Californian artist Patrick Martinez repurposes the detritus of everyday American life – supermarket-style birthday cakes, Pee Chee folders, inexpensive neon store signage – into ambitious and affecting art pieces about the devastating effects of institutionalized racism on communities of color. His first solo show, American Memorial, is at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum through Sept.…
At a certain age, it is very, very important to make Jack Kerouac your literary boyfriend. He’s the rebellious nonconformist who opens your eyes to a whole new way of looking at prose when everyone else has been feeding you the patriarchal line about Hemingway’s economy of language. He’s fun. He gets drunk. He talks…
DJs Erik Dennison and Smilin’ Dan reunite to bring back a vaunted Sunday night radio show for one night only this Labor Day. The defunct club night –that we are told has nothing to do with this night – had a corresponding radio show back in the day that turned many a young ear to…
For their fifth anniversary, Bart teams up with Factur to give patrons a preview of the upcoming Free Play Florida event, a three-day pinball extravaganza happening in November. They’re packing out Factur’s space with a ton of retro video game and pinball machines, a stocked bar and more. Relive the days when playing games against…
Apologies to Jarvis Cocker, but this Labor Day weekend event at Will’s Pub has nothing to do with the band that put out the greatest single album of the Britpop era, Different Class (also the greatest single album about Cocker’s penis, and the fact that there’s competition for that title tells you all you need…
The vinyl junkies from Uncle Tony’s Donut Shoppe reunite with the titular Uncle Tony himself, DJ Y-Not (read it backwards). The South Florida resident is a local legend thanks to his involvement with the bygone Lazy Afternoon Sundays, and makes a welcome return for a night at intimate downtown bar Magnolia. Get there before 11…
This year’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival coincides with the 35th anniversary of Epcot itself – which, for all you food freaks out there, means more festival days (a record 75) and more wee food to ingest. This year’s festival offers 35 kiosks with cuisine and beverages from countries across the globe. India, Spain…
Ahead of their Sept. 26 headlining show at the Beacham downtown, former locals Sleeping With Sirens have confirmed an intimate performance and signing at Park Ave CDs. The alt-rock band is touring behind upcoming new album Gossip. Sleeping With Sirens play an acoustic set at Park Ave CDs on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m.…
The organizers of Miami’s III Points Music, Art & Technology Festival have revealed the daily lineups for this year’s long weekend of shows, and it makes for some dream concerts for music fans. Attendees on Friday night can take in the likes of Gorillaz, Richie Hawtin, Madlib and Danny Brown; Saturday will feature Nicolas Jaar,…
Wednesday, August 30 Eugene Snowden’s Ten Pints of Truth 10 pm at Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave. Reggae Night with Hor!zen and DJ Red I 10 pm at the Caboose, 1827 N. Orange Ave. The Daniel Heitz Band 10:30 pm at Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave. Giant Peach Hip-Hop Jam 9 pm; Will’s Pub,…
OK, OK, we get it. You don’t like Ed Sheeran. Whether you’re still mad at him for donning Lannister crimson for his cameo in Game of Thrones earlier this season – a cameo that was planned out as a surprise for Sheeran fan Maisie Williams, mind you – or you’re just a low, scum-sucking anti-gingerist,…
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a supporter of voucher programs and charter schools, visited two Tallahassee schools, one a private religious school, the other a charter, for what she called a “learning” experience on Tuesday. Democrats called the visit, which didn’t include traditional public schools, a “photo op” and “publicity stunt.” After a tour of Holy…
The 12th annual Central Florida (CenFlo) Film Festival, scheduled for September 1-3, will be the final one in Ocoee. The festival will move to Mount Dora next year, says Founder and Director Bob Cook, who plans to make this year’s event his last. “I am stepping down at the awards show as executive director, and…
The second-highest ranking officer in the Florida Highway Patrol is stepping down after acknowledging he wrote an email in May encouraging troopers to write at least two tickets per hour. In the latest fallout from an ongoing investigation into whether troopers were told to meet a traffic-ticket quota, Lt. Col. Michael Thomas, a 30-year veteran…
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office Tuesday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a challenge to a red-light camera program in the city of Aventura, saying the program does not shift too much power to a private contractor. Bondi’s office filed a 42-page brief asking the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling by the 3rd District Court…
Today, the Walt Disney World Co. vowed to make a major cash donation to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. According to a statement released by the theme park giant, Disney has made a $1 million cash commitment to the American Red Cross to help those affected by the storm in Houston and other areas. Disney also…
A low-fare Icelandic airline is now offering flights to Europe from six major U.S. cities, including Miami, for just $69. Nice. From September to November, WOW Air is offering these ridiculously cheap one-way flights to cities like Berlin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Dublin, London, Paris, Stockholm and more. Keep in mind these flights are not direct, and require…
Accidental Music Festival has confirmed that electronic-experimental Null-state will be kicking off the seventh season of avant-garde programming under the AMG banner. Null-state – the duo of Melody Chua and Benjamin Whiting – combine live performance and real-time computer coding for fascinating multimedia live work. Null-state kicks off AMF’s seventh season with a weeklong residency…
Horrors of Blumhouse was just added to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 27. The new maze will include scenes from popular horror flicks like Insidious, Sinister and The Purge. Universal announced Wednesday that Horrors of Blumhouse will feature five films from the Insidious, Sinister and Purge franchises, and will also include previews of Insidious: Chapter 4 and Happy…
The Geek Easy’s new regular dance night combines all of the songs you love to hate from the ’90s and early 2000s, wraps them up in a loose time-travel theme and then serves them to you buttered and grilled on both sides. That’s right: free grilled cheese sandwiches from 11 p.m.-midnight. 9 p.m. Saturday; The…
The Halal Guys are bringing Middle-Eastern flavor from their famous food carts in New York to Orlando with the opening of their new restaurant in Waterford Lakes. Although the grand opening doesn’t take place until Friday, Sept. 1, at 11 a.m., the new location (688 North Alafaya Trail, Suite 103) is now in soft opening.…
Finnish “metal cello” ensemble Apocalyptica are celebrating their 20-year anniversary with a rare run of U.S. tour dates with the spotlight on material from their debut album … Plays Metallica With Four Cellos. And an Orlando recital is coming up soon. Apocalyptica are set to play the House of Blues on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at…
Much of the Downtown Disney to Disney Springs transformation is finished, but if you walk around the Disney World entertainment complex, you’ll see a few construction projects still in the works. A new Wolfgang Puck restaurant will open next year beside the Coca-Cola store, and the West End still has a ton of projects in…
With apologies to Bryson Tiller – who cemented his live bona fides since a heat-seeking performance at the 2016 BET Awards – we’re more excited about the opening acts for his Set It Off arena tour. Tiller has enlisted two young, cutting-edge sonic forces as openers. First: supernova-hot producer Metro Boomin. You’ve heard his work…
Billy Manes was many things: a journalist, an activist, an amazing husband and friend. But most of all, Billy Manes was the life of the party, every party. This week, we get to pay tribute to the man – who passed away on July 21 – the best way we can: by dancing our asses…
For some time now, speculation of the Tomorrowland Speedway at the Magic Kingdom was pointing to it being removed for a new TRON attraction. The TRON attraction was confirmed in July at Disney’s biennial D23 convention, but instead of replacing the go-kart attraction it would be placed behind the track with the majority of the…
Marco Rubio, a Florida senator who stopped holding town halls because people are “rude and stupid,” has a penchant for waking up early and firing off a daily Bible verse to his 3 million-plus Twitter followers. While they typically don’t make any sense and pretty much only pass as theological vague-booking, he could very well…
Attorneys for a Palm Beach County millionaire convicted of DUI manslaughter will go before the Florida Supreme Court this week to challenge state rules for testing blood-alcohol levels in drunken-driving cases. The hearing Wednesday is part of years of legal wrangling in the high-profile case of John Goodman, who was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND Local underground film series More Q Than A at the Gallery at Avalon Island always dives deep in its selections. And some of its past screenings have shown its organizers’ interest in musical subjects. This Wednesday (Aug. 30, 7:00 pm), they’ve doubled down on that and asked me to be a guest curator.…
As rain continued to pour Monday on Southeast Texas from the remains of Hurricane Harvey, crews from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission started helping move people to dry ground. “The focus is basically getting people out of the flooded homes and flooded areas in the Beaumont area, all the way over to Houston, Texas, and…
A new, much-needed Vietnamese option is coming to the downtown Orlando lunch scene. As first reported by Bungalower, LePho is planning to open in early September at 165 S. Orange Ave. in the Chase Plaza building, where Spice Burgr used to be. The new concept specializes in meals that are $10 and under, offering rice vermicelli,…
A new burger and beer joint just opened in Maitland in the Village at Lake Lily. The new Teak Neighborhood Grill location is at 901 S. Orlando Ave., in the space formerly occupied by the now-closed RanGetsu Japanese Restaurant and Bar. The new burger joint features over 30 hand-crafted burgers, including a “password-only underground burger menu,”…
Popular singer-songwriters David Gray and Alison Kraus are on the road together this summer on a co-headlining tour and are playing only one Florida show. And though it’s not in Orlando, at least it’s in nearby St. Augustine. David Gray and Alison Krauss are set to play the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Thursday, Sept. 28, at…
Eat to the Beat – the live music component of the Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival – has announced a new clutch of shows and performers for the 2017 season. Alongside Sugar Ray, Christopher Cross and Taylor Dayne, Food & Wine attendees will now get to take in sets by the Hooters, Baha Men, Mark Wills,…
House Speaker Richard Corcoran wants a dozen local tourist-development councils that have broken ties with Visit Florida —- over new state rules Corcoran helped impose —- to outline how they spend tax dollars. Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes, sent a sharply worded letter Friday to 12 regional tourism councils, saying the House still has the authority to review…
A House Republican leader this week filed a bill that likely will reopen a legislative debate about cracking down on “sanctuary” cities. House Public Integrity & Ethics Chairman Larry Metz, R-Yalaha, filed the bill (HB 9) for consideration during the 2018 legislative session, which starts in January. Last month, House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND Howling Midnight, the Ludes and Bubble Boys, Will’s Pub, Aug. 25 Howling Midnight – the city’s best, most commanding two-piece band right now – just celebrated the release of their new album, 10X15. One of the best local releases this year, it’s a meaty slab of lean blues-rock muscle, with garage-cranked power…
The Florida Supreme Court said Friday it will hear arguments this fall in a case that could help shape the future of the court. The Supreme Court scheduled arguments for Nov. 1 in a battle about whether Gov. Rick Scott will have the authority to appoint as many as three new justices as he leaves office in…
Young West Coast deathtrip freaks Death Valley Girls perfectly embody the various hues of Los Angeles’ weirdo heritage, be it the witchy menace of the Manson girls, the Runaways’ total trash, Iggy passed out on the Sunset Strip, the deathrock vileness of the Hell Comes to Your House comp or the pulpy seduction of Hollywood…
Since 1992, Bill and Ted have given Central Florida a wild year in review show, but Universal has now confirmed that after 27 years this will be the final appearance from the Wyld Stallyns at Halloween Horror Nights. The Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure show began the year after Halloween Horror Nights was launched,…
Welcome to Orlando Weekly’s “Band of the Week.” Every week, we highlight one of our favorite local bands. This week, we’re pleased to bring you Arms. Just the facts: Who’s in the band?John Chapman – Drums Michael Hollinger – Guitar Paul Hundeby – Vocals Quinten O’Neal – Bass When did the band form?Paul Hundeby started…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND Social Distortion and Jade Jackson, House of Blues, Aug. 25 Depending on how you look at it, Social Distortion are either post-prime or in sunset legacy mode. Either way, their tall legend was required to compensate in the sum total of their recent live experience, which was marked by less-than-crisp execution and…
Until last night, a nearly 100-year-old Confederate statue has stood just outside the Manatee County Courthouse in Bradenton, Florida. But now it rests in pieces. Literally. According to the Bradenton Herald, the planned removal, which occurred at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, saw the controversial monument strapped up by crane and lifted onto a large flatbed…
A Florida woman featured in a now-viral video showing her punching an alleged racist in the head says she was standing up for minorities by using her white privilege. In the video above, Miami resident Colleen Dagg is seen being taunted by a woman in a teal dress, who was later identified as Summer Cortts…
Bill Nye, host of the hit Emmy-winning educational series Bill Nye the Science Guy, is suing the Walt Disney Corporation and its affiliates claiming they owe him $9.3 million. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nye’s lawsuit was filed Thursday, Aug. 24, and alleges deception, error and four years of “futile discussions,” which have led him…
A trapper with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was called in to remove an alligator from the campus of an Ocala elementary school yesterday. According to the Ocala Star Banner, the gator was found at Shady Hill Elementary School at around 7:30 a.m., Aug. 24. “No children were in the area at the…
Non-meat-eaters who still crave a classic burger will soon have a new choice when dining out: “Better burger” chain BurgerFi will start serving the Beyond Burger at all of its locations Monday, Sept. 4. The Beyond Burger, created by Beyond Meat, has made waves in the vegan and vegetarian community since becoming widely available this…
A shirtless man was caught on camera pooping behind a jewelry store, and now the Crestview Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding this person, who they’re actually referring to as the “crapperman.” CPD posted an image of the man on their Facebook page yesterday. “Incidents like these have a negative effect…
Local metal band gone national Trivium have announced an Orlando show in late October with a heavy lineup including Sweden’s Archenemy and While She Sleeps from the U.K. This will be the hometown tour kickoff for a round of U.S. shows promoting their new album The Sin and the Sentence. Trivium are set to play…
Florida State University is asking for a lawsuit filed by a former student paralyzed in a 2014 shooting at the university’s Strozier Library to be dismissed, asserting the school is not liable for the “action of a madman.” Farhan “Ronny” Ahmed filed a lawsuit in June against FSU in Leon County circuit court, seeking damages…
After spending nearly three decades on Death Row, convicted murderer Mark James Asay was executed Thursday evening, the state’s first inmate to be put to death in more than 19 months and the first execution under a lethal injection procedure never used before in Florida or any other state. Asay’s execution at Florida State Prison was the…
Between the dreamy dynamism of Kinder Than Wolves and the heartfelt crunch of Expert Timing, this was already a notable next-gen bill of Orlando indie rock. But once DieAlps! were added, it suddenly became a big deal. These darlings of the Tampa Bay scene have been steadily rising since emerging in 2014 on indie pillar…
Some dogs hop on three legs, or wear eyepatches like pirates, or can’t hear a damn thing you say but loyally lip-read your commands. Lovey Loaves is the Orlando sanctuary devoted to saving, rehabbing and helping find homes for animals who’ve had a tough time of it, but still have love to give. Arts for…
In an effort to nudge the president toward marijuana reform, Orlando attorney and probable Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Morgan recently joined forces with Roger Stone, a man under scrutiny by the FBI for colluding with the Russians to help the Trump campaign. Last week, the two buds released an announcement from the United States Cannabis…
A pair of endangered Sumatran tiger cubs were recently born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a first in the park’s history. Disney released a statement Wednesday that the cubs are bonding well with their mother, Sohni, and would be on display at Maharajah Jungle Trek in the next several months. According to the World Wildlife Fund, fewer…
Universal Studios has enlisted filmmaker Eli Roth for this year’s first Halloween Horror Nights television commercial, and as you can see it’s so very very Eli Roth. Titled “The Mourning After,” the 30-second commercial follows a group of teens through a mansion filled with freaks and familiar faces from The Shining, American Horror Story, and…
Local punk/metalcore band A Day To Remember are bringing their Self Help music festival to Orlando after four previous successful runs in Philadelphia and Orange County, CA. The complete lineup – curated by (and including) A Day To Remeber – is: A Day To Remember, Underoath, The Story So Far, Less Than Jake, State Champs, Moose Blood, Streetlight Manifesto, Dance Gavin Dance, Real…
Recently we reported on David “Duckie” Wasman, the Orlando-area Rick and Morty fan who won one of the world’s only bottles of McDonald’s Szechuan sauce. After sharing the legendary McNuggets sauce with friends, Wasman placed the half-empty bottle on eBay, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked for charity. Unfortunately, since the internet is filled…
Indie-pop enigma Perfume Genius has a further round of new U.S. tour dates, slotting in some more intimate solo shows in between dates supporting the xx. The musician is touring between critically lauded new album No Shape and has just added an Orlando show to his itinerary. Perfume Genius is set to play the Social…
Bringing back together the multidisciplinary team responsible for last year’s Space Is the Place at A Place Gallery, this show finds illustrator Maressa Roberts (Em’s Revenge) and digital artist David J. Lajas, aka Catalyst, teaming up again. The two have been hard at work in the interim, with each presenting new works individually – an…
DJ BMF pays tribute to the King of Pop with a night devoted to the music of Michael Jackson. Moonwalk along or just kick back and watch classic videos. It should go without saying, but kids are obviously not allowed. 10 p.m. Friday; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org Lil Indie’s 1036 N.…
Alison Holmes had to pay $600 to speak with her senator. The woman and her young son with cerebral palsy bought VIP tickets to see U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio at the Lincoln Day Dinner for Seminole County Republicans on Tuesday. At an event where ticket prices ranged from $150 to $3,000, Holmes and her son…
Young Miami skronk trio Other Body are part of a young vanguard of new bands from Miami – influenced by the noise weirdness coming out of the Churchill’s/Rat Bastard nexus – that are reinvigorating guitar music in South Florida along with Period Bomb, Teepee, Smut and Pariuh. Other Body deal in a molten, volcanic hybrid…
Gov. Rick Scott says proposals to remove a Confederate soldier monument from the Capitol grounds should be handled through the Legislature, where the controversial issue could be discussed early next year. Democratic gubernatorial candidates and the Florida NAACP are among a chorus of people calling for Scott to relocate the memorial outside the Old Capitol…
That insatiable craving for a Brontosaurus Rib usually settles in on Sundays, when every 4 Rivers Smokehouse is closed. But not this weekend. This Sunday, the Kissimmee location will shed tradition in honor of Kissimmee Police Department Officers Matthew Baxter and Sgt. Richard “Sam” Howard, who were shot in the line of duty on Friday.…
A day after ducking a question about Confederate statues, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson wants you to know he thinks they belong in a museum, or perhaps even a cemetery. Nelson took to Twitter yesterday to clarify his stance: “Confederate statues belong in a historical museum or cemetery, not in a place of honor.” — Bill…
Wednesday, August 23 Eugene Snowden’s Ten Pints of Truth 10 pm at Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave. Reggae Night with Hor!zen and DJ Red I 10 pm at the Caboose, 1827 N. Orange Ave. The Daniel Heitz Band 10:30 pm at Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave. Thursday, August 24 Thursday Jazz Jams 8 pm…
A huge congrats to all the winners and nominees! You are, without a doubt, what makes this city such a great place to live and play. Hat tip to you all! Tonight’s the big night and we want to make sure it’s extra smooth for everyone who plans to attend. So, here are a couple…
Splurge on a four-course dinner from Atlantic Beer & Oyster with beer pairings for each course from Winter Springs’ Red Cypress Brewery. Courses include bacon-wrapped Florida shrimp paired with Deep Roots Hybrid Amber Ale, a gulf oyster shooter paired with Spook Hill Pale Ale, and clams casino paired with Devil’s Chair IPA. Top it off…
All Saints Normally in this column, the opening of a faith-based film is an automatic occasion for some snarky-ass ridicule. It’s like shooting the sign of the fish in a barrel, if I may be so bold. But I’m kind of conflicted when it comes to a movie like All Saints, which dramatizes the plight…
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OK – maybe we were tempting fate when we named 2016 the Worst Year Ever, because so far 2017 has been like, “Oh yeah? Hold my beer.” But despite the world going full dumpsterfire.gif in the last couple of weeks … months … whatever, this is the one issue of the year that is fully…
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A third orca dies at SeaWorld, a town hall for a Pulse memorial, too much news about white supremacists and other things you may have missed this week. Florida rocked by Charlottesville’s white supremacist rally: State politics have been roiling after the Virginia rally that left three people dead, including a 32-year-old woman who was…
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Thursday, 24 Destroy All Poets LITERARY Having just returned from the 2017 National Poetry Slam in Denver, Colorado, where they competed against some of the top slam poets in the country, the Safe Words Poetry Slam team is wasting no time in getting back to work. This week sees the team begin its 2017-18 season…
NEWS/EVENTS: Mia Supermarket, on the corner of Bumby Avenue and Colonial Drive, has changed ownership and is now called iFresh … Taverna Opa celebrates its 10th anniversary with 10 days of dining/drink specials and giveaways from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4 … On Aug. 24, half of every check total at Orlando-area Chipotle Mexican Grills…
If you haven’t seen the first two films in this series, The Trip (2010) and The Trip to Italy (2014), try to do it before seeing the third one. You won’t be lost or confused if you don’t; but the evolving relationship between Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon is nuanced, including their predictable, hilarious tendency…
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Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NUMBER: 2017CP001693 PROBATE DIVISION JUDGE JOSE R. RODRIGUEZ IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JEAN-JACQUES DOURNAUX, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Jean-Jacques Dournaux, deceased, who died on March 25, 2017,…
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AfroFantastic and The Black Figure in the European Imaginary Cornell Museum of Fine Art, cfam.rollins.edu Posing Beauty Snap! Space and Snap! Downtown, snaporlando.com Museum life in Orlando began 2017 with an unparalleled triple whammy against the status quo, inspiring a reappraisal of the white gaze and a centering of blackness. The historic documentation of Cornell…
