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W E D N E S D A Y , J U LY 7 - T U E S D A Y , J U LY 1 3 , 2 0 2 1 Submit your events to listings@orlandoweekly.com
comics titan Liefeld (think Deadpool, Cable, Image Comics, costumes with a truly impractical number of pouches). We can’t bring ourselves to make a feet joke right now because he seems like a truly OK guy. Noon, free. Coliseum of Comics, 2511 Old Vineland Road, Kissimmee, coliseumofcomics.com
Push Button Press
A night of Floridian post-punk and death-rock mastery courtesy of Tampa’s Push Button Press (where my Idle Rood fans at?) and Miami’s Obsidian, who have the Only Theatre of Pain look and sound on lock. 8 p.m., $12. Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub. org
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In-Between Series: Pressurewave
Head of the Circuit Church Records collective and modular synth wonk (with a beat you can dance to!) headlines this longrunning early-evening new music series. 7:30 p.m., $5. CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Ave., eventbrite.com
Kristin Harmel
Book signing put on by Writer’s Block Bookstore with local author and New York Times best-seller Harmel signing copies of her new tome, The Forest of Vanishing Stars. Ticket price includes a copy of the book for signing and a free glass of wine, which is a goddamned steal. 6 p.m., $33. Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive, writersblockbookstore.com F R I D AY, J U LY 9
Gruesome
With a lineup that boasts former
The Za-Boo-Zays
Ad hoc new local supergroup of Kaleigh Baker backed by Olivia and Hannah Wynn. Big timin’.
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Multiple Voices/ Multiple Stories
Memorial exhibition looking at the impact of the Pulse massacre on the local and global community. $8. Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd., thehistorycenter.org
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Community: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy
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Creatures in the Margins
As a visual complement to the Winter Park Public Library’s “Tails & Tales” summer reading, this exhibit looks at representations of animals in art. Free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, rollins.edu/cfam
Dive into the history of portraiture in this exhibition of 30 works from the Cornell’s permanent collection. Free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, rollins.edu/cfam
On Seeing Segovia
A travelogue by Maitland Art Center founder Jules André Smith of his 1921 travels in Spain in the form of paintings, drawings and a short story. $6. Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland, artandhistory.org J U LY 9 - O C T. 2
Present Tense
The Bodyguard
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7 p.m., $5. Will’s Dirty Laundry, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub.org
Musical version of the Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner classic. $25-$40. The Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, gardentheatre.org
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Annual exhibition spotlighting the best and most cutting-edge work by Floridian artists. ($15. Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave., omart.org
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PHOTO COURTESY GRUESOME
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A world of fantastical botanicals. $10. Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park, polasek.org
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featured members of heavies like Exhumed and Possessed, Gruesome create old-fashioned blood-soaked metal that calls to mind greats like Death and Autopsy. Idly wondering if the band will take any inspiration for future material from their travels in Florida circa pandemic (there was a shocking dearth of infectious disease-related songs on their classic debut Savage Land). 7 p.m., $15. Haven Lounge, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, eventbrite.com
MUSEUMS + GALLERIES
recent works delving into the concept of inner peace. Free. Snap! Downtown, 420 E. Church St., snaporlando.com
Snap partners with the Analog Photography Film Exhibition to present a survey of “film photography in the modern age,” featuring work by Michelle De Rose, Nika De Carlo and more. Free. Snap! Downtown, 420 E. Church St., snaporlando.com
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Harriett at Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St., madcowtheatre. com
The Great Florida Bigfoot Conference
Cryptozoologists, investigators and mythbusters talk all things Bigfoot and (of more pressing importance locally) Skunk Ape with featured speakers including Cliff Barackman and James “Bobo” Fay from the Animal Planet series Finding Bigfoot. $20-$50. RP Funding Center, 701 W. Lime St., Lakeland, gatherupevents.com
Rob Liefeld
In-store and signing with 1990s
Disenchanted!
Musical comedy wherein Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty tell it like it REALLY is. $33-$64. Theater West End, 115 W. First St., Sanford, theaterwestend.com
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
A reimagining of the moody Sherlock Holmes supernatural thriller as a “madcap comedy,” with three actors breathlessly taking on 16 roles. $30-$52. The
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Cynthia Holmes: Sweet Surrealism
Florida Prize in Contemporary Art
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The Grand Portraits of Mr. Eddy Mumma
Rare exhibition of paintings from this Florida original and beyond-prolific outsider artist. $5. Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St., mennellomuseum.org
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I Found The Silence
A solo exhibition from award-winning international photographer Martin Stranka of
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Preserving the Past and Looking Towards the Future: A Celebration of Hannibal Square
A photographic look at the history of Hannibal Square’s African American community from 1900 to the present day. Free. Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 West New England Avenue, Winter Park, hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org THROUG H AUG . 29
Uptown/Downtown: Richard Lindner’s Fun City
“Depictions of the city’s eccentric dwellers vibrate off the paper” in Richard Lindner’s bright, erotic prints. Free. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, rollins.edu/cfam n
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