Last Call

Last Call is the Orlando Sentinel’s blog about bars and nightclubs around Orlando. See the latest entries below:

• Column: When prosthetics get in the way of performance, what do you get? Tom Hanks in ‘Elvis’ July 1, 2022
  In "Elvis," is Tom Hanks' Col. Tom Parker helped by all the prosthetic rent-a-jowls? The actor assuredly has been transformed. He has also been straitjacketed.
• Red Hot & Boom back with a bang for 25th anniversary in Altamonte Springs July 1, 2022
  Red Hot & Boom in Altamonte Springs celebrates 25 years of the larger-than-life fireworks display and July Fourth event on July 3.
• ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’: capturing ‘80s vibes with ‘bombastic’ style July 1, 2022
  The stars behind "Thor: Love and Thunder," including Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman as well as director Taika Waititi, talk about making the film.
• Art listings: July 1-7 July 1, 2022
  Calendar Arts listings for July 1-7.
• Etc. listings: July 1-7 July 1, 2022
  Calendar Etc. Listings for July 1-7.
• Music listings: July 1-7 July 1, 2022
  Calendar music listings for July 1-7.
• Theater & Dance listings: July 1-7 July 1, 2022
  Calendar Theater and Dance listings for July 1-7.
• Disney fills out Epcot Eat to Beat lineup June 30, 2022
  Disney releases full list of singers for Eat to the Beat concerts, part of Epcot's Food & Wine Festival
• City of Orlando, Mad Cow Theatre at odds over equipment removal June 30, 2022
  The city of Orlando is ready to pursue legal action against Mad Cow Theatre over equipment the nonprofit removed from its former downtown location.
• Legoland deal: Buy 3 annual passes, get 1 free June 30, 2022
  Legoland Florida offers “buy three, get one free” deal on Awesomer, Awesomest annual passes, which include Peppa Pig Theme Park and Orlando's Madame Tussauds and Sea Life.
• Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting COVID-19 vaccine June 30, 2022
  In a public service announcement posted to YouTube, 3-and-a-half-year-old Elmo talked with his dad about what it was like to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
• For Orlando Museum of Art, a future full of questions June 30, 2022
  The Orlando Museum of Art faces challenges to restore the faith of donors, visitors and the Central Florida community. An expert's advice: Act fast.
• ‘Bush league stuff:’ Orlando museum missed Basquiat ‘red flags,’ ex-FBI agent says June 30, 2022
  Everything from the proliferation of fake Basquiat works to the art world’s skepticism should have set off alarm bells, said Bob Wittman, a former FBI agent who specializes in art crime.
• ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ review: I’m in love with a mollusk, the tiny hero in a most unexpected and welcome movie June 30, 2022
  "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On" has what it takes: the class and nerve to stay true to its tenderly funny inch-tall character.
• E.T. Adventure: Revisiting Universal’s alien territory June 30, 2022
  E.T. Adventure, long-running ride at Universal Studios, continues its colorful trek to Green Planet
• Eating local at the mall: Fresh wares from the Heel of the Boot at CupPasta | Review June 30, 2022
  Maybe malls can find some new stability living without their large anchors and surviving instead with lots of little, local ones such as CupPasta & Pizza.
• Disney unwraps Epcot Food & Wine Fest menu, which comes with fries June 29, 2022
  Disney World announces 2022 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, menu, including french fries
• Legoland sets opening date for Pirate River Quest June 29, 2022
  Legoland Florida opening Pirate River Quest boat ride on Nov. 2, the Winter Haven theme park says.
• Orlando Museum of Art director out after FBI’s Basquiat raid June 29, 2022
  Aaron De Groft has been replaced as director and CEO of the Orlando Museum of Art, the organization announced late Tuesday night,
• Youth spotlight: Money for Dr. Phillips Center, ‘Messiah’ turns 50, Osceola jazz win June 29, 2022
  $250,000 will be coming to the community to support the education programs of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Plus other news.
• 9-hour ‘G.O.A.T. Greatest of all Thor’ marathon comes to Disney Springs June 29, 2022
  Disney Springs will play host to a special 9-hour marathon of all the 'Thor' films. This special "G.O.A.T. " marathon is only playing in a handful of other cities including Los Angeles and New York.
• Fourth of July in Orlando: Fireworks, events to enjoy Independence Day around Central Florida June 28, 2022
  It's Fourth of July weekend in Orlando; here are fireworks and events for celebrating Independence Day around Central Florida.
• Saving Florida’s Gopher Tortoises: Group rescues reptiles from death by development June 27, 2022
  Some Florida developers have permits to "take" gopher tortoises, putting them at risk of being buried alive. One group comes to save them.
• Disney’s ‘Hoop-Dee-Doo’ is back, actors are back — and I’m glad | Commentary June 27, 2022
  It’s a kinder, gentler “Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue” at Walt Disney World these days. Some tweaks to the script in the long-running dinner show have taken war out of the equation