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Apr 29 – May 5, 1998

Apr 29 - May 5, 1998 / Vol. 14 / No. 17

Pizzeria doubles recipe for success

These days there are more ways than ever to slice a pizza. And Sicilian Pizzeria offers all the usual suspects, from seafood pizzas to barbecue, vegetarian and beyond. But their most impressive pie of all is the pizza ripiena, which is a gourmet double crust stuffed with fillings. Basically, they’ve taken the tried-and-true pizza and…

Orlando Weekly Staff

India’s santoor master touches the heart

“An Evening of Indian Music with Pandit Santoor Sharma,” Disney Institute, May 2, 1998 Central Florida’s Asian community is one of the most rapidly growing segments of the area’s population. While eager to assimilate themselves, immigrants from India saw the need to retain their cultural identity. This led to the formation of the Asian Cultural…

Matt Kelemen

Fastball strikes one for the charts

Fastball, with Darling, Sapphire Supper Club, April 30, 1998 Fastball, the Texas trio rapidly zipping up the Billboard singles charts thanks to their bossa nova radio-charmer, “The Way,” is the out-of-nowhere band most likely to lure lapsed believers back to the Church of Guitar Pop. They don’t take themselves too seriously, don’t glory in gimmickry…

Philip Booth

Substance over style

There isn’t a lot about women that hasn’t been flayed open and explored. From the big Erica Jong stuff to how blush on your chest enhances the cleavage, they’ve seen London, they’ve seen France, they’ve seen women’s underpants, and everything else that used to be a trick of the feminine trade. But I have one…

Liz Langley

Animal pragmatism

Ingrid Newkirk, the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, says Disney had a chance to do something great. They blew it Ha-ha, lookit, she’s in the cage.” The speaker — a woman tugging a child — brushed swiftly past animal-rights activist Ingrid Newkirk, who stood posed for a photographer inside a make-believe…

Jeff Truesdell

City orders clothes on disrobed David

Plastic fruit stuffed in a mannequin’s shorts may not qualify as anyone’s idea of art — or even good taste. But is that any reason to dress up Michelangelo’s David? Apparently, city of Orlando code inspectors think so. After receiving a lone complaint about bulging underwear on a mannequin in a display window, two supervisors…

Mary Meehan

Split decision no longer

The ballots are in, and members of the national Sierra Club — riven by a debate on immigration fueled by those who want to close U.S. borders — have reaffirmed the organization’s policy to stay neutral on the issue [“Split decision, April 2]. Votes counted last weekend showed that about 84,000 of the club’s more…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Time for a road movie?

Last year’s 15th edition of the Central Florida Film & Video Festival may not have been a landmark, once-in-a-lifetime success. But that hasn’t stopped organizer Frameworks Alliance from hatching big plans for the event’s 1998 installment. After the festival’s 10-day Orlando run concludes next fall, Frameworks director Jason Neff and his crew are planning to…

Orlando Weekly Staff

State Attorney takes a hit

Just one week after taking her complaint to court, a former assistant state’s attorney has won further backing for her allegation that she was fired after claiming that State’s Attorney Lawson Lamar’s office discriminates against women. In an April 24 letter, Florida Public Counsel Jack Shreve agreed that Lamar’s office “retaliated against [Donna] Lindamood because…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Latins Ascending

The Hispanic vote in Orange County is something to be reckoned with The presence of three Hispanic candidates in the race for Orange County Chairman — a position responsible for a $2 billion budget and 6,000 employees — reflects the growing political power of the Hispanic community. “The Hispanic vote in Orange County is something…

Mary Meehan

Checkout convenience — for whom?

Once the fried-dough embodiment of hot and fresh, Krispy Kreme has transformed its original glazed doughnut into a new frozen beverage for the summer. The chain introduced a new line of frozen drinks Wednesday, including Frozen Original Kreme – a drinkable version of the company’s signature doughnut `.`— money.cnn.com, July 21, 2004 ACT ONE (The…

Jim Hightower

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