Scenes from our DIY pub crawl at the Epcot International Food & Wine Fest
Typically in our monthly Another Round nightlife column, we traverse different Orlando neighborhoods in search of lively watering holes and tasty cocktails. But in this rendition of Another Round, my husband and I hit up the globally inspired marketplaces at the annual Epcot International Food & Wine Fest. While they might not be considered actual…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — October 6th, 2013
News, links, etc: Here are three Gravity links that I haven’t read yet because I’m not seeing it until tonight. -Buzz Aldrin reviews Gravity. (THR) -Astronaut Mike Massimino, though impressed with much of the film, found a huge plot hole. (NY Times) -A long Q&A with director Alfonso Cuaron. (Wired) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BG_sPn8UQI -Looking at pictures of Ronan Farrow, the…
In Your Queue: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
In a way, there is nothing concrete to find within the framework of Terrence Nance’s freefalling kaleidoscopic take on the inner workings of the (often stupid) male brain. Told in flurry of live action, hand drawn animation and stop motion animation, the film is a half art piece/half documentary soap bubble of complexities, encapsulating the…
Theatre Review: Mamma Mia! presented by Fairwinds Broadway Across America
I've seen more than my share of jukebox musicals, both overrated (Movin' Out) and underrated (Good Vibrations), but until this week I'd never experienced the show that popularized today's trend of marrying a vintage musical act's greatest hits to a loose storyline. Mamma Mia!, the “smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA” (as…
Fatal contraction: Hunting for R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the GOP shutdown
“I’m not going to be ignored, Dan.” It’s one of the most notorious lines of film dialogue of the last 30 years: Fatal Attraction’s Alex Forrest telling her married bed buddy that she intends on remaining a very active presence in his life. The movie itself is philosophically odious – a lament on behalf of douchebags…
Equality Florida Twitterbombs U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for blocking nomination of gay judge
In Happytown this week, we told you that Equality Florida planned to launch a Twitterbombing campaign of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in response to the retraction of his support for the nomination of Judge William Thomas to the Federal District Court of the Southern District of Florida. Rubio says it was because he didn’t approve…
Free shows this week!!! (Oct. 2-8)
This is gonna be a good week; I feel it in my bones. Don’t get caught off guard and miss these free shows: 10/2 Ten Pints of Truth, Eugene Snowden @ Lil Indies, 10 p.m. (awaken yr soul) 10/3 Blues Jam @ the Alley, Sanford, 8 p.m. (don’t be afraid to feel the blues) 10/4…
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
‘Runner Runner’, ‘Rush’, ‘Baggage Claim’ and ‘Don Jon’
Movies playing in Orlando this week
The wonderful world of Wes Anderson
Matt Zoller Seitz gets behind the style and finds the substance in the auteur’s universe
Viral “All-American Boy” sensation Steve Grand comes out and comes of age
Gay country singer to play during Pride’s opening ceremonies
Marco Rubio flip-flops on gay Miami judge
Federal nominee blocked after Rubio plays politics
A blackout at the Knitting Factory leads to a must-have, intimate Alex Chilton acoustic album
Album review: Alex Chilton’s ‘Electricity by Candlelight’
Parquet Courts knock it out of the park on new EP
Album review: Parquet Courts’ ‘Tally All the Things That You Broke’ EP
The health insurance marketplace opens
Floridians stand to save money – no thanks to Republican obstructionism
Dada sound poet Jaap Blonk and free-jazz trombonist Jeb Bishop find music in the moment
Renowned artist and poet Jaap Blonk visits Timucua White House on Sunday
Six days of Orlando Pride events
This year, Come Out With Pride is bigger and better than ever
The four most important things I learned during my first year of transition
A transwoman’s perspective
‘Gravity’ is breathtaking
Film about space might be the most thrilling and unbearably stressful movie you’ve ever seen in a theater
Government by assholes
On the enduring effort to kick poor people in the teeth
Hey, Bartender celebrates cocktail culture
Insidery doc about mixology curiously quiet about perils of alcohol addiction
Give the guv a break
First Words: Your letters and comments
Warm heart of the Band in Heaven’s new album blazes like a Florida sunset
Album review: The Band in Heaven’s ‘Caught in a Summer Swell’
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Are you good at haggling? Do you maybe even enjoy the challenge of negotiating for a better price, of angling for a fairer deal? The coming week will be a favorable time to make extensive use of this skill. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will thrive on…
Our music columnist steps into the wormhole of the Why Not Lounge
I’m back! And so is autumn! Rainbows for everyone! Tell me you’re going to watch the Fuse TV reality show with me about the super-dope Big Freedia, debuting tonight. If it delivers on its promise to give a justifiably bigger stage for New Orleans bounce music, then you will soon know how completely broke your…
The Experiment at Busch Gardens Tampa’s Howl-o-Scream gives Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights a run for its money
In my entertainment career, I’ve been called “stage manager,” “manatee wrangler” and “cat herder.” But after last weekend, you can simply call me “Test Subject No. 178,” another victim – um, volunteer – in Busch Gardens Tampa’s sinister new Experiment. Since attending the media preview of Universal Orlando Resorts’ Halloween Horror Nights XXIII that I…
Winter Garden’s alFresco offers gourmet fare with unparalleled freshness
Local and sustainable ingredients in upscale, modern digs
As Orlando’s Come Out With Pride continues to grow, its focus shifts to the Middle
This year’s events have broader appeal to show breadth of LGBT Orlando
Savage Love
I am a straight male, 30, in a long-term monogamous relationship. I love my wife, we have good sex and often. When we first got together, I had a mild foot fetish, and she has gorgeous pedis. We have done and still do foot play on occasion. But my fetish has grown stronger as time…
Parquet Courts knock it out of the park on new EP
Album review: Parquet Courts’ ‘Tally All the Things That You Broke’ EP
Adding an Oktoberfest brew to the Bees’ Knees gives you beer knees
Remix: fresh takes on classic cocktails
Festival of Bacon is a super-greasy celebration of all things porky
Strip tease takes over Festival Park this Saturday
Anamorphic Orchestra presents a strange, ambient symphony for one night only
Don’t miss out on the sinister musical cinema of Attached Hands and composer Alan Singley
What’s closed and what’s open during the government shutdown?
Mostly or completely closed All National Parks and Wildlife refuges will be closed, including Canaveral National Seashore, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, the Everglades National Park and the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve. The National Park Service even shut down its website. If you’re backpacking or camping in a national park and haven’t heard the…
The Short Stack: Love is sooo hard, ugh
Bridget Dir: David Eisenberg, Kaela Wohl Runtime: 2:30 (Source: House of Shorts) Online dating is a strange world that can be even harder to navigate than the real world — especially when all of the usernames ever are taken. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCoy6xwrpNk **** Cadaver Dir: Jonah Ansell Runtime: 7m A cadaver comes back to life after a medical…
50% off flash sale from Criterion today
This is some major bad timing if you’re a film obsessed federal employee, but Criterion is having a 50% off flash sale on their website today. It runs through noon est tomorrow, but there usually major technical difficulties with the mass hoard of nerds rushing to cash in before Armageddon and Border Radio sell out. It…
On sale this week: Demi Lovato at House of Blues
On sale: Thursday, Oct. 3 Demi Lovato 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 hob.com $52.50-$55.50 Down the road: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Oct. 9 at The Beacham The English Beat, Oct. 10 at The Plaza Live The Browning, Oct. 11 at Backbooth India.Arie, Oct. 11 at House…
President Barack Obama recognizes public servants in post-shutdown letter (READ HERE)
While we’re trying to wrap our heads around the political fallout from last night’s “shut ‘er down” teabag chant – and the resulting government shutdown that will cost actual working people money – a friend of ours who works for the feds in D.C. posted the letter that he received this morning from “my boss,”…
