The Great Duck Derby to sail through Orlando's Mead Garden in April

Orlando Weekly 3/23 10:48A Reina Nieves

Get your ducks in a row this weekend and head over to Mead Botanical Garden for the Great Duck Derby. Hosted by Mead Botanical Garden this Saturday (March 21) at 10 a.m., the Great Duck Derby features...

Music Fest Orlando brings together R+B and hip-hop stars for a good cause this weekend

Orlando Weekly 3/23 9:37A Matthew Moyer

Music Fest Orlando’s name may get lost in the eternal scroll of social media, but don’t you dare sleep on a festival lineup that includes Fantasia, Babyface and the 69 Boyz in our own backyard. The...

Unwind after a ‘ruff’ week at Sanford’s Pints n’ Paws Craft Beer Festival

Orlando Weekly 3/23 9:34A Reina Nieves

Life will be anything but “ruff” for the attendees — both four- and two-legged — of Pints n’ Paws this weekend. The craft beer festival goes big as it bounds happily into an 11th year.

Rock supergroup the Winery Dogs ready to intoxicate Orlando this weekend

Orlando Weekly 3/23 9:23A Gabby Macogay

American rock supergroup the Winery Dogs invites you to experience musical “Xanadu” with them as they make a tour stop in Orlando this week. The trio — drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist Billy Sheehan and...

Florida House panel advances bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors, including those already...

Orlando Weekly 3/23 6:17A Dara Kam, NSF

A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved a sweeping measure that would prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors, including children already receiving treatment...

Gov. DeSantis' travel records would be kept secret from the public under new bill

Orlando Weekly 3/23 3:52A News Service of Florida

Travel records involving Gov. Ron DeSantis and his family would be shielded from public disclosure under a proposal moving forward in the Senate and the House. The Senate Governmental Oversight and...

Free Will Astrology: ‘The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know’

Orlando Weekly 3/22 10:00P Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If we were to choose one person to illustrate the symbolic power of astrology, it might be Aries financier and investment banker J.P. Morgan (1837–1913). His astrological...

Ooopsie! Undercover agents found nothing lewd happening at Plaza Live drag show back in December

Orlando Weekly 3/22 12:59P Matthew Moyer

Ooopsie! Turns out the undercover agents scoping out the supposedly lewd and lascivious A Drag Queen Christmas event at the Plaza Live back in December — the one that led to Gov. DeSantis and cronies...

Orlando Disney costuming workers want the theme park to close the gender pay gap

Orlando Weekly 3/22 12:02P McKenna Schueler

There’s no magical story of the orphaned Cinderella without her glitzy ballgown and fancy glass shoes. Without the colorful attire that sets them apart, hallmark Disney characters like Mickey Mouse...

Starbucks workers near Orlando go on strike, joining more than 100 locations coast to coast

Orlando Weekly 3/22 11:07A McKenna Schueler

One day ahead of an annual Starbucks shareholders meeting, Starbucks workers in cities across the United States — from Seattle to Philadelphia, Knoxville, New York City and Oviedo near Orlando,...

Ex-Florida lawmaker behind 'Don't Say Gay' law pleads guilty to $150K COVID relief fraud

Orlando Weekly 3/22 10:12A News Service of Florida

Former state Rep. Joe Harding on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related business loans. Harding, R-Ocala,...

Gesundheit! Orlando ranks among top 10 worst cities for allergies

Orlando Weekly 3/22 8:50A Matthew Moyer

A newly-released study has found that Orlando ranks among the top 10 worst cities for allergies. A report released Wednesday by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (h/t Washington Post)...

City of Orlando passes new ordinance restricting nightlife downtown

Orlando Weekly 3/22 7:34A Matthew Moyer

Orlando City Council on Monday passed two controversial new measures restricting nightlife in downtown Orlando. Despite a putative cooling-off period for further discussions between council members...

Florida Senate panel advances bill cracking down on drag shows

Orlando Weekly 3/22 5:24A News Service of Florida

Amid a crackdown by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration on drag-show performances, a Senate panel on Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill that would allow the state to revoke licenses of businesses...

Orlando impresario Thom Mesrobian presents a new rock musical at Timucua Arts Foundation

Orlando Weekly 3/22 4:48A Seth Kubersky

An openly bisexual, sword-wielding woman sneaks into a convent, rescues her involuntarily cloistered girlfriend, steals the corpse of a dead nun, and sets the abbey ablaze to cover their escape. No,...