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General Manager Graham Jarrett Executive Editor Erin Sullivan

EDITORIAL Editor Jessica Bryce Young Associate Editor Ashley Belanger Creative Director Adam McCabe Contributors Holly Kapherr, Faiyaz Kara, Scott Horn Photographer Robert Bartlett Copy Editor Katherine Ramirez Massey Web Editor Jaime Monzon Interns Shelby England, Drexler B. James

Table of Contents F E AT U R E

6 Heat of the moment: Orlando’s hottest dining trends

35 Food Trucks Meals on wheels

54 Mediterranean Greek, Turkish, Middle Eastern

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57 African

Nose-to-tail eating, craft cocktails and supper clubs … plus what’s next

35 An interview with Mark Baratelli

9 Modern A focus on local ingredients

drink and eat

57 Mead: It’s not just for Vikings

41 Food to Drink By English pubs, Irish pubs, brewpubs, taprooms, wine bars

59 Indian

and innovative technique

15 American Traditional Comfortfood classics given the deluxe treatment

21 Casual Barbecue, burgers, delis, diners, salads, sandwiches, soul food F E AT U R E

21 Trend alert: fancified fast food 27 Steakhouses F E AT U R E

27 Where sides go over the top 31 Seafood F E AT U R E

31 Go fish!

39 Dinner and a Show Have a seat,

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63 Asian Chinese, Japanese/Sushi,

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41 A pint and a plate: pairing beer with food

48 European French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish F E AT U R E

48 Anatomy of a paella 50 Italian/Pizza F E AT U R E

50 Living la dolce vita: a glossary of Italian sweets

Korean, Thai, Vietnamese

69 Latin Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Colombian, Peruvian, Venezuelan

69 Trend alert: spotlight on Peruvian food

BUSINESS Manager Elizabeth Hubbard Assistant Andreina Icaza TIMES SHAMROCK COMMUNICATIONS Regional Publisher Michael Wagner

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75 Healthy Vegan, vegetarian, smoothies, juice bars

77 Coffee, Tea & Sweets Coffeehouses, teahouses, cupcakes, snocones, fro-yo, ice cream

Welcome to the 2013 edition of BITE, Orlando Weekly’s annual guide to dining out in Central Florida. If you’ve picked up BITE before, you may notice that we’ve given the guide something of a facelift. In the past, we focused on providing readers with a comprehensive listing of bite-sized reviews of as many restaurants as we could squeeze into these pages.

This year, in honor of our region’s fast-developing food scene, we’ve decided to offer instead a handful of stories about the food trends that make our dining scene unique, as well as a hand-picked selection of capsule reviews representing some of Orlando’s most popular cuisines. Each capsule includes symbols that will let you know if that restaurant offers takeout, outdoor dining, a full liquor bar and more.

Check the key at the bottom of each page to find out what each symbol represents. As in previous years, restaurants listed in red are BITE advertisers.

We hope you’ll use this guide as a jumping-off point for exploring the diversity of our burgeoning restaurant scene. Orlando is delicious – take a bite!

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Get a grip on Orlando’s hottest restaurant trends – and find out what’s next B y H o l ly V. K a p H e r r

You’ve held court over a hot pot and braved the artisanal burger, but are you sure you’re savvy to what’s new and now in Orlando dining? Here are three culinary movements worth investigating and where you can get in on the action.

Entrail mix: nose-to-tail eating THe disH:

La Mexicana in South Orlando fills their homemade masa tortillas with tender lengua (tongue) and spicy tripas (tripe).

You might think that offal is the final frontier, but in reality, it was the beginning of “dining out.” Wholeanimal cookery has been around since man’s first bite of flesh, but organ meats and “fifth cuts” (the toughest, least expensive cuts) have fallen out of modern favor. Luckily, they’re back, and trendy chefs have made it their mission to reintroduce alternative cuts to diners.

Benefits of nose-to-tail eating abound. Obviously, using the whole animal cuts down on waste and expense. But the pure-pleasure bonus is that diners get to feast on intense flavors, and chefs get to experiment with fresh and inventive techniques.

“Since diners don’t have any expectations about how a dish should be prepared, we can be as creative as we want and put out something really fantastic,“ says chef James Petrakis of the Ravenous Pig and Cask & Larder in Winter Park.

“The trick,” says Tony Adams of Big Wheel Provisions, star of his own butchery video on YouTube, “is to combine familiar flavors, like a taco, with unfamiliar proteins, like pig’s head.” A great example: Tortilleria

Go: • The Rusty Spoon (55 W. Church St., 407-401-8811; therustyspoon.com) • The Ravenous Pig (1234 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park; 407-628-2333, theravenouspig.com) • Tortilleria & Restaurant La Mexicana (2417 W. Oak Ridge Road; 407-888-3531)

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Rocks and roll: craft cocktails THe disH: Even with our surfeit of digital gadgets in the age of “right now,” there’s a longing for a bygone era when life, love and booze were a little more leisurely. The “slow drink” movement has transformed the squirt gun-and-speed rail rumand-Coke into the pickled-Rainiercherry, cardamom-infused-rum and cane-sugar Coke smash.

“There’s a longing to reconnect with the past and the way things used to be. People want to experience something old-school that’s been made new again,” says Tyler Brassil,

chef and owner of the Pharmacy, a speakeasy-style bar (hidden behind his dinner-party-style prix-fixe restaurant, the Table). Quality spirits and house-made bitters, jams, tonics and garnishes are paramount here, and there’s certainly an audience for it. Gene Zimmerman, owner of downtown Orlando’s Courtesy Bar, says he sources the best herbs, spices and ingredients around town and collaborates with chef Kevin Fonzo of K Restaurant to concoct imaginative mixers (like cherrytarragon soda) and garnishes (like smoked manzanilla olives).

Go: • The Courtesy (114 N. Orange Ave., 407-450-2041; thecourtesybar.com) • The Woods (49 N. Orange Ave., 407-203-1114; thewoodsorlando.com) • Pharmacy (8060 Via Dellagio Way, 407-985-2972; thepharmacyorlando.com) • Hanson’s Shoe Repair (27 E. Pine St., 407-476-9446 for password and reservation)

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Eyes peeled, forks out, people!

Here’s what’s coming to town soon: Scan design The SwedeDish food truck (see page 35) sewed up “First!” rights on the Scandinavian trend early in Orlando. But based on bigger cities, we’re about to see a lot more pickled fish and lingonberries up in here.

Juiced up After the release of the film Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, fresh fruit and veggie juicing went from a hippie affectation to a general craze. Be prepared to fork over some coin, though; a 12-ounce cup will set you back between $6 and $8 at the Smoothie Room (see page 75).

Garden of eatin’ Look for restaurants to go hyperlocal soon, joining places that already cultivate their own kitchen gardens, like Sweet Mama’s in Lake Nona, K Restaurant in College Park (see page 12), and Primo (also on page 12).

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Finders, eaters: pop-up restaurants and supper clubs THe disH: Looking for the ultimate in foodie bragging rights? Eat a meal at a fleeting pop-up restaurant or score an elite invite to a supper club. Popup restaurants are a-few-nights-only events in borrowed space where a chef can show his or her stuff to adoring fans. Tony Adams’ pop-up, Kennebec, took over Thornton Park event/co-working space Urban ReThink for five nights in March, to sold-out crowds. Adams’ team was anxious to ramp up their food-truck recipes. “Sometimes you want to serve good food on a plate instead of in a cardboard boat,” he admits.

Supper clubs are more nostalgic, but they’re making a comeback,

too, says restaurant critic Scott Joseph, who helms his own events.

“Guests usually don’t know the location of the dinner until that day,” Joseph says. Past locales have included Quantum Leap Winery and Gary’s Seafood.

The appeal of supper clubs goes beyond exclusivity; it’s a chance to witness the unexpected. “Our first supper club had Hari Pulapaka from Cress Restaurant in DeLand alongside Henry Salgado from Spanish River Grill in New Smyrna Beach. It was a chance to try the food from two excellent chefs at the same time in the same place,” says Joseph. dining@orlandoweekly.com

Go: • Dishcrawl (sign up at dishcrawl.com/orlando) • Scott Joseph Orlando (sign up at scottjosephorlando.com) • Orlando ClandesDine (orlandoclandesdine.com; twitter.com/oclandesdine)

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CASK & LARDER With a commitment to nose-totail cookery and a fine selection of accessible-but-atypical cuts, this “Southern Public House” has already reached legendary status. Occupying a landmark building, James and Julie Petrakis’ latest venture serves terrific nouveau-Southern fare – grilled lamb heart, ethereal pork belly, foie gras-stuffed quail and a country-ham tasting flight, to name just a few. Pair your meal with a brew from in-house cicerone Ron Raike or craft cocktail.

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CEVICHE TAPAS BAR The seductive interior alone makes this Church Street spot worth visiting, though the whopping selection of small plates is what keeps patrons coming back. Refreshing tuna ceviche segues nicely into Iberico ham; creamy tres leches cake with fresh berries is as savory as it is siesta-inducing. 125 W. Church St., 321-281-8140; $$

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THE CHEF’S TABLE/THE TASTING ROOM AT THE EDGEWATER Kevin and Laurie Tarter have built a culinary empire within the confines of the Edgewater Hotel’s ground floor. The intimate Chef’s Table and lower-key Tasting Room both feature superbly executed dishes, and the opportunity to banter with the chef make these Winter Garden eateries must-stop fixtures on the local foodie trail. 99 W. Plant St., Winter Garden, 407-230-4837; $$$$

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CRESS RESTAURANT Mathematician-turned-chef Hari Pulapaka has the formula for success: fusing traditional and multicultural approaches with organic ingredients.

Delicately crisp basil-brie wontons are beautifully executed; the signature salad offers a representative sampling from their garden; and a baconwrapped Kurobota pork chop is a delicious Everest to scale. Desserts are simple to a fault. 103 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand, 386-734-3740; $$$

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FRESH Intimate, down-to-earth café offers a nightly changing menu of globally inspired fare comprising ingredients sourced from within 150 miles. For the most part, dishes are well-executed – on our visit, we enjoyed a local poussin and a lamb ragu. Salads aren’t your garden variety, while desserts like chocolate-chip banana bread pudding are well worth considering.

The close proximity of tables makes it conductive to impromptu conviviality.

Closed Mondays. 535 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 321-295-7837; $$

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The restaurant tucked into a cozy bungalow reaches a grand level of food and service; chef and owner Kevin Fonzo (the “K”) creates dishes that are both simple and elegantly delicious, often using ingredients from the garden behind the kitchen.

From salad to starter to main course, everything hits the right note, surpassing the restaurant’s already sterling reputation. 1710 Edgewater Drive, 407-872-2332; $$$

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LUMA ON PARK Foodies are hot for the innovative fare at this Park Avenue star, overseen by chef Brandon McGlamery. The atmosphere is lively and suitable for large parties, especially at the chef’s table. There’s a great wine selection, a creative cocktail menu, and the smaller plates encourage sharing – or go for one of the fabulous entrees, such as duck with butternut squash and lemon confit. The exquisite dessert menu stands alone, as does the weekend brunch. 290 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-599-4111; $$$

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OLV CAFÉ Equal parts café, wine bar and tapas joint, this inviting spot is a gathering ground for SoDo’s urban patronage.

Petite beef tenders and tuna ceviche are most satisfying; the duck confit flatbread is popular. For dessert, assorted mini indulgences are in keeping with the small-plate theme.

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PRIMO Celebrity chef Melissa Kelly brings her organic, locavore philosophy down from Maine to open a second Primo in the enormous JW Marriott Orlando.

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THE RAVENOUS PIG Frills, like the coveted Gruyère biscuits, are as sophisticated as the fare at this Winter Park gastropub.

Nantucket Bay scallops in balsamic brown butter and grilled quail with made-in-house sausage underscore talent in the kitchen, as do mains like wonderfully tender porcini-marinated flatiron steak and olive-crusted loin of lamb. Chocoholics will rave over thick chocolate-chili pots de crème.

1234 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park, 407-628-2333; $$$

THE RUSTy SPOON Self-described gastropub brings a locavore credo to the downtown core along with an urban-farmhouse vibe.

The rustic menu focuses on locally farmed and raised ingredients, but not obsessively so. Best: tapenade-stuffed eggs, coffee-rubbed culotte steak and grown-up s’mores. There’s a small but decent selection of craft beers, wines and “rusty-tails” as well. 55 W. Church St., 407-401-8811; $$$

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SANTIAGO’S BODEGA An Orlando outpost of the Key West original, this tapas-style restaurant offers a multitude of small plates from which to choose, but the dishes are not limited to Spanish cuisine – instead, you’ll find modern classics spanning the globe, and a menu that comes as close to truly offering “something for everybody” as any we’ve seen. 802 Virginia Drive, 407-412-6979; $$$

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SONAPA GRILLE SoNapa (the name is inspired by California’s wine country) is cozy, with a river-rock fireplace and a lovely bar area. The menu can be up-anddown, though some items are utterly delicious, like the pork osso buco. But service is solid, and the list of California wines is surprisingly affordable.

640 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-637-2933; $$$

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THE TABLE A 22-seat restaurant modeled after a dinner party gives one of the more interesting dining experiences in the city. A sumptuous five-course meal with hors d’oeuvres and wine pairings awaits those willing to foot the allinclusive $100 per person bill; some wine choices can be puzzling, but the food is deftly and deliciously executed.

Open Fridays and Saturdays, with one 7 p.m. seating. 8060 Via Dellagio Way, 407-900-3463; $$$$

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310 LAKESIDE/310 PARK SOUTH The Park Avenue bistro has a trendy, people-watching vibe, while the Lake Eola location features a more understated, leisured pace. Wellexecuted dishes like pan-seared snapper with a magnificent fennel and olive tapenade garnish and beef tenderloin flatbread are as much a draw as the outdoor dining. Desserts are revelatory. 301 E. Pine St., 407-373-0310; also 310 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-647-7277; $$$

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B.B. KING’S BLUES CLUB B.B. King’s is a roomy, functioning live music venue with a dinner theater setup. It’s great for seeing music if you have a table, challenging if you don’t, so make a reservation. Cuisine is crowd-pleasing: barbecue, burgers and irresistible fried pickles. Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive, 407-370-4550; $$$

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seafood, homestyle meatloaf and St. Louis-style barbecued ribs dominate the menu at this popular eatery in Pointe Orlando. 9101 International Drive, 407-363-3933; $$

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808 E. Washington St., 407-648-2777; 558 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 407-629-1150; and 950 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary, 407-8053090; $$

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DEXTER’S The three restaurants in the Dexter’s family, longtime favorites of the Orlando brunch and happy-hour scenes, share a flair for giving comfortfood ingredients – pastas, sandwiches, killer sweet-potato fries – an exciting twist in an ambience that’s just right

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Big flavors, a big menu and great big portions of “twisted farm food” are what you’ll find at I-Drive’s new destination. Breakfast is the star here – the signature tower of chicken and waffles is a miracle of engineering, as well as a comfort-food classic – and you can get it all day, but don’t overlook tasty lunch and dinner. 5350 International Drive, 407-370-4646; $$

sherry or the crab cakes served with a tart cucumber-onion relish. It’s rare to find such creativity in this neck of the woods. 330 Dora Drawdy Way, Mount Dora, 352-735-0059; $$$$

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HARD ROCK CAFÉ With large, statuesque pillars, HRC stands majestically like a Roman Coliseum of rock, boasting more pieces of rock & roll memorabilia than any other Hard Rock. Not only is there a vast, multi-level café serving the famous upscale burgers, but throw in the 3,000-person Hard Rock Live Orlando concert venue, and you’ve got a winner. 6050 Universal Blvd., 407-351-7625; $$

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HILLSTONE A short menu compensates with huge portions, especially desserts. Pork ribs, steaks, chicken and a fish of the day (and a very popular grilled artichoke) are served in a wood-accented, masculine setting with a lake view from every seat. You’ll likely spend some time on the lovely tree-dotted lawn if you don’t make a reservation.

215 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-740-4005; $$$

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THE HARP Downtown gastropub next door to the well-loved Celt tavern oozes a rustic charm and class; Cordon Bleu chef Cody Patterson shines with such dishes as luscious rack of lamb with saffron risotto and “stoplight prawns,” served with a trio of red, yellow and green sauces. Lunch or by special booking only. 25 S. Magnolia Ave., 407-481-2928; $$$

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HOT OLIVES This stylish-but-cozy Hannibal Square eatery continues its upscale evolution with an expanded menu, highlights of which include mouth-watering “spicy fried olive” appetizers and a variety of tender fish entrees. Trust your waiter’s informed suggestions and you almost

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LINDA’S WINTER PARK DINER A true diner serving the classics: chili omelets, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, bottomless cups of coffee.

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PARK PLAZA GARDENS A longtime Winter Park favorite, this is the place to go for ambitious dishes served in a classy atmosphere. Hang out on the sidewalk and check out the beautiful people, sidle up to the intimate bar, or go all-out at the patio “room” in the back. 319 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-645-2475; $$$$

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TAP ROOM AT DUBSDREAD Historic dining destination on the grounds of Orlando’s oldest public golf course offers simple, impeccably prepared dishes. Pot roast makes an ideal meat-and-potatoes nosh, fish and chips are simple comfort food, and homemade Key lime pie is a must. 549 W. Par St., 407-650-0100; $$$

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NAPA California wine-country cooking gets the local treatment. A “taste of the valley” starter offers a worthy intro to NoCal cuisine; the Meyer Ranch filet is a singular gastronomic pleasure.

Portions are controlled enough to enjoy desserts without second thoughts.

Peabody Orlando, 9801 International

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CASUAL Trend alert: fancified fast food oh, the power of the word “artisan.” Just about every celeb chef in the country has his or her own burger joint now, championed by Fleur de lys frontman hubert Keller and copied by emeril lagasse, gordon ramsay and Bobby Flay, among others. even in the midst of all the latest diet fads (raw, keto, paleo, gluten-free) the mere idea of house-made fast food has all of us in a tizzy.

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some highlights: the innovative apple-cider and marshmallow sauces for sweet potato fries at Burger 21 (impossibly savory and sweet at the same time!); the cali-style minis at BurgerFi, clad in wax paper; and the super-spicy, ultra-crunchy fried chicken sandwich at B&B Junction. (it’s impossible not to give a nod as well to the gelato-based milkshakes at B&B, which crush drive-thru triple-thick concretes any day.) The 65 different toppings at Pine 22 still enamor the rightbrained among us, and they managed to snag Zagat orlando’s Best Burger title in 2013, while, happily, still peddling local ingredients and craft beers. –HVK

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4 RIVERS SMOKEHOUSE It’s all about the smoked-to-perfection Angus beef brisket at this popular Texas-style smokehouse. Heady sides set this barbecue joint apart from the rest: smoked corn relish, sweet and meaty baked beans, and creamcheese-stuffed jalapeños wrapped in bacon. Be prepared to wait in line1600 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; also 1869 W. State Road 434, Longwood, and 1047 S. Dillard St., Winter Garden; 407-474-8377; $$

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B&B JUnctIOn Local grass-fed beef and a “farm-totable” approach is the hook, which seems to be working. The bison rules, but be sure to order it “pink.”

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BURgERFI Winter Park burger joint is loud and proud of its all-natural Angus burgers, though flavors can ebb and tide depending on your choice of patty. The double cheeseburger is stellar; the quinoa burger will appease vegetarians. Also on the menu: Wagyu beef hot dogs and frozen custard “concretes.” Prices are a bit steep, but, hey, rustic-PoMo-industrial décor doesn’t come cheap. 538 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-622-2010; $$

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Classic sub sandwiches done right – warm, crusty bread stuffed with hot meats or cold cuts – plus a few specialty sandwiches, too: three different cheesesteaks for the diehards, or a veggie sub with grilled peppers and onions, a nice touch.

Multiple locations, jerseymikes.com; $

Ocoee bar and grill keeps the focus on barbecue, and rightfully so, though perfect steaks and enormous grilled wings give the robustly smoked brisket a run for its money. Dollars are less wisely spent on starters like the fish dip and crab-corn chowder, but cupcakes and bananas Foster are happy endings. 2594 Maguire Road, Ocoee, 407-877-0003; $$

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358 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-951-5790; $$

This is a place that takes lunch seriously, and the kind of sandwichand-salad spot anyone would be happy to have around the corner from the office. Service is helpful and friendly, portion sizes are generous, and everything’s made fresh in-house.

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This upscale cafeteria serves two sorts: those with power-lunch aspirations but no expense account, and groups who can’t agree on just one cuisine.

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The buzz surrounding this “neighborhood noshery” reflects a loyal clientele. Meticulously prepared salads, pastas and sandwiches underscore the commitment to quality, while assorted baked goods guarantee a sweet ending for all tastes. 807 N. Orange Ave., 407-601-7848; $

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STEAKHOUSES Where sides go over the top You can channel your inner Don Draper any day of the week: Just go to a dimly lit steakhouse filled with suit-wearing servers, floorto-ceiling wine storage and lush leather banquettes (sit on a cow and eat one, too!). Though its origins verge on old-fashioned, the steakhouse even today is the place to schmooze clients or wow a date.

With all that perfect protein – deeply marbled, dry-aged, ultra-rich cuts like ribeye or porterhouse – you’d think something lighter on the side would complement the meal a bit better, but not so.

Traditional à la carte sides like creamed spinach, lobster mac & cheese, potato gratin and Caesar salad (tossed tableside, of course) reflect the bygone excesses of fine dining.

“Sides with rich flavors are perfect accompaniments because the flavors will shine next to a robust, well-seasoned steak. They enhance the experience instead of getting lost in it,” says chef Kevin Spencer of Spencer’s for Steaks and Chops at the Hilton Orlando.

The three-martini power lunch might be long gone, but the longing for a place where gluttony and luxury combine is still fulfilled at the grand salons of steak. –HVK

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This old-school establishment answers traditional meat-eaters’ cravings with some of the best cuts in town. Stick with the steak, though; everything else is just a distraction. 8255 International Drive, 407-363-0228; $$$$

Park Avenue churrascaria offers up an awesome 40-item salad bar, comprising crisp vegetables, fish, soup and more, but it’s the all-you-can-eat-meat extravaganza that packs ’em in. Our advice: Stick to the sirloin cuts (top sirloin and picanha) and avoid the lamb. Consider a pitcher of sangria to enjoy with your meal. Scrumptious Brazilian desserts are made in-house.

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CHOO CHOO CHURROS From empanadas to authentic opengrilled steaks, this is a good but unpretentious Argentine steak house in the shadow of the East-West Expressway.

Order a delicious mixed-meat grill from parts of the beast that some people, even carnivores, would rather not think about. 5810 Lake Underhill Road, 407-382-6001; $$

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FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE & WINE BAR Paul Fleming, the “P.F.” in P.F. Chang’s, imbued this high-end steakhouse with an emphasis on wine. Typically wood and leather in styling, Fleming’s offers aged, hand-cut beef in huge, thickas-a-brick servings and family-style side dishes, giant seafood entrees and enormous desserts. Big and beefy.

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FOGO DE CHAO A shrine to beef, with heavenly tableside service to boot. Juicy skirt steak, salt-crusted rib-eye and meltingly tender filet are standouts, but accoutrements like deep-fried polenta squares, bacon-studded rice and beans, and thick spears of chilled asparagus will also wow. The impressive wine list leans toward South American malbecs and rioja; the high ratio of staff to diners means service is equally impressive. 8282 International Drive, 407-370-0711; $$$$

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RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Weighing in heavily on the masculine side of the top-dollar dining spectrum, the ambience, menu and service here are powerfully delivered. The New Orleans-based chain serves only aged meats from corn-fed Hereford cows, seared on an 1,800-degree grill – so tender a knife isn’t necessary. For expense accounts and special occasions.

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One price buys overindulgence at this richly styled all-you-can-eat Brazilian churrascaria, serving 15 cuts of charcoal-grilled meats on large skewers that are delivered to your table till you tell ’em to stop. The salad bar is a country in itself, with a wealth of fresh vegetables and Latin standbys, as well as gourmet specialties like shrimp ceviche and artichoke-and-raisin melange. 5259 International Drive, 407-355-0355; $$$$

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KRES CHOPHOUSE Most of the food is outstanding, but inconsistency plagues the kitchen of this sumptuous yet cozy space; the ambience alone makes this downtown destination worth a second try. Menu standouts include the shellfish bisque and the mixed grill. 17 W. Church St., 407-447-7950; $$$$

No matter how you slice it, Linda’s La Cantina serves a superb steak and has been doing so for more than a half a century. The surf-and-turf is fantastic.

The T-bone steaks are served in mammoth proportions. Though nothing else on the menu is quite so impressive, the atmosphere is pleasant and casual. 4721 E. Colonial Drive, 407-894-4491; $$$

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The upscale fare includes perfect tenderloins and crunchy flatbread pizzas, and there’s live music nightly. It’s also one of the few places in town to find local Enlightened Grain vodkas. 7533 W. Sand Lake Road, 407-351-1227; $$$

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SEAFOOD Go fish!

With all this coastline, it’s no wonder we have so many places serving seafood around town.

Legit old standbys still rule, like the wood-paneled fried fish temple that is Boston’s Fish House, and High Tide Harry’s (now in new digs, but sporting the same menu and the same low-key vibe as the former location).

Don’t bother wearing a dryclean-only look at one of the many Cajun boil restaurants in town, like King Cajun in the Mills 50 district, Little New Orleans on OBT, or Vegas-based Hot ’N Juicy Crawfish – you’re gonna get messy.

Looking for somewhere you won’t have to wear a dropcloth?

Cityfish in Thornton Park has a killer lobster roll, and fans swear by Winter Park Fish Co.’s chowder and cioppino – just be prepared to drop slightly more cash.

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At the higher end, Oceanaire Seafood Room on I-Drive has the graceful feel of a 1920s cruise ship and is the alma mater of The Taste judge and Top Chef cheftestant Brian Malarkey.

Sophisticated preparations like sole meunière, stuffed flounder Florentine and nine varieties of oysters provide more than enough elegance, but surprisingly homey sides like fried green tomatoes keep things down to earth. –HVK

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Blu on the Avenue Expect competently executed seafood dishes at this sister restaurant to 310 Park South and 310 Lakeside Terrace.

Chef Tony Kreuger knows what he’s doing with such dishes as ovenroasted snapper and pan-roasted duck breast. Owner Joanne McMahon is also an expert pastry chef, so don’t pass up sweet endings like peanut butter pie. Open daily. Reservations recommended. 326 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-960-3778; $$$

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FISh on FIre Part roadhouse, part fish camp, FOF offers Florida-style eating in a south Orlando neighborhood without many other options. You can’t go wrong with the barbecue, the fried catfish is a study in simple excellence, and the Key lime pie is very tasty. Cold tap beer and a pool table seal the deal. 7937 Daetwyler Drive, 407-812-6881; $

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Rigorous sustainability and local sourcing are integral to chef Cory York’s stellar seafood dishes, though you’ll have to navigate the depths of Disney property to sample them. The astounding crab cake is an absolute must, though the eight fresh fish options are the real draw. Desserts please, but won’t necessarily wow.

Validated parking offered. Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort, 14651 Chelonia Parkway, 407-390-2420; $$$$

A host of seasoning choices, top-notch sides (corn on the cob and hush puppies in particular) and cut-rate prices make this Cajun dive a real draw for diners craving crawfish boils. Other NOLA staples are hit (catfish po’boy) and miss (gumbo). End with a strong cup of Café du Monde coffee. 914 N. Mills Ave., 407-704-8863; $

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first-rate, especially the creamy Creole jambalaya. Fresh shellfish combos – crab, shrimp and crawfish steamed with spices and sided with corn and potatoes – are more than generous.

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Alaskan ling cod makes for gratifying fish and chips, and fresh-out-of-thefryer hush puppies are sublime all by themselves. Expect a wait. 761 Orange Ave., Winter Park, 407-622-6112; $$

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An interview with Mark Baratelli If you’ve ever munched, licked or slurped a tasty treat from one of Orlando’s copious food trucks, you might owe your stuffed stomach to Mark Baratelli’s vision. Baratelli doesn’t run one of the rolling kitchens, but the civic sparkplug and arts advocate did mastermind TheDailyCity.com Food Truck Bazaar in 2011, a food truck caravan that wheels through Central Florida venues and parking lots across the region. Corralling more than 14,000 visitors each month, Baratelli’s gatherings dish equal servings homegrown cuisine and community cohesion.

He’s got business acumen and media juju, sure. But what we really want to know from the mobile-munchies wrangler is: What’s his favorite dish? He’s not telling. “Nothing tastes as good as seeing hundreds and hundreds of people eating at an event that I put together.” –SH

“One of the things that really took me by surprise was a woman [telling] us that she times her Disney Vacation Club vacations around the Food Truck Bazaar,” Baratelli says. “Disney is here in one place, and the local food trucks are in another place. That’s tangible evidence that people want to do this … It’s helping the city of Orlando, and the communities of Orlando, rebrand themselves.”

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La empanada This truck takes the canny approach of super-specialization. empanadas are all they serve – some baked, some fried – filled with a smart mix of classic, sweet, and ever-more-inventive flavor combinations like chicken banh mi, sweet potato-and-chèvre and truffled mac & cheese.

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which keeps the lobster roll as basic and authentic as possible.

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Food and film: It’s an odd combination, but it works, even if there are a few interruptions while watching the movie.

Snuggle into a comfy chair or sofa and order staples like buttered popcorn, soft pretzels or chocolate-chip cookies, or get fancy with creative starters and sandwiches (including a good vegetarian selection). Desserts are heavenly, and the wait staff sweats the details. 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-629-0054; $$

AMC’s dine-in movie experience offers plush digs and a full bar to filmgoers willing to make the drive to Downtown Disney. The menu features a hodgepodge of boilerplate bar food that does little to enhance the movie-going experience, but it beats gummy bears and popcorn slathered in faux butter.

Restricted to guests 18 and over or those accompanied by an adult. AMC Downtown Disney 24, 1500 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista; $$

Serving wenches bustle about with pewter beer steins while sawdust flies through the air. It’s the ultimate eatwith-your hands experience for fans of Game of Thrones – or The Cable Guy. The food is good enough, but the well-trained horses thundering feet from your face are legitimately thrilling; if you’re not into the equines, tour the small-but-creepy museum of torture intruments. 4510 W. Vine St., Kissimmee, 888-935-6878; $$$$

After touring the wacky upside-down building full of interactive science exhibits, grab a ticket for the Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner Show, a fast-paced mix of improv comedy, impersonations and magic tricks. Is dinner a gourmet experience? In a word, no. But who wouldn’t cheer at the idea of unlimited pizza and beer?

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English Pubs, irish Pubs, brEw Pubs, TaProoms, winE bars

FOOD TO DRINK BY A pint and a plate Yes, we know it’s crazy to separate hot wings and cold beer – they’re simply meant for each other, like chips and salsa or peanut butter and jelly. but if you’re ready for the next step in beer and food pairing, here a guide:

Lagers light-bodied brews, such as traditional pilsners and lagers, pair with lighter dishes, like salmon, chicken, or seafood salads. heavier lagers like ambers and maibocks accentuate the richer flavors of hearty, spicier fare like Thai, Korean barbecue or chili.

Ales want suds to sling with cheeseburgers on the patio? Pour your favorite pale ale. Effervescent american wheat ales and german hefeweizens marry well with sushi and salads, while silky, roasted porters underscore blackened fish and smoked meats. Couple belgian dubbels and tripels with thick steaks or crab cakes.

Lambic These belgium beers are fermented in an open-air environment, resulting in striking vinegar and cider flavor notes. brewers often flavor lambics with fruits like strawberry, peach and raspberry, imparting a distinct sweetness and making lambics prime candidates for pairing with dessert dishes. if you love chocolate fudge sundaes but always thought they should be more alcoholic, sip a framboise lambic between bites and you’ll never look at your favorite guilty pleasure the same way again. –SH

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CRICKETERS ARMS After stints at the Mercado and Festival Bay, this Brit pub gives the good folks of Dr. Phillips a healthy dose of Brit pride. On our visit the chips were below par, but the fish (crispy-battered cod) was spot-on – and the bangers and mash were right proper. Don’t overlook sausage rolls, savory pies or wonderfully crisp brisket sliders. Bread pudding is so rich it makes downing a pint of Guinness seem like sipping Perrier. 7563 Sand Lake Road, 407-730-2111; $$

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EOLA WINE COMPANY A true and very welcome wine bar that offers its wares by the glass or in 2-ounce sampler flights. If something grabs your fancy, racks of bottles line the walls. Eola Wine hops until 2 a.m. most nights, with a menu of grapes and brews that changes often, along with small plates. 430 E. Central Blvd., 407-481-9100; also 136 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-647-9103; $$

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Asparagus fries lay gustatory foundations for more ambitious dishes, like shrimp and grits lathered in a roast tomato beurre sauce, and a well-composed “Everything and the Kitchen Sink” burger. A handful of craft and local brews will keep beer connoisseurs happy, and a sizable patio augments the restaurant’s relaxed vibe. Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive, 407-351-3627; $$

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OBLIVION TAPROOM One of the city’s better beer bars sits, unexpectedly, on a forgettable strip of Colonial Drive, with 40 beers on tap and more available by the bottle – but the meaty bar bites, inventive burgers especially, set this place apart from the rest. Don’t overlook crisp batteredand-fried items or tots with housemade ketchup. Oddly enough, vegan and vegetarian options are plentiful.

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Draft ales, lagers and stouts, plus traditional Irish fare (corned beef and cabbage) and more ambitious offerings such as grilled salmon with champagne sauce. This pub proves that a focus on flavor, presentation and service can spell “gourmet” for Irish cuisine. 544 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 407-645-2050; $$

Ollie’s has a robust array of sandwiches and salads – and though you’ll need to ask for your tableside jar of pickles, you can order a pickleback shot from the bar. The beer menu isn’t vast, but there’s enough to slake any average thirst. As for dessert, grilling s’mores at the table can make for some interesting moments in a bar. 3400 Edgewater Drive, 407-999-8934; $

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An energetic, feel-good vibe (along with beer brewed and bread baked in-house) draws the masses to this restaurant-bar-bakery-market.

Sandwiches don’t get any better than the pulled pot-roast or the Harris Ranch burger. Skip the cloying barbecue chicken pizza and satisfy your sweet tooth with a mini-cupcake.

Parking is limited. 200 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 321-274-4045; $$

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ThE GNARLY BARLEY A roadhouse that happens to serve great food, the South Orlando brewpub features 10 beers on tap and a menu full of hangover preventers (or cures) like the “Snack Attack,” a mound of kettle chips buried under shredded chicken, bleu cheese and salsa, and the “Johnnie Mac ’n Cheese” sandwich, a bombshell take on the French dip. 7431 S. Orange Ave., 407-854-4999; $

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ThE hAMMERED LAMB A gorgeous patio with a full bar and 16 beers on draft offers views of Lake Ivanhoe on one side, and the roar of the train tracks on the other (but don’t worry, when the locomotive goes rushing by, the bartender hands out train shots). If you start to feel peckish while you party, peruse a menu full of creative sandwiches and wraps. 1235 N. Orange Ave., 407-704-3200; $

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uRBAN FLATS Urban Flats’ cruvinet system dispenses wines from all over the world by the glass in 3-ounce and 6-ounce pours, while keeping oxidation at bay. The signature flatbreads are stupendous – thin-crusted and kissed by the fire of the woodstone oven. 55 W. Church St., 321-251-4578; $$

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Orlando’s first Uzbek restaurant serves dishes that will appeal to all palates.

Drawing from Eastern European, Asian and Middle Eastern influences, the menu comprises everything from dumplings and noodles to yogurtbased soups and halal kebabs.

Desserts are honey-based and worth sampling, especially with a pot of Uzbek tea. 11901 International Drive, 407-778-4816; $$

Seafood is actually most prominent on the vast menu, but paella fiends can choose from seven variations. Paella marinera teems with fish and shellfish, but we lamented the lack of the characteristic bottom crust. Make it a point to start with crunchy, juicy chicharrones de pollo. 10414 E. Colonial Drive, 407-736-9880; $$

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BenjAmin FrencH BAkery Stellar bakery in the heart of Thornton Park. Sandwiches and quiches are worth stopping in for, but the baguettes, croissants and other sugary delights are what linger in your mind long after you’ve left. Shelves toward the back of the bakery are stocked with groceries from France. Closed Mondays. 716 E. Washington St., 407-797-2253; $

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cHeZ Vincent Housed along the spiffed-up streetscape in a happening enclave west of Park Avenue, the 15-table Chez Vincent serves seductive French cuisine in a casual, cosmopolitan atmosphere. It’s a strong contender among the area’s finest. 533 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 407-599-2929; $$$

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DylAn’s Deli & Bistro More café than deli, Dylan’s is a welcome sight on North Orange Avenue’s food-focused strip. Brisket and Swiss cheese canapés, speck with figs and a quiche of caramelized leeks are all superb. Served at lunch only, the creatively stuffed paninis are a midday European vacation for your palate.

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HollerBAcH’s WilloW tree cAFÉ Homey gasthaus in Sanford’s historic downtown district offers bier, wursts, spaetzle, strudel and some of the finest sweet red cabbage you’ll eat, but the talent extends well beyond the food: Oompah music and dancing are a crowd-stirring addition. 205 E. First St., Sanford, 407-321-2204; $$

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lAcomkA BAkery & Deli The multicultural mix of foods from Russia includes whole smoked herrings so tender that they spread like pâté.

Potato dumplings and borscht worthy of a stay at the Summer Palace are also served. On your way out, buy a box of Czar Nicholas Royal Tea or take home some meat and cheese blintzes.

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Mushroom caps stuffed with Serrano ham, authentic tortilla con chorizo, and vegetarian paella full of meaty wild mushrooms spark the palate. A nice selection of Spanish wines and sherries ensures authenticity. 433 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 321-972-4881; $$

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PAris Bistro Fine French fare comes to the northern end of Park Avenue with a roll call of bistro classics. Canard aux peches, ballotines de volaille and beef burgundy are standout mains, but skip the too-thin French onion soup. Tableside dessert cart is a nice touch. 216 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-671-4424; $$$

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Cold cuts imported from Chicago and homemade desserts bracket slow-cooked stews and crispy potato pancakes; many dishes are prepared from family recipes. 750 S. Highway 17-92, Longwood, 407-331-1933; $$

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Reservations strongly recommended.

Patio dining available. 463 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, 407-951-8930; $$

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ENZO’S RESTAURANT ON THE LAKE Beautiful and sophisticated, the lakefront setting is as much of a draw as the culinary excellence of this Longwood mainstay. Along with the buzzing ambience comes occasionally slow service, but the kitchen makes up for them with Italian delicacies including fresh pasta and a killer carpaccio. 1130 S. Highway 17-92, Longwood, 407-834-9872; $$$

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FAMAS RISTORANTE ITALIANO PIZZERIA Rosario Limonio’s enticing dishes prove he’s a star in the making.

Whether it’s filet coated with silken cognac-porcini sauce, rosemaryrubbed rack of lamb or four-cheese gnocchi, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a dish unworthy of praise. 5478 Central Florida Parkway, 407-239-9058; $$$

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GIORDANO’S Chicago’s famous spicy-sauced, stuffed-crust, deep-dish pizza makes Orlando tourists (and locals) happily full. 12151 S. Apopka Vineland Road, 407-239-8900; also 6203 W. Sand Lake Road, 407-377-0022; $

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IL PESCATORE Former owner Stefano LaCommare and family have moved on, but in this simple atmosphere their dishes live on, true Italian through and through.

Seafood specialties make this spot unique; choosing between all the huge pasta entrees is pleasingly difficult. 651 N. Primrose Drive, 407-896-6763; $$

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MAxINE’S ON SHINE Neighborhood jewel offers an eclectic Italian-esque menu, with Indian, Latin and Asian influences on the horizon.

Curry-crusted fish is deftly executed, as is chef Bret Ashman’s intriguing take on gnocchi alla Sorrentina. A delightful smoked onion mince offers a contempo take on traditional Caprese salad. Sunday brunch offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 337 N. Shine Ave., 407-674-6841; $$

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MELLOW MUSHROOM The quasi-hippie vibe at this Atlanta mainstay means you can get tofu on your pizza and it still tastes good; a menu of hoagies and superb salads, as well as more traditional pizzas, make this a chain you don’t have to feel guilty about loving. 2015 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, 407-657-7785; also 11680 E. Colonial Drive, 407-384-4455; $$

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METRO ESPRESSO PIZZA CAFé Trusty takeout joint on the ground floor of the Post Parkside building takes care of its Eola Heights neighbors with pizza and meatball subs, as well as the owner’s memorable lasagna and pasta dishes. 417 E. Central Blvd., 407-422-5282; $

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NICK’S ITALIAN KITCHEN The room is so chic that you might think you’re in New York or Miami, and the food brings a new level of cool to old-school Italian. Arugula-heaped carpaccio is a dish to return for, and Nick’s grandmother’s famous meatballs are great, not just good. Our only disappointment? Pasta’s not made in-house.

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made from scratch, the dough is handstretched and tossed, and toppings are cut fresh, resulting in the quintessence of pizza. Stick to the circular pies for better consistency and flavor, and if you’re pinching pennies, there are plenty of specials. 7250 S. Kirkman Road, 407-226-3333; $

O’STROMBOLI This family-friendly Italian restaurant has occupied the same Audubon Park spot for years, serving locals red-sauce classics. It’s the neighborhood go-to for pizza, calzone and fantastic garlic knots; parking is tough, but delivery and takeout are offered. 1803 E. Winter Park Road, 407-647-3872; $$

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The namesake mushroom served over rosemary-gorgonzola polenta is a memorable starter, and perfectly al dente bucatini punched up with guanciale is pasta done right. To end, take a chance on the biramisu, a beerbased liquid variant of the traditional Italian dessert. 1650 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, 407-934-8888; $$$

PEPERONCINO CUCINA New trattoria on the Dr. Phillips block is schooling patrons and area restaurants in the way of Italian cuisine.

The narrow space is reminiscent of eateries in Italy, but chef Barbara Alfano’s menu proffers enough new ideas to give the Old World-inspired bill of fare a refreshing breath of life.

The menu changes daily, but pastas are perfetto and secondi, like branzino cooked in parchment, truly impress.

Reservations are necessary as the small space fills up quickly. Open daily.

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124 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-262-0050; $$

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ROCCO’S ITALIAN GRILLE A polished yet comfortable interior and a range of regional Italian fare is sure to delight discriminating diners with such singularly pleasing dishes as the lombata di vitello alla Milanese (golden-crisp veal Milanese) and the frutti di mare. Even simple herb-grilled chicken is impeccably prepared, and desserts, such as creamy tiramisu and dense, milky gelato, are heavenly.

400 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-644-7770; $$$$

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TARTINI PIZZERIA & SPAGHETTERIA Neighborhood trattoria is drawing aficionados of wood-fired pizza to South Orange Avenue. Thin-crust, perfectly blistered and wonderfully doughy pies are as good as any you’ll sample in the city, and the house chicken soup is a must for anyone feeling under the weather. Open daily.

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SIRO URBAN ITALIAN KITCHEN Siro brings farm-to-fork dining to the tourist corridor, and does it with aplomb. Crisp baby artichokes are so addictive they should be bagged and sold in stores; seasonal small plates like roasted bone marrow, spicy lamb sausage and cheese mezzaluna with sage brown butter are well worth the drive – more so if you happen to be in the area. Siro’s staunch commitment to sourcing local should be applauded.

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WOLFIES PIZZAMIA College Park artisan pizzeria/salumeria upstages its sister restaurant, White Wolf Café, with house-cured charcuterie, hand-tossed pizzas and a dedication to time-honored techniques. The salumi platter, a bowl of split-pea soup or an arugula salad are all primo ways to commence, followed by any one of their doughy pizzas (try the signature Wolfies) or house-made pastas (do yourself a favor and get the spaghetti and meatballs). Desserts, like tiramisu and zeppoles, pass muster.

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The Persian entrees at this longtime Longwood favorite spot include a variety of shish kebabs along with more familiar Greek and Middle Eastern dishes. A buffet is offered at both lunch and dinner, with an especially exotic array on Sundays. 1155 W. State Road 434, Longwood, 407-637-2890; $

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FALAFEL CAFÉ The humble chickpea takes on hearty new dimensions when it’s served up at Falafel Café, across from the University of Central Florida. If you’re in the mood for rustic Middle Eastern cooking, you’ll find it, from crispy falafel and kibbeh to creamy hummus and baba ghanoush. 12140 Collegiate Way, 407-382-6600; $

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FLAmE KABOB Tucked in a corner of the Dr. Phillips Marketplace, this humble kebaberia more than holds its own. The excellent rice complements flavorful kafta kebab, shish tawook and rack of lamb.

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THE GREEK CORNER The view of the downtown skyline is spectacular from this nook on Orange Avenue across from Lake Ivanhoe.

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mEdITERRANEAN BLUE Familiar South Orlando Greek spot has been spruced up a bit and stocked with eco-friendly wares. The menu is deceptively simple, but nearly everything is a winner. The Provence sandwich is a delicious trip across the salty-savory spectrum, and falafel gets extra points for fresh, soft pita and house-made tzatziki sauce. 435 E. Michigan St., 407-422-2583; $$

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mEdITERRANEAN dELI An oasis of authenticity, complete with odd decorations, exhilaratingly exotic smells and hearty but inexpensive meals. You’ll find perfect hummus, superior kibbeh and superb gyros, not to mention one of the best spinach pies around. A top spot to eat for $10 or less. 981 W. Fairbanks Ave., 407-539-2650; $

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PASHA TAVERNA ANd LOUNGE Spot-on Moroccan staples finally get their Millenia moment. Pasha’s seductive atmo should play right into the Conroy Road crowd’s tastes, not to mention the full bar, live music and belly dancing. But the food, from nourishing harira soup to lamb tagine to flaky pastilla, is the real attraction.

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THEO’S KITCHEN Head into this hole in the wall for the superbly seasoned fried chicken – everyone else does. But the lamb gyros, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, falafel and other Syrian/Greek standbys are just as worthy. Prices are dirt-cheap. 2952 Curry Ford Road, 407-849-0810; $

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african Mead: It’s not just for Vikings Next time you ponder ordering a glass of mead, ditch the iron goblets and longships dancing in your head; this fermented honey concoction doesn’t just belong to the Norsemen. Take a gander below the equator and down the menu of Orlando’s Nile Ethiopian Restaurant to discover Ethiopian meads, called tej.

These honey wines are seasoned with the powdered leaves and bark of an indigenous Ethiopian buckthorn called gesho – bittering agents acting in the stead of hops and other spices – and they clock in anywhere from 8 to 18 percent ABV. The mead’s higher alcohol contents are often cloaked by its sly, delightful sweetness, so don’t get reckless and guzzle the boozy stuff unless you’re prepared for the next morning’s battering ram. But this fusion of buckthorn and fermented honey served in a berele, or vase-shaped container, stands up robustly to thick, spicy Ethiopian cuisine. –SH

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BOMA: FLAVORS OF AFRICA Tables loaded with spicy African dishes – flavored by delicious combinations of tamarind, cumin, cinnamon, hot chilies, cilantro and papaya – invite exploration at the overwhelming dinner and breakfast buffets in Disney’s colorful, Dark Continent-themed resort hotel. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, 2901 Osceola Parkway, Lake Buena Vista, 407-938-4722; $$$

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Kebabs sizzling from the tandoor are a must, while vegetarians need not look past the puri and okra curry. Looking to raise your cholesterol? Consider the house specialty butter chicken, then cap it off with creamy frozen kulfi.

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offering dosas, delicate Indian crepes as fragrant as they are delicious. 12541 State Road 535, 407-827-9080; $$

Authentic Indian standby on International Drive offers refuge from the bright lights and fast-food franchises. Take a tour through the classics – curries, an unusually wide selection of fried and stuffed breads, chutneys and tasty tandoori dishes. A great alternative to the touristy usuals.

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InDIA PALACe Immaculate and attractive setting, though a bit smaller than the name implies. Delicious and exotic seasonings on beef, lamb or chicken entrees, plus a dozen vegetarian dishes, and an ample and varied eight-item starter.

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KABoB n’ CuRRY The kebabs and curries at this tastefully appointed tourist-area eatery pack a lot of heat, but riches await those who battle the blaze. Gloriously spiced chapli kebabs are worth the drive alone, and nihari’s velvety shanks of beef makes for a truly comforting nosh. 12185 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, 407-238-7684; $

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Beware, hotheads: “Indian hot” is truly infernal. 401 N. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park, 407-599-9001; $$

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PASSAGe to InDIA For more than a decade, this restaurant has been a consistent purveyor of fine Indian food, and its formal atmosphere matches the upscale menu. Sample the range of spices and textures in the appetizer platter, which captures the wonders of the excellent entrees. Service is attentive. 6129 Westwood Blvd., 407-351-3456; $$$

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RAGA In Raga, Indian fine dining has, arguably, arrived on Sand Lake Road but instead of novel dishes, flavor experimentation and solid execution, diners are left with the same old tune, but at elevated prices. You’ll find more than a few Indo-Chinese specialties, which tend to up the spice levels.

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SPICe CAFÉ Nothing fancy – no waiters, reservations or fancy dining room – just wonderful Indian food, including the best tandoori chicken in town.

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tAmARInD InDIAn CuISIne Tamarind’s familiar, fiery and focused dishes are worthy of Winter Park’s food-driven denizens. Samosas and sizzling tandoor-fired lamb chops are the way to start; end with exotic falooda kulfi, ice cream made of condensed milk, rose syrup and crushed pistachios. 501 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 321-207-0760; $$

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WooDLAnDS InDIAn CuISIne Pure vegetarian. Pure delight.

Southern Indian delicacies based on hot, spicy, sour and sweet hit every part of the tongue with equal splendor.

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There are hundreds of items on the menu at this ViMi mainstay, where No. 146 – fried tofu stir-fried with lemongrass and chili – reigns supreme over the many vegetarian options that round out meat and seafood.

The crispy golden pancake is a fried, veggie-stuffed delight, and the green papaya salad is one of the healthiest ways we can think of to indulge in grilled pork. On your way out, try one of the various neon-colored surprises in the refrigerator case. 1124 E. Colonial Drive, 407-999-2656; $

Can’t decide between pad thai or a spicy tuna roll? You won’t have to at Avenue Thai and Sushi, where you’ll find all the classics of both cuisines.

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Specializing in reasonably priced variety trays of fresh, well-cut sushi, Bikkuri proves that it’s possible to make to-go sushi without resorting to the rubbery “fish” they tend to use at

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CHi PAN ASiAN Handsome Baldwin Park spot diversifies its pan-Asian portfolio to include Turkish fare. The mixed grill of beef, chicken, lamb and shrimp is a kebablovers’ delight, though traditional Peking duck, steamed dumplings and

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of pan-Asian small plates a popular draw, but it’s better for snacking and drinking beer with a group than sitting down to a trad meal. The menu attempts to replicate the feel of a Singaporean street-food market with an array of tiny, tasty Chinese, Malay, Viet and Indian dishes. The place packs ’em in, so call ahead or risk waiting. Open daily. 1103 N. Mills Ave., 407-237-0606; $$

beef soup impress as well. Turkish coffee and fresh lychees topped with cream make splendid endings. 4852 New Broad St., 407-898-0600; $$

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GiZMO SuSHi Gizmo makes a wide variety of creatively named rolls (Gojira roll, anyone?) and the Korean ownership of the restaurant means some atypical selections. Noodles, rice bowls, bento boxes and grilled dishes round out the menu. A comfortable hang with one of the best fish tanks in the city. 110 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park, 407-6775800; $$

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HOTTO POTTO Fresh ingredients, genial service and sheer variety help make this Winter Park hot-pot joint an option for these looking for a change in their restaurant routine. Meats aren’t too out of the ordinary, though live blue crab, lobster, shrimp and bass keep it interesting.

Spice levels can be adjusted according to taste, though “numb-spicy” isn’t as excruciating as you might think/ hope. Open until 5 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. 3090 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, 407-951-8028; $$

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HANAMiZuKi JAPANeSe ReSTAuRANT Deceptively situated in a bland I-Drive strip mall, this expensive, elegant sushi restaurant combines minimalist decor with a menu of surprising depth and intrigue to create a flawlessly integrated and refreshing experience. 8255 International Drive, 407-363-7200; $$$

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LAC vieT BiSTRO Orlando has some of the best Vietnamese food in the nation, and you’ll find some of the best in Orlando at Lac-Viet, on the Vietnameseflavored stretch of Colonial Drive near Mills Avenue. With a sense of style, they serve old standbys and fresh inventions – their bun cha ha noi (rice vermicelli with grilled pork and pickled vegetables) is not to be passed up.

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SeiTO SuSHi Immaculate and stylish, this Japanese restaurant is a welcome and popular presence in Baldwin Park. The menu is brief but offers all the usual suspects – sushi, sashimi, teriyaki and tempura.

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SHiN JAPANeSe CuiSiNe Selections at this urbane sushi house reflect a commitment to sourcing and artistry without belying tradition.

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SHiN JuNG Exotic Korean cuisine served in an intimate and recently remodeled space. A 10-item barbecue list offers stalwart diners authentic choices such as unmarinated beef tongue; the less skittish might try hawe nang myun, a cold noodle dish served with hotspiced stingray. If you’re inexperienced with Korean cuisine, let the servers steer you. 1638 E. Colonial Drive, 407-895-7345; $$

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SuS-Hi NiNJA SuSHi The spotlight’s on you to build your own sushi rolls, bowls or wraps from a staggering array of choices. Choose a protein, then add vegetables and other toppings (vegetarians will love the fried tofu). If you’re not the creative type, there are house recipes, some pretty adventurous – like, for instance, tempura shrimp, strawberry and cream cheese. Or try the Mexican: Cheez Whiz meets nori. For real. 4498 N. Alafaya Trail, 407-826-1682; $

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Standouts: the “Magic” roll, served aflame, and the sizzling stone bowls.

And you can trek down the mall to Park Ave CDs for an after-dinner treat.

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SuSHi POP Don’t let the fuchsia hues and J-popthemed decor fool you – Sushi Pop takes its food seriously. Stellar sushi and sashimi complement a variety of rolls, entrees and whimsical desserts flourished with notes of molecular gastronomy (bleu-cheese powder or liquid nitrogen, anyone?). Sake fans have the privilege of consulting an in-house expert. 310 W. Mitchell Hammock Road, Oviedo, 407-542-5975; $$$

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Trend alert: spotlight on Peruvian food You’ve conquered the bandeja paisa at Oh! Que Bueno; you’ve burned the roof of your mouth on the Mexican molcajetes at Rocco’s Tacos and Tequila; you’ve even dared to finish off a triple at Junior Colombian Burger. But have you scaled the mountain of rice and seafood known as arroz chaufa de mariscos?

Peruvian cuisine has taken off around the country, and celeb chefs from the Incan empire, like Gaston Acurio, are venturing ever northward. Orlando’s Peruvian haunts are varied, from tiny homestyle places like 30-seat El Buzo in Casselberry, where photos of the owner hoisting fresh-caught marlins dot the walls, to more formal operations – like Ceviche House, known for perfecting that marinated fish dish, and Lima 41, named after the zip code of the capital city.

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Peruvian cuisine is as varied as its people, but after its best-known staple, ceviche, the overarching theme of starch on starch on starch prevails (think corn on fries on rice). Be prepared to leave quite satisfied (think: full). But if there’s lucuma ice cream to be had, don’t miss it – the velvety texture and fragrant fruit is a perfect foil to a heavy meal. –HVK

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AGAVE AZUL A cool blue interior belies the spicy fare served at this trendy taqueria.

With 100 brands on hand, tequila is the aperitif of choice, but all good drinks lead to food, and the Tex-Mex dishes served here are done right. Chunky guacamole, the plato grande (a hungry man’s dish of skirt steak, picadillo enchilada and a superb chicken tamale slathered in mole), and the pastel de piña are all recommended, as are reservations. 4750 S. Kirkman Road, 407-704-6930; $$

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BAJA BUrrItO KItcHEN Freshness is without question at this fast, healthy chain. Soft tacos are stuffed with fish, burritos are packed with grilled meats, and beans are stewed, not refried. The popular “Baja burrito” – grilled steak, black beans, onions, cilantro and cheese – is a meal in itself. 2716 E. Colonial Drive, 407-895-6112; $$

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Entree portions are intentionally small; diners are encouraged to order several and swap around the table. 8625 International Drive, 407-248-2222; $$$

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cOLIBrI MExIcAN cUIsINE Upscale Baldwin Park taqueria has honed its act in the kitchen. The mole is bueno, as is luscious chipotle pepper-cream sauce lathered over plump shrimp. Tres leches cake is a decadent capper. 4963 New Broad St., 407-629-6601; $$

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EL BUZO Ceviche is the specialty of this tiny Peruvian cocina, but be sure to start with excellent mussels on the halfshell, dressed with a tangy salsa jacked with aji limo peppers. Grilled beef heart and traditional lomo saltado are worthy turf selections, if you’re not into surf. Soufflé-like bavarois de guinones are, appropriately, ethereal.

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NAcHO MAMA’s Nacho Mama’s serves up the established canon of Tex-Mex staples, along with a healthy dose of generosity.

Pork or steak al pastor in tacos or on nachos is a must; burritos are Sputnik-sized savory satellites of love, but leave room for chocolate-andcinnamon-bathed sopapillas. Mexicanand American-style breakfast served Sunday mornings. 5463 E. Colonial Drive, 407-247-5816; $

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PAxIA ALtA cOcINA MExIcANA & tEQUILA LOUNGE College Park spot leads the charge to bring worthy Mexican cuisine to this city. Tangy cactus stems highlight the nopalitos salad; chipotle lends black bean soup an understated bite; and mole poblano and char-grilled skirt steak are worthy of signature-dish status. 2611 Edgewater Drive, 407-420-1155; $$

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POLLO PIO PIO This thrifty stronghold for exquisite rotisserie chicken relies on secret family recipes from Colombia and Peru. The real secret is that when it comes to the simple menu – from beans and rice, to tostones and empanadas, to worshipworthy garlic and jalapeno-habañero sauces – it’s all good. Don’t skip the flawless flan and tres leches cake. 5752 International Drive, 407-248-6424; $

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rOLANDO’s cUBAN rEstAUrANt The best Cuban on the east side, with a dressed-up atmosphere and pro staff. The food is top-drawer, showcasing a bounty of game and seafood, such as the snapper topped with onions and bell peppers. Dessert choices also abound. 870 Semoran Blvd., Casselberry, 407-767-9677; $$

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The raw food movement sprouts at Café 118, where raw ingredients supplant cooked comestibles. Macadamiaand cashew-based “cheeses” are central ingredients in crunchy chiles rellenos and refreshing basil wrappers, while portobello steak takes on the appearance of filleted tenderloin, right down to the “pan juices.” Fresh fruit-and-vegetable juices, like beet and green apple, are splendid. A great special-occasion restaurant. 153 E. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, 407-389-2233; $$$

Popular veg house lost the cozy lakeside courtyard with the move to Winter Park, but gained in square footage, parking and exposure.

Meatless comfort staples are the norm, and dishes like sheep’s pie, sausage rolls and Philly cheesesteak sandwiches satisfy. Even calzones with soy cheese are impressive – more so than the desserts. Open daily until 11 p.m. 601 S. New York Ave., Winter Park, 407-228-3898; $$

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The creative kitchen works exclusively with meatless options to create satisfyingly deceptive Asian dishes like orange “chicken” and salt-and-pepper “ribs.” Some fool the taste buds, but others need a die-hard vegetarian’s appreciation. Under new ownership since 2012, they’ve added vegan “sushi” to the menu. 810 W. Colonial Drive, 407-999-9799; $

Formerly a dark cave of a Vietnamese restaurant, the tiny building has been transformed into a sparklingwhite temple of oddly delicious veggie dining. The environmentally friendly Loving Hut offers a win-win proposition: Along with more typical Asian options like “noble rice” and “saintly stir-fry,” the menu is stocked with American snacks like cheesecake, fried “golden nuggets” and “happy dogs” – but it’s all vegan. Pho, fresh spring rolls and avocado smoothies are lighter choices, but hey, even veggies need a fast-food fix sometimes. 2101 E. Colonial Drive, 407-894-5673; $

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The longtime Central Florida favorite is rebranding itself, one location at a time (for now, this Park Avenue outpost is the only one to get the full treatment).

Elegant breakfast and lunch menus betray wide ambition; successful dishes like Turkish pots de crème and Israeli shakshuka prove they’re serious.

Coffee service has been similarly modernized, with a pour-over station offering the smoothest cup you’ve tasted in a while. 118 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-629-0042; $

Real butter, fresh fruit and Madagascar bourbon vanilla are among the superior ingredients the bakers at Blue Bird use to create their tasty and wholesome cupcakes, baked fresh in small batches every day. In addition to traditional faves like red velvet and strawberry, this shop also creates unique flavors – try the chocolate Guinness or vanilla black pepper for a change of pace – and serves up caramel brownies and savory scones as well. 3122 Corrine Drive, 407-228-3822; $

Patti Schmidt, the “Dessert Lady,” serves up seriously seductive cake slices, wines and decadent coffee drinks. Buttercream-frosted carrot cake with rum-soaked raisins on the side is a standout among the addictive offerings. 7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd., 407-999-5696; $$

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If you just gotta have it now, call ahead for quick pickup. 2562 E. Colonial Drive, 407-893-9846; $

The original fat-free frozen snack, this simple recipe of shaved ice and a shot of flavored syrup comes in 55 flavors, from “polar punch” (light blue raspberry) to sour apple. The walk-up window is a longtime Audubon Park family favorite. 3114 Corrine Drive, 407-896-9105; $

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Above-average café fare includes the jerk chicken burrito, beef-and-brie sandwich and breakfast waffles, not to mention freshly made desserts. All of HBC’s profits go toward community service projects in Orange County and around the world. Customers are encouraged to help out, so be sure to inquire if interested in more than just a cup of joe. 10730 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee, 407-656-7676; $

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Artisanal ice pops combine grownup tastes with childhood fun. Flavors like mango-habañero, Mexican hot chocolate and pistachio-rosewater make it clear that the pop-crafters at Hyppo take fun seriously, and their commitment to organic and local ingredients where possible bears that out. 431 E. Central Blvd., 321-348-7677; $

Impossible to categorize, impossible to live without. The ’dust started as a video rental place that served coffee, but it’s morphed into a restaurant, bar, art gallery, show venue, used-book store and all-around neighborhood hangout. There’s a terrific selection of imported beers, creative cocktails and a whiskey bar; the photobooth is still hanging in there to document your adventures; the equally carnivore/veggiefriendly menu recently expanded; and Monday evenings are still dedicated to the Audubon Park Garden Market – but we have to consider coffee the core mission. 1842 E. Winter Park Road, 407-623-3393; $

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I, for one, appreciate the coverage of Ibragim Todashev’s beyond-strange execution (“Council on AmericanIslamic relations demands investigation of Todashev shooting,” May 30, blogs. orlandoweekly.com). This is our backyard. People aren’t supposed to get Jack Rubied or Chris Dornered here. But when it does happen, people shouldn’t look away, even though much of mainstream media has.

James rupert, via Facebook Mr. Todashev was reported to be a professional MMA fighter. Todashev’s deadly weapon was his MMA-trained and experienced body, well equipped to harm or kill the FBI agent.

Maire, via orlandoweekly.com So, a professional FBI agent and a welltrained Florida officer, who were well aware that Todashev was a professional MMA fighter, were alone for eight hours interrogating him in his own apartment, with a sword and an iron bar readily available, along with his amazing physical skills and want him to admit to a triple murder that could bring him the death penalty – all without legal counsel? Oh, and he was known to have a temper? And there were allegedly up to six officers in the apartment with this well trained MMA fighter who stood 5-foot-9-inch and weighed 160 pounds?

And he ends up shot six times, once in the head? What is wrong with this picture? skepticalndnd, via orlandoweekly.com All reports of the subject “flipping out”come from the shooter! Why did they choose that venue to interview?

Why did they send his friend away?

Why that time of night? And why were all interviewers from Massachusetts?

If so, WHY WAS THERE APPARENTLY NO FLORIDA LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PRESENT? Since when did FL allow official “death squads” from the Feds or other Yankee state governments to operate here with unchallenged impunity? Why is PAM BONDI not taking a lead to investigate her own legal turf?

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$900 MILLION AMOUNT TO BE CHARGED TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UNDER A NEW LAW TO STABILIZE A DEFICIT IN THE $135 BILLION FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM PENSION FUND

$264 MILLION AMOUNT TO BE PAID BY THE STATE’S 67 COUNTIES, WHICH WERE NOT SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUES LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND STATE AGENCIES THAT WILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE

$10.5 MILLION PROJECTED EXPENSE TO ORANGE COUNTY UNDER THE LAW; MIAMIDADE COUNTY WILL PAY $21.2 MILLION, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR $7 MILLION

“WE ALL KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE SOLID PENSION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. IS THAT MONEY GOING TO [FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM] TO ACTUALLY SHORE IT UP? OR IS IT A LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO PRESSURE THOSE OF US AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO SAY WE CAN’T SUSTAIN THESE INCREASES?” – HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER BOB HENRIQUEZ SOURCES: THE TAMPA BAY TIMES, ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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a legislative session that saw elected officials talking out of both sides of their mouths when it came to whether or not county rule should even exist, effectively – House Bill 655 would have it that no county can make its own rules regarding employment benefits, though it has yet to be signed by the governor (or even, reportedly, delivered to him) – it’s interesting to note that counties are now being expected to pay the piper on the state’s allegedly troubled pension program.

Under the ruse of fiscal responsibility (and following the failure of an initiative to shut the pension program down altogether), legislators unanimously agreed that the $135 billion Florida Retirement System pension fund was in need of the austerity treatment, and, because the state didn’t want to cut any of its precious tax giveaways to billionaires, local government agencies should be on the hook. Senate Bill 1810 passed on the last day of session (May 3) and was quietly signed into law two weeks later. A scar was born.

As the Tampa Bay Times points out, the rolling attacks on the state’s pension system are likely part of a larger punitive crusade. It’s only been a couple of years since the Legislature mandated that public employees take an effective 3 percent pay cut to fund the perceived/predicted pension gaps, and the sky-is-falling rhetoric that convinced the House this year to pass a bill (killed by the Senate) forcing public employees into 401(k) programs on the private market showed obvious disdain for the FRS, not to mention workers and seniors. The pension program is a clear target for Republicans.

But, at least in the case of SB 1810, it’s not as clear as the votes would have it seem.

It turns out that during the floor debate on the bill, some were under the impression that the new law would not raise the burden on counties, mostly because that’s what they were told. When state Rep. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, asked pointedly if the rates on counties would stay the same or go up, bill co-sponsor Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, replied, “They are the same rates they were originally, sir.” Only,

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McKeel was referring to the rates being the “same” as they were when the bill was first heard in April, not the same as they are for counties now.

“If he had said rates were going up, it wouldn’t have just been me voting against it,” Fasano told the Times. “It’s hypocritical that the Legislature and governor say they don’t want tax increases but are pushing a bill through the back door that would require a tax increase on the local level.”

At least one county – Pinellas – is already indicating that it will consider a property tax hike to cover the expense, while others are scrambling to carve out millions from their struggling budgets. Here in Orange County, leaders don’t expect to have to bend too hard to cover our $10.5 million portion of the $900 million hole. The county, according to Randy Singh, the manager of the county’s Office of Management and Budget, will offset the cost with some of its $14.5 million in surplus funding. (The city of Orlando manages its own pensions, so the bill has no effect.)

“Obviously, we would have preferred for the rates to be lower, but fortunately, the county is in a healthy financial state to withstand this increase without any tax increase,” Singh says. Obviously.

KEBAB KIBOSH And now from the There Oughta

Be a Law! Department of Orlando: Somebody in the city recently realized that Orlando has been swept by the “local and national phenomenon” (their words, not ours) known as “mobile food vending” (ditto). Per a recent memo to Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City Council from Dean Grandin in the city’s planning department, food trucks have brought “activity and vitality to commercial districts and special events alike.” So, naturally, we’d better take action.

On May 20, the City Council approved a temporary-use permit measure.

Starting immediately, food trucks wishing to do business in Orlando must obtain a mobile food-vending permit, a license from the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants, and a business tax receipt. They must then agree not to do business in a right-of-way (sorry, guys, no more curbside service) or in any “unim-

proved” areas (paved parking lots only), and they’ve got to stay out of the “downtown core” completely unless they’re under concession license with the city, which is a whole other ballgame. TheDailyCity.com’s Food Truck Bazaar is kosher, because the Fashion Square Mall is specifically named as a “Special Event” location where food trucks can gather.

Trucks can operate on private property in some areas of the city – certain Main Street neighborhoods like Thornton Park and Mills 50, for instance – at approved retail malls and in the downtown community redevelopment area. But the property owner has to provide a notarized letter giving permission, and trucks can only be there one day per week unless they obtain a conditional-use permit to operate in that spot permanently.

So, no more empanada or sushi trucks outside the Imperial Wine Bar, no more Korean taco trucks parked seven days a week at the gas station on the corner and no more trucks downtown at all, unless they’re in concession agreement.

Why? Little food-truck birdies tell us that some local restaurants were pissed that these restaurants-on-wheels were stealing their customers, serving up convenient, cheap food to patrons of local bars. Then there was that whole flap in the Milk District last year, in which weekly Tasty Tuesday food-truck gatherings infuriated some local business owners who said the trucks were blocking driveways, taking up street parking and otherwise hindering business. Back then, the city promised to come up with a plan to keep the trucks at bay. At least a little.

When we talked to the city, we were told that technically food trucks were never really legal anyway and technically, anyone operating one before really shouldn’t have been because there was no ordinance saying they could (uh, pedicabs, anyone?). “City staff members worked with members of the mobile foodvending community to establish this new two-year pilot program to make it easier for food trucks and carts to operate within certain areas of the city,” writes city spokeswoman Cassandra Lafser, who adds that it’s just a pilot program and it could be altered if it’s not working out.

So, the past two years you got a pass, food trucks, but no more free lunch. Now it’s time to dance for your empanada.

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BILLY MANES PAYS ATTENTION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO!

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But beyond the muck, a couple of newly introduced ordinances loomed for their first hearing, mostly because new state laws require compliance, and the state will not be ignored.

The city approves Ordinance 201331 amending Chapter 5, Article III entitled “Red Light Infractions.”

Translation: Over the last two years alone, the city has issued $9.1 million in fines through its red-light camera program, Orlando Stops; $6.1 million has stayed with the city, with the rest going to the state. A new bill passed this year will require that punished parties have access to a hearing officer (at a cost of $12,000) in order to make the process more fair and efficient. The city will also utilize resources within its code enforcement department to serve as “clerks” to the hearings, and will hire an accounting specialist at $30,000 a year. Look! It’s all legitimate now!

The city approves Ordinance 201330 relating to fertilizer application.

Translation: Fertilizer is poop and poop needs to be handled correctly, at least if the city wants to continue to operate its storm-water apparatus legally. Generally speaking, this ordinance is just a heap of regulatory measures to limit harmful fertilizers loaded with phosphorous or nitrogen, because they pollute things (don’t do it in the rain or throw it in a sewer, etc.). It also sets up a training mechanism for commercial and institutional poop spreaders through the University of Florida agriculture extension program, because the more you know, the more you grow. Poop. happytown@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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Dead men can’t tell tales Friends and family of Ibragim Todashev call for independent investigation of the Todashev shooting

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Manukyan and Todashev were married for three years. They lived in Boston, where she said Todashev knew Tsarnaev casually. She said they were never friends but that they “went to the same gym and text-messaged each other.”

She said this might be why her husband was targeted for questioning.

“They probably found his phone number in his phone book,” she said. “After Ibragim got his knee surgery, he [Tsarnaev] checked on him to see how he was doing.”

When Manukyan was asked about her feelings toward the U.S. government, she said she bore no ill will – in fact, her mother, Elena Teyer (who was also at the press conference), has served in the U.S. Army as a pharmacy technician for more than five years. She said she joined to make the pathway to citizenship easier for her and her children.

“I heard about the news while I was at Fort Stewart,” Teyer said. “I drove as fast as I could from Savannah to Orlando to be with [Manukyan].”

Teyer, Taramov and Manukyan were all interviewed by the FBI on the day of the shooting – Teyer in Savannah and Manukyan in Atlanta.

Taramov said that the FBI had been following him and Todashev in unmarked cars, like Nissan Maximas and Ford SUVs, for months.

“Since day one, they have been following us,” he said, but added that Todashev was just as surprised as the rest of the world the day he learned that Tsarnaev was implicated in the Boston Marathon bombing.

“He [Todashev] said to me, ‘I just found out that the Boston bomber was Chechen. Can you believe it? I can’t believe I knew the guy, too,’” Taramov recalls.

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n May 29, the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations held a press conference at an International Drive hotel to demand a private investigation of last week’s deadly shooting of an Orlando man by an FBI agent. As has been widely reported, the FBI turned up at an apartment on Peregrine Drive in the early morning hours of May 22 to question Ibragim Todashev about his acquaintance with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. At some point during the questioning, an altercation took place – reports from law-enforcement officials about what exactly happened are vague and conflicting – and Todashev was shot to death by one of the agents.

Hassan Shibly, executive director for the Florida chapter of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations in Tampa, says that he learned through anonymous “intermediary” sources that Todashev was unarmed when he was shot. “He was shot seven times and once in the head,” Shibly said.

After the news conference, Khusen Taramov – a friend of Todashev’s who was at the apartment while the questioning was taking place – showed photos of Todashev’s body that he said were taken at an Orlando funeral home after the medical examiner’s office released the body to Todashev’s family.

Todashev’s widow, Reniya Manukyan, was also at the press conference. Although the FBI insists Todashev confessed to taking part in the Sept. 11, 2011, murder of three men in Waltham, Mass. – a crime that Tsarnaev has now been tied to – she said she finds it difficult to believe her husband would ever have conspired with Tsarnaev to commit a violent act. In fact, the Council for American-Islamic Relations says it has proof that Todashev was not even in the Boston area on the date those

Despite the inconvenience, Taramov says he and Todashev were cooperative with the agents. “I trusted them,” Taramov said. “They told me that no one would get hurt; they wanted to just ask questions.”

However, Todashev had become exhausted by the questioning over the past few months.

“He told me that he was so tired of it,” Taramov said. “The FBI asked him to come down to the office for the questioning, but he didn’t feel like going in, so he asked them to come to his home.”

Shibly said that Todashev was asked to cancel a plane ticket for what the agents said would be his last interview.

“They told him that this would be his last interview, and he would be clear,” Shibly said.

“It was his last interview.”

Shibly said that someone should examine whether the federal agents violated Todashev’s Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights – which hold that no person may be held to answer for a capital crime without the indictment of a grand jury and that all criminal suspects have the right to a fair and speedy trial before an impartial jury – in handling the case.

“We will be requesting the U.S. Department of Justice further investigate what happened on the day of the shooting,” Shibly said. “We also want look at if there was excessive force used by law enforcement.”

Officials at the FBI have been tight-lipped about the incident, and said in a statement that the agency is conducting its own review, the findings of which will be presented to the Shooting Incident Review Group, which consists of members of both the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice.

When asked for his opinion on the condition of Todashev’s body, Dr. Gary Utz, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner for Orange and Osceola counties, said it’s the policy of the office not to discuss cases under active investigation.

“The autopsy report has not yet been finalized and law enforcement has requested that the results not be released pending their investigation,” he said.

Anonymous federal law-enforcement sources quoted in the national news media said Todashev became violent while writing a confession statement acknowledging that he helped Tsarnaev commit the 2011 triple murder. In early accounts, they said he might have been armed with a knife; more recent accounts say he could have been armed with a broomstick, a metal rod or even a samurai sword.

Shibly confirmed there was a sword that hung on a wall at Todashev’s apartment, but he questions why the FBI wouldn’t remove it from the room during the five-hour questioning if they thought it was a threat.

When asked whether it was true that Todashev was writing a confession to the triple homicide that FBI agents say he helped Tsarnaev commit, Shibly could not say. “Dead men can’t tell tales,” he said.

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YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC UCF instructors explore the intersection of music and neuroscience

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s anyone with compulsive-listening habits already knows, music is a drug. It can draw you in, sometimes inexplicably, compelling you to put a particular song on repeat or demanding that you listen to the same album over and over again.

That’s because, in processing music, our brains act like a pesky radio DJ infecting us with earworms – continually rotating the music in our minds, reacting to it and releasing dopamine that rewards us for the experience. It nourishes the nervous system and stimulates portions of the brain that moderate how we perceive and emote, and the physical way we function. Even a casual listener has a more complex relationship with music than you might think.

This is probably why Billboard charts exist, and it explains why so many of us can’t stop spinning the new Phoenix album.

And naturally, neuroscience is fascinated by our relationship to music. In the past eight years, especially, science has been increasingly obsessed with how music affects the brain. Neurological investigations into song have already begotten concrete conclusions. Sometimes the findings are somewhat trivial, such as the fact that music literally prompts the brain to send a signal to our feet, urging: “Tap your toes, fool.” But they’ve also turned up astounding findings connected to brain

disease and musical therapy for patients with a range of conditions. For instance, in May, doctors had a Parkinson’s patient play guitar throughout the duration of a brain surgery to aid the process. During this experimental first, the musician’s performance activated his brain in a way that helped doctors locate the region on which they needed to operate. In this way, scientists have found, music can literally improve the quality of life for people who suffer from brain damage.

And that evidence has not been overlooked by the University of Central Florida’s Department of Neuroscience, which, for the past seven years, has actively studied the connection between music and the human brain. In 2006, a year before Dr. Oliver Sacks published his book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain and popularized this exact discussion, UCF began offering a course through the Burnett Honors College called “How Music Affects the Brain.” Offered only during the spring semester, the class has been wildly popular.

Students gravitate to the peculiar conversational concoction of music, psychology and neuroscience. Since the class only admits 20 students, it’s in high demand, filling up well before the school’s typical enrollment period even starts, necessitating a waiting list. In fact, the spring 2014 course is already full.

The course was pioneered by Dr. Kiminobu Sugaya, a UCF professor of neuroscience, and Juilliard-trained violinist and UCF professor Ayako Yonetani, neither of whom can recall the impetus for creating it, besides a stray notion it might be popular. The pair blended their backgrounds to create a course with an interdisciplinary approach to exploring brain functions tied to mood, emotion, pain, cognition and memory.

“We used to think just of music as soothing. Like a painkiller, a calm-down pill.

That’s the only purpose of music being used about 10 years ago,” Sugaya says. “Nobody was thinking about music to be used for stimulation. … When we started this class, like seven or eight years ago, nobody was talking about the music and the brain. Now if you search for websites or something, you see it’s going to show a long list. But when we started, none. None exists. Only our class. ... So this kind of study is very new.”

Their work on the topic earned them a grant from the Society for Neuroscience in March. They immediately invested it to launch an event series they hope will serve two purposes: to stimulate general interest in neuroscience developments in the Orlando area and to help generate an active local neuroscience community. The first event in the series was titled “Music and the Brain,” a lecture and concert that was

held at the UCF College of Medicine Lewis Auditorium on May 11. It featured Sugaya as the speaker and Yonetani supporting him on violin. Thanks to radio promotion from our local NPR affiliate, WMFE (90.7 FM), the event drew a crowd of enthusiastic music and science aficionados who were eager to ask questions: Why does relaxing music disrupt my sleep patterns?

Is modern music more complex than classical compositions? Are we less affected by dissonance than our ancestors? This last question intrigued Yonetani, who was willing to entertain a Darwinist filter on humanity’s engagement with music.

“At the conference the other day, somebody said, ‘We have more tolerance for dissonance than we did in the 18th century,’” Yonetani says. “So in a way, it might be that we’re so used to some dissonance, and they’re using it in music more, so it’s not shocking. In that way, I think there’s evolution.”

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hile science has learned that music can motivate people physically, Sugaya and Yonetani wondered: Could it motivate people in Orlando to voluntarily attend public lectures about science? They hoped so. They intend to host their series quarterly, relying on popular topics like music to charm people into appreciating neuroscience

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the brain must interpret separately from the melody, they focus the course on instrumental works used for military purposes and in movies and advertising. Students work in groups intentionally comprised of individuals with differing backgrounds in music, psychology or biology, and the study is supplemented by music recordings that help them experience firsthand the effects they’re discussing in class.

“I often demonstrate and discuss things by actually playing the violin, which is sometimes more powerful than words,” Yonetani says.

Perhaps it’s because music speaks in ways a straight lecture cannot. For the majority of people, music is processed in the part of the brain where language is processed, including the primary motor cortex and the auditory cortices, which are known to be activated not only when we hear music, neuroscibut also when we think of it, as neurosci entist Robert Zatorre observed in the ’90s.

When students in the UCF program require an example of brain stimulation, they are treated to a performance by Yonetani.

“It is easier for her to express herself in music than in the words,” Sugaya says.

“This may be true for many musicians, since music … uses the same part of the brain used for language.”

The UCF course has expanded since it was first conceived, and the discussion these days frequently broadens to include subjects that intrigue the current crop of students. (For instance, one class included recrea presentation that investigated the recre ational use of music to produce a specific “high,” called iDosing.)

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and, to varying degrees, its life-altering advancements. Future events could hinge on subjects like visual arts and stem-cell research, which is the principal field Sugaya investigates – although even in this different arena, it seems he always comes back to the music.

His most recent neurological investigation, for instance, is inspired by songbirds.

He noted that birds learn songs in the spring but forget them by the time fall comes. (This sounds an awful lot like how we digest music in recent times, learning a band’s new album thoroughly at its release but forgetting it almost entirely a few months later.) When he looked at the brains of those birds, he discovered that when they relearn 10

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n the last two years, cognitive neuroscientists around the world have expanded their research into music to include not just instrumental music, but also a wider range of genres, including rock and rap.

One study in October 2012 by scientists connected to the National Institutes of Health, called “Neural Correlates of Lyrical Improvisation,” demonstrated that freestyle rapping activated entirely different parts of the brain than rehearsed raps over the same the same songs the following spring, they beats. What’s more, the act of freestyling re-create neurons to do so. This led him to required the brain to shut down certain hypothesize that music itself was stimulat stimulat- parts to allow the rapper to form the loose ing the regeneration of cells. Imagine the associations that make for biting lyrics. If implications of these findings if applied to only we could get brain scans on Eminem or stem-cell developments in other species, – perhaps better – go back in time for a look and it’s easy to become enchanted by the at Big L’s perisylvian cortex. physical impact of music on our systems In September 2012, Grateful Dead drumtypi mer Mickey Hart let scientists broadcast his and the different way this art form, typically regarded as purely for entertainment, brain scans in front of a live audience at the or famously dismissed by popular scientist annual meeting of the American Association Steven Pinker as “auditory cheesecake,” can of Retired Persons in New Orleans. This was actually nourish us. not just a publicity stunt. Hart started workIn Sugaya and Yonetani’s UCF course, the ing with neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley to brain is examined purely in relation to instru- study how rhythm can help Alzheimer’s mental, primarily classical, music. Because patients after he noticed his grandmother’s lyrics have a meaning of their own, which communication abilities were improved by

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the sound of his drumming. In this way, music is more than just a recreational drug people are bingeing on – it’s also a medical tool with curative properties that scientists are discovering and substantiating in studies happening every day.

But unlike a drug whose impact is largely known, music has an intriguingly (and frustratingly) vague mixture of effects on the brain that depends completely upon the individual. A musician experiences a wholly different listening experience than a small child first exposed to melodies. No two guitarists replicate the same brain activity after hearing the same song. So no matter what science discovers, your relationship with music will always be unique. That’s pretty punk.

“For a novice, we’re using only the side of the brain called the temporal lobe,” Sugaya says. “And that’s the part for language, speaking and listening. The same idea of the language center we use when listening to music, but on top of that, musicians, they use the occipital lobe, that’s the visual, meaning when they are listening to music, they are seeing this kind of score.”

This ability to conjure musical imagery is distinctly tied to how we use our brains, meaning some people really are better-suited toward musicality than others, so if you struggled through piano lessons or squawk the lyrics of your favorite song, be comforted by the knowledge that your brain simply works in other ways. In Musicophilia, Sacks details many cases of individuals whose musical talents were triggered by brain damage, lending credence to this theory.

But that doesn’t mean all musicians are brain-damaged.

“We, musicians, need to imagine what notes we want to produce seconds before the actual sound comes out. We are all trained to imagine music,” Yonetani says.

“We ‘sing’ music in our mind seconds before we actually play.”

Whether you’re a musician, a music enthusiast or just someone occasionally bombarded by indie rock bands during commercials (have you seen Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche’s ad for Delta Faucets yet?), the music you encounter indisputably activates your brain to influence the emotional, perceptual and physical quality of your life.

In regard to health, there are unusual cases where music is as much tied to maladies (such as music-listening-induced seizures) as it is to cures and therapies. But given the rapid advancements of research in the cognitive neuroscience of music, sparing time to listen could become as regularly doctorrecommended as your daily vitamins in the very near future. “[There’s] a big, big difference,” Sugaya says, between the benefits to a musician versus a listener. “But listening to music is better than nothing.” abelanger@orlandoweekly.com

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ood folk music has a raw honest quality unvarnished by slick studio production, and good folk art ain’t no different. Citified museums and hoitytoity galleries used to be a no-fly zone for folk art; instead of getting MFAs, these self-taught artists often create under shady magnolias and on the back porches of the much-maligned American South. Yet folk art can connect to your soul with a punch often lacking in silk-gloved fine art. For a hit of that reality, visit the Mennello Museum of American Art this summer.

The Mennello’s colorful walls are home to a fine collection of the art of Earl Cunningham, a Maine transplant to Florida, part of which is now hanging in the gallery to the left of the museum entrance.

As of last week, Southern Folk Masters is installed to the right, and Mysterious Muses, a mélange of mythic animals and anonymous subjects of the South, floods the main space. Mennello curator Frank Holt has built the two shows out of the

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museum’s permanent collections.

The entry is a gauntlet of crows – birds despised by the agricultural South, and that also have a darker meaning to those who grew up in these parts. Shane Campbell’s “Crow Column” stands in the center. The wooden pillar swirls with carved, painted birds and epigrams like “Never trust a hungry crow.” On the wall, Terry Cannon’s glowering “Untitled (Crows)” hunch menacingly against a blood-red background, framed by building scraps.

Kurt Zimmerman’s electrifying “Armadillo,” “Opossum” and “Wounded Crow” look furiously alive, with a freaky raw energy that draws the viewer into the Mysterious Muses gallery. By contrast, Gary Yost’s black “Uncle Sam” stands tall and thin, beckoning elegantly from the corner, a wry smile on his face. It is Ronald Lockett’s untitled, stoic trapped deer assemblage, however, that strikes with a pathos at once horrific and universal. Lockett, dead at 33 of AIDS, was mentored by the great selftaught artist Thornton Dial in Alabama’s Black Belt near Birmingham, and his work speaks of the African-American experience in the South like few others today.

The Southern Folk Masters show is a selection of legendary visionary artists, including Mary T. Smith, whose untitled

painting on a section of garden fence is a powerful red-and-black abstract expressing struggle. Inner-city Miami artist Purvis Young died in April of 2010; in “Angel Head,” his iconic spirits float over the miserable, hot buildings of Overtown wearing almost bodhisattva-like expressions. Also look for Nellie Mae Rowe’s “Untitled (Bearded Lady),” done in crayon – yes, serious artists use crayon too – a street scene rich with narrative and intrigue.

Whatever you call it – folk art, naive art, outsider art, visionary art, primitive art – this style of work is addictive, like eating hot chilis. But in the Mennello’s far right gallery, a viewer will notice, instead of more spice, patrician hoardings of indigenous Florida artifacts on display. This splash of cold water on the viewer (who might wonder how the items were separated from their original owners, the Seminole Indians) reinforces the honesty and raw creative energy radiating off the improvised scraps used by folk artists for canvases.

However those artifacts were collected, they serve an educational purpose now, one that the Mennello seeks strenuously to impart to Orlando. Like Mose Tolliver’s “Black Jesus,” the viewer may find redemption in the connection to a greater humanity. arts@orlandoweekly.com

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In her shoes Fringe holdover finds a turning point of awareness

By STEvE SchN EId ER Boogie shoes 8 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday | Breakthrough Theatre, 419A W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park | 407-920-4034 | breakthroughtheatre.com/ tickets | $10

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he central idea of Marcie Schwalm’s Boogie Shoes is a millennial riff on a traditional show-biz lament: “I wanted to dance, but I just wouldn’t let me.”

In Schwalm’s poignant and charming one-woman show (which she debuted during the recent Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival), she explains how her happy feet kept getting stilled by negative feedback – feedback she herself was all too quick to internalize. As a kid, she yearned to take dance classes, only to be discouraged from sticking with it by mean girls who told her she was too fat for the pursuit.

From that point onward, whenever her underlying yen to move momentarily overcame her fear of rejection, some so-called expert would get her to believe that she was just wasting her time. Sometimes, that advice was offered gently; other times, not so much. And we all know what happens to kids who instinctively agree with their detractors: They end up hurting themselves in ways no one else could manage.

As a performer, Schwalm knows how to get us on her side straightaway, and it involves acting out her story chronologically. There’s little room to resist an adorable tyke who has invited you into

her room for a self-promoted recital, especially when she’s letting you hold one of her stuffed animals. Our allegiance secured early on, Schwalm can confidently deliver the evening’s haymaker: Isn’t this show, she wonders at a crucial moment of adult introspection, just another big-girl complaint about the unfairness of body culture? You betcha, comes the lightning-quick retort.

And we’re going to keep hearing those complaints until the problem is fixed.

Yet Boogie Shoes (which was directed

by Tara Rewis and choreographed by Schwalm) is not a harangue. As the joyously goofy hoofing indicates, it’s not a tragedy, but a story of self-acceptance ultimately triumphing over self-doubt. So if you listen closely, you’ll spot an interesting, anti-Aristotelian suggestion that the nature of things is something they can choose for themselves.

As a writer, Schwalm remembers her childhood conversation as preoccupied with how things “go” – brilliantly recalled kidspeak for the trademark sights, sounds and activity associated with a specific cultural icon. Thus, the flurried motion of steel bracelets flying upward to deflect oncoming bullets – complete with attendant metallic PING!! – is “how Wonder Woman goes.” The Marcie Schwalm of today, we learn, does not dance because someone else allows her to, or even because she is “good” at it in the academic sense. Marcie Schwalm dances because … well, because that’s how Marcie Schwalm goes. arts@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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In her shoes Fringe holdover finds a turning point of awareness

By STEvE SchN EId ER Boogie shoes 8 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday | Breakthrough Theatre, 419A W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park | 407-920-4034 | breakthroughtheatre.com/ tickets | $10

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he central idea of Marcie Schwalm’s Boogie Shoes is a millennial riff on a traditional show-biz lament: “I wanted to dance, but I just wouldn’t let me.”

In Schwalm’s poignant and charming one-woman show (which she debuted during the recent Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival), she explains how her happy feet kept getting stilled by negative feedback – feedback she herself was all too quick to internalize. As a kid, she yearned to take dance classes, only to be discouraged from sticking with it by mean girls who told her she was too fat for the pursuit.

From that point onward, whenever her underlying yen to move momentarily overcame her fear of rejection, some so-called expert would get her to believe that she was just wasting her time. Sometimes, that advice was offered gently; other times, not so much. And we all know what happens to kids who instinctively agree with their detractors: They end up hurting themselves in ways no one else could manage.

As a performer, Schwalm knows how to get us on her side straightaway, and it involves acting out her story chronologically. There’s little room to resist an adorable tyke who has invited you into

her room for a self-promoted recital, especially when she’s letting you hold one of her stuffed animals. Our allegiance secured early on, Schwalm can confidently deliver the evening’s haymaker: Isn’t this show, she wonders at a crucial moment of adult introspection, just another big-girl complaint about the unfairness of body culture? You betcha, comes the lightning-quick retort.

And we’re going to keep hearing those complaints until the problem is fixed.

Yet Boogie Shoes (which was directed

by Tara Rewis and choreographed by Schwalm) is not a harangue. As the joyously goofy hoofing indicates, it’s not a tragedy, but a story of self-acceptance ultimately triumphing over self-doubt. So if you listen closely, you’ll spot an interesting, anti-Aristotelian suggestion that the nature of things is something they can choose for themselves.

As a writer, Schwalm remembers her childhood conversation as preoccupied with how things “go” – brilliantly recalled kidspeak for the trademark sights, sounds and activity associated with a specific cultural icon. Thus, the flurried motion of steel bracelets flying upward to deflect oncoming bullets – complete with attendant metallic PING!! – is “how Wonder Woman goes.” The Marcie Schwalm of today, we learn, does not dance because someone else allows her to, or even because she is “good” at it in the academic sense. Marcie Schwalm dances because … well, because that’s how Marcie Schwalm goes. arts@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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A new wooden coaster, a psycho Ferris wheel and Transformers: the Ride 3-D – looking forward to summer fun at the parks Hair of the dog is the conventional cure for a hangover, but what’s the treatment if your overindulgence isn’t alcoholic but artistic? Last Wednesday marked the finish line for 2013’s marathon Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, so naturally I celebrated surviving seeing 50 shows in 18 days by strapping myself into some barely tested thrill machines.

As soon as the parks finish assessing new rides with water-filled test dummies, this dummy is the first to volunteer.

My first stop was Fun Spot America, the collection of go-kart tracks and car-

nival rides off North International Drive.

On June 6 they celebrate completion of their new $25 million expansion, but I recently received a sneak preview by playing unpaid extra in B-roll stock footage shot at the still-under-construction park. The filming sessions were organized by Robb Alvey of Theme Park Review and required smiling and screaming through ride upon gut-wrenching ride – a dream come true for thrill enthusiasts and masochists (at the risk of sounding redundant).

My short-lived screen career started on Rip Curl, a deceptively tame-looking clone of the Himalaya spin-and-pukes found at every state fair. But as the circle of cars spun up to full speed, I became seriously spooked by the neck-snapping centrifugal force, convinced that the motor’s limiter had malfunctioned and was about to launch us into orbit. Then this unholy roulette wheel ground to a halt and started again in reverse.

After a half-dozen back-and-forths, I could barely stumble off. The laps I later took on Enterprise, a psycho Ferris wheel spinning caged riders in endless loop-de-loops, were positively relaxing in comparison.

Finally, I tackled the new wooden roller coaster White Lightning, the crown jewel of Fun Spot’s additions. There’s some unwritten rule that only one good woodie

can exist in Florida at a time (Dania Beach’s Hurricane was just demolished, and Busch Gardens’ Gwazi is being decommissioned), so White Lightning handily captures the crown of our region’s top vintagestyle coaster. (Despite its old-fashioned appearance, the wood-and-iron track actually sits atop a steel superstructure for stability.) More importantly, despite modest statistics (75 feet tall, 2000 feet long, 48mph top speed) White Lightning stands toe-to-toe with Orlando’s steel behemoths (Hulk, Kraken) in the “pure fun” department, while still accommodating kids ready to graduate beyond Goofy’s Barnstormer and Hagrid’s Hippogriff.

An unusual “double-up” design delivers a bounty of butt-out-of-seat airtime, with an exhilarating 90-degree mid-course turn followed by well-paced bunny hills that generate gasps and grins right up to the final breaks. I took nearly a dozen laps in both front and back rows, and finished each run ready and eager for another. White Lightning is now among my five favorite coasters in town. Rides are pricey at $9 each, but the $40 unlimited wristband is a decent deal if you also enjoy go-karting.

Still left to try: Freedom Flyer, a nonlooping suspended steel coaster, and the terrifying 250-foot-tall Skycoaster swing.

Look for coverage of Fun Spot’s reopening online on OW’s Culture2Go blog.

Last but not least, last Thursday I was among the first non-employees allowed inside Transformers: the Ride 3-D during a “soft open” rehearsal of the Michael Bay-inspired blockbuster that opens to the public at Universal Studios Florida June 20.

It’s a near-exact clone of the ride I loved last summer at Universal Studios Hollywood, upgraded with super-sharp 4K video projectors and an awe-inspiring, 28-foot-tall Optimus Prime statue towering over the entrance.

Though Transformers’ virtual reality motion simulator system is similar to Islands of Adventure’s award-winning Spider-Man ride – only with photorealistic “robots in disguise” instead of comic-book web-slingers – and several story beats are identical (characters jump on your car, blast you with water and heat, and catch you as you fall from a skyscraper), the nonstop pace and overwhelming sense of speed are more intense than in any previous dark ride.

You can expect massive wait times all summer, with only the last 45 minutes sheltered inside the detailed military-base queue, so use the shorter Single Rider entrance. Universal just jumped their one-day tickets above the $90 mark, but this addition alone is worth the price of admission. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

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RusTeak ResTauRanT & Wine BaR Don’t let the voluminous menu fool you – most of the dishes created by the proficient kitchen of this Ocoee gastropub are top-notch. If the lamb porterhouse is offered as a special, pounce on it. They also know how to cook fish, be it mahi-mahi or mutton snapper. Other highlights: Tuscan steak flatbread and the hefty half-pound RusTeak burger. Open daily until 11 p.m.; reservations very strongly $ $ $ $ $10 OR LEss recommended $ $ $ $ $10-15 (this may be the most popular $ $ $ $ $15-25 eatery in Ocoee). $ $ $ $ $25 OR MORE 1568 Maguire The price range Road, Ocoee, generally reflects the 407-614-3765; average cost of one dinner entree. $$ Bakeries, ice cream shops, etc. reflect relative cost for one person. Search hundreds of reviews at orlandoweekly.com

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Noodles, be they hot, cold, soupy or stir-fried, are the, ahem, mein attraction at this Mills Avenue resto, so whether it’s ramen, udon, soba or lo mein that bubbles your bowl, they do it right here. Don’t overlook the Hong Kongstyle barbecue (although duck is surprisingly absent) or the Korean short ribs. Hot pot tables also draw a loyal following. Open daily. 813 N. Mills Ave., 407-895-8833; $

TOAsTED Appealing to the basic human need for cheese and bread, Toasted deserves high praise for their simple, albeit sleep-inducing, curds wedged between grilled artisan bread. The braised brisket and fig-and-goat are grilled cheese options worth enjoying, as is the herbaceous “holy basil” burger. And even vegans can get in on the fun with house-made vegan “cheese” and “burgers.”

Open daily. 1945 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, 407-960-3922; $

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ThaiTanic sushi Can’t decide between Thai or Japanese? No matter. Small Winter Park Thai/sushi joint gets it right with a host of rolls and traditional Siamese fare. The tasty Thunderball roll might even win over sashimi and nigiri purists. Panang curry and zesty pad thai are smart choices, but what’s most memorable is the mango sticky rice: Get two orders. Open daily. 7583 University Blvd., Winter Park, 407-960-3815; $$

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Wild Turkey Fresh Mediterranean fare near UCF offers late-night sweet and savory satisfaction

By Hol ly v. ka p He r r NAR MEDITERRANEAN GRILL 3402 technological Drive | 407-277-4774 | narmedi.com | $

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he double doors flung open to let the early-summer humidity in, playoffs murmuring on the TVs, neon lights illuminating the specials board – nothing about Nar Mediterranean Grill seems all that special. Until, that is, you taste the food.

I’d stopped by Nar when it opened a few months ago. The owners were more than happy to offer samples of their homemade grandma-style Turkish delights – a few thin shavings from the rich doner kebab, a piece of tender chicken kofte, a bite of the cumin-spiced cannellini bean salad – and it was all deliciously simple and unfussy.

When we returned to eat a full meal, I was happy to find that the same philosophy is still apparent.

Nar takes the customize-your-meal concept and applies it to Mediterranean cuisine: Start with your favorite protein (meat or house-made falafel) and either stuff it in a

sandwich ($6.99), layer it on top of rice and two sides ($10.99) or have it atop a salad ($7.99).

I overheard one patron gushing to his companion that Nar’s falafel is the best in Orlando, and I have to agree. The chickpea patties are shaped and fried when you order, and are incredibly crispy and herbaceous. Slathered with spicy red sauce inside one of Nar’s homemade pitas, it was a sandwich I’d go back for again and again.

The kofte, savory beef and lamb patties, also grilled to order, are cooked to mediumwell and are exceptionally tender and juicy.

I ordered mine on top of tomato-cucumber salad, a perfect fresh foil for the unctuous meat. A little drizzle of Nar’s homemade tahini dressing on top tied everything together.

Nar also offers eight different sides, all of which hearken back to that simplicity that first caught my attention. Pass over the unremarkable roasted vegetables ($2.99$3.99), which lacked any caramelization or indication that they had, in fact, been roasted instead of sautéed or steamed.

Instead, opt for the potato salad ($3.99-

$5.99), which is lemony and refreshing.

Portions are gigantic, and halfway through the meal we were already stuffed, but we plowed through dessert, starting with the Turkish rice pudding known as sutlac, a slightly sweet, gelatinous dish studded with chocolate pieces, walnuts and a sprinkle of cinnamon ($3.50). Though I didn’t see any crushed nuts, usually a significant element of baklava, the small piece we enjoyed was beyond buttery and flaky ($1.50).

Pizza and calzones are also on the menu, and if the fluffy crumb of the house-made pita and lavash was any indication, the crust for Nar’s pies is probably a winner. The UCF area has plenty of late-night restaurants, but very few for those looking beyond pizza or tacos. Luckily there’s Nar, closing at 11 p.m. on weeknights. The friendly staffers were more than willing to explain preparations and recipes when I had questions – just another reason I’ll be happy to return to try another round of mix-andmatch Mediterranean.

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GYRO SANDWICH WE ALSO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF VEGETARIAN SELECTIONS AND AUTHENTIC MEDITERRANEAN BEER AND WINE

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cLAssIc • 3 ounces gin • 4 ounces tonic water • 1 lime Fill a rocks or highball glass with ice. Add gin.

Top with tonic water. Garnish with lime wedge.

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2 ounces lemongrass-infused gin 1 ounce Domaine de Canton liqueur 4 ounces tonic water 1 Key lime (optional)

First, infuse the gin: Cut off both ends and peel off the outside layer of four stalks of lemongrass, then cut in half lengthwise. Place in a clean bottle (cut into shorter lengths if necessary) with two cups of gin; an aromatic but not-too-junipery blend like Bombay Sapphire works well here. Allow to infuse for three to five days in a dark cupboard. The gin should have a faint yellow hue and lemony aroma.

Fill a rocks or highball glass with ice. Add infused gin and ginger liqueur. Top with tonic water and stir gently. A garnish isn’t necessary, but a paper-thin slice of Key lime looks nice in the glass. jyoung@orlandoweekly.com

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ummer calls for tall, refreshing cocktails, and none fits the bill so perfectly as a gin & tonic. Between the crisp, astringent aromatics of gin and the anti-malarial and muscle-relaxing properties of quinine (the bitter flavoring agent of fizzy tonic water), this is a drink engineered to soothe the fevered brow of an overheated drinker. In other words, it’s the quintessential hot-weather drink. And while its very simplicity makes the G&T easy to tinker with – dare I say improve?

– both the liquor and the mixer have such unique flavor profiles that they retain their identity, no matter how far the tinkering goes.

We ran a story on infusing liquors in this space last week (“Infuse your booze: Even cheap bastards can get cocktail-snob cred with this simple project”) so I thought I’d give it a try. Somehow gin always makes me think of the Far East – British empirebuilders sipping G&T’s on a veranda in Singapore, Rangoon, Hong Kong or Jaipur – so I decided to go with an Asian flavor combo and settled on lemongrass as my infusing agent. (Lemongrass stalks can be bought cheaply at any Asian grocery in town.) Ginger goes well with lemongrass, so I turned to my old standby Domaine de Canton to add an extra layer of depth.

I love all my Remixes (I have to say that, right?), but this one has already attained instant-classic status; I know I’ll be drinking it all summer. Crisp and fresh, it goes as well with a green papaya salad as it does with a steak off the grill … or just a bathing suit and sandy feet.

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Wolfies Pizzamia College Park artisan pizzeria/salumeria upstages its sister restaurant, White Wolf Café, with house-cured charcuterie, hand-tossed pizzas and a dedication to time-honored techniques. The salumi platter, a bowl of split-pea soup or an arugula salad are all primo ways to commence, followed by any one of their doughy pizzas (try the signature Wolfies) or house-made pastas (do yourself a favor and get the spaghetti and meatballs). Desserts, like tiramisu and zeppoles, pass muster. Closed Mondays. 1905 N. Orange Ave., 407-237-0921; $$

iza TaPas BaR Cozy Thornton Park tapas bar comes up big on flavor and portions, and small on pretense and scenesterism. A mix of pan-Med and pan-Latin dishes might make tapas purists squirm, but you don’t need paella and sherry to enjoy small-plate offerings. Get a glass of sangria and sample anything from lamb sliders to stuffed olives to flank steak skewers served with papas bravas.

Happy hour runs 4-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; bottomless mimosas make Sunday brunch more fun. Closed Mondays. 712 E. Washington St., 407-999-0199; $

caPPadocia TuRkish cuisine Cappadocia aims for a true Turkish experience and, for the most part, delivers with its variety of Ottoman dishes. There’s plenty for the average kebabophile (adana kebab) and the phyllo-file (borek), though don’t pass up their sautéed delights, either. Baklava comes drenched in honey, not flaky; the kunefe is the house specialty dessert.

Turkish tea and coffee is the only way to end the meal. Open daily. 565 N. Semoran Blvd., 407-985-2668; $$

sIRO URbAN ITALIAN KITchEN Siro brings farm-to-fork dining to the tourist corridor, and does it with aplomb. Seasonal small plates like roasted bone marrow, spicy lamb sausage, crisp baby artichokes and cheese mezzaluna with sage brown butter are well worth the drive, and their staunch commitment to sourcing local should be applauded. Free valet parking. World Center Marriott, 8701 World Center Drive, 407-238-8619; $$$

bLU ON ThE AvENUE Expect competently executed seafood dishes at this sister restaurant to 310 Park South. Chef Tony Kreuger knows what he’s doing with such dishes as oven-roasted snapper and pan-roasted duck breast.

Owner Joanne McMahon is also an expert pastry chef, so don’t pass up sweet endings like peanut butter pie. Reservations recommended. 326 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-960-3778; $$$

WAsAbI MODERN JApANEsE cUIsINE Conveyor-belt sushi comes to the Florida Mall offering a slew of mostly ho-hum rolls. Nothing’s noteworthy; the technology seems to captivate diners (and onlookers) more than the food. When the novelty wears off, you’re left ungratified and thoughts veer to leftover pizza in your refrigerator.

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OPENING IN ORLANDO

IN YOUR QUEUE THE PURGE

Opening this week The Internship According to Erick Erickson, we males of a certain age are supposed to be directing our recessionary resentments toward the wives who are busting ass to keep us in Hot Pockets. But you can’t make a movie on that theme and snag the all-important chick demo, so writer/star Vince Vaughn has made the millennials his punching bag instead. (Good call, Vince: Young people don’t see many movies in the summertime.) In this middle-age revenge comedy, Vaughn and Owen Wilson are old-school salesmen whose only shot at continued employability entails taking internships at Google and duking it out against the freshfaced techno-dweebs who are out to deprive them of their rightful place atop the economic food chain. Direction is by Shawn Levy of Night at the Museum fame, which is your joke right there about middle-aged guys who think they deserve jobs. (PG-13) – Steve Schneider The Purge OK, so it sounds like a mashup of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” Funny Games and the “Landru” episode of Star Trek. So what?

Those are all good sources. And the concept of this “speculative thriller” – a family is taken hostage during a 12-hour period in which all crime is legal – could yield some pretty fascinating material if they don’t eff it up. True, writer-director James DeMonaco is the guy who thought Crash would make a fine TV series, which doesn’t bode well; on the other hand, he once made a movie that was all about Staten Island, which means he knows his orgies of lawlessness as well as anybody in the motion-picture business. Fingers crossed. (R) – SS Violet & Daisy While we all wait breathlessly to find out how a sequel to Kick-Ass can possibly exist in a post-Newtown world, Violet & Daisy will allow us to pretend that our interest in teen killers is purely artistic. Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel play New York hit girls whose work eventually brings them into the orbit of James Gandolfini. (What would that take, like three days?) The movie marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher.

Remember Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire? He did the basing. (R) – SS

Biographical sketches of seminal skaters The history of skateboarding from Del Mar in the 1980s through the current day X-Games is examined in two new documentaries, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, by Stacy Peralta (now streaming on Netflix), and Waiting for Lightning, by Jacob Rosenberg (also streaming on Netflix). The key players – Tony Hawk for Bones Brigade and Danny Way for Waiting for Lightning – might ride the same piece of wood up and down the same half-pipes, but the stories of how they got there are unique.

It all looks so simple in the video game – gravity is a vague notion and falling off a rooftop doesn’t hurt – but nothing came that easy for either Hawk or Way. Hawk’s is a classic story of needing to prove himself to the older guys who looked down on him at the skate park. Way dove headfirst into skating to block out the sorrow that death – of his father, of his stepfather and of his father figure in the skate world, Mike Ternasky – instilled in his life. Way turned a career of simple skate tricks into something resembling that of a stuntman – he was infamous for jumping into a half-pipe from a hovering helicopter and jumping over the Great Wall of China. He turned Big Air into an art form, almost dying many times in the process.

While Waiting for Lightning is a more straightforward documentary that focuses specifically on Way, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography has a wider reach that covers the whole Bones Brigade skate team, which brought a new dimension to skating by making diary-style home videos in the ’80s. What used to be still life became motion picture with those videos, and had even more kids around the country shaking their heads and asking, “How?” Bones Brigade is told in a similar style to Dogtown and Z-Boys (which Peralta also directed). It focuses on a newer crop of skaters than his other documentaries, and the cast of characters includes Hawk, Rodney Mullen and Steve Caballero, who were even better than the Z-Boys’ Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams. I’m not sure where Peralta goes next, having covered everything about the skate and surf scene he lived through, but if he can find another niche to document, I’m in. – Rob Boylan orlandoweekly.com

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Strangest dream Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the Postal Service

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Tamborello and Ben Gibbard were introduced by Tamborello’s then-roommate Pedro Benito of the Jealous Sound, who had been touring with Gibbard’s beloved project Death Cab for Cutie.

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Postal Service was different from the guys’ other music at that time, but super-fans looking to hear Give Up’s formative predecessors should check out the bands Strictly Ballroom and Dntel.

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he story behind the Postal Service’s Give Up is one of those music industry fairy tales where record labels are saved (long live Sub Pop!), shoestring budgets turn into platinum sales and romantic-comedy type of timing (think dark indie ones like, say, Garden State?) puts the right people in the right places at the right time to create an unforgettable, trendsetting album. Its 10-track offering changed tastes and won hearts, so we thought we’d offer 10 pieces of Postal Service trivia to celebrate their reunion show this week.

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The accompanying poster art depict depicting the “gaudy apartment complex” was created by Kozyndan, a husbandand-wife artist team, who also have made really adorable art using characters from Katamari Damacy that you can see at kozyndan.com.

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The United States Postal Service took issue with the trademark-infringing band name, but all the band really had to do to make things right was play at USPS’s National Executive Conference.

Jen Wood, who helped Gibbard turn “Nothing Better” into something spe special, is now on Tampa-based label New Granada with a new release due out this year. We’re practically neighbors!

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Tamborello has stated that Morr Music was a source of inspiration for him when writing the Give Up tracks. The German electropop label has put out records by a range of artists including Lali Puna, a major influence of the Postal Service, as well as current Florida acts like Jacksonville’s Radical Face.

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Al Columbia was the artist behind the album cover, but he’s better known as the cartoonist innovator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel Pim & Francie.

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The Iron and Wine cover of “Such Great Heights” may have been featured on the acclaimed soundtrack to Garden State, but it was the Postal Service’s original version used in the film’s trailer.

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here are several ways to rationalize your love for the music of Charli XCX. You can listen to her True Romance album and tell yourself that the reason that you love it is because it’s somehow outside of the boundaries of regular old pop music, since, after all, regular old pop music is for dumb kids who don’t know any better. Or you can listen to True Romance and tell yourself that, yeah, it’s regular old pop music, but hey, you love it because it’s a “guilty pleasure.”

Given that, a) True Romance is, stylistically at least, the very definition of contemporary synth-pop, and that, b) the concept of “guilty pleasures” is a deeply flawed one (you love it or you don’t!), maybe it’s time for you, discerning music fan, to go for a third option. Maybe it’s time to accept that danceable synth-pop has, in 2013, arrived at a place where it’s actually driving more original ideas and sounds that are reflective of our contemporary world than the critically beloved music that comprises whatever Critics’ Picks list of bearded blandness you’re currently using as a barometer of acceptability.

But if you’re a human being with a pulse, it’s tough to pretend that True Romance isn’t an album worth loving. Charli XCX’s style is ambitious and insouciant, brimming with a loose confidence that allows her to indulge in some exciting sonic exper-

imentation. But, experiment though she does, she never loses sight of the power of a soaring pop chorus (“Set Me Free”), the effectiveness of a grinding synth line that doubles as both bass line and melody (“Black Roses”), or the pure swagger of coupling emotionally forthright lyrics with a casually cold delivery.

The universe of nouveau synth-pop is vast, able to hold stars as diverse as Grimes and Empire of the Sun, and also Marina and the Diamonds (with whom Charli XCX is touring and recently collaborated with on the stellar “Just Desserts” single), and Charli XCX’s place in that universe is a bit, uh, nebulous. Although the bulk of True Romance’s stylistic approach is defiantly current, there’s no denying that Charli XCX looks toward the ’80s for inspiration. While one can hear this in the synth lines of “Lock You Up” or see this in the new-wave glam of the outfit she sports on the album’s cover, the biggest thing she takes from that era’s synth-pop is the deft ability to sing lyrics that sound intensely personal (e.g., “How can I fix/what I fucked up”) in a way that projects them outward, making her travails the listener’s as well. It’s a lyrical stance cribbed straight from the likes of New Order, and it’s just one of the many bits of evidence that Charli XCX’s music is far more sly and sophisticated than you may have been ready to credit it with. But hey, that’s your problem, not hers. music@orlandoweekly.com

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Orange City’s North Avenue Studios

has, in recent years, established itself as perhaps the region’s most notable indie studio.

Much of that has to do with Off the Avenue (offtheavenue.tv), the web TV series produced by the studio that leading indie music blog Consequence of Sound presents worldwide. Through the series, they’ve been doing great work of national prestige.

To celebrate, NAS just released the first volume of the Off the Avenue compilation, a selection of their favorite sessions so far.

Artists include local heavyweights Roadkill Ghost Choir, Kaleigh Baker and Thomas Wynn & the Believers alongside national stars Hundred Waters, Heartless Bastards, El-P, Lucero, Cursive, Man Man, Here We Go Magic, Helio Sequence, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Bombay Bicycle Club and YACHT. Download free at

offtheavenue.bandcamp.com.

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I love the idea of the Two Piece Mini Fest and salute the Yogurt Smoothness boys for making the rapid-fire musical duo showcase a tradition. But the area talent pool hasn’t been especially deep in two-pieces lately, making the affair a bit repetitive after four episodes. However, this fifth installment (May 31, Peacock Room) managed to kick with some hot new spice in the mix.

Check you out, Two Piece Mini Fest.

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There were usual reliables like but was really no big whoop live. Speaking Melbourne’s the Dull Blades and host of underwhelming performance, one of duo Yogurt Smoothness. Even area band rap’s most frustrating aspects is the inverse Bellows, a perennial participant of which relationship between rappers’ tendency I’ve not been a fan, were much improved for full-posse performances and their basic with a more focused and proficiency in the format. incisive dream-folk sound.

That’s why a four-MC group But among them was some like opening local quartet the Read This Little good new blood –fire-starters Soulstice sounds, on paper, Underground online rich in skill and ideas – that like a waiting demolition to see video from revitalized the fest. Most Danny Leggett’s show. derby. On stage, they didn’t outstanding were Orlando’s exactly disprove the unfortunate truism. In the way Trails and Cocoa’s Slag, two bands vastly different in style but equally traditional singing groups must learn to notable for gutsy invention. Slag, whose jive together to be intelligible and meaningful, you rappers too must learn how to technical mind-fuckery practically clawed the walls bare, is unquestionably one of fire together like an ensemble. You’re not the most adventurous and distinctive metal exempt from that basic law of music. And bands around. With their barrier-breaking no amount of swag or pageantry will fill a range and exhilarating aggression, they’re gap in execution.

Orlando indie rapper Niko Is, however, so in line with all the intelligent metal happening right now that I’m surprised was a refreshing discovery. The Brazilianthey haven’t yet been snatched by a smart Argentinean cuts quite the character, boutique label. blending slinky tropical steez with a dense, Meanwhile downtown (Backbooth), Los left-side flow. Intriguing and free-spirited, Angeles rapper Blu arrived amid some hype he’s a fresh voice on the local hip-hop land-

scape and a cogent antidote to the stale rap stereotype. And his a cappella finale was pretty damned dope.

Opening a mostly-acoustic showcase (May 28, Will’s Pub) was local Landon Pontius. He’s a nice, fresh-faced young man, the sort that girls like to introduce to their parents. Even if you haven’t heard this particular cat yet, you totally have. He’s just like those other guys who do acoustic pop with white-dude soul – yes, all of them.

Now, Pontius don’t suck, he’s just stuck on the kind of freshman feelings whose realness is totally negated by their banality.

Awww, I know.

But look at headlining Orlando folk bard Danny Leggett. Although I liked him when I first saw him, he’s now much more complete. Through nuance, craft and expressional depth, he’s simply more naturally penetrating than his peers. If you’re into the solo singer-songwriter stuff, at least explore someone legit like this. And it looks like a lot more of you are.

The caffeinated, wiry braid of powerpop and new wave that Boston’s Pretty & Nice (May 30, Peacock Room) pump out so energetically is alternately likable and irritating. But at least they got a thing going on. And they’re all in. But nothing this night was cooler than the Pauses’ cover of Grandaddy’s “A.M. 180.” baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com

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The latest, megastacked THU masterstroke of local heavy-music syndicate Orlandooom is a fivestar roster headlined by rocketing Virginia band Inter Arma, whose palette goes light-years beyond typical headbanging. It’s a dense, voracious brew of doom and sludge made vast by psychedelic and postmetal horizons. Sky Burial, their new album on Relapse Records, is heavy to the extreme but sweepingly expansive, ranging from the epic, forlorn Americana of Red Sparowes and Across Tundras to full-on black hail.

They’re a metal band brainy enough even to be featured by NPR (um, victory?). The other notable out-of-state import is Order of the Owl, a dope-thick Southern doom-sludge band fronted by Brent Anderson (founding member of Atlanta progressive sludge monsters Zoroaster). Rounding out the bill is a native Floridian demolition crew comprised of the savage Bog Prophet, the colossal Set & Setting and the bloodthirsty Hollow Leg. Beasts, all of them. – Bao Le-Huu

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10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday | Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, 8201 International Drive | 407-345-0501 | ripleys.com | free, RSVP to johnson@ripleys.com

Wet ’n’ WIld WIth the WIldtones We can think of no better way to kick off the first week of June, the white flag signal it’s time to surrender to the sticky future of the impending summer, than a good old-fashioned pool party. And old-fashioned it is, featuring live music from nostalgia-oriented bands like Keith Jones and the Makeshifts, a jump blues act from Ohio who authentically re-create that early-’50s vibe and are known to occasionally cover the King (and his colleagues like Buddy Holly or Big Joe Turner). Joining them on the wet deck will be the far grittier but equally rockabilly Orlando outfit the Wildtones, encouraging you to jive poolside. It’s also a picnic of sorts, so bring the food and drink you require, but no glass! Heads up, too, this is an afterparty for the Jive After 5 show at Stardust Video on Friday, which includes additional bands, auctions and a pinup contest. – Ashley Belanger

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with Keith Jones and the Makeshifts, Hot Hands | noon | Travelodge, 409 N. Magnolia Ave. | 407-423-1671 | free

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Take a look through the Kaleidoscope and enjoy an “artistic circus of creativity,” as RAW: Natural Born Artists, an independent arts organization “for artists, by artists,” gives local artists the chance to showcase their talent and “be seen, heard and loved” in an exciting atmosphere of imagination and collaboration. Each RAW art party features film screenings, musical performances, fashion shows, art displays, performance art pieces, and a featured hairstylist and makeup artist. This time around you’ll see work by artists such as Joshua Worden, Paul Joachim, Waltzing Ophelia, Jane Corrado and Diana Price. Grab a cocktail from the cash bar, listen to music by DJ Commons and then enjoy (and possibly be inspired by) the creativity throughout the night. – Kelly Chambers

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Things are about to get weird: Where else can you find – all in one room – a painted whale eardrum, a two-headed bird and a portrait of Liz Taylor made entirely out of jigsaw puzzle pieces? You might find any one of these items at a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum, and when it comes to this weekend’s Bizarre Buying Bazaar, strange is the name of the game. Got any eccentric items you’ve been holding on to? Now is the time to cash them in for … well, cash. That’s because Edward Meyer, vice president of exhibits and archives, will buy your stuff, if he deems it peculiar enough to be displayed in one of Ripley’s nationwide museums – think along the lines of a cigarettewrapped purse or an eagle statue crafted out of kitchen utensils. Nothing’s off limits for this one, but if you do plan to sell anything at the bazaar, be sure to RSVP in advance with details on what you’ll be selling. Even if they don’t buy your crap (er, we mean prized possessions), they might offer an “oddpraisal,” which should affirm where your stuff lands on the creepy scale. – Aimee Vitek

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Pre-Internet, a do-it-yourSAT self magazine collaged together out of bits of typed paper and clip art on a Kinko’s copier was the only way to promulgate one’s unique viewpoint on punk rock, health food, Kierkegaard or Shannon Doherty. Now anyone can just throw all those feelings on a Tumblr (or into a Facebook post). Yet oddly enough, zines are experiencing a renaissance. Even people who’ve never existed in a world without the web – and who therefore have no need to seize the means of production out of the hands of The Man in order to express unfettered opinions – relish the handmade textures of these little art objects. So even though we’re well past the point when zines were the only way to connect communities of Riot Grrrls or yurt-builders, zines are still changing the world by making people reconnect with the tangible joys of the printed word. This fest promises “the dankest comics, interviews, and art works between two staples!” as well as bands to “soothe your ear holes” (Hot Hands, Girls on the Beach, Exitbags and many more).

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We wanted to plaster the paper with stories celebrating the spirited songwriting and impressive picking of the Swedish minstrel who goes by the name the Tallest Man on Earth, but it turns out he doesn’t do interviews with U.S. press. It was a bummer at first, but we’ve recovered in time to revive our excitement at welcoming him back to town. From his 2008 debut LP, Shallow Graves, to his most recent release, last year’s There’s No Leaving Now, Kristian Matsson’s lyrics resonate as compellingly as the warm tone of his guitar, and his live show is as sincere as his earnest poetry. Energetic and involved, this one man will undoubtedly fill the cavernous Beacham with his satisfying brand of folk, drawing them in from the rafters with his bursting storytelling, whether it’s a slow lean forward for a lulling track like “1904” or an eager bound to the stage for a charging ballad like “The Gardener.” – AB

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with Strand of Oak | 8 p.m. | The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave. | 407-246-1419 | thebeacham.com | $17.50-$25

3 p.m. | Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave. | 407-898-0009 | call for price

ArKhAm AssAIlAnts vs. serIAl thrIllers sPOrTs It’s the rematch we’ve all been waiting for – and by “all,” we mean all of you Orlando roller derby enthusiasts. This weekend the Arkham Assailants and the Serial Thrillers go head-to-head once again to battle it out at Semoran Skateway for an all-ages event hosted by the Orlando Psycho City Derby Girls. Let your hair down and slip off your heels – but seriously, don’t wear heels because they’re not allowed on the track – for

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a fast-paced, full-contact skirmish between some seriously bad mamma jammas who aren’t afraid to get down and dirty in roller skates.

Following the match, meet up at Friendly Confines in Winter Park for an afterparty, which also promises to be fast-paced and fullcontact. For the no-nonsense derby girls, this match might be hell on wheels, but for attendees it’s an excuse to have a few drinks and support the local charities that proceeds from the event will benefit. – Lauren Killer

4:30 p.m. | Semoran Skateway, 2670 Cassel Creek Blvd., Casselberry | orlandoderbygirls.com | $10-$13

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MUSIC Wednesday, June 5 CONCERTS/EVENTS Black Taxi, Eugene Snowden & the Raymonds 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$8.

Blue’s Mama & Friends 7 pm; Brick & Fire Pizza & Pasta Parlor, 1410 Semoran Blvd., Casselberry; free; 321-332-6430.

Dopapod 8:30 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $8-$10; 407-999-2570.

Featherweight, You’ll Live, Boxer 9 pm; The Peacock Room, 1321 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-228-0048.

I Resolution 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Ice Cube 8 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $25; 407-648-8363.

Performing Arts of Maitland Presents John Holley 6-9 pm; Lake Lily Park, 641 S. Maitland Ave., Maitland; free.

The Eighth Note 7 pm; Jazz Tastings, 164 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-661-1190.

The Postal Service 7 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $38-$58; 407-351-5483.

CLUBS/LOUNGES 1st Wednesday: Full Access With DJs Slym, Disco & the City Boyz, Jay J 10 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; free-$5; 407-648-8363.

Acoustic Karaoke Gong Show 10 pm; Waitiki Retro Tiki Lounge, 26 Wall Street Plaza; free; 407-481-1199.

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Acoustic Wednesdays 8:30 pm; Rogue Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778.

Dueling Acoustic Pianos 8 pm; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2100.

’Appy Hour 4-7:30 pm; Ember, 42 W. Central Blvd.; various menu prices; 407-849-5200.

Girls Night Out 5 pm; Marlow’s Tavern, 9101 International Drive; free; 407-351-3627.

Buck-Up Wednesdays 9 pm; Hooch, 25 Wall Street; free; 407849-9904; wallstplaza.net.

Hog Wild Wednesdays 8 pm; Loaded Hog, 11 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-420-1515.

Craft Night Wednesdays Noon; Sportstown, 2414 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-894-6258.

Jazz Night 9:30 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea, 12078 Collegiate Way; free; 407-482-5000.

Dollar Drink Night 7:30 pm; Chillers, 33 W. Church St.; free; 407-649-4270.

Karaoke 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse, 3001 Corrine Drive; free; 407-644-2844.

Open Mic Jam Night 9 pm; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road; free; 407-250-6763.

Drew Yardis 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Ladies Night Blues Jam 8 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; free; 407-328-4848.

Trivia 500 6:30 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-645-0069.

Mac & Cheese Wednesday 10 pm; Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-839-0457.

National Hump-Day 9 pm; Vintage Lounge, 114 S. Orange Ave.; free; 877-386-7346.

Nickel Beer Night 5 pm; Big Belly Brewery, 33 W. Church St.; free; 407-649-4270.

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MARILYN MANSON July 18 at Hard Rock Live

Say Anything, June 12 at

Carr Performing Arts Centre

The New Lows Summer Tour Kickoff, June 13 at Will’s Pub

Lil’ Wayne, July 13 at

Dragonette, June 15 at The Social

Gavin DeGraw, June 15 at Universal Studios Kepi Ghoulie, June 17 at Will’s

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Hanks Williams Jr. & Gregg Allman, July 13 at UCF Arena Madball, July 13 at Backbooth RX Bandits, July 15 at The

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Dave Matthews Band, July 17

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Dru Hill, June 22 at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre

Guttermouth, June 23 at

Marilyn Manson, July 18 at Hard Rock Live

Will’s Pub

Cedric the Entertainer, July

Daniel Tosh, June 25 at Bob

20 at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre

Carr Performing Arts Centre

Generationals, June 26 at The Social

Bob Dylan, June 27 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Forty Winters, June 27 at Backbooth

Pitbull, Ke$ha, June 28 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Adam Lambert, June 29 at

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Kathy Griffin, July 12 at Bob

House of Blues

Anamanaguchi, July 23 at 311, July 23 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Zach Deputy, July 25 at The Plaza Live

Vans Warped Tour ’13, July 28 at Central Florida Fairgrounds

Black Sabbath, July 29 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

The Dillinger Escape Plan,

Luke Davids, June 30 at

July 29 at House of Blues

Backbooth

KEN Mode, Aug. 1 at Will’s Pub

AAHZ Legacy (The Final Reunion), July 3 at The

The Molly Ringwalds, Aug. 3 at House of Blues

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Matchbox Twenty, Aug. 4 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

The Oak Ridge Boys, July 4 at

Saigon Kick, Aug. 9 at The

Ben Prestage, July 3 at Will’s

Hard Rock Live

Meek Mill, July 4 at The Beacham

M U S I C Staking out a position that’s roughly somewhere between “nerdy” and “goofy,” the two-man band known as the Front Bottoms sound like the kind of indie rock that a sitcom on a second-tier cable network has a character play when they want to signify quirky creativity. There’s image-dense and humorous lyricism coupled with relentlessly upbeat folk-rock arrangements that, at first blush, make these guys sound like a community college take on the Mountain Goats or a less-studied version of the Weakerthans, but with a more pronounced debt to jokey ’90s college rock. Every single track on the group’s new album, Talon of the Hawk, seems custom-crafted for ecstatic live singalongs, with pounding, straightforward acoustic guitar chords and lots of “whoa-oa”s and “hey-hey”s, so this show is bound to be a rollicking blast. – Jason Ferguson

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Trivia and Karaoke Night 8 pm; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle; free; 407-250-6763.

Unplug & Unwind with Micah 9 pm; Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free; 407-224-2155.

Wine & Whiskey Wednesdays 5-9 pm; Graffiti Junktion, 2401 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-377-1961.

Wine Down 5-8 pm; Winter Park Saloon, 1566 W. Fairbanks Ave.,; free; 407-539-0255.

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Adam Ant, Aug. 10 at Hard

Thursday, June 6

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Tony Lucca, Aug. 11 at The

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Rock Live

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Matt Pond, July 11 at The

OneRepublic, Aug. 12 at Hard

Amy Alysia 7 pm; Jazz Tastings, 164 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-661-1190.

Mac Miller, July 6 at Hard

Social

Rock Live

Charli XCX 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $12-$14; 407-246-1419.

Inter Arma, Hollow Leg, Set & Setting, Bog Prophet 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $6.

John Nemeth 8 pm; McWells Restaurant and Bar, 4757 S. Orange Ave.; $15; 407-855-4006.

The Fling 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Wortzinol Trio 8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Café, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-362-1864.

CLUBS/LOUNGES Blues Jam With Bill Bairley, Auggie Antoine and Scott Hazen 8 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; free; 407-328-4848.

Dub Scenario with DJ Cliff T, the Dom 10 pm; Sky Sixty, 60 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-246-1599.

Dudes Love Ladies Night 9 pm; Vintage Lounge, 114 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-285-5826.

Dueling Acoustic Pianos 8 pm; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2100.

Earth Trivia with John Clementson 7 pm; Graffiti Junktion, 900 E. Washington St.; free; 407-426-9503.

Eric Prydz 10 pm; Firestone Live, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $25; 407-872-0066.

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Karaoke 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse, 3001 Corrine Drive; free; 407-644-2844.

Korndogg’s Karaoke Thursdays 10 pm; One Eyed Jack’s, 15 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-420-1515.

Legendary Thursdays 9 pm; Bob Marley - A Tribute to Freedom, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; $7; 407-224-3663.

Neon Glow Paint Party With DJ ATM 11:30 pm; Syn Orlando, 57 W. Pine St.; free-$10; 860-367-1922.

Open Mic Night 8 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea, 12078 Collegiate Way; free; 407-482-5000.

Poker Tourney 8 pm; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle; call for price; 407-250-6763.

The Herb Williams Band 8 pm; Red Coconut Club, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2425.

Thirsty Thursday 7 pm; Marlow’s Tavern, 9101 International Drive; free; 407-351-3627.

Friday, June 7 CONCERTS/EVENTS Appetite for Destruction, Red, White & Crue, Poison’d 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side, Lake Buena Vista; $10-$13; 407-934-2583.

Billy Floyd 9 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea, 12078 Collegiate Way; free; 407-482-5000.

Black Dust Revival 9 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; free; 407-328-4848.

Bluegrass Jam 6:30 pm; West State Road 50 and Maguire Road, Ocoee; free.

Booked Promotions Presents An Evening With Odin: Quarter-20, Sela Dors, Milk Carton Superstars 8 pm; Odin’s Den, 1335 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park; $5-$8; 407-644-3588.

Carly Jo Jackson 7 pm; Brick & Fire, 1410 Semoran Blvd., Casselberry; free; 321-332-6430.

Country Megaticket featuring Rascal Flatts, the Band Perry 6 pm; MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa; $199-$998; 813-740-2446.

Eight Stories High 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Fleetwood Mac 8 pm; Tampa Bay Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa; $36.75-$146.75; 813-301-6500.

Friday Night Live Unplugged With Dustin Stock 8-10 pm; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free; 407-571-8863.

In-Store Performance With the Front Bottoms Call for time; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275.

Jazzway Express 7 pm; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle; free; 407-250-6763.

Jive After 5 Featuring Keith Jones and the Makeshifts, the Wildtones, Oak Hill Drifters 8 pm; Stardust Video & Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $8; 407-623-3393.

John Korbel 9 pm; Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave.; free; 407-872-1117.

Lauren Galant 8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Café, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-362-1864.

The Front Bottoms, Weatherbox, Jr. Meowzer 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10-$12.

The Jazztasting Quartet 8 pm; Jazz Tastings, 164 Lake Ave., Maitland; $5; 407-661-1190.

The Menzingers, Fake Problems, Restorations, Captain, We’re Sinking 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $15; 407-246-1419.

Thick as Blood, X Bishop X, Sacred Suns 6:30 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$10; 407-898-0009.

Urbe Prima CD Release Show 8 pm; The Venue, 511 Virginia Drive; $10; 407-412-6895.

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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK | The Package Tour wsgs 98 DEGREES and BOYZ II MEN JUNE 21

AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! AUG 1

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SARAH BRIGHTMAN Dreamchaser World Tour OCT 8

CARLOS VIVES Como Le Gusta A Mi Pueblo Tour JULY 12

MICHAEL BUBLÉ OCT 30

KISS | Monster Tour AUG 16

JOSH GROBAN | In the Round Tour NOV 9

ARENA BOWL XXVI

THE FRESH BEAT BAND DEC 15

AUG 17 BRUNO MARS | The Moonshine Jungle Tour

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The 20/20 Experience World Tour DEC 19

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CLUBS/LOUNGES After Dark With DJs Magic Mike, Ghostrider, Tonez 7 pm; Vintage Lounge, 114 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-285-5826.

College Indie Music 10 pm; Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave.; free-$5; 407-839-0457.

DubVision 10 pm; The Attic, 68 E. Pine St.; $5-$8.

En Fuego Fridays With DJs Tonystar, Erick, 3Mendo 10 pm; Firestone Live, 578 N. Orange Ave.; call for price; 407-872-0066.

Footloose ’80s Video Dance Night Midnight; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $4; 407-999-2570.

Friday Happy Hour 4-7:30 pm; Ember Bar & Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; free; 407-849-5200.

Indulge With Disco Jr, DJ Peek, DJ Tru Story, DJ Nice 10 pm; Roxy Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $5-$12; 407-898-4004.

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Karaoke 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse, 3001 Corrine Drive; free; 407-644-2844.

Ladies Night 10 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; free-$20; 407-648-8363.

Progression Fridays 10 pm; Ember Bar & Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; free; 407-849-5200.

Say Farewell to Jess 5 pm; Redlight Redlight, 2810 Corrine Drive; free; 407-893-9832.

Sky High Fridays with Cliff T 9 pm; Sky Sixty, 60 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-246-1599.

Teenie Tiki Tini Happy Hour Fridays 5-8 pm; Waitiki Retro Tiki Lounge, 26 Wall Street Plaza; free; 407-481-1199.

Trivia 500 6 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-645-0069.

Wall Street Plaza Block Party 11 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; free; 407-849-0471.

saTurday, June 8 CONCERTS/EVENTS Acoustic In-Store Performance With Restorations 2 pm; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275.

Booked Promotions Presents Relax Pt. 5 Featuring Jason Tyler, Derek Martin, Sunrise Surrogate 8 pm; Odin’s Den, 1335 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park; $5-$8; 407-644-3588.

Ex the Chariot, Slowriter 10 pm; Lil’ Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Gypsey Bluez 7 pm; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road; free; 407-250-6763.

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Performing Arts of Maitland Presents Richie Haines/RV 10 am-1 pm; Lake Lily Park, 641 S. Maitland Ave., Maitland; free.

Summer Concert Series: Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush Call for time; Universal Studios at Universal Orlando, 1000 Universal Studios Plaza; included with park admission; 407-363-8000.

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Saturday Night Live 7 pm; Marlow’s Tavern, 9101 International Drive; free; 407-351-3627.

The Chris Walker Band 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Social Saturdays: Mature & Sexy With Biz Markie 10 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $10-$15; 407-246-1419.

The Jazztasting Quartet 8 pm; Jazz Tastings, 164 Lake Ave., Maitland; $5; 407-661-1190.

Swirl Saturdays with VJDJ Richie Rich 10 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; free-$20; 407-648-8363.

The Raymonds 10 pm; The Peacock Room, 1321 N. Mills Ave.; free; 407-228-0048.

Trivia 500 6:30 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-645-0069.

Wet ’n’ Wild With the Wildtones, Keith Jones and the Makeshifts, Hot Hands Noon; Travelodge, 409 N. Magnolia Ave.; free; 407-423-1671.

Wall Street Plaza Block Party 11 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; free; 407-849-0471.

’80s Night 10 pm; Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave.; free-$5; 407-839-0457.

DJ Stranger Jazz/Funk Brunch 11 am-2 pm; Ethos Vegan Kitchen, 601-B S. New York Ave., Winter Park; free, various menu prices; 407-228-3898.

DJs Cliff T., Matt McCoy 10 pm; Sky Sixty, 60 N. Orange Ave.; call for price; 407-246-1599.

Dueling Acoustic Pianos 8 pm; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2100.

Karaoke 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse, 3001 Corrine Drive; free; 407-644-2844.

Kontrol 10 pm; Roxy Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; free-$15; 407-898-4004.

sunday, June 9 CONCERTS/EVENTS Ancient Sun 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Christine Barron 7:30 pm; Timucua White House, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; free; 407-595-2713.

Citycop, Ghost Cat, Pilgrimage, Gillian Carter, Fear the Concept 8:30 pm; Orlando Nights, 1300 N. Mills Ave.; $5.

John Valeri Featuring Derek Monet 5:30 pm; Jazz Tastings, 164 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-661-1190.

MetroPCS Concert Series Featuring Savi Fernandez 6:30 pm; Florida Citrus Bowl, 1610 W. Church St.; included with game ticket price; 855-675-2489.

The Murder Junkies, Room Full of Strangers, Moon Men from Mars, Warm Like Winter 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$12.

CLUBS/LOUNGES #Supersmashsundays With DJs D-Strong, Babylac, Disco Jr 11 pm; Firestone Live, 578 N. Orange Ave.; free-$10; 407-872-0066. ’80s to ’00s Sunday 10 pm; Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-839-0457.

Barrio Sundays 10 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $5$15; 407-648-8363; thesocial.org.

Bingo After Dark 10 pm; Waitiki Retro Tiki Lounge, 26 Wall Street Plaza; free; 407-481-1199.

Blues & BBQ Jam hosted by Doc Williamson 5-9 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; free; 407-328-4848.

DJ Stranger Jazz/Funk Brunch 11 am-2 pm; Ethos Vegan Kitchen, 601-B S. New York Ave., Winter Park; free, various menu prices; 407-228-3898.

Dueling Acoustic Pianos 8 pm; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2100.

Karaoke 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse, 3001 Corrine Drive; free; 407-644-2844.

Korndogg Rock Band Karaoke 6 pm; Graffiti Junktion, 900 E. Washington St.; free; 407-426-9503.

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DEORRO 10 pm; Roxy Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $7-$15; 407-898-4004.

Rubbel Road & Cherri Ryno 9 pm; Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave.; free; 407-872-1117. ●

Old Time Music Jam 4-7 pm; Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave.; free; 407-872-1117.

Lauren Lester 7 pm; Brick & Fire, 1410 Semoran Blvd., Casselberry; free; 321-332-6430.

Orlando Rocks! With D.T.I., Born From Ashes, Blaine the Mono 7 pm; House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side, Lake Buena Vista; $5; 407-934-2583.

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Meet the Folkers With the Bloody Jug Band, the Woolly Bushmen 7 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $8-$10; 407-999-2570.

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Jarritt Sheel’s Blu-Tet 9 pm; Natura Coffee & Tea, 12078 Collegiate Way; free; 407-482-5000.

LIttle Mookie 9 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; free; 407-328-4848.

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Poker Tourney 8 pm; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle; call for price; 407-250-6763.

Retox Sunday Funday With DJ Eric Draven 3-9 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; free; 407-849-0471.

Sunday Funday 4-9 pm; Sky Sixty, 60 N. Orange Ave.; call for price; 407-246-1599.

Tropical Sundays With DJ Frankie G 10 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $5-$15; 407-246-1419.

Unplug & Unwind with Micah 9 pm; Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free; 407-224-2155.

Yappy Hour Noon-5 pm; World of Beer - Dr. Phillips, 7800 Dr. Phillips Blvd.; donations accepted; 407-355-3315.

Monday, June 10 CONCERTS/EVENTS Absinthe and Friends 10 pm; Lil’ Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Coffee House Monday Featuring John Earle 8 pm; The Venue, 511 Virginia Drive; $5.

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Listening/Pizza Party: Boards of Canada’s Tomorrow’s Harvest 8 pm; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275.

Mr. Robert Johnson 6-8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Café, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-362-1864.

Reggae Mondae 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

The Resignators, Stop the Presses 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7.

CLUBS/LOUNGES Clear Pong Mondays 10 pm; Waitiki Retro Tiki Lounge, 26 Wall Street Plaza; free; 407-481-1199.

Dueling Acoustic Pianos 8 pm; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2100; citywalk.com.

Hospitality Night 11:30 am; Marlow’s Tavern, 9101 International Drive; free; 407-351-3627.

Karaoke 9 pm; Big Daddy’s Roadhouse, 3001 Corrine Drive; free; 407-644-2844.

Mondaze Dance Party 10 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $3; 407-999-2570.

Trivia 7 pm; Graffiti Junktion, 900 E. Washington St.; free; 407-426-9503.

Trivia 500 6:30 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-645-0069.

Unplug & Unwind with Micah 9 pm; Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Universal’s CityWalk; free; 407-224-2155; citywalk.com.

Tuesday, June 11 CONCERTS/EVENTS Burning Fair Verona 10 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $3; 407-999-2570; backbooth.com.

John Valeri Featuring Derek Monet 7 pm; Jazz Tastings, 164 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-661-1190.

Starship Romance, My Summer Soundtrack, My Electric Heart, No Blitz 8 pm; The West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford Ave.; $3-$5; 407-322-7475.

The Chris Walker Band 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

The Neighbourhood, 1975 8 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $12; 407-246-1419.

The Tallest Man on Earth, Strand of Oak 8 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $17.50-$25; 407-246-1419.

CLUBS/LOUNGES Crafty Hour 4-9 pm; Ember Bar & Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; free; 407-849-5200.

Dirty Bingo 9 pm; Stardust Lounge, 431 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-839-0080.

Dueling Acoustic Pianos 8 pm; Pat O’Briens, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free-$7; 407-224-2100.

Grits n’ Gravy 10 pm; Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave.; free-$3; 407-839-0457.

Jacked Up Trivia with John 9 pm; Graffiti Junktion, 2401 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-377-1961.

Korndogg’s Rockband Karaoke 10 pm; One Eyed Jack’s, 15 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-420-1515.

Open Mic Night With Blue’s Mama 9 pm-1 am; Tom and Jerry’s Lounge, 1117 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-647-6519.

Open Mic With John Earle 9 pm; The Hammered Lamb, 1235 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-704-3200.

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1st Wednesday: Full Access With DJs Slym, Disco & the City Boyz, Jay J Live sets of hip-hop, booty and reggae music. 10 p.m. Wednesday; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; free-$5; 407-648-8363; thebeacham.com.

Say Farewell to Jess Enjoy a few brews in honor of the beloved bartender. 5 p.m. Friday; Redlight Redlight, 2810 Corrine Drive; free; 407-893-9832; redlightredlight beerparlour.com.

DEORRO Live set by the Los Angeles DJ. 10 p.m. Saturday; Roxy Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $7-$15; 407-8984004; roxyorlando.com.

Sweetwater Pint Night The bar serves the brewery’s beer on tap, plus you could win some beer swag.

5 p.m. Friday; World of Beer, 3402 Technological Drive, Suite 201; free; 321-235-9741; wobusa.com.

Dirty Bingo Hosted by Baby Blue.

9 p.m. Tuesday; Stardust Lounge, 431 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-8390080; facebook.com/stardustlounge. orlando.

Max Starks’ Super Hero Pub Crawl Join the former NFL player and other local celebrities for drinks downtown to raise awareness about literacy in our community. 5 p.m. Friday; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; $19-$25; maxstarkspubcrawl. eventbrite.com.

Neon Glow Paint Party With DJ ATM Wear your bathing suits because things are about to get messy. 11:30 p.m. Thursday; Syn Orlando, 57 W. Pine St.; free-$10; 860-367-1922; synorlando.com.

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Wednesday; Downtown Lake Mary, 136 N. Fourth St., Lake Mary; free; 407-486-8478; facebook.com/pages/ wine-art-wednesdays-at-downtownlake-mary.

Yappy Hour Bring your pooch and enjoy dog-themed beer specials, plus adoption dogs from Paradise for Pets and more. Noon-5 p.m. Sunday; World of Beer, 7800 Dr. Phillips Blvd.; donations accepted; 407-355-3315; drphillips.wobusa.com.

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Shotspitality Tuesdays With DJ Freefall 10 pm; Vintage Lounge, 114 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-285-5826.

Takeovr 10 pm; Roxy Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; free-$15; 407-898-4004.

Tuesday Night Flights 5 pm; Rogue Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778.

Unplug & Unwind with Micah 9 pm; Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; free; 407-224-2155.

THEATER AntiGravity Theater High-energy choreographed acrobatic show. 8 pm Friday-Saturday; AntiGravity Theatre, 5390 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee; $39.95; 407507-3943; antigravityorlando.com.

Duel of Fools Improv-comedy competition. 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, 9:30 pm Saturday; SAK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $5-$15; 407-648-0001; sak.com.

Stand-Up Comedy Show 8 pm Tuesday; Belle Isle Bayou, 5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle; $8; 407250-6763; belleisle-bayou.com.

Gorilla Theatre Improv scenes based on audience suggestions. 9:30 pm ThursdayFriday; SAK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $15; 407-648-0001; sak.com.

The Orlando Comedy Show Featuring Arnie Ellis, Ranney, Clayton Anderson and others. 8:30 pm Saturday; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $15; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com.

Improv Comedy With Penguin Knife Fight 9 pm Monday; Natura Coffee & Tea, 12078 Collegiate Way; free; 407-482-5000.

Laughs at Draft Joneal hosts a rotating cast of live stand-up comedians.

7-10 pm Thursday; Draft Global Beer Lounge & Grill, 301 W. Church St.; $10; 407-826-1872; thecomedytakeover.com.

DANCE E Parsons School of Dance Live dance performance by the students. 2 pm Sunday; Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston St.; $18-$21; 407-849-2020; orlandovenues.net.

Element Earth Live contemporary dance performance by local Orlando troupe Emotions Dance Company.

8 pm Saturday; Orlando Repertory Theatre, 1001 E. Princeton St.; $18-$20; 407-788-1659; emotionsdance.org.

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Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Live Watch a 2D and 3D broadcast of the ballet from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. 6:30 pm Thursday; various theaters; $15; fathomevents.com.

Cinema Circle: Beat the Drum 2 pm Sunday; Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; 407-623-3300.

Adult Script Writing 7 pm Thursday; Florida Film Academy, 270 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $15 per class; 407-654-8400; flfilmacademy.com.

The Dancers Pointe Live dance performance. 1 pm Saturday; Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 401 W. Livingston St.; $18-$21; 407-849-2020; orlandovenues.net.

Cranes Roost Sunset Cinema: Over the Hedge 8:30 pm Saturday; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free; 407571-8863; uptownaltamonte.com. continued on page 40

Boogie Shoes As seen at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Fest. 8 pm Friday, 7 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday; Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park, 419A W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-920-4034; breakthroughtheatre.com.

Dreamgirls Musical based on 1960s music directed by Ray Hatch; through July 7. 7:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, 2:30 pm Sunday; Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St.; $10$34; 407-297-8788; madcowtheatre.com.

Horribly True Confessions Starring Lydia Lunch and Weasel Walter with Shew’ Bird. 8 pm Wednesday; Bullitt, 33 E. Pine St.; $10; 407-841-1068.

The Happy Pink Girl Sings Theater show as seen at Orlando Fringe. 8 pm Saturday; Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park, 419A W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-9204034; breakthroughtheatre.com.

Tiger Tail Frank Hilgenberg directs Tennessee Williams’ play based on the 1956 film Baby Doll; through June 29. 8 pm Friday-Saturday; Theatre Downtown, 2113 N. Orange Ave.; $20; 407-841-0083; theatredowntown.net.

COMEDY Andres Lopez – Llegar a Marte Live performance by the stand-up comedian. 7 pm Wednesday; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $30; 407228-1220; plazaliveorlando.com.

Better Days Live sitcom by John Valines and Tod Kimbro. 11:30 pm Friday; SAK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $10; 407-648-0001; sak.com.

Carmen Vallone, Clay Robertson Live stand-up comedy show. 8:30 pm Friday-Saturday; Boardwalk Bowl, 10749 E. Colonial Drive; $10; 407-384-0003.

Comedy Shop Open mic comedy night hosted by Tom Feeney and Joe Chlapowski. 10 pm Wednesday; Spacebar, 2428 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/spacebarorlando.

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Date Night at Leu Gardens Vertigo Grab a seat on the grass for a showing of the movie. 6 pm Friday; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave.; $5; 407246-2620; leugardens.org.

FilmSlam Local indie film showcase open to indie and student filmmakers throughout Florida.

1 pm Sunday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $5; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

Galaxy Quest Cult Classics showing of Dean Parisot’s 1999 sci-fi film. 9:30 pm Tuesday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $5; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

The Karate Kid Wednesday Night Pitcher showing of 1984’s action film about a teenage martial artist. 8 pm Wednesday; Eden Bar at the Enzian, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; free; 407-629-1088; enzian.org.

The Searchers Saturday Matinee Classics showing of 1956’s John Ford Western. Noon Saturday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; call for price; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

ART OPENINGS/EVENTS 1st Thursdays: Collaboration Local artists partner to showcase works, with live music, food, art demos, dance performances and more. 6-9 pm Thursday; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $10; 407-896-4231; omart.org.

Art About People Featuring works by local artists. 6-9 pm Friday; Taste Restaurant, 717 W. Smith St.; free; 407835-0646; tastecp.com.

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Dandelion Artists Reception Works by three local artists Becky Trudell, Jean Claude Rasch and Allison Marse. 6 pm Wednesday; Dandelion Communitea Café, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-3621864; dandelioncommunitea.com.

Date Night: Urban Silhouette Paintings Couples can bring their own food and drinks and then create an art project in this workshop.

7-9 pm Friday; Casselberry Art House, 127 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry; $25-$30; 407-2627722; casselberry.org/register.

First Friday Festival & Art Stroll Local artists display works while area merchants offer drink and food specials. 5:30-9:30 pm Friday; Baldwin Park, New Broad Street and Jake Street; free; 407-923-3849; facebook.com/ baldwinparkfirstfridayfestival.

Ladies’ Art Lounge Bring your girlfriends, grab a glass of wine and learn how to create a flower pot with instructor Cindy McDowell. 5:30-7:30 pm Friday; Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $25, registration required; 407539-2181; artandhistory.org.

Photography Basics David Haynes leads a course in camera types, exposure, framing and composition, and basic lighting. 7 pm Tuesday; Florida Film Academy, 270 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $20 per class; 407-6548400; flfilmacademy.com.

RAW Presents Kaleidoscope Art party features work by Orlando visual artists, fashion designers, jewelry artisans and bakers, plus music by DJ Commons and others.

8 pm Thursday; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $10-$15; 407-704-6261; rawartists.org/orlando.

WineArt Wednesdays Monthly outdoor event with wine tasting, art displays, food trucks and shopping at local merchants. 5-9 pm Wednesday; Downtown Lake Mary, 136 N. Fourth St., Lake Mary; free; 407-486-8478; facebook. com/pages/wine-art-wednesdaysat-downtown-lake-mary.

EXHIBITS A Year in the Life: Backstage to Onstage at Universal Orlando Resort Through Jan. 26, 2014. 10 am-5 pm WednesdaySaturday, noon-5 pm Sunday, 10 am-5 pm Monday-Tuesday; Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd.; $9; 407-8368500; thehistorycenter.org.

André Smith: Picturing Place Prints, paintings and drawings; through Aug. 4. 11 am-4 pm Wednesday-Sunday, Tuesday; Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $3; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org.

Art and Artifacts of the Seminole: Selections from the Collection of I.S.K. Reeves V and Sara W. Reeves Through Jan. 5, 2014. 10:30 am4:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 am-4:30 pm Tuesday; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-2464278; mennellomuseum.com.

From Start To Finish: The Florida Sculptors Guild Exhibition Amy Wieck, Anthony Deal, Mike Moffitt, Mindy Colton, Denisse Berlingeri and others; through July 21. 10 am-4 pm Wednesday-Saturday, 1-4 pm Sunday, 10 am-4 pm Tuesday; Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park; $5; 407-647-6294; polasek.org. continued on page 43

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Imprint Contemporary art show by Rachel Simmons, Dawn Roe, Vanessa Diaz, Dina Mack, Patricia Lois Nuss, Brittany Metz, Lesley Silvia, Martha Lent and Emilie Finney; through July 11.

11 am-6 pm Thursday-Saturday; The Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave.; free; 407-3120708; galleryatavalonisland.com.

Preaching to the Trees and the Animals: The Folk Art of O.L. Samuel Exhibition of the artists’ wood sculptures; through Sept.

7. Noon-4 pm Wednesday-Friday, 10 am-2 pm Saturday, noon-4 pm Tuesday; Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-539-2680; hannibalsquareheritagecenter.org.

Introspective UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design; through July 3. 10 am-5 pm WednesdayFriday, Monday-Tuesday; UCF Art Gallery, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; free; 407-8233161; gallery.cah.ucf.edu.

Selections From the Permanent Collection: André Smith Sketch Books Collection of watercolors and crayon sketches dating from 1920s through 1940s; through July 14.

11 am-4 pm Wednesday-Sunday, Tuesday; Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $3; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org.

Living Traditions: Seminole Chickee Hut An authentic Seminole chickee hut will be built in the Sculpture Garden; through Jan. 5, 2014. 10:30 am4:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 am-4:30 pm Tuesday; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-2464278; mennellomuseum.com.

Mysterious Muses: A Selection of Southern Folk Art Works

by Alyne Harris, Sybil Gibson, Jesse Aaron, Gary Yost and others; through Aug. 25. 10:30 am-4:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 am-4:30 pm Tuesday; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-2464278; mennellomuseum.com.

Never No More: Storter’s Southwest Florida Traveling exhibition of works based on the memoirs of Rob Storter; through Jan. 5, 2014. 10:30 am4:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 am-4:30 pm Tuesday; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-2464278; mennellomuseum.com.

Southern Folk Art Masters Collection of works from the permanent collection by William Edmondson, Nellie Mae Rowe, Purvis Young and others; through Jan. 5, 2014. 10:30 am4:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4:30 pm Sunday, 10:30 am-4:30 pm Tuesday; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-2464278; mennellomuseum.com.

Studio Malick Collection of photography by Malick Sidibe; through Dec. 8. 10 am-4 pm Wednesday-Friday, noon-5 pm Saturday-Sunday, 10 am-4 pm Tuesday; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; rollins.edu/cfam.

The Paper Illustrator Cut paper art by Richard Schichman; through July 3. 7-midnight Wednesday-Friday, 8-midnight Saturday-Sunday, 7-midnight Monday-Tuesday; Stardust Video & Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; free; 407-6233393; stardustie.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS Bizarre Buying Bazaar The museum invites the public to sell oddities, unusual artwork, artifacts and other strange items to be displayed in a Ripley’s museum. 10 am-6 pm Friday-Saturday; Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, 8201 International Drive; free, RSVP to johnson@ripleys. com; 407-345-0501; ripleys.com.

First Friday: Scoville Pepper Wings Eating Competition Contestants must down eight whole wings, with prizes including a T-Shirt, plus live music

by Buster Keaton. 7 pm Friday; B&B Junction, 2103 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407513-4134; bbjunction.com.

Food Truck Bazaar More than 20 mobile food eateries serve up menu items. 6-9 pm Sunday; Fashion Square Mall, 3201 E. Colonial Drive; free; thedailycity.com.

Max Starks’ Super Hero Pub Crawl Join the former NFL player and other local celebrities for drinks downtown to raise awareness about literacy in our community. 5 pm Friday; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; $19-$25; maxstarkspubcrawl.eventbrite.com.

Orlando Zine Fest Create your own comics and artworks, plus hear live tunes by Hot Hands, Girls on the Beach and Exitbags.

3 pm Saturday; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; call for price; 407-898-0009.

Star Wars Weekends Through June 9. Various times FridaySunday; Disney Hollywood Studios, Lake Buena Vista; included with park admission; 407-939-7211; disneyworld.com. continued on page 44

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Broadway Brunch 11 am Sunday; Hamburger Mary’s, 110 W. Church St.; various menu prices; 321-319-0600; hamburgermarys-orlando.com.

A Visit to Bok Tower Gardens Take a virtual tour of the gardens and learn about the history of the Singing Tower. 2 pm Thursday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7481; ocls.info.

Dorm Wednesday with DJ Daisy 9 pm Wednesday; Pulse, 1912 S. Orange Ave.; free-$5; 407649-3888; pulseorlando.com.

Friday Piano Bar With Kelly Richards 6-9 pm Friday; The Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-4257571; parliamenthouse.com.

Hip-Hop Tuesday Music by DJ Saxwell and Miss Darcel’s Show.

9 pm Tuesday; The Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571.

Leigh Shannon’s Cabaret Dinner Show 7:30 pm Saturday; Hamburger Mary’s, 110 W. Church St.; free; 321-319-0600; hamburgermarys-orlando.com.

Pledge Thursdays with DJs Joanie, Ants, blueStar 10 pm Thursday; Revolution Nightclub, 375 S. Bumby Ave.; free; 407-2289900; revolutionorlando.com.

Risque Friday Male dancers, nude shadow dances, music

by DJ Vegas. 9 pm Friday; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free; 407-3730888; stonewallorlando.com.

Secret Sundays 10 pm Sunday; Revolution Nightclub, 375 S. Bumby Ave.; $5; 407-228-9900.

White Trash Bingo with Doug Ba’aser 10 pm Monday; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free; 407-373-0888.

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Food We’re Known For Florida’s culinary history. 4 pm Monday; Alafaya Library, 9318 E. Colonial Drive; free; 407-835-7323.

Garden Talks With Hortus Oasis: Easy-to-Grow Herbs Noon Thursday; Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $5; 407-623-3300.

Genetically Modified Foods: From Frankenfood to Frankenpeople Film screening and slideshow about the American diet. 1-3 pm Saturday; First Unitarian Church of Orlando, 1901 E. Robinson St.; donations accepted; 407-5953731; holisticlivingschool.org.

IDEAS Presents the Hive: A Think/Do Tank Use Open Space Technology. 6:45 pm Wednesday; Urban ReThink, 625 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407704-6895; urbanrethink.com.

Science Café: Experiments in Microgravity Interactive presentation by Dr. Luke B. Roberson, systems engineer for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

6 pm Tuesday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

Universal Drumming Demonstration Richard Cravens and Lora Wallace from Universal Studios direct a live show. 11 am-1 pm Saturday; Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd.; included with admission; 407836-8500; thehistorycenter.org.

CIVICS All Aboard ... SunRail Simplified Different phases of the new commuter rail line.

Noon Monday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7481; ocls.info.

Apartment E 20 Year Anniversary and Celebration Soap Bar Call for donations of soap, diapers, blankets and more.

3 pm Saturday; Lake Ivanhoe Park, 57 S. Ivanhoe Blvd.; free.

Hispanic Community Town Hall With Rep. Victor Torres 5-7 pm Saturday; Magic Recreation Center, 1751 Rhode Island Woods Circle; free; 407-730-3422.

Lake Ivanhoe CleanUp With Barefoot Wine 9:30-11 am Saturday; Gaston Edwards Park, 1236 N. Orange Ave.; free; vols.pt/ysjh3m.

Tiger Bay Club Meeting Guest speaker Adam Putnam.

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Twisted Tuesday 9 pm Tuesday; Pulse, 1912 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-3888; pulseorlando.com.

Blue Man Group – Making Waves Interactive instrument area, a surround sound theater and more; through Aug. 31. 10 am-5 pm Thursday-Tuesday; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $19; 407-514-2000; osc.org.

Science Night Live Adultsonly event with tours, a sky viewing, a showing of concert movie U2 3D, and a presentation by Dr. Scott Warfield. 8-11 pm Saturday; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $15; 407-514-2000; osc.org.

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American Fraternity Man Book Release Party Featuring Burrow Press managing editor Nathan Holic. 2 pm Saturday; Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive; free; burrowpress.com.

Children’s Music Concert With Patty Shukla 11:30 am Saturday; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; free with museum admission; 407-514-2000; pattyshuklakidsmusic.com.

Autograph/Book Signing With Lydia Lunch The Need to Feed: Recipes for Developing a Healthy Obsession for Deeply Satisfying Foods. 6 pm Wednesday; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275.

Free Family Day Celebrate the birth date of artist Earl Cunningham with a make-and-take craft station and mini-tours of the galleries. Noon-4:30 pm Sunday; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; free; 407246-4278; mennellomuseum.com.

George “The Animal” Steele Author Discussion & Book Signing For Animal. 2 pm Saturday; Barnes & Noble, 2418 E. Colonial Drive; free; 407-894-6024.

Green Lantern Day Signing With Rob Venditti. 4-11 pm Wednesday; A Comic Shop, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636; acomicshop.com.

Heroes for Literacy Bowl-AThon With former NFL player Max Starks. 9 pm Saturday; Kings Bowl, 8255 S. International Drive, Suite 120; free-$7; 407423-2476; maxstarks.com.

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Parcels: MFAs in Progress Reading series with UCF’s Creative Writing department.

7 pm Sunday; Urban ReThink, 625 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407704-6895; urbanrethink.com.

Second Saturday: Finding the Fountain of Youth With Rick Kilby 2 pm Saturday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7481; ocls.info.

There Will Be Words Readings

by Whitney Hamrick, Stephanie R. Johnson, Rachel Leona Kapitan and Susan Lilley. 6 pm Tuesday; Urban ReThink, 625 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-704-6895; urbanrethink.com.

Max Starks 7th Annual NCAA Youth Football Camp Kids, ages 7-14, learn the fundamentals of football. 8 am-2 pm Saturday; Florida Citrus Bowl, 1610 W. Church St.; free, registration required; ncaafootballclinics.com.

Meet a Gatorland Wrangler Kids get up-close and personal with snakes and gators.

11 am Tuesday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7481; ocls.info.

SPORTS Arkham Assailants vs. Serial Thrillers Orlando Psycho City Derby Girls roller derby game.

4:30 pm Sunday; Semoran Skateway, 2670 Cassel Creek Blvd., Casselberry; $10-$13; orlandoderbygirls.com.

DeLand Suns vs. Orlando Monarchs Florida Collegiate Summer League baseball game.

4 pm Saturday, 1 pm Sunday; Tinker Field, 287 S. Tampa Ave.; $5; 321-206-9174; floridaleague.com.

Get Outdoors Casselberry Enjoy kayaking, canoeing, paddle board demos, fishing clinics, a dog lure course, live entertainment and more in this outdoor event.

9 am-1 pm Saturday; Secret Lake Park, 200 N. Lake Triplet Drive, Casselberry; free; 407-262-7700; getoutdoorscasselberry.com.

National Running Day Celebrate by joining a run through Orlando. 6 pm Wednesday; Lake Highland Park, corner of Lake Highland Drive and Ferris Avenue; free; trackshack.com.

Teatime Dance Party Kids sing and dance with Mr. Richard.

10 am Friday; Infusion Tea, 1600 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-9995255; infusionorlando.com.

Orlando City Soccer Club vs. Antigua Barracuda FC USL pro soccer game. 7:30 pm Sunday; Florida Citrus Bowl, 1610 W. Church St.; $15-$60; 855-6752489; orlandocitysoccer.com.

Tie Dye Ties and T-Shirts Kids create items for themselves and for Father’s Day. 3:30-5 pm Monday; Maitland Art Center, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $15; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org.

Orlando City Soccer Club vs. Phoenix FC USL pro soccer game. 7:30 pm Friday; Florida Citrus Bowl, 1610 W. Church St.; $15-$60; 855-6752489; orlandocitysoccer.com.

Wizard of Oz Marionette musical; through June 30. 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 4:30 pm Wednesday-Friday, 12:30 pm, 2:45 pm, 5 pm Saturday, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm Sunday; Pinocchio’s Marionette Theater, Altamonte Mall, Altamonte Springs; $6; 407-834-8757; pinocchios.net.

Sanford River Rats vs.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The longest natural arch in the world is the Fairy Bridge in Guangxi Province, China. Made of limestone, this 400-foot-wide span crosses over the Buliu River.

No one outside of China knew about it until 2009, when an American explorer spied it on Google Earth. Let’s make the Fairy Bridge your metaphor of the month. Judging by the astrological omens, I suspect there’s a good chance you will soon find something like a natural, previously hidden bridge. In other words, be alert for a link between things you didn’t know were connected.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) I hope that in recent weeks you’ve made yourself a master of sticky and intricate details. I trust you’ve been working harder and smarter than you have in a long time. Have you been grunting and sweating a lot, exerting yourself in behalf of good causes? Please tell me you have. And please say you’re willing to continue for a while longer. The way I see it, your demanding tasks aren’t quite finished. In fact, the full reward for your efforts may not become available unless you keep pushing beyond the point that you consider to be your fair share.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) How free do you want to be? A tiny bit free, hemmed in by comfortable complications that require you to rely on white lies? Or would you rather be moderately free in ways that aren’t too demanding: politely, sensibly free? Maybe you feel brave and strong enough to flirt with a breathtaking version of liberation – a pure, naked freedom that brings you

close to the edge of wild abandon and asks you to exercise more responsibility than you’re used to. I’m not telling you which kind you should opt for, but I am suggesting that it’s best if you do make a conscious choice.

closer. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to fine-tune your ability to distinguish between them. I suspect that the more you cultivate and seek out the good kind, the less susceptible you’ll be to the bad kind.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) In August 1961, the Communist government of East Germany built the Berlin Wall. It was a thick concrete barrier designed to prevent the oppressed citizens of East Berlin from escaping to freedom in West Berlin. The barrier was eventually policed by armed guards. Traffic between the two Berlins became virtually impossible for the next 28 years. Then a miracle occurred: East German authorities relinquished their stranglehold. They tentatively allowed East Berliners to travel to West Berlin. Soon the Mauerspechte, or “wall woodpeckers,” showed up. Armed with hammers and chisels, these people began chipping away at the Wall. Two years later, most of it had been demolished. I hereby assign you to be a wall woodpecker in your own sphere. The time is right to demolish a barricade. It may take a while, but you’re ready to start.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Studies show that people spend 87 percent of their time inside buildings and six percent in enclosed vehicles. In other words, they are roaming around outside enjoying the wind and sky and weather for only seven percent of their lives.

I think you’re going to have to do better than that in the coming week. To ensure your mental hygiene stays robust, you should try to expose yourself to the natural elements at least nine percent of the time. If you manage to hike that rate up to 10 percent or higher, you stand a good chance of achieving a spiritual epiphany that will fuel you for months.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) The following slogan captures the spirit I bring to composing my horoscopes: “I live in the future so that you don’t have to.” But right now this slogan doesn’t apply to you.

From what I can tell, you are currently visiting the future as much as I do. Here’s what I wonder, though: Are you time traveling simply to run away from the dilemmas that face you in the present? Or are you taking advantage of your jaunts to acquire revelations that will help you solve those dilemmas once you return?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You know that there are different kinds of stress, right? Some varieties wear you out and demoralize you, while other kinds of stress excite and motivate you. Some lead you away from your long-term goals, and others propel you

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Resurrection is the Scorpionic specialty. Better than any other sign of the zodiac, you can summon the power to be reborn. It is your birthright to reanimate dreams and feelings and experiences that have expired, and make them live again in new forms. Your sacred totem is the mythical phoenix, which burns itself in a fire of its own creation and then regenerates itself from the ashes. Now here’s the big news headline: I have rarely seen you in possession of more skill to perform these rites than you have right now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) There’s only one correct way to spell the English word “beauty.” But that wasn’t true centuries ago. Before the advent of the printing press, orthographic anarchy prevailed for many words. Some of beauty’s variations included bewte, beaute, beaultye, beuaute, bealte, buute, bewtee and beaultye. I bring this up, because I think it would be fun and healthy for you to take a respite from having to slavishly obey standardized rules. I’m talking about not just those that apply to spelling, but others, too. See what you can get away with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Octavio Paz spoke to a lover in his poem “Counterparts”: “In my body you search the mountain for the sun buried in its forest. In your body I search for the boat adrift in the middle of the night.” What have you searched for in the bodies of your lovers? What mysteries and riddles have you explored while immersed in their depths? How has making love helped you to better understand the meaning of life? I invite you to ruminate on these uncanny joys. Remember the breakthroughs that have come your way thanks to sex. Exult in the spiritual education you have received through your dealings with lust and sensuality. And then go out and stir up some fresh epiphanies.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) In the last chapter of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov, the lead character says the following: “There is nothing nobler, stronger, healthier and more helpful in life than a good remembrance, particularly a remembrance from childhood. A beautiful, holy memory preserved from childhood can be the single most important thing in our development.” I bring this up so as to get you in the right frame of mind for this week’s featured activity: remembrance. One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is to reminisce about the old days and the old ways. To do so will enhance your physical health and purify your emotional hygiene.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Do you know what minced oaths are? They’re rarely used anymore. If you went back a hundred years, though, you’d hear them regularly. They were sanitized swear words, basically; peculiar exclamations that would allow people the emotional release of profanities without causing a ruckus among those who were listening. “Bejabbers!” was one.

So were “thunderation!” and “dad-blast!” and “consarn!” Here’s one of my favorite minced oaths: “By St. Boogar and the saints at the backside door of purgatory!” I bring this up because I suspect it’ll be a minced oath kind of week for you. What I mean is: You’ll have every right to get riled up, and you should express your feelings, but not in ways that create problems for you.

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I love my husband of 20 years, but our sexual differences are putting a strain on our marriage. Ten years ago, he asked me to talk dirty to him about having sex with other men. It has progressed to him wanting to be a cuckold. I only want to be with him, but he presses the issue by verbalizing cuckold situations during sex. This makes me close my eyes and shut down. By the time he is done, I have no desire to orgasm because I no longer feel attractive. Worse, I feel like I am not enough for him. The only way he can get off is to talk about, think about or hear me talk about having sex with other men.

It makes me feel worthless as a sex partner – which is crazy, because I am attractive and open to a great deal of things (toys, games, dressing up, striptease, etc.). I long for him to touch me, kiss me and look at me the way he used to. He is a good father and a good provider, and I love him. But this matter is crushing my self-esteem. I won’t stay much longer if this continues.

ExtrEmEly FrustratEd FEmalE ExpEriEncing dEspair Your husband was probably reading cuckolding blogs for years before he worked up the nerve to raise the subject, EFFED, and here’s what he’s gleaned: Husband brings it up, wife shoots it down, husband whines, wife agrees to explore it as fantasy only, and then one day – after months or years of dirty talk – wife announces she wants to give it a try. She winds up loving it, she says she regrets waiting so long, and husband lives happily ever after in cuckolded bliss. Reading so many cuckolding success stories – many likely fictitious – has left your husband convinced that if he just keeps at it, one day his wife will want to try it.

Tell your husband in no uncertain terms that you don’t want to hear about cuckolding anymore. Period. He is free to think about whatever he wants to during sex, but he has to keep his cuckolding fantasies to himself. Wrap up the convo by informing him that from now on, your sex sessions end the moment the subject of you sleeping with other men is raised. No more closing your eyes and waiting for him to finish.

(And what kind of asshole can finish under those circumstances?) If he brings up other men, get off the bed, get out of the bedroom and go to the kitchen and have some ice cream. Your husband needs to find a new erotic script that works for you both. The incentive for him: Since you are open to many things, a fantasy scenario that turns you on is likely to become a reality scenario pretty quickly.

Finally, cuckolds don’t see their wives as unattractive. Cuckolds see their wives as so desirable – and so insatiable – that they’re incapable of giving their wives all of the sexual attention they deserve. But I can see why you’re upset. You want sex to be about the two of you, about the intimacy you share (or used to share), and your inconsiderate husband is always running his mouth about people who aren’t in the room. It’s understandable that you would feel like you’re not enough for him after 10 years of this bullshit.

But your husband’s cuckolding fantasies don’t mean he finds you unattractive – they mean the exact opposite.

I am a 28-year-old married straight man. I have a lot of confusion regarding my sexual orientation and gender identity, and I am in therapy. My question for you is about my current self-pleasuring

routine. I get high and watch “sissy self-hypnosis” videos. These videos consist of text, pictures and subliminal suggestions aimed at hypnotizing straight men into some kind of “mind control” sex slavery. Some are about cuckolding and femdom; some are about being brainwashed into sucking cock. It’s all done in a really amateurish and (hopefully) ineffective way. Am I destroying my brain here? man WondEring about Hypnosis I haven’t encountered any glassy-eyed straight guys wandering around my gay neighborhood offering to suck cock, so I’m thinking these videos are ineffective. They sound like a harmless way for an otherwise healthy, stable straight guy to fantasize about ceding his power and privilege to people the culture taught him to regard as weak and inferior, i.e., women and fags.

That said, it doesn’t sound like you’re an otherwise healthy, stable straight guy. You’re confused about your sexual orientation and gender identity, and you’re working on those issues with a shrink. That being the case, I think you might wanna avoid these videos for the time being.

I always told myself that I would forgive my husband if he cheated on me. Well, he had an affair for eight months. He also blew through our savings and racked up considerable credit-card debt. The college fund we started for our two children is gone. He spent all of the money on fancy dinners, expensive gifts and incredible vacations for his girlfriend. I am so angry, I can’t imagine staying. My husband ended the affair and wants desperately to save our marriage. As much as it pains me to subject my kids to divorce, I don’t know if I can commit to him again. Is the best option to DTMFA? HEartbrokEn Sexual infidelity is one thing – and it’s a relatively common thing (so people should go into marriage prepared to work through it) – but we’re not talking about one thing here.

We’re talking about a whole series of betrayals.

Your husband betrayed you sexually and financially. He stole from you. He stole from his own children.

Now, I can understand thinking with your dick (because I have a dick), and we can all imagine a circumstance in which we might succumb to temptation (because we all experience temptation). But I cannot even begin to wrap my head around how someone could spend his own children’s college fund – in addition to his family’s savings (and taking on debt!) – on gifts, trips, and meals for his piece-of-shit on the side. (Not all “other women” are pieces of shit, but anyone who would allow her married lover to spend that kind of money on her in eight months is a flaming piece of shit.)

DTMFA. It’s advice, H, not binding arbitration. You are free to make up your own mind. And while I couldn’t see staying if I were in your shoes, I could see myself meeting with a marriage counselor a few times before pulling the plug – for the sake of the kids. mail@savagelove.net This week on the Savage Lovecast, Dan reveals the secret of how to get straight women to dive into casual sex, and Lindy West talks about men who think your vagina is disgusting: savagelovecast.com.

Dan’s new book – American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics – is available now. orlandoweekly.com

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IN AND FOR ORANGE ORLANDO WEEKLY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 07/Latimore/Pine Hills ORDER CONFIRMATION CASE NUMBER: DP 13-46

IN THE INTEREST OF: T. SJ. DOB: 08/01/1999 MINOR CHILD. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA To:Jesumene Fleury, Address Unknown WHEREAS, a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child; you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Alicia Latimore, on June 20, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the Orange County Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY/ADJUDICATORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN) NAMED IN THE PETITION. Pleadings shall be copied to Kim Crag-Chaderton, Attorney for the State of Florida, 609 North Powers Drive, Suite 324B, Orlando, Florida 32818. WITNESS my hand at the Clerk of said Court and the Seal, this 14 day of May, 2013. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: (signed) Deputy Clerk

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FEES DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEV authorized. Call 800-481- 9472 SAN FRANCISCO CASTATUES, 94104 Class: E2140 AUTOS FLORIDA SELF STORAGE ACT, www.CenturaOnline.com (AAN CAN) SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807. ALL ITEMS Contact: Descript: DONATE YOUR CAR OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE. ORIGINAL RESALE Phone: (414)536−8177 Given by: * CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE EARN $500 A DAY. Airbrush & Media PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. Makeup Artists For: Ads - TV -(414)541−9096 Film – Fax#: Created: jschw 06/03/13 1 5900 LAKEHURST DR, ORLANDO FL 32819 Fashion Train & Build Portfolio in 1 week.

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32811 8:45AM: M.STRICKLAND-0306, www.AwardMakeupSchool.com (AAN Agency: C.HAMM-0520, A,ENGRAM-0611, N.MEECAN) 0824, A.DOGGETT-0825, A.KINGComments: COPIED HANfrom AD C.PEOPLES-1001, 81235296 0827, F.CHERY-0834, N.RODRIGUEZ-1032, D.WESCOTT-1102 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 5401 L.B. MCLEOD RD-ORLANDO, FL Roommates AT 9:00AM: M. NORRIS 1116, M. PUB ZONE ED TP 32811START SMTWTFS ROYAL 1153, L. JOHNSON INS 1175, A. STOP HOPKINS 2214, G. EWING JR. 2221, L. ALL AREAS-ROOMMATES.COM OWOW CLof online listings with 3 W CHAVIS 06/05/13 1 T.06/05/13 W 2255, M. HERNANDEZ 2320, Browse hundreds BUGGS – 2333 photos and maps.

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In the event _________________________ MILLS 0343, W. SALAZAR 0397, D. GAYLE For Rentwith 30 days S. HOLMES 0426, T. KING 0430, P. of a cancellation0398, before Name (print or type) OWENS 0496, T. SISLERschedule 0527, K. WILLIAMS 0553, C. MILLS - 0557 1BR/1BA STUDIOS completion, I understand that the rate 900 S. KIRKMAN RD.-ORLANDO, FL 32811AT 9:30AM: V. BATISTA 1507, I. FLOFOR RENT charged will be based upon the _________________________ RENCE 3118, M. MULRAIN 3214, S. HUS- rate for 7100 S. OBT $550/mo including waSEIN 3308, A. MACON 3313, B. HOWARD IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE NINTH the number insertions used.

Name (signature) 3323, S. LEE-WEBB 4307, D. MILLS 4424, ter, electricity and cable! of Ask about JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE R. VELASQUEZ JR. 4505, B. LONDON COUNTY, FLORIDA our furnished rooms.407-272-6958 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 7102, J. DOBLAS – 8113 JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/Latimore

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NOTICE OF SALE PS ORANGECO, INC. PERSONAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF COUCHES, BEDS, TV'S, CLOTHES, BOXES OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS & OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS USED IN THE HOME, OFFICE OR GARAGE WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT PUBLIC SALES ON JUNE 18, 2013 AT LOCATIONS & TIMES INDICATED BELOW, TO SATISFY OWNERS LIEN FOR RENT & FEES DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807. ALL ITEMS OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE. ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. 1241 S. ORLANDO AVE- MAITLAND, FL 32751- AT 9:00AM: J. BILSKY 0224, R. STREITLER 0485, L. LYNCH 5014 1131 STATE RD 436- CASSELBERRY, FL 32707- AT 9:15AM: T. ROGERS C103, R. GRUBOWSKI C117, M. PARKER C125, J. MARRERO D011, C. LOPEZ D069, A. GAGNON E017, T. HILL F003, M. ADAMS F068 1355 STATE RD 436- CASSELBERRY, FL 32707- AT 9:30AM: A. THETFORD 2512, G. GREENE 3107, D. ROMANO - 3616 1625 STATE RD 436- WINTER PARK, FL 32792- AT 9:45AM: V. CARTER A005, S. WALKER B015, Z. RODRIGUEZ B023, K. BLECK C026, L. TOPAR, JR. C040, D. ALLEN C053, U. ORELLANA C054, J. SANCHEZ E099, L. FIGUEROA E150 2275 N. SEMORAN BLVD.- ORLANDO, FL 32807- AT 10:00AM: W. MORRIS 3014, S. LARSON 3171, A. LAWRENCE F377, D. RIVERS G475, F. GAITAN H544, C. HUNTE H546, D. FULZ H583, K. MARRERO J702 903 S. SEMORAN BLVD.- ORLANDO, FL 32807- AT 10:15AM: J. BRUNSON C081, I. RIVERA D017, P. FONSECA D023, R. RODRIGUEZ D025, E. ABEL D057, C. CABRERA D076, J. CENTENO D080, J. QUINONES D089, Y. FALU D142, M. JIMENEZ D153, T. RISTICK D162, C. TORRES D166, L. AGOSTO E042 2275 S. SEMORAN BLVD..-ORLANDO, FL 32822 AT 10:30AM: D.JOHNSON-B155, D.TORRES-SOTO-B223, K.BLANC-C119, S.BREEN-C139, J.MONAGA-C199E, K.JOHNSON-C226 4801 S. SEMORAN BLVD-ORLANDO, FL 32822 AT 10:45AM: J.FAJARDO-0171, J.ERAZO-0187, D.KEFFLER-0207, N.ORTA-6018, T.BESS-6028, M.WHITFIELD-7069, R.HERNANDEZ-7074, P.SOLOMAN-7145, C.ARGUETA-8181 155 S. GOLDENROD ROAD ORLANDO, FL 32807 - AT 11:00 AM: J. GAUTIER 1222, J. VELEZ 1235, J. HETUE 1239, G. RIOS 1246, R. WELLS 1247, E. CERROS 1358, D. MIDDLETON 1363, A. CALLINGS 1504, B. KEAS 1725, A. WHITSON 1736, R. DE LA CRUZ 1773, E. BRACEY JR. 2005, M. COLON 2020, B. SIMPSON 2075, K. BARRIAL - 2613 1851 N. ALAFAYA TRAIL-ORLANDO, FL 32826- AT 11:15AM: E. GONZALES 1012, M. BALDREE 2004, L. FORD 2012, R. DRAKE 4023, M. GALARZA 5013, C. SMART 5047, M. VEGA III 6001, B. HERNANDEZ - 7028 3145 N. ALAFAYA TRAIL-ORLANDO, FL 32826- AT 11:30AM: G. BALAGUER 1144, K. GARCIA 2011, M. TORRES 2148, V. RAMOS 2160, J. ONEILL - 5009 1400 ALAFAYA TRAIL-OVIEDO, FL 32765AT 11:45AM: J. KORBEL 0156, L. WASHINGTON 0214, T. HOWELLS 0217, L. GRAHAM 7002, M. BOONE 7039, J. JACQUES 7072 5215 RED BUG LAKE RD-WINTER SPRINGS, FL 32708- AT 12:00 PM: S. KIRIAKES - 3005

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3150 HIAWASSEE RD-ORLANDO, FL 32818- AT 9:45AM: T. WATSON HILL 1101, P. FORMER 1413, L. TURNER 1705, C. SEATON 1907D, V. TAYLOR 1908D, J. KILPATRICK 2419, K. PETERS 2508, C. JONES 2522, J. BYRON 2605, C. EVANS 2629, G. MARTIN - 2801 3900 W.COLONIAL DR-ORLANDO, FL 32808-AT 10:00AM: C. PATRICK A024, C. EDGE B022, B. PINSON B050, J. VERNON B069, J. PRICE C064, K. ATTERBURY D010, J. JAMES JR. D014, N. WILLIAMS D026, K. BROWN D032, A. CHENAULT D059, W. HOLLIS D077, C. ROMAN D109, F. HEARD D114, T. REDDING D133, B. WORTHY P003 VIN#KL5JD66Z36K448687 8255 SILVER STAR RD ORLANDO, FL 32816 AT 10:15AM: T. TAYLOR NA 1445, K. AUGUSTE 2299, M. CAJUSTE - 2453 4100 JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY-ORLANDO, FL 32804 AT 10:15AM: A. HOLMES A153, Z. SHELMAN B205, Y. LAWRENCE B213, M. PENDER B230, D. WHITE B233, T. KIRTS B239, M. RIVERA C323, N. HERNANDEZ D407, V. DORNS D423, D. MAUNEY E007, R. PHELPS E024, V. SEABROOKS E072, R. SMALLS E085, R. ROHM E097, J. CARTER E099, R. OBERLE E110, M. KEMP E113, G. ATKINS F661, A. DUTCHER H810

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE LINKS AUTOMOTIVE INC. gives the Notice of Foreclosure Lein and intent to sell these vehicles on 6/17/13, 12:00 noon at 6366 All American Blvd. Orlando, FL 32810-4304, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. LINKS AUTOMOTIVE INC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. Silent auction, sealed bid only.

1998 Ford 1FALP6535WK135797 2009 Shen L8YTCAPX49Y040322 2006 Chevrolet 3GNDA23D86S528886 2001 Ford 1FMYU60EX1UC40426

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The personal property, household goods, and contents of the following rental spaces will be sold for cash or otherwise disposed of to satisfy liens for unpaid rent in accordance with Florida Statute Chapter 83, Section 801 et seq. Call for info.

SECURITY DEPOSIT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR EACH UNIT PURCHASED On: JUNE 19TH. 2013, AT: 1:30 PM At:Southern Self Storage - Heritage 2308 N. John Young Parkway Orlando, FL 32804 407-299-6186 Name Space No. & Contents: Windy J Siegel D018 HH Goods Angela Cooper E019 Unspecified

CASE NO.: DP12-300 IN THE INTEREST OF: S.T., DOB:05/22/2012, MINOR CHILD. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO:DANIELLE THOMAS Address Unknown WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child, a copy of which is attached, you are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Judge Alicia L. Latimore on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., at Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806 for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 4th day of June, 2013.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) This summons has been issued at the request of: Joseph Iuzzolino, Esquire, FBN: 426156 State of Florida, Childrens Legal Services 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N211 Orlando, Florida 32801 (407) 317-7643-Telephone (407) 317-7126-Fax If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.

Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303, not later than (7) days prior to the proceeding. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 03/TURNER ROBINSON SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP13-18 In the Interest of: J.R.DOB: 01/08/2013 A Child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA TO: CELENA MARIE RIVERS Address Unknown A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Thomas W. Turner, on July 26, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5th day of June, 2013.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT This summons has been issued at the request of: Jill Fowler, Esq.,Florida Bar No.: 0045276 Senior Attorney for Children's Legal Services 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N211 Orlando, FL 32801 407-317-7643 (Telephone) 407-317-7126 (Fax) If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.

Please contact court administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303, within two (2) working days of receipt of this notice. If you are hearing/voice impaired, call 800-955-8771, Florida Relay Service

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The personal property, household goods, and contents of the following rental spaces will be sold for cash or otherwise disposed of to satisfy liens for unpaid rent in accordance with Florida Statute Chapter 83, Section 801 et seq. Call for info.

On: 6/19/2013 At: 9:30 AM At: Southern Self Storage - Orlando 6770 Silver Star Rd Orlando, FL 32818 407-299-4416 Name Space No. Contents LISA M ANDERSON 144 HOUSEHOLD GOODS MAYEMIE CARILUS 155 HOUSEHOLD GOODS TEMPEST S MORELAND 156 HOUSEHOLD GOODS MAGGIE HUMPHREY 157 HOUSEHOLD GOODS SAMUEL D FLORENCE 158 HOUSEHOLD GOODS SHAMONA CONLEY 168 HOUSEHOLD GOODS IVY G GRIFFIN 173 HOUSEHOLD GOODS WINDY VALENTIN LORTHE 196 HOUSEHOLD GOODS PAULA GRIGGS 208 HOUSEHOLD GOODS BOBBY L LYONS 236 HOUSEHOLD GOODS EDWIN B WILLIAMS 237 HOUSEHOLD GOODS JEROME MORGAN 320 HOUSEHOLD GOODS MARIE D BRICE 509 HOUSEHOLD GOODS MANUEL MARTINEZ 560 VENTO SCOOTER VIN LAWTEB3H47B220130 OWNER UNKNOWN REMILDER L CLAYTON 586 HOUSEHOLD GOODS NENTORY ROBINSON 659 HOUSEHOLD GOODS ALICE STEPHENS 660 HOUSEHOLD GOODS CHANTALE SAINT REMY 710 HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Public Notice American Stor All/Powers Drive, 2650 N Powers Dr, Orlando, FL 32818 hereby gives PUBLIC notice of the disposal for the default of lease agreement, pursuant to Florida statutes Section 83.801-83.809 on the following individuals: All items are House Hold Goods unless otherwise stated.

Unit 815 Cheryl McPhaul Unit 762 Bess Calhoun Unit 736 Isaac A Cotton Unit 85 Antoinette Buckner Unit 641 Queyanna K Guishard Unit 452 Benaiah Gilbert Unit 116 Janice Hollis Unit 28 Janet M Bryan Unit 633 Bryon K Brown Unit 642 Derick Dimson The contents of these units shall be disbursed on or there after June 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM at a public auction located : American Stor All/ Powers Drive, 407-293-6005. 2650 N. Powers Drive, Orlando FL 32818.

Notice of Public Sale Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on June 21, 2013 at 9:00 am, Rikers Roadside Services, 1425 W Taft Vineland Rd, Orlando, FL, will sell the following vehicles and/or vessels.

Seller reserves the right to bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller guarantees no title, terms cash. Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids ; 1996 Ford, Vin#1FALP52U1TA319353; 1994 Honda, Vin#1HGCD5639RA074459; 1969 Chevrolet, Vin#363794339963; 2004 Cadillac, Vin#1G6DM577240188020; 2004 Hyundai, Vin#KMHDN56D04U113144; 2001 Mitsubishi, Vin#4A3AC34G51E176841; 1997 Cadillac, Vin#1G6KD54Y4VU282463; 2004 Ford, Vin#1FTNE24W74HA02045; 2003 Dodge, Vin#2D7HB11Y73K512497; 2005 Chevrolet, Vin#1GCGG25V951183961; 2004 Chevrolet, Vin#1GBHG31UX41172168; 1999 Ford, Vin#1FAFP6632XK136791; 2005 Chevrolet, Vin#1GCGG25V751186339; 1996 Trailmobile, Vin#1PT01ACRXT9001279; 2000 Freightliner, Vin#1FUPCSZBXYLA95422; 2000 Ford, Vin#2FMZA5246YBA04318; 1999 Wabash, Vin#1JJV532WXXL559291;

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Legal/Public Notices NOTICE OF SALE PS ORANGECO, INC. PERSONAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF COUCHES, BEDS, TV'S, CLOTHES, BOXES OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS & OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS USED IN THE HOME, OFFICE OR GARAGE WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT PUBLIC SALES ON JUNE 20TH, 2013 AT LOCATIONS & TIMES INDICATED BELOW, TO SATISFY OWNERS LIEN FOR RENT & FEES DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807. ALL ITEMS OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE. ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. 8149 AIRCENTER CT.-ORLANDO, FL 32809 AT 9:00AM: G.DEJESUS-1165, C.NAZARIO2021, J.LOPEZ-2068, H.PORTNEY-2200, J.MIRANDA-2251, H.PORTNEY-3019, D.SINGER3042, C.LOUIS-6014 1800 TEN POINT LANE. -ORLANDO, FL 32837 AT 9:30AM: Y.HARRISON-0190, D.NIEVES-0282, S.CLASS-2013, M.FIGUERAS-2057, M.PALAFOX-3002, W.MACH-3044, K.HERNANDEZ-5031, H.GUMBS JR.-7040, J.PESTRIDGE-7074, B.MYERS-7085, J.NICHOLLS-7100, M.KENNEY-7113, J.LOPEZ-7150 2783 N JOHN YOUNG PKWY KISSIMMEE, FL 34741 AT 9:45AM: A.RODRIGUEZ-1055, K.PAGAN-11412, K.ROBINSON-12065, N.ENCARNACION-12102, D.RIVERA ROUSS-12116, J.CURRY-12207, S.JUSTIN502 1801 W. OAKRIDGE RD-ORLANDO, FL 32809 AT 10:00AM: J.LEDAN-C037, R.CRUZ-D062, J.EDMOND-G041, S.SUEFLOHN-H017, S.GUERRIER-H033, D.CULPJ077, W.KINSEY-J122, J.RODRIGUEZ-K057, D.TORRES-K081 235 E. OAKRIDGE RD. ORLANDO, FL 32809 AT 10:30AM: C.DAHL-A121, K.CADIEUX-C309, C.SAWYER-C317, J.HORTON-D404, D.BARTHELUS-D421, A.VEGAE525, E.BERNARD-E541, R.CORBIN-E545, M.JAMES-E548, S.MARTINEZ-F604, J.GODWIN-J020, P.DUMAS-J038, M.MADISONK120, J.DAVIS-K121, C.VAZQUEZ SANTIAGO-K127, H.TORRES-K139 VIN#:2272154728, R.MAXIM-L211, R.JEANBAPTISTE-N403 4729 S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL.-ORLANDO, FL 32839 AT 11:00AM: J.BUCHANA-0206, L.BUTLER-0242, C.PARKS-0243, D.JEAN BAPTISTE-0332, E.ORDELUS-0355, J.LAPP-0420, C.PARKER-0503, M.RAJKOWSKI-0602, E.HANSHAW-0623, D.WILLIAMS-0626, L.HAYNES0702, D.FLANNERY-0733, L.RAMOS-09100, W.EDWARDS-0976, N.FRISCHKORN-0981, A.BAKER-0984, S.BROWN-JOHNSON-0994, P.SHERIFF-0995, B.BROWN-1008, L.SANDERS-1026, G.HERNANDEZ-1166, G.HERNANDEZ-1186, D.JOHNSON-1327, D.RAMOS-1364, A.PATTERSON-1367 1313 45TH ST. .-ORLANDO, FL 32839 AT 11:30AM: H.LABBE-A117, C.FOWLER-A195, G.ANDERSON-B207, C.JACKSON-B211, J.DELVA-B214, L.DUBLIN-B218, T.WHITEB244, J.SANCHEZ-B290, N.ILARRAZA-C307, C.BROWN-D422, P.COOPER-E515, S.DEMPS-E523, S.WRIGHT-H836

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NOTICE OF SALE PS ORANGECO, INC. PERSONAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF COUCHES, BEDS, TV'S, CLOTHES, BOXES OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS & OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS USED IN THE HOME, OFFICE OR GARAGE WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT PUBLIC SALES ON JUNE 17TH, 2013 AT LOCATIONS & TIMES INDICATED BELOW, TO SATISFY OWNERS LIEN FOR RENT & FEES DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807. ALL ITEMS OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE. ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. 653 MAGUIRE BLVD-ORLANDO, FL 32803AT 8:15AM: A. LEAPTROT 1062, A. MANDIKAS 3087, J. ROGERS 3163 1023 N. MILLS AVE ORLANDO , FL 32803 8:30AM: L. KRAMER - 3021 1842 W. FAIRBANKS AVE-ORLANDO, FL 32789 AT 8:45AM: T. GIBSON 2114, D. FISHEL 3029, P. COLEMAN 3238, D. KENMORE - 4021 310 W. CENTRAL PARKWAY ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32714- AT 9:00AM: J. SHEPHERD 1016, J. ROWE 3015, R. COLON 3064, B. ANDERSON - 3087 455 S. HUNT CLUB BLVD. APOPKA, FL 32703- AT 9:15AM: E. MARTELL- 3006, D. WILHELM 3044, T. ROBINSON - 6011 2431 S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TR. APOPKA, FL 32703- AT 9:30AM: J. FARAH C038, J. CARTER D003, R. JOHNSON H033, K. WASHINGTON NA13, J. GOODMAN NC05, B. CHABERIER H032 521 S. STATE RD. 434 ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32714- AT 9:45AM: R. BURHENNE 3025, F. GONZALEZ 5071, A. EDWARDS 5094, W. PIUMELLI - 7006 8226 S. HWY 17-92 FERN PARK, FL 32730AT 10:00AM: O. SHELLINGS A128, B. RUSSO B297, B. RUSSO B300, C. LINDQUIST C339, K. SHAN D403, J. BYERS E584, L. MCNEIL F658, D. FARRIER G701 7190 S. HWY 17-92 FERN PARK, FL 32730AT 10:15AM: L. ALEXIS- C315, N. PECKHAM C320, B. ODEN D425, B. CLAXTON D464, T. WOLFE G718, A. OLIVA J915, C. HARRIS J922 1080 E. ALTAMONTE DR. ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32701- AT 10:30AM: F. ALBRITTON B041, O. ACEVEDO B201, I. VALLI - C005, HQ MINISTRIES C014, M. HAITHCOX C071, A. BELLAMY F007, K. WILLIAMS F021 141 W. STATE RD. 434, WINTER SPRINGS, FL 32708- AT 11:00AM: A. VANARKLEBOEUF E170, A. ORTIZ G209, G. FALCON G214, M. MARTINEZ M506, L. STEVENS R558, A. BRANDON J403 570 N. HWY 17/92-LONGWOOD, FL 32750AT 11:15AM: P. WORTHEN B252, J. PEDERSEN D439, D. KAMINSKI E027 2905 S. ORLANDO AVE. SANFORD, FL 32773- AT 11:45AM: P. SCHOFIELD A017, T. KURAS B001, J. DEAN B019, H. WALDON C026, L. WALDON C027, L. STOKES C048, P. SCHOFIELD D011, L. WILSON C052, M. JEFFCOAT D097, P. SCHOFIELD D106, R. WILSON E054, S. EVANS F006, G. CHARLTON G002, V. SMITH H022, I. MEJIA H031, A. OWENS I021, K. MOORE J219, H. BLANCHARD J803, L. SIBLEYP101 VIN #4X4TSE2193U306244, B. SIBLEY P101 VIN #4X4TSE2193U306244

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO: 2012-CA-005941-16-G APRIL MARIE SHAW, INDIVIDUALLY, Plaintiff, vs. SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC., et al, Defendants, NOTICE OF ACTION TO QUIET TITLE TO: CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC 717 PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD, SUITE 220-A CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA 33134 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action on the following described property: LOT 18, ACADEMY COVE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 43, PAGE 91 AND 92, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any to it on April Marie Shaw, Plaintiff, whose address is 178 Varsity Circle, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714 on or before June 20, 2013, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff, or immediately thereafter, otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.WITNESS by my hand and the seal of the Court on May 01, 2013. MARYANNE MORSE As Clerk of the Court By:(signed) As Deputy Clerk LISA HOCKENHULL AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT of 1990 Administrative Order No. 10-18 If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.

Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, 301 North Park Avenue, Sanford, FL 32771, telephone number (407) 6654227 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing impaired, call 711

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION DIVISION CASE NO.: 2013-CA-3867 LONG KHUU, as an Individual, KTY ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, a Florida corporation, Plaintiff, vs. DIV: 32 ZB ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, a Georgia corporation,K. HART ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporation, ZAKEE BOYD, as an individual, Defendants.

NOTICE OF ACTION TO DEFENDANTS, ZAKEE BOYD AND ZB ENTERTAINMENT, LLC.: YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for breach of contract has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Shayan H. Modarres, Esq., the Plaintiffs attorney, whose address is 155 S. Court Ave., Suite #2106, Orlando, FL 32801, on or before June 10, 2013, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on the Plaintiffs attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition.

DATED on May 1, 2013 Lydia Gardner, Clerk for Circuit Court, Orange County, Florida By Deputy Clerk Electronically Filed 05/01/2013 01:35:41 PM ET Lydia Gardner Clerk of the Circuit Court By: s/ Belinda Garrett, Deputy Clerk 425 North Orange Ave, Ste 310 Orlando, FL 32801 Dated: 5/7/2013

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 7/Latimore IN THE INTEREST OF: CASE NO.: DP09-8 E.A. DOB: 09/13/2003 N.A. DOB: 09/21/2006 S.A. DOB: 08/13/2008 A MINOR CHILDREN SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TPR ADVISORY HEARING STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Pedro Ayala, Address Unknown A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child(ren), a copy of which is attached. You are to appear before Alicia Latimore, Circuit Judge, on Monday, July 8, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. at the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for a TPR Advisory. You must appear on the date and time specified.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone 407-836-2303 within two working days of your receipt of this summons. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

Witness my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County Florida on this 23rd day of May, 2013.

CLERK OF COURT Laurel Willams, Esquire , Florida Bar No.: 0527491 Senior Attorney for By: (signed) Deputy Clerk Childrens Legal Services State of Florida Department of Children and Families 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N211 Orlando, FL 32801 (407) 317-7417 Telephone (407) 317-7126 - Fax

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 03/Turner/Pine Hills CASE NUMBER: DP 10-502 IN THE INTEREST OF: E. S. DOB: 11/24/2010 MINOR CHILD. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS STATE OF FLORIDA To:Julio Cesar Contreras-Luna Address Unknown WHEREAS, a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child; you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Thomas W. Turner, on July 22, 2013 at 9:45 a.m. at the Orange County Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY/ADJUDICATORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN) NAMED IN THE PETITION. Pleadings shall be copied to Patrick Halnon, Attorney for the State of Florida, 609 North Powers Drive, Suite 324B, Orlando, Florida 32818.

WITNESS my hand at the Clerk of said Court and the Seal, this 4th day of June, 2013.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Court Seal) By: Deputy Clerk NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty.

Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid.

Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale.

2007 Yamaha VIN# JYARJ06Y97A007353 To be sold at auction at 11:00 a.m. On June 19, 2013, at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 7/Latimore IN THE INTEREST OF: CASE NO.: DP09-8 E.A. DOB: 09/13/2003 N.A. DOB: 09/21/2006 S.A. DOB: 08/13/2008 A MINOR CHILDREN SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TPR ADVISORY HEARING STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Algina Lowe, Address Unknown A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child(ren), a copy of which is attached. You are to appear before Alicia Latimore, Circuit Judge, on Monday, July 8, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. at the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for a TPR Advisory. You must appear on the date and time specified.

FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone 407-836-2303 within two working days of your receipt of this summons. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.

Witness my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County Florida on this 23rd day of May, 2013.

CLERK OF COURT Laurel Willams, Esquire , Florida Bar No.: 0527491 Senior Attorney for By: (signed) Deputy Clerk Childrens Legal Services State of Florida Department of Children and Families 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N211 Orlando, FL 32801 (407) 317-7417 Telephone (407) 317-7126 - Fax

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Antonios Pizza Maker with Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Orlando Job ID:5457884

Business Development Manager, Sales (Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil) with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5457255

Sales Executive VIP with Hilton Grand Vacations in Orlando Job ID:5458167

Front Desk Agent 3rd Shift with Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Orlando Job ID:5458155

Social Media Coordinator with Seminole State College of Florida in Sanford Job ID:5458166

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Guest Services Coordinator with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458168

Equipment Operator Mid-Size with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458129

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PHONE REPS WANTED

Small Ad - Big Future!! 29 y/o National Marketing Co. in recession proof industry seeks high quality phone voices for biz to biz presentations. M-F, 9-6, no nights or weekends. VERY cool atmosphere! Ink, piercings, etc. appreciated. No Exp Req. Co. Paid Training. Start immediately. Hourly Pay +Commission, Bonus & Insurance.

Weekly pay, $15-$30/hr. Convenient to Lynx buses. Also looking for management trainee! 407-296-5060 Internship - Art and Design Entertainment with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458148 Irrigation Technician I/II with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458130

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Sr. Commercial Lines Account Manager with Lear & Associates, Inc in Winter Park Job ID:5458306 Sr. Director, Business Strategy & Integration with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5457252 Stormwater Asst Division Manager with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458131 Utility Service Worker I/II with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458132 Vice President, Consumer Brand Marketing Group with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5457254 Videographer/Photographer with Seminole State College of Florida in Sanford Job ID:5458043 Water Reclamation Facility Operator I/II/III with City of Casselberry in Casselberry Job ID:5458156 $$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 EXT 2450 http://www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN) Account Executive with Rubber Mulch Products Inc. in Orlando Job ID:5458043 Engineering Manager with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458127 Engineering Supervisor with Summer Bay Resorts in Orlando Job ID:5458082

Maintenance Technician with Tropical Escape Vacation Homes in Davenport Job ID:5458233

Environmental Specialist I/II/III with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458128

Maintenance Worker with the City of Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5458264

Manager, PMO, IT Program Development with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5457904

Manager, PMO, IT Operations with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5457903

Manager, Systems Rev-Ops with Universal Orlando in Orlando Job ID:5457257

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