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SOUTHERN FRIED FUNERAL Antics at the Alhambra

January 12, 2025

The Alhambra Theatre launches into 2025 with the fast-paced comedy, SOUTHERN FRIED FUNERAL, one of two plays by writing duo Osborne and Eppler. Set in Mississippi, SOUTHERN FRIED FUNERAL’s action takes place over several days in August in the home of Dorothy Frye (Peg Pachal), who has just lost her husband, Dewey. Dorothy is faced with dealing with funeral arrangements

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Make Room for Daddy

Dude Dad Debuts in Duuuval Words by Shelton Hull Whereas social media was once the ugly duckling of the communications world, platforms like YouTube and TikTok have now become the most reliable indicators of social trends, and the primary means by which stars are made today, particularly in regard

A Super MAMMA MIA! Troupe Downtown

Unlike many of the numerous jukebox musicals around town this year, British

A Not-so-Lost Art

Words and Photos by Carmen Macri Some of us never stood

December Art Listing

December 2, 2024

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The Art Center Cooperative tacjacksonville.org Beaches Museum beachesmuseum.org Butterfield Garage Art Gallery butterfieldgarage.com The Corner Gallery at The Jessie “Marcus Williams: Un-American Gods,” through Feb.12, 2025 movingthemargins.org Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens “Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: Mysteries that Remain,” through Jan. 12, 2025 cummermuseum.org FemArt

It’s A CHRISTMAS STORY time at Alhambra

December 1, 2024

Feature·Music·On Stage·Theatre·Uncategorized

For fans of the 1983 classic comedy film, A CHRISTMAS STORY, hopefully you already have your tickets for Alhambra’s production. If not, the best you can do is their waiting list, since they are sold out! The show very closely follows the movie’s storyline of young Ralphie Parker (Keegan Carroll)

Overpass Protestors

November 27, 2024

Feature·Politics

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri If posters with phrases like “No On Four,” “Pro-Israel,” “Make America Great Again” or “TRUMP” seem familiar and bring vivid images to mind, you’ve probably driven past Emerson and University on I-95, where right-leaning protesters often gather on the infamous overpass. And

November Print Horoscopes

November 27, 2024

Feature·Horoscopes

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri Aries Are you preparing for your pre-retrograde kickoff of your ruling planet, Aries? As Mars does what it does best, Pluto will also be preparing for its permanent departure from Capricorn on Nov. 19 which is a hail mary for you. This

THE ILLUSIONISTS will add magic to your season

November 24, 2024

Downtown·Feature·On Stage·Theatre·Uncategorized

This Tuesday, for one night only, the record-breaking THE ILLUSIONISTS-MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS will be onstage at the Performing Arts Center in Jacksonville. Having originated on Broadway, the show features rotating performers who have wowed audiences around the world since 2012. Multi-award-winning Chris Cox – The Mentalist – has performed

Artist By Accident: RJ Higgins

November 22, 2024

ART·Feature·Local Artists·Visual Art

Words by Lorelei Belanger “I’m RJ Higgins and I’m an artist, kind of by accident.” In 2010, RJ Higgins had an ATV accident, fracturing C1, C2, C3 and bursting C4 vertebrae in his neck. He was paralyzed from the neck down with many people thinking he would be

Rumor Has It

November 21, 2024

Downtown·Feature

Is First Baptist Church controlling Downtown development? Words by Ambar Ramirez It’s one of the oldest and largest Baptist congregations in Jacksonville. And probably one of the most influential. Whether you were born and raised in Jacksonville or moved to this bold city in recent years, chances are you know

Laughter isn’t foreign to THE FOREIGNER

November 12, 2024

On Stage·Theatre·Uncategorized

It’s Betty Meek’s Fishing Lodge Resort in Rural Georgia. The racist local building inspector, Owen Musser (Alan Morton), has cited the lodge for the brickwork needing replacement, and if Betty (Kelley Norman) can’t afford to fix it, she’ll have to sell cheap. It’s a familiar setting for local theatergoers with

Calm in a Glass

October 30, 2024

Feature·Food + Drink

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri ’Tis the season for cozy comfort drinks, and what better way to spice things up than switching liquor for some CBD oil? Sometimes having a nice mocktail is exactly what we need, but what if we also want to feel a li’l

Slicing and Brewing

October 30, 2024

Feature·Food + Drink

Brent and Jennifer’s Journey with Butcher & Bean Words and photos by Ambar Ramirez One often hears the saying, home is where the heart is, but for Jennifer Civitillo and Brent Burgoyne, home is where an espresso bar and a craft butchery collide — Butcher & Bean. This neighborhood