Love Jacoby Jones’ touchdown dance (go Ravens!)
That was some game. We’re pretty sure this is what made the lights go out: Via Deadspin.
BLURT Presents Pre-INC Orlando at Uncle Lou’s
Hell Garbage Monday, Feb. 4 – BLURT Presents Pre-INC Orlando with Gem of Skin, Pvre Matrix, the Nows, Pony Payroll Bones, Whitey Alabastard, Hell Garbage and others 9 p.m. Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall 1016 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-0009 free It turns out that noise bands are different than folkies in one more way than you…
Super Bowl XLVII Movie Trailers
Here is a quick roundup of all of the movie-related madness from yesterday’s Super Bowl. Fast Six (is going to be amazing). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozG6KQftTmc The Lone Ranger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q42DrlOczi0 The Great and Powerful Oz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVaGzl7B-oQ Iron Man 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtqmlyS1ovE Star Trek Into Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myYRC_yTn4Y World War Z. Just finally started reading the book this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slfrrjPndV4 Not…
Nerdy Show expands their empire
When the Nerdy Show announced they were airing a special podcast, “State of the Empire,” to on-goingly discuss The Joss Whedon Decision and expansion of the Star Wars franchise, I was pretty tickled by their chosen tagline for the podcast, “Looking for love in Alderaan places.” These guys are clever, passionate, knowledgeable, invested – basically,…
Sunday Film News Roundup — February 3rd, 2013
It’s a slow film week with Super Bowl XLVII set to kick off tonight in New Orleans. Warm Bodies, the zombie comedy with Nicolas Hoult, easily won the weekend. I’m not all that interested in the matchup of San Francisco versus Baltimore, and the list of movie trailers premiering tonight — like The Lone Ranger,…
Porn: The Art Show tonight at the Falcon
Saturday, Feb. 2 – Porn: The Art Show 8 p.m. The Falcon 819 E. Washington St. 407-423-2788 thefalconbar.com free As much as Orlando tries to give off a stale air of prudishness while cleverly concealing its wiggling dirty bits in its unincorporated commercial nether regions, we are, and always have been, a dirty whore. And…
Put your game face on: Emeril brings the tailgate action, plus where you should watch the Super Bowl
Let’s face it: Chances are most of us will be watching Super Bowl XLVII this Sunday in the comforts of our own living rooms, or in a friend’s living room or at our favorite sports bar, instead of in-person at the Superdome. Even if you don’t like football, you’ve gotta be a little bit jealous…
Culliver’s travels: Equality heads for the end zone
One of the side effects of getting older is the feeling that time has started to move faster. Usually, this impression is received as a negative: You realize you’re getting less done every day; you try to figure out how old you were when your favorite TV stars were born; and every holiday seems to…
Watch the Annie Awards Live, Feb 2nd
Just a quick note to remind you that the Annie Awards, honoring 2012’s best animation, will be shown live tomorrow on the show’s official website. The show begins at 7pm (one would assume pacific time, but the website doesn’t specify). Here are the major nominations: Best Animated Feature Brave – Pixar Animation Studios Frankenweenie –…
Burrow Press presents Love Poems With Susan Lilley workshop
Saturday, Feb. 2 – Love Poems With Susan Lilley 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Urban ReThink 625 E. Central Blvd. burrowpress.com/workshops $90, includes parking, coffee/snacks, a journal and a Burrow Press book Note to self: When it comes to writing love poetry, there’s a fine line between heartfelt and cheesy – never mind an enormous leap toward…
The Social hosts Red Bull Thre3Style Qualifier DJ battle
DJ M-Squared Friday, Feb. 1 – Red Bull Thre3style Qualifier With DJ M-Squared 10 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org free Red Bull might have made the most headlines last year for sponsoring the out-of-this-world – and mercifully, successful – freefall of Felix Baumgartner, but the energy drink has also fueled a…
African-American art exhibit opens at Mennello Museum
Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Hip Hop, 1993, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Friday, Feb. 1 – African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond Through April 28 6-8 p.m. Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton St. 407-246-4278 mennellomuseum.com $5 Rarely do we see a show that’s framed in the context of…
Adorable pit bull puppy tries to run on treadmill
We’re dog-crazy at Orlando Weekly this week, as we round the bend on finishing up our first (annual?) Puppy Love issue (hits the streets Feb. 6, errbody, don’t miss!). So this video is pretty much playing on a loop in our offices (well, at least in my office). Cannot. Stop. Watching. Awesome. Puppy.
Netflix’s “House of Cards” Premieres… Now (Update: Watch it for Free)
Beginning at 3am last night, Netflix went live with the entire first season of their biggest original series to date, the slow-burning political thriller House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara. In a wild departure from the history of television as we’ve known it since it began, all 13 episodes of season…
The show must go on? Tomorrow, DPAC and Florida Theatrical to announce their agreement.
From what we’re hearing through various grapevines of drama, tomorrow is the day that DPAC will announce how it is exactly – or in “circle” fashion – that it’s going to move forward with Florida Theatrical Association in terms of presenting Broadway shows in the new performing arts center. You may be aware that there…
Andrew Spear working on Mills50 mural
Was driving down Mills Avenue today to pick up a piece of artwork by Andrew Spear that I had bought from an art show at Halo salon, and I stumbled across … Andrew Spear creating more artwork. The new mural, which is being paid for by the city, is located on Mills Avenue where it…
Local 6 Reporter Slams Drunk Videobomber
Jessica Sanchez, a field reporter for Local 6 News, was on location in New Orleans. Sanchez was there to do a “getting ready” segment on NOLA preparing for the Super Bowl. Sanchez, broadcasting live, was videobombed by a drunkard. Who would’ve guessed that a boozed up woman on Bourbon Street would do such a thing?…
Micro-budget films focus of Winter Garden’s StarLite Film Fest
photo by KHphotographics Thursday, Jan. 31-Saturday, Feb. 2 – StarLite Film Festival 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 11:30 a.m. Saturday Garden Theatre 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden 407-877-4736 starlitefilmfest.com $5-$30 Orlando moviegoers head west this week to historic downtown Winter Garden for the StarLite Film Festival, a showcase of hand-chosen, micro-budget films (feature-lengths made…
Video Interview: Michael Perkins on Orange County Regional History Center’s Universal Orlando Exhibit
Last weekend, downtown Orlando's Orange County Regional History Center debuted a new exhibit dedicated to the art of theme park design. A Year in the Life: Backstage to Onstage at Universal Orlando Resort will remain on display throughout 2013, featuring a seasonally rotating gallery of props and costumes. I spoke with Michel Perkins, the History…
Expect heavy sludge metal from Jucifer at Will’s Pub
photo by Scott Stewart Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Jucifer with Whores, Bog Prophet 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $10 There’s hard, there’s heavy and then there’s this bill – a wall-crumbling collision of all that is sonically ill-advised. True, it would only take the un-fucking-holy sludge wattage of marquee header Jucifer…
The Hammered Lamb opens in Ivanhoe Village on Friday!
So, last night was the soft opening of Ivanhoe Row’s latest drinkery (and soon to be light-eatery) The Hammered Lamb, (1235 N. Orange Ave.) and we’re just one-cracked-eye-opened enough to remember it. Things you should know, according to owner Jason Lambert: No, it’s not a gay bar (though it certainly resembles former inhabitant the Lava…
“Lucy” paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson presents lecture at Rollins College
Wednesday, Jan. 30 – The Origins of Humankind: The View From Africa 7 p.m. Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park 407-691-1995 rollins.edu/wpi free The eternally human question, “Where did we come from?” can lead to much speculation and eye-widening debate, but for evolved minds who are eager to unearth the human…
Comedian and actor Robin Williams takes the stage at Bob Carr
Wednesday, Jan. 30 – Robin Williams 8 p.m. Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 800-430-8903 orlandovenues.net $45-$142 He’s an American Comedy Award winner (not to mention Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winner, too). You might know him as Mrs. Doubtfire or Peter Pan from the film Hook. He’s comedian Robin Williams,…
‘Superimpose’ at Twelve21 Gallery
Weston Jandacka, Victor Perez and Brian Phillips survey the intersection of domesticity and disturbance
Bill of goods: House Bill 325 – School Safety
Bills filed for the 2013 Florida legislative session that we think you should know about
Sundance 2013
It’s all in who you don’t know: An outsider’s view of Sundance
Letters to the editor
DPAC feedback, plus OW’s new format
Tip Jar
This week: Ravenous Pig wine dinner, new tapas menu at Cress, Kurry and Kabab Express, BurgerFi, First Watch and more
‘A.C.O.D.’
Enzian Theater to screen Sundance comedy
Escape From Tomorrow
How Randy Moore and his film crew secretly made a movie on Walt Disney World property
In the shadow of the mouse
If Disney sues over ‘Escape From Tomorrow,’ nobody wins
Maakies
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The xx finally play Orlando
The London-based band discusses the necessary shifts they made to create the follow-up to their award-winning debut album
Savage Love
I’ve been a fan of your Savage Lovecast for a long time, but I had to write after hearing Marty Klein’s awesome talk about the fallacy of "sex addiction." I am 27, and for most of my adult life, I have suffered from complete sexual dysfunction with partners. I was ashamed and thought I was…
‘Stand Up Guys’
Aging acting legends can’t revive tired script
Live Active Cultures
When it rains, it pours: 25 hours of art in Orlando
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Wageni ni baraka is a Swahili proverb that means "guests are a blessing." That’s not always true, of course. Sometimes guests can be a boring inconvenience or a messy burden. But for you in the coming weeks, I’m guessing the proverb will be 98 percent correct. The souls who come calling…
Happytown: Orlando gets C-plus for transparency
Florida PIRG says city could be better at making government docs and policies more accessible to public
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist covers Jeff Mangum, Shabazz Palaces, and he issues a dare to some locals
‘Othello’ at Orlando Shakes
Racism, war, jealousy and revenge take center stage in the classic tale of Moor, Moor, Moor
On the Rocks
Service industry people shouldn’t expect perks
Aroma Indian Cuisine
Olfactory appeal is Aroma’s lure, but the dishes will speak to your heart
‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at Mad Cow Theatre
Neil Simon’s classic writers’-room comedy remembers the Golden Age of TV
Happytown: Mayor Buddy Dyer to run downtown in underpants
Dyer joins Belle Isle Mayor Bill Brooks in a Cupid’s Undie Run for Children’s Tumor Foundation
Opening this week
Bullet to the Head, Oscar-nominated short films 2013, and Warm Bodies
Feedback
Music updates from around town: Beacham, Sandwich Bar, Amway Center
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
TEXTGATE goes to state! Mayor Jacobs and Citizens for a Greater Orange County respond
So, today’s been a busy day for transparency and potential litigation, right? First came the news yesterday that teacher and “citizen” (and possible and former political candidate) Sean Ashby would pull the lever today and file a request for State Attorney Jeff Ashton to petition the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to basically do it’s…
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ARENABOWL XXVI coming to the Amway!!!! Also, KISS? Weird, right?
Many of you may have heard of the Orlando Predators, the arena football team that recently guaranteed their fans a winning season – a bold move on their part, if you ask me. It is almost as bold as Babe Ruth calling his shot before the pitch. Well, they have another announcement for the public:…
Stargazers flock to Dark Sky Festival at Harmony Town Square
Saturday, Feb. 2 – Dark Sky Festival 6 p.m. Harmony Town Square 3500 Harmony Square Drive West Harmony 407-891-8358 darkskyfestival.com free A lot of good can come from darkness – other than scary monsters and the boogeyman. The community of Harmony, Fla. knows this all too well, as it enters its 10th year of the…
Pro-Rick Scott Satanic Temple rally a publicity stunt
This story just keeps getting better and better every time we hear more about it. Last week, we joined a bunch of other media outlets in reporting that a Satanic Temple based in New York was planning to hold a rally to thank Florida Gov. Rick Scott for his support of SB 98, which would…
Nickelodeon Time Capsule of 1992 Opens Up in
…2042. Oh, come on – it’s not too far away. In front of the Nickelodeon Suites Resort (14500 Continental Gateway), one can find the buried time capsule of 1992, when things seemed much simpler. The original burial ground was in front of the network within Universal Studios Orlando, outside Stage 18. It was moved in…
On sale this week: New Kids on the Block at Amway Center!
On sale: Saturday, Feb. 2 New Kids on the Block with 98°, Boyz II Men 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 21 Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 amwaycenter.com $27.50-$89.50 Down the road: The Soul Rebels, Feb. 8 at The Social Katt Williams, Feb. 9 at Tampa Bay Times Forum Old 97’s, Feb. 10…
