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Kicked out for coming out
Zebra Coalition gives homeless LGBTQ kids a helping hand
Redlight Red Light cracks Draft Magazine’s 100 Best Beer Bars list
Redlight Red Light Beer Parlour 2810 Corrine Drive Orlando, FL 32803 (407) 893-9382 5pm-2am Daily Only two weeks into the new year, Orlando’s much-lauded and cornucopia-est craft beer spot has to clear room for another placard, this time landing on Draft Magazine’s 2013 list of prima American beer bars. Draft has this to say about…
Update: front-yard vegetable garden, the saga continues
You may recall that we recently wrote about Jason and Jennifer Helvenstons and their flourishing front-yard garden a few weeks back. (See our blog post, “Ban on front-yard vegetable gardens: ‘like punching a baby'”). Briefly, it seemed, the couple It seems the garden is attracting more attention than innocent neighbors on their casual afternoon…
Shen Yun combines classical Chinese dance with live music and elaborate costuming
Tuesday-Thursday, Jan. 15-17 – Shen Yun 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 800-745-3000 shenyunperformingarts.org/orlando $50-$200
Get blasted (with paint) at the Color Run
Sunday, Jan. 13 – The Color Run 9 a.m. Florida Citrus Bowl 1610 W. Church St. 855-662-6567 thecolorrun.com sold out This isn’t your typical 5K run – by any way, shape or color. It’s dubbed “The Happiest 5K on the Planet,” and the Color Run, a touring paint-meets-perspiration race, stops in Orlando this week. Here’s…
Country string band the Devil Makes Three tonight at the Social
Saturday, Jan. 12 – The Devil Makes Three with Phillip Roebuck 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $15 Named for lyrics from the soundtrack of O Brother Where Art Thou, the Devil Makes Three nobly carry on the tradition of that original stringy country sound that moviegoers went nuts for back…
About (the) Last Night
Disclaimer: If you are reading this account, the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 did not occur. I have to assume some responsibility here: I obviously didn’t shame myself enough to merit obliteration via rogue space object/demagnetizing polar catastrophe/irascible Mayan sun god. Of course, any of you future people, complacent in your flying automobiles and palatial skyhouses,…
Jaguars pass on Tebow, per ESPN report
Good news for Gator faithful and Tebow proselytes everywhere: the onerous task of shouldering the Jacksonville Jaguar fandom mantel (sorry, Jax fans) is not in your future, after all. Bad news: Tim Tebow’s NFL career has snagged again. According to an ESPN.com report released today, the Jaguars’ new general manager David Caldwell didn’t waste any…
I just want to feel it all
I know plenty of people who hate Lena Dunham’s HBO show Girls. But for every naysayer who rolls their eyes at just how white her world is, there are five other people who are sitting at their day jobs right now convulsing with eager-giggle explosive excitement for the season 2 premier this Sunday. There is…
One-man blues band Lone Wolf tonight at Will’s Pub
Friday, Jan. 11 – Lone Wolf with the Bloody Jug Band, the Misery Jackals 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $6 Inspired to multitask his music career by the big boss man Jimmy Reed (who played harmonica and guitar simultaneously), the one-man blues band Lone Wolf gets busy quickly, delivering his rapid-fire…
Micro/Macro: An Installation of Sculpture by Joshua Almond opens at Crealdé
Friday, Jan. 11 – Micro/Macro: An Installation of Sculpture by Joshua Almond 7 p.m. Crealdé School of Art 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park 407-671-1886 crealde.org free If you’ve ever seen a photograph taken using an electron microscope – or seen Charles and Ray Eames’ trippy short film, Powers of Ten – you know that…
I want my Baby back
Welp, last night’s loss to the Denver Nuggets made it 10 games in a row that the Orlando Magic have lost, which is coincidentally (?) also how long Glen “Big Baby” Davis has been out with a shoulder injury. Of those 10 losses, there has only been one major blowout (against Toronto, of all teams),…
Oscar voting sham confirmed (Next stop: the White House?)
Aaaaand now it’s official: We will never, ever know who really won this year’s Oscars. That’s because we’ll never know who was even nominated. This morning’s announcement has award-watchers scratching their heads over the “wildly eclectic,” even bizarrely arbitrary nature of the nods. But for the moment at least, nobody seems to be acknowledging that…
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer speaks at Rollins College
Thursday, Jan. 10 – Melanne Verveer 7:30 p.m. Keene Hall, Rollins College 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park 407-646-2000 rollins.edu free “Women’s political empowerment is, perhaps, the toughest nut to crack anywhere in the world,” Melanne Verveer told Forbes magazine’s Moira Forbes in October. But if anyone’s up to the task of cracking that nut, it’s…
Give Them Wings to Fly Kickoff Event tonight at 310 Lakeside
Thursday, Jan. 10 – Give Them Wings to Fly Kickoff Event 6 p.m. 310 Lakeside 301 E. Pine St. givethenwingstofly.com $25 minimum donation Some kids are force-fed piano lessons, and some must beg for months for an electric guitar, but regardless of how children begin studying music, the positive impact of the experience can’t be…
Day Joy’s beautiful bummer
Day Joy’s dreamy, atmospheric track “Go to Sleep, Mess,” got a video to go along with it this week (premiering on Paste), and the visuals definitely add to the highly emotional vibe with which the track is already imbued. The video was created by Michael Lawrence and Alex Amoling and treds on well worn subjects…
Scott Randolph sworn in as tax collector
For the first time in 50 years, Orange County has a new tax collector. Yesterday, former state Rep. Scott Randolph was sworn into office, replacing the dearly departed Earl K. Wood, who’d held the office since 1964. We didn’t make his swearing-in ceremony, but we did attend the party later in the evening (typical). More…
On sale this week: Brit Floyd at Hard Rock Live!
On sale: Friday, Jan. 11 Brit Floyd 7 p.m. Monday, April 22 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $25-$30 Down the road: The Growlers, Jan. 16 at Will’s Pub Yarn, Jan. 17 at Backbooth Ellie Goulding, Jan. 17 at Hard Rock Live Hot Water Music, Jan. 17 at The Beacham Purity Ring,…
Same text, different day
Orange County LOLtextgate case reveals more business as usual
Savage Love
I’m a straight male, 21 years old. I love women. I love women, I love having sex with women. However, in the last year, here and there, I’ve jerked off to transsexual porn. One night, after drinking and smoking some hash, I arranged a date with a trans sex worker. She was totally womanly, nothing…
Remakin' Plakon
Everybody’s favorite ousted legislator, former Rep. Scott Plakon, is planning his return to politics
Rocco's Tacos
Bar-slash-restaurant is big on libations, but falters somewhat on straight-up Tex-Mex fare
Read our lips: New taxes in 2013
An epic fall off the fiscal cliff has been averted, but your taxes are still going up
'Zero Dark Thirty'
Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is a crash-course in military-torture tactics
Justin Townes Earle comes to the Social
A cooler, more collected Earle is touring on his fourth album
Live Active Cultures
Sailing into January with optimistic expectations for Orlando’s coming cultural year
Opening this week
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D, The Guilt Trip, Les Miserables
Soul Food Junkies
Byron Hurt’s new documentary asks provocative questions about the connection between “slave food” and Southern cuisine
"Up and Down Peachtree" and "A Natural Order"
Two photography books find exoticism in the Southern design for living
Maakies
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This Little Underground
Our live music columnist checks out Youth Brigade, Adolescents and Cook Trio
Tip Jar – local food news
In this week’s roundup: Café Rouge, Clarkie’s Diner and Timpano Chophouse close; Schakolad opens factory doors; and Taverna Opa owners launch a new venture
Feedback
Music updates from around town: Park Ave. CDs, Will’s Pub, Peacock Room
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Writing at io9.com, Charlie Jane Anders provides "10 Signs You Could Be the Chosen Savior." Among the clues are the following: 1) "How often does someone come up to you on the street, point at you, gibber something inarticulate, and run away?" 2) "How many robot/clone duplicates of yourself have you…
Talking Trash Cinema 101 with Logan Donahoo
Logan Donahoo wears many hats. He’s a Fringe Festival veteran as well as a radio host, comedian, LGBT activist and an aficionado of bad cinema. He recently took some time to discuss his latest endeavor, Trash Cinema 101, which screens a new so-bad-its-good film on the third Saturday of every month. Orlando Weekly: The Venue…
New podcast from Dizzlephunk
New year, new Dizzlephunk weekly podcasts! If you’re looking for something to get you pumped for the day or maybe just through the morning, Dizzlephunk has you covered with his latest podcast, which as usual, covers a lot of unsigned, local hip-hop terrain you may not be familiar with. And, also, as usual, the master…
Brooklyn-based band Forgetters play the Social
Tuesday, Jan. 8 – Forgetters with the New Lows, Permanent Makeup 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $10 For many fans, following the musical journey of Blake Schwarzenbach has been something of a polarizing bronco ride. But this current Brooklyn-based band with former Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon and bassist-keyboardist Michelle…
