JACKSONVILLE American Heart Association and EU present heart health National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer | Heart Healthy Dining | Blind Boys of Alabama | Van Halen | Spamalot free weekly guide to entertainment and more | february 21 - 27, 2008 | www.eujacksonville.com 2 february 21-27, 2008 | entertaining u newspaper COVER: 26.2 with Donna The National Marathon To Fight Breast Cancer photo by a.m. stewart table of contents feature EU & American Heart Association Heart Healthy ..........................................PAGES 14-19 Women and Heart Disease ........................................................................PAGE 14-15 Kids Heart Health ........................................................................................... PAGE 15 Donna’s Marathon .................................................................................PAGES 16-17 American Heart Association Tips ................................................................... PAGE 18 Being Heart Healthy ....................................................................................PAGES 19 Good Cholesterol, Bad Cholesterol ................................................................. PAGE 19 movies Movies in Theaters this Week .............................................................................PAGES 6-9 Jumper (movie review) ............................................................................................ PAGE 6 Charlie Bartlett (movie review) ................................................................................. PAGE 7 Vantage Point (movie review) .................................................................................. PAGE 8 home Cashmere Mafi a vs. Lipstick Jungle (TV review) .................................................... PAGE 10 Netscapades (Heart Health)................................................................................... PAGE 11 dish Heart Healthy Dining (AHA Approved Restaurants).......................................... PAGEs 12-13 Wine for the Heart ................................................................................................. PAGE 13 music Music Calendar ........................................................................PAGES 21-25 Chris Duarte (Mojo’s) ...................................................................... PAGE 20 Dead Meadow (Jack Rabbits) .......................................................... PAGE 21 Van Halen (Arena) ............................................................................ PAGE 22 Blind Boys of Alabama (interview) ................................................... PAGE 23 Great Guitar Gathering (interview) .................................................... PAGE 24 Bill Callahan (interview) ................................................................... PAGE 25 arts / theatre / on stage Kiowa’s Odyssey (Cummer) ............................................................ PAGE 26 Company (Alhambra Dinner Theatre) ............................................... PAGE 27 Pilobolus (FCCJ Artist Series) .......................................................... PAGE 27 Spamalot (FCCJ Artist Series) ......................................................... PAGE 28 Grapes of Wrath (JU Theatre) .......................................................... PAGE 29 columns and stuff Physical Wellness (A Better U) .............................................................................. PAGE 30 The Jock ............................................................................................................... PAGE 31 NASCAR ............................................................................................................... PAGE 31 eujacksonville.com | february 21-27, 2008 3 thisweek The 15th Annual Great Guitar Gathering The Great Guitar Gathering was started by Don Casper in thursday FEBRUARY 21 1993 as a fund raiser and performance venue for the guitar department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. This Tuffy year’s show not only features the DA Guitar Orchestra but also Catch the classic lo-fi experimental rock of Jacksonville’s Tuffy includes two world class guest artists, Pierre Bensusan and alongside Miami’s Paperdolls and Brooklyn, NY’s Rejouissance at Benjamin Verdery. Read the story on page 24 of this issue. Doozers Pub, 7636 N Main St. Tickets: $13.50/students, $23.50/adults. Florida Theatre- 7:30 pm, Info: (904) 355-2787 Take 6 Ten time Grammy winners, Take 6 blend a little bit of jazz, a little bit Rascal Flatts: Still Feels Good Tour of R&B and a whole lot of great gospel- a mixture that has named Five studio albums into their incredible career, the members of them one of best a capella groups in the world. The Alabama sextet Rascal Flatts fi nd themselves fi rmly atop the music world. The comes to Jacksonville on Thursday. Tickets: $10-$38. UNF Fine Grammy-winning country trio comes to the Arena this Friday Arts Center- 7:30 pm, Info: www.take6.com with former American Idol fi nalist Kellie Pickler in tow. Tickets: $49.75 to $65. Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena- 8 pm, Coco Montoya Info: www.jaxevents.com Over the course of his 30-year career, guitarist and vocalist Coco Montoya’s explosive guitar playing Leon Russell and soul-driven voice have propelled him to the Leon Russell is a music legend and upper reaches of the blues-rock world. Averaging perhaps the most accomplished Michael Bublé over 200 tour dates a year, Montoya packs clubs and versatile musician in the history and theaters around the world. See why he’s of rock ‘n roll. In his distinguished considered one of the truly gifted blues artists of and unique 50 year career, he has his generation at Café Eleven. Tickets: $15. Café played on, arranged, written and/or saturday FEBRUARY 23 Eleven- 8:30 pm, Info: (904) 460-9311 produced some of the best records in popular music. Check out the North East Florida FEBRUARY 21 - 24 legend this week at Freebird Live, Info: 246-2473 Scottish Games & Festival See and experience all things Monty Python’s Spamalot Scottish: Clans, athletics, music Direct from Broadway, the 2005 Tony Award- Bill Callahan & dancing, parade of tartans, Leon Russell Bill Callahan (formerly known winning musical Monty Python’s Spamalot is bagpipes, reenactments, food & as Smog, in and out of these making its way to Jacksonville for a week fi lled more! Join over 20,000 attendees parentheses) is hitting the road this month to share with fl ying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show- at this action packed festival that some tracks from his latest record, last year’s Woke in a stopping musical numbers. See this outrageous twist on King includes activities and events for th Whaleheart. Cafe Eleven is one of the lucky stops on the tour. Arthur through Sunday the 24 . Read EU’s review of the show on all ages. Admission: $10/ advance, Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater will also perform. Read the page 28. Tickets: $27-$67. Times-Union Center, Moran Theater, $12/at the gate. Children 10 EU interview with him on page 25 of this issue. Tickets: $10. Info: (904) 632-3373 or artistseries.fccj.org and under are free. Clay County Café Eleven, St. Augustine- 8:30 pm, Info: (904) 460-9311 Agricultural Fairgrounds- 9 am to 9 pm, Info: (904) 725-5744 or www. Steep Canyon Rangers nefl games.com FEBRUARY 22 The Steep Canyon Rangers have carved out a special spot friday in the world of bluegrass music, creating a sound that looks forward and backwards at the same time. The Rangers have 29th Annual Jacksonville Model Train and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone built a reputation as a powerful, engaging quintet seasoned by Railroadiana Show and Sale According to the TSI website, the name describes this group well. constant touring. Check them out this Friday at Mojo Kitchen Model trains are apparently a big deal, so big that Jacksonville Check out his Bruce Springsteen cover at myspace.com/cftpa for and see why. Tickets: $12. Mojo Blues Bar, Jacksonville Beach- has hosted a massive show for the past 29 years. Who knew? a taste of this Chicago band that is making its way to the Sunshine 10 pm, Info: (904) 247- 6636 Over 325 tables of model train items in all scales and railroad State for a Florida tour. Joining them on the stage is Jacksonville’s memorabilia representing railroads that served the Jacksonville area own new band SUNBEARS!, which features a couple of cats from will be on display with thousands of model railroad and railroadiana Bernard making some “epic and spacious” sounds. Long Beach, Dayfall (that is, artifacts of currently or formerly operating railways around According to their barely intelligible MySpace page, “Fate has CA has also sent indie pop by Dear Nora. TSI Discotheque is the world… thanks Wikipedia!) items for sale. Tickets: $7. Prime led us to this dark and desolate place, where a special union located downtown at 333 E Bay St. Go to clubtsi.com for more Osborn Convention Center- 9 am to 5 pm, Info: (904) 630-4000 details. of gifted souls are determined to shed some light and spread a feeling of hope throughout the masses.” Georgia’s Dayfall delivers a positive message with “dark, subliminal verses, Monster Jam Karamu African Cabaret melodic choruses, and rampaging breakdowns.” For their There’s nothing like an evening of monster trucks destroying a heap One of the rare “adults only” events happening at The Ritz, Karamu! Jacksonville debut they will appear live with Trains Followed of defenseless junk cars to get the blood pumping. Bring the family A Place of Joyful Meeting will