Will Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd finally get his own reality TV show?
It was only a matter of time: outspoken, moralizing Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has finally been offered his own reality TV show by a Lakeland-based production company. According to the Lakeland Ledger, Judd is giving the proposal some serious thought: “I’m torn between doing it without disrupting our work and if it’s good for…
Sunday Film News Round Up — August 21st, 2011
Well, in a panic of unmitigated boredom this week I did something I never thought I’d do: I watched Twilight. Yes, the magic of the Kristin Stewart lip bite and the wondrous enchanted forest that is Robert Pattinson’s hair finally came alive for me. No… it really didn’t. I figured I would give it the same benefit…
Selection Reminder: The Dear Hunter tonight at the Social!
Saturday, August 20 – The Dear Hunter It’s no surprise that this project, born out of the departure of mastermind Casey Crescenzo from hardcore Boston band the Receiving End of Sirens, employs as its moniker a variation on a movie title. After all, the Dear Hunter’s entire existence often seems like a means to Crescenzo’s…
Mayor Buddy Dyer says charges against 25 Food Not Bombs activists will be dropped
The city of Orlando will drop all criminal charges against the 25 activists arrested for violating the city’s Large Group Feeding ordinance, Mayor Buddy Dyer announced today. Given that the group Orlando Food Not Bombs (OFNB) has been sharing food in front of City Hall without incident for the past two months, the Mayor considers…
Spotlight On Surfin’ Serf
One of the most pleasantly challenging bands in our area, Surfin’ Serf, writes math-infused jazz-pop reminiscent of Orlando’s Funbalaya days. Particularly taking influence (or at least to these ears) from Band Of The Name, these guys are definitely writing some of the most complicated yet easy-to-listen-to material. Check out their bandcamp page for new demos…
Selection Reminder: Alison Krauss & Union Station tonight in St. Augustine!
Friday, August 19 – Alison Krauss & Union Station How do we put this in a way that won’t oversell it? Let’s try this: Alison Krauss is a divine angel and Union Station her heavenly army. (Wow, that didn’t work at all.) It’s probably impossible to completely put away the hyperbole when talking about a…
Dino Felipe To Tour U.S.
Prolific Miami experimental recording artist Dino Felipe is celebrating his 50th release, Please Enjoy This, with a 30 date tour. This will be his biggest tour adventure yet along with rockers This Heart Electric. Go to his kickstarter page to help him lift his ass out of Florida and be where he belongs… up in…
Reeling in the meals
The gleaming new theater almost makes up for Fork and Screen’s boilerplate bar fare
Life, Above All
A powerful performance by a teen actress lifts this morality tale above its station
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist takes on El Ten Eleven, the Globes and Matt Butcher and and points out two ongoing events designed to get Orlando musicians’ feet in the door
Fright Night
Colin Farrell chews it up in this fun vampiric remake
Pretty vacant
Postmodern jargon muddies the waters of this visually pleasing photo exhibit
Culture 2 Go
Urban Rethink plans Skype discussion with Dawn Weleski of Pittsburgh’s Conflict Kitchen, “a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with.”
In the round
Local musicians organize a good old-fashioned musical orgy
Our dumb state Vol. 8
Attack of the banana cream Republicans
Happytown
Cover boy Rick Scott rolls into town in a Walmart shopping cart (we roll our eyes), the Republican machine rolls in the dirt of activist profiling and a bunch of trucker mustaches roll through the convention center. We’re on a roll, here
Pulp fictions
Douglas Witmer’s meditative works on wood and paper
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
Rotation: What local artists are listening to
This week: Everyday Ghosts
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Time magazine asked Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough why he started writing a biography of Pablo Picasso but never finished it. McCullough said it was because the famous artist turned out to be boring. He attracted a steady flow of new lovers, and he made hundreds of paintings, but he didn’t…
One Day
Time-hopping British romance lands only on the tedious years
Council Watch
Billy Manes pays attention to local government so you don’t have to
Above average
Mexican critical fave Ximena Sarinana returns with English-language follow-up
Savage Love
I went to Craigslist to look at the kinky shit people are into
Attack the Block
Debut feature director Joe Cornish delivers a fun invasion flick with a subtle message
Selection Reminder: Hip-hop duo Dead Prez tonight at the Social!
Wednesday, August 17 – Dead Prez Update: Toldja it’s nearly impossible to put on a rap show anymore. We’ve been informed that although some NK players “got the ball rolling” on this one, the same issues we mention below started popping up and it was handed off to Foundation Presents. The show is definitely going…
Buyer’s Remorse event focusing on Rep. Dan Webster tomorrow
Lest you think Gov. Rick Scott is unfairly bearing the brunt of all the ire in Florida about the current state of affairs in our region – bad economy, no jobs, no end in sight – we’d like point out a rally taking place tomorrow that shares some of the blame with another recently elected…
Cirque du Soleil Celebrates La Nouba’s 6000th Show
At 6pm on Saturday, August 13th, Cirque du Soleil celebrated the 6000th performance of La Nouba, their avant guarde vareity show staged inside Downtown Disney’s abstract white circus tent. Gee, and we were just saying those clowns look barely 5000! To put that in perspective, Disney’s Lion King recently broke 5700 performance on Broadway, and…
