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5 Quck Tips for Surviving Halloween in Florida's Theme Parks
October is here, and Central Florida's annual horror season is in full sinister swing at the theme parks. While Disney and Sea World offer family-friendly fun for the little ones, hard-core horror...
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Orlando's IBEX Puppetry on Tour with "Panther and Crane"
Panther and Crane is the environmentally-themed multimedia performance piece created by Heather Henson's IBEX Puppetry, the Orlando-based organization that also sponsors the Handmade Puppet Dreams...
View ArticleAction Alert! Last chance to vote for MicheLee Puppets Ends Now!
Your help is needed RIGHT NOW! The Aetna Foundation is awarding a $50,000 grant to one organization, and Orlando's own MicheLee Puppets is one of ten nationwide finalists (and the only one from...
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Contest Winner Wedding Next Weekend at Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights
For thousands of years, the wedding has been a cornerstone life-cycle event in almost every human society. And as our culture has changed, the definition of the wedding has evolved along with it. One...
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The Dead Walk! Spooky Empire and Zombie Monologues Invade Orlando's I-Drive...
Some say it started with radioactivity, brought to Earth by an errant satellite. Others insist it was a military bio-warfare experment run amok. A few even suggest a ancient voodoo curse. Whatever the...
View ArticleSlideshow: Epcot's 15th Food and Wine Festival (Photos)
October and early November is the best time of year for Foodie theme park fans, for it marks the return of Walt Disney World's annual Epcot Food & Wine Festival. The 15th edition of this popular...
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Restaurant Blues: Orlando Institutions Bergamo's and Johnson's Diner Close
Sad news this week for Orlando foodies and chow hounds, as two of the town's unique, independent eateries have shut their doors. In a city dominated by corporate chains and flash-in-the-pan concepts,...
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Ultimate Halloween Horror Nights XX Touring Plan *Updated!*
**Update 10/26/2010** After field-testing the below plan, I've made some adjustments to help you get the most after this final weekend of the event. If you've read this previously, skip ahead to...
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This Weekend at Orlando Shakes: Four Freaky Halloween Shows
Are you looking for some Halloween entertainment, but without all the gruesome gore that goes along with the haunted houses at local theme parks? Orlando's Lowndes Shakespeare Center rides to the...
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Sneak Preview Video of Legoland Florida
On Thursday October 22, journalists were invited for a "hard hat" tour of the construction site for Legoland Florida, which is taking over the former Cypress Gardens park in Lakeland. The park is...
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Slideshow: Orlando VegFest 2010 (Photos)
When you think of Orlando's culinary culture, the first things that come to mind are probably a bevy of burger chains, high-end steakhouses, and all-you-can eat buffets catering to carnivores. But...
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Slideshow: Third Thursday October 2010 Art Event at Orlando's CityArts...
The monthly “Third Thursday” art event at CityArts Factory remains one of your best opportunities for checking out downtown Orlando's ongoing art scene – and best of all, it's always free to attend...
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Good News/Bad News for Orlando Comic Fans: Bad Apple Going-out-of-Business Sale
Perhaps no other artform has enjoyed an explosion of critical appreciation and adult respectability in recent decades the way the comic book has. Relegated to “kids entertainment” a generation ago,...
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Election 2010: Orlando Arts Critic Al Krulick Campaings for Lt. Governor
Today marks the end of one the longest and loudest midterm election seasons in memory. Floridians will go to the polls (if they haven't used early voting or absentee ballots already) and cast their...
View ArticleSlideshow: Orlando Film Festival 2010 (Photos)
Last weekend the Orlando Film Festival returned to downtown with 150 cinematic screenings and an assortment of soriees, all centered around the Plaza Cinema Cafe.Here is a selection of photos from the...
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Slideshow: Disney's Festival of the Masters 2010 (Photos)
Downtown Disney hosted the 35th annual Festival of the Masters outdoor art fair last weekend. The popular event filled the waterfront retail promenade with artists working in a multitude of mediums,...
View ArticleSlideshow: World of Mechanical Music at Orlando Science Center (Photos)
What do you think of when you hear the words "music box"? If you're young, you probably just imagin a 1st-generation iPod; if you're older, you envision a small tinny wind-up toy...
View ArticleSlideshow: Winter Park's "Christmas in the Park" (Photos)
One of Orlando's longest-lived Holiday traditions is Christmas In the Park, the Morse Museum's annual display of devotional stained-glass windowns in Winter Park on the 1st Thursday of each December....
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Video: Return of the Triceratops at Universal's Islands of Adventure
When Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure theme park opened in 1999, one of the most interesting but least-hearalded "sleeper" attractions was the Triceratops Encouter. Located in the Jurassic...
View ArticleSlideshow: Otronicon v6.0 at Orlando Science Center (Photos)
Over the past decade, video games have gone from marginalized and mocked to mainstream; today, a hit game can outgross the biggest money-making movies. If you want to see this cultural embrace of...
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