Day after day in Latin America, the sun dips below the horizon before a day’s worth of work is completed.  At 6:30 PM, total darkness sets in for many families across Panama.  Without electricity to see at night, it becomes a challenge to work, cook, and study for school.  Safety is a great risk for families without power.

 

One of the things I love most about living in Orlando is our ability to take a day or an evening and ‘transport’ ourselves to some exotic location somewhere else in the world.  We can go to Africa thanks to Disney; we can visit the town of Portofino, Italy thanks to a hotel at Universal; and we can have the complete experience of an extended dinner in Greece th

Florida Culture for the Week of August 12 by Josh Garrick

 

Now through August 19 -- Breakthrough Theatre’s CABARET

We have one more week to enjoy Justin Scarlat’s incredibly successful directing debut with CABARET at The Breakthrough Theater of Winter Park and the standing-ovation performances by Matty Hixon as the Emcee and Dorothy Massey as Sally Bowles. It’s another not-to-be-missed production by the always resourceful gang of talent at Breakthrough Theater. For reservations call 407-920-4034

 

Being part of a punk band, acting the part of a country singer in a television series, and scoring a number one UK pop chart hit: those are all part of singer and songwriter Eddi Reader’s resume. She’s also brought the music of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns to the symphony and to stages at folk festivals and clubs.