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  • Mills 50 mainstay Little Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant to close after nearly 40 years



    I’ve enjoyed my fair share of meals at Little Saigon over the years — the bún bò huế in particular — but come Dec. 28, the venerable Vietnamese restaurant will serve its final bowl of soup.

    Siblings Vu Nguyen and Mai Huynh are hanging up their aprons after nearly 40 years of serving the Mills 50 community, a community they’re ever so grateful for.

    “We thank you for the love,” says Huynh. “As one of the original Vietnamese restaurants of Orlando, we are proud to have shared our culture, and a little piece of home, for four decades.”

    Credit: Little Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant

    The restaurant has seen Mills 50 flourish into a culinary, cultural and historical hub for food lovers, a rise spawned by Vietnamese refugees who turned the neighborhood into the destination it is today. In fact, Hung Kim, widely considered to be Orlando’s first Vietnamese restaurant, occupied the Little Saigon space in 1983 before Nguyen and Huynh moved in a few years later in 1987.

    “When we first took over, it was just a small, 1,000-square-foot empty space with a double-door fridge,” says Huynh. “Over the years, we grew through four expansions, all the while keeping it a family operation.”

    Their parents, who passed away a few years ago, would often help out in the restaurant, adding their touches to the menu to make sure everything was as it should be. “The restaurant has always been more than just a business,” Huynh says. “It gave our parents a sense of purpose. We just have so many shared memories as a family here.”

    The lease on the Little Saigon space is set to expire come year’s end and, seeing how both Nguyen and Huynh were looking to retire anyway, the timing seemed right.

    No word yet on what the property owners plan to do with the space.

    In the meantime, Little Saigon is inviting everyone to join them in celebrating the restaurant’s final weeks.

    Follow them @littlesaigonorlando or at little-saigon.com.

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  • Rising pop-punkers Winona Fighter do Warped Tour double duty in Orlando  



    “We are running off of pure love of doing what we do, and I want it to be an escape for people. I want them to have 30 minutes to an hour out of their day where they can just be a little freak and run around and punch and whatever.”

    Coco Kinnon, frontwoman of rising Nashville-based pop-punk band Winona Fighter, started early in music: drumming on stage at the age of 12, playing underground shows in the New England punk scene.

    Kinnon, whose father raised her on rock and grunge, always found herself drawn to punk. But after joining her first band (a punk band, of course), she started to fall in love with more than just the music, but also the punk scene.

    “The music is very scary and harsh, and the mosh pits can be a little much for people,” Kinnon tells Orlando Weekly, “but it’s also a community where everyone has each other’s back and everyone’s welcome, and it’s open to all new faces and to those who are young and old.”

    Years later, Kinnon met bassist and producer Austin Luther, who was into late-’90s and early-aughts alternative, and lead guitarist Dan Fuson, who loved ’80s metal. The three shared a mutual drive to play in a rock band.

    “So for me, it was like that feeling of taking what I grew up in and bringing it into something new and fresh, because Nashville doesn’t really have a punk scene,” says Kinnon. “And for the boys, it was like this cool introduction to a totally new community.”

    Before the release of their first EP, Father Figure, in 2022, the band was just going by Kinnon’s nickname, “Coco.” Then one night, after mulling over potential band names, Luther — a pop-culture obsessive — came up with “Winona Fighter.”

    Kinnon felt the name was “the perfect balance of masculine and feminine, like pretty, but harsh.” Thus Winona Fighter was born, and they are now part of the lineup of the 2025 Vans Warped Tour on the heels of their latest album, My Apologies to the Chef.

    Kinnon describes the whole thing as surreal, with the band gearing up to head to Orlando not just to play the main fest, but also Will’s Pub for an official afterparty — all on Saturday.

    “I grew up going to Warped Tour, and I looked up to these bands, and I looked up to bands that were as big/little as we are. I thought they were like the shit,” says Kinnon. “It’s so funny now to be in that position of, you know, we’re still grinding so much, and we’re still doing van tours. We’re still little fish in such a big pond. But to know that we are having that weird impact on people that I had with the bands I saw at Warped Tour and Warped afterparties, it’s such a really cool, exciting thing for us.”

    Luther recorded their entire album in his home studio, which also doubles as a garage. Kinnon, who helped produce the record, says the band loves to do as much as possible by themselves, staying true to their DIY roots.

    As a pop-punk band, they created this new album to make punk accessible to all music lovers. Kinnon says the goal was to make a record of really catchy punk music that would appeal to people unfamiliar with the genre, even to those who weren’t into “super thrashable, yelly, loud punk music.”

    The record’s lyrics center on the human experience and universal struggles of daily life, with tracks like “You Look Like a Drunk Phoebe Bridgers” and “I’m in the Market to Please No One.”

    “Everyone can listen to the record and find one song where they relate to it, because it’s like we all go through these things,” says Kinnon. “Everyone feels like it’s a lonely, unique experience, but in reality, there’s always someone who can relate to what you are going through.” For Kinnon, every day with the band feels like an impactful moment.

    “Every moment, even if it’s like, we show up and the green room has our little snacks that we like, or we show up and there’s even 50 people in a room, it’s so cool to us, like, ‘Oh, we are reaching people, and we are having an impact,’” says Kinnon. “Or we write a song that we think no one’s gonna understand. But then people are on Reddit and they’re just like, ‘Wow, this song hit me hard.’ Every day we have something that happens that is just very surreal for us.”

    It’s that same passion for what they’re doing that helps the band whip up high energy onstage and in the crowd. Kinnon says it’s a mix between a true love of performing and a desire to give fans an outlet.

    For aspiring Warpers out there, Kinnon says that chasing viral moments won’t help you grow as artists. Instead, it’s the tough shows or embarrassing moments that help artists find themselves and their community much quicker.

    “Pick up a guitar, get out, play shows. Be kind, be willing to learn and it’ll come. What you’re looking for will come if you just put your head down and keep grinding, keep learning, keep being kind. That’s all you can really do. And make music you’re excited to make.”  

    (WINONA FIGHTER, EMO SOCIAL: 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub.org, $28.43)

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  • Korean fried chicken restaurant Chi-Kin opens second location in October

    Korean fried chicken restaurant Chi-Kin opens second location in October

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    Known for captivating customers with bold flavor, signature sauces and “im-peck-able” Korean flair, the fan-favorite fried chicken joint Chi-Kin is opening a second location in Windermere next month.

    The opening date has yet to be announced, but we know the eatery will reside in the former BurgerFi location at 5845 Winter Garden Vineland Road. With the same mouth-watering menu and a few new surprises, this spot will provide an additional location for Chi-Kin lovers to go instead of having to wing it without their beloved bites.

    Owner Hoi Nguyen opened a new addition to his restaurant called Side-Chik in 2022 next to the original Chi-Kin location in the Mills 50 district. This bar and pool room provides guests with the opportunity to get some “clucking-good” drinks and order food from Chi-Kin next door.

    Nguyen also has plans to open a Southeast Asian barbeque joint DZÔ! BBQ in October in the former Mongolorian space on Colonial Drive. DZÔ! BBQ will offer a speciality Asian twist on traditional barbecue dishes, plus beer, wine and cocktails.

    More about Chi-Kin’s upcoming Windermere location and the enterprising endeavors of Nguyen can be found on restaurant’s website or social media pages.

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  • Rock deity Fiona Moonchild returns solo to Orlando

    Rock deity Fiona Moonchild returns solo to Orlando

    “We were in Detroit, in Hamtramck, last night, and there was a power outage. So I ended up playing the set acoustic, sitting on the bar for a bunch of people with a bunch of candles. We did a Nirvana Unplugged kind of deal,” says Fiona Moonchild. “You know, the show must go on.”

    We’re talking to self-professed “road dog” and rock deity Fiona Moonchild from the parking lot of a Kroger in Ohio. She’s a few dates into her first headlining tour as a solo artist; it’s a tour that’s taking her everywhere from mineral caves in South Dakota to Will’s Pub in Orlando (Monday, Sept. 9). Moonchild is taking the songs from her album Sweets of Reason for a spin around the country, with a very familiar face in her backing band.

    See, Moonchild is no stranger to Orlando stages, having played everywhere from Stonewall’s back patio on a frigid night to the aforementioned Will’s to Uncle Lou’s — all as the musical right hand and creative foil to one Scott Yoder. The duo have been playing together for roughly six years — though they’ve known each other since their teens — and their creative dynamic is near-telepathic. The first time we saw them onstage together, we immediately thought “David Bowie, Mick Ronson. Got it,” but that’s a reductive read on a bond between equals. Now the roles are flipped: Yoder booked this whole tour and is perfectly happy playing guitar in Moonchild’s backing band.

    “He’s one of my biggest supporters. He’s so great to have on my side and fighting for me, to get my music out into the world,” says Moonchild. “It’s a really fun dynamic to play on stage and hear him let loose on guitar in a way that he doesn’t really ever do with own his music live.”

    One thing Yoder and Moonchild have in common is a commitment to putting on a glamorous S-H-O-W, no matter how big the crowd or how small the venue. These solo shows will be no different, as Moonchild has her own vision for organic stagecraft.

    “Since it’s my first tour with my solo project, playing these songs that I created almost entirely by myself alone in the studio, I’ve tried to treat it as a bit of a blank canvas. The band is wearing all black and I wanted really stark white light coming from the back, just to give us a little bit of a silhouette. I want it to evolve from there, what the actual visual show will become, letting it sort of progress naturally, and just seeing where it goes.”

    Sweets of Reason came out in 2021, and Moonchild has been patiently waiting for the chance to take these songs on tour since. This album is intensely personal, recorded in 2020 with nearly every note played by Moonchild on the cusp of a global pandemic, and released when touring was still very much an uncertain proposition. The album was released by Cruisin’ Records, a DIY enterprise dedicated to supporting queer artists. Cruisin’ is a good home for Moonchild, a trans woman, and her music, among adventurous company like Tracy + the Plastics, Yoder and Wizard Apprentice.

    “A lot of things with the record ended up being like one step forward, two steps back,” says Moonchild. “So it feels very redeeming to finally be able to get out on the road and give it its proper due. I feel very grateful to be able to do that.”

    Sweets of Reason is a gorgeous record, lush and reflective. It has a progressive, magisterial quality redolent of a cross between Harmonia and glammy Eno — very different than the New York Dolls-style rager we anticipated, having seen Moonchild onstage ripping guitar solos. This is an album to spin in the wee hours, aimed toward the lonely, lost and lustful out there. But by all accounts, with a handful of shows wrapped, these songs are well-received live.

    “It’s always an indicator when there’s a quiet part of a song and you notice that people are paying close attention to you and not trying to talk over you,” says Moonchild. “It definitely is a little more introspective and a little more mystical than the straight-up rock vibe of Scott’s music, but I’m still a rocker at heart, so we still have that going.”

    We detour into a discussion about Moonchild’s life on the sea — she’s spent a good chunk of her youth and recent adult life on boats and on long sailing sojourns. We wonder aloud if that perhaps feeds into the questing sounds of Sweets of Reason.

    “I think there’s definitely threads of The Life Aquatic on the record. I’m definitely — it’s in my name, ‘moon child’ — entranced by the moon. I think there’s something very hypnotic about being out on the ocean, living by the tides and living by the cycles of the moon with nothing around you; no land in sight on a crystal clear night in the middle of late summer, and the moon’s reflecting off the sea. It can be a very entrancing feeling, and it can be a feeling similar to being on tour. I think that’s a common thread running through the record.”

    Moonchild — and Yoder — are increasingly rare spirits in a suffocatingly commodified music industry, truly happy and content wandering the country, getting dolled up and playing some music for whoever wants to lend an ear.

    “I’m just kind of a vagabond. Growing up, I never had a really strong, rooted household anywhere. And being able to be on the road and just play a show every night is such a more clear focus of life than having to go to a job,” Moonchild explains. “I’m a Sagittarius, the fire-sign thing, just seeing what’s out there and what there is to experience. And also just looking around the world and trying to see where I fit in. Because I’ve never really known that.”

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  • There’s a Summertime Slamma Jamma of loud local sounds, zines and art coming to Mills venues this weekend

    There’s a Summertime Slamma Jamma of loud local sounds, zines and art coming to Mills venues this weekend

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    M.A.C.E. play the Summertime Slamma Jamma in Mills 50

    Summer is well and truly heating up with this weekend’s Summertime Slamma Jamma in Mills 50 — a two-day bender of music (lots of music), art, zines and vendors.

    So here’s the deal: Friday and Saturday evenings, Will’s Pub, Lil Indie’s and Uncle Lou’s will play host to over 20 local and regional bands — including Trash World, Stiletto, M.A.C.E., Hijas de la Muerte, Baseline, Triangle Fire, Double Bubble, Petty Thefts and many more.

    A new issue of Hawt & Popular drops and, even more notably, seminal Orlando zine Bitch Rag gets a retrospective, alongside an art opening by April Hawkins, one of the Rag’s founders. Past, present and future collide to raise some money for S.W.A.N.

    “No TERFS, No Swerfs, No Jerks,” the organizers warn. Best believe.

    Friday-Saturday, July 12-13, various locations, willspub.org, $20.

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  • Alfie’s HiFi Lounge moving into the old St. Matthew Tavern space in Mills 50

    Alfie’s HiFi Lounge moving into the old St. Matthew Tavern space in Mills 50

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    Team Market Group is slowly but surely putting their stamp all over Mills 50. The hospitality group led by founders/brothers Keith, Romi and Daniel Mawardi opened vegan burger joint Plantees two years ago, then began construction of Eastwood, their live-fire concept, slated to open across the street by the end of the year.

    But prior to Eastwood opening, the group will unveil Alfie’s HiFi Lounge this April. The vinyl listening bar will move into the space that recently housed St. Matthews’s Tavern, at 1300 N. Mills Ave.

    click to enlarge Graphic of Alfie's HiFi Lounge in Mills 50 - image courtesy Nuriel Mawardi

    image courtesy Nuriel Mawardi

    Graphic of Alfie’s HiFi Lounge in Mills 50

    The project, conceived and overseen by Nuriel Mawardi (a non-founder brother of the TMG clan) is named after the Mawardi’s father — Alfie Mawardi, who they say spent many a night at the legendary Studio 54 in New York City — and will draw inspiration from the vinyl listening bars Nuriel has visited in Tokyo, New York, London and Miami.

    “I’ve been to different listening bars all over the world, and every time I come back to Orlando, I think, ‘We need a cool place that isn’t downtown where we can turn it up at night,’” he says.

    click to enlarge St. Matthew's Tavern - Photo courtesy St. Matthew's/Facebook

    Photo courtesy St. Matthew’s/Facebook

    St. Matthew’s Tavern

    Alfie’s will comprise three separate rooms: the first with a 22-seat bar and high ceilings; a middle room with two sections for table service and a direct view of the DJ booth where “the music hits direct”; and a lounge with banquette seating and a dance floor.

    There will also be a a sizable outdoor area and back patio designed to look like a Japanese garden.

    “The design elements will incorporate a ’70 vibe,” Mawardi says. “My father, you know, he was a hippie music guy and went to Woodstock and spent many nights at Studio 54.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean the music being played at Alfie’s will be all Jimi Hendrix and Donna Summer. “Every vinyl DJ has their own collection, and a lot of vinyl records tend to be older music, but guests at Alfie’s can expect a more open format and multiple genres.”

    click to enlarge Alfie’s HiFi Lounge moving into the old St. Matthew Tavern space in Mills 50

    In keeping with the theme, guests can also expect cocktails of the era, possibly Disco Era classics like Midori Sours and Harvey Wallbangers. And as far as food? Well, that’s still being finalized, but they did build out a kitchen in the space and when they do offer a menu, I’m guessing “disco fries” may be an option.

    Alfie’s will initially open Thursday through Saturday, “and possibly Sunday.”

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  • Your Orlando weekend agenda: MadSoul, Bassrush, Movie Trash, Monster Jam, Uncomfortable Brunch, Gloria Gaynor + more

    Your Orlando weekend agenda: MadSoul, Bassrush, Movie Trash, Monster Jam, Uncomfortable Brunch, Gloria Gaynor + more

    Friday, March 1:

    Baroque Magnificence: Bach Mass in B Minor
    8 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; 407-358-6603.

    Blame It On the Boogie: A Disco Dance Party
    8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.;
    $15.

    Color Palettes: Danielle Lazala 7 pm Friday; Framework Craft Coffee House, 1201 N. Mills Ave; 321-270-7410; instagram.com/thechainedgallery.

    Constant Throw, Off the Rains, Graveyard Dogs, Skater Brainz
    7 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.

    Daði Freyr 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $27-$43; 407-228-1220.

    Ekkstacy, Alexsucks 6 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $20; 407-246-1419.

    Freaky Fridays: Cemetery ManFrancesco Dellamorte (three-time BAFTA award nominee Rupert Everett) is the groundskeeper at the Buffalora cemetery where the dead just won’t stay dead — and it’s up to him to deal with those who come back to life with a hunger for human flesh. 11:59 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $11; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

    Getdown Downtown 6 pm; Independence Lane, 1776 Independence Lane, Maitland; free; 407-539-6223.

    Michel Camilo Trio 7 & 9:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $55.

    Movie Trash: Jade Part police procedural, part erotic thriller, part murder mystery, all over-the-top performances. This flick is pure 1990s nonsense. 8 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; instagram.com/orlandopopupmovieservices.

    Pardi Gras Music and costumed revelers. 7 pm; Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive; Free; 407-264-9950; pointeorlando.com.

    Responsibility and Resilience Featuring work from KYLE, Shannon Rae Lindsey, Dina Mack, Daniel Harris Mendoza, Rachel Simmons and Shannon Staunton. 6 pm; Hollerbach’s Art Haus, 205 E. First St., Sanford; free; 321-788-2805; facebook.com/hollerbachsarthaus.

    Trash Panda, Frog Mallet, Demonfuck, Playground Drug Dealer 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-673-2712.

    Saturday, March 2:

    The 12th Annual Mayor’s Jazz in the Park Yvonne Loggins Coleman, WUCF 89.9 FM. Jones High School Alumni Band, Safia Valines, The Yo Cats, Naomi Joy Music, Dave Capp Project, Micah Silverstein, Dimas Sanchez and the Afro Latin Jazz Project, Omari Dillard. Noon; Cypress Grove Park, 290 Holden Ave.; free.

    Alkaline Trio, Drug Church 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $34.50-$85; 407-934-2583.

    Apes of the States, Doom Scroll, Myles Bullen, Danny Attack 7 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $20; 407-623-3393.

    Bassrush Presents: Peekaboo, Lyny 10 pm; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $14.99-$49.99; 570-592-0034.

    Danny Kamins, Thomas Milovac, Jonas Van den Bossche 6:30 pm; The Dining Room, 2902 Ambergate Road, Winter Park; facebook.com/atthediningroom

    Festival Dor de Moldova Authentic cuisine, beer and wine, live musical and dance performances, traditional decorations reminiscent of childhood. Noon; German American Society of Central Florida, 381 Orange Lane, Casselberry; free; 407-834-0574; orlandogermanclub.com.

    Horse Head, Fish Narc, Zubin 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $25.

    Hulder, Devil Master, Worm, Necrofier
    6 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $25; 407-704-6261.

    Laurie Berkner 3 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $25-$60; 407-228-1220.

    MadSoul Festival Muna, Melanie Faye, Nohemy, Kaelin Ellis, Palomino Blond, I Met a Yeti, Sara Nelson, Jasmine Burney-Clark, Maddie Barker, Wahid, Venture Motel, Harla, Mr. Floyd Larry, Nervous Nature, Jasmine Burney-Clark, Brandon Wolf, Rep. Anna Eskamani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Justin Jones, Rep. Greg Casar, Rep. Zooey Zephyr. 2 pm; Loch Haven Park, 777 E. Princeton St.; free-$100; 407-246-2283.

    Michel Camilo Trio 7 & 9:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $55.

    Monster Jam Experience full-throttle fun as 12,000-pound monster trucks tear up the dirt in wide-open competitions of speed and skill. 7 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $25-$100; 407-423-2476; campingworldstadium.com.

    National Theatre Live: Vanya Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in a radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). 11 am; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $20; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

    St. Patrick’s Day Parade 9 am; Park Avenue, Park and Comstock avenues, Winter Park; events.cityofwinterpark.org.

    Seven Seas Food Festival: Gloria Gaynor 7 pm; Bayside Stadium, 5677 SeaWorld Drive; $99-$209; 407-545-5550.

    Stayin’ Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees 7 pm; The Clermont Performing Arts Center, 3700 S. Highway 27, Clermont; $27-$41.50; 352-394-4800.

    Symphony Storytime Series: Carnival of the Animals 10 & 11:30 am; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $10; 407-228-1220.

    Vision Video, Tears of the Dying, Super Passive 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-673-2712.

    Sunday, March 3:

    Alexa Tarantino Quartet 5 & 7:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35.

    Distant Stations, Saucers Over Washington, John David Williams 8 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 954-258-0307.

    Central Florida Sounds of Freedom Band and Colorguard: Love Is Universal 3 pm; Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $25.

    Nu Deco Ensemble 7 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35-$75; 407-358-6603.

    Psycho Frame, Balmora, Beast Plague, Memento, Jezter 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $15-$20.

    Rossini’s Stabat Mater 3 pm; Rollins College, Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-646-2182.

    Seven Seas Food Festival: Night Ranger 7 pm; Bayside Stadium, 5677 SeaWorld Drive; $99-$209; 407-545-5550.

    Symphony Storytime Series: Carnival of the Animals 11 am & 12:30 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave; $10; 407-228-1220.

    Uncomfortable Brunch: Killer Joe When 22-year-old Chris (Emile Hirsch) finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he hires a hit man to kill his mother, whose $50,000 life insurance policy benefits his sister Dottie (Juno Temple). Noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $11; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

    Friday-Sunday, March 1-3:

    Thundering Spirit Pow Wow Drumming, dancing, crafts and food at an intertribal gathering. 9 am Friday-Sunday; Renningers Florida Twin Markets, 20651 U.S. Highway 441, Mount Dora; $10-$15; 352-636-4271; thunderingspiritfamily.com.

    Saturday-Sunday, March 2-3:

    37th Annual Festival of the Arts A juried show featuring national and international artists and contemporary craftspeople, to stimulate, energize and foster the arts in the community. Colonial Town Park, 950 Market Promenade Ave., Lake Mary; free; lakemaryheathrowarts.com.

    House of Mouse Expo A fan event for all properties under the Disney umbrella. Exhibition Building at Osceola Heritage Park, 1901 Chief Osceola Trail, Kissimmee; $35-$70; 321-697-3333; ohpark.com.

    Spirit Fest 70-plus booths with many new vendors, practitioners, readers, artists, authors and more. Avanti Palms Resort and Conference Center, 6515 International Drive; $10; 407-494-9817; spiritfestusa.com.

    Through March 10:

    Central Florida Fair Enjoy a midway featuring rides, games, food, live music and entertainment, animals, livestock exhibitions and competitive exhibits, and so much more. Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; 407-295-3247; centralfloridafair.com.

    Florida Strawberry Festival Strawberry treats of all kinds, concerts, rides, exhibits, displays, contests and a berry sweet time for the whole family. Strawberry Festival Grounds, 303 N. Lemon St., Plant City; $10; 813-752-9194; flstrawberryfestival.com.

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