This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week in Orlando’s downtown “bungalow neighborhoods.”
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TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Our most recent editor is moving on to new adventures, and while we’re sad to see them go, we’re also incredibly excited for the next chapter of Bungalower. If you’re interested in helping to shape the future of Bungalower, contact our owner at [email protected].
- Downtown Orlando could see another year of live performances as the city’s Downtown Development Board considers a $608,000 extension for the DTO Live program.
- Good Salt Restaurant Group, the James Beard-nominated (and suspiciously Michelin-ignored) team behind some of Orlando’s most acclaimed dining spots, has opened its latest concept, Sparrow Wine Bar, in the North Quarter.
- The Mennello Museum of American Art will open its latest exhibition, Pool Party: The Pool in American Art, on Friday, June 6. Running through September 28, the show explores the swimming pool as a symbol of American leisure, luxury, and cultural identity from the 1950s to today.
- Waymo, the autonomous driving technology company under Alphabet Inc., has expanded its testing operations to Orlando to see how its cars perform during heavy rains.
- A tiny little benefit shop that has been operating out of the bottom of the Winter Park City Hall for decades has been pushed out of its longtime home.
- A cherished bronze eagle statue was stolen from a downtown Orlando law firm during a recent break-in, leaving the widow of a respected local attorney devastated.
- Scholars Restaurant and Bar is set to open in the space formerly occupied by Frosty’s Christmastime Lounge. The new concept will serve “social-friendly, quick fixes of Mexican and American mainstays topped with signature sauces.”
- 88 Donuts Bakery Cafe has just opened its doors in the Curry Ford West Main Street District.
- The Orange County Regional History Center will host a special lecture on Sunday, June 15, all about Orlando’s first African American community, Jonestown.
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- Ivanhoe Village building, former home of Hammered Lamb, hits market for $4 million – Orlando Business Journal
- Downtown Orlando development with multiple towers, grocery store proposed – Orlando Business Journal
- Orange County arts and cultural affairs board quietly removes ‘diversity’ from its mission statement – Orlando Weekly
- Climate justice activists call on Orlando to reform parking mandates for new development – Orlando Weekly
- Some say proposed clean energy rollbacks could send local businesses into “survival mode” – Central Florida Public Media
- Buc-ee’s sues Winter Park shop over its beaver t-shirts – Fox 35
- Orlando opens 150 affordable housing units at former hotel site
- Leu Gardens hosts Thursday night concert series through August – Community Paper
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Tuesday 6/3: Judson’s Live – Carol Stein & Jaimie Roberts (Downtown)
- Tuesday 6/3: DOP’s Chow on Church (Downtown)
- Tuesday 6/3: Summer Arts Society: Women Painting Women (Orlando Museum of Art)
- Wednesday 6/4: Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran – World Tour (Camping World Stadium)
- Wednesday 6/4: Skeleton Wire Film Fest (Stardust Video & Coffee)
- Wednesday 6/4: Lake Nona Farmers Market (Lake Nona)
- Thursday 6/5: Nikki Glaser: Alive and Unwell Tour (Hard Rock Live)
- Friday 6/6: STOMP (Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts)
- Friday 6/6: Lunch & Learn: Designing Florida (Orange County Regional History Center)
- Friday 6/6: Opening Reception: 2025 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art (Ivanhoe Village)
- Friday 6/6: CRIMEWAVE: A DARKWAVE PARTY (The Beacham)
