Selection Reminder: An Evening With Ted Allen!
Tuesday, March 13 – An Evening With Ted Allen 7 p.m. Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse 933 N. Orlando Ave. Winter Park 407-851-0000 $65 Before he stunned contestants with mystery ingredients as host of Food Network’s Chopped, and before he served as food and wine expert on Bravo’s Queer Eye and before he was named one of…
Sunday Film News Roundup — March 11th, 2012
So three new movies opened this week: the $250m CGI epic, a hi-concept Eddie Murphy vehicle, and a Sundance darling horror flick starring current It Girl, Elizabeth Olsen. Yet the biggest splash was a cable movie that told a story we pretty much new already. HBO aired their Sarah Palin biopic last night, and, well,…
Selection Reminder: St Patrick’s Day Sunday Funday Scoot!
Sunday, March 11 – St. Patrick’s Day Sunday Funday Scoot 2 p.m. Pipers Downtown 177 S. Orange Ave. $10-$15 The morning after St. Patrick’s Day you may find yourself surrounded by four leaf clover bead necklaces and green vomit, your face pressed against the cold linoleum floor. The sun pierces through the window and your…
Selection Reminder: ReThink Your Spare Time!
Sunday, March 11 – ReThink Your Spare Time Noon-5 p.m. Urban ReThink 625 E. Central Blvd. 407-704-6895 free Thornton Park on a Sunday afternoon is a lovely place to stroll, shop and drink; this week, you can add “a new cause” to your shopping list as, in their continuing mission to make Orlando a better…
Universal’s Spider-Man Ride Repoens In Hi-Def
When the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride debuted with the opening of Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure park in 1999, it instantly set a new standard for integrating 3-D imagery with motion simulation and physical effects in an an amusement attraction. Spidey (as it is known by its many fans) was widely considered the best…
“Mad Men”: The gang’s almost all here?
You won’t hear me raising any objections to the accepted wisdom that Matthew Weiner is one principled artist. In fact, I suspect the world may not know the true extent of it. Here’s an example. An actress I know had a recurring, nonspeaking role as a secretary on Mad Men back in the Sterling Cooper…
Selection Reminder: Elton John tonight at Amway Center!
Saturday, March 10 – Elton John 8 p.m. Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 $32-$137
Selection Reminder: High Tea With the Queen of Hearts!
Saturday, March 10 – High Tea With the Queen of Hearts 8 p.m. Bombshell’s Tavern 5404 Edgewater Drive 407-730-3999 $10-$20 Fall into the rabbit hole tonight at Bombshell’s Tavern, where the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter have assembled a party like no other: Art from the queen’s gallery will be up for grabs,…
Selection Reminder: Savage Race today in Clermont!
Saturday, March 10 – Savage Race 9 a.m. Revolution the Off Road Experience 4000 State Road 33, Clermont 407-796-8414 registration closed, free for spectators OK, so is this what all of those years of Survivor and Real World/Road Rules Challenge have diminished us to? Indeed, and it’s apparently awesome. Playing on the idea that every…
Kony Island
Our inboxes have been inundated with calls to action to Stop Kony. Yes, we know. Ugandan geurrilla leader Joseph Kony is an evil fuck, and he should be stopped. Anyone who read this memoir a few years ago is probably still haunted by the images of brutality and unspeakable violence perpetrated against innocent civilians who…
The Local Cool: SFC + SRC Present Kalcyum: A Mad Decent BBQ
Smile for Camera has the perfect last hurrah for your Spring Break. On Saturday, March 10th, they will be joining forces with Diplo’s label Mad Decent and South Rakkas Crew for a barbecue in the Milk District. The event also doubles as the first Kalcyum, Smile for Camera’s new weekly event on Saturdays. The name…
Why is no one talking about John Carter? Why is everyone talking about The Hunger Games?
So, it’s Friday afternoon and Disney’s spring tenpole picture, the Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) directed John CarterI, has been open for a few hours now. Going strictly by my Twitter feed (which is very film news and film nerd heavy), no one is talking about it. No one. In the last few days even,…
Selection Reminder: Cults tonight at the Plaza Live!
Friday, March 9 – Cults with Spectrals, Mrs. Magician 8 p.m. The Plaza Live 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407-228-1220 $15-$30 Orange You Glad Admission Hear about a young band making waves in the independent music hemisphere, and it’s only natural to figure that their sound must be innovative or brilliant in some way. Cults’ sudden…
Selection Reminder: Dorito Taco Release Party tonight at the Falcon!
Friday, March 9 – Dorito Taco Release Party 6 p.m. the Falcon Bar 819 E. Washington St. 407-423-2788 free until they run out We applaud the Falcon Bar for recognizing and commemorating this historic day: the day Taco Bell teamed up with Frito-Lay to openly declare war on your bowels and arteries with a junk-food…
Selection Reminder: Orlando Predators season opener tonight!
Friday, March 9 – Orlando Predators vs. Pittsburgh Power 8 p.m. Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 407-648-4444 $10-$250 It appears as though everyone in Orlando wants Dwight Howard to stay – except, of course, Dwight Howard himself. Even our local arena football squad, the Orlando Predators, chimed in last week, offering to donate $25,000…
Selection Reminder: Lowebow Fest 2 TOMORROW at Sip!
UPDATE: Saturday, March 10 – Lowebow Fest 2 with Johnny Lowebow, the Black River Bluesman & Badmood Hudson, Hymn for Her, Jeff Fedora 7 p.m. Sip 724 Virginia Drive 407-894-4747 $5-$10 The famous Lowebow is the contribution of Memphis luthier and musician John Lowe to the cigar box guitar tradition, a resourceful DIY practice that…
Opening in Orlando — March 9th, 2012
John Carter — Reviewed this week. (PG-13) A Separation — Reviewed this week. (PG-13) Silent House — Elizabeth Olsen (of Martha Marcy May Marlene) is trapped in a sinister abode in this remake of an Uruguayan Oscar contender. The U.S. version plays out in a single, uninterrupted shot, which means a nation of film students…
On Sale This Week: Jane’s Addiction
ON SALE: Saturday, March 10 Jane’s Addiction 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 $59.50-$62.50 DOWN THE ROAD: Vets of Kin, March 15 at The Social Jay & Silent Bob Get Old, March 16 at Hard Rock Live Slaughterhouse, March 17 at The Beacham Thomas Dolby, March 18 at…
Selection Reminder: Doggie Woggiez! Poochie Woochiez!
Thursday, March 8 – Doggie Woggiez! Poochie Woochiez! 8 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 $7 Dog lovers will love it because it’s ridiculous. Dog haters will love it because it’s ridiculous. People who hate people who love dogs will love it because the whole premise is ridiculous. Everything is Terrible, the film…
The Nou
Made-from-scratch menu offers a fresh take on Venezuelan cuisine
Drink Drank Drunk
Orlando: all-star city
Culture 2 Go
Brice Stephens show opens at Twelve21 Gallery; Cirque du Soleil and Orlando Ballet present A Choreographers Showcase; Atlantic Center for the Arts hosts closing reception for 144th artists’ residency
Depixtions
Instagrammers and Hipstamaticians find permanence for ephemeral digital images gallery show of smartphone photos
Savage Love
I’m a gay man in my late 20s who has been trying to deal with an attraction to young boys since I hit puberty
Reservoir dogs
Seth Casteel’s underwater dog photography comes to Orlando
John Carter
Despite its 3-D visuals and Finding Nemo director, this Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation falls flat
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Controlled hysteria is what is required,” said playwright Arthur Miller in speaking about his creative process. “To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. It’s agony. But everyone has agony. The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing.” I hope this little…
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Premier pro
Local dream-pop band Saskatchewan on their storied past, their humble present and their headline-making heritage
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu takes on Christopher Paul Stelling, the Tenant, Andy D., Thee Wilt Chamberlain and more
Glad tidings
The Orange You Glad music festival finds its legs in its crucial third year. We look at the roots and fruits that make up this tree of local culture
A Separation
Iranian filmmaker Ashgar Farhadi’s masterpiece injects new life into his country’s cinema
Happytown
The week where Hizzoner Buddy Dyer loved the state of his city while not necessarily minding the rules of campaigning (again). Also, small business is not all business, folks. Businesses are people, too!
Live Active Cultures
On Leap Day tens of thousands of Disnerds flooded Magic Kingdom parks, open 24 hours for the first time ever
Team effort
Major League Soccer commissioner’s visit stirs hope that Orlando City Lions could join pro league
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
The Are We Sunk? Index
How quickly is Florida sinking into the ocean this week?
The Local Cool: The Falcon’s Doritos Locos Tacos Party
Occasionally a food product emerges from a laboratory that both captivates and horrifies millions. Such an advent is nearly upon us. Taco Bell began testing a Doritos taco hybrid in 2010 formally known as the Doritos Locos Tacos and on March 8th it will finally be available nationwide. The research and testing was so extensive…
Orlando magazine calls mayor’s race for Dyer
It’s still three weeks until Orlando’s mayoral election, and Orlando magazine isn’t even going to bother with the formalities. Magazine editor Mike Boslet: “No one has a chance at being the next mayor of Orlando until he leaves office.” As for the other candidates running for Dyer’s seat in 2012 … at least they’ll have…
Selection Reminder: Brooklyn punk band Japanther tonight at Will’s Pub!
Wednesday, March 7 – Japanther with Filthy Savage, Ken South Rock, Flashlights 9 p.m. Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 $8 Expressly arty musicians tend to be a starchy, self-serious lot. But not Brooklyn punk band Japanther. Fuck no. Oh, there’s definitely an art-school edge to what they do – the band formed when…
Sock it to ’em! Or, sexual dispatches from last night’s rather uneventful mayoral forum in College Park
OK, so we were considering treating last night’s softball civics skinny dip like an episode of The Dating Game, largely because that’s what our Facebook head told us to do as we dismounted from the cinder blocks of the College Park community center after a couple of hours of absorbing the municipal beige of it…
Casablanca 70th Anniversary Screenings, March 21st
It’s becoming something of a boom time for classic rep screenings at mainstream theaters lately. Turner Classic Movies is presenting Casablanca this time, for it’s 70th anniversary, pipping the screening of The Godfather by one day, on Wednesday, March 21st at 7pm at various theaters around the country, including five in the Orlando area. They…
