Pack the Place Pink
Magic is coming to Susan G. Komen with the first ever Komen Magic game when the Orlando Magic host the Philadelphia 76ers on November 6th. $10 from every lower bowl PINK ticket and $5 from every upper bowl PINK ticket purchased through the special Komen magic internet site will be donated to Susan G. Komen Central Florida. Get a team, challenge your co-workers, bring your friends and let’s see who has the most Komen/Magic spirit!! Remember, the password is PINK. www.komenmagic.com

The Orlando Puppet Festival
The Orlando Puppet Festival (November 7-9) is sponsored in part by IBEX Puppetry and Mad Cow Theatre. OPF brings puppetry to the forefront in Orlando and the Central Florida area, featuring local, regional, and national talent in the art of puppetry. www.orlandopuppetfestival.com

2008 Orlando Veterans Day Parade
Join Mayor Buddy Dyer in honoring our local veterans during the City of Orlando’s 2008 Veteran’s Day Parade which will be held on Saturday November 8th at 10 am in downtown Orlando. Bring the family, enjoy marching bands, floats (including 15 floats that have been featured in the Gasparilla parade in Tampa) and salute the men and women from over 150 central Florida veterans’ organizations. Immediately following the parade, join us for our post event on Robinson Street. The event will include a classic car show, float display, music and more! www.cityoforlando.net

Aerial Stage to Roar at Second Annual Space & Air Show at Kennedy Space Center
Aeronautics will soar to new heights as an expanded roster of aviation stars will take to the skies for the second annual Space & Air Show at Kennedy Space Center featuring the Blue Angels November 8 and 9, 2008. With the backdrop of America’s launch facilities, the air show continues to expand, complementing the always spectacular Blue Angels Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron. Newly announced acts set to take the aerial stage include the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division Parachute Demonstration Team, the Air Force Heritage Flight Program, the “Panchito” B-25J Mitchell Bomber and the C-130T Hercules Aircraft, “Fat Albert.” Tickets for the Space & Air Show at Kennedy Space Center are available online at www.KennedySpaceCenter.com or by calling 321-449-4400 with special savings for advance purchase.

Everything you always wanted to know about ‘Sesame Street’ but didn’t know who to ask
The Orange County Regional History Center with IBEX Puppetry and the Orlando Puppet Festival present a Sunday brunch event with Fran Brill, principal puppeteer of Prairie Dawn and Zoe from “Sesame Street” on November 9, 2008, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Orange County Regional History Center. Fran Brill is an acclaimed actress and puppeteer and was the first female Muppet performer to be hired by Jim Henson on “Sesame Street.” Brill answers the “how’d they do that” questions you’ve always wanted to ask, gives a peek behind the scenes of “Sesame Street,” and tells what it was like to work with Jim Henson. Using video clips, Brill tells how she broke into the “boys club,” and how she develops characters like Prairie Dawn and Zoe. Zoe will make a special appearance and a question and answer session and photograph signing will follow the presentation. www.thehistorycenter.org/

“Bold Hype” to host local group art exhibition
Bold Hype, gallery and shop, brings the best artists from Central Florida together for a group art show called “SURROUNDED” from Nov 14th till December 31st. Bold Hype’s goals are to bring the best pop-surrealist and lowbrow art from around the world to Central Florida, and to be a creative hub for the amazing talent that’s right here in the Orlando area. The artists included in this exhibition are Cake, Dolla, Patrick Fatica, Dennis Hansbury, David Hoskins, Charles Marklin, Phil Noto, Johannah O’Donnell, Dustin Orlando, Scott Scheidly, Andrew Spear, and Pam Treadwell. The opening reception is on November 14th, 6pm - 11pm. It will be at Bold Hype, 1844 East Winter Park Road, Orlando, FL 32803. www.boldhype.com

Fall Jazz Stroll at Leu Gardens
Harry P. Leu Gardens’ annual romantic tradition is almost here, the Fall Jazz Stroll held on Saturday, November 15, 2008, from 7 – 10 pm. Enjoy an evening inside Central Florida’s most beautiful garden with candlelit paths leading to some Central Florida’s very best jazz performers: Saxophonist Erly Thornton, (back by popular demand) Dr. Otto Gomez and Cornucopia Trio featuring Matt “the saxman.” Each band will feature favorite songs as well as originals. Pack a dinner picnic basket full of your favorite foods/drinks and bring chairs or blanket for this outdoor event. Tickets on sale November 3, 2008. Cost: $17 General Admission plus tax, $13 Garden Members plus tax (members may purchase up to 4 tickets at member prices per membership). Tickets are nonrefundable and nontransferable to other garden activities. Garden vendors will be selling libations, coffee and desserts. Tickets may be purchased at Leu Gardens Gift Shop or by phone 407.246.2620. www.leugardens.org

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