The FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival is coming to town: Mark it on your calendars! Hey boys and ghouls. It’s almost that time of year again, and the freaks are out! With cameras! Here’s the official press release: The 8th Annual FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival announces this year’s festival dates, Friday October 25...
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Everyone, including “your family, grandma and kids” (according to the website), is welcome at the Southern Pinball Festival, where thousands of dollars will be at stake for the luckiest and bravest calluses in the room willing to enter one of several contests.
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You won't find my usual Live Active Cultures column in this Wednesday's issue of Orlando Weekly because I've been out of town in New York City for the past week working on a very special project. On Friday November 8th, the Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted the New York premiere of a live interactive...
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Tags: Brooklyn, festival, festivals, film, heather henson, ibex, jeremy seghers, jim henson, labyrinth, mary clymene, muppets, puppet, puppets, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Seth Kubersky
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Expect live music by Alpine-folk six-piece Sonnenschein Express, dancing by Orlando’s own Schuhplattler Gruppe Alpenrose troupe, homemade Bavarian fare and an ever-flowing amount of beer in the biergarten.
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Orange County Animal Services hosts Barktoberfest, a pet-rescue fest at which 50 local rescues bring adoptable pets out for you to meet, greet, pet, be slobbered on by … kind of like speed-dating, only your chance of meeting your match is probably better.
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Fiesta Medina draws in more than 30,000 Central Florida residents looking for a little connection to their Hispanic roots.
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At today’s Folk Art and Craft Festival, it’s handcrafted cigar box guitars by Jim Mitchell, Haitian painter RaRa Kuyu’s colorful canvas, found-object works of Missionary Mary Proctor and Samuel’s woodcarvings.
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It's a two-day eats-and-alky jumble with the tagline “A treat for all the senses.”
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Friday-Sunday, Feb. 10-12 – Old Florida Outdoor Festival So what if that furry little rascal predicted another six weeks of winter. Let’s stop pretending our Florida winters are anything short of terribly refreshing. This weekend, we suggest crawling out of the depths of your TV room and making your way to Apopka for the...
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Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 14-15 – Central Florida Scottish Highland Games There’s an age-old confusion about the differences between Scottish and Irish cultures: both share a love for whiskey, both dole out badass bagpipe music, and both typically come in clans (with a “c”). But if you were to ask any kilt-clad Scottish lad – or...
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