Weekend Top 6 Picks for April 7 and 8, 2018

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Saturday April 7, 2018

8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Free. Lake Virginia Watershed Cleanup. Dinky Dock 410 Ollie Ave, Winter Park, Florida 32789. In conjunction with Keep America Beautiful’s Great American
Cleanup, join us as we clean-up litter in and around Lake Virginia.
Activities may include but are not limited to picking up litter in and
around the lake – stooping, kneeling, and bending.

Breakfast, volunteer t-shirt, snacks, and water will be provided. We
will also provide litter grabbers, safety vests, gloves and garbage
bags.
Please remember to bring a reusable water bottle, wear
closed-toe shoes, hats, and long pants, & carpool! Kayaks and
paddle boarders are welcome!
To register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/city-of-winter-park-sustainability-program-5593791349

11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Spring Market at Audubon. Audubon Park Garden District Orlando, Florida 32803. Come out for Central Florida’s best artists, native and Florida
friendly plants, locally produced artisanal foods, handmade crafts,
music, food trucks and more at APGD’s Spring Market at Audubon.

8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Free. Shuffleboard at Orlando’s Beardall Courts. Orlando’s Beardall Courts 800 Delaney Ave Orlando FL. 1st Saturday of each month. Free fun! https://www.facebook.com/OrlandoShuffle?notif_t=fbpage_fan_invite

Sunday April8, 2018

9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $275.00 for 6 classes.Crealde Urban Sketch Class. Crealde School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792. Urban Sketcher Thomas Thorspecken teaches you to sketch from studio subjects to the environment. Classroom sessions will
focus on sketching clothed models and progress towards sketching the
model and classroom environment. Learn how to incorporate storytelling
into your sketches in our location sessions. These trips to local venues
will challenge you to use your sketchbook the way a photojournalist
uses a camera. The six-week goal is to produce finished sketches using
pencil, pen, and watercolor within two hours. Main Campus

Room 1B.

11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $12. Locally Fresh. Enzian Theater 1300 S Orlando Ave, Maitland, Florida 32751. Feed all your senses! Central Florida foodies partner-up with local
filmmakers at this utterly unique (and mouth-watering) event—a festival
favorite! Filmmakers dig into the stock and trade of what makes Central
Florida delicious. Watch their documentaries, accompanied by cooking
demonstrations and sumptuous samples. A feast for the eyes and the taste
buds.
Locally Fresh! Farmers Market
Noon-2:30PM Free.
Lawn at Eden Bar
After Locally Fresh! Scrumptious Cinema, the lawn at Eden Bar
transforms into a Farmers Market, filled with local products fresh from
the field. Get to know Central Florida’s finest farmers and vendors, and
don’t miss this delicious opportunity to take some local goodies home
for your own feast.

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Family Day on the Second Sunday. The Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 East Princeton Street, Orlando, FL 32803. The make-and-take craft table is open from noon-2:30 p.m., and docents
are available to give mini-tours of the museum. Then it’s open house in
the galleries until 4:30 p.m.

Orlando Shuffle offers fun for the whole family.

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Old Game, New Year! The Orlando Shuffle  is being played on renovated courts at Beardall Senior Center (800 Delaney Ave, Orlando, Florida) on the first Saturday from 7pm to 9pm and third Saturday from 3pm to 5pm of every month. The Orlando Shuffle is free, and it’s family-friendly.  Retro attire is encouraged. The courts are located just south of downtown. This family friendly sport is gaining in popularity. Many shuffle board courts sit abandoned all around Orlando.  There are shuffle board courts at the Maitland Art Center but those courts are covered with dead leaves and I was told they are set to be demolished. There were some leaves on the Beardall courts but a young volunteer whisked them clean with a broom. City Commissioner Patty Sheehan was proud of the recent renovations to these courts that she helped spearhead. After speaking to me for a bit, she went off to play a heated match.

The game was played and gambled over by King Henry VIII of England, who prohibited commoners from playing; evidently he did not always win. The objective of the game is cue, called a tang to slide, all four of one’s
Weights alternately against those of an opponent, so that they reach the
highest scoring area without falling off the end of the board into the
alley. Furthermore, a player’s Weight(s) must be farther down the board
than his opponent’s Weight(s), in order to be in scoring position. This
may be achieved either by knocking off the opponent’s Weight(s), or by
outdistancing them. Horse collar, the most common form of the game, is
played to either 15 or, more typically, 21. Only the weights in front score.

I watched a husband, wife and their two children play. The wife was fiercely competitive and she won every game by a rather high margin.   There was some controversy about weather a weight on a line counts as a score. I couldn’t pick up all the basics just by watching and sketching. One gentleman really embraced the retro attire look with a sporty cap and vest. If you are looking for something playful to do on a Saturday night, I would definitely put the Orlando Shuffle on your calendar. I considered playing a game to see if I had any shuffle skills but instead decided I should get home to Terry to finish off my Saturday night..