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Science center uncorks chemistry of wine
Florida sweet corn is in season. Let's celebrate with Charred Corn Tacos With Radish Zucchini Slaw. You'll find the recipe at OrlandoSentinel.com/thedish. In the meantime, let's dish: A vintage idea. The Science of Wine is an innovative approach to wine...
Tags: Orange County (Florida), Zellwood, Honey, Winter Garden, Science and Technology
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Where to pick blueberries in Central Florida
The corks will pop at 6 p.m. Thursday for Reading Between the Wines, a benefit for the Adult Literacy League, at the Orlando Science Center. Tickets are $75. Call 407-422-1540 or check out adultliteracyleague.org for information. In the meantime, let's...
Tags: Orange County (Florida), Ocoee, Windermere, Winter Garden, Earth Day
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Time for new and improved update for the theme parks
Spring is in the air, and so are new experiences at Orlando-area theme parks and attractions. Let's walk through a few fresh — or upcoming — opportunities. Waterworks Legoland Florida's water park is back open for the season, and it has...
Tags: Travel, Theme Park Vacations, Science and Technology, Superman (fictional character), NASA
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Grand entrances are in the making at the theme parks
News and notes from Central Florida's theme parks and attractions. Welcome change I've been watching the new non-turnstiles being put through their paces at the entrances of Walt Disney World theme parks. The change, part of Disney's MyMagic+...
Tags: Travel, Theme Park Vacations, Mardi Gras, Lifehouse (music group), Amusement and Theme Parks
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'Scoring' at Orlando's arcade bars
Like a lot of people whose phones have been replaced by demanding little robots, I have had some difficulty adjusting to the new technology. Thanks to smartphone games such as Words With Friends, there are no longer awkward pauses in conversation, or...
Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Words With Friends (game), Colonialtown, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Orlando Science Center has gone Hollywood
Orlando Science Center has opened its Digital Adventure Theater, which shows 3-D documentaries and second-run Hollywood films to guests. The space, which was made available to the public last weekend, will feature works in 4K resolution, which is said...
Tags: Star Wars (movie), Tom Hanks, Science and Technology, Movies, Documentary (genre)
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What's happening at Orlando Science Center's Otronicon
A conglomeration of robotics, virtual reality, video games, digitally produced art, laser tag, career forums plus some "Star Wars" and "Tron" action in January can only mean one thing: It's Otronicon weekend at Orlando Science Center. The eighth...
Tags: Jeff Bridges, Star Wars (movie), Bruce Boxleitner, Science and Technology, Olivia Wilde
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Relics add to Titanic attraction on International Drive in Orlando
What a wild, wet trip these items from the Titanic have had during the past 100 years: Gloriously setting sail from Europe only to have a tragic encounter with an iceberg and rest in the icy waters of the North Atlantic for decades. They were brought up...Tags: International Drive, Coal, Premier Exhibitions, Auction Service
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'Play' is the thing for education, fun at Orlando Science Center
It takes one creative mind to team up foosball and binary code.
That is just one of the dynamic pairings in "Play," a new exhibit at the Orlando Science Center that uses enormous game pieces such as dominoes and billiard balls to mix art, science and...Tags: Arts, Science and Technology, NASA, Sociology, Natural Disasters
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Best of the new — and renewed at Orlando theme parks
Here are my picks for the best happenings at theme parks and attractions for 2012. •Best new costumes: Storybook Circus, Magic Kingdom. Step right up and see the red, ringmaster-inspired costumes — complete with tails — that fit the...
Tags: Universal CityWalk, Travel, Star Wars (movie), Discovery Cove, Theme Park Vacations
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Review: It's still the Fantasyland you love, for now
SENTINEL staff writerWhen blueprints for an expanded Fantasyland for Magic Kingdom were bounding about the Internet earlier this summer, I wondered and worried about the status of current occupants — would they become Lower Fantasyland in the midst of all that princess-...Tags: Nature, Employment, Passenger Cars, Snow White (fictional character), Halloween
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Over holidays, give kids the gift of art
Schools are closing for the holiday break, offering a great opportunity to introduce kids to art. Many of Central Florida's museums and arts centers will be open during the holidays. Some admissions are free, and others are inexpensive — almost...Tags: Arts, Winter Park, Ceremonies, Mennello Museum of American Art, Museums
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