Bound By Water: The history of the Daiquiri has been anything but clear
For centuries, the body of water that bisects Florida from Cuba known as the Florida Straits has nourished a wellspring of myths. One of them is about…
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Pour-Files: Meet Michael George, Bar Manager at River & Post
At the corner of Riverside Avenue and Post Street, you'll find Michael George managing the bar at the aptly named, River & Post, a fairly new and …
Pour-Files: Meet Alex Rice, bartender at Prohibition Kitchen
Located deep in the heart of America's oldest city, Prohibition Kitchen is a vintage gastropub and lounge invoking the spirit of Bartolo, who on the e…
“People Should Do This Before They Get Married”: We played the Escape Game Jax
Mobsters were chasing us, and we had about an hour before the hitmen caught up; at which point--one imagines--they’d enact a fury upon us only seen in…
Mark Woods explores Jacksonville aboard the two-foot express
To most people, Jacksonville is known primarily for its size. Other than a couple of towns in Alaska, with small populations dotting the landscape, Ja…
Interview: L.O.V.E Culture is in a vibrant, Lo-Fi league of its own
Hip-hop can be as much about strong personalities as it is about powerful music. Rappers and DJs have been savvy to hyping themselves as lyrical legen…
Dustin Harewood Shells it Out
Artist and FSCJ arts professor Dustin Harewood’s work is recognized far and wide for his deployment of textures and a bright, tropical-inspired palett…
Sneak Peek: Void on Vinyl (Vol. 2) is coming!
In October of 2018, we dropped Void on Vinyl (Vol. 1), a project that began, unsurprisingly, right here at Void HQ, with our Into the Void: Office Mus…
Watch: Ben Katzman makes Kool the Rool for #intothevoid
If--like we do--you've got a (un)healthy social media diet, you likely come across no shortage of aphorisms--short, sometimes pithy observations about…
#1 in the South: St. Aug’s food gets the nod
Let's put aside our petty Duval-Vs-St.-Johns-squabbles for a moment, shall we? (Actually, I'm not sure a rivalry ever actually existed.) In any event,…
#1 in the 904: Health, Beauty, & Fitness
Who gets you lined up? Where do you tighten up that beach bod? Where do you go to keep those nails on fleek? Don't keep your health, beauty, and fitne…
35 Under 35: Jason & Jerry Rodriguez
Just outside the doors of Strata Clothing HQ located in downtown Jacksonville, a blossoming spring heat is beginning to take hold. A warm breeze works…
Surf Medicine 101: Every surfer as a first responder
I've saved someone from drowning before. I saved two people, actually. I was surfing a nice, clean north swell in South Beach, Miami, when two muscula…
35 Under 35: Brittany Norris
Brittany Norris’ passion is her garden. It is where she recharges and clears her mind; fingernails covered in dirt do wonders for her psyche, consider…
35 Under 35: Chelsea DuDeVoire
It’s the nature of the modern, so-called Gig Economy that any place of business with tables and chairs, and a somewhat reliable WiFi connection, doubl…
Local Music Spotlight: Don’t sleep on snOre’s “Erosion”
Don’t let the name fool you: the music of snOre will keep you wide awake. Formed in ’07, the band cites artists like The Butthole Surfers, Mr. Bungle,…
Watch: Faze Wave’s enjoyably creepy video for “The Game”
With a smattering of singles, an EP, and 2018’s full-length Lethologica, Jax-based wunderkinds Faze Wave–Matthew Flynn, Jacob Nemeth, Hunter Hileman, …
35 Under 35: Keagan Anfuso
Filmmaker Keagan Anfuso has been perfecting her opus for the past four years. Since winning the Art Juried award at the 2015 One Spark festival, she a…
2019 Surfboard Guide
With the summer doldrums upon us, it’s important to keep some perspective. We Northeast Florida surfers have had a #blessed fall and winter. See for y…
Surf Rules: Give a little to get a little in the lineup
“That’s far enough slug,” the guy said with an apparent level of seriousness behind a sly grin. With only three heads in the water that morning, paddli…
Local Music Spotlight: Loretto’s short, sweet “Sleeping in the Pines”
Jacksonville three-piece Loretto keep it short and sweet with their current full-length release, Sleeping in the Pines. Clocking in at 34 minutes, the…
Summer Bummer?: Algae already in bloom in the St. Johns River
For multiple summers in a row, several water-adjacent parts of Florida have been overrun by an unusual, invader. No, not tourists. Not snowbirds. Noxi…
Local Music Spotlight: St. Augustine math-rockers deliver potent riffage
In the greater field of the North Florida music scene, Giraffrica surely prowls wild territory. The St. Augustine trio is skilled purveyors at what co…
Portfolio: Florida as wild and strange, but also magical
When the round drawl of Walter Coker’s Alabama roots unfurls into the conversation, you listen—closely. In his stories, there’s a wealth of context tha…
Watch: Justin Quintal in “All Day, All Night, All Right (Coast)”
North Florida surfer Justin Quintal suffers from a rare and incurable condition. Unlike more common, more treatable abnormalities, such as F.O.M.O., Qu…