Sunday, March 17 – The Clover Crawl 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Ember 42 W. Central Blvd. aidswalkorlando.org donations accepted It might be called “Orlando’s First Sunday Fun-Day GLBT and Straight Friendly St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl,” but we’d call it splitting hairs. That’s because we know how festive our city’s LGBT populace is – between...
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You’ll meet at Beth’s Burger Bar on East Washington Street and then embark on a food- tasting adventure throughout downtown Orlando, hitting up four different restaurants – from outside cafés to upscale restaurants, according to the event website – to taste their specialty dishes and meet the chefs.
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This horrible incident happened at Lake Eola this week. Those poor swans get no respect. From the OPD’s event sheet about the incident: On 03-05-2013 at approximately 1130 hours I Officer Castro 13707 responded to 101 N. Rosalind Ave. at the city park office in reference to a swan that had been attacked by...
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Get ready to shake, muddle and pour, and then enjoy a few rounds after your labor.
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And while yes, you can expect to see a barrage of tasseled ta-tas and stone-hard-etched pieces, the not-so-private parts on display at Nude Nite – styled after everything from Cirque-type harlequins to Vegas-style showgirls – and the artists who present them, do so for the sake of art.
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The Orlando Citrus Parade, that annual tradition we’ve all come to know and love, is happening this weekend, and we couldn’t be more thrilled if we were manning one of those damn floats ourselves: fruit, football and food vendors – what’s not to love?
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This year, the goal of RalphFest has broadened and so, too, has the festival itself. With more than 30 acts taking the stages at various venues downtown, RalphFest 2 will be bigger.
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Two standout shows among the numerous galleries setting out work for your perusal: Parker Sketch’s one-man Biography, inside CityArts Factory, and Corpus Interruptus, a group show featuring Plinio Pinto, Adrian Cherry and Nannette Cherry, tucked away at Redefine.
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Whether you’re buying the tense-faced Everyman-isms and vagaries of Republican Mitt Romney (Red Rumble Romney shots for you!) or the professorial deconstructions and juiced-up practicalities of Democrat Barack Obama (Obama Mama shots for you!), you’d be wise to join us for the point when they all blur together at Bullitt Bar.
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Tags: Barack Obama, downtown orlando, election, election 2012, Mitt Romney, Orlando Weekly, Politics
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This “happy hour in the round,” hosted by Central Florida Modern and Nils M. Schweizer Fellows, may be the last chance to tour a rare Florida landmark that isn’t shaped like a gator or housing a mouse, and as well as the guided tour, there will be food, drink and a first viewing of...
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