VIDEO: Old Fashioned Cocktail Challenge at Stardust Lounge
We’re excited to share this video from our first-ever Old Fashioned Cocktail Challenge at Stardust Lounge. We think it’s the cat’s pajamas! And in case you missed it, here are photos from the event. All you debs and dolls looked fabulous! 99 Smokin’ Hot Photos from our Old Fashioned Cocktail Challenge at Stardust Lounge 39…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — October 27th, 2013
News, links, etc: -RIP Marcia Wallace, who always embiggened The Simpsons with her cromulence as Edna Krabappel. (Chicago Tribune) -I really don’t want to think about a world without Hayao Miyazaki. (Anime News Network) -This striking, blank ad for The Book Thief in the New York Times this week is actually kind of brilliant. (Thompson on…
Review: Short Term 12 – Destin Daniel Cretton (2013)
???? (out of 5 stars) At this point, when it comes to making a film about child abuse, it’s difficult to find a new and interesting mode to tell the story. It’s a loaded proposition because it’s such a raw idea to so many people that it’s hard to not do it badly. There are…
Orlando DJ Brian Dawe on local bars, playing around town and dating Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham
Instagram via @briandawe Local DJ Brian Dawe, who just spun at our Zombie Ball at Firestone Live on Wednesday night, is kinda famous. He was one of the DJs who starred in this year’s VH-1 Master of the Mix reality show/DJ competition. And this week, he’s become even more kinda-famous as the new boyfriend of…
East End Market closed early today due to fire inspection
East End Market closes early on opening day due to fire inspection Photo by Emily Dykstra Today, we were excited to check out the East End Market, which we covered in our recent cover story East Side Story. But when a photographer arrived to snap some pics of the grand opening, she was greeted…
Ids are for kids: The psychological barriers to a “Peanuts” comeback
Idea for the reboot: rehab! In one of my favorite “Peanuts” strips, Lucy decides she isn’t going to sit idly by and inherit the mistakes past generations have left to hers. She puts the entire adult world on notice that it only has until the day she reaches maturity to iron out all the problems…
Free shows this week!!! Oct. 23-29
Turns out sometimes beggers can be choosers. Here’s this week’s free shows and music nights worth checking out: 10/23 Mike Dunn @ the Smiling Bison, 8 p.m. (singalong songs) 10/23 Ten Pints of Truth, Eugene Snowden @ Lil Indies, 10 p.m. (shake it up) 10/23 Zombie Video Dance Party @ Backbooth, 10 p.m. (feet+braaaaains) 10/24…
Moi On sale this week: Toro y Moi at the Social
On sale: Wednesday, Oct. 23 Toro y Moi, Caveman 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. (407) 246-1419 thesocial.org $20 Down the road: Tim Kasher, Oct. 30 at The Social Tiny Engines Pre-Fest Featuring Restorations, Oct. 30 at Will’s Pub Michael Bublé, Oct. 30 at Amway Center Jacuzzi Boys,…
Miami band Holly Hunt explains why heavy music requires a light touch
The experimental sludge band brings new songs to Uncle Lou’s
Ghosts, beer and other effort-free costume classics
Lazy Halloween
Cocktail recipe: Spicy tequila cup
Make Halloween a spirited celebration with a punchy watermelon-tequila sipper
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “I’m greedy,” says painter David Hockney, “but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life.” According to my analysis, Aries, the cosmos is now giving you the go-ahead to cultivate Hockney’s style of greed. As you head out in…
‘The Fifth Estate’ takes an intriguing but unorganized look at WikiLeaks
New movie takes an intriguing but unorganized look at WikiLeaks
Savage Love
My girlfriend always responds positively when I initiate sex, but she hardly ever initiates. I’m a no-beat-around-the-bush kind of guy, but I don’t want to scare her by saying, “Please initiate sex more often!” So I do small things to let her know I want her to initiate. I will lotion up in front of…
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Orlando approves measures to improve red-light camera enforcement and implement bicycle-sharing program
Keeping tabs on Orlando’s City Council so you don’t have to
This year’s Creative City Project promises ‘density and intensity’
Multisensory experience takes over downtown Orlando for one night only
Grails latest ‘Black Tar Prophecies’ sounds like an identity crisis
Album review: Grails’ ‘Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 4, 5 and 6’
Attorney General Pam Bondi gets trumped by Trump
Campaign contribution raises red flag of quid pro quo
Tim Hecker’s ‘Virgins’ is dizzyingly invigorating
Album review: Tim Hecker’s ‘Virgins’
Creepy puppets are everywhere in October, from giant scary skeletons to raunchy reality-TV chickens
We are already officially deep in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, LGBT History Month, National Pizza Month and Dwarfism Awareness Month. But I’m adding another October appellation: I’m unilaterally anointing this “Creepy Puppet Month.” It seems like wherever I turn this month, I’ve been confronted by menacing muppets. I’m no stranger to the puppet world,…
Q&A with the masterminds behind Legends: A Haunting at Old Town
We got a chance to talk to co-creator Jim Shackelford and the haunt’s fictional undertaker, Archibald Ashdown
Raising spirits at Sanford’s local haunts
Another Round: DIY pub crawl
Five of our favorite Orlando haunted attractions
Our picks for the best haunted attractions for 2013
Seven Halloween costumes we don’t want to see this year
Ideas that are overexposed, uninteresting or just in bad taste
Five complicated costumes to avoid if you don’t like public scrutiny
How to suck at Halloween
Paranoid delusions?
First Words: Your letters and comments
‘Runner Runner’ is all frill, no thrill
Ben Affleck’s newest film is quick, slick and empty of style or tension
Opening in Orlando theaters: ‘The Counselor,’ ‘Jackass: Bad Grandpa’ and ‘Short Term 12’
Now playing on screens around town
Florida Republicans eyeing federal health care handout after all
Low Income Pool gives conservatives another chance to circumvent Obamacare
Halloween Events
Where to drink and party in Orlando for Halloween
Dark, disturbing ‘Alice Lost in Wonderland’ is remarkable
New Beth Marshall production transforms both the original text and the Garden Theatre
Our music columnist explores Mount Kimbie, but still doesn’t know what post-dubstep is
It was a diverse, albeit uneven week for electronic heads. But the results all around were surprising. The Beat I’m reasonably versed in EDM taxonomy. I know the difference between house, techno, electro, breaks and moombahton. I, however, have no fucking idea what “post-dubstep” means, a term frequently attached to London’s Mount Kimbie (Oct. 14,…
Crystal Antlers shine with sun-dappled accessibility on ‘Nothing Is Real’
Album review: Crystal Antlers’ ‘Nothing Is Real’
Doc’s Streetside Grille gives patrons a prescription for fun
A healthy dose of feel-good fare and cheery atmosphere
Spooky Empire mastermind Petey Mongelli spills his guts
We sit down for a talk with the father of the one of the country’s largest horror convention
Orange County approves funding for new Orlando soccer stadium
Tonight, the Orange County Commission approved funding for a new soccer stadium for the Orlando City Soccer Club. The commission voted 5-2 to approve a plan to use tourist tax dollars to help fund the stadium as part of a larger venues package. According to the website for MLS soccer, Orlando City soccer execs and…
Theatre Review: “Jackie and Me” at the Orlando REP
Combining entertainment with historical education and moral instruction is always a tricky proposition, and doubly so when we are speaking of theatre for young audiences. As the Orlando REP's latest production proves, sometimes even the best artists can be led astray by the best of intentions. Jackie and Me, scripted by Steven Dietz based on…
