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JACKSONVILLE david bazan interview | aqua grill restaurant review | d.l. hughley interview | wedding singer on broadway free weekly guide to entertainment and more | november 1-7, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 november 1-7, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents feature Sea & Sky Spectacular ..........................................................................................................PAGE 15 Greater Jacksonvile Fair ................................................................................................. PAGES 16-20 movies Movies in Theaters this Week ............................................................................................ PAGES 6-8 American Gangster (movie review) ..........................................................................................PAGE 6 The Darjeeling Limited (movie review) .....................................................................................PAGE 7 Bee Movie (movie review) .......................................................................................................PAGE 8 Lars and the Real Girl (movie review) ......................................................................................PAGE 9 home Netscapades .........................................................................................................................PAGE 10 Video Games .......................................................................................................................PAGE 11 dish Aqua Grill (restaurant review) ........................................................................................ PAGES 12-13 Haunted Pub Tour ..................................................................................................................PAGE 14 music Music Calendar ............................................................................................................. PAGES 21-25 Evanescence (arena) .............................................................................................................PAGE 21 Fing Fang Foom (Jack Rabbits) ..............................................................................................PAGE 22 David Bazan (interview) .........................................................................................................PAGE 23 Keith Anderson (interview) ....................................................................................................PAGE 24 Steve Holy (interview) ...........................................................................................................PAGE 25 I Am Ghost (album review) ....................................................................................................PAGE 26 Plastic Parachute (album review) ...........................................................................................PAGE 26 arts / theatre / on stage D.L. Hughley (interview) ........................................................................................................PAGE 27 Downtown Gainesville Arts Festival .......................................................................................PAGE 28 MOCA Responses .................................................................................................................PAGE 29 Wedding Singer (interview) ...................................................................................................PAGE 30 A Party to Murder (ABET) ......................................................................................................PAGE 31 Whose Wives Are They Anyway (Orange Park Community Theatre)........................................PAGE 32 columns and stuff Children’s Museum of St. Johns ............................................................................................PAGE 20 Infertility Awareness Week ....................................................................................................PAGE 33 Native Foreigner ....................................................................................................................PAGE 34 The Jock ...............................................................................................................................PAGE 34 NASCAR News & Notes ........................................................................................................PAGE 35 eujacksonville.com | november 1-7, 2007 3 thisweek friday NOVEMBER 2 First Fridays in 5 Points Check out live music, special sales, shops open till 9 and more in 5 Points, Jacksonville’s original town center! Anomaly will be having The Madhatter’s Tee Party, 6-9 Chris Smither pm. Plus, don’t miss First Fridays $5 Flick! 5 Points Theater will be showing GOONIES. Doors open @ 9:15. BYOB and a blanket and/or thursday NOVEMBER 1 lawn chair as there is no seating in the theater! Info: (904) 354-7002 Chris Smither Smither is an American original, a product of the musical melting Project Independent Ben Harper pot, and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world. His penchant for lyricism sometimes makes it easy to overlook his Showcase Delta-inspired guitar chops, which boast a strong rhythmic sense Project Independent is a national NOVEMBER 2 - 4 and a beautiful, fl uid, fi ngerpicking style. Check him out for yourself touring, artist showcase program specifi cally designed for and celebrate European Street Listening Room’s 400th show, 1704 the discovery and development of independent metal artists. Jacksonville Sea & Sky Spectacular This action-packed event will feature a dynamic, over-the-ocean San Marco Blvd. - 8:30 pm Info: 399-1740 Jacksonville’s fi nest will be performing this Friday for the Project Independent A&R guys in hopes of winning the big Sky Show highlighted by the U.S. Blue Angels along with other prize: a spot on a future Project Independent compilation military and civilian fl ight teams. Other activities include a street Big D and the Kids Table and a chance to become their Featured Artist. Sanctioned, festival with Aviation Alley Autograph Sessions, Kiddy Hawk Kids Big D came together ten years ago when the members converged at Transpose, Inner Sinn, Dirt Messiah, As Daylight Burns, Area, live entertainment, displays, simulators, military apparatus college in Boston. Thanks to the insane live show they put together, Devistation, Fed Up, and Menna Zenn will all perform. Tickets: and booths, interactive games and more! Best of all, it’s free! the band built up a huge local following almost immediately, $10 French Quarter- 7 pm, Info: (904) 242-4630 Sea Walk Pavilion, Jacksonville Beach, Info: (904) 247-6100 packing clubs, halls, dorms, basements- you name it- all over New England. A lot has changed in a decade but Big D and the Kids th Table are still making the music they love and the masses are still D.L. Hughley 27 Annual Lincolnville Festival Celebrate St. Augustine’s rich African-American cultural heritage at loving the music they make. Check them out with Whole Wheat He grew up in South Central Los Angeles and had a diffi cult the 27th annual Lincolnville Festival. The festival kicks-off on Friday Bread, the Fenwicks, and the AKAs. Tickets: $12 upbringing, getting kicked out of high school and becoming with live R&B music, food, and arts and crafts. Then on Saturday, Fuel Coffeehouse- 7 pm, Info: (904) 425-3835 a member of the Bloods gang. After his cousin was shot, Hughley turned his life around, got a GED and a job and, after there will be narrated tours of historic Lincolnville, live country/ prompting by his wife, LaDonna, tried his hand at stand-up pop, jazz and dance music all day, and a “Soul Food Contest”. On Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals comedy. His comedy was a huge success and in 1992 he was Sunday, the day’s entertainment features gospel music. Funds In their fi rst ever seated theatre tour, Ben Harper and the Innocent picked to be the fi rst host of BET’s ComicView. He is number raised from the festival will be used for exhibits at the Fort Mose Criminals will perform the brand new album, Lifeline, dig deep into 54 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups Museum. The Lincolnville Festival is free and takes place on Harper’s back catalog of soulful gems, and will feature songs from of All Time. Read EU’s interview with Hughley on page 27. Granada and Washington Streets. St. Augustine, Info: (904) 827- 2004’s Grammy award winning ‘There Will Be A Light’. If you’re a Tickets: $39.50 Florida Theatre- 8 pm, Info: (904) 355-2787 6893 fan of this exceedingly talented musician, this is one show you do not want to miss. Tickets: $42.50-$52.50 Florida Theatre- 8 pm, Info: (904) 355-2787 Hank Williams III NOVEMBER 2 - 3 NOVEMBER 3 saturday Reverend Horton Heat / Hank Melissa Manchester Williams III Grammy Award-winner Melissa Rock to Read benefi t show Reverend Horton Heat is perhaps the most popular Manchester is one of the most According to the Heart of America Foundation, sixty-one percent psychobilly artist of all time, really rivaled only by compelling singer/songwriters in of the children in low-income families have no books at all. And genre founders the Cramps. The Reverend (as both contemporary music. This stellar while the national average estimates 18 books per student in school the three-man band and its guitar-playing frontman headliner takes the spotlight with the libraries, many schools in depressed areas often have less than one were known) built a strong cult following during the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra book per student. Grab a children’s book and head to