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Vol. 37, No. 24
Orlando Starbucks workers begin voting in union election, joining a massive nationwide movement
‘Hell yeah, man, just do it’
By McKenna Schueler
Florida Rep. Randy Fine tweets threatening message to President Biden after Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas
‘Try to take our guns and you’ll learn why the 2nd Amendment was written in the first place’
By Jim Turner and Tom Urban, News Service of Florida
Orlando and Tampa get first crack at Walmart's plan for drone delivery in Florida
By Max Steele
Ron DeSantis receives bill to standardize active shooter drills in Florida schools after Texas school shooting
By News Service of Florida
Vigil held at Pulse memorial for victims of Texas school shooting
"Here we are again."
By Alex Galbraith
Orlando's median home sale price hit $425K in April
Some small relief appears to be on the horizon, though
State officials seek name of Orange County Public Schools employee who approved 'Gender Queer' memoir for libraries
This is never going to stop.
Seminole County using artificial intelligence software that will recognize guns in schools
Normal country.
Dunedin's Caladesi Island State Park named second-best beach in country by Dr. Beach
Some beach.
By Colin Wolf
Trump packed the federal judiciary with unqualified ideologues. Now America is stuck with the consequences for the rest of our lives
By Jeffrey C. Billman
New Florida elections chief hems and haws on whether Biden won election
By Jim Turner, NSF
Uvalde school shooting stirs up gun control debate in Florida
NOAA predicts above-average hurricane season with as many as 6 major hurricanes
High gas prices aren't expected to keep tourists away from Orlando
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs condo safety law in response to Surfside collapse
The governor also signed off on changes to Florida's property insurance market
ACLU points to SCOTUS' Ted Cruz decision in fight against Florida's ballot initiative contributions cap
By Jim Saunders, NSF
Republican states back Florida in sanctuary cities ban court case
Florida Sen. Rick Scott says Democrats 'constantly go to taking somebody’s Second Amendment rights away' following Uvalde shooting
By Alex Galbraith and Matt Laslo
Savage Love: For freysexuals, love is erotic kryptonite
By Dan Savage
Free Will Astrology: You need a playlist of all the songs you used to love but forgot about
Your horoscope for the week of May 25-31
By Rob Brezsny
Our top reviews from the 2022 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival
Best of the Fest
By Seth Kubersky
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Lies, Anger and Forgiveness'
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'A Toast to Prohibition'
Melanie Gall throws a swinging party while educating along the way.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: VarieTease 'on the move'
Blue and her crew’s newfound sense of freedom after so much frustration is palpable in this electric outing.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Gone'
This tale isn’t always easy to take, but Naome Bradshaw has a voice you want to listen closely to.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'A Magic Show With Jordan Rooks'
Las Vegas prestidigitator Jordan Rooks' evening of illusions stand alongside his home city’s best.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'The Family Crow: A Murder Mystery'
Flock to see Adam Francis Proulx's latest muppety masterpiece before the crowds start crowing about him.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Cheating Death: Magic, Memoirs + Mortality'
Lugo is as adept at eliciting gasps with his storytelling as he is with sleight-of-hand skills.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Six Chick Flicks or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic'
Crack comic team affectionately skewers six classics of the chick-flick era.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Enthrallment: The Musical'
The best I can say is that at least this show’s unbelievable badness isn’t boring.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'The Pleasure's Mine'
A briskly paced 40 minutes of bawdy bon mots.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Spooky and Gay Cabaret'
Pull up a seat alongside Costella’s campfire and enjoy a non-binary boo or two.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Gertrude Stein’s Not Sightly, a Play'
Most theatergoers prefer plays that at least make a small lick of sense.
Selections of the Week: Hurricane Party, Omar Apollo, The Seasons, Plack Blague and more
By Matthew Moyer
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Lucky Break'
A musical mental meltdown
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'The Spider Queen'
'The Spider Queen' takes on the true story of the most disastrous play in history
Orlando Fringe Review 2022: 'Here Comes the Bride and Groom!'
Yanomi Shoshinz shares her funniest stories from her time as a wedding MC
Orlando Fringe Review 2022: 'Waiting for Gadot'
'Waiting for Gadot' is cross-IP slash fiction brought to life
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Leland Loves Bigfoot'
The Fringe fest's redneck answer to George Carlin
Orlando Fringe 2022 review: 'DK: Fully Clothed'
Reinemer reminds us that we’re all naked under our pants.
Orlando Fringe 2022 review: 'A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla'
All hail the great gorilla, the destroyer & resurrector of Orlando theater!
Orlando Fringe 2022 review: 'Peculiar, Missouri'
Willi Carlisle brings a magical hour of postmodern Americana to Fringe's final weekend.
Orlando Fringe 2022 review: 'The Complete Works of Stephen Sondheim (Abridged)'
A can’t-miss show for devotees of the maestro, thanks to this cast of big voices.
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Constellations'
Who knew so much power was in the elbow?
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: 'Shakespeare's Aliens'
The Bard's take on James Cameron
Orlando Fringe 2022 Review: '2 Drunk 2 Magic'
Boozy and bizarre.
The Orlando outpost of Dave's Hot Chicken set to open on Friday
Foxtail Coffee plans another location in Orlando
Another one
Thai Farm Kitchen brings its Siamese fare from Brooklyn to College Park and sets itself apart from the pack
Brooklyn bridge
By Faiyaz Kara
Orlando concert picks this week: Rebel Bass, Bikini Kill, Hamiltons, Grave Return, Curtains
By Bao Le-Huu
Bikini Kill guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle has Florida roots and a mutual-aid benefit album dropping June 3
Rebel grrrl
Scottish trio Chvrches make Orlando return next week
New music out this week from Orlando hip-hop artists E-Turn and MidaZ the BEAST
Paul McCartney returns to Orlando this weekend
Macca's back
By Nicolle Osorio
Reflecting on a life lived with the music of Paul McCartney, ahead of his Orlando stadium show
In my life
By Ida V. Eskamani
F.I.R.S.T. Institute Film & Video Program Director Lands Dream Role in Students' Lives
By F.I.R.S.T Institute Sponsored
New on Netflix, etc.: 'Stranger Things' returns, 'Letterkenny''s Shoresy shows his face and another look at XXXTentacion
By Steve Schneider
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