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 360 of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1 FM, which was recorded at Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa with guest co-host Thomas Ward.
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Exploria Stadium is adding new seating options and table service in 2024 and we got a copy of the renderings. And while we’re talking soccer, Orlando City just signed two-time MLS champ Nico Lodeiro to the team.
- Just around the corner from the stadium, the Christian Service Center will be getting over $6 million from the City of Orlando to improve its facilities and expand its programming into a comprehensive Day Center for the homeless.
- Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts is moving to The Packing District after allegedly losing its longtime home in Winter Park to greedy landlords.
- Remember the XFL? It merged with the USFL to create a new league, which is great for the springtime football movement, but the merger also resulted in the loss of Orlando’s fledgling team, the Orlando Guardians.
- Advent Health shared its first baby of the new year and not to be left out, Orlando Health did too. Which one is cuter?
- Some local artists opened a Japanese shaved-ice dessert concept behind Kaya Inspired Filipino Cuisine in Lake Eola Heights, and the dishes are works of arts.
- “Anti-homeless ordinance in Orlando up for a final vote by city leaders Monday.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Could Orlando’s proposed disorderly conduct ordinance be used to target the homeless?” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Orlando-area leaders prep bid to bring NCAA March Madness, more college sports to town.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “1 person dead after shooting at parking garage in downtown Orlando, police say.” – FOX 35
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Call for Artists: City Hall looking for submissions for Black History Month exhibition.” – Bungalower
- “Live orchestra to play soundtrack of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” – Bungalower
- “PHOTOS: What we saw at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl today.” – Bungalower
- “Shark Tank-style event for non-profits coming to downtown, February 1.” – Bungalower
- “Fugitive Jan. 6 participants arrested exactly three years after Capitol attack.” – HuffPost
- “Orlando Science Center: Beer fest raises glasses, funds.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Dunkin’ Donuts sued over exploding toilet at Winter Park location.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Top Tables: The finest restaurants that opened in Orlando in 2023.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Local film series Uncomfortable Brunch celebrates 10 years of unnerving cinema with Gaspar Noe’s debut, ‘I Stand Alone.'” – Orlando Weekly
- “New Florida bill would lower gun buying age to 18.” – WESH 2
- “Orange County lawmakers advance local bill to repeal tourism oversight board.” – WMFE
- “Orlando International Airport in line to become Florida test hub for air taxis and other advanced air mobility.” – WMFE
- “The Orlando Science Center receives a $225,000 grant.” – WMFE
- “Experience the relaxing fall morning groove in Delft.” – Active Towns
- “10 Landmark projects shaping architecture in 2024.” – AZURE
- “Iceland keeps feeding its tourist boom. Will it push locals out?” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “School districts invest in workforce housing.” – Planetizen
- “Past and present of the Placemaking movement.” – Social Life Project
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Monday 1/8: Orlando Solar Bears vs. Wheeling Nailers (Parramore)
- Tuesday 1/9: Bungalower Drag Bingo and Music Video Dance Party (Baldwin Park)
- Tuesday 1/9: Orlando Magic vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (Parramore)
- Wednesday 1/10: Hot Topics – Healthier Communities (Winter Park)
- Wednesday 1/10: Plaza Live Historical Spire Activation (Milk District)
- Thursday 1/11: Mean Girls Dance Party (Winter Park)
- Friday 1/12: Lunch & Learn – Kilts and Cabers (Downtown)