The following articles are only excerpts. For the full text, click on an article's title.Trinity Downtown is hosting an end of summer festival in downtown Orlando. On Saturday, August 29, Trinity Downtown will present the Downtown BBQ Cook-off and Family Festival from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the Trinity campus at 123 E. Livingston St. Bringing back to the City Beautiful a classic Southern competition (bragging rights for […]
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The AST Dew Tour is coming to Orlando in a couple of weeks, bringing the world’s best action sports stars to the Amway Arena. In addition to the competition, the Playstation Pro event schedule also includes a concert, with this year’s headline act being the alternative band, “Boys Like Girls”.
During a recent visit to the […]
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Earlier this month, Carrabba’s Italian Grill introduced “Wine Wednesdays” to promote its affordable, award-winning wine list by offering $10 off any bottle. For me, that’s a good enough reason to swap out a Friday or Saturday-night dinner with a mid-week one every so often. While I normally don’t buy a whole bottle, being able to […]
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This summer, kids who love music and movies have some interesting options other than their iPod or the mall. Thanks to two events based here in Orlando, young composers and filmmakers will be able to get their hands dirty and potentially have their work seen by some very large audiences. All it takes is a […]
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If you missed out on the Great Public Art Challenge, here’s a video that has been posted on YouTube. Below the video is a press release regarding the event.
Last Saturday, April 12, downtown professionals, young urban dwellers, families and art enthusiasts gathered together to participate in The Great Public Art Challenge. The event was hosted […]
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One of my favorite pieces of public art in Orlando is the bronze sculpture, “Bunk Baxter, Alligator Wrestler”, which sits near the fountain of Heritage Square in the front courtyard of The History Center. If you’ve never seen the piece, it is a remarkably realistic life-sized sculpture of a man wrestling an alligator, with two […]
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