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in this issue 38

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VOLUME 6, ISSUE 6

ONE OF US Macky Weaver

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BE A KID AGAIN lets community play for a good cause

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FROM LEMONS TO LEMON PIE pie in the sky feeds families

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SOME LIKE IT HOT really hot

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WHAT IS INTERIOR DESIGN

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CARING CHEFS PROMISES FUN and food for a good cause

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CHIC FASHIONS BENEFIT local families

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MALIVAI WASHINGTON SERVES UP achievement for kids

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BUILDING A BETTER FIRST COAST Tom Trout’s 50 year legacy

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HOME OF FIRST COAST inspiration

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BEACHES FINE ARTS SERIES celebrates 40 years

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DELICIOUS DELIGHTS TO SUPPORT St. Vincent’s Healthcare

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TEEING OFF “FORE” local charities

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THESE COLORS DO RUN Jacksonville’s psychedelic 5k

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IN THE ARTS first coast arts calendar

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ANIMAL LOVERS STRUT THEIR MUTTS for homeless pets

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about this magazine

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Susan Griffin, Publisher Kelly Hould, Editor Rob Conwell, Circulation Manager Elizabeth M. Steif, Staff Writer Carrie Resch, Staff Writer Ed Johnson, Senior Account Executive Kristin Flanagan, Account Executive Cary Johnson, Manon Zamora-Barwick, Publication Design April Snyder, Sales Assistant Toni Foy, Sales Coordinator

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acky Weaver has been with the Jacksonville Jaguars since the beginning — he began working in sales and sponsorship in May 1994. The nephew of former Jags owner Wayne Weaver, he knew he wanted work in sales and started his career at Mack Paper following graduation from the University of Georgia, where he majored in economics.

Weaver, a Georgia native, moved to Jacksonville as a child and surprised many people as an adult when he would talk about wanting to come back to the area. After stints in Atlanta and West Palm Beach, he made his way back to the First Coast.

Most of his immediate family lives in the area, and he resides here with his wife Reppard and their two sons Jimmy and Evans.

Besides working for the Jags, Weaver is also active in a number of civic organizations. He is on the board of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and is involved with Deerwood Rotary Club, American Lung Association and Leadership Jacksonville.

Weaver met with the Register at his office at Everbank Field to talk more about his position with the team and what fans can look forward to this season.

One of US

MACKY WEAVER

Tell me about your role with the Jaguars.

I run all the tickets sales. This year is 18 years with the Jags — I started here in May 1994 in sales and sponsorship and have slowly taken on a variety of roles. I’ve been in this role for about two and a half years.

Besides the Jags, what’s kept you in Jacksonville?

I love this area. My family moved here when I was in fifth grade, so I grew up here. And even when I went to University of Georgia in Athens and lived in Atlanta and West Palm Beach for a little while, I would tell people I wanted to come back here — I didn’t know exactly how but I was going to come back to Jacksonville.

I really love this city and all the things it has to offer — the beach, the river, the golf, all those things — and I knew I wanted to come back and raise my family. Fortunately all this came together and gave me the opportunity to do that.

How has your role with the Jaguars changed under the new ownership and the with the other changes?

It’s more focused; I’m still doing a lot of the same things.

One of the great things Mr. (Shahid) Khan did was provide a lot of new resources in forms of people and equipment and things like that, so it allowed me to focus more on what’s important, which is filling the stadium up through ticket sales and promotions. So it has changed a little bit but really just made it more focused.

What’s going on with the Jags this season that you’re particularly excited for?

There are some great things for fans. We sat down and really FIRST COAST REGISTER | OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012 5

took a look at the barriers to coming to games — for example, the concessions were too expensive so we adopted a program where people can bring their own food in, so there goes that objection to coming to the game. Another one was for infants and small children — previously you had to have a ticket but now you can get a “lap pass” if your child is under 34 inches, and then once they get over that, we have sections in the stadium where you can get a half-price ticket.

And then in every stadium, in every sport, you have what we call “orphan seats,” where there’s a row of seats and one or two don’t get sold. So we came up with the Coin Toss Tickets — you can come down here on Saturday before a home game and buy a voucher for $20 per ticket, so it gives people an opportunity to come to a game where the cost of a regular ticket might be prohibitive. It’s been really well received, and I’m really happy we did that.

I think what I’m most proud of is this collection of things we’ve done to further eliminate any reason why

somebody couldn’t come to a Jaguars game.

Is there any particular Jags matchup you’re looking forward to this season?

Every game is really important, but I think our signature game will be the Indianapolis game. It’s military appreciation, and it’s great. It’s the kickoff for the NFL Salute to Service and we partner with the city for the basketball game on Friday night.

So it’s going to be a great opportunity to show respect and to honor the military members in our community.

We’ll have somewhere between 7,000 and 8,000 military people attend the game, and the thematic of the game is based around that military appreciation. The military so deserves that respect and it’s great and hopefully we’re in a position where we can always have something like that around Veterans Day weekend and show that level of respect to the military.

—Elizabeth M. Steif

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BE A KID AGAIN lets community play for a good cause While members of the community played games with two of Jacksonville’s biggest stars, they could also help the organization of another.

Greg Jones and Maurice Jones-Drew hosted Be a Kid Again ... For the Kids last month at Latitude 30 in Jacksonville and teamed up with 26.2 with Donna to create an additional fundraiser for Donna Deegan’s organization.

When guests purchased tickets to the event and entered a special code at checkout, a portion of the ticket price was donated to 26.2 with Donna.

“This was a very cool opportunity,” Deegan said about the partnership.“They contacted us and asked if we would support it. We love the cause anyway, and it was a great opportunity to partner with these guys.”

Both the Maurice Jones-Drew Foundation and Greg Jones’ Lead Block Foundation do work to benefit children.

Be A Kid Again raised over $20,000 for the benefiting organizations.

Besides 26.2 with Donna, beneficiaries include Nemours Children’s Clinic and other programs focused on children’s initiatives.

Deegan attended the event to host a champagne toast, where one guest won a diamond ring valued at $10,000.

Guests at the event had exclusive use of Latitude 30, including an arcade with more than 70 interactive games, pool tables and two bars.

In addition to traditional arcade games such as skee-ball, air hockey and video game favorites, guests could lace up their bowling shoes and take on their favorite local celebrities for an additional donation.

Guests could also test their Madden 13 skills in a tournament sponsored by EA Sports.

Deegan said she was grateful for the chance to work with the Maurice Jones-Drew Foundation and Jones’ Lead Block Foundation.

“I love these guys and the work they’re doing,” she said.“I joke that Greg Jones is my favorite Jaguar because he’s a Seminole and Maurice Jones-Drew is my other favorite because he’s the closest to my height! But they’re a great couple of guys, and we all try to help each other.”

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FROM LEMONS TO LEMON PIE

BY ELIZABETH M. STEIF

I

n Hastings, Fla., pie is feeding a community.

In this town, where dreams are so often dashed, one woman’s idea for helping people in need is turning into a lifeline for hungry families.

Malea Guiriba founded Pie in the Sky three years as what she calls a “fill in the gap” organization. By selling her pies — through raffles, auctions and orders — she raises money to purchase food from Second Harvest and operates a food distribution center out of the old elementary school in Hastings.

Each Wednesday, residents line up before the doors open to come through and “shop” for their pick of produce, pantry items, dairy products and meat. A “truck brigade” delivers food to another 100 families around the county.

“They don’t just come here and get a bag of food and leave,” Guiriba said.

“We wanted this to be dignified and respectful. They get to shop and they get a choice.”

‘A natural collaboration’ Guiriba began working in Hastings with the Betty Griffin House but lost the funding for her position. Although she was desperate for income, she knew she couldn’t leave this community.

“Some of (the residents) said,‘You’re just another agency and you’ll leave.’ I couldn’t do that,” Guiriba said.

While sitting with a friend at the cafe in town brainstorming ways Guiriba could still help and afford to do so, her friend suggested she make desserts for the cafe to sell.

Mike Mitchell suggested she call the business Pie in the Sky because she had “pie in the sky dreams.”

Despite never having made a pie before, Guiriba discovered the pie business could be quite successful. She opened a small shop on Main Street to operate FIRST COAST REGISTER | OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012 11

from and began the food bank about two years ago.

In the beginning, she and her friend Ellen Walden would drive to Second Harvest and load Guiriba’s truck with food for distribution in the community.

Eventually Second Harvest began delivering the food, and Guiriba and Walden moved the food bank to its current location.

Walden, who works for Health and Human Services, was “in the right place at the right time,” she said.

As then-president of Sertoma, Walden helped Pie in the Sky earn its 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation, and the civic organization still provides support for Pie’s truck brigade around St. Johns County that delivers food to residents in the community.

“We both know the community; it was a natural collaboration,” she said.

‘They’ve been real good to me’ Although Guiriba does a huge service to the community, she is quick talk about how much the residents do for each other.

Each person working at the food bank on Wednesdays is a volunteer, and nearly all have come through the line themselves, Guiriba said.

“It gives people the opportunity to be givers,” she said.

“When you give people the opportunity to give and they know how good it feels, they keep going.”

And it’s more than just giving away food.

One member of the community — John — was out of work, needed repairs made to his home and was “just having a hard time,” Guiriba said. He also needed major dental work, which would help give him confidence to look for a job but was financially out of reach.

When an attempt was made to work on his home, the landlord rejected it. Instead of giving up, Guiriba and others got him a bus ticket so he could get out of his house while they found him somewhere new to live.

When he came back, they leveraged enough money to pay for dentures for John, who now works part-time and helps take care of two elderly community members and is “so confident,” Guiriba said.“He’s grown into a whole new person.”

John also volunteers at the food bank every week, greeting residents as they come through and answering questions about the process at the door.

“It’s great. They’ve been good to me — real good to me,” John said of Pie in the Sky. “I’m blessed to have people like that around me.”

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organizations, even though many residents live in poverty.

A grandmother and her two granddaughters spent the last year collecting pennies they found — on the ground in parking lots, on sidewalks, left behind on gas station counters — and gave them all to Pie in the Sky. The donation totaled about $75 — no small amount for anyone in this community.

“Malea can get more with pennies than you can get with dollars at the grocery story,” said Mary Crews, the grandmother.

Crews, who has been coming to the food bank for about two years, raises her granddaughters Amber, 8, and Crystal, 6.

“I think it’s wonderful!” Amber said of the food bank.

She talked about finding and saving the pennies over the year and said the family is doing the same thing again.

“Nobody wants pennies but we can use them,” she said.

They’ve already collected about 100 pennies, and a neighbor just donated $20 worth to give them a boost.

Crews receives Social Security benefits and food stamps, she said, but the money never goes far enough, especially while taking care of the girls. So she lines up every Wednesday, and the girls usually come too — if they’ve finished their homework, of course.

Crews spoke proudly not only of her granddaughters but also of Guiriba’s efforts in the community and how much it means to have this resource.

“She really cares about her people,” Crews said.“I was sick and didn’t make it here for a few weeks, and Malea showed up at my door. She’s our guardian angel.”

‘This is the best’ Other residents just need somewhere to go while they work on getting on their feet.

Hastings resident Cindy and her 15-year-old daughter Stevie have been coming to the food bank for about three months.

Cindy is a breast cancer survivor and receives disability benefits. Her 20-year-old son is blind, and she struggles to make ends meet while caring for her family.

“Without (the food bank) we wouldn’t be able to afford groceries,” she said.

Flagler Estates, where Cindy and her family live, hosts a small food bank through Second Harvest, but “this is the best one. This is the one you don’t want to miss.You can get here what you can’t get anywhere else.”

In the line, Cindy gets as much produce as she’s allowed, and Stevie looks for interesting items to bring to school for lunch.

In Hastings, simply going to Publix isn’t an option — the nearest ones are in either Palatka or St. Augustine — and there aren’t many other options.

“Going to a grocery store is a long way away,” Cindy said.“No one looks down on you for coming here.”

Right now, Cindy is working on a culinary arts degree at First Coast Technical College in St. Augustine, and her son is about to go to the Conklin Center for the Blind in Daytona Beach.

“We’re excited for that,” she said.“And when I graduate and we get on our feet, this is something we’ll come back to and donate to.”

‘It’s been a blessing’ Steve is another client who volunteers where he can. He helps with Pie in the Sky’s distribution and volunteers with the program at Flagler Estates.

“They get about 1,000 pounds of food a week at Flagler, and it helps, but Malea always gets more,” he said.

He praised Pie’s work in bringing this resource to the community and said as the food bank has grown, the organization has done more to make it better for residents.

“They’ve rearranged things to make it more organized,” he said.“She takes care of everyone. It’s been a blessing, it really has.”

Getting more is not always easy, though.

Guiriba buys about 5,000 pounds of food each week from Second Harvest to feed 385 households weekly at a cost of about $2,000 a month.

Between money raised from pies, donations from the community and support from several local organizations, Pie in the Sky scrapes by — but barely.

A steady rise in demand and a decline in funds could force the food bank to operate only every other week or even monthly.

Its absence would create an enormous hardship for residents,

Guiriba said. Many depend on — and even survive on — the food bank, and to cut the operation at all would be her “worst nightmare come true,” Guiriba wrote in an email.

Aside from the food bank, Pie in the Sky works with several organizations to provide other assistance in the community, from elderly services to housing to medical and dental care.

“It’s all the little things you need day to day,” she said.“Most of the people we help can’t get help anywhere else.”

Getting involved in the giving Guiriba, who is now employed by St. Johns Housing Partnership, closed her little shop in July to drastically reduce overhead costs for Pie in the Sky. She is still baking pies, of course, mostly to be auctioned or raffled at special events, and she takes orders from the public.

She and Walden praised all the volunteers for their work in keeping the organization going.

“We all come together to make it happen,”Walden said.“If everyone does a little bit, we can accomplish a lot.”

The organization is a testament to the community, Guiriba said, more than just her work.

“When you think of grassroots, that’s exactly what we are. The community knows and trusts us,” Guiriba said.“The community helps each other, and that’s not something you just come by.

“It makes them feel good to get them involved in the giving.”

For more information about Pie in the Sky or to donate to the organization, visit www.hastingspieinthesky.com.

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SOME LIKE IT HOT

Really

BY CARRIE RESCH

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s if Florida’s climate was not hot enough, folks in St. Augustine like to turn up the heat with the datil pepper, a treasured pepper with roots in St. Augustine that is the key ingredient in many hot sauces and recipes throughout the community.

Although the pepper is not exclusively cultivated in the Nation’s oldest city, the majority of them are — a tradition passed down from generation to generation along with family recipes that use the hot but slightly sweet and fruity-tasting pepper. The datil pepper comes from the habanero pepper family, having a similar “hotness factor” to the habanero.

The introduction of the datil pepper to the region of the First Coast is not confirmed, but it probably made its first appearance in St. Augustine around 1800 via a jelly maker from Chili named S.B.Valls, according to “The Complete Chili Pepper Book” by Dave DeWitt and Paul W. Bosland. Many locals credit the datil introduction from late 18th century Minocran indentured workers, according to the book.

Commercially in St. Augustine, there are a lot of datil pepper products sold, but there are also a lot of self-starters in the community that like experimenting with the heat treat in a variety of products and sell their entrepreneurial goods to the locals at places like the St. Augustine Farmer’s Market.

Kenneth Johns started KJ’s Products,LLC in 2009.

His products include pepper jellies, pickled vegetables, hot mustard and pepper sauce. Johns likes to

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use datil peppers in his products.

“I am married to a fifth-generation Minorcan and this is ‘their pepper,’” Johns said.“It really has a distinctive taste along with the heat.”

He uses the peppers in eight of his pepper jellies, pickled asparagus, picked okra, bread and butter pickles, Chow Chow, Dilly Beans, hot mustard and Datil Pepper sauce. He cooks up and bottles his concoctions in a commercial kitchen and sells at local venues such as the Old City Farmers Market located in the parking lot of the amphitheater in St. Augustine. He also sells them at the Market on Granada and Bookworms in St. Augustine.

Another local company has a love affair with the pepper. Taste of St. Augustine, a division of Raynor Foods Inc. was founded in 2004 and is run by Barbie and Craig Raynor with their son Michael Raynor.

Michael Raynor described the flavor of the datil pepper as if a habanero pepper married a sweet bell pepper.

“The datil pepper is unique to St. Augustine and this part of Florida, but also we just think they have a really great flavor,” Raynor said, adding that not many people know about the pepper outside of Northeast Florida.

“We grow them ourselves and we also support the local economy as best as possible,” Raynor said.

“We have a really nice relationship with First Coast Technical College. They grow datil peppers for their agricultural department and we’ve been purchasing

them as well,” he said.“Whatever we can’t grow, we try to get from them or from other local farmers.”

They also incorporate another one of the locals’ favorite produce products in the area: the Seville orange.

“In Seville, Spain, where they’re from, the rind is thick which makes for a good marmalade,” Raynor said. The orange is also used in honey mustard to give it a nice tart flavor, he said. The family gets the oranges from the Dundee area.

Taste of St. Augustine’s products include “Sweet Heart” barbecue sauce,“Original Datil Pepper Sauce,”“Snakebite” which has twice the pepper mash of the Original Datil Pepper Sauce,“Matanzas Magic Marinade” and “Minocran Spice,” a datil pepper and Seville orange seasoning.

The products are sold in over 60 stores including the San Sebastian Winery, the St. Augustine Lighthouse, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Green Man Gourmet in Avondale and Fish Tales Market & Grill in Vilano Beach. The’re also available online at www.tasteofstaugustine.com.

Veterans Farm in Jacksonville is even getting on the datil pepper train.Veterans Farm is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help disabled combat veterans reintegrate into society through the use of horticulture therapy. The farm grows many fruits and vegetables including the datil pepper and they have their own line of datil pepper sauces including barbecue sauce, hot sauce, mustard and datil pepper-infused kosher salt.

There is even an annual festival dedicated to the area’s beloved pepper. The Datil Pepper Festival is held during the St. Johns County Home and Garden Show at the St. Johns County Agriculture Center in St. Augustine.

This year it was held on the weekend of Oct. 6–7.

This year marked the Sixth Annual Datil Pepper CookOff Festival contest that had several popular area restaurants competing by creating appetizers and entrees with the datil pepper for judges to try. The event also featured an Amateur Datil Pepper Hot Sauce contest.

There are countless ways to incorporate the popular pepper into dishes. Among them are using them in meatloaf, chili, pizza sauce, baked beans or dipping sauces.

Some folks say that a trip to St. Augustine would not be complete without a Datil Pepper product. Some say it’s just as much a part of St. Augustine history as the tourist attractions located there.

Whatever the datil pepper’s attraction is, one thing is for sure: the people in this area love the precious pepper they call their own.

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Interior Design?

WHAT IS

BY CATHY THOMASSON HARTFORD

A

ccording to Wikipedia, interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an “effective setting for the range of human activities” that are to take place there. An interior designer/decorator is someone who conducts such projects. Interior design is a multi faceted profession that includes conceptual development, liaising with the stakeholders of a project and the management and execution of the design. Whew! Got that?

My background is in art and fashion — so why, you might ask, am I writing an article on interior design? Quick answer: because I love to design, I love to decorate and most would say I’m pretty darn good at it!

I was a fashion merchandising and fashion design major — so art, design, color and my love for all things related to art and fashion have been my passion forever. From the time I can remember, I was decorating, redecorating, painting and rearranging my room to keep things clean, color coordinated and the overall look pulled together, balanced and beautiful.

When it came to my major however, fashion and art were in the forefront of all I loved in life.

To me, this translates into interior design and decorating.

The way you pull an outfit together is very similar to pulling a room together. It’s all about color, weight, balance — not too many accessories, but just enough to tie everything together.

Fortunately, this has always come naturally. As an artist, I can often walk into a room and tell what’s wrong with it or what is simply fantastic about it in a matter of seconds.

From art and fashion I went into the home decor and decorative accessories industry where I worked for twenty years as a key account sales rep with buyers of large retail chains. I assisted and many times guided the process of products through their development stages. I was an authority on current fashion trends, helping to drive color direction and eventually sales.

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So from everything art and fashion into everything home furnishings and decorative accessories, here I am today where all these components of my former life have come together into my very own store.: Sidney Cardel’s.

Art, fashion, home decor and accessories are now what I live with every day. I just love it! I also love it when my design clients ask me for help. Then the fun begins.

What type of design services do you need? Are you building a home? If so, you might need some help in choosing components such as flooring, hardware, lighting, etc.

If you’re looking for assistance in just furnishing your home or room, this can be achieved very easily. There are many different levels of design services available to you and your budget will determine how much help you need or can afford.

Do your research. Let your fingers do the walking through Google and look for a firm or someone who has before and after photos, references and/or testimonials of their work.You may know someone through a friend and I’ll tell you, word of mouth is a great resource. The bottom line is this: you want to work with someone who makes you feel comfortable.

For me, it helps to understand what one wants to achieve in their design of a room or home by answering a few questions.

1. What is your lifestyle? Do you work outside the home, and if so what do you do? Are you retired? Do you have children, grandchildren, pets? Do you like to entertain or do you just enjoy your quiet time?

2. When you come home at the end of a day, what do you want your home to feel like: serene, happy, fun, energetic? This can help determine a color direction and overall placement of furniture and accessories. How you want to “feel” is a big part of helping someone achieve their goal.

3. Do you have a certain look or favorite color story you’d like to work towards? Depending on what colors you start with, this will help guide you into what you want to move forward with. It also really helps if you look through magazines and cut

out photos of elements or rooms you like.

4. What is your budget?

5. What is your timeline for completion?

Once you determine the foundation or furniture layout in a room or home, then the real fun begins: accessorizing! Just like an outfit, you want to have just enough to pull the overall outfit/ look together.

Art is a major focal point and can sometimes drive your entire design. I believe art should speak to you, should mean something to you and your loved ones. A piece of art can sometimes be the starting point of where you want to go and what you’d like to achieve in your entire design process.

I also believe everyone should have an element of “green” in ones home. If green isn’t a primary or accent color you’re working with, this is where a plant or some sort of greenery would come in. Green immediately livens up and pops a space.

Other elements of accessories include pillows, lamps, rugs, books, candles and personal elements such as photographs of your family or friends, etc. This is the icing on the cake phase and can be changed from season to season.

Depending on whether you want assistance with an entire home in building it from the ground up, furnishing it upon completion or just having someone help you pull a few things together and giving your home or room a face lift, an interior designer or decorator is a great source for help.

Decorating one’s home should be fun — so along the way, you may have a few surprises. As I have also learned, this relationship can sometimes turn into a really great friendship!

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“I think the level of involvement of the restaurants and the other vendors is a cut above where we were last year,” said Russell Jones, senior vice president and wealth adviser at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Caring Chefs chairman.

This year, six new restaurants and wine vendors are participating: Seasons 52, Alhambra Dinner Theatre, W90+, Corner Bistro & Wine Bar, KC Crave and Barley Republic.

“It’s definitely a good mix; we try and keep it diverse as well,” said Eric Scott, development specialist for the Children’s Home Society of Florida and event coordinator for Caring Chefs.“We have some of the larger restaurants in town, as well as a good mix of some of the smaller local restaurants — but one main theme throughout is that they’re all great quality.”

What sets this apart from similar events, according to Scott, is the restaurant committee’s selective process.

Patrons will be treated to a bite-size sample of the restaurants’ signature dishes and entertainment from The Bay Street Band, Divine Harmony, and Gary Starling Jazz Bands.

One of Jones’ focuses this year is restructuring the VIP area, which will be available throughout the event so that VIP ticket holders can return to the area to relax.VIPs will also receive a

wine glass with a VIP designation and be granted 15 minutes early access to the event.

Also new this year is a contest for “fan favorite.” Patrons can vote for the top three restaurants and be entered into a drawing for a gift card to one of three restaurants. There will also be a “best booth” contest led by a panel of judges.

The fundraiser is the largest for CHS of Florida. Last year’s event raised more than $175,000. Planning the fundraiser is a year-round process with help from three committees made up of board members and community volunteers.

General admission tickets are $60.Visit chsfl.org/caringchefs, call (904) 493-7739, stop by the Avenues Mall guest services office, or stop by CHS for tickets. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Avenues Mall.“Every year it’s a sell-out, so we encourage people to buy tickets quickly,” Scott said.

Participating at the VIP level can be done two ways: Through corporate sponsorship or through creating what Jones calls a “Friends of” group where a group of five couples collectively contribute $1,500.

“I think it’s a very entertaining event and very fun but at the end of the day, the best part is that you know your ticket purchase is a contribution to children in need that had such a rough beginning,” Scott said.“I think at the end of the day it’s very rewarding to know that it goes to help children in need.”

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The gala served as the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year, bringing together donors and friends of MWKF. The event began the morning of Sept. 10 with a Tennis Pro-Am at Deerwood Country Club, followed by the gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach.

Proceeds from the gala were used to fund programs and initiatives of MWKF. The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation promotes academic achievement and positive life skills in Jacksonville youth through the game of tennis.

The mission of the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation is to develop champions in classrooms, on tennis courts and throughout communities. The MaliVai Washington Youth Center at Emmett Reed Park is a $3 million facility complete with eight tennis courts, three mini courts, a basketball court, library, classrooms, teen room, multi-media center, fitness room, kitchen, as well as MWKF administrative offices. MWKF launched its flagship program, TnT (Tennis-n-Tutoring) in 2000.

Today, TnT’s attendance has grown to nearly 150 youth. TnT is an after-school youth development program, which offers free homework assistance, tennis lessons, and life skills classes to Jacksonville’s underserved youth. MWKF also offers competitive tennis programs, a summer camp and community partnerships and programs through the MaliVai Washington Youth Center.

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uilders on the First Coast face some interesting challenges.

For one, we have many miles of Atlantic coastline, and homes on the ocean face a number of regulations in order to fortify the structures against hurricanes and other weather hazards. Another significant challenge is faced by builders who target historic communities in the area — many of which are regulated by local historical preservation societies that require any changes to a historical home’s exterior to meet rigorous specifications.

Between these unique challenges and the economic downturn of the past five years, it’s no wonder that the First Coast has seen many home builders come and go.

One name, however, has stood the test of time: Tom Trout.

Tom Trout Inc., was founded by Tom Trout Sr. in 1962, and this year the family-owned general construction business celebrates its fiftieth birthday on the First Coast. The business is truly steeped in the family: Tom Trout III joined the family business in 1980 and is the current president and owner of the company.

Tom Trout Inc. specializes in major home renovation and new custom home projects with some commercial work. Over the span of half a century, the company has completed thousands of projects and continually refines their procedures to

stay at the top of their field.

The name is familiar to anyone who commutes up and down Interstate-95 because of the large Tom Trout sign near the exit for Bowden Road. The sign, installed in 1983, sports ever-changing pithy messages that range from laugh-out-loud hilarious to deeply philosophical. Some recent messages include “You make your choices but your choices make you,” “Dream to touch the stars and live to touch your dreams” and “If you are not the lead dog—the view never changes.”

The construction is probably familiar to you too, even if you don’t know that you’re looking at a home built by Tom Trout.

Their buildings span the First Coast and make up some of the most recognizable pieces of the residential landscape.

There are many reasons why the company has survived and thrived in Jacksonville, and much of it has to do with their topto-bottom approach to customer service.

“When you’re working on a remodeling project especially, the homeowners are living there — children, pets, mom and dad,”Tom Trout III said.“Production guys with other companies aren’t always ‘housebroken.’ Homeowners often give us the key to their house, and we come and go as we please. We have to look out for the safety of their children and their family. We’re very sensitive to the fact that we’re in someone’s home and it’s a delicate situation. In other words: We know how to wipe our FIRST COAST REGISTER | OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012 23

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The company is also careful to avoid unexpected costs through extensive planning.

“Do your homework up front and you avoid costly oversights,”Trout said.

That so-called homework on the First Coast can be daunting, especially if you’re looking to build or remodel a home on the ocean or in a historic area of town. Coastal homes are subject to a long and ever-changing permitting process that includes multiple state entities. Trout pointed to one recent coastal project where he was able to save a homeowner an estimated $25,000 simply by staying abreast of a new window regulation and changing an order at the last minute.

The same goes for historic building, which is regulated by local bodies that attempt to maintain a cohesive and historically accurate look for Jacksonville’s riverfront and inland properties. If a homeowner wants to remodel a building that’s deemed historic, the owner might be faced with the overwhelming task of finding windows, awnings, cornices, siding, doors and other intricate architectural details that exactly match the specifications put forth for the building.

“We can have these things custom milled and made to match what is already on and in the house,”Trout said. His company often goes further than what’s required for the historical standards on the exterior of the house, moving inside and going great lengths to match the original floors, stair rails and other details. In a recent project, the company found reclaimed magnolia flooring for a local home — an unusual wood choice and a difficult one to find — in order to keep

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The company is also active in seeking green building options for windows, insulation, landscaping, building materials and all aspects of the project. These options often require more investment by the homeowner up front, Trout said, but generate savings over the life of the home.

Tom Trout Inc.’s long history and knowledgeable base is a huge selling point when it comes to working with the company. This is furthered by the fact that the contractors are not afraid to give bad news to homeowners if it means that their project will be more successful because of it. For example, some homeowners might try to enter a project that they don’t know will be cost prohibitive — and breaking the bad news can sometimes be an important part of what the business has to do as contractors, Trout said.

“We really help them throughout the entire process — design, build and advising,”Trout said.“Often people can’t express exactly what they want, and we’ve learned how to ask the right questions and listen to the client.”

He gave the example of a family who wants to convert their garage to a game room and add a new garage to their home, when really it would be more cost effective to preserve the existing garage and build an addition to the home.

“The real objective is to get a new game room. They might have been talking about this idea for five or 10 years, but we know as builders that there’s an easier way to get to that objective,”Trout said.“We help solve that puzzle and it’s very rewarding.”

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eaches Fine Arts Series has kicked off its 40th anniversary season of free performances.

The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio opened the 2012-13 series with its third appearance at St. Paul’s bythe-Sea Episcopal Church on Sept. 30.

In the coming months, BFAS will celebrate its anniversary with other artists that have previously performed on the series, said Kathy Wallis, BFAS’s executive director of 15 years.

Besides KLR, this year’s lineup includes the Tokyo String Quartet, which is in its final performance season, and the American Boys Choir, which hasn’t performed on the series in several years, Wallis said.

“I’m really looking forward to this entire series,” she said.“I know them because they’ve been on the series before. The only one I haven’t heard live is Christian McBride.”

All of the BFAS performances are free and open to the public, one of the organization’s tenets since its inception. The series also focuses heavily on educational outreach and bringing arts into schools in Duval County.

BFAS was founded in 1972 by Jim Johnson, who was director of music at St. Paul’s at the time. He and Neal Gray, a rector,“felt it was important to bring high-quality music to the area,”Wallis said.

The organization was operated under the umbrella of the church until it incorporated in 1990 as a nonprofit. St. Paul’s still offers use of the church for performances free of charge and gave BFAS its current office in Jacksonville Beach.

St. Paul’s is also an ideal performance venue.

“This church is acoustically probably one of the best spaces in Northeast Florida,”Wallis said.

Wallis chooses the artists for each series herself, taking into consideration what the community might be interested in seeing and then looking for a variety of artists, from choirs to pianists to jazz musicians and more.

“I have esoteric tastes,”Wallis laughed when describing her vetting process.“But I try to go across the board: choruses, pianists, one or two jazz concerts, sometimes world music. People like choral music and pianos, but also things that are more eclectic, like tango.”

Since its beginning,“the series has grown dramatically,”Wallis said.

One of the biggest moments of growth was being picked up

by American Public Media for broadcast about five years ago.

APM typically broadcasts four concerts each year but will occasionally broadcast more, depending on which artists are performing.

BFAS also features one concert each year at the University of North Florida to bring the free performances to a greater audience.

The annual “Beach Meets West” performance is almost always by a jazz artist, Wallis said. This year’s performer will be Christian McBride and Inside Straight.

With the growth of the series, Wallis has been able to find more notable artists.

This year’s series features the Tokyo String Quartet, which has announced this touring season will be their last. Wallis said she is particularly excited for that performance but worries that

some audience members will have to be turned away due to space limitations.

St. Paul’s accommodates up to about 600 people, she said, but depending on the artist those seats can fill very quickly.

Besides bringing impressive names to Jacksonville Beach, BFAS also gives the community a chance to meet the artists at a reception following each performance.

“It’s another little thing that makes BFAS unique,”Wallis said.

Additionally, a local visual artist has works on display at each reception. Bringing in the visual artists adds another dimension to the series and gives exposure to artists in the area.

“Our visual arts coordinators really know the art community,” Wallis said.“They try to bring in artists from other (parts of the city) for a really wide-ranging display of art.”

One of the artists’ pieces is chosen for the cover of the series program, and the artists donate pieces to be given as prizes in the BFAS Triathlon and Duathlon fundraisers.

“Keeping (the series) free is hard,”Wallis said, but donations from organizations like the Cultural Council of Jacksonville and fundraising through the BFAS Triathlon and Duathlon keep the series afloat.

Another major element of BFAS’s mission is educational outreach, and 12 years ago Wallis made the outreach part of performers’ contracts.

“We realized the way to keep the audience as they got older was to start them early,”Wallis said.

BFAS focuses on Title I schools in Duval County, as well as Otis Mason Elementary in St. Johns County.

Each artist holds a special performance tailored to the audience of elementary, high school and college students, and BFAS works with teachers to make the performances interactive through worksheets, visual art projects and more.

“We really try to engage the students,”Wallis said.“It involves them in ways they might not otherwise be involved.”

Accessibility is key to the series, whether the audience is made up entirely of Beaches community members or a mix of First Coast residents or students at a special performance.

The community is active in the performances beyond just attendance, according to Wallis.

Community organizations provide refreshments for the receptions following performances and serve as ushers. Several local businesses provide a variety of sponsorships to offset the cost of hosting such high-profile artists.

Even though the performances are free to the community, the artists do not perform for free.

BFAS relies heavily on donations and sponsors to help offset the artists’ fees and the cost of housing and feeding them while they are in town.

Ultimately, the artists come back because BFAS provides a good place to come back to, Wallis said.

“It helps to treat them well and get to know them,” she said.

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American Brass Quintet, Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.

Christian McBride and Inside Straight, Sunday, Dec. 9, 4 p.m., Lazzara Performance Hall, UNF Fine Arts Center Tokyo String Quartet with Alon Goldstein, Friday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Paul Jacobs, Sunday, Feb. 10, 4 p.m., St. John’s Cathedral Pablo Zeigler Quartet, Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.

R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton and Will Chapman, Sunday, April 21, 4 p.m.

All concerts will be held at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church unless otherwise noted.The church is located at 465 11th Ave. North, Jacksonville Beach.

For more information, visit www.beachesfinearts.org or call (904) 270-1771.

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This year’s event featured an exotic Arabian Nights theme and gourmet offerings from five-star and fivediamond chefs from around the country. Twelve chefs participated this year, preparing dishes and wine pairings.

Proceeds from Delicious Destinations benefit St. Vincent’s Community Health Outreach Programs. The programs enable St. Vincent’s to minister medical care to the underserved in Northeast Florida. Delicious Destinations is a significant part of the Foundation’s annual efforts to help fund St. Vincent’s Mobile Health Outreach Ministry, Seton Center for Women & Infants Health,

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The live auction presented as part of the event included a “Dinner Party of a Lifetime” from Hermann Muller, Executive Chef of the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, a “staycation” at the Sawgrass Country Club and a Christmas mountain getaway to Asheville, N.C.

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TEEING OFF “FORE” LOCAL CHARITIES 100 Black Men of Jacksonville, Inc. A Royal Mentoring Center for Boys and Girls, Inc. Akita Rescue Society of Florida Alliance for the Lost Boys of Sudan, Inc. ALS Association Florida Chapter American Cancer Society American Cancer Society - Relay For Life - Green Cove Springs American Diabetes Association American Red Cross NEFL Andrew Jackson Ministries Angelwood, Inc. Animal Rescue Movement Art Guild of Orange Park Augusta Savage Arts & Community Center, Inc. BASCA, Inc. Beaches Emergency Assistance Beaches Sertoma Club Berean Christian Academy Betty Griffin House Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Johns County Blessings In A Backpack Boy Scouts of America, North Florida Council Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida CAA Creeks Baseball Club CAA Creeks Football League CAA Julington Creek Baseball Camp Boggy Creek Campus Crusade for Christ Here’s Life Inner City Challenge Enterprises of North Florida, Inc. CHILD Cancer Fund Children’s Home Society of Florida Children’s International Summer Villages Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals City Kids Art Factory City Rescue Mission, Inc. Clay County Literacy Coalition Clay County Victim Services Center, Inc. Communities In Schools of St. Johns Community Connections Community Hospice of Northeast Florida Council on Aging of Nassau County, Fernandina Beach Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Daniel DCPS Foreign Language Programs DePaul School DESC (Downtown Ecumenical Services Council) DOSA Camps: Camp I Am Special, Camp Promise and Camp Care Douglas Anderson Band Boosters, Inc. Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville Dreams Come True Duck Race for Cancer Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County Epilepsy Foundation of Florida Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Family Nurturing Center Family Promise of Jacksonville Family Support Services of North Florida FC United of Florida, Inc. Fellowship of Christian Athletes Golf Ministry (FCA Golf) Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Inc. First Tee of St. Johns County

Florida Theatre Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs Foundation Stone Friends of the Library of St. Johns County, Inc. Friends of the Library, Ponte Vedra Beach Fusion Ministries Gabriel House of Care Gateway Community Services GFWC Southside Woman’s Club Charitable & Educational Foundation Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Girls Inc. of Jacksonville Gleaners Dispatch, Inc. Golden Panther Booster Club Grace and Truth Community Development Corporation Greater Jacksonville Pop Warner Football & Cheer Greater Jacksonville USO Greenscape of Jacksonville Guardian Catholic Schools HabiJax, Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville HandsOn Jacksonville Hart Felt Ministries Haven Horse Ranch, Equine Therapy for Disabled Children HEALing Every Autistic Life Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of North Florida, Inc. Help A Liberian Orphan (HALO) Henderson Haven, Inc. Hendricks Day School Hubbard House I.M. Sulzbacher Center For The Homeless, Inc. In The Pink JABA Club Jacksonville Area Golf Association Charitable Trust Jacksonville Ballet Theatre Jacksonville Humane Society Jacksonville Lady Pacers Jacksonville School for Autism Jacksonville Storm Softball 2000 Jacksonville Urban League Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Jericho School For Children with Autism, Inc. Jewish Community Alliance Jewish Family & Community Services JT Townsend Foundation Junior Achievement of North Florida Junior League of Jacksonville Justice Coalition Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Kiwanis Club at the Beaches Charitable Foundation, Inc. Knights Of Rizal Knots 4 Kids, Inc. Lakeshore Athletic Association L’Arche Harbor House Learn to Read of St.John’s County, Inc. Little Star Center for Autism Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida Magnolia Point Women’s Club MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation, Inc. Mandarin Presbyterian Church Youth Missions March of Dimes Mayo Clinic - Oncology MayPort Navy League Men’s Group at Southside Christian Church Micah’s Place Inc. Mission House, Inc.

Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. NABA Jacksonville Professional Chapter National MS Society - North Florida Chapter Nemours Children’s Clinic Neptune Beach Senior Activity Center New Heights (formerly Cerebral Palsy) North Florida Affiliate - Susan G. Komen for the Cure North Florida Junior Golf Foundation North Florida Land Trust North Florida School of Special Education Omegas 4 Change, Inc. Operation New Hope Orange Park Athletic Association Police Athletic League of Jacksonville, Inc. Ponte Vedra Public Education Foundation PV Sharks Booster Club Inc. PVAA Baseball Quigley House Riverside Avolndale Preservation Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville, Inc. Sacred Heart Outreach SAFE Animal Shelter Samuel C. Taylor Foundation Sanctuary on 8th Street SBDC at UNF SCORE Jacksonville Seamark Ranch Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida Southside Womans Club Charitable & Educational Foundation Special Olympics Duval County Springfield Preservation and Revitalization (SPAR) Council St. Augustine Youth Services St. John’s Academy St. Johns Middle School Athletic Association Student Transportation of America Teen Challenge Jacksonville The Arc Jacksonville The Arc North Florida The Big Fun Box Foundation The Bordes-Kohn Foundation The Bridge of Northeast Florida The Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife The Childrens Foundation of The Exchange Club The Exchange Club Family Center The First Tee of Jacksonville The Help Center, Inc. The Housing Partnership of Northeast Florida, Inc. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society THE PLAYERS Community Senior Center/St. Johns County COA The Potter’s House Christian Academy The Salvation Army Theatreworks, Inc. TraumaOne/Shands Jacksonville True Blue: Navy Families Benefactors, Inc. United Way of Northeast Florida, Inc. University of North Florida Osprey Club Voices for Children of the First Coast, Inc. West Augustine Athletic Association Westside Soccer Club WJCT, Inc. Women’s Center of Jacksonville Women’s Help Center World Golf Hall of Fame World Junior Golf Foundation YMCA of Florida’s First Coast

The Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open, presented by Planters, is the 26th of 27 Web.com Tour events and the final full field event of 2012. A week long ticket to the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open is $25 if purchased in advance ($50 at the gate). Under the Pepsico Tickets Fore Charity program, 100 percent of every ticket sold will be designated by the purchaser to a local participating charity. To date, nearly 200 charities have signed up.

Over the course of the last three Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open events (2010-2012), Tickets Fore Charity has raised nearly $700,000 for charities. The top five selling charities in 2011 were Guardian Catholic Schools, Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens, Samuel C. Taylor Foundation, MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation and First Tee of St. Johns County.

A field of 144 will play at TPC Sawgrass and only the top 60 after the Winn-Dixie event will advance to play the season-ending Web.com Tour Championship near Dallas the following week. The event features a $600,000 purse with a $108,000 first prize. Tickets may be purchased by visiting wdjopen.com. The cost of a ticket includes on-site parking, access to the 36TPC OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012 | and FIRSTthe COAST REGISTER Pavilion.

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JACKSONVILLE GETS PSYCHEDELIC WITH COLOR ME RAD STORY BY KELLY HOULD PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MCDERMOTT

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In late September, the First Coast got its first shot at the kaleidoscopic “color race” concept thanks to the Color Me Rad 5K. So-called color races are races where participants are pelted with washable, dyed corn starch and water as they navigate the race course. Unlike a traditional race that is location-based, these technicolor trots tend to tour the country, bringing their equipment and color with them.

Color Me Rad was the first color race to come to the First Coast since the trend began — and the concept was met with true enthusiasm from people around the area. On the morning of the race, traffic was bumper-to-bumper on Normandy Boulevard leading to the site of the race: the Jacksonville Equestrian Center.

Luckily, the Color Me Rad 5K is not a traditional race. Although participants registered for a specific start time, the starts ended up being based on the honor system. That means that if you were registered to start at 9:05 but, like me, didn’t arrive until 9:15, you could just piggy back on to the next wave of runners.

Anyone racing for time was really missing the point, anyway.

Color Me Rad was an interesting hybrid — a strange amalgamation of music festival, pep rally and food fight. Race organizers and volunteers kept the crowd going with cheers, dye and upbeat music.

On the race trail, which snaked through the woods behind the Equestrian Center, racers of all ages, sizes and ability levels made their way through volunteer-staffed color stations where they were pelted (lovingly of course) with dye.

So what’s the appeal?

There’s simply something intellectually delicious and surreal about leaving normal life behind for 3+ miles and getting dyed with a big, excited group of strangers.

Now that I’ve experience it for myself, it comes as no sur-

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prise to me that color races are popping up and touring all around the country. In addition to Color Me Rad, there’s The Color Run, Color in Motion and Color Vibe — among others. The concept isn’t immune to branding, but it’s hard to imagine a take on the color race model that wouldn’t be fun and exciting for non-racers and veteran racers alike.

If you missed Color Me Rad, fear not:You can hue you, too.

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OCT. 10-NOV. 25 – JACKSONVILLE: ‘PHANTOM’ AT THE ALHAMBRA

Since Lon Chaney first wore the mask for silent film audiences in 1925, filmmakers and stage producers have been drawn to Gaston Leroux’s novel “The Phantom of the Opera.” Alhambra Theatre & Dining opened “Phantom” on Oct. 10 with what director Todd Booth calls the theater’s biggest, most lavish production ever.

Returning to the Alhambra where he began his career as Joseph in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Xander Chauncey brings a multitude of credits to the Alhambra for his run as the Phantom. Chauncey’s credits range from off-Broadway productions such as “The Magdalene” (Peter, original cast),“Eleanor Rigby is Waiting” and “Fountain of Youth” to regional productions of “Cats,”“West Side Story” and “Footloose,” as well as appearances on Spike TV, The Food Network and CW. Also starring in Phantom are Actors Equity Guild members Lindsay Sutton as Christine Daee, Gary Maracheck as Cholet, Jason Nettle as Jean Claude, Lisa Valdini as Carlotta and Tony Dietterick as Inspector Ledoux.

For “Phantom,” Executive Chef DeJuan Roy has created a fourcourse dinner served tableside. The menu includes citrus chili shrimp, sweet Italian sausage, crab bisque and other starters.

The main course includes a choice of three entrees, including deconstructed seafood Newburg, slow roasted prime rib or crispy duck confit.

Group sales are available. Tickets range in price from $38-$53 for adults and $35 for children. Ticket price includes dinner, show and parking. Call the box office at (904) 641-1212 or at www.alhambrajax.com.

NOV. 11 – ST. AUGUSTINE: OLD CITY MUSIC FEST

The First Coast community will gather at the St. Augustine Marketplace for fun, relaxation and Southern Music at the Old City Music Fest Veterans Day celebration. An anticipated audience of more than 5,000 will be treated to headliners including Craig Morgan, Gloriana, The Charlie Daniels Band and 38 Special. The event will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

The Marketplace will open at 10 a.m. with more than 300 vendors in the 100,000 square feet of covered shopping space. The Festival arena opens at noon. The 7-acre arena area houses a

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huge covered stage with state of the art lighting and sound.

Tickets are available at the Festival’s website through Front Gate Tickets. Military discounts are available. General admission ticket holders may bring their own lawn and beach chairs, and rental chairs will also be available. Food and spirits will be on sale throughout the arena (no coolers allowed).

The Marketplace is located at 2495 Florida 207 in St. Augustine.

More information can be found on the Festival website, oldcitymusicfest.com.

NOV. 17 – JACKSONVILLE: THE SAN MARCO ART FESTIVAL

Howard Alan Events is proud to be producing the annual San Marco Art Festival, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17. This highend festival will return with the nation’s most talented artists and fine crafters. San Marco Boulevard is home to great shopping and fabulous restaurants. Browse and purchase original handmade works including: glass, photography, painting, mixed media, fiber, jewelry and much more. Artists will be on hand all weekend to share their inspirations for each uniquely-crafted piece.

PRESENT-JAN. 6 – JACKSONVILLE: ART OF THE 1980S AT MOCA

“ReFocus: Art of the 1980s” showcases the art you might have missed while you were, as Madonna sang, busy living in a material world. Many of the major figures of contemporary art — David Salle, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Eric Fischl — came to prominence during this important decade and their influences still reverberate today. While observers hailed the movements of the ’80s as a “return to painting,” what matters equally about the art of this era is the artists’ conscious and explicit role as celebrities and the manner in which the limelight allowed them to act as interpreters, mediators, and trendsetters of cultural, social and political developments.

Other established artists highlighted in the exhibition, such as Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, David Hockney and James Rosenquist, either experienced career resurgences or remained influential for the younger generation of artists during the ’80s.

For more information, visit mocajacksonville.org.

JAN. 29-30 – JACKSONVILLE: SHEN YUN AT THE TIMES-UNION CENTER

For Chinese, the words Shen Yun evoke a sense of wonder, magic and the divine. To audiences who have seen it, they recall the experience of a lifetime — a moment so powerfully beautiful it touches the soul.

Mastery: Featuring grand-scale, precisely synchronized group dances, robust flips and spins as well as exquisitely graceful movements, classical Chinese dance is one of the most expressive and demanding art forms in the world. Hand-picked from among top artists and winners of international competitions, Shen Yun dancers are truly masters of their craft.

Diversity: With the more than 50 ethnic groups across China to draw upon, Shen Yun’s ethnic dances display a delightful array of colors, styles and traditions. From the mountain slopes of Tibet to the sweeping plains of Mongolia, audiences will experience a vibrant display of cultural diversity and richness.

Legends: Shen Yun will take audiences on a journey through China’s rich history to discover traditional virtues from ancient Chinese wisdom. Experience the bravery of Mulan, marvel at the loyalty of famed general Yue Fei or be whisked away by the Monkey King as myths and legends come alive on stage.

Revising 5,000 Years of Civilization: For 5,000 years in China, culture was heralded as a divine gift. Its glory was long the inspiration of countless artists and poets, until this heritage was nearly lost. Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts seeks to revive this once-majestic tradition by creating a production worthy in its beauty of this noble history — something that enriches the lives of audiences in powerful, lasting ways.

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The event,organized by Best Friends Animal Society, raised money for the organization, as well as local animal rescue groups like First Coast No More Homeless Pets. Some groups brought adoptable pets, most of which are available at Animal Care and Protective Services in Jacksonville.

Participants took a 1-mile or 2-mile stroll around Riverside Park and could watch agility demonstrations, get spruced up by the Paul Mitchell School and visit with their canine pals.

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