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Beat It to MJ THE MUSICAL Downtown

April 24, 2025

The audience is socializing as patrons trickle in. The auditorium lights are on. Then you realize actors are trickling onto the stage. If you’re not watching for them to be starting something, you might not notice. Suddenly, someone comes on and announces, “Five minutes ’til Michael,” and you realize you’re being included as part of the rehearsal coming together onstage.

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HOME GROWN

Words by Teresa Spencer Ah, the Mary Jane enthusiasts — the passionate crowd that loves more than just the high. We’re talking about folks who appreciate the plant, the process, and the purpose. Whether it’s for medical relief, growing the perfect bud, crafting edibles or just vibing with like-minded

Jacksonville’s Weirdest Wellness Trends

Words by Kaili Cochran When it comes to wellness, it’s easy

Earth to Shoppers

Words by Kaili Cochran “If food waste were a country it

Dance Flick

May 21, 2009

Movies

by Rick GrantGrade: C+ / PG-13 / 83 min Two Generations of the Wayan clan participate in this parody of every dance movie ever released, except Dirty Dancing. The DD scene was cut because it was too dirty. Damon Wayan Jr. portrays the lead character, Thomas Uncles (His battle dance

The Reluctant Traveler:

May 16, 2009

Movies

by ANNA RABHAN Marco Orsini is a little taller than average but otherwise unremarkable in appearance. He has no odd mannerisms and speaks with no easily identifiable accent – all of which makes what comes out of his mouth that much more surprising. Cut to the flat, treeless desert of

Ancient City Crawfish Boil

May 15, 2009

Music

by Morgan Henley When describing the first annual Ancient City Crawfish Boil, I think G. Love said it best, “it’s pretty cool when you get to go surfing before a gig.” The location for the festival was perfect, set in the middle of beautiful St. Augustine, making a nice excuse

Gliss w/ Crash The Satellites and City Lights Bloom

May 15, 2009

Music

David Sitler as Dr. Farhquer, Photo by Michael A. Eaddy by Jack Diablo If you’re looking to expand your awareness of new local and touring bands, there is no better place in Jacksonville than Eclipse to get your fix. Lisa Thomas, the venue’s promoter, consistently recruits talented national acts and

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/ Gargamel

May 15, 2009

Music

by Jack Diablo The best part about writing these reviews is discovering bands you might not have considered otherwise. As you peruse the upcoming shows, you tend to overlook the bands whose names you’ve never heard before. And who has the time to research every single one? Such was the

Cursive w/ Man Man

May 15, 2009

Music

by Jack Diablo Saddle Creek recording artists, Cursive, stopped in Orlando as part of their tour in support of their latest album. EU was there for the April 30th performance of the two-night engagement, which also featured ANTI records group Man Man. You might expect that playing two nights in

Cotton Patch Gospel

May 15, 2009

On Stage

by DICK KEREKES The Foundation Academy completed a two week run of Cotton Patch Gospel, the greatest story ever retold on May 10. I was out of town and unable to review the first weekend, but this was an exceptional production and deserved to be reviewed. In 1982 folk singer

Angels and Demons

May 15, 2009

Movies

by Rick Grant Grade: A- Rated PG-13 138 min Director Ron Howard upped the pacing for this second film starring Dan Brown’s protagonist, Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon. The faster pacing creates the tension of a intrigue mystery film, featuring Tom Hanks and as French astrophysicist, Dr. Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zuere)

Star Trek

May 15, 2009

Movies

Kelty Shellhorn Craig Hand by Rick Grant Grade: A PG-13 126 min It took J.J. Abrams visionary ideas and filmmaking savvy to go back to the beginning of the original crew and pull off a reinterpretation of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek vision. The carefully researched scenario was deftly written by

Next Day Air

May 15, 2009

Movies

by Rick Grant Grade: C Rated R 90 min This scenario is a cautionary tale that warns: Excessive pot smoking makes people stupid. The script, written by Scott Aronson, is a parody of black gangster films involving drug thugs. But these characters are dumber than most of the street criminals