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27 10 photo by daniel goncalves on the cover features dish pages 3- 13 music in jacksonville page 26 dish update + events The cover artwork was created page 3 history of jax music page 26 hidden gems: mandaloun by Dog & Pony Showprints especially for EU’s Jacksonville page 4 jax music venues page 27 dish pick: taverna Music Issue. We give them page 5 local labels page 28 guide to local farmers markets many thanks! Read more about page 6 local album reviews the force behind Dog & Pony on page 32. page 7 improving jax: rick grant visual arts page 8 interview with jj grey page 31 art events page 9 writers choice: jax music page 31 discoveries in detail at the cummer eu staff page 10 interview with stevie ray stiletto page 32 dog and pony showprints pages 12- 13 conmoto music festival managing director pages 15- 21 music events family Shelley Henley pages 33 family events

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in the beginning (1900s-1950s) The earliest fame-bound Jacksonville musicians were James Weldon Johnson and his brother John Rosamond Johnson. James penned ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ in 1900 and it was performed as a poem in 1900 as part of Stanton’s celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Five years later, John set the words to music and by 1919 the NAACP had adopted the song as the Negro National Anthem. The next big break for a local came in the late 20s when Arthur Blake aka Blind Blake hit the scene. A prolifi c blues guitarist and singer, Blake recorded 80 songs between 1926 and 1932, his distinct sound earning him the title “King of Ragtime Guitar.” Very little is known about Blind Blake’s life, everything from his real name to the cause of his death has been debated. One thing is certain- the music he made during his brief career has infl uenced blues musicians the world over. No list of Jacksonville legends would be complete without mentioning Ray Charles. Considered by many to be one of the greatest artists of all time, Charles attended school at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine from 1937-1945. It was there that he was taught to play piano and where he performed in front of an audience for the fi rst time. In 1945 Charles moved to Jacksonville and began performing at the Ritz Theatre where he performed with Teddy Washington in the Tiny York Band. He remained here for just a year before moving on and taking over the music world.

the golden years (1960s-1970s) Though there were a number of artists from Jacksonville that had small success stories here and there in the 50s, most agree that Jacksonville didn’t really come into its own musically until the 70s. Classics IV was the fi rst indication that something special was about to happen in the River City. The pop rock group formed in 1965 with Dennis Yost on vocals and drums, James R. Cobb and Wally Eaton on guitar and Joe Wilson (later Dean Daughtry) on bass. Three years later the band enjoyed their fi rst chart-topping single, ‘Spooky,’ followed by four more hits between 1968 and 1972. In 1969, something changed Jacksonville and the music world forever and that was the formation of the Allman Brothers Band. Daytona boys Gregg and Duane Allman had gone through a number of bands (including the Almond Joys) and band mates before meeting Butch Trucks, a Jacksonville native who was performing in a local band called the Bitter Ind. (aka the 31st of February). Trucks and the Allmans were joined by Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson and the Allman Brothers Band was born. The group is said to be the “principal architects of Southern Rock,” their sound serving as inspiration for countless bands jacksonville both here and around the country. continued on page 4 music scene09 Q In this issue of EU Jacksonville, we take a look at the local music scene and where it’s going. But before we dive into our promising future, let’s take a look at the past. To say Jacksonville has a rich musical history is something of an understatement. The First Coast has been home to singers, songwriters and bands that have changed the course of music as we know it since 1900. From James Weldon Johnson to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Black Kids, our little corner of Florida has proven to be a wellspring of talent over the years. To talk about each musical accomplishment Jacksonville has seen would fi ll the next three issues, but below are some notable highlights to give you an idea of how much the River City has achieved... above artwork by dog & pony showprints (see page 32) eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 3 While they did form six years before the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd didn’t become a household name until 1973 when they were tapped to open for the Who during their North America local music venues tour. Another key player in Jacksonville’s Southern Rock revolution, Skynyrd produced four platinum- selling albums in as many years, each boasting a Jacksonville and its surrounding areas have a wealth of venues to visit if you’re in the mood for song that remains a classic to this day. Members of some live, original music. Lynyrd Skynyrd would go on to perform in other big name local rock acts like .38 Special and Blackfoot. Rounding out the First Coast’s rock roots is brewster’s pit european street listening mojo kitchen Molly Hatchet, yet another example of Southern (904) 223-9850, www.myspace.com/ rooms (904) 247-6636, www.mojobbq.com Rock at its fi nest. After a few years of performing brewsterspit (East Arlington / Beaches) (Jacksonville Beach) 1500 Beach Blvd. (904) 399-1740, www.hackingcat.com in area bars and roadhouses, the band signed to 14003 Beach Blvd. The home of some of the best barbeque (Two locations in the Jacksonville area) Epic Records and released their self-titled debut in Touring and local rock and metal bands in town is also Jacksonville’s only true blues Featuring original acoustic music with 1978. One year later Molly Hatchet’s sophomore are what you can usually expect to hear at club. Mojo’s Jacksonville Beach location local, national and international touring record, Flirtin’ with Disaster, cemented the band’s the Pit, but you may catch the occasional (there are two others around town) has been artists, European Street is a small venue that place in rock history. punk, ska or reggae act as well. The recently holding concerts featuring blues, bluegrass remodeled venue features a brand new has been serving the community since 1996. and country musicians since 2006. The laid sound board, VIP seating and a wall of Expect to hear everything from country to back atmosphere, fi rst-class grub and top- (1980s-2005) a new generation fame with photos commemorating some of bluegrass to blues to rock at E-Street. Each notch performers have made Mojo Kitchen a While most of Jacksonville’s big-name the most memorable acts to play the Pit’s location is also famous around town for their beaches staple. Southern Rock acts continued on through the stage. For some of Jacksonville’s best cover signature sandwiches and salads. 80s, much of decade proved to be pretty quiet for bands, head next door to Brewster’s Pub. our fair city. Sure, there were a few acts here and there that made minor waves, but nothing truly murray hill theatre substantial came out of Jax until the Miami bass freebird live (904) 388-3179, www.murrayhilltheatre.com insurgence of the early 90s. The fad brought three (904) 246-BIRD, www.freebirdlive.com (Murray Hill) 932 Edgewood Ave. S. local acts out of obscurity including 95 South, café eleven (Jacksonville Beach) 200 1st St. N. The Murray Hill Theatre recently cele- (904) 460-9311, www.cafeeleven.com th whose 1993 single ‘Whoot, There It Is’ reached Owned by Judy Van Zant, Ronnie Van brated its 14 year of giving Jacksonville (St. Augustine) 501 A1A Beach Blvd. #11 on the Billboard charts (not to be confused Zant’s widow, and named after Lynyrd music lovers a safe, positive place to hang out While the concerts at Café Eleven with Tag Team’s ‘Whoomp! There It Is,’ which was Skynyrd’s most beloved song, Freebird Live and see live bands. Some of the biggest names are few and far between, the shows that released a month later). A year later 69 Boyz got is a mid-sized venue that brings a variety of in Christian music have played the Murray Hill do come through are not to be missed. their break with ‘Tootsee Roll’ and Quad City DJs big-name and on-the-cusp acts to the First including POD, Switchfoot, Underoath and The best and brightest of the indie rock followed suit in 1995 with ‘C’mon ‘N Ride It (The Coast. The two-story building offers fans the Toby Mac. The Hill is also home to a recording scene have doled out intimate, memorable Train).’ opportunity to see bands at the foot of the studio, a café and a record store. performances over the years including In 1994, Jacksonville’s scene took another stage or get a great view of the entire show Over the Rhine, Rainier Maria, Iron & Wine, turn with the formation of Limp Bizkut. The nu- from the second-fl oor balcony. Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Vampire Weekend. metal group found signifi cant success with hits like In addition to their live shows, Café Eleven nobby’s tavern ‘Counterfeit’ and their spin on George Michael’s is also a restaurant that serves up excellent (904) 825-4959, www.myspace.com/ ‘Faith.’ Limp Bizkut front man, Fred Durst, in turn food including a weekend brunch that’s landshark café nobbystavern (St. Augustinee) 10 Anastasia helped local alt-rockers Cold get their chance at Blvd. worth waking up for. (904) 246-6024, www.myspace.com/ stardom when he passed on their demo to an exec For a long time there wasn’t much for landsharkcafe (Jacksonville Beach) at A&M Records. The band was signed in 1998 and hip people to do in St. Augustine. The recent 1728 3rd St. N. went on to produce two gold records. addition of live music at Nobby’s Tavern has In addition to their food and drink Jacksonville was not immune to the pop punk changed all that. Now a local hotspot, the venue doozers pub specials, Landshark Café serves up a resurgence of the mid-90s. Inspection 12 formed brings in new and emerging local, nat-ional and (904) 738-8922, www.myspace.com/ heaping helping of some of the best live in 1994 while most of the members were still in international acts every week. Past acts include doozerspub (Springfi eld / Northside) music at the Beach. From rock to reggae to junior high. The band was something of a regional Alligator, the Winslows, Chicken & Whiskey, 7636 N. Main St. punk to acoustic, the venue doesn’t cater to success story and stuck around until they were Tubers, Antarctic and Spider+ Octopus. Whacksonville.com called Doozers is the any particular genre or audience. Past acts fi nally noticed in 2000 by Fat Mike of famed punk only true punk venue left in our fair city and label Fat Wreck Chords. The band transitioned to have included Whole Wheat Bread, Valiant s we agree. In addition to the local and national Thorr, Guttermouth and Yellowman. Takeover Records in 2005. punk acts that come through regularly, the Yellowcard was not content to simply wait shantytown pub has been known to book metal, folk, (904) 798-8222, www.myspace.com/ to be discovered. After self-releasing three CDs bluegrass and rockabilly bands too. Doozers the punk outfi t, which formed in 1997, headed to shantytownpub (Springfi eld) 22 W. 6th St., has open mic night each and every Monday, A local favorite, Shantytown is a cozy little California to fi nd their fortune. Small indie labels giving musicians of any genre an opportunity mavericks rock n’ honky produced and distributed their next two efforts neighborhood bar that offers a wide variety of to share their tunes, and nightly drink tonk live music every week. In addition to the terrifi c before Yellowcard was signed to Capitol in 2003. specials. With singles ‘Ocean Avenue’ and ‘Way Away,’ the (904) 356-1110, (Downtown) local and touring acts that regularly perform band became something of an overnight sensation, www.mavericksatthelanding.com there, Wednesdays at Shanty feature bands gracing magazine covers, performing at award 2 Independent Dr. from Infi nitesmal Records as part of their shows and appearing on movie and video game edge 17 Until recently, Mavericks was merely weekly showcase series. soundtracks. a country club with live music maybe once (904) 629-0769, edge17.com (Murray Hill) a month. These days, though, the honky- 1187 Edgewood Ave. S. photo by richard abrahamson tonkin’, mechanical bull boasting venue is The building that houses Edge 17 has hosting more and more concerts, making st. augustine amphitheatre changed hands and has been reinvented a this the place to go to see immerging and (904) 471-1965, http://staugamp.sjcvenues. number of times over the years. Its newest established country artists. Be sure to head com (St. Augustine) 1340C A1A South incarnation is almost a throwback to the upstairs for the VIP treatment in an area they One of the largest stages on the First mid- to late-90s when the club was called the like to call “Miss Ellie’s Bardello.” Coast, the St. Augustine Amphitheatre is where Continent. Edge 17 is the place to go to see to go to see some of the biggest tour-ing acts progressive rock, industrial and dark wave making the rounds today. The concert hotspot acts. In addition to live music, the venue also holds over 4000 people and often reaches that hosts DJ nights like “Rise” on Saturdays the sinclair capacity when bands like the Offspring, the (house, funk and groove) and “Factory” on (904) 358-0005, www.thesinclairjax.com Beach Boys, the Black Crowes and Modest Fridays (goth-industrial). Mouse come to town. RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS (Downtown) 521 W Forsyth St. Jacksonville’s newest venue has today and tomorrow made a name for itself thanks in part to its eclectic entertainment schedule. In Today Jacksonville musicians are still making tsi discotheque addition to the local bands and touring headlines and topping charts. Rock outfi ts jack rabbits (904) 424-3531, www.clubtsi.com acts that regularly grace the Sinclair’s Shinedown and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have (904) 398-7496, www.jackrabbitsonline. (Downtown) 333 E. Bay St. stage, on a given night you might sold millions upon millions of records worldwide com (San Marco) 1528 Hendricks Ave. Considered Jacksonville’s premiere under- find an improv comedy act or a bit of and indie pop phenoms Black Kids became A Jacksonville institution, Jack Rabbits ground nightclub and venue, TSI has been the experimental theatre. But regardless of international sensations when they hit the scene in has been bringing in big national acts and best place to hear the newest music since it who’s performing when you wander into 2006. And with emerging talents like the recently nurturing small local ones for over ten years. opened back in 2004. The club has hosted acts this Downtown club, rest assured that signed Shawn Fisher and the often buzzed about The venue is only open for concerts, one of like Bonde do Role, Black Lips and Busdriver when you walk out you’ll have a story to Sunbears! (who were recently tapped to record the fi rst of its kind in the North Florida area, and continues to bring in phenomenal local, share. a song for Nickelodeon’s Yo Gabba Gabba), it’s and only features live, original music. national and international bands each month. clear that Jacksonville will be making many more contributions to music history.

4 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly jacksonville’sj newest diy labels

Infi ntesmal and Skinny Records by jack diablo In the days before the internet made every trend immediately international, musical scenes developed locally before catching on elsewhere. In those days, locally based record labels were created to support hometown artists and promote their geographically unique sound. Consider the early stages of now internationally known labels such as K, Merge, Dischord and Saddle Creek. Each initially focused on promoting the music that was happening in their individual cities and spread it across the world. Now that new sub-genres of music are replicated as soon as the fi rst mp3 fi nds its way onto a blog or online publication, local scenes have Rusholme Ruffi ans at the Skinny Studios become less homogeneous and refl ect styles of all kinds. The need remains however, for local bands to gain exposure, something that can be hard to do on your own. Thankfully, local record labels have yet to go the way of the buffalo and are still around to promote their hometown scene, whatever that may be. Jacksonville is fortunate to have at least two such operations currently making moves in the music world. Infi ntesmal [sic] and Skinny Records are both local DIY labels who aim to do a lot with very little. Infi ntesmal Records is run by Jimmy Bayer and Nick Schoeppel of the band the Memphibians. They started their label with fellow Jacksonville rockers the 2416 (formerly Dead Man’s Waltz) in an effort to collectively promote the bands they wanted to hear more from. “Everybody was making recordings and writing songs but nothing was ever getting done with them. They were just dying on a local level,” says Jimmy. They’ve been at it for just under a year but already seem to dominate the urban core area, incorporating any and every style of music found in our city. Infi ntesmal is more of a collective than a business. The bands help promote each other and as of now, all the profi ts go back into making the Jacksonville music scene better. While Infi ntesmal does not actually record their bands, they do book shows and distribute their bands’ albums and promotional materials. Currently, Infi ntesmal hosts two weekly showcases in Jacksonville. You can catch various bands at “Infi ntesmal Wednesdays” at Shantytown or head to TSI on Thursdays for “Sirens.” They also hold monthly barbecues that act as mini-music festivals in their own right replete with food, beer and of course, great music. Skinny Records is the project of Tom Essex, a West Palm Beach native attending UNF. Working out of a Southside storage unit, Tom has set up his own DIY recording studio where he records and mixes all the bands on Skinny. In addition to Jacksonville bands, Skinny’s roster also includes acts from St. Augustine and Gainesville. Most of the bands Tom works with (and for the large part, performs in) are some form of punk, but there are other genres as well. The label, like Infi ntesmal, is in its infancy but has still managed to release three albums thus far with two more set to drop before the end of the year. His setup may be bare- bones, but he is able to cheaply and effectively record he and his friends’ bands. What both record labels have in common is their strategy in releasing compilations. Compilations have long been used, particularly in punk music, to showcase the variety of talent on the particular label. A fan of one band might purchase a “comp” to hear a new song, but will also get to hear from bands they might never have heard before. Infi ntesmal has already released a comp earlier this year and the upcoming one will be a two-disc WHITEY’S set with music by 28 different bands. Both feature some of the best bands in Jacksonville but the new one contains tracks contributed by friends from other parts of the country as well including Finn Riggins from Fish Camp & Restaurant Idaho. It is Infi ntesmal’s hope that having a few out-of-town bands carrying the comp around will help local bands gain exposure in places they’ve never been heard before. Each band featured on the album will Mondays 5-9pm: Deck Music Men’s Nite $1 drafts receive a number of copies to sell on their own which will also help expose the other bands as they take 9:30-1:30am - Great Entertainment Mon Nite Football the comp with them to sell on tour. Nov 6: Beer Pong 7pm Al Naturale Skinny is also working on one that is scheduled for a January 2010 release but will feature only AUCE CRABLEGS Northeast Florida bands. It too will most likely be a two-disc set. Nov 13: Something Distant There is a lot happening in the Jacksonville music scene these days and rest assured that both of Tuesdays Nov 20: The Company these labels will be leading the charge on taking our local talent to the next level. Texas Hold ‘Em 7pm Fridays Nov 27: Lisa & Madhatters Horse Thieves FSPolluter Wednesdays infi ntesmal bands: Jimi Graves Band 6:30-10:30 5-9pm: Deck Music 9:30-1:30am - Great Entertainment Memphibians Lelyn R. Masters Diet Cokeheads Tiki Bar Open, All You Can The 2416 Richelieu Hot Town Eat Wings & Kids Eat Free, Nov 7: Al Naturale Paul Is Dead Honey Chamber Pluto Ladies Nite $1 Drinks Nov 14: Something Distant Tuffy Happy Accidents Devil Runs The Truckstop Kevin Lee Newberry Thomas Tooke Joe Gaskin Thursdays Nov 21: The Company Live Music 9pm, Wudun EMA The Woodgrain Production Nov 28: Saturdays Saturdays Lisa & Madhatterson Frida Beach Party! Sir Real / Exaybachay $1 Drafts Tell Yer Children A.C. Deathstrike Closed 'Fried Turkeys To Go' Fridays THURSDAY Zeke skinny bands: Besotes 4pm-7pm: Nov 26 Call to Order ∙ Pick up Wednesday Borromakat Gnarly By Nature Infi nite Shit List 1/2 Price Appetizers (Bar Only) 5:00-9:00 pm: Live Music Uncle Bro Timecat Thyme Eater Sundays The Druggs Robin Rütenberg Coyote Throat Waterfront · Live Music · 269-4198 Bright Orange All You Can Eat Matrix Infi nity Locate d a t the bri dge on Hwy 220, 2 mi les West of Hwy 17 South of Ora nge Park

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 5 Album: I’ll Hide My Love Album: Your Dreams For Sale Artist: Juicy Pony Artist: Penny For Your Thought Release Date: May, 2009

Jacksonville’s Juicy Pony have just released their highly anticipated EP, I’ll Hide My Love not even a year after forming. On the momentus event in this young band’s career, The fi rst album from Penny for Your Thought, Your Dreams For Sale, provides listen- Jesse Leach says, “Personally, I have a strong sense of accomplishment getting on ers with a superb presentation of exquisitely crisp vocals, nicely structured rhythms and iTunes.... I think it’s going to get us exposure way beyond Jacksonville”. an extremely engaging rock and roll experience for all of your senses. Throughout the The fi rst song on the EP, ‘Your Eyes,’ has received accolades on iTunes by entire album there is a very nice combination of songs ranging from calm, melodic trips earning the highest popularity rating for the album. The pop power-ballad style could be to extremely intense adventures of sound that almost turn you upside down. One of the misleading to the nature of the remaining fi ve songs, which I will tell you are nothing like most impressive points of the entire album is the dynamic range of vocal ability from this one. Jesse’s vocals seem to blend with the music as opposed to rising above it. their lead singer, Swisher. Even when his lyrics are screamed his words still stand out The album then advances on to the most intense song, ‘I’ll Hide My Love,’ a high energy and are easily understood. On each and every track the guitar work from Brad Nastee and dance hit. The subject is the object of his affection whom he can’t seem to take hold of. JimE fi t onto the vocals like a glove. Not to be left out and standing fi rmly at the founda- The album continues on with ‘It Goes Like That,’ where it simmers down with the help tion of everything is the rhythm section provided by Greg (bass) and Brewer (drums) of a little bit of old school drum machine followed by powerful guitar riffs. From there it who give a solid shape that refuses to let any song on the album crumble. progresses into ‘Make it the Best,’ a defi nite club jam. In ‘Where is the Disconnect’ and As a whole this band shows great talent with every song on this debut, and seem ‘Can’t Say I’m Yours,’ Jesse experiments with vocal synthesizer, giving them an even quite capable of gathering a multitude of listeners with all that they offer up. Songs such poppier element than the songs that proceeded them. ‘We Are The Dead,’ ‘God Once Drown the World,’ ‘Leave The Light On,’ ‘Tonight, Drinks Congratulations are in order for this tenderfooted duo for making it this far in On You!’ and ‘Cavalla Street’ are just some of the moments on this album that really grab their mere nine month coup. With their dance inclined, indie, electronic music, they’re your attention to make you stand up and say “Hell yeah!” It seems unlikely that these defi nitely deserving of reward, whether it be fame, a larger fan base or beyond. guys won’t be turning quite a few heads in the very near future. - kali mclevy - ora “tre” brasel local albums

Album: Finally Album: A New Beginning Artist: The Peyton Brothers Artist: C1 Jazz Band Label: Bluejay Productions, Inc.

Having produced jazz fusion music back in the late 1970s, I’m amazed by the survival of this genre, now dubbed “smooth jazz”–a term I loathe. Nonetheless, I received a copy of C1 Jazz Band’s debut album, A New Beginning for my review. So, I checked it out, and I was pleasantly surprised by both the quality of the recording and the experienced musicianship The legendary Peyton Brothers have wowed audiences for 35 years in innumerable displayed on this ten-song studio session. live performances countrywide and on their own radio shows. Now, Finally the veteran The existence of so called smooth jazz radio stations has created a viable market for bluegrass siblings have recorded their music on CD. these groups. C1’s musical moods are eclectic covering a range from blues, and funk to soul. The four brothers, John, Dan, Michael and Lee look road worn from their earlier promo Still, with no vocals to add an identity to the music, the quartet improvises to original grooves photo. From long hair circa 1972 to gray hair now, the brothers may have aged but they can and cover material. In this genre, C1 stands out because of their intelligently conceived still draw a crowd. They sold out their October 10th European Street show. compositions that serve as the anchor for their inventive improvisation. On this classic CD, the Peyton Brothers put together 11 of their favorite songs so their The members of C1 include 35 year veteran guitarist and leader of the band, Ron fans can now take their music home from their gigs. This choice collection is a keeper and Williams. Carlos “C-Lo” Peterson is the musical director and master keyboardist . On Sax is now gets heavy rotation in my car, and I’m very particular what artist gets played on my Michael “Bishop” Stevens who has many improvisational tricks up his sleeve. Veteran player, car CD player–Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Steve Earl, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, and now Jesse Reyes holds down a funky bottom line on bass. And, a truly gifted drummer, Willie the Peyton Brothers. Chambliss sets the groove on traps. The 11 song set includes Peyton Brothers classics like ‘Pallet on The Floor,’ ‘Dooley,’ The band has been playing around the region at upscale venues such as the Omni Hotel, ‘Gentle on My Mind,’ ‘Dammit’ (very funny), ‘Margaret and the Dutchman’ (one of my Florida Theater, the Jacksonville Landing, where they are very popular, World Golf Village, favorites), ‘Winsboro Bottom Mill Blues,’ et al. and Florida Community College. Recently, C1 won many new fans when they opened for the The Peyton Brothers are unquestionably one of the best bluegrass bands in the mighty Earth Wind and Fire. country. Their impeccable vocal harmonies and musicianship stand out. With Michael’s The album, A New Beginning showcases a wide range of musical ideas and grooves. fi ve string banjo always out front in the mix, Lee’s award winning mandolin picking, John’s There are beautiful ballads and bluesy songs like “Jay Walking Blues.” The album held my excellent upright bass plucking and Dan’s acoustic guitar playing, this band kicks bluegrass interest and I was impressed by the slick arrangements and fi rst class solos. C-Lo Peterson’s ass. piano playing stands out with interesting references and advanced improvisation. This cat has Go to www.thepeytonbrothers.com to order this CD. bull chops. The CD is available at www.C1jazzband.com - rick grant - rick grant

6 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly photo by daniel goncalves Friday, November 20 7000+ 7:30 p.m. Rick Grant: Jacksonville’s music man by anna rabhan

If knowledge is power, then Rick Grant has been empowering Jacksonville and Northeast Florida for over 30 years. He has kept us informed about the music industry and introduced us to nationally known musicians, but he has also been our clearinghouse of local music news. He has promoted, through the power of his pen, local BUY TICKETS AT www.TICKETMASTER.com, musicians and made sure we knew what they were about and where to see them play. But, as with most people who 800-745-3000,OR AT THE PEABODY BOX OFFICE. inform the public, he has been backstage his whole career. 00 AXGLWoULXm BOYG.‡ DD\WoQD BHDcK ‡ Bo[ OIÀcH 38-7-34 ‡ www.PEABODYAUDITORIUM.oUJ It’s easy to fi nd Rick Grant’s articles online but nearly *UoXSV oI 5 oU moUH CDOO 38-547-000 oU H-mDLO NJUoomV#EHOOVoXWK.QHW impossible to fi nd any information about this man who has done so much to improve Jacksonville and keep us connected to our rich musical culture. Jacksonville, please welcome Rick Grant onstage. Grant was born in Savannah and raised in Jacksonville. Carmina Burana After a stint in the Air Force, he went to work for a large chemical company. But he was a musician at heart J ACKSONVILLE so, tired of corporate culture after a few years, he and his wife Elaine decided to open a recording and S YMPHO NY O RCHESTRA November 5-7 production company called Homestead Studio, Inc. In the late ’70s, when jazz fusion was all the rage, their major project was a band called Trayn whose record did well at jazz stations across the country. They then toured, which made for a lot of crazy road stories. Grant recalls, “We were on our way to a jazz festival – in JSYO Fall Concert St. Augustine actually – and the engine blew up. So we had to have the truck full of equipment towed to the venue and have it unloaded and then towed to a repair facility, but we played the gig!” November 8 During that time, he was also Jacksonville Bureau Chief for a movie industry publication out of Orlando called Entertainment Revue. He went on location and wrote documentary-style pieces about the making of the fi lms. “I was always a writer part time, and I did freelance work,” he says. After Homestead closed, Grant began working with the owner of the Southeast Entertainer, later called the First American Salute with Coast Entertainer. After that owner passed away, the current owner took over and changed the name to Entertaining U. Grant reminisces, “I started getting busy with that for many, many years. I was pretty much doing everything. I was writing movie reviews, music reviews, going out on interviews. So it was Sandi Patty a very busy time, and I really thrived on it because I loved the work. I just about covered everybody you can imagine.” In fact, he says, he covered most everyone in the North Florida Music Hall of Fame (www. November 13-14 larrycohenproductions.com/N_Fla_Music.htm). The fi rst band he remembers covering was the Dalton Gang. He’s interviewed everyone from Jim Graves, who came back to Jacksonville after playing with the Rossington-Collins Band, to Derek Trucks to Bonnie Raitt. Artists who hadn’t let their fame go to their heads were his favorite interviews. “The blues Beethoven’s people [were] usually really nice,” he says. “They didn’t cop an attitude along the way. People like B.B. King and Koko Taylor – they were just the greatest interviews because they were down to earth.” As for the more recent interviews, he says, “JJ Grey and his band [Mofro] ... they’re great because they never let any PURE EXCITEMENT “Eroica” of the business affect them. They’re still the same guys they were before.” All those thousands of interviews (over 7,000 by his editor’s count) made for a lot of unforgettable moments over Grant’s long career. He recounts, “You know, you say these things and people don’t believe November 19-21 you. It was Hank Williams, Jr. and he was supposed to have quit drinking and that was a big deal. He had gone through rehab and I go backstage and he has a glass of vodka and a bottle of vodka on the side and he was just wasted out of his…I don’t know how he went on stage. He did, and he played his set. … First Coast [Those artists are] very diffi cult to interview because they don’t want to see you really, but they think they need the press.” This music business veteran has much to say about the Jacksonville music scene and the future of Tickets: its artists. “The Jacksonville music scene is very vibrant and it’s always bringing in new talent with new jaxsymphony.org Nutcracker ideas. Yellowcard was good. I always liked them and they’ve done well. ... I was the fi rst journalist to cover December 4-6 Conrad Oberg at 10 years old and he played at the London Bridge. He’s a true musical genius. … He’s gonna go far.” (904) 354-5547 Semi-retired since 2008, Grant has barely slowed down. He still occasionally contributes music and movie reviews to Entertaining U. He also has his own webzine (www.rickatnight.com) with opinion pieces, FABIO MECHETTI TV reviews and, of course, movie and music reviews. But, while this writer whose accumulation of pieces MUSIC DIRECTOR / PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Holiday Pops! has been a guidebook of Jacksonville entertainment says he misses the hectic action of a magazine, HASKELL ENDOWED CHAIR “The things that are important are right here: my wife, my dogs, my writing. I’ve achieved Nirvana in that December 11-13 respect.”

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 7 maxville’s back porch swamp music egZhZcih Lucky Peterson Much has been written about the rural Floridian roots of Jacksonville’s favorite sons, JJ Grey and with special guest Mofro. Grey’s lyrical homage sparked a literary fi restorm of expressions to describe the band’s James Peterson signature sound from swamp funk to front porch soul. Their fresh-caught fl avor paints a musical I]jghYVn!CdkZbWZg*!'%%. postcard of NE Florida that’s instantly recognizable to locals and serves as an ambassador to a AjX`nEZiZghdceaVnZY]^hÒghi \^\ViV\Zi]gZZ#7ni]Zi^bZ ]ZlVhÒkZ!]Z]VYVagZVYn treasured time and place. interview with jj grey by liza mitchell gZXdgYZY]^hÒghih^c\aZ! egdYjXZYWncdcZdi]Zgi]Vc After bursting onto the local photo by tobin voggesser i]ZaZ\ZcYVgnL^aa^Z9^mdc# radar in 2000 with their release Blackwater, Grey and Mofro continue to crank out the gritty, Janiva Magness bluesy funk that defi es being pigeon-holed into one particular ;g^YVn!CdkZbWZg+!'%%. genre. As the band hits the decade Æ6hjeZgW!edlZg]djhZG7 milestone, the music remains an h^c\Zgl]dYZa^kZghWajZh honest, pure refl ection of Grey’s VcYhdjal^i]h]dl"hidee^c\ childhood, home, family and Vji]dg^inÇ tradition. ÄAdh6c\ZaZh9V^anCZlh Grey, who serves as the band’s primary songwriter, is outspoken about his love of home in the tiny city of Whitehouse. Like an artist wielding a brush, his music John Lee Hooker Jr. conjures up images of a time when ;g^YVn!CdkZbWZg&(!'%%. the sun was hot - “10,000-degrees ÆI]ZgZVgZh^c\ZghVcYi]Zc in the shade,” as he sings on the i]ZgZVgZH>C<:GH!VcY title track of the band’s sophomore [dgijcViZan[dg?g#ÉhhV`Z]Z]Vh release Lochloosa - and the air Otis Redding, it’s a visceral a horrendous car accident on Normandy Boulevard as they headed home VcYhdc\lg^iZg###[VhiWZXdb^c\ experience that Grey himself does not pretend to understand. “The more I from the fi rst show of their fi rst tour. All remaining dates were cancelled to VWajZhhZchVi^dcÇ shut my mind off and get out of the way, the more creative and connected allow time to heal both physically and fi nancially. "HVc;gVcX^hXd8]gdc^XaZ the music and lyrics become,” he says. “You can’t force it. It defi es words, The release of Lochloosa in 2004 found the band had not lost all it’s just a feeling.” momentum. Grey and company joined the bill at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Grey’s proclivity to rely on the disconnect is paramount to his abilities Tennessee as well as the Austin City Limits festival. Mofro left Fog City as a lyricist, a storyteller and an artist. His tendency to view his craft from Records to sign with the famed Alligator Records label for the release of some cosmic perspective rather than a deliberate intention gives voice to their third studio record: Country Ghetto. Grey infused that release and his place on life’s stage, how he fi ts in the space he’s carved for his music its 2008 follow-up Orange Blossoms with a rich brass vibe and a dose of Fusebox Funk and those with whom he shares it. To connect with his audience, he must sweeping gospel to add new fl avor to the Mofro stew. HVijgYVn!CdkZbWZg'&!'%%. fi rst “let go and let it happen.” JJ Grey and Mofro have pounded the pavement for the past year Æ;jhZWdm;jc`VgZcdi JJ Grey and Mofro have connected with their audience since arriving in support of Mofro’s last album. The record came out on the heels of XdchigV^cZYWn\ZcgZdghinaZ# on the scene in with Blackwater, a rootsy homage to Grey’s home. The Country Ghetto and Grey is hoping for an equally quick turnaround with I]ZnhigVYYaZ\ZcgZWdjcYVg^Zh band earned its place on the club and festival circuit, fi nding a home the fi fth project. “Orange Blossoms has just been out a year,” he says. VcYegdYjXZVhinaZVaai]Z^g among blues purists at the Springing the Blues Festival in Jacksonville “We are working on stuff right now. I want to get a new record out by next dlc![gdb]^e"]deidgdX`![jc`!!Beach and the jam band family at the Magnolia Fest at the Spirit of the summer, defi nitely.” idG7###i]ViiZZiZghWZilZZcV Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak. Mofro will celebrate the fall release of a new vinyl record on XgVonWgZV`YdlcVcYVgZaVm^c\ Even on the opposite coast, Grey fi nds an effortless common November 3, featuring two songs from each of the band’s four albums as \gddkZ#KZghVi^a^in^hi]ZcVbZd[n ground in a Los Angeles club with songs like ‘Lochloosa,’ an obvious fan well as a version of Van Morrison‘s ‘Tupelo Honey.’ “I decided to do an i]Z^g\VbZ#Ç favorite. The crowd sings along to every word. Most have never seen Lake acoustic version of ‘Tupelo Honey,’ [and] I was in the studio before I knew Lochloosa and likely never will. But it is the sense of place that is at once it, [the song] had a full band feel.” Not every Mofro song has all the bells familiar and comforting, like an old photo or a favorite sweater. To Grey, it’s and whistles. Some of the band’s most intimate arrangements revolve more than that. It’s a feeling. solely on the haunting drone of the organ, soulful wail of the harmonica “Some things are just hardwired from birth,” he says, drawing and earnest longing in Grey’s voice. humorous comparison to an episode of the Mike Judge classic Beavis Grey need only call back to his home to tap into the energy he exudes and Butthead when Beavis forgets how to pee. Regardless of how absurd on stage. There is no one formula, no procedural steps to follow. Put it Butthead’s explanation of the human urinary system may seem, therein lies down and let it come to you. “In all forms of music, art or expression, the lesson that some things defy explanation. “It is not often that we forget it’s fully there or it’s not. There comes a point when it can’t be explained, how to pee but we can forget how to feel.” just experienced,” he says. “For me, it’s when I’ve forgotten I’m writing a Grey said he named the band after a slang phrase tossed around the record, when I’m beyond that periphery, that it happens.”

8 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly writer’s choice: jacksonville music

We asked our staff music-lovers to give us the skinny on what local bands they love, where they go to see a show and their take on the Jacksonville music scene. Here’s what they had to say:

kellie abrahamson (Fleming Island) jack diablo (Springfi eld) Music Editor Contributing Writer / Local Music Guru

Sunbears! Favorite local bands: Favorite local 1. Sunbears! bands: 2. Shangrala 1. Tough Junkie 3. Chicken & Whiskey 2. Wudun 3. Tuffy Favorite place to see live music: Anywhere with Favorite place to New Location a sound system, I’m not picky. see live music: REGENCY/BEACHES Good old fashioned Wudun 2771 #7 Monument Rd. photo by ian witlen Jacksonville’s local Riverside house show. 564-2590 music scene is... made up of incredibly talented musicians willing to share their art even when few people are willing to take Jacksonville’s local music scene is… talented above the time to listen. I’m amazed every time I go to a show at how good all else but the bands don’t seem to get the credit or attention they we have it here. The area breeds some of the most interesting and deserve. A lot of people are trying to change that lately and I see entertaining musical acts around and yet only a handful of people are a bright future over the horizon. It’s all for nothing though if bands “V.I.P.” aware of them. I’d love to see more people nurturing the scene by have to go elsewhere to get the recognition they work so hard for. The coming to shows and spreading the word. bottom line is, if you want to see the music scene improve, you have to go out and support the bands that are playing out. Auto Sales We Rent Cars, Vans & SUVs Must Be At Least 18 Years Old ora “tre” brasel (Orange Park) No Credit Card Needed! Contributing Writer kali mclevy (St. Augustine) Contributing Writer WE SELL 2000 - 2008 Favorite local Jug-or-Not bands: Favorite local CARS, TRUCKS, VANS, SUVs 1. Fit For Rivals bands: 2. Marion Crane 1. Buff Clout BUY HERE, PAY HERE! 3. Jug-or-Not 2. Chicken and Whiskey 3. Antarctic Credit Hot Line Favorite place to 731-1816 see live music: Favorite place to Orange Park Lion’s Club see live music: Chicken and Whiskey We Buy 00-04 Cars & Trucks photo by norm stovall Nobby’s We Pay CASH-CASH-CASH Jacksonville’s local music scene is... looking very “V.I.P.” Auto Sales promising with all of the hot, fresh new talent that has emerged on Jacksonville’s local music scene is… a blast and 5936 Phillips Hwy. our scene in the last few years, along with all of the local legends absolutely made for the entertainment of friends and fans. Music at 733-7439 • 733-7436 have kept it going strong. There are truly so many great bands its best is when people come together to entertain themselves and Closed Wednesday & Sunday fl oating around town these days that we could all soon be witnessing dear friends, not with the goal of making the cheesiest song possible a musical renaissance right here in our own city. If you go out so it’ll be played in clubs and on the radio. I think that it’s admirable looking for excellent music around town the chances are extremely for a band to want to play a show just for the sake of music and fun, high that you will fi nd just that! not because their manager booked it for them. Most of the bands I’ve seen lately out of Jacksonville don’t even go into it thinking of fame or fortune.

rick grant (Southside) Senior Writer brenton crozier (Riverside) Contributing Writer / Columnist Derek Trucks Favorite local bands: 1. Derek Trucks Band Favorite local bands: 2. Susan Tedeschi Band 1. When Tides Collide 3. Artimus Pyle Band (APB) 2. Shangrala 3. Sunbears! Favorite place to see live music: I would have to Favorite place to see live say that my favorite live venue music: Hmmm...depends on my is the Seawalk Pavilion during mood. For the authentic rock in the the Blues Festival. wall experience, I like Jack Rabbits for its accessibility. Jacksonville’s local When Tides Collide music scene is… vibrant Jacksonville’s local music and in constant fl ux. scene is... ever burgeoning but slightly erratic.

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 9 the energizer bunny of punk

Ray McKelvey is tinkering with a broken down car in front of his Murray Hill home. Birds are chirping in the background as the unassuming 51-year-old punk rocker wistfully recalls his glory days - what he can remember. He is kind, friendly and humble as he waxes poetic about his reign over Jacksonville’s punk rock scene. Ray made an lasting stamp on the history of renegade Jacksonville bad boy bands but the public reports his legendary exploits pale in comparison to the actual truth. interview with stevie ray stiletto by liza mitchell

As the infl uential leader of Stevie Stiletto and the Switchblades, Ray has some stories to tell. Much of his life on stage is chronicled in the documentary My Life is Great, 30 years of raw material pieced together in a montage of videos, concert footage, interviews and other scraps of a hard life lived. It may not be the stuff of legends but it’s one hell of a legacy Stiletto himself never thought he’d be around to see. “It’s pretty cool. There was a lot of great stuff to be heard,” Stiletto said in a recent interview. “It’s cool to see what relics people still have. It’s hard for me to remember.” Stiletto’s backstory has been told before. Like many up and coming musicians, he cut his teeth in various cover bands before sinking them into the sound of the burgeoning punk movement. The lifestyle suited Stiletto as did the anarchistic attitude of those who followed. The original lineup of Stevie Stiletto and the Switchblades came together in 1983 following a sort of changing of the guards from the tired ‘70s disco and arena rock to the middle fi nger of punk bands like the Sex Pistols. What followed was a veritable hopscotch of big name shows, infamous on-stage antics, revolving members and a predisposition for Murphy’s Law. Good or bad, the one common denominator was always Stiletto. “We had so much bad luck. If it could possible go wrong it would. We spent many a nights on the side of the road with a broken down vehicle and all of our equipment,” he says. “We all slept together in the back of a van. It was beer and bologna. We were selling plasma for gasoline.” Despite opening for the Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, the Ramones, the Descendants, Megadeth, Circle Jerks and the like, the demons that plagued Stevie Stiletto were often too strong to overcome. Just like in the old nursery rhyme, when he was good, Stiletto was very, very good. Stories of his live shows became local folklore, though Stiletto laughs at the notion that most of his antics were too raunchy to include in the documentary, like the night he took to the stage wearing little more than a glittery pair of gold cowboy boots and a smile. “Half of the audience got naked that night,” he recalls with a laugh. But when he was bad, Stiletto was horrid, an aging punk rocker bent on destroying the one thing in life that mattered the most to him. The cocktail of chemical dependency, fi nancial diffi culties, a devastating auto accident THE BRITISH ARE COMING

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TORCHLIGHT PARADE and a healthy dose of plain old fashioned bad luck threatened to put an end to Stiletto once and for all. The band soldiered on in the early ‘90s, releasing Back In Arms and American Asshole on Attitude Records. December 5th at 7:30 PM The renewed spirit caught fi re elsewhere but failed to regenerate the successful steam on their home turf. Starting From The Governor’s House Stevie Stiletto embarked on a three-month European tour - a far cry from their days at the Cedar Hills Armory and the old 730 Club. “We were playing these huge concert halls over there. When we came In The Plaza de Constitution home we had a gig in St. Augustine. Out front it was advertising a two-for-one pasta dinner and down at the bottom real small it said ‘with special musical guests Stevie Stiletto. The pasta dinner was huge. It was HISTORIC DOWNTOWN like, ‘What?!’” he said. Stevie Stiletto played their fi nal show in 2007. But today, Stiletto is healthy and he’s not looking back ST. AUGUSTINE despite years spent living as a dying man, complications of the excess he regrets but a life he wouldn‘t change. “I feel great. I exercise and eat properly,” he says. To celebrate the recent screening of My Life is Great, Stiletto said he camped it up, painting his face with white makeup. “People thought I was sick. They didn’t realize my face was caked with the white makeup,” he says. “I thought it was funny really.” After 30 years of raggedy vans, hole-in-the-wall venues and convalescing with one foot in the grave, Stevie Ray Stiletto is living comfortably. His living room is littered with the fruits of his labor - thousands of digitally remastered CD’s of all the band’s early material like 13 Hits and Food for Flies, t-shirts and copies of the documentary he will ship out to various distributors by week’s end. Stiletto is also gearing up to release three new projects before the end of the year. Beautiful Music for Ugly People centers on the band’s trademark sound - fast, heavy punk rock. To soften the edges, Stiletto recorded Ugly Music for Beautiful People to showcase his talents as a singer and songwriter with 18 acoustic tracks. “My mom loves that album,” he says. Stevie Ray Stiletto released Hilarious Tales of Terrorr earlier this year and a new, as yet untitled project is tentatively scheduled to make a Christmas debut. All of the music is available on the band’s My Space and Facebook pages as well as the online site CD Baby. Stiletto said he also plans to get some on the shelves at CD Connection in Jacksonville Beach. “Four albums in one year - it’s been a really busy year City of for me. We’re going to get back out on tour and I’m looking forward to it. Hopefully this time we’ll have a www.britishnightwatch.org Saint Augustine decent vehicle.”

10 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 • 7 P.M. • DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT Calling all captains and crews!

Join the fleet and be a part of the Jacksonville Light Parade. Showcase your vessel to more than 200,000 parade spectators and create memories that last a lifetime. The parade is open to vessels of all shapes and sizes and is limited to the first 100 boats. Awards and Prizes Categories

•Grand Overall •Sailboat •30’ and Over •Best New Entry (1st and 2nd place winners) (Private Individual) •Private Individual 30’ and Over •Corporate/Commercial •Under 30’ st nd (Private Individual) (1 and 2 place winners) •Organized Club •Private Individual Under 30’ Holiday Spirit •Sailboat st nd • (1 and 2 place winners) •Corporate/Commercial Calling all landlubbers! Register Now! •Organized Club For more than 20 years, the award winning Jacksonville Light Parade has sailed through downtown on the majestic St. Johns River. Ushering in the holiday season, festively decorated vessels glide through the water at the largest lighted boat parade on the First Coast. We invite you to take part in what has become a tradition for thousands of local families and out-of-town visitors. Bring the whole family and enjoy a magical evening on our breathtaking riverfront.

After the parade, the sky is illuminated by one of Jacksonville’s most inspiring fireworks shows, to provide the perfect finishing touch to the night. To register or for more information visit www.makeascenedowntown.com or call (904) 630-3690

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eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 11 tune up

Perhaps you’ve been hearing some of the buzz about the local music scene lately or maybe you’ve been jonesing to hear some good live music but have no idea where to catch the best of it . Over the past fi fteen years, one event has time and again proven that Jacksonville is home to a thriving and talented pool of musical talent. It’s the perfect opportunity to experience all the great live music Jacksonville has to offer and will no doubt expose you to something new. conmoto art & music festival by jack diablo

rather than capitalistic. All of the proceeds benefi t charities such as Habijax and Americans for the Lackawanna Carriage Works Arts. From its beginning, raising money for charity has been at the core of Conmoto’s raison d’être. The very fi rst event managed to raise several hundred dollars for Habijax and the money raised in 2004 paid for the roofi ng of a house. This year, Conmoto hopes to raise $10,000 for its various charities. Although all the proceeds benefi t various charities, the bands that participate in Conmoto come out on top as well. The festival will create the means for emerging local bands to be exposed to a broader audience than they may receive otherwise. But more so than that, Bosworth hopes that participants fi nd validation and receive some positive encouragement by performing at Conmoto. “It helps the musicians that play in this town realize it is worth it to create something. You are a real artist. You are a real musician. This isn’t just something you do in your garage because you’re a dork with pipe dreams. You do this because there is an audience out there that needs to hear you.” And be heard, they shall. Every stage in this year’s festival will be located downtown and within walking distance

from each other, allowing attendees to not only Tuffy Conmoto Art & Music Festival returns this November with a new name, new bands, new discover the many bands this town has to offer venues and a new chance to discover some great local music. The festival began humbly enough, but the variety of places to experience live music according to Jon Bosworth, the brains behind Conmoto. “Other towns had big local music festivals as well. The “main event” will be held in the Florida Theatre on November 20th followed by the bulk to showcase their talent, but in Jacksonville there were only about six bands we thought were worth of the performances on the 21st at venues like Burrito Gallery, the Sinclair, TSI, London Bridge, Cafe anything. So, in 1994 I got those bands together and we put on a charity concert at the Orange 331 and Dive Bar. Some shows will be free of charge while others will cost around $5. All access Park Lion’s Club,” he says. From there, it only gained momentum until 2000, when over 100 bands passes will be available for $20. played on ten different stages. Though it hasn’t occurred every year, the event has held strong both Whether your favorite local band is playing or you need an excuse to hear what is going down talent-wise and in audience attendance. Because of this, Bosworth anticipates Conmoto becoming musically in Jacksonville, Conmoto Art & Music Festival is the place to be November 20- 21. For an annual event in the future. more info visit www.conmotofest.com. Originally, the event bore the name “Conmoto Trench Festival.” Conmoto comes from the Italian con moto, a musical term meaning to play “with movement.” Bosworth appropriated the term and Shangrala fl ipped it to apply to the music scene. “I’ve re-assigned it to mean a movement with music,” he says. The “Trench” part referred to the bands themselves. “When we started this festival it was a very DIY effort and most of the bands playing it would have considered themselves punk, in one way or another,” says Jon. “These musicians came out of the trenches, essentially, to do something positive for their town.” Nowadays, the festival includes everything from hip hop to alt-country. And not all of the bands currently reside “in the trenches,” as several internationally recognized performers will grace Conmoto’s stages. But don’t worry, there’s still a few punk bands in the mix. Perhaps the most recognized name on the lineup this year is hip hop artist and Jacksonville native, Rob Roy. His latest single, ‘Fur in My Cap,’ receives heavy rotation at some of the biggest clubs in New York and LA and has been heard on the HBO series Entourage. Other notable featured bands include Shangrala, After the Bomb, Baby!, Lackawanna Carriage Works and City Lights Bloom. In addition to some of the best music Jacksonville has to offer, this year’s festival will include an art exhibition, something they’ve tried only once before in 2001. “There simply weren’t enough active artists in the area then to make it work. 2009 is a different story.” The lines between music and art have always, at times, been a bit blurry, but never have the two been so intimately linked in Jacksonville as they are today. Music and art mixers abound and the two communities seem to thrive when their forces are combined. The addition of the art element is the ultimate reason for the name to change to Conmoto Art & Music Festival. But it isn’t all just about the music and the art. Conmoto’s fi nancial aspirations are philanthropic

12 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly downtown

the conmoto art & music festival is a two-day local original art and music festival in downtown jacksonville on november 20 and november 21, 2009 from 7pm until midnight. all original, all local, all to support humanity.

friday november 20 saturday november 21 Dinner with the Bands at Burrito Gallery - 5 pm- 7 pm Dinner with the Bands at Burrito Gallery - 5 pm- 7 pm Headliners at Florida Theatre (acts will be announced November 15) 7pm - 11pm Festival at Burrito Gallery, London Bridge, TSI, Dive Bar, The Sinclair, Cafe 331 Downtown Art Show 9pm - midnight (Reception 11 pm- midnight) and more downtown locations TBA - 7 pm - midnight Afterparty at Birdie’s in 5 Points midnight - 2am Afterparty at The Pearl in Springfi eld midnight - 2 am

Tickets range from $5 for a single venue to $20 for all access passes and will be available on conmotofest.com as of November 1st. $10 for the Florida Theatre show on Friday / $10 for the Music Festival on Saturday / $20 for an all access pass (including afterparty admission) / $5 to visit a single venue. The Burrito Gallery stage will be free and feature music appropriate for all ages. There will also be an art show Friday night and afterparties both nights. Tickets available through conmotofest.com as of November 1. Tickets will also be available at the Florida Theatre box offi ce the days of the shows for $2 more. Ticket proceeds benefi t Habijax (habijax.org). Proceeds from art sold at the festival goes 50% to the artist and 50% to Americans for the Arts (artsusa.org). T-Shirts are only available at the festival, will cost $14 and will benefi t Got Your Back Movement (shirtforshirt.org).

the sinclair 521 W Forsyth St. 358-0005 TSI 333 E Bay St. 424-3531 www.clubtsi.com burrito gallery 21 E Adams St. 598-2922 www.thesinclairjax.com www.burritogallery.com Crash the Satellites - Jacksonville’s favorite indie rock Lackawanna Carriage Works - These boys bring a har- band, these kids pack Weezer and Sonic Youth into the Thumbnail Sketch - Grown from the weeds of a Spring- mony and some guitars to stage and just when you think same pillowcase and then smash it on your face. The fi eld back alley in the summer of 2008, they have blos- there’s gonna be a honky tonk they trick you into rocking weird thing is how much you love it. Because the aftertaste somed into a full fl edged Pop Flower and are now looking out. From country to folkadelic to rock, these Jacksonville is similar to Built to Spill with just a hint of Dinosaur Jr. to bring the shimmering guitars, swirling synths, boom- boys bring a little peace of Gram Parsons back to his high After the Bomb Baby - Post-apocalyptic funk courtesy of ing bass and thundering drums of their NOW sound to school homeland. the Strasser brothers and a strange assortment of disco- Tomorrow’s Parties! Tuffy - On any given day Tuffy could sound like anything rockers and hair farmers they traveled back in time to rescue Pilar - There are very few things in the world like trying from Band of Horses to Eric’s Trip to Pavement. Their in- from obscurity and put on various instruments. Somewhere to look directly at Pilar when she is throwing her muscu- die-style roots music is like watching a fi ght at a backyard in the distance is the barbaric yawp of Nick Cave. Perhaps lar voice through the chattering strokes on her keys. She kegger between Meat Puppets and Butthole Surfers, but one of the most fun live shows in Jacksonville, ATBB! al- is at the same time intensely angry and giggling aloofl y. both of them are so drunk no one is really getting hurt. The ways bring the funk with a healthy dose of ridiculous. Expect She is not laughing with you. There is a palpable strength people at the fi ght, not Tuffy. brass and percussion accompaniment to “synth-pfunk” in her performance. Don’t miss it. City Lights Bloom - Instrumental, at times epic songs madness, the likes of which you’ve never heard. AC Deathstrike- This band is impossible to describe and which encapsulate classical music using modern rock in- Sephiroth Chorus - Early 90’s shoegazey and late 70’s their songs make no sense, according to their myspace. struments and sound experimentation. Live shows are loud, electrofunky. When Jack Ringca isn’t winning yo-yo con- Jameyal entrancing. Atmospheric post-rock that ranges from quiet tests, he’s busy playing with his synthesizer. Jack’s music ambiance to cacophonous rock outs. Dual glockenspiels has taken him across the country and out of it as well, add the perfect touch to an already fantastic performance. earning him international recognition, but he calls Duval Just as entertaining live as lying on your bed with the head- home. His solo multi-instrumental performance are not to phones on. be missed. london bridge 100 E Adams St. 359-0001 The Rails and When Tides Collide Single White Herpe - Solo act blending humor, singer/ www.londonbridgepubjax.com songwriter shananigans and satire. You’ll fi nd yourself say- Chicken & Whiskey VS Dig Dog - Witness this epic battle ing “Did he just say that?” after laughing beer out through as two of Jacksonville’s most powerful beards face off, your nose. His set is like watching Ween trying to pull off a song for song, and you get to decide the winner. cafe 331 311 W Ashley St. 355-2255 Zappa impersonation at a costume party, but Les Claypool DigDog - One of Jacksonville’s newest bands, they’ve al- keeps making them laugh. ready generated a signifi cant buzz within the scene. Their Hip-hop Hell Stage: Mr. Al Pete, Tough Junkie & more Rich and Mindy experimental indie is fun and upbeat. With bands such as Rush, Pavement, Tortoise and even Primus providing the infl uence, their performance should be nothing less than dive bar 331 E. Bay St. 359-9090 original and entertaining. www.divebarjax.com fl orida theatre - 128 E Forsyth St. National Dairy - Sounds that penetrate ears as if with a 355-5661 www.fl oridatheatre.com robotic dildo strapped onto a sadistic feminist, willfully Christina Wagner - Boys and girls alike whimper at her possessed by the spirit of Allister Crowley, while Dr. Jack smoky croon and the blues-meets-Spanish pluck of her (full lineup will be announced on November 15) Kevorkian lectures an auditorium of the terminally ill. strings. You at once feel sorry for the poor sap she’s sing- Locust Grove - Somewhere between metal, math and ing about and wish that it was you. kLoB You just don’t get to stay together as a band for melody there is a dark grove. There are probably locusts Manatella - Pop-alt with female lead singer. over ten years if you aren’t bringing anything to the table. in there. I Am God - Folksy, spacious vocal-driven rock with Jacksonville’s funk quintet, kLoB, serve up the soul for the X Sister Z - Get out your leathers, there’s gonna be some strings. young and old alike. Catch them in their natural environ- noise. Industrial metal with gothtacular styling on the The Heyday, Tropic of Cancer, Shawn Lightfoot and The ment, the backyard at Burrito Gallery. local level! Brigade (or Shawn Lightfoot) Shangrala and Rob Roy

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 13 14 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly NOVEMBER 14 Planetfest 10 Jacksonville’s modern rock station Jewel has been bringing big name acts to the River City with Planetfest for a decade now. This year’s event is sure to have heads banging and crowds surfi ng with acts like Papa Roach, Chevelle, Jet, Fram- ing Hanley and Skindred all sharing the same stage. This is one show you do not want to miss! Tickets: $25/advance, $35/day of show. Metropolitan Park, 353-3309

NOVEMBER 14 Mitchel Musso Hannah Montana’s BFF cancelled on Jacksonville last month, but have no fear, Mitchel Musso will be making his hotly anticipated concert appearance this month instead. The show has been moved from the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville to the Moran Theatre, not that ideal place for a tween to enjoy her fi rst concert but at least Mom and Dad can sneak to the lobby for a beer between songs. Tickets: $25- $75. Times- Union Center- Moran Theatre, 632-3373

NOVEMBER 17 Cannibal Corpse From Buffalo, New York comes a death metal monster that has yet to be tamed: Cannibal Corpse. The band has been known to raise a few eyebrows with their dark album art and twisted lyrics, some of which have even gotten the band banned from performing in a number of countries. Thank- fully, they can still play here! Cannibal Corpse will be performing at Plush on November 17 with guests Hatebreed and Unearth. Tickets: Plush, 743-1845 music events NOVEMBER 21 Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles Some folks make music because they want to- others do it because they NOVEMBER 5 Jewel From the remote ranch of her Alaskan youth Pickle and the Blue Meanies decided to create a band of robots have no choice. Sarah Borges clearly falls into the latter category; to the triumph of international stardom, the three-time Grammy to play with. Instead of following him, they revolted and now the kind of person whose DNA would read like a musical chart if nominee has enjoyed career longevity rare among her generation force him to travel the universe with them; performing music and you mapped it out on paper. The Massachusetts native knows her of artists. Whether alone with her guitar or fronting a band of ace making him contemplate the inferiority of the human race. Their way around American music’s roots music and will show Jack- musicians, Jewel has always been a charismatic live performer, themed shows are guaranteed to provide a night of hilarity. This sonville audiences just that this month when she plays at E-Street earning the respect of other singer-songwriters such as Merle tour Jay and the gang hope to counteract your depression-in- with Eilen Jewell. Tickets: $15. European Street Listening Room, Haggard, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, who, not only invited her to duced woes with a motivational set you won’t soon forget. Tick- 399-1740 open their shows, but mentored her in the early phases of her ets: $8/advance, $10/day of show. Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 career. See Jewel this month with special guest Meiko. Tickets: NOVEMBER 22 The Toasters One of the fi rst American bands in $35- $45. Florida Theatre, 355-5661 the third wave of ska, and possibly the longest active ska band in the United States, the Toasters galvanized audiences and musi- NOVEMBER 5 Dignan Dignan, a fi ve piece out of McAllen, Texas, cians alike with their embrace of the Jamaica-born pop music are on the road in support of their newest record, Cheaters & style that overwhelmed England in the 1960s, migrated to America Thieves. With no label backing and only word of mouth, Dignan in the early 1980s, and went global in the 1990s. They’ve held have done what many bands only dream of: organically built a strong all these years and are essential listening for any rude boy loyal and ever-growing following through solid self-booked tours or girl. See them on the 22nd with Voodoo Glow Skulls at the Pit. and sold out their debut record in just nine short months. Not too Tickets: Brewster’s Pit, 223-9850 shabby. Check them out for yourself on November 5th at the UNF Arena. Tickets: $7. UNF Arena, 620-1183 NOVEMBER 27 R. Kelly Fathers, lock up your daughters: R. Kelly is coming to town. We kid, of course (or do we?). The talented NOVEMBER 8 Captured! By Robots After years of dealing with R&B singer, who seems to get more press for his personal woes diffi cult, unreliable human band mates, Jay Vance of Skankin’ than his actual music, is looking to make a comeback with his newest album Untitled, which is scheduled for release on the 30th. Get a peek at his new tunes on the 27th when R. Kelly performs at Cannibal Corpse the Moran Theatre with Pleasure P. Tickets: $49.50- $95. Times- Union Center- Moran Theatre, 632-3373 NOVEMBER 12 Jamey Johnson He could be basking in his songwriting accolades, but Jamey Johnson remains a restlessly R. Kelly creative maverick. Jamey is the co-writer of the CMA and ACM 2007 Song of the Year ‘Give It Away,’ recorded by George Strait. Trace Adkins, George Jones and Joe Nichols have also recorded his songs. But instead of sitting at home counting his royalty checks, Jamey Johnson recorded more than 40 songs during the past year. See the hardest working man in country music perform live at Maverick’s with Randy Houser. Tickets: $26. Mavericks Rock N’ Honky Tonk, 356-1110

NOVEMBER 13 - 15 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Enjoy 3 days of music, art, camping and community at the annual Bear Creek Music and Art Festival. This three-day event will feature live performances by Galactic, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Ivan Nev- ille’s Dumpstaphunk, the New Mastersounds, Toubab Krewe, Dub Conscious, Lettuce and dozens more. For a complete artist lineup and ticket prices, visit www.bearcreekmusicfestival.com. Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (Live Oak), (386) 364-1683

NOVEMBER 13 John Lee Hooker Jr. Born in Detroit with Delta blues-fi lled blood running through his Motown veins, John Lee Hooker Jr. was exposed the life of the blues from a young age thanks to his dad, the great John Lee Hooker. Not content to stay in his father’s shadow, Junior creates his own brand of blues that is edgy, unsettling and captivating. See him perform live at Mojo Kitchen on November 13th. Tickets: $15. Mojo Kitchen (Jackson- Dignan ville Beach), 247-6636

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 15 Jer Coons Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 Warehouse 8B, wambolt8b.wordpress.com Veins of Jenna / Dirty Penny / Crooked Cult / Skynyrd Tribute Weekend: Barry Lee Harwood We Came from Darkness Brewster’s Pit, 223- / KYMYSTRY / DB Hackett Club Myth (Fleming 9850 Island), 264-9955 A.C. Deathstrike / Rusholme Ruffi ans TSI, 424- Chris Spohn & Chris Phillips / Eugene / Lacka- 3531 wanna Carriage Works / Goliath The Sinclair, The Empyres The Sinclair, 358-0005 358-0005 Ivan. Shantytown, 798-8222 Mid-Life Crisis Jacksonville Landing, 353-1188

NOVEMBER 6 NOVEMBER 7 Boys Like Girls / Cobra Starship / Rocket To Angela Easterling European Street Listening The Moon / Versa Emerge Florida Theatre, 355- Room (Beach), 399-1740 5661 Rock for Kids ‘09 Jacksonville Landing, 353- Elvis Perkins in Dearland / AA Bondy Café 1188 Eleven, 460-9311 Lincolnville Festival St. Augustine, 333-0539 Janiva Magness Mojo Kitchen (Jacksonville Phil Wickham Murray Hill Theatre, 388-3179 Beach), 247-6636 The 77d’s Café 331, 354-1999 Lincolnville Festival St. Augustine, 333-0539 Skynyrd Tribute Weekend: Barry Lee Harwood Second Thief / Mouths of Lions / Divide the / KYMYSTRY / DB Hackett Club Myth (Fleming Sea / Night After Dark Murray Hill Theatre, 388- Island), 264-9955 3179 Clayton Bush Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), 249- Sidewalk 65 Tom & Betty’s, 387-3311 9595 Not Unheard Of Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), Hit the Lights / There for Tomorrow / Vinnie 249-9595 Carvana / Sparks the Rescue / IRival Jack Anthony Hamilton Uptown 21, 864-1115 Rabbits, 398-7496

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18 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 19 NOVEMBER 19 The Mountain Goats at Café Eleven on Nov 24 Stacey Earle / Mark Stuart European Street november cd releases Listening Room (San Marco), 399-1740 Jason Boland & the Stranglers Jack Rabbits, NOVEMBER 3 398-7496 Holopaw Oh Glory. Oh, Wilderness Mystic Roots / Fat Sachel / SideReal / Hours Lymbyc Systym Shutter Release Eastly / Hith / Reform / Schizophonics Brews- Molina & Johnson Molina & Johnson ter’s Pit, 223-9850 Morrissey Swords Tough Junkie Shantytown, 798-8222 Carrie Underwood Play On Paul Is Dead TSI, 424-3531 Citay Remixes The Almost Monster Monster NOVEMBER 20 A Fine Frenzy Oh Blue Christmas White Denim Café Eleven, 460-9311 Pablo Half the Time Shane Dwight Mojo Kitchen (Jacksonville Will Stratton No Wonder Beach), 247-6636 On Fillmore Extended Vacation Sidewalk 65 Ragtime, 241-7877 Ruby Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), 249-9595 NOVEMBER 10 The Lee Boys Freebird Live, 246-BIRD Tori Amos Midwinter Graces Only Living Boy / Ernest Street Mafi a / Status Dashboard Confessional Alter The Ending Faux Doozers Pub, 738-8922 Flyleaf Memento Mori Fullstop / Jahari / The Picture Show TSI, 424- Switchfoot Hello Hurricane 3531 The Bravery Stir the Blood Joseph Christ / Hellbilly Nation / Six Gun Britt Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade Ocean 60 Mumpsy Shantytown, 798-8222 Katatonia Night is the New Day Café 331, 354-1999 (Atlantic Beach), 247- 0060 Yankee Slickers Mellow Mushroom (Fleming Robbie Williams Reality Killed the Video Planetfest: Adelitas Way / Sick Puppies Metro- Mr. Petlansky & Mr. Royal MOSH, 396-6674 Island), 541-1999 Star politan Park, 353-3309 Mitchel Musso Times-Union Center- Moran The- NOVEMBER 15 NOVEMBER 21 NOVEMBER 17 atre, 632-3373 Lucero Café Eleven, 460-9311 Jacksonville University Opera Theatre Church Norah Jones The Fall Martha’s Trouble The Mill Top Tavern & Listen- Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Spirit of of the Good Shepherd, 387-5691 John Mayer Battle Studies ing Room (St. Augustine), 829-2329 the Suwannee Music Park (Live Oak), (386) Sidewalk 65 Ragtime, 241-7877 Ólöf Arnalds Við og Við The Black Hollies / Bryan Scary & the Shred- 364-1683 Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles European Justin Bieber My World ding Tears / John Carver Band Jack Rabbits, Michael Funge Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), Street Listening Room, 399-1740 The Tangent Down And Out In London And 398-7496 249-9595 Powersville / Trap County / Chaos In Gotham / Paris Sexual Atrocities / Fucksaw / Queef Huffer / MC Chris / Whole Wheat Bread / I Fight SuperAids Doozers Pub, 738-8922 Barren Earth Our Twilight Baby Basher / Abortionist Doozers Pub, 738- Dragons Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 Convalesce Murray Hill Theatre, 388-3179 Person L The Positives 8922 Mobile Deathcamp / Galactoid / Dissonant / Fusebox Funk Mojo Kitchen (Jacksonville 102.9 The X Free Concert Brewster’s Pit, 223- ROTTRED Doozers Pub, 738-8922 Beach), 247-6636 NOVEMBER 23 9850 LA Guns / Jimmies Chicken Shack / Down- Big Kitty Shantytown, 798-8222 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct Martha’s Trouble Riverside Arts Market, 554- Flow / Glorious Gunner / Manna Zen Brews- National Dairy London Bridge Pub, 359-0001 Lady GaGa The Fame Monster 6865 ter’s Pit, 223-9850 kLoB Burrito Gallery, 598-2922 Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment The Dirty Birds / Wudan The Sinclair, 358-0005 Somer’s Day benefit: Break Red / Rosco Timbaland Shock Value 2 The Peyton Brothers Flagler Auditorium (Palm Caine / Bambi Shoots Back / American At- NOVEMBER 22 Coast), (386) 437-7547 titude Orange Park Town Hall Jacksonville University Opera Theatre Church NOVEMBER 24 George Aspinall Band / Rhythm Cure Band / 5 of the Good Shepherd, 387-5691 Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream by 7 Jacksonville Landing, 353-1188 NOVEMBER 16 Mickey Avalon Freebird Live, 246-BIRD Sean “Diddy” Combs Last Train To Paris Mobile Deathcamp / Galactoid / Dissonant Bobby Flynn Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), 249-9595 Lil Wayne Rebirth Doozers Pub, 738-8922 Pathway to Providence / Lannen Fall / Hands Tom Waits Glitter And Doom [Live] High / Cities Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 NOVEMBER 17 The Toasters / Voodoo Glow Skulls Brewster’s Hatebreed / Cannibal Corpse / Unearth Plush, Pit, 223-9850 Charlie Walker Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), 249- 743-1845 Dawn of Entropy / Between the Buried and Me 9595 Charlie Walker Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), / Veil of Maya Edge 17, edge17.com The Bath Party The Sinclair, 358-0005 249-9595 Ryan Turk Eclipse, 387-3582 Disposable Thumbs / RickoLus The Sinclair, NOVEMBER 25 NOVEMBER 18 358-0005 The Pretty Things Peepshow Jack Rabbits, Oh Hollywood / Chris Woods / Miss Tess and 398-7496 the Bon Ton Parade Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 NOVEMBER 24 Business Casualties Shantytown, 798-8222 Pericles Brewster’s Pit, 223-9850 The Mountain Goats / Final Fantasy Café Artisan The Sinclair, 358-0005 Eleven, 460-9311 NOVEMBER 26 Suicide Silence Brewster’s Pit, 223-9850

NOVEMBER 27 Emilie Autumn Freebird Live, 246-BIRD Sidewalk 65 Sun Dog Diner (Atlantic Beach), 241-8221 JK Wayne Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), 249-9595 R. Kelly / Pleasure P Times-Union Center- Mo- ran Theatre, 632-3373 His Name Was Iron Jack Rabbits, 398-7496 Riggs / Scum of the Earth / No Justyce / OBB / Condemn the Infection / Tempest Reign Brewster’s Pit, 223-9850 Gil Mantera Party Dream TSI, 424-3531 Yankee Slickers / Thomas Wynn and the Believers Mojo Kitchen (Jacksonville Beach), 247-6636 Dana Salmela The Derby House, 356-0227 Kevin Lee Newberry The Sinclair, 358-0005

NOVEMBER 28 Sidewalk 65 Sun Dog Diner (Atlantic Beach), 241-8221 Zac Brown Band will be at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Nov 13 20 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly Jacksonville Pipes and Drums Culhane’s (At- George Aspinall Band / The Jay Garrett Band lantic Beach), 249-9595 Jacksonville Landing, 353-1188 Douglas Anderson Alumni Benefit Fest: Hello Danger / Band Called Catch / Katie Helow NOVEMBER 29 Freebird Live, 246-BIRD Michael Funge Culhane’s (Atlantic Beach), 249- Bacteria / Modern Problems / Galactoid 9595 Doozers Pub, 738-8922 Catalepsy / Abolish / Dissonant Brewster’s Pit, King of the Hill Semifinals: Mouths of Lions 223-9850 / Radio City Confessions / Rockland Drive / The First Week of August Murray Hill Theatre, NOVEMBER 30 388-3179 Koffi n Kats / Hollowbody Hellraisers Jack Rab-

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eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 21 Nov. 1- 7 AFTER THE MURDERS Nov. 7 JACKSONVILLE LYRIC OPERA: DIE FLE- Gianni Schicchi. Nov. 14 - 7:30 pm & Nov. 15 - 3 8:00 at Times Union Center for the Performing Arts, A dramatic mystery by Fernandina DERMAUS A light-hearted operetta by the great pm. JU’s P19 Studio Theatre, 2800 N. University Terry Theatre, 300 West Water St, www.ticketmaster. Beach’s Richard Wolf. Acquitted of Viennese composer Johann Strauss, Jr. It is a Blvd., Info: 256-7370, www.ju.edu/programs/music/ com/John-Leguizamo-tickets/artist/806882 or 1- the axe murders of her father and convoluted romantic romp in which husband and events... Performed again Nov. 21- 22 at Church of 800-745-3000. stepmother in 1893, Lizzie Borden wife endure trickery, separation and imprisonment, the Good Shepherd Worsham Theatre, 1100 Stock- lived another bizarre and fascinat- accusing one another of infi delity; but they reconcile ton Street at Park, Info: 387-5691, www.goodshep- Nov. 21 IRISH COMEDY TOUR Punctuated by mu- ing 34 years. Thur, Fri & Sat at 8 happily in the end. 8 pm, $30. EMMA Concert Se- herd23.org/MusicCMS sical takes on Irish tunes and commentary on Irish pm, Sun- 2 pm. Adults: $15, Se- ries, Flagler College Auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. athleticism (a bar brawl serves as the Irish athlete’s nior/Student/Military: $12. Atlantic Augustine, Info: 797-2800, www.emmaconcerts. Nov. 15 FROM QUILTS TO FREEDOM An original workout). 8 pm. Peabody Auditorium, 600 Audito- Beach Experimental Theatre, 716 com theatrical event written by and starring members rium Blvd. Daytona Beach, Info:(386) 671-3462, Ocean Blvd. at 7th St., Atlantic of JCAAA in this depiction of historical fact and www.peabodyauditorium.org Beach. Info: 249-7177, www.abet- Nov. 7 SAVE THE ALHAMBRA - A HOMECOMING fi ction. JCAAA is a group that encourages African theatre.com CELEBRATION Bring the whole family for live out- American arts and artists to fl ourish; to explore and Nov 21 COLIN MOCHRIE AND BRAD SHERWOOD door performances at the Alhambra Dinner Theatre. create opportunities for African American artists in Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood, stars of the Emmy Nov. 5 THE KING’S SINGERS Meet the faces of Save the Alhambra, have a chance Jacksonville. 4 pm Karpeles Manuscript Library and nominated Whose Line Is It Anyway? present an Their high caliber a cappella perfor- to win season tickets, theatre themed crafts and en- Museum, 101 W. 1st St., $5 or $7 at the door. Info: evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy. No mance is one of the most sought- joy snacks and beverages. 2:30-5:30 pm Alhambra 472-6097 one is safe, as audience members are brought up on after and critically acclaimed vocal Dinner Theatre, 12000 Beach Blvd, Info: 641-1212, stage to participate in the fun. 8 pm $31- $49 The ensembles in the world. 8 pm $25, www.alhambradinnertheatre.com Nov. 17- 22 OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS THE Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St, Info: 355-2787, Students: $10. Riverside Fine Arts, COLOR PURPLE With a joyous Grammy-nominated www.fl oridatheatre.com Church of the Good Shepherd, Nov. 7 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST presented by The score featuring jazz, gospel and blues, The Color 1100 Stockton St., Info: 389-6222, Florida Ballet 7:30 pm $19-$28. The Florida Theatre, Purple is capturing the hearts of young and old, and Nov. 22 JIGU! THUNDER DRUMS OF CHINA Jigu! cultural events www.riversidefi nearts.org Info: 355-2787, www.fl oridatheatre.com uniting audiences in a celebration of love.(see below) is more than a wild percussion concert, the show The Artist Series, Times-Union Center, 300 W. Water presents a tradition in cultural theatrical experience. Nov. 5- 7 CARMINA BURANA The powerful and Nov. 8 TAP DOGS Tap Dogs is rough, tough, rock- St. Info: 632-3373, www.artistseriesjax.org Jigu! creates everything from sweeping battle calls seductive emotions of Carmina Burana and Brahms’ ing, theatrical entertainment. Tap Dogs has been a to rolling walnuts. 3 pm, Peabody Auditorium, 600 visions of destiny will set the stage for an incred- howling success all across North America, Europe, Nov. 19- 21 FALL DANCE CONCERT: LEGACIES Auditorium Blvd. Daytona Beach, Info: (386) 671- ible night of music, presented by the Jacksonville Asia, and Australia. 7 pm. The Peabody Auditorium, Featuring Guest Artist Jennifer Muller and a classical 3462, www.peabodyauditorium.org Symphony Orchestra, featuring the Jacksonville 600 Auditorium Blvd., Daytona Beach, Info: (386) ballet based on The Seasons, a variety of choreog- Symphony Chorus. Nov 5. at 7:30 pm, Nov. 6 & 7 671-3462, www.peabodyauditorium.org raphy will be performed by JU’s talented dancers. Nov. 27 & 28 VIRSKY UKRAINIAN NATIONAL at 8 pm. Jacoby Symphony Hall at the Times-Union JU’s Swisher Theatre, 2800 N. University Blvd, Info: DANCE COMPANY The renowned folk dance Center, Info: 354-5547, www.jaxsymphony.org Nov. 13 - Dec. 5 GREETINGS! A comedy by Tom 256-7370, http://arts.ju.edu/events ensemble is famous for its bright colors, the unity Dudzick, Greetings! is a wonderful wacky look at of content and form, and the vivid embodiment of Nov. 6- 7 THE PASSION OF DRACULA A retelling of how cleverly a mixture of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Nov. 19- 21 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Based on In- its stage concept. Nov 27- UNF Fine Arts Center the Dracula legend. Settle in for a spine-tingling eve- New Age philosophy can, in the right hands, fl ick gmar Bergman’s fi lm Smiles of a Summer Night, this (7:30 pm) Info: 620-2878, unf.edu/fi neartscenter. ning as the talented students and faculty of Florida on the electricity. Come join us as this family’s mi- musical is set in 19th Century Sweden where affairs Performed again on Nov. 28 at 7 pm at the Peabody School of the Arts unravel these mysteries. $12- raculous Christmas events unfold. $15. Orange Park of the heart are uppermost in everyone’s thoughts. Auditorium, 600 Auditorium Blvd, Daytona Beach $18. Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Community Theatre, 2900 Moody Ave. Orange Park, Features the classic ‘Send in the Clowns. Douglas Info: (386) 671-3462, www.peabodyauditorium.org Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, thcenter.org Info: 276-2599, www.opct.org Anderson Theatre, 2445 San Diego Rd., Info: 346- 5620, www.da-arts.org/arts/performance Nov. 27- Dec. 20 A TUNA CHRISTMAS Hippodrome Nov. 6- 21 GETTING SARA MARRIED Sara Nov. 13 & 14 BRUCKNER ORCHESTRA LINZ (AUS- State Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Pl. Gainesville, Info:(352) Hastings is an unmarried New York lawyer in her TRIA) Dennis Russell Davies, conductor. Renaud Nov. 20 BJORN AGAIN: THE ABBA EXPERIENCE 375-4477, www.thehipp.org mid-thirties, much too busy to get involved in any Capuçon, violin. The orchestra will present a full This exciting musical show recreates the ABBA phe- romance. Her Aunt Martha has decided to take mat- evening of music by the quintessential 20th-century nomenon both visually and through the remarkably Nov. 28- Dec. 20 A CHRISTMAS CAROL Hippo- ters into her own hands and fi nd her a husband. The urban American composer, Leonard Bernstein. accurate refl ection of the ABBA sound and dance drome State Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Pl. Gainesville, Info: journey to the altar has never been quite so enter- Nov. 13 - UNF Fine Arts Center 7:30 pm Info: unf. steps with a full-scale production complete with big (352) 375-4477, www.thehipp.org taining, Theatre Jacksonville, 2032 San Marco Blvd., edu/fi neartscenter or 620-2878. Performed again screen projection. 7:30 pm, Peabody Auditorium, Info: 396-4425, www.theatrejax.com on Nov. 14 at 7 pm at the Peabody Auditorium, 600 600 Auditorium Blvd. Daytona Beach, Info: (386) Dec. 3- 13 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Jacksonville’s Auditorium Blvd. Daytona Beach, Info: (386) 671- 671-3462, www.peabodyauditorium.org new national touring theatrical production company, Nov. 6 – 21 CRUMBS There’s evil-doing afoot at 3462, www.peabodyauditorium.org AIM launches with Fiddler on the Roof.This Heritage a Jacksonville bread factory and that calls for some Nov 20 & 21 JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE! Award-win- production features a company of forty performers undercover sleuthing. Jacksonville’s most talented Nov. 14- 15 OPERA DOUBLE FEATURE: THE ning writer/actor John Leguizamo gets up close and musicians direct from New York City. Fiddler and successful playwright, Al Letson, combines TELEPHONE AND GIANNI SCHICCHI Jacksonville and personal in his new, uncensored, uninhibited stars Bruce Goldman as Tevye. There will be twelve music, dialogue and poetry in his own inimitable University’s Opera Theatre presents a double bill of tour-de-force. In Leguizamo’s trademark live perfor- performances. Times Union Center’s Terry Theatre fashion. Players by the Sea Mainstage, 106 6th St. one-act operas - Gian Carloe Menotti’s The Tele- mance style, this piece explodes with energy taking For more information FiddlerNow.com. Times Union N. Jax Beach, Info: 249-0289, playersbythesea.org phone, followed by Puccini’s uproarious classic, audiences on a non-stop fever-pitch adventure. $35. Center, Info: 633-6110, www.jaxevents.com` a local gem on a broadway scale

jacksonville native angela robinson performs in the color purple by liltera r. williams

Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple Musical, presented by the Artist Series, will be performed in the she decided to study Sociology while still fi nding time to take as Times-Union Center’s Moran Theatre November 17- 22 for eight shows only. The national tour features many theatre classes as possible. Robinson’s fi rst audition landed Jacksonville’s own Angela Robinson playing the role of Shug Avery, the outgoing, free-spirited character her a leading role in the theatrical production of Bubbling Brown created in Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Robinson has been an original member of The Sugar and from then on she knew it was something she would do Color Purple Musical cast for the past fi ve years. After an initial audition and a series of six callbacks, she for the rest of her life. She recalls a more defi ning moment at the was offered a position as an understudy. A year and a half later, she gained the role and has been on the age of 10, while tagging along with her mother, former head of the national tour for the past two years. drama department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (before Robinson prepared for the role by studying elements of Shug’s character closely, constantly it was an arts school), who was directing a production of Bye Bye practicing and perfecting her dialect and behavior. She describes herself as a bit more conservative than Birdie at the time. “I watched it everyday at rehearsal, listened to Shug and therefore had to work on being more outward with her sexuality. Robinson made a conscious the soundtrack every night and I knew that I could not live my life effort not to watch the movie again for fear of copying something that had already been done. She wanted without doing musical theatre. I had no idea I could make a living to create her own version and to equip herself for the role, she states, “I just read the book and tried to doing it but I knew that I wanted it to be a part of my life from that bring the life out of this beautiful character that Alice Walker wrote in the best honest and truthful way that point on.” Robinson’s mother still resides in Jacksonville and she makes it a habit to come back to visit I could.” every three weeks. Robinson claims that there is no real difference between the novel, the movie and the musical, When it comes to the current state of the arts in Jacksonville, Robinson believes we still have a ways indicating that the novel is the base while the movie and the musical are mere interpretations of it. The to go. She strongly urges our community to support and nurture local theatre so that artists can grow and musical features all new music and composers and she guarantees that you won’t hear any of the songs hone their skills before moving to other major cities. “There are so many local opportunities that I think we made famous by the movie. However, one major portion of the musical that differs from the novel and the need to nurture and help fund and support because that’s where our young artists are starting out,” she says. movie is the focus on the redemptive quality of Mister. Robinson believes that the musical is more true to She also expressed her sadness concerning the recent closing of the Alhambra Dinner Theatre, where she the novel, because it concentrates more on the theme of love which is remarkably showcased within the got her start as well as her equity card and encourages others to do whatever they can to save it. mixture of dialogue and song. Angela Robinson considers herself a true artist in all aspects, boldly declaring, “My goal was never Robinson was born and raised in Jacksonville and attended William M. Raines High School. Heavily to be famous or to make a million dollars. Theatre is my heart; it is where my passion is. I’ve wanted to do infl uenced by her music teacher, Mr. Young, who unknowingly inspired her to go after her dreams, she it since I was 10 years old. I’m living what I’ve always wanted to do.” Robinson as well as her fellow native decided to pursue a career in theatre despite the lack of support for the arts. When she went off to college Broadway actors, Daniel Breaker and Darryl Reuben Hall, have gone on to prove that talented artists can at Florida A&M University, her parents were adamant about her getting a degree in a separate fi eld, so come from Jacksonville and still maintain a close connection with where they are from.

22 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 23 netscapades by brenton crozier fi nd new music edition Why do I get the feeling that each passing generation repeats a similar mantra of, “I just can’t fi nd a lot of new music that I like, it’s simply not the same anymore.” Admittedly, nothing will probably set my world ablaze like listening to the Pixies for the fi rst time, or recalibrating my taste INNVITES after hearing The Joshua Tree, then Nevermind and then OK Computer or even incite my curiosity like hearing the stuttering beats of an Aphex Twin album. In large part, it can’t be recaptured because YOU AND it’s all about context. It’s like a couple wondering why things don’t feel the same now that they have A GUEST been married for a year. A heavy-handed parallel? Not when you consider how incredible it was the fi rst time you listened to Pavement’s Crooked Rain or Gish by the Smashing Pumpkins. And you TO SEE don’t even have to worry about buying the right or wrong gift or have to remember specifi c dates. Aside from the transparency of bitter relationships gone by, I’m sure you can relate . . . if you really try. Each generation has that moment and it crosses all genres and cultures. But the question becomes, where do you turn to when trying to unearth new music? A large number of radio stations THE don’t even play anything made in the last decade. Sure Boston and Journey provide some of the best fodder for crooning and driving, but the radio is certainly not uncharted territory meant for discovery. BOX Magazines are a fantastic source for providing information on bands and musicians you otherwise wouldn’t have heard of. And although some music magazines even include a CD for you to hear a selection of the profi led bands, they can’t provide that instant gratifi cation achieved online. But STOP BY sometimes it is hard to fi nd something new on the web if you don’t already know what you’re looking for. Pandora is nice in theory, but seems a tad too rigorous. All Music is like a music encyclopedia AND REGISTER but only provides snippets of a song and even those are not always available. So, to help you solve TO WIN YOUR this quandary, I present Grooveshark. I actually stumbled upon this website looking for a place to listen to some free music that wasn’t in 30 second bursts or that asked you to download some type COMPLIMENTARY of widget. PASS Limited Supply Jacobs Jewelers Jacksonville's Finest Name in Jewelry Since 1890 204 Laura Street • 356-1655 IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 6

listen.grooveshark.com Every time I get a burning longing to hear a song that I don’t have or don’t want to wade through the scores of covers, bad videos and ridiculous comments of YouTube, it becomes a near impossible task to fi nd a website that delivers. Last FM is extremely limited and isn’t exactly the most user-friendly site, Rhapsody gives you 25 free spins and then you have to show them the money and then all the rest have their own abundance of challenges. Grooveshark opens up to one very simple search bar. So fi nd something you like and then go from there. There are very few things that I haven’t been able to locate and sometimes it takes a little extra effort like searching for something by song or album title, but try not to build up a sweat or anything. Once you locate your song is when the real magic happens. In addition to getting to listen to an uninterrupted song for free and without signing up for anything (although signing up does have nice benefi ts like playlists and queues), Grooveshark will give you a list of approximately a dozen similar songs by different artists. For example, I can listen to ‘Your Hand in Mine’ by Explosions in the Sky and go on to discover bands like Mono, Don Caballero and God Is an Astronaut—all from listening to one song that I like. Simple usability, dependable functionality and a no-strings-attached approach make Grooveshark the perfect tool for fi nding new music.

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Not much happens on the networks in November but ABC will be the exception to that rule. The Alphabet Net will be unveiling their remake of the 1983 miniseries V. Four episodes of the sci-fi series will air through November 24th, Yancy Clegg at which point it goes on hiatus until the spring. • One thing November will have in spades is more reality shows, namely from VH1 and Bravo. On VH1 expect Sex Rehab with Dr. yourjax music Drew (November 1), For the Love of Ray J (November 2) and I Want to Work for Diddy (November 2). Premieres of Tabitha’s Salon Takeover (November 3), CW17 & EU team up by erin thursby and kellie abrahamson The Real Housewives of Orange County (November 5) and Chef Academy YourJax Music, sponsored by (November 16) can be seen over on EU Jacksonville, is a television show Bravo. • A handful of scripted shows which features interviews and musical will also be premiering this month. New episodes of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and Tyler performances with artists from our Perry’s Meet the Browns will air over on TBS on the 6th. Then, on November 27, Sundance local scene. Viewers can learn about Channel will unveil to the US Shameless, an award-winning British comedy. • Fox will get new and old bands and be entertained, a new talk show on November 7 with The but it’s also an opportunity for bur- Wanda Sykes Show. The series will be geoning performers to connect with a part panel discussion, part comedy act. wider audience. • Melding food and music, Dinner with The show initially started as an the Band is a web series that IFC has idea for community involvement and a way to drive traffic to CW17’s web- acquired and will be airing on November site. Since airtime and studio space 24. In it, Chef Sam Mason will whip up a was available, the network affiliate meal with the help of an up-and-coming partnered with EU Jacksonville and band who will in turn perform and share expanded YourJax Music into a weekly stories from the road. Acts scheduled television program. The vast majority to appear include Les Savy Fav, Kid of those featured in the show are local Sister and Flosstradamus, Men, Final musicians, but a handful of touring Fantasy, Yacht and Sharon Jones & the acts have had their moment in the Dap-Kings. • Two award shows will spotlight as well. The first episode, for air this month. First up, the 43rd Annual instance, had performances by Charlie CMA Awards (ABC) will take place on Walker, Goliath Flores and Mishka, a th nd reggae artist from Bermuda who re- November 11 . Then on the 22 NBC th th cently played in Jacksonville. will air the 2009 American Music Awards. • On November 15 through the 17 AMC will Because EU Jacksonville has share their intriguing miniseries The Prisoner. The three-part sci-fi spy event is a remake of been championing local musicians for over 30 years, collaborating with the CW to create a music a 1960s British television show. • Finally, all things must come to an end. Here’s a list of show was a no-brainer. Instead of merely writing about the best that Jax has to offer, we’re able shows that will be having their season fi nales this month: Greek (November 2- ABC Family), to share some of our favorite up-and-coming acts with the CW’s audience. Several of our picks Mad Men (November 8- AMC), Lincoln Heights (November 9- ABC Family), America’s have already shot segments and will be making their television debutes in the coming weeks. Next Top Model (November 18- CW), South Park (November 18- Comedy Central), Project Expect a wide variety of artists to make appearances as the show progresses. In addition to pro- Runway and Models of the Runway (November 19- Lifetime), Sit Down, Shut Up (November viding the talent, EU’s own Jack Diablo takes his conversations with bands from the page to the 21- Fox), Curb Your Enthusiasm (November 22- HBO), The Next Iron Chef (November 22- stage in regular interview segments. Besides interviews and performances there are also other Food Network) and Dancing with the Stars (November 24- ABC). segments including guitar tips from Tony Smotherman, music calendars and a look inside some of the area’s best places to see a show. If you’re in a band and want to take advantage of this unique (and free) opportunity to make a performance video, you’ll need to know a couple of things. First, you’ll have to work around dvd releases the studio’s schedule and film your set during business hours. In exchange for the studio time, the CW gets to use your video on YourJax Music and you’ll get a DVD of your professionally shot Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 and edited performance. Participating bands record three songs, which if used, may be in more GI Joe: The Rise of Up (PG) Star Trek (PG-13) Angels & Demons (PG- than one of the shows. And, if time allows, you may even be interviewed by Jack Diablo. If you’re Cobra (PG-13) The Ugly Truth (R) My Sister’s Keeper 13) interested in being one of the artists featured on the show you can email host Jake McCain at [email protected] to submit an audition CD. Food, Inc. (PG) The Accidental (PG-13) Four Christmases (PG-13) The Taking of Pelham Husband (PG-13) How to Be (Not Santa Buddies (G) You can see YourJax Music on CW17 every Saturday 1 2 3 (R) Rated) Funny People (Not Rated) Watchmen: The Bruno (R) at 10 pm and on Sundays at 6:30 pm. You can also see Ultimate Cut (R) segments on yourjax.com under the music tab.

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 25 where to eat, drink & be merry by erin thursby

We all love food with a view. Downtown’s cityscape is pretty impressive dozens of stories up, but in the past the highest restaurants with an aerial Downtown view were also members-only propositions. Not so any more, with the opening of the Skylight Dining and Conference Center (50 N. Laura St.) on the 42nd fl oor of Jacksonville’s tallest building (the Bank of America Tower, originally called the Barnett Tower). Word is that you can actually eat lunch there for around $10. The Uptown Market & Deli (1303 N. Main St.) is in full swing in Springfi eld. You can fi nd it in new Third & Main building, along with City Kidz Ice Cream Cafe (do try City Kidz crab cakes). Uptown is the newest place for Jacksonville’s Urban set to catch a deli bite or breakfast and will be open ‘til 8 pm. If you want table service, you’ll have to go from 7 am to 2 pm, after that you can order from the deli. Shatki Life Kitchen (51 Pine St., Atlantic Beach) is a restaurant, but they’ve been spreading their raw-foodist vegan cheer in more places than you would expect. They sell vegan crackers at the Beaches Green Market, Native Sun Market carries their various sundries and now European Street is selling their desserts. We hope the Village Bread opening at the Landing will survive longer than Karlene’s Deli did. Since they’ve weathered a less than stellar locale in the past, perhaps they will. Culhane’s in Atlantic Beach has added to their menu. Ahi Tuna Salad, Blarney Lamb Burger, Mussels, Crab Cakes, NY Strip and Fresh Cod from Boston are the additions. You can also now and customize your own mixed grill with Thai Chili Sauce, Tropical Fruit Salsa, Guinness Au Jus or Whiskey Glaze. Don’t take the loss of The Fresh Market at its 10950 San Jose Blvd locale as another sign of our doomed economy. It’s merely moved just down the street (on the opposite side) to 12795 San Jose Blvd. Things must be dish events looking up, because they’ve actually expanded.

November 4 Wine Tasting Series at Zaitoon November 7 Festival d’Vine More than 300 wines Luncheon Ceramic bowls created by students, on the river. Enjoy a festival atmosphere, classic cars Mediterranean Grill Showcasing fi ve different and fabulous foods from many area restaurants senior citizen groups, other community groups and and classic barbecue. Reynolds Yacht Center 842 wines and Chef Mike Barbour will be preparing light including: Athen’s Café, Bistro Aix, bb’s, Carrabba’s professional potters are displayed. School groups South R 16, Green Cove Springs. www.hamjam.org hors d’oeuvres for the event. 6 pm to 8 pm, $15, Italian Grill, Chew, Havana Jax, Morton’s, Matthew’s and other community groups perform during the 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 40 (located behind Fresh and Orsay, share the spotlight at this San Marco heartfelt program. Guests are served a simple November 28- December 23 The Gingerbread Market in the Harbour Village Shopping Center) event. 6:30 pm, $75, Balis Park in San Marco, meal served by local celebrities, symbolic of the Extravaganza and Victorian House Tours This www.zaitoongrill.com www.ccbjax.org meals served by soup kitchens to which Second annual South Jacksonville Rotary and society event Harvest distributes food. Noon, $25. Prime Osborne at the Old St. Andrews brings thousands to the site November 6-8 Annual Ponte Vedra Beach Food November 14 Native Sun Fall Food Fest From 12 Convention Center, 1000 Water St, Info: 739-7074, to enjoy the artistic Gingerbread exhibit installed in & WineFest Are you a fan of wines from around pm – 5 pm, both Native Sun locations will have www.WeNourishHope.org a National Register Site, the Merrill History House, the world and delicious foods that stimulate your tons of delicious fall dishes, sides and snacks for open for tours, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 1 tastebuds to a state of bliss? The Ponte Vedra customers to sample while kids can enjoy face November 20 St. Johns Riverkeeper Oyster pm to 3 pm. www.jaxhistory.com Beach Food and WineFest is an elegant adult painting, caricatures, bobbing for apples and other Roast Support Riverkeeper and also enjoy one affair that you will not want to miss. Event prices fun crafts and activities. From 5 pm – 8 pm, Native of the best parties of the year! Outstanding food, December 5 Breakfast with Santa What could be and venues vary. For reservations and more info, Sun’s Baymeadows location will offer live music music, fellowship, and of course, lots of oysters. better than a day at MOSH that begins with a eating visit the event website or call 285-2004, www. and a free all-natural and organic beer, wine and 7 pm, $125 each, $75 each if 35 years of age or a meal with Santa Claus? Santa will be at MOSH to pontevedrawinefest.com hors d’ oeuvre tasting for customers 21 and older. younger, Garden Club, 1005 Riverside Ave., www. listen to children’s Christmas wishes. Admission 11030 Baymeadows Rd. & 10000 San Jose Blvd. stjohnsriverkeeper.org to “Breakfast with Santa” includes admission to www.nativesunjax.com MOSH. So, skip the mall and have a stress-free day November 21-22 First Coast HAM JAM & Classic at MOSH! 9 am-5 pm. $10 children / $12 for adults. November 17 The 25th Annual Empty Bowls Car Festival Barbecue competition and party right Children 3 and under are free. 1025 Musuem Cir. mandaloun kabobs & belly-dancing by erin thursby

The Baymeadows area is a honeycomb of restaurants unexpectedly tucked away in shopping plazas. One such gem is Mandaloun (9862 Old Baymeadows Rd., 646-1881), which serves mix of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern with the barest touch of Indian tossed in. It isn’t a fusion of these countries, but there are items from each on the menu. Mostly it’s Lebanese and Middle Eastern. I expected it to be the typical Baymeadows place on the weekends, namely, not all that busy. Many places out that way depend on the work crowd coming in for lunch or just after work. But Mandaloun is a hive of activity on weekends. It was unexpectedly loud, with a mix of club-type dance music and Middle Eastern sound. Mid-evening we had a belly-dancer visit the table. We got a table outside because there were none to be had inside, mainly because of a massive birthday party. Despite that, we were never abandoned or forgotten by the waitstaff and it was

comfortable. hidden gems You can enjoy a full meal or just order hummus and pita while you drink. The baba ganoush comes highly recommended. Vegetarian items are marked on the menu, one of which was the stuffed grape leaves. If you’re a devotee of the Casbah’s meat fi lled grape leaves, you might not favor these, but I liked them more rather than less! The lentil soup is also supposed to be excellent, though we didn’t get to try it this time around. While we enjoyed our combo kabobs (each meat had its own distinct, savory fl avor), the star of the evening had to be the dessert, hands down the best baklava either of us had ever tasted, let alone here in Jacksonville. That dessert and their outstanding service are just two of the reasons to come back to this hidden gem.

26 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly fl avors speak

Taverna in San Marco, rustic artisan European fare by erin thursby

There’s a new food movement here in Jacksonville. Orsay, 13 Gypsies and now Taverna in San Marco are part of that movement. All three restaurants strive to recreate rustic artisan European fare, the sort of food Americans imagine is served in family bistros somewhere in rural France/ Spain/Italy/Greece. While they all work towards this type of ideal, they’ve all got their own niche. Taverna, I’ve found, is the most accessible of the three. 13 Gypsies is terrifi c, but they are small. I don’t fault them for that because it means that the Chef and owner fi xes everything, but it also means that it’s tough to just walk in without a reservation. Orsay, though it has awesome drink specials and fantastic French fare, just isn’t casual. Oh, it’s got a hip vibe and it’s not stuffy, but people tend to want to dress up to go there and they have to be in a fancy mood. For most people, it is not the kind of place you would go to on the spur of the moment with your friends whilst wearing slightly ragged jeans. Taverna hits a good middle ground. It’s a got little swank, but not on the level of Orsay, and it’s got enough tables that you can probably get in without a reservation. Like Chew and Orsay, Taverna was designed by a fi rm called Design House. (The contractor for Taverna was Steve Shaw). The walls are white with weathered wood accents, which were reclaimed from a New Hampshire barn. A large tilted mirror over the bar connects the two upstairs and down stairs spaces--from the lower level you can see the diners in the upper level and vice versa. There’s a lightness to Taverna’s fare. Nothing in it seems to weigh the stomach or the taste buds down. Chef Sam Efron understands subtlety. His fl avors speak; they have conversations you can taste, sometimes they whisper to each other or speak boldly--but they don’t shout. This is most apparent in his Florida snapper dish, each herb softly chiming in with distinction, with a pop of lemon zest adding well- timed zingers to the conversation. I enjoyed their gourmet mushroom and truffl e pie, but since tasting Bistro Aix’s version, I’ve yet to fi nd a version of it I’ve liked better. Taverna’s sandwiches are heaven (fried egg and Gruyere BLT anyone?) and I adored my salad of olive oil poached artichokes, shaved fennel, baby arugula, Marcona almonds,

oranges, picholine olives and Parmigiano-Reggiano. I also added shrimp, which were perfectly cooked and came from Mayport. With about 30 wines available by the glass, you can have your pick. It’s great not having to choose from the paltry three or four wines by the glass that are generally the norm. Bottles range in price from about the $20s and up. They have splendid little cheeses (I loved the creamy Brillat Savarin, a triple cream brie from France, something I’d never had before) and paper thin Serrano ham to nosh on with your wine. They’re new, so they’re working out some kinks with the waitstaff here and there, but on the whole I’ve enjoyed their servers. (I’ll take this time to give a shout out to Megan, who was knowledgeable and attentive.) All three desserts I tried there were outstanding. None of them were heavy or overwhelming. The strawberry balsamic gelato remains my favorite, if only for its complexity and interplay fl avors. The chocolate gelato was defi nitely for dark chocolate fans. The mint chocolate dessert, small scoops of mint chocolate sandwiched by chocolate cookies wasn’t something I would have normally ordered. The fact that I enjoyed it immensely it is a testament to the dessert Chef, Christina Lango.

Taverna can be found where Cafe Carmon used to be in San Marco Square.

Hours: Tue-Thur 11:30 am - 10 pm, Fri & Sat 11:30 am - 11 pm

1986 San Marco Blvd. / 398-3005 / tavernasanmarco.com

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 27 eating fresh guide to farmers markets by erin thursby

Farmers market fever has hit Jacksonville. With the success of the Riverside Arts Market, farmers markets have popped up all over the place. It’s hard to know if a market is worth driving to when you live across town. Some markets are tiny and cater to their particular neighborhood (Hemming, San Marco) and some pander to the First Coast at large (Riverside Arts Market). Others are conveniently located near shopping, so if you don’t fi nd what you’re looking for at the market, you can either pop into a nearby supermarket (see the Mandarin entry) or go mall walking (Orange Park and St. Johns Towncenter). With these differences in mind, we’ve written up a handy guide to these local markets and stuck to locations no more than 40 minutes away from the city’s center.

jacksonville farmers oak leaf green market (Saturdays 10 am- 1 pm, www.oakleafgreenmarket.com) This farmers markets: why you market (Daily, dawn to dusk, www. market was inspired by the Beaches Green Market, but is located in Jacksonville off Argyle Forest jaxfarmersmarket.com) If you’re out Boulevard, in the parking lot of a Beall’s and an HH Gregg. Local produce, art made from recycled should go simply for produce, this is the market to items, local fruit preserves and environmentally friendly cleaning products are just some of the things go to. Because so many produce providers you’ll fi nd. As an added bonus, husbands are perfectly happy at the HH Gregg whilst the womenfolk • There’s someone right there to answer your are altogether there each day, there’s browse. questions. No need to track down the produce guy. competition, prices are excellent, even if you don’t haggle. Those who are a fan orange park farmers market (Saturdays 10 am- 2 pm, www. • There’s more of a chance the produce was grown of haggling will also love this market, orangeparkfarmersmarket.com) Once again, in a mall parking lot, this is a midsized and fairly busy locally, which means fresher and more eco-friendly, because it’s part of the atmosphere. One market located in the Sears parking lot of the Orange Park Mall. Produce, plants and locally harvested honey are the main draw here, with a few oddities often seen at craft shows. since it didn’t waste lots of fossil fuels traveling. downside is that much of the produce is not grown locally. There are locally grown

booths to be found and sometimes a (Saturdays 10 am- 4pm, www.riversideartsmarket.com) Probably • The money will go directly back into the community riverside arts market booth that’s largely from other states and the largest one day market in the area, there’s talk of the produce section of RAM remaining open rather than to a large chain. countries will have a section of eggplants during Florida’s growing season. Most of the booths are arts offerings, ranging from local artists to or sweet potatoes grown here. Some might jewelry designers and everything in between. But you’re more likely to get locally grown stuff at their • The produce is often fresher and cheaper. call the location a tad sketchy or dodgy. market than most others. Twinn Bridges, the provider of herbs and locally grown veggies for some of our top local restaurants, has a booth there so that ordinary citizens can experience their produce. • Eating locally grown is healthy. hemming plaza market Expect multiple entertainers, street performers, community events and a wide selection of wares. (Fridays 10 am- 2 pm, www. downtownjacksonville.org/hemming-plaza- market in the square, san marco farmers market (Saturdays 8 am- Noon, market) There’s often entertainment at www.smpsjax.com) It’s a small neighborhood market, namely frequented by the locals that live in this micro market, which gives the workaday crowd a chance to walk around Hemming Plaza during the immediate area and shoppers enjoying San Marco. lunch, as they eat an apple and buy fresh fl owers to make a bright Friday even brighter. mandarin farmers and arts market (Sundays Noon- 4pm, www. st. johns towncenter market (Fridays 3 pm- 8 pm, sjtcmarket.com) A moderate sized mandarinfarmersmarket.com) It’s right outside the Whole Foods in Mandarin. This market attracts market on the Southside in one of the parking lots of the massive St. Johns Towncenter, between the after-church crowd and people looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon. It’s a small Wasabi’s and Dillards. If you go, just look for friendly signs directing you. A few produce providers, a market, but there’s enough there to make it worthwhile and you can head into the Whole Foods for variety of jarred and baked foodstuffs plus some artsy vendors make up this market. It’s perfect for a lunch or shopping once you’re done at the market. When we visited there were two booths for pet mall plus sustainable shopping day. Besides the produce, Kate’s Kitchen is one vendor you’ll want to treats, one of which provided tiny palettes of wheat grass for kitties to chew on (there were also large check out. She sells amazing pumpkin and banana bread, as well as more traditional loaves. sized palettes for humans making up healthy shakes). The other pet booth was called Star Barks, the dog treat bakery. It carries a huge amount of homemade doggies treats and sundries. They don’t beaches green market at neptune beach (Saturdays 2 pm- 5 pm, www. have much for cats, but ask about the Kitty Pizza. beacheslocalfoodnetwork.org) As is indicated by the name, this farmers market is all about being green. There’s an emphasis on locally grown organic produce at this midsized market. The produce the avenues mall green market (Sundays Noon- 6 pm, www.mymallevents.com) vendors general grow what they are selling and the produce is local. Cognito Farms, a grass fed- New to the farmers market circuit is the Avenues Mall Green Market. It’s unique in that it is inside beef, poultry, eggs and pork farm out of Starke, comes once a month (they take orders). For non- the Avenues Mall instead of outdoors. So no matter what the weather, you can gather fresh produce, meat eats, there’s the Shatki Life Kitchen booth, selling vegan wares. locally baked goods and handcrafted art. About 60 vendors should be participating in November.

farmers market menu

The Toyota Hybrid Farm to Table Event, where local chefs were paired up with local market providers to create tasty recipes at the Riverside Arts Market, might inspire you to make your own Farmers Market Feast. Here’s our spin on a meal you can make from local market ingredients.

Farmers Market Salad: Mixed salad greens, topped with Twinn Bridges greenbean sprouts and fresh mint. Make the dressing from 1 tablespoon grapefruit juice (from a fresh grapefruit) and a 1/2 tablespoon of local honey. Mix well and toss on salad. To liven things up, serve with your choice of Farmers Market Main Course: Prepare a whole broiler chicken from Cognito Farms (order cheese from local provider Sweet Grass Dairy. from their stand at the Beaches Green Farms Market). The marinade is 3 tablespoons fresh rosemary, fi nely chopped, 2 tablespoon olive oil, 2 tablespoons vinaigrette, 3 cloves garlic, Farmers Market Side: Saute a 1/2 tablespoon olive oil with enough green beans to cover the inside of 1 tablespoon black pepper and 1 tablespoon lemon zest OR 2 tablespoons orange zest. Rub medium frying pan at medium high heat for 5 minutes. Toss with 2 tablespoons of olive tapande from the chicken with the marinade all over. Let the chicken marinade for 24 to 36 hours in the fridge, Olive Affairs (found at the Fernandina Market and Mandarin Market) and serve. then place in a lightly greased pan. Cook the chicken the amount required for the weight.

28 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly Smells like there’s a new exhibit to see! Science is scent-sational. a treasure map to north fl orida waters

Get Your Feet Wet: The St. Johns Riverkeeper’s guidebook to our beloved waterway by anna rabhan Oozing with interaction, Animal Grossology will have you cringing – and laughing – in disgust as you explore the impolite science of the Truly, the St. Johns River is the animal kingdom. Prepare to be enGROSSed in this one-of-a-kind heart of Jacksonville and the envy of all exhibit based on Sylvia Branzei’s best-selling book of the same who long for a thriving metropolis with all the amenities for easy access to the name. Animal Grossology is open October 10 through January 10. river, creeks, Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. We live in a corner of paradise where you can easily enjoy dinner, entertainment and sports - all via boat. “Want to enjoy the outdoors, but don’t know how to get started? Love the Where Wonders Never Cease St. Johns River, but don’t know where to go?” The fi rst two lines on page 18 of Get Your Feet Wet: Your Guide to Exploring 904-396-MOSH www.themosh.org and Experiencing the St. Johns River refl ect the thoughts of many Northeast Florida residents. Tracey Manno, St. Johns Riverkeeper Education Director, says, “We believe this guidebook will help connect the community to its river and inspire more people to fi ght for its protection.” Indeed, our River City has long needed a guidebook for enjoying its river. Thanks to the Riverkeeper staff, we have one! The fi rst thing you notice about Get Your Feet Wet is how well-planned and designed the book is. From the coated card stock and metal binder format to the seven tabbed sections to the simple maps and easy-to-understand park activity icons, this guidebook was clearly designed with all the practical considerations of being outdoors in mind. Get Your Feet Wet covers the St. Johns and its watershed area from Palatka to the Atlantic Ocean. In the introduction, the Riverkeeper staff mention the guidebook and www.mystjohnsriver. com and say, “…these resources … are simply intended to help you ‘get your feet wet’ and get started exploring your St. Johns River.” The content in the seven sections is so carefully chosen and presented, though, that you can comfortably dive right in! The “Our River” section describes some of the features that make the St. Johns so special and important to our community. It also offers a “Brief History” of the river. “What is St. Johns Riverkeeper?” introduces the reader to the organization that advocates for the river. “Let’s Get Ready” offers practical advice so the user can enjoy the river while respecting it and minimizing safety risks. It includes a helpful suggested packing checklist and common-sense advice for dealing with medical issues and inclement weather. The authors thought of everything, which makes this guide easy to adapt to one’s own needs and interests. Their experience is invaluable. The third section, “Places to Explore,” contains information about many of the river’s watershed-area parks. Park location and contact information are fi rst, then a description of the park. This is a great reference for features and facilities outlined with easy-to-understand icons, species to look out for, helpful insider tips and a list of suggested activities. Another fantastic attribute of this section is the information about coming amenities and attractions. For example, Sister’s Creek Marina is “the future site of the National Park Service’s Kingsley, Sister’s Creek, and Fort Caroline boat tour.” For what to do once you get out there, look no further than the “Things to Do” section. It suggests activities that require some equipment and planning, such as kayaking, and ones that require only your attention, such as identifying animal tracks. For all activities, the guide provides advice and resources for getting started or for more information. The river mascot, Kirby Kingfi sher, appears in this section with questions and answers about river facts for some great discussion or solo refl ection. The “River Wildlife” section describes the most common animals and plants seen near the St. Johns and includes sketches of animal tracks. Readers can fi nd a list of useful keywords as well as books, websites and links for additional information in the “River Resources” section. Finally, the “River Journal” section offers blank pages for recording whatever you wish during your adventures. Kirby Kingfi sher provides several thought- provoking writing prompts here. Get Your Feet Wet is a fantastic offering to northeast Florida from the Riverkeeper. Purchase it at www.stjohnsriverkeeper.org/river_guidebook.asp for $15 for Riverkeeper members (join while you’re visiting the website) or $20 for nonmembers, shipping included. Now get out there and get to know your river!

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 29 fresh stylings

4th annual big trunk show at cafe eleven by emily moody There’s a lot of hype surrounding the 4th Annual Big Trunk Show at Reused422 Cafe Eleven in St. Augustine. This year is sure to be the best since its inception. If you are looking for mass produced goods without any sense of personality, then don’t even bother going to this trunk show. If D.I.Y. is your thing then you’ll be pleasantly surprised to fi nd the crème de la crème fashion where? of North Florida’s indie designers, including much loved favorites Tara Ferreira, Rosa Loves, Paper Root, and by emily moody Indi Loves Harlie. Although the event was started by his brother, Greg Dettra On Saturday, November 7th Club TSI Discotheque will play host to local boutiques and has taken over the Trunk Show for independent t-shirt companies. Violet, Wolfgang, the Clothing Warehouse and Anomaly the past couple of years. He says it’s will be showcasing what’s fi lling their racks and shelves. These stores nurture the stylish sure to be “an up-close and personal mavens of Jacksonville by stocking independent labels and providing interesting designs look at the area’s fashion infl uences that you aren’t going to fi nd at the mall. Even the hair will be a production. Local 5 Points with music from live DJs, beer and salon Oscar and Lula’s will have stylists on hand creating avant garde styles for each model. wine specials, fashion fi lms, a custom This fashionable night on Bay Street will be a see and be seen event featuring two t-shirt printing booth and shopping.” runways shows, unique entertainment highlighting local indie t-shirt lines, choice music Just as in years past, the 4th annual from premiere DJs and $4 champagne cocktails all night long. trunk show is sure to be SRO from The evening will close with a fi nale featuring the works of Nymphette. Designer and 7-11 pm because it highlights the best owner Avery Vaughn will give guests an exclusive look at her Fall/Winter ‘09 collection. of underground fashion in Northeast Though Vaughn gives her grandmother credit for her beautiful sewing skills, she describes Florida. the vision of her fall collection as “a blend of urban hip-hop style with vintage silhouettes Greg Dettra isn’t only playing and fabrics.” She wants to create an aesthetic that is sexy and liberating but at the same host to this amazing event, he is also time expresses the charm of old hollywood glamour. showcasing the latest shirts from Make sure to mark your calendars now for this see and be seen event. Doors open at 8 his company, Paper Root. Now in pm with the fi rst show starting at 9. For more information check out www.clubtsi.com. its second year, this company was born soon after Greg got his hands on some screen printing equipment and began experimenting with different styles and techniques. The graphically driven t-shirt collection features a closely connected network of artists who collaborate with Dettra to produce an interesting product. The artistry behind each piece really gives Paper Root its own style. Currently being sold on www.karmaloop.com and hopefully soon on www.80spurple.com, this line is quickly gaining popularity with indie t-shirt connoisseurs. In addition to great clothes, be sure not to miss the jewelry of Laurel Baker (www. laurelbakerjewelry.com). This talented artist was fortunate to have apprenticed under her geologist/ jeweler father. She said that growing up with him allowed her to learn things throughout the years. Starting her business a little over 2 years ago, Baker works with semi precious stones and beautiful metals, including sterling, copper, gold and brass. A recent trip to Spain and inspiration from her environment helped to set the tone for Baker’s fall collection of beautifully wrapped wire and leather bangles. Each piece is handcrafted with the utmost care using 14k gold-fi lled or sterling wire and the highest quality Spanish leather and should be on every fashion savvy girl’s holiday wish list! Expect nothing but perfection with this collection because, as Baker says, “If I question it at all, I just adjust it ‘til there aren’t any more questions.” Reused422’s (www.reused422.com) reconstructed pieces are sure to grab your attention at the show. Robyn Crews is truly a one woman machine, designing and running her collection of fl irty dresses and skirts, all pieced together with revamped materials. Not only is Robyn a self taught seamstress but she tends to draw her inspiration from within. Each piece is carefully planned out and put together, giving each garment a personality of it’s own. She will drape fabric on a form and may not come up with an idea for it for a couple of days. “I hate going to Urban Outfi tters and seeing them charge $60-70 for something I can easily make and sell myself,” says Crews. With Crews’ pieces ranging from $15 for skirts to $25 and up for dresses, her mission is to have a line “that is affordable for everyone.” Hosting an event involving fashion at an intimate venue like Cafe Eleven adds to the personal experience for both the vendor and the shopper. It’s a great way for the clients to interact one on one with the designers. Being able to ask questions about each garment can help one to really get a feel for the artist’s vision. This trunk show is guaranteed to have a mix of positive vibes, great music by local DJ’s, drinks and a diverse selection of products to shop. Support the local independent artists and see what the people in your community are doing. The 4th Annual Big Trunk Show will be held at Cafe Eleven (501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine, 460-9311) on November 12 starting at 7 pm.

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30 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly Nov. 4 First Wednesday Artwalk: Nov. 8 SoMMA Annual Fall Members Show (2-5 Salute to United States Military pm) Reddi-Arts Gallery, 1037 Hendricks Ave., Gainesville’s 28th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show Listen to the Sound of Freedom Navy 398-3161 Band at Hemming Plaza and enjoy The tree-lined streets of Downtown Gainesville, from City free admission to the open rehearsal Nov. 13 dear Megan Cosby presents an interac- Hall to the Hippodrome State Theatre, will be transformed of Carmina Burana at 7 pm, with the tive art opening that includes living sketches-mod- into a celebration of art and creativity on Nov 14-15 from 10 Jacksonville Symphony Chorus at the els who look like the women Cosby paints. Musi- am to 5 pm as the Arts Festival offers visitors the opportunity Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Sym- cal guest Jessica Pounds is performing. (6- 9 pm) to meet exhibiting artists, sample fi ne cuisine and enjoy live, phony Hall. Check out several new Park Street Studio, 2746 Park St., 707-4769 continuous entertainment. galleries that have popped up; 229 N. The Downtown Festival & Art Show is a nationally recog- Hogan and Southlight Gallery at 100 Nov. 14 2nd Annual Sidewalk Chalk Fest Works nized event and is ranked one of the best art shows in the N. Laura. 122 Ocean: The Library will of art will be created in chalk all over the Landing nation. Visitors travel to view the works of over 250 of the nation’s most talented artists as they display their original feature Photographer Daniel Gon- property. This annual contest benefi ts students, oils and acrylics, vibrant watercolors, unique sculptures, calves showing photos from the One artists, families and creative people by awarding dazzling jewelry, decorative ceramics and vivid photography. Click Photo Project: Portrait Series. prizes and scholarships for The Concentric Arts Artisans will compete for more than $18,000 in cash prizes and purchase awards. Downtown, 5- 9 pm, rain or shine. Educational Fund. 10 am-12 am. Jacksonville Children will enjoy free hands-on art activities and performances including puppet shows, magic www.downtownjacksonville.org or Landing. Info: www.jaxchalkfest.com and music. Visitors can indulge in a diverse selection of delicious foods with more than 20 food ven- art events www.DTJAX.org by mobile phone. dors offering appetizing multi-cultural dishes. Nov. 18- 20 Oil Painters of America: Eastern Live entertainment will be presented on three stages by local bands, solo musicians and dance Events at Cummer Nov. 3 Lecture: Regional Juried Exhibiton & Sale Preview Nov. companies beginning Friday at 7 pm at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza with a Downtown Blues Painter in a Savage Land (7 pm) Author and map 18 & 19, Opening Nov. 20, 6- 9 pm. Call 388- Concert. Festivities are free and open to the public all weekend. For more information, visit www. scholar Miles Harvey revisits the narrow escape of 8205 for reservations. Corse Gallery & Atelier, gvlculturalaffairs.org or call (352) 334-ARTS. Elizabethan-era artist Jacques Le Moyne from mas- 4144 Herschel St., www.CorseGalleryAtelier.com sacre at Jacksonville’s Fort Caroline. Book signing with Miles Harvey following the lecture. Nov 10 The Nov. 28- 29 43rd Annual St. Augustine Fall Art students from UNF. Emergence is a celebration of Artist in the Store Event (5 to 9 pm) Meet local pen & Craft Festival Enjoy over 150 of the fi nest ongoing exhibits progress. MOCA also presents Robert Motherwell: and ink artist Lucinda Halsema, in the Cummer Store. regional and national artists displaying jewelry, Lost in Form, Found in Line. Forty of Motherwell’s Nov 17 Lecture: The Search for Fort Caroline glass blowing, sculpture, woodwork, pottery, works will be displayed in the exhibition including with Dr. Robert Thunen (7 pm) Learn about recent paintings, photography, textile batik and much Thru Dec. 2 Point of View Exhibition Commercial Seaside Studio, Paris Suite III and Game of Chance. discoveries on the true location of the Fort. The Cum- more. Entertainment will be provided by the photography including fashion, surf and skate, real MOCA- Museum of Contemporary Art, 333 North mer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave., Gamble Rogers Folk Festival with a line-up of estate and weddings by six eminent photographers; Laura St., 366-6911, www.mocajacksonville.org. 356-6857 popular local & regional performers. 10am-5pm including Jeanne Ciasullo, Garry McElwee, Walker at Francis Field, US 1 and W. Castillo Dr. (behind Coker, Natalie McCray, Laura Evans and Eric Stani- Thru Jan. 10 Animal Grossology Oozing with in- teraction, Animal Grossology will have you cringing Nov. 6 The Collective Premier The Jacksonville Visitor Parking Garage). ford Art Institute of Jacksonville, 8775 Baypine Rd., 356-6857, www.artinstitutes.edu/Jacksonville – and laughing – in disgust as you explore the im- Arts Collective, a group that provides children with polite science of the animal kingdom. Prepare to be free art and music lessons, will be hosting its fi rst Saturdays Riverside Arts Market The market will Thru Dec. 31 Florence Nightingale Exhibit™ enGROSSed in this one-of-a-kind exhibit based on fund-raising event Downtown at the Sinclair. A silent be open every Saturday until December 19. Riv- Florida Artist Joanelle Mulrain celebrates the life and Sylvia Branzei’s best-selling book of the same name. auction will feature music by Goliath Flores followed erside Arts Market is located on Riverside Avenue times of Florence Nightingale with six painting/col- Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Cir., by musical performances by Chris Spohn & Chris as it passes underneath the Fuller Warren Bridge. lages. Other Nightingale artifacts are included in the 396-6674, www.themosh.org Phillips, Eugene, Lackawanna Carriage Works and There is plenty of FREE parking in the Fidelity exhibit. Museum open on Tuesdays. Karpeles Manu- Jessica Pounds. $6 students and $10 general admis- National parking deck next to the arts market and script Library Museum, 101 W. First St., 356-2992, Thru Jan. 10 Botanical Watercolors by Jacques Le sion, which will be used for an art and music schol- immediately across the street. www.riversidearts- www.fl orencenightingaleexhibit.com Moyne Sixty-one extraordinary botanical paintings, arship. (7- 9 pm) market.com executed in watercolor and gouache, are presented Thru Jan. 3 The Art of Teaching: Art and Design in the Mason Gallery. Voyages to the New World: Nov. 6 Joey Thate Exhibit- My Salad Days Survived If you have an art event you would like to have Faculty Exhibition The Museum of Contemporary Jacques Le Moyne and Theodor de Bry is a part- Open reception 5- 9 pm. Live music by Rickolus. listed in EU Jacksonville, please send informa- Art Jacksonville and the University of North Florida nership with Visual Arts and Creative Writing depts Butterfi eld TOO, 137 King St., St. Augustine. Info: tion to: [email protected] by the 20th of have joined forces this season. The exhibitions will at DASOTA. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829-0078, www.joeythate.org the month prior to the event. feature the works of current and past teachers and 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857 (see below) drawing from history

discoveries in detail: jaques le moyne and theodor de bry by erin thursby

New World. The art he created on that historic expedition right in our backyard is lost forever, but we do have etchings from Theodor de Bry as the second exhibit, Voyages to the New World: Jaques Le Moyne and Theodor de Bry. De Bry’s etchings are based on Le Moyne’s art from the Ft. Caroline expedition-- nominally anyway. Curator Holly Keris says it’s like the artist’s version of “a game of telephone.” The original images created by Le Moyne were all tragically burned during the raiding of the Fort Caroline by the Spanish from St. Augustine. The artist escaped with his life and memories but with no watercolors or sketches to bring back to France. Years later, Le Moyne recreated watercolors from his memories. Theodor de Bry used those images as a basis for and then looking at the etchings by de Bry, it’s diffi cult to believe that Le Moyne his etchings, used to accompany an account of the expedition, would draw Native American women like Botticelli drew Europeans, or that he entitled A Brief History of Those Things Which Befell the French would give alligators ears. That de Bry took liberties with Le Moyne’s reproduced in Florida. De Bry’s etchings, then, are three times removed from watercolors is clear. Sadly, we don’t even know which of the etchings were made Le Moyne’s originals, fi rst by a span of years and perhaps faulty up out of whole cloth, and which were actually largely based on the redone Le recollection, then by de Bry himself. Moyne watercolors. Le Moyne was one of the fi rst artists to blend the exactness Two more modern exhibits are on display as a response and are a measure of of scientifi c observation with an artistic eye. We can see that the Cummer’s commitment to the community. The breathtaking Artist Response: Through January, the Cummer Museum exhibition in his botanical watercolors he recorded plants as they actually Botanicals, are local artists’ reinterpretations of botanical artwork in response to Discoveries in Detail: Jaques Le Moyne and Theodor de Bry, were. This doesn’t seem all that revolutionary now, but artistic Le Moyne’s botanicals. Locals Linda Broadfoot, Emily Arthur Douglass and Susan featuring four exhibits. license ran rampant when it came to botanical sketches before Ober. The other modern work exhibition is New View: Botanicals, from students at The fi rst is a series of botanical watercolors from the him. They were either rendered only with an eye toward beauty or Douglas Anderson, continuing in Le Moyne’s tradition of botanical illustration. French artist Jaques Le Moyne. La Moyne is most famous for merely for accuracy. Le Moyne has both, and he doesn’t simply For info on special events and programs connected with the exhibition, these, but prior to that, in 1564, he was hired by the French paint perfect specimens. The pear will have a little bruising, the please check our art events section through January or go to the website at www. Huegnots to be the offi cial artist and cartographer on their apple’s leaves will be chewed a little by an unseen assailant. cummer.org or call 356-6857. These exhibits will be on display through January expedition of Ft. Caroline. He was the fi rst trained artist in the When looking at these works, at Le Moyne’s eye for detail, 10th.

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 31 poster boys of jacksonville Years ago, during the psychedelic movement of 1960s, a new art from was born. Concert posters designed by the likes of Wes Wilson and Rick Griffi n promoted bands such as the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane playing at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium. These colorful prints quickly became hot collectors items that remain an iconic reminder of the times. Since then, bands and promoters have continued to use concert posters to advertise their shows and the prints themselves have only grown in popularity. dog & pony showprintss by jack diablo

Concert posters serve as the perfect souvenir from some of those memorable concerts. They Minnesota. are relatively cheap and act as a reminder of good times past. I personally will buy a well-designed One of the perks of the job according to Sean, is getting to hang out and chat with the bands he poster on quality paper before any other form of merchandise. Albums and t-shirts can be purchased designs for. “The great thing about Cafe Eleven is the absence of a ‘backstage’ area, so the bands online, but gig posters are typically limited in number and therefore harder to fi nd if you don’t get usually hang out with us at the merch table.” This has allowed Tucker to rub elbows with everyone them while you can. from the Handsome Furs to Dr. Dog to Against Me! “When it comes down to it, we’re really just fans Dog & Pony Showprints is one of only a few outfi ts making gig posters in the Jacksonville area. of these bands that happen to know how to design and print posters. To get to talk with them about The creative team behind Dog & Pony is Sean Tucker and Tim McGugan, two designers who share a their music and our art is an honor and really exciting.” common passion for print-making and visually striking design. Dog & Pony typically select which musicians they want to design for out of the many that Sean Tucker came to Jacksonville from South Florida to attend the University of North Florida. come through town. After designing and hand screening the prints, they show up to the venue During the day he is busy in the advertising department of the Dalton Agency, but in his free time he with a stack of posters which they sell for around $10. Typically the promoters use the images in a designs concert posters to sell at select shows. mutually benefi cial arrangement that allows Dog & Pony to display their art while providing a unique Sean was inspired to design and screen-print his own posters by the work of contemporaries promotional tool. Recently, country-punk band Lucero’s management commissioned a design from Aesthetic Apparatus and Methane Studios. “All through college I had been completely enamored by Dog & Pony Showprints for their upcoming show. “That was a big honor,” says Sean. “[We’re] the revival of the rock poster,” says Sean. “Once I learned how to print, it was a natural progression crossing our fi ngers that [that] starts to happen more often.” to actually make my own posters.” In the spirit of keeping it local, Dog & Pony has collaborated with some of the area’s best Dog & Pony quickly formed a symbiotic relationship with Ryan Dettra, the man responsible for designers including Squid Dust, Karen Kurycki, Crystal Floyd, Kendrick Kidd and others. You can bringing some of the best music through Northeast Florida both at Cafe Eleven and the St. Augustine view their past projects on their website (www.dogandponyshowprints.wordpress.com). Amphitheatre. “We call Cafe Eleven home. Ryan appreciates the art and is so awesome to work Dog & Pony Showprints may not be musicians, but they love music and by creating visually with,” comments Tucker. In addition to making regular appearances in St. Augustine, Dog & Pony stunning posters, they contribute to the Jacksonville music scene in their own way. Their work on the also occasionally designs posters for the San Marco Theatre and even a small theater in Duluth, cover of this edition is further proof that the line between art and music is as blurry as ever. MILLENNIUM PIZZERIA “The Best Pizza Of The Century” New York Tossed Pizza Italian Cuisine 3800 BEACH BLVD. 396-1164 2219 CR220 #305 across from South Orange Park Fleming Island Now Open 264-4550

32 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly Nov. 6 FULL MOON FAMILY SAFARI Sleepover Nov. 14 MITCHEL MUSSO The Mitchel Musso concert that was Nov. 22 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VS. BUFFALO BILLS Single Education Program designed for 6-year-olds and originally scheduled for Oct. 16 at the Baseball Grounds of Jackson- game tickets starting at $50. 1 pm. Jacksonville Jaguars, Jacksonville up, the Family Safari Sleepover features pizza, ville has been rescheduled to Nov. 14 and will take place in the TU Municipal Stadium, 1 Stadium Place, 633-2000, www.jaguars.com hands-on animal encounters and behind-the- Center. Actor and musician Mitchel Musso is perhaps best known for scene fl ashlight tours of selected areas of the Zoo his role as Oliver “Smokin” Oken in the Emmy Award-nominated Dis- Nov. 27 TREE LIGHTING The artifi cial tree features 78,000 LED and a continental breakfast. Space is limited and ney Channel sitcom, Hannah Montana. Moran Theater at the Times- lights and is programmed to display a 10 minute Light Show at top of pre-registration is required by calling the Educa- Union Center for Performing Arts, 632-3373 every hour. Special guests Mayor John Peyton and Toney and Bon- tion Department at 757-4463 ext. 122. Cost: $35/ nie Sleiman will light the tree. Music for the evening will be provided person - members; $40/person – non-members. 6 Nov. 14- 15 MIDTOWNE CENTER FESTIVAL This family art festival by the chorus and orchestra from Douglas Anderson School of the pm to 10 am. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, 370 and ‘Salute to the Troops’ will include art, military exhibits, music, the Arts. The evening will conclude with a large fi reworks display on the Zoo Parkway, 757-4463, www.jacksonvillezoo.org Jacksonville Children’s Chorus, Draw for the Troops- make “Thank St Johns River. 7 pm. Jacksonville Landing, 2 Independent Dr, 612- You” and “Happy Thanksgiving” cards, face painting, character draw- 8491, www.jacksonvillelanding.com Nov. 7 NATIVE AMERICAN FESTIVAL Learn ings, balloons, and street entertainers and more. Sat. - 10 am to 6 about Native Americans who have lived in Florida pm, Sun. - 12 noon to 6 pm. Midtowne Center, 3800 Beach Boule- Nov. 27- 29 CHRISTMAS MADE IN THE SOUTH Holiday arts and and beyond at this festival that will include guided vard, Historic St. Nicholas, 524-8481, www.midtownfest.org craft show and specialty food items. Prime Osborn Convention Center tours of the Currents of Time, games, crafts, and live performances. 10 am to 2 pm. MOSH, 1025 Nov. 14- 15 HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR Sat. 10 am - 5 pm, Sun. Noon Nov. 28 JACKSONVILLE LIGHT PARADE Boats of every shape and Museum Circle, 396-7062, www.themosh.org to 5 pm. Cost $2. All the proceeds will benefi t Habitat for Humanity of size will be decorated with lights, festive decorations, and more. Fol- Jacksonville, HabiJax. Regency Square Mall, 9501 Arlington Express- lowing the 2009 boat parade, fi reworks will be shot from river barges Nov. 7 ROCK 4 KIDS ‘09 A benefi t concert to way in front of The Jacksonville Landing, Hyatt Regency Hotel and Metro- raise funds and awareness of services politan Park. The signature “waterfall” fi reworks will be shot from both that promote community investment in healthy Nov. 15 YAPPY HOUR THANKSGIVING This month’s dog friendly sides of the Main Street Bridge and the east side of the Acosta Bridge. child development. Presented by Distorted event will feature a Thanksgiving theme and attendees (pooches The parade can be seen from both the northbank and southbank of Promotions, Prevent Child Abuse Florida and the and people alike) are encouraged to come dressed in their very best the downtown riverfront. Families bring their chairs, blankets and Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida. More than a Pilgrim or American Indian attire. 4- 7 pm. The Jacksonville Landing, picnics to the riverfront. 7pm. Downtown Jacksonville, 630-3690, dozen bands will take the stage from 2 pm -1:30 353-1188, www.JacksonvilleLanding.com. www.coj.net am. Event will also be highlighted by a silent auc-

family events tion. The Jacksonville Landing, 353-1188, www. Nov. 18 THE NEW SHANGHAI CIRCUS Astonishing athletes defy Dec. 5 RIGHT WHALE FESTIVAL Come to the Sea Walk Pavilion JacksonvilleLanding.com. gravity and execute breathtaking feats with Shanghai acrobats, jug- in Jacksonville Beach and celebrate the critically endangered North glers and contortionists. This modern day performance is enhanced Atlantic right whales’ annual return to the coast of the Southeast U.S. Nov. 7- 8 JACKSONVILLE SEA AND SKY SPEC- by fabulous choreography, amazing lighting, enchanting scenery, and Join us on the shores of the only known right whale calving area at TACULAR Ground activities include interactive games, displays, powerful music. Artist Series, Artist Series, Wilson Center for the the beginning of their calving season. Live entertainment, food, kid’s simulators, children’s activities, Silent Drill Team, arts and crafts, Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd. Info: 632-3373, www.artistseriesjax.org activities, beach cleanup, beach run, exhibitions, and much more. food, beverages and more. The kids area features face painting, make Sea Walk Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach, 10 am- 4 pm, www. and take crafts and more. Free and open to the public. (9 am - 3:30 Nov. 21 NIGHT OF LIGHTS: LIGHT UP THE NIGHT St. Augustine rightwhalefestival.org Beach Cleanup will be from 9-11 am, Silent pm) Jacksonville Beach Oceanfront, 1st St., 630-3690, www.coj.net mayor Joe Boles will be joined by past mayors in the historic Plaza de Auction 9 am- 3 pm, Music noon- 4 pm and Beach Run 3 pm- 4pm. la Constitucion to “fl ip the switch” at 6:30 pm to light up the Nights of With as few as 350 remaining, North Atlantic right whales are in Nov. 8 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS VS. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Single Lights. The festivities begin at 4 pm with holiday performances. The jeopardy and are often threatened by human activities. The mission game tickets starting at $50. 1 pm. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, 1 16th Annual Nights of Lights will continue nightly through January 31. of the Right Whale Festival is to celebrate right whales and the begin- Stadium Place, 633-2000, www.jaguars.com Downtown St. Augustine, 653-2489, www.NightsofLights.com ning of their calving season. The goal is to engage the community and heighten public awareness of both right whales and the importance Nov. 8 IT’S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING The Jacksonville Nov. 21 ST. JOHNS TOWN CENTER TREE LIGHTING Family friendly of the area as the whales make their seasonal return to the waters Children’s Chorus kicks of an exciting new season with guest artist, activites will begin at 12 noon, followed by a holiday concert by off FL/GA coast -- the only known North Atlantic right whale calving Baritone, Leon Williams. 6 pm. St. Johns Country Day School, 3100 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks at 8 pm, tree lighting at 8:30 pm grounds. This one-day family-oriented festival will feature children’s Doctors Lake Drive, Orange Park, Info: 353-1636, www.jaxchildren- and fi reworks. 8:30 pm. St. Johns Town Center, 4663 River City Dr, activities, music, beach cleanup, and other activities geared towards schorus.com 998-7156, www.simon.com informing and inspiring the community about right whales, their habi- tat, and conservation needs. Nov. 8 JSYO FALL CONCERT JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra offers comprehensive orchestral training to more than 200 students ranging from fi rst grade through early college, comprising six ensembles, and led by a team of professional conductors and coaches. 5 pm. Robert bubbles popping up downtown E. Jacoby Symphony Hall at the Times-Union Center, Info: 354-5547, www.jaxsymphony.org.

Nov. 11 VETERANS DAY PARADE The parade culminates a week- During the past few months, Downtown Vision, long tribute to the military during the Week of Valor. The parade will Inc. has been working to develop a communications begin at the Prime Osborn Convention Center, continue down Water campaign to promote all that Downtown has to offer Street, left on Newnan Street to Bay Street/Gator Bowl Boulevard and and educate people about Downtown, including its will end at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. Bleacher seating will history, culture, parks, riverfront, dining, nightlife and also be provided at the corner of Water Street and Hogan Street as events. well as Marsh Street near the Maxwell House Building. 11:01 am, Workers, visitors, and residents will see cam- Downtown Jacksonville, 630-3690, www.coj.net paign “bubbles” popping up in storefronts, windows and along the sidewalks in Downtown’s Improvement Nov. 13- 15 PIRATE GATHERING The event begins Friday evening as pirates arrive from around Florida to wander the streets of the Old District. Many of the bubbles are customized and the City. On Saturday and Sunday, from 9 am to 5 pm in Francis Field, messages range from fun facts and history to ways to there will be games for kids, a thieves market, ocean displays, pirate fi nd signage and Downtown’s mobile website, DTJAX. fl oats, music and more. On Saturday at 11 am, a parade of Pirate org. Floats will cruise along St. Augustine’s Bayfront and end up at Orange Street, across form the Castillo de San Marcos where a Pirate Battle will begin. Admission is $2 per person. Francis Field, Castillo Dr., St. Augustine, www.pirategathering.com

Nov. 14 ARBORETUM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION The Jack- The campaign is Downtown Vision’s largest partnership to date involv- sonville Arboretum celebrates their one year anniversary. Activities ing property owners and street level retailers to engage a variety of audi- include guided tours, music, food, local craft vendors plus the Snake ences. The campaign’s timing is ideal, with numerous Downtown events Man, Wildlife Rescue, a Master Beekeeper, and Native American, local scheduled that will put thousands of pedestrians on the streets during the and natural storytellers plus kids activities including Smokey the Bear! next few months. 10 am to 4 pm. Jacksonville Arboretum and Gardens, 1445 Millcoe The grassroots campaign will also leverage social media to create in- Rd., www.jacksonvillearboretum.org teractive opportunities for the community through DVI’s Facebook and Twit- Nov. 14 CARIBBEAN SOUND STEEL PAN AND WORLD MUSIC EN- ter networks in the coming weeks. Downtown retailers and restaurants will SEMBLE Enjoy an exciting afternoon of steel drums, world music, have promotional opportunities in the online contests. history and tropical splendor. Mixing the sound and culture of the Ca- Other campaign elements include parking meter wraps with Downtown ribbean through Calypso, Soca and Latin music with Classical, Ameri- Jacksonville’s mobile website, DTJAX.org, which has a directory of all of can pop and original compositions. Caribbean Sound Stell Pan and the restaurants and merchants in Downtown, connects to Google maps, and World Ensemble capture the Caribbean in an exciting performance. 3 includes a current calendar of events. pm. $12. Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, Info: 276-6750, http://thcenter.org

eujacksonville.com | NOVEMBER 2009 33 NOW SHOWING MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT A rare glimpse into the fi nal days of Michael Jackson, the documentary is compiled from an estimated 80 hours of rehearsal and behind-the- scenes footage of the legendary entertainer preparing for his 50 sold- out shows at London’s O2 Arena s that were scheduled to commence in July 2009 before his untimely death e in June at age 50. Interviews with A CHRISTMAS CAROL You know that Jim Carrey i collaborators and close friends of is going to put a whole new slant on the crotch- the late performer are also featured. ety ole ghost chaser. Ebenezer Scrooge begins www.thisisit-movie.com the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly con- tempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery NOVEMBER 6 nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye- THE BOX What if someone gave opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is you a box containing a button that, reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo if pushed, would bring you a million years of ill will before it’s too late. Starring: Jim dollars...but simultaneously take the Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, life of someone you don’t know? Robin Wright Penn. Rated PG, disney.go.com/ Norma Lewis is a teacher at a pri- disneypictures/achristmascarol vate high school and her husband, Arthur, is an engineer working at NASA. They are an average couple until a mysterious man with a horri- bly disfi gured face appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a life-altering proposition: the box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norma and Arthur face an impossible moral dilemma. They soon discover that the ramifi ca- tions of this decision are beyond

ovember mov their control and extend far beyond their own fortune and fate. Starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, n Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, THE FOURTH KIND In 1972, a scale of measure- Holmes Osborne. Rated PG-13, www.thebox- ment was established for alien encounters. When movie.com a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the fi rst kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When con- tact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third EU’s kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. Set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where a num- Official ber of the population has been reported missing every year. Here in this remote region, psycholo- Movie gist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discov- Partner ered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Corey Johnson, Elias Koteas, Will Pat- ton. Rated PG-13 JACKSONVILLE'S HOME TOWN GLASS COMPANY SINCE 1926 Downtown 800 Houston Street 354-4646 Southside 3681 St. Augustine Road 396-2095 Westside 4606 Lexington Avenue 387-5588 Northside 9029 Lem Turner Road 765-1616 Regency MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS Reporter Bob 410 Mill Creek Road Wilton is in search of his next big story when he 724-8677 encounters Lyn Cassady, a shadowy fi gure who Beaches claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military 130 N. Third Street unit. A legion of “Warrior Monks” with unparal- 241-2800 leled psychic powers can read the enemy’s Mandarin thoughts, pass through solid walls and even kill a 11357 San Jose Boulevard goat simply by staring at it. Now, the program’s 260-1233 founder, Bill Django, has gone missing and St. Augustine Cassady’s mission is to fi nd him. Intrigued by 802 Anastasia Blvd. his new acquaintance’s far-fetched stories, Bob 824-0809 impulsively decides to tag along. In order to sur- www.leeandcatesglass.com vive this wild adventure, Bob will have to outwit

34 NOVEMBER 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly an enemy he never thought possible. Starring: any cost leads her to take greater and greater George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, risks. Over time, Bella’s frozen heart is thawed Jeff Bridges, Rebecca Mader. Rated R by her budding relationship with Jacob, a mem- special movie showings ber of the mysterious Quileute tribe, who has a THE WORLD PREMIERE OF CHIAROSCURO, BABY! NOVEMBER 13 supernatural secret of his own. Starring: Kristen Time to dust off that tuxedo and learn/remember how to 2012 Never before has a date in history been Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley tie a bow tie! Coinciding with the November Art Walk, so signifi cant to so many cultures, so many Greene, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning and Nikki Anthony Kilburn and KillaCozzy Productions present the religions, scientists, and governments. A global Reed. Rated PG-13, www.newmoonthemovie. world premiere of Chiaroscuro, Baby!, a feature-length fi lm cataclysm brings an end to the world and tells com made right here in Jacksonville. The movie is presented of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring: in black and white with the legitimate look and feel of a John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, sixties production. In it, Calvin, an aspiring artist, must decide between sacrifi cing his integrity in order to please Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and his needy girlfriend or succumbing to the temptation of Woody Harrelson. Rated PG-13, www.whowill- the muse who inspires him. The fi nal product of this fi lm is a testament to Jacksonville’s independent spirit and survive2012.com creative wealth. The premiere is sure to be a must-attend event and who knows, you just might see someone you recognize on the big screen. The world premiere of Chiaroscuro, Baby! will be held at the Florida Theatre PIRATE RADIO In the 1960s a group of 8 rogue on November 4th. Tickets are $38.50 and will be available through Ticketmaster and at the Florida Theatre box DJs on a boat in the middle of the Northern offi ce. Mark your calendars and make plans to attend this historic event! If you miss the world premiere you can Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law catch the fi lm at the 5 Points Theatre on the following dates: 11/6 - 9 pm, 11/7 - 5 & 10 pm, 11/8 & 11/9 - 7 & all for the love of music. The songs they played 9 pm, 11/10 & 11/11 - 9 pm. united and defi ned an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing rock Nov. 7 Night Owl Cinema - TRANSFORMERS (PG-13) Doors open at 6:30 pm and movies begin at 8 pm. Food is available from local restaurants. St. Augustine Amphitheatre, A1A South in St. Augustine. www.stau- ‘n roll they were standing up against the British NOVEMBER 25 gamphitheatre.com/cinema.php government who did everything in their power to shut them down. Starring: : Philip Seymour Hoff- THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX With this animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic, Mr. Fox, Nov. 7 Monthly meeting of the Leave ‘em Laughing Tent have moved from Monday nights to Saturday after- man, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth noons. Laurel & Hardy movies to be screened: BEAU HUNKS (1931) and THE FLYING DEUCES (1939). Pablo Mrs. Fox (George Clooney, Cate Blanchett), and Branagh. Rated R Creek Branch Library, 13295 Beach Blvd. (between Kernan and Hodges Blvds.), 4 to 5:45 pm. Info: Steve Bai- all their fox babies live under a hill under a tree, ley, 246-0312, leaveemlaughing.moviefever.com NOVEMBER 20 along with Badger, Rabbit, Weasel and all of their families. To make ends meet, every night, Mr. Fox Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series Enjoy free showings of Boomers’ favorite fi lms each month at 5:45 THE BLIND SIDE Michael Oher, a homeless Afri- steals a meal from three crooked farmers--Bog- pm in the Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium. Nov. 12 CHINATOWN Set in the sleazy underside of 1930s Los can-American youngster from a broken home, is gis, a chicken farmer, Bunce, who has a little bit Angeles, this moody noir classic follows private eye Jake Gittes from a case of suspected adultery to entangle- taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family of everything but only eats duck liver, and Bean, ment in a huge convoluted scandal of greed, depravity, and corruption surrounding the city’s water supply. who help him fulfi ll his potential. At the same who farms turkeys and apples and subsists sole- Roman Polanski directed Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston, 1974. http://jpl.coj.net/progs/main/ time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads ly on apple cider. The farmers band together to notjustforboomers.html, Info: 630-1741. them to some insightful self-discoveries of their end Mr. Fox. They ambush him at the base of his MOCA Fall Film Series This fall, Café Nola will be hosting a special series of fi lms hand picked by Café Nola own. Living in his new environment, the teen hole in the hill, and while Mr. Fox survives, his tail staff. Each month will carry a theme and each night will feature a special menu as well as drink specials at the faces a completely different set of challenges to does not. Thus begins an obsession on the part bar. Nov. 12 ROADSWORTH: CROSSING THE LINE This fi lm details a Montreal stencil artist’s clandestine overcome. As a football player and student, Oher of the farmers. They fi rst try to dig the foxes out, campaign to make his mark on the city streets. Hailed as an “artist’s artist” by Wooster Collective, Roadsworth works hard and, with the help of his coaches and but they are outdug by eight sets of paws. Mr. began to play with the language of the streets, overlaying city asphalt markings with his own images: a cross- adopted family, becomes an All-American offen- Fox is not a very popular fi gure until he chances walk becomes a giant boot print, vines choked up traffi c dividers, and electrical plugs fi lled parking spots. Nov. sive left tackle. Starring: Quinton Aaron, Sandra across the idea of digging under the farmhouses. 19 RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of Bullock, Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Tim McGraw. Rated PG mash-up media with RiP: A Remix Manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon PLANET 51 This animated sci-fi fi nds American NINJA ASSASSIN Raizo is one of the deadliest culture in the information age. All fi lms start at 8:30 pm. $5 MOCA members/ $7 non-members; $2 discount for astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker, landing assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as dining in Café Nola @ MOCA before the show. Pre-theater dinner at Café Nola, 5- 7 pm. For reservations, call 366-6911, x231. Museum of Contemporary Art, 333 N. Laura St., www.mocajacksonville.org on Planet 51 thinking he’s the fi rst person to step a child, he was transformed into a trained killer foot on it. To his surprise, he fi nds that this planet by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very Nov. 14 MILKING THE RHINO Part of the Southern Arts Federation’s Southern Circuit Tour of Independent is inhabited by little green people who are happily existence is considered a myth. Raizo breaks Filmmakers, Milking the Rhino tells a nuanced tale of human-wildlife coexistence in post-colonial Africa. The living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of free from them...and vanishes. In Berlin, Europol Maasai tribe of Kenya and Namibia’s Himba—two of Earth’s oldest cattle cultures—are in the midst of up- a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose agent Mika Coretti digs into top secret agency heaval. Emerging from a century of “white man conservation,” which turned their lands into game reserves and only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invad- fi les to learn the truth behind the murders. Her fueled resentment towards wildlife, Himba and Maasai communities are now vying for a piece of the wildlife- ers--like Chuck! Featuring the voices of: Gary investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu tourism pie. Following the screening, Producer/Director David E. Simpson will engage the audience in a discus- Oldman, John Cleese, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Clan sends a team of killers to silence her for- sion about the fi lm and his work as a fi lmmaker. 7 pm. Tickets $7 for adults and $5 for students with valid ID Biel, Justin Long. Rated PG ever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but from the UNF Ticket Box Offi ce. UNF Recital Hall, 620-2878, www.unf.edu/fi neartscenter. he knows that the Clan will not rest until they Nov. 28 Top Kreyol Film Festival The Top Kreyol Haitian Film Festival at Jacksonville was created with the goal are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly of opening up to a new world and offer opportunities and new discoveries with the creativity of the Haitian cin- game of cat and mouse through the streets of ema. There are no categories and no prizes awarded for the fi rst edition of the festival which will include shorts Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another fi lms, features and documentaries from the Haitian cinema industry all over the world. The fi lms will come if they hope to survive...and fi nally bring down mainly from Haiti, Canada, United States and France. You can fi nd more details and a complete list of the fi lms the elusive Ozunu Clan. Starring: Rain, Naomie at www.topkreyolfi lmfestivaljacksonville.com. 3 to 11 pm at the Springfi eld Woman’s Club, 210 West 7th St. For Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune. www. more information call 887-5927. Ninja-Assassin-Movie.com 5 Points Theatre 11/7 - College Football: UF vs. Vanderbilt - 7:15 pm, 11/14 - College Football: UF vs. South OLD DOGS Two best friends -- one unlucky-in- Carolina – TBD. Chiaroscuro, Baby! (see above) will be shown 11/6 - 9 pm, 11/7 - 5 & 10 pm, 11/8 & 11/9 - 7 love divorcee (Robin Williams) and the other a & 9 pm, 11/10 & 11/11 - 9 pm. 11/12 to 11/15 - 5 Points Theatre, 359-0047 www.5pointstheatre.com fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta) -- have their THE FT. LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO JACKSONVILLE NOVEMBER 12– 15 lives turned upside down when they’re unexpect- On the heels of their 24th Annual event, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) brings THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Following edly charged with the care of six-year-old twins their vacation from ordinary fi lm to Jacksonville for the fi rst time. Named the longest running festival in the Bella Swan’s ill-fated 18th birthday party, Edward while on the verge of the biggest business deal world, by the Guinness Book of World Records, FLIFF has been named one of the top destination fi lm festivals Cullen and his family abandon the town of Forks, of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors in the world and has received honors from the media and the Florida Arts Council. Washington, in an effort to protect her from the stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins, The 12 top new independent fi lms will be presented at the 5 Points Theatre. The esteemed fi lm dangers inherent in their world. As the heart- leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps festival features an eclectic array of fi lms. From action-packed crime thrillers to romantic comedies and intense broken Bella sleepwalks through her senior year to a new-found understanding of what’s really dramas to fascinating documentaries - audiences are sure to fi nd something to their liking. of high school, numb and alone, she discovers important in life. Starring: John Travolta, Robin 11/12 - Hungry Years - 7 pm 11/14 - Lifelines - TBD Edward’s image comes to her whenever she puts Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu 11/12 - Chicago Overcoat - 8:30 pm 11/14 - Amancio, Audience with the Queens - TBD herself in jeopardy. Her desire to be with him at Travolta. Rated PG 11/13 - Don McKay - 7 pm 11/15 - Tantric Tourists - 1 pm 11/13 - Failing Better Now - 8:30 pm 11/15 - Magicians - 3 pm 11/13 - The Auteur - 10:15 pm 11/15 - Wonderful World - 5 pm get weekly movie reviews 11/14 - Mount St. Elias - TBD 11/15 - I Do & I Don’t - 7 pm Visit www.eujacksonville.com for more information and descriptions of the FLIFF fi lms. Ticket price: $7/movie or a pack of fi ve for $25. 5 Points Theatre, 1028 Park St., 359-0047 or www.5pointstheatre. JACKSONVILLE.COM at eu jacksonville.com com

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