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 313 of Bungalower and The Bus on Real Radio 104.1, which was recorded at Nude Nite Orlando, a nude-themed art show full of nude art.
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Plaza Live in the Milk District could possibly be losing its liquor license for hosting a drag show last December that allowed children to attend.
- City District Main Street just launched a downtown “Safety Survey” in response to city hall’s recent policy shift concerning the downtown nighttime economy and bar scene.
- A new lobster roll concept is moving into a former Irish pub storefront in downtown Orlando. Just to make sure you’re paying attention, we didn’t just say “tacos” or “fried chicken.”
- The Orange County Library System is hosting author, James Beard Award-winning chef, and former Top Chef contestant, Kwame Onwuachi for a discussion of his first cookbook, “My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef,“ on Sunday, February 19.
- A beloved playground in Winter Park that the locals call “Castle Park” is on the chopping block as city hall mulls over some big changes/upgrades for the old wooden structure.
- Black Magic Pizza just soft-opened in the former fried chicken window at Whiskey Lou’s in the Milk District.
- “Memorial for Orlando couple killed in Turkey, Syria earthquake will collect proceeds for victims.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Watch: Alleged street racers caught doing donuts in downtown Orlando.” – FOX 35
- “U.S. Soccer selects Orlando to host USA-El Salvador for Concacaf Nations League Group D Finale.” – Orlando City SC
- ‘”$200M: The next decade of hope for Washington Shores.” – WFTV 9
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Commissioners to reboot library dialogue, admit mistakes in RFP process.” – The 32789
- “Fallout over Weaver email prompts special meeting.” – The 32789
- “Local restaurant selling taco heart boxes for Valentine’s Day.” – Bungalower
- “Office Depot closing Colonialtown location.” – Bungalower
- “PHOTOS: Orlando Solar Bears see record-breaking attendance for Tie-Dye night.” – Bungalower
- “Model sues Orange County Public Schools, alleges staff shared explicit photos of her.” – Florida Record
- “This is the time of day you’re most likely to get attacked by a shark in Florida.” – FOX 35
- “Winter Park Commission now considering workforce housing for former library site.” – GrowthSpotter
- “10 Black-owned restaurants in every NBA city.” – NBA.com
- “‘Completely destroy this whole city’: FBI foils two white supremacists’ ‘racially-motivated’ plot to knock out Baltimore’s electricity.” – New York Beacon
- “Central Florida 100: Guns, growth, and Reedy Creek.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “DeSantis to take control of Disney’s Orlando District under new bill.” – Variety
- “Neo-Nazi couple arrested for alleged plot to attack power grid and ‘destroy whole city.'” – VICE
- “‘One of the easiest crimes:’ White supremacists mock area man arrested in Baltimore power grid plot.” – WFTV 9
- “The economic resilience of the most walkable U.S. neighborhoods.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Atlanta’s BeltLine shows how urban parks can drive ‘green gentrification’ if cities don’t think about affordable housing at the start.” – The Conversation
- “The architecture of public toilets, from antiquity to present-day projects.” – DOMUS
- “Can a city thrive when its downtown is empty?” – Governing
- “Why New York City needs a public realm maestro.” – New York Daily News
- “Turning Nairobi’s public libraries into ‘palaces for the people.'” – The New York Times
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Monday 2/13: “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” Free Moonlit Movie (Audubon Park)
- Tuesday 2/14: Bungalower Drag Bingo and Music Video Dance Party (Baldwin Park)
- Tuesday 2/14: Love Hurts – The “Hottest” Valentine’s Day Event in Town (Milk District)
- Tuesday 2/14: WPRK Rollins Giving Day Marathon (Winter Park)
- Thursday 2/16: 2023 CNU Florida Summit (Parramore)
- Thursday 2/16: “Women’s Fight for the Environment in the 20th Century.” (Winter Park)
- Friday 2/17: Road to Okeechobee – Evalution, Flozone, and More (Downtown)