The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the hosts alone and do not reflect the official policy or position of Bungalower Media, our readers, or our advertisers. For the 275th episode, Brendan O’Connor and Jon Busdeker meet up with their friends from Ben Laube Homes at one of Orlando’s oldest watering […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Events, Featured, Lists, Orlando
Bungalower’s Top 13 Weekend Event Picks for May 20-22
Here is a look at some of the best events taking place this weekend, including streaming events that you can take advantage of in the safety of your home. Remember, you can always visit the complete events calendar by clicking on “EVENTS” on our main menu. If you’d like to have your event added to […]
Posted inCool Job Alert, Sports
Cool Job Alert: Marketing Manager at Florida Citrus Sports
Florida Citrus Sports is looking to hire a new Marketing Manager to oversee its marketing and communications efforts. The position will manage several aspects of FCS’ services, events, and sales initiatives, and acts as the primary liaison to other departments. The position will report to the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications. The manager’s daily […]
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VIDEO: Art and History Museums Maitland hosting soft sculpture solo exhibition
Art and History Museums Maitland (Instagram | Website) will continue its run of out-of-the-box, innovative art programming with this weekend’s opening of works by Florida-based Puerto Rican artist Jessica Caldas, CORPUS DELICTI. Caldas’ practice incorporates drawings, collage, sculpture, and performance arts into immersive installations and larger-than-life mixed media creations. In this new solo exhibition, she […]
Posted inDelaney Park, House of the Day, Photos, Real Estate, Sponsored
House of the Day: 4/2 Delaney Park home asking $549,999
This four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is located at 1717 Delaney Avenue [GMap] in historic Delaney Park, just a few blocks away from Lake Davis, Lake Cherokee, and the Delaney Park baseball fields, tennis courts, playground, and park. The 1,637 SF corner lot home features beautiful saltillo tile floors, hardwood floors, a two-car garage, a spacious backyard, […]
Posted inSchools, Winter Park
Orange County launches $4 million partnership with Rollins College
Orange County Government just announced a new three-year, $4 million partnership with the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College last week. Through the new Empowering Good: A Nonprofit Capacity Building Project, Crummer’s Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership will provide nonprofit training support to small, county-based organizations. The program will offer […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Civics and Participation, Downtown, Retail, Signs
City to launch window wrap program for downtown storefronts
The City of Orlando is launching a new Temporary Window Wrap Pilot Program that will seek to codify how long and with what materials a storefront’s windows can be covered. Paperwork filed by City staff state that the act of some business and property owners of covering/screening ground floor windows with materials like brown paper, […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Events, Parramore
Mysterious cartoon band Gorillaz coming to Orlando this October
Hit band, Gorillaz (Instagram | Website) has announced that it will be touring to Orlando on October 21, 2022. The superstar English group, whose four members have refrained from showing their faces for all but one performance in 2012, has been represented by cartoon avatars and ornate projections for over 24 years, and is known […]
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MegaCon is back for four action-packed days at Orange County Convention Center
MegaCon Orlando (Facebook | Website) is back with even more nerdtastic event programming than you can shake an expensive lightsaber replica at. MegaCon is Southeast’s most popular comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event and features four days of celebrity encounters, fan-favorite cosplayers, and after-hours programming in Orange County Convention Center, from Thursday, May 19 […]
Posted inColonialtown, Coming and Going, Food & Drink, People
Meng’s Kitchen pop-up moving into iFresh Market
Popular pop-up vendor Meng’s Kitchen (Facebook | Website) will have a permanent home in Colonialtown in mid-June. Meng’s Kitchen, operated by Chiang Mai-born Chef Asawin “AJ” Jockkeaw, specializes in Thai-style Hainanese chicken and rice and traditional Isaan dishes from north Thailand including dishes like roasted chicken, Thai coconut chicken soup, five-spice braised pork belly, a vegan curry cauliflower […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Church Street, Coming and Going, Featured, News
Orlando Fringe announces takeover of Mad Cow space on eve of 2022 festival
In the same week that Orlando Fringe (Facebook | Website) is set to host its 31st Annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, the City of Orlando has just approved to lease it the formerMad Cow Theatre (Facebook | Website) space on Church Street – confirming a rumor that surfaced in November 2021. “One of the highest priorities of […]
Posted inComing and Going, Food & Drink, South Eola
Great Harvest Bakery is coming back to South Eola
According to a report by What Now Orlando, the defunct Great Harvest Bakery and Cafe in downtown Orlando’s South Eola neighborhood is about to make a comeback. Co-owners Evan DeLaney and Guy Patterson have purchased the Orlando-area franchising rights for the bakery chain and will be reopening the concept at 101 Lake Avenue [GMap], where the […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Events, Fashion, Orlando, People, Photos
PHOTOS: Highlights from OMA’s “Red Carpet Couture” event
The Orlando Museum of Art (Website) hosted a special Met Gala-inspired fashion event on Monday, May 2nd, that featured runways, fancy catering, lots of art, and a bunch of people who came looking REALLY fancy (and some who didn’t). The event took place on the same day as the Met Gala in New York and attendees could […]
Posted inComing and Going, Food & Drink, Winter Park
Korean ghost kitchen going brick and mortar in Winter Park this summer
Popular virtual/ghost kitchen, Doshibox Korean Kitchen (Instagram), will be leaving behind its days of online orders-only and opening a new brick-and-mortar restaurant this summer in Winter Park. Owned and operated by Omei Restaurant Group, we first wrote about the concept back in January 2021, when it was the first concept to open in the group’s Collab […]
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TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK
This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s Bungalow Neighborhood news, and some bonus headlines you may have missed. Click HERE to listen to the 274th episode of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1, which was recorded with special guest host “Big Tim” Murphy at The Yardery (Website), in […]