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  • Central Florida Kwanzaa Celebration to be held in Winter Park this week



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    On Friday, celebrate Kwanzaa with a day full of community connections and enrichment in Winter Park.

    The late-afternoon event at the Winter Park Community Center happens for the 26th year with entertainment and fellowship to spare. Guests can look forward to the Candle Lighting Ceremony to celebrate Umoja (unity), a marketplace, Tam Tam Alifa African Drummers and the Kwanzaa Community Dancers.

    And step aside, carols — there’s a vibrant musical lineup promised including Empress Nyce, Dean Kulcha and Miss.illaneous.

    5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, Winter Park Community Center, 721 New England Ave., Winter Park, equitycouncilcorp.org, $5.

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    Ella Fitzgerald, Beyoncé, Nina Simone, Tina Turner and more

    Admission will be free all afternoon

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  • Florida CFO announces legislative proposal to oversee local government spending

    Florida CFO announces legislative proposal to oversee local government spending

    Updated: 11:30 AM EST Dec 18, 2025

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    Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Blaise Ingoglia, announced a new legislative proposal on Thursday to make local government more accountable and transparent. According to Ingoglia, 11 local governments are projected to have spent $1.6 billion wastefully over the last year. Some of these include $190 million in Orange County, $112 million in Manatee County, $301 million in Miami, $344 million in Palm Beach County and $22 million in Orlando.Ingoglia said local governments are doing this to make excuses to raise property taxes. To protect taxpayers from excessive local government spending, Ingoglia proposed to formally establish the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight (FAFO) in state law.The CFO’s legislative proposal: Codifies the “Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight” in Florida statute to increase accountability and transparency in local government and make this effort a long-term, permanent initiative. Requires both state and local government employees to complete FAFO training on how to report waste, fraud, and abuse. Requires each local government to submit an annual Financial Efficiency Report. Grants government employees, contractors, subcontractors, and taxpayers whistleblower protection if they contact DFS to report waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Allows DFS to pursue financial penalties from local governments if they don’t respond to inquiries promptly, including by withholding any state funds until they do. Obligates local governments to upload all government contracts into the state’s FACTS system or something similar that is searchable and indexed. Codifies the ability of Florida’s CFO to recommend the removal of any elected official who is found to have committed financial abuse, malfeasance or misfeasance. Requires DFS to audit local governments if they propose to raise taxes via referendum.”My legislative proposal will codify much-needed reforms that will positively impact future generations. Government grows when people stop watching, and bureaucrats stop caring. Through my proposal, we will ensure that someone is always watching how your hard-earned tax dollars are spent,” Ingoglia said in a new press release.

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    Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Blaise Ingoglia, announced a new legislative proposal on Thursday to make local government more accountable and transparent.

    According to Ingoglia, 11 local governments are projected to have spent $1.6 billion wastefully over the last year.

    Some of these include $190 million in Orange County, $112 million in Manatee County, $301 million in Miami, $344 million in Palm Beach County and $22 million in Orlando.

    Ingoglia said local governments are doing this to make excuses to raise property taxes.

    To protect taxpayers from excessive local government spending, Ingoglia proposed to formally establish the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight (FAFO) in state law.

    The CFO’s legislative proposal:

    • Codifies the “Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight” in Florida statute to increase accountability and transparency in local government and make this effort a long-term, permanent initiative.
    • Requires both state and local government employees to complete FAFO training on how to report waste, fraud, and abuse.
    • Requires each local government to submit an annual Financial Efficiency Report.
    • Grants government employees, contractors, subcontractors, and taxpayers whistleblower protection if they contact DFS to report waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
    • Allows DFS to pursue financial penalties from local governments if they don’t respond to inquiries promptly, including by withholding any state funds until they do.
    • Obligates local governments to upload all government contracts into the state’s FACTS system or something similar that is searchable and indexed.
    • Codifies the ability of Florida’s CFO to recommend the removal of any elected official who is found to have committed financial abuse, malfeasance or misfeasance.
    • Requires DFS to audit local governments if they propose to raise taxes via referendum.

    “My legislative proposal will codify much-needed reforms that will positively impact future generations. Government grows when people stop watching, and bureaucrats stop caring. Through my proposal, we will ensure that someone is always watching how your hard-earned tax dollars are spent,” Ingoglia said in a new press release.

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  • One era of comedy at Austin’s Coffee ends, another begins with new location, new co-owner: Preacher Lawson



    A young Preacher Lawson doing stand-up at Austin’s Credit: rCourtesy Preacher Lawson

    For two decades, Sunday night at Austin’s Coffee was where Orlando comics tested material, bombed gloriously and became family. When the coffee shop and creative haven was forced to move, comedian Preacher Lawson stepped in to help keep that Sunday tradition alive.

    “I’m really a silent investor. I don’t run the business,” says Lawson, who earned his comedy chops in Orlando and broke out nationally on America’s Got Talent, to Orlando Weekly. “My business was just to make sure that this place doesn’t get shut down, because it’s the longest-running mic in Orlando.”

    That’s the short version of a story that has played out since 2021, when the City of Winter Park made it known it wished to buy the land at 929–957 W. Fairbanks Ave. for an intersection and drainage project. The purchase went through in late 2024, and with its lease set to expire October 31, 2025, Austin’s had to act. Fast.

    Friends of Austin’s Coffee rose to the occasion and brought in funds. Siblings Angela Whitmer and Richard Whitmer came in as co-owners, and Lawson joined them following an early-August Hail Mary call from the savvy comedy mic mainstay Craig Norberg, who had an inkling Lawson might be game.

    “Even when he was famous, he would always come in for open mics when he was in town,” says Norberg. “I knew he wanted it to succeed, so I told him what was going on.”

    Norberg founded the mic the same year Austin’s opened, 2003. “I had been doing comedy for about a year or less,” he says. “I wanted more stage time for myself and the community. I really had no idea what I was doing, but I figured it was worth a shot.”

    Intrepid comedy fan and supporter Jean Anderson first checked out Orlando comedy in 2005 or 2006. “I started going to Austin’s. That’s where I first saw Pat Garrity. He was pretty impressive. And later on, Preacher was there. He stood out right away,” she recalls.

    “When I first came up, they showed me a lot of love,” says Lawson. “The owner knew my drink. It was an Arctic Thunder, basically chocolate milk, and I’d get it every Sunday. They’d see me walk in and just know. It’s been an important place in my life for a lot of reasons. It was the first place I performed after my breakup. It was the first place I went after being on TV. The first time I felt like I really killed on stage was there. I went up to do three minutes and ended up doing 10.”

    Dewayne Williams first braved the mic in 2012 and became a regular in 2017. “Austin’s played a big role in my career because it gave me stage time,” he says. “It’s a different energy from anywhere else in the city. The crowd is mostly college kids. A lot of them haven’t lived through the things you’re talking about, so getting them to relate is a challenge. It was a fun challenge because the goal is the same. Make them laugh.”

    From the start, Norberg wanted Austin’s to be what it in fact became, a home base for comedians.

    “The first night I went, I didn’t even perform. I just hung out,” says Edwin Pagan. “Akeem Woods was guest hosting, and Heather Shaw, Justin Lawson and Ryan Holmes were around. I went back the next Sunday and finally went up. I don’t even remember how it went. At some point you stop caring about bombing; you’re just happy to be up there. Where else are you gonna do comedy on a Sunday?”

    “The real magic was outside after midnight, with everyone just hanging out and talking. There wasn’t much drinking, so it was chill. That’s how I met people I’m still close with. Austin’s was social glue for comics in this city.”

    Lawson sees it similarly. “Austin’s is a judgment-free zone. You could do whatever you wanted as long as you didn’t hurt anyone, and nobody cared. It’s weird in the best way, like family. You’ve got people you love, people you argue with, people you miss. It’s all family.”

    Comedian Robin Love has been a regular at the mic, considering it a mainstay.

    “We all keep coming back for something and at the end of the day, that’s what makes it beautiful,” she says.

    On Sunday, Oct. 19, the comedy family gathered at the familiar building on Fairbanks for the last time. “It felt different,” Pagan says. “You saw all the comics you started with, all the old faces. It wasn’t a funeral; it was like a reunion. You realize how far everyone’s come, and you still have that respect for each other.”

    “I have so many memories. I was crying. It’s just moving, and it’s good, but I’m still sad. I don’t know why,” says Love.  

    Now the good news: 2240 W. Fairbanks Ave., formerly Loving Vegan Market & Cuisine in Winter Park, is the confirmed new residence of this town’s favorite coffee, comedy and open mic haunt. And likely within weeks, said two insider sources, Austin’s will reopen.

    “I’m excited for the new spot,” Williams says. “The longest-running open mic in Orlando gets to continue in a new location. New building, same night, same energy or better.”

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  • Friday Night Hits: Week 6 Scoreboard and Recaps

    HE’S NOT BAD, EVEN THOUGH HE IS NEW TO MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL. WE GO. THE DOGS WERE OUT TONIGHT TAKING ON THE OSCEOLA COWBOYS WITH THE BULLDOGS. FIRST QUARTER HANDOFF TO CAMERON JOHNSON. TOUGH 19 YARD GAIN. BUT THE DRIVE WOULD END IN A PUNT. SECOND QUARTER OSCEOLA ALREADY UP BY SIX ELIJAH JENKINS WE SAY THAT NAME A LOT ON THIS SHOW. HE CUTS UPFIELD FOR 22 YARDS AND A FRESH SET OF DOWNS THAT SETS UP THE PLAY ACTION. AMARI RUTLAND 15 YARD STRIKE TO JEFFERY. NOBODY CATCHES HIM. OSCEOLA SCORES FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE HALF 31 YARD TD TOSS. BULLDOGS DO MAKE IT A GAME, BUT THEY CAN’T CATCH THOSE COWBOYS FROM KISSIMMEE. OSCEOLA WINS IT ON THE ROAD. 1810. THE FINAL SCORE OUT TO COLLEGE PARK. WE WILL GO SENIOR NIGHT AT EDGEWATER. EAGLES HAVE FLOWN THROUGH THE SEASON SO FAR FIVE ZERO COMING INTO TONIGHT. TAKING ON LYMAN WAS A ROUGH GO FOR THE GREYHOUNDS. OPENING PLAY OF THE GAME CARTER EMANUEL. THE QUICK SCREEN TO MALIK JOHNSON. HE WILL BREAK THROUGH THE TACKLE AND NO ONE WAS STOPPING HIM. IT WAS JUST THAT KIND OF NIGHT FOR EDGEWATER. STILL IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THEY’RE UP 14. NOTHING NOW. CARTER EMANUEL IS OUT. REMI JARMAN IS IN AT QUARTERBACK. GETS IT TO DAMIEN MOORE. FIRST QUARTER SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER. STILL EAGLES HAD THE RUNNING CLOCK BY HALF. EDGEWATER. THEY WIN BY A LOT 84 TO 6 IS THE FINAL. THAT’S SO MANY POINTS. ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE BREAKOUT TEAMS SO FAR THIS SEASON LAKE BRANTLEY. THEY MAKE THE SHORT TREK TO SANFORD TONIGHT. LAKE BRANTLEY HADN’T LOST SO FAR THIS SEASON. HAD MORE WINS ALREADY THIS YEAR THAN THEY DID ALL OF LAST SEASON. A LOT OF SUCCESS FOR THE PATRIOTS SO FAR, BUT TAKING ON A SEMINOLE TEAM THAT HAS ALSO BEEN VERY GOOD IN THE PAST AND TRYING TO GET BACK ON TRACK THIS SEASON. LET’S HEAD UP TO SANFORD. AS THE PATRIOTS TRY TO INVADE THE SEMINOLE TERRITORY, LAKE BRANTLEY WOULD STRIKE FIRST IN THIS ONE. JACKSON STECKER WILL ROLL OUT AND FIND DEVIN WASHINGTON FOR THE SCORE 28 YARD STRIKE SEVEN. NOTHING. LAKE BRANTLEY IN FRONT LOOKED LIKE THE PATRIOTS WOULD DO WHAT THEY’VE DONE ALL SEASON LONG. SEMINOLE ON THE MOVE. HOW ABOUT JALEN CHAPLIN? HE’S GOING TO FUMBLE THE FOOTBALL PICK IT UP THEN RACE 22 YARDS DOWN TO THE TEN YARD LINE. THEY’D SWITCH ENDS WHEN THE QUARTER ENDS. FOUR PLAYS LATER IT WILL BE CHAPLIN IN FOR THE SCORE. HOW ABOUT SEMINOLE? THEY STORMED BACK FOR A BIG WIN 4321. THE FINAL SCORE. ALL RIGHT. LAKE MARY HOSTING HAGGERTY TONIGHT. RAMS LED BY TEN AT THE HALF. THIRD QUARTER IS WHERE WE WILL START NOAH GRUBBS OVER TO BARRETT SCHULTZ FIVE YARD TOUCHDOWN TOSS. EXTENDS THE LAKE MARY LEAD. BUT HOW ABOUT SOME DEFENSE ON OUR SHOW. CHANDLER CONDUIT AND LAVON CRUMPLER THEY MEET AT THE QUARTERBACK. THAT’S A BIG TIME SACK. LATE IN THE THIRD. MORE FROM THE OSHO GRUBBS TO SHEA FAISON 4117. AT THAT POINT, NOAH HAD SIX TOUCHDOWN PASSES TONIGHT. HOW ABOUT THAT LAKE MARY HAMMERING HAGGERTY, 5517. THE FINAL SCORE. APOPKA OVIEDO TRYING TO GET SOME MOMENTUM BACK ON THEIR SIDE AFTER AN UP AND DOWN START TO THE SEASON. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. BROCK JOYCE UP THE GUT SIX NOTHING. LIONS WITH THE LEAD STILL IN THE FIRST. DESHAWN FABRES COMES IN MOTION FOR THE TOSS. GETS TO THE OUTSIDE AND TO THE ENDZONE. HE GOES 14. NOTHING. OVIEDO STILL OUT IN FRONT. LYONS FAR FROM DONE. HOW ABOUT ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN ON THE GROUND. KAMARI SOLOMON WILL SPRINT ALONG THE SIDELINE AND OOH 64 NOTHING OVIEDO ROLLS PAST THE STING GAME. WE’RE GOING TO STAY IN APOPKA TONIGHT. THE BLUE DARTERS HAVE HAD A TOUGH SEASON SO FAR. IT GOT TOUGHER HOSTING WEST ORANGE. JADEN HAMMOND SPRINTING UP THE SIDELINE FOR SIX. VALHALLA AS THEY SAY. TOUCHDOWN MADE IT 30. NOTHING. WEST ORANGE TO THE THIRD QUARTER. AMMONS HAD HIMSELF A NIGHT TONIGHT RUNS INTO A WALL OF BLUE DARTERS RIGHT HERE BUT BREAKS RIGHT THROUGH IT 75 YARDS TO THE HOUSE. WEST ORANGE ROLLING. AND THEY WERE STILL NOT DONE. LATE THIRD QUARTER. THIS TIME IT WILL BE ANDREW CHUNG DEEP OVER THE MIDDLE TO DAREN GLOVER. THIS WILL BE A HOUSE CALL WEST ORANGE OVER APOPKA. ANOTHER SHUTOUT TONIGHT 51 NOTHING ROUGH NIGHT IN WEST ORANGE COUNTY TO THE AIR. OLYMPIA MAKING THE SHORT TRIP DOWN TO DOCTOR PHILLIPS. SECOND QUARTER ONE POINT GAME WHEN ZION MATTHEWS WILL TAKE THE HANDOFF. WEAVE THROUGH THE DEFENSE AND GET IN FOR SIX. TIME TO CELEBRATE. PANTHERS IN THE LEAD. MORE DP, MORE WILLIAMS. HE’LL TAKE ANOTHER HANDOFF AND DO THE SAME THING RIGHT UP THE GUT. IN FOR THE SCORE. DOCTOR PHILLIPS WINS WITH EASE, 42 SIX OVER THEIR NEARBY RIVALS. THAT’S A FINAL DOWNTOWN JONES HOSTING AN AUBURNDALE SQUAD THAT HAD WON FOUR STRAIGHT. BUT HOW’S THIS FOR AN ARRIVAL AS CHOPPER TWO ARRIVES? IT’S A JONES TOUCHDOWN PASS, EXTENDING AN ALREADY LARGE LEAD THERE. WE GOT IT. AUBURNDALE DOES MANAGE A FIELD GOAL, BUT THAT WILL BE IT. JONES PICKS UP ANOTHER WIN 37 THREE IS THE FINAL SCORE. ALL RIGHT. SOME SCORES FROM AROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA. HOW ABOUT TAVARES TAKING ON EUSTIS TONIGHT BY 59 POINTS. TOHO TOPS HARMONY 28 TO 16. MORE SCORES COMING YOUR WAY FROM TONIGHT. UNIVERSITY UP OVER FLAGLER. PALM COAST 2113 AND E

    Week 6 of Central Florida high school football is in the books. Scores across Central FloridaFriday Night Hits Week 6: Game of the Week DeLand at Spruce Creek (postponed)Friday Night Hits Week 6: You Pick 2 Game Eau Gallie 27, Titusville 14Davenport 41, Lake Minneola 6 Tavares 65, Eustis 6 West Orange 51, Apopka 0 Mount Dora Christian 48, The Master’s Academy 0 Tohopekaliga 28, Harmony 16Dr. Phillips 42, Olympia 6 Lake Mary 55, Hagerty 17 Ocoee 42, West Port 0 Winter Park 63, Freedom 8 Oviedo 64, Wekiva 0 East Ridge 84, Celebration 7 Colonial 35, Cypress Creek 15 Osceola 18, Melbourne 10 Winter Springs 20, Horizon 14 Gateway 20, Liberty Kissimmee 0Edgewater 84, Lyman 6Bishop Moore 29, Tampa Catholic 20 Jones 37, Auburndale 3 Windermere 36, Lake Buena Vista 0 Central Florida Christian Academy 46, Windermere Prep 21South lake 30, Forest Ocala 25

    Week 6 of Central Florida high school football is in the books.

    Scores across Central Florida

    Friday Night Hits Week 6: Game of the Week

    DeLand at Spruce Creek (postponed)

    Friday Night Hits Week 6: You Pick 2 Game

    Eau Gallie 27, Titusville 14

    Davenport 41, Lake Minneola 6

    Tavares 65, Eustis 6

    West Orange 51, Apopka 0

    Mount Dora Christian 48, The Master’s Academy 0

    Tohopekaliga 28, Harmony 16

    Dr. Phillips 42, Olympia 6

    Lake Mary 55, Hagerty 17

    Ocoee 42, West Port 0

    Winter Park 63, Freedom 8

    Oviedo 64, Wekiva 0

    East Ridge 84, Celebration 7

    Colonial 35, Cypress Creek 15

    Osceola 18, Melbourne 10

    Winter Springs 20, Horizon 14

    Gateway 20, Liberty Kissimmee 0

    Edgewater 84, Lyman 6

    Bishop Moore 29, Tampa Catholic 20

    Jones 37, Auburndale 3

    Windermere 36, Lake Buena Vista 0

    Central Florida Christian Academy 46, Windermere Prep 21

    South lake 30, Forest Ocala 25

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  • Friday Night Hits: High school football recaps and scores in Central Florida

    Friday Night Hits: All game recaps and scores of Central Florida high school football

    WELCOME TO FRIDAY NIGHT HITS ALONGSIDE ZACH MASKAVICH. I’M DAREN STOLZFUS. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH KRISTEN LAGO IN JUST A BIT. YEAH. TONIGHT, WEEK ONE OF THE REGULAR SEASON. WHAT DO THE THEY HAVE TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON TO GET INTO THE WIN COLUMN? OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A BUNCH OF GOOD KICKOFF CLASSIC GAMES LAST WEEK. A FEW PRIVATE SCHOOLS DID PLAY A WEEK AGO, BUT FOR A MAJORITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT, THE ROAD TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS. OUR GAME OF THE WEEK WAS A SHORT DRIVE FROM WESH TWO STUDIOS OVER TO BISHOP MOORE IN COLLEGE PARK. THE HORNETS AND THE OVIEDO LIONS CLASHING TONIGHT. YEAH, OVIEDO, COMING OFF A CONFIDENCE WIN BUILDING WIN WITH AS THEY TOOK DOWN LAKE MARY TO WARM UP THE SEASON, WHILE BISHOP MOORE LOST A TIGHT BATTLE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, THE EDGEWATER EAGLES, IN THEIR KICKOFF CLASSIC. YEAH, BOTH TEAMS HAVE PRETTY BIG GOALS THIS YEAR. LIONS AND THE HORNETS TANGLING OVER THERE IN COLLEGE PARK. BISHOP MOORE WASTED NO TIME IN FORCING A FUMBLE ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME. HERE IS PLAY NUMBER TWO. AMARI JOHNSON TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE. PART OF A HUGE FIRST HALF FOR NUMBER 21. A FEW MINUTES LATER OVIEDO ALREADY DOWN 14. NOTHING THEY DO STRIKE BACK. SEBASTIAN GALEANO PERFECT BALL TO DESHAWN. FAVORS. NOBODY CATCHES HIM THAT CUT THE BISHOP MOORE LEAD IN HALF BUT BACK COME THE HORNETS BLAKE MCCULLOUGH WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PASS OF HIS OWN. MAGNUS TALMA HAULS IT IN. WE LOVE MAGNUS’S NAME HERE. THE POINTS WERE COMING IN BUNCHES IN THE FIRST HALF AND PRETTY MUCH ALL NIGHT LONG AS WELL. LIONS GOING BACK TO THEIR BAG OF TRICKS HERE. WIDE RECEIVER PASS JORDAN DONAHUE TO BROCK JOYCE. WHAT A BALL. BUT THE HORNETS WOULD NOT BE DENIED JOHNSON AGAIN. HIS THIRD RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE FIRST HALF. HOW ABOUT THIS FINAL SCORE. BISHOP MOORE 68 OVIEDO 35. BMC WINS TONIGHT. BIG WIN TO START THE SEASON. THEIR DAREN. EARLIER, WE MENTIONED THAT LAKE MARY LOST THEIR KICKOFF CLASSIC GAME. BUT THERE’S NO QUESTION THE RAMS HAVE BIG GOALS FOR THIS SEASON, ESPECIALLY AS THEY FINISH AS THE STATE RUNNER UP A YEAR AGO. YEAH. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE FUTURE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL QUARTERBACK AS YOUR GUY, NOAH GRUBBS, PRETTY MUCH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR BUST. AND HEY, WE PICKED THE GAME OF THE WEEK. BUT HERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT YOU GET TO PICK TWO. THIS ONE, THE BIG GAME. YEAH COMING FROM UP NORTH COMING UP NORTH FROM MIAMI. IT WAS NORLAND PAYING A VISIT TO THE RAMS. NOT THE START THEY ENVISIONED. FIRST QUARTER. THAT WAS VIKINGS QUARTERBACK KAI MOORE FINDING MALACHI JOHNSON FOR THE SCORE. THE RAMS GET A SMALL BIT OF REVENGE HERE. THEY BLOCK THE EXTRA POINT. SO IT WAS JUST 13. NOTHING. INSTEAD OF 14 NOTHING LAKE MARY WOULD GET ON THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT LATER. HERE NOAH GRUBBS FINDS HIS BIG WIDE RECEIVER. THAT’S BARRETT SCHULTZ THAT CUTS IT TO A ONE SCORE GAME. BUT NORLAND WOULD ANSWER RIGHT BACK. A FEW MINUTES LATER. RASHAD WALLACE HE’S GOING TO SHOW OFF HIS POWER RUNNING MOVES AS HE’S GOING TO BUST THIS ONE IN. THEY GET THE TWO POINT CONVERSION THAT WOULD MAKE IT 19 SEVEN VIKINGS. GRUBBS TRYING TO MAKE THE COMEBACK HERE. BUT THEN THIS HAPPENS. JALEEL ALEX JUNIOR TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE. BUT IT’S NOT A TALE OF TRAGEDY. DAREN DESPITE WHAT YOU JUST SAW THERE, AFTER GIVING UP 29 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF, THE RAMS COMPLETE THE COMEBACK. THEY WIN IT 3029. ALWAYS HAVE A SHOT WHEN NOAH GRUBBS IS YOUR QUARTERBACK. THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING HERE. ALSO AT HALFTIME THE RAMS DEDICATING THEIR FIELD AT THE HALF. MORE THAN $700,000 RENOVATION TO THEIR STADIUM, INCLUDING NEW TURF, WHICH WILL NOW BE CALLED DOUG PETERS FIELD. PETERS WAS A LONGTIME COACH, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND TEACHER AT LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL, WORKED WITH RAMS ATHLETICS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. LAKE MARY ISN’T THE ONLY TEAM WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS. JONES ALSO MADE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP A YEAR AGO, AND THEIR QUARTERBACK IS ALSO ELITE DAREN COLEMAN. HE’S HEADING TO MIAMI AT THE END OF THE SEASON, AND JONES FULLY EXPECTS TO TRY TO GET BACK TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THIS SEASON. BUT WANTING THE RESULT TO GO DIFFERENTLY IN THAT TITLE GAME TURNED OUT TO WINTER PARK. GREAT CROWD AT SHOWALTER FIELD, HIGH ABOVE WINTER PARK IS CHOPPER TWO, AS WINTER PARK TASTES ONE OF THEIR FIRST TESTS THIS EARLY SEASON. EARLY GOING LONG DRIVE CAPPED OFF FOR JONES BY DARIAN COLEMAN, QUARTERBACK KEEPER, FUTURE MIAMI HURRICANE IN FOR SIX. AND HOW ABOUT THE ACTION ON THE LINE RYAN DUVAL RIPS DOWN THE QUARTERBACK A BIG SACK IN THE BACKFIELD. ALL JONES TONIGHT FIGHTING. TIGERS TOP THE WILDCATS 35. NOTHING. THE FINAL SCORE. CHOPPER TWO HIGH OVER SANFORD AS SEMINOLE WAS HOSTING CREEKSIDE COMING DOWN FROM GEORGIA LATE FIRST HALF THE NOLES IN A HOLE. BUT HOW ABOUT THE DEFENSE HERE. LOOK AT THIS. GOING UPSTAIRS FOR THE PASS BREAKUP. IT DIDN’T RESULT IN A TURNOVER, BUT IT DID SET THE STAGE FOR THIS THE NEXT PLAY. LOOK AT THE PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK HIT AS HE THROWS. THIS ONE IS A TURNOVER. THAT’S THE FINAL PLAY OF THE HALF. THE NOLES WERE DOWN NINE. NOTHING AT THE BREAK. AND IN THE END SEMINOLE WHO WAS HELD SCORELESS IN THEIR KICKOFF CLASSIC. THEY’RE ALSO HELD SCORELESS TONIGHT. CREEKSIDE 32 NOTHING. THE FINAL AT ALL TIME. APOPKA 18 ZERO AGAINST OCOEE. THAT WOULD CHANGE TONIGHT. A LITTLE EXTRA ON THE LINE WITH THIS ONE. SOME FORMER DARTERS NOW WEARING ALL BLACK IN THIS RIVALRY SHOWDOWN. SECOND QUARTER KNIGHTS DRIVING TYSON DAVISON. YEAH, HE WAS APOPKA’S QUARTERBACK FOR THREE YEARS. HE LIGHTS UP HIS FORMER TEAM TONIGHT. DEMARION CAWTHON GETS THE TOUCHDOWN THERE 14 NOTHING. OCOEE IN FRONT. THE DEFENSE DOING IT FOR THE KNIGHTS AS WELL KENDRICK SIDDELL RIPS DOWN THE INTERCEPTION. EVERYTHING GOING HIS WAY. STILL BEFORE THE HALF. DAVISON FINDS CHRISTIAN LINGARD FOR THE SCORE. OCOEE KNOCKS OFF APOPKA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY. AND IN A BIG, BIG WAY. 47 TO NOTHING. THE FINAL SCORE. LOOK AT THAT HISTORY BEING MADE. HOW ABOUT THIS THE GOODYEAR BLIMP OVER COLLEGE PARK AS EDGEWATER WAS HOSTING WEKIVA EARLY GOING. THE EAGLES WERE DRIVING WHEN THE STAN GANG MAKES THE PLAY, CARTER EMANUEL BUYING TIME. BUT HE BUYS TIME FOR THE WRONG REASON, THROWS IT TO THE WRONG TEAM. THAT’S MATTHEW BEECHAM FOR THE MUSTANGS COMING UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION. BUT THAT JUST BACKS UP WEKIVA. THEY END UP PUNTING FROM THEIR OWN END. IT’S BLOCKED AND IT’S GOING TO BE EASILY SCOOPED UP. AND ZAY DENMARK TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE. THEN HOW ABOUT DAMIEN MOORE. JUST MAKING IT LOOK EASY HERE DAREN BREEZING PAST PEOPLE. THE LINEBACKER TURNED RUNNING BACK LOOKING ABSOLUTELY ELITE. AND HOW ABOUT FOR GOOD MEASURE, WE ADD SOME MORE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY HERE. HOW ABOUT JUSTIN EDWARDS. JUNIOR COMES UP WITH A BLOCKED PUNT THROUGH THE SUN. RECOVERS IT IN THE END ZONE. END ZONE. EDGEWATER EVISCERATES WEKIVA 65 EIGHT. THAT FINAL SCORE OUT AT WEST ORANGE WARRIORS. PLAYING HOST TO EVANS. THIRD QUARTER ANDREW CHUNG GOING TO TOSS THIS ONE DOWNFIELD. EDISON DELGADO GOING TO REEL IT IN. WELL NOPE. HE CAN’T COME UP WITH IT. INSTEAD IT’S A FUMBLE EVANS GETS THAT FOOTBALL. IT’S NOT GREAT. THIS ONE WAS BACK AND FORTH THOUGH. YEAH LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. GIVE ME THAT FINAL SCORE. THERE’S THE BAND. SOMETIMES IT GOES LIKE THAT. WHO WON I DON’T KNOW. LAKE BRANTLEY ON THE ROAD AT LYMAN. WELL WE’LL FIND OUT LATER. AND OH MY GOODNESS DID THE PATRIOTS DAREN PUT ON A SHOW TODAY ALREADY WITH A BIG LEAD LATE FIRST QUARTER CURTIS DEWBERRY CUTS IT OUTSIDE, MAKES ANOTHER MAN MISS AND THEN HE WINS THE FOOTRACE. COUNT UP ALL THE YARDS. IT’S 66 FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. SCAMPER 34. NOTHING AFTER THAT. STILL IN THE FIRST. OH CAPTAIN. MY CAPTAIN AIDEN GREER FORCES THE FUMBLE. LAKE BRANTLEY RECOVERS. THAT LEADS TO A JUSTIN STECKER TOUCHDOWN. 41 POINTS ON THE BOARD IN THE FIRST QUARTER ALONE. IT IS A HUGE WIN FROM LAKE BRANTLEY. BEFORE WE CAME TO THE STUDIO, I SAW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 75 TO NOTHING. YOU KNOW A LOT GOING ON TONIGHT. BACK TO BACK SCORES. WE SOMETHING HAPPENED. ALL RIGHT. LET’S CHECK OUT SOME MORE SCORES FROM OUT OF TOWN. THESE ARE FILLED IN. THAT’S GREAT. OSCEOLA GOES ON THE ROAD TOPS. TREASURE COAST 35. NOTHING BOONE BEATS UP ON MOUNT DORA OVER IN MOUNT DORA, 4614 LEESBURG GETTING THE BIG 44. NOTHING WIN OVER UNIVERSITY AND BRAD LAKE SOUTH BRAD, LOURDES SOUTH LAKE EAGLES TONGUE TWISTER 27 TO 6. THEY TAKE DOWN NATURE COAST. ALL RIGHT. PLENTY MORE TO GET TO HERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. HITS INCLUDING A DOUBLE OVERTIME THRILLER FOR THE THREE TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS TONIGHT. I DO KNOW THE FINAL OUT THERE. PLUS A FORMER UCF STAR AND NFL RUNNING BACK WAS BACK ON THE SIDELINES FOR HIS ALMA MATER. TITUSVILLE.

    Friday Night Hits: All game recaps and scores of Central Florida high school football

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    Take a look at some Central Florida high school football highlights from this Friday, Aug. 22. Bishop Moore defeats Oviedo 68-35Lake Mary defeats Miami Norland 30-29Jones defeats Winter Park 35-0 Creekside defeats Seminole 32-0 Ocoee defeats Apopka 47-0 Edgewater defeats Wekiva 65-8 Cocoa defeats Merritt Island 30-24Heritage defeats Titusville 25-19Astronaut defeats Palm Bay 38-13Spruce Creek defeats Seabreeze 33-0The Master’s Academy defeats Father Lopez 43-20

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    Take a look at some Central Florida high school football highlights from this Friday, Aug. 22.

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  • Graze Craze Charcuterie Store in Winter Park Celebrates Grand Opening

    Graze Craze Charcuterie Store in Winter Park Celebrates Grand Opening

    Graze Craze Winter Park recently celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in collaboration with the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce organization.

    The woman-owned charcuterie store opened under the leadership of Alyce Bartolomeo and Rachel Wheeler, who bring extensive experience in the hospitality industry to the charcuterie concept.

    Graze Craze specializes in artfully designed, hand-crafted charcuterie boards with customizable food displays that are perfect for grazing — including fruits, vegetables, cheese, gourmet sweets, house-made jams, dips, and more.

    The 1,000-square-foot Graze Craze Winter Park store location opened at 843 S. Orlando Ave. in Hollieanna Shopping Center.

    Graze Craze stands out as a premier creator of grazing-style charcuterie arrangements, each handcrafted by a team of expert Grazologists. These artisans skillfully design stunning food displays that blend a variety of flavors, colors and textures for the ultimate dining experience.

    Each grazing spread features a harmonious collection of high-quality ingredients, including premium meats and cheeses, fresh fruits, crisp vegetables and house-made sauces, dips and jams.

    Graze Craze boards cater to every lifestyle, dietary preference and palate, offering a variety of sizes to suit any occasion. The menu incorporates a wide range of flavors, from the fan-favorite Gone Grazey board, a perfectly balanced mix of cured meats, premium cheeses, crackers, fresh produce, nuts and more, to the Vegegrazian, a medley of fresh fruits and vegetables for those embracing a plant-based lifestyle. For those with a sweet tooth, the store crafts the Sweet & Grazey, a handcrafted delight featuring an abundance of desserts like chocolates and baked goods paired with sweet dips to accent their flavors. They also offer a Brunch Board packed with breakfast meats, fresh fruits, eggs, pastries and more, providing an innovative gourmet twist on any morning routine.

    For more information and menu options, check out Graze Craze.

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  • April 14 is the last day to witness this extraordinary exhibition of work by First Nations artists in Orlando

    April 14 is the last day to witness this extraordinary exhibition of work by First Nations artists in Orlando

    Whether you live here or are just passing through, this crazy state called Florida often seems bewildering and chaotic. Florida’s First Nations artists, many from the Panther Clan of the south Florida Seminoles, express their own relevant views on the Sunshine State, on themselves and on the future in a show at the Albin Polasek Museum titled Yaat Ya Oke (translated as “Welcome, Travelers”), a friendly invitation to see Florida and the Seminole tribe from a less chaotic viewpoint.

    Artist Tara Chadwick, of the Papalotl (Butterfly) Project, co-curated the exhibit. Papalotl engages Indigenous youth and elders in an art- and science-based cultural knowledge exchange. Home base for the artists she worked with is the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s museum in Clewiston; they have exhibited in South Florida, Tallahassee and at the Smithsonian Museum.

    More than 20 artists contributed to this exhibit, ranging from the late Jimmy Osceola (1939-2021) to Shonayeh Shonie Tommie, age 9. Osceola’s “Camp Life 2,” a landscape glowing with one of Florida’s legendary sunsets, shows a reverence for our natural state which still exists underneath all the asphalt and concrete.

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    Gordon O. Wareham, ‘Dragons Teeth’ beaded necklace

    Exquisite beadwork and weaving are on display, and the artists formally explore current mediums such as digital art with the same spirit that their ancestors showed when confronted with change. Corinne Zepeda’s three crisp digital prints each depict Seminole figures in traditional dress. The figures titled “Waach” and “Taat” are startlingly fresh, easily gaining spatial equity for these Seminole characters amid our post-Warholian sensibilities.

    This push-pull between tradition and modernity gives Yaat Ya Oke an edge that feels sharper, and bigger, than even the Polasek’s high-ceilinged galleries. Forced by colonizers into a hybrid existence, Florida’s First Nations live, like all of us, in a machine-ridden world where the computer is the second soul. Yet these artists maintain a strong identity and spirit arising from a culture where binary definitions — such as art versus craft, or modern versus traditional — are superficial.

    Instead, there’s a respect for nature and for previous generations that comes through the art. Wilson Bowers and Gordon Wareham collaborated on “Clan Mothers,” a digital print of a small central figure facing six larger animal spirits, all of whom stare fiercely in a kind of architrave of ancestor figures. They impart a sense of responsibility to the viewer.

    What is that responsibility? Well, each viewer may take a different impression from Yaat Ya Oke: the ability to appreciate the world from which these artists come, or a tribute to previous generations for what they have passed down to us. Or: a responsibility to our future generations to try not to fuck it all up.


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  • Mister Rogers’ Week of Kindness memorial event series kicks off in early April in Winter Park

    Mister Rogers’ Week of Kindness memorial event series kicks off in early April in Winter Park

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    Mr. Rogers Week of Kindness starts in early April

    Winter Park becomes the neighborhood in April when Mister Rogers’ Week of Kindness kicks off.

    A memorial celebration of Rollins College’s favorite son — yes, a pre-“Mister” Fred Rogers studied music there in his youth — begins on at the start of April and includes an afternoon tea, prayer breakfast, lunch + learn, walking tour, concert, an appearance by Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood staple and hustling postman Mr. McFeely (!!), and walking tour.

    Here’s the rundown of what’s happening that week:

    7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3
    Inside the Neighborhood: Episode Clip Screening with Cast and Crew Q&A Talkback
    Winter Park Library
    “Take a peek behind the scenes of some landmark episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood with show producer Margy Whitmer, Mr. McFeely cast member David Newell, and Hedda Sharapan, Senior Fellow (The Fred Rogers Institute) and Child Development Consultant (Fred Rogers Productions). Light reception follows the presentation.”

    2 p.m. Thursday, April 4
    Remembering the Rogers Afternoon Tea
    Woman’s Club of Winter Park
    “Join friends and colleagues of part-year Winter Park residents Fred and Joanne Rogers as we share warm stories and favorite memories of our former Winter Park Neighbors. There are very limited seats for this event.”

    7:30 a.m. Friday, April 5
    Prayer Breakfast of Thanksgiving and Celebration
    First Orlando
    “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood cast member and close personal friend of Fred Rogers David Newell headlines a discussion with the Rev. Seth Cain of The Foundry Center (and author of the sermon series “The Gospel According to Fred”), Margy Whitmer (producer of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) and Hedda Sharapan (Senior Fellow, The Fred Rogers Institute) as they share their observations, near and from a distance, as to how Mister Rogers lived out his faith as we celebrate an extraordinary life of kindness and compassion. A free continental breakfast is included, courtesy of Panera Bread.”

    11:30 a.m. Friday, April 5
    Lunch and Learn: Our Orlando Neighbor, Mister Rogers
     Lonely Dog Immersive Experience
    “Join the cast and crew members of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and Original Orlando Tours for a fascinating look at Fred Rogers’ life, his years of time spent in the Orlando area, how Winter Park played a critical role in the success and creation of episodes of the television show, and the legacy left behind by Fred and the rest of his family, who also were a part of the fabric of the Central Florida community.”

    7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5
    Mister Rogers: The Musician Concert
    John M. Tiedtke Concert Hall at Rollins College
    “Mister Rogers: The Musician is a program produced by the Rollins College Department of Music faculty and students performing some of the wonderful and varying music composed by Fred Rogers. It is a delightful program that will be sure to entertain the whole family.”

    10 a.m. Saturday, April 6
    Hello Neighbor – The Mister Rogers Walking Tour
    151 W. Lyman St., Winter Park
    “Please join us for a fascinating lifetime journey through the adventures of Fred Rogers. You hear the tales of growing up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and how his path led him to Winter Park for many, many years. Visit the places that were important to him in Winter Park, including the street he lived on during his visits, making Winter Park one of his true Neighborhoods!”

    All of these events are free — though pre-registration is required — except for the concert, which is $10-$25.

    For more info on Mister Rogers’ Week of Kindness events, head over to the Week of Kindness website.


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  • Outdoor dinner party ‘Plated’ happens Thursday on Park Avenue — and it is not cheap

    Outdoor dinner party ‘Plated’ happens Thursday on Park Avenue — and it is not cheap

    Photo courtesy Park Avenue District Merchants

    Got a spare white linen suit and $250? Plated happens on Thursday

    If you’ve got (a fair bit of) extra coin in your pockets and want to take in the evening air and eat some tasty food, head Winter Park-wards Thursday.

    Alfresco event “Plated: A Dinner Party on Park” happens Thursday afternoon, courtesy of Winter Park’s Park Avenue District. The event features food and drink from Prato, Bosphorus and more, along with live classical music from Central Florida Vocal Arts soundtracking every bite.

    The menu comes from a number of area eateries:

    • White Linen Welcome Cocktail from Prato
    • Hors d’oeuvres from Financier Cafe & Bistro
    • Turkish spreads and naan from Bosphorus
    • Seasonal salad from New General
    • “Elegant entreés” from Boca, Prato, and Ava
    • Desserts by Choulala Pastries

    Plated happens at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, on tony North Park Avenue in Winter Park. A few individual tickets are still available through Eventbrite for [gulp] $250. As far as the dress code goes, the organizers’ request/suggestion is [gulp] “shades of white.” Fork carefully, y’all.

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    Park Avenue

    Park Avenue at Morse Boulevard, Winter Park Winter Park Area


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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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