The Week: local event selections

THEWEEK

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7-TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021

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GRUESOME, FRIDAY AT THE HAVEN LOUNGE

SELECTIONS

THURSDAY, JULY 8 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

FRIDAY, JULY 9 Gruesome

With a lineup that boasts former 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

The Za-Boo-Zays

Ad hoc new local supergroup of Kaleigh Baker backed by Olivia and Hannah Wynn. Big timin’. 7 p.m., $5. Will’s Dirty Laundry, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub.org

PHOTO COURTESY GRUESOME

SATURDAY, JULY 10 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 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

MONDAY, JULY 12 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

ONGOING

JULY 9-AUG. 1 The Bodyguard

Musical version of the Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner classic. $25-$40. The Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, gardentheatre.org

JULY 9-25 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

JULY 9-18 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 Harriett at Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St., madcowtheatre. com

MUSEUMS + GALLERIES

THROUGH AUG. 15 Community: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy

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

THROUGH AUG. 29 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

THROUGH JULY 11 Cynthia Holmes: Sweet Surrealism

A world of fantastical botanicals. $10. Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park, polasek.org

THROUGH AUG. 22 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art

Annual exhibition spotlighting the best and most cutting-edge work by Floridian artists. ($15. Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave., omart.org

THROUGH AUG. 1 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

JULY 9-OCT. 2 I Found The Silence

A solo exhibition from award-winning international photographer Martin Stranka of recent works delving into the concept of inner peace. Free. Snap! Downtown, 420 E. Church St., snaporlando.com

THROUGH AUG. 29 Multiple Voices/ Multiple Stories

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

THROUGH SEPT. 19 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

JULY 9-OCT. 2 Present Tense

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

THROUGH DEC. 31 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

THROUGH 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