New restaurants taking over: DiVino by Grappolo in ex-Pizza Bruno spot, Koa Sushi in former Grilled Cheezus space …
DiVino by Grappolo has opened in the space recently vacated by Pizza Bruno at the Maitland Social, Reeves Sports Bar has soft-opened in the old Swiggs space, Koa Sushi in former Grilled Cheezus spot and more
Francisca Charcoal Chicken tastily fuses Latin comfort foods
Francisca Charcoal Chicken & Meats is the product of Bocas Group in Miami, a restaurant biz focused largely on Latin fusion. The Orlando location of Francisca is its sixth in a chain and the first outside of South Florida.
Two out-of-town water-based attractions that might be on your bucket list
Dollywood’s NightFlight Expedition and Norwegian Cruise Line’s Great Tides Waterpark are both brand-new water-based attractions which might end up influencing the H2O-centric competition here in Orlando.
Streaming this week: ‘Slow Horses’ on Apple TV; Ryan Murphy’s ‘Lizzie Borden Story’ on Netflix
Streaming Wednesday, Sept. 16: City of Blood — Not only has climate change pushed Berlin to the brink of collapse, but it turns out the criminal network that’s trying to profit from the dystopian chaos is run by literal vampires. Or as they’d be known in today’s actual Germany, “the center left.” (Hulu) The Doll…
Headdress Gala returns to Orlando with fashion, performance and disco
Fundraiser and party the Headdress Gala’s special guest is Motown diva Thelma Houston
Wu-Tang Clan in Orlando on farewell tour
More than 30 years after turning Staten Island into their own “Land of Shaolin,” the Clan takes on Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber.
Nitzer Ebb wants you to join in the chant at Orlando’s Abbey
One of the great sympatico duos in electronic music history — up their with Soft Cell, Suicide, Pet Shop Boys and Erasure — was Douglas McCarthy and Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb. Their creative chemistry was one of total frisson and push/pull, encouraging one another to harsher beats, more over-the-top dancing, louder shouts, more undeniable…
The Commission Beer Chamber throws a big anniversary block party with plenty of Orlando hip-hop
To mark six years in culture-keeping business, the Commission is throwing a block party that celebrates its foundational principles: hip-hop and community. Performers include DJ Spree, Throwback Champ, My Good Phelo, DJ Jaymob, Kaotic Blaze, DJ Razor Cut, Sucio Boys and more star cameos. It’ll be a full day of live art, food, vendors and,…
Indie chanteuse Hesitant Waitress releases two affecting new mini-albums
As Hesitant Waitress, indie chanteuse Emma Branch is building a tantalizing case as one of the best songwriters to emerge from Orlando in a very long time. But the full-length consummation of that promise remains agonizingly elusive. Under construction for about two years running, Hesitant Waitress’s long-gestating debut album, by now, borders on mythical.
Orlando Mural Festival gives downtown a new coat of paint this weekend
This year’s slate of muralists includes Boy Kong, Christian Stanley, Andrew Spear, Delia Miller and Rebekah Unsworth, among many others. The festivities kick off Thursday at CityArts with a Third Thursday reception featuring art from previous years’ muralists before the paint spills into the streets over the weekend and a massive street party ensues.
Vibrant Things invites women who love vinyl to spin records at Uncle Tony’s Donut Shoppe
This weekend’s Vibrant Things gathering invites women who love vinyl to gather at this cozy shop for an afternoon of socializing, crate-digging and jumping behind the shop’s decks to spin the music you love on wax.
Lesbian dive bar pop-up Mommy Knows Best debuts in Orlando
“My favorite spaces are the ones that just feel like some crazy cat lady’s garage. Just tchotchkes, random ‘where is that from?’ I love that aesthetic and it takes time to build that up,” says Madan-Felten. “The thing about a dive bar is it’s cool because it becomes co-created over time by who goes there.”
Musical version of ‘Groundhog Day’ promises time-looping laughs in Orlando
And what it lacks in Murray’s world-weary thousand-yard stare as he stumbles through small-town life in repeat, it makes up for with great songs, impeccable comic timing and a willingness to go even darker(!) than the film.
Indie rockers Modest Mouse ‘teleport’ to Orlando’s House of Blues this week
Once you go out there and see that everyone is the same age as you, you’re done! You know, when I was younger, this concept didn’t matter to me at all, but now it matters to me a whole lot to think, ‘Oh, OK, we still mean a lot to people who weren’t born in…
Animated supergroup Gorillaz kick off U.S. tour in Orlando
Supergroups are almost never quite the sum of their star parts. Once in a long lucky while, however, along comes a true gestalt, a nuclear fusion that yields something truly great on its own. In the 21st century, few are better instances than multimedia phenoms Gorillaz, the once-in-a-generation alchemy of Blur’s Damon Albarn, celebrity illustrator…
