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Dear Elon: Please stop trying to kill Florida’s national parks and wildlife refuges
A letter to the big DOGE
Legal Public Notices 3/19/25
Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: April 4th, 2025 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue…
Reggaeton star Yandel teams up with symphony orchestra for very exclusive Orlando show
The artists will collaborate live with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Puerto Rico
Deftones and Mars Volta play one of only two Florida shows at the Kia Center this week
Mars Volta and Fleshwater open
An adults-only lounge is coming to Epcot this year
The 21-and-up lounge is set to open inside the geodesic sphere that houses Spaceship Earth
Parents, teachers blast Osceola County schools for policy changes affecting students with disabilities
Exceptional student education will be offered to fewer students at fewer schools beginning next school year
‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live tours into Orlando’s Hard Rock Live mixing anime and big-band vamps
This band has deep Orlando roots
Florida Republican lawmaker proposes legislation to regulate hemp-infused drinks
It would ban those drinks being sold at any locations other than ones already licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, adding additional prohibitions and requirements
Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost urges Florida to question what Republicans plan to do with Medicaid
‘If you support cuts to Medicaid, do you not realize that you’re supporting cuts to the Florida budget? That’s how this works’
Florida insurance regulators struggle to explain why stunning 2022 report wasn’t made public
Florida property insurers were pleading for legislative reforms because of liabilities from major storms and excessive litigation. Nevertheless, they were paying billions of dollars to affiliated companies
Florida lawmakers question claims that insurance companies are hiding profits while claiming losses
‘Our purpose today is to find out if insurance companies have been allegedly ripping us off, ripping the citizens of Florida off, why rates are so high’
Court upholds Florida gun law that bars people under 21 from buying rifles
The ruling came after seven years of legal wrangling in the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a 2018 law passed after Parkland shooting
He fought officers in front of the Capitol. Now he wants to be Florida’s next U.S. senator
Native New Yorker Jake Lang was one of the more than 1,500 people charged with offenses related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol
Friends to hold vigil for 26-year-old fatally shot by Orange County sheriff’s deputies
Jose Luis Lopez was fatally shot by deputies in his own home.
Judge denies request to block Florida’s social media ban for young teens
The social media law, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, would block anyone under 16 from using some social media
St. Patrick’s Day pub crawls, festivals and more in Orlando this year
Where to celebrate (and drink) around town
Orlando activist calls out Florida Republican over effort to pay some workers less than minimum wage
Rollins College graduate Matthew Grocholske warned that undermining minimum wage requirements for work-based learners would hurt young people.
Central Florida Sounds of Freedom Band romps through hits of stage and screen at Lake Eola
Hear hits from cinema, TV and Broadway in the company of some swans
Migrant children fleeing abuse could have a harder time getting residency in Florida
John Barry, a lawyer who represents immigrant children for the Orlando Center for Justice, calls the bill unethical
Orlando Fringe Festival announces 2025 dates and theme
Get ready to get weird, Fringe fanatics
German electro pioneers Kraftwerk return to Orlando — this time to Steinmetz Hall
This band invented everything you love
Generation of folkies collide harmoniously when Steve Poltz and Hannah Stokes share the Tuffy’s stage
Did you know Poltz co-wrote hits with Jewel?
Mysterious metallers Sleep Token announce late summer arena show in Orlando
This is the masked and mysterious band’s band’s only Florida show
DeSantis to speak alongside Trump border czar Tom Homan at New College of Florida event
The event takes place two years after DeSantis transformed the small, formerly progressive liberal-arts campus into a beacon of conservatism
Broadway and ‘Glee’ songstress Lea Michele comes to Orlando this spring
Expect songs from ‘Funny Girl’ and ‘Les Misérables’
Is this the year Florida restores the rights of 18-year-olds to purchase long guns?
Tampa Rep. Dianne Hart said the measure was a ‘slap in the face’ to the families who suffered through the Parkland shooting
Florida Republicans continue push to ban local governments from putting fluoride in water
Health organizations have long said fluoride in water helps prevent cavities and dental problems
Florida lawmakers approve bills to remove ‘Gulf of Mexico’ from state laws, school books
Sen. Nick DiCeglie, an Indian Rocks Beach Republican, called the gulf’s name change ‘patriotic’
Six Orlando-area restaurants were just added to the Michelin Guide
The rubber company added Smokemade Meats, Bar Kada, Walala, Kai Kai, Banh Mi Boy and Gyukatsu Rose.
Orlando concert calendar: The Molly Ringwalds, Chad Tepper, ZZ Top, Bywater Call and more
Live music around town March 12-18
Orlando’s Gamma Waves return louder than love after lengthy silence with new album
‘You must be talking about Grunge! Du-Da-Du-Da-Duuuu-Grunge!’
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ alum Dawn is headed to Savoy for iScream Sundays
Also features a Dueling Divas battle royale
What to watch: Amanda Seyfried plays a Philly cop, John Mulaney is back with ‘Everybody Live’ and more
This week’s streaming debuts
Local News Legend and Apes of the State throw a folk-punk party at Uncle Lou’s this week
Confession Kids round out the lineup
A rescheduled Lionheart Music Fest roars into Central Florida Fairgrounds this weekend
A day of dance music for a good cause
Adoptable dog Mister Marty is young, healthy and strong, with a huge heart
He’s barely 3 years old, but he’s been waiting to meet a new family for over six months
Iron Lung returns to Florida for the Marching Orders punk weekender
Back to the front
Orlando Fringe fave Paul Strickland presents an evening of musical yarn-spinning and tall tales
Sit around the troubadour’s campfire at Judson’s Live






