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 394, as Brendan and Jon head to Sticky Rice in Mills 50 to get some delicious Lao dishes like chicken laab and tapioca pork dumplings.
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Orlando Pride’s defeat of Houston Dash on August 23 marked the 18th straight unbeaten match for the team, breaking the record for most unbeaten Regular Season matches in NWSL history.
- An 8,000 SF all-you-can-eat Asian buffet is opening at Fashion Square Mall.
- Orlando’s own LGBTQ+ newspaper Watermark is celebrating 30 years of covering Central Florida queer headlines and the History Center has joined in on the party with a fun retrospective exhibition of previous newspaper covers.
- Orlando’s first-ever non-alcoholic speakeasy, The Bandbox, is closing its Ivanhoe Village storefront and going mobile, with a fancy photo-op truck later this year.
- Rotary Club of College Park is blurring the district boundaries this year to bring its hit annual event, Taste of College Park, to the Southern Box Co. Food Hall in The Packing District.
- Bach Festival Society of Winter Park is celebrating 90 years of music making and we have its season program announcement ready for your viewing.
- Maker Faire Orlando will return to Central Florida Fairgrounds this November with all of the same robot battles, nerd symposiums, and maker magic you’ve come to expect through the years.
- “‘Never seen anything like it:’ Gun scare causes stampede at Disney World.” – Click Orlando
- “Get scared: Halloween Horror Nights 2024 begins Friday in Orlando.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Pulse Nightclub owners cleared of involuntary manslaughter charges, OPD report concludes.” – FOX 35
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Rollins apartments approved with updated parking code.” – The 32789
- “Central Florida Public Media launches Emerging Journalists Fellowship.” – Bungalower
- “October 17 is “Tree Time” in Winter Park.” – Bungalower
- “Orange County announces selected artworks for Art on the Lawn series.” – Bungalower
- “Qahwah Con Leche pop-up bringing cross-cultural DJ coffee experience to Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “Rise Southern Biscuits and Righteous Chicken is now open in downtown Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “3 Central Florida men with ties to law enforcement, Proud Boys to change pleas in Capitol riot cases.” – Click Orlando
- “New lawsuit filed against former Orlando Commissioner Regina Hill.” – FOX 35
- “Newly-elected Winter Park commissioner’s former campaign treasurer facing criminal charges.” – FOX 35
- “Trio sentenced to Federal Prison for meth trafficking from Los Angeles to Orlando.” Hoodline
- “Deseret Ranch seeks to annex 52K acres into City of Orlando.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “VinFast EV car dealership to open in Winter Park.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Mormon church seeks to annex 52,450 acres of ranchland to Orlando.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Giant, colorful birds are popping up all over Orlando.” – Southern Living
- “Man found unresponsive in pool at Orlando theme park dies, deputies say.” – WESH 2
- “Steve Leary taps political committee for unlimited dollars in race against Kelly Semrad.” – Winter Park Voice
- “A Guide to Urban Swimming in Europe, Beyond the Seine.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Activation and intervention: two sides of the Tactical Urbanism coin.” – CNU
- “Designing Cooler Cities: Lessons from ancient civilizations.” – Planetizen
- “Leveraging AI chatbots to enhance citizen engagement in city services.” – Planetizen
- “Cities should handle car crashes like they handle frat houses.” – Strong Towns
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Tuesday 9/3: Coal Chamber with Special Guests (Out of Bounds)
- Wednesday 9/4: Dread Mar I at The Beacham (Downtown)
- Wednesday 9/4: Echoes of the In-Between at Timucua (SoDo)
- Thursday 9/5: An Evening With C. Thomas Howell Featuring “The Outsiders” (Maitland)
- Thursday 9/5: September Pop-up Plant Clinic at Leu Gardens (Leu Gardens)
- Friday 8/6: Brian Posehn at The Abbey (South Eola)
- Friday 8/6: Lunch and Learn – Rebels, Wrestlers, and Rock ‘n’ Rollers (Downtown)
- Friday 8/6: The Wait Wait Stand-Up Tour (Milk District)