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Working it: Demystifying the world of college internships
The college internship: It’s a rite of passage for students, one so critical to the college experience that if you Google the word "internship," more than 91.7 million results overtake the computer screen. It used to be that prospective interns had to scrape up on-the-job experience with the help of advisers and on-campus internship offices…
Tonight’s the last night at the old Redlight Red Light
Seems like we’ve been talking about it forever, but it’s finally happening: Redlight Redlight Beer Parlour is leaving its cozy Bennett Road location and moving to its new home in Audubon Park, at 2810 Corrine Drive. The bar has called Bennett Road home since 2008, when it moved out of its original Winter Park spot…
Sunday Film News Roundup — September 2nd, 2012
Clint Eastwood, what the fuck? I still love him, but what the fuck? News, links, etc: -The Guardian lists their 23 top directors in the world… and it’s one of the worst fucking lists I’ve ever seen in my life. The “world” is basically America, France and Britain. It’s so bad I don’t even want…
Eastwood the racist: The ugly, the ugly and the ugly
When Clint Eastwood pulled out his now-notorious empty chair at the RNC, I was lounging in front of the TV with my glasses off, resting my eyes after a long day of working on the computer. In my myopic stupor, I couldn’t tell what in the hell was going on; I had to ask my…
David Dondero tonight at Will’s Pub
Friday, Aug. 31 – David Dondero with Bootleg Series, Among Giants 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $8-$10 Listen, we’d make a much bigger deal about this being the first show at the newest addition to the formidable Mills Avenue neighborhood (next door to Will’s Pub) following a breathless buildup, but…
Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play opens at Breakthrough Theatre
Friday, Aug. 31 – Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play various times through Sept. 17 Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park 419A W. Fairbanks Ave. Winter Park 407-920-4034 breakthroughtheatre.com $10-$18 When The Avengers director Joss Whedon joked at this summer’s San Diego Comic Con that his canceled TV cult favorite, Firefly, could come back to life…
Downtown Disney’s Raglan Road hosts four-day Irish fest
Friday, Aug. 31 – The Great Irish Hooley through Monday, Sept. 3 Raglan Road Irish Pub 1640 E. Buena Vista Drive Lake Buena Vista 407-938-0300 raglanroad.com free It’s been quite a month of firsts for Orlando: In August, downtown got its first fetish ball and now Downtown Disney gets its first “boutique” Irish festival! (Potato/potahto,…
Opening in Orlando — August 31st, 2012
Lawless — Reviewed this week. (opened Wednesday, Aug. 29; R) The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure — If you think the “full-bodied puppets” the Oogieloves look kinda reminiscent of the Teletubbies, it’s no accident: The latter’s American importer couldn’t get permission to spin them off into a feature film, so he just made up…
Parliament House hosts A Conversation with Christina Crawford
Thursday, Aug. 30 – A Conversation with Christina Crawford 7:30 p.m. Footlight Theater The Parliament House 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail wanziepresents.com $25 Forget the fact that one of the prevailing images used in promoting this film, Surviving Mommie Dearest: Tears to Triumph (a stage show that became a documentary which will receive its debut…
NKF Rich Salick Pro-Am Surf Festival inundates Cocoa Beach
Thursday-Monday, Aug. 30-Sept. 3 – NKF Rich Salick Pro-Am Surf Festival various times through Monday, Sept. 3 Cocoa Beach Pier 401 Meade Ave. Cocoa Beach 407-894-7325 nkfsurf.com free-$35 It’s not as if this annual Labor Day water fest lacks any widespread participation: For 27 years now, hundreds of surfers – ranging from kids (some younger…
The Problem with Tokyo Theaters (Updated)
When word came down from Japan a few weeks ago that more than a half dozen movie theaters, particularly in the Ginza and Asakusa districts, would be shutting down within the next few months it made my heart hurt. Though the theaters — which seem to be mostly specialty theaters, focusing on art house, pink film,…
OW goes to the RNC: BLIND ITEM—Which GOP state legislator thinks his/her party has taken leave of its sanity?
Can you name the Florida state legislator who gave us the following quote* in Tampa this week? “I can’t wait until my term’s over and I don’t have to be part of this party anymore. They’ve gone crazy.” *Caveats: It was loud, and we’d been drinking. But even if the words aren’t dead on, the sentiment is.
BART bar and arcade holds opening party tonight
Lookit this – new bar to hop to when you’re out and about drinking along the Mills 50 Main Street corridor. BART, a bar/gallery/arcade, is holding an opening party tonight at its new location at 1205 N. Mills Ave. (the same strip where Yum-Mi sandwiches is located). The concept: craft beer (Cigar City, Lagunitas, Bell’s,…
2012 SPORTYS nominees and hall of famers announced
In just its second year, the SPORTYS @ Full Sail University will, according to a recent press release, recognize “the top area teams, high school, collegiate and professional athletes, coaches, deserving local residents and businesses throughout Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties.” The Central Florida Sports Commission recently released the list of this year’s…
OW goes to the RNC: This is the end.
We’re done here. Yes, the convention has two more nights to go. Yes, tonight is talking suit Marco Rubio’s moment in the sun. Yes, there’s a hurricane hitting New Orleans right now. Yes, Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney. But we’re not credentialed anyway, and we’ve had our fill of bullshit parties and obsequious glad-handing. Besides,…
On sale this week: Falling in Reverse at House of Blues
On sale: Friday, Aug. 31 Falling in Reverse 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 hob.com $18-$20 Down the road: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Sept. 5 at Will’s Pub Owl City, Sept. 7 at The Beacham Ed Sheeran, Sept. 8 at House of Blues Cheap Time,…
OW goes to the RNC: Requiem for our sanity
We were promised Ann Coulter. We got Grover Norquist. Well, OK, we can’t say for sure that Ann Coulter wasn’t there—HomoCon had an open bar, after all—and we did spot a blond in the roped-off VIP lounge, but our companions assured us, as we marched over to START SOME SHIT, that it wasn’t her. We…
Sip hosts an evening inspired by John Hughes
Wednesday, Aug. 29 – An Evening Inspired by John Hughes 8 p.m. Sip 724 Virginia Drive 407-894-4747 sip-orlando.com free Dear Orlando: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Wednesday night just to show you how awesome John Hughes is. But we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling…
OW goes to the RNC: Don’t say a prayer for us now, save it for the morning after.
Greetings, fellow conventioneers. My hangover and I are just waking up to discover, um, what the hell happened last night. Free beer (at Wonkette Drinky Thing) + free booze (at Homocon) = stumbling in stone-cold drunk at 3 a.m. (we must be lonely), or maybe later, because really, we lost track. But we did engage…
Sheri Brinkerhoff shows you how to make a pinhole camera
Wednesday, Aug. 29 – Making a Pinhole Camera 7 p.m. Urban ReThink 625 E. Central Blvd. 407-704-6895 urbanrethink.com $5 Oh, HD. Thanks to you, technological marvel that you are, we get to see the foundation caked into our news anchors’ wrinkles, the pilling sweaters and dandruff-dusted shoulders of their guests; we can read the “Federal…
Alvin Aki leads Japanese origami folding workshop
Wednesday, Aug. 29 – Japanese Origami Folding 3:30 p.m. Orlando Public Library 101 E. Central Blvd. 407-835-7481 ocls.info free You wouldn’t know it by watching his YouTube demos, but Alvin Aki is a jack-of-all-trades: Not only is he a skilled origami artist, Aki is also a storyteller and singer at Epcot’s Japanese pavilion, and he’s…
September is Magical Dining Month in Orlando
More than 70 area restaurants offer $30 three-course meals
Tip Jar
This week: International Bacon Day, Cress celebrates fourth anniversary with a star lineup of local chefs, Gateway to India closes, Cask & Larder opening date and more
Does a rash of theater closings in Tokyo spell doom for American cinema?
There’s always been a degree of mythmaking when it comes to just how far Japan is ahead of us, technologically and culturally speaking. When I was a kid, eagerly awaiting the release of Super Mario Brothers 3, word around the schoolyard was that kids in Tokyo were already playing Super Mario Brothers 5. Of course,…
Drinking games
It was a Friday afternoon. It was my day off, so I stopped by my favorite poolside bar to meet a couple of friends. They were crowded around a table on the patio, sopping wet, rowdy and surrounded by empty cups. They were making new friends, challenging one another to dares. Some of them were…
This Little Underground
Hip-hop was absolutely king this week in shows so let’s rap about some rap. The beat As live performance, I dis rap shows a lot for good reason. More than most genres, rap lets me down live the most. And a week stacked with outstanding exceptions like the following only underscores how much a shocking…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) I’m afraid your vibes are slightly out of tune. Can you do something about that, please? Meanwhile, your invisible friend could really use a tarot reading, and your houseplants would benefit from a dose of Mozart. Plus – and I hope I’m not being too forward here – your charmingly cluttered…
Culture 2 Go
A locally produced vegetarian TV series; Brice Stephens exhibit at Stardust; “Shining”-inspired art at the Falcon.
Rotation
What local artists are listening to. This week: Emily Kopp
Maakies
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New culinary comics from Anthony Bourdain and Amanda Cohen
The graphic novelization of everything continues with frame-by-frame food writing.
Border Grill
From the underbelly of MetroWest come killer tacos, burritos and caldos.
Savage Love
Not sure that even you can help with this one, but I’ll give it a shot … My husband and I enjoy a solid, trusting BDSM relationship, and we’re both quite happy with not only our sex lives but our lives together in general. There is one issue that concerns me. Roughly twice a month,…
Happytown
Now that the lunatics have officially taken over the asylum (they’re coming to take us away, ha-ha!), a moment of reflection is required to weigh the extremely important distractions we’re dealing with this week. Unless you live under a church smock – or have been "living" in a uterus – you, too, have probably felt…
Chart-topping reggae act Dirty Heads, opening for Matisyahu, remember their garage days and celebrate a new phase
Like many bands before it, the Dirty Heads started out in a garage about a decade ago in Huntington Beach, Calif., with no other agenda but to have fun. "We met in high school," says guitarist-singer Dustin "Duddy B" Bushnell. "We’d all just sit there in my garage and literally make stupid beats on the…
DVDs Nuts
Lesser-seen, critic-approved films on disc and on demandby Justin Strout and John Thomason
Drink Events
Things to do for people who love booze
Album Reviews
Reviews of albums by King of Spain, Roxy Music, and Wild Nothing
Lawless
The director of ‘The Road’ follows up with a Prohibition-era Southern Gothic masterpiece
OW goes to the RNC: Blackjack, Koch-heads and afternoon naps
That image you’re looking at, the one of Dan Rather’s smiling face circa 1996, was on the back of the receipt a cab driver gave me last night. Welcome to Tampa, ladies and gentlemen. So tonight’s the night. The Repubs have officially nominated Willard Mitt Romney for president, Paul Ryan for vice president (who…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 8!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 6!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 5!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 4!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
Today in food history: Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse opened in Berkeley, 1971
Forty-one years ago today, Alice Waters opened the doors of a new restaurant — and set the stage for today’s obsession with local, fresh, organic food. The prix fixe menu for the first night at Chez Panisse: pâté en croûte, salad, duck with olives and almond tart … for $3.95. However you feel about the grande…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 3!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 2!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
OW goes to the RNC: Embargo blowjob, part 1!
The RNC has started sending us copies of today’s speeches, with the specific instructions that these are “embargoed until delivery.” But these speeches are dumb and boring and terribly predictable and inconsequential anyway, so we’re going to blow the embargo, because we can, and because embargoes are stupid, and because we really don’t care if…
Jackie Siegel, Queen of Versailles, meets Orlando Weekly
Thanks to Hollie Mahadeo of the Enzian for sending us this pic of Jacqueline Siegel holding the Aug. 15 edition of Orlando Weekly.
OW goes to the RNC: Mitt Romney, get your hand out of my pocket! (UPDATE!)
Billy’s doing his hair right now, which means I have a couple hours to kill (kidding, kidding). In the meantime, here’s a rundown of some convention-related odds and ends we’ve come across this morning. Here’s a creepy new MoveOn.org ad (from which the screen grab above was taken) for your viewing pleasure. And a less…
OW goes to the RNC: Day 2—Agenda & Random Thoughts
Morning, fellow Republican National Convention watchers. It’s a bright, sunny morning here in Tampa. Billy’s in bed listening to the new Pet Shop Boys album. I’m working. Of course. Anyway, see that giant Romney up there? That’s the thing that debated the homeless-looking dude at New World Brewery last night, which we told you about in…
