On Oct. 18, Orlando Ballet held its groundbreaking ceremony for the new Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre. The construction for the new dance facility was re-launched when Harriet Lake, a philanthropist, made an additional donation of $5 million toward the project that costs $12 million total. Including her prior donations, Lake has given a total of $7.5 million toward the … [Read more...]
The Artist: Allison Danielsen
Vibrant, beautiful pieces with admirable amounts of energy that she channels … that is perhaps the best way to sum up the artwork created by Allison Danielsen, a local artist here in Lake Nona. Her use of extraordinary color captures the intricate beauty of natural and imagined landscapes as well as people. Her artistic talents have led her to create pieces currently under … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Mosquitoes, I Hate
On the lighter side of the Nonahood, this is a column about the humorous realities of life in Central Florida. We must choose to laugh and sweat rather than cry and sweat. I’m sorry for what you are about to read. Perhaps this column should be renamed Sunny-Side Down. Who else can land on your neck, insert a straw and turn you into their favorite … [Read more...]
Short Stories: A New Beginning, Part One
We had been traveling the open sea for weeks now. We set out on this voyage in hopes of a new life. We’d been through many countries. Our people were nomads. We lived off of whatever land we inhabited. Our last home was south of Asia. We stayed for nearly two months before we decided to depart. It was a beautiful time while it lasted. I’ll never forget the smell … [Read more...]
Book Review: Spellfire
Author: Ed Greenwood Publisher: TSR, 1988, 382 pages I was done with high school in 1990, which means I was DONE with being forced to read books I didn’t want to read. I took a couple of years off from novels and focused more on comic books. Then, in 1992, I decided I wanted to read “real” books again. But where to start? Where better than good old Dungeons and … [Read more...]
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