Author and longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long kicks off the 2025 edition of his popular weekly Garage Sale Vinyl series with a bona fide banger: the blues-soaked, whisky-injected, self-titled 1971 debut record from Bonnie Raitt.

Before there was Leather Tuscadero, Suzi Quatro was in two pioneering, all-woman rock bands in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. This is a Quick Look at those bands: The Pleasure Seekers and Cradle.

All you need to know about how our government SHOULD work.

Three strong women oust their evil boss and bring reasonable policies to the workplace in this hit musical.

Hang out with some cool musicians as they make a record in a mountain cabin in Appalachia.

A classic children’s show is set to a Hip Hop beat. Carl F. Gauze reviews P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical at Orlando Family Stage.

A young royal must step up and run a kingdom, but he prefers to party with his buddies in this rare classic by Stephen Schwartz. Pippin plays at Winter Garden, Florida’s Garden Theatre through September 15, 2024.

A Spotlight Cabaret featuring Sahid Pabon flows with energy and story.

It’s a love story, an examination of post-civil war racism, and a gentle comedy of manners.

Remembering the 1970s, without the bad stuff.

Take a nice boat ride, see some wildlife, catch a nice dinner, and watch an Italian Wedding blow up in someone else’s face

Carl F. Gauze enjoys an evening of cocktails and horror in a creepy corner of Orlando.

A wild speakeasy and a night of debauchery.

Watch a musical theater career fly by, in reverse.

It’s just a step to the right. You know the rest.

The Winter Park Playhouse explores the life of George M. Cohan and his landmark contributions to the American Songbook.

Bob Pomeroy ponders Squeeze, the final studio album credited to the Velvet Underground, and what it could have been.

Carl F. Gauze reviews the not-quite one-woman show, Always… Patsy Cline, based on the true story of Cline’s friendship with Louise Seger, who met the star in l961 and corresponded with Cline until her death.

Two new releases from Free Dirt Records use sound and music to tell stories about our history.

Carl F. Gauze takes in See You at the Movies, another exciting Winter Park Playhouse Spotlight Cabaret featuring Orlando’s own Tay Anderson.