Weekend Top 6 Picks January 4 and 5, 2019

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Saturday January 4, 2019

8am to 1pm Free. Parramore Farmers Market. John H Jackson Community Center, 3107, 1002 W Carter St, Orlando, FL 32805. 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. Sanford Farmers Market. First and Magnolia Sanford Fl. 

8pm to 10pm. Free. Shuffleboard. Orlando’s Beardall Courts 800 Delaney Ave Orlando FL.

1st Saturday of each month. 

Sunday January 5, 2019

10am to 4pm. Free. Lake Eola Farmers Market. Lake Eola Park, 512 E Washington St, Orlando, FL 32801. 

10am to 2pm 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 December 7 and 8, 2019

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Saturday December 7, 2019

8am to  1pm Free. Parramore Farmers Market. John H Jackson Community Center, 3107, 1002 W Carter St, Orlando, FL 32805. 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. Sanford Farmers Market. First and Magnolia Sanford Fl.

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

Sunday December 8, 2019

9am to 11am Yoga in the Mennello Museum Sculpture Garden. Yoga in the Mennello Museum Sculpture Garden. Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E Princeton St, Orlando, Florida 32803.  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.
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

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

10am to Noon. 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 October 26 and 27, 2019

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Saturday October 26, 2019

10am to 6pm Free. 14th Annual Central Florida Veg Fest. Festival Park, 2911 E Robinson St, Orlando, FL. . Central Florida Veg Fest is an exciting day of colorful and educational exhibits and activities! Veg Fest is a family-friendly, dog-friendly,
alcohol-free, and smoke-free event. Veg Fest, now in its 14th year, is one of the biggest and best vegan festivals in the country!

Central
Florida Veg Fest will draw both committed vegetarians/vegans and those
who want to learn more about how veg-living enhances our health, the
planet, and its inhabitants. Come enjoy a diverse cross-section of
vegetarian cuisines and lifestyles. Discover new products and ideas from
over 200 vendors and 100 contributors
and enjoy a wide variety of presentations and food preparation demos.
Not a vegetarian? Whether you’re looking for new ideas to add color and
variety to your meals or you’re a “seasoned” vegetarian interested in
expanding your knowledge of nutritious and ethical foods, this is the
place for you. Please RSVP on the Veg Fest event page and join the Veg Fest community page for regular updates about the event. And please share these pages with your family and friends.

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


8pm to 10pm Free but get a drink or 2 and enjoy. Music Mount Dora. One Flight Up 440 N  Donnelly Street, Mount Dora FL.


Sunday October 27, 2019 

9:30am to 10pm Members $225 Non-members $275. Crealde Urban Sketching Class. First of 6 Urban Sketching classes taught by myself. 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

6 week class.

Thomas
Thorspecken (Thor) studied animation and illustration at the School of
Visual Arts in New York City. He worked for ten years at Walt Disney
Feature Animation. In 2009 he made a new year’s resolution to do one
sketch a day and share it with a worldwide community of urban sketchers
through his online site Analog Artist Digital World
www.analogartistdigitalworld.com

Suggested supplies:

  • #2 pencil with an eraser
  • 05 and 08 micron pens
  • Stillman and Birn 9 x 12 inch spiral bound sketchbook (Alpha or Epsion series)
  • Travel sized watercolor pallet (mine is a Windsor Newton with 14 color pans)
  • Pentel water brush (water goes in the handle)
  • Black Prismacolor pencil
  • Compact artist stool

    • Noon to 2pm Free. Bobby Koelble Presents Jazz in the Garden. Mead Botanical Garden 1300 S Denning Dr, Winter Park, FL.  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.

    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.
    October’s concert will include two bands. The first being
    The Bobby Koelble Quartet featuring Michelle Mailhot playing from noon
    till 2pm followed by legendary Hall and Oats Saxaphonist “Mr Casual”
    Charlie Dechant and The Kings    .
    November’s concert will include an
    opening band (TBD) from noon till 2pm followed by the Music of Charlie
    Parker and Django Reinhardt performed by Bobby Koelble, Jeff Rupert and a
    cast of top notch musicians. 

    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
    an Italian lunch buffet catered by Bites and Bubbles and VIP restrooms.

    10pm to Midnight Free but get a coffee or bite. 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

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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 for August 24 and 25, 2019

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    Saturday August 24, 2019

    8am to 1pm Free. Parramore Farmers Market. John H Jackson Community Center, 3107, 1002 W Carter St, Orlando, FL 32805.

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

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



    Sunday August 25, 2019

    9:30am to 12:30pm $255 members, $275 non-members 6 weeks Crealde Urban Sketch Class. I am instructing. Crealde School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL.

    Noon to 2pm Free but order food and drink. Florida Gospel Jam. Fish on Fire 7937 Daetwyler Drive Belle Isle FL. 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 June 1 and 2, 2019

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    Saturday June 1, 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. Sanford Farmers Market. First and Magnolia Sanford Fl.  

    8pm to 10pm Free. Shuffleboard. Orlando’s Beardall Courts 800 Delaney Ave Orlando FL.

    1st Saturday of each month. Free fun! 

      

    Sunday June 2, 2019

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

    Noon to 1pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola near red gazibo.  


    Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Violinist Lisa Ferrigno. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789.

    Weekend Top 6 Picks for April 27 and 28, 2019

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    Saturday April 27, 2019

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

    5pm to 9pm No cover. “It Is Here”.  ICEBAR Orlando, 8967 United States, 8967 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819. Fans of the hit fantasy drama television series “Game of Thrones” are in
    for an icy treat as world-famous Icebar Orlando announces its
    month-long celebration “It Is Here” to commemorate the series finale.
    From Saturday, April 13 until Saturday, May 18, guests of the coolest
    bar in Orlando can take the throne within Fire Lounge with no cover
    Sunday through Friday and enjoy the bar and dance floor, or cross over
    the wall and join Night’s Watch inside of Icebar featuring
    specially-themed Game of Thrones cocktails available on a secret menu.
    Guests will receive a souvenir digital picture, take in live ice
    carvings every Saturday starting at 7pm and entertainment by special
    guest DJs. Icebar will also host Game of Thrones trivia Sunday through
    Thursday from 5pm-9pm and Fridays and Saturdays from 5pm-7pm. Trivia
    participants who get five or more answers correct will receive half-off a
    drink and be entered to win a $1,000 VIP experience. No tickets are
    required for “It Is Here”. The “Small Counsel VIP Package” with bottle
    service, appetizers, desserts and faux fur coat upgrades is available
    for $350 (five people).

    6pm to 9pm In Advance: $100. Door Price: $125. Each ticket enti­tles the buyer to $50.00 off the pur­chase of a paint­ing dur­ing the Gar­den Party! (Limit one ticket per paint­ing val­ued at $300 or more)

    Winter Park Paint Out Garden Party. Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789.

    Sunday April 28, 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.

    2pm to 4pm Free. Winter Park Paint Out Painting Demo Stacy Barter. Winter Park Health Foundation Crosby Wellness Center 2005 Mizell Avenue Winter Park.

    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 February 23 and 24, 2019

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    Saturday February 23, 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. Sanford Farmers Market. First and Magnolia Sanford Fl. 

    7pm to 11pm Free. Ybor City Art Walk. 7th Ave Ybor Tampa, Florida 33605.

    Featuring a number of arts organizations and artsy businesses, be sure to R.S.V.P. here to get the official map for the walk!

    This event will begin at 7pm and end at 11pm (or maybe there will be an after party!)

    Here are the participating locations:

    The Bricks of Ybor
    Bloodline Tattoo
    Ybor Arts Colony
    Hot Wax
    Wandering Eye Art Gallery
    Dysfunctional Grace
    Moon Over Havana Arts Gallery
    Live Arts Labs

    Sunday February 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. 

    3pm to 5pm $20 Brian Feldman Performance #txtshow. Kerouac House 1418 Clouser Ave, Orlando, FL 32804.

    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 & laugh, or give it a try yourself.

    Weekend Top 6 Piicks for January 26 and 27, 2019

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    Saturday January 26, 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. Sanford Farmers Market. First and Magnolia Sanford.

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



    Sunday January 27, 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 2pm Free but get some fish. Florida Gospel Jam. Fish on Fire 7937 Daetwyler Drive Belle Isle FL. Every 2nd and 4th Sunday.

    10pm to Midnight 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 December 22 and 23, 2018

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    Saturday December 22, 2018

    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.

     

    9am to 2pm Free. Sanford Farmers Market. Magnolia Square East 1st St, Sanford, FL 32771.

    Sanford Farmers Market in the heart of historic downtown.

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

    Sunday December 23, 2018

    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.

    10am to Noon Get a coffee. Irish Music.  Olivia’s Coffee House, 108 N Bay St, Eustis, FL.

    10pm to Midnight. 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.