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International Perspectives at ZORA! Festival 2013

The theme for the internationally recognized nine-day event is “Zora’s Eatonville: Culture as Conservator of the Community’s Heritage.”

Marvin Woods, Celebrity Chef, to Demo Fabulous Foods at ZORA! Festival

Celebrity Chef Marvin Woods, who hosted “Home Plate” for four seasons on Turner South and appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” and TVOne’s “My Momma Throws Down,” will perform “Fabulous Foods Demonstrations” at ZORA! Festival 2013.

ZORA! Festival 2013 has “HATitude”

Roll out your bowlers. Dust off your derbies. Ready your bonnets. The HATitude Party is back for the 24th annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA! Festival), which runs from Jan. 26 to Feb. 3, in Historic Eatonville and throughout Orange County.

FFFWeek: Lane Bryant Auditions for Best Cat Walk Divas in Orlando

Lane Bryant ®, the nation's leading women's curvy specialty apparel retailer, is excited to announce a partnership with Full Figured Fashion Week (FFFWeek), to find real women to walk the FFFWeek® New York runway in 2013!

ZORA! Festival 2013 Brings World-Renowned Visual Artists to Central Florida

Central Florida will be the destination for all who love the Visual Arts, during the 24th annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA! Festival), which runs from Jan. 26 to Feb. 3, in Historic Eatonville and throughout Orange County.

2013 Big for Orlando with Theme Park Expansions, New Attractions

This year is shaping up to be huge for Orlando as, 2013 offers visitors more reasons to visit the country's most popular travel destination as unprecedented expansions and technological advancements come to fruition.

Florida Theatrical Association Slams DPAC on Lack of Transparency, Exclusion

The Florida Theatrical Association is calling out the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center for excluding local art groups from its project, including attempting to marginalize the FTA.

Winter Garden Theatre, A Miniature Musical

Though at times a bit cheesy and overrun with Disney tactics, for those practicing a gestalt philosophy, the total package was satisfying and delicious.

Broadway’s WICKED Coming to Orlando

One of Broadway's most popular and most successful plays is making a return engagement to Central Florida. WICKED will be in Orlando between February 20th through March 8th at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center.

Mummy Makeover

One of Universal Studios Orlando’s iconic rides is rumored to be due for a bit of a makeover. The indoor roller coaster Revenge of the Mummy is “in line” to benefit from the major upgrades being undertaken by Universal and Comcast.

Here Come the Penguins: Icy World Opening in Orlando

Are you ready for a visit to Antarctica? Well, it's coming to SeaWorld Orlando spring 2013. Visitors will be transported into the icy world of the penguin like never before, on a first-of-its-kind family adventure ride, Empire of the Penguin.

Art in Orlando

“Are there any places where I can transfer my inner visions onto canvas and have fun doing it, if only for a night?”

Garden Theatre Proudly Presents A Christmas Survival Guide

The Garden Theatre is pleased to announce the Florida premiere of the holiday musical A Christmas Survival Guide, showing November 30 - December 16, 2012.

Disney Readies for Opening of New Pirates Attraction

Pirates fans are gearing up for the official opening at Walt Disney of the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow, on December 6th.

Transformers Taking Over Orlando in Summer 2013

Universal Studios Orlando received a special transmission tonight warning everyone to “prepare for battle.” Crowds cheered around Universal’s lagoon as Optimus Prime delivered news of Transformers hitting Orlando in summer 2013.

Universal Gears Up for Major Announcement

Universal Orlando is set to make a major announcement later today, and rumours abound as to what it would be.

Orlando Film Festival Winners

The Orlando Film Festival welcomed a slate of talented independent cinema to the City Beautiful October 17-21.

Bright Lights, Big City, American Girl ~ Part II

When Florida resident Gabriella Gajo turned 10 years old in 2009, her grandmother whisked her on a trip from Orange County, Orlando, to New York’s Big Apple.

Must See: “Theresa is a Mother” Hits Orlando Film Festival

Between the genuine script and the excellent acting, this movie will leave you laughing throughout while pulling your heartstrings making it hard to fight back the tears.

Courage to Remember: The Consequence of Forgetting

As a whole, we are not a culture of courage, we are a people of self-absorption dedicated to personal gain.

Diego Garcia, art in progress

What differentiates Diego from the pack is his acknowledgement of limitations as well as his willingness to expose vulnerabilities.

Diego Garcia: Splendor of Laura

Threading personal connections within human emotional intricacies, the bleeding of soul is captured by Diego’s “Laura.”

“Courage to Remember,” Forget Me Not

Recognizing time has erased connections and memories have faded to splintered frames, the morrow of our collective consciousness cannot be allowed to suffocate by the tightened clutches of cultural complacency.

Diego Garcia, HOB, 10-09-12

For those yet to be touched by string arrangements and melodies melting delicately into soul’s marrow, I encourage your attendance.

Epcot Celebrates 30 Years

Epcot, the second theme park built at the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, celebrates its 30th anniversary today.

Wordstock Poetry Festival Brings Authors and Fans to Central Florida

Poets and poetry fans from as close as Orlando and as far away as New York came to the Bamboo Arts Center in DeLeon Springs Saturday, September 29, for the first annual Wordstock Poetry Festival.

Disney’s New Fantasyland to Open December 6

The grand opening of the New Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom is set for December 6, Walt Disney World Resort said in a statement, Wednesday.

Magic Dancers Hold Final Auditions for 2012-2013 Season

The final 30 dancers who received an invitation to compete for one of 20 spots to represent the Orlando Magic as part of the 2012-13 Magic Dancers.

Cirque Du Soleil Casting Team to Hold Auditions in Orlando

Cirque du Soleil is seeking new talent for on-call positions in La Nouba, the resident show presented at Walt Disney World® Resort and will be holding auditions for dancers in Orlando in September 2012.

Central Florida Arts, Culture Generates Over $260 Million

New research released by American for the Arts indicates that the nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $264 million in annual economic activity in the seven-county Central Florida region