Orange County Library System to begin ramping up service this week
The Orange County Library System has announced that it will begin to slowly scale back its services after having to close due to the pandemic these past few weeks. The library system has announced...
View ArticleFringe Festival goes digital for 2020
We told you HERE in March that the 2020 Orlando Fringe Festival (Facebook | Website) had been canceled due to the pandemic, but a month later they have rallied and are now hosting productions online....
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GREAT READS: Orange County Public Library’s May book selections
SPONSORED: “Great Reads” is a regular roundup of books that the Orange County Public Library System thinks you should peruse that month. Moms have our full respect year-round, but with current events...
View ArticleOrange County Library System begins reopening branches
The Orange County Library System has issued a release that shares that it is preparing a phased reopening of its branches. We told you HERE last week that some initiatives had already reopened to the...
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Rollins College pulls funding for Winter Park Institute
In a follow up to the news shared by Orlando Weekly earlier this week that Rollins College would be tightening its belt and eliminating some vacant positions and cutting some programming, comes the...
View ArticleBungalower and Enzian hosting drive-in movie series
Bungalower is teaming up with non-profit arthouse cinema, Enzian Theater (Facebook | Website) to host a four-part drive-in movie series through June to provide safe, fun ways to get out of the house...
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Stay connected with a friendly front yard
The weather is great and everyone is outside, but you can’t interact like you used to do because of the pandemic and the government-recommended six-foot social distancing rule. But luckily, that rule...
View ArticleOrange County Library System to close Herndon Branch
The Orange County Library System will not reopen its Herndon library branch, located at 4324 E. Colonial Drive [GMap]. A post on the library system’s Twitter page earlier today shared that the Orange...
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Artists eat for free every Tuesday at St. Luke’s
A group of various arts leaders, Feed The Need Florida, and St. Luke’s United Methodist Church have been feeding artists during the pandemic. The groups host a drive-thru meal operation from 11 a.m.-1...
View ArticleCall for Photos: City of Orlando collecting submissions for Historic...
The City of Orlando’s Historic Preservation Board is currently seeking submissions from local photographers that feature Orlando’s historic structures fr its upcoming 2021 calendar. The City of...
View ArticleYou can get a library card for Winter Park, Orange County and Maitland now
The Orange County, Winter Park, and Maitland library systems are offering a reciprocal card that lets you check out materials at all branches now. Reciprocal Borrowing Cards allow visitors to check...
View ArticleWMFE needs you to pick your favorite band
WMFE is back with their annual spotlight on Central Florida talent in NPR’s national search for talent for their Tiny Desk Contest series. Nearly 50 bands and solo acts submitted videos of their...
View ArticleSecond showing added to our Lake Nona drive-in event
The second event in our drive-in movie series with Enzian Theater (Facebook | Website) is scheduled to take place this Friday, May 29 at the GuideWell Innovation Center in Lake Nona and will feature...
View ArticleNew movie “The Highwaymen” to begin filming in Orlando (soonish)
Star North (Facebook | Website) is eyeing up Central Florida for its new feature film, The Highwaymen, which will focus on the story of 25 young African-American painters in the Jim Crow era that...
View ArticleOrlando Museum of Art postpones Florida Prize, announces artists selected for...
The Orlando Museum of Art has postponed its annual summer exhibition, Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, which is now scheduled to open in May 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The current...
View ArticleDr. Phillips Center furloughs workers
We are committed to opening as swiftly and as safely as we can, when artists and shows begin to tour again and when our guests feel comfortable coming back to the arts center.” The Dr. Phillips Center...
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Snap! Orlando closing Mills 50 gallery
After six years in the Mills 50 District, Snap! Orlando (Facebook | Website) has announced that it will be moving out of its gallery space in the historic Cameo Theater at 1013 E. Colonial Drive...
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Dizzle Phunk releasing local hip hop mixtape
Local DJ and producer, Dizzle Phunk (Facebook | Website) has assembled a new mixtape called “Orlando’s Own Hip Hop Compilation” that will drop on June 12. Just in time for everyone to be back in the...
View ArticleDrive-in showing of “Back to the Future” postponed due to weather
Due to a very intense and sudden storm passing through Lake Nona, both of tonight’s drive-in showings of Back to the Future will be postponed until further notice. All ticket holders should have...
View ArticleOrlando-based designer and educator power couple release new online show...
Faced with some extra time during the COVID-19 pandemic due to school and theme park closures, Orlando-based couple Evan and Christie Miga, decided to use their newly-discovered free time to do...
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