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Publisher Graham Jarrett Editor Jessica Bryce Young Editorial Staff Writers Monivette Cordeiro, Xander Peters Calendar Editor Thaddeus McCollum Music Editor Matthew Moyer Digital Content Editor Colin Wolf Contributors Peg Aloi, Rob Bartlett, Jen Cray, Jason Ferguson, Hannah Glogower, Alma Hill, Scott Horn, Liv Jonse, Holly V. Kapherr, Faiyaz Kara, Seth Kubersky, Bao Le-Huu, Cameron Meier, Richard Reep, Joey Roulette, Leah Sandler, Steve Schneider, Madeleine Scott, Nicolette Shurba, Abby Stassen Editorial Interns Hind Berji, Nicole Dudenhoefer, Brian Leng Advertising Director of Sales Jeff Kruse Major Accounts Specialist Leslie Egan Senior Multimedia Account Executive Dan Winkler Multimedia Account Executives Scott Navarro, Scotty Spar Classified and Legal Rep Jerrica Schwartz Advertising Coordinator Danielle Lebron Marketing and Events Events Director Zackary Rowe Marketing and Events Coordinator Rachel Hoyle Events and Promotions Coordinator Kevin Ruane

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7 Your Words

21 Top tables

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Readers react to stories in our last issue

32 Sing your lives OW’s music writers weigh in on the shows that

The best restaurants to open in Orlando this year

7 This Modern World 7 ICYMI

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12 Limp noodle Five times Marco Rubio was entirely useless this year

13 Dear Rick An open letter to Gov. Scott

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Calendar

film 27 Film(ed) history

15 The year of our oh-lord-what-now

True stories fill up the list of the year’s best films

From a jittery January to a dead-eyed December, these shows gave us life

27 Critical mass

17 It’s about time CFAM curator Amy Galpin scored a hat trick this year with three blockbuster Orlando shows

19 Live Active Cultures

Some of the year’s best films failed to find the right audience

29 Winter warmers

36 Selections 38 The Week 39 Down the Road 42 New Year’s Eve Back Pages

54 Savage Love 55 Classifieds

What to binge watch over the holidays

The year in theme parks and performing arts

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Readers react to blog posts and stories from the Dec. 20 issue. On Dec. 20, we reported that Florida attorney general candidate Rep. Jay Fant, R-Jacksonville, filed a bill early last month that would allow business owners to refuse service to LGBTQ individuals without legal consequence. Called the “Free Enterprise Protection Act,” the bill was inspired by the Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which involved a baker’s refusal to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. @Torii Warren Just let people live their life. They have money to buy whatever product or service you’re selling. Who cares about their race, sexuality, religion and so on? They are choosing to spend their money and support your business. Why not let them do so? @Andrea Zimmerman More employees and customers for those of us who don’t give a flying fart which gender you sex up.

@Thalia Ramos Wouldn’t be surprised if he knew all the best glory hole locations. On Dec. 19, we reported that Florida’s minimum wage is about to go up 15 cents next year, from $8.10 an hour to $8.25. (Hurray.) That means if you worked a 40hour week at this rate, your annual income would be $17,160 before taxes, which is well below the federal poverty level of $24,250 for a multi-family household.

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Union workers reject Disney’s latest offer on wage increase, a report finds that over 50 percent of jaywalking tickets in Orange County are garbage, and other things you may have missed last week. »

Thousands of Disney union workers in Orlando overwhelmingly rejected the theme park company’s proposed pay raise, which union leaders called “poverty wages.” When negotiations started, union leaders wanted an increase for workers to $15 per hour. Out of the 38,000 cast members the unions represent, 23,000 workers make less than $12 an hour, and out of those, 8,000 earn $10 an hour. Disney offered a 6 to 10 percent increase, which would give $10-per-hour workers a 50-cent raise. Now the theme park company and the unions will have to go back to the bargaining table.

@Carrie Mackie Houser Everybody needs a living wage and to be treated with dignity. @Ben Krauth People making minimum wage spend nearly 100 percent of their paycheck. People in the top 1 percent spend a very low percentage of it. Increasing minimum wage is the fastest way to boost the economy.

Disney union workers reject company’s latest offer on wage increase:

Over 50 percent of jaywalking tickets in Orange County are garbage, report finds:

A recent report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union found that 56 percent of all jaywalking tickets given in Orange County are flawed, and the majority of these tickets are issued to African-Americans. According to the report, 650 tickets were given from 2012 to 2017 in Orange County, and 40 percent of those were given to black residents, who make up 23 percent of the county’s population.

@Brandy Kregel It’s pathetic. They need to raise it and lower costs of things like food, etc. People charging the amount they do for rent is ridiculous!

Florida lawmakers urge Puerto Rico’s governor to seek federal aid for evacuee housing:

As of last week, more than 259,000 Puerto Ricans had arrived in Florida since Oct. 3, and more than 10,000 Puerto Rican students had enrolled in Florida’s public schools in the past three months. In a letter to Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, state Sen. Victor Torres, D-Orlando, and other Democratic legislators asked Rosselló to formally request an extension of FEMA’s hotel voucher program so hurricane victims can continue receiving help. Without it, lawmakers fear thousands of evacuees living in hotels are in jeopardy of becoming homeless, especially in Central Florida, where affordable housing is scarce and local nonprofits strained.

New report examines Orlando Police response to Pulse shooting:

Orlando Police officers and law enforcement agencies that responded to the massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse last year followed protocol, but more training is needed on future responses to potential terror strikes and coordinating communication, a new report finds. The report concluded OPD responded to the Pulse shooting in a “manner consistent with national best practices and under extremely volatile and difficult circumstances.” However, the report did include critiques, and in some cases, left questions unresolved.

“Wheel of Fugitive” host Sheriff Wayne Ivey might be getting his own show on A&E:

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, self-described as the “most politically incorrect sheriff in the country,” is reportedly in talks with A&E for his own TV show. According to WESH, Ivey says he’s negotiating with the channel to create for TV something similar to his “Wheel of Fugitive” Facebook segment, where he takes pictures of suspects and uses them as game show fodder similar to Wheel of Fortune. That means A&E, home to quality programs like Duck Dynasty, Hoarders and Dog the Bounty Hunter, is considering paying Ivey with actual money. xpeters@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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We’re totally OK with the events that unfolded in 2017 BY XANDER P ETERS A N D M ON I V ET T E COR D E I R O

ike waking up from a horrible nightmare only to realize you’re living in an even more terrible reality, 2017 was the year we mentally rapped ourselves for believing, nay hoping, that 2016 would the worst thing that ever happened to us. If last year was the frying pan, these past 12 months have felt like being thrown into a burning blaze of horrible presidential tweets, an endless Russia investigation and the dreadful epiphany that all your fears of human suffering have materialized – and they come with memes! If President Trump has accomplished anything as head of the executive branch, it’s the fact that he’s succeeded in slowly chipping away at the block that is our democracy. The only inevitable outcome, at least from what we can predict of our 45th commander-in-chief: If he has his way, that same block will eventually look like a statue of himself, coated in fool’s gold. The only light through this dark-ass tunnel is that we’ve made it to the end of another year, somewhat in shambles, but hey – at least we’re together. (Sort of.)

JANUARY

We started the year on the wrong foot when we swore into the presidency a racist xenophobe who boasted, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” In a rosyhued, pussy-hatted rebuke to the campaign rhetoric of President Donald Trump, an admitted sexual predator, millions of women across the nation and world organized demonstrations in support of the Women’s March on Washington on Inauguration Day, which was reportedly the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. In Orlando, thousands marched around Lake Eola in support of women’s rights, racial equality, immigration reform, LGBTQ rights and other marginalized groups. Hear us roar, America.

FEBRUARY

The Trump administration’s refugee ban became a reality on Jan. 27, just a week after he took the presidential oath. Even with that, the true outrage over the executive order that banned citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entry to the

U.S. for 90 days – didn’t set in until the following month. And as the fervor grew, the protests followed President Trump to Florida – more specifically, to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, where more than 1,000 protesters gathered along the bridge that separates West Palm Beach from the posh island. They beat drums, rang bells and carried freedom’s empty casket. It was the nation’s first nod to the onset of a presidency with no honeymoon period.

MARCH

Newly elected Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala threw Gov. Rick Scott into a tizzy after she announced her administration wouldn’t pursue the death penalty for first-degree murder cases, including in the case of Markeith Loyd, who stands accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police lieutenant. Florida’s death penalty statutes were not in a constitutional place, per se, and Ayala cited a number of valid reasons for ending the practice. Scott pretty much ignored that and used his executive authority to remove Ayala from 30 capital cases, saying Ayala, the state’s first African-American prosecutor, would not fight for justice. Someone sent Ayala a noose, and Republican lawmakers even took it out on her by removing more than $1 million from her budget. After losing the showdown in the Florida Supreme Court to Scott, Ayala assembled a panel of prosecutors to determine which cases deserved the death penalty. Still, this public feud doesn’t look like it will die any time soon.

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Although critics suggested that a change in how “stand your ground” self-defense cases are defended could allow individuals to more easily get away with murder, Florida’s Republican lawmakers already had their hearts set on it. The original law, passed in 2005, says people can use deadly force and do not have a duty to retreat if they deem it necessary in order to prevent death or harm. That law, however, was used to defend George Zimmerman in 2012, after the neighborhood watchman shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Zimmerman’s attorney claimed he “reasonably” believed his life was in immediate danger, and it was enough to get him off. Although April marked the heart of the most recent debate, in June, the law was indeed changed so that the burden of proof for such claims is placed on prosecutors, and Gov. Rick Scott’s signed it soon after. The following month, a Miami judge ruled the law unconstitutional.

MAY

After lording it over downtown Orlando for over a century, the “Johnny Reb” Confederate statue at Lake Eola Park was ordered removed by Mayor Buddy Dyer. Commissioned by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1911, the monument was the

vigils and honored survivors, victims’ families and community members whose lives were irrevocably changed.

JULY

2017 robbed us of more joy when it took Billy Manes. The former Orlando Weekly columnist and Watermark editor-in-chief died at the age of 45 from complications related to severe pneumonia surrounded by friends, family and his husband, Tony Mauss. More legend than man, Manes had a larger-than-life influence on the Orlando community despite his tiny frame. He wrote the cheeky political column “Happytown™” and the “Daily Weekly Reader,” investigated local crooks, ran as Orlando’s first openly gay mayoral candidate and always, always championed the underdogs. After the Pulse massacre, he became the voice of a grieving community, openly pouring his heart out in his last columns for Watermark and appearing on MSNBC and NPR. We miss you, Billy.

AUGUST

The white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 13, was a confirmation of just how ugly our nation’s reality has become, as if 2016 hadn’t made it

deaths tied to the storm were reported. The following month, according to figures compiled by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the state Division of Emergency Management, Irma’s death toll in Florida would officially climb to 69.

OCTOBER

Anxiety. Hopelessness. Exasperation. The month of October brought a mixed basket of ugly emotions for immigrants in America, both documented and not. For beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status, the uneasiness that set in was a result of the nation’s executive branch cranking up its anti-immigrant rhetoric yet again. It was a sort of purgatory for immigrants’ apprehensiveness: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Sept. 5 that the Trump administration would end DACA, providing Congress exactly six months to figure out a solution, the month prior. And on Nov. 6, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced the administration’s decision to terminate the TPS designation for Hondurans and Nicaraguans, and later for Haitians.

NOVEMBER

ILLUSTRATION VIA SHUTTERSTOCK

concrete embodiment of a revisionist myth that paints the Confederate cause in the Civil War as noble instead of what it was – a defense of the institutions of slavery and white supremacy that powered the nation’s economy. Spearheaded by former Orlando Sentinel journalist David Porter and Organize Now, a group of local activists called on the city to remove the Confederate statue in May. Despite the dozens of protesters who flooded Orlando City Hall with Confederate battle flags and got into screaming matches with activists, the majority of city commissioners agreed with the mayor’s plan to take down the statue and reassemble it in the Confederate section of Greenwood Cemetery.

clear enough. And along with that grasp of our situation came Trump’s response: He condemned violence on “many sides,” seeming to indicate that there was no right and wrong between the white-power marchers and the counter-protesters. Even Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, with his history of attempting to look tough then slinking away, was quick to condemn it. On the evening following the tragedy, more than 100 mourners gathered at Lake Eola in Orlando, where the Confederate statue “Johnny Reb” had stood for decades, to honor the late Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old who died after she was mowed down by a white supremacist’s speeding car, among the others who were injured in the incident.

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SEPTEMBER

The year after the Pulse massacre felt like a long extension of that hot day on June 12, 2016. The shock of a gunman walking into a local gay nightclub, mowing down a dancing crowd and murdering 49 people, all with their own hopes and dreams, was hard to explain that next morning. In the grief-filled days, weeks and months after, it didn’t get any easier. One day at a time, Pulse survivors found the courage to reassemble the shattered pieces of their lives by leaving the hospital, going to counseling, learning to use a wheelchair and adjusting to their new normal. On the one-year mark of Orlando’s mass shooting, we paid tribute to the lives that were taken with candlelight

When Hurricane Irma made landfall on Sept. 10, a reckoning of both present and future began to set in for the people of the Sunshine State. An estimated 10,000 people in the Florida Keys were left homeless. The state’s already struggling citrus crops were shaken to the pulp. Millions of gallons of raw sewage overflowed into the state’s streets and waterways. About 5.8 million Floridians were left without power for weeks. Estimated insurance losses topped $6.55 billion, with the latest calculation of the number of claims approaching 866,000. On a mortal level, within a week of Irma’s eye glaring across Florida’s southern portion, at least 34

By the time the truth about state Sen. Jack Latvala having groped six women had floated to the surface, the #MeToo movement was already well underway, gaining momentum across the country as powerful men – from Hollywood hotshot Harvey Weinstein to comedian Louis C.K. – continued to be felled by their own inappropriate shortcomings. Throughout November, Latvala angrily denied ever having been a sexual harasser to any extent. However, following a public corruption investigation in December, Latvala resigned shortly before the holidays. In a letter following the investigation, in reference to the #MeToo movement, he wrote, “My political adversaries have latched onto this effort to rid our country of sexual harassment to try to rid the Florida Senate of me.” It worked, but not in Latvala’s favor – in the favor of a better, more decent, future.

DECEMBER

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September, but months later and likely for years to come, Central Florida is feeling the effects. The majority of the 3.4 million American citizens on the U.S. territory remain in debilitating conditions without power, electricity, basic services or shelter. The slow pace of recovery and seeming neglect from President Trump and federal officials pushed hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans to evacuate the island and head toward the mainland. The majority of evacuees came to Florida, especially Orlando, where they found more challenges: the lack of affordable housing, employment and health services. A report by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College estimates that, in two years, the island will lose 14 percent of its population – which could change Puerto Rico, and Florida, forever.

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Limp noodle Five times Marco Rubio was entirely useless this year BY M ON I V E TTE CO R DE I R O

loridians weren’t surprised to learn this past year that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio could still rival a slug with his lack of a backbone. Admittedly, we did elect him even after all that folding he did in 2016 – remember when he got all riled up and called Donald Trump a “dangerous con man” who shouldn’t even breathe near America’s nuclear codes, then endorsed him for president? How could we forget the time he used the massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse to jump-start his dying Senate career, then remained a perpetual hypocrite by campaigning with anti-gay religious zealots? Or when he did absolutely nothing in the following months to prevent future mass shootings except to mutter the obligatory “thoughts and prayers” and continue to take money from the NRA? But, surprising even us, Rubio crawled ever deeper into the invertebrate mollusk shell he calls home in 2017. After posturing during the campaign that he would stand up to President Trump, Florida’s junior senator spent these past 12 months limp-noodling his way onto the floor. Every day after his daily serving of arroz con mango a la Trump, Rubio just kept tweeting Bible verses, which at this point feels like a secret message the real Marquito is silently screaming from the sunken place. It was actually hard to narrow this down to just five, but here are five times Rubio was utterly useless as our senator. 1. Helping working people: We had a hearty chuckle that turned into a resounding shriek this year when the New York Times called Rubio “a longtime champion of the working class.” Really? He voted multiple times for failed Obamacare repeals that would have left 32 million people uninsured, effectively ruining the lives of thousands of poor, sick Floridians who could die because they can’t afford health care. More recently, Rubio managed to trick his Republican cohorts into thinking he actually wouldn’t vote for a $1.5 trillion tax cut for corporations and the wealthy unless child tax credits were expanded. They gave in to his bluff and awarded families earning between $25,000 and $40,000 an extra pittance of $300 per kid. Thanks, Lil’ Marco! 2. Standing up for immigrants: In 2012, Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, positioned himself as their savior when he joined the Gang of Eight to push comprehensive immigration reform for the 11 million undocumented people who live in the U.S. The minute he sniffed backlash from conservatives that might hamper his political dreams, he dropped his support. This year, as the Trump administration pulled the rug out from under DACA recipients and began deporting them, Rubio called the Obama-era

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program unconstitutional and offered bare minimum support to undocumented youth from the sidelines. 3. Serving as Trump’s check and balance: Ha. Haha. Haaaaaaa. It was one thing when Rubio rubber-stamped Trump’s nominee, Betsy DeVos, as Education Secretary after her family gave him thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. Pretty unethical, but whatevs. It got worse when Rubio was praised universally for badgering Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his confirmation hearing, making it exasperatingly clear that the former ExxonMobil CEO was being evasive in his answers on Russia’s record of human rights abuses – then turned around and voted for him anyway. It wasn’t surprising later when Rubio basically shielded Trump with his body during a hearing questioning fired FBI director James Comey. 4. Standing up for sexual assault victims: It was particularly vexing to watch Rubio expressly call on his colleague Al Franken to resign after multiple women accused him of groping and sexual harassment – because for a whole ass year, the senator has stood behind a man accused by at least 19 women of gross sexual assault. Trump literally has an entire tape talking about his preferred method of groping and Rubio hasn’t made a peep about that. Way to make a movement about exposing abusers partisan. 5. Meeting with constituents: Rubio did a lot of stupid shit this year, but one of the most hilarious was watching him go to extreme lengths to avoid his constituents. For a year now, protesters across Florida have been trying in vain to see their senator face-to-face at a town hall meeting. Rubio has refused, saying activists would “heckle and scream” at him in front of cameras. In turn, protesters have chased him at an airport, confronted him after his university class and shut down a few of his state offices. So much for being a servant of the people. mcordeiro@orlandoweekly.com

Dear Rick An open letter to Gov. Scott – I’ll miss you before I even knew you, man BY XANDER P ETERS

’m new to Florida, barely a month into my tenure as a staff writer at Orlando Weekly. But like a greyhound, I’m fresh out of the chute and racing around the track that is the Sunshine State’s political landscape – reporting, writing, attempting to understand what the hell a “Florida man” really is. But I get it, I think. I understand that the only true Florida man is you. And with the year 2018 just around the corner and the twilight of your gubernatorial career setting like yesterday’s sun, I can’t help but wonder what could have been between us, between a conservative politician and an admittedly liberal reporter, between Florida man and me. I know some don’t share my regret at seeing you go, but I was sad when I realized how much I missed out on. Goodbyes are always the hardest, which is why I’d rather thank you, instead. But where to start when it comes to a revolutionary such as yourself, Gov. Scott? Do I thank you for always falling in line behind President Trump, for kissing his ring when the decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital came to light? Was that just another example of what you called a “fresh start” for the president, such as how you lamented the firing of former FBI Director James Comey in May? Do I thank you for your unrivaled sense of compassion, like how you called for prayers instead of legislation following the Texas church shooting that left 26 people dead in November? Because we all know Floridians – more specifically, Orlandoans – don’t carry the anxiety and heartbreak that comes with the horror of a mass shooting. We understand as well as you do that what’s done is done, and that perhaps the time for action is never, certainly not now. Thank you for always taking to heart the will of the people, such as when you signed a charter school-friendly education bill into law last summer, despite the blowback from Florida’s traditional public school leaders and teachers. The backroom negotiations were a clever touch too. That takes grit, Gov. Scott. What do public school teachers know anyway, right? Certainly not what it takes to better educate Florida’s youth. Leave that to the lawmakers who don’t deal with the matter daily, just as you have for women’s reproductive rights. Speaking of grades and guns, thank you for maintaining your spectacular average (an “A”) with the National Rifle Association. As you’ve said in the past, using your slow-clap-worthy logic, “The Second Amendment has never shot anybody. Evil does this.” Eureka, Gov. Scott. It’s no wonder that the NRA asked you to speak at their convention after Trump earlier this year. You’re Shakespeare’s reincarnation in a pair of gator-skin boots. And thank you for understanding that capital punishment is usually the answer, and that Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s progressive approach, which would put Florida with 18 other states and the District of Columbia, had no chance of part of our state’s future. Lightly put, thank you for everything, Gov. Scott – not just in terms of the year 2017, but for all that you’ve done since taking Florida’s helm in 2010. Thank you for always keeping the best interests of undocumented immigrants in mind, even if they did prove to be a thorn in your Republican side. Thank you for being pro-woman – well, pro-GOP-idea-of-a-woman – really showing those abortion providers the error of their ways and waiting until

just this summer to do away with the tampon tax. I don’t mean to make you blush at this point, but thank you for being you – brilliant, bold and bald. May the sun shine brightest on you and all that is yours. And maybe this isn’t a goodbye forever, since you’ll likely attempt a run for the U.S. Senate in the coming months. So I’ll just say so long for now. xpeters@orlandoweekly.com

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2017: THE YEAR OF OUR OH-LORD-WHAT-NOW

ABOVE, “TRAVELING LANDSCAPE,” KATHLEEN VANCE; BELOW, “AFROTOPIA 1,” STACEY ROBINSON

started showing edgier art, and then later on when Gallery Eola opened in Thornton Park. Gallery Eola is still too young to know whether it’ll last, but for now it’s a welcome return to the feel of those old A Place days. RR: What’s good about this horrid circus of a year is From a jittery January to a dead-eyed December, these shows gave us life the show lights shine on everyone now, so if white men are surprised that it’s not exclusively theirs anymore, it’s BY R ICHA RD REEP A N D J ESSI C A BRYC E YOU NG due only to the clouds in their own eyes. If you can’t get RR: Meanwhile, Time as Landscape at the Cornell off the damned merry-go-round, hold hands with those iving through 2017 was like riding a rusty merrygo-round: It’s spinning fast and you know you’re (Sept. 29-Dec. 31) was like a Stephen Hawking and sitting on the horses around you. We’re all in it together. supposed to be happy but you aren’t, what with Albert Einstein dunk tank: Time’s elasticity and the arts@orlandoweekly.com loose parts flying everywhere and shrieking gears and that hugeness of the universe became an escape pod from the creepy ride operator leering every time you pass by. You carnival barker’s harangue. This show knocked me out. JBY: My favorite this year would have to be Baggage just want it to stop so you can get off safely, but you can’t. RR: Since it won’t stop, make art about it, right? Listen Claims at OMA (Sept. 15-Dec. 31). RR: The title pokes a little fun at our city’s tourism to the music and make some of your own. JBY: UCF Percussion and Voci Dance got together to fetish. JBY: I didn’t even think of that (duh). But the words do just that with their performance at the Dr. Phillips Center of Steve Reich’s 1971 classic, Drumming (April 14). you used to describe Time as Landscape – “an escape The kinetic element of Reich’s hypnotic phasing rhythms pod from the carnival barker’s harangue” – that’s what was explored in angular vernacular movement by Voci’s this show was to me. I mean, that’s a pretty literal dancers, while the arms of the percussionists created interpretation, but it’s hard to avoid in the Year of Our their own flashing patterns. The mesmerizing nature Oh-Lord-What-Now 2017. As we all curled inward like of that piece reflected my mental state for sure – still snails or hermit crabs, figuratively protecting ourselves from the political madness or literally preparing for some stunned by the events of 2016. RR: While the white establishment fretted about apocalyptic environmental disaster, Andrea Zittel’s “AZ the sky falling, Rollins professor Julian Chambliss Living Unit II,” Kathleen Vance’s “Traveling Landscape” taught me a new word in January: “Afrofantastic.” He or even Yin Xiuzhen’s whole “Portable City” made a lot curated AfroFantastic: Black Imagination and Agency in of sense to me. RR: On a smaller scale, Roadsides & Skylines featured the American Experience, an exploration of blackness both as reality and as construct. That show dovetailed Florida’s unique weirdness at the Gallery at Avalon neatly with Posing Beauty at Snap! Space, an exhibition Island (July 20-Aug. 12). The powerful images of of African-American conceptual art and portraiture. abandoned, vine-covered sporting goods stores, mutant And William Cordova, a Miami-based, Peruvian-born box turtles sprouting bonsai trees, and cases full of skulls artist, walked away with the Orlando Museum of Art’s and Victorian objects were somehow, in this chaotic Florida Prize this year, on the strength of his installation time, reassuring. JBY: Gallery at Avalon Island has been raising the honoring two Black Panthers killed by Chicago police, “The house that Frank Lloyd Wright built 4 fred hampton bar on shows of local contemporary work for a couple y mark clark (despues de Atahualpa).” Contemporary art of years – the current exhibition, Truths, Interpretations & Other Ways of Seeing (Dec. 21-Jan. 12, 2018) showcases is not an exclusive enterprise. JBY: Or anyway, Orlando curators are making an some great young Orlando artists. But in 2017 Avalon got some help when the Henao Contemporary Center effort at more inclusive representation.

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IT’S ABOUT TIME CFAM curator Amy Galpin scored a hat trick this year with three blockbuster Orlando shows BY R ICHA RD REEP

my Galpin’s office, perched over the entrance to the Cornell Fine Arts Museum on the Rollins College campus, overflows with art, books and papers. High windows let in Florida’s cloudy afternoon. “I’m so lucky,” Galpin says about the office, which is reached by a tiny spiral stair. “This was Jeannette Genius McKean’s art studio, and it still reeks of her creativity.” McKean, the Winter Park philanthropist, artist, Rollins trustee and founder of the Morse Museum, would approve of the current goings-on. From this office, Amy Galpin has put forth some of the most stimulating visual art experiences in the area – particularly in 2017, when she expanded her reach beyond CFAM. This fall, Galpin installed three exhibits in Orlando: Time and Thought: Art of the United States at the Mennello Museum; Steady Observation: The Intersection of Scientific Inquiry, Art, and Life, the inaugural show at the STEAM gallery inside the Orlando Science Center; and the Cornell’s Time as Landscape: Inquiries of Art and Science. “Overall, time is the theme,” she says of the three shows. “I want the audience to take something meaningful away, but they are all united by a sense of time passing, whether an artist captures a few seconds or an era. … Time forms a central part of human experience.” At the Mennello Museum, Galpin’s scholarly presentation commented on histories of destruction and preservation. She paired Rocky Mountain School landscape artists Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, popular in the 1860s, with Robert Henri, a turn-of-the-century portraitist, and Ed Ruscha, progenitor of the West Coast Pop Art movement, to show how the focus of American art evolved over time. These achingly beautiful landscapes would, today, be cluttered with signage and development; they invoke a sense of time passing. At the Orlando Science Center, her curation focused on a more intimate series of objects and images. Andy Goldsworthy photographed beach sand after shuffling his feet through it; the striking pattern was captured during its brief existence before wind and water swept it away. Galpin contrasted Goldsworthy with other artists who, she felt, were “drawn to obscurities and secrecies found and produced in diverse environments.” Images in this exhibit, like artist Trevor Paglen’s “The Last Pictures (The Narbana Panel; Humans Seen Through a Predator Drone)” reveal a few terrible seconds of cold secrecy in our unreal times. Finally, back in her home space at Rollins, Galpin’s triumph this fall was the exhibit Time as Landscape, which she co-curated with Abigail Ross Goodman. Time flows through this exhibit, eddying and pooling in corners. I stared at Tomas Saraceno’s “Hybrid Dark …” a spider’s tiny architecture floating in space, for a full 15 minutes; but rushed past Yinka Shonibare’s “The American Library Collection (Historians)” only to wish I had spent more time lovingly reading the authors’ names imprinted

on colorful African textiles, contemplating Galpin’s thoughts on how the artwork testifies to the power of the written word. Besides working on shows year-round at CFAM, Galpin leads tours of the parts of CFAM’s art collection hanging at the nearby Alfond Inn. While this kind of schedule would be debilitating to anyone else, Galpin clearly thrives on a feast of art. A New Jersey native, she came to Rollins from the San Diego Museum of Art. She earned a master’s degree in Latin American Studies while in San Diego, and she had an eye on neighboring Tijuana while curating exhibits there. In between stints in San Diego, she finished her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois-Chicago, focusing on Mexican muralists. This powerful narrative art form led her to unusual corners of Mexico, developing her eye for the narrative of this rich and unique culture told through its art. “I am inspired by Ena Heller,” Galpin says, referring to the Cornell’s Director. As the region’s only teaching museum, Heller’s oversight integrates the museum’s continuum of art from history. Galpin takes the case of contemporary art, with both of them agreeing that the contemporary artist must be an agent of change. Galpin brought a much-needed new vision to Central Florida when she arrived in 2013, curating shows with political threads such as 2016’s Displacement and 2015’s Fractured Narratives. In particular, her 2015 Cornell exhibit Jess T. Dugan – Every Breath We Drew broke barriers. With this show exploring transgender identity, Galpin embodied on Rollins’ sometimes-conservative campus a deeper niche of acceptance, tolerance and diversity. Having come to CFAM from the San Diego Museum of Art, Galpin sees some similarities between the two cities. “Orlando and San Diego are distinctive places that both accentuate tourism,” she observes. This does not mean we have to avoid what is happening in the rest of the world; more now than ever, it comes to us. By presenting the work of artists who are documenting current events, Galpin helps us students and viewers engage in the questions of the day. “I want many audiences to be welcome,” she says about her shows, “but I also refuse to ignore what is happening all around me.” A new exhibit, Ruptures and Remnants, will bring her critical eye to the Cornell Museum’s permanent collection in January, and later in 2018 she will present work by significant and timely artists: Jamilah Sabur, Trong Gia Nguyen and the photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White. Galpin’s influence on the Central Florida art scene is already strong, and getting stronger. Finding the right tone, and asking the right questions, she brings us work that needs to be seen in order to help us make sense of our rapidly changing times.

ABOVE, AMY GALPIN; BELOW, ART BY TOMAS SARACENO

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NA’VI RIVER BOAT RIDE | IMAGE COURTESY DISNEY

Traditionally, I devote my last Live Active layoffs, and the death of captive orca Tilikum, public less entrance into a pedestrian obstacle course. The good Cultures column of each year to highlights and lowlights from Orlando’s theaters and theme parks over the preceding 12 months. But 2017 turned out to be the year when good became bad, right became wrong, and collusion became kosher. Rather than lament the fact that we all now live in the Stranger Things’ Upside Down, I’m embracing the bitter with the sweet, and combining all my picks and pans in a fond farewell to the Best Worst Year Ever.

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It may not get as much marketing attention as the major parks, but in recent years Fun Spot has added some of my favorite new area attractions, like 2016’s Freedom Flyer VR coasters at their Orlando location. Mine Blower, which opened in June at their Kissimmee park, was expected to be another hit, and I was among its eager opening-day riders. But the inverting wooden coaster from Gravity Group turned out to be uncomfortably rough, a surprise considering the designer’s reputation for smooth rides. I can’t recommend repeated re-rides without a chiropractor on retainer, but thrill junkies will want to experience its intensity at least once. While I’ll admit being among the skeptics before Disney opened Pandora at Animal Kingdom (insert “sex tails” joke here), the Avatar-inspired expansion has quickly grown on me. The Na’vi River boat ride isn’t worth more than 20 minutes in line, but straddling a synthetic Banshee would be my new happy place if the Flight of Passage simulator didn’t always have a multi-hour wait. Advance Fastpasses are still frustratingly scarce, so check for same-day Fastpasses at 11 a.m., or go standby around 2 p.m. (not at opening). And bring along an empty water bottle; there are plenty of water fountains in the queue, but no restrooms … After the annus horribilis of 2016, SeaWorld fans had hoped the park would recover from its post-Blackfish PR nightmare, but between leaked executive emails, heavy

perception has gone from bad to worse. It didn’t help that the park’s major 2017 debut, a virtual reality version of the Kraken coaster, turned out to be a glitchy, queue-slowing dud. Sadly, SeaWorld’s superb seasonal events – summer’s Electric Daisy Carnival-esque Electric Ocean, the inaugural Seven Seas Food Festival, a Christmas Celebration with Rankin-Bass characters – get overlooked, despite putting to shame the overcrowded, overpriced festivals that have overrun Epcot’s operating calendar. For me, the year’s most bittersweet bow was the closing of Universal Orlando’s Terminator 2/3-D, where I was employed as a stage technician two decades ago. I attended the final performance on Oct. 8 with a full house of cheering fans and former crewmates. Also seated near me was the show’s co-creator, Gary Goddard; I introduced myself, mentioning that I’d worked on the attraction early in my career. His reply – “We devirginized a lot of people here” – seemed even creepier a few weeks later, after child molestation accusations against him became public.

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The annual Creative City Project has been growing exponentially since its 2012 inception, and this year’s event – rebranded as IMMERSE – was simply overwhelming. It was thrilling to find artists and musicians up and down Orange Avenue, but the abundance of options instilled in me a severe case of FOMO. In my rush to cram in as much as possible, I know I missed out on at least two quality performances for every one I caught. I’m hoping that next year either IMMERSE is spread out over a second evening, or I save up enough quarters to finally clone myself. The good news is that they finally broke ground this year on the long-delayed acoustic Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts; the bad news is that construction has turned the venue’s sidewalk-

news is that the Dr. Phil brought Orlando a number of bigname touring Broadway shows this year, including Finding Neverland, On Your Feet and Love Never Dies; the bad news is that most of them stunk. The good news is that we’re getting Hamilton in 2019; the bad news is we have to survive 2018 first. In 2017 there were numerous worthy productions at established venues like Winter Park Playhouse and Orlando Shakes, but I saw practically none of them. Instead, I focused on emerging companies in unconventional locations, and (mostly) found myself richly rewarded for the effort. Producer Jeremy Seghers lured me to a downtown apartment, a college campus, and even outdoors with edgy shows like This Is Our Youth, Saint Joan and Red Black and Ignorant. Theater on the Edge transported me from their south Orlando storefront to a Michigan motel, a Chicago doughnut shop and a Philly rowhouse, thanks largely to Samantha DiGeorge’s set designs. And I drove more than once up to Sanford, where Winnie Wenglewick’s Dangerous Theatre is offering community theater opportunities similar to what Theatre Downtown once provided. Not every show I saw was exceptional, but overall my explorations off the beaten path were well worth the mileage. It’s inevitable that Orlando’s creative community will mourn the deaths of some members every year, but some of this year’s losses – writer-activist Billy Manes, radio producer Katie Ball – cut especially deep. The most recent to pass away was local actor Tyler Cravens, who performed at Garden Theatre and Mad Cow when not filming the Netflix series Bloodline or running Winter Garden’s Thai Blossom restaurant. Personally, I’m trying to preserve some of their passion and positivity as we put 2017 in the rear view mirror, because, as Tyler would say: “Onward and upward!” skubersky@orlandoweekly.com

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1. Kadence 1809 E. Winter Park Road, kadenceorlando.com

The all-black, signage-free facade of this nine-seat Japanese restaurant screams big-city cool, but it’s the talents of the trio behind the operation – Mark Berdin, Lordfer Lalicon and Jennifer Bañagale – that give Kadence its personality. Their superlative multicourse omakase dinners employing only the finest of seasonal fish (many from Tsukiji) cater to sushi purists and traditionalists, and the lasting memory of the unique experience makes it worth the hefty amount you’ll drop.

2. Reyes Mezcaleria 821 N. Orange Ave., 407-868-9007, reyesmex.com

SUE AND JASON CHIN OF REYES MEZCALERIA | PHOTO BY ROB BaRTLeTT

ToP TaBleS 2017 The best restaurants to open in Orlando this year BY FAIYAZ KARA

he splashy, celebrity chef-driven restaurant openings of yesteryear were enjoyable indulgences, no doubt, but in 2017, the pendulum swung. This year marked a return to restraint. It was a year for the neighborhood eatery, the mom-and-pop joint, the cheap eat. Street food, if you’ll pardon the pun, made significant inroads (halal cart fare! poké! dumplings!) as did a couple of sandwich joints – AJ’s Press and Bad As’s Sandwiches – both of which make some of the best sammies you’ll have anywhere. The Polite Pig and Paddlefish brought a modicum of buzz down Disney way, but we’ll wait to see what the Edison, Maria and Enzo’s, and

the much-delayed Wine Bar George bring to the Springs next year. What else can we expect in 2018? Vegan and veg-forward cuisine seem to be about as sure a bet as more tales of transgressions in the workplace; smaller restaurants appear poised to serve cocktails, thanks to newly relaxed liquor regulations; and food halls will continue to pique our interest with their constant flirtations. Personally, I’d like to see more rolled ice cream, more nouveau Indian, and a Peruvian restaurant that’ll serve a proper rocoto relleno with alpaca. Until then, I’ll just savor this list of 2017’s best restaurants. I hope you will too.

Reyes broadens our sightlines of a cuisine suffering from tunnel vision in this city. Standard, everyday Tex-Mex fare this is not, and we wouldn’t expect anything less from a restaurant run by Jason Chin and wife Sue. “Because Orlando has matured as a food city, we can offer dishes and an overall style of cuisine that’s historically different than what people are used to seeing,” Chin says. A bite of the duck breast with mole negro, roasted chayote and poblano is proof positive. And if a pairing of mezcal with chapulines (crispy fried grasshoppers) seems a bit too adventurous, too bad. The Chins don’t care much for staid offerings – they’re out to expand our perceptions of Mexican food and drink.

3. Shiraz Market 185 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood, 407-951-8084, facebook.com/ internationalfreshmarket

We desperately need more Persian restaurants in town (IMHO) and, thanks to owner Nas Rajabi and family, Shiraz Market helps fill a portion of the dull, notso-fragrant void. From inside the market’s cramped kitchen come gorgeously charred beef and chicken kebabs and, on any given day, such Iranian staples as ghormeh sabzi (beef stew with herbs), khoresht gheymeh bademjan (eggplant stew) and fesenjan (chicken stew). The fat tubs of house-made bastani (pistachio ice cream) and faloodeh (iced rosewater noodles) available for purchase are just a bonus.

4. Hunger Street Tacos 2103 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, 321-444-6270, hungerstreettacos.com

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street-taco turn in their adult years, and Winter Park was the beneficiary. The taquería covered in eye-catching murals by Oaxacan art collective Lapiztola is hard to miss, but you’ll be pining for it long after your first taste of soft-shelled wonders such as the panko-breaded fried avocado and the protein-filled “El Mañanero,” comprising seared brisket, chorizo, refried beans and scrambled egg. Really, there’s nothing not to like here.

5. BBB Tofu House 5140 W. Colonial Drive, 407-723-8299, bbbtofuhouse88.com

Owner Tony Teng fashions, arguably, the finest soondubu in the city, and a sexier broth you never will see: reddened, fiery and rippling with the fumes of gochugalu (chili powder) and gochujang (chili paste). The house version gurgles with shrimp, clams, squid and pillowy cubes of extra-soft organic tofu, but other equally gratifying renditions are also offered. Korean staples like bibimbap, pajeon and galbi aren’t mere afterthoughts either, but the soup here rules! Sure, other area Korean restaurants serve it, but BBB Tofu House makes it their raison d’etre.

Honorable Mention: El Buda 116 W. Church St., 407-203-8171, elbudarest.com

Chef Roberto Treviño’s Latin-Asian fusion joint was a late arrival, but our sincere hope is that El Buda stays for good. It’ll be tough going in a space that hasn’t exactly been kind to restaurants, but if anyone can make a go of it, it’s Treviño. The man has some serious kitchen cred, and two of his fusion creations – pork and sweet plantain dumplings and the duck breast with honey-miso potatoes – have become instant classics in my book.

Other notable 2017 openings: AJ’s Press, Bad As’s Sandwiches, Gaviota, Joyful Garden Seafoods Restaurant, Luke’s Kitchen & Bar, Millenia 106, Muddy Waters, New General, Orange County Brewers, Orlando Meats, Paddlefish, Peter’s Kitchen, Pizzeria Roberti, Reel Fish Coastal Kitchen + Bar, Turkish Bar & Grill, Valkyrie Doughnuts.

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ToP TaSTeS 2017 The everyday tastes that kept us coming back this year BY LOUIS ROSEN

1. The Italian Stallion burger at Se7enbites 617 N. Primrose Drive, 407-203-0727, se7enbites.com

Chef-owner Trina Gregory-Propst runs a brilliant bakery-restaurant and bakes the best pies in Orlando, but this burger special, topped with savory-sweet tomato jam, pesto aioli and a crispy fried mozzarella plank, was my favorite burger in a year with many great new burger joints opening around town. (She had me at “mozzarella plank.”) Se7enbites was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives earlier this year, and chef Trina and her crew deserve every bit of popularity and praise.

2. Korean fried chicken wings at Hawkers 1103 N. Mills Ave., 407-237-0606, eathawkers.com

I’m not a big wing fan – especially greasy, crunchy, dry sports-bar wings, slathered in oily hot sauce to make you feel something, anything. But the Korean fried wings at Hawkers are the best wings in Orlando, juicy and meaty, with a thick, crispy breading that stays on, coated in a spicy, sweet, sticky sauce that ties everything together. The flavors and textures are so good together, I’ve never tasted their equal.

3. The Capone at Bad As’s Sandwiches 207 N. Primrose Drive, 407-757-7191, badasssandwiches.com

I consider myself a connoisseur of salted, cured meats, and I’m always on a quest for the best Italian hoagie. While I’ve been a fan of LaSpada’s Famous Hoagies on Lee Road for many years, this year I was intro-

duced to the Capone, a weekly special at the new, aptly-named Bad As’s Sandwiches. It features chorizo, capocollo, mortadella, ham, fontina cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled onions and basil-manchego aioli on a perfectly soft French roll, not those hard “artisanal” rolls that shatter and cut up your mouth when you bite into them. Every one of chef John Collazo’s creative sandwiches includes an ideal complement of crunchy house-made potato chips.

4. Beef chow fun noodles at Peter’s Kitchen 3922 E. Colonial Drive, 407-895-8174

This new Chinese restaurant on East Colonial Drive is less than a month old, and they’re already off to a great start. In addition to all-day dim sum and wonderful orange chicken (no, really!), the beef chow fun is a true highlight of their huge menu. The wide, flat noodles have the perfect “al dente” consistency; the beef is flavorful, tender and not greasy at all; and bean sprouts lend a nice fresh crunch.

5. Burrito al pastor at Francisco’s Taco Madness 6735 S. U.S. Highway 17-92, Fern Park, 407-865-4697

You can get some of the best Mexican food around from this humble food cart that sets up a few afternoons a week in front of the Lowe’s in Fern Park. The tacos are excellent, but make sure you get a big burrito, stuffed with marinated al pastor pork (hard to find on local menus), rice, beans, cheese, onions, peppers and sauce, rolled in a huge flour tortilla and grilled until the soft surface is slightly crispy. So much more flavorful than any chain! dining@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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CRITICAL MASS Some of the year’s best films failed to find the right audience BY TH A D DE U S M CCO L LU M

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FILM(ED) HISTORY True stories fill up the list of the year’s best films BY CAMERON MEIE R

t’s been an odd year in film. The Harvey Weinstein scandal and Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox have rocked the industry. While quality has been through the roof, ticket sales have been disappointing, though Star Wars: The Last Jedi is erasing Hollywood’s financial frowns faster than Ridley Scott deleted Kevin Spacey. Picking a top five in December is always tough, as American audiences and critics have yet to see all the best documentaries and foreign films. Nevertheless, the following films will restore some of your shattered faith in humanity, just in time for Christmas. Several movies seem a good fit for fifth place, including Blade Runner 2049, War for the Planet of the Apes, Lady Bird and the Hungarian-language 1945. But in keeping with the oddness of 2017, I offer Dawson City: Frozen Time, an experimental documentary by Bill Morrison. Weaving together old nitrate film previously thought lost and setting it to Alex Somers’ hypnotic score, Morrison has fashioned a transcendent experience that’s as close as one can come to time travel. No list would be complete without an entry from Steven Spielberg, and this one is his best since Saving Private Ryan almost two decades ago. The Post, which stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, focuses on The Washington Post’s efforts to publish the topsecret Pentagon Papers in the early 1970s. In these days of Trump, it’s an important

reminder of the power of the press. It’s also a perfect prequel to All the President’s Men, which is fitting since The Post is the best film about print journalism since that 1976 masterpiece. Another powerhouse director comes in at No. 3: Joe Wright with Darkest Hour. By conducting a unique visual symphony of pacing, editing, cinematography and music – not to mention the best performance of the year, by Gary Oldman – Wright has resurrected Winston Churchill and emotionally reimagined the bleakest moments of World War II. In a typical year, Disney/Pixar’s Coco would be the top animated flick. But 2017 brought us something unique, something we’ve never seen before and will likely never witness again: a fully oil-painted feature. All 65,000 frames of Loving Vincent – the brainchild of Polish filmmaker Dorota Kobiela – were brought to life by more than 100 artists over six years. It’s the story of the life, death and art of Vincent van Gogh, told by the subjects of his paintings. It’s also the best animated film of the century and the most nobly conceived of all time. Another World War II drama and blockbuster director take the top spot. Dunkirk, by Christopher Nolan, is a 65mm masterpiece of sound and fury, signifying everything. It’s a movie that the thousands of men who died on the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940 earned the right to expect, and it’s the finest film of the decade.

anking movies for end-of-the-year lists is tough business, especially in a year where so many movies created serious divisions in audiences. This month’s super-blockbuster, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, for example, has created a schism in that particular fandom that rivals that of the Jedi and the Sith. But even that pales in comparison to the reaction to movies like Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! – an art-house allegory about … well, art … that presumably no one at the studio saw before putting it in front of mainstream Jennifer Lawrence fans. For that reason, I’ve leaned a little toward some films that didn’t quite find the right audience – and a few that did. – TM It Comes at Night One of the best films that came out this year that suffered from really piss-poor marketing was Trey Edward Shults’ It Comes at Night. A super-tense, low-budget look at how fear of the unknown causes people to distrust and turn on each other (no lessons here about the current political climate, no sirree), the film was marketed as a supernatural horror flick. Fans of that genre felt misled, but anyone who appreciates suspense and psychological horror should make it a point to add It Comes at Night to their watch list. War for the Planet of the Apes The Planet of the Apes franchise revival, which started with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, may have sounded like a dumb idea at the time, but it’s turned into one of the most consistently satisfying science fiction trilogies of all time. And War was easily the best summer blockbuster to come out this year. Director Matt Reeves delivers on the promise of the spectacle of all-out war between apes and humans – hinted at in 2014’s Dawn – but ensures that all of the action serves a powerful and poignant story about mankind’s last days. The Florida Project Yes, Sean Baker’s look at families living on the margins of society got our attention because it was filmed on location in Kissimmee’s run-down tourist strip. But the focus on the point of view of a 6-year-old, Moonee (Brooklynn Prince), sucked us in with humor and charm that belied the heartbreaking bleakness surrounding the candy-colored Magic Castle motel where she lives. Willem Dafoe was good, too, I guess. Get Out Speaking of miscategorization, you probably already heard that the Golden Globes put Get Out – Jordan Peele’s universally acclaimed directorial debut that we would classify as a “social horror” movie – into the nominee list for the musical or comedy subcategory for Best Motion Picture. The film, about affluent whites literally taking control of black bodies, doesn’t have a musical number in it, so we guess the couple of moments of nervous laughter it elicits makes it a comedy. Peele’s reaction to the perplexing categorization was to tweet out “Get Out is a documentary.” Blade Runner 2049 This marks the second year in a row that my favorite film of the year is a science fiction masterpiece from Denis Villeneuve, after last year’s Arrival – and if he manages to be the first director to get Dune right, not the last. It’s a rare example of a sequel to a cult hit turning out better than the original. (And if you’re one of the people who think that 2049 is “too boring” compared to the original, you should really go back and watch the 1982 version again.) Audiences didn’t flock to it quite as much as the studio was expecting – probably due to the three-hour runtime or the fact that discussing the plot at all amounts to a spoiler – but it deserves to end up with as strong of a cult following as Blade Runner ever did. film@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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INSECURE Issa Rae’s Youtube series Awkward Black Girl developed a messianic following, inspiring and propelling this HBO series (co-created with Larry Wilmore), which Rae pointedly insists “is NOT for dudes or white people.” Nevertheless, the show’s diverse writers room and crew are winning accolades across a wide demographic spectrum. It stars Rae and Yvonne Orji as former college friends and young career women Issa and Molly, who struggle to maintain the mythic trope of Strong Black Women in a world that tries consistently to tear them down.

WINTER WARMERS What to binge watch over the holidays BY PEG ALOI

hhh, a long holiday weekend; maybe two in a row this year, with Christmas and New Year’s both falling on a Monday. Had a stressful year? I KNOW. Time to unplug from the parties, shopping and annoying holiday music with some thoughtful media consumption. You may have missed out on these very watchable (yet somewhat undersung) shows from the last year, but they’re perfect fare to enjoy with your feet tucked into those new wool socks you got from Grandma and that plate of sugary treats you brought home from the cookie exchange. I chose some smart stuff for you, some gripping thrillers and some guilty pleasures. This is a golden age of TV, they tell me, so add some sparkle to your bleak midwinter with these excellent and binge-worthy shows. RIVERDALE This series has been called “Twin Peaks meets the Archie comics” thanks to the hip crime procedural vibe that frames it from the beginning. If you grew up with these comics, as I did, you’ll love this deliciously subversive update. Smart, funny and well-acted, this show unfolds with erotic tension and terrific insider references. It’s glossy as a lipstick palette made of spun sugar (I mean, duh, it’s the CW) and that’s part of its yummy charm.

THE KEEPERS This gripping true crime documentary Netflix series tries to unravel what happened to two young women murdered in Baltimore in 1969; one of them was a nun whose death broke the hearts of many of her students, two of whom started a Facebook group to collect information as they researched clues. This series is an artful cinematic experience as well as a suspenseful whodunit, and a scathing indictment of corruption in a Catholic parish. THE EXORCIST Maybe you want to indulge your religious-themed horror with a narrative series; if so, the rumors you’re hearing about The Exorcist being better than anyone expected are true. Based on William Peter Blatty’s novel and William Friedkin’s iconic 1973 film, this Fox series has quietly built a loyal fan following among horror aficionados and occult media enthusiasts. A stellar cast (including Geena Davis) and excellent character-driven writing have elevated this reboot’s quality, but its renewal to a third season is unsure unless fans rally. For related content in a sexier, snarkier package, check out Lucifer, also on Fox; and Fox, please try to carry on with the occult-themed programming after that merger with Disney goes through. orlandoweekly.com

HALT AND CATCH FIRE This stylish high-tech thriller from AMC is full of cool intrigue and stunning cinematography. RIVERDALE Despite being set in the 1980s, it’s timely and terrifying, given its focus on computer startups run amok and the corporategroomed wizards trying to rein them in. The marvelous cast includes the brilliant, underused Toby Huss; a compellingly nebbishy Scoot McNairy, and Kerry Bishé in the best role of her career. The fourth and final season aired on AMC this summer, but you can catch up on the first three seasons on Netflix. THE LEFTOVERS HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama (co-created by Tom Perrotta, who wrote Little Children, and Lost’s Damon Lindelof ) features a star-studded cast (Christopher Eccleston, Amy Brenneman, Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Liv Tyler) playing a group of suburban survivors of a mysterious cataclysm. The show is artfully made, and quite gritty and dark. Perfect for the times we live in. BLOODLINE I loved Damages (a splendidly binge-worthy series from FX), and this original Netflix show, set in the Florida Keys, utilizes the same innovative narrative structure of flashbacks and flash-forwards that piece together events and motivations from multiple perspectives. Sissy Spacek and the late Sam Shepard run a luxury inn on the beach, and their adult children (Kyle Chandler, Linda Cardellini, Norbert Leo Butz) react negatively when the oldest (Ben Mendelsohn) returns home after a long absence. Your own family dysfunction will seem not so bad in comparison. If that cast wasn’t already raising your blood pressure, there’s also Chloë Sevigny, John Leguizamo, Jamie McShane and Andrea Riseborough. film@orlandoweekly.com

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SING YOUR LIVES OW’s music writers weigh in on the shows that moved them the most in 2017 BY JEN CRAY, KYLE EAGLE, JESSE FEINMAN, MATTHEW MOYER, MORIAH RUSSO, MADELEINE SCOTT, NICOLETTE SHURBA AND JOHN ROUSSEAU

n terms of the humdrum everyday, concert attendance often gets edged out in favor of Netflix or just trying to recover from the challenges of a working day, but to us, there’s a crucial witchcraft in seeing good live music performed that hits pleasure receptors in a way that few other things do. Our writers recall the shows this year that reminded them of what they loved about music in the first place. music@orlandoweekly.com

BISHOP BRIGGS | PHOTO BY JEN CRAY

BISHOP BRIGGS THE SOCIAL, MAY 16

When Bishop Briggs sold out the Social someone forgot to tell her that it was a small club and not an arena. The electropop songstress, with a soulful gospelchoir voice and hip-hop beats, barely had room onstage for all the band members and LED light drops she had brought with her. Still she dominated and amped up the energy of a crowd already hyped on the opening act double-punch of Shaed and Manatee Commune. This was the kind of show that made both the club kids and the music snobs salivate. – Jen Cray

KARL BERGER IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA TIMUCUA WHITE HOUSE, MARCH 19

An amazing and unique live experience with the renowned jazz composer Karl Berger coming to town and bringing together the city’s musical best and brightest, in addition to world-class filmmaker Julian Benedikt documenting the whole thing. This was a concert of creative outpouring that reminded us and connected us to a bigger world of art that transcends: a place our beloved Sam Rivers occupied, bringing home the spirits of Don Cherry, Jeff Buckley, the Blue Note Records legacy and well beyond. – Kyle Eagle

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BRYAN FERRY

HARD ROCK LIVE, MARCH 12

HAVES&THIRDS, BLACKSUNBLACKMOON THE FALCON, JUNE 24

I’m reconceptualizing my terminal indecision into a loftier “editorial mandate,” when I say that it was impossible to choose just one show this year. But honestly, how could I? Behind stage door No. 1, you had the eternally debonair avant-crooner Bryan Ferry vaporizing hearts at Hard Rock Live. Particularly emotional impressions of the night include Ferry’s touring band triumphantly nailing every single fucked-up solo in Roxy Music’s “Remake/Remodel,” a full-hearted “More Than This” causing the floor to drop out from under me, and briefly seeing Billy Manes and Tony Mauss before the show, resplendent in suits and sunglasses (in the dark), naturally gliding towards the VIP area. Behind door No. 2, there was a gathering of Florida underground electronic stalwarts crammed into the Falcon to support a rare and heart-stopping out-of-Tampa performance by the mysterious postpunk project Haves&Thirds. Blacksunblackmoon returned to Orlando and bewitched and bewildered us with fragile, improvised keyboard runs, filmmaker Kate Shults screened stunning new work and Temperament crafted black ops drone with the house lights painfully up. We left the night overwhelmed and inspired that this was all Floridagrown sound. – Matthew Moyer

NAGA, LUSH AGAVE, TIGER FAWN WILL’S PUB, JUNE 14

This benefit show for Planned Parenthood proved that experimental music and outsider feminist aesthetics can, in fact, encourage philanthropy. Performing with plaintive appeal under a red light and lace, Lush Agave’s Alisha Erao leveled up that night while Tiger Fawn’s Dani Lacerda brought the attitude with an arch-as-always set. Alexia Clarke read the most popular poem from her femme-zine Phosphene Girl, and Tampa duo Naga greeted Orlando at their first intown performance with fog, facial obscuring and a reading from Kahlil Gibran. With their voices joined in support of sexual health services and resistance of legislation aimed at diminishing choice and access, they delivered $500 to the nonprofit’s Southwest & Central Florida branch. The Medusa laughs! – Moriah Russo

NAGA | PHOTO BY JEN CRAY

FORCED INTO FEMININITY

BLACK MARBLE

SPACEBAR, FEB. 13

WILL’S PUB, JUNE 16

Even though Black Marble lacked high or positive energy, the band were still able to touch my heart with the irreplaceable gentleness and melancholy they softly scattered across the room. It’s exceedingly rare to watch a band that so effortlessly encapsulates the experiences you often seem to be alone in having, so I feel fortunate to have been able to catch them 10 minutes down the road from my house. – Jesse Feinman

Jill Lloyd Flanagan’s Forced Into Femininity performance at Spacebar was particularly compelling. Flanagan’s commitment to the absurd – spontaneously and vigorously balancing on lawn chairs to reach the venue’s rooftop – is the perfect thought-provoking resistance during an era where banning words such as “transgender” and “vulnerable” is part of our national budget blueprint. – Nicolette Shurba

SPECIAL INTEREST AND UV-TV

STARDUST VIDEO & COFFEE, MARCH 24 2017 marked the 40th anniversary of punk – that’s 40 years of raw source material for the modern musician to revise, revive or bastardize. Diverse in sound, but unified by this modern meta-revisionism, this bill had it all: UV-TV’s jagged, jangling, mail-order-era indie pop; Special Interest’s collision of grit, groove and social awareness; and the evermutating but short-lived Shania Pain’s precise tact in blending influence and style. All three groups had fresh new releases and they translated it into tight, A-game live performances. Today’s bests keep one eye on history. – John Rousseau

SHEER MAG

WILL’S PUB, MAY 18

SHEER MAG | PHOTO BY JEN CRAY

The night Sheer Mag burned Will’s Pub to the ground might go down in some hall of fame as the collectively sweatiest Orlando has ever been. Despite the tightly packed room, warm bodies did their damnedest to move, move, move – pushing and shoving and even real-life dancing, the latter a sight often unseen at shows under the “punk” umbrella. Part of that must be because Sheer Mag is a band that just feels like a good time, but I think it can also be chalked up to how lucky we all felt to be there, bearing witness to the group’s first-ever Florida show. Cross my heart and hope to die: The next time Sheer Mag cross into the Sunshine State, they’ll be headed straight for its biggest arenas. – Madeleine Scott orlandoweekly.com

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Phil’s groundbreaking new Women in Song series early this year, it came to light that Crooked Still frontwoman Aoife O’Donovan is now local via her marriage to the Phil’s music director, Eric Jacobsen. Still waiting on that intimate club show, though. Best new producer: Simon Palombi. Besides doing his own notable band the Woolly Bushmen, helming new records for a parade of Florida standouts like the Sh-Booms, Beach Day, the Wildtones and Andy Matchett is proof positive of an in-demand young producer. Best guitars: Steven Head. Between vaulting Moon Jelly to Yo La Tengo altitudes and giving Acoqui some shoegaze rush, this guy is nailing the textures and tones that have defined an entire genre.

Can you believe it? It’s the last promoters sidebar in our recent annual Local column of 2017. We made it. Wasn’t so sure for a while. Maybe I’m still not. But, besides being one year closer to the abyss, you know what that means. Yes, yes, y’all, it’s TLU’s annual Underground Awards, where I lay down some of the highlights that defined the year in our city’s music scene. Ready the champagne/tissues/tomatoes.

THE 2017 UNDIES Best memorial: The scene honors Billy Manes. The premature loss of this beloved Orlando icon was a shockwave even in the music world. Beyond the local outpouring of love, which saw concerts donating proceeds to the Billy Manes Foundation, Duran Duran tweeted a farewell and Cindy Wilson of the B-52’s and Five Eight both dedicated their Orlando performances to him.

Music Issue illustrates, 2017 has kind of been the year of the promoter, underscoring the rise of some young emerging forces to further bolster Orlando’s critical network of independent concert booking. Between a breakout year for Ugly Orange, the promising rise of Bad Balloon and Endoxa’s smart expansion beyond heavy music, it could prove a pivotal year. Best collab: The Six Shows of Christmas. Choosing cooperation over competition, Orlando music blog Shows I Go To partnered with other notable local scene-makers like Ugly Orange, Bad Balloon and the Vinyl Warhol to foster some timely fellowship by co-presenting a string of up-close house shows. Community, yuh!

Best new festival: Field Trip South (Feb. 24-25). Celebrating the subculture Best new class: Indie promoters. As the of garage rock, this new magnet event by

Biggest venue loss: Spacebar. Any time you lose a space like this art-forward, communityminded Milk District venue it’s disappointing. But considering the recent salvo of announcements of significant new venues coming online soon – many of which FIELD TRIP SOUTH | PHOTO BY JEN CRAY involves Spacebar owner Tommy Mot – this casualty is going to be former local Scott Sugiuchi (Hate Bombs, more than compensated for this coming Hidden Volume Records) debuted with year. splash, verve and draw, pairing top locals with big national names like the Woggles Best new hope: Downtown. It remains and Southern Culture on the Skids. It was party central, as always. But with the so successful, in fact, that it’s returning to exception of the perennially steadfast Will’s Pub Feb. 16-17, 2018, making it one booking at the Social and the Beacham by Foundation Presents, it’s been some years step closer to an official annual. since downtown as a whole has been a Best special edition: Southern Fried genuine culture-mover. Now it looks like Sunday debuts Southern Belle Ball. In that may be about to change in major ongoing, hard-fought ways, 2017 is the year ways with all the new uprisings at the old of women. Sisters have found critical mass Firestone complex (Blackstar, Odd Jobs and are rising up. So, besides being the and the Vanguard) and the replacement most outstanding special edition of SFS in of Backbooth with Soundbar. This will a while, the Southern Belle Ball celebrating be the biggest development to watch the talent of Central Florida’s ladies is also this year. especially on time. Consider this a formal Welp, another noteworthy year in the bid for Jessica Pawli to make this edition a books, fam. So I’m taking a column break tradition. next week to recharge and gear up for Best new local star: Aoife O’Donovan. what’s shaping up to be a whopping 2018. baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com Across the debut season of the Orlando orlandoweekly.com

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Wednesday, Dec. 27

More Q Than A: Black Christmas FILM

Not the tepid 2006 remake but rather the pulpy, pitch-black 1974 original, Black Christmas is not only the best holiday-themed slasher flick right after the first two Halloweens (with apologies to John Waters’ fave, Christmas Evil), but the finest cinematic rendering of the urbanlegend staple “The killer is calling from inside the house!” ever attempted. Heavy on atmosphere, dementedly imaginative death scenes and genuine jump-frights, the tale of a deranged maniac killing the residents of a sorority house (including a young Margot Kidder) one after the other is the perfect way to mark the death throes of the Christmas season. – Matthew Moyer 7 p.m. | The Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave. | 407-317-8367 | avalongallery.org | $5-$7

Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 28-31

Preacher Lawson COMEDY

Earlier this year, the entire country got to find out what Orlandoans have known for a long time: Preacher Lawson is a star. The comedian made it to the Top-10 bracket of the 12th season of NBC’s hit competition show, America’s Got Talent. Lawson makes a homecoming appearance for the holidays at the Orlando Improv this week, including a special New Year’s Eve show. Luckily, he won’t have to share the bill with any kids or ventriloquists this time. – Thaddeus McCollum

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8 p.m. Thursday, 8 & 10:30 p.m. Friday, 7 & 9:45 p.m. Saturday, 7 & 10 p.m. Sunday | Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive | 407-480-5233 | theimprovorlando.com | $22-$60

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Sunday, Dec. 31

MUSIC

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Eschewing their usual program of improvisatory exploration of sprawling banks of analog synth technology, this New Year’s Eve Eve edition of monthly electronic music night Moloko Plus is widening the focus a little. First up, you’ve got Russell Parker’s Harsh Radish, who will be providing a real-time New Order-esque tutorial on how electronics can exist solely in the service of the fragile pop song. Then there’s Acoqui’s Steven Head, performing solo as his White Sands project, who will be synthesizing psych-pop awareness with ambient soundscapes. Aided and abetted, no doubt, by the “house band” of VoidMachine, PressureWaves and Kozza. – MM

Team Market Group, the entertainment entrepreneurs behind concepts like Tier, Ono and Mathers Social Gathering offers up a preview of their latest project, Celine, on New Year’s Eve. Taking over the space previously occupied by Vain, Celine sports a large dance floor, a secondfloor lounge and a rooftop bar. It’s going to be a year of big changes downtown with the renovations and rebranding of longstanding venues like Venue 578 and Backbooth. Kick off the New Year in one of the first. – TM

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Celine Sneak Peek

Sunday, Dec. 31

A Very Will’s NYE EVENTS

Taking all the tiresome decision-making out of New Year’s Eve – the kind of endless back-and-forth dithering that can have you dazedly watching Ryan Seacrest do his best Dick Clark-as-a-mannequin in Times Square routine while you eat dip without chips before you know it – the Will’s Complex of Will’s Pub, Lil Indies and Dirty Laundry is offering something for every musical taste on this most “something” of nights out. And it really does encapsulate the Cerberus-headed triad of New Year’s Eve emotions. Pick your poison from the open-hearted and full-throated romanticism of Otis Redding as rendered by the Legendary JC’s at Will’s, the sodden and cynical deep-dive melancholy of Tom Waits as performed by Kaleigh Baker & Her Enablers at Indies, or behind door No. 3, screaming “Fuck You!” at the world as you slowly go hoarse and deaf at Dirty Laundry, ears ringing from a playlist of the best/worst in arresteddevelopment heavy metal. Either way you win/lose. – MM 8 p.m. | Lil Indies, Dirty Laundry and Will’s Pub, 1036-1042 N. Mills Ave. | willspub.org | free-$15

KALEIGH BAKER PHOTO BY MIKE DUNN

Monday, Jan. 1

The Citrus Bowl: Notre Dame vs. LSU SPORTS

Now in its 50th year, the seventh-oldest collegiate bowl game in the nation presents a top-ranked matchup between the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) and the Louisiana State University Tigers (9-3). With Notre Dame’s hard-nosed offense lining up across from LSU’s chain-gang of a defense, it’s a matchup that’ll remain as much of an all-out war as it is one of the greatest traditions in all of college sports. – Xander Peters 1 p.m. | Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place | 407-423-2476 | campingworldstadium.com | $26-$599

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MuSiC wedneSday, deC. 27 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. Hell Yeah Orlando: OTown Marco, Danny Towers, Marcellus Juvann and more 7 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $10; 407-999-2570. Jeff Rupert Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the arts, 1905 Kentucky ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. Lyonia, Boston Marriage, Letters to Part, Raising Cadence 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 n. Mills ave.; $8-$10. Reggae Night with Hor!zen and DJ Red I 10 pm; The Caboose, 1827 n. Orange ave.; free; 407-898-7733. Rocket Man (Elton John Tribute) 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $8.75; 407-934-2583.

Cash Cash Sunday at Gilt nightclub

ThurSday, deC. 28 Kaleigh Baker 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 n. Mills ave.; free.

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Leisure Chief 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Corey Smith 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $19-$51.75; 615-610-1970.

Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson Tribute) 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $8.75; 407-934-2583.

Late Night Swim 11:59 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $3; 407-999-2570.

Nora En Pure, the Dom 10 pm; The Beacham, 46 n. Orange ave.; $20-$25; 407-648-8363.

Leisure Chief 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Oak Hill Drifters, Austin Miller 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 n. Mills ave.; free. Raleigh Estes and Friends 8 pm; Muldoon’s Saloon, 7439 aloma ave., Winter Park; free; 407-657-9980. Ritual 10 pm; Vinyl arts Bar, 75 E. Colonial Drive; free.

Moloko Plus: Harsh Radish, White Sands 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 n. Mills ave.; free.

PVRK (Linkin Park Tribute) 7 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $10; 407-999-2570.

Old Again 6 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $12-$25; 407-999-2570.

Tonstartssbandht, Pearl & the Oysters, Dirt Bike, Acoqui 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 n. Mills ave.; $7.

Trance Classics: Suzy Solar, Brian Benning 10 pm; Peek Downtown, 50 E. Central Blvd. Suite B; contact for price.

Thursday Jazz Jams 8 pm; austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364.

Badfish (A Tribute to Sublime), Sun Dried Vibes 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $9.75; 407-934-2583.

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Melissa Crispo and Toni Williams 8 pm; aloma Bowl, 2530 aloma ave., Winter Park; free; 407-671-8675.

The Music of the Rolling Stones 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 n. Mills ave.; $8.

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The Company 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

Plane Versus Cult 9 pm; Belle Isle Yacht Pub, 7521 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-850-3491.

Slander 10 pm; Gilt nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $20-$40; 407-504-7699.

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Ben Prestage 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the arts, 1905 Kentucky ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951.

Sunday, deC. 31 Ancient Sun 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

The Music of the Rolling Stones Freestyle Friday DJ BMF devotes his Friday night residency at Lil Indies this week to the late-’80s phenomenon known as freestyle. The genre, a deceptively sweet mix of disco, hiphop and house, was big for a couple of years in new York, Miami and a few other spots, and is still beloved by many of a certain age. BMF brings his extensive video collection so you can get the full effect. 10 p.m. Friday; Lil Indies, 1036 n. Mills ave.; free; willspub.org

The Music of the rolling Stones nightlife is dominated by new Year’s Eve this week (see

Fleet Foxes

page 42), but if you can’t wait until Sunday

March 3, 2018, at House of Blues

night to go out, consider this Rolling Stones tribute show at Will’s Pub. a bunch of favorite local rockers like Brian Chodorcoff, Jeff nolan and Phil Longo cover their favorite tunes from

Henry Rollins, Jan. 4, 2018, at the Plaza Live

The Killers, Jan. 24, 2018, at Hard Rock Live

Lana Del Rey, Feb. 2, 2018, at amway Center

Fleet Foxes, March 3, 2018, at House of Blues

Say Anything, Jan. 9-10, 2018, at the Beacham

They Might Be Giants, Jan. 25, 2018, at the Beacham

Adam Ant, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Beacham

Jason Mraz, March 13, 2018, at the Dr. Phillips Center

Shakira, Jan. 9, 2018, at amway Center

Riverdance, Jan. 2628, 2018, at the Dr. Phillips Center

Rufus Wainwright, Feb. 7-8, 2018, at the Dr. Phillips Center

Alice Cooper, March 24, 2018, at Hard Rock Live

The Zombies, Jan. 10, 2018, at the Plaza Live

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jan. 26, 2018, at the Beacham

Excision, Feb. 11, 2018, at House of Blues

Betty Who, March 29, 2018, at the Social

John Moreland, Feb. 13, 2018, at the Social

OMD, april 12, 2018, at the Beacham

Lights, Feb. 21, 2018, at the Beacham

Pink, april 24, 2018, at amway Center

Andrea Gibson, March 1, 2018, at the Social

Ministry, april 26, 2018, at Hard Rock Live

Coast Modern, March 1, 2018, at the Social

Clean Bandit, april 28, 2018, at the Beacham

the world’s greatest British rock & roll band with a host of special guests. Plus, it’s a canned food drive for Central Florida Veterans. Bring two or more canned food items and receive a buck off admission. 9 pm Saturday; Will’s Pub, 1042 n. Mills ave.; $8; willspub.org

Trance Classics DJs Suzy Solar and Brian Benning celebrate 20 years of DJing this week. In celebration, they’re taking over Peek for a trip down memory lane, playing classic trance tunes from their early years. Get in free if you get there in the first hour. 10 p.m. Saturday; Peek Downtown, 50 E. Central Blvd.; free-$10

new year’s day Brunch So you managed to survive 2017. Start 2018

The Moody Blues, Jan. 12, 2018, at CFE arena Book of Love, Jan. 14, 2018, at the Social

off on the right foot by wasting no time in getting some hair of the dog in you. Choose from brunch offerings at all three Market on Magnolia vendors and post up at a table for

Miranda Lambert, Jan. 19, 2018, at amway Center

a day of bloody marys, beer and football. new year, old you. 10 a.m. Monday; Market on Magnolia, 150 S. Magnolia ave.; various menu prices; marketonmagnolia.com

Jackson Browne, Jan. 23, 2018, at the Dr. Phillips Center

World/Inferno Friendship Society, Jan. 27, 2018, at the Social Trevor Noah, Jan. 27, 2018, at Bob Carr Theater Vice President Joe Biden, Jan. 29, 2018, at the Dr. Phillips Center

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SATuRDAY, DEC. 30

Florida Citrus Parade e V e n TS

Break out the honey nougat glacé because it’s parade time in Orlando – we’re about to celebrate a local icon! Wait, what? We don’t have a honey nougat glacé float on hand? none of you know what glacé means? Oh well, I guess we’ll have to do with our regular degular schmegular Florida Citrus Parade. This annual holiday parade includes more than a mile of floats decorated with thousands of oranges, grapefruits, tangelos and other citrus, along with high school and college marching bands from around the country. Get some orange juice to wash down that glacé (if you manage to find any). – Monivette Cordeiro 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Downtown Orlando, starting at Orange avenue and Robinson Street | 407-423-2476 | floridacitrusparade.com | free; grandstand tickets $28

New Year’s Eve: Cash Cash 9 pm; Gilt nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $40-$150; 407-504-7699.

NYE Party: Switch, Nerd Ranger 8 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $22.75; 407-934-2583.

New Year’s Eve: James Ryan Band 10 pm; The Tin Roof, 8371 International Drive; contact for price.

NYE: The Legendary JC’s Cover Otis Redding 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 n. Mills ave.; $12-$15.

New Year’s Eve: The Living Deads 9:30 pm; Sloppy Taco Palace, 4892 S. Kirkman Road; free; 407-574-6474. New Year’s Eve: The Supervillains, the Problem Addicts, Dial Drive, the Trees of Life, Flagman 7 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford ave., Sanford; $12-$15; 407-322-7475. NYE: Kaleigh Baker & Her Enablers Cover Tom Waits 8 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 n. Mills ave.; free.

Monday, Jan. 1 Jazz Meets Motown 7-10 pm; Pacino’s Italian Ristorante, 5795 W. US Highway 192, Kissimmee; $10; 407-747-7223. Money Man 10 pm; Gilt nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $20-$60; 407-504-7699. Open Mic Hip-Hop 9:30 pm; austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364. orlandoweekly.com

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NYE LISTINGS Here you’ll find as many ball drops, block parties and champagne toasts ringing in the new year as we can fit on the page. Be sure to check our robust online calendar for more things to do.

Brew Year’s Eve Bash New Year’s Eve party with beer, live music and local honey. 8:30 pm; Sanford Brewing Company, 400 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; contact for price; 407-732-6419; sanfordbrewing.com.

New Year’s Eve All White Party New Year’s Eve party with African cuisine, dancing, a special performance from Afrobeat band Euphoria Media Group, and more. 10 pm; Three Masks, 1023 W. Colonial Drive; $30; 407-426-7355.

Ember Orlando NYE Party Free NYE celebration with stilt walkers, a fire juggler, confetti, drink specials, music and more. 8 pm; Ember Bar and Restaurant, 42 W. Central Blvd.; free; 407-849-5200; emberorlando. com. The End Is NYE Drink specials, custom cocktails and more. 8 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636; mygeekeasy.com. End of the World NYE Party Themed drink specials, cosplay cage dancers, post-apocalyptic movies on the big screens, and retro swing and dark electro tunes. 8 pm; Gods & Monsters, 5421 International Drive; free; 407-270-6273; godmonsters.com. The Great Gatsby New Year’s Eve Extravaganza Roaring ‘20s-themed NYE party with live entertainment, a special cocktail menu, a cigar and hookah station and more. 9 pm; Eve, 110 S. Orange Ave.; $40-$110; 407-602-7462; eveorlando.com. James Bond New Year’s Eve Party Dress as your favorite Bond character and enjoy an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, music and more. 8 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $99-$650; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Kevin Hart 7 pm; CFE Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; $69.50-$547; 866-459-9233; cfearena.com. Midnight & Beyond NYE party with a live DJ, dancing, hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. 10 pm; The Alfond Inn, 300 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $99; 407-998-8090; thealfondinn.com. New Year’s Eve at Tapa Toro Two prix-fixe packages available. 11 am; Tapa Toro, 8441 International Drive; contact for price; 407-226-2929; tapatoro.restaurant.

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New Year’s Eve ‘80s Prom Retro prom-themed NYE party with a live band, cake and champagne. 7 pm; Joysticks Arcade Lounge, 69 E. Pine St.; $25-$600; 407-613-5007; joysticksorlando.com. New Year’s Eve All Inclusive New Year’s Eve party with an open bar and live music. 8 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia Ave., DeLand; $25-$30; 386-873-2943; cafedavincideland.com.

Colorfetti 2018 The night will be filled with interactive fun to help you determine your own personal color going into the new year. 9:30 pm; DRIP, 8747 International Drive; $49-$99; 347-855-3747; ilovedrip. com.

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New Year’s Eve Bash at Main Event Entertainment A fun-filled celebration with prizes, games, treats and much more all day long. 9 am; Main Event Entertainment, 9101 International Drive; $39.95; 407-352-3300; mainevent.com.

Black & Gold New Year’s Eve Black tie NYE party with open bar and music from DJ Stamina, DJay Blaque and DJ Jonjat. 9 pm; Rum Jungle, 5533 International Drive; $45-$1,250; 321-234-7862; therumjungle.com.

Cocktails for Charity Grand Masquerade Ball Black-tie benefit gala masquerade ball with live jazz, open bar, appetizers and more. 8:30 pm; DeVos Family Room, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $60-$100; eventbrite.com.

New Year’s Eve at Taverna Opa New Year’s Eve prix-fixe dinner with belly dancing and fire shows. noon-2 am; Taverna Opa, 9101 International Drive; $65; 407-351-8660; opaorlando.com.

New Year’s Eve at B.B. King’s Enjoy dinner, drinks, live music and dancing all night long. 5 pm; B.B. King’s Blues Club, Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive; $20-$75; 407-370-4550; bbkingclubs.com. New Year’s Eve at Boardwalk Bowl Daytime and nighttime specials for New Year’s Eve. 9 am; Boardwalk Bowl, 10749 E. Colonial Drive; contact for price; 407-384-0003. New Year’s Eve at Dave and Buster’s Eat, drink, play and ring in the New Year. 9 pm; Dave & Buster’s, 8986 International Drive; $70-$100; 407-541-3308; daveandbusters.com. New Years Eve at Howl at the Moon New Year’s Eve party with dueling pianos. 7 pm-2 am; Howl at the Moon Saloon, 8815 International Drive; $20-$130; 407-354-5999; howlatthemoon.com. New Year’s Eve at Park Social NYE party with a champagne toast, light food and a live DJ. Bottle service available. 9 pm; Park Social, 358 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $25; 407-636-7020; parksocialwinterpark. com. New Year’s Eve at Southern Nights New Year’s Eve party with an open bar, drag shows and go-go dancers. 8 pm; Southern Nights, 375 S. Bumby Ave.; $15; 407-412-5039; southernnightsorl.com. New Year’s Eve at Swiggs NYE party with an open bar. 9 pm; Swiggs, 50 E. Central Blvd.; $50; swiggsorlando.com. New Year’s Eve at the Abbey Ring in 2018 with complimentary champagne until midnight. 10 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $20-$25; 407-704-6261; abbeyorlando.com. New Year’s Eve at the Parliament House New Year’s Eve celebration with RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Peppermint and Bob the Drag Queen. 8 pm; Parliament House, 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail; $20-$75; 407-425-7571; parliamenthouse.com. New Year’s Eve Ball: Fire & Ice German NYE party with a German buffet dinner, open bar, live music, dancing and more. 5 pm; German American Society of Central Florida, 381 Orange Lane, Casselberry; $60-$65; 407-834-0574; orlandogermanclub.com.

New Year’s Eve: Cash Cash 9 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $40-$150; 407-504-7699. New Year’s Eve Dinner at Highball & Harvest Enjoy a five-course tasting with live entertainment. Reservations required. 5:30 pm; Highball & Harvest, Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes, 4012 Central Florida Parkway; $45-$135; 407-393-4648; highballandharvest.com. New Year’s Eve Fifth Anniversary Party Party with music, booze, games, live entertainment and more. 9 pm; The Venue, 511 Virginia Drive; $10; 407-412-6895; thevenueorlando.com. New Year’s Eve in the Neighborhood All-day special NYE menu, including bottomless mimosas at brunch and a three-course surf & turf dinner. 10 am; Crafted Block and Brew, 2417 Hiawassee Road; various menu prices; 407-601-6887; craftedorlando.com. A New Year’s Eve Rockin’ In Party New Year’s Eve party with a Chicago cover band. 7 pm; Hilton Orlando North, 350 S. North Lake Blvd., Altamonte Springs; $125; 407-830-1985; allengang.com. New Year’s Eve: James Ryan Band 10 pm; The Tin Roof, 8371 International Drive; contact for price; 407-270-7926; tinrooforlando.com. New Year’s Eve: The Living Deads 9:30 pm; Sloppy Taco Palace, 4892 S. Kirkman Road; free; 407-5746474; sloppytacopalace.com. New Year’s Eve: The Supervillains, the Problem Addicts, Dial Drive, the Trees of Life, Flagman 7 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $12-$15; 407-322-7475; drinkatwestend.com. New Year’s Eve With the RedCoats British Invasion tribute band. 8:45 pm; Dexter’s of Winter Park, 558 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-629-1150; dexwine.com. NYE 2018: A Celebration of the Centuries Travel back in time for the celebration of the century. 9:30 pm; Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament, 4510 W. Vine St., Kissimmee; $79.95; 407-396-2900; medievaltimes. com. NYE at Domu New Year’s Eve party with an open bar, light bites, music and more. 9:30 pm Domu, 3201 Corrine Drive; $40-$55; 407-960-1228; domufl.com. NYE Block Party Ring in 2018 with the Shamrock Drop, DJs, drink specials and more. 9 pm; Liam Fitzpatrick’s Restaurant & Irish Pub, 951 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary; free; 407-936-3782; liamfitzpatricks.com. NYE Block Party at Wall Street Plaza New Year’s Eve party across eight venues with live entertainment, drink specials and more. 8 pm; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; $25-$100; 407-849-0471; wallstplaza.net. NYE in BP Purchase a wristband, and receive $20 in BP Bucks that you can use to spend at participating locations. 8 pm; Downtown Baldwin Park, 4915 New Broad St.; $25-$40; 407-443-6110; baldwinparkevents.com. NYE: Kaleigh Baker & Her Enablers Cover Tom Waits 8 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org. NYE Masquerade NYE party with an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, a champagne toast and live entertainment. 8 pm; Blue Martini, 9101 International Drive; $25-$75; 407-447-2583; bluemartinilounge.com.

NYE LISTINGS NYE Sneak Peek Get a sneak peek at downtown’s newest live entertainment and events venue from the group behind Mathers Social Gathering. 9 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; free-$100; celineorlando. com. NYE Party: Switch, Nerd Ranger 8 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $22.75; 407-9342583; houseofblues.com/orlando. NYE: The Legendary JC’s Cover Otis Redding 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12-$15; willspub.org. One80 Skytop Lounge New Year’s Eve Las Vegasthemed NYE party. 9 pm; One80 Skytop Lounge, 400 W. Church St.; $59-$1,800; 407-440-7180; 180downtown.com. Orlando New Year’s Eve Gala Benefit gala for Ronald McDonald House Charities, featuring live entertainment, food & drinks, casino games and more. 8 pm; 1010 West, 1010 W. Church St.; $198.50-$4,000; amazingnewyearseve.com. Preacher Lawson Homecoming engagement. 7 & 10 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $22-$60; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Prismatica Era Block Party A 12-hour underground electronic dance music block party. 4 pm; Bar B, 23 E. Central Blvd.; $25; prismaticevent.com. Rock ‘Til the Drop New Year’s Eve Party New Year’s Eve party with Epic Evolve: The Decades Show cover band. 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $100-$200; 407-351-5483; hardrock.com/orlando. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Celebrate New Year’s Eve with metal music videos at the outside bar. 9 pm; Will’s Dirty Laundry, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org. Swing in the New Year Enjoy unlimited Topgolf play from the privacy of a reserved bay, along with party favors and an optional food and drink package. 9 pm; Topgolf, 9295 Universal Blvd.; $225-$450; 407-218-7714; topgolf.com. Thornton Park New Year’s Eve Street Party New Year’s Eve block party encompassing seven venues over two blocks with multiple stages for entertainment. 8 pm; Graffiti Junktion Thornton Park, 900 E. Washington St.; $10-$80; 407-426-9503; thorntonparkstreetparty.com. Toast New Year’s Eve party with an open premium bar, live entertainment, a champagne toast and more. Upscale attire requested. 8 pm; Aloft Hotel Orlando Downtown, 500 S. Orange Ave.; $85-$150; 407-3803500; aloftorlandodowntown.com. Unicorn Extra Hours After hours dance party with DJ Erik Armiliato and DJ Mikhael Aaronn. 2-7 am; Royalty Event Hall, 7056 S. Kirkman Road; $20-$25; 407-351-2000. Willy Wonka New Year’s Eve Party A world of pure imagination; scrumdiddlyumptious food and drink; live DJ, dancing, party favors and giveaways. Family bowling lanes or adult bowling lanes available. Contact for price; King’s Dining and Entertainment, 8255 International Drive; 407-363-0200; kings-de.com

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THEWEEK Open Mic Mondays 6:30 pm; West End Trading Company, 202 S. Sanford ave., Sanford; free; 407-322-7475. Reggae Mondae: Hor!zen 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-649-8540.

TueSday, Jan. 2 Jazz in the Courtyard with the DaVinci Jazz Experiment 7-9 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia ave., DeLand; free; 386-873-2943. Music Remembrance Jazz Trio 8 pm; Paradise Cove Restaurant and Bar, 4380 Carraway Place, Sanford; free. Punk on the Patio Anniversary: Bothering Dennis, Tesplora, Midnight Satire, A Wolf in the City 8 pm; 64 north, 64 n. Orange ave.; $5; 321-245-7730. Singer-Songwriter Open Mic 7:30 pm; austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364.

FilM Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time The epic finale to the Peter Capaldi era comes to theaters for a limited engagement. Wednesday-Thursday, 7 pm; multiple locations; $13.31; fathomevents.com. More Q Than A: Black Christmas More Q than a brings Bob Clark’s classic Christmas slasher back to the big screen. Wednesday, 7 pm; The Gallery at avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia ave.; $5$7; 407-484-0877; avalongallery.org. The Shape of Water The latest film from Guillermo del Toro details the romance between a mute custodian and a strange aquatic humanoid held in captivity. Through Jan. 4, 2018; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando ave., Maitland; $11; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

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dozens of characters in Bedford Falls as well as produce all the sound effects. Wednesday, 2 & 7:30 pm, Thursday-Friday, 7:30 pm, Saturday, 2 pm; Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, 812 E. Rollins St.; $25-$50; orlandoshakes.org. National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Daniel Radcliffe stars in Tom Stoppard’s send-up of Hamlet, seen through the eyes of two of its minor characters. Saturday, 11 am; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando ave., Maitland; $20; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Nick’s Last Christmas Santa hires an image consultant to bring him into the current century. Friday-Saturday, 6 pm; Dangerous Theatre Sanford, 115 W. First St., Sanford; $10-$15; 407-358-6677; dangeroustheatre.com. School of Rock Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-a students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. Wednesday-Friday, 8 pm, Saturday, 2 & 8 pm, Sunday, 1 & 6:30 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia ave.; $34.25$149.25; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org. VOX Audio The off-Broadway singing group returns with a capella acrobatics and improv comedy. Saturday, 7-9:30 pm; Wayne Densch Performing arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia ave., Sanford; $24.95$34.95; 407-321-8111; wdpac.com.

CoMedy Can We Kick It Non-Descript Holiday Special Hip-hop improv comedy show. Friday, 11:30 pm; SaK Comedy Lab, 29 S. Orange ave.; $10; 407-648-0001; sak.com. Drunken Monkey Open Mic Comedy open mic. Fridays, 8 pm; Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar, 444 n. Bumby ave.; free; 407-893-4994; drunkenmonkeycoffee.com. Jack’s Open Mic Comedy Night Open mic comedy night hosted by Myke Herlihy. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9 pm; Jack’s Pub & Grub, 5494 Central Florida Parkway; free; 407-787-3886. Jim Gaffigan Wednesday, 7:30 pm; CFE arena, 12777 n. Gemini Blvd.; $32.75-$66.75; 407-823-6006. Kevin Hart Sunday, 7 pm; CFE arena, 12777 n. Gemini Blvd.; $69.50-$547; 866-459-9233. Michael Carbonaro Thursday, 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $28.50-$39.50; 407351-5483; hardrock.com/orlando.

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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. Other Bar Open Mic with Ken Miller Comedy open mic with rotating hosts. Mondays, 8 pm; The Other Bar, 18 Wall St.; free; 407-843-8595. Preacher Lawson Homecoming engagement. Thursday, 8 pm, Friday, 8 & 10:30 pm, Saturday, 7 & 9:45 pm, Sunday, 7 & 10 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $22-$60; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Public House Comedy Showcase Tuesday, 9 pm; The Public House, 12046 Collegiate Way; free. Shit Soup Wednesday, 9-11 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546.

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$200 and under Art Show Group show with art priced under two Benjamins, perfect for picking up a gift for the holidays. Through Jan. 13, 2018; Cityarts Factory, 29 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-648-7060. 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. Art Talk a monthly showcase of african tribal art and Orlando’s local artists. Saturday, 2-8 pm; Three Masks, 1023 W. Colonial Drive; free; 407-426-7355. Baggage Claims This exhibition presents the work of an international group of 18 artists who explore the impact of the vast scale of commerce and immigration worldwide on contemporary life. Through Sunday; Orlando Museum of art, 2416 n. Mills ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Biblia Sacra: Dalí and His Bible Unique exhibition of 105 images created by Salvador Dalí depicting his interpretations of verses and events from the Bible. Through Jan. 25, 2018; Baterby’s art Gallery, 6848 Stapoint Court, Winter Park; $5-$50; 888-682-9995; baterbys.com. Celebrating 75 Years: Pathways of American Art Commemorative exhibition celebrating 75 years of the Morse Museum. ongoing; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of american art, 445 n. Park ave., Winter Park; $6; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org.

THEWEEK Dan Biferie: The Art of Learning Photography representing objects and qualities which are perceived and experienced. Through Jan. 14, 2018; Museum of art DeLand – Downtown, 100 n. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $5; 386-734-4371; moartdeland.org. Downtown Salon Show a unique opportunity to discover new artists and revisit previously exhibited works. Through Jan. 27, 2018; Snap Downtown, 420 E. Church St.; free; 407-286-2185; snaporlando.com. Everyone Likes a Different Sandwich a solo show from graffiti artist Halsi. Through Jan. 13, 2018; Redefine Gallery, 29 S. Orange ave.; free; 407-648-7060. Forgotten Futures a deconstructed vision of obsolescence and progression with 3D visualizations, digital art, and immersive geometric design. Through Sunday; Digital Collective, 1225-B n. Orange ave.; free; 407-242-0115; digitalcollective.studio. Friends Take Road Trips new works from Halsi and James Fahye themed around a road trip through Florida. Through Jan. 11, 2018; Gallery Eola, 818 E. Washington St.; free; galleryeola.com. Island Objects: Art and Adaptation in Micronesia Collection of archaeological materials and historical items from the Pacific Islands of Micronesia dating from the 1800s to present day. Through april 15, 2018; albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-647-6294; polasek.org. The Lake: A Documentary Exploring the Land and People of Lake Apopka This newest collaboration between Crealdé School of art and the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation offers a contemporary and historic window into the culture and landscape of Central Florida’s Lake apopka. Through Jan. 13, 2018; Crealde School of art, 600 St. andrews Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-671-1886; crealde.org. Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive a collection of photographs displaying some of the resident bird, alligator, cat, turtle and snake species that call Lake apopka home. Through Sunday, 9 am-6 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info. Limited Edition Collaborative show with Flying Horse Editions. Through Sunday; Snap Space, 1013 E. Colonial Drive; free; snaporlando.com. Local Art Night Local artists showcase and sell their works while performers entertain. Thursday, 8-11 pm; DRIP, 8747 International Drive; $5; 347-855-3747.

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THEWEEK Oded Halahmy: Babylonian Odyssey Halahmy’s lyrical abstract sculptures reference his native landscape and reflect the hieratic qualities of Mesopotamian sculpture. The works dance, while making reference to palm trees, gates, pomegranates and the moon. Through Sunday; Orlando Museum of art, 2416 n. Mills ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Patrick Boyd: Man With a Holo Camera Collection of holographs by award-winning photographer Patrick Boyd. Through Jan. 14, 2018; Museum of art DeLand – Downtown, 100 n. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $5; 386-734-4371; moartdeland.org. Pollination! Group art show with images of bats, bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators. Through Feb. 4, 2018; Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 n. Thornton ave.; free; 407-3621864; dandelioncommunitea.com. Quiet Revolution: A Survey of the Art of Theo Wujcik In this survey, one can sense the artist’s shift in sensibility. The analytical and the formal are rejected and strange new kinds of historicism, primitivism and expressionism are embraced. Through Jan. 7, 2018; Museum of art DeLand, 600 n. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $5; 386-734-4371. Selections From the Permanent Collection: Paintings, Drawings, Graphics & Sculpture Some of the more recent donations to the museum’s permanent collection. Through Jan. 7, 2018; Museum of art DeLand, 600 n. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $5; 386-734-4371. Space Oddities: Bowie Sottsass Memphis The most comprehensive exhibition of work by the Italian design group Memphis ever shown in a museum, 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. Steady Observation: The Intersection of Scientific Inquiry, Art and Life Exhibit on loan from Cornell Fine arts Museum featuring works that form deep connections with the environment, and the structures and systems that affect the natural world. Through Jan. 7, 2018; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $20.95; 407-514-2000; osc.org. Time & Thought american art from the collection of the Cornell Fine arts Museum. Through Jan. 7, 2018; Mennello Museum of american art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $5; 407-2464278; mennellomuseum.com.

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Time as Landscape: Inquiries of Art and Science Group show featuring art inspired by the union of art and science. Through Sunday; Cornell Fine arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu. Truths, Interpretations & Other Ways of Seeing new show featuring the works of anna Cruz, adam Lavigne, Brian Phillips, Scott White, Elizabeth allenCanon and Justin Luper. Through Jan. 13, 2018; The Gallery at avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia ave.; free; avalongallery.org. Virtual Views: Digital Art From the Thoma Foundation Explores the growing importance of electronic media in contemporary art as seen in the work of artists who are pioneers in the use of LEDs, LCDs and computer-generated imagery. Through Sunday; Orlando Museum of art, 2416 n. Mills ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. You Are My Sunshine Exhibition of art dedicated to benefitting the community with featured artist Rusty Wahl. Ongoing; art of Healing Gallery at Florida Hospital altamonte, 601 E. altamonte Drive, altamonte Springs; free; 407-303-5395; flhosp.com.

eVenTS Farmers & Artisans Market The highest quality locally crafted and locally grown products in historic Downtown Longwood. Saturday, 9 am-1 pm; Historic Downtown Longwood, West SR 434 and South County Road 427, Longwood; free; 321-222-7224; longwoodfl.org. Florida Citrus Parade Featuring high school bands from around the country, local entries, the Citrus Bowl college bands and exciting VIPs. Saturday, 11 am-2 pm; Downtown Orlando, Orange avenue and Central Boulevard; free; 407423-2476; floridacitrusparade.com. Mix Her 2017 a meet-and-greet event for Christian proprietors and ministerial professional women. Saturday, 11 am-2 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 716-259-2934; ocls.info. New Year’s Day Brunch Featuring brunch items from all three vendors, a Bloody Mary bar and football bowl games. Monday, 10 am; Market on Magnolia, 150 S. Magnolia ave.; various menu prices; 407-412-9230; marketonmagnolia.com. Pit Bulls in Pajamas Bring your pit bull – in pajamas – and march in the Citrus Parade with the Pittie Party of Central Florida. Saturday, 10:30 am; Downtown Orlando, Orange avenue and Central Boulevard; free.

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THEWEEK Sushi Class 101 Enjoy complimentary small bites and a sparkling cocktail while learning how to make sushi. Saturday, 11:30 am-1:30 pm; Dragonfly Robata, 7972 Via Dellagio Way; $60; 407-370-3359; dragonflyrestaurants.com. Yuki Hana Pop-up Weekly Japanese fusion pop-up kitchen. Thursdays, 5 pm; The Brewstillery, 1288 n. Orange ave., Winter Park; various menu prices; 407-801-2714; wpdistilling.com.

learning Merry Makers This class combines electronics with basic crafting, and participants leave with a festive decorative item they have created. Thursdays, 5:30 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info. Winter Park: The War Years new exhibit that recreates a living room, children’s room and kitchen as they would have appeared in the 1940s. Ongoing; Winter Park Historical Museum, at the Winter Park Farmers Market, Winter Park; free; 407-647-8180; wphistory.org.

liTerary Diverse Word Spoken word open mic. Tuesdays, 8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 n. Thornton ave.; free; 407-362-1864; dandelioncommunitea.com. Loose Lips Local writers read works inspired by current events. Tuesday, 8 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 n. Mills ave.; free; willspub.org. 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.

SporTS Camping World Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State College football. Thursday, 5:15 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $13-$257; 407-423-2476; campingworldbowl.com. Citrus Bowl: Notre Dame vs. LSu College football. Monday, 1 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $22-$260; 407-423-2476; campingworldstadium.com.

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Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons nBa basketball. Thursday, 7 pm; amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $14.25-$637.25; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. Orlando Magic vs. Miami Heat nBa basketball. Saturday, 7 pm; amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $14.25-$637.25; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Florida Everblades Ice hockey. Friday, 7 pm; amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; contact for price; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Jacksonville Icemen Ice hockey. Wednesday, 7 pm; amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; contact for price; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com.

holiday Christmas At Gaylord Palms Multiple holiday activities, including a 60-foot-tall Christmas tree, visits with Santa, a Cirque Dreams Unwrapped show, snow tubing and more. Through Jan. 7, 8 am-10 pm; Gaylord Palms Resort, 6000 W. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee; various prices; 407-586-2000; christmasatgaylordpalms.com. Ice! Christmas Around the World Holiday exhibit created from more than 70 tons of hand-carved ice. Through Jan. 7, 2018; Gaylord Palms Resort, 6000 W. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee; $28.99-$55.99; 407-586-2000. Light up uCF Winter carnival with ice skating, pictures with Santa, rides, games, movies and more. Prices for activities vary. Through Sunday; CFE arena, 12777 n. Gemini Blvd.; free-$19.95; 407-823-6006.

WWE Smackdown Live Professional wrestling with Randy Orton, Jinder Mahal, aJ Styles, Shinsuke nakamura, Charlotte Flair, the Usos, Bobby Roode and more. Tuesday, 7:45 pm; amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $20-$375; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com.

Winter in the Park Enjoy ice skating in the middle of Winter Park. Through Jan. 7; Central Park’s West Meadow, north Park avenue and West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park; $12; cityofwinterpark.org.

Yoga at CityArts an hour of fluid, dynamic, lighthearted vinyasa flow surrounded by fine art. Saturday, noon; Cityarts Factory, 29 S. Orange ave.; $15; 407-648-7060.

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“QUICKIES” B Y D A N S AVA G E

I have been with my unicorn boyfriend for four months. The sexual chemistry between us is out of this world! I’m a woman who’s very open-minded when it comes to trying new things: I’ve had threesomes and foursomes, tried every toy on the market, done anal sex, BDSM and many other things. He is sexually experienced, but he’s not open-minded. One thing he won’t do is kiss me after I’ve swallowed his load. We’ve been together only four months, so maybe I just need to wait and hope that he’ll come around. Or is there something I can do to get him to try it? Can’t Unicorn Man Up? If that’s the only thing he won’t do – if every toy on the market is on the table, along with threesomes, foursomes, BDSM, etc. – then he’s pretty adventurous. But if kissing after you’ve swallowed is the only mildly kinky thing you’ve attempted with him and it was a no, he may not be adventurous enough to deserve unicorn status. But I will say this in his defense … Kissing someone who has just swallowed your load (or snowballing with someone who wants you to swallow your own load) presents a challenge for many men. Some silly straight men worry that tasting their own come will turn them gay or make them look gay – I’ve gotten letters from girlfriends who thought their boyfriends were gay because they were too willing to kiss them after a blowjob. But there are gay men out there who don’t want to deep-kiss the guy who just blew them – and they’re obviously not worried about turning gay (already are) or seeming gay (ditto). So what gives? Blame what’s known as the “refractory period,” CUMU. Immediately after a man ejaculates, his dick starts to go soft and he loses all interest in sex – hormones have been released into his bloodstream that short-circuit sexual arousal. Bodily fluids and orifices a man was happily lapping up or at a minute ago are suddenly repulsive, not because the dude is necessarily inhibited or insecure, CUMU, but because he’s having his period – his refractory period. I’ve been seeing this guy who keeps making D/s-ish jokes and moves – he smacks my butt a lot, for example. When I let him know I like it, he’s suddenly not into it. He says it’s “disturbing” that I like what he’s been

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doing. Two questions: No. 1, smacking my butt is OK so long as I don’t want it? And No. 2, enjoying what he’s doing makes me a freak? Joking About Consensual Kinks Two options: No. 1, he goes in for domineering head games and “playful” violence because he’s abusive and controlling. Or No. 2, he’s got kinks, but he hasn’t managed to incorporate his kinks into his sex life in a healthy, consensual manner – and now that he knows you enjoy the same things he does (but you’re healthier about them than he is), he’s projecting his self-loathing onto you. Either way, JACK, you’re going to need to DTMFA. You recently said it’s OK to fantasize about other people so long as we keep it to ourselves. Social media and dating apps have given us access to tons of spank material, from that new crush on OkCupid to the (monogamously) married neighbor you always wanted to bang. In this era, we can see actual pictures of the people we’re fantasizing about more often than not. Facebook stalking for spank-bank purposes is fine – we all do it – but does it cross a line to actually download the pictures for later? I feel like it’s at least a little creepy to be taking screenshots of people’s photos. But as long as you’re the only one using your phone, what’s the practical difference between looking at Facebook and looking at saved screenshots? Screenshot Porn As New Kontent Keep whatever you want on your phone, SPANK, so long as you keep it to yourself and your phone is password-protected. I am a 29-year-old straight woman on the West Coast in a new relationship. My boyfriend and I have just begun exploring anal sex. Question: HOW DO I AVOID POOP LEAKAGE?!? The first time we had anal sex, my boyfriend came in my ass and then pulled out. Then we decided to go for a run. (We didn’t think it through, CLEARLY.) A few minutes in, I was leaking all over my pants. In short, GROSS. Obviously it wasn’t a good idea to go for a run afterward (NOTED!), but what can I do in the future immediately after anal to avoid poopy come from leaking out of my butt? Anal Newbie Avoiding Leakage Yeah, don’t go for a run immediately after anal. Spend a few minutes on the toilet instead – bring your phone, post something to Instagram, let gravity do its thing. And that wasn’t poop leaking out

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of you on that run, ANAL, it was santorum – “the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.” No one aroused by BDSM could ever truly love someone, could they? Violence Isn’t Love, Eh? Of course not, VILE. But only the Duggar girls and Princess Diana’s boys are capable of truly loving someone. The rest of us are just playing. My boyfriend complains that our sex life is too vanilla. I want him to be satisfied, but he won’t tell me what else he wants to do. Recently, he suggested an open relationship. I don’t want to be in an open relationship and I told him as much. But I’m fully open to being more kinky or whatever else he needs. I’ve tried mixing it up, but he just looks at me strangely and asks me to stop whatever I’m doing. Can I do anything to fix this? Any insight would be appreciated. I’m Not Good At Acronyms He knows what he wants, and he can’t or won’t tell you. Either he can’t because he’s so sexually repressed that he’s incapable of pushing the words out of his mouth, or he won’t because his non-vanilla desires are so extreme as to be dealbreaker-level repulsive to anyone who doesn’t share them. But complaining about your sex life without elaborating or giving you any constructive feedback at all is disqualifying assholery, INGAA. You’ll also have to DTMFA. I just read your reply to a woman who wrote to you regarding her partner’s lack of libido. Although I found the article somewhat interesting, I would have preferred that a woman who was an actual lesbian was rendering advice to other lesbians. As a man, you are not qualified to deal out sex advice to women – especially to lesbians. Stating This Obvious Point Take it away, Free Dictionary: “ad•vice: opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem.” The only qualification you need to give someone your opinion? Someone asked you for it. Full stop, STOP. So I’m going to continue giving advice to straight people despite not being straight, to lesbians despite not being a lesbian, to bisexuals despite not being bi, to trans people despite not being trans, to monogamous people despite not being monogamous. Hell, I sometimes give advice to Republicans despite not being a heartless idiot. On the Lovecast, look out, monogamy, here comes Esther Perel: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net ITMFA.org

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF CONNIE SUE PERDUE, Deceased. File No. 2017-CP-3558-O NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Connie Sue Perdue, deceased, whose date of death was August 23, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Avenue, 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 ON OR BEFORE 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 FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is 12/27/17. Attorney for Personal Representative: Russell G. Marlowe, Esq., Attorney, Florida Bar Number: 748889, RUSSELL G MARLOWE PA, 8630 Government Drive, Suite 102, New Port Richey, Florida 34654, Telephone: (727) 847-0055, Fax: (727) 815-0044, EMail: service@russmarlowe.com, Secondary E-Mail: N/A. Personal Representative: Joel Elizabeth Marano, 3811 Kingsley Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32839. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION CASE NO. B15-0063- DP IN THE INTEREST OF:T.C.T. Jr., a

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for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren), a copy of which is attached. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy R. Shea, on 18th day of January, 2018 at 11:00 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. 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 MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) 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 placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 12th day of December, 2017. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esq., Florida Bar #0111746, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, Florida 32811, (407) 563-2380, Layali.salem@myflfamilies.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: 03/Shea/Westgate CASE NO.: DP16-48 In the Interest of: T.D., a female child, DOB: 02/02/2005, T.D., a female child, DOB: 11/10/2007, J.D., a male child, DOB: 09/26/2008, J.D., a male child, DOB: 11/29/2010 MINOR CHILDREN SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Talena Ervin Dees,, Address Unknown, WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren), a copy of which is attached. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy R. Shea, on 18th day of January, 2018 at 11:00 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. 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 MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) 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 placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 12th day of December, 2017. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esq., Florida Bar #0111746, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, Florida 32811, (407) 563-2380, Layali.salem@myflfamilies.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: 3/Shea CASE NO.: 17-DP- 443 IN THE INTEREST OF: L.L., DOB: 07/19/2016, Minor Child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TPR ADVISORY HEARING, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: UNKNOWN FATHER, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child, a copy of which is attached; you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy Shea, at 9:45 a.m., on the 2nd day of February, 2018, 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 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 placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 13th day of December, 2017. This summons has been issued at the request of: Kelley Galvin, Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N211, Orlando, Florida 32801, (407) 317-7643 -Telephone, (407)

317-7126-Fax. 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: 3/Shea CASE NO.: 15-DP- 599 IN THE INTEREST OF: L.H., DOB: 10/15/2012, Minor Child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TPR ADVISORY HEARING, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: JADE HENNING, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child, a copy of which is attached; you are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Timothy Shea, at 9:30 a.m., on the 19th day of March, 2018, 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 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 placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 13th day of December, 2017. This summons has been issued at the request of: Kelley Galvin, Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Suite N211, Orlando, Florida 32801, (407) 317-7643 -Telephone, (407) 317-7126-Fax. 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 PINE HILLS SERVICE CENTER 07/DAWSON CASE NO.: DP17-42 In the Interest of: J.B. DOB: 12/07/2009, J.B. DOB: 09/16/2008, Minor children. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA TO:Heather Bowser, Mother, Address unknown, Orlando, FL

32805 WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren), a copy of which is attached. You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Daniel P. Dawson, on Thursday, February, 1, 2018, at 11:30 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 THIS CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) 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 placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 1st day of December, 2017. This summons has been issued at the request of: Audrea Beth Ashcraft, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0433871, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, Florida 32811, (407) 563-2380, Audrea. Ashcraft@myflfamilies.com, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal). LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. DECEMBER 2017 1. CELL PHONE UPPER PARK RD 2. CELL PHONE/CASE 6400 BLK RALEIGH ST 3. CELL PHONE ROBERT TRENT JONES DR 4. CELL PHONE W. WASHINGTON ST 5. COMPUTER TOWERS W. COLONIAL DR 6. NAIL GUNS/NAILER N. SUMMERLIN AV 7. CELL PHONES 1600 BLK W CHURCH ST 8. SPEAKERS/PAINT SPRAYER/ ELECTRONICS/ CABLES/ TOOLS/ JEWELRY/ GLASSES 2800 BLK E COLONIAL DR 9. ROUTER/DVD PLAYER/CHARGER FOX ST/FERN ST 10. WALL DECORS/AIR MATRESS FOLD-UP STAND/AIR MATRESS 7100 BLK

NARCOOSSEE RD 11. CELL PHONES JACKSON ST/DOLLINS AV 12. CELL PHONE 6200 BLK PERSHING AV 13. CELL PHONE 1800 BLK KALURNA CT 14. CELL PHONE W/CASE N ORANGE/E WASHINGTON 15. TOOL/CELL PHONE 800 BLK N ORANGE AV 16. CELL PHONE/CASE 5700 BLK MAJOR BV 17. CELL PHONE OAK RIDGE RD/HARCOURT 18. BIKE SEMORAN BV/GRANT ST 19. BIKE 3600 BLK PALMER ST 20. BIKE 2700 BLK E COLONIAL DR 21. BIKE 2200 BLK WEBER ST 22. BIKE WASHINGTON ST/ ROSALIND 23. BIKE 4400 BLK RE AL CT 24. MONEY 4900 BLK I-DRIVE 25. MONEY 5500 BLK I-DRIVE FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAYS – THRU- THURSDAYS, 8:00 AM TILL 4:30 PM 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: 540 Cypress Parkway, Poinciana, FL 34759 (863) 2400879 on 1/16/18 @ 3:30 pm: Joy Hajek 1006 household goods, Nichelle Womble 1002 household goods, Dana Mack 126 household goods, Jacob Jones 3020 small household goods and boxes, Oliver Urena 3002 household goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. Thank You, Extra Space Storage. 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, 407-414- 5303 on 1/16/18 @ 9:30 am: Mariely Brown 2027 Mattress, Boxes, Table, Emely Minaya 3111 washer, dryer, dining table, 2 tv’s, Christian Almodovar 3083 Household goods, Boxes, Shakima Parker 3009 personnel items for hurricane, clothes and boxes, Jomar Marie Rivera Salichs 2082 household goods, 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.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Legam Professionals, LLC, of 4767 Broad Street, Ste 322, Orlando, FL 32814, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Dates In Orlando It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Dates In Orlando” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 12/21/17 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF 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: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34746 (407) 9441408 on 1/16/18 @ 12:30 pm. John Cruz 189 household items, Lissa Pierre 5264 Clothing, shoes, purses, Andre Brathwaite 5083 household goods, personal items, 309 Ackeel Gaynor household goods, personal items, Jessica Glass 5010 household goods, Marc Richard Harris II 147 household goods, Autum Lynn Chapman 229 Personal items, Dean Russell Hoffman 514 household goods, personal items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. Thank You, Extra Space Storage. Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on January 12, 2018 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; 1G1JH14F547187114 2004/Chev 4T3ZF13C61U342437 2001/Toyot JN1DA31D42T419376 2002/Niss 19UUA56972A018639 2002/Acur 5LMFU27519EJ02265 2009/Linc 2T1BU4EE0DC092778 2013/Toyot 1GHDU06L3ST305009 1995/Oldsmobile 1J4GL38K33W614176 2003/Jeep 1G1AK15F277175328 2007/Chev JHMBA8148NC007370 1992/Hond 2CNDL13F966049613 2006/Chev 4V4NC9GH97N434867 2007/Volv

1FAHP34N87W138484 2007/Ford 1FALP52UXVA164871 1997/Ford 2C3CDZAG4GH240244 2016/Dodge 3N1CB51D93L790284 2003/Niss JH4DC53035S010176 2005/Acur JTKKT624750102740 2005/Toyot 1B3ES56C65D251878 2005/Dodg 4S2CK58W7X4312613 1999/Isu 1FMYU01102KB88066 2002/Ford 1G1JF12FX37111427 2003/Chev 4V4NC9GH97N434867 2007/Volv 1NNVF2817EM084381 1984/Monn 2G1WT58N979317783 2007/Chev JTDKDTB30C1020124 2012/Toyt WDWPE845285273392 2008/Dodg 4A3CT64UXNE101204 1992/Mits 1G1ZT64835F146603 2005/Chev 2B4GP2438XR418426 1999/Dodg 1FMNU42L5YEB09315 2000/Ford JA3AU26U79U022287 2009/Mits KMHDN46D35U180428 2005/Hyund JM3KE2BY4G0660651 2016/Mazd WDDWF4JB4HR224174 2017/Merz 2C3CDXBGXFH884185 2015/Dodg 4JGDA5JB7HA817754 2017/Merz 2T1BURHE9GC579779 2016/Toyot WVGAV7AX4GW547107 2016/Volk. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: ABA FOREIGN USED AUTO PARTS & AUTO SALES gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 01/08/2018, 09:00 am at 366 N COUNTY ROAD 13 ORLANDO, FL 32833-3325, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. ABA FOREIGN USED AUTO PARTS & AUTO SALES reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. 1G1JC6SH0C4221752 2012 CHEVROLET 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: 1990 Honda VIN# 1HGED3651LL019238 2012 Volkswagen VIN# WVWHP7AN9CE507911 2001 Buick VIN# 2G4WY55J611199302

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2005 Chrysler VIN# 2C3JA63H95H632962 2014 Volkswagen VIN# 3VWD17AJ4EM282434 2002 Mitsubishi VIN# JA3AJ86EX2U039305 2001 Ford VIN# 1FMYU021X1KF89038 2001 Dodge VIN# 1B7GL22N51S157961 2007 Honda VIN# 2HGFG12837H518450 2012 Honda VIN# 2HGFG3B54CH518906 1998 Chevy VIN# 1GCCS19X7W8146239 2009 Volkswagen VIN# 2V8HW34X59R500186 2002 Nissan VIN# 1N4AL11D82C107730 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on January 10, 2018 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC 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: 1D8HD48286F126246 2006 DODG To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on January 9, 2018, 606 Haralson Ave, Orlando, FL 32805 All Auto Towing, INC. Notice of Sale Name – Property – Unit # Maximo Casilla - Dresser, vacuums, tarp, microwave, misc household and personal materials – 044 Sebastian Sallaberry - Boxes, microwave, shelf, milk crates, save a lot bag, misc household and personal items – 081h, Maximo Casilla - Tires, dresser, boxes, wire mesh, vacuum, misc household, personal, and building materials. 116 Rosa E Jimenez – Handicap chair, mattress, bookcase, flower painting, misc household and personal items. – 138, John F Sanford Jr. - Shirts, tools, tackle boxes, mattress, boxes, plastic bins, misc household and personal items. – 151 Tom Schultz - Mattress, bags, wood boxes, tackle boxes, trash can, misc household and personal items. – 161 Nelson Pina - Car parts, tools, misc household, personal, and shop items, cords. – 258, Hector Marquez - Boxes and a trash bag filled with stuff. – 298, Tibisay McBride - Boxes, stuffed parrot, milk crates, headboard, misc household and personal items. – 378h. Ample Storage, 6493 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32807, has possessory lien on all goods stored in the prospective units above. All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the asserting of the lien on 1/12/2018 at 1:00PM in order to collect the amount due from you. The sale will take place at 6493 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32807.

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THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 03/Shea/Pine Hills CASE NUMBER: DP16-102 IN THE INTEREST OF:A.H., a male child, DOB: 08/24/2008, D.H., a male child, DOB: 04/23/2012 L.H., a male child, DOB: 09/16/2014, A.R., a female child, DOB: 10/07/2015 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Ciarra Robinson, Address Unknown WHEREAS 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 R. Shea on January 19, 2018 at 10:00am 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 TPR 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 MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) 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 placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 28th day of November, 2017. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esq., Florida Bar #0111746, State of Florida, Children’ Legal Services, 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32811, 407/563-2380 Layali.salem@myflfamilies.com. By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal).

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