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Jump into summer with our 2016 Summer Guide
Make your June, July and August better with our Summer Guide suggestions. Below you’ll find our 2016 summer concert picks, seven local ice-cold treats, three months’ worth of summer blockbuster movies, 11 beaches worth putting miles on your car, a how-to guide to your first OCSC match, things to do on the inevitable rainy days,…
11 beaches worth the drive from Orlando
Treat yourself to a change from the ordinary
These are a few of our favorite springs
The best way to deal with Central Florida’s steamy, sultry days? Get yourself underwater – preferably crystal-clear water surrounded by gorgeous greenery. Whether you prefer to kayak, canoe, paddleboard, tube or just wallow in the water like a sexy manatee, these springs have you covered. Devil’s Den 5390 NE 180th Ave., Williston You can’t exactly…
Getting hot in here: 8 Orlando summer concerts you shouldn’t miss
Here are our eight most anticipated concerts of the summer, spanning a range from pop to hip-hop to noise to R&B. If nothing here rings your bell, peruse our Calendar music listings for so many more options. The Claypool Lennon Delirium Caught with a rare mutual moment of free time between their myriad projects, bassist…
15 things in Orlando to do on a rainy day
How to make the best of a soggy situation
Every party happening this summer at Gay Days/One Magical Weekend
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Gay Days Wednesday Daytime Main Pool Party The only Wednesday pool parties. Noon-5 pm; DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld, 10100 International Drive; $10-$20; 407-896-8431; gaydays.com. Gay Days Wednesday Night Main Pool Party With DJs Nancy Starr and Chris Adams. 5 pm-3 am; DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando at SeaWorld, 10100 International Drive;…
A how-to guide for attending your first Orlando City Soccer Club match
What is OCSC? Have you been living under a rock? The Orlando City Soccer Club (nicknamed the Lions) is the City Beautiful’s Major League Soccer franchise. The Orlando Pride is their female counterpart, added to the family just this year. OK, should I know any of the players? Kaká – he’s kind of a big…
12 ways to celebrate ‘Merica this 4th of the July in Orlando
SUNDAY, JULY 3 Freedom on the Waterfront Live music and a spectacular fireworks show at sundown. 5 pm; Elizabeth Evans Park, 510 N Baker St., Mt. Dora; free; 352-735-7183; ci.mount-dora.fl.us. Red, Hot & Boom Live music and one of the largest fireworks shows in the area. 4-11 pm; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd.,…
10 summer blockbusters that’ll be worth spending an afternoon inside
Before there was Netflix and chill, there was “spill and fill” – the movie industry’s term for packing a theater with bodies, then moving them on out a few hours later to cram in as many plays per day as possible. And no matter how much lip service binge-streaming may get, the multiplex experience is…
5 free events to look forward to this summer in Orlando
Summers can be oppressive – scratch that: are oppressive – in Central Florida. Between the 100-degree blanket of suck outdoors and the sporadic end-times thunderstorms, most Orlandoans devolve into swamp-crotched complaint beasts who would rather stay at home with a good A/C unit than venture into the perpetually moist miasma of summer. Here are a…
