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corner and cry just like Romney did with PHOTOS BY NADA HASSANEIN | COVER DESIGN BY CHRISTOPHER KRETZER

Obama. He may lose, but nobody else has

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the guts for the all-out street brawl it will

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take to even have a shot at beating Hillary.

Chris Kopec, via Facebook

A community activist is suing the city for selling land to Orlando City Soccer Club, but city officials say she has no standing

6 This Modern World 7 I like big bugs and I cannot lie Exploring the Big Bug Invasion at Harry P. Leu Gardens

8 They’re with us Inside the lives of local Muslims

The tops look like locks at this year’s Oscars

29 Film listings

Make it so!

Cinema-oriented events to go see this week

30 Opening in Orlando

Future World is merely a shadow of

Movies opening this week: Eddie the Eagle, Gods of Egypt, Triple Nine

its former self (“Epcot is not immune to

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Disney’s recent cost-cutting initiatives,” Feb. 22), and Spaceship Earth is way

arts & culture 17 The sublimity of the known Gary Metz’s Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint renders the vernacular transcendent

19 Live Active Cultures Two pieces of theater, Ruined and Painting Churches, take place – literally and sociologically – on opposite sides of the planet

food & drink 21 The beat goes on With a revamped kitchen and dining room, Tabla has settled into a nice rhythm

21 Tip Jar CityArts’ Barnie’s CoffeeKitchen closes, James Beard nominations are out, plus more in our weekly food news roundup

22 Bar Exam Big Daddy’s is the place to be heard – or just shut up and watch SportsCenter

25 Recently Reviewed Short takes on restaurants we’ve visited recently

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overdue for an update simply because

Great live music rattles Orlando every night

that cartoon about the future at the end

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seems to be reasonably close to today

Soul-stirring emotion from frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom belies the name of bluesy hard rock band Heartless Bastards

(and wasn’t that far away from when it was

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A judge agreed and allowed the city to take parcels in January 2014, but after funding for the stadium was delayed by the Florida Legislature, Orlando City Soccer Club owners decided last May to privately A community activist is suing the city for selling land finance the construction of the stadium, meaning they would own and operate it. to Orlando City Soccer Club, but city officials say she The city and Northbrook agreed to vacate has no standing the eminent-domain order, and in July 2015, Parcel 101 was sold to the soccer club

BY MONIVETTE COR D EI R O for $6 million.

In her lawsuit, Gelzer argues the city ours after Orlando’s local officials power to seize private property for private applauded themselves for a deal economic development qualify under pub- had to wait 10 years before it sold all the property it had acquired to the soccer club that would sell almost 12 acres in lic use.

The decision proved controversial because Parcel 101 and 102 were acquired Parramore to Orlando City Soccer Club for $18 million, several news segments hit the enough that numerous states enacted through eminent domain. City spokesperairwaves with the latest scoop – the city stricter laws on the use of eminent domain. son Cassandra Lafser says the land city In fact, Florida’s rules on eminent domain commissioners agreed to sell to the soccer was being sued.

Community activist Lawanna Gelzer changed more drastically than in any other club didn’t include those two parcels, and and her mother, Betty Gelzer, filed a com- state, Wolf says. Local governments can’t therefore the statute Gelzer cites is inapplaint for injunctive relief against Orlando, use eminent domain to prevent or elimi- plicable.

Stumpy Harris, an Orlando lawyer who alleging the city was violating Florida laws nate a blighted area or transfer property governing eminent domain, which is the to private developers unless a three-fifths specializes in eminent domain, says in a power governments have to take private majority in both the Florida House and property for public use. The plaintiffs also Senate approve an exemption. If the local argue that construction of the $155 million government no longer needs the land, it stadium has financially affected properties has to offer to sell it back to its previous owners, and if they refuse, the government Betty Gelzer owns.

“Plaintiffs named is, and at all times can sell it through a competitive bidding mentioned in this Complaint was, engaged process after 10 years.

Wolf says the general knee-jerk reaction in the activity of protecting the local community of Paramour [sic] and was against to eminent domain is negative because of the development of the property from the past abuses and the fact that it has targeted onset,” the complaint says. “Unless and communities of color and poor areas, paruntil enjoined by order of this court, there ticularly the use of it in federal highway will be irreparable injury to the residents construction. Some people might see the and businesses, both financially and under public benefit of keeping a sports team in the fairness of the legal system. It would be the city and using eminent domain to build an unjust sale and misuse of state power of facilities, while others may not.

“But it’s also been used in positive eminent domain.”

From the onset, it sounds like a David- ways,” he says. “A lot of people opposed to versus-Goliath situation, but a closer look eminent domain, who think it’s antithetiat eminent domain and the lawsuit reveals cal to a free society, I don’t think are aware that public utilities, gas and oil pipelines the issue is more complex.

Roads, bridges, public buildings, rail- all use it.”

Back when Orlando was making nationroad systems and even water utilities have used the power of eminent domain in al headlines for using eminent domain this country, says University of Florida to seize the Faith Deliverance Temple at law professor Michael Wolf. The powers 625 W. Church St., it also used the power of eminent domain arise from the Fifth of eminent domain on the two properties Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, on either side of the church. The city had which says “nor shall private property be bought large swaths of property along taken for public use, without just com- West Central Boulevard, but some owners pensation.” Wolf says eminent domain on West Church Street refused to budge.

The larger property, known as Parcel 101 began getting bad publicity when the U.S. Supreme Court took on Kelo v. City of New and valued at $2.93 million, had a wareLondon. In the 2005 case, homeowners house sitting on the parcel and was owned fought against the Connecticut city of New by Northbrook Properties Inc. Parcel 102, London, which used eminent domain to the smaller property valued at $314,400, seize private homes for a private develop- belonged to Ha Vong and at one point had ment that included a research facility for a Chinese restaurant. After failed negotiathe pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The tions with Northbrook and Vong, the city city argued the development would create used eminent domain, arguing that the jobs, increase tax revenue and reinvigorate city-owned stadium would be leased to the the economically depressed community. Lions and provides the public “a unique In a 5-4 decision, Supreme Court justices forum for sports, recreational, educational agreed with the city, saying that govern- and entertainment activities,” according to ments that use their eminent domain Orange County court documents.

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hypothetical situation, the previous owner of a condemned and seized property could have standing to sue if the city sold the property directly to a private developer or if the city purchased the property under the threat of condemnation and then sold it to a developer.

In response to the city’s comments, Gelzer says the city is trying to discredit her and redirect from the larger picture.

“I speak for a lot of people who feel like they don’t have a voice,” she says. “They have a double standard when it comes to citizens in Parramore. … You think you can give a community a couple of soccer balls and we’re supposed to be happy. Why do they get to break the law?”

Lafser says the city was finally served Gelzer’s lawsuit on Wednesday and their legal department has begun preparing a response. mcordeiro@orlandoweekly.com

“I speak for a lot of people who feel they don’t have a voice.”

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I like big bugs and I cannot lie Exploring the Big Bug Invasion at Harry P. Leu Gardens

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ince the straight-up brag is always better than the humble brag, I don’t mind telling you that no matter what you were doing over Valentine’s Day weekend, I was doing something better.

Maybe you were second honeymooning on one of those PBS-advertised Viking River Cruises that even the Downton denizens couldn’t afford, or gazing into your true love’s eyes so ardently you could see right through to the temporal lobe, or having more sex than all the bonobos. Pish.

You’ll be grasshopper-green with envy to know that while you were wasting time steeped in hearts and flowers, I was finding out how the presence of corpseeating insects can help determine how long it’s been since a body gave up the ghost and, if it’s relevant, maybe even point to a cause of death.

That’s critical information if you’re a forensic entomologist and since I was assigned to play one of those bug-ogling gumshoes at a murder-mystery party, I wanted to do it right. I learned, for example, that a squashed mosquito scraped off a wall provided DNA evidence that a murder victim had indeed been in the home of a suspected killer. I learned that since blowflies like things fresh, and they are the first to show up at a death scene, their presence can indicate how long a body has been dead; beetles, however, will turn up their wee noses at your remains until you’re as dry as a Dorito.

Cleanup is just one of many jobs insects do that make the world a richer, more habitable place for us. They make silk and honey, pollinate plants, are eaten by birds and fish that might then be eaten by us, and some are just beautiful or cool. True: I’m the first to jump up on a chair when a cockroach comes into a room, but most

other insects I can live with. I don’t even mind if they’re 25 feet long.

Well, as long as they’re bugs sculpted by New York artist David Rogers, whose Big Bug Invasion! has taken over Harry P. Leu Gardens through April 15.

Rogers started making these types of sculptures in 1990, when a maple sapling, bent from an ice storm, suggested “a backbone to a large beast” in his artistic mind.

Twelve days later, a dinosaur sculpture and a new artistic path had come to light.

Leu Gardens, with its varied landscapes and winding paths, is the perfect neighborhood for Rogers’ behemoth bugs.

Among his beguiling creations: a couchsized dragonfly that hovers over a pond, a monster mantis that looms from within the brush, and an assassin bug on covert ops. There are even classes scheduled to accompany the exhibit, including honey tasting (which is presumably different than the kind you were doing on Valentine’s Day).

Speaking of, Leu Gardens’ date-night movie on March 4 will feature Them!, the 1954 sci-fi classic about atomic tests that created giant mutated ants – probably about the same size as Rogers’ ant sculptures – that threaten to take over Earth.

Them! is an inspired choice to go with this exhibit, and Leu Gardens has a massive inflatable screen that can make watching movies there an experience almost as immersive as a ride. Bring chairs, food and wine, and make an evening of it. But do leave the plutonium at home. It is a garden, after all, and there probably will be ants.

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n February 2015, the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, community was shaken by the murder of three bright Muslim students: Deah Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19. Their neighbor, Craig Hicks, shot all three of them in the head in Barakat and Yusor’s own apartment, then turned himself over to police, according to USA Today.

Thousands attended their funeral prayers. Newlyweds Barakat and Yusor had planned to attend the same dental school. Barakat was outgoing, loved playing basketball and had raised thousands of dollars to provide dental care for Syrian refugees. Yusor had spent the summer volunteering at a dental clinic for refugees in Turkey, and Razan was an artistic architecture student known for her lighthearted sense of humor.

Police arrested Hicks and said an ongoing parking dispute may have motivated the shootings, according to Chapel Hill’s News & Observer, but many think the tragedy was a hate crime – Hicks often posted anti-religion sentiments on his Facebook page and made threatening visits to the victims’ apartment.

It didn’t happen here – but could it?

According to a December story in the New York Times, a study conducted by a research group at California State University, San Bernardino, showed that hate crimes against Muslims in the United States have tripled since the Paris terrorist attacks of November 2015. Just three months ago in Tampa, two Muslim women wearing hijabs, or headscarves, were attacked in separate incidents after leaving their mosques, and on Jan. 2, a Titusville mosque was vandalized by a man with a machete. Just last week, a man pled guilty to making threatening calls to two Pinellas County mosques in November.

Despite the rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiment in the country, local Muslims try to live regular lives. They have personal goals. They aspire to open free health clinics. They hold neighborhood barbecues. They stay up late watching Breaking Bad. They stroll around the Lake Eola Farmers Market on Sundays. They frequent your favorite local coffee shops.

Perhaps your barista, your doctor or your cashier at Target is Muslim.

In other words, they aren’t all that different from anyone else.

We asked some local Muslims to tell us about their lives, how they feel when faced with anti-Muslim sentiment and how they cope with having to defend their lifestyle and religion.

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Farhana Yunus and Jerry Muscadin “Leave your religion – it’s violent!”

A man yelled those words to Farhana Yunus and her daughter as they were with a Girl Scout troop touring Mount Dora.

“Go back to where you came from!” he barked at them.

The caustic words brought Yunus’ 10-year-old daughter to tears. With a fearful sob, she asked her mother why the man was yelling at them.

Yunus could have responded to him defensively. She could have replied, “No, Islam teaches peace” – a phrase many Muslims have at the ready to respond to similar outbursts and accusations. They mean it wholeheartedly, but it’s exhausting to always be on the defense.

Instead, Yunus tried to move on, replying with a hurried “Have a nice day.” But the man shot back, “I’ll have a nice day when you leave.”

A mother and daughter standing nearby witnessed the incident and made their way to Yunus and the girls to offer apologies.

That man didn’t represent their community, they told Yunus. Or us.

“They made it a point to say he didn’t represent Mount Dora,” Yunus says. “It was very endearing to see that, and I was thinking – would we have done the same?”

The recent political rhetoric has been hard on Muslims like Yunus and her family. Rather than shrink into the background, though, she and her husband, Jerry Muscadin, have made it a point to reach out and be more visible in their community. Last month, the Oviedo couple hosted a meet-and-greet barbecue for their neighbors. None of the neighbors seemed hesitant to enter the family’s Oviedo home, whose walls are embellished with Arabic calligraphy.

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mindfulness.

On her days off from her job as an optometrist, Yunus teaches Quran studies at local mosques and runs her daughter’s Girl Scout troop. The mother of five spends the smidgen of leisure time she has reading – racing her husband to see who will finish the book first – or gardening.

She tends fig trees, aloe vera and herbs in their white-picket-fenced yard. On the weekends, Yunus and Muscadin take the kids to the Orlando Science Center or a theme park.

“Yes, I’m Muslim, and I pray – and I go to Disney,” Muscadin says with a laugh. He converted to Islam a few years before he married Yunus.

Muscadin is the director of community development for the local Islamic Circle of North America. He oversees the organization’s free local clinic, food pantry and transitional housing for victims of domestic abuse. “It’s a double reward in the sense that I get paid to do what I do, and I also have the opportunity to change and impact someone’s life,” he says, noting the time a food-pantry recipient emailed him a photo of her full kitchen pantry, which he says was empty before the Islamic Circle filled it for her.

Although the organization is an Islamic one, Muscadin says, it helps any Central Florida resident in need, regardless of religion.

As for Yunus, she says it’s a beautiful thing to help people see. She remembers a time she prescribed low-vision magnification devices to an elderly woman suffering from deteriorating vision. All the woman wanted was to be able to read her Bible.

“I love the fact that I can look into people’s eyes, and I see God,” Yunus says.

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Julianne Kinsey It would probably never cross the mind of a passer-by that Julianne Kinsey is a Muslim. With her burnt-auburn hair and fair complexion, she just doesn’t fit the stereotype most people have of what a Muslim woman looks like. The Muslim call for prayer that rings on her phone sometimes gives her away, as it did once in the middle of Vespr Craft Coffee, where she often can be found sipping a matcha latte.

Kinsey used to wear the hijab, but she says the garment that Muslim women often wear exacerbated a medical condition and sometimes caused her to faint.

From time to time she misses wearing it, but Kinsey says things – even things that seem negative – happen for a reason.

“Without the hijab, people hear me,” she says. “I think I’m, in a way, here to be able to help people to see Islam from a different perspective.”

The lawyer, business consultant and reiki practitioner converted to Islam after a divorce that left her, a former Catholic, ridden with guilt. To reconcile her psyche – but, really, she says, to “punish” herself – she packed her things and exiled herself to Wales in the United Kingdom. After she returned, she says, she recycled some soul-

searching advice she had once given to a friend: Write down everything you believe in. So she pulled out her purple Moleskine notebook and began to make a list. It included being kind, leaving things better than how you found them, being your genuine self. A friend encouraged her to read the Quran, so she downloaded an app on her phone and read it from start to finish that night, keeping her list at the ready.

Everything seemed to align – the book contained all she had already believed in.

“To me, Islam is like real feminism,” she says. “And it cracks me up when these feminists put down Islam.” She reads different Quranic translations to dispel common misconceptions and studies the rights written specifically for women into the Quran – for instance, the right to marry and divorce based on choice and the right to pursue an education.

“I miss the hijab, the headscarf, a lot,” she says. “I’m happy in that it does give me the opportunity to reach people I maybe couldn’t reach with it.”

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Feryal Qudourah If you ask what music styles Feryal Qudourah is drawn to, she will likely tell you, “All of them.” She’s dazzled by both somber melodies composed of Goethe’s poetic verses and staccato, merry French compositions. “To sing through that poetry is to realize that there were many others before who were feeling the same as you,” Qudourah says. She leans in when she speaks, and even when she isn’t singing, her voice is powerful. Singing is her therapy, she says, the way she relates to the world and the way she practices empathy.

Qudourah was born to a Trinidadian mother and a Palestinian father. As a child she was intrigued by both the Arabic tunes her father and relatives in Jordan sang, and her grandmother’s Urdu folk qasidas, or ancient odes. Like Kinsey, upon meeting her, many are surprised to learn she’s Muslim.

“Really? I would have never thought!” is the typical response she says she receives.

Growing up, her family moved often, she says, and Qudourah ended up attending 17 different schools. Hindus, Muslims and Christians lived alongside one another in Trinidad. Qudourah remembers light-

ing candles around her school for Diwali, the Hindu light festival, and listening to Catholic hymns and Muslim prayer calls on public radio.

Today, she’s an adjunct music professor at Valencia College, as well as a private voice teacher and opera performer. Qudourah can sing in Czech, Arabic, Portuguese and other languages, so it comes as no surprise to learn that she loves to read about ethnomusicology – the study of music in its cultural context. Music can help build bridges, and she likes to use it to help people of different religions and cultures understand one another.

For instance, as the choral conductor of Valencia Singers, she has planned an April 14 concert titled “Spring In to Love From Around the World.” It will feature musical expressions of love from different cultures.

“It’s so much more fun to open your mind to things you’re not comfortable with,” Qudourah says, and she thinks music is the perfect medium to help people connect without fear. “It’s a whole other dimension you’ve transported your audience to. You don’t have to speak the same language.”

Bibi Rabia Ali It was 20 years ago that Bibi Rabia Ali walked into the TruGreen office where she worked clad in a blue hijab. It was Halloween, and everyone was dressed in costume that day. Her co-workers thought her hijab was a costume too, until she returned the next day wearing it again.

Her relatives had told her to be careful, that she didn’t have to put her faith out on the table. But she didn’t stop. She says she loves wearing it.

“Nobody treated me any different,” Ali says, remembering only genuine curiosity from her co-workers.

Ali moved to Orlando from Guyana nearly 30 years ago with just a few suitcases full of clothes and her then-2-year-old son.

Back then, she says, there were hardly any mosques in the area, and she was a single mom. Somehow she landed a full-time job within five days of her arrival, and she also worked part-time as a baby-sitter. Within three years, Ali says, she bought her own house – the same one she lives in today, off Semoran Boulevard in Casselberry.

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somed. Reserved and soft-spoken, with “a shell that’s hard to crack,” her way of unwinding is a quiet stroll on a lakefront, or visiting the local farmers market with a friend. Ali lets few in, but the ones she does are there to stay, like her neighbor and close friend who asks Ali to help decorate her Christmas tree every year.

“We’re good working people,” Ali says of local Muslims. “We’re no different than anyone else. … We have the same needs and the same aspirations as any other human being from any other religion.”

And like people from any other religion, Ali says her life didn’t quite turn out the way she thought it would. She found that, like many other Americans, she had to learn to adjust. “As a young girl, I imagined I would be married, I would have had a husband to take care of me and my life would be beautiful,” she says. “But none of that happened, but that didn’t stop me from living and enjoying my life. I reinvented myself. I’m happy with me.”

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Sameer Jagani It was raining, humid and 18 degrees below zero on the coast of Lesbos, Greece, but Sameer Jagani made his way into the water waist-deep.

He could see Turkey in the distance on the other side of the Aegean Sea. The next migrant boat had just arrived, and Jagani and the other volunteers swarmed toward it. They brought blankets to comfort the cold, soaked refugees as they helped them off the boat. Though it’s just a five-mile journey from one coast to the other, the waves are merciless.

“Someone hands you a child, and for a moment, that child is yours,” Jagani says, remembering the first refugee child he held – a brown-eyed 3-year-old Syrian girl. She smiled wide and greeted him in Arabic. He held her until her father got off the flimsy boat and thanked him.

The United Nations Refugee Agency estimates that more than 100,000 refugees arrived in Greece in December 2015 alone. Over this past winter, Jagani volunteered with a relief organization to aid the refugees who are fleeing not just Syria, but also Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.

He says it wasn’t enough for him to just listen to refugees’ individual stories while volunteering. It made him

Muhammad Adam For the past seven years, Muhammad Adam has spent his Sunday mornings spearheading the local Project Downtown homeless feeding. He’s rounded up volunteers to pack and distribute breakfast and hygiene packets to the homeless in downtown Orlando. People from local mosques, churches and schools gather every month to pack and decorate the bags with cheery messages and doodles.

Adam typically spends 12 hours per week planning, budgeting, fundraising and reaching out to potential volunteers, putting his skills as a manager for a commercial-lighting company to work to organize the effort. He says it’s his goal to do something small but consistent to give back to the community.

Adam has been married for the past 10 years to his wife, Michelle, who is not a Muslim. And despite how he spends his free time and the fact that he’s married 14

to a Christian woman, he says that many people see only his first name and instantly have doubts about him.

“I’ve been asked straight up if I’m a terrorist,” Adam says. Once, he says, a client asked him that very question – are you a terrorist? – and Adam responded simply by asking the client to give him a chance.

Even though it can be frustrating to have to prove himself, sometimes those ignorant questions can mark the beginning of understanding.

“Let me shake your hand, buy you a cup of coffee,” Adam says. “I always open the floor and say, even if you want to vent, I’ll listen to you.”

Nada Hassanein is a journalist based in Orlando. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and psychology from the University of Central Florida. Contact her at nada.a.hassanein@gmail.com or follow @nhassanein_ on Twitter.

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feel heavy knowing the organization could not solve many of their problems, so he collected as many heartbreaking tales as he could and shared them on social media. There was the story of the family taken captive who needed to raise $14,000 ransom if they wanted to be released. There was the one about the father who had been tortured by the Syrian intelligence agency and had almost nothing to pay for a trip to Athens to seek asylum. He shared their stories and video blogs on Facebook, created a PayPal account and urged people to donate to help them. During his time working as a volunteer, Jagani collected more than $35,000 to help those families.

Jagani, a health sciences major and a senior at University of Central Florida, hopes to become a doctor or physician’s assistant, and he hopes to practice medicine in developing countries after he graduates.

He finds the news about state governments that wish to reject refugees and deny the most desperate people help disheartening.

“We don’t need to send them to a camp and leave them stranded,” Jagani says. “They’ll actually make our country better.”

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The same sublime light that floods Adams’ mountain valleys and waterfalls imbues Metz’s ski cabins and telephone poles with aesthetic dignity.”

The sublimity of the known Gary Metz’s Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint renders the vernacular transcendent

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hat’s the difference between a selfie and a self-portrait? What distinguishes a majestic landscape from a humdrum one? Why is this building important, and that one no big deal? In other words, who gets to call it art?

August and revered nature photographers of the Ansel Adams type (see also: David Muench, Clyde Butcher, Frank Smythe) implicitly endorse a certain type of landscape as deserving documentation: sweeping vistas of dramatic geographical formations, beautiful flora and fauna, and above all, a pristine view unspoiled by man or modernity.

Well, bollocks to that … was the feeling of the New Topographics movement, an artistic school of thought born in the 1970s that questioned why only pure wilderness should merit rigorous artistic attention.

Photographs of man-made monuments and built environments can be just as worthy of admiration, they claimed; a drive-in movie screen can soar up into the golden Western sky just as Yosemite’s Half Dome does.

An exhibition of Gary Metz’s series Quaking Aspen: A Lyric Complaint, a bold declaration of the New Topographers’ take on the divide between nature and culture, opens this week at the Southeast Museum of Photography. A notable member of the movement, Metz infused his work with iconoclastic humor: The same sublime light that floods Adams’ mountain valleys and waterfalls imbues Metz’s ski cabins and telephone poles with aesthetic dignity.

And while there is a sly absurdity to presenting these workaday vistas as art, there’s also a sincere insistence on the sublimity of the known. Maybe your heart already lifts at the perfect half-hoop of a Quonset hut, or maybe a photograph had to show it to you – what luck these photographers stepped up to limn it for us.

Though “a number of Metz’s colleagues received wide recognition for their similar investigations culminating in the seminal 1975 exhibition The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape,” Metz “never received the same level of acknowledgement,” according to the curators of the exhibition, who studied under Metz. Quaking Aspen presents just a fraction of the hundreds of frames Metz shot of Aspen in the ’70s. At that time, the architecture to which he turned his attention

had not yet morphed into multimilliondollar ski “cabins” but was still a humble mountain-town vernacular.

In a recent conversation that touched on Marie Kondo’s Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (because what recent conversation has not), I wondered if maybe Kondo’s acknowledgment that some objects “spark joy” and therefore may be kept wasn’t perhaps an expression, conscious or not, of the Shinto principle of animism. Animism holds that animals, plants and even inanimate objects can possess spirit, but usually

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refers to natural objects (stones, etc.); some Japanese folklore extends the possibility of divinity further, to man-made objects (mirrors, umbrellas, teakettles).

Who hasn’t felt, come spring-cleaning time, a spark of joy for a beloved teakettle?

And who hasn’t experienced, on the daily walk to work, a special affection for a favorite building or even a certain oddly shaped paving stone? Maybe, as Metz so ably reveals, it’s the distinction between nature and artifice that is truly artificial. jyoung@orlandoweekly.com

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BY SETH KUBERSKY

When I cover two different subjects in a single week, I usually use a clever segue to tie them together. But for this column, I can’t even. After spending Saturday morning watching Trump trounce in South Carolina, and Saturday afternoon watching PBS documentaries about the Black Panthers and Tom Bradley, our world feels implacably polarized between “Black Lives Matter” and “White People’s Problems.” So in the absence of a witty wraparound, I’ll simply present these two pieces of theater, both performed in Orlando last weekend, but taking place – literally and sociologically – on opposite poles of the planet.

Earlier this year, Classic Stage Company mounted an off-Broadway production of Mother Courage and Her Children that was nearly derailed when Tony winner Tonya Pinkins publicly clashed with director Brian Kulick, ultimately exiting the title role before opening night over edits that reset the action from the Thirty Years’ War to 20th-century Africa. They could have saved themselves the headache and simply staged Lynn Nottage’s Ruined instead, since the 2009 Pulitzer-winning script is transparently Brecht’s classic transplanted to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s civil war.

As impressive a performer as Perkins is (I saw her slay in Caroline, or Change) it’s hard to imagine CSC improving upon Valencia College Theater’s production of Ruined last weekend. With an exceptional cast and crew drawn from both students and local pros, director John DiDonna assembled one of the best – and most brutal – school shows I’ve ever seen in Orlando.

(Disclosure: DiDonna and I work together on Phantasmagoria.)

Instead of schlepping a wagon across Europe, Mama Nadi (Sheryl Carbonell) runs a bar-slash-whorehouse on the outskirts of a Congolese mine, playing ruthless rebel leader Kisembe (Mark Harriott) against bloodthirsty government commander Osembenga (Essex O’Brien) and profiting off both sides. She stays in the war-torn town to protect (and exploit) her “girls,” who include gang-rape victims Salima (Kisheera Victrum) and Sophie (Saige Love), despite trader Christian’s (Travis Hadley) constant entreaties to escape.

Ruined’s tale is horrifyingly ugly and uncomfortably real, especially in its rawest moments as rendered by Carbonell, Love and Victrum. But it can also be achingly beautiful, both in the potent feminist punch of Nottage’s poetic dialogue (“You will not fight your battles on my body anymore” is an especially anthemic line) and the painterly colors of designer Kristin Abel’s lights on her rustic set. At times, it was almost too pretty, with DiDonna’s butter-smooth transitions softening a climactic trauma, but overall the production proved Valencia is as capable of staging strong, challenging works with diverse casts as any theater company in the area.

Across town and 6,000 miles away, Mad Cow Theatre took me to Massachusetts with Painting Churches, a 1980s-vintage dramedy by Obie-winning playwright Tina Howe. Free-spirited New York artist Margaret Church (Ame Livingston) has come home to help her upscale parents downscale out of their Beacon Street mansion, but sharp-tongued mom Fanny (Kate Young) is more interested in modeling her

designer hats and denigrating her daughter, while put-upon poet pop Gardner (Scott Stoney) can’t stop typing long enough to help pack.

What begins as a Boston Brahmin take on the classic BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances gradually turns dark, as dad’s didactic doddering is revealed as deepening dementia. The couple alternates heaping adoration and abuse on each other as Margaret attempts to paint their portrait, with their banter invoking Edward Albee and the Bickering Bickersons in equal measure.

Director Tony Simotes comes to Mad Cow from Massachusetts’ Shakespeare & Co., and his stars Stoney and Young have performed together in the past at Dayton, Ohio’s Human Race Theatre Co. As a result, the show has an authentic-feeling familiarity to the relationships that smooths the audience’s entry into this shattering family.

And when things really start to crack up, the cast – especially Young – is exceptionally game in acting out their eccentricities, which have them swinging on a tragicomic trapeze between Lifetime Network pathos and slapstick pratfalls.

Seeing Painting Churches on designer Lisa Buck’s uber-intimate living room set is a bit like sitting in the laps of your colorful upper-crust neighbors as they lay bare their dirty laundry. Enthusiastic emoting from all three actors helps elevate the play above elder-exploiting voyeurism.

But I ultimately found it frustrating trying to empathize with these self-centered, privileged people’s plight, when the worst fate they face is a vacation cottage on the Cape and exceptional end-of-life health care (thanks, Mitt Romney). In the end, after flirting with some painful truths, Howe can’t help putting a hopeful gloss on her tale with a romantic ending, as if to insure it would play well at a dinner theater matinee.

These churches may be professionally constructed, but after the ruins I’ve seen this week, their paint looks a bit too pale. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

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Congrats go out to Kathleen Blake, Scott Hunnel, and James and Julie Petrakis for being named James Beard Award semifinalists in the Best Chef: South category. Final nominees will be announced March 15.

The Art of the Cocktail, a three-part cocktail class and competition at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Feb. 24) at Aggressive Appliances, allows guests to mix it up with three of the city’s best mixologists: Blake Jones of Courtesy Bar, Paul Johnsen of Slate and Justin Levaughn of the Ravenous Pig. Cost is $35 per person.

Also at Aggressive Appliances, Toolbox4Life presents Taste4Toolbox, a fundraiser for the nonprofit that trains at-risk women in basic commercial kitchen skills. Enjoy bites by John Rivers (4 Rivers), Kevin Fonzo (K), Jean Stephane-Poinard (Urbain 40), Kathleen Blake (Rusty Spoon) and Greg Richie (Soco, Baoery), wine from Tim’s Wine Market, and dessert by Jane’s Short & Sweet, Peterbrooke Chocolatier and Blue Bird Bake Shop.

The beat goes on

Masterchef Junior contestant Zac Kara (no relation to yours truly) holds a live cooking demo at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Millenia Mall Williams-Sonoma.

With a revamped kitchen and dining room, Tabla has settled into a nice rhythm

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liked Tabla v1.0 just fine, but when the restaurant closed for what they said were renovations partly due to the I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project, I didn’t exactly rail against fate. Tabla was housed in a dated Days-cum-Clarion Inn, and the hackneyed decor was befitting an aging maharajah intimidated by the austere trappings of postmodernism. Six months later, the facelift of both hotel and restaurant is complete, and I can’t say I’m particularly fond of either. In both cases, the austere trappings of postmodernism look generic and sterile. But at Indian restaurants, visuals rarely make an impact on me – it’s the scents and flavors to which my attention is paid.

Tabla’s kitchen got a new addition in the form of executive chef Ian Piamonte, whose credentials (Le Cordon Bleu, RitzCarlton Amelia Island, Westend Bistro

by Eric Ripert) precede him. Former chef Sajan Prem, whose dishes impressed us in past visits, moved into the role of “catering chef,” though every time we’ve visited

Tabla v2.0, he’s been in the kitchen churning out dishes for dine-in customers as well.

No matter; the formidable tandem makes up the core of the restaurant’s rebrand, which now includes Chinese and Thai dishes, but don’t let the pan-Asian-ness scare you. Piamonte and Prem aren’t ones to cock it up in the kitchen, but they sure fowl it up with the mixed kebab platter ($20), an appetizer featuring, in addition to lamb seekh kebab, three different preparations of chicken – tikka (yogurt and spices), hara (green chilies, mint, cilantro) and malai methi (cream, fenugreek). These were some of the most plush and pliant kebabs I’ve ever eaten, and their stellar execution was a sign of things to come. Pakoras ($7), be they fritters of cauliflower, potato, spinach or onion, were technically sound in both texture and taste, as was the sweet, spicy, and subtly crisp gobi Manchurian ($9), an Indo-Chinese specialty highly touted, and rightly so.

Soups, like the rasam ($5), a South Indian staple, and Thai-influenced lemon-coriander ($5), can be prepared properly infernal on request, as can pretty much all of Tabla’s dishes. If there was a disappointment, it would have to be the vinegary pad thai

($16), made sweet by the addition of tamarind. The flavors just seemed a bit off.

There’s no slagging the chicken korma, though. The curry, heady with the aroma of toasted cumin and coriander, was an absolute delight, though the naan ($3.50) we used to convey the sauce into our yaps lacked any trace of ghee and bordered on parched – at least on this occasion. On other visits, the naan’s been perfect, as have fried bhatura ($3.50) and potato-stuffed aloo paratha ($4).

The gulab jamun brûlée ($5), as described by my dining partner, “wasn’t, like, awful,” but it was so eggy it smelled like an omelet. The “semi-log” ($4), a chocolate dessert special bearing slight similarity to a Swiss roll, was a serviceable capper – but I can’t help lamenting the absence of the toffee pudding cake with passion-fruit-glazed betel leaf from the old Tabla menu. Bring it back, I say, and while you’re at it, bring back an old server or two. The one we had on our last visit was an utter novice with a nervous and overbearing energy that would’ve set us off had it not been for a perfect cup of chai to temper our annoyance.

Yes, the rhythm gets disrupted every now and then, but for the most part, the new Tabla hasn’t missed a beat.

New Outdoor Kitchens at this year’s Epcot Flower & Garden Festival (March 2-May 30) are the Bauernmarkt, a German farmer’s market; La Isla Fresca, serving Caribbean fare; and Cider House.

Cress Restaurant in DeLand has discontinued its “Counter Cress” service because of high demand for the “Taste Cress” option (three-course, five-course and chef’s tasting menus). The restaurant will add seating to accommodate more diners.

OPENING Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, specializing in yakiniku, or Korean-style meat grilling, will open on Turkey Lake Road in Dr. Phillips this summer … New Moon Juice Bar in College Park is now open for business … McGinnty’s Irish Pub has gutted and renovated the former Uncle Henry’s Country Cafe space in Edgewood and officially opens March 1 … Oblivion Taproom is back from the dead and celebrated its grand reopening last week (Feb. 19), thanks to longtime-patronturned-owner Shawn Paris.

CLOSING Barnie’s CoffeeKitchen in the CityArts Factory will close Feb. 26.

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3001 Corrine Drive, 407-644-2844; bigdaddysorlando.com

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fancy cocktails make ’em strong and keep ’em coming wine list (5 choices or more) craft beer beer: the usual suspects wide selection of bottles (more than 15) wide selection on tap (more than 15)

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A few songs karaoke’d here: “Somebody to Love” by Queen, “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera, “Something” by the Beatles, “Wannabe”

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Surprisingly, not bad. Squeaky-clean toilets.

other: Interactive golf, TouchTunes, Big Buck World

Essay question: Why should I drink here?

The drinks are cheap, but the experience is rich. You don’t have to be fearless to get up on the Big Daddy’s stage for karaoke; no one cares if you sound like a strangled cat. Go ahead and sing that Madonna song you’ve always wanted to belt out in front of a crowd, because your fellow patrons will be poorly singing their favorite songs from high school.

The bar rats will just keep sipping their Bud drafts while they watch SportsCenter.

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Baoery Asian Gastropub Greg Richie’s pan-Asian “gastropub” might bring a sake-bomb atmo to Thornton Park, but the focus is on sweet-and-spongy bao.

Pork belly and Korean fried chicken versions make for proper starters, though more bao need to be offered. A stellar bulgogi burger shows up other featured dishes like ramen and bibimbap. Requisite sake and cocktails slake the party crowd; some intriguing wines and beers are offered as well. Open daily. 617 E. Central Blvd., 407-849-9779; $$

Tapa Toro Tapa Toro has the looks and the dishes to match, no bull. Expertly crafted Spanish fare makes it well worth the drive to sample puckery gazpacho, perfect pulpo a la plancha, or pan rustico with a spread of Medjool dates and goat cheese. Plush skewers of beef tenderloin please and, apart from the lack of crusty socarrat, the paella with chicken, chorizo and lamb chops was utterly brilliant. More Spanish beers and sherries, please. Open daily. 8441 International Drive, 407-226-2929; $$$

Umi Winter Park Umi’s sushi and small plates impress in both presentation and palatability. Purists will appreciate their stellar sashimi and robata offerings, while contemporary diners will get a kick out of their takes on “Japanese fusion.”

A nice selection of sakes, soju cocktails and Japanese beers ensure imbibers leave content. Servers are eager and knowledgable.

Open daily. 525 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-960-3993; $$

Kokino Trendy tapas joint hopes to draw a late-night crowd to its stylish confines. Oysters in the seafood canoe were remarkably fresh; small plates like lamb pops rolled in sofrito and plantains please, as does grilled asparagus topped with bresaola, smoked peanuts, grana padano and a poached egg. Be wary of greasy ribeye plancha, though a lavender olive oil cake makes a delightfully light ending. Dinner only, plus Sunday brunch. 7705 Turkey Lake Road, 407-270-9199; $$$ CONTINUED ON PAGE 26

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North Quarter Tavern This sister restaurant to Citrus brings a relaxed attitude, good service and a foodfocused ethic to downtown’s North Quarter district. Chef Matt Wall is all about tickertesting comfort fare – sampling his poutine with duck gravy or crackling fried chicken may conjure images of Barney Clark. An in-house charcuterie program has yielded some promising results. More dessert options are needed, though. Brunch is offered Sundays. 861 N. Orange Ave., 407-757-0930; $$

Seito Sushi Baldwin Park sushi joint appears refreshed and revitalized, and their dishes ever more Japanese. A weekend-only izakaya menu is worth a look. Ramen (try the shoyu) really impresses, as does the moriawase (chef’s selection) of sashimi. A roll fashioned from lobster, American wagyu and truffle aioli will cater to the bon vivant in you. A requisite selection of craft cocktails and a decent selection of sake, wine and beer keep guests slaked. 4898 New Broad St., 407-898-8801; $$$

Slate It’s a “see and be seen” kind of place, but chef Dominic Rice serves up seasonal dishes that, for the most part, are competently executed. Oak-fired pizzas are worth a look, as is the gnocchi with short rib Bolognese. A heavy-handed spice rub marred delicate tilefish, but succulent flatiron steak served with crisp green beans, marble potatoes and smoked butter was nice, and sticky toffee pudding makes for a saucy ending. 8323 Sand Lake Road, 407-500-7528; $$$

Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria Not your average pizza and pasta joint, this Winter Springs hotspot draws them in for Neapolitan-style pies and house-made, hand-cut tagliatelle and ravioli. The star is the Neapolitan-made brick oven, which churns out perfectly blistered pizzas, be it your basic margherita or the weighted and eggy carciofi con uovo. A stellar Bolognese sauce highlights the tagliatelle; to end without sampling either the cannoli or tiramisu would be a mistake. 1468 Tuskawilla Road, Winter Springs, 321-422-3600; $$$

Mark’s Caribbean Cuisine UCF-area jerk joint isn’t in the tidiest of strip malls, but the Jamaican fare is neato.

Yes, the jerk chicken is top-notch, but the supremely tender oxtail stew is what regulars come back for. Plush cuts of goat in a heady curry are perfectly gratifying, as is traditional ackee and saltfish. Servers are friendly, but don’t expect to be wowed by the decor. 10034 University Blvd., 407-699-8800; $ ■

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An Evening With Neil Young Live an evening of Neil Young’s critically acclaimed comedy, Human Highway, and his classic concert documentary, Rust Never Sleeps, followed by a live Q&a with Young moderated by Cameron Crowe. Monday, 7:30 pm; multiple locations; $15.98; 855-473-4612; fathomevents.com.

SPOTLIGHT

Locked and loaded the tops look like locks at this year’s Oscars

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eady to earn some bragging rights by winning your Oscars pool against your fellow cinephiles? Take note of our predictions for the top eight categories. Then watch the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.

is really one of the best performances of his career, the time has come for five-time Best Actor nominee Leonardo DiCaprio. Sorry, Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian) and Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl). Practice those gracious smiles the losers always have to give when they announce the winner. DiCaprio is a lock.

BEST PICTURE With eight nominees vying for the prize, Who will win: DiCaprio three films have risen to the top in the Who should win: DiCaprio homestretch: Spotlight, The Revenant and The Big Short. If any of the others – Mad BEST ACTRESS Max: Fury Road, Room, The Martian, Bridge Speaking of locks, there’s a better chance of Spies or Brooklyn – sneak in for the win, of Jada Pinkett-Smith showing up on the it would be an upset. But filmmaker Tom red carpet than Brie Larson (Room) not McCarthy’s drama on the Boston Globe’s taking home her first Oscar. Saoirse Ronan’s investigation of the Catholic Church looks (Brooklyn) time will come soon enough, and poised to take home at least two trophies the nominations for Cate Blanchett (Carol), Oscar night, including the most coveted.

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) and Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) are achievements Who will win: Spotlight enough.

Who should win: Spotlight Who will win: Larson BEST DIRECTOR Who should win: Larson A director hasn’t won back-to-back Oscars in 65 years, but the way Alejandro González BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Iñárritu (The Revenant) is blowing through At this point, how could the Academy the competition in all the precursor awards, not give the Oscar to Sylvester Stallone it’s bound to happen this year. If anyone is (Creed) for the same role he earned an Oscar going to ruin his night it’ll be George Miller nom for nearly 40 years ago? Nostalgia (Mad Max: Fury Road), followed by Adam and a solid performance are on his side.

McKay (The Big Short), Tom McCarthy On the other side is a hungry Tom Hardy (Spotlight) and Lenny Abrahamson (Room). (The Revenant), who has the best chance at pulling the upset win, followed by a trio Who will win: Iñárritu of great performances by Mark Rylance Who should win: Iñárritu (Bridge of Spies), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight) and Christian Bale (The Big Short).

BEST ACTOR Whether or not you think his role as an Who will win: Stallone early-19th-century fur trader in The Revenant Who should win: Hardy

An Animator’s Journey: deanna Morse Deanna Morse, an active intermedia artist specializing in experimental animation, screens her work, tells her story and answers questions. Saturday, noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando ave., Maitland; free; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

With The Danish Girl and Ex Machina, Alicia Vikander has had the biggest year of any of the Oscar-nominated actors. Will that translate into a win? Probably, but not if Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs), Rooney Mara (Carol), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) and Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) decide to throw a wrench in what seems to be turning into a fairly predictable Oscar evening.

Who will win: Vikander Who should win: Vikander

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The question isn’t whether Spotlight wins this category over Inside Out, Ex Machina, Bridge of Spies and Straight Outta Compton. It’s if the Academy deems this win as sufficient praise for the film and awards The Revenant or The Big Short with a Best Picture win. It’s very possible it’ll go home with both, but weirder things have happened.

Who will win: Spotlight Who should win: Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short is riding high and so far, it seems to be crash-proof. That’s too bad for the other nominees in this category – Room, The Martian, Brooklyn and Carol – which would probably have a better chance at gold if they had Selena Gomez explaining synthetic collateralized debt obligations to the audience.

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More Q than A: The Story of a Three Day Pass Melvin Van Peebles’ French New Wave film about a black G.I. in Paris. Thursday, 7:30 pm; The Gallery at avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia ave.; $5.

Oscar Watch Party Watch the Oscars at the Enzian and enjoy a special themed food and drink menu. Sunday, 7 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando ave., Maitland; free; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

Peanut Butter Matinee: To Kill a Mockingbird respected Southern lawyer atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent a black man accused of rape. Sunday, noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando ave., Maitland; $8; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. tcM Big Screen classics: The Maltese Falcon Think like a detective with specially produced commentary from Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz that celebrates the 75th anniversary of this iconic film.

Wednesday, 2 & 7 pm; multiple locations; $13.31; 855-473-4612; fathomevents.com.

The Walking Dead Sunday night Watch Party Enjoy drink specials while watching your favorite zombie show.

Sundays, 9 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Where to Invade Next a subversive comedy in which Michael Moore, playing the role of “invader,” visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects.

Ongoing; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando ave., Maitland; $11; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

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EDDIE THE EAGLE

By Ste v e S c h n e i de r

Opening this week Eddie the Eagle I sometimes ponder what life is like for the members of the focus groups that were the first to evaluate “Who Let the Dogs Out.” I wonder if they wish they could go back and change their initial impression, which was probably along the lines of “Yeah, it’s cute, I guess. I can see some people wanting to hear this three, maybe four times in the course of their life.” I bet they’d like to change their response to “I know this sounds crazy, but you have to destroy every copy of this recording right now. Otherwise, the experience of watching movie trailers is going to be ruined for at least the next 15 years.” and that’s why I’ve always held myself back from enjoying the music of the band Fun. The first time I heard them solemnly intoning “We are young,” like Pat Benatar had never thought of the idea, I knew their brand of hyper-earnest affirmation rock would soon be seized upon to promote movies like “Eddie the Eagle,” a sports biopic about Olympic ski jumper Eddie Edwards. Seems he was one to always “carry on,” don’t you know. Sorry, mate, that’s a 30

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combination that should come with a fructose warning. and I’m still trying to corral those goddamn dogs. (PG-13) Gods of Egypt Sporadically working director alex Proyas is back, bringing with him a couple hundred cast and crew members from the unexpectedly acclaimed Mad Max: Fury Road. This time, they’re retelling an ancient myth about a battle for control of Egypt that extends to some unexpected places. Given that Mad Max connection, I’m not ruling out Sydney. (PG-13) Triple Nine Ever notice how, whenever the epidemic of police brutality begins to stir the conscience of the white mainstream, some cop just happens to get shot somewhere – instantly shifting the narrative to how tough their jobs are? Well, Triple Nine divulges just why that is: The cops are setting up their own to get offed, because it’s the only way they can escape the control of the russian mob. (r)

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GREAT LIVE MUSIC RATTLES ORLANDO EVERY NIGHT The Zombies It’s the time of the season for Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone to remind you why they’re still packing the house 47 years after they broke up the first time.

7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Plaza Live, $39.50-$150

Michael Brun The Haitian DJ and producer recorded his latest hit, “Wherever I Go,” with the help of musicians trained through the nonprofit Audio Institute in his home country.

10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Attic, $5

Wet Nurse Our favorite twin-powered garage pop group finally has a vinyl version of their latest album, 2015’s So It Goes, but it’s already almost sold out, so you’d better get there early if you want a copy.

9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at St. Matthew’s Tavern, free

Nas Tier brings in one of the greatest rappers of all time for their fourth anniversary party.

10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Tier Nightclub, $20-$40

Molly Gene One Whoaman Band Molly Gene plays fuzzed-out slide blues while using a custom foot rig to bang out beats that’ll make you say … well, you get it.

8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Lil Indies, free

The local pop punk band slows it down with a set of acoustic versions of songs from their EP, Somewhere Else.

8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at Olde 64, free

Timothy Eerie These young psych-garage enthusiasts lend their groove to the already trippy vibe at Red Lion’s eclectic Twisted Tuesdays.

9 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at Red Lion Pub, $3

Soul-stirring emotion from frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom belies the name of bluesy hard rock band Heartless Bastards

BY NICK MCGREGOR HEARTLESS BASTARDS with Susto 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24 | The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave. | 407-246-1419 | thesocial.org | $15

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t’s supremely ironic that a band calling itself Heartless Bastards employs a frontwoman as wildly emotive as Erika Wennerstrom. The Cincinnati native’s voice ranges from earthy bellow to smoky whisper, bluesy wail to primal roar, all laid over the driving guitar riffs she’s honed over five hard-hitting albums and more than a decade of nonstop touring.

Last year’s masterpiece, Restless Ones, dialed Heartless Bastards’ intensity down a notch or two, with drummer Dave Colvin, bassist Jesse Ebaugh and second guitarist Mark Nathan giving Wennerstrom more room to stretch. But that just resulted in the bravest, most ambitious batch of songs in the band’s 13-year history – full-throttled pop on “Hi-Line,” swirling psychedelia on “Eastern Wind” and irresistibly jaunty rock on “Black Cloud.”

“I don’t think the thought of bravery and ambition entered my mind when creating Restless Ones,” Wennerstrom tells Orlando Weekly. “All my albums are pretty personal, but there are moments when I’m so completely open and honest on this album that I had to question whether I was OK with

putting it out there in the world. I just create songs I like and hope for the best. [But] nothing ever feels finished to me. I just reach this point where I become OK with moving on. Maybe that’s where the bravery is. You put your personal thoughts out there for the world to judge. I really have to shut all that out, positive and negative, in order to keep going.”

And make no mistake: Wennerstrom has weathered plenty of storms. She didn’t start singing in public until she was 18, describing her embrace of her talents as “a real slow build of confidence.”

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Call to Start

Acts of courage

The first three musicians she recruited to back her in 2003 left the following year, just before garage-blues superstars the Black Keys endorsed Heartless Bastards and encouraged Fat Possum Records to sign them. In 2007, Wennerstrom and her partner, Mike Lamping, who played bass on the band’s first two albums, split after a decade-long relationship. That precipitated a move to Austin, Texas, a reshuffling of the lineup and a reunion with founding drummer Dave Colvin. But the last three records – 2009’s Mountain, 2012’s Arrow and 2015’s Restless Ones – have all reinforced Heartless Bastards’ popularity, creativity and reach. Not to mention Wennerstrom’s abilities as a lyricist writing specifically for her particular strengths as a vocalist.

“I always write that way,” she says. “I have melodies spinning in my head all the time.

The challenge is articulating my thoughts into that melody and rhythmic pattern. It’s just part of my process. Restless Ones was very in the moment. At times, I would literally finish the lyrics, record them and then mix the song that day. There wasn’t a lot of time to self-analyze and ponder, which was frightening, but I also felt free in the sense of letting go in the moment. That’s easier said than done, but it’s what I continue to aim for. I’m definitely more present than I’ve been in the past.”

In addition, Wennerstrom says she’s more accepting of Heartless Bastards’ unique spot in the modern musical landscape: not quite indie enough for the tastemakers, a little too polished for the crusty garage crew, but so honest and expressive that fans unconcerned with labels usually can’t resist falling hard for Wennerstrom’s unique blend of hard rock and soul-baring authenticity. Although she says she still has trouble reading reviews, she laughs when asked about the band’s endless categorizations: “Over the years, we’ve been called blues rock, country, punk, psychedelic, folk and arena rock. People can label us whatever they’d like. It’s all fine by me.”

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Valerie and David Lee Mayfield

BY B AO L E - H U U

I’ve been to too many benefits

in the name of local musicians. By very definition, they’re not ideal situations. But when you get to attend one where your support directly aids a living person rather than their memory, that’s a blessing. At the recent benefit for Junior Bruce guitarist Bryan Raymond (Feb. 20, Will’s Pub), he was there, still in deep recovery, but in attendance. So I got to donate and shake the guy’s hand. That’s pretty much a fairytale ending.

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THE BEAT

More of you probably know Jessica Lea Mayfield (noted solo artist and collaborator to Seth Avett and Dan Auerbach) and David Ray Mayfield (David Mayfield Parade) than their parents David Lee and Valerie Mayfield (Feb. 18, Will’s Pub). The children have made good names by skewing alternative with American roots music, but they actually spring from a traditional bluegrass family. The elder Mayfields – now playing as the Bluegrass Sweethearts – hew to heritage.

The Ohio duo played bluegrass with all the attendant rustic grace and fleetfingered lightning. Rounding out their set was a peppering of some real country music, including some classic covers. More than anything, it was a night of homespun charm and family. In addition to personal stories of family and history, Valerie pulled

out a song her famous daughter wrote when she was a kid, long before she was famous.

Driving that spirit all the way home was the fact that much of the intimate crowd was actually Florida kin. It all felt like being welcomed into a Mayfield family gathering, which is kind of how all old-school folk shows should be.

Unfortunately, bluegrass and roots music this pure seldom permeate this far into the city limits. But after seeing true practitioners like the Mayfields and getting your soul touched in the way only music like this does, I wish it did more often.

Opening was local Americana standardbearer Terri Binion, who will be celebrating the release of her first, muchanticipated new album in about 15 years on March 18 at Will’s Pub. But much more on that in my upcoming feature story on her in our March 16 issue.

Although she played with only one accompanist, it was the talented and versatile Jessy Lynn Martens, who not only lent fiddle, mandolin and backup vocals to Binion’s sound but also a more definitive country edge. Apart from perhaps a pedal-steel player, Martens is one of the most complementary single accompanists to perform with Binion yet. The synergy was exponentially lovely.

AMFMS is a band based in Maryland but with Florida ties strong enough to warrant a record release here (Feb. 15, Will’s Pub).

That’s probably because they’re fronted by Tampa son Shawn Kyle, a musician with a well-established track record, from solid work like the beachy indie rock of Florida Kilos to somewhat more regrettable stuff like the stilted Beauvilles. This latest band goes in the plus column for him. Stylistically, their sonorous indie rock straddles ’80s alternative and psych rock. Though the combination isn’t perhaps the first one to come to most minds, their particular take is a cohesive aesthetic with solid playing and sturdy songwriting.

Opener Timothy Eerie is already a very different band than I saw only four months ago. The young psych band went bigger and even more traditional this time out with at least a couple more members (swirling keys and another singer) and, oh boy, incense. They look to be doubling down on the genre and going more authentically psychedelic in a trajectory whose logical conclusion usually involves sitars. There’s nothing wrong with that, especially when done well like it is here. But it is a lot more noodly, which, personally, is only a virtue when I’m eating.

More essentially, though, it’s very literal, so much so as to be retro. What was initially a band expanding psychedelic sounds with a bright, current edge is now becoming a straight revival act. For fans of previously local Strangers Family Band, however, Timothy Eerie’s your next score. baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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OUR PICKS FOR THE BEST EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday, Feb. 25

Central Florida Fair EVENTS

Thursday, Feb. 25

MC Chris MUSIC

MC Chris didn’t just suck in a bunch of helium and then step up to the mic – that’s actually how his voice sounds. Now that the 40-year-old nerdcore hip-hop pioneer has gotten over the “nerdcore” label, he’s more focused on his rap game than ever – when he isn’t changing his new baby’s diapers, that is. He might rap about some typical geeky stuff like comic books and Star Wars, but a lot of his beats are pretty dope, and the fact that he self-releases his discography in a harsh music economy earns a lot of respect. This Thursday, see, hear and feel MC Chris shake the walls of the Social in anticipation of his new album about Batman villains, Foes All Fall, due out this fall. – Marissa Mahoney

4 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m. Sundays, through March 13 | Central Florida airgrounds, W. Colonial ri e central oridafair.com $1

Thursday, Feb. 25

Creed Bratton COMEDY

When the American version of The Office premiered, many fans of the U.K. version denounced it for a mere rip-off that didn’t ascend to the comedic heights nor plunge to the cringey depths of the original. But it didn’t take long for the writers of the show to deploy their secret weapon: the supporting cast. The Office ended up launching the careers of actors and writers like Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Ed Helms and Craig Robinson, and also re-launched the career of Creed Bratton. Playing the mysterious quality assurance manager, also named Creed Bratton, Bratton infused the character with a darkly homicidal

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streak that belied the real Bratton’s original claim to fame: lead guitarist for flower-powered 1960s rock band the Grass Roots. The band had a string of hits like “Let’s Live for Today,” “Sooner or Later” and “Midnight Confessions,” though Bratton himself was kicked out of the group in 1969. Now on tour with a show that combines both of his careers, Bratton tells funny stories about the acid-soaked ’60s and/or his time at Dunder Mifflin, punctuated by songs he’s written over the past 60 years or so, disproving F. Scott Fitzgerald’s assertion that there are no second acts in American lives. – Thaddeus McCollum with Larry Fulford | 8 p.m. | Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St. | 407-999-2570 | backbooth.com | $20-$40

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7 p.m. | The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave. | 407-246-1419 | thesocial.org | $15-$17

This year, the Central Florida Fair encompasses three weekends of rickety carnival rides, fried Oreos and swine showmanship. Try to keep your lunch down with the rest of the thrill-seekers on stomach-churning vertical drop rides, or mill around the craft exhibits and admire the perfectly hand-stitched pillow covers.

Events throughout the fair include dancers, musicians, cooking demonstrations, bake sales, educational booths and children’s activities. But it wouldn’t be a true traditional fair experience without listening in on the rooster crowing contest, watching a group of farmers tow their cows around a pen like show poodles, or checking out the hottest trends of the poultry, rabbit and cavy fashion revue, which we can only assume includes guinea pigs sporting the latest looks from Calvin Klein. – Deanna Ferrante

Saturday, Feb. 27

Super Freestyle Explosion MUSIC

Though Florida’s contributions to the national musical landscape are thought of too often as just Mickey Mouse boy bands (Backstreet Boys, NSync) or vehicles for douchebags (Creed, Limp Bizkit), there was a time in the late ’80s and early ’90s when South Florida’s burgeoning dance scene gave birth to a new style so fresh and of-the-moment that New Yorkers promptly stole credit for it. But freestyle the genre was named after Freestyle the band, started by Miami’s “Pretty” Tony Butler, who would go on to produce hits for genre stars like Debbie Deb and Trinere. Butler’s original Freestyle is one of the highlights of the lineup for this weekend’s Super Freestyle Explosion, which also brings you Stevie B., Exposé, JJ Fad and many more. It’s a fascinating encapsulation of a scene that became the soundtrack for countless school dances and day camp field trips for people of a certain age (ahem). Sadly, you will have to leave your roller skates at home. – TM

Thursday, Feb. 25

with Stevie B., Jody Watley, Lisa Lisa, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Exposé, Freestyle, Zapp, JJ Fad, the Jets, Timmy T, Jojo (of the Mary Jane Girls) | 7:30 p.m. | CFE Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd. | 407-823-6006 | cfearena.com | $33-$75

FILM

Saturday, Feb. 27

More Q Than A: The Story of a Three Day Pass Local culture movers Patrick Greene, Kyle Eagle and Joshua “Uncomfortable Brunch” Martin have joined forces in a new venture – their monthly film series, More Q Than A, launches tonight in the upstairs theater at Avalon, bringing a twinge of joy to the hearts of all the old DMAC fans. (Look it up, kiddies.) The first film they’ll present is Melvin Van Peebles’ 1968 The Story of a Three Day Pass, a black-and-white film about an African-American soldier on leave in Paris. Those who only know Van Peebles from Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and therefore expect a blaxploitation flick may be surprised at this film’s whimsical Nouvelle Vague style (and actually, those who saw Sweet Sweetback as blaxploitation weren’t paying very close attention, either). Showtime is 7:30, but doors open an hour before that and you may want to use the time for snacking: The Daydream Pizza truck will be on hand, and coffee and tea by Vita Luna Café will be available inside the gallery. This film – and Van Peebles’ whole career – makes us feel too many feelings to explore within the constricted word count of a Selection of the Week, so it’s a good thing the Harp & Celt is right next door for post-film debates. We have a feeling this is gonna be a thing. – Jessica Bryce Young 7:30 p.m. | The Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave. | avalongallery.org | $5

Sunday, Feb. 28

The Grey 8s at the Grand Collab MUSIC

Litlando LITERARY

Whether you’re trying to pitch a Pride and Prejudice and Werewolves spinoff or are stuck writing the next Great American Novel, the friends you’ve antagonized by constantly talking about your book might need a break this weekend. What better place for an aspiring writer than Litlando? The conference on Saturday covers seven major topics, including weird fiction, flash fiction, contemporary poetics, the role of comic books in America and the necessary subject of literary publishing. The folks at the Drunken Odyssey organizing Litlando call it “the day-long literary equivalent of an MFA,” and at $25 a ticket, that’s the cheapest degree we’ve seen in a long time. – Monivette Cordeiro 11 a.m.-7 p.m. | The Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave. | thedrunkenodyssey. com/litlando | $15-$25 Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 27-28

Downtown Food & Wine Fest EVENTS

There doesn’t really need to be an excuse for daytime drinking, but if you insist on one, there’s always the Downtown Food & Wine Fest over at Lake Eola. The annual event is in its eighth iteration, and it’s presenting you with as many options as ever. Dive right into meals from over 30 local eateries while pairing your plate with your choice of 50 domestic and imported wines. Don’t forget the music, either; the two-day event has a full schedule of solo acts and bands, from the Brooklyn-based, alternative-sounding American Authors to the longtime rockers known as Firefall. Bring along a blanket to lie on or a chair to rest in, because you’ll be eating and drinking even after the sun goes down. – Kim Slichter noon-9 p.m. Saturday, noon-7 p.m. Sunday | Lake Eola Park, North Rosalind Avenue and East Robinson Street | downtownfoodandwinefest.cbslocal.com | $20

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For over a year, we’ve been singing the praises of the Grand Collab as one of the city’s most refreshing livemusic serials. Its diverse-by-design format and curation have been a small goldmine for open-minded seekers of new Florida music, turning us on to more young acts (fresh finds like Heavy Drag, Hypoluxo, Kristen Warren and Harsh Radish) across the genre spectrum (hip-hop, soul, rock, punk, you name it) than perhaps any other series. But, unquestionably, one of the all-time best discoveries seen there was Miami’s the Grey 8s. They were an unannounced bonus at the Grand Collab last year, sneaking their set in alongside also-impressive sister band Heavy Drag. With a blues-punk sound that’s all thrill and narcosis, they ended up ruling. The Grand Collab remains a bit of an underheralded jewel, trying nobly to celebrate and blend the colors of a live scene too divided along tribal lines.

But if there’s one to check in on, the headlining Grey 8s will guarantee the goods. – Bao Le-Huu with WordChemist, Soul Vibes, Maya the Magi, TKO, the Very Large Array | 7:30 p.m. | Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. | willspub.org | $7

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CONCERTS/EVENTS Caveman Dave, Jason Guy Smiley, MegaJeff, BB-GR8 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.

D.B. Rouse 9 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Eugene Snowden’s Ten Pints of Truth 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Heartless Bastards, Susto 8 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $15; 407-246-1419.

[MUSIC] Nas see page 44 The Imperial’s Acoustic Soundcheck With Sunny N’ Willey 9 pm; The Imperial at Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-228-4992.

Jim Hurst 7:30 pm; Valencia College East Campus, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail; free; 407-299-5000.

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

Micro Championship Wrestling, American Party Machine 8 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $10; 407-322-7475.

Naughty Professor, Squeedlepuss, the Get 2nds 8 pm; Red Lion Pub, 3784 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park; $10-$12; 407-677-9669.

Reggae Night with Hor!zen and DJ Red I 10 pm; The Caboose, 1827 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-898-7733.

Rivers of Nihil, Dark Sermon, Black Fast, Withering Earth, the Witching Hour 9 pm; The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $12; 407-673-2712.

The Zombies 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $39.50-$150; 407228-1220.

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

The New Sam Rivers’ RivBea Orchestra 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$10.

Bearaoke 8 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free; 407-373-0888.

Orlando Music Group Open Jam 10:45 pm; St. Matthew’s Tavern, 1300 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Classic Salsa Social Wednesdays 8 pm; Vinyl Arts Bar, 75 E. Colonial Drive; free.

Dorm Wednesday 9 pm; Pulse, 1912 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-3888.

Indecent Wednesday 10 pm; Parallel Nightclub, 369 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-977-2997.

Red Carpet Karaoke 8 pm; Muldoon’s Saloon, 7439 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-657-9980.

Themed Trivia Wednesdays 9:30 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Kill the Keg Karaoke 8 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-636-3171.

Trivia Nation 8 pm; Frank and Steins, 150 S. Magnolia Ave.; free; 407-412-9230.

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

Trivia Night 7 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-322-7475.

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

Trivia with Doug Bowser 7:30 pm; Hamburger Mary’s, 110 W. Church St.; free; 321-319-0600.

One Hit Wonder Wednesdays 10 pm; The Patio, 14 W. Washington St.; free; 407-354-1577.

Prom Night Wednesdays 8 pm; NV Art Bar, 27 E. Pine St.; free; 407-649-0000.

Untucked Bingo 5:30-9 pm; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571.

Wednesday Karaoke Nights 6-9 pm; Yellow Dog Eats, 1236 Hempel Ave., Windermere; free; 727-505-4566.

OPERA/CLASSICAL Bach at the Alfond 3-4 pm; Intimate concert series that invites patrons to learn more about visiting soloists, vocalists and orchestra members and hear them perform. The Alfond Inn, 300 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $12.50; 407-998-8090; bachfestivalflorida.org.

THURSDAY, FEB. 25

CONCERTS/EVENTS Afterglow Radio, Junkie Rush 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $10; 407-704-6261.

Alvin Risk 10 pm; Tier Nightclub, 20 E. Central Ave.; $15-$25; 407-317-9129.

Cat Ridgeway, Brenden McNeil 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $5.

Dave Sheffield Jazz Trio 9 pm; Winter Park CONTINUED ON PAGE 41

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The Art of the Cocktail Learn the secrets from the masters during an intimate threepart cocktail class featuring three of Orlando’s best mixologists: Justin Levaughn from the

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FEB 27

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

FEB 28

JACK & JACK WITH DAYA

MAR 6

MELANIE MARTINEZ (SOLD OUT)

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BADFISH “TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME”

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TROY SIVAN

MAR 15

VANCE JOY

Ravenous Pig, Blake Jones of the Courtesy and Paul Johnsen of Slate. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Aggressive Appliances, 617 Mercy Drive; $35; orlandodatenightguide.com

Refused June 9 at the Beacham

Big Band Gala An evening of nostalgic and contemporary big band music paired with dancing, dining, cocktails and an exciting silent auction. Retro cocktail attire reminiscent of the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s is encouraged. 7 p.m.

Thursday; Dubsdread Country Club, 549 W. Par St.; $75; cpnarts.org

Unleashed. Uncorked. Unframed. This fundraiser gala benefits ran lin’s riends, a nonprofit

hose mission is to promote animal

welfare in Central Florida. The event features exemplary wines, gourmet cuisine, a spectacular auction and an art sale, all in the beautiful Orlando Science Center main building. 7 p.m.

Saturday; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton Ave.; $125-$175;

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Body//Talk Orlando’s best party-with-apurpose moves from the Milk District to Mills 50 this month to take over Will’s Pub and Lil Indies. The Knick-Knacks play a set of sweet indie rock before Phil Santos (ex-VSN QST) ta es o er the dance oor,

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Slumberjack tag-team over at Indies. Expect facepaint, nametags, games and more. 10 pm Saturday; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free-$7; bodytalkparty.org

Melanie Martinez, March 6 at House of Blues

G. Love & Special Sauce, April 7 at the Social

Ciara, April 24 at House of Blues

Moody Blues, March 8 at the Dr. Phillips Center

Stick Figure, April 7 at the Beacham

Underoath, April 24 at Hard Rock Live

Gordon Lightfoot, March 10 at the Plaza Live

Napalm Death, the Melvins, April 8 at the Plaza Live

36 Crazyfists, April 25 at Backbooth

Coheed & Cambria, March 11 at Hard Rock Live

Into It. Over It., The World Is a Beautiful Place ..., April 10 at the Social

Jewel, March 12 at Hard Rock Live

David Cross, April 14 at Hard Rock Live

Father John Misty, April 30 at the Beacham

We the Kings, March 16 at the Social

The Cult, April 14 at House of Blues

Smashington 2016, May 7 at Will’s Pub

Pentatonix, April 14 at CFE Arena

The Sword, May 11 at the Social

The Used, April 19-20 at House of Blues

Florence & the Machine, May 14 at Amway Center

Less Than Jake, March 17-18 at the Social Joe Satriani, March 18 at Hard Rock Live Bob Saget, March 23 at CFE Arena Logic, March 28 at the Beacham

Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter, April 20 at the Dr. Phillips Center

Of Montreal, April 2 at the Social

Steve Martin & Martin Short, April 23 at the Dr. Phillips Center

They Might Be Giants, April 6 at the Beacham

The Black Dahlia Murder, April 23 at the Social

Flogging Molly, April 29 at House of Blues

The Summer Set, May 21 at the Social Say Anything, May 24 at the Beacham !!!, May 26 at the Social Alejandro Escovedo, June 2 at the Social

Ellie Goulding, June 4 at CFE Arena Refused, June 9 at the Beacham Selena Gomez, June 10 at Amway Center Thrice, June 11 at House of Blues St. Lucia, June 15 at the Social Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas, June 25 at Amway Center Justin Bieber, June 30 at Amway Center

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Twenty One Pilots, July 1 at Amway Center Halsey, July 6 at CFE Arena

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Uli Jon Roth MUSIC

In our round-up of 2015’s best releases, we mentioned Uli Jon Roth’s Scorpions Revisited, noting that the iconic ex-Scorpions guitarist had, by re-recording mid-’70s Scorpions tracks, gone down a route not unfamiliar to aging rockers with decreasing royalty checks. That he wildly succeeded in updating those songs – “Dark Lady” and “Virgin Killer” most notably – without losing the originals’ rougher, more adventurous edges was a feat unto itself, but perhaps not all that surprising, considering Roth’s legendary guitar-playing abilities and stubborn refusal to compromise his creative visions.

It’s doubtless that this set will feature a big chunk of material from Scorpions Revisited, but one hopes Roth also digs into his unfairly maligned solo material, which is thick with psychedelic spirituality and absolutely mind-blowing guitar work. – Jason Ferguson with Andy Temmons, Jennifer Batten | 7 p.m. | The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave. | 407-228-1220 | plazaliveorlando.com | $20-$30

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Beer Company, 1809 E. Winter Park Road; free.

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Flea Bitten Dawgs 8 pm; Wop’s Hops, 419 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free.

Leisure Chief 10 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

MC Chris, Nathan Anderson 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $15-$17; 407-246-1419.

Mercer & Johnson 9 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Michael Brun, Alex Wood, Vivido, Chris Ayo 10 pm; The Attic, 68 E. Pine St.; $5.

Nightcall: Midnight Inspector, Grüvv, Frankasaurus Fresh, Smoothgrass 10 pm; Spacebar, 2428 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-228-0804.

Open Mic Jazz 8 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-9753364.

CLUBS/LOUNGES Bears In The City Presents: Thirsty Thursday Bearaoke 9 pm-1 am; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571.

Bebop Blues Jam and VooDoo Party 8 pm; Muldoon’s Saloon, 7439 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-657-9980.

Board Game Night Noon; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636.

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Crosstown Sounds 10 pm-2 am; Sandwich Bar, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; 954-651-3648.

Geek Trivia 9 pm; Cloak and Blaster, 875 Woodbury Road; free.

Homegrown Open Mic Night YouTube Sessions 8-11 pm; Rogue Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778.

Latin Night 9 pm; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; contact for price; 407-425-7571.

Locker Room Thursdays 5 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free; 407-373-0888.

Mixx Thursdays with Rob Lo 10 pm; ONO Nightclub, 1 S. Orange Ave.; contact for price; 407-701-9875.

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

Open Mic with Chuck Culbertson 9 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Simon Time Trivia 7-9:30 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-636-3171.

Think Tank Trivia 8 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

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John Graham (Quivver) 9 pm; Sandwich Bar, 2432 E. Robinson St.; $10-$15; 407-421-1670.

FRIDAY, FEB. 26

CONCERTS/EVENTS 2 Chainz, Cap 1 10 pm; Venue 578, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $40-$60; 407-872-0066.

A-Trak 10 pm; Tier Nightclub, 20 E. Central Ave.; $15$20; 407-317-9129.

Abstrax: DJ Danngo 9:30 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Al Mauro, Plate, Take Cover, Nulevel, Bear in the Woods 7 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $10; 321-202-0011.

Beat Squad: Chrono & Matt W., Mr. Katnip & FoxForce005, MarsRadio 10 pm; Spacebar, 2428 E. Robinson St.; $5; 407-228-0804.

Brandon Black, Willow, Bob Rocke 8 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Dr. K & Friends Blue Jazz 8 pm; Chef Eddie’s, 595 W. Church St.; free; 407-595-8494.

Friday Fete With Damage Band 9 pm-2 am; Singh’s Roti Shop, 5244 Old Winter Garden Road; $10; 407-670-8824.

Jason Ricci 9 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; $15; 407-328-4848.

Jozif, Michael Rosa, Kenny Hope, Exander, Skylar, Renzo, Slowburnerz 10 pm; Twist Hair Studio, 3708 Edgewater Drive; $20; 407-293-3950.

Ladrón, Klout, False Punk, Gross, Reallyweirdperson, Bzzkll 7 pm; The Space Station, 2539 Coolidge Ave.; $3-$5 donation.

Lost in Trancelation: Will Atkinson, Suzy Solar, Robb Blak 9 pm; Bikkuri Lounge, 1919 E. Colonial Drive; $25; 407-970-1777.

Mango Beats 10 pm; Debbie’s Bar, 1422 State Road 436, Casselberry; free; 407-677-5963.

MeltTV 10 pm-2 am; Vinyl Arts Bar, 75 E. Colonial Drive; $10; 407-484-2638.

O.A.R., the Hunts 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side, Lake Buena Vista; $32.50; 407-934-2583.

Rick Maguire (of Pile), Alex Clements, the New Lows, Cosmic Roots Collective 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $5.

Robert DeLong, Colours 8 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $16-$17; 407-246-1419.

Rocke ‘n Gibson, Brandon Black 8:30 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

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Sean Danielson (Smile Empty Soul), J. Loren (Hurt), Southern Gentlemen, Jason & April (Kept Quiet), I Woke Up Early for My Funeral, Brian Kinsey, Vince (Stereo Type) 9 pm; The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $10-$12; 407-673-2712.

SWMRS, the Frights, Sleeping Songs, Chrmng 7 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $10; 407-999-2570.

Wet Nurse, the Areolas, Rag Rage, Vicious Dreams 9 pm; St. Matthew’s Tavern, 1300 N. Mills Ave.; free.

The Woolly Bushmen, the Dizzease 9 pm; Red Lion Pub, 3784 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park; free; 407-6779669.

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DJ Cliff T 10 pm; Aero, 60 N. Orange Ave.; free; 321-245-7730.

DJ Jay 9 pm; The Green Bar, 400 E. State Road 436, Casselberry; free; 407-332-6470.

Fame Fridays 10 pm; Ember Bar and Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; $10; 407-448-0216.

Footloose 80s Night Midnight; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; free; 407-999-2570.

Karaoke with Cindy 7:3010 pm; American Legion Memorial Post 19, 5320 Alloway St.; free; 407-293-9515.

Laced After Hours BYOB 10 pm; Nokturnal, 47 W. Amelia St.; $10-$30; 424-242-6798.

Curtis Earth Trivia 8 pm; Winter Park Beer Company, 1809 E. Winter Park Road; free.

MarsRadio’s Upstairs Suite: Deep & Chilled Out Sessions 10 pm-2 am; Kush Ultra Lounge and Hookah Bar, 23 S. Court Ave.; $10; 407-834-5874.

DJ BMF 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Nerdy Karaoke 8 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran

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The Patio Friday Night 9 pm; The Patio, 14 W. Washington St.; free; 407-354-1577.

Platinum Friday 4 pm; Pulse, 1912 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-3888.

Simon Time Trivia 7-9:30 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-636-3171.

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

OPERA/CLASSICAL UCF Wind Ensemble 7 pm; Featuring renowned clarinetist Julian Bliss. Winter Park High School, 2100 Summerfield Road, Winter Park; free; performingarts.cah.ucf.edu.

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Call to Start, Sweet Cambodia, Dear Tatiana 8 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $5; 407-999-2570.

210, Dredger, Sinkholes, Moat Cobra, the Glorious Rebellion 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $7; 407-270-9104.

The Company Saturday 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, . Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Andy Hughes, Avlish, Nology, Matt Play 10 pm; Peek Downtown, 50 E. Central Blvd. Suite B; $10.

DJ McChicken & Friends: Darkfiasco, Lotus Cloud, Miles Farewell, Moondragon, Paco Escobar 8 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636.

SATURDAY, FEB. 27

Blues B-Q: War 4-10 pm; City Commons Plaza, 400 S. Orange Ave.; free.

Body//Talk: Slumberjack, Grüvv 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Body//Talk: The Knick-Knacks, Phil Santos 10 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7.

Bullet for My Valentine, While She Sleeps 6:30 pm; House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side, Lake Buena Vista; $29.50; 407-934-2583.

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Fall Out Boy Universal Studios, 6000 Universal Blvd.; price of admission; 407-363-8000.

Feed Me 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $15$30; 407-504-7699.

Marbin 9 pm; Red Lion Pub, 3784 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park; $7; 407-677-9669.

Mike Quick Trio 9 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; free; 407-328-4848.

Nas 10 pm; Tier Nightclub, 20 E. Central Ave.; $20$40; 407-317-9129.

Pyar Ki Mehfil (Concert of Love) 5:30 pm; Orlando Repertory Theatre, 1001 E. Princeton St.; $15; 407-253-3949.

Golden Novak 9:30 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Grind (Alice In Chains Tribute) 8 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $10; 407-246-1419.

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T, Freestyle 7:30 pm; CFE Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; $33-$75; 407-823-6006.

Saturday With the Beat 10 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $10-$20; 407-648-8363.

Golden Novak 9 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Uli Jon Roth, Andy Temmons, Jennifer Batten 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $20$30; 407-228-1220.

Soiree Saturdays 9:30 pm; Bikkuri Lounge, 1919 E. Colonial Drive; $5; 407-501-1932.

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The Grand Collab: The Grey 8s, WordChemist, Handmade Amigo, Soul Vibes, Maya the Magi, B8TA, TKO, the VLA 7:30 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7.

DJ Cliff T 10 pm; Aero, 60 N. Orange Ave.; free; 321-245-7730.

UCF Clarinet Day 12:30-5:30 pm; Featuring activities designed for clarinet players, including performances, a master class and a mass clarinet choir reading session. University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; $25; 407-823-2869; performingarts.cah.ucf.edu.

DJ M-Squared 9 pm-2 am; The Groove, CityWalk at Universal Orlando; $7; 407-224-2166.

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.

Laced After Hours BYOB 10 pm; Nokturnal, 47 W. Amelia St.; $10-$30; 424-242-6798.

MarsRadio’s Upstairs Suite: Deep & Chilled Out Sessions 10 pm-2 am; Kush Ultra Lounge and Hookah Bar, 23 S. Court Ave.; $10; 407-834-5874.

Midnight Mass Dance Party Midnight; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; free; 407-999-2570.

The Original Vintage Saturdays 9 pm; Vintage Lounge, 114 S. Orange Ave.; free-$10; 877-386-7346.

Red2 7 pm; Tsar, 611 E. Church St.; free.

Youth Band of Orlando 6 pm; Featuring works by Rossini, Fillmore, Hanson and Hazo.

UCF Visual Arts Building, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; free; 407-823-2000; performingarts.cah.ucf.edu.

SUNDAY, FEB. 28

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

Bengal 8 pm; Warehouse at Brookhaven, 1300 Brookhaven Dr; $9.

Doro, Archer, Martyr’s Asylum, Armor of God 7 pm; The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $17-$45; 407-673-2712.

Jack & Jack, Daya 5:30 pm; House of Blues, Downtown Disney West Side, Lake Buena Vista; $17; 407-934-2583.

Molly Gene One Whoa-Man Band 8 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

CLUBS/LOUNGES Acoustic Open Mic with Chris Dupre 9 pm; Muldoon’s Saloon, 7439 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-657-9980.

An Tobar Trivia 6 pm; An Tobar, 600 N. Lake Destiny Drive, Maitland; $5; 407-267-4044.

Back to the Eighties 3-7 pm; Stardust Lounge, 431 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-839-0080.

The Beacham Top 20 7 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; 407-648-8363.

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

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

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

4453 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-412-6917.

Curtis Earth Trivia 6:30 pm; Bikes Beans & Bordeaux, 3022 Corrine Drive; free; 407-427-1440.

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

MONDAY, FEB. 29

CONCERTS/EVENTS A.J. Gaither 9 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Drop July, CPR, Hazardous Folk 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $3; 407-270-9104.

Everlost, Nature State, Raising Cadence, Call to Start 8 pm; Olde 64, 64 N. Orange Ave.; free; 321-245-7730.

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

William Singe 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; SOLD OUT; 407-246-1419.

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Noche Latina 9 pm; Pulse, 1912 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-3888.

Rock Band Jam Night 8:30 pm; The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-673-2712.

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

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

Con Leche 10 pm; St. Matthew’s Tavern, 1300 N. Mills Ave.; free.

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

Jazz Tuesdays 7:30 pm; The Smiling Bison, 745 Bennett Road; free; 407-898-8580.

Music Remembrance Jazz Trio 8 pm; Paradise Cove Restaurant and Bar, 4380 Carraway Place, Sanford; free.

New Found Glory, Protagonist 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; SOLD OUT; 407-246-1419.

Timothy Eerie, Sherlok 9 pm; Red Lion Pub, 3784 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park; $3; 407-677-9669.

CLUBS/LOUNGES Bears in the City Bear Beats Bearaoke 9 pm-1 am; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571.

Copper Rocket Open Mic 7 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 321-202-0011.

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

DJ Smilin’ Dan 10 pm; Independent Bar, 70 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-839-04357.

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Jazz Meets Motown 7 pm; Bohemian Hotel Celebration, 700 Bloom St., Celebration; free.

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

Jazz in the Courtyard with the DaVinci Jazz Experiment 7-9 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia Ave., DeLand; free; 386-873-2943.

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Drunken Trivia with Mike G. 8 pm; Graffiti Junktion College Park, 2401 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-377-1961.

Geek Trivia Tuesdays 7 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636.

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

Hambingo with Miss Sammy and Carol Lee 6:30 pm; Hamburger Mary’s, 110 W. Church St.; free; 321-319-0600.

Ivanhoe Trivia Knight 6 pm; The Hammered Lamb, 1235 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-704-3200.

Korndogg’s Karaoke 10 pm; Shine, 25 Wall Street Plaza; free; 407-849-9904.

Open Mic at the Falcon 7-11 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Open Mic Tuesday 8 pm; The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-673-2712.

Sanford Game Night 6-9 pm; La Sirena Gorda Cabana, 118 S. Palmetto Ave., Sanford; free; 407-504-9452.

Sound Culture with OAM 10 pm; Vixen Bar, 118 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-246-1529.

Talent Night Tuesday Open Mic 7 pm; Sleeping Moon Cafe, 495 N. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 321-972-8982.

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament 7 pm; Winter Park Beer Company, 1809 E. Winter Park Road; free.

Total Punk Turnbuckle Tuesdays 11 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Total Request Tuesdays with DJ Deron Martin 7 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free; 407-373-0888.

Trivia Nation 7 pm; East Coast Wings & Grill SoDo, 3183 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-930-9464.

Trivia Tuesday with Doug Ba’aser 5-9 pm; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571.

Tuesday Trivia Night 9 pm; Yellow Dog Eats, 1236 Hempel Ave., Windermere; free; 407-296-0609.

Turnt Tuesdays With Dizzlephunk 9 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 937-307-6654.

Twisted Tuesday 9 pm; Pulse, 1912 S. Orange Ave.; contact for price; 407-649-3888.

THEATER The Adventures of Pericles A modern-day translation

of Shakespeare’s romantic adventure. WednesdaysSaturdays, 7:30 pm, Sundays, 2 pm and Tuesdays-Fridays, 10:30 am; Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, 812 E. Rollins St.; $11-$23; orlandoshakes.org.

Fab Fringe Fundraiser Fundraiser dinner for Fringe featuring entertainment from Michael Wanzie, Doug Bowser, SAK Comedy Lab, VarieTease and more. Monday, 6:30 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $27-$50; 407-3515483; orlandofringe.org.

Girls Night: The Musical Described as “a mixture of Mamma Mia! and Sex in the City. Thursday-Friday, 8 pm, Saturday, 2 & 8 pm and Sunday, 2 & 7 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $49.75; drphillipscenter.org.

The Heidi Chronicles The play traces the coming of age of Heidi Holland, a successful art historian, as she tries to find her bearings in a rapidly changing world. Thursday -Saturday, 8 pm, Sunday, 3 pm and Monday, 8 pm; Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park, 419A W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-920-4034; breakthroughtheatre.com.

I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett This new musical revue features three fabulous tenors paying tribute to the man Sinatra called “the greatest singer in the world.”

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Thursday, 2 pm, Friday, 7:30 pm and Saturday, 2 & 7:30 pm; Winter Park Playhouse, 711-C Orange Ave., Winter Park; $40; 407-645-0145.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.”

Friday-Saturday, 7:30 pm, Sunday, 3 pm and Monday, 7:30 pm; Central Christian Church, 250 W. Ivanhoe Blvd.; $15-$18; cfcarts.com.

Joe’s NYC Bar: Ladies Night An interactive, improvisational, immersive theatre experience in which the audience is transported to a bar in Brooklyn, New York. Sundays, 3 pm; St. Matthew’s Tavern, 1300 N. Mills Ave.; $15-$20.

Kinky Boots Musical based on the true story of an English shoemaker and a drag queen who team up to save a family business. Wednesday-Friday, 8 pm, Saturday, 2 & 8 pm and Sunday, 1 & 6:30 pm; Walt Disney Theater, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $33.75-$128.75; 844-5132014; drphillipscenter.org.

Naked Boys Singing This hilarious revue features 16 original songs, seven gorgeous guys and no clothes.

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Painting Churches Artist Mags Church returns home to paint a portrait of her aging parents while she still has them around – but her canvas may not be big enough, nor her colors varied enough, to capture all the passion, poetry, outrage and zest of Fanny and Gardner Church.

Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 pm, Sundays, 3 pm and Saturday, 3 pm; Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St.; $38; 407-2978788; madcowtheatre.com.

Reeling Based on the life of Buster Keaton, Reeling tells the light-hearted story of Little Fellow’s trials and triumphs as he navigates the big city and love without using a single word. Thursday-Saturday, 8 pm and Sunday, 2 pm; UCF Black Box Theatre, Theatre Building, Main Campus; $20; 407-823-1500; theatre.ucf.edu.

Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender Finding celebration and solace in the words and enchanting power of Shakespeare, Lisa Wolpe explores the courageous, often tragic, but always fascinating history of her troubled family. Sunday, 7:30 pm; Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, 812 E. Rollins St.; $25; orlandoshakes.org.

COMEDY Bernie Sanders Benefit Show Hosted by Heather Shaw and Tom Feeney. Proceeds benefit

the Bernie Sanders campaign.

Wednesday, 7:30 pm; Spacebar, 2428 E. Robinson St.; $5 donation; 407-228-0804.

Best of the Jest Comedy Showcase Hosted by Devin Siebold. Tuesdays, 9 pm; Olde 64, 64 N. Orange Ave.; free; 321-245-7730.

Brad Williams Thursday, 8 pm, Friday, 8 & 10:30 pm, Saturday, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and Sunday, 7:30 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $20; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

Comedy at the Caboose Hosted by Apollo Replay.

Thursdays, 8 pm; The Caboose, 1827 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-898-7733.

Copper Rocket Comedy Jam Comedy open mic and showcase hosted by Heather Shaw. Sundays, 8:30 pm; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave., Maitland; free; 407-6363171; copperrocketpub.com.

Creed Bratton (from The Office), Larry Fulford Musical comedy. Thursday, 8 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $20-$40; 407-9992570; backbooth.com.

Drunken Monkey Open Showcase Comedy open mic.

Fridays, 8 pm; Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar, 444 N. Bumby Ave.; free; 407-893-4994; drunkenmonkeycoffee.com.

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Wednesday, 8 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $8; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

Early Show SAK favorites perform a more experimental show featuring improvised musicals and more extended formats based on audience suggestions. Saturdays, 11:30 pm; SAK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $7-$10; 407-648-0001; sakcomedylab.com.

Gorilla Theatre This show features four professional improvisers directing each other in improvised scenes, games and songs to fit their chosen theme for the evening. Fridays, 9:30 pm; SAK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $12-$15; 407-648-0001; sakcomedylab.com.

Open Mic Comedy With Craig Norbert Comedy open mic for aspiring comedians. Sundays; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364; austinscoffee.com.

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Orlando Artists Quarterly Social Meet up with fellow artists and enjoy refreshments and a brief open presentation and discussion session. Sunday 11:30 am-1:30 pm; The Barefoot Spa, 801 Virginia Drive; free; (407) 5391491 (FAX); (407); theartofrebeccawilliams.com.

Rebels of the Modern Lecture The lecture series about the development of modern art covers the post-war period to the postmodern, 1945-1980. Thursday 7-8:30 pm; Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $5; 386-734-4371; moartdeland.org.

Wekiva Paint Out A week of artists painting en plein aire on Wekiva Island. -March 5, 8 am; Wekiva Island, 1014 Miami Springs Road, Longwood; free; wekivapaintout.com.

High Tide A monthly indie comedy variety show made up of sketch, improvisational comedy and digital shorts. fourth Wednesday of every month, 9-10:30 pm; Spacebar, 2428 E. Robinson St.; $3; 407-228-0804; facebook.com/hightidespacebar.

Doug Rhodehamel Builds the Star Wars Universe A fundraiser to help Rhodehamel build 1/10-scale replicas of Star Wars vehicles.

A complete X-Wing and half-built TIE fighter are available for hands-on demonstrations. Friday 8 pm-midnight; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; free; 407-623-3393.

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Jack’s Open Mic Comedy Night Open mic comedy night hosted by Myke Herlihy. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9 pm; Jack’s Pub & Grub, 5494 Central Florida Parkway; free; 407-787-3886.

Evoca1 Paints Live The Dominican-born artist paints an original work on the wall outside the Falcon. -25, 10 am; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Albert Paley: Forged Works Through April 10; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-246-4278; mennellomuseum.com.

King of the Hill In this knockdown, drag-out comedy battle, seven professional ensemble members compete in a series of improv scenes and games to win your laughter, your applause and the coveted spot atop the hill. Saturdays, 9:30 pm; SAK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $12-$15; 407-648-0001; sakcomedylab.com.

In Exile: Paris and New York Photographs by Fred Stein, an early champion of street and documentary photography. Opens Wednesday, 6-8 pm, through May 15; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach; free; 386-506-4475; smponline.org.

All That Glitters Through March 12; Arts on Douglas, 123 Douglas St., New Smyrna Beach; free; 386-428-1133; artsondouglas.net.

Mama’s Comedy Show A 90-minute improv comedy show.

Fridays, Saturdays, 10 pm; Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theater, 8267 International Drive; $10; 407-363-1985; sleuths.com.

Letterpress Happy Hour Celebrate Leap Day by making your own calendar on a letterpress with Flying Horse Editions. Monday 6:30-8:30 pm; UCF Center for Emerging Media, 500 W. Livingston St.; $10 donation; 407-823-2121; flyinghorse.cah.ucf.edu.

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Art Legends of Orange County: Grady Kimsey – Progressions, Works by Former Students Through April 2; Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-539-2680; crealde.org.

Art Legends of Orange County: Grady Kimsey – The Right of Passage Through April 2; Crealde School of Art, 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-671-1886; crealde.org.

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Art on the Green Through March 1; Central Park, Winter Park, North Park Avenue and West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park; free; cityofwinterpark.org.

Art Under Heat and Pressure Through; Artisans on Fifth, 134 E. Fifth Ave., Mount Dora; free; 352-383-0880; artisansonfifth.com.

The Bride Elect – Gifts From the 1905 Wedding of Elizabeth Owens Morse TuesdaysSaturdays, 9:30 am-4 pm and Sundays, 1-4 pm; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $6; 407-6455311; morsemuseum.org.

California Impressionism Through April 10; Museum of Art DeLand – Downtown, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $10; 386-7344371; moartdeland.org.

Doris Leeper: Hard Edges Through April 3; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-6462526; cfam.rollins.edu.

Marianna Hamilton Ross Through March 16; Seminole State College Fine Arts Gallery, 100 Weldon Blvd., Sanford; free; (407) 7082039; seminolestate.edu.

Esherick to Nakashima Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 am-5 pm; Modernism Museum Mount Dora, 145 E. Fourth Ave., Mount Dora; $8; 352-385-0034; modernismmuseum.org.

The Mirror Stage MondaysFridays, 8:30 am-4:30 pm; Valencia College East Campus, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail; free; 407-582-2298.

Hadouken Ongoing; BART, 1205 N. Mills Ave.; free; 407-796-2522.

Harold Garde: Last of the Game Changers Through March 27; Henao Contemporary Center, 5601 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-272-0317; henaocenter.com.

Heart & Soul Through March 22; Grand Bohemian Gallery, Grand Bohemian Hotel, 325 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-581-4801.

Central Florida Watercolor Society Annual Juried Show Through April 1; Winter Garden Art Association, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden; free; 407-347-7996; wgart.org.

Jim Couper: There Are No Other Everglades in the World Through April 3; Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $10; 386-7344371; moartdeland.org.

The Civil Rights Movement Revisited Through April 17; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach; free; 386-506-4475; smponline.org.

The Journey Projects: Eatonville Ongoing; Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts, 227 E. Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville; free; 407-647-3307; zorafestival.org.

Different Kinds of Ghosts Through March 13, 7:30 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org.

Le Salon 2016 ThursdaysSaturdays, 11 am-4 pm; Snap Space, 1013 E. Colonial Drive; free; 407-555-1212; snaporlando.com.

Oversaturated Through March 13; Redefine Gallery, 29 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-648-7060.

Quaking Aspen Through April 17; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach; free; 386-506-4475; smponline.org.

Sculptures by David Hayes Through Oct. 30; Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $5; 386-7344371; moartdeland.org.

Sight Unseen: Touchable Sculpture Through April 17; Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park; $5; 407-647-6294; polasek.org.

Star Wars Mash-Up Art ShowThrough Sunday; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

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Daytona State College, Daytona Beach; free; 386506-4475; smponline.org.

Transcommunality: Laura Anderson Barbata, Collaboration Beyond Borders Through April 3; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu.

Will Barnet: Graphic Retrospective Through April 3; Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $10; 386-7344371; moartdeland.org.

Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment Through April 24; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $8; 407-896-4231; omart.org.

Worlds Collide ThursdaysSaturdays, 12-6 pm; A Place Gallery, 649 N. Mills Ave.; free; isitoveryet.org.

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Big Band Gala An evening of nostalgic and contemporary live big band music, dancing, dining, cocktails and an exciting silent auction. Retro cocktail attire encouraged. Thursday, 7-11 pm; Dubsdread Country Club, 549 W. Par St.; $75; 407-674-2684; cpnarts.org.

The Art of the Cocktail: Workshop & Competition Learn the secrets from the masters during an intimate, threepart cocktail class with three of Orlando best mixologists: Justin Levaughn (The Ravenous Pig), Blake Jones (The Courtesy) and Paul Johnsen (Slate and USBG NationalSouthern Regional Vice President). Wednesday, 6:30 pm; Aggressive Appliances, 617 Mercy Drive; $35; 407-719-5190; orlandodatenightguide.com.

CARE Animal Sanctuary Open House Visit the exotic animal sanctuary and see more than 200 animals, including big cats, monkeys, crocodiles and even a bear. The sanctuary is not normally open to the public.

Saturday, 10 am-3 pm and Sunday, 11 am-3 pm; The CARE Foundation, 4609 W. Ponkan Road, Apopka; $10; 407-2478948; thecarefoundation.org.

Bands, Brew & BBQ SeaWorld highlights barbecue, craft beer and live music from different providers every weekend through March 6. Saturdays, Sundays.; SeaWorld, 7007 SeaWorld Drive; price of admission; 407-363-2613; seaworldparks.com.

Bears Night Out Join the bears for a monthly gathering at the Bear Den at Parliament House. Happy hour drink prices until midnight, games, prizes and new furry friends are in store every month. Friday, 10 pm-2 am; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571; parliamenthouse.com.

Central Florida Fair ThursdayFriday, 4 pm, Saturday, 10 am, Sunday, 11 am; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; 407-295-3247.

Cocktails for a Cause Mix and mingle with Orlando professionals while enjoying cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and raise money for the Victim Service Center. Tuesday, 5:30 pm; Citrus Club, 255 S. Orange Ave.; $10 donation; victimservicecenter.org.

Crooked Can Brewery Tour Take a tour of the Crooked Can Brewery and get a souvenir glass filled with beer. Sundays, 12, 1, 2 & 3 pm; Crooked Can Brewery, 426 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $10; 407-3959520; crookedcan.com.

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21st Amendment Brewery Tasting Enjoy a free flight of beers from San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewery.

Thursday, 6:30-9 pm; Bikes Beans & Bordeaux, 3022 Corrine Drive; free; 407-427-1440; bikesbeansandbordeaux.com.

Acme Comic-Con 2016 Acme hosts comic creators like Alex Saviuk, Christian Slade and more for this one-day mini-convention. Saturday, noon-6 pm; Acme Comics Cards & Collectibles, 905 E. State Road 434, Longwood; free; 407-331-0433.

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Downtown Food & Wine Fest Sample dishes from more than 30 of Orlando’s best restaurants along with domestic and imported wine. Saturday-Sunday, noon; Lake Eola Park, North Rosalind Avenue and East Washington Street; $15-$20; downtownfoodandwinefest.cbslocal.com.

Drunken Problem Solving Bring a team to compete in a game of coming up with possible problems that the future may hold and then making creative solutions for them. Wednesday, 8 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org.

An Evening With Fabulous Friends Gala A gala to raise funds for exhibitions, programs and more at the Mennello Museum of American Art. Saturday 6 pm; Four Seasons Resort, 10100 Dream Tree Blvd., Lake Buena Vista; contact for price; 407-246-4113; mennellomuseum.com.

Food Truck Fridays Live music, entertainment and a plethora of culinary options. Bring a receipt for $20 from any store in Artegon to guest services and receive $5 in Food Truck Bucks. fourth Friday of every month, 5-9 pm; Artegon Marketplace, 5250 International Drive; free; 407-351-7718; artegonmarketplace.com.

Market at Mills 50 A weekly community market. Tuesdays, 5-10 pm; Thornton Parking Lot, 728 N. Thornton Ave.; free.

Orlando Chowder Festival A variety of vendors compete for the Chowder Cup. Taste their creamy concoctions and vote for your favorite while washing each down with craft beer and wine.

Sunday, 1:30-4:30 pm; Mercedes-Benz of Orlando, 810 N. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $40; 407-645-4222; winterparkevents.com.

Orlando City Tailgate Party Celebrate the opening of the MLS season with food, drinks, player appearances and a ticket to the

opening match. Tuesday, 5-7 pm; Cheyenne Saloon and Opera House, 128 W. Church St.; $50; 407-839-3000; cfhla.org.

Orlando Girl Geek Dinners Join for convo, food and drinks. All women welcome. Friday, 7 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; 407-623-3393; orlandogirlgeeks.com.

Parisian Style Flea Market Part yard sale, live art show, musical jam, food and beer event. Saturday, 8 pm; Little Fish Huge Pond, 401 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-221-1499.

Port Canaveral Seafood & Music Fest Enjoy food from local seafood experts, drinks and nightly concerts. Friday-Sunday, noon; Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral, 670 Dave Nisbet Drive, Cape Canaveral; $10-$57; portcanaveralseafoodandmusicfestival.com.

Share the Love Gala This benefit for the public Montessori of Winter Garden Charter School features a VIP reception with a violinist and cellist, an art museum tour, silent auction, wine grab, buffet, cash bar and special guest Jared Violin. Saturday, 7-10 pm; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $45; 407-654-2045; montessoriwgc.com.

Tasty Tuesdays Food trucks take over the parking lot behind the Milk District every Tuesday evening. Tuesdays, 6:30-10 pm; The Milk District, East Robinson Street and North Bumby Avenue; various menu prices; facebook.com/tastytuesdaysorlando.

Thirsty Dog Yappy Hour Thirsty Dog brewery takes over the taps while patrons being their pooches for a doggie patio party. Proceeds benefit nonprofit Brightside Events. Saturday, noon; World of Beer - Downtown Orlando, 431 E. Central Blvd.; various menu prices.

Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras Universal extends Mardi Gras for over a month with special concerts, parades, food and more.

Through April 16; Universal Studios, 6000 Universal Blvd.; price of admission; 407-363-8000; universalorlando.com.

Unleashed. Uncorked. Unframed. A fundraiser to benefit Franklin’s Friends, a nonprofit whose mission is to promote animal welfare in Central Florida. It features exemplary wines, gourmet cuisine, a spectacular auction and an art sale.

Saturday, 7 pm; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $125-$175; 407-514-2000; unleashedfundraiser.info.

World of Beer Altamonte’s Birthday The Altamonte outpost of World of Beer turns four years old and celebrates with special drafts, trivia, raffles and giveaways. Monday, noon; World of Beer - Altamonte, 155 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; various menu prices; 407-834-2337; worldofbeer.com.

LEARNING Knitting Basics Join instructor Sue Burley. Adults and teens welcome. Please bring your own yarn and needles. Mondays, 3:30-5 pm; Maitland Public Library, 501 S. Maitland Ave., Maitland; free; 407-647-7700; maitlandpubliclibrary.org/knitting-basics/.

Orlando Bike Nite Learn about biking and pedestrian topics and news from speakers in this collaboration between the Orlando Bike Coalition and Nerd Nite Orlando. Friday, 6 pm; Downtown Credo Coffee, 706 W. Smith Street; $7-$10; 407-250-4888.

Orlando Remembered A showcase of items highlighting people, places, and events of Orlando’s history. Ongoing; Orange County

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Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd.; $12; 407-8368500; thehistorycenter.org.

CIVICS Fleet Farming Swarm Ride Visit farmlettes and learn about urban farming on this three- to four-mile guided bike ride. Sunday, 2-5 pm; East End Market, 3201 Corrine Drive; free; 321-2363316; fleetfarming.com.

LITERARY JamOrlando Talent Agency is seeking local talent: DANCERS • SINGERS MODELS • BANDS • DJs For information, please call

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Coffee Talk: Ross Gay & Sy Montgomery The Winter With the Writers guests discuss their work. Thursday, 10-11:30 am; Writer’s Block Bookstore, 124 E. Welbourne Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-385-7084; writersblockbookstore.com.

Winter With the Writers: Ross Gay & Sy Montgomery – Reading The National Book Award finalists read from their work, are interviewed and sign books. Thursday, 7:30 pm; Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2000; rollins.edu.

Pure Magic: Pregame Poetry Slam Get to the game early for a pregame poetry slam on the floor of the Amway Center, then stick around to watch the Magic take on the 76ers. Sunday, 3:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $20-$65; 800-7453000; orlandomagic.com.

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Why Books Are a Crazy Business A guest lecture by Harold Augenbraum about the publishing industry.

Wednesday, 7:30 pm; Jack Kerouac House, 1418 Clouser Ave.; free; kerouacproject.org.

Winter With the Writers: Ross Gay – Master Class The National Book Award for Poetry finalist teaches a master class. Thursday, 2 pm; Rollins College, Crummer Hall, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2139; rollins.edu.

Litlando A celebration of the creative writing community of Orlando as well as a demonstration of its ability to offer surprising, memorable instruction in the literary arts. Saturday, 11 am; The Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave.; $25; thedrunkenodyssey.com.

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Shut Up and Write Work on writing for an hour alongside other writers, then share what you came up with. Monday, 7:30 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org.

The Bohemian Woods Orlando writers read prose and poetry inspired by current events. Hosted by Tod Caviness. Tuesday, 8-10 pm; The Imperial at Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-228-4992.

Diverse Word Spoken word open mic. Tuesdays, 8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-362-1864; dandelioncommunitea.com.

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reader. Thursday, 8 pm; The Milk Bar, 2424 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-4954.

Winter With the Writers: Sy Montgomery – Master Class The National Book Award finalist for nonfiction teaches a master class. Thursday, 2 pm; Rollins College, Crummer Hall, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2139; rollins.edu.

Writers of Central Florida A reading and discussion group for local writers to share their work. Wednesday, 7 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; free; 407-623-3393.

FAMILY Big Bugs An outdoor exhibit of gargantuan insect sculptures made from natural materials displayed throughout the gardens. Through April 15, 9 am-5 pm; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave.; $10; 407246-2620; leugardens.org.

Pine Castle Pioneer Days For two days, the festival offers a wholesome, old fashioned lifestyle experience full of family activities and entertainment. Saturday, 9 am, Sunday, 8 am; Cypress Grove Park, 290 Holden Ave.; $5; pinecastlepioneerdays.org.

SPORTS Critical Mass Hop on your bike for an 15-mile community ride through downtown Orlando. Friday, 5:30 pm; Loch Haven Park, 777 E. Princeton St.; free; 407-246-2283.

EuroJam 2016 A Europeanonly car show that hosts more than 700 cars. Saturday, 8 am; Orlando Speed World, 19164 E. Colonial Drive; $5-$15.

Harlem Globetrotters Basketball stunts. Saturday, 12:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $25.50$138.50; 800-745-3000.

Orlando Magic vs. Golden State Warriors Basketball.

Thursday, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $38-$1,977.50; 800-745-3000.

Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers Basketball. Sunday, 6 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $15$1,207.50; 800-745-3000.

Orlando Solar Bears vs.

Kalamazoo Wings Ice hockey.

Friday, 7 pm, Saturday, 8 pm and Monday, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $12.25-$44.75; 800-745-3000.

Yoga at CityArts An hour of vinyasa flow surrounded by fine art. Saturday, noon; CityArts Factory, 29 S. Orange Ave.; $10; 407-648-7060.

Yoga in Lake Eola Park This weekly yoga group, which is taught by a rotating band of yogis, meets either at the northeast corner of the park near Panera Bread, or at the northwest corner by the amphitheater. Everyone is welcome. Sundays, 11 am; Lake Eola Park, 195 N. Rosalind Ave.; $5 suggested donation. ■

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Just one species has a big enough throat to swallow a person whole: the sperm whale. If you happen to be sailing the high seas any time soon, I hope you will studiously avoid getting thrown overboard in the vicinity of one of these beasts. The odds are higher than usual that you’d end up in its belly, much like the Biblical character Jonah. Although, like him, I bet you’d ultimately escape. Furthermore, I hope you will be cautious not to get swallowed up by anything else. It’s true that the coming weeks will be a good time to go on a retreat, to flee from the grind and take a break from the usual frenzy. But the best way to do that is to consciously choose the right circumstances rather than leave it to chance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You have cosmic clearance to fantasize about participating in orgies where you’re loose and free and exuberant. It’s probably not a good idea to attend a literal orgy, however. For the foreseeable future, all the cleansing revelry and cathartic rapture you need can be obtained through the wild stories and outrageous scenes that unfold in your imagination.

Giving yourself the gift of pretend immersions in fertile chaos could recharge your spiritual batteries in just the right ways.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) “Hell is the suffering of being unable to love,” wrote novelist J.D. Salinger. If that’s true, I’m pleased to announce that you can now ensure you’ll be free of hell for a very long time. The cosmic omens suggest that you have enormous power to expand your capacity for love. So get busy! Make it your intention to dissolve any unconscious blocks you might have about sharing your gifts and bestowing your blessings. Get rid of attitudes and behaviors that limit your generosity and compassion. Now is an excellent time to launch your “Perpetual Freedom From Hell” campaign!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking,” said journalist Earl Wilson. Do you fit that description? Probably. I suspect it’s high time to find a polite way to flee your responsibilities, avoid your duties and hide from your burdens. For the foreseeable future, you have a mandate to ignore what fills you with boredom. You have the right to avoid any involvement that makes life too damn complicated.

And you have a holy obligation to rethink your relationship with any influence that weighs you down with menial obligations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory,” writes William Faulkner in his novel Absalom, Absalom! If that’s true, you now have a chance to be a miracle worker. In the coming weeks, you can summon the uncanny power to rip at least two of your illusions out by the roots – without causing any permanent damage! You may temporarily feel a stinging sensation, but that will be a sign that healing is underway.

Congratulations in advance for getting rid of the dead weight.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by,” says Virgo writer A.S. Byatt.

That’s a key meditation for you as you enter a phase in which boundaries will be a major theme. During the next eight weeks, you will be continuously challenged to decide which people and things and ideas you want to be part of your world, and which you don’t.

In some cases you’ll be wise to put up barriers and limit connection.

In other cases, you’ll thrive by erasing borders and transcending divisions. The hard part – and the fun part – will be knowing which is which. Trust your gut.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) When life gives you lemon juice from concentrate, citric acid, high-fructose corn syrup, modified cornstarch, potassium citrate, yellow food dye and gum acacia, what should you do? Make lemonade, of course! You might wish that all the raw ingredients life sends your way would be pure and authentic, but sometimes the mix includes artificial stuff. No worries! I am confident that you have the imaginative chutzpah and resilient willpower necessary to turn the mishmash into passable nourishment. Or here’s another alternative: You could procrastinate for two weeks, when more of the available resources will be natural.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your Mythic Metaphor for the coming weeks is dew. Many cultures have regarded it as a symbol of life-giving grace. In Kabbalah, divine dew seeps from the Tree of Life. In Chinese folklore, the lunar dew purifies vision and nurtures longevity. In the lore of ancient Greece, dew confers fertility. The Iroquois speak of the Great Dew Eagle, who drops healing moisture on land ravaged by evil spirits. The creator god of the Ashanti people created dew soon after making the sun, moon and stars.

Lao-Tse said it’s an emblem of the harmonious marriage between Earth and Heaven. So what will you do with the magic dew you’ll be blessed with?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) It’s prime time for you to love your memory, make vivid use of your memory and enhance your memory. Here are some hints about how: 1) Feel appreciation for the way the old stories of your life form the core of your identity and self-image. 2) Draw on your recollections of the past to guide you in making decisions about the imminent future. 3) Notice everything you see with an intensified focus, because then you will remember it better and that will come in handy quite soon. 4) Make up new memories that you wish had happened. Have fun creating scenes from an imagined past.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Most of us know about Albert Einstein’s greatest idea: the general theory of relativity. It was one of the reasons he won a Nobel Prize in Physics. But what was his second-best discovery? Here’s what he said it was: adding an egg to the pot while he cooked his soup. That way, he could produce a soft-boiled egg without having to dirty a second pot.

What are the first- and second-most fabulous ideas you’ve ever come up with? I suspect you are on the verge of producing new candidates to compete with them. If it’s OK with you, I will, at least temporarily, refer to you as a genius.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You may be familiar with the iconic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. It’s about a boy named Max who takes a dreamlike journey from his bedroom to an exotic island, where he becomes king of the weird beasts who live there. Author Maurice Sendak’s original title for the tale was “Where the Wild Horses Are.” But when his editor realized how inept Sendak was at drawing horses, she instructed him to come up with a title to match the kinds of creatures he could draw skillfully.

That was a good idea. The book has sold over 19 million copies. I think you may need to deal with a comparable issue. It’s wise to acknowledge one of your limitations, and then capitalize on the adjustments you’ve got to make.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor. “Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Your challenge in the coming weeks is to prove Palahniuk wrong, at least in regard to you.

From what I can tell, you will have unprecedented opportunities to solve dilemmas and clean up messy situations. And if you take even partial advantage of this gift, you will not be plunged into the big scary unknown, but rather into a new phase of shaping your identity with crispness and clarity.

Are you looking to add a furry friend to your family? Johnny Cat (Animal ID A341267) is a 5-year-old kitty looking for a forever home. This handsome boy is very friendly with people and other animals. He loves being petted and he purrs up a storm. Johnny Cat has a mellow personality, and he would make a great cuddle buddy. This month Orange County Animal Services has waived all pet-adoption fees and is only asking adopters to make a monetary donation to the shelter in an amount of their choice. This promotion is called “Furever Love Is Priceless” because it’s hard to

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Interested in adopting a pet? Visit Orange County Animal Services at 2769 Conroy Road, or visit the shelter online at ocnetpets.com.

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B Y D A N S AVA G E Gay, 30-something male in Washington, D.C. My boyfriend of three years has been acting strange – not taking his anti-depression meds, says he’s feeling weird. He has withdrawn, sleeps 15 hours a day and has been canceling on commitments to socialize with friends. That I am fine with – he’s blue, and I get it. Here’s why I’m writing: He was doing an online crossword, and when he got up, I was going to write a message in it – to be funny and sweet.

What I saw messed me up. There was a browser window open about meth and depression. He is 48 and successful, and isn’t a clubber or party-going type. METH? What the hell? I snooped further, and there was a detailed search history on meth, meth and depression, meth and sex. He doesn’t seem to have been high around me – and I would never use meth, it’s not my thing and I have a security clearance (no drugs for me, ever) – but I don’t want to date an addict. I don’t want to be with someone who would take such a dumb risk. And for what?

Dude! You’re 48, you have a career, a business and a guy who cares for you! WTF?!? I know what you’ll say: Use your words – and, trust me, I will. But am I totally crazy? I feel shitty for having snooped, but it started innocently enough with me wanting to write a goofy note on his crossword puzzle.

Snoop Now All Fucked Up

Meth addicts aren’t known for sleeping 15 hours a day, SNAFU. Meth addicts aren’t known for sleeping at all. So perhaps your boyfriend abused meth before you met and conquered his addiction and/or stopped abusing meth years ago. And now he’s depressed and off his meds, and he went online to investigate whether his past meth abuse could be contributing to his current depression.

As for the snooping angle …

When we snoop, we sometimes find out things we don’t want to know, don’t need to know and don’t need to do anything about. For example, the new boyfriend has a few sexts from his ex tucked away on his computer, your dad is cheating on his third wife, your adult daughter is selling her used panties online. But sometimes we find out things we needed to know and have to do something about. For example, your 14-year-old daughter is planning to meet up with a 35-year-old man she met on Instagram, your “straight” boyfriend is having unsafe sex with dozens of men behind your back, your spouse is planning to vote for Ted Cruz – in those cases, you have to intervene, break up and file for civil commitment, respectively.

Learning your depressed-and-off-his-meds boyfriend may have – or may have had – a meth problem falls into the needed to know/have to do something about category. So, yeah, SNAFU, you gotta use your words. Go to your boyfriend, tell him what you discovered and how you discovered it, and demand an explanation while offering to help.

Urge him to see his doctor and go into the convo armed with a list of the resources available to him.

“We’re lucky to have a lot of great resources in D.C.,” says David Mariner, executive director of the D.C. Center for the LGBT Community (thedccenter.org). “The Triangle Club (triangleclub. org) is an LGBT recovery house, and they host all sorts of 12-step meetings. Crystal Meth Anonymous is really active here. And we’re just kicking off a harm-reduction group here at the D.C. Center.”

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I asked Mariner if your boyfriend sounded to him like someone currently abusing meth.

“I’m not an expert,” Mariner replied, “but he doesn’t sound like it to me. He may be having a hard time talking to his boyfriend about this because for folks who have a history of meth use, sex can be tricky. Meth use and sexual activity are often so intertwined that it can make it hard to talk to a partner.”

Finally, SNAFU, don’t make it harder for your partner to be honest with you by threatening to break up with him. You don’t have to remain in a relationship with an addict, if indeed he is an addict, forever. But start by showing him compassion and offering support. You can make up your mind about your future – whether you have one together – during a subsequent conversation.

I’m a 36-year-old hetero male, into BDSM and polyamory. I’ve been drinking deep from the bowels of the Internet lately, getting laid more than I ever thought was possible. I’m open about the fact that I fuck around a lot and that monogamy would never work for me. I use condoms with everyone except my primary partner, and I abide by your campsite rule. I don’t want to be anyone’s wonderful husband; I want to be the Casanova who climbs in through the window. Last week, the Internet was good at delivering. Usually I can talk to 10 women who all seem interested, but in the end, only one or two want to actually meet. But last week, I had sex five times in five days with five different women.

And that just made me feel awesome, turned on and wonderful. Is there a term for someone who gets turned on by finding new people to have sex with? Have I discovered a new kink? Is there a name for people like me? If there is, I couldn’t find it. Google failed me. Can a person have a kink for finding new sex partners? What would it be called?

Or am I just a slutty man-whore?

Dude Drinking Deep

I don’t think “drinking deep from the bowels of [blank]” is a good way to describe something you enjoy. Watching a GOP debate? Perhaps best described as drinking deep from the bowels of the terrifying American id. Enjoying consensual sex with people you’re into? Better described as “drinking deep from Aphrodite’s honeyed mouth” or “licking Adonis’ jizz off Antinous’ tits” or simply “killing it” – anything would be an improvement.

As for what your kink is called …

“What DDD describes is consistent with a motivational style once called Don Juan syndrome,” says Dr. David Ley, author and clinical psychologist.

“It has also been called Casanova or James Bond syndrome. Essentially, these are folks most excited by the quest/hunt for novelty in sex partners. This was once viewed as deeply dysfunctional from a heteronormative, monogamy-idealizing therapeutic culture. What I appreciate about DDD is that, even though he uses sex-addiction language, it’s clear he has accepted himself and his desire. I’d say he has adapted fairly well, and responsibly, to that tendency in himself.”

On the Lovecast, Dan and writer Ephi Stempler discuss companionate marriage: savagelovecast.com.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 2014-CP-2754-O IN RE: ESTATE OF ARVEITA LOWE BETHEA, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ARVEITA LOWE BETHEA, Deceased, whose date of death was June 19, 2014, is pending in the Circuit Court for ORANGE County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served and must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is February 17, 2016. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Cheryl B. Powell, 1015 St. Nicholas Drive, Orlando, Florida 32709. ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Meghan McShane-Davis, Florida Bar No. 28128, McShane & McShane Law Firm, P.A., 836 N. Highland Ave., Orlando, FL 32803 Telephone:(407) 648-1500.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF ARMANDE CONTE File No: 2014-CP000751-O, Deceased NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION (intestate) The administration of the estate of ARMANDE CONTE, deceased, is pending in the Circuit Court for ORANGE County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 350, Orlando, FL 32801.

The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. Any interested person on whom a copy of the notice of administration is served must file on or before the date that is 3 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on that person any objection that challenges the qualifications of the personal representative, the venue, or the jurisdiction of the court, or those objections are forever barred. Any persons entitled to exempt property under Section 732.402, Florida Statutes, will be deemed to have waived their rights to claim that property as exempt property unless a petition for determination of exempt property is filed by such persons or on their behalf on or before the later of the date that is 4 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on such persons or the date that is 40 days after the date of termination of any proceeding involving any other matter affecting any part of the exempt property. An election to take an elective share must be filed on or before the earlier of the date that is 6 months after the date of service of a copy of the notice of administration on the surviving spouse, or an attorney in fact or a guardian of the property of the surviving spouse, or the date that is 2 years after the date of the decedent’s death. Personal Representative, GENEVIEVE MAZZONE, aka GENEVIEVE MAZZONE DROITCOURT, 14 Allee Paul Verlaine, 69330 Jonage, France. ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, Boyer Law Firm, P.L., Francis M. Boyer, Esq., Attorney for Loleta Francis, Florida Bar No. 55458, 9471 Baymeadows Road, Suite 404, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, Office: (904) 236-5317, Fax: (904) 371-3935.

Sincerely, BOYER LAW FIRM, P.L. By: /s/ Dalia R. Assi, Paralegal to Francis M. Boyer, Esq.

LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE

BY THE DEPARTMENT. CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. FEBRUARY 2016 1. TV RALEIGH ST/E. LANDRY 2. CELLLPHONE/SPEAKER 2000 BLK LAKE BALDWIN 3. ELECTRIC SCOOTER WILLOW BEND/ COAST LN 4. CELLPHONE S. PARRAMORE AV 5. I-POD SPEAKER E. JEFFERSON ST 6. BIKE 2300 BLK FORMOSA AV 7. BIKE 200 BLK GARDEN AV 8. CELLPHONE N. ORANGE AV 9. RINGS 2400 BLK HIAWASSEE RD 10. CELLPHONE 4600 BLK MONTAUK ST 11. MONEY 400 BLK S. PARRAMORE 12. MONEY 2400 BLK S. HIAWASSEE 13. MONEY 700 BLK W. PRINCETON FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAYS – THRU- THURSDAYS, 8:00 AM TILL 4:30 PM NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 2014-CP-2755-O IN RE: ESTATE OF HUGH T. BETHEA, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of HUGH T. BETHEA, Deceased, whose date of death was July 17, 2014, is pending in the Circuit Court for ORANGE County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served and must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is February 17, 2016. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Cheryl B. Powell, 1015 St. Nicholas Drive, Orlando, Florida 32709. ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Meghan McShaneDavis, Florida Bar No. 28128, McShane & McShane Law Firm, P.A., 836 N. Highland Ave., Orlando, FL 32803 Telephone:(407) 648-1500.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA IMPLUS FOOTCARE, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

FANTABULOUS WORLD PRODUCTS, d/b/a SHOP EZ 365, Defendant.

Civil Action No. 5:15-cv-550 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION To: FANTABULOUS WORLD, d/b/a SHOP EZ 365, Defendant Re: Action For Patent Infringement And Unfair Or Deceptive Acts Or Practices Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the aboveentitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Plaintiff is seeking to permanently enjoin further sale of the Infringing Product, and to recover compensatory damages, treble damages and attorneys’ fees for your prior infringement pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, 281, 283-285, and N.C.G.S. §75-1.1 et seq. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than the 20th day of March, 2016, which is 40 days from the first publication of this notice, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE FOLLOWING TENANTS WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH TO SATISFY RENTAL LIENS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES,SELF STORAGE FACILITY ACT, SECTIONS 83-806 AND 83-807:CONTENTES MAY INCLUDE KITCHEN, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, BEDDING, TOYS , GAMES, PACKED CARTON, FURNITURE, TOOLS, TRUCKS, CARS ETC. THERE’S NO TITLE FOR VEHICLES SOLD AT THE LIEN SALE. OWNERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BID ON UNITS. Lien Sale to be held online ending Wednesday MARCH 9, 2016 at the times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www.storagetreasures.com, beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time.”

PERSONAL MINI STORAGE ST CLOUD350 COMMERCE CENTER DRIVE KISSIMMEE, FL 34769- AT 10:00AM: 1140 Duwanda S Rouse, 417 Michael J Lawrence, 1255 Veronica Otero, 501 Allen J Tyrer II, 1256 Sharon Campbell, 1027 Lisa I Almonte, 412 Javier Baez, 1274 Luis Lesmez, 1128A Ranphy Alejandro, 1185 John T Mackenzie PERSONAL MINI STORAGE BROADVIEW2581 BROADVIEW DRIVE KISSIMMEE, FL 34744- AT 11:00AM: 128 Mark Jeffrey Murdock, 210 Carl Joseph Odom, 302 Gerrald Mitchell, 410 Janice Melendez, 520 Jose Cardona, 546 Michael Stoddard, 560 Dexter Emmanuel Sharrod Jones Jr., 571 Angelo Mercado PERSONAL MINI STORAGE KISSIMMEE - 1404 E. VINE ST. KISSIMMEE FL. 34744 AT 12:00 NOON: UNIT 100 SIERRA TANIA TAMARA, UNIT 106 VELEZ SANCHEZ, EDWIN J, UNIT 134 STANSBERRY JAWANZA FRENA, UNIT 151 COLON ANDINO DARLEEN ELIS, UNIT 154 CARLOS J RAMOS, UNIT 206 VALLE CLASS, MARTIN, UNIT 258 BERRIOS ROSADO ANGEL MANUEL, UNIT 26 BRITTO RACHEL MARJORIE M, UNIT 297 CRUZ RAMOS JONATHAN, UNIT 320 PRATT VICENTI JUAN, UNIT 345 DELGADO RIVERA GRISEL ARLENE, UNIT 50 LEON DEAN, UNIT 54 TORRES SANTIAGO MELITZA, UNIT 66 FAIR KRISTI ELIZABETH PERSONAL MINI STORAGE DYER: 932 DYER BLVD KISSIMMEE FL 34741 AT-1:30pm: #120- Mayra Oquendo-Mi Casa De Amor y Restauracion; #235- Yissel Tejada ; #239- Wilson Sandoval de Jesus; #242- Victor Pacheco; #402 Curtis Walker; #408- Carlos Lujan; #528- Pedro Ithier; #531- Edgar Fernandez; #1106- Michael Vetrano; #1124- Douglas Shirey; #1235Lydia Delgado; #1306- Lloyd Holden; #1310- Ashley Manwani; #1420-Jarmine Goddard ; #1518- Michael Vasquez; #1520- Matthew Garrett; #Po601- Edgar Fernandez 1990 Ford F150XL Box Truck Vin No 2FDKF37M1LCB16009 PERSONAL MINI STORAGE VINE; 608 W VINE ST KISSIMMEE FL 34741- AT 2:30PM: 9001-Wesley M Donnarumma Homemade Trailer No Vin#,B728-Stephanie Mahler, B744Arturo Carmona,C870-Deanna Feby,E914-Victor J Gibbons,D004-Jose Rodriguez,E917-Victor J Gibbons,F211Carmen Alvarez Loboa,F215-Terry Parker,F221-Lynn Jimison,F234Roberto J Almodovar Oxios,F269-Frank Guzman 2003 Qing Motor Scooter Vin#LAEAC510X3B910684,H379-Yahaira Santiago Trinidad,H398-Richard Arce Gracia,H436-Marcus Carr,H461-Ronald Castor,H476-Eulalia Rodriguez,I505Anthony Stuart Vilella,I520-Elizaul Cordero Perez,I583-Donovan Gouldbourne,I58Alison Torres Barreto, I599-Danile Courson,I600-Siobhan Robinson,I608Maricela Salinas.

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Legal, Public Notices Notice of Auction 2006 Keys Travel Trailer with VIN# 4YDT241226L612025 will be auctioned on 2/29/2016 at 9:00am. Tom Crawford, Crawford Construction, Robert Edwin Ellis.

8550 Old Winter Garden Rd., Orlando, FL. 32835 2013 Trailer with VIN # 5UZBE1215DD023137 will be auctioned on 2/29/2016 at 9:00am. Lin Zhou. 8550 Old Winter Garden Rd., Orlando, FL. 32835 1986 Boat with VIN# FGB2765H586 will be auctioned on 2/29/2016 at 9:00 am. James Warren. 8550 Old Winter Garden Rd., Orlando, FL. 32835 1985 Boat Trailer with VIN#LWBD7716E11 will be auctioned on 2/29/2016 at 9:00 am.

James Warren. 8550 Old Winter Garden Rd., Orlando, FL. 32835 1998 DESI Office Trailer with VIN# DSI7541will be auctioned on 2/29/2016 at 9:00 am. Tom Mario Santiago, Sunny Days Inc. 8550 Old Winter Garden Rd., Orlando, FL. 32835.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8 am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. Uhaul Ctr Kirkman-600 S Kirkman RdOrlando 03/09/16: 1009 Joyce Trimble, 1060 Raquel Cruz, 2015 Frankie Burgess, 2022 Willie Coffee, 2027 & 2028 Dakota P Gant, 2031Deborah Jamison, 2058 Frederick Freeman, 3002 Wanda Jones, 3044 Belinda Bagnerise, 3079 Alejandro Vergara, 4029 Octavia Peterson, 5014 Johnnie Williams Jr, 5017 David Dean, 5042 Rose Williams, 8011 Kesha Johnson, 8029 Domonique Croker Uhaul Ctr Orange Ave-3500 S Orange Ave-Orlando 03/09/16: 1105 Jacqueline Jeune, 1114 Tovia Robinson, 1530 Bernadette Murphy, 1532 Patrick Blair, 1609 Melissa Mcandrew, 1622 Shantle Bennett, 1629 Corey Lyons, 1931 Benjamin Cesareo Uhaul Ctr Baldwin Park- 4001 E Colonial Drive-Orlando 03/09/16: AA1257S Richard Beasley, B133-34 Marcelo Junqueira, B169 Brian Burdsall, B185 Saidah Harris, C122-23 & C126-27 Mark Cole, D205 Mark Schude Uhaul Ctr Goldenrod-508 N Goldenrod Rd-Orlando 03/09/16:1510 Marcos Arroyo, 244 Juan Torres, 324 Margie Rodriguez, 419 Sheila Wright, 506 Crystal Finlay, 719 Javier Beltran Uhaul Ctr Alafaya-11815 E Colonial Drive-Orlando 03/09/16: 1433 Bertha Mojica.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8 am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. Uhaul Ctr Ocoee-11410 W. Colonial Drive-Ocoee 03/16/16: AA0178A Verrica Jackson, 1201 Tara Nieteo, 1210 Annette Brewster, 1309 Rhonda TownsendAbraham, 1564 Dennis Ruddy, 3444 Julio Marrero Uhaul Stg Haines City-3307 Hwy 17-92 W-Haines City 03/16/16: A0093 Letisia Flores, E501 Janice Dillard, E0514 Linda Hodge, F0623 Jasika Rojas, F0630 Leidy Matute, F0639 Edwin Nieves, G0713 James Duff, G0734 Chris Yates Uhaul Ctr Hunters Creek-13301 S. Orange Blossom Trail-Orlando 03/16/16: 1003 Raquel Melendez, 1200 Dayonara Perez, 1202 Schirlene Lubin, 1259 Joseph Achon, 1414 Anthony Bosch, 1707 Nikita Meetoo, 2010 Louie Crossfield, 2045 Juanita Figueroa, 2071 William Tejeda, 3118-20 John Brown, 3603 Anthont Tirri Uhaul Stg Gatorland- 14651 Gatorland Dr-Orlando 03/16/16: 1010 Alice Brown, 1022 Nydia Pacheco, 1138 Jose Duran, 314 Eusebio Rivera, 566 Darryl Reavis, 887 Vivian Cabrera.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act Statutes (Section 83.801-83.809). The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Monday the 29th day of February 2016, at 1:00 P.M., on lockerfox.com said property has been stored and which are located at: 3400 Forsyth Rd, Winter Park FL 32792 The Following: Name, Unit #, Contents: 298-Emanuel Mangual: Bicycle-Twin Mattress-household items Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase by cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is, and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Dated the, 24th day February 2016 and, 3rd day of March, 2016.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE PURSUANT TO FS 713.78, MARCH 07,2016, AT 5PM TO 7PM AT 1900, SOUTH ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL/FL 32805 WILL SELL THE VEHICLE AS IS,NO WARRANTY,NO GUARANTY THE TITLE,TERMS CASH.SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY OR ALL BIDS.2006 SUZI,VIN#KL5JD56Z16K440484.

SWORN STATEMENT AND NOTICE OF ACTION To: Jessica Mann, 3118 Red Bird Road, Apopka, Florida (Date of birth:,01/09/1990, age 25, Caucasian, blonde hair, brown eyes, 5’4”, 150lbs.)

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a hearing to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for May 2, 2016 at 1:45 p.m., before Judge Patricia Doherty, at the Orange County Courthouse, located at 425 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, Courtroom 16-G. The minor children in question were born on is September 22, 2012 and April 6, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. I, Natalia Scott, Esquire do swear to the following: 1. An affidavit of diligent search was completed and revealed the last known address of Jessica Mann (DOB 01/09/1990) to be: 3118 Bird Road, Apopka, Florida. 2. Personal service was attempted on the above address on 2/18/16, but was unsuccessful due to the residence being abandoned with a padlock on the door. 3. No other addresses of Jessica Mann are known. s/Natalia Z. Scott, NATALIA Z. SCOTT. STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF ORANGE SWORN TO or affirmed and signed before me on February 18, 2016, by NATALIA Z. SCOTT, who is personally known to me or produced a Florida Driver’s License as identification. s/Diane L. Miller NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF FL.

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: 1997 Jeep VIN# 1J4GZ58S0VC724732 2001 Toyota VIN# 4T1BG22K91U800591 2000 Nissan VIN# 1N4DL01D3YC166944 2006 Suzuki VIN# KL5JD56Z66K293076 2008 Kia VIN# KNDMB133286239405 2004 Nissan VIN# 1N4BA41E24C870933 1999 Nissan VIN# 3N1BB41D6XL004078 1995 Dodge VIN# 2P4GH45R8SR229097 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on March 9, 2016, 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC

Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on March 11, 2016 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Services, LLC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, 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; 2000 Cadillac, Vin#1G6KD54Y51U178879; 2004 Chevrolet, Vin#1GCEC19V74Z232050; 1997 Toyota, Vin#1NXBA02E0VZ504221; 2002 Chevrolet, Vin#1GNDU03E72D115727; 1997 Volkswagen, Vin#3VWF81H0VM014749; 2003 Honda, Vin#5FNRL18083B095941; 1999 Volkswagen, Vin#3VWCA21C3YM439701; NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: 1# DANS AUTO SALES LLC gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 03/07/2016, 09:00 am at 18730 E COLONIAL DR ORLANDO, FL 32820, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. 1# DANS AUTO SALES LLC reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 07/DAWSON/ PINE HILLS CASE NO.: DP14-145 In the Interest of J.C., a male child, DOB: 02/10/2014 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TRIAL DATE CERTAIN FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA To: CHANTELLE TAYLOR, Address unknown WHEREAS, a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced child you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Daniel Dawson, on April 29, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at the Orange ounty Juvenile Justice enter, 2000 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAIL RE O PERSO ALLY APPEAR AT THIS TRIAL 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. Pursuant to Florida Statute 39.802(4)(d), the mother/father are hereby informed of the availability of private placement ith an adoption entity as defined in Section 63.032(3) Florida Statues, by including ritten notice in the summons served ith this petition and at an advisory hearing if they are present for the hearing. Pleadings shall be copied to eraunda I. Jackson, Attorney for the State of Florida, epartment of Children and Families, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, Florida 32 11. WI ESS my hand at the Clerk of said Court and the Seal, this 10th day of February, 2016. LER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT(Court Seal) By: s EP Y LER .

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 03 CASE NO: DP13-81 IN THE INTEREST OF: A.J.W. JR. DOB: 10/22/2002, A MINOR CHILD SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Antonio Jermaine Ward , Address Unknown A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child. You are to appear before the Honorable Tim Shea, Circuit Judge, on Tuesday, March 29th, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., at the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY 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. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD 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 in order to participate in a court proceeding or event, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Orange County, ADA Coordinator, Human Resources, Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida, (407) 836-2303, fax: 407-836-2204.

If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711 to reach the Telecommunications Relay Service. This summons has been issued at the request of: Brittany Nesmith, Esquire, Children’s Legal Services, brittany. nesmith@myflfamilies.com. CLERK OF COURT BY: /s/ DEPUTY CLERK.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 07/DAWSON/ PINE HILLS CASE NO.: DP14-145 In the Interest of J.C., a male child, DOB: 02/10/2014 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TRIAL DATE CERTAIN FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA To: JOHNATHAN CATRETT, Address unknown WHEREAS, a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced child you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Daniel Dawson, on April 29, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at the Orange ounty Juvenile Justice enter, 2000 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAIL RE O PERSO ALLY APPEAR AT THIS TRIAL 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. Pursuant to Florida Statute 39.802(4)(d), the mother/father are hereby informed of the availability of private placement ith an adoption entity as defined in Section 63.032(3) Florida Statues, by including ritten notice in the summons served ith this petition and at an advisory hearing if they are present for the hearing. Pleadings shall be copied to eraunda I. Jackson, Attorney for the State of Florida, epartment of Children and Families, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, Florida 32 11. WI ESS my hand at the Clerk of said Court and the Seal, this 10th day of February, 2016. LER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT(Court Seal) By: s EP Y LER .

O R L A N D OW E E K LY.CO M/JOBS Engineer Engineer: Siemens Energy, Inc. seeks Principal Engineer, Orlando, FL. Participate as a member of a global compressor component design team. Required: Bachelor’s in Aerospace Eng, Mechanical Eng or a related field (or foreign equiv) + 8 yrs of exp in the job offered or in an acceptable alternate occupation all of which must include mechanical design/analysis exp w/ components for turbo-machinery applications or similar applications. Prior exp must include: design, manufacture & testing of axial compressor components; solid understanding of gas turbine fundamentals; & knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes including forging, machining, welding, heat treating dimensional inspection, & non destructive testing. Approximately 15% travel req.

Offer of employment w/ Siemens is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background check & drug screen, subject to applicable laws & regulations.

Mail resumes: Brett Sanchez, Siemens Energy, Inc., 4400 N. Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826. Please reference BS/MM. Applicants must be authorized to work in US permanently.

ENGINEERS FW & SW Engr: Dsgn & dev FW & microcontroller-based embedded sys for battery charging & monitoring prods. MS+2 yrs or BS+5 yrs prog, post-bacc exp. Must include 2 yrs w/ FW dev, dsgn microcontrollerbased embedded sys, dev wired & wireless commn interfaces, building test fixtures, C++, C# & Python. Resume to ATTN: M. Nelson, Re: FSE, Advanced Charging Technologies, Inc., 16855 Knott Ave. La Mirada, CA 90638. Jobsite: Orlando, FL.

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Customer Support Representative Exxelia Dearborn Electronics Inc. 6133510

Marketing Account Manager Tourico Holidays Inc. 6135644

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Systems Analyst / Programmer - Experienced Cru 6132590

Bar Attendant - Orlando World Center Marriott (1600063A) Marriott International 6135577

Night Auditor Drury Hotels 6135574 CNA HHA Home Health Village on the Green 6132685

Cook Delaware North Companies 6135572

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EXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL BINDERY FOLDER OPERATOR Central Florida Press 6132904

Licensed Mental Health Therapists or Mental Health Interns Behavioral Support Services 6135509

Licensed Mental Health Assessors (State of Florida) Behavioral Support Services 6135497

Club Med - Recruitment Auditions - Live and Work in a Tropical Resort Club Med 6135423

Lifeguards & Swim Instructors - Brevard County YMCA locations YMCA of Central Florida 6135415

Instrumentation Technician Silver Springs Citrus, Inc. 6132597 Restaurant Manager SUBWAY DiPasqua Enterprises, Inc. 6133428

Flat Bed - OTR Driver County Materials Corporation 6132112

Faculty Instructors, Digital Audio Production The Los Angeles Film School 6135397

Print Operator Cathedral Corporation 6133636

Customer Service Sales Advisor, OPEN HOUSE Sears Holding 6133951

Assistant Nurse Manager Orlando Health 6133543

Billing / Media Coordinator Jerry DeFalco Advertising 6135511

Hiring Event Feb 25:Vacation Sales Advisor: Orlando Call Center Hilton Grand Vacations 6135640

Sales Demonstrators Outside Sales Kitchen Craft Cookware 6133287

Police Services Specialist I/II City of Orlando 6135766

Mental Health Clinician Central Florida Non Profit - Make a Real Difference IMPOWER (Intervention Services, Inc) 6135568

Sales Agent - ChristianMingle.com Total Marketing Concepts 6133121

Booking and Revenue Development Division Manager City of Orlando 6135334

Restaurant Server Embassy Suites Orlando - Lake Buena Vista South 6135567

Machine Shop/Welding-Manufactures Pro Image Solutions 6132726

RN Wound Care St. Cloud Regional Medical Center 6133568

B2B Sales Consultants Alorica 6133581

Die Cutter Operator Central Florida Press 6132806

Manager Production Implementation Universal Orlando 6135758

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HVAC Foreman DHR Mechanical Services 6132844

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EMS Liaison - PT ER St. Cloud Regional Medical Center 6133479

Engineer DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at Seaworld 6135236

Supplier Integration & Optimization Support Specialist Hotelspro Travel Wholesaler 6133282

Residential Loan Officer - Ocala Harbor Community Bank 6132751

Database Analyst Summit Broadband 6135569

Restaurant Cook - Embassy Suites Embassy Suites Orlando - Lake Buena Vista South 6135238

Business Relations Representative (BRR) Better Business Bureau Central Florida 6133284

Assistant Director of Nursing ADON RN Village on the Green 6135353

Lead Cook Red Mug Diner 6133952

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Maintenance & Repair Technician / Handyman - Commercial Facilities Landmark Contracting 6133945 Service Coordinator FAS Windows & Doors 6133896 Professor, Nursing (Mental Health) Seminole State College of Florida 6133894 Shuttle CDL Driver Needed - Local trips only (Class A Required) Benada Aluminum Products 6133892 Technical Customer Liaison Exxelia Dearborn Electronics Inc. 6133509 HVAC Technician Daily Management Resorts Inc. 6133312 Chiller Mechanic/Commercial AC Caribe Royale Orlando 6132807 Marketing Director - European Operations - Vacation Ownership Diamond Resorts International 6133115 Certified Crane Operator Ace Staffing Inc. 6132237

Adjunct Faculty - School of Engineering, Design, & Construction Seminole State College of Florida 6132236

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