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A Dad and His Lads: Fort Matanzas

July 8, 2025

Events

Words by John M Phillips. This summer, Bennett (13), Weston (10), Johnathan (7) and I decided to find weekly cheap things to do and share them with our family and friends, including our wonderful Folio Weekly audience. This week, we visited Fort Matanzas in south St. Johns County. There is something truly special about the area of A1A where

Feature·On Stage·Theatre·Uncategorized

Get Your Golden Ticket to a Sweet Take on a Classic at the Alhambra

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE NEW MUSICAL is a very different take on the classic based on the book by Roald Dahl. If you’re expecting the songs from the original musical or movie, for the most part, they have new counterparts. When the show moved from the West End

A Dad and His Lads Explore Cheap Family Fun in and Around Jacksonville: Shark Fishing

Words by John M. Phillips This summer, Bennett (13), Weston (10),

July Concerts

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The Great Personality Crisis: Why We’re All Performing for the Algorithm

July 1, 2025

Business·Entertainment·Feature

Words by Carmen Macri In the digital age, posting online isn’t really about staying connected anymore; it’s about crafting just the right kind of fake to maybe, possibly, go viral and become the next “it” girl or guy of the algorithm. What was once used as a tool to

Acoustic #3 and Other Reasons We Still Love the Goo Goo Dolls

July 1, 2025

Concerts·Entertainment·Feature·Music·Musician Interviews

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri Since forming in 1986, the Goo Goo Dolls have been churning out Billboard-charting hits, releasing fan-favorite albums and selling out stadiums around the world. The band’s name may have come from a random True Detective toy ad they saw once upon a

She Left Her Fiancé For Puppets: April Brucker, the Ventriloquist

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Weird Wild Stuff

Words by Ambar Ramirez April Brucker grew up like every young girl does. With a love for Barbie, “Sesame Street” and being told that a woman’s biggest accomplishment in life was to find an established husband (who was preferably rich, but who you loved despite that). In a little

The Materialists and the Comeback of Rom-Coms

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen

Words by Ambar Ramirez What makes a good rom-com? Is it the love tropes? The love triangles, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies and back to lovers, best friends turned lovers, lovers turned best friends or the girl next door and the boy next door. Or maybe

From 30 Seconds to 300 Pages: How Tom Hitchcock Emerged as Amelia Island’s Favorite Novelist

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·TV

Words by McKenna Oakley, Photo provided by Susan Hitchcock The beautiful thing about writing — or any form of art — is that everyone’s relationship with it is different. The form they choose to pursue, the journey it takes for them to discover it, and the level of effort

Love Island and Parasocial Relationships

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·On Screen·TV

Words by Za’Nya Davis It starts inside a villa on an island in Fiji. Attractive, sun-kissed strangers and annoyingly repetitive phrasing. Before you know it, you’re in bed before 9 p.m. every night, snack in hand, emotionally invested in the love lives of strangers. Biting at your fingers at

Fast Food and Digital Ordering

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Food + Drink

Words by Kaili Cochran Remember dining in at your favorite fast food place as a kid? Running to the giant play area while waiting for your meal and then heading back after you’ve eaten. Those spaces are disappearing. Chains like Chick-fil-A have remodeled to prioritize drive-thrus, leaving

Where the Locals Go:A Summer Guide to Northeast Florida

July 1, 2025

Editorial Opinion·Entertainment·Feature

Words by Kaili Cochran Now you may be thinking you’ve heard it all, especially if you’ve spent countless summers in Jacksonville. But, this is your guide to hidden things to do, see and eat during the summer of 2025 that even locals may not have tried before. Card

Tattoo Talk: What’s tatted and trending in Jacksonville’s tattoo scene

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature

Words by Savannah Stillwagner Yoshi, Labubu, Care Bears, Buc-ee’s. Roses, shark teeth, beach waves, the sun. Your grandfather’s nickname for you, a note from your daughter, Avril Lavigne’s signature. Maybe you have one of these pieces of art on your body — maybe you know someone

The Jaguars 2025 “To-Do” List: A Guide to Key Jaguars Offseason Moves

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·NFL·Sports

Words by Kaleb Stowell Photo by Aaron Berkshire The 2024 Jacksonville Jaguars roster was claimed by Owner Shad Khan to be “The greatest team assembled by the Jacksonville Jaguars ever.” This is the same 2024 Jacksonville Jaguars roster that went 4-13. Taking these things into account, there were a