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 358 of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1 FM, which was recorded at College Park Gallery in College Park.
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Kia is the new main sponsor of the Orlando Arena, deposing Amway from its decades-long seat. Some people are confused by the log and have started calling it the NIN Center, calling it illegible.
- Michelin star-wearing Chef Michael Collantes opened a new sushi restaurant in Parramore that specializes in nuri handrolls.
- The long-awaited Debonair Supper Club will finally open this month with a blow-out New Year’s Eve party.
- United Arts of Central Florida just dished out $2.3 million in support grants to local arts groups. Check out the list.
- Winter Park-based oatmeal restaurant, Create Your Nature, has closed.
- Addition Financial Credit Union is now accepting submissions for its annual classroom makeover contest.
- Orlando was named as the city with the Highest Weed Conspumption in the state of Florida. That’s a lot of weed.
- “The 20 most anticipated new restaurants coming to Orlando in 2024.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Outdoor smoking ban raises questions about enforcement, overreach.” – The 32789
- “Orlando’s driverless shuttle crashed, then quietly disappeared.” – Orlando Sentinel
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Magical Dining raised lots of money this year.” – Bungalower
- “Nicki Minaj coming to Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “Power outage leaves arena formerly known as Amway Center in the dark.” – Bungalower
- “The Savannah Bananas of basketball coming to Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “Disney sues state-controlled former Reedy Creek district over public records request.” – Click Orlando
- “IDignity to build headquarters in downtown Orlando.” – Click Orlando
- “Wrongfully detained Orlando man returns home after capture abroad.” – FOX 35
- “Orlando newspaper publishes spread of 673 books banned in Florida county in 2023.” – The Hill
- “Orlando restaurant owner sentenced to federal prison for failure to pay $2M in employment taxes.” – NewsBreak
- “Transportation commission targeted for elimination.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Mama June taking Anna’s ashes on holiday trip to Disney World.” – TMZ
- “Orlando businessman buys land next to Pulse nightclub to help city with memorial plans.” – WESH 2
- “Can this car-free neighborhood clone itself?” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Scooter company Bird Global files bankruptcy to sell itself.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Missing middle combines cottages, mixed-use.” – CNU
- “Ten features of walkable communities.” – CNU
- “Addressing the Epidemic of Loneliness: Five campaigns to restore social life in our communities.” – Social Life Project
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Monday 12/25: Kwanzaa with Zora (Online)
- Tuesday 12/26: Bungalower Drag Bingo and Boxing Day Party (Baldwin Park)
- Wednesday 12/27: “Eyes Wide Shut” at the Enzian (Maitland)
- Thursday 12/28: Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers (Parramore)
- Thursday 12/28: Pop-Tarts Bowl Parade of Bands (Winter Park)
- Thursday 12/28: Pop-Tarts Bowl (West Lakes)
- Thursday 12/28: Orlando Solar Bears vs. South Carolina Stingrays (Parramore)
- Friday 12/29: Fortune Feimster (Downtown)
- Friday 12/29: Grand Buffet (North Orlando)
- Friday 12/29: Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks (Parramore)
