pianist performs selections from Schubert, Hanson and Liszt, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26, JU’s Terry Concert Hall, ju.edu/cfa, free.

MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON Local musicians and the Grace UMC Chancel Choir perform, 3 p.m.

Oct. 28, 8 Carrera St., St. Augustine, 829-8272, gracestaugustine.org.

UNF PERCUSSION FALL CONCERT Beat dem skins! 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30, Lazzara Hall, $5.

COMMODORES JAZZ ENSEMBLE The United States Navy’s ensemble performs 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, University of North Florida’s Robinson Theater, unf.edu, $10.

JU JAZZ COMBOS & JAZZ ORCHESTRA Swing like you mean it, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, Terry Concert Hall, ju.edu/cfa, free.

WYN COOPER Poet Cooper, author of Chaos is the New Calm, discusses his work, 6 p.m. Nov. 1, Markland House, 102 King St., St. Augustine, flagler.edu.

LAWSON ENSEMBLE The music of Mozart is performed 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, UNF’s Fine Arts Center, unf.edu, free.

OPEN MIC POETRY Sign up 6 p.m., readings start 6:15 p.m.

Oct. 24, Chamblin’s Uptown, 215 N. Laura St., Downtown, 674-0868. Blackout Poetry Workshop 1 p.m. Nov. 3.

COMEDY

SHAUN JONES The comic believes “funny is funny.” He’s on 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26; 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Oct. 27, The Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, comedyzone.com, $18-$20.

DYON “MOJO” BROOKS Brooks brings his Hysterical in Person tour to town! 8 p.m. Oct. 25, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, 11000 Beach Blvd., 646-4277, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $23-$150.

BAD DADS COMEDY TOUR Eric Dasilva and Gene Harding appear 8 p.m. Oct. 26, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $15-$150.

SEX ON STAGE Poet Moses West hosts the ‘Oscar Edition.’

Make good choices; 8 p.m. Oct. 27, The Comedy Club of Jacksonville, jacksonvillecomedy.com, $28-$150.

BRIAN THOMAS Thomas is on 8 p.m. Oct. 13, Jackie Knight’s Comedy Club, 828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, thegypsycomedyclub.com, $12.

ART WALKS, MARKETS, & CALLS

RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET Local/regional art, produce, live music–TGTG, The Deadly Nightshades, Monet School of Ballet, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 27–under Fuller Warren Bridge, free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com.

LOOKING GLASS: HOLIDAY WINDOWS OF ART Design and install a window in Downtown, unveiled at Dec. 5 ArtWalk. Details, lookingglassdtjax@gmail.com.

AUDITION Actors, high school through early 20s, all races and ethnicities encouraged for production of Chalk, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 28; 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 29, BABS’ LAB, CoRK Arts District, 603 King St., Riverside, babslab@barbaracolaciello.com.

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first sat down with Borromakat outside Shanghai Nobby’s on St. Augustine Beach.

Cigarettes, PBRs, the Bridge of Lions and, well, Nobby’s, waiting for a blown-out yet brutal (beautiful) fun night. As I neared the three-piece group sitting on broken benches, I wanted to say, “Meow,” but they calmly stopped me with, “Hold up. It’s not about cats.”

Don’t let this feline-ish name fool you, even though their sound often fits on trend with Le Tigre. Amanda Ferranti, Mike Zieckas and Steve Ezell have kneaded together a new sound that Northeast Florida is ready to hear.

Imagine The Breeders screaming “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,” and then suspend your reservations about genre-typing, like surf goth garage rock, all the while having a strong woman who’s taller than you out in front.

Borromakat formed locally about eight years ago, but they’ve just recently awakened from a catnap, claws out and ready to go.

Keeping the unsolicited cat pun thing going, I set out to see if Borromakat was serving Fancy Feast or kitty litter.

[Charles Bradley’s “Changes” plays in the background.]

Folio Weekly: What’s Borromakat if not a cat?

Mike: It’s from an Orson Scott Card novel.

One of the characters in this particular story grows up to lead a Taiwanese army and he says that Borromakat means ‘battle leader.’

I just liked how the word sounded and happy with the fact that it had some kind of meaning. Years later, I looked it up to see if it’s a real Taiwanese word and it turns out it’s just made-up bullsh*t, something that Card made up from some Taiwanese general with a similar name. So now it’s just nonsense that people apply cat images to.

Steve: A lot of people say “borrow my cat” and we love it.

Photo by Eric Miley with AOS Studios

How do you define your process and sound?

Steve: We look for sounds like changing the radio stations, traveling down the highway.

Mike: Yeah, to help albums flow, something like 20-second tracks you put in between the songs to create a sort of sonic narration.

Steve: Tell a couple stories like you’re in the back of the car, so if we could intersperse sounds like that between the tunes, then we can actually make a piece of art.

Mike: It gives us plenty of time to do it because we’re parceling out material instead of

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THE CAT’S

MEOW

Jax-based band Borromakat trades in ABSURDITY and STRENGTH BORROMAKAT

8 p.m. Oct. 28, Nighthawks, Riverside; 7 p.m. Oct. 31, 1904 Music Hall, Downtown

being, like, ‘WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE A RECORD.’ That’s an outdated way of thinking about it at this point.

Steve: A fun thing I’m thinking, you don’t have any clams on the record because you don’t feel forced to put something out, no fillers.

What’s a clam?

Steve: A clam is a f**k-up, like, that one song on the Weezer blue album, it’s so misogynistic.

Mike: We’re absolutely in a good position to where we’re incapable of writing misogynistic songs, because we have the perfect fi lter.

[Amanda] will kick our ass! She fights dudes!

She fights dudes?

Mike: Yeah, I wrote a bunch of lyrics for our new single, She Fights Dudes, and I gave it to Amanda to edit. She took all the masculinity out of it, which is exactly what it needed.

What brings Borromakat back after eight years?

Amanda: I had a couple projects going that weren’t moving forward how I wanted, so I just said to Mike, “Dude, let’s get the band back again!” … I love this song [Courtney Barnett starts playing] and Steve came back in town and we asked him to be our drummer.

At first he said he was too busy.

Steve: Yeah, I said I was too busy, but then another drummer was trying to step in and I said, “F**k that! I’m in.” So I dropped a ton of money on a brand-new kit and said “This is worth it, we’re gonna do the damn thing.”

Amanda is the good one at organizing so I was all in. She has all these great tunes already written and it blew our minds.

Mike: We were in band practice and had a vote, but Steve and I were, like, no, Amanda’s in charge now.

Steve: She came up with all our logos and website stuff because she’s also a graphic designer and Mike and I just keep high-fiving each other like we won the lottery.

Any touring plans? Or is your focus on recording new tracks?

Amanda: Right now, we’re building the fan base with shows to get the support to start a tour. We’ve only been playing out for three or four months now.

Mike: We’re going to start little out-of-town shows here and there and keep branching out.

Go a little further each time.

Steve: We’ve also been networking with other bands by lending them a spot on the couch when they play here in town, and in return, they invite us to play their city, so that’s pretty cool. We’re taking every opportunity to branch out while juggling our other careers.

Mike: Career? I’m just floating through it all writing songs! This is my profession! I’m succeeding at exactly what I am.

Who are some of your influences? I heard a little Neutral Milk Hotel when you took the lead in a couple songs, Mike.

Mike: I love Jeff Mangum. Unknown Mortal Orchestra is a new influence for me.

Amanda: I don’t write a song with a certain influence in mind. I try to get a certain feel, being the bass player. I’ll take my drum machine and write riffs to that when I get stumped! Once I get the sound I like, I let these two put their sound over that.

Steve, no influences?

Steve: These guys may have their influences, but I want to be Phil Collins. Phil Collins on the drums in a garage rock band and that’s me.

Mike: F••k that! I want you to be Filthy Collins!

All: YEAHHH! Alan Sculley mail@folioweekly.com

ARTS + EVENTS IMPROV & STORY SHAPING Learn how to tell your story, being comfortable in your own skin, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 30, BABS’ LAB, $60+, babslab@barbaracolaciello.com.

MUSEUMS

CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM Flagler College, 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530. Jiha Moon’s Double Welcome: Most Everyone is Mad Here, exhibit.

CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese Printmaking, through Nov. 25. Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman up through April.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.unf.edu. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World exhibits. Atrium Project is Claire Ashley’s Close Encounters: Adam’s Madam. A World of Their Own, with Art with a Heart in Healthcare, through Dec. 2. Frank Stella Unbound: Literature & Printmaking until Jan. 13.

GALLERIES

ALEXANDER BREST GALLERY Jacksonville University, 2800 University Blvd. N., Arlington, 256-7374, ju.edu.

Christopher Nitsche explores Passage/Memory/Transition through ship/vessel forms, through November.

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

Brook Ramsey exhibits figurative oil paintings.

BREW 5 POINTS 1024 Park St., 374-5789. Adam Hill presents new works in his show Table, through November.

CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccpvb.org. Kathy Stark’s Wilderness of North Florida’s Parks, through Nov. 11.

CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT 207 N. Laura St., Ste. 300, Downtown, capkids.org. 10,000 Years, an exhibition by Andrew Kozlowski opens with a reception, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25; up through December.

HOLLY BLANTON ART STUDIO & GALLERY 1779 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 294-5511. Megan Welch’s Stay Where I Can See You, through November.

ISLAND ART ASSOCIATION 18 N. Second St., Fernandina, 261-7020, islandart.org. Patterns, through November.

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

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

SOUTHLIGHT GALLERY 1 Independent Dr., Downtown, southlight.com. Eloy Castoverde exhibits through Nov. 5. Nick McNally’s 8 Visions opens Nov. 7.

THE YELLOW HOUSE 577 King St., Riverside, 419-9180, yellowhouseart.org. Suffrage, design and illustration by political cartoonist Ed Hall, and works of dozens of local female and gender-nonconforming designers, and selections from traveling exhibit Power to the Polls, display.

STUDIO ZSA ZSA LAPREE 233 E. Bay St., Downtown.

Pusha, curated by Aset Ashley Dickerson, displays.

Beaches Fine Arts Series presents the 2017 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist YEKWON SUNWOO performing works by Strauss, Brahms and Schubert, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jax Beach; free.

American Public Media records the concert for national broadcast. Anna Miller exhibits her artwork.

THE VAULT@1930 1930 San Marco Ave., thevaultat1930.com. Abstract painter Princess Simpson Rashid presents Odyssey of Abstraction.

HAUNTED EVENTS

13TH FLOOR HAUNTED HOUSE Mini escape games, spooky stuff Cursed Voodoo, Dead-End District and Legend of the Saw run 7 p.m. Oct. 24-31 & Nov. 2 & 3; (look for our pal Jevories Moore!), 9230 Arlington Expwy; general admission $19.99-$33.99; deals online; 13thfloorjacksonville.com.

HAUNT NIGHTS HAUNTED HOUSES Four houses–Payn Manor, Containment, Dark Fables & Pinehurst Asylum–are open 7 p.m. Oct. 25-31, Adventure Landing, 1944 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 246-4386; tickets vary, go to hauntnights.com.

TRAIL OF TERROR The annual Jaycees Dreadwoods spooky attraction runs 7 p.m. Oct. 25-31, Paintball Adventures, 11850 Camden Road, Jacksonville; under 13 must be with an adult, jaxterror.com.

WAREHOUSE 31 UNLEASHED Lockdown, Dark Waters, Mr. Tasty’s Meat Factory, Slaughter’s Circus & The Ghost Ship run 6 p.m. Oct. 25-31 & Nov. 2 & 3, 11261 Beach Blvd., Southside, 833-904-3327, warehouse31unleashed. com. SAMHAIN AT HAUNTED WAREHOUSE Artists mingle with ghouls and boys, Ion Zide spins, 7 p.m.-mid. Oct. 27, 700 E. Union St., Ste. 4, Tallyrand, facebook.com/events.

EVERGREEN PUMPKIN RUN Running through one of the area’s most beautiful parks, which just happens to be a cemetery, 8-11 a.m. Oct. 28, at Evergreen Cemetery, 4535 N. Main St., Springfield, $25-$40, 1stplacesports.com.

TRICK OR TREAT ON THE STREET Costumes, food truck fare, fun and games and music by DJ Professor Clock, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 31, Hemming Park, 135 W. Monroe St., Downtown, hemmingpark.org.

SPOOKEASY HALLOWEEN PARTY The dead are coming back to life, to die again to go to this party! Live music, a photo booth, themed cocktails and costumes, 8 p.m.-mid.

Oct. 31, The Volstead, 115 W. Adams St., Downtown.

EVENTS

JAX ICEMEN VS ATLANTA GLADIATORS Watch our heroes freeze ’em out, 7 p.m. Oct. 25, Veterans Memorial Arena, Downtown, jacksonvilleicemen.com, $10-$48.

KATY DEW SHOSTAK Author Shostak reads and signs copies of A Chancey Detour, 2 p.m. Oct. 26, The Book Loft, 214 Centre St., Fernandina, 261-8991, thebookloftofamelia.com.

WELCOME TO JACKSONS-VILLE A free family dance party and movie night, with the music of the Jackson family. Gator, Bulldog and pet-friendly. Food trucks, too; 5-10 p.m. Oct. 26, Hemming Park, Downtown.

BOOK SIGNING Co-authors Bruce Thomason and J.D. Hunter (The Domino Event) are on hand, 1-4 p.m. Oct. 27, The Book Loft, 261-8991, thebookloftofamelia.com.

FUNDRAISER FREAK OUT A release party for the new River City Raunch, with merch, music and kissin’, 4 p.m.2 a.m. Oct. 27, Rain Dogs, 1045 Park St., Riverside.

CELEBRATE BOBBY K Party with fashion-forward Bobby K! Cocktails, local vendors, giveaways, 6 p.m. Oct. 26, Bobbyk Boutique, 1188 Edgewood Ave., Murray Hill.

ST. AUGUSTINE MUSIC HALL OF FAME So much music has been made in Northeast Florida and Southern Georgia, it’s only right those musicians get a hall of fame. The inaugural induction and concert are 2-6 p.m. Oct. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre’s Backyard Stage, samhof.com.

NAS JAX AIR SHOW The Blue Angels fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet and (fun fact) they still employ many of the same techniques they used in their inaugural year (1946). The fly girls and boys take to the skies, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Oct. 27 & 28, 6801 Roosevelt Blvd., Westside, free.

TURKISH FOOD FEST Two words: homemade manti. The fest runs 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 27, Istanbul Cultural Center, 2032 Southside Blvd., facebook.com/events.

BITE vs BARK Or Chomp vs Woof–whatever your preference, we don’t judge. Anyway, there’s a Georgia-Florida tailgate party at noon Oct. 27, 111 Liberty St., Downtown, $50, eventbrite.com.

GA/FLA TAILGATING Bring food and drink to share at the seventh annual party, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 27, Tailgater’s Parking, 2037 E. Adams St., Downtown, $30, eventbrite.com.

BORDER BASH TAILGATE FESTIVAL Toran Crush hosts a music festival during the game, music by Rich Homie Quan and Prince Cannon, and exhibits by area artists. 10 a.m.6 p.m. Oct. 27, 2010 E. Beaver St., eventbrite.com, $30-$100.

GREATER JACKSONVILLE AGRICULTURAL FAIR It’s kind of a pig deal (full disclosure: not our joke). So go gorge on kettle korn, fried Oreos (and many other fried things you’d never expect to fry) and barbecue baked potatoes, but only after you’ve won a ton of prizes, but before you go ride the Gravitron. The fair kicks off 5 p.m. Oct. 31 and is up until Nov. 11, Jacksonville Fairgrounds, Downtown, jacksonvillefair.com. ___________________________________________ To list an event, send time, date, location (street address, city or neighborhood), admission price & contact number to print to Madeleine Peck Wagner; email madeleine@folioweekly.com or mail 45 W. Bay St., Ste. 103, Jacksonville FL 32202. Space available policy. Deadline noon Wed. for next Wed. printing.

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dgy and inspiring, Andrew Kozlowski’s art is uniquely influenced by his fascination with storytelling, sciencefiction, cultural remnants and comic books.

“10,000 years is double the length of written human history. It seems like an impossible amount of time to an individual, but also no time at all in the long line of history,” says Kozlowski, assistant professor in UNF’s Department of Art & Design, “I use it as a reminder that while our experiences may remain brief, our impact may be far-reaching.”

A colorful celebration of human narrative married with a post-apocalyptic message of perseverance and ingenuity, Kozlowski’s exhibit opens with a reception and artist’s talk at Cathedral Arts Project’s Heather Moore Community Gallery on Thursday, Oct. 25.

The show’s title—10,000 Years: Intimate Moments & Grand Disasters—refers to a scenario in which a group of scientists, artists, designers and thinkers must design a warning system for a nuclear waste site. How can they make something that will last—and remain comprehensible—for 10,000 years? “To me, it was a really intriguing problem. We’ve made an issue and we want to take care of it because we’re good people, but we honestly don’t have a great sense of time,” Kozlowski explains, “10,000 years seems like forever and at the same time, it’s nothing.”

“Through my works I carve a wide path of concerns, calling to question those objects that ultimately define our cultures and our histories. The items depicted are stand-ins for daily activities, relics from travels, debris found underfoot, and representations of news stories which briefly populated my social media news feeds,” the artist explains, “They are reminders the past is equal parts remembered and forgotten, and that monuments and museums are perhaps better viewed as representations of their makers than as static moments of history.”

UNF professor and Cathedral Arts Project inspire WONDER and CREATIVITY

“For me, the material changes the kind of story. Small things are more intimate moments in a story and large things are bigger group actions or broader things that are going on,” Kozlowski says.

His exhibit features an array of artifacts, each with a unique story to decipher, yet all are interconnected. Future Blueprints has a narrative of disaster survivors who rebuild out of destruction. The display features plans for imaginary structures and new habitats.

Disasterware presents handmade ceramic works fashioned by the artist. “I made them thinking, ‘If you were in some sort of postapocalypse, at some point you’d want to sit down and eat. Let’s make some dinnerware, let’s make some bowls, mugs, something like that.’ It seems like a logical extension of what a character might do in that situation.”

10,000 YEARS: INTIMATE MOMENTS & GRAND DISASTERS: AN EXHIBIT

BY ANDREW KOZLOWSKI

Oct. 25-Jan. 16, Cathedral Arts Project, Downtown. Opening reception 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25

Comic books served as an impetus into the world of art and inspired Kozlowski to travel into the city for college art classes while still in high school. There, he encountered a great mentor: Philadelphiabased artist and teacher Mark Shetabi.

Kozlowski’s desire to become an artist and a teacher was born. He went on to earn his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Tyler School of Art at Temple University, followed by an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. He served as an assistant professor at Auburn University before relocating to Jacksonville in 2017. Kozlowski is an expert printmaker whose work has appeared in exhibits worldwide.

The artist’s boyhood love for comic books and graphic narratives has never abated and continues to influence his creative style. “I think some of the things I’m still attracted to are telling stories and using strong graphic language,” he explains.

“I use a drawing style that is kind of abstracted and cartoonish.”

Working at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a Preparator for the Prints, Drawings & Photographs Department kindled a deep respect for artifacts and the stories behind them. “I’ve become fascinated with the idea of how objects get imbued with both symbolism and stories,” the artist explains. “We have these items in museums that have been passed down through the years and give us stories and a picture of what a culture, place or person is like, but at the same time, that history changes based on how our history develops. When we go back and look at objects and how they’re collected, that history changes based on new findings. It changes based on attitude. It changes based on how the world works now.” 10,000 Years highlights the imprecise nature of recording, presenting and retelling history.

Kozlowski hopes his art will inspire big conversations among guests of all ages.

“Kids seem to like my work because it’s weird and Seussian,” he says with a laugh.

“It’s good to because they can recognize things. There will be something like a soda can or broken board or a Roman marble bust I’ve recreated as a drawing. What’s great about kids is their imagination hasn’t been leeched out yet. They go and see these things and they start to form connections. Kids understand a lot more than we give them credit for at times.”

At face value, it’s easy to generalize 10,000 Years as a statement about ecology and environmentalism. Yet it’s truly a testament to human ingenuity and a celebration of creativity. Recycling refuse to create something new is a powerful theme in Kozlowski’s work. Part of his exhibit consists of wheat-pasted and laser cut screen-prints.

At the end of the show, they’ll be taken down and reimagined.

Kozlowski hosted a papermaking workshop for all ages after his Iowa State University exhibit and he would like to offer a similar workshop in Jacksonville.

“We’re going to take this down, but we’re not going to throw it out. We’re going to recycle it and turn it into something new,” he says. “I think that idea really impacts kids in a way that they can get behind. They get excited. They learn a new skill. I like how the work can have a new life that goes on and on. What I like about papermaking and printmaking is that it’s a shared thing. It’s nice to do something with someone else and learn something and use your hands, to talk and chat and share experiences.”

Kozlowski is thrilled to partner with Cathedral Arts Project, which works diligently to provide underserved children access to visual and performing arts.

The amiable artist encourages Northeast Floridians to come out to the exhibit’s opening talk and learn more about his vision.

Jacksonville’s collector-of-cultures Andrew Kozlowski masterfully marries graphic narrative, printmaking, science-fiction and his passion for comics in this unique journey.

Colorful and creative, thought-provoking and imaginative, 10,000 Years is the must-see exhibit of late 2018.

Jennifer Melville mail@folioweekly.com

Love isn’t always on time, but you better be to see TOTO, 8 p.m. Nov. 3, Florida Theatre, Downtown, $39.50-$79.50.

LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC LIVE MUSIC VENUES

AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA GREEN TURTLE, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Live music most nights. Vinyl Nite Tue. THE SALTY PELICAN, 12 Front St., 277-3811 Jimmy Beats Oct. 24. Kevin Ski Oct. 25. Robbie Litt Oct. 26 SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Pili Pili Oct. 24. Tad Jennings Oct. 25. Milltown Road Oct. 26.

The Suedes, Radio Love Oct. 27. JCnMike, Brian Ernst Oct. 28. Mark O’Quinn Oct. 30 THE SURF, 3199 S. Fletcher, 261-5711 Kent Kirby Oct. 25.

Davis Turner Band Oct. 27. Two Catz Oct. 28

AVONDALE, ORTEGA

CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores Wed. Jazz Sun. Live music Mon. ECLIPSE NIGHTCLUB, 4219 St. Johns Ave., 387-3582 KJ Free Tue. & Thur. Indie dance Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance music Fri.

THE BEACHES

(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)

BLUE JAY LISTENING ROOM, 412 N. Second St., 834-1315 Jackie Stranger, Luke Peacock Oct. 24. Rebecca Folsom Oct. 26. Kevin Post & M Callahan Oct. 27. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Ghost Stories & Folklore, Kaleigh Baker, Matt Walker Oct. 31. The Get Right Band Nov. 2 COOP 303, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 372-4507 Whim Oct. 26 & 27. 3 the Band Nov. 2 CULHANE’S IRISH PUB, 967 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 249-9595 Michael Funge every Sun. FLYING IGUANA TACQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 J Crew Band Oct. 26 & 27 GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 Costume contest w/ Adam Latiff Oct. 27 GUSTO, 1266 Beach Blvd., 372-9925 Groov every Wed. Michael Smith every Thur. Milton Clapp every Fri. HARBOR TAVERN, 160 Mayport Rd., AB, 246-2555 Never Ender, Flag on Fire Oct. 25 LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 First St. N., 249-5181 Olympus Oct. 26. Sidereal, Niki Dawson Oct. 27 MEZZA RESTAURANT, 110 First St., Neptune Beach, 249-5573 Gypsies Ginger Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer Thur. Mezza House Band Mon. Trevor Tanner Tue. MUSIC IN THE COURTYARD, 200 First St., NB, 249-2922 Neil Dixon Oct. 24. Darren Rowan Oct. 26. Donnie Miniard Oct. 27 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Mark Dennison Oct. 24. Vox Oct. 25. Bay Street Oct. 26 & 27. The Faze Band Oct. 31 SEACHASERS LOUNGE, 831 First St. N., 372-0444 Brett Bass & Melted Plectrum Oct. 27 SINGLETON’S SEAFOOD SHACK, 4728 Ocean St., Mayport Village, 246-4442 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Oct. 27 SURFER the Bar, 200 First St. N., 372-9756 Tad Jennings Oct. 24. Ramona Oct. 26. Chillula Oct. 27. Trevor Barnes Oct. 30. Trail Driver, A Tribute to Queen Oct. 31 WHISKEY JAX, 950 Marsh Landing Pkwy., 853-5973 Smokestack Oct. 25. Party Cartel Oct. 26. Derek Hess Band Oct. 27. The Chris Thomas Band Oct. 28. Cortnie & the Claw Oct. 30

DOWNTOWN

1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N., 345-5760 The Jukebox Romantics, Sewer Rats, Dead Karen Oct. 24. WSTR, PVMNTS, Hold Close, Intervention Oct. 25. The Orange Constant, Ellameno Beat Oct. 26. Mustard Plug, Traded Youth, Blurg Oct. 27. Miss Parker, Mudtown, The White Spades, Borromakat Oct. 31. Moon Hooch, LeSpecial Nov. 2

DAILY’S PLACE, 633-2000 Corey Smith Oct. 26 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 DJ Brandon Thur.

DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall Mon. DJ Hollywood every Tue. FIONN MacCOOL’S, Jax Landing, 374-1247 Vegas Gray Oct. 26. Austin Park Oct. 27 THE FLORIDA THEATRE, 128 E. Forsyth St., 355-2787 Rumours of Fleetwood Mac Nov. 1. Toto: 40 Trips Around the Sun Nov. 3 HEMMING PARK, 135 Monroe St. Black Calla Oct. 26. Hallie Davis Oct. 29. Joe Watts Oct. 30 JACKSONVILLE FAIRGROUNDS, 510 Fairgrounds Place, 353-0535 Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair: Brett Bass & Melted Plectrum, Smithfield, Dennis Lee Band, The Firewater Tent Revival, Dance Day, Maddie & Tae, Travis Denning, Lee Brice, Exile, Rodney Atkins, Blue Öyster Cult, Mama Blue, DJ El Oct. 31-Nov. 1-11 JAX LANDING, 353-1188 Uncommon Legends, Briteside Band Oct. 26. Trey Tucker Band, Bay Kings Band Oct. 27 MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 San Holo, Baynk, Taska Black, The Nicholas Nov. 2. Blue October Nov. 4 MYTH NIGHTCLUB, 333 E. Bay St., 707-0474 Ill-Esha, Q45, Romeo Oct. 26. Xander, Romeo, Obscure Oct. 27. Mangler, Adrian Sky, Jon Kinesis Nov. 3 TIMES-UNION CENTER, 300 Water St., 633-6110 The Simon & Garfunkel Story Oct. 25 THE VOLSTEAD, 115 W. Adams St., 414-3171 Snacks Blues Band Oct. 26. DJ Mas Appeal Oct. 27

TAPS BAR & GRILL, 2220 C.R. 210, 819-1554 5 O’Clock Shadow Oct. 26

RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE

NIGHTHAWKS, 2952 Roosevelt Blvd., 619-9978 Hatstack, Staik G, Wade B Oct. 24. MC Chris, Dual Core, Lex the Lexicon Oct. 26. Borromakat, Rickolus, Primary School, Flowerbox Oct. 28. Stranger Waves Halloween Dance Party Oct. 31.

Custard Pie Nov. 1. Crypteria, Strangled to Death Nov. 2 RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 TGTG, Charlie+Jodi, DigDog Oct. 26. Sirsy Nov. 2 RIVER & POST, 1000 Riverside Ave., 575-2366 Barrett Thomas Oct. 26 RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, 715 Riverside Ave., 389-2449 TGTG, The Deadly Nightshades, Monet Ballet School Oct. 27 SUN-RAY CINEMA, 1028 Park St., 359-0049 Kevin Drumm, Creep City Oct. 24

ST. AUGUSTINE

CLIFF’S, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Backwater Bible Salesmen Oct. 24. Jason Evans Band Oct. 26 & 27 JERRY’S, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 Retro Kats Oct. 26

ARNOLD’S LOUNGE, 3912 N. Ponce de Leon, 824-8738 The Remains Oct. 27 COLONIAL QUARTER, 33 St. George St., 877-467-5863 HairO-Ween with Papercutt Oct. 27 PLANET SARBEZ, 115 Anastasia Blvd., 342-0632 Happy Accidents Oct. 25. Citizen Badger Oct. 26. Honey Wheat, Paco Lipps Oct. 27. Few Miles South, Davis & the Loose Cannons Oct. 28. The Get Right Band Nov. 1. Wild Pines Nov. 2 PROHIBITION KITCHEN, 119 St. George St., 209-5704 Funk Butter Oct. 25. The Bleu Cats, Be Easy Oct. 26. Raisin Cake Orchestra Oct. 27. The WillowWacks Oct. 29. Aslyn & the Naysayers Oct. 30. Mad Hatters Halloween Ball: Trae Pierce & the T-Stones Oct. 31. Barnes & The Heart Nov. 1. South City Live Nov. 2 ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE, 1340 A1A S., 209-0367 NF Perception Tour, Nightly Oct. 24. Alice in Chains Oct. 26. Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dustin Thomas, Victoria Canal Oct. 27. Dave Ball, Pellicer Creek Band Nov. 3. Peyton Lescher, Davis & the Loose Cannons Nov. 4 TRADEWINDS LOUNGE, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Cottonmouth Oct. 26 & 27

MANDARIN

SAN MARCO, NORTHBANK

FLEMING ISLAND, GREEN COVE

BOONDOCKS GRILL & BAR, 2808 Henley Rd., Green Cove Springs, 406-9497 Paul Ivey Oct. 24. Darrell Rae, Roy Saunders Oct. 25. Mark Johns, Dixie Highway Oct. 26. Ciaran Sontag, Russell Bandana Band Oct. 27. Paul Wane Oct. 31.

Ivan Smith Nov. 1. Brandon Leino, Southern Rukus Nov. 2 WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Sun Jammers Oct. 26. Boogie Freaks Oct. 27. Neon Whiskey Nov. 3

INTRACOASTAL

ENZA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 109, 268-4458 Brian Iannucci Oct. 24, 28 & 30 IGGY’S, 104 Bartram Oaks Walk, 209-5209 The Robert James Project Oct. 26. Joe Santana Kingfish, Second Disciples Oct. 27. Hell or High Water Oct. 28

ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG

CHEERS, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855 DJ Capone Oct. 24. Love Monkey Oct. 26 & 27 DEE’S MUSIC BAR, 2141 Loch Rane Blvd., Ste. 140, 375-2240 Darrell Rae Oct. 24. Blistur Oct. 25. Big Engine Nov. 2 THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael every Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding, 264-0611 DJ Covert Oct. 25.

Dancing with Ghosts Oct. 27

PONTE VEDRA

FIONN MacCOOL’S, 145 Hilden Rd., 217-7021 Escape the Terror afterparty Oct. 28 MEDURE, 818 A1A Chris Thomas Oct. 26. The Groov Oct. 27 PONTE VEDRA CONCERT HALL, 209-0399 Max Weinberg’s Jukebox Oct. 26. Dweezil Zappa Oct. 27. Brett Dennen, Nick Mulvey Nov. 2. Big Bad Blues Tour: Billy F Gibbons, Matt Sorum, Austin Hanks, Elwood Francis Nov. 3

CUBA LIBRE ULTRA LOUNGE, 2576 Atlantic Blvd., 399-0609 Halloween Male Revue Oct. 26. Joy Dennis Oct. 27. DJ Dr Doom Nov. 1. El Micha Nov. 2 GRAPE & GRAIN EXCHANGE, 2000 San Marco, 396-4455 Kyra Livingston Oct. 27. The Snacks Blues Band Nov. 3 JACK RABBITS, 15280 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Demons, Thunderpussy Oct. 26. Chase Atlantic, Cherry Pools Oct. 27.

Cursive, Meat Wave, Campdogzz Oct. 28. Decent Criminal, Western Setting Oct. 29. Pale Waves, The Candescents Oct. 30. Assuming We Survive, Riot Child, Dose Nov. 1 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer, Dean Spry Oct. 26. Beth Wood Nov. 2 RIVER CITY BREWING CO., 835 Museum Cir., 398-2299 Sam McDonald Oct. 25. Little Green Men Oct. 26. Smokestack Oct. 27. Second Street Oct. 27

SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS

THE COMEDY CLUB of JACKSONVILLE, 11000 Beach Blvd., 646-4277 Eric Carter Band Oct. 28 MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955 Appointment Oct. 26 VETERANS UNITED CRAFT BREWERY, 8999 Western Way, 253-3326 Shane Myers Oct. 26

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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., 634-7208 Duval Devas Oct. 26. Melissa Smith, Ivan Pulley open mic Thur.

SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE

COPPER TOP BAR, 12405 N. Main St., Ste. 7, 551-4088 Random Tandem Oct. 26 CROOKED ROOSTER BREWERY, 148 S. Sixth St., Macclenny, 653-2337 Brett Bass & Melted Plectrum Nov. 3.

DJ Toy every Wed. PALMS FISH CAMP, 6359 Heckscher Dr., 240-1672 Billy Bowers Oct. 26. Bush Doctors Oct. 27. Lisa & the Mad Hatters Oct. 28

ELSEWHERE

SPIRIT OF THE SUWANNEE MUSIC PARK, 3076 95th Dr., Live Oak, 386-364-1683 Suwannee Hulaween: The String Cheese Incident, Odesza Jamioquai, Janelle Monáe, Lettuce, Trampled

by Turtles, Stephen Marley, Dr. Dog, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Mavis Staples, Turkuaz, Galactic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Bustle In Your Hedgerow, Larry Keel & Friends, Roosevelt Collier Band, The Fritz, Come Back Alice, Holey Miss Moley, Melody Trucks Band, Honey Hounds Oct. 26-28

UPCOMING CONCERTS

BUMPIN’ UGLIES, TROPIDELIC Nov. 3, Jack Rabbits ECHO DAZE Nov. 3, Nighthawks SOMO Nov. 3, 1904 Music Hall BLUE OCTOBER, KITTEN Nov. 4, Mavericks BAD BAD HATS, PARTY NAILS Nov. 5, Jack Rabbits WES COBB Nov. 5, Prohibition Kitchen 20 WATT TOMBSTONE, THE MANESS BROTHERS Nov. 5, Planet Sarbez PEYTON LESCHER, DAVIS & THE LOOSE CANNONS Nov. 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall EMMURE, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, WAGE WAR, SANCTION Nov. 5, 1904 Music Hall COLTON TRIO Nov. 6, Prohibition Kitchen JASON BONHAM’S Led Zeppelin Evening Nov. 7, Florida Theatre WANYAMA, THE HEAD CHEESE Nov. 7, Jack Rabbits KOFFIN KATS, MUDTOWN, THE HATED 3 Nov. 7, Nighthawks C2 & THE BROTHERS REED Nov. 7, Planet Sarbez THE ATARIS, ADVERSARIES, KID YOU NOT Nov. 8, 1904 Music Hall AMY RAY & her Band, DANIELLE HOWLE BAND Nov. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall JAKOB’S FERRY STRAGGLERS Nov. 8, Mudville Music Room SALT & PINE, BRIAN ERNST Nov. 8, Prohibition Kitchen Riverhawk Music Festival: BRETT BASS & MELTED PLECTRUM, BELLE & THE BAND, THE MEADOWS BROTHERS, 8 BALL AITKEN, ELIZABETH COOK, RECKLESS KELLY, RYAN SHUPE & RUBBER BAND, FRANK VIGNOLA TRIO, SHINY RIBS, PAUL CEBAR & TOMORROW’S SOUND, MITCH WOODS & THE ROCKET 88s, FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN, DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS, THE BAND KELLEY, CALLIE CHAPPELL & THE WHOLE BAND Nov. 8-11, Brooksville STREET SECTS Nov. 8, Nighthawks 11th Annual Fall Palatka Bluegrass Festival: RHONDA VINCENT & the RAGE, THE LITTLE ROY & LIZZIE SHOW, THE MALPASS BROTHERS, DAVE ADKINS BAND, VALERIE SMITH & LIBERTY PIKE, PENNY CREEK BAND, PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS, GARY BREWER & THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS, THE GIBSON BROTHERS, THE INSPIRATIONS, BREAKING GRASS, KODY NORRIS SHOW, THE PRIMITIVE QUARTET, CARSON PETERS & IRON MOUNTAIN Nov. 8-10, Rodeheaver Boys Ranch RBRM: RONNIE DEVOE, BOBBY BROWN, RICKY BELL, MICHAEL BLIVINS Nov. 9, Veterans Memorial Arena G.W. SOUTHER, CHELSEY MICHELLE, CHRIS UNDERAL Nov. 9, Prohibition Kitchen AQUEOUS, THE HEAVYPETS Nov. 9, Jack Rabbits SHILOH HILL, HEAVY BOOKS, SUBDIVISION Nov. 9, Sarbez JASON CRABB Nov. 9, Murray Hill Theatre SISTER HAZEL Nov. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHUCK NASH BAND Nov. 9, Prohibition Kitchen CANNIBAL KIDS, MILES FROM LONDON, ASTER & IVY, THE FORUM, ARROWS IN ACTION Nov. 9, 1904 Music Hall BOOGIE FREAKS Nov. 9 & 10, Ragtime Tavern SHEMEKIA COPELAND Nov. 10, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BILLY GALEN Nov. 10, Harbor Tavern

Award-winning picker/singersongwriter and local-boy-done-good BRETT BASS is back, accompanied by a MELTED PLECTRUM. Experience highenergy bluegrass for yourself 9 p.m. Oct. 27 at Seachasers Lounge, on First Street North, Jax Beach.

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LANDT Nov. 10, Sarbez NOVEMBER REIGN, YOUNG GHOSTS, 187, MINDFIELD, SIDE HUSTLE EP Release Show, CUSTARD PIE, WILD ROOT MUSIC Nov. 10, 1904 Music Hall VCTMS, TREE OF WOE Nov. 10, Nighthawks MOLLY HATCHET 40th Anniversary Concert/Benefit for St. Michael’s Soldiers Nov. 10, Thrasher-Horne Center MELODY & VAYLOR TRUCKS Nov. 10, Blue Jay Listening Room PROF, MAC IRV, DWYNELL ROLAND, WILLIE WONKA Nov. 10, Jack Rabbits SIDE HUSTLE, CUSTARD PIE, WILD ROOT MUSIC Nov. 10, 1904 Music Hall MIRANDA MADISON Nov. 10, Prohibition Kitchen VINCE GILL Nov. 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA Nov. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE DOG APOLLO, FIRST CASE SCENARIO, ORIGIN STORY Nov. 11, Jack Rabbits THE HAPPY FITS, FOLK IS PEOPLE Nov. 11, 1904 Music Hall JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL Nov. 11, Café Eleven FRANK THOMAS Nov. 11, Beluthahatchee RHYTHM & BOOTS BENEFIT Nov. 11, Blue Jay Listening Room AMBROSIA Nov. 12, Alhambra Theatre SATYR, EUROPA, THE NED Nov. 12, Sarbez ZAHIRA & RISING BUFFALO TRIBE Nov. 13, Café Eleven NOAH GUTHRIE Nov. 13, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ASLYN & THE NAYSAYERS Nov. 13, Prohibition Kitchen JENNIFER KNAPP Nov. 14, Café Eleven MATTHEW CONNOR Nov. 14, 1904 Music Hall BIG GIGANTIC, FLAMINGOSIS Nov. 14, Mavericks JYNX & RVNT Nov. 14, Nighthawks The Big Time after-party: HIGHER LEARNING, MATTHEW CONNOR, BIG G Nov. 14, 1904 Music Hall MAGIC CITY HIPPIES, BAY LEDGES Nov. 15, JackRabbs ROUGH MIX Nov. 15, Ragtime Tavern KATHLEEN MADIGAN Nov. 15, Florida Theatre THE BURGH BROTHERS BAND, BEAUREGARD & THE DOWNRIGHT Nov. 15, Prohibition Kitchen Independent Grind Tour: TECH N9NE, DIZZY WRIGHT, FUTURISTIC, DENVER HALL Nov. 16, Mavericks SKYVIEW, GOV CLUB, DANCING WITH GHOSTS, JESSE MONTOYA Nov. 16, 1904 Music Hall EVAN MICHAEL & THE WELL WISHERS Nov. 16 & 17, Flying Iguana JOHN PARKER URBAN BAND Nov. 16, Seachasers SNIPFEST 2018 Nov. 16, Sarbez THE UNDERHILL FAMILY ORCHESTRA, THE WHITE SPADES, JACKIE STRANGER Nov. 17, Rain Dogs MIKE ZITO LIVE Nov. 17, Mojo Kitchen PJ MORTON, GRACE WEBER Nov. 17, 1904 Music Hall SHOVEL TO THE MOON Nov. 17, Jack Rabbits THE PAUL LUNDGREN BAND Nov. 17, Ragtime THE SNACKS BLUES BAND Nov. 17, Seachasers SYZGY, OBSERVATORY, VELOCIRAPTURE Nov. 17, Sarbez CKY, NEKROGOBLIKON Nov. 18, 1904 Music Hall NEW POLITICS, THE SCORE, BIKINI THRILL Nov. 19, Jack Rabbits STEPHEN STILLS, JUDY COLLINS Nov. 19, Florida Theatre MAYDAY PARADE, THIS WILD LIFE, WILLIAM RYAN KEY, OH WEATHERLY Nov. 20, Mavericks MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS Nov. 20, T-U Center TRINA, DAYTONA STICKS Nov. 21, Mavericks BREAD & BUTTER Nov. 21, Ragtime Tavern BENJI BROWN Nov. 23, Florida Theatre ZANDER, HIT PARADE BAND Nov. 23, Prohibition Kitchen CLOUD 9 Nov. 23 & 24, Ragtime Tavern SISTER IVY Nov. 23, Sarbez ASTER & IVY, SIDECREEK Nov. 24, Murray Hill Theatre MARTINA McBRIDE Nov. 24, Florida Theatre 14 NORTH Nov. 24, Jack Rabbits ATMOSPHERE, deM ATLAS, THE LIONESS, DJ KEEZY Nov. 25, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The Big Ticket: WEEZER, FOSTER THE PEOPLE, AJR, GRANDSON, MEG MYERS Dec. 1, Dailys CHRIS ISAAK Dec. 16, Florida Theatre NEKO CASE Jan. 31, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall THE ZOMBIES Feb. 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall

FOLIO DINING Sarah shows off her shades at THE SALTY PELICAN, Fernandina Beach’s nauticalthemed bar and grill–where oysters go to broil!

thesaltypelicanamelia.com.

F ’17 BOJ winner. 2nd-story outdoor bar. T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, Mayport shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Oceanfront. Awardwinning handmade crabcakes, fried pickles, seafood. Open-air upstairs balcony, playground. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S Burger Station, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310, traysburgerstation.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. Familyowned-and-operated 18+ years.

Blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L M-Sa

ARLINGTON + REGENCY

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

AVONDALE + ORTEGA

AMELIA ISLAND + FERNANDINA BEACH

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

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

Hot buffet breakfast daily, full lunch menu. Homestyle soups, specialty sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW K B L D Daily The SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811,

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

L = Lunch

FB = Full Bar

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

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

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

EL JEFE, 947 Edgewood Ave. S., 619-0938, eljefejax.com. TexMex à la Chefs Scott Schwartz and José Solome, plus craft margaraitas, combo meals. $$ FB TO K L, D Daily FOOD ADDICTZ Grill, 1044 Edgewood Ave. S., 240-1987.

F Family-and-veteranowned place offers home cooking. Faves: barbecued pulled pork, blackened chicken, Caesar wrap, Portobello mushroom burger. $ K TO B L D Tu-Su La NOPALERA, 4530 St. Johns Ave., 388-8828. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave. SEE INTRACOASTAL. MOJO No. 4 Urban BBQ & Whiskey Bar, 3572 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 1, 381-6670, mojobbq.com. F ’17 BOJ winner/fave.

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

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

BAYMEADOWS

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

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

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

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

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DINING DIRECTORY BEACHES

(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)

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

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

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

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

FLEMING ISLAND

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

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

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

INTRACOASTAL WEST

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

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

MANDARIN + NW ST. JOHNS

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

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

NAN BORENSTEIN

GRILL ME!

CopperTop Bar & Restaurant 12405 N. Main St. • Jacksonville Born In: California Years In Biz: 20+ Favorite Restaurant: Metro Diner Favorite Cuisine Style: Sushi Go-To Ingredients: Avocados!!

Ideal Meal: Vegetarian or Indian Will Not Cross My Lips: Unusual seafood or very spicy foods.

Insider’s Secret: It’s all in the marinade.

Guilty Pleasure: DQ Butterfinger Blizzard

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

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

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

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

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

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

ORANGE PARK

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

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

DINING DIN NI DIRECTORY The team at GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET serves up juices, smoothies and more, all with a smile in historic 5 Points. photo by Devon Sarian

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

PONTE VEDRA BEACH

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

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

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

RIVERSIDE, 5 PTS + WESTSIDE

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

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

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

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

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

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

ST. AUGUSTINE

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

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

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

SAN MARCO + SOUTHBANK

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

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

Hand-crafted cocktails, specialty drinks. Dine outside.

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

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

SOUTHSIDE + TINSELTOWN

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

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

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

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

SPRINGFIELD + NORTHSIDE

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

Casual spot serves hot dogs, burgers, gator tail, gator jerky.

Gator pond! $ BW TO D, F; L, D Sa & Su. UPTOWN Kitchen & Bar, 1303 Main St. N., 355-0734, uptownmarketjax.com. F Bite Club certified. Fresh fare, innovative menus, farm-to-table selections, daily specials. $$ BW TO B L Daily

MI VERACRUZ, A FAMILY-RUN MEXICAN PLACE between Southside and San Marco, has the goods for your ’rita and taco fix. If you get a hankerin’ for a larger meal (with a few drinks), you’re covered!

These folks have the cocktail sitch down pat.

Peach or lime margaritas are BOGO–all the time. And they’re the real thing, too. My palate’s all a-tingle! Fear not, beer lovers, you’re still among amigos at Veracruz. Ever seen a Corona jug so massive it should have a handle? At this friendly, casual place, for $6.99, get a quart of Corona Familiar to share (or drink it all yourself. I try not to judge). Micheladas are a specialty, blending beer and tomato juice. Think Mexican-style Bloody Mary, with a tart, sweet tamarind chili straw.

The menu is rather comprehensive for a momand-pop-style joint. So substantial, in fact, I had to search before I zeroed in on the classic street-style tacos near the back. Singles, for $2, are served al pastor (with pork) or barbacoa (beef), lengua (tongue), camarones (shrimp), carne asada (beef), tripe (stomach) or cabeza (head).

You can fill a taco with carnitas, too, but only if you order four. I’d rather not commit to a full order.

One of each, please!

Of the three we chose, my favorite filling was barbacoa. Shredded beef, simmered and infused with a mix of chilies and spices. Mi Veracruz uses its own spice blend; the meat was so tender and flavorful, I wished I’d gotten three more. The other choices, lengua and al pastor, were good, but not as tender as I like. Tacos arrive on fresh corn tortillas with onion, cilantro, a circle of cucumber and lime for a zesty addition.

Fajitas always seem to be the unsung hero of Mexican cuisine. I don’t think I’ve ever heard

MI VERACRUZ 3109 Spring Park Rd., 396-2626 someone say, “I’m just dying for a fajita,” but when your eyes take in the sizzling dish set before you, your heart might skip a beat. Mi Veracruz serves mixed fajitas with steak, chicken and shrimp ($12.99), with perfectly caramelized veggies. The peppers still had a little bite, and kept a nice color.

I’m quite picky about shrimp–these were good and juicy! The chicken was just as delicious. Of the trio, the thinly sliced steak fell to last place, only because it was a little too tough.

For something fried and crazy filling, the Chimichanga ($8.99) is it. A Tex-Mex fave, chimichangas are deep-fried burritos filled with meat, smothered in queso. Choose chicken or beef, or go big and get carnitas for a $1.50 more. The tortilla was crisp, the filling hot to the core. Lots of meat–add rice and beans, lettuce, salsa, guac and sour cream. I love the pick & choose extras; I get to mix and match for a perfect DIY Mexican bite.

After your meal, wander the tiny grocery and frozen food shop beside the restaurant. Get a Topo Chico or Jarritos to-go, or some soursop (aka guanabana) for your own kitchen!

Brentley Stead biteclub@folioweekly.com ____________________________________ If you have a recommendation or know of a new place, shoot me an email at biteclub@folioweekly.com.

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Banana beer just might be the next BIG THING DEEP IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA, THERE’S A HIDDEN gem—well-known to locals, but a mystery to outsiders. How many stories have you seen or read that start this way? If you’re like most folks, quite a few. Today’s tale, however, happens to be true, and the hidden treasure alluded to is banana beer.

Made from the eponymous banana, the beverage is known by different names in different areas of Eastern Africa. It was once a common libation and a mandatory part of successful ceremonies and rituals. Today, the art of making banana beer is slowly dying and even commercial examples are quickly disappearing.

Beer has been held in high regard in sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. It was a valuable gift, often presented to visitors along with an invitation to eat and drink with the village chief. Refusing this honor was considered an insult of the highest order. Consequences could be harsh.

The famous Scottish missionary Dr. David Livingstone is credited with writing, “On arriving at Mapuio’s village [south of Lake Tanganyika], … he sent us a calabash of fresh-made beer, which is very refreshing, gave us a hut, and promised to cook for us in the evening … ” Arab traders introduced bananas in Africa in the first or second millennium B.C. Since then, the banana plant has spread across the continent to become the fourthmost important dietary staple in the world, behind rice, wheat and corn.

In Burundi, banana beer was consumed by people from all walks of life. In the English translation of a 1911 French manuscript, itself translated from German, Hans Meyer wrote, “If Barundians are, as a whole, a sober people, it is not because of virtue, but because they do not have enough

to drink and eat to satisfy their appetite.

They would devour an ox forthwith and, if given beer, they would be drunk from morning until evening.”

Meyer continued, “Intoxication is not regarded as a fault or vice, but as a proof of comfort or generosity of the host.” This further solidified banana beer’s status as an important cultural staple.

Called urwagwa in Rwanda, just north of Burundi, the beer also became a secondary source of income for African banana growers. Proceeds from its sale went toward the purchase of less expensive food.

Making banana beer is a labor-intensive undertaking. First, green bananas are placed in a pit lined with green banana leaves. The bananas are then covered with more green leaves and then dried leaves, which are set afire and then covered with soil. In a few days, the bananas ripen and are extracted from the pit, then peeled and mashed by hand. Water and clean grass are added, mixed with the pulp and then drained off, leaving the solids behind. Flour derived from one or several grains like sorghum, millet or maize is added to the liquid to aid in fermentation. The batch is poured into clay pots to ferment for four to five days. The liquid that results is ready for consumption, containing about eight percent alcohol.

Two commercial examples of banana beer are Mongozo, from a Netherlandsbased importer, and Raha, from a Tanzanian manufacturer.

In their constant search for new beers, craft brewers may find banana beer to be just the thing. At least I hope they do. I, for one, am eager to taste this exotic brew.

Marc Wisdom marc@folioweekly.com

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AARDWOLF BREWING COMPANY 1461 Hendricks Ave., San Marco

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

REVE BREWING 1229 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach

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

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

RUBY BEACH BREWING 131 First Ave N., Jax Beach

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

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

RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY 835 Museum Cir., Southbank

ANHEUSER-BUSCH 1100 Ellis Rd. N., Northside

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

SEVEN BRIDGES GRILLE & BREWERY 9735 Gate Pkwy., Southside

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

HYPERION BREWING COMPANY 1740 Main St. N., Springfield

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

BEARDED BUFFALO BREWING COMPANY 1012 King St., Downtown

INTUITION ALE WORKS 929 E. Bay St., Downtown

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

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

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

TABULA RASA BREWING 2385 Corbett St., Northside

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

OLD COAST ALES 300 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine

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

BOLD CITY DOWNTOWN 109 E. Bay St., Jacksonville

PINGLEHEAD BREWING COMPANY 12 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park

WICKED BARLEY BREWING COMPANY 4100 Baymeadows Rd.

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

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

CHEFFED-UP Chef Bill heralds the arrival of the CORN STAR

FALL

MY FAVORITE SEASON OF THE YEAR IS FINALLY IN full swing here in the 904. Most Americans have a favorite time of year or season, depending which region of these great United States they may call home.

For instance, many chefs claim to be loyal worshippers of spring, with its poetic promises of renewal of life and the opportunity to actually find local produce that isn’t brown or preserved. Simply saying the word “spring” suggests romantic visions of pale green ramps, dark, green, crunchy fiddle head ferns and tender, baby spinach in the mind’s eye of many a chef.

For many from the frigid, cold Northern climes, the favorite season up there is summertime. Why? Well, it might be because it gives them a chance to wash their long underwear and maybe even expose their pale, white, pallid flesh to direct sunlight.

Still others from more moderate climates are champions of the winter season, bringing joy to the soul at the sight of the first winter’s snow. It’s lovely to gaze dreamily at falling flakes from the front window of a cozy home—a home where they will spend the majority of the next few months doing their level best to avoid freezing to death, while that beautiful white snow turns a filthy, sooty, dark gray. And all the while, a perma-cloud blots out the sun’s rays, sucking out all life’s joy.

None of that’s for me! No … I love fall! And I’ll tell ya why. It’s the traditional harvest season, that time of year when farmers work longs hours to reap the abundant produce bounty from their fields, such as wheat, alfalfa, barley and, most important, corn.

Corn is by far America’s preeminent food crop. I could bore the pants off you with statistics proving my assertion but … You’re already dozing off, so I won’t. Just take my word for it. CORN IS KING! Our grocery stores are packed full of corn products. Read a few labels of processed food and you’ll find high-fructose corn syrup in items ranging from ketchup to fruit juices to granola bars

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and dozens of other products. Corn is the star in many other processed everyday food items, such as breakfast cereals and corn chips—it’s even in toothpaste.

Yet for me, the most valuable characteristic of corn is flavor.

CHEF BILL’S WHITE CORN BLINI

Ingredients • 3 cups corn kernels, cut from 5 ears • 3 Tbsp. butter • 1-1/2 Tbsp. shallots • 1 cup heavy cream • 2 eggs • 2/3 cup whole milk • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 1 tsp. baking powder • Salt & pepper to taste • 2 Tbsp. chives, sliced Directions 1. Blanch corn in boiling salted water to cover, about 1 minute; drain.

2. Heat 2 Tbsp. butter in skillet and sauté shallots until soft, about 3 minutes. Add corn and cream, cook over low heat 15-20 minutes. Purée in food processor.

3. Beat milk and eggs together in small bowl.

4. Whisk together flour, baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt in large bowl.

5. Melt 1 tablespoon butter and whisk into flour mixture, along with milk mixture. Stir in corn purée, chives and salt to taste.

6. Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat, coat with butter. Ladle 2 ounces of batter in pan, let it begin to bubble and lightly brown on the edges. Flip and cook through. Repeat with the rest of the batter.

••Until we cook again,

Chef Bill Thompson cheffedup@folioweekly.com __________________________________

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

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1810 W. Beaver St., Westside

11030 Baymeadows Rd. 10000 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin 1585 N. Third St., Jax Beach

NASSAU HEALTH FOODS

833 T.J. Courson Rd., Fernandina

1670 Wells Rd., Orange Park 8595 Beach Blvd., Southside 474380 S.R. 200, Fernandina

TERRY’S PRODUCE

Buccaneer Trail, Fernandina

WHOLE FOODS

10601 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin

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taste the earthy flavors of gourds, squash and pumpkin! The best part? Dogs benefit from seasonal superfood, too! A dog park rumor says a pumpkin does wonders for an upset tummy, makes a shiny coat and helps maintain a healthy weight. Pups can’t sip a pumpkin spice latte, but they can acquire healthful perks from wholesome, homemade treats. These super-easy recipes are full of vitamins and minerals for daily nutrition.

PEANUT BUTTER & PUMPKIN DOG TREATS Ingredients • 2-1/2 cups flour • 2 eggs • 1/2 tsp. salt • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin • 2 Tbsp. peanut butter • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice– or a pinch of all three!

Directions • Preheat oven to 350°F • Mix flour, eggs, pumpkin, peanut butter, salt and cinnamon in a bowl. Add water until it’s a sticky dough.

• Shape a half-inch roll, cut in bite-sized pieces.

• Place on baking sheet, about an inch apart.

• Bake until crispy, about 40 minutes.

PUMPKIN CARROT BITES Ingredients • 3/4 cup canned pumpkin • 1 egg • 1/4 cup shredded carrots • 1 cup flour Directions • Preheat oven to 350°F • In a bowl, mix pumpkin, egg, carrots and flour until moistened.

• Roll in small balls, place on a baking sheet.

• Bake 30-35 minutes; makes about 48 treats.

BANANA & PUMPKIN DOG TREATS Ingredients • One banana, mashed • 1 cup canned pumpkin • 1 Tbsp. honey • 1-1/2 cups flour • 1/2 tsp. baking powder Directions • Preheat oven to 350°F • Mix banana, pumpkin and honey in a large bowl.

• Add flour and baking powder. If it’s too wet, add more flour. Dough should be dry.

• Roll out, cut into shapes.

• Place shapes on a baking sheet, bake 10-12 minutes. Makes about 40 treats.

PUMPKIN FROYO BITES Ingredients • 1 cup plain yogurt • 1 cup pumpkin purée Directions • Mix pumpkin and yogurt in a bowl.

• Portion evenly in ice-cube trays.

• Freeze 24 hours.

• Pop out each bite, put in a freezer bag.

Pumpkin is often a main ingredient in pet food and snacks. It’s yummy and nutritious.

Feed your pup fresh, cooked or canned pumpkin, not a moldy jack-o’lantern that sat on the porch until Nov. 4. The pumpkin pulp should be as plain as possible—no pie filling, since it’s usually saturated with sugars that may exacerbate loose stools.

Don’t go too far—a little goes a long way.

You can still ride the pumpkin craze with your pooch. In moderation, this favorite fall gourd can be a yummy year-round treat.

________________________________ Davi the dachshund loves cookin’ up seasonal doggie treats with his sweet mom!

PET TIP: AT EASE IN YOUR OWN SHELL THE PLACID, OFTEN IGNORED TURTLE CAN TEACH US A THING OR TWO ABOUT LIVING THE GOOD LIFE AND TAKING IT EASY. This reptile’s entire rep is based on lethargy. Yet it’s not lethargy that keeps Yertle apace with molasses in January, it’s the charmed life he lives. He eats plants that can’t run, and he doesn’t need to flee from predators because of that shell thing. Turtles are quite agile in water, swimming rapidly when they must. When you get a pet turtle, be prepared to go the distance. Many kinds live 20 to 30 years.

Those massive Galapagos tortoises? Dudes can hang for a century, so after you go, have a caregiver in place–a young one.

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LOCAL PET EVENTS POTTY TRAINING WORKSHOP • A basic introduction to organize and set up a routine to train your pup, held 4-4:30 p.m. Oct. 25, Petco, 430 CBL Dr., St. Augustine, 824-8520, petco.com.

AYLA’S ACRES NO-KILL ANIMAL RESCUE • Thrift shop is open, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., 142 King St., St. Augustine, 484-8792, aylasacres. org. Proceeds benefit the Rescue’s missions.

CLAY HUMANE • The nonprofit animal clinic is open 5 p.m.-midnight on Fri., Sat. and Sun. for urgent veterinary services at 2230 Filmore St., Orange Park, 276-7729. Services includes sudden lameness,

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ear infections, severe skin disease, poisoning, heat stroke and many more. Patients are seen on a walkin basis, in order of urgency. The exam fee is $75; additional procedures and their costs are available on clayhumane.org.

STAY WORKSHOP • A basic introduction to the methodology to teach your pups to stay, in either a Sit or Down, held 4-4:30 p.m. Oct. 26, Petco, 430 CBL Dr., St. Augustine, 824-8520, petco.com. A SIT & DOWN WORKSHOP is 3-3:30 p.m. Oct. 31.

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MEGA PET ADOPTION • It’s never too early to plan ahead: First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Petco Foundation, Jacksonville Animal Care & Protective Services, Nassau Humane Society, Friends of Clay County Animals, and Jacksonville Humane Society offer more than 1,000 pets 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 29 & 30 and Dec. 1 at Jacksonville Fairgrounds, 510 Fairground Place, Downtown. The $20 fee includes spay/neuter, microchip, vaccines and city license, jaxadoptapet. org, fcnmhp.org. Free adoptions for active and retired military, courtesy Doc Tony, doctony.org.

KATZ 4 KEEPS • Adoptions are held 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Oct. 27 & 28, and every Saturday and Sunday at 935B A1A, Ponte Vedra, 834-3223, katz4keeps.org.

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To list your pet event, send the name, time, date, location (complete street address, city), admission price, and a contact number and/or website to print, to mdryden@ folioweekly.com.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD AT LEAST IT WASN’T EGGOS

Some folks can get real territorial about their food. In Colleton County, South Carolina, on Sept. 29, when Ryan Dean Langdale, 19, warned his 17-year-old cousin not to eat his salt-and-vinegar potato chips. “Do not touch my chips, or I’ll shoot you,” Langdale told his bewildered cousin, according to a sheriff ’s incident report. The Charleston Post & Courier reported Langdale walked into another room, got a rifle and “the rifle went off,” according to the sheriff’s document.

Langdale called for help but then told responding cops his cousin had accidentally shot himself while he was cleaning the rifle.

Officers didn’t think the story held up: The bullet’s path through the victim’s chest was “impossible” if he’d mistakenly shot himself, said Maj. J.W. Chapman. Sure enough, when the victim was questioned after surgery, he told cops the chips were at the center of the dispute. Langdale surrendered Oct. 10 and was charged with, among other crimes, attempted murder.

NO RUSSIAN NETI POTS?

Yury Zhokhov, 41, a factory worker in Donetsk, Russia, was found kneeling in a field in early October with a knife handle sticking out from the top of his head. Zhokhov was conscious, and when questioned by police, he reported that he’d stuck the 8-inch blade in his skull himself. He had been having trouble breathing through his nose, he explained, and he hoped to make another hole to breathe through. But the knife became stuck, and he couldn’t remove it. Odditycentral.com reports doctors at the local hospital were afraid to touch the knife, afraid they would be killing Zhokhov or causing brain damage.

“It was horrific,” a hospital spokesperson told local media. X-rays showed the blade was positioned “exactly between the two hemispheres of the brain.” Specialists were called in to take the thing out of the poor man’s skull; Zhokhov survived the surgery with no apparent brain damage.

SEE WEIRDNESS, SAY WEIRDNESS

An alert (or nosy) passerby called police on Oct. 10 after looking in through a bank’s window and seeing all the Natwest bank

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staff in Birmingham, England, hiding and cowering under their desks. Officers arrived on the scene, hoping to catch a robber redhanded. Instead, the workers told cops they were participating in a team-building game of hide-and-seek. West Midlands Police Chief Inspector Dave Keen tweeted that, though the incident was a simple misunderstanding, the reporting citizen made “the right call,” reported Metro News.

PEOPLE, WE ARE RUINING NATURE!

In Olympic National Park in Washington, the mountain goat population has baaa-llooned to an unnatural 700 or more animals. The park is getting more popular with humans, which has led to an unsavory consequence: In their constant quest for salt and other minerals, the goats have developed a strong taste for human urine and sweat left behind by hikers and campers. Goats lick clothing and paw at the ground where people have urinated or disposed of cooking water, according to the National Park Service. Popular Mechanics reports the increased likelihood of humangoat interactions has park officials worried, especially since a goat gored a hiker to death in 2010. So park officials are tagging, blindfolding and airlifting mountain goats to nearby Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, which should suit their needs.

STUPID OUTSIDE, CLEAN INSIDE!

In an apparent attempt to destroy what little brainpower he may have had left, 26-year-old Brandon McVay of Council Bluffs, Iowa, ate a colorful Tide Pod on Oct. 4, prompting a trip to the hospital. While being treated in the critical care unit, McVay suddenly went on a rampage, causing thousands of dollars of damage to medical equipment, wrote the Omaha World-Herald. A nurse told responding police officer McVay “was yelling loudly” as he broke stuff in his room before going in the hallway. Keyboards, computer monitors and glass valued at more than $7,500 littered the hallway, where McVay was subdued by security before cops arrived.

McVay was arrested and held at the hospital on charges of second-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct in a place of business. weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

Moon River Pizza

Brett’s Waterway Café

925 S. 14th Street 904-321-3400

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

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 beer. Open for lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Dine in or take it with you.

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.

The Mustard Seed Cafe 833 T.J. Courson Road 904-277-3141

T-Ray’s Burger Station

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, free-range chicken and fresh organic produce. Salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups are available – all prepared with our staff’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

202 S. Eighth Street 904-261-6310

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.

The Pointe Restaurant 98 S. Fletcher Avenue 904-277-4851

The Pointe, located at Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, is open to the public daily from 7 a.m.–10 a.m. for breakfast and 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. for lunch.

Sunday brunch is served one Sunday each month from 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Oceanview indoor and outdoor seating is available. Please call the Inn to reserve a table or to enquire further about the restaurant.

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People! Wednesday, Oct. 24 is National Bologna Day! Thursday, Oct. 25 is World Pasta Day! Sunday, Oct. 28 is Mother-in-Law Day! Tuesday, Oct. 30 is Mischief Night!

We like bologna and pasta–we make a special dish for our mom-in-law every week. No, we don’t; just on Mischief Night.

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RED HAIR MONSTER HOOTS You: Dancing; one of the twins fell out your top -) Me: Accordion player, tripped on mic cord, hit my head! Awoke from coma, thought of you! I’ll be at the Pot Sunday, boogie-ready. Be there. When: July 4, 1998. Where: Crab Pot. #1712-1024 I WONDER U Saturday thrift-store shopping. U said u liked my shirt and showed me your ankle tattoo.

Very symbolic meeting. Wish we’d talked a little more. Let’s trade bootlegs. Acknowledge me.

When: Sept. 22. Where: Betty Griffin Center Thrift Shoppe, St. Augustine. #1711-1003 HARVARD AVE. UBER RIDER You: Tall, attractive student advisor. Me: Drove you from friend’s house. Thanks for $10 tip. I liked our conversations along the way; key things in common. Talk again? If you feel the same, please respond. When: Sept. 8. Where: Riverside. #1710-0919 GOLDEN CORRAL SAN JOSE You: Dining solo, booth behind us, blonde hair/ beard, gorgeous blue eyes, blue shirt, jeans, white van. Me: With mom, son; brunette, Jags shirt, black shorts, black car. Let’s meet. Single?

Coffee? When: Aug. 18. Where: Golden Corral. #1709-0829

SUN-RAY FRONT LINE You: Cool couple. Man, patterned button-up. Woman, hip glasses, platform shoes. Us: Tall brunette, floral dress.

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

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

Wanted to talk; you left. Thought of you rest of day. Make it every day? When: 12:30 p.m. June 21. Where: 5 Points Firehouse Subs. #1704-0627 BLACK 4-DOOR CADILLAC You watched me putting a shot back into the back of my car. You stopped and had your flashers on and I was too shy to stop. I wish I had. When: June 13. Where: Home Depot Lane Ave. #1703-0620

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Connex Made SANDY TOES & A ROSE You: Mocked my princess-wedding dreams, then strode over sand, rose in hand. Young men admired your moxie. Me: Sure you’re a romantic. Hard to surf the pier’s 1-2’ without longboard. Hang yours in my garage? When: May 21. Where: Jax Beach Pier. #1702-0620

PETITE BRUNETTE ON BICYCLE You: Bicycling.

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

You seemed shy but friendly. Coffee at Bold Bean?

When: Aug. 7. Where: Avondale. #1708-0822

EASTER SUNDAY: THIS IS SILLY You: Serving, tall, tattoos, beautiful eyes; sweeping close by on purpose? Me: Dirty blonde, striped dress, dark lipstick, lunch, parents. Eyes met. Should’ve left my number. Can I sit in your section next time?

When: April 1. Where: Black Sheep. #1701-0606

SOUTHERN GROUNDS BLEND You: Pretty lady, khaki shorts, print top, recommended dark roast coffee. Me: Blue shirt, jean shorts. Single?

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

Namaste! When: July 29. Where: San Marco Southern Grounds. #1707-0808

ROYAL AUSSIE AIR FORCE Dreamboat RAAF sharing vegan chia pudding with pal. Your flight suit hunkiness make me speechless. We shared a table; I blushed a lot, too shy to say hi; I am now! Meet for pudding? When: May 23. Where: Southern Roots Filling Station. #1700-0530

HAWAIIAN SHIRT, GIN & TONIC Outside bar. You said my drink looked good. Me: “Only drink worth bootlegging.” You: Sharp, white slacks, heels, blue blouse; late friends. Wish they’d stood you up; we would’ve had fun. Try again? When: July 18.

Where: PV Pussers. #1706-0725

HOT SILVER WATCH You: Got soda, sat by me; medium height, black manbun, red dress shirt, sexy watch. Me: Tall man, short brown hair, mid20s, gray shirt. Didn’t say hello; too shy. Show me more silver! When: May 22. Where: Lee’s Sandwich Shoppe, Baymeadows. #1699-0530 OCTOBER 24-30, 2018 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 35

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DASHIELL HAMMETT, INGMAR BERGMAN, DREAM HOMES & EDGAR ALLAN POE ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her poem “Shedding Skin,” Harryette Mullen compares her transformation to what a snake periodically does to renew itself. You have a great opportunity to do your molting, so you may find her thoughts helpful. (I’ve rendered them in prose for easier reading.) “Pulling out of the old scarred skin–old rough thing I don’t need now–I strip off, slip out of, leave behind. Shedding toughness, peeling layers down to vulnerable stuff. And I’m blinking off old eyelids for a new way of seeing. By the rock I rub against, I’m going to be tender again.” Halloween costume idea: snake sloughing its skin.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance,” says 49-year-old author Elizabeth Gilbert, who has written rather extensively about those subjects. I agree with her. I’ve devoted years to studying the mysteries of love, yet I still feel like a rookie in the methods of love. Even if you’re smarter about these matters than Gilbert and I are, adopt a humble, curious attitude in the next few weeks. The cosmos has prepared interesting lessons for you. The best way to use them? Be eagerly receptive and open-minded. Halloween costume though: sex researcher, love explorer.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery,” wrote Gemini author Dashiell Hammett.

Don’t use his method too much, and only when others don’t work. Mostly, your best strategy to get the lessons you need is to put oil into the machinery, not a monkey-wrench. That’s especially true in the weeks ahead. Turn the machinery off for a bit as you add the oil and do maintenance. Halloween costume suggestion: repair person, computer techie, machine whisperer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman was a Cancerian like you and me. One contributing factor of his success was that he put his demons to good use, “by harnessing them to his chariot.” He said that he gained control over his demons by taking long walks after breakfast.

“Demons don’t like fresh air,” he said. “They prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet.” Now would be an ideal time to adopt his advice. Halloween costume concept: Walk your demon on a leash, make it into a puppet or harness it to your chariot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During Halloween season, cogitate extensively about what your dream home would look and feel like if you had all the money needed to build it. What colors would you paint the walls? Carpets or hardwood floors? What’s your perfect lighting, furniture and décor? As you look out the windows, what views do you see? Nearby nature or urban hotspots? Is there an office, music room or art studio? Have fun imagining your sanctuary, made to bring out the best in you.

Halloween costume tip: the ultimate homebody.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look,” writes novelist Jodi Picoult. That’s crucial for you to think about in the next few weeks. Why? Because your superpower is going to be the marvelous ability to find extraordinary things hiding in places where most folks almost never think to look. Do yourself and those you care for a really big favor: Focus intensely on this task.

Halloween costume proposal: sleuth, private eye, Sherlock Holmes.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming,” wrote author Shauna Niequist. In accordance with astrological omens, I say her words are true and useful. You’ve zipped through a time of fertile chaos, creating fresh possibilities.

In January, you’ll be ready for stability and security.

For now, your assignment is to blossom. Halloween costume advice: beautiful creature hatching from an egg; strong sprout cracking out of a seed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “He believed in magic,” writes author Michael Chabon about a character in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. “Not in the so-called magic of candles, pentagrams and bat wings,” nor “dowsing rods, séances, weeping statues, werewolves, wonders or miracles.” What then? Chabon says it’s the “impersonal magic of life,” like coincidences and portents that reveal their meanings later. It’s a good time to call on a magic you see as real and helpful. What magic will you call? Halloween costume suggestion: magician, witch, wizard.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” Sagittarian author Jane Austen wrote that in Northanger Abbey, and I’m passing it on to you, slightly altered. My version: “If adventures will not befall Sagittarians of any age or gender in their own neighborhood, they must seek them abroad.” Just where is “abroad”? The dictionary says it may mean a foreign country, or simply outside or another place.

Extend the meaning to include anywhere outside your known, familiar sphere. Halloween costume hint: traveler on a pilgrimage, explorer on a holy quest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A beer company’s PR execs offered lots of money if I’d sneak product placement in your horoscope. They asked me to pretend there was a viable astrological reason to suggest you drink gallons of their beer. Truth is, real planetary omens say the opposite. Don’t loll around in a drunken haze. Instead, find support for a labor of love or favorite cause. Very Important People are more available than usual; seek their input. Halloween costume cue: Ultimate Fundraiser, Top Hobnobber.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “What kind of idea are you?” asks author Salman Rushdie. “Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself, aims to find a niche, to survive; or are you the cussed, bloody-minded, ramrod-backed type of damnfool notion that would rather break than sway with the breeze?” You may be an effective version of either in the weeks ahead. If you’re a cussed, damnfool notion, change your world in dramatic ways. Halloween costume clues: revolutionary, crusader, rabble-rouser.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There is no beauty without some strangeness,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe. Fashion designer Rei Kawakubo went on: “Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.” She added nuance: “For something to be beautiful, it doesn’t have to be pretty.” One more seed for thought: wabi-sabi. It’s a Japanese term referring to a kind of beauty that’s imperfect, transitory, incomplete. It’s time to clarify your idea of beauty–and commit to embodying it. Halloween costume guide: Dress as your idea of beauty.

Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

O CANADA!

M.D. M.J.

Canadian winters just got a whole lot more BEARABLE

AS GEOPOLITICS GO, ONE OF the most low-key rivalries of the modern era has been the gentleman’s duel between the United States and Canada. We never fail to remind them that their freedoms were won by our soldiers, and they never let us forget that the world likes them more.

There are occasional trade disputes, too. But it’s generally all fun and games. Still, our neighbors to the north always seem to have a way of showing us up at the most sensitive of times.

While we were gearing up to hire a (literally) certified lunatic to run our country, Canada was settling into a long-term relationship with the liberal democratic dreamboat Justin Trudeau. The guy is so pretty that even Archie Bunker would get the vapors. While we were debating about precisely how sadistic and cruel our immigration policies should be, Trudeau was meeting Syrians at the airport–with freaking gift bags!

The trend continues in 2018: While our leaders are dragging their feet about decriminalizing cannabis–a matter in which citizens have made their feelings crystal-clear–Trudeau and co. have made an end-run around us by legalizing the stuff outright in mid-October.

Although prices were reportedly so high (pun intended) that the first guy in line at the first store walked out, it still took less than a week for Canada to completely clear out their weed rations. Ponder that for a moment. The closest we’ve ever come to that was when Snoop Dogg played Gator Growl last year, and we had to activate the National Guard just to roll joints. (I’m kidding–they weren’t really on the clock.) It was cause for celebration in Canada (presumably involving syrup), but brows were furrowed deeper than Dusty Rhodes’ forehead in Washington. The whole affair makes our leaders look bad. But, then again, they’re used to looking bad.

Because they are bad.

The real problem is, like S.H.I.E.L.D., hydra-headed. We share 5,525 miles of border with them, of which 1,500 is Alaska.

The other 4,000 covers another 12 states, of which only Idaho hasn’t at least gone in for medical marijuana by now. We now have a continental consensus that our leaders cannot control anymore. The US made $9.7 billion on cannabis last year, up more than 30% from 2016.

This year’s numbers are expected to crush that.

With tourism to Canada already surging, for obvious reasons, the new laws could shave our profits bigly.

Not only was pot legalized north of the border, it was amortized. Clearing the slate of previous pot convictions increases pressure on our government to do so, and this administration has already shown that it responds to pressure about as well as enriched uranium.

The U.S. has already signaled its intent to push back against our pals in the only way we really can: by being jerks. Canadians working in the cannabis industry can expect issues getting into America, whether their skin is brown or not. Many may be banned outright. And those voided convictions will carry little weight when applying for work visas. This could cost us millions more, particularly in those border states. It will undermine tourism and all manner of existing business relationships.

Ultimately, though, it’s a win-win for both countries. Frankly, this is precisely the kind of October Surprise we all needed.

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FOLIO VOICES : BACKPAGE EDITORIAL

FREEDOM

IS NEVER GIVEN

Protest has always been MESSY and CONTROVERSIAL THE YEAR IS 1963. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF demonstrators congregate at the steps of the Washington Monument to advocate for Black rights, both civil and economic.

The year is 2014. Hundreds of activists participate in a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, to call attention to the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer. Both of these marches were peaceful and nonviolent, but the former was venerated while the latter is condemned. The retroactive adjustment of the truth of Black people in protest continues to shape our views of demonstration and its participants.

The methods of Black protesters such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and their followers in the era of the Civil Rights Movement shaped the views of Americans on what demonstration should look like.

On one hand, Martin Luther King Jr. preached peace above retribution.

“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon,” he said, “which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”

On the other hand, Malcolm X once said, “A revolution is bloody. Revolution is hostile.

Revolution knows no compromise. Revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way. And you, sitting around here like a knot on the wall, saying, ‘I’m going to love these folks no matter how much they hate me.’

No, you need a revolution.”

Their contrary opinions were divisive and created much disunity among Black activists of the time, though we do not remember this to be the case. In a 2016 Political Theory article, University of Texas professor Juliet Hooker asserts that the public mind has edited the civil rights movement into “a romantic narrative […] that results in a teleological account of racial progress and the perfectibility of US democracy,” instead of what it really was: an unending struggle for respect and equality.

This false narrative allows the critics of modern Black protests to contrast those

protesters’ style with the romantic myth and find contemporary demonstrations lacking.

Another prominent example of Black people in protest is the controversial Black Lives Matter movement. The campaign began to call attention to the unjust deaths of Black people at the hands of law enforcement.

The movement—started by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—has faced criticism for its violent associates. In 2014, a supporter killed two police officers in New York City and claimed the action as retribution for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown earlier that year. Leaders such as Rashad Turner have “denounced the violent protesters” of their regions, suggesting that “[t]here are other ways to channel that anger.”

Black protesters are not ignorant of the unending comparisons to historical dissidents.

Present-day activists explicitly draw on ideology developed during the civil rights era.

They have even organized Freedom Rides inspired by those of 1961.

Yet, Black Lives Matter faces criticism for not living up to the romantic narrative. Today, public opinion of Black protesters is deeply rooted in the idealist fiction of the civil rights era. Communities dehumanize advocates and treat them with scorn for their unwillingness to acquiesce to the historically inaccurate archetype of the pacifist Black demonstrator.

Even when protest is peaceful, lingering animosity causes blame to be shifted to those attempting to bring about change.

Education and understanding have been—and remain—the most effective ways of counteracting prejudice. If an accurate narrative of the civil rights movement, not to mention a true understanding of the struggles of Black America, were widely known and accepted, then perhaps a more racially harmonious society could be achieved.

Julianna Chicerelli mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ Chicerelli is a student at Bartram Trail High School.

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