Beer advertisements from the olden days
source: milwaukeebreweries.wikispaces.com We’ve been thinking a lot about beer lately. So much so that we’ve decided to dedicate an issue to it next week (first potentially-annual-depending-how-this-one-goes Orlando Weekly Beer Issue hits the streets March 13). To get in the right frame of mind, we’ve been researching (ahem, Googling the hell out of) all things beer…
Michael Winslow hosts Fringe at the Hard Rock
Monday, March 4 – Fringe at the Hard Rock 7 p.m. Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 orlandofringe.org $20-$50 When you hear the word “fringe” you probably think of unnatural things that hang on the edge of society or the rug in your living room. Yet, Fringe at the Hard Rock couldn’t be a…
Theatre Review: VarieTease’s Nouvelle Luna
Almost 6 years ago, I first attended VarieTease’s Carnivale at the Orlando Fringe and declared it “two words: fu@king mind-blowing,” a grammatically ambiguous quote destined to live forever on advertising posters. Last Saturday night I experienced a similarly ecstatic sensation, though on a deeper level, seeing an encore of VarieTease’s Nouvelle Luna at The Venue.…
GORELANDO: Local Horror Podcast ‘News From The Crypt’ Needs Your Help!
Bloody Disgusting podcast News From The Crypt is up for an award! They love you, now love them back! We LOVE our pals at Bloody Disgusting, and you should too! Now their podcast News From The Crypt is up for a freakin’ RONDO AWARD and they need your help. Spread the word, and let’s give these…
Sunday Film News Roundup — March 3rd, 2013
It was kind of refreshing this weekend to not have to worry or think about the Hollywood machine, or 2012. My big movie plan over the weekend was pulling out my Star Wars blurays and watching them on a projector, and helping some friends make a short film. Of course, the week saw much complaining…
GORELANDO: Movie Review: ‘Hollow’
Hey guys, it’s a haunted tree! Let’s hang ourselves under it!…Aaaaand scene. Folks, I have a confession: I’m a huge fan of the found-footage genre. When most others can fire scathing eyeball-lazers at Grave Encounters or Paranormal Activity, I’m always the one who can find the redeeming qualities in even the most incomprehensible shakey-cam masquerade.…
More than two dozen artists featured in the annual Wekiva PaintOut
Sunday, March 3 – Wekiva PaintOut through March 10 Wekiva Island 1014 Miami Springs Drive, Longwood 407-862-1500 wekivapaintout.com free-$25 The peace and tranquility of the scenic outdoors is enough to send any serious artist on an imaginative and creative frenzy, what with all the fresh air whipping past as they put paint on canvas. That…
Shake it up at the Courtesy Bar’s Cocktail Class
Saturday, March 2 – Cocktail Class 5:30-7 p.m. The Courtesy Bar 114 N. Orange Ave. 407-450-2041 thecourtesybar.com $20, plus you pay for your three cocktails RSVP to info@thecourtesybar.com We’re not talking about those liquor-and-a-mixer type drinks here. The team of mixologists behind the Courtesy Bar, a craft-cocktail gem along North Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando,…
Lake Meadow Naturals hosts Breakfast in the Pasture
Saturday, March 2 – Breakfast in the Pasture 8 a.m. Lake Meadow Naturals 10000 Mark Adam Road, Ocoee 407-590-5499 alocalfolkus.com $25 Lake Meadow Naturals is one of those open secrets in our food community – anyone here with a bent for local eating or a career in food knows about Dale Volkert, because he and…
The Local Cool: The Walking Dead Theatrical Presentation
Cool Kitten Head Zombies have continued to encompass an increasing larger part of pop culture ever since Max Brooks released The Zombie Survival Guide in 2003. So, the success of AMC’s The Walking Dead shouldn’t be that surprising. Nor should it be particularly surprising that some theaters have begun screening episodes of the show. Cinemaworld…
Vice writer feels the wrath of Florida’s music community
I’m too close to this to be a really credible judge of what is or isn’t the best music in Florida. Not only do I have my own weird leanings when it comes to taste in music, but I also have made friends with lots of musicians in Florida. So, all I can say is…
Most disturbing Mickey Mouse sketch ever?
LOLCats have nothing on old Disney sketches. Check out this Mickey Mouse sketch from the 1930s released recently by the Disney Archives. It’s by artist Ferdinand Horvath and it was drawn as part of a never-finished cartoon short that was to be called “Mickey’s Toothache.” According to the Disney Insider blog, it’s going to be…
Looking Ahead to 2013’s Films (Part 1)
So, yeah, we’re already two months into 2013, but for the most part all we’ve done so far is wade through the January Junk period, some quick-buck horror movies and some of the 2012 arthouse stragglers. We’ve had a few anticipated releases, like Side Effects and Die Hard, but March is really when the year…
Ohio rapper Blueprint tonight at Backbooth
photo by Bridget Brown Thursday, Feb. 28 – Blueprint with AmiAm, E-Turn, DJ Cub 10 p.m. Backbooth 37 W. Pine St. 407-999-2570 backbooth.com $10 Hard work and hip-hop go hand in hand, and few prove that more consistently than Ohio rapper Blueprint. Anyone who fell hard for RJD2’s Dead Ringer in 2002 (and we know…
Expect soft folk music from Shakey Graves at the Peacock Room
photo by Kirk Stewart Thursday, Feb. 28 – Shakey Graves with He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, Paper Bird, the Sh-Booms 9 p.m. The Peacock Room 1321 N. Mills Ave. 407-228-0048 thepeacockroom.com $10 Oh, thank the honeyed folk gods for the NPR darling from Austin, Texas, Shakey Graves. His music’s so soft and weathered, existing…
Up the a-cat-emy: Florida Southern College to build kitty dorms
Community cat café: architect’s rendering via Florida Southern College Students at Florida Southern College in Lakeland may not be attending classes with their feral feline friends, but campus kittehs are one step closer to experiencing the classic college experience: living in the dorm. Catster reports that six small structures will house the community of feral cats…
Tours de force: the Woolly Bushmen, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Hundred Waters
I couldn’t help but notice a couple local and regional bands joining up on some big tours this year, so wanted to offer up my congrats to Roadkill Ghost Choir, who’s on the road with Band of Horses, as well as the Woolly Bushmen who will spend some quality time with Southern Culture on the…
GORELANDO: Movie Review: ‘Eaters’
Luca Boni and Marco Ristori breathe new life into the walking dead…and it’s weird-as-hell. For years, Uwe Boll has been Italy’s douchebag filmmaker of “Michael Bay” proportions (not as many explosions), and is oftentimes Hollywood’s go-to-guy for bastardizing game-to-film adaptations. He’s tried his hand at horror a few times, but they usually come across incredibly…
B&B Junction hosts Man v. Food-style burger-eating contest
Here’s your chance to channel your inner Adam Richman. (Yes, he’s the eager host and competitive eater on Travel Channel’s Man v. Food.) They’re calling it the “Hotter Than Hell” Burger Eating Contest, a fitting name for this month’s First Friday chow-down at the recently opened grass-fed burger joint B&B Junction in Winter Park. The…
Author Azar Nafisi featured in Rollins College’s Winter With the Writers
photo by SJ Staniski Thursday, Feb. 28 – Winter With the Writers: Azar Nafisi 7:30 p.m. Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park 407-646-2233 rollins.edu/winterwiththewriters free Azar Nafisi knows how to wield the power of literature. In 2003, she published a book about gathering a group of women every week to read…
Bills of goods: Senate Bill 258 – Florida Clean Indoor Air Act
Bill would allow municipalities to restrict smoking
‘Godspell’
Sacred and secular unite onstage at Theatre Downtown
Live Active Cultures
Hell has officially frozen over: Seth is on Facebook
100 Montaditos
Spanish mini sandwiches are meant to please the masses
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Feedback
Music updates from around town: Uncle Lou’s, Floridas Dying, Spacebar, Timucua
Album Reviews: Off With Their Heads, The Men, They Might Be Giants
The Men offer a solid new release, but OWTH and TMBG disappoint
In Your Queue: Famous Oscar snubs
Now streaming to a laptop near you: Films that have been famously snubbed by the Academy
Rabbitfoot Records offers new walk-in record-cutting service
Titusville’s vinyl-only store becomes area record label
‘West of Memphis’
New documentary is an interesting, if unoriginal, retelling of the West Memphis Three story
Album Review: My Bloody Valentine's MBV
Reawakened affection for My Bloody Valentine’s signature sound
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a major breakdown. It was unfixable, but he didn’t panic. Instead, he used a few basic tools he had on hand to dismantle the vehicle and convert its parts…
‘African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond’
Mennello exhibit is a rich cocktail of beauty, pain and sorrow
Opening this week
21 and Over, Jack the Giant Slayer, The Last Exorcism Part II and Phantom
Savage Love
I am writing about a friend. By all appearances, he is straight. However, on more than one occasion, he has gotten drunk and tried to hook up with a transvestite or a person who could have been one. In one instance, he went to a club and was approached by a really masculine-seeming girl who…
Happytown: Rick Scott's Medicaid about-face
Governor’s announcement that he’s expanding Medicaid surprises and disappoints his supporters
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
On the Rocks
Keeper of booze and secrets
Maakies
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Huang time coming
Is Orlando expatriate Eddie Huang the next Anthony Bourdain?
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist shows locals some love, including 90 Proof Pemberton and Orlandooom, and even tolerates ’90s R&B
Nosh Pit: Kernel Encore’s dill pickle popcorn
Dill-pickle popcorn, $2.50, Kernel Encore If you’ve ever lived in the Midwest, you know the allure of Garrett’s popcorn. Huge tins of their Chicago mix (caramel corn tossed with bright-orange cheddar popcorn) are ubiquitous around the holidays. Something about our recent cool weather made me start craving the stuff, so I headed over to Kernel…
Six things that have barely changed since Trayvon Martin's death
Sanford will soon have a new police chief, but other than that, things are still pretty much the same
Happytown: Mark Schmidter in jail again
Judge Belvin Perry puts Fully Informed Jury Association member back in jail for “jury tampering”
Theatre Review: Better Days (Episode 2)
Last Friday, I caught the final performance of the second installment of Better Days, SAK Comedy Lab's new late-night live sitcom. Unlike SAK's usual improvisational fare, Better Days is scripted by John Valines (who also directed the second episode) and Tod Kimbro in the spirit of Cheers meets Big Bang Theory. (See my 1/3/13 Live…
One year ago today, Trayvon Martin was shot
One year ago today, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking back to his father’s girlfriend’s house after dark. He had stopped by a 7-11 to get some Skittles and an iced tea. He was wearing a hoodie. He was spotted by a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer named George Zimmerman, who thought he looked suspicious. Zimmerman followed…
You got surveyed: Can polling grow up?
When I was in college, I got to be a Nielsen household. I opened my mailbox one day, and there was a friendly solicitation from America’s top TV-ratings service, asking me to take part in their great and ongoing experiment. Push me, poll you. I hadn’t merited one of those fancy monitor boxes; instead, Nielsen…
The Six Degrees of Walt Disney
Before there was Kevin Bacon, there was Walt Disney. Despite being dead for more than 40 years, the theme park mogul’s influence can still be traced to Hollywood today – right up to this week’s Academy Awards. Disney’s D23: The Official Disney Fan Club blog put together a post this week called the Six Degrees…
On sale this week: Alt-J at House of Blues!
On sale: Tuesday, March 12 Alt-J 6:30 pm Tuesday, Sept. 24 House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 hob.com $27.50-$33 Down the road: Coheed and Cambria, March 7 at House of Blues Cusses, March 8 at The Peacock Room Shinedown, March 9 at Amway Center Alexz Johnson & Charlene Kaye, March 10 at The…
