METROPOLITAN OPERA’S KEITH MILLER TO HEADLINE UCF OPERA ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FESTIVAL Weekend activities include: a solo recital, master classes with UCF Opera students and a VIP “Meet the Artist” reception Orlando, Fla. – Mar. 16, 2011 – The University of Central Florida (UCF) Opera is presenting its first annual Opera Scholarship Festival, Mar. 25-26, offering opera enthusiasts a weekend of activities featuring Keith Miller of the Metropolitan Opera. Miller, a professional football... [Read more...]
Elisabeth Lohninger Hailing from Austria, and now residing in New York City, vocalist Elisabeth Lohninger’s distinctive, alto jazz sound pays homage to the ephemeral nature of love as well as “the mystery of waking up each day.” Her seven successful albums, from her 1998 debut, Austrian LiedGood, to her 2010 release, Songs Of Love And Destruction, weave the influences of EST, Bobby McFerrin, Kate McGarry, Sting, and Joni Mitchell into an original tapestry of word and music, and... [Read more...]
M. Alberto Rivera
Article Category: Events, Local Amp
The Koffin Kats By M. Alberto Rivera The Koffin Kats are a trio that plays solid and intense pyschobilly, soaked in gasoline and nurtured in the confines of a cramped van, who deliver rock solid music every chance they get. There are millions of bands who think they have what it takes to do what KK does, only to collapse under their own weight and egos halfway through their first road trip — mile after endless mile, enduring crap food and questionable accommodations to play another cramped... [Read more...]
THE SANDBAR’S 6th ANNIVERSARY PARTY It’s hard to believe, but the Sandbar in Cocoa Beach will be celebrating six years of success as a popular bar, restaurant, and live music venue on Saturday, March 12. As part of the festivities, the good folks at the Sandbar will be hosting a free concert featuring reggae legends Pato Banton & New Generation and the groups Red Tide and the Mammoth Band. In the short time since its founding, the Sandbar, which also boasts a location in Melbourne... [Read more...]
M. Alberto Rivera
Article Category: Events, Local Amp
Ben Prestage By M. Alberto Rivera At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss Ben Prestage as simply another good-time party musician whose favorite subjects are whiskey, weed, and women. But upon closer listen, the woeful characters in his songs have more depth than the average person who’s simply out for a memorable Saturday night. On stage, Prestage is surrounded by drums set in a semi-circle before him. He sits playing guitar, harmonica, and drums while singing simultaneously. This is... [Read more...]
Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones with Dennis Gruenling “We have no gimmicks,” says Jewel Tones leader Doug Deming. “We play pure, traditional music from the heart, with an image that conveys a deep respect for the genre.” As a result, Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones have been in demand as a backing band for a who’s-who of today’s top blues performers, including Chicago’s A.C. Reed, Louisiana Red, Chicago Pete, Cannonball vocalist Alberta Adams, W.C. Handy... [Read more...]
Mary Nolan
Article Category: Pet of the Month
Hannah & Bailey (aka The Schnoodle Sisters) By Mary Nolan The four-year-old Schnoodle (Schnauzer and Poodle) Sisters are half-sisters with just three months between them. Hannah was our chosen one at 10 weeks old, and Bailey completed the family by coming to us at six months old after their breeder called to see if we’d like another just like Hannah. A woman had brought Bailey back and just couldn’t keep her. I told the breeder I’d come over to get Bailey and keep her for a... [Read more...]
Bloody Bill
Article Category: Bloody Bill
Pterois volitans, the Red Lionfish By Bloody Bill This is a very weird world we live in my friends. I don’t think I will ever quite understand it. We all go through many things in this life we live, but after getting pinched by a crab at the beach last night I know what it means to be alive. Thanks Eric and Scoot… Now to the fish. I had to set the mood for the unusual nature of this species. For some reason it has only made the news recently, and I am one of the few people to have seen... [Read more...]
Captain Scott Bussen
Article Category: Canaveral Fishing Report
Cape Canaveral Fishing Report: March 2011 Captain Scott Bussen I don’t mean to step on Bloody Bill’s toes, but I just have to say … What the hell is going on with all the sharks around here? I’m afraid to rinse my hands over the side of the boat anymore! It was bad enough that over the last few years the population of Atlantic sharpnose sharks has bloomed like the ocean was full of fertilizer. They’ve gotten so bad that some days you can’t even bottom fish for... [Read more...]
Captain Sherrie Stovall
Article Category: Sebastian Fishing Report
Sebastian Inlet Fishing Report: March 2011 Captain Sherrie Stovall It’s time to get out of the house and go fishing. We enjoyed some of the best weather we’ve seen in a long time in February and hopefully that will remain the same through March. With the warmer weather, spring has surely sprung. The waters are turning on with fish, so get out and go catch some. March is definitely time to go running the beach looking for manta rays and free-swimming cobia. There have already been a lot... [Read more...]
