DPAC's dramatic pause
Performing arts center’s public rift with local theater producer calls its mission into question
Happy Monday
Here at the Weekly, Monday often feels like this: We would rather it feel like this: But we go to press today, and the issue is almost done. So we can bring you an awesome new issue on Wednesday. And soon, we’ll all feel like this.
Whoa, I think maybe the “c” stands for “colored vinyl”
It’s cool enough when local musicians show that extra bit of love for their albums by releasing them on vinyl, but what lo-fi pop artist Marc With a C has done transforms that gesture into shout-it-from-the-rooftops amorousness. For his new album Popular Music, which is due out Feb. 5, he got all multi-chromatic with the…
Sunday Film News Roundup — January 20th, 2013
There are a few stories this week that won’t die. Lance Armstrong cheating, Mant T’eo and his Catfish girlfriend, and the debacle that is Paul Schrader’s “last chance” film, The Canyons — more specifically, Lindsay Lohan’s appearance in it. The Sunday NY Times Magazine feature last weekend detailed all of the behind the scenes dirt about the…
Southern Fried Sunday celebrates seven years with Rocket 88, Big Jef Special and others
Sunday, Jan. 20 – Southern Fried Sunday Seven-Year Anniversary Show 5 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $8 Like a good batch of collard greens, Southern Fried Sundays have been stewing for a long time – seven years, actually. For their anniversary show, the regularly rowdy way to wind down the week turns…
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld lands in Orlando for double-header stand-up tour stop
Saturday, Jan. 19 – Jerry Seinfeld 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 407-849-2020 orlandovenues.net $45-$75 It’ll be 15 years this May since Seinfeld aired its last episode, and besides catching reruns on TBS, chances are you’ve stamped comedian Jerry Seinfeld with the “Where’d he go?” question mark.…
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And… Creationists [heart] Gov. Rick Scott, too! Or at least his vouchers.
Hot on the heels of the revelation that Satanists are dancing among the flames of hell in fetishistic love for Gov. Rick Scott’s sweet embrace of religious teachings in schools, it turns out that (in a somewhat more serious and potentially harmful way) Creationists are reaping the benefits of school vouchers, and some are doing…
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Satanists [heart] Gov. Rick Scott
Scott’s recent support of Florida Senate Bill 98, a religious freedom bill that would give students in public schools the “sole discretion” to decide whether to deliver “inspirational messages” at school assemblies and events, pleases Satan and his supporters. So much so that Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves told ABC News this week that the…
Live Celtic music, Highland dancing and more at Central Florida Scottish Highland Games
Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 19-20 – Central Florida Scottish Highland Games 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 8:45 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday Central Winds Park 1000 E. State Road 434, Winter Springs flascot.com $12-$20 Have you ever seen a man throw a 180-pound tree trunk in a caber toss? How about heaving a 50-inch, 22-pound chunk of steel over the…
$400k diamond heist in Sweet Tomatoes parking lot
Huffington Post reported that “Rajesh Jain, a diamond wholesaler traveling on business, told police that he’d left a bag with loose jewels in it on the back seat of his rental car around 7 p.m. Jan. 14 while eating at a Sweet Tomatoes restaurant in Orlando, Fla..” When Jain came back to his car…
Local bartenders create cocktails inspired by the Audubon Park Garden District
Friday, Jan. 18 – The Garden District Deserves Its Own Cocktail, Dammit Contest 5 p.m. Stardust Video & Coffee 1842 E. Winter Park Road 407-623-3393 facebook.com/ gardendistrict $20-$25 New Orleans has the Sazerac: rye punched with absinthe, a perfect gut-punch start to a crazy NOLA night. Venice has the Bellini: soft white peaches in prosecco,…
The Rolling Stones at 50: The Stones on Film (Part 4 of 5)
Let’s Spend the Night Together – Hal Ashby (1982) By the time the Stones launched their Tattoo You stadium tour of America in 1981, the first tour of its kind, Hal Ashby, the New Hollywood director who was as legend for his drug intake as he was for films like Harold and Maude and Shampoo, was slated…
Electronic duo Purity Ring play sold-out show tonight at the Social
Friday, Jan. 18 – Purity Ring with Young Magic 9 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org sold out The head-turning sound of Purity Ring got a lot of people excited last year, including us. It’s electronic music at its most intriguing, with stuttering samples and dark lyrics, especially their most-talked-about track, 2011’s…
Amnesty for the devil: Obama gives big media a pass
Few seem to have noticed, but one of the usual suspects went unnamed at President Obama’s press conference yesterday. The gun lobby took its deserved lumps. Congress got called out as usual. The mentally ill were addressed, as is so often the case, with something between concern and condemnation. The makers of video games even…
Welcome to Oddlando
This blog will be your fuselage for all the harebrained stories that rise out of Orlando. It will be full to the brim with kooks, freaks and crackpots. We’ll run the whole gamut of oddball stories here – stuff from from the house of the Mouse to rotten tropic tales to the bizarro news that’ll…
Digital media workshops, military simulators, outdoor laser tag and more at Otronicon
Friday-Monday, Jan. 18-21 – Otronicon 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and Monday Orlando Science Center 777 E. Princeton St. 407-514-2000 otronicon.org $20-$27 With the lingering national conversation on the negative effects of video games on violent minds – courtesy of deflecting National Rifle Association vice president Wayne LaPierre and his…
Easter Island spread dream-pop goodness around Will’s Pub
Thursday, Jan. 17 – Easter Island with the Pauses, Bellows 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $6 After releasing a full-length debut of impressive indie-rock shimmer last July (Frightened), Athens, Ga.’s Easter Island followed up less than a couple months later by coming to town and delivering a head-dizzying, breath-stealing performance at…
PACDs discounts your purchases Wednesday only!
Man, sometimes Park Ave CDs seems like it’s on an unending quest to be the coolest store in Orlando. They’re so stoked, for example, that they reached 7,000 Facebook likes that they’re offering 7% off your purchase if you show them on your smartphone that you’re one of those 7,000 likers. And I bet if…
Orlando remembers Martin Luther King, Jr. with community wide events
Each year, on the third Monday of January, Americans remember the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The day is an annual federal holiday, complete with parades and memorial vigils. This year on Jan. 21, the country will acknowledge King’s legacy in an extraordinary way, as we watch the second-term inauguration of President…
On sale this week: Crosby, Stills & Nash at Hard Rock Live!
On sale: Friday, Jan. 18 Crosby, Stills & Nash 7 p.m. Sunday, May 5 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $76-$151 Down the road: Jackyl, Jan. 23 at House of Blues Freelance Whales, Jan. 24 at The Social Justin Bieber, Jan. 25 at Amway Center Jeff Mangum, Jan. 26 at The Beacham…
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Inspired Art Show tonight at BART
Wednesday, Jan. 16 – Courage, Power, Wisdom: A Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Inspired Art Show 8 p.m. BART 1205 N. Mills Ave. 407-796-2522 bartcade.com free So, if you go to BART, the Mills 50 corridor’s bar-arcade-gallery, you probably like to geek out on video games (we’re looking at you, creative director Adam McCabe).…
Live Active Cultures
Theatrical art and design steals the show at Maitland Art Center’s January Culture & Cocktails event
On the Rocks
Six ways to make your bartender love you
La Sirena Gorda Cabana
Inviting lakeside taqueria is a fish out of water
'Rust and Bone'
Jacques Audiard’s stark and compelling love story succeeds in spite of itself
Happytown: Where's our free birth control?
The Affordable Care Act makes birth control free, but if you’re already insured, you may have to wait until 2014 to get the benefit
'Gangster Squad'
Poor screenwriting reveals that this movie is all style, no substance
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
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Hot Water Music play new songs at the Beacham
The Florida band’s eighth studio album comes eight years after their last
A restaurant without walls
Outstanding in the Field takes the table to the farm
Savage Love
My name is Nancy, and I’m 19. My boyfriend’s Carl; we have been together for almost a year, and we have great sex frequently! I want to do something sexy on our anniversary. I plan on being with Carl for years to come, and I don’t want the sex to become monotonous. For a while,…
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
“Prism Pentagonal”
Phantom Limbs art collective reunites for Jan. 17 show at Redefine Gallery
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist checks out Areolas, Shehehe, a Fucking Elephant and more
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it," wrote 19th-century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the earth." This is good for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. I suspect you will have a good, clear shot…
Happytown: Domestic partnership bill introduced in state legislature
Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, introduces bill for consideration in 2013 session
Rotation
What local artists are listening to. This week: Kristin and Jeffrey Howard of Hot Hands
“Extremities”
GOAT’s compelling take on an issue that’s sadly still relevant
Tip Jar
In this week’s roundup: Downtown Food and Wine Fest, Raglan Road, Chuy’s, another location for Tony’s Deli and more
“Split/Doubles” at Wooten Gallery
Selena Kimball’s hybrid portraits are narratives of lost and found history
Will Eisner's "The Plot"
The father of the graphic novel debunks history’s most notorious anti-Semitic tract
Gov. Rick Scott gives away his family’s rescue dog
As if anybody needed any more reason to think Gov. Rick Scott is an idiot … the Tampa Bay Times reported last night that he got rid of the dog his family adopted while he was campaigning for governor. He wasn’t exactly a warm, lovable guy back then (and he’s still not, despite attempts to…
Orlando Sport and Social Club opens registration for winter 2013 leagues
It’s a new year, and those looking to become more active in 2013 might realize that getting (or staying) in shape can be hard when doing it alone. We say, why not make it a team effort and have some competitive fun in the process? Whether it’s recreational fun with friends you’re after, or if…
New music: A Beautiful Chorus – Fierce Grace
I remember the first time that I really, really listened to Alexandrah Sarton’s voice. I had been sleeping on what her vocals added to Sollilaquists of Sound for too long when a friend played me a rough mix of “Mr. Gun” off what would become In Curses’ first album, Reaching Field. That friend was Sean…
