Saturday October 3, 2015.

11pm to 1pm. Free. Book Launch Party: Perspective Made Easy by Robbie Lee. Bookmark It 3201 Corrine Drive, Suite 109, Orlando, Florida. What better way to celebrate Florida Bookstore Day than with a Book Launch Party! Join local illustrator, beloved art teacher and now AUTHOR, Robbie Lee, on Saturday, October 3 for the launch of his new book “Perspective Made Easy” by Impact Press (2015).

Besides giving us a peak into his creative process, Robbie will be leading hands-on drawing demonstrations, so bring your imagination! Delicious treats will be provided by Audubon Park favorites La Femme du Fromage and Bikes, Beans and Bordeaux. Budding artists of all ages welcome!

Designed to teach readers of all skill levels how to draw the world around them- everything from cars, rooms, and landscapes to rockets, furniture, and pants- with realistic and convincing depth, Perspective Made Easy’s format is a colorful blend of a comic and traditional step-by-step instruction.

Plus rumor has, it’s pretty dang funny too.

1pm to 4pm Free. Fan Faire 2015. Hart Memorial Central Library, 211 East Dakin Avenue, Kissimmee, Fl. The time has come, geeks one and all, for our yearly Fan Faire! A comic-con celebrating all fandoms. If you love Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, GoT, OUaT, LOTR, Anime, Manga, Comics, Pixie Hollow, Minecraft, or more, cosplay your best and join the rest! Games, prizes, costume contests, and crafts aplenty. View presentations by experts and shop local artists.

Check out our website!

Presenters:

Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament – Orlando

Grand Artifice at www.fb.com/GrandArtifice

7pm to 9 pm. Free. Functionally Literate presents: Padgett Powell. Celebrate 3 years of Functionally Literate, plus Florida Bookstore Day, and the release of Padgett Powell’s latest book: Cries for Help, Various.

Readings begin shortly after 7pm and feature: Padgett Powell, Rebbecca Evanhoe & Beth McKee.

Free & open to the public.

Beer & wine by donation.

Books for sale by Bookmark It Bookstore.

Book signing to follow the reading.

This event is part of Burrow Press’ 5-year anniversary double-header. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to Burrow, or purchasing tickets to our October 7th Literary Death Match. More info here: burrowpress.com/tix

Sunday October 4, 2015.

3pm to 5 pm. Free. Pine Castle Historical Society quarterly meeting. Pine Castle Woman’s Club 5901 South Orange Ave, Orlando FL 32809 (at the corner of Oak Ridge Road).Christie Woods will present on the Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library as a potential vision for our new Pine Castle History Center.
Please join us for snacks and root beer floats courtesy of our local A&W!

9pm to 11pm. Free.  Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee: 929 W Fairbanks Ave Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out & laugh, or give it a try yourself.

9pm to 11pm. Free. Solo Acoustic Spoken Word. Natura Coffee & Tea, 12078 Collegiate Way, Orlando, FL. 407 482-5000

Saturday September 19, 2015

11am to 9pm Free. Art in Odd Places (Tone) Orlando, FL – Downtown, Magnolia St. from Anderson St. to Washington St. Tone is a visual and performance public art festival to take place on September 17-20 in downtown Orlando. Florida. Artworks and performances will engage and collaborate with the public and public spaces from artists of all disciplines, experiences and mediums.

6pm to 8pm Free. Brewery Tour. Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave, Orlando, FL. Weekly.

7pm to 9pm Free. The Orlando Shuffle. Beardall Senior Center, 800 Delaney Avenue, Orlando, FL. Between Orange and Delaney Avenues. The Orlando Shuffle is always free, family-friendly, and fun. It takes place the 1st and 3rd Saturdays every month. Come play, learn, or just hangout. Retro attire is encouraged.

Sunday September 20, 2015

11am to 4pm Free. Art in Odd Places (Tone)
Orlando, FL – Downtown, Magnolia St. from Anderson St. to Washington
St. Tone is a visual and performance public art festival to take place
on September 17-20 in downtown Orlando. Florida. Artworks and performances will engage and collaborate with the public and public
spaces from artists of all disciplines, experiences and mediums.

5:30pm to ? $10 Southern Fried Sunday Country Covers Edition and Food Drive for Ferncreek Elementary. Wills Pub 1042 N Mills Ave, Orlando, Florida.  SFS is a special Country Covers edition of Southern Fried Sunday with performances by Giddy Up Go, Brian Chodorcoff and Bruce Schweizer, Rickey Dicken sand The Revival, Bobby Sanders Band, Tampa’s Will Quinlan, Jackson Rodgers & Stephen Rock with Guests, Bradenton’s Blue Mason Barter, Brian Chodorcoff and Wheeler Newman and Kaci-Jo Hibbard with Guests playing sets of tunes by some of country music’s most well known musicians at Will’s Pub and lil indies.

As always Free BBQ Dinner complements of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and Poca’s Hottest and chef’d up by Mykal Williams will be served to all in attendance until it’s gone.

Doors at 5:30pm, Dinner at 6:30pm, get there early to get it!

This event is a food drive in conjunction with 1 in 4 Strike Against Hunger Project to help provide non-perishable food for the children of Ferncreek Elementary w/ $2 off the $10 cover with donation.

9pm to 11pm Free. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out & laugh, or give it a try yourself.

Saturday September 12, 2015

 9am to 3pm Free. Sanford Farmers Market. Sanford on First & Magnolia. Weekly on Saturday.

6:30pm to 10:30pm $20 VIP/ $15 General Admission/$10 Students Play-In-A-Day 2015. Lake Howell High School, 4200 Dike Road, Winter Park, FL. Kick-Off the 2015-16 Beth Marshal Presents season with our annual community favorite theatrical event, Play-In-A-Day. Over 100 artists work together to create short plays that are fully presented within the course of a 24-hours.

9:30pm to 11:30pm Free but get some food and drink.  Son Flamenco. Hot blooded Spanish Flamenco dancing. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL. Weekly on Saturday.

Sunday September 13, 2015

Noon to 4:30pm Free Family Day. The Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 East Princeton Street, Orlando, FL. 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.

Noon to 4pm Free. Educator Open House & Book Fair. Bookmark It 3201 Corrine Drive, Suite 109, Orlando, Florida. At Bookmark It we believe that creating a personal connection to books is one of the best ways to instill a love of reading in a child. So to kick off the school year, and provide educators an opportunity create programming that brings local, accomplished writers into the school or classroom, we have invited over 20 Central Florida authors/illustrators to join us for a special Central Florida Educators Open House/Book Fair on Sunday, September 13th from noon-4pm in East End Market’s beautiful APEX meeting space.

The casual open house setting will allow teachers to meet authors in person, preview (and purchase) their titles, collect school visit information, and review any specially designed curriculum or teaching tools that accompany their books. Rounding out the event will be a special pop-up ‘bookstore’ for school purchases offering a 20% educators discount and free school delivery for special orders.

Additionally, representatives from local, award-winning non-profit Page15.org will be available for questions regarding their free after school programming for at-risk kids and annual creative writing teen anthology contest.

1pm to 3pm $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. Now in its fifth year at Enzian, FilmSlam continues to be a popular outlet for indie and student filmmakers throughout the State of Florida.

FilmSlam will usually be held on the second Sunday of each month at 1PM at Enzian.

Come Celebrate Independents Day!

Saturday August 22, 2015

11am to 6pm Free. Big Bang Bazaar. Central Florida Fairgrounds & Expositions Park 4603 W Colonial Dr, Orlando, Florida. We are pleased to announce that Big Bang Bazaar (Indie Art, Crafts and Vintage Bazaar) will take place at a new indoor venue this year! The event is family friendly and appropriate for all ages!

Big Bang Bazaar will feature a curated selection of over 200 local Indie artists and crafters, along with a free photo booth, Orlando Psycho City Derby Girls and movies playing all day! Shoppers will find a wide variety of goods, all handmade by local artisans! Products such as clothing, accessories, jewelry, original art, art prints, housewares and much more will be available for purchase!

For more information about this event, please visit the website, or on Facebook.

Noon to 4pm Free. Homegrown Rummage Sale!! (to benefit the Co-op). Homegrown Local Food Cooperative 2310 N Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida. ONE DAY ONLY! Come and find great deals on clothing, shoes, housewares, art, vintage, small furniture items, etc., at the Homegrown Local Food Cooperative. All proceeds will benefit Homegrown.

7:30pm to 10:30pm Free. Michele Roldan-Shaw’s Farewell Reading. Kerouac House 1418 Clouser Ave, Orlando, Florida. Please join us for Michele’s farewell reading. Doors will open at 7:30, and light refreshments will be available. You are welcome to bring something you’d like to drink.

Sunday August 23, 2015

10am to 6pm Free. Moving and Yart Sale. 10313 Brownwood Ave. Orlando Fl.  The Migas are moving, that means we will have some unique items we are parting with. Please come and help give our stuff a new home. We will post pics of most items as we set them aside.

Noon to 2pm Free but grab some grub. Florida Gospel Jam. Fish on Fire 7937 Daetwyler Drive Belle Isle FL. Every 2nd and 4th Sunday.

1pm to 3pm Free.  Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL East lawn near the red Pagoda. Every week.

Saturday August 8, 2015

6:15pm to 10pm $150 Orlando’s Taste of the Nation. Orlando World Center Marriott

8701 World Center Dr., Orlando FL. Orlando’s Taste of the Nation® for No Kid Hungry brings together the
area’s top chefs who donate their time, talent and passion to end
childhood hunger in Central Florida. Along with culinary delights,
guests have the opportunity to sample select wines, cocktails and
premium beers and enjoy silent and live auctions and entertainment.
Every dollar raised fights hunger and homelessness in the Central
Florida. Local beneficiaries include Coalition for the Homeless of
Central Florida and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.

Participating Restaurants:

4Rivers Smokehouse and The Coop

A Land Remembered at Rosen Shingle Creek

Artist Point at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort

B Resort and Spa and American Q

B.B. King’s Blues Club

Black Fire Bull

Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine

Cafe Tu Tu Tango

Cala Bella Restaurant at Rosen Shingle Creek

Capa at Four Seasons Resort Orlando

The Capital Grille Orlando and Millenia

Cress Restaurant

Cuba Libre

Dragonfly Robata Sushi & Grill

Emeril’s Tchoup Chop

Empress Sissi Cake & Pastry Specialties

Fresh Point

Fulton’s Crab House, Downtown Disney

Highball and Harvest at Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes

Itta Bena

JJ’s Grille

JW Marriott

K Restaurant and Wine Bar

Lafayette’s Music Room

Marlow’s Tavern

MOOR at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center

Old Hickory Steakhouse at Gaylord Palms Resort

Opa Orlando

Orlando Airport Marriott Lakeside

Orlando World Center Marriott

Red Wing Restaurant

Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld

Seasons 52 Fresh Grill

SeaWorld Orlando

Second Harvest Food Bank – Culinary Training Program

Soco Thornton Park

Symphony Pastries

Tapa Toro Tapas Bar

Three2OH Ice Cream

TR Fire Grill

Universal Orlando Resort

Urban Tide Hyatt Regency

The Whiskey

Yak and Yeti Restaurant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

8pm to 2am $10 at the door. The Scene II” Alternative HipHop Music  and Art Festival. Venue 578, 578 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL. “The Scene” is an Awesome Interactive Art and Music event in Downtown Orlando that celebrates ALL elements of alternative Hip Hop. Featuring local bands – MC’s – Spoken Word Artists – B-Boys/Girls and more, all under one roof with many entertaining surprises in between! Witness LIVE graffiti and art demo’s on the patio from some of Central Florida’s best artists! There will be over two dozen vendors and designers throughout the venue! Our goal for ‘The Scene 2015’ is to create consumer awareness in Orlando’s Alternative Hip Hop scene. By connecting local bands and artists with local businesses, we help merge and familiarize each other’s fan bases. Together we are a Cultural Marketplace.

Performances By: Phraydoe Peans and The Family Gang – AmIam – Kallahann The Coolest – Bezz Believe – Chico Money – Trini Elav8 – MC Freak – Afrodeeeshzzz – Twan D – Overlordz – Shaman Treez – Andrew Ramos – Fp The Freshman – Mehsi – Colby Stiltz – Split Soul – International Rob – Rogue Mob – Nosis – Mehsi – Identified Truth – GanK Green Gang – Darkchocolate Blackwell – Crescendo Merc – Infy Nite TraxX – International Rob – Deuce Deuce – Colby Stiltz – Jrue Smith -Red Sky – Lu berra And Josh Dollars – Kerryspace – Pudgeylocs – Quest 4 Life – SIRE – Boogs malone – StillTeamGreen – OG SHINOBI NINJA.

8pm to 10pm Free. Jupiter Groove. The Copper Rocket Pub 106 Lake Ave, Maitland, Florida. Jupiter Groove will be at the all new The Copper Rocket Pub!

Sunday August 9, 2015

10am to 10pm Nerd Fest. Weekend Pass – $50. the biggest and best annual multi-day nerd party!

Part music festival, part family reunion, all fun!

Dates are August 7-10, 2015!

Aug 7 and 10 are FREE and at The Geek Easy

Aug 8 and 9 are ($27 each day or $50 for the weekend) at the Orlando Science Center

All ticket sales go directly to benefit the Orlando Science Center to support science and education!

Noon to 4:30pm Free. Family Day on the Second Sunday. Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 East Princeton Street, Orlando, FL. 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.

9pm 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 & laugh, or give it a try yourself.