News

• Orlando Area News

  Katt Williams brings 'Dark Matter Tour' to an Orlando arena in 2024

  'Kattpacalypse' Now

  By Grayson Keglovic

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Florida News

  Florida prisons could use winter months to install AC in prisons — if lawmakers allow it

  Soaring temperatures are a factor in high guard staff turnover as well as medically dangerous for the aging prisoner population.

  By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Florida News

  University of South Florida pro-Palestinian student group sues DeSantis, education officials

  The 26-page USF lawsuit alleged a violation of First Amendment rights

  By News Service of Florida

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Florida News

  Florida Republican wants state to investigate complaints against cops, rather than local officials

  Also, the bill would bar ordinances or rules about civilian oversight of law-enforcement agencies in investigating misconduct complaints

  By News Service of Florida

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Florida News

  Florida hurricane season ends, but recovery to take time

  Restoration efforts from Hurricane Idalia will continue for years in rural North Florida, particularly for people in the agriculture industry

  By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida

  Nov 27, 2023

  
• Florida News

  Despite Supreme Court ruling, DeSantis lawyers again seek to have anti-drag show law take effect

  U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell said the law, approved this spring by the Republican-led Legislature and DeSantis, violated First Amendment rights

  By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida

  Nov 27, 2023

  
• Florida News

  Florida gas prices expected to remain low through holidays

  'A recent drop in oil prices and the seasonal downturn in fuel demand have enabled gas prices to move lower in time for the holidays'

  By News Service of Florida

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Florida News

  Florida Republican wants to ban descendants of slaves from receiving reparations

  It would need approval from 60 percent of the Senate and the House to go before voters

  By News Service of Florida

  Nov 28, 2023

  

Arts + Culture

• Things to Do

  Orlando stand-up comedy showcase 'What Do You Want From Us?!' promises comedy gold, Jerry

  Why don't you try, funny guy?

  By Grayson Keglovic

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Things to Do

  From the creators of SpikeFest comes new alternative drag showcase Smutball

  A night of new and familiar faces

  By Matthew Moyer

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Things to Do

  Comedian Jo Koy steers stand-up tour into Orlando on Saturday

  'Comin' In Hot' indeed

  By Grayson Keglovic

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Things to Do

  Krampusfest indulges in the naughty side of the holidays at the Plaza Live this weekend

  Don't be naughty … wait, do be naughty … wait

  By Matthew Moyer

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Things to Do

  Hello Kitty drives her Cafe Truck pop-up into Florida Mall this weekend

  And remember, as 'SNL' let us know: Hello Kitty is not a cat, she's a human little girl

  By Grayson Keglovic

  Nov 28, 2023

  

Food + Drink

• Food News

  Orlando doughnut news, Orlando Meats' Seth Parker and Eliot Hillis open Larry's Place, Outpost Kitchen flames out and more

  Restaurant openings and closings around Orlando

  By Faiyaz Kara

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Food News

  Orlando launches Too Good to Go app to combat food waste; Cows 'n Cabs raises over $1 million for charities

  Good food news to ring in the holiday season

  By Faiyaz Kara

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Food News

  Chicken Fire's Kwame Boakye opens smashburger concept

  Cow & Cheese opens in Maitland on Friday, Dec. 1

  By Faiyaz Kara

  Nov 27, 2023

  
• Restaurant Reviews

  Fluffy Fluffy Dessert Cafe slings Japanese souffle pancakes to Orlando's food obsessives

  Rise to the occasion

  By Faiyaz Kara

  Nov 22, 2023

  

Music

• Live Music Picks + Previews

  Orlando concert calendar, Thanksgiving weekend edition: 15 shows that'll get you out of the house, from Doja Cat to Cattle Decapitation

  Do the mashed potato

  By Jessica Bryce Young and Kristin Howard

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Live Music Picks + Previews

  Petty Thefts celebrate release of new album at Will's Pub on Friday with Debt Neglector, Pangolin and more

  The lineup is an Orlando punk kaleidoscope.

  By Bao Le-Huu

  Nov 22, 2023

  
• Live Music Picks + Previews

  Total Chroma, Mother Juno, Warm Frames, Tiger Beat and more make for an eclectic night of underground sounds

  Prepare for 'a beautiful collision'

  By Bao Le-Huu

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Live Music Picks + Previews

  'Glee' alum Darren Criss brings musical holiday revue to Orlando Wednesday

  He'll wish you a Merry Crissmas

  By Gabby Macogay

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Live Music Picks + Previews

  Lil Jon to DJ in Orlando on the last Friday of 2023

  Yeahhhhhhhhhh!

  By Matthew Moyer

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Live Music Picks + Previews

  Sonic. Acous.tic Re.Form promises an eclectic bill of Orlando experimentalists at Stardust Video

  Get skronky!

  By Bao Le-Huu

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Live Music Picks + Previews

  HIRS Collective play Orlando on Sunday with M.A.C.E., Thrull and Watts

  It’s the long-anticipated makeup show from earlier this year

  By Bao Le-Huu

  Nov 28, 2023

  
• Orlando Music News

  Not just a Mother Juno offshoot, Tiger Beat deals in heady and joyous rock primitivism

  Velvets-y greatness from Orlando's John Rousseau plus some very familiar faces

  By Bao Le-Huu

  Nov 22, 2023

  

Movies

• Streaming

  New on Netflix: While we wait for ‘Squid Game’ Season 2, a game show version tides us over

  Plus everything else debuting this week on Hulu, Apple TV+, Max, Prime Video and the rest of the streaming platforms

  By Steve Schneider

  Nov 22, 2023

  

Cannabis

• Cannabis News

  New-to-Orlando dispensary Insa Cannabis offers gourmet-style edibles

  Chef Julian Rose's THC sweets have more in common with high-end chocolates and confectionery than the stereotypical skunky stoner spacecake

  By Seth Kubersky

  Nov 22, 2023