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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
Aroma Therapy at Memories of India IInew
Memorable dishes of fragrant Indian fare invigorate in Lake Mary.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
10-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Who Loves the Living Dead?new
If you share my fondness for flesh-eaters, you would have found plenty of fellowship at Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend. The Wyndham Resort attracted so many lurchers last weekend that I had to park at T.G.I. Friday’s and shamble across I-Drive.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
10-23-2008 |
Theater
Faceoff with Phaneuf in 'NHL 09'new
Dion Phaneuf scored his first goal of the 2008-09 hockey season a month before the puck dropped on the NHL season. The Calgary Flames player was in Vancouver when he put the puck in the net, helping celebrate the release of Electronic Arts' NHL 09.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Blaine Kyllo |
10-23-2008 |
Video Games
The Rhone Less Travellednew
The Rhone Valley is one of France's most treasured and ancient grape-producing regions. Grapes seem to grow naturally here, spread ubiquitously among the endless sprawling hills, slowly baking under the ever-present Provence sun.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kevin McLean |
10-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
'FIFA Soccer 09' is Not Unlike Cracknew
This year's FIFA is satisfyingly weighty and beefs up player models in contrast to FIFA 08.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Demento |
10-23-2008 |
Video Games
The Bingo Bonanzanew
Charitable bingo is supposed to be a way for nonprofit groups to raise money. So why is all the big money being made by profit-oriented entrepreneurs?
East Bay Express |
Anna McCarthy |
10-22-2008 |
Recreation
You Don't Have to be Afraid of the Food at IKEAnew
This isn't to say that the food is particularly awesome; it's a cafeteria, for God's sake. But how many joints serve up smørrebrod, gravlax, and apple cake?
East Bay Express |
Matthew Stafford |
10-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Fine Wines for Hard Timesnew
It's ironic, given the recent massive bailout of Wall Street in the guise of making nice to Main Street, that some of the best advice on inexpensive wines should come from The Wall Street Journal.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
10-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, economic issues
M.K. Asante Jr.'s Year of First Fruitsnew
The multitalented child of celebrated afrocentric parents takes the torch with a new book (It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation) and documentary on Kwanzaa (The Black Candle).
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
10-20-2008 |
Culture
How to Get Tourette's Syndrome Under Controlnew
Tourette's can be complicated, misdiagnosed, under-diagnosed and widely misunderstood.
Pasadena Weekly |
Patti Carmalt-Vener |
10-20-2008 |
Advice
Seoul, Korea: A Food Diarynew
For years, I had contemplated what my first dinner in Seoul might be like. Now I know.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
10-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Blister: This is What It's All Come Down Tonew
SThe plate tectonics of our oversized socioeconomic structure have screeched and scratched against each other one too many times, pressing hairline fractures into gaping voids and smashing the jagged slabs of our seemingly solid foundations willy-nilly across the arid landscape.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-17-2008 |
Comedy
Soupy Sales at Seoul Gardensnew
Exemplary broths a-bubble at this charming Maitland, Fla., eating house.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
10-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
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
