Orlando Life • 27th July 2026

Orlando’s Broadway Season Is Getting A Blockbuster Reset

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has unveiled its 2026 to 2027 AdventHealth Broadway in Orlando lineup. A mix of returning megahits, enduring classics and first time touring productions that reflect both the city’s growing appetite for theatre and Broadway’s evolving identity.

At the center of this year’s programming is a deliberate balance, one that blends nostalgia with novelty.
“We wanted a season that captures the full range of what Broadway is right now, the shows that bui...

Orlando Life • 14th July 2026

Orlando Museum of Art Summer Events and Exhibitions 2026

Orlando Museum of Art is making a strong case for a cooler kind of summer outing. Its 12th annual Florida Prize in Contemporary Art anchors the season, but the museum is also offering a rotating slate of exhibitions that give locals and visitors multiple reasons to step inside, slow down and spend an afternoon with visual art.

The Florida Prize, on view from May 30th through August 23rd, is the museum’s signature contemporary survey of artists working across Florida. This year’s exhibition is...

Strike Magazines • 19th May 2026

When Home Isn’t Familiar — Strike Magazines

For a long time, I believed home was supposed to be constant. It was the fixed point on the map, the place that waited patiently while I went out and became different versions of myself. Returning home would feel like slipping into an old coat: a little worn, maybe, but still mine. Then, you had to move. Instead, coming home sometimes feels like stepping into a room where all the furniture has been left in the same place, but the air has changed. The walls are familiar, yet something in them no...

Orlando Weekly • 18th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Fogville: A Sparkly Vampire Parody Musical'

Fogville: A Sparkly Vampire Parody Musical is a gleeful, high-octane parody that takes the Twilight saga and amplifies every brooding stare, sparkly vampire cheekbone and dramatic love triangle into campy, musical perfection. Stella MoonSwan (Kristen Lee Vire) stars as the clumsy new girl as she stumbles into Fogville, finding herself immediately trapped in a fierce love triangle between Edgar Sullen (Ansley Arthur) and Jake WolfWhite (Fredy Ruiz). The rest of the Sullen family — Alex (Alex McCr...

Orlando Weekly • 18th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'World Peace Through Humor: A German 101'

World Peace Through Humor: A German 101 is a high-energy stand-up comedy show that delivers exactly what it promises: a German comic who makes American jokes while preaching global unity. Paco Erhard bounds onstage with relentless cheer, firing off jokes about Florida’s unique perks, U.S. government absurdities and his own peripatetic life as a world traveler. 

The show works best when Erhard plays the fish-out-of-water observer, contrasting German efficiency with American excess in ways that f...

Orlando Weekly • 18th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Masquerade of the Red Death'

Masquerade of the Red Death leans hard into spectacle, dressing Edgar Allen Poe’s plague tale in glitter, flesh and dark burlesque flair. The costumes, designed by Aurora Fable, are intricate and eye-catching as they glitter through each individual dance of the different women, choreographed by Miss Foxy D’Ville. Directed by Sean Holloway with Fable and D’Ville, the production knows how to build an atmosphere that feels decadent, dangerous and theatrical. 

Because the story is built strictly on...

Orlando Weekly • 18th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Welcome to Clowntown'

Welcome to Clowntown starts sweet, then explodes into chaos when Tanya Perez’s “Pixie the Clown” turns some kids’ birthday party into her own rock & roll confessional. What begins with two balloons and a really dull backdrop unravels into a clown meltdown that reveals high-end burnout. 

Perez’s show thrives on that tonal whiplash. She’s got the full clown package — magic tricks, a goofy voice and a knack for pulling audiences into her madness — but underneath it all is just a hustler’s backstor...

Sanford Herald • 18th May 2026

Winter Springs City Commission Discusses Repairs, Public Input and More

By Arsheeya Garg Herald Intern The City of Winter Springs Regular City Commission Meeting was held last on Monday, April 27. The meeting included administrative procedures, public input, and discussions on city infrastructure operations.Significant time was dedicated to discussing water projects, including creek clearings, the use of a new vacuum truck for maintenance and sediment removal from various ponds.The City Manager provided an update on reclaimed water issues and expansion efforts, notin...

Orlando Weekly • 17th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'The Greatest Betrayal'

Morgan Frey walks a tightrope between charm and pain in her solo show, The Greatest Betrayal, as she mines the gap between delusions and darker truths. Framed as a witty soliloquy about crushes and ambitions, the piece opens with a little bit of self-deprecating humor before peeling back the layers of Frey’s personal life as a child amputee, and the complicated friendships that followed. 

Frey’s voice throughout the show is soothing and conversational, which makes the harder disclosures about b...

Orlando Weekly • 17th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'The Vagina Monologues'

The Vagina Monologues at Fringe this year is bringing different voices, stories and perspectives from women about their experiences having, well, vaginas. Ranging over topics from health and safety to lifestyle and beauty, director Jaimz Dillman’s production of Eve Ensler’s script consolidates various interviews into soliloquies that are read aloud by a large, rotating cast of women that includes local celebrities like Anna Eskamani and Nikki Darden Creston. 

The monologues are delivered with h...

Orlando Weekly • 15th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'The $#!T'

The $#!T is a stripped-down solo piece that turns one extremely cramped setting into a surprisingly expressive walk down memory lane. Writer-star Matti McLean’s performance has the feeling of a confessional monologue, using a toilet stall as the main setting for framing a love story that has shifted from romance to resentment to something more complicated entirely. 

The solo format keeps the audience locked into the story’s emotional logic, even when the content gets explicit. The nudity and se...

Orlando Weekly • 15th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Breaking Brains: A Lewd Lesson in Polyamory'

Breaking Brains: A Lewd Lesson in Polyamory feels less like traditional theater and more like a lively solo lecture from someone who’s living the topic being taught. Dana Prince, performing as Miss Dana, takes the stage as a polyamorous veteran and instructor, breaking down the facts of ethical nonmonogamy. With a mix of personal storytelling and classroom-style instruction, she includes quizzes, sharpened pencils and a lot of honesty about the messy parts of open relationships. 

The show is in...

Orlando Weekly • 13th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Homecumming'

Homecumming is a raunchy yet sensitive solo piece that uses the loss of female libido and orgasms as a way to reflect on feelings of grief, depression and self-reclamation women can experience in their youth. The mononymous Magalie gives a performance that is bold and physically committed, as the show often walks a fine line between making the audience feel uncomfortable and experiencing catharsis. Overall, every moment of the show feels intentional rather than careless, even if it’s sometimes h...

Orlando Weekly • 13th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Four Dinners'

Four Dinners is a sharp, emotionally messy queer dramedy that follows a chronological structure over four meals. These dinners take place in something that feels more like a pressure cooker than an apartment, belonging to roommates Penny (Liv Rawls) and Ynez (Marissa Rodriguez). A complicated dynamic becomes even messier somehow when Penny’s sister, Charlie (McKenna Russell), and Penny’s ex, Talia (Hailee Barrett), enter the picture. 

Written and directed by Emmy Frederickson and Kelsey Grace K...

Orlando Weekly • 13th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Dreamroles'

Dreamroles is a high-energy cabaret-style show that turns wish-casting of infamous characters in musical theater history into a celebration of talent and pure nostalgia. Laurel Melina, Bryan Cantrell and Matt Cordon lean into roles they may not be cast in currently, but are amazing at playing. Together, the ensemble creates a personal and crowd-pleasing performance. 

With a strong vocal blend among all three artists backed by live pianist Matt Cordon, the show works because the artists understa...

Orlando Weekly • 12th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Fringin & Flagons Presents: The Last Stand Tavern'

Fringin’ and Flagons: The Last Stand Tavern takes the chaos of a familiar RPG and turns it into an interactive, completely improvised, live comedy gauntlet where nobody gets plot armor. In this production based on the classic role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, hosts Michael Marinaccio and Tracy McCoy guide the action while Billy McCoy serves as dungeon master. The high concept of this production: It introduces new “Fringe celeb players” in every performance, making each night unique in its...

Orlando Weekly • 11th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'With What We Have Left'

With What We Have Left turns communication into a game, a challenge, and ultimately a shared act of trust. In this unscripted, totally improvised, solo experiment, the performer (Elaina Alspach) steps onstage with only a loosely guiding framework of the production, a shrinking word count, and the audience as an active collaborator for what will unfold next. 

What makes this piece entirely engaging is the deliberate scarcity. The soloist has a very limited word allowance that goes down on a tick...

Orlando Weekly • 11th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Haunted Co., a Live Ghost Investigation'

Haunted Co., a Live Ghost Investigation starts off as a cheeky paranormal livestream for a popular YouTube show. However, it quickly spirals into something much more unsettling. Framed as a live-ghost hunting special, the production follows Ed and Liz (Andrew Sandoval and Lex Bentley) as they enter the stage armed with heavy equipment meant to catch some ghosts for human interaction and observation. 

Directed by Andy Crisis, the production really leans into incorporating different types of mult...

Orlando Weekly • 11th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Younger Us'

Younger Us is a slow-burn coming-of-age play that finds its power within themes of grief, humor, and the messy connection of complicated relationships after loss. The play takes place during a traditional celebration labeled as a memorial for the loss of a mutual friend, Peter (Sean McKinley), thrown by his boyfriend, Marc (Tony Haberman), who wants the night to go perfectly. The party is fully equipped, ironically, with beer pong, shared joints, and an extensive Spotify playlists of modern arti...

Orlando Weekly • 11th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Sororicide'

Sororicide wastes no time throwing its audience into chaos. What begins as a fundraiser event for Delta Nu quickly spirals once the sorority president gets murdered in-house. From there, the killer comedy leans heavily into full camp mode, blending Mean Girls-style satire into a classic whodunnit plot. 

As the production progresses, the characters all fit into traditional Greek life stereotypes. You have the uptight vice president, MacKenzeigh (Grace Brantley); the stressed treasurer, Hanna (Ch...

Orlando Weekly • 9th May 2026

Orlando Fringe 2026 review: 'Chase Padgett: How to Play Guitar (Poorly)'

Chase Padgett walks onstage and immediately disproves his own title. How to Play Guitar (Poorly) opens with a skillful, electrifying number that makes it clear that this show is not about incompetence but about the messy road to discovering identity through musicality and humor. 

Blending a mix of stand-up comedy, live musical numbers, and deep personal storytelling, Padgett delves into eight “lessons” about how to learn to play the guitar (poorly). Each lesson relates to chronological acts of...

Her Campus • 23rd April 2026

Coachella 2026 Outfits Recapped

Coachella 2026 fashion proved that the desert still knows how to start a trend cycle. This year’s standout looks leaned into Western details, and boho looks that felt very 2016, yet this time more tasteful, without the 2016 appropriation of South Asian fashion. But that’s an article for another time; let’s look forward to the playful throwbacks that gave us new fashion inspiration in the very best way.The biggest theme at Coachella 2026 was a return to familiar festival dressing, but with a shar...

Sanford Herald • 13th April 2026

Winter Springs City Commission Discussed Annual Financial Reports, Oak Forest Lake Fish Kill and More

By Arsheeya Garg Herald Intern The Winter Springs City Commission met for its regular meeting on Mar. 23rd, 2026, addressing critical municipal matters ranging from the adoption of a clean financial audit to planning for future infrastructure needs. The meeting highlighted significant improvements in the city’s financial standing and proactive steps to address environmental concerns.A major focus of the meeting was the presentation of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal yea...

Her Campus • 27th March 2026

"Knights in Focus" Event Spotlights Graduate Research

UCF’s Graduate Student Center turned into a small film festival on Tuesday during the Knights in Focus Spotlight Celebration, where graduate students’ research and creative work took center stage on the big screen.The Knights in Focus Spotlight Celebration showcased winning entries from a graduate student video competition, designed to highlight research and creative work turned into video formats of 60 seconds or less. The screening and awards program invited students, faculty, and staff to vie...

Her Campus • 27th March 2026

"Knights in Focus" Event Spotlights Graduate Research

UCF’s Graduate Student Center turned into a small film festival on Tuesday during the Knights in Focus Spotlight Celebration, where graduate students’ research and creative work took center stage on the big screen.The Knights in Focus Spotlight Celebration showcased winning entries from a graduate student video competition, designed to highlight research and creative work turned into video formats of 60 seconds or less. The screening and awards program invited students, faculty, and staff to vie...

Sanford Herald • 24th February 2026

“Taste of Oviedo” Is Back for Their 32nd Annual Festival

By Arsheeya Garg Herald InternLocal vendors in Oviedo count down the days to the 32nd annual “Taste of Oviedo” food festival highlighting the food and music. According to the Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber website, Taste of Oviedo began back in the 1990s as a small community festival to bring together the town and its patrons while displaying a fine arts and crafts area with live music, and a kid’s zone. Over the years, this event has seen a tremendous growth in size with recent events h...

Her Campus • 5th February 2026

UCF Students React to Release of Epstein Files

The U.S. Department of Justice’s release of more than 3 million pages of the Epstein files on Jan. 30, mandated by the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, has sparked concerns and debates among students and faculty at UCF. The latest release, which DOJ officials say is likely the last major trove of Epstein material, includes millions of pages of investigative files, financial records, images, and videos, all subject to redactions meant to shield victims’ identities and graphic abuse. The...

The Charge • 2nd April 2025

UCF artists showcase work at Mercurial Spring 2025 BFA exhibition

Senior undergraduate students presented a vibrant array of colors, shapes and figures at the opening ceremony of Mercurial: The Spring 2025 BFA exhibition at the UCF Art Gallery on Thursday.The gallery walls were covered in artwork from more than 20 students crafted through different mediums, including book arts, ceramics, drawing, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
At the center of the gallery, a spiraling wooden art piece directed the audience clockwise to...

The Charge • 6th March 2025

UCF professor presents "The Making of Bollywoodian Brownface" seminar

A UCF assistant professor in South Asian literature presented a seminar titled “American Minstrelsy in South Asia: The Making of Bollywoodian Brownface“ on the main UCF campus on Thursday afternoon. Dr. Amrita Ghosh's seminar included talks about rising racism on college campuses, cultural appropriation, and internal racism that has prevailed within Bollywood and Western media since post-colonial India. She also spoke about her most recent published book, “India’s Imperial Formations: Cultural P...

The Charge • 17th November 2024

UCF Opera takes the stage

The UCF Opera opened Nov. 9 in the Rehearsal Hall with their seasonal selection of operatic scenes.These scenes have been directed by Thomas Potter and collaborative pianist Robin Jensen while being performed by students. The students in the opera performed “A Game of Chance” by Seymour Barab, “The Worst One Ever” by Gary Belshaw, “A Hand of Bridge” by Samuel Barber and “La Pizza del Destino” by Steven Cohen.
The directors also prepared a surprise scene from "The Merry Widow" outlining a...