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Vol. 39, No. 42

Cover Story

Orlando classical ensemble Answers emerge from the ‘Basement’ with new music

‘Nothing was planned. Everything was felt.’

By Bao Le-Huu

Aug 13, 2025

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Orlando Area News

Florida healthcare advocates are organizing in Orlando to expand Medicaid – and invite you to join

Advocates with Youth Action Fund and the Eskamani-linked People Power for Florida hold a canvass and phone bank Wednesday evening to help get Medicaid expansion on the 2026 ballot.

By McKenna Schueler
Aug 13, 2025
Orlando Area News

Orange County School Board rejects bid to ditch LGBTQ+ History Month proclamation

This is the second time school board member and Moms for Liberty activist Alicia Farrant has tried to get rid of the proclamation.

By McKenna Schueler
Aug 13, 2025
Florida News

DeSantis gave company accused of ripping off Hurricane Ian victims $200M in ‘emergency’ state business

‘No-bid contracts going to political donors certainly looks like pay-for-play corruption to me’

By Bob Norman, Michelle DeMarco, The Florida Trident
Aug 13, 2025
Florida News

Florida wins federal approval to restrict soda, candy for SNAP recipients

The trend is part of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda to 'make America healthy again'

By Shalina Chatlani and The Florida Phoenix
Aug 13, 2025
Florida News

DeSantis appoints Florida Sen. Jay Collins as lieutenant governor

Collins was tapped for the long-vacant position amid speculation that he could run for governor in 2026

By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Aug 13, 2025
Florida News

Two endangered Florida panther kittens struck and killed by vehicle

That brings Florida's total panther deaths to 12 so far this year

By Chloe Greenberg
Aug 13, 2025
Florida News

Florida approves first bear hunt in a decade despite pushback, potential lawsuit

Opponents announced plans to quickly file a lawsuit to fight the hunt, contending the commission hasn’t followed its own rules about the need to follow a science-based approach

By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Aug 13, 2025
Gimme Shelter

Adoptable dog Ocho is looking for a patient new friend who can restore his faith in humans

As a stray, he was hurt so bad he lost not just his confidence, but also his faith in people

By Orange County Animal Services
Aug 13, 2025

Things to Do

Nate Bargatze wants to see your 'big dumb eyes' in the audience over two nights in Orlando

Nice Margaret Keane riff

By Lola Fontanez
Aug 13, 2025
Things to Do

The Magik and Mythk Festival gets esoteric at Osceola Heritage Park this weekend

Put on by Prometheus Esoterica, natch

By Lola Fontanez
Aug 13, 2025
Arts Stories + Interviews

Little Radical Theatrics stages ‘Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy’ in Orlando

Hot nun summer

By Juno Le
Aug 13, 2025
Arts Stories + Interviews

The Bracket Brothers leverage the passion of fandom to turn arguments into live comedy

Ranking what’s important in Orlando at Sak Comedy Lab

By Seth Kubersky
Aug 13, 2025

Drinking + Bars

Zymarium Meadery throws a Bee-Day bash this weekend with food, mead and (yes) bees

Baba Yaga, Pizza Slut and Ascension Tattoo will be in the house

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 13, 2025
Drinking + Bars

New café-meets-nightspot concept Heatwave soft-opens in the old Stonewall space in Parramore this week

Soft-opening starts Friday

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 14, 2025
Restaurant Reviews

Taco’s Lab in Winter Park conducts an experiment in weird science

Some of it works, some of it doesn’t

By Michael Murphy
Aug 13, 2025

Live Music Picks + Previews

Hear what's next in Orlando heaviness when Skeletizer, Hutch, Torchmouth and Blunder Club play Will's

Do you enjoy blizzards of Oz?

By Bao Le-Huu
Aug 13, 2025
Live Music Picks + Previews

Orlando hip-hop has some words for the powers-that-be at Beats Over Borders, Rhymes Over ICE

Who will win the battle for 'sickest rhyme against ICE'?

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 14, 2025
Orlando Music News

Orlando classical ensemble Answers emerge from the ‘Basement’ with new music

‘Nothing was planned. Everything was felt.’

By Bao Le-Huu
Aug 13, 2025
Music Stories + Interviews

Restless L.A.-via-Miami no-wavers Period Bomb return to Uncle Lou’s

There will be blood

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 13, 2025

Orlando Film News

Enzian Theater gets weird with an all-nighter film celebration this weekend

No films have been revealed yet — why do you ask?

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 13, 2025
Streaming

What to watch: Daniel Dae Kim is targeted for death by his daughter in ‘Butterfly’

Plus Vanessa Kirby in ‘Night Always Comes,’ French teens go wild in ‘Young Millionaires,’ and everything else premiering this week on streaming

By Steve Schneider
Aug 13, 2025

Cannabis News

Hemp companies call for more consistency in Florida's definition of 'cartoon'

State law prohibits hemp products from being 'attractive to children'

By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix
Aug 13, 2025

Events

International Guitar Festival: Yves Nadeau Tribute to Larry Coryell

@ Timucua Arts Foundation

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Legendary skier Lindsey Vonn's midcentury Florida home is on the market with another price cut

Alpine ski race champion Lindsey Vonn is again offering up her waterfront Florida home, and it's now even cheaper with a summer…

By Chloe Greenberg

Aug 13, 2025

Image: Legendary skier Lindsey Vonn's midcentury Florida home is on the market with another price cut

News

This Sanford home with its own tennis court built for a Special Olympics Hall of Fame inductee is now for sale

Complete with luxury amenities in a high-end community, the Orlando-area home of a Special Olympics Hall of Famer is now on the…

By Chloe Greenberg

Aug 12, 2025

Image: This Sanford home with its own tennis court built for a Special Olympics Hall of Fame inductee is now for sale

Music

The Punk for Public Media benefit concert featured Orlando’s loudest raising funds and awareness on two stages at Will’s Pub

Will's Pub hosted a punk matinee show with a purpose in Sunday's Punk for Public Media benefit show. The daylong affair featured…

By Jim Leatherman, Matthew Moyer

Aug 12, 2025

Punk for Public Media benefit show at Will's Pub

News

Sky Chef workers protest low wages, 'dangerous' heat in delivery trucks at Orlando airport

Culinary workers at the Orlando International Airport who prepare and deliver on-flight meals for top airlines like United and Delta are demanding…

By McKenna Schueler

Aug 8, 2025

Image: Sky Chef workers protest low wages, 'dangerous' heat in delivery trucks at Orlando airport

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