Get your glaze on: Free Krispy Kreme doughnut on National Doughnut Day!
Who doesn’t salivate when they see the “Hot Now” sign on in front of a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop? It almost justifies an extra-early morning commute to work just to get your hands sticky from one (or maybe two) of those fresh, soft yet crisp glazed doughnuts that melt in your mouth. Now that we…
Florida League opens 2013 summer baseball season
Tuesday, June 4 – Florida League Season Opener: DeLand Suns vs. Sanford River Rats 7 p.m. Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium 1201 Mellonville Ave., Sanford 321-206-9174 floridaleague.com $5 Next to the Atlanta Braves spring training season at Disney, the Florida League attracts perhaps the highest number of Central Florida baseball fans. Technically the players in this…
Peter Brötzmann and Joe McPhee perform at Timucua White House
Monday, June 3 – Peter Brötzmann and Joe McPhee 7:30 p.m. Timucua White House 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. timucua.com $20 True story: There was a bar frequented by this friendly Selections correspondent during his college years that, when closing time rolled around, would cue up the 1968 Peter Brötzmann Octet album Machine Gun. The blasting,…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — June 2nd, 2013
After a few weeks in a row of using this space to talk about important issues, I’m going to use it for something completely frivolous right now: fucking movie trailers. Theater owners are kind of a beleaguered group made up almost entirely of cash hungry assholes, but they’ve got a really good point in their…
Superman Art Show: Celebrating 75 Years of the Man of Steel
“Kent” by Daniel Haas Saturday, June 1 – Superman Art Show: Celebrating 75 Years of the Man of Steel 6-9 p.m., exhibit through July 5 Acme Superstore 905 E. State Road 434, Longwood 407-331-0433 acme-superstore.com It’s a bird it’s a plane it’s Acme’s next art event, and this time around we celebrate 75 years of…
Storms we wish would come to Florida
Ready or not, the Atlantic hurricane season is upon us. And, according to the National Hurricane Center, this 2013 season (June 1-November 30) is supposed to be an active one. Yes, it seems as though they say that every year, but we really believe it this time around, especially when you look at some of…
Royce Mathew sues Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer over ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
About nine years ago, we wrote about Royce Mathew, a Central Florida guy who insisted that, in making Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney stole his ideas. He said that characters, scenes, screenplay structures and more were lifted from his low-budget film called the Supernatural Pirates. At the time, former Orlando Weekly editor Bob Whitby wrote:…
Ladies Love Sick Time: Powerhouse leaders send last-ditch veto letter to Gov. Rick Scott
With the clock ticking on Gov. Rick Scott’s bill-signing deadline – you guys, he totally carpel-tunneled 36 bills just yesterday and might have lost his hand – a diverse array of powerful women have signed on to a letter sent to the governor today. In that letter, printed below, the group lays out just how…
YA author Jenny Torres Sanchez releases new book at Alafaya Library
Saturday, June 1 – Meet the Author: Jenny Torres Sanchez 2 p.m. Alafaya Library 12000 E. Colonial Drive 407-835-7323 ocls.info free We reviewed popular YA author (and former Orlando high school teacher) Jenny Torres Sanchez’s first novel, The Downside of Being Charlie, last year, but with Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia,…
Dolly’s Foundation offering FREE spay/neuter for pit bulls
Hey pit bull lovers in Orange, Seminole, Lake and Volusia counties! If you (or someone you know) would like to spay or neuter your pit bull, local rescue/advocacy organization Dolly’s Foundation is sponsoring a program to offer to get the job done for FREE at the Spay-N-Save Animal Clinic in Longwood (which, by the way,…
Photo Gallery: Transformers Ride Soft-Opens at Universal Studios Florida
Transformers The Ride 3-D isn't scheduled to officially open at Universal Studios Florida until June 20th, but between 7:15 and 8pm last night a limited number of visitors were allowed to experience the $100 million virtual-reality ride. This was the first of many anticipated “soft-open” technical rehearsals for the new attraction, which should continue randomly…
Alleged law breaker vs. former law enforcer?: The drumbeat to recruit Val Demings for the Orange County mayoral race gets louder
Though it’s been a persistent rumor for nearly a year in Democratic power circles (NOT FIRING SQUADS!), the sense that something may be nudging former Orlando Police Chief and failed Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings into the municipal ring next year took on a new life yesterday. Somebody – nobody seems to be owning up…
Short Film Friday — Lizzy Caplan and TJ Miller Sink, Kiwi Flies
Successful Alcoholics Dir: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Runtime: 25m @VogtRoberts, @NotTJMiller With all the buzz about Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ upcoming indie darling The Kings of Summer that’s been going around, I thought it might be fun to take a look back at one of his short films, the Sundance comedy Successful Alcoholics, and see where he started. Successful Alcoholics stars Janis Ian……
Orlando Phil and Full Sail collide in Symphony in HD: Music of the Night
Friday, May 31 – Symphony in HD: Music of the Night 6:30 p.m. Full Sail Live 141 University Park Drive, Winter Park 407-770-0071 orlandophilorch.wix.com/symphonyhd $250 Pricey? Yes, undeniably. But we sneaked into last year’s iteration of this gala fundraiser (OK, we were invited to a rehearsal) and our tiny minds were blown. The 2013 concert…
Meet SketchCrowd, the crowdsourced comic
Our friends at SketchCrowd, a new initiative to create crowdsourced comics, are letting us run some of their new strips on our site to see what kind of response they get. The way it works is that individuals can upload their ideas to the site, and if SketchCrowd likes them, they’ll publish them in their…
Runaway bridesmaid: Julie Hermann and the culture of the cutthroat
Somebody help me with this, because I’m a little confused: Are Rutgers players still faggots, or are they now just whores? Hermann, doing her crowd-pleasing “Senor Wences shames the sluts” routine. These days, that school’s athletic department is really The Gang That Couldn’t Motivate Straight. If the allegations against her are true, their new athletic…
UPDATED: Council on American-Islamic relations demands investigation of Todashev shooting
Photo by Christopher Balogh On Wednesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations requested a private investigation of last week’s deadly shooting of an Orlando man by an FBI agent who was questioning his connection to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamarlan Tsarnaev. CAIR-Tampa executive director Hassan Shibly announced that, through anonymous “intermediary” sources, he learned that…
Two Piece Mini Fest offers yet another solid lineup of duos
Yogurt Smoothness (photo by Steven Shea) Friday, May 31 – Two Piece Mini Fest 5 8 p.m. The Peacock Room 1321 N. Mills Ave. 407-228-0048 thepeacockroom.com $5 The beast that is the Two Piece Mini Fest bares its chest this week to celebrate its fifth iteration. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years of…
Fringe 2013: A Modest Volunteer Proposal
In my post-mortem wrap-up of the recently-concluded 2013 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, I neglected to mention the lifeblood of the festival: the volunteers. The Fringe's corps of volunteers is mostly amazing, dedicating thousands of man-hours each year to keep the event running smoothly. The only problem with volunteers is that there are never enough…
Live Q&A w/ “Frances Ha” star Greta Gerwig @ Enzian
This Friday after the 9pm showing of Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha at the Enzian, stick around for a live Q&A session with the star, Greta Gerwig (via Skype). The black and white film stars Gerwig as a Brooklyn-based dancer facing a quarter life crisis when she as he best friend begin to have trouble with their…
In Your Queue: Stick the Landing
The history of skateboarding from Del Mar in the 1980s through the current day X-Games are examined in two new documentaries, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography by Stacy Peralta (now streaming on Netflix) and Waiting For Lightning by Jacob Rosenberg (also streaming on Netflix). Their key players – Tony Hawk for Bones Brigade and Danny Way for…
Local resources for victims of sexual abuse
In last week’s cover story, we ran excerpts from an ebook called The Survivor’s Project. In it, survivors of sexual abuse – both men and women – told their stories of how the trauma of rape, incest, molestation and violence has impacted their lives. The goal of the Survivors Project, a project of the Philadelphia Weekly,…
2013 Fringe Festival Postmortem
After fourteen days, hundreds of performances, and countless thousands of beers, the 22nd Annual Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival finally came to a close last night. My brain, butt, and liver are exhausted after this epic entertainment marathon, but I have just enough neurons left to share a few final thoughts on Orlando's largest-ever Fringe.…
131st Silver Spurs Rodeo returns to Kissimmee
Friday-Saturday, May 31-June 1 – 131st Silver Spurs Rodeo 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday Silver Spurs Arena 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee 407-677-6336 silverspursrodeo.com $15 We’ll graciously tip our Stetson hats, because when an annual event’s still kickin’ after more than a century, we know it’s something serious. While the main competitive events – bull riding, steer…
‘Frances Ha’
The joke’s on us
Savage Love
I’m seeing an amazing guy who I met doing sex work – as in, he was paying me for straight-up sex. It’s not a Pretty Woman situation. He’s my age and not wealthy, and I’m too old for that anyway. We share a lot of geeky interests and have a great connection, and the sex is…
Opening in Orlando this week
What’s playing in local theaters this week
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Nosh Pit: Sausage gravy and biscuits from Daybreak Diner
Our favorite tastes from around town
How to make infused liquors
Even cheap bastards can get booze-snob cred with this simple project
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Back in the 1920s, the governor of Texas was determined to forbid the teaching of foreign languages in public schools. To bolster her case, she called on the Bible. “If English was good enough for Jesus Christ,” she said, “it’s good enough for us.” She was dead serious. I suspect you…
Soapboxer: A town without muckrakers
Who will afflict the powerful when the powerful own the media?
Tip Jar: local food news
Winter Park Sip & Stroll approaches, Lakeridge Winery invites you to stomp some grapes, and tons of new restaurant openings
Album Reviews: Still Corners, Survival, Nora Malone
Impressive chillwave, divergent solo project from Liturgy leader and a quiet, romantic local release
Blues artist ZZ Ward stops by the Social
A probable superstar-to-be plucks from a blues- and hip-hop-heavy past for her future
'Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers' and 'Goodbye to the Nervous Apprehension'
Two writers who mix reporting and the personal essay
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist promotes music-minded cultural happenings and talks Zenas Fisk, Babysitter and Rot Guts
Happytown: Ibragim Todashev who?
Shooting of man tied to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev puts Orlando in national spotlight
Happytown: Citizens to dump 60,000 customers
Company that contributes heavily to Gov. Rick Scott re-election effort expected to benefit from the new business
Reasons bar-owners are frustrated over the drinking hours debate in Orlando
It turns out, the city’s proposition to extend last call by one hour may not be good for some bars
Crank up your summer at Universal Studios!
Win a pair of tickets to Universal Studios and The Summer Concert Series from June 1 to July 6.
Local artist Dawn Schreiner leads Artists’ Critique & Conversation
photo by khphotographics Tuesday, May 28 – Artists’ Critique & Conversation 6 p.m. Germaine Marvel Building, Art & History Museums – Maitland 210 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland 407-539-2181 artandhistory.org free Artists are accustomed to the peer critique. Sometimes the most constructive criticism comes not from a casual observer (or even a professional critic) but from…
On sale this week: Dru Hill at Bob Carr
On sale now! Dru Hill with K-Ci & JoJo, Silk, Melanie Comarcho 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22 Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 407-849-2020 orlandovenues.net $45-$55 Down the road: The Postal Service, June 5 at Hard Rock Live Ice Cube, June 5 at The Beacham Kelly Rowland, June 6 at House…
