The following articles are only excerpts. For the full text, click on an article's title.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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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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The first “Coaches Poll” for the 2008 college football season was released today, with the University of Central Florida Knights finding their way into the “Others Receiving Votes” pack. Their 2 points means that they’ve either been ranked as the number 24 team by one coach, or as the number 25 team by two coaches. […]
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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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From the Florida Online Park Guide …
To celebrate July as Recreation and Parks Month, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Recreation & Parks is encouraging family-friendly, outdoor recreation with the launch of its Family. Friends. Fun. campaign to reconnect children and families with nature. Since 1985, the National Recreation and Park Association has […]
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Rosen Centre in Orlando is celebrating the art of the vine and award-winning cuisine with the “Rosen Centre Vine and Dine,” a wine pairing dinner series with an International flair. The 2008 six-part series explores a different region with each dinner, featuring specialty cuisine perfectly paired with that region’s best-suited wines. The fourth of […]
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