Sharing the spotlight
Two years ago, the Spotlight on Theatre Convention was a mere nine-hour support session for Orlando performers whose professional futures were anything but certain. This year’s edition — a three-day marathon held last Friday through Sunday at the Orlando Expo Centre — was, as the saying goes, bigger and better. And though the goal of…
Second-string comedy scores minimal goals
Movie: The Replacements
Rah deal
Movie: But I’m a Cheerleader
Without a prayer
Movie: Bless the Child
Second-string comedy scores minimal goals
Movie: The Replacements
Rah deal
Movie: But I’m a Cheerleader
Without a prayer
Movie: Bless the Child
Another Fairvilla?
Orlando isn’t the only city in Florida to enact a moratorium on businesses such as the one currently restricting new tattoo parlors from opening. Jacksonville’s City Council passed a ban on adult-entertainment shops and clubs in June. The difference is that Jacksonville’s moratorium was halted by a federal judge, who said Jacksonville officials were wielding…
Sweet relief
Hey, I got your new drag name for you. Sarah Tonin. Pretty good, huh? Everybody loves serotonin. She is a fickle and controlling mistress. Just like you when you shave your chest and wear your vinyl bustier. Serotonin is a brain chemical that regulates mood like a faucet regulates water: It affects how hot and…
Hungry for a frank explanation
On July 4 at Coney Island in New York, Japan’s Kazutoyo “The Rabbitt” Arai (who weighs 101 pounds) beat defending champ Steve Keiner (400 pounds) in an international hot-dog-eating championship sponsored annually by Nathan’s restaurants. Arai gobbled up 25 dogs in 12 minutes, to Keiner’s 16. Slim Japanese eaters have frequently won the contest, a…
A short subject long on anguish
It’s been a bad year for Disney Feature Animation. “Dinosaur” underperformed at the box office. “Fantasia 2000” had some success in IMAX theaters, but died a dog’s death in regular release. And Eisner is said to hate the company’s problem-plagued Christmas release, “The Emperor’s New Groove.” And then there’s the movie that no one dares…
Eat between the pages at library
Empty souls who wander into the Orlando Public Library may not be hungering purely for the written word. Indeed, there are other flavorful options to be found near the bookstacks on the first floor, inside Choices Cafe (101 E. Central Blvd., 407-246-7003). Opening at 9 a.m., Choices offers early birds the opportunity to dunk fresh…
Fountain of Youth
The musical beast known as Sonic Youth is a tricky animal. And this week, Orlando fans have an opportunity to see at least two different sides of the multifaced beast. The only catch? In order to see the critically acclaimed indie spirits onstage, the faithful will have to embark on a road trip, coming to…
Screen Test
It was two years ago that Dr. Marianne Berwick, an epidemiologist at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, dropped the bomb. The fallout has not stopped since. There is no correlation between sunscreen use and the prevention of skin cancer, she told the 1998 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Neither…
Shake, rattle and roil
Oranges have been the mainstay of Florida’s economy for more than 100 years. Drive a few minutes from any Central or South Florida tourist attraction and you’ll see endless rows of citrus trees, the state’s biggest agricultural crop, stretching and rolling over 600,000 acres. The trees, with their dark-green leaves and white blossoms, thrive in…
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Artist: Avail
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Artist: Eric Clapton and B.B. King
Review – The Moon & Antarctica
Artist: Modest Mouse
Review – Blue Suitcase
Artist: Paul Sprawl
Review – One Wrench
Artist: Avail
Review – Riding With the King
Artist: Eric Clapton and B.B. King
Review – The Moon & Antarctica
Artist: Modest Mouse
Review – Blue Suitcase
Artist: Paul Sprawl
Review – One Wrench
Artist: Avail
Review – Riding With the King
Artist: Eric Clapton and B.B. King
Review – The Moon & Antarctica
Artist: Modest Mouse
Review – Blue Suitcase
Artist: Paul Sprawl
Twenty years ago, singer …
Twenty years ago, singer Richard Butler was taking shots at the institutions of marriage, religion and pop culture through the caustic lyrics of his postpunk band, Psychedelic Furs. “They’re making up things that we’ve all heard before like romance and engage and divorce/ You have to be crazy to stay in the place, you just…
Slash and burn: When geeks get sexy
I had the fortune/misfortune in high school to be half-geek/half-popular. Where I’m from, it’s the popular kids who are sexy (read: “sexual,” but I didn’t know that then) and the geeks who are, well, gamers. That is, while the cool kids were out drinking and fighting and having sex, the geeks were taking part in…
Bold moves in ‘Ugly’ times
Once upon a time, a movie ticket bought you more than just a movie. From “dish night” giveaways to Sensurround, theaters have used every gimmick short of actual bribes to fill their seats. The value-added ethos lives on at Loews Universal Cineplex 20, where marketing and promotions manager Anne Brister can be counted on to…
