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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

Food, Folks and Fun

Words by Shelton Hull Wine To Unwind is a new house

An Emerald Unearthed

July 1, 2021

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As downtown development moves from fantasy to reality, Groundwork Jacksonville is increasing park space and connecting neighborhoods. The Emerald Trail broke ground earlier this month with an ecological restoration project at McCoys Creek. The greenway will link 16 neighborhoods in the urban core with about 30 miles of bicycle/pedestrian trails.

For Undocumented Citizens, a Different Kind of Vaccine Anxiety

July 1, 2021

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There has been a lot of debate over the COVID-19 vaccine. Is it safe or potentially dangerous? Will it last, or will we have to come back each year for more vaccines? Will there be any side effects or none at all? There are a lot of questions to be

Artists you need to know: Sola Fide!

June 28, 2021

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Arms adorned with tattoos, colorful pins decorating trendy jackets, slick pairs of shades to tie everything together — these guys look like they were born to be in a band. The members of SolaFide! (pronounced sol-a-fee-deh, so-la-fee-day, or really anything but so-la-fyde, as they’ve become accustomed to letting you know)

Friends of the FBI

June 28, 2021

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Over seven sessions, participants in the Citizens Academy got a crash course on the FBI. During this season of commencement ceremonies and graduations celebrations, many graduates are donning caps and gowns and festive attire. However, across town I joined 27 community leaders in a unique graduation ceremony––one that required protective

Breaking out of the Shadows

June 25, 2021

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Go inside one of Jacksonville’s underground breakdancing clubs. In the break dancing community there are different titles one can call themselves. A breaker, a B-boy, a B-girl or the most familiar term, a break-dancer. Whatever someone’s chosen title is, they all share the same passion. Here in Jacksonville, the local

QUINNTESSENTIAL

June 24, 2021

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Quinn Enriquez came out to the skate community, now he hopes there’s space for others to do the same. Skateboarding. You either get it or you don’t, and because of this, skateboarding attracts the right kind of people: free thinkers, adrenaline junkies, people who are lost, people who feel found

Artists you need to know: Ashton Chase

June 24, 2021

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Whether he’s on stage earning his BFA or the studio recording under the name Ashton Chase, Chase Pittman keeps busy. After the pandemic forced him to continue his acting studies at Ohio’s Otterbein University virtually, the Jacksonville rapper returned to his hometown. He’s since spent the last year and a

Keep It in the Family

June 23, 2021

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Riverside United debuts a new mural that celebrates soccer and Jacksonville. Funded by its own members and celebrating the sport and neighborhood they love, Riverside United Soccer Club unveiled a new 53-foot-long mural painted by Jason Tetlak. Riverside United, which plays weekly at Memorial Park and Riverfront Plaza (former site

Come Here Often?

June 23, 2021

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You’ve heard of work from home, now get ready for Mike Vannucci’s work-from-beach lifestyle. For the last 16 years Mike Vannucci’s life has been by the shore—never confined in a room, instead only surrounded by open skies and white sand. Before 2005, Vannucci’s work consisted of roofing houses and putting

Living with History

June 18, 2021

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Raymond Turknett creates models of American nostalgia and Jacksonville history. Raymond Turknett’s roots in Jacksonville’s Westside go as deep as the 1700s. The end of the Wesconnett portmanteau is attributed to his family name; the neighborhood was made up of family farms until the Naval Air Station was built nearby.