Blogs: Author Archive

According to the Weather Underground forecast, it’s going to be hot and swampy when the magical hour of 6 o’clock strikes and both the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival and Snap! begin. Dress appropriately and push the liquids if you plan to scramble to both. And both events continue on, through the weekend and...
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Fresh from gaming expert Aaron Conklin: Ah, those seals of approval. They’re on your Cheerios, telling you the grain you’re chomping might lower your cholesterol. And soon, there’s going to be one on the videogame console in your living room. Over the weekend, the American Heart Association and Nintendo announced a joint partnership in...
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Versace photographer and art director Sinisha Nisevic electrifies  Saturday night’s SNAP! lineup, with an exhibit of her works, a fashion installation and a performance by Voci Dance.7-10 pm Saturday, May 22 at Church Street Exchange Building, 129 W. Church St.; $10-$35; www.snaporlando.com.
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Make sure to watch the new post on the OW TUBE. (You can find it way at the bottom of the opening page of our website – or by clicking here.)The piece was produced by Christopher Balogh, who explains his muse:“Signs are everywhere and particularly down on Colonial Drive. I wanted to know who...
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Hannibal Square Heritage Center brings a free day of culture and folk art as part of its current Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art exhibition. The outdoor event features jazz music, soul food and works by 35 Florida folk artists, including those profiled in the book of the same name by UCF professor...
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Update 4.8.2010 Final ChanceShotgun Produced under the auspices of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s PlayFest, New Orleans author John Biguenet’s tender drama transports the audience just blocks away from the lapping waters of the muddy Mississippi River, where two flood-devastated families are adapting to the aftermath. Directed by David Lee. (through Sunday, April 11, at...
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Michael Wanzie shared his commissioned (he paid for it) interview with Leslie Jordan because 1) He’s presenting a one-night show March 28 and 2) As Wanzie wrote us: “It’s very timely given the fact that Mr. Jordan opens his one-man show on Broadway on April 19th, produced by Lilly Tomlin and Jane Wagoner, and...
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Opening Saturday at Orlando Museum of Art, the first-ever showing of the new exhibit by the lifelong environmentalist and photographer: Clyde Butcher: Big Cypress Swamp and the Western Everglades. Indian Key 5, 1997silver gelatin fiber print, 84 in. x 60 in.Collection of the artist “Hurricane Andrew deposited a lot of dead trees onto the...
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Update 3.12.2010 OpeningThe Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)It was back in 1997 that Richard Width first appeared in what was then billed as The Compleat Works of Willm Shakspr (Abridged). As we reported a dozen years ago, “He played the surfer-dudish blond with an obsession for wigs and a queasy stomach in the comedy...
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