Weekend Top 6 Picks for September 15 and 16, 2018

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Saturday September 15, 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.

1pm to 3pm Free. Vet Voices: 1st Highlights Presentation.  TheatreWorks Florida 8 W Palmetto St, Davenport, Florida 33837. TheatreWorks Florida and the veterans of “Vet Voices” proudly invite you
to a FREE public presentation of inspirational theatrical work created
entirely by the vets themselves during their first 10-week session of
workshops. Come share stories of the men and women who protect our
country every day in an impromptu studio setting. Support… Connect…
Engage.

Please support the incredible veterans of Vet Voices as they share their
military experiences in an eye-opening theatrical forum. This event is
open to the Public and we encourage families to attend.

Questions to Mark Graham: vetvoices@theatreworksfl.org or 203.952.8760.

We hope to see you at the theatre!

Mark Graham – Associate Director, Vet Voices Scott A. Cook – TWF Artistic Producer

7:30pm to 9:30pm General Admission- $20 Students/Seniors (65+)- $15 The Shift. John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center, Mandell Theater (812 E Rollins St, Orlando, FL 32803). The Shift is an annual production that showcases work from professional
companies and up and coming choreographers in the Central Florida area.
The goal of The Shift is to showcase new works to the Central Florida
Community in the spirit of collaboration and exploration of dance as an
art form.
Doors open at 7 and show is at 7:30pm.Tickets available at the door.

 

Sunday September 16, 2018 

Noon to 2pm Free. Orlando Flea by the Daily City. Celine Orlando 22 S. Magnolia Ave, Orlando, Florida 32801.

The Orlando Flea is Sunday September 16th 12pm-4pm at the event space
Celine Orlando at 22 S. Magnolia Ave. It will feature a tightly curated
collection of local and regional artisans, designers and makers along
with live music, a full bar and local bites.

The Orlando Flea
wants to create a community around supporting and celebrating our
region’s creative small business owners. There’s an inspiration and
energy that comes from talking with and just being around creative
people doing what they love. The Orlando Flea wants to be a hub for that
energy and experience.

The Orlando Flea is the latest project of
The Daily City, creators of The Daily City’s Food Truck Bazaar, The
Daily City Cardboard Art Festival, and Big Box of Orlando (Orlando’s
first pop up shop!). The Daily City began in 2007 and is Orlando’s
longest running hyper local indie news site.

Since The Daily City publicly announced The Orlando Flea on March 1st 2018 it amassed over 500 fans at www.instagram.com/theorlandoflea and 130+ members in the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/331443710710233/).

Vendors: Go to the facebook group to apply. Thanks!

5pm to 7pm Tickets: $250, $200, $150. 30th Anniversary Season Gala. John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E Rollins St, Orlando, FL 32803.  You’re invited to attend an evening of exceptional food, live
entertainment, and memorable conversation as we celebrate Orlando
Shakespeare Theater’s 30th Anniversary Season.

Book your tickets today and you will be among the select few to see a
one-night-only cabaret created by In the Heights performers. The Season
Gala also features an extensive variety of auction items and experiences
that you won’t want to miss. Our thrilling live auction will feature an
incredible vacation experience at the Walt Disney World Resort, a
dinner party for 100 from Arthur’s Catering, and a luxurious staycation
at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort.

7pm to 9pm Free but get a beer. Stephan Mikes at the Imperial. The Imperial at Washburn Imports 1800 N Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32804. Contemporary Sitarist and composer Stephan Mikes plays internationally influenced tunes with Tablaji Riad Abdulsalam, Swara means truth!

The Imperial at Washburn Imports

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Shortly after getting separated back in 2016, I went to The Imperial at Washburn Imports (1800 N Orange Ave
Orlando, FL 32804) to meet a friend and discuss the lengthy and endless process  of trying to start over.  Washburn is an antiques shop in Ivanhoe Village that also sports a vintage bar. I have been to a few literary event here and I always order a different wine whenever I go here.  On this  night I ordered a Hercula Monastrell 2010, which I noted on the sketch. The wine producer is Bodegas Castano, from the Yecla County Heirarchy in Murcai Spain. It was a red rich intense wine which I would certainly drink again. 

 

The person I was meeting was late, so I started to dash off this sketch. I am so used to going to venues on my own, that I don’t know how to be a truly social creature. Hopefully in time I will find the right balance between work and play.

The Imperial at Washburn Imports

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The Imperial at Washburn Imports (1800 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801), is a neighborhood bar housed in a furniture store offers micro-brews and boutique wines, plus patio seating.
I met staff from Dix.Hite and Partners here when they wanted advice on setting up a sketch outing at lake Eola. Greg Bryla in particular  is a very talented Urban Sketcher. The firm designs environmental landscape settings and is now designing a temporary improvement to the Pulse Nightclub setting.

The sketch walk they organized was very well organized. They even catered food after all the sketching was done, although Orlando bike police insisted they take down the table that was set up to serve the food.

An Orlando city ordinance prohibits sharing food with large groups in downtown parks more than twice a year. Members of Food not Bombs were arrested in Lake Eola Park in 2011 for feeding the homeless. A compromise was ultimately found in which they can share vegan
food at Orlando City Hall every Monday morning and Wednesday night.

Our group was maybe 10 artists and landscape architects in all and not homeless but the ordinance still stands. So don’t think you can have a large family picnic in the park, especially with a table, you will be shut down. The food that Dix.Hite served was home made Polynesian fare that was delicious.

Paint the bride.

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So, what do you do with your wedding dress when the wedding is over? Most women pack it away in a box and store it for eternity in their closet or attic. Kimme Priddle married Ed Hernandez and she decided to turn her wedding dress into art.

Current Galleries right above The Imperial at Washburn Imports (116 E 1st Street Sanford,

FL

32771) is run by local arts promoter Frankie Messina of Apartment E. Frankie loves the arts and bringing people together. He let Kim and Ed use the Current Gallery’s round room to exhibit their photographs and mixed media art. The highest price was $225 and the lowest $50. 


In the center of the gallery was a small stage with a garden trellis acting as the framing curtains. White Christmas lights were spiraled around the trellis, shining like bright stars. Roses and yellow flowers along with fern and lace completed the elegant stage, along with a sign saying, “Paint the bride.” Wedding guests friends and artists took turns painting the dress being modeled by Kimme. I didn’t see who put the red hand print on her right breast. The room became quite crowded and I patiently waited for quick glimpses of the bride. The paint supplies sat a large wooden wire spool that acted as a table. Two bedside lamps illuminated the scene. 


A daughter of the couple played tunes on an electric keyboard beside me. As quickly as the scene grew crowded and chaotic, it then quickly became still as everyone left. How wonderful would it have been if the groom and officiant arrived, also were painted and then the ceremony took place as well. Unfortunately the wedding happened either before or after.