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JACKSONVILLE blades of glory Ferrell and Heder kick some ice entertaining u newspaper free weekly guide to entertainment and more | march 29-april 4, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 march 29-april 4, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents feature Summer Camps ........................................................................................PAGES 12-15 Beaches Pub Crawl .......................................................................................... PAGE 19 movies Blades Of Glory (movie review) .......................................................................... PAGE 6 Movies In Theaters This Week .......................................................................PAGES 6-8 Seen, Heard, Noted & Quoted ............................................................................. PAGE 7 Premonition (movie review) ................................................................................ PAGE 8 Digital Movie Projection ...................................................................................... PAGE 9 at home Blood Diamond (DVD review) ........................................................................... PAGE 10 Raines (TV review) ........................................................................................... PAGE 11 Video Games ................................................................................................... PAGE 11 Finn (book review) ........................................................................................... PAGE 18 food Eating In Neptune Beach ................................................................................... PAGE 16 music Cold War Kids (Cafe 11) ................................................................................... PAGE 20 Music Calendar .........................................................................................PAGES 20-24 Shangrala (9th & Main) .................................................................................... PAGE 21 Astronautalis (TSI) ........................................................................................... PAGE 22 Of Montreal (review) ........................................................................................ PAGE 23 John Cephas (interview) ................................................................................... PAGE 24 Bob Margolin (Interview) .................................................................................. PAGE 24 Vega 4 (album) ................................................................................................ PAGE 25 Spacebar (album) ............................................................................................ PAGE 25 arts / theatre / on stage Intrinsic Nature (Stellers Gallery) ...................................................................... PAGE 26 New Swisher Auditorium (Jacksonville University) ............................................ PAGE 27 Arts Calendar ............................................................................................PAGES 27-28 Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know (Limelight Theatre) ......................... PAGE 28 columns and stuff What’s Eating You? .......................................................................................... PAGE 29 The Jock .......................................................................................................... PAGE 29 NASCAR .......................................................................................................... PAGE 30 eujacksonville.com | march 29-april 4, 2007 3 A show you don’t want to miss, OF MONTREAL thisweek this Sunday at Freebird. The Gator Country Spring thursday MARCH 29 Concerts Featuring live, free performances by national Country recording artists Leo Kottke Jason Michael Carroll and Tracy Blending folk, jazz, and blues influences into a signature finger- Byrd. picked style of syncopated, polyphonic music, Kottke’s work The Jacksonville Landing - 8 pm pre-dated and predicted much of the New Age instrumental music movement, and is often considered part of the American Primitivism movement. The Florida Theatre - 8 PM 355-2787 MARCH 29 - APRIL 1 World of Nations Celebration The City of Jacksonville and local multicultural friends will bring the world to you at the 15th Annual World of Nations Celebration. This fascinating cultural destination showcases the unique diversity of LAMB of god our planet, and will show you the wonderful sights, sounds, and tastes of different over 30 countries at Metropolitan Park. Friday, Lamb of God 5 - 9 pm will be the International Party with FREE Admission, After finally getting the chance to Saturday from 10 am- 8 pm and Sunday, Noon - 6 pm, you will be play in large arenas, metal band entertained by dancers, singers, songwriters, gymnasts, jugglers, Lamb of God, decided they missed and entertainers of all sorts. One day pass $5, two day pass $7. the power of a kick-ass club show. So when they were planning their 2007 Sacrament tour, they agreed, to bring Lamb of God back to the friday clubs. “The blood, sweat, and beer MARCH 30 flying – that’s a proper metal show. This is intense music for intense AntiGravity people – we’re sick of the Amazing audiences across the AntIGRAVITY seats, the ushers and lame world, these phenomenal artists security guards telling people defy conventional acrobatics. With to calm down!” Don’t say you weren’t warned. Also Michael Moschen a pulsating musical backdrop, playing metal titans Machine Head and France’s heaviest Ranked as one of the world’s leading jugglers and one of America’s theatrical flair and sheer power this metal export Gorjira. Plush 6:30 Info: 743-1845 most visionary performing artists, Michael Moschen has trans- cutting-edge aerial dance troupe formed this ancient circus art into a mesmerizing concert form that has created an astonishing means has garnered critical acclaim as “genius,” “exhilarating virtuoso of catapulting across the stage and MARCH 30 - APRIL 1 entertainment” and “flawless purity” from leading media such as into the air using various elements the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. $25.00, $17.50 Rhythm and Ribs Festival The Florida Theatre - 7:30 PM Info: 355-2787 that will have you flying high! Smack your lips and stomp your feet at this annual festival Opening the show will be UNF’s featuring championship BBQ dishes from around the MICHAEL MoscHEN Drumline and Dance Team so be country. A variety of outstanding entertainment throughout sure to get there early. Tickets: the weekend will be presented. Rhythm and Ribs will take $38-$48 place at Francis Field on Castillo Drive in St. Augustine. Lazzara stage UNF Fine Arts Center Hours: Fri. 5-10 pm, Sat.10 am-10 pm and Sun.11 am-5 - 7:30 pm pm. Info: 904-829-7102 or rhythmandribs.net Info: 620-2878 or www.anti-gravity. com Art After Dark This is a showcase for the works of our community’s most saturday MARCH 31 exceptional visual artists. Art After Dark began as a social gathering and modest fundraiser for the Friends of the Florida Jason “Lefty” Williams Theatre. It has grown tremendously over the years, and as they Lefty is a unique story, by listening to him play guitar one would Augustana and Vega4 embark on the 11th Art After Dark, it is now widely recognized as never know he has only one arm. Jason “Lefty” Williams has The foursome, Augustana, have honed an emotional kind of guitar a unique and important showcase for many of our community’s been known for his blues-based rock and jazz fusion stylings, rock that boasts the grandeur of U2 and the candor of Coldplay. undiscovered visual artists. The event provides patrons an influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Also performing, Vega4, a London based band with a striking col- opportunity to view and purchase works by these fabulous artists. Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and some of Zeppelin’s earlier lection of soaring rock songs predicted by NME to “give the Killers’ All of the artwork showcased is for sale, and 90% of the proceeds works. new highway blues a run for its money.” Read review of You and go directly to the artists. $50 VIP (New!), $17.50 House of Jam Info: 262-3377 Others on page 25. The Florida Theatre 7 PM-10 PM Info: 355-2787 Freebird Live Info: 246-2473 4 march 29-april 4, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper sunday APRIL 1 The Blessing of the Fleet Bring the entire family to the downtown riverfront to witness many of the First Coast’s finest vessels as they participate in this visually stunning blessing ceremony. Northbank Riverfront Park - 2pm Info: 630-3690. Of Montreal EU’s reviewer of Of Montreals recent show in Chicago describes it like this: “The band was adorned in their usual smocks that combined glam aesthetic with whatever term you would use for the fish-man on the cover of it. When you couple this with the three simultaneous videos playing on the screens, you get a sense of what a Velvet Underground/Andy Warhol collaboration must’ve been like. The videos combined psychedelia with bizarre, yet cute, children’s book images. Throw this bizarre presentation in with completely eccentric keyboard-driven pop and neat props, such as 10-foot long dresses and lobster claws, and you get a show that’s more like a contained carnival. I guess you just need to see it for yourself to really understand.” Read the entire review on page 23. Also playing, Loney Dear and Pigeon John. Freebird Live 246-2473 Jim Gaffigan As approachable as he is edgy, Jim is responsible for some of the funniest