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EU Page 01 COVER.Indd JACKSONVILLE NING! OPE artsonville “Jacksonville is a great place to hide, and a great place to build an empire.” - mactruQue entertaining u newspaper free weekly guide to entertainment and more | january 11-17, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 january 11-17, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents feature Artsonville ...............................................................................PAGES 17-21 movies Alpha Dog (movie review) ................................................................. PAGE 6 Movies In Theatres This Week ....................................................PAGES 6-10 Seen, Heard, Noted & Quoted ............................................................ PAGE 7 Stomp The Yard (movie review) ......................................................... PAGE 8 Codename: The Cleaner (movie review) ............................................. PAGE 9 Curse Of The Golden Flower (movie review)..................................... PAGE 10 at home The Archetict (DVD review) ............................................................. PAGE 12 Knights Of Prosperity (TV Review) ................................................... PAGE 13 Video Games .................................................................................. PAGE 14 food Mossfi re Grill (restaurant review) ..................................................... PAGE 15 music The Art of Rock n’ Roll ................................................................... PAGE 22 Music Calendar ........................................................................PAGES 22-26 Jay Olchak fundraiser with Too Many Shoes & Cloud 9 .................... PAGE 23 Corey Yarkin (French Quarter) ......................................................... PAGE 24 Enter The Haggis (interview)............................................................ PAGE 25 Pirates Of The Caribbean (album review) ......................................... PAGE 25 arts / theatre / on stage Opera On The Stage And Screen ..................................................... PAGE 26 Pulp Fiction Theatre (Boomtown) ..................................................... PAGE 27 Arts Calendar ...........................................................................PAGES 27-28 Honky Tonk Heroes (Alhambra Dinner Theatre) ................................ PAGE 28 Rumors (Orange Park Community Theatre) ...................................... PAGE 29 columns and stuff The Jock ......................................................................................... PAGE 29 NASCAR news & notes ................................................................... PAGE 30 eujacksonville.com | january 11-17, 2007 3 DO YOU THINK HE’S SEXY? Don’t miss Rod Stewart live this Satuday at the thisweek Verterans Memorial Arena. thursday JANUARY 11 saturday “One Thousand and One Nights” State Ballet JANUARY 13 Theatre of Russia & Orchestra Set in a whimsical fairytale world, experience fl ying carpets, magic Rev. Billy C. Wirtz genies and hidden treasures as presented in this bold, lavish, If you haven’t heard him already, there classical Russian ballet. Tickets: $27.50 to $47.50, Info: 632-3373 or are three things you should know about artistseries.fccj.org. Times-Union Center, Moran Rev. Billy C. Wirtz. A Satirist/song parodist Theater - 7:30 p.m. DOUG E FRESH with a provocative politically incorrect Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh edge, he is an ex- Crew tremely knowledge- The fi rst human beatbox in the rap world, and able roots musician still the best of all time, Doug E. Fresh amazes and a dammed fi ne audiences with his note-perfect imitations pianist, and his of drum machines, effects, and often large middle initial really samples of hip-hop classics. Plush isn’t “C”, he just put Info: 743-1845 it there because he thought it looked good. Cafe Eleven, St Au- gustine – 8 pm friday JANUARY 12 JANUARY 7 Info: 460.9311 sunday Eric Johnson A Grammy Award winning guitarist and re- cording artist best known for his success in Show tickets - $20.00. Workshop only - $10. and Show Tickets only the instrumental rock format, Eric Johnson regularly incorporates - $15.Performance: 7:30 pm (opening with local “Step Off” contest) jazz, fusion, New Age, and even country and western elements at the Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, 829 N. Davis Street. Info: 632- into his recordings. Freebird Live Info: 246-2473 5555 or [email protected] Rod Stewart Guttermouth His single “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” was to be Stewart’s last #1 The punk rock band from Orange County, California are infamous for MOONSHINE STILL for 25 years. In recent years, Stewart has concentrated on sing- their outrageous lyrics and behavior which are deliberately explicit, ing 1930s and 1940s pop standards from the “Great American offensive and intended to shock, though usually in a humorous and Winter Jam Tour 07: Fusebox Funk, Moonshine Songbook”, with great success. This Saturday, come see if you sarcastic manner. Also playing Good Fortune, Shadow Agency, ASG, still ‘think he’s sexy’ at the Veterans Memorial Arena – 8 pm Still Whole Wheat Bread. Fuel Coffee- Price: $54.00 - $95.00 Moonshine Still, a nationally touring 6-piece band from Atlanta, has house – 7 pm Info: 425-3835 Info: 630-3900 garnered a large grassroots following with their unparalleled live STEP AFRIKA! performances. The band is propelled by seamless jams of stunning guitar work, wonderful keyboard solos, and soulful vocals that rise Step Afrika! JANUARY 13 - 14 with the spirit of Georgia churches. Joining them on the Jam Tour is Step Afrika! the explosive Jacksonville’s own jam band, Fusebox Fun. international step dance Freebird Live – 8 pm, Price: $9.99 group in concert Rob Becker’s Defending Info: 246-2473 performing “Step the Caveman Dancing” from the Defending the Caveman by Rob Bulgarian State Opera: Turandot South African Zulu Becker is the longest running solo This masterpiece, Puccini’s fi nal work and Gumboot danc- play in Broadway history. The hit (1926), bursting with glorious melodies ing, to tap to hip one-person show comedically and epic theatricality, is generally regarded hop that grew out and affectionately explores the as the pinnacle of Italian opera. Turandot of the songs, dance differences between men and is a fully-staged opera sung in Italian and rituals of Africa women, and has entertained over with projected English supertitles and live into HBCU’s and ur- 2.5 million people in the United orchestra. Read story page 26 for more ban high schools. States since it began in San information. Tickets: $27.50 to $47.50. Step Afrika Step Afrika dancers are featured in the movie Francisco in 1991. Tickets: $39. Only 6 performances, each Saturday th Info: 632-3373 or artistseries.fccj.org. “STOMP THE YARD.” Workshop registration starts at and Sunday through the 28 . Times-Union Center, Terry Theatre Sat. Times Union Center, Moran Theater - 8 p.m. 10:30 am, workshop11:00 am-12:30 pm, Workshop & 8p.m., Sun. 5:30 p.m. 632-3373 or artistseries.fccj.org. 4 january 11-17, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper sunday JANUARY 14 Ancient Egyptian Family Day at The Cummer Bring the entire family to enjoy a day at the museum fi lled with art, gardens, education and fun. Experience the culture of Ancient Egypt in a fun and interactive way. Activities inspired by Temples and Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from The British Museum will be scattered throughout the museum and will include art projects, dance, an archaeological dig, storytelling and music. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens - Noon to 5 p.m. Free admission to the public into the museum. Info: 355-0630. Galactic The six-piece future funk outfi t, Galactic, has spent over a decade tearing through venues across the world, leaving hordes of die-hard Galactic junkies in its wake, constantly weaving modern and retrospective styles into its own trademark jazz-funk-rock fusion. Freebird Live- $20 Info: 246-2473 Styx Come Sail Away with the fi rst musical act to ever have four consecutive triple platinum albums. Florida Theatre – 8 pm, Tickets: $39.50 - 47.50 Info: 355-ARTS monday JANUARY 15 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY CELEBRATIONS Parade Theme is “Our Children, Our Future.” Federal Reserve Bank Parking Lot, Water and Jefferson Streets, to Parking Lot J at Alltell Stadium, 9 am – noon. Info: 463-2425 Celebrate at MOSH Make unity bracelets and create a timeline of King’s life. Children can draw a picture of their dreams, and museum staff will weave the drawings into a freedom quilt. Museum of Science and History, 1-3 pm. Adults: $8, Children: $6. Info: 396-6674 thursday nights Holiday in the Park Gospel singing and live entertainment. Metropolitan Park, 1-5 pm. Info: 476-4836. pulpppulpulp ffictionfictioniction theatrettheatreheatre tuesday JANUARY 16 The 2006-2007 Florida Forum - Tim Russert Straight from the 30s Florida Theatre - 7 pm Info: 355-2787 Enter the Haggis There aren’t many groups in North America who could lay claim to possibly 18 different genres of music, but Toronto’s Enter The Haggis is one of them. To engage this quintet is to indulge rock, fusion, bluegrass, Gritty, thrilling and performed traditional Celtic fare, agitpop, folk, even Latin fl avors. Sounds awfully confused, right? Wrong. ETH is one live at Downtown's coolest of those rare jewels that actually pulls it all off as if to own everything. Read interview on page 25. Cafe Eleven Info: 469-9311 Dinner Theatre. Pretty and Nice doors open at 6, show at 8:30 Pretty & Nice are the four horsemen of pop doom. 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