ICE came to Jax for real last week, with widespread reports of immigrant (and non-immigrant) detentions, roadblocks and arrests. A city employee was placed on leave for suggesting fellow Hispanics prepare for the possibility of being stopped and comply if they are. And a woman was arrested after she was accused of punching a state trooper working with ICE. We get perspective from a local civil rights attorney, a local organizer and a religious leader from Jacksonville who experienced firsthand the aftermath of the fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting.
Guests:
- Matt Kachergus, criminal defense and civil rights attorney
- Maria Garcia, Jacksonville Immigration Alliance
- The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll, dean of St. John’s Cathedral
Imani Winds breezes into Jacksonville
Then, a wind quintet focused on faith and representation. Imani Winds was created with a goal to broaden both the diversity of performers and the pool of available music. The New York-based musicians perform globally and have commissioned more than two dozen songs by performers of color and with diverse backgrounds as part of its Legacy Commissioning Project, created in 2008. In addition to offering a free, public master class at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 27, the Grammy-award winning quintet will perform a program titled The French Connection later that day at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island, as part of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.
Guests:
- Nathaniel Efthimiou, music director of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras
- Robyn Lamp, executive director of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
'Dear Evan Hansen' by the Sea
And, one of the earliest musicals to incorporate the omnipresence and pressure of social media, the Tony and Grammy award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen dominated Broadway throughout its nearly six-year run. Now, it comes to Players by the Sea, one of the first community theatres in the country to stage it. We talk to the director and star about the show’s messages of connectivity, consequences and the complexities of individual mental health.
Guests:
- Bradley Akers, managing director of Players by the Sea
- Chad Boyd, actor playing Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen
Topics and guests subject to change.