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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

Tip Me Once, Tax Me Twice.

June 20, 2025

Feature

Words by Kaili Cochran With tipping and tax laws evolving, platforms like Cash App are changing not just how people pay, but also what is owed on tax day. Before 2024, you needed at least $20,000 in payments and 200 transactions from a full calendar year to be

Christianity Floods into the Lives of Jacksonville Young Adults…Why?

June 20, 2025

College·Education·Feature

Words by Savanna Stillwagner Walking from the University of North Florida Fine Arts Center where someone asks if you want to talk about Jesus to the UNF Green where groups are playing worship music and throwing a frisbee to the library where marker boards ask “Do you know who

Facebook Crusaders

June 20, 2025

Editorial Opinion·Entertainment·Feature

Words by Carmen Macri With great power comes great responsibility — and no one takes that more seriously than the keyboard warriors. Welcome to the digital age, where online vigilantes thrive. You know the type: Facebook detectives and Twitter sleuths (and no, we’re not calling it X) who

FIVE, 4, 3, 2, 1…

June 20, 2025

Entertainment·Feature·Music·Music Venues

The wait is over, Jacksonville welcomes a new music venue Words by Ambar Ramirez & photos by Jalen Hines ( @photosbyjwh on IG) “All are welcome at FIVE.” When word got out that Sun-Ray Cinema — beloved, historic and a true 5 Points gem — was screening its final

Bee-hind the Scenes with Local Beekeeper Mika Hardison-Carr

June 20, 2025

Community·Farms·Feature·Lifestyle·LocalLy Ownded·Urban Planning

Words by Carmen Macri “I think community-based beekeeping is both a literal and a symbolic act of healing a land and a people.” Self-reliance and sustainability have long stood as cornerstones in Mika Hardison-Carr’s life philosophy. Growing up in a time when the quality and integrity of our

The American Dream: Dead or Redefined?

June 19, 2025

Editorial Opinion·Feature

Words by Ambar Ramirez Ah, the ominous success sequence: graduate from college, land a good job, get married, buy a house and have children. The outdated formula that so many once came to America chasing, an idea noticeably recognized by a suburban house encapsulated with a white picket fence.

You Never Think It’ll Be Your School: The American Epidemic of Mass Shootings

June 19, 2025

Feature·News

Words by McKenna Oakley At 11:57 a.m. this past April 17, a shooter opened fire on my college campus. I’m an English major at Florida State University, and before that Thursday became the worst day of my life, it was shaping up to be pretty sweet. I

Real, Beautiful, Talented: Seseley Monat Jones

June 18, 2025

Feature·On Stage

The dream of being in the film scene didn’t end in her younger years, when she played her part in “The Wizard of Oz” in an elementary school play. The dream reaches beyond the ruffling of audition papers and the click of the camera. Seseley Monat Jones, a Jacksonville

Mail: One Patriot’s Point of View (My Letter to America)

June 12, 2025

Editorial Opinion·Opinion

I am from the “Baby Boomer” generation. I was born and raised in the South, during segregation. I have experienced many changes and evolutions in our once great nation. There were no black students in my schools until my last two years in high school, 1970-71. But thank God, we

Nancy Wilson: Still Rocking, Still Writing, Still Raising Hell

June 10, 2025

Concerts·Events·Feature·Musician Interviews

By Teresa Spencer In a world where music icons are too often frozen in amber, Nancy Wilson remains in motion writing, playing, evolving. And when you speak with her, it’s clear the Hall of Famer hasn’t just survived rock and roll. She’s still breathing fire into it. At