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JACKSONVILLE Letters to Santa | Sweeney Todd | Cobblestones Restaurant | Casper and the Cookies | Putnam County Spelling Bee free weekly guide to entertainment and more | december 20 - 26, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 december 20-26, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents cover art by jimmy pines feature Letters to Santa ..............................................................................................PAGES 16-17 Holiday Events ...............................................................................................PAGES 18-19 movies Movies in Theaters this Week ...........................................................................PAGES 6-10 Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (movie review) ................................... PAGE 6 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (movie review) ..................................................... PAGE 7 Charlie Wilson’s War (movie review) ....................................................................... PAGE 8 P.S. I Love You (movie review) ................................................................................. PAGE 9 Cocaine Angel (local DVD spotlight) ...................................................................... PAGE 10 home Band of Bloggers (TV review) ................................................................................ PAGE 12 Netscapades ......................................................................................................... PAGE 13 Videogames ......................................................................................................... PAGE 13 Keeping the Kids Busy ........................................................................................... PAGE 24 dish Dish Update .......................................................................................................... PAGE 14 Cobblestones at Harbour Village (restaurant review) .......................................PAGES 14-15 music Music Calendar ..............................................................................................PAGES 20-24 Whitey’s Annual Light Parade ................................................................................ PAGE 20 Buffalo Tears (TSI) ................................................................................................ PAGE 21 Casper and the Cookies (interview) ....................................................................... PAGE 22 Dinosaur Jr. (Freebird Live) ................................................................................... PAGE 23 arts / theatre / on stage Essence & Materials (MOCA) ................................................................................ PAGE 25 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (FCCJ Artist Series) .............................. PAGE 26 Mountain of Peace (interview) ............................................................................... PAGE 27 Santaland Diaries (Limelight/MOCA) ...................................................................... PAGE 27 A Christmas Carole (Alhambra Dinner Theatre) ...................................................... PAGE 28 The Fantasticks (Limelight Theatre) ....................................................................... PAGE 29 columns and stuff Native Foreigner .................................................................................................... PAGE 30 The Jock ............................................................................................................... PAGE 30 NASCAR News & Notes ........................................................................................ PAGE 31 eujacksonville.com | december 20-26, 2007 3 thisweek “Keep the Music Alive” thursday DECEMBER 20 Benefit Concert As most already know, the Jacksonville Symphony has locked out its musicians and canceled performances after The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus contract talks broke down in November. Middleburg’s pride and joy The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus will To keep these talented musicians afloat be playing a charity event for The Toys for Tots Foundation this during this difficult time, the Jacksonville Thursday at Mavericks, the brand new country-themed club that Symphony Players’ Association will took the place of the pink monstrosity Club Paris. Support this be holding a benefit concert on Friday. terrific cause by bringing a new toy to donate. The show is ages Kennedy Center Honoree Leon Fleisher 18 and up only. Tickets: $20 donation. Mavericks Rock N’ Roll will perform Mozart’s Concerto for 2 Honky Tonk, Jacksonville Landing- 8 pm, Info: (904) 356-1110 Pianos with Katherine Jacobson Fleisher and lead the orchestra in Beethoven’s 5th Saturnalia Toga Party Symphony. Admission is free, donations An ancient holiday, Saturnalia was a Roman festival of immense are gratefully accepted. UNF Lazzara Hall- RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS size and popularity. Traditionally held outside the Temple of Saturn, 7:30 pm, Info: www.jsomusicians.org the celebration went on as long as seven days and was considered among the citizens to be the best of days. The BLACK Cummer continues that tradition on a slightly KIDS saturday DECEMBER 22 smaller scale. Throw on your best toga and eat, drink and be merry at the museum’s Saturnalia Murray Hill Theatre and Second Thief present: Toga Party. In addition to the festivities, The Christmas Show! the world-renowned In Stabiano exhibit Celebrate the holidays with the Murray Hill and eight excellent bands. will serve as the perfect Roman Second Thief, The Sophomore Attempt, Matlock, Wherefore, Don’t backdrop. Tickets: $30/members, $40/ Sigh Daisy, Patrick Bass, Oh, Frontier, and Red Letter Bullet will all be guests and non-members. Cummer performing. Plus, if you bring a non-perishable food item to the show, Museum of Art and Gardens- 7 pm- the Murray Hill Theatre will donate it to The Westside Christian Outreach 11 pm, Info: (904) 899-6016 or Food Pantry. It’s a win-win. Tickets: $8. Murray Hill Theatre- 8 pm, Info: www.cummer.org (904) 388-7807 Jim Brickman Katherine Archer For over a decade, Jim Brickman’s St. Augustine Florida singer, songwriter, and folk guitarist Katherine holiday concerts have been Archer will be performing at The Reef this Saturday. Katherine is a dynamic live performer who creates an intimate and powerful bond musical homecomings for fans of with her audience. With her trademark wry between-song humor, she the dynamic composer, recording weaves a musical journey through love, laughter and tears. The Reef, artist, radio personality and concert St. Augustine, Info: (904) 824-8008 headliner. His latest holiday album Black Kids Homecoming is all about returning Black Kids have been gaining nationwide media attention lately, to the simple traditions of the most recently garnering a place in Pitchfork Media’s top 100 season. Hear Brickman’s latest songs of 2007, outranking the Shins! So, why haven’t you seen DECEMBER 23 work and some of his new this band live yet? TSI is giving you an opportunity to check sunday holiday classics live this them out before they’re too big for Jacksonville’s britches Thursday. Tickets: $38.50. this Friday. Athens’ Casper & the Cookies, featuring former Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Florida Theatre- 8 pm, members of Of Montreal, will also perform. Read interview Oakland Raiders Info: (904) 355-2787 with Casper on page 22 to see what they had to do with Black How ‘bout them Jaguars! Our boys will JIM BRICKMAN Kids’ big break. Tickets: $7. TSI, Info: (904) 424-3531 clinch a spot in the playoffs if they sack the Raiders this Sunday. Throw on your DECEMBER 21 - 23 teal and head down to the stadium to DECEMBER 21 show your support! Tickets: $42-$235. friday th Jacksonville Municipal Stadium- 1 pm, The 25 Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee In the Tony-Award winning new musical comedy The 25th Info: (904) 633-6100 The Mountain of Peace Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, six young people in The Mountain of Peace tells the tale of five international families the throes of puberty learn that winning isn’t everything and Nightmare Before Christmas featuring Devereux who all lose a loved one to war. Because of this tragedy, they are that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. Read the It’s a concert. It’s a masquerade party. It’s gonna be a whole lot of inspired to come together with others to hold a peace summit on a interview on page 26. The Spelling Bee comes to town this fun for an otherwise quiet Sunday night. Come to Jack Rabbits (in mythological Mountain of Peace. Read story on page 27. The play Friday and will move on by Sunday, 23. Read interview on page costume!) and see Devereux, Innerfazed and Ghostwitch rock out. will be performed on Friday and Saturday. Tickets: $12/adults, $6/ 26. Tickets: $26-$61. Times-Union Center Moran Theater, Info: Guests with the best costume will get cool prizes and everyone will children. Five Points Theatre- 7:30 pm, Info: www.peaceperformers. (904) 633-6110 enjoy drink specials all night long. Jack Rabbits- 8 pm, Info: (904) org 398-7496 4 december 20-26, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper DECEMBER 25 tuesday Merry Christmas, Jacksonville! Entertaining U wishes everyone in Jacksonville a very merry Christmas. We hope Santa brought you something good! Inspection 12’s Acoustic Xmas After the presents have been opened and the ham has been eaten, head over to Jack Rabbits for a Christmas miracle: a live concert on Christmas Day! Bands performing during this special acoustic show include Inspection 12, Captain Kid, Alexis Cone, and Shadow Agency.