Words and photos by Ambar Ramirez When I first moved to Jacksonville, about 6-ish years ago, I remember the city feeling so new and exciting, as new places often do. It was nothing like the Florida ...
Words by Teresa Spencer Anxiety has a way of creeping in like a bad headline. Loud, relentless and impossible to ignore. For ...
The weekly magic of the Riverside Arts Market Words by Carmen Macri Each week, the shadow of the Fuller Warren Bridge plays host to a bustling riverfront market that draws crowds from across the city ...
Words by Kaleb Stowell With the start of the new league year, there has been a lot of media buzz surrounding the Jacksonville Jaguars. Who will they be re-signing? Who will get released or traded?
I knew MOULIN ROUGE is based on the 2001 movie written by Luhrmann and Pearce and that it is a jukebox musical (where the show music is taken from existing songs). However there are jukebox musicals, ...
I happen to really like the works of Ken Ludwig, a fairly prolific, award-winning contemporary writer across stage, screen, and books. When I saw that Theatre Jacksonville was doing DEAR JACK, DEAR ...
“West Ashley Street,” sang the Jacksonville Harmony Trio in 1927, was the only place you could “ever lose these awful Jacksonville Blues.” That same year, Paramount “Race” Records recorded a ...
Wednesday started like any other work day for us—until it wasn’t. Why? Because we had the unique opportunity to sit down with Jasin Todd, former Shinedown guitarist, and Damien Starkey, former member ...
Reader for Issuu Since a young age, Carmen Macri knew she wanted to be a writer. She started as our student intern and has advanced to Multi-media Journalist/Creative. She graduated from the ...
Farah & Farah was once one of Folio Weekly’s most consistent and generous advertisers. Like most local media outlets, we relied heavily on their ad dollars. And when a sponsor puts that kind of money ...
The kids came first. While the rest of Jacksonville straightened its spine to complete the transforma­tion into a bold new city, the kids remained bent with the weight of nonconformity, and the ...
Some people might take being labeled a “weirdo” as an insult. We’re quite sure, however, this year’s winner JoHanna Moresco wears it as a badge of honor. Whether she’s sporting purple hair and playing ...