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Boxes of Memories: Sonny King's Circus of Old

Orlando Weekly | October 30, 2008

Memories are all that remain of the original Silver's Circus, and it's the vivid recollections of travels with his dad's circus in the late 1940s that Sonny King lovingly crafted into a colorful series of 13 detailed dioramas that debuted last year at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum.

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Tags: circus, visual art, folk art, Sonny King, Silver's Circus

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The Fate of One of Florida's Most Unique Springs Rests in the Hands of a Developernew

Warm Mineral Springs may have started as a quiet backwater, but those days are over. The future of the springs now depends on how much revenue it can generate, rather than its value as an archeological site or a natural resource.

Orlando Weekly | Lindy T. Shepherd | 08-13-2009 | Housing & Development

Tags: Mineral Springs, springs, Florida, environment, Development

Happytown: The World's Best Bodypaintersnew

Yes, indeedy, we are the champions -- or more accurately, we are the home of the champions, twin brothers Brian and Nick Wolfe, who just won a gold medal in the "brush/sponge" division at the World Bodypainting Festival in Seeboden, Austria. The brothers Wolfe beat teams from 38 other countries to claim the trophy and the 2,000-euro cash prize that came with it.

Orlando Weekly | Billy Manes, Lindy T. Shepherd and Bob Whitby | 07-30-2009 | Commentary

Tags: Equality Florida, AAA, Full Sail University, Stedman Graham, bodypainting