AltWeeklies Wire
The Decline and Fall of Orlando's Arts Worldnew
United Arts of Central Florida is charged with mitigating adverse circumstances, but have the circumstances reached a crisis point? Not according to executive director Margot Knight, who tries to keep her head above the treacherous arts-world waters by "following one number and being chased by another."
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-21-2009 |
Performance
This Little Undergroundnew
Wait, what went down last week? Oh, right … the single greatest moment of American history in our lifetime. Downtown was absolutely electric on Election Night, its ventricles pumping with a vigor never quite seen before.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
11-14-2008 |
Performance
Tags: Orlando, election night
This Little Undergroundnew
The local music community got in on political action with the well-organized Obamarama Concert for Change. Besides a brief set by the incomparable Sam Rivers crew, I caught talented local act K-G and the Band delivering their smooth, robust blend of Afrobeat, funk and soul.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-23-2008 |
Performance
A Lot of Belly (Dance) for Your Bucknew
Hundreds of women find their zhuzh at Orlando Bellydance and their inspiration in Suspira, owner, founder and the petite powerhouse who teaches all of her 800-plus students herself.
Orlando Weekly |
Liz Langley |
10-17-2008 |
Performance
This Little Undergroundnew
In November, local indie rock band Kingsbury will bear-hug modernity and offer their new EP, Lie to Me, for free through their website (www.kingsburymusic.net).
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-16-2008 |
Performance
Tags: ELLA music fest, Kingsbury
This Little Undergroundnew
Man, Winter Park was totally bangin' this week. (Did he just say Winter Park???) Yes, I did. And no, I can't believe that just came out of me either, but it's true.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-16-2008 |
Performance
This Little Underground: Redlight Redlight's Futurenew
In the now-foreseeable future, the beer-smart, indie-centric hangout will finally be liberated from the draconian Winter Park bar laws that force it to close at the amateur hour of midnight. Renovation work has been going on for months in a new space, but inspections by authorities are happening as we speak.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-07-2008 |
Performance
This Little Undergroundnew
The weather may not be there yet, but at least it's already autumn on the awakened concert calendars. Time to get fat on that live action, music heads. It kicked off this week with a parade of heavyweight imports.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-01-2008 |
Performance
This Little Undergroundnew
Their second album for Anti-/Epitaph Records won't drop until early next year, but local hip-hop stars Solillaquists of Sound have just released the album's first single, "Death of the Muse," featuring J-Live, Jurassic 5's Chali 2na and Maureen Yancey.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-18-2008 |
Performance
This Little Undergroundnew
Local trio Basements of Florida is the latest intelligent rock band worth real attention (Aug. 29, Taste). Comprising only drums and dueling bass guitars, they powered through songs that were propulsive and dynamic.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-05-2008 |
Performance
Garage Days Revisitednew
In the few buzz-heavy months that Black Box Collective has been open, the volunteer-run "community space," one of four warehouses on artist Robin Van Arsdol's compound, has booked night after night of interesting, even adventurous, punk, hardcore and hip-hop shows, and their future plans are fittingly daring.
Orlando Weekly |
Daniel Alba |
09-05-2008 |
Performance
Orlando Rapper Terrence King and the Divine Hustlenew
King's been kicking around the local minor league of rap for over a decade, self-releasing hip-hop CDs he makes at his house. He presents himself as a rapper who could live a life of girls, drugs and fame, but chooses to walk the straight and narrow instead.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-04-2008 |
Performance
Neil Patrick Harris Stuns as a Signing Supervillian in Joss Whedon's Online Musicalnew
Academy Award–nominated writer Joss Whedon (Toy Story) has a way with words. As pointed out in the PBS documentary Do You Speak American?, Whedon’s legendary TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “challenged linguistic taboos and introduced new words and phrases in nearly every show.”
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-31-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Live Active Culturesnew
What to see and what to skip at Orlando's International Fringe Festival.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
05-15-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Frankly my Dear, it's a Farcenew
How Gone With the Wind was made. With a twist.
Orlando Weekly |
Al Krulick |
05-15-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
