Audubon Park market in 3 … 2 … 1 …
Of course you know that the market is tonight, 6-9 at Stardust Video & Coffee as always. But you might not have known that #2 in a series of collectible figurines will be given away free to the first 50 market visitors. Doug Rhodehamel’s “APATHETICS” series launched last week with the Starfish of Apathy. Tonight, lucky early…
One-time Orlandoan Eddie Huang takes zero-star NYT review like a man
No, scratch that — he took it like a motherf*cking champ. Eddie Huang grew up in the restaurant biz — his parents moved to the States from Taiwan, and then to Orlando in the 90s, where they owned Cattleman’s Steakhouse (and more recently, the Black Olive). He now owns/operates Baohaus and Xiao Ye in New…
Lil’ Wayne sends letter from prison to Orlando soldier
Plenty of feel-good hip-hop news this morning. First, Atlantan T.I. talks a dude out of jumping to his death, and now rapper Lil’ Wayne has sent a letter to his fans (via the media) to let them know he’s doing just fine, despite being in solitary confinement over possession of an mp3 player and headphones.…
Pitching in
Community-minded burger joint feeds Lake Maryâ??s suburbanites
Too old for this shit
Bruce Willis stars in an action flick for retirees
Whatâ??s that, sonny?
Woody Allen spins a pleasant, inoffensive yarn
Frame of â??Mindâ??
Throughout many artists’ careers, there are watershed albums in which the musician undertakes a stylistic shift that was both unexpected and revelatory. And then there’s Dirty Mind. Released in October of 1980 — 30 years ago this month — it was the third album by Prince, and his first that demanded attention. On his previous…
Culture 2 Go
The art of PowerPoint Pecha Kucha Oct. 7 at Cameo Theatre www.pecha-kucha.org It’s been said that every time someone makes a PowerPoint presentation, Edward Tufte kills a kitten. Still, Tufte, father of modern data visualization and author of The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, might spare some lead for pecha kucha, a…
Button pushing
“It’s a platform to engage with people,” Ellen Lupton says. “It was never meant to be a bestseller.” The Maryland Institute College of Art professor/graphic designer/DIY publishing guru is talking about Sexy Librarian, the debut novel by Julia Weist released on Lupton’s Slush Editions imprint and a test case in self-publishing that took advantage of…
The art of the deal
Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct some inaccuracies. Margot Knight was not personally hired as a consultant to negotiate the merger between the Maitland Art Center and the Maitland Historical Society; rather, United Arts was hired to help facilitate a series of meetings and discussions about possible alliances between the organizations. Also,…
Under construction forever
Somewhere between the Harris Engineering building and the edge of Gemini Boulevard on the University of Central Florida’s main campus in east Orlando is a tranquil parcel of land dotted with pines, palms and vine-covered shrubs. The foliage thickens near the road, absorbing the cutting sounds of passing cars so all that can be heard…
Free Will Astrology
; ARIES (March 21-April 19) Until recently, no cricket had ever been observed pollinating a flower. All the evidence showed, in fact, that crickets don’t help flowers – they devour them. Then one night last January on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, researchers discovered that the species known as the raspy cricket…
DVDs Nuts!
All My Friends are Funeral Singers At some point in any relatively successful indie band’s career, someone inevitably says, “Let’s make a movie to tie in with the album!” They might shoot some footage and maybe even draw up a script, but these vanity projects almost always fall by the wayside when everyone realizes just…
Savage Love
I was listening to the radio;yesterday morning, and I heard an interview with you about your It Gets Better campaign. I was saddened and frustrated with your comments ;regarding people of faith and their perpetuation of bullying. As someone who loves the Lord and does not support gay marriage, I can honestly say I was…
Pitching in
Community-minded burger joint feeds Lake Mary’s suburbanites
Happytown
Like most thoughtful individualswith hearts that actually beat, we spent a good portion of the past couple of weeks under a pink pall of doom. We doused our melancholia with the requisite six mimosas and a Red Bull to bounce our happy asses around Lake Eola for the Come Out With Pride parade on Sunday,…
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Guns are good Read your Sept. 30 article “Shoot first, ask questions later.” So, with more than a million concealed- carry permits issued in the state of Florida since the program started, and less than one tenth of one percent suspended or revoked, you think concealed carry should be done away with? Every state that…
Live Active Cultures
I don’t often say this, but you almost have to feel sorry for Disney. (Seriously, stop laughing.) Think about it: All summer long, while Mouse managers were struggling mightily (along with the rest of the travel industry) to maintain profit margins, competitors at Universal were bucking economic trends with a blockbuster boy wizard. While worldwide…
This Little Underground
You know that look on adog’sface when its head’s hanging out the window of a speeding car — peeled back lips flapping and all stupid smiles? That’s me during this unprecedented whirlwind of concerts. Please tell me you’re getting in on some of this. The beat Because of their flat recordings, I’ve spent the past…
Broaden those horizons
Caribou;with Arp, Viernes;7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18;Back Booth, 407-999-2570;www.backbooth.com;$13-$15 ;; It wasn’t that long ago that the world of electronic music was a shadowy subculture, occupied almost exclusively by the equal and opposite camps of serious-minded avant-classical composers and seriously partying club kids. Artists like Caribou, the stage name of Canadian musician Dan Snaith, are…
everything you know about cooking is wrong
Well, maybe not everything. But it turns out that much of the wisdom you soaked up in the family kitchen is, scientifically, untrue. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s latest entry in Serious Eats’ Food Lab series busts the “top six food myths.” Take a look to find out why braising doesn’t necessarily give you juicier meat, high-temp frying…
Under construction forever
UCF asks the state to remove conservation status from a coveted patch of land
What’s that, sonny?
Woody Allen spins a pleasant, inoffensive yarn
Broaden those horizons
Electronic artist Caribou goes for hearts and open minds
Frame of ‘Mind’
A look back at Prince’s Dirty Mind 30 years later
Live Active Cultures
I don’t often say this, but you almost have to feel sorry for Disney. (Seriously, stop laughing.)
Savage Love
I was listening to the radio yesterday morning, and I heard an interview with you about your It Gets Better campaign.
This Little Underground
You know that look on a dog’s face when its head’s hanging out the window of a speeding car – peeled back lips flapping and all stupid smiles?
Comments
Guns are good Read your Sept. 30 article “Shoot first, ask questions later.” So, with more than a million concealed-carry permits issued in the state of Florida since the program started, and less than one tenth of one percent suspended or revoked, you think concealed carry should be done away with? Every state…
Happytown
Like most thoughtful individuals with hearts that actually beat, we spent a good portion of the past couple of weeks under a pink pall of doom.
Button pushing
Will print-on-demand technology save publishing or deliver its final death blow?
The art of the deal
Devotees of the Maitland Art Center fear a recent merger threatens its future
Too old for this shit
Bruce Willis stars in an action flick for retirees
