

Legal Public Notices 2/15/23
Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: A83.801 – 83.809. All units are assumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of…
Orlando Starbucks workers continue to face union-busting behaviors from the boss, as workers nationwide picket for Valentine’s Day
Orlando-area Starbucks workers are still waiting for Starbucks to come to the bargaining table.
The Great Florida Bigfoot Conference stomps into Central Florida this spring
Cryptid lovers of Central Florida, unite! The Great Bigfoot Conference returns to Central Florida in April The third iteration of this celebration of and investigation into all things Bigfoot (and Skunk Ape!) is back for a third year, this time at Ocala’s World Equestrian Center. Guests this year include Dr. Jeff Meldrum, David Paulides, Ryan Golembeske,…
Universal Orlando says it will raise starting wage to $17 an hour and add more benefits
The raises come while Walt Disney World unions remain locked in pay negotiations
A dozen rescued manatees released back into the wild at Central Florida’s Blue Springs State park
A record-setting 12 manatees were released back into the wild in Central Florida after rehabilitation in a single day this week, thanks to the efforts of the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership. The MRRP set loose a dozen manatees into the welcoming arms of Blue Springs State Park, renowned as a warm-water habitat for manatees…
Rosario Dawson, Zachary Levi, Chevy Chase and more heading to Orlando for MegaCon
The pop-culture convention takes place March 30-April 2 at the Orange County Convention Center
Guys like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have nothing to offer but rage
Bullying as politics infected the right long before Trump, and purging him won’t get rid of it.
Brightline announces plans for service to Orlando this year
The 170-mile expansion connecting Orlando to South Florida stations is 90% complete.
Trulieve contributes another $5.5 million to get recreational marijuana on Florida’s 2024 ballot
The $5.5 million contribution brought Trulieve’s total contributions to $25.5 million
Gov. DeSantis hints at cutting ties with College Board, getting rid of AP classes in Florida
Tensions went public when Florida objected AP African American studies topics
DeLand rapper Goldenboy Countup to drop new mixtape ‘Love Golden 2’ on Valentine’s Day
Goldenboy Countup is going shopping, and his generosity is evident from his gift list. There’s a Birkin bag for one lucky lady, while another will soon be dressed in Gucci. But there’s a woman who really wins, and she’s the one who’s getting her tuition paid. It may be one class, a semester, or the…
Florida gas prices are down for the second week in a row, but it might not last much longer
Drivers are now paying the lowest daily price in weeks
‘Feels like five minutes ago’: Parkland families and survivors reflect on the Florida tragedy’s five-year anniversary
Five years after a mass shooting that shook Florida, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Parkland remain inextricably linked to the ghastly day when a troubled teenager in less than four minutes killed 14 students and three staff members, injured 17 more and traumatized an untold number of children and families. But the Feb. 14,…
Despite pleas, Florida boards of medicine vote to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
‘You don’t protect the children by removing health care from those same children.’
Mardi Gras parade and celebrations return to Sanford in February
A New Orleans music legend once demanded in song that you “Go to the Mardi Gras.” You might want to recalibrate your GPS, because there are some festivities brewing up in Sanford. Mardi Gras, Sanford-style, is back for a ninth year on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 4-9 p.m. The festivities will taking over the Historic…
Florida legislature gives DeSantis permission and a budget to transport migrants out of state to so-called ‘sanctuary’ areas
House Democrats called the measure a ‘political ploy’ to help DeSantis
Three Orlando restaurants scored spots on Yelp’s list of the Top 100 restaurants in the U.S.
Three Orlando eateries secured slots on Yelp’s recently-published list of the Top 100 Places to Eat in the United States. Yelp’s annual list spotlights restaurants from around the U.S. aggregated from user reviews. This is the 10th year of the Top 100, and the trio of Orlando restaurants who made the cut cover a diverse…
Abortion access for Florida minors is restricted by judges — mostly men
Whether your petition is granted depends way too much on where you live.
Florida High School Athletic Association removes questions about menstruation from physical evaluations
‘There is absolutely no reason for the FHSAA to collect such private information.’
LGBTQ+ Center Orlando now offers gender-affirming chest binders for free
The Affirmation Station Pop-up Closet program is a collaboration with apparel company gc2b.
Orlando Science Center expands Otronicon into Spark STEM Fest and it happens next week
Four-day fest dedicated to all things STEM starts next Friday
Florida Senate passes Gov. DeSantis’ bills for migrant flight program and election fraud prosecution
‘Fiscal conservative, small government, this is not.’
Orlando Magic and Duvin Design partner up for limited-edition retro beachwear dropping this week
Since we live in Florida and summer is more or less already here, it’s a good a time as any to talk about the new clothing collab between the Orlando Magic and designer beachwear brand Duvin Design debuting later this week. The limited-edition collection combines retro 1990s-vintage Magic graphics and logos with warm tropical colors…
SheBelieves cup returns to Orlando next week with some of the best women’s soccer players from around the world
Some of the best in women’s soccer from around the world are converging on Orlando next week to compete in the SheBelieves Cup tournament. The 2023 SheBelieves Cup is a four-team international tournament aimed to inspire and empower women and girls in the sport of soccer. Returning to Orlando for a third time, this tournament’s…
Orlando’s Museum of Illusions debuts after-hours, adult-only event ‘Life in Neon’
Spend nighttime wrapped like candy in a blue, blue neon glow
Orange County’s longest serving Election Supervisor, Bill Cowles, will not seek re-election
‘It has been the role of a lifetime to be trusted by the citizens of Orange County,’ Cowles said.
Florida Sen. Kathleen Passidomo’s ‘Live Local Act’ focuses on increased development, bars local rent control
The Senate Community Affairs Committee unanimously backed the wide-ranging bill
Rapper Snotnoze Saleem is an urgent new voice in Orlando music — listen up
With daily life in Florida coming at us like a crushing fast-forward wave of bad news and worse policy, a fitting soundtrack to the perpetual state of alarm is the music of Orlando MC/producer Snotnoze Saleem. Saleem’s music is suffused with a sense of outraged urgency; leftfield samples and avant beats interlocked like a Jenga…
Orlando musician Gerald Law II talks new music and collaborations ahead of show with The Clutch on Friday at Timucua
You’d be forgiven for not being able to keep up with the levels of productivity and creativity sustained by Orlando percussionist and composer Gerald Law II over the last couple of years. Aside from leading his band, the Clutch, through a number of high-profile gigs and recordings, he gave himself a crash course in the…
Alison Brie and husband Dave Franco co-star in ‘Somebody I Used to Know,’ an homage to romantic comedies of the ’80s
Plus everything else new to streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and the rest
It’s hard to keep up with the cultivated chaos Gov. Ron DeSantis is wreaking on Florida schools
But here are some of the recent lowlights
This week is your last chance to catch ‘In Conversation: Will Wilson’ at Orlando’s Mennello Museum
The indigenous people in Wilson’s portraits play an active role in how they are represented
Nashville’s Flesh Eater swoop into Uncle Lou’s to get loud and bloody with Computer, Bacon Grease and more
The International Noise Conference is happening in Miami this year, but a lot of things have changed about the annual event. It won’t be at Churchill’s (update: or will it??) — closed still, though not becoming a Chili’s — but rather spread over several venues, and the usual pre-INC string of shows in Florida aren’t…
Experimental music collective Auto Chlor returns to Orlando for one night only on Sunday
L.A.’s Auto Chlor are an enigmatic experimental music collective whose membership is both ever-fluid and eternally shrouded, even though some of them are quite famous in avant-garde circles. The only common denominator is shadowy bandleader xx periscope. While he’s a mystery to the rest of the world, we here know him well as Timothy Murray,…
Neko Case and Patty Griffin play a dream co-headliner at Orlando’s Plaza Live this week
The only appropriate responses to this impeccable lineup of Neko Case and Patty Griffin are leaps of exultation or genuflection before its greatness. Either way, opportunities to see two headline-worthy figures of such eminence at a single event are exceptionally rare. From alt-country upstart to indie-rock royalty, Neko Case has honed her perfect voice and…
Howling Midnight and Sick Dogs anchor a lineup of Orlando heavies at Will’s Pub Friday
This all-local lineup featuring Howling Midnight and Sick Dogs is a cross-section of our native rock scene that’s both hefty and refreshingly diverse. Blues-rock hulks Howling Midnight will bring the beef by squeezing Queens of the Stone Age tonnage out of a Black Keys setup. Moat Cobra will get nasty with their ferocious metal-toothed punk…
Florida bass legends Dynamix II lead up a lineup of dance music heavies for ‘Arrival’ at Ace Cafe
For their latest beat clinic ‘Arrival,’ dance-music impresarios Future Sound of Breaks are bringing in none other than Florida electro-bass legends Dynamix II to top the evening’s marquee with a live performance. With underground classics like “Just Give the DJ a Break” and “Feel the Bass” that are the Floridian equivalents to “Planet Rock,” the…
Orlando Ballet brings back their take on ‘Moulin Rouge’ at the Dr. Phillips Center for a long weekend
The Orlando Ballet brings a taste of bombastic Parisian nightlife to the City Beautiful with their production of Jordan Morris’ Moulin Rouge: The Ballet. This take on Moulin Rouge is a dazzling two-act performance full of high kicks, swirling skirts and radiant lights, all summoning up the spirit of the famed cabaret. The plot follows…
Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando hosts Paws in the Park at Lake Eola this weekend
With a woof-woof here and a woof-woof there, Paws in the Park returns to Lake Eola this weekend. For 29 years, the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando has hosted this community event to raise funds for their work — providing care and finding homes for abandoned dogs and cats — and get the word out…
Launch party for UCF grad Ciera Horton McElroy’s new book ‘Atomic Family’ happens at Zeppelin Books Saturday
Boomers grew up crouching under their school desks as a futile technique of protecting themselves from atomic bombs; Gen-Xers grew up with both the understanding that “duck and cover” drills were a joke and the certainty that a nuclear war would happen in our lifetime But Atomic Family was written by a member of Gen…
Audubon Park has you covered for last-minute V-Day shopping with weekend markets aplenty
If your relationship survived the pandemic, it might be a good idea to swamp your significant other beneath a sea of gifts. To that end, hie thee over to the Audubon Park area for several local-centric markets and events this weekend. Sunday brings the return of the Vintage Valentine Market. Taking place in the parking…
Orlando rapper Dontez takes a bold stop forward with new ‘Black Madonna’ mini-album
There’s no shortage of good singers or good rappers in the 407. But, as his latest release attests, few are as convincingly even-footed in both specialties as Orlando’s Dontez. While his debut album from a year ago (Holy Ratchet) was a rap-forward outing, Dontez is showing a remarkably more varied complexion on his recent follow-up.…
Floridians may soon be able to legally carry concealed firearms without licenses, as proposal clears committee
The majority of more than 100 people who testified opposed the bill — for not going far enough
Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation awards grant to Orlando voting-rights group Equal Ground
Orlando voting-rights group Equal Ground is one of the Central Florida organizations recently awarded grants from pop star Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation. Equal Ground broke the news earlier this week on Instagram, shouting out both BeyGOOD and the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida for making it possible for the organization to receive the…
UCF student senate passes resolution opposing DeSantis’ Stop WOKE Act
The University of Central Florida’s student legislative branch last week voted to approve a resolution demonstrating student opposition to Florida’s “Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act,” a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year. The Stop WOKE Act, or HB7, restricts classroom instruction on race and discrimination, as well…






