Arizona Dept. of Corrections on private prisons: pay more, get less
With fiscal belt-tightening en vogue and Republicans enjoying new power after last year’s midterm elections, Florida isn’t the only state where prison privatization is being considered in a big way. Arizona is reportedly planning to hand over 5,000 prison beds to private corporations; Ohio is said to be planning on shedding 6,000. (Granted, Florida is…
Want to become a Casey Anthony wonk? Visit the “Caylee Daily” and lose yourself
Finally, it’s here: the trial of Casey Anthony, the 25 year-old Orlando woman accused of murdering her 2-year old daughter Caylee in June 2008, is set to begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. on the 23rd floor of the Orange County Courthouse. As you know, we have dedicated a special blog to the Casey/Caylee Bonanza,…
Selection Reminder: Nic Fanciulli tonight at Senso Supperclub!
Monday, May 23 – Nic Fanciulli Head of Saved Records and globe-hopping DJ Nic Fanciulli has worked with lauded artists such as UNKLE Sounds, Kylie Minogue and Underworld. A Grammy-nominated producer, the British house music purveyor has moved crowds everywhere, from Ibiza to Miami. He’s also, frankly, quite boring in his non-club activities – no coke-fueled…
Sunday Film News Round Up — May 22nd, 2011
The 64th editon of Cannes ended tonight with a fairly shocking Palme D’or winner in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, which received mixed reviews after it opened earlier in the week. And you don’t even have to wait a year to see it. It opens at the Enzian on June 17. Deadline has a…
Selection Reminder: Indie-folk duo Destry tonight at Will’s Pub!
Sunday, May 22 – Destry Did you know MySpace runs ads between songs on artist pages now? As pretty much the exclusive playground of musicians these days, the site is easy picking for criticism, but there’s something extra weird about the Carpenters-meets-Feist airiness of Boston indie-folk duo Destry being interrupted by a commercial spot for…
We’ve almost survived Judgement Day!
For those of you who don’t know, Harold Camping, millionaire and leader of Christian organization Family Radio had officially declared today the day where Jesus Christ himself would return to Earth and condemn all non-believers, taking all of God’s children with him up to Heaven. Well, we’re eighteen hours in and nothing’s happened. Can you…
Casey! Anthony! Trial! In! Orlando!
Welcome to Basket Casey, where your friends-in-schadenfreude at Orlando Weekly will collect the detritus and minutiae of the Casey Anthony trial and surrounding media circus in Orlando. Because we’re already sick of it, we’ll leave the “straight” (ha) reporting to our more serious friends at, say, CNN, CFNews 13, WESH and the Orlando Sentinel. Instead,…
Johnny Guitar Screening, 5/22 @ Urban ReThink
So in the highly unlikely event that the world doesn’t end tomorrow, here is something you can do on Sunday: go see Nicholas Ray’s subversive cult classic wester Johnny Guitar at Urban ReThink (Google Map). Vienna (Joan Crawford) has built a saloon outside of town, and hopes to build her own town once the railroad…
Mandatory minimum reform dies, but hope remains for one inmate
On March 31, we ran a feature detailing a historic push to reform Florida’s mandatory minimum drug laws, an effort shared by a diverse cast of characters: a collection of conservatives called “Right on Crime,” the veteran activists of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), and a handful of against-the-grain lawmakers in Tallahassee. Under the state’s…
The Pauses “Go North” on Rock Band
This just in! Local alt-rock heroes The Pauses have recently been added to the video game Rock Band. You can download their song “Go North” through your Rock Band 3 Music Library. Check out this video of the gameplay and be amazed at how it actually kinda (and that’s a stretch) looks like them: Go North Rockband…
Lars Von Trier’s Short Film, “Occupations”
I’m sure you’ve all had enough of a Lars Von Trier overload this week to last you a lifetime. But one thing about his Cannes press conference that left him persona non grata with the Cannes committee is that he halfway made a film about this. If you’ve never seen the omnibus film To Each…
Universal Orlando Announces “Despicable Me” and upgraded “Spiderman” for 2012
In an invitation-only press webcast this morning, Universal Orlando Resort announced two new projects for 2012. For several weeks, they teased the reveal through social media, advertising that one would be a new ride, and the other an upgrade to an existing attraction. In a move that surprised almost no one in the industry,…
Selection Reminder: Fake Problems tonight at Back Booth!
Thursday, May 19 – Fake Problems From their humble, Naples, Fla., beginnings to primetime on NBC, rockers Fake Problems have built up a groundswell of interest in their unique brand of nuanced punk, crowd-rallying pop tendencies and the occasional cowbell mostly by choosing their friends wisely. Allying themselves closely to alt-punk stalwarts like Lucero, the…
Los Portales opens the doors to South American cuisine
Los Portales 1436 N. Semoran Blvd., Casselberry407-681-4000losportalesrestaurante.com$$ It’s not much to look at – walls accented with yellowed photos of the owner with famous mariachi and salsa artists from the ’70s – and the service is a few time zones too slow, but the comida at Los Portales in Casselberry is muy delicioso. It’s obvious…
Fringe 2011: Saturday, May 28
11:30 am Pink Venue Road to Nowhere BYOV 20:11 Brown Venue Stayin’ Alive Blue Venue A 3-Decker Romance Green Venue Pink Dawn Noon Silver Venue 13, The Musical Yellow Venue Five Minute Professor 1:10 pm Pink Venue Fear Factor: Canine Edition Brown Venue The Last Straight Man in Theatre Blue Venue How Charlie Changed My…
Live Active Cultures
Seth Kubersky holds down the fort while everybody else makes out at Fringe
Fringe 2011: Wednesday, May 25
5:00 pm Patrons Room You Know You’re a Weenie When: A Guide for the Eligible Bachelor 5:15 pm Red Venue Everything You’ll Ever Find on Television! (Almost) 5:25 pm Blue Venue Robby Pigott Tries Something New 5:30 pm Silver Venue Heaven Help Us! 5:45 pm Brown Venue Radio Star 6:00 pm Yellow Venue Five Minute…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today I received this email: “Dear Chosen One: My name is Boopsky, also known as ‘The Impossible.’ I rule a small kingdom that exists in a secret place – an island with abundant riches and rhinoceros playgrounds. To make a long story short, you have won our ‘naked’ lottery. Please come…
Fringe 2011: Thursday, May 26
4:30 pm Yellow Venue Five Minute Professor 5:00 pm Red Venue Onomatopoeia 5:15 pm Blue Venue Trash Cinema 101 5:30 pm Brown Venue Stayin’ Alive 5:45 pm Orange Venue My Pal Izzy 6:00 pm Green Venue Suckers, A Freaky Little Musical 6:10 pm Yellow Venue Unspoken 6:15 pm Silver Venue Die! Mommie! Die! 6:20 pm…
The Beaver
Crazy man plays crazy really well
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu takes on the Whigs, Ponderosa, Girl in a Coma, Shotgun Party and more
Fringe 2011: Best Bets and Wild Cards
20:11 See Brian read the Fringe program! See Brian change the oil in Beth Marshall’s car! Don’t see Brian dance alone in the Goldman Theater! Brian Feldman’s avant-garde performance pieces are always ambitious, but for this celebration of Orlando’s 20th Fringe festival, he pulls out all the stops with 11 different experiments scattered throughout the…
Fringe 2011: Tuesday, May 24
5:00 pm Silver Venue [title of show] 5:15 pm Green Venue Dog Powered Robot and the History of the Future 5:30 pm Red Venue The Humor Mill Orlando Presents … The War on Terriers! Blue Venue How Charlie Changed My Life 5:45 pm Orange Venue Winifred, "That Bitch"! Brown Venue While You Dine, The Musical…
Fringe 2011: Sunday, May 29
11:00 am Brown Venue While You Dine, The Musical 11:45 am Green Venue The Booyah Noon Patrons Room Any Title That Works Yellow Venue More Skits ‘n Giggles 12:30 pm Pink Venue Once Upon a Pill 12:40 pm Brown Venue Punch and Judy Presents 1:00 pm Orange Venue The Holy Land Experience 1:25 pm Green…
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
Rotation: What local artists are listening to
This week: Howling Owls’ Craig Frazier
Happytown
The gurgle and pop of Democratic balls, the rattle and wheeze of a Disney challenge and the distant sound of justice dying in Florida
Fringe 2011: Sunday, May 22
11:25 am Pink Venue Wisdom: Part One Noon Green Venue Big Swinging Dick’s Topless Bar Presents "The Naked Drag Queen Farting" Orange Venue Bitches of the Kingdom! Patrons Room Dying Hard Yellow Venue Pandemonium BYOV 20:11 Brown Venue The Last Straight Man in Theatre Blue Venue My Monster 12:30 pm Silver Venue Attention, Please: Nostalgic…
Fringe 2011: Thursday, May 19
5:00 pm Patrons Room Doctor Whose Line Is It Anyway? 5:15 pm Blue Venue Cabaret Noir 6:00 pm Orange Venue My Pal Izzy Pink Venue Once Upon a Pill Yellow Venue The Trouble With Fishing BYOV 20:11 Brown Venue Stayin’ Alive 6:10 pm Patrons Room Night of Fright 6:20 pm Green Venue Pink Dawn 6:30…
Incendies
Sophoclean French-Canadian epic ignites the screen
Fringe 2011: Friday, May 27
5:00 pm Green Venue Mr. Healthy’s Happy Land 5:15 pm Blue Venue Joe’s Café 5:30 pm Patrons Room Night of Fright Red Venue The Humor Mill Orlando Presents … The War on Terriers! 5:45 pm Orange Venue Superman Drinks Brown Venue The Supporting Cast 6:00 pm Pink Venue The Big Smoke Silver Venue Heaven Help…
Reigniting the riot
Le Butcherettes reclaim feminist punk’s finest hour
Fringe 2011: Always be prepared
Your survival guide for Fringe Fest
Fringe 2011: Friday, May 20
5:45 pm Patrons Room You Know You’re a Weenie When: A Guide for the Eligible Bachelor 6:00 pm Silver Venue [title of show] Yellow Venue Pandemonium Brown Venue Squatters Blue Venue Robby Pigott Tries Something New 6:15 pm Green Venue Mr. Healthy’s Happy Land Orange Venue Oh, That Wily Snake! Pink Venue Wisdom: Part One…
Fringe 2011: Monday, May 23
5:15 pm Patrons Room Dying Hard Red Venue Lyrics Speak Louder Than Words 5:30 pm Orange Venue Bitches of the Kingdom! 6:00 pm Green Venue Oral! Silver Venue 13, The Musical Yellow Venue Thom Pain (based on nothing) BYOV 20:11 Brown Venue Radio Star 6:05 pm Pink Venue Fear Factor: Canine Edition 6:10 pm Blue…
Savage Love
I suppose you are going to call me an asshole once you have finished reading my letter, but I hope you have some advice for me regardless.
Fringe 2011: Saturday, May 21
10:30 am Brown Venue The Supporting Cast 11:15 am Pink Venue I Love You Because 11:30 am Yellow Venue Unspoken Noon Green Venue Dog Powered Robot and the History of the Future Brown Venue I Love You (We’re F*#ked) 12:15 pm Blue Venue Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Legged Beasties and Things That Go Bump in…
Privacy policy
Florida prepares to hand over management of many of its prisons to private corporations
Theatre Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL
Here we go again. Another beloved big-screen comedy turned Broadway musical has made its way to Orlando’s Bob Carr. Just like Monty Python’s Spamalot, this one is another scatalogical spoof of medieval fantasy icons. Just like Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein, this one stars a not-so-jolly green giant, and was booted off Broadway far sooner than…
Tonight: Mustard Plug at the Social
Think back for a minute to 1993. Try to recall your spiky bleached-blonde hair, your rad checkered Vans and matching suspenders flown at half mass; Remember how cool you were when you walked down the halls. You had all the right moves, all the right gear… only one thing, you were a total dork. If…
WMFE situation addressed at PBS annual meeting in Orlando
Just because no one from WMFE was on the list of attendees for the PBS annual meeting taking place at the Orlando World Center Marriott this week doesn’t mean their presence (or perhaps lack of presence?) wasn’t felt. In her opening remarks this morning, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger mentioned that “the sunny Orlando…
