Weekend Top 6 Picks for December 14 and 15, 2019

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Saturday December 14, 2019

9am to 3pm Free. Holiday Amaryllis Festival. Nehrling Gardens, 2267 Hempel Ave, Gotha, FL 34734. Pictures on the porch with Santa and Mrs Claus. Hybrid Amaryllis Bulbs and blooms. Nature themed vendors. Eco activities for kids.

6:30pm to 8:30pm Free. 7th Annual “Violectric Holiday Show”. Walt Disney Amphitheatre at Lake Eola Park located at 99 N Rosalind Avenue, Orlando, Florida. Following
another electrifying year of performances alongside legends like Wayne
Newton, Lady Gaga, Tim Burton, Morgan Freeman and Emeril Lagasse,
renowned “Vinylinist” and Founder of “Violectric” Michelle Jones will
join the talented musicians of the Central Florida strings. Free and open to the
public, the LIVE concert, presented by the City of Orlando Department of
Families, Parks and Recreation, will feature traditional holiday songs
like, “O Christmas Tree,” “The First Noel” and “Hanukkah, O Hanukkah”
mashed up with classic rock tunes and modern hits like “Born to Run,”
“Heroes” and “Sweet Dreams,” delivering a fun-filled, energetic and
highly-unique holiday show unlike anything seen and heard before.  Plus,
Violectric has teamed up again with Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando for
the pet-friendly show.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their pets, a
pet supply or make a donation to Pet Alliance.  View Pet Alliance “Wish
List” at https://petallianceorlando.org/ways-give/wish-list/.  

7:30pm to 9:30pm $50 Premium Seating (seating in front and center sections – Floor 2, Floor 3 and Floor 4 – and some CFCArts merchandise), $25 Premium Seating (seating in front and center sections – Floor 2, Floor 3 and Floor 4), $15 Prime Seating (seating in the center floor or center balcony – Floor 7, 8 and 9 and  Balcony 5) $10 Advance Standard Reserved Seating, $15 At-Door Standard Reserved Seating, Children 3 and under free. Tis the Season: A Holiday Extravaganza! Northland Church, 530 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750. This joyous holiday concert will have
you dashing into the most wonderful time of the year! Enjoy your
favorite holiday classics like “O Holy Night”, and “Deck the Halls”
while rocking around the Christmas Tree to some modern holiday hits!

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Sunday December 15, 2019

9am to 11am $10 for Guests, $5 for Mennello Museum Members. Yoga in the Mennello Museum Sculpture Garden.  Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E Princeton St, Orlando, Florida 32803. Fall is in the air and The last Sunday of every month is Yoga in the Sculpture Garden at Mennello Museum of American Art!
Start your Sunday morning out blissfully with a relaxing lakeside flow.
Practice is suitable for beginner to moderate levels and will be led by
certified instructors from Full Circle Yoga, Winter Park. Don’t forget
to bring your own mat and water to practice.
Learn more about becoming a museum member » mennellomuseum.org/support.

Your
practice also includes a complimentary pass to enjoy the museum’s
indoor exhibitions at your own leisure during our operating hours.

Full Circle Yoga Instructor: Sarabeth Jackson.

10am to Noon. Free. Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation Class. University, 5200 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811. The Method of Heartfulness A simple and practical way to experience the heart’s unlimited resources. 

Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Members
of the public are invited to visit our historic home museum on a Sunday
afternoon to listen to live music and take a tour of our historic home
museum and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents. 

Weekend Top 6 Picks for November 30 and December 1, 2019

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Saturday November 30, 2019

Noon to 9pm Free. FusionFest. Seneff Arts Plaza, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

FusionFest is
coming back to downtown Orlando on Thanksgiving weekend. Come share a
smile and your heritage and “you may discover just how different other
people really aren’t!” Discover the world through interactive
experiences and contests for food, fashion, spoken word, music, dance,
short-films and more.

10am to 4pm Free. Orlando Elks Vintage Faire. Elk Lodge 1079 12 N Primrose Drive Orlando FL. 

10:30pm to Midnight. Get some food and drink. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801. Passionate flamenco dancing set to acoustic guitar.



Sunday December 1, 2019

9am to 11pm Admission: $10 for Guests, $5 for Mennello Museum Members. Yoga in the Mennello Museum Sculpture Garden. Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E Princeton St, Orlando, Florida 32803. Fall is in the air and The last Sunday of every month is Yoga in the Sculpture Garden.
Start your Sunday morning out blissfully with a relaxing lakeside flow.
Practice is suitable for beginner to moderate levels and will be led by
certified instructors from Full Circle Yoga, Winter Park. Don’t forget
to bring your own mat and water to practice.
May Tickets and Yoga 3-Class Pack.
Learn more about becoming a museum member.
Your
practice also includes a complimentary pass to enjoy the museum’s
indoor exhibitions at your own leisure during our operating hours.
Full Circle Yoga Instructor: Sarabeth Jackson.

Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Members
of the public are invited to visit our historic home museum on a Sunday
afternoon to listen to live music and take a tour of our historic home
museum and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents.

Noon to 6pm Free. FusionFest. Seneff Arts Plaza, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

FusionFest is
coming back to downtown Orlando on Thanksgiving weekend. Come share a
smile and your heritage and “you may discover just how different other
people really aren’t!” Discover the world through interactive
experiences and contests for food, fashion, spoken word, music, dance,
short-films and more. 

Weekend Top 6 Picks for November 23 and 24, 2019

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Saturday November 23, 2019

2pm to 5pm Free. Sketch Crawl at Ivanhoe. Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32804. Come sketch with us along the historic stretch
of Orange Ave near Lake Ivanhoe once known as Antique Row. This area
offers glimpses of Orlando’s past with it’s 1900-era shop buildings
built along a railroad and also offers glimpses of the future with
construction of new high-rise apartments across from beautiful Lake
Ivanhoe. Unique shops, restaurants and bars line the stretch of this
easily walkable area.

Schedule:

Sketch crawl along Orange Ave from Washburn Imports towards Virginia
Dr. If you miss the meet up at 2pm, you will find us sketching along
this 3 block stretch.
Sketchbook Throwdown: 4:30pm at The Lucky Lure, 1427 N. Orange Ave, Orlando, FL.

Parking -lot on corner of Orange and New Hampshire across from Washburn
Imports, street parking along Orange Ave, NE Ivanhoe, Alden Rd, and a
small lot at Gaston Edwards Park at Lake Ivanhoe. Be aware, parking may
be time limited.

Tip: You may find yourself wanting to stay a bit
longer as Virginia Drive Jingle Eve begins at 5pm. Along Virginia Drive
there will be shopping, Christmas events, music, fireworks, and food.
After the meetup, a few of us may walk to this area to get food/drink
and sketch some more.

All drawing levels and skills are welcome.

Bring your sketchbook and sketching supplies of your choice. As this
event is OUTDOORS be prepared with drinking water, a hat, portable
chair/stool, and appropriate clothes for the weather.

5pm to ? Free. 2019 Jingle Eve.  Ivanhoe Village North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32804.
12 Wines of Christmas, Santa’s Village, live music, food trucks,
vendors and more! Last year we had over 3,000 visitors on this night to
remember.

5pm too 7pm Free. McRae Studios Open House to Feature Guest Artists Victor Bokas and Matthew Cornell. McRae Art Studios 1000 Arlington Street in Orlando. On-site parking is available. McRae Art Studios’ 2019 Holiday Open Housewill serve up art works by its 22 members and former McRae members Victor Bokasand Matthew Cornell. The annual event at McRae (mcraeartstudios.com)
gives artcollectors and gift-givers a unique opportunity to browse
artist studios, visitwith the artists and purchase original art.
Hundreds of original art works willbe available including paintings,
pastels, drawings, photographs, mixed media,sculpture, jewelry and
ceramics. The open house is free and open to the public.

Sunday November 24, 2019

10am to Noon. Free. Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation Class. University, 5200 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811. The Method of Heartfulness A simple and practical way to experience the heart’s unlimited resources. 

11am to Noon $5 Yoga. Lake Eola near red gazebo.

Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Brian Hayes. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Members
of the public are invited to visit our historic home museum on a Sunday
afternoon to listen to live music and take a tour of our historic home
museum and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for September 28 and 29, 2019

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Saturday September 28, 2019 

10am to 5pm. Adults $8. Accidental Historian. Orange County Regional History Center 65 E. Central Blvd. Orlando, Florida 32801. You might be a historian without even realizing it! That’s certainly
true of many bloggers, urban sketchers, photographers, and more. In this
engaging exhibition, created at the History Center, learn how
individuals who are absorbed in documenting the world of today
accidentally become some of Central Florida’s finest historians for the
future. Catch a glimpse into some of our favorite collections that were
created for the now – more than 100 years ago.

The Accidental Historian features both historic and
contemporary work and collections, including drawings by the renowned
artist and teacher Ralph Bagley and Urban Sketchers Orlando, poetry by
Orlando’s inaugural poet laureate Susan Lilley, audiovisual work by food
blogger Ricky Ly, historic images by photographer T.P. Robinson, and
more. Also on display is a tower of my sketchbooks from documenting Orlando Arts and Culture over the last 8 years.

7pm to 9pm  Free. Brewery Tour. Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave, Orlando, FL.

10:30pm to Midnight. Free but get food and or drink. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801. 

Sunday September 29, 2019

11am to Noon. $5 Yoga. Lake Eola near red gazebo. 

Noon to 2pm Free. Bobby Koelble Presents Jazz in the Garden. 1300 S Denning Dr, Winter Park, FL 32789.  Join
us as we enjoy an afternoon of electric Jazz music, tasty food, craft
cocktails, and shopping in a beautiful, serene setting all while helping
to benefit Mead Botanical Garden.

Bobby Koelble Presents Jazz in
the garden, is a series of Jazz concerts that will be hosted by Mead
Botanical Garden. The shows, that will fall on the last Sunday of the
month from September thru November, will consist of world class
musicians performing a collection of your favorite Jazz standards with a
twist. 

There will be food and beverages available for purchase,
a shopping area curated by Suzette’s One Of A Kind Finds, as well as a
limited number of VIP passes which will include a brunch buffet catered
by Bites and Bubbles, beer or cocktail and a VIP viewing area.

7:30pm to 9:30pm $10-$20 suggested donation. Please also bring food or wine to share.  CF2’s 7th Annual Composer DIY Salon Concert.  Timucua 2000 S Summerlin Ave, Orlando, Florida 32806. For
seven years, Central Florida Composers Forum (CF2) has been offering
its members a first-come, first-on, get-er-done yerself opportunity to
present work to the Orlando/Central Florida public. The composers
themselves perform or arrange for the performers. That always means a
wider variety of sonic possibilities than a more typical, curated CF2
concert featuring a unified instrumentation.

This program
features Rebekah Todia’s Crossing The Bar, for piano and voice; Melody
Cook’s For Two Voices, No. 2, for clarinet and piano; Holly Cordero’s
Personified Bliss, for string quartet, Bob Jr.’s Conjure the Storm, for
piano, guitar, bass, and drums; Paul Austin Sanders’ electronic
compositions Danze Africanne, Spirit of the East, and Bop Latinesque;
and premieres of Alex Burtzos’ X Codes, for violin, clarinet, and piano,
and also his Perforation, for solo piano.

All ears are welcome.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for September 7 and 8, 2019

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This month’s concert held at the Timucua White HouseSaturday September 7, 2019

9am to 5pm. $50-$68  Florida Blog Con. Full Sail University, 3300 University Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792. The
Florida Blogger and Social Media Conference (aka #FLBlogCon) is a
one-day gathering of the state’s biggest bloggers, social media pros,
content creators, marketing and PR pros, and online influencers. Now in
our 9th year, the FLBlogcon planning team is excited to present once
again a day packed with break-out sessions, hands-on classes, and
informative keynotes.

4pm to 7pm Free. Found Spaces: New Paintings by Robert Ross. Arts on Douglas Gallery, 123 Douglas St., New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168. Sept.
7-28, 2019. The show, Found Spaces: New Paintings by Robert Ross, will
feature 38 brand-new art works I created over the past year exploring
interiors and landscape spaces. The exhibit includes a series of
10×10-inch paintings called “DOMUS” that riff on the classic geometry of
domestic spaces.

10:30pm to 12:30am Free but get food and drink. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801. 

Sunday September 8, 2019 

9:30am to 12:30pm $275 Crealde Urban Sketching Class. Crealde School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792. I am instructing this 6 week course in Sunday mornings.  Learn to sketch from subject 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. Skill level: Intermediate.

Noon to 2pm Free. 10th International Urban Sketchers Symposium Travelogue by USk Orlando.  Sam Flax Orlando 1800 East Colonial Drive 2nd Floor Orlando, FL 32803. Join USk Orlando as we show and tell what we gained from the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Amsterdam! We’ll meet at Sam Flax on Sunday, 9/08 at 12pm.

trav·e·logue

/ˈtravəˌlôɡ/

noun

a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.

Join us as we present a travelogue of our personal experiences at the 10th International Urban Sketchers Symposium held in 2019 in the beautiful city of Amsterdam. We will have a Q&A session, show & tell of our sketches done on location during the symposium, and demonstrations of workshops. Stay after and shop at the artist’s mecca, Sam Flax, then join us for a traditional Drink & Draw at Dandelion Communitea Café.

“The Dutch capital city has a history that dates back to the 13th century, and nowadays is a world city with historic as well as modern architecture. It has inspired artists for centuries with its idyllic bridges, canal houses and cobblestones.Amsterdam hosts 180 nationalities so everyone will feel right at home. It has everything you need for spending the perfect day in the City. Hosting world-class museums, it’s not just decked with old canals, charming gabled facades, drawbridges, and windmills but also with cutting edge modern design like the EYE Film museum. Truly an urban sketchers paradise.” http://www.urbansketchers.org/p/usk-amsterdam-2019_99.html

2pm to 4pm $5 Film Slam. Enzian Theater, South Orlando Avenue, Maitland, FL. Originally
a project of University of Central Florida’s Downtown Media Arts
Center, Enzian became the home of FilmSlam when DMAC closed in 2006. FilmSlam will usually be held on the second Sunday of each month at 1PM at Enzian.

Weekend Top 6 Picks

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Saturday August 31 and September 1, 2019

10am to 4pm Free. Sanford Farmers Market. First and Magnolia Sanford Fl.

10am to 4pm Free. Orlando Elks Vintage Faire. Elk Lodge 1079 12 N Primrose Drive Orlando FL.

10:30pm to Midnight Free but order drinks and food. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801.

Sunday September 1, 2019 Labor Day

10am to Noon. Free. Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation Class. University, 5200 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811. The Method of Heartfulness A simple and practical way to experience the heart’s unlimited resources. 

7pm to 9pm Free. Movie Night. Old Town. 5770 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34746. Sunday nights are movie nights at Old Town with a family-friendly
showing happening weekly at 7pm. These are free to attend, but be sure
to bring chairs and grab snacks from the nearby vendors to complete your
viewing experience. Labor Day Weekend’s showing will be Herbie: Fully
Loaded.  

4pm to 1am Free. Raglan Road. 8th Annual ‘Great Irish Hooley’ Music Festival. 1640 Buena Vista Dr, Orlando, FL 32830. A boutique Irish music festival with a colorful live playlist of
traditional Irish, Celt grass, folk, blues and soul. The festival will
also include Celtic face painting, Hooley-crafted cocktails plus
creative new bites by the pub’s inventive culinary team. The pub also
will introduce a new local craft beer collaboration with Crooked Can
Brewing: the Devil’s Foot Blackberry Golden Ale. And Raglan Road also
will serve the delicious Rollicking Raglan Brunch Saturday, August 31
through Monday, September 2.

FREE Admission, food and drink prices vary

Weekend Top 6 Picks July 29 and 30, 2019

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Saturday July 29, 2019

8am to 1pm Free. Parramore Farmers Market. The east side of the Orlando City Stadium, across from City View. Purchase
quality, fresh and healthy food grown in your own neighborhood by local
farmers, including Fleet Farming, Growing Orlando, and other community
growers.

10am to 4pm Free. Orlando Elks Vintage Faire. Elk Lodge 1079 12 N Primrose Drive Orlando FL.

10:30pm to Midnight.  Free but get a drink or food. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801.   Hot blooded flamenco dancing set to acoustic guitar.


Sunday July 30, 2019

10am to Noon. Free. Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation Class. University, 5200 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811. The Method of Heartfulness A simple and practical way to experience the heart’s unlimited resources. 

Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Beautiful Music with Shannon Caine. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Members
of the public are invited to visit the historic home museum on a Sunday
afternoon from 12 to 3 pm, listen to live music and take a tour of our
historic home museum and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained
docents.

10pm to midnight. Comedy Open Mic. Free but get a coffee. Austin’s Coffee 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out and laugh, or give it a try yourself.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for May 11 and 12, 2019

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Saturday May 11, 2019

10am to Noon Free. Empty The Tanks Worldwide. Outside entrance to Sea World Orlando, 7007 Sea World Dr, Orlando, FL 32821. Empty The Tanks worldwide is a global event which aims to raise
awareness of the truth behind Sea World and other captive marine animal
facilities. This is a day for everyone around the world to stand up
against marine mammal captivity. The abuse and exploitation of these
sentient beings has no place in the 21st century.

4pm to 6pm Free. Young Voices. JB Callaman Center 102 North Parramore Ave Orlando FL. Teen Open Mic Every second Saturday of the Month.

10:30pm to 12:30pm Get food and drink. Son Flamenco.  Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801. Hot blooded  Flamenco dancing set to acoustic guitar.

Sunday May 12, 2019

10am to 4pm Free. Lake Eola Farmers Market. Lake Eola, Orlando, FL 32801.

Noon to 1pm Free. Yoga. Near red gazebo in Lake Eola Park. Bring your own mat.

1pm to 4:30pm Free. Family Day. 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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for March 9 and 10, 2019

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Saturday March 9, 2019

4pm to 6pm Free. Young Voices. JB Callaman Center 102 North Parramore Ave Orlando FL. Teen Open Mic Every second Saturday of the Month.

8pm to 10pm $5. Second Saturdays in Sanford. 202 S Sanford Ave, Sanford, FL. Live music event featuring 2 stages, drink specials and more.

10:30pm to 12:30am Free. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL.  Hot blooded flamenco dancing to acoustic guitar.

Sunday March 10, 2019

10 am to Noon Free. Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation Class. University, 5200 Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL 32811. The Method of Heartfulness A simple and practical way to experience the heart’s unlimited resources.

1:30pm to 5pm Free but get food and drink. Florida Gospel Jam. Fish on Fire 7937 Daetwyler Drive Belle Island FL. Non Denominational Gospel open mic Every 2nd and 4th Sunday.

10pm to midnight. Free but get a coffee. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out and laugh, or give it a try yourself.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for March 2 and 3, 2019

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Saturday March 2, 2019

8pm to 11pm Free. The Tremolords + The Wildtones. The Veranda Live 707 E. Washington St., Orlando, Florida 32801. Real. Raw. Rock and Roll.

Doors 7pm … Bands play 8-11pm

8pm to 10pm Free. Shuffleboard.  Orlando’s Beardall Courts 800 Delaney Ave Orlando FL. Shuffleboard at Orlando’s Beardall Courts at 800 Delaney Ave on the 1st Saturday of each month.

10:3pm to 12:30am Get a drink and or food. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL. Hot blooded flamenco dancing to acoustic guitar.

Sunday March 3, 2019

10am to Noon. Free. Enchanted Nature Walkabout. Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 S Denning Dr, Winter Park, FL 32789.  After all the enchanted guides health issues this past year, he plan to conduct his first
official walkabout at Mead Gardens on March 3rd, which
is s Fae Day (03/03).

2pm to 6pm Knives Out.  The Glass Knife, 276 Orlando Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Critic read select reviews of past Brian Feldman performances.

10pm to midnight. Free but get a coffee. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out and laugh, or give it a try yourself.