Theatre Review: PRT’s “Praising What Is Lost”
In the next issue of Orlando Weekly, I use my Live Active Cultures column to discuss the spring sprouting of new theater from some Orlando International Fringe Festival favorites. A prime example, which I didn’t have space to include in print, is the latest work from Playwrights’ Round Table. For fifteen years, PRT has been…
Miami NT says that gangsta photo is not Trayvon Martin
Today WDBO Radio posted this image to its Facebook page. It’s a new meme, apparently, that attempts to portray Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old shot to death in Sanford last month, as a gangsta and his killer, George Zimmerman, as a clean-cut, smiling businessman. The image of Zimmerman is real, but according to this blog post…
“The Sweatbox” & Glen Keane: Disney Feature Animation at a Crossroads
As you might expect, Disney is a bit of a love-hate obsession with this OW writer. Last week, some brave soul risked (financial and legal) life and limb to post The Sweatbox on YouTube. It’s since been removed, but that toothpaste isn’t going back into the tube. If you’re asking yourself what the hell The Sweatbox…
Sunday Film News Roundup — March 25th, 2012
Lots to talk about this week, but first, The Hunger Games, because no one else is really talking about it an it could use a bump. Here’s a few spoiler-filled thoughts. Skip to the underlined section if you’re that one dude who hasn’t seen it yet. A few weeks ago I called the book shit,…
Selection Reminder: One and One: Jaap Blonk and Fred Ho!
Sunday, March 25 – One and One: Jaap Blonk and Fred Ho 7:30 p.m. Timucua White House 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. timucua.com free About Dutch vocalist Jaap Blonk, we can’t say it better than the SF Weekly’s French Clements did two weeks ago after his San Fran appearance: “When idiots talk about wanting to de-fund…
Selection Reminder: Downtown Pour today in Thornton Park!
Sunday, March 25 – Downtown Pour 2-5 p.m. Eola Drive between Pine Street and Church Street 321-281-2053 downtownpour.com $35-$40 Trust us, you don’t need to be a certified wine expert to enjoy this imbibing affair. After eight years, the Downtown Pour continues to appeal to a crowd of newbie sippers with the I’ll-try-everything-once attitude. While…
TV outrage: Prostitots reach critical mass
As Princess Anastasia once said to her Mom and Dad, this isn’t fun anymore. Fickle though it might make me sound, I’ve been finding it a chore as of late to maintain my enthusiasm for Dance Moms. The shallow reason is that the show’s storylines are getting so damn repetitive and predictable (Cathy Candy Apples…
Selection Reminder: Raw Breakfast, Brunch & Munch!
Sunday, March 25 – Raw Breakfast, Brunch & Munch 1-3 p.m. Whole Foods Market 8003 Turkey Lake Road meetup.com/central-florida-raw-food-connection $15 If your idea of a magical hangover remedy includes a Bloody Mary and a greasy spoon, this event might not be for you. Nevertheless, Chef Olive, organizer of the Central Florida Raw Food Connection (and…
Selection Reminder: Two-Piece Mini Fest tonight at Will’s Pub!
Saturday, March 24 – Two-Piece Mini Fest 7 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $5 Now on its third edition, the one-night mini festival celebrating the musical magic of two – two-piece bands on two stages, twice a year – is officially into its second year. Besides the theme dovetailing with numerical…
Selection Reminder: Participation: Circus of the Surreal!
Saturday, March 24 – Participation: Circus of the Surreal 5:30 p.m. Maitland Art Center 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland 407-539-2181 ext. 262 artandhistory.org $100 We rarely choose high-dollar fundraising parties as our Selections of the Week for a couple of reasons. One, we figure you’re as broke as we are (please allow us to preserve…
Selection Reminder: Sanford Pints N’ Paws tomorrow!
Saturday, March 24 – Sanford Pints N’ Paws 5-10 p.m. various venues downtown Sanford sanfordpintsandpaws.com $20-$35 Dogs and beer go together like, well dogs and beer. So four local pubs in downtown Sanford – West End Trading Co., Little Fish Huge Pond, the Sanford Wine Co. and the Palette – are bringing them together at last…
Selection Reminder: Glen Campbell tonight at the King Center!
Friday, March 23 – Glen Campbell 8 p.m. King Center for Performing Arts 3865 N. Wickham Road Melbourne 321-242-2219 kingcenter.com $35-$55 It doesn’t take the vessel of country music to make Glen Campbell’s farewell tour a locomotive of human drama, but there’s a poetic perfection in it. In light of his recent diagnosis of Alzheimer’s…
Sights from the start of the Rally for Trayvon Martin
Some photos from Fort Mellon Park in Sanford:
Opening in Orlando — March 23rd, 2012
Jeff, Who Lives at Home — The Duplass Brothers’ slacker character study was supposed to open last week, unscreened for critics. It was postponed at the last minute — and still hasn’t been shown to the local press. We’re not saying we know for sure that you’ll be asked to show proof of federal security…
Are you the face of the Orlando Solar Bears? Orlando’s hockey team launches new ad campaign, calls for fans (and models!)
Orlando’s dormant professional hockey team, the Solar Bears, will be back in action this fall, calling Amway Center home. The team is currently looking for faces for their upcoming advertising campaign titled “I am a Solar Bear.” Twelve winners will be selected and featured on billboards, in-arena promo at Amway Center and on the web.…
Selection Reminder: Fort Wilson Riot tonight at Stardust Video & Coffee!
Thursday, March 22 – Fort Wilson Riot 9 p.m. Stardust Video & Coffee 1842 E. Winter Park Road 407-623-3393 stardustie.com free The Minneapolis duo of Jacob Mullis and Amy Hager take their nom de guerre from a 1779 incident in which a drunken mob, enraged by Founding Father James Wilson’s successful defense of a couple…
Selection Reminder: Praising What Is Lost opens tonight!
Through April 1 – Praising What Is Lost Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. 407-761-2683 theprt.com $15 Imagine if all the screenwriters in Hollywood exploded all at once, in some kind of fiery reverse-Rapture situation. Without new screenplays, every movie would be a remake, and every summer we’d have to see things like Channing…
Reminder: The Godfather screening tonight @ Festival Bay
Reposting this as a reminder: On March 22nd, Cinemark theaters will be screening The Godafather for one day only to commemorate its 40th (!) anniversary. Orlando is in luck, because the Cinemark at Festival Bay will be taking part in the screenings with two showings, one at 2pm and one at 7pm. It’s such a…
Selection Reminder: Celine and Julie Go Boating!
Thursday, March 22 – Celine and Julie Go Boating 1:30 p.m. Southeast Museum of Photography 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. Daytona Beach 386-506-4475 smponline.org free Returning to its nouvelle vague marathon following two weeks off, the Southeast Museum of Photography comes correct with a special screening of this 1974 Jacques Rivette mindfuck. Why drive to…
On Sale This Week: Earth, Wind & Fire!
On Sale: Friday, March 23 Earth, Wind & Fire 7 p.m. Friday, June 29 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrocklive.com $37.50-$125 Down the road: Snow Patrol, March 29 at Hard Rock Live I Am the Avalanche, March 30 at Back Booth Plain White T’s, March 30 at Universal Studios We Were Promised Jetpacks,…
The Foreigner – review
Jester Theater Co. produces a side-splitting gem at Winter Garden’s Garden Theatre
Rotation: What local artists are listening to
The Vanishing Act’s Zack Ross
Maakies
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Central Florida forager Deane Jordan invites you to a backyard buffet
Can you survive on the free food growing all around you?
Happytown
It’s been a while since we got re-motely excited about a 2-year-old’s birthday party – yes we love unicorns, but there is such a thing as too many unicorns – so the fact that we’re decking out Happytown™ HQ in catheters and stethoscopes and colostomy bags like it’s some kind of sicko party drunk on…
In search of paradise
Alcest’s leader harvests joyful melancholy from a place only he knows
Savage Love
I was recently advised to begin reading your column by my therapist
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Not bad for a few weeks’ work, or play, or whatever it is you want to call this tormented, inspired outburst. Would it be too forward of me to suggest that you’ve gone a long way toward outgrowing the dark fairy tale that had been haunting your dreams for so long?…
The Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence heads a winning YA franchise
Planning for the future
Questions for Jenna Tosh, the new CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
An exit interview with Sue Idtensohn of Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando
Idtensohn talks contraception, empowerment and retirement amid the current political attacks on reproductive rights
The Are We Sunk? Index
How quickly is Florida sinking into the ocean this week?
KColl tells all
Photographer and Smile for Camera co-founder Kevin Collier on DJs, dance nights and promoting the Orlando club scene
The Bar Tab
We just heard that an upscale food joint/watering hole called the Fifth is opening at 112 S. Orange Ave. in April. The V Group, which operates Vintage Lounge, Vixen Bar and NV Art Bar, is behind this venture, and it promises “sleek and modern design,” premium drinks and a menu consisting of classic comfort food…
A Streetcar Named Desire – review
Theater Downtown’s sultry staging of the Tennessee Williams classic captures the struggle between fantasy and reality
Live Active Cultures
Disney makes it OK for some people to jump the line; Universal’s new mini golf course is ingenious but undemanding
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu unearths local gems Jr. Meowzer and Girls on the Beach, has advice for AmIAm, enjoys Black Gallery and says goodbye to Mark Wayne
“This is what democracy looks like”: Scenes from this afternoon in Sanford as the Trayvon Martin case marches on
In advance of tonight’s sure-to-be-contentious Sanford City Council meeting and tomorrow’s HUGE Rev. Al Sharpton rally, dozens of residents gathered this afternoon at the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church to speak to the NAACP (and ultimately the U.S. Department of Justice) about a perceived pattern of injustice, racially speaking, among Sanford Police authorities. According to Orlando…
Sanford Commissioner Patty Mahany issues lukewarm statement on Trayvon Martin’s “tragic death,” and other developments
This story is developing so quickly right now, and we just thought we’d keep you in the loop of what we’re hearing. If any of it is old news, all apologies. Little old Sanford has become a giant national sandstorm at this point, and – we’re not predicting this with any glee, mind – it’s…
Not the first time a black teen shot to death in Sanford
In all the outcry over the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was killed in Sanford last month by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, it’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time an unarmed black teen was shot by armed men who overreacted – and weren’t immediately arrested for…
