Legal Public Notices 5/26 issue
Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices AUCTION Extra Space Storage Ð Store 8138 1001 Lee Rd. Orlando FL. 32810 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: June 11, 2021 @ 12:00 PM Paul White – Household Goods. The auction will…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs,’ ‘Headcanon,’ ‘The Sack,’ ‘Smooch’ and ‘We Got Love’
Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs BYOV: The Abbey, $12 With their last two hit Fringe shows, Hardly Working Promotions gave us Elizabethan reimaginings of Ghostbusters and Terminator 2. This year, they continue to work their way down my all-time favorite film list with a Shakespearean staging of Quentin Tarantino’s debut crime thriller, and it’s easily the best…
Ride a hot air balloon at Glow in the Park in Apopka this Memorial Day weekend
While we wouldn’t have thought to do it on our own, soaring high above Apopka in a glowing hot air balloon this Memorial Day weekend sounds pretty nice. Glow in the Park is a free-to-see event offers fun hot air balloon and carnival rides for the Central Florida daredevils of all degrees. The festival runs…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘Coffee and Cedar,’ ‘Hexed,’ ‘DKTV: Live!,’ ‘La Divina’ and ‘Tonight at Midnight’
Coffee and Cedar Blue Venue, $10 So far this Fringe Festival, I’ve seen shows about men fucking men, women fucking women, pigs fucking frogs, fairy queens fucking asses, and other couplings too explicit to mention. So it comes as somewhat of a relief to see a show where nobody fucks anything for a change. Of course,…
Universal Studios donates plants to Orlando urban gardening charity
On Tuesday, Universal Orlando’s horticultural team provided starter plants to Grow Orlando Inc. to help Orlando’s underserved communities to create micro-farms to help fight food scarcity. Grow Orlando is an organization rooted in Orlando that teaches life and financial skills to disadvantaged youth through farming, landscaping and harvesting their own seeds. A very big thank…
Super Flower Blood Moon will shine bright over Central Florida on Wednesday
Have your telescopes and cameras ready for May’s Super Flower Blood Moon tomorrow! Stargazers in Orlando will be able to watch May’s major celestial event, starting with a super moon late Tuesday night and a lunar eclipse between 5:44 a.m and 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The sky spectacle will be the most visible in the…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘Seen,’ ‘Arden,’ ‘Tired Old Whore,’ ‘My First Miracle,’ ‘Dangerous When Wet,’ ‘Designated Debaters,’ ‘Dogtanic’ and ‘The Frogpig and Friends Variety Hour’
Seen Terapia Di Danza, Orlando, FL Yellow Venue, $12 Belly dancer Serafina Schiavo uses her art to take audiences on an esoteric exploration of self-empowerment in Seen, an intriguing but inconsistent experiment in movement and mysticism. Schiavo is the Moonchild, who communes via pre-recorded voiceover with an unseen omniscient force. Between philosophical debates with her…
Disney replaces hotel rooms with timeshare units at one of its most popular resorts
As fans return to Walt Disney World, hotel occupancy has seen a steady increase. Still, Disney moved in recent days to ensure those high occupancy rates remain while also locking in guaranteed return visits. Last week Disney confirmed it would be making the rare move of shifting some existing rooms at the Grand Floridian Resort…
Universal Orlando finally gets a DreamWorks attraction, but it’s just a glorified dance party
Just in time for the summer crowds, Universal Orlando is set to debut a brand-new character experience. DreamWorks Destination gives a home to characters from multiple DreamWorks franchises. The experience combines a dance party-like show with numerous socially distanced character photo opportunities. After Universal showed Barney no love earlier this year by booting him from…
Key West saw its Margaritaville resort close earlier this year, but a new one is already in the works
After a four-year run, the Margaritaville Key West Resort & Marina rebranded earlier this year, leaving the Conch Republic with no accommodations dedicated to the island’s most famous living legend. But parrotheads won’t have to wait for space for long as Margaritaville will take up residence at another waterfront resort later this year. Barbary Beach…
Massive art exhibit on Andean art will feature virtual reality tour of Machu Picchu
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is known for its wide range of Pre-Colombian and African art, but a new temporary exhibit will help the South Florida museum finding its foothold within globally recognized institutions. The traveling exhibit, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, will make its global debut at the museum as…
SeaWorld now allows vaccinated employees to go maskless in the park
In an internal memo to park employees, SeaWorld shared that workers who were fully vaccinated would be allowed to go maskless in the park. The email obtained by Spectrum News 13 said the measure was effective starting today, May 25. Employees must provide vaccination records before they can go maskless and will wear a sticker…
Orlando Museum of Art unveils Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition in June
Orlando Museum of Art’s annual exhibition and spotlight on the most promising and challenging new art (and artists) in Florida — the Florida Prize in Contemporary Art — is returning in 2021 next month after a 2020 lost to the pandemic. Opening Friday, June 4 and running through Aug. 22, this exhibition will take over…
Anti-vax clods plan COVID-19 convention in Cocoa Beach
After a year that all but proved their central stance untenable and ridiculous, an anti-vax group is planning a superspreader event in Cocoa Beach. The third annual Millions March Against Mandatory Vaccines event will be taking place in cities across the world, with Central Florida meetups planned for Tampa and Cocoa Beach. The Cocoa Beach…
Eugene Snowden to play outdoors Orlando comeback show in June
Once a familiar face and presence on Orlando stages, Eugene Snowden has been quiet of late, taking care of business on the home front and putting his performing life on hold during most of 2020 and this year. But now soul maestro Snowden’s announced a big return show in his usual Mills 50 stomping grounds,…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs social media crackdown into law over cries that it’s unconstitutional
Taking aim at Silicon Valley, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a measure to crack down on large social-media companies that block users from their platforms. DeSantis, who made the issue one of his top priorities during this year’s legislative session, described Florida as a “trailblazer” and said the bill would protect free speech. “What…
The Monroe, a retro restaurant in downtown Orlando, opens tomorrow
The Monroe, a new coffee bar and supper spot in downtown Orlando, announced it will celebrate its grand opening on May 25. Attendees will enjoy small bites, iced tea and coffee at the inaugural ceremony, where Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and commissioner Regina Hill will also make appearances. View this post on Instagram A post…
Lake Eola is in need of a facelift. Here’s what the person in charge of revitalizing the iconic park has to say about it
The past year has proven the importance of beautiful, accessible outdoor spaces. In Orlando, no outdoor space is as well used as Lake Eola. Since 1888, the park has provided a bit of reprieve for those in downtown Orlando, but as the region grows, the park has struggled to keep up. Now welcoming more than…
Orlando area restaurateurs raise wages, increase benefits as they struggle to find workers post-pandemic
Orlando businesses are struggling to find workers and have raised wages as a result. In a new report from the Orlando Sentinel, several local business owners shared their trouble finding workers and the blindingly obvious solution they were forced to take to remedy it. Maxine’s on Shine owners Kirt and Maxine Earhart increased base wages to…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls state ‘America’s West Berlin’ while discussing COVID-19 response
At a press conference on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the state “America’s West Berlin” while discussing the state’s lax response to the coronavirus pandemic. The state opened up for business prematurely, forced the end of local mask mandates before the majority of the state had been vaccinated and will end federal benefits early…
Modest Mouse announces Orlando show in October
Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again Again?! Kidding. But yeah, Modest Mouse just announced a summer tour extending into fall that includes an Orlando show at the Hard Rock Live? The band is heading out for a lengthy run of dates starting late July at Lollapalooza in Chicago to show off new album, The Golden Casket (out June…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘Alchemist of Dreams,’ ‘Cross Country,’ ‘Fringin’ and Flagons’ and ‘Oscar Wilde and Jesus Christ Walk Into a Gay Bar’
Alchemist of DreamsOrange Venue, $12 After several years of more intimate, autobiographical VarieTease shows at the now-demolished Black Venue, Alchemist of Dreams marks the dance troupe’s welcome return to fantastical spectacle in the expansive Orange venue. Choreographer Baby BlueStar plays the proprietor of an Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus-style emporium of lost hopes, forgotten wishes and…
Florida to prematurely end expanded unemployment benefits to force residents back into low-wage work
We really should stop being surprised by Florida’s mistreatment of workers. Even by the remarkably low standards of the Sunshine State, turning down free, federal subsidies to starve residents into going back to low-wage work is vile. That’s exactly what the state plans to do, according to an announcement from the Florida Department of Economic…
Florida high school edited yearbook photos of girls to cover their chests
A high school in Florida is sparked outrage this week after news broke that they had edited high school girls’ yearbook photos to cover their chests. Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County reportedly edited the photos to insert fabric over the girls’ exposed skin, drawing the ire of parents and students alike. The…
More than 10 million Floridians have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose
About five months after shots began, more than 10 million people in Florida have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report released Sunday by the state Department of Health. The report showed that 7,965,477 people who had received shots — or nearly 80 percent of the 10,005,987 total — were…
Drowning man saved by good Samaritans in Daytona Beach
A Jacksonville man was saved from drowning at Daytona Beach on Sunday morning. Bystanders went into the surf to save a struggling 22-year-old who ventured out into the ocean before the lifeguard towers were opened. After pulling him from the waves, they performed CPR on the unconscious man until paramedics arrived. Volusia County Beach Safety…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘The Infinite Conversation,’ ‘Mind Eater’ and ‘Requiem’
The Infinite ConversationBYOV: The Grove at Mead Botanical Garden, $12 After nearly four years of watching performance artist Sumner Mormeneo develop his innovative fusion of mime and video mapping at Orlando’s Immerse festival, the debut of his completed Infinite Conversation was high on my most-anticipated list for the 2021 Fringe. Everything I loved about those early…
Volusia County’s newest luxury homes come with their own airplane hangars
Florida is known for its big fancy houses, gated communities and golf courses. So how is a rich person to stunt when even the grubbiest of Floridians are typically within spitting distance of a putting green? Developer Massey Properties & Associates may have come up with a solution: building private airplane hangars into their new…
New Orlando concert series the Plug launches in June with Coastcity
New faces of pop music in Orlando will be in the spotlight as part of an upcoming live music series dubbed the Plug. The Plug launches in June with a free concert in downtown Orlando with some big names present. The gratis event features a multi-generational lineup of local pop heavy-hitters, headlined by Latin music…
‘Orlando Sentinel’ sold to vampiric hedge fund Alden Global Capital
Tribune Publishing shareholders voted on Friday to allow the sale of the newspaper chain to the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. The financial company is known for slashing newsroom budgets to the bone in order to extract as much profit as possible from their purchased publications, and they now own storied publications like the Chicago…
Reel Representation: Diversity in Film third annual showcase coming to Orlando
Enzian Theater and Travel + Leisure Co. are bringing back the Reel Representation: Diversity in Film showcase for all the movie lovers of the Orlando community. The showcase will take place at Enzian Theater on June 5 and 6. The goal of Enzian and sponsor Travel + Leisure is to highlight women, Black American, LGBTQ+…
Winter Park’s Morse Museum offers free admission on July 5
If you want to add a bit of culture to your long Independence Day weekend, save some energy on July 4 and circle July 5 in your Moleskine day planner. Because on that day, Winter Park’s Morse Museum is offering free admission and will be showing off some previously unseen artifacts. Now it might be…
Unearthed grand jury subpoena shows scope of Matt Gaetz sex trafficking probe
A grand jury subpoena from last December has shed some light on the scope of the sex trafficking investigation into congressman Matt Gaetz. The document involved a former employee of one-time Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg. Joe Ellicott was an associate and employee of the disgraced Florida politician who pleaded guilty to counts of…
Temporary restraining order denied for Florida’s controversial anti-protest law
A federal judge this week rejected a request for a temporary restraining order against a controversial new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on violent protests. U.S. District Judge Paul Byron issued a six-page order Tuesday denying a temporary restraining order sought by plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed April 21 in federal…
Florida’s anti-indoctrination proposal is tailormade to indoctrinate children
A proposed rule that will be weighed by the State Board of Education aims to control the way history is taught in Florida classrooms and not allow teachers to “indoctrinate” students, as part of what state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran called a “constant, vigilant fight.” The proposed rule seeks to put strict guidelines on teaching…
The new normal: NOAA predicts sixth straight above-average hurricane season
Another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season is being predicted after what was the most-active year for storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday predicted a 60 percent chance that the six-month season, which begins June 1, will be above average, but it shouldn’t reach the 30 named storms and 14 hurricanes that marked the…
City of Orlando is looking for your photographs as part of annual calendar contest
Attention budding and otherwise local photographers: The City of Orlando is seeking your snapshots to be a part of the 2022 City of Orlando Historic Preservation Board Calendar. The theme for this year is … drum roll, please … “Orlando’s historic windows and doors.” Previous years’ themes have included “Lake Eola fountain” and “bungalows in Orlando’s…
SeaWorld goes EDC — kind of, not really — with ongoing Electric Ocean event set for this summer
The SeaWorld-does-EDC (but family-friendly) event Electric Ocean is coming back just in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, with all the requisite music, special shows, lights and longer park hours for visitors. Past the Memorial Day kickoff on May 28, Electric Ocean will be going through Sept. 6. The general idea is that, as…
Florida’s new law banning ‘vaccine passports’ carves out exemptions for healthcare industry
Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed to block businesses from requiring customers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations, but legislation he recently signed included a carve-out for the health-care industry. The measure crafted by DeSantis’ Republican legislative allies exempted hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, physician offices and ambulance providers, among many other health…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘The 500 List,’ ‘Darths and Droids,’ ‘Seeger,’ ‘The Impossible Club’ and ‘What? The Dickens!’
The 500 ListPink Venue, $12 Modern American troubadour Ryan Adam Wells makes a welcome return to the Orlando Fringe with a “sidequel” that runs parallel to — and is even more moving than — his previous award-winning solo show, Beers About Songs. The 500 List follows Wells and his college buddy Dave on a Rolling Stone…
Tim Tebow is the ‘Chosen One’ for the Jacksonville Jags and Urban Meyer
After taking a few years off to sock some dingers into the scrotums of minor league baseball fans, Jesus’ favorite kneeling quarterback is back in the NFL. The Jacksonville Jaguars announced Thursday morning that they’ve signed the former Heisman Trophy-winner Tim Tebow to a one year contact as a tight end, reuniting the former Florida…
Orlando Fringe Festival 2021 reviews: ‘ExperiMental,’ ‘Girly Girl’ and ‘Rosegold’
ExperiMental Red Venue, $7 If you are one of the millions of people who were blown away by Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself on Hulu, you’ll be mesmerized by the feats of mentalism being performed live and in person by Los Angeles illusionist Steven Nicholas. He begins this brand-new act by demonstrating that he’s…
Motley Crue and Def Leppard postpone Camping World Stadium date in Orlando to 2022
Glam rockers Motley Crue’s massive summer stadium run with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts has been pushed back yet again to 2022, so the big-haired Voltron can play every city on the initial 2020 itinerary. This means that the Orlando date of the tour, only the third show on this massive…
New downtown sculpture wants to know if you’re ‘down to Orlando’
Orlando’s newest piece of public art is a bright yellow sculpture that needs to know one thing: are you down to Orlando? The city of Orlando’s Downtown Development Board unveiled the new sculpture to commemorate their 50th year anniversary on Wednesday. Ostensibly, it’s meant to signify “downtown Orlando.” Still, we can’t help but feeling like…
Winter Park’s new bright pink gift shop Gasp is bound to draw eyes, customers
You can’t miss Gasp. The new, pink gift shop in Winter Park selling gifts, decor and other items from women creators opened its doors last week with little risk of being passed over by residents. The bright pink-painted store will offer a variety of gifts, from horoscopes to hoodies in a store that carries on the…
LGBTQ+ Center to offer free COVID-19 vaccine, STI testing on Friday
Two LGBTQ+ organizations in Orlando will offer free Johnson & Johnson vaccine shots as well as HIV, Hepatitis C, and other STI testing on Friday. The event, which will run from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 946 N. Mills Ave., was possible due to a partnership between The Center, an organization with the mission…
Orlando’s average home values surpass pre-housing bust high
If you keep saying “it’s not a bubble” to yourself, eventually it has to be true, right? In a sign that’s either troubling or amazing depending on how much property you currently own and your long-term memory, the average value of a house in Orlando just passed its previous high set in 2006. According to…
Boo! Suwannee Hulaween fest will happen in October with headliners The String Cheese Incident
It’s happening? It’s happening. The annual musical phantasmagoria that is Suwannee Hulaween is coming back in October for a long Halloween weekend of sensory overload in Live Oak. The lineup announced Tuesday is almost absurdly crammed with performers and bands ready to get back into the live-music fray, including: the String Cheese Incident (playing three…
Video shows Atlas V rocket launch in Florida from the point of view of a commercial airplane
Being able to see the rocket launches as they leave Cape Canaveral is one of the few free and cool time-killers left in the state of Florida. All across the state, all you really need to do is stand outside and orient your face toward the Cape. At least, that’s all we thought we needed…
Florida Senate passes Seminole sports betting agreement
With legal battles looming over the expansion of gambling in Florida, lawmakers are poised to pass a sweeping deal that would give the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout the state in exchange for a promise of at least $2.5 billion over the first five years of a three-decade pact. The Florida Senate on…
Appeals court rejects lawsuit trying to force Florida to take action on climate change
An appeals court Tuesday rejected a lawsuit in which eight young Florida residents sought to force the state to take steps to address climate change. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld a decision last June by Leon County Circuit Judge Kevin Carroll to dismiss the case. The panel did not…
Summer Guide 2021: Orlando artists to soundtrack your summer
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Things to do in Orlando, May 19-25: Wynton Marsalis, Fringe Fest, Foreigner
Our selections of the best events this week. Wednesday-Thursday, May 19-20Frontyard Festival: ForeignerThe classic rockers play Orlando as a warmup for their upcoming tour, so get ready to rock out to the climatic one-two punch of “Cold as Ice” and “Hot Blooded,” as well as “I Want to Know What Love Is” and other hits…
The Orlando Fringe Festival celebrates its 30th edition, and the city celebrates the return of live theater
On March 19, 2020, the future of one of Central Florida’s most important cultural institutions was thrown into question when the 29th annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival was canceled in light of the then-accelerating COVID-19 pandemic. While the event nimbly pivoted to presenting virtual productions, fans were worried if the organization would survive to…
Five early picks: Seth Kubersky’s Orlando Fringe Fest recommendations for 2021
Ain’t Done Bad Silver Venue Windermere’s Jakob Karr — an alumnus of So You Think You Can Dance and Cirque du Soleil — choreographed and stars in the most polished, professional, propulsive piece of contemporary dance theater in the Festival’s 30-year history. Corset and Cuties: Delicious BYOV: HÄOS on Church Street Corsets & Cuties aims…
A ‘pigzzaria,’ a new rooftop deck opening, an old rooftop deck being reopened, and other Orlando food news
OPENINGS: Pigzza, a pizza joint by Pig Floyd’s owner Thomas Ward and Al Palo of Stasio’s Italian Deli, will open in Mills 50 this fall. The “pigzzaria” will fire out pies from the cool building at 1050 N. Mills Ave., next door to Will’s Pub … Over in Ivanhoe Village, the Harmon Photo building will…
The ABCs of Orlando Fringe: Post-Pandemic Edition
Whether it’s your first Fringe or your 30th, you’ll want to review our updated guide to getting the most out of the festival. Check out show details, festival policies and venue maps at orlandofringe.org/may2021, where you can also buy tickets, and keep an eye on Orlando Weekly’s show reviews at orlandoweekly.com. Apps and links The…
