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Orlando concert calendar: Homeboy Sandman, Lil Poppa, Aquabats, Heart Attack Man

1 week ago | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young |Hannah Miller

Ametropia, Pontifex, Graveyard Dogs, Grave Filth, Ensanguined, Dreadmire 6 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $12-$15; 407-322-7475. Authority Zero 7 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia Ave., DeLand; $45; 386-873-2943. Chained Saint 6 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $15; 407-246-1419. Lil Poppa 8 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $60-$120; 407-228-1220.
Celebrate Juneteenth in Orlando at these events

1 week ago | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young |Hannah Miller

click to enlarge Thursday, June 19 5th Annual Facets of Freedom Festival Black Theatre Girl Magic is proud to announce its 5th Annual Facets of Freedom Festival, a full-day celebration of Juneteenth. 10 am Thursday; Orlando Family Stage, 1001 E. Princeton St.; free; 407-896-7365; orlandofamilystage.com. Freedom Forward: A Juneteenth Celebration Empowerment through fitness, food and fun for the family. Special guests include Orange County Mayor Jerry L.
Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘The Greatest Betrayal’

1 month ago | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young |Seth Kubersky

Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘The Greatest Betrayal’ Morgan Frey shares horror stories about dating with disabilities with appeal and self-deprecating humor By Jessica Bryce Young and Seth Kubersky on Sun, May 18, 2025 at 8:51 am click to enlarge courtesy photo Morgan Frey in ‘The Greatest Betrayal’ at Orlando Fringe 2025 I’ve been blissfully absent from the dating market for nearly two decades, and would dread returning to it in this digital age, even as an able-bodied male. So I can scarcely...
Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Cult Classic: A New Musical’

1 month ago | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young |Seth Kubersky

Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Cult Classic: A New Musical’ Wind the clock back 20 years to the glory days of home move rentals By Jessica Bryce Young and Seth Kubersky on Sat, May 17, 2025 at 6:55 pm click to enlarge courtesy photo ‘Cult Classic: A New Musical’ at Orlando Fringe 2025 Wind the clock back 20 years to the glory days of home move rentals with Cult Classic, an original high-concept musical dramedy by John Aquino and Sam Grey. Lex Bentley stars as Charlie, a cursing-adverse...
Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘1-Man No-Show’

1 month ago | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young |Seth Kubersky

Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘1-Man No-Show’ Unapologetic anarchic absurdism that’s well worth showing up for By Jessica Bryce Young and Seth Kubersky on Fri, May 16, 2025 at 5:44 pm click to enlarge courtesy photo Isaac Kessler in '1-Man No-Show' at Orlando Fringe 2025 If the Great Gonzo were a black beret-wearing bearded beatnik artiste (instead of a blue weirdo with Dave Golez’s hand up his ass) he probably would have produced a Fringe show very much like Isaac Kessler’s 1-Man No-Show, an...
Books for every brain: Orlando's specialist independent bookshops

2 months ago | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young

No matter your preferred reading material, there's probably a bookstore catering just to you. A new wave of little indies in this town is bravely beating on, bookshops against the current, borne ceaselessly into the toughest economy we've seen in decades for small businesses — and damn, we love them for it. Here are some local bookstores that will put what you want and need into your brain and soul; put your dollars into their hands, won't you?
It's time for EPCOT's International Festival of the Arts, with plenty of sip-and-stroll diversions

Jan 24, 2025 | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young

click to enlarge Courtesy photo EPCOT’s very popular is upon us Festival of the Arts The “s” in “Arts” does some heavy lifting in the name of this festival, alluding to a generous, big-tent definition of art that includes sidewalk chalk, acrobats and cookies decorated as paint palettes. EPCOT’s annual Festival of the Arts is unlikely to induce Stendhal Syndrome in any members of your party — there will be no Rembrandts or Rothkos on hand to dazzle.
Orlando agenda: Orlando Beer Fest, Devil's Night Alt Drag Show, Fall Fiesta in the Park, Comedy Dark Halloween and more

Oct 30, 2024 | orlandoweekly.com | Kristin Howard |Matthew Moyer |Jessica Bryce Young

13 Films of Halloween: Halloween III: Season of the Witch When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and clutching the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, doctor Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. 8 pm Wednesday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; free; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.
Loose Lips turns loose Orlando wordsmiths on Election Night at Lil Indie's

Oct 30, 2024 | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young

click to enlarge photo by Matador Tod Caviness co-hosts Tuesday's Election Night special edition of Loose Lips at Lil Indie's Since 2016, the first Tuesday of every month finds a loose collection of word people — poets, comedians, rambling raconteurs — mic in hand at Lil Indie's doing that spoken word thing with one special condition: The words must reflect the events of the day.
Delve into the secret horrors of Stardust Video at their Night of a Thousand Tchotchkes party

Oct 23, 2024 | orlandoweekly.com | Jessica Bryce Young

A Yogi Bear lunchbox. A mannequin leg. A giant glitter-dusted Styrofoam waffle. These are just a few of the literally thousands of figurines, portraits, books, souvenirs and objects ornamenting Stardust Video & Coffee — crowded atop cooler cases, swinging from the ceiling, tacked to walls and shelves, clustering in the corners on every horizontal surface and making every visit a treat for the eyes, if not the sinuses.