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

July 7, 2025

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 to Broadway, they did rework the musical a little to

Albums·Feature·Local Musicians·Music

Listen Locally

May 16 “Blest” – Yuno Former Jacksonville local artist Yuno dropped a new album “Blest” this spring. The album is a mix of eclectic, indie/dream-pop and is influenced by trap and rock with popular hits “Blest” and “True”. If you’re a fan of Steve Lacy and DJO, you should certainly

The Fourth of July: America’s Loudest, Proudest Day of Reckoning

Words by Teresa Spencer Every summer, on the fourth day of

Chaos Sells

Why your favorite brand wants you thinking about murder, nipples and the

Jacksonville’s Trading Card Scene: Understanding the International Pokémon Craze

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Sports

Wors by Kaleb Stowell Trading cards have been around for more than a century, making their appearance in cigarette packs and later with bubble gum and baseball cards. Over time, trading cards became a huge game — and industry. Magic: The Gathering was one of the first back in

Cowabunga, dudes, Turtlemania is BACK!

July 1, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Movies·On Screen·Special Showings

Words by Teresa Spencer Break out your pizza cutters and nunchucks, because on August 17 and 20, the original 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is leaping back onto the big screen to celebrate its radical 35th anniversary. That’s right, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael are storming theaters again,

Crimetime

June 25, 2025

Feature·News·Weird Wild Stuff

Guns, Drugs and a Gator By Ambar Ramirez When the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office responded to a tip about a house on the Northwest side being used to distribute drugs, they launched an investigation. JSO’s SWAT Team, Narcotics Unit and District 5 and 6 Task Force officers searched the home and

Welcome to the Swamp Stash: How Florida Quietly Became One of America’s Biggest Bud States

June 25, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Folio Weed

Words By Teresa Spencer When you think of Florida, you might picture Mickey Mouse, the beach or Florida Man wrestling an alligator. What you should be picturing is nearly a million state-sanctioned stoners puffing away legally. That’s right, while the rest of the South plays moral panic ping-pong, Florida

Combined Minds: What Your Favorite Childhood Snack Says About Your Emotional Damage

June 25, 2025

Entertainment·Feature

Words by Carmen Macri and Ambar Ramirez Ambar: Do I still eat Hot Cheetos at the same speed I ate them at the ripe age of 9 years old? Yes. Do I eat so much that my stomach feels like what I imagine the fiery pits of hell are

June Print Horoscopes

June 25, 2025

Feature·Horoscopes

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri Aries June kicks off with a social spark, but the Full Moon in Sagittarius on June 11 has you itching to shake things up — travel, perspective shifts, maybe just a dramatic haircut. Then Cancer’s New Moon on June 25 tugs at

Curtain Pulled Back: River City Theatre

June 24, 2025

Feature·On Stage·Sponsored Content·Theatre

A new non-profit performance arts organization in Jacksonville is quickly making a name for itself Words & photos by Ambar Ramirez Through the noise of the crowd, past the lights and behind the curtains is River City Theatre, a new nonprofit performing arts organization. More than a production company,

Jacksonville’s Leap into the Future: The JTA’s Autonomous Vehicle Vision

June 23, 2025

Feature·News

Words by Kaleb Stowell For being the largest city in the continental United States by landmass, the city of Jacksonville offers a surprisingly limited number of public transit options. But it seems a new dawn may be on the horizon for the city’s public transportation landscape. This April,

The Taste of Home Cooking: Maschalls Kitchen

June 23, 2025

Feature·Food + Drink·LocalLy Ownded·Restaurants·Sponsored Content

Words by Carmen Macri Tucked away off Southside Blvd, you’ll find another one of Jacksonville’s hidden gems—but this one comes with a side of warm Afghan bread and a whole lot of soul. Maschall’s Kitchen is serving up authentic Afghan cuisine that hits you right in the comfort zone.

FSCJ: One Commencement, Three Graudation Terms.

June 20, 2025

Feature

Words by Za’Nya Davis At Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), students have the ability to earn degrees during three terms — spring, summer and fall, but it is the college’s annual tradition to hold only one commencement ceremony in late May. For summer and fall graduates of that