Blogs: Culture 2 Go

Jamie Bestwick tailwhips his way into first place and another Dew Tour BMX Vert Championship, Friday night (Oct. 16) at the Amway Arena. — photo by Rick Andrews
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There’s nothing like a little serendipity circle-jerk on a Saturday to make you realize we’re all connected in a mystical, ever-widening circle of suck. (Yes, it’s been that kind of a week.)   First comes the unexpected synchronicity between criminal justice and the weekend release schedule, as word gets out that Roman Polanski is...
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There’s some funny business going on with the on and off and on again Orlando Puppet Festival, but here’s the deal: It’s on this year (no matter what else you have heard or read) and there are witty performances just for adults – and we’re talking real funny business here. Pictured is a photo...
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You don’t need me to spell out the statistics on the starving peoples of this world, right? I mean, in a world that has over-fished itself to near extinction and that sinks barges of corn just to jack up the price, growling bellies seems like it should be the last of our worries. But...
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So I finally hauled my ass out to see Paranormal Activity, and my morning-after musing of “What was THAT all about?” just happens to roughly coincide with Advertising Age’s breathless marveling at what a marketing phenom this thing is. It seems the trade sheet is particularly beguiled by the success Paramount has had in...
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An addition to the downtown arts puzzle falls into place this week with the Third Thursday opening of Blank Space, an “art and coffee lounge.” The new effort from artist Jefré moves him out of his fourth-floor office at the CityArts Factory and onto the corner of North Rosalind Avenue and East Central Boulevard,...
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Singers and lovers of the Harlem Renaissance, your time has come. The Zora! Festival is putting together something called the “Thousand Voices Choir.” Seems pretty cut and dry, so I’ll let them give you the details: Who:               ZORA! Festival and the Thousand Voices Choir What:              ZORA! Festival organizers to host introductory meeting for community members...
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There’s something in the air over at public radio station WMFE (90.7-FM): We’ve heard gurglings that the station is going all talk and news at month’s end. Yay! But don’t tell anybody, because WMFE top gun José Fajardo has warned employees that the secret will be kept or else, and there aren’t many heads...
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There’s an interesting piece in the current New Yorker about Deadline Hollywood Daily’s Nikki Finke. Obviously, Finke is a key figure in film reporting, and many people (including me) would be worse off if not for her bulletins. So it’d be hypocritical to join in a chorus of criticism against her, especially when the...
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Mad Cow Theatre has just announced they will host a second staged reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (An Epilogue), the play that follows up on what’s been going on in the hometown of the Matthew Shepard murder. The extra performance will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. Tickets are $10.
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