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musiC 37 Tower of song They Might Be Giants face the challenges of staying creative after three decades

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Readers react to stories in our last issue

7 “This Modern World” 9 ICYMI News you need to know but may have missed in the past week

11 News Briefs Florida lawmakers push for LGBTQ protections; Floridians favor the popular vote over the Electoral College

Four Rebels promises an “American taco

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25 Tip Jar

Great live music rattles Orlando every night of the week

Voodoo Doughnut to open at CityWalk this spring,

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Copper Rocket rises from the dead yet again, plus

Peek inside new Milk District venue Iron Cow; Kaia Kater proves why she could be the most relevant folk artist today

more in our weekly food roundup

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

12 Safe, legal and rare As Roe v. Wade turns 45, women’s right to bodily autonomy is under attack more than ever before

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23 Live Active Cultures Tara Kromer is a local director worth keeping an eye (and ear) out for

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Daniel Day-Lewis retires on a high note in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread

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35 On Screens in Orlando Movies playing this week: The Maze Runner: The Death Cure and Mary and the Witch’s Flower

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Readers react to blog posts and stories from the Jan. 17 issue. On Jan. 19, we reported that former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, a man who once said he’s “only racist to a point,” told TMZ he’s thought about running for U.S. Senate in Florida, but at the moment it’s “a flat-out no.” Former Trump adviser Roger Stone said he was “lobbying” Hogan to run against Gov. Rick Scott, who hasn’t actually declared his candidacy for the seat. @Kim Guzma Can we just put a moratorium on celebrities with no legal and political experience running for office? The Republicans sure seem to like them – Reagan, Schwarzenegger, Trump, etc. And this goes to Oprah as well. @John Lentz Rick Scott has so much dirty GOP donors there’s not a chance of anyone, let alone Hulk Hogan, unseating him. @Edwin Oscar Vélez Please, for the love of God, no. Just … no.

On Jan. 16, we reported that a Miami developer bought Artegon Marketplace, the failed experimental shopping center known as the “anti-mall.” Dezer Development has been behind quite a few major projects, such as the Porsche Design Tower, Residences by Armani/Casa and six Trump-branded towers. Cinemark Cinemas, Bass Pro Shop, Fuddruckers and Orlando Putting Edge will remain open, but in the future, the mall could be turned into an attraction or car museum. @Walt Barnett A mall just isn’t going to work in that location. Nobody in their right mind wants to deal with I-Drive traffic just to go to Macy’s or whatever it is. @Scott Dickison A closed mall bought by a Trump developer, what could possibly go wrong or get any worse. Bet that will be successful, NOT. @Lili Sanchez I loved the Mall and the fact that the stores were run by the owners and artists was amazing because, well, nothing [was] like it. … So sad because they were making money and people did appreciate the concept. However money at the end was more important than art and people.

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Thousands attend the Orlando Women’s March, Amazon leaves the City Beautiful off list of finalists for HQ2, offshore oil drilling could still happen in Florida and other news you may have missed last week Thousands attend an intersectional reckoning at the Orlando Women’s March: On the one-year anniversary of the largest political protest in

U.S. history, thousands of people flooded Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando to show their solidarity with women and other marginalized communities the Trump administration has targeted. Sheena Meade, a former candidate for the Florida House, called out the local movement for not including black women. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair,” Meade said, quoting Shirley Chisholm (the first black woman elected to U.S. Congress), as a group of black women came on stage with folding chairs. Speakers also urged women to run for office. “We need to bust those doors wide open,” State Rep. Amy Mercado, D-Orlando, told the crowd. “Forget glass ceilings – rush the doors.”

Orlando loses bid for Amazon’s HQ2 but declares intent to bid on 2020 U.S. Olympic marathon trials: The City of Orlando lost its bid to become the home of Amazon’s second headquarters last week after the shipping giant released a list of 20 cities that made the final cut, including Miami. The company says it expects to invest over $5 billion in the construction of HQ2 and create as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs. Undeterred, though, Orlando city officials declared their intent last week to bid to host the 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon along with other cities like Atlanta, Austin and Chattanooga.

Trump official says offshore oil drilling in Florida still being considered: Surprise! Despite the entire show Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Interior

Secretary Ryan Zinke put on declaring Florida wouldn’t be considered as part of a White House offshore oil-drilling proposal, Trump officials said last week that the option is still on the table. Walter Cruickshank, the acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, told the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee that there has been “no formal decision yet on what’s in, or out, of the five-year program.”

UCF extends in-state tuition rates for hurricane evacuee students: The University of Central Florida is extending in-state tuition to

evacuees from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for at least another year. The UCF Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend the tuition reduction for students displaced by Hurricane Maria until the spring 2019 semester. Before the vote, hurricane evacuees who enrolled at UCF were only provided in-state tuition rates through the spring 2018 semester.

Cortes wants governor to remove Ayala from a botched murder-for-hire case: State Rep. Bob Cortes is asking Gov. Rick Scott to remove Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala from a botched murder-for-hire case. The Altamonte Springs Republican said he wants the governor to reassign the case of Janice Zengotita-Torres to a state attorney “willing to pursue the death penalty.” Investigators say Zengotita-Torres was kidnapped by mistake but her two captors allegedly decided to kill her anyway. After Ayala refused to seek the death penalty last year, Scott reassigned more than two-dozen first-degree murder cases away from her office. Ayala argued before the Florida Supreme Court that Scott didn’t have the authority to remove her, but lost her case. To comply with the court’s decision, Ayala created a seven-member panel of prosecutors who determine which cases deserve the death penalty. mcordeiro@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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EQUALITY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS Wary of the economic hit taken by states that pass anti-gay laws, Florida lawmakers push for LGBTQ protections BY MONIVETTE CORDEIRO

bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is pushing for LGBTQ workplace protections for state and private employees. The Florida Competitive Workforce Act, proposed by Democratic Rep. Ben Diamond and Republican Rep. Rene Plasencia, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in lodging establishments, restaurants and other public accommodations. The bill revises Florida’s civil rights laws that ban discrimination in housing and employment to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. The House measure and a similar bill in the Senate both have widespread support, even among the most conservative lawmakers like Sarasota Rep. Joe Gruters. “The Competitive Workforce Act is good for our economy and, most importantly, it affirms the basic human rights of our LGBT community,” Diamond said in a statement. The bill is also supported by Florida Competes, a coalition of 450 businesses ranging from Fortune 500 companies

to small shops. Both the coalition and Florida lawmakers are calling on House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron to hear the bills during the 2018 session. “Inclusive protections will send the message that Florida is open for business for all, building strong businesses that lead to strong communities,” the Florida Competes coalition said. “When Florida’s communities are stronger, our state is a healthier, more vibrant and thriving place to live, work, and raise a family.” Advocates also pushed for Gov. Rick Scott to sign an anti-discrimination order protecting LGBTQ state workers. The Pride Community Center of North Central Florida presented 700 petitions to Scott’s office from Floridians who support anti-discrimination protections for queer and transgender people hired by the state. “All hard-working people should be treated fairly and equally, and should have the opportunity to earn a living to provide for themselves and their families,” the petitions read. “Nobody should have to live in fear of being legally fired for rea-

SILENCED MAJORITY Floridians favor the popular vote over the Electoral College, poll says BY XANDER P ETERS

new poll finds that more than two-thirds of voters in Florida think presidential elections should be decided by who wins the popular vote. The poll, conducted by Florida Atlantic University and commissioned by the League of Women Voters of Florida, surveyed 1,000 registered voters across the Sunshine State on how they thought the U.S. should elect its commander-in-chief. The results: 68 percent of registered voters said the winner should be the candidate who wins the popular vote across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, while less than a third said the current Electoral College works fine as is. “Despite the fact that Florida is the third largest state, Floridians’ voices are not equal to those of residents of other states,” Pamela Goodman, president of the

League of Women Voters of Florida, says. “Floridians’ voices are further diminished by the ‘winner-take-all’ rule, common to 47 other states, which awards all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate who wins in that state, no matter how slim the margin.” The survey goes on to say that although independents and Democrats favored the national popular vote more than anything else, so did nearly half of Republican respondents – the political party that has arguably benefited most from the Electoral College in the past 20 years. The 2000 and 2016 presidential elections are prime examples. In both, a Republican candidate won the Electoral College, thus winning the presidency, while simultaneously losing the popular vote. For Democrats, support for the measure was overwhelming, with nearly 90

sons that have nothing to do with their job D-Orlando, says Scott’s arguments won’t stand as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions performance.” Activists have been asking Scott to sign continues to rescind protections for this executive order for more than a year LGBTQ people. Last year, lawyers for the and a half. After the 2016 massacre at the U.S. Justice Department argued in court gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Scott’s that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 doesn’t staff promised the Republican governor protect discriminated LGBTQ people from would sign the order protecting LGBTQ being fired. Sessions also reversed the department’s stance that transgender and state hires. But Scott never signed the order. genderqueer people are protected from workplace disAdvocates crimination under accused the govthe 1964 act. ernor of breaking “The governor his promise and is going to have betraying the to come up with LGBTQ commua better excuse, nity. When asked, because these the governor’s protections may office usually cease to exist at releases the same some point in the statement declarnear future,” says ing that Florida Smith, who is one follows federal of the few openly employment gay lawmakers guidelines that in the Florida protect the gay Legislature. community. Last year, Smith “Florida is a said Scott refused state that doesn’t PHOTO BY MONIVETTE CORDEIRO to talk to him at an tolerate discrimination of any form,” Lauren Schenone, a event about the anti-discrimination order spokesperson for Scott’s office, repeat- and even walked away. “If I see him again, I’ll try to start a coned to Orlando Weekly last Thursday. “In accordance with federal guidelines, versation, but I hope he won’t run away Florida state agencies do not discriminate from me like he did last time,” Smith says. on the basis of sexual orientation, and “Running away from gay people is not the state employees should not be discrimi- most helpful thing he could be doing at this point.” nated against in any way.” But Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, mcordeiro@orlandoweekly.com

percent polling in favor. Seventy percent of independents said the same, with 46 percent of Republicans also in favor. On a regional level, voters in North Florida favored the Electoral College 74-26. Central Florida voters (63-37), as well as South Florida voters (68-32), strongly favored the popular vote. “The findings of this survey are consistent with other polls conducted over the past 50 years which have found the majority of Americans believe the president and vice president should be chosen directly by the American people. This is not the case today under our current system,” notes Dr. Kevin Wagner, an associate professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, in a news release from the League of Women Voters. State Rep. Joseph Geller, D-Aventura, and state Sen. Victor Torres, D-Orlando, have introduced HB 367 and SB 1374 to their respective chambers – legislation that, if passed, would bring Florida into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. States that enact the Compact would be able to award their electors to orlandoweekly.com

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the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, ensuring the universal equality of all American voters, no matter where they live. States accounting for 165 of the 270 electoral voters needed to activate the Compact have passed such legislation, with more on the cusp of doing the same. “We’re really pleased that Rep. Geller and Rep. Torres are sponsoring this bill, and we hope that it gets a hearing,” Goodman says. “We certainly aren’t optimistic that this has a chance of passing succession, but we think it begins a good discourse and a good conversation – and more importantly, it’s just kind of an education for the voters about what the national popular vote is, as opposed to the Electoral College.” Goodman adds, “I don’t have a crystal ball. As I’ve said, this is not something that’s going to happen immediately. It’s going to take education and knowledge for voters to really understand it and get their heads wrapped around it. But other states have moved towards it.” xpeters@orlandoweekly.com

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n July 1971, less than two years before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy across all 50 states, 23-year-old Shirley Wheeler was held criminally responsible for undergoing an abortion in Florida.

Wheeler’s story began when she was hospitalized while having a miscarriage. The staff at the Daytona Beach hospital discovered that Wheeler had attempted to induce an abortion by inserting a catheter into her cervix and leaving it there. The hazardous procedure – one of many common yet dangerous black-market methods performed by backalley physicians, midwives or untrained practitioners – was intended to cut off the fetus’ source of nutrients, prompting the body’s natural reaction of a miscarriage. For Wheeler, though, the procedure had gone horribly wrong; an infection had set in and she was bleeding profusely. No sooner had the hospital staff stopped the hemorrhaging than they reported her to authorities. Wheeler was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years of probation, making her the first woman in the country to be tried and convicted for intentionally terminating her pregnancy. The law under which she was convicted was, at the time, 103 years old – pre-dating even the 19th Amendment, which gave women the vote, by more than a half-century. Society dubbed her a felon because she chose not to bear a child that she couldn’t afford to raise, Wheeler told the New York Times in December 1971, before the case was appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and overturned. “I was afraid of having an abortion,” Wheeler said, “but I was even more afraid of having another baby.” Just 13 months after Wheeler was forced into her brief role as a martyr of the burgeoning women’s movement, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in favor of a woman’s right to privacy in her decision to seek an abortion. Debate on the issue didn’t end there, of course. Time after time – from the federal cases that have reaffirmed the central holding of the 1973 decision to the many laws seeking to restrict abortion access passed in state legislatures in recent years – Roe v. Wade has found itself under attack and seemingly open to partisan reinterpretation. Monday, Jan. 22, marked 45 years since the Supreme Court ruled, shifting the nation toward a more progressive notion of equality. But tension over abortion rights has always simmered in the Sunshine State. Before Roe, there was Wheeler’s plight as a public sacrifice of sorts, as well as the thousands of thousands

of unsung women who found themselves in situations similar to hers. The Florida Legislature has rarely been shy when it comes to attacking women’s access to abortion, whether by way of grandstanding on the moral scale or enacting legislation. An example, among a number of others: the 2015 bill that enacted a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion in Florida, a similar law to what was previously passed in Texas. On Jan. 9, after the Florida Supreme Court temporarily blocked the law from taking effect last year, a federal judge in Tallahassee declared the law unconstitutional. And then there are the longtime advocates, like Sally Blackmun, a former chairwoman for Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando – someone who carries a story intertwined deep within the details of Roe v. Wade, although seldom told.

he first gleam of dusk started to shine over the lake outside and through the large glass-paned windows of Sally Blackmun’s home as our conversation begins. Sitting on her living room sofa, with her hands in her lap, Blackmun falls silent for a moment when asked about the legacy of her late father, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, who is best known for writing the Roe v. Wade decision. “He would have liked to think that he had many, many other important decisions along the way,” she says. “He’s the one that seemed to get all of the fame and blame. That was kind of, I think, hard for him – and it never let up. It still doesn’t let up. He went to his grave with that being his most famous decision.” She adds: “I think what Dad and the court never assumed was the fact that it got as much publicity as it has over the years.” Roe wasn’t a close decision. Blackmun was one of seven justices who voted in favor of the right to choose. But since he articulated that ruling, he’s often remembered as the sole hero of the hour. Before his nomination to become the nation’s 107th Supreme Court justice, and after spending 17 years in private practice in Minneapolis, Blackmun was the in-house counsel for the Mayo Clinic from 1950 to 1959, until President Dwight Eisenhower elevated him to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Indeed, Blackmun’s experience with the Mayo Clinic and work with medical professionals compelled Chief Justice Warren Burger to assign the Roe majority opinion to Blackmun. Blackmun and Burger had been close friends since childhood, having grown up together in St. Paul; it was Burger who lobbied for Blackmun’s

appointment to the Supreme Court in 1970, after President Richard Nixon’s first and second choices were rejected by the U.S. Senate. The timing couldn’t have been any better. The Nixon administration was in need of a squeaky-clean nominee who would make it through the confirmation process. Blackmun slid through without objection. As a result, Blackmun spent his career on the court referring to himself as “old No. 3.” “I don’t think he hesitated taking the position when it came to him,” says Sally Blackmun. “It’s certainly nothing anybody ever dreams about. That’s usually not a goal of a lawyer, to become a Supreme Court justice, because you kind of just have to be in the right place at the right time. “I think, for him, [being on the Supreme Court] was always the weight of the world on his shoulders. In a lower federal court, if you get it wrong you can appeal to the Supreme Court, but it’s the end of the line and decisions affect people. And he took that burden very seriously.”

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, ckmun e a l B e Suprem e h Justic t Sally Blackmun was in the same place as f no her father at the same time: Not long after decisio of the most y t n e c e e his appointment, she moved to Washington, The r as been on actions in m r u h D.C., for a job in the Nixon White House as Cour t ally movingt you and yo an executive assistant. That allowed her to d p e r s o n e . I f e e l t h a t o n l y s av e be in the courtroom the day Roe came down, lifetimates have noes of women r watching as history was made. As time went on, old No. 3 received more associ alth and liv r ticular poo real than 80,000 letters on the Roe decision alone the he here, in pa ve shown a en as – and he read every single of them, Blackmun ever yw, but you hact that woml of the says. Some, he answered; others, he didn’t, optwomenhy for the fao the contro to men. ing instead to let the people’s words echo down e mp a t r e s u b j e c t t r a p p l i c a b l e m e n the hallway of his mind. a sex an ways neve ountless wo “He said he wanted to know what the heartbeat of the country was,” Blackmun says, stifling l aw s i o n e o f t h e c h e a r t f e l t ittle a laugh. “He wanted to know what those people I am d you my hom feels a lstand n s were saying – good or bad or ugly.” who se iation and wntr y for thi c u e o appr r of her c p r o u d ev e t a k e n . etween 2010 and 2016, states across the country enacted 338 new abortion restricyou ha tions, according to the Guttmacher Institute. ] ymous That figure accounts for almost a third of the 1,142 [Anon

abortion restrictions that have passed in the 45 years since the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down. According to a study published in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, in 2014, an estimated 75,990 abortions were provided in Florida, accounting for a 13 percent decline in the state’s abortion rate between 2011 and 2014, from 23.7 to 20.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The study also notes that there were 86 abortion-providing facilities in Florida in 2014, 71 of which were clinics (meaning, in this context, where more than half of all patient visits were for obtaining an abortion). Those numbers represent a 2 percent decline in overall providers since 2011, and a 1 percent decline in clinics. In 2014, almost three-fourths of Florida counties did not have a clinic that provided abortions, and 20 percent of women living in Florida resided in those counties. Although the numbers above don’t account for the way pregnancy rates among younger women have continued to trend downward in recent years, or how some rural counties in Florida never had access to an abortion clinic to begin with, the aforementioned figures are strongly affected by what critics call “TRAP laws” – shorthand for “Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers.” The American Civil Liberties Union describes the purpose of these laws as a means to put medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion providers in order to block women from undergoing the procedure – basically, making it inconvenient since they can’t make it illegal. Over the past seven years, these laws have proliferated across the South, particularly in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida.

The theory behind laws of this nature is simple: By imposing burdensome requirements on abortion providers and women who wish to terminate their pregnancy, such as invasive medical procedures, unnecessary building requirements for clinic facilities or unreasonable commutes from underserved communities, the law seeks to drive abortion rates down. Florida – a textbook example of this legislative practice – has a history rich with such laws. In June 2015, Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 633, which required any woman seeking an abortion in Florida to personally meet with the physician performing the procedure at least 24 hours beforehand, meaning a woman had to make two separate trips to a provider’s office. That was added to an already-existing law that requires women to undergo an ultrasound before terminating their pregnancy, look at the images and listen to an explanation of the process, unless they sign a form beforehand refusing to do so. Similarly, in March 2016, Gov. Scott signed HB 1411, a law that denied public resources to women’s health clinics that provide abortion services. The bill also required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, adding more red tape for providers to navigate. These bills, collectively, were brought to the Florida

Legislature under the guise of empowering women. “Let the fact be known that there’s no medical guidance or support to that claim, and that we know across the country that these separate legislations are politically motivated,” says Anna Eskamani, senior director of public affairs and communications at Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida. “At the end of the day, it’s about restricting access to abortion; it’s not about making women be safe or be empowered.” Still, she sees a series of silver linings in the constant uphill battles that Planned Parenthood continues to face. In particular, the 24-hour delay that Scott signed in 2015 was struck down earlier this month by a Tallahassee judge. The decision came after the Florida Supreme Court temporarily blocked the law from taking effect last year. “It’s a reflection, too, that we don’t win these battles overnight,” she says. “It really is consistent persistence for something greater than ourselves.” “I think there’s a lot of uncertainty out there, but leadership rises in moments of uncertainty. We’ve seen that across the board.”

lthough she’s not quick to admit it, it’s no surprise that Sally Blackmun would carry on her father’s legacy. Aside from a long and successful career as an attorney, from which she’s now retired, Blackmun served on the board of Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando for eight years, from 2000 to 2008, and as board chair from 2004 to 2006. It also could be argued that Blackmun’s early personal life, prior to Roe, may have inadvertently influenced her father’s decision. In December 1966, in the winter of her sophomore year at Skidmore College, Blackmun learned that she and her high school sweetheart were expecting a child. Like any 19-yearold woman, particularly the daughter of a conservative judge, she was afraid – afraid of what her life would amount to if she had to leave college, of what her family would say, of the future. Her older sister suggested she have an abortion, but Blackmun decided otherwise because of the impact it might have on her father’s career if word were to ever get out. “It was illegal most places, and I’m sure I could have found a place somewhere in the United States to get a rela-

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Most recently, John Stemberger, president of the anti-abortion group Family Planning Council and a member appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the state’s Constitution Revision Commission, proposed an amendment to further narrow a woman’s right to privacy by clipping the provision that state courts have used to stop governmental intrusions into Floridians’ personal lives. And the Republicandominated Florida House of Representatives passed legislation in early January that opponents say would help “crisis pregnancy centers,” anti-abortion organizations posing as comprehensive women’s health facilities – which choice advocates have dubbed “fake” clinics. No matter the attacks, however, Sally Blackmun says her father’s legacy will persist. “I think there will always be unplanned pregnancies, and I think women will find a way to get an abortion if they want to – need to,” she says. “I had a college roommate back in 1967 who went to Japan to get a safe abortion. Hopefully, you know, that won’t be the case. There were a lot of illegal abortions before Roe v. Wade and there were a lot of botched illegal abortions, and so I think there’s certainly a concern over the safety of women, but I don’t think women will stop getting an abortion if that’s what they choose.” feedback@orlandoweekly.com

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tively safe abortion, but I decided that I needed to carry the baby and not have an abortion,” Blackmun says. So she married her boyfriend not long after the Christmas holidays. She miscarried three weeks later, while sitting in class during an exam. She and her husband split a few years later. Asked if she would have terminated her pregnancy had the opportunity been readily available, Blackmun doesn’t flinch: “Probably, yeah.” “Certainly you have to think that the fact that he had three daughters played some part in his thinking about it. ... We certainly had our opinions about it and didn’t hesitate to express them. He would have gotten a lot of grief from us, I think, if he had gone the other way.”

ationally, more than 920,000 women obtain an abortion every year, according to figures provided by the National Women’s Law Center. Notwithstanding the fear-mongering over the procedure, abortion is actually one of the safest surgical procedures a woman in the U.S. can undergo. Fewer than 0.05 percent of all women who have undergone the procedure experience complications. But the right’s pushback isn’t about medical safety, and it won’t die easily.

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“Marilyn,” by Grace HartiGan (1962)

statement, “I have found my subject, it concerns that which is vulgar and vital in American life, and possibilities of its transcendence into the beautiful.” While her earliest work was orthodoxly abstract, toeing the line of no figuration, eventually figures begin slyly to waft in and out of view – everyday objects, cartoony faces. Gaze for a moment at her bopping ode to a Baltimore shopping center, “Reisterstown Mall,” and you’ll see vinyl albums and barbershop poles, toothbrushes and stacks of magazines, canoodling couples. “Marilyn,” of course, is the apotheosis of Hartigan’s affection for pop culture (a fixation prefiguring that of almost every contemporary artist working today). One of the most enjoyable elements of this show is seeing the collages and visual “notes” Hartigan assembled on Marilyn Monroe – newspaper clippings, gestural drawings of her hand, her eyes, her hair, her mouth – in preparation for the finished 1962 painting. By the way, the unconventional layout of the GRACE HARTIGAN 1960-1965, THE PERRY Mennello may cause COLLECTION you to miss the small through March 18 side room between the Mennello Museum of american art, main gallery and the 900 e. Princeton St. entrance – don’t, as it’s 407-246-4278 currently holding one mennellomuseum.org of the most luscious of $5 Hartigan’s Matisse-like untitled collages. A funny thing’s been happening since Shannon Fitzgerald took over as director of the Mennello Museum of American Art: The tiny museum has consistently booked shows full of whoppingly large canvases – Hartigan’s and Bo Bartlett’s being notable examples. Without forcing a metaphor, we can’t help but hope that these big pictures are symbolic of Fitzgerald’s aims for the institution. jyoung@orlandoweekly.com

Vulgar and Vital Mennello Museum’s Grace Hartigan exhibition is another pocket Venus of a show By Jessica Bryce you n g

n the middle of a media moment that’s focused on the female, it would be easy to lump in the current exhibition at the Mennello Museum of American Art. Grace Hartigan 1960-1965: The Perry Collection shows the work of a female painter as collected by a female art dealer, and occupies walls in a female-run museum. But that would be reductive; the endgame of our current drive for parity is to break out of the walled garden of gender. Regardless, Hartigan is lumped in to the enclosure labeled “Post-War Female Abstract Expressionists,” coverage of which is always (explicitly or implicitly) subtexted “They’re just as good as Willem

and Jackson – honest!” Can we discard the boysagainst-girls lens through which that movement is seen? We can try, anyway. This show deserves to be looked at with cool eyes, not political ones, though within a few minutes of perusal those eyes may turn as heart-shaped as an emoji’s. Like her close friend, the poet Frank O’Hara, Hartigan was enchanted by the stuff of everyday life. O’Hara’s poem “Today” (“Oh! kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas! / You really are beautiful! Pearls, / harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins! … They / do have meaning. They’re strong as rocks”) illustrates this pie-eyed delight as aptly as Hartigan’s 1957

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In recent months, challenges to

the patriarchy have rocked the performing arts from Hollywood to Broadway. And while Orlando’s entertainment community may be more diverse than many, we aren’t immune to issues of gender inequity. For example, Central Florida is blessed with an abundance of talented actresses, as well as designers, producers, and even venue managers, but it’s still relatively rare that I get to write about a female stage director. So I was honored to be able to interview Tara Kromer, a rising star in the local theater scene, on the eve of last Sunday’s Women’s March at Lake Eola. This may be Kromer’s first appearance in my column, but she’s no newcomer; an MFA graduate from Theatre UCF, she directed Orlando Repertory’s production of The Giver at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and the Orlando Repertory’s recent production of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, along with a number of shows at DeLand’s Athens Theatre. Kromer told me she has “a broad background as a theater artist with work in directing, sound design, props design and stage management,” and has served as the Rep’s resident props and puppetry designer, as well as working on a number of productions for Orlando Fringe, including John Ryan’s 1969: Stonewall and Beware the Dark in Winter Park and David Lee’s Rocketman and Kaleidoscope and O-Town: Voices From Orlando. What drew my attention to Kromer was her sensitive, polished production of Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy, starring local legend Elizabeth Murff in the role that won Jessica Tandy an Oscar. This version was originally mounted last year in DeLand, and was restaged last weekend at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Tara Kromer is a local director worth keeping an eye (and ear) out for.

“When [Athens Theatre artistic director] Craig Uppercue invited me to direct this show last year,” Kromer recalls, “my first thought was ‘I would give my right arm to get Elizabeth Murff to do this project with me!’” At the time, Kromer was unaware of the Garden Theatre’s 2010 production featuring Murff and Michael Mormon, which I gave a rave review. “I’d known Murff for a number of years, dating back to the last seasons of Seaside Music Theatre in Daytona Beach,” Kromer says, “and was thrilled when she accepted my invitation and gave me the number for the lovely Michael Mormon. It became a reunion of sorts for the two of them.” Chad Lewis filled out the cast as Daisy’s son, Boolie, and the quartet “shared some great discussion about the important historical context of the piece and how relevant its themes remain.” Kromer’s show also brought me for the first time to St. Luke’s, where director of theater ministry Steve MacKinnon will present Peter and the Star Catcher in April. Even this agnostic Jew acknowledges that churches possess some of our area’s most impressive theatrical facilities, and I felt very welcome inside St. Luke’s recently completed Founder’s Hall, thanks to the congregation’s explicit ethos of acceptance and inclusion. Remounting the show for St. Luke’s handsome proscenium stage was “like riding a bicycle,” according to Kromer, who says that “we were able to

spend our rehearsal time making new discoveries and finding new moments, which was a real joy.” Murff (who appears next in A Tennessee Walk at Garden Theatre) concurs, telling me that the show is “such a comfort, there’s so much trust there and friendship that I wish it was running longer” and praising Kromer for “truly respecting the period and the time.” While the cast came from Athens intact, the St. Luke’s run sported a new design featuring Paul Bedford’s reimagined set, Vandy Wood’s lighting and AJ Garcia’s costumes. Kromer commends St. Luke’s for being “very accommodating,” and praises the venue’s audio system for showcasing her sound design, which thoughtfully incorporated excerpts from MLK’s oratory. “I am a director who loves to use music and sound in my rehearsal process, and early in my graduate school career I made a regular exercise of taking on a dual role as director/sound designer for many of my projects,” Kromer says. “I wanted to establish the historical context of the scenes, and found some great music and audio recordings from the news and radio from the time that are peppered into the scoring and transitions.” Now that Driving Miss Daisy has closed, Kromer heads into rehearsals as director of Lisa VillaMil’s new play Wilds, playing on March 3 and 4 as part of Beth Marshall Presents’ New Works Series. She’s also directing Tammy Kopko’s return as Bette Davis in John Ryan’s My Pal Bette for Fringe 2018, and promises the campy comedy will be “fiercer than ever after its 2007 Fringe premiere.” Wherever she goes after that, Kromer is a director worth keeping an eye (and ear) out for. skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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by Faiyaz Kara

NEWS Another reason to visit Morimoto Asia: Top Chef Season 3 winner Hung Huynh is now the chef de cuisine … Brunch is now being served at K Restaurant in College Park every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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and the chorizo-mac ($5), a side highly touted by our server. I don’t believe I’ve ever described shrimp like this before, but it was … mealy. It crumbled in our mouths as we chewed it. Not good. (Maybe it wasn’t shrimp we were eating but, rather, shrimp yep, that crushed red pepper. Now, on to the tacos. We were told the with a “K”?) The chorizo-mac, we’re pretty tortillas were made in-house even though sure, had bits of hot dog in it, not chorizo – their look and texture said otherwise. The neither the rich Spanish kind or the spicy flour tortillas (a corn option isn’t offered) Mexican variant. Good thing, then, that there was a dessert have that manufactured feel and sheen of Mission brand tortillas. There’s no charring by Se7en Bites offered – the peanut butter and no organically coarse surface to these chocolate explosion ($6) was a palliating shells, but I suppose what sets these tacos follow-up to that chorizo-mac – and plenty of drink to wash this food down with. The apart are the fillings. The cheesesteak Veracruz ($5) had a nice full bar and attractive rooftop patio should beefy flavor thanks to grilled ribeye; the keep the cocktail crowd slaked, though we addition of olives even gave it a picadillo- were one of just five people on this recent visit. like zest. Then there’s the Look, there’s plenty of Cuban sandwich-inspired other taquerias in the area “Mr. 305” ($5) with – you can’t swing a rolling mojo pork, mustard aioli FOUR REBELS pin without hitting one – and fried pickle, which AMERiCAN TACO and to draw the crowds seemed a bit uninspired KiTCHEN & BAR in, a new one needs to by Miami standards. But 1618 N. Mills Ave. show dedication to the we quite enjoyed the fried 407-601-657 craft of taco-making. A green tomato ($3.50) taco 4rebelstacos.com research trip to Taste of – arguably our favorite $$ Yucatan, Taqueria Ameca – with fresh corn salsa, Jalisco, Taqueria el Gordo, arugula and a red-pepper aioli. But those tortillas? Oof. In case you Hunger Street Tacos or Black Rooster hadn’t noticed, Mills Park pricing is applied Taqueria would do them good. Short of to all tacos and, yes, that’s one taco per that, Four Rebels could soon get a visit from the Four Horsemen. order. We also sampled the shrimp ceviche ($8) fkara@orlandoweekly.com

Four Rebels promises an “American taco revolution” By FAiyAZ KARA

bout a minute into getting our fingers messy eating a decent plate of nachos ($10) at Four Rebels American Taco Kitchen & Bar, it dawned on us that something was missing – jalapeños. So I got up and asked our lovely server if we could get some pickled or non-pickled slices on the side, but what was ultimately presented to us, however, was crushed red pepper flakes with a chaser of “We don’t carry jalapeños.” No jalapeños? At a taco joint? Not sure if that’s just a case of Four Rebels being rebellious or Four Rebels being, well, just plain American. Either way, get some jalapeños, you Four, and while you’re at it, get a variety of chili peppers and make your own hot sauces and salsas. I know, I know, this is an “American Taco Kitchen,” but if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the taco kitchen – American or otherwise – I say. The “Four Rebels,” by the way, are the four owners on the front line of this “American Taco Revolution.” They vow to “rebel against the ordinary” – and the elote street corn ($5) certainly wasn’t ordinary. The cobs were wonderfully sweet and appeared to be boiled then grilled for a nice char. The corn came dressed for the occasion with avocado crema, queso fresco and,

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Winter Park Biscuit Co., a vegan popup eatery by chef Mary Mattern, debuts in February at East End Market. The pop-up will run for at least a couple of weeks. Mattern and her fiancé will open their all-vegan Heirloom Deli in April … Cult fave Voodoo Doughnut opens this spring at Universal CityWalk. Voodoo doll doughnut, anyone? … Look for Sugar Sow Bacon & BBQ to open next door to Tamale & Co. Take-Out in Altamonte Springs … Garp & Fuss is now open off Park Avenue in Winter Park … Hot on the heels of Gringos Locos opening in SoDo comes word that Tin & Taco will do the same “sometime soon” … Chela Tequila & Tacos (formerly Kasa) has opened downtown … Bulgogi House Korean BBQ has opened on West Colonial Drive near Edgewater Drive … Calle 3 M3xican Str33t Kitch3n has opened on South OBT in Apopka … Look for the brand-new, flatscreenstuffed Copper Rocket to open Feb. 3 in Maitland … Rubio’s Coastal Grill will open in Lake Nona Feb. 8 … Over in Daytona Beach, Winter Park’s Cocina 214 has opened an outpost.

CLOSINGS Downtown Credo has poured its last coffee inside the Church Street Exchange. Locations in College Park, the Health Village and North Quarter remain open … Zona Fresca has closed.

EVENTS Tickets to one of our favorite events, the annual Field to Feast Dinner at Long & Scott Farms, are now on sale. The open-air dine-around features chefs from numerous Disney restaurants serving dishes paired with wine, beer, and cocktails selected by master sommelier George Miliotes. The event runs from 3-6 p.m. Feb. 17. Cost is $175. It always sells out, so get your tickets while you can … Seito Sushi Baldwin Park will host Talley Vineyards for a special wine dinner Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. The sevencourse meal goes for $135 per person … Thirty of your favorite local brewers gather together for the Central Florida Brewer’s Fest Feb. 3 from 1-5 p.m. at the Seminole Harley-Davidson. Cost is $40. Got restaurant dish? Send tips to dining@orlandoweekly.com

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On the heels of Seito Sushi and Osprey Tavern, Jason and Sue Chin give us a Mexican concept that, thankfully, isn’t tired. True flavors from various regions of Mexico come out in such dishes as duck breast with mole negro, tostadas with yellowfin tuna or braised short rib, wonderfully moist tamales, and fried yuca with carnitas. Don’t pass on veg chile rellenos stuffed with beans, queso Oaxaca and grilled corn, or red chile enchiladas with short rib and pumpkin. Taco lovers: Indulge in the wild Argentine shrimp, and don’t forget to ask your server to doubletortilla it. Open daily. 821 N. Orange Ave., 407-868-9007; $$$

market on magnolia

The former Frank & Stein’s spot now houses three fast-casual concepts. Da Kine Poke’s second location serves up signature and custom poke bowls; 081 Wood Fired Pizza’s pies are stellar (don’t miss the Vegetale pie); and finally, a downtown outpost of Gnarly Barley’s not-to-be-missed sandwiches and salads. Also, find a full row of local and regional microbrews along the north wall flanked by sportsball-spewing TVs. 150 S. Magnolia Ave., 407-412-9230; $$

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Part butchery, part eatery, this Virginia Drive meat house offers all the interesting cuts flesh-starved gastronomes crave, as well as a menu showcasing locally procured meats. Burger purists ought to try their hefty medium-rare burger (the juice will fly), while sausage hounds will have a field day with any of the available offerings, be it the currywurst, chicken nugget or, our fave, twin venison sausages stuffed inside a New England roll. Bonus: They open for breakfast too. Closed Mondays. 728 Virginia Drive, 407-598-0700; $$

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pabellón criollo arepa holds the holy trinity of shredded beef, black beans and sweet plantains, along with plenty of white cheese. Milkshakes are towering and ridiculous, but so is the torta tres leches served with a vanilla ice cream cone and a syringe of condensed milk. Be still my beating (for now) heart. 7600 Dr. Phillips Blvd., 407-723-8351; $$

too much sauce

This Mills Park spot gives patrons the option to build their own bowls or choose from a list of signature combinations. Top the Luau Pork bowl with a fried egg for a Big Island-inspired brunch. Swig Stubborn craft pop from the soda fountain and try a flight of hot sauces from the 11 on offer – carrying planks are provided to make the trek from table to bar easier. 1430 N. Mills Ave., 407-270-7747; $

antonio’s ristorante

This Maitland mainstay has been around for nearly three decades but it’s better than ever, thanks to creative and artistically plated dishes courtesy of executive chef Patrick Tramontana. Long-stem artichokes wrapped in crispy prosciutto and stuffed with goat cheese are as magnificent to eat as they are to behold. Entrée masterpieces include the braised lamb shank served with Parmesan-sweet pea risotto and oak wood-grilled mutton snapper with mushroom risotto and basil-pesto crème fraîche. Be sure to stop by the downstairs gourmet market on your way out. 611 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, 407-645-5523; $$$

BBB tofu house

Soondubu, the fiery Korean soup of pillowy silken tofu, is BBB’s raison d’être, and you won’t find a better bowl of it anywhere else in the city. Reddened and rippling with fumes from chili powder and paste, the heady broth is simply magical. Seven soups ranging from “original beef” to seafood to kimchi are offered, though ordering any of their combo meals (you’ll do well to get the galbi) will score you a bowl of the house soondubu with shrimp, clams and squid. Don’t overlook the bibimbap or the Korean seafood pancake – both are spectacular. Closed Wednesdays. 5140 W. Colonial Drive, 407-723-8299; $$

orange county Brewers/orlando Pizza and wing co.

The downtown core’s sole craft brewery sets the bar high with a nice selection of beers (try the Green Tea IPA and Percolator Milk Stout) alongside a worthy offering of Neapolitan-style pizzas and some of the best smoked jumbo chicken wings offered in the city. Open daily. 131 N. Orange Ave., 407-914-2831; $$ n

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[ film + tv ] Day-Lewis imbues him with an elegance that almost gaslights you in the same way that he does with Alma almost immediately after they meet: like you can’t believe he just said or did such an appalling thing, and surely you’ve misheard or misunderstood. “You look beautiful,” he tells her gently one evening out, which sounds lovely – until you realize that he’s complimenting himself: He designed and tailored the dress she’s wearing especially for her. Reynolds is a serene monster. (The actor says this will be his last performance, that he’s retiring from acting. I’ll only believe that when he never acts again. But if he sticks to it, he will have gone out on the highest note of an extraordinary career of creating characters that indelibly stamp themselves on your imagination.) Alma seems a fragile, flighty thing when Reynolds first meets her, as a clumsy, awkward waitress in a restaurant. Her framing of the story as one of giving herself entirely over to Reynolds is suddenly deeply worrying to us: Is this going to be another dreadful tale of a woman subsumed to a man, sacrificed to his creativity? Is this going to be another Mother!? Fortunately, Phantom Thread is not. Anderson doesn’t deny that a man like Reynolds will certainly attempt to mold women to his needs and take from them Daniel Day-Lewis retires on a high note in Paul Thomas without giving back, but the filmmaker has Anderson’s Phantom Thread given us a story in which the women are fully aware of what that man is doing, and By Maryann Joha n son have agendas of their own, are seizing their hat even is fashion? I’m talking fact. Some films merely blend genre or defy own power from the situation. Manville’s about high fashion here – as genre: Phantom Thread leaves you unsure and Krieps’ performance are masterpieces Paul Thomas Anderson is in which genres are even going to come into of subtlety and diversion, and in a movie Phantom Thread – not the everyday ideas play before it goes on to blend and defy that immerses you in a world that is both about, say, what sort of sneaker is cool at the ones it settles on. The film’s opening as expansive as London society in the 1950s the moment, but the world of haute cou- moments, depicting Reynolds going about and as intimate as their home-cum-atelier, ture, of catwalks, of rail-thin models who his fastidious morning toilette, shouldn’t they move about with the assuredness that serve as hangers for the clothing they wear. be so eerie, except that Jonny Greenwood’s they are the heroines of their own stories. Is it art? Is it power? Is it manipulation? Is sly score makes it so … and then we’re (And they are.) This is a movie where you could easily with Alma, speaking to someone unknown it abandon? Is it control? It’s all of those things in this conundrum offscreen, in a conspiratorial, confessional go back and rewatch it three times, each time paying sole attenof a film, and the mystery of the strange- sort of way, and this tion to just one of the ness of the people at the heart of it could is eerie. The film, we three central characbe the phantom thread that binds all those see, is going to be a PHanToM THReaD ters, and each time be notions together, and all of them together. flashback illustrating Now playing wholly convinced that This triad of designer Reynolds Woodcock how “Reynolds has it is that person’s story (Daniel Day-Lewis), his sister and business made [her] dreams alone. And each time, partner, Cyril (Lesley Manville), and his come true,” and how you would still find that new lover and muse, Alma (Vicky Krieps) she has given him nothing here is what you – they are a tangle of quiet passive-aggres- “what he desires think it is going to be. sion and overt contempt; they provoke and most … every piece of placate one another in turn; they play a me.” She looks blissful, but why does that That’s a rare thing for a film to achieve, to not telegraph where it is going to take round robin of dominance and submis- sound ominous? Reynolds is a terrible man, we soon learn, you. But to feel as if you’re caught up in an sion, and run a relay race of awfulness as they trade off playing the role of the worst who insults women in the same breath unknowable mystery on a second or third among them. They are wickedly fascinating in which he flatters them (we’d call that go? (I’ve seen the film twice now.) That’s negging) and believes that avoiding being simply extraordinary. in a way that sneaks up on you. The whole movie sneaks up on you, in “deceitful” makes him a decent person. Yet feedback@orlandoweekly.com

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49 Pulses Documentary film about the Pulse nightclub shooting from director Charlie Minn. Opens Friday, through Feb. 2; Premiere Cinema 14 Fashion Square, 735 Herndon Ave.; contact for price; 407-896-1132; 49pulses.com. Cult Classics: Malcolm X Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated drama illuminates the life of black nationalist Malcolm X (Denzel Washington), following him from his early days in prison to his conversion to Islam and discovery of Elijah Mohammad’s Nation of Islam writings. Tuesday, 9 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $8; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. More Q Than a: Dancer in the Dark Lars von Trier’s musical about a factory worker (Björk) trying to hide her worsening eyesight in order to keep her job. Wednesday, 7 pm; The Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Ave.; $5$7; avalongallery.org. Peanut Butter Matinee: Shrek Tongue-in-cheek fairytale about an ogre who must fight an eviction notice by “rescuing” a princess. Sunday, noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; free-$8; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. The rich Weirdoes Present: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Screening of the cult classic with a shadow cast, props and callbacks. Friday-Saturday, 11:15 pm; AMC CityWalk, 6000 Universal Blvd.; $11; richweirdoes.com. 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 Thursday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $11; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. They Live! John Carpenter’s 1988 sci-fi thriller about a group of outcasts who discover that the world is being run by capitalist aliens. Wednesday, 8 pm; Gods & Monsters, 5421 International Drive; free; godmonsters.com. Trapped In The Trade: Film Viewing and Discussion A docudrama that shines a light on the world of human trafficking. Wednesday, 6:30 pm; Edgewater Library, 5049 Edgewater Drive; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure

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This WeeK: Maze Runner: The Death Cure It’s always helpful when a movie’s title tells you right up front what it’s going to take to MAKE IT STOP. You may have thought the genre of dystopian YA fiction was deader than a doornail at the multiplex. But that was just because the release of the third Maze Runner flick had been delayed a year after an on-set accident caused damage to star Dylan O’Brien’s face. (“Pussy!” – Mark Hamill. “What’s a face?” – Henry Cavill.) In the story, our young heroes have to venture into a walled metropolis in order to rescue one of their captured comrades. Sounds meaty, right? Enough to squeeze at least a couple of flicks out of, Hunger Games style, even though the source novel was a single volume? Well, director Wes Ball nixed that approach early on – even before second installment The Scorch Trials underperformed at the box office, raising big question marks about the long-term viability of the franchise. Which might be a shame, given that advance reviews of Death Cure indicate Ball has developed into a fairly adept director of on-screen action. Still, I spy an out here: There are two prequel books in the series just waiting to be mined for material if the moviegoing audience falls in love with O’Brien’s face all over again. (Which would technically count as falling in love for the first time, but whatever.) And even if they don’t, there’s always TV, as the Divergent saga

proved by limping off to Starz after its multiplex following diverged from giving a shit. So maybe in a year or so, we’ll be seeing these maze-crazy kids scurrying around on Reelz or something. Better protect that grill, Dylan, just in case.

also Playing: Mary and the Witch’s Flower A bunch of Miyazaki disciples made this traditionally hand-animated feature, adapted from an English children’s book of the 1970s. Its heroine is a young girl who is whisked away to a school for witches after discovering a blue flower that gives its holder magic powers for 12 hours. Yeah, Aaron Paul tried to sell me something like that once. Paul isn’t among the Western actors who provided voices for the stateside version of this Japanese-made film. But Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent are, along with Ruby Barnhill, star of The BFG. And this is where I get into trouble. See, Katie Way, author of the nowinfamous Babe.net article about Aziz Ansari, has tweeted that “Watching dubbed anime is racist.” And since, like all good Americans, I have rapidly elevated Way to a guru status second only to that of Oprah, I really have to rethink my interest in seeing this movie. On second thought, she could merely have been kidding; who ever knows for sure with that scamp? I guess I’ll just have to think about it over a nice glass of wine. (Red, of course. Thanks for asking.) orlandoweekly.com

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Great live music rattles OrlandO eVerY nIGHt Joy lane new and impressive electro/post-punk project heads to Lou’s as part of a bill including the Coven, Laghima and the Filthy Dineros. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Uncle Lou’s, free

Dearest Local loop/soundscape instrumentalist who recently impressed opening up for Perfume Genius shares the stage with locals volcanist and zigtebra from Chicago. 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at Iron Cow, $5

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success with its children’s albums, beginning with the 2004 release No! Three of the children’s albums have gone gold. The group’s music has been distincThey Might Be Giants face the challenges of staying creative tive from the start – a catchy and at times quirky brand of wide-ranging pop accomafter more than three decades panied by clever and sometimes brainy By AlAn Sculley lyrics. That general blueprint remains intact on I Like Fun, an excellent effort that evokes both the early and more recent ohn Linnell of They Might Be Giants up and running for the first part of 2018. “We don’t have enough (songs) yet to fill They Might Be Giants sound. Linnell says one of the group’s key goals has been to not repeat themselves and the whole year,” Linnell admits. “But the feels he, Flansburgh and the other band bring something new to virtually every idea is we’re going to keep feeding the pile members met the goal of not repeating themselves musically on I Like Fun. “I song he and his partner in the band, John and keep the quality as high as possible.” Chances are Linnell and Flansburgh would say most of the songs on the album Flansburgh, write and record. But he concedes that 35-plus years into the group’s will succeed just fine in meeting the week- are, they don’t to me sound like retreads career, it gets harder and harder to meet ly song demands of Dial-A-Song. Over of stuff we’ve already done,” Linnell their history in They Might Be Giants, enthuses. that goal. For the tour in support of the new “I mean, it’s easier said than done, obvi- they have been one of the more prolific album, the five memously,” says Linnell. “It’s a big challenge. acts going. I Like Fun is bers of They Might Be But we take it seriously. We’re not just the 20th studio album Giants will be joined blowing smoke. I think we feel like in a (including several chilTHey MIGHT Be GIAnTS by trumpeter/multiway that is the job: Say something new. dren’s albums) since 8 p.m. Thursday, jan. 25 instrumentalist Curt We’ve already written all these songs. Linnell and Flansburgh The Beacham, 46 n. Orange ave. Ramm. The show will There’s absolutely no call to write the started They Might 407-246-1419 feature fan favorites, same songs over again. One of the reasons Be Giants as a duo in thebeacham.com some deep tracks that it gets harder and harder is we’ve written 1982. (They brought on $22-$35 haven’t been aired so many songs. And then the other reason additional band memmuch on earlier tours is it’s always been hard and we’re getting bers in 1992; guitarist and a healthy selection older, so we maybe have to work harder to Dan Miller and bassist Danny Weinkauf have been on board since of songs from I Like Fun. reach the same goal.” Linnell knows emphasizing the new The challenge to stay fresh musically 1998, while drummer Marty Beller joined material is a bit of a risk for an older act, isn’t stopping the two Johns in their quest in 2004.) They Might Be Giants enjoyed a few but he hopes the show will please hardto create new material. In fact, they’re about to relaunch their signature “Dial- brushes with mainstream success in their core and casual fans alike: “It’s a challenge A-Song” programming. This will entail first decade. “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” for people to go see their favorite band posting a new song every week as part of from the group’s platinum-certified third and be subjected to a whole bunch of new album, 1989’s Flood, was a Top Five mod- material that maybe they’re not that into. each weekly segment of the show. What’s more, on Jan. 19, their fans got 15 ern rock hit, while “Ana Ng,” “Twisting” So we have to make the case, basically. new songs via the new studio album, I Like and “The Statue Got Me High” also We’re trying to make the argument that Fun. Linnell says he and Flansburgh have charted in the modern rock Top 25. More the new stuff is good.” a stack of songs ready to keep Dial-A-Song recently, the group has found considerable music@orlandoweekly.com

Überbahn none more cold! Wintery wax aplenty at the only minimal synth night you’re gonna find in Florida anywhere north of, say, Miami. 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at the Falcon, free

Bummerville Daniel Lynch from Savannah scum rockers

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Cray Bags decamped to Chicago awhile back, but will return to the South, if only momentarily, leading his Bummerville band on some touring. 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at Uncle Lou’s, $5

creeper new U.K. horror-punk upstarts are getting the look and the sound down to a ghoulishly good sonic proposition. (More alien Sex Fiend vibes, pls.) 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Plaza Live, $22-$57

Majid Jordan Fast-rising Canadian r&B twosome keep it fucking sleek, chrome-clean and ridiculously romantic. romancin’ music for replicants and cyborgs (compliment). 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, at the Beacham, $27.50-$130

G3 2018 joe Satriani! john Petrucci of Dream Theater! and … Phil Collen of Def Leppard?? Hopefully Collen will show his shredder tourmates the virtues of reining it in and maybe just focusing on the song. (The main riff on “Photograph” will still fuck you up.) 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Hard Rock Live, $53

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BY B AO L E - H U U KaIa Kater | photo by James Dechert

NEW VENUE PEEK: IRON COW

You can read my review of Rocko English and .org online, but the bigger story is this fresh spot. You’ll see something like this from me an unusual amount this year because of the mass infusion of new venues due to contend in the near future. It’s an unprecedented bumper crop that also includes Blackstar, Odd Jobs, the Vanguard, Soundbar, the Veranda Live and whatever’s going to happen at the old Copper Rocket, and it’s a tectonic development that’s exciting enough just in itself. First out of the gate is Iron Cow, the brand-new Milk District hang just opened by the Sandwich Bar ownership. Located next door in a much bigger space, the warehouse-chic Cow is the most cavernous room on the typically small-scale strip. With its unvarnished art edge, though, its aesthetic is in perfect step with the young new Orlando – it’s Milk District through and through. It’s a beer bar, with a small food menu even. But most notable is that it seems poised to feature more live music events – maybe more than the DJ-centric Sandwich Bar – with a real stage and all. Already, happenings that have popped up on its calendar include dueling pianos with Lounge Diggaz and events by noted scene-makers like Body//Talk and Ugly Orange’s Nicole Dvorak. One thing about the open warehouse setup, though, is that the hard materiality of the space (concrete floor, block walls) can give the sound less-than-warm garage acoustics. It wasn’t a distraction, but it could be improved. A nice touch, however, are the gender-neutral bathrooms. With the setting and the space, Iron

In today’s landscape, Kaia Kater’svoice isn’t just timely, it’s necessary. Being young, black and female makes her a triple threat of relevance. But being excellent is what makes her an imperative.

Cow has the elements to be both an anchor and a magnet for the district, which should be hot news and a dinner bell for those enterprising culture-makers looking for more clay to shape the scene.

KAIA KATER, THE PLAZA LIVE, JAN. 17

The young Kaia Kater was the latest feature in the second season of the bright, intersectional Women in Song series presented by the Orlando Philharmonic. On paper alone – a biracial Québécois of African-Caribbean descent – Kater comes with the automatic potential to be one of the most distinctive and current figures in folk music today. But it’s her talent that makes it actual. This appearance was Kater’s first time to Florida, professional or otherwise. For it, she performed a set of songs ranging from original to traditional to ones written by family members. With just accompa-

nist Andrew Ryan on double bass, the glow of her old-time banjo style and jazzworthy voice had appropriate space to radiate. As is the signature of the Women in Song series, she got the orchestra treatment with a four-string quartet from the Orlando Phil (including conductor Eric Jacobsen himself ) to give her full wing for a four-song stretch. While many take the same exact tools and spin cute, fresh-faced sugar – or worse, novelty – Kater keeps the haunt of the hills in the marrow of her work, no doubt the result of her years spent studying music in the heart of Appalachia. Her grasp of the American roots is deep and authentic, capturing not just its simple grace but also its harrowing undercurrent. Although undeniably fresh in sound, her music’s got old, ungentrified soul. And like the best, truest folk music has always done, it mines the diamond that emerges from the crush of this mortal coil. Forget about what the predominantly white male face of popular folk music tells you. From her seemingly modern lens as a person of color, Kater actually has more access to the traditional folk perspective that comes from the real rather than the ideal. And she aims it point-blank at contemporary street-level social issues like in “Rising Down,” a song influenced by Black Lives Matter that she dedicated here to gone-too-young activist Erica Garner. In today’s landscape, Kater’s voice isn’t just timely, it’s necessary. Being young, black and female makes her a triple threat of relevance. But being excellent is what makes her an imperative. And in easily one of the best editions of the Women in Song series yet, Kater showed that she’s as next as it gets. baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com

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Friday-Sunday, Jan. 26-28

Images: A Festival of the Arts ART

Art transcends media. Every time we scroll down our social media feed we see various art forms, people living out their creative dreams in a space that builds connections across platforms. This weekend, New Smyrna Beach will have booths filled with individuals aiming to display their art to patrons and make some dough while doing so. Along with browsing everything from paintings to ceramics to woodcarving, attendees can participate in interactive exhibits with takeaway projects, or grab a bite to eat and catch some live music. This one’s worth the trip. – Shayla Phillips 1-5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday | Riverside Park, 214 S. Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach | imagesartfestival.org | free

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Friday, Jan. 26

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club MUSIC

Over the course of a steady career of nearly two decades, this rubber-burning California rock gang has risen from the cult of bands that kneel at the Jesus & Mary Chain altar to become one of the most successful, enduring and distinguished of their class. Their octane was clear from birth, and it rocketed them into the indie spotlight early on. But Black Rebel Motorcycle Club eventually learned to give it depth and longevity by funneling their attack through the American roots to finally forge a real signature of their own, one as steeped in dark blues as it is in noisy underground rock. It’s a slick black ooze that’s ridden grease and swagger to the top. Now, they’re out on the thrust of their first new album in five years (Wrong Creatures) to pump their big kick with fresh blood. They don’t come here often, so don’t sleep. And show up early to get well into the mood with the dark, garage-scuffed psych-rock of Seattle’s Night Beats. – Bao Le-Huu with Night Beats | 6 p.m. | The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave. | thebeacham.com | $26

Friday-Sunday, Jan. 26-28

Riverdance DANCE

8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Sunday | Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave. | 844-513-2014 | drphillipscenter.org | $34.25-$99.25

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OUR PICKS FOR THE BEST EVENTS THIS WEEK

The pitter-patter of little Irish feet caused a sensation back in the 1990s when Riverdance, a high-concept Irish step dancing revue, became an international hit after premiering during the 1994 Eurovision competition. The PBS staple was credited with packing previously barren step dancing classes, and launching the career of Chicagoborn dancer Michael Flatley, the original star of the show. This 20th anniversary tour (don’t look too closely at their math) comes to the U.S. after selling out across Europe and Asia, proving that the odd pleasure of watching dozens of people hopping up and down in unison is a cultural constant. – Thaddeus McCollum

Friday, Jan. 26

Joshua Johnson EVENTS

When Joshua Johnson stepped in to fill the hole left by the departure of our beloved Diane Rehm, we were wary. Could anyone really replace that goddess of the airwaves? But we were won over, gradually at first and then suddenly in the summer of 2017, as he tackled the Charlottesville riot and the nationwide debate over Confederate statues not just gracefully but like a boss. He’s got the radio journalist’s essential knack of being able to find common verbal ground with anyone – even an odious racist – yet also demand, and receive, respect. (We also appreciate how the logo of his show, “1A,” resembles the “100” emoji … we see you, Joshua, and you are definitely keeping it 100.) At this appearance, Johnson may revisit his shows covering Sanford and Trayvon Martin from last year, or – hey, there’s no shortage of issues to discuss these days, right? #blessed – Jessica Bryce Young 7 p.m. | WMFE Studio, 11510 E. Colonial Drive | 407-514-1750 | wmfe.org | $20-$35 | $39.75-$180

Friday, Jan. 26

Norsekorea Seventh Anniversary Party MUSIC

Has it already been seven years? (No matter, time is an illusion anyway, right?) The Holy Number seems to be a watershed year for local underground booker Norsekorea, with truly seismic shows on the hoof from Big Freedia, KRS-One, Soft Kill and Dead Boys set for the coming months. In the meantime, though, Friday is a night to celebrate Norsekorea head Kyle Raker and company’s hard work up to this point along with some of Orlando’s finest and loudest. Scene breakouts Golden Pelicans and Sh-Booms join up with Woolly Bushmen and Sick Dogs at the Norsekorea unofficial homebase of Will’s to blast straight through the past and on into a possibility-laden future. – Matthew Moyer with Golden Pelicans, Sh-Booms, Woolly Bushmen, Sick Dogs | 8 p.m. | Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. | willspub.org | $7-$10

Saturday, Jan. 27

Pulse Town Halls CIVICS

As Orlando still heals from Pulse a year and a half later, local leaders are starting to have discussions on what to do with the site of the massacre. One such discussion will take place this weekend as the onePULSE Foundation starts its series of community meetings to get the public’s input on the future memorial dedicated to the lives lost in the 2016 mass shooting at the gay nightclub. A task force from the organization and Pulse owner Barbara Poma will lead the hourlong conversations that will take place in Orlando and Kissimmee over the next few months. The organization plans to honor the 49 victims, survivors, families and first responders with a permanent memorial and museum. People who attend the meeting this weekend will get an update on the results of an online survey and an overview of what the interim memorial will look like. There will also be an opportunity to provide ideas and ask questions about the project. – Monivette Cordeiro 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Orange County Library Alafaya Branch, 12000 E. Colonial Drive | onepulsefoundation.org | free

Sunday, Jan. 28

NFL Pro Bowl SPORTS

Here’s an oft-asked question: Are you ready for some football? The regular season may be said and done and the playoffs well underway, with the two teams competing in the Super Bowl having been decided this past weekend (good try, Jags), but the best of the best have yet to face off against each other in the annual Pro Bowl. So don’t put your upper-case “D” and small section of fence lattice away just yet, because this season won’t be over until the echo of the referee’s final whistle. – Xander Peters 3 p.m. | Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place | 407-440-5700 | campingworldstadium.com | $55-$225

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wedneSday, Jan. 24-TueSday, Jan. 30 CoMpiled By ThaddeuS MCColluM

MuSiC wedneSday, Jan. 24 andy Frasco & the U.n., Kevin Maines 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$10. Eugene Snowden’s Ten Pints of Truth 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Jeff Rupert Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. Joylane, the Coven, Filthy deniros, Laghima, Pig Pen 8 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; free; 407-270-9104. The Killers, alex Cameron 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; SOLD OUT; 407-351-5483.

ThurSday, Jan. 25 drowning Pool, adelitas Way, Joyous Wolf 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $15.25; 407-934-2583.

The Killers Wednesday at Hard Rock Live

Leisure Chief 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540. Line Upon Line 8 pm; University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; free; 407-823-1500.

Ces Cru, the Palmer Squares 8 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; $20-$25; 407-999-2570.

Uberbahn 10 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060.

Mason Jennings 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $17-$20; 407-246-1419.

Collide Series: null-State 8 pm; University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; free; 407-823-1500.

The Velvet Sessions: Everclear 6:30 pm; Hard Rock Hotel, Universal Orlando; $35-$60; 407-503-7625.

Metal night: dJ VJ 9 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-423-3060. Ritual 10 pm; Vinyl Arts Bar, 75 E. Colonial Drive; free. The Rotten Mangos, the Welzeins, Bubble Boys, dancing Bones 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $6-$8. They Might Be Giants 8 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $22-$35; 407-648-8363.

Friday, Jan. 26 The Bella donna Project (Stevie nicks Tribute) 9:30 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $12; 407-704-6261. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, night Beats 6 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $26; 407-648-8363. 42

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darell, nio Garcia, Casper 12:30 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $10-$15; 407-504-7699. Felly, Gyyps, Trip Carter 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $20-$60; 407-246-1419. Gatorbone 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. nirvanna, the Mark, Tom & Travis Show, Sounds of Seattle 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $8.75; 407-934-2583. norse Korea’s Seventh anniversary: Golden Pelicans, the Sh-Booms, the Woolly Bushmen, Sick dogs 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $7-$10. Thompson-Browne 8:30 pm; Roque Pub, 3076 Curry Ford Road; free; 407-985-3778.

yonder Mountain String Band, old Salt Union 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $22.50-$39.50; 407-228-1220.

SaTurday, Jan. 27 alien Techno night: dJay, Tango, Kapachino, Salerno 10 pm; Peek Downtown, 50 E. Central Blvd. Suite B; free. Beth McKee & Band 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. Bloody Jug Band 5 pm; Sanford Brewing Company, 400 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free. Boosie Badazz 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $30-$100; 407-504-7699. Bummerville, Tight Genes, Backpages, Brunch Sluts 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.

Brass Tap Third anniversary holy land experience Free day Yes, the focus of this column, as stated up at the top there, is “drinking, nightlife and parties,” but hear us out. The Holy Land Experience only offers free admission one day a year as part of a sweetheart deal cooked up by religious zealot Daniel Webster back when he was a state senator. The deal exempts HLE from paying property taxes and negates the significant portion of back taxes it owed beforehand. So if you care about things like the separation of church and state, or corporations paying their fair share, it’s basically your duty to get as many of your friends together to chug wine (canonically Jesus’ favorite drink) in the parking lot and get thrown out of the park for hitting on the Big J.C. Because the only way the Trinity Broadcasting Network is going to pay those taxes on that prime piece of real estate is if it’s too much of a pain in the stigmata to run the free admission day every year. Do your duty. 10 a.m. Thursday; The Holy Land Experience, 4655 Vineland Road; free; holylandexperience.com Barks, Bubbles and Brews College Park’s Cavanaugh’s Wines hosts a pet-friendly drinktogether this week. Bring your pooch and receive a free gift bag from Woof! Orlando filled with treats, coupons and other swag. Then practice your sommelier skills on a wide selection of vino. Because if you didn’t get drunk with your floofer, how would they know who’s the good dog? 5 p.m. Friday; Cavanaugh’s Wines, 1215 Edgewater Drive; free; cavwines.com Brass Tap’s Third anniversary Mills Park’s only craft beer bar, the Brass Tap, celebrates three years of that patio life with a huge selection of special brews. Grab a spot, attach your kid or dog to a stake on the lawn, and get into a serious session with selections like Cigar City’s Beoir Le Caife, Funky Buddha’s Morning Wood, and Evil Twin’s Imperial Biscotti Break. Noon Saturday; The Brass Tap – Mills Park, 1632 N. Mills Ave.; free; brasstapbeerbar.com/ millspark

love Fest Celebrate your love of Mills 50 at this outdoor block party outside Quantum Leap Winery. Enjoy live music and DJs while browsing the wares of local craftspeople and sampling cocktails from the Guesthouse, beer from Ten10 and wine from Quantum Leap. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday; Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive; free; mills50.org

Dr. Dog April 13 at the Plaza Live Lana del Rey, Feb. 2 at Amway Center

Rodriguez, Feb. 25 at the Plaza Live

diana Krall, Feb. 3 at the Dr. Phillips Center

andrea Gibson, March 1 at the Social

adam ant, Feb. 3 at the Beacham Rufus Wainwright, Feb. 7-8 at the Dr. Phillips Center Excision, Feb. 11 at House of Blues John Moreland, Feb. 13 at the Social Bebel Gilberto, Feb. 14 at the Dr. Phillips Center Gordon Lightfoot, Feb. 14 at Plaza Live

Coast Modern, March 1 at the Social Fleet Foxes, March 3 at House of Blues Indigo Girls, March 6 at the Plaza Live Jason Mraz, March 13 at the Dr. Phillips Center Little dragon, March 14 at the Beacham Celebrating david Bowie, March 15 at the Plaza Live

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Mike & the Mechanics, March 19 at the Plaza Live

The Black angels, Black Lips, April 16 at the Beacham

dead Boys, March 23 at Will’s Pub

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, April 18 at the Dr. Phillips Center

yacht Rock Revue, March 23 at House of Blues

Minus the Bear, April 20 at the Beacham

alice Cooper, March 24 at Hard Rock Live dashboard Confessional, March 25 at House of Blues

Pink, April 24 at Amway Center Ministry, April 26 at Hard Rock Live Clean Bandit, April 28 at the Beacham

Betty Who, March 29 at the Social Miguel, March 29 at the Plaza Live Buddy Guy, April 6 at House of Blues

Lights, Feb. 21 at the Beacham

anita Baker, March 16 at the Dr. Phillips Center

oMd, April 12 at the Beacham

KRS-one, Feb. 24 at the Abbey

dan Rather, March 17 at Hard Rock Live

dr. dog, April 13 at the Plaza Live

yanni, April 30 at the Dr. Phillips Center new Found Glory, May 17 at House of Blues Peter Hook & the Light, June 3 at the Plaza Live

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Monday, Jan. 29

Vice President Joe Biden e V e n TS

Sorry, Mike Pence. We’re gonna let you finish (are we?), but Joe Biden is the greatest Veep of all – well, the past 10 years anyway. The veteran senator from Delaware was a breath of fresh air when he took over the spot in 2009, showing more likability than Dick Cheney, more personality than Al Gore and more smarts than Dan Quayle. Even President Barack Obama fell under his charm, and the two became bros-for-life during Biden’s tenure in the Naval Observatory. And while “Diamond Joe” sat out the 2016 election, we can’t help but wonder if this talking tour – ostensibly to promote his new memoir, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose (Flatiron Books), is testing the waters for a run at the White House in 2020. In the words of Biden himself, “This is a big fucking deal.” – Thaddeus McCollum 7 p.m. | Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave. | 844-513-2014 | drphillipscenter.org | $68-$325

Cheryl anderson 8 pm; Aloma Bowl, 2530 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-671-8675. Christian arango, Carlos Mendoza, Many Faces 10 pm; Vinyl Arts Bar, 75 E. Colonial Drive; $5. Control This 9 pm; Sloppy Taco Palace, 4892 S. Kirkman Road; free; 407-574-6474. dashiki dance Party 10 pm; Three Masks, 1023 W. Colonial Drive; $15-$20.

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The Met Live in Hd: Tosca 12:55 pm; Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production of Puccini’s opera offers a splendid backdrop for extraordinary singing. Multiple locations; $25.56; fathomevents.com. Miguel Jose 6:30 pm; Four Rebels American Taco Kitchen, 1618 N. Mills Ave.; free; 407-601-6575. nF 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $27.50-$58.75; 407-934-2583.

Free Planet Radio, Gustavo Santaolalla & Virginia Schenck 7:30 pm; Tiedtke Concert Hall, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2000.

Torque: Circle K, Collaborator, BLR, aaron Bong, the amen Bros. 10 pm; The Swirlery, 1508 E. Michigan St.; contact for price; 407-270-6300.

Hungover, Telltale, the year I disappear, Fingerstripes 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $8-$10.

Twen, the Grizzly atoms, Reels, Computer date 8 pm; Henao Contemporary Center, 5601 Edgewater Drive; $7.

The World/Inferno Friendship Society 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $15; 407-246-1419. Zora! Fest: The Zapp Band, Lakeside, Chubb Rock, SFB 1 pm; Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School, East Kennedy Boulevard and Wymore Road, Eatonville; $20-$75.

Sunday, Jan. 28 ancient Sun 10:30 pm; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave.; free; 407-649-8540. The Fabulous Hubcaps 7:30-9 pm; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $23-$30; 407-321-8111. Guest artist Recital: Cosmos new Music 7:30 pm; University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; free; 407-823-1500. GWadCIP$ 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. In This Moment, P.o.d., new years day, ded 6:30 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $29-$35; 407-351-5483. Jamie younkin 2 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-636-9951. neck deep, Seaway, Creeper, Speak Low if you Speak Love 6 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $22-$57; 407-228-1220. young dolph 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $30-$100; 407-504-7699. Zora! Fest: Motown Tribute Review 10 am-5 pm; Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School, East Kennedy Boulevard and Wymore Road, Eatonville; $20-$60.

Monday, Jan. 29 The dangerous Summer, Microwave, the Band Camino 6 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $14-$16; 407-704-6261. Majid Jordan 7 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $27.50-$130; 407-648-8363. o’Rchard, Take Lead 8 pm; 64 North, 64 N. Orange Ave.; free; 321-245-7730.

TueSday, Jan. 30 dan Jordan Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. G3: Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Phil Collen 6 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $45-$85; 407-351-5483.

THEWEEK Guest artist Recital: h2/4 8 pm; H2/4 is saxophonists Jeffrey Loeffert and Jonathan Nichol, performing works from their first duo album, released in 2017. University of Central Florida Rehearsal Hall, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; free; 407-823-1500; ucf.edu. Joyride, Paperback, Sine Cura, MKnLy, Shurwood 7:30 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $8; 407-270-9104.

TheaTer Babes in Hollywood: The Music of Garland and Rooney A magical journey from the sound stages of Hollywood to the stages of Broadway, saluting the legendary musical careers of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. Friday, 7:30 pm, Saturday, 2 & 7:30 pm; Winter Park Playhouse, 711-C Orange Ave., Winter Park; $32-$42; 407-645-0145; winterparkplayhouse.org. Musical Thrones: A Parody of Ice and Fire Sing and dance along with Daenerys and her dragons, Tyrion, Joffrey and all the jolly members of the Lannister and Stark families in this love letter to fans. Friday, 8 pm, Sunday, 1:30 & 7 pm, Monday, 7:30 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $39.50-$49.50; drphillipscenter.org. Native Gardens A hilarious new comedy of good intentions and bad manners, revolving around a neighborly dispute over a fence line. Wednesday, 2 & 7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm, Sunday, 2 pm; Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, 812 E. Rollins St.; $25-$50; orlandoshakes.org. Pentecost A fresco that could revolutionize Western Art is unearthed in an abandoned church in Eastern Europe. The unexpected arrival of twelve refugees sets events spiraling toward an explosive climax. Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm, Sunday, 2 pm; Theatre UCF, 4000 Central Florida Blvd.; $20; 407-823-1500; theatre.cah.ucf.edu. Rumors Neil Simon farce about four couples trying to figure out what really happened when their host accidentally shoots himself. Friday-Saturday, 7:30 pm, Sunday, 3 pm; Central Florida Community Arts, 250 SW Ivanhoe Blvd.; $15-$25; 407-937-1800; cfcarts.com. The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife Contemporary and biting, the dreaded “mid-life crisis” is the pulse of this play’s heartbeat. Leading lady Marjory Taub lives an unsatisfying life of romantic opulence. Her luxurious and depressing life is suddenly knocked about after the arrival of an old friend. Thursday-Friday, 7:30 pm, Saturday, 2:30 & 7:30 pm, Sunday, 2:30 pm, Monday, 7:30 pm; Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St.; $16-$40; 407-297-8788; madcowtheatre.com. orlandoweekly.com

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THEWEEK CoMedy Behind Every Good Mic: The Roast of 2017 Six of Orlando’s funniest comedians rip apart 2017 with jokes, pictures and characters. Wednesday, 9 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; free; 407-456-2998; abbeyorlando.com. drunken Monkey open Mic Fridays, 8 pm; Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar, 444 N. Bumby Ave.; free; 407-8934994; drunkenmonkeycoffee.com. open Mic Comedy With Craig norberg Sundays, 8 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407975-3364; austinscoffee.com. other Bar open Mic with Ken Miller Mondays, 8 pm; The Other Bar, 18 Wall St.; free; 407-843-8595. Penguin Knife Fight Improv comedy troupe. Thursday, 8 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636. Shit Soup Weekly stand-up showcase. Wednesday, 9-11 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546.

Taco Bell Tuesdays Comedy show with free Taco Bell tacos with the purchase of a drink. Tuesdays, 9 pm; Backbooth, 37 W. Pine St.; free; 407-999-2570; backbooth.com. Trevor noah Saturday, 7 & 10 pm; Bob Carr Theater, 401 W. Livingston St.; SOLD OUT; 407-246-4262; drphillipscenter.org. Whose Climb Is It anyway? Launch Party Sketch comedy show from SAK Comedy Lab. Thursday, 5-9 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; free; 407-425-5864; climborlando.org.

danCe Riverdance: 20th anniversary Tour The Irish step dancing sensation returns to Amerikay. Friday, 8 pm, Saturday, 2 & 8 pm, Sunday, 1 & 6:30 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $34.25-$99.25; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org.

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art 101: Jewels of the Russian Empire Learn the history of ornate jewelry created in the Russian Empire. Wednesday, 6:30 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

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Banksy in Winter Haven Exhibition of an original piece of Banksy street art originally placed on a building in San Francisco. Saturday, noon-9 pm; Outer Space Art Gallery and Studio, 230 Ave. C SW, Winter Haven; free; 863-845-2984; facebook.com/outerspacefl.

Paint Like Pollock Learn about the fascinating life of Jackson Pollock and create your own art inspired by his works. Registration required. Monday, 6:30 pm; Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St., Winter Garden; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

Brushing Up on Impressionism Learn about the masters of Impressionism, including Monet, Cassatt and Degas. Thursday, 6 pm, Saturday, 4 pm; SOBO Art Center, 127 S. Boyd St., Winter Garden; $15; 407-347-7996; wgart.org.

State of Excellence: Treasures From Florida Private Collections More than 100 works of art from outstanding private collections throughout the state of Florida, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and more. Opens Friday, 6:30 pm, through April 29; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org.

Coded Couture Presents 10 national and international designers who each use coding to convert a consumer’s personal information into a custom garment. Opens Saturday, through April 28; Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne; free; 321-674-8313; textiles.fit.edu. Images: a Festival of the arts Free outdoor art festival with hundreds of artists and vendors. Friday, 1-5 pm, Saturday, 9 am-5 pm, Sunday, 10 am-4 pm; Riverside Park, New Smyrna Beach, South Riverside Drive and Downing Street, New Smyrna Beach; free; atlanticcenterforthearts.org. no Borders art Competition: Marvel vs. dC Graffiti art competition themed around the comics rivalry. Saturday, 8 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; $8; 407-332-9636.

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100 years of american Prints From the Butler Institute of american art Through March 18; Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $10; 386-734-7341; moartdeland.org. Picturing War Through May 13; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu. Ria Brodell: Devotion Through May 13; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu.

Ruptures and Remnants: Selections from the Permanent Collection Through Dec. 31, 2020; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu. Towards Impressionism: Landscape Painting From Corot to Monet Through April 8; Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-646-2526; cfam.rollins.edu. A Trek From North to South Through Feb. 11; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $15; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Women of the Research Studio: Past & Present Through Feb. 18; Art & History Museums - Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Ave., Maitland; $6; 407-539-2181. yozo Hamaguchi: Master of the Mezzotint Through March 18; Museum of Art DeLand, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand; $10; 386-734-4371; moartdeland.org.

eVenTS acoustic Series: Liquid Vinyl Bottle Release Bottle release. Saturday, noon; Broken Cauldron Taproom & Brewery, 1012 W. Church St.; $15-$20 per bottle.

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adventure Hunt orlando Complete both funny and adventurous challenges that unlock a real life treasure map. Saturday, 9 am-3 pm; TBA; $25; adventurehunt.co.

Champagne Tasting Complimentary samples of four different sparkling wines. Friday, 6-9 pm; Urbain 40, 8000 Via Dellagio Way; free; 407-872-2640; urbain40.com.

Bad as’s Sandwich and deli Fresh Threads anniversary Party Bad As’s teams up with Deli Fresh Threads for a joint anniversary party. Sunday, 11 am-4 pm; Bad As’s Sandwich, 207 Primrose Drive; free; 407-757-7191.

an Evening With david Banner Live performance followed by a discussion with NPR’s Joshua Johnson. Saturday, 7:30 pm; Darden Auditorium, Rosen College of Hospitality Management; $35-$50; zorafestival.org.

Barks, Bubbles and Brews Bring your dog to the wine shop. Friday, 5 pm; Cavanaugh’s Fine Wines, 1215 Edgewater Drive; various menu prices.

The Exchange Red Carpet affair An exclusive networking event to kick off Pro Bowl weekend. Thursday, 7 pm; M Bar, 2000 N. Orange Ave.; $50; 407-385-0832; majorsbar.com.

Brass Tap Third anniversary Saturday, noon; Brass Tap, 1632 N. Mills Ave.; various menu prices; 407-270-9538; brasstapbeerbar.com/millspark. a Celebration of Harry Potter Three days of Harry Potter-themed events, celebrity appearances, panels, exhibits and more. Friday-Sunday; Universal Studios, 6000 Universal Blvd.; price of admission; 407-363-8000; universalorlando.com. Celebrities Bowl Party More than 40 celebrities from sports and entertainment pre-party for the Pro Bowl at Ace Cafe. Friday, 7:30 pm; Ace Cafe, 100 W. Livingston St.; $60-$2500; 858-727-3400; thebowlparty.com.

Joshua Johnson The host of NPR’s “1A” speaks. Optional meetand-greet follows. Friday, 7 pm; WMFE Studio, 11510 E. Colonial Drive; $20-$35; wmfe.org.

First and Goal Gala Guests enjoy fantastic food and drinks at this football-themed event, mingling and dancing while rubbing elbows with former NFL players and other VIPs. Saturday, 7-10 pm; Citrus Club, 255 S. Orange Ave.; $95-$125; firstandgoalgala.com. Free day at Holy Land Experience Thursday, 10 am-6 pm; The Holy Land Experience, 4655 Vineland Road; free; 407872-2272; holylandexperience.com.

Luke’s anniversary Patio Party A specially ticketed anniversary dinner with food, wine, cocktails and live music. Reservations required. Saturday, 11 am; Luke’s Kitchen & Bar, 640 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; contact for price; 407-674-2400; eatatlukes.com. orlando Toy and Comic Con Pop culture convention with comics artists, toys, art, vendors, activities and more. Sunday, 10 am-5 pm; Florida Hotel and Conference Center, 1500 Sand Lake Road; $15-$25; 407-859-1500. Playalinda Cupcake and Beer Pairing Limited seating. Wednesday, 6-9 pm; The Thirsty Topher, 601 Virginia Drive; contact for price; 407-451-4727; facebook.com/thethirstytopher.

Hair of the dog day Charity dog-friendly event. Sunday, 2-6 pm; The Thirsty Topher, 601 Virginia Drive; free; 407-491-4342; facebook.com/thethirstytopher.

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Semoran Skateway’s 40th Birthday Party Semoran Skateway rolls back prices to 1978 to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Tuesday, 6:30 pm; Semoran Skateway, 2670 Cassel Creek Blvd., Casselberry; $3-$4; 407-834-9106. Shaun King Writer and civil rights activist Shaun King delivers the keynote address for the Joseph C. Andrews Mentoring Celebration. Monday, 8 am; UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom, University of Central Florida; $35; bfsa-ucf.org. Three daughters Spotlight Multiple varieties of beer from Three Daughters Brewing from St. Petersburg. Wednesday, 7:30 pm; Brass Tap, 1632 N. Mills Ave.; various menu prices; 407-2709538; brasstapbeerbar.com/millspark. Vice President Joe Biden Vice President Joe Biden discusses his political career and personal life. Monday, 7 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $68-$325; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org. Vietnamese new year Festival Sample many special Vietnamese dishes while enjoying traditional music, dance and more. SaturdaySunday, 10 am; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; free; 407-295-3247. Winter Sky Festival Visitors are treated to telescope viewings of the moon, planets, and numerous galaxies, star clusters and nebulae of the winter sky. Saturday, 5-11 pm; Seminole State College Planetarium, 100 Weldon Blvd., Sanford; free; 407-708-2360; seminolestate.edu. Zora! Festival A week celebrating the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston, including everything from academic panels, concerts, an outdoor festival of the arts and more. Through Sunday; Downtown Eatonville, Kennedy Boulevard, Eatonville; free-$250; zorafestival.org.

learning documentary Filmmaker Charlie Minn Minn discusses his unique approach to filmmaking and his latest film, a documentary about Pulse. Wednesday, 6:15-7:30 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

CiViCS Rethinking the City A panel discussion about what transit equity, community organizing and climate change mean for Orlando’s future as an accessible, inclusive, healthy and sustainable city. Tuesday, 6:30 pm; CREDO Conduit, 1001 N. Orange Ave.; free; 321-348-8851; credoconduit.com.

THEWEEK liTerary Glenis Redmond Workshop Showcase Saturday, 8 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10; drphillipscenter.org. Meet the author: Sharon Robinson Sharon Robinson discusses and signs her book, The Hero Two Doors Down, based on a true story about her father, Jackie Robinson, and eight-year old Dodgers fan Steve Satlow. Thursday, 7 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-832-7323; ocls.info. oCLS Writers Conference Authors and publishing professionals teach workshops on both craft and business topics. Registration required. Saturday, 9:30 am-5 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

FaMily Connect With nature day Learn how everything in nature connects together with hands-on activities, crafts, a scavenger hunt, a live insect zoo and more. Saturday, 9 am-3 pm; Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave.; $10; 407-246-2620; leugardens.org. Multicultural Children’s Book day Multicultural Children’s Book Day is a national effort to raise awareness of kids’ books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these of books into classrooms and libraries. Sunday, 2-4 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.

SporTS Florida Hospital Lady Track Shack 5k An all-women’s 5k to celebrate women’s health and raise funds to provide early diagnosis for those in need. Saturday, 7:30 am; Loch Haven Park, 777 E. Princeton St.; $42-$48; 407-896-1160; trackshack.com. nFL Pro Bowl NFL football all-star game. Sunday, 3 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $45-$225; 407-4232476; campingworldstadium.com. Royal Rumble Party Viewing party for this year’s WWE Royal Rumble. Sunday, 6 pm; The Geek Easy, 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-332-9636. Trap yoga Combines the healing movement of yoga with the energy of trap music. Saturday, 11:30 am; DGBEK Studios, 4677 LB McLeod Road; $15; thehealerscollective.co. n

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My father left my mother abruptly when I was 14 years old, and he hasn’t contacted either of us since. It was a crushing blow for her, and she retreated from the world. She was never bitter about it, but it was devastating. She lost the love of her life for no apparent reason and was left completely alone, except for me. We have both done our best to forget about him. We were extremely close for the next four years and actually slept in the same bed every night. Eventually, we began doing something that most people would consider evil but neither of us has ever regretted. It was just something that happened. And it wasn’t something that just happened once – it went on for two years and ended only when I left to go to university. I haven’t thought about this for years, and it is something my mother and I have never discussed. She has since remarried and seems perfectly fine. But even today, we sometimes send each other friendly messages that are vaguely suggestive. The problem is I mentioned it to my wife recently and she went ballistic. She called me and my mother sick and moved into another bedroom and refuses to have sex with me. I wish I had never mentioned it, but it was part of a truth-or-dare session we were having. This has been the situation for the last three months. I have finally lost my patience and I am thinking of leaving. I have never cheated on my wife or hurt her, either physically or emotionally, and I have supported her financially while she studies at university. I have mentioned going to a counselor, but she refuses and claims that she is married to a monster and that no woman would want me. We don’t have any children – so if I were to leave, I wouldn’t be disrupting an innocent’s life. Do you have any advice? Truthful Revelation Unmakes Two Happy Spouses I’m not a professional counselor, TRUTHS, but I’m gonna climb out on a limb and say that a game of truth or dare isn’t the right time to reveal an incestuous sexual relationship with a parent. Dr. Hani Miletski and Dr. Joe Kort, on the other hand, are professionals: Dr. Miletski is a psychotherapist and a sex therapist, and Dr. Kort is a sex and relationship therapist. Both are certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and both are authors – Dr. Miletski literally wrote the book on the subject of mother-son incest: Mother-Son Incest: The Unthinkable Broken Taboo Persists. “There’s no wonder his wife is so upset,” says Dr. Miletski. “Sexual relations between mother and son are considered the most taboo form of incest.” Dr. Miletski told me it isn’t uncommon for a woman who has been abandoned by her husband to turn to an adolescent son for emotional comfort. 50

“These women are often very insecure and needy,” says Dr. Miletski. “Unbeknownst to the son – and sometimes to the mother – the son begins to feel responsible for his mother’s well-being and emotional support. The son becomes ‘parentified’ and is treated by his mother as a substitute husband. Occasionally, this close relationship between a mother and her son evolves into a sexual relationship, and the substitute husband becomes her lover as well. The situation described in this letter sounds exactly like that. And while I’m glad this man believes he has not been affected by this boundary violation, [the fact that he and his mother are] sending suggestive messages to each other may suggest otherwise.” Dr. Miletski prefers not to use terms like “abuse” or “trauma” unless the person involved uses those terms themselves – which you didn’t, TRUTHS, but I’m going to go ahead and use them. Here goes: You say you have no regrets, and you don’t mention feeling traumatized by the experience, but the absence of trauma doesn’t confer some sort of retroactive, after-the-fact immunity on your mother. She is responsible for her actions – actions that were abusive and highly likely to leave you traumatized. “In the mental-health field, we have a growing body of work showing that not everyone who is abused is necessarily traumatized,” says Dr. Kort. “I have seen countless men who have been sexually abused by their mothers who do not label it as abuse because they were not traumatized. But his mother seduced him, dismissing the sexual and emotional needs of a teenage boy. There is no other way to describe this other than abuse, however consensual he may have perceived it to be at the time.” But that was then, TRUTHS. What do you do about your situation now? “Unfortunately, I don’t think his wife will ever be able to put this revelation behind her,” says Dr. Miletski. “I think his best bet is to leave her, move on and seek therapy. A therapist will help him deal with the emotional upset of the breakup with his wife, as well as process what happened with his mother.” Dr. Kort sees some hope – albeit slim – for your marriage. “To gain empathy and compassion from his wife, TRUTHS should be willing to listen to her concerns, fear, and anger,” says Dr. Kort. “He also needs to invite her to have compassion and empathy for the vulnerable position he was in – but he cannot do that until he has some compassion for himself. Untreated, the abuse he suffered from his mother, as well as the loss and grief over his father, could be troubling to his wife and their relationship. Perhaps if he ever has children, the reality of the abuse will hit him. Parents don’t have children to turn them into lovers.”

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And, once again, people probably shouldn’t reveal incestuous relationships to their current partner during a game of truth or dare. I’m writing you to ask about a friend of mine. He’s a gifted artist who hasn’t truly dedicated himself to his art. It’s as if he’s afraid of success. He’s also a so-called “womanizer,” and every time he meets an interesting woman who’s into him, he inevitably fucks it up. For this reason and some others (that I won’t mention), I believe he’s a repressed homosexual. Let’s just assume that he is. Every time we talk, maybe once or twice a year, he recounts his latest fuckups with women (and everything else). During the last call, I was very close to asking him if he was sure about his sexual orientation. I believe that what makes him unable to face this aspect of his life is interfering with everything else, too. I would like to be able to talk openly about it with him without hurting him. Do you have any tips? Artist Failing At Relationships Sometimes a cigar isn’t just a cigar – but an unsuccessful heterosexual is almost always just that. Unless the details you didn’t share include, say, a massive collection of gay porn or messy closet-case classics like drunken lunges at male friends or running for Congress on a “family values” platform, your friend will have to remain in the hetero column for now. That said, if you believe a solid gay ass-pounding would jar loose the professional and romantic success that has thus far eluded your friend, go ahead and ask him if he’s a “repressed homosexual.” It might cost you his friendship, AFAR, but someone who calls only once or twice a year to recount his romantic fuckups doesn’t sound like much of a friend anyway. No way! On the Lovecast, it’s Sarah Silverman!: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net ITMFA.org

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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION CASE NO. P15-DP- 164 IN THE INTEREST OF: J. O., a male child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Jose A. Santos Rios (a.k.a. Joe Santos) 19400 SE Hwy 42 Umatilla, FL 32784 A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above referenced child. You are to appear before Melissa D. Souto, Circuit Judge, on the 13 th day of February, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Seminole Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Sanford, FL 32773, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. The mother/father are hereby advised, pursuant to §39.802(4)(d) and §63.082(6) (g), Florida Statutes, that a parent whose rights have not yet been terminated has the right to seek a private adoptive placement for the child, and to participate in a private adoption plan, through an adoption entity as defined in §63.032(3), Florida Statutes. As required by §63.165, Florida Statutes, the State further gives notice of the existence and purpose of a state registry of adoption information. The purpose of the Florida Adoption Reunion Registry is to reunite persons separated by adoption where both parties seek such reunion. Persons affected by an adoption may list themselves and their contact information on the registry. Registration is completely voluntary. Additional information is available at http://adoptflorida.com/ Reunion-Registry.htm. Contact information for the registry is as follows: Florida Adoption Reunion Registry, Florida Department of Children and Families, 1317 Winewood Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700. Pleadings shall be copied to: Hannah M. Crume, Esquire, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services, 2921 S. Orlando Drive, Ste. 150, Sanford, FL 322773 (407-328- 5656). Witness my hand and seal of this

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court at Sanford, Seminole County Florida on this 8th day of January, 2018. Grant Maloy, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller BY: /s/ Deputy Clerk, Court Seal. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION CASE NO. P15-DP- 164 IN THE INTEREST OF: B. G. O., a male child, J. O., a male child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Sofia Olvera, 1105 Johnson Street, Apt B, Leesburg, FL 34748 A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above referenced child. You are to appear before Melissa D. Souto, Circuit Judge, on the 13 th day of February, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Seminole Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Sanford, FL 32773, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. The mother/father are hereby advised, pursuant to §39.802(4)(d) and §63.082(6) (g), Florida Statutes, that a parent whose rights have not yet been terminated has the right to seek a private adoptive placement for the child, and to participate in a private adoption plan, through an adoption entity as defined in §63.032(3), Florida Statutes. As required by §63.165, Florida Statutes, the State further gives notice of the existence and purpose of a state registry of adoption information. The purpose of the Florida Adoption Reunion Registry is to reunite persons separated by adoption where both parties seek such reunion. Persons affected by an adoption may list themselves and their contact information on the registry. Registration is completely voluntary. Additional information is available at http://adoptflorida.com/ Reunion-Registry.htm. Contact information for the registry is as follows: Florida Adoption Reunion Registry, Florida Department of Children and Families, 1317 Winewood Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700. Pleadings shall be copied to: Hannah M. Crume, Esquire, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services, 2921 S. Orlando Drive, Ste. 150, Sanford,

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FL 322773 (407-328- 5656). Witness my hand and seal of this court at Sanford, Seminole County Florida on this 8th day of January, 2018. Grant Maloy, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller BY: /s/ Deputy Clerk, Court Seal. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION CASE NO. P15-DP- 164 IN THE INTEREST OF: J. O., a male child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Jose A. Santos Rios (a.k.a. Joe Santos), 19400 SE Hwy 42, Umatilla, FL 32784 A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above referenced children. You are to appear before Melissa D. Souto, Circuit Judge, on the 13th day of February, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Seminole Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Sanford, FL 32773, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. The mother/father are hereby advised, pursuant to §39.802(4)(d) and §63.082(6) (g), Florida Statutes, that a parent whose rights have not yet been terminated has the right to seek a private adoptive placement for the child and to participate in a private adoption plan, through an adoption entity as defined in §63.032(3), Florida Statutes. Pleadings shall be copied to: Hannah M. Crume, Esquire, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services, 2921 S. Orlando Drive, Ste. 150, Sanford, FL 32773 (407-328- 5656). If you are a person with disability who needs any accommodation to participate in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, at 301 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida, Telephone 407665-4227, at least 7 days before your scheduled Court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If hearing impaired, call 711. Witness my hand and seal of this court at Sanford, Seminole County Florida on this 28th day of December, 2017. Grant Maloy,

Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller BY: /s/ Deputy Clerk, Court Seal. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION CASE NO. P15-DP- 164 IN THE INTEREST OF: B. G. O., a male child, J. O., a male child SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND GUARDIANSHIP, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Sofia Olvera, 1105 Johnson Street, Apt B. Leesburg, FL 34748 A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above referenced children. You are to appear before Melissa D. Souto, Circuit Judge, on the 13th day of February, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Seminole Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Sanford, FL 32773, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. The mother/father are hereby advised, pursuant to §39.802(4)(d) and §63.082(6) (g), Florida Statutes, that a parent whose rights have not yet been terminated has the right to seek a private adoptive placement for the child and to participate in a private adoption plan, through an adoption entity as defined in §63.032(3), Florida Statutes. Pleadings shall be copied to: Hannah M. Crume, Esquire, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services, 2921 S. Orlando Drive, Ste. 150, Sanford, FL 32773 (407-328- 5656). If you are a person with disability who needs any accommodation to participate in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, at 301 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida, Telephone 407665-4227, at least 7 days before your scheduled Court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If hearing impaired, call 711. Witness my hand and seal of this court at Sanford, Seminole County Florida on this 28th day of December, 2017. Grant Maloy, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller BY: /s/ Deputy Clerk, Court Seal.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA DIVISION: 03/Shea PINE HILLS SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP16-825 In the Interest of: E.L. DOB: 04/26/2014 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA TO: EDUARDO LOPEZ-NIEVES, 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 16th day of February, 2018 at 8:30 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 9th day of January, 2018. 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). 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: 2002 Ford VIN# 1FMZU62E22UB80807 2012 Nissan VIN# 1N4AL2AP1CN542000 2000 Honda VIN# 1HGEJ6679YL059568 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on February 7, 2018 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC

Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on following dates at 10:00 a.m. at 10850 Cosmonaut Blvd, Orlando, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. February 5, 2018 3VWCK21Y53M300218 2003 VOLKSWAGEN February 6, 2018 1FMYU03105KC10066 2005 FORD February 8, 2018 2G1WF52E059366724 2005 CHEVROLET February 9, 2018 1YVFP80C155M30784 2005 MAZDA February 12, 2018 JHMCB7653LC117902 1990 HONDA. Notice Of Public Sale Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83-807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www.storagetreasures. com beginning 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also visit www.personalministorage. com/Orlando-FL- storage-units/ for more info. Personal Mini Storage Edgewater-6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810-at 11:30 am: 0025 Angel Alfredo Vega, 0219 James Walter Cuyler, 0227 Rhonda Shekay Roane, 0242 Velma Johnson Owens, 0324 Haroldo Alfonso Plata Miro, 0425 Jonathan Mitchell Lancaster, 0521 Allen Keith Hall Jr, 0523 Sarah Elizabeth Bowman, 0528 Andy Anioce, 0711 Kimberly Ann Hudson, 0746 Kathleen May Weiger, 0752 Sonia Noemi Planas Bracero, 1110 Ranessa C Lane, 1111 Cornelius Deabury Darden, 1135 Shavonda Latrice Beauford, 1416 George Gregory McClendon, 1434 Jefferson Adams Bootes, 1546 Angela Perez, 2102 Nimely James Harris Personal Mini Storage Forest City Rd-6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810-at 12:00 pm: 1015 Angel Katondra Rogers, 1055 Pamela Diane Harris, 1066 Edmund F Poirier, 1080 Shannon Mashell Rodriguez, 1097 Daranika Andrinka Henderson, 1107 Whit-

ney Marie Rattray, 2026 Brenon Dale Andreasen, 3141 Robin Casonja Miller, 3147 Latina Valentine Lane, 3159 Bettie Jo Lindsey, 3244 Nisaa Shakirah, 4066 Shanta Renee Wilson, 4069 Katrease Natile Brown, 4088 Angela Inez Frazier, 4093 Valeria Jean Johnson, 4125 Charles Michael Gouch, 5021 Angel Denise Young, 5039 Alexis Monique Nelson, 5050 Cnedra Machell Davis, 6013 Tonya Lafaye Gibson. SUMMONS (Family Law) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: TINA PAGE: You have been sued. Read the information below and on the next page. Petitioner’s name is: JASON PAGE: CASE NUMBER: D382084 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICERESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009 HALL OF JUSTICE The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: ZAHN LAW OFFICE, 4484 Market St., Suite 303-304, Ventura, CA 93003 phone: (805) 351-3712 (Date): May 16, 2017 Clerk, by, Jerry S. Ricardez, Deputy STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the

other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. Transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs NOTICE - ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com Or call Covered California at 1-800300-1506. WARNING IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

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