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United Against Poverty Orlando provides free sandbags for residents and businesses amid floodings

Sandbags will be offered until the end of next week

By Lucy Dillon
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Orlando Area News, United Against Poverty Orlando, Orlando nonprofit, free sandbags, SoDo District, Orlando flooding, Orlando sandbags
Things to Do

SeaWorld Orlando announces new fully immersive 'Arctic Flying Theater'

The family-friendly experience is set to open in spring 2025

By Lucy Dillon
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Orlando Theme Parks, SeaWorld Orlando, new SeaWorld Orlando attraction, Arctic Flying Theater
Florida News

Judge wants doctor to face $10K fine for abortions performed at Orlando clinic

The judge said she did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed

By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Florida News, Abortion Rights, Florida abortion clinic, Orlando abortion clinic, Center of Orlando for Women
Cannabis News

Florida Gov. DeSantis defends targeting marijuana petition workers

'There’s a lot of money that’s at stake here,' DeSantis said

By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Cannabis News, Florida recreational marijuana, Florida marijuana amendment, Florida Amendment 3, Ron DeSantis
Florida News

'Dangerous and xenophobic': Florida's Haitian lawmakers denounce false pet-eating allegations from Trump campaign

Vance and Trump have repeatedly alleged over the past two weeks that Haitian immigrants in Springfield have stolen and eaten dogs and cats

By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Florida News, Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Springfield, Haitian lawmakers
Orlando Area News

Orange County overdose prevention program aims to save lives, one fentanyl test strip at a time

Local nonprofit Largest Heart has distributed over 38,000 fentanyl test strips as part of their Test Before You Try program

By McKenna Schueler
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Orlando Area News, Health, fentanyl test strips, FTS, national recovery month, opioid addiction, opioid use disorder, dancesafe, Largest Heart, Orange County, Project Opioid, overdose prevention, opioid overdose help, Naran
Live Music Picks + Previews

Maestro guitar shredder Yngwie Malmsteen brings anniversary tour to Orlando area

'More is more!'

By Matthew Moyer
Sep 20, 2024

Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Concert Announcements, Mount Dora Music Hall at the Community Building, Yngwie Malmsteen, heavy metal, guitarist, virtuoso, Orlando music, things to do in Orlando
Food News

California fast-food chain Jack in the Box to open outpost in Lake Nona

24-hour party people

By Matthew Moyer
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Food News, Openings, Closings + Moves, Jack in the Box, Lake Nona, Fast food, Orlando restaurant, restaurant opening
Food News

Florida barbecue favorite 4 Rivers Smokehouse will now be open on Sundays

All locations will also now stay open until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays

By Colin Wolf
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Food News, 4 Rivers Smokehouse, Florida restaurants, Florida barbecue, Orlando restaurants, Orlando barbecue
Orlando Area News

Disney Springs restaurant workers highlight their 'second class' status, with lower pay and fewer benefits than unionized Disney employees

They vow to continue the fight for a fair process to organize

By McKenna Schueler
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Orlando Theme Parks, Disney Springs union, Disney Springs, Disney union, UNITE HERE Local 737, UNITE HERE, Disney union restaurant, Delaware North, Patina Restaurant Group
Florida News

State approves $200 million plan for New College of Florida, despite concerns about spending

The plan also puts the small liberal-arts college on pace to request more than $200 million over the next five years

By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Florida News, New College of Florida, Florida budget, Ron DeSantis
Gimme Shelter

Adoptable dog Keisha is waiting for the perfect companion to make her their center of attention

The small 3-year-old loves people, treats and cuddles

By Orange County Animal Services
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Gimme Shelter, adoptable pets, adoptable dogs, OCAS, Orange County Animal Services, animal shelter, adopt don't shop, shelter pets, Orlando pets
Food News

Quicksand, a natural wine bar from Golden Hour's Heather LaVine, will open later this year in Mills 50

The intimate and inviting space will allow guests to 'just sink in'

By Faiyaz Kara
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Food News, Openings, Closings + Moves, bar openings, new bars in Orlando, wine bars Orlando
Things to Do

Orlando’s Hispanic Heritage Month art exhibit now open through November

The Terrace Gallery exhibit highlights the richness and diversity of Hispanic cultures

By Lucy Dillon
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Visual Arts, Orlando Hispanic Heritage Month, City of Orlando art exhibit, Pioneers of Change, Terrace Gallery
Orlando Area News

Korean fried chicken restaurant Chi-Kin opens second location in October

The new outpost of the fried chicken joint will be located in Windermere

By Kendal Asbury
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Orlando Area News, Openings, Closings + Moves, Korean food in Orlando, Korean fried chicken, restaurant openings in Orlando, Korean restaurants in Central Florida, Mills 50
Orlando Area News

Orlando Starbucks workers vote in favor of union

'I am honored to be joining almost 500 stores in the fight for better wages, fair working conditions and consistent hours'

By McKenna Schueler
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Orlando Area News, Labor, Starbucks union Orlando, Orlando Starbucks union, Starbucks in Orlando unionize, unionized Starbucks Orlando, Florida Starbucks union, Starbucks union Florida, Starbucks Workers United
Live Music Picks + Previews

Canuck pop-punks Sum 41 pilot their farewell tour into Orlando Amphitheater

'Still Waiting' no more

By Lucy Dillon
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Concert Announcements, Sum 41, Orlando Amphitheater, Orlando concert, Orlando music, things to do in Orlando, pop-punk, farewell tour
Live Music Picks + Previews

Digable Planets come to Orlando to celebrate 30th anniversary of debut album 'Reachin''

'Progressive consciousness, jazzy steez and infinite downtown cool'

By Bao Le-Huu
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, This Little Underground, Digable Planets, The Beacham, hip-hop, Reachin', Orlando concert, Orlando music, things to do in Orlando
Things to Do

Circuit Church and Zymarium Meadery collab on synth meetup event Nectar+Noise

Mead and analog synths collide

By Matthew Moyer
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Performing Arts, Zymarium, Meadery, Circuit Church, RīZōM, Nectar+Noise, Orlando technology, Orlando music, analog synthesizer, things to do in Orlando, Zymarium Meadery
Orlando Music News

Jonas Van den Bossche releases new mini-album of shimmering and meditative reveries

'Honed studies in window-gazing reverie'

By Bao Le-Huu
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Orlando Music News, This Little Underground, Jonas Van den Bossche, Are You Free Now, Orlando music, new music, album release, post-rock, experimental
Florida News

Non-profit group files federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s voter verification process

The process 'not only places the burden of verification on Black voters, it further disenfranchises Black eligible voters,' the lawsuit alleges

By News Service of Florida
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Florida News, Elections, Florida voter registration, Florida voter lawsuit
Live Music Picks + Previews

Boy George and Squeeze give a musical masterclass in pop smarts at upcoming Orlando concert

Top practitioners of pop music

By Anthony Mauss
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Concert Announcements, Boy George, Squeeze, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, new wave, 1980s, Orlando concert, Orlando music, things to do in Orlando, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Live Music Picks + Previews

Weezer, Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. make for a night of nostalgia and modern musical kicks at the Kia Center

You'll hear the 'Blue Album' in full

By Ida V. Eskamani
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Concert Announcements, Weezer, Kia Center, Dinosaur Jr., Flaming Lips, indie rock, alternative rock, Orlando concert, Orlando music, things to do in Orlando
Things to Do

Punk rock and skateboarding get the spotlight in new Orlando Museum of Art exhibitions

Both exhibitions open on Saturday

By Matthew Moyer
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Visual Arts, Orlando Museum of Art, Torn Apart, Push, punk rock, skateboarding, J. Grant Brittain, Orlando arts, exhibition opening, things to do in Orlando
Live Music Picks + Previews

Tremolords, Pretty Voices and Belltowers get ready for a night of high jinks and high kicks at Will's Pub

Garage-rock shindig time

By Bao Le-Huu
Sep 18, 2024

Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, This Little Underground, The Tremolords, Pretty Voices, The Belltowers, Will's Pub, garage rock, Orlando concert, Orlando music, things to do in Orlando

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Orlando home 'Puesta del Sol' built for late Disney executive hits market for $10M

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By Chloe Greenberg

Sep 20, 2024

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Photos: Something Corporate celebrated a return to the road after 20 years at Orlando's Hard Rock Live

Something Corporate brought their reunion tour to Orlando's Hard Rock Live over the weekend. And fans were ready to welcome. After nearly…

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