Q: Is this the best week of 2012 for Orlando shows? A: Band of Horses (twice!), Temper Trap (twice!), Swans, Mono, Two-Piece Mini Fest, so much more
Monday, Oct. 15 Band of Horses, Floating Action [House of Blues] + Band of Horses acoustic [Park Ave CDs] Ingrid Michaelson, Sugar & the Hi Lows [Beacham] Tuesday, Oct. 16 Swans, A Hawk & Hacksaw [Social] The Weeknd [House of Blues] Thursday, Oct. 18 Mono [Social] Bootleg Series, Woolly Bushmen, Lauris Vidal [Will’s] Friday, Oct. 19…
Orange County Tax Collector Earl K. Wood has died
Orange County’s longtime tax collector, Earl K. Wood, died early this morning. We wrote recentlyabout the fact that the 96-year-old, who has been in office for five decades, was going to run for office again (though some say he didn’t really intend to do so – he just happened to miss the withdrawal deadline to pull…
Sunday Film News Roundup — October 14th, 2012
What a boring week. Or perhaps I just paid less attention to the internet this week because of the annoyingly ubiquitous “A-Rod is benched” story that the baseball media jizzed themselves empty over this week. I keep meaning to separate my Twitter feed (where I got 90% of these links from) but am just too…
Backbooth hosts heavy metal bands in Swamp Abyss Sorcery Fest
Saturday, Oct. 13 – Swamp Abyss Sorcery Fest 7:30 p.m. Backbooth 37 W. Pine St. 407-999-2570 backbooth.com $10 Heavy music in general is very good right now. The metal of the Southeast, specifically, owns a big slice of that scene. Although we don’t get quite the due for it that our neighbor Georgia does, Florida…
re:deux Fashion Show features pieces by Orlando designer Anne Benson
Saturday, Oct. 13 – re:deux Fashion Show 8 p.m. The Falcon 819 E. Washington St. 407-423-2788 thefalconbar.com free Orlando designer Anne Benson is a local artist and a self-professed shopaholic. On her Etsy site, where she sells her latest creations, she explains that she created re:deux, her line of repurposed clothing, both to satisfy her…
Winter Park Autumn Art Festival returns for its 39th year
Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 13-14 – Winter Park Autumn Art Festival 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Central Park, North Park Avenue and West Morse Blvd., Winter Park 407-644-8281 winterpark.org free More than 200,000 art lovers are expected to stroll down the sidewalks of Central Park this weekend for the annual Winter Park Autumn Art Festival. Celebrating its 39th year,…
VOD Review: Knuckleball! – Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg (2012) (4 Stars)
Everything about the fundamental mechanics of baseball seems simple. Kids stuff. That’s when we come to it, as little kids hitting off a tee, or having a ball tossed softly to us in the park. There’s nothing to it. You rear back to throw. You kick as hard as you can to run. Extend your arms to…
Electronic-dance group Beats Antique perform at the Social
Friday, Oct. 12 – Beats Antique with Lynx 9 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $20 Lately, there’s been a resurgence of tours that take place aboard boats and trains, relying on literal momentum to draw audiences. That’s cool if you’re into that sort of gimmick, but for some bands, the music…
Local rap artist Caskey signed to Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records, a label that’s home to big-name rap acts Tyga, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne, has signed Orlando rapper Caskey. Allhiphop.com posted an interview with Caskey today, in which it said that the label’s founder, Birdman, said Caskey was Cash Money’s only “blue-eyed” rapper. “I try not to have too much care for…
Opening in Orlando — Friday, October 12th
Arbitrage — Reviewed this week. (R) Argo –Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort tells the true story of a daring effort to rescue some of the Americans who were being held hostage in Iran in 1979. But will modern audiences be able to relate to a time in which an opportunistic Republican candidate made a Democratic…
Atlantic Center for the Arts sponsors artist outreach events
ACA Artists-in-Residency #147 outreach events 386-427-6975 aca35.org all event free Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 Atlantic Center for the Arts 1414 Art Center Ave., New Smyrna Beach Megan Kelso Illustrated Talk 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 University of Central Florida, MAP building, room 260 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Dean Haspiel Illustrated Talk 7…
Bach Festival Society presents Paul Galbraith
Thursday, Oct. 11 – Bach Festival Society presents Paul Galbraith 8 p.m. Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park 407-646-2182 bachfestivalflorida.org $35-$50 Scottish-born and Grammy-nominated, classical guitarist Paul Galbraith is best known for his unique style of play – he rests his guitar on an endpin, like a cello’s, atop a resonating…
Gov. Rick Scott accidentally gives out phone-sex number
Gov. Rick Scott makes national news again! Read about how he accidentally gave out a number for a phone-sex hotline in the Daily News. And in the Huffington Post. And in the Daily Beast. And on the ABC News blog. And on Salon. We could go on, but you could also JFGI. Apparently, the governor…
Fun facts about cockroaches (plus, cockroach-eating videos)
Hey, so everybody’s all atwitter about the poor guy who died in a cockroach-eating contest in South Florida. All so he could win a free python. We hear you can practically catch those things in the wild these days, which makes his story particularly depressing. While everyone’s waiting to hear what really killed poor Edward…
New World of Beer location to open in downtown Orlando
Hey beer people, you will soon have yet another beer-centric watering hole to frequent in downtown Orlando. World of Beer just announced that it’s signed the lease on space in the Post Parkside building right on Lake Eola. Based on the info they’ve posted to Facebook, this one’s going to have a 2,800 square foot…
Mythbusters’ Adam Savage and the Subway Urination Electrocution
In the current Orlando Weekly's Live Active Cultures column, you'll find my recent interview with Mythbusters co-star Adam Savage, who will appear live with partner Jamie Hyneman at the UCF Arena this Friday. Because of space limitations, we were unable to publish a portion of the topics covered in the interview. As an added web-only…
On sale this week: Sarah Brightman at Amway Center
On sale: Monday, Oct. 15 Sarah Brightman 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 amwaycenter.com $35-$250 Down the road: Ani DiFranco, Oct. 19 at The Plaza Live Two Piece Mini Fest 4, Oct. 19 at Will’s Pub Kristy Lee, Oct. 20 at Backbooth The Toasters, Oct.…
Andrew Bird tonight at House of Blues
Wednesday, Oct. 10 – Andrew Bird with Here We Go Magic 7 p.m. House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side Lake Buena Vista 407-934-2583 hob.com $30-$50 Whistling somnambulist Andrew Bird cuts an unlikely shape for the hit parade – his sloping strings of baroque chamber introspection are only slightly slapped to life by a sort…
TEDx's excellent adventure
Central Florida’s version of the famous conference of “ideas worth spreading” endeavors to make their Garden Theatre event “worth the drive”
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist checks out Tiny Waves, the Blind Shake, Riverboat Gamblers and more
Sunday in the Park With George
Mad Cow Theatre inaugurates their new home with an ambitious ode to the artistic impulse
Happytown: Orange County's LOLTEXTGATE
The county accidentally sends Mayor Teresa Jacobs’ private texts to a ‘Sentinel’ reporter, then gets mad at the reporter for reporting on them
Maakies
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Savage Love
I recently discovered that my boyfriend of seven months and I have opposing viewpoints on the whole "life begins at conception" issue. He’s not a crazy zealot, but he is strongly against abortion. And while he won’t go so far as to say abortion should be banned, he does believe in the whole "personhood" concept,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Ten percent of all sexually suggestive text messages are delivered to the wrong number. Take precautions to make sure you’re not among that 10 percent in the coming weeks. It will be extra important for you to be scrupulous in communicating about eros and intimacy. The stakes will be higher than…
Tip Jar
In this week’s roundup: Epcot Food & Wine Festival, Taste of Thornton Park, Latin Food & Wine Festival, Mama Millie’s, Quantum Leap Winery, VegFest and more
Orange County races to watch
County’s municipal stakes bring the backyard controversy
Hot Krust Panini Kitchen
Noontime noshers are spellbound by Hot Krust’s sandwiches
Levek
David Levesque’s band puts Gainesville on the national indie map
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Tackling Oblivion's Fatass
Food challenge wannabe tackles a taproom’s biggest burger
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
New film is a genuine adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s young-adult novel
Arbitrage
New film by Nicolas Jarecki has lots of guilt and money, but lacks danger and guile
Album Reviews
Reviews of albums by A.R. Kane and Sera Cahoone
Swans to play the Social
1980s punk act sketches the sweet chiaroscuro between light and dark
Live Active Cultures
A conversation with Mythbusters’ Adam Savage in advance of their Oct. 12 UCF Arena show.
UPDATED: Westgate honcho David Siegel’s damaging employee email blast about the politics of firing people
Yesterday, we received the following missive from an acquaintance who works for scary millionaire David Siegel’s Westgate Resorts empire. We gnashed our teeth over its brazen horribleness for a little while and were in the process of verifying (we actually received another tip with the same email today) whether or not Mr. Siegel – who…
The Local Cool: Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
Are you experiencing withdraws from Star Wars Weekends and Celebration VI? Do you wish Orlando had more than two large Star Wars themed events this year? Well, then you’re in luck. A traveling exhibition called Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination is coming to the Orlando Science Center this Saturday, October 13th and it’s…
