Weekend Top 6 Picks for July 28 and 29, 2018

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Saturday July 28, 2018

8 a.m. to  1 p.m. 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.

7 p.m.to 9 p.m. 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!

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

There
will be other businesses joining the lineup so stay tuned!

8 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. $8 No Borders Presents Marvel vs DC II. The Geek Easy 114 S Semoran Blvd, Ste 6, Winter Park, Florida 32792.

No Borders Art Competition welcomes you to MARVEL vs DC II at The Geek Easy.

Come
watch as two universes collide for the better good. Armed with black
markers and their choice of one color. With 30 minutes on the clock and a
4ft x 4ft smooth white canvas as their battlefield. Who will take
over?? Only one way to find out!!!

Artists TBA

DeeJay Dolo will be providing the sounds.

Our judges for the night are..

Earl Lugo

Josue Ortiz

TBA


Sunday July 29, 2018

10 a.m. to Noon 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.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Members FREE; Non-members $8.. Sun Screens Movie: “Creature from the Black Lagoon”. Orange County Regional History Center 65 E Central Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32801.

Keep cool with a series of Sunday matinees featuring movies linked to
Florida. We’ll supply the popcorn, along with fascinating facts about
each film, hosted by Joy Wallace Dickinson of the Orlando Sentinel’s
Florida Flashback feature. After the movie, we’ll also have the
opportunity for a short behind-the-scenes discussion with an expert
about the subject of each film.

There’s nothing like seeing a
movie the old-fashioned way: with a group of fellow movie fans. The
series is free for members! Popcorn and beverages will be provided. Featured film: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

This
black-and-white horror classic from the Cold War era has inspired films
from Jaws to The Shape of Water. The underwater skills of Floridians
Ricou Browning and Orlando’s own Ginger Stanley Hallowell made
creature-feature history.

Noon to 2 p.m. Free but order 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.

The Creature From the Black Lagoon Screened at the Enzian

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As part of the Cult Classics Series, the Enzian Theater screened the original 3-D version of The Creature From the Black Lagoon made in 1954. Gina Stanley, the actress that was the Creatures on screen crush was at the screening. In the film she wore a stunning white swimsuit that was quite revealing for its day. Much of the film was shot in Florida swamps. In the film, Gina is screaming every time she sees the creature. The actor inside the creature suit, Ben Chapman, who was 6 foot three, played the creature on land. He was a former Polynesian dancer under contract with Universal Studios. His height and size made him perfect to play the creature. A second actor, then a college student, Ricou Browning, played the “underwater Creature” for
the film, and he wore the “underwater Creature suit” for the sequences
shot in Florida

Julia had an incredible career as an actress outside the lagoon. She starred
opposite Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Jimmy
Stewart, and Charlton Heston. Working on a horror film was considered a step down for many actresses so she almost turned the film down. It is ironic that today, this is the film she is most known for.

There was a somewhat disastrous design of the Creature’s head, that
almost made it into the final film. But a screen test at the eleventh
hour convinced the studio head that the look of the
creature did not work, and the head was redesigned and became the
classic we know and love today. The film was impressive on the big screen and it became clear that many scenes were staged to take advantage of the 3-D effects. After the screening Gina signed autographs and I had her sign my sketch.