Sunday funday: Sip on wine, craft beer and spirits at the Downtown Pour
Sunday, April 14 – Downtown Pour 2-5 p.m. Thornton Park, Washington Street, between Summerlin and Hyer avenues wmmo.com $30-$35 One thing’s for sure: You don’t have to be an experienced sommelier or craft beer snob to enjoy this annual imbibing occasion. Look at it more as a chance to spend an afternoon outdoors while sipping…
Sunday Film News Roundup — April 14th, 2013
I don’t know if it was the “big” news of the week, but in an interview with Comic Book Resources this week, Hellboy creator and artist Mike Mignola quashed any hope of a third Hellboy movie. I’m not necessarily disappointed that there won’t be a Hellboy 3 (I really hated Hellboy 2, aside from Ron Perlman as HB), but…
Crazy for tryin’: Where’s the hysteria over Ashley?
She may not have planned it this way, but Ashley Judd has just proven that there are indeed still meaty roles for actresses. You know, roles like “The Forgotten Woman.” And “The Basket Case.” “Next time, I’ll quote St. Francis Scott Key.” For about five minutes this week, the big news story was the smear…
Super-secret Fox Fest after party!
If this catches you on a particularly ho-hum Saturday, I encourage you to head out to Fox Fest, the outdoor music festival at Rollins College, presented by WPRK, open to the public and totally free. Regular festivities kick off at 1 p.m. today, (Saturday, April 13) and the full schedule of bands and DJs are as…
Orlando City Soccer Club kicks off new season at Florida Citrus Bowl
Sunday, April 14 – Orlando City Soccer Club vs. Rochester Rhinos 6 p.m. Florida Citrus Bowl 1610 E. Church St. 855-675-2489 orlandocitysoccer.com $15-$60 Orlando soccer fans continue to come out of the woodwork as our hometown USL team, Orlando City, kicks off its third season – and it should prove no different than the previous…
My cheating heart at Lil Indies
Lil Indies is not supposed to be a music venue. At least, not the majority of the time. For the most part, you can expect to go in there and kick around the jukebox, slide into a booth and order your drinks in an environment where you’re not necessarily screaming over the band to have…
Director Fede Álvarez on Resurrecting the ‘Evil Dead’
‘The challenge was to show the right amount of gore without turning it into something that was ridiculous.’
Incoming! Color Me Rad 5K takes over Central Florida Fairgrounds
Saturday, April 13 – Color Me Rad 5K 9 a.m. Central Florida Fairgrounds 4603 W. Colonial Drive colormerad.com sold out It’s kind of like if you mixed paintball with a 5K running race – except these paintballs don’t hurt. The Color Me Rad race – not to be confused with the Color Run 5K from…
Short Film Friday — April 14th, 2012
For a while now, I’ve been sticking links to a few shorts films a week into the Sunday Roundup. I love short films, and there is seriously no shortage of them these days as cameras like the D5 — and even the iPhone 5 — make shooting a realistic prospect for people, and since video…
Orlando Ballet and Bach Festival Society present Carmina Burana
photo by Kate Telmo Friday-Sunday, April 12-14 – Carmina Burana 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 407-426-1739 orlandoballet.org $20-$90 O Fortuna! You’ve heard it a squintillion times. It’s the melodramatic movement from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana that’s been used to score movies and video…
Downtown Orlando
Culture and cocktails – lots of cocktails
Winter Park
Well-heeled but wide-ranging
Getting Crafty
Orlando’s growing craft-beer scene
Mills 50/ViMi
From soup to beer-nuts
Welcome to Orlando
Orlando Weekly’s guide to the city and its neighborhoods.
Sand Lake/Dr. Phillips
All the neighborhood’s a feast
Essential information for Orlando (and Orange County) residents
New to town? Or just not sure where to go to solve a problem? Here’s a guide to some resources you can call on if you call our region home
Maitland
Small-town appeal with big-time hospitality
Waterford Lakes/Avalon Park
Suburban convenience meets small-town appeal
Audubon Park/Baldwin Park
Sometimes opposites really do attract
College Park
Familiarity breeds contentment
Sanford
An unexpected and charismatic main-street strip
Thornton Park
Surprisingly walkable – surprisingly wild
Orlando theme parks
Where the theme parks are located and what they offer – a mini guide
Orlando Arts & Culture
A guide to galleries, museums, performing arts and theaters
UCF
Unchained melodies
Milk District
Bull’s eye
Orlando Nightlife
Bars, nightclubs, live music and dancing hotspots in Orlando
Orlando by the numbers
Some stats you may find handy when making small talk about your hometown
Ivanhoe Village
An urban planner’s dream (with fetal pigs and pizza)
Orlando Sports & Recreation
Spectator sports, biking and hiking, canoeing and kayaking, yoga and more
Orlando Attractions
Parks, gardens, rides and adventures in the Orlando area
After the Mouse
If Central Florida as we know it was born after Disney, this is the turbulent history we share
Top secrets
A few of our favorite under-the-radar Orlando music venues
Feelings … nothing more than feelings …
Facebook decided to take a page from MySpace’s book with their new feelings emoticons, but I think they could’ve used a touch more of the pizzazz that MySpace gets flamed for. Updating my feelings on MySpace was the first dang status update I can remember making, and I definitely was among the silly first crop…
The best thing you’ll read about Pitbull today
Pitbull plays Universal 8:30 Saturday, April 13 So: Miami club hit cranker-outer Pitbull plays Universal Orlando tomorrow. Love him or hate him, this article in GQ written one year ago by our ex-intern Kent Russell is the best thing you’ll read about him today, or possibly ever. One night last fall, I flew back to Miami,…
Two-piece band El Ten Eleven offer groove-rock at the Social
photo by MarkOwensPhoto.com Thursday, April 11 – El Ten Eleven with Slow Magic, Nude Pop 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $10-$12 As one of the highest functioning two-piece bands in the game, California’s El Ten Eleven have been digging their heels deep into Orlando’s guts with their body-moving groove-rock and…
Goodbye GOAT: Local Theater Announces Closing
If you’ve picked up the latest issue of Orlando Weekly, you may have noticed the item in Culture 2 Go about the difficulties faced by Greater Orlando Actors Theatre. At the time the column was written, GOAT founders Paul and Leesa Castaneda were seeking donations to keep the doors open at their Crealde location, in…
In Your Queue: Old Men and Thieves
I’m Not Rappaport – Herb Gardner (1996) It’s a damn shame that we’ve lost both Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis in the years since I’m Not Rappaport came out. They were true titans, actors with depth and range honed on the stage in the 40s before making it to Hollywood. They star here as Nat Moyer and Midge Carter,…
Hot diggity dog! Weinermobile coming to Orlando!
That’s right folks, the enormous (and mobile!) Oscar Meyer sausage is making its way to Orlando this week. Driven by Hotdoggers Holly Diggity Holly and Lots of Ketchup Lisa, the Weinermobile will stop by three locations in the Central Florida area (listed below). Thursday, April 11 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wal-Mart 11250 E. Colonial Drive Friday,…
More than 150 bands perform at DeLandapalooza
Tony & Kim (photo by JW Photography) Saturday, April 13 – DeLandapalooza Music Festival 1 p.m.-midnight various venues, DeLand 386-308-2694 ssa.cc/delandapalooza.html $10-$15 DeLand hibernates all winter, and then every year, all of a sudden, DeLandians stretch and awaken for spring – and they’re immediately impatient to party, inviting everybody over for a gigantic festival that…
Photo gallery: DIY pub crawl in Hannibal Square
Winter Park’s Hannibal Square played host to this month’s Another Round pub-crawling adventure, as I met up with a few female friends for some ladies’ night cocktails. We started the evening with martinis at Dexter’s before hopping over to Fresh for some French red wine, lemondropping by Hannibal’s on the Square for a quick minute,…
Batter up: Quinco Baseball Academy opens in Winter Park with ProBatter pitching simulator
Stee-rike one! A new sports training facility, Quinco Baseball Academy, sees its grand opening this weekend (April 13-14) in Winter Park. The 30,000 square-foot indoor complex not only offers 16 batting/pitching cages, an artificial turf infield and a weight training area, but it also features a ProBatter PX2 system. This state-of-the-art simulator, used by MLB…
GAMELANDO: ‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ Revealed!
It’s simple…we hunt the Batman. Looks like old ‘Bats is getting another trip into the game-o-verse! Batman: Arkham Origins has been officially revealed (via GameInformer), and is set to be a prequel to Arkham City Not to mention, it’s looking PRETTY. This time around, Batman will come face-to-face with eight assassins (including Deathstroke) who…
Florida Film Fest review: BENDITO MACHINE IV – FUEL THE MACHINES
BENDITO MACHINE IV – FUEL THE MACHINES ??? An unnamed protagonist embarks on a journey to a destination unbeknownst to the viewer after receiving a phone call. The protagonist travels by way of various whimsical means of transportation, including an airship and a roller coaster that looks like…
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Live Active Cultures
On the road to Sally Corp. with the merry pranksters of Theme Park Review
Meet Your Makers: People making stuff we love
Anna Bond, Rifle Paper Company
UCF Book Festival/Orlando
Readers and writers come together at Saturday festival
‘Evil Dead’
Is ‘Evil Dead’ the bloodiest R-rated movie ever made?
Opening in Orlando
Playing in local theaters this week
Happytown: Parent-trigger bill passes Florida House
Proponents say law would give parents more power over failing schools; opponents say it’s an attack on public schools
Album Review: Bleeding Rainbow’s ‘Yeah Right’
Bleeding Rainbow’s third LP is stroked with thicker coats of noise than ever
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) German theologian Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a central figure in the rebellion against the Catholic church that led to the Protestant Reformation. You’ll never guess where he was when he was struck by the epiphany that became the core axiom of his new religion. I’ll tell you: He was sitting on…
Savage Love
I’m a gay man who has been seeing a devout Christian gay guy for one year. We have a great relationship. We have many of the same interests and respect each other’s feelings and beliefs. However, I am a Catholic who is not that religious, and he is an Orthodox Christian. Some of his friends…
Another Round
On the prowl in Hannibal Square
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist explains Thee Grotto’s re-emergence
Jacuzzi Boys play Rollins’ Fox Fest, free and open to public
The Miami band never disappoints with a wild romp of a live show.
Happytown: State House wants to block sick-time ordinances
Florida House votes in favor of bill that would pre-empt sick time ordinances by invalidating them before they pass at local level
Cappadocia Turkish Cuisine
Turkish interloper on Semoran Boulevard gives kebab-lovers cause to visit
Culture 2 Go: our monthly roundup of performing arts news
Sad tidings and transitions
GORELANDO: Album Review: Rob Zombie?s ‘Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor’
Our favorite hellbilly raises the dead on his finest haunting since his solo debut. Alright, I’m finally going to admit it: I wasn’t a fan of Rob Zombie’s Hellbilly Deluxe 2. I thought it had all the experimental, ambitious tendencies in the world, but initially crumbled under the weight of its own title. It was…
'Til Death Do Us Part…
The battle for a statewide domestic-partnership registry isn’t just a policy fight. It’s personal.
Diet Coke’s hosting a Taylor Swift ticket giveaway scavenger hunt
Man, Taylor Swift’s show sold out pretty, uh, swiftly, didn’t it? If you’re as much a fan of scavenger hunts as you are of the teenage queen, you could be in luck if you’ve got some free time on your hands tomorrow, April 10. Here’s the deal, Diet Coke (the company, not the can you’re…
On sale this week: Say Anything at House of Blues
On sale: Thursday, April 11 Say Anything with Eisley, HRVRD, Northern Faces 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 hob.com $18.50 Down the road: Rihanna, April 19 at Tampa Bay Times Forum The Moms, April 20 at Will’s Pub Brit Floyd, April 22 at Hard Rock Live Gwar, April…
Yeah, That’s Heavy: Hesitation Wounds, Kurt Vile, the Knife and more on this week’s playlist
Howdy ya’ll! As alluded to in my previous article, things got hectic last week, so better late than never? New releases for 4/16 will be (reasonably) on time this week. Hesitation Wounds – S/T (Deathwish Inc.) Short an’ sweet Rookie of the Week comes from Deathwish Inc. dream team, Hesitation Wounds. Their moniker sets a…
