Archive for ‘Downtown Orlando’

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Real Orlando. Real Entertainment. Only $99.

On a recent visit to the Orlando Museum of Art, my wife picked up a brochure with the headline, “Real Orlando. Real Entertainment.” After looking at the cover, I wasn’t expecting much. Maybe a few coupons to local dinner shows or a map of the best outlet malls in the area. Nothing special, for sure.
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Live music at The Social - The Gay Blades

I’m hardly in the know when it comes to new music, so what follows is an amalgamation of two different press releases I received about an upcoming show on Sunday, August 17th at The Social. While the band’s name (The Gay Blades) is a tad peculiar, their music is quite good (see below on how […]

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Orlando Brewing and Graze pair up for “Beer Dinner”

Later this month, Orlando Brewing and Graze restaurant in downtown Orlando will come together to match globally-inspired American cuisine with locally produced organic beer. The dinner, which includes five courses, will take place on Monday, August 18th at 7pm with advance ticket purchase required ($50).
While I’ve yet to dine at Graze, I’ve heard many good […]

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Cache Hunt

Back in April, the Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs office held the Great Public Art Challenge in Downtown Orlando. For that event, participants followed clues to public art where they then performed artistic acts like singing, dancing and drawing. Clearly, it was an event made for the outgoing among us.
This summer, however, there’s an […]

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IZEAFest - A social media conference

Orlando bloggers, listen up …
IZEA, a social media marketing company based in downtown Orlando, is planning a conference this September to bring together top-name bloggers, online marketers and the general public to cover all relevant topics in social media & blogging. IZEAFest, as the conference has been named, will be hosted at the Grand Bohemian […]

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A summer for creative kids

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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