Like Mike? … maybe more like Nate Robinson
Image from the New York Times It’s not every day that a private high school varsity team drafts an 11-year-old middle schooler, but 4-foot-5-inch Julian Newman is so determined to excel at basketball that he has become not only a viable teammate for the Downey Christian School varsity basketball team but an esteemed team leader.…
OW Oscarama — Argo-eff-yourself: Best Supporting Actor
Unlike the Best Supporting Actress category, Best Supporting Actor is slightly a lifetime achievement category this year. All of the actors aside from Christoph Waltz has been around forever, and all of them have previously won an Oscar. That makes it hard to handicap though. I’m going to break it down differently than Best Supporting…
90 Proof Productions says farewell with Fuck the Facts and others at Backbooth
Maruta (photo by Janette Valentine) Tuesday, Feb. 19 – 90 Proof Productions Farewell Show with Fuck the Facts, Maruta, Shitstorm, Rapturous Grief, Abuse 9 p.m. Backbooth 37 W. Pine St. 407-999-2570 backbooth.com $8 Good concert organizers aren’t just a gift; they’re the very lifeblood of every music scene worth anything. Taking over the dark throne…
OW Oscarama — I Dreamed a Dream of Crabby Snacks and Homemades: Best Supporting Actress
For the third year in a row, we begin the Monday before the Oscars with our picks. Nuts to the Academy — they always manage to get it so wrong (Crash? The King’s Speech? Jeez, guys…) and it’s possible they’re going to get it wrong again this year if the the guild awards are anything…
Sunday Film News Roundup — February 17th, 2013
We’re only a week away from the big night now: the 85th annual Academy Awards airs next Sunday night, and I still think Lincoln will have a huge night, or at least a bigger night than the heavy-favorite, Argo. I watched it for a second time this week, and Argo is a really good movie,…
Instrumental post-metal band Caspian head to the Social
photo by Evan Tetreault Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Caspian with Junius 7:30 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $12-$14 You know those dramatic moments in compelling films where a composer has deftly built the story’s climax with a song that’s serving as the charged background music? It happens when someone realizes he…
N3rd Night’s 1 Year Smash tonight at Bikkuri
Saturday, Feb. 16 – N3rd Night’s 1 Year Smash 9 p.m. Bikkuri Lounge 1919 E. Colonial Drive 407-894-4494 facebook.com/nerdnite $5 If you’re a gamer, you most likely grew up spending Saturdays in your pajamas playing Super Mario Bros., Kirby and other Nintendo video games. Well, this week, nerds and game-lovers alike should be thrilled to…
Huge victory for Earned Sick Time: Orange County required to put initiative on the ballot! (Judgement included)
In what shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone with a brain and a heart, today the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange County) ruled against the county’s attempts to keep the earned sick time measure off the November ballot, in turn ordering Mayor Teresa Jacobs and her confederacy of dunces to place the…
*UPDATE* Uncle Lou’s PA benefit shows a total success
Uncle Lou’s is an ESSENTIAL incubator for the city’s music scene. In too many ways to articulate, it is the Orlando underground at its rawest, weirdest, and most vital. That’s why attending at least one of tonight’s TWO benefit shows to help fund a new PA for the Mills Avenue treasure is culturally imperative for…
Taboo Heart Breaker’s Masquerade & Fetish Ball at Firestone Live
Saturday, Feb. 16 – Taboo Heart Breaker’s Masquerade & Fetish Ball 9 p.m. Firestone Live 578 N. Orange Ave. 407-872-0066 taboomasquerade.com $15-$20 No, Halloween hasn’t come early – what you’ll see at Firestone Live this weekend are fetishists gathering for NightSide Productions’ Heart Breaker’s Ball. It’s their first time in Orlando (after throwing these kinds…
“I’m a dog and I like socks”
Tempe, Ariz. “humorcore” band Psychostick is coming to play Bombshell’s Tavern on March 21. No word on whether they’ll be bringing the huskies to accompany them on this track. But we’re guessing probably not.
Orlando Shakes hosts Sense and Sensibility dance party
photo by Tony Firriolo Saturday, Feb. 16 – Shall We Dance: A Sense and Sensibility Dance Party 6:30-7:30 p.m. Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. 407-447-1700 orlandoshakes.org $15 “The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety,” says the very sensible Elinor in Chapter 13 of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Of…
A local love story for your silly-sentimental day
Elvis Presley was the undisputed number one pop star in the entire world between the years of 1956 and 1960, right about when Jack Lewis, the interview subject for next week’s cover story, was 16. An impressionable age, sure, but from what the history books tell us, it was impossible not to be affected by…
Full Sail University holds free concerts to celebrate 4th annual Hall of Fame inductions
Tonight, Full Sail University will be hosting a free public concert to celebrate its 4th Annual Hall of Fame inductions of the 2012 class of Hall of Fame recipients this week. This week is a celebration of Full Sail graduates who have made an outstanding contribution in the world of media, art, and entertainment. Celebrations…
New York avant-garde folk band Ida play intimate venue in Tampa
Sunday, Feb. 17 – An Evening With Ida 7:30 p.m. Watermark Church 6608 N. Central Ave., Tampa 813-237-1707 watermarktampa.com $15 Every now and again, there’s an event special enough to make the grass look a little greener over in Tampa, and this week offers a perfect example: The good people of New Granada have imported…
Karen Russell hosts Valentine’s Day Speed Hating at Lil’ Indies
Thursday, Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day Speed Hating 7-10 p.m. Lil’ Indies 1036 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org free You may not know it yet, but you’re always just one sad sidestep away from being the loneliest speck of dust on the outskirts of the emotional universe, or the last bottle of rotgut grain alcohol spilled…
Fifth Annual Human Heart: An Outright Love-in supports LGBTQ equality
photo by Mike Morris Thursday, Feb. 14 – Fifth Annual Human Heart: An Outright Love-In 6 p.m. Loch Haven Park 900 E. Princeton St. humanheartlovein.com free Valentine’s Day is this week, so it’s OK if we get a little sentimental in this space, right? Let’s start with a love story: Five years ago, an Orlando…
Orlando Weekly’s Korean Kim-Chili won hearts, not medals, at Orlando Chili Cookoff
Chili is not very photogenic, but our fans (and our chef, lower left) are! Well, we didn’t win at the Orlando Chili Cookoff last Sunday </sad trombone> … but we ran out of chili so fast, and the line was so long, that we know people loved our Orlando Weekly Korean Kim-Chili, which was the…
National juried art event Nude Nite returns to downtown Orlando
Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 14-16 – Nude Nite 6 p.m.-midnight 639 W. Church St. nudenite.com $20-$25 Oh, quit your giggling. For centuries, artists have centered their finest works on the sensual, natural beauty of the naked human form. And while yes, you can expect to see a barrage of tasseled ta-tas and stone-hard-etched pieces, the not-so-private parts…
Savage Love
I’m a 37-year-old single father with a 14-year-old son. Overall he’s a good kid. Our relationship isn’t perfect – I work a lot and he’s a teenager, but no major issues. Over the past year, however, I have become increasingly convinced that he is gay. I’ve found gay porn on his laptop (yes, I snoop;…
“Hollywood en Pointe”
Orlando Ballet pulls out all the stops with a glitzy, silver-screen-inspired production
Opening this week
A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Escape From Planet Earth and Safe Haven
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist judges locals in the Pedal Challenge and unveils Peacock Room’s creative new Tuesday initiative
Happytown: Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican savior
He loves Pitbull, state’s rights and Jesus
Bill of goods: HOUSE BILL 403
Bills filed for the 2013 legislative session in Tallahassee that we think you should know about
Album Review: Iceage's 'You're Nothing'
Uncompromising Danish noise-punks return to the shadows
Happytown: No sick time for you
Bill proposed that would prevent municipalities from enforcing worker protections
Happytown: Fast tracking Florida foreclosures
Tallahassee bill could put people at risk of not being able to fend off foreclosure
Live Active Cultures
Three new shows that make great post-Valentine’s Day outings
Tip Jar
This week: Downtown Food and Wine Fest, Organic Growers Collective, Winter Park openings, chocolate baklava and lots more
Should Orange County regulate pedicabs?
Some say uninsured, unregulated pedicabs put people in danger
Benjamin French Bakery
Small Thornton Park boulangerie comes up big on flavor
Maakies
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On the Rocks
Finding “love” at the club
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Conor Oberst's Desaparecidos play the Beacham
After a decade of dormancy, the sociopolitical band reunites
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Afrikaner author Laurens van der Post told a story about a conversation between psychologist Carl Jung and Ochwiay Biano, a Pueblo Indian chief. Jung asked Biano to offer his views about white people. "White people must be crazy because they think with their heads," said the chief, "and it is well-known…
“Florida's Useable Past”
Current CFAM show captures and catalogs Florida’s historical ephemera
‘Amour’
Michael Haneke’s new film is painful, yet necessary
Day Joy releases much-anticipated debut album
‘Go to Sleep, Mess’ premieres on ‘Paste’, receives early praise
The biggest losers: Weighing Christie’s America
“I love fat guys. They make me laugh. Until they die young. And then I’m sad.” – Brian Doyle-Murray, Raising Hope, 2/5/13 Like many Americans, my mother has spent a good part of her life being concerned about her weight. For a time, she worked as a lecturer for Weight Watchers. I would occasionally accompany her…
UCF’s KnightLYNX now offers rides to downtown Orlando
As a UCF student, there’s nothing more frustrating than getting ready for a night out on the town with my friends and driving to downtown Orlando, only to find zero parking – or parking that’s free. It could really put a damper on the entire night, and paying for parking really cuts into my college-student…
The World’s Worst Superhero in Florida
We read these headlines nearly every day. Now, there is an amalgamation of this jackass-hero’s feats – “Florida Man.” Buzzfeed lined up 10 reasons why “Florida Man” is the best Twitter Aggregator. We now have a crusader to call on…if absolutely no one else is available. …
On sale this week: Anthony Bourdain at Hard Rock Live!
On sale: Friday, Feb. 15 Guts & Glory: An Evening With Anthony Bourdain 8 p.m. Friday, April 26 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $55-$150 Down the road: Lindsey Stirling, Feb. 20 at The Plaza Live Ponderosa, Feb. 21 at Will’s Pub Ziggy Marley, Feb. 21 at House of Blues That 1…
AMC Theaters’ Annual Best Picture Nominee Marathon Comes to Orlando
For the 8th year in a row AMC Theaters is bringing their Best Picture Nominee Showcase marathon to Orlando, spread over the two weekends before the Oscars air on Feb 24th. It’s a bit of an extended affair these days since the Academy went back to the long list nomination style, which allows for up…
