Sep 19-25, 2012

Sep 19-25, 2012 / Vol. 28 / No. 38

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Taste of Downtown offers bites from more than 20 local restaurants

Wednesday, Sept. 26 – 14th Annual Taste of Downtown 5-7:30 p.m. Disney Atrium at the Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 407-228-3891 $25-$45 Beyond the sunshine, attractions and countless entertainment venues, the City Beautiful has a unique culinary community all its own. Chances are you’ve been dying to check out a few restaurants in the…

Aimee Vitek

Francois Truffaut’s Fahrenheit 451 shows at Enzian

Tuesday, Sept. 25 – Fahrenheit 451 9:30 p.m. Enzian Theater 1300 S. Orlando Ave. Maitland 407-629-0054 enzian.org $5 We know he was freaking 91 at the time of his death this year, but some part of us still believes great American author Ray Bradbury died of a broken heart. His novel Fahrenheit 451, about a…

Justin Strout

Barktoberfest at Orlando Brewing today

First, some quick math: According to the ASPCA, one unsprayed female cat can have up to three litters a year. If she has 4.5 kittens per litter (OK, you can’t have half a kitten, but humor us), she can produced 14 new cats that need a home in one year. If none of those kittens…

Erin Sullivan

OMA hosts Art, Literature and a Sense of Place author roundtable

Sunday, Sept, 23 – Art, Literature and a Sense of Place 2 p.m. Orlando Museum of Art 2416 N. Mills Ave. 407-896-4231 omart.org $8 As part of the continuing programming surrounding Jimm Roberts’ photographic exhibit, Southernmost Art and Literary Portraits, the Orlando Museum of Art has assembled a knockout group of writers, artists and critics…

Jessica Bryce Young

Sunday Film News Roundup — September 23rd, 2012

I usually don’t have any interest in box office numbers since they’re reported all wrong (by gross dollar amount instead of by admissions sold), but this weekend was striking. Five big new releases and all of them did pretty poorly, though when you look at what they are, it’s not really a surprise. Trouble with…

Rob Boylan

Pop-punk group the Ataris head to Will’s Pub

Saturday, Sept. 22 – The Ataris with Flatfoot 56, Red City Radio, Caffeinds 8 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $12-$14 You may know them for pop-punk singles like the one where frontman Kris Roe apologizes to his kid for not being part of his life (“The Saddest Song”), or the one…

Justin Strout

Headdress Ball returns with theme “Twisted … An Evening Under the Rainbow”

Saturday, Sept. 22 – Headdress Ball 6:30 p.m. Hilton Orlando 6001 Destination Parkway 407-645-2577 headdressball.org $250 This annual LGBT-friendly black-tie soiree, dubbed “Twisted An Evening Under the Rainbow,” offers Vegas-style entertainment featuring elaborately colorful headpieces, dinner and cocktails, and both silent and live auctions to benefit the Hope & Help Center’s HIV/AIDS assistance programs. –…

Aimee Vitek

VOD Review: Nobody Walks – Ry Russo-Young (2012) (2 Stars)

You can’t throw a stick these days without it clunking squarely into something written, directed or created by Lena Dunham. The controversial personality behind the TV show Girls is everywhere: Criterion, HBO, The New Yorker, forums, blogs, Facebook, Twitter — and now she’s on VOD with a new film called Nobody Walks, co-written Ry Russo-Young,…

Rob Boylan

Indie-folk singer-songwriter Samantha Crain performs at The Social

Friday, Sept. 21 – Samantha Crain with William Elliott Whitmore, Bartender Brian 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $12 Thankfully, we don’t really have to work too hard anymore to convert you to the gospel of notable folk-blues anachronism William Elliott Whitmore, whose riveting Dust Bowl hymns simply rattle the soul.…

Bao Le-Huu

Downtown Sanford to be invaded by pirates of the Saint Juans!

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 21-22 – Pirates of the Saint Juans Festival and Pub Invasion pub invasion: 8 p.m. Friday festival: 5 p.m. Saturday East First Street and South Park Avenue, Sanford 407-221-1499 stjuanspirates.com free Land lovers beware! Downtown Sanford’s Pirates of the Saint Juans Festival is back for its fourth year, and if you love raucous,…

Aimee Vitek

Other Peoples Property hosts 2012 Fall Swap & Shop

Friday, Sept. 21 – 2012 Fall Swap & Shop 6-8:30 p.m. 1300 Brookhaven Drive otherpeoplesproperty.etsy.com $7-$12 Ever get that deep-green fashion envy when you come across someone wearing a must-have blazer or sundress? It often leads to impulse shopping sprees and exorbitant retail receipts. That’s why we love Other Peoples Property, with their “reducing your…

Aimee Vitek

“The Dead Zone” redux: End of the line for Romney?

This isn’t the sort of revelation that puts you in line to be the next David Gregory, but what the heck: Most of what I know about politicians, I learned from Greg Stillson. Stillson, you may or may not recall, is the antagonist of the Stephen King book and movie The Dead Zone. He’s a…

Steve Schneider

Opening in Orlando — Sept. 21st, 2012

Dredd 3D — Remember when beloved comics properties like Judge Dredd were turned over to slumming, uncaring stewards like Sylvester Stallone? Now they become fall-doldrum “star vehicles” for the likes of Karl Urban to sink their teeth into between voice-over sessions for Star Trek video games. Ah, progress. (R) [youtube 2AMMCPms2go] End of Watch –…

Steve Schneider

Savage in Limbo opens at Art’s Sake Studio

Friday, Sept. 21 – Savage in Limbo Through Oct. 6 Art’s Sake Studio 680 Clay St., Winter Park 407-629-4800 art-sake.com $12 The plot sounds strikingly familiar: Five 32-year-olds sit in a dive bar and stress about their lives, their friendships, their relationships, their damaged egos. There’s the bartender, the girl who sleeps around, the hot…

Erin Sullivan

On sale this week: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

On sale: Saturday, Sept. 22 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 hob.com $25-$27                  Down the road: Kirko Bangz, Sept. 26 at The Beacham M83, Sept. 27 at House of Blues Metric, Sept. 27 at Hard…

Aimee Vitek

RIP NFL Films’ Steve Sabol

Honestly, I don’t know much about Steve Sabol. Most of what I do know I’ve learned in the last 12 hours or so since his death was announced by the NFL after a long battle with cancer. I’ve heard his and his fathers famous names over the years of course, and I know their work…

Rob Boylan

Savage Love

I was wondering what you think about the Folsom Street Fair, the annual gay leather/fetish/BDSM street fair in San Francisco. Do you think it is still a socially relevant display? Or do you think that in this time when we are fighting for civil rights and equality that it does more harm than good? Better…

Dan Savage

Tip Jar

This week’s roundup: conveyor-belt sushi, pintxos for charity, the Night Market, La Coquina closes and dude, where’s my olives?

Faiyaz Kara

DVDs Nuts

Lesser-seen, critic-approved films on disc and on demandby Justin Strout and John Thomason

Justin Strout

This Little Underground

Even a sworn heathen like me has to admit that sometimes prayers get answered. In my Selections preview for the Melvins Tribute Show (Sept. 15, Will’s Pub) in last week’s paper, I threw down the gauntlet for any of the participating bands to attempt the Melvins’ mondo Big Business-era, dual-drummer attack. Really, it was more…

Bao Le-Huu

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19) For every trillion dollars the U.S. government spends on the military, it creates about 11,000 jobs. That same expenditure, if directed toward education, creates 27,000 jobs. Personally, I’d rather have the taxes I pay go to teachers than soldiers – especially in light of the fact that the U.S. spends almost…

Rob Brezsny

End of Watch

‘Training Day’ writer David Ayer takes the director’s chair for a winning spin on the buddy-cop routine

William Goss

Klown

Buzz-heavy Danish shock comedy may be society’s handcart to hell, but at least it’s funny

Rob Boylan

Where are the 47 percent who Romney says don’t pay taxes?

By now you’ve heard that Mother Jones magazine outed Romney for his rather callous and off-the-mark comments about the 47 percent of Americans who allegedly pay no income tax. If you haven’t seen it already, here’s video, which was secretly taped at a fundraiser for Romney at the Boca Raton (sigh) home of private equity…

Erin Sullivan

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