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Submerged in Summer Reading: Seasonal Reads by Orlando-Area Scribes

By Liz Langley, Bob Whitby and Lindy T. Shepherd

Orlando Weekly | July 24, 2008

Because it's been such a busy season of book releases, we grabbed a handful that had an Orlando connection and set to reading. Lo and behold, there was promise and perfection to be found among the titles.

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Tags: summer reading, Pioneers, After Hours at the Almost Home, 100 Miles, 78 Days, and One Heck of an Adventure, and the Home Party, Earl Tupper, Hiking the Florida Trail: 1, Photography of Bruce Mozert, Silver Springs: The Underwater, The Fortuneteller’s Lay, The Year of Disappearances, Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Two Pairs of Boots

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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

Tags: dance, belly dancing, Orlando Bellydance, Suspira

The Global Peace Film Festival Features Seriously Moving Pictures from Around the Worldnew

The Global Peace Film Festival showcases up the 30 feature films (mostly documentaries) and almost 20 shorts from around the globe that offer differing interpretations and perspectives on the subject of "peace."

Orlando Weekly | Lindy T. Shepherd, Liz Langley, Bob Whitby, Al Krulick and Seth Kubersky | 09-18-2008 | Theater

Tags: movies, Shorts, The Global Peace Film Festival

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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

Happytown: Craigslist, Foreclosures, and Animal Servicesnew

Thank God the MBI has cleaned up this town.

Orlando Weekly | Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby | 11-14-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Prostitution, MBI, Disney, Orlando Foreclosures Expo

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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

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‘Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the '80s’new

Gossipy tome brings out the best and worst secrets of a colorful decade.

Orlando Weekly | Billy Manes | 05-08-2014 | Nonfiction

'Dinosaur Jr.'new

Limited edition photo book places J Mascis’ tightly run ship in a bottle for fans to examine at leisure.

Orlando Weekly | Ashley Belanger | 05-08-2014 | Nonfiction

Slow Your Bankrollnew

Slow money authors and advocates Lyle Estill and Carol Peppe Hewitt talk about why people should think local instead of global when it comes to money.

Orlando Weekly | Trevor Fraser | 04-30-2014 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Lyle Estill and Carol Peppe Hewitt