Unsung Heroines: These women work behind the curtain to make the magic happen
The sports spotlight is targeted. All-stars bathe in it, while those just outside of it crave it. Typically reserved for athletes, coaches and boistero…
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Local Music Spotlight: One Eleven Heavy’s “Everything’s Better” Crosses the Great Divide
Fifty years ago, five musicians who would later adopt the plainspoken moniker, The Band, emerged from a salmon-colored house in upstate New York with w…
#inviteHer: Bringing more women to the fore
When I was 5 years old, I moved to Jacksonville—a place that’s home to more than 70 golf courses. I grew up in Ponte Vedra Beach—home to the PGA TOUR h…
#inviteHer: Bringing more women to the fore
When I was 5 years old, I moved to Jacksonville—a place that’s home to more than 70 golf courses. I grew up in Ponte Vedra Beach—home to the PGA TOUR h…
UNF Student is Destined for the Stars
Lee Giat is a man with many talents and an extraordinary resume. He’s literally destined to spend his future among the stars. Stars, that is, like thos…
Top Jags Storylines with Ashlyn Sullivan
Jacksonville Jaguars digital reporter Ashlyn Sullivan is currently quite busy. The opening kickoff of her second season covering the team was just last…
Promoting Women in the Water for Two Decades, Sisters of the Sea Returns this Weekend!
One of the most hotly anticipated local surf events of the year, The Sisters Sea Surf Classic kicks off at the Jacksonville Beach Pier on Saturday, Sep…
Local Music Spotlight: Solafide! drops video for “Take me Back”
Are MGMT considered “classic rock” yet? In this age of sneeze-and-you’ll-miss-it ephemeral flavor, those L.A. electro-soul knuckleheads are essentially…
Behind the Centerfold Shoot: Our 2018 Sports Issue
Our 2018 Sports Issue takes a look at the strength and resilience driving some of the region's best athletes, while our centerfold shoot sought to capt…
Surf Shacks Author on his Beautiful New St. Augustine Project
It’s hard to know what to call the 92-page St. Augustine issue. Tabloid size and chalked full of high quality color imagery, it’s perhaps too substanti…
Know Your Rights Shaper Gallery: Sean Cusick
St. Augustine surfer-shaper Sean Cusick is part of talented crop of young craftsman mowing foam in the Oldest City. A shredding surfer on all manner of…
The Jacksonville Film Festival Gets a Reboot
It’s been six years since the last Jacksonville Film Festival. The event was poorly managed and lacked opportunities for attendees to interact with the…
Interview: Duct Tape Festival Brings Musician and Pro Surfer, Lee-Ann Curren to Town
Since its inception a decade ago, Joel Tudor’s traveling longboard road show, the Van’s Duct Tape Invitational, has been about a lot more than logging …
*TROPICS ALERT* **THE ATLANTIC IS ALIVE WITH 3-4 SYSTEMS**
My Oh My what a crazy week in the Tropics! First Gordon buzzed through for a cup of coffee, luckily with little damage to the Gulf Coast, and Florence …
Liner Notes: The Strength Behind our Sports Issue
Here’s a quick peek behind the curtain: At the beginning of each month we invite our small, but mighty contingent of Void Mag editorial contributors to…
#1 in the 9-0-Future: A New Frontier in Retail, Fashion, and Fun
Historically speaking, Jacksonville hasn’t exactly been known for being hip, trendy, or cutting-edge. Despite rebranding efforts over the decades from …
Local Music Spotlight: 9E to Kick Out the Jams with MC5, Releases Music Video
For a band that’s been together for less than a year, Northeast Florida rock n’ roll quartet 9E has already made a substantial bit of noise, bringing i…
Rad Jobs — Logan Bowles, NFL Photographer
Making it as a professional photographer in the age of “everyone thinks they’re a professional photographer” is no simple feat. Actually surviving sole…
Watch: EC’s Best Longboarders in J. Quinny’s Loggerhead Classic
Local boy Justin Quintal is, by many measures, the best longboarder in the world, winning more Duct Tape Invitational contests (the world's premier log…
Local Music Spotlight: Jackie Stranger and Deadman De Los Santos release split EP
A double dose of local roots rock, the six-song EP I’m Here For You While I’m Here For You features recent material by Jackie Stranger and Deadman De L…
To keep overhead costs low, Grey Matter Distillery is going high tech
Paul Grey is anything but conventional. The CEO of Grey Matter Distillery (which produces Carve Vodka) left a safe and steady career to risk chasing so…
#1 in the 9-0-Future: Community, residency, and activism in Northeast Florida’s art scene
Gallery shows, museums, and other cultural experiences are a proven way to enjoy work by local and visiting artists. But there is a creative current in…
Coyote Tasty: Jax-native Brandon McCullers and the spirit of mezcal
Once while interviewing the Director of Photography for very hip, very prosperous media giant Vice Media, Jake Burghart, I asked the St. Augustine nati…
Know Your Rights: T-U Features Writer, Matt Soergel
“Know Your Rights” is a semi-regular column featuring profiles of and conversations with local surfers whose love for the ocean fuels his or her passio…
Local News Producer Spins Her Second Jax-Based Narrative, “The Appeal of Ebony Jones”
Nikesha Williams is a busy woman. She is a television producer for local news station Action News Jax, a mother to a little boy, and now an accomplishe…