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Fewer Canadians are traveling to Florida, city staff began removing artifacts from Pulse to prepare for construction of a memorial, a 50-year-old killer whale died at SeaWorld, and other news you may have missed. Plus “This Modern World” Approved auditor info as required for public notices per section 50.011(1)(e), F.S.

11 50 years of opening eyes

ARTS+ CULTURE

15 Know your rights

Clymene Aldinger and Kurt Rambus revisit their longtime creative collaboration at Orlando Fringe’s Winter Mini-Fest

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Project Censored’s annual list of buried stories hits the half-century mark

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The Constitution sets out many protections on the basis of personhood, using the term ‘person’ rather than ‘citizen.’ These cards may be helpful to any English, Spanish, Kréyol or Arabic speakers who fear detention or deportation

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19 Here come the hot steppers

21 Live Active Cultures

Fraggle Rock emerges from its underground utopia into Outer Space with a new live show at an iconic Central Florida attraction

New shows streaming this week: His & Hers, The Pitt, The Night Manager and more

25 They blew it up

Folk-punks Apes of the State swing through Orlando, marking a decade of This City Isn’t Big Enough

27 This Little Underground

The Blue Bamboo Center, thanks to Chris Cortez, wove itself into our city’s fabric as an independent performance space that fed the musical needs of the city while keeping steadfast to its commitment to the musician community. The good guys don’t always prevail, but Cortez did it on those righteous ethics

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Our picks of the best things to do this week, plenty of event listings, and concerts down the road.

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Fewer Canadians are traveling to Florida, city staff began removing artifacts from Pulse to prepare for construction of a memorial, a 50-year-old killer whale died at SeaWorld, and other news you may have missed. BY CH LO E GREEN B ERG , M CKEN N A SCH U ELE R , J I M T UR N E R / N S F, JAY WAAG ME E ST E R / FLOR I DA P H OEN I X

City staff began removing artifacts from Pulse to prepare for a memorial

City staffers began removing items from the Pulse nightclub building in late December as part of the next phase of building a permanent memorial at the site. Objects removed from the building last month include a couple of chandeliers, the bartop, a cash register and some tiles from the outside patio area. A full list is available online. Artifacts removed also include promotional posters that have clung to the walls of the club since the tragic 2016 mass shooting that left 49 people dead and dozens more wounded. According to the city, the removed artifacts will be carefully transported and stored in an environmentally controlled warehouse until the items are “permanently placed.” The city took over the process of developing a memorial at the mass shooting site in 2023 after an ambitious and expensive process by the nonprofit OnePulse Foundation collapsed amid the nonprofit’s own financial mismanagement. A $12 million memorial being developed by the city of Orlando government is expected to be completed in the second half of 2027. Construction is set to begin next summer, with Winter Park design firm Gomez Construction taking the lead as the city’s chosen design and construction contractor.

Orange County mayor argued local taxpayers are ‘unfairly’ shouldering the cost of federal ICE duties

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings wrote a letter to the U.S. Marshals Service just ahead of the holidays, asking the feds to fully reimburse the county for the cost of jailing people who have been detained on immigration charges on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal agency. According to Demings, compliance with federal immigration enforcement has already cost county taxpayers more than $333,000. The county, like other jail operators in Florida, has an agreement with ICE, known as an intergovernmental services agreement, that allows ICE officers to detain federal inmates in Orange County Jail temporarily who are arrested for being in the country illegally. The U.S. Marshals Service, however, is not currently reimbursing the county in full for doing so. While the cost of detaining a person is roughly $180 per person per day, county officials say the feds are only reimbursing the county $88 per person, leaving local taxpayers on the hook for the rest. “The burden of the expense related to immigration enforcement activities should be borne by the federal government, not local governments who’ve been forced to follow the law in support of your initiatives,” Demings wrote in his Dec. 22 letter.

SeaWorld killer whale Katina died at age 50

Canadians are still staying away from Florida, but tourism increased overall

during the quarter, down from 597,000 in the third quarter of 2024. The total is also the lowest for any quarter since the fourth quarter of 2021, when just 275,000 Canadians made their way to Florida. Canadians have been canceling vacations in the U.S. because of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and tariffs aimed toward their country, and it didn’t appear the trend was changing as the fourth quarter started.

Trump vetoed Miccosukee flood protection over the tribe’s opposition to Alligator Alcatraz

The Miccosukee Tribe’s lawsuit contesting an immigration detention facility in the Everglades has cost them federally funded flood protection — at least if President Donald Trump gets his way. Trump last month vetoed HR 504, federal legislation intended to provide flood protection to Osceola Camp, a Miccosukee residential area in the Everglades. In his veto letter, Trump blamed the tribe for having “actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected.” Trump wrote, “My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding projects for special interests, especially those that are unaligned with my Administration’s policy of removing violent criminal illegal aliens from the country.” The tribe is part of a lawsuit against the state, claiming planners behind the immigration detention facility, also dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” failed to follow federal environmental regulations in constructing the 3,000-bed facility.

SeaWorld Orlando announced the death of one of its last killer whales, Katina, on Dec. 22. The 50-year-old orca had been at SeaWorld Orlando for nearly 40 years and was one of just five killer whales at the park, which halted its orca breeding program in 2016. “Her health had begun to significantly decline as she entered her geriatric years,” the park shared in a statement. “Over the last several weeks, our animal care and medical teams have worked around the clock to closely monitor her declining health and as her condition worsened, the decision was made to prioritize her comfort and welfare.” She was known for “her tendency to stick her tongue out and enjoying the ‘speed swim’ to create a cyclone of water,” SeaWorld said. She mothered seven calves while at the park. Animal rights and anti-captivity organization PETA said in a statement Katina was removed from waters off the coast of Iceland in 1978. The group says she was one of just three remaining orcas at SeaWorld that were captured from the wild, and the 46th orca to die at the park. Florida posted a slight increase in tourism during the third quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, even as Canadians continued to back off on travel to the U.S. Visit Florida, a statewide tourism marketing agency, estimated 34.339 million people traveled to the state between the start of July and end of September, up from 34.239 million during the same period in 2024. This year’s total was the most for a third quarter — generally considered one of the slower periods for Florida — since 2022, when the marketing agency was hyper-focused on drawing people from other states because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida, however, continued to struggle to attract Canadian visitors amid tensions between the U.S. and Canada. Visit Florida estimated the state had 507,000 Canadian visitors orlandoweekly.com ● JAN. 7-13, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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50 YEARS OF OPENING EYES

by under-reporting and self-censorship is constantly at play, with the same consequence of preventing the public from fully knowing what’s happening in society — particularly in time to do something about it. For half a century now, Project Censored has been bringing these omissions to light, and while each story highlights a particular omission, they are often complex and interrelated to each other. There’s a perfect example in this year’s top censored story — “ICE Solicits Social Media Surveillance Contracts to Identify Critics.” Government spying on, suppressing and even criminalizing its critics goes back at least to World War I as a systematic endeavor, but new elements have intertwined with it over time. Racial targeting, private contracting and omnipresent surveillance technology are all present in this most recent example, and are routinely censored in other settings as well. Racial targeting is also involved in stories No. 3 and 4, regarding systemic exploitation of Native

Project Censored’s annual list of buried stories hits the half-century mark BY PAU L R OS ENBERG , SEN IO R EDITO R, RL N EWS

alf a century ago, Peter Jensen launched Project Censored, in part as a response to how the Watergate break-in was covered. Richard Nixon didn’t censor the initial reporting, but he didn’t have to. The press simply didn’t cover it with any serious scrutiny until well after Nixon was elected. The story didn’t reach the American people when it mattered most — when they could have done something about it directly themselves, before they went to the polls in November 1972. Reflecting this, Jensen saw censorship as working differently in a democracy than in a dictatorship. He defined it as “the suppression of

information, whether purposeful or not, by any method — including bias, omission, under-reporting, or self-censorship — that prevents the public from fully knowing what is happening in society.” That happened with Watergate, though the truth belatedly came out. And an echo of the same sort of thing happened just as I was writing this half a century later. Six members of Congress who had served in the military or the CIA released a video accurately informing those serving, as they had, that they have the right — and in some cases the duty — to refuse unlawful or unconstitutional orders. President

Trump responded on social media by falsely claiming their video message was “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,”but the New York Times relegated the story to page 16, with a headline that didn’t mention Trump’s call for their execution. “No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything,” said Mark Jacob, a former top editor at both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. This was only a faint echo of what happened with Watergate — especially given the Times’ diminished gate-keeping role. But those echoes are everywhere around us, every day. That same dynamic of suppression of information orlandoweekly.com

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Americans and targeting of pro-Palestinian activists, respectively. Story No. 4 involves tech surveillance in a different way, not just targeting activists but also systematically blocking data privacy protections for everyone. This is the deeper point of Project Censored’s list: That it’s not just about this or that suppressed and under-reported story, it’s about a whole different way of seeing the world if that systemic censoring were stripped away. Here, then, is Project Censored’s half-century anniversary list, so you can see for yourself what that means. 1. ICE Solicits Social Media Surveillance Contracts to Identify Critics

In February 2025, Techdirt’s Tim Cushing reported on Sam Biddle’s Intercept investigation into a new ICE bid solicitation seeking private contractors to “monitor and locate ‘negative’ social media discussion” about the agency. The request, also covered by the Independent, appeared as the agency prepared for a more aggressive role under the returning Trump administration. ICE’s plan, Biddle wrote, could pull “people who simply criticize ICE online”into its surveillance dragnet. Biddle noted the solicitation was “nearly identical” to a 2020 request that resulted in a $5.5 million contract with Barbaricum, a Washingtonbased defense and intelligence firm. But the new version, arriving amid ramped-up enforcement rhetoric, signaled a broader threat. Cushing observed that ICE justified the program by citing increased risks — yet provided no evidence. The scope of potential targets is massive. Social media criticisms of ICE number in the millions, but contractors would be required to assess users’“proclivity for violence”using “social and behavioral sciences” and “psychological profiles.” After scraping personal details — Social Security numbers, addresses, affiliations — contractors would deliver ICE dossiers containing photos, partial legal names, birth dates, education or work ties, and identified family members. The request also sought facial recognition tools capable of scanning the internet for additional information tied to a subject. Although framed as a safety measure for ICE employees, Cushing wrote that the document “makes it clear ICE is looking for tech that allows it to monitor people simply because they don’t like ICE.” The First Amendment implications, he added, are unmistakable: the government should not monitor social media users to quantify criticism, especially when it conflates negativity with threats. ICE’s digital surveillance ambitions are not new. Past investigations revealed fake ICE social-media profiles, entrapment schemes and systems designed to flag “derogatory” posts. While Forbes and the New York Times have addressed ICE’s tech investments targeting immigrants, no corporate outlet has covered this planned monitoring of ICE critics.

2. Water Scarcity Threatens 27 Million People in the United States

Nearly 30 million people in the U.S. live in areas with limited water supplies, Carey Gillam reported for The New Lede in January 2025. The finding comes from a first-of-its-kind U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study assessing national water availability from 2010 to 2020, including quality concerns. With climate change worsening droughts, floods and contamination, the crisis is expected to deepen. Project Censored also highlighted two ongoing threats: saltwater intrusion and PFAS “forever chemicals,”linked to cancers, liver disease and birth defects. USGS Director David Applegate warned of “increasing challenges to this vital resource,” noting that socially vulnerable communities face the greatest risks. Gillam reported widespread pollution in waterways across the Midwest and High Plains tied largely to industrial agriculture runoff. USGS found “substantial areas” of major aquifers — supplying one-third of public drinking water — contaminated with arsenic, radionuclides, manganese and nitrates. Lowincome, minority and rural, well-dependent communities face disproportionate exposure. Project Censored cited worsening shortages in Texas due to drought, aging infrastructure and international water disputes, and in Florida, where population growth and groundwater overuse have collided with climate-driven storms and droughts. In Virginia, massive data centers consume up to five million gallons of water daily, Grist reported, straining already depleted aquifers. Globally, the situation mirrors U.S. trends. A joint U.S./UN assessment, Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023–2025, described current conditions as “a slow-moving global catastrophe,” with 48 U.S. states experiencing drought in 2024 — the highest number on record. Meanwhile, The Guardian reported that the Trump administration ordered the closure of 25 federal water-monitoring centers, undermining the nation’s ability to track shortages. Although major outlets like the New York Times and the Washington Post cover droughts, Project Censored noted they typically frame the issue as an economic threat to agriculture, not a direct danger to human life. As of July 2025, Newsweek was the only U.S. corporate outlet to report on the USGS water-availability study. 3. Indigenous Communities in the U.S. Underfunded and Exploited by Federal and State Governments

A series of 2024–25 investigations by ProPublica, High Country News and Grist revealed how federal and state governments continue to underfund and exploit Indigenous communities — coverage largely ignored by corporate media. Matt Krupnick (ProPublica) documented the chronic underfunding of tribal colleges, institutions created in the 1970s to serve Native students harmed by generations of violence, dispossession and cultural erasure. Although Congress set funding at $8,000 per tribal student

in 1978, adjusted annually for inflation, the government has never met its obligation. Since 2010, per-student funding ranged from $5,235 to just under $8,700 — far below the roughly $40,000 it would be if federal commitments had been honored — totaling a $250 million shortfall. Under the Trump administration, conditions worsened as at least $7 million in USDA grants for tribal colleges were suspended. Meanwhile, a joint High Country News/Grist investigation showed how states profit from “trust lands” located inside reservations. These lands, often seized during the 1887 Dawes Act Allotment Era, generate millions through grazing, logging, mining and oil and gas production — funding state universities, prisons, hospitals and schools. Earlier reporting traced this system to the 1862 Morrill Act, which granted nearly 11 million acres taken from nearly 250 tribes to states to build land-grant universities. The new investigation mapped 1.6 million acres of state-managed trust lands within 83 reservations across 10 states, revealing how state control undermines tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction. In some cases, tribes must lease back what was once their own land — an estimated 58,000 acres — paying the state for agricultural or grazing use. One notable exception is the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana, who secured the return of nearly 30,000 acres through a 2020 water-rights settlement. Corporate media coverage of these injustices remained minimal, limited mostly to stories about Trump-era layoffs that failed to address the deeper, long-term history of governmental neglect. 4. Meta Undertakes ‘Sweeping Crackdown’ of Facebook and Instagram Posts at Israel’s Request

Since Oct. 7, 2023, Meta has executed a massive censorship campaign on Facebook and Instagram, removing or suppressing posts critical of Israel or supportive of Palestinians, Drop Site News reported in April 2025. The report called it “the largest mass censorship operation in modern history,” based on internal Meta data provided by whistleblowers and confirmed by multiple sources inside the company. Meta reportedly complied with 94% of takedown requests from Israel — the single largest originator of content removals worldwide — affecting an estimated 38.8 million posts. While most requests were classified under “terrorism” or “violence and incitement,” the complaints all used identical language regardless of the content, linking to an average of 15 posts each without describing the posts themselves. The campaign disproportionately targets users from Arab and Muslim-majority nations but has a global reach, affecting posts in over 60 countries. Drop Site News warned that Meta’s AI moderation tools are being trained on these takedowns, potentially embedding this censorship into future automated content decisions. Project Censored noted that the Council on

American-Islamic Relations condemned Meta’s actions, stating, “Meta must stop censoring criticism of the Israeli government under the guise of combating antisemitism, and Meta must stop training artificial intelligence tools to do so.” The report also cited the Committee to Protect Journalists’ findings that Israel controls coverage of its military operations. Although independent outlets such as ZNetwork and Jewish Voice for Labour republished the Drop Site News report, no major U.S. newspapers or broadcast outlets had covered the story as of July 2025. Meta shows no signs of ending the censorship initiative, leaving critics concerned about the implications for free expression and the global reach of government-directed social media moderation. 5. Big Tech Sows Policy Chaos to Undermine Data Privacy Protections

Big Tech companies are actively attempting to undermine consumer data privacy laws, using tactics reminiscent of Big Tobacco in the 1990s, Project Censored reports. Jake Snow documented this in Tech Policy Press and the ACLU of Northern California in October 2024. Snow outlined a three-step strategy. Step one: “Respond to a PR crisis with a flood of deceptive bills.” Just as tobacco promoted “smoking sections” to weaken bans, Big Tech floods Congress with industry-backed laws that replace meaningful privacy protections with weak alternatives. Snow cites a 2021 Virginia law drafted by an Amazon lobbyist as “just what Big Tech wants.” Step two: Complain about the “patchwork” of state laws, portraying diverse regulations as chaotic or unworkable. Tobacco did this in the 1990s; today, tech lobbyists repeat it, even creating websites like United for Privacy: Ending the Privacy Patchwork. Step three: Use federal preemption to erase state laws and block stronger local legislation. While federal law could set a floor — like the federal minimum wage — Big Tech pushes it as a ceiling, limiting grassroots influence. Snow notes that states and cities historically drive real change. California, for example, enshrined a privacy right in its 1972 constitution, offering protections against modern abuses. Once state legislatures are sealed off, communities with limited access to Congress lose power. These tactics are not hypothetical. The House version of Trump’s controversial “Big Beautiful Bill” included a provision shielding tech companies from state lawsuits for a decade over negligence, privacy violations, or AI misuse. Though removed by the Senate, similar efforts are expected. Project Censored noted that while outlets like the New York Times and Time magazine have reported aspects of Big Tech lobbying, no corporate coverage has fully captured the scale, coordination, or historical parallels Snow identified — leaving much of the strategy’s impact unexamined. news@orlandoweekly.com

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ASK A VET

Q: WHAT RISKS SHOULD I BE AWARE OF WHEN TAKING MY DOG TO THE DOG PARK? Dog parks can be great for exercise and socialization—but they also come with risks many pet parents don’t expect. Beyond fleas and ticks, veterinarians see a wide range of issues related to dog-park visits throughout the year.

or even intestinal blockages.

Injuries are among the most common problems. Even friendly play can escalate, leading to sprains, bite wounds, torn toenails, or ligament injuries. Shy, anxious, or smaller dogs can become overwhelmed in large, unpredictable groups, increasing their risk of being hurt.

To keep your dog safe at the park:

Dog parks also create opportunities for contagious illness, including: • Kennel cough • Canine influenza • Giardia and intestinal parasites from shared water Veterinarians also frequently treat “mystery ingestion” cases like dogs eating rocks, sticks, food scraps, toxic plants, or feces. These can cause vomiting, diarrhea,

Behavioral issues can develop too. One bad experience like being chased, pinned, or overwhelmed can lead to long term fear or reactivity toward other dogs.

• Supervise every interaction • Bring your own water bowl • Watch for signs of overstimulation • Leave if the environment feels chaotic • Keep your dog fully vaccinated and on preventatives For dog owners who want socialization without the unpredictability, WPVET Playcamp offers a safe, controlled environment supervised by trained veterinary professionals. It’s a great option for dogs who benefit from structured play, closer monitoring, and expert oversight. DOG PARKS CAN BE FUN, BUT INFORMED DECISIONS HELP KEEP YOUR PET SAFE, HEALTHY, AND HAPPY.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS The Constitution sets out many protections on the basis of personhood, using the term “people” or “person” rather than “citizen.” U.S. court precedent historically supports the idea that these laws apply to all people on U.S. soil, whether or not they are citizens. These cards may be helpful to any English, Spanish, Kréyol or Arabic speakers who fear detention. Cut along the dotted lines and fold in the center to make a two-sided card. Sandwich around a piece of thin cardboard if possible, and reinforce with a layer of clear tape.

You have constitutional rights. • DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR if an immigration agent is knocking on the door. • DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS from an immigration agent if they try to talk to you. You have the right to remain silent. • DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING without first speaking to a lawyer. You have the right to speak with a lawyer. • If you are outside of your home, ask the agent if you are free to leave. If they say yes, LEAVE CALMLY. • GIVE THIS CARD TO THE AGENT. If you are inside your home, show the card through the window or slide it under the door.

Usted tiene derechos constitucionales. • NO ABRA LA PUERTA si un agente de inmigración está tocando la puerta. • NO CONTESTE NINGUNA PREGUNTA de un agente de inmigración si trata de hablar con usted. Usted tiene el derecho a guardar silencio. • NO FIRME NADA sin antes hablar con un abogado. Usted tiene el derecho de hablar con un abogado. • Si usted está fuera de su casa, pregúntele al agente si tiene la libertad de irse. Si le dice que sí, VÁYASE CON TRANQUILIDAD. • ENTRÉGUELE ESTA TARJETA EL AGENTE. Si usted está dentro de su casa, muestre la tarjeta por la ventana o pásela debajo de la puerta.

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I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, sign any documents, or hand you any documents, based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I do not give you permission to enter my home, unless you have a warrant to enter signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door, based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings, based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I choose to exercise my constitutional rights. These cards are available to citizens and noncitizens alike.

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[ arts + culture ] ORLANDO FRINGE WINTER MINI-FEST Wednesday-Sunday, Jan. 7–11 Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. orlandofringe.org $3-$15

HERE COME THE HOT STEPPERS Clymene Aldinger and Kurt Rambus revisit their longtime creative collaboration at Orlando Fringe’s Winter Mini-Fest BY AZLYN CATO

s the City Beautiful rings in the new year, it also embraces the unconventional by welcoming the experimental and uncensored world of Fringe once more. A bite-size spinoff of the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival in May — the longest-running Fringe fest in the country — the 10th annual Winter Mini-Fest returns this week to the Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven. The Mini-Fest offers a compact but wide-ranging snapshot of Fringe’s boundary-pushing spirit, bringing together artists from across the country (and abroad) for a short, adventurous run. Joining this year’s shindig is former Orlandoan and now New York-based artist Clymene Aldinger, along with her modern dance company Clymove

Dance. Although this will be her first run in the MiniFest, Aldinger is very familiar with Fringe mania. “Each performance is completely different, and each performance is in a different theater,” Aldinger tells Orlando Weekly.“So it’s like, for lack of a better analogy, a pub crawl for the arts. You could go to one theater and see a one-man show that’s just acting. And you could go to another show that’s a drag show with 30 people in it. And you could go to another show like ours, that is concert dance from New York City.” As an artist, Aldinger describes her experience with Fringe as uniquely impactful: taking in as many shows as possible and exchanging creative ideas with her fellow performers. When it comes to the Mini-Fest, she sees it as a way to offer the arts

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to the community on a more regular basis. It gives anyone who wasn’t able to attend the May Fringe another chance to experience it, while also creating space for family and friends to come together and enjoy the new year in eclectic fashion. “The Winter Mini-Fest is a curated event, meaning you are invited to participate, and I believe that they usually make their choices from acts that were in previous Fringe festivals that were well-regarded or highly praised. It’s an opportunity to be able to see something maybe that you didn’t want to miss or missed, but would be able to get to see those acts again. Also, for example, we’re coming all the way from New York, so it’ll be Orlando’s opportunity to see dance that is thriving in New York City but right there at home.” As Winter Mini-Fest marks its 10th (!) anniversary, Aldinger sees the milestone as a testament to both the festival’s longevity and Orlando’s commitment to the performing arts. She sees an abundance of arts in Florida as something to cherish and fight for; it’s an accomplishment that the Orlando community should be proud of. “[The festival] gives an offering of a place and a time and a curated artistic event performance for the community to come and experience and learn or have a cathartic moment, or heal or connect and be heard,” she says.“There are so many things that can happen for a human being when they witness and experience the arts. I believe it to be incredibly healing and important for our emotional and mental well-being. I think any offering, but especially

one that you know is good, like the Fringe, is kind of a no-brainer. You should be there.” Central to that experience is Fringe’s commitment to staying unapologetically unconventional. It’s a value Aldinger holds close in her own work at her dance studio. “At Clymove, we find it incredibly important to stay, and remember to be, weird — because that’s how we stay connected to our authentic voices, our authentic selves, being able to take in and comment on the present times and our own personal truths in a safe environment where we are supported and witnessed and heard,” says Aldinger.“It’s an open-minded space and, typically, it’s uncensored or unadjudicated, and so it’s just completely free. I think that is incredibly important for us to be able to learn and experience what the artists of our communities are saying, because they usually have a pulse on the important truths that are maybe being overlooked or unattended to.” For this Mini-Fest, Aldinger and Clymove are revisiting a longtime (and mostly long-distance) collaboration with adventurous Orlando DJ and musician Kurt Rambus (aka Nigel John). Their CLYMOVE X RAMBUS — with two performances at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, and 6:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, both at Orlando Shakes’ Yellow Venue — promises a boundary-pushing melding of creative sound and movement. The troupe will present some of their “greatest hits” choreography accompanied by beat-heavy original music composed by Rambus especially for these shows. In a political climate where many struggle to remain true to their authentic selves — in the Sunshine State in particular — Aldinger sees the Mini-Fest as an opportunity to embrace freedom and self-expression. Despite attacks on art and often the people who create it, she remains steadfast in her belief in its resilience. “I think [art] is trying to be repressed, but I really don’t believe the arts could possibly ever die, no matter what they do to us,” she says. “There are too many people who have to do it, who need to do it, who know how important it is, who believe in it, who have the calling for it. And when people are suppressed, they tend to make pretty good art because they are experiencing and documenting history and that is shared and experienced by many people.” For first-time Fringe-curious out there, Aldinger says to expect catharsis amidst the shared humanity, time and connection with others. Her advice? Attend as many diverse performances as possible and stretch yourself to see shows you wouldn’t normally think to see. arts@orlandoweekly.com

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[ arts + culture ]

Fraggle Rock emerges from its underground utopia into Outer Space with a new live show at an iconic Central Florida attraction If you harbor any doubts that Jim

Henson’s creations remain relevant more than a quarter-century after the celebrated puppeteer’s passing, look no further than the strident social media reactions to every change made to his classic characters. Whether it’s the removal of the MuppetVision 3D theme park attraction or the introduction of performer Matt Vogel as the new voice of Kermit the Frog, fans obviously still feel a fierce sense of ownership over their felt friends. And while Jim Henson’s family sold the Muppets to Disney decades ago, his namesake company retains rights to several of his other fantastical franchises, including Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal and Fraggle Rock. The carefree Fraggles and industrious Doozers — who made their debut on HBO in 1983 and were rebooted by Apple TV in 2022 — have emerged from their underground utopia into Outer Space with their new live show at an iconic Central Florida attraction. But this original musical makes one big change to these beloved characters that might leave some longtime Fraggle fans feeling more dazed and confused than old Doc. Fraggle Rock: A Space-y Adventure debuted Dec. 22 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (which is privately operated and not funded by NASA) with a media event featuring John Tartaglia, who wrote, choreographed and directed the production. Best known as the Tonynominated originator of “Rod” in Broadway’s Avenue Q, Tartaglia started his puppetry career while still a teenager working part-time on Sesame Street, and went on to create Johnny and the Sprites for Playhouse Disney. More recently, he returned to the Jim Henson Co. as executive producer of the Emmy-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock and was appointed the brand’s

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creative supervisor two years ago, taking the helm of the Fraggles’ future. Ironically, although he’s now their “No. 1 fan,” Tartaglia wasn’t a regular watcher of the Fraggles during their original run, because (like mine) his family didn’t pay for HBO. It wasn’t until a fateful road trip with his mother at age 7 that he first encountered the series he’d someday shepherd. “We were in a hotel, and she turned on the television, and there was the original Fraggle Rock, and I just instantly became enchanted by it,” Tartaglia said during a post-premiere Q&A hosted by Jenora Duprey, senior manager of public programs at KSCVC. “Then it occurred to me that there were people behind the scenes that make this thing, and that began my love for Jim Henson and puppetry. I had a dream of working for the Jim Henson Co., and I never thought years and years later that I would get to oversee this brand that literally changed my life at 7 years old.” The 30-minute performance, which was produced and designed for KSCVC by the Producers Group in association with the Jim Henson Co., is staged several times each day in the Universe Theater. The storyline follows three adventurous Fraggles — Uncle Traveling Matt, Red and Gobo — and Cotterpin Doozer as they explore the Visitor Complex, encountering an Exploration Ground Systems crew member and even “talking” with a real (prerecorded) astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Although he admits the connection between Fraggle Rock and NASA might appear nebulous at first glance, Tartaglia points out that “ever since the show’s beginnings, the joke has always been that the Fraggles think of our world as Outer Space, this whole new world to be explored that’s right above them. … The heart of Fraggle Rock [is] about worlds connecting and how interconnected we all are, and how we all need each other. I think that’s also part of NASA’s

mission: how we’re connecting with another world, connecting with what’s out there.” In bringing these characters to KSCVC’s stage, a major adjustment was made to their dimensions. All the Fraggles — which have previously been depicted as puppets approximately 18 inches tall — are here portrayed by adults in full-body costumes. The tiny Doozer remains a hand puppet onstage, but has been enlarged to about triple its canonical height, yet the human character interacting with the quartet evidences no alarm over these oversized intruders. “We really were mindful about kind of upscaling everything, so that they would look really good on a theatrical stage,” explains Tartaglia, who praises his cast for learning to operate their articulated mouths (using sensors inside their gloves) in sync with a soundtrack voiced by Henson performers after barely two weeks of rehearsal. “The real Doozers are shorter than this water bottle in real life … so we had to kind of upscale everything to human size. Really, it’s just about, how do you make it work for the theater in the best way possible?” For those who can suspend their senses of disbelief and/or scale, this upbeat edutainment will elicit warm memories from Gen X Silly Creatures like myself — as well as their younger spawn — as evidenced by the opening day audience’s reflexive double-clapping during the earworm theme song. “Fraggle Rock is one of the few brands that has so many generations attached to it. My grandmother knew what Fraggle Rock was, my mother knows, I know, and beyond. So I think it’s nice to see families enjoying it together, and I think hearing the reactions to the characters is wonderful,” Tartaglia said after seeing the latest product of his dream job.“To me, it feels like play; it doesn’t feel like work at all. To get a chance to bring these characters out to the world in new experiences is something that means so much to me, and I’m passionate about it.” skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com ● JAN. 7-13, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

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[ film + tv ]

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Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss this week. BY STEVE S CH N EIDER

Premieres Wednesday:

Beast Games — His recent video that attempted to pit male competitors against female ones was rocked by allegations of malfeasance, including Russian bots posing as legitimate players. So of course Mr. Beast is upping the ante for the second season of his wildly successful streaming show, promising $5 million to the winner of a contest that’s being advertised as “smart versus strong.” I wonder which one he identifies with. (Prime Video) Marcello Hernández: American Boy — The SNL breakout star takes to the stage in his native Miami for his first stand-up special, which sees him recounting his experiences as a first-generation Cuban American. I don’t want to wish the curse of Pete Davidson on anybody, but I give it two more specials until he’s part of a couple you can actually believe are together. (Netflix)

Unlocked: A Jail Experiment — The docuseries that takes us into an Arizona prison where leniency and trust are the guiding principles returns for an eye-opening second season. If you want to know how it’s going, all of the cast members from Season 1 are back, but now we’re looking in on them at their hideout shack outside a Nevada silver mine. (Netflix)

Premieres Thursday:

who doubts her motives. Well, of course he’s suspicious: Since when did broadcast news people develop an interest in justice all of a sudden? (Netflix) The Pitt — The hit medical drama is back for a sophomore season that reportedly takes place over the course of an intense 24-hour shift during Fourth of July weekend. “Our job is not to outdo ourselves. Our job is to do ourselves,” series creator R. Scott Gemmill told Deadline. So how long until they move over to Onlyfans? (HBO Max) The Traitors — Season 4 of the Alan Cumming– hosted competition augments its cast of reality veterans with a diverse group of celebrities from other walks of life, including comic Ron Funches, Olympian Tara Lipinski and NFL mom Donna Kelce. Oh, and also Michael Rapaport, because he thought they were looking for actual traitors. (Peacock)

Girl Taken — Hollie Overton’s novel Baby Doll is the source material for a six-part miniseries in which a British girl is kidnapped by a highly respected local teacher. This just in: He’s now moved up to eighth in the line of royal succession. (Paramount+)

Premieres Friday:

His & Hers — Tessa Thompson plays a news anchor who tries to solve a murder in her hometown, with Jon Bernthal as a detective

People We Meet on Vacation — This adaptation of the novel by Emily Henry casts Tom Blyth and Emily Bader as polar opposites who

Coldwater — Andrew Lincoln plays a Londoner who moves to a small town in Scotland for his family’s safety, only to discover the place has perils all its own. For one thing, their lakes are crawling with big eels. (Paramount+)

begin to wonder if they might be the perfect mates. Which is the way it always goes in fiction, but if you want to know what happens in real life when opposites find each other, there are always Alex Murdaugh documentaries. (Netflix) A Thousand Blows Season 2 — One year later, our cast of 1880s East Enders have to pick themselves up out of alcoholism and despair to regain their mastery of the London underworld. As opposed to the London Underground, which you can master just by remembering to get off before Cockfosters. (Netflix)

Premieres Sunday:

The Night Manager — Season 2 finds Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine on a new mission: to take down a Colombian arms dealer. But if he finds out they’re trafficking weed too, he’ll have to cede authority to the United States Defense Department. (Prime Video)

Premieres Tuesday:

Tell Me Lies — As Season 3 begins, coeds Lucy and Stephen have reignited their tumultuous relationship, but the missteps of the past may prove impossible to overcome. Seriously, how much of a past can you have when you’re only in college? At that point, the biggest mistake you’ve made is majoring in English literature instead of marketing. (Hulu)

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[ concert preview ] APES OF THE STATE with The Official Bard of Baldwin County 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $22.21

THEY BLEW IT UP Folk-punks Apes of the State swing through Orlando, marking a decade of This City Isn’t Big Enough BY I DA V. ES KAMAN I

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e’re in control of our destiny and what we do, not the people in power. That has not changed. If anything, I’ve only gotten stronger in my desire to foster that mindset within our community, because I don’t believe that we need to rely on anybody else to do things for us and make our lives better.” Singer-songwriter April Hartman of folk-punks

Apes of the State is at home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, reflecting on the 10 years since the release of the band’s debut album This City Isn’t Big Enough, and preparing for the band’s anniversary tour marking the milestone. This breakthrough record is rooted in Hartman’s own sobriety journey. “When I wrote it 10 years ago, it was really just an expression of a lot of emotions that were

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bubbling over, and it was like a coping mechanism, because I was in early sobriety, and I was learning how to cope with emotions in different healthier ways than using drugs about them,” she says. “After a long time, I have stepped outside of myself and the emotions that I expressed in that album. I don’t feel the anger and the pain and the trauma of those songs anymore,” Hartman adds. “I more so see it as something for other people to find healing from those feelings.” The anniversary tour will feature two sets each night, with This City Isn’t Big Enough played in its original unplugged form, followed by the full band playing songs from their wider discography. Every night, local grassroots organizations are spotlighted with an opportunity to table, speak, recruit volunteers and collect donations. It’s an effort designed to support local organizing, and as Hartman says, “motivate people that feel very powerless right now about what’s going

on to know that they can make a difference in their communities.” Orlando’s show will spotlight Central Florida Mutual Aid.“I wanted to highlight the important work being done by members of our community, not by the people in D.C. that lie to us to get votes and manipulate us to get money,” Hartman says. “There’s so many different ways to get involved, and you could find your niche in that.” It’s this spirit of self-determination that shaped This City Isn’t Big Enough and continues to drive Hartman. The band remains fiercely independent, rejecting the traditional music industry framework and practicing a DIY ethos. “I’ve only learned through my experience that the things that I have in my life and that other people that are in my life have in our community are because of the direct action of members of our community,” she says. “Through music and community, we build the world we want to live in through our actions.” Hartman is also in the process of writing new music, eager to record and citing inspiration from the creative processes of artists and friends like Sister Moth of Sister Wife Sex Strike and Lomes Oleander of Pigeon Pit. Writing music is still a tool to process emotions for Hartman, but increasingly, something that brings the singer joy. “The thing I’m probably most excited for will be to get that album recorded and put out,” she says. “We’re currently working on it right now, practicing it, so that we could record it in between our next two tours, and then have it out pretty early in the next year.” On touring, Hartman shares a special appreciation for our strange peninsula and the resilience of marginalized communities consistently targeted by the state government, and the vibrant scenes that exist despite the attacks.“There’s this attitude of ‘Screw Florida, it’s just a bunch of conservatives down there,’ [but] we’ve learned that the narrative that Florida is full of bad people is bullshit,” she says. Online, Hartman has emphasized that cost should never prohibit someone from attending an Apes of the State gig. If you need a ticket, the band invites you to reach out. “Just like every other place in the country, there’s freaks and weirdos everywhere you go,” says Hartman. “If we show up and we make the space, they will show up en masse. And we can celebrate that weirdness together and that queerness in defiance of the political climate of where you are.” Orlando, consider yourself summoned. music@orlandoweekly.com

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[ local music ] The Blue Bamboo Center, thanks to Chris Cortez, wove itself into our city’s fabric as an independent performance space that fed the musical needs of the city while keeping steadfast to its commitment to the musician community. The good guys don’t always prevail, but Cortez did it on those righteous ethics to attend. Against towering odds, Chris and crew made magic happen and kept the flame of music alight. It was one of the most historic days I’ve ever lived through and an event forever etched in my soul. That last sentiment is now something our music community shares about Chris Cortez. But instead of simply reflecting on his memory, go bask in his spirit this week at the new year’s first Thursday Night Hang (8 p.m. Thursday, free), the regular concert and jam session evening that Chris himself used to anchor. Of all the events at the Boo, none are more quintessentially Chris Cortez than these. Thanks, Chris. You did it. And we’re all the better for it. PHOTO BY JIM LEATHERMAN

REMEMBERING CHRIS CORTEZ

When I led my year-end Undie Awards column with a salute to Chris Cortez, it wasn’t intended to be in memoriam. The version I turned in to my editor was very much in the present tense with well wishes to the local scene mover for his cancer recovery. Between deadline and press time, however, news broke of his passing, so the version that ran turned out to be a parting tribute. But that one blurb, however superlative, doesn’t suffice to mark Cortez’s impact on local music. The Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts is a jazz cornerstone in the Central Florida music scene, and it’s through the vision, will and leadership of Chris Cortez. It began as a scrappy venture whose ascendance was a dark-horse run. Before its current prime situation in the cultural heart of Winter Park, the Boo was on the unglamorous off-Fairbanks fringe near I-4. Chris and wife Melody made the place nice and professional, but the Boo was born in a warehouse. There, the venue wove itself into our city’s fabric as an independent, artist-run performance space that fed the musical needs of the

community while keeping steadfast to its commitment to the musician community, honoring both with equal dedication. In real life, the good guys don’t always prevail. But somehow, the Boo did it on those righteous ethics. Now, a decade later, it’s a pillar of the area’s music scene, so championed by both the public and the establishment that it beat out other contenders to take over the former Winter Park Library space. I started covering the Blue Bamboo shortly after its 2016 opening. Early on, Chris shared with me his ideas and hopes for it. He took me behind the curtain to see the inner workings of the dream. I was even there the day the music died due to the pandemic. It was March 2020, and a joint performance by Beth McKee and Terri Binion was planned to be public as usual until things got biblically unusual, and COVID shut down the world. Chris quickly pivoted to make the show a virtual broadcast. It was one of the very first of its kind here, making the Blue Bamboo local pioneers of quarantine concerts. The show went on. OW photographer Jen Cray and I were the only non-staffers allowed

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry, Cory Branan: I’ll leave it to you guys to debate who gets the fourth slot, but the triad of Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry and Cory Branan are a pretty airtight case for a folk-punk Mount Rushmore. Put ’em all together on a single whopper bill and it’s pretty clear what you should be doing this weekend. It’ll be an all-star night of grit, soul and whiskey. (7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, Will’s Pub, SOLD OUT) Eunmi Ko: If your taste in classical music skews more toward daring Orlando modernists like Answers and Alterity Chamber Orchestra than long-dead European masters, then make plans for Eunmi Ko at Timucua’s International Chamber Music Festival. The Tampa pianist is a steadfast champion of new work and pursues classical music on the experimental fringe with a verve that merges performance with theory. Go to the symphony orchestra for tradition. But only artists like Ko can give you innovation. (7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, Timucua Arts Foundation, $22.50-$30) baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com ● JAN. 7-13, 2026 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY

of the WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 7-11

& Juliet

Touring Broadway hit & Juliet — a musical imagining Ms. Capulet’s life sans one troublesome Romeo — comes to Orlando for a nearly weeklong run, featuring a very familiar local-fave face. Verily, none other than Joey Fatone of *NSync and Fat One’s Hot Dogs fame joins the production to reprise the role of … Lance (they take liberties!) for the duration. & Juliet combines the works of the two immortal bards, Max Martin and William Shakespeare — with a hand from book writer David West Read (of Schitt’s Creek infamy) — for a campy romp through Martin’s pop hits welded to Shakespeare’s texts, all reimagined as a bit of a self-aware rom-com. Is this peak post-post-postmodernism? Likely. Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $62-$221. — Matthew Moyer THURSDAY, JAN. 8

The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

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Subtitled “Through the Eyes of Zora: Stories, Research and Reflections,” this free event at the downtown public library will bring Eatonville’s favorite daughter to vivid life through readings of her still-essential texts. Hurston, author of celebrated books Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mules and Men and Tell My Horse, grew up in nearby Eatonville, the oldest incorporated African American municipality in the United States; she returned to Florida after her time as part of the Harlem Renaissance. Consider it educational pregaming ahead of the annual Zora Fest in Eatonville at the end of this month, or a novel way to introduce the younger members of your household to Hurston. Pre-registration through the library required. 4:30 p.m., Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd., ocls.org, free. — MM

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 9-11

Florida Underground Fest

Gigantic week of festing here in the greater Orlando area for punk and hardcore fans; you’ve got FYA at the Fairgrounds (see below) as well as the resurgent Florida Underground Fest going ham over an appreciable part of downtown Sanford. Featuring three days’ worth of 100-plus practitioners of Floridian noise at three different Sanford venues, there’s something for malcontents of every stripe tucked away in this massive lineup — Debt Neglector, Gillian Carter, Dial Drive, Wolf Face, Supervillains, Chilled Monkey Brains, 430 Steps, Pangolin, Petty Thefts, Flag on Fire and so, so many more. One for the hard corps. Various times/dates/venues, Sanford, drinkatwestend.com, $24.15-$58.50. — MM SATURDAY, JAN. 10

Monster Jam

First things first. Did you know that there’s now a unicorn-themed monster truck named Sparkle Smash? And did you know that it is on its fabulous way to the City Beautiful as part of the perennial truckasaurus battle that is Monster Jam? Well, now you know. Piloted by Jam veteran Kayla Blood, the whimsically hued and behorned automobile is a welcome relief to the testosterone fog in the air, and apparently inspiring to the younger grrrls in the audience to boot. You can also see Grave Digger, Megalodon and the usual suspects smashing it up in fine fashion, and copious automotive carnage. Start those engines. 7 p.m., Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place, campingworldstadium.com, $36-$120. — MM SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 10-11

FYA Fest

One year after FYA Fest took over Orlando for the first time last January, the hardcore throw-

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down is back and gearing up for another City Beautiful ass-kicking. For the 2026 iteration — which marks the fest’s 12th anniversary — FYA brings hardcore heavyweights from all over to the Orlando Warehouse Saturday and Sunday for a weekend’s worth of sweaty music both new(ish) to the scene and decades deep. On this year’s lineup are Drain, Hatebreed, Big Boy, Haywire, Gorilla Biscuits, Fleshwater, Kickback, Turmoil, Mindforce, Gridiron, Combust, Merauder, Bulls Shitt and plenty more. The fest relocated from Tampa last year following backlash stirred up by fans who accused its former location — the Shanna and Bryan Glazer Jewish Community Center — of Zionism and financially supporting Israel’s military. Two years later, it looks like Orlando just may be FYA’s new permanent home. Orlando Warehouse, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, orlandoamphitheater.com, $101-$197. — Chloe Greenberg SUNDAY, JAN. 11

Sal Vulcano

Comedian Sal Vulcano is swapping the hidden cameras and public displays of second-hand embarrassment for a stage and some good old fashioned stand-up this weekend, and Orlando’s getting a front-row seat. Vulcano, co-creator and one of the stars of reality series Impractical Jokers, is bringing his national “Everything’s Fine” tour to Steinmetz Hall. Since the Jokers’ wide success and 12 seasons (and counting), Vulcano and his co-stars have toured both individually and together, garnering sold-out shows and sets filled with bits and pieces of the comedy encapsulated on television screens. Vulcano’s clocked in more than a decade of impractically joking around, and we’re sure we’ll see that same energy on our hometown stage. 5 p.m., Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $52-$135. — CG

Sunday: S a l Vu l c a n o at Steinmetz Hall PHOTO COURTESY UTA

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[ the week ] CONCERTS

Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-673-2712.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7

Echoes of the In-Between 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $35; 407-279-0902. Odd Harmonic 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $14.

Noche De Mierda Vol. 3 9 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. The 4411, Eric Jafet 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20.

FRIDAY, JAN. 9 THURSDAY, JAN. 8

Classic Albums Live: Abbey Road by The Beatles 8 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $41$147.50; 407-358-6603. Mason Jennings 7 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35.11$46.91; 407-358-6603. Neon Union 7 pm; Conduit, 6700

Blood Rave: FYA Fest Pre-Party 9 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $25; 407-648-8363. Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry, Cory Branan 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $25-$30. Clymove, Rambus 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free. Faces of Many 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $12; 407-673-2712.

Florida Underground Music Festival Day 1 4 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $20; 407-322-7475.

Florida Underground Music Festival Day 2 4 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $20; 407-322-7475.

Selwyn Birchwood 7 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35.11-$52.81; 407-358-6603.

FYA Fest 11 am; Orlando Warehouse, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, orlandoamphitheater.com, $101-$197.

Solo Rhodes performance by Jeffrey Glatting 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Selwyn Birchwood 6 & 9 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35.11-$52.81; 407-358-6603.

SATURDAY, JAN. 10

SUNDAY, JAN. 11

Clymove, Rambus 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons 8:45 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $34-$75.50; 407-704-6261.

Defying Gravity 2:30 & 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $24-$121; 407-358-6603.

EMM 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $23; 407-673-2712.

Ghost: Jan. 21, Kia Center

Maren Morris: April 24, House of Blues

Neko Case: Jan. 30, Plaza Live

Jason Isbell: April 26, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center

Florida Dungeon Fest: Jan. 30-31, Conduit

Ashnikko: May 5, Hard Rock Live

Rev. Horton Heat: Feb. 7, Ace Cafe Sanford

Weird Al Yankovic: May 29, Kia Center

Mariah the Scientist: Feb. 15, House of Blues

Peaches: Feb. 21, The Beacham Descendents: Feb. 23, House of Blues Styx: Feb. 24, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center Myriam Hernandez: Feb. 26, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center

FYA Fest 11 am; Orlando Warehouse, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, orlandoamphitheater.com, $101-$197. International Chamber Music Festival: For Eunmi Ko 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $10-$30; 407-279-0902. Kick in the Eye: Goth Night: Academy Order, Platonic Valentine 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10-$15. Shayna Steele 5 & 7:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $34.81-$52.51; 407-358-6603.

MONDAY, JAN. 12

Evershock, No Clue, Foxlair, Callisto 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $11. The Moss Park Strings 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

TUESDAY, JAN. 13

PinkPantheress: April 27, Hard Rock Live

The Wombats: Jan. 31, The Beacham

Chris Botti: Feb. 19, Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center

Florida Underground Music Festival Day 3 3 pm; West End

Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $20; 407-322-7475.

PinkPantheress

April 27, Hard Rock Live Quiet Riot, Vixen: March 6, Hard Rock Live

Demi Lovato: April 10, Kia Center

Conan Gray: March 7, Kia Center

The Growlers: April 11, Plaza Live

The Wonder Years: March 8, House of Blues

Helloween: April 12, House of Blues

Gary Numan: March 9, Plaza Live

Allie X: April 12, The Social

Pat Metheny: March 10, Plaza Live

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: April 12, Hard Rock Live

Steve Hackett: Feb. 27, Plaza Live

Zara Larsson: April 8, House of Blues

Calum Scott: April 16, Plaza Live

Dead Boys: Feb. 28, West End Trading Co.

Redd Kross: April 9, Will’s Pub

The Midnight: April 17, House of Blues

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Indie 900 Jam 9:30 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Jordan Foley 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Yungblud: June 1, Addition Financial Arena

Resonate Night 2 6 & 8 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $41-$118; 407-358-6603.

Rosalia: June 8, Kia Center

FILM

Micky Dolenz: June 26, Hard Rock Live Meghan Trainor: June 30, Kia Center Megan Moroney: July 16, Kia Center Louis Tomlinson: July 23, Addition Financial Arena Electric Daisy Carnival: Nov. 6-8, Tinker Field Doja Cat: Nov. 14, Kia Center OAR: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live

Cult Classics: Snowpiercer Before South Korean maverick Bong Joon Ho took home three Academy Awards for writing, directing and producing 2019’s Parasite, he unleashed the icy, genre-bending fury of Snowpiercer, a razor-sharp sci-fi allegory that solidified his reputation as one of cinema’s most daring storytellers. Tuesday 9:30 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $11.50; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Popcorn Flicks in the Park: Casablanca It’s December 1941 and American expat nightclub owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) is drawn back into a world of danger and lost love when Ilsa Lund (Ingrid

[ the week ] Bergman) arrives in his café with her resistance-fighter husband (Paul Henreid). Free outdoor screening. Thursday 7 pm; Central Park, Winter Park, North Park Avenue and West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park; free; enzian.org. Saturday Matinee Classics: Touch of Evil Directed by Hollywood legend Orson Welles, Touch of Evil is a film noir masterpiece whose backstory is as unforgettable as the movie itself. With a legendary opening crane shot, shadowy cinematography, an evocative score by Henry Mancini and star turns by Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich and Welles himself, the film tells the story of a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Saturday 11 am; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $11.50; 407-6290054; enzian.org. Wednesday Night Pitcher Show: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind From acclaimed writer Charlie Kaufman and visionary director Michel Gondry, a comical and poignant look at breakups, breakdowns and breakthroughs. Wednesday 8 pm; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; free; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.

THEATER

& Juliet What would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Created by writer David West Read of Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. Various dates and times through Sunday; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $62-$221; 844-5132014; drphillipscenter.org.

comedy and jaw-dropping skill. From Kong’s impossible truths to Peachock’s daring, high-tech juggling, this family-friendly show delivers amazement, laughter and wonder — an unforgettable spectacle for all ages. Sunday 7 pm; Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $50; 844-513-2014; drphillipscenter.org.

COMEDY

David Nihill Thursday 7 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $32; 407-4805233; orlando.funnybone.com. Robyn Schall Wednesday 7 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $37; 407-4805233; orlando.funnybone.com. Sal Vulcano Sunday 5 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $53-$143; 407-358-6603; drphillipscenter.org. Sommore Friday 7 & 9:45 pm, Saturday 6:30 & 9:15 pm and Sunday 6 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $47; 407480-5233; orlando.funnybone.com. UpDating Updating is the critically acclaimed New York City-based live dating and comedy show bringing two singles on blindfolded first dates in front of live audiences. Dubbed “the most raw dating show in existence,” what follows is a hilarious show with audience participation, raw moments, and relatable feedback on modern romance in real-time with real people. Friday 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $51-$120; 407-228-1220; plazaliveorlando.org.

EVENTS

Fringe Winter Mini-Fest This cozy, curated version of our May festival will feature popular works from past festivals, new works from well-received Fringe artists, and brand-new creatives scouted from the national and international Fringe circuit. Various dates and times Wednesday-Sunday; Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; $18; 407-447-1700; orlandofringe.org.

Breathe With the Trees Relaxation Training An enjoyable introduction to nature-based relaxation training. Participants will learn the practical magic of “green immersion” through simple exercises that stimulate the senses, release endorphins, lift the weight of fatigue and replenish the spirit. Wednesday 10 am; Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 S. Denning Drive, Winter Park; free; 407-622-6323; meadgarden.org.

Mind and Motion Mentalist Keith Kong and AGT finalist Charles Peachock combine mind-reading,

DeLand Vintage Paper, Postcard and Photo Fair This show presents the best selection of postcards in

the world. Postcards of every artist, country and topic from any era can be found. Friday 10 am and Saturday 10 am; Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand; $5; 410-939-0999. The Life of Zora Neale Hurston: Through the Eyes of Zora: Stories, Research and Reflections Celebrate the extraordinary life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston. Registration required. This engaging library program will explore Hurston’s life through her own words, blending dramatic readings and her outstanding cultural research. Registration required. Age 14 and up. Thursday 4:30 pm; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info. Miss Eco North America An international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness, sustainability, and cultural exchange. Sunday 7:30 pm; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $65.77-$65.77; 689465-6460; thevanguard.live. Monster Jam Awesome trucks, amazing stunts, big air and action-packed excitement! Watch as 12,000-pound trucks stand on two wheels and fly through the air. See the world’s most popular trucks like Grave Digger, El Toro Loco, Sparkle Smash and more. Saturday 7 pm; Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; $36-$120; 407-4232476; campingworldstadium.com. Renaissance Family Day Programming for the day includes kids’ art activities, story time, falconry and fencing demonstrations, live harp music, maypole dances, a butterfly release, artist talk, food trucks and much more. Sunday noon; Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-647-6294; polasek. org. Yappy Hour at The Acre A special market made for dogs and their humans with local pet-focused vendors, fresh treats, fun photo ops and a relaxed outdoor setting where pups can sniff, stroll and socialize. Sunday 11 am-5 pm; The Acre, 4421 Edgewater Drive; free; 321-613-8104.

ART EXHIBITIONS Breaking Tradition: Distinguishing American Stained Glass

An exhibition exploring how 19th-century artists reimagined stained glass, transforming a centuries-old tradition into an American art form. Tuesday-Saturday 9:30 am-4 pm, Friday 9:30 am-8 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; $3–$8; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org. Crealdé at 50: Where Creativity Builds Community This celebratory exhibition marks Crealdé’s 50th anniversary, featuring a curated selection of works by current and former faculty in painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture and mixed media. These works reflect the school’s enduring values of artistic excellence, cultural expression and mentorship. Through Jan. 25; Crealdé School of Art, 600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park; free; 407-671-1886; crealde.org. Juan William Chavez: Art Pollination In concurrence with the City of Orlando’s $1 million 2023 Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge project “Art Pollination: Building Food Justice through Creativity,” the exhibition highlights the social practice of artist Juan William Chávez. Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-4:30 pm; Mennello Museum of American Art, 900 E. Princeton St.; $8; 407-246-4278; mennellomuseum.org. The Third Act Known for his vivid palettes, intricate compositions and symbolic storytelling, Mark T. Smith has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands like Disney, Absolut and Taco Bell, and is collected by celebrities like Jay Leno, Bang Bang NYC, Elton John and Neil Diamond. Ongoing; Mills Gallery, 1650 N. Mills Ave.; 855-336-3653; thegalleryatmillspark.com. This Is Not a Toy Playful, candy-colored works from the permanent collection are assembled into one enticing exhibition. Look, but don’t touch. Through May 3; Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave.; $20; 407-896-4231; omart.org. Unreality of the Present Through March 27; Casselberry Arts Center, 137 Quail Pond Circle, Casselberry; free; 407-262-7700; casselberry.org.

Meet Reba! Since the beginning of her stay with us, Reba (A582563) has been a model shelter resident. Easy to handle, calm and sweet, she loves affection and treats. Reba pairs easily with other dogs, and since her first day has been a playgroup rock star. She’s the kind of dog that knows her boundaries and is respectful of her playmates. With people she is cautious but sweet, takes her time, but is easily won over with a few treats and good butt scratch. Reba is barely 50 pounds and young, about 2 years old. She is healthy and muscular, and her only medical issue is a mild entropion on her right eye. We don’t know why people just do not see her. But we’re hoping to change all that for her. Let’s get her home. Orange County Animal Services is located at 2769 Conroy Road in Orlando, near the Mall at Millenia. The shelter is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. every day except Wednesday, when it’s open 2-6 p.m. For more information, please call 407-8363111 or visit ocnetpets.com.

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Marketplace ORLANDO GUITAR EXPO January 31 and February 1st at Central FL Fairgrounds 4603 West Colonial Dr, Orlando buy - sell - trade 850-294-5537 or guitarexpo.net

RV Sales RV Repairs WANTED - All motorhomes, fifth wheels and travel trailers any condition. Mobile repair service. Cash paid on the spot. RV transport service available! Call 954-595-0093!

Legal, Public Notices ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: 83.801 - 83.809. All units areassumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of photos will be available on www.lockerfox.com, up to 5 days prior to each scheduled sale. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. All items or units may not be available on the day of sale. The Public Sale will take place via www.lockerfox.com on: Wednesday, January 28th. 2026 at 1:30 p.m., or thereafter, at: SANFORD DEPOT 2728 W 25th St, Sanford, FL 32771 407-305-3388. 1274C Daisha Brown; 1114 Amy Sylvia. The above Tenants have been given proper notice, fourteen days prior to the first publication of this Notice of Sale, that the Owner will enforce a statutory lien on the property located in their respective unit of the above-mentioned self-storage facilities. January 7, 2026 and January 14, 2026 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 10959 Lake Underhill Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 502-0120 on January 16th, 2026 1:30PM Mayra Coronado- Household items, Gregory Pines- Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 7244 Overland Rd Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 794-7457 on January 16th, 2026 11:30am Saleena Williams - Household items, Jose Enriquez-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space

Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals indicated: #3699 - 12280 East Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl 32826 (321) 286-7324 on January 16th, 2026 12:00pm Jason Mena: Household Goods, gaming chair, electronics. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below. Personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30am EST Extra Space Storage #4111: 14916 Old Cheney Hwy Orlando, FL 32828 (407) 9179151. Tristan Durie; Mini Fridge, Microwave Peter Stephens; Baby Items, Guitar, Wall Art, Boxes, Seasonal Decor, Clothing, Luggage. Dianne Harthman; Cases of alcohol are excluded from auction. Wall Art, Furniture, Boxes, Household Items, Kitchen Items, Luggage. Jonathan Okoye; TV, Speaker, Car Parts, Tools. Cecelia Mohammed; Luggage, Shelving, Pegboards, Clothing, Totes, Boxes, Beverly Rodriguez; Seasonal decor, Organizers, Totes, Bags, Luggage, household Items. Humidifier, TV, Coffee Maker. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00 AM Extra Space Storage: 1010 Lockwood Blvd, Oviedo, Fl 32765, 407930-4370 Jason Hamilton -Beds, Tables, and Boxes. Richard Davis -Totes,TV, Bed. Michelle Williams- Totes, Bags, Wall Art. Javon Long-duhart - Furniture, Boxes, Air Fryer. Joel Baptist - Mattress, Dresser, Boxes, Tv’s. Jose Maldonado - Boxes, Clothes. Cora Tilley - Holiday Decor. Charles Akers - Personal Effects, Boxes. Adadelores Johnson - Amp, Wall Art, Totes, Boxes, Computer. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property

described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage #6191, 1619 McVilla Ave. Apopka, FL 32703 (689)6983195. Ieshia Scott-Household items and Raymond Jones -Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with CASH ONLY and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage #4112, 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765 (407) 930-4293 Dianne Harthman : Household Goods, Toys, Clothes, Boxes, Bags, Outdoor Sports, Tools and Supplies, Furniture . John Baker : Cabinets and Shelving, Electronics, Boxes, Computers, Office Equipment. Courtney Maurici: Household Goods, Wall Art, Furniture, Boxes, Electronics, Toys and Games, Furniture, Appliances. John Wright : Furniture. Magnus Kaikai: Work Equipment, Tools and Supplies. Dianne Harthman: Household Items, Boxes, Electronics, Toys, Games,Outdoor Sports, Tools and Supplies. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 4500345 Tony Koonce - Household items. Seth Millner - Microwave. Gilberto Santana - Mattress. Enijah Russell - Electronics. Dannie Moore - Household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 9001 Eastmar Commons Blvd Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 901-6180 on January 16th, 2026 at 1:00PM Julio Alberto Febres Medero-Household items,Ryan Mullican-Household items,Candice Lindo-Household items,Jerry Sessions II-Household items,Jerry Sessions

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II-Household items,Artengys Sterling-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Payne - Household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 11971 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando, FL 32825 (407)516-7913 on January 16th, 2026 at 11:00AM. Adrian Richards - bag cables, Stephanie Love- household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location and times listed below. January 27th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 1451 Rinehart Rd, Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 9154908. The personal goods stored therein by the following: L.D. Robinson : furniture, boxes.. Lewarner Williams: totes, boxes . Esaw Coons : boxes, clothing. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Store #8777, 342 Woodland Lake Dr Orlando, FL 32828 (321) 800-4793 on January 16th, 2026 11:30AM: Johnnatan Giraldo; Blankets, TV, Books, Nightstands: Lumenan; P-tac units: Rachel Singletaryt; P-tac units. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals indicated: 11583 University Blvd. Orlando, FL 32817 (407) 777-2278 on January 16th, 2026 1:30pm- Albraraa Kandari: Bags, fold up chairs, tv Scott Bender: Tv ; Tahkia Phillips: Pink Office chair, Floating chair ; Onrique Archie: Braided hair boxes ; Micheal Roberson: keyboard, wrapping paper, covers ; Alex Lopez: Bed , Bed frame, Electric scooter ; Dan Whittaker: Restaurant Friers, washer; Ellen Cleven: Bike with cart, stereo system, totes, boxes, bags. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Store #8558, January 27th, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 610 Rinehart Rd. Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 637-1360 Antonio Chandler- household good Michael Allbee-Appliances, household goods, furniture Charney

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location and times indicated: January 27th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage, Store #6309, 292 W Central Pkwy, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 378-6671. Melanie Nicholson:House items,clothes, tools, personal. Mayra Blas:Home goods. Mayra Blas:household items, furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12pm Extra Space Storage, location #1657, 11071 University Blvd., Orlando FL 32817 3213204055; Jacques Patrick: suite cases, bags, old stuff, clothes, personal, sports/outdoors; Michael Aloupis: Totes, clothing, books, electronics, vacuum, sport goods, Tv, Stool, Lamps, DVD; Ross Williams: Tv, clothing, mattress, furniture, boxes, Mirror; Jace Faucher: Furniture, holiday decor, totes, car speakers; Zachary Sales: mattress, bags, pressure washer, clothing, sporting goods, tools; Sagnik Mazumdar: sporting good, totes, suit cases; Jennifer Diaz: totes, sporting goods, boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30PM Extra space storage #7588, 12709 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, Fl 32826 4076343990: Hamoud Alhumud, Bedding, furniture, household; Rochawn Hoskins, Luggage, clothing, household; Dakota McHenry, Furniture, electronics, household. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 16th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:30pm Extra Space Storage, 15551 Golden Isle Blvd, Orlando FL 32828 4077101020: Enni Lozada Torres: lamp, toys, furniture, boxes, Bugatti power wheel; Beverly Rodriguez: bins, boxes, suitcases: Zaimarie Zayas: motorcycle parts; Ruth Mendez: boxes, appliances, bikes, water heater, animal cages, ladders; Robert Fang: AC, car seat, toys, boxes, monitor. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: January 22nd, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Extra Space Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive. Orlando, Florida 32829 407.974.5165: Keig Becerra-Furniture, Tools & Supplies, Ladder, Drawer, Totes; Kathiane OrtizCabinets & Shelves, Clothing & Shoes, Households, Furniture, Boxes, Vacuum, Totes, Shoe Shelves, Small Cabinets; Asjah Bufford- Cabinets & Shelves, Clothing & Shoes, Mattress & Bedding, Households, Boxes, Mirror, Totes, Suitcase. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 407.504.0833: Jorge Escalona; boxes, food racks for industrial kitchenCarmen Medina; boxes, furniture’s, tv, bicycles- Shakyra De Jesus; Boxes, Collectibles, Bins The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30AM Extra Space Storage, 2855 E Osceola Pkwy Kissimmee FL. 34743, 689.223.6810: Ingrid Luna – tv’s, furniture, boxes, clothes Kayla Lopez – bags, clothes, car accessories The personal goods stored therein by the

following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: Denequa Smith- House hold items, bins, furniture, bedding The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 407.280.7355: Scott Trieste: chairs, boxes, clothing. Alaina Cosby: bikes, bags, tools, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 13597 S Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.910.2087: Lazaro R. Farias Jr – Household/Personal items, Julio Gomez – Boxes, Reymundi Mundo – Household items, Brandun Anderson – Personal items, Boxes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 13450 Landstar Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.917.8672: Ruben Flores; furniture, tables, office and garage items such as household tools. Jeffery Shivers; clothes, e bike. Anishka Thwaites; Household Goods/Furniture. Peter DeGrandis; tubs clothing lamps. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 7627 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 689.278.1735: Robert Reyes – Mattress, Lamps, Wall Art, Household Furniture The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 35 Goldenrod Rd S, Orlando, Florida 32807 407.487.3270: Augustus Pela: Furniture, Vacuum Cleaner, boxes; Jeyliz Martinez: Purses, Bags; Leon Kinnard: Car Seat, Table, Boxes, Luggage; Anfrany Liriano Cabrera: Kennel, Totes, Luggage; Vasthy Frazer: Baby Items, Sofa, TV; Melissa Gaviria: Vacuums, Ottoman, Lamps; Eddin Sarmiento: Appliances, Power Tools, Cabinet; Felecia Wilson: Bounce Houses The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 6174 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.955.4137: Hector Curbelo Weights and clothes mostly; Evandro Nunes - Furniture, washer and dryer, 2 beds, boxes with personal items; Anna Hart - House hold stuff; Madeline Rosado - 2 bedroom home, couches, dining table, tvs, computer, clothes, boxes, totes; Jamira Charles - Bedroom furniture; Karina Van Arcken - Laundry couch kitchen hoods The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:15 AM Extra Space Storage, 5753 Hoffner Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.212.5890: Sarah Ortiz – fans, bikes, birdcage, fish tank, luggage, furniture, bedding, carjack; Raquel Milano – bedding, dishes, totes, boxes; Susan King – dishes, boxes, electronic, clothing, printer, microwave, cooler; Joshua Sullivan – boxes, spots outdoor, electronic, backpack, golf clubs ,hamper; Jessica Lindsey – dishes, furniture, boxes, wall art, luggage, totes, TV’s, glass table; Rebecca Morgan – cabinets, shelves, bike, tools, air compressor, documents files, office equipment; The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 4650 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.901.3864: Dimael Quirino de Sa-Furniture, bedding foam, boxes ; Beverly Rodriguez-Furniture, lamps, kitchenware, boxes ; Elizabeth Ellis-Household goods, furniture, clothes, shoes, boxes ; Matt Branch-Household good, furniture, bedding items, wall art, boxes, tool box toys ; Katrice Houston- totes, clothes, walker, luggage. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 02:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 2334 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.930.4541: Nicole Cully: Household items. ; Albert Silvera : Water tank. ; Elie Henri: boxes. ;

Jayda Giles: House stuff. ; Ismael Martin: Boxes, 2 Tv’s. ; Christian Baez: Coolers, tools, random things. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 4020 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, Florida 32806 407.901.0194: Elizabeth Canizares- Household goods; Michael Sambrano- Crib. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:15 PM Extra Space Storage, 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, Florida 32803 321.285.5021: RONALD TASKER- BOXES, PATIO FURNITURE; James Brutton- boxes of clothing, queen bed and box springs; Khalil Lalloo- Clothing, bins, shoes, papers, books; Victor Espinola-household goods, bins and suitcases. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #3102, 2650 W. 25th St. Sanford, Fl 32771, 407-324-9985 on January 27th, 2026 at 12:00pm Lady Joanna Canabria Hueso:toys mattress box chair sofa suitcase Devawn Retemeyer:cooler boxing gloves Greg Pritchett:tools tire craft tools tire air compresser Keisha Correa Mora:bag bathroom supply shelve. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF MAE ETHEL WALKER Deceased. File No. 2025-CP-002315-O NOTICE OF ACTION (formal notice by publication) TO: Kevin M. Walker, for the Estate of Cathy Jeanne Walker, 2612 Amherst Ave, Orlando, FL 32804 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that PETITION FOR SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION has been filed in this court. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on petitioner’s attorney, whose name and address are: Marie S.M. Dickinson, P.O. Box 667, Sanford, FL 32772 on or before February 1, 2026, and to file the original of the written defenses with the clerk of this court either before service or immediately thereafter. Failure to serve and file written defenses as required may result in a judgment or order for the relief demanded, without further notice. Signed on Dec. 19, 2025. Tiffany Moore Russel, clerk of the court. By /s/ Carissa Bundy as Deputy Clerk. First publication on January 7th, 2026 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF WALTER RYAN CALLAWAY FILE NO.: 2025-CP-003632-O NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of WALTER RYAN CALLAWAY, deceased, whose date of death was July 20, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division,

the address of which is 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. Attorney for Personal Representative: THOMAS R. WALSER, ESQ. E-mail Addresses: trwalser@ floridaprobatefirm.com Florida Bar No. 116596 Florida Probate Law Firm, PLLC 6751 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 101, Boca Raton, FL 33487 Telephone: (561) 210-5500 Personal Representative: KELLY CALLAWAY 12929 Washington St., Unit 17303 Thornton, CO 80241 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA. CASE: 2023-DP-045 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD:I.J.S. DOB: 8/6/2014, NOTICE OF ACTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: INOCENCIO SAEZ-RIVERA, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear January 29, 2026, at 2:30 PM, before the Honorable Judge Tom Young at the Osceola Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square Kissimmee, FL 34741, Courtroom 4-C for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square, Suite 6300, Kissimmee, Florida, (407) 742-2417, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida this 18th day of December, 2025. Kelvin Soto, as Clerk of Court. By: /s/ as Deputy Clerk (Court Seal). IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA. CASE: 2023-DP-045

IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD:I.J.S. DOB: 8/6/2014, NOTICE OF ACTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: VERONICA BAEZ, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear January 29, 2026, at 2:30 PM, before the Honorable Judge Tom Young at the Osceola Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square Kissimmee, FL 34741, Courtroom 4-C for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square, Suite 6300, Kissimmee, Florida, (407) 742-2417, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida this 18th day of December, 2025. Kelvin Soto, as Clerk of Court. By: /s/ as Deputy Clerk (Court Seal). IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: DP24-313 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD C.B. DOB: 6/11/2021. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. TO: ELIMA BELONY Address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Robert J. Egan, Circuit Court Judge, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Courtroom 5 Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD(REN) NAMED IN THE PETITION. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 17th day of December, 2025. This summons has been issued at the request of: Marissa Morales, Esquire Florida Bar Number: 1064978 marissa.morales@ myflfamilies.com. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) Life Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: #3404 2650 N Powers Dr. Orlando, FL 32818 (407) 982-1032 on January 16th, 2026 at 1:00PM Abelle Alexis-Household Goods/Furniture, Youngor Yeanue-Household Goods/Furniture, Marlos Jenkins-Household Goods,

Janiyha Jones- Household Goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Life Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on January 16th, 2026, @12:00pm at the location indicated: Store 8439: 1420 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL, 32804, (407) 312-8736. Tammie Steringer-Household items, Guerlenne Israel-Household items, Chassidy Robbins-Household items, qaunisha valerin-Household items, Maxine Braddy-Household items, Jacob Kriston-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING IN RE: 550.105(7), Florida Statutes. JOSE M. CARBALLO 7707 South Orange Avenue Unit 592111 Orlando, Florida 32859 CASE NO.: 2024-002176 LICENSE NO.: 8226520 The Florida Gaming Control Commission has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting Ebonie Lanier, Administrative Assistant III, Office of the General Counsel, Florida Gaming Control Commission, 4070 Esplanade Way, Suite 250, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850) 794-8072. If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented to the Florida Gaming Control Commission at the next public meeting for final agency action. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending notice no later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on notice. Telephone: (850) 257- 6097; 1-800955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (v), via Florida Relay Service. NOTICE OF DIVORCE Notice is hereby given that Nathalie Santana has filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage against Kevin Gonzalez in the Wake County Clerk of Superior Court 316 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, NC 27601. Case No. 25CV015427910 Any person claiming an interest in this matter must respond within the time allowed by law or a default judgment may be entered. Dated: 12/18/2025 Nathalie Santana Petitioner Raleigh, NC

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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures. com U-Haul Ctr 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando Fl. 32837 01/22/2026: 843 Heather Perez, 441 Cody Clay, 1134 Amaurys lenier la hoz vanderlinder, 275 Cody Clay, 407 Cody Clay, 500 Giordano Abreu Nunez, 241 Marlyn Mcnair, 527 Michael Zurita, 324 Michael Martolano, 550 glap metal recycle llc Gilberto Rodriguez, 1092 Gadiel Flores Delgado, 549 glap metal recycle llc Gilberto Rodriguez, 865 Daisy Quinones, 556 Caleb Maxie, 726 Noelia Colon. U-Haul Ctr 7800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 01/22/2026:1216 Alan Li Corzo, 2196 Nicholas Carrington, 2456 Kamika Jackson, 2388 Paula Cardenas, 2417 John King, 1196 Victor Taveras. U-Haul Ctr. 2400 Orange ave Orlando Fl. 32807 01/22/2026: 1807 Latonya Clark, 1611 Rose SaintJacques, 1054 Kasondree Helligar, 2133 Tyler Tailor, 1822 Adam Steventon, 1148 Lennon Rodriguez Sanchez. U-Haul Ctr. 4001 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32803 01/22/2026: B127 Timmy Joseph, C124 Ray Brown, D239 Othell Watson, C213 Faith Fraser, D180 Paula Guzman, A105 Angelina Reyes, U-Haul Ctr. 508 N. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32807 01/22/2026: 530 Marlene Mercado Lopez, 1413 Dillon Mendoza, 328 Frantzie Jones, 339 Woodley Louis, 235 Osman Zapata, 601 Eric Bretz, 732 Beatrice Priester, 519 Davis Rivera Feliciano, 729 Ricardo Ramirez. U-Haul Ctr 13301 S. Orange Blossom Trl. Orlando Fl. 32837 01/22/2026: 2513 Kyle Swartz, 1300 Patricia Echegaray, 2063 Yvonne Morales, 3021 Jennifer Simmons, 1226 Girlene Demostead, 1716 Shareeka Godfrey, 2230 Richard Roberts, 2119 Claudia Vasquez Cruz, 2407 Yvonne Morales, 1307 Raymond Arbaje, 1234 Jennifer Mayfield, 1709 Renee Jackson, 3229 Yvonne Morales. U-Haul Ctr. 3830 S. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 01/22/2026:1008 Teresa leath, 1027 OjoChide Shaibu, 2006 Jamelia Jarrells, 3343 Kiyana Pratt. U-Haul Ctr. 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl. 34744 01/22/2026: 2148 Latracy Mathis, 3179 Charm Baxter, 3000 Robert Wilson, 1008 Gregory Mackey, 1054 Donna Herbst, 3061 Jason Crout, 1372 Kelly Shaver, 2404 Larry Tyson, 2185 Kiamani Brooks, 1108 Marquan Bradshaw, 035 Alexus Pettiford. U-Haul Ctr. 11815 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32826 01/22/2026: 1418 Emmanuel Kwaku, 1516 Shaterica Vaughn, 1911 Aleesha Lello, 1502 David Montealegre. Notice Of Public Sale Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83-807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the

right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www. storagetreasures.com beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also, visit www.personalministorage.com/Orlando-FL-storage-units/ for more info Personal Mini Storage Lake Fairview - 4252 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804 at 11:00am: 428 Richard Cyr 852 Felix Boother 133 Stanley Rowland Michigan Mini Storage - 200 W Michigan St Orlando FL 32806 at 10:30am: 61 Amir Mohamed, 11 Terence Clay Fairview Mini Storage - 4211 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804 at 11:00 am: B07 Donte Doyle C01 Tasheem Tau Selwood. Forsyth Storage LLC 3941 Forsyth Rd Winter Park, FL 32792 at 10:00am B29 Jorge Pedroza B22 Eduardo Cotto B19 Hector’s Auto Repair NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1001 Lee Rd Orlando Fl 32810 (407) 489-3742 on January 16th, 2026 12:30PM Shisshonna Raynorcossom- Clothing & shoes, toys, Kristapher Jimenez- Furniture, household items, electronics, tools, Emily ByamDishes, toys, clothing & shoes, mattress, T.V, Debra Edwards- Household items, Jennifer Osborne- Household items, Angelina Hill- Furniture, Latraka FairlyBoxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and pad at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on January 16th, 2026, at the location indicated. Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Victoria Fierro-household items,Johan Diaz-household items,Raymond Beachum-equipment,Mary Money-household items,Bekhzod Rakhimov-Boxes,Lourdes Silos-home items,Gregory Gary-home items,Jada Turbe-home items. Store 3502: 1236 S Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl 34787, 407.794.6460 @ 11AM: Barbara EK- Household Goods/Furniture; Jayron Kearse- Household Goods/Furniture, TV/ Stereo Equipment, Tools/Appliances; Nerlande Ducheine- Household Goods/ Furniture; Lilise Lima- Suitcases; Lilise Lima- Suitcases Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Fl 32837. 407.826.0024 @ 11AM: Alicia VazquezHousehold Goods/Furniture, totes, bags, wall art. Sunil Bhavnani- Boxes, tools, personal items. Donta Kindell- duffel bags, shoes, clothing, cooler. Lelio Louisdresser, TV, mattress, microwave, bicycle. Megan Gonzalez- Household Goods/ Furniture. Maria J Omaña- Household goods, fridge, washer, drier, wall art, movies. Nelly Chiong- dresser, clothing, vases, lamps, shoes. Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30 AM: Douglas Santana Bouncy Houses, Omara Blair boxes, totes, Amber Porsha Smith Housegoods, Leonardo

Filoso Bed, Matress, coolers, TV, etc, Jose Ramirez bedroom set, couch, TV, Massiel Karinna Sanmiguel Household items, Rayner Mendoza Alvarez Suit cases, clothes, Muawia Sharawi household goods, seasonal decor Store 7590: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819@ 11:45AM: Isaac Pierre- boxes; Montserrat Lopez- clothes, boxes, tvs; Morris Potter Jr- household items, queen bed, boxes; Tori Pugliese- furniture Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando Fl 32811. (407) 516-7751) @ 12PM: Barbara CarrafaHousehold items. Timothy Brumlik co Alex Brumlik- Household Goods. Braeden Willingham- Household/ totes. SEDRICK ALLEN- Supplies/ electrical items/ auto parts. Elvanise Ponder- Household Goods. Brynn Pomeroy- Apt furniture and items. Eva Moore- 2tv/ couch/ 2beds. Dexter Harvey- Couch. Carolyn Rozier- Household goods. Oscar Acevedo AcevedoBoxes/ Books. Store 1335: 1101 Marshall Farms Rd Ocoee Fl 34761 (407) 516-7221) @ 12PM: Pablo Rivera - Truck Toolbox, Palat Jack, Rims, Vacuum, Beach Chairs, Queens Size Bed Frame, Kids Seat, Speakers, Granit, Mirror, DJ Mixing Board, and Artwork; Daniel Feliciano Scooter, Tools, Clothes, and Decorations; Yvonne Saddler-Smith – Clothes, Shoes, and Two Suite Cases Store 6667: 910 Citrus Grove Rd Minneola, FL 34715 (352) 415-2585 @12:45 PM: Nichole Williams – washer/dryer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, chairs, rug, mattresses, toys; Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 @ 10:15 AM: Iuri Mihailovschii - Boxes; Nicholas Carroll - tv tv stand mattresses King size boxes; Celena Carroll - boxes; Armando C Esteban - household goods , boxes and a few tools; Cesar Ayala - Boxes, Furniture; Treysier Lapalme Household items, clothes, boxes; Anthony Mathews - 1 Bedroom apt; Charlene White - Clothes, books, shoes; Gustavo Soares - 2 bedroom; Denise Estes Boxes, furniture; Marie Desmornes - bed frames, storage bins. Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787 @ 12:30 PM: Sherri Shopsis: trailer and law mower- Fabiano Castilhos: bikes, tools- Ingrid Cheesborough: household items- Tiffani Galvan: furniture, household items. Store 7557: 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee, FL 34761, 407-794-6970 @ 12 PM: Anthony Simpson: Household items. ; Ari Lucas: clothing, shoes and furniture Magan Hanchard: furniture.; Ricardo Prieto Martinez: tools and supplies; Ricardo Prieto Martinez: tools and roof supplies Store 7865: 25 E Lester Rd, Apopka, FL 32712@ @ 12 PM: Store 7865: 25 E Lester Rd, Apopka, FL 32712, 407.551.5590 @ 1:30 PM: Josh Rotta-household items and tools. Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:00pm:Marie Aujustin-House hold Appliances,Bags,Boxes:Drita James-Boxes,Chairs,Art work,Head Board,Totes:Jeffrey Sobol-Boxes,Totes,Cabinet,Bicycle,Personal Items:Tanshenika Miller-Sofa,Luggage,Boxes,Bags:Whitney Lawrence-Boxes,blankets,Toys:Bianca Gray-Bags,Comfortor Set:Juene Wadeline-Bags,Boxes,Totes,Coolers,Home Goods,Home Decor:Anthony Scrivens-Mattress,Headboard,Carpet,Bicycle:Wilber Leonor-Mattress,Cabintry,Bags:Cynthia Hamilton-Totes,dolls,boxes,chairs Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 pm Chris Batura Household furniture / Sherry Seithel storing sofa and 2twins/king mattress/end tables/2 cabinets/chests / Kobina Amoo Equipment and furniture. Store 4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799

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@ 1:15 PM: Lashoun Sanders-Boxes, ATV; Michael Peterkin-Furniture, boxes, furniture dolly; Beatriz Driggs-Piano, computers, misc household items; Ashley Sims-Furniture, totes, bags, boxes, toys; Nikeria Newberry-clothing, electronics; Ignacio Enrique Fernandez-Furniture, Household items; Isaac Parker-Lawncare items, household items Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 407-930-4463 @ 1:45 PM: Johnitha Joyce (Jay) Crankfield- Bags, Bins, Clothing Shoes, Mattress Bedding, Wall Art, Electronics, Furniture, Boxes, Tools Supplies, Gregory Jean- Bins, Bags, Appliances, Motor Vehicles & Parts, Toys Baby Games, Clothing Shoes, Mattress Bedding, Personal Effects, Wall Art, Electronics, Household, Furniture, Sports Outdoors, Boxes, Tools Supplies, Jean Elan- Bins, Bags, Laundry Baskets, Appliances, Clothing Shoes, Boxes, Veronica Castro- Toys Baby Games, Clothing Shoes, Personal Effects, Wall Art, Books, Furniture & Bags. Fortuna Madsen- Bags, Appliances, Dishes Kitchenware, Motor Vehicles Parts, Toys Baby Games, Clothing Shoes, Clothing Shoes, Mattress Bedding, Wall Art, Electronics, Furniture, Sports Outdoors, Boxes, Food Beverages, Tools Supplies. Joann Arrington- Walker, Shower Chair, Mattress Bedding, Wall Art, Furniture, Boxes. Kera Moore- Bags, Appliances, Mattress Bedding, Items, Boxes, Tools Supplies. Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando FL 32811. (407) 720-2832) @ 2PM: Rodner Cajusma- 2 Bed king, tv stand , tv , bins; Tasia Edwards- King bed, dressers, night stands, 5 boxes; Zabdiel Rodriguezhousehold items; Marcos Toledo- Shirt; Jessica Chatman- Household Goods; Daricus Cheirs- Tables, chairs, boxes; Gladys Clark- mirrors, tv, bed, clothes etc; Carmen Burnette- two beds living room set tools table clothes; Kawayne Hunter-#937- Year: 2020 Make: COVE Model: Trailer VIN: 53FBE1623LF059909 Owner Kerrie-Ann Lois Scott. Store 6454: 2312 S. Division Ave. Orlando, FL 32805, 689-303-3205 @ 2:15 PM Martha CrespoBedrooms, kitchen supplies, small dining, few plastic containers and other things Jordan beatty- sofa, boxes, clothing, bed Sharon Turner- Clothes tools Tony Pritchard- boxes of dishes and bed. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #3086, 130 Concord Drive, Casselberry, FL 32707, 1/27/2026, @ 12:00 pm:David MoralesBoxes, Furniture, household goods Michael Rosa- Household goods, furniture, boxes Angelyque Angomas Real- Bikes, Bags, furniture, clothing Carol Watson- Household goods, furniture. The auction will be listed an advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning

bidder takes possession of the personal property. NOTICE OF SALE ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Wednesday the 28th day of January, 2026 at 9:00 AM with payment at the facility. Store Space Millenia, 4912 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL, 32839. Sanchez, Israel; Herbolario, Rosalinda; Townsend, Roshane; Mogent, Shawna; Gomez, Roberto; Proctor, Douglas; Jones, Nykee; Johnson Tanner, Rayshundra; Dav, Shay; Coats, Edwaljer; Downer, Jasmine; Hemmings, Davin; Williams, Brittany; Griffin, Alice; Boulware, Shaquanna; newon, caryn NOTICE OF SALE: ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Wednesday the 28th day of January, 2026 at 11:00 AM with payment following in cash or credit card at the facility. Store Space Sanford - Storage, 3980 E. Lake Mary Blvd., Sanford, FL, 32773. Bianca Martinez – Reiha Thomas – Kashiff Vallot.

Employment The Learning Experience (Apopka, FL) seeking Curriculum Specialist to design, revise and align curriculum materials, provide professional development and coaching to teachers, recommend instructional changes, oversee rollout of new curriculum initiatives, support teacher in adapting new methods or standards, prepare reports, and participate in curriculum committees. Requires bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, English, Math or closely related (foreign equivalent accepted) and 2 years teaching or hands-on experience with young children in a group setting. Send cover letter and resume to The Learning Experience, Attn: R. Haider, 2295 E. Semoran Blvd, Apopka, FL 32703

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