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Friday, January 29
FERG’S DEPOT GRAND OPENING PARTY – Friday Jan. 29th 2016 at 5PM ALL WELCOME
3 YEARS IN THE MAKING || CHANGING THE GAME IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO Party Starts at 5pm with a joint party with Church Street District and their event Alive at Five! 5-6PM || FREE BEER at the Alive at Five Bars 6 PM || Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 26 Beers on Tap Extensive Local Craft Options Live Music 36-60″ TVs 3- 60′ Concrete Bars Original 1889 Refurbished Interior Family and Pet Friendly Come check out this 1 of a kind bar and…
Civil War Festival Battle of Townsend Plantation
WHAT: The Battle of Townsend’s Plantation and Civil War Festival FEATURING: Live Civil War Re-enactments, living history exhibits, folk music, weaponry demonstrations, authentic camps and Sutlers, full scale artillery, cavalry and soldiers in time-period uniforms and weaponry, Civil War era Dress Ball, and more. Please see attached flyer for times. ADMISSION: $6.00/adults and $4.00/children 12 and under WHEN: Friday, January 29, 2016 *SCHOOL DAY * (Contact us to arrange for students to attend: [email protected] or at 407-701-8700) Saturday, January 30,…
A Celebration of Harry Potter (Year III)
January 29-31, 2016 Be a part of A Celebration of Harry Potter™ at Universal Orlando® Resort. Take part in all-new experiences as well as returning fan favorites such as film talent Q&A sessions, special panels and demonstrations, A Celebration of Harry Potter™ Expo, and more. Explore The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ – Hogsmeade™ at Universal’s Islands of Adventure®and Diagon Alley™ at Universal Studios®. Dine at the Leaky Cauldron™ and the Three Broomsticks™, see a wand choose a wizard at…
Maxine’s Anniversary Weekend Celebration!
We’re celebrating 4 years of being the “Little Restaurant That Could” with special musical guests and specials from the kitchen and bar all weekend! We want to thank everyone for their support and toast to many more years of Maxine’s on Shine! Performances by: Friday 1/29 – Drew Yardis, 7-10pm Saturday 1/30 Brunch – Tim Turner, 11am-2pm Saturday 1/30 – Joseph Martens, 7-10pm Sunday 1/31 Brunch – Robert Johnson, 11am-2pm Sunday 1/31 Opening set – Circa, 7pm Soul Celebration by…
THE BLAST AWAKENS!!! First Critical Blast of 2016!
THE BLAST AWAKENS!!! Time to dust off that bike, air up those tires and join us for the most EPIC BLAST of the year!!! Well… that is really up to you… the rider… Will you tell your friends? Do you have friends to tell? Do you have a bike and want to make Orlando more bike friendly? Well my young Jedi-Bicycle-People… share, spread the word, make some eco-friendly flyers, tell everyone and get in gear to have an awesome bike…
An Evening with Ronaldo V. Wilson and Bhanu Kapil
Join us for a reading and performance with TPJ Scholars Ronaldo V. Wilson and Bhanu Kapil. Both Wilson and Kapil’s poetry and writings deal with the problems of the body in place, out of place, as racialized object, cyborg, traveler, and monster. Wilson’s performances combine poetry with dance, song, and art-making. Kapil’s background in body therapy informs the “somatic” work she conducts to generate new hybrid forms of writing and thinking. This event is co-sponsored by the Cornell Fine Arts…
Princess Bride Trivia presented by the Audubon Park Garden District
The Cafe is looking forward to hosting an event of epic proportions! Princess Bride Trivia presented by the Audubon Park Garden District. Multiple rounds and fun prizes. Inigo Montoya: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.” The Man in Black: “You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.”
Crealdé Photography Guild presents Bill Bachmann “Come Visit Our Planet”
Friday, January 29th 7-9 pm Free Crealdé Photography Guild presents Bill Bachmann, “Come Visit Our Planet” Bill Bachmann has traveled to more than 180 countries and will share his dynamic images from around the world as well as behind-the-camera stories. The Crealdé Photography Guild meets monthly from 7:30-9 pm on the last Friday of the month in the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery. All programs are free, and a Crealdé membership is encouraged.
Lucas Brooks in “I Am My Own Cast Party”
After spending this summer touring the continent with his STD-centric smash “Cootie Catcher”, Lucas Brooks is returning to Orlando with something new and completely different: “I AM MY OWN CAST PARTY”. In his latest solo venture, Professional Intellectual Homosexual™ Lucas Brooks steps away from his regular sexual soap box and looks back on his love/hate relationship with the stage. Through his tales of cattle calls, broken dreams, experimental art, and Broadway boy crushes, Lucas digs deep into his theatrical past…
Saturday, January 30
Florida Hospital Lady Track Shack 5K
New venue! Register: http://www.ladytrackshack5k.com The Lady Track Shack is a one-of-a-kind women’s only event!. For over 35 years, community leaders, mothers and daughters, sisters and friends have been taking part in this event to celebrate women’s health and fitness. With your help let’s raise money for local women who don’t have the resources to get annual mammograms or other diagnostic screenings through the Florida Hospital Breast Cancer Care Fund. Raise $135 and you’ll help provide a mammogram to one uninsured…
Insane Inflatable 5K Kissimmee, FL
The Insane Inflatable 5K, presented by MSTY – The Music Messenger, is coming to Kissimmee! Get ready to experience the most fun, wild and insane obstacle run in the world. Get “pumped up” for a course filled with the world’s largest and most extreme inflatable obstacles ever produced. Here’s your chance to be a kid at heart, and insane by choice! READ MORE: http://insaneinflatable5k.com/kissimmee-fl/
Vietnamese New Year Street Food at the Central Florida Fairgrounds 2016
This is a cultural festival event with lots of Vietnamese street food – bring cash (I’d recommend at least $20) to try everything! Some items include pork meatball on a stick, home made pho, banh mi sandwiches, banh cuon rice crepes, sugarcane juice, and much, much more. Ill try to play the food guide here and help identify what’s what before we dig in. CLARIFICATION The full festival event is weekend long from Saturday January 30 from 10:30am to 5pm…
Bug A Palooza
Featuring the amazing sculptures of David Rogers’ Big Bugs, Bug-A-Palooza will give your family a chance to enjoy the wide world of insects in our environment with hands-on activities, crafts and even an insect petting zoo!
Gasparilla Pirate Fest 2016
Click here for event info: http://gasparillapiratefest.com/main-festival/
NO FRACKING WAY! Orlando Rally 1/30/16
Wednesday’s Florida House of Representatives’ vote opposed the will of the people of Florida and put our public health at risk! It is time to channel that frustration into action!!! We demand that the Senate listen to the citizens of Florida! All over the state, Saturday will be a day of action … come out .. bring your friends… to tell our Senators – No Fracking Way-they should vote to pass Senate Bill 318. Your voice matters because your vote…
Sunday, January 31
Sensory Sunday
Join Orlando Science Center for sensory-friendly experiences this Sunday, January 31! Sensory Sundays present everything you love about the Science Center while offering a wonderful relief from extra stimuli, giving our visitors a chance to visit select exhibit halls at quieter volume settings with more light. Sensory Sundays offer families with children who have sensory processing differences the opportunity to explore the Science Center and help prepare their children for future visits that may be busier and louder. Visitors will…
