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The Center prepares for growth
Orlando’s LGBT community center brings in new blood and broader attitudes to prepare for a presence beyond the ‘gay’ label
Come out with Pride 2012
Your guide to the best of Orlando’s gay pride festivities
Liveblogging the Obama for America “State of the Race” conference call!
HEY, IT’S A FEEL GOOD AFTERNOON CONFERENCE CALL WITH TEAM OBAMA! WANNA READ ALONG? HERE GOES! 3:08 p.m.: Florida Congressman Ted Deutch is highlighting Romney’s difficulties after accidentally getting dropped from the call. “Short term gain over thoughtful leadership for the long term,” “neglecting to do the math,” “extending Bush tax cuts.” Adds up…
Pixar’s “Partysaurus Rex” on Disney Channel, Web & iTunes (Updated)
If you missed the release of Pixar’s newest Toy Story short film with the 3D rerelease of Finding Nemo, tonight is your chance to get a peek at Partysaurus Rex — albeit in 2D. The short, which finds tiny-limbed Rex (Wallace Shawn) left behind after bath time to make new toy friends (and party, obviously), makes…
The Jealous Sound offer a mature take on emo at the Social
Monday, Oct. 8 – The Jealous Sound with Daytrader 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $12 When this SoCal band released its last EP, 2008’s Got Friends, the band had technically been broken up for three years. It looked like Got Friends might be the last that fans would hear from…
Sunday Film News Roundup — October 7th, 2012
This week was all about Criterion’s beautifully done bluray edition of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love for me. It is, as far as I can tell, flawless — just like the film itself. The picture is crystal clear without a spec of blocking, artifacting, halo or flutter. The one spot I thought might…
Banks Helfrich’s 7 Lives of Chance screening at Timucua White House
Sunday, Oct. 7 – 7 Lives of Chance 7:30 p.m. Timucua White House 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. timucua.com free On the surface, 7 Lives of Chance may look like a twisted independent project about the zany situations that occur when a severe personality disorder meets balloon fetish. At its core, however, the film is about…
Texas’ Riverboat Gamblers ready to rock the Social
Saturday, Oct. 6 – Riverboat Gamblers with Cobra Skulls 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $10-$12 While other punk bands waste all their time and breath sorting out their politics and party lines, Texas’ Riverboat Gamblers have always just been about taking things back to when punk actually knew how to…
Doglympics at the Central Florida Fairgrounds this weekend
Have you ever seen a dog run an agility course? How about competing against other dogs to see who can get the most air or make the longest jump from a dock into a pool? Most of us think of our dogs as just cute, cuddly companions, but just like people, some dogs are athletes…
Seeing Looper Again? Try Rian Johnson’s iPod Commentary Track
Just a quick note to let any of you Looper fans out there seeing it again this weekend know that director Rian Johnson has recorded a theatrical commentary track that you can load onto your iPod or whatever other device and listen to in the theater. Download it from Criterion Cast.
‘Frankenweenie’
Tim Burton teams up with Disney to release a 3-D version of his stop-motion animated cult classic
Liz Langley debuts The Queen and I at Footlight Theatre
Saturday, Oct. 6 – Liz Langley’s The Queen and I 8 p.m. Footlight Theatre The Parliament House 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail wanzie.com $12-$15 OW contributor Seth Kubersky called her “the smartest sex writer east of the Mississippi” after the release of her book Crazy Little Thing last year. This week, former OW columnist Liz…
Bearing Witness ties together rap music, hip-hop dance and formal art exhibits
Saturday, Oct. 6 – Bearing Witness 7 p.m. Museum of Florida Art 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand 386-734-4371 museumoffloridaart.org $20 The connection between rap music, hip-hop dance and formal art exhibits may not be one you’d immediately make. But as this performance will prove, some things are just better when mixed together. Presented by the…
German-American Society of Central Florida hosts annual Oktoberfest
Saturday, Oct. 6 – Oktoberfest 2-11 p.m. Also Saturday, Oct. 27 German-American Society of Central Florida 381 Orange Lane, Casselberry 407-834-0574 gasocf.com $5 When it comes to celebrating one’s culture, the Germans know how to do it right: They guzzle down ice-cold das boot beers with gusto, they cook up some mean meat-and-potato dishes, and…
Opening in Orlando — Friday, October 5th
Frankenweenie — Given what kind of a job Tim Burton did turning Dark Shadows into a 113-minute feature when he had 1,000+ TV episodes’ worth of material to draw from, how slim are the odds he’s been able to wring 87 respectable minutes out of a half-hour short he made 28 years ago? On the…
Opening in Orlando — Thursday, October 4th
Taken 2 — That Liam Neeson, he just can’t seem to keep his family safe. But this time, see, the rub is that he and his wife are the ones who get kidnapped, and it’s the daughter who got snatched the last time who has to help them escape. Herein lies the problem with trying…
Do you recognize this black chihuahua, Orlando? Help us find her owners!
This poor little thing was running scared in Audubon Park this morning around 8:45 a.m., near the intersection of Chelsea and Cardinal. A few people tried to catch her but she was too petrified to let anyone touch her. She bolted away from me when I crossed paths with her, but then I saw her…
Three-day Rasa-Lila Fest offers outdoor yoga workshops and more
Friday-Sunday, Oct. 5-7 – Rasa-Lila Fest 6 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday 3409 Maguire Road, Windermere rasalilafest.com $20-$100 Don’t let the yoga-pose photos on the event website scare you off – albeit completely unnatural and at times, awkward. This three-day yoga-centered outing offers something for every level: Yoga for Chakra…
Lawrence of Arabia: The Film Hollywood Wouldn’t Make Today (Screening 10/4)
Another day, another classic screening, this time it’s the 50th anniversary of David Lean’s classic Lawrence of Arabia. It’s the film Hollywood would never make today, as everyone says, which is part of the reason we’ve had to sit through this spate of “Hollywood is dead” stories. Hollywood is a choking victim right now, partly because the…
On sale this week: Pink at Amway Center
On sale: Saturday, Oct. 6 Pink 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 amwaycenter.com $37.50-$97.50 Down the road: Andrew Bird, Oct. 10 at House of Blues Sinbad, Oct. 12 at Hard Rock Live Sean Paul, Oct. 12 at House of Blues Flobots, Oct. 12 at Backbooth Matt…
Theater Review: Beauty and the Beast at Bob Carr
After New York Times critic Frank Rich called the 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast that year’s “best musical … in any format,” Michael Eisner (then at the peak of his power as Disney CEO) wasted little time turning this “tale as old as time” into the Mouse’s first Broadway blockbuster. Over the last…
This Little Underground
As I click this space’s "Open" sign back on, I want to give my freshly departed music editor Justin Strout a proper sendoff. So farewell, be fruitful, kick ass. The Beat At an outstandingly loaded free show featuring local luminaries Roadkill Ghost Choir and Day Joy (Sept. 25, Will’s Pub), I finally saw Loud Valley’s…
Tip Jar
In this week’s roundup: Winter Park’s Food & Wine Classic, Piada & Piada, McCoy’s Bar and Grill, Wine Maker Dinner, Whisper Creek Farm Slow Down Dinner and Burger 21
On the Rocks
When you get ready to go out, what’s your game plan?
Ethos Vegan Kitchen
Even with a change of scenery, the mission of this vegan eatery remains the same: to make believers out of vegans and meat-eaters alike.
The Exit Interview
OST’s world-premiere comedy is a funny twist of faith
Remix
A fresh take on a classic American cocktail: the Corpse Reviver
The Creative City Project
Ambitious arts project promises a new performance in downtown Orlando every day for month of October
Savage Love
Last week, I appeared at a "Savage Love Live" event at Radford University in Radford, Va. Questions are submitted on index cards at SLL events, which allows questioners to remain anonymous and forces them to be succinct. The crowd at Radford was large and inquisitive. The students submitted more questions than I could possibly hope…
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
18th Annual South Asian Film Festival
Programming at this year’s festival looks past the dross and gloss of mainstream Indian cinema
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Screening at the South Asian Film Festival
Reviews of the films screening at this year’s fest
Nerd cred edition: The History Center’s ‘Peanuts’ comic-strip exhibition and Mykmedia’s N3RD Night
Nearly five years ago, I kicked off the first regular edition of this column by confessing my geekhood, declaring my devotion to video games and comic conventions. But lately my NQ (nerd quotient) has been crashing. It started earlier this summer, when I rankled the ranks with an insensitive remark about the Best of Orlando…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) "In a full heart there is room for everything," said poet Antonio Porchia, "and in an empty heart there is room for nothing." That’s an important idea for you to meditate on right now. The universe is conspiring for you to be visited by a tide of revelations about intimacy. And…
Drinking, nightlife and parties
This week’s best bets for the partying set
Pretty Lights to play UCF Arena
Derek Vincent Smith pushes the boundaries of electronic dance music to create a sound all his own
Happytown: Saunders vs. Peña
Democrat Joe Saunders faces Republican opponent Marco Peña in the race for newly drawn state House District 49
Kids delete the darndest texts: the Teresa Jacobs edition
Having just witnessed (via technology) a pretty ridiculous Oscar moment from Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs at this morning’s Board of County Commissioners meeting – seriously, after effectively throwing-under-the-bus-while-namechecking Sentinel staff writer David Damron for his explosive story on Saturday (she demands a rewrite!), Jacobs squeezed out some crocodile tears and invoked her deceased father…
South Korea Crowns New Box Office King, When Will We?
After months of astounding box office results, the South Korean box office has a new champ, with Bong Joon-ho’s The Host finally bested by Choi Dong-hun’s aptly titled caper flick, The Thieves to become the biggest selling Korean film ever (though the familiar face of Avatar still holds the overall top spot by a little over 500k tickets). It’s…
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982 version!), One Night Only (Oct 3rd)
Steven Spielberg is going to be raking in a fortune this year between Lincoln, Tintin and all of the Bluray and theatrical releases he’s got going on — Jaws, Indiana Jones and now E.T The Extra Terrestrial. The alien who was so funny looking is scared Mars into passing on having M&Ms in the movie…
