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1. your new word for "twiscount"
2. @thedailycity
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I love Rockn Joes Coffee in SoDo and love them even more because of these photos they just released of their latte art. Hello Kitty? What? Love it. The owner is a local guy who is very friendly. He hosted our 2nd MOOM this summer and I cannot say enough good things about him. (Rockn Joes on Facebook)
"Kick A** Plays for Women" is a presentation of three short plays by Jane Shepard. For MATURE Audiences only. November 27 & 28, 2009 at 8:00pm at Breakthrough Theatre in Winter Park (419A W. Fairbanks Avenue, Winter Park, FL). Reservations: 407-920-4034. Cash or check only. Dunno the ticket price.
Nine
Directed by Laurel Clark
Featuring Alia Laurence and Sahra Lee Dobbs
Two women held in a life-threatening situation and the mind games they play to keep one another alive. Held in a cell and chained apart, their only currency is words, and balance of power is everything when a single word becomes the hanging point between life and death.
Commencing
Directed by Laurel Clark
Featuring Christine Robison and Michelle Kepner-Prueitt
The beautiful Kelli can’t wait for the blind date her friends have set her up on. Until it turns out to be one very disappointed lesbian named Arlin. Mutually appalled, yet appallingly intrigued, they proceed to pull the screws loose on both straight and gay women’s culture, to find the common ground beneath in the search for love & self.
Friend of the Deceased
Directed by Christine Robison
Featuring Caroline Ross and Samantha O'Hare
An embittered widow lies in wait at her husband’s grave for the appearance his mistress, and encounters a soulful teen. Unable to extract a confession from the girl, the widow offers to buy one, and finds that she has purchased a deeper truth.
Michelle Prueitt
At 12:00 pm EST on Thursday, December 3, the Obama Administration will hold a homeownership preservation workshop for all Orlando homeowners at risk of foreclosure. The workshop is free and open to the public, and is a chance for homeowners to meet face-to-face with their mortgage company and HUD-approved housing counselors to work on a possible solution to help them stay in their home.
Orlando is the nineteenth stop in a nationwide campaign to promote the Making Home Affordable Program, a plan to stabilize the housing market and help millions of Americans reduce their monthly mortgage payments to more affordable levels. The campaign targets markets that have been hit hard by foreclosures, with the goal of empowering local housing partners to connect homeowners with much needed relief under the Administration’s Making Home Affordable Program.
WHO: Orlando homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure
WHAT:Making Home Affordable Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 12:00pm—7:30pm EST
WHERE: Wyndham Orlando Resort (8001 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819)
Just in time for Thanksgiving, we have more bad news about Orlando. Not only are pedestians unsafe here, but so is everyone else. According to CQ Press, who "examined FBI statistics for murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft,"
Orlando is 17th most dangerous city in the US.
The study is in its 16th year. And how did other large Florida cities fare? Miami is 45th, Jacksonville is 71st and Tampa is 122nd. See the study here. The good news is this study is better than the one done in April by Forbes magazine in which Orlando was ranked 6th. (Source)
The Daily City's Janessa Gurksy got a HUGE interview for us: Juliette Lewis! It takes place inside her tour bus and I'd call the interview both rollicking and feathery. We are thrilled to partner once again with the luscious sexy team at Orlando Event TV who edited and filmed everything. They deserve Oscars made of other peoples' melted Oscars.
What is this? | Dan Ginader and Mark Baratelli review the top stories on TheDailyCity.com in 10 minutes.
Topics Covered on 11-23-09 (Part One)
-We won "Top Three Blogs" in Orlando! (Orlando Sentinel)
-Read our 2009 Holiday Guide
-Grandma Party December 20
-Downtown Xmas (decorating) saved by Buckethead
-Three spoken word events in December
A cyclist was killed at the corner of Church Street and Hughey in downtown Orlando November 23, 2009 at 9:30am, the same time performance artist Brian Feldman cancelled & postponed his pedestrian performance art piece, designed to bring attention to pedestrian deaths. Perhaps this will bring even more awareness to pedestrian safety. On November 9, 2009 Orlando was named worst city for pedestrian safety with over 1 million residents.
The gay play reading series "Queer Quills" is a joint production of Scottie Campbell and Margaret Nolan. All proceeds benefit The Center. Below is the series' first season:
December 5, 2009
Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour
Directed by Thomas Ouellette
7pm at The Center, 946 N. Mills Ave., Orlando. A suggested donation of $5 will be accepted at the door. For more information, contact The Center at 407.228.8272.
February 7, 2010
Mae West’s "The Drag"
Directed by Christine Robison
April 4, 2010
Frank Wedekind's "Spring’s Awakening"
Directed by Jeremy Seghers
June 6, 2010
Original play about the Stonewall Riots by John Ryan
Directed by Margaret D. Nolan.
Speakeasy
Every Tuesday 9pm-ish | Wills Pub
Open mic spoken word
***December 8, 2009 will be a special "toast" edition like the one I was in as a "celebrity" judge for this summer. The poets are given a topic and have 30 seconds to come up with a snarky toast around/about that topic.
Authentic Story Rope Review | Tickets/Info
December 7, 2009 @ 7pm | Plaza Theatre
Spoken word showcase featuring twenty four professional poets and one storyteller, including Curtis Meyer, Shawn Welcome, Kendra Corrie, J. Bradley, and Tod Caviness. Ten bucks. Itss the brainchild of two-year Orlando Fringe Festival vet, storyteller and inventor Bernie "O'B" O'Brien,
The Artists & Writers Pub Crawl | Info
December 12, 2009 | Starts at 6pm at Funky Monkey Wine
Inhumanly prolific sketch artist Thomas Thorspecken enlisted Tod Caviness' suggestions for a more inclusive version of his regular artist crawls. Now, scribblers of all types can participate in this drunken marathon cleverly disguised as a creative exercise! Best part is, it's free and open to all.
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