Kirsch dispenses hard-won tips and tricks for nighttime shooting, and sits down with participants after the walk to review images and make suggestions.
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Kirsch dispenses hard-won tips and tricks for nighttime shooting, and sits down with participants after the walk to review images and make suggestions.
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Inspiring the name of the evening of music are two extravagantly decorated, 40-foot-tall tree-shaped pews that hold the church’s choir.
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We're less than a week into December, but Christmas is already in full effect at our area theme parks. I had a chance last week to check out this year's seasonal offerings at Universal Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa. Universal's mainstay Macy's Holiday Parade has returned to the Studios for a 12th annual outing,...
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If you struggle to find a bit of Christmas warmth in your soul, a trip to see the windows all lit up while the Bach Festival Choir puts on a live concert should fix what ails you.
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Last night, local arts supporters gathered in Orlando Shakes's Margeson Theatre to celebrate a new holiday traditions. The Orlando Fringe Festival shifted this year's usual Halloween fundraiser to December, rebranding it as Merry Fringein' Christmas. Festival producer Michael Marinaccio and general manager George Wallace began by welcoming the audience, especially new United Arts CEO...
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The spirited settlement – founded Dec. 25, 1837, as a U.S. Army fort during the Second Seminole War – hosts a two-day Cracker Christmas, a colloquial ode to the Old Florida way of holiday merriment, complete with an outdoor barbecue, more than 150 artisans brandishing made-by-hand wares, an antique engine and tractor display, and...
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This nine-day Orlando holiday staple not only attracts the young ones with the Reindeer Romp: Peter Pan’s Pajama Party (Nov. 14), but it also appeals to the grown-ups with food, wine and music at the Holiday Stroll (Nov. 16).
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When I was growing up in New Jersey during the prehistoric ante-Best Buy era, the popular local electronics chain Crazy Eddie (Slogan: “His prices are INSANE!”) advertised an annual “Christmas in August” sale. The owner Eddie Antar ended up in the slammer for securities fraud, but his spirit lived on in Tampa this past...
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Sunday, Dec. 25 – Christmas Day Carillon Concerts A writer-editor by trade, Netherlands native Edward Bok delved into a bit of everything: He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with a handful of published books, an openhanded philanthropist, an advocate for sex education, an environmental and public-health activist, and a lover of architecture. His last...
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Saturday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Open House This event is your antidote to all the Christmas-prep madness that’s consumed your soul during the past several weeks. Step inside the dimly lit lobby of the Morse Museum on Christmas Eve and let the chamber music wash away the nightmarish memories of Black Friday, Cyber...
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