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Notable Noise: This Week’s Best Shows [“Stand Up With Jered” benefit, and some other stuff too]
I’m going to do things just a little bit differently this week, because I would like to focus your attention on one particular show. If you go to no other concert this week, you need to go to “Stand Up With Jered,” a benefit concert to help pay for Jered Dowden’s medical expenses. Jered was…
Sunday Under the Bus with the Dems and Debbie Wasserman Schultz
With everybody still atwitter about Saturday’s announcement of “next President of the United States” Paul Ryan – and everybody similarly perplexed at Mitt Romney’s alleged Orlando stop highlighting the profitability of foreclosure on Monday that wasn’t – the Democratic National Committee put tires to tarmac on Sunday afternoon for a reprise of its “Romney Economics:…
Tod Caviness hosts Speakeasy: The Violent Edition at Will’s Pub
Tuesday, Aug. 14 – Speakeasy: The Violent Edition 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org free No, we’re not saying you should go to an open-mic spoken-word poetry night. In fact, some of us have a longstanding, admittedly ignorant and baseless tradition around these parts of specifically not recommending you do that.…
Homegrown Local Food Co-op Farmers Market sets up shop at downtown Orlando library
Tuesday, Aug. 14 – Homegrown Local Food Cooperative Farmers Market 5-7 p.m. Orlando Public Library 101 E. Central Blvd. 407-835-7323 homegrown.locallygrown.net free While shopping at your local supermarket, do you ever wonder where the groceries you buy come from? A faraway, mass-producing orchard in the middle of we-don’t-even-know-where, probably. But if you’ve ever stopped by…
Canines, Cats and Cabaret raises $3750 for Orange County Animal Services
Congrats to everyone involved in this year’s cabaret fundraiser! It’s great news for the hundreds of cats and dogs the shelter serves each year. Here’s a list of all the things your donations can fund. Be sure to like the OCAS Facebook page for almost-daily posts of adorable animals — unless you’re an animal hoarder,…
Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate
ProPublica, Aug. 11, 2012, 3:17 p.m. Aug. 12: This post has been corrected. Want help going beyond the horse race? We’re gathering the best stories out there on Congressman Paul Ryan, his positions, and his background. Have other stories to share? Add them in comments. Background Fussbudget, The New Yorker, August 2012 This sweeping profile…
Olympic athletes from the Orlando area
Here are the athletes on the U.S. Olympic team who live (or lived) in the Orlando area: 1. Tianna Madison Track and field runner Tianna Madison lives in Sanford. 2. David Oliver Hurdler David Oliver lives in Orlando (Kissimmee, according to Wikipedia). 3. Tyson Gay Tyson Gay, track and field runner, lives in Clermont. 4.…
Sunday Film News Roundup — August 12th, 2012
Instead of a preamble this week, I offer a plea: SUPPORT THIS GUY! Former Creative Screenwriting editor Jeff Goldsmith has a new project out, the bi-monthly iPad screenwriting magazine, Backstory. The first issue, containing full screenplays by Richard Kelly and Rex Pickett, is free. Single issues are $4.99 and yearly subs are $24.99. I know,…
Photos: Nerdapalooza 2012
Since it’s inception on the Rhyme Torrents forum in 2007 I have been a follower of Nerdapalooza. In fact its east coast start at a tiny café in Gainesville is what made me think moving to “Mousetown” that year might not be so bad after all. From those modest beginnings the music/nerd culture festival has…
Miami-based electronic act AbdeCaf heads to Backbooth tonight
Saturday, Aug. 11 – AbdeCaf with XXYYXX, Grant, Fortune Howl 7:30 p.m. Backbooth 37 W. Pine St. 407-999-2570 backbooth.com $8-$10 Let’s face it: All those browser cookies and permissions we’ve all kind of blindly signed away just to get to the next screen can lead to some pretty on-the-nose imagery. For example, listen all the…
Chicago’s Russian Circles tonight at Will’s Pub
Saturday, Aug. 11 – Russian Circles, Marriages with Chelsea Wolfe 8 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $13-$15 Having Chicago’s Russian Circles come to town is always a pretty big deal – they’re not one of the premier names in heavy post-rock for nothing. (And their last album, Empros, was pretty monolithic.)…
TOMORROW: Customer Appreciation Night at OLV Cafe
If you haven’t tried OLV Café yet, now’s a really good time — and if you have, they want to show you how much they appreciate your business: The popular SoDo café is offering all food items at half price 6-9 pm Saturday, Aug. 11. They’ve been around for a few years and the menu…
Mel’s Bad Girls Club annual prom fundraiser goes vintage
Saturday, Aug. 11 – Mel’s Bad Girls Club Presents: Prom 2012 8 p.m. The Abbey 100 S. Eola Drive melsbgc.org $25-$30, $75 for all you can drink ticket The theme for this year’s annual adult-prom shindig, held annually by the local fundraising ladies of Mel’s Bad Girls Club, is “An Evening in Vintage Hollywood.” And…
Little red book: Archie meets the Marxists
Never again will I even lightly roast my wife for reading Archie comics. If not for that odd but harmless little habit, I might never have learned that ol’ hashtag-head has joined Occupy. Yep, it’s all right there in the current Archie #635, “Occupy Riverdale.” Only I wasn’t entirely correct in saying that young Master…
VOD Review: Klown – Mikkel Norgaard (2012) (4 Stars)
Disgusting. Wretched. Loathsome. Scandalous. Depraved. Nearly criminal. Yes, this film, based on a Danish sit-com of the same name, is most certainly all of those things. But it’s also one other thing: hilarious. The film concerns the emotional growth of misfit manchild Frank (Frank Hvam) during the most important week of his life. On the…
Opening in Orlando — August 10th, 2012
The Bourne Legacy — We have a bit of a bet going on at Orlando Weekly over this one. Certain parties (who shall remain nameless) believe The Avengers was such a mammoth win for everybody involved that even Jeremy Renner can now carry a summer action flick all on his own — even one as seemingly unsellable…
The Godfather II Screening Saturday @ Enzian (11am, $8)
Enjoy a full resolution DCP screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece at Enzian this Saturday, with lunch at Eden Bar. The film, recently given a glowing restoration by Paramount for The Godfather’s 30th anniversary, is a bookend to the original film, and a must have experience in the life of any cinephile. The continuing saga…
Crealde hosts 28th annual Cup-A-Thon fundraiser
Friday-Saturday, Aug. 10-11 – Starry August Nights: Cup-A-Thon XXVII cup sale: 7-10 p.m. Friday, 4-9 p.m. Saturday; open house: 5-8 p.m. Saturday Crealdé School of Art 600 St. Andrews Blvd. Winter Park 407-671-1886 crealde.org free Fans of comedian-writer-Twitter star Patton Oswalt are familiar with his recent series of “Gentle Tweets,” to wit: “Today I smiled…
The Campaign
A mercilessly unfunny political farce from the maker of Meet the Parents
Fashion, body painting and more at the RAW: Radiate artists showcase
Thursday, Aug. 9 – RAW: Radiate 8 p.m. The Abbey 100 S. Eola Drive rawartists.org/orlando $10-$15 It’s a concert. It’s a catwalk. It’s a gallery. It’s a screening. RAW: Natural Born Artists popped onto the scene last month, seemingly fully fledged, with their first Orlando “artists showcase.” This three-year-old national alliance of artists of all…
Popcorn Flicks in the Park presents Babe at Winter Park’s Central Park
Thursday, Aug. 9 – Popcorn Flicks in the Park presents Babe 8 p.m. Central Park 251 S. Park Ave. Winter Park 407-629-0054 enzian.org free It’s hard to believe that it was nearly 17 years ago that this surprisingly endearing movie about a piglet who aspired to be a sheepdog was first released. It’s even harder…
Holly Frost and Samuel Butcher’s Quills to be staged at the Woodshed
Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 9-12 – Quills 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Sunday The Woodshed 6431 Milner Blvd. quills.samuelbutcher.net $10 Samuel Butcher and Holly Frost’s production of Quills comes at an interesting moment here in Orlando. L’affaire Chick-fil-A has disrupted pretty much everyone’s Facebook feed, and few of us haven’t been shocked by the side…
Neil Young Journeys
An extremely close encounter with a folk-rock hero
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launches anti-Obama campaign
Remember SOPA and PIPA? For a hot minute back in February, it was the biggest news story going, at least until Congress backed down and agreed to table its discussions over the controversial bills that would have severely restricted how people share things online. But one of the biggest stories that unfolded along with the…
Opening In Orlando — August 8th, 2012
Hope Springs — Reviewed this week. (PG-13) Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D — Travis Pastrana and his MTV crew of stunt demons burst onto the big screen, using the medium of 3D to put you in the middle of their daredevil “action sports.” Hey, it’s the best you’re going to do this summer, since the…
Tip Jar
B&B Junction, Epcot Food & Wine Festival, Charley’s Wildfire Grille, James Beard Dinner at Tchoup Chop
The New York Times eyes Orlando City Soccer Club’s M.L.S. status
You might have read our coverage over the last several months of Orlando City Soccer Club’s rousing success and ultimate desire to join Major League Soccer. If not, you can find those articles here, here, here and here. Oh, and because (obviously) we can’t get enough of these guys, we also named them “Best came-out-of-nowhere…
On sale this week: Cult of Youth at Will’s Pub
On Sale: Friday, Aug. 10 Cult of Youth 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $10 Down the road: Juicy J, Aug. 18 at The Beacham Jay Brannan, Aug. 23 at The Social Carlos Santana, Aug. 26 at 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre Big Time Rush, Aug. 28 at Amway…
This Little Underground
Perhaps you saw that hilariously uninformed but only marginally hilarious jab piece on Orlando nightlife last week in culture zine Vice. Now I’m all about ruffling feathers, but that was a pretty thin piece of snark, and this comes from the King of Thin Snark, here. C’mon, even the studious and far less hipster-obsessed New…
Blackwater Bar-B-Q
Blackwater’s ribs are still smokin’, but quality has declined elsewhere on the menu
Album Reviews
Reviews of albums by Jeff the Brotherhood, Ponderosa, and Joss Stone
Maakies
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We went on a date with the state attorney candidates
Get your head out of the Olympics for a minute, friends. Tuesday brings us another chance to exercise the most solemn of democratic freedoms afforded by this great nation of ours (as long as you haven’t been kicked off the voter rolls as an alleged illegal). It’s time to vote! What’s that you say? "Election…
Ruby Sparks
Real-life couple star in disarming indie comedy from the real-life couple behind ‘Little Miss Sunshine’
After hitting a major milestone, rapper Big K.R.I.T. keeps moving upward
Meridian, Miss., is a city with few marks of fame. During the Civil War, Union Army General Sherman ravaged Meridian with fire. Peavey, the well-known electronics and amplifier company, is based in the city (2010 population: 41,000), as was pioneering 1920s country singer Jimmie Rodgers. But thanks to native Justin Scott (aka Big K.R.I.T.), the…
Southernmost Art and Literary Portraits
Observers become the observed in Jimm Roberts’ photographs of Southern writers and artists
Hot and cold
It’s outdoor drinking season in Orlando
Rotation
What local artists are listening to. This week: Josh Joel Mazorra of Infinite Earths
Little New Orleans Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Unleash the crackin’ at this Cajun seafood haven
12 Angry Men
Mad Cow’s production of the 1954 classic restores honor to the jury deliberation room
Live Active Cultures
Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival to add three new venues in 2013
Hope Springs
A winning cast mines emotional truth out of standard dramedy fare in this unexpected gem
Primary school
All the other hot primary gossip you need to know!
Bar Tab
Little Fish Huge Pond has a new home
Jim Greer Deposition Transcript
Former Republican Party of Florida chairman’s deposition, released by the statewide prosecutor’s office in June
Savage Love
DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for the next two weeks. This week’s column features three recent Savage Love Letters of the Day. (The SLLOTD goes out to folks who have the Savage Love app for iPhone and Android.) I hope everyone is having a great summer, and I’ll see you in two weeks. – Dan…
Drink Events
Things to do for people who love booze
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart had a vision of loveliness while flying through outer space in his lunar module. "One of the most beautiful sights is a urine dump at sunset," he testified. He said it resembles a "spray of sparklers," as ten million little ice crystals shoot out into the void…
Happytown
More excerpts from former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer’s deposition. Spoiler alert: There’s rectal bleeding and foul language!
Best Remixer on Earth Alex Metric on longevity, lenience and LMFAO
British super-producer Alex Metric, who beat out the likes of Justice and Soulwax in 2009 when he was named XFM’s remixer of the year, hits up Firestone Live this week, and if you’re not already familiar with Metric’s clutch skillset, one listen to his darkly adventurous official remix of Depeche Mode’s "Personal Jesus" – released last…
