Ends: Brian Feldman might die
Yeah, our resident performance artist is doing one of those things again. This time, it’s called: Pedestrian, or Walking: Impossible The basic premise involves how dangerous our roads have been rated (as if you didn’t know). Brian Feldman is going to walk across the 12 most dangerous intersections in Orlando and Kissimmee. Not entirely sure…
In theaters and galleries: shows to see
Recent reviews of current productions and exhibitions FINAL CHANCE My Camera Speaks for Me: Photography by Douglas Nesbitt Uncompromising reality has led photographer Douglas J. Nesbitt into nearly every aspect of contemporary photography, from advertising to portraiture to documentation to fine art. When he manipulates certain images, the result creates a completely new narrative. Nesbittâ??s…
Former Holidaysburg frontman on Oprah tomorrow
Frankly, I had no idea that the Oprah Karaoke Challenge even existed (mainly because I don’t watch that kind of shit), much less that Orlando boy and former Holidaysburg frontman Rob Weddle is a fucking finalist in it. Well, he is! Instead of busting on him too much for being a part of the soul-rotting…
So damned obvious
Michael Sheenâ??s anger leads to hate in historical football drama
Rock-com
A wonderfully messy comedy about music-loving pirates
Down-home to the core
Old Florida diner brings bona fide breakfasts to Lake Mary
Anti-Pop: Passage to Indie
Listen, we don’t have a lot of time or space (thanks … everything!) so here are the basics you need to know. It’s the Anti-Pop Music Festival’s fifth year. As far as headliners go, it’s all right. As far as bubbling-under-the-surface new, fresh talent goes, it’s a lot of “sah-weet!” Each show runs you $5-$18,…
A case for stepping lightly
A history professor at the University of Michigan, Juan Cole’s notoriety as a scholar focusing on Islam was largely confined to academic circles until 2002, when he began writing his Informed Comment blog. In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq by the United States, Cole’s insights…
Blister
I don’t know what it is, but tonight’s straitjacket of social obligation resignation seems to have a sandspur stuck in its armpit. There’s an itch and then a piercing burn with every futile contortion as I hang upside down over the night’s plastic baby pool full of baby snakes, an unexpected pre-engagement pain the reward…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) A whitewash happens when you use deceit to cover up the facts about a situation. A blackwash is just the opposite: It’s when you invoke candor as you reveal complications that have previously been veiled. The coming weeks will be prime time to enjoy a jubilee of blackwashing, but proceed gently.…
Savage Love
I am a 30-year-old woman, married for five years to a man eight years my senior. Lately I have become more aware that I am turned on by the idea of bondage, specifically men locked up in chastity devices. I am ashamed of myself because it seems, well, pretty perverse and disturbed. My husband is…
Happytown
Didn’t get enough crazy last summer with tea-partiers shouting angry slogans at anything and everything they could shake a fist at? Well, voter, now you have an alternative. You can be an official member of the Florida Tea Party and cast your ballot for people just as indiscriminately pissed-off as you are! ; That’s right,…
Police Beat
Oct. 26 (2009-508882) 12:30 p.m.: Over to you, Officer Thomas: “Victim notified 911 ref to observing an individual riding his bicycle which he reported stolen last week.” (2009-509430) 7:16 p.m.: Here in my new digs, in the land of the steak hoagie (wit’ Whiz!), the mere thought of entering a Firehouse Subs or any other…
Live Active Cultures
Any city can slap together a silent auction and hors d’oeuvres and call it a gala. But where else can you stand beneath a life-size dinosaur skeleton with loincloth-clad staff hovering as you sift sand for a diamond ring? Or bid on a date with the “Renowned Margot Knight of United Arts” (“Value: Priceless”)? Last…
This Little Underground
Black alternative culture is a quintessentially American but criminally overlooked experience, a condition that the Afro-punk scene is trying to change. And the first tour of the NYC-based Afro-Punk Festival (Nov. 5, the Social) was the most significant music event of the week, and possibly the year. Brooklyn’s Earl Greyhound unleashed their classic ’70s steez…
Split vision
The Watson Twins with Joshua Radin 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 The Social, 407-246-1419 $16-$18 Despite the glaring hook at their disposal — they’re photogenic twin sisters — the Watson Twins’ concept is notably free of cheap sizzle. Anchored by the unhurried warmth of their voices, their soulful sound bridges country, folk and singer-songwriter traditions…
Granted!
A drop in the bucket Granted! Through Jan. 9 at Crealdé School of Art 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park 407-671-1886 www.crealde.org Donations Of the 75 artists receiving professional development grants in the years 2006-2008 from United Arts of Central Florida, 18 were selected to exhibit in and around the Alice & William Jenkins Gallery…
Salt Water Taffy
Satisfying eye candy Salt Water Taffy Through Dec. 18 at Atlantic Center for the Arts at Harris House 214 S. Riverside Drive New Smyrna Beach 386-423-1753 www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org Free At first glance, the new exhibit at Atlantic Center’s Harris House Gallery appears to be all fun and visual games. Barbie-pink vintage cars seem poised over inviting…
Theater Review: Jekyll & Hyde
Lack of extremes Jekyll & Hyde Through Nov. 28 at Greater Orlando Actors Theatre 669 Cherry St., Winter Park 407-872-8451 www.goatgroup.com $18 Dr. Henry Jekyll has been mixing his drinks again — literally. One particular cherry-red concoction — formula HJ7 — could be providing him with quite a kick, shifting his normally placid personality from…
What You’re Doing Tonight
Me? I’ll be at the Enzian, watching Purple Rain on the big screen. Five bucks! And, even better? They’re gonna have Dale’s Pale Ale on special for two bucks! Dale’s and “Darling Nikki?” Pretty much a perfect evening. 9:30, y’all. Be there! Or, be at Will’s! There’s a free, PBR-sponsored show tonight with the ultra-swingin’…
