Selection Reminder: Fab Fringe Fundraiser!
Monday, Feb. 27 – Fab Fringe Fundraiser 7 p.m. Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 $23-$48 This year’s fundraising show for the 21st Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival truly lives up to its Fab moniker. It’s new Fringe producer Michael Marinaccio’s first one, and he’s playing on a much bigger stage compared to previous…
Selection Reminder: Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day at Timucua White House!
Sunday, Feb. 26 – Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day 7:30 p.m. Timucua White House 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. free Composer and drummer Harris Eisenstadt is a relative rarity – a composer and a drummer. But in his quintet, Canada Day, percussion isn’t up in the listener’s face; it creates textures – skittery, angular, even sometimes hushed…
Sunday Film News Roundup — February 28th, 2012
Can you hear it? That stomach gurgling sound emanating from the West Coast? Dun, dun, dun, it’s Oscar Night! Now that the Academy’s dirty little secret that it is an overwhelmingly old, white boys club (a secret so closely guarded that you only had to look at the Academy’s website that’s been up for like a…
OW Oscarama, 2012 — I want a refund because you messed up the sound and color on that one movie: Best Film
The Artist will win this award tomorrow night. Some people will be happy, some people will be livid. Most people will shrug because they haven’t seen it. I will probably shrug even though I have seen it. I liked it as a film. It was fun and whimsical and, most importantly for a gimmick film, didn’t…
OW Oscarama 2012 – What I really want to do is DO THIS!: Best Director
Uh… hey. It’s Saturday afternoon. And I’ll admit it, I completely forgot this was due. My dog ate my homework. Then it was spat out, into a puddle. A puddle of slobber from the mouth of a poodle. A poodle puddle. What was I supposed to do?!?! BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Alexander Payne…
Selection Reminder: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos!
Saturday, Feb. 25 – Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos 11:59 p.m. Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland 407-629-0054 $10 People just can’t get enough of Hiromu Arakawa’s manga-turned-TV show-turned-movie franchise about two brothers paying the price for – and seeking redemption from – messing with the laws of magic, and as soon…
Selection Reminder: South Florida metal legends Floor at Will’s Pub!
Saturday, Feb. 25 – Floor with Arc and Panther, Portals 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 $10 Around this time last year, we giddily announced that South Florida metal legends Floor were reuniting to play a few shows and pimp a comprehensive box set of all the material the band had ever…
Selection Reminder: Simple Living Institute’s Beermaking Workshop!
Saturday, Feb. 25 – Beermaking Workshop 2-5 p.m. Econ Farm 16206 Hamilton Drive $20-$25 For a lot of folks (OK, us), the biggest threat of the apocalypse isn’t an attack by cannibalistic mutants or Tina Turner in a fright wig – it’s the lack of good alcohol. The forward-thinkers at the Simple Living Institute are…
I went to Dwyane Wade’s All Star Red Carpet Soiree and All I Got Was This Lousy Hangover
After waiting outside Vain Nightclub downtown for half an hour for the bouncers to confirm that yes, we do want press at this event, I was granted entrance to the All Star Red Carpet Bash, one of the opening events of this weekend’s NBA All Stars game. I finally got in the door after all…
OW Oscarama 2012 – Clipwrecked: Best Actress
So whatever happened to that year-long national mood regarding the Year of the Woman, and how this year is different because women are taking it upon themselves to write, direct and produce good, meaty, emotionally complex roles that showcase the true feminine concerns of right now? Oscar happened. It’s true: This year saw juicier roles…
Reminder: Watch the Oscars Live on Sunday @ The Enzian (Free)
Just a quick note to remind you that the Enzian is screening the Oscars this Sunday evening, with a reception beginning at 7pm in the Eden Bar. The Oscars begin at 8pm, with Billy Crystal hosting. Take a shot every time someone says mahvelous. Check out their site for more info and food specials.
OW Oscarama 2012 — This One is for the Little Guy: Best Actor
Now I know why all of those preambles during awards shows are so boring. There is so little to say that hasn’t been said 15 earlier during the award season (or blogging) that it’s simple to just fall back on cliche and give it some sort of “timeless” riff, like Howard Beale in reverse. We’ve…
Selection Reminder: Blind Pilot tonight at the Social!
Friday, Feb. 24 – Blind Pilot with Cotton Jones 9 p.m. the Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 $15 When Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski dropped their low-key debut album, 2008’s Three Rounds and a Sound, it seemed to come at the right time: Their hometown Portland, Ore., had seen a musical resurgence but wasn’t…
Selection Reminder: Pro Soccer Classic starts today!
Friday, Feb. 24-Saturday, March 3 – Pro Soccer Classic various times through March 3 ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista 800-745-3000 $15.50-$69 Last month, we covered the hype surrounding Orlando City Soccer Club’s second season, with team owner Phil Rawlins calling to arms Lions fans’ support of this…
OW Oscarama 2012 – Scribe-culled quest: Best Original Screenplay
Somewhere along the way – probably with the 2005 win for the execrable Crash, because all bad things can eventually be traced back to that piece of shit – this category went very, very wrong. It was on a role for a while there. Once the dominion of Billy Wilder, the Coen brothers and William…
Entertainment Designer Forum this Friday at History Center
Many theme park fans dream of going behind the scenes at their favorite attractions, but those VIP backstage tours are priced out of reach for many. This Friday night, you can experience the next best thing for a lot less, and support a good cause at the same time. On Feb 24th, downtown Orlando’s Orange…
Opening in Orlando — February 24th, 2012
Act of Valor — Reviewed this issue. (R) Gone — Former abductee Amanda Seyfried finds the police to be of no help when her sister, in turn, gets kidnapped. Adding insult to injury, she can’t even get a retweet out of Nancy Grace. (PG-13) [youtube hWPM0uS1SO8] Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds — Perry elected not to…
OW Oscarama 2012 — Wow ’em in the End: Best Adapted Screenplay
Over the last couple of years, kind of going back to the beginning of the early aughts, one or sometimes both of the two the screenplay categories has become almost the defacto “Best Arthouse Movie” award. When you look back to 2000, you’ll see the two big “indie” films of the year won, Traffic and…
On Sale This Week!
On Sale: Saturday, Feb. 25 He Is We 6 p.m. Thursday, May 10 the Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $12 Down the Road: Dark Star Orchestra, March 1 at The Plaza Live – Order of the Owl, March 3 at Will’s Pub – Dropkick Murphys, March 4 at House of Blues – Lotus,…
Selection Reminder: 2012 NBA All-Star Game weekend!
Sunday, Feb. 26 – 2012 NBA All-Star Game 7 p.m. Amway Center 400 W. Church St. nba.com/allstar limited tickets starting at $500 Chances are, most of us won’t be watching the NBA All-Star Game courtside – or even in nosebleed-style, for that matter (the very limited amount of remaining tickets cost upwards of $500). But…
Armando’s hideaway
Standbys are stellar, but pizza pies keep the hordes satiated at this trendy trattoria
Happytown
It was the thrill of victory and the agony of three feet last week as master-in-miniature, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, ate crow when his beloved plan to privatize 27 state prisons (leaving 3,500 corrections jobs up in the air) died an unseemly, bipartisan death on Feb. 15. How the hell did that happen? Well,…
Happy Hour of the Week
Where: Bösendorfer Lounge at the Grand Bohemian Hotel 325 S. Orange Ave., 407-313-9000; theboheme.com The Deal: $3 draught beer, $4 bottles, $5 well drinks, $7 specialty martinis When: Mon.-Fri. 5-7 p.m. Why here: The drinks might be a little pricier than at the dive bars you usually trawl, but we’re picking Bösendorfer Lounge at the…
Kin folk
Former local Christopher Paul Stelling lives up to his early promise on his debut album
Live, work, pay.
How an accident pushed one Orlando woman into the intersection of our city’s professional-incest machine…
Green house falls to progress
Rollins College to tear down eco-friendly student house to make way for new science center
Live Active Cultures
Seth interviews Tara Young, artistic director of Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) I invite you to identify all the things in your life that you really don’t need any more: gadgets that have become outdated, clothes that no longer feel like you, once-exciting music and books and art works that no longer mean what they once did. Don’t stop there. Pinpoint the people…
Culture 2 Go
Review of Danielle Darden’s Marian Devotions, now hanging at Sip
The Are We Sunk? Index
How quickly is Florida sinking into the ocean this week?
Things fall together
Rollins’ Winter With the Writers series comes to a close with a reading by Chimamanda Adichie, the best-known Nigerian author since Chinua Achebe
Act of Valor
A government-backed action film starring a real SEAL team fails to deliver on its boastful claims
Common people
Arc and Panther keep it heavy for the hell of it
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
2012 NBA All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Game may be taking place at the Amway Center, but there’s plenty of action to be had in the clubs and bars around town.
Shame
Steve McQueen’s sophomore effort is as empty as its sex-negative message
Drink Drank Drunk
Curing social anxiety-tardation
Savage Love
I am a straight 24-year-old female
OW Oscarama 2012 – Fellowship of the Fellas: Best Supporting Actor
a.k.a. The Old Dead Gay Guy Memorial award. The one giant yawn of this year’s ceremony (not counting Best Documentary – Short Subject; I mean, honestly!) is easily Best Supporting Actor, a category that looked like a nail-biter only a couple months ago. Back then, it looked like a horse race – Luck-style, with snapped…
Selection Reminder: Danny Tenaglia tonight at the Beacham!
Wednesday, Feb. 22 – Danny Tenaglia with Carlos Mendoza, Elias R. 9 p.m. the Beacham 46 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 $20-$30 Known for his legendary marathon DJ sets that frequently shatter the 10-hour mark, as well as for some of the best-titled mixes ever, Grammy-nominated producer Danny Tenaglia, creator of Mix This Pussy, Gag Me…
OW Oscarama 2012 — No Marilyns Allowed: Best Supporting Actress
There is very little chance for a surprise when the envelope is opened up for this award on Sunday. Octavia Spencer has been the frontrunner basically since The Help opened up in the summer. I remember seeing the trailer for it before Bridesmaids and not expecting to hear much about it after its run, and…
Selection Reminder: Comedian Kevin Hart at Hard Rock Live!
Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 22-23 – Kevin Hart various times through Thursday, Feb. 23 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 $48-$73 For someone who mines so much material out of his short stature, comedian Kevin Hart had a larger-than-life year in 2011. When he released his stand-up special, Laugh at My Pain, as a feature film…
OW Oscarama 2012 – Curse of the Cursemaker Guy: Animated Feature
Hey, Oscar watchers, welcome back! If you listen to the chatter, 2011 was a depressing year for animation films. Pixar screwed the pooch, as expected, with Cars 2, Rio was a thing (I’ve seen it and I can barely remember it) and Happy Feet 2 … well, I kinda liked that one. Actually, to this…
OW Oscarama, 2012 — This Time it’s Personal: Best Cinematography
It’s that special time of year once again: the magic of movies, the nose-to-nose horse race, the time of year where at least one person in your Twitter feed will feel personally slighted by Albert Brooks not being nominated — yes, yes. It’s Oscar time. Here at OW Labs, we greet this time of year with as…
Selection Reminder: Beer Dinner With Tony Mantuano tomorrow (Feb. 23)!
NEW DATE: Thursday, Feb. 23 – Beer Dinner With Tony Mantuano 6:30 p.m. Portobello 1560 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista 407-828-8996 $59.95 On last week’s Top Chef Texas, apprentice Sarah Grueneberg was gleefully tearful when chef Tony Mantuano made a surprise appearance and further solidified his fine Italian culinary prowess. Aside from Grueneberg being…
Selection Reminder: Mock Trial: The Trial of Friar Laurence!
Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Mock Trial: The Trial of Friar Laurence 5:30 p.m. Orlando Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. 407-447-1700 $25 There’s blood on the streets in Verona, where the teenagers have gotten out of hand; instead of iPhones, these young and not-so-innocent ruffians were palming swords and vials of poison. (After that kind…
