This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s downtown “bungalow neighborhoods.” Click HERE to listen to Episode 311 of Bungalower and The Bus on Real Radio 104.1, which was recorded at Deadwords Brewing ahead of their 1-Year Anniversary Week celebrations!
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Orlando City Council voted to pass the first reading of two ordinances that will drastically change how bars and nightclubs operate downtown. Feelings were shared.
- Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the 2023 Dragon Parade on February 5.
- Orlando has a new professional pickleball team. And that’s pretty cool, we guess.
- Hearst Media’s new streaming channel, Very Local, is looking for some contestants to sign up for a new Orlando-based game show. Do you have what it takes?
- A new Latin vegan restaurant is opening near downtown. You can sample their menu at the Orlando Farmers Market every Sunday before they open.
- Orlando City Soccer’s Swedish meatball, Robin Jannson, is back in training.
- RockPit Brewing is hosting its annual Beerlympics event this weekend and Bungalower will be there to defend our title.
- “Disney Lake Nona campus plans feature a cluster of offices, central park.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Ivanhoe Village food hall plans to stay open amid bankruptcy.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Orlando-area restaurateurs earn 2023 James Beard Award nominations.” – Orlando Weekly
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Hundreds help create sustainable art exhibit at Mead Gardens.” – The 32789
- “Public Works director outlines plans for brick street improvements.” – The 32789
- “Florida Fire Drakes raising funds to compete in international competition.” – Bungalower
- “Formaggio and Friends cheese shop set to open this weekend.” – Bungalower
- “Florida’s Top Five Cities for Craft Beer Lovers.” – Forbes
- “Florida community still plagued by late-night street racing, resident says.” – FOX 35
- “Parents fed up with kids getting hit by cars in Central Florida neighborhood.” – FOX 35
- “People are trying to sell Splash Mountain water following the iconic ride’s closure.” – HYPEBEAST
- “SunRail targets multiple federal programs to fund Sunshine Corridor.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Lynx may start search for new permanent CEO.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Get a rare look inside Orlando’s Florida Coral Rescue Center on the newly rebooted ‘Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.’” – Orlando Weekly
- “Sorekara poised to bring a re-imagined level of Japanese dining to Baldwin Park.” – Orlando Weekly
- “What makes neighborhood-level climate action work?” – The Good Men Project
- “Is the tiny little neighborhood the city of the future?” – The Guardian
- “Julia Fox gave a ‘Maximum Trasparency’ tour of her apartment.” – New York Mag Curbed
- “Why skaters love and resist skateboard parks.” – The New York Times
- “City tree biodiversity helps protect urban forests and our health.” – Next City
- “Exploring the intersection of feet life and street life.” – Placemaking US
- “Downtowns are lifeless. It’s a once-in-a-generation chance to revive them.” – The Washington Post
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- ALL WEEK: Deadwords Brewing Anniversary Week (Parramore)
- Monday 1/30: Lydia Lunch + Joseph Keckler at Timucua Arts Foundation (SoDo)
- Tuesday 1/31: Bungalower Drag Bingo and Music Video Dance Party (Baldwin Park)
- Wednesday 2/1: Shangela – Fully Lit Tour (Downtown)
- Friday 2/3: “Cultural Fabric” Opening Night at Snap! Orlando (South Eola)
- Friday 2/3: Movie Night at Leu: “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (Audubon Park)
- Friday 2/3: Opening Reception for (Un)Common Form (Out of Bounds)