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A visit to the My Little Pony Fair and Convention
The plastic pastel pony toys aren’t just for little girls anymore
Scenes from the Orlando City Soccer match against Stoke City
On Saturday night, the Orlando City Lions – our pick for Best Came-Out-of-Nowhere Team in our 2012 Best of Orlando issue – played a match against the Stoke City Football Club at the Florida Citrus Bowl. The fans were rowdy, the crowd was pumped and the players were dead serious. I’m no soccer expert, so…
Bingo leaps into the 21st century with Instagram Bingo at Will’s Pub
Tuesday, July 31 – Instagram Bingo 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org free We know what you’re thinking: An echoing, tiled hall full of retirees with a monotone emcee hollering “G23” over a screeching loudspeaker. But erase that image from your brain, because for this night, the game of bingo leaps…
Concert review: KISS/Motley Crue Tampa 7/28
(Following are some random impressions of last night’s KISS/Motley Crue/The Treatment gig at Tampa’s 100-AX-GARY Amphitheatre. Wanna know the current state of geriatric metal? Ax Gary!) The Treatment — Tonight’s support act hail from the UK, but trade in thoroughly generic American hard rock — the kind that Atlantic Records would have signed in 1987…
Sunday Film News Roundup — July 29th, 2012
I absolutely loved Danny Boyle’s sweeping epic of an Opening Ceremony, despite the fact NBC decided to delay it and chop it up for prime time, cutting out a few sections (including, apparently, a Death Eater attack). Of course people complained. This is boring. This is lame. This is too multicultural. This is an outrage.…
Karen Russell Art Opening tonight at the Falcon
Saturday, July 28 – Karen Russell Art Opening through Aug. 30 8-11 p.m. The Falcon 819 E. Washington St. facebook.com/thefalconbar free
Wasting away again at Wall Street Plaza’s Margarita Fest
Saturday, July 28 – Margarita Fest 3 4-7 p.m. Wall Street Plaza Wall and Court streets 407-849-0471 wallstplaza.net $20-$35 In a city known for giddy drunkenness as a viable means of daily distraction, it should come as no surprise that certain members of this beloved staff jumped the gun on this particular event by imbibing…
Aurora: Watch where you point that finger
Just over a week ago, I was planning to blog about the rampant misreadings I was certain critics were going to make of The Dark Knight Rises. When the perceived political stance of the film got pushed off the opinion pages by the horrific events in Aurora, I figured I’d instead have to defend its…
The older folks always leave the show early. Including me.
6:05 p.m.: I’ve learned a lot today from my experience at the warped tour, and most of it I have learned from reading homemade shirts and buttons. I’ve learned that animals don’t smoke cigarettes, I’ve learned that when the sun is out, it’s appropriate to let the guns out, and I’ve learned that it is…
Warped Tour – it’s exhausting for the olds. Thank goodness for this nice, dark tent.
3:30 p.m.: So how does one unwind after being thoroughly terrified by Blood on the Dance Floor? By spending some time in the Reverse Day Care Center, or as I like to call it, Nirvana. The Reverse Day Care is a tent for parents who are awesome enough to bring their kids to Warped Tour…
Beer flows through it
Downtown Credo’s Conduit teams up with Redlight Red Light’s Brent Hernandez
Blood on the Dance Floor at Vans Warped Tour
2:28 p.m.: To give you a true description of what it’s like to be a 30-year-old guy at the Warped Tour, I figured at some point I would have to get out of my comfort zone and place myself right in the center of the mainstage crowd. So at about 1:45 I figured it was…
Live blogging from the Vans Warped Tour
11 a.m.: Greetings Orlando Weekly readers, my name is Chris and for the rest of the day I will be blogging from the Central Florida Fairgrounds, where Vans Warped Tour has descended for the day. Here’s a little about me, I’m 30 years old, I don’t listen to punk music, am content with the…
There is no wrath like that of a former chairman scorned: Jim Greer reveals party secrets
From Salon.com today. Can’t wait to get our hands on the deposition. This has not been a very good week for Florida Republicans.
In the wake of the British Romneyshambles, local Obama supporters point back toward middle-class pocketbooks
If you’re around Orlando or Kissimmee today, you may be greeted with a slight reminder of what this election is really about. Hint: It’s not just Anglo-Saxons! This week’s “symbolic” extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class may be igniting a swarm of cackles out of the House chambers – we’re looking…
Zimmerman’s parents create website
According to multiple media reports, George Zimmerman’s parents have set up a website at http://robertandgladys.com/ to “let people know what our son is truly like,” to keep people up to date on how the family is doing since “our dreams ended on February 26th,” and to raise money to help the Zimmerman family. We did…
Hardcore punks Punch play Will’s Pub tonight
Friday, July 27 – Punch with Knife Hits, Direct Effect, Rawhead, Abuse 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $7 July’s concluding weekend marks the first hardcore super-show for Orlando’s newly founded promotion group, Postscript Presents, and they’ve already set the bar several thousand miles above what’s expected from new, or rekindled,…
Maybe I do look like a lesbian? Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll takes to the letterhead to issue a sincere(ish) apology.
So, while we were foaming at the mouth on WMFE yesterday – and foaming at the fingers in Happytown this week – about Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll (who?) coming out claiming that black women who look like her don’t have lesbian relationships, it appears that somebody in the Carroll camp finally crept out of media-training…
Mentalist The Amazing Kreskin performs at Orlando Jai-Alai
Friday, July 27 – The Amazing Kreskin 8 p.m. Orlando Jai-Alai 6405 S. Highway 17-92 Fern Park 407-339-6221 orlandojaialai.com $25-$50 Will you be attending this show of mind-blowing, thought-reading, brain-rummaging showmanship? Only this guy knows for sure. And this evening featuring Regis Philbin’s favorite mentalist at the newly reinvigorated Orlando Jai-alai isn’t just a groovy…
Natura Coffee & Tea hosts Central Florida Stick Night
Friday, July 27 – Central Florida Stick Night with Flint Blade, Jeremy Birdsall, Juan R. Leon 9 p.m. Natura Coffee & Tea 12078 Collegiate Way 407-482-5000 free If you didn’t catch their improv set from last August’s Orlando Science Center presentation, you owe it to yourself to watch local musicians Jeremy Birdsall and Juan R.…
Lamb of God/Dethklok/Gojira show at Hard Rock Live cancelled
Yup. You probably saw this coming, didn’t you? When your lead singer is in jail in the Czech Republic for allegedly being responsible for the death of a concertgoer there (IN A DECIDEDLY CIRCUMSTANTIAL AND ARGUABLY PROBABLY-NOT-HIS-FAULT KIND OF WAY), you’re probably not going to be able to make your upcoming tour dates. And that’s…
Daymoths tonight at Stardust Video & Coffee
Thursday, July 26 – Daymoths with Ricin House 9 p.m. Stardust Video & Coffee 1842 E. Winter Park Road 407-623-3393 stardustie.com $5 In the mid-aughts, when indie hip-hop mavens Slug and Murs had crossed over just enough to propel Slug’s rap imprint (Rhymesayers) and a Warner Bros. record deal for Murs, the pair co-founded a…
Shawn and Marlon Wayans head to Improv Comedy Club
Thursday, July 26 – Shawn and Marlon Wayans various times through Sunday, July 29 Improv Comedy Club 9101 International Drive 407-480-5233 theimprovorlando.com $40-$50 You’ve got to hand it to these two younger brothers of practically the entire cast of In Living Color – they hang around. These days, the famous Wayans brothers are all at various states…
The Vans Warped Tour at 18: Class of 2012 yearbook predictions
As the Vans Warped Tour hits town to celebrate its maturity into adulthood, we present some Class of 2012 yearbook predictions
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) In your personal chart, the planet Uranus symbolizes those special talents you have that are especially useful to other people. Which aspects of your soulful beauty are potentially of greatest service to the world? How can you express your uniqueness in ways that activate your most profound generosity? If you learn…
Culture 2 Go
Urban ReThink presents a bookbinding workshop with local book-arts experts
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Caitlin Moran thinks the feminist revolution is too much fun to leave to the academics
DVDs Nuts
Lesser-seen, critic-approved films on disc and on demand
Album Reviews
Reviews of albums by Baroness, Fang Island and Laetitia Sadier
About Last Night
This Week: A ride-along on a party bus that takes college kids to the downtown bars.
Happytown
The week where Jim Greer bought some time for the GOP, Charlie Crist became a threat again and Jennifer Carol put an ugly foot in her giggle-mouth. Republicans are awesome.
Live Active Cultures
What? Sorry, I can’t hear you … I’ve got a BOO in my ear. It’s been three days since Orlando Weekly’s 2012 Best of Orlando celebration at downtown’s Beacham, and the ringing in my ears has only recently subsided from Townshend-level tinnitus. In case you weren’t important enough to earn an invite (or fast enough…
A local brony explains his love for My Little Pony
My name is Aaron Haaland, and I’m a brony. I could love the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic cartoon quietly, keep it in the stable without the label. It’s not my little secret though. As the owner of Orlando’s best comic shop, I need to stand in loyalty with my fellow bronies. Comic book…
Pride and prejudice
We weigh the pleasures and pitfalls of British grub at The Pub and Cricketers Arms
Savage Love
I am a hetero female, but one of my biggest fantasies is for a guy to dress up in women’s underwear. Not full-blown drag, just a teddy, fishnets and some heels. He doesn’t even have to act like a woman. I just want him to parade around a bit, and just for me. I’ve had…
This Little Underground
Our live music critic takes on Crocodiles, Pomegranates, Man or Astro-Man? and more.
Tip Jar
In this week’s roundup: Ethos Vegan Kitchen, Peterbrooke Chocolatier, Amazon Forest Café, 4Rivers Smokehouse and Taverna Opa
Drink Events
Things to do for people who love booze
On the side
Cafeteria plan
Updated: NOT the Last Week for Moonrise Kingdom @ Enzian
So it looks like Enzian lost their booking for Beasts of the Southern Wild to run with Moonrise Kingdom for a few more weeks because of its success. Beasts will open at the Regal Winter Park Village on 8/2 instead. As you were. Just a heads up that this is the last week for Wes…
VOD Review: 2 Days in NY – Julie Delpy (4 Stars)
Sometimes you can’t move forward without going backwards, as the saying goes. In Julie Delpy’s 2 Days in New York, the unprompted but not unwelcome continuation of the charming-but-flat 2 Days in Paris, that saying comes to life. 2 Days in New York continues the story of Delpy’s barely-hinged-lunatic photographer, Marion, and her adorably psychotic family a few…
Local food truck chefs compete in Fill the Grill Cook-off finals
Thursday, July 26 – Fill the Grill Cook-off Finals 7 p.m. Whole Foods Market 8003 Turkey Lake Road 407-355-7100 wholefoodsmarket.com free The challenge? Twenty dollars’ worth of ingredients scrambled out of Whole Foods’ tony aisles in 20 minutes, and another 20 minutes to turn them into an impressive summer meal. This year’s edition of Fill…
On sale this week: The Who at Amway Center
On Sale: Friday, July 27 The Who 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 amwaycenter.com $37.50-$127 Down the road: Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Aug. 3 at Amway Center Nerdapalooza, Aug. 3 at The Beacham Marc Anthony, Aug. 5 at Amway Center Dirty Projectors, Aug. 6 at The Beacham…
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New Orlando Concert Announcements [Great Deceivers’ tour kick-off, Austin James’ ‘Wet Brain 2’, Greg Barriss, A$AP Rocky, Obituary, more]
Aug. 2: Alias Punch, Yogurt Smoothness, Tam Tam, Thee Wilt Chamberlain, Lazy Boyzz for Austin James’ ‘Wet Brain 2′ (Paradise) Aug. 4: Britt Daley, Diamond Dolls, DefCon Four (Sip) Aug. 6: Great Deceivers’ tour kick-off show, with Boy Division, Thee Wilt Chamberlain, Abuse (Peacock) Aug. 11: AbdeCaf, XXYYXX, Grant, Fortune Howl (Back Booth) Aug. 16:…
Happytown
The week where Jim Greer bought some time for the GOP, Charlie Crist became a threat again and Jennifer Carol put an ugly foot in her giggle-mouth. Republicans are awesome.
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Caitlin Moran thinks the feminist revolution is too much fun to leave to the academics
Pre-Order the new split single from the Pauses and Great Deceivers
Two brand-new songs each from two of Orlando’s best bands? Check. Luscious 12-inch vinyl? Check. Fantastic artwork by Dimitri Simakis? Check. Limited to just 500 copies? Check. Out in September on New Granada? Check. Available TODAY for pre-order and your order gets you one track from each band? Check. DO. IT. NOW. (You can preview and…
