Orange County’s chief of corrections warns that a proposed amendment to Florida’s constitution that would reduce property taxes could have a dangerous impact on jail staffing and training, and could increase public safety risks if approved by Florida voters this November. Orange County operates the fourth-largest jail in Florida. The proposed property tax amendment, Amendment…
Peruvian restaurant The Nazca Lines has opened in Longwood, Crooked Can Brewing Co. at the Hills City Center has opened in Minneola, Red Lobster reopens Kissimmee location just in time for Crabfest
Between Xbox decimating its development studios, Sony sunsetting physical discs, and the AI-driven RAMpocalypse sending console prices soaring, this has been a hard summer for hard-core video gamers. Happily, Walt Disney World recently debuted three new (or updated) offerings that blur the boundary between attraction and arcade, giving guests chances to get into the game…
I just want to live in a Lord Huron song where the world is fixed in a perpetual golden hour.
Orlando Museum of Art continues a string of free, community-inclusive events with this weekend’s Peru Independence Day Celebration.
The next generation of opera sings out in Opera Orlando’s 2026-2027 season at the SINGS! showcase.
So instead of clicking his way into ruin, this clever and very online child of the internet wields it as a tool for creativity in music, video and comedy. His new album, Summer of Guns, is a defining work in his young career. Originally intended strictly as a creative exercise and not a product, this…
From an island so small you might have to squint to spy it on world maps, artist La Vaughn Belle is sharing not only the stories of her life, but the stories of the place she grew up — and the people who helped to form it. The House That Freedoms Built is an installation…
Grab the opportunity to browse Flying Horse Editions’ studio and gallery in their new(ish) downtown digs and pick up your favorite prints.
With only guitar, bass and drums, High Fade create a unique stew of heavy vocals with funky and ferocious instrumentation, an enticing prospect for fans of Primus and Faith No More. Their first tour in America took place supporting The Cat Empire in 2023. Now they’re back and headlining with support from the likes of…
Which is exceedingly good news for students of pop music; Richie’s setlist in particular is a masterclass that ranges up and down his career, from “Easy” to “Brick House” to “Three Times a Lady” to “Lady,” performed as a virtual duet with Kenny Rogers (WTF). For the truly funky.
Bias is a miserable dining companion; preconception, critical poison. But as a food writer it’s hard to hide from the whispers of the world around you. Selva Rosa in Maitland: I had not heard good things. Walking into its dining room corroborated the whispers: the lighting twisted into cheeky words, the faux foliage, the conspicuous…
That this is a small show filled with solo acoustic acts belies the fact that it’s a powerhouse bill. A uniquely rousing performer, Central Florida’s Lauris Vidal is one of the few artists around here who know how to turn a solo one-man-band show into a rousing tent revival.
Legendary gangsta-rap artist Rick Ross is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album Port of Miami with a black-tie, orchestral experience. Ross will perform alongside the Renaissance Orchestra and the Sainted Trap Choir to turn the album that launched his rap career into a grand classical production.
Streaming Wednesday, July 22: Elize: Shadows of a Woman — She’s already been the subject of a Netflix doc, so now Brazilian true-crime celebrity Elize Matsunaga gets her own biopic too, to help us understand more deeply what would motivate a housewife to kill her husband and cut his body up into little pieces. Cue…
Although now Chicago-based, the Latin heart of Dominican-born band La Armada should make them especially at home around these parts. Up there with elite acts like Zeta and The Mars Volta, they’re juggernauts of Latin punk who hold thrillingly true to the hardcore vein.
Orange County Sheriff John Mina downplayed the role of the sheriff’s office in federal immigration enforcement Wednesday after facing scrutiny from local immigrant rights advocates over its proposed budget this next fiscal year of $470 million (an 11 percent increase). The Orange County Sheriff’s Office, like every other sheriff’s office in Florida, has what’s known…
