New proposals in Tallahassee could affect over 150,000 working people in Florida who are represented by unions.
It turns out there isn’t a pot of gold at the other end of the rainbow. For folks in Sanford, they’ll find only a fire truck this St. Patrick’s Day weekend. But if they can move it with their bare hands, then the treasure (a trophy) magically appears. Historic Downtown Sanford hosts the 5th annual St.…
Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below at the property indicated: March 24, 2023 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 1101 Marshall Farms Rd, Ocoee 34761 (407) 516-7221 Latisha Starke – Household Goods.…
Construction of the space likely won’t be completed until early next year.
This is the band’s only Florida show on the tour.
People are, well, lovin’ it.
Pub-crawl your way through Orlando and all the green beer it has to offer
Gov. DeSantis and top higher-education officials touted the House bill and a similar Senate measure
Colombian singer Feid, also known as Ferxxo (pronounced “Fercho”), plans to wrap up his just-announced “Ferxxo Nitro Jam Underground” tour right here in Orlando. The reggaeton star’s “Ferxxo Nitro Jam Underground” jaunt will hit 29 North American cities starting in April. Tour stops include New York, Las Vegas, Seattle and Los Angeles, before wrapping up at Orlando’s…
‘This bill ensures death,’ said one parent during public comment.
HB 1543 would reverse part of a 2018 law that set the minimum age at 21.
The assailant is a longtime employee of the Southern Nights bar complex.
This will be the diner’s first Florida location.
One guy from Pennsylvania gave $2.5 million to the governor’s political committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis
He was there on his book tour — not campaigning, honest
The University of Central Florida’s “UCF Celebrates the Arts” — a two-week-long arts extravaganza presenting dozens of shows — takes over the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in April. Since 2015, the showcase of creativity, innovation and collaboration has put the spotlight on Orlando’s finest in the performing and visual arts, along with discussions and…
The goal is to get 50 cats and dogs adopted this weekend
More than 2,500 doctors have undergone training that allows them to order medical marijuana for patients
The number of unhoused locals rose in 2022, and when 2023 numbers are tabulated, things could be even worse.
Passed in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Parkland, it’s one of the only firearm restrictions approved in Florida in decades
The proposal would set start times for high schools and middle schools that would be in tune with teens’ natural rhythms
No longer serving only vegan food, and no longer ‘allowing fear to inhibit my dreams’
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ is part of the 2023-24 season; is the Legislature going to have a problem with that?
The bill also includes incentives for investment in affordable housing and seeks more development in struggling commercial areas
Music Fest Orlando’s name may get lost in the eternal scroll of social media, but don’t you dare sleep on a festival lineup that includes Fantasia, Babyface and the 69 Boyz — and it’s happening later this month. Music Fest Orlando is a little over two weeks away and features a mixtape-worthy array of R&B and hip-hop…
Bill sponsor Bob Rommel said the intent is to ‘send a message’ that Florida won’t engage with corporations using ‘progressive ideology’
OPENINGS+CLOSINGS: You’ll see Orlando Made options the next time you’re at an Orlando City football match — Black Rooster Taqueria, 4 Rivers Smokehouse, the Coop, Harrell’s Hot Dogs and Teak Neighborhood Grill will offer their comestibles, and a rotating selection of vendor carts will set up on the concourse level, including Cholo Dogs and Sus Hi…
Tell your friends you ‘got smashed at Papi’s’
There were just three speakers in support: ‘men in suits from think tanks, not actually people who are affected’
Your horoscope for the week of March 9-15
The rates come from hurricane costs and higher-than-expected natural gas prices last year
Pedersen’s hit ‘F*ckboys: The Musical’ took the Orlando Fringe by storm in 2018
Catch him with Automelodi and Dance Don’t Dance at Iron Cow on Saturday
DeSantis *encourages* Disney to create content that would appeal more to him!
The grass-roots rise of Farm & Haus from meal delivery service in 2014 (it was Farm-Haus back then) to East End Market stall to full-scale restaurant hasn’t been meteoric but, rather, biscuit-like. By that I mean it’s been a slow rise over the food operation’s 10-year span — a span that also saw owners Patrick…
Ilana Glazer is an alumnus of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, the iconic improv troupe that also gave us Donald Glover, Kate McKinnon, Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler. It was in those circles that she first met Abbi Jacobson, and together they launched Broad City as a web series in 2009. The original version ended…
All hail the return of Tymisha Harris.
You don’t have to “Wait for It” — Tony and Grammy award-winner Leslie Odom Jr. is making his way to the City Beautiful. Odom’s breakout role as Aaron Burr in the original Broadway cast of Hamilton has led him to other notable roles both on stage and screen, including his upcoming featured role in The…
Absolute legends and black-metal innovators Rotting Christ steer their unholy Under Our Black Cult tour into the Conduit this week for the final show of this monumental jaunt, joined by Carach Angren and Gaerea. It’s still melting our brains that the Greek metal lifers have undertaken an extensive North American tour in 2023, but the…
Over the past year of the Russian invasion, the world has gotten to know the plight of Ukraine. What we’ve also come to know is that the Ukrainian spirit is a thing of awe. Right now, there are few live embodiments of it in popular music like 2022 Eurovision Song Contest winners Kalush Orchestra. A…
Calling this Japanese master simply a “percussionist” just isn’t sufficient. Although his medium is strictly percussion, Nakatani is rhythm section to no one. Instead, he is his own orchestra, an avant-garde maestro who plays his stunning array with the scope of a composer and the expressive range of a lead violinist or guitarist. His solo…
Saturday night at Will’s Pub with Trash Cinema and TTN
The final installment of Informed Dissent.
Orlando band 0 Miles Per Hour have released only about a handful of songs or so since their 2019 emergence, but their buoyant blend of pop-punk, garage and fuzz has stood out. Even among those gems, though, beaming new single “0214” explodes with some of their brightest rays to date. Like Surfer Blood gone punk,…
What to watch this week
