You never really know how good you had it ’til it’s gone. And long gone are the days where we could saunter into a cinematic viewing experience that had it all. It was a little haunted, smelled a little rank and sometimes even had working A/C. It was the Orlando Premiere 14 Fashion Square movie theater, and it was perfect. Tickets were the cheapest around. You had to journey through a dead mall to find it. It offered an immersive experience you just can’t recreate, even in the nation’s tourism capital. We’ll miss you and your liminal Backrooms-esque atmosphere, dear friend.

Orlando drag performer Myki Meeks won Season 18 of RuPaul’s Drag Race earlier this year, snatching the crown and cementing her place in the drag pantheon. Meeks’ drag life is one that is very enmeshed with the City Beautiful. Maybe you’ve seen her perform as one of the core members of drag night Off the Record. Maybe you’ve seen her hosting local YouTube drag competition The Gig. Maybe you caught her as part of the Ren’s Nosferatu aftershow, V-Bar. She’s long been an integral part of our scene. Now that she’s conquered the Ru-verse, the world is surely hers. mykimeeks.com

There are plenty of ways to be bad in Orlando, but Volume just might be the best. The drag and live music spectacle takes place a handful of times throughout the year, leaving us always wanting more. Often in theme and always over-the-top, Volume offers a space to get up close and personal with some of Orlando’s most devilish drag stars — headed up by host Davi Oddity — embracing the city’s darkest fantasies. It’s not all R-rated excitement, though. Volume is a community of artists and performers committed to creating a safe space and a good time, even if it is a little bad. instagram.com/volume.orl

Ivanhoe performing-arts hub the Renaissance Theatre Co. was shuttered last autumn due to permitting issues with the city. The Ren soldiered on, putting on their annual Halloween production, Nosferatu, and drag night OTR in venues around the city. In late November, they found a temporary home on Church Street downtown in the former Fringe ArtSpace. After months of renovations, theater staff were given the green light by the city to reopen their Ivanhoe headquarters on lucky Friday the 13th in March. Since then, everything has been coming up Ren. 415 E. Princeton St., rentheatre.com

The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival wrapped up its 35th annual installment on Memorial Day with 116 sold-out performances (up from 70 last year) and a total of 43,901 tickets sold to 63,096 patrons, returning a near-record $518,196 to over 1,700 local and traveling artists. It’s safe to say that the fog of ennui that had settled over the last couple of years has been thoroughly dispersed. orlandofringe.org

Activist, organizer, DJ, designer, Orlando Weekly staffer (we could very easily go on) Dave Plotkin passed away last year, leaving Orlando much the poorer for his absence. To honor his friend, whimsical surrealist and Orlando arts fixture Doug Rhodehamel began cutting out cartoonish and angular cardboard fish and suspending them from the ceiling of Orlando venue and coffee spot Stardust Video. These same otherworldly fish swim right above the heads of customers, collectively populating the Dave Plotkin Memorial Aquarium, now a permanent installation at the Audubon Park destination, to memorialize Plotkin in perpetuity.1842 E. Winter Park Road

First place: CityArts, downtownartsdistrict.com/cityarts

Second place: Mills Gallery, millsgalleryorlando.com

Third place: Casselberry Arts Center, casselberry.org

First place: Vicki Landon, ocfl.net, unitedartscfl.org

Second place: Terry Olson, instagram.com/terryolsonarts

Third place: Barbara Hartley, instagram.com/bhartley827

First place: Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, orlandofringe.org

Second place: Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, wpsaf.org

Third place: Immerse, immersefest.com