Three days until Thanksgiving: Three ways to shake up tradition
Stuffing muffins! A baby step toward smashing Thanksgiving’s culinary hegemony. (Picture: New York Times) Just three more days until it’s turkey time! You might have everything planned already, checking tasks off your master list in an orderly and self-satisfied way. Or, you might be wishing you could break the bonds of tradition, shake off all…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Iran so far; budget crunches; Walmart sucks some more; SunRail woes; (not-so) Silver Springs
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: “Congress hasn’t been notified in detail about the secret diplomacy. That could also pose a challenge for Obama, who has been waging a tense battle with Republicans and Democrats alike to prevent them from enacting new sanctions against Iran at the same time he has been…
On sale this week: The 1975 at the Beacham
On sale now! The 1975 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 21 The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave. 407-648-8363 thebeacham.com $20-$25 Down the road: Danny Brown, Dec. 4 at The Plaza Live Hed PE, Dec. 4 at Firestone Live The Revivalists, Dec. 6 at The Social August Burns Red, Dec. 6 at The Plaza Live Pontiak,…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — November 24th, 2013
So with the introduction of Billy’s Daily Weekly Reader this week, it pushes me down to second best Orlando Weekly newsgatherer. Thanks a lot, Billy. But at least I’m still in the top 2. Aw yeah. Videos, short films, etc: -So, I’m sure most of you have seen the interactive video for Bob Dylan’s Like a…
New mystery theme park coming to Orlando?
A new mystery theme park complex may be coming to Orlando courtesy of an undisclosed corporation, according to documents recently filed with the Orange County comptroller's office. Hat tip to UORBuzz for discovering this financing statement, which was approved by Martha Hainey's office on 11/22/2013. The property in question is 612 acres of former Lockheed…
Bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word: four offbeat methods of cooking your Thanksgiving turkey
Thanksgiving countdown: only four days to go! Today’s pretty much the last day you’ll be able to buy your turkey of choice – after tonight they’ll all be too big, too small or somehow not what you want, so get out there and do that shopping. Before you head out, though, here’s some food for…
Five days until Thanksgiving: What beverages go best with turkey and family fights?
We’re just five days away! You’re probably doing the big Thanksgiving shopping trip this weekend (UGH); might as well swing by the liquor store too. Not because you’ll need an immediate stiff drink after fighting the hordes at Publix (well, that too), but because you are probably going to want to give your guests something…
Video: IAAPA 2013 Highlights and Photo Gallery
IAAPA 2013 (photos and video by Seth Kubersky) IAAPA 2013, the annual International Association of Amusment Parks and Attractions convention, wraps up this afternoon at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center. You can read about my top seven IAAPA 2013 highlights in next week’s editon of Live Active Cultures, but in the meantime here are some…
Black Friday record exclusives you’re gonna wanna know about
I’ve gotta thank my friend and coworker Billy Manes for the heads up on Black Friday record store special releases that I’m pretty sure it has exactly never occurred to me to look into, cuz this year has a ton of great music that I, for one, would squeal to unwrap on Christmas morning. Like…
Another Round Bartender Bracket – Vote for your favorite local bartender!
Click to enlarge bracket. We’re pitting some of our favorite bartenders against each other to figure out who Orlando prefers behind the bar to make any hour a little happier. We’ll see who gets served in the coming weeks. First round of voting starts now! Round 1: Voting ends Friday, Nov. 29 Round 2: Voting…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Nuclear war, first lady feminism, Boehner’s iron lung, wasted sick time, Carter’s solar dream deferred.
YOU’RE ABOUT AS EASY AS A NUCLEAR WAR, MITCH MCCONNELL: “But, beyond the unprecedented frequency of filibusters under Mitch McConnell, the current Republican minority wielded them to seize an unprecedented degree of control over the law and the judiciary. With enough creativity, Senate Republicans discovered that the filibuster could not simply prevent new…
Seven days until Thanksgiving, seven new ways to love potatoes and gravy
The lovely Phi of food blog Princess Tofu created these smoked mashed potatoes, but they are decidedly not vegan. Day Two of the countdown! Turkey day’s just a week away, so today we bring you seven new ways to prepare Thanksgiving potatoes and gravy. Let’s go beyond the mash! For some people (the kind with…
Six Orlando joints land in Urbanspoon’s list of America’s Top New Restaurants of 2013
More than 46,000 new restaurants were entered into the Urbanspoon database just this year, and tomorrow the mobile restaurant app releases its list of Top New Restaurants of 2013. According to a recent Urbanspoon press release, the list was compiled based on “the most viewed, reviewed and liked restaurants to open their doors this year.”…
Legoland Florida to open hotel in 2015
Legoland Florida has officially announced what theme park blogs been gossiping about for weeks: In 2015, it plans to open a 152-room hotel. Naturally, the hotel will be all primary colors and crazy Lego design, with Lego-themed furniture and the like. Basically, a Lego fan’s dream come true. Florida general manager Adrian Jones said in…
Snap! Space hosts Jamie Tworkowski of To Write Love on Her Arms at Creative Mornings
If you missed the chance to explore Snap!’s nifty new home on Colonial Drive at this morning’s Urban Thought event (Urban Think Foundation chair Craig Ustler in conversation with Orlando City Soccer Club president Phil Rawlins; by all accounts it was quite lively), tomorrow is another day. Orlando’s Snap! Space hosts Jamie Tworkowski, founder of…
10 best videos of politicians being booed offstage
In honor of the pretty much epic video we posted yesterday of Florida Gov. Rick Scott being booed offstage at the Orlando City Lions announcement that the team has been accepted into the MLS, we’ve gathered up our top 10 favorite videos of other politicians being soundly booed during public appearances. Take a few minutes…
Sons and ammo: JFK, Zimmerman and the elephant gun in the room
In 1973, Delacorte Press published the science-fiction novel Joshua, Son of None. In the book, which is set 10 years earlier, a doctor clones a murdered President of the United States. That president is never named, but as the clone grows to maturity, he’s christened Joshua Francis Kellogg – lest anybody miss the implication. The novel…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Famous Jameis kills sports; Trey Radel is a giver; weed is cool, ok?; VHS OCD; business loves Jacobs, Thompson; Manes loves Siegel
from CBS Sports IF ANY OF THIS IS TRUE, WE HATE SPORTS AGAIN: “When the attorney contacted Detective (Scott) Angulo immediately after Winston was identified, Detective Angulo told the attorney that Tallahassee was a big football town and the victim needs to think long and hard before proceeding against him because she will be…
Here’s a story about the least interesting character
This contains major spoilers for this week’s Sons of Anarchy. Avoid if you haven’t seen it yet. I have something of an irrational, yet unabashed love for Sons of Anarchy. I don’t question it; it just is. It’s a truly awful show that I can’t really defend, yet I love it. As a kid, I…
New Mickey Mouse short “Potatoland” spoofs Disney World
The latest nouveau Mickey short features Mickey, Donald and Goofy on a road trip to fulfill Goofy’s lifelong dream of visiting Potatoland. When Mickey and Donald find out that Goofy has read the sign for Potatoland wrong and it doesn’t exist they band together for their buddy and build it in the middle of a potato…
ILLLS releases a dazzlingly realized debut that’s somewhere between Telekinesis and Surfer Blood
Album review: ILLLS’ ‘Hideout From the Feeders’
My top five former Walt Disney World attractions
For as long as I can remember, my favorite thing about Walt Disney World has been that there’s always something new — an attraction, a character, a restaurant, a special event, etc. Maybe this is why I’ve been to Walt Disney World an obnoxious number of times and Sea World zero times, save for a…
Drinking, parties and nightlife
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Enzian announces expansion plans
Area’s only art house theater to add screens In a letter to supporters and contributors of the Enzian Theater in Maitland, executive vice president Elizabeth Tiedtke has confirmed what Orlando Weekly first reported in April, that the cinema will indeed expand to a second and third screen. “To respond to our community’s hunger for what…
Social media reactions to the most recent arrest of George Zimmerman.
Social media reacts to the most recent arrest of George Zimmerman Two days ago, George Zimmerman was arrested during a domestic violence dispute with his girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe. In the 911 call (which you can listen to below), Scheibe says Zimmerman pointed a shotgun at her face. This incident came just weeks after police announced…
Just eight more days! Our Thanksgiving countdown kicks off with eight unexpected veggie side dishes
You want this: Brussels sprouts and chestnuts in brown butter, via Smitten Kitchen (photo by Deb Perelman/Smitten Kitchen) Welcome to Salivation Army’s first-ever Thanksgiving countdown! We’re full of good ideas for your turkey-day table, from easy appetizers to make-ahead desserts to beer and wine pairings to bird-cooking methods and more, and we’ll be sharing every day…
Free shows this week!!! (Nov. 20-26)
YOLO? Here’s this week’s best opportunities to take in free music: 11/21 Buster Keaton and Friends @ Tanqueray’s, 10:30 p.m. (funk/jazz/soul/hip-hop) 11/21 Dope Operatic @ Peacock Room, 10 p.m. (hip-hop showcase) 11/22 RJ Harman and Company @ Tanqueray’s, 10:30 p.m. (boogie blues) 11/22 Tim Turner @ Peacock Room, 10 p.m. (Shak Nasti) 11/22 Rollins Percussion…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: More sniffing around Congressman Trey Radel; Rick Scott’s love letters; Rick Scott’s hate for “deceitful” Obamacare; Alex Sink and the middle; Miami’s drowning
MORE SNIFFING AROUND CONGRESSMAN TREY RADEL: “This is not the first time Radel’s vices have proved embarrassing for him. In June of last year it was revealed that the conservative’s now-defunct media company, Trey Enterprises, had registered a series of sex-themed website domains. Reported Mother Jones, “Among them is cojible.com, a slang term…
Imaginative self-titled debut from Orlando band ButterQueen features locally spun lyrics
Album review: ButterQueen’s ‘ButterQueen’
David Dondero fights the good fight, success and stability be damned
Folk-rock troubadour brings his incisive tunes to Will’s Pub
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) The poet Charles Baudelaire prayed for help, but not to God – rather, he prayed to the writer Edgar Allan Poe. Novelist Malcolm Lowry sometimes pleaded with God to give him insight, but he also prayed to the writer Franz Kafka. I really like this approach to seeking guidance, and recommend it…
Savage Love
I’m a heterosexual guy in my early 20s. I’ve been dating my girlfriend for about six months, and we’ve been having some fights recently. The problem: I have a high sex drive in comparison to hers. I want to be intimate on a weekly basis (at least!), and she’s told me that she’s more…
Orlando experiences a public art renaissance
See Art at Lake Eola, Urban Art Museum and two more large-scale public works
Stir up a holiday buzz at the Mall at Millenia
Another Round: DIY pub crawl
‘Dallas Buyers Club’
An unsentimental true story is compromised by two-dimensional characters
Paid sick leave is bad business
First Words: Your letters and comments
New music from criminally overlooked talent Tracy Shedd
Album review: Tracy Shedd’s ‘Arizona’
Beaujolais Nouveau Day, Winter Park Harvest Festival, East End Market early birds and more
Tip Jar: local food news
Holiday Guide 2013
A calendar full of more Christmas Carols, holiday lights, Trans-Siberian Orchestras and jingle balls than you can shake a nutcracker at
Some speculate that Sen. Bill Nelson may run for governor
Nelson’s office won’t confirm, but some media outlets insist he’s still hasn’t ruled it out
University of Central Florida told to cooperate in public records cases
School must respond to suit brought by student newspaper ‘Knight News’ and allow an investigative journalist to keep documents school claims weren’t public record
Five scenes from ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ we can’t wait to see on the big screen
A list of gripping moments from the book that we hope the franchise’s new director Francis Lawrence handles as deftly as his predecessor (Spoiler Alert)
Our music columnist gets immersed at the Acre for John Vanderslice
For all the celebration that a one-time 10-year anniversary reunion of celebrated local band Precious (Nov. 10, Will’s Pub) suggests, the cause was rather heavy. Frontman Steve Garron, a beloved figure in the Orlando music canon, has for years been battling kidney disease and is now trying to get a transplant. Yeah, pretty serious shit. But I much prefer the…
Playwright Bill Rosenfield discusses how ‘True Fans’ went from film to book to stage
Playwright Bill Rosenfield says True Fans is "just like Book of Mormon, with less cursing" Two weeks ago, Live Active Cultures talked with one of the stars of The Book of Mormon, and last week’s column came to you from Orlando Shakes’ PlayFest. In this issue, we split the difference with the debut of a brand-new play featuring friendly folks…
Opening in Orlando: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ and ‘Delivery Man’
Movies playing now playing in Orlando theaters
It’s Major League Soccer Coronation Day!!! It’s time to party! Here’s how.
Hey you guys!!!! In the worst kept secret since the Charlie Crist candidacy announcement, today’s the big day that all the local powers of finance and governance converge for an expensive and sportsmanlike high five! Against all odds, Phil Rawlins and his Orlando City Soccer Lions managed, in a spate of a few months, to…
On sale this week: Queens of the Stone Age at Hard Rock Live!
On sale: Friday, Nov. 22 Queens of the Stone Age 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $36.50-$56.50 Down the road: Mayday Parade, Nov. 29 at House of Blues Kanye West, Nov. 30 at Tampa Bay Times Forum Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Nov. 30 at Amway Center Veil of Maya,…
