Do Good: Skateboarding provides a built-in community for many
For those of us who grew up skating, it’s obvious after some reflection that skateboarding has given us a lot. It’s something special when you could be…
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The Art We Need: With first solo show, Lili Yuan seizes the day
Even if you’re unfamiliar with the best selling author and popular social scientist Malcolm Gladwell, you may have heard of his “10,000-hour rule.” Per…
People’s Choice Award: Vote for your fave Night Rider
A beach party. Night surfing. Big boosts. Jet skis! If the Red Bull Night Riders contest wasn't lit enough already, the folks who are bringing back the…
The Art We Need: MOCA adds new works and new voices
In the coming months, a plethora of beautiful, impactful art happenings are planned throughout Northeast Florida. Here are two that we’re jazzed on. …
Want Your Photography in Void Magazine?
Calling all Northeast Florida lenspeople! The submission platform for our 2019 Photo Annual is open. Don't miss your chance to have your work exhibited…
Portfolio: Walter Coker’s Florida is 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…
19 Songs We Needed in ’19: Stellar debuts from Che and Modern Violence
2019 gave us much in the way of music to celebrate in Northeast Florida; a glorious and eclectic mix of output, to be sure. Here's a couple of tunes we…
Portfolio: Toni Smailagic Captures Culture Both Born and Reborn
“Whether it’s the mood, or the diversity of an event, I want other people to see themselves reflected at those events, and see that there is joy in the…
19 Songs We Needed in ’19: Electronic outfits LANNDS & Sea Cycles provided some atmosphere
2019 gave us much in the way of music to celebrate in Northeast Florida; a glorious and eclectic mix of output, to be sure. Here are a couple tunes we …
Into The Void: The always electric Trail Diver get funky
For Trail Diver, the party never stops. Fusing tribal rhythms, thick electric tones, soulful grooves, and culture-blending melodic leads, Trail Diver h…
The Art We Need: Dustin Harewood’s latest is “Warm Rain and Electricity”
Dustin Harewood is as magnanimous as he is busy. As a visual artist, curator, and arts educator he has spent years co-creating, sustaining—and as a tea…
19 Songs We Needed in ’19: Odd Relics “Matrimony”
Brian Squillace hits the spacebar on his keyboard and sits back in his chair as a thin red line begins to move left to right across his computer screen…
Into the Void: Soulful, singular Sailor Goon helped us break in our new digs
There may be no more perfect local performing artist than Kayla Le (AKA Sailor Goon) to help Void Mag break in its new headquarters. The soulful, singu…
The Art We Need: Prolific author Tim Gilmore channels Anna Fletcher
In the coming months, a plethora of beautiful, impactful art happenings are planned throughout Northeast Florida. Here's one we’re super jazzed on. …
Behind the Teal Curtain: The unsung heroes who help make game day a day to remember
A lot can happen in 25 years. Stadium names and uniforms change. Entire rosters start and end careers and new generations of fans pick up the Duval man…
Music Profile: Jazz Guitarist Taylor Roberts
Music is a journey with little time for sightseeing. If inspiration is fleeting, then it stands to reason that creativity can’t be too far behind. One …
Bong Appetit: We’re kinda tripping on Trap House Chicken’s creative menu
Chicken wings rank very near the top of my list of desert island foods—the handful of dishes I wouldn’t mind eating for the rest of my life should I in…
A Neat Surfboard: The Apprentice Model by Sean Piper
Despite the prevalence of Big Surfboard—with their global supply chains, suspect technological claims (flex patterns, etc.), and multimillion dollar ma…
BTS: 2019 Arts & Music Issue centerfold, singer Akai Marje
North Florida musician and model, Akai Marje makes modern, wonderfully atmospheric R&B and Soul. A singer since the tender age of two, Marje's musi…
19 Songs We Needed in ’19: Hurricane Party, Cory Driscoll, The Young Step sweat the weather
2019 gave us much in the way of music to celebrate in Northeast Florida; a glorious and eclectic mix of output, to be sure. Here are three tunes we rea…
GrindCore: These local artists wax curbs and wax philosophical
Skateboarding and music have enjoyed a long, often strange, but mostly complementary love affair. Whether it was the buzz-sawing guitars of HC punks JF…
Injuries, drama, & Uncle Rico: Taking stock of Jags Q1 performance
A lot has happened since we last asked Jags reporter Ashlyn Sullivan to layout the Top Storylines to Watch for the team's 2019-2020 season. Of course, …
19 Songs We Loved in ’19: Trella’s “Happy to Be Here”
One of the most interesting developments in music has to be the changing/expanding listening habits of modern music consumers. Less influenced by radio…
We Need Your Art for Our Cover
On Oct. 1, if you pull an issue of Void Mag from a newsstand somewhere in Northeast Florida, you will draw a blank, literally. Figuratively, too: y…
LPT Goes Into the Void
When Riverside's mighty Afro-Cuban Salsa band, LPT, stopped by the Void office on what was an otherwise fairly run-of-the-mill Friday afternoon, our st…