entertaining u newspaper JACKSONVILLE first coast beaches Every beach from Nassau Sound to the Matanzas Inlet Summer Music Festivals | Surf’s Up Movie Review | Bogda Gallery Group Show free weekly guide to entertainment and more | june 7-13, 2007 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 june 7-13, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper table of contents feature Summer Music Festivals .................................................................................. PAGE 16 One Tank Trips ................................................................................................. PAGE 17 Beaches Guide ..........................................................................................PAGES 18-21 movies Surf’s Up (movie review) ................................................................................... PAGE 6 Movies in Theaters this week .......................................................................PAGES 6-10 seen. heard. noted. & quoted .............................................................................. PAGE 7 Mr. Brooks (movie review) .................................................................................. PAGE 8 Princess Bride (movie review) ............................................................................ PAGE 9 MOCA Film Series (movie preview) ................................................................... PAGE 10 at home Dinosaur Jr. Reunion Tour (DVD review) ........................................................... PAGE 12 Starter Wives (TV review) ................................................................................. PAGE 13 Kids TV Programming ...................................................................................... PAGE 14 Video Games ................................................................................................... PAGE 15 food Urban Flats (restaurant review) ......................................................................... PAGE 22 Beaches Dining Guide .................................................................................PAGE 22-24 Beaches Pub Crawl .......................................................................................... PAGE 23 Pick-Your-Own Blueberry Farms ....................................................................... PAGE 24 music Something Distant (Fionn MacCools) ................................................................ PAGE 25 Music Calendar .........................................................................................PAGES 25-29 Chillakaya (Culhanes) ....................................................................................... PAGE 26 Mice Parade (Jack Rabbits) .............................................................................. PAGE 27 Beautiful Mess (interview) ................................................................................ PAGE 28 Plain Jane Automobile (interview) ..................................................................... PAGE 29 Julius Airwave (album) ..................................................................................... PAGE 30 Daniel Lee Martin (album) ................................................................................ PAGE 30 arts / theatre / on stage Bogda Gallery Group Show (review) ................................................................. PAGE 31 The Wizard Of Oz (Alhambra Dinner Theatre) .................................................... PAGE 32 Arts Calendar ............................................................................................PAGES 31-32 State Fair (O.P. Community Theatre) .................................................................. PAGE 33 A Grand Night For Singing (Players By The Sea) ............................................... PAGE 33 columns and stuff Beachwise ....................................................................................................... PAGE 34 The Jock .......................................................................................................... PAGE 34 NASCAR News & Notes ................................................................................... PAGE 35 eujacksonville.com | june 7-13, 2007 3 thisweek Crossfade Crossfade, grunge thursday JUNE 7 rockers from Columbia, South Carolina with The 17th Annual Jacksonville Food Fight two releases now on More than 40 of Jacksonville’s finest restaurants and beverage Columbia Records. Also wholesalers come together for one of Jacksonville’s premiere playing Eve To Adam and food events. In addition to the great food and spirits, there is live Five Star Failure. Tickets: entertainment and a silent auction featuring an array of exciting $15 advance, $20 at the items such as Jaguar memorabilia, fine wines, weekend getaways, door. Freebird – 8 pm golf packages, jewelry, Jacksonville Symphony orchestra tickets, Info: 246-2473 dining certificates, fabulous artwork, and much more. Best of all, the proceeds go to a great cause, the Lutheran Social Services’ A Static Lullaby Second Harvest Food Bank. Tickets are $50 each for general A Static Lullaby is a post TOGETHER ON TOUR, K.D. laNG AND LYLE LOVEtt admission and $75 for VIP admission. hardcore band from Chino Crown Royal Touchdown Club East, Jacksonville Municipal Hills, California. Their Stadium- 6:00 pm -9:00 pm sound consists of distorted or screaming vocals countered Info: 448-5995 or http://www. with melodic singing. Also playing A Thorn for Every Heart, JUNE 9 lssjax.org./ Four Letter Lie and Panic Division. saturday Jackrabbits – 8 pm Info: 398-7496 Gary Gulman Community Care Day You may remember this guy casPER AND THE COOKIES Bring the family and enjoy a day of fun! Events will include from a little reality show called Jump houses, Mega Slide, obstacle course activity, Hurricane Last Comic Standing. Gary Preparedness Seminar with Mike Buresh, Chief Meteorologist, chair Gulman placed third on the NBC massages, face painting/balloon animals, Crazy Candy, popcorn, series and has since become cotton candy and sno cones. Radio Disney will be onsite from a star, appearing on Leno, 11am-1pm and there will be live performances by local artists, Letterman, Kimmel and that one including special guests, JONRA. Food from the Orange Park Ale show with the weird British guy. House will be provided for no charge. All events and activities are The funny man will perform Free! Florida Metropolitan University, 805 Wells Road- 10:00 am to right here in Jax on June 7th 2:00 pm Info: 264-9122 or www.fmu.edu garY GUlmaN through the 10th. Ticket prices are $18 or $20 on Thursday and Come Together (Right Now) Celebration Sunday, $20 or $22 on Friday and Saturday Comedy Zone The music of the Beatles lives on with a Magical Mystery Tour Info: 292-4242 or www.comedyzone.com of the Clubhouse at the TPC. At the evening benefit feed your harmonious palate with musical guest The Revolution and enjoy cocktails beginning at 6 pm, dinner and the concert all in one night. M. Coast with Casper and the Cookies and Tickets range from $30-$150. JUNE 8 Emperor X Clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass, 110 TPC Boulevard- 6:00 pm friday Info: 280-0614, ext.205 Athens, Georgia’s Casper & the Cookies have been creating a Survivor’s Day Celebration peculiar brand of power pop since 1999, tirelessly testing new waters in their songwriting and sonic palate. Jason NeSmith Celebrate life with the Cancer Care Resource Center, at the first (aka Casper Fandango, ex- Of Montreal) shares writing and annual Survivor’s Day Celebration. Enjoy refreshments, door prizes, recording duties with Kay Stanton. Jim Hicks, Joe Rowe live music, and an art show, all for a great cause. (ex-Glands), Davy Gibbs and a rotating cast of unsavory Flagler Hospital Atrium, St. Augustine- 11:00 am-1:00 pm characters round out the lineup. M. Coast (at one time known Info: 819-4793 as Marshmallow Coasting) is another Athens, Ga based band with Of Montreal connections. Members include Andy Gonzales Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Choir (Guitar, Vocals), Sara Kirkpatrick (Flute, Percussion), Derek Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, University of North Florida, Almstead (Bass, Vocals), Emily Growden (Vocals, Keys), and and The Jacksonville Sister Cities Association (JSCA) are proud to Carlton Owens (Drumset). And of course Jacksonville’s own, present the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Choir’s Florida Emperor X, will be doing their thing. TSI – 9 pm Info: 424- Tour as part of a cultural exchange program between Jacksonville 3531 and our sister city Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (formerly Port CHRIS NOrmaN ENSEMBLE Elizabeth), Republic of South Africa. Founded in 1973, JSCA is a JUNE 8 - 9 Florida non-profit entity committed to fostering and encouraging mutual understanding, friendship and peace through cultural, Kelly Scott Quintet Chris Norman Ensemble Lisa Kelly & J.B. Scott Jazz 5tet will be performing their economic, educational and professional exchanges between the Flautist/flutist/flute player/guy with flute Chris Norman leads this Mainstream Jazz at Ocean 60’s Martini Room from 9 pm to people of Jacksonville and the people of its sister cities. This event Canadian quartet who performs 16th century dance music of midnight. is free and open to the public at the University of North Florida Maritime Canada, Scotland and Ireland as part of the Beaches Fine Info: 247- 0060 University Center- 6:30 pm. Info: 630-1059 Arts Series. Free! Sea Walk Pavilion, Jacksonville Beach- 7:00 pm Info: 241-6100 4 june 7-13, 2007 | entertaining u newspaper Fusebox Funk