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NEWS + FEATURES

FOOD + DRINK

MUSIC

49 The way we were Looking back, forward and under the couch

9 ICYMI News you may have missed in the past … year

35 Top Tables 2018

cushions of the year in Orlando music

11 Informed Dissent

The five best restaurants that opened in Orlando this year – plus some that came pretty close

51 This Little Underground

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The extraordinary lives of 15 ordinary people

The annual TLU Underground Awards

43 Recently Reviewed Short takes on restaurants we’ve reviewed recently

14 People who died 29 Local people who died Local notables we lost this year

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ARTS + CULTURE

30 Open your eyes Art in Orlando – the year in reviews

33 Live Active Cultures

FILM

45 Caught between the moon and Mexico City A look at some of the best films of 2018

47 On Screens in Orlando Movies playing this week: Escape Room, On the Basis of Sex and more

Local theater roared to life in 2018 with sensational new venues and thrilling performances

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BY MONIVETTE CORDEIRO AND XANDER PETERS

with the Eatonville Police Department who was let go from his job despite being proclaimed a hero, told us that every night since the shooting, he relived the tragedy in his nightmares. At the time under Florida law, first responders diagnosed with PTSD were not considered to have workplace injuries that would qualify for workers compensation, like lost wages or medical bills. A new law passed by Florida lawmakers in 2018 now allows first responders that have seen certain traumatic events to file workers compensation claims. (Jan. 17)

» 2. Environmental activists rallied to save the Split Oak Forest from an expanding toll road: For decades, Central Floridians have

used the Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area as a beautiful respite from the outside world – which is why they were shocked to learn local transportation officials planned to cut right through the middle of Split Oak to expand a toll road. The nearly 1,700-acre preserve on the outskirts of Orlando’s Lake Nona community harbors threatened gopher tortoise species, Florida scrub jays, sandhill cranes, Sherman’s fox squirrels, gopher frogs and bald eagles. Orange and Osceola Counties purchased Split Oak more than 20 years ago to offset wetland impacts, but the Osceola County Expressway Authority plans to expand the Osceola Parkway east almost 10 miles with routes that would bisect Split Oak. (Feb. 7)

» 3. Thousands demanded gun reform change at March For Our Lives rally in Orlando: Tens of thousands of people marched

through downtown Orlando as part of a nationwide rallying cry against gun violence started by student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. After a gunman slaughtered 17 in Parkland, young people around the country organized rallies to advocate limiting semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. During the march in downtown Orlando, protesters carried a banner with 49 butterflies to represent Pulse victims and 17 eagles to represent Parkland victims. While the Florida Legislature implemented no major gun reforms after Pulse, state lawmakers passed some gun restrictions weeks after Parkland, including a ban on bump stocks and raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21. (March 24)

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LIFE IN THE BIG ORANGE Orlando’s biggest news stories of 2018

hile there were a few bright stars in Orlando’s sky this year, 2018 mostly felt like a repeat of the past two years: an all-consuming black hole sucking the little force we have left to power this dark timeline. Amid the daily barrage of scandals from the Trump administration and shenanigans of Florida officials, Orlando dealt with its own political drama and protests. We started 2018 renewing the call for action against gun violence after continued mass shootings in the state, and ended the year with reports that 358 people have been shot and killed in Orlando since 2014. It wasn’t all bad, though – community members came together to help hundreds of families who evacuated from Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, and local unions fought tooth and nail to bring a $15 minimum wage to Central Florida. Despite Florida remaining #onbrand by electing still more terrible politicians (we had really hoped to see the last of Rick Scott) and holding a recount that fried everyone’s last nerve, Orlando voted to send

more women to Tallahassee, including the state’s first Iranian American lawmaker, Anna Eskamani. Perhaps more importantly, a movement started by Orlando activists to restore voting rights to about 1.5 million former felons succeeded with the resounding passage of Amendment 4.

1. Pulse first responders still struggled with the trauma 19 months after 2016 mass shooting: More than a year and a half

after a deranged gunman stormed into the gay nightclub Pulse and killed 49 people, first responders who answered the call for help that morning still struggled with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as their departments and state lawmakers grappled with how to deal with the issue. At least three first responders who responded to the massacre and reported PTSD left their jobs under varying circumstances, while others sought treatment through the system. Omar Delgado, a former corporal orlandoweekly.com

4. Hundreds of families who evacuated Puerto Rico adjusted to life in Central Florida: Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans who

fled the island after Hurricane María’s catastrophic impact on their home found refuge in the Sunshine State, especially in Orlando and Kissimmee. Local officials, advocates and community members did a lot to help families find resources but remained frustrated by the lack of affordable housing in the Orlando metro area. Evacuees struggled to find housing in a tourist mecca, and jobs high-paying enough to afford exorbitant security deposits. The ●

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Federal Emergency Management Agency threw evacuee families into turmoil by ending voucher programs that provided hotel rooms for thousands, including María “Betzy” Santiago Burgos – a struggling mother who accepted help with housing from a friend who ended up killing her. (March 28)

7. Protesters stage a die-in at Publix in Orlando after $670,000 in political donations to ‘NRA sellout’ Adam Putnam: About 15 people lay down in the deli aisle

of the Mills 50 Publix chanting “Boycott Publix! Boycott Publix!” Student survivors of the Parkland mass shooting called for die-ins at the Lakelandbased grocery chain after a Tampa Bay Times report revealed Publix gave an unprecedented $670,000 to Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, a Republican gubernatorial candidate unnaturally attached to the gun lobby who described himself once as a “proud NRA sellout.” Publix later said it would suspend all political donations. (May 25)

12. Florida law enforcement officials opened inquiry into Rick Singh after lawsuit alleges he misused taxpayer funds: After former employees alleged in a federal

lawsuit that Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh spent taxpayer money on personal trips and brought strippers into the office after hours, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it planned to open an inquiry into the accusations. Singh’s former finance director Aisha Hassan and communications director Laverne McGee filed a lawsuit in November alleging Singh subjected them to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. “Singh referred to women as ‘bitches,’ ‘whores,’ and ‘skanks,’” the complaint alleged. Singh’s office said the allegations were “completely baseless and clearly made with the sole intention of damaging Mr. Singh personally.” (Nov. 30)

10. Central Florida advocates called for Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg’s resignation over Islamophobic post: Central Florida advocates

13. OUC coal plants are linked to spike in rare cancer cases in East Orange County, lawsuit claims: Residents of Stoneybrook, Avalon

Park and Eastwood filed a lawsuit in December accusing the Orlando Utility Commission’s coalburning power plants of contaminating the properties of more than 30,000 residents. The complaint alleges that homes and public spaces were polluted with metal, chemical and radioactive residues that correlate with a recent spike in rare cancer cases in the area, spanning 15,000 homes. The lawsuit claims developers of the area and their associates, including Lennar Corporation, U.S. Home Corp., Avalon Park Group and Avalon Park Group president Beat Kahli, are liable for property damage as they’ve marketed the neighborhood to homebuyers without warning of the health risks while failing to address any pollution problems. Both OUC and Avalon Park Group said they would not comment on pending litigation. (Dec. 20)

started a petition calling for Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg’s resignation after he made an Islamophobic post on Facebook: “Name just ONE society in the developed world that has benefited in ANY WAY from the introduction of more Muslims. Just one. Asking for a friend.” Greenberg also included in the comments a link to an article from Jihad Watch, a site that critics have called anti-Muslim propaganda. Greenberg eventually took down the original post, though he refused to apologize. In October, two federal lawsuits were filed against Greenberg by former employees, including one by a Muslim woman who alleged Greenberg fired her after discriminating against her gender, race and religion. (Aug. 20) orlandoweekly.com

11. Disney World union workers approved contract for $15 minimum wage by 2021: Amid whoops and cheers, Disney World union workers in Orlando overwhelmingly approved an agreement with the theme park company to raise the minimum hourly wage to $15 by October 2021. Leaders from the Service Trades Council Union, which represents 38,000 employees among its six unions, say 13,673 workers voted Sept. 5-6 across Disney on the historic contract. More than 99 percent of workers – 13,557 votes – were in favor of the agreement negotiated by unions after a hard fight spanning months. Belinda Osorio Hanzman, an Animal Kingdom housekeeper who made a $10.50 hourly wage, said the raise would help her take more of her paycheck home – the majority went toward health insurance for her family. “This is going to change my life,” she said. (Sept. 6)

9. Orlando caught serious flak for its real-time surveillance partnership with Amazon: Since February, Orlando leaders have

been experimenting with facial recognition software whose capabilities and usage are unprecedented among law enforcement agencies. The program was being tested on a small number of cameras, but if and when the program becomes fully operational, city officials hope Rekognition will help them catch criminals, find missing children and identify threats by essentially turning more than a hundred public street cameras into constant face-scanning machines. Privacy advocates worry the program is a slippery slope into a dystopian world of government surveillance. Multiple studies show facial recognition systems make mistakes – particularly on dark-skinned women. Misidentification could lead to innocent people being wrongfully detained by police for crimes they didn’t commit, or worse, trigger confusion that leads to a deadly encounter. “If facial recognition is becoming a new norm in the way Orlando is talking about, then we should all be very afraid,” Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Jennifer Lynch said. (Aug. 8)

6. UCF’s Shaquem Griffin became the first one-handed athlete in NFL history: At age 4, Shaquem Griffin’s left hand was amputated due to complications from a rare birth defect called amniotic band syndrome. But his father pushed Griffin and his twin Shaquill Griffin to compete alongside each other, never allowing Shaquem’s physical hindrance to act as a drawback – and it paid off. The 22-year-old former outside linebacker at the University of Central Florida was selected in the fifth round of the NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks, making him the first one-handed athlete in the league’s history. “I couldn’t breathe,” Griffin told ESPN following his selection. “I didn’t know what to say. I was trying to get the words out, but I couldn’t talk.” (May 2)

8. Too big to live and too big to die? Fashion Square Mall teeters on the brink: While large malls continue to thrive,

small and midsize malls, like the Orlando Fashion Square Mall, have fallen on hard times over the last decade. In 2017, a record 6,985 retail stores closed in the U.S. This year, retailers were on pace to shutter roughly 10,000 stores nationwide, in what many analysts referred to as the retail apocalypse. Although reports surfaced this year that Tampa developer DeBartolo Development had lined up to purchase the property and Orlando Eye developer Chuck Whittall said he wanted to tear it down for an outdoor entertainment complex, Fashion Square lives on. (July 4)

5. Central Florida veteran fought the federal government for legal medical marijuana: Iraq War veteran Jose Belen, who

struggled with PTSD more than a decade after his 14-month deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, found himself toe-to-toe with the federal government in a lawsuit for the right for all to legally use medical marijuana. The complaint argued that the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act is unconstitutional, as is its definition of the herb as a drug with “no accepted medical use,” despite the federal government admitting in other policies that cannabis “can be used safely under medical supervision.” While several of his fellow plaintiffs required cannabis for physical ailments, Belen’s use of medical marijuana to help with flashbacks showed those afflicted with psychological disorders could also find the plant useful. (April 18)

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deserves no sympathy. Especially that hair-in-a-can white supremacist Stephen Miller. 4. History will probably record Trump as America’s worst president. The Republicans who enabled him – Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan – so that they could lavish their wealthy friends with tax cuts should live in ignominy, too. 5. The Beltway media – which treated Ryan as some sort of policy wonk instead of an overgrown frat boy who masturbated to Ayn Rand novels and fantasized about starving the poor, and failed to call out McConnell for eviscerating the Senate’s institutional norms in pursuit of power – shares the blame. 6. I don’t know if Trump colluded with Russia. But he’s surrounded himself with crooks and disreputable lowlifes his entire life, and it sure appears as though he tried to obstruct the Russia investigation. Also: Were he not protected by his office, he’d almost certainly be indicted on campaign finance violations by now. 7. By rights, there’s already more than enough information in the public domain to justify Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. But impeachment is a political act, and with Republicans in control of the Senate, it’s unlikely to happen. 8. Hillary was right: Many of Trump’s supporters are deplorable, motivated by racism or xenophobia. That’s why “Brown people are coming!” became Trump’s closing argument ahead of the midterms, and why, to some degree, it was effective at rallying his base. But the Democratic wave also showed the limited reach such overtly racist appeals can have, even with the pulls of tribalism and polarization. 9. Trump still has a pretty good chance at being re-elected. Despite all of this chaos – and despite his low approval ratings – most incumbents are re-elected, especially if the economy is growing. That said, I’d bet against him. The economy is slowing down after nearly a decade of slow but steady growth. And even if the economy is OK, who knows what skeletons the coming House Democratic investigations will turn up, and how Trump will lash out in response. God knows there are bodies waiting to be discovered. Besides that, Trump’s schtick is already starting to wear thin, and the Trumpier Trump becomes, the more all but his most die-hard supporters will begin to look for the exits. (Or, at least, I hope so.) 10. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

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LIFE AT THE SPEED OF TRUMP After writing about this president for two years, here are 10 observations on the state we’re in BY J EFFREY C. BI L L M A N

My plan for this final column of 2018 was something like a Year in Trump in Review, but then, I thought, holy shit, where would one even begin? Remember back in September – just three and a half months ago – when a senior administration official wrote an op-ed in the New York Times confirming that their boss, the president of the United States, is exactly the impulsive, reckless, ill-informed dolt we all suspected? That was the Biggest Scandal Ever … for like 12 hours, until we all moved on to the next Biggest Scandal Ever (and we never learned who the senior administration official was). We don’t even talk about it anymore. The whole year was like that – one thing piled on another on top of another. Even this last week was no exception: the abrupt Syria pullout and the announced Afghanistan drawdown, Defense Secretary James Mattis’ resignation, the crashing Dow, Trump’s dissolved “charity,” the acting attorney general refusing to recuse himself from the Mueller probe, the threatened government shutdown over the border wall (which may or may not be happening as you read this), etc. Such is life at the speed of Trump. It clouds the memory, pollutes the mind. So instead of the Year in Trump in Review, which

would require an encyclopedia-size volume to house and an eightball of blow to write, I’m going to zoom the lens out and talk about what the last two years of writing and thinking way too much about Trump has taught me about the man, his presidency and American politics generally – 10 observations that give you a window into how I view the state of things, and thus a prism through which to evaluate whatever wisdom and nonsense flows from my fingertips over the coming year. Cool? Let’s go. 1. Donald Trump is the impulsive, reckless, illinformed dolt that senior administration official described. He’s in over his head, propelled to continue only by the needs of his own ego. Also: Trump isn’t trying to distract us; he’s just flailing. 2. Even when Trump does something reasonable-sounding – leaving Syria, for instance – be skeptical. He’s rash and never thinks through the consequences of his actions; he’s incapable of thinking two or three moves ahead. Without people like Mattis and John Kelly around him, this will get worse. Trump will rely more on his instincts, and his instincts are fucking terrible. 3. Everybody who works for Donald Trump knew exactly what they were getting into and orlandoweekly.com

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BY SA M A L L A R D, M I KE BR EEN , C HRI S CO N D E , M O N I V E TTE CO R D E I R O, L E E D E V I TO, S COT T HARRELL, MATTHE W M OYER , D OYL E M U R P HY, J U D E N O E L , XA N D E R P E TE R S , B RYA N R I N D F U SS , DANNY WI CENTOWSKI , JESSICA BRYC E YOU N G A N D M A I JA Z U MM O ; I L LU STR ATI O N S BY G R E G H O U STO N

ith the weeklong sendoff of President George H.W. Bush only just in the rearview mirror, and with the calendar’s impending turnover to 2019, it’s that time of year when the notable deaths of 2018 are aggregated and slideshowed for quick consumption on whatever mobile device is at hand. You will read about Anthony Bourdain and Stephen Hillenburg and Aretha Franklin and Stan Lee and William Goldman and Penny Marshall and Mac Miller and other luminaries whose deaths were of general and widespread interest. What’s offered here is different. We’ve gathered the stories of a handful of people who also died in 2018, but their deaths largely didn’t vault onto the national scene. Their endings may not have merited a CNN chyron or Twitter Moment, but that they were lesser known doesn’t mean they aren’t worth remembering. You probably don’t know their names. But their inventions, actions and journeys touched all of our lives. From the man who invented Pong to the woman who invented the green bean casserole, the writer who smashed gender as an absolute to the immunologist who tried to liberate the boy in

the bubble, these people changed the world in vivid and vital ways, even if they lived quiet lives. When we learned of the death of Charles Harrison, who redesigned the View-Master in 1958, it was too late to assign a full entry on him for this feature. But he’s the perfect exemplar of this list. With his hands, he created something that’s been held by all of ours. Yet despite that universality, almost close enough to touch, it’s highly unlikely you’ve heard of him, nor even stopped to consider who it was that gave us all that universal delight. He transformed a clunky beige instrument into a bright tomato-red passport into a thousand other worlds. That view into other worlds is akin to what we’ve tried to do here – open your eyes to lives you may never have considered. Unlike a lot of end-of-theyear obit lists, this feature is no empty celebrity encomium. What we think about when we think about the death of others, to be frank, ourselves. Now is the time to ask: Have we served our fellow humans? Have we risen above confusion to elevate the truth? What have we added to the world? Perhaps these people will inspire your search to find meaning in a chaotic year. CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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Emily “Mount Fiji” Dole pioneer of female professional wrestling

of times within the wrestling ring the fire inside her would inevitably lay dormant. On Jan. 2, 2018, Dole passed away from unknown complications. She was 60 years old. — Xander Peters

Thomas Bopp amateur astronomer and discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp

Sept. 28, 1957–Jan. 2, 2018 In the late 1980s, to reach the peak of women’s professional wrestling was to be among the cast members on the hit sports show GLOW: The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Hitting the airwaves in 1986, the all-female wrestling program consisted of women assigned flamboyantly cartoonish alter egos that couldn’t have been further from political correctness, like Matilda the Hun, Babe the Farmer’s Daughter, and the tag team Hollywood & Vine. Considering the stress they put on their bodies, the female wrestling pioneers practically worked for free, making between $300 and $700 a week. There were no dental benefits, just the risk of losing teeth in the ring; no medical insurance for the inevitable broken collarbones and concussions. Their only guarantee at the end of the day was pain and exasperation – and, when the bright lights dimmed and the roar subsided, the glory. But among the many talented ladies who initially scratched the surface of women in professional wrestling, none of them are remembered quite like the one they dubbed “Mountain Fiji.” Legend has it Emily “Mount Fiji” Dole never lost a match, which makes sense when you consider that she stood 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed in at 350 pounds. A proud Samoan American woman, an actress by any fair definition, an accomplished athlete, Dole was by far the most recognizable character on GLOW, with her tree trunk-like arms and shoulders as wide as a volcano’s outer rim. Prior to her time as a professional wrestler, Dole was remembered for her ability to toss a shotput more than 50 feet as a teenager at Buena Park High School in California – a feat that’s been repeated just twice by other California high school girls since. Later on, Dole qualified for two Olympic track and field trials, where she finished fifth in 1976 and seventh in 1980. Netflix’s current fictionalized tribute to the pioneering wrestling league features a Samoan American wrestler named Carmen “Machu Picchu” Wade, played by Britney Young, a clear tribute to Dole’s legacy. In her final years, Dole dealt with a number of health problems, many of which were born out of her career in wrestling, and had been staying in an assisted living facility. By 2008, her weight had begun to get the best of her as she climbed up to 425 pounds, although she would later cut it back down to 235 pounds. But like all volcanoes, though it had erupted hundreds

Oct. 15, 1949–Jan. 5, 2018 Thomas Bopp wasn’t looking for a comet when he peered into a telescope on Saturday, July 22, 1995. In fact, he wasn’t looking for anything. By day, the 47-year-old worked for a cement company, where he made a passing mention of his interest in astronomy to Jim Stevens, who ran an auto parts store in Phoenix. It was a hobby started when Bopp was just a boy growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, when his father gave him his first telescope. Stevens, it turned out, was also interested in telescopes. By night, the two became amateur astronomers, going stargazing with Stevens’ homemade telescope in the Arizona desert, with Steven serving as Bopp’s mentor. That was exactly what they were doing that night, when Stevens trained his lens on a cluster of stars in the Sagittarius constellation shortly after 11 p.m. Stevens was eager for Bopp to take a look. But what he didn’t realize was he had aimed his telescope directly at an unidentified flying object – what Bopp would later describe as “a little fuzzy glow.” In reality, it was a 46-mile-wide hunk of ice 577 million miles away, hurtling through space toward Earth. The stakes were high – comets are a coveted catch for astronomers, since they are conventionally named after those who discover them. But first Bopp and Stevens had to notify Harvard University to officiate the discovery. This was not an easy task in the Arizona desert in the ’90s. After studying the object for several minutes to make sure it was not a star, Bopp got in his car and drove 20 miles to a truck stop to try and call Western Union from a pay phone to send a telegram to the Central Bureau of the International Astronomical Union at Harvard University, because yes, you could still send telegrams in the ’90s. The Western Union representative didn’t have an address, so Bopp hung up and got in his car and drove home. Around 3 a.m., he barged into his bedroom, woke his wife, found the address in an astronomy book, and sent the telegram with the comet’s coordinates. The next morning, Bopp got a call from the International Astronomical Union. Unbeknownst to Bopp, another astronomer – a real astronomer, Alan Hale, with a doctorate in astronomy and everything – had also spotted the comet within minutes of him, and had already emailed orlandoweekly.com

the coordinates to Harvard from his home in New Mexico. But once again, the stars aligned for Bopp: By what he later described as “bizarre chance,” an IAU associate director happened to be in the office that Sunday and received the telegram. The comet, formally designated C/1995 O1, would be named Hale-Bopp, after both astronomers. Bopp quit his day job to attend to the media maelstrom that followed. In 1997, the comet reached perihelion, or its closest point to the sun. It lit up the night sky for more than 18 months, its long tail visible to the naked eye to millions of people in the Northern Hemisphere. It was the biggest, most visible comet since the Great Comet of 1811. The comet brought some misfortune, too. In March ’97, 39 members of California death cult Heaven’s Gate committed mass suicide, believing their bodies would be transported to an alien spacecraft following the comet. In the spring, when the comet was the closest to the Earth, Bopp’s brother and sister-in-law were killed by a car while photographing the comet. “This has been the best week of my life,” he told National Geographic. “And the worst.” In recent years, Bopp worked as a shuttle driver at a Toyota dealership. He died at a hospital in Phoenix at age 68 from liver failure. “I can find another job, but this is something that happens once in 10,000 lifetimes,” he told Newsweek when he quit his job to bask in the glow of Hale-Bopp. The comet is expected to next pass Earth in 4897. — Lee DeVito

Ursula K. Le Guin trailblazing speculative novelist

Oct. 21, 1929–Jan. 22, 2018 More than 20 novels, not counting several of her earliest works that remain unpublished. A dozen books on poetry. More than 100 short stories, collected throughout multiple volumes. Seven essay collections. Thirteen books for children. Five volumes of translation, including the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu and selected poems by the Chilean Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral. Oh, and a guide for writers. Even stingily speaking, the career of author Ursula K. Le Guin – one of the 20th century’s pioneering science fiction and young adult writers – was prolific. Arguably her most enduring work, The Left Hand of Darkness, inspired legions of genre writers, including contemporary savants such as Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, John Scalzi and the widely acclaimed Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale. Some critics argue that no single work did more to upend the genre’s seemingly predictable conventions than that of the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning novel, which imagined a world whose human inhabitants have no fixed gender; instead, their sexual roles are determined CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 ●

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by context and express themselves only once a month. She would later refer to the story as a “thought experiment.” “I eliminated gender to find out what was left,” Le Guin told The Guardian in 2005. It remains one of speculative fiction’s academic touchstones to this day. The only daughter of two anthropologists, Ursula Kroeber was born the youngest of four children in Berkeley, California, in 1929. Her father studied Native American tribes based in California, while her mother, Theodora Kracaw Kroeber, gained prominence in the same field with her acclaimed book Ishi in Two Worlds, which chronicled the life and death of the state’s “last wild Indian.” Throughout her youth, with dinner-table talk of lost worlds never far out of earshot, Le Guin would use her family’s deep understanding of the world as a jumpingoff point as she immersed herself in mythology, classic fantasies and the science fiction magazines of the day. In 1951, she graduated from Radcliffe College, then earned a master’s degree in romance literature from Columbia University in 1952. From there, Le Guin was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to study in Paris. While aboard a steamer set for France, she met the historian Charles Le Guin, whom she married a few months later. Later in life, the two would settle down and start a family in Portland, Oregon, where they lived in a Victorian house on a steep street just below the city’s Forest Park. As the Paris Review noted during an interview with Le Guin in 2013, perhaps appropriately for a science fiction author and much like the worlds she’d bend within her fiction’s narratives, their home appeared “larger on the inside than it does from without.” On Jan. 23, 2018, with one last conflict within a story to resolve, Le Guin passed away peacefully at her home in Portland. Her family did not cite a cause other than poor health due to old age. Le Guin was 88 years old. — Xander Peters

Mark E. Smith irascible frontman of the Fall

March 5, 1957–Jan. 24, 2018 “If it’s me and your granny on bongos, then it’s a Fall gig.” A young Mark E. Smith started the Fall in the Manchester suburb of Prestwich after that infamous 1976 Sex Pistols show in Manchester that inspired the majority of attendees to start bands the next day. It was the only time in his life that Smith would (unwittingly) succumb to rock cliché. He spent the next 40 years trying his best to dismantle rock & roll and the music industry from the inside. Though he looked like an ill-tempered postal clerk or substitute teacher, Smith was punk and disorderly to the 20

very core. With the Fall, he built a sound antithetical to the idea of musical proficiency, favoring instead spontaneity and creative tension, laced it with biting, clever, often poetic lyrics, and ended up with something every bit as inspirational as Gang of Four or Wire. The Fall were a band that (to their horror, perhaps) influenced generations of punk, new wave and alternative rock bands, and Smith became a de facto role model to those for whom the underground was more than just a temporary lifestyle choice. What other post-punk band had enough cultural cachet to score a major label record deal (again), during the grunge revolution of the 1990s? The unforgettable songs and anthems piled up like discarded ex-band members (a cohort over 60 strong, all told) – “Totally Wired,” “Mr. Pharmacist,” “The Classical,” “Hip Priest,” “Glam Racket,” “Ghost in My House,” “Big New Prinz.” Did you ever hear the Fall’s cover of disco standard “Lost In Music”? If the albums aren’t enough to slake your thirst, the Fall recorded 20-plus live sessions with equally legendary British DJ John Peel over the BBC’s public radio airwaves between 1978 and 2004. Despite this fearsome productivity, Smith kept the Fall proudly “unprofessional.” If during a concert Smith would drink himself into oblivion, unplug an amp (or five), mess up keyboard settings, change up the setlist, or recruit a new drummer 15 minutes before showtime, what of it? As Smith himself barked, it’s just “creative management, cock!” Smith was the Fall’s only constant member during the band’s 40-plus years of intense creative drive (they were contemporaries of Joy Division, just to put things in perspective): one or more albums a year, restless, constantly changing music, grueling touring schedules that have the logistical sense of darts thrown at a map of the world, and a bandleader who apparently hasn’t eaten solid food in decades (subsisting on a liquid diet, as they say) dedicated to spontaneity, conflict, and uncertainty in day-to-day business affairs. Smith anecdotes are almost as legion as Fall anthems, suffused with a sui generis cranky mystique. There’s the apocryphal story of him catching some of his bandmates dancing to “Rock the Casbah” at an afterparty in the ’80s and summarily delivering slaps to every offender, or when he almost singlehandedly bottled Mumford & Sons off the stage in the early ’00s; the time he fired a sound engineer for eating a salad, and fired a drummer on the unlucky percussionist’s wedding day; or when he agreed to play on British chat show Later … With Jools Holland with the contractual condition that the titular host not play “boogiewoogie piano anywhere near the Fall.” His neverending embrace of chaos and tension had an ugly side to it; he could be vile and abusive to those closest to him. And yet, most remained loyal, believing in their flawed leader’s vision, like the long-suffering Hanley brothers and, of course, Smith’s most famous creative foil, guitarist and ex-wife Brix Smith. Brix was the most iconic member of the Fall, after Smith, a glammedup American punk who contributed unforgettable serrated riffs to pivotal albums like The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall and The Frenz Experiment. Photos and video from her tenure in the Fall are essential and electrifying viewing, like transmissions from a strange alternate future. Their breakup was equally as seismic, though she rejoined the band for a brief time in the 1990s. Smith died at 60 after a long battle with cancer, but was still doing shows, in a wheelchair, in the year before he passed, and never ceased writing and releasing music regularly. There will likely never be a pop star quite like him again. — Matthew Moyer

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Gary Burden essential album cover artist of the 1970s

May 23, 1933–March 9, 2018 As an elder millennial, I sort of straddle two worlds: the analog and the digital. I didn’t have a cell phone until I was a junior in high school, but I’ve been downloading music since the days of Napster and Limewire. That being said: I remember what it felt like to hold a CD, tape or record and cherish it in a different way than we do now – an era when we just pay $10 a month for unlimited streams of almost every album of every artist ever. I specifically remember being in the gigantic Tower Records in New Orleans and flipping through an entire wall of darkwave/industrial CDs, mesmerized by how many they had. Or going home with a brand-new batch of music and sitting on the floor in my bedroom unraveling the album artwork and reading the lyrics along to the music. It was quite a different age, and some of the folks that helped make it so were the geniuses behind some of those album covers. Enter: Gary Burden. If you dig classic folk-rock, you probably remember the cover of Joni Mitchell’s Blue album, a close-up, high-contrast midnight-blue portrait of Mitchell gazing downward. It’s melancholic and rich and, most of all, it evokes feeling in the viewer. Burden designed that. The former architect was a sought-after album designer starting in the late ’60s for many a rock & roller, from Mitchell, The Doors and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to current artists like Conor Oberst, best known for his work in the emotive indie folk project Bright Eyes. “Gary always wanted the album packaging to reflect the spirit of the music and the wishes of the artists as much as possible,” Oberst said about Burden in a recent article in the New York Times. “He was often at odds with record labels when they sought to cut costs at the expense of what he and the artist had envisioned. Gary usually won those battles.” While studying architecture at UC Berkeley, Burden met Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas, who would ultimately be the one to turn him on to designing album covers for a living. “I met her and she asked me to do a remodel of her home in Laurel Canyon,” Burden said in a 2015 video interview with NPR’s “World Café.” “So she’s the one who said, ‘You know, Gary, you should make our new cover; you know how to design stuff,’” he recalled. The rest, you could say, is history. After a lifetime of contributing his own art to the music community, Burden died this year on March 7. No cause was given. As time seems to slip faster beneath us and technology

speeds the world up, Burden’s death is a reminder to slow down and look at the details; feel the textures and edges and maybe sit with – and breathe with – a piece of album art. It’ll most likely enhance the entire musical experience. — Chris Conde

Arnie Lerma the ex-Scientologist who became Scientology’s fiercest critic

Nov. 15, 1950–March 16, 2018 Ever heard the story of Xenu, the genocidal alien dictator who, when faced with overpopulation troubles 75 million years ago, brought billions of his subjects to Earth to execute with a lethal combination of volcanoes and hydrogen bombs; their disembodied spirits to cling to humans and their removal can only be achieved through the teachings of the Church of Scientology? If so, you can thank Arnie Lerma. Arnaldo Pagliarini Lerma was born in Washington, D.C., in 1950, to a mother who was an executive secretary to the Sudanese ambassador and a father who was a Mexican agriculture official – and who divorced months after his birth, according to Lerma’s autobiography. His mother was a Scientology official in the D.C. church around 1968, about three decades after American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard published the first texts that would form the basis of his new religion, Scientology. By the time Lerma joined Scientology at 16 at the urging of his mother, the church had been banned in several Australian states and stripped of its tax-exempt status by the IRS, which deemed it a commercial operation for Hubbard’s benefit – though a U.S. appeals court later recognized it as a religion in 1969. Lerma signed a “billion-year contract” to serve in Scientology’s elite Sea Org, a paramilitary force that some have described as a totalitarian organization, according to the Washington Post. But his status among fellow Scientologists changed when Lerma and Hubbard’s daughter, Suzette, fell in love (a claim that has been strongly disputed by the church). Lerma’s entanglement with Scientology ended after other Sea Org members allegedly threatened to mutilate him if he didn’t cancel his elopement with Suzette Hubbard. Exiled from the religion that had been his home for years, Lerma became one of Scientology’s fiercest critics. By 1994, he was posting public court documents involving the church online in the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup that “included testimony from former church officials who describe Scientology as a dangerous cult that brainwashes and blackmails its member and harasses defectors and critics,” which earned him intimidating visits from men in dark suits at his Arlington home, according to the Post. In 1995, Lerma was the first to post the “Fishman Affidavit” –

documents submitted by ex-Scientologist Steven Fishman that included criticisms of the church as well as the doctrine of Xenu, which Scientology officials argued was copyrighted and a trade secret. The church accused Lerma of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation, leading to a raid of his home by federal marshals, Scientology attorneys and data technicians. The church’s Religious Technology Center (RTC) sued Lerma, his internet service provider and Post reporters for quoting the affidavit. A federal judge found the reporters had not violated copyright for quoting a publicly available court document, but Lerma was held liable for a small number of non-willful copyright violations and ordered to pay a $2,500 penalty. The court, though, stated it was convinced “that the primary motivation of RTC in suing Lerma, DGS and The Post is to stifle criticism of Scientology in general and to harass its critics,” according to the 1995 ruling. Lerma continued his crusade against Scientology on his website, Lermanet, which became a resource for other critics, and gave interviews on the subject in print news stories, television and radio. On March 16, Lerma, 67, shot his wife, Ginger Sugerman, in the face with a handgun at their Georgia home before killing himself, according to the local newspaper, the Sylvania Telephone. Sugerman, 58, survived and told Tony Ortega – the former Village Voice editor who runs The Underground Bunker, a site that keeps a sharp eye on the world of Scientology – that her husband was taking oxycodone in his last months to deal with back pain and that his paranoia had increased. Ortega last reported that Sugerman, also a former Scientologist, was raising funds for her continuing surgeries and for efforts to honor Lerma’s work, despite his last atrocity. — Monivette Cordeiro

Judith Leiber Holocaust survivor and designer of extravagant handbags

Jan. 11, 1921–April 28, 2018 If you can’t connect the dots between the words “handbag” and “art,” you’re probably not versed in the distinctive work of Judith Leiber, the late Hungarian designer who took a signature concept – whimsical metal clutches adorned with Swarovski crystals and semiprecious stones – and ran with it in vivid fashion for decades while carving her own niche in the fashion world. Born Judit Petõ into a Jewish family in Budapest in 1921, she escaped the worst atrocities of the Holocaust – thanks in part to a Swiss letter of protection her father managed orlandoweekly.com

to obtain – and weathered World War II in a Budapest apartment in the Jewish ghetto reportedly shared by 26 people. Although aimed for a job in the cosmetics industry, she instead broke the mold and became the first woman to work at the Hungarian Handbag Guild, where she perfected design and fabrication skills from the ground up. In 1945, while selling her own handmade purses on the side, she met Gerson “Gus” Leiber, a Brooklyn-born Army sergeant and modernist painter stationed in Budapest. By 1947, they were married and living in New York City. In New York, she worked for handbag manufacturers and hit an early career high in 1953 when First Lady Mamie Eisenhower arrived at the Inaugural Ball carrying a small, bedazzled clutch crafted by Leiber. Although the credit went to her employer (designer Nettie Rosenstein), this turn of events foreshadowed a trend of powerful women – from queens and movie stars to first ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush – clutching Leiber’s shimmering creations at high-profile events. In 1963, the couple officially dove into the luxury handbag business together via Judith Leiber Inc., with Gerson on the business end and Judith handling design, fabrication and marketing. In the decades that followed Leiber took her playful, overthe-top aesthetic to the limit while challenging the confines of minaudières – decorated metal clutches only big enough to carry what she summed up as “a handkerchief, lipstick and a $100 bill.” Collaborative efforts involving sculptors, painters, jewelers and artisans in the U.S. and Italy, Leiber’s imaginative bags can take a year to complete and typically cost somewhere between $4,000 and $8,000, with madeto-order couture pieces ringing in closer to $20,000. Beyond meticulous attention to detail and unapproachable price tags, one of the most remarkable aspects of Leiber’s work is the juxtaposition of refined materials and techniques with nostalgic, child-like, even lowbrow themes and concepts. Nevertheless her unapologetically extravagant minaudières – which have taken shape in dazzling cupcakes, ladybugs, cameras, cell phones, bundles of asparagus, Tutankhamen-inspired monkeys, burgers, fries and cocktails – have long been slyly witty staples for A-list celebrities on often-humorless red carpets. Although the Leibers sold their business in 1993 for a reported $16 million (Judith stayed on board as designer until 1997), the Judith Leiber brand is still intact and active, offering a reverent continuum of the 5,000-plus designs its co-founder created throughout her colorful career. In 2005, Judith and Gerson opened the Leiber Collection in Springs, New York, to “house their works of art and to chronicle their careers.” While both are represented in major museum collections (he’s in the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum, she’s in the Smithsonian and the Met), the Leibers were thoughtfully showcased side-by-side in a trio of recent exhibitions while they were both in their 90s. After 72 years of marriage, Judith and Gerson died at home within hours of one another, both from heart attacks, on April 30, 2018. As for the shimmering body of work she began building long before “bling” was even a blip on Merriam-Webster’s radar, Judith Leiber presented her intricate evening bags as defiant status symbols, conceptual confections and wacky conversation pieces. All you need to enjoy one is a big bank account, a sense of humor sized to match and, as Leiber once suggested, an escort to carry the items that don’t fit in your minaudière. — Bryan Rindfuss CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 ●

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Glenn Snoddy recording engineer and inventor of the fuzz tone

’70s rock & roll, leading the way for other popular pedals, including the Fuzz Face, beloved by Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend, and the Big Muff, which saw a revival in the late ’80s/early ’90s, the key to the guitar sounds of bands like Mudhoney, Smashing Pumpkins and many other alternative rock acts of the time. Snoddy, who’d later open Nashville’s Woodland Sound recording studio (home to many important sessions, including the one for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”), died on May 21. He was 96. — Mike Breen

Ted Dabney electronics engineer and co-founder of Atari

May 4, 1922-May 21, 2018 Glenn Snoddy’s contribution to the world of music wasn’t a song or a style of playing. It was more like he helped discover a new color. A recording engineer in Nashville in the early 1960s, Snoddy helped capture and re-create what is commonly called “fuzz tone,” the distorted, overdriven effect that helped shape the sound of modern rock & roll. And it was all, quite literally, by accident. Already a recording veteran (he’d worked on pivotal sessions for Patsy Cline, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash), Snoddy was manning the console for a session with producer Don Law and country singer Marty Robbins, who was recording his 1961 single “Don’t Worry.” A broken amplifier that the bass was running through created a dirty sound about halfway into the recording that caught the attention of everyone working on the track. “The transformer in the amplifier blew up,” Snoddy told Murfreesboro, Tennessee’s Daily News Journal in 2016 about the happy accident. The bassist (country and rockabilly session guitarist Grady Martin) reportedly wanted to redo his part, but Law and Snoddy insisted it remain. After its release, “Don’t Worry” went to No. 1 on Billboard’s singles chart and musicians in particular loved the buzzy sound. Snoddy says Nancy Sinatra was in Nashville and wanted that exact sound for a recording session, but by that point the original “broken” amp had completely died. So he began figuring out how to re-create the fuzz, designing and building a preamp effects box to capitalize on the curiosity. He sold the design to Gibson, which turned it into the Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1, the first commercially available guitar distortion pedal. While the distorted guitar sound was pioneered by players like Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Willie Lee Johnson and Link Wray (most notably on the revolutionary 1958 instrumental hit “Rumble”) in the decade leading up to his invention, Snoddy was the first to capture that fuzzy lightning in a bottle (or, rather, box). The Gibson pedal (which initially sold for $40) wasn’t an immediate hit and the company ramped down production of them until 1965, when Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards used his FZ-1 on the band’s seminal hit, “Satisfaction.” Gibson sold 40,000 pedals in the wake of that song’s success, after reportedly moving a grand total of three over the course of the previous two years. The fuzz tone sound became the foundation of ’60s and

The sci-fi themed game netted Dabney and Bushnell enough royalties to found their own company, first called Syzygy and quickly renamed Atari. The company broke into the mainstream in 1972 with the release of Pong, a simplified departure from Computer Space that simulated table tennis with two lines and a dot. By the end of 1974, Atari sold more than 8,000 units of the game at $937 a pop. Unfortunately, Dabney reaped a much smaller reward than his partner. He learned that Bushnell had applied for a patent without his consent, submitting Dabney’s designs under his own name. Bushnell’s charisma pushed Dabney to a lower rung of Atari, leaving him frustrated enough to sell his ownership for $250,000 in 1973. Disillusioned by the perils of success, Dabney largely bowed out of the industry. In the meantime, Bushnell pushed Atari into living rooms with a series of video consoles. In the late ’70s, Bushnell enlisted Dabney to help develop a new venture – a restaurant-slash-arcade called Pizza Time, later renamed Chuck E. Cheese’s. After further disputes split the pair up again, Dabney retreated from the entertainment industry for good. Dabney died of esophageal cancer on May 26. — Jude Noel

Vladimir Voinovich Soviet dissident and dystopian satirist

May 2, 1937–May 26, 2018 In the beginning was a word. And the word was pizza. Pizza parlors, to be exact – the ones lit by the blinking screens of arcade cabinets and populated by animatronic critters. In the mid-1960s, such establishments only existed in ambitious schemes cooked up by Ted Dabney and Nolan Bushnell, two friends then employed as engineers by California-based electronics company Ampex. Dabney agreed to join Bushnell in his business venture, which combined the former’s technological and electronics expertise (gained in the ’50s at the Navy’s electronics school on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay) with the latter’s unbridled creativity and experience working as a carnival barker during college. Unsurprisingly, the duo’s initial efforts failed to bear the intended fruit (or dough, for that matter), but they did mark the genesis of electronic gaming as a cultural institution. What started out as a far-fetched dream would soon become a household name: Atari. At the time, coin-operated arcade cabinets were largely analog machines: pinball, fortune tellers, skee-ball. Dabney and Bushnell were intent on replicating the mechanical complexity of these games first on a computer, and later on a television set. Programming and buying computers was cost-prohibitive, so Dabney – inspired by how a TV set’s vertical and horizontal move the picture back and forth – devised a way to move digital shapes across a screen using a universal platform that was cheaper to build and easier to manage and store. “Ted came up with the breakthrough idea that got rid of the computer so you didn’t have to have a computer to make the game work,” one of Atari’s first employees, Allan Alcorn, told the New York Times in June. “It created the industry.” Bushnell pitched the new motion circuit technology to arcade manufacturer Nutting Associates, who helped the duo produce the first-ever commercially-available coinoperated cabinet video game, Computer Space, in 1971. orlandoweekly.com

Sept. 26, 1932–July 28, 2018 By the time of his death, Vladimir Voinovich was never mentioned without some variation of his title: satirist. Sometimes it was “famed satirist” or even “master satirist.” But the Russian writer, who spent his life alternatively fleeing and critiquing his homeland’s leaders, told interviewers that he found the label exasperating. He saw himself as a realist. “What I describe here is only what I saw with my own eyes,” Voinovich writes in the introduction of his dystopian epic Moscow 2042. Of course the book, described by one reviewer as “the Soviet Catch-22,” is a ridiculous piece of fiction. The novel follows Russian dissident writer Vitaly Karsev, who essentially functions as Voinovich’s stand-in as he bumbles his way into a time-traveling expedition 60 years into the future. He arrives in a Moscow governed as a city-state by “pure Communism,” a system wherein bathrooms are under the jurisdiction of the “Bureau of Natural Functions” and newspapers are printed directly on toilet paper. Above it all is the Generalissimo – a strongman keeping the population under control on the combined strength of religious dogma, a ludicrous cult of personality and the secret police. The book was a hit in the West when it was published in 1987 (it was banned in Soviet Russia). Decades later, CONTINUED ON PAGE 25 ●

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contemporary scholars noted that the novel’s dystopian merger of the KGB, the Communist state and the church foreshadowed the rise of Vladimir Putin, creating a reality with odd parallels to the fictional Moscow of 2042. Voinovich noticed the similarity too. “I think it’s pretty close,” he admitted to The Daily Beast in 2015. By then, he had already lived many disparate roles: Born to a Jewish mother and journalist father, he served as a loyal Soviet soldier in World War II, a wannabe poet under Stalin, a dissident writer under Khrushchev and then a satirist in exile in West Germany, where he penned Moscow 2042. Welcomed home during the presidency of Mikhail Gorbachev, he finally attained acceptance in his own homeland. And then, like an absurdist plot in one of Voinovich’s own works, Putin took control. Once again, Voinovich became an outspoken dissident, as the author rebuked the regime’s repression of the media and political opponents, as well as the war in Chechnya. Indeed, Voinovich managed to live long enough to become his own sort of time traveler. In his final years, he witnessed a backsliding Russia controlled by bureaucrats who projected breathtaking confidence in their leader, even as the country’s hard-won freedoms unraveled under that leader’s fist. “Next time, I’ll write a utopia,” Voinovich joked to an American crowd a few years ago. “People keep saying that all the bad things I write come true, so I’m going to write something good.” Instead, he suffered a heart attack. The master satirist died July 28. He left his prophetic gifts for the next generation of dissidents and trouble-makers – and stories of comic authoritarianism that, with each passing headline, seem less and less fantastical. — Danny Wicentowski

it wasn’t until after she completed her formal education – and bluffed her way into a chorus girl casting call at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, thanks to her uncle Robert’s film connections – that she pursued a career on the big screen. Her first part was an uncredited appearance in the Academy Award-winning 1932 drama Grand Hotel, starring Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and John Barrymore. That same year she was named a “Baby Star” – a PR designation for budding starlets deemed to be on the cusp of a big film career – by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, but Carlisle never found the same success as other “stars” like Clara Bow, the aforementioned Crawford or Ginger Rogers. Continuously typecast as a wholesome virgin or upbeat gal in everything from college sports dramas to screwball musicals, including three with Crosby in a span of five years, Carlisle eventually retired from cinema after marrying British actor James Blakeley in 1942. “I’ve played sweet young heroines long enough,” she said. After her acting career, Carlisle managed the Elizabeth Arden salon in Beverly Hills. She died at the age of 104 (or 106, depending on who you ask) at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement community for actors in Woodland Hills, California. — Maija Zummo

Chief Wahoo Cleveland Indians mascot and racial flashpoint

Major League Baseball, not the Indians, who was to blame. Last year, the logo was paraded around for the full season, an outlandish farewell tour for a symbol that most everyone outside of Cleveland has long acknowledged represents an enduring harm to Native American communities. It was and is a grotesque caricature that belongs in a museum, if not a garbage can. Chief Wahoo first appeared in 1947, created by cartoonist Walter Goldbach, who was only 17 at the time. (Goldblach died in 2017.) The image was meant to “convey a spirit of pure joy and unbridled enthusiasm,” at a time when Native American racism was still rampant. The team name was “inspired” by former Native American player Louis Sockalexis, in the sense that fans enjoyed taunting and jeering him for the duration of his very brief career, one cut short by alcoholism. That is the legacy that current Wahoo apologists so passionately claim to be honoring. In 1951, the logo evolved into the Red Sambo still in use today. His death is mourned and protested by thousands of Clevelanders who believe that professional baseball has been infiltrated by snowflake social justice warriors and race hucksters who are promoting racism where none exists for their own political and financial gain. The Chief is unfortunately survived on the professional sporting stage by the Washington Redskins’ name and by dozens, if not hundreds, of similarly offensive logos and nicknames of high schools across the country. — Sam Allard

Hamiet Bluiett progressive jazz titan

Mary Carlisle the “baby starlet” who made more than 60 films in a decade

Feb. 3, 1914-Aug. 1, 2018 A radiant 1930s film ingénue known for her fresh face, porcelain skin and blond hair, Mary Carlisle appeared in more than 60 films in the course of her short career, everything from Bing Crosby crooners to B-movie horror films – the last of which was the low-budget vampire thriller Dead Men Walk, released in 1943. Born Gwendolyn Witter in Boston in 1912 or 1914 – according to the Washington Post, she would frequently say her true age was “none of your business” – she was discovered at 14 while eating lunch at Universal Studios with her mother. Studio executive Carl Laemmle Jr. saw her and demanded she be given a screen test, reportedly saying, “This girl has the most angelic face I ever saw.” But

1947-2018 Chief Wahoo, the racist red-faced symbol that has adorned the sleeves and ballcaps of the Cleveland Indians’ uniforms – not to mention the apparel and doodads of Cleveland baseball fans – since 1947, has succumbed at last to his inevitable fate, possibly timed to Cleveland’s imminent date in the national spotlight with the 2019 MLB All-Star Game. A much-floated and entirely plausible theory is that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, a vocal opponent of Wahoo’s continued use, told Cleveland the summer showcase would only be bestowed on the city if the offensive symbol was no longer around. MLB’s very public announcement of deliberations between the team and the league on the Wahoo front in advance of the All-Star game announcement lent a certain undeniable credence to the conjecture. In recent years, the team had “scaled back” the use of Wahoo in favor of a primary “Block C” logo, but the image was still beloved among diehard fans, prominent in the team shop and regularly worn by the team. Team owner Paul Dolan announced last year, though, that Wahoo at last would be eliminated, at least as an official logo on the team’s uniforms. Given MLB’s visible crusade, Dolan, who had over the years acknowledged Wahoo’s problematic existence and reception outside of the city, could at least save face with ardent Wahoo supporters – many of whom now wear “Keep the Chief” or “Long Live the Chief” apparel to games – by saying it was orlandoweekly.com

Sept. 16, 1940–Oct. 4, 2018 Hamiet Bluiett, a master of the unwieldy baritone sax as well as the more nimble clarinet, served as a living bridge between blues-based, pre-bebop traditionalism and progressive improvisational jazz. Bluiett came into the world in similarly significant liminal territory – he was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but raised directly across the river in Brooklyn, Illinois, the first town in the United States incorporated by African Americans. At age 4 he began piano lessons; at 9, clarinet studies; and in college at Southern Illinois University, he took up the baritone saxophone. He left college without graduating, but with an abiding admiration for the bari sax. “I fell in love with the instrument on first sight, even before I knew what it sounded like,” he said in a 1991 interview. “But I never thought its mission was to mumble in the back row. I thought it should be a lead voice.” By many accounts, Bluiett was a mass of contradictions: Despite forging new paths in the St. Louis and New York loft jazz scenes, he remained always committed to melody. CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 ●

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His idol was not a bebop pioneer like Parker (neither Charlie nor Leo) but Harry Carney, a baritone saxophonist in Duke Ellington’s band. Even while he was a blazing star in the avant-garde loft scene, Bluiett respected popular appeal, saying things like, “We should play more music for women, play stuff that children like, old people, the whole works – what’s wrong with all that? “I was one of the guys, when we went into the loft situation, I told the guys, ‘Man, we need to play some ballads. You all playing outside, you running people away. I don’t want to run people away.’” He founded the forward-thinking World Saxophone Quartet and the Black Artists Group, and played with iconic improvisers including Sam Rivers, Babatunde Olatunji and Charles Mingus. His work in WSQ and BAG was influenced not just by the soul and R&B he grew up with, but by West African musics and hocket-style call and response. Yet had he chosen a more commercial path, his diamond-hard, satin-smooth clarinet tone would have fit right into a traditional big band à la Ellington. The controlled fury of his baritone attack was matched by a crusty demeanor and raspy voice. (Bassist Kent Kessler recalls a set at the Chicago Jazz Fest in which Bluiett was to improvise with the DKV Trio; there was no rehearsal, no discussion, Bluiett simply showed up onstage, stuck out his hand and said “Bluiett” before they began.) In 2002, Bluiett was diagnosed with prostate cancer. As part of his holistic treatment, he switched to a vegetarian diet, which he claimed changed his music after a lifelong devotion to the blues. “Blues came out of pork and alcohol,” Bluiett told St. Louis magazine in 2011. “I can’t hang with the meat eaters all the way – I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it was just different.” After a series of strokes and seizures that began in January of this year, Bluiett was taken off respiratory support in October. — Jessica Bryce Young

William Shearer immunologist and physician to the so-called Bubble Boy

Aug. 31, 1937–Oct. 9, 2018 It was 1979 when Dr. William Shearer first met 7-yearold David Vetter, the Texas boy who was born without an immune system and lived in a series of NASA-designed plastic bubbles. Many years later, Shearer recalled that first meeting on his blog. “He immediately put his arms in the gloves

extending from his plastic isolator system to shake my hand and began quizzing me to make sure I understood that he was special and was competent enough to care for him,” Shearer wrote. Theirs would be a brief relationship; David died in 1984 at age 12 after an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant in an attempt to cure him of his severe combined immunodeficiency. Despite its brevity, the relationship would have a lasting legacy. “He was like his father at the hospital, another dad,” David’s father told the New York Times. “They had a real strong rapport, and David loved him.” Shearer died this October from complications from polymyositis, an inflammatory disease that causes muscle weakness. Born in Detroit in 1937, he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from University of Detroit and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Wayne State University, and graduated from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1970. He later served pediatrics and immunology residencies in St. Louis before moving to Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, where he treated David. David’s was a lonely life. His older brother died from SCID, and his parents knew if they had another boy there was a 50-50 chance he could also have the hereditary disease. As soon as he was born, David was placed into his first plastic bubble. Any objects like toys had to be sterilized and placed through a series of air locks, and he could never touch another human. Under Shearer’s care, the case of David – a handsome boy who loved Star Wars and the Texas Oilers – captivated audiences around the world, with Shearer serving as its face. While Shearer often remarked upon David’s resilience, observing David’s despair at living in isolation – he reportedly had recurring nightmares about his condition – caused him to debate the ethics of keeping the boy trapped in his plastic cage. At one point, he suggested removing David from the bubble and trying other treatment methods, but David’s parents pushed for keeping him in until a suitable bone marrow donor could be found. In 1984, Shearer performed the long-awaited procedure. It didn’t work, and David soon became sick from a lymph node cancer caused by an undetected virus in the marrow. He lived his final 15 days outside of his bubble in a hospital room, where his mother kissed him for the first time. Shearer appeared on television to announce David’s death, which he would later call one of the most difficult times of his life. But his story with David wasn’t over: With samples of David’s blood, Shearer determined that David died from an infection from the Epstein-Barr virus, and later identified a gene that causes immune deficiencies. His discoveries would help create a test for the condition in newborns. Thanks in part to Shearer’s research, children with immune diseases are now able to live without plastic bubbles, and today more than 90 percent can be successfully treated with bone marrow and stem cell transplants within their first 28 days of life. After David’s death, Shearer founded the David Center at Texas Children’s, a wing focused on treatment of immune diseases named in honor of his former patient and friend. He later focused his research on HIV and AIDS, participating in studies that led to the treatment and prevention of HIV and AIDS in children. “People often ask what’s the measure of someone’s life, but very few people stood as tall as David,” Dr. Shearer told the Houston Chronicle in 2009. “More than any scientist, he taught us by his life.” — Lee DeVito orlandoweekly.com

Dorcas Reilly inventor of the green bean casserole

July 22, 1926–Oct. 15, 2018 She may not be a household name, but Dorcas Reilly is a household staple: Her iconic Campbell’s Soup green bean casserole is served in more than 20 million American homes each Thanksgiving and, the rest of the year, acts as a quintessential comfort dish that can be popped in and out of the oven in less than 30 minutes. Reilly, a 1947 graduate of Drexel University’s Home Economics program, was one of the first two full-time employees at Campbell’s Camden, New Jersey, home economics department, working in the test kitchen to develop new recipes. Originally invented in 1955 as a “green bean bake” for an Associated Press story asking for a vegetable side dish made with pantry staples, the casserole calls for just six ingredients: a can of Campbell’s condensed cream of mushroom soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, green beans and crispy French-fried onions. It was a wholesome home-cooked meal crafted in an Atomic Age that celebrated canned goods and convenience cooking, but its combination of creamy, crunchy and salty has stood the test of time. Today, more than 60 years later, Campbell’s estimates upward of 40 percent of their condensed mushroom soup sales are used to make Reilly’s casserole – the recipe is even printed on the back of the can. “Dorcas would often share that the first time she made her famous recipe, it did not receive the highest rating in Campbell’s internal testing,” wrote the company in an October memorial for Reilly’s passing. “Yet, it was her persistence and creativity that led to an enduring recipe that will live on for decades to come.” Reilly worked for the company off and on from the 1940s to the 1980s, when she retired as manager of the Campbell’s Kitchen in 1988. In addition to her lasting bean legacy, she also invented hundreds of other soupinfused recipes including a tuna noodle casserole, tomato soup cake and tomato soup sloppy Joes. In 2002, Campbell’s donated Reilly’s original recipe card to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Alexandria, Virginia, placing her patented legacy alongside the likes of Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers and Steve Wozniak. “I’m very proud of this,” she said of the recipe in a Campbell’s video, “and I was shocked when I realized how popular it had become.” — Maija Zummo ●

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SHINE A LIGHT Notable local lives and deaths in 2018 Celine Walker, age 36, Feb. 4; Antash’a English, age 38, June 1; Cathalina James, age 24, June 24; Sasha Garden, age 27, July 19; Londonn Moore, age 20, Sept. 8 trans women of color, all murdered in Florida this year 2018 has been one of the deadliest years ever for transgender people. The Human Rights Campaign says that so far this year, at least 24 have been killed violently. And no state has more recorded murders of trans people than Florida. It started Feb. 4 with Celine Walker, shot dead in a Jacksonville hotel room. Four months later Antash’a English died in the hospital from gunshot wounds after she was found lying between two abandoned houses. In June, deputies found Cathalina James, gunned down at another Jacksonville hotel. Less than a month later Sasha Garden’s beaten body was discovered behind an Orlando apartment complex. In September in North Port, Londonn Moore was found lying in a road, shot to death. As yet, no one has been arrested or charged in any of these crimes. “Sasha was just Sasha,” Garden’s cousin, Yolanda Davis, told Orlando Weekly at the time. “Her biggest thing was to provide for her family. She didn’t take shit. She was always a kind person. Everybody has their mean days – ain’t nobody perfect. But at the end of the day she was genuine. She didn’t sugarcoat it.” Like the other trans women killed before her, Garden was repeatedly misgendered by the sheriff’s office and local media outlets, ultimately leading to an apology from Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings. There has been no arrest made in the murders of the five women. “Transgender people experience so much discrimination and bias-driven violence that the specter of hate arises anytime a trans person is killed,” the National Center for Transgender Equality wrote in a statement. “The increasing recognition that widespread violence against transgender people is a real and grave problem represents hard-won progress, but it is far from enough. A general societal attitude of passive empathy is not enough. Vigils and memorials, while necessary, are not enough. We cannot prosecute or incarcerate our way out of this problem. We need to recognize that stigma is deadly.” – Monivette Cordeiro

Henri Landwirth

hotelier and wish-granter March 7, 1927–April 16, 2018 From his birth in Belgium to his years-long imprison-

ment in Nazi concentration camps as a teenager, from his humble beginning as a bellhop at a Cocoa Beach hotel to eventually becoming a millionaire, and later to his remarkable work as a philanthropist, Henri Landwirth could have been remembered for just one feat: He ingeniously opened Orlando’s first Holiday Inn in 1969, prior to the Disney boom. Instead, though, after living through humanity’s greatest tragedy he built a life on the foundation of love. Following his founding of the charity organization Give Kids the World in 1986, Landwirth went on to touch the lives of more than 160,000 terminally ill children countrywide and in at least 75 foreign nations by inviting them to spend a weeklong, all-expenses-paid fantasy vacation at the Kissimmee resort village. His inspiration to give back came not from his own lived experiences in some of the world’s darker moments, but from a 6-year-old girl named Amy, when, in the 1980s, Landwirth began offering free rooms to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for families with ill children to use during their trips to Disney. Amy passed on before she ever made it to the resort. Because of that, and because of his incomparable heart, Landwirth made sure that no other sick child would have their last wish unfulfilled. “I never had any control over my life as a child,” Landwirth wrote in his later years. “I think that is what inspired me to do what I’m doing today – to thank you for this life I have.” Landwirth died peacefully in his sleep at his home outside Jacksonville. He was 91. – Xander Peters

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Harriett Lake

philanthropist and fashion enthusiast April 7, 1922–July 10, 2018 Like many Central Floridians, Harriett Lake (née Tuck) wasn’t born here. But the Pennsylvanian transplant spent the better part of a century making an impact on the local arts scene as a generous benefactor. Lake and her husband, Hyman, moved to the area in 1962 after making a small fortune in real estate dealings in South Florida, and Hyman’s success continued into the post-Disney boom. Harriett – a longtime fan of the performing arts – started funneling generous contributions to local arts groups over the years. You’ll probably notice her name a lot around town. There’s the Harriett Theatre, the main performance room at Mad Cow Theatre. You can grab a drink before or after a show at Orlando Shakes at Harriett’s Bar. Your little ones can put together their own costume and act out their own stories at Harriett’s Kids Theater at Orlando Science Center. And you can powder your nose in luxury under a pink chandelier in Harriett’s Ladies Lounge at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Perhaps the greatest benefactor of Lake’s charity was the Orlando Ballet, which has dedicated a Best of Broadway program to her in the past. One of Lake’s last major contributions before passing away in July at the age of 96 was a $5 million donation to fund a new headquarters and rehearsal orlandoweekly.com

space for the company near Loch Haven Park. Lake was also noted for her dedication to fashion, rarely appearing in public without a carefully considered ensemble tied together with oversized glasses and hats. Lake’s collection outgrew her state-of-the-art closet so many times that she established a charity, Harriett’s Closet, to sell off the excess to fund good causes. Earlier this year, Kristina Tollefson published Too Much Is Not Enough, a “fashion biography” that catalogs a mere fraction of the contents of Lake’s wardrobe and the stories behind the outfits, along with photographs by Tony Firriolo. It’s a fitting tribute to a larger-than-life personality whose impact will be felt in the area for years to come. – Thaddeus McCollum

Richard Sherfey

musician and craft-beer aficionado July 2, 1978–Dec. 19, 2018 The Orlando music scene just lost a notable figure Dec. 20. At only age 40, Richard Sherfey was a light snuffed far too soon. He first started making a mark on Orlando in the early 2000s as a touring Athens artist, building a distinguished reputation with his soulful merge of country, gospel and rock. Eventually, he relocated here, becoming a cardcarrying member of the local scene in both music and craft beer with Redlight Redlight. Even though his business work with the latter would actually lessen his musical footprint, Sherfey had started making more live appearances again a few years ago with his band, All God’s Children. Then, late last year, he emailed me the tracks for a new record (Oh’s, Ah’s, and Sha-La’s) that he was about to release, his first in almost a decade. The recent Folk Yeah fest was the first time in a long time I saw him performing. It was good. I told him so afterwards as we shook hands. I didn’t know it would be the last time. We seldom do, I guess. There’s really little anyone can say that ever makes these things better. But at least he left us with a heart-swelling soundtrack to accompany his memory. Thanks for the songs, Richard. — Bao Le-Huu ●

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OPEN YOUR EYES Not paying attention is no longer an option, and 2018’s artists snapped us out of complacency BY R I C H A R D R E E P A N D J E SSI CA B RYCE YO UNG

o one can explain how they survived 2018, but most of us did. It was like that scene in The Godfather where he wakes up to find a horse’s head in his bed, replayed over and over and over. Every time you turn on the news, it’s a different horse’s head – Rick Scott, or Brett Kavanaugh, or Sheryl Sandberg – whoever. Would have been a lot better, maybe, just to sleep through it all, but that’s not an option any more. RTR: And anyway, if you slept through it all, you would have missed some great art, starting with Snap’s dual artist show

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of Jamel Shabazz and Shawn Theodore (Shabazz | Theodore, Feb. 2–May 12, Snap! Orlando), visual poets of the street. I was deeply affected by both of these photographers. Theodore’s portrait-narrative of the “Church of the Broken Pieces” touched universal themes of rejection and struggle; while Shabazz’s mastery of New York’s look is embedded in the soul of that city. JBY: The Mennello stormed into 2018 with a Grace Hartigan exhibition (Grace Hartigan 1960-1965, The Perry Collection, Jan. 20–March 18, Mennello Museum of American Art), yet another show so conceptually big it surged against the walls

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of the little Mennello. Hartigan generally gets lumped in with Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner … the “Female Abstract Expressionists,” coverage of whom always come with an explicit or implicit subtext: “They’re just as good as Willem and Jackson – honest!” (Or: “They ain’t as good as Willem and Jackson, pal!”) It’s reductive not just to gender-label those painters, but specifically Hartigan – her earliest work toed the line of Ab-Ex orthodoxy, but eventually figuration began to slyly waft into view on her canvases. This show, pocket-sized though it was, captured the arc of Hartigan’s evolution of selfassurance, as an individual and a master. RTR: Speaking of great women artists, the Maitland Art Center has a lot of momentum. They started the year with an excellent pair of artists, Nikki Painter and Elizabeth Condon, both showing vigorous abstracts (Women of the Research Studio: Past and Present, Jan. 5-Feb. 18, Art & History Museums – Maitland). I applaud the Art Center’s recently revitalized artistin-resident program that brought them, among other talents, to mix into the Central Florida scene. JBY: As happy as I was (and am) to see

the gender imbalance redressed on local walls, I’m not sure I like galleries separating artists out by sex; “women artists” sounds like a subcategory of “artists.” Not only is that a belittlement neither of us appreciates, it’s becoming irrelevant; gender is more malleable than ever. Anyway, art has always been about staking one’s place in the world – like Whitman said, “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world” – and Ria Brodell’s show at the Cornell did just that with a handful of witty portraits: women who lived as men, reimaginings of nuns as monks, and identity swaps of herself into her patron (matron?) saint, St. Philomena (Ria Brodell: Devotion, Jan. 20-May 13, Cornell Fine Arts Museum). RTR: Allowing one to define one’s own identity seems natural, in retrospect. It would be hard to live in a fake reality. Not so the State of Florida, perpetually faked. Invasive Species (May 17–June 23) one of Pat Greene’s last events at Gallery at Avalon Island, featured nine Florida artists, plus his own installation, exploring the nature of Florida’s fakery. As a homegrown effort, it was terrific. JBY: The Florida Prize is another home-

grown effort, one that has immeasurably improved the lives of Orlando art-lovers since its inception, and this year was no different. The 2018 Orlando Museum of Art Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition (June 1–Aug. 19), collecting the work of 10 Florida artists, was challenging, off-kilter, jagged in some places and slick in others. I couldn’t get enough of Rafael Domenech’s bright, plasticky assemblages of detritus (especially as juxtaposed with Kerry Phillips’ strangely somber accumulations of old furniture and suitcases and gloomy-hued plush upholstery). Winner Kenya (Robinson), with her tumbling waterfalls of tiny white men, deserved every dollar of her prize. This year felt like a turning point, though; will OMA continue to focus on Floridian artists or will they open it up to contemporary artists around the country – or world? We shall see. In the meantime, the Florida Prize is still an overflowing bounty of brain candy and maximum fun. RTR: I am an inveterate minimalist. Yet what stood out for me, personally this year, was the Nick Cave soundsuits at OMA (Nick Cave: Feat., Sept. 14–Dec. 30, Orlando Museum of Art). These are exquisitely

maximalist and I love them. In a presentation to local writers, Cave told us how they were born from his reaction to the Rodney King beating in L.A. – how these suits swish, clash and jingle when you wear them – and they exuberantly defy the instinct to hide or to melt into the background. I think that kind of counterintuitive move is what we need more of. Contrasted with this, OMA is exhibiting Purvis Young and His Angels until March 3, 2019. The Miami artist’s feral street saints, so full of despair and alienation, are hauntingly beautiful in a different sort of way. In 2018, many art shows were intensely interior, and few presented overt political messaging. Artists like Ria Brodell did explore a certain type of social emancipation. Cave’s soundsuits extend one’s presence through art, and are political without being confrontational. No one can blame artists for sleeping through the gangster movie that our democracy has become. But once artists do awaken, they can often slip the truth into their work subtly, so we can see that dead horse’s head for what it truly is: payback for not paying attention. arts@orlandoweekly.com

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Dickens, 2018 was the best of times and the worst of times at the same time. Since the wheat and chaff were hopelessly intermingled, get ready to swallow the sweet with the sour as we say sayonara to the past year in Orlando arts and attractions. In the theme park wars, 2018 could charitably be described as a rebuilding year for Walt Disney World. After the 2017 blockbuster debut of Animal Kingdom’s Avatar land, this year’s biggest addition was Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which was simultaneously the best new expansion after sunset (with its charming C9 lights and breezy Slinky Dog coaster) and the worst shade-free hellscape on a hot summer’s day. Otherwise, Disney’s transportation system attracted more attention in 2018 than any attraction, for both good and ill. The Skyliner gondola system, which will connect Epcot and the Studios with several onsite hotels, recently started testing its controversially un-air-conditioned cars; meanwhile, the iconic but aging monorails grabbed headlines for a series of safety situations, such as the day a train door fell off. Universal Orlando’s year got off to a shaky start when Universal Studios Florida’s Fast and Furious: Supercharged ride debuted in April and was instantly declared a dud by critics and fans alike. While the park recovered from its worst addition in a decade by opening Cinematic Celebration, the resort’s best nighttime spectacular yet,

Theme parks held their own, but local theater roared to life in 2018 with sensational new venues and thrilling performances

Universal’s best new things are all behind the scenes right now. The old Terminator 2/3D theater recently had its sides blown out for a rumored Jason Bourne stunt show; ride vehicles resembling Hagrid’s motorbike are currently sitting on the track of Islands of Adventure’s upcoming Harry Potter roller coaster; and a steady stream of dump trucks are hauling dirt on the future site of Universal’s third theme park – or fourth, if you count Volcano Bay – which (according to widely leaked images) will be called “Universal’s Fantastic Worlds” and showcase Nintendo characters. When 2018 began, my money was on another annus horribilis for SeaWorld, which was still floundering in the wake of Blackfish backlash. But that turned out to be my worst prediction of the year, because – at least as far as the balance sheet and stock price are concerned – SeaWorld is back on track. Virtual reality headsets were uncere-

moniously yanked from the Kraken coaster, and the drenching new Infinity Falls raft ride was delayed and missed the key summer season, which could have proved a worst-case scenario for a struggling attraction. But SeaWorld’s events team struck back with a series of local-friendly festivals that have far surpassed Epcot’s as the best bang-for-your-buck for anyone seeking to snack and sip their way around a lagoon. The Orlando Ballet ended their 2017/2018 season with a half-step backwards, as the heavily hyped Contemporary Wonders performance only stuck the landing on contemporary choreographer Jessica Lang’s third of the program. But they bounced back big time with October’s premiere of Carmina Burana, which boasted a breathtaking Bach Festival Society choir and Robert Hill’s best choreography in ages. If the company can continue to hit those heights, they’ll make worthy residents of the world-class Steinmetz Hall when it opens in 2020; climbing up the half-completed venue’s construction site was a hard-hat high point of my year. This time last year I was writing about my high hopes for Winnie Wenglewick’s new Dangerous Theatre in Sanford, so of course it was shuttered shortly after ( just call me the dream killer). Thankfully, Derek Critzer and Quinn Roberts rode in to resurrect the rough-hewn former Princess Theatre as the handsome Theater West End. In the venue’s brief existence, it’s orlandoweekly.com

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already brought us the best ensemble I experienced all year in The Color Purple as well as Janine Klein’s transcendent star turn as Francesca in The Bridges of Madison County, the best live performance I attended in 2018, bar none. In addition to Theater West End, in recent years we’ve welcomed a number of other much needed new theatrical venues to town – such as Theatre on the Edge and the Savoy’s Starlite Room – while witnessing a blossoming of site-specific performances at places like Valencia College. But 2018 ended with a bittersweet goodbye, as I watched the last-ever performance of Varietease’s NOT-cracker at the Venue. Blue Star’s Ivanhoe Village stage will stick around at least through the spring’s Fringe Festival, but this was the final Christmas before this neighborhood anchor faces the wrecking ball. Among the many awful things Gov. Scott’s outgoing administration was responsible for, slashing Florida’s budget for arts funding this year by 94 percent ranks pretty high. On the bright side, Orange County stepped into the breach with over $6 million in Tourist Development Tax money. And more recently, United Arts of Central Florida was able to hand out nearly $1.5 million in grants, despite their own state funding being slashed by over $140,000. One of those well-deserved United Arts grant recipients was the Creative City Project, whose Immerse event has officially graduated from Orlando’s best-kept secret to the worst weekend ever for artsloving agoraphobics. The other big news in arts festivals was the first-ever Fusion Fest. Once I got past the cringeworthy “It’s diversitastic!” tag line, awkward stage arrangement and overly complicated currency scheme, I enjoyed the best selection of authentic ethnic food I’ve ever dined on downtown. I’m looking forward to both returning even better than before next fall. Tickets for next month’s tour of Broadway megahit Hamilton at the Dr. Phillips Center went on sale on Nov. 16; whether that was the worst or best day of 2018 for you depends on whether you were able to secure seats or simply spent fruitless hours being teased by the passive-aggressive ticketing website. I only waited two hours for my tickets, and I recently got to talk with Lin-Manuel Miranda in person (look for the interview on orlandoweekly.com), so I’m inclined to look at the silver lining. At least all the fury on social media proves that the fabulous invalid is far from dead in Central Florida. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

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ping it into jaew mak len (a charred tomato paste) or jaew bong (sweet chili paste with pork skin) is digital dining at its finest, but it’s the spicy cucumber salad that poses a real challenge. Its funky, fishy quintessence is palate-jarring, to put it mildly, but it’s a dish much sought after by the fearless. If that’s not you, order everything else and indulge in handsy bites of lemongrass pork sausage, sesame beef jerky and pork tapioca dumplings. (1915 E. Colonial Drive 321-800-6532, facebook.com/stickyricestreetfood)

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TOP TABLES 2018 Orlando’s best new restaurants to open this year BY FAIYAZ KARA

ay what you want about our restaurant scene, but boring it’s not, and boring it hasn’t been for a good long while. Keeping up with the number of openings (and closings) is no easy task and 2018 seemed to be one of the more active years in recent memory. Some highlights: a bump in cozy neighborhood hangs, noodle haunts (no surprise there) and sandwich joints. Oh sure, there were a smattering of splashy openings, mostly at Disney Springs – including Wine Bar George, Terralina and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill – but we were taken by the smashing street fare coming from mobile and stationary joints alike. Our conversations about dining expanded to court the controversial issues of “authenticity,” cultural appropriation, sexual misconduct and mental health – issues sure to linger in 2019 and beyond.

And speaking of next year, there’s a lot to look forward to, what with highly anticipated restaurants from José Andrés (Jaleo), Henry Moso (Kabooki Sushi Sand Lake), Chau Trinh (Sushi Pop Winter Park), Sonny Nguyen (Domu Chibi, Tori Tori), Chelsie Savage (Proper & Wild), Trina Gregory-Propst and Va Propst (Sette), Roberto Treviño (Don Julio Mexican Kitchen Ceviche Bar), Shaun Noonan (Curate), Bruno Zacchini (Slice by Pizza Bruno) and Josh Oakley’s new concept (name TBA). We might even see a food hall or two. Yeah, we’re still anxiously awaiting the day when Bangrak Thai Street Kitchen and Mary Mattern’s all-vegan Winter Park Biscuit Co. move into permanent spaces but, until then, let’s celebrate what we have. Here, then, are the very best restaurants to open in 2018.

Taste of Chengdu Chef Xiong “Tiger” Tang’s paean to Sichuan cookery (and its capital, Chengdu, in particular) has been the most buzzworthy restaurant to open this year, and with good reason. From technique to plating, this is Sichuan fare at its most exacting and accomplished, not surprising considering Tang’s credentials – he went to culinary school in Sichuan Province and helmed the kitchen as executive chef at Zen inside the Omni Orlando Resort for 14 years. Tang’s skill and the cuisine’s tongue-numbing, gut-burning pleasures are embodied in a stunning platter of pan-fried pompano, all but concealed under a heap of triple chili peppers, peanuts and five-spice sauce. Just as bold is a whole lobster hacked and reassembled with its carapace adorned in an infernal mix of chilies, peppercorns, garlic and cilantro. He doesn’t stop there – there’s cumin rack of lamb; spicy trotters with sweet potato; poached beef with Sichuan wontons; a Chongqing hotpot with a surf-and-turf bonanza of head-on shrimp, tripe, beef and fried fish mixed with crunchy lotus root and cauliflower. Each masterly meal yields a new texture, a new flavor combination and a new presentation, making Taste of Chengdu the most exciting restaurant to emerge on the scene this year. (2030 W. Colonial Drive, 407839-1983, facebook.com/tasteofchengdu)

Wine Bar George The main draw at master sommelier George Miliotes’ sparkling two-story space in Disney Springs are the 140 wines available by the glass and – hold on to your stemware – by the ounce. That fact alone warrants inclusion on this list and, yes, you can sip two tablespoons of a 1996 Chateau Margaux for a paltry $100. Settle for the 2001 vintage for half the price, then enjoy it with a plate of Japanese A5 Wagyu carpaccio as part of WBG’s “Outstanding by the Ounces” menu. There’s more substantial fare to be had as well, be it porchetta-spiced pork cheeks or grilled whole Greek sea bass, and it’s all deftly presented. It’s definitely worth braving the tourist hordes for. After a swirl, a sniff and a swish, you’ll likely agree. (Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, 407-4901800, winebargeorge.com)

Sticky Rice Lao Street Food The full spectrum of flavors of Laotian cuisine – the sweet, the spicy, the fishy and the fermented – are presented in street snack form at this millennials’ delight and, best of all, the entire menu can be ordered for around $65. Scooping wee balls of sticky rice then diporlandoweekly.com

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NOTABLE OPENING: BEM BOM ON CORRINE

F&D Woodfired Italian Kitchen As the erstwhile Peppino’s Organic Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria, the space bore hints of a cozy intimacy, but as F&D Woodfired Italian Kitchen, that conceit is fully realized. It’s one of the more inviting neighborhood restaurants in the city, and Neapolitan pies – we heart the fennel sausage-and-rapini and the traditional margherita – being churned out by the two Mugnaini wood-burning pizza ovens give greater cause for folks to linger. Look out, Pizza Bruno. (2420 Curry Ford Road, 407751-5697, fdwoodfireditaliankitchen.com)

from poke and empanadas to picanha and Korean-style chicken wings to their Milk District venue. There’s a covered bar area with 15 rotating taps, and a garden of faux grass for games, guzzling and movie screenings. It all serves to breathe new life into a movement that’s been idling for a while. (609 Irvington Ave., 407-776-4693, alacart orlando.com)

The H Cuisine This sister resto to the Haci Steakhouse in Kayseri, Turkey, taps into Nusret “Salt Bae” Gökçe’s mystique, though the overacting is (thankfully) kept to a minimum when the waiters slice enticing cuts of USDA Prime beef with dramatic flair tableside, then theatrically fleck them with Maldon sea salt. The bonein rib-eye, aged for 28 days, is a fave, though interesting cuts like lokum and Robespierre can be had as well. An illuminated dryaging chamber adds a nice ambient touch to the pomo interior. (7512 Dr. Phillips Blvd., 407-930-3020, thehcuisine.com)

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Other notable 2018 openings

Go try ’em: The Ramen, Bem Bom on Corrine, Kai Asian Street Fare, Naroodle Noodle Shop, Stasio’s Italian Deli & Market, La Boucherie, Bawarchi Biryanis, Park Pizza & Brewing Co., Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill.

Honorable Mention: À La Cart

No, it’s not technically a restaurant, but it’s not every day we get a food truck park that feels like one. Modeled after the pods in Portland, Oregon, À La Cart brings five mobile food vendors hawking everything

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À LA CART

Inviting Milk District food park hosts five food trucks at an open-air pavilion with 15 rotating taps surrounding a square patch of faux grass that acts as an informal beer garden. Brazilian steak, poke and Viet-Korean fare are offered every day, with Brazilian-style empanadas and SwedeDish’s Scandinavian offerings splitting a parking spot. A fifth daily rotating vendor keeps things interesting. Open daily. 609 Irvington Ave., 407-7764693; $$

STASIO’S ITALIAN DELI

It’s not Eataly, but this Milk District gastronomia sells scores of Old Country finds, from cheeses and pastas to oils and flour. The cold case is chock-full of fresh-made sausages and antipasti, while the hot case showcases everything from stuffed pork chops to chicken San Remo. House-made bread and fresh meats yield superb sandwiches, though don’t overlook strombolis and definitely don’t overlook the pastries – flaky, cream-filled sfogliatelle are outstanding. Closed Sundays. 210 N. Bumby Ave., 407-277-7755; $$

BLENDED CAFÉ BAR

Cavernous College Park café offers a selection of pan-Asian handhelds, namely bao, dumping, pockets and bánh mì. Empanada-like pockets couldn’t be more gratifying, and the bao (filled with everything from lemongrass-teriyaki beef to crispy jackfruit) are undeniable draws. Don’t leave without sampling a bubble waffle and some blended tea. Closed Monday. 2306 Edgewater Drive, 407-8689836; $

INAY’S KITCHEN

The women jockeying the stoves at Inay’s Kitchen deliver a brand-new food experience to those of us not versed in Filipino cooking. Thick, hearty stews are brightened up with expert use of vinegar, and pork and chicken skewers are lacquered with sauce and grilled until the sauce becomes candy – add a third flavor layer with a dip in that vinegar again. The takeout-friendly Inay’s can be hard to find on a dimly lit road in Ocoee, but persevere; it’s worth the search. 1097 S. Clarke Road, Ocoee, 407-601-2126; $ n

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The Death of Stalin

The best comedy and coming-of-age films of the year are, respectively, The Death of Stalin and Eighth Grade. And as Poppie from Seinfeld said, “On this issue, there is no debate. And no intelligent person can think differently.” Smart people might disagree on the best musical or music-themed movie, however. The sheer number of them even prompted the Hollywood Foreign Press to place two (A Star Is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody) among the dramas, leaving the superior Mary Poppins Returns as the only true musical in the musical/comedy category. Tackling the topic of race in vastly different but equally effective ways are Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, Peter Farrelly’s Green Book and Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. Though the latter is overrated, its originality has made it 2018’s biggest moneymaker. As usual, most of the year’s best films are dramas. Marc Turtletaub’s Puzzle is an unexpectedly sweet treat; Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters redefines family val-

ues; The Front Runner, by Jason Reitman, is an insightful political document; Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke, addresses climate change and spirituality; and Peter Hedges’ Ben Is Back, with Julia Roberts and the director’s wunderkind son, Lucas, powerfully deconstructs drug addiction. But the two top dramas are Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, a deeply personal and quietly profound study of social status in 1970s Mexico City, and First Man, Damien Chazelle’s uniquely impressionistic trip to the moon via auditory and visual storytelling. Amid the gut-wrenching drama, disturbing horror and enlightening docs, let’s not forget the pure pleasure that movies bring. And no other film of 2018 brought me more happiness than Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. You won’t find it on many critics’ top-10 lists, but it should still be embraced for its joyful escapism. And perhaps that’s what we need more than anything else in 2018. feedback@orlandoweekly.com

CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOON AND MEXICO CITY A look at some of the best films of 2018 BY C AMERON MEIE R

s the year draws to a close, audiences and critics alike are realizing that 2018 might not have a mustsee film. But don’t let that depress you, as there is a plethora of should-see productions spread across every genre. It’s been a strong year for horror/suspense flicks and documentaries. In the former category, Hereditary wowed us with its Rosemary’s Baby sensibility and an unbearably intense Toni Collette. Ghost Stories and The Little Stranger also helped solidify this year’s reputation as one of the best for smart spooks. And don’t forget The Guilty, a Danish production that impressed audiences at the Florida Film Festival with its quiet tension. Good docs have been even more abundant. Though none approaches the level of, say, Harlan County U.S.A. or The Sorrow and the Pity, you can’t go wrong with biographical offerings such as RBG; Love, Cecil, and the uplifting, zeitgeisty Won’t

You Be My Neighbor? If you find yourself too happy after the latter film, why not watch Eating Animals? Perhaps the best of this year’s issue-focused documentaries, it will make you take a second look at your lunch plate. Need a palate cleanser after that last offering? Don’t miss Free Solo. It’s quite the cliffhanger, literally, and my pick for best doc of 2018 (unless the upcoming They Shall Not Grow Old, by Peter Jackson, changes my mind). In animation, it’s been a year of sequels, with Ralph Breaks the Internet, Incredibles 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Isle of Dogs. OK, so the last two aren’t really sequels. They just feel like them, thanks to Spider-Verse being the millionth Spidey film and Isle of Dogs mimicking almost every other Wes Anderson movie. (But kudos to all four – plus the Japanese fable Mirai – for their visual imagination and attention to detail.)

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ON SCREENS IN ORLANDO

Escape Room BY ST EVE SCHN EID ER

OPENING THIS WEEK: Escape Room Not too long ago, I visited a rehearsal hall that had begun its life as an escape room. You could tell because, when you asked the proprietors for directions to the bathroom, they told you which colored line near the ceiling to follow, instead of just to turn left at the broom closet. (Hey, at least they didn’t say, “When the siren sounds and the light starts flashing, get down on your belly and crawl, so you won’t inhale the toxic fumes that are going to start spraying from the vents.”) Yes, there’s nothing sadder than a failed escape room – a truism that could just as easily describe the film of the same name, this year’s crap-horror sacrifice to the merciless gods of the January box office. In it, six strangers summoned to solve an escape room discover that the slowest among them will be put to death via one of several murderous contraptions. Sounds kind of like a Saw movie, which makes

sense if you believe the Saw franchise was partially responsible for the phenomenon of real-world escape rooms to begin with. It’s like Ouroboros swallowed his own tail and discovered it tastes like Twizzlers and shame. (PG-13; opens Friday, Jan. 4) Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Premiere The second season of this anime series about a psychic middle-schooler hasn’t even debuted in its native Japan, and we’re getting to watch the first episode thanks to a one-day-only theater event. But don’t worry, because Japan is still going to be slightly ahead of us on some things. Like getting destroyed by North Korea. (PG; playing at 12:55 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at Regal Winter Park Village Stadium 20 & RPX and Regal Waterford Lakes Stadium 20 & IMAX) On the Basis of Sex When they’re making a biopic about your life, you’d like to have as much control over the project as possible. But deathless Constitution groupie Ruth Bader Ginsburg topped them all: She had

her very own nephew write the screenplay. Unsurprisingly, Ginsburg was said to be extremely pleased with the end result, even telling director Mimi Leder she couldn’t imagine anyone but star Felicity Jones playing her. Hey, I can’t imagine anyone but Chris Evans playing me. But if the part ever gets cast, you and I know they’re going with David Spade’s underemployed cousin, so we should all start bracing ourselves now. (PG13; opens Friday, Jan. 4)

ALSO PLAYING: Zero I’m usually not surprised by the things bored people do to fuck with the rest of us. But even I was taken aback to learn that Twitter trolls had created parody accounts to tweet out fake critical reactions to one of this year’s most anticipated Hindi features. I mean, pretending to be a professional film critic has to be one of the saddest, most pointless bits of subterfuge imaginable. Plus it’s Rex Reed’s job, dammit! (NR; playing at Universal Cinemark at CityWalk and Touchstar Cinemas Southchase 7) orlandoweekly.com

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KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH GO-KARTS Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is having a New Year’s party for the whole family. The end of the year is fast approaching, and plenty of Orlando residents are making plans to pop champagne bottles and dance until the clock strikes midnight. However, nightclubs and countdown parties aren’t an option for families with kids, and that’s where Andretti Indoor Karting & Gaming’s Noon Year’s Eve Party comes into play.

FAMILY FUN

Families with younger children can walk through Andretti’s doors on Monday, December 31st from 10am-2pm for an unforgettable, and affordable, New Year’s Eve. Virtual reality experiences and arcade games are all half off, and 1,000 balloons with more than $1,000 in prizes inside will drop at the stroke of noon — you could win free races, attractions, game cards, or a $100 gift card for more Andretti’s fun.

VIP FOR ADULTS

After you’ve handed your kids off to your babysitter, you can come back to Andretti’s for their VIP New Year’s Eve Party, hosted on their Sky Bar from 9pm-1am. You’ll kiss 2018 goodbye with a free go kart race around Andretti’s multi-level indoor track, and experience incredible big-screen quality special effects with the 7D Dark Ride. Two attractions of your choice, like a virtual reality racing simulator, multi-player Hologate experience, and extreme ropes course, Gear Coaster, Battle Bot VR and more, come with the VIP package. Guests also get unlimited arcade play on more than 100 games, hors d’oeuvres, and a three-course Prix Fixe Menu. A champagne toast at midnight ushers in 2019 with fun, friends, drinks, and dancing, thanks to Andretti’s all-night DJ.

EXCITEMENT IN 2019 AND BEYOND

Andretti’s isn’t just your go-to for New Year’s excitement: their massive facility includes high-speed, multi-level go karting, boutique bowling (perfect for birthday parties or office outings), a zip line, cutting-edge VR attractions, two-level laser tag, and much more. Love Candy Crush? You can play a lifesized version at Andretti’s Orlando location, or bring your smartphone screen to life with other life-sized apps like Temple

Run, Fruit Ninja, or Doodle Jump. If arcade classics are more your speed, PacMan, Galaga, air hockey and skee ball await you at Andretti’s, too. Your hard-earned points won’t be earned for nothing: rack ‘em up and cash them in for fun treats like candy, toys, stuffed animals, bicycles, electronics, bicycles, and even tablets.

FRESH EATS

Speeding around the track during Andretti’s New Year’s parties (or during those must-return visits) can leave you hungry, but these gaming specialists have you covered: their from-scratch restaurant and bar, Andretti Grill, has delicious items for every taste. Fresh takes on classic recipes like Big Green Eggs, smoked ribs, pork, and chicken will remind you of home, and you won’t be able to eat just one slice of their authentic brick-oven pizzas. If you’ve got food allergies, the Andretti Grill has something for you. Careful detail and consideration for their guests’ unique needs are cooked into every dish: glutenfree bread, pasta, and pizza dough are available in abundance, while vegan cheese and vegan “beef” will keep herbivores happy.

EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE

When you walk into Andretti’s for your New Year’s soiree, you’ll immediately be greeted by a helpful staff member. Their massive facility has hundreds of gaming options, and you’ll need some help deciding what you want to do during your stay! You’ll register at a computer station, then choose individual or bundled activities in one of Andretti’s affordable discount packages. Races are scheduled for your convenience: you’ll know when to report to the track, so you can hang out and try some arcade games or VR experiences before you buckle up. Feeling hungry? Their stellar Sky Bar doesn’t require reservations, so you can kick back with snacks or a cocktail before you leave. You’ll always be personally thanked as you leave Andretti’s. For more information on Andretti’s Orlando location (and their swingin’ New Year’s parties), check out their website at andrettikarting.com/orlando.

duo packed out the Dr. Phil and serenaded a wild crowd with anthem after anthem amidst a Tron-esque stage set. Pictureplane, Mother Juno, J.A.S.O.N., Ootheca, Will’s Pub, Dec. 7. Take an EDM legend who hasn’t played an Orlando show since the last Total Bummer fest, and pair him with three Orlando acts at the top of their respective games. Instant dancing. Ten Shows We’re Looking Forward to in Early 2019: Diana Ross, Dr. Phillips Center, Jan. 9 Noname, the Beacham, Jan. 17 Deicide, Soundbar, Feb. 1 Pre-INC Orlando, Uncle Lou’s and Grumpy’s, Feb. 4 Peter Murphy, Plaza Live, Feb. 7 Big Freedia, the Abbey, Feb. 8 John Maus, the Social, Feb. 15 Cold Cave, the Abbey, March 10 Mary Lattimore, Will’s Pub, March 27 Ariana Grande, Amway Center, May 29

Five New Local Acts to Watch:

ID M THEFT ABLE | PHOTO BY MATTHEW MOYER

THE WAY WE WERE

Channel 83 – Solo project from a Problem Child alum; frantic, glitchy, Devo-collaging punk. The Nightmare – Blown-out, leather-and-studencased, anti-everything d-beat punk. Impressive. Sugarplum – Like a second coming of the best moments of the K Records catalog, these young, queer indie rockers are forging their own path Alien Witch – Lou Reed and Alan Vega-influenced Joy Lane offshoot; no two sets are the same. Watu Rhythm Band – Afrobeat mantras from Orlando scene fixture Eugene Snowden. Local Albums You Should Spend Xmas Cash On: Von Nacht. Von Nacht. (self-released) The Pauses. Unbuilding. (Arctic Rodeo) Witchbender. Crush. (self-released) Niko Is. Uniko. (Javoti Media) Gouge Away. Burnt Sugar. (Deathwish Intl.) Tiger Fawn. Adventures of Space Tom. (self-released)

Looking back, forward and under the couch cushions of the year in Orlando music BY MATTHEW MOYER

2018

was a year of not having time to catch your breath. But – from our perspective, at least – that was a good thing. It was a year of frantic change and evolution, of venues opening and closing, of some fantastic touring acts stopping in the City Beautiful for the first time, and of intriguing developments in the local scene. It was impossible to see all of it (still kicking myself for missing Hayley Kiyoko, the Flex and Dying Fetus), but it was possible to be floored at the very least once a month. Let’s see what 2019 holds. But first, a quick look back …

Ten Shows That Made Us Feel Alive This Year: SADIE, Stardust Video & Coffee, Jan. 7. Like a living generation gap, elementary-school-aged SADIE enthralled a full house with her monster-obsessed electro. Pre-INC Orlando, Uncle Lou’s, Feb. 5. In “big” cities, people would pay top dollar for such an esteemed gathering of experimental weirdos (including Gyna Bootleg, Bob Hatt, Woody); we paid approximately a fiver. JPEGMafia, Will’s Pub, Feb. 20. Still absolutely floored by this show, 10 months later. Sweaty avant-trap from a fiery MC who regurgitates the 21st century right in your face.

Poetry Opera Techno, Anime Fun Shop, May 6. Performance art stripped of pretension. The touring tandem of Maya Martinez, Jasmine Cindy and Marcyanne Hannemann read poetry, sang songs and performed a quick one-act play, aided by locals Lush Agave and J.A.S.O.N. Pylon Reenactment Society, the Veranda Live, May 11. We like NYC and London post-punk legends as much as the next person, but we’re even more enthralled by groups who had to make it up for themselves in out-of-theway Southern towns. That’s B-52s contemporaries Pylon in a nutshell; they can still bring it live. Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Timucua Arts House, June 12. Akin to being punched in the face by jazz, this 12-piece Norwegian outfit deals in lethal, skronky swing and blew the doors off Timucua. ID M Theft Able, the Dining Room, June 22. Maine-based experimental oddball played a house show on the way to a psych fest in Miami, and his mix of vocal improvisation and non-musical props was enthralling. OhTwo, the Manes Emporium of Doubt, June 23. Fresh off an East Coast tour, this stylish and immediate new hip-hop duo positively made the floorboards shake during a homecoming house show. Erasure, Dr. Phillips Center, July 8. The sound of pure liberation and love. This veteran British synth-pop orlandoweekly.com

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Illuminated Paths releasing a Viper (he of “You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack” internet fame) cassette in April. Hearing an audience member complain huffily about “not wanting to hear liberal politics” as he indignantly walked out during Ministry’s set in April. Blackstar and Odd Jobs closing in June. Drab Majesty opening for Deafheaven at the Social in July. Tiger Fawn leaving Orlando in August. Church of United Ministry (Cum Worship) opening in September with a busy events calendar. Eugene Snowden getting his solo album crowdfunded in September. One of the Ugly Ducklings wrestling faction jumping off the roof of Will’s Pub on to his opponent during Mayhem on Mills. mmoyer@orlandoweekly.com

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UNDIE AWARDS 2018

BY B AO L E - H U U

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It’s the last issue of 2018 so it’s Best national emergence: E-Turn. exists lower on the radar than it should. Best successor: Christopher Belt at

time to officially shout out the year’s Decorated rapper E-Turn has been an local superlatives with the annual TLU Orlando legend for years now, rolling hard as the marquee next-gen force of the Second Underground Awards. Subject crew and Swamburger’s brightest protégé. But this year, the rest of the world THE 2018 UNDIES should know her name because she just Development of the year: New ven- released her solo debut album (Young World) ues. As outlined in the live venue recap of on credentialed vanguard alternativelast week’s column, 2018 saw the most new rap label Fake Four, officially putting her stages come – and sometimes go – in recent alongside figures like Ceschi, Astronautalis, memory. We still don’t know the full impact Sadistik, Onry Ozzborn, Busdriver, Moodie of this year’s activity yet, but it’s been breath- Black and Bleubird. less and energizing. And it’s left some new horizons for enterprising scene-makers. Best cameo: Swamp Sistas with Cyndi Lauper. Proving that girls don’t just wanna Biggest roller coaster: Firestone have fun but also lift each other, Cyndi complex. At first, word of Blackstar mate- Lauper personally tapped several noted rializing as a venue electrified the music Orlando songbirds to join her onstage over scene. Once the whole vision was rolled out, the summer at the Amway Center. Swamp it included sister club Odd Jobs, a total over- Sistas Beth McKee and Zoya Zafar, as well haul of Club Firestone named the Vanguard as American Idol contestant Alyssa Raghu, and talk of more action on the back festival were brought up to help make Lauper’s most grounds. The whole Firestone block was famous smash hit sing with bright local color going to rise again as a fleet, and it was look- in front of an entire arena. ing like a juggernaut. Then Blackstar/Odd Jobs was sold and is now back up for sale. Best live recording series: Melrose in For now, though, the Vanguard transforma- the Mix. Although in its second year, this tion is still underway with a new spring 2019 monthly live session at the recording studio target opening. of downtown’s Orlando Public Library still

That’s too bad because a whole lot of music fans are missing out on sitting inside a state-of-the-art studio while some great local artists do tape-worthy performances up close for free. From the musicians to the producers to the organizers, lots of people are doing good work here. Go witness it live.

the In-Between Series. When art scene iconoclast Pat Greene vacated his position as director of downtown’s Gallery at Avalon Island this year, his exceptionally adventurous live music monthly there could’ve easily exited with him and left a big hole in the city’s experimental music fabric. Instead, he passed that singular torch to Christopher Belt, one of Orlando’s most respected presenters of forward music (Accidental Music Festival, Timucua Arts Foundation, Alterity Chamber Orchestra, etc.). And so the In-Between Series shines on.

Biggest level up: Folk Yeah. The annual, post-Thanksgiving singer-songwriter showcase by esteemed Orlando roots rocker Mike Dunn celebrated its third year by going from a one-night, single-venue show to a three-day festival and market spanning the entirety of the Will’s Pub Most unlikely rap impresario: Endoxa complex. And it did it with that signature Booking. Although Endoxa boss Pete Olen familial vibe beautifully intact. has long had deep stature in the heavy music world, the Orlando-based promoter Best honorary Florida citizen: has been notably expanding his palette of J. Robbins. J. Robbins has immortalized late. Few, however, could have predicted himself in the canon as both musician that he’d become one of the city’s most (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Government eminent patron saints for alternative rap. Issue, etc.) and producer. But it’s as the This year, Endoxa brought a legit parade of latter that the D.C. punk icon has endeared touring icons that are expanding and himself to the Sunshine State this year, advancing the concepts of hip-hop helming two excellent albums by Orlando’s including Ceschi, JPEGMafia, Milo, Prof the Pauses (Unbuilding) and Tampa’s and Moodie Black. Pohgoh (Secret Club). baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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Wednesday, Dec. 26

Astro Winter Wave MUSIC

So perhaps just the day before you were simply having a wonderful Xmas-time, but now, you, the live music fan, are already climbing the walls and facing down a week pretty much barren of shows. Luckily for you, prodigals do return for the holidays, which brings us ad-hoc supergroup Astro Wave. A collection of members of TV Dinner and Wet Nurse brought together by Gerald Perez of Maximino/Thee Wilt Chamberlain, Astro Wave’s brief is “new wave hits of yesteryear,” with a space-voyaging twist. And for our money, the chilly pulse and brittle buoyancy of so many of those unlikely hits will be the perfect soundtrack to a holiday wind-down, a joyous reunion with faces from your own past, or facing down the uncertainty of another year. – Matthew Moyer 9 p.m. | Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. | willspub.org | $7-$10

Thursday, Dec. 27

New Smyrna Beach Grilled Cheese Challenge EVENTS

If you don’t want the heartfelt, warm, gooey feelings to end after Christmas Day, head to New Smyrna Beach for their delightfully cheesy and soul-fulfilling Grilled Cheese Challenge. For only $15, envelop yourself in multiple styles of toasted goodness made by local restaurants, chefs and bars. You’ll want to order and pick up your passports at the corner of Cooper Street and Flagler Avenue quickly because they sell out fast. Remember to vote for the grilled cheese creation that feels like a hug from an electric blanket. – Monivette Cordeiro 4-9 p.m. | Downtown New Smyrna Beach, Flagler Avenue and Cooper Street | nsbgrilledcheese.eventbrite.com | $15

Thursday, Dec. 27

Wingtips MUSIC

If the holidays haven’t fully quenched your thirst for nostalgia, perhaps a dose of ’80s-influenced dream-pop will do the trick. Equal parts New Romantic and darkwave, Chicago duo Wingtips combine The Breakfast Club with the Batcave for a sonic trip down memory lane. In the year since their show at the Falcon last fall, the duo – founder Vincent Segretario and creative collaborator Hannah Avalon – have embarked on multiple tours around the country and supported the likes of Drab Majesty, Front 242 and Zola Jesus. Whether you prefer leather or lace, you’ll be certain to fall for the mascara’d masquerade performed by this glamorous pair. – Tyler Barney

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Friday, Dec. 28

Shrek Retold FILM

We do love watching a new venue find its place in the ecosystem, and this week the Nook settles ever more firmly into the niche it’s carved for itself, i.e.: A Little Place For Weird Stuff. Tonight’s weirdness is a screening of Shrek Retold, a shot-for-shot remake of Shrek by 200 different artists. Yes, Shrek, the 2001 Dreamworks animated fairy-tale starring Mike Myers as a big green ogre and Eddie Murphy as an ass. (Typecasting!) I never obsessed on Shrek, but I’m a big fan of 2008’s Be Kind Rewind, in which feckless video store clerks have to remake every movie in the store on a cardboard and Scotch-tape budget, so – kinda the same? Guiding light of the project Grant Duffrin, an artist who founded Shrek Fest four years ago, swears Shrek Retold is a labor of love, no irony included. Heartfelt “swede” or feature-length meme, it’s sure to be delightfully peculiar, just like the venue in which it’ll unroll. – Jessica Bryce Young 9 p.m. | The Nook, 2432 E. Robinson St. | facebook.com/thenookonrobinson | free

Sunday, Dec. 30

Steel Pulse MUSIC

Well, this is fucking grim. We’re right back in 1978, it would seem. Britain’s agit-reggae godfathers Steel Pulse came up right around then, with a righteous attack that was a cry of rage against an ugly undercurrent of racism and nationalism bubbling up to the surface in their home country. Sound familiar? Aligning themselves squarely with the punk bands who formed the Rock Against Racism movement, Steel Pulse released the still-classic and timely “Ku Klux Klan” single in ’78 and their reputation was cemented as sociopolitical commentary you can dance to. They followed it up with classic albums like Earth Crisis, Handsworth Revolution and True Democracy, eventually even scoring commercial success and a Grammy in the ’80s for their Babylon the Bandit album. Unlike many of their punk contemporaries, Steel Pulse never really stopped making new music or playing live. Their work is far from finished. – MM 7 p.m. | The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave. | 407-228-1220 | plazaliveorlando.org | $7-$10

Wednesday, Jan. 2

Jenny Parrott MUSIC

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Now that all of the holiday rigmarole is out of the way, prepare for a glut of artists both big and small to make their way to our supposedly sunny climes – even if their own climes aren’t exactly arctic. Kick it off with Austin, Texas’ Jenny Parrott. Known mainly as the songwriter for cult western swing trio Shotgun Party and the poppier Loves It, Parrott has been flying solo for a few years, dropping her debut solo album When I Come Down in 2017. She leans more toward playing the electric piano than guitar or fiddle lately, accompanied by her husband and fellow polyinstrumentalist, Gary Newcomb. But it’s her bright voice and sharp wit that make us excited to welcome this Texan back to town. – Thaddeus McCollum with Oak Hill Drifters, Gailanne Amundsen | Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. | willspub.org | $7

Monday, Jan. 7

Ten Million Spiders MUSIC

We petitioned Santa fervently for new deathrock bands this year, and it looks like Orlando Weekly was good because here comes new Baltimorean cryptdwellers Ten Million Spiders. They’ve got the lethal combo of robust attack and deathly power that made bands like (Rozz Williams-vintage) Christian Death, 45 Grave and Superheroines sound utterly current down pat. Just because Ten Million Spiders is newer on the scene doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take them (dead) seriously. The band has only released one EP – Chaos to the Fly on Serenity Now Tapes – and this is their first round of touring, but the band members are savvy DIY lifers, also doing time in bands like Synodus Horrenda, Lover’s Touch, A/N/D and Stale. Make 2019 sad. – MM with Von Nacht | 10 p.m. | Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave. | 407-898-0009 | $5

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Blue Year’s Eve Kaleigh Baker and Her Enablers pay tribute to Tom Waits for the third year in a row. 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10; willspub.org. Champagne Wishes & Caviar Dreams A yacht rock NYE party. 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org. Church Street Bars NYE New Year’s Eve block party at Chillers, Cahoots, Latitudes and Irish Shannon’s. 7 pm; Downtown Orlando, Church Street, Orange Avenue and Church Street; $39-$1,500. Cocktails for Charity Grand New Year’s Ball Black tie gala in an ambiance of elegance and beauty. 9 pm; The Orchid Garden, 122 W. Church St.; $150; basecamp.org. Dog Eat Dog Records 20th Anniversary Party With DJ sets from $uper Geniu$, Colombo, Keith MacKenzie and many more. 6 pm; LVL II, 23 W. Church St.; $30. Dub Wub Orlando NYE Features performances by Protohype, Lumberjvck and Slimez, along with food trucks, vendors, live art and more. 4 pm; Henao Contemporary Center, 5601 Edgewater Drive; $33; henaocenter.com. Eve Universal CityWalk’s eye-popping, mindblowing, jam-packed New Year’s celebration with live entertainment, food, drinks and Orlando’s biggest outdoor dance floor. 8 pm; CityWalk at Universal Orlando, 1000 Universal Studios Plaza; $109.99-$234.99; 407-363-8000; citywalk.com/eve. Futurewave Synthwave NYE party with ACP Pro, Polykarp and Max Overdrive. 8 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; $5; 407-332-9636. Goldeneye 007 New Year’s Eve James Bond-themed NYE party with cirque aerial performers, live dancers and showgirls. 9 pm; Eve, 110 S. Orange Ave.; $50-$110; 407-602-7462; eveorlando.com.

NYE fireworks over the lake with food and drink specials at area restaurants. 9 pm; Avalon Park, 3702 Avalon Park East Blvd.; free.

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MONDAY, DEC. 31

Born Dirty’s NYE Weekend Celebration Free early NYE party with dance artist Born Dirty. 3 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; free; celineorlando.com.

Aloft in Times Square Bringing the NYC experience to Orlando. 8 pm; Aloft Hotel Orlando Downtown, 500 S. Orange Ave.; $20-$65. Avalon Park New Year’s Eve Celebration

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Black Hammock New Year’s A three-course dinner for two, followed by the Lazy Gator NYE party with a champagne toast, live DJ and party favors. 8 pm; Black Hammock Fish Camp, 2316 Black Hammock Fish Camp Road, Oviedo; $10$60; 407-365-2201; theblackhammock.com. Blue Martini Orlando New Year’s Eve Cocktails, countdown to midnight, a champagne toast, party favors and live entertainment. 8 pm; Blue Martini, 9101 International Drive; $50$60; 407-447-2583; bluemartinilounge.com.

Great Gatsby New Year’s Party NYE party with an open bar, appetizer and dessert spread and a champagne toast at midnight. 9 pm; World of Beer - Downtown Orlando, 431 E. Central Blvd.; $100. High Life NYE New Year’s Eve party with the Champagne of Beers. 9 pm; Will’s Dirty Laundry, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Jake’s Best of 2018 Beer Dinner A special dinner with beer pairings, followed by a dessert buffet, live music, party favors and more. 7 pm; Loews Royal Pacific Resort, 6300 Hollywood Way; $69.23. James Bond New Year’s Eve Party Bondthemed NYE party with an open bar, light hors d’oeuvres, a live DJ and more. 8 pm; Eden Bar at the Enzian, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $99-$650; 407-629-1088.

Lake Mary New Year’s Eve Block Party Block party with Dexter’s and Graffiti Junktion with multiple stages, entertainment, drink packages and more. 8 pm; Liam Fitzpatrick’s Restaurant & Irish Pub, 951 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary; $5-$70; 407-936-3782; lakemaryblockparty.com.

pm; Ocean Prime, 7339 W. Sand Lake Road; $58-$85; 407-781-4880; ocean-prime.com.

The Masquerade Black tie masquerade ball. 9 pm; Club 39, 9700 International Drive; free-$150.

New Year’s Eve at Parliament House NYE with drag stars Gia Gunn, Alaska Thunderfuck and Carmen Carrera. 8 pm; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; $20-$75; 407-425-7571; parliamenthouse.com.

Mount Dora New Year’s Eve Celebration Enjoy the last few hours of 2018 with live entertainment from Blender Band, dancing, food and drinks in Sunset Park. 8 pm; Sunset Park, 230 W. Fourth Ave., Mount Dora; free; cityofmountdora.com.

New Year’s Eve at Park Social Retro NYE party with a champagne toast, a live DJ and light bites. 9 pm; Park Social, 358 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $25; 407-636-7020; parksocialwinterpark.com.

New Years Eve at Tapa Toro Four- or five-course dinner with champagne and live entertainment. 5 & 9 pm; Tapa Toro, 8441 International Drive; $35-$75; 407-226-2929; tapatoro.restaurant.

New Beers Eve NYE party featuring BlueLaLa Entertainment, VarieTEASE, the Ladies of the Peek-a-Boo Lounge and the Ladyboys of the Peek-a-Boo Lounge. 8 pm; The Venue, 511 Virginia Drive; $12; 407412-6895; orlandoweeklytickets.com.

New Year’s Eve at the Edison Includes traypassed hors d’oeuvres, live-action food stations and a wide selection of beer, wine and premium spirits. 7:30 pm; The Edison, 1560 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista; $150; 407-560-9288; theedisonfla.com.

New Year’s Eve Pajama Party at Hourglass Brewing Wear your PJs and receive 19 percent off all corked bottles. Magnum bottle pop and free beer toast at midnight. 9 pm; The Hourglass Brewery, 480 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood; free; 407-262-0056.

New Year’s Eve Ball: Circus, Circus! A German NYE party with live music, a balloon drop and a flaming punch bowl (Feuerzangenbowle). 5 pm; German American Society of Central Florida, 381 Orange Lane, Casselberry; $75; 407-834-0574; orlandogermanclub.com.

New Year’s Eve with CeCe Teneal & Soul Kamotion NYE celebration with live soul music, hors d’oeuvres and a champagne toast. 9 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $60; 407-636-9951; bluebambooartcenter.com.

New Year’s Eve Celebration The BB King’s Blues Club All-Star Band. 5 pm; B.B. King’s Blues Club, Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive; $55-$75; 407-370-4550; bbkings.com.

New Year’s Eve 12-Hour Party Party until almost noon on New Year’s Day with 15 DJs. 11 pm; Vinyl Arts Bar, 75 E. Colonial Drive; contact for price. New Year’s Eve at Drive Shack Start 2019 on an upswing at Drive Shack with one of two party packages to kick off your new year. 9 pm; Drive Shack, 7285 Corner Drive; $225$425; 407-553-8820; driveshack.com.

New Year’s Eve Celebration at Peek Downtown New Year’s Eve party with local DJs Fobia, Tooltime, Jim Little, Josh Goins and Andres Lizardi. 9 pm; Peek Downtown, 50 E. Central Blvd. Suite B; $10-$20. New Year’s Eve Chef’s Tasting Dinner Annual NYE tasting dinner with optional wine pairings. 6-9 pm; The Osprey Tavern, 4899 New Broad St.; $110-$145; 407-960-7700; ospreytavern.com.

New Year’s Eve at Howl at the Moon New Year’s Eve party with a raucous dueling piano show. 7 pm; Howl at the Moon Saloon, 8815 International Drive; $20-$130; 407-354-5999; howlatthemoon.com.

New Year’s Eve Extravaganza Reserve a table and choose from several different packages that include a gourmet menu and amazing drinks. 6 pm; Mango’s Tropical Cafe Orlando, 8126 International Drive; $50-$150; 407-673-4422; mangos.com.

New Year’s Eve at M Lounge VIP rooftop celebration with an open bar, live music, hors d’oeuvres and a nice view. 8 pm; M Lounge, 2000 N. Orange Ave.; $125$200; 407-448-1631; mloungebar.com.

New Year’s Eve Gala at Capone’s Live dinner theater with a New Year’s Eve party afterward. 9 pm; Capone’s Dinner & Show, 4740 W. Highway 192, Kissimmee; $69.99$84.99; 407-397-2378; alcapones.com.

New Year’s Eve at Ocean Prime Special entrees on New Year’s Eve, including a broiled sea bass over lobster risotto with roasted red pepper cream and fennel herb salad and a 12-ounce Masami Ranch Wagyu Strip. 5-10

New Year’s Eve in Baldwin Park NYE block party with food trucks, drinks, dancing and a midnight lakeside New Year’s toast. 10 pm; Downtown Baldwin Park, 4915 New Broad St.; $20-$30; baldwinparkevents.com.

New Year’s Eve in the Attic New Year’s Eve party with free drinks until midnight. 9 pm; The Attic, 68 E. Pine St.; $50-$60. New Year’s Eve Jazz Party With Macalus Quintet NYE party with live jazz, a DJ, champagne and a special dessert menu. 7 pm; Luisa’s Cellar, 206 Sanford Ave., Sanford; $65-$85; 407-915-7309; facebook.com/luisascellar. New Year’s Eve on Wall Street Block party encompassing eight different bars. VIP package includes open bar, private seating and a breakfast buffet. 8 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; $25-$100; 407-849-0471; orlandoweeklytickets.com. New Year’s Eve Party at Buster’s Bistro Celebrate with a special food menu, specialty drinks, Belgian beers, and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight. 5 pm; Buster’s Bistro, 300 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; contact for price; 407-732-6880; bustersbistro.com. New Year’s Eve Party on the Piazza A family-friendly NYE celebration with music, dancing, face painting and kids’ activities. 8:30 pm; Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, 5601 Universal Blvd.; $155; 407-363-6890. New Year’s Eve: Party Through the Decades Bowling party for NYE with a live DJ playing music from several different decades. 11 am; Kings Dining and Entertainment, 8255 S. International Drive; $239.63 (2-8 guests); 407-363-0200; kings-de.com. New Year’s Eve With Boombox Cartel EDM New Year’s Eve party. 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $30-$150; 407-504-7699; giltnightclub.com. New Year’s Gala at the Alfond Inn NYE party with a premium open bar, champagne toast, chef-attended reception stations and live entertainment. 8 pm; The Alfond Inn, 300 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $189; 407-998-8090. The Nicest New Year’s Eve Party on Lake Eola Open bar party at a patio bar overlooking Lake Eola. 9 pm; B Nice, 151 E. Washington St.; $40; 315-447-1974; facebook.com/bniceorlando. Nouveau: A Glamorous New Year’s Eve A luxurious evening featuring full museum access with special guest Jorge Estevez (WFTV) helping count down to the New Year. 9:30 pm; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $125-$180; 407-896-4231; omart.org. NYE at Bar Louie I-Drive Champagne toast, party favors and a signature cocktail. Masquerade attire encouraged, but not required. 8 pm; Bar Louie (International Drive), 8510 International Drive; $10; barlouie.com. NYE at Bar Louie Plaza on University Tickets include a champagne toast and party favors. Masquerade attire encouraged, but not orlandoweekly.com

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required. 8 pm; Bar Louie, 7335 Sand Lake Road; $20; 407-608-5190; barlouie.com. NYE at Grape and the Grain Enjoy tunes from DJ Dizzlephunk, featuring Kenny J. on the saxophone. 7 pm; Grape & the Grain, 1110 Virginia Drive; 407-674-6156; grapeandthegrain.com. NYE at Tin Roof NYE party with live music, a complimentary champagne toast and party favors. 7 pm; The Tin Roof, 8371 International Drive; $50-$350. NYE Party at Uncle Lou’s NYE dance party with DJ Hardway, DJ Vicious and guests. Free barbecue chicken with entry. 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $10; 407-270-9104. NYE19 at Celine An elegant NYE experience. 8:30 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; $40-$150; celineorlando.com. The ONO Gala A Met-inspired, fashionably over-the-top NYE party. 10 pm; ONO Nightclub, 1 S. Orange Ave.; $40-$150; 407-701-9875; ononightclub.com. Party Like It’s 1919 Pre-prohibition themed NYE party with live jazz, a photographer and a champagne toast. 8 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; contact for price; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. The RedCoats New Year’s Eve Celebration NYE party with live music. 8:30 pm; Dexter’s of Winter Park, 558 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-629-1150; dexwine.com. Resolution: NYE at Ember A night filled with food, drinks, friends, champagne bottles, music and fun. 8 pm; Ember Bar and Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; $15-$150; 407-849-5200. Ring in 2019 Live entertainment, a chef-inspired menu and an unforgettable midnight celebration. 9 pm; Topgolf, 9295 Universal Blvd., $225-$450; 407-218-7714; topgolf.com. Rock ’til the Drop NYE party with live entertainment, a dinner buffet and a champagne toast. 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $125$225; 407-351-5483; hardrock.com/orlando. Rockin’ the Cloud New Year’s Eve party with live music. 7 pm-1 am; Downtown St. Cloud, between 9th and 11th streets, free; 407-957-7226; stcloud.org. Steampowered New Year A steampunk themed NYE party with fine dining, entertainment and a champagne toast. 7 pm; Cloak and Blaster, 875 Woodbury Road; $10-$15; cloakandblaster.com. Thornton Park New Year’s Eve Street Party Indoor/outdoor NYE party with six venues, three stages, multiple bars and more. 8 pm; Thornton Park, Summerlin Avenue and Washington Street; $15-$70; thorntonparkstreetparty.com.

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26-TUESDAY, JAN. 8 COMPILED BY THADDEUS MCCOLLUM

MUSIC WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26 Astro Winter Wave 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$10. The Daniel Heitz Band 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540. Eugene Snowden’s Ten Pints of Truth 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Jeff Rupert Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. Man in the Mirror: Tribute to Michael Jackson 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $8.75; 407-934-2583.

THURSDAY, DEC. 27 Kaleigh Baker 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Leisure Chief 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Shinedown Thursday-Saturday at House of Blues

Metal Night With DJ VJ 9 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060. Rocko English, No Thank You, Sad Halen, Tape Studies 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7. Shinedown 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; SOLD OUT; 407-934-2583. Thursday Night Hang: Eddie Marshall Trio 8-10:30 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951.

No One Knows I’m Disco x Sleazy McQueen 10 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; contact for price; 407-373-0888. Shinedown 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; SOLD OUT; 407-934-2583. Thompson-Browne 8:30 pm; Roque Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778. The Woolly Bushmen, Spoon Dogs, Fever Beam, Golden Pelicans 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7.

Herobust 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $15-$40; 407-504-7699. Nag, Bad Example, Problem Pack 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104. Oak Hill Drifters 8 pm; The Imperial at Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-228-4992. The Place Mats (Replacements Cover Set) 10 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free.

Wingtips, Pass/Ages 9 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; $5; 407-373-0888. SATURDAY, DEC. 29

Poblano & Rose 8:30 pm; Roque Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778.

FRIDAY, DEC. 28

Roy Bookbinder 2:30 pm; Lake of the Woods Clubhouse, 300 Carolwood Point, Fern Park; $15; 407-679-6426.

Brown Note, One Drop 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10.

Classic Albums Live: The Beatles’ Abbey Road 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $16-$31; 407-351-5483.

Bruno Furlan & Kill Frenzy 9 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10.

Dan Jordan Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951.

The Company 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; $0; 407-649-8540.

Getting Away With It: Smilin’ Dan, Spank, Scott Riley 10 pm; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $5.

The Conglomerate 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951.

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Shakespeare’s Audible Parts & Accessories: A Night of Music and Improv 9 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Shinedown 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; SOLD OUT; 407-934-2583. Stick Figure, the Movement 6 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $39.50-$69.50; 407-648-8363.

Customer Appreciation Brunch: Hereditary Getting Away With It In between Christmas and New Year’s, DJ Smilin’ Dan celebrates his birthday at Iron Cow with a night devoted to his raison d’être: playing classic alternative from the ’80s and ’90s. Plus, Getting Away With It – named after a single from Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr’s Electronic side project – might be your last chance to achieve (or induce) Whamageddon this holiday season. 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $5; facebook.com/ironcowcafe.

No One I’m Disco x Sleazy McQueen Tommy Mot’s disco party, devoted to underground disco subgenres like Italo-disco, space-disco, Afro-disco, etc. scores a booking coup this week. Sleazy McQueen, DJ and head of the Whiskey Disco record label (see a theme?), brings hypnotic nu-disco rhythms to the dancefloor alongside Mot. Perfect end to a funky year. 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; contact for price; stonewallorlando.com.

Customer Appreciation Brunch The Nook on Robinson has carved out a niche this year by becoming the go-to Milk District spot for curated movies, community learning events, local art and spoken word. Plus, they’ll let you hang out and use their WiFi. As a thank you to their customers in their first year of opening, the Nook is giving away free breakfast along with happy hour pricing on drinks all day. Plus, there will be free screenings of three of 2018’s best movies – First Reformed, Hereditary and Blindspotting – so you can brush up on your Oscar ballot. Noon Sunday, Dec. 30; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson.

Terry Fator Family in town and want to go see something, but want to make sure it’s not too edgy? The Dr. Phillips Center has you covered with the comedic ventriloquism of America’s Got Talent winner Terry Fator. If Fator is still going to pull out his Donald Trump puppet, we hope he’s learned how to sing in Russian. 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $45-$99.50; drphillipscenter.org. Keep an eye on orlandoweekly.com over the holidays for more nightlife picks.

Puddles Pity Party Feb. 28, 2019, at the Plaza Live Noname, Jan. 19, 2019, at the Beacham Cher, Jan. 21, 2019, at Amway Center Hamilton, Jan. 22Feb. 10, 2019, at the Dr. Phillips Center El Ten Eleven, Jan. 24, 2019, at the Social Crash Test Dummies, Jan. 25, 2019, at the Plaza Live Kane Brown, Jan. 26, 2019, at Amway Center Lucinda Williams & Drive-By Truckers, Jan. 26, 2019, at the Plaza Live Neko Case, Feb. 2, 2019, at the Beacham Soulfly, Feb. 5, 2019, at Soundbar

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Feb. 7, 2019, at House of Blues Peter Murphy, Feb. 7, 2019, at the Plaza Live Big Freedia, Feb. 8, 2019, at the Abbey Ted Leo, Feb. 8, 2019, at Will’s Pub Japanese Breakfast, Feb. 10, 2019, at the Abbey Andrea Bocelli, Feb. 13, 2019, at Amway Center Yonder Mountain String Band, Feb. 14, 2019, at the Beacham Matt & Kim, Feb. 16, 2019, at the Beacham

JD McPherson, Feb. 20, 2019, at the Social Sarah Brightman, Feb. 21, 2019, at the Dr. Phillips Center Car Seat Headrest, Feb. 22, 2019, at the Beacham LP, Feb. 23, 2019, at the Social

Kurt Vile & the Violators, March 12, 2019, at the Beacham STRFKR, March 14, 2019, at the Social John Mellencamp, March 24, 2019, at the Dr. Phillips Center Why Don’t We, April 1, 2019, at CFE Arena

Puddles Pity Party, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Plaza Live

Guster, April 6, 2019, at the Beacham

The Beach Boys, March 2, 2019, at the Dr. Phillips Center

Leon Bridges, April 20, 2019, at House of Blues

Amigo the Devil, March 6, 2019, at Will’s Pub

Lord Huron, April 29, 2019, at House of Blues

Oliver Tree, March 9, 2019, at the Social

Ariana Grande, May 29, 2019, at Amway Center

Cold Cave, Adult., March 10, 2019, at the Abbey

Jon Bellion, June 21, 2019, at CFE Arena

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SATURDAY, JAN. 5

Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker MUSIC

The intentionally weird Camper Van Beethoven accidentally found success with early single “Take the Skinheads Bowling” in 1985. They never had another hit, but fans who dug into their catalog were rewarded with adventures into Russian-tinged ska, psychedelic country and other experiments. But at the beginning of the “alternative” boom of the ’90s, frontman David Lowery formed Cracker, a more radio-friendly group that churned out a few hits (the ubiquitous “Low”) while retaining some of Camper Van Beethoven’s sense of humor (“Euro-Trash Girl,” “I Hate My Generation”). Now Lowery splits his time between recording and touring with both projects, resulting in this tour where he pulls double duty each night. What a bargain! – Thaddeus McCollum 6 p.m. | The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave. | 407-246-1419 | thesocial.org | $25-$30

SUNDAY, DEC. 30

TUESDAY, JAN. 1

Corey Smith 8 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $19; 407-934-2583.

Guilty Pleasures New Year’s Day Party 11 am; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free; 407-373-0888.

Danny Worsnop, It Lives It Breathes, Linqo, Tyler Savi, Bryan Corn 6 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $15-$30. John Lennon Tribute & Holiday Fundraiser 12-7 pm; Maxine’s on Shine, 337 N. Shine Ave.; donations; 407-674-6841. Special EFX 7:30 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $28-$55; 407-636-9951. Steel Pulse 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $28-$39.50; 407-228-1220. Wet Nurse, Bitemarks, TV Dinner 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $5. Young Dolph 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $30-$75; 407-504-7699.

MONDAY, DEC. 31 Stick Figure, the Movement, the Ries Brothers 8 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; SOLD OUT; 407-934-2583.

Tuesday Night Sessions: Chris Cortez 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; Free; 407-636-9951.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 Bobby Koelble 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. The Daniel Heitz Band 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540. Eugene Snowden’s Ten Pints of Truth 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Jenny Parrott, Oak Hill Drifters, Gailanne Amundsen 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7.

THURSDAY JAN 3 Kaleigh Baker 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Leisure Chief 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

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Stacey Pullen, Atnarko, Samuel 10 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; $10-$15.

Snakehips 9 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; $15. Thursday Night Hang: Marco Bojorquez Band 8-10:30 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951.

Tuesday Night Sessions: Chris Cortez 8-10 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; Free; 407-636-9951. Watermelon Slim 8 pm; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave., Sanford; $15-$20; 407-328-4848.

SUNDAY, JAN. 6

FRIDAY, JAN. 4 Draco Rosa 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $52.25-$129.25; 407-934-2583. Jacob Johnson, Jack Graham 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. Leisure Chief, Lemon City Trio, Shema Shine & the Shakers 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$10.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5 Blunts & Blondes 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $10-$15; 407-504-7699. Cash Unchained: Johnny Cash Tribute 7:30 pm; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $23-$30; 407-321-8111. Cause and Effect: Some Kind of Nightmare, Forsaken Profit$, Grave Return, Tommy Frenzy’s Hard Drive, Switchblade Villain, Sudakas, Free Fall 8 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-898-0009. The Company 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; $0; 407-649-8540. Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven 6 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $25-$30; 407-246-1419. DJ Dolo’s Classic Mixtape Live 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Draco Rosa 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $52.25-$129.25; 407-934-2583. Jordan Foley 8:30 pm; Roque Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778. MixTape Mayhem 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. Orlando Blues & Jazz Fest 2-7 pm; Eagle Nest Park, 5165 Metrowest Blvd.; $10-$100. Radiohead Tribute Show: Lavola, Thrift House, Chapters 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$10. Sandy Shugart 7:30 pm; Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $15-$25; 407-877-4736.

Ancient Sun 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540. CF2: Pierrot Plus Percussion 7:30-9:30 pm; Timucua White House, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $10-$20; 772-418-0851. Fingerstripes, John David Williams, Heather DeSanctis, Rachel Gentry 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$10. Shirley Wang & Donna Topp 2 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323. Virus World: Lexi, Gabby Booger, Emma Lee, Eidolon 10 pm; Church of United Ministry, 647 N. Mills Ave.; free.

MONDAY, JAN. 7 Open Mic Hip-Hop 9:30 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364. President Sam, Cicada, Snacking 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $5. Reggae Mondae: Florida Man 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540. Ten Million Spiders, Von Nacht 10 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8 Joe’s Truck Stop 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free. Punk on the Patio: Sweet Cambodia, Raising Cadence, Dial Drive 7 pm; The Patio, 14 W. Washington St.; $5; 407-354-1577. Tuesday Night Sessions: Chris Cortez 8-10 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; Free; 407-636-9951.

FILM Black Films Saturday Monthly event showcasing movies written and/ or directed by African Americans. Saturday, Jan. 5, 8-11 pm; Coal, 619 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 470-269-3131; coalspaceorlando.com.

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Cagemas Celebrate Nicolas Cage’s birthday with a marathon of his films. Saturday, Jan. 5, 9 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060. Cult Classics: Gremlins A summer blockbuster about cute creatures who turn into evil monsters. Set during Christmas, but no one thinks it’s a Christmas movie because the internet hasn’t told them to yet. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 9:30 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $9; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Customer Appreciation Brunch Screenings of three of 2018’s best movies, Blindspotting, Hereditary and First Reformed, along with a free breakfast buffet and happy hour pricing on drinks. Sunday, Dec. 30, noon-6 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. Drive-In Movie Night Watch classic motorcycle movies projected on a big screen. Friday, Dec. 28, 8 pm; Standard Motorcycle Company, 2545 Industrial Blvd.; free; standardmotorcycleco.com. Holiday Movie Night: Frozen Look, Florida. Just because a movie has snow in it doesn’t mean it’s a holiday movie. Saturday, Dec. 29, 7 pm; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free; 407-571-8863; altamonte.org. Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 Premiere International premiere of the second season of the anime series. Saturday, Jan. 5, 12:55 pm; multiple locations; $13.31; fathomevents.com. Movie Nights at Leu Experience movies outdoors in Orlando’s most beautiful garden. Friday, Jan. 4, 6 pm; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave.; $6; 407-246-2620; leugardens.org. Rachel Hollis Presents: Made for More Learn from the author of Girl, Wash Your Face how you are the only one in charge of your life as long as you are rich and white. Wednesday Jan. 2, 7:30 pm; multiple locations; $15.98; fathomevents.com. Shrek Retold Screening of a shot-for-shot recreation of the 2001 animated feature, made by more than 200 different artists from around the world. Friday, Dec. 28, 9 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. They Shall Not Grow Old Peter Jackson’s new documentary about World War I, featuring restored and enhanced photographs and film from the period. Thursday, Dec. 27, 1 & 4 pm; multiple locations; $13.31; fathomevents.com. Whedonverse Party Watch Joss Whedon shows and movies while enjoying drink specials and live entertainment. Saturday Jan. 5, 8 pm; Gods & Monsters, 5421 International Drive; free; godmonsters.com.

THEATER Cabaret de Amour: The Irish Kiss A spectacular end-of-year celebration featuring a cabaret show, comedy, music, drink specials, games and more. Saturday, Dec. 29, 9:30 pm; McGinnty’s Irish Pub, 5406 Hansel Ave.; free; 407-704-8828. A Christmas Carol Celebrate the holiday season with this performance of Dickens’ classic tale. Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2 & 7:30 pm, Thursday-Friday, Dec. 27-28, 7:30 pm, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2 & 7:30 pm, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2 pm; Margeson Theater, Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; From $34-$57; 407-447-1700; orlandoshakes.org. A Doll’s House, Part 2 Sequel to Ibsen’s masterwork – written by Lucas Hnath – about what happens when Nora returns to her family. Friday, Jan. 4, 7:30 pm, Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 5-6, 2 pm; Mandell Theater, Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; $30$53; 407-447-1700; orlandoshakes.org. A Drag Queen Christmas: The Naughty Tour A hilarious evening of holiday performances featuring contestants from a reality television show on VH1. Thursday, Dec. 27, 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $23.43-$161.88; 407-228-1220; plazaliveorlando.com. Elf: The Musical Adaptation of the Will Ferrell movie about a human man who was raised by Santa’s elves. SaturdaySunday, Dec. 29-30, 1:30 & 6 pm; Orlando Repertory Theatre, 1001 E. Princeton St.; $15-$25; 407-896-7365; orlandorep.com. National Theatre Live: The Madness of King George It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. Saturday, Dec. 29, 11 am; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $20; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

COMEDY Drunken Monkey Open Mic Comedy open mic. Fridays, 8 pm; Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar, 444 N. Bumby Ave.; free; 407-8934994; drunkenmonkeycoffee.com. Dry Bar Comedy Tour Tuesday, Jan. 8, 8 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $25; 407-4805233; theimprovorlando.com. The Funniest Night Ever Comedy Showcase Wednesday, Jan. 2, 8 pm; Casselberry Patio Bar, 2671 S. Highway 17-92, Casselberry; free; 407.339.0511; casselberryspatiobar.com. Happier Hour Comedy Show Stand-up comedy showcase with a spotlight set. Fridays, 9 pm; Broken Cauldron Taproom & Brewery, 1012 W. Church St.; free; 407-986-1012.

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans SATURDAY, JAN. 5

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Celebrate the birthday of the weirdest Coppola Saturday at the Falcon, with a lineup of Nicolas Cage movies and drink specials. There will be National Treasure vodka cocktails and Vampire’s Kiss sake shots (bring your own crunchy cockroach); tons of Coppola Vineyards wine and the sweatiest overemoting in Hollywood will flow all night long. The event organizers are being a little, er, cagey about the exact lineup, but we hope to see not just the obvis like Con Air and Face/Off, but also Raising Arizona, Valley Girl, Wild at Heart and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, just for starters. Why Cage? His Moonstruck character, Ronny Cammareri, was talking about life but could’ve been describing Cage’s own oeuvre when he said (well, shouted), “We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die.” Happy New Year! – Jessica Bryce Young 9 p.m. | The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St. | facebook.com/thefalconbar | free

Iron Cow Comedy Comedy showcase hosted by Jake Ricca. Thursday, Dec. 27, 9 pm; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/ironcowcafe. Mark Gregory Wednesday, Jan. 2, 8 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $10-$40; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Open Mic Comedy Open mic comedy in the piano bar. Wednesdays, 8 pm; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; free; 407-425-7571; parliamenthouse.com. Open Mic Comedy With Craig Norberg Comedy open mic for aspiring comedians. Sundays, 8 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364; austinscoffee.com.

Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $25$60; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Sebastian Maniscalco Saturday, Dec. 29, 7 & 10 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $45-$150; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org. Shit Sandwich Probably the best comedy showcase in town. Show up early to grab a good seat. Saturday, Jan. 5, 9 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546. Terry Fator Ventriloquism comedy. Sunday, Dec. 30, 8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $45-$99.50; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org.

Other Bar Open Mic Comedy open mic with rotating hosts. Mondays, 8 pm; The Other Bar, 18 Wall St.; free; 407-843-8595.

Tony Roberts Thursday, Jan. 3, 8 pm, Friday, Jan. 4, 8 & 10:30 pm, Saturday, Jan. 5, 7 & 9:45 pm, Sunday, Jan. 6, 7 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $17-$20; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

The Pete and Sebastian Show Live Podcast Live podcast taping. Saturday, Dec. 29. 2 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $35; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.

DANCE

Preacher Lawson Friday, Dec. 28, 8 & 10:30 pm, Saturday, Dec. 29, 7 & 9:45 pm, Sunday, Dec. 30, 7 pm, Monday, Dec. 31. 7 & 9:45 pm;

Headcanon III: Naughty or Nice? An NC-17 burlesque, pole and fan fiction extravaganza. Saturday, Dec. 29, 8:30 pm; The Woodshed, 6431 Milner Blvd.; $15-$50; 407-2937474; headcanon.soleorlando.com. orlandoweekly.com

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ART

FAVO Artists Open House In a renovated space that was once a motel, 26 full-time artists open their studios to the public. Enjoy musicians and food trucks. Friday, Jan. 4, 5-9 pm; Faith Arts Village Orlando, 221 E. Colonial Drive; free; 407-222-1231; faithartsvillage.com.

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1st Thursdays: The Age of Aquarius Enjoy art, performances, food and more, all inspired by astrology. Thursday, Jan. 3, 6-9 pm; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Annual Star Wars Art Show Celebrate all things Star Wars at this annual Star Wars art show. Saturday, Jan. 5, 4-8 pm; The Hourglass Brewery, 480 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood; free; 407-262-0056. Mix It Upcycle Group art show of art made with repurposed materials. Opens Wednesday, Jan. 2, 7 pm, through March 3; Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-362-1864; dandelioncommunitea.com. The X-Files Art Show Art from multiple artists inspired by the cult television show about FBI agents who investigate the paranormal. Opens Friday, Jan. 4, through Feb. 1; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060. CONTINUING THIS WEEK

Note: Some venues may have different hours during the holidays. Check to make sure they’re open before going. Art Is Moving A moving art exhibit on SunRail, featuring Central Florida artists’ work on every window of the designated car. Ongoing; various locations; $4; 407-398-2862; sunrail.com.

Gallery Talks Informational talks hosted by museum curators. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1:30-2 pm; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 321-363-4406; omart.org. Gekiga Art and illustrations by Geramy Layug. Through Jan. 13, 2019; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org. Happy Hour Tour of the Alfond Inn Take a guided tour of the impressive art collection in the Alfond Inn. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 5:30 pm; The Alfond Inn, 300 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-998-8090; cfam.rollins.edu. Holiday Skateboard Art Show Celebrate the art of skateboarding with Jingle Boards, a holiday-themed exhibit featuring sculptures, photography and skateboard decks from over twenty local artists. Through Monday, Dec. 31, 9 am-6 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; Free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info. Holidays at the Morse The Morse Museum offers free admission on Friday evenings during the holidays, along with live music starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28. 4-8 pm; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-645-5311. Indigo Waves An interactive public art project that incorporates the growing of plants into an installation designed for the creation of art. Through March 31, 2019; Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $6; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org.

The Art Machine A look at Hugh F. McKean’s pre-digital exhibit designed to encourage a long, thoughtful look at Thomas Sully’s 1871 canvas, “Study of the Queen Victoria.” Through Jan. 27, 2019; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $6; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org.

J. André Smith and the Art of Camouflage An overview of André Smith’s experimentation with camouflage methods during World War I. Through Jan. 7, 2019; Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $6; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org.

Art Talk A monthly showcase of African tribal art and Orlando’s local artists. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2-8 pm; Three Masks, 1023 W. Colonial Drive; free; 407-426-7355.

Life in 3D Explore a selection of stereoscopic images printed on archival materials with traditional red/blue 3D glasses. Through Feb. 28, 2019, 10 am-6 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; Free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

C-Note: Grab and Go Art Show Group show of original art and framed prints, all on sale for only $100 for the holidays. Through Jan. 5, 2019; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Malformations Sculptural vignettes by artist Trent Manning. Through Jan. 13, 2019; Jeanine Taylor Folk Art, 211 E. First St., Sanford; free; 407-323-2774; jtfolkart.com.

Earth Into Art: The Flowering of American Art Pottery This exhibition provides a window on key developments in American Art Pottery. Ongoing; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $6; 407-645-5311. 66

Masters Exhibition Exhibition of works by Dali, Picasso, Chagall and Miro. Through Jan. 25, 2019; Baterby’s Art Gallery, 6848 Stapoint Court, Winter Park; free; 888-682-9995; baterbys.com. Mystery Sketch Theater A monthly live figure drawing session with models dressed up as

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superheroes, burlesque performers, retro housewives or other pop culture outfits. Thursday, Jan. 3, 8 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; $5 suggested donation; 407-423-3060. Nick Cave: Feat. Chicago-based artist Nick Cave produces work in a wide range of mediums, including sculpture, installation, video and performance. Through Sunday, Dec. 30; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Nineteenth-Century American Landscapes A selection of landscape paintings that illustrate the affinity between the ideas of the French Barbizon School and American painting at the turn of the 20th century. Through Jan. 27, 2019; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $6; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org. Nora’s Sugar Pop: A Sweet Art Show A monthly pop up art show spotlighting favorite local artists. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 5-7 pm; Nora’s Sugar Shack, 636 Virginia Drive; free; 407-447-5885; noraswinecigars.com. Purvis Young and His Angels Working on materials such as discarded scraps of wood, metal and cardboard found on neighboring streets, Young developed an expressive and visionary style of painting rooted in his experience as an African American living in an economically distressed community. Through March 3, 2019; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Ruptures and Remnants: Selections from the Permanent Collection The objects in the museum’s permanent collection date from antiquity to the present day. The works in this installation periodically change and on occasion feature long-term loans in conversation with works from the permanent collection. Through 2020; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu. Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of The Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art Local powerhouse art collector Robert Feldman loans work by 25 artists to the Mennello Museum for this resonant exhibition. This group of work gathers a broad range of visual representations commenting on the past, fluidly shaping a future, and observing the challenges of the volatile present. Through Jan. 13, 2019; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $10; 407-246-4278; mennellomuseum.org. The Shuttle A photographic exhibition of NASA’s Space Shuttle program during the early to late 1980s. Through Feb. 2, 2019; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach; free; 386-506-4475; smponline.org. Soldier’s Home: Veterans Art in Central Florida J. Andre Smith’s works about his experience serving in World War I. Through Jan. 7, 2019; Art & History

Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $6; 407-539-2181; artandhistory.org. Space Oddities: Bowie Sottsass Memphis Exhibition of work by the Italian design group Memphis, including several pieces from David Bowie’s personal collection. Ongoing; Modernism Museum Mount Dora, 145 E. Fourth Ave., Mount Dora; $8; 352-385-0034; modernismmuseum.org. Storytellers XVII: West of the East Coast Tracks Photographs by teenagers in New Smyrna Beach, documenting the African American community. Ongoing; Hannibal Square Heritage Center, 642 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-539-2680. The Works of Leopoldo Wallis and Maria Ramos Works from the Venezuelan Wallis and Puerto Rican Ramos. Through Thursday, Dec. 27; The Art Gallery at Mills Park, 1650 N. Mills Ave.; free; 855-336-3653; thegalleryatmillspark.com.

EVENTS Baldwin Park First Friday Festival & Art Stroll More than 60 local artisans display their art while guests shop and stroll through the heart of downtown Baldwin Park. Friday, Jan. 4, 5:30-9:30 pm; Baldwin Park, New Broad Street and Jake Street; free; 407443-6110; baldwinparkevents.com. Camping World Bowl Parade of Bands School bands from the ACC and Big 12 conferences march through downtown Winter Park and perform a “Bandastic Game Day Preview” in Central Park. Friday, Dec. 28, 11 am; Downtown Winter Park, Park Avenue, Winter Park; free; cityofwinterpark.org. City Brewtiful Project Release Party Thirteen Central Florida women who work in the local craft beer industry have collaborated on a 2019 calendar. Profits from 2018 calendar sales & the release party will be donated to Harbor House. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2-6 pm; Orlando Brewing, 1301 Atlanta Ave.; free-$30; 940-232-0665; orlandobrewing.com. Dark Touch Launch Party Comic book signing. Saturday, Jan. 5, 4-8 pm; Gods & Monsters, 5421 International Drive; Free; 407-270-6273; godmonsters.com. Deck the Downtown Downtown Orlando businesses get “decked-out” with festive lights and window decorations. A map guides residents and guests as they walk the streets of Downtown, enjoying the creativity and holiday spirit of each of the participating business locations. Through Dec. 30; Downtown Orlando, Central Boulevard and Court Avenue; free; deckthedto.com. Enchanted Nature Walkabout Monthly educational walk to learn about trees, shrubs, fairies, gnomes, flowers and more. Sunday, Dec. 6,9 am; Mead Garden, 1300 S. Denning Drive, Winter Park; $10; 407-623-3342.

Eola Wonderland Christmas Tree Show The Eola Wonderland Christmas Tree comes alive with a synchronized light and music show every night. Through Jan. 5, 2019, 5:45, 6:45, 7:45, 8:45 & 9:45 pm; Lake Eola Park, 195 N. Rosalind Ave.; free; cityoforlando.net. Florida Citrus Parade The Florida Citrus Parade brings together more than 3,000 participants in one of Central Florida’s longest running traditions. Saturday, Dec. 29. 11 am; Downtown Orlando – Rosalind Avenue, Rosalind Avenue and Robinson Street; free; cityoforlando.net. The Florida Vintage Market Enjoy a variety of local businesses vending vintage garments, jewelry, handmade goods & more in the heart of downtown. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2-7 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; free; 407-421-4719; wallstplaza.net. Kingdom Hearts III Experience The chance to be one of the first to play a demo of the new game, a special Keyblade exhibit featuring life-size replicas directly from the upcoming game, larger-than-life art inspired by characters and worlds from the game, and more. Through Jan. 29, 2019; Disney Springs Town Center, 1676 E. Buena Vista Dr., Lake Buena Vista; free. A Kwanzaa Feast A four-course vegan Kwanzaa feast prepared by Chef Jenn. Monday, Dec. 31. 6-8 pm; DaJen Eats, 323 E. Kennedy Blvd., Eatonville; $39.99; 407-775-5791; dajeneats.com.

Local Varkers Market Weekly local, vintage and handmade market with vendors, live music, craft beer, wine, coffee and food. Tuesdays, 5 pm; Aardvark Beverages, 2610 S. Ferncreek Ave.; free. New Smyrna Beach Grilled Cheese Challenge Sample grilled cheese sandwiches from local restaurants and vote for your favorite. Thursday, Dec. 27. 4-9 pm; Downtown New Smyrna Beach, Canal Street and Sam Avenue, New Smyrna Beach; $15; nsbgrilledcheese.eventbrite.com. Orlando Gem & Fossil Show Exhibition of minerals, gems, fossils and more for collectors and enthusiasts. Friday, Dec. 28, 9 am-4 pm; Hampton Inn, 151 North Douglas Ave., Altamonte Springs; free. Paper & Postcard Expo Visitors can look forward to viewing millions of postcards. Postcards of every artist, country, and topic from any era can be found at DeLand Paper & Postcard Show. Free appraisals for collections are offered. Friday, Jan. 4, 10 am-5 pm, Saturday, Jan. 5, 10 am-4 pm; Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3100 E. New York Ave., DeLand; $5; 410-939-0999. Ribbit the Exhibit II Exhibit featuring 26 whimsical copper frog sculptures throughout Leu Gardens. Through Jan. 31, 2019, 9 am-5 pm; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave.; $10; 407-246-2620; leugardens.org.

Santa’s Winter Wonderland Village Visit Santa at his workshop while getting your shopping done and enjoy winter carnival rides from around the world. Through Jan. 6, 2019; Waterford Lakes Town Center, 413 N. Alafaya Trail; free-$25; 407-737-2866.

LEARNING Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code This special exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Institutes of Health examines the complexities of the genome through cuttingedge displays, animation and real-life stories. Free opening day. Through Jan. 6, 2019; Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd.; $8; 407-836-8500; thehistorycenter.org. Heroes of Warsaw Exhibit highlighting the bravery and courage of Janusz Korczak and Irena Sendler. Through Friday, Dec. 28; Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland; free; 407-628-0555. The Sound of Heart and Steel – The Handpan Learn the history and mechanics behind the steel drum instrument known as the handpan. Professional handpan player Justin Paul follows his discussion with a musical performance. Saturday, Jan. 5, 11 am; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info. Wish You Were Here: The Hotels and Motels of Winter Park Exhibition of historical artifacts

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LITERARY Author Salon: Tammy Lally The celebrated TED speaker and author deconstructs the impact money shame has on our financial, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Sunday, Jan. 6, 2-4 pm; Winter Park Public Library, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-623-3300; wppl.org. Diverse Word Spoken word open mic. Tuesdays, 8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-3621864; dandelioncommunitea.com. Get Lit Closed Mic Curated lineup of poetry readings. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 8:30 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. Orlando Poetry Slam: Lyd Havens Competitive poetry slam with a featured reader. Thursday, 8 pm; The Milk Bar, 2424 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-4954.

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MONDAY, JAN. 7

WWE Monday Night Raw S P O R TS

You’re reading it right, brother. WWE Raw, the world’s premiere professional wrestling league, is coming to the City Beautiful with a double main event featuring intercontinental champion Seth Rollins in his match against Dean Ambrose, as well as other WWE superstars like John Cena, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Ronda Rousey. So practice some ring bounces and maybe a few body slams in your backyard, break some folding chairs over your buddies, eat some glass, fuck things up, do whatever you need to do to get ready to rumble, as they say. This isn’t fake – no matter what the haters say – and it’s coming to a wrestling ring near you. – Xander Peters 7:30 p.m. | Amway Center, 400 W. Church St. | amwaycenter.com | $20-$350

Wednesday Open Words Poetry and spoken word open mic. Wednesdays, 8:30 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364; austinscoffee.com.

Orlando Magic vs. Toronto Raptors NBA basketball. Friday, Dec. 28, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $14.25-$536.50; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com.

Winter Garden Book Club Discuss this month’s book selection, The White Queen by Philippa Gregory. Thursday 6-7 pm; Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden; Free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

The Orlando Shuffle Free shuffleboard event. All ages and new players welcome. Saturday, Dec. 5, 7-9 pm; Beardall Senior Center, 800 S. Delaney Ave.; free; 407-246-4440.

SPORTS Camping World Bowl The top selection from the ACC against the second selection from the Big 12 outside of the CFP series. Friday, Dec. 28. 5:15 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $50$110; 407-423-2476; campingworldstadium.com. Citrus Bowl The top Big Ten and SEC teams from outside the CFP series of bowls. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 1 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $51-$127; 407423-2476; campingworldstadium.com. Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons NBA basketball. Sunday, Dec. 30, 3:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $14.25-$536.50; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. Orlando Magic vs. Phoenix Suns NBA basketball. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $14.25-$536.50; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com.

Orlando Solar Bears vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits Ice hockey. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $15$28; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Jacksonville Icemen Ice hockey. Saturday, Dec. 29, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $15-$28; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. Orlando Solar Bears vs. South Carolina Stingrays Ice hockey. Saturday, Jan. 5, 7 pm, Sunday, Jan. 6, 1:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $15-$28; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. UCF vs. USF Collegiate ice hockey. Sunday, Jan. 6, 1:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $14-$30; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. WWE Raw Live taping of WWE’s Monday night matches. Monday, Jan. 7, 7:30 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $20-$400; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. n orlandoweekly.com

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B Y D A N S AVA G E I’m a 30-something straight woman married for 16 years. Eighteen months ago, I met a man and there was an immediate attraction. For the first 15 months of our relationship, I was his primary sexual and intimate partner, as both sex and intimacy were lacking in his marriage. (My husband knew of the relationship from the start and is accepting for the most part.) After my lover’s wife found out about me, she suddenly became very responsive to my lover’s sexual and emotional needs. My lover has told his wife that he will not let me go. He has also told me that he is not willing to let his wife go. She isn’t happy about being in a triad relationship, but she allows him to continue seeing me with limitations. I am no longer his primary sex partner, and I have been relegated to the back seat. He claims to love us both, yet his wife and I both struggle knowing the other exists. Recently while out shopping, my lover asked me to help him pick out a Christmas gift for his wife. I got upset because I am in love with him, and I have made him my priority (over my husband), but I am not his priority. I love this man, and we feel we are soul mates. My lover has said that if we fall apart, he will have to find a new secondary partner because his wife can never give him the soulful fulfillment he needs. Should I continue in this relationship? Soul Mate Avoids Choice Knowingly You complain about being relegated to the back seat, SMACK, but it’s your husband whose existence only comes up in parenthetical asides. You also describe this relationship as a triad when there are four people involved (you, your lover, your lover’s wife and your husband), which technically makes this a quad. And from the sound of things, only one member of this messy quad seems happy – your lover, the guy who refuses to make you a “priority” over his wife. And while you’ve convinced yourself that your lover feels as strongly for you as you do for him – “we feel we are soul mates” – it kinda-sorta sounds to me like you may be projecting, SMACK. Because in addition to asking you to pick out Christmas gifts for his wife, your lover and alleged soul mate regards you as expendable and replaceable. And he’s told you as much: He intends to “find a new secondary partner” if you two part because his wife doesn’t “give him the soulful fulfillment he needs.” That’s not how people talk about their soul mates, and it’s certainly 72

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not something a guy says to someone he regards as his soul mate. Soul mates are typically told they’re special and irreplaceable, but your guy sees you as one of many potential seconds out there, and therefore utterly replaceable. Here’s what you ought to do: You aren’t interested in being your lover’s secondary partner (nor are you much interested in being your husband’s wife), so you’ll have to call your lover’s bluff. And the only card you have to play – and it’s a weak hand (all hands with just one card are) – is to dump your lover unless he leaves his wife for you. Success rests on the outside chance your lover was bluffing when he said he’d replace you, but I suppose it’s possible he regards you as the irreplaceable one and only said those hurtful things to make you think he wouldn’t choose you when you are the one he would’ve chosen all along. If it turns out that this was the case, SMACK, you’ll wind up with your soul mate … who happens to be kinda-sorta cruel and manipulative. Calling your lover’s bluff – ending a relationship that, in its current form, brings you no joy – is your only hope of having this guy to yourself. But the likelier outcome is that you’ll be left alone (with, um, your husband). My boyfriend and I met at a bondage party a year ago. He’s not into bondage (he tagged along with a kinky friend). We hit it off in the chill-out room and started seeing each other. He told me it was OK for me to keep going to bondage parties and seeing some guys I play with one-on-one. Then right after we moved in together, he said he doesn’t want me playing with anyone else because we are in love. Which means I can’t get tied up at all anymore because he has zero interest in bondage. He can’t see why I’m upset, and I’m not sure what to do. Boy In New Drama So now that you’re in love, and now that you’ve signed a lease, and now that you’re trapped, BIND, now – NOW – your vanilla boyfriend yanks back the accommodation that convinced you to date him in the first place? There’s only one thing you can do: DTMFA. I am 30 and male, and I have been with my girlfriend for five years. For a slew of reasons (we have almost no interests/hobbies in common, our personalities are completely different, we aren’t sexually compatible), I have decided to end it. She’s a good, smart, welleducated person for whom I wish only the best. I’m thinking of breaking

up with her sometime this week or halfway through next year. I know you believe someone should tell a partner about these sorts of feelings ASAP to avoid robbing them of time they could have spent fixing the situation or moving on. Something inside me tells me that my case is different. My girlfriend is a graduate student in a non-tech/STEM field (read: hard to find jobs) and has a decent amount of school debt. We also have a dog. We live in a city where the rents are high and it’s harder to find a place that will allow dogs. (She will definitely be taking the dog.) The thing is, she would almost certainly want to move out immediately if we broke up. I’m worried that if she tried to absorb the financial hit of a breakup, it might torpedo her education and life plans. I am at a loss for what to do. She’s leaving in a week to visit her family for a month – should I dump her before then so she can lean on them? Should I wait until she graduates but dodge questions about where I’m willing to move if she gets a job offer somewhere else? Deciding Ultimately Means Pain As a general rule, one should never drag out an inevitable breakup. We should break up with people promptly to spare our exes the humiliation of thinking back over the last few months or (God forbid!) the last few years and recalling every painfully ambiguous or deceitfully upbeat conversation about Our Shared Future. Another good reason to break up with someone promptly: A person your ex could spend the rest of their life with might cross their path two months from now – and if they’re still with you then or still reeling from a very recent breakup, they won’t say yes (old-fashioned) or swipe right (newfangled). But there are exceptions to every rule, DUMP, and I think your case qualifies. And as with many exceptions to many rules, your exception honors the spirit of the rule itself. Both reasons I cite for breaking up with someone promptly – to spare your soonto-be ex’s feelings, to get out of the way of your soon-to-be ex’s future – are about being considerate of your soon-to-be ex. And that’s just what you’re doing: You want to end this relationship now, but you’re going to wait six months because you don’t want to derail your soon-to-be-ex girlfriend’s education or career prospects. So out of consideration for her, DUMP, you should coast for a bit longer. Find Savage Love swag at savagelovecast.com/shop! mail@savagelove.net ITMFA.org

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AUCTION EXTRA SPACE STORAGE – STORE 1631 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the locations and times indicated: On January 15, 2019 11:30 AM location: 5753 Hoffner Ave. Orlando FL 32822 (407)212-5890 Amber Torres - House hold goods, Anthony Brooks- 1bedroom; 1bed, dishes, table, no couch. box spring, bed, TV. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facilities in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. AUCTION Extra Space Storage – Store 8841 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 9847 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 495-9612, January 15th , 2019 @ 11:00AM: Lourdes Santana – 1 bedroom, boxes, full side Bed, Ashley Taylor – Clothes & Bins, Astasha Goodin – Dresser

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AUCTION EXTRASPACE STORAGE @ 11261 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, FL 32832 (407)2807355, January 15th, 2019 @ 12:00PM: We will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below: John HarrisonHousehold goods. Katrina Swasey -Household goods. Aleza MartesHousehold Items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 540 Cypress Parkway, Kissimmee Florida 34759, 863-240-0879 on 1/8/19 @ 11:30AM. Crystal Heath-household goods and furniture, Ramon Gomez JRhousehold items, Jonathan Ramos -household items, Delphine Speed -household goods and furniture, Leanord John Rioux -household items, Esmeralda Milagros Pante Betancourt -household items, Cecilia Walker- household goods and furniture, William Lamont Washington- household items, Precious Tyler- Anglin -household items, Lisa Clarke-household items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-270-3440 on 1/16/19 @ 11:30 am. Jessica Hill household goods, Quincy Morris household goods, Luis Evans Lawn furniture, Natasha Flucker Boxes. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4601 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407-630-9395 on 01/16/19 @11:00 am Wilson Ewhubare Mattress, clothes, personal items; Rosa A Burgos Scooter, boxes, cloths; William Barber Queen bed table; Metelus Dady Sofa and chair; Cammy Mack 2 bedroom apartment. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the locations indicated: 11071 University Blvd. Orlando, FL 32817 1/15/2019 9:30am John Frederiksen – Household items Katelyn Leon – Household items 11971 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando FL, 32825 on 01/15/2019 at 10:00am a im alker- Dresser, Mattress, printer, bags, boxes, totes, desk, shelves, rugs, lamps, home decor, headboard, dishes. East Coast Wings-William Charlie Brown- Table, Computer/monitor, boxes, files, pictures/photos, shelves, kitchen racks, dishes, restaurant equipment. Diane Montgery- Chair, couch, table, printer, pictures/photos, grill, tires, pillows. Mariah Crenshaw- Chair, couch, TV, bags, boxes, totes, toys, futon. Nigel Glanville- Bed, couch, microwave, bags, books, luggage, shoes. Angel Cruz- Hand tools, power tools, shelves, tiles, painting equipment, wood, painting supplies, buckets. 342 Woodland Lakes Dr, Orlando FL 32828 on 01/15/2019 at 10:30am Lesenia Rojas: household goods. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 5592 LB McLeod Rd Orlando FL 32811, 407-720-2832 on 01/16/19 @ 10:30 am. #055 Shamanita Jones Household goods #855 Rohan Wallace Cabinets, tools, equipment, #756 Latasha Dean household items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space

Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION. IN RE: ESTATE OF LOIS ANN BATISTE, Deceased. File No. 2018-CP2972. NOTICE TO CREDITORS - The administration of the estate of Lois Ann Batiste, deceased, whose date of death was August 25, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 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 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 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 HE DECEDE S DA E O DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is 12/19/18 Attorney for Personal Representative: LAW OFFICES OF STEPHEN K. MILLER, P.A., Stephen K. Miller, Esquire, FL Bar #: 9172, 101 Northwest 75th Street, Suite #1, Gainesville, FL 32607, Personal Representative: Christian Batiste, 848 Heather Glen Circle, Lake Mary, FL 32746 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, SATE OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 12-DP-88 IN THE INTEREST OF: L.J., a female child, N.J., a male child, J.S., a male child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Rachel Sanchez, 18610 15 th Avenue, Orlando, FL 32833 A Petition for Termination of Parental ights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above referenced children. You are to appear before Kenneth R. Lester, Jr., Circuit Judge, on January 22,

2019 at 1:30 p.m. at the Seminole Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Sanford, FL 32773, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified. A U E O 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 AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. The parent is hereby advised, pursuant to §39.802(4)(d) and §63.082(6) (g), Florida Statutes, that a parent whose rights have not yet been terminated has the right to seek a private adoptive placement for the child and to participate in a private adoption plan, through an adoption entity as defined in 3.032 3 , Florida Statutes. As required by §63.165, Florida Statutes, the State further gives notice of the existence and purpose of a state registry of adoption information. The purpose of the Florida Adoption Reunion Registry is to reunite persons separated by adoption where both parties seek such reunion. Persons affected by an adoption may list themselves and their contact information on the registry. Registration is completely voluntary. Additional information is available at http //adopt orida.com/ Reunion-Registry.htm . Contact information for the registry is as follows: Florida Adoption Reunion Registry, Florida Department of Children and Families, 1317 Winewood Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700. Pleadings shall be copied to: Jaime L. Rivera, Esquire, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children s egal Services, 2 21 S. Orlando Drive, Ste. 150, Sanford, FL 32773 (407-328-5656). If you are a person with disability who needs any accommodation to participate in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, at 301 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida, Telephone 407-665-4335, at least 7 days before your scheduled Court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If hearing impaired, call 711. Witness my hand and seal of this court at Sanford, Seminole County Florida on this 29th day of November, 2018. Grant Maloy, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller BY: /s/ Deputy Clerk, Court Seal.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ SHEA CASE NO: DP16-695, IN THE INTEREST OF: E. C. DOB: 12/19/2008, Minor Child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO:Naomi Howe Address Unknown: A Petition for Termination of Parental ights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy Shea on January 30, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 29th day of November, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Kelley Galvin, Esquire, Florida Bar No.: 103302, Senior Attorney, Kelley. alvin my families.com. C E OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ SHEA CASE NO: DP15-582, IN THE INTEREST OF:A. K. DOB: 11/08/2013, Minor Child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO:Aaron Quincy Kuntz Address Unknown: A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy Shea on February 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. A U E O PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CON-

STITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 29th day of November, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Kelley Galvin, Esquire, Florida Bar No.: 103302, Senior Attorney, elley. alvin my families.com. CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/ SHEA CASE NO: DP16-509, IN THE INTEREST OF: N. J. DOB: 06/30/2011, E. C. DOB: 09/09/2013, Minor Children. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Edwin Celestin Address Unknown: A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced children. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy Shea on January 30, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. A U E O PE SO ALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THESE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILDREN NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 29th day of November, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Kelley Galvin, Esquire, Florida Bar No.: 103302, Senior Attorney, elley. alvin my families.com. CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/ Dawson CASE NO.: DP16-704 IN THE INTEREST OF: J. R., DOB: 09/15/2011, B.R., DOB:

01/22/2015, minor children SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ACTION OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: JOSEPH RENFORD, address unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the abovereferenced child, a copy of which is attached; you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Daniel Dawson, at 11:30 a.m., on the 3rd day of January, 2019, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. A U E O PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF 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 THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 26th day of November, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer Shepard, Attorney for the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal). NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34746 (407) 944-1408 on 1/8/19 @ 11:00 am: Norma Ramos, hhold, Arabellis Matos, hhold goods, personal items, Ann Marie Brignoni Caballero, hhold goods, personal items, Kris Edward, hhold goods, Marilu Rodriguez, hhold items, Mallina Grey, furniture, table set, 2 at screen tvs, master room set, armour, 3 couches, boxes, wall unit, Hector Rosa, 2 bedroom furniture. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/ Dawson CASE NO.: DP18-413 IN THE INTEREST OF: Y.V., DOB: 08/26/2007, minor child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ACTION OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: NOEL VELEZ SANTIAGO, address unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental ights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the abovereferenced child, a copy of which is attached; you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Daniel Dawson, at 11:30 a.m., on the 3rd day of January, 2019, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. A U E O PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF 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 THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 26th day of November, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer Shepard, Attorney for the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal). IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DIVISION: 3/SHEA, WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER, CASE NO.:DP17-639 In the Interest of R.S. III DOB: 06/29/2017, S.S. DOB: 06/29/2017, M.S. DOB: 06/29/2017, minor children. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS) TO: Kristen Kemp, ADDRESS UNKNOWN YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and amilies, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption:

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R.S. III, born on 06/29/2017, S.S. born on 06/29/2017., and M.S. born on 06/29/2017. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on January 18 th , 2019 at 9:30 a.m., before the Honorable Judge James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Juvenile Justice Courthouse located at 2000 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF 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 THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5th day of December, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Es uire lorida Bar o. 00 020, Children s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32811, 40 - 3-243 , stacy.mcduffie my families.com, C E O HE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DIVISION: 7/DAWSON, PINE HILLS SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.:DP16-645 In the Interest of A. M. DOB: 09/01/2005, E. M. DOB: 07/07/2014, Minor children NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS), TO: Catherine Mann, Address Unknown, Catherine Mann YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and amilies, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: A.M., born on September 1, 2005 and E.M., born on July 7, 2014. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on February 5, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., before the Honorable Patricia Doherty, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 6, at

the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5th day of December, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Phytiema Johnson, Esquire Florida Bar o. 12414 , Children s egal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32811, 407-563-2439, phytiema. ohnson my families. com, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DIVISION: 7/DAWSON, PINE HILLS SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.:DP16-645 In the Interest of A. M. DOB: 09/01/2005, E. M. DOB: 07/07/2014, Minor children NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS), TO: Juan Rosado, Address Unknown, Juan Rosado, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and amilies, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: A.M., born on September 1, 2005 and E.M., born on July 7, 2014. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on February 5, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., before the Honorable Patricia Doherty, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 6, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

TO THIS CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5th day of December, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Phytiema Johnson, Esquire Florida Bar o. 12414 , Children s egal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32811, 407-563-2439, phytiema. ohnson my families. com, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY, CASE NO.: DP14-276 IN THE INTEREST OF C. K., DOB: 04/18/2014, C.K., DOB: 04/18/2014, minor children. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: KARIE MILLS, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental ights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the abovereferenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Patricia Doherty, at 11:00 a.m., on the 7th day of January, 2019, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. A U E O PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE 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 ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4) (d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private place-

ment with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 3.032 3 , Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 14th day of November, 2018. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer Ware, Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURTBy: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FAMILY LAW DIVISION. IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION CASE NO.: 18-DR-015892. OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PENDING. ADOPTION OF B. E. P and D. J. P. DIVISION: F.NOTICE OF HEARING ON VERIFIED PETITION FOR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: Tromaine Markiece Pegeese (DOB 10/28/1976), a 42 year old black male with brown hair and brown eyes, approximate height and weight 200 lbs. A petition to terminate parental rights has been filed regarding a female child born on November 25, 2012 in Orange County, Florida, and a male child born on September 19, 2015 in Celebration, Osceola County, Florida. There will be a hearing on the petition to terminate parental rights on January 22, 2019 at 3:00 p.m., before The Honorable Wesley D. Tibbals in court room # 410, George Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602. The court has set aside 15 minutes for this hearing. UNDER SECTION 63.089, FLORIDA STATUTES, FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE AND THE PETITION WITH THE COURT AND TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES GROUNDS UPON WHICH THE COURT SHALL END ANY PARENTAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE OR ASSERT REGARDING THE MINOR CHILD. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration within two (2) working days of the date the service is needed: Complete the Request For Accommodations Form and submit to 800 Twiggs Street, Room 604, Tampa, Florida 33602. If you are hearing impaired or voice impaired, call TDD 1-800955-8771. Respectfully submitted, LEENETTA BLANTON CARDEN, P.A. /s/ LEENETTA BLANTON CARDEN, ESQUIRE, Florida Bar No.: 885584, 3308 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite A, Tampa, Florida 33 2 , Office 13 -3 00, Email: lee@leecardenlaw.com

LIVE AUCTION ONE FACILITY – MULTIPLE UNITS: Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Facility 1: 610 Rinehart Rd, Lake Mary, FL 32746 407-333-4355 January 14 th 2019 @ 11:30am: 0600 Ian Smith- unknown goods, 0323 Joe Ferri-unknown, 0318 Reginald Gallon-household goods, 0597 Donna Hazelwood- household goods. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Facility 2: 2728 W 25 TH St, Sanford, FL 32771 407-708-3327 January 14, 2019 @ 10:30 AM: 1499 Branden Payton- Household Items, 1528 Gina Perez- Household Goods, 1032 Kysha Brown- Living Room, Dining Room and three bedrooms, 1247 Joseph Smith- Power Washing Equipment, 1690 Sha-nae Knight- hhg- (Household Goods). Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1751 Fortune Rd Kissimmee, FL 34744, 407414-5303 on 01/08/19 @ 10:00 am: V Properties Inc furniture & boxes, Harold Garcia bedroom set, couches, boxes, Evelino Baptista misc & personal items, Joseph Sie Toomey household items, Jerry Melendez household items, Nerida Galagarza boxes, Keishla Rosado household items, Joel Alvarez household items, Wilmarie Maldonado 3 bedroom fully furnished. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Level Four Orthotics & Prosthetics, Inc., of 2534 Empire Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27103, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious

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Restore OPC It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Restore OPC” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: December 19, 2018 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. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www.storagetreasures. com beginning 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also visit www.personalministorage. com/Orlando-FL- storage-units/ for more info. Michigan Mini-200 W Michigan St Orlando, FL 32806-at 10:30am: 14 Loretta Curtis 81 Edward Starcher 212 Reginald Hodges, 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe, VIN# KM8SC73D14U851855 Personal Mini Storage Forsyth-2875 Forsyth Rd Winter Park FL, 32792-at 10:00 am: 78 Mathew Robert Pike, 2004 Volv 4D Sedan Turbo Blu, VIN# YV1RS59V242417668 229 Artimecia Thornton Lemon 401 Alfred Glen Simpson Jr Personal Mini Storage Lake Fairview-4252 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804-at 11:00 am: 156 Antonio Laronzo Boone 256 Shaunya Tatanisha Blue 340 Domini ue Mone Chambliss 31 Eddy Castro 634 Eddy Castro 641 Eddy Castro 855 Destiny Lashawn Ramirez Personal Mini Storage West4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811-at 11:30 am: 280 Cadena Elizabeth Joseph 422 Jamicka Shardae Dixon 423 Anthony Scott Oliver 450 Valerie Darlene Young 518 Roshawn Renee Richardson 529 Gisele Itania Edward 548 Mario Delva 297B Michael Anthony Jackson 717B Yron Omar Evans Personal Mini Storage Edgewater-6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810-at 11:30 am: 0204 Michael Shannon Lehner 0436 Freddie Mitchell Guzman 0528 Andy Anioce 0721 Joseph L Williams 0749 Christy Sherice Phillips 0918 Ramona Y Clark 0953 Kayla Jana Tucker 1020 Genesis Lee Wright 1024 Danayile Leqwanda Bueckhanon 1027 Hector Josue Bermudez Smith 1233 Clifford Robert Hagan 1239 Christina Allene Jensen 1324 Marcella Pauline Catron 1427 Luis Felipe Olmo Jr. 1604 Rods Garage & Auto Body Repair; Luis Gabriel Gonzalez Rodriguez, MERCEDES SEDAN -

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NO VIN AND SHELL OF A CHEVY NOVA, NO VIN #, VARIOUS CAR PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 1615 April Dawn Langston 1740 Frank L Foreman 2309 Danayile Leqwanda Bueckhanon, 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo SS 2 door, VIN # 2G1WX12K8Y9232172, TAG # D32TT, 1986 Chevy Camaro 2D Coupe, VIN # 1G1FP87F7GN142947, NO TAG #, 2001 Chevy Impala 4D Sedan, VIN #2G1WH55K819350731, NO TAG # Personal Mini Storage Forest City Rd-6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810-at 12:00 pm: 1010 Foronte Omar Blanford 1011 Armoda Resharda Bass 1013 D Adreinne Chardonnet Postell 1055 Nadine Ortiz 4012 Rebekah Jean Long 5046 Lawrence Alonzo Givens Jr. 6038 Kayla Jana Tucker 6044 Tawanda M Williams 6050 Toby Murray Inc., Toby Ray Murray. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that on Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facilities listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following locations: January 16th, 2019 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30p.m. at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 1420 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804 (407)312-8736 #477 Nichol D. Brown furniture and boxes, #458 Martrece Collins Home goods. 1:00p.m. at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 1001 Lee Rd. Orlando, FL 32810 (407)489-3742 #4063 Danielle Gentry Household goods. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that on Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facilities listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following locations: January 18th, 2019 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 9:30a.m. at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 #2221-Janice Barnes -Household items #2113-Lather Mims-Boxes, and clothes #1725-Lori Feldman -Household items. 10:30a.m. at the Extra Space

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Storage facility located at: 831 N Park Ave. Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 450-0345 #Jacqueline Thompkis -Household goods #2314-Jessica Thomas -Household goods. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles will be sold at Public Auction for cash to satisfy lien pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on January 21st, 2019 at 9:00 am at Dynamic Towing, 6408 Old Cheney Hwy., Orlando, FL. (407) 273-5880 2007 TOYT 4T1BE46K37U688343 2010 INFI JN1CV6EK0AM100320 2013 HYUN KMHHU6KJ7DU082531 2006 INFI JNKBY01E76M200949 1994 MERZ WDBFA63E1RF100134 1999 CHEV 2GCEC19TXX1127448 2005 SUZI VTTNJ48A652102063 2000 FORD 1FTRX17W1YNA21053 2004 DODG 1D7HL38K74S711521 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: 2006 Mitsubishi VIN# JA3AJ26E96U070421 2000 Mazda VIN# 1YVGF22C4Y5150475 2002 GMC VIN# 1GKDS13S522297485 2011 Ford VIN# 3FAHP0HA1BR340908 1999 Dodge VIN# 2B5WB35Y6XK561101 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on January 09, 2019 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC

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Legal, Public Notices Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on January 11th, 2019 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; JNKAJ09E18M304361 2008 / INFI 1N4AL11D24C125224 2004 / NISS JT3VN39W6M8012407 1991 / TOYT 1HGCG1656YA089114 2000 / HOND JM3KE2CY3E0366394 2014 / MAZD 3FA6P0H77DR338045 2013 / FORD JM1BK323451233375 2005 / MAZD JN8AS5MT2EW622074 2014 / NISS 1LNHM81W03Y650005 2003 / LINC 1FMDU32X4TUA79909 1996 / FORD 1FMDU34E2VUC90251 1997 / FORD 2T1BURHE4FC393839 2015 / TOYT 1N4AL2APXAN425903 2010 / NISS 2T1BR32E15C438077 2005 / TOYT 1B3EL46X82N271601 2002 / DODG 1FTYR10V8YPA61867 2000 / FORD 1B3LC56K78N615851 2008 / DODG 2HGFA16578H346765 2008 / HOND 1C6RR7LT5GS251176 2016 / RAM 1FADP3E22HL269755 2017 / FORD 5YFBURHE3GP491519 2016 / TOYT WBA8B9G38HNU51965 2017 / BMW 1FM5K7F86HGD79591 2017 / FORD WDDZF4KB2HA158184 2017 / MERZ 2T1BURHE4HC847770 2017 / TOYT 1HGCR3F94HA044875 2017 / HOND 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: 2012 Chevy VIN# 1G1ZD5EU0CF263815 2000 Mitsubishi VIN# JA4LS31H0YP800680 2000 Ford VIN# 1FAFP3630YW222786 1988 Plymouth VIN# 1P3BP46D0JF235809 2000 Toyota VIN# 4T1BG22K6YU641460

2004 Honda VIN# 1HGCM56304A127848 2001 Mitsubishi VIN# 4A3AC44G91E147882 2007 Hyundai VIN# 5NPEU46F47H171733 2004 Nissan VIN# 1N6AA07BX4N503078 2001 Plymouth VIN# 1P3ES46C61D211724 2010 Dodge VIN# 3D4PG4FB2AT163315 2006 Ford VIN# 1FAHP34N86W194777 2008 Ford VIN# 1FBSS31L58DA99422 2015 Mini VIN# WMWXP7C58F2A60759 2009 Nissan VIN# 3N1AB61E99L606007 1997 Toyota VIN# 4T1BG22K7VU038996 1998 Chevy VIN# 1GCCS1447W8215119 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on January 16, 2019 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC Orlando Yamaha-Kawasaki, 9334 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, Florida 32817-4130, 407-2733579 NOTICE OF LIEN 713.585 Date of Sale: 1-15-2019 @ 10:00AM. 1999 Yamaha Vin# JYA4NKE03XA028561 Amount to redeem: $849.95 2013 Yamaha Vin# JYARJ18E4DA010696 Amount to redeem: $849.95 2003 Kawasaki Vin# JSAAK47B632102211 Amount to redeem: $849.95 2002 Yamaha Vin# JYAVP04E62A005655 Amount to redeem: $1,616.11. Notice that the owner of the motor vehicle or any other person claiming interest in or lien thereon has a right to a hearing at any time prior to the scheduled date of sale by filing a demand for a hearing with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the motor vehicle is being held by the lienor and by mailing copies of the demand for hearing to all other owners and lienors as re ected in the notice. Notice that the owner of the motor vehicle has a right to recover possession of the motor vehicle without instituting judicial proceedings by posting a bond in accordance with the provisions of Florida Statute 559.917. Notice that any proceeds from the sale of the motor vehicle remaining after payment of the amount claimed to be due and owing to the lienor will be deposited with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for disposition upon court order pursuant to subsection (6) of Florida Statute 713.585.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 10:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824 pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. JANUARY 10, 2018 3GNEK13T52G105411 2002 CHEVROLET 3VWRM71K98M082885 2008 VOLKSWAGEN JANUARY 11, 2018 1B3HB28B57D183138 2007 DODGE 1N4BA41E74C814759 2004 NISSAN JANUARY 12, 2018 2B4FP25B1YR695261 2000 DODGE WBAAM333XXCA83770 1999 BMW JANUARY 13, 2018 1J4GK48K87W510474 2007 JEEP JANUARY 14, 2018 1HGCR2F31FA130339 2015 HONDA JANUARY 15, 2018 WDYPD744655852652 2005 FREIGHTLINER JANUARY 17, 2018 1NXBR12E6YZ302504 2000 TOYOTA 5NPEB4AC7BH084520 2011 HYUNDAI.

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