Weekend Top 6 Picks for March 7th and 8th.

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Saturday March 7, 2015

10am to Midnight $59 Circus World II REUNION. International Palms Resort & Conference Center Orlando, 6515 International Dr, Orlando, FL. Clown meetings, dancer meetings, etc. Contact Dan Stapleton at magicdanstap4u@aol.com.

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

8pm to 10pm Free. Shuffleboard at 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 March 8, 2015

9am to 1:30pm Porche Rally. Advanced registration is $40 per car. Day of rally registration is $45 per car.

Millenia Motors, 1020 Charles Street, Longwood, FL. The 29th Annual Challenge / Charity Rally to Benefit the Russell Home for Children. Registration form on our website.

You will be given the chance to drive your car through some of the best roads and unspoiled areas in Central Florida. Schedule for the Rally: 9:00 Registration begins. 9:30  Continental . Breakfast and Concours.  10:00  Drivers Meeting. For questions, email Bill Davis @ wmd968@gmail.com.

Noon to 5pm Free but get a drink. Sunday’s with Smiling Dan. The Falcon Bar & Gallery, 819 East Washington Street, Orlando, FL. DJ spinning tunes.

1pm to 3pm Free. Script Reading Workshop. Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show, 8267 International Drive, Orlando, FL. Read and workshop plays.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for February 28th and March 1st.

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Saturday February 28, 2015

10am to 2pm Orlando Sketch Tour with Kelly Medford and Thomas Thorspecken. Saturday and Sunday Each workshop day is $125, or $200 for both days Lake Eola Park 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, Florida 32801 We will meet at the Red Pagoda.  Orlando Sketch Tours offers visitors a chance to slow
down, see and sketch the true Orlando outside of theme parks.  For all levels, NO experience is required.

All materials provided, just bring yourself.
Your sketch kit includes:
pencil and sharpener
waterproof drawing pen
waterbrush
travel sized watercolor kit
5×7 inch watercolor artist journal
a zippered supply bag to hold everything

4pm to 10pm Free. Blues and BBQ. Downtown Winter Garden Pavilion Plant Street Winter Garden FL.


6pm to 8pm Free. Energy for the Arts. 3415 Bartlett Blvd, Orlando, Florida.

Event Overview: Join us at OK.-energy’s first Annual “Energy for the Arts” Event. We will be providing you with an exciting evening of entertainment including, original artwork by local Artists, live music, drinks, food, Artist vendors, photo opportunity and more. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to celebrate Orlando’s cultural scene.

Original Artwork from:
Chris Tobar Rodriguez Tobar Art Market
Peterson J Guerrier Guerrier Studios
Morgan Wilson Morgan Wilson (Lux Nova Studio)
Miguel Angel Macillust
Brandon Geurts Brandon Geurts..
Randall Smith Randall Paints
Ginger Leigh
and more to come!

We will be holding a raffle for prizes, including some special treats from
Orlando City Soccer Club
-Orlando Solar Bears
more to come!
Cause:
In addition to bringing more exposure to this City’s wonderful Cultural scene, we would like to also help by supporting the scene with funds that will continue to allow Artists, venues, locals, businesses the opportunity to flourish as a community. Funds raised will go towards putting on the event and all the remaining will be donated directly to the Downtown Arts District.


Sunday March 1, 2015

1pm to 3pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL. Every week. An advantage to doing yoga this weekend is that you might get sketched by Urban Sketchers!

2pm to 10pm Donation. 4th Annual Lee Swimmer Memorial Benefit for the Orlando Union Rescue Mission. The Cork Room Bar and Grille, 671 South Goldenrod Road, Orlando, FL. Come Rock ‘n’ Roll to help the homeless community of Orlando at Cork Room Orlando in memory of one of Orlando’s great talents, Lee Swimmer. We lost Lee way too soon–he was, at age 17, lead guitarist for Edgar Winter–played in a number of local and regional bands including Fat Chance and Tight Shoes.
Lee wanted to use his talent to help the homeless so in his honor we do so.
Raffle prizes including guitars and more.
Non smoking event!
Last year we raised almost $3600 — lets see if we can do it again!!


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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for February 21st and 22nd.

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Saturday February 21, 2015

9am to 3pm Free. The Orlando Wetlands Festival. Orlando Wetlands Park, 25155 Wheeler Rd, Christmas, Florida. The Orlando Wetlands Festival promises to be the “Best Wetlands Festival in the United States!” In addition to numerous guided wildlife and plant life tours, there will be bird-banding and mist-netting demonstrations, as well as live music and wildlife shows. IBEX Puppetry brings  our endangered species puppets to life for your family at the  Orlando Wetlands Park .

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

8am to 10pm Free. Robert Metcalf’s Farewell Reading. Kerouac House 1418 Clouser Ave, Orlando, Florida. Please join us in saying a very fond farewell to our writer-in-residence Rob Metcalf. He will be reading at about 8 p.m. at the Kerouac House.

Sunday February 22, 2015

10am to Noon Free. Super Joy Riders. Eastern entrance of the Lake Eola Farmers’ Market.

 Participants dress as superheroes and ride en masse around the city as they check off their scavenger hunt-like list of Do Gooder Duties; collecting litter, helping senior citizens cross the road, returning shopping carts, basically performing small acts of kindness for an hour and a half of hilarity and love.

The Super Joy Riders: Do Gooder Bike Ride is an exercise in community organizing and active engagement. We hope to use the ride as an opportunity to show how helping people can be simple, fun, and easy, especially while wearing a cape. You + Superhero Costume + Bike = Best Sunday Ever

11am to 5pm Free. Dragon Parade Lunar New Year Festival 2015. Orlando Fashion Square 3201 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, Florida. Lunar New Year is the most important festival celebrated in Asia. In countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many Asian organizations hold large celebrations and parades to share the culture. Cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sydney and London have already held many successful Lunar New Year Parades which attract thousands and thousands audiences.

This year, Asia Trend Magazine together with Mills 50 – Orlando Main street District, REACH of Central Florida (Recognizing Educating Asian Cultural Heritage) and Y.E.S.S. (Youth Enrichment and Senior Services) joined hands to organize the Central Florida local community Dragon Parade Lunar New Year Festival on February 22th, 2015 to celebrate the Year of the Goat. The festival starts at 11am with a community parade (begins at Orlando Fashion Square Parking lot and ends at Orlando Fashion Square front entrance) followed by a 5-hour festival which takes place at Orlando Fashion Square lobby stage. Come experience the Asian culture with cultural performances, exotic Asian food, Arts and Crafts and exhibitions. Admission is free.

You are invited to be part of this community event by becoming a sponsor, a vendor, or a participant. For vendor and parade information, please email DragonParadeCFL@gmail.com or 407-205-2808.

6pm to 8pm Free, just get a drink or a bite.  Shut Your Face! Poetry Slam by Curtis Meyer! La Casa De La Paellas 10414 E Colonial Dr Orlando Florida. The only current ongoing slam in Orlando officially certified by Poetry Slam Incorporated, IE. Send a team to Nationals as well as poets to The Individual World Poetry Slam & Women of The World Poetry Slam! $50 to the winner! If you’ve never seen or been in a slam before, it’s definitely worth checking out!

INFO: curtisxmeyer@hotmail.com

Weekend Top 6 Picks for February 14th and 15th.

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Saturday February 14, 2015 Valentines Day!

10:30am to 5pm Free. Old Florida Outdoor Festival. Northwest Recreation Center 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway Apopka, FL.  Puppet parades, workshops and crafts, and our musical garden in Apopka, Florida for a weekend highlighting the outdoor lifestyle! The Old Florida Outdoor Festival will feature birding, fishing, hunting, shooting sports, Highwaymen art, kids activities, a local farmer’s market, backyard chili cook-off, Dock Dogs, and Florida Barbecue Association BBQ cook-off.

2pm to 7pm Free. Indie-Folkfest. The Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 East Princeton Street, Orlando, FL. A new Valentine’s day twist on an old tradition! The Mennello Museum of American Art updates the traditional Orlando Folk Festival with a new Valentine’s Day family affair, with music, special picnic-box cuisine, craft cocktails, music and art. A free sweetheart of an afternoon and evening, from 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, February 14th in the Sculpture Gardens, overlooking the lake. The very best aspects of the annual Orlando Folk Festival come together for the debut Indie-Folkfest at The Mennello Museum – and it will all be squeezed into one special afternoon and evening on Valentine’s Day 2015.

Mark your calendar for this free affair that’s a gift from the museum’s City of Orlando Board of Trustees. The festival is produced by Genevieve Bernard, also producer of the Kids Fringe Festival that arrives in May to the same grounds of the Mennello Museum. Holding down the music stage is the irrepressible Joseph Martens and his sweetheart of a wife, Jessie. The couple will play emcees to the string of local musicians, as well as perform as their duo project, Juno Smile. Also confirmed to play is Eugene Snowden of The Legendary JCs. And there will be a special Twilight Concert to finish off the evening! The artist marketplace will take on a sweeping Valentine theme, with art and crafts for sale by longtime festival favorites, as well as newcomers. Create custom Valentine’s Day cards and ribbon sticks at the make-and-take art station. Bring a picnic basket or indulge in our special picnic-box cuisine developed by local establishments, which will be available for sale, along with extraordinary craft cocktail.

6pm to Midnight $25 Nude Nite. Warehouse 5051 LB Mcleod Rd. Orlando FL.

TICKETS: Available online or at door  (ATM onsite) $25

WHO: 21 and Over, ID Required

PARKING: Valet/Self Parking

FOOD: Provided for Purchase by Uncommon Catering

Beef
Tenderloin Slider, Portabella Mushroom Slider, Cheese Plate, Antipasti
Plate, Crab Cakes, Tuna Nachos, Chocolate Covered Strawberries.

Sunday February 15, 2015.

 5:30pm to 7:30pm $7 Southern Fried Sunday’s After-Folk Fest Show w/ PALEFACE, Hannha Harber (Band), Heckfire & Joseph Martens! (Thomas Wynn & Daniel Hanson at Indies). Will’s Pub 1042 N Mills Ave, Orlando, Florida. We are thrilled that we’re teaming up with The Mennello Museum of American Art’s Indie-Folk Fest to make February 14th & 15th a sweetheart weekend of music! Southern Fried Sunday at Will’s Pub on 2/15 will feature sets by touring duo, indie ­folk icon, Ramseur Records recording artist PALEFACE, along with Hannah Harber with a full band, HECKFIRE & an opening set by Indie-Folk Fest host Joseph Martens PLUS after show sets at lil indies by Thomas Wynn and Daniel Hanson! SFS BBQ Dinner provided by Will’s Pub, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company’s NOONER Pilsner is included in the $7 Cover and will be yumm’d up by Mykal Williams and Poca’s Hottest Sauces.
SFS will have a booth at Saturday 2/14’s packed full of talent event at The Mennello (details below). We hope to C’ya for an entire weekend of Folk Art and Music, Love and Community Fun! 5:30pm Doors, 6:00pm Show & Dinner (served til it’s gone).

7pm to 10pm Free. The Kerouac House Book Club discusses Dharma Bums! Kerouac House 1418 Clouser Ave, Orlando, Florida. The first quarterly Kerouac House Book Club discussion. For our first, we’ve selected Dharma Bums, the book Kerouac wrote while in the house on Clouser.

Dharma Bums will be available for purchase at Bookmark It, so grab a copy and join us in our discussion in the very space the book was written! That’s right — Rob Metcalf, the current writer in residence, has graciously invited us into the house for the discussion of the book.

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running—that’s the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the beach by the sigh of the sea out there, with the Ma-Wink fallopian virgin warm stars reflecting on the outer channel fluid belly waters.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

9pm to 11pm Free. Emily Ellyn’s Cutthroat Kitchen Viewing Party! Tin Roof Orlando 8371 International Dr Suite 100, Orlando, Florida. Emily invites you to join the fun while we watch her appearance on Food Network’s hit show “Cutthroat Kitchen.” Enjoy food and drink specials while the action unfolds on 10+ large-screen televisions – all at Orlando’s newest (Emily approved) Retro-Rad joint! 

It’s a reunion of sorts, between Emily and (her Food Network mentor) Alton Brown, who haven’t seen each other since filming Next Food Network Star. Don’t miss the action as Emily competes for a chance to win $25,000 and be crowned winner of Cutthroat Kitchen. Special surprise guest judge too! PLUS, Emily will be giving away 2 tickets to the culinary event of the year “Appetite for the Arches” benefiting Ronald McDonald House – a $400 value.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for February 7th and 8th.

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Saturday February 7, 2015

9am to Noon. Viking Challenge. Lake Eola. You
may be familiar with the Ice Bucket Challenge, the fund raising phenom
of 2014 for the cause of ALS research.  The Viking Challenge
is more than a quick cold splash.  We are challenging you do dive in,
dash, pedal, wheelchair, walk, skateboard, jog, you can choose what to
do with your family and friends.  We want you to enjoy the challenge of
fun and fitness and to remember Trinity with a gift for our
encouragement to get active. Join us, in person, to support and foster an education embracing the future, while
being rooted in a foundation of deep, lasting tradition. Trinity Lutheran School we challenges you to help us build a dynamic learning community.Funds raised will go towards the $35,000 goal. The school needs new soccer field bleachers and goals, library renovations and iPads for the K-2 curriculum.

3pm to 5pm Free.  Bach and Beer. Cask and Larder, 565 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, Florida. Join the Bach Festival Society and Cask and Larder Brewmasters, Garrett Ward and Larry Foor, for the release of a limited-edition beer, Brandenburger Bock, brewed for the 80th Annual Bach Festival. Featuring German music, this event will be popular with music lovers and beer lovers alike.

Beer and Cask and Larder’s usual offerings will be available for purchase.This Cask and Larder Bock Beer comes closest to resembling the beer of Bach’s time. In the ancient bock tradition, the dark-colored craft brew is released in time for springtime celebrations. J. S. Bach enjoyed life enormously, and this certainly included beer drinking; in fact, he was often paid in beer.

Cask and Larder is a southern inspired brew pub located in Winter Park that opened its doors in early September 2012. C and L offers southern-sourced seasonal dishes, craft beers

brewed on-site, and fresh-shucked oysters from their oyster bar. Brandenburger Bock will be available to take home in to-go crowlers (canned versions of beer growlers.)

6pm to 8pm Free. Smash Entertainment Networking Party. Actors, Dancers, Singers, Models, Photographers, Directors, Writers, Make-Up Artists, Costumers, Stage Managers, Lighting Designers, Sound Designers, Editors, Cinematographers… If you love working on Theatre or Film this event is for you! Bring your head shots, resumes, demo reels, cameras, voices, and portfolios to this wonderful night of fun, food and friends.

There will be an entire Green Screen Sound Stage and fully functional A.D.R. Sound Room available! Feel free to take a few pictures or record a song! We will also be cooking plenty of food on the grill for anyone who is hungry. This event is BYOB. See all of you there!

Sunday February 8, 2015

1pm to 3pm Free. Script Reading Workshop. Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show, 8267 International Drive, Orlando, FL. Read and workshop plays.

2pm to 6pm Free. Grand Opening Celebration at Animal Healing Solutions. Animal Healing Solutions, 1117 East Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, FL. Come by and see the new place, find out more about what we do, and meet Dr. Fasano with Animal Healing Solutions , Teresa with Sparkling K9s (www.SparklingK9s.com) and Cherylann with Puppy Love Therapy.

Pets Welcome! Appetizers and Drinks provided. Stop by anytime! Feel free to bring a friend or invite anyone who might be interested.

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

Weekend Top 6 Picks for January 31 and February 1.

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Saturday January 31, 2015

6pm to 8pm Free. Brewery Tour. Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave, Orlando, FL. See how they make their vintage brews at Orlando Brewing.

8:30pm to 11:30pm $8. The Crack Rock Opera, Room Full of Strangers, The Welzeins, Twigs. Will’s Pub, 1042 N Mills Ave, Orlando, Florida. What is The Crack Rock Opera and who the devil is Danny Feedback? Danny Feedback is a rock n roll freak infamously known for lewd, lascivious stage antics and performance art rife with destruction of such objects as 800lb pianos while frequently in the nude. His music and lyrics are a blend of experimental garage and psych-pop, bristling with dissonance and fuzz; catchy yet jarring and always irreverent. As for The Crack Rock Opera it is Danny Feedback’s foray into theater, which is more like if an early John Waters had he formed a band. The media has described The Crack Rock Opera as “Rocky Horror, but With Better Music”.And despite being reviled by theater critics Feedback and his troupe The Crack Rock Opera have graced the front page of The Orlando Weekly, performed a full run at The Orlando International Fringe and performed well attended shows at various theaters in Central Florida…Now, Saturday January 31st The Crack Rock Opera celebrates the release of their self titled LP which they will perform at length.This album harkens back to the trippy story albums similar to The Firesign Theater that made their debut in the tumultuous late 60s. However, the CRO is much more potty mouthed, anti-PC, and irreverent in a ham fisted back hand sort of way and no social, ethnic or religious class is spared. Januray 31st The Crack Rock Opera brings it back to the gritty dives from whence they came, namely Will’s. All attendees will receive a limited copy of The Crack Rock Opera w/ carton character inserts.

Musical guests…

ROOM FULL of STRANGERS – Acid Gospel, punk, whatever…

THE WELZEINS Garage punk.

TWIGS New Orlando band from Whatsit Records, hear em live for the first time.

9:30pm to 11:30pm Free but get a drink or some tapas. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL. Hot passionate flamenco dancers perform live.

Sunday February 1, 2015

Noon to 5pm Free but get a drink or two. Sunday’s with Smiling Dan. The Falcon Bar & Gallery, 819 East Washington Street, Orlando, FL. DJ spins music through the afternoon.

1pm to 3pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL. On the East lawn near the children’s playground. Weekly.

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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for January 24th and 25th.

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Saturday January 24, 2015

 1pm to Midnight Grab a brew. The Art of Craft: Hopgasmic Release and Art Show. Orlando Brewing 1301 Atlanta Ave, Orlando, Fl. Hopgasmic IPA is cause for a special high alcohol / high hop
extravaganza. Continually hopped for 90 minutes with Magnum, Centennial,
and Cascade Hops.

1pm: Tapping Hopgasmic IPA & opening of our newest art show

3pm-5pm: Meet & greet with artist Nick Seyler

6pm: Free brewery tour

9pm: Live music performances

Saturday will mark Orlando Brewing’s 6th Art Show and we’re honored to be showcasing NIX Abstract.

1:30pm to 4:30pm 2015 Orlando Chowder Festival. At the Winter Park Village 17-92 South of Lee Road and North of Fairbanks. An afternoon of amazing fun. A variety of area food vendors will be competing for the 2015 Chowder Cup, previously awarded to Boston Lobster Feast Restaurant in 2014, and Fleming’s Steakhouse in 2013.

Expected Businesses for 2015 –

1. 1st Place 2014 – Boston Lobster Feast Restaurants

2. 2nd Place 2014- John & Shirley’s Catering

3. 3rd Place 2014 – Sea Dog Brewing Co.

4. The Alfond Inn

5. Sushi Pop

6. Lombardi’s Seafood

8. Crisper’s Restaurant

9. Winter Park Fish Co.

10. Kasa

11. Whole Foods Winter Park

12. Raleigh Design

13. Orlando Chili Cook-off

14. First Watch

15. Southeastern Solutions

16. Avenue Gastrobar Orlando

17. iCraveCatering

18. Kitchen Craft Cookware

19. Lone Sailor Navy Memorial

20. TJ’s Seafood Shack

Specialty Vendors

Shake Shack

Sassafras

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant

Rex Goliath

10pm to 2am Free, but get a drink or two. No One Knows I’m Disco. Spacebar 2428 E Robinson St, Orlando, Fl. Don’t be afraid, DISCO IS NOT A DIRTY WORD.

Djs

Carlitos Corcho aka CHANG from Tampa,

Huggy Huggett aka HUGGY from Leeds

Tommy Mot aka MOT.

The music will be all things Disco. RARE, Electronic, Afrofunk, Boogie, Space and Classic Disco with a side of Acid House, Techno and surprises.

Masks are encouraged! Dance off a few of those Holiday pounds! HA…

Sunday January 25, 2015 

10am to Noon. Free. Super Joy Riders. Participants dress as superheroes and ride en masse around the city as they check off their scavenger hunt-like list of Do Gooder Duties; collecting litter, helping senior citizens cross the road, returning shopping carts, basically performing small acts of kindness for an hour and a half of hilarity and love.

The Super Joy Riders: Do Gooder Bike Ride is an exercise in community organizing and active engagement. We hope to use the ride as an opportunity to show how helping people can be simple, fun, and easy, especially while wearing a cape. You + Superhero Costume + Bike = Best Sunday Ever.

1pm to 3pm Free to the public! Bagel bar provided. Boris Fishman discusses A Replacement Life. Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida 851 N Maitland Ave, Maitland, Fl. Included in The New York Times‘ 100 Notable Books of 2014, Boris Fishman’s A Replacement Life is a “bold, ambitious and wickedly smart first novel” in which “a Soviet émigré writer in New York becomes disturbingly adept at forging applications for Holocaust reparations.” Read the full article from The New York Times Book Review. Event is in partnership with the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida and sponsored by Greenberg Traurig.

9pm to 11pm Free. 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 January 17th and 18th.

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Saturday January 17, 2015

 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday Florida Manatee Festival and Endangered Species Parade. Three Sisters Springs Latitude: 2888872533 Longitude: -8258919102, Crystal River, Florida. This popular Florida Manatee Festival attracts over 10,000 visitors to the City of Crystal River, from which nearly half visit Three Sisters Springs. The refuge hosts mermaids, presentations by manatee scientists, spring experts and world class photographers/videographers, conservation agency booths and much more! Learn more.

$8 Adults

$2 Children Ages 4-10

FREEChildren 3 And Under

$10
Dogs

10am to 10pm Saturday, 10am to 6pm Sunday. January 16-19. 10th Annual Otronicon. Orlando Science Center 777 East Princeton Street, Orlando, FL. A glimpse into the future and a demonstration of how interactive
technology will impact how we work, learn and play. Partake in cutting
edge video games, digital media, digital art, competitions and workshops
– not to mention military and medical simulators typically not
available to the public.  

$19.00 daily for adults 

$17.00 daily for students/seniors 

$13.00 daily for kids (ages 3 – 11) 

FREE daily for ages 2 and under

5pm to 8pm Free.  A Night of Fire at Crealdé. Crealdé School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, Florida. The whole campus comes alive after dark for the fourth annual A Night of Fire. Tour the Crealdé studios and galleries, participate in workshops and demonstrations including a bronze pour, a gas kiln firing and raku firing. New this year is a light-painting photography display over the lake. Enjoy live music, refreshments and storytelling around the fire. Food from the grill provided by Millers Hardware. The evening also serves as the opening reception for the “Director’s Choice V” exhibition of works by Crealde’s youth faculty.

Sunday January 18, 2015

Noon to 5pm Free but get a beer or two. Sunday’s with Smiling Dan. The Falcon Bar & Gallery, 819 East Washington Street, Orlando, FL.  A DJ mix for your Sunday afternoon.

2pm to 6pm Free. Barks for Beers 2015. Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave, Orlando, Florida. There will be live music, silent auctions, raffle items, delicious food, local vendors and, of course, great micro-brewed beer!

6pm to 9:30pm $9 Southern Fried Music. Will’s Pub, 1042 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL. Celebrate 9 years of Southern Fried music, food & fun on Sunday, January 18 at Will’s Pub & lil indies!  Music from Riverbottom Nightmare Band, The Appleseed Collective, The Honeyslides & more!  A southern style barbq dinner is included in the $9 cover!

6:00pm – show at Will’s, 1042 N. Mills

7:00pm – dinner

9:30pm – music at lil indies, 1036 N. Mills

willspub.org

Weekend Top 6 Picks for January 10th and 11th.

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Saturday January 10, 2015

9am to 3pm Free. Sanford Farmers Market. A small farmers market on the corner of First and magnolia in Sanford. Right near the old historic clock.

1pm to 3pm Free. Art at the Casa. Casa Feliz 656 N. Park Avenue Winter Park FL. There’s No Place Like Home: Art Inspired by Winter Park’s Historic Architecture. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum will host a juried art exhibit open to artists of all mediums. The goal of the exhibit is to celebrate Winter Park’s historic architecture – past and present – and to elevate the discussion on the importance of historic preservation. Ena Heller, the Bruce A. Beal Director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, will be the judge and will award the top three cash prizes.  There will also be a ‘People’s Choice’ award determined by the votes of viewers.

A Special Community Celebration will be held on Saturday, January 10 from 1-3pm with lots of fun free kids’ activities, including crafts, story-telling and music, a ‘scavenger hunt’ quiz to encourage interaction with art, snacks and more!

9:30pm to 11:30pm. Get a drink or dinner. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL. Weekly Flamenco performances.

Sunday January 11, 2015

Noon to 3pm Free. Music at the Casa. Casa Feliz 656 N. Park Avenue Winter Park FL. Shannon Caine & Beautiful Music. Established in 1989.  Offering from solo musicians to ensembles with custom instrumentation. Genres include classical, jazz and dance music.

1pm to 3pm Free. Script Reading Workshop. Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show, 8267 International Drive, Orlando, FL. Read and workshop plays.

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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for January 3rd and 4th.

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Saturday January 3, 2014

9am to 3pm Free. Orlando Elks Vintage Faire. Elk Lodge 1079 12 N Primrose Drive Orlando FL. Imagine the vintage and antique items to be found.

10am to 3pm Enrollment required. Urban Sketching Workshops. Elite Animation Academy, 8933

Conroy Windermere Road, Orlando, FL. On the second floor of a shopping complex above a Pizza Shop. All this week (Mon 12/29 to Friday Jan 9 with no workshop Jan 1)  I am teaching Urban Sketching Workshops for middle school and high school students, however any age and skill level is encouraged to join us. Contact Elite Animation for details. 407 459-7959

10am to 5pm Free. New Year First Friday and Saturday at FAVO. Faith Arts Village Orlando 221 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, Fl. Art Show and Market.

Sunday January 4, 2014

10am to 3pm Urban sketching Workshop. (See above.)

1pm to 3pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL. East side of the park near the red pagoda. Weekly. Bring a mat.

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.