AltWeeklies Wire
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Sept. 26, 8:16 a.m.: Some jackass snatched a woman's purse while she was at a bus stop.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-17-2008 |
Commentary
First Shot: 'An American Carol'new
Kevin Farley has chosen to introduce himself to the public by playing the Michael Moore–esque documentarian Michael Malone in David Zucker's An American Carol.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
El Rey de la Papa is Indeed the Potato Kingnew
Columbians high-step it to Winter Garden's El Rey, where meat and potatoes rule.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
10-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: restaurants, El rey de la papa
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
Trivium Has Quickly Risen to Heavy Metal's Top Tiernew
Trivium's new album, Shogun, has been hailed as one of 2008's most anticipated metal releases.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Hip-Hop Producer Rockwilder Discovers a New Path in Orlandonew
"Florida has the lead in terms of music. It's the place that's moving right now," says Rockwilder from Fuel Records' New York office.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Monsters Inc.new
'Commercial' Little Shop fails to deliver.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
10-16-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater, Little Shop of Horrors
Live Active Culturesnew
Epcot's International Food & Wine Festival (through Nov. 9) has long been my favorite event on Disney's annual calendar.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
10-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
Orlando City Council Watchnew
District 1 commissioner Phil Diamond was out with the flu, which meant there would be no reassuring winks, no thoughtful contention and a generally arrhythmic pacing to this week's civic confab.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-15-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando, city council
Election '08: Meet the Also-Ransnew

Third-party candidates often languish in obscurity and find it hard to raise money or even gain a place on the ballot in many states. In Florida, however, ballot access is easy. So that means come Nov. 4, you'll have a lot of choices –-- 13, to be exact, plus one write-in.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-15-2008 |
Politics
Blisternew
The sky is falling, numbers are crunching, cancer is growing, mouths are lying, campaigns are tanking, banks are crumbling, stockbrokers are snorting, homes are foreclosing and I am dying.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-07-2008 |
Comedy
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
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Sept. 20, 4:20 a.m.: Before we get down to business, I have some housekeeping to take care of. I've learned two things this past week: One, this column has a dedicated following of potheads. Two, I could never be a drug dealer, on account of the fact that I can't do simple math.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-07-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Happytown: Judge Smacks Down Orlando's Ban on Feeding People in Parksnew
On Sept. 26, Judge Gregory Presnell struck down the city's ban on feedings in public parks. He ruled that the feedings, organized by Orlando Food Not Bombs, were political speech protected by the First Amendment.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey |
10-07-2008 |
Commentary