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Orlando residents, UCF students rally for 'No Kings' protest against Trump administration
As the sun rose just above the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday morning, dozens of people had already gathered across Orange Avenue in City Commons Plaza to join in on a nationwide sequel to June’s "No Kings" protests.Orlando residents rallied outside Orlando City Hall in the cooler weather. Among those in attendance was Mari Tomlinson, a UCF alumnus from the class of 2023, who expressed outrage toward President Trump.
“Trump has been completely ruining this count...
“Trump has been completely ruining this count...
Orlando drag royalty feature in new ghost-hunting show 'SHOOK! Queens of the Dead'
A new queer, locally grown television project is crossing drop-dead gorgeous drag performers with, well … the dead. SHOOK! Queens of the Dead plunges six Orlando and Central Florida drag queens wig-first into haunted locations around the world. SHOOK! co-creator Brian Reddy, an Orlando native now based in Atlanta, tells Orlando Weekly that the show initially started out as a joke. “A friend of mine, Tobi, also known as Sue Cyde in Orlando, came up and was just visiting me for a weeke...
A splash of color washes over Orlando Museum of Art
On walls lined with water-based washes of color, vivid watercolor paintings are taking residence in Orlando from now until Jan. 4.
The Florida Watercolor Society has opened its 54th annual exhibition, “To Catch a Dream,” at the Orlando Museum of Art. FWS, since its founding in 1972, has grown to more than 1,000 members.
This year’s exhibition includes 100 watercolors, each hand-selected by award-winning watercolor artist and juror Matthew Bird.
“The amount of talent in this area is kind of mi...
The Florida Watercolor Society has opened its 54th annual exhibition, “To Catch a Dream,” at the Orlando Museum of Art. FWS, since its founding in 1972, has grown to more than 1,000 members.
This year’s exhibition includes 100 watercolors, each hand-selected by award-winning watercolor artist and juror Matthew Bird.
“The amount of talent in this area is kind of mi...
Diving deep and soaring to new heights
A young Jason Chin’s life took a turn when he met famed children’s book author and illustrator Trina Schart Hyman (“Little Red Riding Hood,” “Saint George and the Dragon”), who frequently visited his elementary school in Lyme, New Hampshire.
Inspired by her, Chin studied illustration at Syracuse University and later developed his love for the children’s book genre while at his post-grad job at independent bookstore Books of Wonder in Brooklyn.
“I learned from that experience how diverse, creat...
Inspired by her, Chin studied illustration at Syracuse University and later developed his love for the children’s book genre while at his post-grad job at independent bookstore Books of Wonder in Brooklyn.
“I learned from that experience how diverse, creat...
