Postcards from the New World
The 20th Congress for the New Urbanism yields a mixed vision for Florida’s future
Bring Your Bacon to Work Day
Many thanks to Doug Rhodehamel for bringing us a delicious plate of bacon today. It has given us the strength to soldier on and finish our Orlando Weekly inaugural Summer Guide, which is scheduled to hit the streets in the midst of Tropical Storm Debby.
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Notable Noise: This Week’s Best Shows [Peacock Willy’s Humpday, Chuck Schuldiner tribute, Woolly Bushmen CD release, Al Green, more]
It won’t rain all week. It can’t. (Can it?) Regardless, what better way to stay dry than by drinking beer and watching music? NONE! Monday, June 25 The Wooly Bushmen CD Release Party with Bootleg Series, Sterling Schroeder & the Chosen Ones, the Heel Spurs [Peacock Room] Monday Night Funk Jam with Roland Simmions, Kris…
'Starship Troopers': An un-ironic appreciation
Cult Classics: Starship Troopers 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 26 Enzian Theater, Maitland 407-629-0054 enzian.org $5 Is Starship Troopers so bad it’s good, or is it just flat-out good? Camp or not camp? That is the question. To appreciate the art of Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven is to have more than a modicum of appreciation for…
Sunday Film News Roundup — June 24th, 2012
The most remarkable thing about film news this week, I think, was how boring it was — aside from Andrew Sarris dying, of course, which hurts my heart. Twitter and the blogs were flooded with remembrances of him to the point of becoming a din of quicksand. The most interesting posts about him were just…
Boston stoner doom band Elder tonight at the Peacock Room
Sunday, June 24 – Elder with Hollow Leg, Fire in the Cave, Demons 9 p.m. The Peacock Room 1321 N. Mills Ave. 407-228-0048 thepeacockroom.com $6 Some of doom metal’s deepest dredgers are more purely experiential, driven by a how-low-can-you-go ethos. But, with clear songwriting and extraordinary melodic narrative that truly takes you on a voyage,…
DNF reunites tonight at Vixen Bar
Saturday, June 23 – DNF 9 p.m. Vixen Bar 118 S. Orange Ave. vixenbar.com 407-649-0000 free Not many phrases mean less than, “This is the party you don’t want to miss.” It’s used to promote everything from a kid’s birthday party to a huge concert with lights and lasers. But that all changes when DNF…
Drum Corps International showdown tonight at the Florida Citrus Bowl
Saturday, June 23 – Drum Corps International 7:30 p.m. Florida Citrus Bowl 1610 W. Church St. dci.org $25-$40 Consider Fathom Events’ big-screen broadcast of last week’s Drum Corps International kickoff just a teaser, because tonight you’re in for the real show. A stacked lineup of five band corps from Marching Music’s Major League, hailing from…
Carly Jean Andrews’ Thirsty art show opens at Stardust
Saturday, June 23 – Thirsty 7-11 p.m. Stardust Video & Coffee 1842 E. Winter Park Road 407-623-3393 stardustie.com free Delicately lewd, playfully provocative, Carly Jean Andrews’ drawings share an anarchic spirit with the work of Sophie Crumb (R. Crumb’s daughter and a respected cartoonist in her own right). Their frank sexuality and earthy sense of…
A Stevie Wonder & Motown Tribute at the Social
Friday, June 22 – Signed Sealed Delivered: A Stevie Wonder & Motown Tribute with the Gerry Williams Band, DJ BMF 9 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $7 Not much to this event but exactly what’s promised, and luckily, what’s promised is pretty sweet. Local funk-soul brothers the Gerry Williams Band start…
WMFE sells Channel 24 to WUCF
Now this makes sense. Way more sense than that weird deal that almost happened that would have put Channel 24 into the hands of an out-of-state Christian broadcasting company. WMFE announced this evening that WUCF, which took over as the region’s flagship PBS station a year ago, is purchasing the license for Channel 24. From…
World Record brewing attempt at WOB Saturday 6/23
Seeing as there’s no world record so banal that someone won’t certify it, it should come as no surprise that there is a worldwide race to brew the world’s bitterest beer. What is surprising is that some limey currently holds the title: Peter Fowler, head brewer of the Pitstop Brewery in Wantage, UK (just south…
Out of the Vault opens at UCF Art Gallery
Thursday, June 21 – Out of the Vault 6-8 p.m. UCF Art Gallery 4000 Central Florida Blvd. gallery.cah.ucf.edu 407-823-5470 free The sonorous phrase “out of the vault” brings to mind various images: moldy old tape masters of songs no one wants to hear, some animated Disney movie available on DVD for five minutes, Geraldo Rivera’s…
Help Save Tasty Tuesdays in the Milk District!
As anyone who showed up two night ago knows, the plug got yanked on Tasty Tuesdays, the Milk District’s weekly Tuesday-night food-truck meetup, with basically no notice. Trucks full of delicious chicken & waffles, popsicles, and hummus were left scrambling to contact their fans via Facebook and Twitter to let them know there’d be a…
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New Concert Announcements [Weezer, Fiona Apple, ALAK Block Party, Lindsey Buckingham, SFS Mustard Seed Benefit, and oh so much more]
Summer show doldrums getting you down? Fear not. The calendar is picking up big time, you guys. Check out these recently announced shows: June 24: Wiggly World Summertime BBQ w/Hungry Gayze, Pillowfight (Vinyl Richie’s) June 26: Auto Chlor (Uncle Lou’s) June 28: Eric Johnson (Plaza) June 30: The Jam Campaign Rock ’n’ Roll Comedy Revue…
Brian Posehn heads to Orlando Improv
Thursday-Saturday, June 21-23 – Brian Posehn various showtimes through June 23 Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre 9101 International Drive, Suite 2310 407-480-5233 theimprovorlando.com $17-$20 He isn’t the type of comedian who relishes the spotlight. Brian Posehn’s that special brand of comic who appears entirely human and down to earth while standing on the big…
Happytown
Just as we were busying ourselves appending the "Y"s to all of our adverbs and squeezing the last bits of ink from our feather-quill pens in order to put this week’s super persuasive cover story on the Great Voter Purge of 2012 to the hot wax treatment of making a paper, we got to thinking:…
'Brave'
Pixar, mid-slump, finds parent Disney’s footsteps tougher to fill than expected
'Moonrise Kingdom'
Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ magically evokes the pangs of first love
Live Active Cultures
Sam Gennawey, scholar of Disney architecture, makes a rare Orlando-area appearance
Album Reviews
This week Future ofthe Left, Metric, and Spaceghostpurrp
Savage Love
Is it normal for my man to be so attracted to boobs that even though mine are beautiful and perfect, my boyfriend still wants to look at every other woman with a set of big boobs that he can? Aren’t mine enough? Boyfriend Ogles Other Breasts You sound like a new reader, BOOB, so before…
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu takes on the Cult, Hundred Waters, Man Man and Against Me
Legendary lounge lizard Mark Wayne celebrated with benefit show
They were ours. The Dresden has its Marty and Elayne, Lake Tahoe its Captain & Tennille, Altadena Middle School its Marty and Bobbi Culp, but Mark Wayne and his wife, Lorna Lambey, were Orlando’s designated lounge lizards, and there’s great pride to be found in that. So when Wayne passed away from a heart attack…
The Pitmen Painters
When a group of Northumberland miners picked up paintbrushes, it changed their lives forever
DVDs Nuts
Lesser-seen, critic-approved films on disc and on demand
Council Watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
'Lola Versus'
‘Lola Versus’ wastes Greta Gerwig in flat, New York indie rom-com
Drink Events
Things to do for people who love booze
The Bar Tab
On June 11, a downtown Orlando dance-night staple came to an end. Crush, a night begun by DJ Pauly Crush (aka Paul Geller) eight years ago, played its last track at Backbooth. By all accounts, the joint was packed (we tried to get in, but there was a massive line outside, which we weren’t about…
Drink Like a Pirate Day
Wall Street Plaza hosts eighth annual Rum Fest
Rotation
What local artists are listening to
Florida’s attempt to scrub the voter rolls is un-American
We give you five good reasons why you should care about the state’s voter purge
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Swans, geese and ducks molt all their flight feathers at once, which means they may be unable to fly for several weeks afterwards. We humans don’t do anything like that in a literal way, but we have a psychological analog: times when we shed outworn self-images. I suspect you’re coming up…
B-Side Artists Sell Out
Local street art crew takes root and bears fruit
Maakies
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The Sandwich Co.
This is a place that takes lunch seriously
Jazz Tastings
From tapas to trumpets, Maitland jazz lounge has matters well in hand
Food truck review: Sit ‘n Stay Pet Cafe
Truck: Sit ‘n’ Stay Pet Cafe, generally found at dog-friendly events and food truck hotspots all around Orlando. Visit their website to find out where they’ll be next. Reviewer: Tucker Sullivan, 6 years old, born in Baltimore, moved to Orlando in 2010. Underbite, funny eyes. This is his first experience eating from a food truck for dogs.…
The Many Varied (and Useless) Paths to Self-Discovery Through Cinema
There were a couple of pieces last week [I wrote this last week and forgot to post it because I am just not very bright] about advice on how to help kids become cinephiles and, personally, I think they’re all wrong. Sasha Stone’s piece on Awards Daily was the more interesting and comprehensive one to…
On Sale This Week: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros at the Beacham!
On Sale: Friday, June 22 Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 The Beacham 46 N. Orange Ave. 407-648-8363 thebeacham.com $25-$35 Down the road: Arnez J, June 28 at Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre Coldplay, June 28 at Tampa Bay Times Forum Los Campesinos!, June 29 at The Social Wolf…
Making Covers Is Easy #001: Our Gun State
Making covers for Orlando Weekly is easy… when you hire amazing artists to do them for you. You have about 24 hours left to pick up a print copy of OW with one of my favorite covers this year, for Billy Manes’ Our Dumb State, Vol. 9, which is all about guns in Florida. (Check out…
Democrats outpacing Republicans in voter registration stakes. What voter purge?
Some interesting new statistics just in from the Florida Democratic Party show that, despite – or perhaps because of – Republicans being so transparently ruthless in their attempts to ferret out people who don’t typically vote for a party that oppresses them, Democrats have been holding a steady lead in getting people on the voter…
