The next Artsy Happy Hour, put on by the Red Chair Project, is scheduled for Wednesday September 8, 2010, 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Sip (724 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803).
About Artsy Happy Hour
Join us for drinks, tasty food, and artsy conversation at SIP Bar and Lounge. They have great Happy Hour specials + lots of wine options & a full bar - and they are extending their happy hour prices just for us! If you are hungry they have a great food menu, too!
As always, feel free to bring your friends.The Artsy Happy Hour takes place on the second Wednesday of the month, and we have one every quarter.
About Sip
This neighborhood lounge is for the the novice weekend wine drinker to the high end wine connoisseur. Located on Virginia Drive near the Antique District, SIP is a great place to grab a fresh specialty drink after a long day at the office or a relaxing place to enjoy a glass of wine with friends during the weekend. Sample wines and beers from around the world or kick back with a handcrafted specialty drink. The idea for SIP was conceived by the former owners of Lava Lounge, who want to offer you a relaxing and upscale place to drink with your buddies
Autumn Ames
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Scott Joseph's Orlando Dining Guide
Lucas Widrick
Contributing Writer
Staff Page
I must mention up front that I have never officially reviewed a book before. There is even a small part of me that is still intimidated by those that don’t have pictures. However, after receiving a copy of Scott Joseph’s Orlando Dining Guide recently and reading through it I am going to give it my best shot.
Let’s see where this goes . . .
If you are anything at all like my wife and me, there is a conversation for you each weekend when you are away from home that starts something like this:
Me: “I am getting hungry, where do you want to go eat?”
Her: “I don’t know. What was that place that we have been meaning to get to out here?”
Me: “I can’t remember. Let’s just start heading toward home.”
Sure we have phones with us that could help narrow the search, but those are of much more use when you know what you are looking for to begin with. That is why I am happy to now have my own copy of Scott Joseph’s Orlando Dining Guide.
This first version of the guide was not meant to cover every single eating establishment in Orlando, but really to provide a current collection of mostly the best. His recommendations are what I am looking for in a guide like this anyway and who would want to carry around the huge volume that it would take to cover the thousands of others in the area? I much prefer having the size of this guide that will fit comfortably in my glove box (which is where it will likely live) or even my wife’s purse.
Ease of use and the ability to find what you are searching for quickly is also what I am looking for in a guide like this. Though the main body of the book lists the eateries in alphabetical order if you know exactly what you are looking for, the back of the book also provides a few other handy search options:
• Cuisine – to search from categories from African to Vietnamese
• Location – to help you find something in the area where you happen to be
• Features – perhaps my favorite, as a way to search by things like dog friendly or outdoor dining or quiet conversation.
After taking a just a minute to read through the introduction of the book I was able to use this guide very efficiently. Scott indicates that the book will be regularly updated as restaurants come and go and as the information changes. I am looking forward to seeing the future iterations as the Orlando area food scene continues to evolve.
*For those of you who would like to meet Scott Joseph in person to congratulate him on the book, there will be a book signing on Thursday, September 16 at Citrus (821 North Orange Avenue – 407-373-0622).
Fall Herb Planting Workshop
Not an Herb. Photo Credit: The Daily City
There's a Fall Herb Planting Workshop Saturday September 4, 2010 10am - 11:30am at the Florida School of Holistic Living Education Annex (1109 E Concord Street, Orlando, FL. Cost is $25. Space is limited. Register online.
Discover over twenty herbs and complementary vegetables to plant in your fall garden; explore how to plant them, how they grow, and how they are used after harvest for medicinal and culinary purposes. Then, take home a packet of seeds of each of the plants covered to get your garden started, plus a detailed handout. Over a $50 value in seeds!
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Crystal Castles at Firestone Live
By Samir Mathur
Contributing writer
How are your energy levels on a typical Thursday night? If they're anything less than one thousand percent, then you're in trouble. Toronto's Crystal Castles are coming to town, and this is not going to be a show for the shy, the retiring or the lethargic. The band's vocalist and focal point is called Alice Glass and she is known to pour whiskey into fans' mouths, spend half the show in the audience, and punch the occasional miscreant.
As for the music itself? Ultra high energy, a bit like being at a rave somewhere in the Mediterranean, at four in the morning, with a pretty girl screaming incomprehensibly over the pounding beats and keyboards. All with a blistering visual set up, including strobe lights that would make a glass eye explode.
What I'm saying is: Crystal Castles are amazing and this show will be insane.
Crystal Castles play the Firestone Live next Thursday 9/9, with support from Bear in Heaven and Diddles.
Tickets are $24.50 and available from Ticketmaster here, but we'd suggest you go to Park Ave CDs and save a bit of money.
Contributing writer
How are your energy levels on a typical Thursday night? If they're anything less than one thousand percent, then you're in trouble. Toronto's Crystal Castles are coming to town, and this is not going to be a show for the shy, the retiring or the lethargic. The band's vocalist and focal point is called Alice Glass and she is known to pour whiskey into fans' mouths, spend half the show in the audience, and punch the occasional miscreant.
As for the music itself? Ultra high energy, a bit like being at a rave somewhere in the Mediterranean, at four in the morning, with a pretty girl screaming incomprehensibly over the pounding beats and keyboards. All with a blistering visual set up, including strobe lights that would make a glass eye explode.
What I'm saying is: Crystal Castles are amazing and this show will be insane.
Crystal Castles play the Firestone Live next Thursday 9/9, with support from Bear in Heaven and Diddles.
Tickets are $24.50 and available from Ticketmaster here, but we'd suggest you go to Park Ave CDs and save a bit of money.
Free Reading of New Play "The Way Of The Cards" by Aradhana Tiwari
Play The Moment is presenting a staged reading of a new play called "The Way Of The Cards" by Aradhana Tiwari Friday, September 3, 2010 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 at 8pm at Orlando Shakes (812 E. Rollins St, Orlando). Admission is free, with a suggested donation. Complimentary wine will be served.
The Way Of The Cards is structured around a hand of Texas Hold ‘em: The Blind, The Flop, The Turn, The River and The Showdown. In these five scenes, the leading character, Tip, needs to teach cards in order to relay his story about the most cataclysmic “hand” of his life.
His mother, “Sass” Arlington, may have been the “First Lady of the Vegas Strip” at one point in her poker career, but now she is simply a tired hack who plays on a riverboat. The house she lives in with her three children — Tip, Tally, and Lucky — is a “house of cards”, and the price of poker keeps going up.
Aradhana Tiwari is an up-and-coming playwright/director. Recently returning from work with NYC’s Circle Repertory Theatre, she’s thrilled to debut this play in Orlando. Tiwari is an ardent advocate of new plays and script development and has worked closely with The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays as well as The Women Playwrights’ Initiative.
The play will feature the performing talents of Orlando veterans Kate Ingram, Lucy Carney, Will Hageman, Michelle Krause and James Bartell.
For more information, email contact@playthemoment.com.
The Way Of The Cards is structured around a hand of Texas Hold ‘em: The Blind, The Flop, The Turn, The River and The Showdown. In these five scenes, the leading character, Tip, needs to teach cards in order to relay his story about the most cataclysmic “hand” of his life.
His mother, “Sass” Arlington, may have been the “First Lady of the Vegas Strip” at one point in her poker career, but now she is simply a tired hack who plays on a riverboat. The house she lives in with her three children — Tip, Tally, and Lucky — is a “house of cards”, and the price of poker keeps going up.
Aradhana Tiwari is an up-and-coming playwright/director. Recently returning from work with NYC’s Circle Repertory Theatre, she’s thrilled to debut this play in Orlando. Tiwari is an ardent advocate of new plays and script development and has worked closely with The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays as well as The Women Playwrights’ Initiative.
The play will feature the performing talents of Orlando veterans Kate Ingram, Lucy Carney, Will Hageman, Michelle Krause and James Bartell.
For more information, email contact@playthemoment.com.
Thomas Thorspecken Sketches the Audience
"Thomas Thorspecken Sketches the Audience" is a one-night-only event on Sunday September 5, 2010 7pm-9pm at Orlando Shakes (812 E. Rollins St. Orlando FL 32803). Tickets are $8 or $7 with coupon. About: Award winning illustrator Thomas Thorspecken (Thor) will be seated center stage inside the Goldman Theater with a lone spotlight, sketching the audience while a video camera close-up from above captures the page and projects his entire process from start to finish, allowing artistic creation to be experienced in a brand new way. Wine and Mountain Dew (Thor’s favorite) available.
The completed sketch will be featured on Thor’s acclaimed Analog Artist Digital World blog, as well as TheDailyCity.com and in a book to be published in 2011.
[title of show] Plays Parliament House Saturdays in October
The cast of the upcoming Wanzie Presents’ production of the Broadway musical [title of show] is John B. deHaas, Rob Lott, Kevin Kelly, Melissa Mason Braillard and Robyn Pedretti-Kelly (no relation to previous Kelly). The show is playing at the Parliament House (410 N. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Florida 32805) October 2, 9, 16 & 23 at 7:30pm. The opening night performance includes a post-show reception with free nosh. The industry night performance is Monday October 25 at 8PM. Tickets are available online starting Friday September 10, 2010. $14 in advance with reserved seating. $16 at the door general admission. The October 25, 2010 Industry Night performance (must be in the performing industry) is $12 in advance with reserved seating or $14 at the door.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
2010 Alzheimer's Walk
By Lauren Gibaldi
Contributing Writer
Staff Page
On October 30, the Alzheimer's Association is having a walk here in Orlando around Lake Eola. Registration is at 8am; the walk starts an hour later. It's a great event and a simple activity that may help bring more attention (and funding) to the cause. Anyone can participate as either an individual or in a group.
(TheDailyCity.com contributing writer Samir and I are walking in memory of my grandfather, who passed away from Alzheimer's two years ago. Feel free to join - or donate to - our team, Team Chaya)
For more information, click here.
Background:
Currently more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and 78 million baby boomers are at risk – unless we find a way to change the course of this disease.
Join the walk and get on the move to end Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk® is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The money raised will go toward research to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s, and programs to improve the lives of millions of Americans.
On October 30, the Alzheimer's Association is having a walk here in Orlando around Lake Eola. Registration is at 8am; the walk starts an hour later. It's a great event and a simple activity that may help bring more attention (and funding) to the cause. Anyone can participate as either an individual or in a group.
(TheDailyCity.com contributing writer Samir and I are walking in memory of my grandfather, who passed away from Alzheimer's two years ago. Feel free to join - or donate to - our team, Team Chaya)
For more information, click here.
Background:
Currently more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and 78 million baby boomers are at risk – unless we find a way to change the course of this disease.
Join the walk and get on the move to end Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk® is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The money raised will go toward research to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s, and programs to improve the lives of millions of Americans.
Greg Johnson Starting Improv and Writing Workshops
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Orlando Improv Festival Offering Four Fabulous Improv Workshops in One Day
The Orlando Improv Festival is putting on a "Workshop Sunday" September 19, 2010 11am-11pm. Four workshops taught by performers from Boston, Atlanta, Seattle and Orlando will take place. Location TBA. Online reservations available right now. See below and register separately for each workshop.
Great Improv Happens On Purpose
Ian Covell | Atlanta, GA | Bitch & Camaro
Cost: $30
Time: 11:00am-1:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER NOW
Falling in Love on Stage
Will Luera | Boston, MA | Improv Boston
Cost: $30
Time: 2:00pm-4:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER HERE
Digital Storytelling: Using all of our senses to become better improv performers
Jed Rose | Seattle, WA | Quiet Monkey Fight
Cost: $30
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER HERE
All Access Pass Holder Worshop
Chris Dinger, Orlando, FL | The Early Show
Cost: Free to All Access Pass Holders Only
Time: 8:00pm-10:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER NOW
Great Improv Happens On Purpose
Ian Covell | Atlanta, GA | Bitch & Camaro
Cost: $30
Time: 11:00am-1:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER NOW
About: In this workshop taught by Ian Covell (Bitch & Camaro), you will be given tools to execute successful improv scenes 100% of the time. Learn scene work techniques in order to make solid initial offers, find and heighten games, execute organic edits, connect emotionally with your scene partner, and much more. Ian has combined his training in the Sanford Meisner acting technique with 15 years improv performance experience to bring a fresh perspective on how to improvise truthfully and with bold intention. Required: Students must have completed all four levels of SAK Comedy Lab or similar training program. Not for beginners.
Bio: Ian Covell was a founder of the Orlando based sketch and improv comedy troupe, THEM, which lasted from 1994-2003 and performed almost 1000 shows together. He has been an ensemble member at SAK Comedy Lab and was an original cast member of The Early Show. He's performed improv in Orlando, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Ottawa. He has performed live with SNL’s Kevin Nealon, studied with William H. Macy, and can been seen in the indie films Vampire Clan, Gifted, God Laughed, and A Roll of the Dice. Ian currently resides in Atlanta where he can be found performing and teaching improv at Relapse Theater.
Falling in Love on Stage
Will Luera | Boston, MA | Improv Boston
Cost: $30
Time: 2:00pm-4:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER HERE
About: Falling in love with your scene partner and their characters. This workshop will focus on scenes that don't require you to invent but instead discover the subtle choices that your scene partner makes and then fall in love with those choices; unconditionally, flaws and all. From within these simple choices and blind love will emerge the comedy that comes with real relationships.
Bio: Will Luera joined ImprovBoston in 1997 as a member of the ImprovBoston Mainstage. Within two years he joined the TheatreSports cast and also became the director of Sitcom. In 1999, he left ImprovBoston to start his own improvisational theater company called Blue Screen, where he continued to direct Sitcom but also developed and directed Secret Society and Dropkick Bandito. In 2000, he rejoined ImprovBoston as Artistic Director, directing the Mainstage cast as well as premiere productions of Sitcom, Secret Society, Blue Screen, and Quest. He has appeared at the Chicago Improv Festival, New York Improv Festival, Greater Boston Improv Festival, and Toyota Comedy Festival and has studied improvisation with ImprovOlympic, The Second City, The Annoyance Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade, and Keith Johnstone. In addition to his work at ImprovBoston, Will has taught improvisation classes for the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), the National Fire Prevention Association, Northeastern University, Boston College and numerous regional, college, and high school improv troupes. Will continues to direct the ImprovBoston Mainstage, but has also worked with Improv Asylum, The Tribe Theater, The Alarm Clock Theater, and Another Country Productions.
Digital Storytelling: Using all of our senses to become better improv performers
Jed Rose | Seattle, WA | Quiet Monkey Fight
Cost: $30
Time: 5:00pm-7:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER HERE
About: Have you ever wanted to take advantage of modern technology for an improv performance? Pictures say a thousand words and a soundtrack has the power to stir emotions. By using high-tech devices, digital media has the ability to make scenes more dynamic and to allow performers to focus on improving specific theatrical skills. This workshop will push your senses and creativity by using digital media as an influence for improvised scenes and games. We will have a terrifically fun time exploring such areas as instant character creation, scenes without dialogue, and improvised singing. This workshop will feature the use of digital projectors, music, and mobile apps.
Bio: Jed Rose began studying improv under the direction of Patricia Ryan while at Stanford University. He has since completed improv training under various improv directors and taught several improv classes on both coasts of the US. He has performed at New York, LA, Toronto, and Seattle improv festivals and is a co-founder of "Quiet Monkey Fight". Jed has niche improv interests in physical comedy, theatrical styles, and using digital media for improvised storytelling.
Quiet Monkey Fight is an internationally recognized improv troupe that has performed original productions at New York (2008), Los Angeles (2008), Toronto (2007) and Seattle (2008, 2009, 2010) Improv Festivals. The troupe has also won the annual Seattle Theatresports Improv Tournament (2007). They have done over 100 shows and perform regularly in Seattle, WA.
All Access Pass Holder Worshop
Chris Dinger, Orlando, FL | The Early Show
Cost: Free to All Access Pass Holders Only
Time: 8:00pm-10:30pm
Length: 2.5 hours
Maximum Class Size: 15
REGISTER NOW
About: Free "Intro to Improv" workshop for the first 15 All Access Pass Holders who sign up. Note: Only open to All Access Pass Holders. You must bring your All Access Pass along with your Eventbrite.com Ticket Print-Out to this workshop.
Bio: Chris Dinger is a founding member of "The Early Show" and an Ensemble member at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando, Florida.
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