KEY OF E Soundtrack now streaming online for free, Encore performances start at The Venue this weekend
As reported in this month's installment of Culture 2 Go, the 2013 Orlando Fringe Festival hit KEY OF E is currently holding a Kickstarter to complete production of an original cast album for Andy Matchett & Corey Volence's post-apocalyptic rock musical. Recording of the album is finished, and you can listen to the entire thing…
The Short Stack: Britta+Troy 4Ever
TROY Clapping for the Wrong Reasons (Director’s Cut) Dir: Hiro Murai Runtime: 25m Starring and co-written by Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover), this short constitutes a wild, circular trip through a day in the life of a rapper and his crew as he tries to put the finishing touches on a track while distracted by…
Processing Great Art Made by Contemptible Artists
I’ve been reading the Ender’s Game Saga on and off for about eight years, since a friend thrust the first book into my hands and demanded I read it. I read it and liked it, and read more. Unlike other series I’ve read though, I haven’t been able to blow through them one after another.…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — August 18th, 2013
News, links, etc: -China is such a big deal at the box office, Speilberg wants to make a movie there with Zhang Yimou (Hero). (The Film Stage) -LGBT films like Weekend and Jack & Diane can make it on home video and streaming platforms, but why can’t they make it at the box office with any kind…
KISS at the Amway Center … reviewed by an 11-year-old
Note: I’ve been fortunate to take my kids to concerts for a while now, but my 11-year-old was especially stoked to see KISS in concert, so we hit the Amway Center on Aug. 16 (the band’s opening show for the Arena Bowl). Originally, I thought it would be fun to have us both review it…
The Lucky Lure reels in the beachy set of Ivanhoe Village
A few of us from the OW editorial team hopped over to new bar the Lucky Lure in Ivanhoe Village last night for a couple of happy hour cocktails. It was our first time visiting the nautical-inspired watering hole, which is one of the newer bar residents to the Ivanhoe Row strip along North Orange…
Short Film Friday: ¡Adios Cortometraje Viernes!
(FYI: this will be a Monday post starting next week and will have a new name, since the name Short Film Friday is pretty common. I have a name in mind but it’s really lame and I don’t know if I can go through with it with a straight face.) ¡El Tonto! Dir: Lake Bell…
Egypt, WTF? (A Primer)
This is what’s left of a pro-Morsi camp in Cairo after the military moved in. (AFP, Khaled Desouki) Egypt, as you’re probably aware, is a mess. Earlier this week the Egyptian military, on its second coup in two years, straight-up massacred members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were engaging in sit-ins to protest the deposal…
Every day is a food holiday with new mobile Food.com app!
Did you indulge in a juicy steak yesterday, perhaps at Kres Chophouse downtown, which we reviewed this week? After all, it was “National Filet Mignon Day.” And not only is Aug. 15 cooking legend Julia Child’s birthday, but it also happens to be “Lemon Meringue Pie Day” (sweet!) and “Bratwurst Day” (uh, what?). If you’re…
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Florida Medical Marijuana petition campaign suspended? What the hell is going on? [UPDATED! EVERYTHING’S FINE!]
Take all of this with a grain of, well, you know, but something seems to be afoot in the United for Care/People United for Medical Marijuana push for petitions to get the (sorta) legal weed on the 2014 ballot. And, hey, that would suck, right? In this week’s Happytown™, we addressed some concerns currently being…
Shipyard Brew Pub Winter Park to close
Shipyard Brew Pub announced on Facebook tonight that it is closing its Winter Park location. The Portland, Maine based pub opened in 2011, and in April the company opened its second Florida venture: Sea Dog Brewing Company in Lake Buena Vista. No reasons were given for the abrupt announcement that Shipyard would close its doors.…
Franklin bashed: Whatever happened to the first black Muppet?
Time for a pop quiz: Can you identify the character pictured at left? If you answered “Roosevelt Franklin,” you know your vintage Sesame Street. More specifically, the pic shows a Roosevelt Franklin hand puppet that was marketed and sold at retail in the early 1970s. And therein hangs our lesson for today. A few weeks ago,…
Exhumed proves gore-grind can be groovy on ‘Necrocracy’
Album review: Exhumed’s ‘Necrocracy’
Superchunk’s new album will be your final summer crush
Album review: Superchunk’s ‘I Hate Music’
Winter Park’s Capen House and downtown’s “Round Building” depend on grass-roots support to survive
Meet the people working to save local landmarks from the wrecking ball
New hires at Bach Festival Society, locals find luck in NYC, “Key of E” and Urban Art Museum
Culture to Go: local performing arts news
Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch perfect the art of the slow burn in ‘Prince Avalanche’
The key players keep seething emotions in check in this bromance film
Savage Love
Dear readers: Two excellent writers stepped in to answer the Savage Love Letter of the Day while I was on vacation, and I wanted to share two of their responses in the column this week. (The SLLOTD is blasted out daily to folks who have the Savage Love app.) First up is Daniel Bergner. His…
Orlando’s Kres Chophouse serves filets with flair
Impeccable style and service are as important to Kres as its prime cuts of beef
How the tourism industry and politicians keep Florida’s tax money from being spent where we need it most
State law does not allow tourist tax dollars to do anything but promote more tourism. The tourism industry wants it to make sure it stays that way
This Little Underground
Bao champions Roadkill Ghost Choir and rediscovers Black Rabbits and Geri X.
Live Active Cultures: Orlando performing artists survival guide
A new local production of “Rent” elicits a new installment of Seth’s suggestions for performers
If Florida’s individual health insurance rates rise, thank Gov. Rick Scott
Governor’s attempts to avoid Affordable Care Act could result in rate increases in the state
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Political consultant insists that attorney John Morgan doesn’t really support medical marijuana
Roger Stone alleges that Morgan is backing weed as a ploy to help get Charlie Crist elected
Hunters bring their noise-rock mischief to the Social
Joking aside, get the actual origin story of Brooklyn’s Hunters
Haggis at Epcot, fried chicken in Winter Park, beer versus whiskey, and more
Tip Jar: local food news
Movies opening in Orlando this week
Blue Jasmine, Jobs, Paranoia, the Butler and Kick-Ass 2
Real talk: Adolescents’ ‘Presumed Insolent’ packs some heat
Album review: Adolescents’ ‘Presumed Insolent’
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Normally, International CAPS LOCK DAY happens only once a year, on June 28. But you have been granted the right to observe the next seven days as your own personal International CAPS LOCK DAYS. That means you will probably be forgiven and tolerated if you use OVERHEATED ORATORY and leap to…
NYT: Pixar rewrote ending to upcoming “Finding Dory” movie due to “Blackfish” response
Brooks Barnes of the New York Times’ Arts Beat blog reports that Pixar Animation Studios is rewriting the ending to its upcoming Finding Nemo sequel, called Finding Dory, in response to controversy surrounding new documentary Blackfish. As we reported in last week’s cover story, Blackfish explores the controversy over keeping killer whales in captivity, which…
A Florida sinkhole swallows homes, cars, a pool: Remembering the Winter Park sinkhole.
Villa at Summer Bay Resort, via the guardian.com By now, you’ve surely heard about the sinkhole in Clermont that swallowed up part of a resort in Clermont, not far from Disney. Despite many reports, the resort was not part of Disney – it was part of the Summer Bay Resorts, which looks like it was…
On sale this week: Halloweenie Roast featuring Alice Cooper at UCF Arena
On sale: Friday, Aug. 16 Halloweenie Roast Featuring Alice Cooper with Bullet for my Valentine, Black Veil Brides, Papa Roach, Pop Evil, Heaven’s Basement 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 UCF Arena 407-823-6006 ucfarena.com $19.50-$49.50 Down the road: Evelynn, Aug. 21 at Backbooth Backstreet Boys, Aug. 23 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Marc Anthony, Aug.…
NOT Coming Soon to SeaWorld: Banksy’s Marine Mammal Amusement Ride
Photo copyright Banksy Thanks to the Blackfish, the new cinematic exposé about SeaWorld’s captive performers, the intersection between art, ecology, and entertainment is a hot topic right now. So it seemes an appropriate time to flash back a few years and reflect on an earlier, more in-you-face work of agitprop about abused marine mammals. Back…
