Blogs: Author Archive

Remember last year when we got all hot-and-bothered about a “totem of horror” that took center stage at Nude Nite? In case you don’t, here’s a reminder: Well, it’s that time of year again. The artist submission deadline for Orlando’s Nude Nite 2011 is this Thursday. Artists interested in participating can download a submission...
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Looking for a place to dump all your old crap that you couldn’t peddle on eBay? DRIP, an Orlando-based performance art company who snagged not one, but two mentions in OW‘s Best of Orlando 2010, literally made a grocery list of random shit they need for their upcoming production, Riff. Yep, you heard me....
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When I spoke with Canadian singer-songwriter Lights Poxleitner (or Lights for short) last month, it was clear that she was, well, a little spacey. Lights, she of the popular name, didn’t always go by this alias. See, she legally changed her first name from Valerie to Lights a few years back. But little did...
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So we got this email a few days ago and are still scrambling for the words to explain. Here’s an attempt: Doro Pesch, “German Metal Queen,” informs us that her tour kicks off September 30th in New Hampshire. According to the best-publicist-ever-officially-the-end, “her most outstanding features are her loyalty and extroversion.” Wrong. This is...
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Don’t expect to understand anything that follows this sentence – we have no idea what’s going on here: Wearable magazines. “Augmented Reality.” Play the drums on your shirt. Virtual arms extend from T-shirts for a game of rock-paper-scissors. Don’t say a word. WE KNOW. Claiming to be an ingenious way of spreading world news,...
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Since pride in our community rests at the tippy top of our to-do list always here at OW, we must give thanks to our newest qualifying overachiever in the neighborhood. 19-year-old go-getter, Kaitlyn Chana, who spells her name much fancier than I do. KaitlYn will be at the Altamonte Mall on September 11th to...
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