25 years in, Orlando’s smallest concert venue wants to be bigger

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/9 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

The Timucua Story, a book stuffed with photos and memories, celebrates where the Timucua Arts Foundation has been. So will Timucua 25, the organization s Nov. 14 benefit gala. But the Orlando...

Phil Rosenthal, hungry for human connection, returns to Central Florida for show

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/8 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Phil Rosenthal savors making connections. His hit Netflix documentary travel series Somebody Feed Phil is all about experiencing other cultures through their people — and their food. And Everybody...

Plant Doctor: To bloom or not to bloom — that is the coleus question

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/7 11:00P Brian Bell

Question: My coleus plants have been making good growth and many are producing stalks of small flowers. Do I need to remove the blooms or can they remain on the plants? I kind of like them. Answer: If...

Salman Rushdie’s new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/7 3:30A Associated Press

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s new book, his 23rd, is also a resetting of his career. Related Articles In ‘Queen Esther,’ John Irving travels back to ‘The Cider...

Aquatica Orlando powers up Illuminate, a bright-light nighttime event

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/7 12:07A Dewayne Bevil

A new after-hours event at Aquatica Orlando water park is designed to bring some light to the season. Illuminate features larger-than-life, lantern-inspired figures — primarily shaped as animals —...

Disney World: ‘Zoogether’ actor sinks teeth into Clawhauser character

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/7 12:00A Dewayne Bevil

A supporting character in the animated “Zootopia” films takes the spotlight in “Zootopia: Better Zoogether,” a new 4D show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom . Benjamin Clawhauser, a cheetah with a desk job...

WWE star eats ‘Everything on the Menu’ in new show’s Orlando episode

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/6 11:00P Amy Drew Thompson

When Adam Scherr came to Orlando 12 years ago, he d never lived outside his hometown of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina. His dreams were as big as he was (6 8 , 350 pounds) and he needed sustenance to...

A beautiful, spiritual ‘All-Night Vigil’ with Bach Vocal Artists | Review

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/6 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

The day had not gone well. A laptop had died, the garage-door opener had broken. A weekend flight was canceled, fallout from the government shutdown. And to top it all off, Central Florida s can...

3-day Ocala Food & Wine Festival returns this weekend

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/6 12:00A Amy Drew Thompson

Hold your horses, Central Florida foodies, because the 5th Annual Ocala Food & Wine Festival returns to the World Equestrian Center this weekend with global flavors and go-all-out competition that...

EDC Orlando: What to know about the annual electronic music festival this weekend

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/5 10:00P Patrick Connolly

EDC Orlando returns to Tinker Field outside of Camping World Stadium this weekend for three nights of electronic dance music, pyrotechnics, carnival rides and art with an anticipated 300,000...

Righting a racist wrong: Zora finally takes the Annie Russell stage

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/5 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Zora Neale Hurston, the celebrated Harlem Renaissance author, wanted to stage a play with an all-Black cast at Rollins College — just a stone s throw from where she had grown up in Eatonville. The...

Taqueria Estrella’s Mexican fare is hearty, and from the heart | Review

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/5 10:00P Amy Drew Thompson

Luz Estrella Velasco has lived in the United States for about 25 years, but her English isn t the best. And while I could brag about my 84-day streak on Duolingo, my Spanish isn t, either. I have to...

First look: How new ‘Zootopia’ show fits in at Animal Kingdom

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/4 1:44A Dewayne Bevil

A new attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom puts polar bears in your face, introduces one very wet walrus, presents a buff buffalo clad in Lycra and solves a mystery, all in 10 minutes. It’s all...

Central Florida Community Arts Presents Epic Concert and New Inclusive Experience

My Central Florida Family 11/4 1:43A Brandi Zrallack

Central Florida Community Arts Presents Epic Concert and New Inclusive Experience Central Florida Community Arts Presents Epic Concert and New Inclusive Experience Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts) marks its [ ] The post Central Florida...

He’s king of the keys: Orlando can’t get enough of Nat Zegree

Orlando Sentinel (Soundboard) 11/3 10:00P Matthew J. Palm

Nat Zegree burst onto the Orlando cultural scene with a zap of artistic energy from his fast-moving fingers that — Attention: We interrupt this column s introduction to remind you, if you want Nat...