Elvis Presley was the undisputed number one pop star in the entire world between the years of 1956 and 1960, right about when Jack Lewis, the interview subject for next week’s cover story, was 16. An impressionable age, sure, but from what the history books tell us, it was impossible not to be affected...
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To that morose end, Lil’ Indies offers up Speed Hating, “a negative twist on speed dating,” in which the miserablists of Orlando can convene to share, if only for a few hours, the unproductive grievances that chemically combine into the Scotchgard of anti-romance and coupling failure that we all know too well.
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It’ll start out in daylight, but as the sun sets, all of the participants will light candles and hold them high, creating a huge, flaming heart.
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Really, your gift should be as much about your recipient as possible, and that’s why Audubon Park’s Vintage, Valentines and Food Trucks is so nice, because they collect high-quality, gush-worthy gift ideas in one spot.
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One of these meet-the-press happy hours falls conveniently just before Valentine’s Day, and visitors are invited to press a personal lovey-dovey message into a heart-festooned card.
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Do yourself a favor and let poet Susan Lilley help re-work your darling sonnets in this Burrow Press Writes creative writing workshop, so that your lines might be of the, shall we say, more romantically sound variety.
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A mixtape for all you nostalgic lovers out there; Whether you’re alone or with the one you love, this mix is like walking into a diner in the midwest in the middle of nowhere… the waiting room of the beyond, perhaps. A walk through each other’s souls. Everyone together. Valentine’s Day should be recognized...
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Tuesday, Feb. 14 – There Will Be Words #10: Valentine’s Edition 6 p.m. Urban ReThink 625 E. Central Blvd. 407-704-6895 free Despite the series’ somewhat combative name, this edition of There Will Be Words is for lovers, not fighters. The advent of this prose reading series last year was a welcome development on the...
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