Weekend Top 6 Picks for September 26th and 27th.

Saturday September 26, 2015

8:30am to 6pm Sold Out.  FL Blog Con. Full Sail University 3300 University Boulevard, Winter Park, FL. FLBlogCon was founded on the principles of openly sharing experience and
expertise with others. This conference provides one day where we cast aside
differences in backgrounds, blogging topics, and competitive goals, and instead
embrace coming together in the spirit of cooperation, helpfulness, and friendship.
We know you will embrace this philosophy and focus on the great role models of
professionalism set by yourself and your fellow bloggers. Most importantly, we want
all bloggers to feel welcome and included, no matter their experience or background.

3pm to 3am Free.  ARTLando. Loch Haven Park, Orlando, FL. A celebration of Orlando’s Arts and Culture. Featuring a performing arts showcase, outdoor art walk, live painting, and more! Pet friendly! After the sun goes down, experience Blue Star’s Varietease, Fretless Rock and the Rock Hard Review.

9pm to 11pm  $10 Super Jam Art Show For PEACE! Will’s Pub, 1042 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL. A night of art, peace and music. With so much hate and bs going on in the world we thought a Super Jam Art Show for Peace would be a good way to promote something positive in our community. Feel free to share this event all around the FB. There will be live art, live music and there will also be a collaborative art piece (peace) that everyone can join in on!

Sunday September 27, 2015

10am to 12:30pm $10 Crealde Sketch Class.  Crealdé School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL. Life drawing from  a nude model.

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

7pm to 9pm Free. Nerd Nite Orlando: Movie & Trivia Nite. The Geek Easy 114 S Semoran Blvd Suite 6, Winter Park, Florida.  Join Nerd Nite Orlando for our first ever movie and trivia nite! We’ll be doing a round of science fiction trivia, as well as screening the classic comic sci-fi film, The Ice Pirates. Come meet up, drink, and learn something new!

Weekend Top 6 Picks for September 19th and 20th.

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.

Weekend Top 6 Pick for September 12th and 13th.

Saturday September 12, 2015

10am to Noon Free. Understanding the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Winter Park Public Library, 460 E New England Ave, Winter Park, FL. As part of the opening weekend celebration for two new quilt exhibitions, there will be a public talk with featured quilt artist Louisiana Bendolph of the Gee’s Bend Quilt Collective. Bendolph will be joined by her mother, Rita Mae Pettway, also an acclaimed Gee’s Bend quilter.

Atlanta-based Matt Arnett of Tinwood Media, a photographer, filmmaker and researcher, also will join the presentation.

2pm to 7pm  $50 Imagination ~ A Creative Workshop with Artist Toni Taylor. Gods and Monsters 5250 International Drive; Suite E8, Orlando, Florida. Toni’s first workshop at Gods & Monsters! In this workshop, she will guide you to exercise your imagination by turning an inanimate object into a living creature. This project will help you to step out of the box as you explore the possibilities. Once you’re comfortable with your design, you’ll transfer and paint it on a 16×20 canvas which will be provided along with water base paints and brushes. It’s great for beginners, intermediates and experienced artists as well!

Gods & Monsters offers water, juice, wine and craft beer at their concession if you’d like to have a sip while you create. So have some fun while you bring something cool to life with Toni!

Fee: $50 covers 5 hr workshop, canvas and paint

List of materials to bring:

Sketch pad or drawing paper

Pencils, eraser

Your preferred brushes or paint

This takes place during the last week of Toni’s ‘Starchild’s Odyssey’ exhibit so it will be a great opportunity to view before it closes!

6:30pm to 10pm $20 VIP/ $15 General Admission/$10 Students. Play-In-A-Day 2015. Lake Howell High School, 4200 Dike Road, Winter Park, FL (Next to big Silver Hawk Statue) Enter thru Cafeteria). Kick-Off the 2015-16 Beth Marshall 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. (Partial Proceeds benefit the Beth Marshall Presents District 3 High School Scholarship Fund).

Tickets on sale now at BethMarshallPresents.com

Or at Box Office on the night of event at Lake Howell beginning at 6pm.

Sunday September 13, 2015

Noon to 4pm Free. Educator Open House and 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 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 September 12th and 13th.

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!

Weekend Top 6 Picks for August 29th and 30th.

Saturday August 29, 2015

11am to 4pm Free. Print Day Sale! Snap! Space, 1013 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL. Limited editions, and or open edition prints from local and international artists selected by Snap! Tables will be set up throughout the space for artists to set up.  Analog Artist Digital World prints will be available.

8pm to 11pm $30 early, $40 at the door. 9th Annual Prom. Orchid Garden at Church Street Station, 126 West Church Street, Orlando, FL.  Mel’s
Bad Girls Club Charity Organization has celebrated Prom for the last 8
years benefiting B.A.S.E Camp Children’s Cancer Foundation. It is a
chance for adults to experience PROM just like in high school but with
no curfew and spiked cocktails! PROM is an excuse for adults to get
dressed up, dance, and have a great time and all for a good cause! With
each PROM ticket attendees will get to experience handmade decorations,
over 1000 balloons, an amazing venue, free desserts, photographs,  The
MBGC Band, Live DJ, Entertainment, Chance Drawings and a Silent
Auction.

9:30pm to 11:30pm Free with an order of food and or drinks. Son Flamenco. Ceviche Tapas Orlando, 125 W Church St, Orlando, FL.

Sunday August 30, 2015

10am to 12:30pm $10 Crealde Sketch Class. Crealdé School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL. Life drawing from  a nude model.

1pm to 3pm Free. Yoga. BYOM (Bring your own mat). Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL. East end of the park between the red Pagoda and the playground. Every week.

9pm to 11pm 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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for August 22nd an 23rd.

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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for August 15th and 16th.

Saturday August 15, 2015

5pm to 9pm Free. End of Summer Bash. Center Lake Park Oviedo, Florida. Helpful Hands, Inc. in Partnership with the City of Oviedo is pleased to announce a Free Concert at Center Lake Park featuring The 13th Floor Band!

Food, Beer, & Wine for sale!

All proceeds help fund the Athletic Program administered by Helpful Hands, Inc. which provides scholarships to the City of Oviedo Department of Parks and Recreation Youth Programs.

6pm to 10pm Free. Starchild’s Odyssey: A Retrospective View Into the Imaginative World of Toni Taylor. Gods and Monsters 5250 International Drive; Suite E8, Orlando, Florida. Join us for a reception for artist, Toni L Taylor at the Transmetropolitan Gallery inside Gods and Monsters.

Toni Taylor began her professional illustration career in 1985 as a cover artist for Heavy Metal Magazine. She is a visionary artist whose work travels through the realms of fantasy and mysticism. She feels a special kinship with the mysteries of Ancient Egypt as well as the spirit of Native America. Goddess imagery is represented powerfully in her collection and as a lover of all things celestial, the beauty and limitlessness of the Cosmos often finds its way into her paintings…

Read this interview to learn more about Toni and see examples of her work.

7pm to 9pm Free.  The Orlando Shuffle. Beardall Senior Center, 800 Delaney Avenue, Orlando, FL. 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 August 16, 2015

10am to 12:30pm $10. $10 Crealde Sketch Class. Crealdé School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL. Life drawing from nude model. No instruction.

4pm to 6pm Free. Rodrigo Garcia- US Premier Concert Performance. Audubon Park Covenant Church 3219 Chelsea St, Orlando, Florida. 17 year old Rodrigo Garcia is a classical pianist prodigy from Cuba making his U.S. premier in concert this August in Orlando, FL at Audubon Park Covenant Church. You will not want to miss this special concert with Rodrigo! Check out this video of him performing.

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.

Free Ticket giveaway. I have one FREE ticket to see an advance screening of M. Night Shamalan’s “The Visit” at 7:30pm August 17th 2015, at Cinemark Artegon Marketplace 5150 International Drive Orlando FL 32819.  The ticket admits two for the screening. Just answer the following question and the ticket is yours. At what age did M. Night Shamalan first start making films?

Weekend Top 6 Picks for August 8th and 9th.

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.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for August 1st and 2nd.

Saturday August 1, 2015

11am to 4pm Free. Family Day. Maitland Art Center 231 E Packwood Ave, Maitland, FL. Guests can enjoy free admission to the Maitland Art Center that day along with hands-on activities. Celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions at the Art and History’s Maitland Art Center with free admission on Saturday, August 1, and creative hand-on activities for the entire family. Paper Cuts: André Smith Collages and Color Theory both feature works from the permanent collection and will be displayed August 1 to September 20, 2015. The museum is currently featuring Cabinet of Curiosities, which looks deeper in to the A&H’s permanent collection of historical archives.
Regular admission to both museums is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and children, free for children less than three years old and free for Art and History members. August also kicks off the final two weeks of the A&H’s Summer Culture Camps.

11am to 2pm Free. Third Annual Open House. Orlando Shakespeare Theater, 812 East Rollins Street, Orlando, FL. The popular free event promises an afternoon of fun for the entire family. Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF kicks off its 27th Season with an Open House on Saturday, August 1, 2015. The family-friendly event is free to the public with ongoing activities inside the Theater. No RSVP required. Walk-ins welcome.
The third annual celebration includes crafts and coloring for the little ones, story time with costumed characters, creative demonstrations from the Theater’s production staff, and an Artistic Q&A Panel with Orlando Shakes artists.

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

Sunday August 2, 2015

10am to 12:30pm  $10 Crealde Sketch Class. Crealdé School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL. Life drawing from nude model. No instruction.

Noon to 3pm Free. Music at the Casa. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL. Violinist Amy Xaychaleune (Amy X.) received her Masters of Music Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and her Bachelors at Florida State University. After returning from the UK, she has performed with the Evita Broadway Tour, Sting, and Adam Levine. She is currently performing in local orchestras (including Brevard Symphony and Orlando Philharmonic), Disney World (Mo’rockin, Harambe Nights, and Candlelight Processional), Universal Studios as a soloist (Diagon Alley/King’s Cross Station), and with touring acts.

1pm to 3pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL. Every week.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for July 25th and 26th.

Saturday July 25, 2015

8:30am to 4pm Free. National Dance Day. Cultural Park (lawn in front of the Loch Haven Neighborhood Center). This year’s event will encourage families and friends to begin the morning of July 25 at the NDDO Community Celebration, located at Cultural Park, to participate in exercises, dance routines, and performances by Central Florida dance professionals.  Within walking distance of the park is the Orlando Ballet Central Campus where 30 free specialized dance classes will be offered throughout the day to ages 3-100, including special needs movement classes.  Central Florida dance company directors, choreographers, and fitness instructors will share different styles of dance through body conditioning, dance technique, and choreography at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.  NDDO desires to bring educational, community-driven dance opportunities to non-dancers and dancers alike! All red items are dance sessions we can sketch.

Opening

8:30am – Holly Harris – NDDO Opening Address / Introduce Elisa

8:35am –  Elisa DeFoe – Stretch/Cardio Workout

NDD Routine #1

9:00am –  Holly Harris – Share NDDO Details, Pump Up Crowd for Filming / Introduce Myles

9:05am –  Myles Thoroughgood – Teach Beginner NDD Routine to the Community

9:25am –  Announcements from Center for Contemporary Dance

Stage Performances 

9:30am –  Red Bull BC One – breakdancing

9:35am –  Moore Dance Project – contemporary

9:40am –  Dr. Phillips Center – jazz

9:45am –  Emotions Dance – contemporary

9:50am –  Adam Boreland – contemporary ballet

NDD Routine #2

9:55am –  Holly Harris – Share details about Red Bull BC One, Pump Up Crowd for Filming / Introduce Ellie

10:00am –  Ellie Potts Barrett – Teach 2nd NDDO Routine to the Community

10:25am –  Announcements from Orlando Ballet

Stage Performances 

10:30am –  Clarissa Crox Turner and the Squad – hip-hop

10:35am –  Dawn Branch Works – modern

10:40am –  DG’s Afro-Latin Dance Project – latin

10:45am –  Orlando Ballet – ballet (piece #1)

10:45am –  Orlando Ballet – ballet (piece #2)

10:50am –  Holly Harris – Closing Remarks

NDDO Free Dance Classes at Orlando Ballet School Central Campus

July 258AM-4PM

2201 McRae Ave. 

Orlando, FL 32803

AFTERNOON SESSION  – ORLANDO BALLET CENTRAL CAMPUS

12PM

Beginning Ballet
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet
Beginning Modern (upstairs)

Barre/Stretch

Pilates 

1PM

Beginning Hip Hop
Intermediate/Advanced Hip Hop
Intermediate/Advanced Modern (upstairs)

Salsa

Swing 

2PM

Beginning Contemporary
Intermediate/Advanced Contemporary
Beginning Breakdance/Street Dance (upstairs)

Modern Latin

African 

3PM

Beginning Broadway Jazz
Intermediate/Advanced Broadway Jazz (upstairs)
Improvisation

Dance Fitness

Stretch and Recovery

8:30am to 4pm Free. World Wide SketchCrawl 48. Cultural Park (Lawn in front of the Neighborhood Center) 610 N. Lake Formosa Drive Orlando FL 32803. The Orlando SketchCrawl falls on National Dance Day.
Artists should meet in Cultural Park in the morning. Text me (Thor) when
you arrive so I can be sure you find the group. (407) 760-2813. See NDD above for the day’s schedule of sketch opportunities.

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

8pm $20 Phantasmagoria “Wicked Little Tales”. The John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center
Mandell Theater (Loch Haven Park – Orlando, Florida on the corner of 1792 and Princeton).
The critically acclaimed Victorian Horror Troupe
PHANTASMAGORIA, in collaboration with DiDonna Productions, will premiere
its new touring show, with a
limited engagement
July 24, 25 and 26.

General Admission $20.00 / Student $15.00 / $5.00 per ticket VIP add on
For will call/cash only at door please call 407.328.9005

Sunday July 26, 2015

Noon- 5:00pm Suggested $5 donation. Cardboard Art Festival. Inside the Sodo Shopping Center
at 45 W. Crystal Lake Street, store #117, Orlando, FL 32806 (same side as TJ Maxx, across from Gator’s)

Cardboard is something we pack up, ship off or store
away. But did you know it’s one of the most-loved mediums to work in for
artists all over the world? TheDailyCity.com
will celebrate cardboard art for the third year in a row with four days
of parties, kids events, and open gallery hours inside an empty
storefront in Orlando, Florida.
Kids Fringe Cardboard Matinee  1:00pm- 3:00pm $1 per kid to participate.

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

1pm to 3pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL. Weekly at the East end of the park near the Red Pagoda.

8pm $20 Phantasmagoria “Wicked Little Tales”. The John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center
Mandell Theater (Loch Haven Park – Orlando, Florida on the corner of 1792 and Princeton).
The critically acclaimed Victorian Horror Troupe
PHANTASMAGORIA, in collaboration with DiDonna Productions, will premiere
its new touring show, with a
limited engagement. Sunday night July 26th is the last show in Orlando.

General Admission $20.00 / Student $15.00 / $5.00 per ticket VIP add on
For will call/cash only at door please call 407.328.9005