Jul 4-10, 2012

Jul 4-10, 2012 / Vol. 28 / No. 27

City Council mulls terminating Maitland Art Center lease

The Maitland Art Center faces its toughest challenge yet tonight at the Maitland City Council meeting (6:30 pm, Maitland City Hall, 1776 Independence Lane), with a decision item on the agenda to discuss terminating the lease on the landmark property. City council member Phil Bonus feels the historic buildings would be more valuable to the city…

Jessica Bryce Young

Notable Noise: This Week’s Best Shows [Kitty Pryde, Daikaiju, Status Byte Breakdown, Yip-Yip/Telethon, Best Coast, Sonu Nigam, more]

Despite the humid torpor of being in the thick of the summer, our city’s concert calendar is valiantly attempting to get you out of the house. There are some good shows this week! Get out and enjoy them! Monday, July 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqdoJOwchqM Best Coast [Social] Noise Garage [Will’s] – Jam sessions are boring. This one is…

Jason Ferguson

Electro breakbeat artists Spacemen head to Mela Room

Tuesday, July 10 – Spacemen with Subliminal, Jayson Butera, Habbit and more 10 p.m. Mela Room 9677 S. Orange Blossom Trail 407-345-9100 melaroom.com call for price Long before the arrival of the structures that artists such as Daft Punk, Deadmau5 and Amon Tobin perform on, we had artists like Rabbit in the Moon and electro…

Aimee Vitek

Sunday Film News Roundup — July 8th, 2012

What an incredibly, monumentally, stunningly boring week this was as far as film news goes. Between the blackouts in the Mid-Atlantic that knocked a bunch of web services offline and the 4th of July getting in the middle of everyone’s shit and Comic Con next weekend (and Scott Howson refusing to trade Rich Nash… STILL,…

Rob Boylan

100 Greatest New York Films? Maybe, but Not Mine.

I know, I know. This is the Orlando Weekly, not New York Weekly. But still, it’s been an unbearably slow week as far as film items are concerned, and the thing that’s been going through my head the most is Time Out New York’s “100 Greatest NY Films” piece that came out this week. It’s an all…

Rob Boylan

Hardcore rapper DMX performs at Firestone Live

Saturday, July 7 – DMX 9 p.m. Firestone Live 578 N. Orange Ave. 407-872-0066 firestonelive.net $30 Because of our love for hardcore rapper DMX, we choose not to get too close to the man’s life. We don’t want no goddamned reality TV or some shit to dilute the bloody, big-nut, testosterone O.D. fantasy that rages…

Bao Le-Huu

Fringe Fest Hit “Blood Sisters” Closes Tonight at the Parliament House

One of the unexpected delights of the recent Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival was Blood Sisters, a concert staging of an exciting original musical starring an all-African-American cast. Last last month the show returned to Orlando for a limited run, and it concludes its 3-performance engagement at the Parliament House's Footlights Theatre tonight (Saturday 7/7).…

Seth Kubersky

Fabio Gurgel leads jiu-jitsu seminar at Alliance Orlando

Saturday, July 7 – Fabio Gurgel Jiu-Jitsu Seminar 1 p.m. Alliance Jiu-Jitsu 28 W. Michigan St. 407-730-3389 orlandobjj.com $50 You would think that for most professional athletes, turning 40 signals the end of a playing career. But for Brazilian martial artist Fabio Gurgel, it meant another championship notch in his already highly acclaimed black belt.…

Aimee Vitek

Fela Kuti T-shirt Release Party at Death by Pop

Friday, July 6 – Fela Kuti T-shirt Release Party 8 p.m. Death by Pop 1844 Winter Park Road thelazyafternoon.com free admission, $23 for T-shirt For those not familiar with Afrobeat, the name Fela Kuti probably doesn’t mean much. Known as the creator of the Afrobeat genre, Kuti was a Nigerian composer and rousing human rights…

Aimee Vitek

Jelly-Licious Corn Muffins

I adapted this recipe to replicate muffins my grandmother used to make when I was a child. Reasonably healthy but not too dense (and trust me, with GF baked goods, that is saying something), and a fun jelly center. Ingredients 1 cup cornmeal (yellow cornmeal makes a prettier muffin) 1/2 cup brown-rice pastry flour (less…

Michelle Gienow

Opening in Orlando — July 6th, 2012

Savages — Yes, we have all lived long enough to see “from the maker of Natural Born Killers” used as a selling point instead of an entry on a list of priors. Oliver Stone, his customary restraint and good taste presumably in tow, focuses on a trio of California pot growers who have to fight…

Steve Schneider

Hello, Dolly! shows as part of Garden Theatre’s summer movie series

Thursday, July 5 – Hello, Dolly! 7 p.m. Garden Theatre 160 W. Plant St. Winter Garden 407-877-4736 gardentheatre.org $5 Why go a whole 20-30 minutes out of your way to see a movie that’s surely streaming on some device that’s probably already in your pocket? Normally, we wouldn’t have an answer, although we might have…

Justin Strout

On Sale This Week: Manchester Orchestra at the Social

On Sale: Tuesday, July 10 Manchester Orchestra with Chris Staples 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $17-$20 Down the road: Yip Yip, July 12 at Will’s Pub One31, July 13 at Backbooth The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, July 14 at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre…

Aimee Vitek

Happytown

So, there we were last Wednesday in the throes of tropical depression (Debby did us, see), walking against the slapping squalls of reason and human decency while crafting theories about how this economic slump – and the requisite talks of austerity in the name of entitlements like Medicare and Social Security – was basically about…

Billy Manes and Erin Sullivan

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Members of the Nevada Republican Party have concocted a bizarre version of family values. A large majority of them are opposed to gay marriage and yet are all in favor of legal brothels. Their wacky approach to morality is as weird as that of the family-values crowd in Texas, which thinks…

Rob Brezsny

Savage Love

I’m a straight guy and I’m really into having my balls sucked – it’s one of my favorite things and just thinking about it turns me on. But whenever I’ve had my balls sucked, it hurts, and ball pain is not a kink of mine! It hurts enough to override any pleasure, and I have…

Dan Savage

This Little Underground

The term "show" has become synonymous with basically any recital. But there’s a difference between that and putting on a real show, and I salute anyone who puts forth the effort. Even though the scale was modest and the aesthetic completely DIY, the latest showcase by Orlando iconoclast Timothy Murray (June 26, Uncle Lou’s) was…

Bao Le-Huu

Remix: The Pousse-Café

The pousse-café is of those stunt drinks that became popular in the ’70s (though it’s been around since the end of the 19th century). Neither shaken nor stirred, it’s carefully crafted by pouring anywhere from three to seven liqueurs of different specific gravity over the back of a spoon into a narrow cordial glass, resulting…

Jessica Bryce Young

St. Pete's Alexander & the Grapes' new album, 'Hemispheres' dress emotional turmoil with smart, sing-along soundscapes

This St. Petersburg-based group has matured quite a bit since their debut as fresh-faced kids just a few years ago. Hemispheres shows Alexander & the Grapes moving beyond the straight-faced roots-rock of their first EP (2004’s Alexander & the Grapes) and into some decidedly more sophisticated territory. Bandleader Alexander Charos’ songwriting style now leans heavily…

Jason Ferguson

Attention, China: Senator has “Dark Knight Rises” secrets for sale

In a world of reboots, recalls and regrets, it’s nice to know that some things don’t change. Like Senator Patrick Leahy appearing in a Batman movie, for example. Per the AP, Senator Leahy (D-FameWhore) has a small role in the forthcoming The Dark Knight Rises. That makes two consecutive bat-cameos for Leahy: In 2008’s The Dark Knight,…

Steve Schneider

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