Video: Cid Stoll with “Kia” and “Fiat” rescue kittens from Canines, Cats & Cabaret 3
Are you looking for a little psychological lift this Labor Day? We here at the Orlando Weekly are proud to provide your daily recommended cuteness-induced “Two Minutes of Awwww” with the following video. Last Sunday (8/25/13), the Orlando REP hosted Canines, Cats, & Cabaret 3, the third annual theatrical fundraiser supporting Orange County Animal Services.…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — September 1st, 2013
You should all be out enjoying your holiday weekend, but I did want to make a bigger note about Sundays with Hitch, Turner Classic Movies’ September programming initiative. Every Sunday in September will be a block of Hitchcock films on TCM. I’m a little late as it started this morning at 10am, but there is…
New Microsoft to bring rapper Pitbull to draw a crowd at grand opening
Pitbull: always guaranteed to draw a crowd. When Apple opens a new store, there’s always buzz. When they announce new products, crowds gather and people get in line to be the first to get at them. When Microsoft opens a new store, as they plan to do at the Mall at Milennia in October,…
DWTS or YOLO? Valerie Harper twerks for choice
“Hey, Mare: Mind your own g**d*** business.” I’ve been watching a lot of reruns of The Mary Tyler Moore Show recently, and boy is that program even better than I remembered. Every member of its ensemble cast deserves the iconic status they all now enjoy. And in defiance of the idea that straight guys can only…
Solillaquists of Sound kickstarts funds for new double-disc album
Solillaquists of Sound has the talent, smarts and perseverance to leave behind traditional labels and turn to their considerable fanbase for help in releasing what sounds as if it’s they’re best release yet, a double-disc album of 22 songs (featuring Blueprint, Beef Wellington and X:144, who mixed the album) that they’ve deemed The 4th Wall.…
Adult Literacy League calls for volunteer tutors
According to the Orlando-based Adult Literacy League’s website, one in every five Central Florida adults reads at or below the 5th grade level. Currently the League, a group of volunteer tutors who offer one-on-one educational sessions and classes, has a wait list of 107 people looking to improve their reading skills. The League has put…
The consequences of doing nothing: Syria, Kristallnacht and the case for humanitarian intervention
These children were some of the victims of the chemical weapons attack in Syria. Perhaps wars weren’t won any more. Maybe they went on forever — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms So far today the White House has announced pro-marijuana, -gay marriage and -gun control policies. Which means, of course, that we’re about to bomb…
P is for Pie bake shop to open in Audubon Park Garden District
Audubon Park Garden District just posted to its Facebook page today that P is for Pie boutique bake shop will be opening a storefront in the neighborhood. P is for Pie specializes in fancy little mini pies and pie “pops,” as well as the garden-variety full-size pie. In November, P is for Pie chef/owner Tara…
Today in textgate Part III: Sad things we learned from State Attorney Jeff Ashton’s press conference this afternoon
In case you haven’t been falling apart to (er, following) our ongoing coverage of textgate and the quietest slap on the wrist you’ve ever heard, you should know that there’s a lot of HORRIBLE behavior going on behind your back (and sometimes in front of your face) at the county level, that State Attorney Jeff…
Theater Review: Lizzie Borden – A New Musical
In recent reviews, I've reported on a regrettable Orlando theatre trend of repeatedly reviving certain musicals instead of staging something previously unseen. So why am I now reversing myself and reveling in another resurrection; a threepeat, no less? For starters, it's been 18 years since Lizzie Borden – A New Musical was first mounted at…
David Siegel’s wife, Jacqueline Siegel, tells Sentinel she wants ‘Queen of Versailles’ reality show
Jackie Siegel poses with a copy of Orlando Weekly at showing of ‘Queen of Versailles’ at the Enzian. Yesterday the Sentinel published a Q&A with Jacki Siegel, Queen of Versailles star and wife of wealthy local businessman David Siegel (oh, he of dubious emails to employees about Obama, owner of Westgate Resorts timeshares and former…
Breaking: State Attorney Jeff Ashton releases textgate report: $500 handslaps all around
OK, so here goes. Jeff Ashton’s office just released its findings on Textgate: “My conclusion, therefore, is that these text messages were public records and could only lawfully be disposed of pursuant to statute. The statutory procedures in this case were not followed and, therefore, all of the officials who deleted text messages related to…
New Tim Kasher track+album, tour hits Orlando Oct 30th
Rolling Stone got the exclusive to the first track from Tim Kasher’s upcoming solo album Adult Film, which is being released by Saddle Creek on October 8th. The track, Truly Freaking Out, revisits the Cursive frontman’s constant themes of death, love and loneliness, written with the eye of a playwright. Musically though, it goes off in a direction…
Brooklyn Water Bagels is holey heaven
New York-based bagel chain offers “true” New York bagels
Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ is packed with resplendent visuals but cursed by chaotic narrative
Film that follows life of legendary Ip Man lacks focus
Orange Is the New Black is the first genuinely original Netflix series
In Your Queue: Orange Is the New Black
Savage Love
I’m a cute, mostly straight, twentysomething, single and (safely) sexually active woman. This happens to me pretty often: I hook up with a guy, we start fooling around and we’re both really into it. I reach down, and he’s full sail. Things progress, and, as is generally the polite order of things, the lady comes…
La Fogata Latin Eatery & Bistro offers warm service and simple pan-Latin dishes
Altamonte Springs restaurant specializes in home-style cooking
One of country’s purest young voices gets its due on 'Stay Reckless'
Album review: Austin Lucas’s ‘Stay Reckless’
If Florida’s individual health insurance rates rise, thank Gov. Rick Scott
Our state’s top officials still kicking up a fuss about Affordable Care Act’s arrival in Florida
Live Active Cultures: Orlando Shakes takes a risk
The established theater expands their commitment to new plays with Rob Keefe’s ‘The Cortez Method’
Koch Bros. decide not to buy Tribune papers after all
They say they’re still interested in media, but say print is not economically viable
Alissa Nutting’s ‘Tampa’ presses outrage button hard
First-person portrait of a pedophile keeps a finger pressed firmly on a painful place
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Richard Buckner is back with a purpose on 'Surrounded'
Album review: Richard Buckner’s ‘Surrounded’
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You seem primed to act like a ram, the astrological creature associated with your sign. I swear you have that look in your eyes: the steely gaze that tells me you’re about to take a very direct approach to smashing the obstacles in your way. I confess that I have not…
Enter Bare Mutants’ sun-baked world of fuzz
Album review: Bare Mutants’ ‘The Affliction’
Council Watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Our live music columnist introduces the uninitiated to new DIY venue the Thirteen
There aren’t many true DIY venues in the city. That’s why there’s always a furor when we lose one – Hoops Tavern and the Black Box Collective are two examples in recent years. So it stands to reason that we should at least double the reaction in the positive whenever a new one surfaces. Right?…
Five reasons you should care about the Orange County Commission textgate scandal
The state investigation may be concluding, but it’s far from over
Opening in Orlando
‘Closed Circuit,’ ‘Getaway,’ ‘One Direction: This Is Us’
Essential Michael Jackson seminar humanizes one of pop’s biggest enigmas
No more drama; Jackson collaborator skirts tabloid fodder and offers personal insight into the man and his music
**UPDATED** Feedback: Guide to Total Bummer 4EVER 2013
Total Bummer takes over Mills 50 Aug. 29-31, and I’m pretty excited to see how this year’s festival goes down. Here’s the Facebook event for info on day passes and full festival passes and the full lineup of bands. As promised in this month’s Feedback (Aug. 28), here’s my suggested itinerary to maximize your bumming (but…
Orlando Weekly is up for sale
August 26, 2013 ORLANDO — Times-Shamrock Communications announced today that it is placing its alternative weekly division on the market for sale, which includes the Orlando Weekly. The Orlando Weekly is one of five properties in Times Shamrock’s alt-weekly portfolio; other weeklies in the division now on the market include San Antonio Current, Cleveland Scene,…
Cops stake out Colonialtown house **UPDATED**
So there we were, minding our own business at Orlando Weekly HQ when we glanced out the window and saw cops with sniper rifles aiming a gun at the house across the street from our building. Within moments, more cop cars pulled up, and an Orlando Police Department K-9 unit car arrived with a bored-looking…
How to discover live music happening in Orlando
This morning, Unified Records Booking took its final bow, as the pop punk show promoter decided to take his talents to Cleveland. (Doesn’t he know it’s supposed to work the other way around?!) He did the admirable service of directing his followers to unfriend or unlike his account and instead start following Orlando Pop Punk…
On sale this week: ZZ Top at Hard Rock Live
On sale: Friday, Aug. 30 ZZ Top 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $39.50-$100 Down the road: The Dad Horse Experience, Sept. 5 at Will’s Pub Firebeatz, Sept. 5 at Firestone Live Chet Samuel and the Zionites Band, Sept. 6 at The Social The…
